Chapter 8-On The Ship

CHAPTER 6-ON THE SHIP
Meanwhile, in the Tantao ship... “Well, well, well. Look who we have here: High and mighty Pyris, queen of Clantry. Where’s your little ‘kingdom’ now? Oh wait, I know. Far away! They can’t save you now. Where’s your knight in shining armor when you need him, right? Anyway, down to business.” Red looked up into the face of a silver, human-like being. It had the characteristics of a human; Two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two ears, two feet, two legs, ten fingers, and ten toes, she assumed-she couldn’t see it’s feet- but it was different. She could tell. It’s like some energy balance inside this thing was off. It couldn’t be a real human. Could it? Humans don’t have silver skin. It had wide set shoulders and a big head. It spoke with a deep voice. She could vaguely remember this voice, but it was like a far away dream-she couldn’t put her finger on it. Who was this weird thing? She looked around the room. It was all white and silver, but mostly white. It wasn’t a square, either. It was more like a square, but with rounded corners that faded into each other. The walls and floor and ceiling were white. The bed she was strapped down to was white. There was a small metal stand next to her, like the kind of things next to the chair at the dentist. But instead of a square, it looked like a big, flat drop of water frozen in time. She jumped as the creature spoke. “You probably don’t remember anything. That’s just as well. Now, tell me, Red. What is behind your powers? Is it some kind of power source inside your city?” “No,” she said, still trying to shake the weird daze that had settled over her and didn’t seem to want to let go. “Runs in the family. Who are you and what am I doing here? More importantly, where is here?” “I am Troyan. You are on the Tantao ship. We are 200,000,000 Gleks and 4,450,679 Gloms away from your kingdom, Red. It would take years to turn around and go home, even though it only took us about 10 earth minutes to get here, so don’t even think about it. How did we get here so fast, you might ask? Well. That would be my little secret. Or Martha’s, I guess... Now tell me. How might one go on about taking your powers?” Red wondered why he was asking these questions upfront. Wouldn’t an advanced race of alien beings have some sort of way of getting it out of her? He saw her hesitating and reached behind him and she saw him grab something. She noticed a sweet smell, and she breathed deeply. It smelled like a mixture of flowers and honey. She started to get dizzy. The room spun, her vision blurred. She didn’t realize she was speaking, yet she did. “You want my powers? It’s to late; they’re gone!” She unconsciously laughed like an insane child. Her vision blacked out. Her hearing stopped. The last thing she heard were the angry grumbling of Troyan. She finally remembered where she had heard his voice, where they had ‘met’. She remembered everything. She gasped, but it was too late. The world faded away from her, despite her trying to bring it all back...