Suburban Cyborg

by Gloria Martin

  “You will be tried in court for your crimes,” he said as he sat down beside her. “What happened that day, Avi? You can trust me. I won’t tell anyone.”

  Avi sat back and brought up the memories that were so vivid in her mind. It had been almost a year, yet the events of that day were so fresh in her memory that it felt like it all happened yesterday. “I remember that day well. It was my brother Aric’s twenty-first birthday and we were going to throw him a party. My mother and I had worked for days to prepare for the event, and it was finally here. We were in the kitchen completing the finishing touches to the cake, when we heard a noise outside our compound. My mother and I rushed to see what was going on. She fainted at the sight.” Avi paused, remembering the events.

  “What happened to make her faint just like that?” Exonyie asked.

  “My mother has a very weak heart, but I can tell you that she would have fainted, even if that wasn’t the case,” Avi explained as tears welled up in her eyes. Exonyie moved closer to his charge and took her face in his hands, turning it towards him.

  “You can trust me, Avi. Tell me what happened?”

  “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you,” she spat as she pulled herself away from him, retreating back inside herself.

  Exonyie was fuming. Hadn’t he given her enough reason to trust him? He had locked up one of his crew members for her! “Try me,” he said. Avi glared back at him, but he could tell that her resolve was fading. The defiant woman that he had known suddenly crumbled to the floor and started sobbing. Exonyie had no idea what to do. He had never experienced this type of emotion before.

  Avi composed herself before she started talking. “I’m sorry for this little outburst. You just have to understand where I’m coming from. No one has believed me so far and it hurts. Why would I lie about this situation? What would I gain from it? You can clearly see that there has been no advantage to my situation. The consequences of my actions that day caused me to lose my home. Every day after, I’ve been on the run from the authorities. This whole situation is a nightmare...”

  Exonyie eyed Avi and waited for her to continue. She sighed deeply.

  “...What my mother saw was my brother being dragged on the back of a cyclepod whilst being whipped by Authority Figure 718. As she ran out there to confront the cyborg, I ran into the back of the compound and grabbed my father’s rifle. When I got outside, my mother was weeping as the cyborg continued to whip my brother into a bloody pulp.”

  Exonyie gasped. “That is against code 5403, ‘No cyborg is to ever harm a human without the consent of the Authority.’ Did he have that consent? What were his reasons?”

  Now it was Avi’s turn to glare at the cyborg. “His reasons? His reasons!? His justification was that my brother had asked for a day off to celebrate his birthday with his family! Even though he had given proper notice, the cyborg couldn’t afford to let him off that day. So, he strapped him and dragged him on the back of the cyclepod and whipped him to make an example out of him to his other workers. He wanted them to obey his authority. He told the driver to start going again, tossing my mother aside and turning a deaf ear to her pleas for mercy. We just wanted to celebrate his birthday, but the cyborg didn’t care about my brother or us! If I hadn’t done anything, he would have continued what he was doing, and killed my brother. So, I ran in front of the cyclepod and told him to let my brother go, or I would shoot. The whole community was gathered outside by now, watching. The cyborg laughed and told me to get out of his way or he would make sure that my mother lost both her children that day. He didn’t believe that I would fire the gun. Without hesitating, I pointed the gun at his head and shot him right in the face. He went down and he never got back up. As the authorities came to take my brother to the hospital, my mother told me to run and never look back. She sent me to a friend that lent me his escape pod and I’ve been running ever since,” Avi finished with a sob.

  Exonyie looked Avi in the face and saw her clearly for the first time. This woman had opened up her heart in front of him, all because he asked her to trust him. This was the third time that she had done what he asked, suprising him. The way that the cyborg had hurt her brother, he could understand why she was so wary of their kind. All Exonyie wanted to do was protect her, now and forever. He grabbed her hands and held them for a minute and decided to tell her how he really felt.

  “You are no murderer. In my eyes, you are a hero for saving your brother. Anyone else would have done the same and who could fault you for that?”

  Avi planted a kiss right on Exonyie’s lips. Her lips were sweet and moist and sent a shiver through his spine. He kissed her back as he laid her down on top of the bed. Exonyie sat up and leaned on his elbow as he looked directly into Avi’s eyes. He moved her hair out of her face and leaned down, kissing her again. This time the kiss was hot and sensual. There was a warmth that spread throughout his body and before he knew it he was kissing Avi harder, as the passion inside him grew. Exonyie smoved to her neck and her breathing quickened. Avi ran her hands across his chest, desperately tugging at his bodysuit in an attempt to rip it off.

  “We should stop. I don’t want to hurt you,” Exonyie whispered gruffly as he looked down at Avi.

  “I don’t think that you could hurt me if you tried,” Avi said as she pulled him closer.

  Exonyie chuckled, “Look at you trying to seduce me. Let’s be serious for a second though. You know that it is against the law for cyborgs to have sexual intercourse with humans...” Avi raised an eyebrow. “ Don’t give me that look. You know that we are generally stronger and more agressive than humans, especially when we are sexually excited. I could hurt you without even trying. I would never forgive myself,” Exonyie admitted quietly.

  Avi sat up and caressed Exonyie’s face. “Then be gentle—but I don’t break that easily,” she murmured seductively as she kissed him, moving to lay on top of him. Exonyie reached for Avi’s waist as he pulled her firmly against him. His hands found her belly and stroked it lovingly. Just like Avi, he started to fumble with her bodysuit. He was desperate to take it off her, so that he could feel her skin on his.

  “Be careful with that. It’s the last piece of clothing that fits me on this ship.” Avi said as she laughed.

  Exonyie chuckled as he found the side zipper to the body suit and gradually slid it off of her breasts, reveling her perky nipples. He rubbed circles around her nipples, pinching them until they grew hard under his fingers. Avi moaned softly as Exonyie put her breast in his mouth, teasing her areolae with his tongue. Avi pushed her body close to his as the heat between them increased exponentially.

  Exonyie grew hard as Avi pressed her hips against his. He flipped her over in one single stride. Her breathing became labored again and with Exonyie’s help, she pulled the rest of her body suit off. Exonyie ran his hand up her leg to her inner thigh. When he reached the fold of her panties, he looked into her eyes as he teasingly caressed the thin fabric. He could feel her wetness, and he suddenly needed to feel her, bare, all of her. Exonyie slid her panties off and moved his hands between her legs. Avi pushed her thighs up to meet him as he opened her up with his fingers. Exonyie could feel his arousal growing eagerly. Avi must have noticed because she had a look of wonder on her face.

  “Is it really that big?” she asked him.

  “ I told you I didn’t want to hurt you. Tell me if you need me to stop,” he said with a growl.

  “Stop? I don’t want you to stop,” she whispered with excitement.

  Exonyie grabbed the back of her head and pulled her hair just hard enough to make her look at him while he continued to play with her. Avi’s moans increased as he teased the top of her clit with one hand and released her hair as he put two fingers inside of her. He moved his fingers in a steady but hard rhythm until she reached for him.

  Avi found Exonyie’s zipper and started to unzip his body suit. He helped her slide it off and waited as she roamed his chiseled body with her eyes.

  Avi moaned
as Exonyie’s fingers explored deep inside of her. The need to touch him was growing stronger by the second. She suddenly grabbed his waist, searching for the side-zipper that connected to his body suit. Once she found it, she unzipped him and took in his chiseled form. Avi felt like she was looking at a Greek god. His body was so flawless that she wondered if she should pinch herself to wake up from this self-indulgent dream. Exonyie’s skin was flesh colored, but lighter in pigment compared to the skin of the humans on her world, with its dual suns. Avi’s fingers touched his chest and moved down to his hairless stomach.

  “Where’s your belly button?” Avi asked when she noticed that he didn’t have one.

  “Cyborgs don’t have belly buttons,” Exonyie chuckled softly.

  “Then how do you survive in the womb?” she asked curiously.

  “Is that something you really want to discuss at this moment?” he replied.

  “No. I guess it isn’t,” she said as she continued to rub her hands across his body. Avi’s eyes moved down towards Exonyie’s perfectly sculpted thighs. She gulped when she saw the size of his manhood. Exonyie was definitely bigger, and thicker, than any human could possibly be.

  “Everything okay down there?” he asked as he was encompassed in a warm wetness that could only be Avi’s mouth. Exonyie moaned as he felt a sensation he had never experienced before. Goosebumps appeared on his flesh when Avi ran her tongue around the tip of his penis, as she was stroking him with her hands. Exonyie couldn’t take it anymore, he needed to see how this woman tasted. He flipped around, so that Avi was still able to suck him while he tasted her wetness.

  Avi gasped as Exonyie stuck his tongue all the way inside of her. Her body squirmed as she felt an orgasm rising simply from the penetrative action of his tongue, but then he took it out teasingly and started licking her clit. She moaned as he brought her pussy closer to his face. He started licking her so determinedly that Avi had to hold onto the bed as she felt her body begin to climax.

  “I need you,” Avi begged. “I need to feel you inside of me,” she moaned. Exonyie didn’t need to be told twice. He laid Avi down on the bed as she opened her legs in an invitation, which he gladly accepted. Avi cried out as he entered her, her need for him was so great. Exonyie didn’t want to hurt her, so he took it slow and continued to move at a moderate pace. Avi put her legs around his waist to pull him closer.

  “Deeper. Please go deeper,” she pleaded. “I want you to give me all of you. Please don’t hold back.”

  Exonyie gave in to her request. He immediately thrust into her more forecefully, each snap of his hips more intense than the one before. Avi’s moans increased as she felt her body teeter on the break of climax. Exonyie’s breathing increased and Avi knew that he was nearing the point of climax as well.

  “Look at me,” she asked as she pulled his face towards hers. They both stared into each other’s eyes, the intensity of their movements increasing spasmodically, as their temperature rose to a boiling point. Avi felt like her body was going to explode as Exonyie buckled on top of her and they cried out in unison. Avi dug her nails into Exonyie’s back and clung tightly until it passed. As she felt her heart rate return to normal, she realized that this was actually one of the best nights of her life. Exonyie kissed her on the forehead as she laid down on his chest. Her rubbed her head as she fell asleep.

  *****

  Exonyie excused himself after Avi had fallen asleep. He couldn’t believe what Authority Figure 718 had done to Avi’s brother! Could she really be telling the truth, or was she just giving him a story to make herself look better? Then he remembered what she said. What did she really have to gain from all of this? The answer was simple: nothing. She had had to leave her family behind and didn’t even know if her brother was ultimately okay. Exonyie stormed into the hold where Zen and Timick were standing guard over Krug.

  “Leave us,” he yelled to his two crew men who scampered away. They must have heard the anger in his voice and were loathe to be in its proximity. Exonyie knew that he was an imposing figure, but it still caught him off guard when others fled from him in terror.

  Krug chuckled, “The big bad commander. I guess you told them, right?”

  Exonye grabbed the bars of the hold and shook them. He wanted to slap that smirk off of Krug’s face. After the story that Avi had told him, he was irate and needed to take his anger out on someone. The new recruit seemed like an excellent option.

  “You disobeyed my orders, Krug. What where you thinking?” Exonyie demanded.

  “Your orders asked us not to harm a murderer. Those are the worst type of criminals! She would have gotten what was coming to her, if you hadn’t of stopped me. That stupid, weak, human,” Krug barked. Exoyie took the keys from his pocket, opened the door to the cell and slammed Krug’s face into the wall before he could think twice about it.

  “You would harm your own kind—over her!?” Krug yelled at Exonyie as he spat blood.

  “Criminal’s get what they deserve, right? Since, you violated code 5403, and harmed a human without the consent of the Authority, you are now classified as a criminal,” Exonyie spewed.

  “That’s okay. As soon as we get back to Zethron, that woman will get what she deserves. She will be tried as a murderer, found guilty and then convicted. I will make sure that she gets the full punishment eligible for her crime: death. After my testimony, they will gladly abide by my reccomendation, especially when they hear that my commander not only harbors feelings for this fugitive, but that he has harmed one of his crew in order to protect her,” Krug snarled.

  Exonyie threw Krug’s face into the wall again and watched him crumble to the floor. He couldn’t help but think that Krug was right. No matter what, Avi was going to be convicted as a murderer, even though she had just cause for her crime. But he knew the Cyborg Authority wouldn’t see that. They would just see a woman who had killed one of their own, regardless of the circumstances. Taking her back to Zethron was no longer a viable option. He needed to get her out of here.

  ***

  Avi sat straight up as Exonyie bolted through the door. He knew that they didn’t have much time. Zen and Timick would find Krug out cold on the floor of the hold and come to find him. He needed to get Avi out of here before they made that discovery.

  “Exonyie, want’s going on?” Avi asked as he threw her body suit to her.

  “Put this on. I need to get you out of here,” he instructed.

  “What? Why?” Exonyie turned towards her.

  “You trust me, right?” Avi nodded her head. “Okay. Then trust me when I say this. I know that you are not a murderer, but the Authority on Zethron will not care. They will almost certainly convict you and I cannot watch that happen. I have sworn to protect you and that is what I’m going to do,” he explained as he grabbed her hand and led her towards the pod compartments.

  When they got into the room, Exonyie opened the top of the first emergency pod and sat Avi into it as he started configuring the machine for travel. “You’re a good navigator. So, when this pod takes off, I want you to lay in a course to the nearest planet. You will have to figure it out from there,” he finished.

  “Wait. You’re not coming with me?” Avi asked.

  “I need to take care of my men,” Exonyie said with conviction.

  “Exonyie, you just swore to protect me. How could you make that oath and then leave me to take care of myself? Please come with me. I need you,” Avi begged. Exonyie looked over his shoulder, towards the front of the ship, but he knew that he had already made his choice. There was no going back now, no smoothing things over. He loved this human and he couldn’t live without her, let alone let anything happen to her.

  “Fine. Scoot over. I can pilot this thing better than you can, anyways,” he muttered as he slid in next to her, closing the top of the pod and taking off. Exonyie knew that he could never go back, because he had just committed a crime. The ultimate crime. The crime of protection.

  I’m a fugitive now, he tho
ught as he looked over at Avi. But he couldn’t imagine running from the law with, or for, anyone else.

  *****

  Avi glanced over at Exonyie as he flew the escape pod away from his own ship at top speed. She took the hand that was resting on his lap into hers. She couldn’t believe that he had sacrificed himself for her. No one had ever done that, let alone a cyborg. He was completely different than all of the other cyborgs that she came into contact with.

  “What?” Exonyie asked as he noticed her looking at him.

  “I just want to thank you for the sacrifice that you made for me today. You have no idea what that means to me,” she said to him. Exonyie brought her hand to his lips and kissed it tenderly.

  “When you told me the story about what happened to you and your family, I knew that there was no way that I could take you back to Zethron, knowing what they would do to you. It is my job to protect you, after all.”

  Guilt started to rumble about in Avi’s chest. She knew the reason that she was on the run; she had murdered a cyborg to save her brother’s life. In the eyes of the law, there was no self-defense. No matter the circumstances, Avi would be given the death penalty for what she did. The Cyborg Government couldn’t stand for an insubordinate human in their midst and they would make an example of her. Avi was sure of her fate, should she ever return to Zethron. But Exonyie had gotten caught up in this mess because of her. Now that he knew her story, he had sacrificed his whole life for her, which was against the law. Not only was he harboring a fugitive, but he left his post to be with a human. If they were both captured, they would make an example of him—a traitor in their eyes—as well, and Avi couldn’t let him do it.

  “That is what I love about you,” Avi said in shock. Exonyie smiled. “Well, that’s a first for me.”

  “What? Admitting that you love a cyborg?”

  “Admitting that I love anyone at all,” she admitted. “Hey, you’ve been driving since we left the ship. Why don’t you switch places with me and I can take over? You deserve to get some rest. I’m gonna need you fully alert when things start heating up out there.”