But First: Intermission

Jessica's point of view:

The three of us watched our master leave. The two of them were probably feeling a mix of relief and happiness whereas I was feeling... honestly, I don't know what I was feeling. On one hand, he was incredibly sadistic. My ass still hurt from when he first bought me and that isn't even mentioning the damage he had done to my face for no reason whatsoever. On the other hand this was the first time in my short tenure as a **** that not only was I left alone but I was also in charge. I also felt a sense of danger, not just from the other slaves but from all around me. This world was a lot different than the one that I came from and my defender had left me with nothing but a taser to defend myself. I began to think of my master as my protector who simply wanted to get paid for the service of keeping me safe.

"What the hell is going on?" I turned towards the newest ****, Allison who had broken the silence.

"Well, I would be happy to explain, assuming your girlfriend doesn't try to take my taser again." I glared at Trisha. I didn't want to hurt her, I didn't want to hurt anyone, but I will do whatever it takes to protect myself.

"You..." Trisha started before I cut her off.

"I'm a ****, just like the two of you, in fact before today, I've never even met that man." It felt so weird to say but it was true. I had only been his **** for a couple of hours. Honestly it felt like a lifetime ago that I was in the display room trying not to cry as I prayed to whatever god might be listening that I would get a master that would at least remember to feed me.

"What, then why didn't you help us? Maybe the three of us could overpower him and whatever magic stuff he has." said Trisha **** for a way out.

"Because I've seen what people like him are capable of, I've seen what they did to my planet."

"Your planet?" asked Allison with a raised eyebrow. So I told them everything. About his mission here, about my planet, and about those on my planet who tried to stand up and fight.

It was a beautiful day, just like the day before it was and just like the day after it will be. It was perfect weather 365 days of the year where I lived. Due to the fact that I lived miles away from any farmland we didn't need the rain around here and so as a result, the weather control systems didn't give us any. Any water we did need we got from the reservoirs in the mountains which were always full. It was true paradise. I used to hear stories from the old people in town about how when they were kids they would hear stories from the old people in their towns about how things used to be different, worse. But that's all they are now, stories told by the elderly before they pass on. I get a little scared at the thought of **** before reminding myself that scientists are working on fixing that and by the time I am old, the problem will well and truly be solved.

I arrived at the market a short time later with a small list of necessities. The market was bustling at this time of day as I slowly made my way through the crowd carful not to bump into anyone when suddenly a bright light erupted in the sky. Where just a moment before there had been nothing, suddenly a skyship lay floating above our heads. It was completely unrecognizable to us in both size and shape. None of us could do anything but stare up at it in silence. Our shopping forgotten, we watched as another skyship approached it, no doubt to figure out what it was when suddenly,

BOOM!

The mysterious vessel opened fire and destroyed the other skyship instantly. The entire market place erupted in screams as everyone tried to run for cover from this mysterious foe.

They didn't land for several days. First they circled the planet destroying every skyship they came across. While they were at it they also unleashed an aerial bombardment over nearly all of our cities. What few weapons we did have were useless against them. Nothing managed to scratch their skyship's hull, however it was the complete opposite for us. It seemed we didn't have any armor that could survive even a single shot from their weapons. It wasn't a war, it was a massacre.

When they finally did land we were relieved, finally we stood a chance. Not only had they abandoned the protection of their skyship's armor but there were only five of them. Oh, how naïve we were. It turns out they didn't need their skyship, they were more than deadly enough on their own. That's when we began to notice something interesting: whenever people tried to surrender to them, most would be executed on the spot. More specifically, all men and women who were either too old or too young to be considered attractive. I knew right away what I needed to do.

I snuck away from camp that night. I say camp but it was just me and two of my guy friends hiding in the mountains hoping to not get captured. It took me a week of walking before I finally made it to a city that was currently being attacked by one of the five. It wasn't that hard to find him, he was the guy **** a woman in the middle of a bombed out building. I approached him slowly, careful not to startle him. When he finally did notice me his hand went to rest on top of his weapon.

"Who are you?" he asked while balls deep inside that poor woman.

"I surrender." I replied while silently begging the universe that he was merciful and that I hadn't just spent a week walking only to get shot dead.

"Oh yeah, and why should I let you live, huh?" He gestured to the woman he was currently pounding and said "I already got a cunt." He had a point, I had nothing but my body to give him and he didn't want it.

Unless...

I said the first thing that popped into my mind, "If you let me live I'll tell you about some men hiding from you in the mountains" A small teeny tiny part of me felt guilty about what I had just done but the larger part of me knew that they were dead anyways and that I needed to save myself.

The soldier accepted my deal and eventually I got loaded up into their skyship with a few hundred other 'lucky' women. The woman whose **** I had witnessed earlier was apparently not among us. According to one of the other slaves-to-be she had made too much of a fuss when two of the soldiers tried to share her so they just decided to save themselves the trouble and get rid of her.

Allison and Trisha both sat frozen in shock as I concluded my tale of woe before finally Allison broke the silence.

"An entire planet..." she said struggling to come to terms with what she had just heard.

"Yeah. I'm not sure of the exact number of survivors but I know it was under a thousand."

"And now one of them is here." said Trisha whose face had long ago been drained of color.

"Yeah, exactly. So if you don't mind I'd like to follow his orders and help him with a plan of attack so that he doesn't punish us." I said.

AN: Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

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