Chapter 9
General Azlo Bron
Sex with Sheila made me feel on top of the world. I had never been so happy and filled with life. I had extreme euphoria. It was unlike any feeling I have ever experienced. It made me feel like nothing bad could ever happen again. Being inside of her was like being filled with joy and insane happiness. The feeling was so overwhelming that I could not put words to describe it into my mouth. All I could do was feel it.
The next day, I woke up feeling completely healed. I could tell that the blackness had completely left me. It was magical. This meant that her DNA had bonded to mine. She was now attached to me. It felt good. But as soon as I felt healed and better, I felt some guilt. I knew that this was what would happen, and I did not tell her. That felt wrong, even though it meant I was no longer dying. But if I told her, would she be angry about it? I did not want to find out.
“General, the scouts are out again for a second wave of surveying the area. So far, so good. The attack last night seems to be a small band of cyborgs only,” Lieutenant Reqan said to me.
“Thank you, Lieutenant. We must get rid of the cyborg parts in the fields. We do not want them to make their way to the recycling and repair facility. We will pile them and burn them,” I said standing up and walking back-and-forth in the room.
“General?” he said. I stopped walking and looked at him. Then a big smile came across his face.
“You are healed. It is true, is it not?” he said taking a step closer to me and looking at me up and down.
“It is true. I have a mated with a human female, and I am healed. But keep this to yourself. But you do not have to fear my death from the blackness,” I said.
He let out a whoop in celebration.
“I am so relieved,” he said.
“I am too. Now go see to the burning of the cyborgs,” I said.
“Yes, sir,” he said and gave me a slap on the shoulder and turned and left.
I was glad that he was relieved. I didn't like having my soldiers have to think about anything other than their work. I did not want him distressed over the fact that his general could die at any moment. Now I was healed and looking forward to the future. But I wanted the future to be with Sheila at my side. But I couldn't have her at my side without telling her the truth. I did not want to lie to her. She meant a lot to me. I risked my life just to be with her. So I went to find her to tell her the truth.
“There you are; I have been looking for you,” I said when I found her walking down a back street.
“You have? Why?” she said playfully. She had opened up to me. That wall that she had up before with slowly crumbling down. I was worried that the truth was going to build it back up again.
“Because I wanted to see you again. I always want to look at you,” I said as she put her arms around my waist. It felt good. Her hands were delicate and soft.
“I like that. I was just walking toward my home; want to join me?” she said.
“I would love to,” I said. We walked together. We walked in silence. I wondered what she was thinking. I knew I had to tell her now or never.
“Sheila, there is something that I must tell you. When we first arrived on Earth, my king came in search of medical knowledge because the Veruka have been dealing with a sickness: the blackness plague. We thought humans could help us understand the disease and maybe help us cure it as well. He wanted to exchange this knowledge for protection against the cyborgs,” I said.
“Yes, you mentioned something like that. Go on,” she said.
“My king became ill with the blackness while on Earth. He fell for a human female, Dr. Vanessa Lopez. He mated with her. He did it because he desired her and wanted her, just as I desire you. But after he did so, he was cured of the blackness. Dr. Vanessa Lopez discovered that when we mate with a human female, we absorb their DNA, and it helps us to heal. We don't understand it; that is all we know at the moment. We think it is a miracle: magic.”
She stopped walking. She looked at me, and her green eyes narrowed. I knew that look. She was suspicious; she had every right to be.
“What are you trying to tell me, Azlo?”
“I wasn't completely honest with you. I have had the blackness sickness since I arrived in your village.”
"And now?”
“After being with you, I think I am healed. I woke up feeling great this morning. I think the sickness has left me,” I said.
“What? Are you saying that you absorbed my DNA and you are healed?”
“Yes, I think so. I cannot be sure without the test that Dr. Vanessa Lopez was able to run on my king, but it seems that way,” I said.
“Unbelievable. I can't believe this! I knew that I should be suspicious of you from the beginning. You are not here to help us fight the cyborgs out of the kindness of your own hearts; it is because you need human females to save yourselves. And you used me! That's what all that chasing me was? I thought you actually cared for me. This is complete bullshit,” she said as she reached up and slapped me. It was only a small stain against my cheek; a human could not hurt us.
“No, I did not. It is not like that at all,” I said, but she did not let me finish. She turned around and walked off.
“Don't talk to me, Azlo! Never talk to me! You are a selfish pig!”
“Wait, Sheila; you are not letting me explain,” I said. But she rounded the corner and was out of my view.
“Shit,” I said.
I turned and walked in the other direction. I knew this was going to happen. But I had to tell her. I didn't have a choice. I was in love with her, and I wanted to be honest. I stomped down the street, wondering how I could get her back. It was important. I wanted her at my side. I didn't want her to be suspicious of me.
“General, wait,” I heard Chrissy say. I stopped.
“Hello,” I said trying to hide the fact that I was completely pissed off.
“General, I never got a chance to thank you for saving the village. We would not have survived if it wasn't for you and your many, many dragons,” she said arching her brows.
“You are welcome. We are doing what is honorable,” I said.
"No, you could have left us, but you did not. So thank you. If you ever want me to thank you personally, I am open to that as well,” she said. I wished that Sheila was here to hear her talk. If she knew that I had options to heal myself if that was all that I was looking for, then she would know that I wasn't just using her.
“General, Commander Zai, is looking for you,” Lieutenant Reqan said as he flew down from the sky and landed next to me. I heard Chrissy let out a delightful sigh.
“I am on my way. Lieutenant, let me introduce you to Chrissy Jones. She was just offering to make a meal for a weredragon in thanks for defeating the cyborgs at the battle. I think you should have the honor of enjoying that meal,” I said.
“Yes, that would be exceptional, Lieutenant. If you would like it?” she said.
Reqan had a big smile on his face. “I would be honored,” he said. I patted him on the back and flew into the air, letting the two of them talk about arrangements. There: why couldn't Sheila see that I wasn't just after sex with any human females? I would have to prove it to her somehow, or she would never forgive me. I went to see the commander right away.