Page 43 of Escaping my Dragon

“Wait, you’re saying the asteroid that hit the Yucatán Peninsula and ended up causing a climate catastrophe that froze the world and eradicated the dinosaurs was you arriving in your spaceship?”

Spaceship? It sounded amused. That asteroid is what you humans would call an ovum containing my as-yet-unevolved form. The shell of it cracked on impact, releasing me.

“You arrived as a baby?” Absolutely crazy.

As if I were ever so useless, the indignant reply. Even at my birth, I was superior to all other creatures on this planet.

“And how many of you were there? I assume you didn’t land here alone.”

Just me. The appetite of my kind is too great to share with anything other than drones.

“What are those?”

Another kind of servant, but unlike you, they carry some of my essence.

It took me a second to digest the statement before I blurted, “Are you talking about children?”

I suppose that would be the closest example you’d understand.

“But you just said you’re the only one of your kind here. So how can you make them?”

I simply need to fertilize eggs from a viable host.

Ever get a sudden chill that froze you with horror? It took a moment before my pasty tongue could form the words, “What kind of host?”

Don’t pretend to be stupid.

“Oh no. No. No. No.” I shook my head as I frantically glanced around as if the hole suddenly sprouted stairs for me to climb. “I am not going to be your monster baby mama.”

As if you have a choice.

“I don’t agree. No happening. No way. No how.” I huffed as I scrabbled at the walls.

Awake after thousands of years and despite having somewhat progressed on the evolutionary scale, humans still resort to hysteria.

“I’d say I have reasons since you want to use me as an incubator!”

Don’t be foolish. Your body is much too small for such a task. I simply require your eggs.

“Which are inside my body and staying there,” I spat.

You should be thanking me. Unlike other humans, some of your essence will live on when I rise to reign over the world.

“You’re assuming we won’t blow your ass to pieces. Humans have evolved from carrying spears and throwing rocks. We have jet planes with missiles and nukes.”

I’m aware of your advances. I might have been sleeping, but my mind was listening and learning. You won’t⁠—

The voice abruptly ceased, and it took me a moment to realize why. A noisy hum had me staring upward.

A helicopter!

Come to me. The abrupt command.

“Like fuck. I’m being rescued, so too bad, so sad for your egg-stealing plan.

COME. TO. ME.

My muscles locked, and I went rigid before pivoting. As if controlled by strings, my left leg lifted and moved forward. Then my right. A jerky walk that I didn’t control, taking me in the direction of the tunnel.