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Authors: T. R. Harris
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hard to track.” And then she looked back at him. “As far as seeing other Humans, you’re the first free one I’ve seen.”
“What do you mean…free?”
She frowned back at him. “You know… Weren’t you abducted like the rest of us?”
Adam nodded. “Yeah, but I was never a prisoner.” He went on to explain how he’d awaken aboard the alien spaceship and run off to hide while the ship had been attacked by pirates. He related the story of Kaylor and Jym and of his arrest on Nimor, before telling her of Riyad and their encounter with the Juireans. Lastly, he concluded his story with the explosion of the Klin spaceship.
“Klin!” she exclaimed. “Are you sure?”
“Positive. And I’ve been looking for them ever since. They know where Earth is located.”
Sherri wrinkled her nose and frowned again. “Yeah, right,” she said. “I’ve heard rumors of the Klin, and I don’t believe it. There’s only one group of people who can tell us where Earth is – and they’re other people just like us .”
Adam was shocked by her statement. “What do you mean?”
“Let me tell you my story.” Sherri sat up on the bed and wrapped the sheet around her. Adam was glad she did so; the continued sight of her naked breasts would have been very distracting.
“Woke up in one of those pods myself,” she began in her cute southern drawl, “but I was being helped out by other people – other Humans . There were a lot of us being revived, and even though I was real groggy at the time, I knew something wasn’t right.
“These young men, mostly, gave us all robes to wear then herded us down a long corridor to a room with bench seats running along each side. I didn’t know it at the time, but we were being put on a shuttle, and when the gravity shifted, several of us vomited. These other Humans just stood there and didn’t offer to help.”
Adam could tell it pained her to recall the story, but he needed for her to continue. This was valuable information he needed to know.
She took a deep breath and continued.
“Once we got to where we were going, they separated us into two groups, taking the men away while the women were paraded through a shower and given orange tunics to wear. One of the women protested to a male guard and he bashed her in the face with a baton. He told the room that no one was to talk unless asked a question. I was getting pissed.
“Then in a large room, a male doctor of some kind examined us – it was all so embarrassing and sterile. He was real rough and didn’t seem to care at all. A few of the women looked sickly, and they were taken away and we never saw them again. The rest of us, about thirty women, were moved to a barracks and feed plates of mush that I could hardly keep down.
“That night, some of us talked. We had all been out by ourselves, either jogging or returning from work or whatever, when we felt a hot bright light. Next thing we knew, we were being helped out of the pods. The time shift was almost non-existent.”
“I know. I felt the same thing,” Adam said, letting Sherri take a break from her story. “I was on a mission in Afghanistan when they took me.”
“I was on a jog in the desert,” countered Sherri. “I was a student at the University of Phoenix – a veterinary major – when I was taken.”
“Sorry,” was all Adam could say.
Sherri shook her head and continued: “The next day, this older asshole came into the barracks and announced that we were to be breeders, doing our duty for the common good , whatever that meant. By this time, I’d had enough. I was raised in the country and I’m pretty tough, for a girl.” She sent him a smirk. “You also have to understand, at this time I had no idea I wasn’t on Earth anymore. In fact, we all thought this was some super-elaborate sex-trade operation; we hadn’t run into any fucking aliens at the time. But I wasn’t about to let these assholes turn me into a sex slave.”
Adam smiled slightly
“What do you mean…free?”
She frowned back at him. “You know… Weren’t you abducted like the rest of us?”
Adam nodded. “Yeah, but I was never a prisoner.” He went on to explain how he’d awaken aboard the alien spaceship and run off to hide while the ship had been attacked by pirates. He related the story of Kaylor and Jym and of his arrest on Nimor, before telling her of Riyad and their encounter with the Juireans. Lastly, he concluded his story with the explosion of the Klin spaceship.
“Klin!” she exclaimed. “Are you sure?”
“Positive. And I’ve been looking for them ever since. They know where Earth is located.”
Sherri wrinkled her nose and frowned again. “Yeah, right,” she said. “I’ve heard rumors of the Klin, and I don’t believe it. There’s only one group of people who can tell us where Earth is – and they’re other people just like us .”
Adam was shocked by her statement. “What do you mean?”
“Let me tell you my story.” Sherri sat up on the bed and wrapped the sheet around her. Adam was glad she did so; the continued sight of her naked breasts would have been very distracting.
“Woke up in one of those pods myself,” she began in her cute southern drawl, “but I was being helped out by other people – other Humans . There were a lot of us being revived, and even though I was real groggy at the time, I knew something wasn’t right.
“These young men, mostly, gave us all robes to wear then herded us down a long corridor to a room with bench seats running along each side. I didn’t know it at the time, but we were being put on a shuttle, and when the gravity shifted, several of us vomited. These other Humans just stood there and didn’t offer to help.”
Adam could tell it pained her to recall the story, but he needed for her to continue. This was valuable information he needed to know.
She took a deep breath and continued.
“Once we got to where we were going, they separated us into two groups, taking the men away while the women were paraded through a shower and given orange tunics to wear. One of the women protested to a male guard and he bashed her in the face with a baton. He told the room that no one was to talk unless asked a question. I was getting pissed.
“Then in a large room, a male doctor of some kind examined us – it was all so embarrassing and sterile. He was real rough and didn’t seem to care at all. A few of the women looked sickly, and they were taken away and we never saw them again. The rest of us, about thirty women, were moved to a barracks and feed plates of mush that I could hardly keep down.
“That night, some of us talked. We had all been out by ourselves, either jogging or returning from work or whatever, when we felt a hot bright light. Next thing we knew, we were being helped out of the pods. The time shift was almost non-existent.”
“I know. I felt the same thing,” Adam said, letting Sherri take a break from her story. “I was on a mission in Afghanistan when they took me.”
“I was on a jog in the desert,” countered Sherri. “I was a student at the University of Phoenix – a veterinary major – when I was taken.”
“Sorry,” was all Adam could say.
Sherri shook her head and continued: “The next day, this older asshole came into the barracks and announced that we were to be breeders, doing our duty for the common good , whatever that meant. By this time, I’d had enough. I was raised in the country and I’m pretty tough, for a girl.” She sent him a smirk. “You also have to understand, at this time I had no idea I wasn’t on Earth anymore. In fact, we all thought this was some super-elaborate sex-trade operation; we hadn’t run into any fucking aliens at the time. But I wasn’t about to let these assholes turn me into a sex slave.”
Adam smiled slightly
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