Note 1: "My Erotic Fiction", which means you cannot use or repost it without permission; it may be illegal or immoral for you to read it; and it is not based in reality.
Note 2: It may or may not help to read other stories in the 'Tak'lon' universe. If I ever publish this drivel, it will the 'The Tales of the B'Naf'By'.
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"What the jehill just happened? Report!" Tak'Lon screeched to his/her/its partner/first mate/mortal enemy Psat'Doo as well as to the ship's AI.
"Unknown" came the reply from the AI.
"Working on it Captain!" Psat'Doo shouted. Alarms were going off and the ship was spinning on axes no physicist ever imagined and it was making both Tak'Lon and Psat'Doo really queazy. Control panels were sparking, red lights were flashing, repair droids were scurrying, and Tak'Lon's panic glands were ready to disgorge.
A flying saucer-shaped ufo with what looked like giant cigars strapped to it had burst out of hyperspace and knocked them for a loop. Thank Belzzithis that the ship was mostly intact. Tak'Lon made a Command Decision and hit the 'Emergency Stop' button. Immediately, the ship stabilized, the alarm horns and lights stopped, the sparks stopped flying, the droids sighed in relief, and most importantly, Tak'Lon's panic glands drained. A hot cup of Earl Grey tea appeared on the arm of Tak'Lon's Command Chair as per protocol.
"This is odd, Captain," Psat'Doo muttered as he stared at a series of displays.
Tak'Lon was tapping a lessor mobilization appendage impatiently. Finally he growled "Well? Spit it out man!"
Psat'Doo spat out a bolus of acid that ate through three decks- that 'man' insult really got to him. "We seem to be... somewhere else."
"Clarification?" Gods above and below, Tak'Lon hated it when his slimy science officer/navigator/pilot made him drag everything out of him like this. A patch of scaly horns glowed lightly in admiration.
"Well... the stars are in the wrong places, there are almost no hydrocarbons or greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, there is almost no evidence of power use or pollution anywhere, and there are only a few hooman readings all clustered in a small place.That ufo that hit us must have knocked us back in time."
"Are you sure this is still the planet Dirt?"
"That's one of the few things I AM sure of. As... as best I can tell, we are several thousand years in the past! Captain, what should we do?"
Tak'Lon heaved a great sigh, warping the bulkhead in front of him. "I guess there is only one thing TO do. We'll have to go down and ask for directions."
The Disgusting Duo crawled out of the cramped shuttle. Tak'Lon wished for the dillionth time that Science and Tech Services would get the bugs worked out of the transporter systems. According to the last report, they almost had all the ants and fireflies out, but were struggling with the moths. Standing up and stretching to work the kinks out of his two or three hundred limbs and give his gelatinous form a chance to reshape itself back to normal, Tak'Lon looked around and was amazed at his surroundings.
Beautiful trees and plants were bursting with color and fragrance. Brilliant birds were dancing in the air and small friendly creatures were scurrying in the undergrowth. It was disgusting! Where was all the habitat destruction hoomans were known throughout the B'Naf'By Empire for? Why was the sky so clear? What the Shamusth was going on here? At least there was nice clean desert in the distance. He suddenly realized they were on top of a tall plateau.
They walked in the garden-like paradise until Psat'Doo noticed two proto-hoomans grazing on some long grass. "Look, over there. There seem to be two proto-hoomans grazing on the grass."
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!" Tak'Lon snarled. Psat'Doo's internal structure glowed with the pride from his field promotion.
Psat'Doo noticed a fruit tree. Remembering that hoomans from their time liked fruit, he picked on and used one of his longer tentacles to stealthily reach it out to offer one of the primitive creatures. It took the treat, sniffed it, and nibbled at it. It seemed to like it. She tried to give it back, however. "No, I shouldn't. It's probably against the rules."
"Hey! What are you doing? We have to finish our lunch and get back to naming the animals! What is that thing you are eating?" The other proto-hooman called out.
"I dunno. We didn't have to name the plants so I guess it doesn't have one yet. Whatever it is, it's a lot tastier than that other stuff we've been eating. Here, try a bite."
"Hmm, that IS good! Where'd it come from?"
"Some slender, nasty arm kinda extended it to me"
"Slender Nasty Arm Kinda Extender?" It nodded. "Let's see... S.N.A.K.E... that would be a... a... snake! Great name! You're so good at this!" The other proto-human blushed, then they both ape-walked over to a clearing and started back naming all the animals lined up patiently there.