<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">"You dare to pretend at this point that you didn't intentionally capture him?"she hissed in a low voice.</span></span><br/><br/>Watching the security camera footage, Foggortz gulped as those blazing red eyes gazed back at him...although she couldn't see him, it sure as hell like she did!<br/><br/>Hand still on the intercom button, there was could be heard the loud panicked rustling in the back ground as the Captians Fogortz men on the command bridge set about barricading the already locked doors.<br/><br/>"Uh...." he began...trying to come up with an excuse...a misunderstanding! When he looked up to see Serafima...hair ablazing gazing right back at him as she hovered in front of the thick glass window gazing at him like cat staring through the glass of a fish tank!<br/><br/><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Lost? Haha...I think I did lose something..my sharp edge, it seems!" her features</span></span><br/><br/>Fogortz and his men with him attempted to nervously laugh along, trying to some how persaude that they some how in the last sixty seconds that they were all old chums! life long drinking buddies!  Trying to act calm Fogortz stuffed another fresh cigar in his mouth...though his fat little fingers trembled as he tried to light it up.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">"I hope for you, that you were smart enough not to share the dragon's identity and appearance with anyone... I will find out who did share it to you and ..."</span></span><br/><br/>Fogortz beedy little eyes widenned... as he began frantically attempting to puff on the it the cigar... accept he had lit the wrong end, making things rather strenuous!  Regardless, Forgortz vigoriously nodded his head "Yes! yes! I understand!"  ... and then paused and quickly began shaking his head assuring her that the thought hadn't even began to speculate in his mind!  "Oh! no! eh.... that won't be neccessary I just ....eh.... listened in on accident!" he squeaked and quickly added  "Purely out of my own desire to sell your commander my knew encryption for security! for the empire!" he assured her!<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>"If the dragon does not survive this... You will be the next to be collared. And not even by me. Remember his value to the Blood Queen as well." Serafima said lightly,<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>"Which is why we are so happy you are here! to help us!" Foggortz exclaimed, tamping out the ruined cigar! Seeing the energy weapon being hurled at the camera.  When the screen went black...Fogortz prompted began grasping for his in inhaler!  after about fifty or so hyperventalated puffs... he promptly flopped onto the floor and passed out!<br/><br/>-<br/><br/><br/>"Snow.." she wispered<br/><br/>Snow's eyes widened... the name sounded so familiar  but he did no know the face who spoke it! He remembered nothing of how he grew up... he wanted to shift but he couldn't! he wanted to fly but he couldn't get away he hurt all over and he was so afraid! As the woman came forward, her soothing voice calmed him...or at least got him to quit thinking about trying to shift for a half a minute!<br/><br/>Howbeit when she touched him, he felt something something odd...like a cold electrical sensation run down his spine! it frightened him he didn't like it! he tried to shift! but the mark she left on his alabastor white skin went cold! so cold! but something ...something was gone! Panicking...he tried again but part of him seemed to have been severed! as if like he had woken up and found his head in a jar and his entire body missing!  Snow suddenly felt small tiny and defenceless, before he was as well, but this was different some how... now he felt naked! stripped and exposed...well he sort of was...but now he felt it! now he felt as bare as he looked.<br/><br/>Snow wanted to scream when he saw Serafima pick up the scalpel but he didn't have the strength...his lips merely parted as if to speak...and nothing but rattling air came out from his tortured lungs. To his surprise however instead of using the blade to dissect him she used it on herself and gently collected the fresk little pools of already spilled blood that had run down his neck and chest!<br/><br/>A short while later, Snow noticed sudden shift in atmosphere... it was electrifying and exciting! His bright blue eyes lit up. While he felt warm all over the room temperature seemed to drop a least thirty degrees and hot steamy white mist billowed out of his pale alabaster white lips.  Then just as he was getting excited and feeling alive again...pain! horrible pain! Snow let out roar! as she began stitching his broken back to into place!<br/><br/>"No!" shrieked now having the strength to fight, but the experienced joints and bones being set back into the place and having his inward parts stitched up by invisible needles  was not at all pleasant!<br/><br/>"I kill you!" he threatened, but it came more so as pitiful whimper as tears now rolled down his cheeks! He tried to shift! tried to fight her but the straps held him down and her magic severed him from being able seize hold of his true form, his dragon form!<br/><br/>Snow growled and barred white teeth... they enlongated into sharp points and his finger nails curled in sharp claws....until finally once again he wore himself fighting against the straps and fighting to shift that he callapsed back down on the table panting.<br/><br/>Then he when she touched his mind....Snow felt a seering pain run through his skull and he arched his back and howled at the top of his lungs! So  much pain! so much pain! He thrashed about and until finally settling back down...it was all done! Those horrible needles had stopped...and surprisingly... to his embarrassment he felt ...rather... refreshed! He tried sit up... the tight straps that kept his arms pinned to his sides wouldn't let him.<br/><br/>Timid and frightened blue eyes glanced up at Serafima as she reached up to his collar... Snow had mixed feelings! she had severed him from shifting...yet had taken great lengths to heal him...he didn't know why...his lips curled back but he did not bite...and let out a soft grateful and relieved sigh as she began to unfasten the horrible metal collar carefully  from his neck...That curled snarling lip and distainful glower quickly faded away... his eyes softened ... and his over all demeanor become more at ease....one might even say nervously optimistic.<br/><br/><br/>He let out another whimpering howl as she began to removing the needles one by one!  This time however he was struggling to remain still rather than struggling to get away.<br/><br/>A small squeaking sound eeked out of him as he turned over to his side, his long white hair cascaded over his shoulder as he strained to look behind him.<br/><br/>"No! no! enough!" he shouted in frustration! "Let me go!" he protested... and howled as she touched his fractured vertebrae! "Snow is fine! Snow is fine!" he lied with tears in his eyes... he was not fine, he wasn't fine at all but he already knew what was going to happen!<br/><br/>More pain! Pain like he couldn't imagine as all the nerves endings crushed bits of bone were fused back together!<br/><br/>It was all too much... and Snow blacked out!<br/><br/><br/>---<br/><br/>When he awoke, he found himself laying with his neck all bandaged in a lovely warm cot.  Snow couldn't ever remember feeling so refreshed warm and cozy in his entire life! Which wasn’t saying much as he really only remember about four or five days of pain, agony, confusion and fear! In fact the only remotely halfway pleasant memory was the strangely familiar woman calling him Snow… and then perhaps moment throat was freed from the horrid metal collar and its terrible pinions and needles!<br/><br/>Having too much energy to merely lay still, Snow tried to sit up and but the straps only let him go up so far until he flopped back into the bed. Snow was not deterred, wriggling about every which way until with only one place left to he rolled right off the end the bed.<br/><br/>There was a loud thump… followed by small…flustered, “..ouch!..”<br/><br/>From down on the floor up, Snow shook his head and letting out fluster puffs of air as he tried to blow his long wintry mane from out his face and eyes!   Once he could see again, his bright blue eyes quickly spotted the nice lady… at least she was the nicest person he had met so far and she had taken off the horrid collar and made him better.<br/><br/>And in a loud voice he called out to her! “Hey you! Untie me once!” he demanded impatiently. However when the Norna’s eyes opened… Snow suddenly realized how weak and helpless he was… especially now that he couldn’t shift!<br/><br/>“Please,” he added quickly with giving her his best cute and innocent adorable smile…<br/><br/>“My name is Snow?” he said, though it was as much as a question as it was a statement, ‘“You are not a dragon…” he remarked, eyeing her suspiciously.  “How did you mark me?” he demanded.  “Only pack Alphas and fang-mates can mark!” he huffed… “You are not my alpha! you are not a dragon mate!” he insisted. “Tell me or I eat you!” he threatened and then lowered his voice, “But if you are Alpha, Snow is very sorry!” he said quickly, hedging his bets as he tried shifting again, but found nothing but an emptiness and void!  It was a quite frightening sensation, he felt lost and confused like an amputee trying scratch any itch with an arm or leg that didn’t exist!    “We aren’t…fang mates? Are we?” he asked worriedly. It would be a rather awkward and taboo thing to be bonded or mated to another outside his own kind… though stranger things have happened.