Meridian Warriors: Xander and Des (5 page)

***

“Fuck, look at that!” Des said as Xander
looked and saw the wave. He closed his eyes and called for his men
to come right away. As the leader, he was the only one that had the
power to talk to everyone. Mates could talk to each other only
after they formed their tri-mate bond.

Xander heard the men in his head responding,
he only hoped it would not be too late. “Which way?”

“This side!” Des said.

They swam as fast as they could to reach the
side of the boat. The wave hit and both men saw the three women
flying through the air on the crest of the wave—it had knocked them
off the deck.

“Shit,” Xander yelled and dove underwater
watching for where they would land as he saw the first splash.

When the woman hit the water a vibration
stuck him right in the chest,
what the hell
? he
thought—
it was just like when he and Des discovered they were
mates
.
Could it be? No, impossible
, he thought, and swam
toward the women. All three of them landed in a circle, still
holding hands.

“
Xan, did you feel that?
” Des said
curiously. Xander looked at his friend and nodded before grabbing
ahold of the closest woman. She was gorgeous with flowing blonde
hair, underwater she looked like a mermaid.

Right when his hand connected with her,
Xander saw the flash.
Holy
shit
,
mate!
Was the
only thing he thought, as Des tried to grasp the other two women.
Suddenly their men surrounded them and two of the women were
shuffled around. Xander and Des touched the woman and their tails
glowed, all of them pushed to the surface so the women could
breath.

Wow,
Xander thought, and then looked
over as the boat the women were on, overturned and broke apart.

“We need to get them back to the city,”
Xander said and all of the men turned to him. “I know, just do
it.”

Rosul moved forward and said, “I can put a
shield around them to make it down. It will be close, we have to
hurry.”

“Are you sure?” Xander said quietly and then
looked at Des. “She is our mate.”

A murmur ran through the men, and they looked
stunned floating in the rain. They began shuffling toward the other
two women.

“Wait, we need to get down,” Xander said and
all of the men nodded.

Rosul held up his arm and pointed a small
device to the women. They felt the ripple of the protective shell
surround the women.

“Let’s get moving,” Xander said. Des
nodded.

‘
What the fuck is going on?’
Xander
thought to his mate.

‘
I don’t know, but I hope we are
right,’
Des said.

“What about the doorway,” Xander called out
to Rosul. No one other than the Meridians had even been through
there.

“If she is with you, it will be fine, just
make sure that you keep contact with her at all times,” Rosul said,
the men nodded, and dove under.

Alex opened her eyes and then shut them right
away because of the brightness.
Shit, where the fuck was
she?
Alex moved her shoulders to get a feel of what she was
laying on—a bed, a very fluffy comfortable one at that.

She tried again to open her eyes and her eyes
focused on the ceiling. It was white, which ruled out her still
being on the boat. A memory flashed and Alex gasped—her, the boat,
Gabby and Sam. She groaned when she tried to sit up, her arm was in
a sling, and there was a large bandage on her shoulder and around
her waist.
Shit, she totally screwed up her arm
.

Looking around the room, she saw her best
friends both lying on beds, also. They were both still unconscious.
Another ship must have found them; they were in some kind of
hospital room.
Thank goodness
, Alex shook her head and then
thought about the dream she had before waking up. She was
underwater, being pulled downward by men,
aw fuck
, she
thought,
men with tails
.
She was hallucinating. There was
no other explanation.

Alex did not like the feeling of being out of
control. In addition to that, she had no idea where the hell she
was, even what was wrong with her friends.

“Hey, where is the damn call button?” Alex
murmured and then shrieked when a man answered her.

“You are safe, there is no call button. If
you need one of us, all you have to do is call out.”

A huge man who could not possibly be a nurse
was the one who spoke.
Okay, well maybe she would allow him to
give her a sponge bath because damn he was hot. Wait, what the hell
was she thinking?

“Who are you? Where am I? How are my
friends?” Alex fired the questions to the sexy man.

“Okay, I will take those one at a time, my
name is Sage, I am the Medical Warrior, and you are currently in
the medical wing in Meridian City. Your friends have both suffered
various injuries; I am not sure which is which, although I am sure,
you will be able to. The sister on the left…”

“Sam,” Alex said absently, trying to think
where the hell Meridian City was.

“Okay, Sam has a concussion and numerous
lacerations. She also has a broken femur and will be in a cast for
about six weeks. Her sister has a broken ankle and a nasty gash
across one cheek, it required a bit of stitch work, although Casius
didn’t seem to care. And your name is?” Sage said and laughed while
Alex continued to look confused about what was being said. “The
King will be here shortly.”

“King? Are you serious? My name is Alex
Collins” Alex snorted and then pulled the sheet up a little more.
She was only wearing a hospital gown, and it was chilly.

Sage stepped back, laughed, and then shook
his head. “It is very nice to meet you, Alex. This ought to be
entertaining.”

Sam and Gabby were moving and the nurse, or
whatever he was, walked to them. Alex leaned forward to see if her
friends were okay. She felt too bruised and sore to actually stand
and walk to them, so instead she called out.

“Sam, Gab, you guys okay?” Alex asked
anxiously.

Sam groaned and pushed the man's hands away
and looked around. Gabby pushed herself up and looked down at her
leg, and then felt her face where a large bandage was covering half
of her cheek.

“Feels like I got hit by a fucking train, but
other than that just fine. Where the hell are we?” Gabby
moaned.

“Your guess is as good as mine. According to
the hunk, we are somewhere called Meridian City, and the King is
coming in to see us soon.” Alex laughed again.

“Huh, I have never heard of it,” Sam said and
looked around the room. “At least they have a good hospital.”

The equipment was state of the art, and
everything was sparkly clean. Alex was impressed with the amount of
care all of them had received.

Five large men suddenly pushed into the room.
Alex pulled her blankets up higher as she looked at all of them.
Hell, they grew them large around here,
she thought as she
looked at the men. They were huge, just like Sage, two of them
stood out to her. She was sure she must have taken a harder hit on
the head than what she realized.
Shit, her blood practically
sang for them to come closer
, she could feel her reaction to
them.

Alex felt her nipples tighten and perk up and
she felt the moisture pool between her legs.
Damn, she hadn’t
felt like this, well, like ever for a man or men, whatever.

One of them stepped forward, stared her
directly in the eyes, and asked, “Sage, how are our guests?”

“Sir, they are doing much better as you can
see. We finally know their names. Alex, may I introduce you to King
Xander Molière, and his Second and mate, Des. Sire, this is Alex
Collins and her friends Sam and Gabby,” Sage said and leaned
against the wall looking amused.

Des walked forward with a grin, took her hand
into his, leaned forward, and kissed it before looking her in the
eyes and saying, “At your service.”

“Oh, shit,” Alex said and had to keep herself
from swooning, she felt a zing of electricity shoot through her
hand. They were tall, built, and handsome, plus chivalrous.
Damn, if they had a great personality, she was fucked.

“Indeed,” Des said amused as he stood. Xander
was right behind him, took her hand also, and did the same thing.
More electricity
,
figures, she dumped one man because he
was an asshole, and had sworn off men, then suddenly here are two
drop dead gorgeous men making her wet.
Damn fate, she needed
to get the hell out of here, before she made a fool of
herself.

“Sorry, so nice to meet you. I am curious
where we are, we have never heard of Meridian City. We kinda need
to get back to the boat and see what repairs need to be made,” Alex
said calmly as she watched the two men towering over her.

Her friend, who was apparently feeling the
same way about the two men who were being introduced to her, piped
up and said the same thing, “Yea, fellas, it is nice to meet you.
Cash and Rosul, was it? But we really need to call someone for some
help,” Sam said.

Gabby was just sitting there, staring at the
man before her who was frowning and making a growling noise at the
mention of them leaving. Sage introduced him as Casius, but he had
not said a word to her, only stared.

***

Xander and Des stepped back and looked at the
men who were in the room. The air was thick with passion, the men
had found their mates and something was going to have to give or
they would have a problem. Centuries living without finding their
mate had been so difficult. None of them thought they would find
them here on Earth.

Sage stepped forward and held out a piece of
paper to Xander, it was the blood tests the Warrior had run to
figure out how this was possible. Meridian males could not mate
with normal human women—they had already proved that.

Xander frowned as he read what seemed to be
impossible on the paper his Medical Warrior had given him.
What
the hell was going on?
It said Alex and the other two women had
Meridian blood, not full, but a slight trace of the alien DNA.
How was this possible, all of their women had been
destroyed?

“Who are you?” Xander demanded, as he looked
at the women lying on the beds, all of them looked surprised when
he all but bit their heads off with his bark. The rest of the men
took the paper and studied what he had just seen.

Alex frowned at him and then leaned forward.
“ALEX COLLINS,” she said slowly as if he was not mentally capable
of understanding her.

Sage laughed and put his hand over his mouth,
which got him a glare from their leader.

“I know your name,” Xander said
impatiently.

“When someone asked who you are, it usually
means their name. Now, back to the matter at hand, we need to
leave. How do we check out of your lovely hospital?” Alex said
sweetly and smiled at the large man. She was not sure what was
going on, but the undercurrents in the room made her think she
needed to get her and her friends out of there now.

“What my overbearing, dramatic mate is saying
is there are some things we need to talk about. Like where you are,
for one,” Des said smoothly, sat down on the side of her bed, took
her hand in his again, and grinned.

“Where we are, you said we are in Meridian
City.” Alex looked at Sage with an accusatory glare.

The nurse held his hands up and laughed, “You
are. You just never asked exactly where it is.”

Alex blew out a frustrated breath and looked
at her friends who seemed to have the same problem as she was,
avoiding contact with these men, who were making her lose her mind.
“Okay, where the fuck are we?”

“Glad you asked,” Des said with an amused
look on his face. “I believe the old saying is, ‘Toto, we’re not in
Kansas anymore’ would really apply here.”

“Not an answer,” Alex snapped, pulled her
hand away, and then winced,
still sore,
she thought, and
looked at Sage.

“Do you need some pain medication?” the large
nurse asked her and then must have decided that visiting hours were
over. “Gentlemen, I am going to have to ask all of you to leave for
a little while. I think our patients are needing some care.”

Xander frowned, looked down at Alex, and then
nodded his head. “Sage, when you are done come to my office.”

“Of course,” Sage said and bowed his head and
watched as one by one the men reluctantly filed out of the room.
When they were all gone, all three of the women let loose a breath
they were not aware they were holding.

“Sir, we have waited for so long,” Cash said
with frustration when they entered into his office.

Xander did keep an office in the main
building, just like the rest of the men. In one way or another,
they all worked together to make this whole city run smoothly.

“”I know, I feel the same way. We need to
talk though. Did you see the test results? They are all part
Meridian. We need to figure out how the hell that is even
possible,” Des said and ran a hand over his head.

“We have their names, so we will run a search
and see what we can come up with,” Xander said and pointed to Cash
and Rosul. “Do you have your computer?”

Rosul rolled his eyes and said, “Really?”

Des laughed when the men both pulled out the
small handheld computers they developed. Cash wanted to try to
sneak the technology to the humans but as of yet, they had held
back. Even five miles below the surface they were still able to
pick up Wi-Fi.

Cash made a noise as he clicked and clicked
on his computer. “Alexandra Marie Collins was born to, Charles
Rodger Collins IV, thirty years ago. Shit, he is rich, as in mega
rich, owns his own shipping line. Mother, Catherine Marie Collins,
died in childbirth. Let’s see what else we can find.”