In Evil, Residing
First Obstacle
"Treylon…Treylon." The voice echoed in the pod and the dragon was jolted awake; he slammed his head into the top of the pod and Treylon groaned as he rubbed his head.
"What, oh man."
"I'm bringing the fleet out of Slipspace and into cloak. We will station above the planet and you will go down and kidnap the ruling house. When you're done, bring them up to your ship and we'll have to disable the Orbital Defense Stations. If you can successfully capture the king and queen I will promote you to Commander."
"Yes sir, Admiral." Treylon said as he popped the hatch to the pod. Treylon rose out and he slipped into his armor; he walked out of his room and a smile crept onto his muzzle.
Finally, some action.
Treylon walked into the crew's quarters and they immediately stood to attention as he walked around them. The Maru's crew numbered a hundred and Treylon grabbed the mike that was on the wall.
"Ok, I need some volunteers to go down to the surface. If you don't have your entire equipment ready, sit down." Some dragons sat and Treylon nodded. "Alright, I have less than four hundred combat cycles experience, take a seat." More dragons sat down and Treylon was still not satisfied. "Ok, I need a group of ten dragons that is all I require." A few sat down and Treylon nodded. "Ok, you, you, you three, you, you, and you three, you're coming with me." Treylon walked out of the quarters and his crew followed him.
Krystal yawned as she rose from the cot and Fox was already up.
"Hey, there's a call for you on the Comm, I think it's your father." Krystal walked over and Fox hit the button.
"Krystal, where the Hell are you? You're mother and I was so worried about you."
"I'm with Fox." Krystal said and Kova went ballistic.
"The mercenary! Are you shitting me?"
"Father, it's not that bad, I'm glad I left Cerinia." The king walked off and her mother came on.
"Krystal, you need to come back. Your father and I want you to return so we can arrest the mercenary for taking you."
"Mother, I took him. We borrowed a ship and I'm starting a new life." She was about to respond when she turned.
"Kova, what was that?" There was a loud bang and her father's body flew into the room. "Kova-!" There was a large flash and her parent's bodies lay on the floor. Fox looked carefully and he saw something move into the room and a laser shot took out the Comm.
Treylon sat in the cloaked shuttle as it passed by the Orbital Defense Stations; they didn't notice and the ten dragons sat around him.
"As I already told you, we're going down to the planet's surface and capturing the ruling house. Use force only if needed and do not, and I mean do not hurt the king and queen. I need them alive and coherent. Any questions?"
"No sir." The team said. The shuttle broke the atmosphere and the pilot killed the engine as he out it down a few hundred yards away from the palace. The hatch opened and the dragons piled out.
"Engage cloak and set all weapon activities to silent." The dragons clicked their weapons and Treylon led his team to the main gate. They climbed up the gate and the dragons dropped silently into the yard. Treylon saw no guards and he took a step forward.
"Sir," One of the dragons had a paw on his shoulder and Treylon removed his booted paw.
"Yes?"
"They have a security system out and it is active." He pointed out small red squares on the lawn and Treylon looked for another way in. Treylon saw that the high gated wall ran all the way to the palace and he removed his boots.
"Stay here, I'll take care of this." Treylon said as he shouldered his rifle. Treylon walked over to the high wall and he unleashed his claws as he nimbly scaled the wall. The dragon crawled the length of the wall and he used his massive strength to grip the wall. Treylon cut a hole in a window with an energy sword and he slipped into the palace. He cut the sword and Treylon snuck through the palace; there were a few guards patrolling but he dispatched them quite easily. He walked into the guard booth that was to his left and he deactivated the security system. His dragons came through the front door a few minutes later and they walked up to where the king and queen where.
"Kova, what was that?" They heard and Treylon walked right into the king. He yelled and Treylon hit him across the jaw with his fist; Kova was sent into the room and a dragon tossed in a flash grenade. It detonated and the two were knocked unconscious; Treylon saw an active Comm and he put a laser round through it.
Treylon walked into the bridge on his ship and he nodded to Delquin.
"Patch me through to the Admiral." The Comm officer ran his paws over the console and the Admiral's vid shot came up.
"Treylon, do you have done what I asked?"
"Yes, I have them in custody, what should I do with them?"
"For the moment, nothing. I want you to prepare your troops for the assault on the Orbital Defense Stations. I'm going to have you and the other Captains take one ODS per ship. You have the honor of taking the first one Commander."
"Fox, we have to go back, my parents could be in danger."
"Krystal, we have no idea if they are even ok; but if you want to then let's go." Fox input the coordinates for Cerinia and his ship vanished. Krystal sat beside him and she had a worried look on her face as Fox looked over.
"Fox, I should never have left them."
"If you hadn't, you might be dead also." She looked over and the truth of his words hit her like an anvil.
Kova slowly came awake and he was blinded by a bright light; he quickly shut his eyes and he felt something grasp his muzzle. There was a strange voice and Kova could not understand what it said.
"Kentish joytivc enemas." The voice was a baritone and Kova struggled to see the figure talking to him. "Hatfs, ban tonow sleis xan? Or should I say," The voice said, lapsing into Cerinian. "Welcome to the Maru." Treylon killed the light but there was another one behind him and it kept him backlit.
"What do you want from me?"
"It's not what I want from you, it's what the Hierarchs want and I must follow what they decree, like take over Cerinia."
"Kova, what is going on?" The Queen said as she awoke.
"Well, the Queen is awake, what pray, is your name?" Treylon asked as he moved close to her. The terror factor was amped up tenfold and the Queen could barely talk.
"My…my name is Skye."
"Well Skye, welcome to Hell." He backhanded her on the muzzle twice and she was out.
"Leave her-" Kova started but Treylon lashed his fist across his muzzle three times.
"Shut up vulpine, you're mine now."