One

"please don't make me do this" she whimpered. Her eyes burned as hot tears streamed down her face. She was not able to control them this time, her usual strong and unbreakable spirit had shattered the moment she stepped through the door and saw her planet though the viewing window on the deck of the ship. She didn't need to read the masked figure's mind to know that her beautiful life and her world were about to be destroyed. What she didn't know was the how it would be destroyed was far worse.