Meru

Chapter 5

Sudhir was in a deep sleep when the buzzer rang.

He slowly came to his senses and listened to the buzzer go off a few more times before he switched on the video feed.

Mohini?

He jumped up, bewildered.

Wrapped in just a towel, he opened the door.

It was Mohini.

She was in a silk slip dress. He robust cleavage was on full display, so was her mischievous smile.

"What's going on?" He thought.

"Can I come in," Mohini said.

He let her in and shut the door behind her.

"I have been thinking about what you said to me before. About how I struggle under the weight of my responsibilities, day in day out, with no reprieve. Without a strong shoulder to lean on," she said, tracing her fingers across his shoulder.

" I have no one to go home to," she said.

Sudhir was puzzled at her comments. A few hours earlier, on the bridge, she had a been ready to tear him a new one.

"No one to warm my bed at night," Mohini continued.

She slipped out of her dress and let it fall on the floor, displaying her stunning naked body to him.

"I don't understand," Sudhir said.

"Of course, you don't," she replied with a laugh. " I had given you so many signs I was yours for the taking."

"You were playing hard to get? But..." Sudhir said.

"Vice Captain Sudhir Sinha, you might have been at the top of your class at the INSO flight academy, a gold medallist in Space Craft Management from the Birla Space Institute, but you clearly know nothing about women."

She stepped forward and pressed her body against his. Sudhir had wanted to enjoy the warmth of her flesh on him for so long.
She had made him out to be a creep, when all he wanted was to give her a good life. To love and worship her. It was good to see that she had finally come to her senses.

With her hands placed on both sides of his face, she kissed him.

He kissed her back, tasting her lips and her tongue.

She pulled off his towel and started stroking his member.

The heat of desire built in him.

He picked her up with his strong arms, carried her to his bed and placed her on the mattress.

Then he stepped back for a second, to take in the sight of her delicious body.
"I can't believe my luck," he thought.

He climbed on her. Pressed down both her hands down and was preparing spread her legs when he noticed the scales on her forehead.

Mohini's human form seemed to turn leathery in front of his eyes. Scale segments made of hardened, discoloured patches, replaced her olive skin.

Her eyes were no longer human. Elliptical and hateful, they looked like they belonged on a venomous snake

Sudhir's breath got caught in his throat. His erection disappeared in an instant.

He tried to get off her, but she latched onto his arms and pulled him down.

The voice that emanated from the head many hours ago when he touched it in the lab now formed the background score for the terror that was unfolding before his eyes.