rage at Valeria’s cruel fate and the universe that brought her to this. Vash holds him in a tight embrace, holding him up as his shaky knees buckle.
“We should go,” Vash says softly. “There is nothing more to be done.” He lets go of Alan, taking his hand and carefully guiding him away. Alan stops about midway down the hallway, turning and hitting the wall.
“It shouldn’t have happened!” Alan yells. “She was a kast’ka ! The commandos raped her! She didn’t even get a choice in the matter!”
“Now you understand why I had to come here,” Vash says. His eyes are filled with tears as well, his voice tight. Why I brought you with me. Karalia can have no peace with the Humans until this barbarism against my people ends. It won’t be over until the High Council is unseated. Most of them are my family members. I am responsible for this injustice, and I will bring it down.” He stalked to his room, pressed a button to open the door and stepped inside.
“Vash, were you... born the same way?” Alan followed.
“I was. I did kill my mother, as every Karalian does. The Humans had an answer to our problem, but that answer has been sealed by the High Council. Only a few know that the High Council is not only responsible for the persecution of the kast’ka , but the persecution of every woman on Karalia as well. Before I defected, I learned what that secret was. The Humans had an answer to our birth problem, Alan. A half-Human, half-Karalian child that could be grown in a tank. Their prototype survived to adulthood, and was normal in all other ways but one; the child had no magical power. The High Council deemed the project an insult to our culture and sealed the records. That’s what started this war, Alan. That’s why, when they knew I was kast’ka , they hunted me down ruthlessly. They couldn’t let somebody who knew their darkest secrets defect. That’s why I had to find the Resistance, to pass along my secret. To put an end to this. But that’s only the beginning, Alan. We have to get the Karalian people to know about the injustices perpetrated against their own, and believe it.”
“This is my war, isn’t it?” Alan says, sitting down on a chair. His tears were drying, his mind coming out of shock and back to him. “The end of this government will save my world as well.”
“Perhaps,” Vash says. “It is possible that any new government installed will not be receptive to peace with the Humans, however.”
“I can’t stop thinking about Valeria,” Alan says. “So much has happened. There’s so much cruelty on your world. You’re right. I can’t leave. I am kast’ka too. What they did to her, they did to me and you as well.” He closes his eyes, finding Vash’s arms and taking comfort in them. “Vash, I’m sorry I ever doubted you.”
“You had reason to doubt,” Vash says. “I killed two of your people, and did not explain my reasons to you.”
“Now I know,” Alan says. “I know why you had to keep this a secret.”
“Soon, it will be a secret no more,” Vash says. “The worm, the children, the rapes, the persecution of kast’ka and women... We will blow Karalia’s secrets wide open. Together.”
* *
Vash takes Alan back to his cabin and they settle down to sleep, Vash falling to sleep almost instantly. Alan stares up at the ceiling, unable to find any rest.
“Are you okay?” Vash stirs and whispers in his lover’s ear.
“I need you,” Alan whispers, and Vash understands, tracing a line down Alan’s chest as he leans in for a gentle kiss. Vash’s hand stirs his cock into action and Alan moves to pull Vash’s leggings down, exposing his cock to the air. They move together in the dark, their cocks held together by Vash’s hand, rubbing against each other until the friction is too much to bear and they come, gasping for breath. Alan gets out of bed and walks to the window. A dot catches his eye out in the stars, a ship dropping out of light
“We should go,” Vash says softly. “There is nothing more to be done.” He lets go of Alan, taking his hand and carefully guiding him away. Alan stops about midway down the hallway, turning and hitting the wall.
“It shouldn’t have happened!” Alan yells. “She was a kast’ka ! The commandos raped her! She didn’t even get a choice in the matter!”
“Now you understand why I had to come here,” Vash says. His eyes are filled with tears as well, his voice tight. Why I brought you with me. Karalia can have no peace with the Humans until this barbarism against my people ends. It won’t be over until the High Council is unseated. Most of them are my family members. I am responsible for this injustice, and I will bring it down.” He stalked to his room, pressed a button to open the door and stepped inside.
“Vash, were you... born the same way?” Alan followed.
“I was. I did kill my mother, as every Karalian does. The Humans had an answer to our problem, but that answer has been sealed by the High Council. Only a few know that the High Council is not only responsible for the persecution of the kast’ka , but the persecution of every woman on Karalia as well. Before I defected, I learned what that secret was. The Humans had an answer to our birth problem, Alan. A half-Human, half-Karalian child that could be grown in a tank. Their prototype survived to adulthood, and was normal in all other ways but one; the child had no magical power. The High Council deemed the project an insult to our culture and sealed the records. That’s what started this war, Alan. That’s why, when they knew I was kast’ka , they hunted me down ruthlessly. They couldn’t let somebody who knew their darkest secrets defect. That’s why I had to find the Resistance, to pass along my secret. To put an end to this. But that’s only the beginning, Alan. We have to get the Karalian people to know about the injustices perpetrated against their own, and believe it.”
“This is my war, isn’t it?” Alan says, sitting down on a chair. His tears were drying, his mind coming out of shock and back to him. “The end of this government will save my world as well.”
“Perhaps,” Vash says. “It is possible that any new government installed will not be receptive to peace with the Humans, however.”
“I can’t stop thinking about Valeria,” Alan says. “So much has happened. There’s so much cruelty on your world. You’re right. I can’t leave. I am kast’ka too. What they did to her, they did to me and you as well.” He closes his eyes, finding Vash’s arms and taking comfort in them. “Vash, I’m sorry I ever doubted you.”
“You had reason to doubt,” Vash says. “I killed two of your people, and did not explain my reasons to you.”
“Now I know,” Alan says. “I know why you had to keep this a secret.”
“Soon, it will be a secret no more,” Vash says. “The worm, the children, the rapes, the persecution of kast’ka and women... We will blow Karalia’s secrets wide open. Together.”
* *
Vash takes Alan back to his cabin and they settle down to sleep, Vash falling to sleep almost instantly. Alan stares up at the ceiling, unable to find any rest.
“Are you okay?” Vash stirs and whispers in his lover’s ear.
“I need you,” Alan whispers, and Vash understands, tracing a line down Alan’s chest as he leans in for a gentle kiss. Vash’s hand stirs his cock into action and Alan moves to pull Vash’s leggings down, exposing his cock to the air. They move together in the dark, their cocks held together by Vash’s hand, rubbing against each other until the friction is too much to bear and they come, gasping for breath. Alan gets out of bed and walks to the window. A dot catches his eye out in the stars, a ship dropping out of light
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