Hanna realized that she was going into space. She was basically going to be an astronaut... something far beyond her dream of being an astronomer. This would have excited her more except that they were currently in danger. There was no telling when Prince Brandon’s orgy would end and they would discover that their prisoners had vanished.

Kyle’s spaceship, at first, slowly ascended. Then it sped up as if gravity didn’t matter. She didn’t even feel the Gs that she thought she’d be feeling in this instance. That meant his ship must have had some kind of neutralizer of some kind. Damn, that was so fucking cool.

Despite the danger, she felt giddy down to her toes. She swallowed and focused on the nearly 220-degree panoramic view screen that had lit up as the ship took off. The Earth slowly turned from horizon to a curved planet.

As she stared down at the giant blue and green orb, she couldn’t help but shake. She was actually in space! It didn’t feel that much different from being on the planet, aside from the slight weightless feeling in her stomach.

She clutched at the handles of her seat and bit her lip to prevent the tears of joy from leaking out of her eyes. She would have to get Kyle to remove her helmet to wipe them and she didn’t want to cause him problems while he was so focused.

Ah, Fuck it. She might not get a better chance than this. It was possible she could die at any time while going against a hentai world protagonist like Prince Brandon. “Kyle?”

“Hmm?”

“This might be the view coercing me or the danger we’re in making my heart beat too fast. And I don’t even know if your species has this concept... But I want you to know that I love you.”

He jerked his head to look at her. His beautiful alien eyes had grown wide.

Ah, shit. This was a bad time to confess after all.

He opened his mouth to reply when a loud beeping screeched through the main room.

“It’s the prince. He’s after us, and his weapons are fully locked on our asses!”

***

Kyle moved his tentacles and hands faster and more accurately than he’d ever done before. He stared at the instruments, hyper focused. Earlier, he’d called to the drones he’d left in orbit to turn on their defenses and begin their warm up sequence. They were almost finished... Too bad the prince was faster.

That meant that they needed to fight him with just the weapons his ship. While they equipped his with decent torpedos, plasma cannons, and lasers, it was still just an attacking drone command vessel—not an actual attack vessel. This meant that his ship didn’t have the room for all the ammo/power source he needed as it, was taken up by crew space.

He sighed. The good news was that the prince’s ship was still damaged. If he could hit it in just the right spot, he could cripple it, or destroy it altogether... If the Lusundai ship didn’t destroy his first.

He also needed to get further from the planet or else a stray torpedo might just harm the primitive planet below.

***

In space, the two ships danced with each other. One large and pale like the sweetest of alabaster and the other black velvet against the impossibly dark starry surroundings.

The pale ship sent wave after wave of small spurts of white liquidy plasma toward the surface of the black ship. But the dark vessel was small and nimble. It twisted impossibly fast and jerked just out of range. Then is sent a barrage of large black torpedoes towards the pale surface.

One hit, briefly stunning the ship. But its shields took the pounding like a pro. The weak seeming Lusundai vessel was not as weak as its damaged surface seemed.

The two spaceships exchanged blow after blow, each time barely escaping. Until the white one managed to get one lucky shot on the ebony velvet surface of the Tov vessel.

The Tov ship’s acceleration slowed significantly, allowing the Lusundai to slide right up on its ass. Their tips practically touched.

The pilots of each ship sent communications to the other.

***

Kyle accepted the connection from the damn Lusundai.

On his viewing area, a small screen appeared, showing the Lusundai in his natural form. While Kyle had seen pictures of them before, this was his first time communicating with one. He swallowed. There was no time to be nervous when his ship was in a bad position.

This Lusundai, kept himself bare of any clothing, showing that he was proud of his genetic purity. His paper white skin gleamed in harsh lighting.

But other than his odd coloring, his form didn’t differ too greatly from the human species... aside from his small penis with a purple tip. Well, Kyle supposed it would be large for a human. Maybe? It was hard to tell since he didn’t exactly go around inspecting other species' genitalia.

It was just... ya know, right there. In his face. So it would be weird if he didn’t notice it.

There were also several half-naked women, passed out and surrounding the prince. One even knelt at his feet and stared at his crotch for some reason.

Next to Kyle, Hanna rested her hand on her helmet and muttered, “Freakin’ hentai world.”

The prince cleared his vocals then began to speak in English, their only shared language currently. “Lusundai Ship to enemy outlaw vessel!”

Kyle cringed and said, “Federation Vessel to enemy Lusundai ship!”

That seemed to infuriate the Prince, but it wasn’t like their situation would change at that exact moment.

“I’ve crippled your vessel! Surrender or die!”

“Oh, Prince Brandon,” One of the ladies piped up. “You’re so cool and honorable.”

Hanna pointed at the girl, “Is she for real?”

He shrugged. “Then I guess I’ll have to choose a third option!”

The prince scoffed. “What third option?”

Kyle hit the option to decloak most of his drones. They surrounded the Lusundai ship, torpedo bays open and ready to launch.

“Ha! You wouldn’t dare! I have women from a primitive race on board my ship. The ethics you subscribe to won’t allow you to harm them.”

“As far as I’m aware, any individual who sides with the enemy is also considered an enemy.” Kyle grinned. “I am well aware I’d be killing your harem of women, but they already attempted to kidnap me and my people once. I can’t expect them to be kind.”

The one staring at the alien’s cock scoffed. “Never mind, Brandon. Just shoot him so we can go back to bed.”

The prince, on the other hand, had sweat pouring down his forehead. He already knew Kyle had the upper hand here. Even if his ship managed to get in a lucky shot they wouldn’t be able to escape the drones. Drones known to have an auto kill function. If the main ship was destroyed, they would continue to hunt down the perpetrator unless given the correct Tov stopping sequence.

“Quite, Brit. I’ve got this.” The Lusundai whispered. Then he turned to Kyle. His eyes moved to something out of the screen before a grin spread on his face. “I think you may have misunderstood the situation. Because I’m not alone!”

Space warped outside their stand off. A massive Lusundai mothership exited hyperspace near them. Then, it immediately started to fire at Kyle’s vessel.

Hanna clutched her armrests tightly but she didn’t close her eyes. And he still hadn’t responded to her confession. Fuck, he needed to survive to do that.

This situation looked grim. And space did not provide a good ground for cover. But he still had several drones that he’d stationed around their vessel.

With each strike that barreled towards his ship. His drones decreased, one by one.

He closed the coms.

Fuck it. He might not get another chance. And it wasn’t like he wasn’t already doing everything possible to keep them alive.

“Hanna!”

“Yes, Kyle?”

“My species doesn’t experience love the same way yours does. But it’s no less intense... and in some, rare cases. It’s more intense.” He wrapped one hand around hers. “What I feel for you can only be called a mind-numbingly powerful love. I’m sorry. But I think we might die here. I should have left you on Earth... But some sick part of me is glad we’re facing this end together.”