You tighten your grip on the branch and stand your ground.

The sphinx looks you over a moment, and her smile widens into a grin.

"Make this easy on yourself, and put the club down. I might even let you go. Or, I can just have you for dessert. There's still room enough for you, I think."

You say nothing. Just then the sphinx's stomach bulges and moves frantically, Sarah is still alive! Maybe if you can beat the sphinx quickly you can get her out alive, as gruesome as that thought is..

Sadly, Sarah will not be getting out. Alive, anyway.

The sphinx charges you, grinning madly. You wind up your club, slugger style
(BATTER UP)
and swing.

Agilely, she jumps backwards, barely dodging your swing and then charges forward again, lightning fast.
Before you can move to defend yourself she is leaping and knocking you to the ground.

You hit the ground with her on top of you, knocking the wind out of you. As you gasp for breath her belly wriggles frantically on top of you.

The sphinx looks down into your frightened face, that grin still on her own.

"Had to do it the hard way, didn't you? Oh well, I don't mind. It's not every day I get a huge meal like this anyway."

Her grin widens even further, until you feel sure her face will practically split in two.

"Time to join your girlfriend."

Her mouth opens wide, and for a moment as you stare into that deadly, wet cavern you wonder how many others have had that to be their last sight. Then all coherent thought leaves you as your head enters.

You struggle madly in denial of your place on the food chain but it does you no good.
She swallows hard, taking you as easily as the struggling native woman. Her mouth and throat squeeze tightly around your head, and then your head enters the tight confines of her throat.

Quickly and efficiently the rest of your body follows suit, being drawn deeper into the sphinx's digestive tract, helpless in it's slimy, yet deadly embrace.

Soon you feel damp, hot breath and smooth, slimy flesh around your ankles and feet. Then, they too are squeezed down and you begin your descent into her stomach. Your head pops through her cardiac sphincter and you are forcibly shoved into the horribly tight confines and pressed against something slimy, warm and very much alive. Sarah!

"Jaedon?!"

It's pitch black but you can feel her body pressed awkwardly against you. Her voice comes from directly in front of your face.

"Sarah? .. it's me."

"Oh no.." Sarah wails. "She got you too."

"The native woman?" You ask.

"She.. She's underneath me. It's too tight and I can't get her out from under me. She hasn't moved or anything since I got in .. here. I think she's unconscious, or.."

You don't know what to say and the silence draws out. You try to shift into a position marginally more comfortable but Sarah's right; moving is next to impossible in the black, hot gut.

The silence is then broken by a loud, long belch, followed by a sexy feminine chuckle.

"Oh god .." Sarah says. "We're .. we're not going to get out of here are we?"

Maybe we will, but not for a while and not from the same way we came in. You think. Horrified by the gruesome thought, you push it away.

"I don't want to answer that Sarah but .. no, I don't think so."

You expect her to sob then, but she doesn't.

"I'm sorry.." You say. "After she got you, I saw you were still alive, and I wanted to try and save you but she .. I couldn't. She overpowered me."

"It's okay." She says. "You're sweet, and brave. Anyone else would've just ran."

Again, you don't know how to respond. You open your mouth to do so anyway, unsure of what's going to come out, but before you can speak your open mouth is met with hers. The two of you share a kiss that is brief but far from sisterly.

"I've never told you this before." Sarah says. "But I think I love you."

"Sarah--"

"Don't talk." She coos. "I don't think we have long."

She kisses you again, and again, and in that time you wish you could have light. To see her beautiful green eyes one last time, but unfortunately it does not happen.

In time, the sphinx's stomach dutifully break all three of you down, but you barely notice as you slip into unconsciousness.. too preoccupied with the lovely Sarah.

---

It had been a long time since the sphinx had had a meal as large as this, and she cherishes every moment. The feeling of her belly being so full of food it was near to burst might be uncomfortable to some, but she loved it.

She especially loved when meals were feisty, and this one had not disappointed.

It took a long time for her to digest such a large meal. So long in fact, that she almost began to believe she would never have to eat again all year. But, within a couple of days her belly began to shrink and soon, it was slim and sleek again.

In time, her three morsels were broken down, absorbed and made to be part of her. Just like all the other meals before them.

After several days, she felt the last of her three *mmm* "guests" reach the end of their tour of her digestive tract. And, not being one to disobey her bodies wishes, she released them, and left them to fertilize the jungle's lush foliage.

Eventually, hunger began to squeeze her stomach again, and the sphinx decided she would need to eat again afterall. Smiling, she strolled into the forest, trying to decide where to hunt today.

Hopefully, her meal would be nice and unwilling to cooperate, like the last..