Alien Abduction for Experts (The Intergalactic Guide to Humans Book 3) by Skye MacKinnon

Author:Skye MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peryton Press
Published: 2021-04-01T18:30:00+00:00

The IGU station's space port wasn't much different than that we'd arrived at on Kitt-Y-6. Sleek metal walls, a ceiling so high it was barely visible, hundreds of vessels in all shapes and sizes. The ship next to the Jade had an organic look, like jelly wrapped around a metal cocoon, that made me want to touch it to see if it would react. I knew better than that, though. Space was a dangerous place for those who liked to poke unknown objects.

A little green alien greeted us. She looked like I'd always imagined aliens. Bright green, two antennae on her head, otherwise fairly humanoid features. She looked almost too much like an extra in some sci-fi film.

"Welcome to the Intergalactic University," she said in a pleasant voice. "Professor Z has asked me to accompany you to his office."

"I'd hoped there would be guards," Hix muttered from behind me.

He sounded a little scared. I would be, too, knowing that Professor Katila wasn't far. To be fair, I was afraid of what she might do. Had she been told yet that we'd complained about her? I assumed she knew. She'd known almost immediately when we'd tried this before. I rubbed my right ear. As disgusting as the thought of a brain slug was, it had been more comfortable than our current translator solution. Havel was going to procure us some more slugs while we were here, but first, we had to see the Headmaster. I was looking forward to seeing the rest of his body and finding out if he really did look like a giant mantis shrimp.

The six of us - five if you only counted the pairs of legs - followed the green female out of the busy space port and into a lift. Again, just like at Kitt-Y-6. She pressed her hand against a sensor and the elevator moved. Not up. To our right. I quickly reached out to the handrail and held on to steady myself. Did you still call this a lift if it didn't go upwards?

"I should say, it's unprecedented for Professor X to clear his calendar like this," the alien chirped. "You must be very important guests."

She was clearly fishing for information. Xil must have come to the same conclusion, for he simply said, "We are."

She stayed quiet after that. I wished the lift - or whatever it was - had windows so I could see where we were going. The holo display above the doors showed strange symbols I didn't recognise. I supposed that if this didn't go up and down, floor numbers wouldn't make sense.

Finally, the lift came to a stop with a slight shudder. I waited a moment before letting go of the handrail, just in case it decided to move again.

The female beckoned us to follow her. "He's meeting you in his private office. Again, very out of the ordinary."

The corridor we stepped into was brightly lit, almost too much so. I squinted to take in the curved walls and colourful art covering them.

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