Chapter 5: The new alien."I am Keltrixtionlenz. Royal of the Dagerstanteens." The alien who had freed Murry scanned him as Murry struggled to get to his feet. Even though he spoke, the alien's mouth never opened or moved. He only smiled with his pretty pink lips. "Greetings." After a second, the new alien snatched a piece of fabric that dangled from his weapon's holster around his thigh. He wrapped the silk around Murry's arm. He then spoke again with that same deep husky tone."Stay here." Rising from his crouch, the blue creature spun back to the cages. When the hairy recruit peeked his head over the cage, both Murry and blue-tentacle-man saw the movement.Murry had no intention of going anywhere. His whole body hurt, even his hair. He nodded and then frowned at the introduction. He would never remember that long, hard-to-pronounce name, and he had no idea if he was supposed to be impressed by the alien being a royal. What Murry focused on right now was adjusting his body to accomm
Chapter 6: Kel is easier to say.For the second time, Murry awoke to more pain than he'd ever felt in his life. Was that even possible? His skin blazed, and he wondered if he was being cooked alive. He told himself not to open his eyes. He couldn't face more torture. His curiosity poked him. Was he still with Keltrix?When he finally looked around, Murry discovered he was back on a table. His heart began to pound as the icy claws of fear gripped him. No more. Since nothing was in his mouth, he began to beg. Even if no one would understand him, he didn't care. He couldn't stand to get ripped apart again. "Please," he whimpered. "Please, no more, please. I can't…""Calm, Human." Beautiful blue eye met his. This close, Murry noted the alien's thick black eyelashes and the way they fluttered. Keltrix leaned over him, and a soft, smooth tentacle stroked up his uninjured arm. There was nothing on the appendage caressing him, no indentations or spikes. The tentacles had no suction cups like
Chapter 7: One kiss.In an alien lab somewhere in space, Murry accepted his death. The only thing was, he didn't want to die alone.Slowly, Keltrix slipped one tentacle into his palm. Murry closed his fingers, gripping the soft skin and the more rigid muscles underneath. He held on with all the energy he had left inside of him. The heat grew, and he felt drunk or high. Since he lived with his mom and then in the group home, Murry had never done drugs. Even though he never did them, he figured this was what being high or drunk must be like for regular people. "What if the human drinks from me?" Kel's voice was husky, and he lifted his worried gaze to JP. "Would that be enough of our genetic composition inside of Murry's human body to use our medicines? It would help him live until we reach the main ship. Then you have the supplies to fix his human parts, yes?""Drinking from you would buy time, but you know the act is outlawed. Octnavin will be cross. Even if you are the favored siblin
Chapter 8: My only friend is a cup.Once more, Murry woke, confused, but this time no pain. At least not pain from someone hurting him.He rolled over to ease the ache in his shoulder from sleeping on the floor. His eyes opened to bright light and a pink ceiling. He sat and looked around the room. The square area he was in was empty except for a low metal coffee table. Everything was pink- pink walls, ceiling, floor. Running his hand over the floor, Murry felt the surface. The room felt smooth, like one giant tile from a hardware store. Murry came to his feet and stared down at his naked body. Nervously, Murry slipped his hand over his balls and then to his anus. There wasn't a bloody gaping mess anywhere. He sighed with relief and then looked at his arm. Exhaling his tension, he noted that there was no half-eaten flesh either. After checking a few other parts of his body, Murry walked around and around the pink room. He discovered two doors. One exit had no handles, or latches, or h
While Murry tried to gather his breath, he leaned away from Kel. Keltrix stared down at the white ejaculate covering his abs. Using his top right tentacle, Kel began to suck the fluid off his skin. The way the alien moved looked like a soft vacuum cleaner hose moving over Kel's belly. The tip was cleaning the cream."You can wash it off with water." Murry rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand. He had no idea what just happened, but sucking his come off his abs was probably gross for the alien to do."I want to know what you taste like." Kel's eyes flipped to him. "But it is good to know you understand the idea of washing," he snapped. "Do not make me come in here again and clean you. I cannot do this again. There will be no more of that."Murry wondered if the alien couldn't come here again because he didn't want to have sex a third time. When Murry realized he'd used the word sex, his thoughts came to a halt. Was that sex? Was the kiss sex or not? Alien sex had never been some
Chapter 10: This isn't Earth.Murry was expecting more alien sex. The way Keltrix pulled him all frantic had him hoping they were going to find a bed. What was in the other room wasn't more sex. In fact, as Murry entered, he stopped in his tracks. Behind Kel, Murry gapped as his jaw dropped. The all-pink room had been transformed. Now his prison cell was a replica of the group home where he lived on Earth. Everything was there, down to the threadbare throw blanket over the back of the worn couch. The coffee table was still in the room, but that furniture was the only thing that didn't match his old living space. Keltrix turned around and faced Murry. "Now it is home? Not a prison?"Damn. Keltrix wasn't lying. The alien could totally see into his mind. Murry balked at that. Alien reading his mind was right out of a sci-fi horror movie. The alien had taken the memory of the day one of the other residents had broken a chair. The three-legged chair was tipped against the dining table be
Chapter 11: A new home.The alien's room was a sea of silk blankets. From the waves over the door to the rolling hills of sateen, there wasn't a single place that Murry could move that wouldn't be covered.As Murry entered behind Keltrix, he passed a low table that was the same as his cell. When he strolled next to the metal coffee table, Kel nodded to the piece of furniture. It was the only thing not overtaken with fabric. "I will give you clear information about your new living area, Murry-cat. If you do not understand, you can ask me or use our mental connection to ask. For me, it is easier if you use a mental picture. The image is easier than the words. The translation is not always accurate. I use your English words as best as I can.""I can talk to you in my mind?" Murry's eyebrows rose. That was slightly disturbing, but also he had to admit, it was kind of neat."You may talk to me in my mind as long as I wish it. My mind is stronger than yours. If you connect and I do not want
Chapter 12: Space.Murry stood in front of Kel's window utterly speechless and in awe. Far and wide and glittering with stars was half the wall. Kel was correct. No sunny windowsill but certainly a window. Murry would've dropped the glass plate, but Kel's left tentacle caught the tablet. He was overwhelmed with the sheer beauty of the vision. "Are you alright? Murry-cat?"Murry stared. He'd never seen anything more magnificent or more frightening. Deep space was vast and intimidating. Unexpectedly, Murry felt so insignificant standing before the cosmos. His problems were tiny, and he was this little thing of nothing. Galaxies, universes, they were all more than the world. This expanse was more than Earth. He was seeing what only a few astronauts had ever seen. "You are not insignificant to me." Kel wrapped a tentacle around Murry's wrist and began to tug him away from the window. "Your problems are not small. This is your new room to bathe. Bathroom." Kel grinned like he was proud to