“We’re heading to the homeworld of coarse. What did you think, that we were going to some human sty out in the middle of the galaxy?” Aisha scoffed. Inside her, she could feel the tiny bundle in her stomach suddenly twist as she told the commander where she was heading. She smiled over at the commander warmly; hiding the slight jolt of pleasure, she got from Jim’s movements inside her.

“Of coarse, what was I thinking. A pretty Ctarl-Ctarl like you would never be seen around those weaklings,” Gonza chuckled. The two Ctarl-Ctarls shared a laugh, while Connie looked on in confusion. Abruptly, Aisha stopped laughing and placed a hand on her bloated stomach.

“If you excuse me, I need to use the bathroom. Come along Connie, we wouldn’t want you to bother the commander, now would we?” Grabbing the young girls hand, she dragged her into the woman’s bathroom. She waved to the commander, before ducking into the washroom and pulling Connie into a stall with her. As soon as they were alone, Jim voiced his opinion on Aisha’s choice of location.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?” He screamed from deep inside Aisha.

“Stop it or I’ll get indigestion,” Aisha said, while rubbing her stomach tenderly. She was feeling something, but it wasn’t indigestion, it felt a hell of a lot better. It was no secret that when Aisha had a full belly she was happy, but a full belly full of Jim felt a hundred times better. Her best friend was somewhere between her intestines and lungs, stretching her tanned skin out and wiggling around like a fish out of water. It was an intoxicating feeling and she suspected that she could grow to like it very much. If Jim was in any danger, she knew that she would not be feeling so good, but he was and she loved it. Idly, she wondered if Connie knew where her mom picked up the pills.
“Aisha,” Jim paused to collect himself. He reminded himself that this was Aisha; playful, never think anything through, Aisha. “Why did you tell the commander of the ship that we were going to your home planet?”

“Duh, so he could let us off on the planet,” She said like it was obvious.

“I know that, but why are we going to your homeworld in the first place?” Jim asked. He wondered if things would be easier if he just closed his eyes and curled into a ball. Since entering Aisha, Jim had been feeling a peace that he had never felt before, the person he trusted the most in the universe was all around him. He was literally surrounded by the person he loved. It was both serene and disturbing because he worried that he might never want to leave this quiet and comforting place.

“Jerome is still after us, what better place to hide then on the planet where he operates. We know he’s selling children to Ctarl-Ctarl’s as snacks and there is only one place he could possibility be distributing his goods, the Ctarl-Ctarl homeworld. I say we strike him while the irons hot. He thinks were still drifting through space, so he’ll never expect us to attack. If we ever want to be free from that lunatic, we have to take him down. A surprise attack on him and that bitchy Ctarl-Ctarl he was dragging around is the only counter!” Aisha exclaimed, with a fulsome pose.

“Please don’t cal my mom mean things,” Connie said. Her mother may have been mean at times, but she didn’t like people saying mean things about her. Aisha ignored the kid and looked at her stomach where the only person whose opinion mattered was currently inside.

“You make some good points and all it will take is one call and Gene will know where we are.” Jim had to think about it for a minute. He weighed the dangers of going after Jerome on a Ctarl-Ctarl planet and the dangers of letting him strike them again back on Heifong.

“What the hell, lets show that bastard that terrans aren’t for eating,” Jim said. With a plan set up, jIm was feeling pretty confident. They were one step ahead of Jerome and soon he would be brought to justice. The only thing that concerned Jim was once they were done on Aisha’s home planet, would she come back to Heifong with him?