"He actually broke Molly's nose?" asked Paige to Trisha.
Paige and Trisha were in the cafeteria for early-morning breakfast. Trisha had told Paige all about the fight with Molly. Trisha could see why Paige liked Jim so much; the little fella sure had guts going up against Molly Silverpaw like that. If Trisha hadn't been there to help Jim, he would be nothing but a pile of Molly's feces somewhere. Trisha and Paige were the only ones in the cafeteria, and Paige tried not to laugh when she thought the mighty Molly Silverpaw was taken down by a mere Terran. For a Terran to beat a Ctarl-Ctarl was next to impossible. Molly had also mentioned the vibro-knife that Jim stabbed Molly with...but the vibro-knife was more damaged than Molly was.
"Ah, you know those rich slobs are weaker than the rest of us" said Trisha. "comes from in-breeding and incest for centuries. But yeah, I couldn't believe it when I saw Molly was actually bleeding....I can see why you want to take him away from Commander Bitch"
"Don't call her that" said Paige. "where did Jim get a vibro-knife?"
"I suspect he stole it from somewhere" said Molly. "Vibro-knives are not uncommon, but they are expensive"
Vibro weapons, such as the vibro-knife, are weapons that vibrate via a motor in the blade itself. Vibro weapons are extremely deadly to most humanoid species, but the skin of a Ctarl-Ctarl is too tough for a vibro weapon to harm them. A Ctarl-Ctarl's skin acts as natural armor that protects them from bite attacks or the like. Knives that are used against a Ctarl-Ctarl usually shatter on the spot, but a vibro weapon is harder to break than a normal knife.
"So, are you still going with your plan of buying Jim away from Commander Bitch?" asked Trisha.
"Yes" said Paige. "I'm going to save enough money so I can buy him from the commander"
"Good luck with that" said Trisha.
"Thanks" said Paige.




Roger Tomlinson was the offspring of Professor Walter Tomlinson and his wife, Monica. He was an only child, and usually went with his parents on research trips to far-off planets. This time, Roger was on a mid-size cruise ship heading home because his parents was going to meet him there. Roger had been with them on a research trip to the planet Volos IV...when something went wrong on a dig. Roger had no idea what had happened at the dig site because he wasn't there....what he did know was that his mother and father got him a ticket on a cruise ship heading for Heifong, the family's home planet. So, Roger went on the cruise ship and was about a day from Heifong, when the mid-size cruise ship was attacked by the Ban Pirates. To make a long story short, the Ctarl-Ctarl ship came to the "rescue" and brought the survivors of the cruise ship onboard...to be used as food. Roger was quickly given to Molly Silverpaw as a slave by Woloma, her attentant. Molly had scanned Roger for any dieases...and she discovered that Roger had a mild cancer. Molly was furious about this, and took it out on Roger, like it was his fault that he had cancer. Roger himself didn't know that he had cancer until Molly had discovered the fact. Since it was a mild case...did that mean that it was in the first stages? Roger didn't know anything about cancer.
Roger was tortured by Molly nightly. Roger screamed in pain at first, which made his torture worse than ever. So Roger had developed a high pain tolerance ever since Molly started to torture him. Molly didn't want to eat him because she might get the cancer that Roger had...so instead of eating him, Molly used Roger as her scratching post. Molly made it a point not to outright kill Roger, because he was a good slave after he was tortured on a nightly baisis. Roger wanted to escape from the cruel Molly, but he had no hope to escape. He was now, at the moment, being scratched by Molly on his back. Her claws broke his skin and made him bleed like a stock pig. Roger's new-found pain tolerance was so high, that he hardly felt the scratches anymore. If he felt pain, Roger did his best not to cry out, because that would make Molly furious and increase the pain. Roger almost wished that Molly had eaten him...being eaten was better than life as a slave to a cruel mistress.
"You're getting better not to cry out in pain, Terran" said Molly. Molly never called Roger by name. "I heard about this about you Terrans; you develop a high pain tolerance if you're tortured....I must say, I'm quite impressed"
Roger said nothing. He was hanging upside-down with his ankles tied to the ceiling and was naked as a jaybird. Roger knew if he said anything, the pain would only double.
"I used to torture Terrans this way" said Molly. "I used to torture them until they begged me to eat them to end thier misery...I've forgotten how good it felt to torture you Terrans"
Roger said nothing.
"You're very wise to hold your tongue" said Molly. "any other Terran would start yelling at me a long time ago"
Roger said nothing, but sighed.
"What was that sigh for?" asked Molly.
"Miss Molly" said Woloma, watching the scence from the opposite side of Molly's room. "shouldn't we be going over today's..."
"Quite right, Woloma" said Molly, walkimg over to Woloma. "I have a busy day today, Terran...but I'll be back tonight" With that, Woloma and Molly left the room, leaving Roger hanging upside-down.