Three Square Meals Ch. 076

More fists came raining in, striking him from left and right, shoving and pushing him from all directions. John did his best to ward them away, but he was left stumbling around, trying to keep his balance while the fists rained down punches on his body. Eventually, Alyssa couldn't watch any more and she withdrew the ghostly hands with a troubled sigh.

"See! I told you it wouldn't work!" John protested, frowning at Alyssa.

Sakura sprang to her feet with the agility of a cat, then prowled across the mat, as she said, "I agree with John."

He turned and gave her a grateful smile, then said to Alyssa, "If you'd listened to me from the start, I could have saved myself a beating!" He shrugged and added, "Athena said it herself, people's minds work differently."

Standing beside John, Sakura shook her head. "No, that's not what I mean. I'm sure Alyssa's right, but beating you up like that won't do the trick. You need the right motivation." Turning to look at Alyssa, she continued, "Okay, do it."

Alyssa watched Sakura for a moment before slowly nodding and withdrawing the fists. She looked intently at John and said in a quiet voice, "I'm going to attack Sakura now, and I'm not going to pull my punches."

"Don't be ridiculous," John scoffed, meeting her piercing gaze. "You aren't going to hurt her."

Sakura glanced at him and her eyes narrowed with determination as she replied, "As long as she doesn't kill me, you'll be able to heal my wounds."

Realising how deadly serious the two girls were, he protested, "Have you two lost your minds?!"

"We can't risk you being incapacitated, not if we can prevent it," Sakura replied firmly. "If we face this Progenitor and he takes you out, what do you think he's going to do to the rest of us?"

"Ready?" Alyssa asked, the fists growing in size and looking considerably more brutal.

"Wait!" John snapped angrily.

Sakura ignored him. "Don't stop until I'm unconscious."

Tashana violet eyes were wide with fright as she watched the tense scene unfolding before her. She could clearly see the look of horror on John's face as Alyssa's telekinetic fists moved on the offensive. Sakura stood firm, straight-backed and resolute as the limbs approached her. She didn't even flinch as the first one swept in and punched her in the gut, doubling her over with the blow.

"Alyssa!" John yelled, furious now. "I'm ordering you to stop!"

She glanced at him and replied firmly, "Protect Sakura. You're her only chance."

As the first fist pulled back, a second came in for a whistling slap that knocked Sakura to the side, the stinging impact echoing around the dojo. After spitting some blood on the floor, she straightened afterwards then stood impassively as she awaited the next attack, a scarlet handprint on her face. Two more fists approached, one readying itself to deliver an uppercut, while the other moved in for a kidney punch.

"This is fucking bullshit!" John snarled, leaping forward to protect the dazed girl.

The ghostly fists attacked, and with a roar of anger, John moved to block the uppercut with his forearm. At the last second, a tight formation of a dozen blue hexagons snapped into being, forming a small eldritch buckler over his forearm. The uppercut rebounded, harmlessly deflected away, and he spun to block the attack from the kidney punch, a similar shield forming on his left forearm. Alyssa sent more of her fists in now, attacking from a multitude of different angles and John moved through his defensive kata, blocking and deflecting each of the psychic attacks.

Tashana gaped at the astonishing display of psychic power and with a start, she realised that Alyssa had only been toying with him up until then. The fists began to move faster, punches raining down in a relentless hail and John could only respond by speeding up himself. The Maliri girl watched mouth agape as he spun and darted around Sakura, arms moving in a blur to counter all the blows, desperate to protect the vulnerable young woman. Eventually, he was forced to form similar shields on his legs, so that he could more easily block the low blows from her psychic fists.

Sakura shared a smile of satisfaction with Alyssa and after a quick nod between them, the fists faded away harmlessly. John whirled about, eyes narrowing in anger as he stared at Alyssa. He marched over and made a gesture towards the matting, summoning up a glowing blue chair on the floor, then grabbed her by the arm as he sat down. Her blue eyes flared as she realised what he was about to do, but she didn't resist as he bent her over his knee, pulled her skirt over her bottom, then proceeded to give her a sound spanking.

Tashana stared at them mouth agape, as Sakura walked over to her and offered her a hand. The Maliri girl stood up on shaky legs, her look of shock speaking volumes.

Leaning close, Sakura whispered, "Don't be scared, everything's alright." She glanced at Alyssa, who squealed with each stinging slap. "We've never disobeyed him like that before, but he needed to believe the danger was real. Do you understand why we did it?"

"Like you said, he needs to be ready to fight the other Progenitor," Tashana murmured, watching John as he spanked Alyssa.

His anger seemed to have dissipated now and the gentler smacks to Alyssa's glowing rump were drawing lusty cries from the beautiful blonde. Sakura held Tashana's hand and they walked over to join the couple, as John released Alyssa, helping her stand upright and smooth down her skirt.

"Don't ever pull anything like that again," John said sternly to Alyssa, before turning to glare at Sakura, and giving her a matching frown of disapproval. He was quiet for a moment, before continuing, "Yes, your plan worked, but I strongly disagree with your training methods. I won't have you putting yourselves in danger to try and provoke a reaction from me. There's bound to be some other, safer way to achieve the same thing."

"I'm sorry, John," Alyssa said, her expression contrite.

Sakura nodded and replied, "I'm very sorry too. It was actually my idea, so please blame me, not Alyssa." She bowed her head. "I should have been the one to receive the spanking."

Alyssa's remorseful expression twitched into a mischievous smile and she said to John, "She's right. It's not fair that I'm the only one who got to have some fun." Her cheeks were flushed as she added, "It's a shame you stopped though, you were so close to getting me off!"

John rolled his eyes and said, "You're incorrigible, you little strumpet."

Tashana looked greatly relieved as the tension eased from the room and she asked him tentatively, "Did their plan work? Can you create shields at will now?"

He raised his forearm and with a brief glance at the girls, a compact oval of hexagons sprang into place. Nodding, he replied, "Yeah, I've got it. It felt like something in my mind was shoved aside and I suddenly just knew how to create a Telekinetic Barrier."

John closed his eyes and looked at the mental compartments in his mind, curious to see how many the hexagonal buckler would take up while it was activated. He was surprised to see a new and different metaphysical section had opened up, one he instinctively knew was dedicated to protective abilities.

Alyssa looked at him quizzically as she asked, "Why not just make a nice big shield instead? Then you could have saved yourself all that leaping about."

"I guess that's something I'll have to work on," John replied, turning to study the handprint on Sakura's face. He sounded irritated as he added, "Come on, let's get you healed up."

The Asian girl nodded obediently and the three young women followed him out of the dojo.

*That worked perfectly!* Sakura thought to Alyssa, sneaking a furtive glance at the blonde.

*I know, you were amazing!* Alyssa exclaimed. Her voice throbbed with gratitude as she added, *Thank you for helping him, you brave, clever, gorgeous girl!*

They shared a discreet smile as they walked into the adjacent bedroom, before managing to look vaguely repentant when John sat down in the chair and studied them. His stern expression of righteous indignation crumbled and he couldn't help chuckling at their barely contained glee. He watched as the trio of luscious beauties quickly stripped off, then knelt before him with eager grins on their faces. Sakura and Tashana paused for a moment to kiss each other for the first time, urged on by Alyssa, who stroked their hair as the two girls brushed their lips together. Tashana seemed fascinated by the Asian girl's golden brown skin and John watched her blue fingers caressing Sakura as they kissed.

The three girls finally turned their attention to him and Sakura unbuckled his belt with her deft fingers. He smiled at Tashana as she licked her lips, that hungry gleam in her eyes once again, anticipation building within her at the prospect of a rich nutritious breakfast.

***

"There's more video archives here," Irillith noted as she scrolled through long lists of files, which were displayed on several holographic panels arrayed before her. She stood next to the hexagonal Gateway server, a panel flipped open in the casing where Dana had connected Tashana's collection of data crystals.

"I'll start spooling through!" Faye immediately volunteered, her wings vibrating with excitement. She cocked her head to one side as she considered how many avatars she could spare to review the data. Finally deciding on dedicating nine to the task, she immediately put them to work. "Shall I just search for footage that contains Mael'nerak and Valada?"

Irillith nodded, her violet eyes flashing through the long list of data archives. "It looks like there's thousands of hours of footage here so that's probably a good place to-" She faltered then, as she felt that strange tingle in the back of her mind once more, then gasped as she experienced a sudden onrush of pleasure.

"Are you alright?" Faye asked, peering closer at the Maliri girl.

With her cheeks flushing a dark blue, Irillith turned to glance at Faye and mumbled in embarrassment, "Yes, I'm fine, it was nothing."

Rachel stopped her delicate engraving on the intricate electronic panel, lifting the etching tool from the crystalline circuit she was working on. She popped her head over the unusually-shaped, half-built cockpit in the middle of the workshop and studied Irillith with concern. Dilated pupils, slight quickening of the breath, a dark-blue flush on her ample chest... Rachel made her diagnosis in a couple of seconds then relaxed as she said wryly, "I never realised that looking at old data archives could be that arousing."

Dana slid out on a hover platform from under an elaborate, slowly-rotating gyroscope and grinned as she said, "Maybe Tashana found Mael'nerak's secret stash of porn?" Sitting up and taking in Irillith's flustered state, she added eagerly, "It must be some hot action to get you that excited! Let me see!"

Irillith waved her away. "We haven't looked at any of the video yet. I felt a sudden rush of stimulation but it was probably just Alyssa being affectionate."

The girls all laughed at that, knowing from experience how their blonde Matriarch liked to surprise them with loving bursts of emotion over their empathic bonds.

"Did I miss a good joke?" Jade asked as she rose up on the lift from the Cargo Bay, before hopping off and strolling over to Dana.

The redhead shook her head and grinned. "Just Alyssa fucking with Irillith."

"Ah, I see," the nymph replied glancing towards the flushed Maliri girl. She quirked an eyebrow at her and smiled flirtatiously as she inquired, "Would you like me to finish off what she started?"

Irillith appeared half-tempted for a moment then reluctantly declined, saying, "Maybe later. I want to get this data ready for Tashana."

Jade blew her a kiss then turned to look at Dana. "I've taken down the last of the Power Core housing and a Faye is with the maintenance bots, beginning assembly in the Launching Bay. What would you like me to work on next?"

Dana pointed her multi-tool at a long white weapon barrel that sparkled as it caught the light. "I've fabricated all the parts for the focusing chamber and Alyssa's hex-shaped the barrels. If you can start putting the primary weapons together, that would be awesome!"

"Your wish is my command, Grand Engineering Overlord!" Jade replied with a happy smile, playfully saluting the redhead.

Dana gave her a grateful grin then ducked under the gyroscope to check her final calibrations. They settled down to their tasks again but had only been working for a few more minutes when the door to the Engineering Bay swished open.

"I brought brunch!" Calara announced cheerfully as she strolled into the workshop. She was carrying a heated tray stacked high with bacon baps and the girls quickly gathered around, enticed by the delicious aroma.

Rachel finished her first mouthful and said, "These are amazing but you've brought way too many! I don't think I could manage more than two."

The Latina glanced at the tray then smiled at the brunette as she replied, "I went to the Training Dojo first, but John had already served breakfast. Alyssa, Sakura, and Tashana were full." The girls laughed at that and Calara took a bap for herself before putting the tray on a nearby workbench. She was about to take a bite but she turned to Dana and added, "I don't really feel like reviewing more battles between the Drakkar and the Ashanath at the moment - it's too depressing. Is there anything I can help you with?"

The Chief Engineer nodded eagerly. "Yeah, I've got something perfect for you!" Jerking a thumb at an elaborate piloting chair, she continued, "Can you check that over, and make sure the weapon controls are correctly aligned with the fire control systems? If you can allocate the loadout into a sensible configuration, that would be super helpful."

Calara smiled at her and replied, "Of course, I'll take a look." She glanced over at the partially-constructed cockpit. "This thing is going to be enormous when you've finished it."

"Yeah, I know!" Dana said, her sky-blue eyes gleaming with excitement.

***

The rest of the day passed uneventfully, with John continuing to practice his psychic shielding with Alyssa while Sakura patiently observed them both. Tashana joined Irillith in the Officers' Lounge to review the footage from the data crystal, the two of them watching the ancient footage in absolute fascination. They only paused several hours later so that John could top Tashana up again. Irillith was unable to take her eyes off her sister as she eagerly gulped down his load and when Tashana's eyes rolled back in ecstasy, Irillith felt that strange tingle in the back of her mind again. Her violet eyes widened as she felt herself being swept along in the ensuing surge of pleasure.

When Tashana had emptied his quad John kissed both girls goodbye, before leaving the twins sitting together on the sofa to continue reviewing the video. Tashana sighed happily and cuddled up with her sister with Irillith gently stroking her rounded belly, swollen as it was with John's cum. Edraele could feel how happy they were and she reached out to her daughters to tell them just how much she loved them both.

Dana's secret project continued to take shape, with most of the crew and Faye's maintenance bots all working industriously to get it completed. They made excellent progress and that night before bedtime, Dana announced that at their current rate of progress, her new toy would be finished in approximately three days.

"You've made amazing progress," John said to her, while holding Tashana's head in his hands, his cock massaged by her vibrating throat. He forced himself to turn away from the sucking Maliri girl, then looked at Dana as he added, "But it's an awful lot of effort to put into something we're never going to use."

Dana gave him an optimistic grin. "You never know!" She glanced from him to Alyssa and added hopefully, "When we're done, I'll just need someone to armour plate it and it'll be combat-ready!"

Alyssa laughed as she rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, we'll help out." She leaned forward and stroking the prostrate Maliri girl's back, she added, "He's getting close, Tashana. Get ready!"

Tashana pulled back so she could taste him and when John began to cum, she moaned in bliss as he rapidly filled her mouth. Her orgasmic groan was echoed by a low cry from Irillith, who visibly trembled as she sagged against Jade, the Nymph easily supporting her as she quivered with pleasure. John was oblivious as he was in the middle of his own climax, but the rest of the group looked at Irillith in surprise as she obviously came at the same time as her sister.

Dana giggled and said, "I had no idea Irillith was so kinky! She must really get off on seeing her twin in action!"

Shaking her head, Rachel speculated, "No, I don't think that's it. She reacted a bit like that in the workshop." Glancing at Alyssa, she continued, "What do you think? Some kind of latent psychic link between them?"

Alyssa nodded thoughtfully. "I can feel the same emotions from both of them - and I mean exactly the same, not just similar. It's like Irillith's experiencing an echo of Tashana's climax."

"It's an interesting way of giving them 'multiple orgasms'," Sakura said with a smile.

The girls all laughed at her joke and they waited patiently for John to finish filling up Tashana's stomach. When she was done, she sat back with a languid look in her heavy-lidded eyes, her delicate blue hands automatically moving to cradle her huge tummy.

Irillith stared at her twin in shock and blurted out, "I felt it all! Everything Tashana was feeling!"

Giving her a sympathetic smile, Alyssa said, "Unfortunately, it looks like you've got nearly two more weeks of daily orgasms ahead of you."

"I think I'll learn to cope," Irillith replied, giving her a shamelessly enthusiastic grin. She hugged her startled sister and added, "Thank you for sharing that with me, that felt incredible!"

Tashana blinked at her in surprise, unsure what Irillith was referring to, but delighted by her twin's affectionate embrace nonetheless. When they all settled down in bed for the night, she looked up at John from where she was nestled against him, and said, "We've reviewed the most useful video archives with Faye's help." She looked troubled for a moment. "Some of it wasn't what I was expecting."

"What do you mean?" he asked, looking at her curiously.

Irillith smiled at him over Tashana's shoulder then replied, "Wait until tomorrow morning. We'll finish off the presentation we're putting together and you'll be able to see for yourself. The data my lovely sister found was... surprising."

He smiled at them both. "Okay, leave me in suspense then. I hope it'll be worth it!"

"It should answer a few important questions," Irillith replied, a strangely ambivalent expression on her beautiful blue face.

John didn't press her for more answers but he fell asleep wondering what she might be referring to.

***

Edraele scrolled through her list of recent executive orders, the muted light from the holographic interface casting an orange glow over her beautiful face. Highlighting her command to massively scale up the numbers of engineers at her disposal, she read through feedback reports from a score of planetary governors. They had responded well to her request, coming up with a number of creative solutions to meet the increased demand.

In all the engineering academies across Valaden territory, this year's graduating classes were being fast-tracked into apprenticeships at Genthalas, giving her another five hundred junior personnel in a little over a week. Engineers from related disciplines were being cross-trained into spacecraft maintenance and construction, which would swell the numbers of engineering staff for the refit program by another thousand in just over a month.