Selective Breeding | EDITING

Part 29

Deon stood so closer to Ratok he was almost ontop of him. As he looked out past the large male's side to see the silver Alien essentially throw a tantrum.

"Is he always like this?" Deon whispered, trying not to catch his attention.

Ratok looked over his shoulder, "Yeah, this is pretty typical for him." he looked Deon over again, "Do you want me to take you back to Ruma?"

Deon's hands were clenching and unclenching. As he also seemed to have lost most of the colour in his face. He nodded. Ratok turned, to take him away.

"Where are you going?" Vassenhilo screamed. Marching up to Ratok.

Deon never realised how tall or slender the alien was until he looked at him now, he still stood a half torso taller than Ratok's towering frame, but may just be slightly more around than Ratok's arms.

"I was taking this one back to Ruma." he pointed to Deon. "She asked me to get him out for a walk, and i'm sure she'll be wanting him back now."

Deon watched Ratok, it seemed just using Ruma as an excuse got you away with alot around here. He'd have to remember that.

"No."

"No?" Ratok questioned. Seeming utterly shocked that he would say no.

"I said no, you can take him back when we're done, or she can come get him herself. She has been hiding away from me for too long." he again sounded like a child throwing a fit.

Deon wanted to say something, but he had no words. She hadn't been hidding from anyone except maybe the guy who attacked her. He could see part of Ratok's face, he was pissed.

"Than what do you want me to do?" he grumbled, it was like Vassenhilo couldn't tell vocal cues, as he turned back into a less upset child.

"Good, glad you are willing to behave. Now. Come with me we have some cleaning to do."

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It has been hours, Deon was instructed by Ratok to just sit and wait for him, by the Glass window that over looked everything.

Deon had watched as Ratok went in to remove the dead bodies, and those who had been dismembered. Ratok looked to be completely unphazed by the whole ordeal, but Deon, he had thrown up so much he was on Empty he couldn't, but something about the horror couldn't keep him from looking away.

When Ratok was done he came out locking the door behind him. He was covered in a foul stench, and bits of blood and guts, and who knows what else stuck to some of his clothing.

Deon strinked away from the sight. "What happened?" he asked, wanting to know more, for some reason, he felt like knowing more, something would start to make sense.

"They were being starved." Ratok said, emotionlessly.

"Starved?" Deon questioned as Ratok walked towards a large panelling in the wall, it openned up to what looked like some short of shower.

"Yep. I'll tell more after I get out." he stepped in and shut the panelling behind him.

Deon waited another hour for Ratok to finished, he was done he came out with a different set of clothes, this was a white tank top, and some jeans, different than his typical all black attire.

"Let's go, get you up to Ruma before the boss throws another fit." he said looking fairly worn out.

Deon quickly stood and walked with him. "So, what was that? Part of the-"

"Experiments? Yeah, it was. According to the Boss, he was testing their resillence. Also according to him, Ruma was supposed to be watching over that Quadrant,"

"So- how wrapped up into all this is Ruma?"

"Haven't you figure it out yet, Ruma is pretty much Vassenhilo's second. If he needs or wants something done, generally she is the one to do it." Ratok said, not looking at Deon the whole time they walked back.

Deon was silent until they reached the elevator, "Is Ruma like him then, when it comes to these things?"

Ratok shook his head, "She is nothing like him, and I would have hoped you could have seen that already."

"No, I have- I just can't understand why she would."

"Ask her." Ratok said, and they openned the elevator to find Ruma sitting on the other side waiting. She jumped up from the floor.

"Where were you two? I went looking, I couldn't find either of you, I was so worried!" her hands moved far to quickly for Deon to catch up with, so he looked to Ratok in hopes he would have translated.

Ratok moved foward, and pulled her into a hug, "I am sorry we stressed you, something happened in the quadrant 86,"

Ruma tilted her head, "What was it."

Ratok started telling her about what happened, and what they saw, even the fit vassenhilo threw, and how he wasn't able to take Deon back to her.

Ruma grimanced, pulling the two males back to her room. She shut the door behind them.

Deon looked at Ruma and over at Ratok, and than back to Ruma. Ratok saw that he was wanting to speak to her alone.

"I have to drop off my pad and ear peice at the gaurd house, I'll be back quickly." Ratok left allowing Ruma and Deon some alone time.

Deon stayed in the middle of the room with his arms folded, "Ruma" he said, her head wiped over to him, she came up to him.

Deon puzzled with his thought for a moment.

"Deon?" Ruma actually used her voice this time around.

He closed his eyes for a moment, he had questions, and words and now they were all gone. He felt her hand on his chest, he peeked and she was standing there waiting for him to say or do something. With the concern growing on her face.

He took a deep breath, then opened his eyes. "I need to ask you a bunch of things?"

"What?" she signed, as in what are they.

"First, why do you help that monster with his experiments?"