Code Red, Part 1
#1 of Code Red
Here is another Space Story, I hope you all like it enough to maybe comment, vote and favourite.
Code Red.
Part 1.
Wolfie Steel.
A Dalmatian pants heavily as he dashes onto the bridge of a ship called Peacekeeper One; he is greeted by a slightly snarling Akita, Captain Paul Gains.
"Ensign Jordan Matthews reporting for duty sir"
The Akita is not a happy dog at all.
"Ensign Matthews, your shift began at 0600 hours, it is now 0630 hours, now I will overlook this infringement this time as it is your first assignment from leaving the academy, but in future if you turn up late for duty again, you will be docked privileges, and if you make a habit of it then I personally will see to it that you are drop kicked back into the academy, now take your station and try not to piss me off again"
Yeah, hehe, that's me, Ensign Jordan Matthews, what a great start to my career in Starfleet, half an hour late for my first fucking duty, and rightly so I have just been chewed out by my Captain, oh man what I wouldn't do to get into his pants, but I gotta bring myself back to reality, a distinguished Captain like Captain Gains is not going to give a whelp like me a second glance.
I make my way to my station and begin my duties as Ensign; fortunately for me I perform the rest of my duty without incident, whatever the Captain has asked of me I have done without question, at 1730 hours I am relieved by a female Husky, Ensign Emma Mason, she is one of the best Ensigns of the fleet, she is also the one who got me the break to join Peacekeeper One, she leans down and whispers into my right ear.
"Jordan, get your act together hon, I don't want to lose my reputation, now I know for a fact that Captain Gains is in the mess hall, go find him and apologize properly to him, if you do that it will go a long way to building your reputation with him"
I stand from my seat and nod gently, of course I know that Emma is right, I do need to get my shit together, and I also need to show that I am an honourable dog, and so I head away from the bridge and towards the mess hall.
I walk into the mess hall and I see him sitting at the bar nursing a Scotch, I slowly and nervously approach him.
"Ca...Captain Gains, would it be okay for me to buy you a drink so that I may apologize for my tardiness earlier?"
A weak smile appears on the Akita's muzzle.
"Well Ensign Matthews, it certainly wouldn't hurt your cause"
I call the Horse bartender over and order two drinks, the Horse already knows what the Captain is drinking and so puts another glass of Scotch in front of him, it is now time for me to make with the humbleness.
"Captain, I apologize for missing the start of my shift this morning, I promise that it will not happen again"
The Captain now looks at me fully.
"See that it doesn't, but for now relax, you are off duty now and you did perform really well once you arrived, so as I said earlier, I will overlook it this time, besides you have taken Ensign Mason's advice"
A shocked look creeps across my face which makes the Captain laugh a little.
"Don't worry, I know that she will have whispered something into that cute ear of yours when she relieved you, she is one in a million which is why I am allowing her to mentor you. That being said though, not many would have had the balls to approach me while off duty and buy me a drink and so for that you have earned a little respect from me, you have proved that you are not above apologizing when you have done something wrong"
My shock deepens as I register the fact that he has just called my ears cute.
"S...Sir, why did you just call my ears cute?"
At this point the Horse bartender jumps in.
"Because you newb, Captain Gains has just announced his feelings for you"
The Horse now looks at the Captain and smiles.
"Now Paul, remember, take it easy with Jordan, I know that Dante hurt you, but Jordan is not Dante"
I fall off my stool having heard this revelation; the Captain is quickly off his stool and trying to get me back on my hind paws.
"You know what Toby; you have a big mouth sometimes"
As I get back to my hind paws the Captain looks deeply into my eyes.
"Thanks to rent-a-mouth I can't deny it any longer, when I chewed you out earlier it was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do, but I had to do it so that the bridge officers would not see the fact that I have a crush on the new Ensign in town"
Tears begin to form in my eyes; Paul then wraps an arm around me and then leads me to an empty table, as we walk, he looks over his shoulder.
"Toby, since this is entirely your fault, you can bring us two new drinks"
The Horse just nods and gently giggles as he sets to his task. Paul gently eases me down into a seat and then sits directly opposite me.
"When you came aboard two days ago I saw you and I knew that I wanted to find out more about you, so what did I find out? Well I know that your full name is Jordan Cliff Matthews, I know that you are 41 years of age, I know that your favourite colour is green, that is the standard stuff, but I like to delve a little deeper, and so I have, I know that you are a closet gay, and I know that you have a preference for a nice, round and plump backside, I also know that you don't like many kinks, but maybe we will find out those you do like at a later time"
He then rubs my hand paw a little.
"Now I guess you are going to want to know a little about me? Well okay here goes, I am Paul Gains, I have been the Captain of the Peacekeeper for ten years, I am 43 years old, yeah I kind of got pushed into service by my dad, and I too am gay, though in my case I guess you could say that I am semi closeted, my friends know, as does that motor mouth behind the bar, but as yet the bridge officers don't"
Suddenly we are interrupted by the motor mouth Horse.
"Okay gents, here are your drinks, and don't worry, I will take care of them, as kind of an apology"
With that said the Horse takes his leave, the Captain then continues.
"Now I have told you a bit about me, and yet we haven't actually said anything about us accepting each other, so for me if you are interested then fine we'll take things to the next level, but if not then I will accept that and move on, regardless of which way you decide to go I think that it is time that we both announced our sexuality because on a ship like this, the rumours will spread like wild fire"
I take the Captains hand paw in mine.
"Paul, this morning when I was late for my shift and you gave me that chewing out, deep down inside I still wanted to get into your pants, but I was afraid that someone like you would not give someone like me a second glance"
The Akita laughs a belly laugh.
"I gave you a second glance, and a third and a fourth, hell why do you think I came down to the mess hall? It was so that I could try and get my head sorted"
I blush under my fur which I'm sure made me look like a pink Dalmatian, the next thing that I know; Paul is sitting in the seat next to me and has his hand paw on my thigh.
"Look Jordan, by rights there is only one person allowed on the level where the Captains quarters are and that is the Captain, but I am going to change that so that you have access to my quarters, because then we can be together and not be disturbed by anyone, when we are off duty we can have as much fun as we like, but when we are on the bridge let's try to keep it in our pants"
Of course I knew that my Akita had a point, yes we are both attracted to each other but at the end of the day Peacekeeper One is a serving vessel and needs to put out a professional vibe, and at any moment we could be called to action.
We finish our drinks and then give each other a tender peck of a kiss, I then stand from my seat and look down regretfully at the Captain.
"Well sir, I have the early duty again tomorrow, and I know what a ball breaker the Captain can be if I'm late again, so I will retire to my quarters for the night"
Again this brings a dry chuckle from the Captain's muzzle, but he then just waves me off as I head back towards my quarters. I arrive back at my quarters and I know that before I can get any sleep I am going to have to get rid of my raging hard on.
For the love of biscuits, who would have thought that being an Ensign on board a star ship would be so damned hard?