Hive World #291 The Draconian awoke from her slumber, peering around. She tried to move, only to find that her limbs were bound to the rocks. She pulled against them, but found that her strength had left her. She frantically peered around, and the events of the previous day came back to her. She had been dragged before a military court for the crime of being part of the Draconian Empire. There was no way she could possibly defend herself, how could she deny that she was a Draconian? They had taken her Brother for separate purposes, but she herself had been brought here... Why? There was a growl from behind her, and she had a sinking feeling she would find out why. She turned her head, but could not see over the rock... Then a face came over... if you could call it a face. The insect-like monstrosity stared her down, skittering over the top of the rock and over her to the ground, turning around to examine it's prey. She struggled against the bindings, but in spite of all her strength she could not escape it. Then it lunged towards her, and she screamed in terror as the thing assaulted her. Then it withdrew and skittered away. She breathed heavily and frantically glanced around. Why had it left her? She looked down towards her torn and destroyed clothing. There was surprisingly little blood, and where there was blood it appeared to be from scratches as something had grabbed her rather than tried to kill her, except one wound on her that looked like a small, round hole rather than anything serious. She could feel a sharp pain in around her stomach, but she could do nothing to inspect it. She dropped her head back against the rock and closed her eyes, whispering to herself, begging for something to come and save her. Just three hours later, nothing had. Finally, she felt a horrific pain that eclipsed anything she had felt in her life, and could see something inside her moving. She cried out in pain, and then there was a sickening sound of skin being torn, and a clawed, insect hand shot out of her chest, splattering her with blood. The hand was followed by a second hand, which tore her further open, and then a head and then a body as the monster slashed it's way out of her, and was not very large at it's current stage. She looked at it in horror as her vision faded. The last thing she saw was it beginning to devour her as it's first meal Above Hive World #291 Spectre Craft "Another Draconian amputated." Corvus reported, and there was a nod from the holographic Supreme Commander "That is good. High Command reports DNA samples from multiple subjects is frozen. We have exterminated large numbers of the Draconians, we estimate there are too few to maintain a viable Gene Pool. Their extinction has been achieved. This is a grand day for all Triarii" "Yes, Praelatus meus" Corvus said, but his tone must have shown he had some doubt, for the Supreme Commander questioned him "You feel sorrow for them, Corvus?" "That last one... she couldn't have been older than two cycles ((16 Earth Years)). It's a waste of good material" "This is for the Greater Good. They are too dangerous to be left alive" "Indeed sir, but I just feel she could have been put to a better purpose than one Corruptelae Insectum breeding. I feel they all could. I will send proposals sir." "I await them eagerly"