Chapter 1: Sydney

It was hard to believe it was finally over, after so long of fighting and wondering if this would be my last day to live, it was well and truly over now.

Taking a drink from my wine glass my smiled as I watched Sky talk to his new girlfriend Rachel, the two of them had dated for a while but both of us had realized that while sexually they maybe compatible but however sex was not what completely made a relationship, Sky had need a submissive little thing to protect and cherish, while I need someone who wouldn't let me walk all over them and to see me as an equal.

'Someone like Anubis Doggie Cruger.' Whispered that part of my mind that had hungered for the same man since they day she had arrived at the SPD.

'I can't have him, he's my boss and he's in love with another women.' I chided myself and felt guilty for lusting after a dead women's husband.

Isinia Cuger had been one of the people that hadn't been able to be saved, after capturing and interrogating Broodwing, they had cut a deal with him to keep him off death road if he gave up the location of Isinia Cuger.

They had agreed and Broodwing had confirmed that Isinia had been on Gruumm's ship but had been moved to one of Broodwing's storage place, they had quickly set up a mission to rescue her with their commander coming with them, they had raided the warehouse sugsetfully and I had been the one to find the room where Isinia Cuger had been held.

What I had found would haunt me for the rest of my life.

(Flash Back)

(Absorbing a large square of platinum, I slammed my fist into the door hard enough to rip it off its hinges, throwing it to the side I quickly used my helmets built in flashlight and peered around the room.

'Dear god it stinks in here.' I thought to myself as I found a switch that would turn on the room's main light source, switching it on I froze at the sight of a three hydro trophy container, one larger than the other two. The large one contained the body of a once beautiful women but now had her stomach ripped open to show where her womb had once been, her beautiful face froze to show that she had died a very painful death.

Felling sick, I forced myself to look at the other two container's and pulling off my helmets I bent over and throw up, the other two contained the bodies of half formed baby's…..Anubis's baby's. it was obvious what had happened to Gruumm had captured Isinia to use as a bargaining chip should he ever be caught by SPD, or maybe he had done it to have a play thing but whatever the reason Isinia had been pregnant at the time of her capture, and Gruumm being the evil son of a bitch he was had decided to play one last game with Isinia Cruger before ending her life and that of her two children, then as a final sick game he had them placed into these containers as a sick trophy so he could relive every sick moment.

Glancing around I relived were the small was coming from, in the far corner was a small trash bin that you normal would have seen in an office but instead of paper the bin was over flown with used tissues covered in green liquid, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what the liquid was.

'Anubis can't see this.' I thought to myself and turning I made my way out of the room to see the others coming up the hall Anubis in the lead, blocking the doorway I place my hands on his arms and gripped them hard to keep him from moving past me.

"Don't go in there." I said.

He snarled.

"Let go of my cadet." He said his voice ringing with authority but I shook my head.

"Please Anubis don't go in there, you don't want to see." I begged but he shook me off and went inside, the others made to follow him but I stopped them.

"Don't," I said and standing there we stood in silent for over five minutes as Anubis's brain slowly processed what he was seeing, then there was a loud mournful howl filled with agony and lost so great that I caused tears to slide down my face.

(END OF FLASH BACK)

Isinia Cruger had been buried along with her two twin boys three days later, her autopsy reviling she had been alive while her children had been ripped out of her womb, her body had shown she had been raped and tortured numerous times before her death but the worst had been when Anubis demanded to know how young the two children had been.

They had been less than three months old.

Shiver at the memory of how angry and hart broken Anubis had been I turned to see the man that had revolved around my current thoughts dancing with Kat, and smiled.

He had gotten better after Gruumm's execution, when she had attentively asked him about it his answer had both shocked and make me want him even more.

'I couldn't save Isinia or our children but I did bring them justice. To them and my fallen people, now all I can do is work hard to make sure that my people are never forgotten and that we will live on in them memory of the people of earth.'

Anubis had lived through so much yet instead of falling into despaired like many others would have, he had not only survived but made a life for himself. If there was one this I liked more in a man it was the will to survive, my job was to dangerous not to take into account that the chance of death was high and anyone I left behind need to be strong, I didn't want the guilt of dying then having my husband or boyfriend offing themselves just to be with me in the afterlife.

'forget it Sydney, the man will never see more than a cadet and possibly a friend.'