“I’ll let Calico explain that one once we’re back on board. Until then, can you navigate us out of here?”
“Sure can,” Bob said. “Squit can shut down the security systems along the way to make it easy for you, but the place is on high alert right now. Salvato has the casino on lockdown. So you still must watch your step.”
“Where can we find him?”
Then Arkei stepped onto the screen. Her face was beautiful and Regan realized then that he missed seeing it.
“Captain, you must escape,” she said. “There’s no time to mess with Salvato.”
Regan knew leaving was the practical thing to do, but he needed to win this one. He had come this far. Now that he unlocked Calico’s powers, he realized that her efforts had been noble all along. There was no way in hell he was going to let Salvato keep that cube. He had to get it back. And he knew that with Calico and Straya’s help, he would be able to. Even though they were injured, they were a force to be reckoned with.
“Arkei, we can’t let Salvato get away with this,” Regan said. “We’re getting that cube back.”
Calico looked at Regan with an admiration that she hadn’t shown before.
“I will do whatever you ask, Captain,” Calico said. “We don’t have to risk our lives again on my account.”
“I know, but we need to finish this.”
Squit muttered some sounds and Bob’s face returned to the screen.
“Okay, Squit can open a path for you that isn’t guarded. It will take you through the Grand Suite that you already destroyed. It’s treacherous in there, so watch your step when moving through.”
“Understood,” Regan said. “What is Salvato doing right now? Do you have a line of sight on him?”
“We can’t see him, but we know where he is. We know he’s sitting at a computer terminal on the same floor, decrypting the data cube.”
“Then we’ll stop him,” Regan said. “Squit, lead the way.”
One door slid open. It led to the Grand Suite like Bob mentioned. Regan stepped inside first, followed by the girls.
They were unarmed, so they looked around the destruction for weapons. It seemed that the guns had been removed from the dead soldiers. In fact, the soldiers themselves were gone. Whether it was for security reasons or an attempt to cover up what happened, Salvato and his men had acted quickly.
But there was still one thing Regan could use. The broken bed post was still there, on the ground just waiting for him. He picked it up, allowing time for the bat-like weapon to feel comfortable in his hands. He swung it once and then rested it on his shoulder.
Regan was ready to lay the smackdown on Salvato’s ass. He was ready to finish this thing.
There was a speaker on the far wall near a sealed door that started blinking red. Regan dashed over to it and asked, “Are we going through this door next?”
“Yes,” Bob’s voice came through. “There’ll be a long hallway with many doors. Take the fourth door on the right. That’s very important. And it’s very important that you maintain silence while going through that hallway. We can’t get a line of sight on any of those rooms. They’re top secret.”
“How do you know Salvato is in there?” Regan asked.
“And how do we know he’s alone?” Straya asked.
“It’s a hunch,” Bob said. “But I doubt he’d want anyone else to know about the cube, even his own men.”
Regan nodded. “Okay, fourth door. Can you open it on your end?”
“Yes, we can, but the security system will probably recognize an intrusion, so once you’re in, you probably won’t have very long before soldiers come snooping around.”
Regan readied his bat as the door before them slid open to reveal a long hallway. It was dark with subtle sconces between each door. It looked very modern, with a hum running through the walls, as if these rooms held a great deal of power.
Regan tightened the grip on his bat as he quietly made his way. He held it even tighter as they stood before the fourth door on the right. The door Salvato was behind.
It slid open and there he was with his back to them. He was facing a large screen with a status line running from left to right. The progress bar was at 95% with a great deal of code running underneath it.
Just then, Straya faded from sight, turning invisible, and slid right by Regan and Calico, who also stepped quietly inside the door, knowing the door would shut at any moment.
And while they couldn’t see Straya anymore, they could see the result of her action, which was putting Salvato into a chokehold before slamming him up and down from his chair. He wanted to shout with surprise, but her grip was too tight on his neck for him to get a word out.
He was spun around and made to face Regan, who smiled at him as they made eye contact.
Salvato was more than furious. He was scared. He couldn’t believe what was happening. He glared with his wide eyes full of surprise.
Straya then made herself visible, and loosened her grip just enough that Salvato could speak, though she didn’t allow him too much room to breathe. She also removed a pistol from his hip and tossed it over to Regan.
Calico dashed to the screen and sat down behind the control console. She started pressing buttons and the decryption process ended.
“No!” Salvato whisper-screamed. “You can’t do that. You can’t—”
“Shut the fuck up,” Regan said.
Salvato turned his angry gaze back on Regan.
“You’ll regret this, human,” Salvato managed to get out of his tight throat. “You will live your life looking over your shoulder until I get you. And I will get you.”
Regan raised the gun and pointed it at Salvato.
“Well, then I guess I must end it right here,” Regan said calmly.
Salvato shook his head as much as he could. He put his arm out attempting to stop Regan.
“Okay, okay,” he began. “Maybe I underestimated you. Maybe we can cut a deal.”
“I don’t think so.”
“You do not understand how powerful I am,” the mob boss said. “How many connections I have. I can make life easier for you. In fact, you’ve impressed me quite a lot today, so I’d very much like to have you in my corner.”
“Got the cube!” Calico said, before ejecting it from its housing. She put it in her pocket and stood up from the console, joining Regan again near the door.
“Just leave me with the cube, and you can live like a king,” Salvato said. “You’re an illegal species, traveling on a stolen ship. I can make sure these problems disappear for you. You can live your life in pleasure forever. I just want the cube.”
Regan admitted that having a clean slate sounded good. He thought briefly about never having to worry about being an illegal human in space. Never having to worry about money, fights, or obstacles. He could make himself part of an elite network. He could make himself untouchable.
He looked at Straya, the pirate who could snap the mobster’s neck in a heartbeat.
He looked at Calico, the princess who had dedicated her life to get to this moment, to shut down injustice.
He knew what the right answer was. Regan lowered his gun and holstered it.
Salvato smiled.
“Coming to your senses,” the mobster said. “I knew you were too smart to think otherwise. I have certainly underestimated you.”
“You got that right,” Regan said, raising the bat as he took a baseball stance.
“Regan…” Salvato started, squirming in Straya’s arms. He was desperate. He was afraid. He knew this was it.
Regan gave Straya a subtle wink, then said his final words to Salvato, “Ever hear of baseball, asshole?”
Straya kicked the mobster toward Regan. Regan took a solid swing that made direct contact with the mobster’s chin. His neck flew up, snapped, and like that, Salvato fell to the ground dead.
His body seized for a moment. Regan hoped there was just enough life for him to register what happened—that they beat
him, that all his crooked bullshit accumulated to nothing.
Straya smiled at Regan.
“You’re gonna have to teach me this baseball game,” she said. “It seems deliciously violent.”
“Well, it is the way I play it.”
Calico went to the speaker on the wall near the monitor and tapped the red button several times, hoping Squit would realize she was trying to get through. And it worked, because Bob’s voice came through a few moments later.
“Team?” Bob said. “You all good?”
“All good,” Calico said. “You know how we can get out of here?”
“Sure do.”
Bob gave them directions and assured them that Squit would have all the monitors turned off along the way. She navigated them through the hallways, down a service elevator, and back out to the hangar where their ship awaited them safe and sound.
Chapter Forty-Three
Regan, Straya, and Calico boarded the ship. It felt good to be back aboard, back at his home base. This ship had become something more than a mode of transport. It was home.
And his crew was more than just a crew. They were a family. When they got to the bridge, Arkei, Reverie, Bob, Squit, and Posha were all smiles and singing praises for getting out alive. They gave each other hugs and congratulated each other on a job well done.
Then an alarm went off. The celebrating stopped and the crew members looked out the massive windshield. Security surrounded them.
“Please evacuate the ship immediately!” a voice shouted through a loudspeaker.
Squit started making noises of panic.
“She’s positive that she wiped all the cameras on the way!” Bob shouted. “There’s no digital trace of us left.”
“I believe you, Squit,” Regan said. “Maybe they were waiting for us to return to the ship since we landed.”
“It’s possible that they were watching it since it sneaked in,” Arkei said.
“It’s too shallow of an area to blast our way out,” Straya added. “We’ll kill ourselves in the process.”
“We’ve already been through so much,” Reverie stated with concern, her hands clutched to her chest in anxiety.
Regan wasn’t sure what to do. They had the data cube. Salvato was dead. But they were still stuck inside this asteroid. And Regan knew that since Salvato’s connections ran deep, this wouldn’t end well. They wouldn’t be praised for killing a corrupt mobster; they would likely be tried and murdered for it instead.
“Maybe others know about the data cube?” Regan asked.
“I doubt it,” Straya said. “There was too much dirt on there. Even for someone at Salvato’s level, who could you trust with that kind of information?”
Then Calico walked up to the windshield and motioned for everyone to move away.
She looked at the team of security guards before them, who then raised their weapons toward the glass. They were prepared to fire.
“What we did was the right thing,” she said softly. “What we did was for the good of the universe. And we aren’t done!”
Then her hands began to glow, making the bridge rattle. But it wasn’t like when she blew the door down. Calico was learning how to use her power. She grunted loudly, then suddenly all the security guards flew backwards. Not hard enough to be killed, but hard enough to daze them.
The hangar door opened, providing a view of space. A view of escape. Regan turned to look at Squit. She was dialed in, opening the door.
Arkei dashed for her seat and fired up the engines. She didn’t wait for Calico to pilot them out. She could handle the quick escape. And they knew that after Calico’s display of power, no one would come after them.
The ship made its clearing as Arkei quickly steered them away from the asteroid.
“You’re sure they won’t follow us?” Regan asked.
Squit replied.
“Positive,” Bob translated. “That must have been a personal detail of Salvato’s, because there’s no wireless communication about our ship at all.”
“It’s true,” Straya said, checking the holographic channels on the control console. “There’s no talk of us or Salvato. And no mention of the data cube. All that security we were dealing with was closed-circuit. Salvato’s doing only.”
Calico then lowered her glowing hands and crumpled as if she were depleted of strength.
Regan raced over to her and caught her before she hit the ground. Her eyes were heavy, and she looked lightheaded.
“You’re incredible,” Regan said to her.
“I may have pushed it too far,” Calico whispered, not having enough strength to speak.
Regan lifted her up and turned to face the crew.
“I’m taking Calico to my suite to rest,” Regan said. “Reverie, I’d like you to join us and tend to her. Arkei, I’d like for you to set us on a course for someplace we can lie low for a while. Give us some time to plan our next steps.”
“Remember, Captain,” Arkei began. “We only have a single jump left.”
Shit. That’s right.
“Well, then wherever we go needs to provide us options,” Regan said. “You know the universe better than I do.”
“If I may, Captain,” Posha said with a finger raised. “My planet is very peaceful and we have a great deal of technology that could bode well for this ship. I don’t suppose a visit there would be too much trouble?”
“They are a Class A species,” Straya said, nodding in agreement.
“Not to mention, I would dearly love to see my home again,” he said. “It has been a very long time.”
Regan smiled. He looked at Bob and Squit.
“Either of you have a better idea?” he asked.
Squit pulled Bob toward her with her tentacles and they started laughing.
“I didn’t think so,” Regan said. “Well, that settles it. Arkei, set the course and then feel free to join us if you like.”
Straya put her arm on Arkei’s lower back.
“I’ll stay with her while you three get settled,” she said. “We’ll be along shortly.”
Regan nodded and turned for the hallway. Reverie joined him and rested an arm on Calico’s forehead as they walked. Calico looked like she might pass out, but Reverie gave her a small boost.
Calico opened her eyes.
“That was amazing,” she said. “How do you do that?”
“There’s more where that came from,” Reverie replied.
Regan smiled. “Plenty more.”
Regan laid Calico down on the bed in the master suite. He dimmed the lights and glanced out the window at the stars as they flew by. His body was in pain and he was exhausted, but there was something calming about the view.
He sat down on the bed next to Calico and put his hand on her leg.
“We’ll break out this corruption in the Intergalactic Council,” he said. “We’ll blow it wide open and the entire universe will know.”
Calico put her hand on top of his, then she put her other arm around Reverie, who was undressing on the bed.
“First things first,” Calico began.
Both the ladies pulled Regan down onto the bed between them. Reverie held them both tightly for a moment, and their wounds started to recede. Regan felt his energy grow back. His pain dwindled away. He noticed Calico’s pain had as well. He could see the bruises on her body fading away.
“That’s an amazing talent,” Calico said.
“Wait until you feel my other one,” Reverie replied.
Regan moved between Reverie’s legs and began to lick her. To taste her. And while he did, Calico felt the sensations. She was feeling the same thing as Reverie and tasting what Regan tasted. She gasped, amazed.
Regan could feel her getting turned on. He could see the nipples on her tits stiffening. Her feline hands began to explore her body, and as they did, he felt it. Reverie felt it.
“Are you serious!” Calico shouted. “I didn’t know this kind of thing was possible.”
“As l
ong as we keep touching each other,” Reverie said, “then we will share in the pleasures. I act as a conduit of sensation.”
“Then keep touching me,” Calico said.
As Regan continued to bury his tongue into Reverie, she began to taste Calico while caressing the feline’s tail. Reverie moaned while Calico purred. They felt their breasts and Calico pulled on Reverie’s hair.
Then Regan felt more hands. He felt Straya’s hands on his cock. He felt Arkei’s hands join in too. They had arrived from the bridge and were already naked.
They instantly started panting, feeling the pleasure from both Calico and Reverie.
Arkei then lifted Regan’s face with her bionic arm. Straya took his place between Reverie’s legs.
Arkei threw him down on the bed, continuing to touch Straya’s hair all the while.
“I’ve missed you,” Arkei said to Regan.
“I have missed you too,” Regan replied.
Arkei dropped to her knees and wrapped her lips around Regan’s cock. She sucked on it slowly. He watched her while he pulled her hair. The small antenna eyes on the top of her head look up at him. Straya’s hand came down and entered Arkei, and with her other hand she pleasured herself.
Through Arkei’s mouth, he could feel the pleasure shared by all four of them, and everyone felt his cock stiffen and slide against Arkei’s tongue and lips.
Then she climbed on top of him and sat down, riding his stiff length like it was hers. He was on his back next to Calico, who rolled over and looked into his eyes.
After Arkei rode him for a while, Calico jumped on top.
One by one they all sat on top of him. It was when Reverie was on top that they all finally let loose. It felt like five orgasms at once as they all shouted their release.
And, of course, that wouldn’t be the last of it.
Regan felt like he could fuck these girls forever. It would never get old. Climax after climax, Regan would continue to navigate these galactic skies. He would continue to explore the vast ends of space, and the intricacies of each of their bodies.
Yes, Regan was home.
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