Chapter 2

 Zeke woke the next morning and discovered the lights were already on, probably the light had woken him up. He was in the same position as when he had gone to sleep. Sori was still curled up on top of him, but had shifted position during the night and was now resting peacefully under the covers on the left side of Zeke’s chest, with Zeke’s arm draped loosely around her.

What an experience, thought Zeke. Just yesterday he was an average college student; today he was going to become a defender of the galaxy, and had spent the night making love to a cute little alien named Sori.

The door opened and Walter walked in.

“You’ll never guess...” started Walter.

Walter froze, speechless, his mouth hanging open. Finally, Walter found his voice, “No way.”

Zeke made shushing motions, pointing to the sleeping Sori.

“You didn’t,” stammered Walter, “Zeke, tell me you didn’t.”

Zeke pointed to the door. Walter finally got the hint and left, looking back in disbelief.

Zeke lightly stroked the hair on Sori’s head.

The look on Walter’s face had been something else. As interested in aliens as Walter was, Zeke would have never figured him for a xenophobe. Well, Walter would get over it, like he had gotten over his fear of Mvek after their first encounter.

Sori wiggled a bit, waking up, then crawled further up on Zeke’s chest, so her face was directly above Zeke’s face. She looked into his eyes for a bit, then blew softly into Zeke’s nose. Zeke blew back at her and ran his fingers teasingly down her spine.

Sori stopped blowing on Zeke’s nose and climbed out of bed. She grabbed her clothes and headed towards the toilet cubicle. Shortly, she came out and entered the bath cubicle.

Zeke took the opportunity to use the toilet cubicle himself and remembered Walter’s advice from last night, apparently whatever exposed flesh was over the device got cleaned thoroughly. He would never have to worry about skid marks again, Zeke laughed to himself.

Sori had already left when Zeke checked the bath cubicle, so Zeke took a quick shower.

He looked around and found some supplies in a cabinet over one of the built-in desks. A short, blunt stick was labeled “toothbrush.” There was no toothpaste, but, remembering the toilet, it didn’t take a genius to figure out how it might work. After some experimentation, Zeke found squeezing the end activated it. The stick labeled “shaver” worked even better. In seconds his light stubble was gone.

In the closet, Zeke found some clothes he had not seen before – several sets of the same light, comfortable pants and sleeveless shirts he had seen Dan wearing. There were no shoes to go with the other clothes so Zeke decided to go barefoot. The clothes were a comfortable as they looked, but ordinary; certainly nothing like one would imagine alien clothing to be like.

Looking at the unmade bed, Zeke tried the hand gesture. To his delight, the sheets straightened and the covers tucked themselves back in their place – a perfectly made bed in seconds. According to the computer, the bed was self-cleaning, so no worries about changing the sheets.

Zeke found the other humans in the dining room and went over to greet them. Breakfast was laid out neatly for them, buffet style; it looked like a normal Earth-type breakfast food. None of the aliens were about.

Walter was sitting at a table by himself. He was wearing yesterday’s clothes, but they were cleaned and looked like they had been ironed. Even the pencil marks over his pocket protector were gone. Zeke had forgotten to check his own clothes, but they were probably just as clean.

Zeke picked out has food took his plate over to sit by Walter.

“Hey dude,” said Zeke, “You’re not going to stay freaked out over this morning are you?”

“No,” said Walter, avoiding Zeke’s eyes.

“But?” prompted Zeke.

“It’s just...” started Walter, looking disgusted, “I mean, she’s not even human.”

“We’re up here with all these aliens,” said Zeke, “and you’re talking like a xenophobe. How would you feel if Mvek and Susan got it on and Sori said eww, gross, she’s not even an alien’?”

“Well,” sighed Walter after a minute, “I guess you’ve got a point, but Mvek is pretty gross. If you look hard, you can see his insides through those feathery things on his chest.”

“Aw,” said Zeke, “those are just some sort of gills. I don’t think it’s gross, just different. Anyway, it seems to me the Greys and Sori are more humanlike. You don’t think they’re gross, do you?”

“No.”

“See,” said Zeke, “that wasn’t so hard. If you get more comfortable with the aliens, just smile at Sori; she might pay you a visit.”

“No way,” said Walter, eyes wide, “You just... smiled?”

Zeke smiled at Walter, not saying anything, and started on his plate. What he thought were eggs and bacon turned out not to be real meat at all, but something like vegetarian food. They definitely tasted different, but were not bad.

After breakfast Mvek invited them to the sitting area. Mvek requested the humans wait in the sitting area while he conducted the tour for their last guest, who was being picked up this morning. To Zeke’s surprise, Mvek activated some holographic viewscreens so they could watch.

The ship rapidly descended towards Earth. They were headed towards the night side of the planet, but the viewscreen showed an enhanced image making it easy to see. Not that there was much to see, they seemed to be descending towards an ocean, far away from land.

Soon a small watercraft came into view, and the ship stopped just above it. Mvek did his platform trick. A man came out, dressed in a heavy coat. This time the platform hovered beside the boat, and after a few minutes of looking at Mvek, he jumped aboard the platform.

Mvek had not turned on the sound so they could not hear the discussion as the man toured the ship, but the man definitely seemed impressed and was asking Mvek a lot of questions. For some reason, Mvek did not lead the man to the sitting room when they were done, but instead took him back down to his boat using the platform.

Once Mvek came back aboard, the ship rapidly left the ocean surface and returned to space. It did not stop after exiting the atmosphere, but continued onward, the Earth visibly dwindling in the viewscreen.

“I somehow expected the stars to streak by,” said Dan, “but if it weren’t for the view of the Earth shrinking so fast, I’d swear we were standing still.”

“We’re probably still in the solar system,” said Walter, “the stars are so far away we’d have to be moving a lot faster to even notice them moving.”

Just then, Mvek entered the room.

“How come the guy didn’t join us?” asked Zeke.

“He stated joining the Hirthal was not his desire,” said Mvek.

“He’s not the only one,” said Susan to Zeke, “five people chickened out before you two came.”

“You are all here,” said Mvek, “do you reconsider your decision to leave Earth? Know we require a month to return after today.”

“No way, I still want to see the galaxy as much as before,” said Dan.

They all agreed.

“I am pleased,” said Mvek, “We now start the mental stimulation procedure. Please follow me.”

Mvek led them to a room they had not seen before. Circular, about 30 feet in diameter, with comfortable looking chairs around the circumference. The chairs each had a built-in padded headset in the open position.

Sori was also there, but did not give Zeke any special attention. Was last night it, or was she just being professional around the others? Zeke wished he could speak Sori’s language now.

“Be seated,” said Mvek.

The humans each took a chair and Mvek showed them how to get into the headsets. It was pretty simple, just position their heads comfortably against the mesh and pull down the top part. With the headset closed, it shut out most of the light and ambient noise.

Zeke wondered what the mental stimulation would be like, and soon got his answer. A gentle prickling radiated throughout his scalp, barely noticeable. Then a hologram appeared before his eyes. It was an empty space surrounded by a faint wavy line, and was soon replaced by a single dot, then two dots, then three dots, all the way up to seven dots. Then he heard a monotone voice say “numbers.” The voice then said “Ovi,” as the an empty space glowed. “Nai,” as the single dot glowed. “Sri,” as the two dots glowed. It continued up to the seven dots, “Tei.”

Was he supposed to remember them all? Zeke realized he had already forgotten what number one was.

The voice went through the numbers again. This time each word was accompanied by a strange feeling, as if his attention were completely focused on the moment. Zeke found himself forgetting everything else, his entire world the voice and the numbers. And then it was over and he could think again.

Zeke realized he could remember the words for all the numbers easily: Ovi, Nai, Sri, Hoi, Wui, Lyi, Mbi, Tei.

He didn’t have too much time to congratulate himself though, an outline of a circle appeared, the voice said “shapes,” and in moments it had gone through more shapes then he even knew existed. From circle to dodecahedron.

And it continued with units of measurement, body parts, household items, foods, plants, planets, spaceships, actions, and everything under the sun. In between times of the strange focused feeling Zeke knew he was remembering everything. Too bad he hadn’t had this to study for zoology tests at his college.

Zeke was startled when it finally stopped and Sori was lifting his helmet up. He started to get up but as soon as he raised his head he felt dizzy. Sori gently pushed his head back down.

“Four. Minutes,” she said.

Good idea thought Zeke as he waited for the spinning to stop. In a few minutes it did.

Zeke considered what Sori had said, he knew she had told him to rest for a few minutes but had said it in Standard. Not a complete sentence, just individual words. And he knew what those words meant without having to translate them into English in his head. He knew Wua’s of Standard words, but probably not all of them.

But he had no idea how to put them together in a sentence. Well, that could come later.

“Holy shit!” said Susan, “I remember them all!”

Now that was definitely English, thought Zeke. He didn’t think they had covered cursing yet.

“Lunch,” said Sori.

Somewhat unsteadily, they made their way to lunch. The dizziness had mostly stopped, but no one felt very much like talking.

An hour after lunch Sori led them back to the teaching room and they went another round with the machine. When it was over they somehow found their way to their quarters. Zeke took a nap and suspected the others were doing the same.

Zeke woke up in a few hours, better but still feeling a bit fuzzy. A few people were in the dining room. Dinner was subdued, they just didn’t have the energy to make conversation. Zeke finished eating and left.

Wandering about the ship for a few hours cleared Zeke’s head, and he started thinking about Sori. Did Sori consider them in a relationship? And if so, what kind of relationship? Zeke had no idea. For all he knew, they were either married or she was preparing to cook and eat him for her next meal. Zeke decided not to assume anything, he would just follow Sori’s lead. She was definitely different, and more importantly, she was not human.

Her face did not show expressions the way a human female’s would, but from her heavy breathing, flushed face, and gentle moaning, Zeke was positive Sori had enjoyed last night as much as he had. Perhaps she would be up for another night of fun.

He hadn’t ran into her so far, maybe she was in her quarters. But even if he did know where it was, should he just barge in on her? Well, Sori had barged in, so maybe that would be all right. Perhaps his computer listed the location of her quarters...

Shortly, Zeke gestured his door open and sat down at his computer. The box labeled ship looked promising. He touched it and a cut-away three-dimensional image of the ship appeared, showing the layout of the decks. But it did not identify who was in the individual quarters. Would the computer be able to tell him?

“Computer,” said Zeke, “show me Sori’s quarters on the hologram.”

One of the rooms glowed brighter. That must be it, decided Zeke. Third door from the end of the main hall on the left.

It was starting to get near bedtime, so Zeke took a quick shower, hung his used clothes in the closet to be cleaned, and put on some fresh clothes. Hopefully he would catch Sori before she went to sleep.

Zeke walked down to the other end of the main corridor, and used the gesture on the third door. It opened, revealing a brightly lit room.

The room seemed to be in the middle of a forest, but Zeke quickly realized the viewscreens were at work. Thick trees with large fanlike leaves covered the walls of the room, a light blue sky with a few fluffy clouds graced the ceiling.

Other than the interesting wall display, the room was the same as Zeke’s, right down to the large bed in the middle of the room. Sori was seated at a computer with lots of alien text floating before her. She turned in her chair towards Zeke as he entered.

“Tai,” said Sori, looking at Zeke.

“Tie,” said Zeke, wondering what he was agreeing to.

The language lessons hadn’t gotten to the words for making out, so Zeke walked over to Sori, knelt in front of her so he was eye-level, and slowly blew on her nostril slits.

“Three. Minutes,” said Sori, firmly pushing Zeke’s head away.

Sori hurriedly walked into the center room with the toilets. In about a minute she came out and entered the room to the left. There was a reason for putting the toilet and bath in one room, Zeke mused, as he waited for Sori to finish bathing. Before her three minutes were up Sori came out, naked. She lay down on top of her bed and regarded Zeke.

Sori was something else, Zeke thought. She didn’t seem to have any hangups about sex and she certainly looked ready enough to give it another try. Zeke remembered Sori going to sleep soon after cumming, and decided to prolong their encounter as long as possible. Sori had seemed content to just lie there until Zeke’s finger had gone inside her vagina, what would happen if he just avoided the inside of her vagina for a while?

Only one way to find out, Zeke concluded. He got undressed quickly (not having shoes or underwear made that easy) and lay down beside Sori, propping himself up on his elbow.

Zeke started blowing gently into Sori’s nose slits again. Sori responded by blowing back at Zeke. This was nice, but didn’t do much for Zeke except tickle his nose. Sori hadn’t liked mouth-to-mouth kissing, so Zeke decided to move on to something they both would enjoy.

Starting at Sori’s neck, Zeke trailed kisses down her chest until he was close to her bellybutton. Last night, Sori had really seemed to enjoy having her bellybutton touched, so Zeke decided to spend some time there.

Before touching her bellybutton, Zeke delicately kissed circles around it for a while. Sori’s breathing had already deepened a little, Zeke noticed. A few licks into Sori’s bellybutton caused her to suck her stomach in, but Zeke, undeterred, kept licking.

After a while Sori started squirming a little. Zeke stopped, afraid she was getting too excited. He didn’t want Sori deciding it was time to end their encounter like she had last night, in a quick fuck. That would be just fine for later, but would mean Sori dropping off to sleep.

Leaving Sori’s bellybutton alone, Zeke lightly caressed her stomach and sides, watching for a reaction. Sori’s breathing slowed, telling Zeke he was getting cold.

Zeke moved her legs apart, allowing better access to Sori’s pussy. If caressing arms and legs didn’t work, what about her pussy lips? Zeke remembered Sori sucking her breath when he blew on her pussy last night.

Running his fingers through Sori’s pussy hair, Zeke moved to get a good view of her pussy. Once he was in position, Zeke lightly caressed the outsides of Sori’s pussy lips, paying attention to her breathing. Zeke kept up the caresses for a while, but couldn’t detect a change in Sori’s breathing.

Interesting, Sori seemed to have just a few hot spots. However, Zeke knew two of them: bellybutton and the inside of her pussy.

Zeke slowly parted Sori’s pussy lips. Sori’s vagina was relaxed, not slowly contracting and leaking fluid like the night before. But that was about to change, decided Zeke.

Taking a deep breath, Zeke softly blew over the insides of Sori’s pussy, avoiding her vagina for now. Breath after breath, Zeke kept up his attentions until Sori was breathing heavier again, her vagina leaking and slowly contracting. Sori didn’t seem to have a particular spot she liked, so maybe the entire pussy area was it.

All the blowing was starting to leave Zeke a bit light-headed, so he switched to kissing and licking. Zeke slowly licked the undersides of Sori’s pussy lips, and then started at the top of her pussy and licked down towards her vagina, but stopped just short of it.

Sori’s vaginal fluid had leaked down over her thighs. Zeke moistened his finger in the fluids and lightly touched Sori’s anus, which immediately tightened.

“No. Please,” said Sori, still breathing heavily.

Hmm. Did Sori mean she didn’t enjoy having her anus touched as an individual, or was her preference biological? Enough exploring, Zeke decided. He was going to determine how much Sori would get worked up without having her vagina touched.

Zeke massaged Sori’s pussy lips with his fingers while licking up and the insides of her pussy, always avoiding her vagina. And this time Zeke did not stop to try something else, but continued his assault in a measured pace – he was prepared to lick her until he dropped.

After a while, Sori started to moan between her breaths. It was working! Zeke didn’t change his pace a bit, listening excitedly to Sori’s lengthening moans. Sori started to squirm, her vagina pulsing faster.

Sori suddenly sat up and put her hands on Zeke’s shoulders.

“No. Please,” said Zeke in Standard, placing his hands gently on Sori’s shoulders.

Sori slowly complied and allowed herself to helped to a resting position on her back once more. She was still squirming as Zeke resumed his attentions to her pussy lips and inner pussy.

Sori alternated between moaning and taking deep breaths, her squirming increased. The sounds were getting Zeke really turned on. Sori sat up again.

“Now. Please. Urgent,” Sori gasped, pushing hard on Zeke’s shoulders. Zeke saw Sori’s face and chest were deeply flushed, and her eyes didn’t seem to be focusing very well.

Zeke allowed Sori to force him to his back. Sori was on top of him in a flash, impaling herself on his erect cock. This time, Sori didn’t waste time slowly lowering herself, inch-by-inch, on his cock – she took the entire length at once and immediately began rocking her hips back and forth. She crossed her arms over her chest and hugged herself tightly.

Sori’s vagina was pulsating rapidly around Zeke’s cock, and the sensation was even better than last night. Tight, warm, and wet. Zeke could feel Sori’s fluids dripping down on his groin. Unable to help himself, Zeke started slowly thrusting his pelvis up and down.

This caused Sori to moan louder and shiver, her flush deepening further. In seconds, Zeke felt the familiar fluttering of Sori’s vagina. The sensation was fantastic, driving Zeke to the brink of orgasm. Zeke grabbed Sori’s hips and began thrusting harder, lost in the exquisite sensations.

Sori’s orgasm seemed to go on forever, stimulating Zeke’s cock until he could take no more. He came hard into Sori, groaning at his release. Sori’s fluttering stopped soon after.

Sori sighed and fell gently forward, resting awkwardly on Zeke’s chest. Zeke moved her arms and head to a more comfortable position and pulled his deflating cock out of her.

“Computer, covers, dark,” said Zeke.

The lights went out and the covers somehow pulled out from under Zeke without jostling him too much, and came to a rest over him and Sori. The lights went out, leaving just three small moons for illumination.