Frost (Bxb)

Chapter Seventeen

(Asurah's POV)

Was it bad that I didn't want to wake up? That I didn't want to face the reality? I was probably a coward for wanting to stay under the world of unconsciousness. I just didn't want to...feel anymore. When Joseph betrayed me...it was like my soul withered away, leaving only a husk of the man I had once been. I was too worried that I would break down again. I didn't understand it. Why would he betray me? Why? I never did anything to him for him to want to do such a thing to me, right?

So why? I could have killed him when he crashed on my planet, but I spared him and his companions. He even befriended me and everything. Hell, we even...we even kissed. Embarrassingly enough, that had been my first kiss and it was everything everyone told me it would be. It was magical, so very magical, and the world around us vanished as if it were only us in the universe.

And yet, he still drugged me. I couldn't even fathom why. Was I just that unlikable as a person? I didn't understand, since I have been told by countless others that I was perhaps too soft and carefree.

Maybe Joseph liked more serious people. I guess that could be a reason.

I woke up, despite my attempts to remain in the void. I could feel a warm liquid around my body, making me feel like I was in a cocoon. My legs and arms also felt like it was being held down by metallic straps, of sorts, restricting me of any movement. Something was also lodged in my throat, making me cough and hack in order to get it out. I didn't care that it was providing me with air. I wanted that thing out.

I could faintly hear something beeping erratically, making a few muffled voices exclaim profanities in response. They kept saying something like "the subject is awake' and 'sedate him', or something along those lines. I couldn't quite hear with all the water in my ear holes. And when I heard those voices, I began panicking.

Where was I? Where did Joseph take me? Who were those people talking? Why were they calling me a subject?

I then paused in my thoughts, horror filling my core as I realized what Joseph had done. He had handed me off to the humans. I was now a test subject, if my research was correct. That thought brought up a new list of questions.

Had they poked and prodded me while I was out cold? What other tests had they conducted while I was unconscious? Did they take samples?

I was freaking out so bad I hardly registered the water being drained from around me, exposing my flesh to the cold. And I'm naked too? I thought in irritation, flinching when I felt someone take the oxygen thing out of my mouth, allowing me to breathe in without the machinery. I also hadn't realized that there had been a blindfold over my eyes, and when they took that off, I squinted against the lights, my heart racing painfully in my chest.

The first human I saw was an elderly, but gruff man, his hair slicked back and his dark eyes staring at me with a sadistic twinkle. I exhaled at the intensity of his gaze, flinching when his hand brushed against my cheek.

"Good, you're awake. You can understand me, can't you? I heard from a...friend of mine that you knew English. Interesting, since you're from a completely different galaxy. And your eyes are completely white? No separation between the sclera and iris...you don't have any pupils, either, fascinating. What is your name, alien?"

I stared at him silently, pursing my lips as I refused to answer him. He responded by taking a strange rod from someone, before he tapped me on the side, making a strong electric current shock me painfully. I writhed in pain, gasping while my eyes went wide. He pulled the rod away, giving me a smirk as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"So, I'll ask again, what is your name, alien?"

"A-Asurah." I gasped, feeling tears in my eyes, but refusing to let them fall. I didn't want to show any weakness to this...this villain. This degenerate. This psychopath. I swallowed as the man nodded thoughtfully, scratching at his chin.

"Sounds girly, but, judging from," he gestured to my...manhood with a grimace on his face, "you're entirely male. Which is a given anyway, since I conducted a test to see if you had a womb."

I stared at the psychopath with disbelief, my brow furrowing. "Why the heck would I have a womb if I am male?"

"You would be surprised." The man commented, crossing his arms over his chest. "Now, I'd like to ask you some questions about your planet and species. Of course, if you comply, I won't shock you anymore and I will give you a more comfortable...arrangement. If you don't...well, you're going to meet the end of this electro rod again."

I gulped and slowly nodded, making the man smile happily at me. "Good. Ellis, free him from the chamber."

A small man glanced nervously at me, fixing his glasses. "Sir, are you sure that's wise? He could attack us at any moment."

The little man named Ellis was actually wrong. I didn't know where I was or how many people were here. I didn't even know what to expect from them. Humans could be stronger than they looked, and I didn't want to risk dying to find out. As much as I abhorred the thought, I would have to comply if I were to find a way to escape without casualties. Besides, I would rather be out answering questions, or even conducting tests, if it got me out of this uncomfortable...chamber, as they called it.

"I'm not going to attack. Contrary to your human beliefs, not all...aliens...are savages. To be honest, I just want to go home."

"Comply, and I'll see what I can arrange." The boss, I assumed, spoke, making my eyes drift over to him.

I gulped and nodded, making the man gesture to Ellis, the small man coming over to me shaking like a leaf. I sighed as he unlocked the cuffs across my wrists, his hands trembling as he typed in the codes. "Ellis, right?" Ellis glanced at me from the corners of his eyes then looked away, pretending that I didn't speak. I licked my lips and tried again, making my voice soft as to not scare him even more. "I'm not going to hurt you, Ellis. I promise. I don't condone violence. Not unless you personally hurt me, and since I just met you, you haven't hurt me. You're safe."

He stared at me as if I were the strange one for comforting him even though I was the one imprisoned. "You...you are so weird." He muttered as he unlocked the last restraint allowing me to stand up.

I swayed and caught myself on one of the machines, the humans all around me with their hands our as if they were going to catch me. Luckily I beat them to it, I didn't want their hands on me. Ellis seemed innocent enough, though. But...Joseph had been that way too. Sure, he had been annoying, but he had seemed genuine enough. And look how that turned out. He betrayed me and sent me to this strange place with these strange people with no concept of personal space.

So maybe I wasn't a good judge of character.

I felt dejected at the thought, my eyes lowering to my feet as I righted myself, subtly trying to cover myself. I may not be self conscious of my body on my home planet...but in front of these people? I felt like they have seen more than enough. "May I have clothes? I don't feel comfortable standing here in the nude."

The boss nodded, nodding to a woman who then threw me a pair of loose pants and a shirt. I blinked, already knowing that I was going to heat up immensely in this, thanks to my thicker skin, but I would rather suffer, than be here naked any longer. And it wasn't just the fact that these people were strangers, but I also had noticed a woman in the back who kept staring at me strangely, and it was making me uncomfortable. So it was suffer for a bit, or be ogled like a steak on a starving planet.

I grudgingly put the clothes off, wincing at the uncomfortable fabric as I covered myself, pulling my hair out of the shirt so it fell down my back. I could already feel myself getting a little too warm, but I bit my cheek and crossed my arms over my chest, staring at the boss. "Alright, I'm ready to be questioned. Lead the way."