Dawn at their island on Oceanus was a spectacular affair. The golden sun slowly crept up above the horizon and sent out bright spears of light, illuminating the rapidly brightening sky. John and the girls felt the warm glow of the sun's rays, and they woke up at the same time, stretching languidly in the extremely comfortable bed. Jade was on the western edge, and when she rolled on to her other side, so that she was facing the sun, she sat up abruptly with a startled gasp.

"Oh, John, this place is breathtaking!" she said in a hushed whisper.

Immediately curious as to what had triggered this reaction in the Nymph, they all sat up and a series of shocked gasps echoed around the room.

Their bedroom jutted out over the ocean, at least sixty feet above sea-level, which offered them incredible views of the palm tree lined beach that spread out along the western coast and around the island. To the eastern side, the coast and rocky walls of the cliff behind them abruptly disappeared into the cove they had walked around the night before.

"It's endless," Dana said softly, looking out in shock at the miles of uninterrupted ocean spread out before them.

"Are you alright there, Dana?" John asked her with concern, wary in case she reacted badly to the sight of such a vast volume of water.

"It's beautiful, but there's so much of it. It doesn't seem real," she replied in a hushed voice.

John glanced at Alyssa, and she and the girls got up silently, padding from the room on bare feet. When they had left the room, he moved to kneel behind the redhead, and wrapped her in his arms. This broke her from her reverie, and she turned her head to look up at him with a smile.

"Sorry about the shock. I know this kind of vacation isn't ideal for you," John said apologetically.

"I know. You chose this place because of Jade," she replied, and then tilted up her head so she could plant a tender kiss on his jawline.

"I still want you to have a good time too," he told her sincerely. "Is there anything I can do to make your stay here more enjoyable?"

Dana's face took on an impish cast, and she grinned up at him. "I haven't fed Rachel yet..." she told him coyly.

John laughed, and hugged her tightly. "Your wish is my command," he said with a chuckle.

He moved back a little bit to make room for her, and she moved with him eagerly, lying on her back as he leaned on his side.

"I saw you groping Alyssa's ass on the bridge the other day. I'd love you to take me like that really hard, but we'll have to save that for a few weeks I guess," she said with regret.

John looked at her suspiciously. "Are you sure you aren't becoming psychic too?" he asked her playfully.

Dana giggled, then rolled over on her tummy, and wiggled her compact bottom enticingly, while looking at him over her shoulder. She shivered as he stared transfixed at her, growing increasingly aroused.

"I love the way you stare at me like that," she said, biting her lip with lust.

"There's something quite enchanting about the sight," he agreed, as he reached out and gently squeezed one of her cheeks.

Her skin felt supple and smooth under his fingertips, and he massaged her while watching her muscles yield to his strong hands. Each cheek was a perfect round sphere, bronzed with her tan, yet not showing a single blemish, freckle or wrinkle. He reached out with his other hand to grasp her other cheek as well, and he eased them apart, so that her tight little anus was exposed to his hungry eyes.

"Oh fuck!" she hissed as she felt him spread her wide, and stared back at him with excitement.

"I can't believe you can stretch to take me back there," John said, shaking his head in amazement as he stared at the tiny knot of muscle. "Does it ever hurt?"

"Never. I just feel stretched and stuffed full. It's like you've wrapped me around you, and then you're using my tight little ass to bring yourself off," she said heatedly.

John grinned and moved to cover her, placing his arms to either side of her body to support his weight, and resting his throbbing cock in the velvety soft channel between her cheeks.

"That feels so good," Dana purred as he ground himself into her, making her feel his heat against her ass.

She stared back at him over her shoulder, and he could tell she was torn between wanting to feed her friend, and yearning the naughty feeling of having her ass stuffed full of his rock hard cock. He watched the play of emotions across her lovely face, before she finally looked resigned, which let him know which decision she had made.

"You're such a lovely girl, so selfless," he praised her, as he lifted his weight off her and tilted his hips a little.

Dana smiled warmly and was about to respond, when he pushed forward and sank deep into her body in one long, pussy-stuffing thrust.

"Holy fuck!" she screeched, as her slick pussy was suddenly and shockingly stretched wide by his girth.

Her hands clawed at the bed, and she grabbed at the sheets, twisting them in her fists as he pulled back and then lunged forward again. She could only groan helplessly as he eased back and then rammed forward, making her yielding body stretch elastically around him, until he was eventually driving into her womb. When he was buried inside her up to the balls, he held still and leaned down to kiss her shoulder gently.

"Too rough?" he asked her playfully, already knowing the answer.

"No, that was perfect," she sighed with delight as she wriggled underneath him. "You know we're all built to take a good pounding," she added encouragingly.

"Not yet," he told her soothingly, and just rested against her, covering her smaller body with his own. "I'd like to chat first."

"Chat with me skewered on your cock?" Dana asked with a giggle. "I can't imagine any better way to do it!"

"First I wanted to say how impressed I've been, with you caring for Rachel, and helping her settle in. She seems to have really warmed to you, and it's lovely to see you growing to be friends," he said between kisses planted on her cheek.

Dana looked over her shoulder at him and stared up into his eyes lovingly. He could see the golden corona around her pupils now they were so close to each other, and he saw that her pupils were heavily dilated with her arousal.

"I'm wise to you! You're hoping we'll pair off like Alyssa and Calara, so we can put on a loving performance for you, just like they do," she panted lustily.

"Would that be so bad?" he asked her mischievously. "Her licking your pussy until I get so turned on, I ram my cock up your ass?"

Dana quivered underneath him, and he could feel her pussy clench around his shaft.

"I think you like that idea," he said teasingly, as he slipped his hand under her slim stomach to find her swollen clit. He began to stroke it gently as he began to move inside her once again.

"You're so bad..." she whimpered, as her body immediately responded to his touch. "I fucking love it!" she added with a groan.

John grinned, enjoying hearing her getting increasingly profane, the more he turned her on. "I've got plenty more ideas. Most of them involve the two of you making love to each other, while I ravish your gorgeous body," he whispered in her ear as he rubbed her more insistently in time with his shafting.

Dana had arched her back as he rode her, and looking over her shoulder, he could see her firm breasts trembling with the impact every time he thrust up to the balls inside her. Her buttocks were so firm and round beneath him, and felt delightful as he ground himself against her cheeks.

"I never thought I'd love getting fucked so much," Dana moaned. "You feel like a beast, mounting me like this, but I feel so protected when I'm covered by you. And the things you say, they drive me crazy!"

"You like me telling you how much I enjoy using your smoking hot body?" he asked her eagerly.

She groaned as she thrashed underneath him, getting very close to her climax. "Are you going to fuck Rachel this way too?" she panted.

"No. I want you there to lick her clit for me when I break her in for the first time, make sure she loves it," he told her as his thrusting got more insistent.

"Keep talking to me, I'm so close!" she yelped as he pounded her, her pussy stretched tightly around his girth. "I love hearing what you're going to do to us!"

John grinned as he kissed her ear, then spoke to her in a low voice, "Just wait until you hear how I plan to impregnate you both..."

Dana let out a long wail as she crashed through her climax, her pussy rapidly gripping his shaft as he plunged in and out of her. Hearing her explode into orgasm was the trigger for him to come too, and he thrust up to the balls inside her and began to fill her womb full of his sperm.

"Put a baby in me..." she urged him as she trembled through one massive, long climax.

Her eagerness made his own release even more intense, and he saw stars as he shot his load into her compliant young body. His balls lurched, eager to fulfil her request, and he filled her womb with so many long spurts of his spunk that it had to expand to house even more. He gradually eased his weight off her as he stuffed her belly full of cum, until his balls finally stopped flexing, and he pulled out of her gently.

"You rock my world every time," Dana told him in wonder, as he slumped to her side.

"Likewise, beautiful," he replied as he panted from exertion.

She grinned at him happily, and then snuggled up against him, running her hand lovingly over her swollen belly. "God, I love being filled up like this. It just makes me feel complete somehow, it's amazing!"

John rolled to his side, and he joined her in stroking her bloated abdomen, as they stared into each other's eyes. He grinned suddenly and chuckled to himself.

"What?" she asked him curiously, enjoying seeing him laugh.

"I was supposed to be having a chat with you, but you turned me on so much I got a bit carried away," he confessed with a grin.

Dana giggled and looked up at him adorably. "That was really hot, thank you. With that finale, it made it even better than when you stretch my ass," she told him confidentially.

"Oh I don't know, your ass is something special," he countered with a smile.

"It's still yours to take whenever you feel like, don't worry," she told him reassuringly. "I better let Rachel know that breakfast is ready though," she added with a rueful smile.

"You can wait a little while," John said generously, as he massaged her taut skin soothingly.

Dana sighed with delight, and smiled up at him gratefully before she spoke, "So what did you want to talk to me about anyway?"

"I really meant it when I thanked you for being a good friend to Rachel, and helping her settle in. It must be more than a little intimidating getting used to life on the ship, but she seems to be coping really well, and I think you've been a large part of that," he said, his voice filled with gratitude.

"She's a lovely girl, very warm and friendly. I'm just overjoyed that Alyssa found someone so great to join us," the redhead said happily. "So what else?" she asked him impishly.

"I also wanted to tell you how lucky I feel that you're on the ship with us," he told her sincerely. "I love having you around regardless, but beyond that, you've probably done more to aid our success than anyone else aboard, what with all the upgrades to the Invictus and our gear."

"I think we're all lucky to have found each other," Dana told him, as she stared into his eyes. "Living apart, we were small, little things, But now we're together, we've grown to become powerful."

"I like that thought," he told her approvingly.

John leaned down to kiss her lovingly, and they only separated when the soft padding of bare feet drew their attention to the other person who had just entered the bedroom. It was Rachel, and she glided over to the bed, before climbing on to join them.

"Sorry to interrupt, you guys looked amazing together. Alyssa told me I should join you, and that it was time for breakfast?" Rachel asked them tentatively.

"You aren't interrupting, it's fine," John told her soothingly.

He moved back a little to give Dana room, and she spread her toned thighs lewdly, as she beckoned the other girl over. Rachel smiled impishly at the redhead, and then lay down with her head next to Dana's heavily swollen tummy.

"Is this for me?" Rachel asked her friend teasingly, before planting a tender kiss on the smooth rounded sphere.

"I saved it for you especially," Dana replied with a grin, before her smile dissolved, and she arched her back with a moan as Rachel got to work.

John leant back against the pillows to watch the show. "What a fantastic start to the holiday!" he thought to himself happily.

***

The three of them got changed into swimwear and descended in the elevator to join the others who were relaxing in the lounge. The view from this room through the huge windows was incredible, showing the beach around the island from one side, and the cove through the windows on the other. A glance at a clock on the wall told John that it was just past eight in the morning, so he knew they had an hour to wait before Rupert the robot butler would have their breakfast ready.

"Morning girls!" he said to Alyssa, Calara, and Jade who were sitting together and chatting.

They looked up at them and grinned at John's buoyant mood. One glance was all it took to tell them why, with Rachel cradling a rounded tummy, and Dana looking dishevelled, but deliriously happy. They flashed each other grins, and then stood up and glided over to greet them. Alyssa was wearing her red bikini, and Calara had borrowed the white one. When they saw him eyeing them appraisingly, they stood up straighter and arched their backs slightly to improve the view.

John grinned at them, shaking his head in wonder at how stunning they looked, and strode up to greet them. He reached out an eager hand to each girl and brushed the back of his fingers over their slim toned midriffs. They maintained eye contact with him when he looked from one girl to another, and the raw lust he saw in their eyes made him start to get hard once again.

"If bikinis are the new dress code for you girls, I think I'm going to need to drink a lot of fluids!" he said, as he walked around behind them, and let his fingers trail from one supple cheek to the next.

The girls giggled at his brazen appreciation of their stunning figures, and preened for him all the more. Once he'd finished inspecting them, he moved on to Jade who was wearing a yellow bikini that revealed an indecent amount of her dark green skin. She caught his eye as he approached her, and posed for him, awaiting his touch. He smiled at her teasingly, and then let one of his fingers glide up her arm, and down over her chest, taking a few playful detours on the way down to her belly button. Her skin was cool to the touch, but he saw goose bumps appear on her flesh in the wake of his exploring hand. By the time he reached her lower belly, her cat-like eyes were staring at him intently and he could sense how aroused she was.

"Time for a swim!" he said with a teasing grin, and turned and strolled through the double doors and out to the cove beyond.

Jade groaned with frustration, then grinned as she prowled after him, followed by the other girls who laughed and joined them. The cove was set up to look like it was a completely natural formation, but as they walked down the rough hewn steps to the golden sand below, John realised it was a clever illusion, and that the granite surface was smooth and perfectly level.

The sand felt soft and warm under their toes, having been warmed by the morning sun for a few hours already. With girlish delight, the teenagers began to cavort around on the beach, chasing each other around playfully. The only exception was Jade, who after running around for a little while, stopped and stared out at the sea longingly.

John walked up to stand beside her. "Go ahead, go wild!" he said to her encouragingly. "I chose this place for you, after all."

The Nymph looked up at him, and he could see how deeply touched she was, by the tender expression on her face. She walked up to him and stood on the tips of her toes, her lips brushing softly against his cheek.

"Thank you," she said simply, her voice throbbing with gratitude.

When he turned to smile at her, she grinned back at him with excitement, then sprinted full tilt into the sea. She leapt into the air as she reached the water's edge, and delicate aquamarine fins sprouted from her arms and legs as she dove gracefully into the sea. John laughed, and watched as she resurfaced a few dozen metres out into the cove, arcing out of the water before disappearing beneath the surface once more.

Jade surged through the water, feeling a sense of total freedom that she had never experienced before. She cut through the sea like she was born to it, and she dove deeper, her eyes staring in wonder at the coral formations that surrounded the island. Tropical fish in a huge variety of exotic colours swam lazily around the anemones and sea grasses, that waved gently with the urgings of the tidal currents.

Although her fins were great for the swimming pool aboard the Invictus, she found they were not really efficiently designed for swimming against the currents as she was now. She floated there under the water for a moment, feeling an urge welling up inside her. Remembering John's encouraging words to go wild, she grinned, and then surrendered to the feeling. Her entire body began to shimmer, and a sudden image of the aquatic predator that had been owned by one of her previous masters flashed into her mind. She recalled the 'collector' telling her it was called a tiger shark, and she gleefully moulded her body into that form.

A passing fish watched with unblinking eyes as the strange green mammal that was undulating through the water stopped and seem to blur before its eyes. The fish swam lazily against the current, floating in place, not quite decided whether to flee back to the safety of the anemones on the reef. Suddenly the fish was staring at a massive green striped predator, that turned to look at it with hungry eyes. The fish turned and fled, but the last thing it saw before its life ended, was the gleaming rows of razor sharp teeth.

Jade swallowed the fish down in two big bites, and her shark face smiled wide in a hideous tooth-filled grimace. She surged through the water, enjoying the incredibly efficient design of this new form, and lost herself in the unbridled openness of the ocean.

***

John and the girls spent nearly an hour on the beach, running around on the sand, and then splashing around in the waves. He and Rachel managed to coax Dana out into the sea, then hovered nearby reassuring her, while she got over her fear of the water. Jumping over the incoming waves had the redhead laughing with delight, and they all had lots of fun, forgetting their cares and worries for a while.

Rupert the robot butler appeared a few minutes before nine, flanked by a couple of cleaning robots that were carrying freshly laundered towels. They rolled down to the beach via a carefully concealed ramp, and then waited nearby for their guests to come out of the water. John strode over and gratefully took the towels, handing them out to the girls as they joined him.

"Breakfast is served, Sir," Rupert told him with an obsequious robotic bow, and then turned around with his automated companions to head back indoors.

John glanced out at the sea, wondering if Jade was alright, and Alyssa walked up and gently shoulder bumped him, making him look down at her.

"She's having the time of her life, don't worry," the blonde girl told him happily.

He grinned, and then led the rest of their group back up to the glass doors. When they opened automatically, delightful smells wafted out to them, and rumbling stomachs reminded them of how hungry they were. Rupert guided them to the back of the lounge on his quiet treads, and they saw that there was a cleverly concealed passageway here that they had missed at first glance. It led out to a dining room, with a table overflowing with food.

The robotic staff had been extremely busy, preparing a wide variety of fruits for them to enjoy, as well as cooked sausages, eggs and lots of toast. After they had chosen their breakfast, they stood around in confusion for a moment, not seeing any chairs.

"This way, Sir," Rupert told John, and then rolled silently up to the windows which slid open automatically for the automaton.

Following behind, they saw that there was a gentle ramp that led down to a sun terrace by the main beach. There were tables and chairs set up here, with cool shade provided by spotlessly clean, overhanging parasols. John glanced up, and realised that they were now directly below their bedroom, which hung out from the cliff face, sixty feet above them. They settled in the chairs, sipping iced drinks brought to them by the butler and his staff, while tucking into their delicious breakfast.

"This place is unbelievable," Calara murmured as she sipped her drink, and lounged back in her reclining chair.

"I don't think I've ever felt this relaxed," Alyssa agreed, as she took dainty bites of a slice of pineapple.

"I've been on some exotic vacations before, but this tops them all," Rachel conceded. She had already had a big meal that morning, but the food prepared by the Oceanus robotic staff looked so good, she had assembled a small plate of things to try.

John let out a big sigh, as he finished his cooked breakfast and then sagged back into his chair, making it recline like Calara had done. "I could get used to this," he said with a contented chuckle.

The only one who hadn't said anything was Dana, who was busying eating, but kept glancing back at the door longingly from time to time.

"What's up honey, not having a good time?" John asked her when he noticed she had stayed quiet.

"Oh, sorry! I was a bit distracted," the redhead apologised, flushing a little with embarrassment.

Alyssa grinned at her old friend, and shook her head affectionately. "She can't keep her mind off her research projects. Playing with all the toys you've given her is basically a 24/7 vacation for our lovely Chief Engineer," she explained with a look of amusement.

Dana looked sheepish, and when John looked at her, she nodded. "I can't help it! There's so much awesome stuff I'm itching to research and build!" she said eagerly.

"Well it's your holiday, and I want you to do whatever makes you happy," he told her indulgently. "Just make sure you join us for mealtimes though, okay?"

"You're the best!" Dana said with a grin, and then wolfed down the rest of her breakfast.

She got up, and walked over to kiss him affectionately before turning to leave. Rachel stood too, and walked over to join her friend.

"I'll keep you company, if that's okay? I'd like to start looking at the test results," the brunette said with a smile.

Dana nodded happily, and the two girls walked hand-in-hand back up to the building.

"And then there were three," Calara joked.

"Two in a moment. I have my first sword training session this morning," John said apologetically.

"I don't know how we'll cope on our own!" Alyssa said melodramatically, as she reclined in her chair and sipped a fruit cocktail.

Calara giggled and John joined her with a big laugh too. He finished his iced drink and then stood and stretched, looking out over the sea.

"I'll tell her to be back for dinner," Alyssa told him, picking up on his worry about the missing Nymph.

"Thanks, honey," John said, as he glanced back at the blonde and smiled. "Could you also please make sure everyone puts in a hour or two on the firing range."

"I'll have them all turned into lethal killing machines before we leave," she replied jovially.

"I don't doubt you for a minute," John laughed, and then walked over to give her and Calara a kiss before heading up the slope to return to the building.

Alyssa and Calara waved him goodbye, and then lay back in the warm glow of the sun, and sighed contentedly.

***

John walked into the training room and over to the console on the simulation device. He brought up the comm interface, and selected Eito Yamamoto from the list of contacts, the call going through a moment later.

The stern faced man answered the call almost immediately. "Good. You have your equipment?" he asked curtly.

"Yes, Mr Yamamoto, or should I call you Sensei?" John asked curiously.

"Call me, Yamamoto," the other man replied, then turned to a device out of shot of the viewscreen.

He pressed a few buttons, and the simulation system that had been set up in the room flashed with a blinking green light. John walked over to it and pressed the button, and the device hummed happily to itself for a moment, establishing a real-time connection with the simulation machine owned by Yamamoto. Affixed to the outside of the resort, a massively powerful and exceedingly expensive pulse generator kicked in, enabling an instantaneous relay of the signals between John and his trainer.

The flashing green light turned a solid green, and then the room seemed to transform, the walls and floor changing before his eyes as a sophisticated holographic environment was created. John turned to look out at the tranquil location that had sprung into being around him.

They were standing in a open air dojo in the middle of a carefully sculpted garden, the only sound coming from a small stream that gurgled and babbled to itself happily, where it wound its way through the glade. The sun shone brightly overhead, and cherry blossom trees cast a dappled shade over the pristine and carefully manicured lawn, which had not a blade of grass out of place. The dojo overlooked a square area set in the ground, that was surrounded on all sides by a tiny green fence, and contained thousands of identical, perfectly rounded white stones. The pale stones had been carefully positioned, and posed to look like the surging waves of the sea, with a single onyx stone at the crest of the wave.

The scene made him feel at peace, and he turned to face his trainer with a smile on his face. Yamamoto was wearing a black hakama, that was belted at the waist, but left his chest bare, and revealed a finely chiselled torso.

"Choose your blade," he said to John, gesturing with his hand towards the practice swords.

John walked over to the weapons, and picked up the Odachi he had practiced with earlier.

"This is closest in size to the weapon I fight with," he explained as he walked back to face the other man.

"Attack me," Yamamoto instructed him, as he stepped back and placed his hand on the hilt of the long katana that was sheathed at his waist.

John nodded, lifted the Odachi over his head with both hands, and stepped forward with a sailing overhead chop. The Katana in Yamamoto's hand flashed out of its sheath and harmlessly deflected the stroke, with the perfect ringing note of steel against steel. The swordmaster did not counter attack, and waited patiently while John followed up with one overhead blow after another, the long blade moving in a figure of eight as John slashed down with it, with an over-the-shoulder blow from one side and then the other.

Finally Yamamoto had seen enough, and he stepped back and sheathed his blade with a deep sigh.

"You're attacking with a sword, not a baseball bat!" he snorted in disgust. "How have you managed to kill anyone fighting like that?" he asked John dubiously.

"I'm stronger than I look," John replied with a smile.

"Your strength will do you no good here, only speed and skill," Yamamoto replied dismissively. "Now pay attention. I will teach you the Kata."

***

Jade swam lazily through the currents, gliding along in the water. Being a shark had been lots of fun, and terrifying the reef fish had been extremely entertaining, but she was starting to feel a little lonely. Having been around John and the girls for the last several weeks, she realised she had become used to their constant presence, and she was missing their friendly chatter. She was just about to head back to the island, when a pod of dolphins swam by, circling her cautiously as if trying to fathom out exactly what she was.

She heard the clicks of sonar coming from the sleek aquatic mammals, and she realised that they were attempting to communicate with her. Unfortunately the shark form was not equipped with the specialised larynx and air sacs needed to respond, so she was about to turn around sadly and return home, when something stopped her.

"Go wild," John's voice urged her, seeming to echo in her mind, and she studied the nearby dolphins with a much sharper eye.

She could feel that surging need to change welling up inside her, and she surrendered to it once again, her shark body shimmering in a green haze. Jade pushed her body into the new form she had in mind, that of a green bottlenose dolphin, and she grew smaller and more compact as she adopted that shape. Finally she was done, and with an effortless flick of her tail she surged towards the surface and flipped out of the water, before diving back down joyfully beneath the surface. The sonar clicks came through stronger now as the other dolphins swam closer, and Jade let her new body respond instinctively.

"Hello," she said tentatively, in what she hoped was a friendly tone.

The pod of dolphins surged around her, nudging her gently before racing away. Their clicks and sounds suddenly began to make sense, and Jade grinned with glee.

"You're so pretty! I've never seen a green dolphin before!"

"We're going to hunt some herring, come and play!"

"How fast can you swim? I bet I can swim faster!"

Letting out a delighted dolphin giggle, Jade surged along with her new podmates, racing away under the waves.

***

Dana grinned excitedly as she pressed a button, and fired the stationary laser at the piece of black double shaped Invictium, that she fixed securely in place. The floating display to her side began to fill with data as the effect of the solid beam of light was recorded. She nodded with satisfaction at the results, seeing nothing particularly unexpected. Ashanath Engineer Zanthus had explained that double shaping Etherium made that alloy grow much tougher, and Invictium had followed the same behaviour, becoming more resilient too. Poring through the results, it looked as though the reflective nature of the Invictium had increased slightly as well, which was a handy bonus.

"That can't be possible..." Rachel murmured distractedly to her side.

Dana stood up straight and clicked her back, then turned to glance over at Rachel, who was working beside her on the raised dais in the Engineering Bay. The brunette had asked if she could keep her company, so Dana had transferred the results of the full-body scans, as well as the blood analysis, over to a spare console on the Chief Engineer's podium in her workshop. Rachel was staring in wonder at a holographic representation of her double helix DNA, and rotating the complex image by tiny motions of her right hand.

"Found out something interesting?" Dana asked her friend curiously.

Rachel looked up, and blinked owlishly, startled out of her daze. She looked at the redhead, and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry, I was totally absorbed then. Could you repeat the question please?" she replied in her well spoken voice.

"I should be the one apologising, I hate it when my concentration gets broken!" Dana said with a sympathetic grin.

"You're forgiven," Rachel laughed, then looked at her friend with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh right!" Dana said, remembering why she had disturbed the brunette in the first place. "You said something quietly, and it sounded like you had found out something cool?"

Rachel looked at the redhead, and appeared to be torn for a moment. "I said to John that I'd do a big presentation at the end, but I guess this won't hurt," she said with a mischievous grin.

"Now I'm really interested!" Dana said eagerly.

"Well I've been studying these DNA strand samples, that were taken in this morning's round of tests, just before I..." and she paused suddenly, and blushed as she looked at her friend.

"Before you licked all of John's cum from my pussy?" Dana inquired teasingly.

Rachel laughed, and the awkwardness passed. "Yes that's right. You were quite delicious," she said with a smile.

"That's good to know," Dana smirked, then continued, "But, I'm taking you off topic. What did you find out?" she asked Rachel curiously.

"Well as a person gets older, their DNA sequence gets naturally worn and damaged. DNA damage causes age related diseases, and can lead to things like cancer," Rachel explained.

"Damaged DNA equals bad, right, got it..." Dana nodded with a grin.

"Well I've compared today's sample with the sample I took before I had undergone any changes, and the existing DNA damage seems to have been repaired!" Rachel explained, quite astounded.

"We already knew that swallowing John's cum made us heal fast," Dana said, looking puzzled. "Does this tell us something new?"

"If what I suspect is true, then..." Rachel paused, and studied her friend. "Let's just say we'll need to be very discerning about who we invite to our little group," she said, with a mysterious smile.

"Ah, getting your own back with the secrets and mysteries now?" Dana laughed good naturedly.

"It seems only fair," Rachel replied playfully.

They shared friendly grins, and then got back to work.

***

"You are dead," Yamamoto told him coldly, and then stepped back, sheathing his sword.

John groaned with frustration, and then walked back to his starting position on the wooden floor of the dojo. They had been training solidly for the last two hours now, and to say that he found Yamamoto to be a difficult teacher was putting it mildly. The older man had gone through the initial kata that he wanted him to learn, which for someone with many years of martial arts experience like John, came as no surprise at all. However Yamamoto expected perfection in his student, and any slight deviation from the sword stroke was met with an angry flash of the man's blade. The simulation software would then gleefully inform John how he had been decapitated or dismembered.

"Break for lunch, be back here in one hour," the man said curtly, and then disappeared from view as he exited the simulation at his end.

John placed his Odachi next to the Katana on the weapons rack, and then with a sigh, he strolled out of the room to join the others. He found the girls waiting for him in the lounge, and they smiled at him warmly.

"Finding the training tough going?" Alyssa asked him sympathetically, which was mainly for the benefit of the other girls, as she already knew the answer, having listened in on John's thoughts that morning.

"Let's just say he's a difficult man to interact with," John replied with a smile.

"Don't worry, we're going to make you feel all better," she said soothingly, and took his hand and led him around to one of the chairs.

Rachel was kneeling there already, waiting patiently for him, and she flashed him an inviting smile when he sat down.

"Let me get rid of your tension," she purred, and after pulling out his cock from his training trousers, she enveloped the head, and began to blow him with gentle, teasing suction.

"Something to eat?" Calara asked, presenting him with a plate of sandwiches.

John took one, and grinned up at her appreciatively, before his attention was drawn to Dana approaching on his other side.

"Something to drink?" the redhead asked him, bringing the straw of a chilled fruit cocktail to his lips, so that he could take a big drink.

Alyssa stood behind him, and began to massage the tense muscles in his shoulders. "Just relax. We're going to look after you, while Rachel empties your balls," she whispered lovingly in his ear.

John sagged back in his chair and moaned happily as he munched on his sandwich, while the gorgeous brunette between his legs began to step things up a gear.

***

With a heavy heart, Jade clicked and chattered to her new dolphin friends, explaining that she had to return to see her family that evening. They were sad to see her go, but very understanding. She flipped in the water and began to swim to the North, heading on a direct course back to the island where John and the others were staying. The other dolphins turned and swam with her for a while, cavorting around in the water, as they kept pace with her. After much begging and pleading, she agreed to meet with them again tomorrow morning, and she grinned at their antics as they flashed alongside her in the water.

The pod leader, Bigfish, decided that they would accompany her all the way back home, and Jade chittered to him gratefully. He was named sarcastically, after his tall tales of the supposedly huge fish he'd managed to catch when out swimming on his own. Jade had been delighted to find that the dolphins had a great sense of humour, and were always making jokes at their own, or each other's expense. Her name was "Greengills", as the dolphins had said that with her mottled verdant colouring, she looked like a sickly fish.

"Come on, Greengills, I'll race you back," said one of the particularly energetic dolphins, called Seaslug.

"Maybe I'll just use one flipper, then you might have a chance, Seaslug!" she retorted, and they raced away under the waves.

***

The afternoon meant a long session of Kata practice for John, with Yamamoto chastising him with a fatal sword stroke for every misplaced foot, or incorrectly angled strike. Despite the simulator chirpily informing John that he was dead every few minutes, he was finding the instruction quite enlightening. He had no idea what sword fighting technique Yamamoto was teaching him, but it certainly wasn't Kendo. The style emphasised control of the blade, with flickering strikes to maim and disable, then quickly returning to a state of readiness in preparation for the next attack, or to move quickly to the defensive.

On the whole, John found the day extremely productive, and he grinned happily at the end of the session.

"Thanks for today's session Yamamoto, I feel like I learned a huge amount," John said gratefully.

Yamamoto just grunted, and turned away. "Same time tomorrow," he said brusquely, and ended the simulation.

John had to blink a couple of times to readjust as the dojo in the tranquil glade was instantly replaced with the smooth cream coloured walls of the resort's training room. He laughed, and shook his head, before returning his two-handed blade to the rack of swords and exiting the room.

The lounge was currently deserted, and he looked about with surprise, expecting a deluge of scantily clad girls to descend on him.

*We must be spoiling you...* Alyssa teased him mischievously as she read his thoughts.

*Okay, lunch was pretty incredible. I was hoping we had set a new precedent,* he joked back.

He could feel her delight at how great a time he was having with them, and her sense of satisfaction at a job well done. *We're just wrapping up in the firing range, but we'll be with you soon,* she promised him with the telepathic equivalent of a kiss.

*Any sign of Jade yet?* he asked hopefully.

*She'll be back soon,* she replied, mollifying him.

John ascended in the elevator, and turned on the lamp on the mezzanine, before he went into the bathroom to go and take a shower. His body ached from the intensive training today, using muscle groups that he had seldom used before, and never at this level of intensity. The warm water eased the twinges in his tired body, and he stood under the shower head for a long time, just relishing the stream that pattered over his skin.

He eventually roused himself, stepped out of the shower, and took a warm soft towel from the heated rails, which he used to get dry. He strolled out of the bathroom completely naked, and walked into the nearby wardrobe, to get changed. Picking out a white shirt and some light linen trousers, he got dressed, put on some summer shoes, and headed out onto the mezzanine to look for the girls.

They were waiting for him down in the lounge, having got ready for dinner aboard the Invictus. They rose together, and walked gracefully over to join him, bright smiles on their teenage faces. Each girl was wearing a long flowing summer dress for dinner, and they looked elegant as they glided over. He could tell they were all wearing heels, as they were all nearly at his height, rather than being several inches shorter.

"You look beautiful," he said to them appreciatively, and the young women smiled all the wider.

"You look very handsome yourself," Alyssa replied, running her hand around his waist and leaning in for a kiss when she reached him.

He looked from one beautiful girl to the next, before he asked, "Did you all have a good day?"

There were eager nods all round, and he was about to lead them off for dinner, when he noticed a green blur from the corner of his eye, at the water's edge in the cove. Jade appeared completely nude, and she sprinted up the steps to come in through the glass doors.

"You're back!" John said with delight.

She ran up to him, with the broadest, happiest smile he had seen on her yet, and was practically bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Thank you so much!" she gasped, breathy with gratitude. "I've been having the best time ever!"

He was overjoyed to see her looking so happy, and he offered her his arm, to keep him company for dinner. "Tell me all about it," he told her enthusiastically, looking forward to hearing her tale.

"Ahem," Alyssa said with a raised eyebrow as she cast a look at Jade's entirely naked green body.

"Oops! I better go and get ready," the Nymph said with a giggle.

The blonde reached over the back of a nearby chair and handed Jade a long aquamarine dress, and a pair of matching high heeled shoes. "I brought these, just in case," she said, winking at the alien girl.

"I owe you one," Jade giggled with relief, and put the heels onto the floor and stepped into them.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" John asked in amusement, as Jade stood beside him entirely naked, the heels making her taut cheeks look even more rounded and enticing.

She winked at him, and then brought the dress over her head, so that it fell down and sheathed her body in one quick moment. "All done!" she exclaimed, hooking her arm through his once more.

They walked off to dinner, with the sound of excited chatter filling the air as they meandered out to the terrace.

Their evening meal was a leisurely, relaxed affair, full of excited talk of what everyone had been up to during the day. John listened to them all avidly, and was pleased to hear that they were all having a good time. Jade's tales of undersea exploration and playing with the dolphins had everyone entranced, and they all wished they could experience the same thing, even Dana, who smiled wistfully at the thought.

Tonight's dinner smelt mouth-watering, consisting of baked Tilapia, with large cut fries and an assortment of vegetables. The food was delicious, tasting every bit as good as the other meals so far.

"I wonder how they catch the fish and serve it here," Calara pondered, before taking a big bite.

"Maybe there was some robot fisherman somewhere, frenziedly catching fish for tonight's meal," Dana said with a smile.

"Tilapia is a fresh-water fish, so they must ship them here from off-planet," Jade offered informatively. "I've been learning lots about fish this afternoon," she added with a grin.

Dinner was finally done, with Rachel enjoying a very filling desert. After she was nice and full, they sat out on some white canvas furniture to watch the sun set, and drink more cocktails, but this time with some kick to them. Rupert the butler was very attentive, and they sent him scurrying back and forth as they knocked back the drinks, getting progressively merrier. The conversation was playful and light-hearted, with plenty of laughter all round. By about midnight, John's cheek muscles were aching from laughing so much, and by the giggling and beaming smiles from the girls, he knew that they had enjoyed the evening as much as he did. They called it a night, and retired to bed, tired but wonderfully happy after their first day on the island.

***

They woke up later the next morning, and lounged lazily in bed as the warm glow of the sun lit up their room. Dana grinned as she suddenly thought of something, and darted over to collect one of the remotes, studying it intently for a moment. She pressed one of the buttons, scanned through the menu, and then pressed another, before looking up at the windows expectantly. There was a soft whir, and the glass windows began to tilt up, folding back across the ceiling of the room.

Everyone sat up in bed, with Dana coming back to join them, and there were appreciative gasps as the ceiling began to retract into the cliff wall above them. Eventually, the bed was completely exposed to the open sky, and a gentle ocean breeze wafted over them.

"I thought this bedroom was impressive before..." John said with a disbelieving shake of his head.

"The view from up here is unbelievable!" Jade agreed, standing up to have a good look around.

They watched her walk around the room, being careful not to go too close to the edge, and looking around speculatively. Her toned, athletic figure looked gorgeous in the bright sunshine, and the lighter coloured lines that highlighted her contours seemed to almost glow as they reflected the morning rays.

Alyssa sat up excitedly as she listened in to John's thoughts as he admired the Nymph, and she threw a mischievous look at him and Rachel. She gathered Dana, Calara, and Jade with her, and the four of them giggled as they got up off the bed, and walked down the steps back into the main complex.

"Where are you all going?" John called out to them as he watched them saunter away.

"Wait and see!" Alyssa called back to him playfully.

He glanced at Rachel, and she smiled up at him and shrugged helplessly, obviously equally in the dark as he was. Her shrug made her pert chest move in the most intriguing way, and when she saw his lusty look, she grinned at him and leaned in for a kiss.

"I can't wait to be with you properly," she told him, when their lips eventually parted.

"There's nothing to stop us right now," he said temptingly, "but, I think we should wait until the change is complete. That way I can finish inside you the first time."

"That would be amazing," she said with a wistful sigh. "But, it's going to be a long wait!" she added with a mock pout.

The rhythmic clicking of high heels drew their attention back to the steps leading up to the bedroom from the complex, and the girls were now sashaying into view. They were dressed in revealing bikinis with matching high heels, and the four young women glided up the steps, then lined up and posed for them.

"Maybe we can help relieve the monotony of having to service our demanding man for the next few weeks," Alyssa said with a twinkle in her eye.

"You girls look stunning!" John said, as he stared at the beautiful young women in surprise.

They smiled back at him happily, and then their attention shifted to Rachel.

"Now, what flavour do you fancy this morning?" Alyssa asked the brunette impishly, as she turned to the girls lined up with her. "Our selection this morning is, 'Coffee', 'Mint', or 'Strawberry'," and Calara, Jade and Dana did a little flourish with their hands and took a bow, as she called out their corresponding flavour. "Of course, there's also 'Honey'," she added, gesturing to herself and her golden hair, and beamed a sparkling smile.

Rachel giggled with delight, and then made a show of thinking it over as she checked out the girls in front of her. "I really fancy Coffee flavour this morning," she said finally, sharing a passionate look with Calara.

"Excellent choice! She's extremely tasty," Alyssa said approvingly, and then gave Calara a playful smack on the bottom.

The Latina prowled over to the bed, slipping off her heels, and peeling herself out of the bikini as she rejoined John and Rachel. "Of course, you'll have to fill me up first," she purred at John.

"That's not going to be a problem," he told her confidently.

Calara grinned at him, then pushed him onto his back, and lithely swung a slender leg over his body so that she could straddle him. She was already ready for him, having found the posing for selection incredibly arousing, so she was able to slide down his length with a satisfied moan. When she had taken his whole shaft inside her, she began to rock gently on him, building up her tempo.

"I've never done it outside before," she told John excitedly as she rode him, her hips moving sensually, and her hands resting lightly on his chest.

The other girls stripped off, and came to sit around them on the bed, watching the Latina put on a show for them. Calara looked assured and confident as she began to pick up the pace, and her eyes flashed with fiery passion as she became more aroused. The combination of the exhibitionism in front of the other girls, combined with the feelings of naughtiness at doing this outside for the first time, drove the brunette to passionate heights that they had not seen in her before.

John watched on in amazement, as Calara grew increasingly wilder as she rode him. He loved this side of her nature, which sometimes seemed to appear in the bedroom, and she looked glorious as she smoothly glided up and down on his cock. His hands wandered freely over her body, feeling the toned muscles in her legs, her slim waist and her firm proud breasts that filled his hands so amply. With a sudden flash of inspiration, he knew just what to do to really drive her crazy.

He sat up, surprising Calara for a moment, and throwing her off her stroke. She had been expecting to ride him to the finish, so when he was suddenly sitting up and face-to-face with her, it came as something of a surprise. Her quizzical look turned to one of pleasure as he wrapped one arm around her back, and the other under her taut cheeks and held her tightly to him. She couldn't move any more, but she relished feeling his strong arms encircling her.

Her contented smile turned to one of shock, when he tucked his legs under himself, and then stood up on the bed, with her wrapped around his waist.

"You like being with a strong man?" he asked her rhetorically, and she nodded, her pupils flared with arousal and budding anticipation.

"Put your hands around my neck, and hold on tight. You're going to love this then," he told her confidently, as he leaned her back as she followed his instructions.

Standing facing out towards the sea, he took a firm grip on her waist, supporting her weight effortlessly, and began to thrust into her with long, powerful strokes.

"Oh my God!!" Calara shrieked as he drove into her, and she arched her back, holding on for dear life as he pounded into her tightly stretched pussy.

Her dark brown hair cascaded down behind her, and she tilted her head back, looking out at the broad expanse of sky behind her, while John fucked her mercilessly. She surrendered herself completely to his control as he bounced her smoothly in his lap, holding her firmly in his strong grasp, as he ploughed her vigorously with deep thrusts of his cock. She could hear the soft moans from her girlfriends as they rubbed themselves excitedly, and the overload of her senses was too much for her to withstand. With a long, protracted scream, she came explosively, harder than she ever had before, and her pussy gripped his shaft with rhythmic squeezes as her body coaxed him to unload.

John grinned with delight as Calara cried out through her climax, and seeing her glorious young body responding so intensely, was tremendously exciting. He could see his rampant cock throbbing inside her slim stomach as he stroked her up and down on her length, and he could feel his four balls rising up as they got ready to release their heavy load.

Calara sensed his change in mood, and she lifted her head so that she could stare into his eyes. "Do it!" she urged him desperately, "Fill me up!"

He stared intensely into her eyes as he kept up his pace, building steadily to his release, until he suddenly felt an eager wet tongue lapping at his balls.

*Rachel's so eager to have your cum inside her, she's giving your balls some loving encouragement,* Alyssa said excitedly, her voice suddenly appearing in his mind.

"Oh fuck!" John roared, as his balls flexed powerfully, sending long spurts of cum into the panting teen he had impaled on his cock.

Calara gasped as she came again, and her legs wrapped around him tightly as her waistline began to expand. They stayed locked like that for what seemed like forever, as his quad stuffed her defenceless young womb to the brim, urged on by Rachel's dancing tongue. When he was finally done, he smiled contentedly at the sight of the Latina's hugely swollen belly, the olive coloured skin curving in a huge round sphere with all the cum she now held inside her.

John carefully lay her back on the bed, and then eased himself out of her, before collapsing on the bed himself. The other girls had whimpered through their own orgasms, and they had watched him in awe, as he had used his enhanced strength to blow Calara's mind.

"You have GOT to take me like that too!" Jade eventually gasped, being the first one to recover enough to speak.

"Don't worry, I've got something special planned for you," John said as he attempted to regain his breath.

Calara had passed out at his side, and he turned to look at her affectionately as Rachel knelt down in front of her, and gently spread her legs. He smiled as he looked down at the tawny haired girl, and she stared up at him intently with her stormy grey eyes, as she began to eat his cum from the supine Latina.

***

After they had all recovered, Dana resealed the glass walls and ceiling of their bedroom using the remote, and they all got ready for their day. There was a hushed quiet in the shower when they all got cleaned up together that morning, with the girls surrounding John, and running their hands over him reverently. As they were normally so talkative, the silence came as quite a shock.

"You've blown all our minds this morning, mine included," Alyssa explained wryly when she heard his thoughts. "We all have a newfound appreciation for what being with someone with your strength might entail for us..."

"That's a good thing I hope?" he asked them gently, and the eager and excited nods from the girls made him chuckle with relief.

"You can always take any of us like that, whenever you want," she said emphatically, which was echoed with murmurs of confirmation from the others.

John smiled at them, and they grinned back at him. "That's good to know," he told them archly, before turning to study Rachel.

The brunette had been eagerly swallowing down his cum for a few days now, but she had started out quite tall, and in good health, so there were no dramatic differences as there had been for the other girls. Dana and Alyssa had begun to fill out and gain more colour by this stage, but they had both been malnourished, petite girls. Calara had been badly injured from her torment at the hands of the pirates, but after a few days with John, her broken nose had been fixed, her black eyes healed, and the lacerations on her back far less inflamed.

"What's the matter?" Rachel asked him curiously, when she noticed him looking at her intently.

John looked at her, and smiled apologetically when he replied, "I'm sorry, I was just curious if you've noticed any changes yet?"

She shook her head, and her tawny brown hair brushed around her shoulders. "I feel amazing, like I'm full of energy all the time. When I wake up in the morning and I've absorbed one of your loads, my body feels like it's tingling with excitement," she said as she tried to describe the sensation.

Dana nodded with a wistful smile on her face. "I remember that too, it felt incredible," she said with a sigh.

"So no regrets then?" John asked Rachel.

"None whatsoever!" she replied with a contented smile.

Alyssa stepped behind her and wrapped her in hug, then moved her hands down to stroke the brunette's swollen tummy. "You'll be like us in no time," she said lovingly.

"Alyssa! Your hand!" Calara exclaimed in alarm. "Are you bleeding?"

"No, I'm fine..." Alyssa replied with confusion. She lifted up her hand to take a look, then saw the dark orange smear that Calara had mistaken for her blood. "Oh!" she exclaimed in surprise.

"Are you alright, Rachel?" John asked her in alarm.

"I don't feel any pain," she replied quickly, to reassure him.

John looked down at her swollen abdomen, and saw a multi-coloured smear on her lower belly. Having seen her Swallow tattoo before, he immediately realised what it was, and laughed with relief.

"I'm sorry, but it looks like my cum has removed your tattoo," he said apologetically, as he wiped his hand over her stomach, using the rivulets of water from the shower to wash away the ink completely.

"Well strictly speaking, tattoos are damage to the skin, so it makes sense," Rachel said, but looked surprised.

Dana knelt down at Rachel's feet and wiped her hand over the inked ankle chain, which washed clean as well. "This one is healed too!" she told them excitedly.

Alyssa stepped back and gently rubbed the tattoo across Rachel's lower back, and that smeared and left clear pink skin behind. "I guess that means you aren't a tramp any more," the blonde said playfully.

Rachel laughed, and glanced up at John to stare into his eyes. "I guess you don't like another man's marks on your women?" she asked him teasingly.

"In all honesty, no, but it's like I said before; being with us is a fresh start for you. The tattoos represented your past, and they've been wiped clean. Choose who YOU want to be from now on," he told her encouragingly.

Rachel gazed up at him silently, and nodded solemnly.

"I liked being able to stroke the Swallow tattoo on your belly though. It felt very suggestive, like I was telling you what I wanted," he admitted with a smile.

"When you stroke my tummy, I always know exactly what you're thinking about. You don't need a tattoo to make that clear," Dana said with a giggle.

The other girls joined her in her cheerful laughter, and John grinned and joined them with his baritone chuckle.

***

The girls chattered away happily when they sat down for breakfast, discussing their plans for the day. Dana had disappeared for a few minutes before rejoining them, and when she eventually returned, she announced that she had set up the ship's sensors to sweep the complex for bugs before they made any 'repairs' to the Invictus. They finished off an enjoyable meal, with Rupert the butler providing them an endless supply of fruit cocktails on demand.

Predicting that it would take an hour or so at most for the in-depth scans to finish, they all decided to relax on the beach together before going their separate ways. They helped Dana build a ridiculously elaborate and complex sand castle using the golden sands in the cove, and they had just about finished when her wrist alarm alerted her that the scans were complete. She checked the results on the holographic panel that appeared, and nodded with satisfaction that the scans had found no suspicious devices.

Jade spotted dorsal fins out in the deeper water beyond the cove, and looked up at John eagerly. He nodded back at her with a grin, and she gave him a grateful kiss, and promised to be back for dinner, before she stripped off her bikini, and dove cleanly into the water. She bobbed up a few dozen metres out from shore, and waved them goodbye, before shimmering before their eyes and turning into a dolphin. She thrashed her tail and rose up out of the sea, seemingly hovering with just her tail submerged as it churned through the water, before she clicked at them excitedly and dove back beneath the waves.

"Time for me to start getting killed again," John said wryly, as he glanced at his watch, and saw that it was nearly ten in the morning.

The girls giggled and waved him goodbye, with promises to lift his spirits at lunchtime, and he laughed as he headed back to the complex to get ready for his training. The remaining girls headed back to the Invictus, so that Alyssa could re-plate the hull, and Calara could get some practice time in on the firing range, while Dana and Rachel planned to continue their research.

Alyssa opened the cargo bay door with her own remote, so that she could get some replacement Invictium ore and begin her repairs. The others had every intention of leaving Alyssa to it, however, when she gestured at a block of the glistening black metal, and it came hovering out to her obediently, they all felt compelled to stay and watch.

This was the first time Rachel had seen Alyssa manipulate their Etherite alloy using only her mind, and she stood there opened mouthed with amazement. Hearing about it was one thing, but to witness this 'magic' before her very own eyes, was something else entirely. Dana and Rachel had seen this demonstration of psychokinesis a few times before now, but it was still astonishing to behold, as if their minds refused to accept what their eyes were telling them was happening.

"Do you need me to get the holo-reader, so you can look at the tech specs for the assault cruiser's plating?" Dana asked helpfully.

Alyssa shook her head as she melted the block of Invictium ore into a sphere, controlling it with her upraised hand, and watched it eventually turn an unblemished white. "I'm good thanks, I studied the armour plating schematics a while ago, when I knew I'd have to do this sometime. I've memorised them all now," she said confidently.

"Are you going to try triple shaping the Invictium like you did with the Raptor?" Calara asked her speculatively. She had a little frown of worry, her concern for the blonde showing. "Please be careful, I don't want you to overdo it."

Alyssa reached over, and planted a tender kiss on Calara's cheek. "You're very sweet to worry," she said affectionately. "I'll just double shape it for now. This is the first time I've tried it with anything so large, so it makes sense to be cautious," she said, putting the brunette's mind at ease.

She began to draw out the Invictium metal from the first section of plating on the assault cruiser's hull, and melted it into a large, slowly revolving black sphere. When it had turned from a glimmering sinister sphere of darkness to a glossy white orb, she reformed the malleable metal into a large armour plate once more and then fitted it back on the ship.

Having successfully completed the first section without any problems, she moved on to the battle damaged plating, and added a little of the extra metal to replace the missing mass. She suspended her white sphere of replacement metal with her left hand, while gradually siphoning off some to the large orb she controlled with her right, and once she had reformed the plating, she slotted it back into place. She repeated this process methodically, working from one side of the ship to the other, and it was easy to see her progress, as the Invictus gradually changed colour from glistening black to a bright, resplendent white.

"There, much better," she noted with satisfaction when she was finally done.

Dana looked at her old friend with glowing respect in her eyes. "You're such a badass," she said, as she sidled up to her and gave her a hug.

"She's right, you are," Calara agreed, and then leaned in and rubbed the tip of her nose against Alyssa's playfully.

The blonde grinned at them happily, and then answered the unspoken question that both girls had asked her immediately after she had finished. "I'm fine, that wasn't too taxing at all. I'll wait for Dana's research on the Invictium properties before I think about reshaping the armour again, as it will take a fair amount of effort to do all that in one go."

Dana and Calara both looked relieved, and then all three of them glanced over at Rachel who stood silently, staring up in wonder at the pristine and spotless white armoured hull of the Invictus.

"Are you alright?" Alyssa asked the tawny haired girl kindly.

Rachel looked back at the blonde girl, her eyes still wide with wonder. "You girls talk about psychic powers all the time, but that's the first time I've actually seen anything like that before. The way you act as a group made it obvious you were telling the truth about the telepathy, but this..." she said, waving her hand at the ship, "was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen."

"I didn't frighten you or anything?" Alyssa asked her cautiously.

Rachel smiled and walked over to the blonde and gave her a hug. "I don't think you could ever scare me, but Dana was right."

"About what?" the redhead asked with a bemused expression.

"You're such a badass!" Rachel exclaimed to Alyssa exuberantly.

The girls giggled and walked over to the airlock in the side of the Invictus, to get on with their firearms practice and research respectively.

"While I've got you girls here, would you mind me taking some blood samples and giving you a full body scan too?" Rachel asked them tentatively. "I can then compare your current state with mine when I complete the change."

The other girls agreed immediately, having complete trust and faith in the latest addition to their team. She thanked them gratefully, and they disappeared inside to head up to Deck Seven and the Medical Lab.

***

"You are dead!" Yamamoto snarled, as his blade flashed back into its sheath. "Again!"

John ground his teeth with frustration, but did as he was ordered. The older man was apparently satisfied with his learning of the new Kata, and they had begun to spar. Well, if you could call it that, as it was nothing like any kind of sparring sessions John had been involved with before. He would cautiously attack, before being brutally murdered time and time again by Yamamoto, which the simulator would then announce gleefully, along with a replay showing his hand, or head, or leg, sailing across the dojo.

He controlled his temper, and breathed deeply to achieve a state of focus once more. As much as Yamamoto's remorseless executions were annoying him, he instinctively knew he was learning a huge amount from the dour man. Yamamoto's attacks were lightning fast and incredibly precise, but he never overextended himself for some massive killing blow, instead seeking to use the incredibly sharp cutting power of his blade to sever John's simulated unarmoured flesh.

John knew that he might not be able to use his colossal strength now in the simulator, but as and when he did this for real, these quick controlled slashes with his incredibly sharp Invictium blade would cut his opponents to pieces. He stepped forward again, and took a cautious right to left slash at Yamamoto's arms. The man sidestepped gracefully, parried, then counterattacked so quickly, John struggled to see where he went.

"You are dead!" Yamamoto announced, as his blade flashed across John's throat, and then back into its sheath. "Again!"

John watched the simulator replay intently, carefully observing Yamamoto's impressive footwork, and smiled as he filed that away to practice and use. He nodded respectfully to the man and moved back across the wooden floor of the dojo to begin again.

***

The girls were true to their word, and treated John like a king at lunchtime, leaving him refreshed and energised for his afternoon session. He waved them goodbye as Rachel rose, licking her lips happily, with one hand on her rounded tummy.

Dana set up the mass fabricators to create more of her newly developed heatsinks, and the other girls helped her fit them in the Raptor that afternoon. After the long sweaty job that upgrading the Invictus had turned out to be, replacing the heatsinks in the six Gatling lasers and two laser cannons on the gunship proved to be a breeze. It took them less than ten minutes to replace them all, and the girls grinned at each other with relief and exchanged high fives. After a few hours in the firing range, they spent the rest of the day lounging in the sun on the beach.

John rejoined them in the evening, looking much happier at the end of this training session, as he explained how much he was learning. Jade joined them shortly afterwards, having spent the day swimming wild with her new dolphin friends. They got dressed up for dinner, and had an enjoyable meal sitting together and chatting. He had asked Rachel to wait for her main evening meal from him, and she had nodded obediently, eating lightly with them instead.

At one point John looked around at each of the girls, and it was like he could almost see their worries lifting away as they embraced life here at the island, relaxing and having fun together. It was wonderful to see them all looking so happy, and when he finally looked over at Alyssa, she returned his gaze fondly.

He had added Jehanna Elani to his list of people that were allowed to contact him through the communications blackout surrounding the planet Oceanus, and she had sent him a message that afternoon. She had grinned excitedly, her dark brown eyes flashing with glee, when she told him that the Terran Federation had authorised almost everything in the interview he had given with her after the award ceremony. The broadcast would be going out at eight that evening, so he was looking forward to seeing the girls' reaction to it, even Alyssa, as he had blocked her from his thoughts while giving the interview.

They finished the rest of their dinner, then sipped some alcoholic drinks as they stood on the sun terrace, and watched another spectacular Oceanus sunset.

"If you girls would care to join me in the lounge, we should be in perfect timing for the TFNN interview," he announced, drawing all their attention.

They began to chatter excitedly, speculating on what John might have said in the interview, and he laughed when he heard some of the more raunchy comments. Dana bounced ahead, eager to set up the view-screen for them, and when they caught up with her in the lounge, a twenty foot tall section of the glass windows had turned opaque. She pressed a button on the remote, and with a brief crackle of static, the image transformed into the familiar face of Bill Armstrong, lead anchor for Terran Federation Network News.

The smartly dressed and immaculately groomed man was talking about escalating tensions with the Kintark Empire, and how the Terran Federation had been urging for peace, whilst robustly defending its territory against such unwarranted aggression. John rolled his eyes at the blatantly biased reporting, but remained silent while he waited for the interview. They didn't have to wait long before the attractive dark skinned reporter they had met at Olympus appeared on the screen.

"... And now we have a TFNN exclusive with our very own Jehanna Elani!" Bill Armstrong said with a warm smile. "Jehanna, I'm sure our viewers can't wait to find out what you have for them."

"Thanks, Bill!" Jehanna replied gratefully. "As you might remember, nearly a month ago I brought you a special report on the heroic actions of Commander John Blake, and his valiant crew aboard their ship, the Invictus!"

The girls cheered enthusiastically when they heard themselves being mentioned on the news.

"I certainly do, Jehanna," Bill beamed at the young woman. "It's always heart-warming to hear tales of heroism against enemies of the Terran Federation!"

"Well you should enjoy this special report then, Bill," Jehanna told him with a wide grin. "I had the privilege of being invited to a special award ceremony in honour of 'Commodore' John Blake and his crew," she said, emphasising his new rank.

"A promotion to Commodore!" Bill exclaimed. "He must have done something incredible to earn that..."

Jehanna nodded, her face turning serious. "A rampaging Kintark warband attacked the Iota-Leonis system, heavily outnumbering the stoic Terran forces stationed there. All could have been lost if not for Commodore Blake and his stalwart crew, who defended the starport and protected our ships, rescuing well over a thousand brave and loyal Terran Federation personnel. Not only that, our bold hero managed to capture the flagship of the warband, along with several hundred Kintark warriors," she said, her face filled with wonder.

"Absolutely incredible!" Bill exclaimed. "I believe you had the exclusive honour to interview this bold hero?"

"It was the highlight of my career, Bill," Jehanna told him, nodding emphatically.

John grinned at the screen. "They're laying it on pretty thick," he said self-effacingly.

The girls were watching spellbound, but Alyssa glanced over at him, her voice appearing in his mind, *There's no need to be modest, everything that hot reporter said was true. You did lead us against the Kintark, and we saved over a thousand people because of it. You can't get much more heroic than that.*

John smiled back at her, grateful for her kind words. He glanced back up at the screen when the girls let out a collective cheer. The image had changed from the reporters in their studio, to the room in the Olympus Shipyard where he had given the interview to Jehanna. They were sitting opposite each other with their chairs slightly angled towards the screen, the cameraman holding them both in the shot.

"... Commodore John Blake, it's wonderful to be able to interview you in person this time. Thank you so much for agreeing to speak to me," the pretty young woman said, as she flirtatiously brushed her long black hair away from eyes.

*She wants you so bad,* Alyssa told him with amusement.

*Shh, you naughty girl,* he chastised the blonde with a chuckle.

"Thank you, Jehanna. I'm always pleased to speak to the hardworking journalists at TFNN," John replied with a warm smile.

*Oh! You want her too,* Alyssa teased him.

John stifled a laugh. *She's hot, I can't help it,* John replied, and the two of them shared a smile.

The twenty foot tall image of Jehanna smiled gratefully at John before she continued, "Firstly let me congratulate you on your recent promotion! When we last spoke you held the rank of Commander, and had retired some years ago. Are you back in full-time service now?"

"Thanks. It was a pleasant surprise, but I'm always honoured to serve the Terran Federation in whatever capacity I can," John said gratefully, neatly evading the question.

"You and your brave crew were also awarded the Lion Defender medal, I believe?" she asked him leadingly. "Would it be alright to show it to our viewers?"

John nodded and turned slightly towards the camera, so that it could zoom in on his chest, focused on the golden image of the lion roaring defiantly at the dragon.

"I believe Admiral Devereux awarded you a new title to go along with the medal as well?" Jehanna asked him with raised eyebrow and a smile.

"That's correct, Jehanna. I believe she called us the 'Lions of the Federation'," John replied with a smile. "With regard to my crew, it's a very appropriate nickname, as they really do have hearts like lions. They are amongst the bravest people I've ever served with," he added earnestly.

Alyssa, Calara, Dana and Jade looked up at him adoringly, and he smiled back at them affectionately.

The dusky skinned reporter grinned at him, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "We actually have a picture of you with these Lionesses," she said eagerly, and a moment later the feed of John and the reporter was replaced by the holo-image they had had taken of the four girls in uniform draped over John.

"They are breathtakingly gorgeous girls," Jehanna exclaimed, admiringly. "They must be breaking hearts wherever you lead them."

"You have no argument from me there. They're as capable as they are beautiful, and our success at Iota-Leonis is in large part due to their incredible skill and dedication," he said proudly.

"Well thank you for taking the time to give this interview, Commodore. Congratulations again on your well-earned promotion, and to all of you for the medals," she gushed effusively.

John smiled back at her warmly, "It was a pleasure as always, Jehanna."

The image cut away, and returned to Bill Armstrong and Jehanna Elani in the TFNN newsroom. "And there we have it, the Lion of the Federation and his Lionesses," the attractive young reporter said with a huge smile.

"It sounds like we owe them a huge debt of gratitude, Jehanna," Bill said sincerely.

Jehanna nodded emphatically. "We certainly do, and I'm sure this isn't the last we've heard from Commodore Blake, either!"

The camera cut away as the TFNN moved on to the next news story about the increase of piracy around the galaxy.

"We're your lionesses!" Jade gasped, her cat-like eyes widening excitedly.

"I love it!" Alyssa grinned, enjoying the surprise. "A pride of lions seems to fit us quite appropriately."

"Well, I am very proud of you all," John laughed and nodded.

Calara smiled up at him. "You're always so proud of us in the interviews, it's lovely," she said gratefully.

"Nothing too embarrassing for the family?" John asked her considerately.

The Latina shook her head, and grinned as she said, "No, but getting our own special medal is going to cause quite a stir. I also hadn't thought of it before, but you now outrank my father!"

"Jack seems like a level-headed guy, I'm sure it won't be a problem," John said with a shrug.

Jade had got up from her seat and had sidled over to John, brushing her fingertips along his shoulders as she walked behind his chair. She leaned down behind him and began to kiss the side of his neck breathily.

"This lioness is in heat. Would the mighty lion like to show his dominance over his pride?" she asked him in a husky, passionate purr.

John tilted his head back and she kissed him fiercely. He could feel the heat radiating off her body, and knew she was going to be a handful. He stood and swept the Nymph up in his arms, carrying her over to the glass elevator. The other girls grinned at one another, and followed in his wake.

Alyssa slipped her arm through Rachel's as they walked. "I think you might get to try the Mint flavour after all," she joked with a smile.

"Sounds delicious," Rachel replied, and the girls laughed at her obvious delight.

***

They woke late the next morning, everyone still tired from the frenzied orgy the previous night. After they had seen John roughly take Jade from behind, with her begging him to ride her harder, they had all wanted to be ravaged by the Alpha male in charge of the pride. He had very nearly succumbed to temptation with Rachel too, the look she had given, letting him know she was more than up for it. He managed to resist though, and she settled for filling her stomach while Jade writhed under her eager tongue.

When John checked the call log, he saw that Calara's mother, Maria Fernandez, had called them in the middle of the night, their time-zones being several hours apart. Calara nodded and smiled when he told her, and said that she would call her mother back that evening. They went about their day training, researching or having fun, and after they had eaten dinner, Calara went through to the lounge to try contacting her family home on Jericho.

It only took a few rings before her mother's face appeared on the screen, and her attractive features broke into a huge smile when she saw her daughter, along with the rest of the crew.

"Callie! It's wonderful to see you," Maria gasped with delight.

"Sorry I couldn't take your call last night, Mom," Calara apologised with a self-conscious smile. "We're on Oceanus, and there's a six hour time difference for us here."

"There's no need to apologise, I understand. You get used to it having your family scattered around off-world, and besides, Oceanus! That must be costing John a fortune!" she said with a grin, before she remembered why she had called in the first place. "Oh! I saw the broadcast last night! You won a special-issue medal?!" she asked her daughter, her face shining with pride.

"We all did," Calara said, glancing around at her friends with a smile. "Well apart from our newest recruit, Doctor Rachel Voss," she added by way of introduction.

"I was the damsel in distress they were rescuing," Rachel said in a self-deprecating manner.

Maria smiled at her warmly, and said, "I thought I spotted another stunningly beautiful young woman. You certainly fit right in with the rest of the crew!"

The tawny haired brunette blushed, and smiled in gratitude at the compliment.

"Did Dad and the boys see the interview too?" Calara asked her mother, rescuing Rachel from further scrutiny.

"I haven't heard from Mateo, but Eduardo and Dylan were very impressed and both say congratulations. I spoke to your father last night. He sends his love, and said how proud he was of you, his little Lion of the Federation," Maria replied, looking at her daughter affectionately.

Calara blushed, but looked blissfully happy at her mother's words.

"Hello to you as well, John," Maria said with a smile. "Congratulations on your promotion, Commodore," she added with a playful smile.

"It's lovely to see you again, Maria, and thank you," John said, smiling at the charming woman he had got on so well with before.

"Jack sent a message to you as well. He said, and I quote, 'Thanks for keeping her safe, and congratulations, but I'm not going to salute the man who's dating my daughter'," Maria said, then rolled her eyes.

John chuckled in amusement before he replied, "It's alright, that would be weird, I agree."

"Well I better let you go, but thanks so much for calling, it was lovely to see you all again! I'm very proud of all of you, so keep doing what you're doing," she said, her eyes shining brightly.

"I love you Mom," Calara called out to her.

"I love you too," Maria replied, before she glanced at John, then winked at her daughter. "And remember my advice!"

"I haven't forgotten," she grinned, and waved goodbye.

When the call ended, Rachel turned to the Latina and said, "Your mother is absolutely lovely."

"Thanks, we're very close," Calara replied with a happy sigh.

"What was her advice? If you don't mind me asking," Rachel asked curiously.

Calara laughed, and glanced at John as she said, "To hang on to him."

"Beautiful, friendly, and wise... Your father's a lucky man," Rachel said graciously. "And she seems to have passed it on to her daughter as well," she added flatteringly.

The Latina got up and hugged the smaller brunette, and they smiled at each other happily. The two girls separated and walked over to join the rest of the group, and they all spent the rest of the evening chatting and enjoying each others' company.

***

The next several days seemed to fly by, with everyone well settled in the luxurious resort complex, and getting used to living with a team of robotic servers catering for all their meals. Dana offered to look into constructing their own set of automated chefs and waiters, but John declined, preferring the camaraderie they shared when preparing meals together.

John was still getting executed dozens of times a day in the simulator training sessions with Yamamoto. He was beginning to be able to apply what he had learned more effectively, and even managing some parries and ripostes, before the inevitable dismemberment. The man was still just as taciturn as ever, and pointedly ignored all of John's attempts to get to know him in more detail. Eito Yamamoto was proving to be an enigma, and John decided to research more about the man to see what had made him this way.

After they had been on Oceanus for a few days, Dana announced that she had completed her research into the properties of Invictium, and the new white hued variant. Unwilling to take any chances, she asked them all to gather in the briefing room up on the command deck of the assault cruiser, just in case there were any surveillance devices in the complex that she had missed. John and the girls sat down in the chairs around the table, and waited for Dana to proceed.

"Good morning everyone," Dana said in her formal presentation style, which always had Alyssa smirking.

"Good morning, Dana," Alyssa said playfully.

John frowned at the beautiful blonde and wagged a finger at her, before he said, "Be a good girl, and let her give her presentation in peace."

"That sounds like there's an implied threat of punishment there," Alyssa said, her eyes flashing with excitement.

"Be good, and I promise I'll give you a good spanking sometime to say thank you," John laughed.

"Please proceed Dana, I'm very sorry to have interrupted you," Alyssa apologised politely.

*Those tight little cheeks are going to be a lovely rosy red when I'm through with you,* John promised, and Alyssa squirmed with arousal in her seat.

Dana laughed at their exchange, and the effect it had obviously had on her old friend. She picked up the remote off the table, and then pressed a button, which caused a hologram to appear, hovering in place. It showed a microscopic analysis of the Invictium alloy, and they could clearly see the lattice of Etherite crystals that were woven into the material.

"This is single shaped Invictium. It has twice the durability of Titanium, and has been proven to reflect energy weapon attacks, such as beam lasers. You probably don't remember the precise figures, but just to recap, when a laser bolt hits the Invictium, only five percent of the damage gets through. Thirty five percent is reflected, and the capacitors absorb the remaining sixty percent of the attack."

Rachel listened attentively, as this was the first time this had been explained to her. The others nodded politely, broadly remembering the figures that Dana was reviewing.

The redhead clicked a button on the remote and the holo-image changed. "Now here is double shaped black Invictium at a microscopic level. I'm sure you can see how much more intricate the lattice structure is, and my tests have proven that it is much more resilient, as you already probably guessed after that Kintark Royal Guard attack on John. It turns out that it becomes progressively tougher and more reflective with each reshaping, in a linear scaling model," she explained carefully.

"Could you give me a layman's summary please," Jade requested with an apologetic smile.

Dana smiled and nodded willingly. "Double shaped is triple the durability of Titanium, while triple shaping gives approximately four times the toughness of a comparable piece of Titanium plating. The reflectiveness seems to scale in five percent increments, with double shaped reflecting forty percent, and triple shaped reflecting forty five percent," she clarified for them.

"How does that compare to the white variant, and is there an upper limit to this scaling?" Calara asked, quite fascinated.

Dana glanced at Alyssa, who was paying close attention. "The white variant is incredibly resilient and protective, beautiful to look at, and quite unique in the Universe. Therefore, I've decided to call the white version Alyssium, after its lovely creator, because they share the same properties," she said as she smiled at the blonde girl affectionately.

Alyssa looked touched, and she got up to give Dana a hug. "Ah, Sparks, thank you," she said as she wrapped the other girl in a tight embrace.

They eventually separated again and Alyssa sat down, so that Dana could continue with her presentation.

"The white variant, Alyssium, is of comparable toughness to the original black Invictium, but as you would expect of a white surface compared to a black one, it is much more reflective," the redhead explained for them.

"How much more exactly?" John asked curiously.

"For single shaped Alyssium, it reflects fifty percent instead of thirty five percent for Invictium. Every additional reshaping improves that by almost exactly five percent. Additionally, because the white surface is so much efficient at reflecting light, no damage will get through, unless of course we get hit by so much damage we start blowing out capacitors," Dana said excitedly.

John looked thoughtful as he worked it out, and Dana laughed and waved at him to stop.

"I've drawn up a chart to summarise my findings," she said with a smile, and pushed a button on the remote to show the summary chart.

John looked over at it and it read:

Shaped / Reflect / Absorb

Single / 50% / 50%

Double / 55% / 45%

Triple / 60% / 40%

Quad / 65% / 35%

"So if we extrapolate that out, if you reshaped Alyssium eleven times, you would reflect all the energy from a laser weapon. Does that mean we could effectively become completely immune to beam lasers and laser cannons?" Calara asked, breathless with excitement.

"Yeah, because reshaping something eleven times is a walk in the park," Alyssa said with a grin, before looking thoughtful. "What is the multiple for eleven times, anyway?"

"Undecuple," Dana supplied helpfully.

"Thanks," Alyssa said, smiling at her sardonically.

"Actually, we won't need to go anywhere near as high as that to see dramatic improvements in survivability for the Invictus. Because of the way the capacitors only have to absorb any remaining energy that isn't reflected, just by re-plating the ship with double shaped Alyssium, we've doubled our resistance against laser fire. That's also not including how much tougher the armour is in general, which will help us against conventional attacks, " Dana explained with a wicked grin.

"Outstanding work with your research, Chief Engineer," John said with a smile, nodding his approval.

"Thanks, Commodore," Dana grinned back at him mischievously. "I can't take all the credit, it's all Alyssa's handiwork, or should I say 'mindiwork'?" she added with a giggle.

"Thanks, beautiful," John grinned at the blonde, and she blew him a kiss.

Assuming the presentation was over, John and the girls stood up and got ready to leave. "Oh, there's one other thing," Dana said eagerly, holding up her hand to get them to stay.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off," John apologised. "What else have you found out?"

"I looked into the cutting power of the alloy as well, now that you're using a big chunk of it to stab people," she joked.

John looked interested, and he waited patiently for her to explain.

"Well first of all, the reinforced lattice makes your sword extremely resilient against accident or deliberate breakage. You'd have to fight someone truly monstrously strong, for the sword to be in danger of snapping," she explained.

"Very useful," John nodded. "Anything else?"

"Re-shaping improves the cutting power of the blade too, as you'd no doubt expect," Dana replied, then looked thoughtful before she clarified further. "Your quad shaped blade should be able to cut through steel, like a conventional steel blade could hack through plastic," she added, trying to give him a useful analogy.

"I'm sure that will prove to be very handy, thanks!" John said, in a huge understatement.

"You're welcome," Alyssa and Dana told him at the same time, then looked at each other and laughed.

John pulled Dana into his arms, and beckoned Alyssa over too. She came to him obediently, and he put an arm around each of them, and gave them a passionate kiss in turn. They both looked delighted, but a little surprised.

John smiled at them both as they looked up at him. "You've both worked extremely hard to upgrade and maintain our gear. You know that keeping you all safe is the most important thing to me, and the ship, armour and weapons we've got will allow us to make sure that happens. Thank you both," he said sincerely.

The blonde and the redhead grinned, and hugged him tightly. The other girls smiled at the three of them, and then they all walked out of the briefing room together.

John turned towards Rachel as they strolled through the bridge, and asked curiously, "How's your research going?"

She looked up at him, and was about to say something, but stopped at the last minute. "I believe I've found something important, but I want to complete the tests on myself over the two week change, and compare it with the test results I took from the other girls. That way I can confirm my findings and make absolutely sure. Would you mind waiting a day or so longer so I can verify my results?"

"There's no pressure, take as much time as you need," John said generously, as he smiled at her.

Rachel suddenly grabbed him and squeezed him tightly in a fierce hug. "Thank you," she said emphatically, as she looked up at him with profound gratitude in her eyes.

"It's just a couple of days extension you wanted, right?" John joked, as he looked down at her.

"You'll understand soon," she promised him mysteriously.

The other girls stole curious glances at John and one another, but they didn't push Rachel any further for an explanation. Changing the subject, Alyssa asked John how his training was going, and he launched into a description of the new techniques he was learning. They listened to him talk animatedly as they headed down in the red glow of the grav-tube.

***

The rest of the holiday at this amazing location went by in a blur of good food, fantastic company and phenomenal sex. When they weren't relaxing, they were training, and Alyssa assured John that the other girls were making excellent progress with their marksmanship in the firing range. Dana had moved on to several new projects now that her investigation into Invictium and Alyssium were complete, while Rachel dutifully maintained her time points for her test results, and continued to analyse her findings.

It was quite obvious to them all, that the change for Rachel was fully completed by their last day on Oceanus. She had grown several inches over their stay, with her body becoming more sleekly muscular and athletic. Her bronzed skin was now completely flawless, entirely free of imperfections or blemishes of any kind, and perfectly smooth and soft to the touch. Her poise had improved too, and she now glided around with the same effortless grace as the other girls.

John was sorely tempted to celebrate the start of the last day together on the island by making love to the beautiful brunette, but Rachel convinced him to wait until the evening instead. She persuaded him to let her kneel and swallow down her breakfast, and he nodded amiably, happy to accede to her desires on this. The other girls took turns kissing him, while he simply enjoyed Rachel's talented mouth as she sucked him to completion.

He left the girls to enjoy their last full day together, while he went to the Dojo for his last morning of training with Mr Yamamoto. Despite spending a number of hours finding out what he could about the man, there was still no clear reason why he had abandoned his incredible success as a Kendo champion, and instead dedicated himself to the lethal use of the sword in combat.

John walked into the training room, finding Yamamoto waiting for him with the dojo simulation loaded and prepared. He went over to the rack and retrieved the Odachi, which now felt comfortable and familiar in his two-handed grip, and then walked over to stand in readiness.

"Attack," Yamamoto commanded him.

John was about to do so, when he paused and looked at the other man. "I want to know more about why you quit the Kendo championships, and adopted this sword style instead. I don't even know its name," he said, in frustration.

Yamamoto was about to berate him, but paused for a moment instead. "If you should ever defeat me in combat, I will answer all your questions. For now, in acknowledgement of your progress, I will say that you have learnt my own variant of Kenjutsu," he explained sternly. "It is the originator of Kendo and all modern forms of Japanese sword mastery, and has not forgotten that the sword is a weapon for slaying, not some toy for play fighting," he added with a sneer of contempt.

John waited for the man in case he would speak further, but he remained silent, guarded and watchful.

"Thank you, Yamamoto," he said gratefully, and then bowed, before presenting his blade and moving to attack.

Their swords moved in a glittering dance of flashing simulated steel, with sparks dancing off the blades as they parried and riposted. They moved smoothly in a long series of attacks, and counter attacks, with John lasting twenty minutes before Yamamoto tricked him with a skilful feint, and then neatly decapitated him.

"You are dead," Yamamoto told him with satisfaction, but John was sure he saw the smallest glimmer of respect in the older man's eyes, before he ordered him to attack once more.

When the training session was done, Yamamoto agreed to more sparring matches with John, which they would continue once he had moved the simulation equipment to the Invictus. John thanked the man, and they cancelled the afternoon's training, so that John could enjoy the rest of the remaining day with the girls.

He strolled out of the training room in a buoyant mood, and found the girls, Jade included, waiting for him in the lounge. With Rachel having completed her full two weeks, there was no need to maintain the relentless stomach filling routine, so they all settled around the table and enjoyed a lovely lunch together, watching Jade's aquatic friends leaping around in the sea off the coast of their island.

The pod of dolphins were Jade's special surprise for them, and after they had waited a little while for their lunch to go down, she urged everyone to get changed into swimwear, and meet them on the beach in the cove. They were all assembled on the golden sand a few minutes later, and Dana presented them each with a small mouthpiece and goggles.

"I wanted all of you to experience the wonders of the sea," Jade explained, and urged them to follow her into the water.

They all did so, even Dana, who was in on the surprise. She smiled confidently at Jade, and donned the mouthpiece and goggles, and when the Nymph shimmered and changed form into that of a dolphin, she reached out to hold on to her dorsal fin. Jade's tail propelled them forward and Dana disappeared under the waves.

John and the others glanced at each other excitedly, and when the rest of the pod swam around them, they followed Jade and Dana's example. The entire group sank below the waves, as the powerful dolphins swam them out to the local reef. They let go of their guides, and floated underwater, watching the fish swimming around the coral while the dolphins raced around playfully. It was peaceful and serene in this idyllic and unspoilt undersea paradise. The riotous colours of the fish and anemones were wonderful to behold, and they watched the oceanic flora and fauna with rapt fascination.

It was a novel experience for all of them, and when John and the girls finally came back to shore, they were all chattering away about the incredible sights they had seen under the waves. Jade had a final play around with the dolphins she had befriended, before she swam back to shore and changed form to her Nymph shape once more. The others thanked her profusely for sharing this with them, and she beamed at them with delight, when she saw how much they had all enjoyed it.

The evening meal was surprising, in a dramatic change to the perfect cloudless skies they had experienced on every other night on Oceanus. Dark storm clouds had started to gather on the horizon, casting an ominous shadow over the island, as they blotted out the sun. The wind started to pick up a little, and it didn't take a meteorologist to realise that a storm was on the way. They watched the sunset, which cast angry red shades over the roiling storm clouds in the distance, before the night seemed to suddenly descend on them.

John led them up to the bedroom, and they watched spellbound as arcing lightning strikes split the night's sky in the distance, followed by the rolling boom of thunder. Dana deactivated the lights in the bedroom, and the only remaining illumination came from the staccato lightning, and the dim glow of the ornate lamp back in the mezzanine. They all stripped off, and climbed onto the bed to watch the crashing storm, witnessing the impressive power of nature as she raged on the horizon.

"It looks like we picked a dramatic night to be together for the first time," John said to Rachel, as he glanced over at her.

She smiled back, and then crawled over to kneel beside him. "I want our first time together to be on the Invictus," she told him earnestly. "Apart from Alyssa, you were with all the other girls for the first time in your quarters there, and I want to be just like them."

This pronouncement was met by appreciative murmurs from the other girls, and they moved towards her to hug her lovingly.

"I knew you were the perfect choice to join us," Alyssa said with satisfaction, as she tenderly brushed her hand against Rachel's cheek.

"Yes, I know. I owe you such an impossibly huge debt, I'll never be able to repay it," Rachel said to the blonde girl with heart rending conviction.

Alyssa looked at the tawny haired girl, and knew there was something big that she hadn't shared with them yet. She was sorely tempted to ask what it was, but just about managed to restrain herself. She was distracted by the other girls murmuring their agreement, especially when John leaned down to kiss her neck.

John held out his hand for the remote, and when Dana passed it to him, he pressed a button and a soft whir sounded around them. The windows slid back and retracted into the cliff, and they were suddenly surrounded by a brisk wind as they were exposed to the elements. His eyes flashed with excitement, feeling gloriously alive in the face of the storm, and Alyssa gasped in shock as she read his thoughts.

She stared into his eyes, her breathing growing heavier as she got more turned on, and then moved to kneel on all fours submissively, facing away from him. The other girls let out moans of excitement as she passed on his unspoken orders, and then moved instantly to obey.

Calara lay on her back, and Alyssa positioned herself above her sapphic lover's mouth, so that the Latina could begin to lap away at her. Dana and Jade knelt to either side of Calara, and when Alyssa raised herself up and arched her back, two sets of eager lips kissed her erect nipples before beginning to nibble and suck on the stiffening nubs. Rachel spread Calara's legs wide apart, so that she had room to kneel in front of Alyssa. She leaned forward and stared into the blonde girl's cerulean eyes, with her own stormy grey ones mirroring the chaotic clouds in the distance.

"We all owe you so much, and we're going to start to repay you, by rewarding your body with pleasure," Rachel promised, which sent a thrilling shiver of anticipation through Alyssa's body.

"Although a big part of giving you pleasure, is making sure that John is buried in a complaint young woman, isn't it?" Rachel asked her perceptively.

Alyssa nodded as she panted, the sucking and licking tongues ratcheting up her arousal. "I live to serve him," the blonde acknowledged in a whisper, staring into Rachel's eyes.

"What a wonderful and special girl you are," Rachel marvelled, and leaned in to gently kiss Alyssa, who automatically responded to the touch of those soft lips.

Alyssa suddenly sensed a looming presence behind her, and she gasped as she felt John's cock nudge up against her. Calara was licking away at her pussy furiously, and she suddenly stopped when John's cock brushed her tongue out the way, as he readied himself to take the kneeling blonde. Alyssa prepared herself, relaxing her body so that he would be able to easily force his way inside her, but instead he grasped her hips, and then ever so slowly began to push his way into her body.

She quivered helplessly as he held her positioned exactly as he wanted her, while his willing compatriots drove her insane with their flickering tongues. She wasn't prepared for this long drawn out penetration, and it felt so caring and loving, that she whimpered through her first climax as Calara sucked gently on her clit.

"Good girl," Rachel praised her, and Alyssa eagerly sought the brunette's lips so that she could kiss her heatedly.

Alyssa groaned into Rachel's mouth as John finally bumped the head of his cock up against the back of her womb. She felt spread, stretched and stuffed, and the deep plundering of her womb had her building towards a second climax. John pulled back and then drove forward, making the girls who were licking and sucking her move to compensate for the effect his lunge had on Alyssa's body. He started to thrust in a regular rhythm now, her building climax crashing over her as he buried his hot, throbbing cock deep in her belly.

Just as she was recovering from her second orgasm, lightning crashed down, illuminating the whole debauched scene in a searing flash. John brought his hand down in a weighty smack on her taut cheek, that then seemed to reverberate with the booming echo of the incoming thunder. She cried out as the radically different sensations assaulted her senses; the loving gentle tongues of the girls, the throbbing girth of John's cock driving into her, and then the feel of his hand as he smacked her rump in time with the lightning strikes. She screamed wordlessly with orgasm number three, her whole body seemingly arched like a taut bowstring.

She came down from the incredibly intense high, to feel Rachel's supporting arms holding her up, while John continued to ride her. He had changed his pace again, and this time it felt powerful, and determined, as though he was on a mission that only she and her tight young body could help him fulfil.

"There's one thing I can do for you that might help pay back my debt to you," Rachel crooned softly in Alyssa's ear.

"What?" Alyssa asked her insistently.

"He wants to breed you someday, and I know you want this more than anything, because I feel the same way. I'll help you deliver him strong healthy heirs," Rachel promised her with conviction.

"Oh God..." Alyssa groaned, holding on to Dana and Jade with desperation, as she felt a colossal fourth orgasm welling up inside her.

"Surrender to it," Rachel urged her, as she saw Alyssa responding to her words. "Show him how much you want his babies in your belly, grip his cock with your pussy, so that he fills you with cum."

The wind howled around them, and Alyssa felt primal and unrestrained as her man used her body as nature intended, her hips rocking back against him as he pounded into her. Her beautiful lovers knelt around her in the dark, their long hair tossing in the wind as they urged her on to higher heights. She screamed once again as she exploded into orgasm, her mind going blank as she felt a white surging flash of pleasure completely overwhelm her. Behind them there was a deafening crash mixed in with another trembling rumble of thunder, and the dim light from the mezzanine winked out.

John pulled Alyssa up, so that her back was to his chest, and he held her tightly to him as he thrust at her firm cheeks. With a low growl he held her still and began to pump his cum into her, filling up her quivering young body, and rounding out her belly with his prodigious load. With a loud groan he was finally spent, and he withdrew from her tenderly, before lying her down on the bed, and wrapping his arms around her.

Dana darted off the bed to pick up the remote and she hurriedly brought out the glass ceiling and lowered the walls, just as the first spots of rain began to reach them. The girls joined John and Alyssa on the bed, and when she finally recovered enough to look at them, she raised an eyebrow playfully and the girls grinned back. John watched with delight as Calara, Dana, Jade and then Rachel each took their turns kneeling before the blonde girl and eating some of his cum from her pussy. The thought that all five of them were now providing a warm home in their stomachs for his cum was tremendously exciting, and he kissed Alyssa lovingly as she fed them each in turn.

Rachel was the last, and she saved a sweet tasting mouthful for the blonde, who gulped it down hungrily. Her tummy had now returned to its normal slim shape, and they all cuddled up together in the quiet of the now enclosed bedroom, before drifting off to sleep.

***

Back in the lounge, Rupert the butler scanned the ornate lamp that had crashed to the ground, and was now lying shattered in a dozen pieces. He scooped it up, and rolled off silently to the underground bunker that contained a mass fabricator that would create a replacement. It would only take a few hours to complete, and then he could replace it back on the mezzanine, with his guests none the wiser as to the disturbance of the carefully maintained perfection of the complex.