“Holy shit,” said Heather. Monica felt relieved when she heard that Jaime was dead, but then felt guilty, and sad, for her. She didn’t really want her dead, just away from her man. Monica also felt sorry for Jesse. She knew he cared for her. Monica wanted to hold him so badly, and hoped that he was still alive. She felt she would die if anything happened to him.
“Monica, you have to see this!” Tony blurted, as he and Don entered the room.
“What?” Monica asked.
“I found something you have to see,” Tony said.
Everyone followed Tony down to the second level of the alien ship. After passing through a number of rooms, they came across a type of jail cell. To their surprise, they found an unconscious captive on the floor. The woman rested on the floor, surrounded by bars. Monica and the others starred in awe. The woman had long, silky blue hair, and full blue lips.
“She’s gorgeous,” Cinnamon stated.
“I’ve never seen anyone with blue hair before,” Don said.
“She’s not human. She is a Pulse female. They are the other alien species I have told you about,” Rojex said to Monica.
“They look just like us. Well, except for the blue hair and lips. Amazing…what is she doing here? She is gorgeous,” said Monica.
“This is where the Renex keep their food. They lock them up in cages until they get hungry. This female must have been the last of their food. I haven’t seen any of the Pulse species in over three hundred year,” Rojex said, with almost a hint of compassion.
“She’s one lucky chick, if you ask me. If Rojex wouldn’t have killed the aliens, she would have been their supper,” said Heather.
“Shouldn’t we let her out?” Tony asked. Without a word, Rojex ripped the barred door open and gently picked up the blue hair woman.
“We should take her back to my ship. I can find her a room so she can recover,” Monica said.
“All right,” Rojex said, as they all followed him back into the Huntington. Rojex took his time, as he carried the blue haired woman. Her long blue dress dangled over his long metallic arms. The room they put her in was the same room Pong was in. Rojex gently put the blue haired female on the bunk bed in the corner.
“What the hell is that?” Pong asked.
“She’s from a different world,” Heather told her.
Pong raised an eyebrow, and sarcastically said, “This is one crazy ass ship. You guys must really party hard around here. You have a ship full of lesbians, a robot, and a chick with blue hair. All right, check please.”
As Monica, Rojex, Don, and Tony went back up to the command room to work out their plans, the Haven sisters stayed with Pong. They explained everything to Pong that had transpired recently, including the death of Jesse’s girlfriend and Monica’s crazy obsession with Jesse.
“So when are we going to the base?” Pong asked.
“We don’t know yet. I would have to say very soon. That’s what Monica is working on right now,” Cinnamon said.
“Are you two lesbians as well?” Pong boldly asked. They both smiled, and Heather said, “No, we don’t swing that way either.”
“What are you doing here, then?” Pong asked.
“We work for Monica. She’s helping us find the person who killed our parents,” Cinnamon explained.
“Wow, it seems like we have a lot in common. Elijah killed my parents. All I have to do now is kill Alexander, and then I’m out of the revenge game for good,”
“Same as us. Once we find the person who killed our parents, and help Monica to save the White Skull, we’re going to go back to bounty hunting,” Heather told her.
“I can’t wait to fi…” Pong stopped her sentence, when she saw the blue-haired woman’s eyes open.
“She’s coming to. Stay here with her, and we’ll go tell Monica,” Heather said. The sisters left Pong alone with the woman.
“Just great, I’m not a babysitter,” Pong said.
The woman slowly shook her head, as if she were dreaming and began to speak, “Jesse…Jesse,” the blue hair women repeated over and over. Pong stood up and looked at her strangely. The blue haired woman slowly opened her eyes, and looked at Pong.
“Hello,” Pong simply said.
“Where am I?” the woman asked, in a soft, sweet voice.
“You’re safe. You were rescued from the alien ship,” Pong said, trying to reassure her.
“Who are you? I have never seen anyone with black hair and narrow eyes. What species are you?” the beautiful blue-haired woman asked in a sweet voice.
“I’m Asian. My name is Pong,” Pong explained.
“Pong, Pong, I like that name, it’s cute, Pong,” the woman said, as she repeated it over and over.
“My species is human, though. You are Pulse, right?” Pong asked.
“Yes, how did you know?” the woman asked.
“There’s a robot on board who knows where you came from,” Pong said.
“A robot…not the Rojex?” she questioned, as she sat straight up.
“Yes, that’s his name,” Pong said.
“I would like to meet him, please. He destroyed most of the Renexobious a very long time ago and freed my people from a horrible fate,” the blue hair woman explained.
“Well, how were you captured?” Pong asked.
“Although the Renexobious no longer invade our planet, me and a group of explorers were captured when we drifted off course,” she explained.
“That sucks. What’s your name, honey?” Pong asked. She felt sorry for her, and knew how alone she must be feeling right now.
“Eronica,” she said.
“Eronica, why were you calling out the name, Jesse?” Pong asked, with intrigue.
“He is the man I am going to marry,”
“What does he look like?”
“He has dark brown hair and has a tattoo on his right forearm that looks like a skeleton. Why?”
Pong held in her laughter, and asked, “How do you know him?”
“I haven’t met him yet, but he is my soul mate. As soon as I find him, we will be married,” Eronica explained, with joy.
“Jesse…you dog,” Pong said, grinning.
Chapter 14
“I am going to be a storm-a flame-
I need to fight whole armies alone;
I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms;
I feel too strong to war with mortals-
BRING ME GIANTS!”
Cyrano De Bergerac
“All right, Silvana, that’s enough,” Mr. Toad said, holding Jesse up as his daughter punched the pirate in the face. Silvana’s knuckles were bloodied from her flesh tearing when she repeatedly hit Jesse’s jawbone and skull. Although she was sad from the death of her sister, part of her was aroused from torturing the very man she had taken advantage of.
“Bastard! My sister is dead because of you!” Silvana yelled, as she kicked him in the stomach. Since being beaten, whipped, and then beaten again, Jesse found it hard to stay conscious.
“Let’s show the human our little surprise,” Mr. Toad said to his evil daughter. Mr. Toad threw Jesse over his massive shoulder, taking him to a large, dark cement chamber. A stench of rotten meat hung in the air when the large alien opened the door. To Mr. Toad, the fragrance was captivating, but to Silvana, who had not begun to transform, the smell made her nauseated. She pinched her nose for protection. Mr. Toad explained to his daughter that someday she would grow to lust over the fragrant aroma. When he wasn’t looking, she rolled her eyes.
Silvana came up with the idea of stripping the pirate of his clothes. Mr. Toad plopped Jesse on the floor against the cold cement wall. It was so cold that he temporarily regained consciousness. Silvana chained the pirate’s arms above his head, and his feet were chained together. He began to cough up blood onto the floor. The chamber was full of chewed bones, and some left over rotting body parts. Jesse was too upset to care what was going to happen to him, and was too exhausted to weep for Jaime. Jesse could feel bumps a
nd hard puffiness on his face and body from being beaten so badly. His back stung from the open cuts on his back. The unforgiving cold wall, and the floor, enhanced his discomfort. Jesse didn’t care that he was naked, but he was pissed off that the room was so damn cold.
“Silvana?” Jesse managed to whisper.
She leaned in, and asked, “What, pig?”
“You’re a bitch.” Jesse grinned. Silvana kicked him in the chest, causing him to cough up more blood. He still managed to let out a dry chuckle. Silvana lifted her leg again, but her father grabbed it in midair.
“No, he will not be laughing much longer.” This time Mr. Toad laughed deeply. Although Mr. Toad wanted to slowly rip Jesse apart, he restrained himself because he had something more delicious in store for him. “Let’s leave him…to his slow, painful death.”
Silvana spat in Jesse’s face, slapped the back of his head, and then followed her father out of the room, locking the door behind her. The room was now completely pitch-black. Jesse could tell that there was a foul odor in the room, just from breathing it in through his mouth. His nose was too badly broken to use his sense of smell. The stench was so strong and rank, that he threw up.
“Who’s there?” Jesse asked, hearing chains rattling from the far side of the room. It was impossible for him to see. Jesse rested his head against the wall. He strained to hear what, or who, was on the other side of the room. On the far side of the dark room, Jesse could hear someone sniffing.
“Who’s there?” Jesse repeated. The only reply he received was a low growl, which sounded like a mountain lion. He came to the conclusion that it was an animal he was put in the room with to be ripped apart for sport. The animal inched closer, continuing to growl. Jesse welcomed his death. He had always felt that the universe would be a lot better without him. What Jesse had thought was an animal, had fallen to its side, groaning in pain. To his surprise the voice sounded human.
“Hey, are you all right?” Jesse asked, concluding that the other person was a captive, like himself. It was unknown to Jesse that the human was transforming into something else.
The other person continued to groan and growl, as it pulled at its chains. Jesse’s cellmate could smell him across the other side of the room, and wanted to answer him, but found it difficult to speak. It could feel its mouth change and grow. Its teeth were slowly transforming into large, razor sharp teeth. The pain it was experiencing was unbearable, and caused it to cry out.
The groaning voice changed in base, from sounding normal, to demonic. The voice grew deeper and deeper with each groan of pain. With each passing minute, the creature could feel his senses enhance and strengthen. Its sense of smell had become so acute, that it could now smell the president down the hall. Slowly, the creature was beginning to be able to see in the dark, and saw the person who was chained to the wall. Although its body still ached as it changed, it was becoming less intense.
“Jesse,” Luis said, in a deep dark voice.
“Who are you? How do you know my name?” Jesse asked in confusion.
“It’s me…Luis,”
“It doesn’t sound like you. What’s happening to you?”
“Something awful, I’m changing into a monster,” Luis managed to get out between groaning.
“Why, what happened?” Jesse was having a hard time speaking, and had to force himself to raise his voice, which still sounded more like a whisper.
“I was told the truth about my past. I’ve met my biological father…and found him to be an alien,” Luis explained.
“Yes, I’ve met your family. They’re a fun bunch,” Jesse sarcastically stated.
“That is why my eyes are black, from being the son of an alien. They call him Mr. Toad. He raped my mother when she lived on the moon. My eyes weren’t a birth defect like I told you. That girl, who was just here, is my half-sister. The girl you released from the obelisk is also my half-sister,” Luis tried his best to explain while still in pain.
“That is why her eyes turned black. Her eyes changed after she tasted my blood. Your father told me that Jaime overdosed on my painkillers. I can’t believe she’s dead,” Jesse managed to get out.
“We’re a species of disgusting flesh eaters. Silvana told me that your girlfriend killed herself after she explained to her what she was,” Luis said in his deep voice, beginning to cry. “Jesse…I’m hungry,”
“I’m sorry, buddy, but I don’t have any food,”
“I’m not hungry for the food you are thinking of, my friend,” Luis informed him.
Jesse didn’t like the sound of Luis’ last statement, “Jaime.” Jesse whispered to himself.
“You smell good. I can smell the blood seeping out of your wounds,” Luis began to sniff rapidly. He could feel himself begin to drool, as he could smell his friend’s intoxicating blood. He had to fight the urge to eat his longtime friend, but wasn't sure if he could resist much longer. He grew more and more hungry, and began to feel as if he were starving. Luis’ ankle was the only thing chained. Jesse nervously shifted in his place as he heard Luis pull himself closer to him. Luis wasn’t speaking any longer, and was consumed by his burning lust for blood. Jesse was unable to see the evil, horrifying smile on Luis’ face.
“Hey, buddy, what’s going on?” Jesse asked, nervously. Jesse couldn’t see a thing in the dark, but could hear Luis pulling himself closer.
“You smell so good,” Luis’ voice became deeper, sounding more like a monster from a nightmare.
“HEY! Knock it off. It’s me, Jesse! You don’t want to eat me; we’re friends, for goodness sakes,” Jesse said, trying to get through to his friend. It didn’t stop Luis. Jesse could now feel Luis’ hot breath on his foot. “Hey man! This isn’t funny! You can knock it off now!” Jesse wasn’t afraid of dying, but the last thing he wanted was to be slowly eaten by his best friend. To Jesse’s shock, Luis bit off his little toe.
“FUCK!” Jesse let out a scream of pain, as his friend slowly chewed his appendage. Luis began to laugh deeply, as he rolled over to his back. He felt an odd strength fill his veins, rejuvenating his body. Jesse was in extreme pain, but couldn’t move, since his chains were so tight against the wall.
“Ahhh, you taste so good, Jesse. I’m…sorry,” Luis said, trying to fight his blood lust. Luis couldn’t fight it and moved up to Jesse’s calf. Although he was feeling stronger, Luis still was unable to lift himself off of the floor. Again, Jesse could feel his hot breath, this time on the meaty part of his calf. In a panic, Jesse tried to kick his friend in the face, but Luis retreated, and Jesse was unable to move his feet more than three inches. Even though he couldn’t see anything, Jesse could feel Luis’ giant mouth open around his calf as he drooled on him.
“NO!” Jesse screamed, “Luis…it’s…me,” Jesse screamed in pain as his friend sunk his teeth into his leg. “Please Luis…STOP!” Luis released his hold on Jesse’s leg, and began to scream in pain, curling up into a ball. Jesse could feel himself fade away, while blood oozed out of his punctured leg. Jesse wasn’t sure, but he thought he could hear an alarm sounding off behind the chamber door.
“I don’t know how long I can fight my hunger. I’m sorry I bit you….but you taste so fucking good,” Luis evilly laughed. Jesse could tell Luis was fighting his transformation, since Luis’ voice changed from deeper to almost completely demonic. “I don’t want to live like this…Jesse. Help me…please,” Luis begged.
“I can’t do anything, Luis. I’m chained too tightly,” Jesse said, feeling extremely weak, trying this best to stay conscious. Jesse hoped he would die before his friend would continue to enjoy his body. “Do you here that?”
“Yes, the alarm is going off. Apparently we are under attack,” Luis said, in his demonic voice.
“How can you tell?” Jesse asked, as he faded in and out of consciousness.
“My hearing has become sharper,”
“I always knew you were different, Luis, but this is ridiculous. You’ve taken gayness to a whole new level with ea
ting people,” Jesse said, trying to make him laugh. It had worked. Luis bellowed out in laughter in a demonic voice, still fighting his urge to eat his friend.
***
Back in space, near an incredibly massive secret space station, a miniature war had begun. Monica’s original plan of sneaking in had been changed to blasting their way in. Monica, Rojex, and the Haven sisters, flew in the Renex ship, while Tony, Don, and Pong, flew with Monica’s crew in the Huntington. As soon as they were close enough, the two ships crisscrossed each other and began to fire on the space station and Mr. Toad’s ship. Luckily for them, the space station only had a few fighter ships and a limited crew, which was due to their secrecy. The president felt that the less crew members he had, the less chance that there would be a leak in information. Four UPG fighter ships launched from the base’s hanger bay immediately, firing upon the Huntington and the alien ship that Monica was in. Rojex easily flew the alien ship, as if it were a child’s toy. He maneuvered the guard ship behind one of the fighters and tore it apart with the ship’s guns. Janet, Monica’s busty, red-headed pilot, copied her mistress, and played a game of chicken with one of the fighter ships, which caused it to collide into the space station. The ship Monica was in, was taking heavy fire, causing the alien ship to catch fire.
Rojex took out one more ship before deciding his next move. The Huntington took care of the last fighter ship, blowing it out of existence. The colossal space station was well equipped with a formidable arsenal of weaponry. Janet expertly maneuvered the Huntington through the hail of gunfire. She knew that she wouldn’t be able to dodge them for too long, as Natalie began firing at the space station’s guns. The Huntington was now taking on heavy fire. Monica bit her lip, as she watched chunks of her ship drifting off into space. Luckily, Rojex was able to locate Jesse through his own internal scanner once they had gotten close enough. While firing, Rojex impatiently flew the alien ship directly into the side of Mr. Toad’s vessel, penetrating its thick hull.
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