Free Terran Times 01 - Arena Station by Viola Grace

Prologue
    yra Dannick was elated. “I found it! I actually Kfound it!” She tore out of the archive as if the hounds of hell were on her heels, skidding through the library to a communications terminal.
    She dialled in the codes she had been given for just such an event.
    “I found it, Councillor Rand. The lost planet of Admar. I have the co-ordinates and the jump keys.”
    “This is a most exciting discovery. As soon as your findings are confirmed we’ll send out a probe.” He sounded sceptical, but was willing to follow protocol for archaeological discovery.
    “When can someone check on my findings?”
    She was extremely eager to have her work of three years confirmed. Any delay would be intolerable.
    “Someone should be in touch with you in a few days. Have patience, Kyra.”
    The call was disconnected and Kyra returned to the archive only slightly less enthusiastic than she had been before the conversation. It was possible 1

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    that she had discovered the location of a planet that had been lost to the Alliance for over a thousand years. Waiting for a week would not kill her.

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    Three months later

    “I can’t possibly go, I get space sick.” Kyra felt queasy at the thought of the long journey to the transfer station.
    “It was your discovery. You have to be there when the probe confirms your findings. When the data is downloaded and you are proved correct, you’ll be the first Champion declared among your species. This is a very great honour. You have to be there.” The Ontex Councillor was adamant.
    There was no room for argument.
    So it came to pass that Kyra Dannick, research assistant at the Alliance archive, found herself in stasis and being shipped across the galaxy. She didn’t know her stasis chamber had been abducted by raiders, but she did know that when she woke up to find three men pawing her that she had not reached the transfer station. She reacted according to her own infallible instincts, and as such, found herself sold to an arena.
    Her savagery in defending her numbed body had the raiders recoiling. No one had the right to 2

    Champions of Terra - Arena Station grope her breasts, especially while her legs were still regaining feeling. She had felt a portion of one of the men’s faces cave in as her fist made satisfying contact. Something that squished slightly tore off in her other hand as she hissed in anger and fought for her dignity.
    The arena was inevitable after that.
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Chapter 1
Four months later

    yra watched the hands slide down her torso Kand moaned as they caressed her breasts, then trailed down to her ribs. As she let out little sighs and whimpers they continued their exploration. The long, elegant fingers drew circles along her outer thighs and her breath came in gasps as she fisted her hands in the sheets of her bunk.
    “Ouch, damn it. Ouch. Ok Tory, enough!”
    “Well, the damage does not seem to be permanent, but you’re lucky to have escaped in such good shape.” Tory withdrew her hands from her friend’s body and wiped the blood she accumulated from the superficial cuts Kyra had sustained off onto her jumpsuit. “You have cracked ribs and substantial bruising over most of your body, but nothing life threatening. This is the last time I grope you after a fight, next time have a 4

    Champions of Terra - Arena Station companion do it. At least they get paid for it.”
    “Face it Tory, I am one of your more normal patients in the quarters, and just because we aren’t sexually compatible doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy seeing your smiling face now and then. Plus you have really great hands.” Kyra managed a winning smile for her tall, gangly friend, and was rewarded with a smile that would have done an Earth shark credit.
    Her chilling smile bisected a face that was lavender in hue, in a body that was 7 feet tall and as willowy as any supermodel back on Earth. Tory offered her services as a physical therapist and trainer to Kyra