The workers here set me free and escorted me to one of the penthouse rooms. It was beautiful. The two men tossed me in and swiftly left. I stumbled forward and let out a string of curse words.
"Hello?" I shouted out. I heard a loud shuffling sound and an "oh shit!" I giggled. I stood waiting at the entrance for the two boys from before to appear. One head popped out from the master bedroom. "In here!" He said waving his hand over to me. I made my way over to the room and stood at the entrance. He smiled. "I'm Lay. And this guy is Poe! Nice to meet you, Shiro." He stuck his hand out for me to shake and i gladly took it. The other was scavenging the room for something.
"Pleased to meet the two of you. May i?" I said motioning to the bed so i could sit. Lay nodded furiously. "Soooo. What do you do here?" He shuffled pushing a chair out and sitting on it, giving me his full attention. I squirmed, slightly uncomfortable. "Uh, well. I'm er supposed to "entertain" the small filthy men on this planet."
His face contorted into one of disgust and i felt ashamed. "Why? Do you do it on your own will? The creatures here are repulsive. So pompous and rude." He stuck out his tongue and pretended to gag. I laughed a little. "Uh, well no. I'm not really supposed to tell people, but no one has really ever asked. But i was sort of taken from my home planet and i guess imprisoned? It's been such a long time, I've just gotten used to it by now." He looked kind of sad, his eyes quickly filling with sorrow.
Poe walked over and and sent me a friendly smile. "Have they actually.. yunno.. 'done the do' with you." He said making little indications. A lightbulb went off in my head. "Oh god no. That's disgusting. I con them out of it, i just get them all really really drunk, so they don't know what's really happening and they just get kinda touchy. I've never had someone do that. The men here aren't even men. They're honestly just walking money." Lay looked relieved.
"We want to get you out. We know your kind, and you're the last one. I was honestly really surprised to see you in a place like this." My ears perked up and my tail swished. "The last?" I asked quizzically. "There's a whole planet of my kind. In different variations of course, but there's a whole lot of me."
Poe sat down and looked at Lay. "How long have you been on this planet?" Poe asked softly, as if he was stepping on eggshells. I shrugged. "I dunno maybe a few years? I just turned 17 when they took me and I'm pretty sure I'm a little over 20 now." Lay gave me a sad kind of look. And i tilted my head. "What happened?"
"Uh, your planet. Is gone. You're the only feli-10 left." I shook my head. "That's not possible. It can't be. My race is strong. One with all." Poe and lay nodded. "We know. That's why your planet was blown up."
I stood up. "Can ships even blow up a whole planet?" They nodded. "They can now." I wasn't as shocked as i thought I'd be. It just feels like they're lying. "I would've felt it... them leaving me. What happened?" I sat back down.
"We want to get you out. We can teach you many new things that you seem to have been blocked off of. Your race was very special and unique." Lay said softly. Poe swung his leg over the other. "It was Ren. He said your race was too powerful. Almost like a jedi. Because you were one with the universe. It's in your being. So he just let you all go."
I shifted my hair to the side. "Who's Ren?" I was intrigued. Who could blow up a whole planet? My planet. It all just felt fake. It couldn't be gone. I wanted to go back. To see them all, to greet my village and the land i loved oh so much. "Kylo Ren. Son of Han Solo and Princess Leia. He turned to the dark side and is trying to eradicate all of those who use the force." I cocked my head to the side. Kylo Ren, huh. I closed my eyes. My head hurting from all this new information.
"We have a lot to teach you. For now. We need to plan on how we get you out of here. The price this guy has set for you is too high for even the richest man on this planet." I nodded and listened to their instructions.
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This is it. I'm finally leaving. Hornet is walking me down to "hair and makeup". This is the last time i will see my life long friend, my happiness for so long. After Poe and Lay telling me their plan i told them about Hornet and how she could be easily incorporated to make this plan a whole lot smoother. Then the whole game changed. And now here we are. At my last few moments with her.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with me, Hornet?" I asked, in a pleading tone. "No baby, it's okay. I want to be here Incase another poor soul is dragged along." We walked taking many turns as my heart itself was churning. "This is it honey bun." She turned to me.
I was crying. Crying for Hornet. For my planet. For my race. For my lost youth. My crumpling figure fell and she caught me. I was sobbing. My body was shaking. "I'm going to miss you so much. So so much." I was crying so much my head began to hurt. She rubbed my head and between my two large cat ears. "It's okay baby, it's okay. I'm always with you, right here." She said as she pointed to my heart.
She planted a kiss on my forehead and opened the doors. A few meters away stood the two boys and their heads turned when they heard the sound of the creaking metal. I turned to face Hornet but all she did was push me along to them. I waved goodbye with the tears still hot and streaming down my now pink and flustered cheeks and ran over to the two men whom I'm now giving my whole life to.
I hope I've made the right choice.
