Flauraan

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve

I turned slowly, knowing I was busted.

“Hello Weraynian.” I managed to reply in a squeaky voice.

He laughed, throwing his head back as he did so. His eyes glinted with triumph and I knew that this was part of his trap.

“I’ve been expecting you, little girl.” He said, confirming what I’d just thought. “You and Miss Lester in here may have been unforeseen variables in this conflict, but it has certainly been intriguing watching the two of you running around, meddling in affairs you do not understand.”

I clenched my fists shut as my confidence came back. “I think I understand full well.” I retorted coldly, as I faced a Weraynian; a person whose ancestors had inspired fear and terror into the hearts of many during the Great War, and who himself was prepared to do the same.

The Weraynian smiled, his eyes narrowed. “You are tiny. There is no power in the galaxy that can match that of the Weraynians, so it is useless to even try. If I were you, I’d give up now.”

“Not a chance.” I told him. “You’ve killed people, and you also hurt one of my closest friends, and no one gets away with that, especially not you!”

“So be it.” The Weraynian replied, stepping forward menacingly.

I positioned myself to fight. With a roar the Weraynian ran forward, faster than was even possible, and I had to desperately focus all my senses to dive off to the side, dodging his rampage by a mere hair. Literally, he grabbed for my hair as I jumped out of the way and if it weren’t for my enhanced senses I would have been in a tight spot. I sprinted over to the circuit control room door and slid inside; the Weraynian was hot on my heels. Sophie gave a gasp as I entered, and I grabbed her friction stabiliser off of the floor and pointed it at a panel on the wall. It unscrewed immediately and I grabbed it up and swung it round, trying to hit the Weraynian. Naturally I didn’t; he was too fast for me, but it did stop him from grabbing at me again. His fist flew into the corrugated metal in my hands and it crumpled immediately, throwing me back against the wall. I stood up to face him again, this time defenceless. As the Weraynian aimed his fists at me once more I stood my ground; ducking, weaving, dodging and manoeuvring each punch he tried to land on me. Normally one-on-one combat with a Weranian was a terrible idea, but I was small, agile and had special mind powers that helped me anticipate his fighting strategy; so naturally I had a slightly better chance than most would against him.

We fought like that for a few long moments. Sophie watched with gaping mouth as the Weraynian tried to hit me, sweep my legs out from under me and grab hold of me, failing every time. I used my senses to somehow avoid him, but I was tiring fast. Finally he landed a blow on me, throwing me against a control panel that sparked as I slid to the ground. I tried to rise again but the Weraynian placed his foot on my stomach, pinning me to the floor beside Sophie.

I managed to turn my head and send her a weak smile. “Hi.” I said lamely.

She stared at me, looking amazed at the fight she’d just witnessed. “Yeah.”

The Weraynian bent a few strips of metal and strapped them around my wrists and ankles, pressing them tightly into the floor so I couldn’t escape.

He then proceeded to continue with the work he’d been doing with the circuit controls before; bringing the spaceship under his control.

The room was silent apart from machine noises as he did so. Sophie and I stared at each other hopelessly as we both lay on the floor, unable to move. The skin of her arm was stretched around the bone that was almost protruding from where her elbow would be. I gritted my teeth as I examined the injury with my eyes, as I could tell how much it was hurting her. I couldn’t do anything about it though; I was forced to stay in position by the cuffs binding my legs and arms.