Doing the job

I don’t own these characters or profit from them.

Doing the job
By, Clayton Overstreet


Sitting around his office Gene groaned and rolled over. “I can’t believe it. We found the Galactic Leyline, defeated the worst pirates in the universe, and what do we have when all’s said and done?”
“A bigger debt than when we started,” Jim said. “With the money we owe Fred we’re so far in debt that we can’t see the black with an orbital telescope.”
Aisha leaned over the back of her chair. “Couldn’t we just threaten to tell his fiancé that he hired us to take her out of the competition to keep from marrying her?”
“Aisha, Fred’s our friend. Besides even though we could, I don’t want to quite yet,” Gene said. “Tell her why Jim.”
“First of all, we’re assuming she’d believe us. That Amazon is so in love with Fred she’d believe him is he told her his shit was made of Dragonite. Second it would mean we could never barrow money off him again. And third it would damage our reputation if we tried to weasel out of money we owed to someone who lent it to us.”
“So what do we do?” Aisha asked.
Melfina came in with tea. “Something will come up.” When she set the tray down Gene pulled her into his lap making her gasp.
“Something’s already coming up…” He whispered into her ear. Melfina blushed, but didn’t pull away.
Jim moaned. “You’re such a perv Gene. Is sex all you ever think about?”
“I wouldn’t expect you to understand Jim. After all, you’ve never even had a date.”
“I have too!” He said, looking away.
“Hey, in that case maybe I can sell you to Fred for a night. Think he’d cancel the debt then?”
Jim glared at him. “I think he’d rather have you.”
Aisha chuckled. “If it’ll pay off my debts I might just turn you both over to him hogtied and covered in honey.”
“Not funny!” They both shouted. Melfina giggled.
Aisha stretched back and yawned. “Well it would serve you right, talking about such crass things around a delicate flower like me. If we were on Ctarl-Ctarl I would be totally in my rights…”
“Yeah, but you’re no longer allowed on Ctarl-Ctarl,” Gene said maliciously.
Aisha’s ears and whiskers drooped. “Don’t remind me.” When she’d come back without the treasure of the leyline on top of all the damage she’d caused since meeting Gene and getting the empire’s top ship destroyed by the pirates Aisha had been banned from any position in the Ctarl-Ctarl empire and banned from the home planet for life.
“Gene!” Melfina said standing up. She put a hand on Aisha’s shoulder. “It’s okay Aisha. We’re glad you get to stay with us anyway.”
“You are?” She asked.
Jim nodded. “Of course! Come on Aisha, you’re our friend.”
Sipping her tea Suzuka said, “Besides, without the two of us the rest of them would be long dead.”
“That’s true. I just feel like such a loser sometimes,” she said sadly.
“Aisha, didn’t you mention that the post given to the highest ranking Ctarl-Ctarl is in outer space?” Jim asked.
“Well yeah…”
“Then why are you complaining? You’re in space, you are part of the crew of the best spaceship ever made, and you’ve got real friends.”
Melfina nodded. “Right!”
Aisha laughed. “Thanks guys! You know, I feel energized! I’m ready to take on the whole wide world!” She looked around. “So what do we do?”
Gene sighed. “Aisha, you’re like a little kid. No, I take that back, Jim isn’t nearly as hyper as you.”
“I’m not a little kid!” Aisha and Jim shouted at the same time.
“It’s like they’re brother and sister,” Melfina said and giggled again.
The two of them looked at each other and then back at her. “Not you too Melfina!”
Gene laughed. “Oh well. Like Melfina said, something will turn up.” Almost immediately the phone rang. “See?”
Jim snorted and answered, “Starwind and Hawking Enterprises!”
“Jim, so glad to see you my boy!”
Jim sighed. “Fred, we were just talking about you. I’m sorry but we don’t have the money…”
“Oh good, that’s what I was hoping to hear. You see I have a little job for you and Gene and I’d be willing to forget all your debts to me if you’ll do it for me.”
Gene got up and race to the communicator. “All of our debts?”
“Plus a heft bonus… say five million Wong, provided you succeed this time.”
“F-five million?” Gene asked, looking around the room. That’d be one million for each of them in addition to their debts being wiped clean.
“No more part time jobs…” Aisha said.
“A fully stocked gourmet kitchen…” Melfina put in.
Suzuka quietly pictured her own casino.
“My own house on that hot spring planet…” Gene said, drool on his bottom lip. Melfina jammed her elbow back into his stomach.
Jim kept quiet because he was thinking the same thing as Gene. Then something triggered his thoughts in a new way. “What do you mean ‘this time’?”
Fred blushed nervously. “Well you see it seems that when the last world’s strongest woman fighting competition was interrupted by two fighting Ctarl-Ctarl…”
“That mangy wolf was not a Ctarl-Ctarl!” Aisha snarled.
“Right. Well anyway there wasn’t an official winner declared since the judges all ran off and the last to contestants were disqualified.”
“So?”
“So they’ve decided to call in a do-over, negating the results of the last one and Reiko is entering.”
“And since the last one didn’t count,” Jim said with a smile. “That means that this would officially be her fifth straight win.”
“Can I come to the wedding?” Suzuka asked.
Fred glared at them. “No! I can’t let her win! I’m not ready to get married! And the contest is in five hours!”
Gene said, “Forget it Fred.”
“What?” Everyone else asked.
“I’m not getting into the ring with her again and I sure as hell ain’t dressing up in that outfit!”
“No problem!” Aisha said, flexing her arms. “I can beat her!”
“Sorry Aisha, no can do,” Fred said. “They’re not allowing any masks, gloves, or Ctarl-Ctarl inside. They’ve got DNA scanners and armed guards posted all over the place.”
“Aw, come on! I didn’t even cause that riot! It was that smelly old werewolf!”
“Aisha just remember; you won last time. As far as we’re concerned you’re the best ever,” Jim said quickly.
Aisha sniffed and turned her head away. “Stupid weak Terrans.”
Fred said, “I don’t care how you do it, just so long as she doesn’t win. And I’d appreciate it if you didn’t hurt her any more than need be. After all her family and mine are old friends.”
“Gene come on,” Jim begged. “We have to do it.”
“I don’t know,” Gene said.
Melfina asked, “Um, Fred?”
“Yes Melfina?”
“You’ll support us as long as we get her to give up on winning the competition?”
“In any way I can without getting caught,” he said. “If Reiko ever found out about this she’d have my hide and my reputation would be ruined! A Luo never goes back on his word.”
“Yeah, but tricking her and cheating are perfectly fine,” Jim muttered.
“Cutthroat business my boy,” Fred said happily.
Gene glanced at Melfina. “You have a plan?”
“I… I think so,” she said meekly.
“Well that’s good enough for me. Fred we’ll take the job and this time we won’t let you down.”
“You’re sure?” Suzuka asked.
“If Melfina has a plan that doesn’t involve me wearing lipstick I’ll go along with it,” Gene said.
“Oh Gene thank you! I always knew you loved me!” Fred said happily.
Gene stared down at him. “And just think, after you pay me off I won’t need to come to you for another loan.”
“I’ll believe that when I see it,” Jim said.
“So we have a deal. I’ll await your report with enthusiasm Gene!” The screen went black.
“So Melfina, what’s your brilliant plan?” Gene asked.
Melfina smiled sweetly. “We’ll go to Reiko and ask her to quit.” Everyone stared at her.
“Mel, there’s better be more to it than that,” Gene said.
“There is.” She told them. Everyone grinned.
Aisha laughed wickedly. “Melfina, that is a plan worthy of a Ctarl-Ctarl!”
“Better than anything I could have thought of,” Suzuka said.
Jim clapped his hands together and rubbed them. “And it’s completely to the letter of our agreement. This’ll teach Fred a good lesson about business ethics.”
“Come on,” Gene said. “We have to get to the ring before she does or the whole plan is a bust.”
“Yeah, let’s go!” Aisha said happily. Jim reached out and grabbed the ring woven into the end of her hair and tugged. “Ow! Hey Jim, what’s the big idea?”
“Aisha, you’re not allowed in there remember?”
“So? I got in last time.”
“Last time they weren’t really looking for you. And since you’re the one who did it they might shoot you on sight. If nothing else they could call the whole thing off again and start it up later.”
“And in addition to that if those women see you they’ll tear us apart before we can even talk to Reiko.” Gene looked at Jim. “You stay here Jim and keep an eye on Aisha.”
“Why? I don’t need a babysitter!” Aisha whined.
“Sit down and shut up Aisha. You’re staying here where you won’t be tempted!” Aisha sat down and pouted.
“Why can’t I come?” Jim asked.
“Because I need you to keep an eye on her. You know we can’t trust Aisha to keep her nose out of this.”
‘Fine, but when you’re done with Reiko I want to be there to see Fred’s face.”
“You got it pal. Melfina, Suzuka, lets go.”

Aisha paced back and forth growling under her breath. “It’s not fair! It’s not fair! It’s not fair! I’m the strongest woman in the universe and everyone should know it!”
“Everyone does know it,” Jim said. He was scanning his computer and searching for something to keep Aisha quiet, wishing he had powers like that alien cactus plant. He typed in a search on controlling Ctarl-Ctarl.
She crouched down next to him and said, “Come on Jim. You know I can sneak in there. If nothing else I can wait until they declare the winner and then sweep in to claim a startling victory in the name of the Ctarl-Ctarl!”
“I don’t think so,” Jim said, reading quickly. He’d just come across an article that promised several ways to get a Ctarl-Ctarl to do anything you want. In seemed to involve nerve clusters in their system. Picking up the scanner he usually used to help Gene fight androids and cyborgs. He scanned Aisha as she paced and compared the data with what it said in the article. Everything seemed to match up and he was getting desperate. “Hey Aisha, come here a second. I want to try something.”
She came over and looked at his screen. “What’s this?” Jim leaned forward and gently blew in her ear. He wasn’t sure what he expected, but he was surprised when Aisha’s eyes crossed, her tongue hung out like a dog, and every muscle in her body seemed to relax at once. “Oh that feels so good. Do it again!” Jim obliged and she sagged to the floor, purring loudly, her eyelids fluttering.
“Neat!” He checked the computer and went to the next one on the list. Reaching over to Aisha he grasped the base of her tail between his fingers, pinching right where it met her spine. Under the skin he felt a bunch of muscle and as soon as he did her tail started the twitch and Aisha let out a loud long yowl, the sort that usually ended up with a cat having a large boot thrown at it. This time her whole body stretched and tensed, her tail lashing back and forth in his hand, and her eyes and mouth snapping wide open.
“Aisha!” Jim said. “Oh my god, are you okay?” He immediately let her tail go and she collapsed back onto the floor.
Aisha’s eyes rolled in her head until she managed to focus on Jim, a large grin on her face. “Oh yeah. How’d you learn to do that?”
Jim smiled nervously. “It’s just something I found online. I just… wanted you to calm down. Are you sure you’re alright?”
“What else does this thing say?” She purred.
Nervously Jim turned back to the screen. “Um, it says there’s a spot on your foot…” Almost immediately she kicked off her boots and held her leg up. Jim winced back, but unlike Gene her feet actually didn’t smell bad. The bottoms of her toes had large black pads on them. Reaching out he gently took one and squeezed, forcing her claw out. Double-checking, he moved his hand until his finger pressed into the middle of her foot just under where the toes connected to the main foot bones. All of her claws extended and her toes curled up. Jim rubbed the spot and heard Aisha gasp and her breathing increased.
“Oh yeah, keep going. What’s the next one?”
Jim used his free hand to scan down. When he did his eyes bugged out. “Um… it’s… uh…”
Aisha pulled her foot back, twisted forward and peeked over his shoulder. A slow smile colored her face and she read aloud, “Next take the Ctarl-Ctarl’s breasts firmly in your hands and massage them.”
“Damn it! Why did they have to outlaw porn blockers?” Jim snapped.
Aisha leaned against his back, wrapping her arms around his neck. “I’ve heard of those. They didn’t work right so people made them intelligent and they almost destroyed mankind as a result, right?”
“Yeah. They made these terminator robots that almost wiped us out as the source of everything they were trying to block. It was called Sky… web… net? Something like that anyway.” He was blushing bright red because her could feel Aisha’s hard nipples rubbing the back of his neck.
Aisha continued reading. “Ooo, and look what’s next!” Jim looked. Any more embarrassment and you could boil eggs on his head.
“Aisha I’m so sorry…” He started, but as interrupted. Aisha leaned forward and gently blew in his ear, sending goosebumps surging up his spine. Then she gently took the edge of his ear between her sharp teeth and lips, nibbling and tugging on it. “Aisha?”
Hands sliding down and over Jim’s small chest she licked his earlobe and whispered, “Jim, I didn’t ask you to stop.”
“But… but…” Her hands moved lower and his mouth snapped shut. Next to him Aisha giggled.
Standing up she turned her back on him. Jim turned to stare and saw her watching him. Then Aisha’s tail swung around and wrapped around his neck, the soft fur brushing his skin. “Watch carefully Jim. If you don’t you’ll hurt my feelings.” Jim nodded dumbly. Reaching up Aisha began stripping off her top. He couldn’t see much, but when it finally came free her saw the sides of her breasts jiggle and felt her tail squeeze against him like a furry snake.
“Aisha…” he said again.
Looking back over her shoulder at him while she started pulling her skirt and underwear off she said, “Yes Jim?”
Swallowing hard he said, “You look really pretty.”
“Oh!” She squealed happily. “You’re so sweet!” Her tail moved up over his eyes.
“Hey!” He started. When it pulled away he was surprised to see Aisha in front of him now, bent over to show off her cleavage.
“So Jim, do you like looking at Aisha in her birthday suit?” He was stunned, staring at the chocolate covered mounds hanging from her chest. “Do you want to touch them Jim? Want to make little Aisha purr?”
He looked up at her eyes. “Can I?” She nodded. Mouth dry Jim lifted his hands up until he was cupping them like a bra.
“Mm, you went right for the nipples,” she said playfully. He started to pull back and she grabbed his hands and pressed them in firmly. “It’s okay. Touch them.”
Jim did, his hands reflexively squeezing into the firm but yielding flesh. It was amazing how his fingers just sank into it, especially since he’d seen Aisha’s skin snap a knife. “It feels good.”
“Yeah, it really does.” She winked at him. “You know Jim, I bet I can find a spot on a human that will get you to do anything I want to.”
“You can?”
“Uh huh…” She let his hands go and he pulled back, letting her breasts bounce up and down, nipples sticking up into the air. Aisha reached over and lifted off his shirt and tossed it aside. Leaning in she pushed her chest against him and kissed Jim firmly on the lips. He struggled for a moment when her tongue slid between his lips, but then his arms wrapped around her, hands moving over her smooth back.
The kiss ended, but Aisha wasn’t ready to stop. She kissed him again and again, their bodies shaking with nervous lust and their breath coming in faster and deeper gasps. Finally she pulled a little away and slid her fingers under the edge of Jim’s pants and pulled down, taking them, his underwear, and shoes off in one hard pull. Jim sat there blushing as Aisha eyed his stiff penis, sticking up from a thin layer of curly blond hair.
“Is it supposed to be that size?” She asked curiously. Reaching out she pressed a fingertip against it and watched it bob back and forth. A thin line of clear liquid stuck to the end of her finger.
Jim blushed and looked away. “Sorry. I’m just a little young. I haven’t… grown all the way yet.”
Aisha looked up, surprise in her eyes. “You mean it’ll get bigger?”
“When I’m older,” he said defensively. Then he realized the tone of voice she was using. “Um, what’s a Ctarl-Ctarl’s like?”
“I saw a porn magazine… uh once.” Reaching out she took Jim’s pinky in her hand. “The biggest one was about this big.”
“Really?”
She nodded and stood up. “Jim, look at this.” She spread her legs, letting him get a good look. There weren’t any curly hairs here. Instead it was just more smooth brown skin. Jim watched as Aisha reached down and spread the fold between her legs wide, revealing the tiny pink lips in front of her anus.
Jim reached out nervously. When she didn’t pull away he touched it, his fingers rubbing the pink and brown lips and the tiny nub sticking out of them. Aisha purred loudly and stood her ground. Then Jim pushed up with his fingers and felt the tightness as her pussy squeezed tightly around the first knuckle. “It’s so tight…”
Gasping Aisha nodded. “Yeah.”
Jim looked down at himself. He was almost five inches long and an inch thick. “Wow…”
“Yeah…” Aisha fell to her knees and laid her head on his thigh, staring at it again. Jim sat stiffly as she reached out and began batting it back and forth between her hands. It was already red and he could feel blood pumping through it every time she touched him. Then Aisha leaned in and her pink tongue flicked out, like a cat drinking a bowl of milk. Jim moaned as the wet pink and slightly rough muscle flicked up and down the length of it and Aisha’s lips softly kissed the tip. “Yum. Salty.”
“Aisha I’m… I’m gonna…” Jim gasped and felt himself spasm. He came on Aisha’s face and she pulled back with a squeal. It dripped down her face and onto her breasts. Reaching up she rubbed her hands in it, staring curiously. “Sorry.”
“What’s this?” She asked.
“I uh… it felt so good I couldn’t stop. I came.”
She stared again. Then she brought her sticky fingers up to her mouth, licking them clean with increasing fever. “Mm, yum! Tastes good!” She scooped it off her face and breasts, licking her fingers like she had his dick. When she was completely out she said, “So is that it?”
“Uh…” Jim looked down. If he’d had any problem watching Aisha clean up had fixed it. “No, I’m good to go again.”
Aisha smiled broadly. “Oh Jim! A male of my species would be done for a week after a load that big!”
“That? That wasn’t that much…” Aisha looked even more excited. Feeling suddenly incredibly confident he moved forward and pushed her back onto the floor. She went willingly, watching as he brought his mouth to her breast and sucked on the large nipple, bringing his hand up to the other one. Aisha arched into it, pressing her breasts against his face and palm.
“Oh Jim! That’s fantastic! More!” He bit down, remembering how much she could take and felt her wriggle under him. “Yes! Suck harder! Yes! Yes! Yes!’
Jim eventually finished and moved up to kiss her again. Aisha pulled him to her, wrapping their tongues together. Jim moaned, feeling his dick rubbing against her thighs. “Aisha! Wow! This is great!” Moving back down he bypassed her breasts, only stopping to give them a quick peck. When he had his head between her legs he pushed them open and then licked at her the same way she had him. Aisha went crazy, hands on her thighs and claws digging in. She still had on her stockings and the ring she wore on one leg. Jim could see the edges pressing into her skin and couldn’t help touching it.
“Jim…” She purred. “Lick harder! Bite me if you want. You’re human so you can’t hurt me!” He did, pushing his tongue into her and taking her clit between his teeth. Reaching up he slid his middle finger into her until he felt a small shelf inside her and Aisha’s hips slammed up, knocking him back.
“Ah!” He fell onto the cold floor, his jaw aching.
Aisha, immediately apologetic, rose to her hands and knees and crawled over to him. “Jim! I’m so sorry!”
“It’s okay Aisha, it was an accident. But… maybe I shouldn’t do it that way again.”
“Aw, but I liked it. It felt so good,” she whined. “I could do it again and again and again! It was even better than fighting!”
Looking at her and her shining eyes as she begged him Jim said, “I know. Turn around.”
Aisha did, turning her butt to face him. “Like this?”
“Uh huh.” He reached out and ran his hand over her ass. She leaned forward, ass up in the air.
“Oh I do that!” She said excitedly. Reaching between her legs she grabbed her tail and pulled until it slide between her ass cheeks like a thong. Breasts pressing into the floor she wiggled her ass in the air and used her other hand to start spanking herself. “Like this Jim? It feels so good when my butt stings!” She slapped again and again, sounds like cracks of lightning echoing off the wall. “Sometimes Aisha spanks herself until her ass turns all red!”
Unable to resist Jim joined her, his hand slapping down on Aisha’s other cheek. On Impulse he also grabbed the huge ring tied in her hair and pulled hard, jerk9ing her head back. “Like this?”
“Ooo, yes Jim! Slap it! Aisha’s such a good girl she wants her reward.” Tugging her tail up against her pussy, juices dripping out of it and matting her fur, she just waited while Jim spanked her again and again.
Grabbing her tail and pulling it slowly free he stared as Aisha raised it up, revealing her ass and pussy to him. Jim kissed her there, his tongue sliding the length of both and making Aisha move her hips up and down. “You ready Aisha?”
“Anything Jim,” she moaned. “I’ll do anything.”
Moving forward Jim pressed the tip of his dick into her dripping cunt and pushed. It was tight, too tight to go in right away. “I’m going to have to push hard Aisha.”
“Do it!” She said. He complied and slowly pushed inside her. “Oh Jim! It’s so big! I’m going to split in half!”
“Should I stop?”
“If you do I’ll kill you.” Se pushed back and her vagina closed over all of him like a tight fist, his balls rubbing against her clit. Roaring like a tiger she buckled her hips and Jim did the same. For a moment he thought he was going to be stuck in her forever, but then he started sliding in and out as Aisha’s muscles slowly relaxed, opening to barely accommodate his size. “Oh fuck me Jim! You’re the best! It’s so big and it feels so good, like hot silk!”
“Aisha!” Jim said. “It feels so tight. I love how it feels inside you.”
“Oh yes. Jim go inside me. Go deep inside me and make me feel good!” She pushed back hard and forced him deeper into her. Jim reached one hand around her and squeezed her breasts again and then pressing himself against her back he grabbed the same spot on the base of her tail and blew in her ear at the same time. Aisha roared again, back arching against him, and her pussy squeezed his dick almost to the point of pain. Jim came then too, and under him Aisha sank to the floor, a contented smile on her face.
Slowly he pulled out and moved around. Aisha reached down to touch herself, Jim’s cum leaking out of her overly full pussy. “Are you okay?”
“I’ve never had sex that good ever…” She said dreamily. “How do you manage to keep going like that?”
“Actually, I’m not done…” Jim said. She looked up and saw his penis still sticking up.
“Jim,” she said, “You’re an animal! I… I can’t take any more. I’ll explode! I feel like a virgin again.”
“It’s okay Aisha. I can take care of it.”
“Can I watch?” She asked. He nodded. His brain was so full of hormones he was ready to do just about anything. Aisha’s eyes on him he took himself in his hand and started pumping. It didn’t hurt when Aisha rolled over on her back and began massaging her chest and tweaking her nipples.
After a moment Jim came and on impulse aimed it at Aisha. Cum splashed across her face and body again and again and every time she scooped and licked it all up. One load went onto her nipples and she pushed them up to her mouth, her fangs digging into her flesh while she used her teeth to scrape off every drop.
“It tastes so good…” She said. Reaching down she rubbed herself until she came, covering her hand in her own cum and Jim’s from earlier. She brought the wet hand back to her lips and sucked it clean before her eyes closed and she passed out. Jim climbed over to her and lay against Aisha’s warm body, holding her close.
Some time later an annoying ringing sound woke them up. When they saw one another the two immediately began kissing again, but the sound wouldn’t stop. Grumbling Jim reluctantly moved away from Aisha and answered the communicator.
“Jim, there you are,” Gene said. “Everything’s set up. We’ll be doing it in about two hours. I want you to call Fred and have him meet us at the following address.” He gave Jim the information.
“Got it Gene.”
“You okay Jim? You look different. And why aren’t you wearing a shirt?”
“I was about to take a shower.”
“Oh, sorry. Was Aisha any trouble?”
Jim looked over to where Aisha lay on her side watching him and rubbing her thighs together slowly. “No, she was okay once I got her to take a cat nap. We’ll be there.” He turned it off.
“So I guess the honeymoon’s over…” Aisha said.
Jim shrugged. “Actually we have an hour to shower. Care to join me?”
Aisha was shocked. “You can do that again?”
“Sure,” he said. “I mean humans can have sex a dozen times a day.”
“You’re going to kill me,” she said, but took his hand when he held it out to her and let him help her up.
Together they walked to the shower. Jim got the water going and they stepped in. “For once I’m glad I’m so short.”
“Why’s that?” Aisha asked. Jim nuzzled her breasts, pushing his face up between them. “Oh…” She said. Then she moaned as he roughly pushed up against her and began pushing inside her again, the hot water running down their bodies. “Oh… oh slow down. I’m not ready.”
“I can’t!” He said. “I want you so much.”
“Ah fine then!” She slammed her hips forward, pulling him inside her. “I’m a Ctarl-Ctarl. I can take it.”
“You’d better,” he said. He slammed in and out, their hips slapping together widely and the feel of the tight walls of her pussy clenched around him so that every move took all his strength to make.
Aisha’s legs eventually bucked and they ended up on the floor of the shower until he was done and she felt like her whole body had turned to goo. Caressing his face she said, “I can see I’m going to need practice to keep this up. Lots and lots of practice.”
“I can deal with that,” Jim said.

Fred arrived at the meeting place to find Gene and all his friends waiting outside a warehouse and smiling broadly. They were dressed strangely. Under his cloak Gene wore a tux and Jim wore a matching won. Melfina and Aisha were in pink dresses and Suzuka still wore her kimono. “Looking good guys. So it’s done?”
“Almost,” Gene said. “After all, since she didn’t participate then technically this wouldn’t count as her fifth attempt. We got Reiko to agree to never compete again, but you have to do one thing.”
“Anything,” Fred said.
Melfina said, “You have to keep one date with her. Shouldn’t take more than ten minutes and after that you’ll never have to do it again.”
Fred sighed. “If that’s the only way, then fine.”
“But,” Gene added, “Before we do this you pay us off.”
“Fine.” He took out a small electronic device and entered in a few codes. “There, the money is in your account and I’ve deleted all the records of the money you owed me.”
“Great. Now put this on.” He reached under his cloak and pulled out a dry cleaning bag. Fred looked inside. “I have to wear a tux too?” Unlike Jim and Gene’s his was white.
“Don’t worry Fred,” Jim said. “We’ll be right there the whole time.”
Fred nodded and smiled at Gene. “Are you going to watch me change?” Gene answered by whipping off his cloak and holding it up as a shield. “Spoil sport.” When he was changed Gene slipped a carnation into his lapel and Jim helped him on with his tie.
“So, what’s the deal?” Fred asked. “Dinner? Dancing? A movie?”
“No, just a brief romantic walk,” Suzuka said.
“She’s waiting right in here,” Aisha pointed to the door to the warehouse.
Fred nodded. “If I have to.”
“Fred, you told us to use whatever means are necessary to keep her out of that contest, right?” Gene asked. “Well, this was the only way to do that for good.”
“It’s worth it,” Fred said. He walked towards the door and stepped inside.
Fred’s stomach nearly dropped out from under him. The walls and ceiling were done up in white crepe paper. Rows of seats held every member of his and Reiko’s families, sitting expectantly. Reiko stood at the other end in a wedding dress with a bouquet of roses next to a giant cake. As soon as he stepped inside a priest went up to the podium and an organist started playing “Here comes the bride.”
Realizing what was happening Fred turned and hissed at Gene through gritted teeth, “What the hell is this Gene?”
“Exactly what you asked for,” he said. Melfina took up a small basket and began spreading out flower petals. Jim pulled a red ring box out of his pocket. “A permanent way to get Reiko to give up the contests.”
“But the point was to keep her from marrying me.”
“It’s a cutthroat business Fred,” he said and gave Fred a push.
Realizing there was no way out Fred raised his chin and walked forward. “You’ll pay for this Gene.”
“Not a problem,” he said. “We all chipped in a bit of the money you just paid us.”
When Fred got to the podium and his waiting bride Reiko rushed forward and took his hands, almost but not quite crushing them again. “Oh Fred, when Gene asked me here and told me you wanted to marry me, I was the happiest girl in the world.”
“I’m… overwhelmed myself,” Fred said. He turned and faced the priest. “Let’s do this…”
“Dearly beloved-“
“But first,” Fred said. “An announcement. Not only am I getting married, but this is a double wedding!” The crowd buzzed with excitement. “That’s right, Gene Starwind is now marrying Melfina and we will be each other’s best man.”
“I am?” Gene asked.
“You are?” Melfina said, eyes bright. He looked to his friends for help, but the bastards just grinned.
“Um, I don’t have a…” Fred held up a hand and waved one of the men in dark suits over from his father’s entourage. A second later he sprinted for the door.
“Don’t worry,” Fred hissed. “By the time I’m done he’ll be back with your ring.”
“Fred you son of a bitch…”
“That’s what you get for crossing me Gene.” Smiling broadly now Fred turned back to the priest. “Go for it.”

Author’s Note
I just watched my DVDs of Outlaw Star and decided to go with it. I always thought Jim and Aisha made a good couple and since she’s immortal the age thing hardly matters, now does it? Tell me what you think.