Extraterrestrial

"What a stunning creature..." The ethereal luminescent boy reached out and brushed a hand across my cheek in awe. "So beautifully designed and crafted." I flinched at his touch. Who was this guy? I was just laying out under the stars reading and I must have dozed off.The boy had woken me up but I still felt as though I were dreaming.

I managed to find my voice. "Who...are you?" He did not look human which further made me believe it was a dream. His silky skin was the color of midnight but he had phosphorescent stripes of pale blue that decorated unusual parts of his body. The stripes glowed fervently in the moonlight.

"I highly doubt you would be able to pronounce my name, miss Fynn." His eyes explored my face. I noticed they were as black as his skin, he appeared to have no pupils and there were no white parts. His eyes were two voids; two feverish black holes. The boy's eyelashes were also startling since they were pure white and glowed like the moon. His hair was black velvet, long and feathery; sideswept and windblown-looking.

The boy's eyes bore into mine, searching for answers to all the world's questions. But I was still startled by his answer to my earlier one. "How do you know my last name?" This was disturbing. Even verging on a bit creepy.

Instead of answering my question he said something in gibberish. Or at least that's what it sounded like. It wasn't something that sounded like any language I'd ever heard. He smirked mischievously. "That is my name. Obviously by the look on your face, you think I'm talking nonsense. So I will tell you the human translation. I am Camhlaidh Emir Trytinas." He paused. "But you can call me Cam." The boy winked and lied down beside me.

My heart started pounding furiously against my chest. "So, Cam," I managed to say a bit shakily, "what are you exactly? You're skin is like...um, glow in the dark." He surveyed my eyes expectantly so I continued confidently, "Last time I checked, my skin doesn't do that. In fact, no human being I've ever met before has skin like that."

Swallowing nervously, I inched further away. But then I realized it was probably just a dream and he was just a figment of my imagination so I stopped myself. It didn't help, though, that I'd been reading Star Trek before I'd dozed off.

Cam cocked his head to the side and stayed quiet. I bit my tongue hard, tasting a bit of blood. What? I thought to myself, Why am I not waking up?! I dug my nails into my palms until I couldn't stand it anymore. The pain made everything more sharp and clear but I still didn't wake up. I'd started rubbing my eyes when Cam spoke suddenly, though his voice was hardly a whisper, "You are not asleep, pretty human; this is no dream."

Slowly I opened my eyes and almost fell back when I saw him looking at me with such a fiery intensity, it could melt ice. "W-why are you here?" I stammered, unsure of this stranger's motives.

The mysterious boy fingered some grass blades by the blanket and murmured, "I want to take you home with me..." He glanced up, his black eyes locked with mine. "And I'm not taking no for an answer."

My muscles tensed and then I quickly stood up. "Well this is me saying no." I turned on my heel towards the house but he caught my ankle so I lost balance and took a face plant into the lawn. Adrenaline sliced through my veins and I crawled forward. This is the part of the horror movie where the girl tries to get away but the guy catches her and brutally murders her anyway! I thought to myself in panic. This cannot be happening!

Further and further I crawled but he still had a hold of my ankle and chuckled at my pathetic escape attempt. I kicked my other leg at his shin but it was of no use and he snatched my other ankle. So there I was; a pitiful sight dangling from his grasp. Then an obvious idea occurred to me. Why don't I just scream? So opened my mouth to let out the biggest shriek I'd ever done. My plan was thwarted however; the boy anticipated my actions and quickly scooped me up into his arms then sealed my mouth closed with his lips.

I was so taken by surprise I stopped fighting for a spilt second, noting his otherworldly taste. Then I remembered where I was and began squealing and squirming against his stone-like body again. He was like a statue and did not move one inch.

Eventually after about a half hour of trying to get away, I was tired and breathed heavily through my nose- he still had his mouth superglued to mine. My body relaxed; all the adrenaline had drained out of me like gas out of a car. Slowly, he pulled his lips away but laid his forehead to mine. "Are you ready to be good now?" he whispered sternly as if I'd misbehaved.

Anger rose to my cheeks again and I was going to scream. He saw my face and did another unsuspected thing- he bit my lip. I gave him an odd look but he smirked devilishly, flashing me a wide crystal smile.

I felt dizzy suddenly; the waves of sleep threatened to pull me under. My eyelids felt like weights and I struggled to keep them open. "No..." I croaked, my hoarse voice hardly a sound, my tongue thick. Everything blurred and I was taken by darkness.
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I awoke in a small black room. Phosphorescent blue stripes lined the walls to light the space so I could see everything. I lied on an interesting water bed-like thing and that was it. Searching around the room, I could find no doors or windows I could exit through. I sighed and paced around the small quarters. No ideas came.

A dull headache pounded on my skull but I wasn't sure how I'd gotten it. Was I hit with something? I contemplated. No... I didn't think so. The last thing I remembered was Cam biting my bottom lip...

I sat down on the edge of the bed and drank in every detail of the room. Where exactly was I? Until I figured that out I wasn't going to get anywhere. Suddenly the wall in front of me plunged downward and I was looking into the face of my captor. Cam.
His dark eyes surveyed me as he started to walk towards the bed. He stopped- only inches away. "Where am I?" I questioned, looking hard at him.

Unflinchingly, he tilted my chin up with a finger and said, "I don't think you're in any position to be asking questions right now, m'dear." I jerked away from his touch and at this he nodded his head. "When you're ready to behave just call."

I glared at his silhouette leaving the room. But then I realized I was losing an opportunity to escape so I rushed over to where the wall had been and...ran smack into an invisible shield. Cam grinned from the other side and casually walked away.

I turned around to flop down on the bed again and take a long nap but the bed was gone. Just vanished. Now it was just me and this godforsaken neon prison. I leaned against a wall and slumped down. I felt like an animal.

I pinched myself again for good measure but it was futile. I was awake. So instead of trying to resist sleep, this time I let it take me, with open arms.
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When I woke up I was dazed and confused and hungry. Why hadn't they given me food? Cam was leaning against the glass wall, watching my every move. Seeing him sparked something in me so I gave him the finger and turned my back to him.

I heard his voice say, "You are only hurting yourself, pretty girl" before he walked off again, leaving me in my despair.
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This went on for what seemed like days until finally I couldn't take it anymore. I needed to eat. So when Cam came to the glass wall one day I was on the floor wallowing with hunger pangs and he asked, "Are you ready to be good now?" I slowly nodded my head with great effort. "Alright then." He came over, picked me up in his arms once more, and carried me out. I was absolute dead weight; without one single thought of resisting.

Everything was really distorted to me at that moment but I could still see the elaborate advanced technology in the building and the creatures operating them. Almost all looked like Cam and they were obviously not human. Through various corridors and mazes and tunnels we finally arrived at Cam's room where the door slide open automatically and closed when we were inside.

He placed me gingerly on the bed and brought out totally human food in a hovering neon sphere to my side. I gorged on the mashed potatoes and the juicy steak before moving onto the delicious cake awaiting. I then realized I was dehydrated so I asked him if he could get me some water. The orb automatically produced it and I drank from the bottle greedily. Once satisfied, I lay back on the bed and closed my eyes.

I felt a warm hand brush through my hair so I opened my eyes and looked up at Cam. He hovered over me and longingly stroked my cheek. My face heated up and I realized how beautiful he was, how hypnotizing his eyes were. I blinked and brought myself back to reality. He was the enemy. I scooted away cautiously- I didn't want to do anything to make him upset to make him put me back in the cage but I really was scared.

"What do you want with me?" my voice quivered. He reached over and I let him brush a stray tear from my face. "Please, just let me go home." He didn't answer so I turned my back to him hoping this act of defiance wasn't too much.At that he shook his head and crawled behind me.

I took a deep breath and centered myself as he wrapped his arms around me, securing me to him. His hot breath brushed past my ear as he said, "You are mine. You will never go home. I will not ever let you leave me." My worst fears came true. He really was psychotic if he thought he was going to keep me here forever.

I struggled against him knowing the consequences but I figured I'd rather die than be with this lunatic for eternity. Except, like last time, he didn't budge and I was stuck there. Then I had an idea, though I wasn't sure it would work. But I had to try.

I turned to face him and tried to feign the most sultry voice I could manage. "So, if I have to stay here forever," I paused for effect and ran a finger down his chest, "doesn't that mean we have all the time in the world to do anything we want?"

His mischievous smile returned, "And what did you have in mind?" I wanted to smack that smirk off his face but instead I pressed my lips to his; slightly biting his bottom lip. He moaned in pleasure and pushed me down so he was on top. This was my chance! I kissed him one more time making him get into it and then kneed him in the stomach. I'd caught him off guard and he fell to the side in pain.

Frantically, I jumped off the cushy bed and headed towards the door. It wouldn't open so I tried the touchscreen keypad to unlock it. Unfortunately, I didn't have the passcode so I was locked in here. I heard a slight noise behind me and when I turned around, Cam pushed me against the door.

"So..." His eyes glinted in amusement. "you like it rough?" I looked towards the side so he couldn't kiss me but I knew it was useless. He pressed his hips to mine and moved his head towards my bare neck.

I realized what he was about to do so I whimpered a quiet "No." He ignored me and brushed his mouth across my neck so that goose flesh rose up all over. Then he coyly licked a spot and sank his teeth into my skin. I then started to get dizzy again. Maybe there was some kind of drug in the food... My thoughts became disjointed and fuzzy as I fell into his arms and plunged into darkness once more.
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I awoke on his bed; sprawled out on the soft sponge-like surface. This time my body ached all over- especially the place where he bit me. It felt like I'd been hit by a truck. My eyes scanned the room and I realized he'd left.

I felt something cold around my neck and I reached up to examine it. With horror I realized it was a collar. In a frenzy I attempted to wrench it off but it also appeared to have a touchscreen passcode as I glanced into the mirror across the room.

I hopped off the bed and inspected every object surrounding me. There was the bed, the mirror on the wall and a huge bathtub in another adjoining room. The bathtub had what looked like a billion different sprays, faucets, soaps, oils, perfumes, etc. placed all around its width. There was also some kind of square in the corner of the bathroom that had tiny holes on its surface. Another keypad accompanied it.

As I walked back towards the door to try a second time opening it, I looked into the mirror again. I was shocked to see that I was in completely different clothes. I had on some sort of flexible leather jumpsuit colored navy blue. It looked kind of reptilian and covered my whole body except my head.

I went cold as I realized Cam probably saw me in the nude. And while I was asleep he most likely threw my other clothes out. Running a hand through my hair I paced. What was going to happen to me? How could I escape? Was I ever going to get home? I laid back on the bed and waited for his return.
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Upon feeling a light kiss on my forehead, I awoke slowly- letting my eyelids flutter until everything came into focus. Cam hovered over me and kissed me on the lips when he knew I was fully awake.

"We've almost landed. Care to see the view?" Without waiting for an answer, he lifted me up and carried me to the mirror where he said a few words and a veil was lifted. It wasn't just a mirror, It was a window. Outside I saw trillions of stars winking at me- with Earth's nebula far off into the distance. I gaped at the spectacular view, refusing to believe it was real.

"Where...are.... Where are you taking me?!" my voice rose up in hysterics and I fought my way out of his arms. Surprisingly he let me run all the way to the door before capturing me again. "Let me go! Let GO!" I slapped his chest hard but he grabbed my collar and forced me to look at his eyes.

"You will do exactly as I say," he spoke in a silky voice and I nodded in agreement; lost in his eyes. He continued, "When we land, you will not speak unless spoken to and will follow no other commands other than my own. Understood?" His black voids bore into my soul.

Something inside me clicked and a voice answered, "Yes." Mystified, I realized it was my own. How could he do that? How could he just look at me with those eyes and make me do whatever he wanted? He searched for any signs of rebellion in my face and, when he could find none, led me to the door.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Cam reached into the pocket of his dark nearly identical jumpsuit and pulled out some sort of glowing blue rope. He attached it to my black metal collar and connected the other half to his white techy belt. Satisfied, he tugged me away, typed in the passcode, and pushed me through the opened door.
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The wind blew violently; tearing at my clothes and hair. Cold air choked me and I fell to my knees, gasping. The ground was sandlike and produced an unearthy aroma. It's scent was like frozen pine needles as they pinch the winter air with a biting smell of leafy mint. Among the blue sands were tall mountains of obsidian; terrifyingly brutal as they punctured the night sky. Millions of craters pockmarked the area, their width covered much of the planet's surface.

I cowered in fear. Wondering aloud I whispered, "What is this place?" Then I clamped my mouth shut, remembering what Cam had said. He didn't hear me though and crouched near the ground, feeling the sand slither around his fingertips.

He then stood up and offered me a hand. I took it wholeheartedly with hopes of earning his trust. He smiled a pointy grin and pulled me towards one of the obsidian towers.