While the humans slept in their cages in the human zoo as they so colorfully call it, the three males who exited together were talking of the new females that they wanted to purchase.
"The yellow haired one I found was noisy, but she could be good for the breeding program." a black skinned male says.
"I like the thin haired one. She has a spirit in her that i would enjoy seeing trained into submission. What of you Kartok?" the gray skinned one replies turning to the red and brown skinned male, walking silently beside them.
When he didn't answer, the two males shared a look and crossed their arms at their friend, who was deep in thought about the female. She was staring at him so openly before she glared at him, like for a moment she had become entranced by his appearance. Most females cowered in fear but she merely stared as if she was admiring his form, but then her face turned to pure malice when she wrenched his hand away from her face. No doubt because of the poor treatment she endured while coming.
For a moment her bright eyes seemed to hold no fear and her body sat tall and proud. What bothered him was she was looking at him like she wanted to both mate and kill him. She had a fire in her eyes that confused him. She looked as if she didn't want any male to touch her including him. She is young, perhaps she had not mated yet in her life cycle.
"Kartok?" he snapped from his trance and whipped around, not realizing he had stopped and was glaring at the ground. He looked ahead of him to see his friends were smirking at him with crossed arms as they chuckled at their sidetracked companion.
"I believe he is smitten Guntog." the gray skinned one says.
"Indeed Brukos, he is." Guntog replies.
Kartok growls at them and pushed past the two, causing them to laugh at their friends humiliating realization. As he walked back to his home he wondered if all the stories about oomens were true. Maybe if he purchased the female he could get the answers from her, maybe.
When Anita woke the next 'morning' so she called it from the lights turning on, she noticed a male she hadn't seen before was standing right in front of her cage. She sat up slowly, seeing this one was different then the others. He wore a brown robe that tied around his shoulder and didn't have the gear the others had. He didn't even wear a mask, merely stared at her with a similar board like the one before.
"Hello." he suddenly growls out. Anita cocked her head in surprise. So they were capable of speech.
"I K'tar. Follow me." he says as he opens the door and walks away.
Anita slowly got out, following behind the alien warily as he walked to the door. Then he went through it, motioning her to follow behind. Soon she was walking down a long rounded hallway with metal doors several feet apart. He stops at one and enters a strange combination before the door slid open. Anita was wary as she stepped into a large round room with what looked like a med bay from a scyfy movie.
"Sit." K'tar orders as be moved to a machine in the corner of the room.
Since he didn't force her to sit or make her lay down, she complied, hopping up on the table and waiting. He moved the machine to the table and patted the end of it. She assumed he wanted to her lay down so she slowly did, gulping as she wondered why the hell she was cooperating. As she laid down, the machine kicked on with a strange whirring sound, began to scan Anita's body. After it reached her toes a second time, it turned off and the screen that K'tar was standing in front of, beeped. He looked it over and nodded.
"Good. Very healthy." he says pushing the machine away before pulling out a sleek silver nail gun like device and walked to her.
"What does that do?" she asks as she sits up, eyeing the gun.
"Will allow speak yautja." he says.
"What?" she asks.
He points to his right and she looks. The next thing she knows is getting shot in the side of the neck with the gun. She yelped and grasped her neck as the stinging slowly died while K'tar walked to the table and retrieved a remote like device, swatting her hand away before pressing the cool tip to her neck. It clicked and beeped a couple times before he pulled it away with a nod.
"All finished, you should be able to understand me more clearly now." he says in a crystal clear raspy voice.
"How did... Is this some kind of communicator or something?" she asks touching the tendet skin
"It is just that. You are smart for a ooman." he says with a nod.
"Why did you do it?" she asks.
"It was requested by your master. It is so you can communicate with him easier instead of learning our language. Oomens do not hold the throat or mouth capacity to speak our language so we use translation technology." he explains.
"Wait a minute back up..." he turns to see her pale face.
"Did you say master?"
"Yes, you are now Aseigan, a servant." Answers K'tar as he ushered her out the door and through the hall once more.
"You have been purchased by Kartok the strong. A very valuable and brave yautja warrior, one of the best hunters on yautja prime."
"So wait, why did he buy me what could be possibly want with me?"
"That is not for me to say little ooman. Now in there." he says opening another door. She peered inside and hummed in confusion. It looked like a Turkish bath.
"Go inside and cleanse yourself, you must look presentable to your master. He paid good units for you." he warns and nudges her inside before shutting the door.
Anita groans and looks around the room. There were Ssower stalls along each wall and shelves of white towels were beside each stalls. She sighed and looked down at herself. She was filthy and taking a shower did sound heavenly. She sighed deeply and pulled off her clothes, piling them up and sticking them on a stool before walking in a stall. She turned the knobs and sighed as warm shower soaked her sire bones. As she showered she thought to herself.
How was papa doing? What happened to Sam? Is she ok? If that bastard hurt her I'll find a way to kill him.
As Anita finished showering and scrubbing herself raw with a cloth, show wrapped a towel around her and padded back to her clothes.
"Guess I'll just wear what i had-" she paused. "-on?"
The clothes were gone, she looked around and sighed. Then she saw a hook with a white sack dress on it. Shrugging she figured it was better then wearing just a towel or nothing at all. After drying herself she slipped the soft material over her head and dried her hair. As she was combing it out with her fingers she heard the door open with a hiss. She turned to see K'tar standing there with a collar in his one hand and a metal leash in the other.
"Oh you gotta be kidding me..." she mutters as he walks up, clipping the collar on her while she tried to pull away from him.
"It is policy for all oomens to wear collars. The markings on it show that you belong to Kartok and if you are found by anyone they will take you right back to him. But I will warn you now. Kartok is as cold as he is strong. Do not make him angry or you will not live to see your next moon." he says as he latches the leash and begins to drag her out the door.
She grumbles to herself as she was lead through the hall once more before coming to a set of double metal doors. They opened, revealing a waiting room with chairs and sofas littering the area and even a desk in the back with a yautja at it, clicking away at a red holographic screen.
When the doors opened, the male that was sitting at a chair stood up and walked over. He was the same male from before, the one who touched her so tenderly. As they two walked up to each other, he took the leash from K'tar and nodded to him.
"Many thanks ooman breeder. I may return for your services again." he spoke. His voice was deep and husky, sending a shiver down Anita's spine. He looked down and stared at her as K'tar walked away with a bow, waving to Anita in goodbye before shutting the doors.
"What are you called?" he asks.
At first she didn't respond, simply glared IP at him with crossed arms. He growled and yanked the chain, causing her to be dragged forwards to his face.
"Tell me your name Aseigan." He clicks.
Still she ignored him, glaring up at him angrily. He growls again and loosens the chain.
"Fine then. I am Kartok and I am your master. Understand?"
"..." she nods, flinching when he yanked on the collar again.
"Yes..." she clips.
"Yes what?" He growls.
"Yes...master." she adds through gritted teeth, looking up at him with pure malice in he eyes. He nods and lowers his face to hers.
"Keep your eyes down and do not speak unless spoken to." he warns and then turns, pulling her out to another set of double doors.
As soon as they opened, anita gasped for air. Suddenly she felt a lung short, taking short breaths as she was pulled out of the building and into the blinding light of the planet. It had to be at least 100 degrees outside. Sand was squished between her freshly cleaned toes as she was dragged through a small alleyway full of yautja. Males and females alike walked around the place like it was a market, stopping at vendors and purchasing all sorts of items.
As she stared at the vendors and items, she failed to notice they were walking towards a ship. She didn't pay any attention until she nearly tripped on the metal landing and toppled forward into Kartok's back. He growls as he whipped his head around. Grabbing her by her shoulder hard making her wince.
"Watch your step Aseigan." he growls as he yanked her inside.
With an angry sigh, she was lead to a small metal cage beside a control panel for the ship. She stated in awe at the ship as Kartok undid her leash.
"Get in. You will be safe inside." he says as he opens the tiny cage.
She sends him a pleading look but with his huff, she complied, slipping inside and plopping down angrily on the ground. At least he was kind enough to give her a bed. It had little padding on it but she couldn't complain. She even got a pillow and blanket. She sat cross legged as he trudged to the controls and started pressing buttons. Then she gasped as she heard the roar of the engine outside, then the shaking of the ship a it began to ascend she gripped the mat as the shop rose and she closed her eyes, waiting until the shaking stopped before opening them again.
She yelped as the shop jerked forward and she could see from the large window ahead that they were heading straight upwards. She was amazed to see the atmosphere of the planet fade away into darkness and stars. She was in awe as she stared at the stars whizzing by the ship as he flew to their destination. Where, she did not know.