Alien Hostage
“It won’t completely throw them off your scent, but we can at least slow them down a little. Maybe long enough to hide you. Come on.”
He hurried down the silvery ribbon of reflected light from Kalquor that shone down from the sky. Tasha struggled to keep up, trying to hurry but not splash so loudly as to alert their pursuers. She heaved for breath as she went, cursing her love for food and booze and hatred for exercise. It didn’t help her flagging energy that she’d had little to eat since be...ing kidnapped.
She pushed on nonetheless. She had no choice but to force herself after the helpful stranger.
What felt like hours later, they waded out of the calf-deep stream. The shadow man paused to listen as they stood on the banks. Tasha’s ears strained too. She heard no sign of pursuit, but the man shook his head.
“We didn’t slow them up enough by far. Come on. My home is just over that rise.”MoreLess
He hurried down the silvery ribbon of reflected light from Kalquor that shone down from the sky. Tasha struggled to keep up, trying to hurry but not splash so loudly as to alert their pursuers. She heaved for breath as she went, cursing her love for food and booze and hatred for exercise. It didn’t help her flagging energy that she’d had little to eat since be...ing kidnapped.
She pushed on nonetheless. She had no choice but to force herself after the helpful stranger.
What felt like hours later, they waded out of the calf-deep stream. The shadow man paused to listen as they stood on the banks. Tasha’s ears strained too. She heard no sign of pursuit, but the man shook his head.
“We didn’t slow them up enough by far. Come on. My home is just over that rise.”MoreLess
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