Descend- Coming Together

by David Burke

  Then he ran a finger up, parting her lips and brushing lightly against her clit. She shivered and he could see how ready she was by the sheen of glistening wetness upon his finger. A finger that he now inserted into her even as he lowered his mouth to engulf her little bud.

  His tongue went to work and small moans followed by gasps escaped her mouth. “More please,” she pleaded. Still, he worked her right up to the edge and then backed away. He never cut her off entirely but would lessen the pace of his fingers pistoning into her or the pressure he applied with his tongue.

  For at least five solid minutes he strung her out. He felt her desperation rise. Then Jay learned a bit about her flexibility.

  She sent her legs out snaking around her. She hooked them up and over his shoulders and then was able to stretch them so as to lock her ankles together underneath him. The effect was that she could both pull her pelvis up towards him while at the same time pulling him forward by flexing her legs.

  Jay knew he was strong enough to resist her but chose not to. His mouth pressed in and she was grinding against his face. Her wild abandon in a desire for release was a massive turn on to him. So much so that he almost lost control of himself and let her have the orgasm she craved.

  Then he gently flexed his strength and unhooked her ankles. He slid out from between her legs. Leaning forward he pushed her legs forward now. Jay had hoped but didn’t know for sure till he tried.

  There was no resistance. No tension in her muscles as they stretched till her ankles were now locked behind her head and her womanhood was spread wide open before him. He shifted as she lay there and began pulling down his pants and underwear all at once to free his cock.

  When Mia saw that she said, “God yes, give it to me.”

  A momentary concern must have flashed across his face because Mia said, “I’m protected.”

  With that issue removed Jay plunged himself into her. They were already bonded emotionally. Now their bodies were one as well. He thrust into her and felt her tight wetness around him and moaned out.

  As much as he didn’t want it to end, Jay knew that the reset had to be less than a minute away. The time spent tantalizing her had been well spent though as they were both dancing along a knife’s edge away from a complete explosion.

  “Time’s almost up,” Jay said.

  Mia moaned back at him, “I want us to cum together.”

  Jay tried to thrust faster and sent out a huge pulse of his Sensual Projection aimed solely at her. Just as much as he upped his game she did too. Showcasing just what her flexibility could do, her hips rotated forward, and this caused her pussy to clamp down on him so hard that he was stopped as his thrust bottomed out in her and he exploded.

  He felt his seed empty into her even as she was screaming his name while waves of orgasm rocked her body. Just as they reached this apex of emotional and physical unity, the reset triggered.

  Interlude 5- Collateral Damage

  Sek Mapor was running everything by the books. Of course. The Forlorn always ran everything by the books. Order was the litany of their existence. This was the 17th star system that the cruiser he commanded had been to search.

  Each system was a possible hiding place for another one of the A’snkarnt leviathans. Each system was also the possible home planet of another lesser species that the enemy was experimenting upon. Just like they had discovered the home planet of the Elefantis. The harvest had been plentiful on that world.

  This galaxy was not one where the Forlorn had established order yet. It was too far from their current operations and it would be millions of cycles at a minimum before the swarm of the Forlorn reached this out of the way star system with its tiny yellow star and a mere nine planets in orbit.

  The time didn’t really matter to the Forlorn. Order was inevitable, and the Forlorn were the tool of order. They would wipe the scourge of individuality from the universe and create a homogeneous civilization free of strife, passion, and even death. For under order, life and death were but two sides of the same coin.

  As soon as they entered this system, their sensors picked up the signs of a primitive but fruitful civilization on the 3rd planet from the star. Billions of what appeared to be the dominant life form and countless other varieties. It was a very chaotic system.

  If Sek’s central objective was not so important he would have taken this opportunity to begin harvesting this world. The search for the leviathans could not be put off though. Scans didn’t reveal anything but if there was one thing that the A’snkarnt were good at, it was hiding.

  Then orders came through the central communication hub. Sek downloaded them immediately and left nothing to guesswork. It was a logical plan and he would see it carried out.

  While he had no way to detect the leviathan, perhaps they could make it act. Either way, it would have a benefit. If it was close, and they acted to stop him from carrying out his orders, then the A’snkarnt position would be revealed. And if they were not present, then he would be able to harvest some of these life-forms and bring a bit more order to the universe.

  Commands were conveyed to all the warriors and drones. The cruiser was not large enough to have more than two harvesters so they would have to suffice. The warriors went to their various positions either in a harvester, an accompanying fighter or one of the gun stations. All units were active for this.

  The drones went to various repair substations to be ready and plugged into the primary, backup, and tertiary systems for engineering, navigation, and other critical systems. Once the ship was at maximum operational capacity, he ordered its course changed to take it to the small blue planet.

  Once the cruiser was within a million miles of the target, they began picking up chatter that the primitives had discovered them. Sek realized that he should not find joy in this but he did. He told himself that it was joy at commencing the spread of order, but a part of him realized that he liked the terror his ship provoked in the little beings below.

  The order to fire was given and their high energy weapons began to rain death and destruction down upon any location that the collective identified as being a military installation.

  It wasn’t like this world’s military had any hope of overcoming the Forlorn. Simple experience had taught that harvesting was quicker if the target was softened up first and while the planet didn’t possess any technology capable of attacking his cruiser in high orbit, their fusion weapons might be dangerous to landing parties if detonated.

  After a few minutes of sustained fire, the key cities of their most populated nation had been reduced to rubble. From the signals they were intercepting, and the interpretations made, it appeared to be a place known as China. The bombardment had not been overly severe but only eliminated twenty percent of this country’s citizenry.

  All of this became moot a moment later. Gravitation fields in the area fluctuated slightly and motion was detected by short-range sensors. His initial suspicion was that the enemy had opened a gateway nearly on top of them. Of course scans quickly said that was not true.

  Impossibly the blue planet’s single moon had broken its orbit and was headed toward his ship. Slowly, but inexorably it was breaking inertia and moving. The primitives certainly didn’t have any technology which could displace a moon.

  That left one reasonable conclusion based upon the available evidence. They had found the leviathan. Sek ordered the drones in the communication array to send signals back to Overmind Caj Decius. Only then did the drones realize that they were being blocked.

  It wasn’t the way of the Forlorn to panic, so orders were changed and the cruiser turned away from the planet and began to engage the oncoming satellite. Lasers cut huge swaths of the moon’s surface away. Pulse weapons blasted craters hundreds of feet deep.

  Sek even ordered the main weapon to fire. The typical Forlorn weapon was essentially a disintegration ray which caused rapid acceleration of atomic decay. Still, no A’snkarnt ship came into sight. Only the moon kept moving closer.<
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  In their attack against the Earth, the cruiser had moved into low orbit, no more than 100 miles from the planet’s surface. Even as every forward weapons battery was firing still the moon moved closer and the gravitational fields continued to shift. Stranger still was the fact that the cruiser had not received any return fire.

  Sek didn’t understand the enemy’s plan. Clearly he would move his cruiser before it could be crushed between the two bodies. They were far smaller but equally more maneuverable. Still, he ordered the harvesters and their escort fighters to return.

  He wanted to collect samples, but it was not important enough to prevent him from getting word to the over-minds about the leviathan’s location. The moon was accelerating faster still though. It had already crossed half the distance to the planet. Within less than a minute it would be upon them.

  One of the drones alerted him to a discovery. Some of the lasers had cut two miles into the moon’s crust. Once they reached that depth they were reflected back. So the leviathan was not the moon but actually a ship hidden by the outer crust of the moon.

  A moment later particle weapons fired into their shields. It was unbelievably powerful and the drain on their shields could not be sustained. Immediate orders were sent. The dead-drop drone was released. Harvesters and fighters didn’t dock with the cruiser but instead launched themselves at the surface of the moon.

  Seconds later the particle weapon still had not fired yet, but the moon was now less than 100 miles away from the cruiser. A tractor beam was trying to lock onto their ship while being resisted by shields that were already buckling. Sek went to his escape pod. All available pods were filled with warriors and he left final orders for the remaining warriors and drones to engage the leviathan until destroyed.

  The gravitational balance between the Earth and the moon had already shifted destructively. Tidal waves sixty miles high rushed across half the globe. The tectonic plates shifted and mile-wide crevices split the surface of the planet. The molten core was tugged at by the dramatically increased pull exerted by the moon and erupted all over the planet even causing parts of the oceans to begin to slowly boil.

  The crust of the moon fared no better. It was torn apart revealing the actual leviathan which was a smooth shiny ship in the shape of an ellipsoid more than 2000 miles across.

  Below on the surface of the planet the few remaining humans who soon would join the billions that had already died finally had an answer to one of life’s great questions. They were not alone in the universe.

  Chapter 22- Realizations both Harsh and Pleasant

  Jay woke up to a series of notifications. Some were flashing an angry red. That was something he hadn’t seen before. It just beckoned to be opened first.

  Warning! Experimental environment’s integrity has been compromised.

  Outside life forms have entered the clusters. Avoid these life forms at all costs. They are considered terminally dangerous.

  It is recommended that all test subjects enter the dungeons permanently.

  Emergency scaling protocols enacted so the test may continue to run with limited input.

  Following changes have been enacted:

  1) All clusters will share the same dungeon space divided into 10 sections and 50 levels.

  2) Stimulants and implants will automatically scale up 10% every two cycles based upon the most advanced test subject. Warning- failure to level up quickly enough will result in injury or death from stimulant overdose.

  3) One housing unit per ten test subjects on each dungeon level will activate one hour prior to sundown

  4) Dungeon floors will no longer reset during this crisis. Population, quests, and rewards have been changed accordingly.

  5) To prevent an awakening occurring at a time when a test subject is vulnerable- future awakenings will have to be consciously activated.

  Once security has dealt with the intruders, further revisions may occur.

  First, he tried to open his eyes. As soon as he did though, his vision got all blurry. It was like he was seeing out of four eyes instead of two. Wait, he could see himself but he could also see Mia sitting up groggily right next to him, still just as naked as she had been when the reset hit.

  That didn’t make any sense. He moved his arms and felt himself. Except four arms moved and not just two. He didn’t just feel his own muscled chest. He also felt the same breasts under his hands that he felt when he was with Mia.

  Oh but something was different. They felt much larger in his hands, yet somehow more familiar. He looked down then and saw the hands he expected against his own chest, but also much smaller hands with long slender fingers cupping his breasts.

  No not his. Mia’s. Then without even meaning to his arms moved on their own. Shaking themselves first and then patting across his face. Pulling back as they felt the stubble he was accustomed to waking up with. Somehow as normal as that was, it felt completely alien to him.

  His head hurt, but then his vision went blurry again and some part of himself withdrew. It pulled back up into himself. Lodged inside his PSI core now. It was completely connected to him but somehow separate. That little bundle of emotions that he recognized as Mia.

  A part of him but not. So much closer and more present than before. He wasn’t even able to fully push the sensation into the back of his mind. Even as he worried, he felt her worry.

  Wow, that notification and now this. It was too much to take in. Jay didn’t know what to say. He needed to process it so he closed his eyes, lay back and looked at his other notifications without saying a word.

  Error… Searching parameters…

  Test Subjects Compromised

  M1789 and F49381 partially fused. . .

  Separation failed. . . Searching for options. . .

  Level gains magnified

  Stats gains balanced

  Greetings M1789/F49381

  You experienced a partial fusion. This is outside of test protocols. Results unanticipated. Dual Status Sheet now activated. Future impact still being examined. Fusion had a multiplicative effect upon both test subjects. Implants have guided awakening as best as possible. Further fused awakenings are not recommended at this time. Complete loss of individuality or death are highly likely. The highest stat was stacked with other half. F49381 stats insufficient to balance so additional stats utilized until equilibrium achieved.

  M1789 subject has crossed the third threshold.

  F49381 subject has crossed the second threshold.

  F subjects undergo additional changes upon crossing the second threshold.

  Gestation duration is reduced by 50% as the subject’s body becomes more efficient.

  Offspring maturation period is reduced by 50%.

  Offspring acquires genetic memories from parents with a level equal to 25% of parents’ combined level and a random combination of skills from parents.

  M1789

  Level: 37

  Awareness: 41

  Precognition: 23 - 47%

  Sensual Projection: 18 - 22%

  Life Sense: 22 - 76%

  Iron Will: 22 - 85%

  Telepathy: 7 - 91%

  Assessment: 3 - 8%

  Empathetic Bond: 1 - 0%

  Durability: 36

  Hardened Body: 25 - 16%

  Enhanced Strength: 25 - 17%

  Kinesis: 34

  Kinetic Bolt: 14 - 64%

  Accelerate: 19 - 11%

  Kinetic Dampening: 18 - 97%

  Metabolism: 33

  Regeneration: 25 - 55%

  Enhanced Speed: 24 - 32%

  Formation: 58

  Body Modification: 10 - 79%

  Psionic Construct: 29 - 3%

  Temporal Manipulation: 40 - 0%

  PSI Pts: 1330 Stamina: 690

  F49381

  Level: 25

  Awareness: 13

  Empathetic Bond: 13 - 0%

  Expanded Mind: 11 - 32%

  Tactical Probability: 1 - 88%

  Telepathy: 6 - 72%
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  Assessment: 1 - 0%

  Durability: 8

  Enhanced Flexibility: 8 - 0%

  Enhanced Strength: 1 - 0%

  Kinesis: 11

  Shared Potential: 11 - 0%

  Metabolism: 9

  Borrowed Adaptation: 8 - 4%

  Regeneration: 7 - 63%

  Enhanced Speed: 1 - 0%

  Formation: 58

  PSI Crystal Formation: 16 - 0%

  PSI Pts: 820 Stamina: 170

  Joint Shop Credits: 11227

  After Jay finished reading everything he remained lying on his back. He couldn’t help but be a bit overwhelmed. First, it had already been nearly impossible to keep everyone alive. Now, he couldn’t help but wonder how this was going to be achieved.