Falling into the Abyss

Immediately after the spacecraft set sail from the earth, it entered the curvature navigation mode, and all crew members, soldiers and non-humans entered the sleep cabin, leaving only the computer to control the navigation process.They slept in that small capsule for a month, and when they approached the 930 star field, they resumed their normal navigation mode, sailing at 0.9 times the speed of light to the hot burning star in the distance of the dark universe—Hera.

The first thing that pulled Ethan's floating consciousness back to his body was a gentle sound of music, and a soft white light lit up through a layer of eyelids.However, the moment he opened his eyes, a strong nausea suddenly stirred up from his stomach, and he lay on the edge of the sleeping capsule and retched, vomiting out a lot of transparent gastric juice.His face was covered with snot and tears, and he wiped his face with the back of his hand in embarrassment, when suddenly a towel stretched over his cheek.

He looked up.Against the light, Tanithel's exquisite and handsome face is close at hand, floating with a layer of blurred dreams.

"Thank you..." Ethan took the towel in a panic, not daring to look at the other's naked chest muscles.He never dreamed that the next door to him was the capsule of the priest of Eve Star, let alone that the other party was willing to show kindness to him, an inhuman.

Tanithel smiled at him, put on the bathrobe handed by the robot, and looked around the entire sleeping hall with silver-gray eyes.At this point people are waking up one by one, and everyone reacts differently to curvature flight.Some looked dazed and in a trance, some lay on the ground retching like Ethan, and others didn't react much like him.At such a moment, everyone is almost naked. If it weren't for the electric collar around the neck used as a deterrent, it would be difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong.

Ethan touched the glasses that had been stored in the cabinet under the sleeping compartment in advance and put them on, the world suddenly became much clearer.He let out a long breath. He had never sailed on a curvature before, nor had he entered such a long deep sleep. He never thought that waking up would be ten times worse than the feeling of a hangover.He put on his bathrobe, and couldn't help noticing the Priest of Eve who was letting the medical robot measure his blood pressure beside him.

"Have we entered the Hera galaxy yet?" the female Beta, who was probably a researcher, asked on the other side.

The man to her left replied, "Probably, otherwise the ship wouldn't have awakened us all."

"I don't know what to do with so many non-human beings. Is it dangerous?"

"I heard that those pioneers lost contact suddenly, and then the search and rescue team lost contact shortly after they went up, but some search and rescue videos have been sent back to Earth, but they are all confidential and no one is allowed to see them. This time even non-human Bring them all, could it be a nuclear leak or something?"

The female Beta turned to Ethan, "Which department are you from? Have you heard anything?"

However, the male Beta pushed her with his hand, gave her a look, and glanced at his neck. Only then did the female Beta notice Ethan's collar hidden under the collar of his bathrobe.In an instant, her eyes changed.Just now, when he looked at Ethan's elegant and upright face, he still had a friendly smile, but now there was only a mask of panic left, and his body unconsciously moved a few inches in the opposite direction.

Although Ethan understood the other party's reaction, he still felt a little sad.

Suddenly, the sweet and gentle voice of the spaceship computer Diana rang out: "All non-humans, please go to cabin 13 to gather immediately." Ethan didn't dare to neglect, he quickly wrapped his clothes and walked to the cabin door, and other non-humans with collars around their necks also followed suit. One after another, they separated from the crowd of white flowers.Because the cabin door was too narrow, everyone was crowded together. Ethan was pushed forward by the crowd, and suddenly felt a hard pinch on his buttocks.

He exclaimed and turned his head, but he couldn't see who was behind him at all.He was squeezed through the cabin door, led by an impatient soldier at the front, through the winding and complicated clear corridors, and finally took the elevator in several batches to the cargo warehouse floor.

Before the elevator door opened, the rumbling sound of mechanical operation had already pierced his eardrums, and the icy cold air that hit his face made Ethan shiver.Obviously, in consideration of the safety of the crew, researchers and Eve stars, they, non-human beings, are isolated in this warehouse layer that is not suitable for human survival.The corridor outside lost its simple and clean decoration style. Steel pipes spread high above the walls and on the walls, and iron suspension bridges staggered in the air, making it easier for technicians to check parts.The huge space was divided into many areas by barbed wire, filled with survival supplies and some tall machines that I didn't know what to do with.The dim light looks oppressive and blurry through the mist, and the pungent smell of engine oil fills the nostrils.

All the non-humans were only wearing bathrobes, and they hadn't even had time to put on their clothes. Even their blood was frozen in this insufficiently heated cargo hold.A series of dissatisfied shouts and curses sounded around.A soldier standing on a high place pressed a button on the controller on his arm with a cold face, and the two who screamed the most fiercely screamed, fell to the ground and twitched all over their bodies, the whites of their eyes rolled back, and they spit out White foam.Everyone immediately moved away from the two poor ghosts and spread out into an open space.

"Shut up, everyone, stay here and wait for orders. Someone will bring your clothes to you in a while. No one is allowed to go to the upper floors without permission." The familiar voice turned out to be the male Beta guard who picked them in the Forbidden City.

In order not to be shocked by the electric shock, no one dared to speak anymore.Fifty nonhumans scattered in twos and threes, looking for places to huddle each other for warmth.Ethan wasn't used to being crowded with so many people, so he had to find a slightly warm pipe and sit down behind him, wrapping his hands tightly around his body.The roar of countless machines made his head ache and his consciousness became dizzy.

But at this moment, the body was suddenly embraced by a strong force.A strange smell, not from Samuel.

He jerked violently, and opened his eyes, only to see a red-haired, muscular Alpha man sitting next to him smiling overly eagerly at him. His bathrobe was wide open, revealing his stretched chest muscles and eight-pack abs. .

"Are you new here?"

"Yes." Ethan tried to move his body away, but was pulled back suddenly by the arms around his waist.

"It's so cold in this place, why don't you hug each other to keep warm?" The other party's tone had no room for change, and it wasn't a problem at all, "My name is Otto, what's your name?"

Otto... a familiar name, Samuel mentioned it...

Ethan swallowed saliva into his parched throat, looking around, trying to find a chance to escape, "Ethan Eldridge."

"Painful name, just listening to the surname makes me feel like a high-class person." Otto whistled, moving his hands on his waist ambiguously, and sniffing disturbingly with his nose on his neck, "Are you Beta or Omega?"

On weekdays, when Omegas are not in estrus, most people on Earth cannot tell the difference between their scent and Beta, but most Omegas are smaller and have unusual sexy charms, and most of them can be distinguished by their appearance.But there are also Omegas who don't like to show off for various reasons, and those are usually more difficult to distinguish from ordinary Betas.So it is not surprising that Otto asked this question.

"Beta..." Ethan grabbed Otto's dishonest wrist and said cautiously, "I know Samuel..."

"Samuel? Hahahaha, he's not interested in a Beta like you that doesn't smell like an Omega at all. Even an Omega, he's very picky."

Ethan thought that Samuel himself was an Omega. Of course he was picky about Omega, but he could only pretend to be calm. His eyes searched for the shadows of guards and other soldiers, but he was not sure if anyone would answer him if he called for help.

"Otto, I remember that we had an agreement not to have any ideas of the other party's people." Ethan was relieved by the sudden insertion of the voice, and when he turned around, he saw Samuel standing behind him with arms folded, half a smile There was a hint of anger in his eyes.

Otto was taken aback, then laughed indifferently, and naturally let go of Ethan's hand, "Joe, when did your taste change?"

Samuel grabbed Ethan's arm and pulled him up, wrapped his arms around Ethan's waist in a possessive attitude, and even stuck out his tongue to lick the outer edge of Ethan's ear.Ethan's whole body trembled for a moment, and goosebumps arose.He understands that Samuel is acting, but he doesn't have to be so realistic.

What's more, what makes Ethan even more disturbed is that in such close contact, most of the smell has faded through the Alpha camouflage reagent, and he noticed a faint smell on Samuel's body that can only be smelled by his heavenly nose. musky smell

This is not a good sign.Because according to his previous experience with Omega, when this smell appeared, Omega would enter estrus within two days.

No way, if Samuel knew that he was going to be in estrus, why did he take the initiative to sign up for this atonement? !He can't be so stupid, can he? ?

However, Samuel himself didn't seem to notice it at all, and he still hugged Ethan and stared at Otto in an Alpha posture, "I know his secretary face is your fault, but sorry, I live in the same room with him, see He's so cute, if he's not careful, he preemptively strikes."

Cute Ethan somehow remembered that his first Omega boyfriend also described him in this way. It seems that Omegas all think he is quite "cute"?

Although he doesn't feel the word has anything to do with him at all.

Otto raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I'm sorry, man, I really didn't know he belonged to you. I will apologize to you later." After speaking, he waved his hands and turned away.Seeing him walking away, Ethan didn't even have time to relax, so he lowered his voice and whispered in Joe Samuel's ear, "Your estrus is about to begin!"

Samuel was taken aback, then turned to stare at him, "What nonsense are you talking about, my estrus is still two weeks away."

Ethan also stared back, "Haven't you ever thought that the curved flight path might disrupt your hormones and estrus cycle?"

The two looked at each other for a while, and both saw bewilderment and shock in each other's eyes.Ethan hurriedly asked again, "Since you already know that you will be in estrus in two weeks, you should have brought inhibitors and camouflage?"

Samuel's breathing became more and more rapid, "I brought it...but I was sewn in the clothes."

Ethan let out a long breath, "It's okay, it's okay, they said they will send our clothes in a while."

However, three or ten minutes later, the two of them were completely dumbfounded as they held the space travel uniforms issued to them by the guards.Samuel quickly caught up with the guard and asked, "Where are my old clothes?"

The guard glared at him, "I don't know, it was probably destroyed."

"I want my old clothes!" Samuel panicked and didn't care to pay attention to whether his tone was too strong.Seeing that the guard was about to trigger the electric shock button on his arm, Ethan quickly gave Samuel a hand, and smiled apologetically to the guard, "He is so frozen that his mind is not clear, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." gone.

Fortunately, Samuel's self-control was still there, and he didn't panic completely, allowing Ethan to pull him behind a machine far away from other non-humans.Samuel's fists were clenched tightly, as if he was going to hit someone, Ethan was terrified, and he didn't know if the other party would really beat him up because of excessive panic and out of control.

Seeing Samuel sitting on a pipe with his hands in his hair, he looked annoyed.Ethan boldly put the clothes in his arms on him, but Samuel angrily tore them off and threw them on the ground.Ethan sighed and persuaded, "It will take one to two days before the smell will be noticed, and this ship will sail for a week, as long as you find a suitable place to hide for three days before starting to say Might not be able to survive.”

"You're so fucking easy! Do you know how hard it would be without inhibitors?! So many Alphas, if any one smells it, I'm done!"

Ethan thought to himself that other Omega survived the estrus period without inhibitors and before being marked, but his face was still full of concern and patience, patiently persuading: "There is no way, let's start Find a hidden place, I'll keep an eye on it for you, and make the necessary preparations just in case. When everything is arranged, we'll go find out where the old clothes are kept. Those people above probably won't want to touch We're inhuman things, so your inhibitor should still be there."

The elegant and reliable Beta of Ethan has always been regarded by the Omega as a trustworthy guardian during the estrus period. Beta's frigid nature prevents him from being tempted, and he is careful, patient, and meticulous. He has been responsible for taking care of his father when he is young. He took care of his Omega mother when he grew up, and took care of his roommates, friends, and even flirtatious objects when he grew up. He has no experience in this kind of thing.

This is the first time he has encountered an Omega like Samuel who is as aggressive as an Alpha, but when he thinks about being dominated by instinct, it shouldn't be much different...

Ethan's warm and steady voice calmed down the anxiety in Samuel's heart a little bit, he took a deep breath, and suppressed the anxiety that was about to drive him crazy.As one of the alpha leaders in the Forbidden City, he has offended many people over the years. Once his Omega identity is revealed, he may never have peace in the Forbidden City.

"If you disappear for three days, you will always be suspected, and there are surveillance cameras everywhere, where can I hide?"

"You think too much. Those guards probably left after they left us here. As long as we don't go to the upper floor, who cares where we are. As for other non-human beings who are all focused on their own lives, how can they pay attention? Whoever is missing is not missing." Ethan reassured, but complained in his heart, these Omega and Alpha always have excess self-awareness, and always feel that others are paying attention to themselves.Beta like them never had this kind of problem.

This is why the average interstellar spy always prefers Betas because no one will pay attention to them.

"If you're worried, just wait here, and I'll pick you up when I find it." Seeing that Samuel hesitated, Ethan persuaded.After all, if he didn't find a suitable place to make a nest by tomorrow, Samuel would be in danger.

Samuel was his backer in the Forbidden City. If he collapsed, Ethan would not be able to protect himself.And this time, if he helps Samuel pass the level smoothly this time, he will definitely be very grateful to himself, and will definitely take care of him more during the mission of redemption.

Don't mess up this opportunity!

Samuel knew that this was probably the best way, so he nodded in agreement.

Ethan looked around and saw that the guards really entered the elevator and left, so he immediately walked to the depths of the warehouse floor.The tall and wide space is difficult to see the top at a glance, the iron bridges above the head are scattered and overlapped, and there are countless huge motors and cylindrical unknown machines on both sides.Since most of the warehouse floors of the spaceship do not require manpower maintenance, there is a lack of lighting, and there is a layer of dim yellow color everywhere, and the continuous trembling sound waves create a tinnitus-like noise in the brain.Coupled with the freezing temperature, it is really not a suitable place to make a nest.

Ethan walked close to the shadows of the machines, trying not to make a sound.I have never been to this kind of place when I took a spaceship for interstellar travel before, and I don't know much about the structure of a spaceship.Occasionally, there were pipelines protruding from the ground, as if a suddenly opened hand grabbed his ankle, causing him to stumble.After searching for a long time, I finally found a hidden space with a higher temperature near the nuclear reactor of the spacecraft, behind a bunch of densely packed pipelines.Although there may be a risk of exposure to radiation, this advanced spacecraft has already taken various sealing measures, so as long as it is outside the closed door marked with no entry, there should be no danger.

Most importantly, probably no non-human would want to get close to it.

After bringing Samuel back, Omega, who was in a tense mood before the estrous period, looked around and reluctantly agreed.They moved some boxes from the cargo hold and stacked them around, covering up the space as much as possible.Ethan dug out some sleeping bags from some loose boxes, and spread them all in the secret space surrounded by cables and boxes.

Their plan is that when Samuel's estrus begins, Ethan will sneak back every day to get food and water to bring back, and when he needs to go to the toilet, he will solve it nearby, and Ethan will be on guard.It is a distance away from all places where non-humans gather, so the chance of being discovered is not high.

To be on the safe side, Samuel didn't go back, lest the Alpha with a sharp nose smell him in advance.

At night, the two of them were lying side by side in the dark secret space, and Ethan could already feel the sweet musky scent on Samuel's body was much stronger.He couldn't fall asleep, and he had many questions in his mind, so he asked tentatively, "Have we... met somewhere before?"

After I finished speaking, I felt that what I said was a bit like a clumsy pick-up line...

Samuel didn't speak for a while.When Ethan thought he was asleep, the other party suddenly said, "You may have seen me on TV. I used to punch."

These words instantly cleared the fog in Ethan's mind. Isn't he the famous young boxing champion Jonathan Samuel a few years ago? !Even people like Ethan who have never paid attention to boxing have seen him, just because he has a handsome face that is rarely seen in the fighting circle, and he is domineering and punches hard during the match, which attracts many people who are not interested in boxing at all. The female Alpha, Beta and Omega are crazy, and have been on the cover of fashion magazines.

"It turned out to be you?! Fuck! Why are you here!" And I've never heard that Jonathan Samuel is an Omega before? !Could it be that he has been using inhibitors and Alpha camouflage together since then?

In the darkness, Samuel's expression could not be seen clearly, but only a sneer was heard, "Yeah, I don't understand how I came to this ghost place."

Realizing that he seemed to have asked the wrong question, Ethan shut his mouth embarrassingly.Besides committing an unforgivable crime, what other reason could he be locked up here?

"It's your secretary, how did you get in because of your submissive appearance?" Samuel asked back.

Ethan took off his glasses and blinked slowly in the dark, "I don't understand either."

"Hehehe, don't you know what crime you have committed? Don't tell me that you are a good person and just made a mistake accidentally."

Ethan was so blocked that he couldn't speak, but he was a little angry in his heart.I thought to myself that you don't know me well, so how do you know I'm not a good person?

So he also turned back, "Don't you also not understand?!"

"I didn't say I was a good person."

"You..." Ethan snorted coldly, "It seems that you are not only not a good person, but also stupid. The estrus period is almost here, and you volunteered to participate in some redemption."

"What do you know? People like me who are usually active as volunteers suddenly disappear every three months, and everyone will doubt it. Besides, I have prepared enough inhibitors and disguises every time. If it weren't for the crazy people this time Send us some new clothes inexplicably, nothing will happen at all."

"Good Omega, pretending to be an Alpha, isn't it clear that something will happen sooner or later?"

"Shut up, or I'll beat you up."

The two of them chattered for a while, and both were a little tired.Ethan turned over angrily, feeling exhausted from the day, and fell asleep unconsciously.