LJ Idol Season 8: Week 36(C); Just One Look
Shannon seemed to be the quiet girl in a small group of friends, and you could tell she was the shy one. There was something else that I noticed right away, something that was different about her. She glanced in my direction as she sipped her wine.
I made my way over to her as she flipped her soft honey hair over her shoulder and twirled it ever so slightly. Her lips curved up in an awkward smile.
"So would you like another glass of Chardonnay?” I flashed my perfectly white grin in her direction.
"How did you know...” Her head tilted like a little puppy dog’s. So cute.
"It’s a white wine so I just took an educated guess. Besides... You seem like a classy girl...” I winked at her.
"And who are you exactly, Mr. Wine Psychic?” She laughed, I chuckled a bit at her silly attempt at humor.
"Bennett Hughs. And you?”
"Shannon” Simply Shannon. Smart girl.
"Well Shannon, what do you do for a living?”
"I’m a paralegal, planning on going to law school one day. Yourself?”
"Acquisitions Manager for a company up North.”
"So you’re not from around here...” She sighed and started to turn away, obviously thinking that I was only interested in one thing.
"I telecommute. I work from anywhere I want, and right now, this is the place to be.”
"Riverside California is the place to be?”
I avoided the temptation to throw out a cheesy line about how it was perfect because she was here, figuring she was much too smart to fall for a line like that.
"I have family out here I'm trying to locate.” I left it at that and took a sip from my Bourbon, "Care to steal that booth over there and have a little chat?”
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"Now Shannon, my dear, this will only hurt for a moment...” She tried to scream but the rag in her mouth prevented any sound from coming out.
Reaching for the needle, her eyes grew wide at the sight of it.
"Oh yes, girls are always intimidated by the size at first glance...” I coyly winked at her, "But I promise... It doesn’t feel so big once it slips into you...”
Pulling the needle back and filling it with the liquid, I watched as she fought against the ropes. If I were a typical male, I’d have had a bulging hard-on right about now at the sight of such a sweet, young girl tied up and ready to take whatever it was I had for her... Well just the idea sounds delicious in theory.
Gripping her chin in mine, I locked eyes with her. Her brilliant blue eyes filled with tears, begging me to let her go, my own eyes sucking in her life force, her fear, her very soul before jamming the needle deep into her abdomen. Her screams were muffled by the gag in her mouth and I had to say, the entire experience was delightful. If I had the proper body parts, I might have been turned on. I watched her eyes close, her body stop fighting.
"Don’t worry dear, it’s only temporary... The best is yet to come.”
Reaching for my cell phone, I made the call, "Yes, another acquisition is ready. Female, approximately 23 human years in age. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Ready for immediate extraction.”
Slipping the phone in my pocket, I knew it was only a matter of time. I sat down, flipped the television on and tried to find something in this world to amuse me for the time being.
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Her eyes opened up for a second before closing again, her eyelids likely still feeling pretty heavy. However, the next time they opened, they flew open and she pulled at the ropes tying her down, "Help!”
"Oh Shannon, there’s no hope for you, sweet thing. Just me.”
"Who the fuck are you?”
I smiled as I sat down on the bed next to her, "In your world, I guess I’d be considered your husband, your mate for life.”
"What’s that supposed to mean?”
"It means that I chose you as the perfect DNA match to carry on my species. You’re the one I’ve been looking for all along. My senses led me straight to Riverside, it knew where you were.”
"You’re a psycho... You don’t know shit about me.”
"I know because I can see things you can’t. I can see beyond your exterior body and deep inside of you. I picked you out of the crowd with only a glance.”
She continued to pull at the ropes, "There there, honey, stop wearing yourself out. We have work to do in a bit.”
"Work?”
"Well there’s no reason to wait, we need to start the reproduction cycle immediately, get the most out of your breeding years.”
"What? You’re going to rape me?”
I chuckled, why is it always about the sex with these humans? "No, I couldn’t rape you if I wanted to. We aren’t built the way you humans are...”
She looked at me closely, "What are you? You look human to me?”
"That’s the point, my dear.” Letting my shields down, I decided she was ready to see my true form. After all, she’d have to get used to it. As to be expected, her eyes grew wide and a scream came from her mouth. I didn’t stop her from screaming, I didn’t need to. "You really should feel special. You’re just what I needed for our species to survive. You do want that, don’t you? To save our entire species?”
"Our species?”
"Oh didn’t you know that there was always something a little different about you? Let me ask... Did you ever meet your father?”
She shook her head.
"It’s subtle really, you must take after your human parent more, most likely your mother since there are very few women left among our ‘people’ today... But I see it. Your head, people never said anything about its odd shape? Or the way your eyes are almost too far apart?”
Shannon looked away, not answering me anymore, so I decided to not push the issue.
I went to the cabinet on the other side of the room and pulled out the orange liquid I’d harvested earlier in the day while she slept. Pulling out a syringe, I sucked the fluid up inside. "Now hold still so we can start the insemination process. And lucky for you, in only 4 months, you’ll be blessed with your first batch. I really hope you enjoy motherhood, as it makes everything so much simpler that way...”