When a plague wiped out Relda's kind years ago, her uncle took her and escaped from Quadrant 1 to Quadrant 4. Then he contracted the plague and died. She was left, and clones from a creature named Eyan are the last hope to continue her race. So she took a medallion from the Temple of Qor to pay him. Problem is, he has left to take his highly illegal cloning practice to the infamous Quadrant 3. After a chance meeting  with Quadrant 3 teenagers, she finds herself headed toward Quadrant 3. 
Things don't go as planned, but maybe that's for the best.

The Last Jucardians

 Rhiannon was a lovely creature with salmon-colored skin and eyes the colors of asteroids. She came in with a cart with syringes and sterilizing pads and a cart with a clear pouch. Relda dry heaved at the sight of the syringes, and the thought of them making contact with her veins. 


 "I'm Head Nurse Rhiannon," she said. "I also do anesthetics." 


 Rhiannon's voice faded somewhere in the middle of her introduction as Relda eyed the syringe Rhiannon unwrapped. 


 "There'll just be a little pinch," Rhiannon promised, prepping Relda's hand with a cool, wet sterilizing pad. 


 The needle slid into Relda's veins. The world around her faded to black. She came back to it with Eyan standing at her sleeping pod's end. He grinned down at her. 


 "The implantation is complete," he told her. "We took several egg cells and transferred the nucleus to make copies." 


 "How many...are in me?" Relda groaned. 


 "Two," Eyan said, holding up fingers. 


Chapter 35