Their gold piercings wag as they walk toward me. “Human...” one growls.
I take another step back. Then another. Attempting a third, I feel an immovable object behind me. No, it’s more than an object. It’s a towering body.
Another alien.
I’m boxed in. This is a nightmare.
The brute takes me into his grasp, cupping his large hand around my mouth. “Don’t make a sound,” he growls.
I drop the phone.
Ryan’s voice reverberates from the speaker. “This could be the biggest story of your life,” he says.
I fight as hard as I can, knocking my elbow against the alien behind me. Though his nose runs with blood, he laughs.
Resorting to biting, my teeth catch against large scales.
My blood runs cold.
The savages take and bind my extremities.
They gag my mouth and pin me to the floor, groping my body like perverted maniacs. “Please, no,” I whisper, voice muffled.
They rip my pants and spank me. They touch me…
My eyes widen as one alien grabs my skull and grins. He flashes a light in my eyes, dazing me.
My muscles relax. Suddenly, I can’t move.
“What have you done to me?” I whisper, knowing they can’t hear a thing I’m saying.
“Sleep,” the alien growls.
My vision wanes. My eyelids droop. I try to hold on to reality, but the urge to fade is far too strong.
I fall asleep, drifting into a nightmare.
Four
Emma
When I wake, I clench my chest. I can’t breathe. My lungs catch, and I start inhaling thick liquid.
I am not in my room. No, what I experienced was not a dream.
I was taken by savages. They are aliens that demand one thing: submission.
It’s impossible to believe, but they have put me inside a massive chamber filled with a dense liquid. It’s not water. It’s some sort of slime...
I panic, but a loud-speaker resounds above my head: “Human, breathe.”
“No!”
I exhale, blowing small bubbles, resisting the urge to inhale the strange, thick liquid that oozes from my facial cavities. Seconds pass and my lungs give way.
I suck in a lungful of the disgusting substance.
My sinuses burn. My nerves go haywire. My chest pumps, seizing. Is this how aliens kill their prey?