Page 1 of Jaider’s Desire

Chapter 1

Molly Sandrian

The ship lurched all of a sudden, and I was jostled out of my reverie, making me dig my nails into my seat. I had been replaying in my mind that night my life changed completely, wondering how I could have ever ended up here.

A loud boom resonated all around us as the spaceship drove downward, spiraling out of the sky.

Oh my God, we’re going to die! I thought.

The three human women beside me screamed as well, holding tightly onto their seatbelts to keep from falling. They had been abducted by the aliens around the same time I was, and we have since become very close friends in our brief time together. The two aliens piloting the ship were frantically manning the consoles in front of them, desperately trying to keep the ship steady.

“What’s happening?!” Amy shouted.

“Where are we?” Betty yelled, and I shook my head.

“I don’t know, I think the ship blew something!” I said as we clung onto the seats we were strapped into.

“Oh my God!” Emma cried.

“Just hold on!” I shouted.

The cabin began to fill with smoke, and I could hardly see the girls as we all coughed and gagged. My eyes were stinging from the smoke when—

Bam!

Everyone screamed as we hit the ground. We were jolted forward hard, with the belt digging into my shoulders and chest before we were slammed back into our seats.

“Okay,” I huffed. “That wasn’t so bad, huh?” I said, turning my head to look at the others, who all stared at me like I had grown a second head. “I mean, we survived, we’re alive!” I shouted.

“Everyone all right?” a booming voice asked as someone entered the back of the ship. I looked at the alien Leruk and nodded. He was very tall and looked almost like a human male, except for a few differences.

His eyes were clear blue, and had a vertical pupil, similar to a cat’s eye running down the middle of it. His skin was smooth and assorted in colors. From his right shoulder down to his hip where his trousers were, his skin was a dark purple. Everything above that, including his face, left shoulder, and arm was a lighter shade of lavender.

It was both startling and beautiful to behold.

“I think so,” I answered, coughing a bit. The other women also nodded and confirmed they were alright.

“We have to get you out of here,” Leruk said, beginning to help us out of our seats. I was grateful for the help.

“We flew right in the middle of a battle!” Axon, another male alien, shouted as he ran from the front of the ship toward the back.

“Damn it,” Leruk cursed under his breath. “It must be the Compiers. We came down right into a clash without knowing it!” he turned towards us again. “We have to go now! Go! Run for cover!” he shouted as he pushed me toward a hole on the side of the ship.

“Go! We are right behind you!” Axon shouted at me as he pointed at the hole. It was very small, but I was able to squeeze my five-foot frame through it, and then fell on the grassy ground.

I could hear weapons being fired in the distance, but the blasting sounds kept coming closer and closer.

“Hurry up! They’re close!” I shouted back inside the ship.

“We are going around! We can’t fit through here!” Leruk shouted back.

“Oh shit,” I gasped as I realized they were leaving me alone. I looked at both ends of the ship, each spanning more than twice the size of a 747. I ran along one side before I heard a loud whistling sound. I stopped and looked up in the air, thinking whatever was making that sound was right on top of me, and then I saw it: a large metallic ball arching across the sky, and headed straight for the ship.

“Bomb!” I yelled, running across the yellow field of grass. There were large trees in the distance, and I dove straight for them, not quite making the full distance.

Suddenly, I felt strong hands wrap around my waist, picking me up as though I was as light as a feather, and before I could say anything, I was thrown over the shoulder of a massive alien. I assumed it was either Leruk or Axon, but regardless I was thankful as he ran straight for the trees and jumped into them. As he let me go, I tumbled across the ground, just as a loud explosion rocked the entire field. I buried my head in my arms, and pushed myself into the lush environment.

A moment later, the heat from the blast vanished, so I picked my head up and noticed the alien who rescued me. He moved quickly to his feet, and my eyes widened as I realized it was not Leruk or Axon.