Death Mind: Colonist

By R. Richard

One day, Jared reports to a workout room, as per his schedule. In the work out room, he finds not only the usual alien, but also three other colonist men. It seems that the colonist men are to begin sparring with one another, using light contact.
For Jared and two of the other men, light contact means light contact. For Billy, light contact means as much as he can get away with. The alien mentor shrugs off complaints of Billy’s roughness with the words, “Be a man!”
Of the four men in the group, Billy is the best and Jared the worst.
Jared fares reasonably well against the other men and improves steadily as a result of the sparring. Against Billy, Jared simply takes punishment and tries to minimize the damage.
The mock combat continues and often results in Jared being paired with other colonist men in different groups. After a while, Jared realizes that he’s now in the top group. If Jared had been placed in a group at the start, it would have been the bottom group. As painful as the process is, Jared is making progress.
The little sparring contests are contested vigorously, light contact or no. Jared, rather than use his superiority to bully the lower ranking men, works his weak points against lower ranked opponents. Perhaps as a result of his strategy, Jared slowly works up until he’s better than any of the other men, except for Billy.
Jared continues to take the pounding Billy hands out, as he has no other real choice. One day an idea occurs to Jared. He comments to Billy, “You know, I have improved as a fighter and I’m continuing to improve, rapidly.”
Billy replies, “Yeah, so what? You still can’t beat me.”
Jared says, "Well no, I can’t beat you, yet. However the day will come, given our comparative rates of improvement, that I can beat you. I wonder what it’ll be like when I’m better than you?"
Apparently Billy also wonders. Billy begins to treat Jared a bit better, while still beating up on the rest of the men. (If you can’t beat the body, work on the mind instead.)
One item of improvement Jared also notices is his ability to predict what an opponent is going to do. It’s not a conscious level process; Jared simply moves and counter strikes before the opponent has really gotten started.
A second item Jared notices is his biomechanical improvement. His strikes, kicks and even grappling movements become faster and more direct. There’s no longer any waste motion in his movements.
A third item of improvement is strength. Jared has always been strong. He was in the top few of the colonist men in strength when they first started exercising. His lead over the rest of the men has improved and he’s now equal to or probably a little bit stronger than Billy, the only serious contender.
One day, Jared, Billy and six other men are scheduled in the main workout room. There’s no advance warning of anything unusual. However, three aliens appear, in the room rather than the usual one alien.
There are to be four unarmed combat matches. The matches are to be contested until either or both of the combatants are dead. There’s a 15 minute time limit. If the time limit expires with both men still alive, they’ll both be put to death.
The rest of the men appeared stunned, or in Billy’s case, elated.
Jared concentrates, as usual, on making as much sense as possible of the situation. The man Jared is scheduled to fight is one of the worst of the men at unarmed combat. The man Billy is scheduled to fight is also one of the worst. Billy and Jared are now the two best.
The fights aren’t to be contests, but rather executions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Aug 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005470982

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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Death Mind: Colonist

By R. Richard © 2021

Jared manages to control his anger and complete the first exercise with a good result. He’s then allowed another small cup of some sort of soup.

The soup is like drinking strength. The soup goes down easy and the warmth spreads through his deep-sleep depleted body.

Then, roughly urged by a large, strong, gray-faced alien, Jared moves to the end of the line for the next exercise.

The man in front of Jared is complaining. He snarls, What the hell do these bozos want? We’re colonists just out of deep-sleep and we shouldn’t be doing this kind of exercise. Who the hell do they think they are?

Jared, even in his somewhat mentally befogged condition can answer the questions. The aliens want the colonists to perform some physical exercises. They think that they can compel the colonists to perform the exercises. The aliens are large, strong, in charge and the aliens are correct. What the outcome of the process will be isn’t clear to Jared, but it appears that a good result from the exercises is the path of maximum return. Complaining about the unfairness of it all isn’t going to be efficient. Jared relaxes and begins to breath slowly and deeply. A good result from the next exercise will require recovered muscles and oxygen.

As Jared progresses through the exercise program, he goes through some kind of simple med checks, done by the aliens. Jared seemingly passes the med tests. Some of the other men don’t. Jared watches several of the colonists pulled out of line and marched off somewhere. From the rough treatment, it seems that the men have failed the testing.

At the end of a number of tests, Jared is exhausted and reeling. An alien furnishes Jared with yet another cup of soup. After Jared finishes the soup, the alien does yet another quick med check and then pushes Jared in the direction of a dressing room door.

In the dressing