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Alien Encounter

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starlit raven

Super-Earth
Joined
Aug 5, 2009
The ship doors slid open, a hiss sounding as the air escaped from the ship’s interior. Mira took a breath, and glanced around the foreign world. Sharp sapphire eyes gazed, inspecting the landscape. She wore a standard issue suit, plain black that hugged her lithe form. The materials kept her warm when it was cold and cool when it was hot. Her long sleek black hair was tied back into a ponytail, a few strands hanging loose. Pale slender fingers brushed the hairs back, tucking them behind her ear.

Stepping out of her ship she reached for her belt, pulling from it one device from a plethora of objects that clung to her waist. It was her navigator, currently showing her direction relative to the planet’s North Pole, and displaying the single step she had traveled. Among the objects her belt held was a device to monitor radiation and atmosphere content, ready to warn her of danger, various pouches, a machete to cut through vegetation, a rock hammer, and a gun, for obvious reasons. The planets she ventured to were nowhere near safe. A final object, lovingly hand made by her was a pouch, held by a strip of leather than crossed over her shoulder and across her chest, like a mini messenger bag. In it was a field book with empty pages, and a pen. The oldest tools used since the science of geology began

That was what she was, a geologist, and why she was here. Her task was to seek out the rarest minerals of the galaxy, map their locations, and call the mining teams in if she found anything of value. She was perfect for the job, her records and collections thorough and precise. She was young, but in the dangerous conditions she exposed herself to, that made her better able to deal with unknown situations rather than weathered old men. And she was fearless. Each new planet was a new opportunity to make discoveries, and of course, profits. She pocketed a percentage of the revenue made from the minerals she found. In a few years, she could retire before her old professors had probably finished their schooling.
 
For the most part the Planets that she visited were completely lifeless only a handful of species had been found around the universe though it was clear that at one time there had been others that did not survive for one reason or another. The planet that she was now one seemed much like hundreds of others that she had been on nothing more than a rock in space that was just big enough to hold in the atmosphere that the molds and other such plants produced.

This world was mostly barren rock but such planets were normally rich in minerals that were needed. This one was no different there were readings of iron, gold, titanium and many others. they showed to be in many different directions speaking of the chance of a high concentration but she would need to get closer to find out more.

On all sides of her hidden through cloaking technology were many Aliens all watching her waiting too she what she was doing here. They had plans to use her for but they needed to be sure that they could catch her off guard and disarm her or she could hurt their god.
 
She took out her detecting device, starting out in a specific direction carefully in line with her compass. Iron was on top of her list. Supplies had run low back home where buildings were growing ever taller. Her walk was confident but brisk, as she had a schedule to keep.

She walked through the valley she had landed in, searching for a good outcrop of rock. Layers upon layers of stone where her keen eyes could pick out the valuable ore from the useless sediment. After a 10 minute walk she had found suck an outcrop. Finding a good looking layer she took out her rock hammer, hoping to chip off some samples to bring back. Her arm raised, and brought the hammer down on the rock. It bounced back off the hard rock, a bell-like peeling sound coming from the hit. The ringing sound of the hammer echoed through the valley.
 
Almost as if that ring was a signal she was suddenly surrounded by dozens of tall thick armed humanoids. They rushed at her reaching out to grab her arms and legs and stop her from getting any weapons. In the back ground there was a group of smaller figures that had she known anything about this race she would have known were the priests already starting the chant of purification while she was still being subdued.
 
Raven gasped in surprise as they first rushed her, believing this to be a baren planet, and suddenly she was being attacked. Her second response came quickly. She couldn't reach her gun so instead she struggled furiously to break free. Thrashing, flailing, biting scratching, anything to break free.
 
The Alienâ??s hides were thick enough that she only hurt her hands and jaw by hitting and biting at them. They were also a great deal stronger then an average human since the gravity on this planet was a bit higher then earth normal. They worked hard on getting her tied up with some rough ropes needing to get her restricted in her movements.
 
She screamed and yelled an awful cacophony of sounds. None of it was in English, she knew they wouldn't understand that. It was primitive but furious, her dark hair messy and her sapphire eyes narrowed with rage. But on closer examination, her pupils were pin points of fear and her heart thumped wildly in her chest. She was scared, more frightened than she had ever been before.
 
The aliens quickly tied her up and started to drag her away through the dust the priests leading the way. They would carry her once she stopped struggling but were more then willing to drag her all the way. It seemed like hours later when they finally reached a large impact crater. The pushed her to the edge on her feet so that she could look down. Deep in the crater was a massive mass of squirming things all long and thin. The priest were chanting clearly nearing the end of a ritual.
 
She stopped thrashing when the started dragging her, no need to make it worse. She would pull and writhe in her bindings however, trying to undo them. When the stopped and stood her up she glanced down, noticing the movement in the crater. Her eyes widened and she feared they would throw her in, a meal for what ever lay in wait.
 
The chanting reached a crescendo and the large brutes roughly lifted her over their heads. As the last note of the chant sounded the cast her out over thin air, down into the rift. Long thick black tentacles reached out for her as she feel quickly wrapping around her arms, legs, and waist slowing her fall but starting to move over her body searching for away into her spacesuit.
 
She screamed as they threw her, knowing she would fall against the rocks and die from the trauma, whatever creature that was down there would eat her dead body. She was surprised when tentacles grabbed her instead, catching her. Immediately she noticed they were writhing around her body, looking to get inside her suit. She struggled, hoping it wasn't that hungry and would not eat her alive.
 
She had still not guessed the creatures intention. The tentacles grabbed at her spacesuit finally finding a seam. They pushed inside her suit and started ripping at it pulling up with impressive strength shredding her suit quickly leaving her in only the undergarments she might have on.
 
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