Part 4- The Calm Before the Storm
For those of you who are actually reading the series (all -1 of you), you might not think this part of the story up to par with my usual writing, but, that story must go on as I squish more plot on you. A little background info-I decided for this chapter of From the Ashes to take place about a year after Jared and Veronica decided to Wake the Construction Guild. In the time since then, the Scientist's, the Healer's, and the Merchant's Guilds have been Wakened. The Construction and Scientists Guild have worked together to rebuild a Capitol City on Trillous Prime, one of the Five Planets. Life has continued to grow and grow with each new Wakened.
Once more, this story is mine, ect. ect. Questions, comments, death threats welcome, etc. etc.
Jared looked out of his balcony over the city. The city was a deep crimson color, not at tall the stone gray of the cities back on Earth. He saw various people bustling about their daily lives. Whirring off in the distance told him that the builders were continuing their schemes. Electrical buzzing heralded the Scientists hard at work. Jared sighed, breathing in the fresh air of the city.
It surprised him that the air was the clean aroma of the surrounding forests, not the stale smell of exhaust you found in the cities back on Earth. He loved how the Furries lived with nature, not against it. He walked to the edge and felt the vines growing over the hewn stone, giving it a more naturalistic appearance.
He let his feet glide over the smooth stone of the balcony. He sat down in a chair made from wood. It wasn't carved wood like he was used to, but rather, it seemed like the tree grew into this shape. He loved how the chair seemed to bend itself to his body.
He sat there at peace for a moment until he felt a pair of warm furry arms around his neck. "Mornin', sweety." Veronica said as she tipped his chair back, gazing into his eyes. He laughed before he licked her lips and kissed her. They shared this upside-down kiss for a moment, and then Jared felt himself swing forward as Veronica let his chair go.
He got up and walked back into the room. The room was made of the same smooth wood as the chair, and the luscious tapestries and drapery added flair to it. The bed was bigger than a double king-size, but the many blankets and pillows were strewn about the room, as a result of the previous night, wherein the couple didn't get much sleep. At all.
The canopy hung loosely and a large vanity took up one wall and an even larger dresser took up the other. Their bathroom was the size of a small swimming pool, which the bath that was inlaid into the floor made it look like a swimming pool. One wall was just one huge mirror, although some extremely erotic-looking smears were smudged across its surface.
Their regal room was compliment of the people of Phoenix (the name of the capitol. Jared thought that this would be a fitting name. They were a fallen people that were rising anew, just like the legendary phoenix. Jared had to explain this little bit, as no one had ever heard of one.)
Jared was surprised at how well the people of the Confederation took to him. He had expected distrust and even stigma from the people. But, he supposed that centuries of peaceful contact with other aliens left no room for racism, which was good for Jared. Even though that Jared and Veronica's duties were grim, they were somewhat of a celebrity pair. They were greeted everywhere they went and treated like royalty.
The Confederation had come so far. Well, their technology was impressive. Jared saw the same lust for learning in these people as humans had. He wondered how far humans would be if they hadn't spent all their time manufacturing weapons. Ah well, he saw what being unprepared to fight led to. He realized that it was a necessary evil. He also wondered if Earth would be able to repel the Swarm should they find that sector of the universe.
Jared was stirred from his musings of the last year by a light nip on his ear. He turned to see his little kitten looking curiously at him with her head cocked to the side. Jared thought she looked very sexy, as she was clad in nothing but a bedsheet, wrapped around her as she held it to her breasts. Not that she cared if Jared saw her nude, as they often liked to watch each other, naked or not, but she did it more to tease Jared, and to hide the fact that her fur was matted and crusted with love juices and sweat. "Whatcha doin?" she squeaked. "Nothing, just thinking." "Ah, I 'spose you'd be. Something seems to be troubling you."
"Hah, nothing much. I'm just thinking of Earth."
"Homesick?"
"No, I never want to go back."
"I feel a 'but' coming on here."
"Well, that makes two of us." Jared laughed as he paced around behind Veronica. He gave her butt a light squeeze as he licked the back of her neck. He raced off toward the bathroom.
He evaded Veronica as she chased him around and around. Jared bent down and turned on both taps as he ran by them. They continued their game of cat and mouse until the bath was full. Jared was able to outmaneuver her easily, as V was more preoccupied with holding onto the bedsheet and avoiding getting caught.
Jared noticed the liquid almost overflowing and stopped running. He ran backward toward V, tackling her into the water.
Jared and Veronica resurfaced from the water, locked in each other's embrace. Jared and Veronica had had a full week to themselves, resting from their previous month of Jumping, Waking, and exploring. They were glad that they had that time to themselves. Mostly they had spent their time playing games, yiffing, exploring, yiffing, practicing with Aether, yiffing, just being with one another, and of course, yiffing.
As their week of relaxation came to an end, they spent more and more time alone with each other. Alas, this was their last morning together, and they were going to make the most of it.
Jared had tackled Veronica into the water, exhuming screams of delighted surprise as they both tumbled into the water. They passionately made out on the way down, the bedsheet trailing after the two bodies like a swirling fin. They resurfaced, still in one another's embrace.
Jared peeled back her makeshift toga and ran his hand down her front. She stayed his hand. "Uh-uh. No, no, no. You always get your fun. And now's my chance." What could Jared say? It was true. Usually he was the one kissing, licking, stroking and driving his lover into a frenzy. He was half scared as he saw the mischief in her eyes. She swam around him, hands running down his midriff, around his sides, and then back up his back. She swam back around on front of him and grinded her hips against his. She did this repeatedly, all the while arching her back so they were neck-in-neck, reminding both of them of their night on Earth.
She whispered dirty nothings into his ear as she continued to grind. The next thing Jared knew, she pushed him back against the bathtub wall and started to caress his package.
She started stroking his member, looking back and forth from Jared's eyes to his erect cock. She bent down to lick his balls and felt them contract as she did. She licked up and kissed the cockhead, getting precum all over her lips.
Veronica then thrust down savagely, sending electric jolts of pleasure through Jared as she took him to the base. Having learned to use her teeth to her advantage, she sucked up and blew down, all the while maintaining the slightest pressure with her teeth.
Veronica knew that she was too much for him, her ribbed inner mouth; the light bumps formed by her teeth, and the slick caressing of her tongue conferred to stimulate Jared tenfold. She suppressed a laugh as she would suck and bob fast, bringing him close, then she would recede, opening her mouth and licking it instead.
She continued this start and cool method, prolonging his orgasm, never quite letting him come. Veronica laughed at Jared's contracted face, as he couldn't help but moan as the fire built up in his crotch. When she finally felt she had tortured him enough, she didn't recede.
Veronica gave a slight moan as cum jetted into the back of her throat. She showed it on her tongue to Jared as she cooed softly.
Veronica loved her lover's taste in her mouth and wanted to savor it. But, she spat it out as she got up to kiss her lover gently, who returned the favor by massaging her already wet slit.
Veronica moaned anew as the same jolts of pleasure she had just made her human lover experience washed over her. Jared proceeded to touch her to orgasm. Jared made sure the process was slow; he wanted to show that he was the master at teasing, as the agonizingly slow orgasm caused Veronica to nearly scream as she begged him to end it.
Jared felt Veronica shudder as he watched every muscle in her body tense as the long-awaited orgasm finally peaked. He watched her come down and then began again as he started wiggling his fingers over her still-dripping lips.
However, once he started moving again, Veronica jumped up. "Okay, okay! You win, you win, you win!" She said as she took a bow. They broke out into laughter as they proceeded to get towels out of the closet and dry each other of. They collapsed on the bed, holding one another in their arms, reveling in their closeness.
It seemed all to suddenly the sun was high noon. If it had been a lesser obligation, they would have stayed in each other's arms, but a call from the Council was too urgent. They got dressed and headed off.
They arrived at City Hall, the place where the Council lived and debated. Veronica and Jared entered the Antechamber.
Jared looked up at the Elders, who were seated in a crescent pattern around Jared and Veronica.
About an hour later, Jared and Veronica knew they had their work cut out for them. The Council informed them that around 50 Tubes had landed on the same planet. "Perhaps the occupants have done what the Construction Guild did and reprogrammed the Tubes?" Veronica spoke up asking Trilliam, the ancient-looking Badger that was the Eldest Councilman, sort of like the Chairman. "At first we thought so, until we did a background check on them. There is no single thing that they all share, so there would be no reason for them to group together, aside from the fact that they are all female. We request you and Jared Hop to the planet to investigate this anomaly."
Jared and Veronica looked at each other, both wishing they were back in the hotel room that served as their home between assignments. They bowed before the Council before they departed. Jared and Veronica decided to stop by the Weapon's research wing of the Council Hall building, the biggest building in the city, or even on the Planet. Not that it was surprising that it would be huge. After all, it was the house and workplace of all the Council members.
They went into a long black hallway. A shudder ran down Jared's spine as tendrils of Aether verified his identity by analyzing his DNA and then searching him for weapons. Veronica remained steeled, as she was used to this.
They walked on before they came to a big white room that was brimming with activity. A lone scientist approached them from the throng. Jared smiled as he recognized the turtle. "How's it going Auldron?" he asked. Auldron was a green turtle with glasses and a white lab coat. He was very cordial. "Fine. Fine. Actually, the weapons you requested are ready. Yours, too, miss Veronica." V chuckled as she extended her hand in a mock royal fashion, "Why quite the gentleman, sir Auldron." Auldron laughed. "It's not anything, V, just raised with manners, as you know."
The turtle led them to various tables, showing them the process of manufacturing and researching the weapons. Jared was stunned to see how interested the scientists were in the weapons schematics Jared had brought back. Jared had taken a three-week adventure to Earth, where he sold some precious metals that the Confederation had given him. Using the copious amounts he received, he bought a laptop and rented a room at a hotel. There, he spent the next few weeks pouring through the Internet, grabbing up weapons specs. Hell, he even went to a few "trekkie" sites for anything that was salvageable. Turns out, that was his best source of information. Hell, he even found specs for a Star Wars lightsabre, which he set the scientists to work on immediately.
Mostly ignoring Auldron's babbling of technical jargon, he let himself be led to the armory, where the finished products were held. Jared half-wished that he didn't bring the plans for the weapons back, as now the all-peaceful people of the Confederation would no longer retain their innocence. However, Jared figured it was a necessary evil. Everyone knew all to well what happens when your enemy is more prepared to fight than you are, and Aether could only be used as a weapon to an extent, as not everyone was trained to harness it. With guns, anyone could serve as a potential soldier.
Pushing these thoughts to the back of his mind, he admired the weapons Auldron was handing him. He eyed his modified Glock greedily. He rolled it in his hands, it was very light. Veronica's weapon, or shall I say, weapon's of choice were a pair of semi-automatics.
"Well, let's test these babies, baby." Jared said to V. He put his in his waist holster and watched Veronica do likewise. He thought that she looked just like Laura Croft, if Laura Croft was a tall blue-gray furred cat.
They made their way to the Jump Gate. Every city had one, as it made travel from Planet to Planet a LOT easier and quicker. They suited up, putting on the now-familiar Hopper gadgetry. They watched the blue-portal open up before them. "Ready?" Jared asked. "Yep." V replied. They stepped through together.