8 Returning to her home, bringing a New King

He downed a glass of water with an aspirin and then looked at himself in the mirror, "Did that actually just happen? What on earth?" His brain felt like it had just been blended, "She is an alien? That can't be right, this thing has to be wrong, but what will make me stronger?" He turned as he saw Mary enter the apartment, "Hey, Mary, how are you?"

"You okay, Alex? You don't look great."

"Device gave me a killer headache, so I have to fix it."

"Oh, but does it work?"

"No," He lied, "But it is really destroying my ears when I put it on."

"Let's eat something, you should probably join us in the main cafeteria."

"I was going to continue my research with Lady."

"You are dedicated, huh?"

"I chose this job for a reason, to research, and this creature is, is very interesting."

"Sure, but make sure to get some rest and also to eat and drink regularly."

"I am not a baby."

"I am just reminding you, I never called you a baby, Alex," She laughed, "Well, if you need anything from me, just call me."

"Will do, Mary, thank you," He sat down on the couch in front of the tv and pulled up his computer, "Report, report, report, so, um, basics, then this then, perfect," He closed the report and let the news play in the background, "I can go to a place where she is from, and not have to worry? I'll take that," He laughed and soon lost control of his laughter. He got up and went to the kitchen and pulled out the leftovers from the night before, "How can she make me stronger? Might as well cook for her right now, then get to her pen and make it official."

"Make me stronger," He said as his device shrieked, "I am ready."

"You are sure about it?"

"I know how to get out of here, if I am as strong as I want, I can easily get us out."

"Are you sure? You might kill a few."

"I don't like humans."

"Yet you are one," She looked confused.

"I wish I wasn't, we are a disease, cure me, what can you do to make me stronger?"

"I have a virus, that allows me to make a species into one of my own, and I am choosing to use it on you."

"Only one?"

"The reason I am here is because," She paused, "My father's brother killed him to take our planet's throne, so my mother allowed me to escape and I don't know what happened to her."

"So when we get there, what happens?"

"Normally, we should be undetected."

"But it is 105 light years away, we will take more than 105 years, like, basic physics."

"Physics? We can go faster than that speed."

"Okay, don't explain that, my brain will melt."

"Here," She handed him a 'small' container that seemed large in his hands, "It will infect you and allow you to get stronger."

"Lady, wait, no, Sollkivanyo, thank you for this."

They were both in front of a large ship. The virus had absorbed his device and allowed him to speak in her tongue, "Sollkivanyo, shall we leave?" His body hadn't mutated, but he had, supposedly, as much strength as her planet's strongest males.

"Climb aboard."

"How long is this trip?"

"An hour until our wormhole, then we will be a few minutes from your new home."

"What should I know about them?" He said as he followed her onto her ship.

"We should lay low, not raise too much suspicion."

"Anything about the way your society works?"

"Anything you kill, you keep."

"Jesus, okay, so if I kill your uncle, I will take the throne."

"You want to what?"

"Kill him."

"He is very powerful."

"If you say so."

They were brought into the palace throne room by armed guards. The large king sat on an equally large throne, "How good it is to see you, Sollkivanyo, how long has it been?"

"Don't talk to her, talk to me," Alex interrupted him, making him squint at him. He had two large teeth on his bottom jaw and unlike Sollkivanyo, his top fangs were nearly unnoticeable, "I want to fight you, one on one."

"You challenge me? Is she, yours?"

"Mine?"

"Your mate."

"Yes, she is, but you aren't going to have her, I will have what is yours," The massive king bolted out of his throne and brought his fist down towards Alex. It slammed into the ground as Alex's body mutated into a larger body, like Sollkivanyo's body, allowing him to dodge his attack. He blocked a second punch with his much stronger body and then drove his knee into the king's stomach, bending the chest piece of his armor. He lifted him in the air and then dropped him behind him before getting back up his feet, "You are weak."

"No, you are weak," He threw another punch, that missed once more. He slammed his fist into the back of the king's head, making it crack the floor as his buried his head into it. He stomped on the kings head several times, making bone cracking fill the room and blood paint the floor. He stopped and then pulled the king's large, decorative blade and jammed it into his dead body's back, he twisted it and then torn it from his back, holding it in his hand, covered in blue blood. He walked to the throne without saying anything and sat down in it as Sollkivanyo joined his side, "Anything you kill, you keep," He smiled and licked his lips, "Sollkivanyo, how would your father have ruled?"

"As a kind leader, protected his people."

"Then so be it," He chuckled as the guards bowed around him, ignoring the former king's dead body, "Rid yourselves of the body, a new king now walks among you," Sollkivanyo sat on his lap, "Sollkivanyo?"

"I am your mate, so, can I get closer to you?"

"Go ahead," He laughed at the guards cheered 'All hail to the king', "I will enjoy this life, ha ha ha!"