Saved by Sweet Alien Box Set (2 page)

LEILA

I try to get some sleep.  The
floor is metal and cold.  The air is filthy.  I lay on my back but it’s too
cold.  I turn to my left side and use my arm as a pillow.   This is going to be
a long night.

When I wake up, I see that all
the girls are eating.  I sit up and blink my eyes.  A few big lamps on the roof
are casting bright lights everywhere.  It takes me a while to get used to it.

Darcy smiles at me.  “I’m
guessing you’re hungry.”

My belly begins to rumble.  I
nod slightly.  She passes me two straw balls but nothing else.  I look at them,
not knowing what to do.

She takes a tiny bite from a
straw ball in her hand and then smiles, “Eat.”

I take a bite.  It tastes
like some sort of seaweed.  The smell is fresh, but it’s so dry, I can barely swallow
it.

“You will get used to it,”
Darcy grins and takes another bite.

“No water?” I ask.

“Once a day.” She tosses her
chin.  I see a few faucets on the wall.  “That’s for everything.  Drinking, cleaning.”

It takes me almost an hour to
finish the two balls.  I chew carefully and swallow hard.  I want to finish
them all because I know this is the only food I’m going to get for the day.

Soon, I meet the other
girls.  They are mostly from the east coast, like New York, Boston, North
Carolina, and Florida.  A few girls are from the west but they were caught on
their way to Disney World.

There is a girl from Toronto,
Canada.  She was on her way to Chicago when she was sucked into the air from
her car.  “I thought it was a tornado.”

They are all exhausted.  No
one wants to talk.  They simply eat the straw balls and then lie still to save
energy.  When water runs down from the faucets, they run over to drink and wash.  

“This is hell.  I want to get
out of here.”  I murmur to Darcy.

She pushes a finger at her
lips, looking at the door.  “Shhh…”  

I don’t see any aliens
outside but I keep quiet.  After a while, she turns to me.  “Okay, you can talk
now.”

“Did you hear anything?” I
look at the earring. 

“I hear two aliens talking
not far away.  Maybe around the corner.”

“What are they saying?”

“Something dirty.”  She stops
for a short moment and then adds,  “Fucking girls.  Ah, yeah, they want the
girls here.”

“You mean they’re going to
rape us?” My eyes widen.  This is so gross.  What if a girl gets pregnant?  Is
she going to give birth to an ugly creature like the ones who kidnapped us?  I
almost gag.

“It happened before.  Every
girl is scared.” Darcy lowers her voice. 

I bite my lip and my brain is
on rapid fire.  “Darcy, I’d rather die than stay here,” I finally say.

“But what can we do?  We are
up in the space.  And those aliens have weapons.”

“I’ve been thinking…you know
what I noticed in the last few days?  There are two kinds of aliens.  One kind
is short and skinny.  They make decisions and give commands.  The other kind is
fat and strong.  They take commands and watch us.”

“You’re right.  So what’s the
plan?”

“I’m not a hundred percent
sure yet.  But if we can capture a senior officer of the ship, maybe we can
bargain our way back to Earth.”

Darcy thinks for a long time
and then says, “That’s a bold plan. How the hell do we know who ranks the
highest?”

“I bet it’s the one with the
most wrinkles. When I was first captured, he was the one giving all the orders.
I bet he’s the top dog.”

“Yeah, I think you’re right
about that but…” Darcy looks sideways at the other girls, uncertain.

I grab her shoulders and look
into her eyes. I’ve never felt such urgency before.

“Look, I know we may fail,” My
whisper is harsh. “But this is the only way we can go back to Earth.  Do you
want to be raped and then sold to some gross aliens?”

Darcy shakes her head.

“That’s right, girl. We have
to do this. Can you help me with one thing?” I ask.

“Sure.  Anything.”

“Figure out where the top
alien stays most the time.”

She gulps then says, “I
believe I know.  Most time, he gives orders from a control room.  It’s at the
end of the hallway.”  She points out of our cell.

“Is it far from here?” I ask.

“I don’t think so.  But there
are guards on the way.  I can always hear them talking.”

“How many?”

She tilts her head and
listens carefully.  “Two?  I’m not so sure but that’s how many I can hear now.”

“Great.  Look, we can
outnumber them.”

“You mean with all the
girls?”

“Yup.”

She looks around and shakes
her head.

I look and see weary faces. 
Every girl looks so tired and scared.   I highly doubt that they have any energy
or courage to fight the armed aliens. 

I need to come up with a well
thought out plan.  We have only one opportunity.  Once everything is laid out
in my head, I’ll have to talk to the girls one by one, to motivate them. 

I spend two more days watching,
putting the pieces together in my head.  I find that once a day, three fat
aliens come to give us food.  Then two leave.  One stays nearby as the guard.   The
guard comes to the door and looks inside every fifteen minutes or so.  He may
stroll away and disappear for a long while.

“See, here’s my plan.” I look
at the door and turn back to Darcy.  “We will have to get the guard into the
cage.”

LEILA

“You mean to get the guard
into this cage so we can then disarm him?” Darcy looks at me.

“Yup.  We can knock him out
and take his gun.  Then we can capture the two guards with our gun.”

Darcy looks up at the
ceiling, thinking hard.  “Hmmm, we can pin the guy with all the girls.  Then…
with the gun...  Right.  Good.   Um… What if the two guards down the hallway
fight back with their guns?”

“Then we will shoot them.” I
know how to use a shotgun and I’m sure that I can shoot with the alien gun,
too.  It looks like a rifle and should be easy to use.

We begin to discuss the
details.  The most obvious idea is to start an argument, making it really loud
to get the guard’s attention.   Hopefully, he will come in to deal with it. 
Then all the girls will jump on him. 

“I hope there is a rock
somewhere.”  I look around but see no rock. 

“We can use our fists.” Darcy
raises her fist.

“Right.” I raise my fist,
too.

“Wait, what if the guard
calls for backup? I mean, to break up the fight?”

Darcy is right. If he calls
for help, we’ll be doomed. This is no good.

We are quiet again, deep in thought.
We finally settle on faking sickness. A girl is going to moan and gasp, and the
other girls will cry for help.   Hopefully, the guard will come in to handle
the situation.

We begin to spread our ideas
to the other girls. Only half of the girls feel that it’s a doable plan and
agree to join.  The rest remain silent, shaking their heads.

“I don’t understand, Darcy. 
Don’t they want freedom?”

“I think they do, but they’re
too scared.”

A few more girls are dragged
in the next couple of days.  Then, it all gets quiet.  “They are talking about
the plan to sell us now.”  Darcy tells me.

“Are we on the way to an
alien planet?”

“Guess so.  They keep talking
about something like… A-f-f-e-n-d-o-r?”

“Is that their home planet?”

“It sounds like it, Leila.” 
She listens carefully. “They’re talking about something dirty.   Like… the
pretty and cheap girls they have fucked.  Gosh.  These assholes.”

“Are they going to sell us
there?” I ask.

“That’s what they’re saying,
Leila.”

 “Darcy, we need to take
action now.” I grab her arm.

“I know, Leila.  I know. 
Let’s get the girls together.” 

We gather all the girls who
agreed to join us.  “We’re flying toward their home planet as we speak. That is
where they plan to sell us. If we want to escape, we need to act
now
.” I
speak slowly and clearly.

“What if we fail?” a girl
pipes up.

“Then we die.” I look at
her.  “Would you rather die or be sold to a gross alien?”

“There’s no way I would live like
that.”  Her eyes are spitting fire.

To my surprise, a few of the
girls are backing out.  “Let’s think about it,” they mutter, their eyes not
meeting mine.

“There’s nothing to think
about, okay?” I urge.

But they simply look at the
floor, saying nothing.

“Okay, just make your
decision quickly.  We’re running out of time.”

I shake my head and sigh.  What
the hell, what’s going on in their heads?  “Maybe we should go ahead without
those girls?”  I look at Darcy.

“But we don’t have enough
people.”

“Yes, we do.  We can still
outnumber one alien.”

“But everyone is weakened
from hunger.”

Darcy is right.  Two tiny
straw balls a day is nothing.   I’ve lost at least thirty pounds.

The aliens are shorter than
me, but they are very muscled.  They have weapons, too.  

I drop to a corner.  “Darcy,
we’re going to be sold.  What’s going to happen next?”

“We work as slaves?” Darcy
blinks her eyes.

“Come on, Darcy, don’t fool
yourself.  They want only single young women.  What’s that for?  To sell us as
wives.  Right?  Fuck, this is so gross.” I stare at the roof. 

Maybe we should have tried
to escape back in Earth’s orbit?  Back then, we had more energy. 

Slowly, I fall into sleep.

 “Leila, Leila, wake up.”  It’s Darcy.

“What’s up?” I sit up and wipe my eyes.

“They’re talking about the landing now.  We have to move. 
This is our last opportunity.”

We get all the girls together right away.  “Look, in a few
moments, they are going to land.  Then they’re going to sell us to other aliens
as wives.  Do you want that to happen to you?”  I look at the girls one by
one. 

Some return my stare but many look at the floor.

“No matter what’s going to happen, I want you to jump on the
guard and pin him down on the floor.” I look at the girls, saying one word at a
time.

Darcy walks to the far end of the cage and lays on the
floor.  She begins to moan. 

“Darcy, are you okay? Oh, gosh, help, help!” A few girls
begin to call.

Soon, the guard strolls to the door.  He lets out a wicked
whistle, looking at the far corner. 

“Please help!”  I step forward. 

The guard looks for a few moments and then turns back,
strolling away.

What the hell.  He doesn’t care at all.  Our plan is doomed.

“Where the fuck are you going?” I scream. 

He turns around and stares right into my eyes.  His gaze is
so vicious, I have a hard time keeping my heart in my chest.

Then he smiles, turning back again.

“Fuck you!” I yell.

He turns to looks at me.  His smile turns dirty.   My heart
thumps.  He tosses me a kiss and then turns back again.

Holy crap, this alien asshole is leaving for sure.  What am
I going to do now?

LEILA

There is no way I’ll let him go.  I rub my boobs and wiggle
my body.  “Come get me.”

His dirty smile grows wider.  He moves to the door and reach
in for my boobs.  I step back.

He tries a few times and then steps back, tossing me a kiss
again.

Fuck, he is going to leave.

I spit on his face.  “You dirty asshole.”

The alien is upset.  He wipes his face and then pulls out a
key.   He opens the door and storms in.  I step back quickly. “Come get me.”

He chases me, letting out sharp whistles.  I’m sure he is
angry now.

“Girls, get him.”  I look around, but all the girls have retreated
to the walls, leaving me alone in the middle. 

“What the fuck are you waiting for?  Jump him!” I yell,
stepping back.

Suddenly, I fall over someone.  I turn over.  “Darcy?”

Darcy gives me a broad smile.  The next moment, she sends
her shoulder all the way into the alien’s belly.

The alien tumbles a few times and then drops to the floor. 

Darcy lands hard on his fat form, turning her head and
yelling, “Come on, girls.”

A few girls respond to the call, running to crush the
alien. 

The fat monster kicks, screaming.

I pick up the gun but can’t shoot.  So many girls are on him,
I worry I may shoot them.

“Hurry up, Leila.” Darcy screams.  The alien is pushing her
off his body.

I lift the gun high and bring the butt down onto his ugly head. 
The alien screams louder.  The smell from his wound is terrible.  Green blood
spills out, wetting the floor.

I keep hitting and hitting.  After a while, Darcy holds my
hand and gasps, “He’s dead, Leila.”

The alien is now motionless.  I wipe the green blood off my
face.  “Let’s go.” I look at the girls.

Suddenly, a girl at the door begins to scream.  I raise my
head and see an alien running our way, with his gun on his shoulder.

I aim at him with the dead alien’s gun and reach for the
trigger, but I touch nothing.  “Shoot, Leila, shoot!” Darcy screams.

“No fucking trigger.”  I scream back, my hand searching for
the trigger all over.  Suddenly, a sharp laser beam shoots into the alien’s
chest.  He stumbles a few times and then drops flat on the floor.

I look down and see my finger on a button.  “Let’s go.” I
run out of the door.

Darcy runs right behind me.  “The gun, the gun.” she calls. 

We pull hard to get the gun from under the second fat alien
body.  “This is the trigger.”  I show Darcy the button.

“Got it.”  She smiles.

We run down the hallway as quickly as we can.  Suddenly, we
see the control room.  It’s a huge room with large screens and control panels. 
“Hurry up.”  I wave my arm.  We will have to capture the top alien and force
him to send us back to Earth before the spaceship lands.

Suddenly, loud gunshots fill the air as an alien appears
from the control room, shooting at us, bullets zooming by my ears.  Gosh, they
sound more powerful than the laser guns.

Without thinking, Darcy and I open fire at him.  Laser beams
hit his body but he keeps shooting. 

“Fuck, he is bullet proof.” Darcy keeps shooting.

I see green beams from his eyes.  I aim my gun higher.  The
laser beam cuts through his face and sends him down to the floor. 

Behind him, the control panel goes up in flames. My laser is
burning through it.  “Oh, fuck!” I let go of the trigger immediately, but it’s
too late.  The spaceship begins to tumble.  Huge amounts of fire and smoke spew
out of the control room. 

“Back!” I cough, running back down the hallway.

The spaceship is quaking like crazy.  It’s hard to keep our balance.  
“Hell, we’re going to die.”  Darcy screams with the other girls.

“No fucking wa—” I fall into a pitch dark world.

 I open my eyes and look around. 
Where am I?

I see a pile of girls.  It doesn’t take long for me to
remember what happened: we crashed the spaceship.

Most of the spaceship is gone.  The hallway and control room
are no more.  We’re only still alive because we’ve retreated to the tail of the
spaceship.

“Darcy… Darcy?” I look.

“I’m here.”  I hear Darcy’s weak voice.   Two girls lay prone
on top of her.  I pull the girls away.  Their bodies are cold.  God, they are
dead.

“Darcy, you okay?” I wipe the blood off her face. 

“Yeah.  I’m still alive, right?”  She gives me a tiny smile.

We regroup, and take the time to tend to the wounded,
stopping any bleeding with strips of the girls’ own clothing.

Six girls were killed during the crash.  All the aliens are
gone, the only two left are the two we killed in the cage.

It’s deadly cold.  Snowflakes dance in a strong wind, making
their way through a few cracks in the hull.   The largest hole is at the top.

“Are we back on Earth?” one of the girls asked.

“No way.  I heard them talking about
Affendor
for a
long time.  I think this is their home planet.” Darcy says.  She stops for a
short while and then points at the sky.  “Look.  The sky is pink.  Our sky is
blue.”

I look through the hole.  She is right.  The sky is all
pink.  

“Shoot.  What are we going to do now?”  My head swirls
fast.   See, because this is their home land, we may probably see more
aliens.   The same vicious kind.  Hell, this isn’t good.

What are our options?  We need food, clothing, and medical
aid.  We can only get these from the local habitants.

 “Maybe we should go to find help.” I murmur.

“Sure.  It’s the only way.”  Darcy agrees right away.

“Who’s going, then?”

“You.” She smiles.

She’s right.  Other girls are either wounded or super
weak.   Darcy’s leg is badly hurt.

I smile.  “Okay, I’ll do it, but I need some warm
clothing.”  I look around.  Every girl is wearing only a little. 

Strong wind is blowing snow into my face.  I shiver.  “Heck,
I can’t go out like this.”

“You can take my blouse.”  Darcy begins to unbutton.

“Are you crazy, Darcy?” I stop her right away.

I think for a while and then smile.

“Girls, I’m going to need your help.”  I walk toward the
alien’s body.

Soon, we remove everything from the body.  Then we take the
clothes from the second body, too.  They are too short and tight for me, and
they smell like shit, but I put every piece on except for the shirt that is
soaked in the green blood.

“Do I look good?”  I do a 360, spreading my arms.

“You look terrific.”  Darcy gives me a weak smile.  “Take
this.” She gives me the earring.

“Thank you, Darcy.” I put the earring on.  Now I can
understand the Affendor language.  That reminds me something.   “Darcy, do you
think they’ll understand
me
?”

“I’m not sure, Leila.  But at least you can understand them.”

It takes a long time for us to make the hole at the top big
enough for my body to go through.  I hug each girl.  “I’ll look ‘til I drop. 
Or until I find help,”  I smile. “Whichever comes first.”

“I’m sure you can do it, Leila.”  Darcy says.

“Don’t wait for me if I don’t come back.”  I squeeze out a
smile.

With help from a few girls, I climb through the hole and
slide down the hull.   The moment my feet touch the ground, my body begins to
roll down the steep slope. 

I spread my arms and scream…