Attack of the Sex Vampires
By Gary LM Martin
Chapter 4
"What have we got, sir?" said Jack, marching down the hallway. He was unused to being called into work in the evening, unless there was some sort of emergency. Obviously there was, but he didn't know the nature of it.
"I'm not sure," said General Henderson. "Just a message from Doctor Whistler saying we were needed immediately."
They entered the medical bay, and saw Doctor Janice Whistler and Dunlop 4. "Ah, good, you're here," said Dunlop.
"Here for what?" said Jack.
"Let me go!" they heard a familiar voice yell.
"Follow me," said Doctor Whistler. She led them to one of the examination rooms, where Major Samantha Arden, completely nude, was lying on her back on an examination table. Her arms and legs were in restraint cuffs.
"Sir, tell them to let me go," Sam pleaded.
"Should I?" said Jack, turning to Dunlop 4.
"You should not," said Dunlop 4. "Major Arden has been taken over by a Valvan."
"Valvan?" said Jack.
"The vampire creature, Colonel," said Janice.
"How do you know this?" Jack asked.
"Major Arden attempted to take control of me during a... private social encounter," said Dunlop 4.
Jack's eyebrows went up.
"She exhibited a power, mesmerization, attributable only to Valvans. I believe she has been taken over by a Valvan and turned into a lesser, or a slave."
"Slave?"
"The term has many meanings. On Visenia, a slave was any person who served a Valvan. But it can also mean someone who is being controlled by a Valvan, and given a lesser version of its abilities."
"And you think Arden has been turned into a Volvo," said Jack.
"A Valvan, yes," said Dunlop 4. "Though she herself is still not one, merely controlled by them."
"Oh," said Jack. He casually walked over to Sam, and looked at her. "Hey Arden."
"Hello, sir," said Sam.
He stared at her naked body, at her large breasts and furry yellow-brown pubic bush. "This feels familiar."
"We've done this before, sir," said Sam uncomfortably.
"We have?" Jack asked.
"When I was taken over by the Haveriti," said Sam.
"The Haveriti?"
"The... ass creatures, sir."
"Oh, yes," said Jack. He continued to stare at her luscious body. "But that time you were face down. Now you're face up. Is this any improvement?"
"I feel a little more exposed this way, sir," said Sam, wiggling in her restraints, as her breasts and vaginal lips was exposed to everyone in the room.
"I can see why," said Jack sympathetically. He leaned over her. "Tell it true, Arden. Are you one of these vampire things?"
"No, sir," said Arden.
"Doctor Whistler?" General Henderson asked.
"I examined Sam's body," said Janice, raising her eyebrows. "I found a series of small puncture wounds on her breasts and labia."
"Her labia?" said Jack. He looked down. "But Doc, if she was drained by these things, she looks as... luscious as ever."
Sam blushed mightily.
"As a lesser Valvan, she could replenish herself by draining others," said Dunlop 4.
"How about that, Arden? Have you been... doing it with other women?"
"No sir," said Sam, blushing a deeper shade of red. Janice purposefully looked away.
"So these bite marks, the vampire guy did this to her?" Jack asked.
"Not necessarily," said Dunlop 4. "The bite marks on the clitoris are consistent with an attack from a female Valvan."
"Wait a minute," said Jack. "I thought you said there were only one of these. A guy, Balzac, right?"
"Balok," said Dunlop 4.
"Yeah, right. But now you're saying a woman did this?"
"Balok may have recruited females as lessers to do chores for him. One of those chores would undoubtedly be making sure I was neutralized. Major Arden invited me over to her apartment and attempted to seduce me."
"You did that?" said Jack, looking at Sam. Sam, supremely embarrassed, opened her mouth, trying to figure out what to say, but Jack cut her off. "All right, I'm convinced. She's a vampire."
"We also found her husband, Gavin, locked in a closet in her apartment. He's in the next room," said Janice hesitantly.
"What is it, Doc? Spit it out," said Jack.
"His gender has been drained," said Janice.
"You mean...."
"He has tiny genitals."
"You did this to your own husband?" said Jack incredulously.
Sam, seeing she had been exposed, snarled at Jack, showing her fangs. Jack jumped back. "Oh yeah. She's a vampire, all right." He turned to Dunlop 4. "Can you de-vampire-ize her?"
"Not with your current state of technology. The only sure way to succeed would be to eliminate the Valvan who mastered her."
"Well... can we get any information out of her? Maybe she knows where this Balzac is."
"She is highly unlikely to willingly tell us anything," said Dunlop 4.
"Well, let me try," said Jack. He went up to Sam. "Hey. Sam," he said, starting the conversation again as if none of this had happened.
"Hello again, sir," said Sam, giving him a weak smile.
That was good. Much better than fangs. Jack was a little encouraged. He looked at her, lying there, naked, defeated, restrained on the table in front of him. The words "nude buffet" entered his mind as he stared at her long legs, her furry bush, her large, firm breasts. He shook the thought off, with an effort, focusing on her eyes.
"So Arden... we know you are one of these Volvo things. You can drop the act. What we need from you now is a name. The name of the person who did this to you."
"I... I want to tell you, sir, but I can't," said Sam.
"Can't?" said Jack. "I'm your commanding officer."
"Yes sir."
"In seven years we've been through more things together than any two living beings alive."
"Yes sir," she acknowledged.
He leaned his head close to hers. "And you can't tell me this one little thing?"
Sam started to tear up. "I... I want to, sir."
"Then do it," said Jack.
"She is under their control. She will tell you nothing," said Dunlop 4.
Jack gave Dunlop a warning glare. Then he turned back to Sam. He touched her bare shoulders. The feeling excited her. He started to rub them.
"Come on, Arden," he whispered. "You can do it. Just a name. All we need is a name." He looked into her eyes determinedly.
Sam looked at Jack. She so much wanted to help him. Her mouth struggled to move. "J... J..."
"Yes, come on, you can do it," said Jack, reaching out to hold her hand.
"Janice." It came out of her all in one, determined breath.
The result was like a bomb exploding.
Janice roared and tried to tear her way out of the room. She knocked over two guards and tore by a nurse. But Dunlop 4 raised his weapon and shot her before she left the doorway. She went skidding to the ground.
"What is the world is going on here?" said General Henderson. "Are you telling me the physician in one of the most secure facilities on the planet has been taken over by a parasite?"
"That is exactly what I am telling you, General Henderson," said Dunlop 4.
General Henderson shook his head. "Can you check the rest of my command staff to see if any have been compromised?"
Dunlop 4 replied, "I can attempt to, General Henderson, but even I cannot always determine if someone has been made into a lesser. The best way to tell is to subject each member of your staff to a thorough physical examination to look for bite marks on the breasts or groin."
"I can't wait for my checkup," said Jack.
"Quiet, Colonel," said General Henderson. "Call Doctor Mackay in here. I want Doctor Whistler stripped, restrained, and examined immediately so we can interrogate her."
Doctor Mackay was a balding man with an acerbic sense of humor who soon, with the help of Survey Service military police, had Janice stripped of her clothing and tied to an examination couch right next to Sam. Very quickly he reported his findings.
"Doctor Whistler has the same bite marks that Major Arden does," said Doctor Mackay.
"So... Someone first did this to Doc Whistler, who then did it to Sam," said Jack.
"That sounds very likely, Colonel," said General Henderson.
Janice slowly struggled to regain consciousness. She opened her eyes, and looked around.
"Doctor Whistler, can you hear me?" said Jack.
"Of course. I'm tied up, not deaf," said Janice.
Jack and Henderson exchanged looks. That didn't sound like the Doctor Whistler they knew.
"We want to know who did this to you," said Jack.
"Balok," said Janice. "Balok the Great."