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“Guards,” the Supervisor said.
The door opened and they stepped inside the room.
“Please take Ivy back to the Prize Pool,” he said.
He looked at me again.
“Once again, I’m sorry. I meant no disrespect.”
“Have you done this kind of thing before? Surrogates?”
“No.”
“Why now?”
“Because Kren has never shown much interest in the Prizes before. I didn’t think it was an option. But now, we have you.”
My head was fuzzy and I found it difficult to concentrate.
“Why do you care?”
“Because no scientist likes to see a creature become extinct. Especially when it’s within our power to prevent it. I’ve watched Kren grow into a strong young man. But he’s lost his way. If I could give him a family to replace the one he’d lost… To give him a future… He might not need to fight so much in the pits. Maybe he could have a new life somewhere among the stars.”
The guards reached for my arm to pull me up onto my feet.
The Supervisor raised a hand for the guards to wait.
“If I did this…” I said, and I couldn’t believe the words coming out of my mouth. “If I was a surrogate for his child, I… I would want something in return.”
“Payment? I don’t have a lot of money but—”
“Not money. I want to go home.”
“Home?”
“To Earth. I want you to send me back so I can forget this whole thing ever happened.”
“Of course. I can arrange that. Are you sure you can do this? I understand if you can’t.”
Here was the truth of the matter:
I was going to be forced to have sex with one or more of these creatures over and over again.
I would get nothing out of it. Except a lot of pain.
At least this way I had some control over the situation.
There was at least a chance I could get out of there without having my life ruined.
It was far from ideal but what other choice did I have?
Besides, if kept close to the Supervisor, if I learned more about how the shuttlecraft worked, maybe I could rescue myself from the situation and never have to look back ever again.
“Yes,” I said. “Yes, I’ll do it.”
“That’s excellent news! I’ll prepare the necessary equipment for childbirth. I can’t tell you what this means to me, what it will mean to Kren and his species.”
“Sure,” I said, my voice numb.
