Dark Universe & Forbidden Love (30 page)

When Klaycon found out that the
combat vessel he gave Gloira went to Earth, he was not surprised at all.
However, when he checked it again later, he was astonished that the vessel was
on planet Roito. Klaycon couldn’t help wonder why Gloria went there. He called
Gloria, but there was no answer. This time he didn’t hesitate. He called up his
friends and headed to Roito.

Now the
cruiser entered Rioto atmosphere and Klaycon quickly located Gloria’s vessel.
They checked its surroundings and found an empty emergency pod. Then they went
aboard the vessel and searched every compartment, but only found a
blood-smeared deck and a family G badge in the medical bay.

Klaycon
picked up the badge with a shaking hand, his eyes filled with tears.

“I am
too late. I am too late.” He said listlessly.

Zier
looked closely at the blood and said, “Klaycon, this is not Glycan’s blood. I
will take a sample.”

“I know.
But this is a family G badge.” Klaycon said sadly.

“She
might just drop the badge.” Zier said as he was taking a sample of the blood.

“Klaycon,
there is no armor suits in the weapon bay.” Nissen called in.

“What
about nearby compartments?” Klaycon asked nervously.

“I
checked them as well.”

Klaycon
thought for several seconds and shouted, “Damn it.”

“What is
it?” Zier asked.

“Scan
the planet for family G badge.” Klaycon said hastily.

Klaycon
and others ran back to the bridge and ran the scan. It located one badge at the
bottom of the ocean.

“We are
going in!” Klaycon said without hesitation.

“It is
concentrated sulfuric acid down there.” Zier said in a worried tone.

“I don’t
have the fucking time to think about it. If anyone of you doesn’t want to go,
get off this cruiser right now.” Klaycon said hastily.

“We are
friends and we won’t leave you, but we need to think it in a logic way.” Zier
said.

“Take us
down.” Klaycon said decisively.

The
cruiser fired its big guns and tunnelled through the ice crust, diving into the
ocean at full blast.

In a
huge cave under the ocean floor, dozens of Tiegotteens were surrounding
Gloria’s robot and dismantling it with their sharp forward-swept fins. Gloria
couldn’t do anything but saw pieces of armor being peeled away one after
another. Soon the robot’s head, arms and legs were all gone. One Tiegotteen
pulled away the inner layer chest armor and exposed the cockpit. Gloria curled
up in the seat. She was scared, but she was more worried about Jason. She could
see the blood collector was just five meters away, but she couldn’t get it for
Jason.

“Bang!
Bang! Bang!” Tiegotteens were poking the pilot cockpit with their fins.

Gloria
covered her ears and cried helplessly.

“Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!” A series of explosions alerted Gloria.

At
first, she thought Jason came back to save her, but then she heard Klaycon’s
voice through her badge.

“Gloria,
Gloria.”

“Yes.”

“You are
alive! I am getting you out of here right now.” Klaycon said excitedly.

The
cruiser kept firing its big guns and scared Tiegotteens away. At the same time,
Klaycon jumped out of the cruiser in a robot and ran to Gloria. He picked up
the pilot cockpit and brought it into the cruiser.

Gloria
came out of the cockpit and saw Klaycon waiting on the deck. Klaycon ran to
Gloria and said, “So happy to see you again.”

“Thank
you.” Gloria said gently, casting her eyes down.

“That is
new.” Klaycon chuckled.

“There
is a blood collector somewhere in this cave. Please get it for me. Did you see
Jason on the surface?” Gloria said hastily.

“I will
go to get the blood collector.” Klaycon said coldly.

“Did you
see Jason?” Gloria asked nervously.

“Nobody
was there. We only saw an empty emergency pod.” Klaycon said calmly.

“What do
you mean? I saw them escape in the emergency pod.”

“We
found some blood in the medical bay and your family badge.”

“Find
the blood collect and get us to the surface.” Gloria said quickly and left
Klaycon.

Klaycon
let out a long sign and went to get the blood collector.

Ten
minutes later, they resurfaced. Gloria rushed to the other vessel, followed by
Klaycon and Zier. When she reached medical bay, she was shocked at the scene.
Bloody footprints were everywhere and Jason’s uniform was soaked in a pool of
flesh blood. There was a trail of footprints leading to the outside.

“We just
got the analysis result of the blood sample I took from here. It is Human.
Judging from the footprints, apparently he was not the only one.” Zier said in
disgust.

Gloria
paused for several seconds and said, “Just me and Jason.”

“Looks
like someone came and picked up Jason.” Klaycon said.

“Thank
you. I am not an idiot.” Gloria said unhappily. She was thinking who would pick
up Jason from here. Then she remembered Lucis and Erikon.

“Why do
you need Tiegotteen’s blood?” Klaycon asked.

“Get out
of this vessel. I have to go.” Gloria said coldly.

“We are
not taking orders from you. Who do you think you are?” Zier said angrily.

“Where
are you going?” Klaycon asked caringly.

“It’s
better you don’t know.”

“I guess
I have to track this vessel again, huh?” Klaycon sighed.

“Klaycon,
thank you for saving me. I appreciate it.” Gloria said gratefully.

“It’s OK
you don’t tell me. I am just worried that you get into trouble again.” Klaycon
said with a reluctant smile.

“I will
go to find Jason’s friends.”

“Can I
suggest you call them first before you go there?” Klaycon said gently.

“I will
call while I am on the way.” Gloria said hastily.

Zier
shook his head in anger and walked away.

“What if
he is not there?” Klaycon asked.

“Then I
will search the entire universe to find him.” Gloria said decisively.

Looking
at Gloria’s determined eyes, Klaycon knew he couldn’t change her mind. He
turned around and said, “Call me if you need anything.” Then he left.

Lisania couldn’t just watch
Jason throwing up blood in great pain. She used the ring given by the previous
Hylocan queen Qotenia and contacted Hylocan. It was her first time using the
ring and she never thought she would use it under this circumstance. The
Hylocan fleet arrived soon after and took Lisania and Jason on board.

Right
now, Jason was lying on a bed and Lisania was sitting beside him. Two male
Hylocans walked into the room, followed by one female Hylocan. They were all
wearing blue frock uniforms.

“My
queen, please pardon my interruption, I brought the doctors as you requested.”
The female Hylocan said respectfully.

“Thank
you, Petiena.” Lisania said as she turned around.

“My
queen, my name is Oefete. I am the doctor treating this Human patient. The test
results show that this Human has some very unique bacteria in his bone. We know
nothing about this bacteria, so we couldn’t really find the best treatment. As
for now, we are treating him with multi antibiotics and he should be alright
after two days. But there is a problem.”

“What is
that?” Lisania asked nervously.

“The
bacteria is evolving itself upon the treatment, which means that the treatment
couldn’t kill all of it. I estimate that the current treatment could eliminate
95% of it. After this, even if we use the same treatment, it won’t be
effective. Several weeks later, the bacteria will kill him eventually.” Oefete
said.

“Someone
told me Tiegotteen’s blood would cure him.”

“It is
possible, but we don’t have any solid evidence to prove it.” Oefete said.

“Petiena,
send a team to get the blood!” Lisania ordered.

“My
queen, the deployment of armed forces must be approved by central committee of
generals. Actually, they are waiting to see you in your palace.”

“I see.
How many weeks does he have?” Lisania asked hastily.

“He
might have five or six weeks.”

“Keep an
eye on him. When he wakes up, let me know.” Lisania said and then went to meet
the central committee of generals. She requested them to send a team to get
Tiegotteen’s blood right away. All eight generals not only rejected this
proposal but also proposed to kill the Human immediately to avoid any further
problems. Lisania fought hard for Jason’s life. She threatened to run away
again and never come back. This indeed scared some of the generals and they
decided to back off one step. They wouldn’t get Tiegotteen’s blood but they
wouldn’t kill Jason either. They decided to set Jason free under the condition
that they removed Hylocan and Lisania from his memory.

When the
meeting was over, Petiena walked in and told Lisania that Jason woke up.
Lisania shot out of the chair and left the room.

Jason
was sitting on the bed, lost in his thoughts. He was worried about Gloria. The
last thing he remembered was Tiegotteens were attacking them like crazy.

Lisania
walked in the room and asked, “Feel better?”

When
Jason glanced over at Lisania, he was stunned at her beauty. She was wearing a
dark red knee length frock, with her hair forming a chignon bun.

“Yea.”
Jason nodded.

“You
really scared me!” Lisania complained in a sweet voice.

“Lisania,
where is Gloria? Is she alright?” Jason asked nervously.

“Gloria
left for her home. She is fine. But we didn’t get the blood.” Lisania said
calmly.

“I see.
I am surprised I am still alive.”

“The
medicine you are taking can remove most of the bacteria, but not all of them.”

“Thank
you, Lisania.” Jason said sincerely.

“For now
you are fine, but after several weeks…” Lisania stopped. She hated herself for
not being able to get Tiegotteen’s blood.

“Let’s
worry about that after several weeks. By the way, where are we?” Jason said
happily.

“We are
on a Hylocan vessel.”

“Good.
So how can you do this? I mean you just made a call and they came to save you.
You must be someone important.”

“I am
the queen.” Lisania said sadly.

“Really?
I thought the Oracle and queen can’t be one person.” Jason said in surprise.

“The
queen and the Oracle were never meant to be the same one. Because the queen
Qotenia didn’t have any heir, so she pointed me as the successor before she
passed away. However, I don’t like the life planned by others. I want to see
the outside world, so I ran away and ended up being captured by Uainanese.”

“If it
was not me, you wouldn’t call them in, right?” Jason asked sadly.

Lisania
nodded and said, “Jason, I love you. I can do anything for you.”

“Lisania,
I love Gloria. You know that. By the way, thank you for not killing Gloria.”
Jason said sincerely.

 “Because
of you.” Lisania said emotionally.

“Thanks.”
Jason knew what Lisania meant.

“Jason,
why you don’t love me?” Lisania asked in a begging voice.

“Lisania,
you are a very beautiful girl. But I just don’t have that feeling.”

“The
feeling of heart throbbing and pounding, right?”

“Yes.”
Jason nodded.

“That is
the feeling I had for you since the first time we met. Even if I didn’t see
your face, I know you are the one for me. I guess this is just fate.” Lisania
said softly.

Jason
gave Lisania a reluctant smile. He didn’t know what to say. They fell into
silence and Lisania left.

It had come to the time to
deliver the synthesized Glycans. After the Hylocan girl ran away, Mark was
worried that the girl might know something about the cave, but nothing
happened. Now his main concern was what would happen after they were done.

Mark,
Salmon and Tick had been in the cave for several days to finish up everything.

Robots
did all the heavy-lifting and transferred Glycans from facilities to gigantic
worm like containers provided by Glycan. Those containers were about 100 meters
long and 30 meters in diameter.

Mark was
checking out those containers. They had soft surface and it felt like they were
alive.

“How did
they get in here?” Mark asked curiously.

“See
those big holes over there?” Tick said as he pointed at several holes in the
distance.

Mark
nodded.

“They
drilled and crawled in like earthworm.” Tick said easily.

“How did
you know that?” Salmon asked.

“I was
here, when they came in.”

Mark
could tell Tick was in good mood today.

“So this
is it? I mean, it’s all done?” Mark asked in a heavy tone.

“Well,
at least for a while. They may ask us later to make more. But I will say these
10000 units could last a while. I know I can take a break.” Tick said happily.

“I hope
so.” Salmon said uneasily. He knew exactly what Mark meant. He had the same
concern as well.

“What
are they going to do with those Glycans?” Mark asked.

“Don’t
know, don’t care.” Tick said happily.

Mark and
Salmon looked at each other and smiled quietly.

“You
guys ever thought about why they asked us to do this?” Mark asked.

“You
always have a lot of question, don’t you?” Tick chuckled.

Salmon
smiled in agreement.

“Maybe
you don’t know either.” Mark said with a grin.

“That is
truth. I don’t know and I don’t want to know.” Tick said happily.

Later
they finished everything and sealed each container. Then those container
started to change shapes and spit liquid from their heads. As soon as the
liquid touched the rocky ground, it ate away everything instantaneously. Soon
those containers dug into the ground and disappeared.

Mark,
Salmon and Tick left the cave. Tick couldn’t wait to get to the surface and
when he did, he ran off without saying goodbye.

“So,
what do you think?” Mark said as he watched Tick heading to the gate.

“I don’t
know.” Salmon said uneasily.

“You got
something from your boss?”

“No.”
Salmon asked curiously.

Salmon’s
answer didn’t ease Mark from worrying. When it came to the night, Mark couldn’t
sleep. He just sat on the edge of the bed. Later he saw Salmon creeping into
the room like a ghost. He signaled Mark to come with him. Mark followed him
quietly. They went to the surface and then passed several gates, heading to the
outskirt of the slum. There, they went aboard a vessel. It had been a while
since Mark saw a space vessel. The moment he saw it he knew they were going to
leave Earth.

When
they reached the outer space, Salmon let out a long sigh and said, “Last minute
detail, they asked me to bring you.”

“Who are
they?” Mark asked.

“You
will know soon.”

“You
know if you told me this early, I can at least bring the whiskey with me.” Mark
joked.

They
both laughed loudly.