Chapter 10: Lies

The Gavel of Justice winked back into normal space well out from the Oort cloud. Mishka had explained the purpose of a judge’s gavel to the Trade Association’s council, but refrained from playing If I Had A Hammer during their stay. After they learned of the Seeker’s genetic meddling, he doubted any of the council would care about the implications.

They were finally coming home. Shortly after the exit from the FTL-enabling warp field, Mishka ‘spoke’ with Tawny about their final plans and anticipated arrival.

Tawny flush with new information, projected, <Mishka, that Seeker review board, committee, whatever?”>

<Yes, Love?>

Tawny sighed, then continued, <They aren’t really judicial. They’re a disguised, secretive, higher level, executive action agency. Even BEM didn’t know. They betrayed not only us; the lower level Seeker were deceived as well. Apparently, they’d intended selling and trading off chunks of Earth to other desperate species. Think ‘Illuminati’ on steroids. I’m glad you are on the way home.>

<I just cranked it up, Tawny, > injected Captain Siobhan. <So what’s the rest of the story?>

<Well, family, > Tawny broadcast to her whole Nexus, <we’ve got seven more who want to join us. A set of human triplet ‘experiments’, one beauty like Jade, two real sweeties from our new allies living in Missouri, and get this, a second-generation prodigy. Think Siobhan and the twins combined.> She strengthened her link to Mishka’s Nexus, mentally circled, and pulled. <Welcome aboard Rose, Violet, Scarlett, Jin Ae, Beryl, Honey, and Sugar.>

<Hello ladies, > Mishka greeted his new family members, <How do you feel about all this?>

<You have no idea what a relief it is to be full members and not just lurkers to your ongoing sex show!> Scarlet told him. <It took us a year to find out what was going on. If not for Beryl, we never would have. We’re all so horny, we can hardly stand it.>

<That goes for me, too, > Tawny chimed in. <You and Jolly have no idea how needy we are. Peek through my eyes. I think you’ll find your new wives attractive.>

<Someone hug Beryl, hard!> Jade warned them. <It’s about to hit. Any minute now.>

Jade was right. As Beryl ‘saw’ the members of her new Nexus, the depth of her family’s personal betrayal swept through. She exploded, “Those cowards!” <I look like you, and you, and you... > She wailed and sagged into Scarlett’s arms. “I really am an experiment. They never let me know, and all my life I thought I was flawed. Then they disposed of me,” she cried, then dissolved into almost inconsolable weeping.

Their ship’s name was awkward, but appropriate. Distances required the Trade Association’s traveling troubleshooter and judiciary review panels - that would be Mishka’s Nexus - to be investigator, judge, jury, and punisher. When starting home, Mishka thought it was to rest and relax, but with Beryl’s information, they would be back on the job.

They approached the Solar System high off the elliptic, hoping to avoid detection. Beryl’s information that a Seeker station was orbiting Jupiter troubled Mishka. Beryl and Jade assured Mishka that the xenophobic Seeker typically used deceit rather than overt violence - that they’d use poison rather than a knife - Mishka was concerned and careful.

The three-week trip inward gave the Nexus adequate time to decide on a course of action and flesh out the details. Did I mention flesh? The Nexus’s new members were also allowed time to integrate into their new family AND for horny to become their almost overwhelming state.

The Gavel, remained in Earth orbit crewed by the Seeker’s ‘experiments’. A ship’s shuttle landed at the Athens, Ben Epps Airport, and Mishka exited, followed by Imp and Pounce, then Jade and Jolly. From the newish terminal, Tawny and Peace rushed to greet their arriving family. They warmly embraced Imp and Pounce, then each grabbed one of Mishka’s hands and pulled him into the terminal.

Boner and Loki were beside themselves. With the arrival of Jade and Jolly, they had two new best friends they had to decide between. And they had competition for the new arrivals’ affection - a very possessive Jack Russell Terrier. Jackie positioned himself between the two Seeker and the invaders and sought to herd them away.

Ignoring the circus, Tawny stripped off her belt, dropped to the floor, raised her butt, and presented her pussy to Mishka. <Now!> she demanded. <Too long. It’s been too long. Now. Then Peace.> While Scarlett’s party watched, open mouthed, Peace was working to remove Mishka’s clothing. Jade, having left the three dogs outside, moved over to the still shaken Beryl, hugged her, and said, <You’ll get your turn tonight, and it will be worth it.>

Then she broadcast to the new members, <You folks need to sit down. Tawny is in estrus and extra sensitive. Women of The People don’t have a clit. The whole inside of her pussy is a bundle of clit-like nerves. Estrus means she gets a bonus. She’s going to explode, and you’re along for the ride... >

The now naked Mishka bent and nipped the back of Tawny’s neck, then turned her, saying, <Remember, not submitting - as equals!> Then, meeting her very obvious need, he plunged his full length into her hot depths.

Tawny spasmed and mewled.

As Mishka moved in and out, Scarlett’s cadre felt what Tawny felt, saw what Tawny saw, and simultaneously, were with Mishka as well. They were in total rapport with each other and their new family. When Mishka moved to the now supine Peace, they anticipated his penetration like an addict anticipates a needle.

Neither of the two stay-behind beauties were sated, but their physical needs were blunted. They could now look forward to their new sisters’ induction, and to a slightly lesser extent, trying out Jolly and his sizeable tool.

<By all that’s dear, > Scarlett asked her sisters, <right man, shmight man, what in the world were we waiting for?!>

<This!> her sisters told her. <Definitely! This!>

As mental greetings continued and other physical greeting started, Monica’s young twins, Kára and Sigrún, broke loose from their mother and aunt. Recognizing the reality of triplets, they were fascinated and toddled their way rapidly to Violet and Rose. Upon arrival, they lifted their arms and demanded, <Up! We need up!>

Demands met, their small arms circled necks, and cheeks were smothered with kisses. Scarlett gathered in her sisters and their charges, and the five cuddled physically and mentally. Tears running down her cheeks, Scarlett turned to Honey and Sugar and told them, <We can have babies; Beryl can have babies, we need to get you a man so you can have babies, too!>

In the lull, Siobhan shepherded Jin Ae to the side and whispered, “Until you have hair on your pussy, Mishka won’t sex you. I have five, and I’m still waiting.” She shrugged, “I count them every morning. If it weren’t for Pounce’s tongue, I’d go crazy.”

“I have more than five,” Jennie whispered back, “And some starting in my pits. Maybe the two of us can gang up on him.”

The horny super geniuses shook hands and hugged. A conspiracy was born.

Viewed from the outside, the stolen station was a slowly rotating torus around a perpendicular spire. The rotation had nothing to do with generating centrifugal artificial weight; rather it acted as a gyroscope and served to steady the structure. The station, like the Traveler’s stolen ship and the Gavel, had an artificial gravity generator - several actually, spaced equidistant around the torus.

Passenger ships docked to either end of the spire. Cargo ships had a trickier docking, much like airplanes land on an aircraft carrier, but with a process that required them to calculate a tangential approach in order to settle ‘on top’ of the torus.

Roughly two miles behind the stolen station, the Traveler’s stolen ship, itself a huge, mobile station was following the same Jupiter orbit. The coasting Justice approached the station, hiding from sensors in the ‘shadow’ of the ship.

Two factions of Seeker were aboard the stolen station. The largest was the team tasked by Mishka to clean up and preserve the Earth - a huge task for such a small group. A Nexus of some five hundred was also sequestered - the orbit within orbit faction - masquerading as the Seeker oversight and review council. This group had managed to conceal their larger treachery from the rest of the Seeker and so avoided being banished during Mishka’s earlier judgment.

Aboard Justice, Bub turned to Mishka and Scarlett and told them, “I think that at least one reason the Seeker are so devious is their lack of sophistication in technology. They’ve concentrated their talents in biology and are true wizards in that arena, but they were dependent on other species to get into space - still are. They can learn to use mechanical and electrical technology, but they don’t understand it.”

“And while they are adept strategists, any change can throw them. Their tactics - I think you’d say - ‘suck’. They just don’t anticipate reactions or see near term implications. For example, they were spooked when some humans were found to be alive. So they stole the station before it was fully turned over to them. Our construction protocols, securities, overrides, and passwords are still in place.”

He continued, “I can’t know for certain, but I don’t think those fools even left a station-keeping watch aboard our ship. If we keep to a position behind it, I doubt those aboard the station will even notice us. Once my team crosses and boards our ship, most of our task will be easily accomplished.”

Mishka sighed, nodded, and told him, “And this is the species I tasked to preserve Earth ... Okay. But, be sure to stay suited up. Remember, they may be chauvinistic and overconfident, but they got you once with some sort of biological agent; there may be traps.”

Bub indicated his understanding and signaled his team to head towards the Gavel’s number two shuttle. Turning to follow, he hugged Scarlett and told her, “You watch out for Honey and Sugar, and bring back my niece - alive - please.”

Scarlett hugged her friend back, and practicing her new mental abilities, she told him, <I doubt it will go perfectly, but we’ll get the job done. You know your piece of it. Wait for Mishka’s or my signal. You won’t hesitate?>

“Not a second,” Bub replied.

Those Travelers still aboard the Justice waited an anxious two hours until Mishka relayed Bub’s triumphant <Done. There were no Seeker aboard. They locked the controls into passive mode, but I used the Captain’s override, and the ship is ours again. I’ve activated our construction remotes for the station, and my team is already manning the construction control module, so we know exactly where each Seeker is located aboard the station.>

Mishka’s Nexus could ‘hear’ directly, but Mishka continued to relay Bub’s communications aloud for the rest, <Look on your main screen, and I’ll use red to highlight the entry ports that have no Seeker near. Blue stars indicate one or more Seeker, and green is the location of my niece. On your order, my team will silence the station’s collision alarms, cut out its entry monitoring, and unlock all empty ports. You’ll have your choice where to enter.>

Even with the Traveler’s help, boarding and taking a large, occupied space station was going to be a dangerous, difficult, and tedious process, even a ship staffed by presumed incompetents. Mishka divided the tasks among specialty teams. All wore airtight, hooded ship suits and were armed with .22 magnum pistols. Both were hoped to be unnecessary, but they protected against any biological or chemical agents, and the pistols should be able to prevent or stop attacks without seriously damaging the station. Following their agreed upon plan, the Gavel’s number one shuttle ferried five teams to the Travelers’ ship.

Team one - was led by Mishka, necessary because as Nexus Prime, he had the strongest powers. With Mishka were Cyd as legal advisor, Imp The People’s empath to read the variety of emotions and intentions, Josella and Susan, and five of Horeb’s former slaves.

Team two - Led by Jade was otherwise made up entirely of nine of Horeb’s former slaves. They were to reassure and comfort Seekers desiring separation or forcefully separated from their Nexus. One of the former slaves was a Prime, and he was present to gather in any desiring refugee.

Team three - Led by Scarlett, was to rescue and protect Bub’s niece. This team was made up of Beryl, Violet, Rose, Honey, and Sugar and backed by four additional Travelers.

Team four - Led by Jolly, was the reserves. Personnel evenly split between rescued slaves and Travelers, they could fight or provide technical assistance as needed.

Team five - That was Siobhan and Jin Ae - highly pissed at being designated ‘communications backup’ and assigned a ‘support’ post in the Travelers’ construction control center.

<Blossom, are you alone?> Honey sent to her cousin aboard the station. In her mind, she had already determined her cousin’s name-to-be among humans.