Dog Got Your Tongue

by Brian Clark

  His eyes were closed and he was taking slow deep breaths to try and calm down. Ray could tell his heart wasn’t reacting nearly as much as it would have. As he had said his feelings weren’t going to change overnight. He was struggling not to scream with frustration due to his emotions being all messed up.

  While he was trying to calm down the two women were looking at each other after a brief glance at the bathroom door. “I am glad that you accepted Ray as a client. He is going to need a great deal of support for the next few weeks.” Vyra was nibbling on a knuckle as she was thinking.

  “I am going to talk to him because I do need to but I need you to pay very close attention to his mental state. If he does decide to remain with us for the next two months I don’t want him strained.”

  Flitter gave her a gentle smile as she stepped off the bed and called her uniform out of her bracelets. “Of course Captain it will be my pleasure and honor to take care of Ray.” She gave her a shy smile. “And he likes my name which means a great deal. I am going to keep a very close eye on him and if you don’t mind a suggestion I would pull on your uniform and give him his. He has some issues with his body and it would help him.”

  Vyra smiled and gave her a hug after standing up as well. “Keep those suggestions coming and do not hesitate to contact me or the doctor any time, day or night. I think that I am going to talk to him and then you can take him to the dining area. He needs to get out of this room and actually see some of the ship.” She had just finished speaking when Ray walked out.

  When he walked out of the bathroom Vyra noted that his expression was far more settled. “Ray come here and I will give you a ship suit and show you the basics.”

  Ray nodded politely at the Captain and he was thankful that both women were dressed. Right now he couldn’t deal with the nudity and needed a bit of breathing room. “That would be greatly appreciated. I would feel utterly silly walking around the ship in a robe or my birthday suit.” Ray tried to make a joke of it. It was rather lame but helped somewhat.

  Since he figured he would need to be nude he pulled the robe off and barely managed not to look down at his body. He really hated being so scrawny looking. That was especially true standing next to the two women since they were so attractive.

  “I had a feeling you might feel that way. Besides I would hate to have you distracting my crew members by doing that.” She smiled and curled her whiskers at him. “Hold your arms out please.”

  She pressed her bracelets against his arms and sent them a command. A new set of bracelets appeared on his wrists. Vyra’s bracelets were gold, cream, and green. His were a dark yet warm brown mixed with gold and red. “Interesting colors, they say a great deal about who you are.”

  Ray’s eyes widened as the metal of the Captains bracelets seemed to liquefy and flowed down and around his wrists. They were warm and it felt like they wiggled a bit till they were form fitted and comfortable. “So what do the colors mean then?” He was touching the bracelets and the surface was smooth.

  “Brown is the color of the forest floor that our ancestors used to roam and where life springs from. The dark brown says you are male and a potential pack father. If the brown was lighter in color it would have simply indicated you are male. As far as the gold it is your rank aboard ship. The red indicates that you have something to do with medical.” It was the last color that interested her since the majority of males only had two colors. “So are you a doctor?”

  Ray blinked and had to grin slightly. “Oh, I see, you kidnapped me into sexual slavery just so I can make babies huh?” He was totally joking when he said that.

  “Sort of a doctor, I don’t work on people but I work on animals. I am a veterinarian and predominately work with small animals. I think of them as little people since they tend to be treated like members of the family.” His smile showed how much he loved his work.

  While he had been talking to the Captain Flitter again had her hand lightly pressed against his back. She could tell that he was still emotionally distressed even though he was trying to act normal. Flitter was still being very careful with her abilities since she had never worked with a human before. Right now she was settling for simply smoothing the emotions out.

  The Captain couldn’t help but smile at his enthusiasm since this was the real Ray and not what they had seen earlier. That was part of him but not the real him.

  “Oh, can you please show me how to dress? The bracelets just don’t cut it in the clothing department.” He really wanted something between his bottom and the world.

  “Oh I don’t know, you look kind of cute and since we will offer to pay for your services not slavery.” Vyra gave him a rather sensual wink before activating the bracelets and part of the neural-implant. “Just think at the bracelets and tell them what you want. They will either do it or inform you that the function can’t be performed.”

  Ray narrowed his eyes at her since he wasn’t sure if she was being serious about being paid or being there for sex. Hell he wasn’t sure he believed that he wasn’t on some really good drugs and dreaming all this. Ray had to admit if it was a drug induced dream it was a pretty damn good one.

  Instead he looked at the bracelets and tried to think at them. He was getting some feedback from them but it didn’t really make sense. When he was trying to get the ship suit to come out or appear he found that he was getting feedback in his mind. The feedback was really strange since he could almost see something in front of him similar to a transparent screen with words on it.

  As he was thinking at the bracelets Flitter came up behind him and rested her hands on his back. “Relax Ray and try imagining wearing something like what we are.” Flitter leaned forward and nuzzled his neck and just for good measure nipped one earlobe which made him jump but it worked. When he reacted to her attention for a brief second he focused enough and the bracelets reacted.

  When she touched him he couldn’t help a slight shudder of enjoyment. Every time she touched him her hands were so soft and warm. They always seemed warm and comforting as well. Now when she nipped his earlobe he did twitch but didn’t have a chance to really react before a substance started flowing out of the bracelets and up his arms. He looked down with wide eyes and an enchanted smile. The smile lasted till the suit goosed him as it flowed around his bottom and groin.

  He stood up on his tippy toes and made an odd sort of ‘uunnhhh’ sound as it moved around and form fitted itself to him. Once it was done his expression was now a mixture of fascination and revulsion. “Oh man that is so wrong.” He wiggled his bottom to see if it would adjust a bit. “Getting goosed by a guy would be bad but by a suit that is just so wrong on so many levels.”

  Both women started snickering at him. “They are biosuits that are designed for deep space exploration. The version you have is a standard suit that will allow you to survive in space type environments till rescued. If you need to use the bathroom in an emergency the suit will absorb it and later dispose of it. Flitter will teach you the fine points such as withdrawing sections and the basic functions.”

  Ray wiggled a bit more before he started towards the table. Before he reached it he turned and wrapped his arms around Flitter and leaned against her. “I am sorry if I upset you earlier. When I say thank you for trying to help me I really do mean it.”

  Even through the suit he could feel her body and was enjoying the sensation. “Now why don’t you tell me why I am here Captain?” As he settled down Flitter brought a mug of coffee over for him and he had to smile at her.

  The Captain sat down and accepted a drink as well. She took a sip and decided to just jump in. “You seem to be a fairly direct person Ray so I am going to be blunter than I normally would be. Our race is dying. We aren’t sure why but the ratio of male to female births has skewed radically. The males born do appear to be healthy and fertile but there just are not enough of them to keep our species going.” She looked up at Flitter for a moment. “That is why you have only seen females as of yet.”
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br />   Vyra took another sip and smiled warmly when Flitter came over and gave her a hug and kiss. “Thank you Flitter and I will have Spring Flower give me a massage later.” She knew Flitter would feel her tension due to the conversation.

  Vyra looked back at Ray. “We started sending out ships many years ago to meet new people and try to learn from them. We wanted to find out what was going on and how we could change what was happening to our species. What we hadn’t expected was to encounter you humans.” Even though this was an upsetting conversation she ensured that she kept her eyes on Ray.

  Ray was listening to what she was saying and doing his best to understand. What she was saying was disturbing and if so to him it had to be far worse to her and her people. In a way it made him feel rather bad for his outburst earlier. He nodded to her to continue speaking.

  Vyra was thankful that he wasn’t asking questions or trying to give some sort of sympathy. “You are the first race that even came close to looking like we do. There are a number of other races that are bipedal and have some sort of humanoid look to them. What they don’t have is a body that looks almost exactly like ours. Even more so we can breed with you. When we do breed with humans our DNA seems to be dominant. The pups tend to look like their mothers though there are now colorations that we have never seen before.”

  Now was the fun part. “We, similar to some of the species on your world, go into heat twice a year which is when we are fertile. We are entering that season right now which is why we are circling your planet. What we are hoping is that you will agree to try and impregnate some of the women aboard the ship. I don’t want an answer right now but as soon as possible please.” She finally looked down at her cup and waited to see what he would say.

  Ray definitely wasn’t expecting that and he had to laugh for a moment. “Oh man, you are offering me most red blooded men’s fantasy. All the nooky we can get with a wide assortment of women.”

  Vyra started to feel rather miffed at Ray’s reaction since this was a very serious issue. When he explained why he was laughing she snickered herself. “Something like that Ray.”

  He gave Flitter a sly look. “So what did you put in my coffee? I would like some more of that.”

  Flitter looked rather offended by that. “I would never do something like that. It goes against all of the codes and creeds of the assistants. I can’t believe you even suggested that.” That was said with a definite huff and she crossed her arms and glared at him.

  Ray almost fell out of the chair trying not to laugh at her. “I do have one question Captain if I decided to do this do I get paid a flat fee, per female, or per act and depending on the act more or less?” Now it was her turn to be picked on a bit. “Oh and how long are you talking?”

  The Captain narrowed her eyes at him and considered growling at him. She knew he was teasing her but this was important. “It normally takes around two months and there is one small caveat, when we return you we have to lock your memories.”

  She sighed when she said that since she hated having to order memories wiped. “Your species isn’t ready to encounter aliens and as much as we hate to have to do that we have to look at what is best for both our species and yours. I will say that you will be paid for your time and any children you do sire will be loved and protected. If you do choose to help us and have some specific requests on their raising we will document that and do our best.”

  Ray had actually rather expected something like that since the chances of their getting any number of humans who would keep their mouths shut was virtually non-existent. “I will need to think about it and I am sure that you are somewhat pressed for time since I have a feeling that you can’t just keep circling Earth for two months out of however long your year is. I will try to give you an answer by the end of the day.” He stood up and waited for Vyra to as well. Flitter was already standing to the side and slightly behind him.

  The Captain nodded as she stood as well. “Please do consider it Ray. I like what I have felt and scented of you. I think your DNA will be a very good addition to our species.” After one last sip she tilted her head towards Flitter. “She is going to take you to breakfast and show you around the ship. You might get a fair amount of attention but she will do her best to keep it to a minimum.”

  Ray snickered. “Death by over enthusiastic Inu’s, I can think of worse ways to go.” He stepped over to her and gave her a good hug and a peck. “If I do choose to accept I have a feeling I am going to find you in my bed tonight right? Captains prerogative to sample the wares?”

  Vyra blushed and smacked him lightly. “For the answer to that you will need to talk to the Captain.” So far she was rather impressed with the young man and had a feeling he would be a very good source of DNA.

  Before she left Ray looked at Vyra. “I think I already know the answer to this question but is there any way I can contact my family or boss? My parents are going to be freaking out by now.” He knew that Simon would have reported him as missing by now.

  Vyra sighed. “I wish we could Ray but we simply can’t. What would you say? I am fine but being held for sexual purposes? I will ensure you get some extra for the suffering your family is going to be going through.” She lightly touched his face before nodding at the two of them and leaving.

  “Shall we?” Ray asked Flitter and held an arm out to her. “I am starving though I am not sure why.” His stomach rumbled as well. “So what is on the schedule for the rest of the day?” As they walked out of the door to his room they were talking.

  ~~~

  Misty and Xavier had been excused from school for several days though one of their friends was going to be bringing their homework over. How much they would get done and how well it was done was not going to be questioned. Right now all four of them were terrified at what might have happened. The fact they didn’t find the body indicated that he had moved of his own free will or someone had carried him away. The tracking dogs had followed his scent to where he had been standing but that was it. They hadn’t even been able to find any other indicators of someone near him.

  The search was expanding and a tip line had been set up though it hadn’t gotten many calls as of yet. In the morning Juanita and the kids were going to fly out for several days to take care of Ray’s rental place. They were going to clean it up and get rid of any food and such that might go bad. They were also going to go on the local news and ask for any additional information. The last time he had been seen, people who might have seen something, anything that might get their son back.

  Xavier was on the x-box playing online with one of his friends. Ray was enough older than he was that by the time Xavier was eight or so Ray had moved out. He liked his brother and honestly looked up to him since he didn’t let his problem slow him down. Frankly he was about ready to fall apart and just cry. At least playing Halo it gave him a chance to do something brainless.

  Misty walked in and had some hot jalapeno coco which she carried over to Xavier and set one cup next to him. She settled down next to him and wrapped her arms around him and simply watched. So far he hadn’t cried or said much of anything but she knew he was hurting. As she was lightly rubbing his shoulder and arm she could see his hands starting to shake. He finally dropped the controller and pulled his knees to his chest and started sobbing. She wrapped her arms around him and simply held him.

  Chapter 4

  When they walked into the dining room Ray almost considered running. As soon as they walked in virtually every head turned towards the two of them and a low appreciative growl could be heard. “I had been joking about death by over enthusiastic Inu’s but now I am not sure.” The crew was made up of all types of colorations and sizes. There were almost whippet thin women who looked like they came from runners to heavy bodied women who might have come from fighters. All looked very fit though and he had a feeling he was going to need at least one night a week off if not two to recover.

  Flitter snickered at him. “Who was saying this was fantasies come
true? All the safe sex a male could want and to get paid for it as well?” Her tail was curled in amusement and was waving slightly.

  She did clear her throat and addressed the dining area. “No mobbing our guest. He is recovering from a major health issue and too much attention maybe stressful. Now if you want to come over, say a brief hello and then move along that would be fine. We are going to be wandering the ship as well but no mobbing him and make sure that is passed around.”

  She pulled him towards the food line. “Oh lovely, they are having Keserios for breakfast. They do a pretty good job on them and even use the traditional Sakeron syrup as well.” Her nose was twitching as she sniffed towards the food line.

  She showed him the tray and utensils as they got in line. “Good morning and Ray is going to need extra protein to provide energy for the nanites that are still working in him.” Flitter made sure to tell the server that since he simply didn’t have the body mass needed to essentially feed the nanites as they worked.

  The things she was talking about looked like some sort of grain cakes and the syrup was a blackish red and lumpy. It did smell interesting and he settled for simply taking whatever she suggested before grabbing a drink and finding somewhere to sit.

  Breakfast ended up being an interesting pain. As they were eating various crew members would come over and introduce their selves. There was usually a brush of their body against his as well which kept distracting him.

  When they finally made it out of the dining area he leaned against the wall. “If you were cats I would think you found a new toy to play with.” When she simply smiled at him he frowned furiously at her and grumbled under his breath. “So what is on the books for me today? I know we talked about it but I am in an information overload situation.” That wasn’t even mentioning having all the females touching him.