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Transport Ship Arrowhead

By: draconus_infernus



The light coming from Beta Romol was almost unbearable, even with the solar filters. As Endira Vas looked at the red super giant, she couldn't help but think about how deadly this star truly was. 

The radiation pouring from it could cook her in an instant if not for the spaceport's shielding. Of course, the fact that the star would go supernova in just a few short centuries didn't ease her mind either. Vas couldn't figure out why this station was in orbit around such an unstable stellar body, and no one could give her a satisfactory answer.

Vas looked at her wrist chronometer. Her ride would be there any moment, and then she would be returning to her home planet, Muldax Prime. Vas had been part of a cultural exchange between her world and the planet Dorrin on the galactic fringe. She had spent the better part of three years among a people who had just recently achieved faster than light travel. 

She still remembered her first encounter with the Dorrinites. They had never seen a female before; the Dorrinites are a unisex race, and Vas's curvy figure and prominent breasts made her stand out more than her purple skin, pointed ears, and dark black hair did.

Vas had grown very fond of the Dorrinites. They were a young people in terms of technological development, and Vas found the childlike wonder with which they saw the cosmos to be very refreshing. But it was good to be returning home. 

A Dorrinite transport had brought her to the Starlane Spaceport in orbit around Beta Romol, and an Earth cargo transport called the Arrowhead would take her back to Muldaxian space. The fact that an Earth ship had been charted to take her home instead of a Muldaxian star cruiser bothered her; nothing against the humans, they were long time allies of the Muldaxian Commonwealth, but human technology was only a few centuries ahead of the Dorrinites. Why ask them for transport?

"Attention Endira Vas," a voice speaking Interlingual, the so called interstellar language, said over the loud speakers in the viewing area. "The Arrowhead has docked at bay 42 and is ready to be boarded. Repeat, the Arrowhead has docked at bay 42 and is ready to be boarded."

When Vas arrived at bay 42, she wasn't so much disappointed when she saw the Arrowhead as she was profoundly unimpressed. It was an older civilian transport; a small, triangular shaped vessel that lived up to its name in regards to its shape. 

The crew compartment was in the forward bow, and it had a pair of sublight engines jutting out of the aft section. The Arrowhead didn't seem to have much in the way of armaments; two plasma pulse emitters in each wing a torpedo tube under the nose, and one between the sublight engines. The ship was so small that it looked like there was hardly enough room for one person, let alone a whole crew. 

She was met at the airlock by a human male with closely cropped brown hair; much shorter than Vas's own. He was the same height as she was, but had much broader shoulders. His blue eyes caught her off guard; her people generally only had gold eyes, or silver eyes like her own. Vas had never seen that eye color before, nor had she seen a skin tone that pale. The Dorrinites were a pale blue, but the human's skin tone seemed truly alien to her.

"I'm Captain James Barret of the Arrowhead, Miss Endira" he said in flawless Muldaxian. "If you'll come aboard, we'll get underway."

Vas was quite pleasantly surprised by this. She could see why he was sent to take her home. "Thank you, Captain James," she replied in Interlingual.

The captain chuckled. "It's Captain Barret, ma'am. My people put the individual's name before the family name."

Vas's eyes grew wide with embarrassment. "I am so sorry, Captain, I meant no offense!"

Captain Barret just smiled. "None taken. Come on, let's get you settled in so we can lift off." 

The Arrowhead's crew compartment was bigger than the exterior would suggest. There were two chairs facing the exterior view ports. The seat to the left, the pilot's seat, was surrounded by a bank of navigation controls. There were buttons and switches as opposed to touch screens. It seemed that Captain Barret seemed more comfortable working physical controls than holograms and lights on a panel. "Arrowhead to Starlane Control," Barret said into the communicator. "Preflight prep is complete and we are awaiting launch clearance."

"Copy that, Arrowhead," came the reply. "Dock is depressurized, the doors are open, and you are cleared for launch. Have a good flight, James."

"Thanks, Control, Arrowhead out." Barret turned to his passenger. "Ready to go?" Vas nodded in the affirmative. Barret's hands deftly worked the controls and, seemingly without effort, the aging Earth ship lifted off from the ground, performed a flawless one hundred and eighty degree turn, and exited the spaceport. Within seconds, Beta Romol was retreating in the rear view monitors. "Course set for interstellar space," the onboard computer said in a monotone voice. "Faster than light drive will be engaged upon reaching gravitational boundary. Estimated flight time to Muldax Prime is five galactic standard days."

Vas groaned at that. A Commonwealth ship would have made the trip in half that time. 

"Can't be helped, Miss Endira," Barret said in a matter of fact tone. "A lot's been going on since you've been on Dorrin. Once we're FTL and you're all settled, I'll tell you all about it."

When Vas had assumed that the Arrowhead wasn't big enough for a crew, she was right. Most of the ship's interior space was taken up by an antiquated antimatter/ion drive and a rather spacious cargo hold. There was only enough room for a small mess hall and two rooms that served as crew quarters. Captain Barret flew alone. The guest quarters Vas had been provided with were smaller than any accommodations she had ever seen. It had a single bed, a night stand, and a small desk. There was no room for a chair, so she had to sit on the bed in order to actually use the desk. On the plus side, it did have its own bathroom. 

The so called mess hall wasn't that much bigger; a small table, two chairs, and a food replicator built into the bulkhead. Even though it was replicated Muldaxian food and not the genuine article, Vas relished her meal; after three years of dried food and Dorrinite cuisine, a replicated meal was almost as good as the real thing. 

Barret gave her an amused look. He knew what it was like to sample home cooking after so long a time. "I was asked to bring you home by High Chancellor Dismer," he said. "The Commonwealth is in a border dispute with the Verokk Imperium."

"That's impossible," Vas said. She had insisted on speaking Interlingual since she was on an Earth ship and she didn't know Terran. It was only polite. "The Imperium is five thousand light years away. Our borders are nowhere near each other. Besides, I would have been told about this in my weekly communiques with home!"

"And how regular have these weekly communiques been?" 

"Not quite weekly in recent months," she relented. "I was told that all was well, so I didn't worry. I only got concerned when I found out an off worlder would be taking me home." Vas noticed the incredulous look Barret was giving her. She found it kind of charming the way he arched his right eyebrow when annoyed. "No offense."

Barret let out an exasperated sigh. "The Imperium is trying to annex Commonwealth territory. We don't know why. The chancellor and the president of the Planetary Coalition have filed numerous complaints with the Imperium, but they haven't done any good. All Commonwealth ships have been ordered to stay in close proximity to the homeworld in the event of a full scale invasion; in case the planet needs to be evacuated."

Vas pushed her plate away. Her appetite was gone. "Is that why you were hired to bring me home?"

"That, and because Bor wanted me to bring him a shipment of spice whiskey," Barret said.

"Bor?" Vas mused. "Dismer Bor? You know the chancellor?"

"His sister, Alu, was my host when I was stationed on Muldax Prime." Barret's face gained an almost sad look. "He's an....... old friend."

That explained why Barret could speak Vas's language and was familiar with her world's cuisine. "What happens now?" she asked.

Barret stood up and grabbed the plates. Neither of them were in the mood to eat anymore. "We continue on to Muldax Prime. If we get stopped or otherwise engaged by the Imperium, we get you somewhere safe." The plates were broken back down into their component atoms in the replicator. "Before you ask, it's not just you. All Muldaxians currently off world are being ferried home in the same manner. It's to keep you all safe." He sat back down and took her hand. 

Vas looked into those blue, alien eyes and felt safe. "Thank you, Captain."

"James," he said. "You can call me James."

"Only if you call me Vas," she smiled.

The Arrowhead was much quieter in FTL than Vas would have thought. She had been sure the hull would buckle and groan under the stresses of trans luminal flight, but the ship made no structural noises. All she heard was the steady hum of the ship's systems. Captain Barret, it seemed, kept his ship in good running order. Vas was a little taken with him. He had been on Muldax Prime so he understood her people. And he was damn sexy.

Vas had long fantasized about having sex with an alien. Because the Dorrinites were so physically different, she didn't have that opportunity while she was on their planet; they had both male and female genitalia, which were situated on their chests. But the human was definitely....... compatible. And he was damn sexy. Vas hoped her three years of celibacy would end tonight. 

Other races would think that, given what was happening on her home planet, Vas's lust was inappropriate, but Muldaxians are a very passionate people. They have no concept of, or even a word for, monogamy. 

Bond mates, the closest thing Muldaxians have to married couples, are expected and encouraged to have multiple sex partners. It was said that a Muldaxian who wasn't horny was either sick or dead. And this Muldaxian was very, very horny. She had masturbated several times a day every day while on Dorrin. Her fingers just didn't do it anymore. She needed a cock and she needed it bad.

Vas was standing outside Barret's quarters, wearing only a thin white robe that barely went passed her ass. Her pussy was so wet she could smell it. She pressed the door chime. Seconds later, the door slid open to reveal a nearly nude James Barret.

Vas had never seen a human this exposed before. His well muscled chest and belly were covered in light brown hair. She wasn't ready for that, since the only hair her people had was on their heads. She glanced down and saw a bulge forming in his tight fitting boxer briefs. "Good evening, James," she said in a sultry voice. "May I enter?"

Barret immediately knew what she wanted. "You sure you want to do this, Vas?"

Vas licked her lips when she saw the bulge get bigger. "I haven't had sex in over three years. I need it, James. And I need you to give it to me."

James stepped aside and Vas sauntered in, her robe offering brief glimpses of her ass as she walked. "Holy shit," Barret muttered under his breath.

Barret's quarters were bigger than Vas's, as was his bed; it could easily accommodate two. Vas let the robe fall, revealing herself to Barret. Her green nipples stood at attention on her cantaloup sized breasts.

Barret responded by dropping his shorts, revealing an eight inch cock. "Goddesses be praised," Vas sighed in Muldaxian. 

Vas laid back on the bed and spread her legs. The skin of her glistening slit was a darker shade of green than her nipples. Barret laid down next to her and captured her mouth with his own. Their tongues battled wildly as their hands explored each other's bodies. Vas couldn't help but run her fingers through his chest hair while Barret gently pinched her nipples, sending surges of pleasure from her tits through her whole body. Her clit was starting to pulse with desire. 

Vas pulled away from the searing kiss so she could look down at and grab Barret's member. Human penises were much different from their Muldaxian counterparts. While they were roughly the same size and shape ,this one had an upwards curve, ridges, and a bulbous head. Muldaxian cocks, on the other hand, were smooth. Even the hole at the top was a different shape; a vertical slit for the human instead of two horizontal slits for the Muldaxian. It was dripping a clear fluid. "You didn't already?" she asked.

"Never been with a human before, have you?" Vas just squeezed his dick. "That's just a precursor," he said.

For the first time since she entered his quarters, Vas looked nervous. "Is it true that human males..... eat.... the clitorises of their women?" 

Barret gently caressed her cheek. "It's an expression," he said softly. "Lay back and I'll show you."

Barret kissed his way down her body until he reached her pussy. He gently spread her wet lips apart and took in her scent; it was slightly musky with a hint of cinnamon. He gently ran his tongue up her slit from her opening to her clit. When his tongue reached her swollen nub, Vas shuddered. "It only gets better." He continued lightly running his tongue over her womanhood. He knew what he needed to do to get her to relax. For as sexual a people as the Muldaxians are, they had no knowledge of oral sex. Vas wasn't the first of her kind he'd done this for.

Vas was moaning lightly. Barret picked up the pace and sucked her clit into his mouth. Vas nearly jumped as she let out a loud squeal. Barret vigorously flicked his tongue on her clit as she squirmed against him. He released her long enough to slip a finger inside her. Soon he was sucking and licking her clit while he finger fucked her.

Vas was going crazy. She had lapsed into her native language and was alternating between asking her people's creator goddesses for strength and thanking them for what Barret was doing to her. His finger in her, his mouth on her, and his tongue.... by the Goddesses his tongue! The pleasure that had been building finally reached its breaking point. Vas screamed as her body convulsed. Barret had kept his eyes on her this whole time, and saw that her skin had blanched lavender; Muldaxians change color at orgasm.

Vas's coloring returned to normal as she finished cumming. Barret climbed up next to her with a sly grin on his face. "And that is what it means to have your pussy eaten." Vas grabbed his face and kissed hum hungrily, savoring the taste of her own juices.

She finally nudged Barret onto his back and straddled him. "Before we do this," she said, "there's something you should know." 

Barret put his finger to her lips. "I know," he said softly. "I've been with a Muldaxian woman before. Trust me."

Vas did trust him. She trusted him to get her home, she trusted him to keep her safe in case the Imperium tried to stop them, and she trusted him with her body; she let him stick his face where no one else ever had, after all! She grabbed hold of his throbbing cock, wetted it against her slick pussy, and eased it into her. "You feel so good," she groaned as she slid down his length. Barret just closed his eyes and enjoyed her tightness.

She rode him slowly, letting him stretch her out. She leaned forward and braced herself on his chest. Barret gently massaged her tits. Vas started to pick up the pace. She sat up, took Barret's hands and placed them on her ass. "Yes," she moaned. "Give it to me.... give it to me good!"

Barret dug his fingers into her hips and pressed her harder against him. She yelped in pleasure. She moved faster, and it was all Barret could do to keep up with her gyrations. "Damn, Vas," he groaned. " I almost forgot how intense you Muldaxian ladies could be."

Vas chuckled between moans. "You're keeping up well." She laid down on him and kissed him deeply. Barret rolled himself on top of her. Vas wrapped her legs around his waste and ground against him. "Now shut up and fuck me!" 

Barret pumped into her with abandon, pushing her up the bed with each thrust. Vas had to brace herself against the wall to keep from hitting her head on it. Barret's thrusts became faster and more intense. Without warning, Vas's skin went lavender, her pussy tightened, and her back arched. She almost forced Barret out of her, but he held on. Her body shook violently as she came. 

The last wave or orgasm had just washed over her when she felt Barret pull out, followed by the feeling of globs of something hot and wet landing on her tits and stomach. When Vas opened her eyes, she saw Barret jerking himself off while milky white cum erupted from his dick. As soon as the last bit dribbled onto her smooth mound, he fell back on the bed, breathing heavily. Vas looked at her exhausted captain, and then down at her chest at the offering he had made to their desire, and smiled. "You really have been with Muldaxian women before."

In Muldaxian tradition only a woman's bond mate was allowed to cum inside her, and only a man's bond mate was allowed to accept his seed. Ejaculation for regular sex partners had to be external. Barret, having caught his breath, got off the bed and went into the bathroom. When he came back out, he saw Vas looking intently at a glob of his cum that she had scooped up. "I've never seen white semen before," she said, almost to herself.

Barret threw her a towel to clean herself off with. "Your people have black cum, I know." He laid down next to her on the bed. "And I've only been with one other Muldaxian woman before. Since you asked."

Vas dropped the used towel on the floor. "The chancellor's sister?" 

"Alu was my host, like I said. She taught me everything she could about your people." Berret figured that Vas would be staying the night, so he dimmed the lights and pulled the covers over them. Vas snuggled up next to him.

"I remember when she died," Vas said softly. "It happened so suddenly. But that's how Clathe's disease works." Clathe's disease attacks the circulatory system. Victims don't live much longer than a year after the diagnosis. "It must have been hard for you."

"She was my bond mate."

Vas sat up and looked him in the eyes. "Oh, James. I am so sorry." She held him close and started stroking his hair. "If me being here is difficult, then..."

Barret silenced her with a kiss. "I want you here, Vas. And if you even think of apologizing for the sex....."

Vas smiled and rested her head on his chest. "My people never apologize for a good fuck. Especially the hot, steamy, toe curling variety."

Over the next couple of days, Vas and Barret settled into a routine. They would eat together, Vas would keep Barret company in the cockpit, they would have sex and then fall asleep together; Vas had even moved her bags to Barret's quarters, her own quarters going unused. 

The only thing they didn't do together was bathe, and that was only because the showers were too small for more than one person. Vas was getting very comfortable with her human companion. He was kind, engaging, and amazing in bed. Before she met Barret, Vas thought she was pretty adventurous. He opened up a whole new world of possibilities.

He ate her out every night, and took her in different positions. He had cum on her tits, her stomach, her back and her ass. Vas even gave him what he called a "blowjob;" a name that confused her since she was sucking his cock and not blowing on it. Having him in her mouth, stroking his length, and then letting him spray his cum all over her face had been a huge turn on. 

Towards then end of that particular encounter she had been tempted to ask Berret to cum inside of her, to become her bond mate. There were those who would say that four days was too short a time to fall in love, but those same people had never met Vas's parents. They had known each other for only a day when they bonded, and that was three children and twenty five years ago.


Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 02



The spherical city ship glided silently through the vastness of space. Roughly the size of a small moon, Nova City was a mobile center of commerce; an interstellar market place capable of faster than light travel. 

The lower hemisphere housed its propulsion, defense, and life support systems, while the upper hemisphere housed the habitat section; a large dome protecting a sprawling metropolis from the harsh vacuum of space. Several freighters and ships were at station keeping around Nova City, waiting for docking clearance. 

Endira Vas was wandering the city aimlessly. The purple skinned Muldaxian beauty didn't know where she was going, nor did she really care. Twenty minutes ago her ship, the Arrowhead, was granted landing clearance in one of the outer docking bays. 

Right after the Arrowhead docked and they had disembarked, Vas saw that they had landed next to the burned out husk of a Muldaxian star cruiser. That long, smoldering rectangle of a ship filled Vas's heart with fear and a white hot rage; had she stayed in the docking bay she might have punched the first passerby. "I'm sorry, James, but I have to go," she said to her bond mate before storming off.

Seven months ago, the Verokk Imperium invaded the Muldaxian Commonwealth. A Planetary Coalition strike force had been deployed to drive the Verokk out, but they were not having much luck. An operation that was supposed to take only six months was now in its seventh, and was showing no signs of ending any time soon. 

Vas had spent three years on the planet Dorrin as part of a cultural exchange. She was on her way home when the invasion was launched. She was homesick and furious at the universe for what was happening. The only good thing to come out of this mess was her bond mate, James Barret.

A voice coming through her comm-link earpiece brought her back to the present. "We're unloaded, hon," the voice said. "And we've been set up with guest quarters at one of the inns." Vas said nothing. "Vas? Please respond. What, are you having hot, kinky sex and not letting me watch?"

That did it. "I heard you, James, " she said with an edge in her voice. "Is that ship still there?"

"Yeah, it is. It's supposed to be moved to the space dock within the next hour or so. I'll trace your comm-link and meet you. Stay put, okay?"

"Yeah, sure," she said, and ended the transmission.

Barret flinched when Vas closed the channel. She had been getting more and more irritable lately and he didn't know what to do to make things better for her. 

The Arrowhead had been hired to deliver a shipment of replication coils to one of Nova City's hotels. They were given a free room for the night in addition to their normal going rate. Barret had hoped that this trip would help Vas get her mind off things. 

Seeing that Muldaxian ship had only made it worse. The seven months they had been together were the among best he could remember. A month after they followed Muldaxian tradition and bonded, they had a small Earth wedding ceremony aboard an Terran patrol ship; Vas wanted the traditions of both of their homeworlds honored in their union.

Barret looked down at the silver ring on his left hand. Vas had one just like it. He had insisted on silver because it matched Vas's eyes. Barret thought Vas was ravishing, but it was her eyes that always captured him, silver eyes full of love and hope. Now they were filled with bitterness and rage. 

Vas was about to look for a bench to sit on when she heard a voice in her native tongue say, "Ah, a familiar looking face." Vas turned to see a shorter Muldaxian man with balding hair just as dark as her own. His gold eyes shone with a friendly radiance. He looked at the representation of the Arrowhead on the right shoulder of Vas's black flight suit and smiled. "I see we have a friend in common."

"Pardon?" she asked.

"James Barret." The man gestured at the patch on her shoulder. "I'd recognize any depiction of that piece of shit freighter anywhere." 

Vas was about to respond when he raised his hand to stop her. "I mean no offense," he said with a smile. "It's just, I remember when James bought that thing. I thought he was wasting his money and that it would blow up within a week." The man rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hard to believe it was five years ago." The man noticed Vas giving him an incredulous look. "Where are my manners?" he said with a slight bow of his head. "Dismer Bor, at your service."

"Lord High Chancellor," Vas gasped, and quickly returned the greeting gesture. "My apologies, sir, I didn't know you'd escaped Muldax Prime!"

"It's all right, my dear," he laughed. "There's no need to stand on ceremony. Until our government is reinstated back home, I'm just another wanderer like yourself." Dismer gave Vas a quick once over. "May I assume that you are Ambassador Endira?"

Hearing her old title caused Vas's heart to fall. "I used to be," she said softly. "Now I'm just a delivery girl on an Earth cargo ship." Hearing herself say those words made her heart fall even more. She knew she was more than that, but today she didn't really feel like it.

"Well," Dismer said, breaking the silence. "I'm glad James was able to help you out. I just didn't expect him to give you a job."

Before Vas could tell Dismer the true nature of her relationship with Barret, another voice came into earshot. "Bor? Is that you, you old son of a slygrath?"

Dismer saw a human wearing an identical flight suit to Vas's hurrying over to where they were standing. "James!" The two men hugged like reunited brothers. "It's been too long, old friend. You have my spice whiskey?"

Barret laughed and slapped Dismer on the back. "It's in stasis back in my warehouse," he said. "I'll get it to you on my next run." Barret stood next to Vas and put his arm around her shoulders. She in turn wrapped her arms around his waist and melted into him, suddenly very happy for the physical contact. "I see you've met my bond mate Vas."

Dismer's eyes grew as big as dinner plates and his jaw dropped. "When?" 

"Four days after we met," Vas said happily.

A huge smile formed on Dismer Bor's lips. Barret had been bonded to Dismer's sister, Alu, until her death five years ago. "I'm glad to see that you've finally honored my sister's wishes and moved on, James. Very glad." 

Dismer looked down at his wrist chronometer. "I have a meeting with the city's administrator in about fifteen minutes," he said. "Later tonight I want to treat you both to dinner. We need to celebrate!" He looked at his chronometer again and grumbled. "Dammit, my bodyguard should have been here by now. He's supposed to accompany me to my meeting."

"My apologies, Lord High Chancellor," a breathless voice said. "This city is just too damn big. I got a little lost." I tall, lanky Muldaxian man with shoulder length snow white hair jogged up. When he saw Vas, his eyes lit up, as did hers.

"Hix!" she exclaimed as she rushed from Barret's arms to embrace the Muldaxian.

"Reunions left and right today," Dismer mused.

Barret nodded in greeting at the new arrival. "James Barret," he said.

The newcomer eyed Barret with quiet contempt. "Antis Hix. I knew Vas at the academy." His tone was that of an animal defending its turf.

Vas pulled out of the hug and gave Antis a dirty look. "Is that any way to talk to my bond mate, Hix?"

"Bond mate?" Antis said with confusion. "It's uh, it's nice to meet you, then." Barret knew it was a lie, but said nothing.

Dismer cleared his throat. "Come, Mr. Antis, we need to get to the administrator's office."

Vas's face fell when she heard this. "Maybe we could meet up later, Hix," she said softly.

Barret could read between the lines. He knew his bond mate's old friend didn't really like him for whatever reason, and Barret really didn't like the idea of Vas sleeping with him, but he also knew that it was her choice. 

"Hey, Bor, how about if I go with you to the administrator's office so these two can, uh, get reacquainted."

Dismer gave Barret a skeptical look. "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure," Barret replied, even though he really wasn't. "Besides, Administrator Remick's an old friend of mine. It'll be good to see her again."

"Very well." Dismer looked over at his bodyguard. "You're dismissed until later this evening. Have fun, you two."

Vas gave Barret a huge kiss. "Thank you, sweetie," she said happily. "I love you."

"Love you, too," he replied. Barret's sky blue eyes watched with trepidation as his wife ran off to fuck her old friend. He shook his head.

"Don't let Antis get to you, James," Dismer said. "The invasion has really gotten to him. It's gotten to all of us." 

Antis and Vas couldn't reach his quarters fast enough. Once through the door, his shirt was ripped off and her flight suit was unzipped. Once in the bedroom, he was naked an she was wearing only her panties. As soon as they were on the bed they were both totally nude; their mouthes and tongues intertwined. They groped each other wildly.

Antis went for Vas's tits and took an erect green nipple into his mouth, lightly tugging on it with his teeth. He was tweaking her remaining nipple with one hand while rubbing her clit with the other. Vas meanwhile was vigorously stroking his long, smooth cock and fondling his balls. She was so wet she could hear her juices sloshing as Antis rubbed her slit.

Vas pulled away from him. "I've missed you," she said hungrily.

"It's been too long," he replied. Antis nudged her to lay back, and took in the sight of her naked body. She was just as beautiful as he remembered. He gave Vas's firm, cantaloupe sized tits a playful squeeze and ran his thumbs over her nipples, causing her to shudder. 

Antis took his cock in hand and rubbed its rounded tip against her glistening green slit. After a little teasing, he slowly eased himself into her pussy. Antis sat upright between Vas's legs and slowly slid himself in and out of her. Vas rested her legs against his chest and moaned in pleasure.

Antis moved slowly and methodically, as if he was trying to memorize the texture of her inner warmth, the feel of her tight wetness around him. Vas brought her legs back down and planted her feet on the bed so she could get better traction. She started to roll her hips, hoping to encourage Antis to thrust faster.

"Not so fast," he cooed.

"Not fast enough. Come on, Hix," she pleaded. "Fuck me like you used to. Fuck me like you mean it!" But Antis kept up with the slower pace. Truth be told he wanted to go faster, but at the same time he wanted to savor the moment.

Vas grew more impatient. She could feel her orgasm just over the horizon, so she sat up and clamped her legs around his waist. Vas bounced up and down on Antis's cock with urgency, and pushed him down on the bed when he tried to get her to slow her pace. "I'm in the pilot's seat now," she declared, and proceeded to ride him as if her life depended on it. Vas pinched his nipples while she fucked him, causing him to give in and thrust into her with the force she wanted.

Vas nearly screamed when her orgasm hit. She threw her head back as her skin lightened from dark purple to lavender, her body trembling violently as the pleasure surged through her. Once those waves had stopped, Vas collapsed on Antis and proceeded to lick his ear from lobe to pointed tip. Antis pumped into her harder and faster. 

Vas pried herself off of his cock and gave him a sly smile. "You're gonna like this," she teased. Antis's eyes nearly bugged out of his head when he saw her take his dick into her mouth and start sucking it.

"What are you.... doing?" he managed to stammer.

"Sucking your cock," she said in a matter of fact tone.

"Why?"

"Because it's fun." She gently stroked his length. "Don't you like it?" She sounded hurt. Vas, like the rest of her kind, knew nothing about oral sex before she met Barret, and now she loved it. She loved it when Barret sucked and licked her clit, and she loved sucking him until he exploded in her mouth. She had gotten quite good at it; Barret couldn't get enough of her blowjobs, and other Muldaxian men she'd been with since learning the intricacies of oral sex had sung her praises. Antis, it seemed, didn't share their enthusiasm.

"It's different," was all he could say.

Vas flashed Antis a devious smile. "I know you'll like this." She buried his cock between her tits. Antis closed his eyes and groaned as Vas massaged his cock with her tits. His breathing became more and more ragged and his skin was starting to change color. 

"That's it baby," she coaxed. "Cum for me. Blast it all over my face. You used to love getting me in the face." Vas knew the effect talking dirty had on Antis, and no sooner had she said it than he turned a vary pale shade of lavender and thick jets of black cum shot from the twin holes at the head of his cock. 

Long streams hit Vas on the chin and dripped down onto her tits. A river of black semen was flowing down her left breast, and a small glob hung from the nipple. Vas released Antis's cock from her chest and gave it one last squeeze. "Mmmmm," she moaned, looking down at the shear volume that had erupted form him. "That was a lot. Been a while for you, hasn't it?"

"Since before the invasion," he said breathlessly. 

Vas excused herself to the bathroom to get cleaned up. When she came back out she noticed the conflicting looks of satisfaction and disappointment on Antis's face. "What's wrong?" she asked, not sure if she wanted to hear the answer.

Antis didn't even look at her. "I was kind of hoping you'd let me, you know, finish inside." 

Vas let out an exasperated grunt and sat down on the bed. "I have a bond mate, you know," she said in a harsh tone. "He's the only one who gets to do that."

Antis sat up. "But he's an alien!"

"Yes he is! And you know what? I love him!" Vas was indignant now. "What's the deal? Really? I'm not the first of our kind to bond outside our species, and I won't be the last. This is nothing new!" Antis wouldn't make eye contact. Instead he was looking at a very fascinating crack in the wall. "Wait a minute," Vas said almost to herself. "Didn't you bond with Zilist Clua a few years ago?"

"She broke our bond and left me before the invasion," he softly replied. "Happy now?"

"No," she said, getting off the bed. "I'm insulted. Just because your bond mate left you doesn't mean I'm going to betray and leave mine." She gathered up her clothes and dressed as quickly as she could.

"What are you doing?" Antis got off the bed and maid a bee line for the bedroom door.

"Getting dressed. What's it look like I'm doing?" she said angrily. "I going to find James, and then I'm having dinner with him and the High Chancellor. I'm going to have a drink, and I'm going to try to forget that you did this. And then maybe, just maybe, I'll consider forgiving you!" She finished zipping up her flight suit and stormed out of the room, leaving a very naked and very embarrassed Antis Hix standing in the doorway.

The Nova City administrator's office, sitting atop the city's central spire, was bigger than the Arrowhead's cargo hold. The wall behind the administrator's desk was all glass, giving visitors the best view possible of the city. 

There were two long couches along the walls on either side of the desk, and two cushy chairs in front of it. Those two chairs were occupied by Dismer Bor and James Barret, while a red haired human woman wearing a grey business suit with the seal of the city emblazoned on the left breast pocket sat behind the desk. 

Karin Remick stood and lightly bowed her head to the High Chancellor. "I wish the news was better," she said. "The Verokk are hellbent on getting all government officials and dignitaries back to Muldax Prime. They were screaming at me to extradite you, and now they're threatening to send an attack fleet. There is no way this city can defend itself from an Imperium fleet and they know it."

"Thank you, Administrator," Dismer replied somberly. "I have no wish to endanger anyone here. I'll book passage out as soon as possible." Barret was about to offer his old friend a rode when Karin spoke up.

"Not so fast, Chancellor," she said. "Nova City might not be able to defend itself, but we do have allies. The Verokk are threatening an independent commerce center. The Coalition doesn't take kindly to that, nor do the various commerce guilds. I'm expecting a few hundred extra gunships to be here within the next few days. You don't have to go anywhere for a while."

"Thank you, Karin." 

"No problem. As for you, Captain Barret," she said, turning her attention from the Muldaxian high chancellor. "You need to visit more often. Eight years is too long."

Dismer's wrist-comm beeped. "I have to go," he said with a weak smile. "Hyperspace conference calls with the Coalition high council wait for no man. James, I have standing reservations at the Singularity Lounge. Why don't you and Vas meet me there at 1830 hours?" Barret nodded. 

After Dismer left the room, Karin slumped behind her desk in an exhausted heap. "Another day, another disaster averted," she sighed. "Damn Verokk stirring up trouble and making my life more difficult." She gave Barret a tired grin. "Sorry about the bitch session. It's been a long seven months." 

Karin sat up and gave her old friend a thoughtful look. "So, who's this Vas woman? Last I heard you'd hooked up with Dismer's sister." She gave Barret a sad look. "I was sorry to hear about her death."

"Thanks," Barret said. "To answer your question, I met Endira Vas seven months ago when Bor asked me to give her a ride back to Muldax Prime from Starlane Spaceport." He raised is left hand to show his ring. "Now we're bonded and married."

"Married, huh?" Karin arched an eyebrow. "I'll assume that my invitation got lost in hyperspace. When do I get to meet her?"

Barret rubbed the back of his neck. "Probably as soon as she's done having sex an old friend she met up with."

"Does that bother you?" Karin asked. "You know, that she sleeps with other guys."

"Not usually," Barret replied. "We've both taken other people to bed since we've been together. Hell, we've even watched each other! This time was different, though. The guy she ran off with didn't seem to like me for whatever reason."

"Administrator Remick, we have a small problem out here," a voice from the intercom on her desk announced. "The captain of a Geddryn mercenary ship just barged in to see you." 

"Great, more Imperium shit to deal with," Karin muttered. She hit the intercom harder than she needed to. "Tell him to make an appointment."

"That's not the problem. A Muldaxian woman came in looking for Captain Barret right before the Geddryn showed up. Now the he's demanding that we turn her over to him."

Barret sprung to his feet and bolted for the door with Karin right behind him. The Geddryn were bounty hunters, as well as members of the Verokk Imperium. Karin shuddered to think what would happen to Vas if they got their claws on her. 

When Karen crossed the threshold she saw a black haired Muldaxian woman being glared at by a four armed lizard. Vas was motionless. Though she showed no emotion on her face, the fight or flight response was raging a war within her.

"Vas!" Barret's voice snapped Vas out of her paralysis. 

"Thank the Goddesses," she muttered under her breath. Barret was at her side before the snarling reptile could react. The Geddryn looked at them like a predator stalking its prey.

"What's going on out here?" Karin demanded, trying to diffuse the situation.

"I am Captain Viraz," the Geddryn hissed. "This Muldaxian is identified as Ambassador Endira Vas. The Verokk Imperium has decreed that she and all other dignitaries be returned to Muldax Prime. You will turn her over to me so that I may..... transport her." 




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 02



"Not happening," Barret snapped. "Vas and I were married in a Terran ceremony. That makes her an Earth citizen. And Earth has no extradition treaties with the Imperium!"

Viraz bared his teeth. "Stay out of this, little human," he growled. 

"Come into my office and we'll talk about it, Captain." She glanced over at Vas and Barret. "We'll talk later, James. Get your wife out of here." Karin did an about face and stormed into her office, followed by the Geddryn and a small army of armed guards. Barret allowed himself a small grin. He knew that while an irate Geddryn would be scary to most, a pissed off Karin Remick was worse.

Vas nearly collapsed in relief when the office door closed. "Come on, hon," Barret said. "Let's go to our quarters so you can rest." Vas nodded in agreement.

As soon as Vas laid down on the bed in their quarters, exhaustion overcame her. After her encounters with both Antis and Viraz, and after telling Barret about what Antis had said to her, it was all she could do to keep her eyes open. When Vas awoke several hours later, she was alone. A light coming from the open bathroom door told her where Barret was hiding. 

The bathroom was luxurious; it was the size of the quarters Vas and Barret shared aboard the Arrowhead and the guest quarters combined. The shower itself could easily hold three people. Vas could see Barret's naked body through the transparent shower doors, the water running down his rippling back. She quickly stripped off her clothes and joined him.

Even though the shower was quiet, Barret didn't hear Vas come in; he was too absorbed in relaxing under the hot water to notice anything. 

The shower had a strip of water jet panels circling the entire chamber. Motion sensors dictated which panels were active. The water would literally follow the bather no matter where that person was in the shower. Voice activated controls turned the water off and on and adjusted the temperature. 

Barret didn't know he had company until he felt a pair of arms wrap around his torso and a familiar pair of breasts press up against his back. "Hey, sweetie," Vas whispered in his ear.

"Hey yourself. You feeling better?"

"Much." She rested her head on his shoulder and enjoyed the feeling of his body against hers as the hot water cascaded over them both. "I'm sorry, James. About earlier."

Barret loosened her grip enough so he could turn around and face her. "Why are you sorry? Your friend acting like a jackass wasn't your fault. And neither was that Geddryn acting like, well, a Geddryn."

Vas looked up and gave him a weak grin. "Sleeping with Hix was my fault. I didn't know he wanted me to leave you for him."

"Exactly," Barret said. "You didn't know. I'm mad at him, not you." To prove his point, he leaned in and brushed her lips with his. What was supposed to be a small kiss quickly escalated. Vas coaxed his mouth open and invaded it with her tongue. Barret responded by grabbing her ass and gently squeezing her cheeks. Vas could feel his cock growing against her.

Vas broke out of the kiss and called out, "Seat." A surface large enough for a grown humanoid to sit on extended from the far wall. Vas ushered him over to at and made him sit. Then she dropped to her knees and took his cock in her hands. 

Slowly she stroked its length; all eight inches from base to tip. Pre cum was already starting to gather at the top of its mushroom head. Vas scooped it up and licked it seductively from her finger, savoring its taste and his reaction. Vas could see the desire building in Barret's face. She knew what he wanted, but she wanted him to ask her for it.

Barret saw the devious look in Vas's eyes. "You're gonna make me beg, aren't you?" Vas nodded with an imp like grin. There were worse things to beg for than one of Vas's blowjobs. "Please, Vas," he said. "Suck me."

"That'll do." She attacked his cock with an almost zealous fury. Mouth and hand worked in unison, up and down. Vas twisted her hand as she stroked him, and swirled her tongue around the head. Barret's hips bucked as Vas worked. She knew it wouldn't be long, so she released his cock and playfully flicked its head with her tongue. "What do you want?" she coyly asked, already knowing the answer.

"I want to cum in your mouth."

"What's in it for me?" She gave him a slow lick from balls to tip.

Barret gave her an amused look. "I'll return the favor."

"Fuck me till I can't walk and you've got yourself a deal." Vas didn't even wait for an answer; she quickly enveloped his cock again and sucked it greedily. 

"Yess," he hissed. Barret grabbed hold of Vas's head; a sure sign that he was about to blow. Vas sucked harder and pumped faster, making Barret's cock pulse. A geyser of hot cum erupted in her mouth and washed down her throat. After swallowing the last mouthful, Vas looked up at her very satisfied bond mate. The look of gratitude on his face for a blowjob well done helped Vas put her earlier sexual encounter out of her mind. 

"I see you enjoyed yourself," she said. She rose to eye level and kissed him deeply, wrestling his tongue with her own. Vas never relinquished her hold on Barret's cock; her constant squeezing and stroking made it stand at attention once again. 

"Your turn," Barret said.

"Uh uh," she replied. "You can eat me later. Right now I just want you to fuck me." Vas climbed on his lap and impaled herself on his cock. She immediately started riding him like a madwoman; bucking her hips wildly. "Fuck me, James," she urged. "Fuck me hard!"

Vas thought Barret was going to do just that when he grabbed hold of her ass. Instead he stood up, spun around, and pinned her against the wall, causing her to cry out in surprise. Vas held on to him for dear life as tightly as her arms and legs would allow. Barret planted his feet and pushed into her pussy with an intensity she had never felt before. Vas yelped with each thrust.

Barret was slamming into her like a piston. His lady had asked to be fucked, and he was going to deliver. Vas came almost as soon as Barret pinned her. Her wet, trembling body was difficult for Barret to hold onto, so he pressed her harder against the wall. Vas gently bit into Barret's shoulder to keep from throwing her head back and smacking it against the wall.

Even though Barret had already cum, he knew he wouldn't last long; Vas's tight, throbbing pussy was more than he could take. Barret felt that first tingle of climax starting to work its way up his shaft. 

Vas's body never stopped convulsing. She didn't know if she was having several small orgasms in a row or just one big one, and to be honest, she didn't really care. Barret tightened his grip on her ass and started pounding her even harder. He threw his head back and let out a feral roar as his cock exploded violently. Vas felt every spasm as Barret's dick emptied itself inside of her.

Finally, those constrictions and undulations ceased. Vas slowly and tentatively disengaged her legs from around Barret's waist, bringing her feet back down to the floor. She was so shaky that she just let herself collapse. Barret dropped next to her in a breathless heap. 

Vas fell happily into her mate's embrace. "That," she panted, "was incredible!" 

Vas and Barret were both in much better moods when they met Dismer at the Singularity Lounge. The steady flow of alcohol helped them relax even more. When Barret told Dismer how Vas's diplomatic experience was making his delivery business more profitable, the earlier resentment she felt about being a so called "delivery girl" quickly vanished.

At one point, Barret had excused himself to the restroom, giving Dismer and Vas a chance to talk privately.

"I can't thank you enough, Vas," he said. "Alu's death hit him really hard. That's when he bought the Arrowhead, you know. I think he was planning on being a space hermit to hide from everything."

"I'm still trying to convince him that we need to get a house so we have someplace other than the ship or hotels to stay at between jobs," she said with a smile. "He's just too damn stubborn for his own good."

"That he is." Dismer reached out and took Vas's hand. "I make no secret that I see James as family. I love him like I would a brother. Do me a favor, and keep doing what you're doing. Keep making him happy. I know that Alu would thank you herself if she could."

After dinner, Barret and Vas retired back to their quarters for a well deserved good night's sleep. The next morning they would be off again, this time to deliver several hundred of the newest model artificial intelligence matrices to a shipyard in the Tref system. Vas would take that opportunity to convince Barret to replace the AI matrix in the Arrowhead with one that could actually think.

Vas was sitting in the main room of their guest quarters reading a message Antis had left under their door when the chime rang. Karin Remick, dressed in a black business suit, was at the door. She smiled and said, "Endira Vas, I presume. It's good to meet you without a bounty hunter making threats."

"Likewise, Administrator," Vas replied. "Please, come in."

"It's Karin, Ms. Endira, and I can only stay a for a few minutes." She looked around the room. "Is your husband here? Or would you prefer if I called him your bond mate?"

Vas smiled. "You can call me Vas. And as for James's title, either or works. He's in the bedroom making sure he didn't forget to pack anything."

As if on cue, Barret came out of the bedroom carrying a duffle bag. "Karin," he said in surprise. "What brings you by?"

"I just wanted to tell you that you shouldn't have any more trouble with the Geddryn. I showed him your records, Vas. Since you're married to an Earth citizen, that makes you an Earth citizen. It also makes you off limits to those bastards. If they try anything again, you're well within your rights to put a plasma bullet between their eyes." Karin chuckled at the surprised look on Vas's face. "Not that I'm advocating it. Just putting it out there."

"What did they want with me?" Vas asked. 

Karin sat down in the nearest armchair and took a breath. "Honestly, we don't know. I understand wanting the High Chancellor and the rest of the governing body. That could help the Verokk solidify their claim to Muldax Prime. We can't figure out why they're going after the diplomatic corps. I'll let you know anything I find out."

"Thank you," Vas said. She glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 1018 hours. "When are we supposed to leave?" 

"1345 hours," Barret replied. "Why?"

Vas held up the note that had been left under their door the previous evening. "As much as I don't want to, I need to deal with this. I was just making sure we had the time."

Facing the Geddryn again was more appealing to Vas than talking to Antis, but she knew she had to figure out what he'd been thinking. He wasn't acting like the Antis Hix she knew all those years ago, and she wanted to know why. 

People change, but not that drastically, even with their home planet being taken away from them. No, Antis was acting like someone was trying to steal his mate from him, when in reality he was the one trying to do that.

Antis Hix tried to embrace her when he saw Vas at the door. The scowl she wore made him rethink that. She held up the note he'd left her and said, "You wanted to talk. So let's talk." 

Living up to its name, the Arrowhead tore through its faster than light corridor on its way to the supply depot to pick up their shipment to the Tref system. Vas had been unusually quiet since her meeting with Antis, and Barret knew better than to pry.  

They boarded the ship, launched, and went FTL in silence. They ate dinner and went to bed in silence. Now Vas was staring at the ceiling in their quarters. Barret had long since fallen asleep, leaving her alone with her thoughts. She slipped out of bed and made her way to the mess hall.

Vas had developed a fondness for an Earth drink called coffee. She knew it was meant to be a pick me up, but she also knew that sleep wouldn't be coming for her tonight. So she sat, in silence, with a steaming mug in her hand. She was so engrossed in watching the steam swirling off the black liquid that she didn't notice she had company.

"You drink that and you'll be up all night," Barret said as he pulled up a seat.

"I'll be up all night even if I don't drink it."

"You want to talk about it?" 

Vas set the mug down. "He loves me," she said. "Hix, I mean. He's been in love with me for years and only bonded with Clua because I wasn't there. She figured it out and left him."

"And he thought that you did the same thing with me." Barret leaned back in his chair. "He thought that once you two met up again you'd realize that you were destined to be together, and you'd run off to live happily ever after."

"It's funny," Vas said, almost to herself. "I did love him once, but I didn't know how to tell him. When we were in the academy together, I wanted to bond with him so badly. We were only nineteen! We were too young to bond, and deep down I knew that. Besides, I wanted to see the universe. After I joined the diplomatic corps and went off world, we drifted apart. He never let me go." Vas looked at Barret and gave him a weak smile. "Besides, it's not like he ever made a move outside of getting me into bed." 

"He thought I took you away from him." It wasn't a question. Barret recognized the look on Antis's face when they met.

Vas took a sip of her coffee. "Yeah. The fact that you're an alien didn't help either. He never understood why I wanted to leave Muldax Prime and see other worlds. I told him that's why we would never have worked. I don't think he understands." 

Barret went to the replicator and got his own coffee. "You feel up for an early breakfast?" he asked.

"That sounds nice." Vas said. She realized that was getting a little hungry. "Could we have that bacon and eggs you were talking about the other day?"

"Absolutely." The walls Vas had built up in recent days were starting to come down.

The Arrowhead flew silently through the maelstrom of trans luminal space while its occupants enjoyed their breakfast. It may have been a small, primitive, antiquated cargo ship, but to Endira Vas and James Barret it was more than that. To them, it was home.



Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 03



Hurry up and wait; that was the order of business for Larik'Ni, a teal skinned Birran flight controller for planet Haven's docking port. Haven's name was a bit of a misnomer, for the second planet in the Tref system was anything but a true haven. Officially known in Planetary Coalition registries as Tref 2, Haven was nothing more than a large chunk of rock that coalesced from the planetary debris left over from when the original Tref star went supernova billions of years ago. Now all that was left were two rocky planets orbiting a violent pulsar. 

The Tref system was not claimed by any of the spacefaring peoples; it had no strategic significance whatsoever. But for those wanting to get away from the rest of the universe, it was perfect. The radiation flowing from the pulsar's twin streamers could fry any ship, even with its radiation shields at full. The only reason the cities of Haven were safe was because they were far underground, shielded from the deadly particles by the planet itself. This natural isolation made it tough to get what the settlement needed to survive. It was hard to find anyone brave or foolhardy enough to risk certain death. 

It was for this reason that Larik'Ni didn't usually have much to to do. Even now she didn't have much to do. Haven was right in the path of Tref's particle streamers. Any ship wanting to land or depart had to wait until Haven's orbit took it out of the path of the radiation jets. Currently there was only one ship waiting for landing clearance; an old Hyperion class cargo ship called the Arrowhead. Larik'Ni had been in contact for the better part of six hours with both the captain and the first mate, but they had signed off some time ago leaving the ship at station keeping. Larik'Ni didn't know what they were doing, but she hoped they weren't nearly as bored as she was. Hurry up and wait. It was a way of life at Haven, and for Larik'Ni it was a necessary evil. She had no place else to go. 

James Barret and Endira Vas both knew that the Arrowhead would be holding its position for at least a day waiting to rendezvous with Haven at a safe point in the planet's orbit. Barret and Vas were delivering artificial intelligence matrices to Haven's new shipyard. Barret wasn't too comfortable with this job due to the radiation hazards, but had agreed to do it when he was told how much they would be paid; the equivalent of five cargo runs. They would have the extra funds they needed to finally take the Arrowhead in for a much needed refit.

Barret and Vas had retired to their cramped quarters to kill time as best they could. Their flight suits long since discarded, Vas was now on her back cupping her ample tits while Barret's tongue eagerly attended to her slick pussy. Vas moaned with each stroke of Barret's tongue against her swollen green clit, and would writhe and arch her back when he sucked it into his mouth and gently nibbled it. Barret looked up at his wife and bond mate as she breathed heavily, noticing the sweat glistening on her purple skin, and slipped a couple of fingers inside her.

"I'd rather have your cock," Vas moaned. 

"Are you saying you don't want me to get you off first?" he coyly asked before he sucked her clit back into his mouth.

"I didn't say that," she sighed. "Ooooh yes..... your fingers are nice, but.. oh don't stop.... your dick is that much better." Suddenly, Vas's skin lightened in tone to lavender and her body began to tremble. "Oh yeeeeeesssssss," she moaned as an orgasm surged through her body.

In Vas's mind, humans had turned foreplay into an art. Where her people, the Muldaxians, would use their hands to stimulate their mates and partners before sex, the humans had the genius to use their mouths. Vas herself had become quite adept at sucking cock. The first time she did that for Barret, he came on her face instead of in her mouth because of the Muldaxian taboo about only letting a woman's bond mate cum inside of her. But after they bonded, she insisted on tasting his cum. Now she did it on a regular basis. Right now, though, she wanted his cock in her pussy more than she wanted to taste him.

After what seemed like an endless orgasm, Barret finally relented and climbed on top of her. Vas grabbed his face and kissed him hungrily, practically sucking her juices off his face. He was about to slide his cock into her pussy when she stopped him.

"Nuh uh," she said. "You deserve a rest. I'll drive." Vas nudged him to lay on his back and grabbed his cock. She gave the head a quick kiss before taking it into her mouth. After pumping his cock with her mouth a few times, she straddled him and eased his bulging member into her naturally hairless snatch. 

Slowly she rode him, enjoying the feel of his cock as it stretched her out. Barret grabbed hold of her ass and moved his hips in time with hers, following her lead. Vas built up speed until finally she was bucking wildly. Barret reached for her clit and gently pinched her slick nub. That drove Vas over the edge again and she came in a violent fury, collapsing on Barret's chest, unable to move. 

After those waves had stopped, Barret gently eased Vas off of him and onto her back. "Are you sure you're not part Muldaxian?" she panted, finding it hard to believe that he was wearing her out instead of the other way around. Her people were well known for their sexual prowess. In fact, the only race that was more well known for their talents in the bedroom were the Birrans. Vas believed that humans should be added to that list.

"I'm sure," he chuckled. "You want to stop for a while?"

Vas looked down at his fully engorged eight inch cock. "Not on your life!" Vas never let a good hard-on go to waste.

This time when Barret climbed on top of her, Vas didn't stop him. Instead she grabbed his cock and guided it into her waiting pussy. Once he was buried to the hilt, she wrapped her legs around his waist and started grinding against him. He was painfully slow at first, withdrawing almost completely from her pussy before sliding himself back in. 

"Stop torturing me," Vas begged. "Please, James, go faster." But Barret didn't heed her wishes. Instead he started kissing and nibbling her pointed ear while he kept the slow pace. Vas mewed and squirmed, hoping to entice her mate to fuck her harder. Finally, Barret had mercy on her and slammed his cock into her with a mighty thrust. Vas cried out in surprise and dug her nails into Barret's back.

"Is this what you want?" Barret grunted, picking up the pace. "You want it like this?"

"Oh Goddesses yes! Yeeeesssssss!!!!!!" Vas tightened her grip on Barret as another powerful orgasm rocked her. Her pussy throbbed around his cock, almost milking it. He added his own cries of pleasure to their climactic symphony as his dick exploded, sending bursts of hot cum deep inside of her. After what seemed like a blissful eternity, their orgasms subsided and Barret lay down on his mate. Vas gratefully accepted his weight and she kissed his sweaty face. "Thank you," she panted.

Barret let out a chuckle and looked Vas in her gorgeous silver eyes. "I should be thanking you!" He withdrew himself and rolled beside her. "You're amazing."

"So are you, my love."

The following day Haven was finally out of the path of the deadly particle streamers, and Larik'Ni finally had something to do. "Okay, Captain Barret," she said. "The auto nav system is activated and linked to your AI matrix. Just sit back and enjoy the ride."

"Copy that, Haven control," Barret replied. "We're in your hands now."

"And what good hands they are, Captain." Narik'Li replied. Even though she hadn't seen what the good captain looked like, she could tell he was hot. Or maybe that was just the fact that she was a Birran and hadn't been laid in a while. No, it was because Captain Berret was a human, and a human male once showed her great kindness. In fact, his name had been Barret, too.

In the copilot's seat, Vas snickered. "I think she likes you."

"Nah," Barret replied. "She doesn't even know what I look like."

"She sounds like a woman of good taste, to me," Vas insisted. "I'll bet she knows quality when she hears it." Barret was quiet for a moment. "Something wrong?"

"Just thinking," he finally replied. "About seven years ago I met a Birran girl named Larik'Ni. The ship I was serving on, the Endeavor, was doing joint drills with a Coalition starship. I was just a junior lieutenant at the time. Anyway, we received a distress call from a clan ship that had been attacked by marauders. Narik'Li's whole family had been on that ship. She was the only survivor." 

Vas closed her eyes. The Birrans were not known for their treatment of orphans. "What happened to her after you found her?"

"She went to the Birran consulate, and that was the last I heard of her." Barret looked over at his mate. "She was really young, Vas. She was twenty and had just had her coming of age ceremony.  Just like that she had everything taken from her. I doubt this is the same girl, but...." he trailed of. "I don't know. I always thought that I could have done more to help her. I mean, I kind of knew what she was going through, being an orphan myself and all."

Vas smiled and cupped Barret's cheek. "You have such a big heart, James. That's one of the things I love about you. Meet with Larik'Ni after we land. It could be her. The Goddesses work in mysterious ways, as does the universe itself. Maybe it's time for you to see her again."

"I don't believe in fate, honey, you know that."

"Maybe fate believes in you."

The docking procedure went smoothly, and soon the Arrowhead had come to rest many kilometers underground in the Haven docking port. A cadre of workers, all from varying worlds, had assembled to unload the shipment of AI matrices. Among them was an off duty Larik'Ni. She had to know if this Captain Barret was the same man as the Lieutenant Barret she had met seven years ago. Instead of a human male, she first met a Muldaxian female. "Endira Vas, I presume. I am Larik'Ni."

"A pleasure to meet you," Vas said with a nod. Vas looked the Birram woman over; teal skin, red hair, and solid yellow eyes with no pupils. Unlike Vas, who had gained some muscle mass over the last few months from the loading and unloading of freight, Larik'Ni was very slender; she almost looked fragile. Vas, however, knew that most Birran were like this, and were a lot more sturdy than they looked. 

Vas's eyes kept coming to Larik'Ni's chest. In human terms, Larik'Ni would have a B cup, smaller than Vas's own D cup breasts, but the Birrans had three tits instead of two. "If you're looking for James, he's in the cargo hold overseeing the last few containers. He should be out shortly."

Larik'Ni was nervously playing with her hair. "Thank you."

"Are you okay?"

"I once met a human named Barret many years ago," Larik'Ni replied. "I am afraid that this man might be him. And that he might not be him, if that makes any sense."

Vas smiled. "It's funny, while we were docking James told me that he once met a woman named Larik'Ni and was wondering if you were the same person."

"I was no woman back then, Ms. Endira," Larik'Ni said. "I had just had my coming of age and taken my first lover. I still do not think of myself as fully grown."

"Who does?" Vas smirked. 

"That should do it," a deep voice coming from the Arrowhead's cargo hold declared. "We are completely unloaded." When he emerged from the ship, she saw who his mate had been talking to. Blue eyes met with yellow. It had been several years, but they recognized each other immediatley. Larik'Ni launched herself into her former rescuer's arms. "It really is you," she sobbed.

A tear formed in Vas's eye as she watched this. She had a feeling that Larik'Ni was the woman Barret had been talking about. The first part was done. Now all she had to do was get them into bed; Larik'Ni's body language when she spoke of Barret told Vas that this woman wanted her mate, and wanted him bad.

Haven's governor, a Korulam male named Jolek, had requested that Barret and Vas meet with him after the matrices had been offloaded, sorted, and sent where they needed to go. Since Haven would soon be in the path of the particle streamers again, the Arrowhead wouldn't be going anywhere for a while. And since the sorting of the cargo containers would also take some time, Vas and Barret were being treated to lunch by their Birran hostess. Larik'Ni was handling their orders at an Earth style outdoor cafe, leaving Vas and Barret to talk in peace.

"You're doing it again," Barret said to his mate.

"Doing what?" Vas was feigning innocence.

"Trying to get me to take another woman to bed with me."

"And that's bad how?" Vas was smiling at him. "Sweetie, this is part of my culture. We share our mates with others. And believe me, you're so good in bed that it would be a crime not to share you! Besides, I can count on one hand the number of women, other than me, who you've been with since we bonded. I lost count of how many men I've been with."

"I didn't know this was a contest."

"It's not, James." She reached for his hands. She was going to bring up something painful for Barret, and wanted to soften the blow. 

"I know that, when you and Alu were together, she was sick," Vas said, referring to Barret's first bond mate. "You had to care for her instead of being able to truly live with her. This is part of what it means to be bonded. We share out mates with others, who share their mates with us. It's the Muldaxian way. You've let me have my fun, sweetie, but you haven't had any yourself. Besides, this woman wants you, and she's a Birran. I'd give my left tit to fuck a Birran! To tell you the truth, I'm a little jealous. Larik'Ni is gorgeous! I'd fuck her, and I've never even kissed another woman before."

"Why don't you sleep with her then?" he teased.

"Maybe I will. After you've been with her. Besides, I love to hear you talk about what other women are like in bed. It makes me really horny when you do." 

Following lunch, Barret had excused himself to the restroom, leaving Vas and Larik'Ni to their own devices. "So what happened to you after you were left at the consulate?"

"I went from camp to camp and planet to planet," Larik'Ni replied. "My people have very little use for those who have no family. Eventually I came here, and made a place for myself."

"You want my mate," Vas said in a matter of fact voice.

"Yes, I do," the teal skinned woman replied. "I was a bit taken with him when I first met him, and I have become quite fond of bedding humans. What they can do with their tongues is mind blowing!"

"I love it when James eats my pussy," Vas groaned. Being so close to this stunning creature and talking about her man's skills was making Vas wetter than she'd been in quite some time. "I have to admit, I'm a little jealous," Vas said. "I've long fantasized about bedding one of your kind."

A predatory smile Larik'Ni's lips. "I can arrange that," she purred. "Do you like being with women?"

"I've never done it. But I have been curious."

"Do not deny your curiosity, Vas."

They were about to kiss when Vas stopped her. "Not here. I'm so horny right now that if I kiss you here, we'll be on the ground fucking in two seconds. Besides, you and James have some unfinished business. Later, before we leave, how about we both attack James?"

"I like the way you Muldaxians think," Larik'Ni said.

Larik'Ni had that entire day off, and had convinced Vas and Barret to walk her back to her apartment. They had just reached her door when Vas excused herself. "You have some catching up to do. I'm going to go back to the ship."

"Vas," Barret started to say, but she silenced him by clamping her mouth to his and invading it with her tongue. "Don't forget to give me a full report later, mister," she said before kissing him again and sauntering off.

Barret looked over at Larik'Ni, who he could tell was restraining herself. "You two planned this."

"We did," she admitted. "Are you complaining?"

"Not at all."

As soon as her door closed, Narik'Li was all over Barret. Her hand was grasping for his cock through his flight suit and her tongue was eagerly probing his mouth. Barret's hands were firmly grasping and massaging the taut mounds of her ass, causing her to moan into his mouth. "I have dreamed of this for seven years," she said after breaking the kiss.

"I hope I don't disappoint you."

"If you can make love to a Muldaxian on a regular basis and keep her coming back for more, then you can surely satisfy me." She started to unzip his flight suit.

"You know that I can't cum in you," he said as she slid the garment off his shoulders, revealing his chest to her. 

Larik'Ni ran her fingers through his chest hair and gently pinched his nipples. "You follow your mate's traditions." She ran her tongue over one of Barret's now erect nipples. "Do not worry, we will find someplace for you to cum."  

Larik'Ni pushed Barret's flight suit and his boxer briefs down to his ankles. His eight inch cock was fully erect and pointing skyward. "Very nice," Narik'Li purred.

"This isn't fair, Larik'Ni," Barret said. "I'm naked and you're not."

"So you are," she said. She reached behind her back and pulled down the zipper of her form fighting garment. It was a plain grey body suit that was so tight Barret could see all three of her nipples poking through in anticipation. "Come with me to my bedchamber," she said. "I will continue the unveiling there."

The clothes came off in a fury when they reached her bed, and Barret immediately went for Narik'Li's pussy. She had a triangular patch of red hair on her mound, with the tip pointing at her navel. He spread her lips and probed her with his tongue, barely making contact with the blue nub of her clit. Barret looked up at Narik'Li, and saw her fondling two of her breasts, bringing her dark blue nipples to a point. "Please do not stop," she sighed. "Make me cum with your mouth." Barret smiled at her, and returned his attentions to her slit. He licked circles around her erect nub, making her squirm. 

Finally, he sucked it into his mouth and flicked it repeatedly with his tongue, making the Birran woman scream in delight. Before long, she arched her back and her muscles tensed up; her climax practically froze her in place. Barret continued attacking Larik'Ni's clit as she came, taking her to a level of pleasure she hadn't reached in a very long time. Finally, her orgasm over, she reluctantly pulled Barret's face away from her snatch. "You humans are incredible," she panted. "The things you do with your mouths."

"Vas says the same thing."

"Then she is a woman of exquisite taste. Now come, let me pleasure you."

Barret rolled on his back, giving Narik'Li easy access to his cock. She licked the pre cum from the head, and lightly swirled her tongue around it. Finally Narik'Ni took his cock in her mouth and swallowed it, massaging his dick with her throat.

"Fuck!" he groaned. "No one's deep throated me in a long time."

Narik'Li released him. "Not even your mate?"

"She tried once and gagged herself. I haven't asked her to do it since."

Narik'Li slowly stroked Barret's length. She was torn between sucking him some more and fucking him. Barret solved the dilemma for her. "Get on your back," he said. She happily complied.

Barret eased his bulging cock into Larik'Ni's cunt, and was immediately rewarded with the feeling of her walls constricting around him; hugging every contour of his dick. "Do not hold back," she begged. 

Barret had no intention of it. He thrust into her and pumped hard, making Larik'Ni cry out in pleasure each time. Barret kissed her where her neck and shoulder meet, a powerful erogenous zone for Birrans. That drove her over the edge immediately and she hugged Barret tightly, lest she throw him off of her while in the throes of orgasm. When those waves subsided, Barret turned his attention to her center breast, flicking the nipple with his tongue.




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 03



"Bite it," she begged. She arched her back when he did. "Oh yes. I am already going to cum again, James. Please go faster." Barret picked up the pace, grunting with each push of his hips. "Yes!" she screamed as another torrent of pleasure washed over her. Barret stopped suddenly.

"Are you going to cum?" she asked.

"Very soon."

Larik'Ni nudged him off of her, rolled onto her stomach, and stuck her ass in the air. She reached between her legs and spread her dripping pussy lips open. "Cum on my ass, then. I love feeling hot cum on my ass."

Barret didn't need any other invitation. He got behind her and slowly pushed his cock into her waiting pussy. He immediately started to thrust like a madman, working to release the stream of cum that was churning within him. 

Narik'Li was enjoying the feeling of his balls slapping her clit when she felt Barret grab hold of her hips. He pounded her harder, causing her to grunt and growl. Barret knew that there was no way he could hold out much longer. "I'm gonna cum soon," he groaned.

"Then cum," Larik'Ni coaxed. "I want to feel it all over my ass, James. Go ahead and cum!" 

After a few more thrusts Barret pulled out and furiously stroked his cock, sending jets of hot cum all over Narik'Ni's ass and lower back. 

"Yes, that is what I want!" she moaned. James fell back after the last burst of cum left his cock. He just sat there, watching the white liquid run down the smooth teal skin of her ass cheeks. "If you would please get me a towel from the lavatory?" she asked, pulling Barret out of his post orgasmic haze.

"Sure. No problem."

Narik'Li smiled in contentment. "I was not disappointed," she said when he came back with a towel and started to clean her off. "You were more than my fantasies ever could be."

When Barret returned to the Arrowhead, he found Vas on their bed, naked, with one hand fondling her tits and the other buried in her pussy. Her skin had just returned to its normal shade of purple when she noticed him in the room. "Hi," she said breathlessly.

"Hi yourself. Have fun?"

"Mmmmm hmmmmm," she purred. "It would have been better with you here, though. How was she?"

"Intense." He sat on the edge of the bed. "Very intense." 

Vas spread her legs wider and ran a finger from between her tits, down to her slit, and back again. "Care to go for a ride?"

Barret was getting aroused, but the erection hurt a little. "I think I need to pass, hon. I'm a little sore. Besides, we have that meeting with the governor in twenty minutes."

"Later then." She gave her man a deep kiss, and tasted the remnants of Larik'Ni's juices. "You still need to give me the details."

It was unusual for a Korulam to live away from the homeworld. In fact, Vas had only ever encountered one other who lived off world, and that was a female named Corva; the spouse of Barret's twin sister Jackie. 

The Korulam were a clone race. A virulent plague centuries ago decimated their population, and the only way for them to survive was through cloning. Since they do not reproduce sexually, they had their sex drives shut off at the genetic level. 

But sometimes, a Korulam emerges from the birthing tank a little different. That person will, upon maturity, begin to have the urge to mate. In the case of Corva, she desired other females, which was even more unusual then a Korulam having a sex drive in the first place. Those who do have that drive are usually the only members of their kind to ever leave home.

Jolek was one of those. Like all Korulam, he had grey skin, no hair, cat like eyes, and pointed ears. Two dark stripes went down his face; starting at the brow, going down over the eyes and cheeks, and stopping at the chin. Those stripes changed color with mood. Jolek's were slightly pinkish, indicating that he was nervous. That made both Vas and Barret nervous.

Barret was looking over the clipboard sized data screen that had the invoice for the delivery displayed on it. It was time for Barret and Vas to be paid for their work. "If you'll just scan your retina on this, we'll get ready to depart." Barret help out the data screen to Jolek.

"Sorry, Captain, but there's been a slight change of plans," Jolek replied. "We're not paying you a single credit."

"Well then." Barret had dealt with people like this before. "In that case I'll just reclaim my cargo, as is my right under Section 5, Subsection 47 of the Interstellar Commerce Accords. You'll be hearing from the Freighter's Guild very soon, Governor." 

Barret and Vas turned to leave but were blocked by Haven security. "I'm afraid not, Captain Barret," an oddly soothing voice said. That voice belonged to a tall woman who looked like she had been carved from flawless marble. She had solid blue eyes, shoulder length indigo hair, and her skin almost seemed to glow. 

To Vas, this woman was the most beautiful creature she had ever seen. And the most terrifying. This woman was a Verokk, and Vas was becoming very taken with her. Barret, on the other hand, was starting to get a horrible migraine.

"Miss Endira," the Verokk said in an almost song like voice. "It is good to see you well. I trust this brute has not harmed you?" Vas nodded in the negative. "Good. We will be taking you home as soon as Haven is clear of the particle streamers."

"Home," Vas said in a faraway voice. Her head was swimming.

"As for you, Captain Barret, we are taking you into custody for abducting a citizen of the Verokk Imperium. Of course, we will be lenient if you surrender peacefully."

"Vas isn't a citizen. You invaded her home planet! So you can go and blow it out your ass, lady."

The Verokk woman glared at Barret, as if she were trying to gaze into the inner workings of his mind. "I hate humans!" she yelled. "Governor," she turned to Jolek. "Since my command ship was too large to dock and my shuttle has no holding cells, I will need you to incarcerate the good captain until he can be transported."

"I have no brig, Lady Riv."

"Then lock him in a guest room, I don't care! And make sure that Miss Endira is comfortable."

"As you wish." Lady Riv did't have Jolek under her thrall the way she did Vas. Instead she was using his finances to influence him. The money she had promised him to turn Captain Barret and Endira Vas over to her was enough to make Jolek sell out his entire homeworld if she asked him to.

Larik'Ni was coming down the hall when she saw Barret being dragged away by security, and a very dazed Vas being taken to the VIP section. Then she saw the Verokk woman and her blood ran cold. 

Larik'Ni was well aware of the fact that the Verokk Imperium had invaded Muldax Prime several months earlier, and that all attempts made by the Planetary Coalition to drive them off had failed. She also knew that all off world Muldaxians, especially those in government positions or from the diplomatic corps, were being rounded up. She hurried into Jolek's office.

"What is going on?" she demanded.

"I just made a deal that's going to keep us afloat for a long time, Larik'Ni," he proudly said. "I don't have to pay the human, we get the parts we need for our own fleet of cargo ships, and we get more money than we can count for turning those two over to the Verokk. We can't lose!"

"I cannot believe you! You lured them here so you could turn them over."

"Yes I did. You have a problem with that?"

"In fact I do. I just do not understand what they wanted with the Muldaxians in the first place." No one seemed to know why the Verokk invaded when they did.

"It's because they're dying," Jolek said. "They're sterile. And instead of doing what my people did and clone themselves, they're looking to other races to see if they can harvest something from them in order to save their species. Apparently the Muldaxians are pretty compatible."

"And obtaining those with diplomatic ties?"

"To see if the races they've met with might also be compatible." Jolek sat behind his desk. "Look, Larik'Ni, it's just two people. Haven can make its own future now. Just let it go." Larik'Ni stormed out of the office.  She had to find Barret and Vas; she had to free them. 

Larik'Ni knew every square inch of the central complex. With a little digging through the security transcripts, she found where her friends had been taken. Although she had seen Barret being led off under armed guard, she knew it was Vas who needed her help right now. 

Vas seemed like she was under some sort of mind control, and Larik'Ni knew exactly what to do to snap her out of it. As she expected, Larik'Ni found the guest room Vas had been taken to unguarded. She hacked the door and entered, only to find Vas sitting on the couch, staring blankly into space.

"Vas!" Larik'Ni said. "Come, I am getting you out of here."

"They're going to take me home," Vas replied, almost as if she were in a daze.

"No, Vas, they are going to make you a prisoner, and they are going to kill James!"

"I want to go home, Larik'Ni. Let them take me home."

Larik'Ni could see how far gone Vas was. She bent down and took Vas's face in her hands. "Do you remember how much you wanted me before I went to to bed with your mate?"

"Yes." The answer was almost mechanical.

"I desired you, too. I still do." Larik'Ni drew closer to Vas's lips. "Do remember almost kissing me?"

"Yes." Life was retuning to her voice. Larik'Ni could feel Vas breathing heavier. "I asked you not to kiss me. Said that I'd be fucking you in two seconds if you did."

"That would be a very good thing right now." Larik'Ni pressed her lips to Vas's. The lethargy fled from the Muldaxian's body as she threw her arms around the Birran woman. Their lips parted, allowing their tongues to dance and explore. Larik'Ni pulled just far enough away to pull down the zipper of Vas's flight suit and fondle a breast. Vas had a black bra on underneath her suit, and, since she didn't wear one herself, Larik'Ni wasn't sure how to get it off.

"Like this," Vas said. She gently pulled on a spot between her tits, releasing the bonds of the memory cotton that made up her bra and allowing her tits to spill free. Larik'Ni eagerly took a green nipple into her mouth and gently bit it. "What about James?" Vas groaned. "They have him locked up somewhere."

"He will be fine," Larik'i said. "He seemed immune to whatever mind control they were using on you. You needed stimulation to break free of their grip."

"Is that why you're doing this?"

"Yes." Larik'Ni pulled Vas's flight suit down to her waist. "And because I want you as badly as I did James." She stood, unzipped her own suit, and shed it like a snake shedding its skin, revealing herself totally to Vas. 

Before long they were both naked and kissing furiously. Soon Larik'Ni found that Vas was being the aggressive one, where just a short time ago she had been more submissive. Larik'Ni didn't mind, though; she liked strong women.

Larik'Ni was now laying on the couch, with Vas sucking her center breast and fondling the other two; making her blue nipples stand at attention. "For your first time with another woman, you are doing well," Larik'Ni moaned.

Vas released Larik'Ni's tits and attacked the Birran's mouth with her own. "You're so beautiful," Vas purred. She then kissed and licked her way down Larik'Ni's body until she came to her pussy. Aside from the blue coloring, Vas couldn't help but notice that Larik'Ni's pussy was very similar to her own. She dove in, plunging her tongue into Larik'Ni's waiting hole.

"Yes, Vas," she moaned. 

Vas then moved her tongue up to Larik'Ni's clit and gently flicked it before taking it into her mouth and gently biting it. Even though she had yet to get a full fuck report from Barret on what he did to this woman, she had a good guess; her man could eat pussy like no one's business. Vas knew what she liked done to her, so she was now doing it to her Birran lover.

"Do not stop, Vas," Larik'Ni moaned. She was writhing in pleasure, arching her back as the pressure built up. 

Vas had no intention of stopping. She slipped a finger into Larik'Ni's tunnel and slowly finger fucked her. With her free hand, Vas reached down between her legs and started rubbing her own clit. She would have preferred it if Barret was there, plunging his cock into her cunt while she ate Larik'Ni, but that wasn't the case right now. She would just have to make due.

Larik'Ni was now moaning and grunting unintelligibly. She grabbed Vas's head and pressed her harder into her pussy right before cumming hard, nearly screaming as she did. After the last wave surged through her, Larik'Ni released Vas from her grip and looked down. Vas had a smug, satisfied grin on her face. "Wow," was all Larik'Ni could say.

"You fuck a human long enough and you pick up a few tricks." Vas was very proud of herself.

"It is now your turn." Larik'Ni switched places with Vas. "You have such lovely breasts," she said as she took a green nipple into her mouth.

"They're big," Vas mewed.

"They are still nice. As is your pussy, I imagine."

"Only one way to find out." Vas nudged Larik'Ni's head down towards her snatch. "Forget the foreplay, baby. Just give it to me." 

Larik'Ni didn't need any other invitation than that. She immediately sucked Vas's clit into her mouth and sucked it hard. Vas was so hot and wet that Larik'Ni knew it wouldn't be long. As much as she wanted to draw this out and enjoy it, she knew that they had to find Barret and leave Haven before the Verokk came back. 

Larik'Ni released Vas's clit, slipped a couple of fingers into her pussy, and pressed her thumb against Vas's waiting nub, rubbing it hard. Before long Vas was grasping at her own tits as her skin went lavender. She came so hard that she had to bite her lip to keep from screaming.

Even when Vas's coloring returned to normal, she was still breathing heavily. "Only James has ever been able to make me cum like that."

Larik'Ni was gathering up her clothes. "We must rescue him."

"But how? The moment we step outside we'll show up on the security grid."

Larik'Ni pulled a bracelet out of a pocket on her suit. "Not with these we will not. Something we took from a Geddryn mercenary. It makes the wearer invisible to all surveillance devices. We will be quite invisible."

James Barret felt like a nega torpedo had gone off in his skull. The migraine he got in Jolek's office had faded a little, but came back with a vengeance when Lady Riv returned. On the bright side, she looked like she was doing worse than Barret was. 

Her face was scrunched up in intense concentration, and a few drops of neon green blood had escaped from her perfect nose. Finally she screamed in frustration and fell to the floor panting. "I hate humans," she said for the billionth time. Lady Riv struggled to her feet, went to the door, and stumbled out.

At that moment Larik'Ni and Vas had snuck into the secure section where Barret was being held. Vas saw the guards helping the wobbly looking Verokk down the hall, and nodded at Larik'Ni to follow her lead. Quickly and silently they sprinted down the hall and got in the door to Barret's prison before it closed. "Oh, James," Vas gasped when she saw the condition of her mate. She grabbed his face and kissed him firmly, yet gently.

Barret got a curious look on his face as he licked his lips. "I've been locked up and tortured, and you've been having your own little love fest?"

"It was to break Vas free of the mind control, James," Larik'Ni explained. She handed Barret his own bracelet. "Now come, we must get you to the Arrowhead so you may escape." 

The circuitous route they had to take to the docking bay, combined the the extreme fatigue Barret felt following his ordeal with Lady Riv, greatly slowed their progress. After nearly thirty minutes they finally arrived at the Arrowhead. She was unguarded, which meant that either the Verokk hadn't noticed that their guests were missing, or it was a trap. Either way, they had no choice.

"This is where we part," Larik'Ni said with some sadness in her voice.

"You have to come with us!" Vas didn't want to leave her with the Verokk. "They might kill you."

"They will never know it was me, dear Vas," Larik'Ni smiled. "The bracelet shielded me from the sensors, and no one saw me. Besides, I can remove all traces of my presence from the computers. I will be fine. But you must hurry. When I get back to the control center I will send a distress message to the nearest Coalition fleet. You must get to them and get James medical attention."

The human captain was not steady on his feet, and his bloodshot eyes had dark circles under them. "I'll be fine. Just like doing a Jovian pub crawl."

Larik'Ni passionately kissed Barret, and then Vas. "I love you both," she said. "We will meet again. Now go! Hurry! I will open the bay doors."

"Wait," Barret protested. "What about the pulsar? I mean, where are we in Haven's orbit?"

"By my estimates we have just emerged from the streamers, which is why you must go! Now! They will know you are missing at any moment."

Vas and Barret scrambled into the ship as fast as they could. Barret practically collapsed in the pilot's seat. "Computer," he rasped. "Emergency take off protocol."

"Acknowledged." 

The aging freighter's thrusters came to life and lifted the ship from its moorings. It spun around and darted to the rapidly opening docking bay doors. By the time they were out, Larik'Ni had sent the distress call, erased all evidence of her part in the escape, and returned to her apartment, already crafting her alibi.

"Shit!" Vas muttered. "Lorex class warship on intercept course."

"We'll make it," Barret said. "Full sub light to the gravitational boundary."

"James, these things can fly circles around us at faster than light speeds. If we go FTL they'll still catch us!"

"I have a few more tricks up my sleeve," he said with a wink. "Trust me."

The Arrowhead shot through the Tref system while the jagged spear that was the Verokk ship closed behind them.

"Gravitational boundary achieved," the computer announced.

"All right." Barret was really desperate to try this. "Hard about; one hundred and eighty degree turn. Vas, scan that ship and find its engine core."

Vas was hunched over her terminal, frantically searching for the correct energy signature. "Got it! Under the keel, roughly at the midpoint of the ship."

"Setting a course for that spot." Barret punched the correct sequence of keys, sending the Arrowhead back towards its pursuers.

"James, what the fuck are you doing!?"

"Taking us right to their engine core. When we get there I'll hit the FTL drive."

"Inside the gravitational boundary of the system?" Vas couldn't believe what she was hearing. 

"We're right on the edge. The FTL drive will cause a gravimetric backlash and shut their core down." At least he hoped it would.

"What happens to us?"

Barret sighed. "If all goes well it will push us, hopefully, out of weapons range, and possibly cause our propulsion system to restart."

"And if it doesn't go well?" Vas already knew the answer to that question.

Barret kissed his wife. "I love you. And I'm sorry."

"If we die together, then there's nothing to be sorry about. Let's do it!"

Barret hit the button, sending the Arrowhead back at the Verokk. When the freighter reached the approximate location of the engine core, Barret triggered the FTL drive. The resulting flash of light sent the Arrowhead hurtling out of the system until the attitude jets stabilized and stopped the ship.

"Computer," Vas groaned. "Status of Verokk ship."

"Verokk engine core destabilized. Total system failure."

"And us?"

"Partial core destabilization. System restart in progress. Estimate seventeen minutes until system restoration."

"It worked, James," Vas said with a nervous laugh. "James?" Barret was hunched over in the pilot's seat. "James!?" 




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 03



"Alert," the computer announced. "Sensors detect two vessels inbound. They are hailing."

"Put them through." Vas tried to compose herself. "This is Endira Vas of the Arrowhead! We need help! My mate's been hurt!"

"This is Captain Oxilu of the Coalition star cruiser Golis. Sit tight. We'll be there in a few minutes."

When James Barret awoke, he was in an infirmary bed and his head felt like a starship had landed on it. 

"James!" Vas hugged him gently. "Thank the Goddesses you're okay."

"Hey, baby," he said weakly.

"You're a lucky man, Captain," a female human wearing a doctor's uniform said. 

"What happened?" Barret asked, not sure if he wanted an answer.

"You proved a theory, Captain," the doctor said. "You proved that the Verokk are telepathic. And that they can't affect us humans too easily. But the Verokk you met scrambled your brains pretty good."

"Where are we?"

"Aboard the Golis," Vas said. "They're taking us to planet Yegvid so you can be looked over."

"And Larik'Ni?"

"She's just fine. I got a subspace message from her a little while ago. I told her that we'll be back to get her as soon as we can. Now you need to rest." She stood and kissed her mate. 

Vas looked over her shoulder as the door closed behind her. She said a silent thanks to her Goddesses for sending James Barret to her, and prayed that, soon, she would see Larik'Ni again. They still had to team up on Barret, after all.



Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 04



As much as he tried, as much as he really wanted to, James Barret couldn't tear his eyes away from what was right in front of him; the battered and scorched hull of the Arrowhead. Barret had more than seven years experience as a star pilot and had been in more than a few dogfights. He had been one of the Earth Space Force's top pilots during his time there, and had a reputation for creative flying even now, several years after his honorable discharge. But in all that time he'd never been caught unawares like this. He'd never been blind sided before.

Barret looked at what was left of the port deflector array. His ship's entire defensive system, the navigational shields included, had been taken out by the first shot from a lurking Geddryn warship. In all his years in space, Barret never thought he'd be attacked in his home system during peace time. Unfortunately, there was a first time for everything.

Barret and his wife/bond mate Endira Vas were making their first trip to the Sol System in months. The last time they were here, they went only as far as Neptune to rendezvous with the system patrol ship Aquarius. That ship's commanding officer, Admiral Janice Hu, performed Barret and Vas's wedding. After the reception they were on their way again to the next delivery. 

This time they were heading to the Artemis Station on Earth's moon so the Arrowhead could get a much needed refit. Barret decided to enter the solar system at the orbit of Saturn so he could show Vas what he called the crown jewel of the Sol System. 

Barret had been to countless star systems and had seen many planets, but he still thought that the rings of Saturn were the most wondrous sight in the known universe. Upon seeing the rings in all their splendor, Vas had to agree. They left Saturnian orbit without incident, and proceeded towards Earth. All was well until they reached the midpoint of the asteroid belt.

Two Geddryn warships and a Verokk cruiser came out from behind a particularly large asteroid and opened fire. The defense systems were disabled, and then life support. Barret and Vas barely had enough time to put their space suits on before the air was vented into space. Right after that, the Arrowhead's artificial gravity failed. 

Fortunately for the Arrowhead and her crew, the system patrol ship Libra, the ship that was now taking them the rest of the way to the Moon, was in the vicinity and could come to the rescue before they were destroyed or captured. Now here he was, looking at the damage to his ship. 

Barret wouldn't know how bad it was until Charlie Ross's people at Artemis could take a look, but Barret knew it was going to be more expensive than a simple refit and a few interior modifications. The Arrowhead's weapons were gone, the containment fields for the antimatter in the engine core were barely holding on, and the hull was breached in more places than he could count. 

These were not small holes, either; these were large tears in the metal, as well as entire pieces of the hull plating that were just gone. Barret looked at the power conduit cables snaking into a breach by the engine core; the Libra's power systems were keeping his ship's engine core from going critical. Barret knew this was going to be very, very bad.

Endira Vas, on the other hand, was enjoying her time on Libra's bridge. Since she had learned the Terran language from Barret, she could easily converse with any member of the crew in their native tongue. Vas always had a knack with learning new languages, and Terran proved to be easy to pick up. 

At that moment, though, she wasn't talking. No, she was watching a blue orb grow bigger and bigger on the forward view screen. At first glance, she could swear she saw Muldax Prime and not Earth, but the closer they got, the more she could tell that this was not her home planet.

The white clouds and blue oceans were right, but the presence of several continents instead of a large central land mass proved to her that Earth was indeed different. Then of course, there was their destination. Coming up from behind the Earth was a grey, cratered sphere. 

Earth was a bit of an oddball in that it had a naturally occurring satellite. The last planet other than a gas giant she saw with a moon was the water world Epsis Major, but its moon, Epsis Minor, was nothing more than a large asteroid that had been caught by the planet's gravity and pulled into orbit.

Docking the Libra and offloading the damaged Arrowhead went smooth as clockwork, as did the removal and disposal of the disabled ship's dying drive core. Charlie Ross, the head engineer of Artemis, was not at all what Vas expected. 

Charlie was actually Charlene Ross; a dark skinned woman with waist length black hair that she wore in dreadlocks, and who was about a head shorter than Vas was. Charlie's loose fitting coveralls hid a well muscled physique; a physique that was the result of years of hard labor building and repairing ships. A physique that currently had Vas mesmerized.

Instead of looking the Arrowhead over when it was offloaded, Charlie took Vas and Barret to her office. The usual greetings had turned to comforting Barret over what happened to his ship. That comforting lead to heavy flirting; not a surprise since Barret and Charlie had been intimate in the past. 

The flirting took them to Charlie's quarters, where Vas was now watching a very naked Charlie riding the cock of an equally naked Barret. Vas was sitting in a chair by the bed, her own clothes discarded, rubbing her dripping green slit while she watched the human woman fuck her bond mate.

Vas had watched Barret with other women before, as he had watched her with other men, but this time she desperately wanted to join in. Since having sex with a Birran woman named Larik'Ni just a week prior, Vas had discovered that her attraction to women was more than just curiosity; she liked pussy. 

Vas couldn't take her eyes off Charlie's body. Her perky tits with their hard brown nipples, and the thin strip of hair above the slit that was currently engulfing Barret's cock were calling to Vas. She was torn between watching Barret cum all over this other woman, or taking his cock in her mouth when he fired his load so she could taste them both. All the purple skinned beauty knew for sure is that she wanted a piece of Charlie Ross, and she wanted it bad.

Vas decided to take a chance. She got up off the chair and sauntered over to the bed, lying down beside her mate. She kissed him gently at first, them with more passion; their tongues exploring each other's mouths. 

Barret released his grip on Charlie's hip and started pinching one of Vas's erect green nipples. She was pleasantly surprised to feel one of Charlie's hands exploring her leg, inching ever closer to her naturally hairless pussy, and she gladly opened her legs to allow access. Vas let out a whimper of pleasure into Barret's mouth when Charlie's finger found her clit.

"I've never played with a Muldaxian before," Charlie said playfully.

"And I've never played with a human female before," Vas replied. She sat up; Charlie's finger was still rubbing her clit. Vas cupped Charlie's face and kissed her deeply. Charlie moaned both from the kiss, and the feeling of Barret's cock getting harder.

Barret had never seen Vas kiss another woman before; he was being held prisoner by the Verokk when Vas had her first time with Larik'Ni, so he never got to witness his mate explore another woman's body. "I can't believe we haven't done this before now," he said.

Vas pulled her lips away from Charlie and smiled at her mate. "Then we have to make this good. Scoot down a little. I want to sit on your face." As soon as Vas's pussy was above Barret's mouth, he went for it, burying his tongue in her wet folds. Vas fell forward into Charlie's embrace, kissing her hungrily.

Vas started to gently massage Charlie's clit as she rode Barret's cock. Charlie had been right in the edge before, and this sent her over it. Her cunt pulsed around Barret's cock as she held on to Vas for dear life while an intense orgasm ripped through her. Barret and Vas never relented in their efforts, making sure that Charlie enjoyed it to the fullest. Vas's free hand found one of Charlie's tits, and she gently pinched the erect nipple. She then cupped Charlie's breast, and marveled how well the small mound of flesh fit in the palm of her hand.

The pleasure continued to surge through her, and Charlie moaned and whimpered as she came; the feeling of a big cock sliding into her and dexterous fingers massaging her clit and tits at the same time was more than she could take. This wasn't her first threesome, nor was it her first threesome with Barret, but this was hotter for some reason. Maybe it was because this was her first time with a very eager Muldaxian. She fell into Vas's arms and sighed with satisfaction.

"I think she liked it," Vas chuckled.

"I did," Charlie replied. "But now I think it's time I got a taste of you." She dismounted Barret's cock and motioned for him to move. Vas took his place, and Charlie buried her face between Vas's legs. Barret entered Charlie from behind and fucked her eagerly, picking up where he left off.

Vas looked down at the crown of dark hair between her legs, and then up at the determined face of her mate as he fucked another woman. Vas closed her silver eyes and enjoyed the feeling of this woman nibbling her clit and poking her tongue into her wet green hole.

Vas pinched her own nipples as Charlie pleasured her, feeling the orgasm getting closer. "Yes, Charlie," she groaned. "I'm really close. I'm...." Vas's back arched and her skin changed to lavender. She hissed as the pleasure overtook her. Charlie did her best to hold Vas's trembling body still, lest Vas's pussy leave the vicinity of her tongue. 

"What the hell was that?" Charlie asked when Vas's color returned to normal and she stopped squirming. "With your skin, I mean."

"Never seen a Muldaxian cum, have you, Charlie?" Barret asked as he continued fucking her.

"Never," Charlie panted. "You mean that's normal?"

"It is," Vas happily said.

"Guess you folks can't fake orgasms, can you?"

"With James, who needs to?" Vas asked with a wink.

"Speaking of orgasms," Barret grunted as he started fucking Charlie faster, "how are we handling the......ejaculatory arrangements?"

"Sounds like someone's getting close," Charlie said with a devious glint in her eyes.

"Very."

"I have an idea," Vas said. "I want to lick Charlie's pussy for a while, so why don't you just finish in me?" She had wanted to taste Barret and Charlie together, but this would do.

Charlie and Vas switched places, and Vas immediately dove into Charlie's snatch. She had less pubic hair than Larik'Ni did, and her clit was almost red with arousal. She was about to lick Charlie's slit when she felt Barret's cock slide into her. "Don't be gentle," she begged. "Just give it to me. Fuck me like you mean it."

That was all the invitation Barret needed, and he started pumping into her like there was no tomorrow. While Vas was getting pounded, she was savoring Charlie's musky scent and tangy flavor. 

Charlie grabbed hold of Vas's head, and the look she had on her face told Vas that she was almost at the point of no return. Vas redoubled her efforts, poking her tongue in Charlie's hole, then running it in circles around her swollen clit. "Vas," Charlie moaned. That made Vas suck Charlie's clit into her mouth and gently bite it.

That was all Charlie could take and her body convulsed in orgasmic bliss. All the while she was moaning Vas's name and begging her not to stop. That set off a domino effect. Within a few seconds of Charlie climaxing, Vas's skin again changed to lavender and she moaned her pleasure into Charlie's pussy, making her orgasm even more intense. 

Vas's own pussy had clamped down on Barret's cock when her orgasm hit, causing him to shoot his load deep inside of her. He was practically roaring like a wild animal as he came.

After what seemed like an eternity of frenzied pleasure, all three of them regained control of themselves. Barret pulled his softening cock from Vas's snatch and sat back on the bed, breathing heavily. 

Charlie wasn't done, though. She quickly repositioned herself so her head was between Vas's legs and she started to eagerly lick Vas's slit and lap up the cum that was now oozing from the Muldaxian woman's still wet pussy. She knew of the Muldaxian tradition that said only a woman's bond mate could cum inside of her, but she had never heard anything about cleaning up the aftermath.

Vas wasn't about to stop her. "Yeah, baby," she moaned. "Don't stop. Lick the cum out of me." 

"You two taste great together," Charlie grinned.

Before long Barret was hard again, and he had Charlie on her back with his cock buried to the hilt in her pussy. Vas was sitting on her face, still being cleaned up, and she was watching her man's cock plunge into Charlie's snatch again and again. When Barret came this time, Vas took his cock in her mouth and swallowed his load; exactly as she had planned to do from the beginning. 

The high Vas and Barret felt after their tryst with Charlie quickly faded when they received the Arrowhead's damage report. It was worse than either of them had anticipated. Damaged beyond recovery.

"I'm sorry, guys," Charlie said. "But the navigation, defense, life support, and propulsion systems are shot, the hull is thrashed, and the underlying superstructure is ruined. Over eighty percent of the ship has been effectively destroyed. There's a reason some energy weapons are called 'disruptors.' They disrupt matter on a molecular level. That's what you were hit with."

"But disruptors are illegal," Vas pointed out.

"Tell that to the Geddryn," Charlie replied. "You were hit by a Type 688-T disruptor. The particle residue is unmistakable."

Barret walked over and gently laid a hand on a section of his ruined ship's hull. It crumbled under his touch. "The hull is still breaking down," he said to himself.

"It'll continue until the damaged sections are nothing but dust. I'm sorry, James. I know what she meant to you."

"There's no way to rebuild her?" Vas asked, clearly upset.

"I'm afraid not, Vas," Charlie said. "The effects of the disruptor will continue until there's nothing left. They just don't make Hyperion class ships anymore. We would have to build a new one from the ground up; fabricating all the components ourselves. Because I knew you'd ask, James, I had my people crunch the numbers. If we were to rebuild the Arrowhead, it would take thirty one months, and cost well over a million credits. Buying a new ship would be a hell of a lot cheaper."

"Why so much?" Vas asked.

"Because the Arrowhead is a Hyperion class ship, and that class was discontinued over a decade ago. No one even makes parts for them anymore." Charlie set the readout with the damage report down. "If I was to design a whole new ship and build it, I could buy parts form any warehouse in the Solar System, or any of our colony systems. I wouldn't have to make them all. A custom built ship would only take about a year to design, build and get out into space, depending on the design specs. But to completely recreate the Arrowhead piece by piece.... I'm sorry, Vas. There's just no feasible way to do it. I can put out feelers for another Hyperion class ship, but I wouldn't hold my breath."

Barret closed his eyes. "I want a copy of the damage report," he said solemnly.

"Of course. And I already sent a copy off to the System Defense Force, and to Interstellar Relations. If you want, I can send one off to the Freighters' Guild."

"We'd appreciate that, Charlie," Vas said. "Thank you."

"I did salvage the memory bank from the main computer, in case you want it." Barret simply nodded. "I'll leave you two alone then." Before Charlie left, she gave Barret a quick peck on the lips. "When you feel better, maybe the three of us can get together again."

"You'll forgive me if sex is the last thing on my mind right now," Barret said with a weak grin.

Charlie gave Vas a quick kiss, and left them alone with the husk that had been their ship, their home, and their livelihood.

Vas had never actually set foot on Earth before, but there was no excitement for her of coming to a new world. Instead there was an intense sadness about the loss of the Arrowhead. She was severely unimpressed with it the first time she saw it, but it quickly became her home. It was her ship, too, and now it had been taken from her by the Verokk like her home planet had been. 

Nevertheless, there she was on Earth for the first time. The lunar transport had taken her to a region of the North American continent called California. Specifically, to a spaceport outside of a city called San Francisco. There she would meet her mate's twin sister, with whom they would be staying. 

"Vas! Over here!" a voice called as Vas stepped off the transport vessel. Two women, one human with hair the same shade of brown as Barret's, and a grey skinned Korulam woman, were approaching her.

Vas smiled her first genuine smile since she heard the damage report. "Hi, Jackie. Corva. Thanks for meeting me." The message was spoken in Terran, something that surprised Jackie Barret and her Korulam wife.

"That's a new trick," Jackie said to her sister before hugging her. "Jimmy was right that you pick up languages fast. Speaking of that brother of mine, where is he?"

Vas sighed. "He's on his way to the Interstellar Relations Center to lodge a formal protest against the Verokk Imperium. We were attacked in the asteroid belt."

"We heard about that," Corva said. As with all Korulam, she had two stripes going down her face; one over each eye that extended down to the jaw line. These stripes changed color depending on the Korulam's emotional state. Right now they were a dark green, indicating that she was very concerned. "How bad is it?"

"The Arrowhead's been destroyed."

"Shit," Jackie muttered. "He loved that ship."

"I know," Vas said with a tear in her eye. "So did I. She was our home."

Jackie took the Muldaxian woman in her arms again. "Well, now our home is your home, and you can stay with us for as long as you want."

"Thank you for your kindness, Jackie."

Jackie pulled away and looked Vas right in her silver eyes. "You're family, Vas. You don't have to thank family for being there when you need us. Now come on, let's get you home so you can get settled in. "

Barret's meeting with the IRC representatives went a lot longer than he anticipated. The fact that he was the victim of an unprovoked attack in the home system by a race that had invaded the home planet of a longtime ally was a bigger deal that Barret had initially thought. But then again, he wasn't thinking clearly after the loss of his ship. 

The meeting was quite productive; he turned over the damage report from Artemis, as well as the salvaged sensor logs leading up to the attack. The IRC rep, a man named Paul Kirsch, was certain that the evidence Barret provided would be more than enough to at least let the Earth government impose more sanctions against the Imperium. That was little consolation to James Barret, though; it wouldn't rebuild his ship or keep him from going out of business.

It was nearly midnight when he walked through his sister's front door. "Look what the cat dragged in," he heard a voice say. Barret was greeted by a warm hug from Corva.

"Hey, Cor," he said. "Good to see you."

"You, too. Vas is in the den with Jackie going through your books."

"They're what?" Barret hated when anyone went poking through his fiances.

"Come on, James, you know your sister is a genius when it comes to numbers," Corva said. "Besides, she's worried. She wanted to make sure you had enough funds to last you until you could find, well, something." Corva leaned over and kissed her brother's cheek. "I'm sorry about your ship."




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 04



Vas happily kissed her mate when he walked in the room. Jackie was sitting behind several holographic screens with strings of numbers flashing across them. "Your record keeping is atrocious, little brother," Jackie said.

"Good to see you too, sis," Barret quipped. "And you're only seven minutes oder than me, so don't go pulling that 'little brother' crap." Barret looked at the mess Jackie had in front of her. "You don't have to do this."

"Sure I do," Jackie replied. "Just to show you that you need a damn accountant, if nothing else." Jackie leaned back and rubbed her eyes. "I have at least three years worth of invoices and statements to go through, and my brain is fried. I'm gonna call it a night. We set you and Vas up in your old room."

The house Jackie was living in had belonged to their grandparents, who took her and her twin brother in after their parents died. "Are you sure it'll be big enough for us?"

"We expanded it out," Corva said. Corva was an architect, and the remodeling of the Barret house was one of her masterpieces. "You even have your own bathroom."

"Just don't be too loud," Jackie teased. "I have to be up early to finish cleaning up your mess."

When Corva said that she they had expanded James's old bedroom, she wasn't kidding. Now it was bigger than his quarters on the Arrowhead had been. Barret sat on the bed and quietly started to undress. Vas had already stripped down to just her panties and quietly slipped into the large bed. Once Barret was in nothing but his underwear, he turned out the light and joined her. He let out a tired sigh when she cuddled into him.

"Don't say it," she said.

"Don't say what?"

"That you're sorry. Don't say it. You always apologize for things that couldn't possibly be your fault. This is one of those things."

Barret closed his eyes. "I don't know what to do, Vas. I really don't. The Arrowhead was more than a ship. I bought her shortly after Alu passed away. I bought it because she passed away."

Vas reached for the lamp and turned the light back on. Sleep could wait. "You never told me that before." Although Barret had no problem talking about his first bond mate, this was a story he'd kept to himself.

"I didn't buy her to start a business," Barret said slowly. "I bought her to hide from the universe. I let my enlistment in the Space Force lapse, and then I just.... ran. That's one of the reasons I bought such a small ship. So I'd have to be alone. The delivery thing was just to make sure that Jackie and Corva didn't think I was going to fly straight into a gamma ray burst or something. But after a while, I don't know, I guess I started to enjoy life as a space bum. I never expected to find someone who actually made me want to live life again."

Vas brought her lips her Barret's. "I'm not going anywhere if I can help it, James."

"Maybe this if for the best," Barret sighed. "If we don't have a ship, we can't go out into space and keep getting attacked. Maybe we can finally just get those Verokk bastards to leave us alone."

"That's not you talking, James," Vas insisted. "You never give up."

"I just lost my ship, Vas!"

"And your brain is still a little scrambled from Haven," Vas argued. "Remember what the doctors on Yegvid said? Because of the repeated psychic assaults..."

"I'll show all the classic signs of depression until my brian chemistry readjusts," Barret said, finishing her sentence. "It's just, this isn't easy."

Vas turned the light back off and held Barret tightly. "Life never is, baby. Life never is."

James Barret often did his best thinking in the shower. He felt that letting his mind go while his body was held in the streaming caress of hot water raining down on him fully unleashed his mind's full potential. 

But whenever he let his mind wander like this, he left himself completely unaware of what was going on around him. It wasn't until he felt a hand firmly gripping his hardening cock that he knew he had company. "About time you noticed me," Vas snickered. 

"Sorry," he replied. "I was thinking."

"And leaving your poor neglected bond mate in bed unsatisfied. You didn't make love to me at all yesterday."

"We had sex yesterday," Barret protested.

"We fucked Charlie together," Vas said. "Threesomes are fun, but I don't count it as making love. That's when it's just you and me." Vas gripped Barret's cock tighter and started to slowly stroke it, causing him to let out a low groan. "I love how vocal you are," Vas giggled before nipping at his neck.

Barret couldn't take it anymore. He spun around and, in the blink of an eye, had his mouth clamped over Vas's and was wrestling her tongue with his. Barret's hands glided down Vas's slick body until they came to the tight mounds of her ass. He gripped her cheeks, and gave one of them a light smack.

"You're a bad boy," Vas teased.

Barret smacked her ass even harder, making his mate moan. "And you're a bad girl. You love the rough stuff." Barret leaned down and took an erect green nipple between is teeth. "Still call this making love?"

"Who said lovemaking can't be intense?" Vas moaned. She started to get on her knees when Barret stopped her.

"I still owe you for that blowjob back in the shower in Nova City." Barret nudged Vas to the back of the shower, and kneeled in front of her. He slightly brusher her quivering clit with the tip of his tongue. Vas whimpered at the contact. Barret extended his tongue and gave her slit a long lick. Vas grabbed the back of Barret's head and held him to her mound. He smiled before diving in.

He lapped at her pussy like her juices were the nectar of the gods themselves. His tongues flicked and circled her swollen clit, driving Vas mad with pleasure. 

"Too bad..... this shower isn't as big as the one...... back at Nova City..." she gasped.

"It's big enough," Barret growled before attacking her slit again. This time he slipped a finger inside her, and pressed his thumb against her clit. Vas's body jerked and trembled as she tried to stay on her feet. "You like that?"

"Yes," Vas sighed.

"Are you gonna cum for me?"

"I'm getting there......." Vas's voice trailed off. She tried to steady herself by pressing her hands against the walls of the shower stall. For once Vas was glad they were in a stall and not a bathtub. "James," she mewed, "fuck me..... make me cum with your cock........"

Barret stood and pulled Vas to him, kissing her hard and probing her mouth with his tongue and sharing her juices with her. "Turn around."

Vas smiled and turned her back to her mate. She leaned forward and braced herself against the back wall of the stall. She reached between her legs and spread her moist lips. "You know what I want."

"Hard and fast?" Barret asked with a smirk on his face.

Vas's only answer was a wicked smile; a smile that got wider as Barret slowly eased his cock into her. He slowly buried himself in her, then pulled out, only to reenter her just as slowly as before. "Stop teasing me," she begged.

That made Barret go even slower. This time, after he withdrew, he rubbed the head of his cock down her slit, pulling back when his cock head made contact with her clit. "Please, James," Vas panted.

"What do you want?"

"I want you to fuck me... need you to fuck me....... please....."

Barret grinned and slowly inserted himself back into her hot pussy. Without warning, he slammed himself into her, making Vas scream at the invasion. "Is that what you want?" Barret grunted. "For me to fuck you like a wild animal?"

"Yes!" Vas shouted. "Fuck me hard!"

Barret unleashed his primal lust, and repeatedly thrust into her, his wet skin smacking loudly against hers. Before long Vas's inner walls were clamping down on Barret's cock, trying to milk it. Vas's moans got louder, and her body started to quiver. "Don't stop," Vas begged as her skin changed to lavender. "Don't stop!!!!!"

Vas's body quaked violently as she came. It was all she could do to keep her legs from buckling from the pleasure. Barret leaned forward and wrapped an arm around her waist so he could hold her closer to him and keep her standing. Vas shook and quivered for a small eternity, losing herself in the pleasure now coursing through her body.

"I love it when you cum," Barret growled. "You don't hold anything back."

"Only with you," Vas panted; temporarily winded from her hard orgasm.

Barret pulled out and guided Vas down to the floor of the stall. "That's why we don't fuck standing up that often," he joked.

Vas rolled onto her back and spread her legs wide. "I've had mine, now it's your turn."

Barret kneeled between Vas's legs and slipped his cock back into her slick tunnel. He didn't hold back; he gave Vas the hard fucking she'd been craving.

Vas put her arms over her head and braced herself against the back wall. "Yes," she panted over and over.

Barret was starting to growl as he leaned over his wife's prone form. Vas wrapped her arms and legs around her mate and held on for dear life. She could feel another strong orgasm knocking on her door.

"Vas," Barret groaned. "I'm almost there...."

"Cum for me," Vas moaned. "I want you to come for me!!!!!" Vas came again, gripping Barret tighter with her limbs and pussy. She dug her nails into Barret's back and scratched at him like a cat.

That was all it took for Barret to blast surge after surge of hot cum into Vas's waiting tunnel. He nearly howled in pain and pleasure as he deposited his seed into Vas's eager body.

Spent, Barret nearly collapsed on his mate, who held him close to her still trembling body. "I think that will get me through most of the day," Vas giggled.

"I don't know if my back can take it," Barret grinned. He withdrew his now semi-hard member from her and rubbed his hand over his shoulder. When he examined his fingers, he saw ribbons of crimson. "You broke the skin this time."

Vas sat up and made Barret turn around. She saw eight jagged lines going from his shoulders to the middle of his back. "I'm sorry! I'll get you all patched up after we dry off."

Shortly after lunch, Barret was getting ready to leave for a meeting between Freighters Guild representatives, the Planetary Coalition, the System Patrol Fleet, and the ambassador from the Verokk home world.

"I don't see why I can't be there," Vas protested again.

"No non humans will be there," Barret told her. "The Verokk are too used to getting their way in everything, and we don't want them getting away with trying to kill us." That logic didn't sway Vas's determination to go. "Look, Vas, the Verokk could get into your head again and make you say what they want you to say. They can't do that to me, or any other member of the human race. Besides, this is just a preliminary hearing. We're planning on bringing you in later through a holo-conference, or something. It's safer for you to just say here."

"That doesn't mean I don't want to be there," Vas grumbled. "I was attacked, too."

Barret leaned over and kissed Vas's cheek. "I know. But you're also the person the Verokk have been trying to get their hands on."

"He's right," Jackie agreed. "Besides, I'll need your help to go through some of these financial records."

"Call me the moment you know something!" Vas demanded.

"I promise."

A male Verokk with shoulder length gold hair shining against his flawless marble toned skin stood flanked by two Geddryn bodyguards. His solid grey eyes were boring into James Barret's mind, trying to read and control his thoughts. Barret, recognizing the dull throb starting behind his eyes, knew what was going on.

"Not gonna work," Barret warned him. "We humans are immune to your mental control. All you're going to succeed in is giving me a migraine and pissing me off!"

"Calm down, Mr. Barret," Jason Archer, the Freighters Guild representative warned. "And you, Ambassador Iril. I can feel you poking around in my head, too, and I don't appreciate it. For the record, I ask the Verokk ambassador to stop!"

"Agreed," the Earth ambassador to the Planetary Coalition, a woman named Megan Espinoza, said. "We have a full report form the Yegvid station, as well as Mr. Barret's medical records. We know your secret, Mr. Ambassador, and we know it doesn't work on us."

Iril only growled at the human in front of him. "I am here," the Verokk hissed. "What do you want of the Imperium?"

"We want to know why you had warships hiding in Earth territory, and why you launched an unprovoked attack on a civilian vessel," Ambassador Espinoza said.

"The Verokk Imperium does not recognize Earth's claim to the asteroid belt between Sol 4 and Sol 5, therefor, we have claimed it as sovereign territory of the Verokk Imperium."

Ever human being in the room scowled at this. Earth's first contact with an alien race still left a bad taste in humanity's mouths centuries later. "I would advise the ambassador from planet Veroxx, not to say that too loudly among a group of humans," the holographic image of the Coalition arbiter, a semi armored grey skinned female from planet Maylog said. "You know as well as I do that the Rullyde attempted to invade Earth and exterminate the human race three centuries ago. That act led to severe sanctions against the Rullyde, including the loss of their council seat. It also led to Earth petitioning for Coalition membership. Ever since then, this entire star system has been recognized as Earth's domain! I am afraid, Ambassador Iril, that the Verokk claim on the Sol asteroid belt cannot even be considered."

"Fine!" Iril spat. "The fact remains that James Barret has fired upon Verokk ships on no less than two separate occasions. The first was over eight months ago when he illegally invaded Verokk space, and the second was in the Tref system mere weeks ago." 

"That's not entirely true, Madame Arbiter," Archer said. "In the first incident, Mr. Barret simply returned fire. In the second, Mr. Barret's ship didn't fire a single shot. He engaged his FTL drive under the Verokk ship wile in the gravitational boundary of the Tref system."

"Why was this, Mr. Barret?" Arbiter Thes asked.

"Self defense," Barret answered. "The first time, I was returning a Muldaxian dignitary home at the request of the Muldaxian high chancellor. We were still outside of recognized Muldaxian space when we were attacked. The second time, I was captured on planet Tref 2, also known as planet Haven, by a Verokk named Riv. She caused me severe mental trauma by trying to control my mind. We barely escaped."

"The human lies!" Iril shouted. "He abducted the Muldaxian he speaks of! And he did violate our space. We annexed the Muldaxians' home system in accordance with our laws."

"That annexation has not been fully recognized by the Coalition," Ambassador Mendoza stated. "Earth's representatives on the Coalition high council have not given the necessary votes to recognize the Verokk claim on Muldaxian space."

The Verokk ambassador growled at this. "You humans have been holding this up for months!"

"Be that as it may," Thes intervened, "Earth is within its rights to do so. Now, speaking of this Muldaxian dignitary, where is Endira Vas?"

"At my sister's home," Barret said. "It's been shown that Muldaxians are especially vulnerable to Verokk mind control."

"Ms. Endira's account was transmitted to you via subspace, Arbiter Thes," the Earth ambassador said. "As has the marriage license filled by Admiral Janice Hu from the Aquarius. Endira Vas holds dual Earth and Muldaxian citizenship, in accordance with the laws and treaties of both our worlds."

The arbiter found the files she was looking for and skimmed them. "So noted. Ambassador Iril, why have your forces been so eager to retrieve Ambassador Endira?"

"She has knowledge of various cultures," the Verokk said. "Her experience could be useful in future dealings with these previously unknown races."

"Now, Mr. Archer," Thes said, turning her holographic gaze to the Freighters Guild representative. "What is the Guild's interests in all of this?"

"Mr. Barret and Ms. Endira are members of our guild in good standing," Archer replied. "They have been targeted by the Verokk time and again. We are here to inform the Verokk ambassador that, as of now, under Paragraph 3, subsection 45 of the Interstellar Commerce Accords, that any and all contracts between the Verokk Imperium, or Imperium aligned interests, are now null and void. No members of the Freighters Guild will do any business whatsoever with the Imperium."

"That is outrageous!" Iril spat. "You cannot do that!"

"We can and have," Archer replied in a smug voice. "You attack one of us, you attack all of us. Also, we are seeking restitution and damages on behalf of the Barrets from the Imperium."

"What for?" Iril snarled.

"Loss of business, near loss of life, loss of livelihood, and the wanton and willful destruction of the Arrowhead."

"Is the Arrowhead you ship, Mr. Barret?" Thes asked.

"It was," Barret sighed.

"We have also transmitted the inspection reports from the salvage crew of the patrol ship Libra, and the findings of Charlene Ross and her crew at Artemis station on Earth's moon."

"I see that." Thes read over the reports. "A type 688-T disruptor? Really ambassador?" The Maylogi woman looked at the Verokk through narrow eyes. "If this is true, the Imperium could be looking at severe sanctions, and possible sentient rights violations. Things do not look well for you, Iril."

"We were defending our interests," Iril spat again. "We are done here. If all you are going to do is throw accusations at me, you can go through our embassy."

"Only you have no embassy here," Ambassador Espinoza pointed out. "You never allowed one to be opened here, or for an Earth embassy to be built on Veroxx. Which I believe is a violation of your Coalition charter."

"Good day, Ambassador!" the Verokk huffed before leaving the conference chamber.

When Barret retuned home that night, he found Vas, Jackie and Corva all with huge smiles o their faces. "What?"

"We finished going through the books," Jackie said. "And all those years of you living like a space bum paid off!" She handed her brother a data module. "You see that number there, the big one at the bottom? That's your net worth."

Barret's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "No."

"Yes!" Vas happily said.

"But how?"

"Because you're a fucking cheapskate," Corva laughed. "And because you forget you actually have money."

"Not tonight though," Jackie smiled. "Tonight, Mr. Moneybags, you are treating us all to dinner at the Chez Marcus. And I am ordering the steak and lobster, as well as a bottle of their most expensive wine."

"Being a little free with my funds, aren't you, Jackie?" Barret asked in an annoyed voice.

"I said it was okay," Vas said with a deviant grin. "It's my money too, you know. And then tomorrow, we're going to see Charlie about a ship."

"I don't know, Vas," Barret started to protest.

Vas put a finger to his lips to shush him. "You love the stars, James. In fact, I think they were your first love. I'm not going to let you give that up. Besides, I've gotten used to life in space."

"It won't be the same, Vas," Barret finally admitted. "The Arrowhead was one of a kind."

"I know. And I know that we can't replace her. You bought that ship in your grief. Maybe it's time to by one now that you're happier, and have happier memories to go with it. Maybe the Arrowhead was only meant to bring you this far on your journey, and then give you to another ship in order to go further."

"I don't believe in fate, Vas, you know that."

"I know," Vas conceded. "But I do, and I believe there are still things for us to do and see out there. Now come on, let's go. I don't know about you, but I'm curious to sample this lobster that Jackie keeps raving about!"




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 04



Reluctantly, Barret followed the women in his life out the door. His grandfather had always told him that life didn't give people more than they could handle. Now he hoped that he was strong enough to deal with the dangers awaiting him among the stars.



Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 05



Larik'Ni had been many things in her life. She'd been a daughter, an orphan, an exile, and a bored flight controller. But now, after the arrest of Governor Jolek, she found herself as something she never expected to be; a leader. 

Larik'Ni, a woman who had been banished from her homeworld for the crime of living when her family had died, was now the governor of planet Haven. The teal skinned Birran didn't want the job, but she had been chosen unanimously by the other residents of the small planet. "But I am no politician," she had protested. "I am not qualified."

It was the fact that she wasn't a politician that made her so popular. Governor Jolek was willing to sell out anyone to get ahead. They knew Larik'Ni would never do that. They also knew that she was one of the smartest people on Haven; the way in which she helped James Barret and Endira Vas escape was proof enough of that. 

So now Larik'Ni was the leader of a community of misfits and exiles; of people who had no place on their homeworlds, so they made a place for themselves.

She was also a very busy woman. Since becoming governor, more and more people had been coming to Haven. "If only we were this busy when I was a flight controller," she was often heard saying. Ships and new members of the community were arriving daily, and now Larik'Ni was off to meet with one of these new arrivals. The message had been vague, but that was nothing new. Many individuals came to Haven to get away from the law, since it was not part of any recognized group. In fact, the Tref system was in unclaimed space, making it the perfect place to start up any sort of criminal enterprise.

Larink'Ni sincerely hoped this wasn't a person looking to bribe her. She had no desire to sell her soul for a handful of credits. "Your appointment is in your office, Governor," Larik'Ni's assistant said when she walked in the room.

"Thank you, Benjamin," the reluctant leader said. "Please hold my calls."

When she entered her office, Larik'Ni was met by a woman her height completely enshrouded by a long grey cloak. Her face was obscured by a large hood.. "Thank you for seeing me, Governor."

"Of course," Larik'Ni said, taking her seat. She motioned for her guest to do the same, but she remained standing. "Please have a seat."

The mystery woman didn't even look to see where her chair was, she simply glided over to it and sat down. "My name is Lakett Zira, and I am in need of your assistance, Governor. As leader of Haven, you have contacts with other governments, do you not?"  

"I do. But there are no embassies here. Haven does not have any formal diplomatic ties with any world or confederation. What government are you trying to contact?"

"Earth," the woman said in a matter of fact voice. "Earth and Muldax Prime, actually. I must reach Earth as soon as possible. I have information that is vital to the restoration of the Muldaxian Commonwealth, and to Earth averting an all out war with the Verokk Imperium."

"That may be a difficult proposition," Larik'Ni sighed. "Even now the Imperium is keeping a close watch on us, despite the nearby Coalition patrols."

"I can help with that."

Larik'Ni quirked an eyebrow. "Really? How?"

The woman removed her hood, revealing a face like polished marble. "Because I am a Verokk."



Endira Vas sat nervously in front of the communications panel in her sister's home. She had just connected with the Muldaxian Embassy in Stockholm Sweden, and was waiting for the other side to answer. There was someone on duty at all times due to the different time zones on Earth, and on other planets in the Coalition.

The panel sprang to life and created an image of a male face with gold eyes and purple skin. "Thank you for calling the Muldaxian Embassy on Earth," the man said in a polite tone. "How may I direct your call?"

"My name is Endira Vas," she said. "I was hoping you had information on my family." This was the third time Vas had called in as many days. The answer was always the same.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Endira," the man said after consulting with his computer. "There's no new information."

Vas closed her eyes and sighed. "Thank you," she said before closing the channel. 

Jackie Barret, the twin sister of Vas's bond mate, came up behind her. "I'm sorry."

Vas tried her best to smile. "I just hope James is having better luck finding a new ship than I am tracking down my family."



The Moon was the first world humankind ever visited. Back in the late Twentieth Century, using technology that would be considered beyond archaic, humans did the impossible by sending men to the lunar surface and returning them to their home planet. 

Now, hundreds of years later, there were many thriving domed cities on the Moon. In one of those domes was Artemis Station; considered the best shipyard in the Sol System. It was here that James Barret, with the help of Charlene "Charlie" Ross, was trying to find a new ship to replace the destroyed Arrowhead.

Barret had been standing closely behind Charlie's seat as she looked over the different ships she had access to. His hot breath on the back of her neck always drove her wild. Usually he did it on purpose, breathing on her neck, and her ears, doing his best to make Charlie's pussy throb and grow wetter. 

Today, though, he was too focused on a ship to notice. Charlie had no intention of letting him get her hot and bothered without doing something about it. She had Barret right where she wanted him; sitting on her desk with his pants and underwear bunched around his ankles and his cock in her hungry mouth.

Charlie happily sucked and licked Barret's shaft, eliciting moans and groans of pleasure from her sometimes lover. Barret had long since take off his shirt, and Charlie had unzipped and partially removed her coveralls, revealing a plain white bra contrasting against her dark skin. "This isn't finding a new ship," Barret panted.

"Do you want me to stop?" Charlie playfully asked while she stroked his cock and fondled his balls. 

"What do you think?" Barret smirked.

Charlie slowly stood and stripped off the rest of her clothing. "I think you want to bend me over my desk and fuck me silly." To prove her point Charlie spread her legs and bent over her desk, ready for him to take her.

Barret smirked at her. "Are you sure that's not what you want?"

"Who says the two have to be mutually exclusive?" she asked playfully as she reached between her legs and spread her wet lips open.

Barret didn't take the bait. He slowly and calmly knelt behind her and gently brushed her clit with his tongue, making Charlie squirm and shudder. "You like that?"

"You know I do," she said impatiently. "Don't tease me."

"But teasing is so much fun," he replied after lightly blowing across her slit. "You know you're enjoying this." Barret again extended his tongue and traced the edges of her lips with it, stopping just as he came to her swollen clit.

"James," Charlie mewed. "Please..."

"Please what?"

"Please just fuck me. I need it. Please just fuck me..."

Barret smiled. He always knew how to get her to ask for it. He stood and ran the tip of his cock up and down her slit a few times before slowly inserting himself into her. "Is that what you want?"

"Yes...."

"My cock?"

"Yes. Now fuck me. Stop teasing me and fuck my brains out!"

Barret started moving slowly, building up a rhythm. His slow pace gradually increased until he was slamming into her hard, making a loud slap with each thrust.

"Yeah, baby," she moaned. "That's it! Fuck me! Fuck me hard!"

Barret could tell she wanted it rough. That was something Charlie and Vas both had in common; they loved hard sex. Barret grabbed hold of Charlie's dreadlocks and gently pulled, eliciting a feral groan. "You always loved that," he growled.

"You know what else I love?" she asked playfully, before reaching behind her and running her finger up the crack of her ass, lingering for a moment around her puckered opening.

"You are frisky aren't you?" Barret chuckled, remembering how Charlie once proclaimed herself the anal queen. 

Charlie, always ready, nudged Barret off of her so she could circle around her desk and take a small tube out of one of the drawers. Squirting out a viscous clear liquid into her hand, she grabbed Barret's cock and stroked it, slathering the fluid over his length. She then laid back on her desk and rubbed some more around her asshole. Before long she had a finger in her backdoor, waiting for Barret to come knocking. "What are you waiting for?"

That was all the invitation Barret needed. He approached her, and pressed the head of his cock against Charlie's anus. "You ready?" he asked, before slowly easing himself into her. He moved slowly, letting her loosen up to allow him entry. "Fuck I forgot how tight your ass is," he groaned.

"You should know," she moaned. "You were the first one to go in that way." Charlie concentrated on relaxing, and letting Barret bury himself all the way in her ass, "Slowly," she said. "You're almost there."

As soon as Barret was in as far as he could go, he stopped so Charlie could get used to this invasion. "I wasn't the last, was I?" he asked, already knowing the answer.

"I take it you're talking about that time aboard the Pisces?" she asked, remembering when they were both in the Earth Space Force's system patrol.

"I never looked at the engine room the same way again," Barret said, smiling at the memory.

"The night watch," Charlie added, wiggling her ass, signaling Barret to fuck her. "You, me, and Dave Lennox. You were in my pussy, and he was in my ass. Right in front of the antimatter core. Ah! Yes......"

Barret was picking up steam, letting his slick cock slide in and out of Charlie's backdoor and enjoying the feel of her tightness around him. "Our first threesome," he panted. "And you wanted more."

"What can I say? I'm efficient! I could easily have jerked a couple of guys off and sucked another." Charlie started massaging her clit, adding to the sensation of Barret fucking her ass. "That's it, baby! Don't stop. Don't stop."

She closed her eyes and let her head rest on her desk. Barret could tell by the way she was breathing that she was about to cum. Truth be told, so was he. He didn't go in anally that often, and the sensations were driving him over the edge. "I'm gonna be there soon," he warned.

"So am I. Don't stop. Fuck me. Make me cum and them shoot yours all over me! Fuck me! Fuck.... me....." Charlie let out a barely audible squeal as she hit her plateau. Her body jerked so violently that Barret had to grab hold of her legs to keep from getting bucked off.

He sped up, thrusting faster to keep up with her writhing body and getting ready to unleash his own torrent. "I'm almost there..... almost there!" Barret quickly pulled out and stroked his still slick cock, sending jets of white cum all over Charlie's belly. One stream made it between her breasts. "Fuck," he panted.

Charlie looked down at the white streaks on her dark skin and smiled. "That'll teach you to breath down my neck when we're trying to work."



Vas was listening intently to her mate's tale about why the hunt for a new ship had turned up nothing. "Well, it sounds like it wasn't a total waste of time," she said with a giggle. "You'll have to tell me about what happened on the Pisces at some point."

Barret chuckled, then frowned. "Finding the Arrowhead was a lot easier than this has been."

"You never told me how you got the Arrowhead," Vas pointed out.

"She was all I could afford at the time," Barret began. "She used to be called the Elite 2. She had been part of the Elite Shipping Company's delivery fleet. She was sold off when they got newer ships."

"Right place at the right time?" Vas asked.

"Right place at the right time."

A knock at the door ended the conversation. Barret was greeted with the sight of four men in blue uniforms with the symbol of the Earth Space Force. One of the men, an African American man with captain's stripes, smiled. "How are you, James?"

"Grant?" Barret gasped. "Grant Bonner?" Barret embraced the man. "How the hell are you, man?"

"It's been a long time," Bonner said, returning the hug. "Can we come in?"

Barret scowled at the man's companion, an older man with admiral's stripes on his uniform jacket. "Admiral Hall," Barret said with a sneer.

"Jimmy?" Jackie Barret asked from the next room. "Don't just stand there with the door open! Let them in." Jackie smiled and hugged Bonner. "It's been too long, Grant!" She shot the admiral and the two military police officers flanking him dirty looks. "Wipe your feet before you come in."

"Charming," Admiral Hall said. "If you all don't mind, we have business to discuss."

Barret shot the admiral a disbelieving look. "What kind of business?"

"We need you to run an errand for us, Lieutenant," Hall said.

"I'm not a lieutenant anymore and you know it, Captain," Barret said, using Hall's old rank.

Bonner stepped in. "James, sir, please. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't important. James, we need you to go to Haven and pick someone up for us. A Verokk dissident."

Over the course of twenty minutes, Barret, Vas, Jackie and Corva listened to Bonner and Hall's description of the mission. Barret kept scowling at the admiral. "Forget it!" he finally said.

"James," Bonner said, "I know you have a history with the Verokk."

"A history!? Vas and I have been shot at, had our brains scrambled, and been captured! And," Barret went over to the fireplace and took a jar off the mantle that was filled with metallic dust. "Do you know what this is? This is all that's left of my ship! This was all that Artemis Station could salvage after we were hit by an illegal disruptor! I have a price on my head and you want me to go pick up a Verokk dissident? In a region of space the Verokk is watching constantly? Not to mention the fact that a Verokk fleet has started camping on the outskirts of our own system waiting to pick me off! No. No fucking way!"

"I agree," Vas said. "This is a death sentence."

"Well," Bonner said, "we had to try."

"One moment, Captain," Hall said. "The lieutenant here is acquainted with the current governor. A Birran named Larik'Ni."

"So?" Barret said. "And for the last time, I'm not in the Space Force anymore, which means I'm not a lieutenant, and not subject to your authority!"

"You always were an insubordinate bastard, even when you were under my command."

"And there's nothing you can do about it," Barret sneered.

"Yes I can." The admiral took out a data pad and pulled up a file. "James Daniel Barret the third, under Article 4 subsection 15 of the Space Force directives, I hereby reactivate your rank, and order you to undertake the retrieval mission."

Bonner was aghast. "What?"

"You can't do that!" Barret protested.

"I can and did." Hall turned to the MP's. "Take Lieutenant Barret into custody for refusal to obey orders." Vas attempted to intervene. "I warn you, ladies, that if you try it, you will also be arrested."

"Vas, Jackie, don't," Barret said. "I'll go along." He got in the admiral's face. "This isn't over."

"Of course it isn't." The admiral's sneer grew wider. "And don't forget to take Miss Endira into custody, as well."

"What?!" Barret demanded.

"She's an alien expatriate," Hall said calmly.

"So is my wife," Jackie spat. "What's your point."

"My point, Ms. Barret, is that we need to take Miss Endira into protective custody until we can get her paperwork sorted out."

Vas quickly stormed into the next room and returned with a data pad. "You mean this paperwork?" she said, pulling up the correct files and showing it to the admiral. "A marriage license signed by Admiral Janice Hu saying James and I are husband and wife! Or this one." Vas pulled up another file. "This is notarized proof of my dual citizenship between Earth and Muldax Prime. But this is my favorite." She pulled up yet another file. "My approved request for political asylum here on Earth!" Vas shoved the data pad into Hall's chest. "Go ahead and take it. I have several copies."

Barret chuckled as Hall took the pad. "Don't fuck with Vas," he warned. "She'll chew you up and spit you out."

"Get him out of here!" Hall yelled to the MP's before storming out of the house.

Bonner approached Vas. "I promise you I didn't know about this. But I'll fix it. I'll make this right and bring him back home."



Endira Vas wasn't one to let others fight her battles for her. As soon as the Space Force representatives had left, she marched into the den and and placed at call to Space Force Headquarters. A female admiral named Annette Myers answered. "What can I do for you today, Ms. Endira?"

"My bond mate, err, husband, James Barret, was just picked up by two of your military police under the command of Admiral Hall," Vas said angrily yet calmly. She proceeded to tell Admiral Myers the entire story.

Admiral Myers took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Thank you, Ms. Endira. I'll look into this and get back to you." 

As soon as she closed the channel, a voice came through her desk intercom. "Excuse me, Admiral, but there's a Captain Bonner here to see you."

The admiral rubbed her temples. "Send him in."

When Grant Bonner entered the admiral's office, he saluted. "Excuse the interruption, ma'am, but there's something I think you should know about Admiral Hall."



James Barret sat in what he could only describe as the brig. "And people wonder why I left the service," he said to himself before he was startled by a knock at the door.

"Barret! You've got a visitor."

Barret was greeted by the sight of Admiral Annette Myers when the door opened. "I'd say good afternoon, but I doubt you've had one."

"What can I do for you, Admiral?" Barret grumbled before sitting down on the thin mattress of his bunk.

Admiral Myers took a small device out of her pocket and pressed a button. "We're off the monitors so we can talk freely. I heard about your situation from Captain Bonner and from your wife. I can get you out of here, Mr. Barret, but I'm afraid I have to ask for your help. Something big is going on here, and I need your help to get to the bottom of it."



"Absolutely not!" Vas practically shrieked when she heard Annette's proposal. "Like I told that asshole Hall, it's a death sentence!"

"Not necessarily," Annette countered. "We're taking all possible precautions to make sure your husband comes back in one piece."

"You don't know what it's like," Vas protested. "We've been attacked too many times by the Verokk, and now you want to send him out there to be slaughtered."

"Not if I can help it, Vas," Grant Bonner, who was there with the admiral said. "Trust me on this. James is the best pilot to come out of the Space Force in the last thirty years. If anyone can pull it off, he can. And with the extra tools we're giving him, he'll do just fine."

"Besides, we need to see what exactly this so called dissident knows," Annette added. "And if she is pulling a fast one on us, then at least we'll have a Verokk prisoner. And then there's the matter of Admiral Hall. He's bypassed and violated a lot of regulations setting this up, and I want to know why. There's more going on here than just a questionable mission."

"I still can't believe Jimmy agreed to this," Jackie huffed. "My brother is many things, but he's not usually this stupid!"

Annette nodded. "It's a real gamble, I know. But like I said, we're giving him the tools he needs to get through this alive and in one piece. And he's more than happy to help us get dirt on Admiral Hall."

"Jimmy never liked him," Jackie agreed. "He said Hall made his life miserable."

"No, James said Hall was a arrogant prick," Jackie's wife Corva added.




Transport Ship Arrowhead Ch. 05



"Admiral Hall was really jealous," Bonner said. "James broke all of the admiral's records and flight test scores. Hall didn't like that and took his displeasure out on who he saw as an upstart."

"There's another reason Mr. Barret is helping," Annette said. "We're going to find you a new ship."



Vas had listened to everything Bonner and Annette had told her about the mission, but it didn't make her feel any better. Even the promise of being able to spend a night with Barret before he left for Haven didn't help. Vas sat silently on her bed, trying to figure a way to accompany her mate on what could be the last mission he ever took. 

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything she could think of that would get her on whatever ship Barret was on. Until, that is, she saw the camera on the dresser. Even though holograms were commonplace, regular old photography was still practiced on Earth, and the Barrets had several pictures of fallen family members in the house.

"I may not be able to go with him myself, but I can be with him by proxy," she said to herself. "In fact we all can!" Vas quickly grabbed the camera and ran downstairs. "Jackie! Corva! I have an idea!"



The next day, Endira Vas was led into a room with a bed and a small adjoining bathroom. In that room was a sight Vas hadn't seen in several days; her bond mate James Barret. She was in his arms before the guard closed the cell's door. "I've missed you," she said in her native language, just so the guards watching over the security camera couldn't eavesdrop.

"Same here," Barret responded in kind. "This is going to be the last time I see you for over a month."

"A month?" Vas looked at her mate with sadness. "Why?"

"Because they don't want me to fly at top speed so the Verokk don't think there's something up," Barret grumbled. "The worst part is, they're right."

Vas reluctantly pulled away and sat on the bed next to where she set her overnight bag when she came in. "So we just have tonight." She looked up at the camera pointing right at them. "Shall we give them a show?"

Barret shook his head. "No. I really don't want those assholes watching. I'm tired of being their own personal entertainment."



"Jeeze, what's with that guy?" one of the men monitoring Barret asked. "He has a hot Muldaxian piece of ass sitting there, and he's not touching her!"

"I know!" his companion added. "I've got the system set to record this, too!"

"No you don't," Bonner said as he entered the room. "By order of Admiral Myers, James Barret gets privacy for the night."

"Bullshit!" one of the men exclaimed.

"You can take it up with the admiral all you want. But for now, that surveillance system is being shut off."



As soon as the light on the security camera went out, Barret got that look on his face that always made Vas weak in the knees. "Okay, now we can have all the fun we want."

Vas launched herself at Barret, practically shoving her tongue in his mouth and pushing him down on the bed. Barret's hands ran down her back and onto her ass, firmly grabbing the firm mounds, making her moan into his mouth. "You have no idea how soaked I am right now," she said breathlessly.

"I'm sure I can imagine." Barret unbuttoned her pants and slid his hand in. He smiled when he discovered she wasn't wearing any panties.

"I'm not wearing a bra either," Vas said with a sly grin when she saw the look on her mate's face. Her eyes closed and a soft moan escaped her lips when Barret's fingers found her clit. Her own hands had not been idle. She already had Barret's cock out and was slowly stroking its length. 

She brought her lips to Barret's, kissing him gently at first until his lips parted, allowing her tongue to enter. Vas kissed him harder, showing him all the love and passion she had, and what he'd be missing during his absence.

Vas reluctantly broke the kiss, pulled her shirt off, and moved Barret over to the bed. She kneeled in front of him, pulled his pants down, and had him sit. "Now, let's see what I can do with this." Vas slowly licked her way up his shaft, and lingered when she came to the head. 

Pre cum was already starting to run down his length. "Is all this for me?" Vas coyly asked before scooping the clear liquid off. She put her finger in her mouth and sucked it like she would a cock. "Almost as good as your cum."

Barret looked at Vas with half open eyes. "You've been watching Birran porn again haven't you?"

"Birran male on human female," she admitted. "Are you complaining?"

"Not at all," Barret said as he stood up to fully disrobe. "But I think you need some attention now."

Vas happily stripped her pants off and got on the bed. "I have a request," she said with a smile. "I want you to fuck my ass like you did Charlie's. I brought plenty of lube."

Barret rummaged through Vas's bag until he found the item in question. He also found a few vibrators. "Covering your bases, Vas?"

"Well," she said slyly, "I don't want my cunt to get lonely while your cock's in my ass, now do I?"

Barret had Vas lay on her back, took a phallic shaped vibe and, and turned it on. He rubbed it up and down her slit and let it linger at her swollen clit. Vas moaned her approval. He then slipped into her wet pussy and slowly fucked her with it while he ran his tongue over her clit. 

"That's nice," Vas purred. "Keep doing that." Vas writhed in pleasure as Barret's tongue glided over her clit and the vibrator slowly moved in and out of her wet pussy. Before long, her skin had changed to lavender and her body convulsed in orgasmic bliss. She moaned and gasped as the pleasure surged through her. 

Barret turned off the vibe and quickly discarded it. Vas was about to complain when she felt his cock enter her. "I love it when you cum," Barret growled.

"Keep fucking me and I'll do it again."

Barret lay over Vas and slowly moved his hips. He brought his lips to hers and kissed her deeply while he slowly made love to her.

"This is different for you," Vas observed.

"I want this to last," Barret panted as he began to pick up the pace. "This is our last night together for over a month. I don't want a quick fuck."

Vas smiled and nudged Barret to roll on his back. She straddled his hips, grabbed his cock, and slowly slipped it back into her. "Don't worry. You won't forget this." Vas reached behind her and fondled her mate's balls while she rode him. Barret, meanwhile, pinched Vas's erect green nipples. 

"You've got fantastic tits," he groaned.

"Thank you." She leaned down and gave Barret a quick kiss. "Now I do believe I asked you to fuck my ass, didn't I?" With a coy grin, she dismounted Barret, grabbed a tube of lubrication from her bag, and covered her fingers with the slippery stuff. 

She gently pressed her finger against her backdoor, trying to relax enough to allow her digits access. With her free hand she grabbed Barret's cock and started to stroke it while she finger fucked her ass. "I want this," she moaned. "I want this so bad."

"Then get up on your hands and knees," Barret said.

Vas was more than happy to comply. She spread her cheeks when she was in position, showing Barret that her asshole was ready. But Barret wasn't yet. Instead of his cock, he used his fingers to loosen her up even more. "Give me your cock," Vas begged. "Please. I want to feel you fill me up."

"How can I refuse a request like that?" Barret grabbed the lube and gave his dick a coating of the clear fluid. He slowly eased the bulging head into Vas's anus, making her grunt at the intrusion.

"Slower," Vas said. "Nice and slow." Vas reached between her legs and rubbed her clit, trying to help her relax. She'd had anal sex before, but not with Barret. "I've never had a cock this big back there before," she explained. "So go slow."

"I won't move till you're ready," Barret replied after he'd gotten in as far as he could.

Vas closed her silver eyes and tried to relax. She felt her sphincter loosen around Barret's cock, so she pushed back against him. "Fuck me," she whispered. 

Barret went slow, knowing that he would cum sooner than he wanted because of how tight Vas's ass was. While Barret fucked her, vas reached for the discarded vibe and turned it back on. She slipped into her still wet pussy. "Fuck yes," she groaned. 

Barret let out his own grunt when he felt the added pressure from the vibe. "I'm gonna cum soon," he warned.

"So am I," Vas replied, already feeling that tingle. "Cum in my ass.... fill me up. I've never had cum in my ass before. Cum for me, James. Cum for me....."

Barret picked up the pace, driving Vas over the edge. He felt her tighten around him, which was all he could take. With an animalistic roar he let loose, sending surges of hot cum deep into his mate's ass. He kept thrusting after the last shot, riding out Vas's orgasm.

Vas slowly removed the vibe from her pussy. "I think I want to try a DP with a real cock next," she panted.

Barret withdrew his softening cock from her. "I think that can be arranged."



The next day James Barret, Grant Bonner, and Admiral Hill were walking into the docking bay of the orbital Space Force shipyard. Specifically, they were approaching a ship shaped like a capitol latter T. "This is the Fool's Errand," Hall said.

Barret snorted. "Fitting, considering what you're making me do."

"We use this ship to infiltrate smuggling rings," Bonner added. "It's got the latest model faster than light drive, and it has the maneuvering thrusters and sub light engines of a Maximus class cruiser. This baby is fast!"

"You won't be going at full FTL to Tref," Hill said with a gleam in his eye. "Like we told you before, we don't want the Verokk getting suspicious."

"So that means it'll take me two weeks to get there," Barret groaned.

"Don't worry," Hill said with a sneer. "You'll have Bug to keep you company."

"Who's Bug?"

A large grin spread across the admiral's lips. "The ship's artificial intelligence. I know how much you love AI's."

Bonner tried to diffuse the situation. "We're giving you false credentials, James. You'll be using the alias of a smuggler named Gideon Price." He slipped an ID and a data chip into Barret's shirt pocket. "Everything you need is already onboard."

"Remember what I said," Barret told his old friend.

"I'll keep an eye on them. I promise."

"Be careful," Barret warned, "Vas can be really stubborn."

"Time is money, Barret," Hall snapped. "You're behind schedule."

Barret got in the admiral's face. "This better not be a setup."

"Are you making threats now, Lieutenant?"

"I don't make threats, Hall." With that, Barret slung his duffle bag over his shoulder and strode to the Fool's Errand.

"I hope you know what you're doing, sir," Bonner said.

"I know exactly what I'm doing, Captain," Hill replied. "I'm making sure that we're ready next time the Verokk mess with us."



"Welcome back, Captain Price," a synthesized female voice said from a speaker grill over the pilot's station.

"Great," Barret grumbled under his breath.

"Course and speed for Haven is plotted and laid in. Awaiting order for final takeoff preparations."

"I can do it myself, Bug," Barret snapped.

"I'm sorry, Captain, but I have standing orders from Admiral Hall implicitly stating that I am to control all facets of the journey."

"Fine," Barret sighed as he took his seat. "Whatever. Let's just get going so we can get this over with."

"Affirmative."

With that, the Fool's Errand came to life. It's anti-grav thrusters kicked in, lifting it from its docking cradle and carrying it towards the opening bay doors. James Barret looked at the image in the rearview monitor, showing the orbital station, and the Earth itself, shrinking into the blackness of space. 

Barret reached into his duffle bag and took out the gift Vas had given him last night; a photograph of her, Jackie and Corva. The smiling faces of Barret's family brought a sad smile to his face. This was going to be a long trip.



"I'm glad you decided to meet with me, ladies," Bonner said to Vas, Jackie and Corva as they were seated at Bonner's favorite restaurant. Over the last ten days, Vas had ignored every call Bonner had made.

Vas was in no mood for small talk. "Don't thank me. Thank Jackie. She's the one who convinced me to show up."

Bonner rubbed his forehead. "How many times do I have to say that I had no idea what Hall was planning?"

"I'm over that," Vas said in an icy tone. "What pisses me off is that you were part of shipping James off on the exact same suicide mission under a different admiral!"

"We're trying to help you," Bonner protested.

"No new ship is worth James's life!"

"Vas," Jackie said in a soothing voice. "It's okay. Let's just hear him out."

"James is in less danger because of the safety protocols we snuck aboard Fool's Errand," Bonner calmly said. "I had my people go over that ship with a fine toothed comb. There was some funny stuff going on. Transponders that shouldn't have been there, and shadow programming in the AI. Hall's up to something, and whatever it is, it isn't good." He saw the skeptical look on Vas's face. "James was my best friend when we were in basic training. I love that man like a brother, and not just because he saved my life."

The surprised look on Vas's face told Bonner that he had her undivided attention. "I'll bet he never told you that did he? I'm not surprised. Has he ever showed you his Medal Of Courage?"

"He never showed it to me," Vas admitted. "I happened to see it hidden in a drawer after we got settled in with his sister."

Bonner smiled as their drinks and appetizers were delivered. "The System Patrol Fleet spends most of its time going after smugglers and drug traffickers. Right out of basic, I was assigned to the Sagittarius, and James was on board the Taurus, serving under Admiral Hall. 

"We were pinned down by three heavily armed attack ships out in the Kuiper Belt. James came in flying like a madman! No one had ever seen anyone pilot a ship like that before. He was waving the Taurus around those drug ships like no one's business, letting the gunners take out their engines and weapons arrays. At the end of it all, we got the whole syndicate, we had only minor injuries on the Sagittarius, and James was a goddamned hero!"

Vas just smiled and took a sip of her drink. "So he saved not just you, but everyone on your ship."

"That he did," Bonner replied. "And he's so damn modest that he doesn't even tell his wife about it." Bonner reached out and took Vas's hand. "Look, Vas, we are doing everything in out power to make sure James comes back in one piece, but we have to know what Hall is up to. It's dangerous, but that can't be avoided." He released Vas's hand and took out a small data pad. "Now, I want you to take a look at this." 

Vas's eyes grew wide as she looked at the image on the screen. "By the goddesses......."

"I thought you'd like that."



Barret had been an over glorified passenger for the whole trip since Bug, the ship's artificial intelligence, was running everything. The voyage from Earth to Haven took just over two and a half weeks; longer than it was supposed to. 

The Fool's Errand may have had a state of the art propulsion system, but the drive core built up a lot of heat that the environmental systems weren't able to deal with. Every twelve hours the Fool's Errand had to drop out of FTL to dump that excess heat, otherwise Barret would have been cooked alive.

Luck, it seemed, was finally with him, though. Unlike his last visit to Haven, this time he arrived while the planet was out of the path of the parent pulsar's radiation streams. He could dock immediately. 

Barret looked much different than he did when he left Earth. He had let his beard grow and, at Bonner's suggestion, had died his hair and beard black. Combined with the contact lenses that make his ice blue eyes brown, as well as masked his retinal signature, his face looked much different. Enough, he hoped, to fool anyone who didn't really know him.

As he came down the ramp from the docking cradle, he saw a welcome sight waiting for him. There was Larik'Ni wearing a distinguished looking suit. Her bearing made her look like the leader she truly was. And he could tell that, despite his disguise, she recognized him. 

"Captain Price," LarikNi said, trying not to let the surprise into her voice. "Welcome to Haven."

"Thank you Governor," he said, lowering his voice a bit to add to the deception. "I'm here on behalf of the Combined Terran Alliance to deliver a special guest to Earth."

"She is waiting in my office, Captain," Larik'Ni said graciously. "Come, and I will introduce you."



As soon as they were alone in the elevator, Larik'Ni gave Barret a crushing hug. "What are you dong here? Do you not know that the Verokk are after your head?"

"All too aware of that," he said, enjoying the feel of the Birran woman in his arms. "I wasn't given much choice in the matter." Barret pulled back and looked the governor in the eyes. "Can this woman be trusted? The last thing I want is to have my brain turned inside out halfway back to Earth."

"You need not worry. Zira is quite trustworthy."

"I hope you're right."



"Gideon Price, may I present Lakett Zira."

The hooded woman stood and turned around. When her hood was lowered, Barret saw the nearly perfect features, as well as pale eyes that gave him a blank stare. When she extended her hand, he saw the shimmering material on her sleeve. Barret immediately knew that she had that same material covering her whole body.

"A sensor netting?" he asked.

"That is correct, Captain," Zira said. "I am quite blind. This netting allows me to get around without walking into things." Zira lowered her hand when she realized that Barret had no interest in pleasantries. "I can understand you're unwillingness to trust me, Captain, but you have nothing to worry about from me."

Barret quietly sat in the chair directly across from Zira. "You'll forgive me if I don't believe that."

"Do you wish me to stay...Gideon?" Larik'Ni asked.

"Yes," he said. He needed to be sure she wasn't being mind controlled. He was still expecting to feel the pain of that mental invasion.

"Then let me put you at ease, Captain," Zira said. "I have no wish to further the agenda of the Imperium's leadership."

"Why?"

"Because they will lead us to extinction." Zira took a deep breath. "Tell me, how much do you know of my people?"

"Next to nothing."

"Which is by design." Zira stood and began to pace; trying to work off her nervous energy. "We have become very secretive. We Verokk are a very divided people. I am what is called Low Born. You see, I was conceived the old fashioned way. My parents, who were not selected to breed due to their genetics, fell in love, made love and conceived me. That is why I'm blind. It wasn't screened for and repaired while I was in the birthing chamber."

"Wait, your whole species is genetically engineered?"

"Yes," Zira answered nervously. "The leadership are what is called High Born. They are designed from the DNA up. They are striving for genetic perfection, and do whatever they can to give other High Born any advantage over other races. The latest addition to the genome was telepathic manipulation. That is something I do not have."

Barret still wasn't sure if he believed her. "So they're genetically engineered. Big deal. Jolek said they were all sterile."

Zira slowly returned to her seat. "The High Born are. They've engineered themselves to the point that their DNA can't recombine properly for reproduction."

"Which is why they have targeted the Muldaxians," Larik'Ni added. Zira had already told her this story.

"Okay, I'm confused."

"Then let me ask you another question. How much do you know of the Muldaxians?"




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"More than the average off worlder," Barret answered.

"Then you know of Muldax Gamma."

Barret blinked a few times. "The lost colony? What does that have to do with anything?"

"Then you do know that several thousand Muldaxians vanished from a colony world three hundred years ago."

"Yes," he said. "I also know that was why a Muldaxian cruiser was passing through the Sol System after my people fought off a Rullyde invasion. Survey ships were looking for clues as to what had happened."

"But they never found out." Zira sighed. "This is a hard story to tell. It is the genesis of my race and our greatest shame. The lost colony was taken by slavers from the planet Kij. Thousands of men, women and children abducted and repurposed. That was the start of the genetic modification. 

"Muldaxians were too well known in the galactic community to be sold as slaves, even in backwater systems, so they were altered. Their skin color was changed, they were made taller and more muscular, and their famous sex drives were decreased to almost nothing. But that was just the start. They were made stronger, able to get by on less sleep and less food. In short, they were made into the perfect slaves. Until they fought back. 

"It was a bloody uprising that lasted nearly a century, but the slaves won. They stole a ship and escaped. But that ship only had enough supplies to last a few months. Eventually, they had t settle on the first habitable planet they found. Only it was just barely habitable. 

"The ship had the necessary facilities for further genetic engineering so they could adapt themselves to that harsh environment. They named that planet 'Caverokus,' which is Muldaxian for challenge. But eventually, as the decades passed and the language changed, it became Veroxx."

"So you expect me to believe that the Verokk are really Muldaxians?" Barret snorted. "Yeah right."

"A simple DNA comparison with our Muldaxian cousins is all that is required to confirm this," Zira said. "Even with the extensive modifications, the basic structure is there. That is why the leadership invaded Muldax Prime! They believe that the only way to save themselves is to add unaltered Muldaxian DNA to the birthing chambers. That, and because they wished to retake the homeworld. I guess they feel that we're better than our Muldaxian cousins, and that they need to see our truth."

Barret still wasn't buying it. "What do you believe?"

"That Low Born like me are the future of my people. We can still have babies. I'm a mother; I have a two year old back on Veroxx. She stayed with her father while I undertook this mission." A sad smile crossed Zira's lips. "My mate tells me that she is very beautiful. That she looks like me. I'll never know." Zira wiped a tear from her eye. "I also believe that we need to reconnect with our history. The lost colony needs to once again join with the Commonwealth. I want my daughter to know who she is, and that includes her Muldaxian heritage." 

Barret thought for a moment. As much as he hated to admit it, it made sense, but there was one thing he wasn't sure about. "Why are you doing this?"

"I already told you," Zira protested.

"There's more to it than that. You're running the risk of leaving your little girl without a mother. So why?"

Zira sighed. "Your government has offered to try to give me sight; to let me finally see my mate and my daughter."

"Can't you get that fixed by your people?"

Zira huffed. "Verokk engineer, not repair. When I said my blindness would have been repaired in a birthing chamber had I been High Born, I was being kind. I would have been completely reengineered if I was lucky. It's more likely that I would have been terminated and the genetic engineers would have started from scratch. Human gene therapy is much more benign."

"I know," Barret said. "I've had it myself. I had a defective gene that made my blood unable to clot. It was fixed after I was born. But there's no guarantee we can fix your eyes."

"This is true," Zira conceded. "I have an alien genome that might be incompatible with your gene therapy. If that is the case, then I'll try cybernetic implants. But even if that doesn't work, I'm still going to help."

Against his better judgement, Barret believed her. "We'll set off in the morning. We'll see if the brass back on Earth believes you."

"That is all I ask." Zira stood and approached the door. "I bid you good night, Captain. Larik'Ni." With that, she left.

"You think she's telling the truth?" Barret asked after the door slid closed.

"I do. She has no reason to make up a tale such as that. Especially when a simple genetic analysis will prove if she is lying." Larik'Ni stood and approached Barret. "Come. You look tired. I can either take you to guest quarters, or you can spend the evening with me."

Barret had his first genuine smile in weeks. "I'll stay with you, if it's all the same."

"Be warned then, lover, you will get very little sleep in my bed."



Just as before, as soon as they were in Larik'Ni's apartment, they were tearing each other's clothes off. Only this time there was no first time exploration. They knew each other's bodies, and what the other liked.

Barret immediately went for Larik'Ni's center breast wile his hands caressed the other two. The pulled and nibbled on her nipple, causing her to moan in pleasure. "I do not need the foreplay," she aid breathlessly. "I need you inside me. Now."

Larik'Ni pushed Barret down on the bed, spat on his cock, and started to stroke it before mounting him. "I've not been with anyone since you and Vas those months ago."

Barret started massaging Larik'Ni's ass cheeks as she started to ride him. "A long time."

"Too long," she gasped before leaning down to kiss him. "And you?"

"Two and a half weeks ago with Vas." He started to buck his hips in time with Larik'Ni; thrusting up as she came down. "I fucked her up the ass for the first time."

Larik'Ni groaned at the thought. "I imagine she enjoyed it."

"We both did." Barret flipped Larik'Ni over so he was on top. "She was fucking herself with a vibrator while I was in her ass." He started thrusting faster, making his Birran lover groan as her orgasm built up.

"And... did you cum in her ass?" She reached down and rubbed her clit as Barret fucked her. She needed to cum now!

"Yes!" Barret moaned, both as an answer and as a sign of enjoyment.

"I have.... yes.... I have had my ass and pussy filled at the same time. Two of my own kind. They came at nearly the same time, filling me up completely. It was glorious!" Larik'Ni rubbed her clit harder as Barret sped up. "Do not stop... I am so close......." her eyes closed as the pleasure overtook her. Her mouth opened but released only a silent scream. Her back arched, her toes curled, and her pussy tightened around Barret's cock. He quickly pulled out, knowing he couldn't hold out much longer.

"Cum on my tits," Larik'Ni moaned. 

That was the only invitation Barret needed. He straddled her chest and started to quickly stroke his cock. In seconds, streams of white cum shot out over Larik'Ni's chest and neck. Shot after shot spurted out; an almost unending torrent. But as quickly as it began, it ended, and the last drop hung from the head of Barret's cock. "Jesus," he moaned.

"I think we will have to speak of past encounters more often," Larik'Ni giggled.



Vas stood looking out the window at the cool San Francisco night. She pulled her robe tighter around herself to fight off the chill.

"If you didn't parade around naked at night, you wouldn't be cold," Jackie quipped.

"I'm not naked," Vas argued. "Just mostly naked. And I'm just not used to such cool weather. I grew up on Muldax Prime's equatorial region, pretty far inland. I'm used to tropical, not coastal."

"Not to mention the fact that your home planet is warmer than Earth is," Jackie added. "He'll be home soon, you know."

"Not soon enough." Vas thought back to their dinner with Bonner. "Do you think James will go for it?"

"Probably," Jackie smiled. "It's not exactly what he was looking for, but neither was the Arrowhead when he first bought it."



The trip back to Earth was just as long as the trip to Haven. Every twelve hours they would stop to dump excess heat, and then continue on. And this trip was just as quiet as before. Zira had spent the first day walking the halls of the ship, getting used to the layout. 

Barret, meanwhile, kept to himself and tried to pass the time as best as he could. However, there was only so much Solitaire he could play without it getting old. "You know, Captain, there is such a thing as conversation," Zira said as she entered the cockpit. "There is no need to avoid one another."

"I don't know you and you don't know me," was all he said.

"And that can be rectified." Zira took a seat. "I don't know why you hare my people, Captain, but I can tell you that we're not all bad. You can't judge an entire species by the actions of a few."

Barret sighed. She was right. "I've had run ins with Verokk and Geddryn ships on the past."

"The Geddryn, Zira sighed. "Our greatest crime before invading our ancestral homeworld. They were a primitive people until we came along. We reengineered them to make them a slave race. We did to them what had been done to us. There were many on Veroxx who were against it; my great great grandmother among them, but we were all Low Born, and we were ignored."

I just wish I knew why certain people were being targeted," Barret grumbled.

"Probably because of a family tie to one of the leadership. I know that the Qop, the Hakilos, and the Endira families are being hunted for that very reason." Zira's sensitive ears caught a slight gasp from Barret at the mention of the Endira family. "You know the Endiras?"

"No," Barret snapped."

"Don't lie to me, Captain. I know you're hiding something." Zira moved to a closer seat. "I may not be telepathic, but I'm also not stupid! And my ears are better than most because I've had to rely on them so much. I know that Governor Larik'Ni almost referred to you by another name. I don't know who you really are, but I know you're not Gideon Price!"

"You're right. I'm not."

"If I had to guess," Zira continued, "based on your reaction a minute ago, I'd say you're James Barret."

"And if I am?" Barret asked, his temper rising.

Zira's face softened. "Then I'm grateful. Very few have survived as many battles against the Fleet as you have, Captain."

Barret got a confused look on his face. "You don't hate me."

"For what? You've done nothing to me. Except ignore me. And I'm willing to let that slide if you start talking to me." Zira smiled and stood. "Come on. Let's go have a bite to eat and talk."

"About what?"

"About the one thing we have in common. Our families."



The remainder of the voyage was enjoyable until the Fool's Errand entered the Sol System's gravitational boundary and found itself in the crosshairs of a Verokk ship.

"Unidentified vessel," the ship's captain said over the com channel. "You are entering a disputed system. State your business."

"Disputed system my ass," Barret replied. "This system is human territory and you know it. I'm going home, which means I don't have to tell you anything!" With that he closed the channel.

"Are you sure that was a good idea, James?" Zira asked.

"No. But what choice do I have? Bug, Protocol Zero Nine. Send a coded distress call to the Patrol Fleet."

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Captain Price," the AI replied. "Standing directives from Admiral Hall prohibit me."

"That son of a bitch," Barret grumbled.

"Looks like you were right about being sold out," Zira sighed. "Now what."

Before Barret could answer, the ship was rocked by an explosion off the port side. "Bug, what's going on?"

"Verokk ship fired a warning shot. Shields weakening. Weapons systems offline."

"Get them back up!"

"Unable to comply. Standing directives from Admiral Hall prohibit me."

Barret ran his hands over the holographic controls. "Evasive action!"

"Unable to comply. Standing directives from Admiral Hall prohibit me."

Another explosion rocked the ship. "That's it! Zira, strap yourself in." Barret made a dash for the door.

"Where are you going?"

Barret pulled the data chip Bonner had given him from his pocket. "I'm gonna go even the odds."



The System Patrol Fleet was comprised of thirteen ships, all named for the constellations of the Zodiac. The flagship, the Ophiuchus, was commanded by Grant Bonner. He had stationed his ship out in the Oort cloud, a vast repository of cometary debris that enshrouded Earth's solar system. He was right there when the Verokk ship attacked. "Have we received a distress call from the ship under attack?"

"Negative, Captain."

"So we move in anyway. A human ship is being attacked in the home system. Sensor logs are recording?"

"Affirmative," the gunnery officer said. "Admiral Myers is gonna love this."

Barret had run full speed to the ship's AI core. He quickly slipped the chip into one of the ports, and waited while the ship's systems rebooted. Then he made a mad dash back to the cockpit, hoping it had worked. "Bug!" he shouted when he ran through the door. "Send that distress call now!"

"Affirmative, Captain Barret," Bug said in a happy tone. "Be advised that the Ophiuchus is on an intercept course. As is the Gemini."

"So Grant's coming to bail me out and and Hall's coming to sell me out. Great. What are our chances against this thing?"

"Not good," Bug replied. "Despite Captain Bonner's efforts, my weapons systems were rendered nonfunctional before re embarked."

Zira started to panic. "We can't fight back!?"

"We can always fight back," Barret growled. "Bug, find that thing's engine core and lay in a course."



"Captain Bonner," the sneering image of Admiral Hall said when the hologram appeared in his console. "I'm ordering you to stand down. The Fool's Errand is lost."

"Not happening, Mason," Annette Myers sneered when she walked onto the bridge. "You're standing down, and then we're taking you into custody."

"Under what authority?!" the irate admiral demanded.

"Well for one thing, I outrank you! Not to mention the fact that I know all your secrets. Your going to go away for a long time, Mason."



"Engine core located," Bug reported.

"Under the keel?"

"Affirmative."

Barret took a deep breath. "Zira, I'm about to do something really stupid that almost killed me the last time I tried it."

"Did it work?"

"I'm here, aren't I?"

Zira gave a determined nod. "Then do it."

"Bug, open a channel to the Ophiuchus." Bonner's face quickly appeared. "Get your ship to a safe distance, Grant. "I've got another one of my bad ideas!"

A look of panic spread over Bonner's face. "Helm, get us the hell out of here now!"

"All right, Bug, as soon as they're clear, get us right underneath the Verokk engine core."

"Affirmative. Moving into position."

"Okay." Barret took a deep breath. "I love you, Vas," he said to himself. "Bug, give me manual control."

"What are you doing?" Zira asked.

"Hoping lightning strikes twice. Hold on, I'm hitting the FTL drive!"



From their monitors, the bridge crew of the Ophiuchus saw the bright flash of light as the Fool's Errand activated its faster than light drive. 

The ship was inside the system's gravitational boundary, and the backlash caused by it rocked the entire Verokk fleet, knocking their systems offline. The Opiuchus itself was at the very edge of the shockwave, and suffered minor damage. "Get, James on the line now!" Bonner barked.

"No response," the communications officer reported.

"The rest of the fleet is en route to capture the Verokk ships, sir," the navigator said.

"Good. At least there's that."

"Captain, I've got him!" the com officer yelled.

"James you crazy bastard! Are you trying to get me killed?"

"Sorry, buddy," the fuzzy image of Barret replied. There was a very shaken Verokk woman standing behind him. "I know Vas would have killed you if this didn't work. Then she would have found a way to bring me back from the dead so she could kill me all over again."



Three days layer, after medical observations and debriefings, Barret and Vas were again at Artemis Stations with Charlie Ross, Grant Bonner and Annette Myers.

"Good work, Mr. Barret," the admiral said. "Thanks to you we have Ms. Lakett in protective custody, the Verokk shipa and their crews have been captured, and the Coalition Council is standing by us in our military actions to protect ourselves, and to drive the Verokk off of Muldax Prime. Vas, you should hopefully have your homeworld back sooner rather than later."

"What about Hall?" Barret growled.

"He's faces numerous charges," Annette said. "It turns out he was trying to incite an all out fight with the Verokk so the contractors he's invested in could get their warships funded and built. This was all about money."

"He's a traitor," Vas said. "I say do to him whatever you do to traitors on Earth."

"Don't worry. He's already been stripped of his rank. The other charges will keep him from seeing the light of day for a long time. And now for the reason we're here. Miss Ross?"

Charlie pressed a button, opening the door to one of the docking bays. Inside was a ship that looked like a larger, sleeker version of the Arrowhead. 

"James, meet the Centaur. She's a Titan class ship that was built by the same people who built the Hyperion class. You could say that this is the Arrowhead's granddaughter. She's bigger, more fuel efficient, and uses Helium 3 powered thrusters instead of those old cluster ion engines. She also has a lot more cargo room and living space. What do you think?"

Barret slowly approached the ship. She slowly ran his fingers along the smooth contours of the hull, just as he had done with the Arrowhead all those years ago. "I like it."

"Wait till you see the inside," Vas squealed. "The floors are all carpeted! I can finally walk around the ship barefoot."

"So I can assume that you'll be buying the Centaur?" Charlie asked.

"No. But I will be buying the new Arrowhead." A serious look crossed his features. "But she's gonna need some work. Ablative armor and tactical grade shields are chief among them. I lost one ship, I'm not losing another one."



Transport Ship Arrowhead



Besides, Barret had lost his bond mate only five short years ago. Vas was surprised to hear him speak so readily about her. There was a sadness in his voice, but it wasn't consuming. "Bonding was her idea," he said. "But then again, it usually is the woman who asks."

"What did her brother think?" Vas asked.

"Bor was all for it. Their parents on the other hand....." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "They came around, though. We had a few problems with people who thought she was polluting herself with alien seed, but we ignored them."

Suddenly, alarm klaxons sounded. "Warning," the ship's onboard computer announced. "Alien ship detected off starboard aft; it has a weapons lock. Shields raising."

Barret swung his chair to face forward. "Identify the ship," he ordered. Before the computer could respond, the Arrowhead was rocked by a pair of impacts. "Warning, faster than light corridor disrupted. Returning to sublight space."

The swirling white and blue panorama that had filled the view ports faded to reveal the blackness of space. "Computer, damage report. And who the hell is firing on us?!"

"Shields down to 81.3% No structural damage. Attacking vessels identified as Lorex class Verokk Imperium warships."

"Lorex class," Vas gasped. "Those are invasions ships!"

"Great," Barret muttered. "Computer, where are we?" He looked over at Vas who had strapped herself in. She was terrified.

"Current location in neutral space, 0.5 parsecs from Muldaxian system."

Another impact rocked the ship. "Warning, shields down to 77.2%"

A ship shaped like a jagged spear came into view. A chime from the communications system indicated an incoming message. "Attention, invader," a raspy voice said. "You are in violation of Verokk space. Surrender or be destroyed."

"Like hell I will," Barret snapped. "This is Captain Barret of the cargo transport Arrowhead," he said into the comm. "You've got a lot of balls attacking me in neutral space like this!"

Another blast rocked the ship. "Warning, shields down to 67%."

"That's it. We're getting out of here." Barret quickly fired off a salvo of plasma bursts at the Verokk ships set a course for as far away from their attackers as he could. As soon as they were clear Berret reestablished an FTL corridor. The Imperium vessels were right behind them.

"This is an SOS distress call from the Earth transport Arrowhead," Barret practically shouted into the comm. "I'm being pursued by three Verokk warships and they don't like me very much. A little help would be nice!"

Vas, meanwhile, was looking at Barret. "What now, James?"

"Hold on tight," was all he could say. 

Vas reached for Barret's hand. "If we don't make it out of this, I..." 

"So do I," he said. "But don't count us out yet." He targeted the lead ship. "I've got five nega torpedoes. Three loaded in the forward tube, and two in the aft. That should give those fuckers a bloody nose." The flip of a switch sent two cylinders from the Arrowhead's aft tube towards the lead Verokk ship. The resulting explosion knocked it and one other ship out of FTL. "Two down, one to go, and no torpedoes left in the aft tube."

"Attention, Verokk warship," a voice called over the comm. "You are pursuing a civilian vessel in neutral space in violation of interplanetary law. Stand down immediatley." Vas and Barret saw two saucer shaped Coalition patrol ships coming to their rescue. The Verokk ship immediately changed course.

"Attention, commander Arrowhead," a female voice said. "This is Admiral Serena Mendez of the Starship Mercury. You all right, over there?"

"Thanks to you, Admiral," Barret said, relieved. "We're a little turned around here and our shields have taken some hits; where's the nearest spaceport?"

"Epsis Major is about an hour's FTL flight from here. And there's a consulate there so you can file a grievance against our... friends. What were you doing in this neck of the woods anyway?"

"Giving a friend a ride home." Berret gave Vas's hand a squeeze. "Looks like I have a Muldaxian refugee. What are her options?"

"Have her talk to the consulate," Mendez replied. "We'll give you two an escort in case the Verokk come back. Mercury out."

The Epsis Major outpost was larger and much nicer than the Beta Romol station. Epsis Major was predominantly a water world; the outpost was basically a small artificial island floating on the equatorial ocean. There were plenty of private swimming holes, which gave Vas a chance to have a relaxing skinny dip after her ordeal. She was drying herself off when she saw Barret approaching. He was ogling her, so she spun around to give him a good look at her ass.

"You act like you've never seen me naked before," she said playfully before kissing him. "Everything go okay?"

"I guess," he said. "It'll take a few days to repair my shield generators, so I'm stuck here for a while"

"And Muldax Prime?" Her lip was starting to quiver. 

"Sanctions and embargoes have been set up against the Imperium, and there's a Coalition strikeforce currently en route. They hope to have Muldax Prime liberated within the next six months." 

Barret saw a tear run down Vas's cheek. He took her in his arms, not caring that she was still dripping wet from the pool. "I know, it's not much. But it's something. From what I was told, a lot of Commonwealth, Coalition, and civilian ships have been trying to get people off the planet for the last few days. They think that's why those ships stopped us."

"Where do I go now?" Vas wasn't even trying to hold the tears in.

"Well." Berret looked down at her. "You said the Dorrinites would love to have you back. I'd even be willing to drop you off if you want. Or.... "

"Or?"

"You could stay with me." Berret looked into her silver eyes. "I've gotten used to having company."

Vas didn't give him an answer right away, and he didn't ask for one. Her whole world had, quite literally, been thrown into chaos. She knew she loved Barret, and she was fairly sure he loved her. It would all come down to one question: Did Berret want her around because he loved her, or because he just wanted a friend with privileges. She made it her mission to find out.

They shared a nice dinner of genuine Muldaxian cuisine at the Epsis Grill. Then they retired to Vas's quarters. They wasted no time in ripping each other's clothes off and collapsing on the bed. Vas immediately went for Barret's cock and took it in her mouth. She sucked it deeply, then released it. Vas gave the underside a long, slow lick, then she circled her tongue around the head. She was licking and stroking him relentlessly, trying to coax an orgasm from him.

"Keep that up and I'll blow," he warned.

"We don't want that just yet, now do we?" She pushed him down on the bed and climbed over him. She positioned herself over his head, her dripping pussy just inches from his face. "What are you waiting for?"

Barret didn't need more of an invitation than that. He pulled her down on his mouth and impaled her with his tongue. "Oh yessssss," she groaned. "That's it, right there." She started grinding herself against Barret's face. He pushed her up enough so he could get his tongue on her swollen clit. This time when he sucked it into his mouth, he gently nibbled it. Vas almost fell forward. "You, bastard," she groaned. "You wait till now to do that?" Barret answered by nibbling more. 

Vas reluctantly pulled herself away from Barret's face; she was having a hard time sitting up. Besides, she was more interested in Barret's orgasm than her own; curious about where he'd be willing to ejaculate. Vas laid down next to Barret and started to caress her clit. "Are you coming aboard or what?"

Barret climbed on top of her and eased his bulging cock into her waiting hole. He let out a long groan as he felt her tighten around him. Vas wrapped her legs around him and started rolling her hips. He started thrusting in time with her movements.

The faster Vas moved, the faster Barret had to move to keep up. "Vas," he groaned. "Slow down."

"Not on your life." She started moving faster yet. She felt her pussy start to pulse. "I'm about to go, James. Keep fucking me." No sooner did she say that than her skin lightened to lavender and she started to twitch. "Yeeeeeesssss," she screamed.

Vas's orgasm seemed to last an eternity. When she came down, she noticed Barret pumping faster and grunting with every thrust. He was close, so she tightened the grip she had on him. "Don't you dare pull out," she demanded. "I want you to cum in me!"

"Vas?"

"Cum in me, James," she panted. "Bond with me. Love me like I love you."

Barret gave the only answer he could. He released a torrent of cum that shot deep inside Vas's pussy. He growled like a wild animal with each surge. Finally spent, he collapsed on her. She let go of him and started stroking his hair. After a few minutes he propped himself up so he could look his lover in the eyes, and kissed her deeply.

"You are mine, as I am yours," Vas said.

"Where there were two, there is now one." And with that, the bonding was complete. "I take this means you're staying with me?"

Vas gave him a mock thoughtful look. "Hmmmm, I don't know. Do you love me?" 

Barret smiled at her. "Very much."

"Then I'm staying with you." 

When the Arrowhead left Epsis Major four days later, the revised crew roster listed Captain James Barret and First Mate Endira Vas. And they had a new mission; helping Muldaxian refugees get to safety. They were hoping that very soon they would be returning the people of Muldax Prime to their homes.