Livestock

“Number 2294” The voice was almost inhuman as it spat from the speaker. If you were close enough maybe the salivating sound behind the voice would has seeped through and landed on your cheek. There was no light in the room, at least not at first. Eyes could adjust to the darkness and eventually they would make out other figures in the room. Large men desperately trying to figure out what was going on.

“Where are we?” One said while rubbing his eyes.

“Fuck.” Another said while sliding along the slimy wall to find any sort of exit.

“Number 2294!” The creature was agitated by the lack of obedience and switched a light on in the room which blinded the men for just a moment. Once their vision had cleared they cowered away from the large hole in the floor that they all were surprised had been there since they convinced themselves they stepped on it as they searched for escape. Without knowing it, some of the men had managed to caress each other out of fear despite being much more macho.

“Step forward. On circle now!” The floor had been illuminated and they all noticed a thick layer of sludge coating the floor around the circle. They also all noticed that they had all been standing around naked except for their underwear. Numbers meant nothing to these men especially since they had no idea why there were even there. How they got there was a whole different problem that appeared as a black spot in their mind.

“Who?” The guy with the tight red underwear said.

“White male. White underwear. Liquid tattoo on right arm.” They all looked at each other and picked out the man they had understood to be 2294. He stepped forward, but not all the way on to the circle. Instead, he let his feet sink into the sludge not knowing what was down the chasm if anything at all.

“I’m not stepping into that hole, bro.” He held his hands in front of his crotch. It didn't take long for the already irritated speaker voice to yell once more.

"On circle now." All of the men covered their ears and 2294 stepped forward. Expecting to plummet to his immediate death, he actually found himself on solid ground. The slime on the ground was vibrating, which made one of the men laugh and fall to the ground.

"What? I'm ticklish." He shrugged as another man helped him up from the oozing ground. The particles that had attached to the stranger's skin were now beginning to pull away from him as though some giant magnet was attracting the black ooze. The man on the circle was beginning to worry as his feet were now covered in the slime. The gloop crept up his legs and, paralyzed in fear, everyone watched as it swallowed his muscular body. It was hard to see the silhouette in the darkness now that he was covered in the same substance the room seemed to be made out of, but there was a sound of struggling and then choking before the slime slid back down the body of 2294.

"He will do." The man said, flipping his hand in front of his face. He turned towards the cowering group of guys and smirked. He pointed at the man with the tribal tattoo and then up towards the light.

"Step onto the circle 3314, you have been chosen as mate." The aggravated voice didn't seem so upset anymore and this was due to the fact that everything was back on schedule. 2294, or at least the inhabitant of the man that was once 2294, reached out towards the confused gentleman. At first, he was hesitant, looking towards the others for some sort of reassurance and receiving none, but then he reached out. 2294 brought him forward and then placed him on the circle. The same thing happened, with the magnetism of the goop suddenly being attracted to 3314.

"He feels great." 3314 looked at 2294 and then suddenly they were on top of each other. The underwear they were wearing could barely contain the growing erections as they made out.

"Step out of the room so we may continue." The voice echoed. The two men were suddenly calm and lustfully grinned at each other as they walked towards the edge of the room. They both held hands and then stepped through the wall as though it was nothing.

"What the hell?" One of the other men tried to do the same thing only he ran towards the wall, knocking himself out in the process.

"Great, another one down." The voice said. The walls moved again and it was time for the next human to become a vessel for the new population of the hunks of Earth.