One way or another, this female would be mine, and I looked forward to shouting my claim to the males beyond the hill and seeing the envy on their faces.Taz was a female worth coveting.Everything from her spiky red hair to the shiny piercings in her ears and nose appealed to me.
I liked watching her blush at my bold propositions but I loved the fire in her eyes when she went toe to toe with me.She seemed completely unworried by the obvious differences in our sizes and I relished the thought of tangling with her once my hands were free.
There were a hundred things I wanted to do to her, and I could barely decide which one I'd try first.
13 Taz
Iwoke with a startand almost cried when I lifted my head and every muscle in my neck cramped.Falling asleep had been a mistake on so many levels, and the pinched nerves in my shoulders were just one of them.To my surprise, Dargo was exactly where I'd left him.Sitting in the bed of the truck, staring at me like I was his favorite show.
"How long was I out?"The sun was a little lower in the sky than I remembered but it must not have been too long if Dargo hadn't tried to make a break for it.
"All night."
That woke me up like a bucket of cold water to the face.
"What?"I scrambled out of my chair, almost face-planting as one of the legs caved in.I snatched my binoculars off the ground."And you didn't wake me up?"
"Why would I?We were safe and you were tired."That would almost be sweet if he wasn't ruining my rescue attempt.
I limped up the hill, every muscle in my body so stiff I felt like a corpse.For sleeping all evening, through the night, and half the day, I should feel well rested.But I'd lost a lot of sleep since the world ended and I felt like I could take another nap right now.I probably fucked my body up, mainlining energy drinks, but caffeine was the only thing keeping me going and I knew I'd chug another can as soon as I scanned the alien camp.
I'd die of a heart attack if this stakeout lasted much longer.
Scooting the last few feet on my belly, I peered through my binoculars and swept my gaze from one end of the camp to the other.A lot had changed in a day.Two huge tents now covered most of the space, the walls a hodgepodge of materials, and the high center poles made it look like an alien hobo circus.Smaller tents had been pitched all around the camp and I swore there were even more turochs wandering around than there'd been yesterday.
Past the edge of camp, I spotted a hulking mass of metal.It was huge, bigger than the Goodyear blimp by a mile and there was a thin column of smoke rising off of it.I didn’t know how I'd missed it yesterday, but it had to be the cruiser Dargo said had crashed.
How many aliens had that thing held?A lot more than the males in the camp, that was for sure and I was scared to think where the rest of them went.Though, if there'd been a slave revolt, most of its occupants may be dead.
If more aliens kept arriving, there was a good chance I'd be spotted by newcomers and the thought filled me with dread.There was still no sign of Penny but my odds of getting her out of there were dwindling by the hour.
All my forced positivity curdled in my gut and I abandoned my stakeout when I spotted two huge males beating the shit out of each other at the edge of the camp.The raw brutality of their fight scared the hell out of me.Just one of those blows would kill me, and they were shrugging off execution punches like they were nothing.
I didn't have a chance in hell against them.
Shuffling back down to the truck, I tried to ignore my growing sense of helplessness.It would be a lot easier if Dargo wasn't looking at me like he could read every thought I had.
