“Right Amber, you knew all along huh?” Lisa said laughing. Amber hugged her, not wanting to let go.
“Maybe not all along, but I will tell you what I do know for sure. We have a night of dancing on the back lawn in store for us sweetie, up for it?” The look on Lisa’s face was the greatest gift she could ever ask for.
THE END
Aileen Lesbian
Description
Aileen Miroki can only stay on Earth for a short time before she must take her ship, The Titan Cadet, back into outer space in order to outrun the Intergalactic Armada. On her last mission, one of her crew members and lovers stole something valuable from the planet Woes Ëan. However, since Aileen was the leader of the mission, all of the blame for the theft fell on her.
On her way to the hidden forest planet of Îlvis, Aileen finds a small creature that she must save from a vicious, dinosaur-like beast. Soon, Aileen learns that she is the one who needs saving, and realizes that her savior is a woman named Torena, a telekinetic and beautiful blue native of Îlvis.
When Torena passes out after defeating the beast, Aileen takes her back to The Titan Cadet. After they fall in love with each other, the Intergalactic Armada finds Aileen’s ship, and Aileen must take Torena away from her home planet in order to save both of their lives.
*****
Aileen Miroki looked through the front window of The Titan Cadet and said goodbye to Earth for the second time. Her compatriots from the first mission, Raegnor and Bearyan, remained on Earth with Agent Hendricks, of the secret organization that her father dedicated his life to. Now, Aileen was on the ship alone for the first time, running for her life.
As soon as she and her crew saved the Earth with the information they stole from a hidden desert planet named Woes Ëan, the Intergalactic Armada put a bounty on her head. It wasn’t even her who stole the data, it was Raegnor, but since she was captain of the ship, all responsibility for the crime fell on her shoulders. Besides, even if they did want Raegnor, Aileen would never let them take one of her men before sacrificing herself first. What kind of captain would she be, otherwise?
About to exit the central-most orbit of Earth, Aileen prepared her ship to deploy a cloaking mechanism installed by Bearyan that would allow her to fly undetected for short periods of time. On Earth, in her father’s old garage, they had only a brief moment to say goodbye to each other before Aileen was forced to take off.
“They’re closer than you think,” Agent Hendricks warned. “The Intergalactic Armada is not someone you want on your tail. If I were you, I would get a head start.”
“He’s right,” Bearyan said in his low voice. The giant alien and his friend, the smaller alien, Raegnor, had formed a special bond with Aileen on their previous mission. Although Aileen gave herself to Raegnor first, it was really Bearyan she ended up falling in love with. Now there they were being torn apart. Aileen supposed it was her destiny to have her heart broken.
The organization that Agent Hendricks and her late father worked for was called the Exchange of Intergalactic Technology, or EIT, and The Titan Cadet was her father’s magnum opus. Agent Hendricks had said that the ship had the potential to save the human race if it ran properly—and it did.
Purrs like a kitten, Aileen thought. But thinking of a kitten made her think of Bearyan’s mane, and she grew homesick and lonely all over again.
The Titan Cadet’s coordinates were now set for Îlvis, a forested planet inhabited by great warriors. At first she was concerned when Agent Hendricks suggested the planet, but Bearyan assured Aileen that the warriors of the planet were not only extremely peaceful, but also all female. He said that the chances of her being discovered after landing in a densely wooded area was slim, and if she was caught, that she would probably get along with her captor. before she set off on the previous mission, she wanted to remind the three of them that she didn’t do much combat. Raegnor was the one who had killed the guards on Woes Ëan, and Bearyan was the one who defeated the Lysthaurus, a massive worm-like creature with jagged teeth around its circular mouth.
Aileen hadn’t done much except fly and bond with her crew, and most of the reason she bonded was so that they would trust her on future missions. What good did that do her now that she had to fly solo? It wasn’t just bonding, Aileen thought, her eyes fixed on distant stars, it was love.
It would do no good to keep her mind on the past, especially pleasures that she could no longer indulge in out in the cold bleak void of space. If she was to successfully avoid the bounty hunters and the Intergalactic Armada, Aileen knew that she would have to remain in the present moment at all times until she figured a way out of this pickle.
There were 40 billion kilometers before she reached Îlvis. It was less than half the distance she originally flew to Woes Ëan, but she had the company of Raegnor and Bearyan on the way there and back.
Sitting back in the pilot seat, Aileen almost shed a tear as the frosty blanket of loneliness covered her. Instead of wallowing in her misery, she put The Titan Cadet on autopilot and decided to give herself a little pleasure to take her mind off of the journey.
*****
Aileen reached the orbit of Îlvis days sooner than expected, which was a good thing because the juice on Bearyan’s cloaking device had run out. Aileen worried that she would have to land without the invisibility aiding her, which made her a lot more susceptible to discovery. Although she was confident that she hadn’t been followed to the planet, she still had no idea what to expect from the life forms once she was down there.
Hovering in the planet’s orbit, the whole of its orb glowed dark green against the blackness of space. From Aileen’s view there was not a speck of water. Either water was on the other side of the planet, the water was far below the surface, or there was no water—which made no sense to Aileen. She couldn’t remain in orbit for long, otherwise Intergalactic scouts, or worse, would pick up on her presence.
I literally helped save the Earth, she thought, so why am I the bad guy here?
As Agent Hendricks had explained it to her, the Intergalactic Armada governed with a ‘no exceptions’ policy—meaning even heroes were executed if they broke the law. Aileen supposed it was for the best, but she just wished that she wouldn’t have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. To think—before the mission, Aileen had graduated from one of the top astrophysics programs in the country. She had just moved back across the country only to find her father minutes after his death.
Everything was supposed to be different. That’s what she got for planning too much—she had her hopes set on one thing and then the universe laughed in her face and flipped her reality on its head. Aileen didn’t want to live a life in the dark, not knowing the truth about other life forms and intergalactic travel, but she sometimes found herself wishing she could go back and just live on a farm in Michigan. There would be no returning to Earth for a long time, which was a fact she was coming to terms with. Letting go of the concept of home altogether was something different entirely.
On her teleradar, Aileen saw a signal come in announcing the arrival of another craft—and as it got closer, Aileen saw the white, massive ship of the Intergalactic Armada in the distance. Either they were following her, or hadn’t seen her yet, which would give her just enough time to make a last-minute landing on the wooded planet below. The Titan Cadet’s scanners were more powerful than the Intergalactic Armada’s ships, so there was a probability that they were ignorant to her presence.
Aileen flipped the blue switch on the control panel, which forced The Titan Cadet to drop from orbit at a rapid speed. Time to prepare for the plunge wouldn’t have helped her any more than doing it suddenly, because to get off the grip completely she had to cut all power to the mainframe.
In the zero gravity drop toward Îlvis, Aileen held on to the safety handles in the cockpit for dear life. Once The Titan Cadet was close enough to Îlvis, it would launch a chute which ensured a safe landing, depending on where the vessel landed. Originally
, Aileen planned to find a good place to land where she might remain undetected, but with the Armada’s ships on her rear, she didn’t have much of an option. Plummeting down to the forest planet, Aileen prayed that the ship would find somewhere that didn’t contain the threat of giant monsters. She couldn’t bear the thought a forest version of the Lysthaurus.
Aileen shut her eyes and waited for the voice system on the control panel to count down for landing. There was little under her control now, and while suspended, she focused on happy thoughts—her father, graduating in California, finding out about The Titan Cadet, making love to Raegnor and Bearyan. Life had thrown so much at her, so much for her to be thankful for. But Aileen knew that all good things came with a cost. Would she have to pay that cost on this mission?
*****
“Five,” the voice command on the control panel said. Aileen braced her feet against the other wall of the cockpit, accidentally hitting a little red button that turned on a radio with scrambled, outer space music playing.
“Damnit, Raegnor,” Aileen muttered.
“Four,” the voice command called. On the teleradar, Aileen could see that the Armada ship was also landing on Îlvis. Once The Titan Cadet was on the ground she’d have to make a break for it
“Three,” the voice command said. “Two. One.”
Inside the cock pit the alarms blazed, mixing with the awful music from the radio, and bright red lights spinning about. Aileen felt like she might have a seizure, and then her ship hit ground—rocking the handle out of her grip, dropping her to the ship floor.
“Ow,” she groaned, forcing herself up in a hurry. Still dizzy, she forced her legs forward toward the back exit of the ship. Before leaving Earth she never got around to equipping the ship with weapons—now something she regretted immensely.
As the door of The Titan Cadet shot open, Aileen was hit with the fragrant scent of plant-life, richer than anything she’d ever smelled on her home planet. The sounds of animals and insects chirping, clicking, and croaking let Aileen know that the ecosystem around her was bustling. She put one foot out of the ship and it felt just like a forest or natural preserve on Earth. Light from the sky beamed down and painted the world around her in various shades of green.
The Titan Cadet had crashed through a canopy, leaving a giant hole that brought in the light. Otherwise, the area around seemed to be a dark place, save the redecorating her landing had caused. Suddenly the ground beneath her rumbled.
Could the Armada be landing already? No, in the distance she saw a herd of beasts, all in single file, leap out of the trees, running from something behind them. In fact, they weren’t beasts, but beastlings, or baby beasts of some kind. To Aileen they resembled caribou, only with three legs and five horns.
Galloping away, the herd left behind the smallest of the bunch—a tiny caribou-alien that limped along, forgotten by its herd. She couldn’t just leave it there; with whatever it was chasing them. Even if that meant risking getting caught by the thing herself. Running forward, Aileen flung herself at the creatures with her arms wide, trying to pin the scrambling thing down. Once she finally got her hands around it, it squealed, sounding like something between a kitten and a piglet. The little beastling was furry all over, except for its hooves and horns.
“Don’t worry, little thing, I’ll help you find your family,” she whispered to it. The little caribou-alien actually quieted down at the sound of her voice and pet of her soft hand. Its squeal became a gurgling purr, and Aileen almost thought it was cute.
In second another rumbling shook the ground, this time much stronger than the first one she felt. The creature in her hands tried to writhe free furiously, even attempting to use its little pokey horns.
“What is it?” she asked the creature.
As the rumbling grew, she could sense that it was coming from behind her—the creatures were running in that direction for a reason. From the treetops emerged a long, jagged black spire. It continued moving forward until a set of blazing red eyes accompanied it, followed by a gaping, full-toothed mouth. If Aileen had to describe it, the closest thing she would be able to compare it to would be a dinosaur.
So that’s why they were running, she thought, picking up the creature and stumbling to her feet. Aileen didn’t know which direction to run, so she followed the trail that the stampede of creatures had just left for her. With the creature squealing, she was afraid to look back—the ground shaking harder beneath her, barely able to keep her feet beneath her.
The jungle before Aileen looked thick, and as she ran toward it there was something inside telling her not to enter.
If you go in you will not come back, the voice said.
I didn’t think that, Aileen thought. She looked down at the baby in her arms, it’s third arm reaching up toward her. No, Aileen thought, it’s too young, even it did speak my language.
Then she realized the ground had ceased its rumbling. When Aileen turned around, she saw the black, red-eyed dinosaur in the air, encircled in a pink bubble. How was it possible? The beast was even upside down, growling, trying to break free, thought it was futile. Aileen looked down, and over in the thicket there stood a woman—slim, tall, and blue. Her black hair was as long as her body, and her large breasts were covered in a battered cloth. With her slender, ocean blue arm outstretched, her head tilted sideways and the red-eyed dinosaur moved in sync.
The woman, or alien, or local—Aileen didn’t know what to call them anymore—was telekinetic. She hadn’t experienced anything like it since Agent Hendricks infiltrated her mind with his telepathy. Did this woman have that ability, as well? More importantly, how long could she hold the beast still like that? She didn’t seem to be struggling.
I can hold the Exleacter for a long time, the voice said. It was coming from the woman. Get back into your ship—you will be much safer there.
I can’t go back to my ship, Aileen thought back, the Intergalactic Armada will be landing here any second. They’re chasing me.
The woman looked over at Aileen and gave her a long, solemn look. Then you must enter the trees, she thought to Aileen. It is dangerous. I will follow you shortly. Run as fast as your legs will carry you.
Okay, Aileen thought. The three-legged creature cooed, and Aileen started to sprint toward the thicket.
*****
The dark green of the jungle seemed infinite as Aileen raced through, jumping over vines and roots. Passing by, she saw many other odd creatures, things that looked like squirrels only with big, feathery tails that flapped like wings—and the animal coiled around a tree like a snake but with a head that resembled a buck with long, sharp antlers pointing out.
Gripping the creature in her arms tightly, Aileen raced past everything, refusing to stop at any sight, no matter how odd. The blue woman told her to run as fast as she could, and that’s what she was going to do. She looked back and saw the woman behind her, catching up quick. Her speed was unbelievable—she was like a blue streak running through the trees.
Behind her, however, the Exleacter was, gaining speed, not far behind her. It roared across the trees, and the soil under Aileen’s feet seemed to be swallowing her down into its clinging, pungent matter. Looking at the cute creature in her arms, she wanted to let it go to give her more ease, but what was the point of saving it now if she wasn’t going to save it at all?
Don’t stop running, the woman thought out to Aileen. But Aileen couldn’t move her feet from the tar-like soil. The woman leapt forward toward Aileen, but over the tar, swooping Aileen into a telekinetic pink bubble. Got you, the woman thought to her. With Aileen’s feet now on solid ground again, she could run with the woman.
My name is Aileen, Aileen thought to her. I am from the planet Earth. I am a wanted woman. You could get in trouble for helping me.
No time to stop, the woman communicated mentally. And my name is Torena. Aileen felt that in the presence of Torena her speed had increased, and when she looked down she found that her legs were covered in a
pink aura.
Don’t worry, Torena thought to Aileen. It’s only to help you keep up to speed with me. Your body will not carry you fast enough to outrun the Exleacter.
As Aileen approached a giant rooted uprooted tree, she found that she was able to jump just as high as Torena, which had to be at least twelve feet off the ground. This is incredible, Aileen thought.
Although Torena didn’t respond mentally, Aileen wondered for the first time if the woman could hear her every thought, or only the ones she sent her way. Now following Torena through the thicket, Aileen found it easier to make her away around the brush. But when she looked back, she could see that the Exleacter had not let up, and was still gaining on them, even at a superhuman speed.
There was another root, twice as high as the previous, but Aileen couldn’t make the jump that high, and fell backwards, losing the creature in her arms. Although Aileen dropped down to the ground, looking up she could see that the little creature had a pink bubble around it, saved by Torena. The ground shook. Aileen looked up from the ground. The Exleacter roared with fury, and Aileen thought that it was her last moment alive.
As the beast bared its teeth toward Aileen, it stopped—shrieking in agony. A long, pink javelin lay in the beasts neck, and after its long, gurgling cry, the beast fell to the ground. The pink javelin disappeared into dust that evaporated upward. “I thought I was a goner,” Aileen said.
With the little creature on the ground by Torena’s foot, it chirped to catch Aileen’s attention. Torena’s eyes rolled back as she struggled to keep her balance. If Aileen didn’t stand up to help her she was bound to topple over. Rushing to her feet, Aileen dashed over to the blue woman and took her in her arms. She’d passed out, gone entirely limp.
The creature chirped again. It was worried about Torena. With the beast dead, at least Aileen could come to her senses for a moment. What was she going to do with Torena?
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