CHAPTER TWELVE
CAPTAIN INEQ SHUN
“You were right about the Aeriwanas,” I said as I stood in front of the king.
“How many?”
“My guess would be a hundred, at least. I could not get a good enough look,” I said to him.
“Then we prepare to protect our village. They might be planning an invasion,” he said.
“Yes, double the security and the patrols outside the planet. It is a good plan,” I said to him.
“Good work, Captain. Keep me informed on the status of the commander. I hope he makes a full recovery,” he said.
“There's one more thing. I would like to request to prepare a rescue mission for the human female that we lost on Tiok, to depart immediately.”
“I cannot grant such a thing right now,” he said.
I could not defy the king. It was up to him to grant the mission. I could only think of one more thing to say. “The human female that we lost did mate with a commander. It is possible that she carries his offspring.”
“Hmm, that does change things. I will think this over. But if what you say is true about the numbers of Aeriwanas, rescuing her could be a trap. They will expect us to; she is bait. We must be smart about it. Let me think this through and how it can possibly happen, if it can happen. “You are dismissed.”
“Thank you, my king,” I said with a quick head bow and left.
Alexandra was not going to like this news. I really wanted to get a mission going to get the other human back for Alexandra, and the commander. I was not looking forward to telling either of them, but the king had decided. I went straight from the king's palace to check on the commander.
“How is he doing, Jrarka? I asked the healer.
“He is stable. He was badly beaten, but he is going to pull through just fine. No major damage was done,” he said.
“That is good news. Find me as soon as he wakes up, and do not let him leave,” I said.
“Yes, Captain,” he said.
After I visited the commander, I went to my home in the trees. I wanted to check on Alexandra as well. And it shocked me that I felt that way. She was supposed to be a human female for carrying my offspring and instead I was thinking about her at all times. She had infected me. It was not what I expected when I left to Earth to find a human female mate.
An hour later, I flew to her hut in the trees. I found her sleeping soundly in her bed. I did not want to wake her. I watched her beautiful face for a few minutes before leaving her to rest. This was the way I spent the next week. I became very busy for one reason: the Aeriwana threat was real on Tiok and since I had seen it first-hand, the king put me in charge of it. This meant every single hour of my day was in the military compound looking for intelligence and setting up a spy network to find out more. There was a lot of work involved, not to mention the preparations for a possible invasion; because of this, I had no time for Alexandra.
I had planned to show her around the island as well as the village, but I was not able to do any of that. I had sent a human female named Lisa to help her. I was disappointed that I was not able to do it myself. But I knew that once this was over, there would be plenty of time for us to spend together; right now the number-one thing was the safety of the village and possible plans to return Camilla to my dear Alexandra. But because I was spending so much time working, the only time that I got to see her was when I visited her at night, when she was already asleep. I would take a few moments to watch her beauty, then I would leave to get the few hours of sleep that I had allowed myself.
This went on for many nights. But I knew that the more information I could gather for the king on the Aeriwanas, the sooner he would allow me to take a rescue mission to get Camilla. It was all part of the work and part of my plan.
One morning as I walked from my home to the military barracks, I crossed paths with Lisa and Alexandra.
“Captain Shun,” Alexandra said.
I smiled. It was good to see her beautiful face and smiling face. She had taken on the clothing of the Draqua, and she looked stunning.
“Alexandra. It is a pleasure to see you,” I said.
“Yes, I was hoping to see you this week,” she said timidly in front of the other human.
“I am sorry I have been very busy with my responsibilities, but I do—”
“Captain! We have just received information. You are going to want to see this!” a young warrior flew down and landed between Alexandra and me.
“Yes, right away,” I said as I shifted into dragon form. I gave Alexandra a nod. There was so much more that I wanted to say to her, but I did not have the time to do it. Not now. Any information on the Aeriwanas could not be sat upon for very long; it could mean life or death for Camilla. I followed the young warrior to the military installations.
“What is it?” I said landing in the communications room.
“One of our spies has overheard information on Commander Harkin. we have learned why Harkin leads this group of Aeriwanas. He hates what he is, and Aeriwana. He feels he is a mad scientist experiment and he wants to do away with all Aeriwanas, and all Draqua so that no more Aeriwanas can ever be made.”
“That is complete madness. How can anyone negotiate with such a thing?”
“I don't think it is possible,” the young warrior said.
“That is very good information. At least we now know where this Commander Harkin is coming from and what his goals are. This can't be good for anyone. Let us stay on top of it. Have that spy stay as close to Commander Harkin as possible,” I said.
“Yes, captain.”