Sophie Astor brought Michael Taylor to the Hive Mind.
Taylor didn't resist. He felt dazed as his rider snuggled against his back. He could hear it whispering all kinds of thoughts to him.
Obey. Serve the Hive. Your rider loves you. You love your rider. You want to serve us. YOU WANT TO SERVE US!
He could resist those thoughts for now, but what about when he went to sleep? What about after a day, a week, or a month? He began to understand how easily the others had been taken.
Taylor obediently took off his clothes in the alcove room as Sophie did. She was clearly pleased with his obedience, smiling at him once he was naked and touching his arm with an amorous look in her eyes. Then she led him deeper into the Hive. They passed room after room filled with people.
Taylor realized that
this
was where the population of Sirius Minor was. This explained why the streets were all empty. They were all here, fucking each other or being fucked, or being experimented on or worse. He saw one room where men with insect heads were fucking women, their heavy breasts bouncing as the bottom halves of the men, which were still human, were pounding into their cunts. He saw one woman with an insect head being fucked by an old bald man, who was gritting his teeth as he pounded into the Insect Woman's pussy.
He gave Sophie a look of wonder and amazement.
"There are many forms of life," she said. "Come." She walked onward, confident he would follow. Taylor admired Sophie's big, round ass cheeks. He had always enjoyed fondling them. But above them was her rider, its knuckle bones digging into her back. As he watched. Sophie's rider inflated, forming a yellow-brown balloon on her back.
What was it doing? Issuing new orders? Further restructuring her mind?
The air got hotter and humid and stale but Sophie didn't seem to mind. Taylor heard a loud sound like "Momomomomomom" as he was led into the Main Auditorium. It was there that Taylor beheld the Hive Mind.
"Momomomomomomom!" they heard all around them, in the dimly lit green-tinged room. Taylor saw the 40 foot tall black ball with giant eyes staring down at him and he gasped. He
screaned
it and sensed
intense
malice. The Hive Mind was complex, extremely complex, much more so than the riders he had encountered earlier. Even as he looked at it with other-eyes he sensed there was more to it than he could easily perceive at a glance.
"This... is our master," said Sophie, as her rider inflated anew on her back. "We call it the Hive Mind."
The Hive Mind.
Sophie, sensing Taylor's reluctance, pulled him forward by hand. Taylor gritted his teeth. He felt like he was walking step by step into a black hole, one which would consume and destroy him. He was naked, totally naked, just as she was. As those giant eyes stared down at him Taylor felt so vulnerable, so helpless. He had a rider on his back and he stood before this powerful creature which could do anything it wanted to him, anything at all.
A beam of pure white light shot out onto his chest. He felt the warmth of it as it moved from one nipple to the next, then down to his groin. Taylor gasped as he felt his penis being stimulated. "What... what is it doing?"
"You are being evaluated by our master," said Sophie.
"Ah... ah... ah....." Taylor gasped, as his penis was rapidly aroused. He looked up at those giant eyes. He sensed the Hive Mind wasn't trying to sexually pleasure him; no, it wanted something from him.
Something contained inside his testicles.
And then another white light shot out and hit him square in the forehead.
"Momomomomomomom!" said Taylor.
Taylor stood there stiffly, his penis erect, as the Hive mind examined his mind and body.
Susannah Barrington and Nils came forward, as well as Julie Harris, all as nude as Sophie was. "So you got him," said Susannah admiringly.
"Yes," said Sophie.
"You have done well, Sophie. You will be rewarded," said Nils.
"I already have been," said Sophie, giving a shy smile.
"Momomomomomomom!" Taylor repeated, his eyes wide and staring into nothingness. Then, "Mamoomisham! Mamoomisham!"
"The Hive Mind seems to have a great interest in the Captain," said Susannah. "I wonder what it has in mind for him?"
At that moment the beam cut out and Taylor gasped, recovering his senses. He looked around. From his perspective, Susannah, Nils, and Julie had just appeared out of nowhere. His eyes narrowed when he saw Julie, standing there naked as he was. "Well, if it isn't the 26 year old virgin who's never had sex," Taylor remarked.
"Hello Captain Taylor," said Julie. "It's nice to see you again." She looked his body up and down, but lingered at his enormous erection. "You have a really nice body."
"You do too," said Taylor, admiring the young girl's cuntlips.
Julie smiled. "Flattery will get you everywhere."
"It has been decided that Julie Harris will supervise Captain Taylor's training," said Susannah.
Sophie's jaw dropped open. "I thought
I
would help bring his rider to maturity!"
"It has been decided otherwise," said Susannah smoothly.
"But-"
"Your role is to obey," said Susannah.
Sophie blinked rapidly, as her rider inflated on her back. "Yes... yes... I must obey." She sent Taylor a vulnerable look.
They had been betrayed!
Captain Taylor!
They all heard a booming voice in their heads. The voice of the Hive Mind.
Your mind and body have been evaluated. You are a most impressive specimen.
"I'm pleased you're pleased," said Taylor dryly.
Sophie's mouth dropped open. No one spoke to the Hive Mind with sarcasm!
Now that you have joined us, your rebellious instincts will be tamed. You will be made to serve us. Soon you will do so willingly, eagerly.
"Of that I am sure," Taylor replied.
Through you we will take over your Survey Service and soon after that, your planet Earth. Your biological distinctiveness will be added to our own and make the Hive stronger.
"I'm flattered," said Taylor.
Have this slave tagged and branded, and begin his training immediately.
"Yes, Great One!" said Susannah. She handed small objects over to Julie, who approached Taylor.
"What are you going to do to me?" Taylor asked.
"You must be branded and tagged, Captain. The Hive demands it," Julie explained. She grabbed his erect penis and held a green cone over the tip of it.
Taylor tried not to show his concern. "Oh, well, if the Hive demands it--ow!" he cried. Wiping away tears, he looked down at the head of his penis. There was now a glowing green symbol there, a curved bone shape. "What is that?"
"Your slave mark," said Julie. "You will wear this brand for the rest of your life."
For the rest of his life.
Taylor shuddered.
"Mine is different from theirs," said Taylor.
"You are marked as an inseminator," said Julie, caressing the curved bone symbol on the head of his penis. "It seems the Hive Mind wants to use you for breeding. You should be honored."
Taylor's eyebrows shot up. "Then I guess I am."
"And now I must pierce your scrotum sack," Julie announced, holding up a small device.
"What? No!" Taylor cried.
"Momomomomomomom!" said Julie