She lay in a pool of liquid that beamed a light lavender glow. Connected to tubes of all sorts and sizes; her eyes remained closed. She wasn’t human—no far from it. Being a bio-android in the making sure did take a long while to complete. She remained motionless for quite some time now—almost about six years. Collecting what needed to be collected was a hard task to complete. Lying motionless is all Lavender could do. Lie and wait for her masters to complete her.
One such master stood outside the room, looking in at Lavender; a huge glass window between them. Laying a hand on the glass, she sighed as she stared at Lavender’s perfect bare form lying in the pool of liquid. Her black hair at medium length rounded her face perfectly and she stood at about four feet eight inches tall and could easily be mistaken for a young child. But this was far from the truth. Fae Ling, the leader of the Chinese pirates, was a strong willed young lady at the age of twenty-three. She wore a traditional red Chinese dress to signify her authority over the rest of the crew—and other pirates.
“Soon, Lavender, I promise you that you’ll awake.” Fae Ling whispered quietly, leaning in on the glass and stroking it with a finger. She sighed heavily. “Six years has been too long.”
Fae Ling inherited the leadership from her sister—who rightfully stepped down to give Fae the title when Fae was only twenty. Why? Well Fae took it by force, of course. She needed to show the universe what she was capable of. The power she could create. The ones who opposed her—you wouldn’t want to know what happened to them.
Footsteps echoed throughout the huge dark room. It didn’t cause Fae any alarm as she did not acknowledge anyone’s approach—until he bowed and spoke.
“L-Lady Fae Ling,” he stammered.
Fae sighed, giving the man no eye contact and keeping her gaze on Lavender. “What is it?” She asked coldly.
“I’m terribly sorry, milady, but—”
“Out with it all ready!”
“H-he escaped.”
“Who?”
The man backed away and trembled. “R-Ramos, milady. He seems to have taken Hanako with him as well.”
“WHAT!” Fae bellowed, her voice rattling the glass beside her. She turned and her magenta eyes flared with anger. “How did you allow this to happen!”
“We—we tried to stop them… but he’s taken down half –if not more of your soldiers.”
“Take me to them!”
The soldier nodded as he led the way to the carnage that awaited them. Twists and turns of hallways and laboratories passed them. Coming to an elevator, they stepped inside—the window behind them showing the vast emptiness of space. Fae Ling was the Admiral on The Wei Fu: “The Powerful Lotus;” the most powerful vessel in the universe—well, in her opinion, anyway. The elevator stopped, opened with a swish and at Fae’s feet was pieces of soldiers covering the floor. She looked up and saw others splattered against the walls and windows. Her arms dropped from their crossed position and her mouth slid open in utter—surprise. Who wouldn’t be utterly surprised at the gore—intestines splurged out, fingers and hands scattering the floor in their bloody mess. The scene was completely disgusting—to a normal person that is. Fae, well she was sort of special. A corrupted smile curled from ear to ear.
“Where is Doctor Li?”
“She’s in her office.”
Fae Ling walked down the hallway, not even caring about stepping in the blood and gore as she stepped on an eyeball, squishing it without even noticing. Around them where rooms where their “subjects” stayed; windows, like the one showing Lavender; allowed Doctor Li to check up on them momentarily, or when needed. One said room, Fae stopped just for a brief moment to look in. One of the Doctor’s assistants lay in pieces on its floor, her blood and gore splattered everywhere; the door wide open. She sighed, remembering where her love slept—if only briefly. She continued a ways down, trying to push him out of her mind. Stopping at a grand circular door, she pressed a button on its panel, which was covered in blood on the wall and the door opened. Dr. Li sat at her desk, hands covering her face. Her white coat, stained red—she was trembling.
“What did we create?” She whispered.
“Doctor,” Fae spoke coldly. “I thought you removed everything in Ramos’s mind to create the perfect man for me? One who would obey my every order—one who wouldn’t betray me like this.”
“Lady Fae,” Doctor Li stood up quickly and gave a bow. “We thought we did as well, honestly.”
“So some of his memory still remains?”
“It appears so, milady. Please forgive me for missing it.”
Fae Ling sighed heavily and stared coldly at the Doctor—who in turn stepped back in fear for her life. Fae walked over to her desk and sat on top of it, setting a leg over the other and tapping her foot in the air.
“You know, I’m only willing to spare your life because you’re the only one who can help me with Lavender. However,” Fae paused and checked her nails. “If I do not get Ramos back, I will kill you.”
“Y-yes, milady, understood,” Doctor Li nodded her head and bowed. “I-I thank you for your mercy, you are most honourable.”
“Don’t thank me yet, Doctor.”
Fae Ling jumped off the desk and gave Doctor Li a sinister smile before turning to the soldier. She walked toward him and stopped at the door next to him.
“Be a dear and get some help and clean up this mess. It seems that my love wants to play a game with me and I have to go find him.”
The soldier saluted and ran off to do his duty. Fae fingered the door and turned around to face the Doctor once more. Doctor Li stared back behind her blood splattered glasses, trying to hide her fear—but Fae knew, of course she knew of the fear she can invoke into others. It was something she had—that edge she needed to compensate for her small height.
“Maybe giving him that arm was a bad idea,” Fae said softly. “Do you think so, Doctor?”
Doctor Li paused. She still met Fae’s magenta eyes with her own dark brown ones, trying to figure out the right thing to say. Giving Ramos the arm was in fact Fae’s brilliant idea. She needed a great body guard and who else could make the better choice than someone she loved?
“No, my lady, it was a brilliant idea.” She found herself saying. “In fact, I’m sure he will remember your kindness and come back crawling to you.”
“Do you really think so?” Fae asked as her voice perked up. She wanted that to happen so badly. Oh how she loved him so…
“I do, my lady.”
“Great!” Fae giggled. “Now, if you don’t mind, I am going to go track down my beloved Ramos. Maybe, if by chance he remembers, he’ll lead us straight to her…”
“You don’t mean the Wind Elementalist, do you?”
“Yes, of course I do. She and her wretched sister are the last of the Elementals that we need for Lavender, right?”
“I believe so,” Doctor Li nodded. “They escaped barely with their lives as well, didn’t they?”
Fae nodded her head with a sinister smile. If she got the last two of the Elementals, Lavender could awaken finally. The Universe could be in the palm of her hands and she could become the grand Empress of all. Having him at her side as her Emperor, and Lavender as the enforcer—the great and powerful bio-android with all of the powers of the universe stored inside.
“Once I have that bitch’s powers for Lavender, I will finally dispose of her and Ramos will finally be mine to keep.”
“Of course, milady.”
Fae turned to leave, that same smile plastered on her porcelain face. She needed to start quickly before the trail runs dry and make it more difficult to find him…
“By the way, I’d take a shower before you join us on the bridge.”
“Join you?”
“Yes, please do, we may need your help finding him.”
“Of course,” she answered quietly.
“See you in a few, Doctor,” Fae said in a sing-song voice, waving her fingers to say “bye” to Doctor Li. She left the room, in an almost skip as she hummed a song. She walked back down the bloody hallway, a happy smile on her face. She was going to find him and finally get what she deserved—the love of her life and the death of the wench in her way…
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