Forbidden Loves

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Chapter one: Flashbacks

He didn't want to remember. He didn't want to go on. The pain he was in was worse then any wound in battle. He tries running. Tries to run from the pain. He cannot. For the pain is inside. And it will always be there.

Tallest Purple glances around. All clear, all safe. He knocks gently on the door of the Vortainien's door. It opens, creaking in the process. A pale-blue eye stares form the darkness.

"Purple…." The voice murmurs in relief.

"Kie, I'm sorry but I couldn't wait any longer. I had to see you," Purple explains quietly, still hoping that no one would come to Kie's cabin tonight. He wanted to talk with her. And they could do that better if they were alone.

"Come. Do not worry, my love. I have told everybody not to come to my cabin unless they tell me first." Kie opens the door wider and turns to walk deeper inside her cabin.

Purple follows, aware that he was breaking the law yet again. But he could not get her out of his head. No matter how hard or how desperately he'd try, he could not forget Kie. She had done something to him. Not just to his mind but to his soul. His heart. Every part of his body was connected to her. They were one. Purple had known it when he had first met her.

It had been at the Shamalla (which is alien for our mall). They had bumped into each other and from then on they had been meeting in secret. Purple hated it. But he could not stop. He knew why. But he didn't want to say it. Or even to think it would be too much. But it was inevitable.

They had fallen in love with each other.

Purple shakes his head, as if to clear it, and walks down the long hallway to the lavender painted living room. It had not been the first time Purple had been here.

Kie settles down onto one of the sofas and pats the spot next to her. "Sit, my dear Purple. Sit and we will talk."

Purple sits and turns to Kie. He stares into her pale-blue eyes that only the Vortainiens have. He takes a deep breath and braces his shoulders.

"Is it true?" he asks.

She does not ask what he is talking about. She answers, "Yes. It is true."

Purple inhales sharply. "Kie, we have broken the law by meeting each other and now we have broken it even more! We should never have continued this relationship. If the others find out, then we will be killed! I don't care about myself being killed; it's you I'm afraid for. You and our smeet." He stands and starts to pace. Five steps, turn. Five steps, turn.

Kie clutches his lanky arm, stopping him from turning again. "Purple," she cries. "I know what will happen if they know. I don't know what to do." She hesitates before murmuring, "Our smeet will never know that you are her father. She will be raised as a Vortainien. She will never know that she is part Irken."

Purple stares at his mate. His head is shaking. "No, Kie. I'm so sorry but she will be raised on Irk. I cannot bare to have you as well as her gone from my life."

Kie looks shocked. Then she starts to sob. "And what makes you think that I will be able to bare that? Huh? What makes you think that I could…that I c-could leave y-you? How could I l-leave b-both of y-you?" Tears start to roll down her face. Her beautiful face.

Purple kneels beside Kie and embraces her she cries onto his shoulder. They stay there for a long time, Kie sobbing and Purple stroking her antennae, until Kie finally pulls back.

"Okay Purple. She will be raised as an Irken."

Purple cock his head. "How do you know it's a she, Kie?"

Kie shrugs. "I just do."

Purple suddenly smiles. It was so radiant that it lit up his whole face. "What shall her name be?"

Kie smiles to and says one word.

"Tak."