Chapter 10
As the ship hurdled past the atmosphere, Umbra kept an eye out for any black waves of serpents covering the land. She couldn't see any, and that made her feel nervous and relieved "once at bunker they get in fast, then we go. Leave everything behind." she said to Ian who seemed to be asleep, she reached over lightly pushing his arm. Ian groaned an okay as he bounced around in the seat from the turbulence. Umbra went back to seeing if she could see any movement, still there was none, as the ship broke through a bushel of trees the bunker door was in sight. "Go! Go get them now." She barked at Ian, he quickly got up and ran over to the door "we'll be right back okay?" he reassured her as he jumped out, and ran towards the door. Slammed it open running down to the open room, Alyona and Vera were poised guns at the ready pointed at Ian once they saw it was him they lowered their weapons and smiled. "Let's go! We got to go now!" Ian waved his arm, they didn't ask or hesitate about anything they rushed behind Ian, and followed him out.
As they broke though the bunker door the women stopped and stared at the ship with smiles. "We get to go home." Vera said softly, "hey! Come on! We need to get the fuck out of here now!" Ian barked. Umbra was at the door and threw down a rope latter, Ian helped Vera up it first then picked up Alyona helping her get up it. Vera was quickly pulled into the ship once she was at arm's reach to Umbra, she reached out to Alyona and pulled her up quickly. "Get to the seat Umbra! Fly higher I'll get there don't worry!" Ian yelled loud trying to drown out the hum of the engines. Umbra understood what he said and ran to the pilot seat pushing up on the vertical lift slider. The ship wobbled upwards as Ian kept climbing, then the ringing, and screaming came back to Ian hard. Causing him to let go of the latter. Alyona yelled for Umbra to stop, Ian slammed back flat on the ground winding him hard.
As he gasped for air trying to get anything the sounds in his head disappeared momentarily. Umbra ran to the door to look down at Ian "Mate! Mate!" she yelled then ran back to the cockpit to move the ship down. Ian finally caught his breath, the side of his sight was coming back from black. The ship came lower to the ground and Umbra ran up to the door "Ian! Come now!" three serpents burst through the trees encircling Ian hissing and calling up at Umbra. Ian tried scrambling away only to bump into one of them "Jesus!" he shouted feeling the cool wet skin touch the back of his arm. Umbra panicked and was about to jump out of the ship "no! Get out of here! Go!" Ian yelled angrily "fucking go!" as he said that two more serpents jumped onto the hull of the ship, Vera and Alyona could be heard screaming. "Umbra! Go! Go!" Ian yelled out again the serpents began coming in droves latching onto the ship.
Umbra roared, and cried running back to the cockpit and jamming the thrusters up. The ship tore across the sky and ripped through the atmosphere into space. Inside the ship came to a halt in space and Umbra was violently punching the walls of it and howling in agony. Her chest felt tighter than it's ever been, her heart felt like it was going to rip in half. She forcefully removed her mask and threw it down to the floor, tears pouring from her eyes as she slumped down the wall. She covered her face, tears falling from the sides of her hands her body shaking and chest bobbing up and down with each breath she took. Vera and Alyona were in shock at what happened and not knowing if they should comfort Umbra Alyona was the first to come to Umbra she sat next to her and placed her right hand on Umbra's fore arm.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." She said sadly rubbing Umbra's arm, Vera came to Umbra right and sat next to her resting her head on Umbra's arm. The three of them sat there, Alyona and Vera embracing Umbra trying to sooth her pain… Back on the planet, five serpents circled around Ian hissing and chirping at each other. Ian stayed quiet brow furrowed as he watched them just off me already you pieces of shit, Ian thought never taking his eye off them. The one behind him moved its head next to his letting out a hiss as clear liquid dribbled from its silver teeth. Ian slowly glanced slightly to his right seeing the creature try and threaten him, Ian huffed and looked forward again. I told you, you would die. A voice filled his head, he looked over to the serpent whose head was next to his. Not her or any of my drones around you. The voice said again, Ian looked around and the serpents stopped circling and quickly backed away from him bowing their heads, and making soft submissive chirps.
"Yeah well I take it you're going to me killed then hmm?" Ian said aloud to thin air. It was silent in his head for a moment, he stood up pat his knees, thighs, then chest "hello? I'm guessing you can hear me, what cat has your tongue? He said looking at the drones as the kept their heads down, Ian tried looking around him to see if he could see anything, but he couldn't not yet at least. He began walking towards the bunker doors when he heard the drones starting to hiss towards him, he looked back and they were watching him carefully. You better not leave just yet human, I'm not done with you. The voice came back into his head he stopped moving and looked around again "well where the fuck are you then? You say I shouldn't move yet, I can't see you. You've separated me from my friends, and a way off this planet. I'm going to leave here." He said seriously not yet you're not. Ian turned his head to the side his face held a confused frown. "Now you sound female, are you fucking with me?" he scoffed, as he went to turn around on his left he could hear heavy steps press into the floor, once he was completely turned around he ran into something. Out of impulse he closed his eye, the side of his face was pressed against something cold and it felt almost like a hard smooth but wet piece of plastic. He could feel something was looking down at him, he opened his eye to look at the thing that he bumped into.
"Jesus fuck!" he stumbled backwards and fell down, he rolled over and huffed blowing dirt from the ground. Groaning he finally got to his feet and was met face to face with a drone, it raised its upper lip baring its teeth while hissing. Ian froze and stared at it, he could clearly see a human skull face behind the milky grey dome, he winced waiting to be killed but nothing happened. In seconds the drone dropped its head again and backed off quickly, he felt something grab onto the back of his vest and pull him up. They won't harm you the voice said Ian looked at the drones in their submissive state, "what are you their leader or something?" he asked turning to face the thing he ran into, to only be met with a gigantic head that was truly the size of his upper body, it carried mandibles tipped with silver tusks. They were closed for now. It had a long wide head and above the mandibles there was a clear dome
covering an odd looking skull face, no visible eyes just deep black sockets. That 'dome' led up to a black set of plates that lay over each other and had what looked like spiky part of a vertebrae. Those plates then led to something very similar to what Umbra had, dreads they weren't smooth like Umbra's either.
They looked almost like a pangolins tail, thick and black. The back of its head was long crested outwards, it had a blackish brown color to it. He focused back on the face before him, I'm their queen now, I killed the queen they use to serve. The voice came back, it stood up straight and looked at all of them these are my adopted daughters. The giant creature opened its arms gesturing at what it owned. Ian stumbled a bit when he looked up to see it at its full height it had to of been at least ten feet tall, the plating covering the front of its body was a mixture of brown, green and red, down its chest it had what looked like a sternum and on each side of it smooth slightly protruding pectorals. Down its abdomen it had what looked like ribs leading up to the pectorals, and open areas where he could see skin flexing in then out, its legs were equally giant holding the same plating as on the chest. It was defiantly two toned black on its back and that mixture of colors on the front, its calves were large and lead down to feet that had two black claws on the front and one claw that looked almost like thumbs on each side of its ankles.
As Ian mapped out its looks it put its hand out in front of his face, I should be examining you human, not the other way around. Its voice came into his head, Ian moved his gaze to the sky "well what are you going to do then? Just stand there? If you're going to kill me then do it, I hate waiting." He barked at it, it looked down to him slowly and came close to his face. Ian leaned back slightly turning his head as he could feel the hot breath wick his face, it opened its mandibles and mouth slightly, letting out a hiss. The hiss caused all the others around them to move anxiously, I'm not going to kill you yet, I have something I need you to do for me yet. It said closing its mandibles and pressing the cold tusks against his cheek, "you said that I was going to die, then you said you needed me to do something twice" he said quickly holding up two fingers. The drones hissed venom at Ian for moving his hand quickly, one of them came up behind Ian and pressed its tail against his back.
The large creature didn't like this movement it made, and it made it known. Grabbing the drone by the head it roared viciously, and tore the screeching drone apart throwing each part of its body to the ground. With what little life it had left it writhed on the ground gurgling a hiss, then went limp. The other drones scattered chirping and screaming. Sometimes I must still make my dominance known to them. Its voice said in his head again "yeah well if you didn't kill their queen I'm sure they'd probably listen." Ian said turning to face this creature. He thought about how it looked, it quickly spun around and grabbed him at his throat picking him up to eye level a deep throated growl came from its chest, I am not a creature or it, and I am a living breathing being! She yelled in his head, causing Ian to get a headache. Don't ever refer to me as creature again human, or I will tear you apart piece by piece. Her head moved towards him. "Alright, alright what should I 'refer' to you as then?" he asked sarcastically.
She set him down don't get sarcastic either human, "how do you know English so well?" he asked looking up at her, the collective mind of the hive, and imprinting of the hosts memories throughout the queens life and children's hosts help with that bit. Ian looked at the ground then back to her, "sure that'll work I guess, so tell me. If you said I would die, then threw your 'daughters' at us when we tried to leave, and now you have me here saying you have something you want me to do. What is it? What's your major plan then?" he asked confused, she looked over at him I want you to get me off this planet. "No.. No, no, no, no, no, I can't let you do that. You're kind from what I heard is a plague, and my mate calls you an abomination she wouldn't let you leave. She wants you dead." Ian said blatantly, she didn't like hearing this and let him know it she swung her thick tail at him knocking him to the ground. Coming up and hovering over him you will get me off this planet. Her statement was made and she moved away from him sitting down.
Back up in the ship, Umbra and the two women sat there not knowing what to do now. Umbra knew she had to save her mate, but also didn't want to see him plastered to the wall like they liked to do to their prey. She looked down to each side of her to see the Ooman females still sitting next to her, her mind was a mess of thoughts. She'd never been this dependent on someone she was lost, on one hand she could go down there and physically fight the abomination, but then the others would come to its defense. On the other, she could get to her home planet and ask for help, the yautja despised those creatures and would kill it without question, but then they would also kill her and her mate for what they have done with each other. She was stuck and didn't know what to do, all that she could do was try to get a move on what they were going to do next. She had to get weapons, but she also couldn't keep these Ooman females here. Umbra made the toughest decision she could ever make, she had to leave her mate and come back with better quality weapons. This decision broke her heart, but she had faith that Ian would somehow come out of this alive. She took one last look down to that planet a tear fell from her eye, and the ship warped away.
Ian looked up to see a small flash of light in the sky, he smiled a sad grin then looked over to the sitting beast across from him. "Well ship looked like it just warped out of here. Looks like we're stuck here" he said looking over to her. Your mate will be back, and I will take that ship, she told him as she looked up to the sky. "So am I just going to have to stay out here with you and your lackeys? I know they're watching us, I can't hurt you your skin is like metal." He said looking up at the trees pointing to his eye then pointing out to the trees, you like my skin human? It's just the exoskeleton, when I molt is when you can see my true skin, she said getting up and walking over to him slowly "what? No I don't like your skin, I don't like anything about you." He spat, she came up to him and pressed the flat part of her sharp tail against the bottom of his chin making him look up at her you have mated with one alien and you consider her lover, I wish to have that. Ian pulled away from her "what the hell is wrong with you?! You try to kill me, then say that you might?! Now you want a 'lover' make up your damn mind!" he yelled backing away from her.
She advanced to him slowly her thick tail swaying back and forth her walk was sultry, Ian stopped and looked up at her as she circled around him, wrapping her tail gently around him pulling him towards her. Her large size was enough to coil around him, Ian shuttered as she brought him close rubbing the side of her head against him I can do things your lover could only try and accomplish human, she crooned in his mind, running one of her long thick fingers from his neck to just above his pants. "That isn't going to happen, and trying to seduce me will only get you so far. She would kill me if I ever tried to do anything with you." He said through grit teeth, she doesn't have to know, no one has to know. My species are asexual we don't need mates, but we still carry sexual organs. I just don't have one of these, her hand went further down covering his crotch. Ian slowly ran his hand down her massive arm to the top of her hand and pulled it away slowly. She quickly pulled her hand away from his placing it back to his crotch, the pointed end of her tail pressed against his chest softly. Do you not want me human? Do you not want to see what I can do for you? If I have to I will wait for your mate to come to me I will, and I will plunge my tail through your heart, and throw it at her. She said to him while hissing in his ear one of her tusks pressed against his cheek rubbing it softly.
"You have a really fucked up way of trying to get me to have sex with you, you're better off killing me, and being done with it." He exhaled as her hand gripped him tightly causing him some pain. Then tell me what I should do or say for you to change your mind human. She crooned in his mind while running her palm up and down his crotch trying to get more of a reaction. "for starters send your drones away, and then you follow them." Ian said in a whisper, she took her head away from him looking over to the trees letting out a series of hisses and chirps. Ian could hear the trees rustle, and she backed away from him coming around to his front and looked down to him. "Well go on, you can leave now." Ian waved both his hands for her to leave. She moved her hands up to the top of her plates covering her chest, an odd sound came from her throat. A hissing moan was what it was like. Ian looked at her starting to get fed up with her sounds and movements. A loud crack came from her chest followed by a tearing sound as she pulled at the plates.
From what it looked like she never took her eyes off of Ian as she cracked off her exoskeleton. The plates peeled away from her skin a thick membrane was holding them in place until it ripped away from her skin. The plates slammed into the ground, underneath the plates she actually had the same body tone and figure as Umbra only much larger, her skin was a slick midnight blue and looked wet. Her breasts had to be the size of his head, her nipples and areolas were a dark black and large in size. She then grabbed onto the sternum cracking it off and fell to the ground with a thud. She then pulled at the empty sides of the inner rib cage and pulled them outward they cracked off at her back and they too smashed into the ground, her breasts that were cupped and pushed up loosened and drooped slightly down. Your expression shows me what I wanted to see human, she crooned to him in his mind, Ian looked at her unamused.
After their pause she pulled at the chitin over her stomach, it popped and cracked as she pulled it off. Her abdomen was nothing but muscle, the lines were deep in her skin showing a clear eight pack. Her inner and outer oblique muscles added to her rather feminine figure, he skin mixed to a galaxy black that hand sprinkles of a deep blue and deep grey. Ian couldn't help but stare at her muscular abdomen, and its colors. The only pieces of the plating she had on were on her arms, back, groin, thighs, shins, and calves. She began taking steps towards Ian, he watched her alien form come closer to him. "I told you to leave, why haven't you left?" he groaned as she came closer, you don't want me to leave, I can see it in your eye human. I haven't shown you all of me yet, you will see what I have. She said as she came up to him her tail slithered up the back of his thigh then back pushing him against her slowly as she came to meet him. His face met with her abdomen, her skin was warm but damp it had a latex texture to it. Her hands pulled at his shoulders, massaging them.
Ian pulled away from her form pushing at her plating protruding from her hips, she released her grip enjoying the hard to get play he was giving her. She pushed her thumbs against her skin between the plating on her hips popping them forward with a crack. She maneuvered her hands around breaking the chitin between her thighs and pulled them away. The cracked at her outer thigh breaking away landing to the floor, she then ripped off the pieces that had protected her bottom they landed to the floor, and she continued removing the pieces down to her ankles. Ian was begging to get fed up waiting for her to leave. The only piece she hadn't removed was her groin plate. Her skin kept that galaxy black down to her ankles.
"Okay look I get it, you want a mate you want someone to fill some void you have, and you tried to kill me! Ian shouted as she just stood there, well I am only a month old human, I'm still learning about myself. I'm still getting use to be being who I am. Won't you give me what I want? She said this walking up to him placing a finger under his chin having him look up at her. "I can't just ignore what you did, then turn around and have sex with you" Ian said pulling his head away from her. She looked down to him then grabbed his hands pulling them up to her breasts, and placed them there. She squeezed both his hands and her firm breasts trying to get a reaction, but Ian wasn't having it as soon as her hands came off he pulled his away quickly. "Like I said, you might as well kill me." Ian said looking down to the ground. She drooped her shoulders and head, for once she didn't lose control of her anger, and she didn't know what to do. She just wanted this human for herself before she left, but he didn't want her.
They both stood there in silence as the sun dropped behind the mountains, "right well I'm going to lay down, you can head back to where ever it was you came from." He barked as he walked to the bunker opening the doors. She just watched him leave, she could tell that the human wasn't scared for once. His heartbeat was normal, but he was angry, his pheromones told her so. Hers on the other hand were completely different, they were full of lust, and she wanted him to know it.