Raina was jolted awake when two guards dragged her out of her cell. Dazed and confused, she tried to lash out, but her attempts were met with violence. "Where are you taking me?" She demanded, struggling against her captors grip.
"Gul Dukat wants to see you." The grin on the guards face left Raina's blood running cold.
She was dragged to Dukat's room and thrown down on the floor at his feet. She looked up at him and his face terrified her. She was going to do die.
"Get up!" Dukat pulled her up by her hair and threw her down on the bed so was on her stomach, immediately straddling. "Now, be a good girl and tell me who you work for."
"Burn in hell." She spat as she tried to shrug him off.
Determined hands press against her head, pushing her face into the mattress. She struggled against it, forcing her head back up so she could breath. She stilled suddenly as a voice broke into her mind, telling her that it wasn't real. "Fight." It urged.
Raina screamed. "It's not real."
"Dammit. She's fighting the simulation."
"Load the next one."
Dukat paced his office back and forth like a caged animal.
How dare they threaten his wife and blackmail him. Like cowards, kidnapping his wife and the love of his life, after they had drugged him. Once he had found them, he would show no mercy.
It was his fault.
They were his enemies. They kidnapped her because of him. He knew he would regret not killing Gul Tretol when he had the chance and he should have anticipated using Raina for revenge. He just hoped beyond measure that they didn't do to her what he kept imagining.
They had demanded that he turned himself over for execution and Raina wouldn't be harmed. Despite protestations from the council and his cabinet, he planned to do just that.
But he was Gul Dukat. He didn't plan to allow them to just kill him, he would take as many of them as possible and make sure Raina was safe. If he died after that, so be it. Raina's safety was paramount.
Fortunately, he had his family and Raina's family to mount a rescue for Raina and himself. Currently, that family were setting things up before Dukat travelled alone to the meeting point. Once the call came in, he would be on his way to save his wife. Whether he lived or died as result, he didn't care.
Raina woke up in the one place she feared going back to.
Back on to Gul Tretol's ship.
She could smell the Kanar lingering heavily in the air. The cruel taunts of her abusers as she lay broken on the bed. Even the taste of blood tainting her tongue. Her body ached as she sobbed quietly into the sheets.
She froze as her abusers surrounded the bed again, discussing who's turn it was. It felt so real, but it wasn't. That voice entered her head again, telling her to fight. It was then she caught the glint of a knife, tucked into the waist band of one of the captors. She waited for her moment for him to get closer. In a flash, she took the knife and plunged it into his stomach.
"It's not real!" She screamed.
"Tretol, she's waking up."
"Give her more tetrovaline and load the next simulation."
"More could kill her."
"I don't care. Just let the bitch suffer."
"The tetrovaline isn't working, she's gaining consciousness."
"Kill her."
Raina groaned loudly as she hit the metal floor after falling from the bed. She had no idea where she was, but she had a pounding headache and her stomach was lurching.
She struggled to her feet and propped herself against the bed while she gained some perspective of her surroundings. She surveyed the room, looking for any escape route she could find. Fortunately, she found an escape hatch and she summoned the strength needed to climb through.
Dukat moved through the old and worn station Empok Nor as he searched for Raina, despatching anyone who got in his way. He probably made a stupid decision to go it alone, but he couldn't wait for help to arrive. Fortunately, he knew Empok Nor as it was identical to Terok Nor, so he knew where Raina likely was.
She had to be close, he could sense her. He was always aware of her presence when she was close by. He didn't understand it himself, but it was as if they shared a mind housed in two separate bodies. He was as aware of her thoughts as his own. Right now she was in distress, yelling and crying.
Gul Tretol pressed his hands against Raina's neck, pushing down slowly as she struggled to breathe. "You ruined my life. I'm going to kill you and your little pet won't be able to help you."
Raina struggled to breathe but she wanted him to know the consequence of his actions nearly a decade prior. "You…..had a d…daughter."
Something in him switched and he let go of her neck, taking a step back. "What?"
Raina carefully stood up as she caressed her neck. "I woke up from a coma to find out that I was pregnant."
"Where is the child?" He demanded.
Raina fought back the tears when she thought of her baby girl. "Her ashes are buried on Cardassia."
"When did she die?"
"Halfway through the pregnancy, her heart stopped beating. They think that the placenta was interrupted by some scar tissue left on my womb."
"Did you at least name her. Respect her Cardassian half?"
"I named her after my mother. Skrain performed funeral rites for her as we buried her ashes." Raina could sense that Dukat was close, so all she had to do was keep Tretol talking. "She looked Cardassian. She had the eye ridges, ears, nose, and chin. Her forehead was Human, and she had a similar skin tone to me."
"Why wasn't I told?"
Raina scoffed. "I thought that was obvious. You and two of your officers gang raped me until I was nearly dead. It's taken me years to undo the damage that you did to me. Even if Ellie had lived, do you really think that I'd allow you to even know that she existed? You have so little regard for women and non-Cardassians that you'd use her Human half to punish her for the rest of her life. I didn't even know until recently that you were her father. You weren't the only one raping me."
Tretol took a threatening step towards Raina. "My life is in ruins because of you."
Raina laughed loudly. "You ruined your own life. Skrain wanted to have you killed for what you did to me."
"You think that slimy Bajoran-fucking idiot cares about some little Human whore he knocked up?"
Raina felt the rage rise in her so quickly that she didn't even think about what she about to do. Next to her was a long piece of metal that had obviously fallen from the crumbling station and in a flash she swung it at him so hard that it knocked him out cold. Seconds later, Dukat rushed into the room holding his gun. "You took your time."
Dukat didn't even react to her quip. Instead he holstered his gun and moved quickly to her. With a brief glance his lips were on hers and he kissed her as if he would never get to kiss her again.
Raina's knees were absolutely weak when he pulled his lips away from hers. "I should get kidnapped more often." She breathed out.
"I rather you didn't. I really thought I lost you for good."
"You're always there to save me, lover."
Dukat looked down at Tretol in disgust. "What shall we do with him?"
"Set the station to blow. Whether he gets off or not, I really don't care."
They escaped into the shuttle after setting the station to blow, headed back to Cardassia. "Are you ok?" Dukat asked Raina, worried by her silence.
"I'm fine." She wanted to be fine, but she wasn't sure how to feel. "It doesn't matter. There was a point I thought I'd never get to see you again either or the kids."
The shuttle sensors bleeped to say that they had company. "I think your father has just arrived."
"Good. I need to get into a soft bed, and we have needs to attend to." She smirked suggestively.
John appeared on the screen, visibly relieved to see his daughter was ok. "Hey sweetheart. Dock the shuttle and we have a room waiting. Skrain, I trust the matter was dealt with."
Dukat and John had developed an understanding when they got to know each other, especially when it came to Raina. The other knew the lengths the other would go to in protecting Raina. Dukat knew how important John was to Raina and John knew how much Dukat loved her. They could never claim to be friends as such, but they respected one another and could rely on each other when they had to. "It was, John. Although I didn't have to do that much."
John chuckled. "Well, my girl was never one to be the damsel in distress."
Raina waited for when her father was off the comm. "What the hell was that? Since when have you and my father been on first name basis?"
"Since we both realised what we have in common."
"Say no more."
Once in the cabin, Raina melted into her husband's touch. They lay in bed, sharing teasing kisses and caressing touches. "I love the way your skin feels on mine."
"I love the taste of your skin." He whispered against her neck, his teeth nipping at her skin.
"We haven't had sex in about 8 weeks." She groaned as his finger slipped into her.
"Hmmm." He loved to kiss her skin. There was nothing in the galaxy like the taste and feel of her skin. She deserved to be worshipped. His mouth sealed around her hardened nipple, teasing the tip with his blunt tongue, smirking inside as she moved towards the source of pleasure. "Beg." He groaned in her ear.
"Please." She breathed out.
He entered her slowly, his eyes closing as pure bliss took over him. He missed the way she felt and the noises she made as he touched her. When her hands wove into his hair and she tugged, he knew that was his cue. He pushed her legs apart and threw one over his shoulder and began to relentlessly pound into her.
Raina couldn't describe the feelings she felt when she and Dukat made love, but it was always the same, whether it was slow and gentle or fast and rough. She always felt satisfied and she adored the lazy cuddles afterwards.
She knew she wouldn't last since it had been a while since they had sex, but she hadn't expected to orgasm so quickly. She whispered sweet things in his ear as she came.
Dukat could feel that familiar sensation in his groin as he neared climax. He made a few more desperate thrusts into her, letting out a growl as he spilled into her. He pushed the hair from her face and kissed her gently. "I love you."
"I love you, too."