Three Square Meals Ch. 049

He smiled at her, and replied firmly, "No one talks to my girls like that."

They all looked at him appreciatively, and Alyssa said invitingly, "Come to bed. We'll help you unwind."

John laughed, and nodded as he said, "Sounds like a great idea to me!" which was met with amused giggles from the girls.

Dana walked over to stand beside Rachel and said tentatively, "We've both got research to show you. Why don't you let Calara and Alyssa look after you? While you're busy, we'll put together a presentation, and show you what we've been working on."

John grinned at her and said, "Alright, but on two conditions. One; I want a kiss before you go. Two; The three of us need to have a nice, intimate threesome sometime."

Rachel and Dana flashed smouldering glances at one another, then stepped close to him, pressing their firm breasts into his chest. They both kissed him on the cheek as they looked up at him, two sets of beautiful eyes promising him the time of his life.

"I can't think of anything I'd like more," Rachel told him breathily.

"We'll be very good girls for you," Dana agreed, staring up at him wide-eyed.

John reached up to gently hold the backs of each of their heads in his hands. He leaned down to kiss Rachel passionately, and when he left her breathless, he moved on to Dana who moaned with arousal. He finally released them, and he smiled when he saw how turned on they both were.

"We'll join you soon," he promised them, and they smiled at him happily, before leaving the room hand-in-hand.

Jade sauntered over to say goodbye too. "I'm still reeling from our earlier session, so it would be greedy to take more of your time," she said appreciatively. "Alyssa kept me updated on the deal with Meruan, and his men brought the cargo you purchased to the ship an hour ago. It's been safely secured in the cargo bay. If you're ready to leave Geniya Space Station, I'll take off with the Invictus and start us off on Alyssa's flightpath."

When he nodded, she kissed him reverently, then sashayed from the room, still wearing one of his shirts over her slender figure. He watched her leave, and smiled when he heard her humming contentedly to herself.

Alyssa's voice drifted over to him with a disapproving tone as she said, "I hope we won't be joining Dana and Rachel too soon..."

John laughed, and turned his attention back to the bed, where Calara and Alyssa were now nude, and looking up at him with coy smiles on their faces. "No, I think we can take our time," he said approvingly as he admired their stunning athletic figures.

He quickly removed his clothes, and climbed onto the bed as the blonde and brunette repositioned themselves, kneeling side by side as they looked up at him. "Who do you want first?" Calara asked him curiously, with an eager smile on her lips.

He smiled back at her, and the girls grinned at him enthusiastically. Alyssa moved one of the pillows from the top of the bed and lay back against it, spreading her bronzed legs for him. "Come and lie back against me," she told him alluringly.

John had an inquisitive look on his face as he moved to follow her request, and soon he was resting against her, with her large pert bust pressed into his back. She had brought her legs up to flank him, and wrapped her arms around his waist to grasp his big firm cock.

"Now, just let us take care of you," she crooned in his ear.

Calara crawled over to join them, moving lithely with her limber legs to straddle his thighs, positioning herself over his throbbing cock. She rested her hands on his chest and then slowly sank down on him, and he groaned with delight as he felt her tight young body gripping him snugly. Alyssa removed her hand so that her lover could take all of him inside her pussy, and Calara gently rotated her hips, taking his broad shaft up to the balls.

She leaned forward, and after pressing her taut breasts against his chest, she rested her slim tummy against his stomach. Completely surrounded by nubile female flesh, John could only grin with delight, and reached down to cup the Latina's pert little bottom cheeks in his hands.

"That feels so much better," he said appreciatively, revelling in the feeling of being buried so deeply in the gorgeous Latina.

Calara smiled at him happily, and gently brushed his lips with hers, whilst staring into his eyes. Alyssa kissed his neck and cheek, while she watched her lovers kissing passionately from inches away.

The blonde girl grinned and said, "We've got to raise our game if you're going to be having threesomes with Dana and Rachel now too."

The Latina nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, we'll make sure we keep it fun and varied for you."

Alyssa grinned and said, "That's right. We wouldn't want you to get bored of fucking two girls at the same time."

John laughed at their banter, and shook his head incredulously at his marvellous luck. He lay back against Alyssa who was busy massaging his shoulders and kissing his neck and cheek, while Calara began to gyrate sensually in his lap. The brunette leaned in to kiss him passionately, and she moaned into his mouth as they all moved together.

"She's so beautiful, isn't she?" Alyssa whispered in his ear as she watched them kissing. "You can see why I can't keep my hands off her."

Calara leaned back and smiled coyly at the blonde, then began to rock smoothly on top of John. She stroked his cock with the incredibly tight grip of her strong internal muscles, and he groaned with pleasure as he watched her ride him.

"Yes, she's gorgeous," he agreed wholeheartedly. "And such a lovely girl as well, I can see why you fell for her."

Calara's eyes softened and she gazed at them both with a look of adoration, as they watched her beautiful face. "I love you two so much," she said earnestly.

John pulled her down to rest against his chest, and the three of them shared a kiss. When Alyssa drew back from Calara's flushed lips she said to her gently, "Why don't you ride him to the finish? Then I'll make you cum as I eat you out."

Smiling at Calara, John asked her, "What do you think? Like that idea?"

The Latina grinned at him, nodding eagerly as she replied, "You just relax, and let me take care of you."

John sighed as the blonde and brunette kissed him lovingly, whispering adoring words as they focused on making him cum. Under their intense and focused attention, he wasn't able to hold out for long, and soon he came long and hard inside the brunette as she gasped with every powerful spurt. When he was done, they carefully uncoupled themselves and Calara lay by his side, smiling up at him contentedly as he tenderly stroked her tummy, her cum-inflated womb making an impressively large sphere. She cried out as she climaxed a few minutes later, Alyssa staring up at them as she went to work on her lover.

They cuddled together afterwards, and John encircled them both protectively in his arms as they rested against him. Alyssa and Calara were lying on their sides, their heads resting on his shoulders, and a lithe leg thrown over each of his possessively. He could feel the smooth skin of their rounded tummies as they pressed up against him, and he smiled down at them with a broad smile on his face as they returned his happy look.

"Feel better?" Alyssa asked him playfully.

John chuckled and said, "Mission accomplished. I feel amazing."

Calara smiled at him with satisfaction and said, "You and me both."

They rested together for a little while, and it reminded them of old times, when it was just the three of them. Alyssa gathered Calara's hand in her own, and placed it over his chest directly over his heart, in the gesture she had used long ago. They shared a loving look and enjoyed the simple intimacy of the moment.

***

Irillith had stripped out of her armour as soon as she had got in her room, and sat there brooding for a while. John was such an enigma, and he was driving her crazy. She had seen the darkness that lurked inside him, which was the most terrifying thing she had ever witnessed. Then he insisted on behaving like this whiter than white hero. While his act grated on her nerves, she had to admit that she liked his attention, and it was wonderfully refreshing to be around a man who wasn't afraid of her.

Finally there was the way he was around the other women on the ship. She found herself getting increasingly jealous of the girls, even though she loathed them and sneered at the way they doted on him. She had seen the way he dominated them in the bedroom, and although the idea of giving up control to a man made her skin crawl, she couldn't deny the joyful abandon with which they climaxed as he took them.

All in all, she had never felt so conflicted, and she collapsed on the bed, holding her head in her hands. Now, to top it all off, her mother was demanding that she infiltrate their technology repository. She had no idea where it was kept, but if she had to guess, that redhead probably kept it close to hand. That meant the Engineering Bay, as Dana practically lived in there, at least when she wasn't fornicating with John.

She sighed, resigning herself to her mission, and then sat up, reaching for the vambrace from her armour. If they did keep the secure server in there, then she needed to do some searching, and see if she could locate it.

As she was pressing the buttons to access the camera feed from the Engineering Bay, she suddenly remembered that she had intended to order Ceraden's assassination. With everything happening recently, and Edraele's surprising commands, Irillith had been so distracted she had completely forgotten. She cursed colourfully, and stabbed at the buttons on the vambrace with an angry finger, closing the camera feed. She lay back on her bed instead, and began to scheme, planning how she could eliminate the troublesome merchant.

***

John, Alyssa, and Calara joined the other girls who were gathered in the Engineering Bay. Rachel had already brought up a couple of triple-helix DNA strands in readiness for her presentation, and she waved at the three of them as they entered Dana's Workshop.

"Great timing!" she told them. "I'm just about done, and Dana is finishing setting up in the Firing Range. Have you got any preference on who you want to start with?"

John smiled at her, and said cheerfully, "Why don't you go first?"

Alyssa tilted her head, grinned, and said, "Dana will be here in a moment, so go ahead."

Rachel smiled at them, nodding agreeably, and glided down the illuminated steps of the Chief Engineer's podium. She walked over to stand before the DNA molecules that hung suspended in the air, arcing fifty feet across the Engineering Bay. Dana darted in through the door, and jogged over to join them with an enthusiastic grin on her face.

After smiling at the redhead affectionately, Rachel turned her attention back to the triple helix DNA structures, behind her. "I'm sure you remember my previous presentation on the Maliri after we studied Ceraden's DNA? He had lots of dormant genes on that third strand, and I suspected that things might be different for female Maliri."

Her audience nodded as they remembered her describing her theory, and John waved for her to continue.

"Well this second triple helix DNA is from Irillith, and you can see that there are subtle but significant changes there," she continued in her clear, well educated voice. With the two sets of DNA mapped against one another like this, they could see what looked like brighter colours in certain sections of the DNA strand.

"I compared her DNA with ours, and I believe I've identified the markers that indicate physical enhancements. Although modern day Maliri men and women are about the same physical builds and size, this is an artificial modification of their base DNA template, which is very similar to that found in Terrans. Do you remember I mentioned the Progenitors' standard DNA template for bipedal mammalian species? Maliri females were supposed to be physically smaller and weaker than their male counterparts, but they have been greatly and permanently enhanced by the Progenitor tampering," Rachel explained carefully.

Calara looked intrigued and asked, "Does that mean that Irillith is as strong and agile as us?"

Rachel shook her head and said, "No, definitely not. Maliri females are 'naturally' more physically capable than normal Terran women, but we certainly don't fit that description any more." She glanced over at John and gave him a grateful smile.

"How about her psychic abilities?" Alyssa asked curiously.

At this, Rachel nodded animatedly and replied, "Oh yes, Irillith is definitely psychic. I ran her DNA against yours, mine and Jade's in a comparison, and there are a number of genetic similarities between yours and Irillith's, which I'm certain are to do with psychic potential. There is one significant difference though. Your DNA has been very carefully and meticulously manipulated to enable this psychic potential. Irillith's is not like that, and looks to be more the case of a genetic anomaly or mutation than by deliberate design."

John looked thoughtful and said, "But what does that mean with regard to Edraele? We know she's psychic, and I just assumed that she developed a range of powers as she's a Matriarch, just as Alyssa seems to have done."

Rachel paused at his observation, and said tentatively, "I have a theory about this, but the only way to verify it is if you can bring me a sample of Edraele's DNA."

John grinned at her and said encouragingly, "Come on, let's hear it. Your working theories are so astute, I'm willing to take your guesses as gospel."

The tawny haired girl blushed at his praise, smiling at him proudly. She took a big breath, and began animatedly, "Alright, my theory is this: I believe that the Maliri weren't intended to have psychic powers. I think this 'Eldritch Bloodline' is probably some kind of unexpected genetic mutation from the original Maliri Matriarch, who served the Progenitor that enslaved them thousands of years ago.

All Maliri have triple helix DNA, but the third strand was set up to make the women physically more powerful, and breed large amounts of female soldiers for the Progenitor's armies, hence the dramatically skewed birth ratio. I've spent days studying Irillith's DNA, and comparing it to all of ours. I suspect that the changes the Progenitors made to the Maliri's third strand, was to make them more susceptible to psychic domination, not to empower them with psychic abilities.

Additionally, there are a number of behaviour modifications in their DNA, which are patterned in a similar fashion to those I found in Jade's genetic makeup. This is more wild speculation, but I suspect that they are predisposed to be drawn to Progenitors, finding them very attractive, and making them more obedient and compliant for domination."

There was a hushed silence as her audience absorbed this latest bit of news, until John said with a wry smile, "Irillith certainly doesn't strike me as obedient and compliant."

Rachel laughed and said with a shrug, "Well it's just a working theory. It's possible that by inheriting this 'Eldritch Bloodline', Irillith has been made immune to the standard behaviour modification. There's a number of variables which I can only verify with access to more DNA samples. If you can acquire a normal Maliri woman's DNA for me to test, from someone who isn't a relative of Edraele's, I'll be able to confirm the behaviour modification. If you can get me a sample from Edraele herself, I'll be able to verify that any psychic ability is from a genetic mutation."

John nodded and replied seriously, "I'll make sure I ask her nicely when we meet up again."

The girls giggled, and Rachel smiled at him cheekily as she said, "That would be lovely, thanks!"

She turned off the holo-projection of the DNA strands, letting them know that her presentation had finished. John opened his arms for her, and she strode over to him, eagerly accepting his embrace.

"That was fascinating," he said sincerely. "Thanks for all the time you put into that research. It told us a great deal."

Rachel grinned at him happily, delighted that he had enjoyed hearing about her work.

Dana walked over to join them and sounded impressed as she said, "I'm just amazed you managed to get through that presentation without making any mistakes. Some of those phrases are a real mouthful."

Rachel smirked and glanced at John as she said, "I've had a lot of practice with big things in my mouth recently."

They all laughed at that, with John's baritone chuckles echoing loudly around the room. When the laughter eventually died down, Dana looked up at him and said eagerly, "Do you want to see what I've been working on now?"

He nodded at her, and the redhead bounded over to the door, saying jubilantly, "Follow me! To the firing range!"

John and the girls followed after Dana as she skipped down the corridor, and led them into the Firing Range, which was also located on Deck Seven. They filed in after her, and she stood by the nearby table, eager anticipation written over her face. There were a number of objects on the table, but they were currently concealed by a black cloth of some kind, making curious long shapes in the fabric.

When she was satisfied that they were all in the room, she grinned at them eagerly, and said, "May I present the new and improved Punisher Railgun!" With a flourish, she pulled back the cloth and revealed the weapon concealed beneath.

There was a collective round of gasps, and John stared at the ferocious looking weapon in amazement. It was slightly longer than the old XR75 rifles, and was coloured white like their armour. The railgun was of a bullpup design like the old rifles as well, retaining the second magazine slot in front of the trigger guard. The scope had gone now, and the barrel was broader, with a gaping muzzle that looked to be twice the calibre of their old weapon. Underneath the main barrel was a second, even broader, muzzle.

The redhead smiled at John when she saw his eagerness and said indulgently, "Go ahead, get a feel for it."

He stepped forward and picked up the rifle, hefting it in his hands, and a small light on the grip flashed green. Although the weapon appeared bigger, blockier and far more menacing than the previous version, he was surprised that it actually seemed lighter than the old weapon.

"How did you reduce the weight so much?" he asked her in surprise.

Dana grinned at him excitedly and said, "By swapping materials. The old XR75 railguns were made of Titanium. The new ones are made from double-shaped, reinforced Maliri and Etherite Crystal, which is much lighter and hugely stronger. The fully loaded weight is about the same though, as the new ammo is heavier."

"New ammo?" John asked curiously. "I noticed the weapon calibre seems to have increased."

Dana scooped up a couple of magazines from the table and handed the first one to him. "20mm crystal-tipped rounds; double the calibre of the old railgun. The new barrels are so strong that they can cope with much heavier slugs being propelled at greater velocities. This mag has a fifty round capacity like the old ones."

John slotted the heavier magazine into place, and noted the extra weight, but still found it easily manageable. "What happened to the sabot clips?" he asked her curiously. "I see there's still the second magazine slot, but now there's a second underslung barrel."

With a shrug Dana replied, "I built the last railguns to be able to use standard Terran Federation 10mm caseless ammunition. We didn't really seem to need the ammo flexibility from the other railguns, so with Alyssa's help on the crystal-tips I churned out ten thousand custom rounds for the new guns. The sabot casings are built into the new slugs, so there was no need for a second ammo slot."