Donna found herself trembling like mad as it drew near to her. Instinctively she went limp. In her helpless condition all she could do was quietly moan at it, hoping it would just turn around and go away.
It stood right in front of her, its hot breath on her face. She gently swung back and forth in the snare, wondering what was going to happen next. That’s when the woodland creature grabbed her by her head and held her in position, studying her intently.
Donna found herself momentarily paralyzed. Whether it was from fear, eroticism or both she wasn’t entirely certain. All she could do was hang there lifelessly as it looked her up and down.
Donna quaked in the snare, her breath catching in her throat. She took the time she was being given to take a closer look at the creature examining her. She noticed the hairless slit down between its legs, the rest of its body just as smooth and lacking any hair.
There was the faintest hint of a belly button in its stomach. It had rather small breasts, with sharp little protrusions for nipples. Its face was smooth and plain, with a small mouth, short peaked nose and round, coal-black eyes that studied her coldly.
Its ears reminded her of those of the Enterprise’s first officer. It fit perfectly with her mental image of what a wood nymph might look like. She had no idea there were creatures like this inhabiting this planet as no one had ever told her, much less warned her about them.
It ran its small hand curiously over her chest, causing her nipples to swell even more than they already had. Then it caressed her face, chittering at her. Finally it ran its long fingers over her throat as though noticing her Venus rings.
Donna moaned weakly with a sigh as her body trembled like mad. Then it smiled impishly as it chittered at her, almost as if it was saying, “My, aren’t YOU a lovely one! You’d look GREAT swinging underneath a tree!”
Donna moaned again, her exposed undergarments thoroughly soaked. That’s when she saw it look down at the ground. It had become distracted by her…
NOO! NOT MY COMMUNICATOR?? NOT MY TRICORDER?? NO-NO-NO; YOU DON’T WANT THOSE!
To her utter horror it picked them both up and stared at them, curiously rolling them over and over in each hand. Donna was alarmed. If she lost her ability to make contact with the ship…
It suddenly turned its head in the direction its companion had gone. Then it turned back to her and chittered at her, almost as if to say “Now don’t you go anywhere! We’ll be back for you shortly!” Then it smiled at her with thinly veiled malevolence before turning and bounding off in the direction its companion had taken Leiani, holding out its newly acquired prizes in each hand as if to say “Look at what I found!”
In a few moments it was out of sight. Donna watched it disappear, astonished at its agility. Then she felt a sick feeling in the pit of her gut.
Her only way of communicating with the ship was gone. She was now on her own. If Leiani was going to be rescued, she would have to tend to it herself. And she still had to track down Janice.
Yeoman Dangling felt her strength return to her. With a burst of adrenaline she swung herself upward. Her abs burned like mad, but she managed to reach up and snag her ensnared ankle.
Donna thanked herself for those many sessions in the ship’s gym. She began working feverishly on the snare around her ankle. It was a challenge, being as how her body swayed back and forth.
She knew she had to free herself before her muscles gave out. She also had to get free before those damned things came back for her. Otherwise she was liable to end up sharing the same fate they intended for Leiani.
Her eyes opened wider in alarm as she contemplated the unthinkable while tugging on the stubborn vine around her ankle. She was afraid those damned creatures were going to hang her Leiani. She had to hurry and get down from there so she could track them down before they – WHOOPS!
The knot she was working on suddenly gave way. The yeoman fell to the ground with an “OOMPH!” It momentarily knocked the wind out of her.
She lay there gasping for breath until her energy returned. Then she rose to her feet, shaking off her recent experience. A moment later Donna grimly set off in the direction she’d seen them take her beloved Leiani…
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Yeoman Dangling’s first instinct was to work her way back to the tree where they’d hung her and Janice earlier. She wondered if perhaps the two nymphs might take Leiani back to the scene of the crime. But when she arrived and cautiously peered around some shrubs, she found nothing. There was nothing there but that damned tree.
As Donna stared at it, she found herself trembling with arousal as the memories came flooding back to her mind: how she and Janice had been hung there earlier. Had it really happened?
She remembered how the rope had felt around her neck. She remembered how painful it had been to feel the noose taking up her full weight as she kicked and struggled. She could not help wondering what poor Janice must have experienced.
She sighed as the erotic images flashed through her mind. Donna found herself quivering again. An idle thought flickered through her mind.
If the damned things were going to hang them together anyway, the least they could’ve done was to strip them both naked so she could’ve gotten a look at Rand’s nude body. That would’ve been so hot, the two of them swinging together naked in front of a couple of sadistic wood nymphs!
Donna’s face flushed crimson with embarrassment over what she was thinking about. She took a long, deep breath, fighting like hell to drive the erotic thoughts and images out of her mind.
What the hell was she thinking?? She didn’t have time for daydreaming! She needed to find Leiani! Then she had to track down Janice!
Who KNEW what those two beings were doing to them right now. For all she knew, they both could be hanging from a limb somewhere. She had to find them… and fast!
She looked all around. If they weren’t there, surely they had to have gone somewhere else to carry out their nefarious plans. It made her wonder if they picked different spots… maybe used different trees?
Gawd! What if Leiani was already dangling from a limb somewhere??
An image of poor Leiani hanging naked from a branch quickly sprang to mind. Donna shivered as she turned and retraced her steps, hurrying herself along. Gawd – she had to stop thinking about things like that!
For some reason she couldn’t seem to help herself, not on this crazy planet. Despite her anxiety over her two missing friends, she found herself constantly having to fight off one arousing thought after another.
Donna carefully picked her way through the trees and shrubs. As she did, she began wondering about the need for some sort of weapon she could use to defend herself. Maybe she could pick out a branch or something.
She suddenly noticed a slender section of tree limb lying on the ground off to her right. It was about a meter in length. Amazingly, it looked just right.
Donna approached carefully while watching her every step. She didn’t want to place her foot into another snare. But she reached it without incident.
She picked it up and hefted it in her hands. It felt sturdy in her grasp, something she could use to take a swing at them if necessary. So she carried it with her in her right hand as she continued along.
Donna thought about calling out for her friend. It might alert them to her presence. But it might also let her lover know she was searching for her.
“LEIANI? BABY, WHERE ARE YOU? SPEAK OUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME AND I’LL FIND YOU, OK? LEIANI??”
“Donna??”
Her breath caught in her throat. Was that Leiani? Gawd – she sounded close!
“Leiani?” she called out anxiously, holding her branch at the ready in both hands. Damn! If she was this close, that meant those two creatures were probably lurking somewhere nearby.
“Leiani; is that you? Keep talking, baby. Keep talking and I’ll find you.”
“I’m over here, babe! Uh, Donna? I think you’d better hurry!”
Uh – oh. That didn’t sound good at all!
Donna felt her heart leap into her throat. Instinctively she hefted the limb up into a defensive posture as she quickened her pace. “Keep talking, baby; I’m coming!”
Yeoman Dangling suddenly stopped in her tracks. “Leiani? Are they there? Are they with you?”
“I don’t see em, Donna! They might be somewhere nearby though. So you’d better be careful.”
Donna heard what sounded like a voice rasping. Then she heard, “Uh… babe? I think you’d REALLY better hurry!”
Gawd – she sounded serious! What if she was already in trouble or something?? What if she was…?
GAWD – DON’T EVEN THINK THAT!
Donna scampered through the trees even faster, calling out for Leiani to keep talking so she could zero in on her position. She was certain the young woman was close by. A moment later she burst through the underbrush.
The yeoman came upon the trunk of a very large tree in a very small open area. A frantic glance around revealed no ropes visible. Thank gawd her Asian lover was not dangling from anything!
“LEIANI? LEIANI, WHERE ARE YOU??”
“Up here, baby.”
The voice came from directly above her. Donna instinctively looked up. A moment later she gasped in horror at the sight that awaited her…
Leiani was completely naked. She was precariously balanced on a small limb about 4 meters up. There was a noose around her neck that looked dangerously snug, coming down from a length of rope that stretched up to an even higher limb.
The young woman appeared to have her arms bound behind her back with the same type of vine Donna’s ankle had been ensnared by earlier. It looked like she was doing her best to remain upright. She kept wavering forward and backward, causing the noose to strain at her neck each time she went a little too far in either direction.
Donna was horrified. At the same time, she was disturbingly aroused. “OHMYGAWD! LEIANI, HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET UP THERE??”
“How the hell do you think – GAWK!”
The oriental woman gurgled as she leaned forward, the noose holding her in place as it gripped her throat. Leiani appeared to be struggling to use her stomach muscles to lean back. She gasped as she struggled to carefully become upright again.
Donna suddenly heard that familiar giggling from somewhere behind her. She spun around in a defensive posture, the branch raised upward in her hands. But she didn’t see them anywhere.
She turned back and looked up at her beloved Leiani in alarm. “Gawd, baby!” she gasped anxiously. “How the hell am I supposed to get you DOWN from there??”
“I guess you aren’t,” Leiani replied with a nervous laugh.
Her eyes were wide as she wiggled and squirmed in an attempt to keep herself upright. She gawked whenever she leaned a little too far forward or backward. Then noose remained tight around her throat. It was obvious what would happen once the branch beneath her feet gave way or she lost her balance.
Donna wailed, “How the hell did they get you up there in the first place??”
Her heart was in her throat as her body quivered from a perverse eroticism. This was bad! How the hell was she supposed to get Leiani DOWN from there??
“Does it matter? – URK!”
Leiani went backward a little. The noose caught her yet again as Donna let out a cry of alarm. Then Leiani smiled weakly.
“I, uh… I guess we’re not going to GET…!” She almost went forward again as Donna cried out once more.
“…get to play HIDE….uh, ‘Hide and Seek’, baby!” Leiani chuckled weakly. But Donna could easily detect the growing fear in her former lover’s voice.
“Sorry I can’t come down and p-play,” the young woman gasped, her playfulness long gone.
“No!” Donna whispered, shaking her head in disbelief as her breath caught in her throat.
She heard giggling again. The anxious yeoman spun around, her limb in her hands at the ready. But she still couldn’t see them.
She turned back and looked up at her friend in horror. Gawd – this couldn’t be happening! It was the very thing she’d been afraid of.
This was the thing she’d thought about earlier, a thought which had given her a delightful little sexual tingle. She had actually imagined poor Leiani being hung from a spot she could never reach. And now here she was!
Gawd! Why the hell was it so arousing to SEE her this way??
Donna’s eyes opened wide with sudden insight. Was THIS what they had meant by instructing crewmembers on shore leave to watch their thoughts? Was this somehow all HER fault??
“Guess you’ll have to h-hunt for Janice alone, b-baby,” Leiani called down to her, trying to smile as her voice quivered. “I don’t th-think I’m g-gonna last much l-longer.”
“JUST STAND STILL, BABY! I’LL GET YOU DOWN SOMEHOW!”
Donna frantically looked all around. But she saw nothing that might prove helpful. The tree was too big, the limbs well out of reach for any kind of climbing.
She knew in her heart there was nothing she could do. Tears welled up in her eyes. At the same time, her body trembled like crazy from a horrific arousal she wished to gawd she could find some way of shutting down.
“Look on the bright side!” Leiani gasped, her body gyrating wildly as she tried to maintain her balance. Then she gave her former lover something of a brave, mischievous grin. “At least you’ll get to watch my last dance, baby! I’ll put on a good show for you, Donna-honey; honest I will! I promise!”
“NOOO! I DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT! JUST STAND PERFECTLY STILL, OK! I’LL FIND A WAY!” She felt so helpless, standing there waiting for her beloved Leiani to fall.
The anxious yeoman heard the sound of a tree limb starting to crack. Donna cried out in alarm. The sound abruptly stopped.
Leiani looked down at her with a weak smile. “G-gawd, baby!” she said with a nervous chuckle. “For a minute there I th-thought I was a goner!”
There was a sharp series of cracks and snaps. Then the limb gave out under her feet, snapping near the trunk of the tree and falling to the ground with a crunch.
Leiani hardly fell at all. The noose instantly took her weight. She let out a grunt as her feet started fluttering for the branch that was no longer underneath her.
Donna let out a cry of despair as her lover’s naked body gently swung back and forth. Leiani’s knees jerked upward a little. Fluid streamed out from between her legs and arced toward the ground.
The horrified yeoman instantly detected the heady aroma of her lover’s arousal from the odor of the liquid. A moment later she just couldn’t hold hers back anymore. Yeoman Donna Dangling came hard, her body shuddering like mad at the horribly erotic sight that swung above her.
She was absolutely humiliated, totally ashamed of herself for orgasming while Leiani swung from the noose. Tears began streaming down her cheeks. Donna let out an anguished cry as she watched.
Shamefully, she could not look away. The image had been indelibly burned into her brain. It was all there: swollen nipples on heaving breasts; glistening moistness from engorged labia; gasps and gurgles as the slender oriental woman fought for another breath.
Her nude body swung back and forth as her feet wiggled more and more. Her legs finally exploded into a series of kicks, desperately searching for something solid to stand upon. Her arms jerked behind her back, her hands flexing helplessly.
Donna became paralyzed from a horrifically erotic fascination at her lover’s suffering. She was unable to move or speak. She couldn’t do anything other than watch the spectacle unfolding above her.
Once more she heard giggles from somewhere behind her. This time the yeoman paid them no mind. Her soul was in torment, partly because her beloved Leiani was hanging to death… and partly because her stupid body was reacting to it in such a perversely erotic manner.
Tears poured down the yeoman’s cheeks as Leiani swung wildly in the noose. The oriental woman’s naked body danced lewdly, almost as though it was a personal show just for her. The young woman’s hips thrust forward as legs kicked every which way.
It reminded Donna of days gone by. There had been times her lover had gotten into her oral ministrations so much that she had thrust her crotch violently into her face.
Leiani was putting on an incredibly arousing show. It was almost as though she was making love to her former lover for the very last time by the jerks and contortions of her wildly gyrating body. Donna was terribly ashamed the way her body was so damned aroused by it all!
Leiani’s dance went on for 3… 4… 5 agonizing minutes. But exhaustion finally set in. Her kicks and gyrations became less dramatic and more infrequent until she stopped and abruptly hung limp.
Her naked body swayed softly from the tree. She swung like that for another 30 seconds or so. Then her body seemed to come alive with a series of frantic kicks as though trying one last time to find a way to open her airway and get a decent breath of air into her lungs.
A moment later her legs came together again. Once more she pulled her knees upward in a series of little jerks. And once more there was that stream of fluid that arced to the ground.
Donna knew in an instant Leiani was cumming again, even as the poor thing was slipping away. Despite her best efforts, she climaxed right along with her. The despairing yeoman wailed with shame as her body shuddered hard in orgasm.
Her vision blurred as pleasure washed through her. When it returned, all she saw was Leiani swaying softly, her naked body quivering from an occasional muscle twitch.
There was an expression of peaceful rapture in the Asian’s face. Drool trickled out of her opened mouth and splattered onto her breasts. A small trickle of yellow fluid slithered down her leg, ultimately dripping steadily off her foot onto the ground below.
Donna stared in utter disbelief. My gawd – this can’t be happening! THIS CAN’T BE REAL!
The distraught yeoman’s muscles abruptly gave out on her. She collapsed onto the ground into a sitting position. Tears poured unashamedly down her cheeks.
She was dimly aware of the potential danger from the two beings who had to be somewhere in the immediate vicinity. But she no longer cared. Her beloved Leiani was gone.
Something in the back of her mind told her this was all her fault. Somehow her thoughts and fantasies had led to the death of her former friend and lover. What’s more, she felt great shame at the pleasure her body had derived from watching the young woman strangle to death in the noose.
Donna was riddled with sorrow and guilt as she looked upward. She watched in utter disbelief as Leiani’s body slowly swayed to a stop. Finally the young woman simply hung still, naked and silent.
Donna desperately wished Leiani would yell “SURPRISE!” and then jump down to make some stupid remark about wanting to play again and how finding Janice would just have to wait until they’d had their fun. But the oriental woman quietly dangled limp and lifeless. She was never to speak another word to her again… never to lovingly squeeze her neck and leave her breathless.
Overcome with grief, Yeoman Donna Dangling curled up into the fetal position.
Then she began to bawl her eyes out…
2008; 2021 (written for Donna May 9 ’08; ed. Dec 15 ’21 by riwa)