Page 6 of Alien Abduction for Pirates
“Agreed. Are any of your students planning missions to Peritus?”
“Yes, but none of the current class are advanced enough yet to attempt an abduction. Two of my best students, A-Ven and A-Vay, will conduct their final assignment here later this term, but I had them in my tutor group just now, so it’s certainly not them.”
La-Layna clears her throat. “Captain, they’re hailing us.”
“Put them through.”
“It’s voice only, no video,” she says quietly before a crackling interrupts her.
“Enemy ship, get out of our way,” a female voice snarls.
My translator implant does its job, but I would have recognised that harsh accent anywhere. Pletorians. The scum of the galaxy. Not honourable enough to be pirates, too violent to integrate into galactic society, too stupid to realise that. They’re scavengers, taking on other species’ technology because they’re too dumb to develop their own. They must have stolen the ships they’re on. There’s no way a Pletorian could have an advanced shield like this.
“What are your intentions here?” I demand.
Before they can answer, May does the most stupid thing she could have done.
She shouts “Help!” at the top of her lungs.
I’ve abducted an idiot.
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May
Idon’t understand what the aliens from the other ship are saying – only the four aliens around me are speaking English – but they’re my only chance of rescue. I refuse to be probed, dissected and turned into a museum exhibit. It can’t get any worse than this, can it?
Aedan stares at me in anger. His horns seem to bulge from his skull, making him even more intimidating. I shrink away from him, just in case he decides that he wants to do the dissecting before the probing after all. Not long ago, back on Earth, I wanted to die. Now, I have a fierce desire to live. In one piece, without probes, with my body intact, with my freedom unbroken.
The alien from the other ship growls something which makes the four beings around me spring into action. They push buttons, type stuff into their holographic keyboards, and Aedan suddenly wraps an arm around me and pulls me against him.
Obviously, I struggle. Especially when something hard pokes against my back. Please let that not be what I think it is.
"Stop," he hisses. "They might try to beam you over, but they can't while you're touching me."
He's just given me even an even better reason to get away from him. The enemies of my enemies are my friends, right? Aedan and his crew are kidnappers, so the other aliens must be better than that. Maybe they can fly me back down to Earth.
I pause at that thought. Do I even want to go back?
It doesn't matter. I certainly don't want to stay here waiting to be probed. I ram my elbows into Aedan's chest as hard as I can. He groans, but his grip on me only tightens.
"They're Pletorians, you idiot. They'll rape you, beat you, sell you as a slave."
He could be lying, but the slight panic in his voice tells me otherwise. Fuck. From the frying pan into the fire. That hadn't been my intention.
I stop struggling and press closer against him. I don't want to be beamed to the other alien ship after all. I don't even mind Aedan's hard cock against my back. I wonder what it looks like. Will it be human or more...alien? Does he have more than one, maybe? Or is this not a dick but something else entirely? For all I know, his species could reproduce asexually. He might grow a little Aedan somewhere on his body, like in hydra corals. It's not like I have any clue about aliens. Humans might be the only species that has sex in the entire universe. His cock - well, his hard appendage - jerks against me and I hope to all the Gods that I'm wrong.
"You cannot have her," he says loudly while protectively crushing me against his chest. It feels strangely good. It shouldn't, but it does. "I abducted her. She's mine."
"Stealing an abductee would be a serious breach of Intergalactic Law," the female alienon the screen adds. I don't know if she's talking in English or if her voice is somehow translated, but at least I can understand her, unlike the aliens on the other ship. Just like the two males on the bridge, the female has three eyes. It should look strange, but they somehow suit the shape of her skull. The eye in the centre of her forehead is wide open and doesn't blink, while the other two could almost pass for human. Her purple skin is paler than that of Aedan and has a beautiful marbled effect, with patterns swirling all over her face and neck. She reminds me a bit of one of my tutors at the Royal Conservatoire - stunning but incredibly stern. An ice queen.
"You are being watched," she continues. "I am ready to send ships after you should you not retreat at once."
"This isn't your remit," Aedan hisses. "I abducted her, I'm going to protect her. We don't need your help."
The female rolls her third eye in exasperation, but doesn't say anything more.
The aliens reply in harsh, guttural words that make a shiver run down my back. They don't sound happy. And somehow, I doubt they'll simply back down.
