Bill sat with the three women and comforted them. He didn't try to seduce them. They were fragile enough as it was. What he needed to do was to mark their bodies somehow so he would know when they appeared in the milking room. It had to be somewhere that the aliens wouldn't notice, but he could see when he walked up behind them. He decided to put a small black freckle in the crack of their legs between the top of their legs and their vagina. It was small and insignificant, but he could see it when he was servicing them. He preferred that word instead of what he was really doing. It sounded too gross.
They stayed there for several days. He still had no idea where Sasha was, but he was afraid that since she wasn't with these girls, she was probably somewhere in the pipeline toward the milking room. It would be incredibly hard to maintain his composure if he walked up behind one of them to discover it was Sasha. She has a freckle at the small of her back that he had kidded her about for years. He was sure he would recognize her if it came to that. The one thing that had confused him was why he was still conscious. Forty-four was mentally gone. He was sure the same thing had happened to all the women also. Why had it not happened to him yet?
A week later, he was back in the milking room on his stool. Suddenly, a door opened and something unbelievable came into the room. It was black, about four feet tall, and was floating a foot above the floor. It looked like an old tackling dummy they have at a football practice facility. However, this one had three appendages coming out halfway up the body. They were equally spaced around its circumference. It floated up to him and stopped in front of him.
"Forty-five, I am sure you have wondered why you can still understand the things around you when everyone else has had a lobotomy. We will tell you when the time comes, however, just understand that we do have more of a plan for you than just this. We will tell you when you need to know."
It turned and moved toward the women. He stopped at number two. He waved one of its arms, and the wires in her pussy and ass were disconnected. Her legs fell out of the straps holding her and the tube that went from her head to the ceiling fell on her from above. She then fell to the floor.
"Human, you will dispose of this machine. It is defective and has not generated any needed igniting serum in several months. It is time to replace it with a newer model. You will throw it into the open chute you see there."
Bill stood up, looked at the thing, then the woman laying on the floor and started walking toward her. The only consolation he felt for her was that she had been "dead" for quite a while anyway and would not feel this last insult. He picked her up and carried her to the open chute. On an impulse, he kissed the covered head and threw her down the chute. He then returned to his stool.
The alien had noted his action. "I see your species has a tenderness that is unknown in our species. We may have made a wise choice in what we have in store for you."
He decided to try and talk to this one. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. However, he could hear himself talking to this one. "I have one request. The woman that came in with me. Is there any way I can have her back? She is my mate."
"I am sorry, human. It is too late. A replacement for the machine that was defective will be brought to you later. You are to put it in the place and wait for us to connect it. Do you understand?" Bill nodded, but he was crying.
Later that day, a woman came in on a floating dolly. She already had the wires and bag over her head. As he took her off the dolly, he already knew what he was going to find. When he rolled her over, he saw the freckle at the base of her back. He cried as he put her in the place of number two. He sat on his stool and cried for most of the day. Her arms were gone, and she looked just like the rest of the twelve.
One of the aliens came in later. It stopped in front of him and watched him for several minutes before he went over and lifted Sasha's body up without touching her. The cord for the head gear floated to the ceiling and connected to the plug. Her legs moved open, and the straps connected on their own. When the wires in her ass and vagina were connected, everything was done except the milking machine.
The Alien turned to Bill and Bill heard in his head. "We are sorry for your mate. We are not familiar with your mating customs. This is one reason we are sparring you. We need to understand your species better. We are losing too many. Your species is very fragile, and we need to find a way to preserve your bodies so they can serve us longer. We are leaving the milking machine off her because it is too painful until they are completely numb in their mental capacities. We will wait until we know she is no longer in pain before we connect her. We are sorry, but that is all we can do for you at this time." The alien turned and floated out of the room. Bill sat and cried for the rest of the day.
The hardest thing he has ever had to do was fuck Sasha the first time in the machine mode. He cried the entire time he was servicing her. As soon as he was finished, he bolted back to his stool.
He was beginning to get the idea of what they wanted beside the milk. What they called the "igniting serum" had something to do with why he was fucking all these women. He was afraid it was fertilized eggs they were looking for. They must need a combination of the milk and fertilized eggs to ignite the fuel. They must be trying to leave earth. Great. That meant he was going on a long journey and would have this exploding collar on forever.
After his day was complete and he was walking back to his little cell, he heard from his captors. "Forty-five, we are moving you to a more comfortable living quarter. We are moving you to the room you were in before. However, now it will be permanent."
He followed the opening doors until he was at the new quarters. When he entered, he was surprised to see the three women that had been there before. They still had their arms, and that was a good sign.
"Forty-five, we are going to try and not use these for our supply. We have decided to put them with you permanently, as companions. We are pleased with your work, and we are sorry we took your mate. Perhaps these women can give you companionship in her place."
They were sitting on a couch-like seat, and they were still terrified. He comforted them and told them they would be okay for now.
"Please tell me your names." The blonde girl was "Kris", the black-haired girl was "Sue", and the redheaded girl was "Patty".