Departure

After a short while, you both get up and put your clothes back on. Feeling much better now, you decide that it's time to leave this hellhole of a world.

After the diagnostics and pre-launch checks have all been completed, you sit down in your plush, cozy Captain's chair. Vel is at the comm console, getting clearance for departure from the starport controller. Once she begins initializing the auto-launch sequence, Kalis walks into the bridge.

She has her long, blonde hair tied back into a ponytail, and she is wearing a form-fitting thermal suit in dark blue with combat boots. "Are we leaving, now?" she asks. You give her a nod, and she walks over to you and sits on your lap, putting an arm around your shoulder. It's something that she always did with Eldren - he always sat in the Captain's chair, and during departure she always walked in and sat on his lap. You suppose that even clones can develop personal habits and idiosyncracies. Still, you're a bit surprised; you hadn't expected this habit to carry on over to you.

You hold her close, enjoying the warmth of her body against yours. You feel the ship shudder, as it always does, as it lifts off. It kind of reminds you of the way Vel had climaxed on top of you earlier today.

Soon the Royal Flush breaks free of the atmosphere, and you are in the vastness of space with the ugly, reddish-brown world of Hador II below you. That's one place you'll never miss, and you hope you won't have to see it ever again.