Bodyguard of Love

by Lane, Terri

  “Thank you Tessa, it wasn’t quite blaster pain. Almost though. Thanks to you two as well. Now I had better have a report waiting for me,” she said as Jobol handed her the water and her earpiece. Tessa got up and went to the side bar for some water herself.

  “Talk to me Chief McDonald,” Tessa heard the Commander say. Tessa turned and leaned against the counter and watched the Commander as she sat stiffly with her eyes closed, listening. Her face looked like it was carved of granite and Tessa did not think that was from the pain of her wounds, just pain from the news she was receiving.

  “Confirmed, the Alien Quarter is clear and secure. Okay good. And the breach? Damn fast work, we need to get those guys a raise. Now tell me about the reactor,” she said and Tessa winced. If the plotters had targeted the reactor that would be as bad as a hull breach, maybe worse. It was the power source for the whole station. The silence lengthened and she saw Jobol looking over his computer screen. She wondered if he were reading reports. After a moment longer of silence the Commander spoke again.

  “Alright Chief, good job. Do you want me to notify his family? Okay if you say so. I will be down there shortly. Tell the doc I will be needing him when I get there, okay thanks Chief, see you soon, keep pushing,” she finished and removed her ear piece and looked up at us.

  “May I ask what happened to the reactor Commander?” Jobol asked quietly. The Commander sighed but nodded.

  “The terrorists targeted several places at once. It appears they counted on us moving everyone when the news of the suicides broke. So they went after us and the reactor. The air filtration is too heavily guarded now. The breach was closed fairly quickly and the area was not as crowded as it could have been. We got lucky there. We got even luckier with the reactor. Sargent Norton was gathering information on this Lockley person and came upon something fishy. He took a team to investigate in Cell sector, where the reactor is. They got there in time to deactivate the device. Norton held off the terrorist while his team took care of the bomb. He got a lot of them but died fighting them off. The rest got away. The station is on complete lock down now. No ships are allowed in or out until that bastard is found. I also am ordering that everyone currently in the Alien Quarter stay here for now. I want no moving targets for this guy. The area is now secure and I intend to keep it that way Ambassador,” she said and the Ambassador nodded.

  Tessa saw Jindal return to the room as the Commander got to her feet with a grimace. Tessa close her eyes as she felt herself begin to shake. She was not sure she could take much more of it. Norton was dead? All she could think about was how she had done nothing but hate the guy, and now he was dead, killed saving the station. She took a deep breath trying to stem her grief and opened her eyes. She was looking right into the Commander’s. She understood.

  “Things will get better Tessa. We will all grieve when the time comes. You guys take care of her,” the Commander said as she turned and slowly began walking towards the door. Jindal went to help her, but Jobol waved him off. As the doors opened Tessa saw two guards waiting for the Commander. The doors slid shut and Tessa lost her battle and caught a sob in her throat. Both Kindar come to her side as she began sobbing. So much pain, so much grief, she thought. She felt like she was drowning in it. She couldn’t understand how anyone could want to do such things. She was wrapped in their strong embrace and she let it all out. Tessa sobbed for the dead. She sobbed for their families. She even thought of the families of the terrorists doing this. They probably had no idea their own loved ones were doing something so horrendous. How would that affect them? Her lovers consoled her as she cried and it somehow made it easier. She had not cried like this in her life and she kept going until she just didn’t have the strength anymore. Finally, she backed away from the two people who, somehow, cared so much about her and wiped her eyes.

  “S-sorry. I am supposed to be tough,” she said helplessly. Jindal shushed her and Jobol touched her cheek.

  “Who is stronger, the one who holds it inside until he explodes? Or the person who knows when to free themselves from the weight of it all? We cannot hold the galaxy on our shoulders, little Tessa. No matter how much we may try. Think on this: the Commander allowed a perfume seller to hold her hand and talk her through surgery,” he told her. Tessa sniffed and nodded thinking about it.

  “You have a call,” Jindal said and looking over Tessa was surprised to see he was holding a communication device out to her. She took it hesitantly.

  “Hello?” she said.

  “Oh thank god. They said you were alive but I just had to hear from you. Are you alright Tessa really alright?” Lindesty asked in a tearful voice. Tessa mouthed the words “thank you” to her two men, and turned to talk to her friend.

  ***

  The next morning Tessa felt rested and restless. The hunt was still on for Lockley and his accomplices. It was estimated there were only three of them left. The Commander had also let them know that the cabal of terrorists stretched back to earth. Everyone on that end had been captured after a firefight in the capital city of Geneva. The only ones left were the ones on Station One.

  “It is two more days until the convention Jobol. Is it still scheduled to go ahead?” Tessa asked from the couch in his quarters. He was at a desk on the other side of the giant bed. She had passed out on that almost as soon as her head hit the pillows.

  “It is. Mostly out of hope. Those of us here very much want to hold the conference and have hope that the Commander and Chief McDonald will be able to catch Lockley and his people in time. It would be a feather in the Station’s cap, as you say on Earth, to be able to hold the convention despite everything. It would be a signal to all of the home worlds that we are here to stay. I am certain that it is the Commander’s wish as well,” he said looking up from a report he was reading.

  “Do your people have a problem with mixing with other races,” Tessa asked. It had come out that that was the reason for the recent attacks, and Lockley’s whole philosophy.

  “Some do. There are not many and I have never heard of them being violent, but yes the purity debate comes up from time to time. I am certain it does on most worlds. It is ridiculous to my way of thinking. It is just something we must always be aware of,” he answered reasonably.

  Tessa nodded and got up, walking over to look at a moonscape painting. It was beautiful. Tessa was hoping it would distract her. She had spoken to Lindesty again and she was feeling stir crazy as well. She sighed and walked across the room to look at another painting of the stars. It too was beautiful but was not distracting her. The door opened and Jindal came in smiling with a platter of food. They had eaten just an hour before and Tessa was confused.

  “Oh good Jindal you are a treasure among aides. To quote the Commander, I should give you a raise,” Jobol said humorously.

  “Really?” Jindal asked.

  “Not really no,” Jobol said. “Your timing is perfect, however because Tessa here is trying her best to wear a bald spot in the rug with her pacing,” he said and Jindal looked at Tessa and she blushed and glared at Jobol. They laughed.

  “I know it is hard to be confined to quarters as we are, but there is not much we can do. All work has stopped until the crisis is over with. What have you there Jindal?” Jobol asked his aid.

  “According to Lindesty these are Danishes. Sure to get Tessa’s...” Tessa interrupted him with a grin.

  “Danishes?” She asked gleefully. She hadn’t had any of those in ages.

  “Attention,” Jindal finished with a grin.

  It turned out that Kindar had a love of Earth pastries, so the three of them ate greedily and licked their fingers like children, standing at the side board. They hadn’t even bothered to sit for the snack. Tessa felt cheered by the treat and sighed leaning against Jindal.

  “Thanks guys. I am sorry, I am not used to be cooped up like this. Usually if I am tense or worried about anything I go for a walk and look out the view port,” she told them. They understood. Jindal’s arm went
around her waist and Jobol stroked her long hair. It felt wonderful and she purred contentedly.

  “This is nice too,” she murmured. “I hope you two are not going to get into trouble for having a human lover,” she told them looking from one to another.

  “Not at all,” Jobol said leaning in to kiss her neck. “When someone has a lover on our world it is a thing to be celebrated. The joining of love is considered a high accomplishment,” he said kissing her lips.

  “Of course only being rated as “nice” might be embarrassing,” he said then.

  “Hm I was thinking of that too. We should raise our rating; don’t you think Ambassador?” Jindal asked jokingly.

  “I do Jindal,” he responded. Suddenly Jobol stepped away and Jindal scooped her up in his arms. Tessa squealed in delight and kissed Jindal’s lips with eagerness. He returned the kiss as he walked across the room and then lay her on the bed, reclined against a stack of pillows. The two Kindar began undressing and Tessa did the same with a few giggles. The clothes she had with her were from the shopping trip. They were new expensive silk that Lindesty had talked her into buying. She got down to her silk one piece and slid the shoulders down to expose her breasts. She was a little embarrassed but the looks they gave her were reward for her efforts. They lay next to her naked and leaned over either side of her. The warmth of love she had felt before with them came back in full force and she felt her eyes mist up. These two lovely creatures made her feel like a princess in a fairy tale and she loved it.

  “Oh darlings, you make me feel so loved. I hope you do not mind, but I love you too,” she told them softly and sincerely. They both smiled down at her and nodded.

  “We know,” Jobol said and ran a hand down her leg and back up. Jindal bent his head to her breasts and Jobol kissed her mouth while continuing his wonderful exploration of her lower half.

  “Ahh darlings, you definitely, ohh yes, rate better than a “nice’. You are ‘ahh’ up to a ‘pretty good’ now!” she said and moaned again before Jobol’s lips silenced her cries of desire. She found herself squirming under the Kindar’s exploring, loving hands. She ran her own hand down Jobol’s back while twining the fingers of her other hand in Jindal’s hair.

  “Oh Tessa every touch you give feels like the universe is blessing me,” Jobol said with a groan and a return to kissing her lips and stroking her thighs. Tessa reveled in the experience of being with two such wonderful people whose every touch was a caring tenderness that drove her wild with her desire. As her arousal rose she moaned into Jobol’s lips until he raised himself up. Then with a twist of his body Jindal rolled her over on top of him.

  “I wish to carry the weight of you in good times and bad, beautiful Tessa,” he said. Tessa cried out as he cupped her buttocks and held her tight against him. She could feel his growing desire against her and felt a craving for him join her desire, causing the flames to rise higher within her. He held her then at her hips and slid her squirming body along his, up for a kiss and back down. She trailed her lips down his chest and then back up. When she thought she had reached her peak he lifted her up and lowered her down on his thick, ready shaft, filling her once more with his love for her. Body and soul joined in a twister of passion that made her dizzy in its strength. Her body exploded in joy three times before he had released his love and they caught their breath.

  She rolled sideways off of him into Jobol’s arms and giggled at the tag team action they had managed. His hands reignited the slow fire within her until it quickly was a heat of burning passion. She kissed his muscular chest with a hunger as he did her breasts, neck and at one point he slid her up as Jindal had and kissed her stomach, causing a different kind of arousal. Then she was moved back down and he feasted on her breasts with a reaction of upping her ante in arousal.

  “Oh god, yes, Jobol, oh yes baby, please yes like that ahhh!” She cried. She had no control over what was coming out of her mouth and did not care in the slightest. She thought she felt hands on her calves and especially her feet making her giggle and squirm in their loving care even more. Once more she was brought to a glorious peak that exploded when he found her welcoming entrance with his needy shaft. As he delved deeper she wallowed in in the pleasure he brought to her and cried out time after time in her total oneness with her lovers. She felt so complete when they did this it was unbelievable. When it ended the three of them lay side by side, with her in the middle.

  “Well it is decided gentlemen,” she said.

  “Yes?” Jobol asked.

  “You are most certainly better than ‘pretty good’,” she said.

  “And?” Jindal asked.

  “You shook my universe,” she told them with a quaver to her voice. They laughed softly and kissed her in response. Then the chime from the office door rang.

  ***

  Jobol and Jindal rolled off the bed to either side and began getting dressed. Tessa sat up reaching for her clothes after pulling her silk one piece up from her ankles. Jobol went to a speaker with his pants already on.

  “Yes?” he asked the visitor.

  “Commander Earhart, Ambassador. I need to talk to the three of you,” she said.

  “We will be with you shortly,” he answered calmly. Both of the males were dressed before she was halfway there.

  “Take your time lover, Jobol told her. He and Jindal then left Jobol’s quarters. Tessa did not take her time as suggested. She finished getting dressed and checked her hair. She brushed it out quickly and put it in a ponytail. As she walked into the office she heard the last of a conversation.

  “Miss Tessa is using one of our quarters for privacy purposes,” Jindal was telling the Commander. The woman looked back in shape and ready to go.

  “Good morning Tessa, I apologize for interrupting but I came on an important matter. I need your help,” she said. The three of them traded glances. Tessa was not sure what to make of the Commander’s request for help, but when she explained her plan, Tessa was certain she knew what to think. The Commander had gone nuts.

  The next thing Tessa knew she was strolling through the mall with Lindesty. Chatting away and saying hi to people who greeted them. They were more well-known now and everyone wanted to say hello.

  “I am so glad the crisis is over, aren’t you?” one lady said. “I mean, I don’t think much of security that the scoundrels got off the station, but I am glad they are gone. Trade is opened back up and it is business as usual, right?” she asked Lindesty.

  “Absolutely and thank you,” she told the woman as they walked on.

  “So space sister. Will you be dancing much longer?” she asked her friend.

  “Not at all. I have three different job offers and all of them are day jobs for better pay with a better clientele,” she told her. Tessa giggled. It was a little nervously, but she figured, all things considered she was doing well.

  “What about you?” She was asked in return. “Do you know which way you are going or is perfume seller your calling?” Lindesty asked in return. Tessa grinned honestly at that.

  “I think I am going to take the Commander up on her offer. She is passionate about good relations with other races and I agree with that. So maybe the civilian side of the diplomatic office will be good. As long as I can stay on Station One. Do you want to stay?” she asked her friend as they made their way out of the mall and heading towards the park.

  “I really do Tessa. I would miss you and there seems to be no end to the work a diplomatic envoy can do here with all the races converging on this one spot is the galaxy,” she said firmly. Tessa was happy to hear that. She would miss Lindesty too. They made their way into the park. Tessa had always loved it here. Trees and grass, with the roof being as high as the sky almost. It was a special place and all races appreciated it. She wished she could really enjoy it more right then but she was too nervous. She could see Lindesty was too. Still, they played their part. They made their way to a quiet corner bench with leaves rustling under foot and had a seat.

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p; “This is good, I appreciate everyone’s attention, but it is nice to get away you know?” She said to her friend. Lindesty nodded agreement.

  “Yeah I do. You know I was thinking. After everything those assholes did, they didn’t actually accomplish any of their goals. It was a complete waste of time and life. I hope they get hung up in a tree,” she said viciously. Tessa almost looked around but managed to stop herself.

  “By the neck preferably,” she told her friend in return. They were both becoming tense. Tessa new it would happen anytime now and sure enough as soon as she thought that, it did. Lockley himself stepped from behind a tree with two men following him.

  “But it wasn’t a waste of time. It was so easy to fool the Commander into thinking we left the station. So we get to kill you two as payment for your interference and by the time your bodies are found we will have accomplished everything we came for,” he said with a vicious leer. What an ass, Tessa thought. She felt she should stand up for her friend and Commander of her home.

  “The Commander is stupid? You just proved you are,” she told them with a snarl as they pulled out weapons. “What makes you think the Commander thinks you left?” Tessa finished and held her hand, making a circle gesture. There was a creaking and whooshing sound that got their attention and then the fugitives were swooped up the air by a net that had been hidden beneath the leaves around the trees. Their weapons dropped and they cried out in rage. Commander Earhart and Chief McDonald came out from behind some bushes with a squad of security pointing blasters at the men in the net.

  “After everything that has happened it almost feels too easy,” The Commander said.

  “Easy?” Tessa said, as her fear slowly started draining away.

  “I’ll take it,” the Chief said with a growl as his men closed in to get the fugitives down.

  “How come you insisted on this trap Commander?” Lindesty asked. The woman glanced over at Tessa and her friend.