CAPTAIN DRIN KY-VESA
Leaving Felicity was hard, I could not tell her the truth. I did not tell her that it could be the last time I ever saw her because I did not know what the repercussions of this bombing might be. The Earth Council might exile my crew and myself, or take us prisoner under suspicion if they had not taken my crew already. I wanted to tell her all this, but what use was it anyway? I did not want her to worry or be stressed. She wanted to work and help those that had been injured and I wanted her to do exactly that. But thinking I would never see her made me panic. I did want to see her again, so I made her promise that we would see each other again, no matter what. Even though I knew that neither of us could really make that promise, it made me feel better that she knew that I wanted to see her, that it was important to me.
"Captain Ky-Vesa! Where have you been?" my crew began questioning me as soon as I walked into their quarters.
"Drin! Brother! I thought you were dead. We thought maybe you had an accident in the rubble. We have been searching for you," Eral said as he gave me a big hug.
"I am fine. What has been said? What of the attack? Has anyone visited the quarters here? Are we under suspicion?" I asked looking at each and every one of them.
"We were visited by Counsel Mendez this morning. We made her aware that we did not know your whereabouts. She said you were in the meeting with her when the bombing happened and that you are not under suspicion and that we are not either. Our king has told them about the radical faction. They are aware. They want our help. We are to report to the Earth Council in thirty minutes," my brother said.
"Good; that is a relief. Come, let us go and meet with them. I will let them know of my presence," I said as my crew moved out of the living quarters making our way to the Earth Council building across the courtyard.
My brother came close to me and said, "So, where were you?"
I gave him a look that said I was not going to answer that question. He continued, "You were with her, weren't you?"
"That is none of your business," I said to him.
He stopped me by putting a hand on my chest and got in front of me and said, "And our promise to father? You promised; we both did."
"What good is that promise if you and I are both dead? Our circumstances have changed, little brother. Don't you see that we are on track to war? You and I might not live any longer than a couple of days from now. I was not going to go to my death with the regret of not taking what I wanted. I suggest you do the same," I said as I moved past him.
Moments later, I was speaking with Counsel Mendez, reporting to her that I was helping Dr. Maltra with injuries. I let her know that Dr. Maltra had asked me to watch over her after feeling vulnerable since she was at the registration building during the attack. She did not feel safe. I offered myself up as her guard. Mendez commended me on my bravery and then said, "We are to speak to your king at any moment. We are waiting for the communication to come in. You and your crew, please take a seat. We value your input."
"Earthlings, my sincerest condolences. We Drackon are in complete despair and outrage," King Caspin Rykor said over the holographic communication.
"It is a travesty," Mendez answered.
"I am sending wealth your way in order to rebuild and to take care of the injured, though I know no amount of wealth can forgive this. Know that we Drackon had nothing to do with it and it is the radical faction of purists. We have launched a full-scale assault to take them down, not only here on Mooreah, but in space. We have tracked a large fleet that is in range of Earth. That is how they launched the attack on your registration building. Our fleet is on its way to engage in battle with the purist fleet outside of Earth space," the king said.
There was much grumbling and fear in the room as the Earthlings realized that the radical purist fleet was in attack position.
"We will fight with you. This radical faction has become a threat to our wellbeing. We will launch our own fleet and meet you on the battleground of space outside Earth," Mendez responded to the king. The king began to speak, but the hologram grew static. Suddenly, we were no longer looking at the king; instead, we were looking at a menacing weredragon. His large, silver wings were spread behind him and his silver scales were very visible on his body. He was not a hybrid.
"Earthlings! I am Ukir. I am the leader of the purists. As you may know by now, we are against the registration. We are against human females mating with our Drackon. We feel that it is the plan of Earth all along to thin out the Drackon blood in order to take over our race. in order to take over our planets and resources. This has been your conspiracy all along, to make the Drackon more human than Drackon, and once that is accomplished, you will make Mooreah an Earthling colony.
“But we will not stand by any longer while you complete your plans to conquer us. Yesterday's disaster is only a taste of the beginning! We plan to attack every registration building on Earth. We will attack and take down any cargo ships full of human female brides that you sent into space.
“I am Ukir! Do not forget it. I am the face that will stop you from conquering the Drackon race. We will be strong and pure of blood once again. We will unseat the infidel, hybrid king who does not deserve to be on the throne because he is not pure blood," Ukir said as the hologram of him disappeared. The king’s communication line did not return; it had been hacked by the purist faction. Panic filled the room.