Page 6 of Axon’s Lust

Chapter 2

Lt. Axon Roan

One week before…

I’ve been on some of the most dangerous missions our race has ever encountered, and because of this, I was often sought out as the warrior a Captain wanted at his side.

So, when Captain Weko asked me to come to his office, I knew he was going to ask me to join him on something important.

“You wished to see me, Captain?” I said as I walked into his office, located in the Nosiva Village, capital of our planet, Harpo.

“Yes, Lt. Axon Voan. Thank you for coming so quickly,” he said, nodding from his desk. “I have just been ordered by the Council to embark on a very important and dangerous mission, possibly the most important mission in the history of our race,” he said.

I nodded politely. All captains started off their pitches like this, and the only time I would be able to verify its importance, was after I was already in the thick of it.

“You are the most talented warrior Harpo has ever seen, so of course I would want to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime,” he finally requested, folding his hands together. “So, would you like to join me?”

I nodded and stood at attention. “It would be my honor, Captain.”

“Very good,” he nodded once more before standing up. “We leave in an hour.” I looked up at him in alarm.

“Captain, if I may, that leaves very little time to prepare,” I told him. “The only time we were ever given such a small window was whenever an invasion by our sworn enemy the Compiers was about to happen.” I furrowed my brows. “Captain, are we under attack?” I asked.

Captain Weko shook his head.

“No, we are not, our planet is safe,” he said.

“Then why…,” I started to say, but he cut me off.

“The Compiers want to eradicate us, and they are planning for an invasion,” he said, his face grim. “And Lt. Roan, this invasion could very well mean the extinction of our race.”

“What are you talking about, Captain?” I asked.

“It has come to the attention of the Council that the Compiers mean to visit Earth. We do not know if they are invading them, or if they are just planning to alert humans of our presence,” he answered.

“What? But that is impossible, not to mention foolish of them,” I replied, confused by the Compiers’ plan. Humans think they’re all alone in the universe.

Why would any species willingly go and alert them to our presence? I thought to myself.

“The Council believes the Compiers’ real purpose for the visit is to alert humans that our Revian females are barren, and that we have been abducting human females from their planet to breed with them in order maintain our race. The Council believes that by doing this, humans will stop us from taking any more human females, which inevitably will lead to our extinction.” The Captain said.

“I see. It makes sense,” I said, nodding. I guess the Compiers do have a semblance of intelligence, after all. “So what are we going to do? What is this mission the Council has given you? Are we to fight the Compiers in space and prevent them from getting to Earth?” I asked.

“No,” he said, shaking his head. “We have thought of that, but the Council thinks no matter how many ships we take out, the Compiers will eventually find a way to get to Earth, even if it takes years,” he said.

“It’ll be a never-ending slaughter,” I murmured, already imagining what could happen. I looked at him again. “I await your orders, Captain.”

“We’re going to Earth, and we must leave now so we can get there before the Compiers do.” he said, and I blinked at him, surprised the Council came up with this as the solution.

“What?” What will we do on Earth?” I asked.

Earth didn’t need to know of our existence. It would only complicate and possibly prevent us from taking human females for mating.

“We’re going to ring them a message. The plan is to let humans know of our existence by meeting them in peace, and then alert them of the Compiers coming invasion. We’ll tell them the best way to defend themselves against the Compiers, and then we leave immediately. With our information, humans will be more than capable of defeating their attack.” The Captain continued.

“I know what you’re thinking, Lieutenant, but the fact of the matter is we need human females to keep our race going. If the Compiers get there first without humans being warned, then there is a big possibility they will annihilate humankind, and by de facto, our race too, and then what would we do?” he stated.

“I understand, but do we mean to tell the humans our females are barren, and that’s why we’ve been taking their females and mating with them, to continue our race? I’m not sure they will understand, and it will only create distrust,” I responded.