Lost Prince Part II

A Raid, a Meeting, and a Rescue

Blades tossed and turned all night since he couldn't get the voice and woman's terrified screams out of his head. He thought bout the look the woman gave him like she trusted him with her life she didn't look scared of him at all.

He chuckled halfheartedly and said to himself " Yeah, like that would ever happen she was a soft skin but to her I would be nothing but an alien criminal."

Blades finally closed his eyes and let sleep claim him, but one stray tear fell because he knew the dream was just a hopeful fantasy. His dream of being wanted, of being cherished by someone he cares for.

Soon blackness clouded his mind and no dreams came.

He snapped awake when he was doused in ice water.

He looked around for the culprit only to see Dr. Paradigm holding a water bucket he let out a vicious growl at the iguana mutant and brought out his blades as a warning.

Paradigm shakily said "Bad Rap wanted you awake. He needs to speak with you and Spittor."

The brown raptor's eyes narrowed and he growled then got up hissing partially at Paradigm who was backing away slowly.

Then he headed to the control center.

Spittor saw him walk in and asked "You okay Blades?"

The brown raptor hissed and snapped "I didn't get much sleep and being woken up by ice water getting dumped on me doesn't help."

Spittor backed away slightly from the disgruntled raptor as Bad Rap walked in with a new plan.

"I have come across a facility not far from Fission City. They have a few components we need to repair out security systems and our vehicles. We will head there after this storm lets up."

Spittor said "If they have things we need we should head out tomorrow morning."

Blades agreed and said he was going to practice with his weapons.

The others made no objections so he headed to the training area and attacked the dummy as if it were a living opponent. Blades focused all of his pent up aggression on it and when he wanted to finish it he used the drill in his tail and punctured the dummy's heart. He cleaned the stuffing from the dummy off his tail and headed out of the training room.

After his work-out he walked outside and relaxed in the rain to cool down. He had a water bottle with him and was drinking it as he rested. He came back in later, rubbing his sore arm and began working it in a circle.

He headed back to his room then went over to his window seat, He grabbed some ointment and worked it in to his sore arm as he watched the rain fall against the night sky. He sighed and got out some polish for his blades.

The dream from the night before came into his mind as he worked on cleaning his weapons.

He wondered what everything meant, a voice whispered in his head "Everything will make sense in time."

Blades looked around and saw no one.

His thoughts returned to the woman in his dream and he let out frustrated growl and said "Why can't I get you out of my head?"

He thought about how her gold and silver streaked black hair framed her face like a gust of wind blew it and how her red eyes stood out from her tanned skin.

He growled and shook his head to get rid of the thought he was having and said "I would only get heartbreak. Even if I tried I'd be alone as I am now."

Blades decided he would catch up on sleep so he walked over to his bed and curled up under the covers.

A Chance Meeting and a Plea

Blades looked around and saw an open forest and he heard a pained cry and against his better judgment he followed the sound deeper into the forest and saw a poor woman covered in gash marks that were bleeding as she sat on a stump.

Blades looked at her and didn't know soft skins knew that kind of pain. He placed a hand on her back, she looked up with a pained look in her eyes. She tried to stand but fell, but the woman didn't feel the ground she looked up and saw a pair of gold eyes, staring down at her. She looked at him weakly and shut her eyes. Blades held her close and looked closer at her features he gulped nervously because the woman was the one from his dream the night before. He picked her up bridal style and brought her to a moss covered area he saw before. Blades set the woman down and rested her head on his lap as he watched over her. He ran a clawed hand through her hair in the most comforting way possible.

She opened her eyes and smiled weakly at him and then asked "Who are you?"

Blades said "Why do you want to know?"

The woman said "I want to know the name of the one that helped me."

The gold-eyed raptor sighed "I'm Blades"

She looked at him with her ruby eyes as he smiled slightly showing his fangs to her.

She chuckled weakly and Blades said "You look dehydrated, I will be back."

He set her head on the moss and soon came back with some water for her.

Blades held her head up gently and said "Drink this you need it."

She drank it gratefully and said "Thank you."

Blades was quiet for a while and he looked at the soft skin resting in his lap. He had an idea and set her on the ground gently and curled up on the ground next to her moving his tail around her being careful to not scratch her with his spikes on his tail.

Making a protective circle around her.

She looked around her and saw what he did and leaned her head exhausted into his neck and said "I feel myself waking up and at the rate they are testing me I might not last much longer, thank you for being with me in this time."

Blades said "I don't understand? What do you mean?"

The woman said "You showed me kindness Blades and I can't thank you enough for that. Maybe you can help me."

Blades saw her form was fading and said confused"Help with what?"

She looked at him and said with tears in her ruby eyes "Please save me from this nightmare I live in" then faded away.

The world faded to black...

Blades woke up and looked around and saw it was another dream, but this time he felt the woman's soft hair and felt her against his scales.

He sat in his bed and sighed and told himself "I have to find her, the look on her face told me she was counting on me and I won't let her down."

Blades headed to the control room and got on the computer trying to figure out who the woman in his dream was. He was working on pulling up missing posters when Bad Rap told him they were going to the facility to get what they needed. Blades felt like something was going to happen and it was going to be something big. He went to his bike and took off with the others. He thought as he drove and heard a small voice say "Please help."

they broke into the building and as they walked they heard cries of pain from other buildings. Blades heard a familiar scream and knew it was her and roared and ran in the direction of the scream and attacked a guard stabbing the armor and throwing the unfortunate man into a wall. The man pressed an alarm and soon blades saw lasers come out of the walls and began shooting at him and he dodged all the attack and ripped the lasers from the wall and kept running. He heard her pained screams and it only made his blood boil at the pain she was being put through he pushed himself harder and came across Ripster and T-Bone.

Blades growled because he had no time for this fight, he charged at them Ripster grabbed him and he flipped him over his shoulder and looked behind him and used his blades to block an attack from t-bone then used his drill on his tail, landing a hit on T-Bone causing his shoulder to bleed and dodging the shark's attacks as kept heading into the testing area and thought to himself "I will keep my promise and get you out."

He came across the lab and saw the woman's body convulsing at the shocks they were giving her already bleeding body. He went over to the doctor near her and grabbed him and threw him into another and unstrapped her from the metal table and held her close to him. Blades turned the drill on his tail on and destroyed the lab and any electronics hooked up to her. He lit the flammable chemicals and ran as fast as he could out maneuvering any guards he came across and hid in a storage area. He looked at the broken woman in his arms and saw her ruby eyes open and smiled at him, but passed out from the pain and loss of blood. He looked around for a way out and he found one and took it.

He was met outside by the other two and they didn't question him bringing a human for he looked like he was about to kill someone they raced back for their hide-out and made it with out any run-ins. Blades went straight past them and headed for his bed room and found the extra blankets he hid from the others and made a nest around her.

He went into his bathroom and brought out his first aid kit and began patching up her wounds after she was patched up to his liking he made himself comfortable in the chair he dragged over next to her and silently prayed to anyone that would listen for the woman to be alright.

All he could do now was hope for the best.

-S%S-

What will become of our unlikely pair and how will the others react to her?

R&R guys see you next time in The Lost Prince.