DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of PRSPD, Kat, Xena, or Commander Cruger (yeah he makes an appearance at last, told you we were nearing the end)….
And as if the disaster of the illness and the attack was not bad enough… well it did not compare with what came next.
I was woken during the night about three weeks after Xena had given birth, to the distant sound of marching near our border, and catumans screeching and yowling. Then a more familiar cry came from Xena, "Protect the children!"
I leapt up as Jeopardy, Spirit, Fire, Bracken and Xena's young son (still unnamed) were all hauled into the safest part of our camp. Soon after that, the whole of Lithe's clan came tumbling in through our walls, cut and bruised all over.
"Frog what's happening?" I begged for him to tell me, but he whimpered and shied away. I looked up to the sky It was a heavy grey, with clouds so low I could nearly touch them. Then a rumbling which began deep in the souls of my feet, rose up to be a loud earthquake-like sound in my ears, shortly before a huge laser shot down from above, sending us flying and a whole storm of mintiture space-shuttles and orbs began to circle down from probably the largest war-ship you have ever seen. From the orbs, descended weird looking robots with round metal heads and metal swords. They made a hollow beeping sound, before marching towards us to fight. Millions of robots began pouring through the camp walls, some of different shapes and sizes (later I knew them as Krybots, Blueheads and Orangeheads). The odds were a million to one. With only nineteen of us left on the whole planet, when there used to be twenty-three in one clan, our hours were numbered. I saw Xena taking on and defeating three or four at once, and it gave me a dash of hope.
All of us fought bravely. We must've got through about two camp-loads full of of robots and the noise was horrific – rumbles, shots and beeping of robots and lasers. One orangehead ripped open my shoulder. But it was no use. However many we defeated, double the amount reappeared.
There was no question our numbers would lower, and it was likely the children would be murdered too. But that was the price we would have to pay if we ever wanted to see sunlight again. The place was packed by now, it seemed like it took me a good two hours just to battle my way over to Xena.
"Xena! The ships they all came in… we can use them to…" my suggestion was cut short by a shrill scream, and one I recognized. Frog. I saw him drag himself under a bush, and, thoughtlessly shoving two orangeheads to one side I ran to him.
He was bleeding heavily from a deep gash that ran from his chest to his lower stomach. Blood poured onto the floor like a waterfall, and the ground surrounding him was a lake of blood. I knelt down, grimacing as my own flesh sank into a centimetre deep puddle of red liquid, staining my skin. Frantically I tried to patch up the wound by shoving grass and leaves onto the gash but the blood seeped through effortlessly, covering, staining and drying on my hands as it dripped down past my elbows. My legs at this point were almost stiff with dried blood and my arms were reaching a similar state. Trembling, Frog looked up at me.
"K-Kat… you tried to save me…." He whispered. "I…" he was cut off with a choking gasp, and the light left his eyes.
"No!" I wailed. "NO!" It was then, when I stood up, raw frustration hit me. Why us? Why did we have to get lumbered with this silly attack? And I launched myself at the nearest mob of robots. But I could barely move my limbs and the death of my spouse laid like a kilogram weight in my heart. I couldn't help but notice everyone else looked the same, and my heart ached with anger and sadness. We'd fought so many battles to keep our land. Now it was truly lost forever. This battle was impossible to win, and that had been obvious from the start. It was over and I knew it.
That's why, as I saw a larger ship land, and a massively tall dog-come-human, blue, repltile like creature in rags like ours step out, I let myself collapse on the floor and fall into a deep sleep.