Chapter 10
Hannah Maven
This was not happening. This was not happening. Lieutenant Qon had a knife held to my belly. I was a pawn in his game. I was his vengeance for some hate that he held for General Razook.
General Razook looked at him with such rage. I thought he was going to explode any second. But I didn't want him to. I could feel the sharp dagger against my belly. One sudden move and this alien with slice me open. If General Razook charged at him, then he would cut me. I didn't know what to do. I was at a loss.
Now I sat next to the scary alien, trembling. I was in another scout ship, just like the one I had been in with General Razook. Qon was flying the ship, and he was flying it fast. But what was terrifying was that he was mumbling under his breath.
“I am going to take you… I am going to do things to you… You are going to suffer, human…” He said these things over and over as though he was talking to himself. Could aliens be crazy? I felt like this alien would belong in a mental institution if human.
“Would it not be better to get vengeance against General Razook by fighting him and winning?” I said trying to change his mind. If his mind was that crazy and weak, perhaps it could be persuaded.
“You dare speak to me, human!” he shouted at me. His voice echoed through the spaceship. Clearly, he was not to be reckoned with. What was I going to do? Where was he taking me? At some point, he was going to land this ship. I needed to figure out a way to defend myself. But how? He was three times my size. He was also a dragon. How was I supposed to fight such a thing? I had knocked out General Razook with a blow to the head. Maybe I could do the same thing. I looked around the spaceship, but there was nothing that I could use. There was nothing loose; everything was made to be strapped to the walls because we were in a flying machine. I was sure there were probably some weapons somewhere hidden behind some cabinet in a wall, but I did not know how to access them. Maybe I could get his knife away from him?
These are the thoughts that were going through my head over and over as I listened to him mumble to himself about all the awful and sadistic things he was going to do to me. It was making me extremely anxious. I wished that I could not hear I am at all because the anxiety with making it a thousand times worse than if I didn't hear it.
“What the fuck?” he said loudly. Then he moved the ship to the left and to the right quickly. I realize that he was trying to look over his shoulder. I looked at the monitors on the console. There was something on the radar coming after us. What is it Rai? I hoped so. It had seemed like Qon had disabled his ship when we were in the forest. But I didn't know how badly or what he had done to the ship. Maybe General Razook was able to fix it and come after me. Only a day ago I was trying to get away from him, and now I wanted to be with him. Something happened to me when we were together. I now felt bonded to him. It was the best sex I have ever had, and he showed me a different side: a caring side. Now comparing him to this lunatic beside me, I knew just how important it was that he had treated me with such care, tenderness, and perhaps even love. I wanted him now more than ever.
"Come on, Razook. Come and get me. Let's see what you got. I will show you that I am a better soldier than you. I will show you that I should've been the general. See how you take this fire,” he said as he suddenly turned the ship. Boom! Boom! Bullets shot from the ship.
“No!” I shouted. I did not want him to hit the ship that Rai was in. I did not want him to die.
“Shut up, human! Watch your precious general die!” he said as he let off another round of bullets. He was laughing loudly, like a madman. He was flying the ship recklessly. My body was jolted from side to side, and I was glad that I was wearing the seatbelts. Otherwise, I would be thrown about.
Suddenly a siren went off. The sound was all inside the ship, and a red light flashed.
“Fuck! I'm hit!” he shouted. “The fuel tank has been shot. Have to go down. Have to go down. Have to go down,” he repeated over and over to himself. He was absolutely terrifying me with his crazy repetition. He was obviously completely insane. But we were about to crash.
I put my hands over my face and tucked my head in toward my chest. I didn't want to look up. I didn't want my last image to be of crazy Qon. If I was going to die, then I was going to think about something nice and calm. I thought about my sister. I thought about Willow Springs. And then I thought about General Razook.
Boom! I felt the ship vibrating underneath me. It was obvious to me that we were sliding across the ground. We had crashed into some trees. I could hear Qon shouting. I just tried to calm my mind.
Then they ship came to a stop. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was alive. The ship was still intact, but very broken, and there was smoke starting to fill the cabin.
Qon was shouting in anger. He stood up and came toward me. I screamed. There was heat in his eyes. He grabbed at my seatbelts in and undid them. Then he grabbed my arm and yanked me out of the ship. He pulled me a couple of yards away from it.
He let go of my arm and turned to look at the ship. It was on fire.
“You bastard, Razook!” he shouted with his fist in the air looking at the ship. I took a step back away from him slowly and then another and another. Then all of a sudden…
Bam! A blur knocked Qon off his feet.
“Run, Hannah; run!” I heard Rai shout. I ran toward the forest and stopped when I got to an area of brush. I squatted down behind it and watched. Rai and Qon were rolling across the floor, fighting. There was a lot of screaming and shouting. I could hear dragon roars coming from both of them. They were like animals. It was terrifying to watch. They moved so fast that I could not tell what was happening. I couldn't tell if Rai was injured. I sat there anxiously not knowing what to do. Even if I had a gun, they were moving too fast for me to hit Qon.
Then they both stopped. Qon was on top of Rai. He had his hands around his neck, and he was squeezing him.
“No!” I shouted. I looked around. There was a large branch on the ground. I picked it up. I had to help him. I loved him.
I picked it up. “Augh!” I ran toward them.
“No, Hannah…” I heard Rai barely whisper. Qon turned to me with an evil smile. His belly started to glow. He opened his mouth and shot fire. I stopped in my tracks. I jumped out of the way and rolled across the ground. Luckily the fire didn't reach me. What the fuck? I didn't know they could shoot fire like that. They really were dragons. But me running toward them was enough to distract Qon. That was when Rai took his shot. He lifted his leg, and I saw his hand dig into his boot and pull out a dagger. He plunged it into the side of Qon, right above his hip. Qon roared like an injured beast. Rai rolled him off of him. Now Rai was on top of the screaming Qon. He slid the knife across his throat. With a gurgle, Qon died.
Rai was panting hard. He stood up and watched as Qon died. Rai had an angry look on his face. He spit on Qon.
“Oh my God,” I said falling to my knees. I was so weak with shock.
Rai ran over to me. “Are you all right? Did he hurt you? Answer me, Hannah,” he said.
“I am not hurt. I am just shaken. I am in shock. I thought he was going to kill you. I thought I was going to burn in the fire. What the hell was that?” I said.
He grabbed me and hugged me tightly. “You are safe now. You are with me. I will not let you out of my sight. Do not worry; I will protect you,” he said.
"I believe you. You came after me. You chased him. You could have just let him go and take me,” I said.
“No way in hell. You are mine. I would do anything for you. I have bonded with you. I don't know if you feel the same as a human, but we have bonded together when we had sex. I am yours. I am your protector. I am your dragon,” he said.
“But you risked your life for me,” I said.
“And I would do it again and again,” he said.
"I believe you. Now that I have seen it, I believe you,” I said hugging him back.
He pressed his lips against mine. I kissed him eagerly. I thought that I would never see him again. I thought I was going to die, so now I kissed him with all the passion that I wanted to give him at the moment I thought I was going to die. It was a deep and passionate kiss. It lasted almost a full two minutes. Then we finally stopped.
“What now?” I said looking at the burned ship.
“My ship is crashed too. Let's get you away from here. I will figure something out; do not worry. You are with me. Let's get back to my ship; it is not as badly damaged as this one. Maybe I can use the radio on it and send out a rescue signal. Can you walk?” he said.
“Yes, I can,” I said as he helped me to my feet.
"Let's go,” he said putting his hand out to me.
“Rai, I want to thank you. Not just for rescuing me from that crazy alien, but also for rescuing me from the machines. I never properly thanked you.”
“You're welcome.”