Captured Kitty, part one: Stardate 0508.13

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"Who are you? What are you?" Daryus heard these words through clouds of mist in his mind. He had been dreaming, of what? His mother, she was telling him to wake up or he'd miss the transport to school. "5 more minutes mom." Was all he could mumble.

"I am not your mother." Daryus felt a sharp pain in his neck, followed by a flood of pain coarcing through his body. "What ship are you from? How did you arrive on this planet?" The pain worsened, Daryus hissed. He felt a slap across his face and opened his eyes.

The woman standing next to him was tall and beautiful. Long red hair, with green eyes, very human looking. He was lying on a metal table, and strapped down by the arms chest and legs.

He was wearing nothing save for his Starfleet issued boxers. Two guards stood on either side of the table each holding something that looked like a Klingon pain stick.

The woman reached into her black jacket pocket and pulled out his com badge. "What is this? I heard voices coming from it earlier. A communications device maybe?" Daryus stayed silent.

"You will answer my questions alien." She motioned to the guards, who jabbed him in the neck with the sticks. Daryus screamed. She got nose to nose with him. "My men here will have to hurt you further and maybe even damage you if you do not comply." She smiled. "I may even tell them to kill you. Your fur would make an excellent winter coat for me. It's even the right color." She laughed, and stroked the fur on his chest. "Yes, a fine coat indeed. Now, you will answer my questions. Who are you?"

Daryus stared into her eyes defiant. "Fine." He hissed. "What does it matter?" She smiled at him. "There, you can be reasonable."

Daryus bared his teeth. "Daryus, Lieutenant Serial number 42643921 CA 504 Starfleet. That's all your getting from me."

"Starfleet?" She laughed. "I've never heard of a Starfleet." She motioned the guards to the other side of the room. "Tell me Lieutenant Daryus. What is the name of your ship? How big, crew size, weapons armaments?"

"Ship, what ship?" Daryus looked innocently at her. "I don't know what your talking about."

"Come now Daryus, don't make me call my men back over and have them hurt you again. We know you were a part of a landing party from some ship. There is no way you could be native to this planet. I saw four separate alien species with the same communication devices." She straightened her uniform. "We were able to umm subdue you and your friend with the funny shaped head. But, the other three vanished in a beam of light." Daryus giggled at her description of Sargh. She bristled. "What are you laughing at? You are hardly in any position to be amused." Daryus just stared at her. "OK," she grinned "enough about your ship for now. Tell me, what species are you? I've never seen anything like you in my life." Daryus sighed, better to amuse her with his life story while he waited for Hod Messner and R'awl K'walus to formulate a rescue plan for himself and Lagh Sargh.

"My father is Caitian." Daryus said. "And, my mother is human."

"Human?" She looked at him. "What is a human?"

"The alien in the um landing party that looked like him." Daryus motioned to one of her guards.

"Ahhh." She laughed. "But, he wore the same uniform as the one with the funny shaped head. I though they were the same species, but one was uglier."

He couldn't help but grin. "It is a long story." He laughed.

She grinned back. "Well, it seems you shall have plenty of time to tell me stories. Unless of course I decide to kill you."

Daryus laughed. "I don't think you'll kill me. Your curious about us. You wouldn't kill me without finding out all you can about me." He winked at her.

She laughed louder. "OK, you got me there Daryus. Now, tell me about your Starfleet. Where is your home base? How many world's have you conquered? And, who are your leaders?"

Daryus pondered telling her the truth, what could it hurt? "A galaxy far far away." He grinned. "We have tens of thousands of vessel's and we are allied with hundreds of worlds. We do not conquer, we explore peacefully."

She turned away from him. "If your Starfleet is so large, how come I've never heard of it?" She turned back. "All I saw were five of you."

Daryus grinned. "For all you know, we could have a hundred ships orbiting this planet right now." He laughed. "As for having heard of us. We may have destroyed any of your puny ships that we came in contact with."

"Don't posture to me alien! Or, I will skin you alive myself!" She motioned to the guards who ran over and jabbed him in the neck with the torture sticks. Daryus screamed and lost consciousness.

She smiled at her guards. "Now, we'll come back when he's a little bit more cooperative. Maybe they're having better luck with his friend next door." She took one more look at Daryus. "A strange creature this one is. But, there is something about him." She turned and stormed out the door of the shack.

To be continued.........

Edited August 15, 2005 by DaryusZaphodDracal