In the dark room, there were two emerald green eyes glowing. A flickering light from a lamp about to go out cast a frail light over the prisoner in the cage.

She was tied up, hanging almost after her hands that were chained to the roof. Her feet were just nearly holding any of her weight, putting an amount of strain on her arms. Her feet where chained as well spreading her legs out. She was dressed in a red suit with a white skull and crossbones mark over her waist. Crossing her waist she had a belt with a skull and cross bones buckle on. Her other belt with her guns were missing.

A fire red hair moved gently as she struggled again against the chains that held her. The chains rattled and she groaned trying to pull free. Her emerald green eyes glowed in hate as she had to rest again. A scar in a strait line across her left cheek and over her nose stopping shortly over to the other side. A gag, held firmly in place by some strong leather straps that were fastened behind her head, were hurting her, as she had tried for so long to get it of, that it had cut her lip. Blood had been dripping down her chin. A white skull and cross bones hairpin were holding the hair form falling down in her eyes.

For hours now she had been struggling to get free after waking up in the cell. No one had come for the hours she had been there.

Emeraldas growled to herself. Her memory were a mess and she could not really remember how she had ended up there, as most of everything since she had left the Queen Emeraldas, her ship, were mixed together. She was dizzy and confused, confirming that she had been drugged, as the effects of it were still wearing off. Shaking her head trying to remember what had happened she bit down on the gag again angry.

She tried again to get free from the chains, her chains rattling loudly as she did.

Suddenly she stopped hearing the sound of someone coming. Her green eyes turning to the edge of the cage and narrowed as she heard three humans approach.

Even as she was chained up and gagged, she lifted her head proud, showing no fear or worry as the three men came into sight.

The first man, a well dressed man with a red rose on his dress collar. He looked at her with his grey eyes, a grey lock fell down in his eyes as he stopped out side of the cage, looking at her. The two others seemed like body guards as they were both dressed in the same dark grey dress.

Emeraldas turned her look at the first man again. He grinned as he saw her, taking in every part of the beauty before him. Even now as she could do nothing more than stare back at him, there seemed to be a dangerous aura around her.

"Even now you are a dangerous beauty." He said and pushed some buttons next to the bares. The bares slowly lifted it self up in the roof as the man came towards her.

Emeraldas eyes narrowed and she growled to herself cursing the chains that held her. He stretched out a hand towards her head.

"Oh I see the gag has hurt your beauty full face." The man said moving closer with the hand. Emeraldas turned her head way from the hand pulling it way from him. He stretched out and took hold around her chin. Emeraldas eyes glowed in hate as she was forced to look at him again.

"I am truly sorry for the gag treatment, my queen, but as of now your beauty can only be enjoyed in silence, and I fear that voice of yours, but most of all I do not want you to bite your lovely tongue." He said as he wiped the blood away from her chin. He pulled his head down to her neck and inhaled the sent of her hair.

"If you have only known how long I have waited for this moment, my queen. How long have I not stayed in the shadows looking at you from afar waiting for my chance. My chance to make you mine forever." He said as he lifted his head again, his eyes shined in a strange light. Emeraldas narrowed her eyes looking at this man.

Suddenly to her surprise, he licked her up her right cheek. She tried to pull away, sickened by this man's actions, making her chains rattle, but the chains and the tight grip the man had her chin held her fast. Her eyes glowed in hate as he looked at her again.

"I am you humble Knight Gokai. I will make your every wish come trough, but for your safety you must be held here. But soon my queen, soon I'll can put my great plan for you in motion. For now my queen, rest as you will soon need your strength." The man that head called himself Gokai, said and moved out of the cage as the bars went back down, and he and his guards disappeared again.

Emeraldas blood boiled as she hang there, unable to do anything.

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Being left for hours again, Emeraldas slept lightly, jumping at the smallest sound. After a while se gave up on sleeping as her shoulders kept keeping her awake, as the strain on them at times made them scream out in pain. She had tried to use every way she knew to get free, and nothing worked. She sighed as again failed to even loosen the chains a little.

A shine suddenly made her lift her head and look up. A camera was pointed strait at her and as it had moved the metal had reflected the light.

The bastard is watching me! That's why he does not have guards standing here. She growled and lowered her look.

She could still feel her cheek being wet from Gokai. Drying it away on her suit as she rubbed the cheek up in her raised arm, she could feel her blood boil as she did.

That bastard, I'll give him his queen aright. She growled and pulled on her arms again making the chains tighten as she did.

Angel. Where are you my friend? Are you hurt and trapped as well or... she stopped herself from finishing the though of her wolf friend being dead. One memory was really clear in her head and slowly it started to come back.

Emeraldas and Angel, a snow white wolf with dark blue eyes, had left the Queen Emeraldas hidden in a ravine and had made their way to a saloon in the town not to far away, waiting for an old friend to met them there. As always she had been dressed in the black cape holding her hood up hiding her face. As she had sat by the bar ordering a drink, some men came in looking around. They were looking for trouble, that much was easy to see. One of them moved up to her and grabbed her hood and pulled it down.

"There you are! Now then come along peacefully and we wont hurt you... much." he said trying to take her arm. Angel stood up and growled showing her white fangs.

"Try that again and I'll tear you apart." Angel growled to him, the man backed up quickly as he did not expect the wolf to talk. He grabbed for his gun. Emeraldas had drawn her gravity saber before him and held him at gun point.

"Don't." She said and turned one eye to look at him.

"Shoot." A voice, calm and cold, said from out side the saloon. a voice that made both Emeraldas and Angel to turn to the front of the saloon. Suddenly the other men started shooting and Emeraldas and Angel ducked down behind a table.

As Emeraldas and Angel had been cornered by the men, Angel looked around.

"There is a window behind us. Jump out of it, as I'll make a diversion." Angel said, turning her look to met Emeraldas. A small scar over her face starting in a strait line from a little over her left eye and down just under her right. The scar the seemed to remind her of the brave act Angel had done long time ago as then, as now she had sacrificed her life to protect Emeraldas. Angel had not waited for a response coming from Emeraldas as she jumped over the table they had been hiding behind, running strait at the men. As Emeraldas heard the shots being fired and her friend's angry snare as she jumped to avoid their bullets, she stood up and got ready to move, suddenly Angel screamed out. Emeraldas turned around to look and saw Angel not moving her white fur collared red by the wolf blood.

"Angel!" Emeraldas called and reacted too late as a big man suddenly had gotten up behind her. A rope in a twist quickly fell around her neck and she was lifted up by the neck as he lifted the rope. She struggled in pain and gasped for air, as she grabbed after her saber, as she had lost the gun as the rope fell down on her. A small man was quickly up by her and grabbed the saber before Emeraldas could.

She tried to use on of her many tricks to get free but suddenly the big man tithed the rope even more and Emeraldas could not draw her breath at all. Her legs were kicking out for him, trying to make him drop her.

"Emeraldas! Bastard!" A known voice had called as Emeraldas was starting to fade out. A white light suddenly passed Emeraldas, but a shot was fired from the outside and Emeraldas had heard Angel cry out and the rope loosened a little, as the man holding her, had tried to duck.

"Finish it!" The voice from outside called out to the man holding her. The rope tithed again and she had passed out.

So the bandits were really hired in by this Gokai to capture me. Bastard planed it good to. She growled as she finally remembered how she had ended up here. She was worried on what had happened to Angel and wondered if Harlock would come look for her as she had not shown up for their promise.

Tochiro... forgivemeI wanted nothing more than to hear your voice again, my love. But it would seem I will not get to see you for a while. She thought out as she remembered her love for the short engineer of the Arcadia.

She suddenly heard the three footsteps from the men again and her anger flowed though her again. Not only had they taken away her freedom but also they were hindering her from meting her love again.

Gokai stood by the cage, looking at her. The look in his eyes clearly showing that he was enjoying the sight. As he pushed the buttons again he walked in this time the two body guards followed.

"Did you sleep well, my queen? You looked like you had some peaceful dream." Gokai said smiling at her. Emeraldas growled low looking back at him, knowing full well that he knew she had not slept well at all.

"Well then, my queen. Your time has finally come, I know you won't let me down." He said and nodded to one of the body guards. He started to move closer to Emeraldas. A shine in something he held made her turn her look down to see what. A syringe with a sharp needle, Her eyes narrowing seeing it, before turning her deadly look over to Gokai again.

"As I said before, for your own protection we must keep where we are a secret." He said smiling. Emeraldas growled as the guard come closer holding the needle towards her. She waited as the guard prepared to stick her arm, as he was just about to put it in she swung her head around hitting the guards head and making him back up. Even as her head hurt, she looked at Gokai, her eyes glowing in anger. There was no way she was gonna let him do as he pleased. She would not be his puppet. Gokai smiled at her coming closer to her. She growled waiting, and got ready, for him to strike her. To her surprise he only stretched his hand out and grabbed her chin again, holding her head fast.

"My dear queen Emeraldas. Don't make me hurt you, play along and I'll give you something really special." He said using his other hand to lift away a strain of hair from her face. Emeraldas growled trying to get free from his grip.

The only thing I want from you is your life. The only thing I want is to make you suffer for this. She growled to herself looking at him with hate in her eyes.

Gokai took the syringe from the man with the hand not holding her and hold it up before her face.

"This may sting a bit, my queen." He said smiling as she tried once again to get free from the chains.

"If you inject it in the neck, the effect of the sleep juice comes much faster." He said to his bodyguards as he turned the needle to her neck. She got ready but still had to make a weak sound of pain as the needle went in. Injecting the yellow fluid in the syringe, Gokai's eyes glowed. As the last of the fluid went in, and the needle was taken out Emeraldas could already feel the effect of it. She got really dizzy and tired and was struggling to keep her mind clear. Gokai smiled and his eyes changed into a almost kind look.

"There, you did quite well there, taking your shot. Like I said I have some thing special for you to have." Gokai said and signalled to the other bodyguard. The man came up to him and gave him something shiny. Gokai smiled and turned to Emeraldas again. In his hands he had a strange kind of a ring. It would at first sight be taken for a silver necklace, but Emeralds quickly recognized the metal plate on the back. The same plate that had been on the electrocution ring that Tochiro had shown her after Harlock's run in with some bounty hunters that had tortured Harlock for the two days he was there. Her eyes narrowing looking at Gokai again. He opened the ring and lifted it up to her neck. She struggled in the chains trying to avoid getting the ring on, but it was hopeless to try. As the ring snapped in place and closed itself around her neck, she growled angry. As she finally was resting a bit the effect of the drug he had given her struck her like a wall. As she had seen the ring her body had been pumping adrenaline and that dampened the effect but as the adrenaline went away the drug came back ten fold. Her head was spinning and she could not think strait at all, her whole body had gone limp and she could not move. She forced her head up, trying to focus her look on Gokai. He grinned seeing her struggle against the drug.

Bastard, you will regret this. She promised herself, as her world went dark and cold.

Author's note

Okay so the first part of this is up. Yes, so this is my first Emeraldas story, and I tried to bind this up to my Harlock story Hunters prey.

Hope I did a half descent try, and that you liked it so far.

Feel free to tell me how I did.

Lightingtooth