The Pods

The next morning, Riley woke up refreshed and excited. He remembered everything that happened last night with Liam and Mat, and he was looking forward to bringing them to Master. He still had to play his cards carefully, however, as blowing his cover would be disastrous for Master. Thinking some more as he left his cabin to grab breakfast, he realized how much less inhibited he was compared to his previous self. His old self would have been shocked, perhaps even scared, of what he became, but now he was at peace. He needed to help Master, and he was getting his just rewards.

After grabbing his tray of food, Riley found Liam and Mat siting together at a table of four all to themselves and approached them. "Morning!" Riley greeted. "May I join you?"

"Sure, grab a seat," Liam replied as though nothing happened between them last night. Riley made sure that part of the night stayed out of his and Mat's memories when he left Liam's cabin, as Master had not yet turned them.

"Slept well?" Riley asked after he sat down, picking up his fork to start attacking his plate of food.

"Yeah," Liam replied with a grin. "It helped that we had some great sex before we called it a night!"

All three chuckled as Riley rolled his eyes. Liam enjoyed playfully trying to get under Riley's skin by being more open about his activities, both public and private. Between Liam and Mat, Liam was definitely the louder and more playful of the two, while Mat consistently exhibited a quieter, more serious confidence.

"You still good to go heading back out there today?" Mat asked Riley, the look on his face showing genuine concern.

"Yeah, I can't wait to go back there again, this time with you two," Riley answered between mouthfuls of food. "I'm actually excited you'll be joining me, before I passed out I spotted some neat things that should interest you two." He went on to explain what he saw in the clearing, including the pod-like flowers and a ruminant-type animal in one of the large green pods.

"It sounds like you found an animal I didn't get to see yet yesterday," Mat mused as he finished his last mouthful of food. "I wonder if we'll find the animal still in the pod, and what other animals we may find in the other pods."

"I'm not sure what I'll find there," Liam said with a shrug. "Then again, unlike you two, I'm supposed to find the really small stuff that the naked eye can't see, but we know sometimes it's the microorganisms that may have some of the biggest effects on ecosystems."

"You may be in luck," Riley responded. "I mean, the medical team couldn't figure out how I passed out, but at this time we can't rule out that I came into contact with some microorganisms. Hopefully you'll be able to shed some light."

"Right," Liam said with a nod. Seeing all three plates were empty, he stood up, stretched, and asked, "Well, shall we get ourselves ready?"

Once the trio geared up, they left theNebulafor the clearing with the pods, Riley leading the way and Mat pulling up the rear. Since their focus today was the clearing, they did not bother to scan their surroundings along the way other than for any potential danger, so they made quick work in their hike to the clearing. They paused at the edge of the clearing, resting against the dead trees, and began scanning their surroundings, glancing up frequently to keep an eye for anything suspicious or dangerous. They could see the scattering of the flowers and large pods throughout the clearing.

"Wow," Mat exclaimed softly after letting out a low whistle. "I'm assuming all those pods, by how they look, have an animal in them. I'm guessing by how some of them look that there are some smaller animals, but for the most part it appears the animals are as big as the one you saw, Riley."

Riley nodded. "Well, whaddya think? Shall we venture onward?" he asked.

Sensing a hint of hesitation in both Liam and Mat, Riley replaced such thoughts in them with a strong sense of curiosity and adventure.

"Y'know what, let's do this," Liam replied and led the way over the debris. They each approached the nearest three large pods first to scan and visually inspect them. Riley found a different animal compared to the pod he found yesterday. It had the body and legs of a ruminant, but it had a tail reminiscent of a raccoon on Earth, and its head had a trio of horns. However, just like in the other pod yesterday, this animal appeared unconscious and connected to the pod with three tubes.

Meanwhile, Mat's eyes widened when he found something that appeared carnivorous in nature, like a beefier version of a wolf with tiger's fur. Mat realized he could scan through the pod's protective covering, and confirmed that it was a carnivore. Mat was excited, as he never thought he would be just inches from a predator. Just then, the wolf-like creature shuddered, and Mat stepped back in case it was waking. Instead, the creature suddenly emitted fluid from its penis into one of the tubes, which carried it away one spurt at a time. Mat scanned the fluid and realized it was the animal's semen.

"Whoa, that was interesting," Mat muttered loud enough for Riley and Liam to hear him.

"What is it?" Liam asked as he and Riley approached Mat.

"Not only am I so close to a predatory animal, I just witnessed it coming, I'm guessing into the pod," Mat replied, his eyes still fixed at his scanner and the pod before him.

"I wonder if the pod is taking the semen as food," Riley mused aloud, smiling inwardly at his own ironic deception towards the two other men.

"Either that, or it may even be using the animal's semen for procreation," Liam guessed. "It's still just a theory, but given what organisms other missions have found, we can't rule it out. In any case, it looks like you have a neat find in front of you, Mat. I only found what looks like some sort of large rodent, and it looked sound asleep."

"Well, I couldn't scan this pod for some reason, but I did scan the animal within it," Mat said as he turned to face Liam and Riley. "Let's check some of the other pods."

Liam and Mat were walking past a cluster of the flower pods when Riley willed them to stop and take a closer look at them. Liam and Mat did not realize Riley was controlling them, but instead were suddenly intrigued by the flowers and had a desire to peer at them more closely. When they were both inches away from the flower pods, the pods simultaneously burst, creating concentrated clouds of yellow dust. Both men were surprised by the bursts, but, having inhaled some of the dust, within seconds they fell unconscious. Riley, standing a few feet away, smiled upon realizing how Master subdued him, and now he was about to see how Master will transform Liam and Mat.

Two flat, empty large green pods appeared beside Liam and Mat and opened to let the tentacles within the pods pull each man into a pod. Having the experience of transforming Riley, Master disrobed the two men before sealing the pods shut. Knowing the human species better now, Master skipped the probing it did on Riley, and proceeded to make the changes right away.

Liam and Mat stayed in a constant orgasmic high as Master worked on them. They were both pretty fit, and Mat was already pretty muscular, but Riley could see Master further defining their muscles as it granted them greater strength. Their cocks were already pretty big, but Riley could see their ball sacks enlarging to produce plentiful amounts of altered semen. Riley was happy Master transformed him, and he was sure Liam and Mat also will be when they later fully realize what happened to them.

Meanwhile, Riley was getting aroused by what he was witnessing. He unzipped his flies on his coveralls and underlying skinsuit, pulled out his cock, and started jerking off. Master noticed this and did not want Riley's cum to go to waste, but also wanted to let him indulge himself as another small reward for bringing Liam and Mat to it. Bringing another unoccupied pod to the surface, Master extended a tentacle and latched onto Riley's cock. Riley moaned in delight and moved his hand away from his cock, letting the tentacle pleasure him instead. Master pleasured him just enough to keep Riley on edge, holding back on culminating its reward with an orgasm until Liam and Mat's transformation was complete.

Fortunately for Riley, it was not long before Liam and Mat's transformation process ran its course. Master was now finishing the mental changes while getting their cocks hard. Riley knew that Liam and Mat were going to seal their fates soon with their orgasms, and he had a feeling that Master was going to let him cum with them. His intuition was correct, as just as he saw Liam and Mat suddenly writhing, he felt his own release overcome him. All three men fired their spurts of cum at the same time, being one with Master. Riley was very happy after his orgasm subsided, not only for getting the release he craved, but knowing that Master was pleased with his first recruits, and that Liam and Mat were now like him, on a mission to do as Master bade them.

Master retracted the tentacle from Riley, and opened up the pods to release Liam and Mat. Riley took his time to zip up his skinsuit and coveralls, knowing there were still a few minutes before the two other men wake up from their ordeal. He walked over to where they laid and sat down between them, thinking about what happened so far and opportunities and challenges laid ahead. Ultimately, he knew from what information Master fed him that he needed to get the entire crew of theNebulaworking for Master, and Liam and Mat were going to be a big help for him later tonight.

Riley was getting excited again, and he reached out to Liam and Mat's cocks and began stroking them. Thanks to Master's changes, they got hard pretty quickly, and the arousal was enough to bring them back into consciousness. Had it not been for Master, Liam and Mat would have been shocked by what was happening to them. Instead, all three men looked at each other and smiled, knowing together they were going to be part of something greater. They shifted positions so that they were sucking each other in a triangle again. Thanks to Master, they could now better sense each other's thoughts and therefore knew better how they should touch, suck, and lick each other. They pushed each other's right buttons, and before they knew it, the clearing echoed with their moans as they came at the same time. They swallowed every spurt of cum in their mouths to make way for the next spurt, and they rolled their eyes back in bliss.

When their orgasms subsided for the second time in a short while, they sat up and kissed each other with a softer passion, bound to each other and inseparable in their quest to help Master. Riley was first to break the kiss, and, clapping Liam and Mat on their shoulders, said, "Right, should we explore some more before we head back?"