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toward them and snapped a bracelet around each of their wrists and then pointed toward the other alien growling in a low voice in a language she didn’t understand. Sienna and Rose did as they had seen many of the others do and walked toward the alien on the path. They passed easily through the wall with just a little tickle on their skin. The aliens had been slowly working through the entire group. Theirs was the last grouping and the aliens had started on them two days ago. They followed the first alien down a very long hallway and into another cavernous room. There was a table off to the right and two pedestals in nearly the center of the room with various workstations along the left wall. Several aliens in the room turned to look at them. It was intimidating to be in the room with this many of the giants. Sienna counted eight at various stations.  
      The first alien growled something in his guttural language and pointed to the pair of pedestals and Sienna stepped up on one as Rose did the same beside her. The bracelet was removed and the alien stepped back. Suddenly she felt as though a great weight had engulfed her. Everything from her neck down was immobile. She turned her head and saw Rose’s frightened face. Another alien approached and placed a small silver cylinder against her neck. There was a hiss, a stinging sensation and then a wave of warmth moved up her neck. The alien then did the same to Rose. 
      “I am Nogith,” the large alien sitting next to the table in front of them said. Sienna was startled and glanced at Rose who also appeared as surprised. “A translator was injected into your skin so that you can understand me and comply with instructions. Do you understand?” His voice was rough and gritty.
      “Yes,” she and Rose answered. Suddenly her body was free from the invisible bonds.
      “Sit,” he directed. She and Rose sat on the edge of the pedestals and looked up at him. “What is your occupation?”
      “I own a deli.”
      “A what?” he queried clearly puzzled by the answer. Apparently the translator wasn’t fool proof she thought.
      “A deli, it’s a place where we make food and then people pay us for the prepared foods” she stated. “Rose is one of my workers,” she indicated the girl next to her.
      “And this is all you do?” he frowned.
      “Yes.” Sienna tried not to let the irritation she felt at his statement show. All you do? He had no idea how hard they worked on a busy day.
      “Why were you on the base?”
      “They asked us to prepare a lunch for a meeting. We brought the food and things and set it up for them in a meeting room. Just before we finished the setup, the explosions started and the alarms started going off. We tried to leave but when we got out side, something made us blackout before we reached our vehicle,” she explained.
      Nogith smiled a toothy grin and said, “The stun blast.”
      Samantha was right thought Sienna, think shark.  His black eyes blinked at them from side to side rather than top to bottom. It was yet another unnerving attribute of their captors.  
    “You are now property of the suPonicks. You will behave and do as you are told. Your cooperation will go a long way to your own comfort and well-being. We staged a detonation at the base to appear as an accident. This means people will believe you are dead and will not look for you as the base was completely destroyed even the underground levels,” he arrogantly stated. “Nnmek, list them as cooks.” Sienna swallowed hard and said prayer for her grandmother. Grace would be devastated hearing of her ‘death’. He waved to the waiting pair of guards as though he hadn’t just delivered crushing news and a painful understanding that they would never see home again. The two guards came forward and put the bracelets back on Sienna and Rose. The first turned, walking away and the second waved his stick and they followed the departing one out and back to the