Blood and stars

Chapter 12

Thunder and lightning crackled and boomed within the dark cloudy skies as heavy rain poured down upon the raging waves of the ocean. A large ship sails across the rough waves its crew members of lizarthraxians are all armed with metal plasma spears and plasma sabers while wearing flexible metal armor. They move swiftly around the ship manning various parts of it. All the while distant cries and moans of pain are muffled by the storm moans and cries coming from Agatha who is naked and chained up. She is being whipped by a tall and bulky elderly lizarthraxian man. He uses a flexible metal whip searing with heat to whip her on the back.

???: "After all I did for you all the care and opportunity you run away and seek out wealth and power. You ungrateful bitch!"

The old lizarthraxian yells angrily at Agatha as he continues to whip her with the flexible metal whip that is heated up. Blood pours down from her scalie white back as she cries and sobs in pain and anger.

Agatha/mind: 'Not again why am I reliving this horrible nightmare again?!'

Agatha screams within her mind as she is continuously whipped for several long minutes until the elderly lizarthraxian gets tired he steps back seeming slightly winded. Agatha is left sobbing uncontrollably on the floor with blood oozing down her back from hundreds of lashes.

???: "I'm going to punish you the same way I did all those years ago...I'm going to mark you as mine again."

The elderly lizarthraxian unbuckles his pants which causes Agatha's eyes to widen in horror.

Agatha: "NNNOOOOOOO!!!"

Her screams are barely heard by the rest of the ship as a thunderbolt muffled the sound one of the crew members is busy eyeing something in the distance with a small telescope.

???: "What are you looking at?"

Another lizarthraxian says and nudges the one holding the telescope with his elbow. He lowers the telescope and hands it to his crew mate.

???: "Never seen anything like it before."

He says while his crew mate peers through the telescope and sees an unusually large reptilian creature swimming through the waters at a great distance.

???: "What the Hell?"

The crew mate says as he stares at the reptile swimming through the waters with the telescope.

???: "Little critter looks like it's following us."

The crew mate says and lowers the telescope before handing it back to the other one.

???: "I've been watching it and the thing has been following our ship for days."

The other lizarthraxian says only for his crew mate to shrug in response.

???: "It's probably migrating somewhere."

The crew mate says and walks away leaving his friend to further observe the reptile following the ship. Hours pass as the stormy waters begin to settle and the ship starts sailing more smoothly. Agatha on the other hand is laying on the ground her body covered in blood, sweat and juices. She has a look of sorrow and hopelessness in her eyes while the elderly lizarthraxian puts on some dark robes and then he opens up a cabinet showing a vast collection of different plants and flowers.

???: "Centuries I have traveled the galaxy collecting different plant species from almost every planet. And I finally have what I need to make you mine forever my dear snowflake."

The elderly lizarthraxian begins crushing herbs and plants and mixing them with various different liquids. After almost half an hour of work he has produced a metal syringe with a colorful blue liquid in it. The liquid has a vast range of colors but dominantly it is more blue. He grabs Agatha by the throat and pierces her skull with the needle. She screams out in hatred and agony as the elderly lizarthraxian injects het with the liquid. Her demeanor then completely changes to a docile and submissive looking one.