John woke up slowly. He instantly noticed that he was tied up in the back of Jerome's limo! And there was Jerome himself, but without a cigar in his hands. That struck John a little weird, since he never saw Jerome without a cigar in his hands or mouth. John wasn't gagged, he was just tied up with tight knots. Jerome was talking to someone beside him that looked to be the bounty hunter ctarl-ctarl, Janell. John looked beside him and saw that tiny devil that had undressed him the night before. She wasn't paying any attention to him, she was crying softly.
"Ah, I see you're finally awake" said Jerome to John. "I somehow knew you would get away. You're good at escaping, I must admit. But you won't be escaping anymore. See, I decided to give you one last chance to work for me...or Janell will feast on you"
John looked down at the floor and gave a little nod.
"Connie, I can't believe you lied to me" said Janell. "you said that you ate this terran, but you didn't. Well, Jerome and I came up with a plan. If John here escapes from the shop on Sentiel III, you get to eat him"
"But, momma..." started Connie.
"No buts!" yelled Janell. "it's about time you started to eat Terrans. They're just weak animals after all. And the strong always prey upon the weak"
John kicked himself mentally for not going straight to Starwind and Hawking Enterprises last night...but he was better off here with Jerome. Aisha would gobble him up like Janell or her daughter anyway.
John looked out of the window and saw that the limo was passing by Starwind and Hawking Enterprises. He wondered if he would ever see Gene again. He knew that Jim was nothing but mush in Aisha's intestines, and Gene would probably join the same fate as Jim.


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Mornings at Starwind and Hawking Enterprises was always unpredictable. Gene would sometimes stagger back home after a wild night, and would be blind drunk. When he was blind drunk, he would try to sleep with any of the women that slept at Starwind and Hawking Enterprises. He had nearly raped Melfina one time, before he stopped himself. Of course, Gene had been stopped by Suzuka and Aisha from sleeping with them. But this morning at Starwind and Hawking Enterprises was highly unusual.
Gene hadn't gone out to one of the bars he usually visited. This wasn't normal for Gene, but it did happen once in a blue moon.
Jim had gone to sleep in his own room. This wasn't unusual for the young lad. Aisha had gone to sleep in her own room too, but had tried to persuade Jim to sleep with her.
As usual, Aisha was the first to wake up. Her belly growled, reminding her that it hadn't been filled with a Terran for a while now. Aisha didn't usually go out and eat an Terran since that was against the peace treaty between Terrans and the Ctarl-Ctarls. Aisha usually ate whatever Gene and Jim ate. Aisha wasn't against eating "Terran food" as she called it. It was just wasn't up to Ctarl-Ctarl standards.