(Perspective shift to Rita) (Ear invasion path)

It had been two days after Mars had been reported missing by Lily, and the search crews entering the caves had gained less and less hope as time went on. Every nook and cranny of the cave had been searched, but still the answer was the same: Mars was missing along with one of the creatures we discovered in the cave. Lily said that she didn’t see what had happened, and that she had left the cave to grab supplies she left on the surface, and by the time she came back Mars was gone. If you ask me, however, I’d say good riddance. The last thing we needed on this highly important mission was a trigger happy commando ruining our plans. We had decided to resume testing on the last of the specimens on this day, with Lily once again taking the lead in the expedition. Unfortunately I was designated to lab work back on the ship, as I couldn't do much with my arm inside of a sling. What she showed me when she came back had perplexed me completely.

“So where did you find this?” I asked as I entered the lab with Lily,

“I discovered it in the cave today. It was a sample that we must’ve missed.”

In front of us, on the table was a seemingly green ball, only the size of a baseball with four slits in it crossing. I moved my rubber glove over the slits and began to inspect it. Just as I did, I felt a hand wrap around the back of my neck firmly. I turned around quickly to look at Lily, who now had her hand wrapped around my throat.

I laughed, “Lily, what are you doing?”

“Something I should’ve done long before now.”

She wrapped her other hand around the back of my head and pulled me towards her for a kiss. Our lips locked and my hand pressed against her shoulders in shock, but slowly I stopped and began to kiss her back. Our lips parted and I opened my eyes, panting for a moment as I looked at her.

All I could muster was a confused “W-Wha?”

“You think I never noticed how you looked at me when we were alone together? Those glances you throw my way? How worried you were when I was in the infirmary? How you practically risked your life to catch me when I fell from the cave?”

She was right. I always did have a crush on Lily. Something about her timidness and cute figure always struck something in me, and whenever we would talk together I’d always get nervous.

Her hand moved to my cheeks, “Admit it- you’ve always wanted me bad.”

I could feel a wetness forming between my legs as she held me. I breathed deeply and slowly nodded while staring into her deep blue eyes. Although from here I could swear there was a tinge of orange.

Her hand moved down in between my thighs and she grasped me where I needed it. She kissed me again, moving her tongue into my mouth deeper than I expected. I welcomed it. All I wanted was more of her.

She broke the kiss and moved my head to whisper into my ear, “I am gonna make you feel so good Rita. But in order for that to happen you have to trust me, Okay?”

“Mmm…” I moaned

“Do you trust me?”

“... Yes Lily… I trust you…”

My heart was beating so heavily at this point. Lilly reached down and unclipped my sling from my broken arm, and tied it around my free arm before clipping it back on. I could no longer move either of my arms, but I didn’t care. I trusted Lily.

“You like it when I tie you up, huh? You like it when I make you **** like this?” she asked as she returned her hand around my throat and rubbed my crotch with her free hand.

I nodded compliantly as I slightly moaned.

Lily then wrapped her other hand around my throat, and slowly tipped me so my back was against the table, pinning me down by my throat. I gasped slightly as this happened and felt the nice pressure against my throat slowly travel into my head. she moved my legs apart getting closer to me as she held me down. Her eyes glanced over to the right of my head at something for a moment, and I looked to my right to see what she was looking at.

What I saw was the green ball we had been looking at but now it had opened its four slits and a 6 inch thin appendage was poking out of it. The appendage thrashed back and forth like it was looking for something all around it. I attempted to yelp and felt my body jolt as a reaction to seeing it so close, but couldn’t muster anything out of my throat while Lily choked me. I looked up to her, hoping she saw it too and was going to do something about it, but instead I saw her looking into my eyes and smiling with a sadistic grin. The pressure on my throat increased as she pushed down harder on me, cutting off the circulation in my neck. Adrenaline quickly coursed through me and I instinctively tried to reach my hand up to her arm and push them off, but was completely unable to do so with them tied together. My arms struggled as I began to thrash my legs, wildly attempting to break free. As I struggled more I began to feel more lightheaded, and my eyes started to close more, tears forming in my eyes.

Just as I was close to giving up and letting myself meet my demise, I felt what felt like a wet finger hit my lower cheek. I felt it slowly find its way upwards and finally into my ear. It felt like a tongue but moved much further down my ear than a tongue would move. My eyes rolled as it pushed deeper inside, sending an involuntary shiver down my spine. It was becoming much harder to think now. I felt the ball-like thing wrap itself around my ear as it settled itself into place.

Lily removed her hand from my throat, and I laid on the table dazed and confused, unable to think too critically about my situation. Calmness weirdly encapsulated me as my senses returned back to me.

“Wh- What is… Hap… en… to… me?” I muttered

“Rita, sit up.”

Though all of my thoughts, feelings and understanding of what was going on was blurred, the words lily spoke cut through my consciousness like a knife, and clarity surrounded them. I understood exactly what she was asking me to do. I felt as though I was completely lost, and the command to sit up was my clear lighted path through this thick fog in my head. I moved to sit up, and as I sat up completely, I felt a wave of joy spread across my head, giving me a lovely light headed feeling.

“Sit… up…”

“Very good Rita.”

I once again understood exactly what she was saying to me, and another wave of pleasureful lightheadedness washed over me.

“G- good Rita…” I muttered as I smiled.

“Rita, I want to show you something, okay?”

“Show me s-something?”

“Yes I want to show you something, but if I do you have to follow me and not say anything to anyone unless I say otherwise, okay?”

“Mhm…” I spoke as I stood up, standing next to her.

Lily grabbed some of my hair and moved it over my ear to hide what was happening. As she did she brushed my hair and slightly rubbed my cheek, the sensation of which felt extremely relaxing.

“I hope you know, I meant what I said. I’m going to make you feel so good, but you just need to trust me okay?”

“Trust… you…” although the words didn’t sit right with something deeper inside me, they still incited the pleasurable wave her other words had, making them so easy to follow.

Lily moved from the lab into the hallway, and I followed right behind her in my dazed state, not understanding what was going on entirely. I noticed a figure approach both me and Lily, but couldn’t look through the haze to see who it was. All I was focused on was following Lily, and that was all I could do.

“Lily, how is the research going?” The figure spoke

“Good, captain, and how are you?” Lily spoke.

The words they spoke back and forth were coming through my open ear and into my head, but no matter how hard I tried, I could only understand a few words at a time. The one who I now learned was the ‘captain’ and Lily exchanged some words back and forth, and I stared ahead as they did.

Suddenly the figure spoke to me, “Rita are you okay?”

Before I even had time to respond, Lily stepped in,

“Oh she’s fine, she’s still recovering from the broken arm, and the **** the doc gave her are pretty strong sometimes. Rita, go to the storage room and wait there for me. Okay?” She phrased it like it was an optional question but her tone was very commanding. Something deep inside me knew something was wrong, but I wasn’t sure what to do other than what Lily had told me.