Mass Effect - A Hero Rises Ch. 68

"Lots of booze," Gianna giggled, "Before you worry, we're not drunk nor do we intend on it. We are all ensuring we don't get that way otherwise it stops being fun."

"Where have you been?" Tara asked.

"Councillor Tevos invited me to her place."

"Holy shit, you slept with the asari councillor?" Kasumi exclaimed.

"Only ever seen her on television. She's beautiful," Tara said, "What's she like?"

"Intelligent. Ambitious. Beautiful.... Lonely. And a wonderful companion for a few hours. Would have stayed all night but she's far too busy and I knew what was going on here."

"Going to join in downstairs?" Kasumi asked.

"A little later. What are you doing up here?"

"Well, I've had my pussy eaten by Kelly and Ashley," Gianna replied, "Tara was fucked by Liara for, like, two hours solid, changing to a bigger strap on every half an hour or so," I looked at Tara and she blushed, kissing her cheek as she giggled, "While Kasumi... I think enjoyed a couple of threesomes."

"Miranda, Kelly, Samantha and Emily," she said with a smile.

I looked at Tara again with interest. "Nothing like what Miranda seems to love doing," she said, "We started small, then I asked for something a little bigger each time. But what I really liked was when she melded with me. It's not something I do often at all."

"Why did she want to do that?"

"She wanted to know me better. When she broke the link, her face lit up in a smile. Called me a beautiful soul in return. Made me cry."

I wrapped an arm around her. "Well, that just proves I was right about you. Like to think I'm a good judge of character."

"I'd love to join your ship, but I'm not a fighter. Plus, I'm a good excuse for you to visit here as often as you can."

"You're right about that."

"Do you even have the space for more lovers?" Gianna joked.

"That's also a problem. Kasumi, you will take your lounge back." She nodded. "Ashley said she'll be happy bunking with the enlisted crew, but I'll offer her the other lounge. Not sure where Jacqueline will go. Doubt she'll want her old cubby hole beneath engineering, though she might drag me down there for some really dirty, sweaty anal sex. To be honest, Emily has a massive room to herself and I know she gets a little lonely down there, so I might offer to have her bunk with a couple of others to keep her company."

Tara eventually got up, stating she wanted to go have a little more fun, Kasumi giving me a knowing glance as she stood up and joined her. That left me with Gianna, who had seen the look given to me by Kasumi. We got out of the hot tub, dried off before I shut the door to the bedroom and spent the rest of the night focusing on Gianna.

She woke up the next morning, snuggling into my chest, looking up to see I'd been watching her sleep. "Holy shit, Shepard."

"What?"

"How long did we fuck last night?"

"Well, we did stop for a little food at dinner. Other than that... It was sometime this morning we finally gave in and slept."

"When we go down for breakfast, I'll take a cushion as a joke, let them think we'd been doing other things."

"You're a tease, Gianna. I love it."

We showered first before dressing and heading downstairs. Around half of the others were already up, Gianna placing her cushion down before sitting down, wincing and gasping as she sat down. Miranda stared at me wide-eyed. "What have you done to the poor woman, sir?"

"He annihilated my arsehole last night, Miranda," Gianna murmured, "My god, it was just hours of the most brutal anal sex you could imagine."

Miranda looked between Gianna and I. Then she sat back and laughed. "Bullshit. We all know you two don't do that together. I won't say it's always wholesome, but you're not me, Gianna. And I know for a fact Shepard wouldn't expect it from you."

I took Gianna by the hand. "You tried," I said with a chuckle.

"Guess it wasn't exactly believable," Gianna said with a laugh, leaning against me, "But we did make love for hours, Miri. I'm not sore but you know how it is, after making love for that long."

"Oh, well that I can believe. His stamina is unreal."

The table eventually filled with all my lovers, the girls laughing and giggling away about what they might have been up to yesterday, during previous visits to the Citadel, or simply swapping stories of life in general. I must have been just sitting here in silence for a while, one hand caressing the back of Gianna's neck, when they fell silent and looked at me in unison.

"This shouldn't be working," I admitted, "I know we've all talked. Somehow, we're all making this work. No more doubts in my mind about this. I know what I want, and what I want is each one of you in my life in an intimate way, today, tomorrow and into the future. I know you're all happy with this. I've always felt that way too. I can only hope you all continue to feel the same way. But it also feels complete with Ashley returning to the ship. And I love the fact you've all made her feel so welcome, so quickly. Thank you for that."

"Helps that quite a few got a taste of this pussy yesterday, skipper," Ashley said, and I smiled at the use of her old name for me, "And I may have got a taste of theirs in return. Now all I need is your dick in a setting that isn't a hospital room."

"How much longer do we have here?" Kelly wondered.

"Hackett said seventy-two hours, but... I want to go to Feros. As soon as we can."

"Today?" she asked. I nodded. "Then we'll come back here?"

I nodded again. "I'll tell Hackett it's a rescue mission and state we're delaying R&R. I'm not sure what to do next and I haven't heard about an assignment. I can think of ideas. The turian / krogan situation is secure. So who else is out there? Salarians are, officially, not going to cooperate. The asari? Tevos told me she's doing all she can to get the assistance we need. Who else does that leave?"

I looked at Ashley. She thought for a few seconds, then smiled. "The quarians."

"Bingo. Think of the that fleet they have. All those ships against the Reapers... But then there is Cerberus, and I remember the situation Aria is in. Taking Omega back from Cerberus would be one hell of a victory for us, and it will open up the Terminus System as a front."

"Might be what Hackett suggests next," Ashley said.

"Possibly. So, I'm thinking that we put the fun we were going to have on hiatus. The last message I received from Shiala said they were holding them off but things were getting difficult. I'd rather be proactive rather than reactive."

"Particularly when it comes to her," Liara said with a sweet smile.

"Exactly."

Miranda stood up, clapped her hands. "Okay, girls. That means we pack our things and be ready to go within a couple of hours." I looked at her with a grin. "Well, I am your 2IC, sir. Got to get your girls organised."

"She just wants her arse fucked on the way to Feros," Kelly said with a giggle, "Quicker we leave, quicker it'll probably happen."

"Well, I haven't given him a morning blowjob the last few days. Hoping that will resume soon."

I shuffled my seat back and simply gave her a look. She dropped down so fast, hearing her crawl under the table. She had my cock out and in her mouth within a couple of minutes. Most of my girls started to chuckle. "Well, Miri is going to be a few minutes, but no reason why we can't get started," Kelly said.

As they stood up to head elsewhere, I offered my hand to Miranda, leading her across to the living area, taking a seat on the couch as she sat sideways next to me, happily swallowing my cock once again. She took her time bringing me off, as she happily admitted to just loving having my cock in her mouth. She loved to make me happy, and if she loved doing it, I wasn't going to complain.

She never wanted to know when I was ready to cum, loving the surprise of that first spurt hitting her mouth, and I did the same as usual, hearing her moan as I groaned. Miranda had always been good, but she was now an expert, not spilling a drop of cum as usual, hearing her gulp occasionally until I was empty, and she kept sucking me as I remained quite hard. She was still going when Kelly wandered in, immediately laughing.

"You cum already?"

"Of course."

"Miri, didn't you say we need to get ready?"

"I haven't sucked his cock in days, Kelly," she retorted, "Don't even get me started on the lack of anal sex we've had recently. I mean with him, not in general."

Miranda eventually relented, though only so far as she stopped sucking my cock, but still rested her head on my thigh, looking up at me with a smile. I was happy to just caress her cheek, returning her smile. "Happy?" I asked softly.

"And in love," she replied.

"Ashley?" I wondered. That was the one relationship I worried about amongst all my girls.

"Gorgeous. Funny. And a pussy to die for. We had a lot of fun together."

"Good. I'll admit, I was a little worried."

"She assured me, I'm here with you now, clean slate as far as she's concerned. Plus, I did help bring you back. That earned bonus points. Further points were earned by eating her pussy and enjoying it a lot. Then she returned the favour and I think we'll be okay going forward."

I sighed with relief. I knew, at heart, Ashely wouldn't have had a problem with anyone, and the girls would have grown to adore her very quickly. But although Horizon was now in the distant past, I still remembered the reaction. Hearing that she'd already bonded with nearly all the girls intimately calmed any doubts I had about taking her back to the ship. Professionally, it would never have been a problem. It was the personal relationships that needed building.

No point worrying about that now. I think my girls were going to have a hell of a lot of fun together.

Garrus and the others were already on the ship when we approached the docks. Tara came with us to stay goodbye, and she had already proven popular with my girls, noticing many steamy embraces shared, and promises to catch up as soon as we returned. The girls then left me alone with her to say goodbye. She hugged me tightly, feeling her fingers grip the back of my jacket.

"Gets harder every time," she murmured.

"I'd love you to join me but even Kelly admits she feels slightly out of place at times, being on a fully functioning war vessel."

"I'll stay here, Shepard. I would like to say I'm safer, but after Cerberus..."

I lifted her chin. "The day I know shit is going to hit the fan, you're coming regardless."

She smiled before I kissed her. "I love you," she whispered upon leaning back. Then she smiled broadly. "I love you, Shepard."

"I love you too, Tara. My tiny dancer." I kissed her again before hugging her tightly towards me. "I'll see you soon."

"Stay safe, or as safe as you can."

"I'll try."

I turned to wave a final time before walking down the docking arm and onto the ship. Joker and EDI were in position. No point using the galaxy map, I simply told him that we were heading to Feros. Heading through the CIC, my first matter to deal with was finding sleeping quarters for the new members of the crew. Kasumi was happy to be back in her lounge, assuring her that we'd get her set up properly after our next visit to the Citadel. Once Ashley saw the other lounge, she plonked down on the couch and announced it would be perfect once she had her own bed.

Jack... was as I'd suggested, taking me by the hand and leading me down to her old cubby hole. "Remember when you used to come down here and fuck my arse?"

"Not sure if I should remember that fondly or not."

"Oh, I was fucked up, Shepard, but I still wanted it. Always loved feeling your big cock in me. When you were angry, and you'd just fucking dominate me..."

"You could bunk with Emily. She gets a little lonely in there."

The suggestion made her laugh. "Look, I'm a lot more sociable than I used to be, but I would still rather my own space. And from what I can see, you're running low on places I can crash. Look, get me a better bed than last time and it'll be fine. Come down here and spread my arse with that cock of yours, and it'll be even better."

"Jesus, you're reminding me of Miranda."

She smirked and shrugged. "Well, guess we share something in common, then." She kissed my cheek. "Until I can at least be moderately comfortable, I'll see if Kasumi can tolerate me."

"I think she'll be just fine, Jacqueline." Her face lit up at the use of that name again. Kissing my other cheek, she skipped away. I didn't really want her as isolated as she was before, but if she was happy to stay down there, fair enough. But I think a couple of nights bunking with Kasumi would probably change her mind and she'd soon forget about her little cubby hole... except when she wanted some anal, though she would probably be happy for that in the middle of the CIC with everyone watching.

I reported into Hackett about the slight change of plan, that we would be heading to Feros before moving on to other tasks. That's when he gave me a piece of good news, asking me to return to the Citadel once my mission to Feros was complete as he had a new investigation for me to assist, into the actual Reapers themselves.

"Um, what for? We know they exist now, and they're attacking."

"Trust me, you will want to speak to him, Shepard. I think he might up helping you discover what we will need to defeat them."

"Okay, sir. As soon as I return to the Citadel, I'll visit him."

"Get in touch again before you meet him and I'll provide more information."

Stepping into the war room, Miranda was the only one waiting for me with a cheeky grin. "We're only going to Feros for Shiala, aren't we?"

"I think everyone knows that, Miri."

"Do you think Hackett knows?"

"I don't think he knows of our relationship, but I'm sure he can figure out there is a personal element to it. He knows what happened on Feros three years ago."

"Shame we had to leave the Citadel so early. I was looking forward to another two days of non-stop sex."

"You're insatiable at times. I love it."

"I think it's obvious that we're all very happy and definitely love being in that apartment. We can forget about all of this for a few days."

"We'll take it easy the next couple of days until we get to Feros, then once back on the Citadel, we'll pick up where we left off until the next assignment."

"And you'll be involved more this time, sir?" she asked softly.

"The entire time unless I simply can't keep going."

"Good." She rounded the centre console and kissed me cheek, wrapping her in my arms as she rested her head against my chest, stroking her hair. "Love these little moments too though. Still have to pinch myself sometimes."

"I'm glad we're like this too."

We stayed like that until she let me go. "Well, guess we should get to work. Sooner we're on Feros, sooner we can get Shiala on board, sooner we can have more fun."

I hoped she wasn't wrong about that.