Overheated Ctarl

Bout of Jealousy

by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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I think you are suffering from jealousy."

"What? Why would I be jealous for?"

"He is having to spend a lot of time with that female Ctarl engineer. I have seen how you make sure that he doesn't smell like her and when he goes off for his duty shift you rub yourself against him so your scent is all over him. Since I'm an expert on Ctarl behavior, what you have been doing is marking your territory, but there shouldn't be no need for that since he has your mark now."

Aisha sighed dejectedly. Suzuka was right, she was acting like a possessive bitch, but she couldn't help it. That female engineer shared a lot more things in common with Jim than she herself did.

"I know I marked him, but if she were to try and..."

"I doubt she would. You are far stronger than she is so she knows that she she can't fight you for him," Suzuka replied. "I've noticed that most of your race's females are focused more in the engineering sector of your military than anything else."

"Shows how dumb our males are huh?" Aisha said with a smirk. "Yeah, but still, he's spending more time with her..."

"On duty time Aisha. Where is he when he's off duty?"

Aisha bit her lip. He always came back to their quarters on the station, but he was always tired and couldn't rut with her. "He's always tired."

"18 hour shifts will do that to anyone. Melfina and myself have to back off every time we put to port for we know that Gene will have to put in at least 12 hour shifts to fix the Outlaw Star and he's always being questioned by some commander within our own wing. However, we've tamed the boy so he's not going to have wondering eyes, or a wondering penis."

"I don't need to hear about your freakish sex life," Aisha said, not in the mood for the assassin's humor.

"Don't worry, the assault scout test ship will be finished within another week and you'll have Jim back all to yourself."

"I hope so," Aisha sighed out. The two women then perked up, hearing a commotion from somewhere else in the bar. The two women, along with several other security officers, went over and broke up the fight.

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He rubbed at his tired eyes. These 18 hour shifts were killing him. Plus, they were doing him and Aisha no favors. Of course, that little surprise he had for her would be finished a day after the prototype ship would be, so these hours reading progress reports, watching the prototype ship being built, watching the engineers running around trying to get the wiring right, he himself gathering enough of the computer components he'd need for the scout, making sure no one ate cheese around the neural-gel packs...it was draining the blond.

"Coffee?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, thanks," Jim said to the female engineer. "I didn't realize how much work this project was going to entail."

"They want this ship built quickly," the Ctarl commented.

"Yeah, war is a good motivator."

"Why did you become a mate of a Ctarl?"

Jim bit his lip. He knew that the female was single and had been sticking close to his side, but he had brushed that off with the thought that she was the most knowledgeable of the design on the Ctarl side of the fleet. However, there was still that small part of him that said to keep her outside of arms' reach.

"We've been ship mates since I was 11. We've been through a lot of crap together and she wasn't really too thrilled to be the trophy wife of some Ctarl male," Jim began. "She wanted me, and I had no reason to deny her."

"But she seems..." the Ctarl started, trying to think of a polite word to say to describe Aisha.

"I'll admit that she's got the attention span of an eight year old, but I took her mark," he said and displayed the mark.

"I better get back to work," the female Ctarl said and left Jim's office. She quickly made her way down the corridor and into a small alcove with a monitor. She punched in a code into the key pad, then punched in more commands until the face of a male Ctarl appeared.

"Your daughter did give the mark to a human male. I cannot fight her. She'd kill me in a fight for him."

"Is he interested?"

"No. He might be human, but he is loyal."

The general sighed. His daughter might not have been as smart as the female before him was, but she was one of the strongest females in the entire empire. "Don't do anything that would get yourself into direct conflict with my daughter. Keep close to the human under the cover of work. If my daughter gets suspicious, she may kill you and that will ruin my plan."

"Sir, what about the general commanding the fleet. If he gets wind that I'm..."

"That brat," he growled, "I should be commanding that fleet." He sighed, calming himself down. "I am suffering because I'm not able to fulfill that contract. That family alliance is suffering and I want my brat of a daughter to pay for that, but I don't wish for you to suffer for it. That young kitten running around commanding that fleet will make life for both of us harder, especially since his brother is emperor."

"I understand," she said. "The admiral that is under his command took a human female as his mate. They say that if the general dies in battle, the blond would be promoted to general and take command of the fleet."

"Damn it! That runt couldn't command a fleet out of a wet paper bag!" he snarled. "Get back to your duties, contact me when you have more to report."

"Yes sir," she said and the screen went dark.

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Aisha sighed, seeing that Jim was already in the bed, sleeping. She stripped off her uniform and laid beside him, naked and held him to her. She could smell the other bitch on him, but she could tell that Jim was still loyal to her. She mewed, upset at herself for not being able to trust her mate. Eventually though, she fell asleep herself. The next morning, she would wake to an empty bed, Jim having to go start his shift. She just hoped that she wasn't losing him to another Ctarl.

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Let me know what you think of the new twist I've put into this story.