 
Terrania Tale

Version 2

Edenia Series

Copyright Beth Hoyer 2014

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Part One

Prologue

Brianna woke herself from sleep groaning and moaning loudly in the hut shared with her mate Dictator as dubbed, who spoke in response "Tell the Hayu the stories involving your dreams to the offspring instead. They've been begging Hayu around here to tell them a story."

Brianna gave up a disgusted sound in response as Dictator looked up and then added looking at her "Its morning anyway so time to get up and start our day. Excuse me I have things to do so sleep if you want."

Brianna got up, following Dictator out, and walked out of the hut to find others doing their work in the camp. She spied the Hayu's Leader as dubbing himself, Nikolas seated on a log looking bored to her along with having various numerous Hayu offspring gathered near him on the ground looking the same too.

She sighed and went to Nikolas sitting down next to him and spoke "So what's going on?"

She eyed Nikolas who looked at her and spoke "Offsprings bored with the same old stories I've been telling them mostly about my namesake Nikolas himself. I'm getting bored with the same old telling them over and over. It's getting annoying anyway."

Brianna sighed and recalled her dreams spoke "Well I have a new story to tell you and the offsprings so listen to me. I'm itching to tell someone of what I dreamed."

She saw that she got Nikolas's attention along with the attention of the off springs who all stared at her attentively as she began the story.

Chapter One

Torrin stood in the city looking around. Torrin spotted an odd female Human with golden eyes getting bumped by a Felidae which he saw her make gestures with her hands.

He realized "Its hand language. She can teach our king how to communicate with her hands' language."

He followed her and knocked her out despite her giving resistance then transported her by globe to the castle where she woke up.

The medical doctor a female spoke "The human is deaf."

The medic he frowned hearing that that after the Human didn't react from her roaring behind her.

Torrin gets Arielia's attention and signs "Our King is not able to talk and needing him to learn sign language. Can you please teach him?"

He used pleading to get Arielia to agree and brought her to the King's quarters where she signs to the king with Torrin translating her talking about being in the city of Atlanta. Arielia, Torrin saw stared at the king who he referred as him and his race Drainers. The Drainer King he saw was dressed in gonoid skins all in the color of cloud. He like the Drainer males had a night sky skin like mask that covered the eyes and the neck area as there were cloud colored orbs peering out of the face mask. The mask left the mouth area uncovered. Torrin frowned seeing Arielia frowned signing her words by hands as the king sat in the chair. Nearby Torrin stood watching the duo with arms folded. She hand signed some words as Torrin interpreted speaking in the Drainer's language. They were in the King's quarters which were a round room with a couch that wrapped the walls at one end of the room. The two, Arielia and the king were sitting next to a covered table clothed table. The king's large plant like claw on his left hand twitched as he abruptly grabbed Arielia by the neck and hauled her towards a room behind a dark black curtain. Torrin saw Arielia's hands shake as if she was gagged and was about to follow when he was blocked by a large Drainer waist high four leg gonoid that barked some growling sound while snapping its teeth. Torrin groaned as he stood watching the gonoid. He went to a chair to sit and closed his eyes falling asleep. Torrin sat in a chair Arielia exited and snoozed. He felt something licking his face and faced the gonoid which stopped licking to jump off his lap with his paws while wagging its short stubby tail. The gonoid gestured towards the curtain as Arielia came out wearing just her undergarments. Torrin made a sound of disgust and picked up the female who stared at him with shocked eyes.

She hand signed which Torrin interpreted in his head "Touched me."

Torrin carried her out of the room towards the elevator that was surrounded by a vast stairway in the middle of the large sized tower that led to rooms surrounding it. As Torrin entered the elevator he heard a sound of a roar and assumed it was from the gonoid. The elevator led went down towards a hallway that led towards the massive cathedral sized throne room. Torrin took Arielia across the room to an opening in the wall. He entered it still hearing a roaring sound. The opening slid closed like and elevator and the small boxy room went down.

Arielia stirred in his arms groaning signing "Water, need water badly, I'm thirsty."

The elevator stopped and Torrin carried her towards a wall where a console was next to the wall. He pressed several buttons after shifting Arielia in his arms. The wall opened revealing a room with curtains on both sides.

A female Drainer had on a night sky skin mask that covered her mouth, nose and neck but her eyes with the forehead were seen with the eyes were all white Shadonian like and there were feminine lashes around the eyes.

The female stood watching Torrin who spoke in Rayala the Skyan's language "Medic, scan the Human, Arielia."

The female, a medic pulled aside a curtain revealing a bed and Torrin laid Arielia onto the bed.

The medic pulled an arm sized scanner and waved over Arielia while speaking to Torrin "She has lost some amount of liquid intake which is why she's thirsty."

Torrin went to a sink taking a cup and pulled the lever. Water spilled out of the faucet as the cup filled. He handed it to Arielia who gulped the contents greedily.

Torrin signed "Arielia, what happened?"

Arielia signed which Torrin interpreted "With his claw plant like hand on my neck threw his head up and I suddenly felt myself really thirsty. I felt myself out of it to realize that he was using me for mating use by his hand's touching me all over. Also he left me alone to enter a doorway which I assume was the bathroom."

Arielia groaned putting a hand on her head with a frown, he saw from her.

Torrin spoke to the medic "I think the King feeds differently from us."

When they heard an alarm sound, the medic left Arielia with Torrin following her towards a console in the wall and pressed some buttons. A male Skyan came in hauling the unconscious Skyan King by both arms.

He spoke "The King came in the control room roaring some nonsense sound. He was throwing some ropey plant from his left hand and was gagging anyone in sight while throwing his head up like in pleasure. He was touching the females inappropriately. We had to knock him out."

Torrin asked "Medic?"

The medic replied "Odd, appears the King feeds through his left hand and is desperate to mate with someone."

Torrin sighed and spoke "I think we need a female for the King and some way of communicating with him all the time."

He didn't have long to wait as the King stirred while groaning loudly.

He heard a sound from the medic to find her glaring at him who spoke "Get the King out of here to the throne room. I'll handle Arielia as you call her."

Torrin obeyed to carry the King out of the medical bay into the hallway to the elevator. He felt himself gagged by ropes felt around his neck to realize that it belonged to the King who was awake. He didn't comment a response as the King quit his gagging onto him and carried him into the elevator to feel the thing going up. Torrin entered the throne room to place the King into a chair he spotted was appearing to be made out of metallic stone from the looks of it. He heard growling noises from the Skyans in the room as he got the King to wake up.

Torrin ignored the growling to speak firmly while addressing the Skyan court in the room "This is our leader our King, kingship who we obey. It's his home who we Skyans live in that we have taken residence in. What his words he says we obey."

Torrin stepped away from the King to stand near the double doors leading to the hallway that led to an entrance outside. He waited impatiently as the medic arrived from the elevator pushing Arielia in a chair wheel while noticing her dressed up in a dress. He frowned as the medic parked the chair wheel in front of the King and gave him a glare.

He didn't comment a response went to Arielia to tap her on the shoulder and signed "Just sign anything you want. Just as long as our King gets the message that your hand language must be used for him to communicate what he wants towards us."

Arielia he found obeyed to sit in the chair signing to the King sitting in the throne chair. The other Drainers were there watching Arielia sign with her hands talking to the Drainer King as Torrin interpreted her words. The King flinch his plant clawed left hand and roared some sound he grimaced from the noises.

Torrin sighed and pleaded to the King "Kingship, Please tell us where to find a female for you to mate with and a way for you to feed."

The King's mouth turned into a sneer and Torrin heard a snarling sound come from him.

Torrin pleaded again "Please, we're begging you tell us where to find you a mate and a way for you to feed."

The King finger spelled with his right Human like hand which Torrin translated "Says find the Beddune and they'll help you like they helped me."

Torrin asked "Where can I find the Beddune?"

The King finger spelled out as Torrin interpreted "You'll find them in the forests but hurry I need a female and I must feed again."

Torrin stared with curiosity as the King threw ropey plant stems from his left hand landing on Arielia's neck and she was thrown forward towards him. The King grabbed Arielia by the neck and threw his head up. Arielia waved her hands wildly as the Skyan's Medic waved a pen light scanner over her while holding a flat monitor screen in her other hand.

The Medic spoke "Kingship is draining her by drinking her liquids from inside her."

Torrin was about to speak when his communications link on his left arm beeped. Pressing a button he heard the Communications officer speak "Communications from Aiden and Ann-Nea that says 'Reaching home in three'."

Torrin spoke out loud "Aiden and Ann-Nea are on their way here. They'll arrive in three sun positions."

Three sun positions later, Aiden and Ann-Nea came in a golden ball which landed on the courtyard to the castle. Torrin stood watching Aiden revert the golden ball. Ann-Nea to Torrin's surprise had a visible bump peeking through her suit.

Torrin spoke "Aiden and Ann-Nea, there's much to tell you both."

He quickly told them about situation with the Skyan King.

Chapter Two

In the throne room Aiden took one look at the King and spoke to Torrin "I see what I missed."

The King snarled some sound seeing Aiden and Ann-Nea came in the throne room with a growl from his seat. His left hand was still wrapped around Arielia's neck for he sat in the chair waiting. The medic handed Arielia a cup of water that greedily drank the contents.

The King finger spelled words which Aiden interpreted "Says about time you arrived. Go find the Beddune in the forests and they'll help you find what I'm seeking."

Torrin nodded and then left the throne room. Torrin recalled as he walked out that the airless monitor screens over head would be showing him leaving the castle by flying in the air. He flew in the forests leg swinging like a runner jogging as he flew standing up position with his arms swinging. The monitor in the throne room changed into a map which showed Torrin's location as he flew into the forests.

Aiden spoke breaking the silence "Kingship what do the Beddune look like?"

The Drainer King finger spelled which Aiden interpreted "Says, I don't know what they look like for they had my face covered and their voices were guttural like."

Aiden groaned as Ann-Nea folded her arms.

The Medic noticing Ann-Nea's visible bump exclaimed "Ann-Nea, you're with egg aren't you?"

Ann-Nea looked at the medic and spoke "That's why we left the Isle of Shadan."

Aiden snarled out "The High Lord of Shadan was there when they interrupted a mating ritual between the two of us. This incident won't be taken lightly."

The King finger signed which Aiden said his words "The High Lord must be watched for betrayal won't be accepted."

Aiden growled his agreement as the other Drainers in the room echoed his growl.

Chapter Three

In the forests Torrin flew in the air looking. He settled onto a tree branch and jumped to the top balancing on a thin tree branch. He could see the forests of trees went far as his eyes could see and there were large mountains in the distance with white clouds dusting them.

Torrin sniffed the air and growled out "Terrific just what I need."

He flew into the air in his standing up position with legs and arms swinging back and forth. Flying over the forests of trees, he flew over a river and followed it. Reaching a thick tall tree next to the river, he settled on the tree to look below to see a fire which his people called an Eater surrounded with rocks and sniffed the air. He could smell unfamiliar scents around nearby the fire. With a growl Torrin waited to see through the tree branches, a figure that the Drainer saw appeared to be Human by the looks of the face came dressed in grey gonoid skins walking towards the fire with long night sky colored hair. The humanoid swung the hair out of the face revealing Human ears and leaned down to place some sticks into the Eater. Torrin edged himself closer towards the edge of the tree branches to look. The place was a small clearing where the figure had a small hut which was made out of tree bark next to the roaring fire.

The figure he saw appeared to be alone which brought a smirk to Torrin's face he thought "Good, need to fill in tank."

Torrin walked towards the edge of the branch to froze seeing the figure looked up looking into the tree he was hidden. Then the figure shrugged and bent down as Torrin jumped from the tree to land silently behind the figure. The figure turned around and howled some call in a feminine voice with a hint of guttural tones which Torrin roared charging at the female a foot smaller than he. The female yanked a stick with an Eater on the edge and waved it towards Torrin who towered over her who looked at him with brown angry eyes.

The female yelled something which Torrin translated to himself "Get back, demon!"

The female repeated the words which Torrin took off his metal headband that was settled around his forehead and threw it at the female hitting her in the head. The metal headband flew back into Torrin's hand. The female shook her head and dropped the stick with the Eater into the large Eater then ran towards a cluster of trees yelling which Torrin threw the weapon and it hit the female in the legs. Then the weapon flew back to his hand as the female fell towards the ground and with a roar he charged grabbing the kneeled female by the hair. The female reacted by slashing at him with a knife like stone in her left hand. She growled some sound still slashing at him.

He growled out in Rayala "I don't have time for this."

Switching languages he spoke in the female's language "Who are you?"

The female spat at him and gripped his arm with anger flashing in her eyes as he tightened his hold in her hair.

Torrin still speaking in her language said "I don't have time for this, Human."

He pulled her head up and eyed her throat. It was like the Humans bare skin pulsing of blood. With a growl he grabbed her left hand holding the stone knife peeling off the weapon from her hand. Then he put a hand on her chest which she struggled to remove as her throat swelled up. Torrin proceeded to open his mouth showing retractable fangs and was about to bite the female's throat when he felt pricks of pain on the arm holding her hair. He looked to see long thin sticks peeking into his skin suit and looked around growling as he felt waves of sleep hitting him. With a snarl he could feel the hold on the female lessening as he struggled to stay awake. The female yanked his hand from her chest and stood up snarling some growling sound as the bushes around them rumbled showing in Torrin's blurry eye sight, Humans like the female came out armed with sticks and stones. Some had pipes in their mouths aimed at him.

Torrin groaned out in the female's language as a wave of uncontrollable sleep hit him "Beddune, where?"

Then every thing went black.

Chapter Four

Torrin woke up to hear voices talking faintly as the sun shifted down near the horizon. He shifted to find himself tied to a tree with ropes wrapped around him. He was in a sitting position with his hands tied together and his feet were stretched tied to a thick log in front of him. Shaking his head Torrin let the cobwebs of sleep left him as he looked around. He was still in the clearing but looked around to see other Humans in gonoid skins were walking around the area. One of the Humans Torrin saw was sitting at the edge of the log that Torrin's feet were tied to.

The Human spoke in masculine tones with a guttural voice "The demon's awake."

Torrin gasped out in hunger in the Human's language "I'm no demon."

He noticed the others came forward to surround him most of them radiating of anger.

The Human at the log again said "You attacked one of us."

Torrin growled as he felt hunger and answered to the accusation "I had to, Human. I'm a species called Drainer who feeds on essence from inside your bodies. I must feed."

The male spoke again "What essence is that?"

Torrin growled out "The essence that is inside your bodies which that female is leaking."

He pointed to one of the Humans with his tied hands with a finger which he assumed was a female.

Torrin again growled out as the Humans looked at the female "Get that female away from me before I harm you again. The smell is driving me to feed."

The male sitting at the log answered "The essence you drink is what we call blood."

Torrin snarled out growling "yes, food."

He struggled with the ropes tying him and eyed the female who stood there with arms folded.

The male at the log asked "Orders?'

The female with arms folded replied "Get him something to feed on before he feeds on us and alert the Beddune about him."

Torrin moaned out "Yes, food."

The male sitting at the log asked "Do we have one of our cows brought here? Perhaps he can feed off of that?"

The female spoke "Bring them anyway. I refused to let this Drainer to feed on one of us."

Night fell and Torrin roared still struggling against the ropes binding him. He could smell blood which was calling him to feed through his nose in the two holes in his suit covering his skin. He roared again. One of the Humans came forward to him with a small hand sized gonoid skin bag with a tube coming from it.

The Human stuck the tube in Torrin's mouth and ordered "Drink Drainer."

Torrin slurped up the contents and spoke in a strained tone in the Human's language "I could use some more, what I had isn't enough."

He could see the Human stood up illuminated by the series of Eaters scattered around the clearing.

The Human spoke "You'll have to wait for the Beddune to arrive."

The fog in Torrin's mind cleared as he exclaimed "The Beddune! I was sent by my King to find the Beddune for-"

The Human interrupted "Later Drainer. Wait for the Beddune to arrive then they'll help you. Save your strength."

Torrin growled some sound of frustration as the Human walked away.

He groaned as he closed his eyes and let sleep over came him.

Chapter Five

Torrin woke up to hear his communications link on his arm switched off with a beep sound. He looked around in the clearing to see one of the Humans was standing talking faintly to a shorter than them figure. The figure Torrin saw was barely illuminated by the firelight scattered around the clearing. He could see the figure was joined by other figures that were short and appeared to be wearing night sky colored clothing. The Human pointed to Torrin who strained against his bonds staring at them. Then the figure with two others walked forward and was illuminated by an Eater the three figures paused to stand watching him. Torrin saw with shock that the figures had a night sky colored long sleeve top and pants wrapping around the feet and legs which was under a mid lower leg length skirt. Torrin also saw that there were sun colored Felidae like ears peering top of the head and had a cloth mask covering the face except for sun colored Human like eyes peering out. One of the figures walked forward towards Torrin and kneeled with a fluid motion.

He heard the figure ask in a guttural language "You are seeking the Beddune why?"

Torrin replied in the same language "The problem is my King is seeking a mate and a way for him to feed not by person."

The figure spoke "They say you're called Skyan and your kind drinks the blood of others to live like a Drainer."

Torrin demanded "How did you know our name? I never gave the name out."

The figure spoke "That's not important for we are who you seek called Beddune."

Torrin gaped at them as one of Beddune stood up and gestured as another came forward. The Beddune had a bowl which Torrin could see white stuff pooled in it, which the Beddune brought to his lips. Torrin found the stuff tasted good and drank greedily feeling his familiar strength returning.

He gave the ropes a tug and heard the Beddune say "Save your strength Skyan. The Unnamed Ones will free you."

One of the Humans, Torrin assumed, was the Unnamed Ones came forwards with a long metal knife and proceeded to cut the ropes binding Torrin's legs and hands including the rope tying him to the tree.

With a groan Torrin stood up and looked down at the Beddune who was foots shorter than he was.

The Beddune spoke "There's a valley we will take you in the morning."

Torrin fingered his communications link which one the Unnamed Ones spoke "Don't, the Beddune are capable of turning off any kind of technology like their immune to it."

Torrin groaned as he spoke "The others of my kind will come here inquiring about my tracing device being shut off."

One of the Unnamed Ones who freed Torrin said "Don't worry the Beddune tells us your King is familiar to them and knows about this."

Torrin spoke "This is something the King forgot to tell."

Chapter Six

In the throne room of the Skyan castle alarms sounded ringing as Aiden spoke for all to hear "Torrin's tracing device is off and so is communications with him."

The Skyan King sitting slumped in his chair hand signed with one hand which Aiden interpreted "Says I remember that the Beddune have the ability to turn off any technology in their presence."

Aiden folded his arms and was about to speak when the King threw his head up and a pale Arielia who his left hand was around her neck waved her arms wildly.

Aiden growled as the Skyan King drained Arielia who looked sick.

The medic waving her device over Arielia spoke "I hope Torrin hurries. I don't think this Human can last any longer soon."

Chapter Seven

Morning came and shined her rays into the clearing where Torrin sat at the base of the tree asleep. He woke up with a start to sense one of the Beddune had a clawed hand pointing inches away from his nose. Torrin could see the Unnamed Ones were milling around watching him.

Torrin got up and stood next to the three Beddune one who spoke "Follow us to the valley where your answers will be revealed."

He followed the Beddune who walked towards a tree and one of them proceeded to glide up the tree walking up the tree bark to his shock like a Skyan.

Torrin exclaimed "Impossible! No other species except us can do that."

The Beddune standing next to him spoke "We must hurry to catch your King's people before they move again."

Torrin opened his mouth to speak when the Beddune spoke "Hurry Skyan, climb the tree and follow us."

Torrin obeyed and reaching the top he saw the Beddune swung off the tree with legs swinging and arms moving like a Skyan. Torrin shook his head with wonder and proceeded to follow the three Beddune into the air. They traveled over the forests of trees following the river and reached a cliff wall which the Beddune glided up walking up the wall. Torrin followed mimicking them. They reached the top of the cliff wall and stood facing a valley of trees on top of the cliff wall. The sun was soon high in the sky as they walked towards a set of bushes the Beddune pulled the bush apart and Torrin could see a vast valley of trees stood below. Torrin heard one of the Beddune howl some call and then he heard a roaring sound come from the valley.

The Beddune howled again which Torrin translated the howl to himself "We of Beddune have a male Skyan with us seeking a female for his King."

He heard the roaring sound again and translated to himself "Come down and get the female."

The Beddune gestured for him to follow and together the four leaped off the cliff wall and flew into the air. They landed on a tall tree where the Beddune proceeded to hop down the branches with Torrin copying them. At the base of the tree, Torrin looked around to see that they were in a clearing. Torrin felt pressure on his legs and saw plant ropes identical to the Skyan King's hand plant rope around his legs.

Torrin fell to kneel as one of the Beddune protested howling out "It is we, Beddune who have brought this Skyan here. His King is one of your kinds which he is seeking a female for."

The bushes rumbled as Torrin in a kneeling position to face a figure in white who came out of the bushes with feminine curves. The female Torrin saw had a masked night sky colored skin face of a female Skyan with the night sky colored hair pulled in a tail and was dressed in cloud colored gonoid skins covering her body but highlighting her curves. He saw her right hand was a plant like claw and her left hand was normal Human like.

The Beddune bowed towards female figure and one of them said howling language "The Skyan here is ruled by a male of your kinds which urgently needs a female and a way to feed not by person."

The female version of the Skyan King roared some sound and the bushes rumbled as another female came out dressed in grey gonoid skins and had the same identical hands and facial features of the first female. The second female had a bag in wrapped around her waist and her hair was tied up in a tail.

Torrin heard to his shock one of the Beddune say "The Skyan can travel by globe for long distances and he will transport the female with us."

The first female nodded and pointed at Torrin with her left hand. Torrin stood up and nodded raising his hands as a globe like object came from his chest and surrounded him. He sensed the female in grey gonoid skins carrying her bag walk into the globe with the three Beddune. Torrin raised his hands and the globe rose in the air flying towards the Skyan castle at a breakneck speed.

Chapter Eight

Alarms at the castle sounded in the throne room.

Aiden spoke "Torrin's traveler spotted and attempts to communicate with him has been met with failure."

He looked at the Skyan King who was drooping in a chair with his plant hand still around Arielia's neck, whose eyes stared in space unseeingly from her sitting position at his feet.

The Skyan King hand signed with his Human hand which Aiden said "Says the Beddune are with Torrin. Go out and meet Torrin."

Aiden bowed and walked towards the massive double doors to the hallway leading outside. He walked down the arched hallway and reached the courtyard to stand watching and waiting. He was rewarded when Torrin's globe came barreling towards him. The globe stopped and landed next to Aiden on the courtyard and reverted revealing four figures standing around Torrin. Aiden stared with shock at the three short figures. He also heard his communications link shut itself off and saw a female like Skyan dressed in grey gonoid skins with a large bag around her waist.

Torrin said in foreign language to Aiden who appeared to translate the words to himself "These three are the Beddune and the fourth is the female required for our King."

Aiden spoke in the same language "Follow me."

They walked into the castle and entered the massive throne room. Floating monitor screens in the room abruptly shut themselves off. The female Skyan like person escorting Torrin rushed towards the Skyan King who dropped a seemingly lifeless Arielia that slumped towards the floor with a thud. The Skyans watched as she hoisted her bag and opened part of the bag and with a cup she pulled from her waist and poured some clear liquid. Then she handed the cup to the medic who and gestured to drink.

The medic exclaimed in Skyan language for all the Drainers to hear "Ugh, ocean water, of course! They feed on the salt of the water, no wonder Arielia keeps getting thirsty."

The female raised the Skyan King's drooping head and put the opening of the bag in the Skyan King's mouth who greedily gulped the contents. Torrin watched as two of the Beddune took Arielia and hauled her towards him.

The third Beddune spoke "We request to take the traumatized female for we can help her heal."

Aiden translated the Beddune's words which the drinking Skyan King gestured with his finger spelling.

Aiden spoke in Beddune "Kingship says, take her, for he caused enough damage."

The Beddune spoke again which Aiden said "Says we request one of you to globe travel towards our camp so you'll find us easily should another matter happen again."

Torrin pointed at Aiden and gestured towards the Beddune. Aiden nodded his head and then left the room with the Beddune carrying Arielia. He followed them out to find them reached the courtyard where Aiden formed a globe and the Beddune entered the globe carrying Arielia. Torrin went back into the castle to the throne room. He exhaled air as the monitors above turned on flashing their screens. The medic stood waving her pen scanner with her flat monitor in her hand over the Skyan King. He looked at the female version of their King who was staring at him with a narrowed eyed glare.

Torrin spoke in Rayala "You understand our language?"

The female nodded her head Skyan style for yes which was tipping the head sideways back and forth.

Torrin asked "Medic is there a room where they can mate?"

The female signed with her left hand which Torrin interpreted for all to hear "Your King requests privacy to mate without any monitors."

The Skyan King at the moment stopped drinking from the bag and looked at Torrin with a sneer on his lips. The female hoisted the bag back onto her waist.

Torrin asked "Kingship is you well enough to walk to your quarters? There's a room across the hall from here where you can mate but there's monitors in there that'll require technicians to turn off."

Skyan King and the female both looked at each other with the female shaking her head no in Skyan then she looked at Torrin.

The female signed which Torrin interpreted "Says the King's quarters is better and the King is still too weak to walk."

The medic nodded her head and then put away her scanners in her pocket and gestured. A Skyan came pushing a wheel chair into the room which the Skyan King got up with the female's help and he sat in the chair. The medic pushed the King's chair towards the other end of the room with the double doors with Torrin leading the way. They reached hallway where a stairs leading down, up stood and in front of them was a wall with a console.

Torrin fingered some buttons and then the wall opened showing a round room which he said "The elevator will take us to your quarters, Kingship."

The elevator went up with slowness and reached the desired floor which the doors opened to show a familiar gonoid standing there with tail wagging barking some sound. The medic pushed the King towards the doors of the quarters through a short arched hallway. Torrin ran ahead to open the doors. Once inside the medic bowed towards the two and Torrin nodded and closed the doors behind him. He exhaled air and went towards the edge of the hallway and sat down with his back to the wall and wearily fell asleep.

Sometime during his sleep he heard a loud howl followed by another loud howl coming from the doors to the King's quarters. Torrin looked to see the gonoid sat next to the doors staring at him and then the gonoid lowered its head and closed its eyes. Torrin exhaled air and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Chapter Nine

Torrin woke up to sense something near his face. He gasped to see the King's plant like claw was inches from his face.

"Kingship, what's the problem?" Torrin asked him.

The King's mouth was in a firm line and gestured Torrin to follow him. The duo went up a set of stairs towards a door on Torrin's left. The King gestured Torrin to open the door.

Torrin gripped the door knob and spoke "The door is locked from the feel of it."

The King, Torrin saw was looking at his Queen who was standing at the hallway at the bottom of the set of stairs. They were moving their heads in a silent communication, Torrin could see.

He spoke "Kingship, I can unbolt the door if you wish."

The King looked at him and nodded his head gesturing. Torrin put a hand on the door and moved it around feeling for the bolt and he moved his hand unlocking the door.

Once the door was unlocked the King signed which Torrin interpreted to himself "I know who's in that room and I can handle them."

Torrin stepped aside and watched from the doorway as the King entered the room. He looked at the Queen to see that she was leaning against the wall while on the steps of the stairs with the gonoid guard sitting next to her. Torrin looked in time to see a figure in cloud colored clothing came barreling out of the hallway of the King's quarters which the Queen caught with her plant hand. The figure Torrin saw was shorter than the Queen.

The figure yelled in a male voice in Skyan language "Unhand me you Drainer!"

Torrin looked at the King in the room to see him yank a figure in cloud colored clothing from under the bed in the room.

The figure who was also shorter than the King, yelled in a female voice in similar language as the male "Paws off!"

The King hauled the female out of the room and signed to Torrin "Medical bay, I want these two checked out now."

Torrin nodded and spoke "We'll take the elevator to the throne room and I'll lead you to the medical bay."

The King and Queen with their prisoners followed Torrin to the elevator which opened at a push of a button. The group went inside and Torrin got a look at the prisoners. He stared to see that both prisoners were dressed in cloud colored shapeless clothing and both had night colored long black hair. He also saw that both prisoners were wearing dark eye wear like glasses on their faces.

One of them, a male held by the Queen whined "Daddy don't make this Drainer suck my essence."

Torrin shook his head with shock looking at the King whose lips were in a frown line.

Torrin asked "Kingship, you know these two?"

The elevator opened and the King instead of answering Torrin's question hauled his prisoner out with a shocked Torrin following.

They reached the throne room where Aiden stood watching them who spoke "What's going on?"

The King snarled some sound and gestured to Torrin to lead which he did with a shrug to Aiden who folded his arms. The group without Aiden reached another elevator which went down and opened to a hallway. Torrin walked to a wall and pressed some switches which opened to reveal the medical bay. The medic stood watching as the King with his Queen hauled their prisoners inside.

The medic spoke "Torrin, could you please teach me Kingship's hand language? I would like to know what's he's saying."

The medic added while she held up her hands when the King looked at her with a growling sound coming from him "If Kingship doesn't mind."

The King thrust his prisoner towards the medic who pulled open a curtain and spoke "Here, put them here and I'll scan them."

The King and Queen hauled their prisoners in the curtain room and set them on the bed. Torrin stood watching the prisoners cough together once freed from the bounds holding them as they both sat on the bed.

The male prisoner spoke "Daddy why is the place run by Drainers?"

Torrin frowned folding his arms while looking at the King.

The female prisoner ordered "Shut your trap, Shon."

The male spoke again "Sina, I'm trying to find out what's going on."

The King snarled some sound again which the medic waved her scanner over the two and spoke "Well, the scanner say twins or identical species from the looks of them, a male and a female. Their essence drinkers according to the scanner and they have some eye sight sensitivity to the light hence their glasses."

Torrin heard a snarling like sound come from the Queen who signed which Torrin interpreted "Queenship says where you have been?"

The female Torrin assumed was called Sina said "Mommy, we've been hiding ever since the Drainers came and started running the place."

The male Torrin also assumed was called Shon said "Daddy, your not letting the Drainers drink our essence are you?"

A sound of a snarl came from the King whose lips were in a sneer.

Torrin translated the King's signs "Says where have you been Shon?"

He gave Shon a glare to find the male speaking in response.

Chapter Ten

"It began like a feeling of hunger intensively. The desire to feed plagued him. His name he mused was Nikolas. The desire to feed was an unquenchable thirst. Always thirsty never satisfied. He groaned licking his lips. The desire was rising in him. The feeling of burning in his chest got stronger as the back of his throat felt watery. He sighed puffing his cheeks and blew out some air. The desire still rose in him like a volcano rising. He burst through the ground clawing his way up from the grave down below. His tomb was merely under a leaning willow tree. Reaching the surface, his senses became alive as Nikolas' sight cleared in the night with the shining full moon. He brushed the dirt off his pants that wrapped around his feet and ankles. He also wiped dirt of his breastplate vest. His black mask out of organic material gleamed in the moonlight. His yellow orbs as eyes glowed from the mask. He pulled at his long black hair and shook the dirt out of it. He narrowed his orbed yellow golden eyes as night vision took over. Nikolas stretched hands over his head and yawned. He was feeling hungry, hungry for blood. The sleep had been disturbing filled with dreams mostly of a past life. A life he no longer acknowledged. It was so long ago when it happened. Nikolas remembered them as fragment images and sometimes felt like dreams. They came without warning visions that plagued him. He shudder thinking of the dreams. They bothered him to the point that he was avoiding sleep. His sleep in the ground was the first in many years. He wandered out of the willow and into the moonlight. The gnarled trees stood like sentinels as rows of crosses sat silent witnesses to time. Nikolas wandered among them reading names that had no meaning to him. Names he mused seemed interesting. Nikolas shook himself and sighed. He stood in front of a cross.

The name read "Vladimer Drakulscu."

It was a name his father went by and called himself "Hades".

Nikolas sat at the grave and sighed. He sat cross legged.

He spoke out loud, "Hello Father. I came like I said I would. This has been a long time since I met you."

He sighed again.

He spoke, "It's been awhile since I last talked to you. I can't stay long. I have to go feed. I'm always hungry, always thirsty. It's like I'm never satisfied. I hate this feeling. Sometimes I hate my life."

He changed positions to kneel.

He spoke, "God have mercy on me tonight. Tonight I take a life to sustain me. Please forgive me".

He got up and gave his father's grave a last look then walked away. Mists formed behind him. The further he walked mists formed fogging up the graveyard. He reached the fence and walked through. Turning around he looked to see fog covering the cemetery. Then the fogged cleared showing a night skyline of a large city called Atlanta. Nikolas stood on the rooftop of a high rise building.

"Not Again" He muttered.

He turned around. His shanty shack stood there besides the stairs to down from the roof. He turned and jumped legs swinging in a runners jog. He flew in a runner's jog position, legs swinging. The huge tower of the city loomed in his vision in front of him as Nikolas skate flying around it. But the tower stood looming in his way. Nikolas twisted into a full circle and went to the opposite direction. The tower once again loomed in his sights.

"What the?" He thought.

Then he flew towards the tower. At once an opening yawned open like a square in the tower and then Nikolas was inside. He felt his body getting heavy has blackness enveloped him. Then he woke up lying on a railed bed in a small rectangle room with an oval window. Thunder boomed and lightening flashed outside. Shackles were on his ankles and wrist pinning him to the bed. He was wearing a long white shirt and loose flowing pants. His face was without a mask. His hair was tangled on the pillow.

He sighed, "Not Again"

Nikolas moaned and twisted the shackles free from his ankles and wrists. The desire to feed was once again rising. He got up wearily from the bed and limped towards the door. A piece of piping under his nose became tight. He yanked it off over his head and reached the door.

Nikolas banged calling out, "I'm hungry! Give me some blood! The desire won't be denied!"

He pounded the door banging and shouting. Then Nikolas became dizzy. He swayed and then swayed towards the bed. He limped and fell on the bed falling unconscious.

When Nikolas came too, He found himself in a forest with his back against a tree sitting cross legged. He got up and sighed. He wandered around the forest. At once a thought of the Surrai came to mind. Nikolas remembered that the Surrai were an alien species living in Edenia hidden on planet Terrania. He sighed as he looked around. He didn't know why but he felt bored, having no one to talk to. The Surrai preferred action to words. Words were his favorite thing. He could spend hours talking speeches on various subjects. Right now he was interested in the subject of talking what was happening to him. The giant amber leaves bent towards the floor of one tree. Drooping they offered ample shade from the hot blaring sun. Nikolas could hear the sound of rushing water of the river nearby. He wandered around the forest aimlessly without a care in the world.

"Gods" He spoke out loud, "Where are the Surrai?"

As he walked towards the river his masked face glistened in the sun. His eyes glowed yellow as always. Swatting his black hair out of his face he walked towards the sound of the rushing river. Bushes on his left rustled. He looked as a Surrai stepped out. The Surrai looked human by the face, but had a Lion mane for his hair. They were always wearing black pants that wrapped around the ankles and foot. Their hair was always pulled back in ponytails despite how long it was. Nikolas recognized Kurpanov leader of the Surrai with a sneer on his face.

Sneering he showed fanged teeth as he spoke, "Planned to swim No Face?"

No Face was the name the Surrai called him.

Laughing he added, "You'll blow up!"

Laughing he slapped Nikolas on the arm and disappeared in the bushes. He was referring to Nikolas' aversion towards water.

Nikolas spoke, "Swimming? I'm bored!"

Hmphing he walked towards the river. It was a beautiful warm day. The sun shined warmly through the forest canopy. At the river Nikolas sat on the banks and stared at the raging water below him the water fan from a mountain ahead on his right. On his left it cascaded into a waterfall pooling into a lake down below. The river ran towards the ocean off the island.

"Island living can be boring." Nikolas mumbled out loud.

"Feeling bored?" said a sneering voice.

Nikolas turned towards his right and looked at the three, Kurpanov, Yugadin, and Nemovsky standing there. Kurpanov stood with his yellow main like a pharaoh headdress glared sneering at Nikolas. Yugadin's yellow mane was pulled back in a messy ponytail. Nemovsky had brown hair that had a short ponytail.

Nikolas sighed mumbling to self, "Here we go again Punch time"

The three attacked him with fists and legs kicking aimed at Nikolas. Nikolas rolled onto his back and swung his legs forward landing on his feet. He ducked a leg kick and two fists swinging. Jumping up with leg's swinging he sailed over the river to a tree. He landed on the branch and then turned and stared at the three. They were glaring and yelling insults while waving their fists. Nikolas sighed and walked intending to walk the enter branch length to the tree trunk. All at once he felt hands pushing his chest. He fell backwards towards the raging river below. He heard voices faintly calling him calling his name. At once his body became heavy. His eyes were forced open and light shined in them. He jerked his head away groaning-"

Sina interrupted "That's when Shon woke up found on the bed-"

She was interrupted by Shon, Torrin heard "Sina freaked out and ran out the window-"

Sina and Shon, Torrin heard proceeded to interrupt each other their words becoming garbled. He found relief when the King roared an angry sound interrupting the chatter. Torrin shifted to look at the King waiting to interpret.

He found the Queen signing him speaking in response "Says Have the medic sees if you both need feeding from the wildness you're both babbling about."

Torrin got growls from the King's offspring to find the medic in sight thrusting bags of nourishment onto the offsprings and urging them to suck away. Torrin gave the offspring a glare to find them obeying to the medic's order.

He heard no noises from the King to think to himself "At least he's not upset again."

Torrin eyed the King to find he had his arms folded while the Queen had her hands onto her sides like she was annoyed Drainer style. He frowned but eyed Shon and Sina to find them sucking down the packages' entire contents before thrusting the medic them. He frowned as the medic without a word left the curtained area and walked out of sight. Torrin frowned to shift towards the King ready to interpret.

He found the King signing he interpreted "Says Shon, tell your side of the story with no comment from Sina interrupting on her point of view now."

He glared at Shon who obeyed speaking.

Chapter Eleven

He heard, "Idiot tore off his oxygen screaming for food all on the case of Hades' Syndrome." said another voice.

Slowly his eyes cleared and he saw two figures dressed in bulky suits with faceplates stood staring at him. The tube he tore out was under his nose blowing air into his lungs.

He sniffed some air and spoke, "What happened?"

One of the bulking figures spoke "You Know".

Nikolas or Shon sighed thinking, "Never give me a straight answer."

The bulky figures turned and left the room. Nikolas felt he was sitting up against the bed. The desire was beginning to wane. He was instantly feeling better. His vision clouded full of mists. Groaning he laid letting the vision come to him.

He was back in the city called Atlanta standing on the roof top with his shanty shack behind him. The sun was rising in the east. He yawned and walked to his shanty shack. The door was open. A small Spine ball a cat like creature peered out. He touched the door and pulled back his hand as a claw came swiping down. The spine ball glared with green cat eyes narrowing. Nikolas could hear meowing from the shanty shack. The meowing sounded like baby Spine balls. He groaned. The Spine balls had taken his shanty shack. The sun was rising as he jumped from the building and flew legs swinging toward the guard tower.

The natives of Atlanta named it "the Guardian".

He flew in the opening and stood there. He heard no sound as He walked inside. Inside the air was stale and it made him cough. He coughed. Then he heard noises as if someone was waking up. He walked in his eyes adjusted to the room. Long white floor length curtains stood on both sides. In a swift move the curtain on his left moved and Aidan stood there looking at Nikolas. Nikolas studied Aiden. He was dressed in all white with a black vest. His pants wrapped around his ankles and feet. His triangle domed hat was in his left hand. He was frowning.

"What are you doing here?" Aidan asked him.

Nikolas replied, "Spine balls took over my place. I want to bunk here."

Aidan's lip frowned. He opened the curtain more and gestured to Nikolas. Nikolas went in. Inside the curtain surrounded a square area. In one corner was a large sarcophagus with the lid closed. Aidan walked over and leaned on it. Nikolas found some pillows and pilled them on the floor. He lay on them and fell asleep.

A prickly stabbing feeling hit his arm. Nikolas woke up to see a bulky spacesuit holding his right arm. The spaceperson had a needle that was injecting dark fluid in his right arm.

Nikolas spoke, "I think there's something wrong with me."

The bulky spaceperson spoke, "It's about time you get it that there is something wrong with you."

Nikolas sighed. He stared at the ceiling as the needle with drawn from his arm. He smelled blood and licked his lips.

"Oh not you don't." said the spaceperson.

He felt some cream rubbed on the cut on his arm and then a bandage was applied. He watched as the spaceperson stomped clumsily over toward the door. The door slid open to the left. The suit of the spaceperson blocked his line of sight. The spaceperson entered and the door slid closed behind the spaceperson. Nikolas' vision clouded. He felt himself drifting away. Nikolas groaned. Climbing down the cliff wall was hard. There were rocky outcroppings for his hands and feet. Some weren't strong enough to hold him down which he nearly slid off when the wall fell away.

"Ugh" he thought.

He was slowly climbing down. Kurpanov sat below him watching his process.

He sneered, "Well, well bored? Taking rock climbing? Why don't you fly? Oh that's right I forgot you can't fly. Haha."

Nikolas sighed and spoke, "Why must you torment me?"

Kurpanov gasped, "Torment you? Yargh!"

He stomped around on the ledge shaking his fists in the air. Nikolas looked to see the ledge Kurpanov was on fell away. Kurpanov fell with a loud yowl. Nikolas sighed and continued climbing down.

"I don't feel like laughing today" He muttered as he climbed down.

At the bottom Kurpanov was no where to be seen. Nikolas felt tense. He could sense the Surrai were around but hidden.

He spoke out loud, "I asked Kurpanov a question. Why does he need to get upset about it?"

The bushes rustled as Trevor, Yolly and Mal the only female Surrai stepped out. Trevor wiped back his black spiked hair with a small ponytail in the back of his head. Yolly's blonde hair swayed as he looked around with worry on his face. Mal with her long black waist length hair stood besides them. She adjusted her black tank top. A gesture Nikolas knew she was about to fight. All three were glaring.

"You made the one mad" Trevor said accusingly.

Nikolas spoke, "Why does he need to be mad? I only asked him a simple question"

Mal stiffened then next thing Nikolas knew he felt hands on his head and heard Kurpanov's recognizable growl then all went black.

When he came too he was sitting up in a bed in his room. The room was furnished with covered with sheets on the furniture. There was a door in the corner, which led to the bathing room. He looked to see Torrin asleep on a chair next to his bed. He studied Torrin who was wearing black boots and white pants that seemed rubber material. He also had on a black vest with fur trim around the arm area. There was a mask that covered the sleeping Torrin's white eyes. His black hair of the Skyan species was pulled back in a ponytail. His headband gleaned in the dim light. Then Nikolas remembered as memories came flooding him. His name was actually Shon the son of the Skyan species High King on Terrania. He had a twin sister named Sina.

Torrin kept his mouth shut as Shon quit his tale while adding "I woke up with a blaring light blaring onto my eyes blinding me. It sort of panicked me for a bit enough to lash out like a sick Skyan needing to feed. I sensed Sina nearby but couldn't find her. I wound up throwing myself out the window to land into Daddy's quarters. I found my eye wear in my clothes. Anyway Mommy caught me as I was going out of the quarters. Where were you Sina?"

Torrin gave Sina a glare to find her speaking "I hid underneath the bed. I woke Shon up from one of his weird dreams he letting it take control of him. Enough to imagine his life like what he said."

Torrin found the medic off his side giving off a loud Yeer.

He glared at the medic that spoke "Yeer! Shon and Sina's talk has indicated that their starving for nourishment hence they having their weird dream as Sina calls them. The weird dreams hit Skyans if their not having any nourishment after awhile. Hence Shon's problem at the moment with his weird dreams."

He exhaled a breath and didn't comment a response to focus onto the King in response.

He frowned as the King signed him finding the medic speaking "You mind teaching me the hand language our Kingship is saying? I like to know what to do without depending onto a Skyan for translator help."

Torrin eyed the King in response who signed after giving off a soft growling sound he interpreted "Says do it Torrin to any of the Skyans here who wishes to learn what I'm saying."

He spoke in response "Will do Kingship."

He heard garbled talk from Shon and Sina to give them a glare while baring his teeth.

He found Shon speaking in response "Just teach us the hand language, Torrin while you're at it. I want to know what Mommy and Daddy are saying."

Torrin eyed the King after clamping his mouth shut to find Kingship signing "You're teaching anyone who wishes to learn the hand language I'm doing for communications' purposes. That includes to my offsprings since they asked."

He exhaled a breath and didn't comment a response as the King and Queen jabbed fingers of their Humanoid hands aimed at him and pointed at their offsprings. He found them both leaving the curtained area to find the medic and twins giving him a glare with mouths baring teeth.

Torrin thought to himself "Didn't Arielia at her capture said 'You're teaching the sign language to your people. I'm not doing it. I'm only doing it to your King the leader and no one else.'"

He inhaled and began the lesson of teaching Arielia's hand language till Shon fell asleep in front of them.

He felt annoyance take hold seeing Shon nod off only to find Sina speaking "Just ignore him. He's just having another of his weird dream episodes again. Shon always has them hitting him from time to time. Nothing he can do about it except hope they don't turn him crazy."

Torrin didn't say a word as the medic spoke "Torrin simply carry Shon back to where he can sleep with his sibling Sina now."

He obeyed to find Sina leading the way past the throne room where it was empty of Drainers and into the stairwell. He followed carrying Shon that made no movement to wake up. He frowned as Sina led the way to the bedroom where the King snatched his female offspring from underneath the bed. He didn't say a word as he laid Shon onto the bed and found Sina jabbing a finger aimed at the door and giving him a teeth baring glare. Torrin ignored Sina and walked out shutting the door to hear it lock behind him. He went to his pallet on the stairs a mattress and a pillow to lean back against the wall shutting his eyes. He feeling like he needed to sleep.

Chapter Twelve

Torrin came to feeling a hand shaking his shoulder he jerked open his eyes to find Sina standing leaning over him with her lips into a frown gesture.

He spoke "Yeer! I'm up! So what can I do for you, Sina?"

He frowned as Sina spoke "Its morning. Shon isn't waking like I hoped he would. It's despite my attempts to shake him awake that always wakes him up. He's ignoring me and not moving."

Torrin exhaled a breath hearing the panic in Sina's voice tone got up without a word and went to her room to find Shon sprawled onto the bed looking like he was having a nightmare by shaking head and eyes shut.

He frowned but eyed Sina warily who spoke "That's the reaction I keep getting from Shon whenever I try to wake him up."

Torrin didn't say a word in response kept his mouth shut and went to Shon to shake the male's shoulder. He found Shon ignored him by mumbling gibberish.

He heard Sina speaking "He keeps on saying this gibberish each time I try to wake him up."

Torrin shook Shon in response and listened to the male's gibberish forcing himself to translate it "He hearing Torrin woke up and looked at Shon.

He excitedly spoke, "Shon's awake!"

Then he got up and ran to a door and opened it.

Shon heard him yell, "Shon's awake!"

Then he left the door open and walked to Shon who sat staring at him with confusion on his face.

He spoke, "Torrin, I have things to tell you."

Torrin nodded and held up a hand and spoke, "Wait till your father comes here and you can tell him".

Shon got up wearily from the bed and nearly fell to the floor. He discovered he was wearing white pants and a white long sleeve shirt. They were loose and billowy on him. He felt an urge and pulled at his pants. Torrin recognizing Shon's gesture grabbed him and hauled him to a door in the corner. Opening it he let go of Shon and pushed him it the small room closing the door. Shon abruptly caught his reflection in the mirror. He gasped as he stared at his all white eyes and long black hair that fell to his shoulders. He stared and then remembered his purpose in the small room.

When he came out Torrin stood and handed him and object, which Shon looked with confusion on his face.

Torrin spoke "You can't see in the light. You'll be blind in the light so these help you see well."

Shon handed them back to Torrin as Torrin slipped them on him. Then he led Shon out of the room.

Torrin spoke "Your parents insist of seeing you in their quarters."

They went out and went down a flight of stairs. At the bottom stood Vane the High King's four legged Guard, one of the Gonoid species of Terrania. Vane opened his huge mouth with teeth around it and growled. Torrin spoke in foreign language to Vane who closed his mouth.

Shon asked "Who's that?"

Torrin replied "Vane the Guard to your father the High King. Come."

They turned right and an archway with a double door stood. Torrin knocked on the door and Shon heard a beep which Torrin opened the door. Shon went in as Torrin stood outside. He stared at the room. It was circular with a white long couch at his left hugging the wall. There were shelves. In front of him was an opening with a thick purple curtain there. Then on his right was a round table with a cloth over it dropping on the floor. Sitting in two chairs were two people Shon had to guess. They were dressed in white with similar faces as Torrin and had black hair too. One of them stood up and Shon saw was a female dressed in a white dress with a white coat tied at her neck. Her hair was up in a ponytail with bangs. The other figure at the table stood up. Shon stared at him. He was wearing white boots tied with a black string and fur trim. He had on white pants and a top, which appeared to be a breastplate. Over it was a white coat with fur trim on it. Shon remembered that they were his parents the Drainer King and Queen. The woman the Queen walked towards him and stood in front of him.

Shon spoke "Mother"

As she embraced him in a hug his father came over and embraced him in a hug too.

"I have much to tell you" said Shon.

His mother put a hand on his lips and gestured towards the table. On it was three cups with something in them. Two were clear while one had thick gritty stuff in it. Shon smelled the familiar smell of food and picked up the cup with the thick gritty stuff and drank his fill. His mother put a hand on his chest and as it drank her hand rose as he drank. Then the cup was taken away as her hand reached the top of Shon's chest.

He spoke "Oh I forgot about my tank."

His mother nodded her head and hugged him.

He added, "Where's Sina?" looking at his father who didn't speak but went to a console on the table. He typed keys as a computer voice spoke "She's with the current Hades. You have much to tell us according to Torrin."

Shon replied "Yes I do. From what I remember I." as his mother held up her hands.

She looked at his father and made a head gesture.

His father typed as the computer spoke for him "You'll speak at the council during Hades' presence. He must confirm your words and the three speakers can determine if it's the truth."

Chapter Thirteen

Torrin frowned hearing Shon's talk spoke towards Sina "Its talk on what's gotten him into a weird dream again."

He eyed Sina who spoke in response "Yeer as you say it."

He didn't comment a response eyed Sina who again shooed him out of the room by jabbing a finger aimed at the door and giving him a teeth baring glare. Torrin didn't say a word in response left the room while hearing the door slam behind him. He groaned softly and without a word went to seek his bed only to find the gonoid sitting on the mattress giving him a narrowed eyed glare. He didn't say a word went down the stairs to the throne room to find the King seated in his throne chair with the Queen in a chair wheel next to him. The King he saw was tapping his Humanoid hand into some impatient gesture as the Skyan court was in the room whispering among each other. He ignored them and went to stand in front of the doors that led outside to stand with arms folded eyes onto the King. He kept his mouth into a thin line as the King quit his tapping followed by appearing to scratch the chair's edge with his hand into that method. It to Torrin seemed like the King was furious with something but wasn't going to say it to anyone yet. He kept his mouth shut into a thin line to find Aiden next to him with twin arm poses and looking annoyed with mouth into a thin line to him. He found Kayra and Leeland standing near the Skyan court ready to translate the King and Queen's signed talk. He kept finding the pair wasn't signing in response but found the Queen kept jerking her head towards the King in some gesture of looking annoyed via her eyes.

He spoke firmly "Excuse me Kingship. Your offsprings at the moment are busy with a problem."

He clamped his mouth into a thin line to find the King ignoring him to hear whispering become silence to find Shon and Sina walking into view in an aisle between the Skyan court. He didn't say a word as Shon and Sina went to stand nearby the King and Queen making sure they weren't blocking Leeland's and Kayra's sight of the rulers for translating.

He kept his eyes onto the King to find the ruler signing him hearing Leeland speaking "Says this is Shon and Sina our offsprings. Don't even think of feeding off them. Their like you are essence drinkers. Treat them well and they'll treat you well."

Torrin heard silence from the Skyan court to keep his eyes onto the King finding the ruler added with Leeland speaking "Shon, Sina say something now."

He focused onto Shon and Sina to find the male speaking "I'm Shon."

He found Sina speaking "I'm Sina."

Torrin eyed the twins to find them both speaking at the same time to his shock "We're twins born of the Queen and the King. Don't tease us on why we wear these eye wear. We can't see in the sunlight like you can. We wear these eye wear to see during the sunlight. We can see vary well during the dark time. Excuse us for speaking together. It's just a habit."

Torrin frowned forming it with his lips to eye the King while hearing silence from the Skyan court.

He didn't say a word as the King signed he focused onto the ruler ignoring Leeland speaking "Treat our offspring well or I'll give you terror for that."

Torrin made up his mind thinking to himself "I'll do what kingship says regarding his offsprings. Just treat them as well as they wanted to be treated. It'll be good having them as friends. I could use friends among the Skyans. Shouldn't be a problem anyway."

He kept his thought to himself as Aiden waved a hand in front of his eyes. He gave Aiden a glare who jabbed a finger aimed at the King.

Torrin spoke firmly "Kingship?"

He eyed the King to find the ruler signing "Go do your guard duty rounds now Torrin. Go check on the prisoners while you're at it."

He obeyed without question to go out the room to across the hallway to the prisoners' cells kept downstairs in a dark hallway he having to use night vision to see where he was going. He went downstairs and found the lights on glaring to his relief. Torrin didn't say a word towards the prisoners only to find a female Drainer contained in one cell to his shock he recognized to be Ann-Nea. He frowned finding Ann-Nea contained in a cell with no other Drainers with her or contained in other cells. Torrin walked the entire route of the prisoners' cells finding only Ann-Nea was contained in her cell. He stopped by her cell to glare at her while she was seated on a bench. Ann-Nea he glared at stood in the cell as he walked away from the cell to do his rounds. He heard a tapping sound and looked down to see a familiar eight legged gonoid, referred as a spider sitting and tapping by his foot. He kicked at it to hear groaning from Ann-Nea.

Torrin resumed his rounds to again reach Ann-Nea's cell to find her hand sticking out of the bars holding the familiar spider gonoid.

He heard her spoke "Warn the others about the Drainers' sickness."

Torrin bared his teeth as Ann-Nea dropped the gonoid outside the cell. Torrin again kicked at the spider finding it avoid his feet by skittering on the walls and disappearing via a hole in the ground. Torrin then went to glare at Ann-Nea as she went to sit down on the bench at one wall of the cell to wait.

She, he glared at saw him and spoke "Let me out there's a sickness going around here."

Torrin's lip curled into a sneer and without a word stomped away as he heard groaning sounds from Ann-Nea's cell. He ignored her groaning to reach the stairwell to go up them. Then reached the door to the stairwell and walked out only to hear a skittering sound from above. Torrin gave up a loud roar in response only to feel a hand clamp over his mouth. He shook the hand off his mouth to find Aiden standing next to him the hand's owner.

He gave Aiden a glare who spoke "How's Ann-Nea?"

Torrin spoke "Why don't you go visit her while you're at it?"

He gave Aiden a teeth baring glare only to get from the Drainer "You know my feelings regarding Ann-Nea, Torrin. I can't shut them off no matter how I try. So quit it with your rudeness or I won't friend you."

Torrin wound up stiffened hearing Aiden's words as he clamped his mouth into a thin line and didn't speak a word as Aiden again questioned him about Ann-Nea.

He spoke making sure he was firm with his words "She seems fine and lucid at the moment. I can't say how she'll react to seeing you."

He got a groan from Aiden in response as he didn't comment a response to Aiden's groaning. Instead went into the throne room sensing Aiden following to find the King and Queen were still in their seats but this time not inclined to sign. He felt himself getting grumpy from his tensed up feeling hitting him again made him pace back and forth. Torrin paced in the castle throne room growling to himself. Aiden he sensed stood nearby staring at him pacing. Monitors floating in the room abruptly turned themselves off as the door to the throne room opened and Beddune came walking into the room.

Torrin roared in Beddune language "What are you doing here?!"

His words were translated in Rayala by Leeland standing next to the king who had managed to run to stand in front of the ruler.

The Beddune spoke "We're here to check on the cows for their health. May we do that?"

Torrin looked at the King who signed his words.

Torrin spoke to the Beddune "The King says yes. Aiden will accompany you by globe towards the cows' quarters."

Aiden he saw gave a bow towards the King and left the throne room with three Beddune as he stalked towards the elevator. The King abruptly waved his arms which Torrin looked at him.

The King signed "Torrin, you stay. I want to talk to the Beddune privately and I trust you to keep your trap shut."

Torrin spoke in Beddune "The King wants a private talk with one of you."

One of the Beddune walked forwards which Torrin recognized to be a female Beddune by the hood over her head and a cape. Torrin gestured and the female Beddune went to stand in front of the King who signed words translated by Torrin whispering in her ears.

He found the talk he whispered into the female Beddune's ear was a thank you comment for saving the King's life.

Torrin kept his mouth shut as the Queen, he noticed, had adjusted her position to eavesdrop.

Chapter Fourteen

Aiden globe traveled the Beddune towards the cow pasture. They saw with shock one of the cows was in the fenced pasture moos some call. The night and cloud colored cow walked towards them still mooing away. Inside the castle hole where the cows kept shelter Aiden followed the Beddune wearily inside the castle. Inside he saw the male Beddune walking among the Cows and saw with shock as another male jumped up and began walking on the cows' backs. The cows he saw were bunched together around in the fenced shelter.

He stretched his arms and saw the third Beddune a female staring at him and spoke in Beddune in a cranky tone "I haven't been sleeping well because of some large plant creature named-"

The female Beddune interrupted "Merra has been talking to you?"

Aiden shook his head with surprised and opened his mouth speaking again in the cranky tone "You know Merra?"

The female Beddune replied "Merra wouldn't be talking to you unless there's something wrong."

Aiden growled "There's nothing wrong with me!"

The female spoke "What happens in your dreams?"

Aiden inhaled air replied "I'm in the hallway leaving the cow quarters when Merra appears blocking my way. I hear a roaring sound and I turn around to see long night sky haired, night sky skinned Humans with all cloud eyes and dressed in night sky and cloud gonoid skins standing in a row behind me-"

The female interrupted again "Do these Humans say anything and is their skins matching the cows?"

Aiden answered "They don't say anything but look at me with sad looks and their clothes do match the cows. Not to mention the Humans all appear to be female."

The female spoke "Aiden, the cows have been talking to you."

Aiden protested "Unbelievable."

The female replied "Not unbelievable, Merra has been relaying to you the cows' wishes."

Aiden stared with his mouth open and closed his mouth as the female continued speaking "The cows are all females and require a male which we will provide."

The Beddune male arrived towards the two carrying a bag and ordered "Aiden have a drink of this milk please, humor me."

Aiden obeyed drinking the contents which he recognized was from the cows, greedily drinking the whole contents.

The Beddune stared at him as he finished the drink and spoke "Why are you having me drink medicine? We use the milk as medicines to help others heal."

He saw the Beddune look at each other then Aiden abruptly sneezed and coughing out spasms.

He spoke shaking his head "what's going on with me?"

The female spoke "You Skyan Drainers have been sick with a sickness referred as a cold which milk can easily cure."

Aiden stared with shock and again opened his mouth and spoke "What makes you think we've been sick with this cold?"

The female replied "Your crankiness shows that you have this illness."

Aiden sneezed again and spoke while coughing "What can we do to help the others?"

The female replied "Get the others to drink the milk and they'll be fine."

She added to the male Beddune walking among the cows "Go out in the forests and find the cows perhaps they have a male to give us."

Aiden questioningly echoed "A male to give us?"

The female answered as the male Beddune left the shelter carrying a halter "We treat gonoids as equals and they decide on where they go and what they provide to manoids like you and I."

Aiden spoke "Oh."

The female spoke as a Beddune, carrying a sack of milk, came up to them from walking on the cows' backs "Give this bag to Torrin and make sure he drinks it."

Aiden obeyed taking the sack and left the Beddune.

Chapter Fifteen

Torrin found Aiden arriving via globe from the cows' pasture and carrying a sack in his hand.

Aiden spoke to him "I insisted you have a drink of this."

He thrust the sack towards him who grumbled "Do I have to?"

They saw the King waving his arms who signed "Torrin you're taking it and that's an order."

Torrin snarled some sound and drank the contents of the sack with Aiden watching him. Torrin abruptly sneeze coughing spasms. He growled at Aiden who sneezed himself.

The Beddune spoke with Leeland translating "We'll be outside for we sensed something important requiring your tech."

The King nodded his head as Leeland spoke to them "Go."

The Beddune walked out and one closed the doors. Monitors in the room turned on as the King pointed to the open elevator doors. Torrin looked to see a ball of electricity appear followed by a flash of lightening revealing two figures.

Aiden exclaimed "A Killer holding onto the missing one, Tia!"

Torrin watched as the Killer gently laid down Tia and pulled one of her hands towards his mouth kissing it then rubbed a hand onto her cheek with his other hand. Torrin and the others stared with shock as they heard a pleasant moaning sound come from Tia as the Killer rubbed his hand on her cheek. They watched as he let go of her hand and stood up then with a lasting look on his Human like face went towards the elevator opening and was gone in a flash of lightening. Torrin were quick to rush to Tia's side as the medic arrived waving a scanner over her. Tia at that moment opened her eyes to Torrin's relief finding her appearing to look lucid.

Tia wound up heard speaking "Why is the King waving his arms?"

Torrin looked at the King who signed "Put her in the scanner, tell me the results and get me a noise maker to get your attention."

Torrin spoke "Will do Kingship."

He picked up Tia and carried her sensing Aiden following to find the Drainer following him to his annoyance.

Torrin carried Tia who shook her head and started mumbling gibberish he translated "Poor Trian stuck on Shadan."

Torrin found Aiden led the way to the control room where the large scanner bed was in the middle. He laid Tia down who kept up on her mumbling gibberish.

He exhaled a breath to figure "She's gone again into her mind."

Torrin tied the ropes onto Tia and didn't comment a response as the female Drainer squirmed again while underneath the ropes' holds onto her. He found the scanner appeared to be taking forever to run its scans over Tia.

He groaned softly only to hear from Aiden "I got a story to tell you, Torrin. If you want to be my friend you'll listen to it."

He spoke firmly "Just tell the story anyway."

Torrin got from Aiden speaking in response.

Torrin groaned softly hearing Aiden's tale talk on what he missed while he was out traveling searching for the Beddune. He discovered Aiden's talk was on what the Beddune did to the cows. He finding Aiden was emphasizing words for effect when telling the story. He didn't comment a response to focus onto Tia as if needing to do it.

Only to hear from Aiden again "Don't you want to know what Merra told me regarding the cows?"

He spoke firmly "The cows were indicating that their females needing a male to have offsprings?"

He shifted to eye Aiden to find the Drainer giving off an uh Huh sound sounding of disgusted in a Drainer way. Torrin gave up a twin sound of disgust to find Tia had freed herself from the ropes and had a metal object in her mouth with her hand she was appearing to be blowing it. He in a fast move went to Tia only to hear a loud squealing noise appearing to come from her. He gave Tia a glare and snatched the object from her and retied the ropes back onto her.

Torrin without a word went to Aiden still carrying the object and thrust at him while speaking "Just get this to Kingship."

He got a disgust sound from Aiden followed by the Drainer speaking "You give that thing to kingship. I handle Tia and her needs. Besides she's annoyed with you by her looking at you with her angry look on her face."

Torrin looked to find Tia was looking to groan and without a word left the room going to the hallway to take the elevator to the throne room only to find the thing refused to shut doors and go up.

He grunted to himself "Beddune in the throne room at the moment."

Torrin went to kneel in the elevator and waited seemingly lengthy till the medic came by and spoke "Kneeling in elevators isn't proper."

He spoke firmly "I can't get the thing to start."

He stood up to find the medic giving him a glare and found her going to control panel to press a button followed by the doors shutting closed.

Torrin inhaled air as the medic gave him a glare which he spoke "Beddune were assumed into the throne room hence my trouble."

He glared at the medic who spoke in response once the elevator reached the throne room "Just get out of that thing and go serve kingship now."

Torrin didn't say a word in response walked out of the elevator and went to the King holding up Tia's noise blower via strap while speaking "This belonged to Tia. It made noise when she got it into her mouth and blew into it."

He tossed the noise blower towards the King who caught it to put it around his neck and again grimaced when he heard the familiar squealing noise come from it. Torrin didn't say a word in response instead focused onto the King while resuming going to stand in his spot in front of the double doors that led to the hallway outside.

He thinking to himself "I got to get used to the King's whistle as its called blowing its noises."

Torrin didn't say another comment to his thinking instead focused onto the King while waiting for the ruler to sign orders. He found the airless monitors turning off as a female Beddune came into the room to stand staring at him without a word spoken.

Tom spoke in Beddune language "Something we can do for you?"

He frowned as the female spoke "Have a story to tell you Drainers regarding something you should know of. You, Torrin translate."

He obeyed to translate the female's tale while hearing nothing from Leeland.

"In the forests the Beddune male walked in the forests searching. He howled some call and kept on walking till he heard mooing sounds. He came upon female cows grouped in a clearing. One female walked forward towards the Beddune who was quick to jump onto her back as he saw a cow different from the females came stomping through the forests towards him. This cow he saw was all night sky colored with horns on his head and snorted some sound which he assumed was the male. He squatted on the cow as she walked through the forests followed by the male. They reached another clearing and the Beddune saw another cow, a male like the first one, he saw was sitting on the ground panting. The male got up and walked towards the female which the Beddune jumped off of her back and landed on the male's back with his feet. He bent down to put the halter on the male who walked through the forests towards the castle grounds. At the castle the female Beddune and companions stood in front of the gate. They were quick to open the gate and the Beddune on his back jumped down as the female cows came out to join the male cow."

Chapter Sixteen

Torrin frowned hearing that story from the female Beddune waited to hear more from her only to get her staring at him.

He spoke in Beddune "Something you want said?"

Torrin eyed her to get from her as he spoke in Rayala "Says that story has a lesson I hope you Drainers will get once the time arrives. Excuse us your tech is sensed needing to be activated. We won't be back till another time."

He found the female leaving the room to find the airless monitors starting up again followed by the elevator doors shutting. He frowned to focus onto the elevator as if drawn impatiently waiting while glaring at them.

Torrin waited seemingly lengthy till the doors opened showing Aiden walking out speaking "Tia is fine medically according to the scanners. Except she kept on going between lucidity and not lucidity statuses.

The only wordings I could get from her were 'Poor Trian, trapped on Shadan. Poor Trevor, death shall have him.'

She kept on speaking her wordings over and over like she wasn't right there in her head despite some indications of lucidity. I got nothing else from Tia except got her contained into a padded room at the moment. She's not indicating on missing her toy whistle as that thing was she was playing with that Torrin took away and gave to you kingship-"

Torrin gave up a Drainer sound of disgust in response interrupting Aiden who ignored him and continued on speaking "I can't get her to talk on where she got that whistle she was playing with. I think this Killer gave it to her and she played with it giving off noises. Lucky Torrin figured out what it was and gave it to you kingship."

He didn't comment a response towards Aiden's words instead focused onto the King to find the ruler fingering the whistle he figured it was called instead of noise maker. He focused onto the King waiting impatiently for orders to be said from the ruler-

Brianna was interrupted by Nikolas giving a sound of disgust loudly.

She gave him a glare in response as he spoke "Just tell the story involving your Eric as he's called meeting the Drainers. If you seem to have a dream of that."

She spoke in response "I have dreams of that but I have to get to the point of the story first. So don't you dare interrupt me Nicky!"

She gave Nikolas a glare who jabbed a finger towards the offsprings she spoke the story in response.

Part Two

Chapter Seventeen

Jimo globe traveled from the hospital towards the dome he saw covering land. He flew over it till he stared to see a structure down below and brought the globe down through the dome which separated allowing him through. He landed the globe on one of the structure's pathways and revert the globe back inside him. With a frown he stared at the structure he saw appeared to be made of stone and saw an entrance which he walked inside reaching a hallway that had two doors on his right, a stairwell in front of him and large double doors on his left. Jimo looked around then with a finger made a counting gesture and then pointed at the large double doors which he opened to walk inside to see a large room and frowned seeing figures lying on the floor scattered around in the room. He looked to see at one end of the room were two figures sitting in chairs with heads down.

Jimo spoke out loud "Sleeping."

He walked among the figures till he was in the middle of the room and heard a high pitch squeal noise and turned around in confusion as the figures around him made groaning sounds and started moving. Jimo stiffened as he saw the figures' night sky colored hair and facial appearances were male forms having night sky eyes covers with white orbs and females with night sky mouth covers with Shadonian like eyes.

He edged himself towards the door as a figure with a triangle shaped hat near the door eyed him by speaking a word which he heard "Aiden."

He heard others standing near the speaker speak words which he heard "Leeland, Kayra."

Frowning he heard the high pitch squeal noise and saw sitting in a chair was a male with eye wear who spit out a metal object from his mouth hanging on a chain and made gestures with his Human like hand which Jimo translated to himself "Could you please say your name out of politeness for the others saying their names?"

Jimo spoke "Jimo."

He walked nearer to the door as one of them with a male form walked to stand blocking his way speaking a word which he heard "Torrin."

Jimo frowned as Torrin continued speaking "Kingship, the only visitor we get while we were out is a Skyan and that's when we're just waking up, Argh."

He frowned some more hearing Torrin's words and slowly walked by him towards the double doors.

He saw the male figure sitting in the chair sign "That is really annoying."

Jimo saw Aiden and another walk till they were standing in front of the open doorway with arms folded eyes aimed at him.

He groaned softly and spoke out loud "Asp, your waking up is giving me the creeps, mind if I leave?"

He again saw the male figure sitting in the chair sign "No you're not leaving, Skyan."

Jimo spoke "Why are you calling me Skyan when my species is called Drinker?"

He saw the male figure sign "Jimo, what do you know of a race called Drainer?"

Jimo spoke "I'm told that they drink bloody essence from other races drinking from them by their necks."

He saw Torrin walk in his line of sight and heard him speak "Jimo, we're Drainers."

Jimo yanked off his metal headband while speaking "Drainers, don't you dare drink my bloody essence for I'll fight you for that."

He heard a sound like laughter among the Drainers behind him and gripped the metal headband firmly in his hand as Torrin spoke "Jimo you're a Drainer."

Jimo spoke "I am not."

Torrin he saw folded his arms and spoke "Are too."

Jimo repeated "I am not."

Torrin again spoke "Are too."

He growled some sound as Torrin snarled loudly.

He heard a feminine voice speak loudly "Excuse me, Jimo would you mind coming with me so I can show you something for you to see yourself?"

He turned to his left to see a female Drainer he identify as Kayra standing next to him staring at him with narrowed Shadonian like eyes.

Jimo saw Aiden behind her speak "Argh, come on, Jimo what do you have to lose seeing your appearance? It can help clear up some confusion."

Jimo exhaled air and placed his headband back on his head as Kayra turned and began walking towards the doorway with him following with Aiden behind him. He followed her out into the hallway as they went to a door in the wall which she opened wide showing a large rectangular object on it.

Kayra spoke "Jimo take a look."

Jimo stared at the object's contents as Aiden went to stand next to him with arms folded head staring at him. He looked to see two Drainers standing in the object one with Aiden's appearance head staring at a Drainer with night sky smooth like clothing.

Jimo stared at the Drainer as the Drainer with Aiden's appearance moved his mouth and he heard Aiden's voice besides him speak "Jimo what do you see?"

Jimo folded his arms as the Drainer in the object copied him doing the same with the arms. Frowning he raised a hand as the Drainer in the object raised a hand copying him and he growled loudly when it dawned on him that the Drainer in the object was himself.

He heard Aiden speak "You still want to argue with Torrin?"

Jimo dropped his arm as he spoke "No, I'm a bloody essence drinking Drainer and was raised to believe I was something else."

He heard Aiden growl some sound as he turned and walked out of the hallway into the large room to face the male figure sitting in the chair who signed "Well?"

Jimo spoke "I was raised to believe I was something else other than a Drainer."

Jimo told what happened to Drainers to explain why they were on the floor sleeping.

Jimo admits "I'm not from Terrania. Came from the sky with a destroyed race dubbing themselves Rakcar. I have to complain of feeling sick."

Drainer King his complaints of him feeling sick orders "Aiden and Jimo to go to Beddune and bring them here."

Aiden globe travels to clearing tell Jimo "You're to hide in tree and knock out Beddune."

Aiden wound up giving description of them. Jimo goes to tree to hide as Aiden howls for Beddune to arrive. Jimo sees Beddune arrive from behind Aiden while pointing with a finger towards him which he drops down from his hiding place to hear Aiden talk to Beddune. Beddune take off after Aiden yells at them. Aiden and Jimo follow path to Beddune camp and are captured while Aiden knocked out. Jimo given milk feels better babbles the reason why Drainers are angry this is what they told him including telling them that he's not from Terrania. Beddune free Jimo which he takes them to the castle to the throne room. Beddune talk to Drainer King as Torrin sneaks behind them and Jimo blocks Torrin's weapon throwing with his own weapon.

Jimo yells "You Drainers failed to help heal me after me complaining of being sick!"

Beddune sneak out of the room as Torrin and Jimo get in an argument subject about people not coming to check on the Drainers when they were out unconscious along with the globe forming over the castle. Jimo and Torrin put away weapons and nearly get to a fist fight which is broken up by the King and Queen getting up walking towards them and grabbing their necks with their plant hands. King and Queen force them to kneel.

King signed with Leeland speaking "I'm fed up with Drainers being angry about people not coming to check on us. I know why Drainers weren't checked up on. The forest area to the castle was blocked by a large river that wasn't accessible to cross because of gonoids in them that would attack anyone or anything crossing it. I saw the three elementals go into the river and didn't come out till they come out as the dome disappeared. I assumed that they were sleeping in the river hence the gonoids being nasty to anyone crossing the river. Drainers' anger ends now for I insist on this."

Chapter Eighteen

Brianna paused from talking to frown only to hear a throat clearing noise from Nikolas.

She gave him a glare who spoke "Just get to the point of your Eric with your tale now."

Brianna obeyed speaking the story in response to Nikolas's words.

Aiden arrives and asks for private talk with Torrin and Jimo who go out outside.

Aiden tells them "The Beddune wound up telling me about the Sun Lord who didn't send people to check on us Drainers and just let them be forgotten."

Jimo gets annoyed and says "I know how to get to the Sun Lord's place and see if we could bring him to the castle and confront him."

Torrin says "I'll convince the King on this confrontation."

Aiden and Jimo leave globe traveling to the Sun Lord's balcony deck as night arrives. They stand on the deck to see four Highlanders hauling two figures unconscious one with a male form wearing pants and gloves.

Jimo says "He is the Sun Lord and the female is his mate."

Highlanders leave as Aiden and Jimo take the Sun Lord and female to castle hauling them inside the throne room which Torrin there nods his head seeing them.

Drainer King orders "Have the female put in my quarters. The male Sun Lord as his title is put in a cell with snake gonoids. Monitors activated to keep an eye on the male should he wake up."

Torrin obeys putting Sun Lord in the cell and yanks off his breathing device and gloves which he puts in drawer in the wall. Throne room occupants leave room to their sleeping areas as Drainer King Leaves to his quarters with Queen.

Chapter Nineteen

Torrin in the morning checks on the Sun Lord who he sees on monitors is awake and fighting snake gonoid on him. Torrin watches as Sun Lord gets irritated fights off the snake gonoid and gets up from the cot bed. He sees the Sun Lord's eyes turn night sky colored when their aimed at a snake gonoid sitting on the floor rattling. Torrin watches as Sun Lord attacks snake killing it by choking it with hands and frowns watching as Sun Lord eats most of the snake's body before throwing the carcass away. Torrin presses button next to monitor and sees the Sun Lord see a hidden drawer in the room open. He watches as the Sun Lord goes to drawer putting on breathing device and gloves.

Torrin gets communication message "Requests you to bring Sun Lord to the throne room."

Torrin translates Drainer talk to Sun Lord explaining what happened to the Drainers along with their annoyance of no one coming to check on them while they were out unconscious.

He translates Aiden talking "I recognizing Sun Lord as Eric the Human female named Arielia's brother a hybrid from that water ship in Atlanta."

Torrin sees King say a sarcastic comment which he frowns watching as Eric yanks tubes out of nose and charges at the King which he throws headband weapon at Eric who hits the floor. He again throws weapon at Eric who goes unconscious.

Drainer King orders "Have Eric put with the Highlander prisoner so Eric can kill the prisoner."

Torrin obeys yanking off Eric's breathing device and gloves which he tosses to Jimo and hauls Eric to Highlander's cell putting him in it. He watches on monitors seeing Eric wake up charging at Highlander and reacting like he has head pain which halts his charging advance every time. Torrin gets annoyed presses button which smoke fills up the cell knocking out the prisoners. He hauls Eric out unconscious to throne room where Jimo gives him Eric's breathing device and gloves which he puts on Eric's form.

Torrin speaks "The Highlander was using his mind walking power preventing Eric from killing him and stopping his attacks."

Drainer King signs "Eric should be put in the cell with the whipping machine."

Torrin obeys hauling Eric into the brig to the cell and chains him. He stands outside watching as Eric wakes up.

He tells Eric "There's a whipping machine set to go off at any movement you make."

He walks away out of sight and stands listening as he hears chains rattling noises followed by chains snapping open noises. He goes back to cell to see Eric falling in pool of water looking sick.

He hears Merra's voice scream loudly in his head "Water can make Eric sick like it poisons him!"

Torrin yells what and darts into the cell picking up Eric who goes unconscious.

He takes Eric to medical bay laying him on the bed chaining him where he hears Merra again speaking "Milk injected in Eric's arm will heal him and prevent the water from poisoning him further."

Torrin tells the medic that who gets a bag of milk and fixes it to get a tube with a needle attached to it.

Medic puts needle in Eric's arm and scans him saying "He is beginning to be stabilized."

Torrin goes to throne room where Drainer King asks him "What's going on with Eric and why he was rushing him to medical?"

Torrin speaks "I saw Eric fall into a pool of water spilling in his cell after freeing himself from the chains. Merra told me that water can make Eric sick as in poisoned which could kill him. Merra told me how to heal Eric. I told the medic and that Eric is stabilized."

Drainer King gets up and walks to medical bay followed by Torrin where there is a chair next to Eric's bed. Torrin watches as Drainer King sits in chair holding Eric's right hand and sees the Drainer King fall asleep. He walks out to the hallway to stand with arms folded lost in thought.

Medic arrives to him and says "Eric is awake requesting his female who she has on a bed. I need you to carry her to Eric."

Torrin obeys taking an unconscious female to Eric who acts a little happy having his female on him and watches as Eric falls asleep.

He sees Drainer King sign "I want Eric's chains off of him now!"

Torrin does that followed by the King signing "Merra should transport Eric and his female home."

He sees Eric and female disappear in a flash of light-

Brianna wound up interrupted "Talk on what talk Merra said to the Drainers' King he claimed to have heard from her?"

She glared at Nikolas in response only to get him giving a throat clearing noise while gesturing in a direction. Sighing she peered to spot something resembling a Drainer peeping out of the bushes that ducked back into hiding. Brianna groaned and spoke the story sensing the hidden Drainer in the bushes was eavesdropping as indicated by Nikolas.

Chapter Twenty

The King hears Merra speak in a loud annoyed tone as he turned his lips into a frown "The elementals went into a river populated by gonoids who aren't friendly with Humanoids. The elementals were sleeping in it guarded by gonoids who prevented people from entering it or crossing it. Crossing the river was the only way by land to get to the Drainer castle. There were people the Shadonia who haven't forgotten the Drainers but had no knowledge of where the castle was and were searching for the castle with the help of Humans who care for gonoids and their health. The Shadonia with Humans could only search part of the forest underneath the globe. They were blocked from doing further searching of the forest because of the river and the gonoids preventing them from entering it or crossing it. The Beddune weren't affected by the globe spreading over the land. The Beddune had internal problems that prevent them from checking on the Drainers. Their leader passed away without saying who to take his place. The Beddune were too busy fighting among each other for the leadership position. A male of another race with Beddune like characteristics was found to be chosen as their leader. Now their fighting has stopped but their struggling to trust and work together along with caring about other races and gonoids in the forest-"

Brianna cut her talk to glare at Nikolas who indicated the hidden Drainer by finger jabbing gesture. She sighed and forced herself to continue with the story despite not sure which Drainer that was hidden in the bushes named.
Chapter Twenty One

Jimo shifted feeling annoyed as Torrin and Aiden screamed at each other roaring angry sounds. He looked at the Drainer King who was busy blowing his whistle a noise unheard by Torrin and Aiden yelling at each other. Jimo groaned and walked out of the throne room down the hallway to the courtyard to stand facing the way he came with arms folded. He exhaled air as Leeland arrived walking out of the entrance with his lips in a frown.

He stared at Leeland who spoke "Jimo?"

Jimo spoke "Something I can do for you Leeland?"

Leeland spoke "You're wanted in the throne room."

He followed Leeland into the throne room to see Aiden and Torrin with mouths in thin lines and arms folded facing the door both growling soft growls. Jimo stared at the two who stared roaring nonsense sounds at him which he looked with his eyes at the Drainer King who was tapping his fingers of his Human like hand with his mouth in a thin line as Leeland went to stand next to his chair. Jimo frowned as Aiden and Torrin turned towards each other and started yelling nonsense sounds.

He waved a hand getting Leeland's attention and he signed "Tell Kingship, I want you and me to knock out Aiden and Torrin then put them some place where they can settle their argument without annoying people."

He saw Leeland nod his head then watched as the Drainer tapped the King on the arm who looked at him and saw him sign his words to him.

He saw the Drainer King sign "Fine do it. Put them in the brig."

Jimo watched as Leeland looked at him and the Drainer signed "I'll take Aiden while you take Torrin."

Jimo nodded his head and yanked off his headband walking till Torrin's back was to him as Leeland walked till Aiden's back was to him. Jimo threw his headband aiming at Torrin's head which hit home knocking Torrin to the floor that went unconscious as Leeland did the same to Aiden. Shaking his head he put his headband back on his head and bent down to pick up Torrin which Leeland did the same to Aiden. He followed Leeland out of the throne room to a hallway where there were two doors in the wall. He watched as Leeland pulled open one of the doors revealing a cave with stairs going down which he followed the Drainer down them. They reached a large cave which was a corridor with metal gates in the wall on one side opposite the stairwell entrance. He followed Leeland to an open gated entrance revealing a large square room with a bench at the end and in the corner was a door. Both Drainers deposited Aiden and Torrin on the floor then walked out of the cell which Leeland slammed the gated door closed and Jimo saw him pull down a switch next to the gate. He heard a humming sound of electricity then the two walked towards the stairwell entrance.

He heard a feminine voice speak "Ann-Nea."

He looked to his right to see a peering behind a gate was a female Drainer as he spoke "Jimo."

Leeland spoke "Leeland."

Ann-Nea spoke "Get me out of here."

Jimo felt his arm grabbed by Leeland and he was pulled away as he heard the male Drainer speak "Don't mind her she's sick in the head."

He heard Ann-Nea yell "I am not!"

Reaching the stairwell entrance Leeland paused to speak "Jimo, Ann-Nea tried to get Kayra and I touch each other on the lips lip to lip something that is forbidden for Skyans to do. Don't ask me why but it's forbidden. Ann-Nea took off when she was confronted about that which Aiden her mate had to track her down. He reports that she went to Atlanta and fed on a large number of city people drinking heavily, putting each victim in the hospital. Aiden adds that when he found Ann-Nea and confronted her, she acted like she didn't recognize him and put up a fight which he had to knock her out and bring her here. Repeated scanner tests on Ann-Nea couldn't find anything wrong with her who the Medic diagnosed her sick in the head and the King ordered her put in the brig."

Jimo nodded his head as Leeland paused from talking as they both went up the stairs.

He heard Leeland add "Ann-Nea isn't the only Drainer that is sick. There's a female Drainer named Tia who is the oldest of all of us. She currently locked up in a padded room diagnosed sick in the head. Along with tests revealed that she carried an egg she birthed some where after disappearing from the castle. She had a mate of another species called Surrai as their official name instead of Killer that has gone extinct along with her mate dead."

Jimo frowned as Leeland paused when they reached the top of the stairs.

He heard Leeland continue "Tia when she's lucid, claims her egg birthed a male Human who has parts of other species in him while on some planetary world called Shadan home of the Shadonia where there are other Skyans living."

He frowned as they both entered the throne room to see the King in his chair tapping his Human like hand on the arm rest.

Jimo spoke "Leeland told me of a female Drainer named Tia mentioning a planetary world called Shadan which is an actual world."

He paused as the Drainer King halted his hands in mid tap which he continued speaking "I told you I'm not from Terrania but from another planetary world called Rakcara home of the Rakcar and other species. There is a planetary world called Shadan home of the Shadonia. The Rakcar admitted to me that they've been trying to target with their off planet technology. If you don't believe me on the Rakcar ask the city people of Atlanta about them. The Rakcar after crashing their off planet ship contacted the city asking to meet with Terrania's ruler. They met the Sun Lord with me there as translator. There's talk among the city's people I heard when walking among them that the Rakcar's off planet ship was seen falling from the sky crashing into the forests along with them kidnapping the Sun Lord and his mate who was freed. This actually happened for I had a hand in this."

Jimo paused from talking as the Drainer King's Human like hand made a scratching motion on the arm rest of the chair.

He heard a whistle blast sound and looked at the Queen sitting in the chair next to the Drainer King spit out an object on a chain from her masked mouth to sign "Merra a sentient mind walking plant that lives on the ocean has been insisting to us that Tia is telling the truth about a planetary world called Shadan. Merra has told us that she has two sister plants called Erra and Terra who live on Shadan. While we were out unconscious I saw what Jimo is talking about, a large metal like plant with an eater at the end falling from the sky crashing into the forests near the globe dome."

He heard another whistle blast to find the King signing "Get Jimo into the scanner machine in the control room now."

Jimo got from Torrin "Follow me."

He obeyed to follow Torrin to the elevator to find the Drainer taking it down followed by walking out passed the medical bay. He frowned as they reached a door in the end of the hallway to open after standing staring at the thing. Jimo frowned seeing the room reminded him of a command center in the Rakcar's control room for communications as he and Torrin walked further into the room. He didn't say a word as Torrin got him to lie down onto a metal bed.

Along with told "Just stay still and don't move. The scanner takes forever to scan Skyans."

He frowned but obeyed to find the scanner some shining light from above was scanning him and appearing to take forever with its scans. He felt himself getting bored with lying there started counting numbers in Rakcaran terms.

He reached a high number is when the light above went off followed by hearing "You can get up now."

Jimo obeyed to follow Torrin taking a route to the medical bay and told once on arrival "Just stay there while I go hear what the results of the tests are. I have my orders to relay them to the King."

He obeyed to sit.

Chapter Twenty Two

Torrin walked back to the control room to wait with arms folded forming a glare aimed at a Skyan sitting at a monitor.

He kept on staring till the Skyan spoke loudly "Jimo's results find that he is undernourished due to a poor diet."

He went to the throne room and repeated what was told to find the King telling him "Just go to the medic and tell the results to her now."

Torrin obeyed to reach Jimo in medical bay to speak the results towards the medic and towards Jimo's presence who doesn't seem surprised to hear.

He found the medic thrusting Jimo a package and speaking "Just suck onto that thing via the tube now."

Torrin didn't say a word in response eyed Jimo who sucked the package's contents via tube and appeared to like the taste of it to slurp it up in a fast move. He felt disgust hearing the noises Jimo is making to give up the sound. He found the medic and Jimo ignoring him making the sound in response. Torrin kept his mouth shut as Jimo gave the medic the package that walked out of sight.

Jimo he heard spoke "What's Tia's reaction would be if someone believed Tia's words like what's she's been ranting about?"

Torrin replied "It hasn't been tried but your welcome to try that."

Torrin took Jimo down the hallway pass the elevator to a door in the wall with a TV screen console next to it.

Torrin tells Jimo "Take a look at the screen."

He saw Jimo does and sees Tia with her long hair down sitting on the padded floor rocking her form back and forth.

The speaker on the console picks up her speaking loudly words heard saying "Poor Trevor, poor Trian" repeatedly over and over.

Torrin asks Jimo "You still want to talk to Tia?"

Jimo says "I still want to do that."

Torrin opens door and Jimo steps inside to meet Tia who stops her rocking to lucidity say "A new Drainer interesting."

Jimo asks Tia "Is Trevor and Trian your referring to are your mate and son?"

Torrin from doorway frowns as Tia looks away and then gets up to walk to the padded wall leaning against it.

Tia speaks "Trevor, my mate was part of a species called Surrai visited me and ended his life which his body was taken away by other Skyans. I have birthed an egg. Resulted in a son named Trian living on Shadan the Shadonia's home world, who is fathered by Trevor. Trian has a Human appearance with other parts of different species in him one of them is called Hyperon."

Jimo talks "I know what the Hyperon species are. Their nasty. Merra has told the Drainers that she has two plant sisters named Erra and Terra living on Shadan which is an actual planetary world.

He frowns as Tia turns her head to stare at Jimo which she speaks "How Shadan can be an actual world when people think its not?"

Jimo replies "I'm not from Terrania but from another planet called Rakcara home of one species called Rakcar who told me a lot of things including Shadan. The Rakcar took me on one of their off planet ships. It crash landed on Terrania. The Rakcar contacted the nearest city Atlanta to have a dialog with the planet's ruler with me as translator. The Rakcar with my help kidnapped the Planet's ruler and his mate and took them both to their ship. The internal ship's defenses killed the Rakcar and the planet's ruler and his mate were freed. The ship's computers were left intact sending the ship to orbit the planet sending out a distress signal for other Rakcaran ships to come-"

Tia interrupts speaking "Oh."

Tia goes to sit down and continues her rocking while hearing her speak out loud words heard "Poor Trevor, poor Trian" over and over.

Torrin reached out a hand to put on Jimo's shoulder who feels a hand on his shoulder and is pulled from the room which he closes the door behind him.

Torrin speaks "Tia has been acting sick in the head since she was discovered in one of the castle's rooms during the Skyans' explorations. According to tests results on Tia after they found her indicate that she's very old, the oldest of all Drainers. Her sick in the head condition isn't curable by any means medicinal or mind scans according to Merra-"

Brianna wound up interrupted again by feeling of itchiness on her throat off her side.

She gave her throat a scratch only to hear loudly "Excuse him for doing that for he feeds off of us Hayu and is picking someone to feed off of."

Brianna peered behind her to find a Drainer that crouched onto the ground kneeling while rocking his male form back and forth into some crying gesture. She heard Nikolas's throat clearing noise spoke the rest of the story sensing the Drainer behind her silent with his crying bout.

Chapter Twenty Three

Aiden standing outside as the sun goes down gets headache and kneels on the ground as memories come to his mind's eye.

He sees a Human male with Eric's facial appearance who his mind says "Father." while wearing night sky like clothing that is glaring at a Human female who has night sky long hair and similar eyes like the male who is frowning while wearing a loose flowing cloud colored dress.

Aiden hears "Mother" and watches as his father places a hand on her abdomen which appears to be swollen and sees a pained look on her face.

He stiffens as his father's expression changes to a sneering look which he appears to be smirking then walks away. Female his mother he sees falls towards the ground in a faint lying on her back as a figure wearing night sky scaly like clothing molded to the form with a round head appears from a hidden state to squat next to her putting a hand on the abdomen then lifting her up carrying her down a hallway of stone. Aiden stiffens as the scene changes showing a Skyan baby held in the arms of the figure that is walking in a forest that darts to the side with a sword out held in his hand. He sees in his mind two adult Skyans, which he recognizes as Torrin and Aiden come from the bushes who are acting nasty towards the figure by growling and roaring towards him. Figure tosses the Skyan baby towards Aiden who catches it cradling it in his arms as Torrin charges at the figure who fades away disappearing from sight. Scene changes as Aiden gets an image of the male his father again who is smiling at a sitting female with golden sun colored hair and golden eyes sees held in her arms are two babies with Human appearances and golden sun colored eyes. Aiden groans as the scene is followed by a scene of babies lying on the floor shifting forms growing in a standing position to two males with identical faces with male wearing clothing molded to the form and the other male wearing loose night sky clothing with a cloud colored collar both with cloud colored hair. He sees the male with loose colored clothing lift up his hand and lowers it down which a male appears in front of him his hand touching his shoulder.

Aiden hears the male speak "My son."

He recognizes as Eric and then the scene goes black as Aiden opens his eyes with a gasp while feeling a hand on his shoulder.

He looks to see Torrin who spoke "What's going on with you? Why you were kneeling?"

Aiden lies "I was mediating."

Aiden then gets up to walk into the castle with Torrin. He goes to his bedroom in the cellar part of the castle and gets an image of endless body of water and a plant he recognizes as Merra rising from the water spreading petals.

He hears Merra speak "The images you have been getting are your subconscious telling you about your parents and your heritage which is your father had two females one after the other died who both carried. One he was friendly with carried twins while the other who he was nasty to, your mother .Your mother had a brother who attended to your birth and took the baby to Terrania from another planetary world. The Skyans there detecting the brother holding you as a baby in the forest went to confront him thinking he stole one of their babies from an accessible not guarded cave which you was given up. Your predecessor to the Aiden title was aware that he wouldn't live long gave you as a baby some piece of his skin suit to eat which you ate which the predecessor was doing to get his Aiden suit and title passed to you. One of the twins fathered a son who is Eric himself."

He grumbled hearing that as Merra mentions the Zeskaya species including them being deathless which she says "You like Eric has the deathless heritage explain why you has outlived Skyans living far longer than Skyans' normal life spans."

Aiden is shocked to hear this as Merra includes "Eric is being told of this."

Aiden wakes up as Merra leaves his mind. He leaves his bedroom to the throne room to the door to outside and leaves the castle globe traveling to the city Atlanta which he arrives at the Sun Lord's headquarters during the night. He enters the headquarters through the main entrance. Highlanders there are instantly scanning him which he detects.

He speaks "Just wake me up when the Sun Lord isn't indisposed for I want an audience with him."

Aiden ignores the Highlanders staring at him which he goes to a wall and sits down leaning his back against it and falls asleep. He senses a hand on his leg during his sleep.

He speaks "My waking better be for when the Sun Lord isn't indisposed for I really want to talk to him."

He feels hand remove itself and continues sleeping passing out dreaming of himself growing to an adult size without the skin suit on his form and falling to the ground and getting ropes covering his form like a cocoon. He continues to dream of himself as Aiden coming out of the cocoon to act like a wild gonoid looking around wildly before running into the forest till he meets a Beddune who he knocks out and drainer feeds off of. Aiden frowns at the memory which he finished with the feeding releases the Beddune and is abruptly caught in ropes thrown around him by appearing Beddune who haul him growling at them to a tree and wrap the ropes around the tree tying him to it. He is roaring out in anger in the memory as Beddune talk among each other which he stops roaring to listen to their talk and instantly understands their words.

Aiden talks to them in their language "You identifying yourselves!"

Beddune he sees turn towards him one speaking "You should identify yourself first."

Aiden says "Drainer who feeds off people's essence-"

Beddune interrupts to speak "Drainer isn't your real name. You lied about that. How you deciphered our language which is impossible for people to translate."

Aiden says "Skyan, my kind prefers others to know them as Drainer. My kind can translate many languages except a few that are untranslatable."

Beddune introduce themselves "We're Beddune. We know of a castle in a direction where you can get shelter from."

Aiden is freed lifts himself in the air glide walking on a tree trunk then sails into the air in a runner's jog which he flies in the direction the Beddune pointed to. He finds the castle and gets a headache which his memory of the Beddune meeting is gone from his mind as he walks into the castle and meets Torrin there along with other Drainers.

Aiden wakes up by hand on his leg and opens his eyes to stare at the Highlander who tells him via voice "A Drainer with your appearance was seen on the Sun Lord's balcony with the Rakcar's translator Drainer. Both seen taking an unconscious Sun Lord and his mate from four Highlanders. The Drainers globe traveling in the air before a cold storm hit the city."

Aiden groans and speaks "The Drainer is me but that's not why I'm here-"

The Highlander interrupts "I have to scan your mind as required for all visitors to see the Sun Lord just to know that their intentions to see him is good and not harm."

Aiden allows Highlander to scan his mind which he feels really uncomfortable with the sensation and is trying to restrain himself from using his fists on the Highlander who finishes his scans.

The Highlander told him "You're to get some more sleep for I'll let the Sun Lord know of your request."

Aiden fells asleep sleeping normal Skyan sleep pattern till he is waked up and is grumpy about that but Highlander point to Sun Lord standing nearby with arms folded with mask covering his head.

Aiden stands up as Sun Lord speaking through Highlander voicing his words using a sarcastic voice "Uncle Bell head is an idiot for allowing your niece to be hurt by the Drainer King who I'm disappointed about."

Aiden can't get a word in because the Sun Lord thru Highlander continues speaking "I'm disappointed with Uncle Bell head for following the Drainer King's orders on getting me and my mate from here to their home. Torturing me with snake gonoids and getting me chained up to be hit by a whip. I had to free myself and getting water poisoning which Uncle Bell head did nothing to stop this."

Aiden at the moment has enough of the Sun Lord's talk roars some angry sound which the Sun Lord thru Highlander cuts off talk.

Aiden speaks "I didn't know of this family connection till I remembered it recently. The Drainer King was sick with an illness when he hurt Arielia."

Highlander voicing for Sun Lord speaks "Aiden is lying about the Drainer King being ill for you didn't mention that to me when you returned Arielia back to her people."

Aiden speaks "The Drainer King many suns after Arielia left fell unconscious in the throne room with his female there. He was tested which they discovered that he had an illness raging in his system. He had it before Arielia arrived to the castle and was suffering from it. Was causing him to want to mate with females and feed heavily."

Sun Lord walks forwards towards Aiden who stops talking to stare at him which Sun Lord throws a fist into Aiden's stomach and he bents down groaning. Sun Lord throws another fist into Aiden's forehead which the Drainer hits the floor backwards to lie groaning. Sun Lord he sees points a finger at him and fists his hand while waving it. Aiden pants as Sun Lord walks back to his Highlander speaker to stare at the Highlander who nods his head the he watches as the Sun Lord walks away entering an elevator which the doors close behind him. Aiden feels sick throws up the contents of his stomach which is cloud colored stuff repeatedly on the floor which he curls in a ball and feels a hand on his arm and sees a needle like syringe injects into his arm and feels sleepiness arrive which he falls asleep falling unconscious.

Chapter Twenty Four

Aiden wakes up in a leaning sitting position on a bed with beeping machinery at the foot and he feels sore in his stomach area along with a bit of a headache. He discovers a Shadonian sitting in a chair next to his bed wearing glasses on his face appearing to be reading a book.

Aiden speaks "What happened to me?"

The Shadonian looks up getting up to a standing position speaking "It's good that Aiden is alright from the operation he had."

Aiden speaks confused "What operation?"

The Shadonian speaks "Aiden was brought to the hospital and tested along with an exploratory operation to explain why Aiden threw up the cloud stuff. They discovered that his stomach organ was looking out of place in his body and had to fix it back in position. The doctors say was like that for a long time because of it common among species who don't take in nourishment for a long time."

Aiden sits up feeling a little panicky which the Shadonian spoke "Aiden to take it easy."

Aiden groans out "I'm not the only Drainer who didn't take in nourishment for a long time and have the stomach problem. It's probably an epidemic among the other Drainers and needs to get them alerted of this."

The Shadonian speaks "Shadonia people and others have been exploring the globe covered area before the globe went away. Could only explore a small area due to gonoids blocking their efforts to cross a river."

"They were trying to find the Drainer stronghold to check on them." The Shadonian says.

Aiden frowns hearing this as the Shadonian adds "Recorders show a globe of many weather elements came out of the river along with the globe disappearing. Then the gonoids became friendlier with the searchers who easily crossed the river but are still searching for the Drainers' home to get medical help to them."

Aiden groans out asking "Have the searchers have communications devices on them to let them know I can take someone to the Drainer stronghold with a signal device they can track?"

The Shadonian replies "The searchers do have the communications on them along with signal devices tracking their progress including a tracking device to light up the Drainer stronghold to other medical personal."

Aiden gets a little panicky "I'm insisting on taking someone to the stronghold right away!"

The Shadonian insists "Aiden to try to get some sleep and rest. The searchers got a message from the Dream Guardian showing them what the Drainer stronghold looks like along with a way of getting there."

Aiden hears a female voice speaking in his mind which he recognizes as Merra backing up the Shadonian's words with her words and she adds "I'm manipulating the searchers to get to the Drainers' stronghold without getting lost. You should sleep off the operation."

Aiden feels a sleepiness feeling leans back shutting his eyes falling asleep literally-

A roar sounding behind Brianna interrupted her talk making her twist to give the Drainer a glare of annoyance. She found Nikolas twisting her with his hands to face the offsprings.

Brianna glared as Nikolas spoke "Just tell the story focusing onto a Drainer named Torrin this time. Excuse this Drainer and his noises behind you. Just talk story!"

She obeyed despite hearing growling noises from the Drainer behind her sounding to her like he was disagreeing with her talk to her disgust.

Chapter Twenty Five

Torrin goes to a room where Drainers don't go thinking he's the only one allowed to visit the room seeing the Guardian a hooded manoid. He pulls a dead Drainer into the room where there are dead Drainers scattered around some are partially eaten a gated arch with light coming from it. He hears a roaring noise and smiles as a horned male cow walks around the gate walking into view while it's shaking its head of sleepiness. Torrin isn't scared to see the cow that has sharp teeth on the outside of its mouth and in its mouth as the gonoid roars a sound.

He speaks out loud calling the gonoid "Friend I have brought fresh food. I give you an apology. I was out sick with something requiring medical help that also hits the Drainers."

He stands watching with a hint of a smile on his face as the gonoid goes to the dead Drainer and began noisily eating the body. Torrin smiles a bit then with a frown leaves the room entering a square room which doors slide closed behind him then another set of doors open in front of him revealing the Medical bay. His lips form his familiar thin line and walk out unnoticed to the hallway which he takes an elevator to the throne room that is empty of Drainers. He feels sadness exhales a breath goes thru the throne room to a doorway where there are wide steps going down and up surrounding a set of doors he recognizes as the elevator which he goes up the stairs walking slowly while remembering memories. He recalls meeting Shon and Sina the King's twin children on the steps them going down and him going up.

The twins to his shock verbally tell him "We don't like, like you."

They throw their hands up when he growls loudly at them. He breaks himself of reverie goes up the stairs going past the King's quarters to see Vane the guard gonoid there that acts happy to him as he walks by going up. He goes by the twin's bedroom doorway to the tower room which there is a mattress pad and a pillow there and lays his form on it to stare at the tower ceiling.

It has beams while thinking to himself "I'm being lonely and not having any friends."

He rolls over on his side to feel sadness while thinking to himself "Only gonoids are my friends for none of the Drainers see me as a friend."

He frowns as he continues to think "I'm wondering about Aiden who has abruptly stopped being friendly with me. I noticed he has been repeatedly visiting Ann-Nea and talking to her."

He frowns thinking to himself "I'll have to bully Skyans into being friendly with me if it's the only way of getting them to see me as a friend."

Torrin feels satisfaction of that conclusion smiles to himself and shuts his eyes falling asleep-

Another roar interrupted Brianna from her story.

She angrily thumped a fist onto Nikolas's shoulder who spoke "Owe!" followed by the male rubbing the area ignoring her glaring.

Brianna gave Nikolas a glare who spoke noticing her glares "Just tell the story anyway you want now!"

She gave up a sound of disgust and heard words spoken in a guttural growling tone sounding behind her as if the Drainer was speaking she noticed. Brianna found herself listening as if drawn to the Drainer's talk.

Chapter Twenty Six

Aiden goes to visit Ann-Nea while hearing that a jail cell has a Beddune in it that is not shutting off the technology. He visits the Beddune who he eyes is lying on a bench asleep and doesn't appear to have the furry objects on top of his head. He goes to Ann-Nea's cell hears Drainer moaning sounds come from there in male and female tones which make him shocked as he tiptoes to the cell he sees with shock Torrin mating with Ann-Nea who appears to be enjoying the mating. Aiden gets a little angry thinking of Ann-Nea betraying him and he'll kill her when he gets the chance. He leaves the brig to the throne room where there is no one there and goes to the stairs going down to the hallway leading to his room which he goes inside closing the door to groan out loud his pain. He frowns as he goes to his bed to lie down and shuts his eyes falling asleep. He passes out and hears the castle alarm of prisoner escaping sounding which gets him up and running out of his cell to the throne room into the hallway to see coming out of the doorway to the brig is the Beddune with an angry look in his eyes and Ann-Nea behind him which he is attacked by the Beddune who easily defeats him and knocks him out with his great strength and he goes unconscious. Aiden wakes up by a hand shaking his arm which he looks to see Torrin with Jimo besides him. Torrin speaks in his mean nasty voice that always makes Aiden nervous to go to the Beddune camp and get that Beddune to the throne room to have him explain his excuse of freeing Ann-Nea. Aiden obeys nervously and leaves the castle followed by Jimo which they get to the Beddune came unnoticed and he breaks off a branch from a tree and jumps into the trees above the Beddune camp and jumps during the middle of it snapping the tree branch which the sound knocks out Beddune.

Chapter Twenty Seven

Aiden given ring by Beddune which he tests out and discovers the Beddune's words are true which he transports Beddune back to X symbol and after a lecture from the Beddune uses ring to find Ann-Nea who he finds next to a pond which he confronts angrily for mating with Torrin. Ann-Nea to his annoyance speaks in a confused voice that she doesn't know what he's talking about. He uses his senses to smell Torrin's mating scent on her which he tells her that but she continues to deny the mating which he gets angry attacks her and she fights back. They fall into the pond which he holds her under the water drowning her and once she is unresponsive pulls her out of the water to face a growling Torrin which he tosses Ann-Nea's body at his feet to speak that Torrin will never have Ann-Nea for she's always his and he has done that to assure of it. Torrin speaks in his mean voice that fears him speaking that Aiden should bring Ann-Nea to the castle and say that he found her in a pond dead and that the Beddune leader should be brought for questioning which he Torrin himself will blame for killing Ann-Nea. Aiden fearfully nods his head in agreement picks up Ann-Nea and Torrin globe travels them to the castle which he lets Torrin do the talking. He is ordered by Torrin to go to the Beddune camp with Jimo and bring the leader here for questioning which he obeys.

Chapter Twenty Eight

Aiden after the Beddune leave hears Jimo speaking that Torrin reeks of mating with Ann-Nea and thinks that Torrin killed her because he couldn't have her due to her being Aiden's mate. He hears Aiden speak as Torrin gets up that he saw Torrin mating with Ann-Nea in her cell and she was appearing to enjoy it which Jimo interrupts to speak that Torrin forced her to enjoy it. Torrin, Aiden eyes denies it verbally but Jimo taunts him calling him a bully by saying that whenever Torrin talked, Aiden would give off a fear scent which he is smelling among other Drainers whenever their in Torrin's presence when he is talking to them. Torrin roars an angry sound but Jimo continues to taunt him calling him a bully who has no friends for popular opinion among the Drainers is he's not likable which Torrin storms away going into the elevator going down. Aiden hears a whistle sound from the king's noise maker who signs asking why Aiden killed Ann-Nea and adds that he got it straight from Merra who told him that. Aiden admits that he did see Torrin mating with Ann-Nea who sounded like she was enjoying it and confronted her when he found her about that. He speaks sounding angry that she denied it despite him telling her that Torrin's mating scent was on her whom they both got in a fist fight and fell into the pond and he's not sure what's wrong with him but he held her under drowning her which he thinks part of it was witnessed by Torrin. Aiden pauses as he sees the Drainer King's Human like hand scratch the chair very slowly which he adds that Torrin scares him whenever he talks in some mean voice and it was Torrin who got the idea of bringing the Beddune here to blame him for Ann-Nea's death.

Chapter Twenty Nine

Torrin goes to the medical bay and a nurse with guards' block his way to the guardian room which he sees both doors are open seeing into the room where there are Drainers inside moving around. The nurse to his shock calls him a sick bastard which guards grab him as he struggles in their grips and he feels a needle poke in his arm which makes him sleepy and he falls asleep.

Chapter Thirty

Aiden stops talking as nurse comes into the room from the elevator speaking that Torrin is sick in the head. He frowns as the nurse adds that Merra insisted to her to go through the guardian room to take a look at the guardian which she and guards did and discovered that Torrin has been feeding a trapped gonoid with the bodies of dead Drainers. She adds that the guards managed to force the gonoid through a gate that was in the room and adds that Torrin scares her whenever he talked to her in a nasty voice tone making her think he's a bully. The King, Aiden watches scratches the throne chair with his Human like hand and he senses the King is vibrating of anger. The nurse continues that she knocked Torrin out and had him placed in a padded room which she thinks he should remain locked up for his sick in the head behavior. He looks at the king who signs with Leeland voicing that he wants to view the mess Torrin said to did and then make judgment on whether Torrin should remain locked up and then adds that Aiden should come along with him. He nods his head as the King gets up from the chair with him following the nurse and the elevator takes them to a hallway which they enter walking to Medical Bay walking inside and Aiden grimaces seeing the Guardian room where he sees Drainers are inside holding scanners in their hands waving over Drainers lying on the floor unresponsive. He forms a grimace on his face as he follows the King into the Guardian room who he hears gives off a growl sound which he sees at closer inspection that the bodies appear to have parts missing and teeth marks on them along with appearing to be torn apart eaten. Aiden feels sickness hitting him finds his knees weak hits the floor groaning loudly to curl up in a ball which he sees the King looking at him with no expression on his lips and he jerks as he feels intense pain arrive that makes him groan loudly. He hears the nurse speaking words talking to the King which he understood talking about Aiden appearing to be suffering from Han's Syndrome a mental mind condition of intense pain that hits people after their mates have died and that the pain will go away after a varied time period. Aiden loses conscious as pain hits him hard which he shuts his eyes.

Chapter Thirty One

Torrin wakes up in a padded cell to hear the whistle sound which he looks at the door while sitting up to see the Drainer King who spits out his noisemaker and with mouth in a thin line while vibrating of anger standing in the doorway. He eyes the Drainer King who signs that Torrin is sick in the head according to his actions of being a bully and feeding some gonoid with the bodies of the dead which is disrespectable to the dead along with telling lies about the room's contents and its guardian really a gonoid which he had forced through a gate in the room. Torrin protests that he's fine which the King shuts him up signing that Torrin is one sick individual and he has made judgment on Torrin's fate. Torrin sputters but while getting up which the King keeps signing that he has ordered Torrin to be locked in a padded room for the remainder of his life span and will get nourishment thru padded bags of blood essence that will be given to him through an opening in the door. Torrin walks to the King while begging not to be locked in while speaking that he has no friends among the Drainers who have refused to be friendly with him despite his begging them which gonoids are his only friends who seem to care about him. King interrupts signing that the Drainers were right to not be friends with Torrin for they recognized that he was sick in the head hence their attitude towards him which the King he sees backs up and the door closes shut. Torrin goes to the door bangs on it shouting to the King not to do this to him then he finds his strength nearly leaving him falls to his knees to kneel while gripping his arms around himself and rocking his form back and forth while groaning Drainer crying sounds as the King's words about the other Drainers refusing to be friendly with him registers in his mind. He keeps rocking as he keeps making his sounds as he thinks to himself that it's the fault of the other Drainers who weren't friendly with him as why he is locked up in here. He continues to think that its not fair that the other Drainers aren't friendly with him despite him wanting friendship and he only could get it from gonoids who are friendly with him something he craved from his earliest memory as Torrin. He eyes the door at the bottom as a small square part slides open that is a Drainer hand sized length and a clear package of blood with a tube attached is thrust inside then the part slams shut. Torrin stops his rocking to stare at the package which he recognizes as nourishment finds himself not feeling hungry gets up to explore the cell which he finds a door way opening showing it as an expel waste room with the machinery in the wall. He goes to a corner to sit leaning against the padded as a mattress wall and thinks to himself that he's not taking in the nourishment for he would rather starve to death than spend the rest of his life span no matter how long it is locked up in a padded room. He shuts his eyes and finds that he can't sleep which he stares at the package and with a growl gets up walking towards it and grabs it which he goes to the expel waste room and tosses it in the waste deposal watching the package being taken away by the machine then goes back to the corner to sit thinking to himself that he'll continue to toss out packages of nourishment just to avoid drinking them and help his cause on starving himself to death which he hopes will kill him and put an end to his misery being friendless and locked in the padded room. He leans against the wall to shut his eyes and thinks to himself at least a new life after death will be better for he'll get what he wanted which was friendship with others and not be lonely anymore. He falls asleep and passes out unconscious to groggily hear a humming sound of a large machinery scanner which he hears while lying on something metal hard with restraints on his form. His eye sight is blurry doesn't focus as he feels a needle prick of pain in his neck that makes him sleepy and he passes out unconscious.

He finds himself lying on something soft while feeling a needle prick pain in his arm and discovers he is restrained which he opens his eyes to focus himself lying in Medical Bay's beds room judging by the ceiling lights shining overhead as a female Drainer's face comes in his eyes sight point of view. He stares at her as she speaks that Torrin is one sick Drainer who is very sick for scanners reveal that Torrin hasn't been taking in nourishment since being force fed nourishment after his operation to fix his stomach organ inside him which happened suns ago. He frowns as she adds that he is being force fed nourishment by needle line attached to his arm which should bring him up to full strength. Torrin speaks interrupting her in a begging tone pleading her to take out his nourishment line and let him continue to starve to death which he'll continue doing just to end his life.

His mouth is covered by the nurse's hand who speaks that she'll have to tell the King his words and then she removes her hand walking away which Torrin yells after her "It's my right to do this!"

Then stops talking to think to himself that he's not going to take in any more nourishment by his own will and that the Drainers will have to force fed him from now on if they want him to live. He thinks adding that he'll escape the castle and will travel by globe travel as far as he can exhausting himself and make sure he lands in a body of water and allows himself to drown just to avoid any more loneliness feelings he is suffering which is responsible for him losing his appetite to take in nourishment. Torrin shuts his eyes as he continues to think to himself that he'll do this plan if he's allowed to be freed of the padded room and adds to himself that if no freedom then he's not taking any nourishment of his own free will period and allows himself to fall asleep falling unconscious.

He wakes up by a hand patting his cheek which he feels he is still in Medical Bay opens his eyes to see the King standing over his lying body with a frown on his lips. He shuts his eyes only to feel the King's Human like hand patting his cheek again which he opens his eyes to stare at the King while speaking that he wants to sleep.

He sees the King shake his head and sign no with his hands and then the King signs "Talk to me. What's going on?" Your starving yourself suggests something is bothering you."

Torrin frowns as the King continues signing that he remembered a private conversation with Aiden in his quarters suns before Aiden got sick with his sickness now who recalled noticing Torrin with sad expression on his lips and upset behavior carrying a package of blood essence walk by him to outside to a courtyard and spied on him tossing the package on the ground kneeling then rocking his form while giving off sad Drainer crying sounds then the next sun started talking in a certain voice tone to other Drainers along with Aiden himself while using a bully attitude towards them. The King adds that medical scanner results show that Torrin has stopped taking in nourishment and is slowly starving himself along with finding nothing medically wrong to explain his refusal to take in nourishment. Torrin exhales a breath through his mouth as the King continues signing that he figured that Torrin's starving problem was a result of something mentally bothering Torrin that is making him lose his appetite to drink blood essence and wonders if it's related to his bully attitude behavior towards the other Drainers. Torrin shuts his mouth as the King asks him to tell him what was bothering him pausing which he hears a female voice in his mind introducing herself as Merra who tells him that the King from mind scans has changed his attitude towards him and is feeling a little angry that the King didn't tell him to talk to him of any problems he is having privately and thinks that's why his problem has overwhelmed him keeping it to himself and allowing it to bother him too much to starve himself. Torrin hears Merra continue that he should admit what got him to break down witnessed by Aiden and she's putting the memory in his mind for him to remember as a memory comes to his mind's eye which he verbally talks the contents to the King. In the memory he's on the stairs going down towards Aiden's quarters hearing Drainer voices below him which he hears the conversation talking about Torrin himself as the King's pet for always obeying the King's orders and carrying them out including blabbing to the King about Drainers who break the rules which they dislike Torrin for being that. He pauses from walking to hear the voices continue talking that they'll make sure Torrin won't have any friends among the Drainers if he keeps his King's pet attitude towards them as a lesson to him for his traitorous blabbing to the King something they won't tolerate. Torrin pauses frowning as the voices become nearer and nearer and he sees Shon, Sina, Leeland and Kayra walk in his line of sight appearing to be the voices owners who pause from talking seeing him. He speaks asking them what's going on calling them his friends which Leeland speaks interrupting him that their not his friends and will never be his friends period for they don't like him. He stares at them as Shon and Sina in unison tell him that Leeland is right for they don't like Torrin either. He shrugs it off to walk down the stairs walking pass them to Aiden's quarters which he knocks on the door to hear Aiden's voice ordering visitor to come in. He walks in and sees a big frown on Aiden's lips and hears Aiden speak his name with disgust in his voice. He talks to Aiden about the conversation in the stairwell which he is interrupted by Aiden telling him that their right to think that towards him a view that is shared with the rest of the Drainers along with telling him to leave. Torrin walks out feeling a little sick in his stomach goes up the stairs to the throne room to see the Drainer court is there which conversations become silent them staring at him. He speaks asking what's going on which one of them tells him to go away and leave them alone. He walks to the elevator taking it down to the hallway leading to the medical bay entering it to see a Nurse who speaks with annoyance in her tone asking what he wants for he's not sick. He requests nourishment while hearing the nurse gives off a disgust sound and follows her to a wall which she pulls open and smoke comes out and sees her grab a package and thrust it at him which he takes then is ordered to leave the medical bay for he's fine. He leaves to the elevator to the throne room which he sees Drainers there stop their talking and hears them growling aimed at him which he spots Aiden walking past the group towards him as he is walking out. He walks out of the throne room to the hallway to outside then tosses the package on the ground as his appetite leaves him and kneels to rock his form giving off crying sounds which he stops as he thinks to himself if they won't see him as their friend then he'll make them into becoming his friend then gets up to pick up the package which his appetite is gone and tosses it in the air over the wall above the forest of trees then walks inside walking pass silent growling Drainers to the hallway to the stairs which he goes up spying the King and Queen entering the elevator and stays out of sight till the door closes and walks pass the King's hallway where Vane the gonoid is there acting friendly with him which he gives attention to and goes to his quarters in the tower room and again feels sick in his stomach which he lies in bed staring at the ceiling thinking that he would rather starve to death then have no friends which he goes to sleep. Torrin pauses then adds that the gonoid in the guardian room came out of the gate and acted friendly towards him when he was in the room which he has been feeding it with dead Drainer bodies just to keep the gonoid and keep it alive just for its friendship and that he would at night time visit the King's gonoid Vane for some attention and would verbally talk to it in a whisper tone like a friend. Torrin stops his talking to the King who he sees has his lips in a thin line and sees the King's words as the King signs that he's angry that none of the Drainers or his children have told him or the Queen their problem towards Torrin privately or public which he is annoyed about that he could have fixed the situation if the Drainers bothered to tell him or his mate the Queen about it. Torrin at the moment feels his sick feeling that was plaguing he has left him and he is feeling a bit better as the King continues signing that he's not pleased that Drainers aren't sharing their problems with him or the Queen as a way of getting a solution which he and the Queen are willing to help with. Torrin frowns as the King pauses to look at him then signs telling him to get some rest for the King includes has a way of getting the Drainers to talk their issues towards Torrin and each other which he will act out the way. He stares at the King who lowers his hands and abruptly leaves him which he shuts his eyes allowing exhaustion to overtake him and he falls asleep-

Brianna heard the Drainer cut himself off to give up a loud roar sounding angry to her. She grunted to feel a hand tapping her on the shoulder she sensed was from Nikolas who again cleared his throat. She recalled another dream involving the tale that the Drainer said spoke it clearly while hearing on and off roaring from the Drainer behind her interrupting her repeatedly.

Chapter Thirty Two

The King paused from his mental talk relaying Torrin's words to the Queen who narrowed her eyes staring at him while they were both in their quarters.

He added "I have ordered the Skyan court to alert Kayra to my quarters for a private talk alone. I had to use the excuse to them about asking her who's she's interested in being paired with due to the court seemingly hesitant to do the order."

He paused when they heard a knocking sound and he typed the words "Come in" on the console monitor in the table voicing his words outside the quarters.

He and the Queen looked at the door which opened to show Kayra who walked in shutting the door behind her with her eyes narrowed.

The King signed "I have considered an option of pairing you with Torrin."

He heard Kayra hiss very loudly while seeing her eyes become wide.

He continued signing "I'll keep this between the three of us with no punishment done if you very honestly tell us what you think of Torrin and how he's seen among the Skyans should there be such a pairing between the two of you."

He stared at Kayra with a frown on his lips that he heard hissed then she spoke "Torrin is seen as a bully due to his attitude towards Skyans and scares them whenever he uses some mean voice tone."

He signed "Is there any other reasons besides that about Torrin I should know about? I and the Queen are out of the loop among talk with other Skyans."

He frowned as he heard another hiss sound as Kayra spoke "Torrin is sort of seen as your pet for obeying your orders and blabbing rule breaking Skyans to you who they get reprimanded from you. As a result the Skyans have agreed to outcast Torrin by seeing him as their enemy and that's probably why he retaliated by bullying us."

The King frowned some more as he heard the Queen's voice mentally speaking in his mind "Just for once why can't the Skyans come to us with their problems with others instead of taking matters in their own hands?"

The King signed "Kayra, I'm disappointed with the Skyans and their attitude towards Torrin. I'm also disappointed with Torrin and his attitude towards the Skyans."

He heard Kayra hiss as he continued signing "If the Skyans have a problem with each other they should come to us for a private talk and explain the problem which could easily be solved by our input. Such as our input would be making it clear to Torrin that he should ease up on his reporting other rule breaking Skyans by reporting Skyans in medical bay with injuries like a situation from fighting with each other along with making it clear to Torrin that his bullying attitude will not be tolerated towards them period."

He paused from his signing as he heard Kayra groan loudly then he signed "Is there anything else you want to talk about, Kayra?"

He lowered his hands to stare at her as she spoke "I sort of like Leeland and want to be paired with him."

He signed "I'll keep that in mind, Kayra. Thank you for your honesty about Torrin. Please when asked about the conversation with us by others, just admit that we told you if Skyans have a problem with each other they should come to us for a private talk and explain the problem which could easily be solved by our input something we expect Skyans to do."

He paused as he saw Kayra nod her head in agreement then he continued signing "You may go, Kayra."

He watched as Kayra left the room gently closing the door behind her. He exhaled a breath through his mouth to rub a hand on his forehead

He heard the Queen mentally speaking "The fact that Skyans aren't coming to us with their problems is annoying. No wonder they seem to see us as figureheads."

He looked at the Queen whose eyes were narrowed as lowered his hand and he mentally spoke "Hopefully Kayra will blab the talk with us to the Skyans and they should get the message that we're not just figureheads."

He heard a mental "Harrumph" from the Queen and nodded his head in agreement-

Another roaring noise interrupted Brianna as she formed a glare and got Nikolas again tapping her shoulder in a hard move. She removed Nikolas's hand and spoke her story focusing onto Torrin in response.

Chapter Thirty Three

Torrin jerked his eyes open as he heard a clink sound feeling himself freed from the restraints and found the nurse standing next to his bed who spoke "You're no longer restrained to the padded room so get out of here."

He groaned as he sat up and found the needle prick feeling in his arm gone as the nurse stared at him with a narrowed eyed glare.

He opened his mouth to speak when she spoke "Get out, Torrin, your fine as long as you're next feeding which will come in awhile so beat it."

He clamped his mouth shut and got up from the bed pausing to stare at the open doorways to the Guardian room. He groaned loudly as the nurse walked in his line of sight with hands on her hips and saw her point to the door way behind him. He nodded his head and walked out to the hallway going to the elevator which he took to the throne room to see the Skyan court chatting among each other that became silent seeing him.

He growled a soft sound and loudly spoke "If you don't like my attitude towards you while don't you tell the King that? I had it with you seeing me as your enemy and it's ticking me off."

He paused to walk among them towards the doorway leading to the stairs which he reached then turned around to speak again "Since I'm ticked off by your attitude I think I'll tell the King who I see is not just some bloody figurehead but someone who'll help solve problems around here."

He paused then spoke "Excuse me."

Then he turned and walked into the stairwell going up the stairs while thinking to himself "I'm tired of the Skyans seeing the King as a figurehead. I think I'll tell him about their attitude towards him and myself because its making me feels sick."

He reached continued to walk up the stairs till a hand clamped on his shoulder holding him in place and he heard Aiden's voice speaking "Torrin, whoa hold on, where do you think your going?"

He turned around to face Aiden while yanking off the Skyan's hand off his shoulder.

He spoke as Aiden opened his mouth "You and the Skyans seeing me as an enemy is making me lose my appetite to feed which the loneliness is ticking me off and I'm taking it out on you people hence my bullying. So excuse me while I tell the King that because he's not just a figurehead which is what you're seeing him."

He again felt a hand on his shoulder as he turned and heard Aiden spoke "Hold it Torrin, that's what I came to talk to you about."

He turned towards Aiden who removed his hand off his shoulder while folding his arms to glare at the hat head Skyan his mouth in a thin line.

Aiden spoke "I'll admit to you that we don't like it when you tell the King all sorts of things we do which gets him mad at us hence our enemy attitude towards you."

Torrin spoke "Argh, You're seeing him as a figurehead instead of going to him with your problems. I bet if you went to him about my blabbing attitude he would have reprimanded me and tell me to lay off the blabbing and only do it in more serious cases."

He glared at Aiden whose mouth formed a frown line and heard the Skyan speak "Argh I know of that. The King ordered Kayra to his quarters for a private talk which she is said to admit what was going on with you and us to the King who told her that he's disappointed in our attitudes towards each other instead of coming to him about it. The King also said to her that if Skyans have a problem they should come to him privately to discuss it which could be solved with his input-"

Torrin interrupted "Well that's what I'm doing now excuse me."

He turned sideways only to feel Aiden's hand on his shoulder restraining him which he turned his head to glare at the Skyan.

Aiden spoke "I'm not finished talking to you."

He folded his arms while keeping his eyes on Aiden who continued speaking "Actually Torrin, I hate it when you blab everything we do to the King like some spy for it annoys me."

Torrin spoke "The King should know these things for Skyans aren't coming to him with their problems hence my annoying blabbing not to mention your seeing him as a figurehead an attitude I hate."

He snarled a soft growling sound as Aiden spoke "I know of the figurehead attitude something we have to work on which you have to work on allowing us to tell the King things instead of you doing it."

Torrin quieted his growling sound as Aiden removed his hand off his shoulder to hold it up while speaking "I'll make a deal with you. You remind us to tell the King our problems instead of you telling him that which we should be telling him instead of keeping it to ourselves and taking it out on each other."

He stared at Aiden's hand and unfolded his arms to grip the Skyan's hand which they shook and let go.

He frowned as Aiden spoke "Are you coming down with me? The King is said to make an appearance soon."

He shrugged and walked with Aiden down the stairs to the doorway entering the throne room to see the Skyan court become silent seeing him which he snarled "Stop that attitude towards me and tell the King which is what you should be doing."

He heard Aiden speak "Actually Torrin is right on that. Skyans aren't coming to the King with their problems hence his blabbing attitude which he admitted is why he's doing it."

Torrin spoke as he walked between the Skyans standing in two groups "Your attitude towards me is making me lose my appetite to feed and the loneliness gets me ticked off and I take it out on you hence my bullying."

He reached the doorway that lead to a hallway to turn around with arms folded facing the groups to discover Aiden had followed him and watched him stand next to him out of the corners of his eyes. He formed a frown on his lips as the King with arms folded walked into the room with his Queen behind him having her eyes narrowed. He kept his mouth shut as the King with the Queen following walked between both groups to reach the throne chairs which they both sat down in.

He watched the King signed his words he understood as the words were voiced by Leeland speaking loudly "I heard some interesting things going around here. Such as Skyans have some angry attitudes towards each other due to problems by keeping it to themselves instead of sharing it with me or the Queen. I'm disappointed in hearing this happening among Skyans who should be asking me and the Queen for help solving their problems. We're not figureheads but your leaders who keep the peace among Skyans which I suspect one of you has figured that out while the others are slow to get it."

Torrin frowned inwardly as the King paused his signing and then continued with Leeland still voicing "I also suspect that the one who figured out our position has been doing your job telling us your problems instead of you telling us that hence your angry attitudes towards each other. This is something I am annoyed to hear, which you are keeping your problems to yourselves, trying to solve things your way which I see isn't working due to one of you literally becoming very sick."

He saw the King lower his hands to place them on the armrests of the chair as the Queen raised her hands to sign words which he understood while hearing Kayra voicing them "The one who was very sick was found nothing medically wrong with the Skyan according to the medical personal to cause their sicknesses. This Skyan has admitted the reason for the sickness which was a result of the problem bothering them mentally enough to make them lose their appetite when it comes to feeding and taking in nourishment hence them very sick. The Skyan in question had taken an annoying attitude towards others as a way of coping with the problem caused by Skyans making this one feeling sick."

He saw the Queen lower her hands as the King raised his to sign with Leeland again voicing "I'm disappointed in what's happened here could have resulted in the loss of a Skyan if this continued without us being made aware of it. The sick Skyan in question when tested was near a total body breakdown which could result in total failure of their body systems that would shut down crippling them which would result in death."

Torrin at the moment after the King's words groaned quietly while feeling Aiden's hand touch his shoulder in a gentle grip.

The King continued "The sick Skyan was medically attended keeping them alive which I was informed of their situation and the test results which I figured out that the Skyan in question had a problem that was mentally bothering them hence their sickness. The Skyan, after some prodding from me admitted the problem bothering them which I was annoyed to hear that they didn't bother to come to me with it in the first place."

The King paused then continued signing "I admit I had an ulterior motive when I gave out an order for a private talk with a Skyan was to get this Skyan to admit their problem with the sick Skyan. I used the excuse of wanting to know this Skyan's interest in being paired when it appeared that the Skyans I ordered were very hesitant to act out my orders. This suggested to me that the Skyans don't see me or the Queen as someone to confide their problems in which I'm disappointed about."

The King lowered his arms to place them on the arm rests. Torrin frowned as air floating monitors above abruptly shut off with whining squeals sounds. He turned sideways to look at the doorway as Aiden did the same to see two male Beddune each holding a spear in their hand walked into the room. He saw the King point a finger at him with his Human hand then saw the hand point to the Beddune which he bobbed his head up and down.

He heard one of the Beddune speak in Beddune language as he translated their words into Skyan language to the Skyans "Says we have a bone to pick with you Drainer King regarding the actions of your Drainers which we find intolerable."

He saw the King sign words which he spoke in Beddune Language "Says please explain the action for I like to know your point of view on it."

He translated the Beddune talk "Says the actions is the one called Aiden and another called Jimo who have violated our camp visitor rules involving Drainers. The rules state that Drainers wishing to visit us must go to a meeting spot and make noise of their presence which one of us will meet them and they must state their reason for the visit which the two named Drainers have failed to heed repeatedly."

He paused as the Beddune paused then continued translating "Says Drainer Aiden was seen dropping from the trees landing in the middle of the camp in one visit and in another visit walked with his companion Jimo in our camp unannounced, visits we find were to capture our leader bringing him to your castle. Our leader after returned by Aiden after the Drainer's first unannounced visit told him very clearly that he was to ask us first if the Drainers wanted anything from the Beddune something Aiden failed to take in due to his second unannounced visit with his companion Jimo capturing our leader."

He paused as the Beddune paused and he spoke the King's signing words "Says I get it your words on this request by your leader telling the Drainers to ask when they want something. This request for some reason hasn't been easily taken in by the Drainers for it's the second time they were told of this by another leader of another race. I'm disappointed that they failed to do this to the Beddune after being told of this by your leader."

Torrin paused as the King pause hands still up then he continued speaking in Beddune language as the King signed "Says I admit the Drainers at the time of those unannounced visits were currently having an internal dispute something they failed to share with myself and the Queen. I was told by medical personal that one of the Drainers wound up very sick and nothing medically wrong was found to cause the sickness which I deducted that they were having a problem bothering them. The sick Drainer in question when prodded by myself admitted the dispute which I am not pleased to hear. I have already told the Drainers when having an internal dispute to inform me and the Queen of the problem to help them solve it which they have failed to do so in the first place hence the internal dispute happening-"

A roar interrupted Brianna as she again paused only to feel Nikolas's hand onto her shoulder shaking her.

She removed Nikolas's hand snarling "Cut it out with that touching, Nicky! You know that Dictator gets jealousy mad whenever some male touches me! He always throws hissy fits as I call them screaming at me while in our hut alone to whine about his jealousy-"

Brianna was interrupted by Nikolas putting a hand over her mouth and making a Human gesture for quiet as she glared at him. She kept the glare as she heard from the Drainer behind her sounding like he was speaking the rest of the story.

Beddune give out warning that Drainers' unannounced visits won't be tolerated again and they will no longer see Drainers as allies but annoyances. King gets message by signing it with Torrin translating. Beddune leave and King gives out lecture to the Drainers that he doesn't want to lose the friendship with the Beddune for they have proven to be valuable allies along with getting them Cow gonoids to help with their feeding. King adds that the Drainers don't currently have Cow gonoids and will need to depend on the Beddune to get them for feeding at a later time and then dismisses the court which he and Queen go to their quarters. Torrin feels tired goes to his room followed by Shon and Sina going up the stairs silently. He stops at their room and tells the twins that he gets it that they don't like him which twins interrupt speaking that their fine with him and like him but don't like it when he blabs things by Drainers to the King which annoys them. Torrin tells twins that if they have a problem they should tell the King in a private talk and adds that the loneliness hitting him was making him sick literally to avoid taking in blood which he found out was nearly killing him and wants the twins to avoid having any problems making them sick literally which twins verbally get and he sees them go in their room gently closing the door. He goes to his tower room and falls asleep till its new sun day goes down to outside the courtyard to see Aiden kneeling while giving off Drainer crying sounds which he kneels next to, to place hand on Aiden shoulder apologizing for mating with Ann-Nea which Aiden later killed her and he's feeling like it explains why Aiden is upset. Aiden keeps giving off crying sounds which Torrin figures Aiden has a problem insists to him to tell the King which he hauls to the throne room to the stairwell where the King and Queen comes out of the elevator and Torrin tells them that Aiden needs a private talk with them which he tells Aiden to sign his words if he can't voice them and watches as the King with mate put Aiden in the elevator with the doors closing behind them. Torrin goes to the throne room which court is silent and hears one of them ask about Aiden's mood which Torrin speaks that he insisted to Aiden to have a private talk with the King and Queen who they met in the elevator because he's not the one to tell the monarchy the Drainers' problems for they should be doing it themselves. He goes to stand next to the doorway to a hallway leading to outside and waits as the King and Queen enter room that go to sit in thrones. Medical doctor arrives and speaks that there's a problem which with hesitance in her voice says that Aiden visit the vault where the eggs were kept and they heard him screaming in there went to see what the matter was and discovered all the eggs appearing to be destroyed. Medical Doctor continues that after Aiden left they accessed the computer monitors after a great deal of hacking by the techs discovered that the globe that formed over the castle shattered the eggs as it hit them and adds that Ann-Nea's egg sired by Aiden was among the casualties and that their checking other vaults scattered on Drainer land for any egg shattering results which she suspects happened to them too. Torrin opens his mouth to speak when he discovers he can't talk and hears a new Drainer voice sounding feminine speaking name Janise from behind him sounding very loud which he and Drainers look to see a female Drainer with appearance similar to Ann-Nea standing in doorway with two people male and female both appearing to be the same species but not Drainers which Torrin from memory figures that their Aquarians which he speaks his name while hearing the other translator Drainers speaking their names along with hearing Aiden speaking his name he spots walking between the Drainer groups towards him to stand besides him. He stares at Janise with curiosity as she and the two Aquarians walk into the room to face the Drainer King too many meters away. Janise translates the female Aquarian's talk who says her name as Lana and her mate's name as Gino and that she and her mate came from another island nation called Oceana where after three suns of carrying the doctors there thought she was having a Shadonian egg waited an extra four suns before taking it out and discovered the egg wasn't Shadonian which the Dream Guardian who the Sun Lord later revealed the name as Merra and gender as a female told the doctors that the egg was a Drainer and how to care for it for the Drainer to hatch and told them to use their medical advances to care for the child after it comes out of the egg. Lana continues that the hospital there reported the case of her carrying the Drainer egg to other island's major hospitals in their capital cities and how to care for one and she and her mate were later told that the Shadonia had cases of Drainer egg births on Shadan and that they were trying to find the Drainer stronghold in the globe lands in Americania to figure out what was going on with them hence the Drainer egg births. Lana continues that Janise's birth wasn't the last and that there have been about the same number of fingers of both of her hands Drainer births happened since Janise hatched from the egg and that the Drainers were told of the Drainers and their nest in Americania along with people struggling to find the stronghold to find out what was going on with them and to tell them of Drainer births happening in island nations.

Chapter Thirty Four

Torrin outside in the courtyard sees Aiden join him speaks that Aiden should take Janise as his mate for she's twin to Ann-Nea by appearances. Aiden speaks that he's struggling with that idea and has asked Janise who she's interested in being paired with which she has refused to say who to him after she discusses it with the Drainer King and Queen in a private talk.

Aiden and Jimo go to Beddune camp howling their arrival and brought into camp by Beddune. Aiden is in a bad mood growls angrily but is calmed by Jimo telling him that he'll do the talking which he listens as Jimo tells Beddune leader while noticing that the Beddune Leader's appearance is changed by hair around the head. He watches as a female Beddune leaves hut screaming a sound that sounds familiar to him and he notices her eyes seem familiar to him as she darts towards the Beddune Leader grabbing him in a hug. Aiden wonders to himself if the female he notices seems Human is someone he met before which he snaps a twig and Beddune fall hitting the ground then takes off his hat and throws it at the Beddune Leader knocking him out. Jimo scolds him for that which he speaks in Drainer language that the female who is on the ground still clinging to the Beddune Leader seems familiar to him like he knows her from some place and mentions wondering if she's a descendant of the two Human slaves that left the castle. He goes up to the female who has an ironclad grip on the Beddune Leader and with frustration brings his hat on her head knocking her out. He lifts her up and carries her with Jimo following out of camp which Jimo takes them to the castle. Once into the throne room he hears the King blow his whistle from sitting on his throne which he looks to see the King point a finger at him and sign a question about what's with the female Beddune. Aiden speaks that the looks of her and Human looks gave him a feeling that he knows her some where and brought her to the castle to be tested on whether she's a descendant of the two Human slaves Running Deer and Malaja Visser. Aiden sees the King is annoyed but backed up by Jimo who speaks that the female sounded Human and her eyes were human looking. Aiden sees the King look more annoyed who signs asking if the female is the Beddune Leader's mate which Aiden keeps his mouth shut but Jimo blabs that the female came out of the hut screaming and clung to the Beddune Leader needing reassurance and was very clingy to him after Aiden knocked him out. Aiden sees the king throw his hands up and then sign that the Skyans have brought the Beddune's wrath on them who will see them as an enemy for their leader he's told by Merra lost a female mate to death and will not be happy with them taking his second mate and will probably view them as his enemy and pass that view among his people. Aiden frowns but speaks that the Beddune became the Skyans' enemy when they failed to check on the Skyans knocked out by the globe the whole time it was there and the reason of having internal problems was just an excuse to explain their uncaring behavior towards the Skyans.

He hears agreements among the Skyan court behind him as the King he notices seems annoyed but doesn't sign any comment but points a finger at him and towards the elevator and then signs the words "Get out of here, Aiden."

Aiden obeys carrying the female Beddune to the elevator followed by Jimo which he takes to medical bay and tells the doctor to scan and test the female and see if she's a match as a descendant of Running Deer from the looks of familiarity when he saw her. His request is obeyed as he goes back to the throne room with Jimo standing next the female Beddune waiting to translate talk to stand watching the King who he notices is busy having a mental conversation he assumes with the Queen by their jerking heads while looking at each other.

He frown waiting as the King and Queen keep up their mental chat for a long time then he notices the medical doctor coming out of the elevator with her eyes narrowed who loudly speak "Excuse me your Kingship."

He frowns as the King and Queen turn their attention towards the medical doctor who speaks that test results on the female Beddune turn up a match as descendant of the Human slave Running Deer and his mate Malaja Visser. He hears growling noises from the Skyans in the room as the medical doctor continues that the female woke up and was interrogated with Jimo translating about herself and her family and who they are. The female gave the name of Rosa and said that a family legend that two predecessors named Samuel Stonehawk and his mate Malaja Visser came from Terrania to a world named Shadan through a travel gate seeing that they couldn't survive underneath the globe land with Malaja carrying her mother Rosalia and her mother's twin brother her uncle Samuel Junior which they lived on Shadan among Humans on Human land called United States of America. Rosa added that she's a hybrid of two species and has caused the death of several Humans while having rage episodes which the Humans were targeting her for death. Fearing for her life Ramses a mind walking plant transported her to a travel gate area and manipulated her to go through it which she arrived on Terrania and met Merra a mind walking plant similar to Ramses in a dream one night while there who manipulated her to go inside a plant and got herself Beddune which she came out and met the Beddune who took her to the Beddune Leader named Mason and took her as his mate. Aiden frowns hearing that as medical doctor continues to speak that Jimo there backed up some of her words by saying that Shadan is an actual world and that he's not from Terrania and came from the sky with another race that died off and that the race Rakcar was seen hanging around the city of Atlanta and he translated their talk with the Sun Lord and other people acting as their translator due to the Rakcar not able to hear sounds to pick up spoken languages for they anatomically don't have ears to hear with. He looked at the King who signs asking a question about Rosa being asked what she knows about Mason he names referring to the Beddune Leader. He waits as the medical doctor speaks that she has already asked that question which Rosa told her that she got the impression that Mason is similar to her a hybrid of two species and like her suffers rage episodes which she detailed that whenever she gets them she finds herself going unconscious and comes to once the rage episode has run it course with no memory of what she did running in her mind. Rosa added that she's told that her eyes turn all one color dark as night and she seems to act gonoid like when having a rage episode and has said that no one on Shadan has succeeded on bringing her out of the rage episode or controlling her when she's having one for she always comes out of it by herself and this mostly happens after she has killed people. Aiden frowns as the medical doctor stops talking. He stares at the King who signs asking himself if the weather is good enough for travel for he'll like to return Rosa back to her people and want Jimo to do it. He nods his head and walks out to the hallway to peer outside seeing water falling hard with lights flashing and booming noises. He walks back into the throne room to speak that its stormy outside and its not good conditions for globe traveling for the falling water can get into the globe and not come out filling it up and kill the Skyan who'll drown from it. He eyes the King who signs with Leeland translating his words talking to the Medical doctor to keep Rosa in medical bay and have Jimo stay with her till the weather outside are suitable for traveling.

He hears the medical doctor speak "Will do, Kingship" followed by her walking into the elevator and going out of sight.

He watches as the King and Queen get up from their seats walking in the aisle and going into a doorway out of sight. He hears chatter sounds from the Skyans and hears Torrin give off an angry Skyan sound which he takes Torrin's arm and pulls him into the hallway and asks what his problem is. Torrin speaks that Janise before she left taking her parents to Atlanta told him she wouldn't mate with any of the Skyans in the castle or be friendly with them while giving off the reason that the Skyans have a me, me attitude and an who cares about other races attitude an attitude she hates and finds it intolerable for Skyans to have and doesn't want anything to do with Skyans who have that attitude. Aiden growls out loudly that Janise hasn't been fully raised Skyan way and has been raised with influence from other races and their views towards the Skyans hence she complaining about some attitude she's getting from the Skyans is really what the other races view the Skyans as. Torrin frowns hearing Aiden's words as he feels a little weird out feeling hitting him.

He wonders what it was but tries to dismiss it and hears Merra's angry voice in his mind speaking with sarcasm "Yeah right, on what Aiden said. I can't believe how stupid Skyans are with not getting people's messages. The people are telling the truth on how Skyans are viewed because of Skyan behavior towards them. Harrumph Skyans don't view the King and Queen as their leader but you, Torrin as their leader."

Torrin feels himself a little confused speaks as Merra becomes silent "Aiden, humor me."

He sees the Skyan agree with a head bob which he continues to speak "Do you and the Skyans view me as your leader?"

He sees Aiden's lips turn into a thin line and adds "It's just the attitude impression I've been getting from the Skyans around here towards me that has me thinking that way."

He forms a frown on his lips to stare at Aiden who's lips form a frown and then Aiden speaks that he with others sharing that view oddly feels like seeing Torrin as the Skyans' leader from the moment Torrin made his presence known walking into the throne room with Arielia replacing the previous Torrin who died in front of them after the King was found in the castle. He frowns as Aiden continues to speak that a previous Torrin after the Skyans found the castle took charge of them acting as their leader ordering peace among them and managed to keep the King alive despite Skyan objections of having the King die and it was him who found Arielia from going into the city Atlanta and brought her to the castle for her to teach the King her sign language as a way of communicating with the King who had no spoken ability. Aiden adds that several previous Skyans using the title name of Torrin had a hand in raising Aiden himself who has outlived Skyans despite having a slow growth rate and kept him alive despite Skyans insisting that he die due to his slow growth and outliving normal Skyan life spans that he has viewed Torrin as a father figure from growing up and now sort of views him as his leader. He frowns hearing that as Aiden continues that viewing Torrin as a leader is a view shared among the other Skyans who are sort of strong fasted in that view and don't feel like giving the leadership to the King and Queen who keep insisting on that for they prefer Torrin to be the leader anyway. He exhales a breath and then in a polite tone asks Aiden if he doesn't mind informing the King and Queen about that just so they can stop their insisting and just be therapy for Skyans to go to for problems solving things and disputes for it's not his thing to do and prefers the King and Queen to do that job for him. He stares at Aiden who frowns with his lips while hoping that Aiden would agree which he hears Aiden with a groaning tone speak his agreement and then Torrin holds up his hand and speaks that they should shake on it.

He gets his hand shaken then he leaves the hallway to enter the throne room seeing the court is still there chattering among each other which he rubs a hand on his forehead showing a sign of Skyan tiredness and walks to the doorway to the stairs while hearing Aiden speaking from behind him "Shouldn't you all be going to bed? Torrin is doing it so get around and do it."

He hears chatter stop as he walks up the stairs and till he reaches the King's quarters rings the doorbell and hears a command to come it which he walks by Vane the gonoid guard to go inside the quarters to see the King sitting at a table with the Queen opposite from him. Torrin speaks relaying his conversation with Aiden to the King and Queen who don't show emotion which he feels the familiar weird feeling again wonders what it is that has him confused as he finishes his talk. He frowns as the King signs asking him if there's anything else he wants to say which Torrin senses the King got his message but is angry about it speaks a no comment then is ordered out which he goes up the stairs to his bedroom and lies on the mattress shutting his eyes.

Chapter Thirty Five

Aiden asleep in his quarters is hearing noises that sound like someone is crying that bothers him till he gets up going to his door yanking it open. He hears the noises again sounding like their coming from down the stairs exhales a breath and walks down the stairs reaching the bottom to see a doorway leading to the cow pen enclosure room which he walks in and hears the crying noise very loudly coming from there. Aiden walks into the room to see with shock cows the same number of his fingers on one of his hands standing in the enclosure that stop giving off the crying noises which he see one of them is all night sky colored and with horns on the head. He hears a tired Beddune like voice sounding from the cows saying that the cows are hungry and food is the bales besides Aiden and is too tired to bother getting them. He looks at his left to see boxy grass bales piled up which he lifts up two and tosses them into the enclosure then does the same with three more of them then walks up to the enclosure fence to peer among the cows searching for the Beddune while looking at their backs which he doesn't see the Beddune and hears a snoring sound which he spots the Beddune male lying on his right on the floor curled in a ball walks up to him to stand staring at the male while feeling his senses blare which he is confused about but shrugs and then leaves the cow enclosure room going up the stairs to his room to lie on his bed and feels a little ashamed with his behavior towards the Beddune which he feels a little upset about but manages to fall asleep.

Chapter Thirty six

Jimo returns from returning Rosa to her people walks into the throne room thinking that he'll keep his mouth shut about the Beddune declaring Skyans as their enemy. He hears the King's whistle looks to see the King pointing a finger at him and reads the King's sign language signing asking about the Beddune's attitude towards the Skyans. Jimo speaks that the Beddune are very furiously angry towards the Skyans with the taken of Rosa which he gets the impression that the Beddune value their females very sacredly and that Rosa being Mason's second female replacing another female who died being taken has them upset about it which shows that they are still not over the first female's death and are being very protective toward Rosa to keep her alive. Jimo frowns as he stops talking to fold his arms while staring at the King who's Human hand starts making a scratching motion on the arm rest on the throne chair-

One again another roar was heard from the Drainer, via Brianna's ears. She felt annoyance take hold again feeling Nikolas's hand onto her shoulder shaking her. She removed his hand and snarled recalling the rest of the story speaking it.

Chapter Thirty Seven

Torrin stands in the hallway to witness Amula coming into the hallway who asks him in Beddune language to talk to his King which he speaks that the Drainer court is gathering soon and that the King and Queen will arrive and rulers have to sit down before opening court or talk among Drainers and other people. He frowns sensing something odd about the Amula but leads them into the throne room which he waits as Jimo arrives doing a double take look at the Amula but baring his teeth aimed at them which he hears Jimo speak in Rayala that the visitors looked plant infected from their eyes colored of a plant person which he finds Jimo's words true to see that and notices that the males change into wolves while the female keeps her human form. He waits as the King and Queen arrive to sit noticing the King baring his teeth aimed at the Amula before sitting down. He frowns as the King signs with Leeland translating what the Amula want now seemingly rude which he politely relays the King's words in Amula's language sounding it in a polite way instead of rude. He translates the Amula's female's talk accusing the Beddune's Leader of killing off Amula and that both races have a war with each other at the moment and the Amula's leaders told her to tell the Drainers about it. He sees Aiden come in as the female Amula cuts her talk which he stops translating as Aiden speaks in Rayala commenting that the Amula are lying about their talk and he got the real story from a mind walking plant named Merra which he hears Leeland interrupt Aiden speaking as the King's voice that Merra told him of everything going on between Beddune and Amula and isn't happy that the Drainers are thrust in the conflict due to the Amula visiting the Drainers to talk about their war with Beddune. He frowns as the female Amula speaks a comment sounding like she wants to know what the Drainers plan to do about the Beddune killing off Amula which he translates only to hear a loud voice yell a comment of lying and that Amula are killing Beddune in Beddune language and not the other way around which he looks at the doorway to spot a male Beddune holding a spear sounding furiously angry as monitors in the room turn off and hears Aiden translate the Beddune's words. Torrin feels himself disgusted as the Amula female counterattacks the male Beddune's statement by insisting that their leader killed off Amula which he translates as Aiden translates the Beddune's accusing the Amula of killing Beddune on the orders of their male pack leader who was once the plant people's leader and is targeting the Beddune because their leader killed off plant people and that the plant people passed away leaving the male pack leader angry enough to order the Beddune's execution. Torrin feels himself more disgusted as the Amula and Beddune get into a verbal sparring argument subject about the male pack leader which he and Aiden translates to the Drainer court till he hears a Drainer howl sounding angry sounding in Jimo's voice which cuts the argument between Beddune and Amula short by them both looking in Jimo's direction which he looks at the Drainer who speaks in Beddune language which he translates in Rayala that this war conflict between Beddune and Amula is getting ridiculous due to being aware that Amula have Beddune offspring to put in a plant dubbed Merra kid which the offspring comes out as Beddune and the Amula have been doing it without complaining about the Beddune's actions towards their kind which he's furious that the Amula are obviously angry about something and is taking it out on the Beddune hence they attempting to kill off Beddune and demands that the Amula to spill the real reason for that anger now or suffer Drainer anger wrath for getting them involved in this conflict which has them very annoyed at both the Amula and Beddune for this war fight which both races should be in peace with each other instead of fighting. He cuts his translating short as Jimo stops talking to growl loudly while hearing the other Drainers in the room echo Jimo's growling sounds as he sees the King has his hand scratching the arm rest in a slow movement that tells him that the King is furious but not sure who he's angry at. Torrin clamps his mouth shut as he eyes the Amula female while sensing nervousness hitting her and hears the Beddune speak loudly that the Amula aren't leaving till they talked that reason out now and he wants to hear what it is period. He translates the Beddune's words then clamps his mouth shut to fold his arms glaring at the Amula female who look nervous while sensing that from her to witness her change into a gonoid before changing back to Human with some look of surprise on her face before talking in Beddune language some nervous tone he translates that the anger is nothing more than their male pack leader taking it out on the Beddune for the death of plant people the male pack leader used to lead before the plant people died off and is furiously angry at the Beddune's leader for killing off plant people and not punished for doing the killing and is taking it out on the leader's people hence he ordering Amula to kill off Beddune which half the Amula have balked on doing the order due to the male's mate have ordered them to balk and the other half are doing the male's order anyway due to that the male is their leader and they do what leader says period which the view is shared among the balking Amula seeing that in the female pack leader. Torrin continues to translate as the female Amula talks that the female and male pack leaders have been arguing about punishing the Beddune's leader for killing off plant people as the cause of why that race was dying off. The female Amula continues to talk that the pack leaders have gotten the Amula involved in their argument which their currently fighting among each other on which pack leader to follow orders on due to that the male is ordering death to Beddune while the female is ordering the Beddune to be kept alive and left alone which Amula are divided on whether to do either order and are fighting among each other on which pack leader to follow hence Amula angry and is targeting the Beddune blaming them for their problem with their pack leaders-

A roar interrupted Brianna from the Drainer sounding behind her.

She gave Nikolas a glare who hissed "He's hungry and itching to feed on one of us' essence hence the noises he's making. So talk more of the story and ignore who he picks as his victim."

She spoke the story while glaring at Nikolas who kept on glancing back at her and at the Drainer behind her, she heard was growling softly.

Chapter Thirty Eight

Aiden sees the scene become black comes to screaming out a cry finding himself lying in medical bay and sees the Drainer King next to him that signs that Torrin with the Drainers' help have removed him and the Queen from their leadership position and there's nothing they can do to get the position back due to that the Drainers have their minds made up. Aiden doesn't comment groans that he needs to feed and is handed a packet which he gulps down by straw and then gets up which the Drainer King signs to him that Torrin has given an explanation to Ann Nea's drowning death by Aiden's hand as Beddune gave her some sickness and Aiden was forced to put her down to ease her suffering. He doesn't comment asks about the egg she birthed and told by the Drainer King that it like the other eggs were found shattered to pieces and that the shield was recorded did the destruction while knocking out the Drainers. Aiden feels himself sad hearing that gets up speaking that he wants to leave the medical bay and see Ann Nea's body only told that its missing and that evidence points to a Drainer taking her out of the morgue and can't find where it is along with the Drainers not coming forwards admitting to the deed. Aiden feels himself annoyed speaks that he wants to get out of medical bay and go meet the Drainer court which he doesn't get protest from the Drainer King who follow him out to the throne room and greeted warmly by Drainers as the Drainer King goes to sit down on the floor next to the Drainer Queen and goes to stand in his regular spot as Torrin arrives which shuts up the Drainers and watches him sit down in the throne chair and then hears monitors in the room shut themselves off which he sees Beddune standing in the doorway knocks two of them out and tries to knock out the taller one out who catches his hat and hears Jimo yell that the catcher is the leader and not Human despite sensing something like that from him and adds that a Human wouldn't be able to catch a Drainer's weapon thrown at them. He watches as the leader drops the hat on the ground and wills it back to him putting it on his back and stands glaring at him, as the Amula arrive demanding why their allies were knocked out hearing Jimo translate it in Rayala. He hears Torrin speaking in Rayala to him to explain to the Amula that which he explains what he heard from the Drainer King talking about Ann Nea. He watches as the Amula female orders the waken Beddune to leave and sees the medical doctor arrive pushing Ann Nea's body in a wheelchair saying that she was found in the gate room by a Drainer going in there and found her body there. He doesn't comment as he hears the Beddune's leader point out Ann Nea as the one sick and put down which he confirms and then sees one of the Unnamed Ones change into a gonoid that goes to Ann Nea and then goes to him touching his private with its nose and ignores it which the gonoid changes into a male Human that point a finger at him and speaks in Beddune that Aiden poisoned Ann Nea through mating and that he doesn't smell like a full Drainer which gets him roaring angrily and restrained by two Drainers while hearing Jimo yell the Amula's words in Rayala. He feels too angry to pay attention to Drainers talking around him eyes the male Amula with anger running through him feeling himself furious with the male's words and senses that the male is telling the truth with them and not kidding that makes him still furiously angry hearing it. He hears chatter from the Drainers talking loudly about banishing him from the castle focuses his attention on Torrin who speaks ordering him banished from the castle saying that he's not fully one of them as proven only to hear a whistle blast sound from the Drainer King and eyes him signing some question of Torrin's attitude change towards Aiden as in known to care for Aiden and keeping him alive when it was obvious that he wasn't fully Drainer despite outliving Drainer life spans. He yanks himself out of Jimo and Leeland's arm grips and continues to eye the Drainer King as Torrin speaks that he was a fool for not listening to the other Drainers warning him of Aiden doing something terrible to the Drainers and killing one of them off. He watches as the Drainer King signs to Torrin demanding an explanation to Torrin's attitude change and Torrin refusing to give an answer saying that he was a fool and wants Aiden gone which he and the Drainer King get in argument about that. He feels fed up with that as Torrin roars out enough comment which the Drainer King stops signing and is ordered out of the castle by Torrin and told not to come back or be executed with death for killing one of them sounding firm. Aiden doesn't protest feels Jimo's hand on his shoulder pushing him which he walks to stand next to the Drainer King and then walks to the doorway watching the female Amula yank the Beddune's leader out of the way which he walks out to the hallway and out of the castle to meet two Beddune there who tell him that Jimo came to their camp and told them the situation regarding Ann Nea and had her body transported to the nearest city called Atlanta for testing which the results said that a male Drainer poisoned her through mating which gets him annoyed as the Beddune add that Jimo mentioned that there were Drainers living in the city when he admitted his talk to them and hears Merra sounding in his mind as they become silent that their not kidding about the city having Drainers due to that there were Drainers born elsewhere all over Terrania and that the Drainers have for now mostly agreed to let whoever has the title of President of Americania as their Drainer Lord and keep them in peace but their thinking of needing an experienced Drainer who had a ruler to assist with their declared Drainer Lord due to that the person isn't a Drainer and doesn't know how to handle Drainer business which Aiden is aware of can help with once he gets himself to the city and makes himself known to that person holding the title who is a Human female at the moment and closely guarded by Drainers along with the same to her offspring a male who'll take the title once its time for him to do it. Aiden hears from Merra that it was Jimo who suggested this to her after being in the city and overhearing Drainers complain about not having an experienced Drainer with experience under being ruled by a Drainer and knowing Drainer business despite their Drainer Lord being a Human who doesn't know a thing about them and needs a Drainer to help explain things to get it what the Drainers are complaining about. Aiden groans loudly and hears the Beddune talk a question of what Aiden can do to stay alive and have a purpose to live despite losing things dear to him. He groans again and then forms a globe over himself and then flies it to the city of Atlanta landing in front of the Sun Lord's building on the steps then puts the globe back and sees natives have noticed his arrival and are chattering among each other talking about his arrival and hearing talk about them recognizing him as Aiden a predecessor of the Sun Lord and that the city's Drainers have been overheard to having a certain fondness towards him which he feels confused hearing that continues to listen to the chatter talking about the fondness is that the Drainers say that Aiden has been revealed to be like the Sun Lord having some deathless status due to being known to out live Drainers which he feels shocked hearing that frowns and walks down the steps towards the crowd that become silent seeing him near them. He shrugs and speaks an excuse me comment along with he heard that the Drainers have announced Americania's president as their Drainer Lord and wants to meet the person to discuss something with them and see if he can give them assistance with Drainer business due to not having anything to do at the castle and being very bored and wants a purpose to have something to do. He halts his walking to stare at the crowd as one a Felidae he recognizes points in a direction and speaks that the President's office building is that way with twin Drainers standing in front of the entrance as guards and sees the Felidae is gesturing to a building in the vicinity of his finger point which he speaks a thank you comment then walks off seeing the crowd scatter in front of him and goes to the building to find the entrance having two Drainers standing in front on the steps that straighten up their forms seeing him also unfolding their arms and appearing to give him attention. He frowns as they gesture for him to go inside by them pointing a finger at the doorway which he obeys and wanders inside the building to meet a female Drainer that was lounging in a chair get up with a start staring at him speaking the name of Tonya loudly which he speaks his name and then adds that he's here to stay in the city due to not having anything to do at the castle and was very bored and needs a job and was told by the natives to come here. He frowns as Tonya speaks that the President is in resident at the moment and needs a Drainer to explain the business of being Drainer Lord along with a Drainer to explain what the Drainers are complaining about due to not being a Drainer and that none of the Drainers in the city or anywhere has come forwards willing to take the job. Aiden speaks that he'll take the job due to that he needs something to do while living here and he's bored of the castle Drainers and their whining about living there that have him bored with that and that he wants something to do and finding nothing to do while living in the castle. He hears from Tonya that someone will come and escort him to the President due to those visitors and their words are recorded in the lobby by security that'll send someone to come take Aiden to the President for talking about taking the job and he should be patient and wait for them to check him out first. He doesn't comment folds his arms and frowns as Tonya continues to stare at him with widen eyes while sensing she's checking him out by her looking him up and down and hears a faint giggle noise coming from her which he figures that she likes him hence the noises and feels a little annoyed with that due to feeling that he's banned from taking a female Drainer as a mate due to what he did to Ann Nea as revealed by the Amula and Beddune and doesn't want to go through that suffering again. He hears an elevator doors open and hears a loud voice Highlander like yell his name and get over inside which he notices the elevator in the wall with a Highlander wearing some uniform that gestures for him to come inside. Aiden obeys and once inside with the doors shut feels the thing move up and is told by the Highlander that the President he names as Lia Victorian Kossman will be relieved to see him including hearing him wanting to live in the city needing something to do which she has been requesting a Drainer to assist her with her Drainer Lord duties for awhile and none of the Drainers have bothered to come forwards to take the job due to them insisting that the Drainer who takes the job has to come from the castle and have experience of being ruled by a Drainer as their Drainer Lord and know what business that the Drainers are complaining about. He doesn't comment recalls his dream about sensing Merra talking to Torrin about the castle Drainers having me, me attitude and that the city's Drainers don't want anything to do with them which he frowns wondering if it was what was going on or a figment of his mind which he keeps his mouth shut and follows the Highlander out of the elevator to a hallway pass Highlanders standing in front of doors and reaches a set of double doors at the end of the hallway having two Highlander guards standing in front of that which one opens the door and he follows the Highlander escort inside to meet President Kossman to see that she's a Human female who speaks his name of Aiden and saying that she was wondering when the castle Drainers would send someone to do her request as asked to the Drainers who have been balking it for awhile. He decides to speak the truth to her speaks that he was pointed out to be responsible for a female Drainer's sickness through mating and he drowned her to death just prior to the pointed out and pointed out to not be fully Drainer despite outliving Drainer life spans and that their new appointed castle Drainer Lord kicked him out of the castle and told him not to return period or be executed which someone at the castle told him of the city having Drainers living there and overheard the Drainers complaining went to see what he could do and found out about the President's request by the crowd nearby chattering about it in his presence and adds that the kicked out status means that he can't communicate with them and that the Drainers will have to find another way of communicating with the castle Drainers for he's not keen on doing it due to knowing that the castle Drainers would execute him on the spot instead of listening to his talk due to being aware of the attitude of their newly appointed Drainer Lord which would spread to the other Drainers. He stops talking to frown as President Kossman looks annoyed speaks asking who this new appointed Drainer Lord is for she heard that their Drainer King was some water sucker without clear details mentioned on how the Drainer King does the sucking. He exhales a breath and speaks that it's the Drainer court that have made up their minds to give the position to a Drainer named Torrin who he's well known and aware of that took the position without protest to that and it was the Drainer court who insisted on his banishment which Torrin agreed to and he thinks from the way things are going at the castle that it's the Drainer court who rules them with Torrin giving out orders said by them as some figurehead but he's not sure of that at the moment for it was the impression he got just prior to being kicked out of the castle by them-

Brianna found her mouth covered by Nikolas as she heard a soft growling noise to find the Drainer walking into sight going up to the Hayu's leader.

She removed Nikolas's hand off her mouth while hearing him hiss "Just speak the story now. Ignore him picking me as his victim."

Brianna sighed and continued the story while eyeing the Drainer staring at Nikolas.

Chapter Thirty Nine

Jimo eyes the Unnamed One female to hear the Drainer court mention feeding off the Unnamed Ones and Beddune which he sees some awareness look in the female's eyes and face that tells him she knows what was said yanks the Beddune's leader out of sight while giving off glares at the male Unnamed Ones. He continues to watch them leave hears a Drainer roaring sound followed by Drainers darting into his eyes' sight going out which he stands with arms folded watching the doorway and sees the Drainers come back hauling gonoids he stares at with confusion followed by the Beddune and hears Torrin ordered the Beddune sucked off. He hears the Beddune's leader ask a question about what the Drainers know of a species named Amula which he translates then speaks in Beddune that their capable of defeating a Drainer in physical combat. He sees the leader eye the gonoids then puts hands on the Beddune companions and back out of the room darting out of sight which he notices that the male was staring at the gonoids. He asks Leeland what happened to the Humans and why there's gonoids and hears the Drainer say that their part of the Unnamed Ones who have an ability to change into gonoid and Human back and forth realizes that their the Amula. He stiffens as he realizes that the Amula poisoned themselves due to hearing moaning sounds behind him from the Drainers that he senses fed off them and got the Drainers sick. He hears Torrin roaring silence comment then eyes the Drainer who speaks ordering Jimo to go get the Beddune's leader and don't come back without him. Jimo says he'll obey darts out of the castle which he fiddles with himself to yank off his tracker device off of him then forms a globe over himself and takes a wild wacky route to the Beddune's camp just in case he might be followed and reaches the camp to howl a call and gets a Beddune which he asks for their leader who arrives. He speaks that Torrin ordered him to get the Beddune's leader and don't comeback without him which he's not doing and isn't returning to the castle. He's going to the nearest city to stay there due to that there's Drainers there and managed to ditch his tracker device off of him in the vicinity of the castle. He also says that he managed to keep the Drainers from tracking him to the Beddune's camp. He adds that he figured out the Amula were the Humans gonoid changing people who were reportedly said to physically defeat a Drainer in combat fight and that the ones at the castle had poison in their system allowing Drainers to feed off them from hearing sick noises sounding from Drainers who fed off them. His ads that he's going now and tells Beddune leader not to visit the castle without Merra scanning them for detecting their moods he sees Beddune leader get it his talk leaves walking out of sight to form a globe and goes to the city of Atlanta and flies to there landing on the Sun Lord's steps then wanders around meeting Drainers and introducing himself to them saying he's here to stay and not have anything to do with the castle Drainers due to sensing some negative attitude that he didn't like. He hears Merra say in his mind to refrain from talking about Torrin taking the leadership due to sensing that the Drainers have some interests in him and isn't sure what it is. Jimo doesn't comment obeys Merra's talk and refrains from talking about Torrin to the Drainers who seem to get it his talk. He meets two Drainers who insists to him to lead them to the castle for they heard of the situation regarding the castle Drainers led by court with a figurehead in place to give out their orders which shocks him. Jimo doesn't comment obeys transporting the two male Drainers to the castle and brings them inside to the doorway only to hear the Drainer court comment loudly that the Beddune killed off Jimo due to that he hasn't returned yet which he hears a whistle blast sound and eyes the Drainer King who cuts off the chatter to point a finger at him standing in the doorway and hears gasps sounds very loudly as he bares his teeth saying his name of Jimo while hearing Torrin and the other equal Drainers saying their names followed by him giving off a roaring sound of anger towards the Drainer court only to hear a whistle blast sound cutting him off. He glares at the Drainer King who signs with Leeland voicing his words that he challenges Torrin in a physical combat battle with the prize is the leadership of the Skyans and that any Skyan wants the leadership they have to fight a physical combat battle for it with the winner declared Drainer Lord along with loser Skyans giving oaths to back off challenging till after a certain time period passes. He hears jeering laughter among the Drainer court along with comments saying that Torrin will easily defeat the fool they refer to the Drainer King due to how easily defeated he was when they brought him down to put Torrin in his place as leader. Jimo stiffens hearing that continues to eye the Drainer King to notice that he has a smirk on his lips and figures that the Drainer King is up to something hence his lips like that refrains from speaking it. He eyes Torrin who gets up and does the Drainer feet wiping move while bending down pointing a finger at the Drainer King, he eyes gets up from the floor and walks towards Torrin with arms down on sides. Jimo frowns as Torrin charges at the Drainer King while giving off a roaring sound and grimaces watching as the Drainer King halts his walk and waits as Torrin reaches him to throw a fist into his face only to give off a yelp of pain sound as his fist touches the Drainer King's face before throwing more fists along with giving off growling sounds and yelps of pain each time he touches the Drainer King. Jimo frowns wondering what's going on with Torrin acting like that who charges full body attack towards the Drainer King to see the ruler halt Torrin's attack by Human hand on Torrin's neck and feels shocked as the ruler lifts up Torrin dangling the Drainer's feet while turning around to stare at the Drainer Court with mouth in some smirk look. He stiffens seeing that as the Drainer King continues to hold Torrin who he notices can't seem to get himself freed from the ruler's hold on his neck despite his attempts. Jimo continues to frown as he hears from one of the Drainers next to him from the city speak loudly a thought so comment and says that there's trickery going around here judging by hearing things going on with the castle Drainers which he hears multiple gasps in response. Jimo frowns covering his teeth to watch as the Drainer King tosses Torrin forwards from him who flies in the air backwards at a high height and length away and sees the Drainer adjust his position in the air to land on the ground on his feet while folding his arms and snarling out that the Skyan Lord he refers to the Drainer King played the Skyans in some joke trick and doesn't find it amusing. He eyes the Drainer King who folds his arms as the Drainer Queen comes into view to stand next to the ruler with arms folded and notices that the male ruler still has that smirk look on his lips. He frowns as the Drainer King, signs voiced by Leeland that the Skyans are apparently bored with their life living at the castle from overhearing complaints about it in private and needed something to do which he provided. He hears a roar from Torrin sounding angry walks to stand with the rulers behind him and eyes Torrin who does the feet wiping gesture again while bending down charging towards his direction which Jimo remembers training by the Rakcar steps aside at the last minute leaving his foot out to trip Torrin who hits the floor with a loud grunt and puts a foot on Torrin's chest as the Drainer twists onto his back and finds that Torrin's efforts to remove his foot off his chest isn't working by hands attacking his ankle in some scratching clawed hand move figures that Torrin is angry and is taking it out on Drainers which he figures that he'll keep Torrin on the floor till the Drainer calms down. He continues to hold Torrin who keeps on attacking his ankle along with trying to yank apart the skin clothing on the ankle area by picking at it and remembers the Rakcar telling him that Drainers can't tear another Drainer's skin clothing regardless of doing it bare handed continues to hold Torrin down who keeps on picking on his ankle. He hears a whistle blast sound eyes the Drainer King that spits out the whistle that is hung around his neck by chain that signs with Leeland voicing his words that he orders Torrin to be in the brig and remain there for a certain time frame until ordered out and he'll set aside the stunt of the Drainer Court attacking him and his mate without warning about it and putting Torrin in leadership position to use him as figurehead for their orders on leading the Skyans living here. Jimo looks down at Torrin sensing that the Drainer has stopped picking on his ankle and eyes him to see he looks angry removes his foot to witness the Drainer throw himself up with a familiar acrobatic move and walk out of the room pushed into a fast pace by Leeland following him with hands on the Drainer's back-

Brianna cut herself off once the Drainer in front of her gave up a loud growl and in a fast move grabbed Nikolas by the shirt lifting him up.

"Tell the story!" She heard yelled by Nikolas as the Drainer she saw proceeded to put a hand onto Nikolas's chest making his neck appear swollen.

She gulped as the Drainer bared his teeth showing two becoming large and fanged followed by getting Nikolas into an arm lock move and then bit the Hayu leader onto the neck with his teeth. She gulped seeing the Drainer feeding off Nikolas as in sucking the blood as she cleared her throat and spoke the story ignoring the scene finding the offsprings were staring at her with glares.

Chapter Forty

Aiden in the Lia's presence he refers her that to himself despite saying Drainer Lord to her gets ordered to bring her to the Drainer's castle due to receiving communication from Merra that she should visit period and adds that she's wearing a tracking signal which cut off would say that she's passed away. Aiden notices the Shadonian Ambassador in the room along with Lia's government advisor a Highlander there speaks a not accurate comment to Lia who looks at him with a frown which he adds that the Drainers got into contact with several manoid species who use the forest lands to survive as their way of life and one of them has an unexplained ability to turn off any kind of technology in their mere presence and that Drainer tech has been turned off in their presence whenever this species visit the Drainer castle and that this species has visited unannounced before unsure of the number of times. Aiden hears from Merra abruptly that she'll keep this species from visiting the castle so that Lia's people won't be too upset when her tracker is turned off and that Lia will be fine visiting the castle due to detecting things going on that suggested that. He eyes Lia who appears to frown as in hearing Merra's talk which she again orders him to take her. He adds what Merra said about having him take her either alone or accompanied with a guard gets from her that Merra said alone with Aiden due to that the Drainers aren't too keen on having armed manoid species people in their castle and would react badly from it. Aiden gives out a fine comment then with Lia goes to an open balcony and forms a globe over himself which he sees Lia get inside and travels it to the castle landing and reverting the globe back into himself which he and Lia enter the hallway to see Leeland push Torrin into the hallway which Aiden yanks off his hat seeing Torrin halt his walking making Leeland push him some more followed by jabbing Leeland in the stomach with an arm bent move who stops pushing to bend down which Aiden throws his hat aimed at Torrin's head seeing it hit home as the Drainer turns to face his direction and sees him get knocked out unconscious by hitting the floor. Aiden gets his hat back into his hand speaks his name loudly as Leeland straightens his form and does a double take look speaks his name and hears from Merra sounding in his mind that she manipulated Torrin's mind to put him in some sleep mode which he'll wake up by himself at a later time and that he's out and will be out enough for Leeland to put him in a cell without waking up from that. Aiden doesn't comment in response gestures to Lia to come along with a hand signal and senses her escorting him into the castle room while seeing the Drainer King sit down in the throne chair as the Drainer Queen sits on the floor which he speaks his name loudly seeing Jimo and Kayra in the room standing besides the rulers and gets their names in response then gently takes Lia's arm to stand in the room facing the rulers which he speaks to her in Americanian in a low tone to talk for he'll translate due to sensing that she's supposed to be the one talking which he releases his hold on her arm. He gets from Lia speaking in Americanian as he translates in Rayala that her name is Lia Victorian mated name Kossman and that cycles ago a female family predecessor of hers to the ruler of Americania name of the land the Drainer castle is occupied along with other places called cities, title called President was declared despite not being a Drainer, Lord and ruler of the Drainers all over this planetary world unanimously on the name Terrania which the title and position was passed to her. He eyes the King getting no reaction from him or hearing any chat from the Skyan court as Lia continues with him translating that local Drainers told her that they and other planetary Drainers have agreed that they wanted a Drainer to take control of the leadership due to overhearing some negative comments from other species as in doing something bad to their Drainer Lord and taking advantage of their ruler not being a Drainer and that they put word out in various places to species to spread the word all over Terrania that she herself holding the Drainer Lord position was only temporary which Aiden refrains from sounding shocked hearing that continues translating that the Drainers mentioned that they already have a Drainer in mind and needed her once the time was right to speak to this Drainer on taking the position which she's told is not a bloody essence Drainer but another version of a Drainer who's currently in a leadership position among a group of Drainers and reportedly would be too powerful for other species to attempt to put down due to having Drainers very zealously guarding very strongly enough to want to keep this Drainer alive at whatever price tag including taking other species lives in the process which Aiden figures out that she's referring to the Drainer King himself as she pauses from talking and hears from her add with him translating that its the Drainer seated in the chair who she's talking about asking a request to take the planetary Drainer Lord position and she's adds that she's warning that the other Drainers from talks to her have made it clear appearing to have their minds made up on who they want as Drainer Lord and that they won't take any refusal request period from the selected Drainer who they want as their leader and will still insist on this Drainer to take the position and see that this happens period. He hears nothing more from Lia eyes her to see her arms are folded while having mouth shut which he looks at the Drainer King who signs with Jimo translating which he knows that Lia is fluent in hand language that the ruler is using doesn't have to translate for her that he accepts her request but don't expect him to leave the castle flaunting himself to others as the Drainer Lord for he's not interested in doing that at the moment but perhaps later he'll do it when he feels like he needs to do it and adds signing asking if the planetary Drainers made it very clear to the Terrania natives on who they selected as Drainer Lord due to that there's Hades reportedly another version of a Drainer and doesn't want the natives to assume Hades as the leadership position. He hears Lia speaks in Americanian as he translates in Rayala that when the Drainers informed her of the leadership change and that the Drainer they wanted was some version of a Drainer she told them in very clear terms that they were to make it very clear with good description on what version that Drainer was due to telling them that people would assume Hades or people who once hold the Hades title that changed into some version of a Drainer along with reportedly informing the Drainers of a legend involving a Human named Nikolas was another version of a Drainer who was prophesied to return reborn in another body form before becoming Nikolas fully which Aiden stiffens hearing that refrains from having it in his voice tone seeing the Drainer King's Human hand turn into a fist while on the armrest of the chair and continues to translate that the prophecy recently came true and that Nikolas is seen hanging around the Sun Lord's residence going around as Hades and has reportedly told her in a firm tone that he's not interested in taking the Drainer Lord position and doesn't want it which she told the Drainers after a private meeting with him. He hears Lia pause to make her familiar throat clearing noise followed by again speaking with him translating that the Drainers got it her words and told the other species that the Drainer they selected is really some version of a Drainer that doesn't suck bloody essence from people's bodies instead sucks some kind of water substance which they repeatedly said to people including her which she's hearing it all over Terrania from land rulers asking her about it which she confirmed that the Drainer is real and not a joke and what the Drainers wanted as their leader. He continues to hear while translating that she heard that according to Merra when asked by her on this water sucker Drainer sucking a person how the person feels which she admitted to scanning the mind of people being sucked by that Drainer and said that a person would feel terrible pain all over that is similar to some medical condition dubbed Han's Syndrome which is some very painful body condition involved with the loss of a mate which Aiden stiffens hearing recalling himself going through that and having some odd dreams in his mind while the pain knocked him out unconscious for a uncertain time period unknown. Aiden feels his voice cut off interrupting his translating while hearing Lia stop talking to give off an Hmph sound along with the word Nikolas which he hears the word Hades sounding in a familiar voice towards the doorway which he looks with annoyance to see the familiar Drainer standing there accompanied by a female Human that makes him think her appearance is odd while in some chair with wheels who's arms are folded with a glare on her face. Aiden speaks his name as Jimo, Kayra and Leeland he hears sounding behind him speaks it followed by hearing Jimo translating the Drainer King's talk which he translates in Americanian what the point of Hades' visit due to that he and this male named Teorjer died in front of them in the castle and triplet people arrived that ignored them and balked on giving their names to shoot lightening at Hades and Teorjer causing some globe to come out of the both of them that joined into one globe and became bigger and bigger which knocked the Drainers out unconscious but they could see by ghostly forms hidden to each other that the globe formed over the castle and a good amount of land due to that their ghostly forms weren't contained in the castle and that they could travel all over within the vicinity of the globe and saw various things including some people trying to repeatedly travel over a river that formed a boundary line over part of the land under the globe which gonoids acted nasty towards the people keeping them from doing it and that the land the people traveled over wasn't on the large size but had multiple entrances for people to gain and that the area was the only area where they could gain entrance to the globe which other sides of the globe didn't appear to have entrances judging by not seeing people enter from there and demands Hades to explain this stunt period or he'll have Drainers suck that female he's with to death period. Aiden folds his arms while eyeing Hades to hear from the female the Drainer is with speaking in Americanian which he translates in Rayala that Nikolas doesn't know a thing about that stunt due to that he was according to Merra scanning his mind once he was declared Nikolas and Hades as well was knocked out unconscious from feeling some sick feeling in his stomach and that he recalls that Teorjer seemed sick in front of him by giving off gasping sounds very loudly which he quit it before they both entered the castle throne room to stand facing the Drainer King which he felt himself passing out unconscious as in put to sleep and then the next memory Nikolas has is being held in the arm of a male later identified as the Sun Lord like he was a baby offspring before another memory of standing in some special offspring bed giving off noises and sees the Sun Lord who would raise him as another species but same species as the Sun Lord himself, before becoming Nikolas and Hades fully, as his parent come into view to pick him up and hold him then remembers a life being raised by the Sun Lord and his mate as their offspring fully in his mind after that and that's all Nikolas remembers or know regarding that stunt the Drainer Lord is referring to. Aiden frowns as she stops talking which he stops translating to look at the Drainer King to hear Merra's voice sounding in his mind that the female she dubs Raisa isn't kidding on what she said regarding Nikolas due to that she scanned Nikolas's mind very thoroughly at his request after numerous people asking him questions on what happened to cause him to disappear for a certain time period before coming back reborn and had no known memory to answer their questions which he asked Merra herself to scan his mind and help him give them an answer which was what Raisa said was discovered fully in his mind and that the official answer to the people asking him questions about his disappearance is that he can't remember anything to give them an answer and hears Merra add sounding firm talking to Nikolas that he better admit the difference to the previous Nikolas to the Drainers period or they'll be furious if they hear it from someone else and will not be happy to hear it from that person. Aiden hears Merra become silent eyes Hades who speaks in Rayala and hears Merra yell not to translate to Lia which he obeys sensing the other Drainers obeying to her order as Hades continues that he's twin to the previous Nikolas by appearance and bloody essence drinker as well due to holding the Hades title and that the difference from the predecessor is that he's a humanoid Drainer version of a mind walker and isn't a Highlander which Aiden bares his teeth in response as Hades stops talking to put a hand on his forehead and sees the hand go down followed by the Hades mask gone showing a familiar Human like face with sun eyes and Drainer teeth along with Hades pulling back his hair by hands showing his ears are Human like and says he's not kidding on being a mind walker due to said by Highlander servants of the Sun Lord to inherited that ability from the Sun Lord who sired his reborn species body through a Human female and that the Sun Lord isn't actually a mind walker but has some kind of shield mind ability to keep manoid mind walkers except for himself and Merra out of his mind to see various things and that the manoid mind walkers can only get what the Sun Lord is mentally thinking at the moment as in mental talk communication due to not having a voice ability to speak his communication words to people other than doing hand language when communicating to his Human female and other people fluent in the language's hand motions. Aiden frown as Nikolas gets interrupted by Merra sounding in his mind saying that she has to do some manipulating involving Lia and looks at the Human just in time to see her disappear in a flash of light and hears Merra add that she has to manipulate Nikolas and Raisa due to sensing something going on and shifts to look at the both of them to see them disappear in flashes of light. He looks away to stare at the Drainer King while hearing Merra continue talking in his mind that she'll let the Drainer King know when its time to publicity flaunt himself to the others and races as the Drainer Lord and hears her add that the Drainers have given the Drainer King some name Yevgeny Visser when referring to him to others as their leader along with the titled words of Drainer Lord as in saying Drainer Lord Yevgeny Visser to others which she's not sure if she should mention why the Drainers picked that name for the Drainer King due to unsure of his reaction to the reason. Aiden hears nothing more from Merra eyes the Drainer King to see his mouth form a thin line along with seeing the Human hand unclench and clench back and forth senses that Merra is talking to him alone as in explaining the reason for the Drainers picking the name of Yevgeny Visser sees the Drainer Queen get up from the floor to stand back to him blocking his view while appearing to bent putting a Human hand on the Drainer King by her arm motion and frowns from that to hear a roaring sound that isn't that loud but senses its muffled and figures its coming from the Drainer King hence the noise doesn't sound Drainer like to him. He folds his arms hearing the noise stop followed by the Drainer Queen moving to sit next to the throne on the floor, side facing the Drainer King who's mouth is still in a thin line along with Human hand looking like its stopped its motions. He eyes the Drainer King to hear Merra sound in his mind saying that the Drainer King can only make some Drainer like roaring noise whenever he attempts to talk verbalizing his words and that the roar without a hand covering the mouth would cause people to go to sleep and it doesn't matter what species for it'll happen anyway. Aiden hears nothing more from Merra frowns eyeing the Drainer King to hear chatter from the Court behind him sounding like their discussing the contents of Merra's talk entirely minus what she appeared to say to the Drainer King alone. He eyes the Drainer King who sits in the throne chair showing no reaction and appears to be listening to the court's chatter-

Epilogue

Brianna cut herself off hearing a loud gasp along with the Drainer quitting the sucking onto Nikolas.

She heard "Tell the story!" sounding in Nikolas's voice.

Brianna shifted to glare at Nikolas with disapproval in her voice finding the Hayu leader was scratching his neck where there were bite wounds on the area.

"Quit scratching!" she snarled angrily while giving Nikolas a glare.

"My name is Torrin." She heard sounding of the Drainer's voice to find the Drainer was staring at her appearing to be talking to her.

Brianna frowned but didn't comment a response as Nikolas again shook her shoulder she hearing a roar sounding behind her. She rolled her eyes hearing the noise was sounding of Dictator's voice to feel Nikolas kept on shaking her lengthy. Brianna gave Nikolas a glare and removed his hand finding night had fallen.

She got up and snarled to Nikolas "Go tell the story yourself! I'm sick of you touching me! Excuse me while I go to the hut now!"

She stomped off finding Dictator blocking her way with his arms folded.

Brianna snarled "Get out of my way now!"

She glared at Dictator who spoke "You let that Hayu touch you?"

She repeated her comment only to get from Dictator "How many times must I tell you about letting Hayu especially males touching you?"

Brianna raised a hand to slap Dictator only to hear "Nikolas was annoying her with his touching. He refused to stop touching her despite her attempts to remove his hand and giving off no touching behaviors. He was insisting on her to tell a stinking story about me and my people. Yeer."

Brianna folded her arms in response to Torrin's voice finding the Drainer standing next to her.

She heard "If that's so? Then don't touch Brianna, Torrin. Excuse me while I handle Nikolas and his rudeness."

She saw Dictator made a movement to walk by the Drainer while thrusting out his sword. Brianna gulped finding Torrin had managed to put a hand onto Dictator's shoulder blocking the male from walking who growled angrily.

"Don't worry about punishing Nikolas. I took care of that via feeding off of him. Also managed to punch his lights out. He's down asleep at the eater at the moment. Offsprings took off running after I punched him." She heard from Torrin.

Brianna looked at the campfire to find Nikolas lay partially onto a log appearing to look like he was unconscious in a sitting position with head up to the sky. She sighed and gave up a loud Hmph followed by going to Dictator and grabbed his free hand.

Brianna spoke "Thanks Torrin. Excuse me while I handle my mate, Dictator, as he wishes to be called and his violent mood."

She found Torrin following her to find the Drainer blocking her way into a hut by speaking "Your hut is over there."

She gave up an Hmph sound and still holding Dictator's hand not resisting pulled him into the pointed hut as indicated. Brianna found her familiar blanket on the floor illuminated by firelight of a campfire inside the hut. She released Dictator's hand and began pacing watched by her mate sitting on the floor staring at her who had managed to put his sword away.

Brianna paced back and forth followed by snarling "Just stay here and let me go out and attend some business."

Dictator she found followed her out but remained standing in front of the hut as she stomped to Nikolas and with a hand fisted punched the Hayu leader fully in the stomach who woke up gasping of air and coughing loudly. Brianna ignored Nikolas who gave up choking coughs followed by going back to the hut towards Dictator and got followed inside. She went to the blanket and laid her form down followed by feeling a hand shaking her shoulder as she attempted to close her eyes.

Brianna glared at Dictator in response who spoke "You let Nikolas touch you?'

She groaned softly and gave Dictator a glare and snarled "Just let me sleep."

Brianna shut her eyes only to feel Dictator bunching up her dress she opened her eyes to glare.

Dictator spoke "You know the penalty for letting males touch you and you doing the same to males such as touching Nikolas. So pay my price now."

She heard a faint roar of a Drainer sounding from outside her hut as Dictator halted his bunching of her dress followed by smoothing it in place. She sighed and didn't comment a response as Dictator laid his form next to her.

Brianna spoke "Dictator, would you mind spoon fashioning me? I miss that."

She found Dictator obeying followed by sighing loudly and heard "Go to sleep, Brianna!" sounding faint in a Drainer's voice tone from outside the hut.

Brianna obeyed despite still dreaming dreams.

The End
