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Present-Day
In Space on an Unknown Alien Vessel
TaraI’ve barely let my four-year-old out of my arms since ugly aliens abducted us from our bed on Earth three days ago. We’re imprisoned on a spaceship in a tiny cell, maybe six feet square. It’s big enough for a twin-sized cot, a toilet, and a sink. Surrounded on three sides by glowing, red laser bars that can cut you into pieces, there’s a solid wall behind the cot.
I’ve been terrified not only for what will happen to us, but I’m worried the lasers will slice through Danielle if she forgets for one second the bars can kill her.
Six other cells flank me in either direction. They’re all inhabited by Earth females. I assume the aliens who stole Danielle and me out of the bed we share didn’t expect a twofer when they abducted us.
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