*Note to readers, there is a small part close to the end of the chapter that may be found kind of uncomfortable. It borders on rape, but isn’t. I can’t write rape without breaking out into tears myself, it is not NC-17, because I don’t write that either, but like I said, it is a little uncomfortable. I will mark the section in between markers that look like this ((((((*)))))) to let you know.* *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “Miss Parker, I have enjoyed your company so much, it’s too bad that I am going to have to kill you. I’ll give you one more night. Would you like to spend it with me in passion and lust or would you rather spend it here, chained to a bed with no one to give you the pleasure that you deserve?” “Go to hell,” Liz whispered. “What was that? I don’t think I heard you quite right. From what I heard it sounded like you were wishing me to hell,” General Kirnz grabbed Liz’s chin and yanked her face towards him. “You will not speak to me in that manner.” He called in one of the guards and gave him an order. “Miss Parker, you really should learn manners.” He leaned in and took her mouth with his forcing his tongue inside her mouth. Liz was furious and bit down on his tongue. “Bitch! You will pay for that! Guard, strip her and whip her. When you are finished let me know, I’d like to see this pretty little thing naked and writhing in pain.” *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Michael appeared at the door of the conference room. “Max, what’s wrong?” “We got another transmission from General Kirnz.” Max looked down, trying to hide the few tears that seemed to be forming in his eyes. “She is very weak, on the virge of death. He hasn’t fed her and he has been torturing her for hours. She needs medical attention.” Maria walked over to his side and put her arms around him. “Be strong Max, it will be ok. I know Lizzie and she will pull through, no matter what the circumstances. She will get through this. There is no way that she would die without seeing you again buddy, so don’t even think that she would,” Maria stood up and looked at the group around, all were group commanders, which meant mostly Colonels, “Are we going to get this show on the road or what?” “Capt Smith,” Col Ortin said. “Call me Maria or DeLuca, but don’t call me that terribly common name anymore, please.” “Ok, Maria, I think that I have a plan that can help end this and get your friend back, but we need your help.” Maria sat down next to Col Ortin, “Do tell, I’m listening.” “Well, since our signature pattern is unable to get through the force field, but yours is not, maybe you can get through and get to the Freysian leader.” “Uh uh! There is no way!” Michael started bellowing. Maria grabbed his arm and yanked him down to where she  was sitting. “Michael, this is the only way. I wouldn’t do it if I thought that there was another way.” “You aren’t going alone. If you are going to go, then you will have someone with you.” “Michael, you know you can’t get through.” “I know, I wasn’t thinking about me.” “Who were you thinking about then?” *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “Alex, it’s hopeless,” Isabel said. She was exhausted. For five days straight she had been trying to contact Maria, but was unable to make a connection. “I have this huge fear that she might be dead.” “Izzy, don’t say that,” Alex said standing up and pacing the room now. “She’s not dead!” “Alex, please, don’t make this any harder than it already is.” Isabel let a few tears run down her cheek, letting out the emotion that she bottled inside. She really did care about her friends, she might not have shown it at times, but she did. There was a knock at the door and Alex answered it. “Michael? Maria?” Alex examined Maria wearing a uniform that looked exactly the same as Michael’s. “Maria!” Isabel flew to the petite blonde and scooped her into her arms and didn’t let go. “Uh, hi Iz. Isabel, you’re squeezing me, I can’t breathe.” “Maria, it is so awful, Liz has been taken by these strange people and I don’t know where she is and hey, what are you doing in that God awful outfit?” “It’s a uniform Isabel. And I am wearing it because I am fighting a war now.” “You mean to tell me that while I was working my ass off down here, trying to contact you, that you have been up there,” Isabel pointed for effect as she hissed, “with Michael all this time!” “Not exactly, but close enough. Look Iz, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that I was going to be there when I left here. It just sort of happened.” “Maria, I could kill you.” “Look Iz, if you don’t mind we have a mission to accomplish here,” Michael said. “A mission?” Alex questioned. “Yes, we have come to take you away,” Maria said. “Oh, you guys, that’s really mean, you are just going to leave me here while everyone else goes and fights a war,” Alex complained. “Oh quit whining, you sound like a girl,” Michael said, “and we’re not going to do that, we came to get you, and Isabel you are welcome to come along if you would like.” “Of course I would, there is no way that you are going to leave me here.” “Well, ok then, let’s get going,” Maria said. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “General Lemark, General Cullers, General Evans, let us introduce to you Alex Whitman, computer expert,” Maria said as she brought Alex and Isabel into the conference room. “Alex, congratulations,” General Lemark said. “Um, thanks?” Alex said trying to figure out what he was congratulating him for. As if reading his mind, General Lemark answered, “For your recent engagement.” Alex smiled and realized that he was so excited that he had totally forgot to tell Michael or Maria that he and Isabel were engaged now. “Thank you.” “You’re engaged? And you didn’t tell me!” Maria exclaimed. “We weren’t thinking about it. You know it wasn’t exactly the first thing on our minds after we had been transported to another planet,” Isabel said. “You guys, I’m happy for you, but we really need to get to work,” Max said breaking the commotion. “Col Ortin, could you take Alex and show him the computer system, show him as much as possible about the Freysian computers. Every bit of information helps.” “Yes sir.” “Wait,” Maria said. “What is it Maria?” Max asked impatiently. “Alex doesn’t even know what we want him to do. You might want to brief him on that first.” “Michael,” Max said. “Right away.” Michael took Maria, Alex, and Col Ortin and lead them to another room. Once inside, he let Alex know what they hoped that he would do. “Ok, what is it that you need me for?” Alex asked. “Alex, the way that the Freysians security system works is that detects life signatures. Each life form has its own unique signature. I have one that is different than yours and different than the Freysians. Your life sign and the Freysians’ life signatures are very similar. So similar in fact that the Freysian security does not detect the difference between humans and Freysians. We need you and Maria to go into their space station and disable their security system. From there, we can take over.” “Whoa,” Alex said, “that’s a lot. I don’t know anything about your technology. I don’t know if I can do this.” “We will teach you as much as possible and our computer systems are not too much unlike your own,” Col Ortin said. “And Miss DeLuca here will be with you, so you don’t have to worry about being attacked.” “You got that right,” Maria said, “The only ass kicking that will be going on will be theirs.” “This is a new side of you Maria, that I believe I have never seen,” Alex stated. “Neither did I until last week.” “Col Ortin, why don’t you go show Alex the computer system now and then meet us back in the large conference room and we can show Alex and Maria the map of their station,” Michael said. “No problem Colonel.” Alex and Col Ortin walked out of the room. Michael turned to Maria, “No playing hero. You get there, you shut off the systems and then you wait for us, got it?” “Michael, I will do what my mission tells me to do. I will wait, but I think that I am going to try and get a head start on finding Liz.” “Maria, no, please, just wait until I get there.” “Michael, I know that you are concerned for me, but I am concerned for Liz and I am going to do everything that I can to help her.” “Promise me that you won’t do anything stupid,” Michael responded knowing that he couldn’t stop her from doing what she wanted. “Only if you promise the same,” Maria insisted. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* “The Freysian computer system is much like ours. Our computer system is much like yours on earth, just much more advanced. Hacking, as you call it, is a piece of cake. Our kind is very trusting and we very rarely defy the law. The Freysians do not dare to mess up for fear of death. Therefor both computer systems are very easy to hack into.” “Well, that’s a plus,” Alex said sarcastically. Col Ortin proceeded to show Alex all of the ropes of the computer system. Alex took in all of the knowledge very quickly, surprising even himself. “Alright, now that you know all of that, it’s time to go to the conference room.” Alex and Col Ortin arrived in the conference room and found everyone there. “Ok, now that Alex has been briefed on the situation, we have a little more information to give you,” Max said. He handed Alex and Maria a piece of paper and then pulled out a large replica of the sheet he had handed them. It was a map. General Cullers stood up and proceeded to talk about the map, “This is not an accurate map, this is mostly a map made by educated guess. Judging by the heat that comes off of each of the sections during different hours, we presume these here,” he pointed to a place on the map, “to be the sleeping quarters, if you follow this throughway to the end of the sleeping quarters, we find what we assume to be the computer room. This is the best map we have. If you find it to be wrong, then do your best to find the correct room. This is all of the information that we can give you, good luck to you both, and thank you for being so brave. Our people are indebted to you.” Everyone stood up and started to leave. Alex met up with Isabel and they were given a room to sleep in. Maria went back to her room to sleep. Tomorrow was a big day and she needed her rest. Maria knocked on Michael’s door and hoped that he wasn’t asleep yet. “Yah?” Michael said sleepily as she opened her door. “I’m sorry, did I wake you?” Maria asked. “No, not at all. What do you want?” “Well, I know that this is probably on the list of policy don’ts, but I was never much to follow rules. I want to be with you tonight.” Maria looked at him and then she stood on her toes and gave him a kiss, which quickly turned passionate and fiery. “Maria, mmm, I have missed, ooh, you so much,” Michael tried to say while kissing her. “Me too Michael, mmm.” By now Maria had pulled off Michael’s shirt and Michael was working on hers. Maria started to moan as Michael trailed kisses down her neck and headed for her chest. “Oh Maria, I have forgotten how good this feels.” “I know Michael, I know.” *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Max retired to his room soon after the meeting was over. He changed and slid into his bed. On the nightstand next to his bed was a picture of Liz. Taking it up, he cradled it in his arms. He let emotion take over and began to cry. All of his thoughts were on Liz and without even trying, he found himself in her head. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) She was naked and crying. There were large whip marks on her back, her front, and all the way down her legs. “Liz?” Max called out trying to get her attention. It was no use. She was in too much pain to try and concentrate on hearing him. Max felt all of the pain that she did. He took it all in and shuddered. He then watched as General Kirnz walked into the room. “Oh, Miss Elizabeth, you are breathtaking.” He laid a finger on her chin and trailed it down her neck, in between her breasts, over her stomach, and finally shoved his hand in between her legs, grasping her. “And you feel so good.” “No! No! You ass hole! Stop it! No!” Max fell to his knees as he watched and felt Liz’s fear and pain shoot up to unimaginable proportions.  His tears came faster now as he registered everything that she was feeling. General Kirnz took away his hand and grabbed one of her breasts and placed his mouth over her nipple. He swirled his tongue around it and then looked up to see Liz’s face, “You like biting do you?” He bit down on her breast and she cried out in pain. As soon as she did this, he took his face away and showed the grin that was held there, “I always like to make the women scream. Tomorrow honey, you and I, we’ll have a good time.” He then turned and left the room. ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Max thrashed on his bed screaming for it to stop. Alex and Isabel rushed into his room, followed by General Lemark and General Cullers. “Max! Max! Wake up!” Isabel took him in her arms and noticed the sweat that was rolling off of his forehead. The picture that he had been holding fell to the ground and shattered. Alex cleaned it up and laid the picture back on the nightstand. “Max, are you ok?” Max was shaking now, “Isabel, it was so awful. I was inside Liz’s head. She is in so much pain. He is a monster, he, he,” Max couldn’t continue. General Cullers left, knowing that this wasn’t any of his business. General Lemark sat down on the bed and put his hand on Max’s shoulder. “It will be ok, Max, I promise, it will be ok,” Isabel said as she rocked him like a baby in her arms. “Tomorrow Iz, tomorrow we will get this bastard,” Max stated, his voice full of vengeance. TBC

Part 7