Josh was powerless as the feline warriors cut a long, large and straight branch from a nearby alien tree. He was lifted up by the twins Kii and Kaa and the tree branch was threaded through his bound ankles and wrists.
Shee and Piroa shouldered the branch, hoisting Josh between them and sharing the weight.
Upside down, hanging from his ankles and wrists, Josh watched the jungle pass by. As the feline warriors marched the alien jungle got thicker and darker. The planets became even more strange and dangerous looking. On a number of occasions, as Josh was carried by the feline women, bug-eating plants at the ground snapped and lurched at his face.
Looking up, straining his neck to do so, Josh could see Shee. She was lithe but muscled. Her fur covered back was bare and the small cloth that covered her backside wiggled with each natural sashayed step.
Josh became aware he had been carried into a clearing as the undergrowth. Tilting his head to the side he could see a mighty tree growing up from the middle of the clearing; far larger than anything else he'd seen on this damned planet.
He found himself wondering - was this the extent of the tribe, or were their more of the strange feline humanoids. Why had they brought him here? |