Rai

by Maia Starr

  At long last, he moved off of me. He lay close to me, taking a look at me. I smiled. He hovered over and kissed me profoundly.

  "That was better than anything I expected. I did not think it would be so…" he said with a smirk.

  "I concur," I said.

  He snickered. “I just didn’t think that a human female could bring that much joy to a Zenkian male,” he said.

  “I understand,” I said.

  Then we lay one next to the other. I began to float off to sleep, but only for a couple of minutes. I opened my eyes and discovered Vycon standing up next to the bed. He was searching for his garments.

  "What's happening with you?" I inquired.

  "Goodness, did I wake you? I am sorry. I would like to give you a chance to get some rest," he said.

  I sat up and squeezed my hands against his naked abs. "No, don't abandon me. Remain with me. Sleep close by," I said.

  "That is what you desire of me?" he inquired.

  "Yes. It is. Well, perhaps after another round?" I said as I wrapped my hands around his staff. He sucked in a sharp breath of air.

  "Sounds good to me," he said with a snarl as he crept once again into bed with me. We went another round before at last nodding off. I had never been more fulfilled in my life, or felt so protected.

  Chapter Six

  COMMANDER VYCON DASE

  I was in a lot of trouble. I had betrayed my own kind. Now that I had sampled Nicole, the human female, I felt extreme guilt. What was I to do? I didn’t know if I could have any more restraint.

  I felt the light of the sun come up and radiate through the window. It hit the bed on Nicole's resting face. She was wonderful. She was fragile and petite. She looked so delicate dozing there. I never desired to wake her up.

  "Hello, and good morning to you, alien soldier," she said as she opened her eyes and grinned at me. Her arms came up over her head, and her toes extended toward the edge as she stretched out in front of me naked.

  "Great morning, human female," I said. "It is nearly time for you to check in at your building of work, the tower."

  "No, I would prefer not to leave this bed. I need to lie here with you," she said as she moved into a fetal position by my body.

  "I feel a similar way, Nicole, yet we have our duties to attend to. The Leader will expect me back also," I said as I kissed her cheek. She moved her face and pushed her lips out to get a kiss. I didn't disappoint her. I kissed her lips for a long moment. But I needed to stop. At long last, I escaped the bed and got dressed.

  "I guess we have to check in," she said.

  "Yes, we do."

  "Did you mean what you said?" she said as she got up and wrapped the sheet around her.

  "What?" I inquired.

  "You said that you desire me," she said.

  "Yes, I would not joke about this. I watch over you, Nicole, and it has made me desire you."

  "Then what can we do about this? Us?” she asked.

  "There is no other option for us. We need to keep what we did a secret. You will get stuck in an unfortunate situation with your people. I will get in a bad position with the Leader and my entire race. It is not worth it. I don't need you to get into any kind of trouble as a result of me. Keep this to ourselves,” I said to her.

  "I will keep it a secret. Yet, you don't leave for a few more days, so we can have some more fun, can’t we?”

  "Yes," I said with a grin. She smiled back at me and afterward moved into her washroom to prepare for her work day. I kept on getting dressed and after that moved into the kitchen to get some water. It would be difficult to abandon her. I didn't know whether I had it in me. But I could not do this again. I had to tell the Leader I could not watch her anymore. I had betrayed my race and broke all the rules. I couldn’t do it twice.

  The workday was much the same as every other day since we landed on Earth, with one special detail: I couldn't quit thinking about being inside of Nicole.

  The whole thing replayed again and again in my brain. It was a distracting. Today was a critical day of meetings.

  There were many inquiries to deal with from both the Earth soldiers and the Grantsion commanders. The Waysaw could arrive any day now.

  As the day wore on, Nicole and I subtly gave each other different looks.

  But I knew that I would not be able to see her that night. I had to remove myself from her altogether. I did not have a choice in the matter. I was feeling all kinds of regret. I did not want to give myself any more reason to want to go against my own race. One time with her was enough to make me question everything; if I were with her again, I would completely lose myself. I had to go with my loyalty. If anyone found out, I could be exiled from the Grantsion Village.

  “Leader Nizok, may I speak with you?” I asked as I found the Leader inside the military barracks talking to Captain Bidu.

  “Of course,” he said as he nodded at the captain and then followed me to the corner.

  “I regret to inform you that I cannot watch the human female this night. I have too much work now that Lieutenant Yata has arrived. I will need to take him to see the copper mine first thing in the morning,” I said.

  “Yes, I understand. I think now that you have set up the soldiers at the home of Nicole, they should be fine without you,” he said.

  “Thank you, Leader, I will get on with my work.”

  I left the barracks and prepared a couple of landspeeders to take Lieutenant Yata out the next day. He was working on the engineering for the shield that we would be working on out at the copper mine. I was glad that the lieutenant had arrived. The faster we got done with this work, the faster I could get back to Anvin and away from her. So why was my mind constantly thinking of the human female Nicole? It was wrong; it was very wrong.

  Hours went by as I worked, and I found myself walking down the wide path that separated the Earth battalion from the Grantsion battalion.

  “Commander, there you are. I was looking for you,” Nicole said as she came up behind me.

  I turned to her and smiled slightly. I looked around. Were we being watched?

  “Hello, Nicole. Good to see you,” I said coldly as I continued walking.

  “I was in the kitchens, and I think I found a more substantial meal for us this evening when you escort me to my apartment,” she said.

  “I have news; I will not be able to escort you and be your guardian this evening. The Leader has asked me to get a substantial expedition together to take the engineer to the copper mine first thing in the morning. I must prepare, and I must get my rest,” I said.

  The smile fell from her face. It pained me to watch that, but it was necessary.

  “Oh, I see that is very important work indeed,” she said. “Then perhaps the evening after,” she said.

  “Possibly, but I am very busy until the day of our departure. You do see how important this shield is and it is the entire reason that I am here: nothing else,” I said once again using a cold tone.

  “I understand. Sorry to bother you,” she said as she walked away. I could tell that she was very angry, possibly even sad. But it was necessary. I needed her to hate me. If she hated me, then she would not want me anymore. It was the only way.

  I avoided her the entire day, the next day I was off to the copper mine with Lieutenant Yata.

  “That is a substantial mine. I can see why the Waysaw would want to get their hands on it,” Lieutenant Yata said as we flew over it.

  “Precisely, and we cannot let them. It would be detrimental to the Grantsion village back home,” I said.

  “That is understood, Commander Vycon Dase. That is why I am here. Why else would we be giving the humans our engineering specialties?” Lieutenant Yata said.

  “Yes, I understand. But some of these humans aren't so bad in temperament after all,” I said.

  “It strikes me as surprising that you would say such a thing, Commander. You have always been very adamant about not helping the humans. I remember you saying they were weak
, dumb, and fragile and needed to be conquered,” he said with a grin.

  “True. I have said those words in the past. But the humans being conquered only makes the Waysaw stronger, and we will suffer. But as I said, some of the humans have grown on me,” I said.

  “Any particular humans? Are we speaking about the females?” he asked.

  I gave him a look not wanting to speak of this any longer. “We are here,” I said as the landspeeder landed next to the mine.”

  “Good, let's get to work,” he said as the door opened, and we stepped out.

  I was glad to not have the same conversation again. But he was right; I had a reputation on Anvin as someone that disliked the humans. Now I was being completely hypocritical to that reputation and everything I had said in my past. I was no better than the Waysaw that had used the human females to mate with. I was just as bad as they were.

  “Commander, I am going to need your help,” the lieutenant said.

  “Tell me what you need,” I said.

  We went to work. We trained the Earth engineer soldiers as well as our own on setting up and activating the shield. It was going to take several days of work, at least ten. I was happy. I could convince Nizok to let me stay out here this entire time. It would keep me from wandering over to Nicole. The further away from her that I was, the easier it would be to not want to be inside of her again. Just seeing her beautiful face and delicious feminine figure made me feel like a weak soldier. So, staying away from her was good.

  Chapter Seven

  NICOLE PLIMOC

  It had been ten days since I had talked to Commander Vycon Dase after he had rejected me. I was left feeling absolutely deflated. What had gotten into him? He had become a completely different alien. It was all that I could think about. How could I have misjudged him so badly? Why did I think that I could trust him? He was an alien after all. I knew that the aliens were prone to fights with our own soldiers, but I considered it to be the fault of both parties.

  But now, I was seeing just how manipulative and dishonest a Grantsion Zenkian could be. He had me thinking that he was some charming alien that understood me. He had me thinking all sorts of things that I was now feeling guilty that I felt at all. He had worn a mask, and he wore it well. Was it simply to bed me? That did not make sense. He had gone against the rules of the Zenkian. If his Leader found out, he could be exiled from his own village when he returned. It was a great risk for him to take simply because he wanted to be inside me. As soon as I thought of him inside of me, flashes of his blue naked body came to my mind. Damn it, Nicole, you don't want him: remember? I found that I was getting aroused once more just by thinking about him.

  But one thing was for sure, I was feeling extremely hurt and disappointed. I did not know why. I barely knew this alien; in fact, he proved to me that I didn't know him at all. I only knew an imaginary side to him. So why did it hurt me so much? Why did I think that we could continue seeing each other in secret? I have looked forward to it and I knew that it was more than just lust. He had gotten under my skin.

  I knew that he was out at the copper mines helping with the new shield, the Grantsion technology. He was needed out there. But I remembered just how cold he was. He was very short with me and almost seemed annoyed. It broke my heart. He made excuses, and I knew exactly what it meant. I had dated enough on Earth in order to know when a man wanted to avoid you; an alien man was no different. It really pissed me off. So that was how I spent the following ten days: somewhere between pissed off and extremely sad.

  “What is going on with you, Nicole? You have been very distracted lately,” Sheila said as she came over to my desk.

  “What? Oh, nothing, it is just this Waysaw invasion that is imminent. It is taking a lot from me,” I said.

  “No, I think it is something else,” she said.

  “You do?” I asked, hoping that she would not find out the secret that I was keeping.

  “Yes, too much work and no play. When was the last time that we even took a lunch together? You have been so busy with these meetings since those new Grantsions arrived,” she said.

  “Yes, that is it,” I said lying once more.

  “Especially because the last time you went out it was with awful Sergeant Banks. At least you're too busy to deal with him lately,” she said.

  “Yes, that is true,” I said.

  “Well, what are you doing now? Do you have an hour to spare? Let’s go to the diner and eat greasy burgers and French fries,” she said with a big smile.

  As soon as she said it, my stomach grew very hungry. I realized that I had been eating a lot the last three days, and I did not know why. I assumed I was eating my feelings, as pathetic as that was.

  “You are right, Sheila. Let us go and have some girl talk. I have missed talking with you,” I said.

  “And I you, Nicole. After you,” she said as she formally bowed. It made me laugh. It felt good to laugh.

  I followed her out of our tower base and walked through the battalion areas.

  “Nicole!” I heard someone shout. I silently wished that it was Commander Vycon Dase, but I recognized the voice and knew that it was Sergeant Banks. Hearing Sheila sigh next to me only confirmed it.

  “Here we go,” she muttered to me.

  “Sergeant Banks? What can I do for you?” I said as I turned to him.

  “A word,” he said.

  “Actually, she and I have a very important lunch meeting,” Sheila said grabbing my arm.

  “It will only take two minutes,” Sergeant Banks said as he grabbed my other arm and pulled me a couple of feet away from Sheila.

  Sheila rolled her eyes and crossed her arms waiting for me.

  “What is it?” I asked Sergeant Banks.

  “Where have you been? I have been wanting to see you. You realize that it has been weeks since we have been together? The last time I spoke to you, you said you had your monthly cycle, and then I have not heard from you since,” he said.

  “Yes, but as you know, once the new Grantsions arrived, I have been needed in meetings. You have attended a few yourself; you know how they take all day,” I said.

  He crossed his arms and looked at me angrily.

  “And what about at night? I heard you have had quite the security team guarding you in case the Waysaw show up and take the female. Why is it that Commander Vycon Dase must guard you and not Sheila or the other few females that are here?” he asked.

  I tried to restrain my shock that he knew. Of course, he would know; everyone knew because it was announced in that meaning. Was he in that meeting? I couldn't even remember. Once the commander joined those meetings, I quit keeping track of who else was in the room.

  “I am not the one that assigned that team to guard me. I am sure that you have heard that. I am at the mercy of my superiors, just like everyone else here. Now if you'll excuse me, I am on a time crunch,” I said walking away from him.

  He grabbed my arm one more time and whispered. “I better not hear that you are doing other things with that filthy alien. I don't know what I will be capable of if I heard that.”

  “You have nothing to worry about. And I am not yours, Sergeant Banks. I have never belonged to you.”

  “Yes, you have. You were to be my wife; the two of us together with our positions, we would be a power couple,” he said.

  I yanked my arm from him disgusted. “Is that all you think about? Your military status? Get away from me,” I said and walked away from him.

  “This isn’t over!” he shouted. His words brought goosebumps. Normally I wouldn't care, but now I had something to hide. He could not find out that I had bedded the alien. He would make things very bad for me, and very bad for the commander.

  “What was that all about?” Sheila asked as we walked toward the diner.

  “The same old crap. You know Sergeant Banks and his selfish ways,” I said.

  “I won't say I told you so,” she said.

  “Let's just eat,” I said.


  When we sat down at the table, and the menu was in front of me, I went wild with it.

  “I will have a strawberry milkshake, a cheeseburger, an order of chili cheese fries, and maybe a couple of chicken strips on the side,” I said.

  She looked at me with wide eyes. “I will just have the cheeseburger and fries and water,” she ordered.

  The waiter stepped away from us.

  “Wow, you have such an appetite. I have not seen you order like that before in my life. The last time I saw a woman order like that, she was pregnant.” Her eyes grew wide.