A New Age Ch. 02

Initially there was a slight balancing issue but he quickly regained control, a few seconds of pacing around the room brought him back to a hundred in no time. It was then that he noticed that his quarters were sealed shut, even dust particles were having a hard time escaping through the semi-transparent barrier. The lockdown was brought to his attention but as soon as he ordered Zenith to release it, he was met with a fair amount of resistance.

"Wait you don't have the required power to take off the lockdown?" The mere idea of it was abnormal, everything from experience indicated that turning off excess features of technology saved power.

Upon further explanation he realized she had a point. Zenith shut off all accessory functions that had no relation to security, to turn them on would require an immense amount of power. Zack had no idea how Amanda was going to get in, let alone how he would explain the lockdown. There was no telling if she had her phone on her or not, it didn't matter as he recalled that all outgoing and incoming signals were blocked. What first started as a mild hiccup quickly turned into mass paranoia when he remembered that Amanda was going to bring her loud mouth ex-husband to the area. Inside the ship they could've held him hostage but outside it was anybody's game. One slip up and the entire global media would be at scene within minutes.

"Is Amanda close Zenith?"

"I cannot be sure Captain, I'm only aware of anything that may be a threat to the ship."

"So you can't track her?" Once again he was met with defeat as Zenith clarified that she had to conserve energy, once again she stated that all accessory functions were disabled. "OH," he proudly exclaimed as he was hit with a surge of brilliance. " What if I give back the enhancements, I mean you said you used most of the resources on me right. Just take them back and use them to take out the lock down. Then we can wait for Amanda and have her engineer husband fix the cells."

Theoretically the idea was indeed a surge of brilliance but sadly, the machines required to perform such a function were taken offline. In order to simply turn them on would take up more power than they could actually afford. Zenith explained that the only option available was to simply sit back and wait for Amanda. Once Amanda was at the door, her fingerprints would unlock the sealed hatch long enough for them to get in. This was easier said than done however as precious minutes passed without any sign of her, Zack waited anxiously for two hours before his patience died out. He had to do something, waiting patiently wasn't going to solve anything.

"Captain where are you going?"

"Take off the barrier." Zack spoke with a tone of utter determination, in fact there wasn't a shroud of doubt in his voice. "Zenith, this is a direct order." Almost instantly the barrier was taken down. Zenith advised him continually to turn away and simply wait for Amanda's return but his mind was already made.

Zack stormed into the hangar and made his way to his previous counterpart, he stared at the plasma like stain for minutes on end attempting to settle the debate in his mind. His fingerprint alone was able to override whatever command Zenith put on the cells and after the overstretched staring contest had ceased, his mind was made.

"Take it out of stasis Zenith but keep it in the cell."

"Captain, I-"

"It's an order." Zack knew altering the settings on the specimen's cell would cause extra strain on the power cells but he couldn't think of any other alternatives. From his view, this was the only way. Zenith followed the orders of her captain and the plasma was released from stasis, while still locked in glass column it flowed throughout the liquid prison. As soon as the creature was freed, Zack felt a link established almost instantly.

"Betrayal." Zack heard it echo throughout his brain, it was the same voice as before. There was no denying it, the creature was speaking to him directly.

"You used me!"

"I brought you to this ship. I saved your life. You put me in prison."

"You were going to control me! You were going to take over my mind, my body, everything! You saved my body not me!"

The back and forth went on for what seemed like ages before the creature proved its superiority once again. It stated that all the knowledge Zack was acquiring from past Captains was made possible solely because of their bond. Without the bond, he would be as clueless as ever. In fact the only reason Zack was able to enhance himself to such lengths without dying was because of the genetic modification that came from their bond.

"I was going to die, Zenith saved me."

"Which Zenith?" The question alone was enough to shake the very ground he was standing upon. "The ship's AI or the one that's making your clone as we speak."

"What?" The entire idea seemed preposterous, there was no way Zenith would harm him. She was the one that fixed him after all, it was under her guidance that he and Amanda achieved the anatomy and physiology they only dreamed of. "Yea, I'm definitely going to believe that."

"There are over a thousand creatures from all over the universe in this hangar. If I was able to escape, what makes you think something else couldn't." Once again Zack tried to maintain his composure although the goosebumps tried to prove otherwise. "Let me in and everything will be revealed."

"Zenith, I want a video overview on everything happening on the ship. I want direct access to the security feed!" His orders were met with deaf ears however, not only did Zenith not respond there was an eerie silence in the air. "Zenith!" Once again, all his shouts were met with dead silence.

"Sit back or take action, choose your fate my humble friend."

Every second increased his fear tenfold, even the empty hallway looked suspicious. Zack screamed over and over again but attained no results. It was truly like the creature said, his fate was in his own hands. Zack had to choose who to believe, the ship who just happened to stop responding in a time of crisis or the alien prisoner that wanted to get back inside his head. As the seconds grew longer the decision became clearer, he accepted the creature's proposition. Without wasting any time he released the being held out his hand, already knowing what was about to happen.

Once again the being burrowed into his finger and made it's way throughout his body. This time however the fusion process was complete, every single muscle fiber turned black just briefly before returning to normal. Even his teeth were coated by the creature's semi-solid form before adopting their original color. The entirety of the process was done before he could blink his eyes, after which the ship displayed a strikingly different scene. No longer was the ship the futuristic tech giant it was claiming to be. The plating on the walls was ancient and rusted in at least a dozen places. The paint had long since rotted off and parts of the ship just littered the floor.

"What the shit..."

"Take a look around, let your amazement begin." Amazement wasn't exactly the word Zack would've used when he analyzed all the visual stimuli, shitting bricks would've been the more appropriate expression. "Everyone is gone, whatever shall you do?"

"Where? What? How the fuck?" Trying to piece together a massive clusterfuck of a mystery was out of his league, especially when he saw Amanda seemingly frozen in time inside one of the containment cells. "No, I just checked. She did tests and, and I was good."

"One of them broke out, took you over and released them all."

"But the tests, the scans and the tests."

"All used to make that perfect clone."

"What about Zenith? What will happen to her?"

"Let the ship use the environment, extract as much energy as needed from the ground and launch it to space." The creature was essentially instructing him to enable the ship's parasitic side and destroy the entire city's electric grid. The ship's cover was blown and the government more than likely had an interest in such an area. Piecing together the mystery would have to wait, once everyone was safe the questions could be tackled one at a time.

He moved apprehensively towards the captain's chair and inserted his finger to override the autopilot, suddenly a holographic keypad appeared right before his eyes. His fingers moved automatically and punched in a code that Zack didn't even remember reading about or ever coming across, like his fingers were relying purely on muscle memory. After punching in a myriad of random codes, he was once again instructed to verify everything with his fingerprint. As soon as his index finger touched the scanner, he felt the ground shake.

Several minutes into the simulated earthquake, a graphical representation of of the ship's power levels popped up on screen. The ship managed to completely refuel itself within two hours and just like his best friend predicted, the ship launched itself into space. Where it launched itself to was unknown as Zack's astronomy was a bit on the weak side.

"Free." The was the only thing Zack heard before the creature fell silent.

Zack did have the option to turn the autopilot back on and in turn re-activate Zenith, but he decided to hold off for a bit. Everything was happening too fast for him to process, especially alone. It was then he remembered that Amanda was still stuck in one of the cells. He quickly rushed and freed her, the process of explaining however took a fair amount of time. Not having all the answers didn't really help much either. To make matters worse, Amanda had no recollection of anything after she exited the ship.

"Let's just say we put that aside for now, how is it that we couldn't do this before? The draining of the power grid?"

Zack was quick to answer this one however, "I don't know what to think about Zenith." He looked suspiciously at the command center before continuing, "Before I turn her back on I want to make sure what the fuck I'm dealing with."

"How are you feeling with that thing inside you?"

"It's the reason we're alive, so I guess I feel pretty okay with it. I know how to access the video logs of all the past captains so I'll get on that as soon as I can and piece together what the fuck went wrong." He saw the sad smile emerge from her face yet again as she caressed his hand caringly, "at least we got to see this view."

With newfound knowledge of the ship, he knew how to do the everything from the basics of navigation to opening the windows. The view indeed was a sight to see, they were smack in the middle of an asteroid belt. The ship had attached itself to one of the floating space rocks and the angle give birth to one of the most breathtaking views possible. Amanda was quick to lose her worries to the sight as intrigue took over almost instantly. Without thinking Zack embraced her from behind as they both basked in the view, whispering about how lucky they were to see such a phenomenon.

As the time passed on the embrace drifted far from platonic and entered the kingdom of desire. Zack leaned his face forward just slightly to rest his chin on her shoulder, a gesture she happily accepted. "Who else can see stuff like this?"

Amanda tilted her head to meet his before agreeing, "Nobody will believe us anyways."

With his eyes focused on the ground he softly whispered, "I would." Morality, society and rules in general were forgotten at that moment as their eyes met and formed a mutual attraction. For the first time in his life, Zack forgot about the consequences and gave into the id. Zack attempted to set the pace but it clear who was in control, she put her hand around his neck and claimed what was hers. Her tongue explored his as they both battled for control, Zack's inexperience proved to be his downfall as he was putty in her hands. She pushed him against the glass barrier standing between them and the ocean of stars before dominating his lips with her own.

She placed soft yet quick pecks all over his neck, marking him with her crimson lipstick before proceeding to assault his lips once again. Zack too succumbing to his desires, grabbed her ass and using all his strength propped her up on his hips while she locked her legs behind him. With her tits in clear view he couldn't contain himself as he dove right in explored every inch of her mammaries. Amanda retained control by taking one gigantic mounds and feeding it to the stimulus overloaded youth. She nearly screamed in pleasure as he lightly bit her nipple, the machine must've increased the sensitivity on her breasts in addition to the size. Zack couldn't believe how quickly he got her to climax, needless to say it gave a massive boost to his confidence.

Amanda, wanting to return the favor, whispered seductively in his ear to let her down before placing soft and gentle kisses on his forehead. He complied instantly. She got on her knees and with lightning speed rid Zack of his pants before sticking her tongue out. She let his rigid member plop down on her tongue before tracing it to the base. The feeling couldn't be described as heaven didn't do it justice, it was a whole new level of euphoria. He could feel the taste buds on her tongue rub his shaft while her mouth swallowed the head. If it weren't for his enhanced features, he would've came right then and there.

His hands, as if on autopilot, found their way to the back of her head and eased her down to the base. With her adjustments, Amanda was more than able to accommodate his wishes. Giving into the animalistic urge he attempted to speeded up the pace but was met with a stern look, as well as tight slap to the thigh. She locked eyes with him and took an eternity to reach back upto the crown, creating a whole new meaning of bliss.

Once she reached the crown she sucked on it gently before releasing it all together. Then with her mouth fully agape and eyes set on his, she used her mouth as a tunnel and took his cock back inside. She was extra careful not to let it touch her tongue or any part of her mouth for the matter until she got a quarter of the way down. While her hot breath caressed the shaft and teased the crown, she smiled and gently closed in on it. She made sure to reach the base before sticking her tongue out and lick the upper part of his sack. It was a sensation unlike anything he had experienced, nothing could've suppressed the moan.

She brought her hand to the base of the shaft and caressed the bottom with her thumb while she made her way to the bottom of the crown. With eyes still locked she used the tip of her tongue to trace the bottom of the crown while her other hand gently and carefully massaged his balls. Zack was truly in another world but before he could make an attempt at holding back the load, she pouted her lips and dragged the head of his cock between them before finally planting soft kisses on the urethra.

It was as if she knew he couldn't hold it much longer, she began to focus solely on the head while her right hand focused on the shaft. She didn't stroke it as much as use her thumb to trace circles on the bottom of it, all while rolling her tongue around the head. After a few moments of the highly practiced technique, Zack was at the edge. Amanda held her mouth open at an angle to catch all the fluid while maintaining a smile. Spurt after spurt landed directly in her mouth while a renegade strand connected his dick to the bottom of her upper lip like a bridge.

When the firing stopped she placed her pouty lips on the urethra and began to suck the remaining semen out before swallowing it all. She finished off her performance by placing a tender kiss on his balls and then on the crown before using it to trace around her lips. She soon began to place soft and gentle kisses along the shaft before she reached the base. Resting her cheek on his pelvis, she continued to place kisses on his dick and moaned quietly.