Free Tracking Trisha by S. E. Smith Page A

“I do not require permission from anyone. All of you had seen too much. Might I remind you, you would have died had I not intervened on your behalf. All of you are now my guest aboard my warship. I would appreciate it if you would cease threatening my men and damaging it. It is beginning to make me very angry.” Kelan no sooner finished that statement when the alarms sounded again. A moment later he heard Jarak’s voice in his communicator.

    “What now?” Kelan snapped out.

    “Trelon’s mate again.” Jarak replied anxiously.

    “What has the human female gotten into this time?” Kelan asked impatiently. He was trying to deal with the situation in front of him and did not have time to hunt for the other human female. Trelon needed to get her under control, immediately.

    “She was running different tones in engineering. The good news is we are getting power levels never seen before from the crystals.” Jarak said in surprise.

    Kelan rubbed a hand across his eyes. His head was beginning to ache badly. If his symbiosis hadn’t abandoned him, it would be no problem. Unfortunately for him, it was currently laying on the floor next to Trisha watching her carefully.

    “What is the bad news?” Kelan muttered darkly.

    “It appears all the symbioses currently assigned to help in engineering are drunk and wrecking it.” Jarak responded hesitantly.

    “Take care of it. I don’t know and I don’t care how, but take care of it.” Kelan growled back before signing off.

    “What other human female?” Ariel asked suddenly.

    “The tiny one you call Cara. She is a pain in my…” Kelan began before Tulex interrupted him.

    Trisha bit her lip as she listened to the conversation going on over the sound of the alarms. She was trying to not focus on the spasms of pain that were running up and down her leg and into her back. She wasn’t sure how much longer she would be able to stand. It was taking everything inside her not to cry out as the needles became sharper and sharper. She tried to relieve the pressure by moving most of her weight to her other leg but that just made her back worse. Small beads of sweat started breaking out on her forehead as the nausea started to build in her stomach. She wouldn’t let her friends down. She couldn’t. She was tough. Her dad taught her techniques on how to ignore pain. Trisha tried to remain focused on breathing through each spasm but the pain was becoming unbearable. Trisha was in so much pain she was unaware of the two tiny symbioses on her wrists moving in aggravation as they sensed her increasing discomfort.

    “Commander.” Tulex called out softly. His eyes grew wide with concern as he saw the pain darkening Trisha’s already dark brown eyes to black. He was closer to her so he was able to see the sweat on her brow and how she turned from pale to almost sheet white.

    Kelan jerked his head around when he heard the thread of concern in Tulex’s voice. “What?”

    Tulex was about to reply when a particularly sharp pain swept through Trisha clouding her vision. She was unable to hold back the cry of pain as her muscles tensed up into severe spasms. Trisha felt herself falling as her legs went out from under her.

    Carmen muttered a curse and thrust Burj away from her spinning and rushing for Trisha at the same time Ariel threw her chair leg at the three men and sprinted across the room. Both of them were still behind Kelan, who reached Trisha first and took her from Tulex’s arms. Kelan slowly lowered Trisha to the floor. Trisha’s eyes were closed and her teeth gritted as the waves of pain radiated throughout her body. Her hands were clenched so tightly into fists, Kelan couldn’t open them. His symbiosis circled around him and was pressing close to Trisha, spreading fine threads of gold all over her body as it searched for the cause of her pain.

    “Get away from her.” Carmen said roughly to Tulex as she moved to kneel down next to Trisha’s head. She was