We Can Survive

On the bridge of the Nirvana, Ezra was maintaining everything while Bart steered the ship. The captain entered in her chair and took her position at the helm.
"Status report." The captain ordered.
"All systems read green, captain." Ezra announced.
"That's good to hear." The captain said.
Suddenly all the power went out. Everything was black.
"What's going on?" The captain asked sternly.
"I don't know, Captain. All systems are down - it's like there's no power on the ship at all." Ezra replied, frantically pushing buttons.
A bit later Hibiki appeared holding a candle.
"Old woman! Something has happened to the Pakesis! It's like it's dead!" Hibiki said.
"Where are the back-up generators?" The captain asked.
The emergency lights came on. The dim light gave an eerie feel to the ship.
"Damage report." The captain ordered.
"I can't tell - only emergency lights are working. This is weird, captain." Ezra said.
Suddenly a small white sphere appeared, about the size of a Ping-Pong ball. It grew in size until it was about 2 meters across.
"What is that?" The Captain asked.
"Unknown, captain. It's some kind of energy field, I guess." Ezra said.
When the electrical field subsided, a man in a white cloak stood on the ship's bridge. He was tall and young looking. He had short blonde hair, blue eyes and his face sported a cold, hard gaze.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" The captain ordered.
"Directive 4. Username: Horyu Shontakova. Password: Fair game." Everyone else suddenly felt their knees buckle, and then they fell to the ground or slumped over in their chairs.
"*Sigh*... they never learn, do they? Well, since you're all doing to die, I will tell you everything as a last request. Years ago, our forefathers started manipulating the genes of lesser creatures. With the knowledge they gained, they started manipulating their own genes. Some of them disapproved of this, but they were killed. We wanted to make the perfect human. Therefore, we set up colonies to perfect one specific part of the body. The planets Tarek and Mejia were assigned the reproductive organs. When all research was done, we would just assemble the right DNA and get a perfect human being. You are the proverbial fly in the ointment. You were never supposed to gain Pakesis technology. We had thought about this, thus we put in a fail-safe. Well, this has cost the Earth precious resources. It's time for you to die." Horyu said.
"It can't end like this. It just can't!" Hibiki thought. "Too many people have done too much. People died so that my area of the galaxy could be free from earth rule. We wasted precious resources to get this far. I won't let it end this way!"
"Even now you're thinking of ways to escape. However, with the life force drained from your Pakesis, that's impossible. Tarek and Mejia must be punished for defying us." Horyu said. "Other planets helped out. They will be punished as well." There was a brief pause.
"Men and women coexist on Earth just fine. You bunch were listed as class A-1 contaminated. This means total destruction." Horyu said. "I know what you are thinking. You would rather die than be someone's guinea pig. Your loss. Anyway, the harvests were never fatal; we took DNA samples and wiped their memory of this. Unfortunately, we could never give this secret away. Well enough of this. Failsafe, code 256739. Authorized by Furemo Satoshi." Hibeki and the crew slowly felt their lives draining away...
"AH!!! NO!!!" Hibiki shouted. He then found himself in Ditta's bed. She too had been startled awake.
"Oh my God - that was a terrible nightmare!" Ditta said. She threw her arms around Hibiki and cried on his shoulder.
"You had a nightmare too? Was it where some guy from earth came in and killed us all by activating a fail-safe?" Hibiki asked.
Ditta continued to cry on his shoulder.
"Uh-hmm." She sobbed.
"I had it too... what could that mean?" Hibiki asked.
"You don't think it's because of...?" Ditta asked.
"It can't be our love." Hibiki replied.
"So what do we do?" Ditta asked.
"We need to rest. Then we'll have the doc check us out in the morning." Hibiki said.
In the morning, they went to the infirmary and found it swamped with people. Everyone on the ship had the same dream.
"This can't be coincidence. Something else is going on here." Duero said.
"Agreed. However, what can explain this?" Meia asked.
"Hmm... there is no logical explanation for such an occurrence." Duero said.
"Unless it was a warning." Mito said. "There have been legends about communication through dreams."
"But they're only legends." Duero said.
"True." Miso replied.
"You seem to know a lot about psychology for a pilot." Meia said.
"Pilots in my world are trained a lot in psychology. Know the enemy, how they think, and know yourself, and how you think, and you will have a major advantage." Mito said.
"How do you think the enemy thinks?" Meia asked.
"They see us as intelligent creatures, but vastly inferior to them. It's like we're their playthings." Mito said.
That didn't sit too well with most everyone.
"Hey, we've got brains too!" Hibiki snapped.
"I never said you didn't. They know we are aware of our existence, but they see our intelligence as limited. It's like you're an ape to them." Mito said.
"I am not an ape! I am a man!" Hibiki snapped.
"Man, you're taking this a bit too personally, aren't you? Relax, Hibiki." Mito said.
"How can I relax when they're thinking about killing us all?" Hibiki asked.
"The only thing anger as improved is a cat's ability to arch its back." Ditta said. "Mom told me that a lot."
"She's right. I think this may never get resolved until we have a conversation with the harvesters." Mito said.
"That may mean a trip to earth. That's putting us right on the path of danger." Meia said.
"True. However, wars rarely end by one side completely annihilating the other. They usually end when one side realizes how pointless it is to fight." Mito said.
"We need to talk to the captain about this." Meia said.
Later on, some of the crew chatted with the captain on the bridge.
"We believe the only way to stop this is to go directly to Earth." Mito said.
"That sounds suicidal." The captain replied.
"These attacks will keep coming until we face them directly. To them, we are no more than a disobedient dog." Duero said.
"This 'dog' wants to show that its bite will back up its bark." Hibiki said.
"This is a decision we should put to a vote. Going to Earth should not be taken lightly." The captain said.
"I agree. Our mission to visit Earth's leaders took 3 years to plan, and it wasn't enough to get very far." Mito said.
The vote was taken and they agreed to go. After stocking up on lots of supplies, the Nirvana headed to earth using an old star chart. At first no resistance was given. Everyone had a chance to relax for once. Ditta used this time to try to advance her relationship with Hibiki. While still the hothead in public, in private he was warming up to her.
"I would be losing face if I said I loved you openly." Hibiki said.
"Silly boy... well, I guess that's a man thing." Ditta said. They spent that night kissing and holding each other close.
Elsewhere Mito attempted to gain favor with the ladies. Sensing he was getting nowhere with Meia, he tried talking to the other women. Secretly, however, he wanted Meia. There was just something in her that he liked. Meia gave him the cold shoulder all the time, however. After striking out with Meia, Gascone took Mito aside.
"She's had a rough life." Gascone said.
"I can see that in her. Any suggestions for me?" Mito asked.
"Let her be. She's not the kind to get involved in a relationship, let alone one with a man." Gascone responded.
"Ah, we always want the one thing we can't have." Mito said with a touch of sadness in his voice.
Thus, he socialized with other members of the crew. Nobody else seemed to pique his interest, however.
They were near the twin stars of Zubenelgenubi when they encountered their first bit of resistance. It was an old, outdated and abandoned outpost with auto-defenses. The Vans and Dreads made short work of the defenses. They landed on this planet to find that crops that humans had introduced centuries before were growing wild. They found wild rice along the riverbanks, carrots, lettuce, cabbage, peppers, water chestnuts and other vegetables growing wild all over the continent. Much of the crew went down to harvest the bounty of nature. It took them more than two weeks to gather what they thought was enough food to last them the rest of the trip. Mito didn't really like picking carrots and cabbage; he always seemed to select the wrong ones, causing him to lose what little favor he had with Meia.
"Damnit, I wasn't trained in agriculture! I don't know the first thing about this stuff!" He said. "Nobody's perfect, you know." Some of the others fared about as well. Some fared much better.
Well, once they were on their way, an earth ship attacked. This was no ordinary ship, however. This one was faster, more powerful, and had better shields than any they had faced before. Mito combined with Ditta and Hibiki combined with Meia to form a pair of vandreads. The new Vandread of Ditta/Mito looked like a humanoid robot but seemed shaky. Unfortunately, shortly after forming, both Vandreads were torn apart. The Nirvana was forced to retreat and pulled the damaged ships with them.
"Damn! How the hell did we lose!?" Hibiki said with anger.
"We truly do not know the enemy." Mito replied. "We must learn from our mistakes here."
It took over a week to repair the vans and the dreads. Once repairs were made, however, the Nirvana went back into action. This time, however, Dita combined with Hibiki and Meia combined with Mito. The Vandreads were barely able to cope with the onslaught of the earth forces. Damage was heavy and the Mito/Meia vandread lost power after a drone did a kamikaze collision with it. Meia and Mito were left hanging in space, drifting in the solar winds.
"We'll get you as soon as we can." Gascone said. Mito and Meia couldn't hear this, however.
"Well, we might as well relax until they come get us." Mito said.
"You seem very calm right now. I don't think we got them all." Meia said.
"Well, if another one comes, our friends will have to deal with it." Mito said. "Well, what would you like to do while we wait?" Mito held Meia's hand.
"I'd like to be as far away from you as possible." Meia replied.
"Can you open your heart to anyone?" Mito asked.
"That's none of your damn business." Meia said.
"O.k., so you can't. That's a shame." Mito said.
"I never said that." Meia replied.
"I asked around about you. I can't say my upbringing was as bad as yours was, but I do sympathize with you." Mito said.
"Stay out of my past, mister." Meia spat out the words like a cobra.
"I can't undo all the problems you had in the past. However, I can make love what it should be. You know, you and Hibiki are alike; he seems happy with Ditta now." Mito said.
"You dare compare me to that idiot?" Meia asked.
"Well, you're a lot smarter and hotter. However, when love comes to you and he, both of you put your pride before your happiness." Mito said.
"What makes you think this is my pride at work?" Meia asked.
"I saw the cockpit configurations for when you and I merged and when Ditta and Hibiki merged. They're the same. They may not look like it on the surface, but they do love each other." Mito said.
"You're not going to stop until you get me, are you?" Meia asked.
"You're the one that I sense is my true soulmate." Mito replied.
"I don't sense the same from you." Meia replied.
At that time, a repair ship picked them up.
"All right, we got you now." Gascone said as she towed the Vandread.
"Well, if you don't like me, why are you still holding my hand?" Mito asked. "It's a normal desire for a woman to want a man. Where I come from, it happens all the time."
"Damn you. I don't want to fall in love, let alone with a guy. I hate being held and kissing. Nevertheless, here I go, doing just that. It's going to be a disaster." Meia said.
"It will be a disaster only if you think it will be." Mito said. They held each other's hands.
"I've never really been good at expressing my feelings... or even knowing what they are." Meia said.
"It's all right. Having a weakness is part of being human." Mito said.
Later on, The Nirvana reached a space station. This one was inhabited, however. They contacted The Nirvana and asked them for help. The screen showed a thirty-something male with brown hair and eyes. He was in a white tunic.
"Thank God you found us. We are in desperate need of help. Earth has abandoned us, and we have no food or water." The man said.
Duero happened to be on the bridge at the time. "How long have you been like this?" Duero asked.
"About a week. Please help us." The man said.
"Mute us." Duero said.
"Muted." Ezra said.
"What's wrong?" The captain asked.
"The man is clean-shaven. I f things were as bad as he says they are, he shouldn't have been able to shave." Duero noted.
"Men shave their faces?" Ezra asked.
"Turn the audio on." The captain ordered.
"Yes ma'am." Ezra replied.
"Young man, how do we know this is not a trap?" The Captain asked.
The screen went blank and the space station opened fire. Fortunately, shields went up before the shot hit. An alert also sounded.
"Scramble all vans and dreads at once!" Ezra shouted into the comm. panel.
Vans and Dreads were quickly dispatched. Since the station was old, most of the firepower couldn't scratch the shields. They easily got to the station and destroyed it.
After returning to the Nirvana, Ditta and Hibiki were in her room. They had their arms around each other and smiled. They kissed, necked and petted for a bit. Hibiki then put his hand on Ditta's pussy. Both of them seemed a bit shocked.
"Hey, there's nothing down there!" Hibiki said.
"What are you talking about? That's my pussy you've got your hand on, and if you don't remove it at once I'm going to tear it off!" Ditta shouted. Hibiki, valuing his hand, removed it from her.
"O.k., I'm sorry. I didn't know o.k.?" Hibiki said.
In the infirmary, Duero was sitting at a desk, reading a book when Parfait entered. She seemed upset.
"What's wrong?" Duero asked.
"Well, I've been thinking a lot about what Mito has been telling us about men and women, and my feelings for you." Parfait said.
"I have been thinking about us as well." Duero asked. "I've been wondering what these experiences Mito says he's had can be true." Duero said.
"That's what I've wondered too. I think we should try some of the things he suggested." Parfait said.
"Of course... strictly in a manner of science, of course." Duero replied.
The two of them embraced and kissed. They felt the passion flow between them, filling them with the white light of joy. When they came up for air, both of them smiled.
"I found that to be quite enjoyable. How about you?" Duero asked.
"That was wonderful." Parfait said. They kissed again, and started running their hands over each other's backs. They then caressed non-private places while kissing. Both of them felt more and more pleasure as they did this. Duero then caressed Parfait's clothed cunt.
She moaned and caressed Duero's cock. They parted lips at this.
"Strange, I feel a swelling in my penis I've never felt before." Duero said.
"I feel aroused now myself." Parfait said.
"I have an overwhelming urge to have sex with you." He said.
"So do I... can a man and a woman make love together?" Parfait asked.
"Let's find out..." Duero replied.
They undressed and saw each other naked for the first time.
"So that's what you look like naked." Both of them said at the same time.
"What do we do now?" Parfait asked.
"I think he said I was supposed to put my penis in your vagina." Duero said.
Parfait lay down and Duero got on top of her. He then slid his 6 inches of desire into her hot hole. She started squeezing him hard. He started going back and forth inside her.
"Fascinating. This feels very good to me." Duero noted.
"Me... too..." Parfait said as she started moaning and gasping softly. Both of them felt a lot of pleasure as they fucked long and hard. They ran their hands over each other, and enjoyed every minute of it. After a bit of ramming her squeezehole with his ramrod, Duero came hard into Parfait, causing her to achieve a climax.
Afterwards, Duero collapsed next to Parfait.
"I feel exhausted." Duero said.
"So do I." Parfait replied. "But it was fun... although the smell isn't."
"I agree. I'm glad we got to participate in this experiment together." Duero said.
"So is that how you do it?" A voice asked.
"Uh-oh. We forgot to lock the door." Duero said.
-To be Continued-