Alien Mine

Hello everyone - All of the story to date has been leading up to this, the Om attack on Earth. I consider this part to be a separate story, but I will continue to number the chapters in sequence. This part of the story will have considerable jumps in time as the Om invaders come closer and closer to Earth. There is also an interesting side story, the mysterious aliens, and then there are the Drans themselves. Are they friends, or enemies just as terrible as the Om?

I am currently out of the country (USA), and will be busy over the holidays with family. You should expect to see the next chapter in February.

Best Regards

Chapter 29

Saida looked up at Rhys with that innocent little smile that always seemed to drive him crazy as she unzipped his pants with her teeth and exposed his cock, already hard and ready to go. She took that as a deserved compliment, considering how many times she had made him cum in the last twenty-four hours.

"I really need to go," Rhys smiled half-heartedly as Saida pursed her lips to kiss the tip of his cock. Rhys knew it was wasted effort to protest once those luscious lips touched his cock. Sighing, Thea and Hua were waiting for him, but they would just have to wait a little longer.

"Are you sure you need to go?" she asked with that sexy smile as she sensually licked her lips, her tongue circling her puffy lips before returning to his manhood. "Perhaps they can wait a little longer. I want one more. After all, we have to make sure my Bob is in good condition," she added with a kitten who got the cream smile as her lips slid over the tip of his cock.

"I guess they can," Rhys agreed with a grin, looking down into her eyes: she made cute little slurping sounds as she French kissed his cockhead while holding his balls in her hand. Damn, she is hot! Rhys thought as she gazed up at him, and then slowly sank down on his cock, taking a few inches and then pulling back until just the tip was left in her lips. The look on her face was fucking incredible, as was the rest of her body. Saida hadn't bothered to dress this morning, and she looked so beautiful, so wanton, on her knees, naked with his shaft in her mouth.

She knew he wasn't going anywhere, not now. It was a heady power that women had over men. "That's really good," he groaned as she took more of him into her mouth, right down to the entrance of her throat, and then looked up and gave him a slow wink. "Thea and Hua can wait. Besides, if I leave now, I will spend all day thinking about what I missed."

Saida slipped his cock from her mouth. "Good decision, Sir," she said as she parted her lips and sensuously slid half of him in her mouth. "Sometimes it is so easy to manipulate men" Saida thought deliciously.

"Mmmm, you are very good at this," Rhys said as she ran her tongue all along the underside of his cock, while caressing his balls, lifting them and squeezing gently. First one, then the other and finally both at the same time. He put one hand on the back of her head, guiding her, a little impatient now, but still just enjoying the bobbing of her head as she lovingly sucked him off. "Fuck, Saida, this feels so good. You know exactly the way I liked to be sucked."

Saida only moaned because Rhys placed his hand on her hair and pushed her head down slowly until she had taken all of him. She held herself there, before slowly letting him slide all the way out until her lips were just sucking the head, tonguing the tip, before going all the way back down again. Instinctively, Saida let him take over, controlling the pace, giving herself freely as he moved her head forward and back, his cock going down into her throat each time. She came up briefly to breathe, continuing to suck and bob up and down before he pushed his cock down her throat a few more times.

"Am I sucking you the way you like it? She said breathlessly, saliva dripping from her chin as she looked fiercely into his eyes.

Rhys could see the flushed excitement on her face and the way she was rubbing her clit slowly in rhythm with the movement of her head.

"Yes," Rhys groaned, the sight of her puffy lips and her fingers between her spread legs pushing him over the edge. "I'm going to cum," he said as she took him into her mouth, her tongue working furiously on the underside of his cock.

"Do it," she said, taking her mouth from his cock and pointing it at her face. "Cum for me. Mark your territory, cum on my face."

Rhys groaned as cum shot from his cock, splashing across her left cheek...and another that landed between her eyebrows and onto her forehead..."fuck yes," he groaned as she moved his cock and the next spurt went into her mouth, coating her lips, then back and forth as she painted her face and breasts.

Saida's shout of pleasure was muffled as a spurt of cum splashed across her lips, which only added to the exquisite feelings she experienced as an intense orgasm swept over her. She loved the energy rush, the feeling that in that moment, she was the most essential thing in Rhys' life. A powerful woman able to accomplish pleasuring him again. His cum was scalding hot as it continued to jet from his cock, and she knew without looking that the dragon mark across her hip and abdomen was hot and glowing. Her tongue darted around her lips, collecting as much cum as possible, taking it into her mouth. She let out a hungry whimper as she swallowed it, holding his balls, massaging them to get the last drop from him. Her Bob demanded it all, she as well.

Rhys felt his knees sag as Saida took his cock back into her mouth, sucking and licking to get the last bit of his cum.

"Good job, Saida," Sandy said, walking into the communal bedroom with Thea and Hua behind her. "We felt that one, what an energy rush."

"I think you may have a challenger for blowjob queen," Thea said with a laugh, her eyes smiling as she looked at Saida, who didn't pause as she finished licking Rhys clean.

Sitting up straighter, Saida looked proud of herself, grinning like the cat who just stole a bowl of cream, which technically she did.

"It's nice to have our resident enthusiastic exhibitionist back," Hua said, smiling at Saida. Both Hua's bodies came close, and took turns leaning down kissing Saida, before licking up some of the cum still splattered on her breasts.

Thea snorted in response. She had trouble keeping Hua dressed when she was working with the AI. It hadn't been a problem in the past, but now the engineering staff was much larger, and seeing two naked, beautiful Chinese women wrapped around each other while she "communed" with the AI was way too disruptive for the working environment she mused to herself, giggling.

"No reason to have to wear clothes here, and besides, I didn't want to waste time. I only got Rhys for a day," Saida replied smugly, making no move to cover up. Fact was she did like showing off her body, and there was some truth to the "enthusiastic exhibitionist" charge. She enjoyed walking around naked, and she loved it even more when Rhys or the other girls watched her.

None of the girls was the least bit shy about their bodies, but Sandy thought it funny that the only one of them who had been a virgin was now the woman who would be happy if she never had to wear clothes. She didn't know if it was natural for Saida or if Rhys had given her a strong dose of exhibitionism. However, Saida still retained a certain "refreshing innocence" about her, which made the other girls feel protective of her, sort of like a little sister they all adored.

"Hello, ladies," Rhys said, interrupting the banter as Saida effortlessly put him away and closed his pants. "You have news?"

'Indeed," Thea said, her mood suddenly grim. We're still in the process of disassembling our visitors' ship. I will know more about the subspace drive in a week or so. However, we know quite a bit more about them," she said, taking a seat near Rhys. Hua took two seats on the sofa, and Sandy knelt at Rhys' feet.

"Tell me," he said, sitting, pulling a still naked Saida cuddling into his lap.

"Everyone should hear this," she said. The tac-grid sprang up, and then everyone was virtually there.

Anita had been sound asleep, but her symbiont woke her up, and she was immediately wide awake.

"Sorry to wake some of you,"Rhys said.

Thea went on before anyone could reply. "We have started to disassemble the subspace drive; however, it will be a couple of weeks before I can give you a detailed analysis. Part of the drive is certainly Drans, but the technology in the rest of it appears primitive in comparison. It's as if they had some of the parts, I guess from a Drans ship, and managed to cobble together enough of their own technology to make it work. Fairly ingenious, not sure we could have done the same before our symbionts and the AI."

"Unfortunately, the data banks were wiped when Sirin was attacked, but there will be information stored in the equipment used for the subspace drive that I think we can get at. What happened to Sirin was certainly a trap. As we suspected, that data port was designed to be found, and when she accessed it, another program activated, wiping out the other data banks, at least the ones we have been able to locate."

"What about the attack virus that killed her? Do we know anything more?" Rhys asked.

"Nothing new. The AI and I have examined the programming in detail. As we initially thought, the core programming is Drans, designed specifically to kill a symbiont. "Hua and I think that it's a Drans safety measure to kill unbound symbionts."

"That suggests that Bob may not be so unique as we thought, and that this has been a more frequent problem than the AI knows about. According to the AI, it only happened once on the Drans home world," Anita said.

"Yes, that's correct. However, more important was that there was additional programming wrapped around the Drans coding that was added on, probably by whoever built the probe. That part was specifically designed to target the human brain. It would have painfully killed Sirin even if she hadn't had a BMI. Worse, the virus was coded to take control of the symbiont and transmit itself to other symbionts. If Sirin had been one of us, and the virus worked as planned, we possibly would all be dead right now."

"Would it have succeeded?"Mika asked.

"No,"Leslie answered, taking over the briefing. "The nanobytes would have fought it, preventing it from being transmitted to the others, though it may have killed the first one of us it attacked. I am conjecturing."

"Why send a probe to Earth and include a trap designed to kill humans with symbionts unless you already know they are there?" Sandy asked.

"Exactly. Somehow, whoever they are, they know about humans, Earth, and symbionts. And perhaps more concerning is that the technology used in the probe is not particularly advanced, except for the subspace drive. Yet the virus is very advanced. Drans coding at its core, as Thea said, but the complexity of the attack and the subtle way it was initially introduced into Sirin suggest AI assistance."

"Be very careful going through the alien ship," Rhys warned, the concern evident in his voice. "That may not be the last trap."

"We are being very careful," Thea replied. "That was the most obvious place to plant a virus, but there may be much subtler traps we haven't found yet. If Hua and I had designed it, we would have been much more inventive."

"How long will it take you to investigate the subspace drive?" Rhys asked. "It's important, but let's not get sidetracked from building out the defense grid."

"Yes, Sir," Thea said. For now, the subspace drive is a side project, but when the alien ship is brought here, I want permission to continue searching through the ship to see what else they may have left behind."

"No, assign that to Innassa when she gets here; her squadron is due for some downtime. Building the defense grid is the priority until the Om arrives."

"Kiania, what's the status on commissioning the new squadron?" Rhys asked. He could have checked the progress report or just asked Bob, but he preferred to hear it directly from those responsible.

"Construction is complete, and the five new ships are armed, but they are only half manned. The training pipeline is overwhelmed. It will be at least six months before they are ready to enter active service. Thea is building them faster than we can man them. She and I have discussed this, and with your permission, she will shift resources to building out the drone fleet."

Rhys knew this was a project Kiania wanted. Cruiser-sized ships entirely manned by an AI. You could cram more weapons and attack drones into the same hull if you didn't have to worry about squishy humans and all that was required to keep them alive.

"Ok, I agree. For now, suspend work on new crewed ships." Rhys didn't like it but humans were still new to space travel, and no one had any actual experience fighting in space. "What's the timeline on the drone ships?" he asked.

"The first one will be ready in three months, then one every three months until we bring more construction online. I am thinking we need to move the construction to the inner solar system, Jupiter or Saturn, where there is plenty of raw materials. However, it will take us about one year to build the production facilities," Thea answered.

"We need to leave, One," Sandy interrupted, using Rhys' formal title.

"You're right, sorry to cut this short, ladies."

Rhys leaned down and kissed Saida. "I love you very much," he said, caressing her cheek.

"And I love you very much. I miss your touch, I miss your body holding mine," she said. "Thank you for making me one of yours,"she added with a sad smile.

Rhys held her for a minute, not saying a word, but using the symbiont to convey his feelings. The intensity was overwhelming for a few seconds, and Saida gasped as she was wrapped in a powerful swirl of emotions from him. Intense and enduring Love for her, wrapped in flaming desire and possession, with a strong concern for her safety in the upcoming battles.

"Oh, Rhys," was all she could say as she clung to him, her eyes wet with tears of happiness.

"Wow," added Thea as she felt a similar surge of emotions. From the look on Hua's and Sandy's faces, they must be feeling the same thing. "I don't know about the rest of you, but I think a quick orgy is called for after that. No, Rhys," she said before he could interrupt, "there's no way you get to rev us up like that, make us feel horny as a cat in heat and then walk out of here," she said quickly, stripping out of her clothes. Hua's two bodies promptly followed. Only Sandy hesitated, looking to Rhys for permission. "Join us, he relented with a smile. "I dont see a reason why we can't postpone our departure for an hour or so." Sandy was quickly naked, joining the rest of them, pulling at Rhys' clothes.

Sometimes Sandy didn't think Rhys truly understood just how much his emotional connection affected his girls. He didn't share his feelings with them all the time, but when he did, it had a powerful impact. The raw, unfiltered emotional connection was overwhelming, and the love and desire he felt was reciprocated a hundred times over. Underlying it all was a fierce possession, very masculine, and leaving no doubt in their minds that they wanted to be a part of him, to share in that emotional high. It was more potent than any drug man could create. The way Rhys's emotions had impacted the girls it might be more than an hour or two.

***

"Sandy and I need to go back to Earth to help Mika deal with problems in Africa before they get out of control," Rhys told Kiania. "The rebellion is spreading, and we need to stop this before it becomes a major distraction."

"The social forces are difficult to contain once they reach a certain point, and killing the leaders is only a short-term solution," Kiania replied.

"I know. Mika has a plan that I don't like, but I see no other option right now. She has arranged a meeting with the leaders, and I have agreed to be there. I will meet with them individually, and Sandy will use her hair to make certain adjustments to as many of them as she can."

"What about Innassa? You haven't seen her yet."

"I know, but it should only be a week at most, and I will be back," Rhys replied.

"Every day the Om don't come is a blessing; we get stronger. However, the high operational tempo is beginning to show on both the crews and the equipment. I have three more ships in for repairs, and another five that will need to be dockside in a few weeks."

"I am aware," Rhys said. However, we have to stay ready until our defenses are stronger. Despite everything, what Thea has been able to do to the fleet is our strongest defense. Do not ease up on the training exercises, I want them drilled until they can make the correct decisions in their sleep."

"Yes, Sir,"Kiania said as the thrill of the command from Rhys swept over her. Like the others, she had treasured her time with him, short though it was. She at least felt regenerated and clearer-headed. She worried about Innassa, though; if there was a weak link, it was her.

***

Rhys stood in his spacious quarters aboard the Ulysses on the way to Earth, a heavy crystal glass in his hand, bourbon and a little ice. Despite being a warship, his quarters consisted of a large bedroom, living room and an office. Tucked into the bulkheads was an automated kitchen and drones that served food and drinks. At times, he kept Sandy with him, but as Commanding Officer, she had her own adjacent quarters. Though he didn't drink much, there were times when he forbade Bob to cleanse the alcohol from his system, and right now he was enjoying the slight buzz. He knew it was a crutch, something he did when he was stressed or angry, and today he was both.

Tonight, Sandy was with him, a glass of white wine in her hand, looking as beautiful as ever. Her red hair was up, revealing her long, slender neck encircled by a choker with a red gem at its center, matching her hair. The 'choker' was the nanobytes Rhys had put there, and while it looked like jewelry, they both knew it was a collar- a symbol of her status to all. She wore a long, midnight blue dress that clung to her body, showcasing her curvaceous figure with a small Miranda symbol tattooed on her left breast. Her breasts and hips were accented as only a woman with an hourglass figure could showcase. Only Amancia could design a dress to be worn as a uniform that was sexy, yet professional.

Rhys enjoyed watching her movements, the way she stood casually yet presented herself as a sexual object, a challenge to be conquered. She stirred something in him that none of the others did, something dark, savage and terrible. The urge to take her violently, debase her in the most horrific way, was always there now, a temptation Rhys fought with daily. It was the Dragon, a manifestation of symbiont and human, the thing that made him a terrible warrior who could destroy the Om, but which also possessed the dark desires that drove him to slake his lust with her. He felt himself stiffening, and from the blush on her face, he could tell that Sandy sensed and encouraged the dark desire within him. Yet she didn't hide or try to conceal her own arousal. Instead, her body shifted slightly, her breasts outthrust, her legs slightly spread, her hands at her side. She watched him like a mouse watches a hawk that is about to eat it, and knows there is nowhere to run. Her fear and arousal spiked his own lust; feeding off each other, each needing something from the other. However, now was not the time, and he forced the darkness down until he was under control again.