General Wurtgang, the leader of the
Martian Fleet, landed with the second wave of the invasion.
Looking around, he noticed the simple, graceful homes, well-tended
gardens, and beautiful people in togas who handed out flowers to
his troops.
"Where is the smoke?" he asked.
"Where are the corpses?"
"Sir, they offered no resistance," a
young lieutenant answered. "The Venusians treat us as
guests."
"No resistance? How womanlike.
Intern the men anyway. We'll execute them tomorrow."
That night, the general and his troops
helped themselves to the women, who responded enthusiastically by
plying their captors with food, wine, and more sex than they could
handle. Obviously, these women had been starved for real
men.
As General Wurtgang fell back onto the
cushions to sleep, exhausted by the lovemaking, he reflected that
this had been his easiest conquest yet.
Then he heard the screams and felt the
blade slide across his throat.