Andromeda Galaxy – Cargo Ship Empress Yi Ning - Star Date -308887.67
A shimmering blue light filled the cargo bay. Sparkling particles began to appear and spin around in the light. As they swirled they began to take shape. Legs, hips, big boobs and a head. The blue began to fade as the shape of a human, clad in a space suit, took form.
The room was dark. She switched on her night vision visor. It could amplify faint light but when there was no light at all it was useless. The computer built into the suit automatically began to scan all frequencies of radio wave emission to find something it could use to penetrate the darkness.
While waiting for the computer Shanya tested the atmosphere in the room and confirmed that the long range scan was correct, the air was breathable. She took off her helmet and placed it on the floor to mark the spot she had to return to when it was time to transport back to her own ship.
The item she was looking for, looking to steal, was on the far side of the cargo bay. It was too close to several other items of cargo for the transporter to lock onto so she had to physically retrieve it. If only she could see that far.
The computer tested all wavelengths, found nothing and then started a second scan. “Stupid high tech crap” thought Shanya “just give me an old fashioned flashlight.” Her only source of light was a weak beam built into the helmet. She didn’t want to put it back on, it was hot and it messed up her hair.
Just as she was about to pick it up again the room lit up brightly. Shanya looked up. There were no actual lights, the entire ceiling glowed with a silvery-blue radiance. When she lowered her head she was startled to see a tall six armed robot standing in front of her. At the end of each arm were clamps of various sizes that it used to lift and move cargo.
CargoBot #1, better known as CB1, had come to investigate when movement was detected. He too had trouble seeing in the dark and had switched on the light. Shanya turned to run and stepped straight into CB2.
From behind CB1 grabbed her arms just above the elbows with his claw-like grapplers. CB2 grabbed her wrists. Shanya struggled for a moment but quickly realized they were too big, too heavy and too strong. She was caught.
Planet Earth – Malaysia - Three Weeks Ago – Star Date -308830.13
As a university student Shanya had often celebrated the cultural diversity of her fellow students by attending many parties that honored the traditions of their homelands. These diverse festivities took many different forms but they all had one thing in common. They were a great excuse to get drunk.
When the exchange students from Canada hosted a Halloween party Shanya had to do some research on the internet. Halloween is an occasion that is not observed in Malaysia. She learned about its pagan origins, its modern significance and most importantly what made it different from other rituals. What she found was that it was just another excuse to get drunk but this time you get dressed up in a costume and pretend to be someone else getting drunk.
Shanya had never been to a costume party but strangely enough she did have a costume. In the privacy of her room she liked to pretend she was Lara Croft. She had the tight shorts, the very tight tank top, the boots, the holster and two realistic looking water pistols. She would act out Lara’s adventures which involved many raided tombs in many different countries but each adventure ended the same way. Lara would be captured and Shanya would do some self-bondage.
At the party Shanya was looking for two things, numerous Long Islands to drink and one decent looking man. The drinks were easy to find, the man not so much so. Until she saw a very handsome man. Actually two handsome men. Well actually one man with two handsome heads.
The two headed man sat at the bar with a beer in each hand. Shanya thought it was the best costume she had ever seen. She had to get a closer look. She walked over and sat beside him.
‘Who are you?’ she asked him bluntly. ‘My name is Jax Beeblebrox’ he replied. That meant nothing to Shanya. ‘Is that a real name or the name of your character?’ she questioned again.
‘It’s my real name. I’m not playing a character. I suppose if I was it would be Zaphod Beeblebrox, that’s my dad, he’s the only other two headed man I know.’
‘I’ve never heard of him’ said Shanya ‘is he famous?’
‘Not here on this Earth, he’s never been here, but he was on another Earth once for a short visit just before that Earth was destroyed.’
Shanya was beyond confused, she was starting to think this guy was crazy. He was taking his phony story way too seriously.
‘Please let me explain’ he said. ‘My dad came to Earth many years ago. He went to a party where he met my mom. Shortly after the planet was blown up. My parents always talked about how much fun Earth was and how they missed it once it was gone.’
‘It sounded so great that I found an alternative universe with a similar Earth and I come here to party once every year. Because of the two heads thing I have to come at Halloween so that I don’t look too out of place.’
This guy had invented quite a story and told it with a straight face (faces?) as if he believed it. He was either very drunk or very insane.
Shanya picked up her drink, stood and was about to move along when the strangest thing (even stranger than what had transpired so far) happened. All this time the head on the right, the one she assumed to be the real one, had done the talking.
‘Would you like to see my spaceship’ said the head on the left. Then both heads smiled at her.
She sat again. She stared. Her mouth opened but nothing came out.
‘Two more of whatever she’s drinking’ the left Jax called to the bartender ‘she’s going to need them.’
When the drinks were put in front of her right Jax told her ‘Drink both as fast as you can, it helps to numb the effect of transporting.’ She drank them each in one gulp to numb the effect of what he, or more correctly they, had said. Her muddled brain hadn’t even processed the transporting part yet.
‘Stand up’ left Jax instructed ‘or else we’ll take the chairs with us.’ When she stood up he put his arm around her and held a small remote control in front of her. It had two buttons; one with an up arrow and one with a down arrow. She pushed the up.
Two hours later;
Shanya awoke on a large round bed with red satin sheets in the center of a circular white room that had no other furniture. On the wall hung a picture of the Earth taken from space. She looked closer. It wasn’t a picture, it was a window.
She got off of the bed. Her boots and holster had been removed and were on the floor. She walked to the window and put her hand against the glass. It was the Earth and she was in space; in a spaceship with a two-headed man.
She turned at the soft swish of a door opening. Jax came into the room carrying a tray that had three glasses and a pitcher of Long Islands. ‘It’s a lot to take in. Right now we are orbiting above the Earth in my father’s space ship the “Heart of Gold.” It’s appropriate that I met you at a party hosted by Canadians. The ship is named after a song written by a Canadian.’
He poured a drink and offered it to her.
‘No thanks’ she said ‘I’m still too drunk.’
‘You may want to stay that way for a while’ said both heads.
An hour later;
When making love to Jax Shanya had to keep her eyes closed. While one head was kissing her the other head would take a nap. It was the most distracting thing she had ever encountered. He soon did something even worse.
While nibbling her ear lobe the other head woke up and started to try to convince her to join his crew and fly away with him. She gave it some serious consideration but was about to say “no thanks”. It was at that point that he began to suck both nipples simultaneously. The moan she made did sound like she said “yes”.
Back to the cargo bay of the Empress Yi Ning;
Shanya stood tightly held in the metal grip of the CargoBots. Her intercom detected their communications but the data transmission was just a buzz in her ear.
CB1 to central control – misplaced cargo in bay one
CB2 to central control – cargo has no ID tag
Central Control – place cargo in receiving area to be processed
Had Shanya known that Jax was flying a ship he had taken from his dad without permission she probably wouldn’t have joined his crew. Had she known he was in the habit of stealing whatever supplies he needed she definitely wouldn’t have joined his crew. Had she known that they don’t make space suits for people with two heads and she would be the one doing most of the stealing she would have slapped both of his faces. She had seen enough science fiction movies to know that there is only one punishment in space; people are ejected out of the airlock.
Out of frustration she kicked CB2.
CB2 to central control – cargo has unsecured attachments
Central Control to CB2 – assistance has been dispatched
A third mechanical device, a TapeBot, arrived. Its purpose was to ensure that all shipping containers were closed and secure. It also had six arms. At the end of each arm was a hand with a thumb and two fingers. The end of the thumbs dispensed various widths of sticky black packing tape. The fingers were like scissors used to cut the tape to the desired length. It tightly wrapped a strip of tape around her arms and body above her boobs. Then it added another below the boobs and another over top of her wrists.
Two lower arms placed tape across her hips, above and below the knees and around her ankles. Shanya wiggled. Her boobs jiggled. The TapeBot placed a wide strip over them to stop the uncontrolled motion. ‘Ouch’ she yelled at it ‘that hurts’.
The TapeBot detected the movement of her jaw. More tape was passed under her chin and over the top of her head clamping her mouth tightly shut. A second strip was passed around her forehead and stuck to the first to keep it from coming off.
Shanya has been gagged many times in many ways but this was a first. There was nothing in her mouth and nothing over it but she couldn’t make a sound other than a displeased growl.
As the TapeBot departed a fourth robot, a TransBot, arrived. It was basically a motorized bin one meter deep and one meter square. The CargoBots picked her up and deposited her in the bin. Her legs folded up as they pushed down on her and soon she was jammed in with her heels against her butt and her head against her knees.
She tried to wiggle into a more comfortable position but the sides of the bin closed in on her and she was confined. The bin scooted off to the receiving area to be processed.
In the control room of the Heart of Gold;
Jax had no reason to suspect anything was wrong. Shanya hadn’t contacted him since beaming over but she had the intercom if trouble arose. As far as he was concerned no news was good news, Shanya would soon call to be beamed back and the package he had sent her for would be theirs.
He couldn’t know that from the moment she was grabbed she had been unable to push the transmit button on her communications.
In the receiving area of the Empress Yi Ning;
The TransBot parked itself by a console covered with dials and gauges. Half a dozen metallic snake-like probes emerged from the Cargo Analyzer. The probes poked and prodded Shanya. They wiggled into every nook and crevice. Under different circumstances Shanya may have enjoyed being so thoroughly examined but right now she was concerned about her fate.
Analyzer to Central Control – identification complete – conclusion – livestock
Central Control to TransBot – relocate to appropriate zone
The TransBot rolled away from the console and into a hallway. It passed five or six doors before one opened to let them in. The stench was awful. Shanya hoped she wouldn’t vomit. Barfing when you can’t open your mouth is not pleasant.
They rolled past dozens of cages each containing strange creatures that made the oddest assortment of sounds and emitted the disgusting odors. As they traveled along the cages got progressively bigger. Soon they passed one that held several pig-like animals that were purple and stood upright. Next was a thing that could best be described as a six legged cow with reptilian skin. The next cage was empty.
The door clicked as it unlocked and then it swung open. The TransBot bin expanded to release its squeeze on Shanya. A CargoBot lifted her out. It stood her on the floor and a third arm with a large clamp at the end clinched around her neck. Two arms with scissor attachments began to snip the strips of tape.
When she was free the arm holding her neck lifted her slightly until her feet didn’t touch the floor. It telescoped out putting her into the cage. The clamp opened, she fell to the floor and the door closed. The click of the lock engaging had a very final sound to it. Shanya got very nervous, back on Earth livestock has one main purpose.
Sitting on the floor Shanya pushed the transmit button on her intercom.
Back on the Heart of Gold;
The beep-beep of the communications alert told Jax that there was an incoming message.
‘Hey sweetheart, what’s taking so long’ he said as her face lit up the monitor.
‘Don’t sweetheart me’ screamed Shanya ‘I’ve been captured. I think they’re going to eat me. Get me the hell out of here.’
‘Don’t worry babe, just put your helmet on and I’ll beam you back.’
‘I don’t have my helmet. I’m not in the same storage area that I beamed over to.’
‘Give me a minute to sort this out.’ Jax scanned the cargo ship. He found Shanya.
‘I’m going to beam you to your helmet.’
‘That won’t work. There are CargoBots there. They’ll just capture me again.’
Jax thought for a moment. He hacked into the Empress Yi Ning’s video logs to see what had happened to her the first time. The CargoBots he saw were easy to disable. ‘I’ll beam a disruptor over to you. Then I’ll beam you to your helmet. Once you materialize be ready to zap the Bots.’
Aboard the Empress Yi Ning;
The blue light swallowed Shanya up and then deposited her back in the first cargo hold. It was dark again, she couldn’t see anything. She crouched down and felt around. She found her helmet and waited. As soon as the lights came on she zapped CB1 and then turned quickly to zap CB2. She put on her helmet.
‘Get me out of here’ she shouted.
‘Both Bots are down’ Jax said ‘grab the package we’re after and I’ll bring you back.’
‘Are you crazy’ she shrieked ‘there are more Bots, pull me out NOW!!!’
‘I’m tapped into the security video. You’re okay, don’t worry about the other Bots, I’ll get you out if they become a threat.’
Shanya was really pissed off with Jax but she knew it would be quicker just to do as he says than to argue with him. She located the crate, tucked in among some other boxes, on a shelf. It was actually rather small, she picked it up and signaled Jax. The blue light began to swirl.
In the transporter room on the Heart of Gold;
When she rematerialized Shanya wobbled a bit. One transport without a few drinks first can scramble the brain for a few seconds. Two jumps so close together hits you like a hammer. Jax took the package from her with one hand and steadied her with the other. She really wanted to tell him off but her head hurt too much to start yelling.
She went to her quarters and took a few headache tablets and a long hot shower.
She was still drying off when the door buzzer sounded. ‘May I come in’ said the voice over the intercom.
‘Get lost’ shouted Shanya ‘I’m still mad at you.’
‘Don’t you want to see what all the trouble was about?’
Shanya was curious to see just what she had risked her life for. She put on a robe and opened the door. Jax entered…followed by CB1. Shanya ran to the space suit that was lying on the floor. She grabbed the disrupter.
‘Hold on a minute’ said Jax ‘he’s working for us now. I figured while we were stealing stuff I would beam him over too. We could use someone to do the heavy lifting. Come see what he has.’
Shanya lowered the disruptor but was too cautious to put it down. She walked a little closer to see what CB1 was carrying. It was shiny steel tub full of ice cubes. Sitting in the ice were six cans of Canadian beer.
‘You’re kidding’ she said ‘I went to all that trouble for six cans of beer!’
‘Not just any beer’ he replied ‘Canadian beer. When we left the party I forgot to bring mine with me. It was really good. When I hacked into the Empress Yi Ning’s cargo manifest and saw it there I had to have it.’
‘So I could have been on some aliens menu because you had a craving for beer?’
‘Sorry about that, I had no idea that you would end up in their pantry. I did steal something else just for you. I thought that after a few cool drinks we could satisfy one of your cravings.’
Shanya gave him a puzzled look.
He called out ‘Come in now’ and the door slid open. The TapeBot rolled in.