“The fuck was that!” Carter yelled the moment he saw Keith and Sydney heading towards the medical chamber.
“When I give you a fucking order, you abide by them!” Carter fumed as he got near Keith’s presence. Keith didn’t react to his Captain yelling in his face. For all the years that he’s worked with him, Carter has been known to have a short temper and lose it every now and then.
Keith looked up at Carter and gave him his signature brooding expression.
“You know I was following protocol…anything from an indigenous planet has to go through quarantine” his nostrils started to flair as he felt his anger rising from his body.
“I was doing my fucking job!” Keith spat as Carter stepped closer to Keith’s face. Sydney stepped in-between the two men to stop them from having an all-out brawl in the corridor of the ship.
“Would you two stop arguing! What happened to Ryan?” Sydney breathed in one breath. Both men gave each other a staredown as Sydney tugged at Keith’s arm to make him walk in the direction of the medical room. Carter looked at Sydney and gave her the same mean glare.
“Carter, what happened to Ryan back there?” Sydney asked, this time her voice was etched with anger.
“He…He wandered off into one of the chambers without us, when we found him, he had that thing wrapped around his helmet” Carter looked bitterly at Sydney and started to head over inside the medics room.
Once inside the medic’s chamber, James was already in his medical uniform and was examining Ryan’s body that was laid out on the hovering projection pod. Sydney stayed behind the medic’s lab and looked through the opened view window worriedly. Carter hurriedly went into one of the closets and took out the extra medical uniforms, Keith, on the other hand, put on one of the surgical masks and gloves. He was still fuming from his earlier argument with Carter. Both agitated men walked over to the pod table.
“Talk to me, how’s he doing?” Carter asked. James looked at him through his surgical mask and goggles.
“He’s stable, the creature seems to be keeping him alive,” James said.
“Also it appears that the creature’s tentacles have wrapped around his torso and is giving him some type of lesions” James lifted Ryan’s left arm to show Keith and Carter exactly what he was talking about. The lesions on his side were bruised and swollen red. Keith looked closely and found that every other tentacle suction cups had sharp teeth like claws that were embedded in his skin.
“Can you get this bloody thing off of him?” Keith asked looking at James.
“I’m afraid if I try to pry this thing off his face, it would cut off his life support and risk the possibility that he might die” Carter gave out a frustrated sigh.
“Well, we have to try something!” Carter balked at James.
“At least try and remove one of the tentacles from his body” Keith suggested.
“It’s digging into his body and doesn’t look comfortable…let’s just remove those and see how he responds”
James nodded at Keith’s suggestion and proceeded to take out the surgical supplies. Carter stepped closer to the pod table while Keith took a couple of steps back. Since he wasn’t wearing any proper medical clothing, he couldn’t be too close to the body.
James walked back over to the pod table with all the surgical supplies and proceeded to talk through what he was about to do.
“I’m taking one of the long tentacles and I am going to cut through its skin to see if it can be removed”. James took hold of the creature’s tentacles and proceeded to cut its slimy and translucent skin. Just as he started to cut, Ryan’s blood pressure and heart rate started to rise.
“Stop! It’s doing something to him!” Keith said stepping forward. Just then the creature grew an extra tentacle from its main body that was latched on to Ryan’s face, but its suction cups were much sharper than the previous ones. It whipped and lashed about almost hitting everyone in the room that was near the pod table. Everyone jumped in surprise and stepped back. It wrapped its slimy arm around Ryan’s leg and started giving him deep suction gashes that made him bleed. But the moment it latched on to his skin, the blood started to seep back into the tentacles suction cup.
“The fuck…” Carter whispered in horror.
Ryan’s vital signs went back to normal as the creature’s grip started to loosen and suck up the remaining blood.
“That thing is not coming off of him…” James said calmly. Almost too calmly for Keith’s better liking.
“I think the best thing to do is put him in the stasis pod and come back to see if we can find a different way to get this fucking thing off of him,” Carter said in frustration, he took off his mask and walked out of the room. Carter hurriedly walked passed Sydney as she still had a worried look on her face.
Keith slowly took off his mask and walked closer to James that was calmly putting his surgical supplies away and prepping Ryan for the stasis pod.
“Can you do me a favor?” Keith asked looking at James. James turned to him to give Keith his full attention.
“Can you try and get blood from this creature and run some test to see what type of organism this is” James nodded his head and turned back to what he was doing. Keith walked out of the room and saw Sydney with a concerned look.
“Keith… you okay?” she quietly asked as she walked towards him and placed her hands on his chest. She can feel his heart hammering in his chest.
“Yea, I’m okay,” Keith said and pulled her in closer into a tight embrace. He slowly let go of Sydney; he took her hand and slowly walked her away from the medic’s window and walked her towards the corridor ladders.
Leading the way, Keith helped Sydney back to the hypersleep chamber. The walk over was quite as Sydney was in her own mind. Thinking of what just conspired, hoping that Ryan would be okay.
“What the hell is that thing?” Sydney finally mustered up to speak. They already entered the sleep chamber room and Keith proceeded to close the door. Both Sydney and Keith sat down in one of the empty space pods and sat facing each other. They were close to each other but all Keith needed to be was with his girlfriend and her deep brown eyes and soft ebony skin to touch.
“I don’t know…I’m having James take samples to see what the hell that thing is,” Keith said caressing her arm. Her skin was soft and warm and Keith loved the feel of it.
“I just hope where safe with that thing on this ship…” Sydney said looking at her hands.
“You understand why I couldn’t let them back on the ship…do you?” Keith asked with a worried voice. Sydney looked up into Keith’s brown eyes and saw a hint of trouble written all over his expression.
“Keith…you were following protocol…you shouldn’t feel sorry…you were worried about the crew and…do not doubt yourself…” Sydney grabbed one of Keith’s hands and slowly started to caress his fingers. Keith fully looked into Sydney’s eyes and he could slowly feel his nerves and shock easing away. Keith moved closer in the pod and leaned forward and planted a small but gentle kiss to Sydney’s ample lips.
Sydney moaned the moment she felt his lips touch hers. She slowly put her hands through his dark curly hair and sighs deeply into his warm mouth. Both pulled each other into a close embrace as their kiss grew hotter and deeper for each other.
Keith slowly laid Sydney on her back and started to kiss her exposed neck. Sydney let out a soft moan as she felt Keith’s hands travel up her white tank top and cup one of her breasts. Sydney let her hands travel through his hair as he slowly started kissing his way down her neck and gently lifted her tank to expose her breast and excited nipples. He took a hardened nipple into his mouth and started to gently suck and nibble on the hardened peaks. Sydney bit her lip from moaning too loud and took more of Keith’s dark hair into her hands.
Keith came back up and slowly licking and kissing his way back up until he reached her full lips. Both moaned into each other’s mouths as Keith pressed him-self closer to Sydney’s body. They slowly started to peel off their clothes one by one until their bodies were completely exposed to each other and along the way they touched and grabbed at each other. Keith grabbed hold of Sydney’s waist and switched positions so he was now lying on his back and she was on top and was straddling his waist. Her eyes never left his as she could feel his hard member rubbing at her soaked entrance. She locked his lips with him as she started to do small but gently compress her hips and grind up against his aching member. He moaned feverishly into her mouth as he felt this pressure and he couldn’t take the torture much longer.
He aligned his throbbing member against her entrance and hastily put himself inside her. Sydney breathlessly made a soft gasp as she felt Keith move deep inside of her. She pressed deeper into Keith’s face and captured his flushed lips.
He moaned Sydney’s name into her warm mouth and felt her take control of her movements. She sat up and started to grind slowly and passionately down on his hard member. Keith gripped her hips and closed his eyes to the sensation of Sydney riding him. He could feel himself nearing his end as he felt her inner walls tightened around his aching cock.
Keith grabbed Sydney by her waist and laid her down on her back. He thrust into her warm body intensely as he was ready to cum for her.
Keith moaned as he pulled out of her and let himself go all over her belly and thighs. He stroked himself while still hovering over her trembling body. Sydney was trying to catch her breath and she was ready to get up, even though she didn’t get to cum herself. Just then he laid her back down and spreads open her legs again. He bent down towards her ear and gently started to breathe in her ear and take in her scent.
“I’m not done yet…” he said as he started to rub over her moist entrance in a small circler motion. She felt the pressure of his fingertips against her swollen nub and she could feel her self-unraveling into his hands.
“Oh…yes…” She let out a deep moan as she held on to Keith’s broad arms and she felt her orgasm rippling throughout her body.
They both panted and held each other close. They slowly lay down in the exposed pod beds and they silently drifted off to sleep.
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Words By Janeen G. 