Brielle Ronaldi has devoted her life's work to uncovering the secrets of extraterrestrial life. After her world was turned upside down, Brielle finds herself quickly climbing the ranks of the G.L. Brooks Association. A recent addition to the facilit...
It didn't take long to find T'ahrou in the room that had served as Dhadtoudi's prison, and he had taken a spot against the far wall where he watched the hard meat with shielded eyes. Dhadtoudi stopped in the doorway before carefully making her way toward her mate. The creature seemed to pick up on her arrival as its head snapped to the side and it let loose another blood-chilling shriek and its dorsal spikes set to trembling. The woman's pace quickened before she pressed herself against T'ahrou's side and refused to look at the captive creature.
"We need to leave." T'ahrou said nothing for a moment and Dhadtoudi places her hand on his arm. "T'ahrou, please...I want to leave this place." Her voice was little more than a whisper as she began to gently tug at his forearm in an attempt to convince him to walk.
"You were here. You were with it." Dhadtoudi did not respond. "How long?"
"From the time we arrived until I was brought to you."
"Did it hurt you?"
"I want to leave."
"Answer my question, Dhadtoudi."
Her grey eyes narrowed into slits as she looked up at her mate, but he didn't return her gaze. Instead he kept his shielded eyes trained on the creature in the cage. "It did not. May we leave now?" T'ahrou was silent for a long moment before finally tossing his head from one side to the other, his tresses arching with the motion. He turned his massive body and stamped towards the doorway.
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When it opened, they were met with the sight of 20+ armed guard with their weapons raised and ready to open fire on the Yautja. T'ahrou stood motionless for a moment before slowly reaching up and disconnecting the hoses from his bio mask, gently pulling the metal away from his face. He took a deep breath and let loose a bellowing roar, his mandibles flared as wide as they would go, and his arms outstretched at his sides with claws at the ready.
Nearly all of the guards immediately turned to run back down the hallway, a few spouting things such as "fuck that, I don't get paid enough for this shit", a handful fainted, and the remaining three placed their weapons slowly on the ground before raising their hands submissively and slowly backing away before finally turning and running full-speed after their teammates. One of them had tripped over his unconscious comrade and scrambled to get back to his feet while still trying to put distance between himself and the large, angry alien.
After a few moments the group followed their largest member out into the hallway as he reattached his bio-mask, and they continued their trek to the facility exit.
When they arrived at the massive bay doors, they were met with two more armed guard who began to fire at them. T'ahrou returned fire with his plasma castor and the humans turned into a bloody shower of burning flesh and entrails. He fired again at the doors and was pleased to see a large hole where there had once been reinforced metal.
Quick, rhythmic splashing sounds echoed into the hallway and Brielle was the first to step outside. She tilted her head back and let the cool droplets overtake her face and trickle down her body. Oh, how she had missed earth's rain. She inhaled deeply. The crisp smell of the condensation was like a drug that she had been withdrawing from; this was her first hit in nearly a year, and it was a million times better than all the ones before it.
A soft THWOOM echoed in the night and a sharp pain spread through her abdomen, followed by a fiery heat. The sudden force of the impact through her backwards and she landed hard against the ground. A warm puddle formed around her back, and her grey eyes widened in surprise as she looked down to inspect the area on her stomach.
Only a few inches below her heart was a hole. Crimson leaked from the hole and trickled around her sides to meet the warmth that was already pooling beneath her. She pressed her trembling hand against the hole and hissed from the pain. Everything fell silent around her, even the rain. She couldn't hear the deafening, rage-filled roar that bellowed from O'kaor's throat, or the sound of T'ahrou's plasma castor firing at every sniper in the area.
Dhadtoudi had rushed to her side, but she couldn't hear what the taller female was saying to her. Brielle's eyes left the hole in her skin and turned upward as she let her head fall back against the ground. She watched the night sky, taking in the sight of the falling rain, and let that heavenly scent flood her senses once again.
