Sallah's Saviour

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What if Sallah had been saved? Who would saved her? How?
Well you can find out those answers in my story. It's not my best work but its okay. So tell me what you think.


Sallah's Saviour
Jaxom strode purposefully toward the Andim building, giving D’ram a quick nod, and continued toward the Aivas chamber.

“Hello, Lord Jaxom! Just the person I wanted to see. Sit, please,” AIVAS’s rich voice played out the words, “I believe that I’ve told about Sallah Teglar and how she almost died. Am I correct? Well, I did not tell you who saved her. I recorded an unknown man and woman on a white creature. That would be you, Ruth and Sharra, no doubt.”

Jaxom stood bolt up off his seat, “AIVAS, you are not getting me to pull off another stunt like that again.”

“Why, Lord Jaxom, you already have!”

“Oh, please, not that again.” Jaxom ran his hand down his face.

I can do it, it won’t be hard. Ruth said.

Of course you can, you always can my friend. Jaxom replied.

“Well, I guess that settles it, if Ruth think we can do it, we can,” Jaxom sighed and sat back in his seat, “Alright AIVAS what do we have to do?”

“You’ll suit up, as you know the independent system of the ship was turned off. Transfer back to her conversation with Keroon, the Admiral, the Governor, and her husband, Tarvi. Her conversation will take about 5 minutes and when her husband says ‘I do love you, Sallah. I do!’ Grab her and get down to Pern! This is where Sharra comes in, could you have Ruth get her now?”

“Just a moment.” Ruth go get Sharra and bring her back here, let her know you’re coming and tell her to be ready and to bring her medical supplies. Tell her I’ll explain everything when she gets here. Jaxom waited for a reply.

I’m on my way! Ruth said.

About 10 minutes later Sharra was in the AIVAS chamber asking every question she had for Jaxom. “What are we doing?”

“You are going to save Sallah Telgar.”

“How are we supposed to do that? She lived over 2000 Turns ago!”

“You’ll time it.”

“Are you crazy? Everyone know’s how dangerous that is!”

“Now, Sharra calm down. Ruth always knows where in time he is. We’ll be okay,” Jaxom said trying to comfort her, “Just take a few deep breaths. There, now AIVAS tell her what she needs to do.”

“Lady Sharra, your part in saving Sallah is very important,” AIVAS responded, “Do you remember what I taught you and the other healers about blood transferences?”

“Of course! I’ve used blood transferences a couple times, it has saved lives. We’re still having a bit of trouble with getting blood types without your help though.”

“You’ll need blood type O, from the facility here, I’d say 2 units of blood should be enough. Stop Sallah’s bleeding and do the blood transference, after you’ll need to sew her up. When she awakes she’ll need calming and reassurance. Take her to Landing preferably during the bonfire. We want Tarvi to keep the name Telgar, so do what’s needed. Now off with you.”


“Jaxom, how are we supposed to get 2 suits, they think we’re done with the ships”?

“AIVAS said he wanted to keep the ships in good repair.”

“But the Lord and Lady of Ruatha Hold going to check on the ships? Also, it wasn’t so long ago they checked on it last,” Sharra said, incredulous to the fact.

“It was AIVAS’s request that we, Lord Jaxom and Lady Sharra of Ruatha, go take a brief trip to check on the ships.”

“You just don’t give up,” Sharra sighed.

“Of course not,” Jaxom smiled at her.

“Also, how are we supposed to get 2 units of type O blood from Landings medical facility?”

Jaxom raised an eyebrow at her, “You’re a healer.”

“Yes but they'll wonder why I didn’t just get 2 units from the Healer Hall.”

“You’ll figure something out,” Jaxom smiled at her again.


In the end the man who kept the space suits in good condition pinned Jaxom with antagonizing question after question, that required full and out explanations. Jaxom had to make up about half of them but who wouldn't believe the Lord Holder of Ruatha? Well, apparently it was this man. He wouldn’t stop questioning until he knew the exact time they would be back, why they were going, why he need 2 suits when there were only one of him, among many other things.

When he finally returned to Ruth, Jaxom and Sharra’s designate meeting point when they each had their supplies, Sharra wasn’t there.

She’s talking with the healer, at the medical facility, about getting the blood. Ruth informed him.

Thank you, Ruth. I appreciate the information. Jaxom leaned against Ruth and waited for Sharra.

As Sharra marched toward Ruth she had the deadliest look on her face and was grumbling under her breath, but she did have 2 units of O type blood in her hands.

“You’d better be thankful for this and AIVAS better be as well! That woman! The healer wouldn’t believe a word I said! I was right she asked me why I didn’t just get it at the Healer Hall! I was right about the suits, too, wasn’t I?”

“Now why wouldn’t we be thankful? Yes, you were right as you could be. When I went for the suits, the man pinned me with so many questions I thought I’d never get away,” Jaxom smiled and kissed her on the cheek hoping to lighten her mood, “but I did.”

Sharra chuckled lightly, “We’d better get going. Go change into your suit quickly and I’ll change into my!”


Jaxom and Sharra arrived back at Ruth at the same time. “Shall we,” Jaxom vaulted to Ruth back and offered a hand to Sharra.

Sharra took his hand and climb up behind him, “Thank you!”

Ruth gave a powerful push of his hind legs, at Jaxom’s command, and was in the air, and between to the visuals, AIVAS had given them to Jaxom, he’d received.


Ruth silently landed on the bridge of the Yokohama he stayed behind Sallah, who wasn’t paying attention to them and hopefully wouldn’t even notice them. They all listened intently to the conversation.

Jaxom slide carefully from Ruth’s back ready to grab Sallah and be back on Ruth’s back before anyone could blink. He told Sharra to stay on Ruth’s back as he got closer but stayed a safe distance away and in the shadows.

“Sallah?” Jaxom didn’t recognize the voice of the man talking to Sallah, but knew it had to be one of the 3 men AIVAS had said would be there. “Sallah, talk to Tarvi. We can’t keep him out of here. He’s like a madman. He just wants to talk to you.”

“Oh, sure, fine. I want to talk to him,” Sallah sounded funny, from lack of oxygen Jaxom guessed. Sallah’s was going paler by the second; AIVAS better not have given him the wrong moment.

“Sallah!” It was obviously Tarvi. “Get out of here, all of you! She’s mine now. Sallah jewel in my night, my golden girl, my emerald-eyed ranee, why did I never tell you before how much you mean to me? I was too proud. I was too vain. But you taught me to love taught me by your sacrifice when I was too engrossed in my other love—my worklove—to see the inestimable gift of your affection and kindness. How could I have been so stupid? How could I have failed to see that you were more than just a body to receive my seed, more than an ear to hear my ambitions, more than just hands to—Sallah? Sallah! Answer me, Sallah!”

“You—loved—me?”

“I do love you, Sallah. I do!” Jaxom jumped out and grabbed Sallah; she’d fainted at least that’s what Jaxom hoped. Jaxom didn’t even pay attention to Tarvi screaming Sallah’s name over the com. Before Jaxom and Sharra knew it Ruth had landed them on Pern.

“Ruth, where are we,” Sharra looked at her surroundings.

At the end of the Jordan River. Ruth replied happily.

Jaxom slid off of Ruth back and had Sharra slide Sallah down. When Sharra climbed down she checked the units of blood, confirming they were fine.

“AIVAS never told us why we needed 2 unit of blood, what could have hurt her so bad she’d need 2 units of blood for the transfer? Jaxom pull off her boots,” Sharra pointed at Sallah as she opened her medical kits. She set all her supplies on the ground and made sure she had everything.

“Sharra!”

“What is it Jax-” Sharra turned around and her eyes widened. As she saw Sallah’s foot, she determined why the grass was covered in blood. “Oh, my! Oh!”

Sharra grabbed one of the clothes she had brought to stop bleeding; she wrapped it around Sallah’s foot and applied presser gently. “Jaxom pull off her gloves, too.”

“Umm… Sharra give me another one of those clothes.”

“Why?”

“Try looking up,” Jaxom pressed.

Sharra looked at the hand Jaxom held delicately, she tossed the cloth at him and told him what to do. After about 15 minutes Sharra spoke again. “Now I understand why we needed 2 units of blood. Her glove was full of blood up to the wrist and her boot was full to the calf. Has the hand stopped bleeding, yet?”

Jaxom nodded, “What should I do?”

“Hand me my supplies for the blood transference.”

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“Here and, also, here is the things you’ll need to sew her up,” Jaxom gave a wry smile as he glanced between Sharra and Sallah.


Sharra sewed Sallah up neatly but quickly, after stopping her bleeding. At the moment she was administering the 2 unit of blood. Soon she’d used both units of blood in the transference and she had Sallah out of the space suit and into fresh clothes.

“I’m going to take the suit back to the Yokohama. I’ll be right back, stay here,” Jaxom said as he climbed aboard Ruth.

Jaxom clicked his helmet back into place and Ruth sprung a-wing and was between to the Yokohama before Sharra could respond. They appeared again minutes later and Jaxom shed his suit and set it on Ruth.

“How long do we have Sharra?”

“Quite a while, but Sallah’s breathing is settled she won’t wake for quite a while. I’m wondering if we should—no never mind that wouldn’t be anything for us but it would cause her stress. I really don’t know if or think she’ll wake up today.”

“We can take her forward to the 1st interval for about a week that will do us no harm and her no harm.”

They had a hard time deciding if that was a good idea, but ended up using that one before it got too late. Jaxom put Sharra on Ruth first and they both got Sallah up and he climbed on last. Ruth was flying and between once again.

“Oh, AIVAS will know how hard it was to do a blood transference out in the middle of a field,” Sharra said while they were dinner, a large wherry Jaxom and Ruth had caught.

“He will,” Jaxom laughed.

Sharra glanced back at Sallah who was laying, on 1 of the blanket they had brought, next to Ruth. It was get dark out so Sharra decided to turn in, laying up closer to Ruth than Sallah was. Jaxom sat up against Ruth’s chest in between his forelegs.


A week and a half later, about midday, while Sharra was fixing lunch for her and Jaxom, Ruth rumbled and asked her to come over. He was staring intently at Sallah, Sharra didn’t understand why; the woman wasn’t showing any signs of waking or anything. Then, to Sharra’s surprise, Sallah let out a pained moan and began to stir.

“Jaxom! Come here,” Sharra called.

“What is it, Sharra?”

“Sallah is waking!”


As Sallah cracked open her eyes light flooded her vision and she closed them again hissing in agony. She then opened her eyes the slightest bit, squinting to let them get used to the light gradually. She saw the blurry figure of a woman with long mid-dark hair hovering over her. She turned her head and saw only white; she quickly turned her gaze in the opposite direction and saw a man striding toward her.

As Sallah’s vision adjusted she not only realized she didn’t know these people but that she was outside. She became frantic and tried to scramble away only to recoil, groaning with pain.

“Calm down,” the woman said kindly.

“Please you must calm down or you’ll hurt yourself,” the man’s voice joined the woman’s, “We’ll explain everything when we get some klah in you.”

Sallah so wanted to resist and tell them no and to leave her alone, but there was nothing she could do. Her hand and foot held the most pain but her whole body ached. She wanted you yell for help but she saw no other intelligent beings around.

As she whipped her head for side-to-side white blocked her line of vision again. She gasped in shock when it moved and a wedged-shaped head placed itself in front of her. The creature facetious eyes whirled as she stared at it. She still hadn’t seen the whole creature and was dieing to know what it was.

She remember the man and woman all of the sudden. What was she supposed to do? How could she refuse? Not to mention a warm cup of klah sounded good right now.

She looked back at the man and nodded no matter how scared she was there was nothing she could do. She repeated that to herself over and over.

Don’t move we’ll get you.

Sallah knew the voice was there but neither of the two strangers had said anything. She looked back and forth between them, not know what to say.

It’s okay.

“Who’s saying that?” Her voice came out raspy and harsh.

“Ruth,” the man gestured with his head toward the white creature, “Don’t talk!”

Ruth’s head once again placed itself in Sallah’s gaze. She stared at it awed and reached out her uninjured hand and caressed the muzzle.

“He likes his eye-ridges scratched,” the woman looked at her and smiled.

Ruth placed his head flat on the ground and nudged her hand. She smiled and scratched his eye-ridges for him until the man and woman moved her.


Jaxom and Sharra set Sallah up against Ruth and began explaining that they’d saved her and brought her down to Pern and fixed her hand and leg and everything.

“How,” Sallah questioned, giving them a confused look.

“Jaxom go support her and tell Ruth to move so she can see all of him,” Sharra followed behind him and helped support Sallah for the moment.

“Oh my,” Sallah exclaimed as Ruth stepped in front of her and spread his wings, “He’s a giant dragonet! Only he’s white! He…”

As Sallah waved a hand at the creature Sharra told her that Ruth had brought them down to Pern.

“Jaxom we can’t take her back to landing for another half of a sevenday.”

“No problem!”

Sallah was still gesturing wildly with her uninjured hand and sputtering non-coherent sentences. Jaxom chuckled at her and asked Ruth to come back.


A half of a sevenday later Jaxom and Sharra had Sallah between them on Ruth. Sallah had been panicked not only about flying but also out of fear that the small white creature couldn’t carry them all.

“He’s carried 4 people before so he can carry 3,” Jaxom reassured her.

They arrived at the same place only 200 Turns earlier. Jaxom asked Ruth to land and checked Sallah. Sallah was looking around frantically wondering why they hadn’t gone anywhere.

“Why are we still here?”

“Oh we’re not where we were we are 200 Turns earlier,” Jaxom stated.

“What?”

“Ruth can go between times as well as places you’ll see in a couple minutes when we arrive above landing it will be night. Don’t say anything and don’t be panicked. I have some things to do before you talk. Like calm down the whole community. They'll all be out of their mind when a giant white dragonet with 2 strangers on it and someone thought to be dead show up,” Jaxom shuddered at the thought. He climbed aboard Ruth and the dragon jumped into the air.

Sallah nodded then answered Jaxom, “Okay.”

“Ready,” Sharra asked.

“Yeah I think so,” Sallah said and they were between.

The next thing Sallah knew she was watching her husband, standing in Bonfire Square next to a pyramid of thicket and fern, a man as gaunt as some of the branches that had been cast into the pile. Suddenly, as if all were there he knew would come, he lit the brand. It flared up to light a face haggard with grief, with hair that straggled against tear-wet cheeks.

Tarvi turned and held the brand high. “From now on,” he shouted hoarsely “I am not Tarvi, nor Andiyar. I am Telgar, so that her name is spoken every day, so that her name is remembered by everyone for giving us her life today. Our children will now bear that name, too. Ram Telgar, Ben Telgar, Dena Telgar, and Cara Telgar, who will never know her mother,” He took a deep breath filling his chest. “What is my name?”

“Telgar,” A man shouted.

“Telgar,” This time a woman spoke.

“Telgar,” A different man, “Telgar, Telgar!”

Then the whole crowd began shouting ‘Telgar.’ Jaxom glanced back at Sallah and saw tear streaming down her face.

“Stay here,” Jaxom said and he jumped off Ruth’s back and landed in the small clearing in front of Telgar.

Everyone’s gaze was on him, panicked murmurs rose through out the crowd. Jaxom groped through his mind for something to say.

“I come in peace,” Jaxom heard Ruth mental snort and Sharra and Sallah’s laugher. Hey you try coming up with something better. He looked up at Ruth. Now everyone in the crowd was looking at him as if he were insane.

How about just letting me come down. Ruth said.

That could lead to disaster but I think it would turn out better than things are going now. Come on down. Just as Jaxom finished the wind picked up and Ruth came down to just above the crowd.

A clear path was made promptly as everyone tried to get out of the way of Ruth.

“What is it?!”

“It looks like a giant white dragonet!”

“What do they want?!”

Questions shot through the crowd as Jaxom made his way through the panicked people, to the dragon. “I was wrong,” He murmured to himself.

Most people were too panicked to notice the 2 women on the creature, and many scattered and ran back to their homes. After about 5 minutes Ruth could just walk up to Telgar and the small crowd that remained near the bonfire.

“Who are you and what do you want?” A man of obvious authority stepped forward.

“We wish to return something to Telgar,” Jaxom said.

“Me?” Telgar stepped up beside the other man.

“Do you know them?” A woman asked.

“No governor, admiral. I have no clue who they are.”

“Then, why would they claim to know you?” The admiral murmured then said to Jaxom, “What do you want?”

Jaxom placed a hand over his face bringing his fingers in to pinch the bridge of his nose, “Oh, AIVAS, what a mess you’ve gotten me into. What am I supposed to do?”

“Wait! Did you say AIVAS?” The governor asked.

Jaxom looked up at her nodding, “Yes. Yes I did. Why?”

“Then the system knows you,” Admiral stepped forward.

“Oh no! Not right now. Not at this point in time.”

“What? I don’t get it. What are you talking about?” The admiral considered this for a minute, “Who are you? What do you want? What is the white creature?”

“Where are you from?” The Governor added.

“You wouldn’t know.”

“Well, we don’t know now,” Telgar said.

“Let’s just say it’s really far away. Really, really far away.”

“You can’t tell us where?” Admiral raised and eyebrow.

“I thought I’d made that clear,” Jaxom rubbed his eyes.

“Well, how about my earlier questions? Who are you? What do you want? What is that white creature?” Admiral gestured to Ruth.

“I am Jaxom, I told you I wanted to return something to Telgar, and I am the rider of that white creature, his name is Ruth and that is all I can tell you.”

“And who’s on Ruth’s back?” The Governor pointed out.

“Oh yes, the one in front is my wife, Sharra and the other is Sallah Telgar,” Jaxom said this in such a non-coherent way it took Telgar, admiral and the governor a second to respond.

“Who?!” Telgar shouted.

“Your wife,” Jaxom gestured to Telgar.

“Are you insane? My wife is… She’s de-” Telgar choked on the word, “She’s dead!”

Jaxom chuckled, “Come on, Ruth. Turn sideways, Sharra slide down,” This left Sallah in plain view of the 3 people, without having to move.

“You’re… No it’s not…You’re dead…No not you Sallah’s dead… You’re not her,” Telgar barley managed out before collapsing in disbelief. His knees gave way underneath him and with no chair to sit in; he just fell on the ground.

All that grief he’d experienced it wouldn’t just all go away. He couldn’t believe this it wasn’t real at all, it couldn’t be. Sallah was dead; she was on the Yokohama dead. There is no way she could ever be brought back down to Pern. Her soul would forever be trapped in the black abyss.

“This isn’t her! You’re lying, it’s not her,” tears ran freely, uncontrollably, down Telgar’s cheeks. The grief that had never left his eyes intensified and appeared in his manner.

“Oh, Tarvi, you have to believe them! It’s me! Oh, please, believe them! You can’t do this! Not after what you said. No you just can’t,” Before Jaxom or Sharra could stop her, Sallah tried to slide off Ruth’s back onto her uninjured foot, only to stumble and land antagonizing on her bad foot. She then fell onto her hands and knees, pain shot through her arm and she cried out.

Jaxom and Sharra ran to her side lifting her up and setting her back against Ruth. Both Ruathan’s looked at Telgar, who was just staring at Sallah his expression incomprehensible, then blank.

“Oh, Tarvi, please! Believe them, believe me! How can you not know it’s me,” She called out pitifully, tears falling into her unturned hands, “You said you loved me! You said it!”

Telgar had a look of utter surprise on his face. He still couldn’t believe it, it couldn’t be her. He thought this, but he hadn’t taken the time to examine her face or her voice. He was drawn to this woman, the familiarity in her. He stood and walked over to her, sitting down her placed a comforting hand on her arm.

She looked up at him, with tear strained eyes. Telgar gasped in surprise, it was Sallah. There was no other with her eyes, with her face. No else had Sallah’s beauty, he would recognize that face anywhere, yet he hadn’t taken the time to examine her face.

“Sallah,” Telgar said breathlessly. “It really is you.”

Sallah smiled slightly, “You said you loved me.”

“Oh, I do love you Sallah,” Telgar hugged her, “and I’ll keep you name, as will our children.”

Telgar picked Sallah up bridal style, having noticed the extent of her injuries, and walked to stand beside the admiral and governor. Sallah wrapped one arm around his neck but left her injured hand lying in her lap.

“A brave wife you have there, Telgar,” Jaxom smiled wrapping an arm around Sharra’s waist.

Sharra smiled up at Jaxom and looked back to Telgar, the admiral, and governor, “We really must be going now.”

“She’s right, we have to leave you know, bye.” Jaxom gave a quick salute and climbed on Ruth after Sharra.

“Thank you, very much,” Admiral said, “though I still have some questions for you, a lot of questions.”

“They’ll probably be answered later. No matter how impossible they may seem, but this is no major event in history,” Jaxom gave another salute and Ruth was in the air, his powerful wings taking him higher before he disappeared between.


A four below watched as the white Ruth disappeared, then all eyes were turned on Sallah to ask questions they didn’t have a chance to ask Jaxom and Sharra.

“What happened?” Telgar asked.

“What do you mean?” Sallah gave him a questioning look.

“How’d they save you?” Admiral put it into better words.

“I don’t really know how to explain it Admiral Benden. All I know is they some how got me down to Pern, fixed me up, and to care of me,” Sallah shrugged lightly.

Admiral Benden sighed, but let it go, “Well, I guess we won’t find out.”

“Sorry, Admiral Benden, Governor Boll, but they didn’t tell me much either,” Not to mention she hadn’t gotten half of what they had told her.

“Well, Sallah, we can’t thank those people enough for saving your life, but we can’t thank you enough for saving Pern,” Governor Boll smiled.

Sallah looked upon Governor Boll with surprise, she’d only been doing her job. Telgar placed a kiss on the top of Sallah’s head. For all the chaos and surprise and with thinking Sallah was dead, Telgar was oddly calm and happy.

“Your name will be remembered, Sallah Telgar,” Admiral Benden smiled.

Sallah’s eyes widened as much as humanly possible, Admiral Benden and Governor Boll were saying these thing to her. Sallah felt Telgar smiled against the top of her head. Even with all the surprise and confusion Sallah couldn’t help but smile.
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Well thats the end hope you liked it.:pumpkin: