Sholan Alliance - Au B. 02

All intimate relations are 18+. Enjoy.

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It had been close to two weeks since Billy had been shot. Marcella really wanted off the ship before the interrogations were done. There was a very high possibility that she would be exposed as an inside agent and that would be bad for her. It had taken some time but she had finally managed to get a call made.

She wasn't sure why it had taken so long but had to figure it was related to the entire mess. Once it was connected Marcella looked relieved. "Ricky it is so good to see you. I want to come home but we are being kept here for further observation." A tear artfully trickled down her cheek. "The Sholan's and Swiss have treated us well but being here keeps bringing back memories. I need to get away from here."

Rick gave her a pleased smile. "I know since I have been trying to get a hold of you since it was announced who was on board the pirate ship. They kept telling me that you were undergoing treatment and therapy." When the tear trickled down his hand came up and touched the screen. "I understand and will see what I can do to get you released. We have some fine therapists here as well who can help you. Can you wait a little while longer?"

When he reached out and touched the monitor she gave him a watery smile. "As I said they have been treating us well so I can survive a while longer but the sooner I am home the happier I will be." And alive which was a nice idea. She would be off the planet fairly quickly as well so if her name did come up they wouldn't be able to get to her. "Love you Ricky and I hope to see you sooner than later." The call was disconnected and she sighed before standing and slowly left the room.

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As soon as they were disconnected Ricky sent a message to an anonymous account. He indicated that he needed instructions on the handling of a sensitive package. He also indicated that it was very time sensitive so the sooner he received instructions the better. Once the message was sent Ricky leaned back and knew that he would probably have instructions later that day. If Marcella was turned damage could be done to the organization and how they operated. There was a very good chance she would be ordered eliminated. He didn't like that idea but he did understand the need.

~~~

Sixth received the message from Ricky shortly after he had sent it. There was a small delay since it had been routed through so many portals and network connections it wasn't funny. He reviewed it and sent a message to First for instructions. They might end up having an actual conversation but chances were good it would simply be a message. Face to face conversations were kept to a minimum even if they were virtual.

Once he was done he walked out of the secure room and to the officer in charge of the Russian forces. "I need a quick meeting with General Ustinov." He stared at the General's secretary till the woman made the call.

"General your attaché needs to talk to you briefly. Lt. General Pricops indicated that it is urgent." She listened for a moment. "Please go in sir. The General has a few minutes before his next meeting." After pressing the button to unlock the door she went back to what she had been doing.

Pricops walked into the room and after ensuring the door was securely closed settled down in a chair. "I received a message that our insider is requesting recovery. Do you have any instructions sir?" Pricops was the contact but the General was in charge of the sixth directorate.

The general leaned back and glowered at the desk. The insider had been very useful over the years but with her in the hands of a telepathic race was of great concern. "Retrieve her and then eliminate her and her controller. If their flight goes down in an accident it will draw far less attention than if she was taken off planet. Get First on getting her freed using his channels."

Pricops nodded since that was pretty much what he had expected. "Consider it taken care of General. I will keep you updated on the retrieval and elimination." He had been working with the General for years and had actually brought him into the Organization.

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Under Secretary Nelson received the message and sighed. The Sholan's were being such a pain in his ass. Maybe if they had come later it would have been acceptable but as of now they were a major road block. The organization was still in the process of revamping their plans to take them in account. Also operations of the fleet had been restricted for the moment which was causing problems as well.

The men manning many of the ships were not pleased with being restricted to the bases. It was both they disapproved of not getting any treasure as well as lack of access to new women. Most of the women were prisoners and well used and cowed. He didn't like that aspect but it helped keep the men and some of the women happy. As far as he was concerned once they had taken over many of the crews would become disposable.

After contemplating what to do he finally started working on a message to his seniors about the women being restricted to the ship. He did not specify Marcella since that would draw attention to him. Some of the points he had made included lack of communications, lack of access by their families, and not being allowed to go home even if for a short time. Once he was done he forwarded it to his boss and then went back to his normal work.

~~~

The cell door opened and the usual two guards were there for him. All that really indicated was another day of interrogation but at least it got him out of the cell. He knew he was probably going to die but if he gave them enough information maybe they would be quick about it. He had no urge to find out what hanging or a firing squad might be like and would far prefer the needle.

"Flight Engineer Sing come with us." The guards accent was thick enough he almost couldn't be understood but after so long it didn't matter since he knew what was coming. He stood up and held his hands out for the shackles and followed the first man down the hallway while the second followed behind him. The room they were taking him to was a plain white with only a desk, two chairs, and a lie detector and voice stress analyzer.

The other chair was all ready occupied and when he came in the woman looked up and nodded to the two guards. They led him over to the chair and secured the shackles to the heavy steel table. "Good morning Engineer Sing. I have some more questions for you but before that I would like you to read this document." She slid a plascopy over for his review.

Now this was different and actually briefly caught his interest. He started reviewing the document and was rather shocked at just how much information they had gotten from him. He had tried his hardest to toss in confusing descriptions of parts of the ship. It was his hopes that they would fry the hidden storage device that contained the route to one of the bases. The last page detailed the probably results of this and especially if he went to trial. "Fine, so what does this mean for me?"

She didn't smile but she knew she had him. "Tell us truthfully the answers to the questions we have and a deal might be worked out. If you accept and the information is accurate and detailed you may be offered a new identity. You will be given sufficient funds to survive on but you will be in a secure location for the foreseeable future." Give him a light at the end of the tunnel and the worm will head for it.

Sing actually looked shocked when she said that. He knew, deep down knew, that he was going to die. He didn't want to in any way but he had known he was going to die. Occasionally the guards would slip and make comments on the execution and how it was going to be done. One of their favorites was facing one of the Sholan warriors. They still had some sort of code duello and all of them were chafing to get their claws on him. What he didn't realize was that this was carefully scripted based on his psych profile.

Sing leapt at the chance. "Ask me what you want and I will tell you everything I know. If I do end up being executed I ask that it be quick and not public. I don't want my family any more traumatized than they already are." When the woman started asking questions he answered everything he could.

~~~

This time when Billy woke it was right after being brought out of the cryo chambers. He was still hurting and couldn't do much but at least all the tubes were gone. Billy corrected himself, the really annoying tubes for taking care of bodily waste. He still had an IV and though disconnected a chest tube just in case they needed it. There had been three to start with and by the time they had tanked the two of them he was down to one.

An older Sholan male looked down at him and smiled slightly. "Good afternoon Commander. We are almost done with the resus and will be moving you to a room shortly. Your Leska is awake and has been for a short time. We figured it would be easier on you if we woke her first so she would be in your mind." He gave Billy time to verify this before speaking again.

"I am Physician Rijuel and you are currently at the telepath guild in the medical section. Your companions have been provided rooms next to each other in a nearby guest house. Once we verify you are doing fine we will have them come in a few at a time." As he was talking he was getting samples with a diagnostic unit and was reviewing results from the resus.

Billy closed his eyes for a moment and couldn't help but smile when he felt Tasha. *Hey love how are you doing? I ache which I am sure you know but I am sure they will give me something soon for that.* He didn't have much energy but he had to contact her for at least a moment.

*Hello back love and it is good to feel you in my mind again. I know and you need to relax. Once they get you to a room I will be with you.* He could feel her love as well as concern for him. Satasha wasn't doing very well emotionally at the moment. Yes the attack had been a month or longer ago but they had been in cryo for a good portion of the time. To her it was almost as if it happened just the other day. *The girls are doing as well as can be.* She had felt his concern about that.

Billy tried to relax but the pain was too intense for him to go to sleep. As he was laying there with his eyes closed he was listening to what was being said. One thing he really needed to ask about was the changes to his hearing, eyesight, and sense of smell. Since they had linked they had gotten stronger and that rather confused him. Onboard the ship he hadn't been coherent enough to really ask but here he figured he would be able to.

Eventually the doctor came back over. "Okay Commander we are going to give you some medications for the pain and to prevent an infection. You will be moved to the room in about fifteen minutes and your Leska is waiting there for you. I will see you tomorrow morning unless something comes up. I need to schedule some tests for you before we do anything else. A day or two delay won't hurt the repairs or your healing."

Billy nodded and then yawned. "Tired of sleeping darn it." It did help with the pain though and now that he was more comfortable he relaxed further into the bed. He guessed he must have fallen asleep since he awoke as they were moving him to the bed in the ICU room. When he opened his eyes Satasha was there curled up in a chair waiting for him.

Once he was in the bed she came over and curled up next to him and started purring. "It feels good to be able to touch you again. We don't dream in cryo but I think somewhere deep down I was aware that you were asleep." Her hand was gently stroking his chest and abdomen and her head was resting on his good shoulder.

Billy turned his head towards her and she responded to his desire and gave him a slow gentle kiss. He leaned into it and lightly nibbled on her lips and then licked her nose. "I can't wait till we can do something other than just sleep next to each other. The link might not be very strong right now but how I miss making love to you." As he was slowly starting to drift off he rested his head against hers. It wasn't long before he was asleep.

Satasha missed the intimacy as well but for the moment the drive to pair every five days was minimal. At the moment all they needed to do was stay in the room in close contact and it sort of took care of the drive. Now that she was back in his arms she was feeling better. Since she wasn't tired she simply relaxed next to him for a while before shifting and putting on her VR glasses. After connecting them to the comm. she started reviewing various messages that had been left for them.

Some she responded to but others she simply saved for Billy to review when he was coherent. Finally she opened the phone connection and called her parents house. It took a few before someone answered and it was her younger sister. Satasha had to smile at the excited squeak she made.

"Satasha it is good to hear from you. Where are you? The last we heard was you were headed to the alien's plant." J'efra was almost bouncing in the chair since she hadn't seen her for what seemed like forever. "Tell me about them. What are they like? We have seen pictures but most of the details have been kept secret. How did you meet them? All we know is that you were reported missing and then returned to the ship."

Satasha started laughing. "Calm down you silly kit and at least let me answer some of the questions. Others are going to have to wait." When her sister sort of stuck her tongue at her she wrinkled her nose. "For that I might make you wait..." That got a sort of whine from J'Efra. Satasha laughed again. "I am teasing silly but some answers will have to wait. I did go to the Human's planet but the human that saved me was injured and needed medical help they couldn't provide. I came back with him and we are at the telepaths guild while he is getting treatment."

The talking had started waking Billy up and he looked around till he found his glasses and flipped them on. It took a moment for them to connect and he had a brief view of a young Sholan female who was looking very excited. Moments after connecting his image appeared on the screen next to Satasha's and she froze in shock. Billy grinned slightly. "Hello and good whatever time it is here. I am pleased to meet you and I take it you are Tasha's younger sister?"

J'Efra's eyes did get really round and she had to wonder why a human connected to the call. Since they were using the VR glasses only a static image showed. He looked strange being all hairless and with rather flat features but the smile he had seemed nice. When he spoke to her she lowered her ears slightly in embarrassment. "I am... Tasha? Why do you call her Tasha?"

Billy grinned at her reaction. "Maybe because she is my bond mate." There was definite amusement in his voice and he almost laughed when Satasha covered her face and groaned. *At least I didn't mention us being Leska's... Want me to?* When she sent him an image of him being used as a clawing post he started really laughing. "Ouch, damn it, don't make me laugh you evil woman." His chest objected to that.

As he was talking several more Sholan's came into the room J'Efra was in and they all looked startled seeing the image of Billy on the screen. J'Efra turned and looked at them. "Momma, Poppa he is Satasha's bond mate."

That most definitely got a reaction from them though they apparently managed not to give a knee jerk reaction and demand answers. Billy smiled even more. "I assume you are her parents and the boy is her brother. I am very pleased to meet you though this wasn't the way I really wanted to." Even though they couldn't see him he didn't have a shirt on and the bandages were very obvious on his shoulder. That wasn't even mentioning his right arm being strapped to his chest.

"My name is William Denton Madlax but I go by Billy. I am the captain of the SS Sandi as well." He turned to Satasha and smiled down at her. They couldn't see him do that and he continued. "You have a very lovely daughter and I am so very pleased to have met her. One of the most wonderful women I have ever known."

Satasha lowered her ears and gave him a gentle kiss. "Hey mom and dad. I hadn't really wanted to introduce Yilly this way but he was injured on Earth. When we can I will bring him home for formal introductions. He is getting tired and we will talk to you later. Love all of you." She disconnected and groaned. "We are going to have my father here sooner than later. He can be a bit overbearing just to warn you."

Billy smiled at her and kissed her before yawning. "Damn it I am not going to sleep right now. I have better things to do like see Z'Marl, my girls, and my frenemies." He smiled a bit more when he called the ladies frenemies. "I want to see the rest as well."

Satasha smiled at him and nuzzled his ear before giving it a light lick. "They have been told they can only come in one or two at a time. Who would you like to see first?" Her hand was stroking the part of his chest that didn't have bandages on it. The contact felt so good and she could tell he was doing better from what her touch told her.

"Z'Marl first. I know that Dani is upset as well as Sally but Z'Marl needs the contact." God he wished his other hand was usable so he could touch her more. As it was his arm was under her head as she lay there curled up next to him. He was stroking her side but at the moment he wanted to touch all of her just to remind him that they were both alive.

Satasha nodded. "Good choice Yilly and I will get her and then bring the others in." She stood and walked over to the door and called for Z'Marl to come in. When she did Satasha gave her a good hug and stroked her hair for a moment. "It is good to feel you again. I have missed having you with us."

Z'Marl leaned into the hug and started purring. She didn't say anything but she was sure that both could sense her feelings. After several moments of relaxing in Tasha's arms she stepped back and moved over to Billy. She had seen him a number of times while aboard the Fijishi but he had been pretty out of it. "Hello Yilly, how are you doing?" Her hand was lightly stroking the sheet after she sat down and her voice was low.

He smiled at her and reached over with his good hand and lightly grasped her hand. "Better now that I have the two ladies I love near me." Billy tugged on her hand and smiled. "Come lay down silly. I am not that breakable. I want to touch and hold you which I can do now." When she finally settled down next to him Billy captured her lower lip and nibbled before kissing her.

Z'Marl wanted to cling onto him for dear life but was scared to even touch him. He had to encourage her to settle down next to him and in his arm. When she did it was too much and she turned her head into his shoulder and started crying. "Damn you human. Don't you ever do that again or I... I... I will hate you forever." It was so stupid that Billy had come to mean so much to her so quickly but he had accepted her as she was.

"I could have lost both you and Tasha. That would have destroyed me damn you." It was hard to understand between her sobs but both got the idea. Billy pulled her closer as Satasha settled down next to her. As they sort of sandwiched her she could feel their love for her and oddly it felt like she could feel their fear as well. How long she cried she wasn't sure but before she realized it she had fallen asleep. Even with the others there to comfort her she hadn't been sleeping much and being back in his arms was glorious.

Billy pulled her as close as he could and his injuries could go to hell for the moment. "I know Z'Marl and to be honest I was scared to death as well. We love you and will take care of you." He had to wonder how they had fallen in love with Z'Marl so quickly but he could feel Satasha's emotions as well. He didn't really think about it when he so very gently nudged her into sleep. "The doctor can go to hell before he gets her out of my arms. When she wakes up is soon enough."