Space Hauler 3570

Space Hauler 3570

Chapter 1

Krista finished her beer and slammed the empty glass on the counter. The raven haired futanari sighed, thinking about her next long haul: Weeks of perfect quiet isolation, away from people, away from everyone.

"Come on, sourpuss" Helena said, slapping her shoulder. The blow had enough strength to break through a brick wall; fortunately, Krista was solid enough to withstand it, a normal human would probably have screamed in pain. "It's your last day before you leave, let's party a little!" Her friend continued.

Krista smiled, looking at Helena. She was a little shorter, though still towering over most males and females, with a body a bit on the softer side. The two of them were almost two exact opposites, in body and mind, yet they had become friends somehow.

"I'm not a fan of parties, not anymore, as you know well" She said, raising her hand to ask for another mug of beer. Ever since she left the empire, she had barely any partners, and she was perfectly content with it. If only her friend thought the same.

Helena rolled her eyes and jumped onto the dance floor, throwing glances at Krista every few seconds. Stars, she was persistent! And she knew how to move! A shame Hel did not like to have fun with other futanari: If anyone could convince Krista to end her self-imposed celibacy it would be that succubus.

That charm of hers worked wonders on the other two thirds of the human population: Soon enough she had two men and a woman trying to get her attention. They were in federation territory, yet Helena made no attempt at hiding who she was: her bulge was extremely visible. Somehow, that did little to dissuade her prey, they flocked to her like bugs to light.

Suddenly, her friend rushed back to her and pulled her in, forcing Krista to join the dance. The taller futanari winced, unable to react in time to stop her. In the chaos of the dance floor, she found herself surrounded by men and women, all at least two feet shorter than her. Krista had no idea how to dance, and with all her hard muscles she was more of a danger to others than anything else.

"Damnit, Hel" She shouted between her teeth, while Helena's admirers orbited around them. The blonde futa simply smiled and started dancing again.

Why did she even come here? Of course Helena would pull something like this! All those cute bodies rubbing against her was way too much! Why did these horny idiots have to dance so close to her? Rubbing their bodies against her? Her cock soon enough began to awaken and grow, straining against her pants.

Unfortunately for Krista, things got worse: More people joined in, packing the floor with bodies. "Watch it!" She shouted at the crowd, trying to dodge the people all around her. Fantastic, just perfect! This was all she needed! The only thing missing was hurting one of those poor bastards with her huge clumsy ass!

An unwanted touch against her ass made her turn swiftly, her blue eyes filled with ice cold fury. Who dared? "Hey" Krista shouted, only to see a short mousy girl looking like a deer in headlights, big green eyes open wide and skin pale as a ghost. Ah great, she traumatized that poor thing. "Ugh, sorry I did not mean to yell. Are you ok?"

The woman nodded and ran away. Well, that could have been worse. Still, she had enough.

Krista dragged herself out of that pile of human bodies and found a quiet corner, where she could hopefully get her cock to calm down. She ordered another beer, and drank the glass in a single swig.

"Krista! Stars, girl! You don't know how to have fun" Helena said, getting closer to her, with two men under her arms. "I'm getting these two home with me, we're going to have some fun. Please find someone to fuck, too! You cannot just survive on fleshlights and sex bots."

"Worked so far" Krista replied.

"When you come back, we will get you a date. I'm not giving you a choice. See you tomorrow morning, darling. I should be able to swing by the docks before you leave."

"Thanks Hel," Krista said, a smile forming on her lips. She really was a succubus, that damn futanari, but she was also a great friend. "I'll go too now. Too many people for me anyway."

Another beer later, Krista finally left. She slipped into the narrow streets of Oriana station, going towards the docks. The huge glass dome high above them encased the whole inhabited sector, tall buildings competed for the limited space inside of it, climbing as high as they could.

Outside the dome, there were the various industrial facilities; they spread outward from the dome along the asteroid surface, on top of which the station had been built.

The docks were just outside too, to the south, growing outward from the dome like crooked branches. There was a constant flow of traffic in and out: Oriana was an important waypoint, many big trade routes crossed there.

Krista navigated the labyrinthine streets easily, she was very familiar with the place. In half an hour, she had arrived at the docks, passed the security checks, and got into her ship.

There she was, in a small rusty private dock, surrounded by two other similarly sized ships. The Everlast was her name, but to Krista it was just her girl.

It was a medium sized cargo transport. Space Hauler 3570, McRidge Industries. It was an old girl, a little slow for modern standards but damn sturdy. It was essentially a giant thruster mounted at the end of a long cylinder. The cargo sat around the cylinder, secured directly to the main structure, or stored within giant containers. At the opposite end of the thruster, there were the crew quarters, and the bridge. Two large caliber auto-cannons were attached at the top and bottom of the bridge, all the protection the ship had, or needed.

Krista got to the entrance and passed her wrist over the reader. The machine read her biometric data, turning green.

The door, however, flashed red. "Security alert, Krista Mauer is already on board."

"Again? I thought I already fixed this issue" she said, banging the control panel with her fist. "Ahh whatever, I'll have a look at it later. Override code 3555-6212-9001."

"Override accepted, welcome aboard."

Krista went inside and threw herself onto her bed, enjoying the perfect silence around her. There were many downsides to being a one-man crew, but having spacious living quarters made up for many of them.

Unfortunately, one of those downsides was twitching uncomfortably in her pants. Her damn cock was still shouting for attention. Unrelenting libido was just part of being a futanari, she had been dealing with it her whole life, but damn it could get annoying.

She stood up and sighed, walking to her fun room. It was originally meant to be personal storage space, instead, it contained her sex toys, as well as a drainage system and water jets to automatically clean the room. She had built it herself, over the long solitary months of long haul space travel.

The most used of her toys was a wall mounted fleshlight, meant for futanari cocks and futanari-sized loads. She lowered her pants and freed the foot long cock desperately trying to get out. The angry beast twitched again in her hand, demanding tribute, veins crossing its surface, a large drop of precum at the tip.

Krista activated the machine, which prelubed the internals, and pushed her cock inside.

"Ah fuck, I need this" She whispered, feeling the synthetic pussy welcoming her. She started thrusting, gently at first, trying to keep herself under control. It was all wasted effort, she inexorably built up to more aggressive rhythms, eventually fucking the machine with all of her might. "Fuck, yes!" She shouted, holding onto the handles at the sides, making the whole device shake and tremble with each thrust, the bolts holding on for dear life.

Her orgasm built up. Her balls were eager to dump everything they had into the toy, pressure growing within her groin every moment, until she could not take any more. "Fuck!" She shouted again, pushing herself inside completely and unloading an ungodly amount of cum. Each throb of her cock shot entire glasses of white seed into the poor machine, and it went on and on, until she was finally satisfied.

Spent, panting, sweating, Krista rested herself against the steel structure for a moment, then finally extracted her cock. The machine immediately started the process of draining and self-cleaning, then finally turned itself off.

"Thank you, old friend. Hopefully, I won't need you for a little bit" she said, patting the abused sex toy, finally leaving the room to have a shower and a nice long night of sleep.

---

Aria crawled deeper into her new home: The maintenance tunnels of the ship she sneaked onto. She caught a glimpse of the name: Everlast. Hopefully it was a good omen.

Stowaway, that was what she was now. A rat escaping the sinking boat that was her life. She somehow managed to avoid raising alarms with her old employer and find her way onto that ship. With a bit of luck NovaCorp would not discover her absence for a while still.

The guts of the ship welcomed her in silence, without judging the poor woman knee deep in dust. It was the only place that had life support other than the crew quarters, a perfect place in which to hide and leave Oriana station without anyone knowing.

Unfortunately, those tunnels were really small: she could not stand in even the biggest parts and she was barely five feet tall. They were also full of old machine parts, discarded tools, and old boxes that had not been moved in decades.

Now she had to survive two weeks in those crawlspaces, without being seen by the lone pilot, sneaking in once in a while to get some food. She had no bed, or a way to wash herself, or spare clothes, or anything to kill time. All she had was that worksuit she was wearing, stolen from a maintenance worker, and a credit chip with some spare change on it.

Still better than what awaited her on Oriana station.

Finding a ship that would travel outside federation territory had been easy. Once outside the borders, she should be relatively safe from NovaCorp.

The harder part had been finding the pilot and snatch their biometric data. That huge futanari almost caught her, it was the most terrifying moment of her life. Fortunately it went well, and her little hacking device had managed to get enough data to forge her own access card.

Stars, what would happen if that monster of a woman caught her now?

No! She could not afford to think about that, she just had to find a way to stay quiet and survive. Two weeks. It was not that much, she could do it. Once she reached Nirv, the closest independent planet outside of the federation, she could start anew, away from NovaCorp.

She had created a shadow bank account with plenty of money to build herself a new life; if she managed to stay hidden for long enough, she should be able to recover the money before the corporation seized it.

The tunnels opened up a little where she was now, They curved around a room above, leaving enough space for her to lay down comfortably. That would do. She sat down and breathed, trying to calm her nerves.

It was then that something started happening above her. She could hear the heavy footsteps of the giant lady upstairs, coming close to her. Had she been caught? No it was just a coincidence. Must have been.

An engine started spinning, then the futanari started to moan, loudly, her powerful voice echoing through the service tunnels. At the same time, loud metal bangs made the whole tunnel rattle around Aria.

The back part of the machine as visibly moving with each new bang, getting pummeled from the other side, steel groaning in pain. Soon enough, the smell of cum invaded the air, stagnating in the tunnel.

Aria just stood there, frozen, squished against the wall as if she expected the whole thing to break apart and collapse onto her. Stars, how much strength did she have? How big was that cock plowing the machine?

What would happen to her if she got caught? She knew precious little of futanari, other than what federation propaganda told her: Sex-crazed maniacs with endless appetites. Aria never believed those tall tales, lies built over flimsy truth with the exclusive purpose of undermining the ideological enemy of the federation: The empire.

Yet, it was hard not to believe them now. Would she be used the same way? A piece of meat to satisfy a lust-crazed futanari? How much would she fill her? How would it feel? How...

Aria suddenly felt a wet spot in between her legs and finally forced herself out of that dangerous daze. Was she seriously getting aroused? Imagining herself getting caught and used that way? What was wrong with her? This was a life-or-death situation, not a wet dream!

Maybe it was the pheromones! Futanari had pheromones right? No, that was just propaganda, a way to justify all the people inexplicably attracted to the third human sex. Until today, she did not consider among them.

No, it was just the adrenaline of the moment! This was by far the craziest thing she ever did in her life, it made sense for her hormones to act a little crazy.

The machine-assisted masturbation kept climbing in intensity until it came to a climax. A tube feeding into the machine jerked upward, a pump activated below and the smell of cum became three times more intense. Around the attachment point, she could see droplets of white thick liquid coming out. The seal was failing.

Aria swallowed, as one of those drops rolled down the tube and onto the floor just in front of her shoes. She kept staring at it for what must have been minutes, her mind running wild while she did her best to contain it. When the futanari finally left the room, she collapsed on the floor, letting herself breathe again. She had never been so scared and aroused in her life.

It took every ounce of her willpower to get up and get away from there, so that she could clear her head of the smell of cum.

Before she could, however, a rumble announced the beginning of the ship translation to phase, and thus FTL speed.

Aria had not been on many ships in her life, and the phase jumps had always scared the shit out of her. It started with a rumble, then a familiar tension in the air as if every particle was supercharged and ready to snap. Then came that alien feeling that made her stomach turn upside down: Vertigo, mixed with dreadful emptiness, and an oppressive sense of danger.

A few minutes later, everything started to quiet down. The feeling slowly faded away until everything was back to normal, mostly. None could quite explain it scientifically, but you could feel it, in your bones, that you were still in phase.

It was a state of half-existence, the ship split between two universes at the same time, belonging to neither, riding that razor's edge to accelerate to FTL. She was no physicist, she had no idea exactly how it worked, only that her guts did not like it one bit.

With everything finally winding down, Aria relaxed a bit and drifted into a troubled uncomfortable sleep. Tomorrow would be the first day of her new life. She made it: She was outside NovaCorp's reach. Now she only had to make sure she stayed out of that futanari's reach too.

---

Krista put down the dumbbell with a satisfied sigh, sweat rolling down her skin in large drops. There was nothing better than a good workout in the morning to burn some energy. She sat down and took a sip of water, admiring her physique in the large mirror on the opposite wall.

She never thought of herself as particularly narcissistic, but it was hard not to admire the hard body she had built, from her huge biceps to her sculpted abs, down to her diamond calves. Ironically, it happened almost by accident: She started working out as a way to keep herself from going insane during her long solo trips, and she kind of got addicted to feeling her muscles burn, and her mass grow.

She turned off the gravity modulators and took off the weights on her arms, shoulders and ankles, suddenly feeling ten times lighter. One day, she wanted to try and push the modulators as hard as she could, just to see how heavy she could make her weights. She was a little hesitant to do it, mostly because the fusion reactor was an old beast that really did not like being worked hard.

Patting herself dry with a towel, she left the gym behind and went to shower. The gym was also not part of the original ship layout, it was meant to be a shared recreational area for the crew. There was still a VR setup in a corner, in fact, she occasionally used for more immersive workouts.

As much as she liked being alone, having no communication with the rest of the galaxy while in phase travel created some issues, the biggest of which was not having access to the galaxy net: No streaming, no social media, no messaging, no online gaming. She had just what entertainment she physically brought on board.

Funny that due to the vast distances between solar systems and the quirks of phase travel, humanity was back to exchanging physical paper letters: Everything traveled at essentially the same speed while phase-translated, so no signal could reach traveling ships, and communicating between systems was just as fast as physically moving from one to the other.

Once she showered and changed clothes, she got to the bridge, doing her usual routine inspection. Engines were fine, life support ok, air supply ok, cargo clamps holding steady, reactor was good, phase engine chugging along. Everything in order. Maybe she could practice her aim with the autocannons after lunch; it had been a while since she used them.

A warning flashed on the internal security console: Unknown heat signature in the maintenance tunnels.

"Ahhh!" Krista sighed, "I really hope it's just a broken pipe and not a rat infestation" she said to herself. She never had to deal with one, but she heard some horror stories from fellow space haul pilots. Just the idea of those little furry creatures running around under her feet was enough to make her shiver.

Well, no point ruining her mood over a what if! Time to get something to eat and then shoot some asteroids. She could send a drone later to check the heat signature. Who knows! M aybe it was just a sensor failure and it would go away on its own.

---

Aria did not think it was possible to be simultaneously terrified and so incredibly mind-boggling bored. It has been only a single day since they left Oriana station, she fell asleep right after the phase translation, woke up and stared at the wall for the rest of the day, counting the bolts and cracks in it again and again. She was too scared to wander around, and yet she had absolutely nothing to do.

This was only the first full day she had been on the ship, and she was already going insane. Of all things that could have gone wrong, boredom-induced psychosis was not the one she would have put her money on. Yet there she was, seriously thinking about exploring the ship for no other reason than to do something.

The Everlast was pretty old, so it was a constant symphony of metal groaning and engines coughing and sputtering around her. They had a surprisingly stable rhythm, almost soothing to the ear. Her brain started creating music within her mind with that soundscape, just to flee from the void that she was stuck in.

Suddenly the ship started to shake, then it violently spun for half a second, causing Aria to be thrown around like a pinball. The harsh metal walls hurt like hell, but she was quick enough to protect her head and got away with just minor bruises.

"Fuck!" A loud shout came from above her, where the bridge was, if she was not mistaken. Loud metal stomps and more expletives followed. "Don't tell me it's the phase inverter again!"

The ship stabilized, but there was a noticeable hiccup every few minutes. The engine had trouble maintaining a stable phase.

Aria gulped. If that was the case, there was a chance that giant futanari would have to crawl into the service tunnels to fix the machinery. What if she noticed something was out of place? Aria had been careful, but there were inevitably traces of her passage.

Stars, she would be caught! There was no way she could avoid her! Right? Maybe she could find a hole to crawl into? But for how long could she do that? What could she do?

Wait, what if she fixed it?

Aria took a deep breath. She was an engineer, she designed ships like the Everlast for a decade and a half. She could probably do it, but she would have to leave the tunnels and enter the main engine room, exposed and visible. Could she really risk it? That would put her in an even more vulnerable spot.

Damn it all! It was better than rotting in that dark tunnel. And if she was incredibly lucky, maybe it could score her some sympathy points with the pilot if she got caught.

So she started crawling, while the futanari above kept running diagnostics and checking everything on her side. As she moved, she also collected a few tools, the bare minimum to work on the machinery. Of course the first thing she did after leaving her job behind was to fix a ship! That was just her luck, some bullshit poetic justice.

A few corners later and she was in the tunnel surrounding the main engine room, which was a large spherical room. At its center, suspended upon a thick pillar, was the phase engine itself.

The primary phase inverter sat beneath the main engine block, attached to the supporting pillar. Aria could see it from within the tunnel, just on the other side of the grate that separated the two environments. She took a deep breath and put her wrist onto the security lock, letting her crawl into the engine room.

She was right beneath the engine block. Why was it called an engine block when it was clearly spherical in shape?

Anyway, the phase inverter consisted of a pair of transparent tubes in which matter was manipulated at a subatomic level. The diagnostics said that those two irreplaceable parts were fine, it was one of the controller units throwing weird errors. Aria sighed, relieved: They got lucky.

She started checking everything methodically, until she found a poorly soldered connection, and some weird crusty residue over the controller itself. Old lubricant? Some kind of beverage spilled over? No matter, it was easy enough to clean. After she did so, she quickly but carefully re- soldered the connection.

The diagnostics returned green. "Yes!" She shouted, only to immediately cover her own mouth, praying to every star in the galaxy that the futanari had not heard her.

She slapped the panel closed, and quickly disappeared into the tunnels again, her heart in her throat, and her body covered in cold sweat. Only when she felt safe in a dark corner of her tunnels, she allowed herself to breathe again.

That was more than enough excitement for the day, she would never complain about boredom again.

---

Krista sat down onto her pilot chair with a loud sigh. "I told those lazy assholes to check everything! You cannot find a good mechanic anywhere these days!" She shouted, trying to keep her nerves under control, gripping the armrests so tight that she was about to deform the metal.

She had always been a very emotional person. It came with her futanari genes, or at least that what she had been told while growing up in the empire. She had worked hard on her control over the years, to the point she had been even called cold-hearted recently. The poor guy was incredibly confused when Krista took it as a huge compliment. Still, she always felt like she had merely tamed the beast, not improved as an individual.

Maybe that was why she enjoyed working alone so much, no need to keep herself contained, suppressed, under control for the sake of others.

Ah! no matter, it was not the time to complain about her poor emotional health. That damn inverter had given her issues for a while now, but they are one of the most expensive pieces to replace. She prided herself in being a good handyman, but that was far above her pay grade: no chance she could repair it. Stars, she barely knew where the damn thing was!

Fortunately, the secondary inverter had engaged properly and now the phase was sort of stable again. Hopefully it could last until the next port, otherwise she would be stranded in deep space. Fortunately, that route was pretty frequented, so she should be able to find help, but the costs would be uncomfortable to say the least. Not to mention, there was always a risk of attracting pirates.

Krista stood up, taking deep breaths and forcing her heart to slow down.

This was fine, she was fine. Mostly fine. She would survive.

The diagnostics screen flashed red again. The primary phase inverter was doing some weird things. Fuck, did it finally give up? That alone would zero the profits for this trip, if not turn the numbers red.

Then all of a sudden, it stopped. Just like that. The warnings turned green, the secondary inverter turned itself off, and the ship stopped having hiccups. Did... did the issue fix itself? No, not possible, she was not that lucky.

The engine room was in engineering, behind the crew quarters. She rushed there, and hopped down to the bottom of the room.

There were a handful of tools scattered around the inverter panel, did she leave them there? Or did the mechanics leave a mess behind? No... those were old tools, stuff she thought was lost. Where in the damned stars did they come from? Why were they covered in dust?

Confused, she opened the panel, immediately noticing the freshly soldered contacts. There was still a lingering scent on them. It had been done minutes ago. But how?

She turned around, seeing the access hatch for the maintenance crawlspace. The trail of discarded tools lead there, and there were traces of dirt on the handle.

A sudden memory flashed before her eyes: The security system warning her of one too many access requests to the ship, and the heat signature the day before. Her brain finally put everything together. There was no other possible conclusion: She had a stowaway on board... One that was familiar with phase engines and decided to fix her inverter.

Krista remained there for a while, stunned, looking at the closed hatch. What the fuck was going on? She had a stowaway before: A criminal escaping justice, who tried to steal her ship at gunpoint. He was the reason why she always kept a pistol on herself while alone in space.

Should she be worried? Why were they on her ship? How did they fool her security system? They could not have been hardened criminals: A pirate would not have fixed the inverter, nor would they have left such an obvious mess if they did bother.

Krista closed her eyes and analyzed the information she had: A Technically competent, criminally incompetent stowaway, with a need to leave Oriana station without anyone knowing. Her route also brought her outside federation territory to an independent colony.

All of that screamed corporate fugitive. Yes that had to be the case, which meant they were likely not an imminent danger, but they could still be the source of unwanted attention.

Krista took a deep breath, and left the engine room alone. What should she do now? Go back? Stop and call for help? No that would lose her a ton of money. Maybe she could trap them? They would have to come out to get some food eventually.

Yes, that was it. She had some spare sensors, she could install them in the pantry, and trigger the door to lock once someone stepped inside. The stowaway was technically savvy and resourceful, so that would likely not contain them for long, but long enough for her to intervene.

Her clock rang, it was time for her scheduled sleep. A wave of fatigue washed over her, but she fought back and got to work. Tomorrow, she would catch a rat.

---

Chapter 2

When the sensor triggered, Krista felt weirdly relieved: It had been two full days since the inverter incident, and the next 48 hours had been completely quiet, silent, devoid of any event. Having that doubt hanging above her head like a guillotine blade had been excruciating. Was she right? Was she wrong? Was the stowaway watching her now? Was she about to be attacked in her own ship? Was she seeing shadows? Going insane?

Krista sighed, and stood up. She took her needle gun out of the holster and checked it quickly: An underpowered coil gun that shot metallic needles filled with a paralyzing agent. It was a good less-than-lethal option, but most importantly it could not pierce the hull: A conventional gun ran the risk of putting holes through her ship, and that could be catastrophic. Weapons like that were the standard choice for personal protection in space, often for pirates too, plundering a depressurized ship was a lot more complicated.

She also had a heavy duty rail rifle in her room, with enough power to punch through armored suits and heavy combat drones, but that was a last resort. If she had to get that one out, the proverbial shit already hit the fan.

Krista looked at the gun again and sighed. Having a weapon in hand brought some uncomfortable memories to the forefront of her mind. Still, she had to defend herself.

With her needle gun in hand, she advanced through the ship to the kitchen. Her heavy boots and bulk made it impossible to advance stealthily, but that was inevitable when you were 8'4'' tall.

There it was: The door to the pantry sealed shut. The rat was inside, she could feel it.

Still, she quickly checked the kitchen, in case the stowaway somehow noticed the trap and decided to trigger it from a safe place. The room was empty. She barely used the place, most of her meals were dehydrated precooked food that just required some hot water to be ready to eat. Her stomach dearly missed decent food, but she was a terrible cook.

She stopped in front of the pantry door, the slab of metal in front of her was all that separated the two of them.

"Whoever you are, I am armed and ready to defend myself" She said, projecting her voice as much as she could. "Who are you, and why are you on my ship?"

Silence, for a long minute. Was she wrong after all?

"Who are you?" She shouted again, "why are you on my ship?"

Another minute of silence, then finally a noise! Light footsteps, boxes being moved around, and quiet sobbing.

"Stay still, or I'll vent the room's oxygen!" Krista said.

The noises stopped, only the sobbing remained.

"I'm going to open the door in five seconds. Get yourself against the opposite wall or I will shoot!" Krista said, followed by hurried footsteps coming from the other side.

Krista took a deep breath, waited a few extra seconds just to be sure, and opened the door.

The heavy chunk of metal slid away without almost a sound, revealing a figure in the back of the room, sitting on the ground and hugging their knees. It was difficult to see details in the low light, but it looked like they were wearing some kind of orange suit, that was definitely too big for them.

They did not look that threatening at all. The corporate fugitive theory gained more traction, there was no way that tiny scared thing could be a seasoned pirate.

Krista's implants did not detect any kind of weapon on the mysterious stranger, so she lowered her gun. "All right, now please stand up and get out of the room, slowly. I'm not going to hurt you, as long as you behave, ok?"

The sobbing figure nodded, then slowly stood up. They were certainly a she, possibly a futa but judging by her tiny height it was unlikely. Her curly blonde hair was dirty with dust and oil, her worksuit was ripped in multiple places and also damn dirty. Krista could barely see a pair of big green eyes under her hair, looking down at the floor.

That thing looked miserable, and about to faint. Damn the stars, was she being too harsh? Come on, Krista, she sneaked onto your ship, violating the sanctity of the one place in the whole galaxy that you could call home. Don't let your guard down so easily after just a couple of tears.

While the stowaway came closer, Krista backed away, leaving her more space. Her pale immaculate skin was soon visible in the better light of the kitchen. Her small delicate hands were covered in little cuts and bruises. She could not have been much taller than 5 ft, barely coming up to Krista's navel.

Whoever she was, she was not used to manual labor. And she was stunningly pretty, Krista could not look away from that precious face. What was someone like her doing on a cargo ship?

"I'm Krista Mauer, owner and captain of this ship. Can you tell me your name?" Krista said, putting her needle gun back into the holster. Clearly she had no need of it, the poor thing was already scared to death. Still, Krista had to keep her attention high: she could have accomplices, a hidden drone, or a weapon that fooled her scans.

"A-Aria... Aria Sileni" she said, with barely more than a whisper, hugging herself with her arms. She had a cute melodic voice, it fit her perfectly. How old was she? Young adult was her best guess, it was nearly impossible to judge age with all the modern anti-aging treatments.

"Can you tell me why you are on my ship?" Krista said, slowly, leaning back against the kitchen counter so that she was not looming over the poor girl so much.

"I... was trying to escape Oriana" She said, taking a deep breath afterwards. The short blonde was getting her emotions under control quickly. An admirable effort, she clearly had a good head on her shoulders, despite the precarious circumstances she stuck herself in.

What would drive someone like that to do something so foolish? Krista had every right to space her, the law would be on her side! Not to mention the many worse fates that could have befallen upon her, if someone else was in krista's place.

Those big green eyes peered into Krista's own, showing off the fierce intelligence behind them, calculating what to reveal and what to hide. Her bravery lasted only for so long, however, sustaining Krista's gaze just for a few long seconds.

The futanari sighed. Would it be worth it to dig deeper? Probably not, she would never give a straight answer. "Fine, I believe you. Are they going to chase you? Do I need to worry?" She eventually asked.

Aria opened her mouth, then closed it and looked away, thinking for a moment. "They should not learn of my absence for a few weeks at least" she finally says.

That was only half an answer, but good enough to guess the rest.

"How did you avoid security?" Krista asked.

She bit her lips, then turned her left hand upward, and touched her wrist with her right hand fingers. A holographic display lit up, coming from a subdermal implant. It displayed a series of numbers and codes. "I... cloned your biometric data."

"No, that is not possible" Krista said, "I upgraded the security scanner just months ago! It cost me a ton of money!" her fists closed, a low growl rising from her throat. Fucking fantastic! Just what she needed! Her doors could be easily bypassed by any mildly competent hacker.

Aria was about to add something, but decided not to at the last moment, instead taking a step backward and hugging herself more tightly.

Krista's anger quickly evaporated. The urge to hug that little thing became almost impossible to contain. Why in the blessed stars did she feel so damn protective of this little thing? Was she so easily swayed by a pretty face? Was that the price she paid for not getting laid in years.

"That's all right, not your fault" Krista said, in the end. "Look, I have been in pretty shitty situations too. I'm not going to hurt you and I'm not going to space you either, unless you give me a good reason to. Let's stay civil and we can get through this mess without incidents, ok?"

A glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes, she finally stopped looking at the floor and into Krista's own eyes again. Stars, this girl was beautiful. It was making it hard for Krista to think rationally. "But I'm not a charity. You're going to pay for your ticket" Krista finally managed to say.

"Oh! Y-yeah that's fair" Aria said, finally letting her arms relax and her lungs to breathe. A hint of a smile even appeared on those gorgeous lips of hers. Uh, Krista expected some resistance.

"I'm... was an engineer. I can fix anything you have! P-Probably" she said, her smile growing more and more visible on those perfect lips. Those warm gentle eyes locked onto hers, full of renewed energy.

"Yeah, you fixed my inverter. Thank you for that" Krista said. Maybe this could turn out to be a good thing after all, free maintenance service, and eye-candy aboard.

Stars be damned, Aria was just her perfect type. What were the chances?. She could feel her body getting warmer by the second. It did not help that it had been days since she could relieve her libido, she had been too nervous to do so with a potential stowaway on board.

"Yeah" Krista said, dry and sharp, trying to forget about what was happening inside of her. Thank the stars that she was wearing baggy gym pants, because her cock was rapidly growing in size. "Take some food, I imagine you need it" she finally said, "and take a shower too. I don't have clothes your size, but we should be able to 3D print something."

"R-Really? That is very kind of you, Captain Mauer" Aria said, "I cannot wait to burn this suit." With that she started to run the zip down, revealing some of her cleavage, and her breasts covered only in a small white bra. She was petite everywhere, her chest too, perfectly perky and delicate. Just how Krista liked it. Stars, have mercy!

Aria stopped undressing just in time, her cheeks turning red. "S-Sorry, I did not mean to..." she said, pulling the zip up.

Krista took a deep breath then raised her arm and pointed at the main corridor. "Third door on the left."

Aria looked into the distance and nodded, running towards the bathroom.

What a mess. Krista did not know what to think. It would have been easier if Aria was a bloodthirsty pirate, she would have had no trouble spacing someone like that.

Instead it was a scared lost girl, running away from a fate bleak enough to make her risk traveling as a stowaway. It did not help that somehow she happened to be Krista's walking wet dream.

Damn it all! All it took was a couple of tears an a pair of sweet lips to turn the big bad futanari into an idiot. So much for being the superior sex, like imperial propaganda liked to state.

Krista looked down towards her crotch. Despite the baggy pants her cock was pretty visible, but with Aria around she did not feel comfortable relieving herself just yet. Maybe a good long gym session would burn enough energy to subdue her libido.

Oh stars, Aria absolutely heard her use her fun room, didn't she?

Krista groaned, massaging her temples in the vain hope that it could make her mind relax. "Let's just pump some iron, and we'll take it from there, ok? Everything is fine, Aria is not a danger. If anything you are the danger here, if you don't get a hold of yourself."

---

Aria let the warm water roll down her skin, washing away her anxiety and fear with it. It was the first time she felt like she could relax, even just a little, since she left the corporation.

She had been caught. She had been so scared of the possibility before, but not only was she still alive, she had been recruited, sort of.

It could not have gone better in her wildest dreams. Well, in an ideal world, she could have avoided detection entirely, but you cannot have everything. Her haphazard plan would never have worked really, it was generous to even call it a plan really. She was just lucky the pilot was a reasonable person. And surprisingly kind. And so tall! And muscular. And curvy. And hung.

Stars be blessed she could not stop thinking about her. Aria had only ever met a few futanari before, and none of them even came close to Krista in terms of size, and beauty.

That towering futanari just radiated power and sensuality. She had more muscle mass in one of her thighs than Aria had in her entire body, and each of her breasts was easily twice as big as Aria's head, not to mention that insanely huge bulge in her pants, or those perfectly sculpted abs she showed off so casually.

Her short black hair perfectly fit her sharp features, giving her a gorgeous slightly androgynous look, complemented by her warm tan skin. Those ice cold blue eyes drilled a hole into Aria's soul, she had never had so much trouble looking into someone's eyes before, and she had to face plenty of CEOs in her time at NovaCorp.

Oh stars, what was she thinking! She was a fugitive! That pilot held Aria's life in her hands, she could do anything she wanted with her! So why was she fantasizing about that futanari? Why?

And yet, her pussy was burning with desire.

Aria bit her lips and looked at the shower head, then sighed, defeated. She leaned against the wall and started to gently stimulate her clit, a low moan escaped her lips almost immediately. Her eyes closed and a picture of her gorgeous captain materialized in front of her.

She lowered the shower head down, pointing the stream against her sensitive pussy. "Ahhh" she moaned again, her free hand going up to her tits and teasing her small nipples. Her legs struggled to hold her weight, while she let herself go to her guilt-ridden self-love. "Captain..." she whispered, feeling her climax coming.

"Fu-ngh" she screamed, muffling her voice with her own hand just in time before the whole galaxy heard her. Her orgasm hit her like a cargo ship, waves of electricity rushing through her veins while her pussy pulsed with pleasure. A storm of sensations and emotional release, much needed after all those days of being scared of her own shadow.

As the orgasm slowly faded, she let herself slide down until she was sitting on the floor of the shower, breathing heavily, feeling completely exhausted. She could not let this attraction to the captain compromise her judgment. Krista had been extraordinarily kind until now, but things could easily change. Making herself useful was a good first step.

Should she get a weapon? No, that futanari was built like a tank. Aria was willing to bet she could take a bullet to the head and walk unscathed. Besides, if the captain wanted to hurt her, she would have already done so. The captain held all the cards, all Aria could do was hope she really was as kind as she seemed.

Maybe she was just seeing what she wanted to see, but Krista... Maybe she really was a good person. Maybe she could help her, maybe they could help each other.

Ironic that she was a futanari, according to what she had been taught in the federation, she should have immediately whipped out her cock and assaulted her.

Coming back to reality, Aria slowly stood up and left the shower. She wrapped herself in a towel, which was wildly oversize for her small frame, and peeked outside. Just as she hoped, she found fresh clothes on the floor in front of the door. They were pure white, synthetic fabric made by a universal 3D printer. It was a standard anonymous design: t-shirt, shorts, underwear; functional, but flimsy. The captain even printer a pair of flip flops for her.

Aria dragged everything inside the bathroom and dressed up, then did her best to fix her hair, but her blonde curls were acting even more rebellious than usual. She looked like a scarecrow, flat as a plank, sickly pale skin. Her eyes were kind of cute, and her face got her a compliment or two, but that was about it.

How did she arouse the captain enough to give her a boner? That futanari was so much more than Aria could ever hope to be, it was unfathomable to think that her mousy ass could even mildly entice her. Yet, she saw it, and she had no idea what to think of it.

She took a deep breath and walked out of the bathroom.

The main corridor was empty, Aria slowly advanced, trying to find her amazonian captain, checking all doors along the way. It was only when she got near the back of the crew quarters that she heard grunts and metal clangs coming from a room near the back.

Aria stopped at the door and took a deep breath. She would be fine, Krista would not do anything crazy.

An involuntary chuckle escaped her lips. She was about to approach a huge futanari alone, with skimpy clothing that left nothing to the imagination. It was nothing short of a nightmare scenario, yet she did not feel all that scared anymore. Maybe she was just tired of feeling scared, tired of trying.

She had been caught and her future was no longer in her hands, and somehow that helped get her nerves under control. Acceptance. That was the words she was looking for.

She pressed the button beside the door and the metal slab slid away, revealing the gym room behind it. There were a few machines against the walls, to train pretty much every muscle in the human body. The most impressive was the one currently being used: A hollow sphere that rotated on a large pad on the ground so that it could freely spin in any direction. It had its own gravity modulator.

Krista was inside, running, wearing only gym shorts and a sports bra, covered in sweat from head to toe. Her heavy steps echoed all around, moving her massive body forward against triple standard gravity forces. Every muscle tensed up rhythmically, displaying their true impressive size. The whole machine trembled every time one of her bare feet hit the ground.

Aria stood there, eyes open wide and jaw somewhere on the floor, admiring the display of feminine power. It was the first time she got a good view of Krista's ass too, and it was just as large as her chest, only it was as toned and muscular as the rest of her. Krista's tits were possibly the only soft part of her body.

The machine beeped and started applying the brakes, as well as reduce the gravity. Krista slowed down, stopped, and let herself fall onto her butt, her lungs working hard to recover.

The sphere split in two and Krista came out, drops of sweat running down those perfect shoulders and abs. Krista's scent filled the room, making Aria's head spin. Stars, how could she possibly smell so good? Just a raw concentrate of human scent. What was this futanari doing to her head?

"Oh, I did not see you there" Krista suddenly said, looking at her for the first time. Her eyes lingered on Aria's naked legs for a few seconds, then she finally took a towel and dried herself, "you look... good" she added. Did the captain just check her out?

"Oh, thanks" Aria said, she too trying her hardest to look away from the colossal woman in front of her, "thank you, really. It's nice to hear it coming from someone so... good looking."

May a black hole swallow her whole! What was that? Was this what boys felt when all their blood went down to their secondary brain? Come on, Aria! Stop staring and speak like a normal human being.

"And thank you for letting me use the shower, it was lovely. And for the clothes. And for not throwing me out of an airlock."

"Don't mention it. Anyone would do the same" Krista said, sitting down onto a bench, looking away from Aria, and taking a swig from her water bottle. Her powerful back was staring right at Aria, as well as that incredible ass. Fuck the stars, coming there had been a terrible mistake.

"No, not anyone, which is why I am really grateful." Ok, that almost resembled human speech, well done. Now, to find an excuse to leave and save herself. Her stomach suddenly growled, she had yet to eat anything. "Could I prepare dinner for both?"

"That would be nice, thank you" Krista said, still looking away.

Aria smiled, then forced herself to turn around and leave. She rushed to the kitchen and started exploring her options. She had never felt this eager to cook in her life!

The pantry was full of precooked meals, but there were some ingredients she could use. In the end she opted for a mushroom risotto, something she had not cooked in probably a decade.

Focusing on cooking helped her regain some mental capacity. The kitchen was soon filled with a delicious smell. How much she missed this! She missed having the time to cook properly, having the time to breathe without a manager shouting at her every ten seconds, or having every instant of her life recorded and analyzed for performance reviews. Not to mention, the other big reason why she left. By the time she was done, she almost forgot about her situation, and who she was cooking for.

When Krista came, the dishes were already on the table, steam rising from them. "This smells amazing!" Krista said, a genuine wide smile on her lips. "It's been ages since I've had real food."

The towering captain was now wearing a longer pair of shorts and a t-shirt, slightly more conservative than before but hardly an improvement for Aria's poor brain. Fortunately, the food monopolized their attention, and lightened the mood.

It was still hard to believe how big she was, though. Aria knew that futanari were on average bigger, and could be really huge, but one thing was to see photos, another was to stand a couple of feet away from one. Even while sitting down she was so much taller, and wider. She made her plate look small, and finished it in half the time it took Aria, and immediately grabbed another portion. She prepared plenty of extra risotto, hopefully just enough.

"Stars that was good" Krista said, leaning back in her chair and patting her belly, after wiping the pot clean. "If you keep cooking like that, consider your debt paid. I might even have to hire you" She added.

Aria stopped for a moment. Could she? Work with Krista? Abandon decades of studies and experience in spaceship engineering to become a cook? Or a mechanic or cleaner? A part of her hated the idea, but... Truth be told, she had no idea what she would do once out of federation's territory.

Sure, she could go back to be an engineer, but NovaCorp would always be on the lookout, that was what they expected her to do. On the other hand, working on a cargo ship, constantly on the move, away from corporate rats that would gladly sell her for a quick buck; It starting to sound like a good option, especially if her employer was Krista.

"Thank you, it's been a while since I cooked something from scratch. It was nice" Aria said.

"Well, you should do it more" Krista said, putting away her plate. "Anyway, I hope you are feeling better now. You still looked terrified in the gym"

"I..." It was not being terrified, it was barely being able to keep herself from falling to her knees and begging to be taken. "Yeah, I'm feeling better now. I'm really sorry I sneaked onto your ship, I just had to leave Oriana. Fast." She was not quite ready to reveal why exactly, but Krista deserved some kind of explanation. "Nothing nefarious, I assure you. Not my doing at least."

"It's ok, Aria. I'm not going to judge. Stars know I've been in shitty situations before. When I left the empire..." Krista stopped, letting her voice die, her lips curling down and her eyes narrowing, clearly regretting sharing that detail, "let's just say we both have strong feeling about our homeworlds."

The empire? Really? The ideological enemy of the federation. It was supposed to be a futanari supremacist nation where men and women were considered second class citizens. That made no sense, why was Krista treating her so well if it was the case?

Aria bit her lips, deep in thought. She never really had anything to do with the empire, directly at least. To her it was just this distant rival, that existed mainly as a generic bad guy in movies and games.

"Anyway, I don't have another bed, but we can print one. It won't be too comfortable, but it's only for a week and a half" Krista said, breaking the silence that had fallen on them. "I do have a few spare rooms, this ship was originally meant to be crewed by five people. We'll have to clear one out, I've been using them as storage until now."

"That's perfect. Thank you again" Aria said, a smile coming back to her lips. Krista was really going out of her way to make her feel comfortable. How did she get so damn lucky?

"No problem, you can repay me by behaving yourself, and helping out where you can."

---

Chapter 3

Krista woke up surprisingly refreshed. It was rare for her to have full nights of sleep, but having that full meal must have done the trick.

"Ok, new day" she said to herself and sat on her bed, then finally stood up. Looking down, she inevitably saw her panties stretched to the limit. Her morning wood was worse than usual, she really needed some relief.

Nearly three days without emptying her balls. It was almost a record for her, but she still did not feel comfortable to use her fun room with Aria around. She was not even sure exactly why, Krista had never been shy about her body or her needs, in fact she was usually quite happy to show off.

Most likely, she simply did not want to make that poor woman even more terrified. If she went through her usual fuck session, who knows how Aria would react!

So she put on some clothes on: boots, work pants and a t-shirt, and left her room for the kitchen. There, she found breakfast already on the table: Aria managed to mash together the ingredients of a couple of pre-packaged meals to make pancakes and porridge. She even made some coffee that did not smell like burnt motor oil, the aroma was positively inviting in fact! How in the blessed stars did she do that? What kind of wizardry was this?

Krista sat her huge ass onto the chair and started scarfing it all down. It disappeared in a few minutes, going all down her stomach. "Ahhh" she sighed, satisfied. Stars, she almost wished Aria took her offer seriously. Fitting an extra wage in her budget would be hard, but it would be worth it.

If only Aria could also take care of that problem she had downstairs, those small delicate hands would feel so good around her thick shaft. Just imagining the small blonde on her knees in front of her, lips on her cock, those big green eyes looking at her...

Her cock twitched, growing harder again. Damn it! No! She could not take advantage of that poor woman! It was wrong! And she had to control herself. Krista took a few deep breaths, and waited a couple of minutes for her cock to relax again. And just before she could succeed, a shriek interrupted her.

"Ahhhh!" Aria screamed from somewhere near the back of the crew quarters.

Krista immediately jumped to action, her instincts taking over as she rushed through the corridor towards the scream. It came from the life support section.

"What happened?" Krista said, only to see Aria desperately trying to turn a valve while the floor was getting covered in water.

Krista stepped forward, put her large hands close to Aria's much smaller ones and turned the valve with her, stopping the flow.

Panting, Aria leaned against valve, trying to recover some energy. "T-Thanks," she said, shivering, her cheeks red and a couple of tears going down her face.

Oh fuck the stars. She was drenched, and the poor quality fabric of the printed clothes left nothing to the imagination, clinging to her immaculate skin. Krista tried her hardest to look away, but damn if it was impossible! Aria was crying in front of her, horribly ashamed and hurt, and all Krista could think of was fucking her.

"Are you hurt?" Krista said, in a supreme act of self-control.

"No, no. I might have bruised my ass a little when I slipped, but nothing to worry about" she said, after taking a deep breath and forcing a smile on her lips. "I'm sorry for the mess. I saw the water recycler had a fault and thought I could fix it."

"Oh, that" Krista said, looking at the wet floor, "yeah this thing always had its quirks. Really it barely works, but I never bothered with fixing it, since it made enough for me."

Krista looked at her again: Aria really took her words to heart, being useful to forgive her transgression. She cooked breakfast and now attempted to fix another one of the ship's subsystems. Stars, had she been to harsh on the poor girl? Seeing her like this, all meek and ashamed melted Krista's heart.

"It's ok! The tanks are overfilled anyway, we have more than enough clean water to last us weeks, even if the recycler broke down completely" Krista said, taking a step forward and wrapping her long arms around Aria's tiny body.

What the fuck was she doing? Aria was working so hard for her because she was scared shitless, surely! And now Krista was hugging her without consent? Even her pea brain should figure out that was a terrible decision! She was going to feel trapped and helpless.

Krista's spiraling panic following her hug evaporated as quickly as it appeared when Aria reciprocated without saying a word, burying her head in Krista's abs and drying her face on Krista's shirt. She was so precious, so delicate and soft. Krista's whole body warmed up, her heart beating hard against her chest. When was the last time she touched someone intimately without trying to fuck them? When was the last time her presence actually soothed and reassured someone?

"T-Thanks, I'm sorry, again. It's just been a hard couple of... weeks" Aria said, finally ending the hug and stepping backward, with a genuine bright smile on her lips, the greatest gift Krista could ask for. "I wanted to do something right for once."

She immediately froze after saying that, her lips pushed tight against one another. "But you don't need to hear my sob story. You've been way too kind to me already. And I think I know what the problem is now" she said, collecting a nanotool from the ground, where she presumably dropped it.

"Could you lift me up?"

"Uh? Oh sure" Krista said, looking at Aria and then at the main body of the recycler, which stood a foot or so taller than the futanari herself. It was a large cube-shaped mess of pipes, steel sheets, and control panels. She bent her keens and brought her hands together. Her companion slipped her flip flops off and placed her foot on Krista's palms. Krista lifted her up, so she could reach the top of the machine.

Stars, she weighted nothing at all! Her warm-up weights were heavier than that little precious thing.

"Yes, here. There's a couple of small leaks that happen to drip onto some very important sensors, and that messed up the recycler's algorithms" she said, "it will be quick to fix the leaks, but it will take ages to retrain the onboard AI regulator, assuming the sensors are fine. The recycler now thinks it's all clogged up and is constantly trying to unclog itself. Hopefully, the pipes have not suffered too much."

Krista barely listened. She was distracted by the view Aria was accidentally giving her, sitting on her heels high up on top of the machine, giving Krista a perfect view of her cute little feet and that perfect bubble butt, practically naked due to her clothes still being soaking wet. Stars, she could not look away. Maybe the federation was right, maybe futanari really were irredeemable deviants.

Her wrist implant saved Krista from herself. It started beeping ferociously. "Ah! Foreign mass warning. Probably asteroids or ship wrecks. I'll have to keep an eye on the phase sync. Can you finish on your own here?" Krista said.

"Sure! It's going to take me several hours anyway, don't worry" Aria said, without even turning around, completely focused on her work.

Krista left, for the first time in her life grateful to have crossed paths with asteroids.

---

"Finally! It's done!" Aria said, letting herself relax laying on the floor. Her legs ached something fierce, she was not used to being on her feet, or knees, for so long. Her hands felt the same way. She suddenly understood all those complaints about designs being too difficult to service. If she ever got back to working as an engineer, she would make ease of maintenance her first priority.

Still, it was done. And the stubborn machine's AI was finally behaving. The main problem had been easy to spot, but she did not expect to find a dozen more small issues that worsened over the years. Some parts were hanging on by a thread, dismantling themselves little by little every time the recycler ran the wrong program.

Aria took a few minutes to rest, looking at the ceiling, spread wide on the cold metallic floor. The water she spilled before had been drained hours earlier by the cleaner bot. It moved kind of funny, she should probably have a look at it too.

She should be better at this. Sadly, her experience did not directly translate. Well, she would improve over time; she had all the tools necessary.

Now that the task no longer filled her mind, her thoughts inevitably drifted towards her towering captain: She hugged her. And she never felt safer and warmer in her entire life.

She barely knew Krista, but while she was in her arms, the whole world melted away and she could relax, truly let go. The realization hit her like a truck, she did not quite know how to process this discovery. In a couple of day she went from nearly fainting at the idea of being found to wishing Krista would lock her arms around her again, and not let go.

Aria closed her eyes, thinking back at that precious minute, in her arms. She could feel Krista's biceps against her, those steel abs against her face, those huge soft boobs caressing the top of her head, and that monster in Krista's pants against her stomach.

"Damn the stars" she whispered. There was no point in denying those feelings, she was madly attracted to the giant futanari captain. But could there be interest on Krista's side too? It was hard to believe, Aria was nothing special. Sure, she managed to make Krista hard not one but twice now, but how much was it due to Aria herself and how much it was simply the natural libido of her futanari genes?

And how much did the fact that she stopped masturbating the last few days contribute? Aria did not hear her use her special room again, and she doubted that colossus of a woman could be stealthy with her self-love.

More importantly, could she dare indulge in this hypothetical carnal relationship? As much as she liked Krista, she really did not know much about her at all. What if she was a hardcore imperial fanatic? Or connected to pirate groups?

The sad truth was that Aria spent the last two decades dedicating every minute of her life to work. She had no partner, no friends, no hobbies or passions, everything had been burned to the ground to make more space for her job.

Krista was the first person she met that showed her a sliver of kindness, and interest, in years. She felt more human while trapped on that ship with no money or future, than she ever felt while in her luxury apartment at the heart of Oriana Station, with millions in the bank.

Aria stood up. Maybe Krista felt something similar, she was alone on that ship after all. Maybe this thing they had would not go anywhere, but maybe they could make each other feel a little more human, for the next week at least.

She left the room behind, and stopped by the bathroom to fix herself a little bit. Her curly blonde hair was as wild as usual, and she did not have access to any makeup, Krista did not have anything of the sort on the ship. She could do nothing for her clothes either. All she could do was wash her face and hands, and change her outfit to a fresh one.

Aria sighed, looking at her reflected image. She looked like a lost station rat.

Defeated, she left the bathroomm walking towards the bridge. As she got closer, a certain familiar smell started to reach her nose, one that stirred a deep hunger in her own pussy. Was Krista playing with herself? Her fun room was empty.

Aria stood in front of the door to the bridge, and opened it.

The place was bigger than Aria expected: A large room with several consoles all over. Large screens occupied pretty much all wall space, showing what the exterior cameras were seeing, so to give the illusion of being in a tower overlooking the ship from real windows. They were phase traveling now, so space appeared as a fractal spiral of stars, converging at a point in front of the ship. It was beautiful, hypnotic, no wonder there were so many legends about that unique spiral pattern.

It was not the room itself that attracted Aria's attention however, but the captain herself. She was sitting in the center of the room, looking away from the entrance and staring intensely at the screen on the console in front of her, displaying what was very clearly porn. Futanari fucking women porn, to be more exact.

Krista's legs were spread wide, and her hands were both in between them. There could be no doubt about what they were doing. Krista sadly heard the door and immediately shut everything down, trying to make it look like nothing happened. The futanari froze for a few seconds, then finally sighed. "Fuck me. Sorry, you should not have seen that" she said, unable to look in Aria's direction.

Aria gulped, trying to ignore the smell of cum and the growing heat in between her legs. What was that futanari doing to her? She took a few steps forward, desperately trying to keep herself under control. This had never happened to her before, this emotional intensity and deep desire. Aria could not take it.

"It's ok, captain. It's my fault for not knocking" Aria said, taking a few more steps.

"No, it's not. I'm just not used to having people on board with me. And I have not been able to relieve myself these last few days, so I thought I could get it over while you worked. Keeping the phase under control is an incredibly boring task, believe me" Krista said, finally turning around to look at her. The massive woman was red, both because of her embarrassment and the intense masturbation session. Her cock was still hard, straining her pants that had been hastily pulled over it, a large wet spot of precum on the fabric.

"I understand. And you did nothing wrong, captain. I'm the one that disrupted your peace. I... Wait, have you not manage to finish yet? I've been working for hours" Aria suddenly said, her curiosity taking over.

"I... I did, four times. And it still refuses to calm down. I don't know why" Krista replied, rubbing her own shoulder and looking down at her cock, as stubborn as ever.

That was the last straw for the blonde. Maybe it was the smell that was melting her brain, maybe it was the visual of that cock throbbing in Krista's pants, maybe it was simply seeing the mighty captain so incredibly aroused and pent up; but she could not back out now.

"How about I give you a hand with that?" Aria said. "If-if you don't mind. It's my fault that you are having trouble after all, and I'm happy to help!" She gulped right after speaking, her hands behind her back, fingers nervously playing with each other, while her whole body temperature rose by several degrees at once. Please, say yes. Please don't be angry.

Krista froze for a moment, having trouble processing what Aria just said.

"I-I'm serious, I don't mind" Aria said, just to reinforce her point.

"I... don't want to take advantage of you" Krista finally said, gritting her teeth. "It would not feel right."

Advantage of her? That was what was blocking the captain? Aria's jaw nearly fell to the floor, followed by a giggle. She could not believe it! She was worried about her! All this time Aria was terrified by the idea that Krista was not actually attracted to her or that she was merely hiding her true monstrous self behind a kind mask, but it turned out the captain really was a gentle soul, despite her terrifying appearance.

Just like that, much of the fear clawing against Aria's heart disappeared in an instant. "Well, if you won't I'll do it myself" Aria said, while sitting down on Krista's huge thigh. She leaned forward, getting her face closer and closer to Krista's own.

The futa did not resist or even move. She simply let Aria do what she wanted. Their lips got closer and closer. An eternity passed in an instant when they finally touched, slowly, gently, sensually. Their tongues danced together, while both let go of their mental barriers.

Aria did not stop, however. Her left hand reached down to Krista's pants, and touched that cock for the first time. A shiver went down her spine, as she explored it with her fingers. It was hard as a rock, and as hot as lava. Veins on its surface let her feel Krista's heartbeat as clear as day. She was no virgin, but she never touched something that majestic. It was hard to believe it was real.

She knew that futanari were bigger, but that thing could split her in two.

"Aria... if you continue I won't be able to hold back" Krista said, breaking the kiss. Her big hands caressed Aria's cheeks, those scary blue eyes fixed on her, burning with lust.

Aria smiled, then took Krista's thumb into her mouth and sucked on it. "I'm not holding back either."

With that, Aria slipped down from Krista's leg and knelt in between them, pulling down the captain's pants in the process, and freeing the monster.

The heavy mass of Krista's cock swung just above Aria's head, looming over her like a wild predator ready to strike. A heavy set of balls appeared in front of her too, each bigger than her fists. Krista's scent was overwhelming in there, mixed with the smell of cum it was simply too much for the woman to resist.

She dived into Krista's ballsack, licking and gently biting her sensitive skin, while her hands pumped up and down her shaft. Then she slowly worked her way up, kiss after kiss, to her cock and eventually the tip. There, a large drop of precum greeted her. She slurped it up, tasting Krista for the first time, shivering and moaning as it distributed throughout her mouth. Delicious, nothing like the male cum she tasted before, it genuinely felt great in her mouth.

The foot long cock throbbed in her hands. It was a colossal task for her, but she was ready to try. She opened her mouth and took the tip in, swallowing a couple more inches. It was too thick to take more, her jaw was already at its limit. So she worked what she could, licking, teasing, sucking, while her hands worked the rest of Krista's cock.

The huge powerful legs around her tensed up, as if Krista was resisting the impulse to close them around Aria's head and crush her. Yet, despite the looming threat, Aria felt strangely safe.

"Fuck... keep going" Krista said, placing a hand on top of Aria's head, and putting a tiny bit of pressure on her. It was not enough to hurt or really do anything, more like a statement of desperate need and overwhelming lust.

Aria did not hold back, she worked tirelessly, giving her gorgeous captain everything she could. Her skills were definitely not up for the job, but she did her best. Nothing could have prepared for someone like Krista anyway, she was big even for a futanari.

"Oh stars! I can't..." Krista shouted through her teeth. Her hand gripped Aria's head a little more tightly, and her thighs closed in, trapping Aria between two walls of muscle. Krista's cock twitched, then her orgasm began.

A wave of cum poured out of it, flooding her mouth and spilling out almost instantly. Aria could feel her cum travel through the shaft, but she barely had time to appreciate the sensation because she had to fight to keep her airways open. She gulped down, the warm thick liquid rolling down her throat, but there was so much she could barely keep up. More and more spilled out, drenching her shirt and legs.

By the time it was over, Aria felt physically heavier. She swallowed a full course meal worth of cum, and had just as much all over her chest and legs. Krista finally started to calm down, and so did her cock. The hard rock appendage slowly deflated, and her legs let go of Aria.

"Fuck, that was a lot... even for me" she said, finally looking down. "Stars above, are you ok?" She knelt down too, bringing herself closer to Aria, and giving her a tight hug, not caring one bit about all the cum getting on her clothes. "Please tell me you are fine!"

Aria could not help but chuckle. That colossus of a woman that nearly drowned her in seed was now hugging her like a mama bear. "I am! I am" She said, patting Krista on the back.

The captain finally let go and stood up, helping Aria as well.

"How about we go get a shower?" Krista said, "we both need it." Without waiting for an answer, Krista swooped up Aria into her arms, and started walking.

"I-I guess we are going" was the only thing Aria managed to say.

Now that things were winding down, her brain was slowly catching up to what had happened. She did it, she took the opportunity and Krista let her.

Stars, she never experienced anything so damn hot! And the feast was not over, because Aria found herself snuggled against Krista's strong biceps and soft breasts. Maybe all of this was just a dream, but as long as it lasted, Aria wanted to enjoy it.

She would not have long to do so anyway. Once they reached a port, Krista would probably force her off. Her original plan was to get all the way to Nirv, but she may be forced down in a couple of days, when they reached the federation's border outpost.

They got to the bathroom, and Krista finally let her down. "Would you like to go first?" Krista asked.

Aria nodded, and started undressing in front of Krista. And even if Aria was covered in her seed, the towering captain still turned around to give her privacy, eyeing the door.

"Wait" Aria said, eager to push things further while they were still both hot and bothered, "How about we save some water and go in together?"

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Chapter 4

Krista could not believe what just happened. She had barely any female partners in her life, due to her size and history. Growing up in the empire and being born a military brat, she interacted with mostly futanari for the majority of her childhood. Even after becoming an adult she still mostly met with and fucked futanari.

To be fair, when she was freshly eighteen, and savagely horny, she was nowhere near delicate enough to handle women, or men for that matter. Some of her past partners liked that roughness, but the novelty disappeared much faster than the bruises. When she abandoned her... first job, and became a hauler pilot, she was no longer that interested in a partner to begin with, despite her friend Helena trying her hardest to change that.

Maybe that was why she so wrongly assumed that Aria would not be attracted to her at all, or scared out of her mind. That blowjob had been far too enthusiastic to be just an attempt to appease her. Aria genuinely was into her. Whether it was more than just physical attraction was a question for another day. Just the fact that her beautiful passenger was just as attracted to her made Krista's day.

And by the stars it felt good. It was not even that good of a blowjob, she had futas that managed to deepthroat her all the way to her crotch before, but none of them were as beautiful as that little flower, and none of them had that spark in their eyes. Was it the enthusiasm that made it feel so good? The way she could barely hold back? The way she willingly waterboarded herself when Krista came in her mouth?

That thirst made it special. Somehow Krista missed the fact that Aria was looking at her with the same ravenous lust that Krista had. She was so focused on hiding her attraction that she missed it. So when Aria asked her to have a shower together she could not say no.

"Sure, I don't mind" Krista said, turning around to see Aria completely nude in front of her. And what a sight! The short slender woman twirled to show herself off, feeling Krista's gaze upon her. From her slender shoulders to her petite chest, to her slim waist, down to her long legs, she was so perfect. Every inch of her was so elegant, as if she had been drawn by an artist.

Krista was the exact opposite. Not that she disliked her own body, far from it, but Aria was everything her own big, bulky, exaggerated self was not.

Krista remained still for a few more moments, admiring her partner, then she finally undressed. Her clothes fell to the ground one by one, until she finally popped her feet out of her boots and stood naked in front of Aria.

The blonde had her jaw on the floor, devouring every inch of Krista's body. Her cock eagerly basked in the admiration and started to awaken once more. Stars above and below! She was insatiable today!

"Enjoying the view?" Krista said, taking a step forward and putting her hand on the wall behind Aria, trapping her and looming above her. She was so damn small! She was looking straight at Krista's navel.

Aria gulped, practically melting on the spot, knees weak and eyes that did not know where to look. Fuck, that felt so good... Making her a squirming mess like that. Aria was reawakening so many instincts and desires that Krista had long buried. She wanted to turn that little precious flower into a dirty mess so badly it hurt. Aria was still dripping in her cum, but Krista wanted so much more. She had no idea how she managed to resist taking her before.

Krista lowered her hands and wrapped them around Aria's hips. She easily lifted the small woman up and up, until she was above her own head. "Mind if I return the favor?" She said, with a grin from ear to ear.

Aria bit her lips, and nodded, her breathing already getting heavier by the second. So Krista put Aria's legs over her shoulders and dived in. Aria's snatch was right in front of her eyes, small, delicate and delicious, already all wet for her.

It had been a while since she ate pussy, but it felt as natural as ever. Krista gave wide slow licks to her vulva, tasting her arousal, playing with her folds. Then she slowly wrapped her lips around her clit, and started playing with it, teasing, circling around it with her tongue, sucking lightly.

Aria's hands landed on Krista's short black hair, she could barely keep her body still, in fact she was outright humping Krista's face.

"Yes, yes! Fuck!" She screamed, eyes closed and mouth hanging open. Krista kept going, until she inevitably reached climax.

"Fuck!" She screamed again, collapsing forward onto Krista's head, while her body trembled, completely overwhelmed.

Krista just kept going, milking her orgasm as much as possible, until Aria herself pushed her away from her sensitive pussy. "Stars" Aria whispered, completely out of breath, "that was amazing, captain."

"It was the least I could do, after what you did for me" Krista said, finally letting the poor woman down. Aria's wobbly legs struggled to keep her up.

"I did nothing special" Aria said, smiling and looking down, somehow finding a way to feel embarrassed after all that happened.

They walked into the shower together, now both really needing a bath. "Well, that nothing special felt really fucking good. So thank you." It was going way too well, Krista was not used to being lucky, but for once she wanted to believe. Even if things did not work out for them, she still got to have some fun with a gorgeous woman, and that was already a good thing on its own.

Before taking things further, Krista turned around and got serious for a moment. "I want to make one thing clear, though," she said, taking Aria's chin into her hand and forcing the small woman to look at her in the eyes, "we continue only if both of us like it, ok? If at any point you feel uncomfortable we stop. I don't know if you feel pressured to make me happy, but I assure you there is nothing to fear. We can stop at any moment."

Aria stood there, silent, for am uncomfortable amount of time. Was she... actually thinking of saying no and stop everything? Did Krista actually misinterpret her behavior? Oh stars! What now?

Fortunately, just as Krista started to visibly panic, Aria smiled and closed the gap between them, hugging her waist tight. "I want this as much as you, my dear captain. You're cute when you get all worried, though."

"Wait, did you wait on purpose to make me squirm? You little..." Krista said, lifting her up and taking her down a peg with a passionate long kiss. This woman was trouble, the best kind of trouble, the kind that Krista always hoped to find. Stars, letting her go once this journey ended would be the hardest thing in her life.

Aria squealed a first, taken by surprise, but she quickly melted into the kiss, her hands wrapped around Krista's shoulders. "You were getting a little too bold, I had give your ego a little check" Aria said, once they finally broke off. That little sexy fox.

"I don't know, I feel like you very much enjoy me taking control" Krista said, sliding her hand in between Aria's ass cheeks and teasing her hole.

Aria bit her lips. "What gave it away?" She said, "now let me down, please. I want to wash you."

Krista smirked but complied with her request. "You don't need us to be in the shower if you want to touch my body, Aria" she said, petting her head and then gently ruffling her beautiful blonde hair.

How could she had missed how attracted Aria was to her? All those embarrassed glances that she thought were of pure terror were actually something completely different.

The blonde did not respond, instead she took some soap in her hands and started working Krista's abs, getting her fingers in every crevice, then opened the faucet. It felt lovely, feeling those delicate hands working over her muscles, the warm water soothing her skin, but seeing that burning lust in Aria's eyes felt even better. The fact that she was as tall as her navel and could barely reach up to Krista's nipples with her arms stretched high made it even hotter.

It was a side of her sexuality that she tried to suppress for a long time, it made her feel exactly like that cruel stereotype the federation's had of futanari. The simple truth was that Krista loved feeling big. She loved towering over others, she loved being stronger, she loved having bigger tits, ass, balls, cock. When she was young and horny, it was the main way she pulled other futas into her arms, dominating them physically.

And many of her peers loved it. In the empire, futanari are kind of expected to be dominant tops. A futanari could be submissive only towards a superior futanari, and young Krista loved being at the top of the pyramid. Over the years, however, she came to resent this side of herself: The horny beast that subjugated those that were deemed lesser, only by virtue of being smaller.

What was even worse was that men and women avoided her exactly because of that persona she built. Other futanari loved it, but those she really wanted to bring to her bed were just scared to death.

So while Aria worshiped her body, Krista could not help but feel dread contaminating her enjoyment. It was stupid, and she knew it, but she could not stop it.

"Most people are scared of my size" Krista said, more to reassure herself than anything else.

"I was at first" Aria replied, while her hands went down to work on Krista's thighs, each as big as Aria's torso, "but you made me feel safe, and wanted. I don't know, maybe it is just the euphoria of finally being free from my chains and meeting the first decent human being in a decade" she said, kneeling down to massage Krista's calves. She looked up, looking even tinier now that she was on her knees. "But as long as it lasts, I intend to enjoy it; and I hope you do too."

"You really had it bad if I'm the first decent human being you have met" Krista said, feeling her body growing warmer with every word that left Aria's mouth. And it was not just lust, something else that she rarely ever felt, something deeper. Stars, what was this girl doing? How was she doing it?

"Maybe" Aria simply said, kneeling down even further to wash her left foot, and then laying a single gentle kiss on top of it. Krista's cock twitched, growing harder by the second. "But I am here now, to make up for lost time."

Stars, she needed to fuck the light out of her. She could barely hold back. And Aria could see it, plain as day in the way she smiled. That tiny body of hers would absolutely not be able to take her, though, not without help.

An alarm broke the spell. A loud siren rippling through the ship's interior.

Krista looked away, confused, worried, angry.

"Phase destabilizing" the AI said from the ship's speakers.

"Fuck!" She shouted, and bolted off towards the bridge.

---

Aria found herself alone in an instant. After living through the most intense sexual experience of her entire life, she was left on the cold floor of the shower, and a burning desire for more. It was so strong it almost hurt. Stars, she never felt anything like that. Sure, she had submissive tendencies before, but with Krista it was something else. When she got naked in front of her, Aria could baely breathe, she almost fainted right there and then.

And touching her body? A magical sensation. She was genuinely so aroused that she could have climaxed just by massaging those gorgeous muscles. And when she got on her knees, and looked up seeing how much Krista towered over her, how her cock was getting harder thanks to her worship... Fuck the stars she was losing her mind!

No, no! What was she thinking? That was not the moment to think with her cunt! The ship was in danger! She had to help Krista, not fantasizing about her! Aria shook her head and stood up. Still naked, she ran after her captain. The ship began to shook, almost causing her to slip on the metal floor, but eventually she made it.

Krista was there, pushing buttons on the main console, a stone-cold expression on her face. The difference in demeanor was staggering. Despite being naked, the captain was laser focused.

"What is going on?" Aria asked. Was this serious?

"Remember that pile of debris the scanners found? It was a camouflaged ship, or a ship hiding in a debris field. And those bastards are pulling us out of phase with a damned anchor" Krista said, growling.

"B-But why?" Aria said, gulping down her growing fear.

Krista looked at her, and her expression immediately mellowed. She took a deep breath and said: "Hard to say. Most likely pirates; it could be a federation's patrol ship pulling some weird stunt, could be survivors of a shipwreck desperate for help, could be a faulty AI core that survived its crew."

Before they could talk more, their phase finally collapsed. The fractal star spiral stopped dead in its tracks and the ship returned back to regular space. Several consoles started beeping, alarms ringing all around them.

The reason why they stopped was right in front of them, an uncomfortably close ship. It was badly damaged: the main thruster was ripped off the tail and there were several holes on the side of the hull. It was pretty bold of them to force Krista's ship out of phase so close to themselves. As unlikely as it was, a collision was far from impossible.

Then a communication request came. They transmitted a federation border patrol signature, but there was something wrong about it, the image looked a little distorted, as if...

Krista looked at the comms console for a moment, then moved to press the button.

"No!" Aria said, and launched herself forward to stop her. Krista raised an eyebrow, but listened. Aria sighed and pointed at the signature. "That's not their signature. Identification blocks are physical objects, layers of glass etched at a micrometric scale. They are built to crack if they are removed from their casing, a good technician can prevent it if they are careful, but there is always some damage, which causes" she said, pointing at a several small but visible visual artifacts on the feed, "that."

Krista looked back at the signature, then closed her fist. "You're fucking right. It's pirates then, or deserters."

Just before the communication request timed off, Krista accepted it, and a masculine voice came through: "This is captain Syre, federation border forces. We have been attacked and request your immediate assistance. Denial will be considered treason. We are sending two shuttles, you will open your door for them."

"Affirmative. We will comply" Krista said, then closed the communication. "So that is what happened. They tried to ambush someone, bit more than they could chew, and now they are desperate to abandon their dead ship."

Krista raised her head and looked outside, or rather at the monitors that were displaying the outside, the wrecked ship in front of their eyes. Two shuttles were traveling towards them, thrusters burning hard.

"Hide in the maintenance tunnels, like you did before" she then said, looking at Aria, "I'll deal with them." With that, she marched out of the bridge.

"W-Wait, I can help!" But she was already gone. Aria looked at the various consoles, taking deep breaths to keep herself calm. Pirates! Of course she would cross path with pirates. No, this was not time to self-commiserate. There had to be something she could do.

Going out was pointless, Aria had no weapon nor combat training. The ship had no internal security, and limited camera coverage, but maybe she could at least give Krista a hand by abusing the subsystems.

Aria rushed to the security console and pulled up the camera feed. She could see Krista dressing up in her room in a suit of heavy body armor. She also had a huge rifle laying on her bed, as well as the needle gun Aria was familiar with. Where in the damned stars did she get all of that? That was military grade stuff!

Krista was quick to put everything on too, in a few minutes she went from naked to combat ready. Her armor was completely black, the metallic plates on her torso, arms, and legs shining under the ceiling light. Her helmet was the last one to be put on, masking her features entirely, and making her look even more massive.

Wait, that looked familiar. It had been modified and repainted, no doubt, but that had to be imperial marine armor. The silhouette was unmistakable. Was Krista...

The shuttle docked to the ship and the airlock started to open. The second one was attaching itself to the first shuttle. Aria had a couple of minutes. Krista rushed into position, readying her needle gun. It looked almost comically small in her armored gloves.

Think. Think! What could she do? The feed coming from the airlock showed five people, four of which noticeably taller, most likely futanari. They wore normal white spacesuits, with added armor plates on the front. They did not even try to camouflage themselves as federation soldiers, clearly they thought their ruse had worked and did not need to pretend anymore.

Ok. Think, Aria! What did she have? Access to life support, fire suppression, door control, lighting, electrics, gravity modulators... A plan formulated in her head.

The airlock finally opened. Three slipped inside, but Aria was ready: She slammed the door shut behind them, isolating them from the rest. Then activated the fire suppression system, thick white smoke immediately filled the whole corridor, blinding everyone inside. Aria activated the infrared vision on the cameras, that let her see everything perfectly.

Krista froze for a moment, confused. Then she looked at the camera above her and nodded, reaching to her helmet to activate her own IR vision. Without wasting any more time, she charged in, moving frighteningly fast for someone so large, ramming into the first pirate and slamming them against the wall.

Aria grimaced, trying not to feel bad for that poor pirate. Their armor plate cracked, and they slumped down against the wall, knocked out.

The pirate next to them tried to swing their gun like a club towards where they thought Krista was, but the captain ducked, then wrapped their arms around the pirate's waist and slammed them down against the floor.

The final of the three panicked and started shooting wildly around. They were using needle guns too, the thin projectiles flying and ricocheting around. Krista used their unconscious companion to shield herself and then fired her own gun against their neck and legs. The needles penetrated deep, avoiding the armor plates and into the unprotected parts, taking them down too.

By the time they were all down, the pirates locked inside the airlock had managed to activate the manual release. They rushed inside, trying to rescue their companion, but Krista was ready, laying one down with a clean punch to the face.

The last one was the non-futanari of the group. They stayed in the airlock and sprayed the corridor with their gun, the white smoke still obscuring everything. Krista waited for them to run out of needles and them rushed inside, slamming them against the outer door of the airlock and knocking them out.

The second squad had arrived in that moment. The outer door was still closed, so they could only stare at the hulking form of Krista looking at them through the glass. Her faceless helmet was terrifying, but even more so were the five unconscious bodies on the ground behind her, becoming visible as the smoke was finally dissipating.

Six people stood beyond the door. One of them stepped forward. They took off their helmet. There was a man underneath, thick black beard, short black hair, brown intelligent eyes. "Well, this is embarrassing" he said, looking at his downed companions.

He stroked his beard a couple of times, then spoke again: "All right, let's talk for a moment. Clearly you have proven to be capable of defending yourself, but there are still six of us and I'm willing to bet you are out of tricks. Now, we could fight some more, I'd lose a few extra bodies but you will eventually go down. Or we can come up with a deal. All I need is to get my crew back to solid ground, you can keep your ship, just get us to the next station. Do that, and there will be no more hostilities."

"I'm not letting any one of you on my ship" Krista said, her voice distorted through the helmet. That kind of iconic voice distortion was known all over the galaxy: It was without a doubt an imperial marine helmet; or a replica that came really, really close. Aria could think of dozens of movies that made that kind of voice infamous all over the federation.

"Well then, I guess we are going back to shooting each other" he says, gesturing for a subordinate to take out a rail rifle. The powerful gun pointed directly against Krista, who did not move an inch.

Aria turned pale. That thing could easily blow a hole through the door, through Krista, and most likely damage the outer hull on the other side of the ship. She had to do something!

Wait! This was a cargo ship! The solution was obvious!

She activated the intercom and spoke: "Wait! How about you dock your ship to the spine of ours and we tow you all the way to the next station? That way you get your whole ship back and we get to keep you out of ours. And none dies."

The man looked up towards the speaker, raising an eyebrow. Krista followed his gesture, turning around too.

"That is... acceptable. You have a deal" He says, "on one condition, you hand back my men."

Krista nodded, and immediately started dragging the bodies into the airlock. Once done, she stepped inside the ship and closed the inner door of the airlock behind her. "I'll shoot you the mag-cables as soon as your shuttles leaves my ship" She declared, opening the outer door.

The captain nodded in return, gesturing for his companions to gather the unconscious bodies.

Aria finally sat down, feeling overwhelmed, sweaty, exhausted. They had survived a pirate attack, while naked.

But now she had a few question for her captain.

---

Krista put away the last piece of her armor back into her chest and sighed. She really did not like putting that thing on, it brought back too many memories. At least it still served a purpose, better than to be thrown away and turned into scrap metal.

In her underwear now, she put on shorts, a random t-shirt, sneakers, and walked to the bridge. There, she found Aria checking up on their new cargo. That little thing saved Krista's ship, and most likely her ass too. She considered herself an excellent soldier, but even she could not survive a rail rifle shot to the chest, even in her armored suit.

Krista was, to put it simply, impressed. Sure, she already knew that Aria had one hell of a brain, but not everyone was capable of keeping a cool head in a combat engagement, especially if it was your first. Hard to believe not a week ago, Aria was just one of many corporate rats.

"Is everything all right?" Krista said, getting closer to the short woman, and putting a hand on her shoulder.

Aria jumped, startled, but then calmed down and smiled. She had dressed up too in the mean time. Shame, Krista was hoping to catch her still naked. "Yeah. They are properly attached. Their main thruster is barely holding, I'd not be surprised if it breaks off completely before we reach port, but I'm sure they'll be fine."

The console in front of them showed the pirate ship attached to their Everlast's spine, as Aria suggested. It was an ugly bulge ruining the sleek silhouette of her ship, but they had to bear with it only for a day or so.

"Do you think they will keep their word? They cannot really threaten us anymore, even if they tried, but I still feel a little uneasy."

"Don't worry. They'll stay put. There is little to gain for them at this point, my ship is not worth losing their whole crew" Krista said, more to comfort Aria than anything else. She believed herself to be correct, but pirates were not exactly known for acting rationally.

"You're right" Aria said, sitting down and sighing. "You were amazing by the way!" She then said, spinning the chair towards Krista and giving her a big soft smile. "I mean, I had no doubt you could defend yourself, but you take them down like they were made of cardboard."

"Well, your trick helped a lot. We did something similar in... a long time ago. But thanks, these girls are not just for show, you know?" Krista said, raising her arms and showing off her biceps.

Aria stared at them intensely, not even trying to hide her thirst. It took her a good minute to sober up and talk again. "Speaking of... I need to ask you something. That was imperial armor" she said, without adding anything else.

Krista dropped her arms, her smile dying on her lips. She sighed and sit down too. "Well, no point hiding it anymore. You have a good eye, not many would have recognized it" Krista said. "Yes, I was a marine in the empire. I have been for twelve years before leaving everything behind and becoming what you see now." Her chest suddenly felt tight, her teeth closed against one another. It was always like that when she talked about her past.

Aria stood silent for a long minute. "Thank you for telling me. I'm not going to dig into something that clearly upsets you, but thank you." After that she took another minute before speaking again. "I guess it's fair that I tell you why I left too, I suspect it's something similar."

She stood up, looked away, then back at Krista. She wet her lips, and finally talked: "I was with NovaCorp, specifically the military branch. I worked on warships for nearly fifteen years, providing the federation with new toys. At first it was great, my dream job, but then it came out that our warships were being sold to warlords all over the galaxy to fuel border wars and destabilize... well, everyone pretty much."

She sat down again, a painful smile on her lips. "The empire may be a fanatic autocracy, but at least they do have some honor. The federation is way too comfortable with lying, lying, lying again and then lying some more. All in the service of our benevolent corporate overlords."

Krista sat silently for a minute too. She was not sure she understood everything, but it was clear that it was a heavy burden for Aria. "I see. I'm sorry, Aria. I'm sure things will get better now."

A heavy silence fell upon them, and Krista did not like it one bit. So she forced a change of tone. "But let me just say... Autocracy? We get to vote more times than you do. Sure we have an empress, but there are layers of direct democratic control. Many imperial decrees have been vetoed through democratic vote. And..."

Krista stopped talking, then closed her mouth, and looked away. She did not realize she still felt so much about the empire. Despite all its issue, it was home. And she was still damn proud of being imperial, even if they did not want her anymore.

"I guess we are stuck in a similar position. I was dishonorably discharged, after refusing certain orders. I could have stayed as a civilian, but realistically none would have hired me." Krista leaned back in her chair and stared at the ceiling. "The empire is far from perfect, but it is not the dystopia the federation makes it out to be, you know? Just like your federation is not the capitalist hellscape we are shown every day."

"And no it was nothing tragic," Krista continued, "more like the final straw: I refused to punish a male soldier in my squad for criticizing the work done by a futanari engineer. My superior officer was an old hag with even older ideas about gender equality, and could not tolerate it. In hindsight, it was an incredibly stupid hill to die on, but I don't regret it. I like this life, it's quiet."

Aria smiled and stood up, then placed a hand on Krista's shoulder. "I'm starting to see it" she said, letting her hand linger for a long few seconds. "Well, I'm beat. I think I'm going to sleep, if you don't mind. This was a little too exciting for me."

"No problem. I'll keep a look on things. Rest well" Krista said.

What a day. Nothing went how she expected, yet somehow they came out on top. Not only that, but her secret was out and Aria did not seem to care. Maybe she worried about nothing, all those years keeping people away because of her past were a mistake.

Tomorrow they should reach Moll station.

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Chapter 5

Moll station was exactly how Krista remembered it: Small, stinky, full of riffraff. It was technically federation territory, but the system had nothing of value in it and too far away from core territories to be worth defending. The result was a de facto independent station, much like most of the settlements at the edges of the big star nations.

The federation's authority was so disregarded there, in fact, that they had docked without any kind of security check. Even their pirate friends could dock with their half-destroyed ship, with a small bribe to the local enforcers.

Surprisingly, they parted amicably. It probably helped that Krista managed to avoid killing any of their men, just injuring them. The captain looked genuinely grateful once they reached the docks. Not that it meant much, there was no such thing as honor among pirates, but still.

The bigger concern for Krista was another one: Aria. Technically she was a stowaway, and if Krista wanted to follow the law she would have to report her to the authorities, which would most likely lead NovaCorp directly to her. Of course, she had no intention of doing that, but what to do now?

A part of her wanted Aria gone, and to forget about all those emotions that she stirred within Krista. Change endangered the fragile peace she had built. Another part was worried she would leave on her own, without even saying goodbye, disappearing from her life as quickly as she appeared.

Another part still was worried that even if they stayed together, things would soon sour between them. Aria was not her first companion or crewmate, but it never really worked out in the past.

Even with all of that swirling in her brain, her plain true desire was being with her. Those few days had been special. Was it insane to think that they were a good match based on just what happened?

Fuck it. She would try. It was worth it. Aria was worth a try. Maybe even two.

Krista stepped outside the ship, with Aria beside her. The station was nowhere near as big as Oriana station. It had no dome or industrial sector, it was just a sprawl of habitats growing on the asteroid's surface like metallic moss, with the port at its center. The interior was a cramped chaotic mess of buildings against one another. The bigger ones were almost pleasant, but even there you barely had personal space. The air was full of smoke, engine oil, sweat, and the smell of questionably edible street food.

There were a lot of futanari, at least compared to more populated federation systems, but men and women still held the majority. You could even see a few travelers and residents brazenly displaying imperial colors.

"We should probably talk" Aria said, looking at her with a warm smile. She was wearing her technician suit, the one she had when she sneaked aboard, washed and patched up. The 3D printed clothes were a little too revealing for a den of scum and villainy like that place.

Krista went for her usual: heavy duty boots, heavy pants, and tank top. Plus her needle gun to her side.

"Yeah, we should. I know a decent place, it's five minutes from here" Krista simply said, trying to guess what her short companion was thinking. The last day had been intense, and not just because of the fighting. Was Aria fed up with it? Scared? She surely was hiding it well if it was the case. She even took the lead, walking in front of Krista, taking in the views, stopping at some vendor stalls selling food and tech scraps.

"You did not travel much, I bet" Krista said, just after Aria barely escaped a vendor trying to sell her an extremely rusted vintage gun, the kind that used explosives to drive bullets.

"No, not at all. This is the farthest I've been from home in fact. I've seen maybe a dozen planets in my life" She said, turning around towards Krista and smiling back, "this place is not too bad, there's a lot of cool stuff."

"It stinks something fierce" Krista said, and Aria immediately burst into laughter.

"yeah, I didn't want to say it, but it's horrible. Still, it's nice not to have corporations everywhere."

Krista chuckled and looked forward. The bar she was looking for was in front of them, a nice cozy place frequented mostly by futanari. The owner was an ex-mercenary that was more metal than flesh after losing most of her limbs and organs in her youth; still, she kept the place clean and quiet.

Just before they got inside, a man once again approached Aria, offering her some kind of meat sandwich for a few credits. It looked almost decent compared to the competition, but still barely edible. She turned it down, but the guy relented only when Krista stepped closer.

It was hard not to notice the differences between Aria and her: None bothered the eight ft tall futanari with a gun on her hips, but they were all eager to take advantage of the five foot mouse walking merely a few feet in front of her. Maybe it was more due to the fact that she was obviously unused to places like these, and less about their respective physical presence, but it was interesting nonetheless.

They finally entered the bar. It was as she remembered it: quiet, comfortable, smelling of alcohol. It had these warm vibrant colors inside, mostly reds and oranges, that helped Krista relax for some reason.

"Look who it is" The futanari behind the counter said, a smirk on her lips. "Still alive, uh? There's always next time I guess." White hair, scars, face was crossed by several metallic lines, seams from her numerous cybernetic implants.

"Indeed. Would you get us a couple of beers? Something decent please. That one that came from real farmed crops was great! Do you still have it?" Krista said, while inviting Aria to sit down in a corner.

"Yes, ma'am! Two expensive mugs of dirty water coming your way!" She replied, disappearing into the back of her bar.

"The place is lovely" Aria said, sitting down and observing every detailed of the environment. There were a fair few people that day, but everyone was very much happy to keep to themselves. "Honestly, I half expected a crazy nightclub ran by pirates and station rats. This is nice. It almost looks like something you'd find planetside."

"Hey! I was born a station rat, thank you very much!" Krista said, a grin. "Relax, I was joking! Sort of: I was technically born on a station, a star fortress, but I did not remain there for long, I lived most of my childhood planetside."

"Stars above, Krista! I was about to have a heart attack!" Aria said, giggling and slapping her forehead.

"Here's your beer, princesses" The owner says, serving them two huge mugs. Krista was not really a drinker: Her stomach got easily upset by alcohol, something that she was relentlessly made fun of in the army. Still, she enjoyed the taste of beer, particularly the legacy stuff, made from real plants and not just synthesized in a factory like most beverages were. It was a lot more expensive and most people really disliked the raw flavors, but she was never one to care for others' opinions.

Aria did not seem to be quite on the same side, she eyed the slightly murky liquid with suspicion, smelled it and finally took a sip, causing her face to go through a roller coaster: Discomfort, holding back from spitting it out, letting it sit on her tongue, slowly coming around to it, relaxing just enough to maybe appreciate the flavor, and finally swallowing.

Taking a deep breath, she rubbed her tongue against the roof of her mouth, trying to get the taste out of there. "I'm not sure if I like it, but I do not hate it." she said, staring at the mug, genuinely surprised by that revelation.

Krista chuckled, then lifted her own mug and took a huge swig, filling her mouth and letting the beer coat every cell, then she swallowed. It was lovely, just the right temperature, that wonderful taste, and just enough alcohol to feel the effect but not enough to upset her weak guts.

"Don't worry, I'll drink it!" Krista said, taking her mug, "I know, it's not for everyone, but thanks for trying. Juni! Could you please bring Aria..." She added, raising her arm to get the owner's attention.

"A glass of Espezia, please" Aria said.

Krista's jaw dropped. She slowly turned around to look at Aria's in the eyes. "Seriously? That stuff is practically pure alcohol."

"Believe it or not, I like the taste. And it takes a lot for me to get drunk. It's a... corporate tradition. Heavy drinking after work was pretty much mandatory. I got used to it over the years."

Krista took another big gulp, letting the slightly sweet, slightly bitter taste mellow in her mouth. The owner came back right after with a tall slender glass of clear liquid. She could smell the alcohol from there, how could anymore enjoy drinking that was beyond her. Yet, Aria smiled and brought the glass under her nose, sipping it delicately as if she was tasting a delicacy.

Krista took a deep breath. It was time. She would make her offer now.

"I guess we should discuss the warship in the room" Krista spoke, not in small part to distract herself from that foul beverage her companion was drinking so eagerly, "obviously I won't report you to the authorities, do not worry. I don't think the cops here would even care about a stowaway anyway, but yeah. You are free to do whatever you want."

Aria opened her mouth, then closed it, a timid smile on her lips, looking down into her glass of Espezia. Was she disappointed? Worried? Relieved? It was hard to tell.

"But, I would be happy to have you onboard for a little longer, if you want. I imagine your original plan was to reach Nirv, right? The first independent world outside of the federation that I would have crossed on my journey. You can pay me with just doing what you were already doing, helping around wherever necessary."

"Yes!" Aria said, almost standing up, and bumping her knees against the table. She sat down, massaging them, and quickly turning red. "I mean, that would be great. I'd be happy to be with you... until Nirv."

Stars, she was so damn cute! The urge to hug that little thing was almost too strong to overcome. That went so much better than she could ever hope for. Why was she even worried? It was clear that they liked each other, right? When did she become such a scaredy cat? She used to fuck half the barracks!

Feeling bold, Krista dared to take a step further. "And as I said before, if we keep working well, I'd be happy to propose a more stable long term relationship as my partner!" She said, "working partner I mean, of course!" She then quickly added.

"Yeah, that sounds good" Aria said, "I'm looking forward to work together with you, captain." She leaned forward and winked. "And thank you for all you did for me, I mean it. Truth be told I really did not have a plan beyond leaving the federation."

"Really? No idea at all?" Krista said, chuckling.

"Honestly, I did not think I would get this far. I know it's hard to believe but this is the first time I try to disappear and leave my country. I know, I have the face of a hardened criminal, but I am not" she said, posing theatrically with her hands on her cheeks to frame her face. She was so damn beautiful. If criminals looked like this, Krista would apply to work as a prison guard immediately.

"Also, about the other warship in the room" she then said, looking at Krista in the eyes, betraying some hesitation in her tone, "fooling around like we did was pretty great, I'm not going to lie. I would be happy to... do some more of that."

The more she spoke, the redder she got, and the more her smile became forced, until she could not take it anymore and looked away, covering her face. "Stars above, please say something! I don't know how to flirt, I have not done it since college."

Krista tried to contain herself, but she could not: A deep hearty laugh exploded out of her, drowning every other noise and voice in the bar for a moment. Aria looked away, frowning for a moment, only to join her in laughter too.

"Well, if flirting is an issue, how about we skip it then?" Krista said, draining her mug and standing up. She stepped forward in front of Aria and bent down, an arm against the wall, looming over the poor woman, her tits right in front of Aria's eyes. The effect was immediate: Her companion did not know where to look, eyes open wide as they peered deep into her cleavage, then at her biceps, then down at her package.

Krista's smirk could not grow any larger. "Well then, let's go to the bathroom. I could use the company" Krista said, slipping her hand under Aria's butt and lifting her up and into her arms.

Juni, the owner, looked at her and rolled her eyes, but then smiled. "Don't turn the place into a bio-hazard please" She said, as they passed in front of her.

Once in the relative privacy of the bathroom, Krista stepped into one of the stalls and closed the door, then brought Aria up and closed her lips against hers. Aria did not resist at all, if anything she gave as much back. She wrapped herself around Krista's thick body, and let their tongues dance together.

This was their first moment of intimacy without any compromises, any doubts, any worries. Both knew how much the other wanted this, and both were loving every second.

Her cock began to stir in her pants, soon stretching the fabric, asking out loud to be let free. Krista's fingers wandered down onto Aria's hips, then ass, groping those soft perfect cheeks, and getting a cute squeal out of her.

They finally broke their kiss, both breathing heavily, both looking into each other's eyes. Aria acted first, kissing Krista's cheeks, then down to her neck. She was gentle, delicate, but passionate, eager to show just how much she found Krista irresistible, and it felt incredible. "I want to please you, captain. Please let me" she whispers between kisses.

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Aria bit her lips, completely lost in the passion of the moment, gone was her hesitation, she wanted to enjoy every second of this, and she wanted Krista to enjoy it even more. Her towering captain finally nodded and let her slip down onto the floor, giving her free reign to act.

She did not waste a moment, throwing herself against the wall of muscles and curves in front of her, kissing the rock-hard abs in front of her face. She gradually went down, making sure to show just how much she loved Krista's body. By the time she reached that huge bulge, Krista's cock was practically ready to rip her pants apart.

Aria did not waste any time freeing it. It sprung free, already leaking precum and smelling divine. She could not help but run her hands over that thick beautiful shaft, feeling the heat of Krista's erection once more. She never felt this entranced by a dick before.

Just standing between those massive thighs, tensing up every time she teased that cock, was just incredible, but there was so much more to do. She forced herself to go beyond: She wanted to show Krista she loved every inch of her, so she kissed her way down that gorgeous cock and onto her balls, then under to the hidden pussy behind them.

There it was, wet and eager to be worshiped. Krista's folds welcomed her face, coating her cheeks with her fluids, while her clit twitched against Aria's tongue. Stars, her scent was so strong down there! It was melting her brain!

Krista shuddered, a deep moan resonating within the small stall. "Oh stars!" She said, leaning forward against the wall for support.

Aria smiled, feeling her heart explode with pride. The fact that her five foot nothing ass could make that beast of a futanari shiver was the most incredible thing she ever witnessed. And judging by how Krista's pussy was behaving, it had been severely neglected over the years. No more, there was not an inch of Krista's body that would not feel her love.

Which was why she pushed things even further. She forced herself once again to go further and pushed her head in between Krista's toned ass cheeks. They were so dense that she had to put some strength to reach her asshole.

"Are you sure?" Krista said, feeling her hole getting teased. Aria waited for a moment, but Krista made no attempt to stop her, so she continued. Her tongue ran around Krista's hole, slowly working her way in, while her fingers slipped back to her pussy, massaging her folds and finally getting inside.

"Stars..." Krista whispered, as she took her cock in her hands and began slowly pumping up and down. Her whole colossal body shuddered, wracked by pleasure and new sensations. Aria barely noticed, she was completely lost in her worship, licking, sucking and fingering to her best ability. There was no room for doubt left in her brain, no worrying about technique or being good enough, her whole world had collapsed into her task: Make Krista feel like a goddess.

It would not take long for Krista to reach her climax. It started from her legs tensing up, trapping Aria in between them with barely enough room to breathe. Then it traveled upward, Krista grunting and closing her fists, her whole body shaking and trying to contain the waves of pleasure. Her cock throbbed and shot a thick stream of cum into the toilet, a violent torrent of seed that turned the water white.

Another shot left her cock, and then another. By the time her orgasm started to wind down, the toilet was completely filled, nearly to the top.

But Aria did not stop for a moment, even while Krista's muscles threatened to crush her ribcage. The towering futanari had to physically pull her out of her ass to make Aria stop. When she did, Aria was hit by a wave of fresh cold air, oversaturated with the smell of cum.

Krista's panting face welcomed her back with a hug, and then a deep passionate kiss. Her captain had no trouble supporting her whole body weight and keeping her a couple of feet from the floor, trapped between those two soft twin mounds on her chest, while that huge cock rested in between Aria's legs, still hard and hungry.

"Fuck the stars, that was something" Krista said, finally recovering some brain capacity. "I... never had anyone go down on me like that. I only ever had toys down there, but damn this was a whole other experience."

Aria smiled, her face covered in sweat, both hers and Krista's, her heart bursting with pride. "Really? You never had anyone fuck you?" She asked, genuinely surprised.

"Well I tried a few times, but it never felt right. I am much more comfortable doing the fucking; and none of my partners liked giving oral" Krista said, then looked at Aria straight into her eyes.

Aria froze, feeling the weight of those beautiful ice blue eyes on her. Time stopped for a few long breaths. Then Krista finally spoke again: "Are you ok? I didn't hurt you, right? I know I can be a little... intense when I cum."

"No no" Aria said, smiling and shaking her head. "I'm more than fine. I loved it." Krista was so damn hot, and kind, and big, and hot. Aria had trouble even thinking properly.

"I'd love to return the favor, but it seems that you are already doing it yourself" Krista said, a wide smirk on her lips, inviting Aria to look down.

Aria did so and discovered that she had been humping Krista's erection that whole time. That thick hard cock sat just right in between her legs, and her hips did the rest, while Krista supported her with her arms wrapped around Aria's back.

"I didn't tell you to stop. Come on, keep going. I want you to cum by humping my cock" Krista commanded, taking away Aria's breath. The poor woman could only obey, gyrating her hips and desperately climbing up towards her own climax.

She was already so insanely aroused that it took merely a minute. And it came fast, and violent: Aria suddenly buried her face in between Krista's tits and shouted into them, while her body exploded with pleasure, electric currents wracking her nerves from her pussy to her brain.

"Good girl. Let it all out" Krista said, patting her head while she slowly came down that devastating climax.

"Are you done? I kind of need the bathroom." A voice suddenly broke their moment of shared passion.

"Oh shit, right" Krista said. She let Aria down then cleaned her cock as best as she could with some toilet paper and picked up her pants. The monster was slowly getting softer, but it never went down entirely, remaining at a sizeable half-chub.

"Let's go" she said, pulling Aria forward with her, letting the futanari that was waiting inside.

Just as the stranger entered the bathroom, Krista stopped and pushed Aria behind her with her hand. Aria squealed, hitting the wall, confused, only to spot two men entering the bar, wearing NovaCorp's logo on their shoulders. Did they find her? How?

Krista turned and looked around, then her eyes fixed on the window nearby. She opened it and lifted Aria up to it. "Hide for a couple of hours, then get straight back to the ship. Don't talk to anyone. If you are in trouble, use your implant and ping me. I'll keep them occupied."

Aria nodded, shaking, barely breathing. She climbed out of the window and landed on the cold metal floor on the other side.

The window closed behind her. She took a deep breath, and ran away.

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Chapter 6

Aria ran, deeper and deeper into the station, until her lungs finally could not take it anymore. She had no idea where she was, nor did she care. The last hour had been such a roller coaster of emotions that her body simply collapsed from exhaustion, crumbling in a little dark alley, out of sight from the main hallway.

Damn the stars! It was all going so well! Krista offered her to get her outside of the federation, and even offered her a job! And if that was not enough, that moment of intimacy in the bathroom had been maybe the hottest thing she had ever experienced in her life.

But then her old life had to barge in and take its due. How in the damned stars did they find her? She had been careful to burn everything behind her! Her implants? She had a hacker friend break them before she left, but maybe they still managed to use them somehow?

No, no. Those were questions for another day. Now all that mattered was to recover, and find a way back to the ship. Navigating the labyrinth that was that station should not be a huge issue: She had the map downloaded into her cyber implant, and should be able to find a way back. Hopefully.

Aria slowly stood up, taking deep breaths to calm her heart. She could do this! She would do this!

That section of the station looked older, and less frequented. Fewer people were walking down the hallways, and fewer shops blasted their neon light into her eyes. The noise and smell were a lot more tolerable too.

Aria dared to walk out of the little alley she hid in. There was no sign of NovaCorp agents, but then again not all of them would wear the colors openly. A group of old ladies played some sort of card game to her left, sitting around a table. Some desperate looking guy was carrying a large sack on his shoulders, containing scrap metal. A couple of kids were playing some kind of augmented reality game, wearing visors and pretending to shoot at each other. Several workers were eating at a nearby food stall, laughing and talking.

One of the shops there attracted her attention with its bright purple light. The Secret Haven, that was its name. It was a sex shop, and a very bold one: All kinds of sex toys were displayed in the window, as well as realistic mannequins in compromising positions.

That was really explicit for the federation. As much as it portrayed itself as the bastion of freedom and liberty, it had a very conservative view of sex, especially compared to its imperial counterpart. But what really got her attention was the strong presence of futanari, both among the mannequins and the ads displayed.

Could they have something to help her satisfy Krista better? As incredible as their intimate fun had been so far, there was no way her scrawny five foot tall ass could take Krista's monster. She vaguely knew that something of that nature existed. Besides, she had to hide, right? A sex shop would be the last place NovaCorp would check.

Fuck it. If she had to be captured today, might as well enjoy what was left of her freedom.

She entered. The place had a couple of people browsing, but neither gave her so much as a glance. Only the woman at the counter looked up and smiled at Aria. She was pretty tall, slender, short curly hair, a piercing through her nose, and heavily tattooed arms, wearing a simple tank top and leggings. She stepped closer to greet her. That was when Aria noticed the bulge in her pants: She was a futanari.

After spending so much time with Krista, it felt weird to see such a normal sized futanari. If it was not for that very obvious bulge, Aria would have not realized. Then again, Krista was big even for futanari standards: The pirates they fought looked scrawny by comparison, and each was easily seven feet tall.

How much was she attracted to Krista because of her size alone? Was she really that shallow?

No it was more than that! They were just in the early stages of a possible relationship, that was all. Their only date so far has been defending their ship from an ambush! She just had to give themselves some time.

"Hello! I'm Nora, can I help you?" The futanari said, taking Aria out of her brain.

"What? Oh right, sorry. Yeah" Aria said, looking at her in the eyes. "I'm... well, I have a futanari friend I really like, but I'm a little... inadequate to take her" she said.

"Oh I see! Your friend is really lucky, she has a real catch on her hands!" Nora said, winking, "please follow!"

Aria blushed, looked at the floor, then back onto Nora. She could not help but glance at the perky bubble butt those leggings did nothing to hide. She was really cute. Krista could easily turn her into a sweaty mess. Stars that would be hot to witness. Or even better have them both use her.

Aria shook her head. What the fuck was wrong with her? She was not even officially in a relationship with Krista! She hurried after the poor employee, trying not to think of her sexually anymore. When did she become such a pervert?

"So, we have various solutions" Nora said, stopping in front of a display with various dildos in the bottom part, and several rows of pills in the upper half. "The natural, so to speak, method would be to slowly train yourself with bigger and bigger toys, but that takes a lot of effort and it can be dangerous."

She took out a couple of bottles of pills, one blue and one purple. "These are more effective solutions for the short term. Drugs that allow your body to become temporarily more relaxed and elastic. They're very fun and safe to use, but in the long term they could cause your muscles to weaken, so it is best to use them only for a brief period."

She then walked back to the counter and took out a tablet, on which she displayed a gene mod advertisement. "We also partner with clinics all over this sector, providing targeted and personalized gene mods to improve pretty much all aspects of your sexual life. It can permanently solve your problem, and much more. Of course the downsides being that it is a permanent change, and more time consuming. It will require a few sessions and several months to take effect. My recommendation, if you are serious with this friend of yours, would be to take the SuperStretch pills, and schedule a gene mod treatment."

"I..." Aria said, taking her credit chip out and looking at it for a good few seconds. Should she use what little money she had for this? What if something happened and she was stuck alone on this station for the foreseeable future? Could she survive without a single credit to her name? She had her secret account, but if she accessed it in federation territory she would be found immediately, and lose it entirely.

On the other hand, being able to fully satisfy Krista was far too enticing. She never cared much for penetration herself, or about her own pleasure in general. What she really enjoyed was giving pleasure, and... just the thought of being filled with Krista's cum was nearly enough to make her orgasm right there and then.

It was a stupid decision. It was a silly decision. She did it anyway. "Here, keep the change. I'll take the strong version" Aria said, eyeing the purple pill bottle, "and unfortunately I cannot say here. I plan to leave soon. Would it be possible to undergo that gene therapy in different clinics?"

Nora smiled. "Of course! As I said, we have many all over the sector. In fact, we are just starting to expand into the federation, we are primarily an imperial company. We can schedule an appointment now if you wish, or you can just walk into a local branch of ours and they'll help you."

"That's ok. I'll do it when I can. Thank you for everything" Aria said, smiling back and leaving the store behind, pills in hand. And they say futanari think with their cock. She just threw away her emergency money for the sake of sex.

Was it too early to go back? Probably, but she was now too eager to wait to see her giant captain again. She studied the map for a moment and started walking, keeping an eye out for any NovaCorp sign. Strange that they did not put the entire place under lockdown, the higher ups liked to do that sort of over the top thing to scare their workers into compliance. Maybe they were trying to be subtle this time?

Progress was slow but steady, Aria did her best to blend in, but the locals seemed able to see through her immediately. She kept getting approached by people trying to sell her anything they had. Did she look like some kind of wealthy tourist? She was wearing a worn down worksuit! Stars, she did not even put on makeup! At least they seemed all well-intentioned, and left her alone after she made it clear she had no money.

Eventually, she reached the docks. It was quiet, or as quiet as a dock can be. Their ship was still where they left it. No Krista in sight, but that was to be expected. More importantly, no NovaCorp.

She stepped into the open space leading to the docks, and then she saw them: A NovaCorp patrol, pushing forward a prisoner.

Krista! They had Krista handcuffed!

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Krista had never considered herself to be particularly bright, she did plenty of stupid mistakes in her life, but how she ended up in that cell was dumb even for her standards.

She knew corporations had the authority to handle minor crimes on their own within the federation, but it still felt deeply wrong to her. Private police officers? In the empire this would not fly.

When Aria left the bar, she kept to the side, studying the two NovaCorp rats for a couple of minutes. They did nothing but order a drink and talk to themselves. Every second, Krista grew more frustrated and anxious, until she could not take anymore and approached the duo.

Juni tried to dissuade her, but she ignored the bar owner. Of course, the two were happy to see her get closer, it was exactly what they wanted: They started spewing anti-futanari and anti-imperial propaganda to her face, an avalanche of vile accusations that made Krista's blood boil. And when she proposed to take things outside, she was tased and immobilized right out of the bar entrance, by a couple of hidden NovaCorp friends.

Those slugs were not looking for Aria, they were looking for a futanari stupid enough to fall for their bait, just to have some fun. Motherfucking pieces of shit! Federation trash! Corpo rats!

Her fists closed tight, she felt ready to punch a hole through the solid steel door, but in truth she was more angry at herself, for letting those idiots distract her. Aria was now alone out there, without knowing where Krista was. Would she think she had abandoned her? Or that something happened? Would she hide and wait? Or do something reckless? Damn corporate trash!

She sat down and sighed. This was supposed to be a good day, it was going so well! Stars, those twenty minutes in the bathroom with Aria had been amazing. She never had anyone eat her ass! Or willingly choose her pussy over her cock. Most of her partners just wanted to be fucked, and Krista was happy to deliver. What Aria did felt so special, it made her feel like a queen, like a Goddess. She loved it.

And now her stupid ass was in that cell.

She laid down, and tried to get some sleep, but all she ended up doing was staring at the ceiling. How long had it been already? An hour? Four? Twenty minutes? She had no clue, her sense of time had always been terrible. Not having anything to do made it even worse, it was outright torture. It came to the point that she started counting the cracks in the paint on the ceiling just to pass the time. Sixty eight.

Her cyber implant suddenly started beeping. A message was trying to get through but the building was shielded, of course. A minute later, the lights went down.

"What the fuck?" Krista said, jumping up. She peered outside, but the lights were off there too.

Before she could do anything else, an alarm started blaring. Red lights lit up on the floor, forming a path towards the exit. Then the door opened. "Critical life support failure. Evacuate immediately" an automated voice shouted from a speaker somewhere.

Krista poked her head out, but the corridor was empty. She left her cell and carefully advanced, checking every corner, while the alarms continued above her. The main lights were still down, leaving only the red emergency lights on the floor.

Krista's training took over. She checked her own vital signs: Her implants showed no medical issue, she was breathing fine, no headache or weakness. There was no smoke, no weird noise... what was going on?

She got to a staircase and went down. Still none. She advanced and finally saw people at the entrance: The NovaCorp guards and a few more employees that had ran out of the building and were now standing at the entrance, confused as much as her.

Damn the stars, what now? There was no way for her huge ass to pass unnoticed. Well, there was only one solution left.

She took a deep breath and charged forward. Her shoes stomped loudly on the floor. The group almost immediately noticed her. The employees threw themselves out of the way, while the guards tried to get to their weapons, but Krista was quicker, shoving a guard out of the way and getting out into the main hallway.

She slipped into a side alley, just as a bullet flew to her right and made an old pipe burst. "Freeze!" A voice shouted.

Growling, Krista stopped, raised her hands, and turned around. The guard was there, pistol in hand.

Suddenly, the main lights came back, blinding everyone.

Krista felt someone pulling her arm, leading her away. She complied, her vision slowly coming back. It was Aria, running away while holding her hand. "Are you ok?" She asked.

Krista could not answer, stunned and overwhelmed. Shouts behind them brought her back to reality. She grit her teeth and picked the lithe woman up, then accelerated, bulldozing through the main hallway like a raging bull.

In a few minutes, they got to the docks and into her ship. She closed the door behind and finally breathed.

"Was that you? The alarms and everything?" Krista asked right after, letting Aria down.

"Y-Yeah, turns out the life support system is old an NovaCorp machine, still using the legacy security codes. I guess none has bothered updating it" Aria said, smiling, and then collapsing onto the floor, the adrenaline no longer supporting her.

Krista too felt a wave of tiredness right after. Far too many emotions for a day. "Thanks. It was dumb, but thanks" she said, slowly walking towards the bridge.

"You got in trouble because of me, it was the least I could do" Aria said, crawling forward.

"No, actually. They were not looking for you, they were just looking for some fun, and they found it. I was stupid" Krista admitted, turning towards Aria. "Don't ever do something that insane ever again, young lady!" She added, pointing her index finger towards her.

"I promise" Aria said, finally standing up again. "Now let's get off this damn rock."

An hour or so later, they were in deep space, safe from NovaCorp.

Krista relaxed in the pilot's chair. They were approaching phase range, far enough from any large mass to allow the translation to phase and thus FTL speed. They escaped without any further inconvenience: The station security could not give less of a crap about them, and the NovaCorp tin soldiers were too busy running around like headless chickens to pursue them.

What in the blessed stars was a chicken anyway? She heard that expression from her mother, but even she did not know. It was some kind of animal, right? Why did they run around headless?

Aria was there on the bridge too, sitting in the gunner's chair, sleeping like a little angel. Stars, she was so damn beautiful, even with her blonde hair all dirty and ruffled up, bags under her eyes, and her poor worksuit covered in dust and oil.

This madwoman somehow spotted her being arrested, and single-handedly got her out within a couple of hours. That little thing had courage to spare. Would she be able to do the same if the roles were reversed? Even as a trained soldier, she would hesitate, let alone if she was also barely five feet tall and a hundred pounds soaking wet.

And yet, Aria did not hesitate to put herself into danger to save her.

Her little precious flower stirred awake, looking around and stretching. "Hey! How are we doing?" She asked, smiling at Krista.

"We are fine. None is following us, and we are ready to translate into phase" Krista announced.

Aria stood up, and stepped closer to her, then looked at her lap, biting her own lips. "Is this seat taken?" She said.

Krista chuckled, and grabbed Aria's arm, pulling her onto herself. The smaller woman squealed and fell face first into Krista's tits. "Highly inappropriate, cadet!" Krista said, sitting Aria onto her massive thigh. "Fortunately for you, I am willing to close an eye."

Before Aria could reply, Krista hugged her tightly, plunging her face right back into her cleavage, feeling that wonderful delicate body against hers.

"Just promise me you'll never do something that reckless again, ok? I know you had no way of knowing, and I don't blame you for what you did, but it was just for the night. We would have been fine if you just waited, they were not even looking for you."

Aria froze for a moment, then pushed her head up just enough to free her mouth from Krista's cleavage. "I know, I'm sorry. I was just so damn worried! I didn't know what to do."

Krista sighed, smiling and petting Aria's brave little head. "I understand. Just... at least consider more than a single possibility next time, ok? You're not going to save anyone if you throw yourself into danger."

Aria stood silent for a moment, so Krista pulled her back into a tight hug. "You're really damn brave, Aria. Way too brave for such a beautiful little thing" Krista added. "Thank you for rescuing me, you're damn amazing."

Suddenly, a naughty thought took over Krista's brain. Would she dare? Aria really looked like she could use a little pick me up, and the futanari really wanted to make her feel better.

"And brave girls deserve to be rewarded."

With that, Krista brought her hand down towards Aria's crotch, pulling down the zip with it, revealing Aria's sweaty bra and abdomen. Krista's fingers pushed deeper, teasing Aria's pussy lips, delicately, gently.

Aria did nothing, she just gasped and let Krista do what she wanted. "May I?" Krista simply said, pulling her hands back to leave her free to act.

Aria did not reply, instead she pulled Krista's hand back to her pussy, burying herself into her tits and subtly moaning against Krista's skin.

The futanari smiled, and continued. Her thumb started working circles around Aria's small clit, while her fingers slowly pushed deeper into her pussy.

Krista did her best to be as gentle as she could.

Sex for her had always been an energetic lustful rush, fighting for dominance and releasing all of her pent up frustration onto her partner. She loved it, she craved it, and all her partners did the same.

But with Aria, she was discovering another kind of dominance, one born of affection, and care. She wanted to make Aria feel safe, that she could rely on Krista for everything.

Which was why those delicious little whines rising from her lips were sending shivers down Krista's spine. "That's good, let it all out. Good girls deserve a reward, and you have been so good for your captain."

Aria's hips started to move on their own, the small woman desperately humping Krista's hand while her arms wrapped around the futanari's much thicker body. Krista's cock inevitably started to wake up, but Krista did her best to ignore it. This was Aria's reward, not hers.

"Oh fuck!" Aria screamed, shaking against Krista's body. She kept going for one, two, five, ten seconds and still more. Krista brought her hand back onto Aria's head to caress her gently, while she kept moaning and grunting in pleasure.

Once she finally calmed down, she looked like another woman entirely: Relaxed, quiet, content, snuggling against Krista like a teddy bear. She looked down to see Krista's erection and gasped audibly. "Oh stars. I should help you out too" she said, slipping down from Krista's massive thigh.

But the futanari stopped her. "It's fine, Aria. You're exhausted. I really appreciate it, but this is your reward." With that, Krista stood up, and took Aria into her arms.

"Whoa!" Aria said, with a giggle, "I'll never get used to it. Am I really that light?"

"Yes you are, you cute little thing" Krista said, shaking her head theatrically. She carried her to the bathroom and gently undressed her, getting her into the shower. "Enjoy the moment, Aria. That's an order" Krista said, taking some soap into her hands and rubbing Aria's hair.

Aria looked a little embarrassed, but she did not protest. Slowly but surely, she managed to relax and accept Krista's delicate touch as she went down her body and washed her. The futanari worked her way down from her hair, to her chest, arms, butt, legs, and finally feet, massaging every precious inch of that gorgeous woman.

By the end Aria was pretty much asleep already. Krista lifted her up and brought her to her own bed, laying her down and letting her sleep on it. The futanari would sleep on the emergency bed they 3D printed, hopefully the flimsy structure could take her weight.

Before that, however, she had to take care of that damn erection. Her old faithful toy in the fun room would do for that evening.

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Chapter 7

Aria woke up in bliss. It was hard to remember a time she had felt that relaxed, satisfied, warm and cozy. She spread on the bed and looked at the metal ceiling, with a dumb smile on her lips.

She did it, she was free. Not only that, but she already had a job and an awesome boss. How could she get so lucky? This whole adventure could have, should have really, been a complete nightmare. Instead, she might have found her place in the universe.

She sat on the bed and stretched her whole body, then stood up. She was naked, as the mirror in front of her showed. Her eyes wandered down her reflection, admiring her own delicate frame and soft curves. She had never found herself to be anything remarkable: mousy, small, easy to forget. Yet Krista was all over her, she loved her body, and if someone like Krista found her sexy, well she had to be.

The more she looked at herself, in fact, the more her self-confidence grew. It was a weird feeling, almost alien in fact, but she could not help it! How could she never see it before? She was hot! And she could not wait to put her body to good use and satisfy her tall gorgeous futanari captain.

Where was she? Wait, this was Krista's room! Why was she sleeping in Krista's bed, alone? Flashes of the past evening surfaced in her mind, and she finally remembered. Oh that damn precious soul! Her captain was way too kind with her!

Still nude and without a care, she wandered the ship in search for the massive futanari, only to find her in her own room. Seeing Krista on the small skinny 3D printed bed made her chuckle: the captain's feet were on the floor, the sheets covered only half her body, and at least one of the bed's legs had snapped in two.

Suppressing her laugh, Aria left and rushed to the kitchen, bare feet slapping against the cold metal floor. There, she prepared breakfast: frittata, waffles, a smoothie. When everything was ready, she went back to her room, where the futanari was still sleeping.

Aria put the tray with the food onto the nightstand, just beside Krista's face, hoping to wake her up with the delicious smell rising from it. And yet, the huge futanari refused to budge. She stirred around, sniffing the air, but her eyes remained closed.

Aria tried to wait for another minute, but she could not resist much longer. She knelt down and slowly peeled off the bed sheets. Krista was in her comfortable clothes: Gym shorts and a tank top, exposing most of her gorgeous body to Aria's hungry eyes.

Stars above, how could she had been so lucky? She was so damn hot! Muscular yet feminine, incredibly tall and curvy, and hung like a horse. What was a horse anyway? She always heard that saying, but she had no clue what it actually referred to.

What was she doing? Watching Krista in her sleep like a creepy pervert? What would her captain think if she woke up now? Sure, they had being intimate, but this was still a little much, right?

Krista's morning wood twitched, stretching the shorts ever more. Fuck, she could not resist. Surely her captain would be happy about getting some relief right away, right?

Aria leaned forward, kissing Krista's abs, holding back her moans, feeling the thin layer of sweat on her lips. Shivers went down her spine as she moved down to her crotch. Her fingers pushed the shorts aside to free her cock. It sprung forward, almost hitting Aria in the face. Her brain was rapidly losing control. She wrapped her small hands around the thick shaft and her soft lips around the tip. And then slowly she started to please it.

It was slow, passionate. She had no rush, all she wanted was to make Krista feel good. Her cock quickly rewarded her with a stream of precum that set her pussy on fire. Maybe she should have taken one of the stretching pills, in theory they worked for her throat too.

Aria had no clue how long her worship continued. Only when Krista's cock throbbed aggressively in her hands she realized it was close. Locking in, she sealed her lips around the head and pumped up and down the shaft as much as she could.

Finally, it happened: A powerful throb shot cum right against the roof of her mouth, filling every corner with thick seed in a mere instant. She had just enough time to swallow before another shot filled her mouth again. Rivulets of cum escaped her lips, falling onto her naked petite breasts, and legs.

Shot after shot, she drank as much as she could, filling her stomach, the thick seed sloshing around in her with every movement. She felt so completely full, like she had just had lunch and dinner back to back, and she loved it so damn much!

When the flood finally started to calm down, she allowed herself to take a breath and refill her lungs with oxygen, only to go back and suck every last drop out of that amazing cock.

"Well, I could get used to this" Krista suddenly said.

Aria froze, turning pale in an instant. "Oh stars! I'm so sorry Krista! I should have asked! Its just... it was right in front of me, I could not resist" Aria quickly said.

Only to be shut up by Krista's lips. The tall futanari bent down and pushed Aria's lips tight against her own. They kissed, closing their eyes, feeling each other's heartbeat. Krista tasted her own cum in Aria's mouth and she seemed to not mind in the slightest.

When she finally let go, Aria was a panting mess, back to an embarrassing red color on her cheeks. "You can do that whenever you want, Aria, I don't mind at all" Krista finally said, sitting more comfortably on the edge of the broken 3D printed bed, keeping Aria in between her colossal legs. "I mean, how could I complain? Breakfast in bed and my nuts drained? With a gorgeous woman at my feet while I eat?"

Aria took a deep breath, relieved, and snuggling against Krista's hard calves while the captain began eating her breakfast.

This was perfect, this was what Aria wanted the rest of her life to be: Roaming the galaxy with Krista, living on that beautiful rust bucket of a ship, and showering her captain with love and pleasure, while sitting at her feet like a cute happy puppy.

It was hard to believe herself how deep she was slipping into that submissive mindset. Sure, she had sub tendencies before, but this was on a whole other level. She wanted Krista to take her and use her as much as she wanted, to serve her hand and foot, to be her little toy and cumdump. Fucking stars, she could hardly resist that fantasy.

Without even thinking, her hands started to massage Krista's calves, and her lips to graze her skin in adoration.

"Oh that feels nice" Krista said, looking down at her, clinging to her calf like a lost child, "feel free to continue."

Aria smiled, and got to work. Her fingers pushed deep into the muscle, while her lips kissed every inch they could reach. "Oh fuck, you have magic fingers, Aria" Krista said, leaning her back against the wall, relaxing.

Aria had her doubts that she was actually doing anything: Krista's calf felt like it was made of steel, her fingers could barely make a dent in it. Still, she continued.

Then, she went down, placing Krista's foot into her lap, working the sole and then toes with her fingers. Without thinking, she leaned forward and kissed it, again and again. What the fuck she was doing? She never felt anything like that before, worshiping the lowest part of her beautiful captain. Her newly discovered submissive soul was burning with energy, she could not get enough of it.

And then it all ended. Krista pulled her foot away, and the spell broke. Aria came out of her submissive trance all of a sudden, confused and worried. She looked up, terrified to see disgust in Krista's eyes.

Instead, there was... tension? Krista was frozen still, looking at her intensely, lips pushed tight against one another, her heart beating hard enough that Aria could hear it. And most surprisingly, Krista's cock was rock hard once again.

Suddenly, Krista's foot pushed Aria down, forcing her against the floor. Krista slipped off the bed and onto Aria. The futanari's giant body loomed over the diminutive woman, cutting off all light.

Krista lowered herself down, smothering Aria underneath her. The woman's whole body was trapped against Krista's tits and abs. She could feel the heavy weight of Krista's balls against her own feet. The futanari stared into Aria's eyes with an intensity that she had never seen before, burning with energy, her heart beating against Aria's chest. They stood still like that for a few long moments, before Krista finally spoke.

"Aria, damn the stars, what are you doing to me?" She said, biting her lips, "I've had partners that went crazy for me before, but none worshiped me like you do. It's fucking addictive, you're driving me mad."

Krista lowered her face and kissed Aria, slowly and gently, but forcefully, giving her no space to move or reciprocate. It was possessive, dripping with hunger. Aria should have been scared for her life, she should be screaming and trying to escape. Instead, she was loving every moment, even the crushing weight of her captain, or the intense heat that was making her sweat buckets. She was Krista's plaything now, and she loved it.

"You have no idea how much I want to ravage you" she said, whispering with her deep powerful voice, "but I won't, not now. Because I like you, Aria Sileni. I like you so much it scares me. I want to take things slowly, because I am terrified of fucking this up."

And with that, she stood up, letting Aria finally breathe. She knelt beside her and helped her get up. "I'm sorry if that was a little intense. I just had to say it. I don't want you to think I don't love what we are doing, I'm just... I want to do things right." An awkward silence took over for a few seconds, before Krista spoke again: "So how about we share this delicious breakfast together?"

"I... yeah" Aria said, her legs wobbly and her head light. She stood up and sat beside Krista, while the futanari handed her a waffle. "Sorry for pushing things" Aria finally said, "I really like you too, Krista. I don't think I've ever felt more attracted to someone in my life. It's... hard to think when I'm around you, in a good way."

Krista chuckled. "You are so damn cute" She said, ruffling Aria's hair, and laying down onto the broken bed once more. She made herself comfortable, then lifted one of her colossal legs and placed her foot onto Aria's lap.

"W-Wait, don't you want to take things slowly?" Aria said, her cheeks turning red once again.

"What? You don't have to do anything. I'm just making myself comfortable. Throw it off if you don't want it" Krista said, a smirk from ear to ear on her lips

Aria rolled her eyes, then looked down at the exposed sole, near her fingers, and smiled. She moved her hand closer and started tickling Krista's foot.

The reaction was immediate, the futanari retreated her limb away from her, struggling to hold back her laughter. "Oh you bitch! Fine, you win this one" Krista said, shaking her head.

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Krista looked at the distant stars in the infinite void of space around her. The sound of her magnetic boots snapping to the outer hull was the only sound she could hear. It had been a while since she went for a space walk, something she never enjoyed doing. The irony was not lost on her, since she was an imperial marine. Then again the media vastly overestimated how much time marines spent in the vacuum to begin with.

After that movie series came out, everyone was convinced imperial marines just threw themselves onto enemy ships, and did not go for the much more sane method of using boarding vessels. What was it called again? Band of Sisters, or something similar. Maybe she could re-watch it with Aria.

She finally reached the airlock and opened the door. Once inside, she let the system cycle, taking off her helmet when safe. She really did not like making repairs while in space, but Aria was right: It was perfectly safe, and it would save a ton of money. A dock mechanic would do the same for ten times the price.

"You're getting old, my dear girl" she whispered, patting the door frame as she left the airlock, and the space suit, behind. She stretched and cracked her neck, wearing nothing more than her underwear, bare feet slapping against the floor.

Aria appeared, smiling, wearing her 3D printed shorts and t-shirt. Krista's cock could not help but twitch at the sight. That damn little thing had to do nothing at all to turn Krista's brain off in an instant.

"See! It was a quick fix! I told you! Next time I'll do it, we just need to buy a space suit for me."

Krista stepped closer, a smile of her own on her lips, and lifted the small woman up, hands on her butt. "You were right, ok? Are you happy now?" Krista said, rolling her eyes theatrically.

"Stars above, Krista! You can be so childish at times, for such a huge..." Aria tried to say, before Krista kissed her. Her precious companion did not resist in the slightest, abandoning herself to that moment of passion.

Krista pushed her tongue deep into Aria's mouth, aggressively conquering it, claiming it, leaving no space for Aria to act. It took everything she had not to pin her against the floor and fuck her savagely there and then. Instead, she broke off their kiss, and admired Aria's stupefied face. "You're too damn cute."

Aria said nothing, just looking away. How she still managed to be embarrassed when she quite literally kissed her feet merely hours ago, Krista had no idea. She let the woman down and they went to the bridge together. "I'll re-engage phase translation. We should reach Nirv in a few days" Krista said, sitting down in the pilot's chair.

"That's good! I... I gotta check on the fusion generator, I think the mag shields are a little out of tune. It's going to take me a couple of hours I think. Do you still have stuff to do afterwards?" She said.

"Are you asking me out on a date, Aria Sileni?" Krista said, looking towards her with a big dumb smile.

"No! Well... kind of, I guess. Does it count as a date?" Aria replied, finding the courage to smile back. "I just wanted to hang out together. The last few days have been very busy, and we did not get the opportunity to just talk and relax with one another."

Krista looked away for a moment. She was right, they had fucked more than they talked recently. Not that it was an issue, for Krista at least, but both wanted more than just being friends with benefits. Aria was more than just incredibly attractive. She was smart, and brave, and damn skilled.

"Sure! I'll just have my gym session now, and we can hang out in my room once we're done. The autopilot can handle things fine" Krista said, standing up. Aria nodded and ran away. That cute bubble butt jiggled all the way out of Krista's sightline. What a view. She had to bury her cock in it one day, somehow.

Without wasting more time, Krista got to the gym and started working out. She went hard that day, trying to burn as much energy as possible, hoping it would keep her from getting too horny later. A faint hope, but she wanted to try anyway. Stars be damned, she was a walking futanari stereotype, wasn't she? Aria did not seem to mind at least.

When the session was done, Krista took a shower and retreated to her room, changing into comfortable pair of pants and shirt. Then she spent the next hour tidying up the place. She was not a particularly disorderly person, but she lived alone for quite a while, and she certainly got a little complacent. Maybe she could get Aria to do it, she would certainly be happy to serve her mistress and clean the place in a cute maid uniform.

No! Bad Krista! Aria may be submissive but she was not her servant. Unless she wanted to?

"Hey! Is it a good time?" Aria said, peeking into the room.

"Depends what you mean, come in" Krista said, sitting down onto her bed. The woman stepped forward and sat beside her. "How about we watch a movie?" Krista said, laying down.

"Sure" Aria said, laying down too. "Something in mind already?"

"Not really" Krista said, taking the remote and activating the screen. The wall to the left of the bed changed color, revealing a large screen occupying most of its surface. "To be honest I don't watch many movies. I mostly play games."

"Well, how about this one then?" Aria said, snatching away the remote and quickly entering a name into the search bar. Siege on Kars... She could not be serious.

"Really?" Krista said, a chuckle escaping her lips, and a hand slapping her forehead.

"What? I always wanted to know what imperials think about it. And you were a marine even, so it's perfect!" Aria said, giggling like a school girl.

"You want to know what I think about a comedy that depicts us as sex-crazed morons that get outsmarted by two teenagers and some naked boobies, losing half a battle-fleet in the process?" She said, shaking her head.

"I... Sorry I didn't mean to be offensive, I thought it would be funny" Aria said, only for Krista to take the remote back.

"I'm kidding! You don't know how many times we watched it in the barracks! Stars, I heard officers quote lines from that movie" Krista said, ruffling Aria's hair. "Relax! It's a good choice, I'm just teasing you. Besides, it's not like we don't have movies like that for the federation, it's only fair."

There was a grain of truth in those stereotypes really. The empire was a little too sex-positive. And while it was far from being a supremacist state like in federation propaganda, it definitely had big gender equality issues.

"Have you ever seen The hundred labours of Herm? The one where the guy invents life lengthening medicine just to survive long enough to go through federation bureaucracy? And in the end his request is rejected?" Krista said.

"Yeah.... I never empathized so much with a fictional character" Aria said, "wait, it's yours? I didn't know it was an imperial movie!"

"We can watch it together later. The opening scene is my favorite" Krista said, finally starting the movie.

Krista laid on her side, and pulled Aria closer as her own little spoon. She could smell Aria's recently washed hair, and feel the warmth of her beautiful delicate body, and that perfect butt resting against her abs. Aria did nothing to resist, if anything she purposefully squished herself as close as possible to Krista, rubbing her butt cheeks against the futanari without a hint of shame. That damn little thing, she knew damn well what she was doing.

And to think she was scared of her own shadow just a few days ago.

The movie started with the protagonists trying to get through an imperial checkpoint. The female lead distracted the guard so that the male lead could sneak through. She talked in circles to the futanari guard, who must be said played the part of the idiot perfectly.

Every time the futanari saw something suspicious, the female lead would lift her shirt and reset the guard's brain. Then when the male lead got through, he distracted the guard by flashing his ass to her, letting the other pass as well.

It was tremendously exaggerated, but she could remember that girls and boys used to get close to military bases to flash the futanari soldiers in training, knowing that they would be punished if caught ogling the civilians. She even got caught looking once, and sent to clean latrines for a week.

The movie went on. It had been a long while since she saw it, but it was still a fun little adventure, full of dumb stereotypes about the empire. Unfortunately, Aria's closeness had the expected effect: Her cock stirred awake, growing harder and forcing its way in between Aria's legs.

At first Krista did not notice, happy to watch in silence, it was only when Aria squeezed her thighs together that she realized.

"Ah, sorry. This was supposed to be a quiet evening to get to know each other better" Krista said, trying to get her cock out of the way.

Aria, however, stopped her, and kept it in between her legs. "It's fine! It's more than fine. I... I gotta confess: I kind of love how insatiable you are" Aria said, not so subtly moving her legs back and forth, stimulating Krista's thick shaft.

Krista smiled. "You really do, uh? Stars, you're a futanari's wet dream, Aria" she said, humping her legs back, shivers of pleasure climbing up her spine. It was slow work, gently stimulating her cock in unison. Krista wrapped a hand around Aria's neck, without grabbing tightly, just letting Aria feel her fingers there, on that delicate skin of hers. The woman gasped, and put her own small hands on top of Krista's own.

The movie went on, but neither was paying attention anymore. Krista could feel wetness dripping onto her shaft from Aria's pussy. Stars be damned, she so wished she could fuck that beautiful snatch right there and then, but that would end horribly.

The minutes went on. Their breathing grew heavier. Thick drops of precum leaked from her tip and onto the bedsheets. Krista was not usually one for gentle slow sex, but with Aria it just felt so good. She just relaxed and let her splendid companion set the pace.

With Aria she felt like she could truly be herself, her messy horny stupid self. She did not have to play the part of the big brute to satisfy the egos of other futanari, nor did she had to hide her overwhelming libido and dominant tendencies to appease her past female partners. She could be herself, fully herself.

Somehow, Krista and Aria wanted the same thing, they got off on the same thing, a perfect mirror match of servant and goddess. And so even that slow thighjob felt better than any sex she had before that little blonde angel came into her life.

Her climax came slowly, like a gentle rising tide. She did not chase it, she let it come at its own speed, to the point that she did not realize she was close until the very end. "Ahhh" She said, letting go of all tension, letting the pleasure of that moment wash over her whole body.

Cum exploded from her cock, painting the sheets and floor white. One, two, three, five, ten shots later it finally stopped, leaking a few more drops out to add to the small white pool of seed.

Aria brought a hand down and scooped some cum up, bringing it to her mouth and savoring it for several long seconds. "Fuck, Krista... I came without even touching myself. I didn't know I could do that."

"Good girl" Krista said, patting Aria's head gently, "it felt amazing for me too."

Krista rolled away, laying on her back and finally taking her cock out of Aria's thighs, basking in the afterglow. "Just so we are clear, all I say while we fool around is just bedroom talk. You are a beautiful intelligent independent person, not a toy, ok?" Krista bit her lips, "I know I can be a bit of a bitch in bed, and I love that you love that side of me, but it's only sex. I would never dare think less of you."

Aria finally turned around, with a smile on her face. "Is that supposed to be some kind of aftercare?" A cheeky giggle escaped those perfect lips of hers. "I know. Thank you for saying it, but I know, don't worry about it. I never felt this good before. I feel like I'm where I belong. Now let's finish the movie! Well, I guess we should clean up first."

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Chapter 8

Krista handed the needle gun over to Aria and positioned herself behind her. They had set up some targets deeper into the main hallway, about thirty feet away: just a pile of old boxed with clothes stapled onto them to form a vaguely humanoid shape. She was glad Aria asked her to learn how to shoot. The little blonde had to learn how to defend herself. Besides, it was plain, it certainly beat doing maintenance.

Aria looked at the gun and then at her targets. It looked so damn big in her hands, like she was holding a hand cannon. "Remember what I showed you?" Krista said, moving closer.

Aria nodded and fixed her posture, then raised the gun and aimed. Her stance was far from ideal, and her hands were shaking, but it was good enough for a first try. "All right! Line it up. And let the gun help you, your eye implant should be receiving data."

"Y-Yeah," Aria said, adjusting her aim slightly, "handy thing to have, practically aims itself."

"Ah!" Krista shouted, chuckling, "sure, true, but it takes time and takes your attention away from what is happening around you. Don't forget that. No technological assistance can substitute your awareness, just supplement it." She placed her hands onto Aria's shoulders, adjusting her stance slightly. "Now shoot."

Aria tensed up, feeling Krista's touch onto her. The blonde finally took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger. The familiar sound of whining coils followed by the sonic burst of the needles filled the room for a moment. "Whoa!" Aria yelped, stepping backward into Krista's abs.

The needle hit the target, almost dead center. "Well done! First try!" Krista said, patting Aria's head.

"It kicks a lot more than I expected. Isn't this designed to be underpowered" Aria said, looking at the weapon in her hands.

"It is, wanna try the rail rifle?"

"No thank you. This is already terrifying enough" she said, lining up another shot and focusing onto her target once more."

"I thought everyone loved guns in the federation" Krista said, "they're not that common in the empire. The first time I touched one was in basic training."

"Well, not everyone all right? Just like not everyone in the empire visits brothels daily" Aria said, firing another shot. She was slowly learning to manage the recoil.

"Fair enough" Krista said, adjusting her stance again, "I'm just surprised you never held a gun before, that's all. No, don't keep your arms fully extended."

Aria obeyed and shot another needle into the stack of boxes, hitting where the head would be. "Hey not to bad, right? This is easy!"

Krista chuckled. That little thing was growing too big for her breeches. "Well, if it's so easy how about we make it a little more difficult? Let's see how good you are while distracted." And with that, Krista slipped her hands off Aria's shoulders and caressed her lovely body. They sneaked onto her chest, squeezing those cute perky tits. Aria tensed up, a moan escaping her lips, her hands trembling around the gun's grip.

"Come on, shoot" Krista commanded. Aria obeyed, but this time the needle missed the target entirely, bouncing off the metal wall behind and landing onto the floor with a loud cling.

"Not good, recruit. Try again" Krista said, while still massaging Aria's breasts and teasing her nipples.

Aria fired again, and this time she hit the target, barely, clipping the shorts.

"Well done, then let's get to the next level" Krista said, feeling Aria's delicate body shiver against hers. One of her hands wandered down into her panties, rubbing against Aria's wet pussy lips. "Keep going, recruit. I did not tell you to stop."

Aria moaned, her hips moving on their own, while she pressed her back against Krista's abs, eager to feel more of her body. She was losing the battle, and badly, but she still raised her hands and aimed another shot, missing entirely again. "Fuck!" She shouted, almost letting the needle gun fall.

"Try again. Keep your legs steady, arms up" Krista said, slipping a finger into Aria's pussy. The blonde obeyed, but the shot was even worse than the last.

Krista kept going, leaving no room for respite, until Aria finally surrendered and let the gun fall. "Krista..." She whispered, placing her own hands on top of hers, trembling like a leaf, panting and closing her eyes.

"None gave you permission to talk, recruit" Krista said. She brought her head down and took a long lick up Aria's neck, then forced her head to turn, placing her lips onto hers. She pushed her tongue deep into Aria's mouth. The blonde surrendered herself entirely.

Aria's hips moved more and more desperately, grinding herself against Krista's hand, until she finally hit her climax. Aria tensed up, screaming into Krista's mouth. Her legs failed to support her weight, collapsing downward. A minute later, the futanari finally gave her mercy and let Aria go. The poor woman took a deep breath, panting hard, her eyes unable to focus. "Fuck me..." she whispered, sliding down Krista's body until she was sitting by her feet.

"A little disappointing, recruit, I expect better" Krista said, looking down at the overwhelmed woman, her cock twitching in her pants. "Maybe you can make it up to me, and I could forgive the poor performance."

Aria smiled, and stood up, taking Krista's hands into her own and kissing the back of it. She then took Krista's fingers into her mouth, sucking on them as if they were cocks, tasting herself on them. "I'm eager to obey, officer."

"Sure you are" Krista said, slipping her hand off Aria's mouth and lifting her up onto her shoulder. "I have something in mind."

"Hey! Be careful, you brute!" Aria said, playfully flaying her arms and legs, "I'm not a toy you can toss around!"

"No, you are not a toy. You are my toy" Krista said, slapping Aria's ass, and shutting her up. With that, she turned left and entered her fun room, where she had all of her sex toys and fuck machines. Seeing all the neglected tools in there almost made her feel guilty, like she had betrayed an old friend. She could hardly remember a time in which she had not visited that place daily. How times had changed.

In the back of the room, there was a square of floor made of a different material: A soft silicone mat where one could comfortably lay on. It was perfect for what she was in the mood for that day. What Aria did in the bar's bathroom on Moll station left a huge impression on her, and she wanted more. Her cunt, specifically, wanted more.

Before Aria, she never had partners eager to play with anything other than her cock. Sure, her tits and ass got a lot of attention, but when it came to sex, her dick was the crown jewel. It was time to buck the trend.

So Krista tossed Aria down onto the mat, making her squeal in surprise. Before she could recover and figure out what was going on, Krista slipped her shorts and panties off, then stepped forward, standing above the small woman. She lifted a foot and placed it on top of Aria's stomach, being careful not to put any weight on it, just keeping the blonde from moving.

"I'm now going to ride your face, and you're going to be a good toy and lick me like your life depends on it. Are we clear, recruit?"

"Y-Yes ma'am!" Aria said, gulping down hard and giving her a very poor military salute.

"Shut up. Your mouth has better things to do" Krista said, smiling and lowering herself down. She placed her huge ass on top of Aria's beautiful face, her ballsack onto her forehead. She immediately felt Aria's tongue snaking up towards Krista's wet snatch, eager to please. With their massive size difference, Aria almost completely disappeared under Krista's huge muscular thighs. Only her legs were still visible, otherwise everything was buried under her.

What a heavenly visual. Nothing could come even close. She had always been obsessed with her own size, she loved looming over others, being stronger, overwhelming people with just her presence. It was a drug she abused a lot when she was younger, and with Aria she felt ready to explore this side of herself again.

Without hesitation, she started grinding against Aria's delicate face, making sure to put only some of her weight onto the poor woman. Using something so beautiful and frail like a dirty toy... She could not think of anything better. One of her hands went down her cock, pumping up and down her thick shaft, while the other worked her left nipple. Pure electricity wracked her nerves. Aria did her best to breathe, swallow Krista's fluids, and lick her hungry pussy, while being slapped by her ballsack and crushed by her ass.

"Fuck, yes!" Krista cried out, feeling a powerful climax coming. She kept going, dancing on the edge of that orgasm, to make that blissful heaven last longer. But her willpower ran out far too quickly: She came. "Fuck!" She shouted, tensing up and finally stopping her unrelenting face-riding. Her cock shot thick ropes of cum against the wall, while her pussy pulsed against Aria's face, trying to devour the poor thing.

A full minute later, Krista finally calmed down and lifted herself off Aria, cock still dripping and legs covered in her own female cum. Aria did not move, breathing heavily on the floor, completely covered in sweat and Krista's cum, with a huge smile on her lips.

"T-That was fucking amazing" Aria said.

Krista smiled back to her. "Fuck yeah it was!" She said, helping the woman up to her feet. "Sorry if I went a little too hard, it just felt too good."

"Krista, damn it! You know I love it, you don't need to justify yourself" Aria said, standing up on wobbly legs, and immediately hugging the towering futanari in front of her, face buried in Krista's abs.

"I know, I know. It's just hard for me to accept it" Krista said, picking her up and princess carrying her away to the shower. "I know you had plenty of opportunities to tell me to stop, but you know..."

"No, I really don't, Krista" Aria said, laughing and snuggling against her soft breasts. "You know I had like two partners before you, right? Three if we count fooling around in a bar one time. And all of them were extremely vanilla guys that considered blowjobs exotic. The federation does not really see sex in a positive light, we have no education and barely any media, at least not any openly available."

"I see" Krista said, biting her lips. She had not considered Aria's point of view on this at all. Of course the poor woman could not read her mind and figure out why she kept holding back and apologized every time.

"Let's just say I was not the best lover once. I was greedy, and selfish, and let my cock do all the thinking. I was often the biggest around, and I loved it. I was drunk on imperial ideology, all of that supremacist nonsense" Krista said, finally reaching the showers and putting Aria down.

"I never really believed in it, but I was happy to use it to justify my more extreme tendencies. I often said to myself: You are not a monster for wanting to use others as pieces of meat, it's just the natural order, right? Men and women serve futanari, and weaker futanari serve the stronger ones" Krista continued, trying to gauge Aria's reaction, but the woman stood silent the whole time.

"It was easy to just accept it and not think too hard, just like everyone else around me. When I finally could not take all that crap anymore and left, I kind of buried that side of my sexuality. It's one of the reasons why I had barely any partners since leaving. I felt awful about all those thoughts."

"Which is why I keep repeating the same things every time we fool around. When I'm with you, I cannot keep my dominant side quiet, I just want to... do so much to you. And I don't want you to think I actually believe you are just a good fuck, just a toy, because I never felt like this with anyone before. I don't know if I can call it love already, we have been together for barely a week and a half, maybe we are just good fuck buddies, but yeah..."

Aria looked at her for several seconds, then she finally spoke. "Ok."

"Ok? That's all?" Krista said, unable to read Aria's flat expression.

"Honestly, I'm not sure what to say. I never even had a real chance at exploring what I liked before, but there has not been a day since I met you that I do not fantasize about... all of this. I can't deny it. I loved every moment. Even just now, instead of being worried about choking on your cum, I just wanted to make you climax harder. It's like my brain turns off when I'm around you, and all I can think of is pleasuring you."

She finally smiled, and Krista felt an enormous weight sliding off her shoulders. "I never thought for a moment you were a bad person, Krista, quite the opposite. Sure, at first I was scared, but you never forced me to do anything, you gave me shelter, food, you protected me, and you even offered me a job. You could have turned me into your slave, or sold me off to pirates or NovaCorp for a fat stack of credits, instead you got yourself in jail to keep me free."

"Hey, don't sell yourself short! You managed to escape NovaCorp by yourself, helped me fight off those pirates, found a diplomatic solution that kept everyone safe, and got me out of that cell in just a few hours! You showed more balls than most soldiers I met in my life!" Krista said.

"Well, thanks. That means a lot coming from you. But now enough of the serious talk, I'm still covered in your cum."

"Ah! As if you mind that" Krista said, shaking her head. She nonetheless turned the faucet and began showering.

---

Aria gently stirred the soup she was cooking, enjoying the flavorful smell that rose from it. She missed being able to cook, so she took her time to enjoy the process. When she worked at NovaCorp she barely had the time to eat, let alone enjoy crafting a good dish for herself.

She had to convince Krista to buy good ingredients. All that precooked stuff was good enough in a pinch, but it severely restricted what she could actually make; and cannibalizing multiple packages to get some raw ingredients in the right quantities was getting old.

Still, it gave her time to think. Krista opened up to her. It was hard to believe that the giant futanari had some insecurities. How did she not notice before? Had her own emotional intelligence atrophied so much over the years of being a good little corporate drone? Granted, she knew very little of sex, or intimacy in general, but still.

A chuckle escaped her lips. She never would have expected to have such a passionate relationship, and with a futanari no less. Living in the federation, you learned to believe they were all sexual predators. Some of her old friends had fantasies about being forcefully taken by a big futanari, and she always found those desires disgusting. Now that she was practically living their dream, she understood all of it. Stars, she could not get enough.

And she still had those SuperStretch pills. For some reason, she had not found the courage to talk about them yet. What was she afraid of? Of enjoying it too much? Maybe she had some mental burden to work through too. Feeling guilty about enjoying sex was practically the default state while growing up and living in the federation. You were quickly labeled as deviant if you ever dared being open about it.

Maybe that was partially why she liked Krista taking the reins so much: She did not have to face the fact that she craved intimacy as much as her captain. If she was not the one initiating it, she did not have to feel guilty about enjoying it, right? Not her responsibility, she was just a passive receptacle, nothing she could do against that beast of a woman.

It was a load of crap. And she had to get rid of it, somehow, just like Krista was working on her own blocks.

Boom! Suddenly the whole ship shook, a loud explosion making the metal structure rattle. "What the fu..." she said, before being interrupted by a second explosion. Were they under attack?

She immediately turned off the stove and rushed to the bridge. What was going on?

In a few seconds, she jumped into the room, not even waiting for the door to open completely. "What happened?" She shouted.

Krista was there, relaxing in the gunner's chair, feet up on the console, eyes on the screen showing the projectiles traveling through space.

"What? Oh shit! I forgot to warn you. Sorry Aria, it's just a couple of asteroids getting a little too close. Better to shoot them down early. Did you not notice we dropped out of phase?"

"N-No" She said.

"Uh, lucky. You might be part of the 10% of the population that can get completely used to phase. I still get the shivers every time we activate it."

Now that she mentioned it, phase barely bothered her anymore. She traveled very rarely before getting onto Krista's ship, and every time it was horrible, but now she barely felt it.

"You might be right, I have not noticed" Aria confessed, stepping closer to the futanari, "lunch is almost ready, by the way. Is this going to take long?"

"Oh no, I'm just supervising. The AI is the one actually shooting, I'm here in case anything goes wrong. I'm a pretty good shot with the autocannons, but not as good as the ship's computer" Krista said, cracking her neck and standing up, "I'll follow you."

"Oh! Ok!" Aria said, turning around to get back to her duties, catching at the last second Krista's eyes looking at her butt. "Are you actually hungry? Or do you just want to stare at my ass while I cook?"

"Can't a girl want both?" Krista said, stepping closer and slapping Aria's behind without an ounce of shame.

"Hey!" Aria said, almost falling and planting her face on the ground, "is that how you treat a lady?"

"No, that is how I treat my toys" Krista said, picking Aria up and bringing her to the kitchen in her arms. "Was that too much? Sorry, I'm not quite used to... whatever we have going now. I'm used to keeping feelings and sex very separate."

Aria held back her laugh, but only for a moment before letting a chuckle escape her lips. "It's fine, captain Mauer, but I will report you to HR for harassment."

Krista smiled, shaking her head. "You know, I'm not actually a captain right? I just own the ship."

Aria rolled her eyes. "Would you prefer to be called mistress? Goddess?"

"Shut up! You're the one that started using titles first!" Krista said, showing off a rare shade of red on her cheeks, "not that I would mind being called that. By you. While we are alone."

Krista let Aria down, and the blonde woman went back to her pots. She fortunately remembered to turn off the heat before leaving. In the mean time, Krista started setting up the table for the both of them.

Aria took a glance at the futanari. Krista almost immediately noticed and winked at her. How did Aria get so lucky? Was she actually developing feelings for that towering beast? Maybe it really was a little early to speak of love, but it was undeniable that they both felt more than just carnal attraction. Time would tell, she was in no rush. Every day spent with her captain was a blissful heaven anyway.

Wait, did krista just mention having romantic partners in the past? She never spoke of any! Well, neither did Aria, but that was because she simply never had a serious relationship. "So you had lovers in the past? Girlfriends?" Aria asked.

"What? Oh yeah, a couple. Both futanari. The first was a high school crush of mine, she was really cute but she transferred to another planet eventually and our relationship fizzled out. The other was a fellow soldier; we did not last long together but it was intense; we were villains in love so to speak: we fed each other's worst traits."

"So I'm the first woman?" Aria said, turning around.

"Yeah. When I was younger, I struggled a lot with my sexuality and beliefs, as I already told you. I thought it would never work with a woman, that it could only be a sexual relationship. I guess I matured a little in the two decades that have passed since."

"At least you had the balls to experiment. I had my first sexual experience in college, and it ended up being so boring I almost cried. I convinced myself sex was not my thing."

"Wait, so all the stuff about the federation being full of vanilla prudes is true? I thought it was vastly exaggerated" Krista said, looking at Aria in the eyes.

"For the most part, I suppose. It's hard to make blanket statements on the culture of dozens of planets. And to be fair, I also thought that the empire being overly sexual was an exaggeration."

"Well, we don't do it openly in the streets" Krista said, crossing her arms. "Except during the Venus festival. And Imperial Unity day. And a couple... other occasions."

Aria simply smiled, looking at Krista silently, while filling two plates with the soup and serving it.

"Don't even try, Miss Sileni" Krista replied, sitting down. "This smells amazing!"

"Thank you" Aria said, sitting down too. Krista did not wait an extra second before starting to devour her soup. She ate like she had no food for weeks, it was kind of hypnotic.

"By the way, I never formally accepted your job offer. If it's still on the table, I would love to stay with you and work on the ship."

Krista interrupted her feast and looked up, a genuine look of surprise sculpted into her face. Those blue eyes locked into hers. "Oh! Yeah! Right! That's... great! I... don't know why I'm stammering so much. I'm glad. We... we can discuss..."

"Don't worry! A room and meals are all I ask. Besides, with a bit of luck, I may be able to recover some of my money and become a financial partner" Aria said, winking at her, "and maybe start paying for a new ship."

"What's wrong with my old girl?" Krista said, so offended she put her spoon down. "Well, ok, she's close to retirement, but still!"

"She's beautiful, Krista. I'd never take her away from you" Aria said, rolling her eyes, "forget I said anything!"

"So I guess we'll keep seeing each other after we hit Nirv" Krista said, picking her spoon up again and offering Aria an incredibly sweet smile.

For a moment, the towering muscular futanari lost all of her presence, and looked like a happy little puppy that just found the way back home. It was hard to believe Krista could produce such an expression, but there it was. Those eyes, normally murderous, were full of nothing but sweet longing. In fact, Krista's whole body looked extraordinarily relaxed, as if it could rest for the first time in years.

Stars, she could be so damn beautiful. Making Krista happy was becoming seriously addicting, Aria could not get enough of that feeling. "And I have a little surprise for a certain someone, once we reach Nirv" Aria said, resting her head onto her wrist, and biting her lips.

"Oh no don't tell me that! I'm not going to be able to sleep!" Krista said, recovering from her puppy expression and exploding into a loud belly laugh.

"I guess you'll have to learn patience, my captain."

---

Chapter 9

Krista took a deep breath. Nirv stood before them. They made it. The planet itself was beautiful, one of the most recent terraformation projects, and a particularly successful one. The majority of the surface was covered in blue oceans, and the landmasses showed a comforting verdant green.

There were not too many cities on the surface just yet, so the ugly blocks of grey were relatively scarce, leaving a landscape that appeared almost untouched. Of course, it was entirely bioengineered, there was nothing natural about that planet, but it looked like untouched nature.

She never really thought much about Nirv before, it was just a stop along her usual route, but this time it meant so much more: Freedom for Aria, and a new life for both. For the first time in years, Krista felt hopeful towards the future. Maybe that was why Nirv appeared so beautiful that morning.

Like most planets, it had a large spaceport connected to the surface by a space elevator. It was not exactly a physical structure, instead consisting of thousands of metal rings at regular intervals forming a sort of tunnel between the station in orbit and the surface. It really was just a series of carefully tuned gravity modulators, which nearly zeroed gravitational forces within that narrow corridor.

The station itself was a very standard star-shaped structure, with a core and nine wings protruding from it. Krista already had authorization and a spot for her ship. The drive to it went on smoothly, no security warnings, no weird stuff. They docked, and Krista finally relaxed.

"Ready?" Aria asked, punching the airlock button. She was back into her orange worksuit. That baggy, worn thing somehow took nothing away from Aria's radiant beauty, her smile was enough to light the whole hallway by itself.

"Of course" Krista said. She was wearing her usual too: Boots, cargo pants, tank top. Nirv allowed open carry, so she also had her needle gun on the side. They opened the airlock and stepped into Nirv, finally outside federation territory.

The federation, however, was not quite ready to let them go just yet. "Krista Mauer?" A male voice came from a side corridor.

Krista turned around to see the blue uniforms of NovaCorp. A man stood before her, a short old pudgy man with grey hair and a terminally bored expression. Behind him were two NovaCorp guards in full gear: Body armor, helmets, and rail rifles in hand.

"Ah! And Miss Sileni. The woman I am looking for" He said looking at Aria.

Krista stepped forward, hiding Aria behind her and crossing her arms. "You have no authority here, corpo. What do you want?"

The two guards tensed up, ready to point their rifles at her, but the older man stopped them. He then eyed Krista and sighed. "Relax, we come with to offer a ceasefire."

Aria stepped to her side and looked up towards her, then nodded. "Don't worry, they can't just make me disappear here" she said, offering a timid smile. "How did you find me?"

"We did not, to be honest. You did a remarkably good job at evading us, which is why the counter-intelligence department has offered you a position with full pardon, but I doubt you will accept" he said, taking out a tablet and showing them a contract on the screen."

Aria refused to even look at it, staring at the man instead, without saying another word.

"But if you are curious: HQ just put on high alert the security teams of your most likely destinations. We simply happened to be the lucky ones. That and we just received word that someone used outdated access codes on Moll station to help a certain ex-imperial citizen evade jail time. You are lucky we did not escalate the issue to the federation or you would have been labeled as traitor. You understand how this looks, I hope."

Krista gritted her teeth, her fists closed tight. That bastard. She stepped forward, barely containing her rage. "I'd choose your words more carefully, old man."

The old corporate officer looked at her without an ounce of fear in his eyes. The same could not be said for the two guards, nervously eyeing her and begging their commander to let them raise their rifles. "Keep your imperial mongrel on a leash, Miss Sileni."

"You think a couple of corporate tin soldiers scare me?" Krista said, about to take another step forward, when Aria pulled her back with a hand wrapped around Krista's wrist. The futanari backed down and looked at her companion.

"What are your conditions?" She simply asked.

The man smiled, pleased to see that Krista had been put in her place. Stars above and below, her fists were itching to paint the walls with his brain. Arrogant federation trash. She was willing to bet the old fart had not seen a day of combat in his whole life.

"As I said, we come with a peace offer. We recognize your ability to elude us, and frankly forcing you back at this point would be more expensive than just accepting defeat. So we are willing to pretend you never existed, in exchange for a fine the value of of two years of salary, and exclusive rights to your biometric keys for the blue wing."

"The blue w..." Aria said, only to stop and smile. That smile soon turned into a chuckle, and finally open laughter. "Are you serious? Ah! Sure, I accept, as long as I am guaranteed you will not interfere with my life anymore, and that you will not touch my financial assets."

What were they talking about? Biometric keys? Blue wing?

"As I said, you have become too expensive to care about, Miss Sileni. We have bigger issues than than a stupid child throwing a tantrum" He said, then turned the tablet around and opened up another contract, handing it to Aria.

She quickly read through it and finally placed her hand on the tablet's screen, giving it back right after. "Congratulations, Miss Sileni, you have successfully thrown away your life. As of today, you are no longer a federation citizen. In fact, you have never been one" The man said, putting the tablet away. "That concludes our business, have a good day."

With that he turned around and disappeared behind a door, followed by his guards.

Silence fell upon them right after, a silence that neither of them seemed too keen to break. What the fuck just happened? Krista finally had enough and turned towards the blonde woman. "Are you ok?"

Aria shook her head. "Yes, yes. I'm just a little overwhelmed right now. I can't believe that just happened. NovaCorp does not forgive. There must be something big going on for them to just give up on me like that."

"Wait, were you some kind of big name?" Krista asked.

"What? No! I was just one of many senior engineers. I was the lead on a couple of projects, but I mainly worked on life-support systems, nothing critical" Aria said, taking a deep breath. "Can we leave this place? I need to clear my head. I've been looking forward to be planetside for a while, and now I really need some fresh air."

"Yeah" Krista said, walking forward with her. "But what in the damned stars is the blue wing?"

"That? Oh just corporate politics. The head of the military branch is close to retirement and his two underlings are locked in a fight for the chair. The blue and red wing, as they are known unofficially. They offered me freedom in exchange for my biometric keys, so they get to claim everything I have ever worked for as their own, giving the blue wingers a bit more influence over R&D; and it prevents me from ever working as an engineer again since I can no longer certify anything, not without them claiming it as their property at least."

Aria took a deep breath. "Kind of a brilliant solution, I gotta say. They fixed a potential dangerous leak, insured no other corporation could poach me, and essentially killed my identity thus insuring that none else would be eager to follow my example. Normally they would just threaten me to go back or be executed, but they have a civil war on their hands right now, and every little advantage helps."

"Uh" Krista simply said, scratching her head, "and I thought imperial politics were complicated." Maybe they really did get lucky, in a way. "I'm sorry you got caught because of me, Aria. If you didn't have to free this hothead from that cell, they probably would not have found us."

"It's fine, big girl. Honestly, this might have been for the best. Now I don't have to look behind my shoulders for the rest of my life. And all it costed me was the life I already threw away."

"I'm glad. It's sad that I did not get to put that federation fucker in his place, but you can't have everything in life" Krista said, chuckling.

"I'm a federation fucker too, remember? Do I have to get my leash out?"

"I have yet to see you fuck anyone, tiny. In fact, quite the opposite" Krista said, slapping Aria's ass. "If anyone is getting collared here is you, Miss Sileni."

"Ouch!" Aria shouted, theatrically massaging her butt cheeks while pushing her ass outward. "How could you do this to me? You brute! Is this what I have to look forward to? Now that you have me all for yourself, you drop the nice futanari mask?"

"I never said I am nice" Krista said, pulling Aria closer and giving her a quick aggressive kiss, leaving the poor woman dazed and overwhelmed, "only that I respect and admire you deeply. And that you're so damn hot I can barely keep myself away from you."

She finally let Aria go, who stumbled backward until the wall saved her from falling on her ass. She shook her head and smiled. "T-Thank you" she said, standing up and fixing a strand of hair. She then looked up and bit her lips: "You're pretty cute too, I guess."

"Oh, you little shit" Krista said, shaking her head.

The starport was surprisingly quiet, then again it was very early morning on the planet, and this was not the most trafficked trade route. It was really clean and well kept too, drones regularly patrolled the corridors to clean and maintenance crews could be seen all around. Compared to Moll station, it was outright luxurious.

The trip down the space elevator went down smoothly. She spent it looking outward, feeling the sense of vertigo taking over her body. The planet growing closer, the horizon flattening over the course of the several minutes of ride, mountains, forests, fields, farms, cities coming into view. It reminded Krista of her childhood, spent on a similar planet.

Frontier worlds like that one made their money mostly through agriculture. Farmed food was largely a niche: Highly populated worlds had to rely on synthetic food, as did most stations and spacecrafts; still, there was more than enough appetite for that kind of luxury to fuel the economy of many such worlds. Krista herself could not live without the beer places like that produced. It was the one and only luxury Krista indulged in.

Once planetside, things got more crowded: The capital city was a vibrant young metropolis, well kept and full of life. How come she never went down there all the years she traveled these routes? It was a beautiful place.

She did not even feel any symptoms of spacer syndrome! That was surprising, it usually hit her hard as soon as she touched ground. Instead, no sense of impending doom for being under an open sky, no loss of balance for being under real gravity, no feeling her lungs choke on non-recycled air.

Ok, now she was starting to feel it a little bit. Still, it was by far the lightest case she ever felt in her life.

"I gotta go see my bank first, but once I'm done there, how about we go out in the wilderness? I'd love to spend some time in nature with you" Aria said, taking her hand into hers. "I already found a good place where we can rent a hover car."

"Sure, I don't see why not!" Krista said, looking into those beautiful green eyes for a good few seconds without saying anything else. Aria did the same, just looking at her, smiling. "Anyway" Krista finally said, "lead the way!"

---

Aria looked out of the window, the vast green landscape flowing right in front of her eyes. The hover car was a nice model, pretty spacious and comfortable. It was a little jarring to be in an environment with so many sounds again. She had got used to the relative silence of their spaceship, where the only noises came from the quiet buzz of machinery.

Here everything made noise! The wind, the ground, the water canals, the grass, the trees, the birds, the cattle. The smell of nature hit her even more aggressively, from the stink of animal feces to the delightful scent of flowers. For someone like her that lived all of her life in cities and space stations, it was all so beautiful.

But not as beautiful as her companion, happily driving through the countryside, smiling like a kid in a candy shop. Aria patted her stomach, thinking of the pill she just took to make her body more elastic, the one she bought on Moll station. That was the day that she would satisfy Krista's every craving. She could not wait.

"I still can't believe it" Krista said, "My wage in the army was literally half of yours, hazard pay included."

"I didn't get to enjoy it much: most of it went right back to NovaCorp. We had to live in corporate owned compounds, eat corporate food, enjoy corporate sponsored entertainment. All because of security concerns of course" Aria said.

Her shadow bank account somehow survived her escape unscathed, all of her money still there. A good 80% evaporated to pay NovaCorp's bullshit fine, but she would have burned every cent if it meant being free from the corp. What was left was still a respectable sum that she could use to start a new life. Or at least repay Krista of all her kindness.

"Right, that makes sense. We didn't have to pay for food and rent I guess" Krista added, pushing the throttle and smiling. Stars she was so damn hot! That smile made Aria feel so warm, it was hard to put into words. Just watching her towering captain enjoying driving the hover car over the rough terrain was enough to make Aria happy.

"Speaking of, it is time to unveil my first surprise: I would like to give you what is left of my funds to you" Aria said, after taking a deep breath.

"What?" Krista said, turning her head immediately, an eyebrow raised high. She let go of the wheel and turned the autopilot on. "Why?"

"It's not a gift! Let me speak. There are several reasons" Aria said, suddenly feeling tiny under that intense gaze, "I want to repay you for everything you did for me, and I want to become your partner, financially I mean. I want to show you I am committed to our relationship, no matter what. We can put it away for a new ship, or upgrade your girl so that we can take better contracts."

"I... don't know what to say" Krista said, looking down towards the floor. "I don't think I can accept it. And let me explain" she added, putting her hands forward. "First, we already have an agreement, and you already repaid everything you may owe me. I don't know if you know how expensive repairing ships is, but you keeping the machines run properly is saving me a conservative shit-ton of money." She took a moment to breath, then continued.

"Second, as much I find the idea of having you under my financial control hot, I cannot let you do it. It's been only two weeks, what if our relationship sours in a few months and you find yourself stuck without a way out? Or something happens to me leaving you with no job or a home, and you have no safety cushion left?"

Aria opened her mouth to reply, feeling her chest warm up and her teeth grinding against one another. No words came out, of her. Krista was completely right. What was she trying to prove? Maybe she was letting her fantasies take control a little too much.

Yet she did not feel sad, merely disappointed. In fact, a smile appeared on her lips soon after, once she could appreciate the irony of the situation: Futanari were supposed to be the short-sighted, pleasure-seeking dumdums; yet she was getting scolded by one for letting her pussy do the thinking. "Damn the stars, Krista! Could you stop being so damn right for a minute?" She finally said, with a chuckle.

"There, there" the futanari said, patting her head, "no reason to be upset. You have a big brain in there, it just gets a little confused sometimes."

Aria smiled, a shiver going down her spine. She closed her eyes and enjoyed Krista's petting to the fullest. "Thank you. If it was not for you, I would be a frozen corpse in space, or the plaything of a slaver. Or worse, I would have been taken back by NovaCorp."

"And you saved my ass from pirates. And loneliness" Krista said, moving closer to her and laying Aria's head onto her tits. "Before meeting you, I had convinced myself I liked being alone. I was just afraid of feeling anything again. It was not easy to leave the empire and the army behind. For all its faults, I love my country, I loved that life. You're showing me I can still be happy without all of that."

Aria smiled, snuggling against Krista's chest, her whole body burning with passion. Those words hit her heart like sledgehammers. How did she get so lucky? Of all the people in the galaxy, she found herself in the arms of this incredible woman, all eight feet of gorgeous futanari. "I know we said it's too early to say it, but I think I love you, captain Mauer."

Krista froze for a moment, then hugged Aria tightly. "I think I feel the same way, chief engineer Sileni."

In that moment, the hover car stopped. They had arrived at their destination. Aria reluctantly stood up and left the vehicle, followed by her towering lover. She took a deep breath, taking in the amazing scents of the trees and the beautiful lake in front of them.

They stood just a few feet from the shore, looking at the immaculate landscape. Near them, there was a little cabin, and a pier that went into the crystal clear water. They were the only man-made structures for miles, and stood out with their metallic surfaces. It was a little chilly out there, but nothing that a little campfire could not fix.

"It's beautiful" Krista said, taking a few steps forward and admiring the horizon. She sat down on the grass, just looking at the flat surface of the lake.

She may have known the futanari for only a couple of weeks, but Aria could not help but notice how much more relaxed and healthy she looked. Krista's body was positively glowing with energy and life, there was no tension in her huge muscles, or repressed need in her posture.

Aria sat beside her and followed her gaze. "I agree, just not quite as much as you" she said, looking up into Krista's gorgeous blue eyes.

The futanari sighed and rolled her eyes. "You know, I've been called a lot of things, but beautiful? I mean, I'm fucking hot, but I'm not winning any beauty contest."

Aria stood up almost immediately. "Are you serious?" She said, crossing her arms and looking down on her, for once. "You're stunning, Krista, don't let anyone say otherwise."

Krista sat silently for a moment, digesting Aria's words. She finally smiled: "Thank you. It means a lot, especially coming from the prettiest girl I have ever had the privilege of meeting."

Aria's arms slipped down her sides, her jaw hanging low. Was she really that beautiful in her eyes? But she was so small and average compared to her! Her chest felt warmer than ever. Stars, she was so damn perfect! "That's really nice of you, but really you're the star of the show, Krista. I... can barely keep myself away from you."

Krista's smile grew into a malicious grin. "How about you show me then?" She said, laying down without another word.

That warmth in Aria's chest immediately migrated south, setting her pussy on fire. Stars, what was she doing to her?

Aria knelt down, beside the colossal futa, then placed her hands on Krista's cheeks, and leaned forward to kiss her. Their lips touched, their tongues danced. Krista's warmth made her heart melt, her scent made her brain go crazy. The whole world disappeared, reduced to just her beautiful lover.

She broke off the kiss only when her lungs ran out of air, pulling herself away reluctantly, strands of saliva rolling down her cheeks, panting heavily as if she just ran for miles. "I'll show you then" she said, eyes filled with lust.

Aria started with her cheeks, kissing Krista's skin delicately. She then went to Krista's neck, kissing and licking her way down, feeling a hit of adrenaline every time Krista's body shuddered under her. She continued to her right biceps, licking that thick powerful muscle and feeling just how much power was barely hidden beneath the skin. Her worship continued down to her hands, the skin there a little rougher, but no less perfect in Aria's eyes, taking each finger into her mouth and sucking on it for a few delicious moments.

"Oh fuck... that's... wow" Krista said, unable to hold back. Aria smiled, barely containing herself. She never knew she had a thing for worship, but making Krista feel like a Goddess was driving Aria completely nuts.

She went back to Krista's chest, pulling up her tank top, and revealing those perfect perky tits. They were the only part of her body that was not rock hard, and so much bigger than Aria's own. She dived in eagerly, kneading Krista's boobs with her hands, while her mouth closed on her left nipple, sucking and biting on it. She could hear Krista's heart, loud and clear, beating against her ears like a battering ram trying to take down a castle. Even that was loud, proud, and powerful, like everything else about her beloved captain.

"That's a good girl" Krista whispered, her voice deep and breathy, fighting against the urge to take control, as her twitching arm muscles showed. Aria looked down at her crotch, and indeed Krista's cock was hard as a rock, stretching her pants like crazy, leaving a large wet spot on the fabric.

Not yet, big girl, not yet. She still had to show Krista how much she loved every inch of her body. Aria kept worshiping her breasts for another minute, giving each nipple the proper attention.

Then she moved south, onto the vast expanse of Krista's abs. She bit her lips, and forced her face deep into every crevice, licking and kissing every inch of those perfect muscles. Aria's pussy pulsed, so close to orgasm already without even being touched, her legs were all wet. She could feel Krista's muscles twitch under her tongue, soaking in her worship; that huge cock twitching and throbbing, desperate for attention.

Aria forced herself to go forward, finally freeing Krista's dick from her pants. It sprung forward, almost smacking Aria in the face, instead bouncing off Krista's abs and leaving a large trail of precum on them. Aria repositioned herself in between Krista's colossal legs and took her ballsack into her small hands, then kissed each nut once, twice, five times, showing all the love and lust she had for them.

"Fuck... Aria" Krista whispered, her whole body vibrating with need.

Aria smiled, she was ready for the grand finale. She stood up and lined her pussy up with Krista's cockhead. "This is my second surprise. I took a certain fun pill to let me pleasure you properly, my Goddess. I hope you enjoy wrecking my pussy" she said, lowering herself down.

"Wait are you cert... oh fuck the stars!" Krista said, tensing up as she felt her cock being enveloped by Aria's snatch. It was so damn big! She could feel it pushing her insides apart. It immediately formed an obscene bulge in her belly. It looked incredible, and it felt even better.

Neither of them could take it. Aria immediately came, her breath cut away, as she grunted loudly in the silence of the forest around the. Krista came right afterwards, her cock desperately dumping entire mugs of cum at once into her.

"Fuck!" Aria shouted, watching her belly filling up with warm seed. There was so damn much! The bulge grew and grew, looking like she was already a couple of months pregnant. More seed spewed out of her, coating her legs and Krista's lower body.

They stood still for a moment, just recovering from the ordeal. And Aria was not even halfway through that foot long cock. Krista bit her own hand, slowly coming down from the height of her orgasm, "Stars, Aria, that feels so damn good. I don't think I can stop now" she said, her arms finally going up to grab Aria's hips.

Krista's cock did not soften even for a moment, it stayed rock hard the whole time. And Aria could not be happier, Krista deserved so much more than just that one quick climax. But now, she was no longer in control, she had awakened the beast, and Aria's body was no longer hers.

The futanari pulled Aria down, inch after inch, finally hitting her own crotch, cock entirely buried in her tiny lover. Krista grunted, gritting her teeth as she almost came again.

"D-Don't hold back! Use me, Krista!" Aria shouted, feeling her mind slip away, replaced by pure pleasure. Her body was completely overwhelmed, powerless to stop that gigantic cock wrecking her insides.

It was perfect, it felt so damn good. And the only thing that felt even better was seeing the blissful expression on Krista's face, completely lost in pleasure.

Krista lifted Aria's ass, then pulled her down again, using her whole body to get off. Aria came again, then Krista did too, pouring more and more fistfuls of cum into her small lover, bloating her more with each twitch.

How long did they go on? Minutes? Hours? A day? Aria could not tell, time lost all meaning, her mind floating in an ocean of pure sensations. How many times did they come? More than she could count, more than she could imagine.

In the end, pure physical exhaustion forced them to stop. Krista's arms fell to her side, her cock finally softening up, completely spent, while Aria let herself slip on top of her huge lover, per pussy feeling empty and raw. Her huge cum belly jiggled as she lowered herself down, seed pouring out of her abused hole like a river.

"T-that was insane" Krista whispered, barely awake. "Thank you."

"Anytime" Aria said, placing her head on Krista's tits and closing her eyes, "I love you."

Krista pulled her up with what remained of her strength and kissed her. "I love you too."