Chapter 4

Chapter Four

S trange noises sounded all around me, forcing me from my sleep. It was almost as if I was in a zoo. Hyenas. Birds. And was that a bear roaring?

"Get off me. Let go! Somebody help!" The screams came from all around me.

I blinked my reluctant eyes open. My eyelids weighed a ton, or at least that's what it felt like. The light was blinding.

What the fuck? Why was I in a barn? A fancy barn. The back of my head felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to it. I sat up, struggling to stay upright when a wave of dizziness assaulted me.

I remembered. Fucking aliens! I frantically ran my hands over my body, making sure I still had all my parts. It didn't seem like they'd done anything to me. My butt didn't hurt, so that was good. I guess alien ass probing wasn't really a thing.

By the time I managed to make it to my feet, I was seriously pissed off at how weak I felt. I stumbled to the bars in front of me, clutching on to the cold metal to keep myself upright. My legs didn't want to support my weight. I glanced down the row of stalls.

When my vision filled with a giant black scorpion walking on its four back legs, I let out a sharp squeal and forgot to hold onto the bars. My ass slammed into the hard packed dirt.

"Son of a bitch," I yelled.

The gate to my stall opened, and the scorpion entered the small space. I was locked in place, staring at the strange thing as it seemed to yell at me, then gestured toward the opening. It wanted me to go through the door. I didn't want to go along with anything it wanted. Vigorously shaking my head, I scrambled backward.

His large pincher tail, or whatever it was, reached toward me. I'm not ashamed to admit that the scream I released could rival the ditzy women you see on b-rated horrors. It grabbed my wrist and yanked me to my feet. Surprisingly, the thing didn't hurt me as it pulled me out of the stall and down the long aisle. When I tried to jerk free, it became apparent quickly that it would not let go and it was a lot stronger than I was. I would not win a tug of war with the creepy fucker.

I looked at the women in the stalls as I passed by, all of us helpless. None of us were any match for these strange beings. There were at least ten other scorpions moving women around.

Where were they taking us? Was the anal probing going to happen behind the door it was leading me through? I dug in my heels.

Nope. I did not want anything shoved up my ass, thank you very much. Holy shit, what if we were on the menu?

I'd just watched a video about some cultures that ate cow's vaginas.

Is that why there were only women here? Was this scorpion about to snack on my vajayjay?

My heartbeat faster and faster. My breath became shallow. No way was I ready to die. I hadn't had time to really live, for fuck's sake. I had spent my life looking after my mom. And then I'd wasted time on stupid men. Fuck me, I had nothing to show for my time on Earth. Tears poured from my eyes as helplessness overcame me.

My jailer ignored my sobs and yanked me into a large room. The floor, walls, ceiling, and table were all white. It pointed to the table, and by now I knew it was pointless to argue. Bring on the anal probing, vagina eating alien mother fuckers.

When I laid back it released me only to be replaced by straps that wrapped around my head, wrists and waist seemingly on their own. Nifty trick. Yep, I was fucked. The scorpion left the room, leaving me with nothing but my thoughts.

One crappy decision after another. That summed up my life. Joyriding at twelve after my dad ditched me and my mom had started it all off. I'd just wanted to get away from my mom for a while. She'd been having a party and the strange men in the house had terrified me. James, my friend from next door, had snuck out of his house and we had borrowed one of the guests' Mustangs. My mom had been too drunk and high to give a shit.

James' parents had forbidden him from seeing me after that. He'd continued to sneak out when he could check up on me, but the house had been repossessed soon after, so we'd lost touch. James had been the only one at the time who gave two shits about me, so it had been a devastating blow to lose his friendship. Funny how I hadn't thought of him in years. I wondered what his life was like now.

I bet it was going better than mine.

The door opened and the alien that walked through was the original tentacle fucker who I'd seen from the first cage. Or at least it looked like the same one. Another being walked in, this one thankfully was more humanoid. It had arms and legs, a weird bald shaped head and purple skin. It had on a metal looking skirt and carried an iPad, or something similar. The thing was definitely male, going by the low tone of its voice, although I couldn't understand a word between the two.

I tried to shrink away when he approached the bed, but the straps prevented me from moving. The humanoid injected me with something, and I felt instantly calmer. What followed was a complete invasion of privacy. They thoroughly inspected every inch of my body after stripping me down. Every single inch.

The ugly tentacle freak saw everything while the humanoid tapped on its tablet. When the alien unshackled and spread my legs, it inserted a tentacle into my vagina, and then my ass. I let out a whimper, but it was over quickly, and it wasn't actually painful, thank God. It felt clinical, like getting a pap from the doctor.

I knew there'd be probing of some kind.

I felt a sharp pinch and then my thigh felt like it was on fire. A huge ass needle was gripped in the tentacle that pulled away from my body.

Fucker injected me again.

The purple one skimmed an electronic wand over me. My entire body tingled with warmth. When he was done, the straps holding my body released and disappeared under the bed. The humanoid gestured to the door. I jumped down, completely naked. When I tried to grab my shredded clothing, anything was better than nothing, tentacles stopped me.

"Fut thisss." I pointed to my clothes, then my naked body. "I wan my stuuff."

What the heck did they give me?

The humanoid scooped up my purse. Huh, I hadn't realized it was still with me. He pressed it into my hands, then tentacles pushed me out of the room.

"I want my clothesss," I shouted at the closed door.

Another scorpion, hell maybe the same one, grabbed my wrist and pulled me down the aisle. I slung my purse strap around my body so I wouldn't lose it while I stumbled along behind the alien. It shoved me into a large pen, this one with other humans. All women.

Woah, did I look as stoned as they do? I lifted my arm and waved it through the air in front of my face. Stars and sparkling bits trailed my slow-moving arm.

Yep, I was high as fuck. I plunked down and let out a giggle while watching a woman dance around the ring in front of me.

Something opened and closed the gate as they ushered women out of the pen, one by one. And then it was my turn. A scorpion grabbed me, pulled me out of the stall and down another aisle before shoving me into a ring.

Holy shit, I was at an auction mart. And I was the one being sold instead of the animals you'd see in these types of places on Earth.

A loud guttural hum came from a dais beside the ring. The auctioneer.

The stands were full of aliens, so many that I didn't know where to look first. I stood stock still, too afraid to move. There were beings of every colour in the stands. Some oversized insects, some blobs, some humanoids. A few even appeared to be part animal with fur covering their bodies. I watched in horror as a spider looking mother fucker raised a hairy leg in the air.

"Oh, God. Please, not a fucking spider," I begged in a whimper.

The scorpion in the ring with me spun me around in a slow circle, then pushed me closer to the crowd. I watched in stunned horror as hands, claws, and tentacles raised and lowered. I was being sold and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. It was impossible to keep up with who was doing the bidding. When the alien ushered us out of the ring, I had no clue who'd bought me.

Down another aisle and into another pen, this one small and outside of the huge metal building. Pressure on my shoulder had me sinking down to sit in the dirt. The gate made a loud ringing noise when it slammed shut. I waited until the scorpion was a fair distance away before I shakily stood up.

It was boiling out here, and when I glanced up, three suns shone down from their place in the sky. There were trees in the distance, and I thought about making a break for it, but upon further inspection, noticed there were aliens patrolling the pens. Fear kept me in place.

When a tentacled blob floated over and opened my gate, I meekly followed it, not wanting to give it a reason to touch me. The ship it led me to was relatively small compared to some others hovering in the air. It was basically an oval with windows at the front of it. Not nearly as nifty looking as the giant ones. They were of various sizes, colours and shapes. I giggled at the circular ones that reminded me of a dozen space movies I'd seen.

Guess humans got some things right about aliens.

A ramp lowered down to rest in front of us. A tentacle gestured to it. I took one tentative step, and the tentacle pushed me the rest of the way onto the metal. When it moved, I dropped to my hands and knees and held on for dear life. I never did like heights, so it was a good thing the ship wasn't that high.

A door opened, and the ship sucked me in. A huge green foot with deadly looking claws on each toe came into view. The hand that grabbed me had matching claws and one scary ass hooked talon coming out of the top. I squeezed my eyes shut and didn't move a muscle, terrified it would rip into me at any moment.

It let out a long grunting noise, and then another, before shaking my arm. I took a deep breath, then opened my eyes.

Holy shit. Holy fucking shit!

The thing was massive. It was, I think, a tree. It had a huge hump that covered the back of its head and upper back. Grass grew out of the hump and along its arms. It had no neck. Its face was insane. Vines came out of it in place of a beard and hair, squinty eyes and an enormous mouth with sharp teeth. And it was male…kinda hard to miss that detail.

He pointed to a chair, which I quickly sat on, then pressed a button beside me and a strap wrapped around my middle. With a surprisingly gentle pat on top of my head, he moved to a seat on the other side of the ship. After pressing a couple of buttons, we lifted into the air. He turned to look at me with a smile. At least, I hoped it was a smile.

Maybe he was smiling because he was hungry, and I was going to be his lunch. He turned back around, and I breathed a sigh of relief not to have its beady eyes on me. I got naked for a living, but being naked in front of aliens was a whole different ball game.

With nothing to do but wait to find out my fate, I glanced around. The sparkly effects of the drug were wearing off. The ship was…underwhelming. Just a bunch of metal, a couple of seats and the control panel. At least the lights on it were pretty. I was bored.

After a few more minutes, I mustered up my courage. "Hey. Do you understand English? Where are you taking me?"

The alien turned back around and gave me another one of its smiles. At least this alien showed some emotion. All the other creatures that I'd had the misfortune of interacting with were like robots. When it turned back around, I knew I wasn't getting any answers out of him.

I tried fiddling with the belt, seeing if it would come loose, but it held tight. I wasn't going anywhere until someone freed me. Leaning forward to look out the window was useless. The view was blocked by the sheer bulk of the alien.

A song flashed through my mind, one I'd performed to many times, about the jungle having fun and games. Sitting back with my eyes closed, I hummed the tune and went through my routine in my mind. It was something I did to calm myself when I was stressed. And boy was I fucking stressed.

I'd gone through several songs and routines when the aircraft gave a small lurch. Jerking my eyes open, I looked over to see the big green guy lumbering over to me. He pressed the button, and I was free. I let out a small shriek when he picked me up and slung me over his shoulder. After pressing another series of buttons, the door opened, and he walked down the ramp.