Chapter 5
Captain Alicron Qinov
It did not surprise me that the blonde human female would have strong words for me. I was counting on it. It was why I had already decided that she was going to be mine. She had everything that I wanted. She was incredibly sexy with her long legs, long blonde hair, trembling pink lips, and fire inside of her. I wondered if that fire came out in bed as well. I would soon find out. Until then, I had to concentrate on getting this mission back to Xeion.
"Captain, we are approaching the 562 black hole, and we are picking up strange readings. These were not here when we crossed it the first time,” Elonu Fiul said.
I went to the monitor and sat next to him. “Tell me what is going on.”
“It seems that the black hole is shooting out dangerous levels of radiation, far-reaching across the path we are supposed to take. I don't think we are going to be able to go back the same way that we came,” he said.
“Shit. That means that we are going to have to swing out around this solar system here. We have no record of Kynon crossing in that direction. That would be unknown territory for us,” I said.
“What is going on?” Ambassador Jion Lek said as he came onto the bridge.
“We might have to change directions back to Xeion,” I said.
“Do we have a safe path as an alternate?” he asked.
“Not in this region we don't. This would be the first time that a Kynon ship has taken this path. It is unknown to us,” I said.
“Then maybe we should take our chances with the black hole. At least we know that it is a safe path,” Ambassador Jion Lek said.
“It is not possible. The radiation levels would break the ship apart. I already ran the numbers,” Elonu Fiul answered.
"Shit, that means that we have to take this path. It is the only one. Let us hope that we can do it in hyperspeed and do it fast. I don't know what races if any live in this section. We don't have any recorded information other than a flight path,” I said.
“Hyperspeed from our point to around the solar system and back on our path?” Ambassador Jion Lek asked.
“Yes. That is what we are going to have to do. Elonu Fiul, go ahead and start preparations for it. We cannot allow the ship to get any closer to the black hole,” I said.
“Yes, Captain.”
“Alert me over the intercom when we are about to start hyperspeed. I am going to get Lieutenant Vnor Gin to feed the human females. Then they will need to buckle in for the hyperspeed ride. How long is your estimation to the jump?” I asked.
"Jump into hyperspeed in approximately one hour,” Elonu Fiul said.
“Good, that is enough time,” I said and then laughed at the bridge of the ship.
I went to find Lieutenant Vnor Gin and helped him to prepare the trays of food to be taken to the individual holding rooms and the human females. We had twelve females on board with three humans in four different rooms.
“You take those two rooms, and I will take the other,” I pointed out to Lieutenant Vnor Gin.
“Yes, Captain.”
I chose wisely because I wanted to see the blonde human who called herself Vicki.
I held a large tray with food and drink on it and opened the door. All three human females immediately stood up.
“Here is the food and drink for you. And in approximately forty-five minutes we will be jumping into hyperspeed. You will see the light here turn red. That means that you should buckle into the benches around the room. These are the belts,” I said pointing out the light on the wall and the seatbelts that came down over the body and buckled at the waist.
“Hyperspeed. Why? What is happening out there? I demand to be let out of this world,” the blonde woman got closer to me. I looked down at her and smiled.
“Do you ever stop talking?”
“No! Do you ever stop taking people hostage against their will?” she said.
“I am doing my job. It is my mission.”
"It is your mission to abduct human females and take them to your planet? What kind of mission is that?” she asked.
I ignored her. Time was wasted. “Eat, drink, and when you are done, the tray goes here,” I said opening a cabinet to show them where there were water and blankets stored away. “Then you will buckle up unless you want to bounce around this room hitting one wall after the other. I can guarantee you it will not be pleasant, if you even survive. That is all.”
“What? Wait,” the blonde human said.
I ignored her again and walked out of the room, locking the door behind me. She was just as fiery as ever, and I was having fun making her act that way. This was going to be a lot of fun.
I went into the second room down the long hallway to deliver the tray of food. I opened the door and repeated the instructions to eat and buckle up when the red light went on.
“Why are you doing this to us? This is complete bullshit,” a woman with black hair, pale skin, and a thick and curvy body said to me. She was also very attractive. If I had not already set my eyes on Vicki, I would possibly be taking this human female instead. Maybe I could take two.
“What is your name, human female?” I asked.
“My name is Lauren Kate. I don't appreciate what you are doing to us.”
“Trust me. You will like your new home. It is beautiful, just like you,” I said with a wink.
She gasped and stepped back from me. I laughed then walked out.
An hour later, I was strapped into my seat next to Elonu Fiul as we traveled in hyperspeed near the unknown solar system.
“There is something wrong. I am picking up some sort of pull on the ship. I don't know where it is coming from,” Elonu Fiul said.
“What kind of readings are you getting?” Lieutenant Vnor Gin asked.
“It is something like…”
But Elonu Fiul could not finish his sentence. Suddenly the entire ship began to shake violently.
“Get her out of hyperspeed now!” I shouted.
Elonu Fiul frantically worked the controls, and I continued to help as we pulled the ship out of hyperspeed. The ship slowed down.
“There! Look at that planet! I think there is a ship!” Lieutenant Vnor Gin shouted.
Suddenly the ship began to move toward the planet.
“What are you doing?”
“Captain, I am not doing this. We are being taken over. I can't control it.”
Then suddenly the ship was speeding toward the planet. In a flash, we were burning through the atmosphere. We were all holding on for dear life.
“The ship is breaking apart!” Elonu Fiul shouted.
“Hold on!” I shouted. When I couldn't hear anything at all, I knew that we were in severe danger. We were crashing into a planet, and we did not know if we would survive.
Everything went dark. When I woke up, my head was pounding, and there was blood running down the side of my face. I was still strapped into my seat. I looked around and realized that it was the seat and nothing else around me. I unbuckled the belt and fell out of the seat onto red dirt. There were parts of our ship around me, but only small parts that were smoking and on fire.
“Elonu Fiul? Lieutenant Vnor Gin?” I said. There was no answer.
I got up to my feet and looked around. I could not see any other seats or any big portions of the ship in view. If we had broken up in the atmosphere, we could be miles apart from each other.
I stretched my leg out and my arms. I touched my head and found that I was only bleeding from a small scratch. I pulled my gun from my belt and made sure that it was charged. Then I put it back in the holster. I looked around again.
I was on a small ridge. I slowly climbed to the top of it. I looked around at the ground, looking for my any sign of footprints or seatbelts. But when I got to the top of the ridge, I was completely shocked and surprised by what I saw.
There was a large encampment down below. “Cyborgs.”