Remembering

Min Li punched in the door code and tried to open it as quietly as she could. It insisted on closing with a loud clunk, and she saw in the dark room, Eric Alain roll over in her bed.

“I thought I lost you,” he said sleepily.

“Sounds like I lost you,” she chuckled. “Ilsa was up, we talked for a while. She seems lonely.” Alain sat up a bit.

“Shame. Good you were there for her.”

“She’s a good friend,” she said, slipping her jumpsuit off. Having just gotten up quickly earlier, she was naked underneath. She slipped into the bed, and Eric spooned her, his arm wrapping around her body.

“Mmmm that’s nice,” she sighed, enjoying the warm bed, and Eric’s warm touch. His body pressed up tightly to hers.

“What did you guys chat about?” He asked, as his hand drifted upward and softly cupped her breast.

“Oh… she wasn’t sleeping well. Talked about it, my expedition…”

“What part?”

“Just general stuff. Told her about the program not telling us about the others. She understood that because of the war.” Li leaned her head back to nuzzle against his shoulder. His breath was warm on her neck. “We didn’t talk about any of the fun stuff,” she said, enjoying his touch. She hoped Alain wasn’t too sleepy to want more.

“You didn’t even tell her about the orgies,” he asked playfully, squeezing her nipple a little. Li smiled and shook her head. “You even didn’t warn her about the sexy potential of zero gravity?”

“Not even,” she said with a sigh, pushing her butt against Alain’s crotch. She could feel his prick hardening against her ass. “I thought, mmm, I thought it would be unkind without something to offer her.”

“Would you like that,” he whispered huskily in her ear, “having something to offer Ilsa?” His hand slid down from her now tit, down her body to between her legs.

“Mmm, yeah…” she said slowly, enjoying the feeling of his finger along her already moist labia. “I love cock, especially, mmm, especially yours, but s-some sometimes, it’s nice to have someone who knows, mmm, exactly w-where to touch you.”

“You’d like that baby? Having a threesome with another woman?”

“Mmm, I do like that baby, it’s mmm so hot.” His finger slid into her, and his cock pressed up against her butt. The pleasure got more intense, she wanted more, craved more.

“Do you like that baby? Do you like thinking about a girl eating me out,” she moaned, wiggling her ass checks on his cock. He responded by moving his hand from her pussy and guiding himself into her from behind. She moaned.

“Oooh yeah baby, that’s sooo good. Would, aah, would you have a threesome baby? With another man?”

“Yeah, I would,” he said huskily, his pace quickening.

“Oh fuck mmm, you like that? Like the idea of ahhh, of sharing me with someone? Of me sharing you with another woman… ahh of me taking two cocks…Oh God mmm.”

“Mmmhmmm, yeah it does, oh fuck you’re so wet,” he gasped, plowing his cock into her faster and faster.

Li started feeling him swell inside her, and it pushed her over the edge of orgasm. She clamped down on the cock inside her and squealed loudly with pleasure. Alain’s grip on her body got tight, and fierce, so hard it would have hurt in another circumstance. He grunted and groaned in her ear, and she felt her pussy flood with hot cum. She pushed back onto the spasming cock while she wailed and orgasmed. The two slowed their pace, and laid together, Alain still inside Li, holding one another in sexual bliss. Li turned her head so that she could kiss him and when she did, she whispered in his ear.

“I mean it.”

“Me too.”

They kissed, cleaned up and went back to bed, satisfied and happy. Sleep came easily after their lovemaking. The next morning, Li got up and started her work while Alain was still sleeping. She had a test flight of one of the two small shuttles and didn’t want to be groggy. She kissed him on the way out the door and he murmured something resembling a ‘good morning.’

Ramona Wagner and Raynor Schwartz were having breakfast together. They sat opposite each other, but Li couldn’t help thinking they looked…familiar with each other. She couldn’t put a finger on why, but she made a mental note. When she was close, they invited her to join them.

“So what do you think Li?”

“About… what?”

“The spy. You’ve heard the rumors, right,” chimed in Schwartz. Li sighed heavily.

“I have no opinions on the spy story, except that it seems unlikely that there is one, and even if there is, I’m not sure I should have an opinion.”

“Why not,” asked Wagner sincerely, “you’re part of the crew as much as anyone.”

“A member of the crew, and a citizen of the People’s Republic, Ramona. The Americans especially, they’re too paranoid about nations and spies for me to want to open that conversation.”

“That, is understandable” said Schwartz nodding sagely, “but as Ramona said, you’re one of us, and not one of another nation, or god, or allegiance.”

“Thank you for saying so Doc, but if you’ll excuse me, I think I will maintain my respectful silence on the matter. We haven’t left Earth yet.”

“Of course yes,” he said.

“Do you miss China Li,” asked Wagner lightly, changing the subject.

“Yes and no. I don’t miss it in the sense I want to leave here and go back, but it’s a beautiful country, and my former home, so in that sense, yes. But I am happy here, in this home.”

“I know exactly how you feel,” agree Schwartz, “Germany is a lovely place, and my job there was a good one, I was happy, but here, “he said, gesturing at the room, “I am happier.”

Li noticed the tiny glance he gave to Wagner and decided these two were definitely having sex. She was happy for them; they had a rapport, and actually met before all this. She wondered ideally why they weren’t public about it, but she figured they probably didn’t want to talk about something new and exciting.

“Good morning, Li, can I have a word,” asked Tara Dayton, striding into the dining room. Li nodded. “Perfect, come by my office. Whenever you’re done, no rush.”

Rush or not, Li was there within five minutes. Dayton was standing at the main table in the science lab, a map displayed on the surface. Her jumpsuit was tied up around her waist, and she was just wearing a white singlet on top, and her blonde hair hung down messily around her shoulders. The map showed a route to and from the North Pole to the habitat complex.

“Li, thanks for coming. I have a task for you. Actually, I have two. They’re sensitive in nature, so I’d appreciate discretion.”

“No problem, Tara.”

“The first is pretty straightforward. See this route,” she said, indicating to the map, “we are going on a mission in the rover to the Pole, and I want you to take out a shuttle and give us a low pass over this route to check it’s passable.”

“Oh wow, ok, what are you looking for?”

“Well, crevasses and water mostly. We need to be aware if there any obstructions on this route we’ve chosen and so, we need it checked. We have to do it now because after this we’ll need both shuttles running supply and logistics ops. Sound good?”

“Yes absolutely, I can do that. Why the secrecy?”

“It would be a big disappointment if we planned all this just to have it fail before it starts. I wanted this check so that morale doesn’t take a hit. I don’t care if Alain knows, I know you too are close. Besides, once you’ve mapped the route, he’ll also be flying in support ops, so he’ll need to know sooner rather than later. Make sure he knows its confidential.”

Li thought the aside about Alain was strange. They were close to be sure, but how did she know that? She put concerns aside, that wasn’t relevant anyways, so he nodded in approval.

“Good, glad to hear it, that’s great. You’ll run the mission during the scheduled flight you have today. Now there’s another matter I need help with, after the flight, if you have no other questions.” Li nodded, and Dayton continued.

“As you know; there are some spy rumors. Don’t worry, nobody suspects you. Nobody important anyway. Honestly, I don’t think any of the suspicions are valid, but they’re out there so we have to address them all the same. Due diligence right.”

Li nodded along sagely, with a sinking feeling in the center of her stomach.

“Now this… is a request, and it’s one I neither can, nor wish to order you to do, so if that makes you uncomfortable let me know now, and I’ll say no more.”

“Please, go ahead,” said Li. She knew the curiosity would drive her nuts anyways, so she might as well be involved.

“Loyalty. Loyalty is a big issue for me. Loyalty to the Company, and most importantly, loyalty to this crew. Loyalty is how we’re going to get to Mars and stay there. It’s all well and good, when you have it. But do we have loyalty? From everyone I mean.” She paused, letting the words have their effect.

“We won’t know if we have the loyalty of everyone here, but when we do, none of this spy stuff matters. So… how do we know people are loyal? Trust, but verified,” she added with a smirk.

“How to I prove I’m loyal?”

“Oh hun, you don’t need to. You come well vouched for, I already know about you; I need help with others.”

“Which others,” she asked. Dayton seemed to wait and consider her words before continuing.

“Well, there’s Lyndon for a start.”

“Your number two,” she asked, shocked and wide eyed.

“I keep friends close and my... Lyndon closer,” she said, chuckling at her change of metaphor.

“What… what does this mean for me?”

Dayton sighed.

“I need your full attention around here, in generally, but especially when I’m on the North Pole expedition. Lyndon will be here, running the base, and I want to ensure he knows what side he’s on, if you catch my drift?”

“So you want me to spy on the spy?”

“Not in so many words, but effectively; yes. The potential spy, yes.”

“How should I do this?”

“That, my dear, I can’t tell you. However you think is best, honestly. Use Eric, but don’t tell him about this, OK? We need secrecy. It’s not an accusation I’d like to see public, if you understand me.”

“I do.”

“Good. If you have no other questions, feel free to head out. But remember, I’m here if you have concerns, and Li? I really appreciate this,” she added, walking over to Li and placing her hand on Li’s back. She felt her pulse quicken, and memories of the night she spent with Tara flooded in.

“I’ll do it.”

“Thank you, Li, I knew I could trust you.”

Li barely noticed herself walking back to her room. It was a blur of anxiety and confusion. She already had no desire to be in the spy conversation, let alone as Tara’s deputy spy catcher. I just want it to be simple, she thought as she walked to the habitation wing. Paranoia about the other members of the crew spun around in her mind. When she entered her room, Alain was just getting out of bed, still naked.

“Good morning sexy,” he said, sleepily, and gave her a kiss. She kissed him back and gave his arse a playful squeeze.

“Hey big man, we have an Op coming up.”

“Really,” he said, his eyes widening. “How do you know this?”

“Tara, she uh, wanted to talk to me about it. Don’t know why she only called me in, I didn’t know what was up till she told me in her room. Said it’s confidential but that I can tell you.” Li felt strange lying to her boyfriend like this, but she didn’t want him to know about the spy situation. She still felt uncomfortable about it, and it made her anxious to think about telling him. He looked at her a little suspiciously anyway.

“She knows about us I assume? It’s not like we’ve been too secretive.”

“Yes, she does,” Li said, walking past Alain and giving his bare ass a playful smack.

“Did you two… reminisce,” he asked with a glint in his eye.

“Haha, no,” Li chuckled, “she hasn’t mentioned our night together since it happened.”

“Wish I could have seen that,” he said, gathering his clothes. Li walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his naked body.

“Maybe you will soon hot stuff,” she whispered into his ear.