Guardians of the Universe
A story I wrote about a character named James, a human who's world was almost annihilated by the armies of hell itself. Much almost I,000 years latter. That same world sent James on a nearly impossible mission, and an winnable war for the sake of his war torn homeworld.Fate brings him to a plannet, possibly the only one in existence with dragons on it. He befriends two dragoness's, and with the blessing of the dragon council, he goes on a dangerous mission.
Guardians Of The Universe "It's 3842 AD, the earth and human society has changed over the last 1,800 years. Now with starwars type technology, and the expansive knowledge manking has achieved far beyond the wildest dreams of our ancestors before us. About 970 years ago, mankind faced an apocolyptic scenario. During our quest for more knowledge, we where wrekless. Forgetting that knowledge without wisdom is extremely destructive, or it can be to say the least. We found an ancient artifact that was believed to be some sort of ancient technology, a Babylonian artifact from at least 4200 BCE in modern Iran. But it was a key. It emmitted some sort of energy or force. We found what it unlocks. Eventually we used the key only to find it unlocks a portal or wormhole of some sort. Little did we know what was on the other side. And mankind payed the price for their folly. Legions of demons and other dark entities stormed the earth, and the earth errupted into a global war, the earth itself seemed to cry for the intelegent beings she has created for she herself feared for the fall of all her creation and her herself."-James My name is James, and here is my story... I am a guard of the universe, seveal hundred others are like me. They travel distant galaxys with other plannets that contain intellegent life, searching for the keys of what is "Hell" itself so that no portal to hell may be opened again. Most plannets with such life are either human or humanoid lifeforms. Some of them I recruit to travel with me if they earn my trust that is.
Some societies on a few planets aren't very friendly. I command a fleet of one UG1200 as some may call it a (mothership). And five UG800's (fighter ships) containing other combat craft. We go to other plannets to take such "keys" to hell so they may not be open. It's for the sake of all creatures of intellegence. All known plannets are charted in numbers, I myself discovered 8 of them including planet BCX 329, BCX 330, and BCX 332. Three well known planets for their incredibly intuitive creatures that inhabbit them. About a year latter, James and his fleet containing a small army found a lush green plannet in an uncharted galaxy, intrigued by this plannet with the atmosphere, of earth, the sun was about the same size in his solar system, and the plannet was the same distance from it. A rare find indeed. James even thought there might be humans on it as well. They landed in a clearing in a sub-troppical region of the plannet.
James sent some scouts to secure the area. Some scouts even found some small himan tribes in the area. A scout reported the information to James. "This is great news Jackie, We'll all stay in the ships for tonight though. Tell your men to regroup at the landing site".
"Yes sir" Jackie obediently replied.
The next morning, James woke up to his fighters, scouts, and maintenance personel screaming. He grabbed his side arm, and assult weapon by his bedside to see what was going on. Some of the natives started attacking his men. He shot many of them, even threw a few plasma grenades at the hostile natives. They fell back into a swamp, running for their lives because they where frighened at the weapons James carried.
"What the fuck happened? You all know going to an unknown plannet is dangerous! This ambush should have easily been a failure for them yet 20 men are dead! Why the hell do you motherfucking dumbasses have no goddamn weapons in your hands!" James screamed in anger. A commander of the ninth division of security forces named Alex came up to James.
"Sir, they ambused us, and assassinated the watchmen as we ehere sleeping." James took a deep breath. It is no one's fault.
"No one's fault Alex? As comander of this fleet I'm responsible for the lives of every man. And don't you fucking forget that. Alex, take a patrol and see if there are any stragglers form the village they came from. We'll take them alive preferably... We need to question one of them".
Alex nodded and wen't to assemble the patrol.
James with a firm voice "The Second and third division! Get your gear! And fall in! All men did as James ordered.
An hour latter, James and his men set off into the forest mainly to find some friendly tribes and villages. About 6 hours went by. James and his ben came across a village with men, women and children screaming in horror.
"What the hell is going on"? James asked himself. A
few moments latter, James heard ear piercing screams overhead. Both he and his men covered their ears clutching their heads, and grinding their teeth in pain. approxamately ten winged reptillian creatures flew overhead. All his men simutaneously screamed, cussed, even shot at the dragons with their assult weapons which had little to no effect. So they got up to run.
James looked back and screamed "no!!! Don't run!!!"
One of the creatures caught several men lifted them in the air, and let them fall to their death. James however, kept himself hidden in the brush. These winged reptiled spewed fire out of their mouths, torching almost all the rest of his men, and a few men wound up being the snack for a few of these creatures. Only three men from his two divisions he commanded where alive, Jacob Kelly, and Nathan.
James stood his ground in the brush thinking to himself "damn it, I fucking told them to say where they are. Why in the hell does anyone ever not listen to me. If it is only because I'm 22 years old, it isn't a damn good reason".
James screamed "Jacob, Kelly, Nathan, Get over hear!"
They did so, and took a moment to await James's orders. Kelly, you and Nathan make your way back to the ship. Tell all the others to stay inside the ship! These things are dragons. These motherfuckers are not to be underestemated. According to ancient folklore, these creatures are too damn powerful for our assult weapons to be effective".
Kelly looked confused... "Dragons" she questioned. Dragons are nothing but myth. There is no way these creatures can be that strong".
James said do the hell as I say or you'll get killed! In ancient folklore dragons are masters of magic, and are most difficult to kill. You saw it yourself, our weapons don't work on them. Now go"!
Kelly continued to argue. "Magic isn't real you know that"!
"Goddamn it Kelly! Our world was almost completely destroyed by demons and you don't believe in magic and other suppernatural forces? Don't be a fool! Do as I say"! James said in fustration.
Kelly paused for a moment, nodded her head, and Kelly and Nathan began making their way to the ship.
Night began to fall, James and Jacob where nearly 40 miles from the ships.
"In less than 48 hours... Almost half of my men... Dead". James pondering to himself out loud.
"Its not your fault James", Jacob said.
"I understand that. I'm just thinking, how in the hell did we wind up in a world full of dragons... I was fascinated with them as a child. Never thought I'd be seeing them trying to kill me or any men I command however. According to folklore, last dragon spoken of in records was 2,000 years ago in the dark ages".
Jacob said "well, you know how life has a funny way of throwing very suprising things at us.
"All I can say is, remember not to mistake life for fate, Jacob. God, Goddess, or even Gods (whatever want to call it, are nothing more than kids with ant farms. They don't plan anything. Which means life exists, but fate doesn't. Only descisions and consequences are a true reality of life". James said.
Jacob smirked and said "not in my religion. I'm a Christian after all".
Yes I'm well awaye of that Jacob. And as you know it's pointless to convert me. Get some sleep Jacob, I'll take first watch. In a few hours, you can relieve me". James said.
As Jacob gathered his gear from his pack, he fell assleep while James watched their surroundings. About 2 hours latter, James heard some movement, and some twigs breaking behind some brush. He raised his gun in the direction of the sound using the night vision red and green dot sight to see what it may be. He saw nothing as he searched the brush area. But something came behind him wrapped itself around James's face covering his mouth, And pulled him in the brush. As it did so, James tried shooting where he thought the creature was. The noise woke Jacob up, but James was no where to be seen.
"James! James!!! James... Said Jacob, but there was no reply.
Jacob gathered his things to go and make his way to the ships. He'd travel non-stop to tell the others James is gone. James struggled against the creature that held him, completely scilenced by the scally tail that held him, he heard a feminine voice softly say sssssshhhhh... I'm not going to harm you, human. James calmed down some until the creature tried to take away his assult riffle. James struggled hard to keep the weapon that was in his left hand which is pinned between the ground and a scally hand with long sharp claws. But his resistance was futile compared to the strenth of the creature that held him down.
"Now you're to come with me. There are a few things you must know about this world, human. But for now, I'll tell you your first mistake you made. Going into a world you know nothing about? I would never do that personally. Too many unknowns. You should have used your flying machines to get a good idea what type of world this is. But instead you used your own men. A truly fatal mistake for both you and your men, especially sense you humans are so.... fragile to say the least. Come now to my little humble cave. We need to talk. I know why you're hear. While your intensions are good, its not always wise to attempt to control or restrain the fate of other worlds human". The creature said.
So the creature took to the skies with James in it's strong arms and flew off to it's cave.
While in flight, James thought to himself. "Awww shit! This is a dragon. I'm about as good as dead now".
The dragon and James made it to the cave, the dragon gently placed James on his feet James stared at the dragon. It was black with neon-green eyes. As it made eye contact with James, James felt her eyes was boreing into his very soul. James has never been this nervous in his life...
Then, the dragon said "come now, stay with me a while. I have much to tell you, as I also have many questions. I'm sure you have a few yourself. First off, my name is Kate, so they call me in common tougue. You must be James.
In complete confusion, James curiously asked "how do you know my name is James"?
"HAHAHA! All dragons can read your thoughts, and if they're skilled enough, they can bring their consciousness into yours. They can read all your memories, fantasies, life experiences, every waking moment of your entire life. Including.... Fetishes................. While I'm that experienced, I tend to respect others and not bardge into their fetish areas such as that is something not of my buisness or concern". Kate said.
James nodded in aknowlegement.
"From what I can tell, you're from a completely different world. Seen some brutal battles in other worlds, and even you're homeworld is been scared even after rebuilding it from many wars. Including one war thats of particular interest. I trust that you know of what I speak of". Kate said
James was hezitant to say anything. All he could say is, "Yes I do believe I know what particular war you're talking about".
Kate smiled and said "come now, it's late. You'll spend the night here. Don't bother trying to escape. The only exit is through the front enterence and its inside a cliff. It's a 300ft drop there..." Kate said.
Hesitantly James asked, "one more question Kate, do all dragons eat humans"?
"AAAAHAHHAHAHAAA! Yes, all have eaten at least a few of them. Some make it a daily habit, others only eat one or two on an occasion. And a few of them eat humans but don't kill them. They place them in a storage stomach and just have the human or humans spend the night with them. While I'm truly not in the habbit of eating humans when I eat them, well I like really eating them. After all, your kind is rather...(taaassssttttyyy)" As she opened her mouth slightly letting her long slender jet black tounge hang out of her mouth teasingly, also with saliva dripping from the tip of her tongue.
A worrried look fell on James's face as he said "thats.... unnerving"... (while taking a few steps back)
"HAHAHA! No worries, James. If I was going to eat you, I would have done so already. Tomorrow, I'm taking you to the dragon council. None of the dragons are going to eat you. It is tradition for all council members to respect the requests of other council members. I am one of the council members as well. So don't fret about it. Now, time to go to sleep. We leave at dawn. The rocky ground is uncomfortable for you humans. It's your call but you're more than welcome to spend the night either in my mouth or my storage stomach". Kate said
James took a few more steps back, " I think I can survive sleeping on a few stones. Not so sure I can survive sleeping inside of you, no offense".
Kate chuckled playfuly, "those are you're two options James There is not a third option. As your hostess, I want to taste you".
James whispered "shit! What do I do...".
He suddenly he hears "AAAAAA!!!!!!" Kate's mouth was wide open, James quickly realized he had no gun, no knife, and no other such weapons. He had no choice but to go into her mouth.
He made a long sigh and said. "I'll be a little more comfortable knowing I'm not completely inside your body. Please, just keep me in your mouth."
As Yo Wicksh" Kate trying to speak with her mouth open.
James crawled in, Kate closed her mouth and was even nice enough not to be tossing James around in her mouth. She just let him lay in there. As James tried to sleep, being in Kate's mouth kinda reminded him about an old vore fetish he had as a teenager. The dragon's mouth was more soft and warm than he even dreamed it would be. Yet knowing that there is Kate's throat right infront of him and it's large enough to swallow him whole. That kept his nerves rattled. But then he did calm down and finally went to sleep.
The next morning, Kate woke up at dawn. She can hear James snoring in her mouth. She stuck her tongue out with James fast asleep still. Then she dropped him on the ground.
"Ugh!" James shouted as the wind got knocked out of him from that 8ft drop he took. "What the fuck was that for?"
"Good morning to you too, James". Kate retorted back. "Soon it'll be time to leave the for the council. Are you hungry?"
"Yah I suppose I am." James admitted. "
"Me too, I'll go hunt for something for us both. In the mean time, get your things ready. As soon as we finish eating, where leaving. It's a long flight after all." Kate took off from the cliff's edge, soaring on the sky for her prey.
James was gathering his belongings, about five minutes latter he finished. James heard the sound of beating wings. Assuming it was Kate, James walked towards the cave entrance. But he was wrong about it being Kate. Instead of a black dragon, it was red. The dragon had golden yellow eyes and very curvy horns. It also had long black hair along its neck instead of ivory spines like Kate has. James just stood in shock.
Finally, he asked "are you a friend of Kate?"
The dragon gave James a very cynical grin. "And who's asking? You're a little human." the dragon said with a feminine voice.
James just stood there. Not wanting to show any fear at all, he simply just switched tactics and tried just introducing himself. "I'm James" he said holding out his hand.
" I'm Syrris. Ummm, what exactly are you doing here, human? Aren't you supposed to be running and screaming?" Syrris said.
"Run where and scream for who, Syrris? Only exit has a 300 foot drop at the edge, and Kate isn't here. She's out hunting. So running and screaming is pointless and therefore, not even worth waisting energy over." James said.
"Well, I suppose you gotta point, James. But you do look tasty, and well we dragons see you humans as a delicacy." Syrris said as she was licking her lips.
"Shit... Goddamn dragons. James thought to himself seeing where this is going.
"Now now, little human, we dragons can read your thoughts. Remember that." Syrris said with a giggle.
But just then, James and Syrris heard the sound of wings beating. Kate landed on the edge of the cave entrance with one deer in her jaws, and another one held by her claws. Kate looked at Syrris and smiled.
"Hello Syrris, I see you met James. Don't hurt him though. He is still of interest to me. I'm taking him to the council after breakfast. She said.
"For what? So he can be lunch? You're taking him to the most elite of our race." Syrris reminding Kate.
"Yes, but he'll be unharmed. Members respect the requests of other members." Kate reasoned.
"I still think they'll laugh you out of the council, Kate. You're not known to be friends with humans." Syrris said
Kate took the first deer in her catch, with one claw, she ripped out a small piece of meet, and cooked it. She gave it to James. James finished it quickly. Kate ate the rest of the first deer and ate the second.
Syrris complained "hey I don't get any?"
"I wasn't expecting you to come here". Kate said.
"Oh we'll, I'll help myself to this little snack" Syrris said playfully. She picked James up, Before James could say anything, He was already in Syrris's mouth. Syrris played with James using her tongue. James struggled at first, but reasoned with his instincts to fight.
He thought to himself, "Kate does not want me harmed. Yet that is." So instead of fighting, he laid still letting Syrris massage his body with her soft, smooth, and warm tongue. James couldn't help but to think to himself how good it felt. Syrris happened to be reading his mind at the time. Her eyes opened wide, she spit James in the palm of her hand, screaming "Kate!!!!! You found a human that actually enjoys this!!!!!!"
"Bullshit!" James said as his cheeks turning bright red. Kate, absolutely shocked to hear that, walked up to James who sat in Syrriss's claws. "is that true, human?" Kate asked.
"Of course James denied it, his cheeks even turned a little red. But Kate knew James was lying. Kate eventually convinced James to tell the truth.
"Yes, it's true. I know I'm all fucked in the head. But well, can't help it, so I just kinda go with it." James said.
A look of shock fell on James's face. "Awww shit, they will just treat me as a chew toy now." James thought to himself.
"Relax human, I like the way how you taste, you like the feeling of my tongue. It's a win-win." Syrris reasoned.
Syrris put James back into her mouth iand started rubbing him with her tongue and sucking on him. James just laid limp in her mouth, enjoying every second of it. "Time to go you two". Kate said right before taking to the skies for the long flight ahead.
Syrris quickly fallowed Kate, still having James in her mouth, Syrris quickly caught up with Kate. It took them about 4 hours to get to a massive cave, reinforced with stone pillars and walls. Syrris let James out so he can see as well. There are statues of dragons, and old script on each one. James walked to one to examine them.
"They are statues of council members. Only members who have the largest impact on our world get one after they die." Kate said.
"Thats interesting", James said.
"don't touch them, it's a bad omen to do so, James", Syrris informing James as he reached to touch one.
James quickly pulled his arm away. "I'm a skeptic about omens, but well I have seen some strange things in this world. After all, the existence of dragons here is one thing I least expected."
"Lets get going" Kate suggested. James, Kate, and Syrris arrived at two large iron doors. Each door must weigh three to 4 tons minimum. It took both Kate and Syrris to push them open. When they entered, they then pushed the doors closed. They turned to see the rest of the council members lying in a circle, but two empty spots where available. As if two other dragons where expected. Kate and Syrris sat in the available spots. A grey dragon, spoke in a language James could not understand. After he was finished, he looked at Kate with a confused look, then he looked at James.
"Uhhh Kate, you have a human on your neck", he said with a powerful yet confused voice.
"This is James. I brought him here because he is a leader amongst the humans with those flying machines." Kate said.
"I see, and you did well bringing him. We'll have questions to ask. First off, I am Korak, leader of the council.
"I'm James", james said as he introduced himself.
Korak nodded his head. "A little young to be such a leader aren't you, James?" James seemed to take that question personally. He took his shIrt off, walked to Korak, and turned showing Korak his back. Small round scars on his back where visible. Confused, he admitted, can't say I've seen such injuries on a human or a dragon."
James put his shirt back on saying "they're bullet wounds. Our guns fire metallic projectiles at very high speeds. We use them in war. I earned my leadership for my survival skills, my will to live, Yet I value the lives of my men and I'll do anything to make sure I can bring as many of them home as possible. My age has nothing to do with my position."
Kate was shocked at James's boldness. "James, come here. Quickly..." Kate said.
"Valuable skills, human. All you need now is a little wisdom in your decisions." Korak replied back.
"What was that, James? No more stunts like that or you're dead for sure!" Kate scolded.
"Sorry Kate couldn't help the fact I was judged for my age". James said
"We'll begin now. James, where just going to keep this simple and you'll just sit, stand, lay down, whatever you want in the center of the circle that makes you comfortable. We'll read your thoughts to see your intensions. Then we'll discuss other matters another time." Korak informed James.
A total of nine dragons where looking at James's thoughts, memories, and life experiences. Some dragons giggled, others cringed at the sight of battles James has fought.
Selein, the youngest council member was reading other thoughts. She screamed out loud "he enjoys being eaten!!!"
"Shit!" James screams as he got up and ran to Syrris who was laying closer to James then Kate was.
Syrris said "I knew bringing you here was a bad idea for your sake."
"Damn the gods to hell for wiring my mind all wrong when I was born!!!" James screamed in frustration.
The council halls roared in laughter at James's comment.
"Your intensions here are good, but I'm not so willing to trust you and your men with such a responsibility. We search for what you seek and plan to do the same thing you did. We won't let the armies of hell itself to invade our world." Korak said.
"Maybe we can work together then. And I'll make sure that your kind and only your kind have the responsibility of destroying it." James reasoned.
"That'd be a matter for the council to vote on."
"We need all abled body alies to find this item, Korak."Selein added... "
But can we trust these human's? After all there are ill intended forces searching for this item that can open the portal. Yet we don't even know what this item looks like." Korak said.
"I do" James said. "The item has varied in appearance so far. I've seen it be a small gem, a cup, a sword, even a book on other worlds I've been to. But they all had one thing in common. A picture of a goat head with an inverted pentacle in the background, and two serpents on each side of the emblem."
Korak nodded, "you'll be useful with helping us finding it, Human. But I don't trust your men. It takes only one traitor to doom us all. The humans on this world also are of no use to us. They are a very young race still, and already they crave wealth and power."
"Ha! Trust me when I say this Korak. My kind are no different in my world. And we'll most likely never change. Of course there are many of us who aren't that way, many are still corrupted with that desire." James said.
"That's primarily the reason why dragons don't care for humans. They'll betray friends for coin. James, go back to your men, tell them your mission, gather weapons, and other things you may need, then you, Kate, and Syrris will search the eastern lands. The rest of the council will gather the other dragons in the world, and search for an item with the emblem you described." Korak said
"Yes Korak, the sooner I get this over with, the sooner I can go home." James said. Kate notices in James's thinking he didn't want to go home. This kinda intrigued her for a moment. She shook her head, then spoke. "Let's get on with this quest then..."