Beast in the Cage: A Scifi Alien Romance

getting to his feet with surprising energy. “He’ll be fighting soon and he’ll choose you as his Prize again.”
“Okay,” I said in a voice that didn’t sound like my own.
I turned and approached the guards.
My feet didn’t feel like they touched the ground.
“Oh, there’s one other thing!” the Supervisor said, jogging over to catch up to me. “Kren can’t know what we’re doing. Not yet.”
“Why not?”
“Because of the way he is. He can be difficult. Under normal circumstances, I would let him decide for himself but we’re talking about an entire species here, not just one person. He has a duty to carry on his parents’ legacy.”
I had thought it would be a clinical process, with Kren supplying the sperm and me the eggs.
“So, how am I supposed to get him to impregnate me?”
The answer popped into my head the moment the question was out of my mouth.
“I’m sure you’re well aware of how it’s done,” the Supervisor said.
Despite my best intentions, I couldn’t keep the blush off my face.
I did have experience but never with an intergalactic alien!
“You’d best be getting back to the Pool,” the Supervisor said. “Kren will be finishing his fight soon.”
He bent over the microscope and fiddled with the toggle.
The guards led me to the door.
I was still a little dazed from the agreement I’d made.
A question kept nudging at me and wouldn’t leave off until it got an answer.
“What makes you so sure he’ll choose me again?” I said. “It might have been a one-time thing.”
The Supervisor looked up from his microscope.
“Because most of us aren’t like the blinkers. Where they might act unpredictably, the rest of us are very predictable. The best answer I can give you is this: I’ve met you. He’ll return for sure.”
“What did the Supervisor speak with you about?” Harper asked the moment I returned to our shared quarters.
“Just some… stuff.”
I was still distracted and for obvious reasons.
Did I really want to do this?
Did I really want to rent my womb out for a return trip home?
It wasn’t about what I wanted, I decided. It was about what I needed.
And it wasn’t like I was doing this for selfish reasons.
An entire alien species hung in the balance.
How many women got to claim they were responsible for mothering an alien species?
It would definitely catch the eye of anyone who read my resume.
But maybe the Supervisor was wrong and Kren wouldn’t be interested in me.
Maybe he would pick Harper and have a great time with her instead of her frigid friend.
And if he chose me again?
Then I would let nature take its course and one thing would lead to another and another…
The bell rang and the girls hurried to get dressed and ready for the next fighter to claim his Prize.
Kren’s image flashed up on the monitor.
It was him. He was coming.
I gulped.
I wore the same style of sheer dress as the night before.
Hopefully, it would remind him of the time we spent together and he would want a repeat…
Only this time with the X-rated parts kept in.
We lined up on the dais and waited for the Beast to turn up.
The guards led him down the tunnel. He nipped at their heels faster than he did yesterday.
Lily rose to meet him at the entrance.
“Kren. May I introduce to you—”
He didn’t even stop and marched right into the room.
Lily had to hurry to catch up.
Kren didn’t have a scratch on him. Only his boots were lightly dusted.
He marched up to the dais and stood before me.
“How about we have a replay of last night?”
I couldn’t help but smile, even if I now had a secret.
“I’d love to.”
The other girls groaned as he took me by the hand.
“One thing before we go,” he said.
“What?”
“Go change. I don’t want the other fighters ogling you. Tonight, you’re mine. And only mine.”
I gulped.
I was his.
And his seed would be mine.
I nodded and approached the back room where I could change.
The other girls were furious.
I loved it.

Kren
My cell door slid shut behind us.
I was alone with her once more.
Instead of the sheer dress, she wore a regular pair of jeans and a T-shirt with a flower on the front.
She couldn’t have looked more beautiful.
I sensed she felt a lot more comfortable this time around and immediately washed her hands in the bathroom.
“How about you take a shower while I cook us something to eat?” Ivy said. “You must be exhausted after the fight.”
“It didn’t last long.”
I’d seen the monster coming and wasted no time in shutting him down.
I was in no mood to waste time when I could be with Ivy.
“But it’s a good idea.”
I wanted to take her in my arms, kiss her, and thank her for being so kind.
But it felt a little awkward.
“I’ll, uh, leave you to it,” I said.
I moved into the bathroom and left the door open slightly so I could hear her clanging around in the kitchenette for the pots and pants.
Being the champ came with certain privileges.
I had the largest cell in the block and it came with a king-size double bed and a wardrobe of clothes.
I was offered first refusal on any objects brought into the prison to decorate my room with. I didn’t take advantage of most of it.
I could also use the workout room exclusively for one hour a day or share it with others. I tended to work out at night while most of the others were asleep.
I got undressed and turned on the shower.
I let the water wash over me, soothing me the way it always did.
This was my biggest treat. Hot running water every day.
I sometimes took three or four showers a day.
It reminded me of a memory I had of a waterfall cascading over my face and beating against my skin. It wasn’t as cold as I expected, but cool.
I had only a handful of memories of the world I originally came from. I was just too young when I was brought to this prison.
There was one thing I couldn’t feel at