All the girls giggled as they descended on him. He felt Xana and Chetaara's hands running over his arms, legs, and back while Scarlett dropped to her knees in front of him and unzipped his jumpsuit.
As his cock sprang out, Byron once again had to take a step back and wonder at how amazing Venus Online was. He wondered if every guy in the game ended up with a harem or just him. When he had gone to the space station to free Chetaara's family, he hadn't seen any other players with multiple women except him. Maybe it went with being the Outsider.
All thoughts of the game and how it worked went out of his mind as Scarlett ran her hot, wet tongue along the length of his cock.
"Mmmm," she hummed. "I love the taste of your cock."
Her tongue teased the swollen head and a shudder ran through him from the top of his head down to his toes.
Chetaara took his shoulders and gently pushed him into the co-pilot's chair. "You must learn to share, my darling Scarlett."
She kissed the robot before slipping Byron's cock into her own mouth. She slowly dragged up and down, all the way until it seemed like his head would slip out, and plunged him back in again. She kept up that slow and sensuous pace until his toes curled.
Behind her, Scarlett reached out to pull Xana into her arms, and they kissed as well. Watching Scarlett's fingers sweep Xana's beautiful hair back as she hungrily explored the green girl's mouth made him moan even more than Chetaara's expertise.
He grunted. "Oh, baby. You guys - I'm not gonna last long like this."
Chetaara popped him out with a smile. "You don't have to. Come, girls."
Xana and Scarlett both dropped onto their hands and knees next to Chetaara. Their heads buried between his open legs as the girls took turns, licking and sucking on his shaft, balls, and thighs.
The feel of his cock slipping in and out of eager mouths while tongues and fingers teased his balls made him gasp and throw his head back. He felt his climax surged up through him like a tidal wave.
Just as he felt his body clench, Scarlett pointed his throbbing head at Xana. "Take it, baby."
Xana closed her eyes and smiled as he spurted thick white ropes over her lips.
Scarlett pulled the head towards her open mouth. "That's a good boy. Cum for Momma."
His orgasm grew stronger as she let his cum coat her tongue.
Chetaara used a finger to wipe up the juices running down Xana's chin and licked it off. "Mmm, my Master is so tasty."
He collapsed onto the chair as the three girls giggled. He took deep breaths and felt his heart slow as they kissed each other and him in turns.
Scarlett raised her eyebrows while looking at her instruments. "And we're there. That beat the shit of an in-flight movie, huh?"
He just nodded, still catching his breath.
He zipped himself back up as they arrived at a remote asteroid that Scarlett called RQ-Four. As they docked with the tiny rock, she explained, "This guy Squod has the best shit in the Galaxy. Legal or illegal, whatever you want, and it's cheap as fuck."
She hoisted a black duffel bag onto her shoulder before heading to the airlock. "He also buys stuff so we can unload our loot for credits."
When they opened the airlock, they walked into what looked like a huge warehouse. Boxes and shelves ran as far as he could see into the distance, and huge machines and vehicles loomed over them.
An alien like a huge blue octopus sat at a counter in the center, but it had a head like a featherless bird with a beak and large black eyes. The creature's ten arms stayed in motion, opening boxes to put things in while closing others after filling them up. One arm seemed to be constantly typing on a computer.
The alien octopus looked up as Byron and his ladies approaching his counter. "Hey, welcome to Squod's. What can I do you for?"
Scarlett jerked her thumb at Byron. "We need to upgrade our ship, Squod. Armor, weapons, all that shit."
The octopus alien released one of his arms to hold it out. "Let's see what we're working with."
Xana handed him a tablet with a diagram of the Icarus on it.
Squod scrolled through the tablet while nodding. "Yeah, we can definitely make some improvements on this bucket. How much we got to spare?"
Scarlett reached out and patted Byron on the butt. He thought she was trying to flirt with him until she said, "Show him your hand."
He held it out to Squod.
Squod waved at the hand with his tentacle. His eyes widened. "Yeah, we can work with this. We'll start with some Thurimm A-26 missile launchers, upgrade the armor to a torranium alloy, and hike up the shield generator. I can also beef up your turrets with an ion phase yield, and add one more to the rear. You got no countermeasures, so we'll throw in a flare launcher on the rear. I wouldn't be takin' on any Necralia battleships with that, but you should be able to handle yourself."
ICARUS STARSHIP UPGRADES
ARMOR +500
LASERS +250
MISSILES +250
ADD 1 TURRET
ADD 1 GESIUM FLARE LAUNCHER
PURCHASE Y / N
Byron didn't understand any of it, but looked at Xana who gave him a thumbs-up.
He tapped "yes" and said, "Okay, we'll take it. How long will it be?"
Squod grinned. "I already got started."
Byron looked out a nearby porthole into space. He could see robotic spiders crawling over the hull of the Icarus, cutting and tearing the metal apart.
One of Squod's tentacles picked up a cigar and stuck it into his beak. "Should be done in a few minutes. Got any gear you need me to take off your hands?"
Scarlett swung her duffel bag of unwanted loot onto the counter.
Squod dug through it with four of his tentacles. "Hey, not bad. I'll give you a thousand credits for all of them."
Glancing at Scarlett, he caught the shake of her head and said, "No deal."
Squod shot him a glare. "All right, fine. Two thousand credits."
Scarlett nodded, and Byron nodded to Squod. "Deal."
Squod tapped keys on his computer, and Byron's HUD came up to show two thousand credits added to his account.
Only a few minutes later, Squod had the upgrades finished and the Icarus launched back into space. They headed straight for Exatrixa.
Even in Venus Online, Byron couldn't get hard again that soon, so they all just sat in the lounge during the trip through hyperspace. Xana curled up in his lap while Scarlett and Chetaara sat on the couch across from him with their arms around each other.
Scarlett smiled at Chetaara. "So tell me more about yourself, sweetie."
Chetaara lowered her eyes. "It is not a pretty story. My homeworld fell to the Necralia Empire years before I was born. I have known nothing but oppression."
She threw a smile at Byron. "At least until now."
Her smile faded. "The Empire has turned my once peaceful planet into a slave labor camp. Most of my people, young and old, are forced to mine korann crystals for their war machines. Those they deem attractive or strong enough are forced into slavery. In the past, they allowed some of us to live and worship, which is how I avoided slavery. But as Lady Necralia's forces grew stronger, they demanded more and more until I was taken with my family."
"Fucking bitch," Scarlett growled. "I wish I could punch Lady Necralia right in the tits."
Chetaara patted her cheek. "All is well. Thousands of years before the Empire came to my planet, the goddess P'rrshala prophesied of the Outsider who would free us from our eventual bondage. Now my master has come."
Byron shifted in his seat. "Uh, are you sure I'm the Outsider? What if I'm just a guy?"
Her face fell, deadly serious. "No, my belief is not just a feeling. It is a prophecy. One part clearly said that one would come, tall and handsome, who would ride the Icarus to save the beautiful forty from the Dark Woman. We never had a word for 'Icarus' in our language, and did not know what it meant until now."
He felt a chill at her words. It did seem pretty uncanny.
She
continued, "From the moment I saw you, I knew you were the Outsider. That is why we bonded so quickly. I knew I was fated to bond and fall in love with the Outsider. And so I have."
When she said "love," Byron felt a lump catch in his throat.
"Oooo," Scarlett cooed while pointing at Byron. "He's blushing. You said the 'L' word."
Chetaara looked away and seemed to be turning pink as well. "You must say nothing, Master. I do not expect you to return my feelings. Not yet. But you know how I feel."
The ship's engines slowed as the high-pitched sound of hyperspace faded.
Scarlett clapped her hands and jumped up from the couch. "Saved by the bell. More like saved by hyperspace. Let's get past this awkward silence and get on with kicking ass."
Chetaara hurried out of the lounge to the bridge, followed by Xana.
Scarlett stayed behind with him with her hands behind her back, arching her eyebrows. "You okay?"
Byron ran his fingers through his hair. "Uh, yeah. I guess. I just never thought this game would get that deep."
She shrugged. "It doesn't have to. She didn't say she wanted to marry you or anything. And you don't have to do anything about it."
"I know, but to be honest, I'm really feeling something for her, too. She's so strong but so tender at the same time."
She sighed as she looked off at the bridge. "Yeah, I'm kinda falling for her, too. She's hot stuff."
"But she's an NPC, a computer program. I mean, did the game design her so I would fall in love with her?"
She smirked. "Shit, there you go again. I wonder if the prophecy about the Outsider says he likes to make things fucking complicated."
He laughed. "This is - just so deep. I mean, if I fall in love with a computer program in Venus Online, is it real? What do I do?"
She came up to punch his chin gently. "Well, kiddo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But just for the record, you got more than one computer program falling for you, baby."
She gave him a quick kiss and ran for the bridge, giggling.
He felt frozen in place as he stared at her, feeling another chill as her words sank in. "Holy shit."
He paused for a moment before following her.
Chapter 18
The ship had dropped out of hyperspace to find a huge gas giant orbiting a red sun. Hundreds of moons dotted the atmosphere, but the Icarus headed straight for the largest one.
As they approached, the Black Thorn could be seen heading for the moon ahead of them.
Chetaara smiled. "We're not too late."
"Nope." Scarlett punched keys to make the ship go faster. "We're right on fucking time."
Byron dropped into the co-pilot's chair and pulled up the weapons systems. "Time to try out our new gear. Open a channel."
"You better believe it."
Captain Jokah appeared on the screen. The lines on her face glowed as she broke into a smile and clapped her hands. "Oh, goody goody. You tracked me down. Just in time. I was hoping I'd get a chance to kill you soon, that way I can get it out of the way, and just focus on getting that treasure."
"You're not killing us, Jokah. And you're not getting the treasure. We want Professor Bah-Tee-Fala and the other three gems. You can hand them over or we'll just take them."
Scarlett whispered, "Yes."
Jokah burst out laughing. "Oh, you're so adorable! You really think you can stop me. You're almost too fun to kill, but you have crossed the line from annoyingly cute to getting in my way. Well, come on then, Sweet Cheeks, let's go at it. The only thing I like more than a good shag is a good fight. Hope you don't mind if I shoot a nice, fat missile up your tailpipe. Or do you fancy taking it up the arse?"
Byron didn't answer, just pushed the button to cut the feed. "She gets on my nerves."
Scarlett raised her metal eyebrows. "I'll be honest, I think she's kinda hot."
Xana rolled her eyes. "Oh, you think everyone is hot, Scarlett."
She jabbed a finger at her. "Hey, that's not true. I got standards. Like, next to Byron, any guy is second rate. But none of you is gonna agree with me?"
Byron smirked. "All right, I admit I think Captain Blueboobs is kind of sexy as well."
Chetaara gasped.
Scarlett pointed at him. "Ha! Probably has to do with Jokah being an alien supermodel that you've seen naked and stuck your tongue into."
"True." He shrugged. "Doesn't mean I won't kill her, though."
The game's text flashed in front of him.
NEW MISSION: DEFEAT THE BLACK THORN
REWARDS: 5,000 XP, 500 CREDITS
He pointed at Scarlett. "Okay, let's get it in gear. Scarlett, bring us into firing range. Xana, when we get in range, reroute power from the engines to the weapons. Chetaara, I want you to scan the Black Thorn. We need to know the ship's weak points, and more importantly, we need to find Fala."
All three women said, "Aye, Captain" in unison and turned to their consoles. It felt really cool, like being on the bridge of the USS Enterprise.
He turned his attention back to the windows where the heads-up display showed the Black Thorn growing larger. The engines glowed behind it as his crosshairs began to track the ship, but the gunsight glowed red to indicate the pirates were out of range.
His palms felt sweaty as he tightened his grip on the joystick, knowing this battle had to go differently than the last one. He didn't think Jokah would let them live this time.
Xana called out. "Ready to route power to weapons, um, whenever you're ready."
Chetaara raised a finger. "I believe I have located the professor. She is definitely on board the Black Thorn in the living quarters. I've also identified key areas of the ship. I'm putting it on the viewscreen."
Xana looked up as a wireframe outline of the pirate ship appeared on the screen. "Oh, the Black Thorn is using ruby-grade plasma reflectors. They're, um, illegal. They overclock the laser turrets so they increase damage, but generate a lot of heat. The ship has to mount external heat sinks to handle the load. If we can damage their heat sinks, well, they'll shut down."
Chetaara tapped on her console. "I am going to highlight the heat sinks on your display, Master."
Part of the Black Thorn glowed red. Byron could see it clearly now, two fins sticking out of the top of the ship. He had assumed they were just there to look cool. "Okay, how are we coming on getting in range, Scarlett?"
The robot bared her teeth. "She's still a fast motherfucker, but I'm gaining on 'em this time. Should be in range in about two seconds."
Chetaara called out, "They have armed their weapons. Locking onto the Icarus. Brace for impact!"
A flash on the Black Thorn sent twin beams of light streaking away from it to the Icarus.
The whole ship shuddered around him as the lasers slammed into the Icarus' shields.
Chetaara called out, "Forward shields down to fifty percent!"
Scarlett growled. "Doing better than last time."
Byron's crosshairs turned green. He pulled the trigger.
Light blazed out of the Icarus to hit the Black Thorn's rear. The beams stopped before hitting the pirate ship, making the space around it glow red.
Chetaara nodded. "It is a hit. Her rear shields are down to twenty-five percent."
He smiled as he swung his joystick around. "A lot better than last time. We got a shot."
The Black Thorn's engines blazed as the ship began to swing around.
"She's not running anymore. Scarlett, bring us around so our forward shields are out of range. Xana, boost the power to the guns--"
Two lights came flashing off the Black Thorn, arced in space, and headed for the Icarus.
Before he could even yell to brace for impact, the missiles hit.
The shockwave knocked Xana out of her chair, and he had to lunge to catch her before she hit the floor. He held her quivering in his arms as red lights blared all over the ship. Smoke gushed from a vent on the ceiling.
Scarlett yelled, "Forward shields are down to
ten percent. Turning to starboard. Hang onto your asses."
The Icarus turned sharply as the Black Thorn rushed up to the starboard side, firing its lasers. The shields burned away to red, but still held.
Xana crawled out of his arms and ran for her console. "We took a hit to the forward thrusters. Locking bolts on the fuel systems are down."
Byron grit his teeth as he fired back, sending lasers blazing across the Black Thorn's port shields. He watched the space around the enemy ship's hull turn red, and the shields turned yellow on the display.
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