The Failure
Chapter two
Tyr broke free of the weak rope the aliens had used to tie him up with. He kneeled down next to harpers limp form.
"Boy, are you alive? You better be"
He checked harpers pulse. It was there, but harpers breathing left a bit of worry in the back of tyrs mind. It was shallow and fast. As if Harper was just trying to get the breathing out of the way because it hurt too much. Tyr looked at harpers arm that was still bleeding heavily. The dagger blade was embedded into the poor boys arm. Tyr sighed, knowing that he needed to take the blade out. He slowly lifted and turned the boys body so that he was face up on his lap. Tyr took a hold of the edge of the blade; slowly he began to pull on the blade. He kept an eye on the engineer, but he did not stir. He lay not moving, he was struggling to breath. Tyr tore off a piece of cloth from one of the blankets and bandaged the arm. Blood started soaking through almost immediately.
"Damn those creatures, boy you better make it though this."
Tyr tried not to move the young man. He could hear the aliens coming back to their room. The door slid open and two of the aliens came in. they noticed the bandage on harpers arm as well as Tyr being untied.
"Well, what do we have here? Trying to escape. You're going to have to be punished for that."
The two aliens smiled. Slowly they approached the young engineers body. Tyr finally spoke out.
"What are you doing? Get away from him."
The aliens glared at the angry nietzchian.
"I said you were to be punished and it is quite obvious that you care more about this worthless kludge more than your own hide. So he will be punished for what you do."
Tyr kicked the alien in the stomach before catching Harper's body. The other alien did not look too happy, but Tyr did not care. Harper was his responsibility. The alien came closer to Tyr and the unconscious Harper. Tyr growled at the alien, as he got closer to him and Harper.
"Very well. You leave me no choice. Separate them. Their less difficult to handle that way."
They came in once again to get Harper. They held Tyr back against the wall. Not letting him get within kicking distance. They dragged off Harper Tyr cursed and spat them. They quickly shut the door and locked it tightly. Tyr kicked and screamed.
"You bring him back!"
His shouting did nothing. Only silence remained.
Three hours later...
The ship was landing, this Tyr could tell. As they landed the door to his room opened and the alien ushered him forward to the bridge. He saw the beaten engineer tied up against a cooling pipe. The ice-cold air surrounding his defenseless body. Tyr slowly walked over to the engineer. Tyr placed a hand on the boy's forehead. He had a horrible fever. Tyr could see the sweat dripping off Harper, the cold air enhancing his suffering. The ship landed and the two of them were quickly pushed along a path leading into a coliseum like stage. As they were lead down to a man in a red and black armor. The guards moved away exposing the two figures.
"Bow to your master."
Tyr remained standing, as did Harper who was being held up by Tyr.
"I SAID BOW!"
The guard pushed Tyr to the ground making him loose his grip on Harper. Allowing him to hit the dirt ground. Try growled knowing what they had made him do. Harpers breathing was distressed, the young engineer began a coughing fit, coughing up blood. Tyr slowly picked the boy up putting him on his knees.
"Very good, I like these two. Make them gladiators."
The king dismissed them and Tyr and Harper were lead down a flight of stairs to a dungeon area. Tyr was thrown in first as the guards looked at Harper.
"He won't last a match."
The aliens threw Harper into the cell with Tyr. The aliens laughed as Tyr stumbled to ground trying not to injure the boy.
"If you're smart, you'll put the kludge out of his misery. The other slaves and gladiators will gladly do it themselves."
The aliens laughed while locking the doors and going up the stone stairs.
Tyr laid down Harper, and quickly removed the boy's shirt. The engineer's body was covered in bruises and cuts. Tyr looked at harpers arm. The blood had soaked through the little bandage that Tyr had made earlier. Tyr placed a hand on harpers skin; it was fevered and had a chill to it. His time near the cooling pipe had worsened his condition. Tyr was about to start cursing when a little girl came in. her blonde hair curled and was pulled back into a tie. She slowly approached Tyr and put a plate under the bars with food on it.
"I thought you would like some food, I can bring you medicine for your friend."
Tyr looked at the girl she was only seven at the oldest.
"He would appreciate that, bring needle and thread."
The girl nodded and quickly left the dungeon. Tyr wanted to wrap Harper in one of the raggedy blankets that were left on the beds, but they were dusty and smelled of blood. Harper lay unconscious on the cold floor. Tyr sat with his back against the brick type wall. As he waited for the girl to return he inspected the food she had brought it was not much, some weird fruit, a bit of bread and some kind of meat. He ate a little of it leaving some for Harper when he woke up.
