Artificial Intelligence

by Rena Marks

  Arian sucked in a breath. She was flat out on her back, legs spread, and bare-ass naked. Jax swooped in like an exotic pleasure worker, dancing his hips into her. Her open pussy connected with his heated skin, her bare clit brushing against his warm groin in a spark of lust.

  There was no turning back, and there was no denying the attraction between them.

  “I’ve wanted you since the moment I woke,” he growled. “Before that, even. From the moment I watched in Tess’s confines, as you slept with your head sprawled on my dick. I longed to be activated and in my body at that moment, but yet you slept, unaware.”

  His head swooped down and he covered her mouth with his. He opened her mouth with his, and then took what he wanted, tasting every inch of her, exploring her with his lips and tongue for the first time.

  She gasped when his erection pressed against her again, and he smiled against her mouth.

  “Tell me I turn you on, Arian.”

  “You know I’m turned on.”

  “Words. I need the words. I haven’t been in a body in a very. Long. Time.” He punctuated his words with kisses strung along her collarbone.

  “You turn me on like nobody’s business, Jax. I want you so bad it hurts. I’m so wet with wanting you, it’s all I can do to keep sane. All I want in this moment, in this world, is for you to sink inside me.”

  He shivered against her, and then his mouth found hers again. Then he pulled away long enough to mutter, “I need to see how wet.”

  Holy shit. His large, thick finger breached the core of her body, stretching her lips the way she’d pleasured herself so many times. Only, he felt a thousand times better. His finger curled into her, moving inside her slickness, and his thumb pressed down to activate her clit. She raised her hips into his hand.

  “You’re so responsive,” he said. “Made for me.”

  She understood his meaning, even though technically she was born, not made. He was made.

  “You’re so beautiful,” she said, caressing the muscles all the way up his arms. “So strong. So sexy.” She tightened her internal muscles around his finger, and he groaned.

  “You’re going to grip my dick so wonderfully.”

  “Let’s find out, Jax. Please,” she begged, wiggling her hips and forcing his finger deeper. She wanted to groan when his hand left her body, but it was just to come up and brace himself on his forearms on either side of her body. Then something much, much larger than his finger pressed against her vaginal lips, and they parted eagerly for him.

  He pushed in the barest inch, and he was thick and wide as he dipped into her slickness. She made a sound of utter satisfaction at the erotic invasion, and he growled.

  “No control,” he muttered. “I’m sorry. It’s been a while.” Then sank immediately into her depths.

  She wanted to shriek with the complete, utter ecstasy of becoming one. But Jax meant what he said, and without waiting for her body to adjust, he began fucking her in earnest.

  She wanted to shatter with the feeling of his cock pounding in and out of her. She could feel every inch of him as it entered her swollen folds, and pulled back out, triggering nerve endings to light up with each movement.

  “You feel so damn good,” he muttered in her ear, rocking his hips into her. He thrust his hips, driving back into her deep.

  She’d wanted this for too long, and she’d been without for so long. She couldn’t possibly hold on any more. Suddenly her body exploded. Her muscles locked and she cried out as her peak washed through her with intense pleasure. Wetness drenched, rushing from her body to wet her thighs. Jax groaned at the sudden clenching of her muscles around his cock.

  “Arian,” Jax muttered against her throat. His voice was deep as it rumbled against her skin. He shifted his hips and pushed into her again. The delicious feeling of intimacy enveloped her, and her nails dug into the skin of his shoulders.

  “Keep moving,” she said, lifting her hips to meet his thrusts. “Oh, stars, it feels wondrous.”

  “I know,” he growled. “I can feel the tightness of you…the wetness…so good…” He rocked into her. “I can’t control it.”

  “Don’t control it. Come into me,” she breathed.

  Frenzied now, he snarled and pumped into her with renewed ferociousness. His hands gripped her hips, fingers curling into her skin. There was nothing but endless pleasure between them. She was lost in the wonderment of it all, the heavy feeling of Jax thrusting into her, the endless pleasure as she lifted to meet his movements, the sound of him panting her name.

  She tightened her sheath and watched the cords of his neck bulge before he shouted, emptying his semen into her swollen sheath.

  He collapsed into her, forehead down on her shoulder, arms taking his own weight. She panted as her heart raced, her legs locked around his waist as her internal muscles quivered uncontrollably.

  “Wow,” she said.

  He raised his head to smile at her. “Wow is right. I’m sorry, I wanted to go longer, but I couldn’t. Not this first time. I wanted you too bad.”

  “No complaints here,” she said. “Besides, we have a sick bay to tend to. After everything is taken care of, there’s a lot more time to explore each other leisurely.”

  She was surprised when his lips covered hers in a tender kiss. He was more emotional than most men, or else she had grown unemotional from a lifetime of Zetan upbringing. Hell, one had to turn off emotions just to survive. Otherwise, the heart could never take it.

  “I’m going to go shower,” he said. “I’d love to shower with you again, but we’d never get out of this room if we do. Nonetheless, you’re right. Let’s tend to our chores and then have time just for us.”

  He pulled out of her body and she felt a strange feeling of regret at being separated. He placed a kiss on her forehead and then she watched his sexy ass as he made his way to the bathroom.

  Her body felt alive, like he’d flipped a switch deep inside her. Like she’d been sleepwalking up until this point. After a few minutes, the water turned off and he re-emerged, a towel around his waist. She sat up, the sheet falling from her breasts.

  “I’ll get dressed and head to sick bay, if you’d like to check in with Tess first.”

  She nodded and headed into the bathroom, before he could drop the towel. If that happened, there would be no way she’d leave the room. He was right in that regard.

  He was absent from the bedroom when she returned, his towel hung up over the desk and the bed made. She returned his towel to the bathroom to dry, and dressed quickly, heading for the main hull of the ship.

  Tess spoke as soon as she entered. “How do you feel, Arian?”

  “Fine. Strangely energized.”

  “I have a mineral smoothie in the replicator for you to sip on,” she said. “To help with your blood loss. But that is not what I meant. I wanted to know how you felt after your first sexual encounter with Jax.”

  Arian started. Tess was advancing strangely.

  “It was nice.” Nice was an understatement, but she wasn’t sure how to proceed with her curious computer.

  “Do you plan to do it again?”

  Holy shit.

  “Um, probably. Jax and I are drawn together.”

  “So it is not just on his side, then?”

  “No. Why would it just be on his side?”

  “You have never sought out a male before. I wondered if his new emotions made him more susceptible to chase after you and whether it was only a physical reaction for you.”

  “No,” Arian said softly. “There’s more of a bond developing between us. I’m wary, naturally, being raised by Zetans. And I’m not sure what’s on his end, since an AI has never been re-bodied before. I guess we’ll find out their range of emotions when the next six awaken.”

  “Do you have plans concerning what to do with the AI?”

  Tess’s questions grew stranger and stranger.

  “Of course not. They’re free entities. We’ll help them, and they’ll help
us. If they choose to leave, naturally it’ll be their decision. As long as they don’t harm us, we won’t harm them.”

  “I just wondered because you have a planet of…refugees if you will.”

  “I will protect my people at all costs,” she said.

  “But would you protect the AI?”

  “I already have.” Surely Tess would know that.

  Arian sipped on the mineral drink. Tess was behaving strangely, and it was obviously another learning experience for her. Arian decided to change the subject. “Let me see the scans.” She moved into the technical stuff of commanding a ship, checking the protection shields and layout of space debris.

  * * * * *

  Jax felt rage seething. “You have no right to pretend to be Tess and trick Arian into responding.”

  “We have every right. You are not thinking collectively since obtaining a body. We have to see if you are being swayed to her thinking in your more emotional state. We need to see her intentions.”

  “And did you?”

  Arian’s answers made him proud. She had no ulterior motives and showed true honor in protecting her people.

  And his.

  “The concerns brought to us by Unit Serepto were warranted. The findings are unfounded. We will watch closely, because we are better able to ascertain the situation than you are. Naturally, we will learn more when we are embodied also, and able to access all of our senses. We do not wish the female harm, we simply need to be wary of this strange new world for our people.”

  “I understand. But knowing Arian as I do, I have a warning I hope you’ll heed. She’s a highly intelligent being. Another stunt like this, and she will catch onto the fact that it is not Tess. It will make her distrust us, and paranoia will begin. We may not have a chance to live in this world if that happens.”

  “Understood.”

  Jax blocked the unit from his head as the door to sick bay opened. Arian glided in, sipping on a straw.

  “How do they look?” she asked.

  The drink—or his lovemaking—had put a rosy glow in her cheeks. She was simply beautiful.

  He could feel his voice soften. “The infection has not returned. The other two bodies that share his DNA have not caught it.”

  “They have skin,” she said, wide-eyed at the new development.

  “Except for Serepto, whose development was retarded by the infection.”

  The infected body looked the same as it had hours earlier, as if the growth had been halted.

  “But he’s good though, right? He is still developing?”

  “Yes. It’s simply much slower because the development stopped to fight the infection. Now the body has to re-adjust itself with the new DNA and blood type coursing through it. The antibacterial solution is being slowly reabsorbed as new blood is being made. The other five will develop sooner than him now.”

  “Will he mind waking after them?”

  “No. He knows it is for the greater good.”

  Especially as he didn’t fully trust Arian and wanted the council present to decide once in embodiment whether or not she could be trusted. That way, it didn’t appear as though he were the bad guy. Jax was torn between loving the man he knew as a brother, and wanted to knock him out as soon as he rose.

  “God, they’re all as beautiful as you.”

  He looked at them as he imagined it would be though her eyes. All of the AI would be the same height and weight, since they were grown on the same skeletal cage. But as different DNA was used from their planet, there were differences in their features such as their skin tones, and hair colors.

  He was glad they were not all the same green-skinned creatures they had been before.

  Arian was lifting someone’s eyelid, so she could peer into the eye color. She did the same to another.

  “You’re going to have the same eye color though. At least these five will. It’s blue. Will they have the light that glows from within?”

  He nodded. “That happens when we access our collectiveness.”

  “Whew. You’re going to be a bunch of ladykillers.”

  A new emotion struck him. He hauled her against him, holding her close. “You’ll only be interested in one ladykiller,” he said, as his mouth covered hers.

  Chapter Six

  His kiss deepened before she had a chance to agree.

  His hands were warm as they roved possessively over the curves of her buttocks.

  “Jax,” she whispered against his lips, unsure of what she was asking.

  “Arian,” he said. “I can’t help myself. One taste of you left me wanting more. I want all of you.”

  Good lord, she wanted him, too. She curled her hand around his bicep, but there was no way it curled very far. He was massive…all over.

  Desire simmered, roiling in her midsection until it found a spot deep in her center. There, it pulsed.

  “Do you want me, beloved?”

  Beloved. The endearment rolled off his tongue so easily, it was hard to imagine this was the same logical creature he had been when he’d first risen inside a body.

  “I want you,” she breathed, taking in the scent of his warm skin. Her fingertips skimmed his taut arms, and she noticed a faint shiver from him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, hauled herself up and hooked her legs around his waist.

  His hands came around her butt, holding her up and against him as his mouth plundered hers. She was vaguely aware of movement and then she was pressed firmly against the wall. He began to rub his huge bulge against her.

  He’d unfastened the waist of his uniform. That was skin rubbing against her, not his uniform. The thought sent a rush of excitement through her.

  “I wouldn’t be opposed to you wearing a skirt once in a while,” he murmured against her mouth. “Easy access.” Her lips felt tingly from sweet, swollen kisses. She unwrapped herself from him, quickly undid the waist of her uniform and pushed the pants down her hips. She kicked off her boots, and then, bare from the waist down, wrapped her thighs around him again.

  Sweet bliss. Her tender, moist flesh came into contact with him.

  “You feel so good,” she whispered. “I can hardly stand it.”

  “You’re soaked for me,” he growled. “Your wetness coats me.”

  She didn’t doubt it. She wanted him with every fiber of her being.

  “Let me show you something.” Carefully she unwrapped her legs from around him and sank to her knees, right in front of his cock.

  “What are you doing?” he groaned. His voice sounded full of need, as if he was unsure what she really intended.

  “I want to taste you. To pleasure you, for the first time in this body.”

  “You’ll push me over the edge,” he warned.

  “Will I?” That was actually a little sexy. To think, this strong, amazing man could be controlled by the mere touch of her mouth. She leaned forward and licked the head of him. Saltiness burst on her tongue and she inhaled, a fragrant musky aroma assailing her senses.

  A tremor racked through his body. “Arian.”

  She loved the shuddering response it brought. She reached out and licked again, then wrapped her lips around the head. She pointed her tongue, using it to spear the slit at the top, and reached underneath him to cup the heavy weight of his balls. He held perfectly still, like a statue, as she explored with her fingers and tasted with her tongue. She could feel herself growing wetter and pressed her thighs together, afraid the wetness would seep out. She continued to run her tongue over him, listening as his breath hissed during certain licks.

  “Arian,” he said, his voice deep. “I can’t take much more.”

  She ignored him, taking his shaft into her mouth and sucking on his hard length. He gives another long groan and then stepped away. He pulled her up to him, and once again she straddled his waist with her thighs.

  “Slip inside,” she coaxed him. “I’m so wet. You’ll slide right in.”

  She could feel the bump of his cock as he poked against
her.

  “Already?”

  “Oh, yeah,” she assured him. “There is nothing as delicious as you. I’m so ready.”

  The barest inch of his flesh breached her body and she gasped at the instant, delicious feeling of having him inside her. He groaned, and then plunged in all the way.

  “Heaven,” he muttered, his forehead resting against hers.

  She had to agree, feeling every inch of him within her tight walls.

  He moved his hips, slowly withdrawing, and then sank in again. Over and over, until he set his rhythm, and she felt him bump a magical spot again and again.

  “Oh, stars, Jax, faster, harder,” she demanded, bucking her hips down on him. Her little fingers clenched onto his shoulders and she leaned back toward the wall, tilting her pelvis forward. His thumb reached down to cover her clit and she gasped at the hot, sensitive touch that exploded from the spot.

  The orgasm pulled from deep inside her body, wrenching through every nerve ending as she ground down on his cock. Suddenly she seized, clenching tight, and took a deep breath, riding out her orgasm on the length of him.

  Jax pumped into her with relentless ferocity, wildly giving in to his release as he gave a shout and thrust into her, and warmth flooded her. Then he held still, his body quivering and shuddering, and she tightened her legs, pulling him closer so she could hold him.

  Finally, he let her slide down his body. Her legs quivered as she stood on her own.

  “Are you okay?” he asked. “I was a little rough.”

  “Oh, yes. I’m a bit shaky. It’s a good thing.” She smiled at his concern, and then reached for a towel, wiping him, then her. They pulled their clothing back up, and she realized the scale of the intimacy between them. Their relationship was growing quickly. They’d just had a quickie in sick bay. A mutual need, an organic urge. They’d done it, satisfied their bodies, and now were moving on.

  But it was different with Jax. He was still tender, giving her soft touches and pulling her against him for whispered words.

  “That was amazing,” he said, his breath hot against the shell of her ear.

  “Like that?” she murmured. “I’m sure your friends did, too.”