In Evil, Residing
Test of Wills
Treylon nodded at Delquin and the Comm Officer contacted the Admiral.
"We are ready to move out."
"You have my permission, Treylon. Now go out and bring glory to the Hierarchs." A flagship was vectored in as they were talking and Treylon nodded. The screen flicked to space and Treylon pressed the talk button on the Comm.
"This is your Lieutenant, I am in total control of this fleet and I would like to brief you on what's going on. We are about to go to Corneria, a planet that has been the enemy of Venom for the last millennia. The orders are to capture the planet and put down any resistance if needed. When we finish the battle, I will brief you with more, Treylon out." The ships clustered together and a massive Slipspace portal opened, the fleet moved in and Treylon smiled, Corneria was to fall very soon.
Fox sat in his cell and a dragon paced in front of the shield, Fox was thinking of a way to get out. And I believe that he found one.
"Hey, lizard." Fox said as he rose up. The dragon stopped and he switched on a small device around his ear.
"What do you want vulpine?" The device was a universal translator and Fox heard the Dragon tongue in his own language.
"Come here, I bet that you would love to kill me now wouldn't you?"
"Don't test your luck." The guard responded and he walked over. The rifle was out and Fox held up his paws.
"Now hold on a second, let's not be rash." The guard lowered the gun and he continued pacing. "So what will you do when the dragons conquer Lylat? Will there be any spoils of war for you?"
"Shut up you insolent specie."
"Do you think anyone will care about you? Will you be promoted to some high rank for just guarding me?"
"I said, shut up insolent fox." The dragon flicked off the field and he walked into the cell. Fox made a surprise move and he used all his strength to slam the dragon's head against the wall. The dragon was taken by surprise and he hit the floor as there was a cracking sound; Fox had hit it just right and the lizard's neck was snapped.
"Wow, I can't believe it worked." He said as Fox rolled him over. Fox appropriated the rifle, blaster, Comm, and translator. He accidentally hit a button on the Comm and it latched onto his wrist; Fox shook it but it would not move. "Oh crap." He whispered and a thought occurred to him. He touched the screen and it turned on as a few menus popped up. They were useless since the script read Dragonian but Fox saw something that looked Cerinian. He tapped it and the script melted into standard Cerinian.
Oh Hell yes! Fox thought and he was able to read the menus; he cycled through them and he tapped his claw on the screen. He looked down at his feet and they melted away as the color was entirely bleached out, he became translucent and escape was feasible.
Fox slung the rifle onto his back and he ran up the stairs to try and find the docking bay.
In the darkness of the room, Krystal lay in Wolf's quarters. The immobilizer had worked quite well and was still working even as she lay in his bed. Wolf wasn't there but tears streamed down her muzzle; no, she hadn't been raped but it was pretty damn close. Krystal was utterly exposed in the dim light, her fur was tousled and she could not stop the tears from running.
Oh Fox, I need you now. She thought and anger replaced the sadness. She moved her eyes over to the door to the main quarters and something…her psi power, was building up in the confines of her soul.
The door opened to the room and Wolf walked in, he went over to Krystal and he sat down next to her. His paw strayed onto her leg and he leaned forward as he moved it up.
"Krystal, you are a beautiful vixen, I wish you could be mine." She whimpered as he touched her and Wolf nuzzled the side of her neck. "Say that you love me Krystal." When she did not respond, he took out his blaster and forced it against her head. "Say that you love me, now!" He yelled and fire blazed in her eyes. He visibly saw this and something quite unexpected happened. The immobilizer fell off her neck and she pushed him off the couch, but Krystal used her psi power and not her paw.
"No, Wolf I will not bend to your will." She said and Wolf stood up.
"How, how did you do that? How is that possible?" He raised the blaster but Krystal raised her paw also and the weapon overloaded. It flew out of his paw and exploded in the air as she lowered her paw. Wolf leapt at her and Krystal didn't move as he seemed to pass right through her. Wolf quickly rose up and he his expression was priceless.
"You will never understand Wolf." She concentrated on him and a small shockwave exploded from her paw, it slammed into him and he was on the floor, unconscious. Krystal's burst of psi energy was done and she collapsed to her knees, she panted hard and she hit the floor.
Fox peeked around the corner of a hallway and he immediately flattened himself on the wall as a group of dragons passed by him. He sighed and continued down the hallway; he stepped lightly since the device only cloaked him. Fox gripped the rifle tightly and he looked around another corner, the room was empty and he walked in. There were two glowing circles on the floor and Fox's curiosity was piqued, he stepped onto one and vanished in the same instant.
Fox reappeared and he looked around, where as he? The surrounding room had changed to a darker appearance and Fox checked the Comm, it was still functioning and he was still translucent. Fox looked out into the hallway and he saw a few crew members walking around, he snuck past them and he slipped into an elevator just as the doors closed. It automatically started and the doors opened sometime later; Fox stepped out and he saw some commotion at the end of the hallway in a room. He walked over and voices reached his ears.
"The Capitan is unconscious and the vixen seems to be too."
"How did this happen?" A voice asked and the other continued.
"I don't know, but I think Wolf should be moved to the med bay. Inform the Dragon Lieutenant that we will have to stop and bring the fleet to a standstill." Fox pressed himself to the wall as he saw his hated enemy being carried out on a stretcher, he looked into the room and Krystal was still on the floor. The two figures were still talking but Fox wasn't listening.
"Krystal, wake up!" He said repeatedly and she answered after awhile.
"FOX!" Her voice echoed in his mind and he quickly told her not to move.
"Don't move or open your eyes, I'm cloaked outside the room you are in. Just stay still and I will deal with these two." Fox said as he silently raised the rifle. He landed the butt onto one of the figure's necks and he hit the ground as Fox slammed the other in the face. He hit him again on the head and the vulpine was knocked unconscious. "Krystal, it's safe now. Oh you look beautiful." Fox said and Krystal opened her eyes.
"I'll take that as a compliment." She said as they embraced in a fiery kiss, Fox broke it off and he started stripping the guard of his clothes.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting us out of here. Here, put this on." He said and Krystal strapped on the Comm. Fox hit a button and she vanished as Fox shed his clothing. He heard her thoughts and Fox smiled. Hey, none of that until we get out of her." Fox said because he was only wearing his skivvies. Krystal laughed quietly and Fox slipped into the uniform of the guard. "Now be quiet and follow me, I'll get us a ship and we'll bluff our way out of here." He handed her the rifle and it vanished as Fox hid the two bodies. She walked close to him and they walked into the hallway; good luck must be upon them for there was no one there. They sprinted into the teleport room and the two foxes vanished.
Wolf stirred in the medical bay and he opened his eyes, a team of his crew was standing around him and he sat up.
"Damn vixen…" He said and rubbed his forehead.
"Sir, we have ordered a complete halt to the fleet."
"Lieutenant Treylon is coming aboard and he will be meeting you in a few minutes here."
"What? Wait, I have to find her!" Wolf said and he slid off the bed.
"Sir, there is no time; the Lieutenant is right outside the door." Treylon walked in and he had a cross look on his face.
"What is going on here?" He demanded.
"I don't know, I think a prisoner escaped."
"Who was that?" Treylon pushed the doctors out of the way and Wolf took a step back as they were only a few inches apart.
"A vixen."
"What color was she?"
"Cerulean, but she attacked me with psychic powers!" Treylon sighed and he tapped his Comm.
"Delquin, monitor all ships in the fleet, if one tries to escape using Slipspace, take it out."
"Yes sir, I will spread the word." The Comm died and Treylon turned to Wolf.
"You realize what is going to happen now right? If they escape, Corneria will be warned and they will have a fleet ready when we arrive which will hamper us greatly."
Fox walked through the Maru but no one harassed him since he was wearing a Venomian officer uniform. He made his way to the docking bay and it was empty save one fighter, the Cerinian fighter was still there and there seemed to be no guards around.
Krystal, are you still with me?
Yes, right behind you.
Ok, we're getting out of here through your craft. They walked aboard and there was one guard, he came out of nowhere and he walked up to them.
"Hey what are you doing here?" Fox restrained himself from leaping with surprise and he turned around.
"I'm using this vessel."
"No, I can't allow you to do that under the orders of my Lieutenant." He stepped in front of Fox and Fox hesitated, that was enough time for Krystal to walk up and knock him out with a psi blast. Fox watched as the dragon fell to the floor and Krystal reappeared.
"What just happened?"
"I'll tell you later, come on, we have to get out of here." They dragged the body into the ship and locked the dragon in a closet. Fox ran to the cockpit and he quickly fired up the engines. The Cerinian craft rumbled and the core systems came online and the craft left the bay. Fox hit the warp and the dragon fleet vanished as space melted into warp.
"We did it, I can't believe it." Fox said and he input the coordinates for Corneria. He looked over to Krystal and she laughed. "What?"
"Oh nothing, I just can't believe that we did it either." Fox nodded and he walked back into the closet, the dragon fell out onto the floor and he was still unconscious.
"So how did you knock him out?"
"You remember my psi power right? Well, I've been developing it and I have gained a few new abilities besides the mind reading."
Really?
Yeah, it saved me a few times back at Wolf's craft. Fox stood up and he took her paw.
"I'm glad that you're back Krystal." They embraced and she rested her head under his muzzle as he stroked the back of her head. There was a groan behind them and Fox quickly turned around, the dragon was coming back and he took his weapon.
"What the Hell happened?" Fox switched on the translator and it replayed the speech back in Cornerian.
"You were knocked out by my vixen over here." The dragon looked surprised that someone could speak the Dragon tongue but then he noticed the translator.
"Hey, it's you."
"Yes, if you move I will be forced to shoot you." The dragon sat up and he rubbed his head. "Do you have a name?" The dragon looked at Fox and he sighed.
"Scion."
"Last name?"
"No, my clan never had a last name." Fox looked over and he noticed that Krystal was concentrating hard on Scion. "Hey, what is this voice in my head?" He clapped his paws to his head and he curled up. "Ahh, make it stop!" Fox smiled since they had found a way to hurt the dragons without using weapons. "Please, I can't take it anymore!" Scion wailed and Fox was astounded, it was so simple and yet it reduced the dragon to a whining kit.
"Ok, that's enough Krystal. Keep him on the ground and I need to check something." She nodded and Scion kept his paws over his head as Krystal lessened the psi power. Fox walked into the bedroom, mostly everything was gone but he smiled as he saw the crate. He walked over to it and he opened it, the two experimental guns were still in it. He closed the crate and walked back to Krystal, Scion was still on the floor and she had her paw out. "The weapons are still there. What should we do with him?" Scion removed his paws slowly and he had a pained expression on his face.
"I don't know, I've been looking through his mind and I found a few interesting things. When he was on Cerinia, he was assigned to a ground assault team that went right into a Senator's mansion. He caught his family sleeping and he happened to be in the daughter's room. He had the gun to her head and he had orders to rape, kill and destroy Cerinians. But, he didn't kill her or hurt her."
"I couldn't, something kept me from doing it." Scion said. "I received a demotion and cut in pay for that from my Commander now Lieutenant."
"There is good in him, which is strange." Krystal said to Fox and it came through the translator for Scion. "Do you understand Cerinian?"
"Yes, I also understand Cornerian so you don't need that translator." Scion replied and Fox removed the device around his ear. Fox looked at Krystal and she made a quick conversation with him. "You aren't going to kill me are you?"
"No, if you join our side-"
"Treason? You want me to disown my people?"
"How do you feel about killing another race just because your leaders feel that it is right? This is genocide Scion!"
Maybe he is right, maybe the Hierarchs are wrong…Scion thought and he lowered his muzzle. He stripped the Dragon emblem off his uniform and he set it down beside him.
"I can't do this anymore, I feel like I am living a lie." Scion said and he folded his paws.
"So if I put away the gun, you won't try to kill us?" Fox asked and Scion nodded.
"He's telling the truth." Krystal said and Fox was satisfied. He placed the gun on the bed and he walked back into where they were standing. Scion stood up and he sighed.
"So where are we heading?"
"Corneria, our arrival time is a few hours." Scion nodded and he went to the cockpit. He sat down and he sighed.
"Oh this is so strange. I'm revolting against my own damn race." He smiled and Fox shook his head.
He couldn't believe it either.
Krystal awoke sometime later and she opened her eyes, Fox was sound asleep beside her and she smiled as she rose up from the bed. She yawned and threw on her clothes, her jacket over a tank, and her pants. She walked into the cockpit and Scion was there, he was in a dormant state and Krystal looked him over. He barely fit into the cockpit's chair and since he was about seven feet tall, he towered over the two foxes. Krystal sat down in the pilot's seat and she looked over again.
"Scion."
"Yes?" He answered without opening his eyes.
"Are you ready for the reception on Corneria?" He opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Well, what will it entail?"
"When we arrive and tell that your race is attacking, you might go to prison." She said.
"But if you haven't noticed, I'm not like a Cornerian. I will stand out." Krystal pulled the Dragon Comm out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"Take this, it has a cloaking device and it will keep you safe." She looked at the console and the ETA was still one and a half hours. "I'm going to see if Fox is awake." Scion nodded and she returned to the bedroom, he was still asleep but Krystal sat down next to him anyway. She placed a paw on his head and stroked him, he smiled subliminally in his sleep and she examined his thought.
They were all about her. Krystal felt their bond growing, even as he slept, stronger and she lay down next to him. Fox stirred and he opened his eyes.
"Oh hey Krystal." She moved so that there was no space between them and their muzzles were almost touching.
"Hi Fox, we still have an hour and a half to Corneria…" She let that hang and Fox smiled.
"How is Scion?"
"He's awake; I gave him the cloaking device since I didn't know how he would be received."
"Good move. Now what do you want to do for an hour and a half?" Her eyes betrayed her and Fox smiled. "Funny, I was thinking the same thing." Fox kissed her and Krystal looped her arms around him after taking off her shirt.
Author's Note: Finally finished that chapter, man, 6 pages. I've done seven but this took me like a week to do. Anyway, The System is coming along quite nicely and I have a question, what is Leon? Is he a monkey, wolf? Write a review and tell me what you think. Yes, he will be Agent Smith, only it'll be Agent Leon. Oh and I'm glad that some of you liked my poem. Also I have a sequel to Dance of the Macabre in the works but I won't post it until I finish with In Evil, Residing. So later.