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Champions of Terra
Arena Station
Copyright © 2006 Viola Grace
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Champions of Terra
Arena Station
By
Viola Grace
Prologue
K
yra Dannick was elated. “I found it! I actually
found it!” She tore out of the archive as if the
hounds of hell were on her heels, skidding
through the library to a communications terminal.
She dialled in the codes she had been given for
just such an event.
“I found it, Councillor Rand. The lost planet of
Admar. I have the co-ordinates and the jump
keys.”
“This is a most exciting discovery. As soon as
your findings are confirmed we’ll send out a
probe.” He sounded sceptical, but was willing to
follow protocol for archaeological discovery.
“When can someone check on my findings?”
She was extremely eager to have her work of three
years confirmed. Any delay would be intolerable.
“Someone should be in touch with you in a few
days. Have patience, Kyra.”
The call was disconnected and Kyra returned to
the archive only slightly less enthusiastic than she
had been before the conversation. It was possible
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that she had discovered the location of a planet
that had been lost to the Alliance for over a
thousand years. Waiting for a week would not kill
her.
* * * *
Three months later
“I can’t possibly go, I get space sick.” Kyra felt
queasy at the thought of the long journey to the
transfer station.
“It was your discovery. You have to be there
when the probe confirms your findings. When the
data is downloaded and you are proved correct,
you’ll be the first Champion declared among your
species. This is a very great honour. You have to
be there.” The Ontex Councillor was adamant.
There was no room for argument.
So it came to pass that Kyra Dannick, research
assistant at the Alliance archive, found herself in
stasis and being shipped across the galaxy. She
didn’t know her stasis chamber had been
abducted by raiders, but she did know that when
she woke up to find three men pawing her that
she had not reached the transfer station. She
reacted according to her own infallible instincts,
and as such, found herself sold to an arena.
Her savagery in defending her numbed body
had the raiders recoiling. No one had the right to
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grope her breasts, especially while her legs were
still regaining feeling. She had felt a portion of one
of the men’s faces cave in as her fist made
satisfying contact. Something that squished
slightly tore off in her other hand as she hissed in
anger and fought for her dignity.
The arena was inevitable after that.
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Four months later
K
yra watched the hands slide down her torso
and moaned as they caressed her breasts,
then trailed down to her ribs. As she let out little
sighs and whimpers they continued their
exploration. The long, elegant fingers drew circles
along her outer thighs and her breath came in
gasps as she fisted her hands in the sheets of her
bunk.
“Ouch, damn it. Ouch. Ok Tory, enough!”
“Well, the damage does not seem to be
permanent, but you’re lucky to have escaped in
such good shape.” Tory withdrew her hands from
her friend’s body and wiped the blood she
accumulated from the superficial cuts Kyra had
sustained off onto her jumpsuit. “You have
cracked ribs and substantial bruising over most of
your body, but nothing life threatening. This is the
last time I grope you after a fight, next time have a
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companion do it. At least they get paid for it.”
“Face it Tory, I am one of your more normal
patients in the quarters, and just because we aren’t
sexually compatible doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy
seeing your smiling face now and then. Plus you
have really great hands.” Kyra managed a
winning smile for her tall, gangly friend, and was
rewarded with a smile that would have done an
Earth shark credit.
Her chilling smile bisected a face that was
lavender in hue, in a body that was 7 feet tall and
as willowy as any supermodel back on Earth. Tory
offered her services as a physical therapist and
trainer to Kyra when she had entered the arena
barracks. The two had since become fast friends.
“You know that your luck in the pit is not going
to be with you forever. Eventually, you’ll need to
be taken to medical for some major repairs and it
is going to cost you.” She sat back and surveyed
her battered friend.
“I know, but I would hate to have to dip into
my savings. I still dream of getting myself out of
here one day, and I need to bribe a lot of people to
slip away unnoticed.”
“You shouldn’t talk so freely of escaping.
Someone might take notice and report you.” Tory
looked nervously about and her eyes widened at
the sight of four guards making their way through
the females barracks, straight toward where Kyra
was lying on her bunk.
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Two of the arena guards lifted the human out of
her bunk and began dragging her off without a
word being spoken. Tory soon fixed that.
“Where the hell are you taking her? She’s
recovering from her last fight and getting ready
for another tomorrow.” She moved to block their
path and the other two guards that had come in
with them moved her aside.
“She has been summoned to medical. That’s all
you need to know.” One of the guards snarled it in
Tory’s face as he shoved her out of the way and
then reached for his stunner. In the female fighter
quarters only a stupid guard with no plans for the
future ever forgot that these females fought for a
living, and that by entering the secured area he
would be severely outnumbered. Tory stepped
back and let them exit the barracks without
making another attempt to delay them. The doors
swung shut behind the group and a murmur of
curiosity spread through the women’s fighter
quarters. This was definitely an unusual
occurrence.
* * * *
A few minutes later Kyra’s escort had led her
through three security check points on the arena
orbital station, the silence of the walk was starting
to get on her nerves.
“Medical, huh? By who’s request? I sure didn’t
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ask for it, nor will I accept it on my account
without a fight.” Stumbling between two burly
guards of the Oesh species she tried to keep her
dignity as much as possible while two of her arms
were being held by one of each of theirs, the guard
on the left was letting his nine fingers quite
thoroughly explore her backside. It was not the
first time she had been groped by an ‘alien‘
species, but it was always unsettling to have limbs
and appendages she could not identify roaming
over her body without her consent.
“The repairs and exam are on the
management.” The grunted reply was the only
thing that came out of the right guard's mouth
during the arduous half hour walk to the medical
bay.
Medical treatment was not free in the arena and
she now had an idea who was picking up the tab
for this little excursion. It was not about to be her.
A team of technicians was waiting for her,
ignoring her queries as to what the hell was going
on they secured her bruised body to a gurney and
began to work. Blood and tissue samples were
drawn while her ribs were being restored to
wholeness. They removed the bodysuit she had
been wearing by the expedient method of cutting
it from her. The shivering in her body became
uncontrollable as the blades slid between her flesh
and the suit. The delicate sound of shredding
fabric made her skin prickle in anticipation of the
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