Alien Romance: The Alien's Bliss: A Sci-fi Alien Warrior Invasion Abduction Romance (73 page)

It certainly didn’t look good and I was going to have to feign some kind of surprise when I got back to the Black castle. Tomorrow was the hand to hand combat phase. There would be no armor and no weapons of any kind. It would be a barbaric display of men trying to measure their cocks. I didn’t have a cock, but I was gonna have to grow a pair and become a force to be reckoned with.

“What am I supposed to do? There’s nothing here for me anymore. I can’t possibly stay on the outskirts of the bend. I only live here because I wanted solitude and a peaceful and more tranquil way of living. I come to the bend to barter and get provisions for whatever I need. I don’t have that anymore.” He looked lost and I had to admit if I was in his shoes, I would want somebody to blame. He had obviously seen me in the red armor, but did not see Landon, although I had no idea how that was even possible.

“Lord Vadam appreciates your help in this matter. Unfortunately, there is nothing that we can do for you. I’ve already recorded your formal statement on a device that is built into my armor. This will be relayed back to Lord Vadam.” They tried to turn and walk back through the forest, but Akin grabbed the one in charge and turned him to face him. “This is not something that you really want to do, Akin. I understand that you’re feeling lost, but picking a fight with us is not the answer. Go home, regroup and then decide on what affiliation you are going to stand with. I think we both know that the bend and you are in direct violation of the castle act. You have decided to remain neutral and now that the bend has been destroyed, you have no choice, but to either live on your own and hope for the best, or come and be a part of something that is bigger than yourself.” I didn’t have the time to stick around and find out what his answer was going to be. I had to carefully traverse the forest. I did feel the armor vibrate considerably more when one of those holes into a black abyss was present.

I did not have to use the instincts of the Markham DNA, because I didn’t have it to begin with. I think that somebody was looking out for me, because I did not fall victim to one of those holes. Nor did I go crazy trying to avoid them at any cost. I didn’t even have to contend with any kind of wildlife. There was no sign of any two headed snake like thing. I was glad for that, but I was also slightly surprised, I would think it would at least try to mark its territory by hissing or doing something to announce its presence.

Chapter two

“Let me get this straight. You attacked both Landon and Gemini. You left Gemini for dead and then convinced Landon that somebody had attacked that was too quick for the naked eye to perceive. You took Gemini back to the black castle to recover from wounds that she probably won’t even wake up from in the morning. Then you go with Landon to the bend, after of course reaching out to the source and getting the necessary vision to find him. Landon attacks Shari, gets himself killed and turns his attention towards you. Wait…no… you said that the armor itself turned its attention towards you. You couldn’t move, do anything at all and yet you survived and woke up to find yourself in yet another decimation.” I did see that he was visibly distressed. Braden was pacing back and forth and wringing his hands and looking up at the heavens like he couldn’t believe that he had gotten himself into this.

“I didn’t do it or at least I don’t think I did. The armor has been acting a little bit strange from the moment that I put it on. It almost felt like it was trying to meld with my mind in some way. I tried to resist it, but it became painful and almost an exercise in futility. I wanted to tell you, but I wasn’t sure what your reaction was going to be.” I think I was right to keep this to myself and maybe I should have kept my mouth shut with Braden, but I just couldn’t do that.

“How I would react… How I would react. How the hell do you think I’m going to react? Landon is dead, Gemini may as well be and that town was destroyed by what is going to look like by your hand. This is very bad. Once they find enough clues, it’s going to bring them right back to my doorstep. Just tell me that you didn’t allow anybody to see you. The only saving grace in all of this is that nobody survived the attacks. There have been no eyewitness account.” This was the part of the story that I was dreading telling.

“That’s not exactly true.” He stopped pacing long enough to put his head down and start to shake it back and forth. “I know that you’re not gonna wanna hear this, but somebody saw the red armor coming into the village. Essentially everybody did, but they were all dead when I awoke from my blackout. There was one other one and he apparently saw me from a distance. Maybe he was blinded by the sun not to notice Landon in his bright white armor. The guardsmen are on their way back to Lord Vadam and I’m sure that he’s going to send a couple of men to the Red castle to interview those that own any of the red armor. I can even imagine that tomorrow when we arrive that there will be some interesting question for us to field.” He turned his head over his shoulder, looked at me with his eyes bright. He turned slowly, like all the wind had been blown out of him.

“This is really not good, Shana. I told you that it wasn’t a good idea for you to go with Gemini, but you wouldn’t listen. I know that you didn’t have a choice and once Lord Vadam makes up his mind, there’s virtually nothing that can sway him to a different thought. He’ll eliminate those that have an alibi that is airtight. We need to make sure that you have one as well. Landon is not going to talk and I doubt that they’ll be able to figure out that he was part of the charred remains.” I was going to mention something about criminal forensics, but I had a pretty good guess that they had nothing like that here.

“There’s no way for Lord Vadam to test individual samples?” He looked to me like I was completely around the bend. Actually, I had been to the bend and it was not for the luxury of vacation. I was there for a specific purpose to track down Shari. I still didn’t know if he was dead or alive. I guess, until he raised his ugly head from whatever hole he had crawled into, I was going to have to take it on face value that he was gone.

I pulled the armor from under my arm, feeling it pulling at me and sticking to me like wallpaper or maybe even flypaper. It peeled off and I thought for sure that it was going to take my skin with it. Braden seemed fascinated by this and he took it from my hands, but he did not feel any of the vibration that I had told him about.

“I’ve never seen armor act like the way you described.” He was staring at it and looking at it from all angles, but yet he still couldn’t see and feel what I had seen and felt. “This is all very interesting and all, Shana, but you can’t exactly tell anybody about this. If you did, they’ll eventually find out that you’re not from around here and I’m not just talking about from Markham. I know that you can handle yourself, but methods of torture in Markham are not exactly easy to withstand. You might be able to fight it for a little while, but the truth would come out eventually. Lord Vadam would have no choice and he would have to make an example out of you. Then again, he would be most happy to do that, considering that you backed him into a corner at the tournament.”

“Speaking of the tournament, we have one night and then we have to get back to it. I think I would like you to teach me some of the moves that you have learned in hand to hand combat. I can do the same thing for you. I get this feeling like we’re going to be sharing something very profound.”

“I’m going to try and not think about this for the time being. You know when I came home, Rankin was gone. The pen was empty, but it didn’t look like he had somebody open it for him. If I didn’t know any better, I think that he had unblocked it from the inside to get out.” This was not good news. Rankin was like a member of the family. I didn’t want to lose him, but if he was influenced by what the other Dragos had done, then he might’ve been already lost.

“I’m sorry for that, Braden. I really did like him and I hope that he comes back soon. In the meantime, we need to turn our attentions back to the tournament. I think it might be obvious that somebody is trying to play the angles and the odds. They are stacking the deck and trying to influence the decision of who’s going to win and lose. We can’t allow them to do that.” I think he was thinking the same thing I was. Somebody was leading the investigation right to me. A few more well chosen tactics and my name would be on everybody’s lips. “Before you ask me to pull out of the competition, I think it might be better than I don’t. Just listen to me for a moment.” He nodded his head, but he wasn’t at all happy about it. “If I were to pull out, it would look too suspicious. Right now, they only know that somebody in red armor was at both scenes.”

“That’s more than enough for Lord Vadam to dig deeper. It won’t take them that long to figure this out. It might be during the tournament, or it might be on the eve of the victor raising their hand. For now, we will get ready for the next phase.”

We went outside in the backyard standing toe in tow and watching each other’s reaction to the moves that we were going to bring to bear. I felt his hand strike the side of my head. It made me a little dizzy and discombobulated. I felt like my entire body was sinking ever deeper into the murky gaps of unconsciousness. I was able to shake my head before it happened, but that was the kind of moves that I was looking for. He went through it in slow motion and I was able to pick up subtle nuances that I could use in the field of battle.

“I’m offering you a gift, Shana. These moves have been passed down from generation to generation. This is what is called Garrock. Fortunately, this type of fighting has no uniform style. Everybody puts their own spin on it, so whatever you do that is different from everybody else is going to be your best shot to win this hands down. With the final six comes a possibility that one of us will be knocked out of the competition. After this round, there will be only three. The final three will be going to the unknown factor and those two that come out on the other end will be going to the final competition of the Quest for Vanguard. It is possible, but very unlikely that you and I will be the only one left standing. I don’t believe that has ever happened before.”

He came at me quickly and I moved to avoid him, but got this swift kick in my stomach. It lifted me right off my feet and I landed on the ground with my body doubled over.” You need to be ready for just about anything, Shana.

“No…fucking…kidding.” I did not mean to swear, but it was necessary when I was feeling a pain that I’d never felt before in my life. It was like somebody had pressed their fists into my stomach with such force and determination that it was hard to resist. I did strengthen my abdominal region and that flexing alone had probably saved me from internal injuries.

He reached out his hand and that was the last thing he should’ve done. I grabbed it and I turned him in such a way that I was able to lift him off the ground and flip him, until he was lying on his back with my foot into the crook of his arm and his shoulder. I could’ve easily dislocated it. I went through that move with him several times and he was quite interested to see just how easy it was.

We stood once again toe to toe and this time I brought my boxing skills into the ring. I moved and parried, but found once again that he was unpredictable. His leg struck out and took out my left knee. I was now hobbling around like an old man chasing around nurses in uniform. They would squeal in a teasing fashion, but they knew that he was no threat.

I jumped up into the air and put my ankles around his neck, before pulling down and throwing him off balance and once again back onto his back. I’d learned that watching wrestling. It was not an easy move to perform, but done right, it could seriously hamper your competitors chance to regroup.

“That was quite something, Shana. You’re going to have to go through that with me over and over again, until I master it or at least have a way to counteract it.” We went through one move after another. I brought to the table not only my boxing expertise, but also a couple forms of martial arts. The one that was quite the rage was Karate. I’d also taken a kickboxing class that made my legs almost feel like they were made of iron.

I used my agility to crack him upside the head underneath his ear. I wasn’t wearing any shoes and this was the way that I was going to go into battle.

It was several hours before we finally concluded this little training session. I knew that I was gonna have to make my presence known to Lord Vadam. After all, I was the only one left standing after both Gemini and Landon fell during the mission. “Braden, I really don’t think that I have much time. I see that look in your eye and I know that you’ve been itching to get into my pants from the moment that I came back from the mission. I can give you 20 minutes.” I barely had the words out of my mouth, before he lifted me easily into the air, making me wrap my legs around his waist, before being carried into the house. I saw something a little unusual and there was a young man in the window. I think it was Nicholas, but I couldn’t be sure from this vantage point. If it was him, it would certainly explain his need for voyeurism.

Chapter three

He was taking his time kissing me and moving towards the stairs. He stopped and pushed me up against the wall. My legs stretched over to the railing and I was able to press my toes against it to keep my balance in the air with him against me. I saw that same face in the window. It was dirty and looked like the person had not bathed in days. I thought that it might be Nicholas trying to get a second preview of what sex with me was all about. It took me a moment to realize that it was him.

The dust across the window was obscuring his features. I felt almost compelled to call to him and introduce Braden to what those in my world called a three some. I wasn’t sure how receptive he would be to bringing another man into the act of love.

I nibbled on his ears and then whispered “Have you ever thought about another person joining us? Would you get a thrill out of seeing me with another man? Can you just see me kneeling on the ground and sucking both of your cocks at the same time? You would get, so fucking hard that you would want to fuck me from behind right here on the floor. You would become like a wild man. You would watch, as I sucked his cock, while you were banging me repeatedly and making me swallow his load.” I was just paving the way for something more intimate and interesting between us.