I snorted at the sarcasm dripping from his every syllable, but Xil was mollified and fiddled around with the controls.
"You may want to go to the med bay," he suggested to me. "I'll join you as soon as I've got the Jade back in orbit and on autopilot."
"Aye, aye, Captain." I gave him a mock salute and ran from the bridge before he could react. I loved teasing him.
* * *
Matar
I looked at them with pride. Hix and Hex were on a bed in the med bay, sedated yet about to wake up. A few small feathers drifted to the floor, part of their white fluffy down. Havel had run a quick scan of them to make sure they were alright. This had been an extremely successful abduction.
"Should we cuff them?" the medic asked. "I'm sure we can subdue them if they fight, but I don't want them to damage anything."
I shrugged. "If you want. Maybe we should probe them while we're at it. Improve our probing skills."
"You will do no such thing!"
I turned to find Trish standing in the doorway, her hands on her hips.
"Probing is reserved for me. They're our guests, not our experimental subjects. Understood?"
My heart was close to exploding with pride for our wonderful female. She was so clever, so confident. We'd done well in choosing her.
"Understood," I confirmed with a smile. "We'll be sure to probe you at the earliest opportunity."
Her cheeks turned dark pink, my new favourite colour. She was adorable.
"I've already thought of some new instruments I could build," Havel said." And this time, I won't forget to attach some sensors or a camera to the probe."
I cringed at the memory of our botched first probing. Not that it hadn't been fun and educational. Andhot. But we had indeed forgotten the whole point of probing, which was to gather data on our abductee.
Hix and Hex just about fit onto the bed. They were narrow up until their chest, but then turned wide with their two heads. Havel was in medic paradise, taking a lot more scans of them than were necessary. I could already see him getting all sad once we delivered them to the IGU and he'd be no longer able to study them.
One of the Gemi'i torso-brothers groaned.
"Are they waking up?" Trish asked.
"Last chance to tie them up," Havel warned, checking his instruments.
"I'm not into that kind of thing." The left head was awake, a smirk on his lips. He didn't look scared at all, just tired. "Hey, Hix, wake up, we've been abducted by aliens."
"So cool," Hix yawned without opening his eyes. "Just five more minutes."
I stared at them in disbelief. Abductees weren't supposed to behave like this. How were they so calm?
"I'm assuming Kat sent you?" Hex asked. "Come on, Hix, help me sit up or hand over the reins. I want to look our abductors in the eye, not lie here like a lump sack of coal."
The other head yawned again."You have control."
So that's how it worked. One of them steered their body at a time, giving the other a break to just ride along. I imagined how nice this would be on long, boring walks. I could just snooze away while my torso-brother did all the work. But then, did I want to be trapped in the same body with another male? Share the same cock? No klatting way.
Trish stepped forward. "Let me do this, boys." She winked at me. "Welcome to the Jade. Yes, you have been abducted, but do not fear, we're going to take good care of you."
"A human, how curious." Hix stared at her with unabashed curiosity. "We've never been abducted by a human before."
I frowned at him. "Have you been abducted a lot?"
"Yes, for research purposes. It's never a good idea to teach a subject without having personal experience in it."