“It’s quite alright. I will stay here and wait with you. Should I return to my human form now?”
“Yes, thank you,” Cassie answered.
“I could feel this form was distracting you,” Dahl said. Cassie said nothing, but she knew he was right. She just hoped he couldn’t tell the real reason she was distracted. Cassie had never had time for a boyfriend growing up and therefore had not found time to explore her sexuality. Now, seeing a naked Dahl, her instincts had awakened and that was the source of her distraction.
Chapter 8.
Machines and computers whirred and clicked as Cassie attempted to isolate Dahl’s genes. She attempted to focus on the task at hand, but her mind kept wandering back to the image of Dahl’s exposed body on that examination table. Her struggle was not helped along by the fact that Dahl was constantly peeking over her shoulder trying to observe what she was doing. She could feel his breath on the back of her neck and it sent chills down her spine.
“You are tense,” Dahl said.
“I’ve just got a lot on my mind,” Cassie said, trying to avoid the conversation.
“I know exactly what is on your mind,” Dahl responded. Cassie froze in panic. She was embarrassed at being caught with those private images in her mind.
“That’s very rude to read my mind without my permission!” Cassie shouted defensively.
“I am sorry, but I cannot help it. I can hear your thoughts as easily as you hear normal voices. I cannot turn off my mind-reading any more than you can turn off your ears,” Dahl said apologetically.
“It’s okay. I’m just embarrassed,” Cassie said.
“Perhaps if you lived out your fantasy, you would be able to focus better,” Dahl offered.
Cassie was shocked by the bluntness of his offer. She had always imagined her first time to be a romantic affair with the love of her life, but this alien was offering himself to her. For him, it seemed sex would be just a physical release and nothing more. These thoughts were interrupted by Dahl’s voice.
“I can be whoever you want me to be. I can hear your thoughts and I know you desire this,” he said to her in a sultry whisper. The sound of it made her knees weak. “I know your deepest wants and I can fulfill your every fantasy.”
Cassie trembled at the thought of it. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to try and strengthen her resolve. When she opened her eyes again, Dahl had changed shape. He was now the very image of her dream man. He had wavy black hair and bright blue eyes. His skin was darkly tanned and his muscles were strong and lean. He stood before her wearing nothing but a pair of blue jeans and Cassie’s heart raced in her chest.
“Dahl, this is inappropriate. You should stop this now,” Cassie demanded, trying to maintain herself.
“I would stop if you really wanted me to. Your mouth is asking me to stop, but your mind keeps begging for things to continue,” Dahl said. This was not a case of a man taking a determined “no” as code for “yes”. It was simply that Cassie knew he was right.
Cassie made a move to get back to work, but she could not find the strength to resist temptation any further. Rather than return to her lab equipment, she walked briskly to the door and locked it. She turned back around and saw Dahl walking slowly toward her. “You’re right. I do want you…this” she said.
“I know,” were the only words out of his mouth before he wrapped his arms around her and gently placed a kiss on her lips.
Cassie was surprised by how much she enjoyed the feeling of being in Dahl’s arms. His kiss sent shockwaves from her lips straight through her body. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back. She parted her lips to allow Dahl’s tongue access and was pleased when he accepted the invitation. Dahl stepped forward, moving Cassie back against the doors of the lab.
Cassie moaned and pressed back into Dahl’s body. With the heat of passion building inside her, she pulled her legs up and wrapped them around Dahl’s firm hips. Taking the cue, Dahl’s hands moved to Cassie’s hips and he carried her to the examination table without breaking the kiss.
As Cassie was gently lowered down onto the table, she moaned again. Dahl began kissing his way along her jawbone, down her neck, slowly moving to her collarbone. She buried her fingers in Dahl’s thick black hair and panted as his kisses moved even further south. Before she knew it, Dahl was unzipping her uniform and pulling it down past her feet.
Dahl began kissing her chest and stomach. Cassie looked down and met the sensual stare of his brilliant blue eyes. She had never been so enlivened and wants and desires quickly became needs. She sat up, propped on her elbows, and removed her bra. Dahl obeyed her fantasy and moved back up to her breasts to begin sucking and massaging them, much to Cassie’s delight.
Cassie wiggled in pleasure at the skill of Dahl’s tongue on her nipples. She became even more aroused when she felt his hands move down to her hips and remove her underwear. Now she was completely naked on the cold steel examination table in her laboratory. After a few moments of worshipping her breasts, Dahl kissed his way back down to Cassie’s stomach and then lower. Cassie moaned as he teased her inner thighs with light kisses.
“Please, Dahl. Stop teasing me,” she begged. With that, Dahl flicked his tongue across Cassie’s awaiting vagina. She gasped as the sensation shot through her body. Cassie cried out as his slow, deliberate movements became a frenzy of tongue lashings across her sensitive clit. After only a few moments of this, Cassie’s body began to shake with her first orgasm.
“Are you now satisfied?” Dahl asked as Cassie attempted to catch her breath.
“That was amazing,” she said between gasps of air, “but I’m not quite done yet.”
Cassie sat up with the intention of removing Dahl’s pants but was surprised to see he was already naked and erect. She felt another rush of lust when she saw Dahl’s body. She pulled Dahl to her, covering him with deep kisses.
Dahl knew exactly what Cassie wanted and spread Cassie’s legs, pushing himself deep inside her welcoming body. Cassie gasped as she felt herself being penetrated for the first time. The fullness inside of her was painful and pleasurable all at once. Dahl moved slowly at first allowing Cassie to become comfortable with the sensation. Once Cassie’s body adjusted, Dahl began moving in and out of her slowly and rhythmically. Cassie moaned louder and louder as pain gave way to pure pleasure. Soon, Dahl was thrusting with a fierceness that shook the exam table underneath Cassie. Her vaginal walls clamped down around Dahl’s penis as another orgasm overtook her. She screamed with pleasure as the wave swept over her. Just as her orgasm began to subside, she felt Dahl reach his climax and the sensation of him exploding sent her over the edge one final time.
Dahl collapsed in exhaustion on the table next to Cassie. Cassie lay naked and thoroughly satisfied, smiling and panting. She readjusted her position so she could be closer to Dahl. She laid her head on his strong, tan chest and felt warm and safe as he wrapped his arm around her.
“I hope now you can focus on your work,” Dahl said.
“I think I can do just about anything now,” Cassie responded with a smile.
Chapter 9.
Cassie fell asleep in Dahl’s arms and was awoken the next morning by a beep from her computer. Jolted awake, it took a moment for her to evaluate the situation. She hadn’t planned on falling into such a deep sleep. She looked over and saw Dahl was already awake. She looked at her computer to see what was causing the noise. “That’s the test results,” Cassie said as she stared at the screen and wiped the sleep from her eyes. “Your shape-shifting gene has been extracted from your blood and now the computer will tell us if it can be used to terraform a planet.”
She stood up, redressed herself, and walked over to the computer. She scanned the numbers and data with an increasing level of excitement. When she finished reading, she turned back to Dahl with a huge smile on her face. “I did it! Using your DNA, I’ve created a serum to change any planet we want into a suitable home for us!”
“Well done, Cassie. I knew you could do it,” Dahl said as he changed himself into his original human disguise.
“We should go and tell the team,” Cassie said rushing out of the lab into the hangar.
She found the hangar empty. She ran across it into the briefing room where she saw the team standing around the large screens.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“The aliens Dahl was running away from,” Jennifer said without taking her eyes off the screen, “they are on their way to us. It seems they are more determined than we thought to kill him.”
“Is there anything we can do?” Cassie had suddenly forgotten about her good news.
“Captain Jackson should be meeting with his Security Officers now. Defending Solaris is their job, not ours,” Jason answered.
“So, we just sit here and wait?” Cassie asked again, becoming increasingly worried.
“Pretty much,” Jason said. “How’s the lab work coming with the alien?”
“Oh, actually, I was just coming to tell you. It’s done. I did it,” Cassie said suddenly remembering.
“Great!” Jack shouted. “We can send him back to the planet now and these other guys will just piss off.”
“I don’t think it will be that easy,” Dahl said as he entered the room.
“What do you mean?” asked Lars.
“The Grimmots see you as allied with my people now and will exterminate your people as they have done mine,” Dahl answered sadly.
“What are these things?” Lars asked.
“The Grimmots are a race of invaders that have swept through this star system like a plague. They never settle anywhere, they just eliminate all life on a planet and move on.” As Dahl finished speaking, Captain Jackson’s face appeared on the screen.
“Landers, I have spoken to my Security Officers and we have decided our best course of action is to surrender the alien you brought on board.”
“Sorry, Captain, but that’s not going to work,” Jason said. “Apparently we made ourselves a target when we brought Dahl on board.”
“Wrong. I made contact with the Grimmot leader and we have negotiated our safety in exchange for the alien known as Dahl.”
“You can’t do that!” Cassie screamed. She felt hurt that Captain Jackson would surrender so quickly. “You’re a coward!” she shouted.
“Silence, Cassandra,” Captain Jackson reprimanded her. “I will not tolerate your insubordination. You may feel a need to protect this alien, but I am protecting the entire ship. Remember that.”
Cassie felt like she wanted to cry. When she first rescued Dahl from Novus, she was doing it out of kindness. Now, she felt like he was her responsibility. After last night and his contribution to giving humanity a new home, Cassie was heartbroken at the thought of losing Dahl. She turned around to seek solace in his arms and found he had already left the room. That was when she heard the roar of shuttle engines.
Cassie sprinted to the door leading into the hangar and attempted to rip it open only to find it locked. She slammed her body against the door in an effort to force it open, but to no effect. She pushed against the metal door becoming more and more desperate to get into the hangar. She knew Dahl was in The Raven and planning on sacrificing himself in order to save Solaris.
“Cassie, stop it!” Lars said as he arrived at the scene. He grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her away from the door. “The main doors are open. Even if you did get that door open, you would be sucked out into space!”
“Dahl stole the shuttle!” Cassie said fighting back tears of worry and frustration.
“We know. We got an alert when the main doors opened up. Why are you freaking out so much?”
“I don’t know. I just can’t stand the thought of losing him. I can’t explain why, I just don’t want to lose him,” Cassie said.
“You two might want to see this,” Jason shouted from the briefing room. “We got video feed from The Raven.”
Cassie and Lars ran back to the briefing room and stared at the screen showing Dahl in the cockpit and the screen showing the external camera. Dahl had a look of steely determination on his face as he flew directly at a large, black ship that was at least twice the size of Solaris.
“Dahl, get back here. You don’t have to do this,” Jason shouted into the communicator microphone. “Especially don’t do this in my ship.”
“The Grimmots have taken everything from me,” Dahl said in a voice that Cassie felt was disturbingly calm. “My friends and my family were murdered by these people. I’ve been running for a long time. Cassie was the first person to show me any compassion since the Grimmots killed my family. I won’t let them take her, too. I have suffered long enough. This ends now,” he said.
“Dahl, please no!” Cassie shouted with tears streaming down her face. “I don’t want to lose you. Please come back to me.”
Dahl stared directly into the camera and Cassie saw those bright blue eyes he used last night. She thought it was his attempt to comfort her, but triggering that memory ripped her heart apart even further. Without saying another word, Dahl flipped a switch and the screens went dark.
“Get that video back,” Jason ordered.
Jennifer typed furiously on the keyboard in an effort to restore the feed. The best she could do was to find the external camera on the front of Solaris. The entire crew of Landers watched in horror as The Raven flew into the engines of the Grimmot ship, exploding it into millions of pieces. Cassie collapsed on the floor at the sight of it and began to weep openly.
Lars knelt next to Cassie and attempted to console her. “I know it sucks, but he saved all of us and countless others. You heard him. Once they killed him, they were just going to go to another planet and commit another genocide there. He is a hero for this entire galaxy.”
“Him?” Jason interrupted. “What about The Raven? I loved that ship.”
“Shut up, you dumb ass,” Jennifer said slapping Jason on the shoulder.
The whole scene was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door leading to the hangar. Jennifer looked back at the screen and saw the main doors were closed again. Cassie looked up when she heard the knock and searched the faces of the crew hoping they had an answer. However, everyone looked just as confused.
Cassie rose and slowly walked toward the door, suspicious and scared. There was no way anyone could be on the other side of the door. For a moment she thought it was just her ears playing tricks on her until she heard another knock. Slowly and carefully she crept toward the door. Jack, along with the rest of the crew, followed behind her with a rifle aimed and ready to fire on whatever was on the other side. Cassie took a deep breath and pressed the button to open the door. She nearly fainted when she saw Dahl standing smiling on the other side.
“How? How did you get here?” Cassie asked dumbstruck.
“I came back just as you asked me to,” Dahl said in that same calm voice.
“How the hell did you survive that explosion?” Lars asked.
“I was never in that explosion. I evacuated the ship shortly before impact. It was a simple matter of changing my body to survive the vacuum of space and floating back here,” Dahl explained.
“You are one tough bastard,” Jack said stunned, lowering his rifle.
Cassie struggled to believe it. Finally she reached out and placed a hand on Dahl’s face. Feeling his warm skin against hers, she knew it was really him. Her terror and sadness was immediately replaced with overwhelming joy and she leapt into his arms and covered him in kisses.
“Don’t you ever scare me like that,” she said between kisses.
“Great, but what about my ship?” Jason asked.
Before anyone had a chance to respond to Jason’s question, they heard the front doors to Landers HQ slide open. They all walked back to the briefing room to see who was visiting them. When they entered the room, they were surprised to see Captain Jackson standing there.
“Well, I was coming to offer my condolences to C
assandra, but it seems like she doesn’t need them,” the Captain said, seeing Dahl.
“Dahl saved us all,” Lars said.
“I saw that. It was very noble,” Captain Jackson replied.
“Also, Cassie was able to synthesize a terraforming serum from Dahl’s DNA,” Jennifer added.
Captain Jackson paused and took a look around the room as he processed all of the information. After a brief moment of silence, he said, “Well, in light of all this, I can’t rightfully send him back to his planet now.” Captain Jackson walked up to Dahl and extended his hand. “Dahl, I would like to offer you citizenship on Solaris in honor of your heroism and sacrifice.”
Dahl graciously accepted the Captain’s handshake. “Thank you, Captain Jackson. I gladly accept your offer of citizenship.”
“I suppose with this new serum, we could begin to colonize this planet. What do you call this planet anyway?” Captain Jackson asked.
“Novus, sir,” Lars answered.
“Like the hooker?” the Captain asked.
“Yes, like the hooker,” Jason said with a laugh.
“What do YOU call your planet, Dahl?” Captain Jackson asked.
“I simply call it ‘Home’,” Dahl replied.
Captain Jackson sighed and shook his head in resignation. “Fine, ‘Novus’ sticks as the name. Dahl, would you object to us living on your planet?”
“Captain, my friends and family are all dead. I would be honored if my new friends would share my home with me,” Dahl replied.
Cassie smiled and hugged Dahl. She didn’t care what people thought about her hugging and kissing an alien. She was just happy he was back with her and they could now be together without worries.
The rest of the day was a rush of excitement and celebrations as the ship was informed they would be settling down on Novus. Cassie and Dahl were paraded around in front of everyone and hailed as heroes for their efforts. Eventually, the parties and ceremonies came to a close and it was time to go to bed. Cassie was glad she could crawl back into her own bed. Her parents even allowed Dahl to come stay with them. As Cassie was ready to close her eyes and fall asleep after an exhausting day, she heard her door open and saw Dahl walk in.
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