Here is the next installment. You see the new force in action. Question is do they get to her in time? Amber
VF Chapter 10 Consequences
Vince was scanning for the frequency in Allura's circlet. Thank goodness Keith had put the tracker in there as a precaution. Then it started beeping. "Team! I got a location! Planet Soma! Coordinates are due west 900 miles ETA 1 hour."
Tandy came across. "Pidge did you read? What intelligence do you have?"
"It's got a small compound. Security is reasonable. But there is a weak spot about a quarter mile long in the grid. If you slip in one at a time you can get in undetected."
Daniel said. "Okay. Give us those coordinates Pidge. Team we need a plan. We have an hour let's do this right. Tandy…I want you to have some tranqs handy. I want to be able to put anyone we come across into the snooze zone."
"Roger that!"
"Vince…hack into the security I want to get in and out without anyone knowing. Daigo, Larmina, and I will be in charge of primary coverage. We don't know what kind of shape Allura will be in but we need to be prepared."
Daigo said. "I can carry her if I have too."
Daniel nodded. Daigo had really filled out in the past year. He had said that Lion Rider men fill out early. He was really strong and if she did have to be carried was their best bet.
Vince called. "She's in the compound…second level."
Tandy said. "I'm picking up 50 heat signatures and different DNA readings not human. The two Arusians that were taken are not here."
Daniel said. "We can't worry about that now. Where are the bad guys?"
"They are all in the ground level. It's going to be best if we can go from the top down." Vince said
Larmina came over. "Why don't we?"
"How Larmina?" Daniel said.
"Well there are those ships back there. If we hijack one we can fly to here. They aren't going to think one of their own ships is going to be suspicious are they?"
"Yeah except we don't have an access code and if they hail us we are blown." Tandy said.
Pidge came over the comm. "Access code 9895M4."
Tandy grinned. "How are you doing that?"
"I'm a genius remember. But I can't take credit. That access code came out of Princess Romelle's leger of enemy intelligence. She had found the stuff for the Seventh Kingdom on accident. From here it doesn't look like they know the code is compromised. Vince check it."
Vince ran a scan and nodded. "Yep it is still a valid code and we can turn on the ship with it too."
Daniel nodded. "Okay let's move. Tandy can you handle the electronics if Vince stays on the ship?"
"I can muddle through I am Balton after all."
They quietly went to the airfield and selected a flyer. Vince used his Volt-com to gain control. He started the engine. "Okay get ready to chameleon and jump. I'll maintain a pattern of patrol. I canceled the next run in their system. So we have an hour."
Daniel disappeared. "Let's do this."
They all jumped to the roof of the building. Tandy was now tracking the Queen. She decided to go straight to her window. "She's just through this window. I'll go first. We don't know what condition she's in."
Daniel nodded. "Okay…we'll wait for your signal."
Tandy rappelled down. She stopped at the window and her heart plummeted. She was suspended from the ceiling. Her shoulders and arms had to be damaged. She could see that she'd been tortured. "Daniel. The queen's been tortured. I may be able to give her adrenaline so that she can climb to the roof."
"Do it. We'll cover for you guys."
Tandy disengaged the security on the window and climbed in. Allura heard the noise and looked up. Her eyes widened. "Who's there?"
"Tandy…" She whispered. "Hold on let me get you out of this contraption." Tandy found the release mechanism and Allura collapsed to the ground.
Tandy handed Allura her Volt-com. Allura used it to clothe herself. "Can you stand?" Tandy asked.
"Yes…I don't know for how long."
Tandy pulled out a syringe. "I can give you some adrenaline. It will help for a little while."
Allura nodded. Tandy injected it into her arm. Allura felt the effects at once. She was on her feet. "Where to?"
"Out here." They both went to the window. Tandy called. "Vince I have the Queen but due to her injuries she can't climb to the roof. I have attached her to me in the safety harness."
"I see you… stay there. When I fly by everyone grab the black line. You'll be invisible." Tandy saw the rope they were the farthest down and they grabbed hold. Vince flew them straight to the lions.
They all landed on the ground. "Aunt Allura!"
Allura turned around and was in a bone crushing hug from her niece. "Ow Larmina! My back."
She paled. "Sorry Auntie. He hurt you that son of a bitch!"
Tandy snapped. "Allura comes with me. I can treat her once we are out of harm's way."
Larmina was about to object but that would be selfish. Her Aunt was hurt and Tandy was a doctor. They headed to the lions and took off.
No one spoke until the seventh kingdom was behind them. As soon as they broke the barrier and were once again in neutral territory. Daniel hailed. "Castle Control this is Commander Daniel. The Lioness has been found and we are heading back to base."
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Pidge was grinning. "That's 10-4. We'll be waiting."
Keith hurried in carrying Lila. "Did they find her?"
Pidge nodded. "They are coming back."
Keith collapsed in a chair and held Lila close. "Thank god! Has she been hurt?"
"I don't know…but I'm sure Tandy is all over it if she is."
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Tandy snapped out of her harness after putting her lion on auto pilot. She turned and saw how pale the Queen was. "You're safe now Allura."
"I'm alright."
"Not based on what I saw. I know you have contusions from a whip and both your arms are hyperextended. Both shoulders are dislocated. That's not including the vaginal tearing. I know Keith didn't do that so…that leaves only one other possibility."
Allura sobbed.
Tandy took her hand. "I'll be discreet but you have to let me treat you. We don't know what kind of diseases Lotor could have."
Allura nodded. "Okay."
Tandy guided her to the back of her lion. She set up her portable medical table. "Lie down on your stomach. I am going to disinfect your back first."
Allura snorted. "Lotor did it with alcohol."
"Did he numb it first?"
"No."
Tandy winced. She looked into her bag and pulled out the numbing cream. She rubbed it gently on Allura's back. Then she took a spray bottle of saline and flushed out the lashes. She frowned. "These are all going to require stiches. I'm giving you some morphine."
"I don't want that."
Tandy simply put the pressure syringe to her bicep. "It won't hurt the baby I promise."
Allura was going to ask how she knew but realized she probably saw it on her scanner. "The…The baby's okay?"
"Fine." It took Tandy a couple hours but she sutured all of them. She was boiling. "I'll be right back."
She went to the front of her lion and drank some water from her canteen. She jumped when she saw Pidge on her view screen. "Holy Circuits! Are you trying to give me heart failure?"
"How's Allura?"
"So far she has over five hundred stiches in her back from the lashes. That's as far as I've gotten."
Pidge paled. "Oh my god! He tortured her!"
Tandy nodded. "Yes and worse."
Pidge squeezed his eyes shut. He didn't need to ask what she meant. He'd heard the recording. "What's the ETA?"
"Four more hours."
"We'll see you then. I love you."
"I love you too."
She went back to Allura. Tandy took out a cool compress. "Allura I need to roll you onto your back now."
"Okay."
Tandy chuckled at her slurred voice. The morphine was really working. That was a good thing in her opinion. Tandy sucked in her breath. 'Bite marks! That sick son of a bitch!' Tandy took the saline and put some antibiotic ointment on them and then ran the healing wand on them. They vanished. Tandy checked her shoulders. They were both dislocated. She got out a sedative and put her under and put both shoulders back in place. Then she ran the scanner again. Only one was going to require surgery. Small blessing. Then she did a rape kit and ran the semen. Not to determine ID. They all knew who. She wanted to see if he had any STD's. That came back negative. Another blessing. Then she sutured Allura's tearing with dissolving sutures. They would dissolve in 5 days. She put Allura's right arm in an immobilizer. Then she stood up. That was the best she could do for now. She started an IV line and fed her some more morphine. She didn't want the queen waking up.
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Keith was pacing the Lion hanger like a raging bull. He wanted his wife. Yes he had heard that they had her but he couldn't relax. Not until she was safe in his arms again. The hanger doors opened and the lions flew inside. Keith ran to the red lion. He knew that is where she was. He gasped when he saw her. "Oh god! Allura! My love!" He bent down and lifted her gently. He kissed her cheek. "You're safe now."
Allura slept on. Tandy had her fluids. "Let's get her to medical Keith."
Keith took her without further ado. Lance, Pidge, and Hunk followed them. The younger team followed them. No one spoke. Keith put her on a bed and then took her hand. Her eyes fluttered open. "Keith?"
"Darling."
"Where's Lila?"
Keith kissed her lips tenderly. "She's asleep it's one in the morning."
"Okay."
Lance came over. "You had a rough time sweetheart."
"I'm okay…now that I'm home." Her eyes closed and she went to sleep.