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Denied - 87. Chapter 87

“She?”

“Well, bearing young does not have to mean a female gender in all species, but it is the most common expression of gender identity for bearing species. She seems to be using your DNA and hers to create them, and you are male. I scanned the eggs and they show your distinct genetic make-up as well as hers, which is quite unique, as you know.” Aparoe turned and sat on a pile of rocks not far from the pool.

“You didn’t harm one of them to find that out, did you?” I asked, my stomach roiling at the thought of her ripping open one of those shining eggs bobbing in the water to find out what was inside.

“Of course not. I would never experiment on a sentient creature. Captain Querry only asked me to avoid treating you in my medbay to prevent you from having flashbacks, not because he’s worried I would do anything to harm you. And I’d never harm one of the eggs. Do you see any harm to Sparkles? And I cared for her for weeks.”

Captain did trust the rest of his crew, those people who had been with him for so long. But look at what Lakshou had done to me, and he’d trusted him before that. “Weeks?”

“And she never grew an inch, not until we got here. Then she began to grow steadily. The eggs showed up overnight.”

“How long ago?”

“Two days.”

“Just two?” They were as big as my hand.

“And they were only as big as the tip of my thumb when I first saw them.” Aparoe leaned forward. “And quite a bit darker. They are nearly opaque now.”

“Maybe you just missed seeing them?”

“I didn’t just see them, I scanned the pool. I scan every time I come close after the first time I came too close while she was eating. So no, they weren’t in the pool before that.”

“Did you know she could fly?”

Aparoe’s brow rose. “Fly? No, I did not. Most creatures who swim do not fly.”

“She did. She flew us here from my house. Captain is probably frantic.”

“Would you like to contact him?” Aparoe pulled out a comm from their robe.

I should. I didn’t really want to because I knew he was going to be very upset, but I sighed and nodded. Of course, I was right. The second the comm connected and he heard my voice, he was frantic.

“Stop yelling,” I finally yelled back. “I’m not in any danger, I said. How many times must I tell you that. Aparoe is here with me. They’ve been taking care of this creature for weeks. No one on the ship was hurt. It’s been following me this whole time, and I haven’t been hurt.”

Captain’s nostrils flared. “It flew away with you.”

“You have my location. Come here. But quietly, carefully, because there are little ones.” I cut the connection.

“So I made the call. Captain is coming. Sparkles brought me here for some reason, you’re here, and the eggs are here.” I sank down on the warm rocks, enjoying the heat in the chilling air. “Why? What does all this mean?”

Aparoe cocked their head. “You think there is some purpose or meaning behind all this, beyond coincidence and strange genetic luck? The universe is a diverse place.”

“It is.” I’d been thinking about everything that Aparoe said, about where Sparkles came from, and about how our DNA was mixed. The universe was a diverse place, but it was also immense. And we had not gone to that planet unbeknown to those who had plans to put me back in that cell. So even if Captain’s cousin was under arrest, even if the Elites were dead, that didn’t mean all their plans had been stopped.

But was I right or Captain? Sparkles was swimming in the water, fanning the eggs that swayed in the ripples from her circles. Her movement was the only real way I could see her. The same for the eggs. Sparkles seemed to understand me; if Aparoe was right, she’d been inside me.

She was meant to carry my DNA.

“That’s it.” A back up plan. When I’d been pushed under the water, I’d swallowed some of the water. That was the real reason for the attack. “Plans within plans within plans.”

“For what?”

“I don’t know. Danie’s is way more important than I am. He’s a living Artificial Intelligence.”

“But they kept going after you. Not him, you. Lakshou’s plans were for you. When we arrived at the Elite’s planet, they separated you from the rest of us.”

“What is so damn special about me?” I frowned.

“Everything,” a voice said behind me.

I twisted, knowing the voice and not afraid of being snuck up on by the owner of it. He’d managed to surprise both of us though. “Captain.”

Jumping to my feet, I let him pull me into his arms, nearly squeezing the life out of me. I could feel the hum of our bond ringing in relief and tension I hadn’t realized I carried inside me eased. Inhaling his scent, warm and sweaty and mixed with the dirt and vegetation of the planet he’d had to pass through to get to us, the hot heat of his skin under all of that still stood out.

Sparkles raised her head out of the water and hissed.

“Shush. He’s not going to hurt you or the eggs,” I assured her. “Right?”

“Kohen—”

“No. This is important. I think someone did plan for her to get my DNA inside her, but I don’t think they ever planned for us to meet after I expelled her egg.” Aparoe and I filled Captain in on what we knew and what I’d been thinking about.

“But then someone else on my crew is a damned traitor,” Captain snarled.

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More mysteries to solve. There is still a traitor hiding among them and Kohen's DNA has been used to create hybrids. Sparkles is much more than a simple pet.

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The interesting part is Sparkles understands Kohen.  On top of that there are eggs about to hatch that have his DNA as well.  Will they be able to communicate with Kohen?  What were they bred for?  What IS special about Kohen that they are trying to create a new life form just to keep his DNA?

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Fantastic chapter. Charlie brought up some great questions about the intended reason for Kohen’s DNA, how does sparkles fit into the plan? Who’s the new traitor on the crew and who else is involved? I hope that these questions will be answered soon, I just have a feeling that more questions will come out of the answers. I’m really loving the story and look forward to each new chapter of it. 

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So I’m the only one wondering if little humanoids with wings are gonna come out of those eggs?

Is Captain saying there’s a traitor because someone had to go through Kohen’s poop to pull out the expelled egg? I’m a tad confused at this point. 

This story has SO many chapters. Cia, I wish you would drop the 1,000-word thing and make longer chapters. Or go back and combine chapters to make the count smaller. People are gonna see this story has like 100+ chapters and decide they don’t want to make the commitment. 

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I, too, would love to read longer chapters, but at least you post your chapters often and I'm not waiting forever just for another 1,000 words. I think I would definitely lose track of the story then.

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On 6/12/2019 at 4:43 PM, Geemeedee said:

So I’m the only one wondering if little humanoids with wings are gonna come out of those eggs?

Is Captain saying there’s a traitor because someone had to go through Kohen’s poop to pull out the expelled egg? I’m a tad confused at this point. 

This story has SO many chapters. Cia, I wish you would drop the 1,000-word thing and make longer chapters. Or go back and combine chapters to make the count smaller. People are gonna see this story has like 100+ chapters and decide they don’t want to make the commitment. 

Winged Humanoids or Sparkled Ko(mod)hen Dragons? 🤪 All kinds of latitudes and special abilities to work with. This may even bring forth the abilities that Kohen is still unawares.

i don’t believe the egg was retrieved but migrated to a place of nesting. The traitor is in the planning that possibly forced Kohen into fertile protective waters to evade the swarm attack; perhaps Kohen wasn’t even intended to survive? 😱

In this age of the 3 seconds attention span, I find the chapters are a little short, but they are so rewarding and provocative that the shortness actually allows more reflection or thought to be given to the information carrying the plot forward. 🥰

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Well, a dragon/Kohen hybrid would be a formidable creature, but who is planning this? Seems they are down to a precious few people and it would be sad if one of them actually was a traitor. Aparoe is closest at hand to suspect.

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3 hours ago, Puppilull said:

Well, a dragon/Kohen hybrid would be a formidable creature, but who is planning this? Seems they are down to a precious few people and it would be sad if one of them actually was a traitor. Aparoe is closest at hand to suspect.

Yes formidable, and hopefully the formidable and friends will prevent any possible betrayal from a trusted close associate of Kohen. He’s  much stronger now but this could destroy him if betrayed by someone so close yet again.

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Oh, so many interesting thoughts about where the story is going, traitors or no traitors actively working, who Sparkles is to Kohen, what might be inside the eggs.... And what's great is that while I have an overall arc and story theme/idea, because this story is part of the Wednesday Briefers (a group that does flash fiction each Wednesday and links to each other's blogs off GA) I'm locked into the format. It's a new chapter I literally write a 500 to 1k update for each week, no writing ahead, incorporating a prompt if those are sent out by the group leader, to be posted on Wednesday. It gets placed on my offsite blog, but because I'm dedicated to GA, I post 99% of my fiction here as well. To keep posting it as part of that, I have to follow the rules. Sorry! But you can be sure I'll keep posting each week until the story is complete. And since school is almost out for the year, I'll have other things to come soon with larger, more satisfying chunks. :D Thank you all for reading and commenting!! 

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52 minutes ago, Cia said:

Oh, so many interesting thoughts about where the story is going, traitors or no traitors actively working, who Sparkles is to Kohen, what might be inside the eggs.... And what's great is that while I have an overall arc and story theme/idea, because this story is part of the Wednesday Briefers (a group that does flash fiction each Wednesday and links to each other's blogs off GA) I'm locked into the format. It's a new chapter I literally write a 500 to 1k update for each week, no writing ahead, incorporating a prompt if those are sent out by the group leader, to be posted on Wednesday. It gets placed on my offsite blog, but because I'm dedicated to GA, I post 99% of my fiction here as well. To keep posting it as part of that, I have to follow the rules. Sorry! But you can be sure I'll keep posting each week until the story is complete. And since school is almost out for the year, I'll have other things to come soon with larger, more satisfying chunks. :D Thank you all for reading and commenting!! 

I don’t know how you do it but thank you for your dedication and for sharing your precious time on this wonderful story you share with us.

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