Free Hunting Cari (First Wave) by Mikayla Lane Page A

the metal
platinum, all known for their healing properties. Apparently even the Earth
knows how stubborn you are.” Jess said with a small smile.
    “Thank
you Jess. You have an amazing gift.” Cari said with gratitude, wondering just
how bad she’d be feeling right now if Jess hadn’t been here to help her.
    “You
have to try to project fear right now, until the bracelets help you fully heal.
Anything else and Vikan might come back here. And we really don’t want that!”
Jess stated.
    “Vikan?
Who is Vikan?”
    “He’s
the man who beat you. I thought you knew who he was. You seemed to have met
before.” Jess said questioningly as she continued to help gently clear the
blood off Cari’s face.
    “You
mean Vincent Baker?” Cari asked confused.
    “Oh
I see… he chose a more 'earth' name when he spoke to you. His real name is
Vikan B’Tai. He was the commander of the original ship that crashed here while
attacking the transport our fathers used to get here from the outpost. You do
know all about that right?” Jess asked.
    “My
uncle Randor told me all about how they came to be here and the struggles they
had with the Relians, who crashed as well. I knew after he took me that
Vincent… I mean Vikan was a Relian. I didn’t realize he was their commander.”
Cari admitted.
    “I
was very young when they killed my father. The times they allowed me near my
mother before they killed her, she would tell me all the stories that my father
had told her about how they had gotten here and where they were from. I really
didn’t believe any of it until I got older, and they had kidnapped some of the
other girls like us.” Jess told her sadly.
    “I’m
so sorry Jess. I promise you, if I get out of here, I will take you with me or
come back for you.” Cari vowed emphatically.
    “Watch
your emotions. You’re heading into anger again. We don’t want them to come back
here for a while. Vikan will stay away and let you heal if he’s not angered
enough to come back. At least if they feel afraid they are going to be scanning
the area looking for humans wandering close or Valendrans.”
    “I
overheard that they have no idea if your uncle was in communication with
others, or if he told them of where you were hiding, so they are going to be
watchful until we move camp again. They are planning on doing it soon in order
to avoid any possible rescue mission for you. Hopefully, we can get you healed
and out of here before then though. As soon as I recover my energy, I’m going
to try and fashion something else for you to help you heal.” Jess informed her.
    “Jess,
don’t waste all of your energy on me. Save it for yourself right now. I’m
healing fine and barely feeling any pain at all. You keep making things for me,
and I’m going to look like a jewelry store!” Cari tried to laugh, not wanting
the poor girl to waste any more energy helping her when she needed her energy
for herself.
    Cari
had already noticed how exhausted she seemed, her movements slow and sluggish.
Between the abuses, she must have suffered at the hands of those animals and
her efforts to help her, Jess looked like she was ready to fall over.
    “Just
keep projecting fear and we’ll see what happens. I still need to steal
something to cut those ropes for you too. We'll deal with that when you’re
healed enough to actually escape.” Jess said tiredly, laying her head back down
on the ground. Her eyes seemed to close as if they had a will of their own and
exhaustion seemed to overtake the girl.
    *****
    “Sir,
I really don’t think this is a good idea. What if there are too many of them.
What if they have weapons we aren’t aware of?” A Tact Team member asked
fearfully of Scaden.
    Scaden
ran his hand through his hair in frustration and tried not to strangle the man.
This was the fourth member of the team that had asked him these stupid
questions since they had reached the outer perimeter of the Relian camp a
little while ago. It was taking every