This story is a continuation of the 'Trapped on Novas' series. The plot line and characters continue directly on from chapter 8 and so it's recommended to read previous chapters first to get character background etc.
The story is set on an alien planet, has themes of BDSM, slavery, and at some point violence so if you are not into that sort of thing then maybe this is not the story for you. ;)
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"So, your day was unsuccessful then in finding members of the Sisterhood?" Cronus said as Nicole sat on the floor by his feet.
They had returned back to his home after leaving the slave market, the auction wasn't to be held until much later that evening. Jessica was dragged along with them, and put up no fight as she was positioned in the corner of the room where she always knelt.
"I've only been there a day, and half of that I was chained up!" Nicole said defensively. "I'm going to need a little more time than that to find out anything Master."
Cronus chuckled and nodded. "That you will, but I'm afraid I can't trust you to stay motivated without proper incentive."
Picking up the metal disk that formed the hood he leant over and pressed it to Nicole's forehead. As it started to encase her head she whimpered, and the last thing she saw before the metal covered her eyes was the grinning, smug face of Cronus.
The metal entrapped her mouth, fusing it together before finally spreading down her chin and around her neck. She knew that much like Jessica her head would now be totally encased in metal, and that unless Cronus wanted it she would hear or see nothing. As the panic caused by her confinement set in, she felt Cronus fiddling with her hands and within moments they had been pulled up behind her back and locked onto the base of the collar that had formed on the hood.
For a while she felt nothing, Cronus just left her kneeling on the floor as she was, totally helpless and it was a shock when she felt a tug at the collar pulled her to her feet. As she stood up there was a secondary tug from behind and slowly she felt the tension change as Jessica also was pulled to her feet.
Nicole figured they were joined again at the collar, and sure enough with a tug she felt Cronus pull them out the door as Nicole tired her best to follow, each step was a step into the unknown, and all she could do was fully focus on the feel beneath her feet as she took each step.
She felt the terrain change, from the cold, hard floor of Cronus's house, to the soft, sandy like paths of the outside world. She could feel where the sun had shone on the paths, the sand was hot on the soles of her feet unlike the shaded area's that felt cool and almost damp. From time to time there would be a step that would try to catch her out, she soon realised though that before this Cronus would allow the slightest of slack in the chain and sure enough by the time they reached whatever building she had been lead to the pace at which they walked was pretty reasonable considering both she and Jessica were totally blind to the surroundings.
The first thing that hit her about the place she had been led to was the smell, someone seemed to be cooking and whatever it was smelt wonderful. As she was pushed to kneel on the floor her mouth started watering, it had been days since she had eaten anything other than cum, or that disgusting cum substitute from earlier and now she was being tormented by the wonderful smells of this place.
Suddenly she could hear, as if someone had flicked a switch and turned on the power. She could hear Cronus to her left, she must have kneeling on his right hand side from what she could tell. Moments later she could see, and sure enough right next to her Cronus was grinning down at her from a huge chair. She could barely turn her head, the collar had seemed to tighten up forcing her to look almost directly ahead at the table that he sat in front of.
"So Malik, my crew and I will be most disappointed if we don't get up to the 75 tera's per slave tonight. How confident are you on that price?"
"Very," Malik said a little further away from them, opposite to where Nicole was. "In fact I'm so confident I'll make you a deal. I wager that on average, you will get 78 tera's or more tonight."
"Confident aren't we," he said. "And just what do you want in return?"
"Total exclusivity to sell all your acquisitions for the next two mega cycles, that includes your crew as well. I know that some of them use that butcher Ragnar from time to time."
"Sounds reasonable, and what if you lose?" Cronus said.
"I won't," Malik said confidently. "But if I do I'll supply you with free nanobots for 2 mega cycles. One for every acquisition you sell through me."
"One for every acquisition not matter where I sell them." Cronus said holding out his hand.
Malik grunted but grabbed Cronus's hand, shaking it hard. "Oh ok, it's not as if I'm going to lose anyway."
Just then Nicole heard a slave girl interrupt the two men from behind her. "Excuse me Masters, your food is ready."
"Ah excellent." Cronus said slapping the girl playfully on the arse as she leant over Nicole.
She let out a little yelp as she put the plates down, followed by two more huge tumblers of beer. Nicole could make out the piles of meat on Cronus's plate, it looked incredible and Nicole's stomach let out a groan. Malik on the other hand had something far smaller, a pile of what resembled rice, with a small slab of fish and a salad.
"Can I get you anything else Masters? Some water or supplements for your slaves perhaps?" She said looking over at Nicole.
Cronus grunted and shook his head. "No need, the slut's been fed once today and the other doesn't need anything other than what my cock gives her."
With that the slave girl bowed and left the two men to their food. Picking up one of the pieces of meat by the bone that protruded out one end Cronus ripped off a chunk of meat with his teeth and started crewing. Nicole looked on enviously.
"This one looks hungry Cronus, I trust you've started feeding her something. It's been two days since I gave her that supplement shot, that would have worn off over a day ago."
Cronus nodded as he swallowed the next mouthful of meat.
"She got some food at lunch, probably not as tasty as this was it slut?" Cronus said taking the bone and wafting it under Nicole's nose. Nicole moaned desperately, she was so close but with her mouth still completely sealed off she might as well have been miles away.
Malik laughed, "You are mean sometimes Cronus, very mean! How is Omega going?"
Cronus looked over at Jessica and then back at Malik with a huge grin. "Perfect, she's almost done with stage one I feel."