hand to stop him.
“You’ll be dead before you can even think about it. Then it’s going to be just me and your pretty little friend.” Brak replied with a hateful gleam in his eye.
Balduen lunged at the wall of the cell in the same way that Dare had earlier, with the same result of Brak jumping back in fear before he caught himself.
Turning red with rage Brak headed towards the cell one more time, before the doctor turned to face him.
“Our plans have changed. I will be using him in the experiment as well. If you touch one of them, I will inform Grai T’Alq that you are impeding the progress of my experiments. Is that understood?” For such a small man, Jose could be quite menacing, and Brak nodded his head as he backed away from him.
“You’re working for the Relian leader’s son? What are you planning to do to her? What experiments?” Balduen demanded, fearing more for Dare now that he knew that the leader’s son was in command of this. He attempted to calm his beasts’ fury at the thought of them harming the tough and beautiful warrior female long enough to find out what they were planning. And stop it.
“Technically, I work for Kalai T’Alq. His son was ordered to oversee things here on the planet.” Jose had no qualms about sharing information with the alien; confident that they would never be able to divulge that information to anyone else.
So the Relian leader’s son was here on the planet. Balduen filed that information away for later, wondering briefly if he was at this location.
Wherever here was
, he thought before the doctor continued.
“As for the experiments, they would be completely painless. Don’t misunderstand me; I don’t expect you to be happy about this. In fact, I expect you to be angry, as anyone would be. However, for the sake of your lives, I would like to have your cooperation. I can and will guarantee your safety for many, many years to come if you comply."
Balduen’s mind was racing with fear, fury and the worst of all… helplessness to protect the female. Staring at the small monster in front of him casually he growled as his beast roared with rage in his head. “What experiments?” He asked through gritted teeth.
“I’m sure you are aware that the Relian’s have been interbred so prolifically with other species in an attempt to breed their unique gifts and abilities into their own race, that they have almost completely destroyed their original race. They, like your people are looking for the survival of their race.”
“Women like Dare, are unique, as you know. I believe that there is a way to breed the two and will attempt to do so with Dare.” The doctor paused, fully expecting Balduen to interrupt. He didn’t have to wait long; although even he was startled by the man’s rage as he literally shook the cell walls.
Using the remote in his pocket, he pressed a button and watched as Balduen immediately began to calm down. He only wanted the man calm, not passed out and let go of the button. Somehow he felt that this man would not only be what made the experiment succeed, but he felt he was much more level-headed than the female.
He was betting that the tender and careful way he tended to and tried to protect the female, would lead him to realize cooperation was his best chance at keeping her physically unharmed and alive.
Balduen could feel the drug seep into his veins and tried to fight it, but was overcome with a sense of calmness and lethargy. He knew he’d been drugged like Dare had been and moved to sit on the floor with his butt on the corner of the mattress facing the door and waited to pass out like Dare had.
He stared at the small monster who was now bravely standing right up against the clear wall. The monster who wanted to try to force Dare to carry the baby of the animals that hunted and tortured her kind. He couldn’t imagine how she was going to react when she found out.
By the One, what the hell was he going to do?
“I know that