Phoenix Rising
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve
"My lady..my lady..please wake up.."
Allura stirred and she sleepily opened her eyes and promptly shut them. Giselle, kneeling beside her bed, thought that she looked like an angel and grimaced. There was a devil after her. Giselle hoped that for her sake and Jennah's child, she would leave quickly.
Giselle shook the princess. "Please, princess..my lady..I beg you wake up! Have mercy on an orphan!"
Allura stirred again and this time she woke. She saw Giselle and said, "Who are you?"
Giselle shook her head. "My name does not matter, my lady. It is the baby - my sister's child. Please, I beg of you - when you leave this place, take her with you!"
Allura sat up and said, "Baby?"
Giselle unwrapped the small bundle at her breast and said, "Yes..this baby. My sister's child. She is dead. Prince Devonn gave her to his officers and he killed the baby's father for not telling him what he needed to know about you and your husband."
Allura gasped. "Prince Devonn did this? He is as cruel as Zarkon!"
Giselle said, "I do not know your Zarkon, my lady, but I know Devonn - I know him well. You and your husband must leave here. Devonn will revenge himself on you and he has vowed to kill your husband. It was all he talked about last night."
Allura looked at her and looked at the tiny baby.
She said, "May I see it?"
Giselle smiled and said, "Yes, it is a girl."
Allura took the small baby and looked at her. She smiled gently. Why the baby looked like a tiny version of Lotor! Pale blue skin and a downy fuzz of white hair. She was adorable!
Giselle saw the look on her face and said, "You will take her?"
Allura nodded and said, "Yes, I -ah-we will raise her as our own. You must come with us though. You don't need to stay here. Arus would welcome you."
Giselle shook her head and said, "No. It is too late for me. I will die here. It was fortold long ago."
Allura smiled sadly and said, "I wish you'd reconsider."
Giselle said, "No. Please do not ask me again. I - I must go. Devonn will look for me."
Giselle arose and Allura laid there holding the tiny baby.
As Giselle went out the door, Allura said, "Please, if you change your mind.."
Giselle smiled sadly and said, "I know, princess. Bless you..goodbye, little one.." and she was gone.
Devonn watched Giselle leave the small palace. He looked at her retreating figure in hatred. He saw what she had done. He had nearly walked in on them, buthehad hid and had heard everything. How dare she warn Allura of his plans? She would pay,but first he would see the one he wanted to see.
Allura laid in bed and cradled the baby gently. She marvelled that the baby was so tiny and yet fully formed. Perhaps Drule babies were more resilient than Terrans. She didn't know. All she knew, was that she would have see to the baby's welfare. The baby whimpered and then she opened her eyes briefly. They were the felinoid eyes of her race. Allura smiled. Well now she knew what a child of Lotor's would look like. She blushed, remembering last night, and how she responded to his touch. She felt so alive with him. It would be so easy to be intimate with him. To let herself go. But it wouldn't solve anything, for he was Zarkon's son, and bent on following his father's evil ways. If he had been born of a different father, would it have made a difference?
The baby yawned and Allura did too. She whispered, "Hmm..I think that's a good idea, baby..go back to sleep..."
Allura lay there and cradled the baby in her arms, unaware that the devil was at her door..
Devonn walked into the small palace, his hand easily opening the door. He went to the back where the bedroom was and saw Allura asleep with a small infant in her arms. So--that's was what Giselle was here for! Some illegitimate brat - perhaps the child of her sister! Giselle always did have a bleeding heart.
He gazed at her again. She looked like a madonna - an angel. It was funny how she carried her purity like a shining beacon of light about her. Devonn felt a quickening of desire for her. He wanted to drag her down, make her beg, defile her in every way. He wanted to feel her skin against his own - his true one, but it was not time yet. He would make her pay for her foolishness and he would enjoy it.
Devonn walked over to the side of bed and sat down beside her. He bent down and kissed her neck, making her shiver.
She mumbled, "Lotor, don't..cold.."
Devonn, angry, jerked her up, waking both Allura and the small baby. Her eyes widened and she gasped, Devonn!"
The baby at her breast mewed and Devonn yelled, "Put the brat somewhere and shut it up, Allura or I will dash it's brains out!"
Allura gasped. She knew he would do as he said so she got up and winced as she placed her weight upon her ankle. She placed the baby in a small basket in the bathroom and prayed that she would be all right. Allura hoped that Lotor would come back soon. For once she would be glad to see him.
When she came back in the room, Devonn quickly grabbed her and smiled, "Your husband is gone, Allura..he is a fool to leave you alone."
Allura tried to scream as he kissed her, but he muffled her cry. Ignoring her struggles, his hands roughly handled her body. Devonn pushed her over to the bed and he forced her upon it.
Devonn whispered, "You excite me, Allura.." He kissed her neck and nipped it with his sharp teeth.
Allura screamed and Devonn said smugly, "Scream all you want, Allura..no one will hear you..it only excites me more."
He laughed as he continued to touch her everywhere.
When she resisted, he would whisper, "Remember the motherless brat, Allura, if you resist me, I will kill the brat and take you anyway."
Allura's eyes flashed at him in anger. "You're a monster, Devon - I know what you've done."
He shook her and said, "Yes.Giselle told you. Well, she will pay for that - as for what I've done, angel - I rule here I can do anything!"
He kissed her again, pinning her hands against the bed. He whispered, "And I will do everything to you, Allura."
He tried to kiss her again when she bit his cheek. Devonn reared back and backhanded her, releasing her hands.
He yelled, "You will not resist me!"
Allura's screamed, "Yes, I will! I won't be taken by such as you!"
Devonn smirked, "You will be taken - and you will enjoy it..when Lotor comes back I will make him watch as I take you - then I will kill him! He will be haunted thoughout oblivion with the picture of that!"
Allura, enraged at his evil, started to claw at him, and Devonn responded by slapping her. He marvelled that she would still fight back. Another woman would have surrendered by now. She had the bravery of a man in the body of a goddess. Devonn smirked as he saw her determined face.
He said, "Fight, angel, fight me - when you tire, your surrender to me will be sweet.."
Ignoring her hands, Devonn's hands roamed her body again. He was so enthralled by her he did not see Allura's hands come down like claws on his face. Suddenly, he felt a ripping of his skin as the sugical implants loosened, then pain as the skin on the right side of his face came off. Devonn reared back in pain as Allura screamed in horror. His face! Half his face was Zarkon's! Devonn was still on top of her, and Allura, struggled anew to free herself. Devonn looked down upon her in rage and backhanded her hard on the face.
He brought his hideous face close to her own and said, "You will pay for that - I swear it!"
Despite Allura's terror, she said in a daze, "No, Zarkon, you will pay for what you did to my father and my planet! I won't be mated to a fiend like you!"
To her suprise, Devonn laughed, "Zarkon? You only wish I was Zarkon! He is a fool! With your mighty robot, I will defeat him and claim what is mine - as for mating." He grinned laviscously. "You will be mated to me and I will enjoy you."
Devonn suddenly frowned. He needed to get out of here before Lotor did come back. Although he could kill him, Devonn could still use him, and he didn't want his secret revealed yet. How to keep her quiet? Then a thought came to him and he smiled. He got up off her abruptly, and without a word, headed for the bathroom. Allura saw where he was going and scrambled after him, screaming "No!"
Allura grabbed his arm, but Devonn backhanded her again. Allura lay stunned on the floor as Devonn came out with the tiny baby in his arms.
Allura saw and she moaned, "Devonn, please don't - not the baby..she didn't - "
Devonn looked down upon her cruelly and said, "Ah, the brat?" referring to the little one.
Allura begged, "Please, Devonn, I - I will give myself to you, only do not harm her.."
Devonn's eyes lit up with interest. He was very tempted, but that could wait for the moment. He said, "I will remember that, Allura. However, for now, you will keep silent about what occourred here. If you do not, I will make sure that this brat's body is impaled upon a pole when I finally wed you!"
Allura gasped, "No, please!"
Devonn smirked, "Keep quiet and I will see that this brat is cared for. "
Allura said, "I don't believe you!"
He bent down and laughed. "Believe me or no, you have no choice, do you? No, I won't kill the brat - for it's in my best interest not to do so - at the moment."
Devonn set the infant down and quickly covered her body with his own. He whispered huskily, "I am so tempted to just take you now, Allura - I burn for you.."
She turned her head in disgust as he jerked her chin to face him. He snarled, "You will get used to my face and my body, Allura - you will learn every way to please me, or I will blot out from existence every person you have ever loved..."
He looked into her terrified eyes and smiled with glee. "I am not Zarkon, angel, but I will rule his empire and I am twice the man that he is!"
Allura, despite her situation, said, "Twice the monster.."
Devonn smirked and said, "Monster I may be, Allura, but you soon enjoy my embraces and more.. "
He lifted off her reluctantly, picked up the baby and said coldly, "Remember what I said, Allura. I have the brat..if you want her and Lotor to live, you will say nothing!"
Allura laid there, her head still spinning. She nodded mutely. As Devonn walked out the bedroom door, he added, "Oh, and by the way, angel, I have deactivated your passkeys. You cannot leave here! Unless you wed with me, you will never see Arus again! I will await your answer, Allura..goodbye darling!"
She heard his laugh as he left the palace.
Allura shook and then she started to cry helplessly. How did everything happen like this? A simple vacation and now it seemed that she had to fight yet another tyrant who bent on conquering. Suddenly, she wished Lotor were here. He was the only familar comfort here. He would help her get home. He loved her. As Allura curled up in a ball on the floor, she cried and called for Lotor. When she felt a gentle touch upon her shoulder, she screamed and fought the intruder. As she opened her eyes, she saw the concerned face of Prince Lotor.
