Fenricks exited the ramp of his ship, a rented former freighter that he had acquired recently for this job he had. He had heard rumors of these ruins in Alectos V, belonging to an ancient civilization that was advanced during their heyday. Perhaps there might still be some worthy artifacts that he might be able to procure and sell for some cash and purchase his current ride. WIth some modifications, it would turn out to be a formidable vessel.

Not to mention if there are any worthy technology that he might be able to use for his own purposes or upgrading the ship that he intended to purchase once this job is over. He checked his own armor and the status of his equipment before he slowly made his way towards the ruins.

On the opposite of the ruins a fighter had just touched down, Lieutenant Minerva Rocha had quietly landing on Alectos V. She had been sent by High Command to check out some information that the girls in Intel had found. Alectos V was at some point in its ancient past home to an advanced civilization. For whatever reason the civilization either died out or abandoned Alectos V and moved on. But that wasn't really important, what was important was that there buildings and probably facilities to repair spaceships in the ancient civilization.

Sure none of it would be working by now, and it would take alot of work to get it working again; but it would make a perfect base for pirates. It was largely undiscovered and close to the space lanes, and if pirates were actually using for a base it would be nothing but trouble for the ADD. Which is why the young agent was here, she needed to find out if this ancient city was being used for this.

The young woman climbed out of the fighter in her skin tight red flight suit. Making sure her rifle and pistol was at the ready the redhead began to make her way into the ruins.

Fenricks scoured the perimeter of the ruins and he was impressed by the architecture that the civilization that had lived here once before. There were many interesting columns and construction styles that was quite advanced in their time, and he knew about it, since he has some interest in archeology. He used his suit's ability and one tentacle came out from his wrist armor, its tip ending in a camera, and it recorded the ruins, and its buildings. Perhaps he would consider selling this info to some archeologists in his next stop once he finished this job.

He soon found a hidden entrance nearby, which was carefully concealed in plain sight, which resembled just another well made wall with some inscriptions on it. He found a loose depression on one of the incrisptions there, and there was a rumble as the door slid open. He grinned to himself as he entered, his camera taking in the interior of the ruins, while another feeding information about heat sources, and another releasing minute radar pulses, to make sure that he did not stumble into any traps that the former inhabitants of these ruins might have set to safeguard their secrets.

Minerva pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked out the ruins. She scanned the various buildings that were in the area, she could have used fancier equipment. However there was nothing like using the basics, she didn't have to worry about electrical interference or being low on batteries or anything else. As long as the lens worked, the binoculars would always work. Keep it simple and you wouldn't have any troubles. The redhead put the binoculars away and began to move down into the ruins.

The path she had taken was paved road that looked like it had been special road that everyone in nearby buildings could look down on. All around there was various statue dedicated to humanlike female aliens in various states of dress. The agent didn't really know what it meant and wasn't sure if this was the best route to take. However she had found nothing so far to be dangerous. As she walked up to the biggest of the ruins, she suddenly was hit with a beam of light. The agent immediately dropped to one knee and aimed her rifle in the direction of the light. However all she saw was a lens in the side of the building, at least at first. Then a door suddenly opened to let the young woman in.

Fenricks continued to monitor and record the inner part of the ruins, and he was amazed and intrigued at the amount of female statues that were present as he went deeper into the ruins, many of them in various states of dress, from noble ones, to ones that were quite minimal, but not yet naked.

He then thought that maybe that this was the temple of a goddess of love and fertility for these long dead people, as his studies in archeology and some anthropology would suggest that this might be the case. But he has not seen any evidence that would back up his hypothesis, though he did find some ancient weaponry that small bits of pottery in the next part of the ruins that he was in. Studying them closely, he determined that these might be of some value to some collectors, and he pressed a button on his armor, and one tentacle shot a beam at the items, teleporting them to his freighter, before he moved on.

A slight beeping from his radar alerted him to some kind of energy discharge, though after analyzing it, it was unlikely that it was an energy weapon discharge, though his suit's sensors had pointed out the direction of the energy surge. Feeling curious as to what he might find there, he moved towards the direction where the energy pulse was detected slowly and carefully, not knowing what may lie there.

The agent took a moment to see if she was being observed as she aimed at different areas around her. But everywhere she looked there was no one, the place was as dead as when she entered the area. The only thing that even show any sign of life was in fact the door. It was very strange, way too strange, that it would still be working after all these years. It became obvious to the agent that it had to be work of pirates, why else would the door work. Carefully the redhead began making her way into the doorway.

As soon as she got past it the doorway, the door immediately slammed shut plunging the woman into darkness. Minerva didn't understand what was going on when a light came on underneath her, a voice suddenly filled the dark room that she was in. It was a female voice in some tongue she didn't understand. It drolled on and on as it just chatted about something that she had no idea what it was saying. It was then a lighted path appeared heading towards to the temple.

Meanwhile at the exact the time the door slammed shut behind Fenricks, leaving him in darkness as well. He too was subjected to a light appearing below him this time in a male voice that was incomprensible. It too went on for a long ways before a lighted path appeared leading towards the temple.

Fenricks was alarmed as soon as the doorway slammed shut before him, and an unknown male voice, most probably some kind of recording rang out in the darkness. Due to his suit's capabilities, he was able to decipher some parts of the words, namely the words: 'trial' 'bravery' 'worthyness' and finally 'mating rights'.

He raised an eyebrow at that, and his hypothesis that this was indeed some kind of temple for a fertility god or goddess, and supported by the words he managed to decipher, he theorized that he had to travel this path and face some kind of trial to prove his bravery and courage for a right to mate... with whomever that is waiting for him at the end of this path.

Feeling slightly excited, but yet more curious, he decided to make his way forward, drawing his sword and energy pistol, letting his radar and sensors scout things out for him, as well as readying two tentacles with energy weapon tips to defend himself from whatever he had to face in the trials ahead.

Minerva turned to try to leave the room but the door was completely sealed and simply refused to open as the young woman struggled to try to get out the situation she found herself in. A spark of electricity went coursing through her body from the floor, forcing the young woman to step back from the door. The female voice made came up again in a somewhat angry tone. It repeated another noise and the young woman was shocked again forcing her further away from the door. It seemed like she had no choice but to go forward.

Meanwhile on the other side the path took the alien to a long rope bridge. It seemed like it would be out of place if it wasn't the centerpiece of the area. The cavern below seemed bottomless as all that could be seen below was some sort of fog. On the opposite side of the cavern was a row of emplacements, resembling a castle wall. A male voice came out and mentioned the first test, something about speed.

Fenricks studied the setup before him and looked thoughtful for the moment. He studied the emplacements on the other side, and the rope bridge, and the fog below. If this was what he expected, there lies certain doom if he managed to fall from the bridge, and if he guessed correctly, the emplacement would fire projectiles to knock him off the bridge as soon as he stepped on it.

Steeling himself, he stood in front of the rope bridge, and then got ready, and made a run for it onto the bridge... true to his expectations, there were sounds emanating from the emplacements as they fired a multitude of projectiles, some of them arrows, and some of them metal balls that would definitely hurt if they managed to connect, not to mention knock him off the bridge.

Fortunately, his suit's defense systems managed to sear away some of the projectiles, and he made progress with constant speed, and he managed to reach the opposite side, admiring the ingenuity of the trap's designer. He then waited for his next trial, eager to find out what was waiting for him next.

Meanwhile Minerva approached another door which seemed to lead to some sort of temple. At least that what she thought was a temple, with the way the figures on the wall seemed to worship the female in the center of the wall. As she approached the door opened again showing what looked like a small room. The young woman heard the female voice begin talking again.

Suddenly a surge of light electricty flowed through her body. No, I'm not going in there. Suddenly the floor angled upwards forcing the young woman into the small room. She stumbled forward landing on one of the walls in the tiny room. It felt like she was in a small shower room, she quickly turned to try to back the way she came. But it was already too late as the door closed to behind her. She was now trapped in the small room.

Fenricks walked on, studying the ruins and the emplacements that was around him. While this was an unknown civilization, it was quite old, and when he referenced his data with the one that his suit had, he was a bit surprised that this civilization predates the lupinoid civilization by at least 1000 years or so. His respect grew for this civilization, and he wondered what kind of trial awaited him now.

As he walked, the male voice seemed to speak to him again, and he only managed to catch a glimpse of the words, or at least he thought that it spoke of a trial of strength or something. The door in front of him opened and he peered cautiously into it for a moment, before he stepped through, walking along the corridors, deeper into the temple, to meet his next challenge.

Meanwhile as the female agent walked forward into the shower room, seeing that there is no other choice but to move forward, her foot stepped on a raised tile, which she did not detect. There was a soft click as the shower head above her suddenly sent a brief, but concentrated jet of what looks like some kind of aqueous gel onto her body.

While the gel itself does no harm to her, it seemed to dissolve part of her uniform, leaving it in tatters, and some of her equipment that she brought was rendered only semi operable as the liquid got into their inner workings.

Unknown to her of course is that the gel was quickly absorbed into her skin, leaving her skin dry in minutes... but over time she will feel herself slowly aroused as the gel has some minor aphrodisiac properties used for the females entering the temple to take part in a ritual that would take place in the center of the temple.

Minerva screamed as she suddenly sprayed with some sort of gel. She through her arms to protect her face only to watch her flight suit begin to melt away in front of her eyes. She looked down as her uniform began to follow apart of her around her. She quickly reached up to hold her outfit trying to keep it together with her arms. However it was too late and she found that her uniform was in complete tatters. She still had her equipment of course, but if she couldn't rely on it to work after what this spray was had gotten over it. As soon as the door opened ahead of her, the agent quickly dove out of it, not wanting to spend anytime in there any longer.

Meanwhile the alien continued to move deeper into the temple. Like the agent he found a room ahead that looked to be wait too small, but a male voice began to talk again and discussed the next test, something to do with strength. Once the alien had stepped into the room, the ceiling would move down in a test of strength as it attempted to crush him.

Fenricks entered the room and was almost surprised to see it bare... but a soft grinding above told him that it was not as simple as the ceiling started descending on him. He quickly retracted his suit's tentacles, and then used his lupine strength to hold up the ceiling, even though it was bearing down on him. Thankfully, all lupinoids were quite strong despite their frame, and he managed to hold on to the ceiling for some time, though his suit was also responsible in helping him to last this long.

After some time, the ceiling stopped moving, which is a good thing, since his arms was feeling a bit sore, and his suit's power was drained about 15% percent of its maximum capacity, which means he has to conserve on the energy weaponry inside. The male voice spoke again, almost congratulating him on his success and warning him of the trials ahead, mentioning about 'battle' and 'endurance' in the two chambers ahead before he reached the centre of the temple.

The door soon opened and he stepped through, eager to face his next trials.

On the agent's side, the room that she stepped into next was a bit threadbare, and looked simple with pictures of both females and male aliens on the walls, some of them skimpily dressed and some of them just female faces on the walls.

Unknown to her however, that another trap awaits her here, as she was about to step onto another raised tile, which would release a gas that acts as an aphrodisiac, slightly stronger than the one the gel was made of.

Minerva continued to move carefully through the room, a female voice began to go on on about something. The now naked agent really didn't understand what all this meant, except the building seem to be oriented to women, scantily clad women at that. She wondered what this was all about not realizing that she was helping to complete a ritual that hadn't occurred in hundred of years.

The agent took a step forward and suddenly she heard some sort of vents turned on in the room. She wasn't sure what was going on, but then she noticed the room was filling up with some sort of blue gas. Her eyes went wide as she covered her mouth. In instant she rand down to the other side of the room where she tried to pry the door open. She didn't know what the gas was, but she wanted no part of it.

Meanwhile, the alien had survived his previous test just for the male voice to tell him about his next tests. He walked into a room that seemed to be completely empty except for all the different weapons in the room. On the other side a door opened and out walked some sort of four armed creature. It looked pretty well armored and covered in a tiger strips. It wore some sort of body knightly armor that covered most of the its body. The creature grabbed four weapons off the wall and did a salute with the weapons before it advanced. Little did anyone know, it was really a sophisticated robot.

Fenricks grinned as the four armed creature which resembled some sort of knight took weapons from the walls and made a brief salute before advancing. This was an enjoyable trial to him, since all Lupinos loved combat and the chance to fight against wortny opponents.

He bowed to it, and took two longswords, and then got into a stance before advancing cautiously and then he said to it. "Well met, guardian... let us test our mettle, shall we?" He then broke to a light sprint, and used his blades to send light jabs and thrusts, and some wide slashes just to test the guardian's defenses as he formulated his plan of action.

Meanwhile, despite her best efforts to avoid the gas, the agent did not know that the gas was actually quickly absorbed through her pores and working their way into her bloodstream, and even though she tried not to breathe, some of them managed to get into her nostrils and mouth, which was further carried around in her bloodstream. Soon the gas would react with the components that the gel that was absorbed earlier, and the agent would slowly but surely feel the tinges of lust worming into her body.