Chapter 5

Aleris awoke only halfway. It felt like she had some sort of blanket covering her. There was something covering part of her face though. She reached up to removed to blanket, but she felt the strange sensation all around her. She slowly opened her eyes. For some odd reason, they hurt badly. She finally got them open. Peering in front of her, she noticed something rather strange. She was behind glass. After closer inspection, she noticed other Jamaicans. At least…two.

'Oh no!' She thought to herself. 'I've become a Lobster!'

She hit the glass in front of her hard. It's not like that actually did anything, but it got the Jamaicans' attention. Aleris wasn't sure if that was a good thing, but it couldn't hurt. One of the Jamaicans walked over to where she was. He did something off to one side. Aleris started to think of what he could be doing, but was interrupted by a loud whirlpool sound. The liquid surrounding her left quickly and after it was gone, the door opened.

She fell out onto her face, hard. She slowly pushed herself off of the floor. A clawed hand wrapped itself around her arm and pulled her off the floor and nearly dislocating her shoulder.

Aleris looked up to the Jamaican that pulled her off the floor. He was tall like her friend, dreads, but there was something different about him. Oh, she gave up on all coherent thought right then. She didn't care anymore. A sudden feeling of coldness came over her. Her entire body shivered.

That was about the time she realized she was completely naked and covered in goop. Oh man. This day could not get any worse.

The Yautja clicked at the Ooman female. He understood that she was cold, but would she let him cloth her? He grabbed her other arm and pulled her higher off the ground.

Aleris studied the Jamaican. Like her friend, only not. She knew if she saw any more of these Jamaican's, she was going to get really confused, really quickly.

An automatic door opened behind her. She could only let her head fall limp to see who was coming in. For some reason, she felt really drugged at the current moment.

Hiram walked into the small, dark room. He saw the scientist holding the Ooman female off the floor. He looked down at the female. She was drugged, he could tell. Though, they had to. She was an unpredictable Pyode Kainde and they had to make sure she didn't break out and start raising hell. He placed his hand on her small forehead and purred. She had done well. He clicked a few things to the scientist and he left again.

That was the last thing Aleris saw before she passed out again

xXx

Aleris awoke again. Her surroundings were different this time. She was groggy now, but not drugged. Aleris sat up and looked around. She was in a dark room that was not as cold as the one before. Actually, it was comfortably warm. She spun her feet over the edge of the bed. A little lightheaded, she though, but she would get over it as soon as she started walking around.

Her head fell limp and she noticed she was no longer naked and covered with goop. She had on blue jeans. Comfortable ones at that. She stood up and looked down at herself. Her shirt wasn't a shirt at all. It was a light blue tube top. Great. Now she was a whore on an alien ship. Just what she needed now. She was also bare foot. If anything on this ship made a comment about being pregnant and bare foot, she was going to kill it. Not sure why she thought of that, but it made sense to her.

Aleris rubbed her eyes. They still stung slightly from earlier. Opening them again, she noticed the door in front of her. She took another step forward and it opened. Huh, she thought, Star Wars all over again.

She stuck her head outside. A long, dark hallway going perpendicular to the room; down both ways, deserted.

Aleris was hesitant to leave the room that she awoke in. What if the Jamaicans wanted her to stay there so they could come back for her later? What if they wanted to eat her? Oh, no. She was letting her mind wander again.

That's it. Aleris was thinking far too much for her own good. She left the room and walked down into the darkness. She hoped she was doing the right thing.

xXx

Hiram walked down the long dark alone. He just had a talking to by his Leader. Xerxes didn't fully approve of bringing the Ooman Female onto his ship. He still considered the Pyode Amedha to be a dangerous specie. He thought them only worthy of giving birth to the Kainde Amedha. Hiram was interested in this female. That is why he kept her.

He knew she wasn't completely Ooman. She was quicker than the average Pyode Amedha and she had the ability to control the Kainde Amedha. When the Queen attacked them inside the white building, she bled acid. Hiram just had to study her now. Xerxes told him the story about the Queen Kainde Amedha/Pyode Amedha hybrid, but he still wasn't sure if this Ooman Female was that hybrid. He always thought a Kainde Amedha/Pyode Amedha would look more like a Kainde Amedha than a Pyode Amedha.

Hiram turned into the door which he put the female. He had to put her in this room so the other Yautja guards wouldn't take her to a holding cell somewhere where he couldn't go. The door opened and he stepped in.

Oh great. The Female was gone.

Hiram quickly stepped out of the room and looked own both ways of the hallway. There was no sign of anyone anywhere. He started to run down the rest of the hallway. He past hallway after hallway, but there was no sign of the Ooman Female or a fellow Yautja. Up ahead he saw a door was open and a light was on. He could ask whoever was in there if they saw the Ooman. He skid to a stop and looked into the room.

It was the science examination room. It was pretty much open space except for the walls. On them were computer equipment and several specimens in jars of coloured liquid. Inside was the Female! She was studying one of the jars.

He noticed the clothes he had gotten for her fit her small frame well. They were tight on her, but it would have to do for now. She was lucky he had picked up her size of clothes while on a scientific mission some months earlier.

He walked into the room. The door shut behind him. Aleris heard this and looked over to him. As soon as she saw him, she knew she was in trouble. Her Jamaican friend walked up to her. She decided not to move away from or else he may kill her for disobeying him. But would she know what he meant when he just threw her into a room on a huge alien ship? This place is freaking awesome!

He came up right in front of her. She had to strain her neck to look up at him. He didn't wear his mask, but she didn't mind too much. He was starting to grow on her. He brought one hand up extending only one finger. He waved it back and forth, telling her she did something wrong.

The door to the room opened again and two more Yautja walked into the room. Instead of the warrior garbs worn by Hiram, they wore white robes, showing they were scientists. The saw Hiram had the Pyode Amedha behind him.

They knew he was the one that brought the Pyode Amedha onto the ship. They had thanked him earlier for disobeying a direct command from Xerxes to bring her on. They wanted to study her, as well as Hiram. The only time they had studied a Pyode Amedha was a dead one that, most of the time, had their head or huge chunk blown clear off. But now they had a living, breathing one to study, to touch.

The three Yautja bowed at one another. One of the scientists began to speak first.

"Hiram. May we have permission to study the female?"

To Aleris, it was nothing more than clicks and whistles.

"You may" Hiram answered the Scientist. He took a quick look behind him to the female. "Be careful," He added. "She's quite the ferocious little thing. She may attack if provoked"

The scientists clicked happily. Hiram turned back to the Female. He took his finger and waved it back and forth at her.

Aleris knew he was probably still angry at her for leaving her room. He was telling her to stay and she was going to listen to him. He probably brought in two of his buddies to make sure she stayed put. She nodded to her friend.

Hiram clicked to the Female and rubbed her head harshly. He left the room. Leaving the female with the two scientists.

Aleris was now really uncomfortable and it worsened as the two scientists walked closer to her.