Rage, Hunter & Toxic - Alien Breed Box Set

Chapter 2-1

Chapter 2

West Colony, Eden

28 December 2032 • 09:15 a.m.

Rage

“Geez, you’re in a mood today,” Diamond said, giving me a friendly punch in my side. “Maybe I can make you feel better. What do you say? A night of hot s*x and you will feel so much better.”

I looked at Diamond. We’d had a couple of hot nights together during the last few years, but it had never been more than just s*x. We were both too independent for a serious relationship. Until now, I had been happy as it was. If I was horny, I got together with one of the willing females that were up for no-strings-attached s*x. I was free to do as I pleased, no obligations to anyone. But since I nearly r***d Jessie, the simple thought of touching another woman disgusted me. I gave Diamond an apologetic smile.

“I’m not in the mood,” I said lamely.

Diamond looked at me skeptically.

“You mean you don’t want s*x with me, or you don’t want s*x period?”

“It’s not about you, Di. I’m just not in the mood.”

“Has it something to do with a certain little doctor?” Diamond wanted to know.

I turned away, afraid Diamond would see right through me.

“Why would I want to have anything to do with that treacherous little b***h?”

“Jessie is a good doctor and a good person,” Diamond said with a frown. “What is your problem with her? I don’t get it.”

“It’s personal and none of your business, Di!”

Diamond snorted.

“I don’t understand you anymore, Rage. You have always been a decent male. You have always treated us females right, even protected us. How can you want to harm a vulnerable woman who is half your size? That is not the Rage I know—or knew, for that matter. Let me tell you something. The other females are also not happy about the incident at the clubhouse. You are going to find it hard to find a female here who will take you to bed after that. So, get used to your right hand, asshole!” She snorted. “And I even defended you when they bitched about you, but that ends here. You crossed a line, Rage.”

I growled darkly.

“I don’t need any of you!” I declared. “And I sure as f**k don’t need you to defend me!”

“I’m warning you, Rage,” she hissed. “If you so much as look at Jessie the wrong way, I will cut off your balls and stuff them down your throat! And I have all the females behind me, so don’t think this is an empty threat!”

“I don’t plan on looking at that b***h at all. Period!” I snarled. “I am happy if I don’t see her face.”

“I was hoping the incident in the club had only been a mistake and that you would have come to your senses by now. Obviously, I was wrong!”

“Obviously!”

“I have my eye on you, Rage. Jessie is my friend. I like her. Let! Her! Be!”

Her mind spoken, Diamond turned away and stalked off. I clenched my fists and went to work on the punching bag I had been training with earlier. Since I had been in Jessie’s bedroom with the intention to kill her, my aggressions were barely under control. Diamond was lucky she was a female, or I would have hit her.

“f**k! f**k! Fuuuuck!” I shouted with every hit.

I had sworn to myself I would avoid Jessie at all costs, but she was still in my head, and I couldn’t get her out of there. That irritated me. I had my memories of what she had done—or at least that was what I thought—but I believed her when she pleaded innocence. Nothing made sense anymore. And the worst part of that mess was that I desired her more than I had any female before. Knowing that I would never be able to give into my desires nearly drove me mad. But I couldn’t trust my beast, my Alien side. I would hurt her, maybe even kill her. And I would never be able to live with that. I’d rather train every day until I was too tired to do anything but sleep. I had done that since I broke into Jessie’s house. Even still, the images of Jessie beneath me never left. I wanted that again. I wanted her n***d underneath me as I buried myself balls deep in her sweet cunt. In my fantasies she was strong enough to take me.

“f**k! f**k! f**k!”

Sweat ran down my body. My knuckles were a b****y mess, but I went on and on. Hit for hit.

She is not for me. She is not for me! She is NOT FOR ME! DAMN!

The cursed sand sack wasn’t enough. I had to find another way to blow some steam and get my mind off the little human. Maybe I should go for a hunt? I could hunt the damn Jinggs. After some more hits I turned away from the punching bag and left the gym. I didn’t bother to shower or change. I ran past the desk in the foyer, ignoring Tigress, who was working there. I just wanted out.

I ran home and flung open the door. I hadn’t been home much lately, and the place was a chaotic mess. Clothes were everywhere, and dirty dishes piled up in the sink. I ignored the untidiness and started to arm myself for the hunt. Then, I left the house and ran down the street towards the end of the settlement.

“Rage!” I heard Happy shout after me. I cursed silently. Sighing, I stopped and turned around.

“Where are you going?” he asked.

“Hunting.”

“You want me to come along?”

“No,” I said firmly.

“It’s not safe alone, Rage. The Jinggs-”

“I said NO! Leave. Me. Alone!”

Happy looked at me, hurt. For a moment it seemed as if he wanted to argue, but then he turned away and stormed off. I didn’t look after him and continued on my way, ignoring my bad conscious for hurting my friend.

Jessie

“Okay, Pain, we’re done. Try not to use that arm for at least a week,” I said, hoping he would take my advice. If there was one thing Alien Breeds hated, it was resting. “Come back to see me Monday.”

Pain looked at me and frowned. He was a weird guy. Since his friends, Speed and Sturdy, brought him to me with a dislocated shoulder, he hadn’t said a word. Even now, it was Sturdy who spoke.

“I will make sure he keeps your advice, Doc,” he said.

I nodded and smiled at the man who was even taller and broader than all the other Breeds. Hence his name. That guy could be used as a roadblock.

“Can I talk to you for a minute, Sturdy?” I asked. “Alone?”

The big guy nodded.

Speed told Pain with a wave of his hand to get up and follow him, which he did silently. As usual. After Speed closed the door behind them, I turned to Sturdy.

“I noticed that Pain doesn’t speak. I didn’t want to ask when he was present. Sturdy, can Pain not speak? Is he mute?”

“No, Doc,” Sturdy sighed and shook his head. He is not mute, but he speaks very little and only with people he trusts. He has an even worse past than all of us.”

“The scars?” I noticed that Pain had a lot more scars than any Breed I had seen thus far. It seemed that his chest had been opened up several times. His back was a mess. I didn’t count the scars, but there had to be at least a hundred. I didn’t want to imagine what he, or any of the other Breeds, had been through.

“That’s part of it,” Sturdy answered. “They operated on him many times. Without sedation.”

“They what?” I cried out in horror. “You mean they opened up his chest when he was fully conscious?”

Sturdy nodded grimly. I had to sit down. My legs suddenly felt wobbly.

“Oh, my God!” I said, shaking my head in disbelief.

“That’s not all. Pain was kept isolated from us. He was their guinea pig. Everything was tested on him first. Only when the tests on him were satisfying, they would come to us with it. Pain always had to live with open wounds, even with an open skull. After our rescue, Pain was in medical care for a year before he was able to even walk. He was in a coma for the first month. Even worse, they used his little kid to keep him under control. He let them do anything to him just to keep the boy safe.”

“He - he has a son?”

“He had a son. They killed him shortly before our rescue to punish Pain. You know, before Pain became their favorite guinea pig, they used him for breeding experiments. They kept him with a female for half a year. She got pregnant and gave birth to a boy. She died at birth and they kept the babe and Pain separated from each other. He was allowed to see the kid once a week as proof that the boy still lived. Only that way they could be sure that he would cooperate with them. If he didn’t, they would bring the kid and threaten to t*****e the boy in front of him. Of course, Pain always gave in. He let them do all those things to him without fighting back, only out of fear for what they would do to the kid. That is, until they asked him to do something he never wanted to do again.”

“What was that?” I asked, not sure if I really wanted to know.

“They wanted a second child. All the other breeding experiments failed. Only Pain had fathered a child, but the boy wasn’t healthy. They wanted to see if he could father a healthy child. We know now why the breeding experiments went wrong, and we know what to do to get our females pregnant with a healthy child. It was some genetic problem. Doctor George can tell you more about it. He discovered the problem and can explain to you better. I’m no doctor.”

“You said that they - they killed the child?”

“Yes. After he refused to mate again, they brought the boy to him. When it became clear to Pain what they were planning to do, he promised he would do it. He would do anything they asked of him. But they had already decided that the boy had to die. Pain never told us how the boy died. But what we do know is that he killed three guards before they could overpower him and nearly beat him to death. They left him in his cell to die. That was right before we all got rescued.

Pain doesn’t know how long he lay there half dead. It could have been hours or days. He and Rage were the only ones among our group that were seriously injured.”

“Rage?” I asked.

“Yeah. They also tortured him to near death and left him to die.”

“What do you know about it?” I asked.

Sturdy made an unhappy face. It was obvious he didn’t want to talk about it.

“He thinks I am somehow responsible, doesn’t he?”

Sturdy nodded.

“I had no idea,” I explained in despair. “Seriously. I had nothing to do with that. I was the one who found him. I took pictures of him and went to the press. I was afraid the government would brush it under the rug otherwise. All I wanted was to rescue him. To rescue all of you.”

I trembled, close to tears.

“I know,” Sturdy said quietly. “Rage will realize it sooner or later. Give him some time, Doc.”

I nodded.

“Thanks, Sturdy. Thank you for telling me all this.”

Sturdy grunted in reply and went to the door. Before he opened it, he turned around again.

“You are a great doctor and a wonderful person,” he said. “Thank you for all you have done for us. I know it came at a great cost to you. We appreciate it.”

He left, and the tears I had fought so hard began to flow. I cried for Rage. And I cried for Pain and his dead son.

Rage

I stopped in my tracks, inhaled deeply, and grinned. I could smell them. The Jinggs were close, and one of them was wounded—I must have hit him.

“I’ll get you all,” I whispered. “Damn motherfuckers!”

I continued on my way, following the tracks. I was getting closer. The injured Jingg slowed the rest down. These idiots! They should leave him behind and save their own asses. But it served me well. If I could kill them all, then there would be three less enemies attacking us.

I trekked on for another fifteen minutes before I finally saw something running in the distance. The brush was too thick to see clearly, but it was obvious that something was moving up ahead. It had to be them. I sped up, now in full hunting mode. I concentrated on my three targets before me, but I realized too late that something was off.