“Ah, now that part you have wrong. She was thrown into Xil’s harem. But she now works for me. She was too damn bright to spend her life sucking my brother’s cock.”
We were approaching the large giant gas planet with swirling purple and blue gasses and massive pink rings swirling around the planet. One of its one hundred moons was not too far away, a small thing tucked away within the rings and barely visible until you were several miles from it.
We know the moon as Qzai, a breathable jungle moon teeming with life. Regis, one of my siblings, placed a small colony there, though I couldn’t recall why he did it or for what reason. But if Daruuk were heading there, I would at least check it out.
“Why would he come here? It’s just a small colony.”
“It’s a slave colony, sir,” Swarti replied, surprised I didn’t know.
“Slave colony? What for?” I asked, confused. “I thought we abolished slavery a few years back.”
“You can’t expect everyone to follow that rule.” Swarti spat, though he tried to disguise the sudden change in tone.
“When it’s a decree given by the King, then yes, I can expect everyone to follow it.” I sighed, in no mood to argue. “Send a few of our pilots to engage and ready a small stealth shuttle. I want to check out this slave colony.
CHAPTER 5
Caspian
Being an RA was so much fun. When people saw the uniform, they shut the hell up, and it was yes, sir, no, sir, right away, sir. It’s almost like we were a makeshift military, and quite honestly, when I saw the guards, flight captain, and crew, it nearly felt like that was what we were.
I had been an RA for about six months into this one-year venture. We were two weeks from the colony, and I couldn’t be more excited to see all my fears and hopes accumulate into one big triumph.
The earlier fears I had about being found out were gone, and on top of it all, I’ve found my purpose, even if that purpose would end the moment we landed in the colony. But now, life onboard this ship was like living in a small city.
We had stores, restaurants, a large hospital with an ER, dentists, vet hospitals for pets, and a small park that simulated the outdoors, complete with a small lake. I heard they would use this ship to funnel thousands more, perhaps even millions of colonies in the future, but we were the first to utilize it, the beta testers—the ones who broke her in.
I think I had a bounce in my step as I walked down the wide, almost infinite hallway.
“Caspian!” A young woman with long brown hair and soft brown eyes ran over in near panic. She was always in a panic about something. It made me think this woman was born in a state of distress. Her name was Gloria Benson.
“Okay, slow down and talk to me.”
“You gotta get me another room or roommate. Tasha won’t stop farting! She farts all damn day and doesn’t give a damn---”
I couldn’t stifle my laughter at this particular problem. It was much better than the rape case I was saddled with last month. It was a horror and a half, which ended with the teen girl pressing charges, and Tammy, one of our yoga instructors, was locked in jail until they reached the colony.
It was at this moment that all hell broke loose. The ship jolted like we had hit something, and… we’ve come full circle to our prologue.
I couldn’t believe it when I opened my eyes again. The bright lights assaulted my vision, and the floor was as hard and cold as ice. I still felt the sharp pain in my side, which made it difficult to breathe. My head felt like someone had hit me there.
But that didn’t happen. I had reached the escape pods and saw two depart the station. I had almost reached one of the last remaining pods on the upper level when those guttural-voiced beings entered the room, causing me to duck low, trying to hide in the dark, hoping they would leave. I had no idea who or what they were, but every instinct told me not to make a sound.
But it meant nothing as I felt a grip on my ankle, almost crushing my bones as someone dragged me to the open.
The dark armor-clad being held me up, almost lifting me from the ground, holding me like a rag doll for the others to inspect. It grabbed my face turning it this way and that before feeling my cock through my uniform.
“No!” I groaned through clenched teeth, my body locked in dread.
And without warning, as if my body couldn’t take it anymore. I was out.
But I didn’t die unless this was some strange purgatory. I couldn’t get up. Everything hurt.
“Hey.” I heard a voice I hadn’t heard in months speak to me. It was Mr. Shady in a cell across from mine. He vanished once he entered the tower, and I couldn’t tell if I was relieved or worried about that.
I remember accidentally bumping into him again when I was in the mood to steal a bottle of wine from the storage closet. I caught him rummaging through the supplies with the excuse that his job was to obtain the coveted locked-up goods in storage.
He was indeed upholding his career goal as a space smuggler. I wasn’t even going to ask how he got the keycard. I was seeing him again, and it wasn’t under reasonable circumstances.