Chapter 13
CAPTAIN ANKON
I found myself in an unbelievable position. I was in love with a human female. After spending my entire life vowing to not do this very thing, I had attracted it to myself. Being with Avery on the ship, I knew that I could no longer restrain my desire for her. It was overwhelming. Being alone with her meant that I could not take my hands off her. Once I knew that we were in a stretch of safety in space, I had to tell her about where I came from. Once I did so, I felt a weight lifted off me. I needed her to understand why I would make such a vow and why I had to tell her even though I knew it would hurt her. But the information about my parents did not stop the chemistry that had built between us over the months. It was more powerful than both of us. It consumed us.
Once I was inside of her and claiming her, I knew that this was exactly where I was meant to be. I was in love with her. I knew then that my vow did not matter any longer. I would be with this human female no matter what happened. Lying beside her and apologizing to her after I coupled with her felt right. She was so understanding; she made everything easy for me.
Months went by on our space journey and we were in a vortex of sex, love, and enjoying each other's company. A part of me wanted to run away with her in real terms. Meaning we would run away from our past. We would not go back to Kaethon. We would not go back to Earth.
"What are you thinking about, my love?" Avery said to me as I stared out the window of the ship as I sat behind the steering device.
"I was thinking about the choice," I said to her.
"What choice is that?" she asked.
"I enjoy being with you. I'm in love with you. What if we were not to go to Kaethon? What if we were to leave Kaethon and Earth behind us and find a new place where no one knows of us so that we can be together?" I said to her.
She was silent and she looked at me. Then she said, "I have thought about the same thing. But I think that we would both become restless because we have a responsibility."
The responsibility she spoke of was the twenty warriors that I had left behind on Earth. The responsibility she spoke of was still delivering the message to the Kalazaron race about the human’s demands. She was right. A part of me wanted to run away from it all; the other part of me knew that I had responsibilities as a Kalazaron warrior.
"You're right, Avery. We are only a few days away from landing on Kaethon. I wish there was more I could tell you to prepare you for what you will see and experience. But you will just have to see it for yourself."
"If I am with you, I am all right," she said as she gave me a hug and a kiss.
A few days later, we landed at the Blue Mountain base. I had radioed in to let them know it was me in an Earth ship. All were surprised and anxious for information about what had happened to us.
"Captain Ankon Brakin, tell us what has happened. We thought you and your ship lost," the rebel leader said to me as we sat in a private council. I had Avery at my side.
"The ship is lost. Soon after setting out on our mission to commandeer supplies from other ships, we were set upon by an Earth ship that captured us. They not only captured our warriors, but they captured the entire ship. The humans have grown more advanced. They captured me and the twenty warriors I set out with. They took us to Earth. There they made me sit with their leaders and asked that I bring a message to the capital city. After explaining that I was a rebel, they still gave me the message," I said to them.
I continued to tell them about the humans’ proposition that if we continue to steal their ships, they would hunt down our ships. There was much commotion and arguing amongst the rebel leaders. It was to be expected. It was change.
"I would like to make a motion that communications are open with the humans on Earth. I want to do all that I can to get the twenty warriors back to Kaethon. The only way to do that is to open communication," I said to them. Then I introduced Avery properly. They assumed that she was a human female slave that I had absconded with and now they would know the truth.
"This human female is Ambassador Avery Jones. She is to be my wife here on Kaethon. She helped me escape. I am grateful to her. I love her. She put herself at great risk to help me escape. But on Earth, she was in a position of leadership and she can help us create peace with the humans if the council decides to go in that direction. I leave it to you."