Ark: A Scifi Alien Romance (15 page)

Ark only reacted to me cumming by slowing down for a moment, but as soon as I sat back up, he resumed pulling me up and pressing me down onto his cock, and I moaned again as the pleasure came rushing back all at once, but this time it felt different, now that I had had one orgasm already.

Ark’s muscles tensed, and I hoped that meant he was cumming soon - it wasn’t that this didn’t feel amazing, but I really wanted to make sure he felt good too, as good as he made me feel; also, my legs were beginning to get a little tired. Still, with the arcs of pleasure that coursed through me like electricity, I would have kept going like this until I had lost all coherence if Ark had wanted to.

Luckily, that’s not what he was thinking, and a minute later, he looked at me and nodded. I knew what that meant, and I did whatever I could to get ready, but even so, I wasn’t prepared for the feeling of my gorgeous Kreossian man cumming inside me, filling me up more than I ever thought possible.

Ark shook below me, his body convulsing, and the lines that traced all over his skin glowing and changing colors in rapid succession. He bellowed with each convulsion so loud that if there were hidden birds around, they would have flown off into the night, scared.

With a final shudder, Ark lay back down against the ship, and I fell into his lap, his softening cock still huge inside me.

We lay together like that, intertwined in the darkness of the moonless night. This time we weren’t interrupted by the calls of any large monsters that went bump in the night, and we both dozed off easily and comfortably.

Probably an hour later, I stirred, moving across Ark’s chest, and he moved as well, and I felt his breathing change - he was awake.

“Ark,” I said, unable to bite my tongue and keep from speaking.

“I am awake.”

“You can’t still be planning on destroying Earth, can you?”

Ark sighed. “I still remain convinced that humans were the most likely perpetrators of the sabotage. There will be consequences for causing the death of Admiral Kaalax.”

“You don’t sound as convinced as you were before.”

Ark nodded. “That is true. I am less sure of your species’ responsibility than I was before.”

“What’s changed your mind?”

“Among other things, you, Melissa Crane of Earth.”

And with that, he wrapped his hand around the back of my head and pulled me gently back to his chest. We spent the rest of the night like that.

It was perfect.

CHAPTER 08 - ARK

I woke up the next morning with Melissa draped over me as she had been the night before. I leaned back against the ship, content for the moment to lie there like that, feeling her soft body and light weight against me.

She was a marvel, simply perfection. The mating we had experienced last night was hot and I could not wait to repeat the performance over and over again. I loved watching her sleep, clearly needing the rest after all of our exercise earlier.

I reached up a hand and pushed the hair away from her face, exposing her soft features. I really had not seen any woman like her anywhere in the galaxy. It was still such a strange feeling to wake up knowing that I had found my mate, that I had found the one being I would be connected to for the rest of my life. It was if a great weight had been lifted off my shoulders, and now I understood that all the days before this had been for one purpose - to find Melissa Crane of Earth, and to make sure that she was safe and happy at all times.

For the first time in my life, serving the Kreossian Empire had to contend with a second goal, and it felt good to have real purpose.

Taking care not to disturb Melissa as she slept, I moved her off my chest and got up, stretching to iron out the kinks from sleep and restore circulation to my limbs.

I looked up at the sky; it was going to be another warm day, and hopefully dry. We would be lucky in that regard - the ship would soon be ready to fly again and we could escape this planet.

I watched Melissa sleep for a few minutes, suddenly wondering what she thought of this entire thing, especially the last few hours. I had given her a lot of information very quickly about how Kreossians mated, and while she mentioned that she was not one to believe in the short term relationship culture of her species, I still was not sure just what she thought about our being mates.
 

I knew that humans did not have the same single-mating desire that Kreossians had, so it was entirely possible that she would not feel the same way as me. I would have to figure that out soon.

For now, though, I had to make a scouting run. I made sure that Melissa was sleeping peacefully and safely, then I made my way to the perimeter and began to walk around. I did not notice anything out of the ordinary, but after I had killed the beast yesterday, I wanted to make sure there were not more of them out there, coming after one of their own or us for having killed one.

As I jogged around the perimeter we had established, I did not find anything that suggested more incursions by more creatures, but at the same time I knew the one we had defeated was wily and smart in combat, so I kept my eye out for any sign, no matter how small, that something might be disturbed.

The warm sun of the day beat down upon me as I finished my survey of the crash site, finding myself standing over Admiral Kaalax’ burial site. I had not planned to end up here, but I knew as soon as I arrived that my subconscious had brought me here because of all the turmoil I was experiencing.

I tried to block it all away as I went through my morning calisthenics routine, which had become a habit even though my muscles did not really need it after the workout Melissa and I had gotten during sex the night before. It felt good to relax and clear my mind of all the decisions I had to make, both about Melissa and about Earth.

After I was done stretching out and getting the blood flowing as a warrior should each morning, I sat down next to Admiral Kaalax and meditated, trying to gain some of my elder mentor’s insight and experience for the trials soon to come.

Melissa’s question last night about destroying Earth came back to me. I could not understand how a species could do such a thing, and yet, at the same time I did not have any other conclusions that I could fall back on.

It was a difficult position, and for the moment I was thankful that I did not have to decide either way at this time.

I sat there for a long time, feeling connected to Admiral Kaalax and missing his presence in my life terribly. I knew that under his mentorship I had become a much better soldier and Kreossian man, and that I did not really need him in my life anymore, but at the same time, I missed our conversations and the little lessons he was always trying to teach me. I did not always learn them as quickly as he would have liked, but I knew that he was never too disappointed in me.

After I was done seeking guidance I got
 
up and went back to the embers of the campfire, and sat down next to Melissa, watching her sleep again. She was so relaxed, and while she slept it looked like all the worry and fear she had over being on a strange planet with a strange alien man just disappeared. I liked that peaceful look, and I wanted to do what I could to make sure it did not go away.

Melissa stirred again and I leaned over and kissed her. She returned the kiss, and I felt her smile as she started to wake up. “Mmmmm, good morning Ark,” she whispered around my kisses as she fluttered her eyes open, and I saw her pupils dilate as they adjusted to the light of the morning. “Last night was amazing.”

“It was a good way to spend the evening.”

She shoved me hard, a look of mock anger on her face. “Jerk! That’s not what you’re supposed to say.”

I was about to ask what I was supposed to say when I heard the alarms coming from inside the ship. They were soft at first, but then got louder, and Melissa’s eyes widened as she registered what was going on.

“I should check on that.”

Melissa nodded and started to get up. I lifted her off me and set her on the ground before I stood up, stretching my arms out to the sky to increase the circulation and wake myself up a little more.
 

The alarms got louder and I knew the ship was trying to tell me something. I hastily went inside and a panel appeared in front of me, reading out data and telling me what was wrong.

I heard Melissa come into the ship behind me. “What’s going on?” She asked, fear creeping into her voice. “Is everything alright? Are we going to be able to get out of here?”

I glanced over at her, and I could see uncertainty starting to cloud her beautiful face. I looked back at the panels, digesting all the new information. “Everything is not alright, Melissa. The ship is out of energy.”

“What? How is that possible? How did we not see this coming?” The implication was obvious, since Melissa could not read any of the panels or really interact with the ship’s computer. How did I not see this coming?

I stared grimly at the panels, tracing the energy loss diagram through the ship’s schematic. “There was damage during the crash. The energy reserves sensor was damaged, while we landed with enough energy to complete repairs, too much of it has since burned off.” I set the panel down. “As of now, the ship is repaired, but we do not have the energy to break the atmosphere and get out of here.”

Melissa sagged against the doorway of the ship, all the optimism leaving her eyes in just a few brief moments. I stepped toward her and took her in my arms, but I could tell she was inconsolable.

She started crying, big tears coming down. “So…we’re stuck here?”

“It would appear that way for the moment,” I said, pulling her closer to me. “It will be alright, Melissa, we will figure out what to do next.”

“But how?” She wailed, the sudden anguish never more clear. “We’re all alone here, Ark, and there might be more of those creatures around.”

I knew that there almost certainly were more of them around, whether they were close or not, but I decided in that moment that Melissa did not need to hear of my suspicions. She had enough on her mind for the time being. “We will figure out a way.” I looked down at her, trying to be as consoling as I could. “This is not the planet either of us perish on, Melissa. I know that to be true, now more than ever.”

“But how can you be so sure?” She asked, her eyes trembling. “How long can we survive here eating nutritional supplements? We need to do something different, or nothing will change.”

“I agree with you.” I thought quickly, my mind racing. I had to do something to calm her down and show her that this was not the end of our journey despite the bad news we had just received. Then an idea hit me. “We have some reserve energy left over.”

Melissa sniffed against my chest, the tears still flowing. “What do we do with it?”

“We do two things. First, we repair the breach in the power reserve storage tanks, so once we find what we are looking for, we can safely store it.”

“That makes sense.” Melissa started wiping the tears from her face and I could tell by her voice that the plan was starting to take shape in her mind. “What’s the other thing?”

“We use the remaining power to scan the planet for energy sources. If we can find one then we can go and extract it, and bring it back to the shuttle so we can use it to get out of here.”

“You…you really think we’ll be able to find something we can use?”

“I…do not know, but it is our best chance of leaving this place.”

“OK, what do we have to do?”

“First we will inspect the damage to the energy storage tanks.” Melissa nodded and I took her hand, covering it in mine. She smiled, first at her hand then up and me, and we walked out of the sip and around the side.

On the opposite side to where we spent most of our time, we discovered the problem, a small tear in the tank, and it was clear that the sensor was misaligned. Melissa and I knelt down as I ran my hand over it.

“Funny,” she said.

I looked over at her, a question on my face. “What do you mean? It is not telling a joke.”

Melissa chuckled. “That’s not what I meant and you know it. I meant that it’s funny that such a small rupture could derail our entire plans.”

“It is often the small things that eventually become big problems, I have found,” I said.

“Exactly. ‘A stitch in time saves nine,’ as they say.”

“A stitch?” I was confused, as we stood back up.

Melissa laughed. “Think about it some more.”

“I will do that.” We headed back into the ship and into the cockpit. I sat down in the pilot’s chair and Melissa sat on the armrest, leaning over me, her hands pleasingly running up and down my arm.

I brought the panel in front of me to life and started a system diagnostic. As it read out data, I pointed out to Melissa what was going on. I knew it must be irritating not to understand our language, so I wanted to make it as easy as possible to get her involved, even though our technology was mostly hands off. I could tell she appreciated it.

“The ship has enough power to finish the repair process,” I explained, tapping on various images on the panel, showing graphs of power distribution and transfer conduits. “We just need to find another source so that we have enough to break the dense atmosphere of this world.”

Melissa nodded. “OK, so that’s what we’re looking for.” She focused on me. “How do we find it? What if there isn’t any?”

“We must assume there is, and proceed under that assumption, Melissa.” I touched her arm to reassure her. “It is all we can do in this situation,” I added.

Melissa kissed me on the cheek. “OK, let’s get started.”

I looked back at the panel, tapping it a few times to engage the ship’s scanners. “I am setting a scanning pattern for the planet. Normally it would take only a few minutes,” I said, puffing my chest out with pride at the efficiency of Kreossian technology. “But in this circumstance, due to the atmosphere’s interference, it will take longer.”

“How much longer?”

I consulted the panel. “Unknown. The interference grows as we get further away from the crash site. It may get even worse further on.”