Chapter 3

Drew woke up to the sound of birds chirping and whistling, the warmish wind flowing in between his and Alice's bodies. The sun shone down on them in between the holes in the ceiling. He had to lift a hand up to cover his eyes so they didn't irritate him. As he tried to get up, he felt something clinging to him around his neck. It was Alice still sound asleep. With that thought in his heads, he had flashbacks to what happened the day before and he felt his flaccid penis twitch, attempting to get hard, "No, no, I'm already spent," he then noticed a small pool of white under Alice and that triggered even more flashbacks. He shook them off in attempt to avoid getting horny again, he came everything he could into her and he knew he couldn't go again even if he wanted to. He was spent.

Alice moved closer unconsciously against him, probably trying to get warmer. Drew noticed this and he decided to do her a favor by picking her up and taking her to the couch, laying her down and getting some wet wipes from the First aid kit to clean up the dried cum over her ass cheeks and back. Looking down at her now, he notices her belly was much smaller now and he looks back at the puddle of white where she was; it was all there and most of it was already dried up. He took some wipes from the Kit and cleaned the excess from her pussy lips and threw them out the opening in the wall leading out.

"Where are my pants?" he asks himself. He finds them lying down next to the couch and he slips them on. Drew grabs the Heat trapper blanket from the Kit and lies it over Alice's body. She reluctantly snuggles into it and mumbles something he couldn't quite hear well, "I'll be back, Alice," he leans down and gives her a small kiss on her cheek. She smiles cutely but doesn't wake up.

As he walks out of the room and into the hallway he calls for his ghost, "Hey, you there, buddy?" he asks.

"*yawn* yes I'm here Guardian," he materializes in front of him.

"You were sleeping?" he asks.

"Well, we have to recharge our batteries as well. We Ghosts may be robots but we live like you organics," he explains.

"Hmm, interesting. Anyway, what time is it?" Drew asks curiously.

"About 12:26 in the morning," the Ghost answers.

"Huh, 12:26, eh?" Drew walks down the hallway with his Ghost trailing next to his head. He passes the door leading into the radio room and this time he decides to look around. There was a booth were the hosts spoke into the microphone and talked all kinds of things, often playing music after every conversation, "Music… hey, buddy," he calls him.

"Yeah?"

"See if you can find anything like a computer or mainframe to scan. Maybe we can fish out some old albums from this place," Drew orders.

"I'll see what I can find, Guardian," the little Ghost swoops down under the booth, its eye scanning the old consoles that stored Zettabytes of data thanks to the advancement of technology because of the Traveler. The Ghost scans multiple consoles but finds most of them are broken, "I can't seem to find a single non-derelict computer in here… wait a minute," the Ghost sees something.

"What is it?" Drew asks.

After a quick scan, the Ghost flies up to his face, "I found a working console with Thousands of playlists from the Pre-Collapse era. Perhaps we've stumbled onto the motherload of music material," the Ghost says with some excitement in his tone.

"What is there?" Drew asks, a bit excited.

"Most of them are music created during the Golden Age and a few were made years before the discovery of the Traveler. I think they have a working disc copy lying around here," the Ghost explains.

"Can you trace it?" Drew asks.

"Yup, gimme a sec," the Ghost scans the room entirely and looks at a certain drawer under the booth.

"Is that it?"

"Yep," the Ghost confirms.

Drew walks over to the drawer and pulls it out, there were many clear plastic cases inside but most of them were burned to the point of no use coming from it, "Which one is it?" Drew asks.

"This one," the Ghost shoots a harmless laser at the case, one all the way in the back of the drawer.

Drew pulls it out and dusts off the dust from it. He opens the case and reads the lettering, "Of Monsters and Men," Drew smiles oddly at this and stands up fully, "Silly name for a band, don't you think?" he asks.

"I guess so. But I suggest listening to it before we judge them completely," the Ghost suggests.

"Play it then," he orders. The Ghost nods and plays the song.

After listening to it, Drew smiles widely and grabs his ghost in his hands, "What are you doing?" the Ghost asks

"I think we've just found our next song," he tells him as he runs through the hallway and into the room with the large opening.

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Alice wakes up from her deep slumber to an absence of heat. Her arms are empty without Drew and she looks around for him but finds no sign of him anywhere except for the pool of his dried cum on the floor. With one arm she pushes herself up to get a better room of the view, her tits swaying to the side annoyingly with her movements. She pays no mind to them as she sits up, taking off the Thermal Blanket from her she looks down at her swollen belly; it was still big but significantly less than what she had before. She looks down at the couch to find another puddle of cum lying on the polyester couch.

"Gosh… he really made a mess of me, inside and out," she admitted but had no regrets. It was fine with her, to carry his seed but with so much meant she had to get rid of some excess. And by some, she meant a lot. Getting up, she walked over to a spot that had some space to dump the excess spunk. Leaning against the wall she takes a deep breath before pushing down on her belly; Drew's cum begins to seep out in a steady line, Alice moans as the globs of cum stretch her folds to pass through. Soon, her belly was its normal shape once again, there was no more strain on her womb anymore and this gave her great relief, "That's much better," she bends do check herself and it seems as though most of the excess was out now, only the white that coated her insides were still inside her, "With that much, I don't know how I wouldn't get pregnant," she wondered to herself, but that was a thought best left for another day. Slipping a finger inside herself, she began fingering herself momentarily before pulling it back out to see her finger covered in Drew's life-giving seed, "Yeah, there's still a lot inside there," she tells herself, and that's when Sasha materializes in front of her.

"Hello, Ali- Oh I'm sorry, I caught you at a bad time," she apologizes, looking away.

"It's fine, you didn't know. What time is it, by the way?" Alice asks as she covers her breasts.

"About 12:27 in the morning. I detected Drew's Ghosts activation after slumber so I thought I would wait for a little bit before you woke up," the Ghost explains.

"Sasha it's okay to look at me, I'm an EXO and you're a Ghost, we're not as different as you think," Alice tells her, poking Sasha's little frame.

"I guess you're right, I was just respecting your privacy is all," she turns to look at her fully, "Anyways, we must return. I got a message from Retz's Ghost telling me the band is starting to get a bit agitated without you two to keep the peace," Sasha warns her.

"Fine, we'll go as soon as we can… just let me take a break for the moment," Alice tells her as she half stumbles out of the room.

Sasha notices her walking pattern and something catches her eye from where she just was; a small puddle of white was spreading across the floor from where she was just standing. She looks back Alice and notices some droplets of white dripping from her blue cunt, "Um… Alice?" Sasha asks her as Alice picks up her pants.

"Yeah?"

"Did… you… have sex with Drew?" she asks.

Alice immediately goes rigid once she hears her words. Slowly she stands up straight with her pants in her hands, "Um… what makes you say that?" she asks nervously.

"Well, based on your nudity and that pool of Semen on the ground, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, really," Sasha explains plainly.

Alice looks behind her at the place she just squatted over, realizing she hadn't covered her tracks anyways from the start, "Well, I can't deny that… and yes, yes I did have sex with him," she admits without fear.

Sasha doesn't respond but she sways left to right quickly, "Really? Well, good for you Alice. It's not very often that EXO's and Humans get together. Well, at least from what I've seen so far. In any case, I'm happy for you… though…" the Ghost trails off as she looks at the two other puddles on the couch and the floor, "Did he put that much in you?" the Ghost asks almost petrified.

"Eheh, um, think you can get Drew on the comm for me?" she asks, trying to change the subject.

"Not at the moment no, there are still too many Fallen and Cabal units scattered around the city. I suggest we make our escape at the top of the building. It will gather attention still but at least we can get out quickly before they can fire a shot," Sasha explains.

"Good, we'll do just that. Let me just put on my gear so we can-" before she can finish, Drew enters the room as she slips on her pants, "Drew? Where were you?" she asks.

"I wanted to explore the building a bit before we leave. Also…" he takes out a plastic case holding a disc inside.

Alice frowns at the strange object and steps toward it, taking it in her hands and examining it, "What is it?" she asks.

Drew smiles and places both hands on her shoulders, "Our next song," he tells her with excitement.

Alice looks at him with a doubtful look but fades as she thinks about it, "Really? Did you really find something in here?" she asks, almost in disbelief.

"Yup, an entire album from a popular band and over one-thousand zettabytes worth of radio broadcasts holding a crap ton of music from Pre-Collapse era. We have enough music to recreate and play for everyone to hear for years to come. Including the Christmas performance we have scheduled in two days," he tells her. Alice is stunned by this and without warning locks her lips with his in pure joy.

After a long embrace, they separate and look at each other while breathing heavily, "*huff* then we have what we *huff* need to play at the concert. This should be really interesting," she says excitedly.

"Then hurry on home, we don't want to waste any more time here. I feel the Fallen might be around the corner somewhere," Drew says as he puts the case in his back pocket.

Alice giggles and nuzzles his neck, "I'm with you. And, uh, also…" she looks at her Ghost Sasha who is still floating just behind her.

"What?" she asks.

Drew looks at her with a puzzled look, "What, what about her?" he asks.

She leans up to his ear and whispers, "She knows about us," she tells him.

Drew goes stiff as he hears this and he looks behind her toward Sasha, "Yes, Drew, I know. Even your Ghost knows as well," she reveals to him.

"Wait, what? You knew?" he asks, summoning his Ghost.

The Ghost materializes in his hand, "In a way, I did, yes. We Ghosts are very aware of your bodies functions and vitals so it was very obvious you two were engaged very… intimately," the Ghost explains a bit guiltily.

"Now I feel as though we've been stalked last night. That's not cool."

"I wasn't lying when I said I was sleeping, I just had a review when I woke up and then I instantly knew what you two did overnight. Also, you really are good at leaving your mark," he implies the obvious evidence in the room.

"I think we've already established that. Can we just change the subject?" Alice asks awkwardly.

"Yeah, and think about the new material we've acquired," Drew waves the disc in the air.

"We only have a few days before we have to perform so I suggest we get out of here as soon as possible," Sasha states, projecting a holographic calendar.

"She's right, we need to leave now, we don't have much time to rehearse," Alice walks over to the 'clean' side of the couch and picks up her shirt, slipping it on she grabs her Guardian jacket and zips it up and then attaching her breastplate to it. Before she can put on her boots, she looks behind her towards Drew and smiles, "Take a girl for a ride?" she asks cutely.

Drew smiles and looks at his Ghost to which he nods in agreement.

"Anytime."

2 days later…

"Okay guys, I wanna see your best out there. Just like we've practiced; we've come a long way and we don't want to let them down," Drew states to the crew, including everyone who is assigned as the Stage Crew to help monitor the lights and speakers.

Alice places a hand on his shoulder and walks up next to him, "That's right, one last push for the Concert of the year. We promised them something great this year…" she pauses and looks at everyone; Retz, Johnny, Ren, and the stage crew as well, giving them all a confident smile, "then that's what we'll give them," she finishes as takes her place next to Drew.

Johnny steps up and puts a fist in the middle of the group, "GUARDIANS ON THREE! ONE! TWO! THREE!"

"GUARDIANS!" everyone cheers in unison. Immediately, everyone disperses and run to their designated positions, preparing to the light the stage like never before. It was an ambitious project but they managed to set everything up in time.

"Hopefully, everything goes according to plan," Drew says as he watches the band get behind their instruments.

"Everything will be alright, just' don't think about what they're doing. You just keep your eyes on me," she tells him with a peck on the lips, "Come on, they're not gonna wait all night for us," she tells him as she gets just behind the curtains.

Drew smiles and gets in position next to her, "Five seconds!" the stage manager calls them on the comms.

"Gotcha," Alice acknowledges and looks over at Drew, noticing he's already looking at her, "What?" she asks.

"You look good in that new hood, makes you look more like a Guardian," Drew compliments.

"What made you think I didn't look like one in the first place?" she asks with a half-smile.

"I never said that. You just look beautiful is all," Drew tells her. Alice smiles and looks away, he could tell if she could, she was blushing behind her hood.

"Thanks," she looks back as they both grab their microphones. And with that the lights dim and the curtains lift.

The crowd cheers wildly as the excitement pours out. Immediately, the band starts to play.

[Begin Of Monsters And Men- Little talks-] Just listen to the song and use your imagination for this part.

*instrumental*

"HEY!"

*instrumental*

"HEY!"

*instrumental*

"HEY!"

Alice: I don't like walking around this old and empty house

Drew: So, hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear

Alice: The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake

Drew: It's the house telling you to close your eyes

Alice: Some days I can't even trust myself

Drew: It's killing me to see you this way

Together: 'Cause though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies to shore

*instrumental*

Alice: There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back

Drew: Well tell her that I miss our little talks

Alice: Soon it will be over and buried with our past

Drew: We used to play outside when we were young And full of life and full of love.

Alice: Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right

Drew: Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear

Together: 'Cause the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies to shore

"HEY!"

Together: Don't listen to a word I say

"HEY!"

Together: The screams all sound the same

"HEY!"

Together: Though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies straight to shore

*instrumental*

"HEY!"

*instrumental*

"HEY!"

*instrumental*

*silence*

Together: You're gone, gone, gone away I watched you disappear All that's left is the ghost of you.

Together: Now we're torn, torn, torn apart, There's nothing we can do Just let me go we'll meet again soon

*instrumental*

Together: Now wait, wait, wait for me Please hang around I'll see you when I fall asleep

"HEY!"

Together: Don't listen to a word I say

"HEY!"

Together: The screams all sound the same

"HEY!"

Together: Though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

Together: Don't listen to a word I say

"HEY!"

Together: The Screams all sound the same

"HEY!"

Together: Though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

*instrumental*

Together: Though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore

…

As the song nears, Alice and Drew walk to each other slowly still singing towards one another. Alice wraps an arm around Drew's neck as he hooks an arm around her waist, the two look each other in the eye, their faces inching closer and closer, and sing their last line, "Though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore," as they finish, Alice pulls her hood to cover themselves from the crowd as they share a passionate kiss, with the lights in the background only showing their shadows mingling.

The crowd cheers in unison at their show of affection and scream even wilder as the lights shine down on them. Drew and Alice separate and face the crowd, waving at them as they take their small break, "You guys still want more?" Alice asks.

"YEAH!" the crowd screams.

"Then we've got more where that came from," Alice tells them, further fueling the people's excitement.

Drew looks at her and smiles, "Then let's give it 'em," he tells her.

Alice smiles and throws the microphone in the air, catching it in her other, "I'm ready when you are big guy," she tells him.

With that, the two sing the night away. Expressing their love through song and music.

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