The Specimen (Aanea x xenophylia)

[xenophylia]

The overhead lights flickered and flooded the lab, almost blinding the scientist who'd just been recently awakened from amouch too short sleep. The call he'd gotten- from the leader of the men who'd just returned from a specimen collecting expedition in the amazonian rainforest- had told him the find was special enough that it couldn't wait till morning.

At age 26, Dr. Brian Jenkins had seen almost everything, despite the fact that he looked like a college student. He sported black wavy hair and a dark complexion, with brown eyes so dark that people often mistook for black like the creatures he studied. At just under six feet he didn't make an imposing figure, but as to his knowledge of snakes he had no equal. A herpetologist especially renowned for discovering new species, he'd cataloged at least a dozen himself, and his group another several dozen. But the creature which lay suspended in the net before him defied description in therms of anything he'd known.

He walked up one side and down the other, making sure there was no trickery. But his staff wasn't known for playing jokes. “Incredible...” he muttered to himself. The “net”- a device he'd designed for studying large constrictor snakes- was made from woven kevlar and hung suspended from the ceiling. The twenty five foot long apparatus kept extremely large and powerful specimens from gaining purchase on the fixtures or floor within the lab so they could be examined safely without anesthesia.

The creature held within it had been sedated during it's capture. Her capture, for clearly she was female. This was apparent from the shapely breasts adorning her upper body. To the waist, she looked like a sleeping princess. Long lustrous blonde hair, pale flawless skin. There were vestiges of scales here and there on her face and upper body, but largely she appeared human. Above the waist, that was.

Below the waist was another matter. Right below her hips the flesh merged into serpentine scales. Emerald green and gold, at places almost iridescent, the scales so shiny they looked almost wet. Her lower body occupied the entire length of the net, varying in width from a slender tail to the thickness of his own waist at her widest.

They'd darted her from a distance, having been alerted of her present by the local villages who considered her some sort of deity. Whether they worshiped her or feared her was unclear, but they allowed his crew to take her away without interfering. And now she was here, before him. A creature that till today had only existed in the imagination.

Nearby a machine started beeping and monitors sprung to life. The creature's pulse and respiration were increasing, sure signs she was beginning to arrive. He stood back from the net, keeping his eye on her passive form. “Can you hear me?” he said. He had no indication she was even sentient. But somehow he just knew she'd understand him.

[Aanea]

Her eyes slowly flutter open, though this was soon met with the blinding light of the large room. Causing her to cover her eyes to the lights while she adjusted to the new surroundings. This was not her temple....It was something different...Something she didn't quite like. Her amber eyes, much like that of a serpent, darted about the room before looking back at the man that stood below her. Glancing at the strange netting they had her suspended from curiously. Losing interest in the person as she investigated the strange weave. It was clearly nothing natural, not vines at the least as she felt over the fibers of each strand.

Glancing back to look around the room, and noticing she she had a bunch of strange things attached over her torso. Ripping them all off in a fever of fright causing the heart rate monitor to start emitting a loud and long beeping sound as it lost the connection. Turning to the strange thing and hissing angrily, hoping it would cease the annoying sound. Which in turn showed off her sharp fangs and long forked tongue to the forgotten doctor below her.

[xenophylia]

"Easy.....it's ok. You're safe. Can you understand me?"

The doctor had expected her awakening to be traumatic, especially if she was sentient. Part of her so resembled humanity that he believed she had to be. He noticed her eyes, and the fangs. Could such a large snake have venom too? Typical constrictors didn't have fangs. She'd be dangerous enough due to her size, but even more so if she was poisonous. Pressing a button on a nearby console, Jenkins caused the net to tighten a bit around her. He didn't want her to struggle and hurt herself.

He wheeled a cart of medical supplies close to her and selected a rather large syringe. "I'm going to draw a blood sample. This might sting a bit, but it's necessary for the tests I need to run on you. You're not going to break free of the net, so you might as well just relax. We're building an enclosure for you but your arrival was rather unexpected. So for the time being I'm afraid you'll have to stay in this thing."

He jabbed the syringe into a meaty portion of her length, ready to jump back if she reacted too violently.

[Aanea]

The syringe needle simply breaks as it hits the overlapping scales of her tail. Causing her to twist around to look at him and letting out a disapproving hiss in his direction. Her orange-yellow eyes burrowing into him, trying to understand what he was trying to do to her. His dialect was something alien to her, clearly not a native to where she lived. She kept her eyes on him as they seemed to glow for a short while, giving him a bit of a migraine as she shifted through his thoughts. Learning what she could of his language as she burrowed into his mind.

Mouthing out a few words, a mix of English and some ancient tongue he didn't recognize. "Let...Vorkasss....D-down..." she stutters out. Clearly having problems with the new language she was saying for the first time.

[xenophylia]

He stared speechless at the broken syringe. This snake had to have scales like armor. He looks at her as she stares at him, seemingly transfixed by her eyes. A moment later he snaps out of it. What just happened he thinks to himself, overcome by the strangeness of the creature. His head throbs from her intrusion of his mind. But the idea that she could read his thoughts is so unbelievable that the connection is lost on him.

Then she speaks, making him forget the pain in his head. The words are garbled, some sounding like they're made entirely of consonants and others containing sounds that may not be words at all. But then things sort of fall into place. It's almost as if she's learning to speak right then.

"Vorkass.....is that your name? And yes I"m sure you want to be let down. But that would be dangerous for the both of us. Once your enclosure is ready I'll personally transfer you. But until then you have to stay as you are....I'm sorry."

He reaches out to the net, which hangs just within his reach, stroking the spot where he'd broken the needle. Cool skin, smooth and soft. Not the kind of thing that should break a needle. And there's no sign that the needle caused so much as a scratch to her flawless scales.

"I'm going to attempt to take some blood from your upper body. Please don't fight it, I don't want to injure you." He grabs another syringe and walks to her upper body, which seems to be regular human skin, Again he touches her through the net. It certainly seems to be regular skin. Again he plunges the needle into her upper arm, hoping that he'll get a specimen this time.

[Aanea]

She hissed at him, flailing about as he reached up the the second syringe. She clearly didn't want whatever it was stabbed into her body. "N-No...No want...Leave Vorkass to sself," she calls down to him. "Vorkass no want ssample blood, leave Vorkass alone," she snapped. Though with the tightening of the net her movements weren't so wide as she'd hopped. Allowing him to at least get a bit of her blood before snapping the needle partially in her. Evidently this was not the friendliest of first encounters for her with the modern society's institutions.

[xenophylia]

The doctor frowned, looking at the broken off needle and the tiny sample of blood. Fortunately there was enough of the needle still sticking out that he was able to yank the rest out of her arm.

“You know, I can still just sedate you and do this stuff. So if I were you I'd start behaving. Acting like that isn't going to get you out of that net any faster.”

He toggled the joystick on the console which moved her entire body to waist level. Taking a small silver device from his pocket he began speaking. “Initial physical exam....upper body appears to be that of a human female in her twenties, though actual age is indeterminate. Long blonde hair, dark complected skin, likely tanned from sun exposure. From the head to waist it seems to be fully human with the exception of vestigial scale patterns on face and pronounced canine teeth, suggesting the possibility of venom.”

He walked down her length, describing what he observed into the metal box he held. “Specimen has of fully formed breasts, indicating sexual maturity in mammalian species. Posterior body appears to be that of a large ophidian species, likely a constrictor due to body thickness and musculature. Coloration resembles no known species. External genitalia appears to be absent and is likely internal as evidenced by scale patterns below waist.”

He snapped off the button on the device. “The question is how have you learned my language in such a short amount of time? Care to tell me how you did that? It might save me having to run another series of tests. And you need to let me know what you eat in your natural habitat so we can obtain food for you. Your habitat should be completed in a day of so. But it will be a long time until we can make your existence public. I understand the net isn't the most comfortable device. So if you start behaving and convince me you're not dangerous I might be persuaded to let you out prior to your transfer.

[Aanea]

She lowly hissed as he spoke into the strange device as he walked around her and commented on her features. The long serpentine tail flicking about to see if it could find purchase on the netting as it lowered though couldn't. "Vorkass keep ssecret of sspeak. Eat ssquirm meat, warm ssquirm meat," she replies, as she glances over him. "Ssquirm meat like ssize..." she adds, tongue flicking out between her lips. Tilting her head a bit in thought about his last offer so she could get out of the restrictive netting. "What testss? Vorkass may yess," she inquires glancing around the room. It would be nice to be able to see what the new temples look like she thought to herself.

[xenophylia]

“So...if you'll be honest with me I can see about giving you some freedom. It's clear you're an intelligent being and I can't keep you restrained like this with a clear conscience.”

The truth was, her size intimidated him a bit. He would never remain alone in a room with a snake her size. But what made her different? She could be reasoned with. But could she be trusted? He didn't know, but hoped that she could convince him one way or another.

“So....you eat living prey. What sort of prey do you eat, and how do you acquire your prey? You look like a constrictor, yet you have fangs that make you look like you have venom. No serpent in nature has both. And I also want you to tell me how you know my language. If you are honest with me, then perhaps I'll let you loose within the confines of the lab.”

He grabbed a clipboard to make some notes as she spoke, and waited for her to begin.

[Aanea]

She taps her chin in thought, thinking of the best way to answer his questions. "Eat big spot fur...Have small ear and tasty," she starts, licking over her lips, long tongue flicking about. "Tail and fang? Use to grab squirm meat when hungry, you have squirm meat here? Vorkass hungry, could use meat," she adds as her tail lets out an audible groan of hunger. Clearly she hadn't been feeding in some time and then was captured by the scientist's goon squad and dragged back to the lab. "Oh right, speak...learn from talk of many meat like you...some look more....easy swallow?" she tentatively says the last couple of words, evidently alluding to females.

[xenophylia]

Jenkins thinks about her words, trying to decipher exactly what she's saying. “Well I can certainly provide you with some food. I'm assuming it has to be alive?”

The truth was he wanted to watch her feed. The doctor didn't have a problem with providing live food. Some of the other specimens ate similar things, up to the size of goats and pigs. But though he wasn't certain, was she alluding to the fact that she ate humans?

So what sort of food would you prefer? A nice juicy pig or goat? Or something a bit more feisty to make it more of a challenge? If you'll agree to play nice I might be able to provide yu with just the thing...”

The thought of seeing one of his female students wrapped up and devoured made him almost drool. He'd always imagined what it must be like to witness such a thing. And now....here was the opportunity right in front of him.

“Do we have a deal, ?” he asked provocatively, hoping it sounded as good to her as it did to him.

[Aanea]

Vorkass nods her head back to him, a grumble coming form her tail once more, "Mmmh~ Squirm make good meat. Feisty? Feisty squirm meat sound fill. Vorkass will play if get filled," she nods her head over to him. Her tongue flicking about past her lips, "When will squirm meat be here? Vorkass get hungry when food around," she comments as she glances about the room with only the two of them in it. She hadn't eaten a human in some time though, not since the last time the tribes she lived by had gifted her one of their own as part of their agreement.

[xenophylia]

“I have an intern working for me this evening. I'll release you from the net and let you have the run of the lab. She was supposed to feed some of the test animals but I'll tell her to clean this lab instead. The code to enter is different from the one to leave, so once she's inside she won't be able to get out. The all you have to do is hunt her down and take her. I'll be watching, of course.”

Any pretense of morals went out the window as Jenkins devised the plan. No one other than the men who'd captured Vorkass even knew she was here. This was the doctor's private research lab, and typically no one ever entered but him.

The doctor flipped a switch on the console and the net descended to the floor and spread itself out, releasing the serpent from its confines. He stood before the massive creature, admiring her strange beauty. Was she the prefect predator? Perhaps so. And Jenkins couldn't wait to test her abilities.

“You have run of the lab now. But please don't touch anything. Some of the devices in here are quite dangerous.” He pointed to a clock on the wall. “When the small hand is there...” he pointed to the “10” on the dial “then be ready. Just allow her to enter and for the door to fully close before making her aware of your presence. After that, you may deal with her however you like.”

[Aanea]

Vorkass drew herself up as the net is brought down to the floor, standing about six feet in height. Slithering out of the area with the netting and glancing about the room. "Vorkass can do for more squirm meat like it," she nods over to him as she moves about. Looking about for a hiding place inside the private lab. Looking back at him as he described what to look for on the strange ticking device on the wall. Nodding her head, "Vorkass will enjoy good ssquirm meat meal~" she hissed happily.

Waiting for the man to do the final preps inside the room. She slithers off to some dark corner away from the main door and coils up to wait. Watching the clock as she awaits her meal to come into the room.

[xenophylia]

Jenkins emailed the hapless student. Her name was Kendra. She was a bubbly blond- short and petite with a set of boos that belonged on a porn star. The doctor was rarely attracted to his students, but this girl could arouse the dead. He was sure Vorkass would find her delicious.

He advised the snake not to be too hasty in devouring her. "I want to see her struggle. I"m going to interview her while she's being constricted. But don't kill her outright. I want her to wake up in your mouth and interview her again as she disappears into your gullet. This is a once in a lifetime chance for me. And if you do well, I've already got another few subjects in mind for your enjoyment."

As Vorkass idly explored the lab the doctor set up video equipment. He wanted every moment of this on film. Yes, in a way it was a sick thing to do. But he'd always loved the idea of seeing a woman helpless and at the mercy of a giant serpent. There was plenty of fantasy subject matter on the net. But none was real. None...until now. And Vorkass was the perfect predator- not only did she meet all the criteria of the ideal snake, but she could follow his commands. And in return, she could feed. It was the perfect symbiosis.

Finally Jenkins turned out the lights and reminded Vorkass to watch the time. He'd return a few minutes after that, allowing Vorkass time to capture and restrain the poor girl.

"Just hold her until I get here. I want to see all the good stuff." the doctor said as he punched in the exit code. Kendra had the entrance code only. So once inside, there would be no escape for her.

Te hours passed, and finally the clock indicated it was time. Shortly thereafter, there was the sound of a ode being punched in. Someone entered the room. There was the scent of a human female, mixed with the scent of flowers. The girl whistled to herself as she flipped on the overhead lights...

[Aanea]

Vorkass seemed quite adept at staying hidden considering her size. Staying out of sight of the girl as she started to organize the tables and arranging the scattered papers. Letting her get far enough away from the door before slithering out of her hiding place. Staying behind the girl so she wouldn't see her right away, as she smirked to herself as she eyed over her soon to be meal. Once she was about twenty feet back, she coiled her tail beneath her and let out a quiet hiss to draw the girl's attention. As she turned to face the sound the lamia sprang forward, tackling the girl to the ground and rolling over to the side as she wrapped the screaming girl in her powerful tail. Squeezing down on the girl as she tried to fight back, "Mmmh~ Nice squirm meat~" Vorkass coos out as she stroked a hand over the intern's chin.

[xenophylia]

Kendra had been surprised to get the call from Dr. Jenkins. Very few were ever allowed into his private lab, and he'd chosen her to clean the place. He'd added the promise of allowing her to shadow him in the lab- something that to her knowledge none of the other interns had ever been offered.

Her mind was in the task at hand, which she intended to do to perfection. The hiss from behind her took her completely by surprise. Her first thought was that one of his specimens had gotten out. But before she could even fully turn to look she was knocked to the ground.

Whatever hit her was massive. As she tried to roll onto her back she felt the coils wrapping around her. In an instant the covered her body neck to feet in a tight cocoon of muscle. She looked up with wide eyes into the face of her captor. What she saw terrified her too much to even scream.

The fact that looked down at her wasn't that of one of Jenkin's serpents. It was that of a human female, and would have been breathtakingly beautiful had it not had features that betrayed its true nature. The eyes were amber and slitted and reptilian. Beneath the woman's flawless skin were traces of scales. And between her wickedly smiling licks flicked a long, forked tongue.

“Who....what are you...?” the girl whispered. She'd been wearing a short skirt, and her bare legs kicked within the cylinder of coils, their smooth warmth triggering an insatiable hunger in her captor. But her struggling was useless. The creature held her immobile as she gazed down on the wide and innocent eyes of her helpless prey. A soft finger brushed the girl's chin, almost lovingly as the creature regarded her as if sizing her up. But for what?

“Please...please don't hurt me...” the girl begged.

Dr Jenkins watched all this from a room down the hall. The cameras captured every detail. But this wasn't enough. He wanted to be there for the remained- to see the girl's fear and Vorkass' satisfaction firsthand. He got up and headed down the hall, still amazed with the speed at which Vorkass had taken the girl. The lamia's predatory skills were unequaled by anything the doctor had ever seen. He'd have to keep that in mind in his dealings with his new pet.

[Aanea]

Vorkass smiled at the girl, her tongue darting out occasionally to get a better taste and smell of the soon-to-be meal. "Vorkass? Vorkass was worshiped long time past. Perhapss again soon~" she sweetly hisses back to the trapped girl. "Vorkass do not like though..." she mutters out more to herself as she looked at the clothing the student wore. Working around her tail to keep her safely pinned so she couldn't escape, the large lamia began to strip the woman of her clothes. It was simply something she was going to do at some point, but if she wanted to have more meals like this one, she'd have to play along with Jenkin's rules. So she just made sure the girl was fully naked, her scales rubbing up and around her body as she awaited the doctor to come and watch the main spectacle.

[xenophylia]

The doctor had been watching on the cameras in a nearby room. It was remarkable how quickly the prey was taken. Now it was just a matter of watching the great serpent play with her meal, and then the meal itself. But for this he wanted to view it in person.

The door opened and the doctor quickly entered, making sure the door locked behind him. “Kendra! I see you've met my new friend Vorkass. And Vorkass- meet the lovely Kendra! I'm merely here to observe, so by all means continue getting to know each other.”

The doctor began gathering up the poor girls clothes which had been artfully removed by her captor. They were still delightfully warm from the heat of the young girl's body and smelled of her perfume.

“So, Kendra. As you may have guessed you were invited here so that Vorkass can show me how she captures and devours her food. How do her coils feel around you? Has she tightened them at all yet? I'm really looking forward to seeing you struggle as she squeezes the life out of you.”

The girl looked at him with wide, teary eyes and remained speechless, as if unable to believe what she was hearing from a man she'd respected and trusted as of a few minutes ago. But finally his words hit home. She began screaming and thrashing around in the snake's coils. As he'd expected, Vorkass controlled the girl easily and restricted her movements.

“You can scream all you want, my dear. The room is sound proof for occasions just like this one. But rest assured that whatever happens your final moments will be recorded. And I'd stop screaming if I were you. You're going to wish you'd saved your breath soon enough.”
He stood back and motioned to Vorkass to continue. The thought of watching what was to come was so arousing that Jenkins didn't even attempt to hide his excitement. There was a part of him- foolishly- that wished it was he who were trapped in the coils, feeling everything for himself. Maybe if he came to really trust Vorkass he could talk her into letting him experience their embrace himself. But that would be much later.