Justin was becoming aggravated as he quickly glanced around the buildings along the street. Jo stood breathless beside him, trying to figure out the same thing as him.

"Damn it! There's nothing around here that seems out of place? Shouldn't you know where every building is located?" Justin demanded.

"Listen Justin, this is a big city. Buildings go up and come down all the time. Besides, most of my time is spent on the Dark Horse as one of Big Guy's mechanics so I don't normally keep track of what's going on," Jo protested.

Justin gave an angry sigh, knowing what she said was true. He took one last look before he started down another side street. His ears perked up when a soft beeping filled the air. Jo hurried up to his side as he pulled out a small, Oleafarian version of a walkie-talkie.

"What is it Jennifer?" he asked.

"There appears to be nothing up this way. It's going to take forever to find them and Lieutenant Hunter. As much as I hate to even think it…" Jennifer's voice called out.

"I know, I know. I hate to think about it too. We're having no more luck in our direction than what you are," Justin agreed.

"How about we meet up…?" she started.

An explosion cut off Jennifer before she could finish. Justin and Jo could hear the screaming coming from the background.

"Get over here! It's Tane!" Jennifer yelled at them.

The communication device went dead and Justin had a look of total disbelief on his face. Jo grew worried as she gently shook his arm.

"Justin, what's wrong?" she cautiously asked.

"There is no hope for him now," Justin quietly told her.

The blonde was even more confused than before as she followed Justin to find Jennifer and Czarina.

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Jennifer fired the weapon directly at the Liaperian, who easily dodged the blast. He pulled out a weapon and returned fired, narrowly missing the feline. Czarina held back until she knew the best time to attack.

"It is so good to meet you, feline. Shzar and I have been having a hard time getting information out of your student but we've been treating him with same respect we have the others," Tane told her.

"Electrocuting a person from the inside-out is a warped version of being treated with respect," snarled Jennifer.

Tane simply smiled as he lifted a hand. He released a blast of energy which began to rapidly travel towards the nearby people and buildings. Glass broke within the streets lights and nearby cars. Windows in the nearby buildings cracked, creating a cascade onto the people below. Czarina watched as the chunks of glass pierced the skin of several bystanders. Some had dropped to the sidewalk, dead before they even reached it. Others were in apparent agony, blood all over their bodies.

"Help us, please!" they called out.

'We can't save everyone,' thought Czarina.

"Now that we have you, your companion will come and then we will finish you both. With you out of the way, we can force your student to transform and help us in conquering this planet. If he fails to comply, it will be a sin to lose such obedience," Tane grinned.

"We will save him, even if it kills us," Jennifer replied.

Tane opened his mouth as if to respond but instead, a loud screech filled their ears. Both women had to cover their ears as they fell to their knees. While they were disoriented, Tane strode over to Jennifer and grasped her wrists. She tried to struggle but with their strength, she could not free herself.

"Do what you will with me Tane. My companion will find him. You still don't scare me," she snarled.

"Oh, I will kill you. I'm just going to have some fun first, just like the last time we met," Tane smiled.

"No!" cried Czarina.

He slammed her into a nearby car where he proceeded to place a knee between her legs. Holding both of her wrists in one hand, he carefully shed the robe from his front to reveal himself to her. Jennifer was in apparent disgust as he slowly started to enter her and she started to struggle as he began to thrust into her. As he continued his movements, they failed to notice two newcomers on the scene. Justin growled once he saw what Tane was doing. He pulled out a weapon and fired it upon the enemy. Tane was momentarily surprised as he withdrew from the cat, who fell to the ground in a heap.

"It's good to see you've arrived soon enough to see me mark your girlfriend. Too bad you won't be able to see your student again before you die. You can't get to him. None of you can for he isn't even on this planet anymore," Tane laughed.

Both Czarina and Justin inwardly smiled at the revelation. It was then that Doctor Slate and Rusty decided to appear on the scene. The boy robot took to the air and began to fire up.

"Just you wait and get a taste of me," he called out.

He released a rush of nucleo-protons and Tane barely managed to avoid them. It managed to scratch his arm and the alien found it stung. He growled as he took notice of another robot appearing in the distance and knew it was the one he and Shzar were trying to find. With the additional force from the robots, he knew he wasn't a match from everyone.

'I wasn't anticipating the combined force of the robots, cats and humans,' he thought.

With a wave of his hand, he disappeared into thin air. As Justin hurried up to Jennifer, Czarina gingerly walked up to the spot where he stood, a snarl sitting upon her face.

"They'll pay for what they've done," she quietly said.

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Dwayne could barely register what was going on after Shzar forced the third wire down his throat. Saliva was beginning to appear at the corner of his mouth and now he was being jabbed with needles all over his body. The alien had already taken samples of his blood, saliva, hair, along with several other fluids and tissues. Now he had a hand around his aching penis again, roughly moving it around and jabbing a needle into his delicate testicles for semen.

'I don't know how much more I can take,' he thought.

When Shzar finally got what he needed, he turned his attention back to the lieutenant's face.

"You are an interesting species but your silence isn't helping you. Where are the ones from your prophecy? Can you tell me anything concerning the military? What about the robot that defends this area of the planet?" Shzar quietly told him.

Despite the wire that was sitting uncomfortably down his throat and the agony his body was feeling, Dwayne found the strength to talk.

"Go to hell," he choked out.

"It's your choice," Shzar calmly replied.

He strode back over to the console where he turned the power up. Dwayne braced for it yet he wasn't expecting it to be as strong as it ended up being. His entire body seized up, his muscles contracting against the invasive wires and his wrists and ankles slamming against their confines. His insides burned even more during the continued torture. Foam began form slightly at the corner of his mouth and his eyes began to roll back into his head for the alien kept it on much longer than before. Shzar stood back and watched as the lieutenant's body involuntary move up and down on the table, the restraints keeping him at bay.

"It has been a very long time since I've had this much fun. Too bad he won't transform into his alternate form. It would have been nice to see," he smiled.

After several long minutes of allowing the electrical current to surge through Dwayne, Shzar finally turned it back off. This allowed the lieutenant's muscles to finally relax. His bowels finally emptied their contents onto the table while bloody urine slowly poured down the insides of his legs. Vomit was surging up his throat and was quickly threatening to choke him but Shzar moved him enough that it spilled out onto his chest. The alien checked for a pulse but barely found one.

"Too bad you couldn't cooperate, human. Now you will die for it," he quietly told him

Shzar left the room, leaving behind Dwayne to die sitting in a pile of his own bloody waste matter and vomit.

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Justin calmly talked to Jennifer, comforting her about the ordeal while Czarina talked to the others. By then, Big Guy had already arrived on the scene and Doctor Slate had already sent a discouraged Rusty back to the headquarters.

"We know where Lieutenant Hunter is being kept. It's been far too long as it is so we have to leave immediately and hope its not too late," she told the group.

"What do you mean 'we'?" Jo wanted to know, crossing her arms.

"Justin and Jennifer are heading up to their spaceship via their own. I've got experience dealing with the Liaperians because I've tried before to get others like myself and Lieutenant Hunter out of their grasp. Sometimes, it's been a success. Other times, we haven't been so lucky. Lieutenant Hunter is already suffering because of me. I don't want to risk anymore of you," Czarina quietly explained.

Before anyone could protest, a small space craft floated down to them. The two cats scrambled in from a hatch in the back and Czarina quickly followed them. She took one last glance at the group her stare going to each of them before it landed on the blonde mechanic.

"I'll bring him back Jo, I promise you that," she called out to her friend.

TBC…