Captured

Shepard stood up from the hard wooden bench as the doors to the hold opened. She'd been trying to pry open the manacles around her wrists, with little success, as he walked in.

She stared at him. He wore a captain's coat, with a black hat proudly posed upon his head. His white shirt billowed around his arms, and his tight leather pants clearly outlined the muscles of his legs. But he wasn't human. She'd never seen a creature like this before. He was snake-like, with the same sinuous grace. Bright green scales covered what she could see of his body, black stripes ran along his shoulders, and crimson-red ridges covered his neck. The red eyepatch he wore over his left eye stood out vividly.

"So, this is our new prisoner?"

He had a low voice with an undertone that shivered through her chest. "Who are you? What are you? What do you want with me?" Shepard demanded.

He surveyed her out of his depthless black eye, but chose to answer. "You may call me Thane. I am a...visitor..to your world. As to what I want, surely you know this already."

She tried to appeal to whatever humanity he might have. She widened her eyes so that two huge tears formed and slowly dripped down her cheek. "Please. If you have been here long, you must know my father is very wealthy. If you don't hurt me, he'll pay you anything you want!"

He chuckled, obviously not fooled. "If I were interested in wealth, human woman, I would not do what I do. No, I have another fate in store for you." His eye roamed down her neck, past her shoulders and seemed to glare directly at her generous breasts. The attack had happened in the middle of the night, and her night dress left far too little to the imagination.

She dropped the pity act and glared at him, daring him to come closer. He couldn't know that she had trained with her father's weapons-master. If she could just get her hands on a pistol...

She bent her head so that her hair covered her triumphant smile when he did indeed step closer. With no other warning, she lashed out into a kick, trying to cripple him long enough for her to reach his gun.

He was better then she anticipated. He made no move as her foot missed his groin by a hair. Before she could recover, he was just there, pressed up against her, his hands firmly gripping her thighs.

She tried to punch him but the chains around her wrists made her slow and clumsy and he easily deflected her blow. His voice vibrated in her ear.

"I have never tried a human woman before. You are very...feisty..aren't you?" His lips pressed against hers, his tongue pried her mouth open. She tried to bite down on it, but apparently he was snake-like in this manner too--it flickered out too quickly for her to draw blood. She started to feel dizzy. His voice rattled in her brain, and she began to wonder what she was fighting against.

"I see that every day with you will be a challenge, siha. This will be most enjoyable for the both of us."