In the cave where I was covered in mud, I tried to sleep, but it was no use. I have PTSD thanks to that bastard Kai'ro who raped me, gave me bruises and bite marks. Im still thinking on how to break the news to Raj'ah. What will his reaction be like?
'Raj'ah is going to kill me.' I thought to myself.
When I was about to dose off, I heard some noises.
"She has to be somewhere..." Raj'ah growled trying to pick up her scent.
He looked through with his heat vision mask and saw no body heat whatsoever. He scanning until he caught something. Feet prints. From the looks of those prints, it was an ooman. He followed the feet prints until he ended up at the Lagoon. He smelled in the air and he caught something.
"Raj'ah?" Rai'eka asked. "I can smell a scent...smells like a beautiful flower, covered in mud kind of smell."
"Let's go." She said while Fatal looked out for anything suspicious.
The trio walked towards the cave and looked. It was so dark that they can hardly see anything until...
"Wait!" Raj'ah whispered.
He looked in the cave and he caught up a weak heat signature. It was very tall, and it was shivering. Raj'ah immediately went towards the waterfall, and ended up going to the back way. He pulled away the vine curtains and to his relief, he found her. He saw her covered in mud and shivering from the cold.
I froze for a moment until I spotted someone coming into the cave. I panicked and tried to stay silent until I felt claws touching my face gently. I looked up and to my relief, it was Raj'ah. I was about to jump to hug him, but I remained where I was.
"I'm so relieved that you are still alive." Raj'ah looked at me and was about to hug me when I cower myself.
"Alex?" Raj'ah asked in worry.
"What's wrong?"
Right away I began to cry.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." Raj'ah looked at me for awhile until he became tensed.
"Alex.." Raj'ah said cupping my face.
"What happened?"
I was shaking so badly that I couldn't find the words to say to him.
"Raj'ah I didn't want this please forgive me." I said it so fast that I could say anything anymore.
Raj'ah looked at me and with his gentle hands, he guided me to the hot springs in the cave.
There, I got in and helped me cleaned off the mud. By the time I got out, Oh boy...Raj'ah's face became so tensed that he growled at me when he saw my bruises and my bite marks.
"Who did this?" Raj'ah snarled at me. I was shaking again only this time it was my life.
"I...was...raped.." Tears streamed down my face.
Raj'ah looked at my face and he calmed down.
"I can smell the male scent on you along with those bruises and marks. Who did this?"
"K...K...Kai'ro.."
Raj'ah backed away from me and growled so angrily that he stepped out of the cave and roared so loudly that it echoed in the area.
"Raj'ah!" He turned around and spotted Rai'eka and Fatal coming towards him.
"What happened, where is Alex?"
"Alex is here, but she was harmed and raped by Kai'ro."
"What?" Rai'eka asked him.
"Kai'ro couldn't do that, he was-"
Raj'ah grabbed his sister by the shoulders.
"Kai'ro raped my mate! Who are you going to believe?!" Rai'eka looked at her brother for a moment.
She sighed. "Let me take a look at her."
Raj'ah let his sister go and went into the cave to find me coiled up.
"Alex...I'm going to check up on your injuries and get you some medicine for the pain."
I nodded and let Rai'eka scanned my body with her wrist gauntlet. To her horror, she saw that my body was damaged. Bite marks and bruises covered my body. She used her X-Ray scan on her mask and backed off. She immediately grabbed her medi kit, opened it up and grabbed the gel. She rubbed the gel onto my bruises and marks until they were gone. She grabbed a swab and with some gentle assurances, I allowed Rai'eka to swap my lower area. She put it into the scanner of her wrist gauntlet and found a match. Rai'eka couldn't believe her eyes. Raj'ah was right. Kai'ro did harm and raped Alex. She knew that there is a possibility that Kai'ro might have impregnant her, but just in case, Rai'eka grabbed a cup and got some water from the waterfall and opened a small little pack and placed it in the water. She mixed it good and handed it to me.
"This will rid the infection that Kai'ro did to you and the sperm that he implanted in you."
I nodded and took a drink. It was very gross but if I don't want to carry Kai'ro's baby, I have to eliminate the child. I finished it and watched Rai'eka as she observed what is going on in her body. She saw that the sperm was immediately killed. I looked at Rai'eka as she placed her stuff back into her medi kit.
"Thank you." I told her in a weary voice.
"Just rest, Alex. Raj'ah will be in here in a moment."
Raj'ah and Fatal were sharping their weapons when Rai'eka came out of the cave.
"Alex is going to be fine, she did get raped by Kai'ro. As a precaution, I gave her a serum that will eliminate the sperm so that Alex can't get pregnant."
"Was she pregnant?" Raj'ah asked in fury.
"No." Rai'eka answered.
"She was never pregnant by you or Kai'ro." Raj'ah got up and walked to his sister.
"Raj'ah...I didn't know that Kai'ro would do something despicable and brutal towards your mate. I'm sorry for doubting you all along. Now I know who is the real bad blood in our family." Raj'ah placed his hand on his sister's shoulder.
"We had no idea that Kai'ro did this horrific thing to my mate. When I see him, I want his head."
"Right now, Alex needs some rest and comfort. She's been through a lot. We will discuss about Kai'ro to the Grand Elder at another time."
Raj'ah snarled and went back to the cave.
I couldn't stop crying since I told Raj'ah about Kai'ro. I heard a sound and spotted Raj'ah coming into the cave. My body began to shake in fear as tears streamed down my face. A moment later, I felt him gently lifting my face towards his, wiping the tears away from my eyes.
"You are safe young one."
Right away I threw my arms around him, hugging him thigtly. Rai'eka and Fatal walked in and smiled at the couple.
"How are you feeling?" Fatal asked.
"A little better." I answered.
Raj'ah felt me shivering, took off his cloak and wrapped it around my shivering body, and lay down next to me, protecting me.
"There is something you need to know."
I took a deep breath and began.
"Lar'ja is responsible for the near assassination attempt on Grand Elder Cetanu along with my kidnapping."
"I figured that much." Raj'ah sighed.
"There is something else as well." Alex said, while her friends watched her.
"Kai'ro is involved as well. My kidnapping, and the murders of your parents and your two oldest siblings."
Raj'ah and Rai'eka were in shocked to hear the news, especially when Raj'ah felt deep anger and deep hatred as he left the cave and went about a mile away and roared so loud that he didn't stop. Fatal ran out to comfort the Arbitrator as he growled to himself.
"I knew it, I knew that Kai'ro is responsible for my family's deaths!"
He slammed his fists on the ground in anger while Fatal tried to comfort him, but because of the Arbitrator's rage, he couldn't.
"Kai'ro will pay for this, even if I have his head mounted on the wall myself!"
Raj'ah got up and looked at Fatal.
"How long do we have before they find us?" Fatal looked around really good.
"Not very long. We need to get Alex to our ship and leave this game planet."
Raj'ah nodded and went to the cave. Rai'eka was watching me carefully. Raj'ah walked over and kneel down next to her.
"We must leave now." I looked up at him and nodded.
I got up and walked towards the entry way, covered with mud and in Raj'ah's cloak, we sneaked out towards the ship which is right by the beach of the game planet, cloaked. I am shivering from the cold, and from fear that is consuming me little by little. Raj'ah noticed this and purred.
"If we get separated, you go to our ship. Understood?" Rai'eka whispered.
I nodded and held the cloak close to me. We reached to the river and walked into the shallow area.
"That way they won't smell our scents." Rai'eka explained to me.
We continued to walked into the river until Fatal heard some sounds. I began to panic while Raj'ah held onto me.
"It's okay, young one," he said.
"Just walk along the river and you will be safe." I nodded and walked with the trio. While walking the river current is getting stronger and stronger by the minute. I held onto Raj'ah, and felt the river running through faster and faster. I held onto Raj'ah tightly...BAM! Raj'ah clutched his arm in pain, letting go of me as I fell into the river. The current was taking me down the river while I screamed for help.
"Alex!" Raj'ah cried out, clinging onto his arm, which was slashed by the plasma caster.
"Raj'ah! We need to fix your arm!"
"Pauk my arm, I need to go and get her!"
I swam as fast as she can go, water choked me while I tried to stay afloat. I looked around and spotted a few of the bad bloods coming after me. Panicked, I watched carefully as they aimed their net gun towards me. Quick decision, I went underwater to avoid the net circling around me and it worked! The currents continue to take me away until I felt the water being steady. I looked around and heard a big noise coming from ahead.
"Waterfall!" I tried to swim away, but the currents were so strong that I didn't have the strength to swim away anymore. I was on the edge, and luckily there was a mini pool that prevented me from going over. Carefully as I could, I peeked over and to my shock and horror, the waterfall was very high. Higher than the tall buildings in Denver. I watched as the bad bloods stopped right by me, aiming their plasma cannons at me. I began to panic and looked down.
"End of the line, you insect." I looked at him and growled. I need a plan and quick.
Taking a deep breath, I went to the ledge of the waterfall, looked back at the bad bloods and began to jump...