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I slept with peace in mind knowing that I wont be executed and everyone around here was becoming more and more like family to me. A stirred in my cot a little waking up slowly. I took a tired look around and I was by myself for now. As I laid there for a bit waking up I started thinking to myself the large amount of changes I have gone through since coming here. How I could see better in darkness now and that the coolness of these caves were becoming more pleasant than life threatening.

I rubbed my face a little, the scratches still hurt but they were healing well. I also checked my shoulder and it seemed healthy, no pain as I moved it. The back of my head was a little sore but healing as well. Despite my few injuries I felt pretty good.

I sat up in my bed and let out a small yawn. Placing my feet on the cold hard floor reminded me I should ask my Mistress if there was any possibility to get my clothes back. Perhaps my feet just needed to adjust to this type of floor but a pair of shoes couldn't hurt.

A tapping at the metal door caught my attention. I looked around a little, it was probably someone for Mistress Ariana but she wasn't here. I stood up moving over to the door that was twice my height when I heard the tapping again. The Mistresses tended to tap on the doors with their claws rather then knocking with there fists. I was a little nervous, another Mistress? Who could it be? However it wasn't my business I thought but rather then ignoring it I decided to try and open the large door. Perhaps if they saw my Mistress wasn't here then I wouldn't need to try and explain it to them when they can't understand me anyways.

Giving the door a strong jerk managed to budge it the slightest bit to let the Mistress know I was trying to open the door, but I was stunned how hard it was to do so. I gave it another Jerk but it went no were and finally I put all my strength into it and it started to slowly creep open. It went open about a foot until I released the Mistress on the other side was actually pushing on it lightly to help me open the door. I scratched my head a little blushing a bit embarrassed.

The Mistress looked much like Mistress Ariana excepting her eyes were less narrow, they had a more gentle look to them. She also had a line were fur was slightly missing from her face, a scar. She also were a thin chain necklace with a small gemmed pendant hanging from it.

"Um, Mistress Ariana isn't here..." I motioned to the empty room.

"I know, I am here to see you Snake." She spoke looking down at me with a smile.

"You... you understand me?" I blinked baffled at her response.

"I do, mostly. Mistress Ariana has been making her progression of information on your language in records for anyone else who would be interested in learning your language." She explained.

"Oh, that's wonderful to here. I just wish I could speak yours." I sighed a little.

"In time Snake, may I come in?" She motioned.

"Oh, of course." I moved back to my cot a little wrapping the blanket around me as I was slightly cold.

"I believe your Mistress has told you about me a little bit" She moved in closing the door behind her.

"Oh? She has told me about another Mistress, one that was same in rank with her before Sisay was removed." I sat up on my cot paying close attention to her.

"That is me, there was only two Mistresses under Sisay's command. My I sit with you Snake?" She gestured moving over to me.

"yes" I nodded and smiled moving over a little bit for her.

"Thank you" She said sitting down next to me. She sat very close to me which made me nervous. She looked at my face seeing the scratches. "Did Sisay do that to you?"

I Nodded "She did. It's ok though, Mistress Ariana treated it." I smiled

"You poor thing." She reached over to pet my un harmed cheek but I cringed a little in reaction and she pulled back. "I am sorry, you do not like being touched?"

"No, it's not that, I do that a lot cause of how many time's I've been hurt. I'm sorry, I should trust you more." despite my words it only made me worry more.

"No it is perfectly alright Snake." She smiled to comfort my worries.

"May I ask, why your being so nice to me?" I had to asked wondering what answer she would come up with.

"Why wouldn't I?" She questioned with a slight tilt of her head.

"Well, ever since I came here up until recently I have been treated like a test subject. I didn't think any Mistresses cared for me except Mistress Ariana." I explained.

"no no Darling I am so sorry you had to be put through this. The only reason it seemed no one cared for you here is because of Sisay. She was the leader of this sector that was appointed to the capture and understanding of your kind. If Mistress Ariana or myself were in charge none of this would have happen. So many would not have died for those out rages experiments of hers." I nodded listening closely "But it is ok she is gone now and now you can see our true feelings for you Snake. We do not wish harm or torment." She smiled

"Well, I don't mean to argue but if that is true, why did you kill the rest of my race?" I finally asked one of the biggest questions on my mind.

"I bet you have been wondering that a long time but it is not my place to explain that to you Snake, Mistress Ariana can when she returns and all will be clear to you."

" I understand." I was feeling more comfortable now. "May I ask why you wanted to see me?"

"Of course, I wanted to come here and see you because I enjoy being with your kind Snake. Unfortunately all of the humans I had were killed by Sisay. It was heart breaking to me. I am glad you survived her blind convictions however." She smiled lightly but I could tell she was sad about losing the humans she had.

"I'm sorry to hear that. If there's anything I can do for you just let me know."

"Well there is something I would enjoy but you do not have to if you do not wish."

"What is it?" I asked interested and willing.

"I would enjoy getting to know you better Snake."

I smiled brightly "Of course, I would enjoy that too."

So we talked about ourselves to one another. There were some words she had trouble understanding and I explained them to her the way I use to explain them to Ariana. I felt like we talked forever and I enjoyed every moment. I told her how Mistress Ariana and myself meet for the first time. She told me that Sisay was the one who gave her the scar on her face. We were becoming very comfortable with each other's company even were she would pet me and I wouldn't flinch. I would pet her back but that took me a little longer to get the courage to touch her.

"Well Snake, as much as I do not want to I must be going now." She said rubbing my back.

"Aww. Well that's ok, I will see you again soon right?" I hoped

She nodded "Of course you will."

I smiled "I'm glad."

She smiled and gave me a soft hug which I returned happily. She pressed my head into her chest softly and it was the first time I had noticed how soft there chests were. I expected them to be bony like a feral cat's would but they felt more like a human's chest would. I blushed a little taking such notice to a sensitive area. She ended the hug and got up waving goodbye, I waved in return and she closed the door. What a very nice person I thought to myself.

Not long after Mistress Ariana returned opening the chamber door drawling my attention and I smiled up at her.

"Come on hun, I want to take you somewhere." she told me not moving far from the doorway.

I nodded and hoped out of the cot following her as she moved out into the hall closing the door behind me. I followed her having to power walk most the way as she walked faster then I could. We walked by a cafeteria open to the hall were I saw two males talking to each other when they noticed me and Mistress Ariana.

"Look it's Snake." one said smiling down at me. I waved as the other one looked at me too.

"Cute little guy never stops amazing me." The other said. "If it wasn't for him and Mistress Ariana we would still be under Sisay's command."

"Yeah, they make one hell of a team." I Blushed a little with a smile as we walked by them.

"Where are we going Mistress?" I asked as we continued down the hall.

"To a confiscation office." She said as she held open her paw at me still watching down the hallway were she was walking.

I Smiled and quickly took her paw in my hand keeping up with her. I shivered a little bit, it was always colder out in these large halls then in my Mistress's private chambers. As I moved quickly to keep up with her I stepped on a small stone on the ground and jumped at the sudden sharp pain. I stopped shaking off my foot as I have done this many times by now but this time it caught my Mistress's attention. She stopped and looked down at me.

"Sorry, I just stepped on a pebble. I'm ok." I said smiling so we could continue. Truth was my feet were killing me.

"Come here Snake" She said crouching down to me. I nodded a bit shyly and walked closer to her and she hugged me lifting me up off the ground and cradled me in her arms. "Let me take a look" She said.

"No, really I'm ok." I reassured her but I didn't resist, not like I could either.

She held me up a bit lowering her head to the side and looks at my feet. The bottom of my feet were rather raw and bloodied. There were many cuts all over them from stepping on sharp stones of the floor that my feet just were not use to like theirs.

"Hun, your hurting. Why didn't you tell me the ground hurt your feet so much?" She asked looking back at me.

"Well, my feet would toughen up eventually. I didn't think it was a big problem." I bit my lip a little nervously.

"Snake when you hurt no matter where or how I hurt. I am glad we are going to this office today." she spoke still caring me in a cradle as she continued walking.

I was curious what this office was but I knew I would see it soon enough. We finally came open a door with symbols written on it I could not understand, I assumed it was there language in writing. It looked very beautiful to me though which made me want to learn about it more. Mistress Ariana carried me into the office. It was a long room divided by a counter which two males stood behind. The room was well light with those large candles I have seen in my Mistress's chambers and decorated over the halls. They just gave off too much light to be normal candles. Behind the counter were rows of shelves holding storage bins, many of them had been filled with items I could not make out from here. Mistress Ariana approached the counter as the two males gave there full attention staying up straight.

"I need all the items we had retrieved from capture number 6." Mistress Ariana stated

"Right away Mistress" One responded respectively and moved to the shelves quickly withdrawing a bin and coming back to the counter with it. "Here you go Mistress, we also completed your request earlier to revive the items. There as good as new now."

"Wonderful, thank you."

She tied one of those wands with the crystal at the end of them around her wrist dropping it on the top of the bin and was able to have it float along effortlessly with us while she carried me. Capture number 6 I wondered, then those items must belong to a human. I wondered if I was capture number 6. We returned back to Mistress Ariana's main chambers were she set me down on my cot then set the bin down nearby. She was quick to pull out her medical supplies and treat my wounded feet carefully.

"I really wish you would have told me your feet could be harmed by this floor Snake." She commented while treating my wounds.

"I know, I'm sorry Mistress... I didn't think it was too big a problem, and I wanted to ask if you still had my shoes maybe."

"I understand, that is way it was a good thing I requested your bin."

I blinked slightly taken off by her response. "My bin? So this is all the stuff I had with me when you rescued me?" I used the word rescued in a double meaning. She saved me from death when I was drowning, but she also saved me from my hellish life too.

"Yes, they are all there and they should be completely revived from any damage." She whipped clean my feet after applying her usual herb of healing. Then wrapped my feet with bandage. It was a large relief from the stings my feet were giving off.

"Thank you Mistress Ariana. You have been nothing less of a Mother to me." I finally said my true feelings to her.

"Aww Snake" She crouched at the side of my cot running her claws gently across my head "You have been nothing short of one of my own Snake. You know I care about you as if you were my own child and I always will."

I smiled blushing a little and gave her a hug around the neck "I love you so much." I said with a sniffle.

"I love you too Snake." she smiled rubbing my back.

She released the hug and a sat back down on the cot while she pulled over the bin opening it. I was amazed at there storage system. The box opened by itself from the side and inside I could see my clothes just floating inside. There was no gravity inside that bin it seemed. She pulled out my shirt which the hole in the shoulder from when I slipped into that creek has been repaired completely. My socks and pants, it was all there clean and new looking. Even my shoes.

"Wow, that is incredible, but why do you store them like that? Wouldn't they take up more space without gravity?" I wondered the curiosity getting the better of me.

"Yes it can however this system of storage we use for only our valuables that we are no longer concerned about room saving as much as protection from damage. Anything in her is completely in it's own stasis, un affected by outside effects." She lift the bin up and turn the open side down shaking it however nothing came out, the items inside did not react at all from the outside interference.

"Wow, that is amazing Mistress! Hehe you have to teach me someday about these new technologies I have never seen before." I smiled. I never really enjoyed learning in school but only because 90% of the things that taught in school I had no interest in. This was fascinating to me. I wanted to know more.

"You will Snake. I will be teaching you a lot starting tomorrow. Today we need to discuss the future so I can give you the knowledge of what is to come." She pulled out my items setting them on the cot one by one.

I Smiled putting on my shirt and pants then my socks over my bandaged feet. I've never been so happy to get clothes as a present. She closed the bin putting it near the door to take it back to the office when she gets the chance and came back over to me sitting down on the cot.

"Ok, Shirt off I need to take a look at your shoulder to see how it is healing."

I nodded sitting up and taking my shirt off. "So your going to answer the questions I have about all this talk of the ritual and humans?"

She nodded "Of course. Ask anything you want Snake." She was undoing my bandages carefully.

"Alright, my first question is why do I keep hearing everyone say what you are doing here, the invasion and killing off my race as the good for humans?"

"That is a good question but I can only answer your confusion with this half way until you ask another question." She kept undoing the bandages and eventually they started turning dark with dried blood.

"Another question? So your answer to my question would actually answer two questions... What is this ritual?" I was expecting my shoulder to start hurting as she took off the bandages but it wasn't so far.

"There you go. The ritual and our cause for humans are linked. We needed a wealth of knowledge we did not know about your life on the surface, living styles, productions, researches and most of all bi-products from all this." She continued concentrating on the bandages but was very good at answering my questions accurately as if she was not sidetracked. "With this information combined with our technologies we can effectively reduce the harmful effects of humans on this planet making lives better for not only us but humans as well." She finally removed the last of the bandages, I had a rather large scab were the wound was but other then that it had mostly healed.

"But, I'm the only human left alive, how is this to help the human race?"

"See this is were the ritual comes in. After we learn what we need and know how to improve your technologies with ours we will perform this ritual as we have in the past. In this reality you are the last human, but we will perform a ritual that will move time back for us, back to before we invaded. All the humans we killed will never have been killed by us. They will also have no solid evidence or remembrance of our invasions." She inspected my shoulder moving my arm a bit.

"but why would you have to kill the race your trying to help?"

"Well you see Snake, if we were to just walk up to the surface and ask if we could inspect there buildings and methods what do you think your kind would have done taking into consideration that they would not understand us either." She wrapped a cloth patch around my arm that stuck in place with itself.

"yeah, we would probably freak out and start a massive war getting ourselves slaughtered anyways." I moved my shoulder a bit and it felt fine.

"Yes and we would have a large casualty count as well. This way we can avoid the hardship of war with an unexpected attack we have practiced for a while now." She left my shoulder alone looking down at me as I put my shirt back on.

"Wait, has there been other invasions? Have you done this before?" I remembered seeing this invasion happen a first time but I woke up on that bus like it was a dream.

"Yes we have so we know the ritual works how it is suppose to. Everything resets to the time we go back to."

"Everything? What will happen to us?" I was worried

"Well whoever is still alive when we do this ritual will remember everything, they wont be changed physically or mentally not even magickly they will just be placed were they were at that point in time."

"But that would put me back up there? What... how, would you come get me?" I was very nervous about this now.

"We have all the information we need at this time, we wont be making another invasion for a long time. I cannot come up to the surface without causing alarm." she looked a bit sad with this.

"but... you can't just leave me up there... alone... there has to be a way, somehow. I belong here, I'm no one up there, nothing. No one cares about me, not even myself I'll die if I go back there!" I whimpered

"Shh calm down Snake." She said having her warm paw caress my cheek. "We will figure something out. You are right, you do belong with us you are family now. We will figure something out Snake."

"I hope so" My eyes were a bit teary. "I don't want this all to be a dream. I don't want to wake up back in that situation ever again. It is just too hard for me to take." A let out a sniffle.

"Come come now Snake." She leaned over and wrapped her arms gently around me and I hugged her back "The ritual is not for a while yet and that is plenty of time for us to figure something out. Everything will be ok."

I believed her, just like I always have. She has never let me down before. She wouldn't just let me rot up there all alone... a stranger in that world. This isn't a dream. I knew when this ritual happen this would all seem like a dream, I had to convince myself within this time that it is not. This is a dream come true not just a dream that disappears when I wake up. Not this one, life couldn't be that cruel... could it?