Nullsec, zero security.

The moon was in Nullsec, undiscovered country, lightyears away from any place that belonged to one of the hundreds of players in the galactic power struggle, a little closer to the D empire, but nothing noteworthy, or the success of this colony would have been doomed from the start. Navigating there was a nightmare on its own due to black holes, neutron stars and uncharted dark matter. It was a journey of over 80 jumps from the human dispersion, and just as much from any other, and it took a perverse amount of fuel to reach it. The system lay so close to the galactic rim that the milky-way and its stars were clearly distinguishable from the darkness beyond, a pitch black nothingness in which a star over the horizon actually meant another isle of worlds, another galaxy altogether. There was the Andromeda galaxy, closest neighbor, like a north star central to the moons sky, yet forever out of reach for even the most elaborate hyperdrives, if arriving there within a human lifespan was a measure of success, yet from here it was nothing but a glimmering dust speckle against the darkness. Once a night, for several hours, the moon would additionally descent into the shadow of the giant reddish-brown gas giant, to which it belonged, and which dominated entire parts of the hemisphere during the day, when it shone somewhat ghostly and disembodied, because his light got dispersed by the clear blue atmosphere. Then, every night, for some minutes, all light would be gone, pitch black darkness, until the first nocturnal hunters and their prey would go on the hunt, the one for the other, and the other for the fruits of bioluminescent plantlife that would begin to glow in all colors of the rainbow, turning the jungle into a spiritual dream from a poster that hang at the wall of a teenagers room.



Life in abundance in a jungle that was covering practically the whole moon except the oceans, a plethora of natural resources, yet too far away from the rest of the galaxy to harvest them profitably, and a strategical importance that scraped against zero from below, except for things that came from the depth between the galaxies. And those were impossible right? Nothing could come from there. All this made the place a paradise, and one that provided one thing more than any other: peace and the possibility for a fresh start.

The freighter that brought them, Diva and the other women, here was a Kitsune class large Hauler.



Refitted to have sleeping pod containers instead of cargo containers in the first 3 rows, it could transport the first load of settlers, 250 of them and all of them female. It was ADD policy to counter the various threats that the universe had in store for males, and which were usually a lot less lethal towards the female parts of any kin. It also came with the bonus that machismo didn’t play a role in determining the ranking. Out there between the stars, women were in charge.

The remaining cargo containers held everything a young colony might need to survive the first 15 Years easily at least, even for settlements on a barren rock rather than this lush and overgrown place. Given the strategic unimportance this was even slightly odd, as ADD usually wasn’t so generous, and the settlement would actually only need to hold 1 year before ADD regulation would allow the subsequent settlement of males, who could then arrrive with additional provisions. As Food containers came though, they were well secured and not to be opened in order not to spoil the content, yet their digital content label, which scanned the inside, showed biomatter and proteins, so they seemed to at least contain what they were supposed to.

All the women were human, it was an ADD settlement after all, supposed to be at least, only Diva was of a different kin. Yet as the anatomy of Humans and Dyear was so close, none of the other women showed any reservations. It would have been them who had even asked her, somewhere in a bar at Vanejin, to join the cause, as ADD didn’t seem to think that military forces were necessary, given that the planet was so uninteresting for anything military. The captain, Alina Brzezicki, who was now also the mayor of the small settlement, a tomboyish redhead of 30 Years and as such oldest and most experienced crew member even if her build and her face wouldn’t show the age, would have been the one asking Diva, pleading her to come, just in case, and even offering her the pension cash she had saved, as an additional incentive.

So Diva was now, in fact, the head of the settlements military forces and coincidentally, those forces themselves, until the other settlers, botanists, engineers, farmers and whatnot would have finished their training, which would be up to her to set up.

Despite Divas strength and her helping the others, it had taken the whole day for this group of over 250 women to set up the camp, and so it would already be getting dark when she was meeting up with Alina in her habitat, when two other women, engineers according to their bluish overalls, and looking as if they were in their younger twenties, would join them: a blonde, somewhat smaller girl who Diva wouldn’t know as of yet, and a very tall dark skinned women with the name Kayipu Obasanjo from a continent that was spoken Af-Rick-Ah, at least according to what Kayipu had told her. Both women held a Datapad, but only Kayipu gave it to Alina, and then began to explain:

“We have a problem, I don’t know how it is possible, but it seems something has messed with the fuel sensing of the freighter. It still shows half full, enough for the flight back, yet when we checked it was almost empty. This must have been broken since we started or otherwise we would have known…. We can’t even lift off this planet like this… And even if we could…the navigation programs just shut down and after restart it was all scrambled up… As if there was a virus at work, even if the scanners can’t find any.”

Alina stared at the datapad and her face turned from joyful to deathly serious as her eyes flew over the text, before she would hand it to Diva. “What do you think, Diva… “ she asked, yet didn’t wait for an answer, as such information was far too serious to leave it unchecked, even if it was just a shallow hope to cling to that the engineers would make a mistake of this magnitude. “Show us please…” she told the girls and followed them, giving Diva the chance to read the report only on their way to the ship.

It was night when they stepped outside Alinas habitat, and the shadow terminator that heralded a minute long absolute darkness drew closer quickly, like a curtain of pitch black darkness that fell over the jungle, rushing closer and closer, held back only by the settlements lamps, yet giving every movement in the settlement a spooky quality as “true night” finally fell over it. It was so dark outside of the settlement, that finding the path to the ship would have been nearly impossible without the flashlights that belonged to every utility belt. The Ship was parked almost half a mile outside, to allow for a takeoff when things were done here, without having to relocate the whole settlement. But this alsomeant it was a little walk at least, so the pitch black darkness would have reached its peak, or better its lowpoint, when they would finally see the cargo ships floodlights shining through the trees.

Pitch black darkness... yet any time now was the moment when the forest would finally begin to “awake” into a dream of color…

Any time now was...the moment when they would hear distant panicking screams back from the settlement…

It wasn't Diva's plan to volunteer for such a crazy mission, she honestly saw no point in it, establishing a settle meant on the edge of the galaxy seemed like a waste of her talents as a knight accompanying a colony of settlers to a distant world that held little to no military importance to anyone that mattered in the inner rings of the milky way. However the church and the order were the ones that ultimately had the discussion weather or not the quest was worth the trouble or not and to send the young ospoden holy knight on her pilgrimage to strengthen their ties with the A.D.D and the other lesser factions of the galaxy, besides how could Diva say no to those that needed her aid.

The Ospodens had many tales of warrior knights, clerics, and explorers traveling far and wide to distance worlds either for glory, riches, or honor, or simply seeking knowledge for knowledge sake and the powers that be believed that this "mission" the A.D.D proposed was just the beginning of another story that would be put down into legend, the legend of Diva Krimry the astral searcher. It had a nice ring to it, the silly name was the title for her quest the grand cardinal stored in the holy archives, waiting to be filled once she returned home only a year later..... at least that was what they all hoped.

When the journey first started Diva felt out of place among the other women on board the ship being the only non-human, it was stressful, and hard to deal with as many human customs were strange to her, such the way they spoke, using vulgar harsh language twords each other or how showering, sleeping, dressing or undressing together was common practice while some seemed concerned with the idea of a shield toting Ospoden being their military chief. It was difficult to get use to as Diva was normally left alone except when matters required her attention be for the crew all went into their deep sleep.

Diva's seem was much deeper then the others while her sleeping pod used less energy given her natural trait to enter a state of suspended animation, that might have been one of the reasons why Diva was so desired on this quest she couldn't really say.

Once Diva awoke from her slumber they had arrived to their destination and with in hours they had settled down on the planet safely and began setting up their base camp almost half a mile from where the transport ship had settled down. Diva taking that time to have the other security women under her command focus on setting up a perimeter around the ship and the camp itself after they equipped them self's with their gear be for assisting the others with the establishment of their base camp.



It was later during the day Diva had stripped of her heavy blacken armor. Choosing to work in her rather eye popping under cloths to have a easier time helping set up another settlers habitat in the humid heat when Diva called over by the one who asked her for help in the first place Alina as she met with the women in her living quarters with two other women Diva only knew as engineers, Kayipu and the other she had not had the pressure meeting yet as they eventually got down to business as they explained the dire situation they were currently in.

It was alarming news, news Diva was never joyed to hear as she looked over the data pad Alina handed to her. Considering the situation at hand as she soon looked up from the screen, serious violet eyes looking over to the commanders own be for she calmly smiled to ease everyone's nerves.

"I think we should not worry to much." Diva said calmly in order to not alarm anyone, however it wasn't like her opinion mattered as they made there own choices with or with out Diva's response, however this didn't bother the knight as she agreed that checking for them self's was better safe then sorry as she didn't even bother reading the report on the data pad, she would not understand the techno babel anyway as she simply sat the device down and fallowed Alina out the door to her habitat making their way to the ship after Diva recollected the trusty shield she never left to far out of reach as the small group of women moved out.

It was dark when she stepped out of the habitat already and it only got darker still be for settling to absolute darkness on their to way to the ship. It was a along hike and a difficult one with out illumination, lucky each had their own flash light on their utility belts issued to all the settlers. Diva however seemed unfazed by the deeper darkness, in flinching as she walked with the women to the ship, unlike others who seemed to fear the night she did not as she walked ahead of the group and remained vigilant to the sounds around her all the while up to the point they reached the vessel safely did Diva finally relax as the forest finally awoke.

"Oh my!?" Diva said with a calm gasp as the bio-luminescent plant-life began to glow every color of the spectrum, slowly lighting up around her as the planet naturally pushed back the darkness. Diva couldn't help but take a few steps away from the ship twords the forest in awe. Clasping her hands together in a silent prayer after setting her shield down at her side. "Ozatol blessed me to see such beauty." Diva whispered to her self, smiling at her gift befor her peace was interrupted by the sudden scream that rang out over the trees that imminently forced Diva to look back at the direction of the settlement, with out hesitation Diva lept into action as quickly took her shield by its handle and quickly sprinted back the way she came, leaving the others behind with the assumption they were safe inside the ship.

The picture that presented itself was one of Chaos and discord. Almost one would expect burning buildings, yet this was not the case. One of the habitats, one of the bigger, was torn open though, Duraplast of an egglike form ripped in two halves as if a giant chick had just broken though. The hospital ward. Beds and different tables lay, tilted over. The Tomograph, brought there by using antigrav fields for being so heavy, was pushed aside, deep tracked proving the act.
The nurses were nowhere to be found.

It was not a common kind of panic that had taken hold of the rest of the women. They were not fleeing heedlessly, it seemed almost as if they all had certain ideas how to aid to better the situation, yet stopped in their tracks after just a few steps… as if something sucked away their impetus, as if something came to mind that they didn’t think off and then made them reconsider…
It would be in their eyes though. Terror. Eyes wide open, looking for refuge, seeking for comfort, begging for safety, or someone to hold on. Tears were not uncommon.

They wouldn’t answer though. “What happened?” a natural question, the first that would come to mind, yet if posed to one of the women, they would stare back, and one could almost feel it. They wanted to answer. Mouth opened, closed again, opened again. They wanted to share what brought this terror, find refuge in the company of others. Nothing would come out. Just tears, sobbing and crying, when the gap between desire and reality became too overwhelming.

Then this voice… it would be Divas, almost. In her head. And a cold feeling like ice crawling up from her spine. It shrieked as if she was playing and old hag in a play, basic malevolence shining through in every word, almost one would expect a spiteful laugh to top the sentences off, yet that never came. It was just how the voice would sound.


“What do they want with the nurses…? What are they…? Why…? Oh so many questions. And the slow realization that it is not paradise you came to… “

A pause, purposeful, designed to let the words sink in, sheer spite speaking thorugh the voice. Would Diva be the only one to hear them? No, the others would seem to hear them too, eyes widening, tears welling up, panic in their faces… where did it come from? How could everyone hear it, if it was just in the head…

“We play a little game. Once a day, when absolute darkness comes,we will abduct one of you and she will share the fate of your nurses. We will rape her, torment her, fuck her and breed her. It will be disgustig, degrading… horrible. You know now how we look like. Imagine us in you. hmmmmmm…. Deliciously abhorrent right? You are not he first humans that came to this place, and we have means to adapt our genes. Unsavory ones. You wouldn’t want to know… “

Another pause, deliberate. The means per se were undisclosed. The mind was much better to come up with terror than an actual description would be. The voice knew that.

“You want to make plans, you want to defend… but uuhhhhh what is that feeling? Is it shame? How to make plans if you can’t talk about us? If every path of thought urges to go another way, so you don’t have to admit to have seen us? Oh so alone… One will be taken, how to make sure it is not you? What about the other women… they will think the same won’t they? Are they plotting against you already? That you could do right? Plot against them… Make sure it’s them, not you… Something you can do after all… some…"

Another pause, yet this time it seemed as if the speaker had been interrupted by something…

“What must I hear? We missed four girls, and sexy ones too? They didn’t get to bask in our glory? Another game now: Sacrifice them to us and we will spare you tomorrow. Bind them to a beam in the village center, and then watch us come to take them…”

Some eyes would turn for Diva. They were fearful and also ashamed, regretful? Because of what had happened? Because of something they were about to do? Then another voice. Somewhat lowly, not very strong, yet full of determination.


“No…”

Mitsko… Mitzekow… that was her name. Something like that. She was tiny, barely 1 meter 50, had long, black, straight hair and somewhat squinted eyes. Her skin had another tone too, slightly darker… a hue of olive. Just no, nothing else. She was breathing heavily as if it cost her all the courage she had, she would be trembling even. But it worked… at least for now. “No…” the other women repeated. As if it was something to cling to. “No” again, now many of them.

Her heart skipped a beat when she first heard the screaming, echoing over the trees and exotic plants to her ears so far away as she was so captivated by the glowing forests beauty, fearing the worst not caring as new ripps and tares opened in her jet black leotard from branches and thrones clinging to her shapely form as she hasty rushed back to the settlement, however fearing the worst wasn't nearly as terrorizing as the true reality Diva soon saw with her own two eyes as she burst out of the brush.

The settlement was in shambles, or at least looked it, as Diva quickly rushed to the torn open habitat to investigate the egg shaped structure that was torn open like tin can. It looked as if a monstrous beast tore through the camp in a tornado of fury as Diva looked around at the destruction seeing the heavy medical machinery, devices and tools scattered accost the camp. The first thing that came to mind was that it was an explosion? But Diva recalled no boom? Was it a accident? No, no sighs pointed to such!? it didn't make sense!? Diva wondered as she looked around at destruction and the chaos as the other women of the settlement rushed out to aid her, or were they!?

"WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPEN!" Diva shouted to a near by settler as she hastily approached, struggling to grasp the situation like everyone else who came to help only to notice that they were not helping!? They were running!? Panicking? The terror on the women's faces, all their faces!? leaving Diva confused as she looked to them or at least the ones near her, but befor Diva could ask what was wrong or what did they see did the voice fill her mind with a soft pinch that only made her cringe.

Diva heard the voice as she couldn't help but flinch and reach up with the hand that wasn't holding her shield to cup her head at the sound! The bloody sound! or how it made her body feel, like ice cold water being dripped down her back, sending a cold chill up her spin as Diva quickly struggled to recompose her self at the shock and the tingle in back of her head that didn't go away so long as the demonic voice continued to speak, whispering sinister threats into their ears to come and the game that was going to begin. However there was a pause in the voice as if it were distracted for only moment that was be for it spoke again and made its new offer that forced Diva's heart to skip a beat...was it referring to her and the others back at the ship?.... Diva wondered as she glanced around at the countless eyes looking to her now.

"NO! Diva would shout as she stud up off the knee she took beside the women she only recalled as Mitsko.... or was it Mitzekow..... the one who just so happen to be the first to speak out ageist the voice among the countless scared women in the settlement. Diva's kind eyes must have given the poor girl strength to cry that simple word as Diva found that same strength in hers. NO! Diva shouted again as she took Mitsko's hand, squeezing tightly as she got on her own two legs to address the settlers that were scared beyond wits end.

"NO ONE IS SACRIFICING ANYONE!" Diva cried out to the camp with her commanding voice, hoping to at least calm their nerves and deter a panic while shouting a boastful answer to the demonic voice that was filling their heads with seeds of betrayal. Seeds that Diva her self refused to be crushed by. "I will not allow anything to happen to anyone! DO YOU HEAR ME!!!" Diva shouted to the sky and the darkness hoping her voice would carry. "You will have to go through me first!!! I will not allow you to touch my sisters! Not as long as I draw breath!" Diva boasted, raising her shield arm high above her head. "As Knight of my name I shield this settlement! And everyone in it!"

There was movement against the far timberline, which surrounded the settlement. Shadows quelled forth from the luminant dream that was covering most of the planets surface. Women shrieked and took cover in those habitats that were still intact. It would be hard to decide who was worse off, them who knew what those shadows were, or Diva who could only judge the threat by the effect it had on the other women. Even…Mitsuko… yes that would be the name… was pale. She didn’t run for the habitats though, probably they were too far away anyway. She stepped to Divas side, trembling, and only after reaching out for Divas Hand, holding it, she would calm down. Her almond eyes Wise she would stare at Diva, then to the datrkness in which… things were accumulating . Shadows… Movements, and the way that the luminant Forest was eclipsed by their forms indicating that there would be hundreds… and they were giant.

"Oh… A hero… two of them… yet only one to back it, it seems. I wonder what will hurt you more... if we all take our turns in you, making the others see how nothing they can do will stop us… or taking it out on her while you watch and she crumbles. I think we will do both… bind you two together… Face to face... Tit to tit, so you can see each others disgust… Feel it… while we rape you senseless…“

Movement in the shadows, as they approached, closed the circle around Diva and Mitsuko.

„Please… don’t let them take me…“

spoken from the girl at her side, eyes wide and hungry for reassuring words while her hand would grab Diva’s own more tightly. Then the first of them stepped out of the shadows and into the light of the settlements lanterns. Beside Mitsuko and Diva none of the women were to be seen anymore. High Noon in a Western Town, when only the sheriff and the plucky barmaid were to face the oncoming raiders, while the rest of the town was cowering in fear in their houses. The comparison would mean nothing to Diva though, the concept of a western movie would be alien, and it was already dark. It was just how it felt like. Also there was nothing plucky in Mitsuko. She was a trembling wreck at Divas side. And now Diva would see why…

Things formed out of the shadows… monsters. Inhuman, and disgusting. Tentacles were a common feature, yet the nauseating strangeness wouldn’t end there. They crawled, walked and slithered towards Diva. Six of them were already quite clearly visible, illuminated yet behind them in the darkness that was getting foggy quickly, there was movement, shadows coming closer…



“Yes… lets fuck them…” “Lets rape them…” “lets make it painful for the little one…” “I wanna see their tears when they realize we just bred them…”

Two voices, three… eight… more even... hundreds? So many, and all adding little disgusting details, all demanding a piece of either Diva or Mitsuko… and then the one voice, the shrieking one, while an especially large creature stepped out of the darkness.. well slithered actually. Hundreds of eyes on its head alone, no legs to speak of but a wormlike segmented body, and thick tentacles all over slimy and glistening in alien mucous. One would almost miss the arms that ended in terrible two fingered claws, as they were folded close to the torso of the thing.


“Yes… let us make it painful. Let us make it horrible for them. Let us rape them with our biggest dicks. The other girls shall see them suffer and break in pain and disgust… RAPE THEM“

Then suddenly another voice, feeling different, still like Divas, yet almost as if someone took Divas own thoughts form different sentences, cut the words out and reassembled them in another one, like a verbal blackmail letter, making the pronounciation all jumbled up.


“You got their attention. They will want to make you suffer for your insolence to challenge them.. If you want to save the girl you must come in for their whole attention. Don’t protect her. They will try to make you break… through her. Challenge them all… Let them think your weakness is warrior pride and not care for her… or the other girls. They don’t know you are a Dyear, they never came across your race. They will think you are a human mutation or something, and thus especially strong. This will make them want to breed you even more to add this to their gene strains. They can’t breed with you yet, but you must not let them know. They are too many even for you, but we must be sure we have them all, before we can attack. Don’t volunteer for the others, then they will rape them to punish you and we need them in one spot and distracted. Let them gangrape you if need be, let them try to state an example with you, but put up a fight. And never let them know you are not human.”

It created the same feeling in her spine though, icy cold, and the words detached from emotional meaning due to the alien way in which they were constructed. Was the creature one of them? Why would it help her?. Was it something else entirely? A figment of imagination or a trick of those very creatures… to give her hope in order to crush it? Break her truly, shatter her spirit in front of Mitsuko and the other women?

The voices, the horrible voices sounded as tho they all came from all around them, even hearing the sound of their voices in her mind Diva quickly realized that these things were many, they surrounded the settlement in vast numbers so quickly. So numerous in fact that the glowing beauty of the forest was over shadowed by the demons hiding in the dense forest trees only now appearing like a fog that ate the light until diva's only illumination was the over hanging lamps that were left in the settlement. "Get behind me....." Diva said sternly and quietly to the other women who's name she could hardly pronounce, nudging the girl behind her as the violet haired knight raised her shield to her front, her eyes darting back and forth to find movement in the shadows.

True evil wasn't even this dark, no evil she's seen be for Diva at least, however Diva refused to let her inner light fade as she stud her ground, even as she began to feel the ground its self tremble beneath her feat, knowing the evil beyond the light were drawing closer.... and closer. "Don't listen to them..... I wont let them harm you..." Diva said quietly again to sooth the scared girls fears, reaching back with her off hand to tightly give her a hand to hold as she watched the edge of the light. Watching, waiting, be for finally the first shapes began to form just outside the light.....

"STAY BACK!!!" Diva roared at the darkness and the first slimy appendages she saw slither out of the shadows. "YOU WILL NOT PASS ME!!!" Diva shouted, pulling Mitsuko closer to her back to protect the scared young women, however Diva was just as terrified.... but she had to be brave for the others watching..... she knew they were watching from the safety of their habitats.

"NONE OF YOU WILL TOUCH THEM!!! ILL PROTECT THEM ALL!!! DO YOU HEAR ME DEMONS!!" Diva gave one last shout of defiance be for she felt suddenly winced at the new sensation of chill down her spin, shaking her very core as a new voice filled her head with heroic intention she could not help but believe were her own already. "FACE ME DEMONS! AND ME ALONE!!! UNLESS YOU CANT HANDLE ONE KNIGHT!!!!" Diva cried to the shadows once again be for she flicked her gaze back to the one who stude with her and whispered softly. "Run..."

Heads… if they were, turned, as Diva’s bold statement sunk in. It was hard to say if it were all, due to the fog and darkness from which the creatures emerged. Probably there were more… in the darkness… anyway the simultaneousity with which it happened would make the spectacle even worse… as if a malevolent will stood behind these creature and directed them.

„So… we cannot pass, hunh? You’re not even wearing a hat..“

the creature, somewhat like a leader according to what he had said earlier, answered, and waited, as if he had made a joke. It was a human reference, so Diva would have a hard time recognizing it and so after a short phase of silence the creature would add…

„Ugh… i feasted on barely 40 brains and i already know more about your culture than you do…“.

Movement came into the wall of maws and tentacles. While they first kept a distance, encircling Diva and Mitsuko, they closed in quickly, covering the distance that parted them from the two women in mere seconds, crawling, hurling themselves forward, slithering, and sprinting… a chaotic nauseating spectacle, almost like a tide of biomass that closed in on wanderers who got lost in the mud flats.

Almost… almost… they would have almost reached the girls before…

„STOOOOP….“

all movement came to a halt.

None of the creatures moved anymore, out of reach yet for a sudden melee attack, though close enough to witness the hideous things in all their strange ugliness. Countless eyes, many lidless and black were staring at Diva and Mitsuko, hungry… lewd… horny... or was that imagination? Induced by what they claimed they were going to do? Tentacles would emerge from the wall of creatures which surrounded both girls, reaching out, yet pulled back immediately, like a hand that was caught grabbing for something forbidden, which was yet so desirable. Hissing sounds… clicking sounds, alien, yet in an odd way conveying frustration.

So the slithering tentacle thing really was their boss…

„… The chosen One... , the shining knight who stems againt the darkness, the lone rider… your heads are full with this nonsense. We could just end this charade here and now… yet this might only just instill unnecessary revolt. We don’t want you to become a hero do we? Or a martyr… ? We do something else…“

The creatures backed off, slightly. Although , due to their tentacles and other long limbs, this didn’t leave enough space to give Mitsuko a realistic chance to pass them. On Diva’s command she had started to run, yet the creatures did close the circle so fast, that she had to stop and backtrack until she stood back to back with the Ospoden knight again.

„Why don’t they speak to us anymore…?“

Mitsuko asked… voice trembling, her hand reaching out for Diva’s blindly, as she couldn‘t take her eyes of the monsters.

... She didn’t hear the last part...

So the creatures could direct their communication and not just broadcast…
That also meant that they had chosen to let her hear the "Stooop".

Mitsuko‘s cringing at the words that followed, signalized that Diva’s private communication time with the monsters was over though.

„New game everyone! Instead of returning every day to just take one of you… we are gonna have a little tournament. Every day one of us will fight your valiant guardian for a girl you choose. If she wins, the girl will be free for another day. If she loses… We are gonna rape your champion and take the girl with us… And for today we even spare you the pain of choosing, and accept this voluntary victim as a price.“

Opposite of Diva the ranks of the creatures broke and allowed the tentacle-creature that was „speaking“ entrance to the arena formed by revolting monsters.At least one would think it was, for the alien way of communicating, directly into the head which was a violation on its own, did not allow for a sense of direction. If there were more than one, it could only be inferred from context who spoke and who didn‘t, and the context was chosen by…them. For all Diva knew, the „boss“ could still be any of them, and the thing that positioned itself before Diva, with the countless eyes and tentacles, just a soldier beneath many, sent to weaken her before...

„That settles it… hero... We will fight you and we will defeat you every day. And then…rape you. At first they will love you for your bravery, but later, as more and more of them are taken, they will start to hate you. Yet not as much as you are going to hate yourself for your weakness… No one likes a loser, least the loser himself…“

There was no way to tell if the last part was public or not, yet the purpose of the words would be clear. Demoralization. All tricks of the book. The single purpose : Drain the resolve. And so the next words, distinguishable by regarding the feeling that ran down the spine like liquid ice more closely, would fit in like a needle in a bed of thorns. dangerous, uncomfortable yet clearly different:

„Oh… uhm… or that! Sometimes you only have to let them talk…stall them Diva. We need about 30 minutes...“

Again… was this another trick? Who was „we?“ Were there more of them but on Diva’s side? Was this just another trick? Did this voice just call her by her name?
No time to think, the tentacle thing started its attack. Neither an elaborate one nor very tactical. It stormed towards Diva… fast though, yet direct, as if nothing Diva could do could stop it.

Overzealousness? Arrogance?

A weakness…

"I WONT ALLOW YOU TO GET PAST ME!!!!" Diva shouted back to the darkness in defiance, unable to see past the void of darkness separating her from the creatures lurking in its tangling web.The knight was hardly able to make sense of its own words, it was rambling, something about a hat... she didn't under stand, Divas simply stayed focus eyes shifting, constantly glaring around, looking for where they may attack from, where they will strike first, she could hear them, sense the, they were many, before her eyes focused on the first possible hint of movement. It was then when she saw it and she braced her shield for them coming storm that was nothing less then a wall of monsters, writhing tendrils and sharp teeth, like a mob of flesh. Divas teeth grit and her face went pale yet she held her ground, She was at the face of monsters, monsters like shes never seen, nor heard of out side of legend, she was nervous, even afraid, yet fear was what drives her and what makes her brave. The knight didnt break her ground even as the charge rumbled twords here..... yet the flood never reach her or her charge, yet it wasn't her doing.... something commanded them.... order them to stop.

"Huh?" Diva sounded as she relaxed, peaking past her shield only to see the legion of beasts halt their assault, stopped in their tracks by a commanding voice Diva only recignized as the voice speaking all along, was it their leader? was it in control, what one was it? Could she kill it? Some many questions she asked her self, her eyes skimmed the sea of monsters, looking for the aplha, the leader, their god, yet they didnt speak, not in the traditional sense, she couldn't find it, yet she heard its voice echo in her ears, mocking her, the only thing drowning it out was the sound of hissing, growing, and slithering all around her. The sound of frustration, anger.... these thing sere demons, Diva never fought demons as her face lite up with anger and rage. "Monsters..... THEN FIGHT ME!!! LEAVE MY COMRADES ALONE!!!!! I'M THE WARRIOR THAT CHALLENGES YOU!!!" Diva shouted back twords the growing darkness, yet the knights expression changed as she saw the young Mitsuko try to rush past her. "NO! DONT RUN!" Diva shouted, reaching out for the girl, lucky the monsters closed the path and scared the girl enough she came running back to the knights side as Diva pushed the girl behind her.

"Stay near me...... you will only get your self killed..... wait? You cant hear them?..." Diva said with a stern voice befor she hesitated and gazed back at her friend, in confusion, she didn't hear the beasts? Why didn't she hear them? So many questions, this enemy was unknown, yet it wasn't long befor she did again as she felt her friend cringe as the disgusting voice rattled in their ears like nails on a chalkboard. Diva didn't seemed phased, she simply glared int he direction she believed the sound to be coming from, her eyes focusing on the mob, seeking the source, yet again she could not find it among the echo of its voice as she watched the mob break to allow a single beast to step forth from the mob of teeth.

"I WONT LOSE!!!! I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE!!!" Diva shouted back at the darkness, raising her shield at the ready as she motioned Mitsuko to stay behind her. " I WONT ALLOW YOUR TWISTED GAME TO STAIN MY ALLYS MINDS!! ILL CHOOSE!!!! ILL DECIDE THEIR FATE!!!! AND FOR NOW ON!!! I CHOOSE MYSELF!!!! I DIVA KRIMRY!!! KNIGHT!! SHALL FIGHT!!!! AND IF I LOSE YOU WILL TAKE ME!!!!! NOT ANOTHER!!! I CHOOSE TO SACRIFICE MY SELF!!! HEAR ME MONSTER!!! I WILL DEFEAT EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!!! YOU WONT LAY A FINGER ON ANYONE ELS!!!" Diva shouted back at the darkness again, shouting her counter wager, they said they could pick anyone, so she chooses her self as the warrior, and the sacrifice. Diva staked her claim and marked her line in the sand..... Diva was ready, however she hesitated as a chill ran down her spine as another voice echoed in her mind just as a beast charged forth.

"Then hurry! Ill hold them off!" Diva whispered in reply to the voice in her head just as the beast charged. Divas warrior trained eyes watching the movments of its body as it shambled forth, careless, wild, unthinking, it was slow? stupid? did it underestimate her? Diva consider all those options in a instant, yet she didn't take time to think as she raised her heavy shield with one arm and took two steps forward and with one mighty swing she slammed the face of her shield into the bulk of the creature as the sound of bones snapping, flesh taring, and muscles rupturing, Diva landed a power slam to what she believed to be its snout, the girl was stronger then she looked.

A thudding and somewhat squishy sound followed by a rustling and snapping as the… thing crashed into the underbrush several meters away from Diva. Movement came into the wall of creatures… though different than before. Tentacles, formerly present and always pointed towards Diva and Mitsuko, were withdrawn… Even in the world of monsters 1/r2 remained to be the best protection wall. Eyes, lidless and alien, twitchied left and right… insecure? Looking for reassurance in the comrade? The creature she had hit with the shield raised, albeit slowly, bluish green fluid was seeping from a long tear in its repugnant rump. The effort it took the creature to rid itself off the shock and vertigo that Diva‘s rigorous swing had left it with, was comforting yet alarming at the same time. Comforting, as it meant, these things could be beaten, although they were strong, frighteningly strong. Diva would still feel the impact of the monster in her shieldarm. Yet also alarming as it gave them a physical quality, a „realness“ which made their threats feel worse on an instinctual level. This was not a dream...

"Ha… there you have it…“

Diva would hear Mitsuko’s voice behind her back, trembling still, yet emboldened by the unexpected success… unexpected by her and the other girls and obviously the monsters that was.

"There is more to the most of us than meets the eye… just come and get some...“

It was a bluff, and no clever one from a strategic point of view, Diva as a trained warrior would grasp that immediately. If there were more warriors, then why was only Diva up for the fight? The only reason would be, if the others were playing weak in order to strike by surprise. Though in this case… no one would have betrayed it by spilling it out. Mitsuko meant it well, there was no doubt about that, yet the only thing it would accomplish was to put her on the menu too. Diva wouldn’t see her, as they stood back to back, yet as Mitsuko didn’t hold her hand anymore... the girl would have raised her fists and gone into fighting position to back up her bluff. Diva could bet… it was almost inevitable after these words. Brave… stupid brave…. but brave nonetheless.

"Interesting… it seems I underestimated you. Yet so did you... you are genespliced hunh? perfected… maximum of the human potential… i can see your magnetic field... definitely not a cyborg. Wow… and i thought you were sexy beforehand… our offsprings will be unstoppable…“

The voice was oddly calm for a being that has gotten such a beating, though probably that was just due to the alien way in which it was speaking: Taking Diva’s words and sentences and rearranging them to pervert their meaning to the monsters bidding. Two other creatures stepped out of the wall and into the circle… no three, one in her back, betrayed by a startled gasp of Mitsuko. The ones Diva could see were a spiderlike creature with six legs, a strange head with huge mandibles and a maw with rows and rows of teeth while its remaining front pair of legs ended in claws that were remarkably human, and another creature that was a humanoid brute whose muscles moved visible under a leathery greyish skin. It had greyish hornplates on its lizarddlike head, and also on its brawny hips and thighs. Also it sported a considerable hardon between ist legs, glans in the color of rotten flesh thick as a fist and the veined cock almost as long and thick as Diva's forearm.





"There is more to us than meets the eye too... see… we are not even really here little girls... We are them… and they are us. On this moon so far on your galaxies rim… all stars you can see are other galaxies… and we conquered them all…“

The creatures moved… sideways… circling Diva and Mitsuko. tactical… strategic… looking for a weakness. The situation did just considerably worsen compared to when he… they… thought Diva and Mitsuko were easy prey. The last creature, the one that made Mitsuko gasp would come into view and it was equally ghastly. Canine… no… four legged yes, though with a head that reminded at a fish.. some eel probably, and its hindlegs upright and backbent like that of a grasshopper. The forelegs ended in claws with an opposable thumb… rendering it able to grab. The skin was greyish black and glistening with slime and its lidless eyes were constantly fixed on Diva as it circled her.



As no other creature trailed off of the „wall“, so it didn’t seem they were falling for Mitsuko’s little bluff. Oddly It didn’t even create additional unrest that had to be disciplined. As if their general was in their head, betraying all the things that were said and done beforehand as just an act to fool Diva and the settlers. Before you attack, appraise the enemies strength… this didn’t bode well.

"The beautiful little spot you call Andromeda galaxy is a hellhole… billions of planets whose females breed our soldiers… raped… violated… a neverending cycle of pain,fear and revulsion… and they are heading here... towards a place that is so capable of these delicious emotions… and we are with them… our consciousness spans galaxies... i guess you underestimated your enemy gravely as you accepted my challenge… because… I am him…“

The bruised tentacle monster stopped in ist tracks.

„...and him…“

The spider creature stopped too.

"...and him…“

The canine fish creature stopped…

"...and him!"

This would be the brute, yet he was in Divas back, against which she felt the back of Mitsuko now… an instinctive reaction of the girl who was seeking reassurance by touching the experienced warrior before whispering lowly:

"I have got a handheld arclight welder… on my belt... just in case you need something offensive“

"I must say… at first i almost felt bad about all the backup…but now that i see you have brought your own… also it is hardly backup if they are all me right?…“

Then they attacked.

Meanwhile… a few hundred meters from Diva sat a creature and watched all this unfold. It had positioned itself in elevated territory, yet was protected from the eyes of the monster circus and the humans in the valley by the underbrush and the creatures intimate knowledge of the abilities of the monsters that attacked the settlement.

Because once the creature that sat in the underbrush had belonged to them.

There had been no attack for quite some time, and that meant „they“ were gloating, where „they“ meant the hivelords from whose grasp it had been freed by the powers of a voluptarius once. It was here with a full squad of other creatures that were free agents due to the same fate. It was here because of a deal it struck with the ADD.

The monsters down there at the settlement were an advance party of the dark hive, meant to colonize this world and set up a basis for the nightmare that would follow when in a few centuries the brunt of the Hive would arrive. The creature was just wondering how there could be brutes and workers, and how they knew about humans...

Thorak, that was how he called himself now, after having gained individuality, was the leader of the monster squad that had remained hidden in the food compartments of the freighter. From a very detached viewpoint it was almost ironic. It was a colonization mission. It was just that he and the other creatures he brought with him were the settlers and the girls were the breeding stock, having been "sold", without their knowledge, by the ADD, together with the promise of noninterference if Thorak and his squad would populate the planet to hold the hive at bay. It was a gamble though… in a few months ADD might show up and clear the whole area, yet even in this case he had plans… The freighters fuel wasn’t nearly as empty as it seemed and he knew a handy uncharted wormhole nearby. Yet now he had other things to worry about. The dark hive was already here and in order to get to all the juicy girls he and his "squad" had to root them out first.

Now his four eyes were transfixed on Diva. The mission had almost begun as he saw Diva on Vanejin VI. He had to have her… and demanded that she was brought onto the mission, no matter the cost. It was a stroke of genius though, for he was the only one who could use her anyway. He was the only one of the „squad“ who had feasted on enough Dyear brains yet to become compatible. The others would be attracted by her humanlike appearance but only he would be able to procreate with this hot little bundle of fighting spirit. (*)

Now it seemed as if the period of gloating down there was over. Four creatures attacked, four different fighting styles yet Diva seemed to adapt. Her attackers were more cautious and due to the hive mind that drove them, just as it had once driven Thorak, well coordinated. Anyway she stood, although it seemed to be a close call.

She was a real shieldbearer, dancing around the japanese women in an explicitely sexy display of fighting prowess. Fluid motions paired with powerful blows. Constant movement and an instinct about where to be and where not to be. And all this while additionally shielding the girl whose name was Mitsuko, according to the list he had memorized during the journey, and who had also shown remarkable initiative herself. Later he would take them both, simultaneously, he already knew that, but for now he had to wait until his troops were in position to attack the settlement and the hivelair simulteneously. The hivelair that would be here for only it could explain the presence of hivecreatures that were no Infiltrators. One of "his boys" had found the entrance... yet in order to strike all of his "men" had to be in position.

He didn’t know if Diva could keep up her performance till then, and it didn’t make a difference if she was exhausted, due to being gang raped or due to the fight when he got to her later. None of the hive creatures down there had yet come across a Dyear, they had referred to her as human, so their sloppy seconds couldn’t do anything. But from a deeply male prideful instinct he of course hoped she could preserve herself and the japanese girl for his raging hardons.

This depended entirely on her now though… her fitness, mentally as well as physically. And this was frustrating and arousing at the same time… If she managed to do it, fight them off until he could „save“ her… his rock hard erections became even harder, almost painfully so just thinking about it... she would be a perfect mating partner... and sexy too.

Probably he could help with her resolve though...

„Just a few more minutes… almost there… Hold on“

(*) Disclaimer: no impregnation will happen on the board. Unbeknown to even the girls, they have been vaccinated by ADD, which just wanted to root out the Dark hive presence

There was a wet slap fallowed by the sound of snapping and tear as Diva threw the weight of her shield and strength into the lumbering mass of flesh that charged her. They considered her to be a push over yet she managed to beat back the single abomination with her own terrorizing might, the pair watching the creature sail back into the wall of monsters only to collapse bloody in the dirt befor it struggled to stand on its own weight, however in her victory of beating back the beast Diva didn't boast or cheer as her stupidly brave friend did, she stayed focused, stoic like stone, those bright vibrant violet eyes of hers shifting around her carefully watching the hoard, Diva knew it wasn't over. Diva felt its weight in that blow, its strength, these things where strong as they were intimidating, she didn't under estimate them, nor did she take their threat for granite, Divas intuition told her they spoke truth, they ment what they where saying and the could do it if they wanted too.

"Mitsuko.... stay behind me....." Diva whispered to her brave friend, not breaking her focus for a instant, she simply watched the wall of abominations with vigilance, waiting for their attack, yet her eyes only faulted the moment the voice returned, echoing between her ears forcing her to wince in a disgusted sense of violation. Even its voice felt cold, like ice shivering down her spin.

"I refuse to bare the the offspring of abominations!" Diva shouted back at the wall of beasts, fury in her voice as she rallyed her own fighting spirit ageist its taunting words. "I will honorably die befor I let that happen!!! DO YOU HEAR ME!! MY BODY IS MY TEMPLE!!! YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT!!!" Diva shouted again in her rage, her voice even managing to overwhelm their intimidating control as she dropped into her protective stance that provided her legendary defense. Holding her massive towering shield effortlessly in front of her athletic form with a grace that would only raise the desire in the monsters eye as she watched more step forth from the hoard that had them surrounded.



Divas eyes flicked between the creatures that came forth to challenge her, moving and circling around her in the same fashion a beast would stalk its pray as the voices continued to echo between her ears, or their ears, Diva wasn't sure if everyone heard it, it didn't matter, Diva only knew it spoke with the same disgusting voice that sent her chilling, like something was licking the back of her neck. It was a disgusting sensation, however Diva manged to endure as she held her ground and didn't move from the center as they circled around her, watching the four creatures, each more terrorfing then the last staring right back.

"I wont let you conquer more....... the verse will stop you..... one day...." Diva said back, continuing to watch the beasts around her, slowly circling, waiting for their chances to catch her off guard, continuing to taunt her, that same chilling voice, telling her of what it has done..... what it will do here..... and finally what it was. " Soulless parasites...." Divas said out loud, her face only grew more stern as her guard only went up as those words alone told her this was a threat unlike the order has ever faced....... no... that this verse as ever faced.. theses were true monster...... hungry, fearless, soulless. Diva didn't even acknowledge Mitsuko as she reach out and touched the knights arm as the girl would feel Diva tremble...... Not much scared the knight....

"MOVE!!!!" Diva shouted as they all lunged forth all attacking, all swing what passed as their limbs, Legs, or tendrils, Diva didn't know, she didn't think, she only acted, her body swaying on its own as she raised that shield in defense of her self and her charge Mitsuko and blocked the heavy blow of the brute as it charged forth, shoving back ageist its shattering strike with all her strength sending it reeling back just in time for her to dance back in her fluid movement to block the next eight legged creature that swiped out with its claws, sparking off the face of her shield. "ARGHHH!!!!" Diva cried in a brave roar, countering the strike by using the momentum of her shield block to swing the blunt side into the legs of the lumbering spider like being. The sound of carpus cracking and meat taring erupted from its body as it went reeling back and to the dirt below after Diva shattered the three legs on its right side it needed to support its own weight befor she kept up that same motion and use it to continue her attack. Turning her shield in away that cleaved into the Fish faced grasshopper that was quickly charging in at their backs as the sharp edge of Divas shield swung in like a axe..... lobbing the creature in two as its sickly putrid blood sprayed over the pair in a shower of gore..... "ARGHHH!!!! BACK!!!!!" Diva roared in her fury as the shield edge sailed over Mitsuko head and skid accost the ground kicking up dirt and dust befor Diva in her rampage of battlefield prowess hurled her shield at the brute who had just recovered from her parry. The brutish creature suddenly finding the shield it striked was thrown heavily into its chest, the sharp edge of the shield sinking into its chest likely killing it instantly..... leaving Diva facing the final creature from befor as it lumbered woundedly twords her and her friend as Diva charged the beast, throwing her body into its already shattered and mangled frame knocking it to the ground long enough for her to scramble over and take up her shield as with one strong pull she yanked it free from the shattered rib cage of the brute sending blood and gore spraying everywhere as Diva roared with a over hand chopp and slammed the edge of the shield down over the creatures prone body like a executioner.. hopefully ending the creature for good this time.

Panting heavily Diva pushed Mitsuko behind her and raised her shield at the ready and glared at the wall of flesh be for her with the glare of a harden warrior. "I AM A FORTRESS!.... I WILL NOT FALL!" Diva roared to the hoard.