spoke of that was with her?” asked councilor Tor.
“She left us to take a different approach councilor. I don’t know where she is,” said Kev.
The leader known as Jora stepped forward placing his hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eyes, “what do you have to say for yourself Lili? If you tell us everything, tell us why you are doing this then we may go easy on you.”
Lili only yanked her head away from him refusing to say anything, she wiped the tears from her face and stared off into the darkness of the lake. “Lili please just tell them, don’t make this harder on yourself, I can’t stand to see you suffer,” said Kev.
Lili spat in his face giving him the most evil and venomous look any human being could possibly give another person. “Don’t you dare ever talk to me, don’t you dare ever think you care about me and what I need or want. You betrayed me.”
“Take her onto the ship and lock her in the hold we will deal with her after the brightening and we have had breakfast. Guardian, will you stay and guard her while we return to the farm?” asked Councilor Eva.
“I will do that human. Be back swiftly,” stated the A.I. guardian.
The leaders took Lili by the arms escorting her aboard the ship, they forcibly shoved her into the cargo hold where they then barred and locked the door so she was unable to leave. She sat down in the corner of the cold, damp room shaken and crying. She was bitter from the betrayal of the one person she thought was her best friend, wondering what had happened to Dawn and why she was not here.
12.
Dawn left the others heading off in the opposite direction. She wanted to go on her own for two reasons, one she did not want to be on the main path, she could see better in the dark than the others and could move faster, and two there was something about Kev she did not trust. She could not say anything to Lili about it because he was her friend but she sensed he was hiding something from them.
She managed to easily stay hidden and follow the two friends for a time, it was hard for them to travel this place at this hour, she could tell they had never been outside after the lights had gone down. She decided to go ahead on her own and quickened her pace, easily arriving at the dock area a full hour before them.
Dawn immediately knew something was not right when she saw there were several humans on board one of the ships, she adjusted her hearing and heard them talking about Lili and her attempted plans to leave the farm. Dawn knew right away that Kev should not have been trusted. It was then that Dawn saw what she had feared, there was another A.I. aboard the ship. One of the cavern patrol had been called in to assist in capturing Lili once she came to the docks.
Dawn could feel so many emotions flowing through her right now, she was not exactly sure what to call them but she knew she had to do something to help Lili or she would surely be killed. All she could do now was wait, there were too many, she would not be able to take out all of the humans as well as the A.I. and rescue Lili when she arrived, she had to hope they would not kill her right away.
She hid herself away in some bushes very near the docks and waited, it was not long before she spotted her friend and the traitor getting closer. More of these emotions boiled deep inside of Dawn as she watched the events unfold before her. She watched as Lili yelled at her friend, as the emotion showed on her face when she screamed at him for his betrayal.
Finally the humans decided they were going to lock her in the ship for the