All For Science

All For Science

It's a jungle out here. I'd been warned. Predators and prey of every size and description around every corner. Anywhere can be breathtakingly beautiful and equally breathtakingly deadly. Stay alert to stay alive.

Even with safeguards in place I find myself in terrifying peril. Time's running out. The end is near. I fear no help is in the offering. I am on my own...no hope left. It's getting more... and more difficult...to breathe. Humidity so thick it's like...sucking a wet sponge. But I can't give up... yet. I...I see my short life flashing before me. Might pass out soon. How...how can this be happening?

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Won a grant to study... rain forest...in Amazon. All for...science. Far back as I can...remember I had a love for...for plants. Instilled by my...my mother. Rest her soul. She raised...exotic plants. So, I wanted...I wanted to emulate her. Made it into a great uni...university.

Oh, that hurt. Can't think straight. Getting...light headed. Most of my...history will be found in...in my journals. When did I last make an entry? Right. When I arrived. Was going to...add more tonight. Oh, well. Best laid plans...

He has me pinned...right where he wants me...trembling in fear. Grip tightens. Ohh...

Hope Adam knows...knows I really did love him. Wanted to be his wife...but...but...So ironic when I think about it now. How...we were saving ourselves...for marriage. Mutually agreed. The right thing to do...with our bodies. Not give in...to temptation and...all that. Yeah, we made it to...some bases but...overall. Still a virgin...at twenty three. Could have...gotten married...long ago...But we wanted...our master degrees first.

I tried to scream...at first. Takes too much...breath. Ohhh...owwww!

Now look at my body. I tried so hard...stay in shape...stay healthy. Exercise...eat right. There'll be...nothing left...A pith helmet and...designer cargo pants...if that.

Ow! Think that was a rib...that cracked. Snap...crackle...pop. If lung punctured... maybe put me...out of misery...sooner. Yes, yes. I should pray...for that. Make this end...Please. Oh, hurts so much! Get it over with...already! Ommm.

Must...confess all my sins and beg...forgiveness. Please...forgive me for not serving...You and my fellow man...better. Thank You for...saving grace. Re...remember me in Your Kingdom...Pleeease.

So ex...cruci...ating. Think pleasant...thoughts. Hmm...omm...

Night first met Adam. Halloween party...college...junior year. Friend...convinced me ...wear outlandish...costume. A pleathery...sleeping bag looking...wrap that looked like a...a giant anaconda swallowing...me whole. Ironic...Right? Lower jaw...pushed up my D-cup cleavage...to my neck. Only my arms and head stuck out...above the form-hugging...diamond studded snake skin. Created quite the...shapely bulge--40/26/36. The upper jaw...looked like a hoodie...coming over my head. Adam...and every other straight male...took notice.

But Adam's field of study...is snakes. They're his...passion. More so than me...I fear. He seemed jealous of...my trip here. I only...look at plants. He would...have so many snakes to...admire.

Snakes. Ah...I...believe...he would classify...this charmer as...a reticulated python. He has me...wrapped in multiple...coils. Intending...to make me his meal...I'm afraid...Enjoying squeezing...every last breath...out of me. Until I pass out...or die. Making me easier...to devour...whole...without a struggle. More bones he can...break will make me slide down so...much easier...It won't be long...now. Being crushed...like a tin can. Everything hurts...Breaths getting...shallower.

All alone...on a hike. Not far...from camp. Stopped to...examine...flora. He dropped...out of canopy...above. Even if I...looked up...he would...resemble...dripping vines...Was he stalking me...or I happened to...stumble into his domain? Easy prey...fast delivery!

Knife...strapped to my thigh. Once he had me...in his grip...he moved so fast I didn't...stand a chance. Maybe...butt dial help? Phone...in my back pocket. Reached for it...now arms pinned...behind me. Chest thrust out...between coils. Pretty picture...No doubt. Oh...ow...ooohhh.

Try not to...imagine the...coming horror. Maw's above me...already drooling. Smells putrid...I can hear...his forked tongue testing...tapping...my pith helmet. It...deflects saliva away...from my face...for now. It's strapped on. If he tries to dislodge it...my head may be...ripped off, too. Less misery...for me? Please let...this end.

With each exhale...he takes up the space...crushing me more...making impossible to get air. Oh, the pain! Agonizing pain!

Adam once...told me. This guy is...one of...most efficient killers in world. Only the best...for me. Oh, don't laugh. Takes too much...breath. He's getting...more efficient. Once I pass out...he'll easily...swallow me...whole. Connective tissue...allows jaws....to open wide...He'll...'walk' them over...my head...and face. Hope he chokes...on helmet...Backward pointing fangs...prevent me from...escaping if I'm still...alive. Sure, as if...

Once prey in...throat...strong muscular contractions...work mass down through...long esophagus...into...juicy thick stomach...all prepared...for heavy task of...digestion. May...slow him down...several days. My body...quivering in terror. Hmmm...

Carnivorous...one-hundred percent...No flora...for him. Can...swallow prey...much larger...thicker than himself. He'll bathe it in...lots of...slimy acidic juices...and digest everything...except hair and nails...things with keratin. Those will be...expelled as pellets. Wonder about...cargo pants and...hiking boots? Someone...someday find pile of...designer scat? I'm such a...comedian...sometimes. Maybe I'll taste funny...so he'll spit me out? Don't wanna be...snake food. OHhhhhh...AWwwww...

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“Is someone...over there? Behind those...ferns? Augh...Help me...Help me, please. Fading...fast. Out...of time.”

“Hello, Eve, my love. Imagine finding you here hanging out with a serpent. Uh, you're turning a bit purple."

“Oh, oh, Adam! Thank...goodness! Save me. Can't...breathe. He's breaking...every bone. The pain is...unbearable. Awwww...Destroy this...this monster.”

"Let me beat him with this stick. Let go of her you horrible purple people eater!

"Sorry, not working, Doll. Can't say I didn't try.

“Besides, how could I possibly forgive myself for destroying such a magnificent specimen. He's only doing what comes naturally. You look like a piece of meat to him. Can't blame him. He's made a delectable selection.

Just look at the way he is working you over. Kind of like the way you twisted everything around in your journal I found back home when I was watering your plants. You were ready to dump me after all our dreams and plans. Simply because I gave into temptation and bedded that perky waitress. She didn't deny me any of her body, unlike you. 'Oh, can't touch this.' Now who is touching you everywhere? And you expect me to save you.”

“Adam, please...Can't last...much longer. The end...is near.”

“Tell you what, Sweetheart. How about I make you a movie star? You look hotter than I have ever seen you all coiled up cozy-like with that hungry python. Your boobs are sticking out between the coils and look good enough to eat. Oh, that is his plan alright. Such a tasty morsel for him. I'm gonna film it all in the name of research. 'The eating and mating habits of the reticulated python.' My favorite subject. It will pay for this nice little vacation I granted myself.”

“But...but...”

“He'll get a good portion of that, too. Let me help him out by taking off that ridiculous hat and those heavy boots. Maybe I can slip off those long pants as you are slipping down the hatch. Don't want to be too hard on his delicate system. Hard enough swallowing a prickly prude. Smile pretty for the camera. Look like you are enjoying this once in a lifetime experience. It's all for science.

“There you go now. You'll make a sexy, shapely bulge in his belly, my dear. You'll stay alive for a few hours. Be sure to thrash around in all the sweet smelling bile. He'll like that. Gives him satisfaction. And it'll speed up the digestion so the burning won't last as long. I did mention it's gonna burn a bit, didn't I? Have fun.”

The End (of Eve as we knew her)

Epilogue: Adam, “I'm funning with you folks. Of course. I waited a couple of hours then showed up at her camp where they were missing poor Eve. I led a search party and we happened upon this large, long, legless lizard lounging languidly along a sunny ledge with a bulging bobble about the belly. In the name of science, we opened it up and found a slime covered, beet-red, boiling mad but still beautiful, busty, blonde botanist.

“She never would marry me but she made a fortune telling her tale of what it felt like to be swallowed whole. (And my secret porn video went viral!) All for science, you understand.”