I heard the pilot engage the engines as I pulled my harness straps over my shoulders, and then the air in front of my face began to sparkle.“It’s here,” I heard Shon say.I felt his paw grope for my hand as the dazzling light expanded and streamed over me. A cascade of blinding golden stars pierced my eyes and poured into my mind, larger and brighter until I felt a scream well up in my throat and Shon’s claws digging into my palm.The feel of the soft fur and the bright pain jerked me back into the shadows of my memory.“They ordered us not to kill you,” the strange alien voice said, “but said we could use you as often as we wished.”I came to, but only just. My limbs felt heavy and dull, and my mind clouded, as if I had been drugged. Distantly I felt the restraints on my limbs; I’d been manacled and chained.The cabin we were in slowly revolved around us, items tumbling out of containers, equipment smashing against the interior walls.“My brother has no taste for your kind.”
