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I slowly climbed back to consciousness. Fog seemed to cloud my head, clearing briefly as a loud hiss broke through my muddled thoughts. I tried to sit up, but a firm hand on my left shoulder kept me lying flat.

"Don't move yet," Shawna's voice instructed me. "Open your eyes and look at me."

Bright almost blinding light caused me to gasp, but I held them open and turned my head towards the voice.

Shawna stood next to me. My position put me about her waist level. Glancing down I could see that I was in an opened medical pod.

"You should be fine, but I want you to sit up slowly," Shawna said. "That acid proved to be rather nasty. The last scan in the pod says you are fully recovered, but you will probably be a bit dizzy. You need to eat."

"How long?" I gasped out as I struggled to sit up. My arms were very weak. I realized I was pressing my right hand against the pad I lay on and felt no pain. "How long was I in the pod?"

"Angel hour is now starting," the AI called out.

I turned my head back to Shawna as she shook her head. "Over twelve hours," she informed me. "The acid had destroyed most of the flesh on your palm. There were even traces of the acid in your bloodstream. Don't worry; you will make a full recovery."

I was sitting up now, although I swayed a bit. Putting a hand on the side of the pod to steady myself I looked around. Immediately I noticed that all the other pods were in use. "Amanda?" I asked. "The others?"

Shawna sighed. "Amanda was hurt worse than you, but the actions of the armor kept her alive. She's going to be another two days in a pod though. A large amount of acid got into her bloodstream and caused some rather severe damage to her heart and lungs. The pod needs to finish fixing those before I can work on her leg. The other pods have crew from Cancun."

"We saved the ship?" I asked.

"You did at that," a female voice called out. I heard high heels clicking on the floor as someone entered and turned to look.

The woman who had just entered appeared to be in her mid-twenties. However, the first thing that stood out was that she was dressed in a professional blouse and skirt, complete with a ribbon around her neck. Her hair was up in a bun, much like Bethany wore. She looked like a lawyer entering a courtroom for a trial rather than a citizen of the Confederacy.

I held out my right hand. "Hello, I'm Meiko."

The woman smiled and reached out to take my hand. "Captain Jennifer Gates, commander of the Cancun." She turned to Shawna. "I believe you said that Ambrogio should be healed. I thought I'd stop by and be here when the medical pod released him."

Shawna smiled. "He is the crewman with the shattered shoulder correct?"

Jennifer nodded. "Yes, he was performing some repairs on a damaged coil for the rail gun when we took a hit from a Sa'arm rail gun."

"He'll be about ten more minutes," Shawna said with a yawn.

"Long day at the office?" I asked as I got out of the pod.

"I got a little sleep after the initial excitement," Shawna muttered. "Donna volunteered for the first shift. But we have every pod full, and half are for extensive work."

"Anyone from Ishtar? Other than Amanda?" I asked.

Shawna smiled. "Tina needed to have her hands treated. They weren't as bad as your right hand, but some acid had eaten through the towels she was using. From what I can gather the fact that it was raining on the surface must have concentrated the acid somehow."

"How does that work?" Jennifer asked. "I realize that you are underground here, and that we were teleported directly to the planet, but no one really explained why."

Shawna looked ready to respond, but one of the medical pods started sounding an alarm. "Shit!" she screamed. "Allison's going into shock again! Give me a moment."

"What's wrong?' Jennifer asked calmly.

Shawna had dashed over to one of the pods. She was checking something on the side. She said nothing as she worked.

Jennifer turned to look at me. "You're from Ishtar. Can you explain this acid rain?"

I shrugged as I carefully climbed out of the pod and stood up. "I'm not the best to explain. What I understand is that this is a young planet. The atmosphere still has a high concentration of acidic compounds. I've seen what it can do to a person."

I shivered remembering the young woman who had died when the ceiling collapsed. Her legs had been stripped to bones after a few seconds of contract with the green mist that had invaded the halls.

Jennifer was looking over at Shawna. "Will she recover?"

Shawna sighed. "She should. What was she standing near when her suit got burned?"

Jennifer sighed. "She is part of the portside engine crew. Why?"

"She's having some kind of allergic reaction to something that was burned into her skin. The medical pod is having trouble isolating it and removing all of it. That's the third time she's had an attack. But she should recover fully. I've set the pod to do a full filtration of her blood and to use a nanite restructure on the burned skin to remove any more contamination. Unfortunately, she'll be in the pod for another day." Shawna said.

Jennifer sighed in relief. "Thank God. I'd hate to have someone die on my watch. Especially on this planet."

"Why?" I asked. "We like Ishtar."

"What?" Jennifer screamed. "You like being here? That makes no sense. I heard this was some death world that was used as a dumping ground."

Shawna giggled. "Well, I don't remember who said it, but one of our citizens observed. 'Be it dank, dark and mysterious, Ishtar is our home."

I looked at Jennifer. "How is it you know about Ishtar?" I asked. "The other captains just know that we exist."

Jennifer blushed and looked at the floor. "Your being here is my fault."

"What?" Shawna screamed. "How can it be your fault?"

Jennifer looked up and stared Shawna in the eye. "Because I wasn't always a ship captain. Less than a year ago I was one of the executives in DECO and part of my duties was to monitor colony creation and citizen allocation."

Shawna shrugged. "Did you order us placed here?"

"No," Jennifer said as she walked over to the wall. She leaned against it and closed her eyes. "I was not directly involved. The problem was I should have noticed it and stopped it. The person who placed the orders that sent you here did it at the behest of a few training commanders who didn't want to have to have to train marginal recruits. But she did it because I had rejected her advances."

Shawna's jaw dropped. "You mean we ended up here because of an unrequited love affair?"

Jennifer frowned as she nodded. "I hate to call it that, but that's about what happened."

I had a thought. "Jennifer, how much do you know about the politics of Central Command?"

She looked at me and shrugged. "Not as much as I should. Miles doesn't like his people to associate much with the military, and I was lost in my own personal troubles while I was in DECO. But I know some. You couldn't attend one of Miles regular dinners without hearing a lot of gossip about what the military was doing, or failing to do. It was mostly about their failures."

I looked over at Shawna and then back at Jennifer. "Shawna? Do you think you can help Ambrogio on your own? I think James needs to meet with Jennifer as soon as possible."

Shawna shrugged. "Is Jennifer willing to go with you? I won't force her to leave if she wants to stay."

Jennifer just smiled. "He'll understand if I can't be here. I want to be here for my crew, but if I can help you in some way, I feel I must."

Shawna nodded. "James is probably in the command post. You might have trouble finding it, the doors been concealed behind Tina's gift to the colony."

I giggled realizing what that meant. Then with wobbly legs I made my way to the door. In the doorway I turned to watch Jennifer push away from the wall and start to follow.

We stepped into the hallway. Despite the healing I found that I was unsteady on my feet. Jennifer noticed and moved next to me to offer her arm as support. "What happened to you?" she asked.

"I was helping remove the armor from one of our gunners who had a seal fail on her armor. The acid collected on the protection I was using and burned through it. I ended up with acid all over the palm of my hand," I said.

"You seem remarkably calm about it," Jennifer observed as I led her through the hallway. We found that we had to step aside occasionally as concubines and citizens were scurrying through the corridors. A few paused long enough to wave at me.

I said nothing until I noticed the tapestry hanging on the wall. At first the angle made it impossible to make out, but as we approached I could see the deep blue pond that dominated the lower section. Jennifer stopped with a gasp as I walked up to the tapestry and lifted the left side away from the wall.

"Don't touch it," she commanded.

"The command post is behind the tapestry," I told her as a section of the revealed wall slid away to the right. I stepped away so Jennifer could see the doorway.

She paused for a moment and then stepped inside. I followed her through. As I took a third step inside I was pushed back against the wall by a fierce hug. "Meiko! You're alive!" I heard Janice shout.

"I just got out of the medical pod," I admitted. "And I found out something from Jennifer that James should know. I haven't even had time to get some food or see Madoka."

"Madoka is fine," Janice said. "We put her in the same crib as Joy and the two appeared to get along fine. James is in the briefing room, but they are relaxing. Take Jennifer to him. I'll bring some food for you."

I nodded and reached out to touch Jennifer's hand. She was looking around. I saw her stare closely at Tamara and Tiffany as they set at their stations. "Come," I said. "James has time to see you."

"This is your command post?" Jennifer whispered. "It seems very professional considering the people I heard were selected for Ishtar."

I saw the twins whirl to look at Jennifer as we entered the briefing room. James and Yvette were both lounging in chairs. Brad was standing over by the wall, holding Candi.

"Well, the good news is that laser one is usable," James said. 'We are down to one person with ready armor though. Fred, Amanda, Brad, Barbara, Xavier and I all went up and every suit of armor is damaged and needs repair."

"We expected that," Brad began, looking around Candi. "Meiko! What are you doing up and who do you have with you?"

I heard feet hitting the floor as James and Yvette sat up. Blushing, I turned to towards my master. "Master, Jennifer met me when I was released from medical. She has a bit of insight into Central Command and I thought you'd like to talk to her."

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It seemed to take forever to make our way to the passage that used to separate our home from the maniacs who had been dropped on Ishtar with us. When we arrived, the informal guard kiosk stood empty in front of a closed pressure door. We paused to wait for the doors to open when a young female cried out. "Wait!" We turned to find Lily, the ten year old daughter of Linus, pushing a double stroller. I tried to figure out what the issue was as she came to a stop in front of us. "Esther...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 37 Friendly and Unfriendly Visitors

My master seemed exhausted as we left the command post and began to make our way through the passages. The halls were largely empty and I was going to ask why when the AI called out, "Devil hour has just begun." "More than half a day spent dealing with this," James said quietly. "I shouldn't be too surprised." "I just hope we can get some rest," I said. "That scientist seems..." I paused, trying to think of a good adjective to describe the man we had watched walk out. James said...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 38 Threats and Bluster

I wanted to speak up once we were past the marines, but before I could gather my courage James turned to Yvette. "It's clear that our friend the governor is out to cause trouble. We should not let him know about the fact that we have access to the three common rooms just yet. However, make sure that all citizens use the ice rink to move back and forth for now. I don't want us confronting his goon squad just yet." Yvette nodded. "In fact, I'd take that further and stop all transit...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 39 Peace Through Providence

The statement from Governor Johanes lowered the temperature in the room even as James shifted his weight. My master seemed ready to lunge forward across the table and I held him tighter, trying to keep him from getting in trouble. It seemed he was not going to calm down and I was starting to lose my grip. "Excuse me, James?" a feminine voice said. I had my eyes closed as I strained to keep James in his chair and had not seen anyone approach. James tensed one more time and then seemed to...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 40 Gifts of Rabbits

I held Brittany in my arms as the door to the skating rink opened. Esther and the male concubine Petey stepped into the hallway. Kitty immediately noticed the young man. "Oh, a loincloth. I like the look." Petey blushed and stepped a little away from Kitty, who immediately turned to Esther. "The AI suggested that Brit and I be here now. What's happening?" Esther sighed. "Let's just say that Governor Johanes offered us an extremely clear example of the kind of leadership he offers....

Crisis at IshtarChapter 41 Private Moments

Janice and I arrived home to find Bethany, Tina and Kitty sitting around the table. Bethany looked up from the game they were playing and waved us over. "We'll deal you in next game," she told us. "James is right now giving Brittany..." "Four hours of bliss!" Kitty shouted. Bethany smiled at the interruption. Tina ignored the interplay and began moving cards on the table. The game they were playing was an elaborate card game where cards on the table were purchased with cards held in...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 42 Major Complaints

I woke back up slowly. Around me I could hear the gentle breathing of my sister concubines. I peeked around to find them slumbering with me in the bed. Rising further, I was disturbed that James was not sharing the bed. Immediately I started to climb over Tina, who was lying by the edge of the bed. My left foot was about to touch the floor when Tina suddenly rose up and grabbed me around the waist. I sucked in my breath to scream only to find a hand slapped over my mouth. "Don't," Tina...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 43 Visits Bring New Troubles

James jumped away from the laser and waved to Tina and me. "Head to the briefing room," he ordered us. Tina dashed off, but I waited among the hanging fabric panels that shielded the ready room from the spray designed to counteract the acid atmosphere as James walked toward the exit. "Who was that?" the major snapped as James approached the exit. I slipped a bit deeper but remained close enough to hear the conversation. "Sounded like Ulla," James said. "I've looked over the list of...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 44 Controlled Chaos Erupts

I ran from the command post. Behind me, I could hear that the conversations had definitely calmed down. Ahead, the hallways were silent. My progress to my home was uninterrupted as I rushed to Janice and Bethany. I arrived to find Janice laying Madoka on the couch. My sister concubine looked at me and laughed. "Great timing. I just changed Madoka and was going to bring her to you so you could feed her." "Where are Kitty, Brittany and Bethany?" I asked as I walked over to pick up my...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 45 Old Friends Spark New Feuds

In the command post, everyone continued their frantic work to help save the ships and their crews. I could hear Ulla and Tiffany talking with Captain Travis and Captain Gates. Ulla was a bit confused at one point, but Tiffany's quiet confidence kept her at her post. James had finally dragged Janice and me over to a padded chair. He flopped into the chair and I quickly pushed Janice into his lap. My sister concubine quietly held on to our master. I was looking around for another chair when...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 46 Visiting Captains

Bethany walked forward once Brad had left the room. I was puzzled by her action until she reached down to pick up something. It took just a moment for me to recognize that it was the uniform Captain Gates had been wearing when she first arrived. "We definitely should return that to her soon," I said. Bethany nodded, but made no move to exit the transporter room. Instead, she walked over to stand next to me at the control panel. I turned to ask her a question as the speakers started to...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 48 Into the Eye of the Storm

During that quick dash back to our home, I was sure that we'd see open fighting in the colony within hours. However, we arrived home to find James holding Kristi in his arms. The newborn was sleeping peacefully as my master rocked her. Brittany knelt beside him. She had Jamie in her arms. I expected to find Kitty as well, but she and Tina were over by one of the tables we had set up to make diaper changing go a bit more smoothly. I could see Jerome squirming on the table. James just nodded...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 49 Last Dances

"Perhaps that is the problem with the research," Major Bonham replied sweetly. "The good scientist is rather stressed due to the importance of his mission and needs a bit of relief." "Tell him to take two Rolaids and call me in the morning," James growled. I looked over at the twins in confusion. Their faces showed equal confusion. Janet was hunched over. I noticed her shoulders twitching and moved to comfort her, but before I could arrive she threw her head back. Howls of near...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 50 Curtained from Conflict

It must have been the fact that we knew the acting governor would hear about our performance. The intensity of Cleo, Mickey and me was palpable as we provided the music for the actors. There were a few sections and songs that had changed, but I barely heard the words as I played. The audience was silent throughout the performance. At one break, I risked a quick glance at them and found that everyone was gazing raptly towards the stage. Alexis noticed that I had turned my head and flashed me...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 52 A Courtesy Punishment

As Captain Entman vanished from the screen, Janice bounced out of her chair and threw her arms around me. "Oh my god!" she squealed. "You were perfect!" "But Brad was right," Lindsay said. "You have always been the quietest concubine on the planet. However, you were like a mother bear protecting her cub." I blushed. "Those men won't leave James alone. He's always so tired. I just want him to have time for us." "Well, you said what all of us think," Lindsay whispered. "Donna...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 53 Unacceptable Responses

Bright lights welcomed me. I was not sure how long it had been. I raised a hand to shade my eyes and looked around. I discovered that I was lying with my head in James lap. He was stroking my hair and gazing down at me. "Meiko," he said quietly. "No!" I said sharply. "I'm not hurt. In fact, I'm as far from being hurt as you can get. James, I have heard that women can pass out if they cum hard enough. I don't know how you did it, but I was perfectly primed when someone started...

Crisis at IshtarChapter 54 Stares Through a Wall

The next morning I woke up still wrapped up in Bethany's arms. I could hear someone over by the food replicator and carefully sat up, trying to leave Bethany undisturbed. I found Kitty trying to balance four trays on her arms. I was lying on the outside of the couch, so I rolled away from Bethany and stood up. Kitty was trying to turn away from the replicator and two of the trays looked like they were about to fall to the floor when I dashed in and grabbed them. "Thanks," Kitty...

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