Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind

### 'Navigator' ###

### 'Yeah?' ###

### 'I am detecting lemons in the content of this chapter' ###

### 'Really? Sweeeeeet! Lets take a look' ###

### 'Compliance' ###

"Again, I apologise for the actions of the other vessel's crew" Xae spoke with his hands palm forward.

"Forget it" David said tiredly. "We have more important things to do right now then to act all guilty. Once this is over, we'll sort out some sort of punishment. Max?"

"Online and standing by"

"Status of all repairs?"

"Repairs will be completed in thirty seven of your minutes"

"Good. Engage stealth systems and keep a constant scan going"

"Compliance, Navigator"

"Commander, is there any place we can hide and take on munitions? The energy weapons are at full power, of course, but the kinetic weaponry is depleted rather badly"

"We could try and reach K-14" Xae said after some reluctance. "We should find all the weapons we could ever want to use"

"What are you not telling me, Commander?" David glanced at him from the readout he was looking at.

"To get there from here by the quickest route takes us through an old mine field left from a conflict long ago in my people's past. Apart from traditional mines, there are a number of automated defence platforms with plasma weapons and attack drones"

"Sera can take them all" David said.

"That is true, of course, but I am worried about the nuclear weapons they might deploy" Xae said. "Even with full shields, we could only take twenty to thirty hits before they go down"

"We have secondary shields and a hull that is feet thick of solid metal" David replied. "You're Phalon Navy – don't you have any command codes or something to turn them off?"

"I will try to look through my vessel's computer memory banks, but they failed just as we entered Sera. It is possible that the failure spread from control systems to the memory core and wiped them"

"But you wrote them – you should bloody remember them"

"It is not that simple"

"I apologise for interrupting, David, but I am detecting automated distress calls" MAX called.

"David here. Can you identify them?"

"I believe them to be of Phaelon origin. I believe they may come from the Demetrio – what you would call a fuel tanker"

"I know her" said Xae with some surprise. She was laid up ready to be used as a target for, ironically, Sera's first weapon trials... The situation must have been desperate to bring her back into service"

"How old is she?" David asked – mind half on his tasks.

"About thirty or forty of your years" Xae said.

"How many crew, Max?"

"Fifty three officers and crew. However, the distress call indicates only seven survivors. They report being under attack from unknown forces and are 'dead in the water' as you would say"

"How close are they?"

"Three light years"

"Max, dispatch a message telling them we've heard their call for help and we're on our way. Alter course to intercept them – maximum speed" David picked up the intercom mic on the Captain's chair and hit the intership channel as well as the alert tone. "This is David to all hands – man Battlestations! All hands to battlestations. Flight crews report to your birds... Max, charge all forward weapon grids and prepare to open fire! Tammy, get to the Bridge"

"On my way"

"She is still badly injured" Xae said.

"Yes, but I need someone that I can trust working with me" David said. "Max, time to intercept?"

"Sixteen minutes"

"Right... Any idea on who the attackers might be?"

"I am unable to identify the attackers, but they appear to be using a drive system that registers as Phaelon"

"What?"

"Drive systems register as Phaelon based"

"Proper Phaelon or modified in anyway?"

"I am reading no deviations from standard engineering models in the Sera's database"

"Whats going on?" asked Tammy as she limped onto the Bridge and took the science station.

"A Phaelon vessel under attack from two Phaelon naval vessels"

"Are you sure?"

"Max seems to think so"

"The drive systems register as being of Phaelon origin. In addition, sensors and scanners confirm that weapons fire is of unmodified Phaelon design also" MAX chipped in.

"Do you know the ID for them?"

"I do not. However, they appear to be of the Hephaestus class"

"Heavy Cruisers" Xae said. "I know the class well – I served for three years at the shipyards at Axanar" he added.

"Then you know how to disable them... Take weapons, Commander" David said, taking the helm for himself. "Bridge to Sickbay"

"Sickbay"

"Standby to receive survivours"

"We will be ready"

"Good. Out. This is the Navigator speaking – Gunstar crews to their planes. Standby to launch and form a defensive formation around the tanker. You are authorized to fire upon anything that locks on to either you or the tanker. Max?"

"Yes, David?"

"Can you hail the attacking ships?"

"Yes, but I doubt they will listen. I suspect they are being geeks"

"Something worse then geeks, Max"

"Dorks?"

"No. Murderers. Max? I'm bringing us out of warp. Commander, raise shields and load all forward missile batteries. Tammy, transfer sensor data to the Commander. Max, open a channel"

"Channel open" the computer replied.

"This is David Freeman of the PNV Sera – stand down and prepare to be boarded"

"Go to hell" a voice came back before the link was severed at their end.

"I am reading another ship coming in – cruiser size. She is launching fighters and targeting the tanker"

"Commander, launch our birds and have them intercept the incoming fighters. Sera will stay behind and take on the capital vessels"

"As ordered"

"Tammy, scan those bastards and see what their weak spots are. When you find them, pass them to Max. I'm bringing us in closer and we'll see about trying to save that tanker" and he jumped into the helm position and took manual control. As he did so, dozens of fighters appeared on the tactical display by his left console side – indicating that most of their Gunstar complement had launched.

"All fighters are away" said Xae. "Nearly all of them are to intercept the incoming vessels, but I have kept a flight back in case any of them get through"

"Good thinking. Tammy, jam their transmissions from reaching out of the system. Max, lock on enemy vessels and fire on them – weapons and engines first"

"Compliance, Navigator" MAX was all business.

"Damage to lead ship – shields are down to seventy five percent"

"I thought we could do more"

"It seems as if they have upgraded shields" Tammy said.

"Clearly" MAX said. "Orders, Navigator?"

"Target their engines" David said. "If I remember all those texts Tammy made me read, the shields should be weaker at the back to let the exhaust out. Besides, if they have no engines, they can't get anywhere quickly"

"Compliance"

"Gunstars have engaged incoming fighters. They report no losses so far and have disabled or destroyed fourteen opponents" Xae spoke.

"The Demetrio just took a hit to their engineering spaces"

"How bad?"

"Hull breach and decompression. Sensors indicate they have lost life support and their remaining levels will run out in seven minutes"

"Damn it" David said, bringing Sera about for another attack run. "Okay. Max?"

"Yes?"

"Spin up nukes in the forward tubes and open hatches – target one missile apiece for the cruisers. And Max?"

"David?"

"Take your time about it – I want them to see. Commander, order the attacking Gunstars to concentrate on the aft shields. Once down, fire all missiles at the engines and then split into squadrons and run like hell"

"Compliance"

"Increase power to energy weapons to full. Bridge to Sickbay – medical teams to Hanger Two. Tammy, get a beam on that ship and tow her in.

"Attack wing reports they have taken out aft shields and the engines of the lone cruiser. They say that she's trying to escape on thrusters and leaking drive fluid. Orders?"

"Make them do a strafing run on their weapons emplacements and then get back here" David said.

"Compliance"

"Attacking ships, this is the Sera. You will power down your weapons and prepare to be boarded and surrender" David said. He waited for several seconds before shrugging silently to himself and leaving the channel open. "Max, put all power from aft shields to the forward shields. Commander, get the half flight well away from us. Tammy, rescan both ships and keep a constant lock on them" he paused and looked between Tammy and the ceiling of the Bridge. "This is something that we have to agree on" he started, "We have to agree to launch the nukes and take them out"

"You can't" said Xae – head coming round sharply at David's words.

"I can and I will" said the teen. "You are here merely as a courtesy, Commander, so do not try my level of resolve. This is our boat... We make the decisions. Well? Your thoughts?"

"Scanning the ships" Tammy said.

"Max?"

"Although I should preserve life at all costs, its clear they have violated all meanings of the rules of war. Navigator, Vessel 1918 concurs with the decision made by the ship's company"

"Very well... Standby to launch nuclear missiles one and two" David spoke as he turned the ship around to put as much of the ship between them and the attacking vessels.

"I demand that you stop" Xae brought a laser pistol up to point directly at David's head.

"Drop it" in seconds, Tammy had crossed the space and held a gun of her own to her fellow Phaelon's head.

"I can not allow him to kill more Phaelons. I have played your game long enough, Kurch, but I will do so no longer" and he pulled the trigger – sending a beam towards David. Tammy's eyes glowed with fire as she lifted David out of his chair and, at the same time, pulled the trigger of her own weapon. It killed Xae before he knew David had been mostly saved intact – bar a glancing blow on his side. The now lifeless body gasped and dropped heavily to the floor where it twitched several times before coming still.

"David, are you alright?" Tammy asked, rushing to his side to attend to him.

"I'll live" he struggled to sit up. Tammy looked and saw his right side to be a mess of blood and seared flesh. Looking at his face, she could see the huge amounts of pain he was holding back.

"Max?"

"Yes, Tammy?"

"Close all compartment bulkheads and lift tubes. Seal off all areas of the ship except Sickbay, the hanger deck and the route leading from point to point. I want you to flood everywhere except those spaces and the Bridge with knock-out gas and whatever it takes to subdue those still able to fight"

"Compliance. Is the Navigator able to take his station"

"Yes"

"No, he is not. However, his orders stand – reconfirm locks and launch missiles one and two"

"Compliance" and an alarm sounded before two missiles streaked out of their tubes and hurtled through space to their targets. Despite attempts to shoot them down, both nuclear missiles hit their ships and they blinked out of existence in a pair of super hot white fireballs which quickly died down into an expanding cloud of debris and small fragments of the crews. "Targets 1 and 2 have been destroyed. Target 3 is continuing to escape the local area – do you wish to reengage?"

"No" said Tammy. "All stop on engines. Recover our Gunstars, continue towing the tanker into the hanger and then resume course for K-14 at maximum speed"

"What will you do?" asked MAX

"Go to bed" David said as he clawed his way to his feet.

"Good idea" Tammy smirked.

"And sleep"

"As you Humans would say: 'Wanna bet'?"

#

"May I come in?" asked Tammy.

"Sure" David replied and Tammy opened the hatch to David's appropriated quarters and stepped inside. "Are you sure that you want to do this?" he asked and Tammy nodded.

"Truly, I have wanted to do so since before we were taken by my people" the young Phaelon blushed. "You are an attractive male, and I found myself thinking about being with you in a sexual manner"

"You do know you can turn off the scientist mode" David chuckled as Tammy came closer to stand at the foot of his bed. "So, how do you want to do this?" he asked.

"I… I do not know, David" she admitted as she sat on the end of the bed. "My only other sexual encounter was, shall we say, not a good one" and she looked at David with a frown. "I prayed and gave thanks for you before coming here" she said quietly.

"For me?"

"For being my friend… Although I had family and friends on Phaelon, I do not think I was as happy then as I am now"

"Its been one hell of a ride so far" David agreed. "I've been caught up in a plot hatched by a deranged computer, got into fights with space pirates, saved my friend with death and worse, stolen the galaxy's most powerful spacecraft…" he snorted with humour. "Wouldn't change it for anything" and the human looked into the Phaelon's eyes. "Do you want to start? I will not force you into anything you don't want to do"

"Compliance, Navigator" she whispered, and rose to her feet and shrugged off the robe she wore – the item pooling around her feet to reveal Tammy wore no sleep wear and was clad only in a small bra and form fitting pair of shorts. David took the time to look over her figure as he had only seen it once after she was attacked and raped by her Uncle in the cell on Phaelon. Her orange skin shone in the cabin's lights accenting her curves in all the right places. Her sizable breasts were firm and peky – ending with reddish orange nipples. Moving down, he noticed the faint scars from all that she had been through, her soft but firm belly and where her legs met her body.

"Well…" David said, "This answered a question I have been meaning to ask"

"What is that?" Tammy replied timidly.

"Just curious to see if your hair really was green or not" and Tammy, getting the joke and knowing what it was meant as, smiled and nodded.

"I am yours to command, David. I stand before bare of all lies and untruths in a display of sincerity" and David gently took her hand and pulled her down on the bed where she lay down.

"You are the most beautiful person I have ever met" David paused, then leant in and kissed the Phaelon on the lips – eliciting a moan from her. Tammy's lips tasted like cinnamon and spice, and David kissed her gently before being given access to her mouth. Whilst the pair had a duel of tongues, David's hands kneaded her breasts and he pinched her nipples tightly – gaining a gasp of pain, surprise and pleasure. Realising she liked it, David pressed hard on her breasts and got all the right noises as he did so. As a variation, he would sometimes slap her chest which would cause Tammy to arch her back in delirious delight.

"More" Tammy breathed. David obliged by taking his mouth down to nibble on her now hardened nipples – biting and sucking on them for maximum effect. He allowed one hand to snake its way down to Tammy's slightly wet core – teasing her lower lips before plunging the fingers in and feeling the tightness. He wasn't sure if this was because she had only been taken once or if it was another facet of Phaelon strength. What he did know, however, was that he was keen to find out. Deciding that his own needs needed taking care of, he used one hand to undo the leather trousers he was wearing before wiggling them down his legs and kicking them off to the floor of his quarters. Tammy looked at the bulging erection that was straining David's boxer shorts and said simply "Oh my"

"You want to go on?" David asked her.

"Yes" Tammy said quietly. "Oh, yes please" and pulled her lover back in for a kiss that lasted several minutes. After swirling his tongue around her nipples and biting them for several seconds, he pulled off his underwear and let Tammy get a good look at his erection – pulsing and wanting like one of Sera's torpedoes. She regarded it curiously for a few moments before David grabbed the back of her hair and the Phaelon gasped before her mouth was filled by David. Taking a good grip, he moved her head backwards and forwards like the pistons in a car engine. Her first thought was the taste was not entirely unpleasant and reminded her of a slightly salty food from her world. Her long tongue gripped the shaft and started pumping it – causing David to moan from either pleasure or discomfort. Bringing her hands up, she removed David's shirt and traced her fingers on his nipples – making them stand out from the unfamiliar touch. Her other hand was gently cupping his balls and squeezing them in an effort to get what they both wanted so badly. This went on for several minutes before David came and Tammy was forced to swallow several times in quick succession to get all of David's essence inside her.

"That was awesome" said David, "But I'm not finished yet" and Tammy looked up at her lover – bits of himself spilling out of her mouth, her orange skin glistening from sweat, green hair all tousled up and her eyes filled with a fiery lust. David knew that she would have done this herself if she had had the time and this was not a way to save her life. 'What a way to save a life though' he thought. "You've been so good, so I think a little reward before the main event" and he shifted lower on the bed and put his head between Tammy's thighs – knowing she could crush his head if she closed her legs tightly enough. He breathed in her scent which was a mixture of something he couldn't place and a sort of spice. Picking up courage, and remembering what he had ever read about the subject, he darted his tongue out and started lapping at his partner's juices which soon had Tammy moaning wildly and arching her back in both an upwards and downwards arc as he hit some sensitive part. He quickly found her hardened and bit down on it hard – driving Tammy to her third orgasm of the night that was due to David's seemingly good work. Bringing his head up, he saw her panting heavily, positioned himself and drove himself into her right up to the base of his now restored erection. He skipped started slow as Tammy gasped through the throws of her recent high at the new sensation of something inside her. Adjusting how he was above Tammy's shuddering and glistening body, he placed hands on either side to support his weight before taking up the age old rhythm and pounded into Tammy's wet and hot core without any mercy – the person in question moaning and buckling under the sensations. The small part of her that remained sane noted it was different then her previous sexual encounter with her now deceased Uncle – killed at the hand of the person that gave her love, friendship and security without question. The sensations built up in the pair until, with a final shared groan and a screamed exchanged of names, they climaxed together. There was silence in the quarters – broken only by the heavy panting from the two teens of two planets. Tammy looked up at David with gratefulness and love evident in her eyes. There was no more words to be said, but the Phaelon hugged David tightly and pulled the covers to his bed over the pair of them before they drifted off to sleep – together in more ways than one.

#

David woke the following morning with breakfast sat on the table in his quarters with a note sat on the top of the metal cover.

Thank You For Last Night

Tammy

It had been written in very loopy script and made David wonder if Tammy had been practicing how to write in English. He ate the breakfast comprising of bacon, eggs, hash browns and sausages before having a shower and dressing. Once done, he was just about to pick up his gun and holster when Tammy's voice came through on the intercom.

"David, are you awake?"

"Yeah – whats up?"

"We have reached the position of station K-14"

"Why does that not sound promising?" David picked up on the tone of anger, sadness and confusion in Tammy's voice.

"Because we have reached the position of K-14, but it is no longer operational"

"No longer operational? I'll be right there…" David flicked the comm panel off and hurried out of his quarters and rushed onto the Bridge.

"Max, please repeat what you have told me for David's benefit" Tammy said.

"Compliance! Station K-14 has been destroyed by use of heavy weapons of both energy and kinetic types" MAX said, reporting what the Sera's sensors picked up. "The period of firing appears to have taken no more than fifteen minutes"

"What kind of weapons? Any idea who made them?"

"Affirmative"

"That quickly?" asked a surprised Tammy. "Display results at Science Station" and the screens lit up as Tammy read the displays in her native Phaelon. "No…" she breathed.

"What? What is it?" David asked with concern.

"This happened no more than a year ago" Tammy said. "I am reading debris from several small ships which maybe Gunstars, but they all appear to be from the station. I don't read any destroyed ships from the attacking side…" and then Tammy said something that did not translate to English. "David, the weapons signatures are all Phaelon. This wasn't an attack by your people – my own planet took out one of its own bases. Why would they do such a thing?" she asked him.

"To make a good cover story" the Human replied. "Max, scan the area around the station's wreckage. See if you can detect escape pods or escape shuttles"

"Scanning… Scanning… I am detecting seven escape pods – all destroyed by weapons fire"

"Where did the ships go after this… this massacure?"

"Exhaust particle trails are still in slight evidence due to the nature of space in the local area. Although faint, I am picking up indications that they turned around and headed towards the Terran System Planet 3"

"Terran System Planet 3?"

"Earth" David said quietly. "It all makes sense now…" David looked at Tammy, the drifting debris field and at MAX's interactive screen before sighing and coming to a decision. "Tammy, Go to your people and tell them I want them off the ship in less than thirty minutes. Where we are going, they can not follow"

"As you wish" Tammy turned to the intercom and started giving rapid orders.

"Get me a full readout of all weapons magazines and status. Also, I need a report on our fuel levels and defensive systems" David said, flicking the screen off.

"Compliance"

# # # # #

"Last set of people have left the Sera" Tammy said. "I have explained the situation as far as I know, and twenty seven of them have asked to stay on and join with us. With a lack of knowledge, I allowed them to do so" and she looked at David. "However, I believe that I would like an explanation"

"Me too" said MAX.

"Think about this: Members of the Phaelon leadership believe that Earth is a threat and so they concocted a plan to make your people believe Earth was full of warlike people who had Phaelon technology. They get some ships to start shooting at their own side, ships never seen before, and the weapon traces all read as Phaelon – which leads people to believe the lies they hear"

"But why?"

"To make people believe in a just and righteous war. Back when we started this journey, you told me that Phaelon law demands that not only is the person that shared the technology killed alongside the people that used it, but their entire planet is to be wiped out so nothing may survive. Now Earth only built ships using the technology that came from my mind twenty eight years ago. Imagine what your people could have come up with nearly three decades on. From what I learned when I was taken onto one of their ships, the Earth ships are no real match for the Phaelon Navy"

"They intend to massacre every last person on your planet" MAX said.

"Not just that, but reduce all planet and animal life to the microscopic level" Tammy said. "We cannot allow this to happen" she added.

"I know. That is why I would like to take Sera and intercept the Phaelon fleet and warn them off. If it comes to it, I will destroy them. However… Although I'm the Navigator, I won't do anything that you two don't – you know that"

"If it is important to you, then it is important to me also" Tammy said.

"I would be pleased if you gave me the order, David" said MAX.

"Very well… Max, plot a direct course for Earth – maximum speed"

"Course plotted and laid into navigational computers. Estimated arrival time is six months and eleven hours at maximum speeds" MAX said after a moment of calculations.

"Engage stealth mode and take us out" David said.

"Compliance" and the Sera swung round inside her own length, orientated towards Earth and powered away – cloaking herself in invisibility and starting her desperate journey stop an all-out war and the annihilation of the human race.

A/N:

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