Ch. 17
The plan
Krystal opened her eyes and could see the white of someone's shirt; she moved a little bit and felt a pair of warm arms were wrapped protectively around her, she lifted her head up and noticed Josh was still asleep. She moved her left arm out from under her body and propped her head up with the elbow lying on the bed. She watched Josh sleep for a few moments, he was making soft moaning noises, it was like he was a puppy dreaming.
Krystal smiled at the sounds he made, she used her right hand and gently started to trace circles on his chest, suddenly he made an 'Mm' She paused and looked at his face, his eyes were still closed.
"That tickles." He said still tired and slowly opened his eyes and was met with her smiling face.
"Good morning." She whispered, he gently smiled back at her and removed his left arm from her body and brought it to his face to wipe the sleep from his eyes, afterwards he placed his left hand on her hip and gently started to rub her thigh.
"Morning blue." He said, Krystal smiled and placed her palm on his chest.
"Are we doing pet names now?" She asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile, Josh shrugged his shoulders.
"Maybe." He said with a smirk and kissed her nose, which prompted her to move her face closer to his and touch his nose with hers.
"Okay…U-Kia." She said, Josh raised a brow.
"U-Kia?"
"It's Cerinian…It means Dearest one." Josh smiled at his new nickname and welcomed it, knowing she considered him as her dearest one made his heart swell with love and joy. He moved his left hand up from her thigh to her furry check and gently started to rub at it with his thumb.
"You're my U-Kia as well blue." Krystal smiled and stared deeply into his eyes.
"Well then my sweet Human…What shall we do now?" She asked, Josh shrugged his shoulders.
"What would you like to do?" He asked, Krystal scrunched up her face as she thought for a second, then she smiled.
"I want to do something very special with you, something I only want to do with you." She said, Josh started to blush a little bit at what she might be talking about.
"What is it?" He asked, suddenly Krystal placed her hands on his shoulders and rolled him onto his back as she straddled him and looked lustfully into his eyes and a wicked seductive smile appearing on her face.
'Oh boy.' He thought as she slowly lowered herself to his face, she moved her muzzle to his ear and teasingly licked it. It sent shivers all throughout his body and slowly he started to get turned on.
'I can't believe this is about to happen.' He thought, Krystal then placed her lips to his ear and slowly started to talk. Each time she spoke her warm breath blew at his ear making him even more turned on.
"I…Want…Me…And…You…To jump on the bed as if it was a trampoline."
'What!?' He said in his mind, Krystal leaned up and was wearing an innocent look and smile on her face, trying to act like she didn't just tease him.
"Well?" She asked, Josh laid his head down and a pitiful groan left his mouth. Krystal giggled and patted his chest with her hands, "Come on, it'll be fun." She said and stood up and started to jump up and down.
"I always did this when I was younger." She said laughing as she jumped. Josh raised his head to look at her, even though he had just been cruelly teased he couldn't help but smile at how much fun it seemed like she was having.
'What the hell.' He thought and stood up and gently started to bounce, While Krystal was jumping up to two feet in the air, Josh was only bouncing hard enough to go a couple inches up. Krystal crossed her arms while she bounced.
"We're not going to have much fun if you don't put any effort into it." She said. At the same time Col. Ryan was making his way down the wooden hallway, breakfast had been made and he went to fetch the two, first he knocked on Krystal's door but got no answer.
He opened the door to find the light off and no one insight, he closed the door and walked to Josh's room, that's when he heard the bed bouncing.
"Come on." He heard Krystal say from the other side and then the bed bouncing stopped. "Just relax and push as hard as you can." Ryan raised a brow and was about to knock on the door, suddenly he heard the bed bounce again, only this time a bit harder.
"Yeah…That's it, just like that…This is amazing isn't it, and you probably thought I was crazy for suggesting it?" She asked "Does it feel nice?"
"Yeah, it feels nice…I haven't done this in a while…It feels great." Ryan leaned away from the door, his cheeks were a bit red and he started to rub the back of his neck.
"Oh my God were making a mess in here, blankets are scattered everywhere." Krystal spoke, "Don't stop keep going."
"Sorry." Josh replied.
Ryan stepped away from the door and started to walk off shaking his head.
"I'm sure they'll come down to eat when their ready." He said and entered the elevator.
After the two finished their bouncing they made their way out of the room and into the elevator, they both had a radiant smile on their face. As the door opened they noticed Col. Ryan talking with some other man, Josh instantly recognized the other man as President Rushford.
Josh and Krystal made their way to the two older men, when they noticed the pair approaching they turned to great them.
"Mr. President." Josh said and held out his hand, Rushford smiled and shook his hand, he then turned to look at Krystal.
"Wow." He said as he looked at her, Krystal started to feel a little uncomfortable with the way he was looking at her. "Forgive me for staring my dear, but when Ryan told me about you…Well I just had to see it to believe it." He said and held out his hand. Krystal shook the man's hand and noticed the smile never left his face.
"Truly fascinating…Tell me, how have you like your visit to Earth?" He asked, Krystal scratched her head and thought about it, she thought about how she felt about Earth and the people she met, the food she had, and all the other stuff she had experienced.
"It was a little strange at first I'll admit." She looked over at Josh and smiled. "If it hadn't been for Josh…I don't want to even think what might have happened to me. He's the one who showed me your way of life and customs, there not all that different from the way people live in Lylat." She looked at the president and moved her tail so it brush against Josh.
"I don't regret my stay here, however…This isn't my world, and I must go back to Lylat…Josh has agreed to come with me." She said, Rushford's eyes widened a bit.
"What a coincidence, Ryan and I were just talking about possibly sending an ambassador for Earth with you to this Lylat system to sort of…Introduce ourselves if you will." He then looked at Josh and placed a hand on his shoulder, "What do you say son? Will you represent Earth and be its ambassador?"
Josh was babbled, the president wanted him to represent Earth. It was a great honor for sure, Josh stood straight and saluted the man.
"Sir…It will be my honor to represent my planet." He proudly stated, the president saluted him in return.
"Then let's get down to business." Ryan said, Josh and Krystal had confused looks on their faces.
"What do you mean?" Krystal asked. Ryan answered her question.
"Well, the world will have to know what's going on…All the world leaders will be brought here tonight to be informed of the situation, then we will nationally televise the two of you, so the world can see the Cerinian and the Human ambassador. They will then be told about what we plan to do." The president quickly stepped in.
"It will be the biggest event in the history of the whole world, many people have believed there were others out there, and soon the will know it's all true. I suspect big things will happen in the not too distant future." He said, and then he turned and noticed the Arwing and his smile grew even bigger. It was as if he was a kid in a toy store, he approached it and marveled at it.
"Does it work?" He asked, Krystal stepped forward.
"No, your planet doesn't have the technology to fix and recharge the fuel power cells." The President gave a soft 'hmm'.
"Well who knows, maybe after this Lylat system meets us we will be able to share technology." He spoke and kept looking at the dead Arwing. Krystal shrugged her shoulders.
"I can't speak for the council, so who knows…Maybe they will offer to share, maybe they won't…Earth's technology is still considered primitive under the galactic contact laws, we'll just have to wait and see." She said and turned her gaze to the older man.
"Ryan tells me you were a Mercenary?" He asked. Krystal nodded her head.
"Yes." Suddenly Krystal could see a glim in the old man's eyes.
"I would very much like to hear about some of your adventures Krystal. It would be a great honor for me." He said, Krystal thought about it and then looked over at Josh, who gave her a nod. Krystal turned back to the president. The two started to walk off together.
"Well it all started on a planet named Sauria, after I was trapped inside a crystal that was draining my life away…" Her voice was soon inaudible after the two had walked off a ways. Josh turned to look at Ryan who was still watching Krystal and the president, until they disappeared behind a corner.
"Would you like to get some breakfast Grant?" He asked without looking at him.
"Well…I am a bit hungry." He replied Ryan motioned with his head for Josh to follow him; they walked down a hallway in silence and came to a cafeteria area. There were many rounded tables with four chairs sitting at each one. Ryan and Josh both got a stack of pancakes and coffee, then made their way over to a round table to eat. As they did Ryan spoke out.
"So, are you sure you want to do this Grant?" He asked, Josh paused from eating and looked the Col. In the eyes before nodding. He wanted this more than anything, he would be with Krystal and she wouldn't have to disguise herself in public.
"Yes."
"Are you a bit nervous?" Ryan asked and drank some of his coffee, Josh shook his head.
"No." Ryan raised a brow.
"No?"
"Well…Not right now no…but once I get on whatever's picking us up, I'm sure I'll be very nervous…I'll be the only human in Lylat." He said and continued to eat his food.
"Sounds lonely if you ask me." Ryan replied, Josh nodded.
"It does…But I'll have Krystal, and I'm never alone when I'm with her." He said, "Besides, I get to see different species, visit new planets and be a Mercenary…In space to top it all off." He said with a smile.
"Well, I guess that would make you two space mercenaries." Ryan smiled back.