AWARE

Prolouge

Prologue

She sat in the chair stiffly, not completely sure that she was ready for this. A decision of this magnitude would change everything-but then again, that's what she wanted. Change. The cool metal underneath her palms aided in calming her body, but her mind was on fire. The stretchy, tight black suit she was required to wear clung to her skin, and in her minds eye she imagined ripping it off and sprinting to an escape pod in nothing but gauze wraps. But if she did that, the whole plan would be ruined. The grotesque exra terrestrial approached her in a sickly, slithering manner that made her want to retch.

"Are you aware of your rights?" It croaked. She didn't reply. She didn't even let her gaze wander over to the creature, she remained completely relaxed and empty. Exactly as the schleimig wanted her to be. It did its own interpretation of a smirk, which came out as a snarl, and stared at her with its beady eyes.

"Answer me human, are you aware of your rights?" Again, she did not reply, and the sickening creature got even closer to her, its wriggling face tentacles nearly touching her. "That is correct, human, you have no rights. You come here on an unnamed pod, alone, with no supplies. I have a feeling you want this." She swallowed hard and stared forward. The schleimig slid its frontal tentacle around her wrist and pulled her up, growling. "Well, it appears that you will get what you came for!

As it dragged her down the complicated hallways of their ship, she marveled at the fact that a simple language manipulator around her wrist could turn their primal, guttural language into English-for her ears, at least. She was shoved into a room, landing hard on her knees.

"Strip."

Normally she would have roundhouse kicked the creature in the face, but this was a special situation, so she gritted her teeth and unzipped the suit. Difficult as it was, she got the damn thing off and was left in the gauze wraps covering her privates. Thank god the schleimig viewed her as disgusting! She walked into a room filled with the same creatures, who were surrounding a chair with straps. She sat in it and got stepped down. One of the creatures opened a hollow tube and poured a liquid in it before closing it up and attaching a needle to the top. He did this for three other tubes and approached me.

"We will begin now." Not giving any sympathy, it stabbed the needle into my shoulder and pressed the small button at the top. It felt like someone was pouring fire into my veins, and the other creatures followed suit. My screams filled the room as white hot liquid filled my veins, coagulating my blood, doing things that would prove to have incomprehensible effects.