[ WP ] a human is sent to an alien prison . The aliens get more than they bargained for .

It had been *interesting*. Certainly that could be said of it. Tens of thousands of years of technological advancements had paved the way for highly compact space flight. That, however, had only been the beginning. Countess droneships had been sent to innumerable planet systems and for thousands more years all they had done was confirm what the Altekes already feared; that they were alone in the universe. But this had all changed when the droneship *Pu Cephka* had reported back with inconceivable news: in a single-star solar system, carbon lifeforms were flourishing on a fertile planet - a planet they had thus named Alteke 2. Three decades later, and the first captained ship arrived at Alteke 2. The scenes were unimaginable. Life proliferated on this orb - the waters bore stream lined creatures of speed and astonishing resilience, creatures of armour, and of staggering size. Surviving on the rocky surface were countless more, but one thing above all else commanded the Altekes' wonder - the fearsome rapacity of one particular ( and peculiar ) life form. At its will, vast areas of the planet were farmed, and colossal tracts of land were made to suffocate beneath grand matrixes of piled up stone ( which mostly bore home to this fascinating creature ). The speed with which it willingly devoured all it encountered - and its ability to construct all manner of machinery, weapon and tool - made clear that this was an intelligent life form, but also a highly dangerous one. With such observations made, one of these strange creatures was eventually lifted from the planet's surface in order for careful inspection to be made. 
 As is general knowledge among the Altekes, a common tactic of the untrustworthy is to stow weapons in the terminal cavity. Once the creature had been lifted, the captain decreed that this possibility had to be insured against. Therefore he decided that a discreet inspection should take place in the thing's terminal cavity before anything else occurred. 
 During this procedure, the peculiar creature had made a variety of calls, such as `` What in the hell are you doing'', `` no'', and `` jesus'' ( which was made a great many times ). However, it was at this juncture that the experience became rather less than savoury for the Alteke crew. Rather than metallic white skin, this creature came in an array of shades, and its skin had a sickly softness to it. It also demonstrated an exceptional capacity to secrete foul fluids. A clear liquid of many chemicals and odours appeared seemingly from nowhere, and was quickly able to cover the body, and make it shine with fetid wetness. Some manner of defensive response, the captain determined, was surely the source. Because of this seeming attempt at chemical defence, the captain decided that a secondary, deeper inspection of the terminal cavity should be undertaken, to understand the source of this potentially dangerous response. What was discovered was a deplorable substance. It emerged from the terminal chasm, clinging to the inspection probe. It was a highly unpleasant material, seemingly even for the foreign creature aboard the ship, for it was not interested in its return. 
 Understandably, most of the crew were already terrified by this thing, and those that were n't were soon to fear it too, for in the ensuing moments the most astonishingly frightening scene took place. The soft, stinking, fearsome, strangely coloured creature suddenly propelled itself at all within close range, emitting an awful roar, and flailing its arms about the head in the traditional manner of the Altekes' mating ritual. None knew how the thing had learned the sacred ritual, nor how it intended to perform it on the ship's crew, but the implication of the act undoubtedly carried a dire warning as to the actual capacity, intelligence and depravity of these terrifying lifeforms. They evidently knew far more than the Altekes had realised, and had proven through one alone to be a fearsome species. The crew of *Pu Cephka II* hastily dropped the unwelcome passenger back on Alteke 2, and left with full intent never to return. Their search for life continues elsewhere.
