Arlene and JeffChapter 230
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Bill and Kathy hesitantly approached the bed where Jill lay sleeping.
"What if she's afraid of me?" Bill whispered. "She started crying when she saw me, and tried to get out of my arms when I picked her up in the living room before, but she was so weak."
Kathy stopped and looked at her husband. "She probably will be, at least to some extent if it was as bad as Jeff said, but I still say, let her wake up in your arms. Let me do most of the talking, though; just reassure her. But don't act like you're expecting her to be afraid of you. Act like the loving husband that you are."
Both slipped their shoes off and got gingerly onto the bed. Kathy nodded to Bill and they each lay next to Jill as Bill took her gently into his arms. She even moved a little in her sleep to snuggle tighter against him, which opened Bill's emotions. He bit back tears and hugged her.
After a moment, "Jill. It's Kathy. You can wake up now. Everything is fine. Bill and I are here with you. You're safe now."
Kathy had to repeat it several times before Jill became fully aware, but just as she was awakening the door opened again and Linda walked in to sit beside Bill. Reaching over, she took her mother's hand and kissed it. Having been prompted by Diana, she said, "You're home now. We're all here. You're safe."
"You're healed, Baby," Bill whispered to her. "No more AIDS, no more upset stomach, no more drug withdrawal. No one will hurt you any more. I give you my word that bastard will never hurt you again."
Expressions chased themselves across Jill's face. She remembered Bill's promise to her father. Bill had never broken a promise to her — to anyone that she knew of. Then, "You give your word?" she repeated, half question, half statement — all desperate hope.
"My word," Bill quietly responded, but emphasizing.
There was quiet for a moment, then, "Oh, Bill. I've done some despicable things ... I'm so ashamed. I'm trash..." The tears began — and the memories.
"Hush," he said, lightly touching her lips. "You only did what you were forced to do by that animal who calls himself a man. You are my wife, just as you always were."
"But ... I ... I fucked them. They made me do things ... Oh, God, Bill," she sobbed. "How can you ever forgive me?"
"Hush," he said, his voice shaky. "There is nothing to forgive, Baby. Nothing. You haven't done anything wrong."
Kathy buried her face next to Jill's as they lay side-by-side, and talked quietly in her ear. "Hush. We know. We know," Kathy repeated. "Don't cry. We all love you. We're all in this together with you. You did nothing wrong. Your husband loves you. Linda loves you. I, your sister-wife, love you."
"Sister-wife?" Jill repeated, the sobs quieting for a moment, her voice a little curious now.
"Yes, we're both married to Bill. We — you and I — are sister-wives now. We share him and we love each other as sisters. Sister-wives."
The door opened again and Diana walked in carrying a tray. "Well, our sleeping beauty is awake," she said in a deliberately light and happy voice. "Now you two scat out of the way and let this hungry woman eat," she said. When they moved, Diana extended the legs on the tray and sat it across Jill's lap.
"Let's raise you up a bit," she said putting another pillow behind Jill's back, "so you can eat. I have it on good authority that you're hungry, and the food won't come back up like before."
As Diana uncovered the dishes, the smells triggered Jill's appetite. Before Jill could say anything, though, Diana continued with her bluster. "Don't even think about having stomach problems. You don't have them anymore. You can eat all you wish, and you're going to be extremely hungry until your weight comes back. We have mountains of food anytime you want it. Now here," Diana said handing Jill a glass, "this is fresh squeezed orange juice the girls made just for you. You'll get to meet them later, but they send their love."
Diana stood back to watch for a few seconds, then leaning forward, touched Jill's shoulder. "You were very sick when you got here, and didn't get to meet everyone. That can come later when you want it to. Just enjoy your family and know that the rest of us care for you as well. You're home. This is your home now, just as it is Bill, Kathy and Linda's. Just enjoy your family."
Jill stumbled out her thanks. Diana hugged everyone and left.
Jill took a tentative first bite and her taste buds seemed to almost explode with sensation. The taste of the food seemed magnified, somehow, the food better than anything she had ever tasted. Shortly she realized that she was eating much too fast, and forced herself to wait a moment, worried. Her stomach felt fine, though. She sat up straighter, careful to not upset the tray as she did so. I feel wonderful. What's happened? Ingles said I had AIDS."
The thought of her tormentor sent a surge of terror through her body as a cascade of memories assailed her. He will find me. I know he will. He'll make me go with him ... He said I could never get away from the conditioning.
"Jill... Jill." Kathy's insistent voice broke through her thoughts. Jill's mind slowly focused on the moment again. Realizing that Kathy had her hand on the tray to keep the food from spilling, Jill took a deep breath, but she couldn't stop the tears from forming in her eyes.
"Here, Mom," Linda said trying to distract her. "I've put some of your favorite jelly on the toast. Try it."
Absently, Jill took the toast from her daughter and took a bite. It was good, indeed. She couldn't remember food ever tasting this good.
But just as she thought she had her memory under control, Bill reached out to stroke her hair. With Ingles fresh on her mind, she flinched. She realized it a second after she had done it, and the look of anguish it caused her husband tore her heart, but she couldn't find words, and the terror grew again in her mind.
Bill withdrew his hand, looking shaken.
"Bill, I..." Jill tried to say while the terror of Ingles surged now that her system was totally free from the drugs and her mind was clear to remember. The memories showed on her face as she stared at her husband.
"I know," Bill said, as the look on her face felt like a knife in his heart. "I ... uh ... I understand," he stammered. Then, "Look, I've got some things to do. I'll leave you to eat. I'll be back..."
"Bill..." from Kathy.
"I'll be back in a little while," he finished, backing away, then quickly walked out of the room.
"Be back in a minute," Kathy said as she got up to follow Bill while Jill covered her face and cried.
Catching up with him in the sitting room just before he got to the outer door, "Bill. We talked about this..."
Bill spun around. "Hell, yes. I know what the problem is. My wife has been abused — Lord knows how — and raped. Repeatedly. I understand. But she flinched when I touched her. You saw the look on her face. Do you know how that makes me feel? Will she ever be the same Jill I married?"
Kathy grabbed him in a full frontal hug, pressing her breasts to him and embracing him tightly. "I'm sorry, but she just flinched. It will be all right. She just needs time."
Madison stayed tense. "It wasn't just the flinch. Don't deny you saw the look on her face," he said pushing Kathy back a little to look her in the eyes. "Baby, she has treated me so hatefully for the last year. I thought I had her back there for a little while, then she fucking flinched. Was that fear or hatred on her face?"
"Bill, she didn't flinch away for the same reasons that she did back in Saint Louis. She was ordered to do those things then. The fear is because of the rapes..."
"So how do you know that?" Bill asked. "Maybe Ingles' conditioning and instructions are still working. Maybe they always will be." Sighing, he took a couple of steps to sit on the couch. "Do you know how it makes me feel to realize that my wife has ... had men — I don't know how many — inside her body. Men who shot off in her — came in her, pumped their sperm into her? Yeah, I know that she was raped, and despite what women always seem to say about men not understanding some things that only women understand, well, maybe there are some things that men understand that women don't. The thought of another man coming inside my wife tears my guts out, whether you understand that or not."
"Bill, you're not holding her responsible..." Kathy said sitting down by him and taking his hand.
"Of course not," he vehemently answered. "Still, I can't get it off my mind, though. She said she fucked them. With the hypnosis driving her, I'm sure she did. That hurts, Kathy, despite the drugs and hypnosis. It hurts. I'm getting some vivid mental images of her doing that. Of them coming in her. It tears me up inside — then she flinches from me and gives me that look like she did back in Saint Louis. You have no idea how that makes me feel. Think about it. What if I flinched away when you touched me? How would you feel? Oh, fuck it. You don't understand. Hell, I guess I don't either. But there's still the year that she treated me like shit. Now she flinched just like she did back there when she was giving me hell — I guess per his instructions ... I just want to kill that bastard," he finished, whispering, his mind almost as screwed up as his wife's; his heart hurting.
Shaking his head, he leaned back and closed his eyes for a second. "Is she always going to be this way? Is she going to suddenly have that look on her face like she did a moment ago, then flinch from me? How in the hell can I ever make love to her if I'm expecting that? I'm not a fucking rapist, and it would seem like rape. I would be waiting for that flinch. Is she going to sleep with us, or am I assigned to another bed now?" he snarled."
Abruptly, he got up and walked out of the suite.
Kathy sat with tears forming in her eyes. Yesterday we were happy. Jill came back today and we were even happier. Now this. What am I going to do?
Bill had only walked a little way down the hall when Jeff stood up from one of the alcoves. One look at Bill's face and Jeff said, "We need to work out."
Bill stopped to stare at him. "Did anyone ever tell you that you can say the damndest things at the damndest times," he irritably responded. "I've got problems, Jeff. I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it. But I'm not in the mood."
"Yeah, you are," Jeff said grabbing him by an arm and spinning him around with an ease that just irritated the pilot more, then started them walking before Bill had quite regained his balance.
Bill snatched back and stopped. "Dammit, Jeff. I've got problems..."
"Yeah, and the two of us are going to work out, or you're going to have to whip my ass right here — right now."
The two men glared at each other for a few heartbeats, then Bill grinned in spite of himself, "Oh, fuck it. I guess we're going to work out. Let me change clothes..."
"No," Jeff responded as they started walking again.
"Damnit, Jeff. I've got on dress clothes..."
"So pull the shirt off. The pants will wash or go to the cleaners. I'm not letting you out of my sight."
"I'm fine, Jeff."
"Sure you are," Jeff answered with an irritating grin on his face as he held the stairway door open. "Sure you are."
An hour later, Jeff had worked Bill until sweat flowed down his face and his knees were wobbling. The pilot now sat on a bench, his forearms on his thighs, leaning forward as he watched the small pool of accumulated sweat from his brow widen on the floor between his feet. The really irritating thing, Bill thought as Jeff handed him a coke, is that he has done everything I've done and barely broken a sweat. Fuck!
"Ready to talk about it now?" Jeff said as he sat across from Bill and crossed his legs.
"Ah, fuck. It's complicated," Bill complained.
Jeff took a sip of coke and leaned back, his grin getting bigger. "I've got nowhere to go and the rest of the day to get there. Let it rip."
I would get pissed, but I'm too fucking tired, Bill thought as he too leaned back.
Jeff tossed him a fresh towel, then took a sip of his drink, waiting.
Bill sat the coke down and wiped his face, then took both hands to vigorously rub the towel on his head to dry his short hair. Looping the towel over his neck, he picked up his coke, looked up at the patiently waiting Jeff, and sighed. "She treated me like shit for the last year or so," he started with a quiet voice. "I guess ever since she went to see this Ingles. With what you've told me, I guess he drugged her and hypnotized her into doing what he told her to do. Anyway, she just suddenly changed, wouldn't make love any more, treated me like shit, flinched away from me when I touched her like my hands were ... hell I don't know — filthy of something. She picked fights, left without telling me where she was going ... and it got worse. Well, I've told you some of it, already.
"Before I went in that bedroom, I thought I was prepared. I thought I could handle it, but I tried to comfort her in there, and she flinched from me again, just like she did back in Saint Louis. God, Jeff, I just keep seeing her with men. They fucked my wife, Jeff. She fucked them. I know she was driven by the drugs and hypnosis, but ... Jeff they came in my wife. She was a virgin when we married ... I can't explain how I feel. I could handle everything, though. I wanted to hold her and comfort her, but when I touched her, she fucking flinched from my touch. How the hell am I going to handle that? I thought I could, but it hit me hard."
Bill's hands were shaking as he glared at Jeff. "I'm not an asshole, Jeff. I don't hold her responsible. Hell, I hurt for her, but she can't flinch from me. That's what she did at home when she was deliberately making my life miserable. I just keep seeing some faceless slob fucking her and she's fucking him back." They sat looking at each other for a moment, then Bill sighed, "Fuck. You just don't understand."
They sat quietly again, both men thinking. Jeff finished his coke and absently threw the can in the trashcan that was sitting fifteen feet away; the can landed dead center. Fuck, Bill thought, Does he do everything perfectly?
Jeff broke into Bill's thoughts with, "I hope Diana will forgive me for this, but I'm going to tell you something. Something that only my wives and I know."
Bill didn't know what to say. "Uh, Jeff..."
"The process used to heal and enhance everyone here has an aspect that we didn't know about in the beginning. To make a long story short, Diana had broken her ankle in a way that couldn't be healed in any reasonable time, if ever, and worse, meant she faced a lifetime of pain. I used the process on her, and then Arlene, without telling either of them. I thought it would only heal injuries, and had no idea that it would do anything else. In particular, I didn't know that it would enhance them sexually, let alone that it would drive their sexual responsiveness off the chart. Worse, they had no idea what was happening to them, whatsoever. And I screwed up big-time. This almost destroyed my marriage and our family."
Jeff's voice hardened as he stared at Bill. "It started when some jackass who lived near us caught Arlene and her boyfriend fooling around sexually with each other, took pictures of them and threatened to show the pictures to me if she didn't fuck him. He pushed himself on her and she couldn't resist, both because of the threats and because her sexual responsiveness had been so increased due to the enhancements — she couldn't help herself. He raped her virginity from her, but Arlene thought it was her fault because the enhancements she didn't know about made her like it. Then he caught Diana and Arlene doing some silly things and used that to coerce them into letting him fuck them, and Diana had the same enhancement problem Arlene did. But it was more than that with Diana — I hadn't been treating her the way she wanted to be treated, while the jackass did. She wanted to be dominated, but I wouldn't do that, and Jackass was the first man in her life who sexually dominated her. So she responded to that, and I mean sexually. This was sort of true for Arlene too.
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... Ann raised a foot from the muck to shake off something that wiggled and flopped about as it tried to use its teeth and suckers on the near-impervious suit. But the skin suit sluffed off the creature’s actions without much notice, and she stomped it into the muck. A few minutes later, they were out of the water and on a long peninsula of muddy land that extended partway through the swamp. Tired, the two stopped for a breather. Turning, Ann started to make a comment, but instead screamed...
... Ann looked at the screen in front of her. “See that?” “Yeah,” Arlene said with a sigh. “Continental shelf. Our world is going shallow. We’re almost there.” “Chances are that very shortly we’re going to be brain dead for real,” Ann quietly said as she began yet another check of their systems. A few minutes later, they came to a halt in water no more than fifty feet deep. “I don’t see any signs of our intruder on my screen. How about yours?” Ann shook her head, then realized that...
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Diana came back with a washcloth and helped her mother put it between her legs, and also helped her get her panties and shorts back on. Susan was still mostly out of it, her motions and actions slow and somewhat uncoordinated. "You really blew her away," Diana said to her husband as she sat and pulled her mother into her arms. "She really blew me away, too," Jeff said as he touched Susan's cheek. "I was aware enough to support most of my weight on my forearms, but all I wanted to do...
In the hallway, Susan threw a load of wet towels on the cart, then a moment later came back out of the suite with the vacuum cleaner she had been using. Muttering to herself, her face red, she hung the vacuum on the side of the cart and started for the next suite. "What's wrong, Meemi?" Arlene asked as she caught up to her grandmother. "Two people. Two people in there and they used up all the towels we left for them, plus extras that they demanded last night at 9:00 o'clock, then they...
... Jeff had also heard the door close, and shoved Helen into Diana's arms, causing Diana to stagger, Laura grabbing Helen to help. He pulled his .45 from his waistband and started down the hall, but even as he did so, he saw Arlene at the intersection of the hallways and knew he was too late. Jeff figured one of the mercenaries had to be in the hallway, and was probably doing the same thing Arlene was. (Slicing the pie at the intersection.) He also knew he would never make the...
The Retreat Diana frowned prettily. “That reminds me. We need to go back to 2214 to see if Jasmine and her sister-wives have caught up with their canning yet. We should do that tomorrow.” “Yep. And they need to get back into training as soon as possible too, but we can’t leave to visit them until the Sergeant and his crew have completed their investigation.” “So, how long will that take?” “As long as it takes,” Jeff responded to her frustration. “Look, Sergeant Higgins is in charge of the...
Diana parked in front of the art supply store. Hope, sitting in the second seat with Ann, started to open her door, but Ann put out a restraining hand. "Let Security do their thing first." "Are we really in that much danger?" Diana spoke up from the driver's seat. "We didn't go into details when we told you about the attack, and no, we don't expect it to happen again, but we didn't expect that attack, either. And, yeah, it's an irritant having to have Security everywhere we go,...
When they parked in the back, the door of the Retreat opened and all Jeff's younger wives, who had stayed home, came hurrying out accompanied by Selina. As Hope and Arlene exited the SUV with the puppies snuggled under their coats, Arlene pointed to an area just past the pavement near the side of the Retreat. "Mrs. Kimbrel said we should walk them as soon as we got home," Arlene told the others as she and Hope opened their coats enough to give everyone a peek at the baby...
The Retreat ... The young wives looked at each other before Arlene turned to her husband. “As per your orders, I’m continuing to schedule crews for patrol missions. Of course...” “But that’s not where you just came from,” Jeff interrupted to say. The two young women exchanged a look. “We might as well tell him and get it over with,” Ann said. Arlene stared at her partner, then with a sigh, agreed, but as she opened her mouth, Ann began to speak. “We know that the General has made every...
Hope held one of the outfits up as she repressed a giggle. "Dogs can see color, can't they?" Arlene grabbed Spike, who had apparently figured things out and was sneaking off. "Oh, no you don't, Big Boy. You get to try on your new snowsuit." Then answering Hope's question, "They can see colors, but I've read that the colors they see probably aren't as intense to dogs as they are to humans. They have fewer cones in their eyes, and humans have several different types of cones that...
... Arlene motioned to their forward screen and the rippling, wavering, blurry image there. “I can’t see worth a shit because of the burning atmosphere, and the sensors have packed up from the heat. But I think I’ll go to full shields right about...” A geyser shot hundreds of feet into the air as the craft hit the water with a sound that could be heard many, many miles away. Even at full shields, some of the shock bled through and, had it not been for the gravity field of their seats,...
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Laura woke him the usual way, and she almost went too far. When Jeff grunted and his cock started to swell, she jerked her mouth off. It was a near thing for a few seconds. "I guess I almost went off while I was still asleep," he groaned. "Wow, I'm really horny." "Sorry, Jeff. You usually go forever. I wouldn't mess it up for Diana for the world." "It wasn't your fault," he said, finally regaining control. "It's just the stress of the day. Of course, I've had two of those damn...
In their bedroom, dressed in pajamas, the girls flopped into bed. Terry grabbed the remote and dialed the lights down, then turned to her sister. "Arlene said that we wouldn't have any more periods until Little One turns them on for us again. Boy, I can sure live with that." Alice got a look on her face and responded, "Well, as you know, I've only had one, but it sure was icky – not to say anything about worrying if I were bleeding to death. If that's what it takes to be a woman, I...
Jeff and his women had showered and were in bed only moments when Ship announced that Arlene's scout was minutes away. Since the family was still using their suite on the Ship, they were quickly dressed – well partially anyway – and waiting for Arlene as she maneuvered her scout through the outer bay door and onto the flight deck. She didn't go all the way to the scout's bay though, but stopped in front of her family. An instant after the scout came to a halt, its belly hatch opened and...
The Waterfall Campsite ... Dessie straightened up and stared at Ann. “I have eaten pheasant, fish and rabbit until they’re practically coming out my ears. I’ve had MREs while backpacking and wasn’t in love with them all that much, but I think I would love some now, no matter what the meal consists of.” “We have an assortment. I noticed a Brisket Entreé, Chicken something or other, and a Beef Stew, with whatever goes with them, and several more besides. We just grabbed some at random in...
JUST OUTSIDE A SMALL NORTHWESTERN TOWN Once again Nichols sat worrying in front of his boss' elegant desk. Rich, wealthy, words don't describe the extreme category the older man fit into. Nor can you describe how evil this man is either, Nichols thought, his face devoid of expression as he waited for Mr. Moreau to end his phone call. Nichols dreaded that. When the call ended, Moreau would ask questions that Nichols didn't have acceptable answers to. The town council members think Moreau...
Jeff, Diana, Dave and Evie sat in the living room, waiting. When the phone rang, Diana checked the caller ID and answered. "Glad you guys are back." "Diana, I..." The voice chopped off, then Carla cleared her throat and tried again. "Diana, our dreams..." Carla's voice stopped again, to be replaced by quiet sobs of joy. "I can't..." "You just did," Diana said softly. "You're on speaker, so all of us can hear you. Jeff, Dave and Evie are here with me and listening. And, you're...
...”See that tree that has the broken limb hanging down?” “Yes,” Aiko gasped out. “We’ll jog to it, then we will walk for a hundred steps.” “I don’t know...” “Yes, you do. You know you can. I’ll bet it’s even less than a hundred steps. Let’s count them,” she finished as she began counting their steps aloud while they slow-jogged. Soon Aiko added her voice. “Ninety-two. Told you it was less than a hundred. Now we’ll walk for a hundred steps, and rested or not, we will jog starting at...
The Retreat As Charlotte and Diana sat at the bar in the kitchen watching the other women, Selina stopped by. "Want to help?" the little genius asked the young woman. Worried, Charlotte answered, "Everything is happening so fast that I barely know what's going on." "Oh, you will get used to that," Selina said as she reached for Charlotte's hand. "Well, I'll be glad to help if I can." Charlotte glanced at Diana, who nodded with a smile. "No better way than to just dive...
They were high up and soon over the ocean, having left the continent behind. They passed the terminator and continued into night, still headed west, the myriad lights of the cities twinkling as the Earth seemed to slowly spin below. But before the view could become boring – if it ever could -- the horizon seemed to shift downward on the big screen as the Ship gradually pointed her nose away from the planet, the full moon drifting down toward the center of the viewscreen. There was a...
Jeff met with Kei, Edi and Alesha on the updated design that they were working on for the new ski lodge, then stopped off in the living room to watch the late news before eventually winding up in his suite. After a shower where he "played" with Jennie and Melissa, he walked into a strangely quiet bedroom. Looking around, he began to wonder. "What?" he asked, then suddenly it hit him, "Where's Ann?" Arlene caught his eye. "We've looked for her, and she's not anywhere in the Retreat....
The Castle ...”Certainly,” Arlene responded, “but please don’t either of you touch it. The AI can become quite persnickety, and he has the means to back up his displeasure.” “You have a functioning artificial intelligence?” Karl asked. “Please don’t mention it around him. I think he is trying to find a way to become a citizen,” Arlene returned with a chuckle. “Uh, I won’t,” Karl responded, not quite sure if Arlene were kidding or not. Both Karl and Fischer thanked Arlene and hurried off...
Jeff had stopped by his office to pick up a few pieces of printer paper. Alone in the living room a couple of minutes later, he wadded up a sheet of the paper into a loose ball. If I screw up with this paper ball, air resistance, if nothing else, should keep its flight slow enough to prevent me from tearing up things. With Arlene's encouragement while on the Ship's range, he had gained a small measure of expertise as he mentally moved a steel ball around and caused it to spin, but he still...
The Mission ... Both were tempted to use their suits’ drive units, but they knew that would alert the Throme if anything would. Scrambling down, they were soon in the water. A hundred meters out, they saw a glint of movement coming toward them just under the surface. “Let’s go home,” Arlene said to her partner. As soon as the hatch closed and even before they were out of the airlock, the AI had them moving away from land. “Oh, I so want to get out of this suit,” Arlene grumped a few...
The Retreat Shortly after lunch, Arlene went out to the Ship expecting to sit in one of the command couches and be swept away by the simulator to another very realistic space battle, but she froze as soon as she passed through the hatch. Jeff had called Kayla and Art to his office, intending to ask them to begin training in the Ship's simulator. Before he could begin, the AI turned the TV on to show Arlene jogging back from the Ship. The AI didn't say anything, but apparently thought...
The Retreat After breakfast, Arlene, Ann and Selina gathered enough food to last them the rest of the day. “Should this not be the correct castle and we continue the search, we will need something to drink with our lunch,” Selina said as she opened a refrigerator. “There is water available at each station on the interceptor. As for soft drinks, please bring only what you are sure you will drink. Storage space is at a premium,” Arlene told the seven-year-old. “Bathroom?” Selina asked as...
Jeff had just dialed his next door neighbor who lived a mile down the road. "Steve Sperman here." "Hi Mr. Sperman. This is Jeff. How's it going?" "Hmmm. Didn't we have a discussion about that Mr. thing?" Jeff chuckled. "Yeah, I guess we did, Steve. How's Marcie doing?" There was a hesitation. "You know, that's a funny thing, like I mentioned before. Seems like after the night we spent at your place, ol' Uncle Arthur (arthritis) suddenly got much better. Odd that both of us...
The Prison Planet Ship had received permission from her Prime to go back to Earth long enough to pick up Arlene, Ann and the other aviators, then take the Wing to orbit for its launch. The trip to Earth and back would only take a few minutes. Giving the interceptors a ride to orbit and their launch would take only a few minutes more. The interceptors normally remained in their bays on Ship’s flight deck, so she would have to go back anyway. Also, she would have to return to Earth again when...
Deep Space "Question is, are they going to notice us?" Ann asked as she watched as one of the alien vessels came from behind a large chunk of moon and headed straight for them. Ann knew she could not warp out without her drive trying to take some of the debris field with them, which would probably result in the destruction of her warp drive, and/or her ship. In addition, she strongly suspected that the aliens would pick up her inertialess drive's signature, should she use that with them...
“Despite our AIs actually doing the flying, I want every pilot to have his or her hands on the controls at all times when we do this for real, and when we practice as well. Ann and I have put together a rough outline. Everything seems to work in the simulation, but we haven’t done it for real yet. There could very well be glaring errors that only show up when actually flying the patterns. Bottom line: be careful and think about what the next step is. Does the current process make sense with...
When they left the suite a few minutes later, they saw Melissa at the far end of the hall. She seemed to do a double-take, then turned and rushed around the corner, probably heading for the kitchen. A little later, when they walked through the door, she was already setting out two more plates. Jeff pulled Ann tighter against him, and they stopped just inside the kitchen. I know Ann is blushing. Damn, I thought I was too old to blush, but my face feels like it’s on fire. Everyone was seated...
EARLIER IN THE MORNING AT QUINTON TATE'S HOME After his morning shower, Quinton, dressed in his uniform and still buckling on his gun belt, walked into the kitchen. Before he could sit down, the phone rang. "Quinton," he said, putting the instrument to his ear as he finished securing the belt with the keepers. "Well, good morning. Are you planning to go somewhere on your little impromptu vacation?" his Captain asked, cheerily – a little too cheerily. "What vacation?" Quinton joked...
"We still have a problem," Diana said. "I doubt if Billy has ever used a litter box. So how are we going to train him to use it and not pee on the carpet? Since there aren't any pet stores in Winter Park, I guess we can order a kennel on the Internet and have it overnighted, but as late as it is, it will still be day after tomorrow before it gets here..." "Yeah, we were lucky the grocery store even had litter boxes. But we're ahead of you about the kennel," Jeff said. "Arlene had an...
The Retreat ... Charlotte and Ada sat for a moment as Diana's words sank in. Both mother and daughter were clearly skeptical as they furtively glanced at the other three women. Diana let out a chuckle. "You can say it; we won't get mad." Ada hesitated. "This is no joke? You're actually telling us that Susan is your mother and Arlene is your daughter?" "Got it in one," Diana said with a grin. "But..." Ada began. Then, after studying Susan's and Arlene's faces some more, she...
Jeff sat in his usual place at the head of the table. Frank Wainwright sat to Jeff's right as the family (minus four who were eating with Margaret and Tina in their suite) ate lunch. All the Alphas ate a lot, and Jeff usually ate more than most of them, but today, he was hungrier than usual. He had gone through his first plate and was already started on his second one. "Looks like you're a bit hungry today," Frank tactfully said. "I didn't see you after breakfast. What did you do to...
Joyce, Caitlin, Jennie, Melissa and Ann came in with the latter two pushing serving carts. Soon, the table was set and food arrayed in front of Arlene, Diana, Susan and Jeff. The wives' efficiency was not lost on Susan, but she refused to acknowledge it due to her sour mood. Each time she had talked to her daughter or granddaughter on the phone lately, her suspicions that something was going on had increased. Then the introductions in the living room were almost more than she could...
Everyone except Matt and Courtney was waiting in the living room. The new SAC and his wife had borrowed an Escalade and driven down to Winter Park. "HELICOPTER APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. SECURITY HAS CLEARED IT TO LAND ON OUR PAD." Margaret had called earlier to say that everything had gone without a hitch and they were on the way home, but Angel had been beaten and was in need of medical attention. "Let's go," Jeff said as he started out the door of the living room with Little One...
Aboard Ship, Arlene, Ann and Selina are teaching the Morales family how to field strip, clean and reassemble a pulse rifle. ...”Very good, Mr. Morales. That’s a whole lot better than I did the first time,” Arlene blatantly lied. “Okay, Jasmine, do you know what’s next?” “Well, I did until you scrambled the parts,” Jasmine said with a chuckle, “but I think it’s that thing over there — a modulator, I believe you called it.” And the process went on. The next time they field stripped the...
The Prison Planet As the group neared the second area that was obstructed by boulders, Jeff said with a sigh, “Sorry, Ladies, but I still have a headache from moving the last bunch. No way am I going to play bulldozer just now.” “It’s getting colder in here,” Tosha said as she zipped her jacket, took her gloves out of a pocket and pulled them on. “Is it just me, or is the path sloping downward more?” Kei asked as she and the others followed suit – other than Jeff, who only zipped his light...
Kayla very briefly told everyone what had happened. Just as she was finishing up, Sheriff Tate, who had been eating with the team, walked into the hallway to chat with the others. "I helped the guys move the bodies out. We found a roll of black plastic in the basement and covered the pile of them." "That piece of plastic over there on the floor," Jill said, motioning down the hallway near the theater door, "is that where one of them..." "Yeah," Kayla said. "General Whitworth has a...
As everyone walked down the hall toward the theater, Selina hung back. When Diana turned and caught her eye, Selina, with purpose, walked on past, turned the corner and went on to her suite. If I do not ask, then the answer cannot be no, she thought. Waiting four minutes by her internal clock, she walked back out of her suite, down the hall and peeked around the corner in the direction of the theater. There was no one in the hallway. Shortly, she slowly opened the theater door the tiniest...
With the Alphas at Security headquarters studying the pulse rifle and the women apparently all in the basement, Jeff wandered through the Retreat at a loss as to what he should be doing. Deciding he would work in his lab to pass the time, he returned to the basement. Poking his head in one of the rooms, he got a smile from Kayla who was leading an exercise class – push-ups for the moment. His position allowed him a view of erect nipples on several of his wives, and a couple of the other...
Characters that appear in this chapter. Matt – Alpha. New Denver SAC for the FBI. Courtney – Matt's wife who thinks the Matthews may be aliens. Jeff – The Prime. Diana – Jeff's wife and Clan Queen. Arlene – Queen, wife. Diana and Jeff's daughter. Helen – Genius wife and teacher. Susan – Wife and Diana's mother, who is also a Queen. Kayla – Jeff's wife who first worked for the FBI, but then went to work for the General, and now she is Jeff's last line of defense. Art – Alpha....
Arlene grabbed Jeff's hand. "Come on, Daddy. Let's go back to our suite. Mom and Selina will be back ... uh sometime." Jeff frowned as he turned back to the others, "Yeah, that's what I'm worried about – the sometime. It's not like Diana to run off like that." Laura put her arm around his waist to get him started toward their suite. "Well, you were the one who kept pushing Diana to go through the academy. I have been through only the first six months there, but all that discipline...
Bobby put her hands on her face and took a breath trying to stifle a giggle. "We're acting like whores," she said, while desperately trying not to reach for Art's cock. Sandra hissed in a breath. "Art, I don't know what's happened to us. Honest, we don't act like this. We've each had one guy — once, and that was just to get rid of our cherries. But it's like we've been given an aphrodisiac. I want you so bad that it's hard to breathe," she finished, not knowing that Art was...
The Colonel’s Office Aboard Ship ...”And Worthington. Hear this! If something happens to my wife, I’ll kill you without a second thought. Now get out of my face before I change my mind and do what I know should be done.” Without saluting, Worthington spun on his heel and stomped out. Jeff sat thinking. Should I tell his Commander why I’m sending him back? After a moment, he shrugged. On second thought, I asked for his best aviators to give them a chance in my unit. No one, other than us,...