Space Rogue

by Jay Toney

  "Who?" I said groggily.

  "Dr. Kimberly Harris, she is Randolph's new geeky friend.

  "Tell the rescue party to bring them both. I don't care if they have to carry them out. We will sort it out latter."

  "Message sent. I'm worried about Randolph, he just found a girlfriend, probably his first, and is just now feeling happy, possibly for the first time in his life."

  "Don't worry, things have a tendency to work themselves out in the end."

  When we got up in the morning l was surprised to see Doc eating breakfast. He looked none the worse for wear. Jane however looked disheveled and worn out, but she was sane again.

  "Sorry Captain, I should have heeded your warning, and taken only one of those pills," Jane said.

  "How many did you take?"

  Mumbling she answered, "only two."

  "l was worried that you may have taken all 12, the way you acted.

  "Had I taken that many and I would have had my way with every man in town, willing or not. Doc, I'm sorry about how I acted last night," she said sincerely.

  "It was my extreme pleasure, to treat your condition. I found it very satisfying."

  I had never seen Jane blush before. She turned a bright shade of crimson.

  Doc noticed Amber still in my room, half dressed, and greeted her.

  "Doc you're alive and well," said the trio of women emerging from my room.

  "Nathaniel, I will order breakfast for all of you. You must be famished after sleeping with your three friends last night."

  "Don't worry about breakfast Doc, we need to get back to the ship now. There is no time to explain, other to say we may be in a lot of trouble."

  We departed the hotel, in a group with Amber's security forces guarding our flanks, heading to the landing field's tarmac where the Revenge waited. A group of about a dozen men came charging after us, with their weapons drawn, firing at us.

  "Everybody run!" I yelled, not wanting to risk injury to the ladies."

  Blaster bolts streamed by us, with wild unaimed shots. Our group returned fire, our shots aimed wildly as we ran. Our shots were getting close, but so were the energy bolts discharged by the blasters from the attacking scoundrels. They were ranging in their shots, firing more accurately.

  "Everybody down!" Natasha shouted, diving to the ground.

  Everybody dove for the ground, followed immediately by the sound of 30mm projectiles being fired from the Revenge's PDC. Our pursuers didn't stand a chance; the ships guns tore them to pieces before they could take cover.

  We made our way to the ship at a more cautious pace, waiting for another attack. As soon as we cleared the airlock, Natasha yelled again, "Hold on!" The ship lifted skyward using both the repulsorlift and the main engines at max burn. the Revenge rolled violently to starboard while still climbing, Its energy weapons and PDC firing.

  "Who's flying the ship?" I asked.

  "l am. I can be in two places at once now," Natasha reminded me.

  By the time we arrived on the bridge, the weapons had stopped firing, and the ship righted itself. Randolph was at the Engineering station, strapped in the emergency harness; likewise Kim was strapped in the seat at the Environmental controls.

  "Randolph, give me a damage report."

  "Just my shorts captain. I think I may need to change them after that wild takeoff.

  "Tanya, long range scan."

  "Scanning," she replied...," scans indicate all clear."

  "Doc, we may have some injured crew members."

  "l'm on the way to sickbay," he said leaving the bridge.

  "What happened Natasha?"

  "Two Frigates attacked our ship. They thought they could shoot us while we were helpless, on the ground."

  "They would have succeeded, if their plan to capture or kill us had worked," I interrupted. "Please continue."

  "We were not where we were supposed to be. I moved us very fast. They did not expect to be fired upon, so when I shot them with all the ships guns, they came apart very fast. They did not expect us to attack them, so they didn't have their shields up. When I fired at them, it was to late to rise their shields."

  "Natty, today you are our heroine."

  Amber reached for Natasha embracing her in a hug.

  "Do I get a reward?"

  "What would you like?

  "I want you, Tanya, and Amber to make love to me."

  "We will, as soon as we can."

  "Goody."

  Chapter 14

  "Natasha, set course for the space station and maintain active scans. I don't want anymore surprises today."

  "Yes Cappy."

  "Natasha."

  "Yes Cappy."

  "Good job today. Dock as close to the Lucy as you can."

  "Thank you Cappy, I shall," she said hugging and kissing me.

  Tanya just rolled her eyes. She and Natasha were bonding like twin sisters, with Tanya trying to care of Natasha's short falls.

  "Ladies, I am going to the galley to get some breakfast. Would any of you care to join me?"

  Jane said, "l still have some unfinished business with Doc that requires his attention. I will be keeping him occupied for some time." She left to seek Doc for further manly services.

  Kim, our latest passenger said, "Randolph and I have some unfinished business as well, that we need to take care of. We were rudely interrupted last night in the middle of having passionate sex. His love making is a little rusty. Practice, practice, practice will soon have him fraking like a pro, and he still has to finish what we started last night." She took Randolph by the arm and escorted him off the bridge.

  Amber, Natasha, and Tanya, beat me out the door, giggling like school girls. Once in the galley, we ate breakfast selected from a wide variety of frozen meals. They were good, being top grade, but not as good as anything Doc would have made fresh. Doc was busy with Jane continuing to treat her condition, making him unavailable to cook for us.

  "Amber, does it take that long for the pills to wear off?"

  "No, Nathaniel, they only last a few hours at best, intensifying your desire. They are also a restorative keeping your stamina up so you can perform longer and more often."

  "Nathaniel, didn't you know that Jane already has a very high sex drive? In fact she is a nymphomaniac," Tanya said.

  I was deep in thought with this new information. I new Jane liked sex. In fact she spent every shore leave picking up strange crewmen from other starships to have sex with. I thought that was just her thing. Without Tanya and Natasha watching over me, I'd be doing the same. But a nymphomaniac, that was a surprise.

  With my attention back Tanya continued, "If Doc can somehow keep her satisfied, he may find himself with a new companion. After all he did tame the wild beast last night, and wasn't any worse for wear.

  "If Jane is a nymphomaniac, does that make me, a satyriasis?"

  "With Jane her sexual impulses are uncontrollable, and she tries to satisfy them any way she can. You are not driven by uncontrollable urges. You are simply a horn dog, or more accurately put, a tomcat who continuously expands his territory, mating as often as you can, simply because you like it. Women are like candy to you. Sweet and tasty, temporarily satisfying your desire, but never completely satisfied as search for and sample every variety. When a beautiful woman catches your eye you just have to sample her, to satisfy your sweet tooth."

  "I feel content with the three of you."

  "But, are you truly satisfied? Is the temptation still there to sample more, like a new piece of candy?"


  She new me all to well. "Why hasn't Jane made an advance on me?"

  "She knows how much you desire me, and doesn't want to get between us."

  "What about Randolph and Doc?"

  "With Randolph its kind of obvious, some things are just not meant to be. Doc on the other hand is an easy target for Jane. Who do you think has been keeping her content, all this time?"

  I never knew that Doc and Jane had been together before last night. That explained his willingness to sacrifice himself to her so fast, I thought.

  "Lets go to our cabin. I still have presents for Natty."

  I followed the Girls to our cabin. They whispered and giggled the whole way to our suite. At one point, I heard Tanya tell Amber and Natasha," l took Nathaniel shopping with me at Trixy's. I was trying on and showing him my new dresses, and he lost control. He made love to me twice, on stage, with the poor store clerk watching."

  "Poor Nathaniel, couldn't hold it any longer," Amber laughed.

  All three ladies burst out laughing the rest of the way to my cabin. I turned a bright shade of pink, and could not think of anything I could say to redeem myself.

  Once in the cabin, Tanya opened the first box and started pulling out thong panties, bras, and dresses. She showed everyone the selection of bras and panties, then gave them to Natty "l bought two of each dress, so Natty and I can dress alike." She held the slinky dresses to her body one by one showing Amber and Natasha, saving the nude color dress for last. "l bought this one to go with the thong panties and bikini top Nathaniel bought me. In fact this is the dress I was wearing when he lost all control and ravished me," Tanya giggled.

  Amber and Natasha erupted in another round of laughter at my expense.

  "My crew are still talking about a beautiful woman wearing bunny ears, a tail, and not much else, walking the deck aboard the Lucy," Amber said, continuing to laugh and giggle.

  "It wasn't so funny then, but it is now." Tanya laughed.

  "l see you're still wearing the ears and tail." Amber said stroking Tanya's bunny ears.

  "l don't know why, but I'm so attached to them that I can't seem to part with them." Tanya giggled.

  "l think that was the moment you fell in love with Nathaniel," Amber said.

  Tanya opened the next box, she purchased two of each pair of heels to match the dresses, for Natasha and herself. They received the appropriate oohs and aahs from Amber and Natasha. Lastly she opened the box of bunny ears and tails. Natasha, "l bought us more ears and tails so we can look alike." Amber continued giggling, and Natasha started crying. I didn't think androids could do that, but those were real tears streaming down her face.

  After looking at all of Tanya's purchases, Amber turned to me and said lasciviously, while undressing, "Captain, before I return to my ship, I went through great personal expense and danger to warn you, and I expect payment. I want your best performance, and we still have to reward Natty's heroics.

  Chapter 15

  The next morning I got up late. It had been an exhausting night for me. On the bridge, Tanya and Natasha were there both wearing matching black dresses, heels, and of course bunny ears and tails. When they saw me they started a little bunny hop routine around the bridge, flashes of bare skin caught my eyes with every hippity hop. They stopped periodically to wiggle their tails at me. I collapsed onto the command chair. Tanya patted me on my head while saying, "Poor Nathaniel, all tuckered out, and the day is just beginning. Perhaps you're not the tomcat that you think you are."

  I noticed Doc, Randolph and Jane were still missing from the bridge. We were docked so it wasn't important, but I was curious.

  "Where are the others?"

  Natasha answered, "Doc and Jane are still in his quarters, making love to each other. Randolph is showing Kim Engineering were she will be working for him and Jane."

  I didn't hire her, but as long as she kept Randolph happy, I was okay with it.

  "Tanya, has Kim been assigned quarters?"

  "Captain, she refused quarters preferring to share Randolph's cabin. Captain, we have a ship coming up from the starport, on course for the station. Its configuration is weird, I've never seen anything like it."

  "What class of ship is it?"

  "l don't know how to describe it. It is between the size of a frigate and destroyer, and bristling with guns. It has five 40mm cannon on the fore deck, ten 30mm cannon, and several energy weapons of all shapes and sizes."

  "Tanya, open hailing frequencies."

  "This is Captain Roberts of the Queen Anne's Revenge, what are your intentions?"

  A tall muscular man with flowing red hair and beard said in a gruff manner, "l am called Red. My ship is the Hedgehog. I'll see you shortly after docking." He cut transmissions.

  I met with Red, and surprisingly, Amber at the airlock. The burly man extended his hand saying, "Call me Red, everybody else does, but I'm not sure why."

  "l am Nathaniel Roberts," I said, taking his hand and trying to return his crushing grip, as best l could.

  "Do you have someplace we can talk?"

  I suggested the officer's galley and showed him the way. Tanya and Natasha were already in there practicing their bunny hop routine. They stopped when we entered the galley.

  "Would you care for refreshments?"

  "Beer."

  I filled two pitchers with golden ale, which we kept on tap, and grabbed enough mugs for all of us. He selected a table and seated himself while I was getting the beer. He took the pitcher I offered and poured a mug for Amber and himself. I did the same for Tanya and l.

  "Are they Amber's girls?" he said pointing at Tanya and Natasha.

  "No, their mine."

  "l didn't much like my sisters last choice of a husband. He unfortunately had an accident involving a length of rope tied in a noose around his neck. He died before I could duel him proper and kill him myself. It was a cowardly way to die.

  Amber blushed a little, but still remained silent.

  Teasingly he said to his sister, "l like Captain Roberts lots better. You'd do right with a man like him."

  Amber was now a deep shade of red.

  "l had to meet my sisters new friends, and I approve."

  Jokingly he said to me, "Captain, are you trying to start a harem, like that Sultan fellow?"

  Amber was absolutely glowing now.

  "Captain, l'm sorry about my brothers lack of manners."

  Red gave a roaring laugh.

  I said to Red, "l'm sure you have heard about my little problem with the Crimson Tide? I need someone to watch over and protect Amber, while I'm away, for the next few weeks."

  Red gave a nod in answer and said, "That was some of the best flying and shooting I've seen. I've seen a lot. It ain't no boast."

  "Are you leaving us?" Amber asked.

  "Only long enough to send a message to the Crimson Tide. I need to let them know I am not someone they want to mess with, and there is a price to pay for doing so. I promise I'll return as fast as I can. I like it here and plan on making it my base of operations."

  "When will you be leaving?" Amber asked.

  "Tomorrow morning."

  Red excused himself, giving his sister a knowing smile, and headed back to his ship.

  "Come on girls, we have to make Nathaniel regret leaving, and want to hurry back."

  She led us back to my quarters.

  Chapter 16

  I escorted Amber onto the station where her security team was waiting to take her back to the Lucy. Red was standing their arms crossed waiting for us.

  "l ain't seen Amber
smile like that in a long time. You keep making her happy, and don't ever break her heart Nathaniel."

  "l wouldn't think of breaking her heart, the girls and I love her dearly."

  Red just gave me a slight nod, still appraising me.

  " What nearby star system would I most likely find Crimson Tide starships in?"

  " What are you looking to do?"

  "They have attacked my crew twice, and my ship since landing. I need to send them a personal message, letting them know there is a price to pay for messing with me and my crew. It's time I became the hunter instead of the prey. I plan on capturing one of their starships, destroying it if I can't."

  "You probably cleaned out Anaxous, there wasn't much there being as close as it is to Alliance territory. Ain't nothing in the Sarania system. Its got a lone blue giant, with a hell of a gravitational well. Most people with any sense avoid crossing that system. Auelra has a red dwarf star with four planets orbiting it. They are nothing but lifeless rock. Good mining though, lots of metals. Last is the Nueva Zelanda System its got two habitable planets. Ones a desert world, the other is mostly frozen, with some agriculture stations around its equator.

  Both have small colonies with mining and farming. I think that's your best bet."

  "Thanks Red, I'll return soon."

  I entered the Revenge and headed to the bridge. Doc and Jane were finally there. Jane was smiling, and had a glow about her. She seemed to float rather than walk when she moved. When she saw me looking her way, her smile grew and she said, "l'm in love. I've finally found my match."

  Doc said to me, "When you got it, you got it. Those pills make me feel like i'm 50 years younger, when i'm in the sack."

  Tanya and Natasha were at their stations, wearing pink dresses, tails and ears. I took my seat and announced, "All hands prepare for departure. Natasha, undock and set course for the Nueva Zelanda system."

  "Hatches are sealed... Docking clamps are released... We are moving out thrusters only."

  "Flank speed when we clear the station."