Before the rescue:
Do you know why we have stopped again? It appears to be moving and stopping every 30 minutes." Said Freyaka
"Sit down and shut up!" said Jaici.
"But I don't want to sit down, and to keep my mouth shut, I can't; I'm afraid!"
"We are all afraid, and you are not alone in this. We heard all that shouting, and suddenly they stopped."
Why do they have to put us in a cage and then move us around? We seem to have risen." Said Freyaka
Just shut up, you hear that. They appear to be shots fired." Said Jaici.
"Maybe somebody's here to rescue us."
"Something is not right; we are going backward," Jaici said.
"Maybe we'll be back in the light again!"
"If you don't shut up, you're in danger of never seeing the light!" Said Jaici.
"We seem to be going backward quicker; I hope there's nothing wrong!"
"Somebody put something in that lizard's mouth. Before I strangle her," said Jaici.
From the back of the cage came a deep, ruff voice, "If you both don't shut up, I'll kill both of you." Said Gorhard
Both Freyaka and Jaici turned to look back in the corner. There stood a large male, whatever. He was almost eight feet tall, and his head had a long-pointed mouth with long teeth; his nose and mouth at the end were about nine inches straight out from the rest of his head. His eyes were big and red, with no shine to them. His ears were sitting a little off-center of his head and laid to each side, they were about eight inches long.
His chest was muscular yet big and bony, the arms and legs were also muscular, and the hands had only three digits and an oversized thumb. The feet were long, awfully long, with only three toes. The toes turned down at their end and became claws.
Both girls looked at each other and thought, '
you don't give any lip to this guy
.
' Both sat down and became noticeably quiet. Their cage kept moving backward until they could see something. It was not long before they saw soldiers releasing others from their cages. They now stood with a smile on their face. They turned to see their fellow passenger. There was a smile, if you would call that grin a smile with all those long sharp teeth, showing.
It was their turn for their cage door to be opened. "Please, follow the other's; you will be safe on the next ship."
They followed the line of individuals into a machine and came out into another ship. They kept following the individuals ahead of them. Finally, they stopped in a large room. There were many people there; they handed them a glass of water and some food, told them the next thing was to have their image and voice recorded. That didn't sit right with the big guy. He wanted no part of that, "I do not want anything to do with that," But he thought if he didn't do this. They may question him more. "That's OK, and I have no problem with it."
He went into an area and sat alone. He understood everything that was occurring around him. He noticed the different species throughout the area, and the soldiers were from a feline world. He was wondering who was in charge here. It must be an exceptionally large ship.
He then thought about the machine that brought them here; a machine like that could make him very rich. He just needed the right individual to help. He sat there and thought about the people that he had been with.
He needed someone with skills; also, he could get them to do whatever he wanted without overly intimidating them. They would have to be naïve or gullible. He smiled to himself, and he thought, '
I know just the person, that lizard female
.
' Now he got up and started to look for her.
It took over an hour, and it took him around the room. He asked a lot of questions. He discovered that this was the spaceship's staging area. That there were over two thousand individuals on this ship, as of this moment.
They were to be transferred to the feline soldiers' home planet and then returned to their homeworlds in the next day or two. Now he knew he didn't have too much time, but with the right help.
He looked around and spotted the female. He would start his plan into action. He walked up to her, "my name is Gorhard, and I am sorry for the way I acted in the cage."
Frayaka looked around to see who had spoken to her. She had to step back a little to see him. She was only five feet six inches tall and him being close to eight feet. "That's alright; it was an incredibly stressful time in there. My name is Freyaka, and I'm happy to meet you now."
He thought,... '
this is going to be easier than I thought
.
'... "I am sorry, it's just that I lost my wife three months ago, along with the five kids and then my job, right after that. After that, I lost the house to a fire." He now had tears in his eyes and tried to hide them from her. Hoping this would make her feel sorry for him. He gave her that sad and depressing look.
Freyaka now felt sorry for this poor guy; he has been through so much in a short time. "Is there anything I might be able to help you with? Just let me know."
He thought,... '
this woman is dumber than I thought
.
'... I'll play her along and see what kind of work she did.... "No, I don't want your pity. I'll make it on my own." He turned to walk away but did it very slowly. Knowing she would not let him go.
"What do you say we talk?" They both walked over and found a seat and sat down to talk.
"It is difficult, given everything that is happening. I overheard a couple of guards talking about this group."
"What is that supposed to mean? What's going on with this group? They've saved our lives."
"Why would a ship full of soldiers save our lives? They must have other things to do."
"That's what soldiers do, save people from the bad guys."
"Well, in that case, why did they say, 'We're going to get a lot of credit for this group, more than the last ones.'"
"You see, all they care about is getting credit for saving our lives."
"Why? Did I hear the other say, 'the captain is to meet with the other ships and exchange this group for the credits?'"
"Well, maybe the Captain is just planning and wants the news people there to see how things went."
"
This woman is such a fool
.
" Gorhard sat there trying to understand his next move. He had to lead her into a conversation about her work. He then said, "I suppose I'm going to take care of it myself because I have nothing to lose but my life. And I'll be with my wife and kids who love me."
"What do you think you are going to do?" She turned towards him. She reached out and took one of his hands into hers. Hold them so gently.
"I'm not sure, do I need to know what the plans are for us? So, I'm going to do a little research to see what I can find out."
"What can I do to help?" Her face had a serious look like she had already made up her mind.
