Sterling

Rain was mad, really mad. "why did you just stand there and let them take us all hostage?"

"In the end, it really won't matter. I know things you could never know. I have seen the future of this world. Whether you remain imprisoned for a hundred years or two days, all that matters is that you make it out alive."

"Thanks for the encouragement." she mumbled, unimpressed.

"look, as I told you before, I wasn't sent to save this world or even anyone in it. I was simply sent here to see what was going on. at first I thought my mission was really important, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that they were just trying to get rid of me. You see, I was the last remaining heir to the throne. Without me to stand in their way they could wage war once again. I was only a kid then so I didn't know any better. After I had been sent away, none of my father's wishes mattered anymore, my adviser could do whatever he wanted, and I am sure he did. He stopped communicating with me only a few months after I left. I was 6 years old then. Could you imagine?! My last communication with him, I remember him telling me that I needed to go into to stasis for a few years and that he would awaken me with new instructions. When I woke up, he was gone. I hailed my planet for years but never got a response in return. Eventually I just gave up. I was starting to run out of provisions, that's why I landed here, otherwise I would have just stayed up in space for the rest of my life."

"I'm sorry. Gosh, you don't look so well. What did they give you?"

"I suspect, the same thing they gave Jared. What they don't realize is that I am a purebred and he is not, it won't effect me the same. I am sorry you have to be here, without Jared I have nothing else to live for."

"Don't talk like that." she was fighting back tears, "we need you."

"no one needs me."

She just put her arm around him as he tried to fight back his tears as well. "Jared needs you." she whispered in his ear.

He looked up at the table where Jared had been laying before and shook his head, "how can any species survive such a hostile planet?"