Keeping the Fires Burning
Please, be gentle with the grammar and the science, neither are good. If you have comments about those things feel free to tell me because I am always looking for more people to help edit these things. I mean its not like I can walk up to my theatre professors and hand this to them to edit. Anyways, this takes place in the future in a distant part of our galaxy, and to clear up and initial confusions, the main character also goes into cryogenic sleep when he is not needed to preform his duties. Now please read, enjoy and review!
Henry sighed as the doors of the lift opened on his desired floor. The six foot tall muscular but stocky grey furred puma yawned as he had quite literally just gotten out of bed. He stepped out of the lift and stretched his feline arms over his head with a sigh. His current assignment left him little to do other then sleep and work thus the travel time, how ever short, between the two was his only chance to stretch, and what he was doing would require limber muscles. Henry wasn't fairly remarkable in terms of looks but he had a long history of distinguished service, fighting in two conflicts and a war. In fact Henry was chosen for this assignment because of his long experience as a Marine Officer in the Space Corps. He knew how to treat normally uncomfortable and some times seemingly immoral situations with a calm and professional manor. The Exploration Ministry had developed a new way to save energy on deep space exploration and colonization missions, a propulsion drive that ran off of Hormones, specifically the hormone estrogen. A living body was like a little power plant and they figured as these missions usually involved most of the members of the crew and passengers to remain in cryogenic sleep, that harnessing their body's unused power could save on fuel costs. They quickly discovered, however, to truly harness enough power to power even the smallest engines they would need far too many bodies then there was space on the craft. So in the interest of economics some of the scientists came up with a way to pump out as much energy from these bodies as possible by stimulating the production of estrogen in females of prime age, a few years after puberty up to right before middle age when the sexual drives of most females began to diminish, with a new drug. The problem was that the initial studies found innumerable negative after effects of this increased production of estrogen. Many females were unable to have offspring, and others had complete loss of feeling in their breasts and labias. This was a problem for the researches until an unlikely tryst between a lab assistant and a test subject lead to an easy, cheep but some what unconventional solution. The test subject had been snuck out of her chamber half way through the test by her on again off again boyfriend who had gotten her into the test program. She then was snuck back in after their heated affair and when she emerged from the chamber she showed no signs of the typical after effects. The sexual release combined with the new type of drug they were using had cleaned her system of the high amounts of the hormone, but barely affected the overall power produced by her body. They tried to simulate the same results with self manipulation half way through but with no effect, something about the mating process, the pheromones released by both parties helped cleanse the body much safer then anything these scientists had tried before. And while other solutions were given to this issue with out resorting to hiring professional gigolos to service the females every flight the constant realization that having a private male prostitute would be much more cost effective. Since Prostitution was illegal on all the planets in League Space they decided not to legitimize the field by hiring male prostitutes for these expeditions. Instead they gave the job to the fittest, most deserving, and single male members of the military. All the females who fit into the required range and wished to participate as living batteries were given discounts on their travel expenses or raises in their salary depending on if they were a passenger or a crew member. Strangely enough this was greeted with quiet optimism by the public at large who saw it more as a clean, efficient and cheep method of travel rather then an immoral exercise as the scientists and politicians alike had feared. Captain Henry Dewgood was one of the lucky officers chosen for 'male duty' as it had become to be known as among the military ranks. This was his third and possibly final trip as a living detoxification device. It was a colonization trip to a distant planet three hundred light years from home and his standing orders was to take command of the Company of Marines on board until relieved. Frontier duty usually meant service till death as very few officers assigned to new colonies were ever called home. He smiled as he walked down the hallway to the room of the 'fem-volts' as they were nicknamed. Though his job did get a certain amount of glorification especially from the young, eager and dumb recruits of the military the reality was that constant meaningless sex becomes a drag on the senses and emotions of any male no matter how stoic they may seem from the outside about it. And on top of that most of the females are so strung out and pent up from the drugs they would rather just release their intentionally pent up sexual frustrations and go back to their chambers. But a few want to small talk and get to know Henry before and after the deed. Henry's smile just got larger as he entered the room, this morning was Veronica's turn, a lithe, very young but mature canine tasked as the colonies natural resource manager. You see a few of the fems wanted to small talk and get to know Henry before and after the deed. These were his favorite types of 'fem-volts' mostly because it didn't make him feel like a penis for them to grind on in order to release their manipulated and abnormally high frustrations out on. But some of those who choose to do the small talk thing were more interesting then others as they would illicit that spark of attraction beyond the sex. Veronica was one of those females, it seemed to him that things just got tighter between them each time they met, and that was usually before or after the deed. She was attractive to Henry beyond the physical realm and seeing as that this was probably the last trip he was looking for potential partners among the 'fem-volts' and thus far Veronica was the best choice. Henry calmly walked over to the four pods that held a third of the females helping to power the ship. It was a rather sterile room, white with no windows and the steel colored pods with their glass lids covered by a thin layer of ice so that the only the forms of the naked inhabitants were visible. He did add his own touch to each of these rooms, a queen sized bed with a feather comforter was installed by his request before the departure of the colonization ship, he had learned the hard way that sex on the ground is rough on the body when that's all you have to do it on. He got away with it by writing it off as a personal expense and even got some of the money back from them citing it as a necessity for the female's efficiency. He carefully avoided the large bed in the middle of the room and walked up to the right middle pod. He tapped a few buttons on the pod itself and watched it as it slowly lowered from a forty-five degree angle to a ninety degree one all the while cold air blowing out of the pod in the form of a light fog, chilling Henry's bare feet and paws. It was always a bit of a shock but a good wake up shock. Once the pod had settled into its ninety degree rest he hit one more button to start the thawing process. He had learned quickly to use the ten or so minutes of quick thaw to get some checks done on his own body. First to check to see if the erection stim tabs were working, it was a hard job pleasing three to six females almost every day for a month, some times he needed a little boost. Secondly he would check his temp sterilization patch, a male contraceptive patch that temporarily stopped the production of real sperm so he doesn't become the most prolific male in the galaxy, it was standard issue for 'male duty.' And finally to check the sheets, the last thing he would want was dried sex juices from a mating with a different female crusted on the same bed he's trying to sate a completely different female. The last time that had happened the fem went into an uncontrollable jealous rage and he ended up marking him by pissing on his face, not something he wanted to repeat, ever. After going through the check list and making sure that everything was ready he removed his simple brown coverall and waited by the pod. It wasn't long before a light beige colored lithe looking canine emerged from the pod. She was small but shapely, much less now since she hadn't eaten anything that wasn't pumped into her body through tubes for four years and was only allowed out for detoxification once every three months and would go right back into the pod afterward. Her tail was a bit ragged but showed signs that it had once been much fluffier before the trip. Her ears were large covering almost half of her small head but they were rigid and short so they remained upright sticking through her short red head fur. Everything seemed faded about her except for her eyes, her eyes seemed to glow green, brighter then anything else on her body. She carefully stepped out of the pod, completely naked and sleepily half smiled at Henry. "Good nap?" said Henry in his gravely voice "Oh you know, constant teasing dreams, at times desperately wanting to get out and find the nearest male so I can pounce on him. You know the normal stuff," she said, her tenor voice reverberating in Henry's ears. "You have a beautiful voice, I ever tell you that?" Henry said as approached her and ran his paw through her mandatory short head fur, much better now then last year when she was down to basic fur length. "You know its taking all my self discipline to not jump you right now, complimenting me, though sweet, isn't really necessary considering what you are about to get and it doesn't help my restraint," said Veronica through pursed lips and clenched teeth, her paws balled in impatient restraint. Henry smirked and gave a chuckle, seeing her impatience and desire to be rid of her pent up arousal. So he caught her by surprise bringing hi free paw under her legs while using the paw resting behind her head to cradle her neck as he dropped her onto the fresh sheets. She quickly responded to the sudden movement by basically pulling him on top of her with all her strength. Being caught by surprise himself the stocky feline struggled to not crush the lithe puppy by, at the last minute, sticking his arms out; his head landing millimeters away from her torso. "Easy there darling, I'm no good if damaged. And if you're hurt well then there's no point of me being here at all." Veronica seemed to not catch his joke as she quickly pushed his head south from her belly to her already moist nether regions. The drug did different things to different species, for most it caused a state of constant arousal but for canines in particular it caused a type of heat with out a menstrual cycle. In other words while other species would be aroused, canines would be craving release from their sexual frustration. Veronica was feeling those effects to the fullest as she jammed the felines head into her slick passage. Henry stowed his feelings for her at that moment, she wasn't in control of her faculties and he had a job to do. He just hoped she would be back to her usual self after he had helped her release the tension in her loins. He quickly went to work, slowly teasing her inflamed labia and eventually her slick clitoris in order to loosen her vice grip on his head. Once he could breath again he made a face effort of slipping his tongue into her passage, throwing a few of his digits in there to work her g-spot for good measure. This wasn't his first time with her and he had made it his duty to memorize the sensitive areas on each of the females kept in his charge, he figured he owed them that for basically letting him use their bodies as his own personal dumping ground. She arched back the slightest as he worked her over sensitive crotch for the briefest of moments. As she let her guard down to soak in the pleasure he acted quickly, pulling his firm member to the entrance of her sensitive gate. Before she could really react he was slipping in his male hood into the slick, but tight folds of her lower lips. She gritted her teeth as his spear parted a path into her body, every small move forward giving her blessed release from her heat crazed nightmares and over stimulated body. She was in bliss as every fiber in her being seemed to explode in sensation; even the touch of Henry's paws seemed to cause her to jolt in exultation. She wanted to scream but she could barely breathe as the feline hilted at her entrance. Veronica wrapped her legs around his, pushing him tight and secretly wishing he could go deeper but the truth was no matter how deep anyone could go it still wouldn't have been enough. She laid for a moment, soaking in the air the feel of his fur against her sensitive clit. His muzzle was now over her right ear panting ever so slightly. The feel of his hot breath against her ear, his fur against hers and his flesh enveloped in hers caused her to shiver in silent orgasm. He chuckled a bit as he felt her walls quake and clench around his member. The truth was even the poorest of lovers or the least endowed males could have caused her to blow that quickly. He knew the drug made these females vulnerable to even the slightest touch of intimacy, but he loved to feel like a god of sex even if it was just for a tiny moment. Veronica's eyes soon began to deglaze as her faculties began to, at least partially, return to her. "So dear, can I act like a living being or do I need to use my magic member once more?" "You aren't as funny as you think you are kitty, you know that?" "What? I'm just being realistic; when you get all lusty I'm more of a magic floating penis then a living breathing thing." She sighed and rolled her eyes as she rubbed his head with a paw, "Ok fluffy, you got me. I'm sorry; I shouldn't treat you like an object." "Eh its ok, you aren't really in control of yourself. So, are you in need of another round or do you want to rest a moment before going back into the sleeping beauty chamber?" Veronica sighed and shook her head in embarrassment, "You are something else you know that?" "You know you love it." Henry smiled as he cradled her cheek in his paw. "Well you're still in and I think I remember some where on the pamphlet it said you had to finish up." She said a slight smirk on her face as she gave him a quick wink. "Wait...are you...no...you can't be. We agreed on a professional relationship." He said with a playful voice. "We are being professional, this is our jobs. Can't we enjoy our jobs?" She said in a mock serious voice as she stared him down in a straight face. He returned her straight face, cleared his voice and in an overly serious voice said, "Of course, it's our civic duty to enjoy what we do." He then gave a quick thrust that caused Veronica to squeak in surprise. Her high pitched squeak caused him to laugh out loud as she looked at him with a shocked upset expression and slapped his chest weakly to indicate her displeasure with his unscrupulous action. "That was a low blow, even for you Henry Dewgood. I thought Officers were supposed to be refined," She said as he continued to laugh heartily. He stopped laughing as he looked down at the pale looking creature looking discontent below him. She was pouting with a glint of anger in her bright green eyes as she seemed to use them to burrow a hole into his soul. He gave an awkward smile before sighing and looking apologetic. He realized that she had offered to let him finish for his pleasure, not necessarily hers, and his little stunt wasn't appreciated. "I'm sorry, it was too easy. Here let me try again." With that he carefully placed a paw under her muzzle and looked deeply into her shimmering eyes. Ever so elegantly his head lowered to hers, and then muzzle to muzzle he placed a soft kiss on her lips. The kiss was gentle and loving but not sensual, a 'cute kiss' as some of Henry's previous flames called it. One shared between lovers rather then partners. While he was doing it for a real reason, he also wanted to show Veronica the side of him that she could snuggle up with on a cold night and fall asleep on the shoulder of. She reacted slowly her self, her expression changing from that of disappointment to that of mild confusion as his lips touched hers. She soon got into his gentle approach by responding to the kiss and gently caressing his sides as he took care to make her feel comfortable. She took his advance and current affection to mean that he was ready to continue and remain serious about it thus she pushed with her legs on his butt as a signal to continue. With that nudge from her he took right on to slowly but surely start the process again. He gradually picked up speed and as he went he intensified their kiss as well, from that of a cute kiss to that of a passionate kiss, both parties moaning and huffing. Veronica, being much louder then Henry in these matters, built up her emotions until she was yelling them through lip locks, her own passion burning bright as her feline companion lovingly milked her flower for everything it was worth. He could feel his own climax nearing as her folds rippled over his stern malehood, like waves of flesh over his invading ship, each movement of either caused both parties to quicken their determination for the inevitable resolution. Then all at once it happened, at first it was Henry, who stopped suddenly only to pull out and slam his member all the way home. As he hilted he let his seed flow, he let out a gasp and arched his back as he went. Then from Veronica, who released her own burning orgasm, mimicking Henry's as she arched her back. Yet unlike Henry she howled at the top of her little lungs as she felt relief from her burning pain, though not as driving as before the first time it had still burned in her loins before the second round. As he came down from the peak he collapsed over Veronica's lithe body panting. Veronica smiled as she rubbed his back in assurance of a job well done. For a few minutes they both lay there, smiles on their faces, in pools of each others making. But after a while the romantic idea of laying in the remnants of the combining of two passions gave way to the realization that they were laying in the remnants of the combining of two passions. They both arose from the bed after the few minutes and smiled at each other, Veronica taking the initiative this time and wrapped Henry up in a hug which He returned gladly. "You know I like you right?" Henry asked in his normal cavalier voice. "Yeah, it's really obvious. Even for some one as inexperienced as me," She replied in a similar tone punctuating the end with a giggle. Henry then unwrapped himself from her and reached down and held her paws, she was a good half a foot shorter then the rather tall feline so this was no easy task. He stared into her eyes and smiled as she returned the gaze, the cliche moment would have been tender if they weren't naked, matted in sweat, and both their genitalia looking like they had been dipped in pearl white paint. "So what now? I mean there aren't movie theaters and restaurants on a new colony world. And to be honest I've never really had a boyfriend before." Veronica was very young, right out of university and seemed like your average book worm. She probably hadn't even kissed a male let alone had any trysts with one. Henry knew he didn't take her virginity however, since it was customary in her culture for the Alpha of the neighborhood to mate with the females when they reached the proper age. A tradition from times long passed when the Alpha wanted to ensure his seed was passed in the clan. Now the elected leaders would have the honor of marking these fems as right holding adults with their seed, an incredibly ritualized process, but nothing like the passionate love making of their forebearers. "Well, we should at least try something. I mean there's a lot more to a relationship then me putting you through you're paces every time you get a burning in your loins," Henry chuckled. "I don't know, let's wait and see after landfall, I mean we have a lifetime to decide if we are right, and I would like to get to know you beyond post coitus chats." "Yeah, I'd like to see you not strung out and malnourished before I make any huge decisions. I just want you to think about it." Veronica looked down for a moment and then back up at him with a smile, "I'll think about it, but until then you still have that female sergeant you talk about." With the mention of Rachel, Henry's stomach churned. She was another of the 'fem-volts', the next one to be 'serviced' after Veronica actually. She was another Puma like him who was a Sergeant in the company he was to command upon arrival. She was a...flirtatious character and one of those 'fem-volts' he liked because she didn't treat him like a penis on hydraulics, but she was a bitch when she came out of that pod. He knew she had seen as much action as he had during her carrier and he could tell it hardened her like a rock. So when she got the chance to let her pent up hormones out she was straight to the point and more then once he had to bandage wounds afterward. "Sgt. Rachel...well she isn't like you. She's nice and all but to see her as anything but a savage bitch would be hard, especially after this trip." Veronica giggled and shook her head as she planted a kiss on the side of his muzzle, "That's for good luck." "What's the luck for?" "Luck enough to keep all you appendages in once piece. A paraplegic isn't quite what I imagine s my first boyfriend," She giggled once more before calmly walking over to the pod and using a towel placed in the pods storage pocket to clean herself off. Henry shook his head and followed her to her pod. He gently helped her re-enter the pod and closed the lid over her hitting a few buttons and watching as the naked canine became harder and harder to see. He could feel the cold air as it leaked from the pods case and caused him to shiver lightly, his fur standing on end from the intense and sudden cold. After hitting the final button on the pod he watched it as it rose back up to its forty-five degree home and stopped. Henry smiled as he blew one final kiss to his lover before turning to the last pod in the row and pointing at it was a fierce look on his face. "You better not come at me claws out this time bitch or I'm busting you're ass back to Private!" Rachel couldn't hear him but he still felt better getting it out there, he would rather not practice his first aid skills again. He then cleaned himself off, changed the sheets of the bed and redressed himself. He looked back once more at Veronica's pod with a smile before flipping the lights off and heading out the door. He needed a shower and some food before he could even think of tackling the next target. The thought crossed his mind at that moment that he should probably think of bringing aloe this time around.