by J Palliser
"Thank you for understanding, sir. My Best Man and best friend was the one I saved that day." Jacen had just put a very human face on his actions for the Ambassador.
Stovral actually laughed. "Jacob seems like a good man, and your Captain seems to think so, too." "He is, sir. He's also now your adopted son-in-law, just so you know." Jacen grinned at the shock on the Centauri Ambassador's face. "He's the closest thing I've ever had to a brother, and that makes him part of our family."
Both Centauri and Centuri parents laughed at that. T'Sha said "Now I see why my daughter fell in love with you, Jacen. She has good taste."
All fell silent as Ambassador Savik took the floor. "During my long career, I have met many who possessed true courage. However, I have never met any who possess the courage of Jacen and Delaara. They defied two interstellar governments. They survived against the odds to find each other. There is no greater gift than the gift of love."
Everyone applauded his toast and drank. Next up, and their last event of the evening, was the bouquet and garter toss. Delaara stood, eyes shut tight, and tossed her bouquet behind her. Reaching up, as if by accident, it was caught by Captain Weiss, who blushed noticably and smiled.
Then Jacen got down on one knee beside his new wife and endured the catcalls when he slid her dress up exposing about a kilometer of perfect leg to pull the garter down from her thigh. As he slid it off over her high heeled shoe, he tossed it directly at Becker, who caught it deftly and winked at Rachel.
7
Six
A Matter of Honor... As the reception ended, Jacen and Delaara walked to their quarters from the turbo-lift. They had made their excuses and left a little early. As their door slid open, he picked her up in his arms and carried her across the threshold. As they entered their home as husband and wife, he kissed her lovingly, setting her back on her feet and unzipping the back of her cobalt blue wedding gown. In Centauri culture, it was the same as a white gown at a human wedding. The straps slid off her shoulders, revealing the fact that she had worn no bra beneath it. Jacen caught his breath as he stared at her flawless beauty.
"You are everything my soul desires, my love", he whispered in her ear as she undid the buttons of his Dress White tunic and he kissed her ear.
She felt another shiver of pleasure as he kissed her ear, and wondered if he knew he had finally found her secret pleasure zone. She knew for certain when he slowly traced his tongue up from her earlobe to the pointed tip of her ear and she moaned in pure bliss.
"Your touch is intoxicating, Jacen", she moaned as he continued to kiss and lick her ears and she now fumbled with his dress pants. She was so wet just from his kisses, and she knew that he was without a doubt the most passionate man she had ever known. No Centauri man would open himself up to a woman like Jacen had to her. Their bodies touching, caressing each other, exploring everything they had to offer the other. Her hand wrapped around his long hard cock and stroked him as she kissed him softly.
His fingers roamed between her thighs before reaching up to her waist and pushing her panties down as he started to kneel before her. As she stepped out of them, he put her right leg over his shoulder and slowly tongue kissed her hot wet pussy. He licked around her petals before slipping his tongue deep inside her. She gasped and moaned in appreciation and pleasure. He removed his tongue from inside her and circled her clit with it before taking her little nub between his lips and sucking gently. As he sucked it, she moaned louder.
His hands came up to cup her ass while he continued to lick, eat, and suck her. Her moans turned to screams when he sucked her clit gently while flicking his tongue across it in his mouth. He drank her sweet juices down as her orgasm turned violent and the mind meld kicked in, amplifying their pleasure tenfold. He caught her as her knees buckled, and lay her down gently on the bed. He moved on top of her slowly, kissing his way up to her breasts and sucking gently on each nipple before continuing up to her full lips and kissing his new bride softly.
She felt him at her entrance and thrust her hips up slowly as he pushed into her, slowly filling her hungry pussy with his hard as tritanium cock. He looked deep into her beautiful amber-brown eyes and saw her love for him. He felt her love as she felt his through their mindmeld. "Mate with me, my husband", she whispered in his ear as he kissed her ear, causing her to moan again.
Jacen moved slowly inside her, rotating his hips in circles with each thrust. He kissed her deeply, her moans into his mouth causing him to tense up, feeling the pressure growing inside him. He held off, thrusting a bit faster inside her as their urgency grew. He felt her pussy contract around him as she reached her second orgasm. She moaned into his mouth as her pussy gushed, drenching him and locking him inside her as her muscles gripped him tightly. "Oh, my love", he whispered as he couldn't hold back any longer, filling her with more cum than ever before as she came around him again, screaming his name over and over. Their mindmeld locked them both into their ecstacy for what seemed like eternity until they collapsed together.
"That... that was... mind blowing... baby." Delaara said between ragged breaths. "I.. know... what... you.. mean.." He replied, knowing that they had just crossed over into a new level of lovemaking. They had kept their mindmeld ability while making love a secret from everyone. It was something that they alone shared. It seemed that the more they made love, the stronger the bond became. It was exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. After yesterday's frantic fuck after their mission, it seemed like the pinnacle had been reached... until now.
***
Above Kerlar VIII "Condor Lead to Condor 2, we have 3 bogies at 2 o'clock high, bearing 212 mark 176." Jacen said to Delaara as the unknown craft showed up on their scopes.
"I see them, lead. Let's go see who's intruding on our little getaway." She grinned. " Sounds good to me, Redfox. You want me on your wing this time?" Jacen loved her with all his heart, and knew that she was just as good, if not better a pilot than he was.
"Roger, Ace. Take my wing, and we'll see who they are." She replied. She knew that he was as good as she was, but she was also used to leading patrols as a Wing Commander in the Centauri Fighter Corps.
" On your starboard, lead," said Jacen as they switched roles. They hit their fusion burners and closed distance with the bogies in seconds. Their computers had finally identified them as Drac Raptor-class light fighters.
"We have some Dracs, it seems. Want to do the honors, Condor Leader?" asked Jacen with a grin. " Sounds like fun, Ace." He could hear the grin in her voice. She switched to an open channel. "Condor Leader to unidentified Drac flight. Are you in need of assistance?" she asked.
The reply came back"Negative, Condor Lead. We're on a training mission. Leave now."
"Identify yourself, Drac flight", demanded Delaara over the open channel.
"We are a training flight on maneuvers. Now leave", the Drac lead said.
"You have five seconds to come to a halt and submit to scan," said Delaara in her most commanding voice.
"We will not. You have violated our training area, and you have five seconds to leave. Now."
"Two to Lead. Weapons charged and ready." Jacen reported to Delaara.
"Roger, Two", she said. "Weapons charged and ready." She switched back to open comms. "Negative, unidentified Drac flight. We are in Reich territorial space, and you have failed to identify yourselves. This is your last chance. Stand down, prepare to be scanned, or we will be forced to fire." She stated. Jacen saw then how she had commanded an entire fighter wing as a Centauri Commander.
As they watched, the Drac flight banked hard and came about, bearing down on them. 3 against 2, but the Dracs were facing the two best fighter pilots in the known galaxy. Jacen saw how close they were, and proxed two quantum missiles. As soon as the first Drac bird opened up, he fired both photons before banking to starboard. Delaara had done the same, and their explosions tore two of the Drac fighters apart. The third appeared to be adrift, similar to how Ace's fighter had fallen into the atmosph
ere on NZ8-257.
"Wow, that worked again!" He shouted over their comm. "Great shot, Redfox!"
"Nice shooting yourself, Ace!," she grinned. " Lead, I'm scanning Drac fighter now. Looks like one Drac life sign aboard. Life support is still operable. We'll have to tractor him back to Zeppelin." Jacen reported.
"Roger that, Ace. Go ahead and resume Lead. I've got your wing", she said back. " Copy that, Two. Let's lock tractors and start tugging." He grinned. He knew this might cause an incident, but they had been right, and their data recorders would show that.
Their tractor beams locked onto the Drac fighter, and they warp burned back to the Graf-Zeppelin with the ship in tow. "Condor Lead to Graf-Zeppelin. We have a disabled Drac fighter in tow, and a possible survivor aboard."
"Roger, Ace. What happened out there?" asked Captain Weiss. "We'll give a full report while the survivor is checked out at medical and handed over to security, Captain." Jacen said by way of explanation.
"Copy, Condor Lead. You had better give a good explanation for this." she said in an exasperated tone. They managed to pull the disabled Drac into the fighter bay and docked their own ships. security and medical teams were standing by to treat the Drac pilot and take him into custody as Ace and Redfox went to give their report to their Captain.
*** "They fired first," said Captain Weiss. It was a statement. She knew better than to doubt the words of her Condor Legion Commanding Officer and Exceutive Officer. "Well, we'll download the data recorders and send the data to the Reich Ministry."
"Sounds good, ma'am," said Jacen. Rachel looked at Delaara. "Great flying out there, you two. And a great call, executive officer. I heard the comm data already. That was textbook." She nodded and smiled.
"Thanks," said Delaara with her own smile. They had become like sisters, and the mutual respect was obvious.
"Ok, drinks are on me at 1800 in the Officer's Lounge," she grinned as her two senior pilots left the Ready Room.
"So what's the plan until 1800?" Delaara asked, taking her husband's hand.
"Well, I thought we'd go see how our Drac friend is doing." He grinned evilly.
Delaara chuckled. "He'll go ballistic if he thinks a Centauri female shot him down."
Jacen leaned in and kissed her lightly. "Exactly." He tapped his combadge. "Ace to Dr. Tavok. Is our guest still in medical?"
"Affirmative, Ace. Why?" asked the voice of their ship's Centuri medical officer. "Just thought we'd stop by to check on him ourselves. Ace, out." They stepped into the turbolift to head down to medical and grinned evilly at each other.
"This should be fun." Delaara said with a loving kiss for her husband. They stepped out of the turbolift right outside sickbay, and went inside. The Drac was having his broken arm set as Jacen and Delaara walked in. He looked up and his eyes grew wide as he recognized a Centauri.
"Whoa there, chief. Calm down." Jacen said. "What's your name?"
"I am Kalvek. What is that 'thing' doing here?" he asked with venom in his voice, pointing at Delaara. "First off, that's my wife you're talking about, and second off, she's a Luftwaffe officer of the Kriegsmarine." Jacen had seen this type of anger before, and it always made him sick.
"Why are you here? To gloat?" Kalvek asked, defeated. "We stopped by to check on your health, and make sure Delaara's missiles didn't do any permanent damage." Jacen said it with a friendly smile.
"She disabled my ship?" he demanded, incredulous. "She has 'no' honor!" he spat. "Well, she had the honor to give you every chance to stand down and be scanned to make sure you weren't carrying anything you shouldn't. Your flight wouldn't even identify itself, and fired on us first. Now, who's the one with no honor, here?" Jacen had him cold, and Kalvek knew it.
But instead of admit it, he growled and rose to his feet just as Dr. Tavok reached up calmly, without even looking up from his clipboard, and delivered a perfect nerve touch. The Drac fell unconscious instantly.
"Doc, that was priceless!" said Jacen as he and Delaara laughed at the sheer comedy of it. The doctor looked at them, raised one eyebrow, and said "I don't know what you mean, Ace." He then got a slight smile at the corner of his mouth and winked at them.
Jacen grinned. "Well, we need to meet the Captain in the Officer's Lounge. Make sure Security comes and gets this guy, Doc."
*** "So, Doc reaches up without even looking up from his clipboard and knocks the Drac out with a nerve touch," said Jacen to Rachel and Becker, who just about fell off his barstool, he was laughing so hard.
Delaara added "And when Jacen told him how funny it was, he looked up, raised his eyebrow, and said 'I don't know what you mean, Ace' before winking at us with a little smile."
That was it for Becker. He fell off his barstool and shouted through fits of laughter "Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my beer!"
Commander Jerov was laughing his bald head off at the story. "You two are incorrigible!" He laughed even more. "Not only did you blast him and his buddies, but you went and taunted him too!" He laughed even harder.
Rachel finally wiped the tears from her eyes and said "Okay, enough is enough." She looked down at Becker, still laughing his ass off on the floor. "Hey!"
Becker looked up at his lover and fiancee. "Yeah?"
"Take me to bed or lose me forever!" She winked at him.
"Take me home!" said Becker as he slowly got to his feet, grinning ear to ear.
Jacen shook his head and laughed as Becker and Rachel left together.
Delaara looked at her husband lovingly. "Well then. Take me to bed or lose me forever", Delaara said with a sexy smile.
"Anytime", Jacen said with a passionate kiss for his wife and a light kiss on her ear, causing her to gasp.
*** " Security to Captain Weiss." sounded her com-badge, waking her up. She gently untangled herself from Becker and reached down to pick up the com-badge from her uniform top beside their bed.
She tapped it once. "This is Weiss. Go ahead, and it better be bloody good!"
"We found something in a hidden compartment on the Drac fighter, Captain. We need you here ASAP." The Security officer sounded unsettled by something. "Fine. On my way", she said. "Give me ten minutes. Weiss, out."
Becker began to stir. "What is it?" he asked, still half asleep.
"Nothing for you to worry about, love", she said with a smile and kissed his lips lightly. "I'll be back as soon as I can." "Ok," he said as he drifted back to sleep. She looked at him and couldn't wait until they could be together and start a family. She dressed with a smile on her face and didn't even bother to pull her hair back or take off the engagement ring she usually only wore with Becker around.
By the time she got to the Security hangar on the forward flight deck, she could sense the unease of the Security detachment. As she got closer, her Assistant Security Chief, Lieutenant Michelle Roberts turned to her. "Thank God you're here, Captain. I don't even know what to do here!"
Captain Weiss stepped forward and saw something she never thought she'd see. "I've already called Doctor Tavok, but I'm not sure what to do until he gets here." Michelle was nervous, as she had never had children, or even held a child before.
Laying on the table was a baby. More specifically, a Centuri baby. She leaned down and picked up the infant, holding him and smiling as she rocked him gently. He cooed at her, and she touched his little nose.
Just then, Dr. Tavok showed up and raised one eyebrow at the infant. "This is unexpected," he said. "Captain, may I see the child?" Rachel handed the baby to him and watched as he examined the child. "This is most unexpected," he said again. "This child, while a normal healthy baby, was not created naturally."
"What do you mean, Doc?" Rachel asked him, looking at him and the child. "I mean that whoever genetically engineered this child used very advanced procedures. I'm not certain that we've seen genetic engineering this advanced since Earth's Eugenics Wars." His fascination was evident, as he was getting visibly excited.
"Calm down, Doc. First thing's first. Take
the baby to medical and do a full workup, get him some baby food, or whatever Centuri babies eat, and let me know what you find," she said. She turned to the baby, leaned down, and touched his little nose again. The baby cooed happily.
Nodding once, Doc Tavok turned and left, carrying the baby to sickbay. The Drac pilot had been moved to the security, awaiting a response from the Drac High Council regarding his fate. She would now have something else to report to them.
She turned back to her Security officer. "Okay, Michelle. Now that we know you're scared to death of babies, what were you able to find about the hidden compartment?"
"Very little, Captain, other than it is highly resistant to life scans and holds its own regenerative air circulator. This is really advanced tech, ma'am," she said with a worried look in her eyes.
Just then, Rachel had a horrible feeling. "Those bastards. Those Drac bastards!" She was shaking with rage. "They engaged our fighters with infants on board that we couldn't detect!"
Jacen and Delaara were on their way to the Training Hangar when Captain Weiss commed Delaara. "Redfox here, Captain." she asked, hearing the tension in Rachel's voice.
"Can you and Ace meet me in the security, ASAP?" she asked, still with that edge in her voice.
Jacen nodded and they started running as Delaara said "We're on our way, Captain. Redfox, out." They arrived to find Rachel glaring at the Drac through the security forcefield. She hadn't said a word after she'd arrived. She just glared at him. Kalvek, for his part, was actually intimidated by the sheer icyness of her gaze.
When she heard the rush of the door sliding open behind her, she turned and walked towards her two most senior pilots. "Let's go outside a moment."
As they stepped outside, Rachel turned to them and looked like she wanted to kill someone. "Captain, what happened?" asked Jacen.
"Those... Drac... bastards were carrying babies in sensor proof hidden compartments on their fighters. Then engaged you in a dogfight with full knowledge that they were going to die if they lost! They're fucking animals!" She was screaming by this point and crying her eyes out as Delaara moved forward to comfort her. She hugged Rachel, and looked at Jacen with tears in her own eyes. He looked at them grimly, grabbed a pistol from the nearest wall locker, and walked into the Security Detention Center.