For Shyone: An unusual trip to the Merchant Quarter

[Agent Frost]

It's the usual cacophony of yelling voices in the Merchant Quarter of the space station; strange new scents, wondrous gadgets, robots calling out in their overly cheerful pre-programmed greetings and heckling, and children running past laughing and screeching... all reminding you why people hate visiting the merchant quarter.

Drawing near one particular merchant who seems to be the only one not calling out and yelling from his designated space, you take note of the usual arrangement of light body armors for sale, displayed across one single table top. A rather sad selection of wares compared to all the other merchants here... unmarked crates behind him and the small selection hints at the likelihood of this man selling something under-the-table; something you'd normally have to ask about.

The facially obscured-for-the-most-part merchant nods to you, his light grey green eyes stare back into yours, the only feature of his face you can make out, as he speaks in soft yet broken speech,

“My selection also spans... in.. to medications.. of a much-sought-after sort.. if you are in.. <he coughs> a'hem, if you are interested.”

You note he is wearing a medical filtration fabric covering his nose and mouth, meaning he is either trying to avoid sickness, just xenophobic... or avoiding facial recognition if those medications he's talking about are unlisted among his public merchandise.

explain your appearance, and what is you response to the man?

 

[shyone]

A raven haired young man stepped off of one of the many shuttles that brought people to the market. His name was Andol and he was a pale thing who walked along with a limp, that was caused by a injury he had gotten a couple of days before. The shuttle that he had stepped off of was one of the few that where elegantly designed and yet dropped people off at the merchant quarter. It showed one thing about the young man who had stepped off of it, he ethier one, had a lot money or two he had a lot of inflenuce. In Andol's case it was money... and he was here in the merchent quarter ready to spend. Normally not a place he liked to frequent, he had some things that his crew needed to drop off before they headed back into space, so Andol was here to look around. As he explored he very quickly found himself drawn to one merchents whose wears instersted him, but not only that it was the way in which they where being sold. He had a few thevies and scoundrels on his ship... and so he had a idea how to tell when things where being sold under the table.

Andol approched the man and stared back at him with his eyes that where almost as black as the space that surronded the station. There was a certian darkness there that showed Andol was one of those people who had stared into the abyss for quite a long time... he was the prefect costumer for illegal goods, "Good... I see we already have a understanding. I would like to take a look over your selection, and I also have some personal request form my crew. We are in need of extra 'armor' for our journry..." His words where spoken as a disquise, and a list was sliped across to the merchent as Andol just contiuned to stare at him, and waited for the merchent to respond. He was quite sure he had found the right man.

 

[Agent Frost]

The man's cheeks rise, indicating his attempt to smile at your response. He stares into your dark eyes for a moment longer... a familiar shared feeling indeed. He then speaks in the same stilted manner though as if he were a far older man then he appears—and some how missed out on years worth of rejuvinating genetic therapies.

“Oh indeed we do, sir. I ... I have a very limited selection, but that is because I only sell the best. “
he coughed and recomposed himself,

“a'hem. My selection of armor.. is good for two things notably.”

As he speaks he turns away from you, carefully taking a small chrome suit case and turns back to face you putting the object down and using his fingers to activate the finger print scanning locks on it.
A screen lights up on the top of the brief case, but nothing can be read on the screen.

Da'anan nods and holds out a data tablet to Andol,

“Please use your gloves or some fabric to hold that... look at the data there, sir..”

The screen of the tablet briefly flickers visible at only one angle until you tilt it correctly to view what's there, and it shows what's inside the chrome container; a selection of 4 glass vials with some sort of slime inside each, all transparent. No needle injection caps, though.

The image disappears and the data tablet then reads:
“....This is a special syrum called Hypnocill 5. It works on your skin much like any other contact chemical or poison; It is the most pure and high level of hypnotic effect; you can tell yourself what things you wish to see, and you will see them. And if you want a, let's say, a troublesome wife—like the kind some men prefer to purchase from Andoram 7—to behave as she's expected? Give her a small drop of this on the skin or in her drink and she will do what ever she is told... and without memory of your commands if you say so...”

It is while Andol reads this when he suddenly hears a soft woman's voice speaking to him,

(“He takes that from my eggs...and I cannot stop him. he does not know I am speaking to you now... do not tell him about my voice.”)

Glancing around but seeing no woman near by, that's when you realize the voice is only in your mind, seeming to echo slightly as she speaks to you.. whoever she is...

(“Please... I cannot open this glass box I am trapped inside... it is within the large blue crate behind his others.. where he keeps me. Please ... free me....”)

“Sir? Sir are you.. <he coughs> interested in this? I am sure ... you are hesitant.. but read the bottom part there...”

The screen dsiplays the words “....you might think I would control you with hypnosis if you sample this but you do not have to fear .. I have the solution here. A small sample you can use on... any animal or... person...”

Da'anan was reaching into his pocket and pulling out a single 6-sided golden die, and waiting for you to look him back in the eyes.

 

[shyone]

Andol stands there for a moment as he wacthes the man getting out some kind of suitcase. Though at the same time he finds himself looking around the area to make sure that this wasn't going to be a trap, the young man had found himself caught in a few of those before... and the results where never pretty. His current limp was a testament that fact, though as they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Wacthing closely as the man pulls out of the suit case vials of medication that seem to have a slime like tendancy, and out of curiousness he simply asked, "What is it?..." His question was quickly rendered moot by the datapad though. Taking his gloves out of his pockets he slipped them on and took it form the Merchent and began to read... hypontics... so it would make a good weapon if they needed it... was the first thought that crossed the young spacers mind. Yet he also knew of some rich men who would pay quite a bit of money for it also, he would think about it and see later.

It was while reading that he suddenly found his head filled with a feminie voice that frozen his eyes in thier movement across the page... he did his best to listin and to not fly off the handle, and demand the merchent tell him where the creature was. Andol had kind of a soft spot for aliens, because it seemed that somtimes humanity and the xenophobic nature of some of humanity, just made it hard on alien speices. He knew that he would have to be careful about this, especially becuase he didn't know if there was a kill swicth on this alien... or anything that could hurt her. Plus thier was the chance that there might be some gaurds around that he didn't know about. Reaching into his pocket Andol pressed a button, that signeled to Kintor who was a alien that owed the young man his life after the spacer had saved his village.

He thought in his head, hoping that the creature would somehow hear him, ("Don't worry I won't leave without freeing you and your eggs.") He then looked back at the Merchent, having pretended that he was reading the entire time, "Well I think it would be intersting to buy some of the 'armor', but can you tell me how it is made? I am most curious."

 

[Agent Frost]

Da'anan nodded several times as he quickly took the digital tablet back from Andol,

“It's made with.. the best of alien spider silk and leather fusion.. resulting in the strongest yet lightest weight armor a man can...” <he coughed, then recomposed himself, glad Andol couldn't see the blood inside his fabric mask below his nose>
“..possibly own. Here. Take this gold die with your glove or shirt fabric and have your computer scan it. There's a free sample of the.. 'silk' inside there.. 1CC's worth. I'll be here.. for another 48 hours before I leave. The scan data on that die will tell you my pricing... plans. We can arrive at a plan later. Sorry, I have to check on some of my.. new arriving cargo for my ship.. I will be back in half an hour's time, if you've already tested your... free product.”

Da'anan, leaving the golden die on his table, turned and started to hurry away while coughing, and hoping Andol believed the lie about his cargo... Da'anan had to go get his battery of medications quickly or something far worse than losing a customer would happen to him.

The massive 7 foot tall and wide blue Xeno-steel crate in the background towered over the other little crates around it. One large anti-gravity crate moving robot sat under the large blue crate, raising it another couple feet into the air. The robot was not currently active though; LEDs blinking along one of its sides. Crates of that size often served as sleeping quarters for merchants attempting to squeeze the booth rental cost budget to their favor and anger their wives. The crate mover bot activated and set the large blue crate down, moving forward to reach up with small arms and take the leather silk armor away with it, as it followed Da'anan out of sight.

Then the voice returned in Andol's mind,

(“Thankyou. Please... Da'anan takes about 10 minutes time to take all his... medications. Unlock these crates.. free me.... please...”)

 

[shyone]

Andol nodded his head in agreement as he looked at the vials... "I see." The young man was faking the fact that he believed a word of what the Merchent said, but he didn't want to risk anything happening to the creature that was trapped in the cage. It was then that he was handed the golden dice, which he took and began to examine closely, trying to figure out exactlly how this thing opened, but really that didn't matter now. His computer could tell him that later, plus he wasn't exactlly planning on keeping it, "Alright then I think I will get this thing scanned and also come back with the credits for our discussion. Just don't run away on me..." He found himself cut off though as the man just took off and headed into the back of store, and past the boxes. Now that was strange, and also a bit sudden for a man who seemed quite eager to sale off his product. Yet this was not Andol's concern, what was his concern was trying to get that creature out of it's cage... and to that end Kintor soon arrived along with two humans form Andol's ship.

Andol owned a good sized ship so he needed an entire crew to run it. While most of that crew was made up of security gaurds and mechanic's... the various aliens and humans who lead the crew where the elite few who where Andol's closest comrades, and frankly the only people he trusted in the universe. Kintor was the closest of them all, the red reptilian creature stood there and looked at Andol and asked in his own lauanage, 'What is it that you need?' Andol of course was very quick to make a nod in the direction that the shops vendor had gone... "There is someone who needs us to free them." He looked at the two men Kintor had brought with him. They where gaurds form Andol's ship, and so where very well armed. Looking at the men he said, "Lisitin I need you two to stand gaurd here and make sure no one tries to follow us in. If somthing happens just signal." The only response that was need form them was a quick sulute as Andol said, "Alright Kintor... let's go." With those words he pulled out his two pistols and jumped over the counter.

The pair quickly moved in the direction of the contantiors as Andol looked to try and find which one was exactlly what the creature said she was being held it. Though it didn't take him long as one of them seemed to be quite a bit bigger than the others. When the pair approched they found it to be locked... so Andol asked his friend, "Think you can hack it." The creature simply nodded his head as he hooked up his device and they ducked around the cornor with Andol keeping wacth. Their presance was only give away by the small wire that lead to Kintor's device. Few moments later and a small ping was heard, and then the locks fell open as the pair quickly moved back around to the door and Kintor used his strength to force it open... Andol's words where soft and simple as he said, "Your free..." Though the inside of the cage was kind of dark, so in hindsight he realized he didn't know what he was freeing... so he moved his fingers to the triggers on his gun... ready to use it... if need be.

 

[Agent Frost]

Nothing but a thick cloud of icy cold mist poured out of the great blue open crate... until a glowing white, well lit plexi-glass cube only 6 feet in dimensions was revealed inside that. It was a bio-hazard bio-weapons cryo-storage crate.
A shape with many writhing tendrils inside barely visible due to all the frost and wet ice coating the aquarium container. It was the kind of container used to store dangerous parasites and viruses that were known as planet killers. Digital read outs on the icy plexiglass front wall of the intimidating crate explained various life signs and functions of the creature inside. This in turn was locked with another lock. Andol, from his life long experience on the less legal side of things, knew that opening this crate would alert the owners, scientists, or any alien OSI group related to its study... and possibly flood the entire space station with some killer pathogen that will kill everybody here or worse.

Uncoiling from inside, the form of the creature inside, straddling several large bowling ball sized bloody eggs, became apparent;

Her voice echoed into Andol's mind again as the shaking, shivering creature with cold grey eyes within the container put her wet icy palms up against the glass between her and Andol,

(“Please.. do not be afraid of my form.. I am a mother... )

even Kintor heard her telepathic voice, now, as she continued pleading with her soft, almost female android like voice,

(“Please hurry. Release me. Quickly.)

She wore a control collar, meaning she probably had to listen to the commands of some human.
Andol's crew-men helped to keep passing children, merchants and robots from noticing what was going on at the back of the store space. What came next would be most challenging for the stealthy team...

 

[shyone]

It was as it opened that Andol stared at the sight that was being show to him and his companion. He knew instantly the point of the ice covered box that was in fornt of him, and he began to wonder if he had made a huge mistake in opening this container... what if it had been what was blocking the creatures obviously psychic powers? He knew that he couldn't be sure, but they where already this far, and there was kind of no turning back now. Besides he was sure that if thier was anything that was a actual threat inside of this crate, then him and his crew could quickly escape on the ship and just leave this planet to it's fate. The young man wasn't worried about the fate of some planet he held no loyalty too... Of course that ment he still needed to be careful when letting this creature out so he deicded that he would get a closer look first. So he moved in a bit closer and montioned Kintor over towards the opening device so his friend could start getting the hacking device set up.

Andol put his hand up to the glass cage, as his fingers spread right where hers did. The spacer just stared with a wide eyed look at the creature on the inside of the contaner... he just couldn't believe what he saw... while to most people she might have been a frightful sight. To Andol she was just another beatiful alien who needed to be rescued. It was as though he could feel her sadness, and her need to protect her childern, so he deicded that the eggs would also be coming with them. Kintor after a moment asked, "Should I let her out?" Again the reptile spoke in his own lauguage when he talked to Andol. The raven haired male had to think for a moment, but after a moment he realized that it would probably be safe especially when he noticed that she was wearing a collar. So if worse came to worse, he could always use that to keep her form hurting him and his crew. Speaking softly he said, "Don't worry we are going to free you and your eggs, but you have to lisitin to what I say so I can get you out ok?"

With those words he nodded towards Kintor, and he started to hack the machine, while Andol spoke to the creature, "Alright once we let you out, I am going to give you my so you can stay disquised. Please keep close to my side... and Kintor here will carry your eggs. Don't worry you can trust him, becuase I trust him with my life and I need you to trust him aslo. Ok..." He waited for her answer, though it was only moments after he was done speaking that Kintor nodded in his direction and the cage door fell open and finally realesed her form her cage.

 

[Agent Frost]

The space station Andol and his crew were on here was close enough to a near by M-class planet that an outbreak on this station could very well spread to the planet near by.
Giant red warning marquees scrolled across the side of the creature's crate before it finally opened.
A strong blast of cold icy air and billowing frosty mist poured out obscuring everything in a 10 foot radius around the opened bio-hazard chamber crate.
There was concern in everyone present that this mist could obscure something terrible.

Dripping with condencing watery ice, the shaking creature slowly stepped out of her prison box and blinked looking at Andol while her tail tendrils coiled around her eggs and lifted them up behind her. The alien seemed to still be coming out of torpor as she reached over slowly to place her wet clawed hand on Andol's elbow, she opened her mouth, her sharp teeth glinting as she spoke gently in that motherly voice of her's,
“Da'anan.. has just become aware my crate opened. He is hurrying here.. we need to leave quickly..”
She glanced back to Kintor as she said it. Mist still obscured most of the alien's lower half.
The alien 'mother' looked around at several small children running past in the background and various robots moving about and heckling other people beyond. The creature's wide icy blue eyes took this all in as if she had never really seen all this before. She looked back to Andol blinking.

 

[shyone]

Andol spoke into his communicater the moment that the box had began to slowly open and the mist began to spill everywhere. At this point the young spacer was already on top of what he needed to do, and frankly he wouldn't hesitate to put a blaster bolt right bettewen the Merchents eyes. "Men fall back form the store fornt to the cage, we are probably going to need some cover fire while trying to leave with the cargo." The young man really didn't look back in the direction of the creature that was in fornt of him until he could feel her wet cold hand touching his elbow. This brought him out of his concentration for a moment as he looked deep into her eyes... wondering for a moment how it was that a creature such as her was even considered to be a threat. He was sure though that he would find that out later, but for now... all he could see was mother that needed his help. Yet there was a coldness that indeed exsisted in the young man... because if she hurt one of his crew, he indeed wouldn't hesitate to wipe her off the face of the universe.

His men quick arrived and took up cover in postions facing the way that Da'anan would eventually come form, while this was happening Andol slipped off his treach coat and pulled it around so that it was now drapped over the creatures shoulders and the hood was up to hide her head. He then again spoke to her in that soft voice, "Alright now, I am going to need you to give your eggs to my friend so that he can carry them and you can hide your tentacles better... it is the only way that I can sneak you out of here." When the alien finally did what the young man asked her too, was when they finally began to move towards the exit of the merchents shop... Andol had reached out to take the creatures cold hand in his own so that he could guide her, "Just make sure to keep yourself hidden in that coat... and please trust us to take care of you." He hoped that she would or else it would be impossiable for them to get her off this plant.

His men moved behind them and covered them as they moved towards the entrance to the shop and hoped that the man would not cacth up to to them. Andol didnt' want to have to kill anyone, but the way that he felt towards that merchent at the moment, he was quite sure if he saw the man again he would not hesitate to shot him right bettewen the eyes.

 

[Agent Frost]

a thick long trail of blood trailed behind the alien as she walked, a bit more of her strength seeming to return, she let go of Andol's elbow and stood more upright, her tail tendrils coiling behind her looking deadly all the while, yet also carrying her three large eggs. She was relieved that Kintor had offered to carry her eggs, and quickly gave him all three with a long graceful nod to the reptilian, staring at him longer for a moment.

As if on cue, Da'anan came running and yelling at the top of his lungs, busting out through the back door and back into the merchant quarter, but the merchant fell over hitting the floor hard and coughing loudly with his face down against the floor spitting out blood, he looked back up...No one was there. Whoever had taken her was long gone...
Meanwhile, Andol, Kintor and the alien mother were able to quickly exit into one of the doorways that led into a darker cargo mover hall...

 

[shyone]

Andol waited until his friend had the eggs secure in a backpack which the reptile always wore. He knew they would need to be kept hidden and figured that this would indeed be the best way to do so. So once Kintor gave him the go ahead Andol and the group began to move, and they moved down the corriador until they came to a side entrance that lead out of the shop. Then they moved down a long dark corriador as Andol wishpered to the alien, "Now we will soon reach a lesser known docking bay that I know of and one of my shuttles form my ship will come and pick us up at. From there I will take you up to my ship ok, and we can put you and your eggs in my quarters until we can figure out where to take you ok?" It was obvious that Andol was not scared of her, and so he didn't fear keeping her so close to him. Plus at the same time it was obvious that he was a protective and kind creature sinice he was keeping her on a place that was certianly the safest on his ship. So he hoped that she wouldn't mind this.

It didn't take long before they reached through the ending of the dark hallways and came out in what looked like a old dirty shuttle port. What was at the end of it on one of the landing pads was a shuttle, though it looked to be on the older side. Of course that was just the method that Andol normally use to get things done... it was simply disquised to look as old as it did. There where three more of his men surronding the loading ramp of the shuttle which was down, and the actualy shuttle itself was primed and ready to go as Andol lead the creature over and he said to her, "Please don't be scared of any of us. I promise that I will not do to you what that man did to you and your childern. Just please trust me and we will get you to whatever world is your home, so that you can be happy again." Andol just hoped that he was doing the right thing, he had never seen a creature like her before and he wasn't really sure what she was capable of....

The human waited until he was sure that the alien trusted him before he gently lead her onto the shuttle and found her a place to sit... and then all the men and Kintor retreated inside, and it took off, heading to where Andol's ship had already moved form its place into orbit around the station.

 

[Agent Frost]

As she defrosted, the creature moved more gracefully, fascinated by the shuttle port and Andol's men. She turned back to Andol, speaking in that soft same monotone voice of her's
“These humans all bear your scent. You are their alpha...” she said while looking from face to face with wide eyed interest.

“I do not feel fear or certain other emotions. I am glad to be with you, however.” She explained while gazing back into Andol's eyes with fascination and some other hard to describe emotion if that.

“I have never been... helped, by humans before, or any other beast or predator..”
She said, looking back to Kintor and his over full back pack.
She had never been on a shuttle before, her eyes glanced all around in utmost curiosity at the flashing lights they passed.

 

[shyone]

The young captian was gald to see that the creature he had rescued was starting to recover. He had hoped that her being kept inside of that freezer of a box had not ruined her permently, and he felt quit lucky that it hadn't. Becuase frankly those things where not ment for the long term storage of larger organics like herself. It was for this reason especially that he was worried about her eggs, because he seriously doubted that they where still alive, but didn't express this concern. He didn't want to put anymore stress on this creature than he had to in order to get her back to the ship. We he heard her question he looked around at his men confused for a bit, though it didn't take him all that long to translate what she ment over into words that he understood. He realized that to her, him being captian ment that he was simply the alpha dog of a pack of humans. He laughed slight and scarthed the back of his head as he said to her, "Well I guess you could say that. I am there captian, and therefore leader on my ship so yeah I guess you could call it being there alpha."

He found it odd that she didn't seem to feel fear, but he figured that such a thing could be useful, but at the same time it could be dangerous to ones health. Though the most improtant thing was that she was at least gald to be with them, and therefore was at ease with them being around her, "That is good at least, I wouldn't want you to be unhappy with us. We will take you wherever you want to go, just say the word and my ship will take you thier." It was obvious by the way he said it that he ment it if that is what she wanted, "Though if you want to stay with us, you can do that also." Andol had plenty of aliens on ship and so one more wouldn't matter. He smiled at her soft decleration before saying, "Well then, it is my honor to be the first to help you out, and trust me when I say that I do not plan on letting myself be the last." His entire crew would help her out most galdly. Once they where all inside the shuttle took off and headed towards Andol's ship...

As it flew threw space a oversized frigate came into view. It was a disk like ship that had large turrents that faced in every cardinal direction. It was also obviously a multi story ship form the size of the ship. It had two forward ports that faced out like the eyes of a crab, and 8 missile tubes that ran along beside these. The living quaters could be seen as they came along beside and thier where windows along the ship. Though Andol's qauters which where near the top of the ship didn't have a windowed opening. The shuttle headed down the bottom of the ship and into a shuttle bay there where it went through the sheild wall, and landed. The door to the shuttle opened and the young man stood up and walked out the door, hoping that she was following him. Once they where standing in the shuttle bay Andol said to her, "Welcome to your new home..." He paused for a moment waiting for her reaction before asking her, "Would you like me to lead you to your new qaurters?"

 

[Agent Frost]

Kintor, depending on his experience with eggs, was probably aware the creature's eggs, all three of them, were dead. The only thing she was mother to...

even the creature was aware of this, yet out of some pathetic and failed desire and instinct she still wanted to protect them. She still cared for her dead young.

Andol's crew men were probably starting to notice their new alien rescue was still dripping a steady clear slime, her body was somehow exuding the stuff at a constant rate making one wonder if she was going to be suffering badly from dehydration and death as a result. A small puddle of blood had formed at her feet. She was either a very messy species or she was wounded badly, yet she did not comment on this or ask for medical help.

When asked where she wanted to go, she only stared at Andol and glanced back between some of his men. After a long, slightly awkward silence Andol had continued explaining things.
For many different moments, Andol got the feeling his new rescued friend was mostly feral. Her long wide eyed stares and occasional twitches, her tendrils always constantly undulating...

There were moments it was hard to imagine she had spoken at all.

At the very least she seemed to be at a loss for words, just watching things with wide eyed attention and perked ears.

Andol's words "Welcome to your new home..." got a long stare out of her. After a longer silence, she blinked and stared into Andol's eyes,
“Home?”

She sniffed Andol's cheek up close, her nostrils twitching, eyes blinking then looked back to Kintor,
her voice never seemed to change tone or show excitement, her voice was constantly soft and monotone, yet motherly,
“I have never had a home.... I would like.. to be led to that.., yes. I can build a nest in your void ship?”

She reached out, softly placing her clawed hand on Andol's fore arm, making contact with his skin this time, the wet fluid on her hand instantly had a curious numbing effect on Andol's skin, making him feel somewhat euphoric. It was like he had been slightly drugged. She was then looking back at Kintor, the reptilian could probably tell she didn't want to part with her eggs...

 

[shyone]

Kintor indeed had experiance with eggs. His own species was one that laid eggs, and he himself had fathered cluthes of eggs that contianed dud eggs in them. So he understood the feeling indeed, yet the reptile also understood the creatures need to hang onto her young. His former mate when she had been alive also had been the same way with her dead young, at least for the first few days... so he simply looked towards Andol and the young captian reached and took the back pack that had the eggs in it and put it on his back and said, "Hey don't worry... we will take these with us." He smiled softly at the creature whom he found to be so mystorious. Of course he also noticed the fact that she seemed to dripping with ooze and blood, which of course brought about a sense of worry about his new crewmate... "Hey do you want me to bring the ships doctor, so I can have you looked at?" There was a look of worry on Andol's face when he signeled to one of his men who ran off to get the medic.

Wacthing the creature closely he was quite sure that she probably came form a planet which had little to no civilization. So he called in over his com to the ship's pliot, "Look to see if we can find any nearbye Level 1 or 2 planets which contain the eviroment needed to sustian a life form of her type." He figured she might be form a fearl world and wasn't sure wethier not she wanted to stay with him on his ship so he figured that he should at least be able to offer her the chance to go back to her homeworld if she made that choice. Of course at the word 'home' form the look that seem to sparkle in her eyes, the captian could tell that at least for the moment the creature seemed quite content to be able to call his ship home. Which was prefectly alright with him, he certianly didn't mind having her aboard. "Yes most certianly my friend you are now indeed home now please follow me and we can go right on up to my qauters." The young man smiled softly as he felt really happy about the fact he was able to help this creature out... he had alway enjoyed doing such things.

That was when she suddenly touched his arm... and the young captian could feel a slight numbing effect, and then suddenly a euphoric feeling spreading through him. It made his eyes roll back into his head for a moment because it indeed felt so pleasurable. Kintor wacthed this and took one step forward as he let out a soft growl, before a signel form Andol cut him off. It wasn't anything the captian felt that he couldn't handle. Plus he didn't want the creature being made to feel unwelcome. So he spoke to her softly, "Come now... let us head up to my room." So that is exactlly what he did by leading the creature through the ship, and up to an elevator that took him and the creature up to a room... though it was obviously one of the most amazing rooms on the ship. There was a large master room, which had a large shower room connecting. There was also a guest room, which also had it's own large shower room, that also had a large drain in it. Andol lead her to this guest bedroom and large shower and said, "Well here is your room... you can make it up as much as you would like to. I will have the medical people come up to look at you soon... is there anything else you need?"

 

[Agent Frost]

OOC: Feel free to look over my pages and see if there are any mug shots which I've updated. There's character mugs you are free to use among my art that you'd like to use for your own crew men at http://aryion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30083&p=1249807#p1249807 also, the direct link to those are on my other site http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/MeanEatingVixen/#!cpZZ2QQtppZZ32

IC:

the awkward, wide-eyed alien creature kept her eyes on Andol's back pack, making sure the eggs were ok in there. She followed Andol with such an intense gaze over everything in the area—Why Andol might have noticed on the warnings of the bio-hazard weapon chamber when it opened that a planet-kill class parasite had been released. Looking at the wet, undulating confused animal like alien with.. eye lashes.. it was hard to imagine this creature was the threat detailed on the hacked and opened chamber.

“I.. would like that. I prefer a female doctor... to look at me. Do you have female doctors?"

Following Andol closely through the ship,

“Also, I would need to ionize a mirror to make it a gateway into my home realm, the Pale Realm and the Nightmare Realm I was born in.”

She stopped talking to look around Andol's room, finally saying, “It is... so clean and inviting. Your den.. She continued walking forward and rubbed her hand over the side of Andol's back pack. Keeping close eye on it while looking around.
Before Andol could lead her to the guest room near by, The alien walked over to stand in front of Andol's master bed.. and reached down, slowly rubbing her clawed fingers over the fabric. His bed mad her curious about it, as Andol showed her the other quarters and showers, she still would glace back at his master bedroom.

the creature made a brief comments;
"In the Pale Realm and Nightmare realm, pipes are everywhere. They seem to be a vital structure in my home realm."

She slowly moved through, studying pictures and icons on the walls and shelves of Andol's room.

“My room”... she gently said, feeling her hands over the cupboards and walls of the next space you showed her...

She turned away from rubbing a door frame down carefully with her hands and wide intense eyes. It was odd standing in front of a creature with both breasts and a penis of incredible proportions.. as if her species's was entirely spread through different forms of sexual intercourse for all sorts of... well, it was hard to image how she bred.

The creature gently speaks in her usual monotone, cool motherly voice, to Andol, asking, “How soon can you send me a female... doctor, here?”

She moved over to take Andol's back pack off, taking her eggs out and putting the on her bed, climbing up to straddle the middle of her bed, adjusting the eggs rather lovingly it seemed, from her hands, placing each egg around her in a circle as she stood on her knees. She slowly starts to stand up, while looking over at or past Andol as she lifts her many tails and almost bends her knees.... more fluid quickly spilling out around the creature's thighs to her feet, followed by some strange wet gooey sounds... the creature's breasts heave up and down as she tenses... and thick strands of web? Shoot down to form a webbing layer of partial slime over her eggs there.
She whispers;
"I like this. here. It is better then what I ...moved through in the Pale Realm"

She then moved effortlessly off the bed as if she were floating, and moved over to Andol, looking him in the eyes with and unblinking stare, her breasts lifting as she seemed to breathe.

She licked her upper canines then gently said in a lower but still lovely tone,
"Andol... I want you. I delight in male humans... you have everything I need..."

her breasts seemed to leak slightly, her cock started swelling and standing upward, oozing more and more... of whatever that clear slime was, something still leaking out from behind her large scrotum,

With that, the alien demon reached forward to take Andol into a sexy hug to lick his mouth and lips, her claws SUDDENLY gripping him tightly! One of her bladed tail tips CUTS through the back of Andol's right boot with a slash, her paralyzing poison JUST nicking his Achilles tendon, not hamstringing him, but instantly making him ready to collapse to the floor unable to use that leg if he tries moving!

The demon vixen opens her mouth wide, a sickly wet popping sound as her jaw unhinges! she pulls Andol's head into her open mouth!

THAT's when a strong electric discharge goes off from her control collar!

The demon vixen's body instantly unravels from Andol's body and she falls backward, landing on the floor with her back propped up against the front of her bed.. a strong metallic whine or whimper emitted from her body as she reaches up, rubbing the sides of her head... a failed attempt to do... SOMETHING to poor Andol...

 

[shyone]

Andol looked at the creature as he wacthed he study the room and everything around it. He just smiled softly as he noticed that she seemed to have a almost child like curiousity. The young man was gald that somthing like her had that innocent nature about it, becuase it would make keeping it seem more agreeable to the crew. Still he had to find out what he was dealing with first and he was soon to get his first clues. He found it odd that she seemed so feral and yet had a need for a female docoter... which sadly was somthing the young captian didn't have, but he did have a female medic, "I can provide you with my ships pilot if you want her to have a look at you? I can understand you being nervous about having a male look at you..." Which seemed kind of odd to say sinice she seemed to have no problem standing there in front of him completely in the nude, "Just promise that you will have my ships doctor give you a more full examie later, and we shall let things go at that." Of course that was when she spoke the words that gave him his biggest clue on were she was form...

"Oh... so your a inter-dimesional being? Wow I never thought I would run into one of you guys. Speices of your type are rare out here in the fringe worlds. Especially sinice most portals are near the Core. Well there is a mirror in the guest bathroom there, and it is plenty big egough for you to open... though I will say this." His tone grew very serious and threatening for a moment, "I don't mind you going over, but whatever you do... don't bring anything back without my premission. Do we have an understanding?" He didn't mind her going to home world, but he couldn't have anything brought aboard that could infest his ship and hurt his crew. Plus there was the way Kintor had acted before, he knew that the large reptile would kill this creature before she could blink if she threatened the ship. In her terms... Kintor was the beta of the pack, and was very very protective of his alpha. He continued to wacth her explore the room and even set up her eggs, and began to mark her area of the room.

It was at this moment that the young man found her regarding her in a differnt manner than he had before. Though it mostly had to do with the fact that the creature was sporting well in his view a well sized penis, and sack that seemed to hang there in full view of the young man's eyes left him a bit taken back. The poor captian's preferance for the male sex was not helping him any at this moment as he imaged just what that creature could do to him with that thing. The young man having had almost no experiance sinice his time he spent taking care of his crew had negated any chance at a love life, didn't help things ethier. This caused a bulge to start to form in the young man's pants as he looked at the creature with that curious face of his, and he wondered for a moment if she could smell it on him. Probably so if she had the senses of a feral animal, but he also wondered if she would react too it... well he thought that he was getting his answer really quick until he realized that it was more to it that brought her so close to him... "Well thanks... your not so bad looking...." His words paused before he spoke agian...

"Wait... what are you?" His words where cut off as he stared at her erect cock, and soon found himself dragged into her arms where thier lips suddenly connected. A beat red blush spread over his face as he thought for a moment this was moving in the direction of the madain reascuing her captor, but he quickly found out this fair creature... was indeed the preadator she looked to be. The young man tried to struggle backwards out of the strong grip as he found himself looking deep into her unhinged mouth and wondered what exactlly he had brought his crew in conflict with. He almost screamed for Kintor over his hand held com that him and the reptile always both wore, when suddenly fate intervened. Somthing else drove the creature off him, and the young man fell to the floor, though was quick to draw one of his pistols, and pointed it in her direction as he said loudly, "Just what the fuck do you think you where trying to do, after I had just saved your life?"

About that time a beep could be heard at his door as his pilot came rushing in. She was caring a med-kit box, and the instant she saw the scene with her captian on the floor she also pulled out her pistol and pointed it at the creature. It was about the moment Andol remembered what the creature had said before, about females... and he realized that female members of his crew could be in danger. Maybe the creature needed them for somthing? Ethier way he was not taking any chances, "Lenora, pass me a anti-para stim and then tell Kintor to have security to move the females to the docking bay, and ready to board shuttles if I need them to move fast. Plus have Kintor and my Inner Circle standing outside the door and ready to back me up if I need them. I don't want to hurt this creature and make her our enemy over a misunderstanding, but we must take precautions." With those words Lenora nodded softly and the bunny passed Andol one of the stims he wanted and she ran out the door as the young man stuck it into his leg and began to let it heal... and bring feeling back to his leg. While his leg healed he asked the creature, "Now then... explian yourself.... is there somthing else you needed that you have not told. I am willing to take care you as part of my crew if you are willing to not try and eat me..." Hell he would have let her fuck him if she had only asked and done things right... though he didn't voice this yet... the bulge that had not left his pants kind of spoke for itself.

 

[Agent Frost]

The creature blinked and slowly stood back up, though its legs visibly shook, her right arm spasms a bit before it stops. Bright LEDs blinking on her collar. A slave collar.

She had stared intently at the female medic, her cock staying erect and her mouth starting to pant as the medic moved in, pointed a gun at her, then moved out. The creature focused on the medic until the woman disappeared. The creature's jaw pulling back up into place tightly with a 'pop'!

Finally, seeming to or selectively hearing Andol's words, the creature looked back at him, blinking...
her gentle voice returning as if nothing had happened,

“I... am so hungry, and my instincts are so... strong. I .. apologize for my... behavior. I require prey with strong to moderate spirit essence. Sometimes... I can take it gently from prey... other times I.... just swallow.
My need to mate, lay eggs.. and eat, and.. see my young and care for them... it is so strong... I do not know if I can control myself...”

She looks down at the floor... blinking. She just sits on the edge of her bed, her hands and claws feeling gently over the fabric there.

She slid back onto the center of her bed while Andol kept his gun fixed on her. She gathered her three eggs and placed them on her lap, hugging them to herself and lowered her muzzle between them; they were her only possessions, the only thing she had brought into the world, and she would stay with them to the end.

Her voice, slightly broken and unsure in tone, came from behind the eggs,

“You... should probably kill me.. now. and my eggs. Well, they are not alive... but.. I am a monster... I was created.. to hunt humans.”

She just shook her lowered head and held the eggs protectively to herself. Her tails coiling around herself.

 

[shyone]

In that moment as Lenora back away, Andol realized that he had made a smart move in ordering the females of his crew to a safe place. Of course at the same time he felt so sorry for the creature. Especially when she began to speak he realized that not only had he found her pyshically attractive... he also in a way found her vunerable nature to be emotionally attractive. Not that he really expected that in return becuase of her fearl nature, but he wasn't really thinking to hard on this at the moment. The real thing that he was concentrating on was her words that contained such unhappiness and hunger. He realized that he would indeed have to make her part of his crew and care for her... and it was not that he had any qualms about doing it... he most certianly didn't mind getting slaves off the market for whatever she needed. Yet what he wanted to make sure of first was wethier or not he could trust her, becuase if he was going to take care of her... it ment that he expected the creature to pull it's weight.

As he slowly stood up he realized that he would be taking a big risk, but he figured out a way in that moment that he knew could lessen it. He didn't want to do, but to get close egough to talk to her like he wanted... he would have to. So the young man said softly in his speaker to his Inner Cricle who was outside the door to the master room, "Please stand by." Then he began to walk towards the creature who was sitting there on the bed and whining, curled up around her eggs, the young man knew that there would be no way he could bring himself to kill her. He knew that if it came to that, Kintor would have to pull the trigger. The Reptile was known to be completely and utterly meceriless when he wanted to be. So he closed the distance bettewen him and the creature and as he stood before the bed he reached out, and gently took hold of her chin, and turned her eyes to look directly into his as he said, "You won't hurt me." It was a obvious command, and the reason he spoke it was simple... she was wearing a slave collar... and would have to obey.

So with that measure in place he moved up onto the bed next to her and sat down and crossed his legs and slowly, but surely reached over and ran his fingers over her head. The young captian slowly stroking her ears, as he scoot closer so that he could be near her, but not to near the eggs as to seem like a danger. He then spoke in as gently of a voice as he could, "Hey now... No reason to talk like that. I am not going to kill you and nethier is anyone else on this ship. Really all you had to do was to tell me what you needed to live, and what could make you less dangerous... I am prefectly happy to get it for you. Really all I ask is that you join my crew and I am prefectly happy to provide you with whatever diet you require. Just make sure you respect the fact you are part of my crew and don't try and eat any of them. Hell I can send Kintor down to the slave markets today... he is a monk and should be able to find those who have strong spirits. Plus I don't mind you breeding with the slaves that I give you so long as you keep your young form running around and reeking terror on my ship."

He smiled at her wondering if she would accept his offer, but he did indeed add a caveat, "Though if you hurt any of my crew... especially my Inner Circle... then I will wipe you and your childern form the face of the galaxy. Even at the cost of my ship. At the same time if you stay though, faithful to me and my crew... then I can promise that all of us will protect you and your childern, even at the cost of our lifes. So what do you think?" He contiuned to softly pet her head as he waited for an answer form the creature that he hoped would accept.

 

[Agent Frost]

Her long ears moved up slightly at his touching them and caressing them. The creature turning her head slightly toward him, eying him. One of her non-blade-tipped tendrils wrapped around Andol's waist.

She slowly looked up from her eggs and turned her head downward again.. seeming to enjoy the petting. She finally spoke again in that monotone, gentle female voice,

“Your logic seems... flawed. To say you will both refuse to kill me, and then to say you will at the end of your speech? And logically... I am dangerous toward your kind, yet you offer me... compassion. This is illogical."

her tails coil and uncoil behind her.

"I.. survival is important to me, for my young... I.. I understand what you say now puts me in a position.. that being.. a member of your pack.. to watch out for the pack.. is in the best interest of my young. Logically... I must accept this, and.. though I do not feel the feeling of excitement or joy... I am.. very motivated to do my best... to help you, Andol.”

She blinks, fluttering her eyelashes, then nuzzles the hand Andol pets her with. Thankfully, he doesn't experience any more drug-like highs from touching her so closely.

 

[shyone]

The young man smiled softly and happily as he found the tentacle that now wrapped around his wasit. The feeling of it... well if he had to be frank it only made his slight arousal form eailer worse, becuase now the creature was touching him, but she wasn't trying to kill him. He looked away form her for a moment hiding his embressment hoping that she didn't understand what a blush on a human ment as he tried to calm down he explained to her. His fingers contiuned to pet her head, "Well it is just a threat really. I tell it to everyone who joins my pack... I guess in terms you would understand I would have to say, that I want those who are joining the pack to know that they better help it, and not threaten it form within." He hoped that she would understood. He figured that she might get along really well with Jonathen sinice the rat was a very logical creature himself, but this would hopefully help him explain to her things.

"Well yes that is ture that you are dangerous, but really that is only if you are hungry right? Why is it that you didn't try and hurt me sooner? Besides, I can tell that you are actually a good creature... a bit feral, but such things really only need to be controlled and you have already told me all you needed to contorl that part of yourself. Plus if I must, which I really don't want to unless I really need to... then I will use the collar. So really you are no threat my friend." He smiled softly at the creature who sat there curled up with the eggs which Andol half regreted where now dead. He listined to her explination and softly the young man laughed and just nodded his head in agreement, "Yes I guess you could say that. Ethier way it sounds like you understand things prefectly... so welcome to the crew....uhh..." It was at that point that the young man realized that she didn't have a name. The creature had never even told him her name. He figured that maybe form her feral nature that she probably didn't even have a name.

So he asked her, "Hey... you don't mind if I name you Orochi do you? I think it would be the most apporitate name for you don't mind having a name. Most people have a name which people call them by... mine for instantace is Andol." He couldn't remember if he told her his own name or not before this moment. Which was the reason for his asking... of course that wasn't the only thing that the young man had on his mind as he spoke into his com saying, "Hey Kintor... could you go down to the slave markets and bring back at least three of the most strong willed women that you can find. Please be discreet and bring them here to my room and don't ask questions... we will talk about it in a Inner Circle meeting later." He looked at Orochi and smiled, "Dinner is own it's way dear, but it will be a few hours if you can hopefully wait? I did want to ask you somthing..." The topic did make him blush slightly as he asked, "When you came onto to me eailer... did you really want to mate with me?" He pointed towards her cock... "I mean you did have an erection..." Oh now the captian felt like the coversation seemed stupid, but he was curious... if only becuase of his attraction to the alien.

 

[Agent Frost]

“I...”

she looked back at him.

“Will protect your pack... like they are my own young... as best I can... “

Then Andol called her a good creature.

“I may.. only be a good creature if I am collared and controlled properly... Andol, where I was born... back in the Pale Realm... The lead occultist of the children of Set told me I was a demon of truths... I imagine he knew this because I do not lie. It was my purpose to drive humans mad and to destroy themselves by only telling them truths... when I wasn't allowed by my masters to attack them instead.”

“I will not lie to you, Andol... but I have indirectly killed many humans on a place called Void Plane 6, or so Da'anan called it. I bred many of their females and my young ate the rest who they did not breed. All my young were killed there.”

The destruction of the space station had been big in the news, but military leaders said it had blown up from a terrorist attack, even though there were no known terrorist factions within the surrounding systems for a hundred thousand light years at least.

She wanted to nuzzle Andor more, but waited to see his reaction, though she had to comment,
“Orochi? Yes... This name seems more fitting.. then being called a good creature.”

Her tail snugly squeezed Andol, she was looking into his eyes,

“You will still give me... that dinner... after what I have told you? Because, even if you change your mind to cage or kill me if it has become necessary.. I will certainly say that I had hoped I could... mount you.. to feel your body under mine. If you do choose to kill me... I will ask that you share one human kiss with me first.. as I have always wanted to taste and feel love... or.. anything that might be like it, before I am finally destroyed for my behavior.”

 

[shyone]

Her words seemed to give him a sense of comfornt, the reason was. There was no hint of lieing to her... he could see no lieing in her. All this one spoke was words of truth, which he had been able to read, becuase of all his years as a spacer. You just kind of learned to read people, but it wasn't until her admission that she would never tell him a lie... that he was quite sure of her lack of falsehoods. Yet it was her promise to protect that made Andol adore her the most, "Then in that case, I can most certianly promise you that I will protect you and your young... to my dieing breath." You could tell my the covicition that the young man spoke that he ment it. He would fight the galaxy for any of his crew... even down to the most simple engianeer... everyone was improtant to him. Of course that was becuase they placed such great risk just being with him and being his friend... so he was willing to pay them back for there loyalty. Looking back at the creature as she explianed her past to him the soft smile never left the young mans face. One thing could be said about Andol, he was ethier really brave... or really stupid... or a combination of both. Which one it was... well fate would decide how history label him in his opinion.

"Orochi... let me show you somthing. Computer show her the wanted poster and read off the details." The ships on board computer suddenly popped up a large hologram in fornt of them. On it was a picture of Andol, though he looked a lot more gritty, and battle worn in the picture. Plus there was a abnormal sense of defiance about him like he had just been in a fight. The computer then began to slowly read off the list of details and charges, "Captian Andol... Ship Swoop Class... SS Veztia... Bounty 4 Billion Credits... Crimes Include: The Xenocide of multipe civilzations... terroristic threats... biological terror attacks... as well as the realase of a Class One Planet Dystorying Parasite onto a Class 5 civilized world. All of these are punishable by death. Plus the list goes on and on. Would you like me to read more of them out Captian Andol?" The raven haired man just shook his head, "No I think that will be egough I am hoping that Orochi understands... that we are indeed the same type of creature." The young man flashed a smile in the creatures direction, obviously proud of the list. Though every crime he had commited was only done in the name of his crew... and he would galdly do more to help out Orochi.

"So yes bascially I would give you that dinner..." It was as she contiuned that the young man found himself cut off by her balatent answer to his question. Andol's face turned almost beat red, and his now fully erect cock throbbed in his pants at the very idea of having Orochi mount him. Though he wanted to go stright into talking about love... he figured that he should put her mind at rest by saying, "Orochi... I would never dystory you. The most I would do is find a planet that you think you like with plenty of food and set you down there so you can run wild with your childern. I mean you wouldn't be the first parasite of your class that I have let go on a planet full of people." Of course he figured that she probably understood that he wouldn't harm her by now, and so he countiuned on to what she had finally brought up... "Uhmm Orochi... all you had to do if you wanted those things form me... is to ask. I have never really had time to even experiance those things myself so I think it would be quite enjoyable to share them with you if you would allow me? Especially the..." He paused for a moment as he was a bit embressed to said, "idea of you mounting me... sounds most pleasing." Though that didn't really seem like a good place to start and really the captian was to much of the shy and akward type to go for a kiss... Orochi would have to steal that frist kiss form the young man if she wanted it, but he could at least give her somthing, "Though I sure this would be quite appropiate... towards one of those things..." With those words he leaned foward towards her and gave Orochi a light kiss on the cheek before pulling back... one hand contiuned to pet her head as he looked into her innocent eyes.

 

[Agent Frost]

Orochi stared with wide-eyed fascination at the pictures and lists of crimes. She seemed to be able to read, or so Andol got the feeling.

She seemed to like being petted, closing her eyes slightly, her ears twitching as her tongue dipped outward like a reptile or dog, hanging partly folded between her sharp lower canines for a moment.

After seeing the computer display She looked back to him blinking,
“You are essentially a predator among your own kind. “

She turned her head slightly to the side while still keeping her eyes on Andol much like a curious android would,
“I seek out predators to mate with.. to secure the essence I need for my young to be able to hatch and grow. This is convenient. If I am not starving, I calculate a significantly higher chance that we will be...a perfect match. ”
She closed her eyes and opened them when Andol kissed her soft wet cheek.

She moves closer to Andol, breathing more heavily,
“Then I am stating I plan to mate with you in multiple ways... to secure your seed, as well as ejaculate seed of dead essence into you.”

“Andol.. I will try not to take too much of your essence.. “

She moved around almost suddenly, like a dog in need, she curled around Andol and grabed him by his hips, lifting herself up on and against him from behind, her tail tips snagging and trying to pull Andol's pants and any underwear down as she panted and bucked herself against him. And with her squishing breasts against his back and the feeling of a large, hard cock head against his rump.. the new feeling was incredible!