Apex-11 confirmed the chem-signature of his prey, just a mile away from his campsite.
Apex-11 stood at 7 ft, 8 inches. Rather short for an Alphicar, though he was not criticized for the fact given that his frame, musculature, and fitness were otherwise exceptional, even by brutal Alphicar standards, even by impossible Apex standards.
His skin-tone was a respectable orange-red, but not the deep crimson one expects from a top-100 Alphicar, a status at which one becomes known by their individual ranking number and acquires the most prized title, of "Apex." Alphicar skin-tone is not determined by melanin, but determined by the combined amount of testosterone and EK-Testosterone found in their body at any given time, which tends to hit some kind of genetic plateau even for the Alphicar most dedicated to cultivating it.
The first Alphicar to achieve the widely acknowledged title of Apex-1 was said to have so much of both chemicals in his body that his hue was nearly onyx black, with just the faintest touch of crimson! Alphicars with a mild hue are slaughtered at birth, those with a yellow hue are relegated to non-sexual slavery unless they can prove their capacity for violence, and those with an orange hue are allowed access to government sponsored training and weaponry followed by the life of an empire-serving warrior.
The Apex-100 by law comprise the ruling class, and Apex-11 was one of seventeen Apex-100 who had any orange in his tones at all, not to mention the only one of the top 30 Apex who was not overall a very dark red color. But it was this sort of perceived lack by his superiors and inferiors that fueled another part of him, the conquering khan that stirred in his core, that was eager to prove that
will
, and not testosterone alone, made one Alphicar.
After spending many years at Apex-11, despite being such a high ranking, he garnered a bit of sneer amongst the 100 for being perpetually denied the coveted 10
th
spot, and it was always another excuse to bring up his relatively light hue. This mockery only fueled his rage and sadism.
Apex-11 was relatively tempered in love and war for an Alphicar, but in private he indulged his rage in a wide manner of horrifying rituals, inflicting pain on both himself and others. And it was this rage that played no small part in leading him to where he stood now, on the precipice of his greatest conquest yet.
Of course, he was also always happy to have an excuse to scar himself, as it was undebated even by the official rhetoric of the IHC that, by and large across the universe, females were both aroused and emotionally endeared by scars. In fact, a colloquialism had been made out of the fact across a staggering percentage of sentiently populated planets, and these sorts of subtle data points were never lost on Apex-11 when it came to refining himself.
But rage, sadism, and masochism are common to the Alphicar. What Apex-11 knew he had in higher doses relative to his peers was his cunning. Intelligence. Perception. And when not overly enraged, balance. Steadiness. Patience.
After he had ensured that his subterranean camp would be entirely free of possible detection methods, he set up HQ a few hundred miles from his victim and began tirelessly to lay his plans.
It had taken him three solid years and about forty victims of unrefusable offers just to yield the location of the unusually hermetic Phoenix, who was not just a Matrizon, but a High Matrizon, younger sister to the mighty Azadonna, the only Matrizon ever to resist Apex-Alphicar seduction up close, on her own. Phoenix was famed for her beauty, and even more so for her femininity. Apex-11 wanted to make her womanhood his, to dominate it, and have it given willingly, then to use it, desecrate it, pervert it, and ultimately destroy it for his own pleasure, before sharing his conquest with the public at large--Phoenix was not just fine prey as a woman, she was prominent as an Intergalactic citizen and public figure.
He would take great pleasure in desecrating her reputation, to be sure. She had once been referred to publicly, by the IHC's core council, as the 'prize of the Universe.' She was revered by the Matrizon for her empathy, revered by the Eugenicogs for her good genes, and revered by the Alphicar for her beauty and femininity. She was even a favorite amongst Shivazon war-officers--Shivazon war-officers were allowed to retain some amount of mental faculty so they could do their jobs, unlike the far more numerous Shivazon who were relegated to being foot soldiers--usually because they didn't have the chops to be an officer, but also sometimes because they were deliberately reduced so far into slavish lust by their Alphicar Master that they simply would no longer be fit for the role.
It was this level of mindless, lust-consumed fuck-pet that Apex-11 intended for Phoenix, so long as she consented to his dominance. He wanted to prove to the universe that deep down, underneath every carefully layered piece of supposed virtue and wisdom that she represented, was nothing but a submissive, lust-consumed slut, a female prey, the Xergod's gift to powerful males. He wanted everyone to know that she was just an asset for his pleasure, masquerading as a free agent.
If he dominated her temporarily, at least enough to embarrass her, he would surely at least make Apex-10, but if he broke her will, he might possibly make Apex-4. His massive cock began to harden at the thought. That would bring his stable status forward two important tiers--both doubling the size of his stable and allowing him access to rarer specimens.
It was known that breaking 100 and achieving Apex status was the true turning point in Alphicar society--at this level you were granted access to God-like power, and "the supreme fruits" as they were colloquially referred to. Of course, any five-digit Alphicar would tell you that making 9,999 is the real turning point--this is the minimum requirement to have the opportunity for access to any female at all! But for an Apex elite the new dream would always be to "break 10." The Alphicar were not numerous, but were a vicious and extremely powerful race--and even the lowliest Alphicar miner was considered to have more status than even the most sought-after slut-wife.
Apex-11 studied his victim's profile for the 47
th
time. Her social allies, her defenses, every inch of the accessible data on her home. He studied the history of her life, her known strengths, her presumed strengths, her presumed weaknesses.
He rehearsed his conquest in his head, using gesticulative-synch technique to further automate his seductive neural mechanisms. He had patiently, slowly mutated his pheromones to suit her to perfection, spending such credits and assets on the finest technology that his peers had mocked him, but he knew that pheromones were an Alphicar's true strength when it came to sexual conquest, especially with Matrizon, and his were as primed, potent, and protrusive as masculine pheromones can get in this universe.