Chapter Ten:
The Ero carrier was floating outside the boundaries of earth. Sam heard the door to his cell open. A guard grabbed him by the collar dragging him out of the cell. "Where are you taking me?" he snarled. The guard said nothing. He dragged Sam into a room laying him down on the gurney. He put the straps around him. Sam struggled. "You bastard! Let me go!" The guard smacked him upside the head causing him to blackout. Sam woke up to the sound of someone screaming. He struggled again. The door opened and an Ero wearing a lab coat walked in. "well hunter today is your lucky day." he pulled out a knife. "I get to work on you next." Sam growled lowly. "Relax the more you struggle the more your heart rate goes up. I want you nice and calm." He held Sam down. "Now which part of you should I work on first? Oh I know how about those pretty blue eyes of yours?" Sam growled again. His eyes glew. He sent out a shockwave knocking the scientist back. He managed to move close to the table grabbing the knife with his teeth. He worked the blade under the leather with his head. After about ten seconds he cut the strap across his chest freeing his hands. He spat the knife into his hand before using it to cut the straps off of his legs. Once freed he planted the knife into the scientist's neck killing him. He yanked off the lab coat. He then put the mask on so he could disguise himself as one of them. He grabbed the clipboard. He saw the names and faces of each of the villagers. He smiled to himself. He heard someone scream again. He followed the scream into one of the rooms. He saw his friend, Elvis being tortured. He growled. He made himself invisible. He waved his hand sending out another shockwave knocking out the Eros that had Elvis. Elvis looked up to see his mentor. "Sa-" Sam cut him off by putting his hand over his mouth. "Shh Elvis." He cut his friend free. "Now get behind me. We have to free the others."
The both of them kept to the shadows. One by one they freed half of the citizens of PontyPandy. "Okay the last one on the list is Penny. According to this it says she's in that room." Elvis nods. Elvis picked the lock carefully. He opened the door. He then frowned. "You sure?" Sam raised an eyebrow. He peered in as well. There were signs of struggle and bodies all over the ground. Three piercing claw marks were on the wall with blood. "Stay alert Elvis. I don't like the feelings I'm getting." Sam's vision changed. The room was blue and the bodies appeared as yellow. The markings gave off light heat. He then saw waves in his vision indicating something was moving around in the room. He saw a red shape come at him. His vision changed back to normal. The creature pounced on him. It roared at him. He struggled to get the golden furred beast off of him. He waved his hand. He sent the creature flying backwards. The creature gripped the wall. It screeched before taking off again. "What the hell is that?" asked Elvis. Sam panted. "I don't know but we should get back to the others." Elvis helped Sam up. "Do think that was her?" Sam shrugged. "I don't know." Elvis had that distant look. "I'm not leaving without her. If that's her I don't want to leave her with these monsters." Sam put a hand on his shoulder. "I know you want to help her Elvis but we have to go." Elvis looked down. "I'll go find her. You go back." Elvis nodded. Elvis left. Sam sighed. His vision changed again. The world around him was blue but the creature's trail appeared in red. Sam followed the trail down the hall. He heard growling behind him. The creature came running at him. A blue sword appeared in Sam's hand. He slashed the creature down it's side. The creature let out a human like cry. Sam turned around. It had on a ruined firefighter's uniform. "Oh Penny." whispered Sam. Penny turned growling. Her golden eyes glared at him. "It's okay I'm not going to hurt you." blue mist formed around his hand. "Let me cure you." Penny whined. She knelt down in front of him. Sam put his hand on her. His magic began surrounding her. He was draining the curse that had overtaken her.
Penny changed back. She fell to her knees. Sam caught her in his arms. He put her on his back and carried her back to the hangar. That's when they were assaulted by a patrolling group of guards. Penny pushed herself off of his back. "Sam run!" she urged. "I'll deal with them." She charged at them. She managed to yank the gun from one of them. She shot the other. Sam watched in horror as the third Ero turned invisible. He pulled out an energy sword and stabbed Penny through the back. "Penny!" yelled Sam. Penny went limp. The Ero tossed her body aside. It went for Sam. Sam picked up the gun she had dropped. He shot the Ero to death. He panted shaking a tad. He had watched his friend die in front of him. Elvis waited for him to return. His skin paled when he saw Penny's limp body in Sam's arms. "I'm sorry Elvis." whispered Sam. "She sacrificed herself to protect us." Elvis sobbed into Penny's chest. Sam looked down. They were right about you. She's the second person you've lost. His brother put a hand on his shoulder. Annu ran over to Sam. She jumped into his arms. Sam held Annu tightly. He buried his face into her neck keeping his tears hidden. Steele walked up to Elvis. "Carry her body Elvis. You'll be able to grieve once we return to Earth." Annu pointed at a ship. "Take the dragon looking one." Steele nodded. Everyone walked aboard the dragonship. Elvis walked next to Sam. The youngster was rather quiet. Sam felt bad for not having protected Penny like he promised. Annu climbed into the cockpit. She started the ship up. "Hold tight everyone." the thrusters began firing up. The ship lifted up from the landing pad. The doors to the hanger opened. Annu hit the gas speeding away from the carrier.