The Tales of the Silver Wind

"There," Amanda said after cleaning her sex off of his skin, "Akasha shouldn't be able to notice," she said giving Sebastian a little smirk. Making him watch as she dressed, loving how he looked at her even if she appeared to be the older woman in the room. When in reality she was the one that would have been called a gold digger in the distant past on her home world nestled in the Sol system. "Now," Amanda said pushing the cart across the room. Licking her lips as she watched as he stuffed that orgasmic tool back into his pants as she held the data plug in her hand. "You wouldn't mind if I backup your programming?"

"Kind of figured that was what you were planning before...," Sebastian said nodding behind him.

"True," Amanda mused, "can you blame me for getting distracted?" she asked stepping in-between his legs.

"Did you hear me utter those words?" Sebastian asked with a coy smirk.

"No, that you didn't," Amanda said sweetly, running her hand down his chest as she inserted the data plug into the nanotubes. "This will only take a few minutes," she said turning slightly hitting a few buttons starting the transfer.

"Let's not wait another week," Amanda said sweetly lightly kissing Sebastian's lips. Her hand grasped his ass, something for her to daydream about when she sought out her bunk. Waving to him, that warm smile of his tugging at her heart as he rounded the corner of the intersection that led to the crew quarters.

"So I see Amanda has had her taste," Akasha teased as Sebastian walked into their cabin. Her light pink translucent lingerie stood out against her alabaster skin. Her light pink areolas mixing with the soft fabric. Her cocked hip caused her matching panties to detail her swollen labia that has been waiting to feel his lips on them.

"You better have save enough to satisfy us," Lulu huffed crossing her arms causing her breasts to bounce as her own lingerie failed to support her taut peaks. Looking down as Akasha's tail began to slowly pull her panties down.

"Of course," Sebastian said as the doors closed behind him.

Chapter Six

"This is getting us nowhere!!" Elizabeth said slamming her hands down onto the table as the members of the council bickered with one another. "We won't get another chance like this!" she shouted; looking around the table at the men and women that knew nothing of the threat the Polorians represented, nor the cost if the Candarians went to war. Elizabeth was growing tired of repeating herself after a day of this.

"Commander," the council woman to her left said in a calm voice. "We know nothing of these Candarians, for all we know they lied to this man and they simply want this nebula for themselves for all we know."

"Can we even trust that this so-called threat is real?" the man asked at the far end of the table. "Just who are these Polorians anyway?"

"You wouldn't be saying that if you saw firsthand what they did to our people during the war," Elizabeth said coldly staring daggers at the man.

"What could these people possibly gain from attacking us anyway? We aren't rich in wealth or resources," the woman said from across from him.

"You think they care about such things?! No! The Polorians only care about their race and the eradication of anyone or anything that isn't one of them," Elizabeth said turning her body slightly pointing at the screen that showed archived footage of the horrors they had documented from the war. "Why do you think they destroyed fifty solar systems? It wasn't about winning the war, it was about eradicating our people from planets that they thought belonged to them."

"Can we negotiate with them?" asked the man that sat in the middle of the table to Elizabeth's left.

"We thought that way too in the early years of the war," Elizabeth said bringing up the still images of the beheaded, mutilated bodies of the dignitaries they had sent to the Polorian home world. "This was their answer to our peace talks," she said watching the color draining away from their faces. "You think you can negotiate with animals that do that to another living being?" Elizabeth asked with a pointed look. "This is what you are willing to bring to our people if we don't act, now!" she said her finger stabbing the table.

"Can we at least talk to this...," the woman that sat at Elizabeth's right hand said as she flipped through the file, "Captain-major? He was in many of the battles against them, correct?" she asked going off what limited information they had on the man stored in their computer banks.

"Yes," Elizabeth nodded, "he and his men were sent out against them numerous times," she said remembering all the reports she had read that came in about his regiment. "He will say the same thing I have been trying to get you to understand. The Polorians will find us, they will either kill us or enslave us," Elizabeth said looking around the table again.

"Commander," the woman that sat at the foot of the table that had remained silent so far began to speak. "We understand your stance on the matter. You and that Imperialist are about the only ones left here that truly knows the horrors that you witnessed on the battlefield. How about we break for lunch? I'm sure we could use some time to think on this matter. That will give that man time to present himself before us, so we can question him ourselves," she said looking around the table at the agreeing nods.

"Very well," Elizabeth said her fingertips skimming along the tables surface as she straightened her back. "I shall see if Sebastian, as he is called now, is free to meet with the council."

"Make it an order," the man in the middle to Elizabeth's right said, "he's used to that," he said with an arrogant smirk.

"Stan, if you wish to live another day, I would advise you never to repeat those words in front of him. He is very good at what he was made to do," Elizabeth said with deathly undertones. "This council has no authority over the man, as our law states if he so chose to, he could take command for himself," she said looking around making sure that they knew where they stood with the man. Elizabeth gathered her files from the table, her mind strategizing her next move and how to get Sebastian to attend the meeting. Her aid rushing to her side as she left the room heading towards her office.

At that very moment Akasha stood in the training robes she had made when Sebastian agreed to teach her the crane stance. Her violet eyes watched as he descended the stairs to the cargo bay floor. In his hand was a palm size metal orb and a holographic transmitter sat around his neck. She knew why he had brought it with him, Pantra would be joining them in this session. If albeit in a holographic form still to train beside her Queen and from a master that carried the skill of a form, they thought extinct. Akasha couldn't be more happier to be his mate.

"Master," Akasha said bowing to him. Holding the bow as she heard him tinkering with the orb in his hand. She knew what he was doing, Sebastian was trying to see if she had the patience to undertake the training. She also knew Pantra was standing in the same position she was given how he had told them to be ready at this time. Peering out of the corner of her eye seeing the hologram of her Queen appearing that her instincts were correct.

"Master," Pantra said once she was informed that the connection had been established. Giving a little wave of her hand telling her attendants to leave the room. She wasn't about to dishonor Sebastian by having one of her servants spying on his teachings.

"Are you ready my opiskeloja, this stance is only to kill not for show," Sebastian said using the Candarian word for student.

"Yes master," Akasha and Pantra said in unison.

"Then rise and face your master," Sebastian said standing a few feet away from them with his back facing the cargo bay door. Holding up his hands with his palms of his hands towards them. "I want the two of you to throw a punch striking the center of my palm," he said his left hand tapping the center of this right palm. Watching as they didn't hesitate to follow his command. Smirking as he gripped their fists tightly. Sebastian had wondered how this was going to work given he would only be a hologram on Pantra's side. She had told him they had increased the output of the device so he and Pantra would feel the blows and the slight adjustments to whichever form he was teaching them at that moment. He could feel her weight as he swept Akasha's and Pantra's legs out from underneath them. "Lesson one my opiskeloja always be prepared for an attack and to counter it," Sebastian said looking down at them.

"Yes master," they said getting to their feet. Sebastian watched as they dusted themselves off and stood ready to continue their lesson.

"Since the both of you know how to throw a punch and a kick," Sebastian said smiling as he walked along Akasha's left side. His index finger traced down the side of Akasha's hand as those violet eyes glanced at him. "Today I will teach you the most basic form in the crane stance, should you master this quickly then we'll move on to the next should the Queen have time in her busy schedule." Watching how Akasha's ears perked, her hands clenched, the way her nose wiggled as his fingers danced along her ass as he came to stand at her right side. "Now watch and repeat after me," Sebastian said bringing his right arm up slightly above his head. His hand pointing downward in the shape of a bill, while his left hand was open his palm facing down. Sliding his right leg behind him as if posed to unleash a kick, bending his left knee to give leverage to the blow. Looking to see if they had mimicked the stance. Moving Akasha's arm up slightly, pointing her fingers downward more. Moving her right leg out more, seeing the same mistakes in Pantra's stance.

"Now return to your original stance," Sebastian said moving out from the middle of them. "Now show me the blocking crane," he ordered smiling at them as they snapped into action. Walking around them making slight adjustments, having them repeat the stance another ten times until he was sure they knew it by heart. "Extend your claws," Sebastian ordered as he had them hold the pose. Watching as their razor sharp talons snapped out in a blink of an eye.

"Master, I don't understand this pose?" Pantra said not seeing how this was meant to kill.

"Then watch," Sebastian said looking over at her, "Akasha retract your claws," he ordered not giving her a moment to react as he launched into a right round house kick. Which to Akasha's credit she reacted instantly catching it in her free hand. Taking hold of Akasha posed hand bringing it down to his thigh. "Your opponent won't be able to put up much of a fight if his or hers femoral artery has been severed."

"I see, thank you master," Pantra said quickly bowing. She had no idea that even the most basic form was a killing blow.

"Now I want the two of you to practice that stance...," Sebastian began to say as Adriana came running through the doors that led to the common area of the ship.

"I'm sorry Sebastian, I know you wanted to keep this private but there's a wave for you, it's that woman," Adriana said pointing to the bridge as she stood on the catwalk.

"I see," Sebastian said looking up at her, "tell her I'll be there in a moment," he said seeing her nod before dashing off. "Seems we must stop for today, however, I want the two of you to spar with one another. Practice the form I showed you. Go slow so the two of you can perfect the blow," Sebastian said taking the transmitter from his neck and placing it around Akasha's neck. "No claws," he said sternly looking between the two.

"Yes master," they said bowing to him.

"Forgive me my Queen, but I shall not let my mate down," Akasha said smirking taking up the stance.

"Nor will I dishonor my brother," Pantra said with a smirk as she faced Akasha. Sebastian watched as he climbed the stairs, then looking towards the door wondering what she would want with him.

"Forgive me for interrupting Sebastian," Elizabeth said as Sebastian walked onto the bridge.

"What's this about? Surely the nanites haven't been fabricated so quickly?" Sebastian asked standing beside Lulu's captain's chair.

"No," Elizabeth said shaking her head, "however, they are near completion, another day and they shall be ready. This...I need your help," she sighed. Going over what has been happening for the past day with the council.

"I see," Sebastian said stroking his chin, "I don't see how I can help you. I'm not a diplomat."

"I know, they wish to speak with you regardless. I don't think they realize how serious the Polorians are."

"Then they would be fools," Sebastian said sternly.

"That we can agree on, but they have never been in battle before not like we have. They think they can negotiate with the Polorians, the idiots," Elizabeth spat.

"That would be... disastrous," Sebastian nodded.

"Plus they don't believe the offer of the Candarians, given how the one that serves on that ship is the only one they have ever seen. If we are to forge this alliance, I need you in the meeting to show them that their word can be trusted," Elizabeth said. She wanted it to work. She needed it to work. With the trade that would open up, building her complex would take months instead of years of hoarding the materials she would need to build on such a grand scale.

"Very well," Sebastian sighed already hating being Pantra's ambassador, "when do I need to arrive?"

"Now, Lieutenant Amsher is already standing by at the dock outside your ship," Elizabeth said seeing the tick in Sebastian's right cheek beginning to form.

"Right then," Sebastian said spinning on his heel seeing how he thought their conversation was over. "Excellent block Pantra," he said seeing her catching Akasha's strike to Pantra's thigh.

"Sebastian!" Akasha said looking up her ears fidgeting, her cheeks heating as he walked down the stairs. "Shall we continue our lesson master?" she asked arching an eyebrow as she saw his wave tablet in his hand and his pistol strapped to his leg.

"Not today, but I still want the two of you to practice," Sebastian said as he stepped onto the cargo bay floor. "Tomorrow I shall teach you the palm crane and how the two of you can use those two stances together."

"Yes master," they said bowing to him.

"Be safe," Akasha mouthed having to be content with a nod before Sebastian turned towards the cargo bay door.

"Greetings Captain-major," Amsher said saluting Sebastian as the cargo bay door rose behind him. "I do apologize for earlier, you understand I was under orders," she said seeing his jaw muscles clenching and unclenching. "Please this way," Amsher gestured towards the doors, wondering why he was armed. However, she too would have dawned her own service weapon if she was the one walking into the heart of a complex ran by people that she knew not if they could be trusted. "Please. they are only escorts," she said seeing Sebastian eyeing the men as they surrounded him, "it is mandatory that all visiting dignitaries have armed guards while they are here," Amsher said trying to put Sebastian at ease. All that did was make his warrior instincts kick in.

"Right," Sebastian said eyeing the men without appearing to do so. "Let's just get this over with," he said feeling his hand twitching eager to reach for his pistol.

"Right this way," Amsher said taking charge. Taking a left once they left the dock, watching how her people quickly moved out of the way as they neared.

"Get him!" came a shout from out of nowhere. Sebastian sprang into action as he swept the legs out from underneath his escorts as they turned on him. Amsher was too in awe to move as Sebastian took down the men with ease. It wasn't until she heard the cycling of his plasma pistol as it pressed into the forehead of one of the men that attacked them that cleared her mind.

"Wait!" Amsher said calmly. Taking a dry swallow as she saw the killer in those green eyes of his. "The Commander wouldn't do this," she said taking a step forward fearing that she too was about to meet her fate as the green glow of the plasma invertor shone along the man's forehead. "I'm sure it has to be one of the council members that put them up to it," Amsher said trying to salvage the situation.

"Tell me why I should believe a word? Tell me why I should bother to save your miserable lives?" Sebastian growled his grip tightening around the handle of his pistol. Amsher moved quickly taking the man at Sebastian's feet by his shirt backhanding him across the face.

"Tell me who ordered this?" Amsher asked thrusting her face into his. "Speak or I'll let this man finish what he's started," she said watching the man wince as she took hold of handfuls of his hair.

"C-councilman Stan Evans," the man stuttered.

"You know this man?" Sebastian asked from behind Amsher.

"Unfortunately," Amsher sighed releasing her hold on the man. Pulling out her own service weapon as she radioed for security. "Take these men to the brig, the Commander will see to their crimes," she ordered holstering her weapon as the lead security personal nodded. "Come," Amsher said looking back at him as he still held his weapon in hand, "I promise I had no hand in this," she said holding her hands up in surrender.

"Obviously," Sebastian said holstering his own weapon.

"The councilman must be after that," Amsher said nodding to Sebastian's weapon. "Everyone here wants one of those, the output alone is a hundred times more powerful than ours," she said laying her hand on her own pistol.

"Then they are fools, this can only be used by me and me alone," Sebastian said patting his weapon.

Elizabeth's anxiety rose as the minutes passed. She knew Amsher should have arrived by now. "What's taking her so long?" she asked herself as the chatter of the council members began to rise.

"Since obviously this man hasn't bothered to show up," Stan said getting to his feet. "I vote that we...," his voice dying as the doors to the council chambers opened. A frog began to form in his throat as he saw the men, he had purposely chosen to stand guard lay unconscious on the floor. Then to the man that stood in that doorway. Those green eyes of his zeroing in on him as Amsher whispered into his ear.

"Ah good, Sebastian...," Elizabeth said rising to her feet only to be too slow as Stan sprang into action. Putting councilwoman Pisapia in a headlock as he dragged her to her feet, pressing a knife to her throat.

"Nah-uh," Stan said as Elizabeth reached for her weapon. "If you want...," the council chamber erupted in gasps as a bright green light filled the room, and Stan's gooey brain bits splattered the floor. Pisapia franticly checked her neck as Stan's lifeless body fell to the floor. All turned hearing the shrill of his plasma pistol chamber as it powered down as Sebastian holstered his weapon.

"Amsher see to that," Elizabeth said pointing at Stan's body, "is fed to those beasts that inhabit the southern island," she said referring to the nocturnal predators that lived on that small planet of theirs. "And have security take those," Elizabeth said nodding to the door, "to the brig, I'll deal with them once we have finished here."

"Yes Commander," Amsher said saluting Elizabeth glancing at Sebastian. She had no idea the plasma beam of his weapon could have been narrowed like it was. If it hadn't then she knew the councilwoman would have been caught in the wake of the shot. For a second there it appeared to her that the plasma had formed into a long bolt.

"Thank you, for coming and dealing with that," Elizabeth said gesturing to Stan's body as Amsher dragged it out of the room.