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"And I think it's gonna be a long long time,
Till touch down brings me round again to find,
I'm not the man they think I am at home,
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man,
Rocket man burnin out his fuse, up here not so alone."

Nova sang, as she walked to what she referred to as the cargo bay.

She was happy.

For the first time in years, life was being good to her. She was on a fucking spaceship in space, and she knew that should scare her, but her experiences on Earth had not been what she would consider 'good' by any stretch of the imagination. So, if life gives you lemons . . . . make nice with an alien species.

After years of being confined, stagnating in her own thoughts, she was free. With a whole spaceship to explore, which she had done in two days. Her mind soaking every little detail of everything she encountered. There was no place on the ship that she hadn't explored, from the air vents, to underneath the metal grids that made up the floor. Nova had searched it all. She had even found, hidden in a hollow wall several crates of, and she still found this hard to believe. . . . Jerky.

That's right, seven crates of the stuff, that she sniffed out. The dried meat looked suspicious to her, especially considering it was most likely hidden in the wall by the unconscious guy they had placed in the cargo bay. And how long had he been in that tube?

So, that would make the meat how old?

She wasn't going to eat any of it. That was until she had shown the Yautja her discovery and they had promptly started chowing down on it. Then she figured it was okay, but she was glad when she did relent. Nova had forgotten how much she loved food. When the taste of that dried up, possibly bacteria filled, meat hit her taste buds, she had actually moaned. The Yautja gave her strange looks at the noise, but she wasn't paying attention when her mouth was having a party.

She had now consumed three crates of the stuff.

Nova often felt bad for eating so much, so every now and then she would take some meat to K'on and Ti'kon as they sat in the control room doing space-alien-things. They would take her offerings happily, and she would then hang around to watch them eat.

Ti'kon didn't seem to mind her fascination with how they consumed food. Holding the meat with their mandible, while they fed it slowly into their inner mouth. She would get up close to watch this spectacle, and Ti'kon never batted an eye at this. But K'on eyed her wearily when she did it to him, his eyes constantly glancing her way.

Her fascination seemed to freak him out, so she made it a point from then on to watch him eat for the entertainment value.

In fact, K'on was fast becoming her favorite plaything.

The fog that flowed through all of the ship was the perfect height for her to hide and Leopard crawl through, and she did this often. Making sure to jump up in front of K'on every time he passed. The smaller alien would jump, blades shooting out of his wrist as he instinctively swiped at her, but she was expecting a reaction like this, and easily dodged him. Once, she had been in an air vent when he walked past. The look on his face was classic when she dropped down in front of him. If he had been a man, he would have wet himself.

Nova would then quickly run away to start the game all over again.

That was until K'on had taken to wearing his mask. Now he seemed to know where she was hiding all the time, and avoided her. She wondered, if she explained how hide and seek worked to him, would he play?

But, as a whole, K'on was being nice to her. When she crawled into Ti'kon's lap while he piloted, he never even glared at her any more. She wondered, what had changed?

Nova had also discovered, while exploring, several rolls of bandages. The same ones that Big guy had used on her head, but they were not like normal human bandages. Both sides of the white cloth were smooth, but one side seemed to act like Velcro, sticking to itself and holding strongly. When she discovered this, Nova promptly shed her too-big pants , and I-don't-want-to-remember-that-place robe, and wrapped herself up like a mummy. Neck to ankles, so she could hide all of her hideous scars.

The Yautja had given her raised eyebrows (well, raised forehead, as they didn't have eyebrows) at her new look, but they hadn't confronted her about it. So she took that as a good sign. Her skin tight bandage suit was perfect for crawling around in the air vents. Sure, she got a little dirty, but the Yautja had lots of bandages.

In general, her days were now filled with fun and adventure. while her nights were dominated by sleeping with Ti'kon, cuddling with Ti'kon, breathing in Ti'kon's scent, and when she was sure he was asleep, kissing Ti'kon's chest. Nova wished she could kiss his face, but if she tried he was certain to wake up, and that was one situation she did not want to explain. Something like, 'My face fell and your chest caught it', probably wouldn't work with him.

It wasn't like she was a sexual novice or anything, shying away from contact. She had been in high school before she was kidnapped, and had her fair share of naked encounters. But she just wasn't in the same shape she used to be, and she honestly did think the Big guy would appreciate her coming on to him sexually. She didn't want to overstep her boundaries and loose her cuddling rights.

Nova reached the cargo bay. Still singing Rocket man, she padded over to a new crate of jerky. Busting it open, she collected a handful, shoving a piece into her mouth. Mission completed, she then wandered over to the unconscious Yautja. Flicking him in the head for a bit. She figured if he was awake at all, or semi-conscious, he would get up just to kick her ass. When his hand only twitched she sighed. He had to come out of it soon.

Ti'kon had caught her flicking him once. He crossed his arms, and growled at her. But seemed to be less pissed when she explained that she once had a little brother that would do this to her to wake her up, and that she was only trying to help. He had laughed, inclining his head to her, and then left her alone to torment the unconscious Yautja.

Giving up on the task of reviving the Yautja, she left the bay, padding down one of the halls, turning randomly down others when she felt like it, eating her jerky. Walking past one doorway after another.

The sound of splashing reached Nova's ears, intriguing her. Swallowing her last piece of jerky, she decided to investigate.

Creeping up to a door, she carefully peeped around the edge, and had to stifle a gasp. Of course, she forgot that this was the room with the swimming pool in the floor. Well, for the Yautja it was a bath, but to her it was a pool, and this pool had a very naked Ti'kon floating in it.

'You should just turn away now,' she thought, noticing how the water gleamed on his patterned skin.

'I should just walk away.'

He leaned back, closing his eyes. Resting his head on the bath's edge. Raising most of his body to float in the strange green water that the ship supplied for bathing.

Most of his body was bared now. If he just stretched out a little more, she could see what the water was hiding. But what she could see, well, he was so very naked.

Nova was shocked to find herself breathing heavily, her heart rate picking up. This was so naughty.

'Fuck it.'

Her eyes greedily drank in his form. His wide shoulders, huge arms and big hands. Everything so very big and wet, even his talons were attractive. The large claws slowly dripping water. she could imagine them reaching for her, gripping her, pulling her close. And if he just moved that little bit more she could see if he was truly big all over.

'Oh, he may be an alien, but. . .I want.'

He was so strong. Muscles all over him.

She wanted to lick the water off him.

Lick all of it off.

Like a wave, arousal that had been dormant for years hit her. Her stomach tightened, and she could feel her sex awakening. Warmth pooling in her nether regions, she felt her pulse there. Beating in time with her heart. Lust, deliciously clawing through her body. Creating a need that she had forgotten existed.

'Oh, yes!'

That's when he opened his eyes and looked straight at her.

'Shit.'