Yep, Chapter 7. WARNING: Romantic stuff.
The room was full of other grox, the high admirals, generals, captains and scientists. It was a large room, with tables and chairs filling up most of the space. The celling was transparent, showing the twinkling clusters of stars above their heads. The grox in the room were sitting around the tables, talking and laughing and sipping strange colorful drinks that tasted a lot like different types of pick and mix sweets, to Amy they did anyway.
'This is absolutely nothing compared to a ball. We'll be having one soon to mark the passing year.' Said Brecca, they had been talking for the past hour and Amy had to admit, she had found a new best friend.
'You mean grox have balls? Like with music, dresses and feasts and stuff?" Asked Amy, sipping her acid green drink.
'Yeah, its magical. If you manage to ally all of the emperors they will attend too, a well as Vautre' Said Brecca. 'I see he has taken a shine to you. It looks like you didn't have a panic attack like I had assumed.' She stopped speaking for a minute and turned to Amy.
'It wasn't that bad was it Amy?' Asked Brecca.
'Well, no. But there is a tiny eeny weenie little problem with Vautre and me.' Answered Amy, tracing a path between the stars with her finger. The two grox were sitting down at a table right in the middle of the room, Kirk had gone somewhere far off with the other male grox.
'What do you mean?' Carried on Brecca, a glass of coppery green liquid held in her bionic hand.
Amy quickly told her about the events earlier that day, Brecca listened carefully, her eyes widening as she heard about what Vautre said to her.
"Why didn't you tell anyone? Stuff like that can get dangerous." She told her in a concerned voice. Looking around if anyone was watching she leaned in closer.
'Don't you know how...' She stopped for a second looking for the right word. '...how needy male grox can get?"
'No, I've only been a grox for a day, how am I supposed to know that. I just assumed it was similar to humans, isn't it?' Whispered Amy, what had she done?
'The thing is that male grox are much more aggressive when it comes to ma-' Brecca was cut of by a deep, purring voice. A voice that Amy dreaded to hear right now.
'Good evening kitten, I hope that you and your friend weren't talking about me.' Vautre mused in his dark accent, he appeared right behind the two grox making them both jump. 'Just wandering, but, how come your mate isn't with you?' He asked, Amy felt her eardrums vibrate to every single syllable.
'I think he's gone off with his friends or something, are you looking for him?" She said turning around to look at him, she already knew the answer. He was marely making sure that Kirk wasn't there to help her.
'No, not at all. I only thought that he would prefer to show you off to his friends. Since your beauty is the thing that he adores the most about you.' Purred Vautre, fixing her with a predator's gaze. Was he trying to turn her against Kirk?
As far as Amy knew all of the grox were beautiful, some more than others. And different grox picked different partners, depending on their likes and dislikes.
'Excuse us but I think that the empress and I need to talk.' He growled, turning to Brecca who sat dumbstruck just behind Amy. She opened her mouth to protest but Vautre cut in 'As I recall Kirk and I have allied, so you have to follow my orders as well as his.' He said, crossing his arms, a smug expression on his face.
Brecca gave Amy a helpless stare and slid off her chair, wandering towards another table.
Vautere gave Amy a perfect grin and sat down on Brecca's chair, his eyes scanned her from top to bottom,making her shuffle uncomfortably in her chair.
'So how much do you know about being a grox? You have only been one for a few days, aren't you curious about your new species?" He asked casually.
'Well, I do know a little bit, as far as I'm concerned your ways are very much similar to those of humans.' Answered Amy,maybe he wasn't so dangerous after all...
'Don't you have any questions you would like to ask me? Since emperors like Kirk and I need to be perfectly familiar with their people's habits.' Purred the steely-eyed grox.
Amy glanced at her glass,'Do grox get drunk? ' She asked, trying to mach Vautre's intencive stare.
'What do you mean by drunk?' Said Vautre, his ears twitching with curiosity.
'Well... when my species on earth drunk a substance called alcohol in drink,similar to what we are drinking. If they had too much of it they would get drunk,its when they would start acting funny,move slower and be more outspoken.' Explained Amy, as curious as Vautre.,who listened carefully,looking slightly confused.
'Alcochol? That stuff is poisonus,why would your species drink poison?' He asked.
'I'm not sure,I think its just the outcome of it that makes them drink it.'Said Amy, looking into her own drink, it was strange, she would NEVER get properly drunk.
'That's rather strange, I have never heard of a species that would do that. But there is no poison in your drink,its only a few chemicals to make the world look, um... more colorful.' Said Vautre grinning.'But there is nothing that would give you unpleasant side affects.' He added quickly.
'Oh, cool. So... how many races are there in this galaxy?' Questioned Amy, maybe Vautre was not as bad as she assumed. When he was not creeping her out he could be rather amusing, how very wrong she was.
'There are a load of those, none had ever counted them, I would say millions upon millions of alien races.' Growled the grox. It was his turn to ask a question now.
'What would you do if Kirk were to perish?' He asked, the strange eyes narrowing.
'I...would...um..' Amy was lost for words, how could she answer that? She had only known Kirk for a few days, but cared for the grox very much...Thankfully the Goddess came to the rescue.
'Tell him that your world will end.' She cooed.
'My world would end...' repeated Amy, trying to look as unhappy and lost as possible.
Vautre seemed pleased with her answer, his lips curling up into a self-satisfied smirk. 'You see...when I allied Kirk I had two things in mind: power and you.' He stopped speaking for a second to let the information sink in. Amy was very much aware that no one was paying attention to what was going on, unless Kirk magically appeared out of nowhere she would have to deal with this herself.
'I am very much aware that Kirk trusts me, and it wouldn't take much effort for me or one of my fellow grox to end his life.' He said.
'But why tell me that?' Asked Amy, she had an idea of what was coming.
'Because it would be less messy not to kill him. But, it would mean that I would take over his empire, and with it I would have you.' He told her. 'But I could propose a a deal.' He added lowering his voice.
Amy sighed, why did this have to be so complicated? Why couldn't she be the wife of a grox baker instead?
'Would he really do that?' She asked the Goddess.
'Yes, I think he would. Love gets messy when the grox are involved.Say yes, it will keep this idiot tame.' She growled annoyed, with Vautre not her, Amy noted.
'Go on' Sighed Amy, watching Vautre's handsome face light up. 'When he isn't here, you could be mine...' He said slowly, lowering his eyes.
'Are you asking me to cheat on Kirk?' Asked Amy, she knew that she will have to agree.
'Pretty much yes.' Answered the grox, re-gaining his confidence.
'Well...' Said Amy thinking. What was the point in saying no? She could always trick him later...
'Fine!' Was all she managed to exclaim when a large hand grabbed her shoulder.
She jumped and spun around on her chair to be faced with a beaming Kirk, Lox was swaying drunkenly behind him, giving her an idiotic smile that made her giggle.
'Its late honey, I'll be going back t my quarters, are you coming too?' He asked, ignoring Vautre's poisons stare.
'Sure, I'm kind of tiered.' Answered Amy getting up from her chair, Kirk at once, squeezing it gently.
'How was it?' He purred in her ear as they walked towards the door, the long back cape sweeping behind him. Amy waved goodbye to all of the grox she had met, Brecca looked relived to see her in one piece. All of the other grox watched them leave, curious expressions on their cat-like faces.
'It was fun...' Said Amy jumping into the whole description of events that had happened since she and Kirk had parted, except of her and Vautre's deal. Kirk listened with amusement written all over his face. There was no grox in the dark corridors of the ship, and they were able to make much better progress then last time.
'Here we are.' He mused happily, touching the black metal and the door slid open, he gently pushed Amy inside before following. Amy realised how sleepy she really was, that Vautre thing had really sucked the energy out of her. And this was just the first day she had as a grox, but it felt like she had been like that for ages.
'The grox brain can organise itself better than a human one, so you will not have to get used to your new life for years, instead it just takes a day...' Explained the Goddess.
'Groovy... is this what your species were like too?' Asked Amy as she made her way to the bedroom, Kirk on her tail.
'Yeah, I could show you what we were like when you fall asleep.' Said the Goddess.
'That would be fun.' Agreed Amy.
'Ill just leave you with Kirk for now...' She added giggling, and was gone.
Amy was wondering what she meant when Kirk spoke from behind her, 'She really does like to talk doesn't she? He said, sitting down on the bed.
'Yeah, she does. Are you pleased with your new alliance?'Answered Amy perching down next to him.
' Pleased? I'm overjoyed!' He exclaimed, a large grin on his face. 'I can't even describe how pleased I am...' He carried on ad his expression changed to a one that Amy had never seen before. 'But it would be appropriate celebrate...' He purred, his hand slowly dropping to the she-grox's waist.
'Haven't you already celebrated back there?' Questioned Amy, feeling her heart speed up.
Kirk gave her a secretive smile 'Well... yes but not properly.' He whispered, the other hand gently cupped Amy's chin. (I'm writing a word per minute here!)
Amy closed her eyes as they kissed, Kirk's head cocked sideways as they deepened the kiss, his other hand pulling Amy closer. Amy, not too sure what to do held onto his wide shoulders, feeling his hot breath on her cheeks.
Kirk let go of her chin and grabbed on of her hands and guided it to his backside, 'Here..' he whispered, nuzzling the other grox's neck, making her breath hitch. (One word per hour) Amy felt feverish, in a good way. What was he getting at?
Getting the idea Amy slipped her other hand underneath Kirk's blazer, sensing him shiver, and something else...wait was Kirk purring? Thought Amy as she felt the soft vibration against her chest, yes he was. She could hear it too, it was much softer than a cat's purring.
'Its...um... we do that when we are exited.' Explained Kirk, a slight blush on his cream cheeks.
'That's cute...' Amy heard herself whisper, pressing her lips against Kirk's again. This time the emperor's arms tightened around her, he leaned down onto the bed, bringing the she-grox down with him, his now-hot body holding her down.
'K-Kirk wha-' Amy exclaimed in surprise, feeling the hot red lips trail kisses down her neck, the three fingered hands getting to work on removing her uniform. She tried to squirm away but failed, Kirk had already straddled her much more fragile form between his legs. Amy realised what a big physical advantage he had, she would never be able to put up a fight with her delicate fragile structure.
She reached down and pulled at the grox's ears to stop his actions. Kirk only grunted, biting down at the soft skin on the other grox's collar bone, his sharp teeth puncturing the skin, making Amy take in a squeaky breath. Kirk appeared in her line of vision again, his green eye dark with lust, the other one staying the same. He had a Cheshire Cat grin on his beautiful face, the perfectly rounded ears rose and fell as he breathed.
Amy's plans of escape were stopped as Kirk rubbed their bodies against each other, creating hot friction through their thin clothes (That were mostly all gone) the male grox moaned (one word per day) his lips finding Amy's again and giving her a much more desperate kiss. His eyes were filled with need, the his lips gently parted as he gazed down at his empress, his fingers hooked underneath one of her underwear garments.
'It would be so so good to celebrate.' He panted, Amy realised that his tummy was cream coloured all the way down, so cute...
She realised that she herself was panting, her hands were both holding onto Kirk's arms, that were now lacking clothes. Her body was yarning for what was to come, and mare instinct told her to go on. And didn't she love Kirk? Well... her mind surely did, weren't the grox minds more organised?
'B-but I don't know how grox do it.' She managed to stutter out, as far as Brecca told her it was very similar to humans, but she wasn't too sure how that went either.
'Ill show you, someone has too...' Carried on Kirk, smiling down at her.
'Well...go on.' Whispered Amy, at once Kirk's lips connected with her's again, whispering a muffled 'Thank Spode'
Some time later that night!
Amy snuggled closer to Kirk in the darkness of the night, or what 'night' the spaceship had to offer. Her dreams were empty, until the Goddess sunk in. 'Sooo...is there a little Kirmy on the way?' She asked in a cheeky tone.
'Actually, I'm not sure...are there?' Asked Amy.
'Dunno, but anyways: I want you to see what my species once where, and what we are now, you wanna come?'
'How long will it take?'
'Not long, a few minutes to be exact, it will seem longer through.' Said the Goddess.
'Sure let's go' Answered Amy, mentally griping onto the darkness around her.
'Here we go!' Mused the Goddess, pulling Amy into one of her memories that housed her perferct mind.
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