Chapter 18

Alex and Luminia were busy going over the schematics and design of the bridge they wanted built. They had finally decided about the structure and aesthetics of the bridge when a holocall pinged them. Curious on what it was about, Alex ambled over and answered it.

“Commodore Tomisic, did I catch you at a bad time?” Korsa asked over the line.

“Not at all Doctor. Was just going over some details of the bridge for the crevasse with Luminia. What is it?” he asked, concerned.

“The results from your tests and the girls’ have come back and they are ... well, unexpected!” the Khontaran woman told him.

“Oh? Please, explain,” Alex said.

“It would be much better if you were down here to hear and see it for yourself, sir. I have already put out the call to the rest of the crew, informing them to get their butts down here, ASAP,” Korsa informed him.

“As you wish, Doctor. Luminia and I will be on our way down momentarily,” he told her as he weighed the news he had just heard. There was much that he would have to think over, that much was certain. Whatever the doctor had found, he hoped that it wasn’t anything that would prove troublesome to them.

Alex gestured to Luminia, and she followed along, right on his heels. They quickly made their way to the monorail station and were on their way to the hospital wing in minutes. They disembarked the moment they arrived, both of them anxious about what Korsa had to say about these new powers emerging as they had.

Alex walked into the hospital wing and found that the rest of the crew had already arrived. By the look of things, most had only just walked in and were settling into their seats. Alex looked around and saw that couple more chairs sat there for both him and Luminia.

“Ah, Commodore! Glad you made it here so quickly! Please, sit!” Korsa said anxiously. Nodding, Alex seated himself, as did Luminia, and they waited for it to begin.

“As you all know, some of us have ... manifested certain new abilities, which has given rise to where it all came from. Though I may not have all the answers, I possess some of them at least,” Korsa began as various holographs sprang to life around her.

“These holograms show your biometrics and body activity. These are all what they were from before,” she stated in a sweeping gesture. “This is going on inside each one of you, right now.”

At this statement, replicates of the current holograms flared to life next to each current one. These new holos displayed something that differed greatly from the old ones! DNA helix strands, brain activity and even the very bloodstreams of everyone who had manifested this power were lit up like a tree on Christmas eve!

“These DNA chains that are now active, what’s going on with that?” Natalya asked.

“I’m still trying to figure that out myself, but from what I can tell, these chains which are now active, are the catalyst, or the result of our abilities. It doesn’t just end there Nats. Have a look at the brain activity,” Korsa went on.

Natalya did just that and saw that said brain activity differed greatly from what it was previously! She gaped at these new changes, wondering just how they came about and why they came to be!

“Our Infra-Low and Gamma waves seem to be operating at a higher level now!” Kasumi said out loud. “And what’s this? I’ve never seen brainwaves like this!”

“That, is an entirely new set of brainwaves active in you, me, Nats, Shazza and Alex. I call them ‘Epsilon Waves.’ Whatever they are, we can now link them to both our increased brainwaves and our DNA chains. They operate at a much higher frequency than most brainwaves, well above forty-three hertz,” Korsa explained.

“But ... that’s impossible! No one has brainwaves that operate above forty-three hertz! Not even the most talented psionics of the galaxy!” Inari breathed.

“Well, unless you think all of this medical equipment here is garbage, then you could be right. But I’ve triple checked the findings back and forth. What you’re seeing here is real,” Korsa told her friend.

“So ... these brainwaves, combined with the now active DNA ... is responsible for my ... otherworldly abilities?” Alex asked.

“It would seem so, but they go further than that. Here are the samples of your other bodily functions as of now,” Korsa told him, as she queued up the samples. In his neural pathways, bloodstream, even right down Alex’s very cells, sporadically flared with violet energy. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing and was amazed, that such a transformation had happened to him!

“It’s not just you that this is happening to,” Korsa went on as she also brought up the holos for Natalya, Kasumi, Shazza and herself. They all displayed bursts of power and energy within them, each one of a different color.

“I have found one interesting correlation with our new Epsilon waves. They seem to operate on a frequency similar to each other, yet unique to each one of us,” Korsa stated, showing everyone comparisons between their new brainwaves. She was right on how they were all similar, yet differed in both obvious and subtle ways.

“Interesting thing is, that our ... abilities, manifested almost simultaneously, which is both intriguing and bizarre,” Korsa went on, stumped about how it could have happened.

“I think the Ghost of the Ages had something to do with this,” Luminia supplied.

“I believe so, but I’m stumped how it affected Alex first, then us afterwards. Especially since he could fight the bastard like he did,” the Khontaran woman said.

“That’s a good point. How did that happen Alex? Do you have anything you think could explain it?” Kasumi wondered.

“If I did, I would have said something. I’m at just as much of a loss as the rest of you are. I do not understand how I could break out as I did. Maybe something with those women in my dreams, these ... Violet Ladies. I would like to get some answers out of them if I ever see them again,” Alex stated, bewildered by all of this.

“That would be a good place to start, as your energies are violet. So, these Violet Ladies, who or whatever they are, must be real somehow. Anything you could learn from them would shed some light on the things I don’t know. But there is also another matter that I need to bring up,” Korsa went on.

“Oh? What is that?” Pree asked, who was equal parts amazed and mystified at what she was learning.

“That not only Alex’s, but everyone else’s chromosomes have changed. The presence of quad helix DNA has become more prevalent, which is something that is curious. We may also connect it to the rise of these abilities, but I won’t know unless I do more tests and research,” Korsa stated.

“OK, hang on a second. There’s an elephant in the room that I need to address. Why did this old man’s power affect and awaken such power in you five, but didn’t do diddly shit to myself, Priya and everyone else involved?” Inari asked, curious but also ... jealous?

“I asked myself that same question, which is why I had taken recent samples of you, Pree, Taal’ani and Lumi, after I finished with the others. The samples came back showing that whatever happened didn’t affect you because you didn’t have the correct DNA sequences,” Korsa explained.

“Is that a guess?” Inari challenged.

“It is, but it’s an educated one after cross checking your DNA against ours. Looks like you lacked what it needed to activate or manifest abilities like we had,” the Khontaran woman explained. “The quad helix DNA, which occurs in every living being, is more prominent in our genetic makeup and several of our DNA markers are of a similar pattern. What I’ve discovered is educated guesswork.”

“Even when the Artucian wielded this power, they were few, from what the legends tell,” Luminia supplied helpfully.

“I guess it’s like that old saying love. Genetics is a lottery, you either win, you lose or break even,” Priya said to her lover.

“I suppose. I just wish I had gotten some cool powers and become a bonafide Starwitch, you know?” Inari grumped.

“I get that!” Korsa chuckled. “But, we still don’t know if there are any real drawbacks to using this power. So far, I’ve discovered nothing that shows such, but there’s still a lot that I need to discover and learn.”

“Speaking of discovering and learning, is there any way that this is something like what psionics do? Inari mentioned that such beings exist in the galaxy, so I’m curious if they are in the same bracket,” Alex queried.

“Absolutely not! Psionics, while gifted, still operate within the standard frequencies of most living beings. This, what we have here, goes beyond anything that psychics can manage. Lightyears beyond!” Korsa iterated.

“Hmm! I guess I get to realize a dream and fantasy that most other people from my time didn’t! I get to be like Doctor Strange!” Alex said excitedly.

“That ... isn’t a bad analogy,” Korsa replied, thinking the idea over. “I think that might be the most appropriate one in fact!”

“But, there is still a lot we have to learn,” Natalya stated, bringing everyone out of the clouds. “We’ve just been flubbing our way through these abilities, acting purely on instinct. We need to get better with this ... power.”

“I couldn’t agree more, but you got to admit, the thought of being some super cool space witch has its appeal!” Kasumi responded enthusiastically.

“I’ll give you that,” Nats laughed. “But mama, how do you know that this energy goes beyond what psionics are capable of?”

“That’s a fair question and the answer to that is simple. With psionics, the ability to do anything with it is limited by the strength of your mind. This ... energy doesn’t appear to have any limit to it. That and it leaves behind an energy signature that is ... baffling! I’m still trying to figure out just how it works and why it leaves behind such residues, to begin with!”

“I know that everyone probably has a lot more questions and I wish I had answers,” Korsa said, ending the presentation. “And I will have answers for all of you when I can do more research into these energies. Until I have more raw data to process, we are just going to stick to what we know.”

“Well, by the sounds of it, you have your work cut out for you Doctor!” Alex said as he got to his feet. “Any ideas on where to look for the data you need?”

“Taal’ani, what about those books and junk we took from that old man’s home? Have you and Jaesa made any headway with it?” Natalya asked her friend.

“Sadly, we’ve made little progress with it. There are few runes or letters that we can sort out, but it’s one big jumble that makes no sense. If we had a baseline to work with, I could tell you something. The problem is, we don’t have one,” Talon said sourly.

“I have a spot of good news if everyone will hear it?” Jaesa chirped, drawing everyone’s attention.

“Please, enlighten us with what you have learned Jaesa!” Alex enthused.

“The hard drive that you recovered from the Columbus, I have decoded it! We now know not only the last recorded directions of the other Magellan class ships but the approximate locations of the remaining Prometheus vessels!” she reported with an air of excitement.

“That is spectacular news!” Kasumi exulted, her smile lighting up her face.

“Weren’t you having trouble with decoding the drive from earlier? I remember you griping about it when we were gaming,” Taal’ani mentioned.

“I was having difficulty with it true, but that was until I remembered something from the Commodore’s report. That you had found the drive inside the novel of Robinson Crusoe. After bringing up the novel and cross-referencing key phrases and words, I could break the cipher,” the AI stated.

“Well done, Jaesa! This at least narrows our search field for the lost ships considerably! With this knowledge in hand, it shrinks the timetable of finding them!” Alex replied.

“What was the timeframe you had imagined of us finding the ships?” Inari wondered.

“The lost Prometheus class vessels? Rough estimate put it at around thirty years,” Alex said.

“Yikes! Long ass mission!” Talon yipped.

“I know! At least now, we can it down to maybe four, five years tops? That’s my best guess anyway,” Alex admitted.

“It would be closer to three years if my calculations and guesstimates are on course,” Jaesa piped up. With that, she brought up the galactic map, displaying the galaxy at large. Highlighted on the hologram, were the approximate locations of the lost vessels from both eras, showing where they would most likely be.

“This is amazing news Jaesa! Thank you for your due diligence on this! At least now, we can form a game plan of where to go and what we can do,” Alex smiled, thanking the AI. “But it has been a long ass day, so what do you ladies say to taking an early night and getting up early tomorrow morning?”

“I’m all for that!” Pree chirped, with Inari maybe a second behind her.

“More sleep. Sounds like a good idea to me!” Nats said as she yawned cutely. The rest of the crew was behind her on this assessment, even Korsa, who groused about it at first.

“It’s not like the research is just going to disappear mama. It will still be here when you wake up and it won’t get done right if you’re dead tired,” Natalya told her adoptive mother, whose excitement about the research was clear.

“Fine, I’ll take the rest of the night off. I hate it when you use logic against me,” she grumped playfully. Nats stuck her tongue out and Korsa stuck out hers back before they giggled and followed the rest of the crew as they departed.

They boarded a monorail cart and headed back to the Officer’s deck, everyone feeling hungry. They quickly debarked when they arrived, and everyone raided the fridge for what leftovers they could find. As everyone gathered their food, a lively conversation ensued about the new energies they could use and what they could use them for.

“Well, offensive capabilities, as shown by Alex,” Korsa said.

“Maybe there are defensive abilities that we could learn about or use,” Natalya said, thinking about being able to defend herself from oncoming threats.

“Then there is the possibility that it could heal people, or help them in some medical way,” Alex suggested.

“Took the words right out of my mouth Alex,” Korsa smiled as she retrieved her food. “The very idea itself is ... enticing, especially since the energy and its source is, from what I understand, limitless.”

A long conversation ensued, with everyone putting in their two bits about what they could with the energy. There were dozens of ideas thrown around by everyone and while some sounded plausible, others were just too crazy to take seriously. Alex chuckled at some of these ideas, knowing how they came from pop culture, among other places.

He sat there, finishing a small dessert of palacinka, when Kasumi caught his eye. She looked like she’d been trying to catch it for a few minutes, as her stare was intense. She then swabbed at a few crumbs on her plate with her forefinger, before popping the finger into her mouth. Kas sucked at it for a few seconds, before repeating the gesture.

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what she wanted. Alex cocked his head, telling her they should get to his quarters, to which Kasumi smiled. The rest of the crew was deep in conversation, so them leaving was unnoticed. The only person who did really notice them leaving was Natalya.

Nats quirked an eyebrow at Kasumi, the look on her face one of curiosity. Kas responded by licking her lips and teeth, before sending the woman a kiss. Natalya couldn’t help but grin as the lovers walked out arm in arm. Kas knew that she’d have to dish on how this encounter went, but it was a price that she was happy to pay.

The moment they were clear and away from the Officer’s mess, Kasumi bolted, laughing gaily as she went. Alex gave chase, familiar with this game and eager to play it. His long legs ate up the ground beneath him, allowing him to catch Kas. She squeaked and dodged his incoming arm, narrowly evading him catching her.

Alex grunted in frustration and tried again, only to have Kasumi turn the tables on him. She turned and caught his arm, before leveraging it and slamming the man against the door to his quarters. He cried out in surprise as he found himself pinned between the redheaded woman and the door. Keeping her grip on his arm, Kas leaned in and kissed him, letting her tongue delve into his mouth.

Alex groaned and responded in kind, his tongue flicking out to meet hers. Normally, she would have let it into her mouth and given some ground, but not tonight! She let his tongue stroke hers but kept kissing Alex aggressively. She broke the kiss and looked up at her man, a carnal fire in her eyes.

“This is ... this is new! Where did this sudden dominance come from?” he asked, taking in a few breaths.

“It’s always been there inside of me, but I kept it buried. I wanted to make sure that the man who sees it is the man who has my heart as I have his,” she replied honestly. “Why? You have a problem with strong and aggressive women who take charge?”

“Not at all! In fact, I enjoy women who are strong enough to take charge and take what they want. Meek women do not interest me,” he smiled. Kasumi giggled a bit before kissing Alex again, opening the door, before closing it behind them. The pair quickly lost their clothes, leaving them strewn on the ground and Kas led Alex by the dick into the bathroom.

“Shower sex? You read my mind!” he chuckled as she turned it on.

“I’ve been wanting a repeat of what happened in the locker room, but with room to move around,” she said. “Safe word is ‘Dolphin’. Now, are you ready to obey your mistress?”

“Yes ... mistress,” Alex replied.

“Good boy. Now, on your knees and service me. I want to see if you can make me cum,” she demanded of him while stepping underneath the falling water.

“As you wish, mistress,” Alex replied, playing along, familiar with being dominated. He got on his knees and started into Kasumi, licking the outer areas first, warming her up. Kas was humming in delight as she felt Alex’s tongue move towards her steaming core. She was glad that he was taking his time, getting her nicely heated.

Her breathing sped up when he drew closer to her outer folds, her nerves setting her to shudder. Kas couldn’t speak as Alex’s tongue was robbing her of her speech. His hands were also doing a good job of that, as they kneaded her sumptuous ass. She slightly pushed her hips forward, pushing her puffy lips to meet Alex’s.

He got the message and stopped teasing her, diving into her slippery cleft. Kasumi sighed heavily, as the relief for her burning need was being sated, but Alex was also ramping it up. Her teeth clenched as she could feel the endorphins racing through her blood, bringing her to a state of near bliss.

Kasumi’s legs shuddered as she could feel the rising onslaught of her senses, threatening to hammer her hard. She could feel her orgasm approaching, and the burning need to cum ached within her. Kas felt it coming at her slowly and though she wanted it now, she also wanted to savor its arrival.

Alex kept going at her, licking her outer lips until they were dripping, before going for her inner ones. This method he was doing, was driving her to near total madness with how slow it was, but she knew that full control remained with her. She placed both hands on her man’s head, taking a firm grip on before pulling it into her nethers.

“Your mistress ... needs to cum ... now!” she crooned. Alex rumbled a sound of acknowledgment and dove into her harder. She squeaked at what he was doing, using his tongue and teeth to nip at her. Her arousal shot upwards, reaching the peak almost immediately. It was the moment that one of Alex’s hands snaked to her backdoor and probed it ever so gently, that she lost it.

The dam burst and Kasumi howled in orgasmic agony, wanting and needing the release, but never wanting it to end. She shook and convulsed, her body wracked with the high of cumming and she slumped against the shower wall. The hot water played across her naked body as she recovered, and Alex let her rest.

“That ... that ... that...” she said, her mind trying to form proper sentences, but failing.

“Is my mistress pleased?” Alex asked. Kas’ eyes snapped open, and she smiled, happy to see that he was still in character. She looked down at him and noticed that he had a raging hard on. The sight of it made her lick her lips, and she crooked her finger, having Alex stand.

“You have done well to please ... your mistress,” she breathed. “But now, you have another task. I will suck your cock, but you must not utter a single word or move when I do this. Move at all and I will punish you severely for it. Obey and I will reward you. Understood?”

“Yes mistress,” Alex replied and Kas squatted down, taking his dick in her hands before she wrapped her lips around it. She hummed and sucked, intent on giving Alex a good blowjob. He hissed and moaned, but otherwise, he didn’t move or speak, which made her hum in approval.

Kasumi took Alex’s ball sack in one hand, holding and kneading it gently. She massaged his balls as she did so, eliciting more moans and groans of pleasure from the man. Kas could tell that this was torture for Alex, but she could also feel just how hard he was getting, and she loved it! He’d never been this hard before and if taking charge like this got him this riled, she would have to do it more often!

She kept blowing him, slicking him up and sucking as hard as a vacuum cleaner. Kas paid particular attention to the head of his cock, turning it an angry shade of purple. Her other hand corkscrewed his shaft, thickening it and making him so hard, that Alex’s cock felt like chrome steel.

Kasumi could hear the grunting and groaning pick up to where she could tell that Alex would blow. She backed off, but it was too late, and his cock fired off load after load of cum. Kas took a few loads into her mouth before it became too much and she backed away, the successive loads painting her tits. She cried out in surprise at this, knowing that she was good, but didn’t think she was that good!

“What the hell was that?!?” she demanded angrily.

“I apologize mistress, but standing still and what you were doing to me was making my blood and balls boil. I couldn’t stop myself,” he apologized, breathing heavily.

“I will need more than that because you are now ... useless?” she questioned as she put her hand on his dick. She looked back down and saw that it was still as hard as it had been from when she was sucking him off.

“H ... how ... w?”

“I believe that it is a side effect of the enzyme Korsa gave me. That and watching you suck me as you did was so damned sexy. What man wouldn’t be perpetually hard after all of that, mistress?” he queried.

His response made Kas smile, and that he was still sporting a super hard cock helped. Her smile morphed into a grin and she kissed him, tugging on his dick slightly as he kept dribbling cum.

“Well then, I expect you to fuck me but good and not cum until I say. Is that clear?” she intoned.

“Yes, mistress. Very clear.”

“Good. Now, take that monster of yours and fuck me!” she demanded. Leaning against the wall, Kas grabbed one leg by the ankle and pulled it upwards. Alex’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped, awed by her display of flexibility. Shaking himself out of his daze, he walked forward and lined up his cock with her cunt, before plunging it into her. She sighed happily as his dick filled her snug inner passage.

Alex stood there for a moment, relishing the sensation of her tight little hole before he started moving. He pumped slowly, taking his time, as he didn’t want a repeat of what just happened. After blowing that load though, he was sure that he’d last considerably longer. He could feel the buildup of his balls, but it was slow, and he was sure that he’d have Kas begging for his cum before he got close.

Kept sliding his shaft in and out of her, pushing hard into her before withdrawing. This constant stream of motion sent Kasumi further and further along into the throes of bliss, where she wanted to stay. Alex’s pace picked up as he was plunging into her harder and harder, drawing small little squeaks with each slap of his hips.

Kasumi knew that if he kept this up, she would be cumming again soon. Though she wanted it, she wasn’t sure if she’d stay upright long enough to enjoy it. She let Alex take her for a few minutes longer, before changing things up.

“Stop. I want you on your back, so I can ride that cock of yours!” she purred.

“Yes, mistress,” Alex replied and did as he was told. Pulling out of her, he quickly lay on the ground, his dick pointing straight up, waiting for Kasumi to take it. She stepped over him, one leg on either side as she lowered herself onto him. Alex was already doing the work of lining himself up to her tight tunnel, which had Kas purring. She sighed in delight as he impaled her on his thick cock, enjoying the feeling of being filled again.

“Mmmmm! Yyeeeessssss!” Kasumi moaned as she started to ride Alex. She looked down for a second to see Alex’s hands holding her tits aloft. She looked down at him with a cocked eyebrow and he just smiled.

“These must be heavy mistress. Let me hold them for you, so you can enjoy yourself better,” he responded.

“Good boy! For thinking of your mistress’ comfort, you may fondle my breasts and pinch my nipples. Not too hard though,” she told him.

“Yes, mistress. Thank you, mistress! May I suck on them too?” he asked carefully.

“If my tits wind up in your face, you may, but no getting up from your back,” she breathed as she ground her hips into his.

“Yes, mistress. Thank you, mistress,” Alex replied before he started fondling her rack. Kasumi couldn’t help but shiver in pleasure at this! Kasumi always wanted to do a sexual fantasy with her being the Dom and her man, the sub. She never thought she’d have time to fulfill this fantasy, but here she was, not only living it, but with the man of her dreams!

Her hips moved up and down, sliding on Alex’s thick shaft, drawing hums and moans of bliss from him. His hands kept working her tits, sending additional spikes of electricity through her nerves. Kasumi worked her hips faster, feeling the familiar twinge in her loins.

She could sense that she was getting close and wanted it to be a good one that left her breathless. Alex had so far obeyed her command, so she rewarded him by leaning over his face, dangling her tits into it. Seizing the opportunity, he latched onto one of her nips and sucked like he was milking her.

Kasumi squealed at the sensation, as it sent a bolt of lightning to her pussy, making her spasm wildly. She knew that she didn’t have long, as Alex sucking on her boobs like he was, pushed her peak right to her doorstep. Her hips were a blur as she kept fucking him, but Alex then thrust his hips upwards, as hard as he could. The friction that mashed her love button was enough to set her off, and she wailed as it tore through her.

Kasumi’s mouth hung open as she screamed, her eyes bulging out of her head. Her pussy fluttered, then clamped down hard on Alex’s dick, sending him perilously close to the edge. Thankfully, Alex blowing his wad earlier prevented it from happening, at least this time. He kept thrusting up into Kas, trying to prolong her peak for as long as he could.

The woman trembled, before falling forward onto him, but Alex’s strong arms caught her, and he slid her down next to him. Her breath came in ragged gasps, as she struggled to recover from her mind numbing orgasm. Alex stroked her face, which brought a smile to her face and she purred even more with the attention.

“Is my mistress pleased?” he asked gently.

“Very pleased!” she whispered. “I just ... need a ... moment.”

“Take your time mistress. We have all night,” he told her as he kissed her forehead. Kasumi sighed, enjoying the ripples that ran through her as her breathing came down to normal. She lay there, wondering what she could do, or let him do, for giving her a stellar orgasm. A thought then popped into her head and it was deliciously naughty one! One that she would be pleased to let Alex do!

“You served your mistress well. Now it’s time for you to take your reward. I want you to fuck your mistress, in the ass,” she told him as she sat up.

“You want it, in your ass, mistress?” he questioned.

“Did I stutter?”

“No, mistress. It shall be as you wish mistress,” Alex replied, as a smile found its way onto his face.

“Take my anal cherry and once I tell you to, fuck me like you own me. You may cum in my ass, as your poor little cock needs to unload its heavy burden,” she hissed as she bent down and kissed his dick.

“Yes, mistress! Thank you, mistress!” Alex said as he shuffled to his knees. Kasumi scooted around until she was on all fours, with her ass presented to him. She instructed him to fuck her pussy more, lubing his dick up before he tried pressing it into her. Alex did as he was told and was soon pressing his cockhead at her rear entrance.