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Getting up when Refron chimed in to say food was almost ready was a bit of a chore; as at some point after I fell asleep Zap switched sides and had his head resting on my leg and Amity had rolled over and was laying against me with her head on my shoulder. Neither furry companion stirred at the computer voice from somewhere until I moved. The two blinked and looked at the other mirroring a yawn, Zap stood up and stretched while Amity sat up to stretch.

I groaned as I sat up, having been pinned to the bed by the two of them. The mattress was quite firm compared to the one I had spent most nights on. Amity scratched Zap and looked stunningly beautiful with her hair a bit messy and after a good night sleep looked to be in a much better mood. “Did you sleep okay?”

Amity nodded yes. “Best nights rest I have gotten in a while, sorry about getting so close.”

“It’s okay.” I smiled at her. “Except for the outer case, your arm is fixed.”

She stretched after standing which exposed the lowest set of her breasts and quickly picked up the arm to examine it. Only after a moment did she adjust her tank top and I think it was less to cover herself up and more because it was uncomfortable. She hooked it into place pushed a button inside and snapped a cover closed. Her face lit up with glee as she stretched the arm out and spread the fingers.

She picked up an odd sided allen wrench and a couple of set screws then handed them to me. “These keep it locked in place.” She pointed to the two holes they went in.

After getting the set screws in place she put the wrench back on the bench and after I stood up she gave me a hug. “Thanks.”

Zap stood by the door and gave us a little whine, he probably needed to find something to pee on. “So where do I take him to relieve himself?”

Solaris and Refron had taken care of that important arrangement and made space for the electric fox to use a small corner in an atrium the ship had. Solaris could tell Zap where he could go and how to get there. So he took off at a quick pace nose to the floor to find his designated tree. I was rather happy about not having to try and potty train a wild animal to not just lift a leg where ever he pleased.

Nikky and Solaris were not the only other people on the ship, as sitting at the table was a gray skinned alien who looked like the ones who had put me in the hospital bed on the other ship in the first place. His name was Omni, and sounded like an overdone stereo type pot smoking hippy, including using the word ‘man’ or ‘dude’ far too frequently.

An anthromophic ant came out of the galley dressed conservatively and wearing an apron with breakfast. This was Tiaa, a shiny red insect of small stature but kind of cute in a kid friendly animated film way. He was a chef I learned after introductions had been made.

Omni was a medical officer of sorts, he had been kicked out of the military for drug use. Nikky piloted the ship with Refron’s assistance or spent a lot of time with Solaris’ dick in her. It was stated as fact which she didn’t deny and did not seem to be a joke of any sort. Amity was security, or bounty hunter of sorts; she was violent so her sister did not have to be.

Zap was going to be the ship mascot and with as easily as I repaired Amity’s arm, I was going to be the ship mechanic. As the last one got himself strung up on a frontier world for cheating at cards. Quarters where shared as that left rooms open for paying passengers, which was what the next stop would be for and the ship had a modest cargo hold. Also at the next stop Amity would be collecting the bounty for Utrit and spider girl, no love lost over the latter of the two.

The others got up and headed off to take care of their duties or in Amity’s case to get dressed. That left Solaris, Zap and I still at the table. I had a lot of questions and a need for more of a coffee like drink that was served hot and did need a little cream to be drinkable.

“So which answer do you want first?” Solaris chuckle growled.

“Why didn’t Mson come with you?” I sipped the hot caffeinated drink.

“He has his own motives, but he won’t be staying on that ship for much longer.” It was odd to see the basilisk sitting in a chair like a bipedal person; all of his hands were clasped together.

“Why save me?” I figured this was the only question that really mattered.

Solaris grinned toothily at me. “I needed a mechanic and you are a great fuck.”

I should have been mad, but I wasn’t. “Guess I can’t fault your honesty.”

Refron broke into the conversation. “Mson had sent me detailed files and they included you did have a solid mechanical background. I was confident I could get you up to speed for making some ship or equipment repairs.”

“You also know how to use weapons.” Solaris eyed me carefully.

“I’ve never killed anyone, just hunted.”

Refron put a hologram of the ship over the table with gun turrets highlighted in red. “It’s a start, and it would be good to have a second gunner if the need to defend the ship should arise. As Tiaa abhors violence and Omni is a little…”

“Stoned?” I added to which they both replied with a yes.

Amity came in fully dressed after a longer pause in the conversation. “Am I back too soon?”

“No, we are done. I’ll leave the rest to you and Refron; I need to make sure your sister has us heading to the right station.” With that Solaris climbed down and headed off to the cockpit.

“I don’t want you think of this as indentured servitude, you will be compensated for your time on board the ship. I do realize you have not had much choice in what has happened to you lately; but I am quite certain you will fit in well with the rest of the crew.” Refron stated and brought up a spread sheet to bore me with figures that made little sense to me. I had no idea what a good salary for a ship mechanic was.

Amity gave Zap and I a tour of the ship and ended up in the engine room, where the tools and machines to fix things were housed. Most of it I was fairly certain I had used or could figure out. The coolest might be the Three D scanner and printer that could print things in most metal alloys. Amity allowed me to remove the cover of her arm with the bullet hole in it, and in a few minutes I had a new one being made.

Amity and Zap hopped up on a bench and watched as I worked on another thing that had been in need of repair for a while. It was so nice to have something to do that I didn’t notice the time pass by at all, or that Amity and Zap had both taken off at some point. I had just finished putting a pump back together and was startled when Amity set a bottle of something on the bench next to me.

She grinned and giggled at my reaction. “You missed lunch so here is a sandwich and what I think you call soda.”

“Haven’t had one of those in a long time.” It looked and tasted a lot like seven up or sprite. I didn’t ask what the sandwich was made from, too hungry to care. “Thank you for bringing me lunch.”

She smiled and leaned against a toolbox. “I could tell you enjoyed having something to do. As I have been in a similar position before…”

I could tell she thought of saying more, but wasn’t sure if she should. “You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”

We didn’t say anything for a little while and I put the tools I had been using back where they went. The printer was fairly quick and I could tell she was still a little lost in thought as I put the small screws that held the cover in place.

“I don’t know if it is fair for me to know so much about you and you know so little about me.” Amity said as I finished tightening the last screw.

I chuckled. “There is more to me than taking dick up my ass.”

She giggle snorted. “That is not exactly what I meant.”

I set the screw driver down and put my hand on her real hand. “Amity, I knew people who have lost limbs, either in accident or war. You don’t have to tell me if it makes you uncomfortable.”

Her expression softened and she smiled faintly. “I think you are the first person I have met who hasn’t asked me all of those uncomfortable questions.”

“Well I do have one question though.”

“Oh, sure what do you want to know?”

“You aren’t going to scratch or claw me if I pet your head in the middle of the night if I forget which side of me you and Zap are sleeping on?” I smiled widely.

Amity giggled. “No, I won’t hurt you for head pats.” The humor faded and she held my hand a little tighter. “It’s been a long time since I have managed to get a decent night’s sleep, last night it was nice to have you and Zap in bed with me.”

“I suppose if I fixed this stuff right, you might be stuck with me.”

She hesitated then gave me a very quick kiss on the cheek. “I think I would like that.”

Amity smiled and quickly took off leaving Zap and I in the engine room. I sat on the floor and played with Zap who seemed to think he had been neglected of attention, even though I know Amity and Nikky would have given him plenty of affection if he was near them. After a little playing he must have decided we were safe and yipped for sex. It took a little more effort to get the coveralls off enough so we could than either of us would have liked. The thought of being caught did cross my mind, but I doubt anyone would have said anything. I kind of figured they had all seen videos of Zap and I together and likely one of Solaris fucking me as well.

Zap and I were tied and that made me happy, as did the fact the floor had thick rubber pads in places so I wasn’t on hard steel decking. Some shop rags helped clean me up before pulling the coveralls back on. I rounded up some tools to replace the couple things I had fixed with Refron telling me where they went.

The ship was fairly large for having so few people on it, leaving Zap and I pretty much alone save for Refron’s directions. That really wasn’t much of a problem given how little interaction we had with others. With a hydraulic pump reinstalled Refron was ecstatic, mainly because it was the pump to open or close the inner set of doors in the cargo hold, which had been stuck partly open for a long time. I would imagine everyone would be happy to learn there was once again two sets of doors protecting us from space.

I followed Zap back to the atrium the ship had, it was as open as our enclosure had been, just with far fewer plants and no pond. It served as a bit of a natural refuge for people who spend a long time on ships, but it also helped with air circulation; at least that was what Refron told me when I asked about it.

Nikky had made a side trip to collect us from the atrium on her way to the mess hall for dinner. She babbled the entire three minutes it took us to get to the mess hall, she was also beautiful, but was far too energetic for me.

I was happy to have had real things to do, actually engaging things to do; but it was also good to hear some appreciation for accomplishing something. I don’t know how long it had been since I had done actual work, so it was almost overwhelming to listen to how they were happy to have someone like me around. Don’t know what dinner was, but Tiaa was a damn good chef as it tasted amazing. We talked late into the evening, about a lot of different things, it was pleasant since it had been so long. I didn’t have much to say but it was still nice.

Amity showed me how the shower worked and that I had a few pair of the cover alls and a couple pair of shorts for sleeping in. Zap and Amity were curled up in a chair in our shared room, Zap getting pets while she read a book. She had on a little looser attire now that she was ready for bed, though it still didn’t do much to cover her up. Zap had gotten off the chair and onto the bed when I had sat down on it.

The room was decent in size: there was a closet of sorts, the bed which was longer than I was used to but a bit narrower than a queen sized bed, the chair was big enough the two of us could have sat on it if we didn’t mind being nearly on top of the other. A desk held a few tools and the computer monitor and keyboard, and a larger monitor set in the wall above a dresser.

I lay down and Zap curled up next to me on one side, leaving the other side for Amity when she decided to join us. He seemed to warm up to her faster than he had Utrit, which was good since the three of us had to share one bed. Amity finished a page and closed the book before turning the lights mostly off and getting into bed with Zap and I.

Amity rolled into me and put her arm across my chest. “Looks like I am stuck with you.”

“Seems that way, you don’t seem too upset by that though.” Her artificial limb did not take away from feeling her up against me, I had thought it might be weird.

“I must confess I was hoping you would stay.”

Her fur was soft and I felt her breath on my ear. I reached up and ran my fingers thru her hair and gently scratched behind one of her ears, she didn’t tense up but nuzzled my neck and I heard a low purr which told me it was okay to continue petting her. I’m not sure how long we lay there like that, but we both seemed to be content to just be near the other one.

The next couple of days went much the same way, after dinner we talked or Amity, Tiaa and Refron tried to teach me how to play cards or other games. I know I keep saying it, but it was a nice change of pace. In the confines of our quarters Amity and I read books with music playing in the background. We talked a little, I found out she had wanted to dance ballet, and that she and her sister were sold because they were hermaphrodites and their father owed a lot of money. The three of us would eventually get into bed and cuddled silently until we fell asleep.

Due to my recent prison escape I had to stay within the ship’s perimeter until Solaris and Tiaa got me proper documentation, not that I was too keen on wondering very far from the ship in the first place. I could make some external repairs, but someone else had to go get the parts. It would have been interesting to go with Amity, but she went in her armor, so again I was probably better off staying with the ship.

The passengers arrived before Amity returned, they found the novelty of a human quaint, but didn’t actually say much to me other than a greeting. Amity’s longer return was due to the bounties being significantly higher than she had thought, and she had stopped to purchase some upgrades for her armor along with at least a flak jacket and gun for me to use.

After we were back in our quarters I examined the gun in question. “I’ve never had a lady buy me a gun before.”

Amity smiled. “I need someone to watch my back once and a while, and I would like you to be that someone.”

Nikky and Tiaa took care of bringing food to the paying customers, who ate it their rooms. After dinner Omni, Tiaa and Amity tried to teach me how to play something like poker, it wasn’t an easy game to learn as there were a considerable more hands you could have. I was never good at cards and having no money to my name we only played for fun.

The next day, Zap and I were in the engine room and I had only had my coveralls zipped back up for a few minutes when Nikky came in. Getting caught wasn’t what I was worried about; running commentary from her while getting fucked was what worried me. “Hey, what’s up?”

Nikky plopped down on a stool, crossed her arms and set her chin on them watching me work. “Has she told you?”

I glanced at Nikky. “You are going to have to be a little more specific.”

“Has she told you it’s my fault she lost her eye?”

At this I stopped working. “No, that hasn’t come up in any of our conversations.”

Nikky sighed a bit over dramatically and refrained from looking me in the eye. “When we were slaves, I clawed an abusive client of our “master”; Amity got the blame and the punishment because they got us mixed up… And she admitted to doing it, so I wouldn’t get hurt.”

“She must really care about you.”

“Solaris rescued us a couple days after Amity had killed two guards and lost her arm when we escaped that hell... I don’t know how she survived from all the blood loss.” Nikky had to wipe tears from her eyes.

I sort of had an idea where this line of conversation was going, as after a moment Nikky did look at me, glared at me in fact. “She really likes you, and hasn’t been in a good relationship ever.”

“You don’t want to see her get hurt anymore.”

Nikky seemed surprised I had figured that out. “Exactly.”

“From the little she has told me, I can tell you I don’t want to see her get hurt either.” I turned so we were facing each other. “And most of all, I don’t want to hurt her.”

“Do you, do you love her?” Nikky stuttered out.

I smiled. “A little more every day.”