Along the beach

Calvo glanced to his left along the beach. His eyes narrowed, head tilting, trying to make sense of what he was seeing...some sort of distortion, like a heat shimmer, surely impossible in Tau-Ceti Two's cold, bleak climate.

As he drew closer, he realised what he was looking at. A **** dome had been set up on the sand, encompassing an area of the beach, and the sea. Inside, the temperature was a great deal warmer than the ambient.....Calvo could tell this because a group of off duty guardswomen were swimming, or relaxing.

One, he recognised.The Guard Captain, her short red hair worn spikey, stood with her hands on her slender hips, staring out at the rolling waves. A one piece bathing suit with a thong back showed of her atheletic, toned body, and her wonderfully taut backside. Her skin was pale, with a dusting of freckles....Calvo wondered whether her pubes were as red as the hair on her head.

Evidently word of the attack, and of his own escape, had not reached this group. Calvo pondered his next move....