Chapter 18

Moth wanted to go. I thought she would be greatly disappointed, if we left without her, and just because she was sleepy.

Dog joined us on our trip to the base. He ran ahead, sniffing the ground. He was just happy to go for a walk. I had been giving serious consideration to what I should learn next. I wanted to learn the layout of the base, with all the important points, and a way to defend it against attack. An assessment of what was wrong, and how to fix it, was my next priority. If the machine felt my mind was capable of more education, I wanted additional physics and math. Thinking about what Kitten said about the various levels, I might just get to 'grade one' level, soon.

Nova led us up the incline carrying some of the food and eventually down the first flight of steps. She took me into the room that Kitten had first shown us the base, from high up. Things looked so much better now that there was more illumination. There was no sign of the other group. I had looked over my shoulder and cast about trying to find them. If they took on Susan and the girls with her then I felt I would be next.

"If you look on the frame you will see two dark spots. A contact is made if your body touches one of them. The machine will automatically recognize you, and all you have to do is ask for the information you want. I will stay and assist if you need me."

"Thank you, Nova. But the frame looks very uncomfortable, and too small. I would like to use the one I did before, with the arms. It is safer for Moth. She won't fall off. I cannot see the spots you are talking about very well."

I felt someone enter my mind, and I relaxed. "I looked through your eyes, and find that you do not see things the same way we do. Look at the area at the head of the lounger, and I will understand how it would look to you."

I did as I was asked and Nova sent, "The spots are only slightly different, but you should be able to feel the texture of the spots, as they are slightly smoother."

She was right. There was a slight difference. The light striking from a particular angle, gave me a slightly better view of the area.

I walked, holding Nova's hand, and held the groceries in my other hand. Moth led, this time. I could see no difference in her bouncing happy movements, than in any young Human girl. The large medical section looked much less intimidating, after the previous visit, and the increase in light. We paused at one spot on a wall, for Nova to send her commands ahead. The large reclining chair flowed from the wall, as if it were pushed up through a pool of water, as soon as we entered the room.

Before we got started, the group of seven older women finally showed up. They were without clothing, while each of us were dressed. Silent communication went between them and Nova. I just stayed back, and didn't interfere. I imagine I could have looked into Moth's or Nova's mind; but this might be important, so I didn't want anybody upset.

Moth came over to me, and held me tightly, as if she would be taken away. I bent over, picked the child up, and held her in one arm. I continued looking at the people conversing. I did not have to be able to read minds, to know that an argument was taking place. This went on for almost five minutes. One of the women came over, picked up the cooler, and took it back to the ensemble. With a few parting thoughts, they left us in peace.

"What was all that about? I got the feeling that they were arguing about me. Was it any different for Susan?"

"They were saying that barbarians were not allowed in the base. It seems you are not Tandra, or at least not full Tandra, and your assistance was not needed."

"Why would they say that? They were very quick to accept the food Susan brought, and then ours. All I am getting is a simple education, by their standards. I don't know what I can do, but you may need somebody to help you, if it becomes necessary to let the Earth know of your existence."

"I know that, but I think they want to have full control of everything within this base. You are 'just a male', in their eyes. An unknown factor that they haven't found a way to manipulate, yet. I think you should get your training, now, or they might find a way to forestall this happening."

"Thanks for trying to help, Nova. Perhaps you are right. Let's get started."

She gestured for me to be seated and sent, "This unit will allow you to access all the information you want. I would like to correct your various deficiencies in sight. It will not hurt, and you will be better able to understand the details in the base."

"That is a good idea. I have been using reading glasses for a few years, now. It would be nice to leave them behind. I hope I haven't caused any of you problems, by coming here." I sat in the chair. Moth moved around so she was more comfortable.

Nova stopped her, and mind-spoke to her, in their own language. That would be another thing to learn. My wives had to make a conscious effort to work around my impediment. I knew that my brain was able to take the ideas; and translate them into English, or even French, but many terms were not understood.

The sphere came out after I got comfortable, in a roughly horizontal position. Nova placed her hand on the chair giving it the necessary instructions, then backed up for the process to begin. I closed my eyes, and tried to relax. There was no noise as the ball did its assessment and I drifted off to sleep.

I awoke later, feeling great. In fact, greater than I could ever remember feeling, before. My nose detected Nova's and Moth's scent, and my ears picked up the sound of air entering their nasal passages. I opened my eyes, and found the light very bright. I had to shade them with my hand, until they'd had a chance to adjust. My mind quickly came to the conclusion that much more had been done, than what Nova had first said. I issued a command to the chair, and it put me in a more upright position. I had not previously known I could even do this.

"What did you do, Nova?"

She acted as if she had done something wrong. Then she looked at me, and straightened her shoulders, much more sure of herself. Her thoughts were closed to me, as if an impenetrable wall was between us.

"You are my husband, now. I want to protect you, as best as I can. There are too many ways for you to be hurt or killed. I just gave you some small improvements. If I'd waited longer, then the 'other group' would have found a way to halt it."

I stopped to assimilate and assess, all the data coming into my mind. Normally, the amount of information I was receiving, would have confused me. But I could assess and understand all of it, now, easily. Smell, hearing, sight. My eyes could now distinguish minor imperfections on the wall, almost fifteen metres away. My hand could feel with much better clarity, the surface of the chair. Even my sense of taste had been improved.

Nova continued, "Other than your old five senses, I improved your strength, endurance; and the others senses, you call ESP. If you hate me, I will understand. But you are just too important, to loose."

She said the last with a lowered head. I tried looking into her mind. Again, I saw only her surface thoughts. Turning to Moth, I found my ability to read her mind had improved immensely. I went back to Nova, and deduced that she was trying to keep me away from something important. I pushed at her block, and she finally gave up her resistance. She apparently had committed a crime, in giving me all these abilities, without getting it authorized, in advance.

She could have her higher mental functions downgraded, changed into a Mordis, like Chris. At the very least, she would be banned from the important computer functions. She was fully ready to accept any judgements, if it would guarantee my safety. The third punishment had summarily been handed down, she was now prohibited from working within the computer network. This was entirely due to the interference of the seven women calling the computer to this infringement.

I got up much quicker than I would have believed possible, even with Moth in my arms. I could see Nova's breathing and mental processes slow down. I stopped, just in time. I realized that it was I, that had sped up. I was about to hold her, with a force that would probably hurt her. Instead I relaxed, and her mental processes started to recover their old speed. I held the three hundred plus year old girl, that looked nineteen, in one arm. I still had Moth in the other. Nova sobbed, thinking of all the things she had lost. She even thought of the possibly, that I would be angry at her. All of her life, she had relied on the computer, and now she felt as if she were cast adrift.

"Nova? Honey? Look into my mind, and see what I think. You have given me a great gift, and I will stand beside you in anything that happens, because of it. The women that brought charges against you for helping me, have just made an enemy. I will try to reason with the computer, and the women too, to get you reinstated."

The distraught Nova had to think for a while, before answering, "There is nobody with that authority, that is awake or in stasis. And it is very difficult to reason with a machine, that has already made a decision. We would have to awaken everyone, and perhaps the others will find more supporters." After saying this, her face darkened considerably, thinking of all the repercussions her actions had caused.

"There is no problem. If you think there may be, in the future, I will try to get this enhancement justified. It will be officially put into the records. I may need everything you have given me, to get the base rebuilt. If I find that I cannot help get the base back up and running, I will forfeit the changes you made in me. Anybody, that has a problem with my wife, has a problem with me."

"The crime has been committed, and it would not matter if you were to give up your new abilities. If you are going to help, you must get an education first. Lie back down, and start your lessons. You can fight for me later, after you know more."

I turned around, and saw the areas on the chair, where instructions were given. I asked for the appropriate module, including a way to get Nova reinstated in the community. I reclined. The last thing I read from Nova, was her continued anguish at what she had done to me, and for me. I awoke some time later thinking of the subatomic interaction of Lithium, and its antiparticle. I thought further of their power ratios, with different modulators.

I felt a weight on my chest, and the delightful feeling on my cock, of tongue and hands. I slowly opened my eyes to see Moth's bare ass pointing in my direction, about eight centimetres from my face. Her little hands, I felt holding my cock, while her tiny mouth tried to swallow the head.

I sampled her thoughts, and found that she was so engrossed in her activities, that she did not even know that I was awake. I could not sense Nova nearby, but a possible solution to her dilemma had come to me. I had never backed down from a good fight, especially one this important. I would try to keep the details hidden, until I had a better grasp of the situation. Moth occupied my time at the moment, for she needed some love and attention, too.

Her struggle to engulf me, made her move back and forth, opening and closing her little mons. One of my arms was already around her, to keep her safe, even as I was sleeping. Her thoughts were of a second hand view of Susan, when Susan had sucked on me, last night. The girl was only trying to keep up with the competition. She felt she would not attract me, as much as Susan would. She remembered how to open my pants, from her close view the previous night. Apparently my scent had been too much for her, and she had to find more.

I brought my head up, and was able to run my tongue up her dainty slit, to her back hole. Knowing that I was now awake, she stopped, wondering how I would react to her taking advantage of me. The best reassurance I could give, was my hands holding her hips, and pulling her closer to my mouth. I sucked her two centimetre urethra into my mouth, savouring the texture and taste, with my heightened senses. She squirmed and pushed, to get more of herself, into my mouth. After only a half a minute or so, I knew she was very close, so I eased off on my attack.

My rolled up tongue pushed into her tiny vagina only a centimetre or so; but this, too, almost sent her over. Pausing for a few seconds, I then licked her anus, and my left index finger slipped easily into her. There was no holding back her climax now, no matter what I did. So I started sucking her urethra again, and held her tight. I could feel her small hands grasping my cock. It was the only safe anchor that she knew.

Her body pushed forward and back, in rapid movements. I held her gently and firmly, while letting her recover slowly. Slowly, in this case, was almost four minutes.

Moth was starting to sleep now, so I picked her up and turned her around on my chest. She held me tightly, still overcome with her emotions, with just a tinge of guilt for what she had done.

"Thank you for waking me up so nicely," I said as I gave her an extra squeeze. She seemed happy enough for her performance, and wondered where on the pecking order she was, for my attention. I immediately tried to hide, with some of my new found skill, the answer to her question.

I consciously commanded the chair to allow us to sit up. From my last lesson, I was able to access the computer, and find out where Nova was. This was possible, because there was a node very close to the head of the chair, that lead directly to the main computer.

I put Moth down, and dressed. Moth insisted on walking, au naturel. She probably knew that naked flesh tantalised me more than the clothed variety. She changed her mind, when I said that she looked very cute with the pajamas on. She peeked at me, as she bent over to put on the clothing that she had recently shed.

My enhanced body had energy to burn; so I picked up Moth into my arms, and ran a course that would eventually lead to the garage that we had been to before. Once out in the open, I put Moth on my neck, and I ran with her hands tightly wrapped in my hair.

"Do you like your 'horsey ride'?"

"Yes, faster... over there... faster... that way..."

This amount of exercise, would have tired me out, even when I was in top shape at the age of 19. But now, I was simply cruising. The speed I was running at, surprised me, how would my karate skills be improved? I found my appetite for sex had been increased, either accidentally or by design. Nova was going to have to satisfy me, now.

"Call Nova, and show her your 'horsey'," I sent. The child did, and I heard Nova start, as she saw the unexpected view through Moth's eyes of the rapidly passing panorama. We were almost to the garage anyway, and this was a good way of knocking.

Nova was standing on her tip toes, on a platform. She was bent at the hips, inside one of the vehicles. Her clothes were neatly folded in a pile, on the floor. Since everything was as clean as a hospital, I think she was avoiding getting them torn.

Looking through her eyes, she was just finishing ripping out a unit that could be used in my Turbo Beaver, to make it safer. Her thoughts were still morose at the prospects of being excluded from all the important things in the community. This made her in need of a good cheering up, I felt.

She stood on a small platform and her ass was level with my face. Just as she lowered the parts and tools, I moved behind her, and started to caress her legs and ass. Her back came up only a little, because an obstruction was just above her shoulders. Next she tried to back up, but I was having none of that. I pushed in, just as hard as she tried to get out.

"What are you doing? I can't get out."

"I know that. As to why I am doing this? It is repayment, in part. A repayment to a lady who would put her life and freedom in the community, in jeopardy. All for a husband she hardly knows."

I placed my hands on her cheeks, and parted them to find two holes that begged to be eaten. Her legs instinctively came together, but I was ready. I held them apart, until she saw the futility of fighting. I licked and sucked all the little nubs I could get at, pausing every half minute or so, to allow her to pull back from the edge. She was not in any pain from her position, just restrained from moving. My spit dampened fingers found their way into her vagina and anus. This made me stop for over a minute, because she came too close to her orgasm. When the fingers started moving again, in short strokes, she almost swooned from the sexual temperature. I could feel the big one coming, and slowed my fingers to keep it away as long as possible.

I had great difficulty reading her mind, for it was lost in the haze of lust. This was another first for her. Never had a male taken more than thirty seconds with her, or with any other female that she knew of. I would have liked to climb the platform, and give her what she needed. But I also knew that she, as all the other Tandra, were dry. Even with the saliva that I had used.

The best I could do, is use my imagination. I had Nova see images of me fucking her, with long slow strokes.

The image I projected to her, walked up behind the image of Nova, as she worked on a machine. The fictitious me, caressed her butt, then slowly started stroking into her, in time with my fingers. As the image moved faster, so did my fingers, until I knew that there was no returning.

I buried my face into her, and licked and sucked what nerve clusters I could reach. This time I felt a tidal wave wash over me, as all the pent up emotions and worries flooded out, over both of us. Her body quaked and thrashed in the narrow confines of the little ship.

I had to lift her out of the machine, and found her flushed and breathing erratically. I held her to me. I let her sit on my lap, as I sat on the platform. My left hand idly played with her big clit, as she came back to me. Because of my efforts on her big clit, she had another orgasm, as soon as she realized what I was doing. This time, it was a much gentler one, that allowed her time to recover.

"Why did you do that to me, that way? I would have got on the floor, and you could have done it right."

"'Doing it right', means that you get as much enjoyment as you can handle. As to why here, and now? You are a beautiful woman, and I like to be kinky, sometimes."

"What is 'kinky'?" She asked, without looking into my mind.

"'Kinky' is doing things that the other people would only think of doing. Humans have a nudity taboo. Exposing part or all of yourself in public, is exciting. Look into my mind at all the different things, that I think of that are 'kinky'."

Nova searched my mind, and her breathing started to get irregular again, her hand even went between her legs to play with her clits. When she finished looking, she pulled her mind out of mine, to find her hand still busy. She quickly stopped, embarrassed at being caught. Adult Tandra women did not do that, often. And never in public. Her sisters/wives would do that for her.

Moth came around, when things had quieted. She wanted to sit in Nova's lap making us three tiers high. My cock was still hard, but I knew I would soon be satisfied at home.

"What were you digging for, before I rudely interrupted you?" She seemed to shiver for a second, while trying to remember.

"It is a power supply, and a control unit, for the safety devices."

"It has to be fairly light, because I sometimes have to carry lots of passengers and luggage."

She concentrated on the problem for a while, and decided to talk to Blue about doing the job. At least this way, she could use Blue's computer access, for any information she needed. We saw no trace of the others, as we headed back. I held both of my girls' hands, thinking how much my fortunes had changed in just a few days.

Coming to the house, I could detect that everyone had been worried about my late arrival. They now knew, since we had left the shield around the base, that we were safe. All of them were lined up by the door, to greet us. I opened the door for Nova and Moth, before entering myself. All the others just stared at me, as if I had grown another head.

"What's wrong?"

They did not even answer, but continued staring at me. I looked into their minds, and saw a new me. One that radiated intelligence, assurance, strength, compassion, vitality, and sex appeal. At least, that was how the women viewed me. The situation was rapidly getting out of hand, when Nova's situation needed to be considered above all.

"We have a problem. I need all of your help," I said to get their minds, and not their hormones, working. "Nova has sacrificed her place in the base, to make me safer. We need to think of a way to get her back into the system. The 'others' seem to be doing their best to stop any outside help from happening."

Susan recovered first and asked, in general, "What can we do about it?"

The consensus was that someone should argue on Nova's behalf, and try to convince the computer to get her back on line. There was no way to convince the women, and even if I could, the crime was already reported.

"There is another way that will not preclude the first idea. The base has no commanding officer, and the system has no governor. Perhaps Kitten or Blue could get appointed to one of those jobs, and get Nova back where she belongs, by simply ordering it."

My idea found immediate favour, until they remembered the seven women would be able to out vote us, in any case. We worked well into the night, discussing possible avenues that we could take. The children drifted off, and we put them to bed, while the older ones continued the important discussions.

I found that women held all of the important jobs in Tandra society; because of their intelligence, compassion, and dedication. Tandra women did not suffer from menses, or it's effects of mood swings and discomfort. Males did not usually try to get the responsible jobs, because their time was spent in sex, or the Tandra equivalent of a 'men only club'. It was an exceptional male, to ever reach into the 'officer levels'.

Knowing the place in the Tandra community the male held, I asked, "If the males are not thought of very highly in society in general, and in a family unit in particular, how is it that you seem to favour me so much?" This comment got them deep into girl talk, a place where I felt I was not welcome to go.

Blue talked for the group. "When you walked in the door, you looked into our minds to see how we perceived you. You were surprised by the change. Your assumption is not entirely true, for we already saw you that way. Only, your characteristics are much more dominant than they were before. We want you to lead this family, even though that is usually a female position. You have all the traits of a very superior woman."

"That is a great complement, I think."

Susan giggled, and then the rest followed her lead. Blue continued, on a more sober note. "The Tandra, here, have been discussing our new situation. About how our family is organized. Candasu always have a female leader, or Metsu. But this time, we want to try something different. We want you to guide us. Susan says that this is the way it is done, here. She has said that it works, as long as the male listens to all his wives."

When in the army, I never considered myself a person that did not listen to his men. So this was not much different. These girls knew a lot more than I did. "Do you think many Earth men would be the same as me?" I directed this towards Susan, mostly. The private girl talk continued.

Susan answered this time. "I am the only one to know about other men. I think that it is very rare, and only some others may come close. The members of this family do not want to change what we already have."

I could sense that this was something that the entire group felt to be true. Susan seemed to be taking an odd approach. The way her words came to me, it was as if she were completely submerged in a Tandra psyche.

"I was trying to find firm ground for my arguments to the computer. It is possible that, because of my gender, I may not be viewed very seriously."

The girls agreed with this possibility. I felt that the Tandra gave in too much to the computer's judgement. In many cases, this would be acceptable. In this instance; I felt an adversarial approach, with a person not willing to follow the passive ways of the Tandra, was better.

Later, when the family meeting broke up, Susan said, "Nova is still pretty down. Will you sleep with her, tonight? I know the others think it is a good idea." I acceded.

After washing up, Nova and I crawled into bed. She was nervous and hesitant, because of the high emotional strain the time in the base had put upon her. I used some KY on her vagina, causing only one small orgasm. This seemed to please her immensely. I put her in an un-natural, to her, position. When I put her on her back, she felt out of sorts. For the last three hundred and thirty years, she had done it doggie style, with good results.

As I kissed her neck, ears, lips, and breasts; she relaxed, until I started to insert my cock. The nubs inside her channel stimulated both of us. I could feel all the women riding the currents of Nova's mind. This would be one of the times, when all of them would have an orgasm, together.

I kept my strokes extremely slow and shallow, to prevent Nova from orgasming before I was ready. Because of the enhancements that Nova had gotten for me, I was able to put up a better barrier to the women's hold on my emotions. I gave them over half an hour of small orgasms, before giving her the coup de grâce. I hammered her relentlessly, with long forceful strokes. Her strong arms came around me, to hold me tight. Seven massive spurts from my cock were pumped into her vagina. She, and the rest, orgasmed in time to each. They were still quaking, minutes after I stopped.

I held Nova, while she was still in the throws of her orgasm. I held her closely, until she drifted off, into a natural sleep. Then I got up, and cleaned her unresponsive body of my fluids. There was very little, as I expected. Her mons had closed up, to hold all of its catch.

I was still not sleepy, and walked around, making sure my family was covered up and safe. The young girls had awoken at the start of the love making, and after enjoying their orgasms, had fallen back asleep. The only ones awake, were the babies. They squirmed in their box, and wanted to be picked up. I took them into the living room, and spread them out on a blanket. I laid on my stomach, to better see them. Where their umbilical cord once was, was black. The umbilical remains would not fall off for another few days or so. They remained quiet, and reached up their small arms, to hold or touch me.

I still thought my names for the children were appropriate, even though I had not voiced them to the others, yet. I did not want to play favourites, even though Hope wanted me, much more than Faith or Charity did. I ran my fingers over their delicate features. My enhanced touch could almost count all the small hairs that crossed my finger tips. As part of my mind stayed with the children, the predominant portion continued to work on the problem with the base computer, and the unpleasant women I had to face.

Friday September 28

The next morning, Kitten found me on the floor. The babies were around me. They were wrapped in their little blankets. I had slept three hours, and felt that I had slept enough.

She asked, "Do fathers on Earth play on the floor with their children?" She said this jokingly, thinking of Tandra 'fathers', but I answered seriously.

"I think most do. It might surprise you that most Earth fathers love their children. Though sometimes, as the children get older, the fathers would like to choke them."

I got up quietly, and hugged and kissed Kitten. She returned the kiss with all the feeling I could ever hope for. I cleaned her breasts up, and started to get my own breakfast. It was much better for the children to get it. I helped her put a child to each breast, while I held the other. Kitten's face fairly glowed as the babies got some of her milk. All too soon the milk stopped, with Faith not getting any.

I made the formula again and put it into clean bags. By the time one bag was affixed, Susan came sleepily out of the bedroom. Just in time for me to start on her breasts. She tried to push me off, till she was awake. After only a few sucks, she held me tightly, so I could not get away. When I got to the second breast, I tasted something different, just like yesterday, with Kitten.

I washed the surprised woman's breasts and brought her, 'her' baby. Faith sucked and sucked till Susan could feel the flow herself.