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  He briefly explained the rover to them. Dyanta only partially listening said, "It's so hard, and shiny." Obviously there was no interest in the workings of the rover, its systems or cameras. He changed his tack and directed them to remove the rest of the debris and blood from the rover, and then he needed to bathe. The women were excited by his last statement and made quick work of cleaning the rover to a sparkling shine. With the rover clean the women led Sam down pathways, to a more secluded set of falls.

  Sam had a good idea about what might happen and intended to make sure it did. It had been some time since he was intimate with a woman, and now he had two. "Let the bathing begin!" His enthusiasm was rivaled by the women's. They quickly undressed and plunged into the pool. Sam marveled at how fit they were and how nearly perfect they looked. There were a few differences from Earth women, but he wasn't turned off at all. Their hands were thin and delicate and their feet were wide with well-padded soles. He guessed from not wearing shoes. Their perfectly round bottoms and firm breasts propelled Sam to strip and join them as they frolicked in the pool at the bottom of the falls. As he entered the pool the cool water and sound of the falls washed away the day’s cares and he relaxed.

  The women met him mid pool. Kyera threw her arms tightly around his neck and pulled her taught body snug against his. Dyanta wrapped her arms around his arm and intertwined her legs around one of his. They felt so perfect being so close to him. Their bodies were out of this world. Neither was shy and he found his man parts attended to by both of them. In kind he began to fondle their parts and as responsive as a sports car both women raised a leg to allow him full access. Sam had never been sandwiched between two beautiful women and had never had a woman so willing. He searched for their parts and remembered they were different than the female parts he was familiar with. Kyera sensing his confusion reached down and guided his hand to what felt much like a belly button. She pushed one of his fingers inside and shuddered with the discovery. Sam taking his queue from her found Dyanta's parts and she too shuddered as he slipped in a finger. They were much smaller than Earth women. Sam thought his man parts may cause them considerable discomfort upon entry. After several minutes of the women moaning and gyrating on his hands while they stroked him to the strongest erection he had had in his life, Kyera swung herself to align her body with his, raised herself up then guided him into her. It was impressively tight at first and there was little penetration but she slowly worked him in. She wrapped her legs around him and began to work her magic. Sam was lost in ecstasy. The world could have exploded and he would not care or even noticed. She began kissing him like he had never been kissed before. Dyanta caressed their bodies increasing their sensations and rubbing her body against his back. He could feel her hard nipples poke into his back and his excitement grew. If this was life on this planet he never wanted to leave, ever. Between kisses Sam muttered, "Dear god how did I get so lucky?"

  "Because I chose you," was Kyera's reply. Sam and Kyera were nearing climax, he pulled her tight, and began thrusting into her with full force. She arched her back in pleasure exposing her bare breasts causing Sam to unload what felt like a quart of his seed. She must have felt the same as she tensed her entire body then became limp in his arms, shuddering, and shaking. With a sense of manly pride he knew she had enjoyed it as much as he had. Dyanta gently pulled Kyera from his arms and floated her to the bank of the pool. Sam went to follow and she motioned for him to stay put. He knew why and wasn't sure he was up to such a challenge so soon, he needed to recharge. Dyanta, aware of his dilemma walked slowly through the shallow water towards him. The water glistening on her breasts in the waning evening light and how it trickled from her hair down her face made her look like a goddess. Sam was beginning to think he may be recharged much faster than anticipated. She was working him over with visual stimulation and he could smell her perfume wafting across the dark water. She was graceful and beautiful. Her deep brown hair with its reddish highlights draped across one of her tanned breasts and her smoky eyes set him of fire. He could feel his loins beginning to swell again, he was ready. He walked towards her and took her tightly in his arms carrying her back to the center of the pool. They kissed and again it was different than any kiss he had ever had, well, except for Kyera. There was real passion in Dyanta. She too rose up and inserted him into her. She was not as tight as Kyera and in no time she was thrusting away, panting like a long distance runner. Her vigor was remarkable and he met her thrusts with equal enthusiasm. They moaned aloud and squeezed each other tightly as they climaxed simultaneously. This time Sam felt as if he would be the one to pass out. But Dyanta beat him too it. She lay limp in his arms just as Kyera had. Sam guessed this must be what happens when they experience an orgasm, much like Earth women, and men too. Sam gently floated her to the bank beside Kyera and joined them for a short rest. He was beginning to drift off and a light rain began to fall. He lay on his back letting it tingle on his body. The sex was incredible. Lying on the bank next to the two women he had just shared the most pleasurable experience of his life with, the falling rain was the perfect ending.

  He roused them and they softly smiled. "I believe it's almost time for dinner, we need to get dressed and join everyone else." Kyera and Dyanta were slow to get moving not unlike Sam who was moving slowly as well. All three had non-erasable smiles on their faces. He felt a bond with them he couldn't explain. He enjoyed watching them rise and dress, there was something about these two making his senses go crazy.

  The rain began to increase as Kyera grabbed her clothing, "We are going to be soaked before we get to the dining hall. There is dry clothing in our pod." The three of them took off towards the village, clothes in hand, naked as they were at birth. The women did not seem fearful at all. Giggling and laughing as they ran. Sam decided to let go of his inhibitions and followed suit. He was captivated by the rain running off their hair and down their backs. He kept pace with them, laughing like a kid again. Was it the women, the rain, or possibly the fact he was running through the village naked. It had a sense of indecency, but also an edge of adventure. They reached Kyera's pod in short order and clamored inside to get out of the rain.

  "We can rinse off in here." She led Sam to a small pool just inside the opening of the pod and handed him a large ladle. She took one for herself, scooped up the water, and poured it over herself.

  In the light glow of the pod it was one of the most sensual things he had ever seen. Dyanta noticed he was excited, "Ready again? Ooo...I knew I liked you." She began pouring the water over herself as well. Sam did his best not to get too excited but was failing miserably. Missing dinner would not be a good way to look responsible so he hurriedly poured the water over himself.

  The women were also aware of the time and quickly finished, leaving Sam fully at attention and wanting.

  "You're teases, the both of ya'." Sam quickly rinsed, dried, and dressed in time to head to dinner with his two new loves. Who knew a large leaf would make such a good umbrella, well I guess they did Sam thought to himself. It was dinner as usual but this time Sam was not seated at the head table, he was seated with Kyera and Dyanta, much to his liking. Something was nagging at him but he shrugged it off. He knew it was customary for the village families to sit together at the same table and he found it strange he was sitting with them and their family. After the prayer and announcements the food was served and they began to eat.

  Sam saw one of the healers come into the tent and whisper something to Tayana. They left the meal and Sam suspected it had something to do with Grant, so he left too. His hunch was right as he followed them to the healer’s tent. He was several steps behind and had not been noticed in the rain. When he entered the tent everyone, including Grant, jumped with a start.

  "Holy crap Sam, you scared the life out of me."

  "You didn't do me a world of good either young man." The healer was holding her chest in a gesture of having a heart attack. Tayana just looked at him with surprise.

  "Grant, y
ou're all right, thank God. I thought we might lose you and I couldn't live with you being gone." A tear rolled down Sam's cheek, he truly cared for Grant and was overjoyed he was well.

  "Sam you're such a sap, but thank you for caring like you do. It really means a lot to me, brother."

  "I am Salbola and this is my wife, Emara. We are giving him our best care. He is still not fully well but he should be within a day or two. The poison has been neutralized but the body still needs time to heal. This pod will speed up the process and he will be whole again."

  The healers left the pod to join her family at dinner and Tayana urged Sam to go back as well.

  "I'll come back in the morning and we can talk, if you're up to it."

  "I'm looking forward to it, I have a couple things I want to tell you, go eat and have fun, I'll see you in the morning."

  Sam ventured to the dining hall and was happily greeted upon his return. The meal was delicious as always and he said, "I could eat like this every day, you are so lucky! Grant and I eat synthesized food from our galley three meals a day. It does provide an excellent variety but nothing as good as this."

  Kyera and Dyanta smiled and looked at each other as they giggled and led Sam back to their pod.

  After the meal ended and all was taken care of, Tayana slipped over to the pod where Grant was thinking about her, this planet, and everything transpiring.

  "Hello!"

  "Well hello again. Come in, I was hoping you'd come back. I have a couple questions I wanted to ask you about today." Grant knew she knew what he was going to ask her.

  "Grant, I am so sorry we were not there this morning, I have no excuse."

  "Then why, were you hoping we would defeat them alone and you would not have to bring harm to yourself or any of the villagers? You let me get injured instead and then came to my rescue, I very much appreciate you, but you left us to go fight alone."

  "Grant, I am very sorry, again, I have no excuse. I can only hang my head in shame and hope you will forgive me and my people."

  Grant was not pleased with her answers, but knew persisting would only bring more tension to what was already a tense situation. "I do not hold you responsible Tayana; I just wish you had been there. I'll forgive you, this time!" He said it with a smile and Tayana sighed in relief.

  "I was worried you would no longer enjoy my presence. I would be deeply troubled if that was the case."

  "How could I be mad at someone so caring and so strikingly beautiful?" He noted a small blush come to her cheeks and smiled. He had scored a small victory.

  "I am no beauty, but I do care very much for you. I will leave you to rest and I'll check in on you in the morning. Get some rest, Salbola and Emara will bring you some dinner."

  "Good night, see you in the morning." He felt tomorrow was going to be a good day. After he ate what his body would allow, he drifted off to a dream filled sleep with visions of Tayana looming over him after the explosion and her holding his hand in the rover on the way back to the village. The way she looked at him, the things she said, and the way she said them — was he losing his mind or did she have a thing for him? He saw her standing in a pool at the bottom of a small waterfall. She was not wearing her usual black tunic and leather armor. She was wearing a thin loose garment. It clung tightly to her body as she submerged into the dark waters of the pool. She surfaced near the middle, turned, and motioned for him to join her. He did not hesitate and began removing his clothing as he approached the pool. The cool dark water was invigorating and the seductive look on her face was intoxicating. He could sense her intentions and was completely fine with them. There was something about the pool removing all of his inhibitions and increasing his desire for her. Maybe it was the water, maybe it was the setting, but most likely it was the way she was looking at him. She was alluring and any man would give his life to be with her at this moment. A loud boom startled him awake. The light rain had grown into an intense lightning filled storm. "Damn the luck!" He was ticked off the thunder had chosen that particular moment to roust him from such a perfect dream. There was more to the dream and he knew there was a deeper meaning. He drifted back into a much deeper sleep, and dreamt no more.

  Chapter Eleven

  The sun was still below the horizon when Grant woke from his deep, restful sleep. He wondered what time it was and how the pod kept the gasses out and the oxygen in with a hole in the top of it. He felt lucky to be alive and yet afraid to venture out of the pod knowing the gas levels were too high for him to breath properly. He began thinking about the drone and the alien compound, as he was now calling it. Would it have been a better idea to shoot the sensor with a bot nearby as a decoy, like Sam suggested? He ran the scenario through his head and thought of another brilliant idea. If they got get past the sensors undetected and hid in several different locations one of them being in line with the door the bot came out to replace the broken sensor, then they could fire their own missile into the bunker and blow it up from the inside. "Brilliant I tell ya."

  Grant was still ruminating on his plan when Sam poked his head into the pod. "Hey buddy! Good to see you up and moving!"

  "Uh, how is it you're breathing under these conditions? It's still early and the sun isn't up." Grant was as perplexed as he had ever been.

  "Well, Kyera said the waterfalls and trees in this valley produce their own sort of gas. It acts like a barrier to the helium and hydrogen. I guess it's the density and mixture of the oxygen, helium, and hydrogen allowing the heavier oxygen-rich air to fall to the valley floor and remain in a sort of protective pocket."

  "Excellent! I was just thinking I'd have to stay in here until the sun was up before I could go explore."

  "You'll be doing no exploring until the healers say you can go exploring. You were practically blown up and severely poisoned all at the same time."

  "I'm fine, I feel great, and I can leave when I choose to."

  "Said the man in a flowery dress, with no shoes!" Gonna have to play by their rules, buddy, or look like a complete idiot."

  "Damn it Sam, go find me some clothes. I'm ready to go kick some drone ass!"

  "Whoa there big boy. No one is fighting a drone barefoot and in a dress. Besides, they destroyed your clothing and the tailor is making you some new ones. Um, should be done about lunch time I imagine."

  "Are you kidding me? Go back to the shuttle and get some of my own clothes so we can get some payback, now!"

  "Nope, not going to do it this time, Grant. I agree with the healers. You need at least another day's rest and then, if they feel you're up to it, we can scout out the situation again, this time with no explosions. We need a better plan than last time."

  "Sam, I have a better plan. I was lying here thinking about what happened and what I saw but didn't get the opportunity to tell you. Getting blown up sort of put a damper on things."

  "So what's your plan?" Sam was interested but not completely sure Grant was thinking clearly in his current condition.

  "Right after you shot the sensor and just before the drone tried to kill us I was watching the bunker through the binoculars. Remember a bot came out to replace the sensor?"

  "I vaguely remember it happening. It took the sensor further away from the bunker than it was originally."

  "Correct you are. It wasn't the bot taking the sensor farther away it's the hatch opening on the side of the bunker to let the bot out. You starting to get where I'm going with this?"

  "Nope, not a clue."

  "Come on Sam, think! An open door means the interior of the bunker is exposed!"

  Now the wheels were turning in Sam's love-soaked brain. "Oh, we could sneak inside and..."

  "Stop right there. We are not sneaking into the bunker. The drone would have us dead to rights before we even made it halfway to the bunker and blow us to hell and back. Come to think of it that damn thing has tried to blow me up twice now."

  "Focus Grant, you were actually headed somewhere with this."

  "We get past the sensor
s. You on one side with the rifle, me on the other with a rocket launcher, and the maintenance bot up the middle as a decoy."

  Sam took a minute to mull things over then asked, "What are you going to do with the rocket launcher? Shoot it out of the sky?”

  "Nope, the bot is! We equip the bot with a small magpopper. When the drone is in range the bot launches the magpopper into the air at the drone. The explosion will send shrapnel flying in all directions. The drone is history if it's within five yards. As soon as the bot leaves the bunker and the door is left open, like it was last time, I will fire a rocket into the bunker through the open door. The rocket should destroy the controls and guidance systems controlling the drone."

  "Brilliant Grant, I love this plan. I say we take some villagers with us as back up just in case we um...fail. They can be the decoys and we can run and hide." Grant noted the sarcasm and gave him his, I just came up with an amazing plan and you're crapping all over it, look.

  "Really Grant, it is a good plan, but I do think we need some back up. Remember what happened last time?!"

  "All right, they can come and be back up if needed. This has become personal to me, very personal. Like I said, it has tried to blow me up twice and I'm not giving it another chance."

  Sam reached outside and retrieved a change of clothing for Grant. "Okay, simmer down, take off the dress and put these on. It will be breakfast soon and if you remember, the food is awesome."

  Grant dressed and reluctantly headed towards the black pod. A thought struck him, "Sam if you need to use the restroom you can go first, I may be a minute."

  "Restroom, where did you find a restroom? I've been peeing and taking a dump behind the bushes over past the falls. Pretty secluded, but you gotta watch what leaves you use. The wrong ones could kill ya."