by Enid Titan
“They aren’t people,” Ramses huffed, “They’re slaves, slaves of metal and flesh. They don’t smell like people at all.”
Rory scowled and yanked her arm away from him. Ramses’ chest sank. He hadn’t meant to push her away. It’s just that these horrid things with metal jutting from their skulls and their programmed brains could never mean as much to him as she did.
“Ramses will do what he can to help,” Pandora said.
Rory raised an eyebrow. This American woman certainly had all the outspokenness of her countrywomen, but Rory didn’t exactly mind how she took charge. She was spunky. And of course, the only other human woman who truly understood space… and how different it was from life on earth.
Ramses offered Rory a meek look and she shrugged.
“Fine. I suppose our first order of business should be getting out of here alive.”
“Aye. There’s an escape pod in the back of the ship. Once we get the other two, we’ll head that way.”
“Good. What did you do to X-25?”
“Nothing too serious. A disruptor probe. He should be out for a week.”
“Xantha! Corrin!” Pandora called. The three of them turned a corner.
A chill ran down Rory’s spine. Pandora gasped. X-25 held Corrin and Xantha at gunpoint.
“Hello,” he wheezed, “What brings so many visitors to my ship. Ramses? I thought I’d never see you again.”
“Let go of them,” Pandora snapped, “You’re outnumbered. Give them up.”
“I don’t think so. I think I am going to keep them both. Ramses owes me, and once I get rid of the defective one I will keep the…”
X-25 trailed off, his sub-processors analyzing Xantha with a beam of light.
“…The Xanflora. Even at her advanced age, she may be worth something.”
“You can’t clone me!”
“Why not?”
“I’m pregnant!” Xantha announced.
“WHAT?!” Everyone yelled at once, including the alloy.
X-25 dropped Xantha.
“You… are lying…”
“Can’t you scan me with that big old oval head of yours and see that I’m telling the truth!”
“How can you be pregnant?” Corrin squeaked.
“Corrin, I’m half-plant biology, it doesn’t matter who does the pollinating. As long as I’m… pollinated.”
Corrin’s fur rose up and she bared her teeth.
“Well, you didn’t have to announce it to the whole hallway!”
“What was I supposed to do? Let him clone our baby!”
“It’s mine?!”
“Of course it’s yours, you’re my wife!”
X-25 roared, “Enough! If you rats want to live… you’ll have to run.”
“Run?” Xantha asked.
“Xantha, come over here,” Pandora whispered as if X-25 couldn’t hear.
Rory grabbed Ramses arm.
“Please tell me you have an escape pod attached.”
He squeezed her arm back comfortingly but didn’t respond. Xantha crossed over and Pandora stood in front of her.
“Good,” X-25 wheezed, “Now run.”
“Go!” Ramses yelled, “Follow me!”
Before Rory could protest, Ramses lifted her off her feet and ran with the other three following behind them. Ramses was fast. Even holding Rory, he was faster than the other three trailing behind. Pandora and Corrin were slightly faster than Xantha, who was much more of a chef than a runner.
“Come on, you three! We have four more corridors and we’ll get to the pod!”
“Where’s the pod!” Pandora called.
“We’ll need to put a hole in the hull.”
Ramses picked up the pace, his hooves clattering as they ran through a crowd of docile clones, who had yet to receive orders from X-25.
“Won’t we get sucked out into space?!” Corrin asked.
“Not on this ship. The alloys have a three-foot protective shield. I’ll get the escape pod and line it up with the hole. I’m going to run faster now. Can you three handle it?” Ramses called.
“Yes! We’ll meet you there,” Pandora called.
Ramses lowered his head so his horns were aerodynamic in the wind. Rory clutched his neck as his black hair whipped around his powerful shoulders and they raced down the next corridor.
X-25 sent his orders out then. Rory saw one of the clones steel eyes change as she looked over Ramses’ shoulder.
“Ram! The clones are coming after us!”
“We still have three more corridors.”
“You’ll need your weapon. You have to put me down.”
“No! You can’t run fast enough. I won’t leave you.”
“You’d better put me on your back then! You need your hands free!”
Rory screamed as Ramses flipped her in the air and she caught his large, muscular back. His forked tail whipped out from behind him, balancing him as he leaned forward, tearing forward down the corridor. Rory looked over her shoulder and yelled, “Another one’s coming close!”
Ramses swung around, his weapon reared and he shot the clone in the chest. She disintegrated and Rory screamed.
“What happened to her!?”
“No time, Rory!” Ramses growled.
He raced down the second hallway, and then the third. A group of four clones popped out, but Ramses was faster than all of them.
“You’re a good shot!”
“Thanks,” Ramses replied.
He was starting to get short of breath when he came to the fourth hall. Rory could feel him sweating. His back was slick and his muscles tense and powerful from the invigorating run.
“Oi! Are you going to put a hole in the wall?”
“Close your eyes. The flash might hurt,” Ramses muttered.
Rory squeezed her eyes shut and wrapped her legs tighter around Ramses torso. He changed the settings on his gun and a loud blast fired the hull of the ship open. Shrapnel pierced through the shield that kept them from flying in space, but the shield wasn’t disrupted.
“I’ll crawl along and get the escape pod. You take the gun. You can’t come with me, okay?”
“Are you sure you’ll be okay out there?”
“No. I’m not. But it’s our only chance. Pandora’s quick on her feet. She’ll get the other two to safety.”
“How long do you think we should wait?”
“Don’t worry.”
Ramses set her down and kissed Rory on the lips.
“I won’t leave you again, my love.”
Rory trembled as she held the weapon, not even sure how to use it. The American girl probably wouldn’t have had this problem, she thought to herself. It couldn’t be that hard, could it? Like any other gun, all you do is pull the trigger. And don’t close your eyes.
Right?
Ramses climbed out the hole in the ship. Rory’s heart thudded so fast, she could taste metal in her mouth. She wanted to save the clones so badly, but maybe they couldn’t be saved. At least Ram had come back for her. And he was alive. She’d never expected that.
Rory heard a scream at the end of the corridor. She cocked the weapon and struggled to steady her breath, squeezing her lips together as she exhaled. Breathe, Rory.
Xantha came around the corridor with Pandora, and Corrin lay slumped between them as they dragged her.
“Does he have the ship!” Pandora screamed.
“He’s almost here!”
Rory turned to the hole on the hull and soon the tiny mouth of an escape pod covered it. Ramses was safe inside.
“Get inside!” Pandora yelled, “He’s coming!”
X-25 rounded the corridor after they and Rory ran without looking back. She ran straight into Ramses’ arms. He held her at his side as he stared at the hole in the wall, waiting for the other three to join them.
“Hurry it up!”
“We’re coming!”
Xantha came into the hole next. Then Corrin. Pandora leaped in last just as X-25 fired a laser from his ri
ght arm. Pandora screamed. Xantha pulled her in. Ramses detached the escape pod and they disappeared into space. X-25’s wheezing metallic screech was the last thing they heard.
The four of them caught their breath. Ramses manned the controls, even if he was the least experienced with the system. Pandora was too injured to fly this craft anyway. She lay on the ground, wincing and whimpering.
“How is she,” Rory breathed after a few minutes.
Corrin lay unconscious as Xantha kneeled over both of them.
“Not good. The cut hit bone. We need to get her to a doctor.”
“We can get to one in the Arietan system,” Ramses offered.
“No! You can’t bring Corrin there. If… When she wakes up, she’ll be unhappy.”
“Where do you propose we go then? We have fuel for one journey.”
“Sekhmet-beta.”
“The Taurean system?”
“Please… The Devoran Royal Family is there. And Pandora’s. We need to take her there. I’m not sure she’ll make it…”
Rory’s stomach sank. She’d only just met this human woman. The last thing she wanted was the only person who understood the earth, dying before her very eyes. She bit back tears and returned to Ramses side, burying her face in his chest as he held her close.
“I laid in a course. Let me return to the cots with Rory for a moment. We’ll be there in six hours.”
“Six hours. I hope it’s enough time.”
“It will be,” Ramses replied.
He grabbed Rory’s arm and demanded, “Come.”
The escape pod wasn’t very big, but there were two sleeping chambers which the five of them would have to squeeze into. Rory and Ramses squeezed into one. Ramses took up most of the space.
Once they were alone, Rory whispered, “I never thought I’d see you again.”
“It’s been too long,” he murmured, “I thought about you every day.”
He pushed a few strands of platinum blond hair out of her face.
“This ship isn’t yours,” Rory whispered.
“No. How did you know?”
“The… The smell.”
Ramses grinned, “Don’t worry, I’m not offended. I know most humanoids aren’t used to volcanic planets like ours.”
“Will you take me back there someday?”
“Of course,” he whispered, “Once we get out of this mess, I’ll take you home.”
Home. To him, that meant a volcanic planet that was lightyears away.
He positioned Rory on his chest as he climbed onto the cot. Given the size difference, it was the best way they could sleep. Rory’s arms crossed over Ramses’ sizable chest.
“Do you think we should go out there and help them?”
“No. Xantha comes from healing people,” Ramses uttered quietly, a pang of sadness rushed through his chest.
“So you’ve encountered other aliens before?”
“Of course,” Ramses replied chuckling, “I’ve been all over the galaxy.”
“Why? Don’t you miss your home planet sometimes?” Rory asked, hoping he’d understand that she missed earth, and maybe one day, she’d want to go back with him.
Ramses stroked Rory’s hair, enjoying the feeling of her smooth strands between his fingers.
“I do miss home. But I always led a sheltered life. I grew up rich, trapped in a safe bubble of my creation. I had to get out there and see the stars for myself. Volcanic saunas and lava cocktails can get old after a while.”
“I guess.”
“Something on your mind, little pet?”
“I’ve been thinking about home. I don’t think I’ll ever see it again.”
Ramses chuckled.
“What’s so funny?” Rory whispered, her hands running down Ramses’ smooth, muscular chest.
“I will take you home whenever you’d like as soon as we are out of this mess.”
“D’you mean it?”
“Of course. You aren’t my prisoner, Rory…”
Rory sidled up to him and kissed his cheek. Ram turned to face her, his horns curved back and his hair draped over his shoulders and cheeks. She stared into his black eyes and couldn’t imagine herself ever being afraid of them. She touched his lips with her fingers, parting them just enough so she could see his fangs.
“I’ve missed those lips,” Rory whispered.
Ramses leaned his head forward, pressing his forehead up against hers. He ran his hands over her cheek.
“I’ve missed yours,” he replied and kissed her.
Their kisses grew wilder. After a few moments, Ramses teeth inevitably sliced Rory’s lip. Her blood touched his tongue and the ravenous hunger for her spilled out of him. Ramses rolled Rory off of him and onto her back, spreading her legs wide around his ab muscles with his torso.
Rory grabbed onto a length of his hair, holding Ramses’ face close to hers.
“You’re so very tempting.”
“Give in,” Rory whispered.
“I will.”
Ramses shifted his large member out of his trousers and pressed the tip up against Rory’s entrance. She was soaked and his rigid ribbed member pressed against Rory’s sopping entrance.
“It’s bigger than I remember,” Rory whispered, kissing Ramses as he pressed against her tightness.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes… Plus if it hurts, you can always bite me.”
He grinned.
“I never thought I’d meet a female who enjoys biting as much as you do.”
“It’s intense… But I love every minute of it.”
Ramses clenched his jaw and forced the large bulbous tip of his cock inside Rory just an inch. She moaned and clamped her legs around him. Ramses kissed her neck, his tongue tracing the shape of her collarbone.
He slid the rest of his member inside her, one inch stretching her wide. Rory moaned, her nails digging into his back as he spread her wider and slid his cock in deeper, the ribbed underside of his hardness rubbing against her soft juicy flesh as he plunged inside.
She tilted her neck to the side and Ramses could smell the blood coursing through the arteries on her neck. He sank his fangs in. Rory twitched as the prick sent a surge of dopamine and adrenaline through her.
She moaned and climaxed instantly as Ramses lips wrapped around her neck and his sharp fangs dug into her skin.
“Yes…. Oh yes…” she moaned as she climaxed long and hard over Ramses’ cock, bucking her hips back and forth as he plunged the rest of his length into her. The massive girth of Ramses’ pulsing alien cock didn’t hurt one bit as Ramses fangs shot pleasure into Rory’s neck.
“Harder…” she whimpered, overwhelmed by her orgasm which kept going and going…
Ramses grunted and moved his hips between her legs, thrusting hard just the way she wanted. She dug her nails into his back harder, so hard they would have broken skin on a human male. Ramses was much stronger than a regular human male, and as his massive weight lay between Rory’s thighs, pinning her against the bed and making her feel teeny, Rory exploded with pleasure again.
“OHHHHH!” She moaned, her hair sticking to her neck and her body thrashing beneath Ramses’ grip as they rocked their small escape pod cot.
Ramses pounded her tight little earthling pussy for an hour, lifting his teeth to give Rory a break from an unrelenting climax, and then sinking back into her neck when he was ready to push her over the edge again. Ramses could sense she couldn’t handle any more after four hours of non-stop orgasm.
They were nearly there anyway. He grunted and pulled out of her, shooting cum out of his cock like hot lava on her thigh. She hadn’t liked it inside her last time. He growled as he released and Rory pulled away from him, curled up as much as she could given their limited space.
“It’s burning,” she whispered.
“Sorry, I know you didn’t like it inside you.”
“What makes you think I didn’t like it?”
“It was hot. It… burned you.”
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“It didn’t burn. I mean, it takes some getting used to but I rather like being all squishy with your cum.”
He exhaled, and chuckled, running his hands through his long hair.
“You’ve got a filthy mouth on you.”
“I’ve been told.”
“We’re almost there. We’d better get you cleaned up.”
“How are we almost there?”
“We’ve been at it for four hours.”
“No. Way!”
“Aye,” Ramses replied.
“You can make love for four hours?”
“Longer if I desire.”
“You never get tired?”
“No. I only stop when you do. When I think you can’t take it anymore.”
Rory wrapped her arms around him and pulled him in for a kiss, “Well, I think you were wrong about me tonight.”
Ramses chuckled and rolled between her legs again, ready for a second round.
6
Sekhmet-beta
The escape pod fell into orbit safely. Xantha transmitted a message down to the planet surface, and Pandora was transported directly into her mansion’s sickbay with Corrin. Xantha managed to stabilize them both, and as they waited for the two to awaken, Xantha led Ramses and Rory to their quarters for their stay and invited them to a dinner that would be held with the Devoran Royal Family.
Rory could hardly keep her eyes open. It turned out that Ramses was right about how much she could handle. She could hardly walk straight either, and she limped along the hallways to her room, leaning on Ramses’ shoulder. Xantha flashed them suspicious looks but didn’t say anything. Once they’d entered the guest quarters, which thankfully had Pandora’s human touches added to them, and Xantha had given them a tour, she stopped Ramses at the door.
“There’s something strange about you, Ramses. Have you met any Xanflorae before?”
“Not exactly,” he grumbled.
Xantha sighed, “I wanted to think you weren’t a slaver like Corrin said, but I don’t know.”
Ramses grabbed her arm, “I’m not a slaver.”
“Let go of me!”
“Please… I was just looking to have some fun. I can explain why I know so much about your people.”
“What is it then?”
“My mother was Ximinerva Orchid.”
