by Nolan Fury
I lay on the floor staring at the ceiling as the corners of my vision began to fade. My extremities went numb, and I began to tremble. The sharp burning pain gave way to a deep discomfort. My body was shutting down. Each breath seemed more difficult than the one before.
Then a wave of peace and calm washed over me. I stopped worrying. Perhaps it was a release of endorphins—a final rush of chemicals to ease the pain of death. Even as my vision faded, colors seemed more vibrant. I was dying, and I was strangely okay with it.
I heard Ruby’s voice as Quinn freed them from their prison. I knew she was going to be okay. I had accomplished my mission. I could leave the universe now. She was safe.
42
Death was nothing like I expected. I had always envisioned a bright light and a comforting voice at the end of the tunnel. I imagined I would be surrounded by white pillowy clouds and angelic figures that looked like they belonged in a Renaissance painting. But it was nothing like that.
Perhaps it was because I was in the Ultraverse. I felt as though I had no form. A mere spirit, traveling through time and space. But instead of drifting through the cosmos, I drifted through computer code. A strange swirl of letters and numbers and characters I couldn’t understand.
The sensation only lasted a few moments. Then the blinding light that I had been anticipating filled my eyes. Suddenly, I had form again. I took a breath and filled my lungs. The blinding light faded and my vision returned to normal. I was back in Severin’s living room. Glow hovered over me, her warm hands hovering over my wound. Her worried frown turned into a smile.
The pain in my stomach vanished. I felt for my wound, but it wasn’t there. I sat up and Glow flung her arms around me. “I’m so glad you are okay. You saved us.”
“I think you saved me.” For the first time in a long time, I felt whole again. These people were my family now. And we were all together again.
My eyes found Zoe, then Ruby. They all threw their arms around me and held me tight. I gave them each a little individual attention. When I got to Ruby, she planted a firm kiss on my lips and melted into me. Her green eyes stared into mine. In a soft, dedicated voice she said, “I’m yours for as long as you’ll have me.”
“We all are,” Glow said with a smirk.
“Looks like we’re stuck with each other for a long time,” I said.
Quinn gazed at us, and I could tell she felt like an outsider.
“You’ve met Quinn,” I said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do this without her.”
Ruby and the girls gave her warm smiles and welcomed her.
I climbed to my feet and pulled the dagger from Severin’s chest. I didn’t know when it would come in handy again. Something told me he wasn’t the last super that I was going to have to kill in the Ultraverse.
As I pulled the bloody blade from his heart, his eyes opened and he reached his shriveled hand out. With his last breath he scowled and said, “You will never have Ruby!”
A bolt of energy erupted from his hand. It was different from the charges he attacked me with. The beam arced across the room and hit Ruby.
Severin collapsed, and his body crumbled to dust. A small mist of sparkling energy drifted away with the breeze, floating out through the open door onto the terrace and into the sky.
A swirl of energy enveloped Ruby. The light was so bright I saw spots for moments afterwards. The energy became part of Ruby, causing her to glow. Then it transformed her into something neither human, nor succubus.
My eyes widened, and my stomach twisted as Ruby transformed into a small cat with luxurious red fur and emerald eyes. My heart sank. I scooped her from the floor and held her in my arms as she meowed incessantly. She no longer had any of her succubus power. Her worried eyes gazed into me. I stroked her plush fur and told her everything was going to be all right. I had no idea if she could understand what I was saying or not.
If Severin couldn’t have Ruby, he was determined that nobody could. But I assured her, “I don’t care if I have to scour every corner of this universe, I will find someone who can transform you!”
Ruby meowed and rubbed her head against me.
“I guess this kind of makes you a cat person now, doesn’t it?”
She hissed at me.
Tyler hovered in the air beside us, flickering and wobbling. It was time to get out of there and get back to the ship. We all needed to lick our wounds and recover. We returned to the Warbird and prepared to leave Cygnus Reticuli behind.
“You know, Vice is going to come looking for you,” Glow said.
“Who is Vice?” I asked.
“Severin’s brother.”
I grimaced.
“We can’t go back to Ruby’s. He’ll look for us there.”
“I’ve got a place that’s big enough for all of us,” Quinn said.
“Are you sure?” I asked.
She smiled. “I wouldn’t have offered if I wasn’t sure.”
I climbed into the cockpit and powered up the craft. We lifted from the tarmac, and soon we were in space, leaving the blue orb of Cygnus Reticuli behind. In Tyler’s current condition, I didn’t trust him to program jump coordinates. I had to make the calculations myself with the help of the nav computer.
I engaged the jump drive, and the bulkheads rippled and warbled as a quantum distortion washed through the ship. Once again, we were hurtling through space with a faulty oscillator. The replacement was delayed from the supply house, and I didn’t think it was a good idea to stick around Cygnus Reticuli any longer than we had to. If was up to me, I was never going back to that planet.
43
“Do you want a little alone time with Ruby?” Quinn asked.
I looked at her perplexed.
“I can body swap. Remember?”
My eyes lit up with possibility.
“We’ve got a few hours before we reach Capricorn 9,” Quinn said. “I thought you two might like a little reunion.”
“You don’t mind?”
“Why would I mind?”
“You’re really great, you know that?”
Quinn smiled. “I know.” She gave me a kiss on the cheek and whispered in my ear. “Have fun.”
She picked up Ruby and stroked her fur. There was a small flash and a swirl of energy, then Quinn set Ruby back on the deck.
Ruby, now in Quinn’s body, looked over her new form with amazement. She felt her new body and stretched. “Oh my God, this feels amazing.”
“Ruby? Is that you?”
She nodded and wrapped her arms around me. She took my hand and pulled me out of the cockpit. We found a berthing compartment and embraced one another. She kissed my lips, and our hands rediscovered each other. My hands caressed her hips and grabbed her ass and massaged her breasts.
We peeled our clothes off and embraced one another. My hard shaft pressed against her toned belly. It was like fooling around with Quinn, but different. I felt Ruby’s essence.
Ruby grabbed my shaft and stroked it gently. My fingers found her wetness, and I caressed her as she moaned softly. I slid a finger inside, parting her sweet lips. She gripped tight and rocked her hips. Her steamy breath on my ear made me throb. “Take me. Now!”
I hoisted her up, gripping her ass as she wrapped her legs around my waist. I lined up her wet opening with my tip. Warmth radiated from her pretty pink center. I lowered her down, and she expanded around my girth. Her silky smoothness felt amazing, and she squeezed tight.
I lifted her up and let gravity bring her down. Our hips slapped, and our sweaty body slid against one another. Ruby wrapped her arms around me and held on tight. Our bodies collided with passion, and our mouths explored each other. Her moans of ecstasy filled the compartment.
I clutched the sweet curves of her ass as she took my entire length with each stroke. What started slow and steady grew into a furious frenzy. Her internal muscles clenched, and I felt a wave of her warm juices flow over me. I throbbed and exploded, sending pulse after pulse of my seed deep
into her. Her screams echoed off the bulkheads.
We settled into each other, and she hugged me tight. Glistening beads of sweat trickled from our bodies. My balls dripped with sex.
“Thank you for saving me,” she whispered in my ear.
“Did you ever have any doubt?”
She looked into my eyes. “No. But I didn’t think you’d—”
“You didn’t think I’d be able to defeat him, did you?”
She shook her head.
I waddled over to one of the racks and gently set her down. I crawled into the narrow space beside her. She kissed me again and stroked my chest and wrapped a leg around me.
“I’m glad you found Quinn. This was really sweet of her to let us have this moment.”
“She’s really special.”
“I can see that.”
“And you’re okay with that?”
“There will always be a part of me that wants you all to myself. But we are all clearly better and stronger together.”
We kissed each other again.
“I promise. I’m going to find a way to transform you back into yourself.”
She nodded appreciatively. “You know, in some cultures when you save a person’s life, you become responsible for them,” she said, echoing my previous words.
“So, I’m responsible for you now?” I said, playing along.
“Yeah,” she said with a grin.
“I’m totally okay with that.” I smiled back.
A naughty glimmer flickered in her eyes. “So how long is this body on loan to me? Do you think we have time to go again?”
“I don’t think Quinn would mind.”
Ruby smiled. “I don’t want to wear her out or anything.”
Ruby grabbed me and started stroking until I was hard again. I rolled on top of her and slid my hardness across her lips. Soon she was wet and willing. I slid myself inside her tight glove and she moaned with pleasure.
I was so glad to have her back. Even if the scenario wasn’t perfect.
44
“Damn, you fucked the shit out of her,” Quinn said when she returned to her body. “I’m a little tender down there,” she said, pawing at her crotch.
“Sorry.”
“No, it’s okay. I’m glad she had fun. Just use extra lube if she ever wants to take it in the ass,” Quinn said with a naughty smirk.
“Maybe you should give me a list of what she’s allowed to do in your body.”
“I’m an experimental girl. I’m open to a lot of things. But some of them I want to do with you first.” Quinn smiled.
“Ruby told me to express her deepest gratitude.”
“She’s welcome. I only wish I had more time to get to know her better.”
“You will. I’m going to find a way to change her back.”
Quinn shared my optimism. “I spoke with the girls while you and Ruby were tearing it up. Zoe and Glow can each take a guest room. And, in the effort of fairness, we’ve decided to split you amongst ourselves evenly.”
I arched a curious eyebrow.
“You’ll rotate between us on a daily basis. Technically, I get two nights, but one of those will be for Ruby. Of course we’ll work out adjustments to the schedule for special occasions—birthdays, etc. Holidays will follow a similar schedule. If you add anyone new, they’ll be added to the end of the rotation.”
A smile tugged at my lips. “I’m glad you worked everything out between yourselves.”
“I’m sure it will get more complicated in actual practice. But it seems like a good start. Of course, I’m totally into the group thing if you want more than one of us at a time. Just an option.” She paused as she thought about something for a moment. “Oh, and I don’t have groceries. We’re going to need to go shopping as soon as we get back and get some cat food for Ruby. And I know a guy who might be able to fix Tyler. I don’t think he’s going to make it much longer.”
My eyes glanced to the robot. He sat in the copilot’s chair, not hovering like he usually did. His fractured faceplate still displayed distorted flickering characters. My eyes filled with dread. I took a seat next to him in the pilot’s chair. “Hey, buddy. How are you doing?”
It took him a moment to respond. “Never better,” he said in a warbled, distorted voice.
“I think we should power you down until we get you to a repair facility. I’m afraid you’re overloading your circuitry.”
“Nonsense. I’m fine.”
He sounded like me, refusing help. I was beginning to realize how stubborn I could be at times. “I promise, we're going to get you fixed up.”
“I don’t want to die, DE,” he said with a slight tremor in his voice.
“I’m not going to let you die.”
“Don’t let them wipe my memory.”
“I won’t.”
“I don't want them tampering with my neural network or emotional capacity. I like being able to feel. I don’t want to be a brain dead zombie.”
I flashed the robot a reassuring smile. “I will make sure you stay as neurotic as ever.”
Tyler tried to project a smile on his face plate.
“Go ahead. Power down. I’ll keep you safe.”
“I know you will.”
He retracted his arms, and his display faded. I grabbed the orb and placed him in a padded travel container that I found in a storage compartment. I’d have been lying if I said I wasn’t worried about the little robot. He had become more than a service companion, he was a friend. He had saved my life.
A few days ago, I couldn’t have imagined this world or the people I’d come to love in it. Now I couldn’t imagine ever leaving.
Zoe and Glow cornered me just as I boxed Tyler up. Mischievous grins curled their lips, and naughty glimmers filled their eyes.
“We’ve got a few hours before we reach Capricorn 9. Everyone else has gotten attention except for us,” Zoe said.
“It’s only fair that you let us express our gratitude,” Glow added. “Do you think you’re up for it?”
My soldier stretched, tenting my pants. Apparently I was up for the challenge. I wasn’t sure how I was going to keep all of these women satisfied. They had an insatiable appetite. It would probably kill me in the long run. But I was more than happy to die trying.
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Super Mega - Sneak Peek
I struggled to bring air into my lungs, but my body had stopped listening to my brain. My vision filled with a brilliant white light. Was I going to heaven?
Or Hell?
Out of the glowing light, an angelic face appeared before me. She knelt down beside my immobilized body. She was gorgeous. She had to be a hallucination. She had purple hair, and long elf-ears. Her flawless skin was like porcelain. Her sculpted cheekbones and crystal blue eyes were mesmerizing. If I was going to die, at least she would be the last thing that I saw.
Wait!
Let me back up.
Tonight was supposed to be the best night of my life, but it turned into a horrible nightmare. It was the most embarrassing thing that had ever happened to me in the history of ever. I was never going to live it down. Nobody would ever look at me the same way again.
It wasn’t like I was going to lose friends over it—I didn’t have many to begin with, and the ones I did have weren’t high up on the social totem pole. They weren’t going to go anywhere—nobody would take them. Us misfits had to stay together. But even among misfits, I was going to be the laughingstock.
I was just a skinn
y little nerd who’s little social cred’ just dipped into negative territory. The thought of having to face my classmates every day over the next four years was making my stomach turn, and my head spin. My whole body vibrated with anxiety, and the sour acidic taste of bile crept up in the back of my throat. I wanted to puke from embarrassment. But that would only make my situation worse.
It all started earlier that day in the West Mall by the student center. It was my birthday. I was just hanging out, minding my own business with my face buried deep into a quantum physics book. It was a beautiful day. Clear blue skies and 72 degrees. A small reprieve from the sweltering summer, and the impending blizzard of fall. Texas summers were legendary for their heat and humidity. You could scramble an egg on the hood of your car. If I had to choose between Hell and Texas in August, I’d choose Hell.
Maybe that’s what this was all about? Maybe this was some sort of punishment? But I hadn’t done anything wrong. Hell, I wasn’t cool enough to do anything wrong. All I did was study, tutor people in math and science, and drink the occasional beer. Okay, maybe now and then I’d hack a system and change a grade or two. Not mine. I was doing well. I had a 3.9 GPA. I used a computer in the library so it never got traced back to me. The terminal was at the far end of a row, obscured from the video cameras. I just needed to be careful how I accessed the terminal to make sure my face didn’t get captured on any of the cameras.
Like I said, I didn’t have much of a social life. My free time consisted of playing video games with my friends and avoiding getting my ass kicked.
I wasn’t big or strong enough to play sports. I wouldn’t have lasted two seconds on the football field. One hit and my fragile bones would snap like toothpicks. I was barely 140 pounds, soaking wet. At 5’8”, I didn’t really measure up to the 6’4” muscle heads—but I had always longed to play. Football players always had the best parties, the most friends, and the hottest girls. Somehow, math club just wasn’t that alluring to members of the opposite sex.