Chapter 22

Training began right after the meal. I just had to go to the control room, and sit in the chair again.

Hours later, I woke up to a headache. I had the longest session yet. I knew the layout of the lunar base, as it stood two and a half million years ago. I got the description and probable location of the spare AI modules, and the other supplies that we needed. Just like my specialized training, I found the way to reroute all of the commands to Earth, and finally the best way to sabotage the computer's offensive capabilities, long enough for the Earth base, to reset all the weapon batteries.

I was told that there were many more sessions scheduled, to get me fully prepared for every eventuality. On my agenda, was small arms, a Tandra type of karate, machine maintenance, flight instruction, identification of specialized machinery and many more. Because there was no instructor for the karate, Secric and Susan would have to learn it first, and try to help me to be proficient.

"Why do I have to learn to fight at all? There will only be a computer to deal with."

"Did you say such things when you went in-country?"

"You have a good point."

"Why all the training in small craft repair and flight?"

"For the same reason. There are potential casualties in any conflict, and I may be one of them." I began to see that the opposition was not as ineffectual, as I originally thought or hoped.

During a rest period, we all went over the plan. Margaret made beautiful holograms that we walked through, to each of our destinations, and all possible alternate routes.

Sunday October 01

Susan had gotten the phone piped into the base, and Margaret got the lithium into the base magazine, for use. The amount of fuel would give them quite a few additional years of energy. This, I knew would be only one of many things, I had to do to get the base back on its feet. All too soon, I had to leave to meet the delivery truck in North Bay. Margaret had found the location of the wholesalers in Toronto with her sensors, and followed each of the trucks. The most probable, would arrive at its destination, a half hour early.

It was now six o'clock, and starting to get dark. It was decided to bring Susan to help unload the truck, because we had no fork lift. The roads were snow-covered, and slippery, but we made good time to Carl's house. He refused to let me work alone, and got his old son Charley, and his new one Paul, to assist. I did not want this, but could find no way around the impasse.

The large cube van eventually pulled up, and we directed it to reverse through the compound, to the large back door. Once Carl found out the size of the shipment, he removed his drilling truck to give us more room.

Susan was politely pushed out of the way, and the three of them threw the boxes to me. I read each box in flight, and set it in its place on the floor.

The snow had started again, and Carl, Charlie and Paul were sweating, as they threw box after box, in my direction. When we were done about fifteen minutes later, the driver exclaimed how he had never seen the likes of this before. As the truck left, Carl asked, "I am not as young as I used to be, but I was never able to do what you had just done. For a while there, we were trying to find your limits, and we couldn't do it. What's happened?"

"Well it is two things, the first is, I workout all the time, and sparing with Susan, is not an easy chore in itself." I looked at Susan, and asked her a silent question. "The second is a secret, that you will have to keep for a while. Do I have your word?"

All of them nodded their head waiting for the momentous declaration. "That beautiful but blind, deluded woman, over there has consented to finally set the date. Could you think of a better way of stimulating me, to do my best?" They all agreed, and congratulated both of us, as they closed the door to the frigid temperatures outside. We had to field many questions, ranging from the date, to the honeymoon. I had already thought of a spot, but kept it deeply hidden from everybody.

"What is all this food for, Uncle Henry?" Charlie asked.

"There are some hungry people, that need this to get through the winter. They are a little down on their luck at the moment, and need a helping hand."

Is there anything we can do Uncle Henry?" Paul asked. He was not my nephew and neither was Charley. Charlie started calling me that, ever since he was a baby.

I actually did a lot of thinking, and then again, with Susan, till I said, "There may be something, but it will be later. I think they would be very happy to find that others would like to help as well."

"How are you going to get this stuff delivered? There is a lot of snow forecasted for today and tomorrow. I could give you a hand, and I think my boys would help too."

I could feel Paul bask in the praise. He had been thrown out of his parent's house, after they found he was a homosexual. And that same day, Carl and his wife had welcomed their son's lover into their house, as their new son. There was nothing Paul would not do for his 'dad' or 'mom'.

"This is a lot of food, and it goes to a lot of people. I wanted to make smaller trips to each. There is no need to help with the small loads. I would like to borrow an extra set of keys for a night or two, if it is all right with you?"

"Sure, when are you going to make your first delivery?"

"I would like to back the van up, and load up for the first, now."

The van was loaded, coincidently making it handle better in the snow. I pocketed the extra keys, after locking up, and thanking them profusely.

The trip back was quiet, till Margaret started teaching Susan some of the moves she would need to learn. It was completely cerebral, but I was still cautious of Susan's feet and hands, if she got carried away. The weather worsened as we got closer to home. I felt lucky to finally pull up close to our side door. For the last few minutes, I thought the van was finding its own way.

The boxes were placed just inside the door of the house, and then the environmental suits were put on. It felt odd to be so warm, and comfortable, when it was a blizzard, only a skin's thickness away. Part way to the entrance of the base, I had to have the navigational grid superimposed on the grey wall, in front of me. Susan was calm as she talked to the girls, she trusted me to find the way. She knew that I was confident, that we would arrive, even though both of us were now effectively blind.

The course I was following was altered, and was asked to travel further east. Trees and large rocks were avoided, as much as possible, but heavy snow kept falling on us from the disturbed branches. Between two large rocks, we suddenly found ourselves in the base. I don't know who was more surprised, Susan or me. There was a large vehicle right in front of us, and all of the girls, even Secric were here. The girls came running, and I deactivated the shield, only to have snow fall down my neck.

It was decided, that Susan, Secric, Blue and I, would go to the warehouse, and pick up half of the groceries. The rest, plus the driver, would unload for a return trip, that would include the ones in the warehouse.

Secric would be the obvious driver, but she, like Blue, were still acrophobic. "Susan, you better drive."

"Me! I don't know how to drive this thing."

"It is easy. Let's try inside the base, so you can get a feel for it." We all got in, and watched Susan sit in a comfortable chair. The doors closed, and we all watched through the front screen, as Susan used her mind to make the craft slowly elevate. I vaguely knew, that we were being assisted, till Susan got the feeling for the craft.

At first we went forward, then stopped abruptly, in front of the shield. There was no sense of acceleration, either positive or negative. Susan moved the craft sideways, and then did a few turns on our central axis. There was no vehicle that I knew of, other than a hovercraft, that could do this. On the fourth lap around the central floor of the base, Susan finally said, "This is good enough. Let's go get the groceries."

This vehicle was indeed the most easy to manoeuvre, park or land as the case may be that we had ever been in. Before long, we let off the passengers, and were racing through the storm with the sensors, on the craft, projecting an image in front of us, as if it were a clear summer's day. We landed where the delivery truck had parked. While still invisible, I unlocked the door and added the security code. We loaded as much of the cargo as we could. Susan gave each of us a kiss as she made the return trip alone. She now seemed much more confident in her abilities, to guide the craft.

"Remember to stay low. This vessel is only invisible to eyes. Radar can make it out easily."

"I will be careful."

I closed the door, and waited for her return. It was not good to waste a moment like this, so I said, "Secric is it possible to transmit, like a few nights ago, but keep Susan from getting too distracted?" I said, as I kept my thoughts tightly to myself.

She gave me a very big Earth smile, as Blue wonderingly looked on. "Yes. That is easy."

"Then start now, but remember about Susan's safety. Blue, take off your suit, please."

She did as I asked without even knowing the reason why. I placed her on her back on the boxes, and got Secric to hold her arms steady. I picked up her calves, and quickly put them on my shoulders before diving in, and sucking her completely flaccid urethra. She tightened up, and a silent scream pierced my skull. I sucked for all I was worth, and slipped my spit dampened finger into her vagina. A few strokes was all it took. She almost threw me off her, in her contortions. They lasted longer than I thought possible. I had a difficult time holding on without biting or hurting her. A few moments later, I was shown how to activate Blue's shield over her unconscious body.

"Come here, Secric," I ordered.

"Me? I have never done this before. Couldn't you wait for Susan to return?"

"Come here," I pointed to the spot, "and remove your shield, now."

She looked like a trapped animal in some way, but I knew that she needed this, in a bad way. Like Blue, I got her on her back, but this time went slowly to my goal. She started to orgasm, even before I had a chance to fasten my lips to her large clit. I just held on, and sucked. Her hands unlike her Tandra sisters, fastened into my hair, and held me in place. Her screams were both audible and otherwise. I could feel everybody quaking, as an orgasm flew through them. Susan was lucky enough to be in the base, and safe, before Margaret gave her the full flow of our emotions and sensations.

A few moments later, I heard, "You bastard. I almost crashed the truck."

I replied, "Margaret would be ready to take over, in any case. She would not have opened the channel, unless you were safe. Did you enjoy yourself?"

"No!"

"Hurry back, liar, because I have something for you."

The truck was back just as Secric and Blue were recovering. Susan was still breathless, from all the work she did, in almost throwing the boxes out of the vehicle. Margaret had helped some, with her tractors, because Susan had parked close to the ship.

"What do you have for me?" She asked, hoping that it was me.

"After we load the rest of the groceries, Honey." I could feel that I was in trouble again with her.

The truck was loaded with the rest of the groceries, before Susan asked, "And who is going to drive this thing?"

I just laid her on the same boxes, and asked her to drop her shield. Her wet snatch readily accepted my hard cock, I needed no foreplay, because she was very hot to begin with. I knew that Margaret was handling the flight for us.

I made long strokes, the way she liked, and watched her experience small orgasms. Blue and Secric were in sympathetic harmony, and orgasmed at the same time. I knew from Susan mind, that she was fascinated by the major Tandra clit. She had enjoyed sucking Amy's and others last night. For the Tandra females, they were becoming closer to the way Susan thought.

"Blue, remove your shield, and stand over here." I ordered.

Blue again did as I asked, and I used one hand to guide her cunt over Susan's mouth. I could feel the connection like a switch being thrown. Remembering Margaret's advice, I retreated to the spot in my mind, and turned up my defence against the onslaught that engulfed us.

"Margaret, would you use the safety devices, and hold Blue from falling?"

I stroked quicker into Susan, and I knew our time had come. I pumped long shots into Susan, and all of us came in sympathy.

I pulled out of Susan, and helped Blue get her shield back up and running. Taking Secric by the hand, I brought her over to Susan, and said, "Drop your shield, and clean your sister." She eagerly did as I asked. No doubt getting the information, and the urge to do so, from Susan herself. I climbed over Susan, and offered her my still hard cock. She took it eagerly, as I felt Secric through her, suck her cunt dry of my spend. Moments later, the side flowed away, and all the girls were in various stages of ecstasy. None were capable of unloading the truck, or of even walking, for that matter.

I pulled my cock out of Susan's mouth, and picked up each of the girls, and placed them in a 69 position, that would make the situation chaotic if I had not had my defence up. Margaret took them in pairs, to their new beds. The truck remained unloaded till the morning, as I left the girls to their pleasures. Again I was worried about our aggressive sexual attitude, corrupting the delicate Tandra. Margaret promised to gradually remove the amount of feedback, and allow them to get the rest they needed.

Back in the chair, I got my next lesson, but I had to raise my internal shields, to keep my concentration on the course. It was amazing how dangerous a flux capacitor was, when even partially charged.

Monday October 02

The next morning found me still with a headache, and a stiff neck.

"I think your next lesson should be on repair and replacement, of body parts on Humans and Tandra."

"Just because I ache a little?"

"That is part of it, but you may be hurt, and without an autodoc handy, you could be seriously impaired." I followed Margaret's instructions, and I learned how to make breakfast, in her jury-rigged galley. The Tandra did not eat fresh food usually, and the tubes of paste, biscuits, or sausage like concoctions, were all that was used.

"Is there a reason for eating the highly processed food, besides convenience?"

"I am not supposed to know, but the Tandra are affected by the food they eat. A bland, but wholesome diet, will keep them happy with one another. A diet that you have been giving them, will make them more aggressive. The food is also treated, so as not to allow the Tandra to get fat."

"Would they be more aggressive, than a Human?"

"Only if they ate a lot of meat, and some other foods."

"I kind of like my girls, to be more aggressive, but I doubt that I could get enough meat into them. Speaking of aggressive, have you noticed that the Tandra have acted a lot different, than what I first saw in Nova's mind?"

"You have reason to worry about this occurrence. As you yourself have said, you want to always have company now. The Tandra adults usually enjoy sex with their own gender, but you and Susan, have carried it further than they have ever gone before. Also the younger Tandra, now seek to please the adults, when they receive their own pleasure."

"What do you see as the ultimate outcome, of this phenomenon?"

"This could very well destroy the Tandra race, if it were widely practised. This will not happen though, because it is your love and Susan's that bind you all into a whole. There are not enough Henry Buchanans and Susan Trans, to do that job. I find your group very strong, if not the strongest, I have ever seen. If there was to be a group that could rescue the Tandra race, if it still exists, it would be a group like yours."

"Thank you Margaret, but I think you are mistaken."

"How so?"

"It is a group like 'ours', not 'yours'."

"I understand, and I thank you too."

Breakfast was on the table, as I got the others up. Each seemed to enjoy their bed mate's presence. The youngest three formed a triangle, where each was fastened head to crotch to the next. If it wasn't for the anti-grav now working on the ship, I knew that they would be sore by now. I could taste pussy on each of the girls I kissed, and hugged, each knowing that they had other playmates besides me, to keep them happy.

Susan was the only one to wake up with a sore cunt, because of Secric's ardent efforts to clean her out properly. I kissed each and told Susan that she enjoyed every second of it, and to not bitch about it now. She didn't, and pulled an embarrassed Secric to her. She kissed her back with a lot of love, and a promise of something later. They were the last, and came to the table hand in hand, much like the rest.

The conversation around the table left something to be desired, I felt. Susan got the rest to discuss about a man's place being over a hot stove, or in a bed.

Susan and Secric went into the gym on the ship, to practice their moves on each other, before taking me on. I could feel the bruises and strains already. I went back to my studies, and woke up a few hours later with a new headache. I had the complete knowledge of a Human, and Tandra body. The only thing lacking, was a training in pharmacology, and that would be next.

"You are now needed in the gym. Your opponents are tired, and you should easily defeat them."

I was already sore from the chair, and there was no way I could beat Susan. Secric was an unknown in this contest. I just stepped into the gym, and I saw Secric sitting down, facing the doorway, and playing with her big clit. All she wore, was the smile on her face. My cock started to grow as I entered the room, and the next thing I knew, I was struck by a pair of feet to my back. Secric looked odd upside down, till I hit the floor, and rolled to a stop.

I had just enough time to move out of the way of a knee, that was aimed at my neck. When clear, I felt a kick to my ribs, as Secric attacked from the other side. I went into attack mode, and found that I was much faster, than ever before. The girls came at me in slow motion. Their kicks and elbows were easily deflected. Sometimes, I would push one in front of the other, to see how they would handle the situation.

Soon I found entirely different moves used on me. They were much more difficult to block or parry. Over time, my accelerated state, seemed to wane, and more of Susan blows landed, till I was hit hard by her. At the same time, Secric landed a kick to my abdomen. As I staggered, Susan came in for the kill, and with Secric, they almost did it.

From the floor on my stomach, and my arms twisted behind my back, Susan said, "You let me defeat you. Secric did not even know any karate, a few hours ago. Is it because you are getting old and senile, Mr. Buchanan?"

This was usually enough to get me going. The two had fought as equals, never mind the two hour bull shit. Secric must have copied all of Susan's knowledge of fighting. It was hard to beat one Susan. It would be impossible to beat two. Of course, they had an unfair advantage, as I would never strike any of them hard. New thoughts were entering my head, where I might strike both of them, but the time was definitely not now.

"Uncle, uncle. Will you let me up now?"

"No, not unless you make love to Secric. She was highly displeased, that you have not done right by her yet."

"I have not," Secric thought angrily at Susan, then a pause to reconsider, "yes you have not treated me, as one of your wives. Susan tells me, that we can use ropes to tie you up, and get the satisfaction that we deserve. I saw in her mind, that you have inflicted this indignity on her, many times in the past."

Knowing what might happen, I capitulated, "You win. I will do what a husband must do, for his domineering wives. Oomph! I mean, for my long-suffering wives, that deserve the best any man can give them." They got off me, and I had a difficult time standing. They did not assist me to stand. It looked like the universe was going to take out its wrath on me. "May I have a shower, fair maids? I smell abominably, and I would not like to offend your delicate noses."

Susan dragged me to a small cubical with no door, and bid me enter. "Think for the machine to start, barbarian."

I felt a tingling sensation, all over my body. My hair stood on end, but not from an electrostatic field. My sweat disappeared, and even the dirt under one nail left me. I could even breath better now. New sweat cooled my body, till it disappeared too. This was like being in a vacuum, and having everything sucked out of you. My hair felt perfectly clean and dry, and so did my skin. So this was why the girls had never had a shower before. This device was great, but would be better to have right after a regular shower.