"So where do we start?" asked Jo.
"All of you know the city better than we do. Travel around and see if you notice any buildings that might have not been there before. Even right outside the city might be something. I don't want to overlook anything. I've seen far too many die because we couldn't find them in time," Jennifer said.
The group nodded and by then, Rusty had even joined them and Garth was sitting at the Big Guy's controls. Doctor Slate watched her creation every single moment as the cats took charge of the search and rescue.
"Listen everyone, we don't have much time. The main objective is to find Lieutenant Hunter and get him out of the Liaperian's ship, where he is going to need immediate medical attention. Is that understood?" Jennifer asked them.
Everyone nodded as they began to pair off and they were all given devices to help them detect the presence of the ship. The doctor soon headed off in one direction with Rusty while Big Guy headed for the outskirts. Jo and Justin had gone off in another direction while Czarina and Jennifer split off from the group.
The boy robot watched the doctor with a nervous look and she quickly noticed this reaction. She could tell that he was both worried and confused about the situation.
"Rusty, what's wrong?" she gently asked.
"Doctor Slate, why did the aliens take Lieutenant Dwayne?" he questioned her.
A sad smile crossed the doctor's features, knowing that this particular question would come up sooner or later. All she knew was that she had to come up with a plausible explanation for the boy robot.
"Rusty, these aliens are a bit like Hapar. They want to take over the planet and they abducted the lieutenant because they want to show their threat is genuine. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," she explained to him.
"Oh, okay!" he said.
Slate inwardly sighed in relief that he bought the explanation and they continued on to find the ship.
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Meanwhile, Czarina and Jennifer hurried through the streets, ignoring the few stares that the alien cat produced.
"Jennifer, this is all my fault. I should have known they were coming. I helped the two of you so many times in rescuing others from their grasp," Czarina sighed.
"It's no more your fault than mine or Justin's. We weren't aware they were this close to Earth for them to be of any threat. Apparently, that's not the case. At least you know what to expect when we finally find them," Jennifer replied.
Czarina weakly nodded, remembering the condition of the others when they were finally found.
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Justin led Jo down the streets as he kept an eye on the device in his hand. Her mind began to fill with questions about anything and everything they may have encountered.
"Who else can we expect?" she asked him.
"Expect from what?" Justin wanted to confirm.
"I mean, people from your own world and the neighbouring one both wanted to take over Earth. Is there anyone else we can expect in the future to come after us?" Jo told him.
Justin couldn't help but sigh.
"Your planet is always in danger, Jo, whether it be an internal or external force. If you're asking if there's anyone else from my region of space that could cause you harm, no, there's not. But if these brutes kill your pilot, then they'll have won this fight and this planet," Justin sternly explained.
He turned his attention back to the search, leaving a speechless Jo behind. She hoped that the lieutenant wasn't already dead and the search wouldn't be in vai
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Every muscle in Dwayne Hunter's body tensed up as the electrical current surged through his body. He could feel the wire the entire length up his penis and into his bladder, which then started to travel further upwards into his body. Every single time it moved, he could feel the pain coursing through his lower abdomen and groin. He wanted to urinate but something was keeping him from doing so. Shzar stopped the machine and crossed his arms, watching as Dwayne hung limply in the restraints for the table was now in a vertical position.
"He is very resilient. He is no closer to telling us anything than before. Most would be on the verge of telling us everything by now," he mused.
"Yes, we will soon have to take more drastic measures. Shall we see if we can get anything out of him first?" Tane asked him.
Shzar grinned as he stepped back up to the lieutenant, who could barely keep his head up. The alien placed his hand on the wire again right next to his penis, preparing to move it either from side to side or further inside his body if necessary.
"Tell me, who are your mentors? What nationality are they? Where are they now?" demanded Shzar.
"I've … already… told you. I have no… mentors. I don't know anything. I'm just a guy you abducted off the street," Dwayne breathed.
Shzar thrust the wire in even more and moved it from side to side, causing the lieutenant to gasp out in pain. He gritted his teeth at the immense discomfort as he tried to move his legs against the invasion to no avail. Lieutenant Hunter glanced down at his genitals and almost couldn't look at them for they were red and swollen from all the trauma they had already endured. What would surprise him is if he would be able to have children if he ever got out of this situation.
"If you shall not talk, then we have more ways to cooperate," Shzar told him.
Dwayne did not like the sound of that and he watched as his interrogator went back to the console. He fully expected the alien to turn it up to full power but instead grasped another wire. It caused a quick inhale to escape Dwayne's lips for he wondered where that one was going to be placed. Shzar walked around Dwayne, to the back of the table where the lieutenant felt his buttocks freed from the constraints of the table.
'Oh no,' he grimly thought.
What he didn't realize at first was that the table he was on had panels to give access to the various parts of the back. Now that he knew they were there, he could barely feel the outlines on his back. His breathing quickened as he felt a hand cross his behind.
"Will the muscles be too tense for you to insert this one, Shzar?" asked Tane.
"Nothing can be too tense for me. You should know me by now Tane. I can get these wires into any orifice of the humanoid body, no matter how small or big or how taut they may be," the sadistic alien guffawed.
Dwayne squeezed his eyes shut, expecting to feel just the wire but soon felt two fingers inside him instead and he found himself unable to breathe. His muscles started to tense up around them but found the two intruders were stretching his anal opening. After a couple of minutes of being massaged, the wire was firmly planted inside him and Shzar shoved it deeper inside the lieutenant. Dwayne felt even more violated with the manoeuvre as he felt the wire scrape along his insides and slowly make its way further into his body. Once Shzar was satisfied that the wire was deeply embedded with the human, he closed the panel and walked around to face him again.
"Hurts, doesn't it human? Now tell me, where are your mentors? Tell me everything about them. We need to know so we can eliminate them. If you cooperate, then we will let you go and no further injury will come to you," Shzar told him.
Dwayne did his best to put on a strong face as he lifted his head enough to look at his captor.
"And I keep telling you that I know nothing," he snarled.
Shzar shrugged his shoulders as he walked back over to the console and turned the power back on. The pain ripped through the lower part of Dwayne's torso from both directions. It quickly began to emanate into his legs and chest. He soon found it difficult to breathe as his guts felt like they were on fire. The sensation of needing to urinate returned with a vengeance and was now accompanied with the sudden urge to defecate. After a few long minutes, Shzar turned the power off. Dwayne attempted to catch his breath as the interrogator stepped up to him again.
"Listen to me closely. We need to know the locations of your mentors and any other useful information acquired from your travels. It appears your prophecy has come true so we need to know where everyone is located. Tell us now," he ordered.
When Dwayne didn't respond, Shzar took the dagger and scrapped it along the man's stomach, leaving behind a nasty-looking laceration. Blood seeped from it as Tane walked up to his comrade, a grin crossing his face before a soft beeping caught his ears. He walked over to a nearby console and narrowed his eyes as he read the information spilling onto the screen.
"Shzar, we may have found his mentors after all. Two members of the felines have been spotted by the sensors. Don't forget that he has to be properly examined. You know we need to get all the required information. No sense trying to be gentle about it and I can leave it in your capable hands," Tane called over to him.
"Then what shall we do with him if we've found them?" Shzar wondered.
"Continue with the interrogation to try and find any other information that we could use against them. I'll take care of the cats and anybody who happens with them," Tane told him.
Shzar gave a smile as he turned back to the lieutenant and Tane hurried out of the room. He stepped up to the controls next to the table and moved it back down to a horizontal position.
"Well, well, well. Looks like we have your friends after all and I'm going to make you talk after all then," Shzar smirked as he lifted yet another wire.
TBC…