Chapter 11

Alan appeared not far from the Queen’s palace reaching out he started to search for Hopix. Ah! There she was safe and ... not all that sound after the dream, but Alan would soon fix that. Reaching out again, he began to search for the Lizard guy shaking his head Alan thought this guy really had lost his mind to go against Alan who obviously had far superior power than his? Alan decided that this needed to end once and for all, though he didn’t kill unless he had no choice this was the one time that Alan had no regrets about ending another beings life.

Alan had gone over almost all the planet when he finally found lizard man. Flashing out he appeared next to the hiding coward, reaching out Alan grabbed the being by the throat only to watch as the man started to laugh at him.

“Ah! I see that you got to that little bitch I planted there to screw up your little whore!” This brought on a new bout of laughing from the guy. “You really thought it would be that easy? I have agents all over this pathetic dust ball! I will make everyone on this planet suffer as you made my brother and his children sud...”

Alan had, had enough as he started to squeeze the being tighter this prompting another round of laughter. “I really don’t see what is so damn funny,” Alan told him.

“Go ahead kill me if you can! You are never going to find them all in time without me!” The lizard guy started to laugh harder at Alan. “Besides you don’t have the balls to...” the guy started to scream then foam at the mouth.

Alan leaned close and appeared in the visions that he’d created in the evil being’s mind, “You might be right though concerning you I have nothing to really stop me from killing you, so here’s how it’s going to go. You get to live through all the pain you have caused including the deaths, up to the moment of death over and over. Remember an old saying we have on earth, you’d be surprised what you can live through. Enjoy asshole; I know I will every excruciating moment. Each delicious scream you utter, you see I am far from what you are, but I still believe that you deserve punishment that equals the crime.”

With that Alan started to withdraw only to have the lizard guy scream, “You can’t do this! You are good you aren’t allowed!”

Alan drew up to the Lizard’s guys face and snarled, “In case you missed it, I am not the goody two shoes you thought neither am I an evil bastard like you and your brother were, talk and I’ll end it, refuse?” Here Alan shrugged, “All I can say is what I did before, enjoy asshole. Withdrawing Alan smiled as the screams became louder and more desperate.

The light council was waiting when his eyes opened. “Alan, do you really think that was necessary?” The leader of the council stated.

Alan turned an almost feral growl coming from his throat. “Necessary?! This son of a bitch has gone after me, he’s gone after my Fairixie friends, and he’s been planning the death of the woman I love! You think that this is UNNECESSARY!!! I will not stop ‘til I have all of them here, unless you want to take me off being your little problem solver! If that is the case then you can kiss my ass!”

Suddenly Alan heard a small voice, “Alan? My love, are you alright?” Immediately Alan felt all the anger leave his body. “I felt you appear then I felt your anger, please my love let me help you.” Hopix said not far away.

“My dear you have helped me far more than you will ever know.” Turning back to the council Alan informed them, “This one claims to have agents working on this world to destroy all that has been finally put right. I cannot stop ‘til I know the truth. I realize that my methods are different than what you are used to but I have to know as I feel you do also.”

“We are not angered by your methods we are just concerned the path you are on right now can only lead to trouble later on.” Another of the council members said a look of genuine concern on her face.

This was the first time Alan had really looked at the light council, there was of course the gnome type creature that was the leader, but the rest were an odd combination. He was seeing what he could only describe as a brownie, a centaur, an actual imp, the Elf was no surprise, a Nymph, a Sprite, and what he can only describe as a Valkyrie there were two of them. There appeared to be a Banshee, but what caught his attention the most was the one who had just spoken to him. She was a Fairixie, and had he not known better was an almost exact double to Hopix.

Alan bowed low to the council feeling the rage leaving his body again, strange but Hopix’s

image always had a calming effect upon him. “I apologize to the council for anything I have done to upset it, but as I said I have to find out, I figure a few hours of torture ought to loosen his tongue.” Alan told them.

Though they weren’t thrilled about it, they none the less let him continue on, warning him that he was walking an extremely thin line. Alan nodded then watched as they left. Hopix flew to him a moment later a look of major concern on her face. Then she launched herself into his arms grasping him as close to her chest as she could. As tears started to fall from her eyes she weakly hit him in the chest with her fists. “I was so scared my love,” she started her face still buried in his chest. “I felt for you everywhere but it was like you had disappeared! Please my love, don’t leave me again whatever is wrong we can overcome.”

“I know this now Hopix, I felt what you did on the Trembly world, and you never do anything half way. You always put all you are into it. Your love is far more powerful than any power that I will ever possess, though I did not wish for you to see what I am having to do, I will not hide it from you either.” Alan told her as he kissed her. The shock that went through them both amazed them as they were unable to move for a few minutes.

From a doorway not far away, Hopix’s mother looked on, tears streaming from her eyes. Finally, they had sealed the bond. Never again would her little girl feel alone. Now it was on Alan to nourish her soul with the love that she could feel pouring out of both of them. Withdrawing, she knew her work was done as she faded into the shadows and was gone.

“Alan, I had such a horrible dream. The lizard guy killed you, and I lost control. It felt as if all your power and mine combined as I ... I, k ... k ... killed him. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced,” Hopix said as fresh tears of pain began to fall from her eyes.

Clutching her closer, Alan rubbed her back and kissed her face. Finally, after a few minutes, Alan felt her relax. Oh shit! Alan thought as he suddenly felt Hopix’s nipples trying to bore holes into his chest. This did nothing to calm the now tenting in his pants that Hopix, for the moment, was ignoring, though Alan was sure she wouldn’t ignore it for long.

A moment later, Alan realized that it wouldn’t be an issue THIS time as he felt Hopix’s breathing slow and even out. Wow, Alan thought, she feels that secure with me that she fell asleep on me here? Now I really know she loves me. Sighing, Alan just hoped that he wasn’t a disappointment to her later on.

Alan lifted Hopix into his arms and grasped the cube, thinking of the palace as he didn’t know where Hopix’s home was. Appearing inside the throne room, Queen Glimmer looked at Alan with shock. “Is she alright? Do you need a healer?” came Glimmer’s voice.

“No, I think she’s just exhausted. Did your men take care of the lizard guy I left there?” Alan asked.

“Yes, he’s in a cell that no magic can penetrate. He actually said that there were agents here on this world?” Glimmer asked, a little fearful that such treachery was still on the planet after Alan had cleared it.

Sighing, Alan nodded. “I found out that this one is a rogue from the dark council, with an agenda that is all his own, from his sick, twisted mind,” Alan told her as he laid Hopix down on a nearby couch. “I brought her here after everything that happened. I didn’t know where her home is.”

“Here is fine, Alan. We owe you and Hopix more than you can ever know. So you truly love her as you came back to her,” the Queen suddenly stated, shocking Alan for a moment.

“Yes, though how you know is curious to me,” Alan told her. Then his eyes grew wide as the Queen withdrew a cube similar to the one that he and Hopix had. “So you have visited the Tremblys also.”

The Queen shook her head yes, then a veil of sadness covered her face. “Actually, my mate and I did, many, many of your centuries ago, not too long before I conceived my first child. He was much like you, Alan, though not as powerful, but he had a few tricks that allowed him to get by on what he had. Not long after I conceived Glimix, he left on a mission to free a world a lot like the Tribocs. The people there were even more untrusting of him. He’d just started to heal them when he was betrayed. The fact that he had helped a good many saved his life, but he was rendered unconscious.” Here, Glimmer sighed. The story always made her soul feel heavy with the pain of loss.

Alan could feel the change in Glimmer, the deep pain and suffering that she hid so very well from others laid bare in front of him. This pain feels familiar, Alan thought—a longing, deep pain for love that wasn’t returned because it wasn’t there. Oh yeah, Alan knew that pain all too well, the same pain he’d suffered with that bitch of a wife. Alan could feel the crippling effect it was having on her.

“I am sorry, Alan. I did not mean to bother you with this; it is a pain that I bear each day,” Glimmer told him, the sadness starting to fade as quickly as it had appeared.

“It’s alright, Glimmer. I too know this pain you feel, though I felt it with someone that I loved but never had the love returned. I lived with the pain a long time also. If I can get the council to agree, I will find him and bring him back. I have to make sure this world is clear first. I can’t have Hopix and all my friends here in danger now, can I?” Alan’s smile took the Queen by surprise as she felt one start across her lips—a true smile that she hadn’t worn in a very long time.