I sat by the window, after a long day at Grand Elder Cetanu's palace I was exhausted. I feel so much better that I can play around. Most of the time i was in the yard exploring under watchful eyes of either Raj'ah or Rai'eka. I heard a knock and saw Raj'ah coming into my room.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me.
"Much better." I smiled at him.
Then I looked back at the sky. It was glowing with beautiful iridescent colors of green, orange, violet, and pink just like back home.
"What's the matter?" Raj'ah asked, sitting next to me.
"I don't know if my friend, Lily is okay."
"Why are those male oomans after you?" Raj'ah asked.
"Because they want revenge for what happened that night." I felt tears coming from my eyes.
Raj'ah placed his hand on my shoulder, comforting me.
"Here." He said, turning on his gauntlet.
A hologram came into view. At first I didn't want to watch it, but I need to know if Lily is safe. I saw the events unfolded. Slavers rounding up all the females and the children while the men were left behind, being executed. I gasped in shock. What..The..Fuck. But I couldn't find Lily anywhere until I heard a click from Raj'ah. I saw Lily and she was hiding in the bushes while I was running to give Lily some time. All the sudden, she vanished.
"Your friend, 'Lily,' went missing after this recording, after that, there was no sign on her from what my scout mentioned."
Raj'ah said. I nodded sadly. Now I know that Lily is either missing, captured, or even hiding out until help arrives.
"Tomorrow we go to the market, you need some new armor." I looked away sheepishly.
"I can use the armor I trained with on your ship."
Raj'ah chuckled at me.
"That armor is for practice. You get your own armor."
I looked at him and nodded.
"We go in the morning so rest."
I nodded and I got up and went over to my bed. Raj'ah lay down and purred. I smiled at him until my eyes began to close.
I woke up without Raj'ah next to me. I was about to fall back asleep when I heard someone coming into the room. I looked and spotted Raj'ah with his satchel on him.
"Let's go." I smiled as I got up, cleaned myself, got dressed and went with Raj'ah to the market.
During the morning, we looked through vendors of weapons, food, new clothes, and even armor. Once we went inside, I spotted something that caught my eye. It was those armlets. It's silver and very indestructable. But on the wrist part, there was a beautiful gem on it. The gem looks very unfamiliar to me. They are so beautiful and yet they are expensive. I heard a trill and I turned around. I spotted Raj'ah mentioning me to come over. I walked over and spotted an Yautja blacksmith with a long ribbon in his hands. I turned to him and as quick as a wink, the blacksmith was done with my measurements.
"Your ooman pet is very strong and healthy if I might add." He said. "The armor will be ready in awhile."
We bowed to the blacksmith and continued our walk into the market.
"Usually it's the servants that will go and get the food for our meals." Raj'ah explained. "When you complete your Chiva, and become one of us, you are free to roam around the market as you wish."
I am excited and pretty nervous about the Chiva. I remembered Raj'ah telling me that either I come out alive or not. Also he mentioned that I can choose any species to hunt down if I wish. While thinking, I felt Raj'ah tapping me on the shoulder. I looked up and he handed me a fruit. I smiled and took a bite. It tasted a lot different than an orange or an apple, but it tasted really good. He can tell that I'm very pleased with my reaction of the fruit that he bought a few more of the fruit and we went walking back to the dwelling. Raj'ah had to leave to visit with the Grand Elder, so I am here by myself. I went to the gardens and watched the fish swimming in the pond. They look so fascinating to me that it reminded me of a koi fish pond I visited back home. Only these fish don't look like koi fish to me. Shaking my head, I got up to find a servant coming towards me.
"Mistress Rai'eka is here to see you." I smiled, got up and went to see Rai'eka smiling at me.
"I heard that Raj'ah took you to get fitted for some new armor."
"Yes Rai'eka he did." I smiled and we sat down.
"He went to the Grand Elder if you are wondering." I reminded her.
"I know, but I wanted to see if you are okay from the other night."
"I'm good, Rai'eka thanks to Fer'ah." Rai'eka looked at me.
"What are badbloods?" I wondered.
"Badbloods are Yautja warriors who committed a crime like murdering another warrior, or stealing an ooman pet, raping a female when she says no..."
"It's a lot like back home." I told her.
"It's an Arbitrator's job to find the badblood and execute them on the spot."
"Wow that quick huh?"
Rai'eka nodded. "When a badblood is banished, they aren't allowed to come back to their home. Their honor, title, and dignity, are stripped away and they can live on another planet other than here."
"Talk about a quick verdict." I told her.
"One day you will understand our culture. Anyways, I better get going. I want to check up from last night. You did an honorable thing, and the Grand Elder couldn't be more happier to see that you are alright."
I smiled and hugged Rai'eka just as Raj'ah came in with a satchel on.
"Greetings brother."
"You too Rai'eka." I watched the two siblings banged their chest and watched Rai'eka leave the house. I looked at Raj'ah as he put his satchel down.
"I got a gift for you."
He opened his satchel and to my surprise, I saw the chest armor that looked like my size, leg and shoulder armor, new armor sandals, a bio mask and to my surprise, I saw some armlets that looked like from the shop.
"Isn't it what you wanted?" Raj'ah asked me.
I looked at it carefully. It is a lot like the one I saw today except it has a different gem and from the looks of it, it was an amethyst color gem. I smiled at him and hugged Raj'ah. He hugged me back and gently pulled me apart, nuzzling my head in the process.
"Here, lets try your armor on." I nodded and allowed him to put the armor on me. I watched him wrap the straps around my arms and my legs. He is really fast and gentle towards me. I never seen any Yautja do that to anyone else before, other than Raj'ah himself.
"All done." He said, standing back towards me. Already? That was fast. I walked to the mirror and I saw myself in armor. I never would have dreamed of wearing this kind of armor. It look so new, and it was modified to fit me. On the gauntlets was a amethyst gem on the wristbands.
"I had it modified to make it a little more feminine for you." Raj'ah explained while I admired my new armor.
I smiled at him and gave him a hug. Raj'ah placed his arms around me and held me until we both let go.
"Come young one." Raj'ah told me holding his hand out.
"Let's test your armor out."
During the day, Raj'ah and I tested out my armor and weapons just to be sure that it fits me really good, and that it is indestructible.
"Your fighting skills are getting much better, Alex." Raj'ah complemented me.
"Thanks to you, and Rai'eka."
He trill at her with pride.
"Now continue."
We trained for hours until it was time for supper. Raj'ah helped me put up the weapons and the armor into the rack. We got cleaned up and went to dinner. Raj'ah was about to get his meal when his wrist gauntlet was beeping.
"It's the Grand Elder." Raj'ah stood up, banged his chest and looked at hologram Cetanu who is eager to see him.
"I have an assignment for you. One of the badblood leaders has been spotted at our remote planet. Find him and eliminate him."
"I will Grand Elder." Raj'ah obeyed.
"Also Fatal and Thwei will be joining you as well."
"Yes Grand Elder." After the transmission ended, Raj'ah looked at me with solemness.
"I'm leaving to hunt down a very dangerous bad blood. It may take me about a week, but Rai'eka and the servants will watch out for you."
"When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning." Raj'ah answered.
I nodded understanding him, yet my heart felt heavy. I never felt like this before and yet I worry about Raj'ah when he goes on dangerous missions. What if he never comes back, or if he dies? I learned about the ritual suicide that the Yautjas have done for a very long time. Of the hunt or a mission is a failure, they set up a bomb and destroy everything in their path, including themselves, if not then the Arbitrators will help kill them. Barbaric I know, but it's the way of life from what Rai'eka told me. A week he says... I have an idea…