CoCo

Chapter 9

That night sparked something in Kriplespac. Usually, he barked at CoCo, but now he seemed to be a bit softer towards her. Not much, but just a little. I guess he felt that the two of them had come to an understanding last night. For some reason, Kriplespac felt very open towards CoCo. Maybe it was because she didn't know anything, so nothing he told her would matter. Maybe it was because she was the only female in the base and, her feminine charms brought out a different side of him. Maybe it was because he spent every night with her, sleeping with her every night. Let's face it, sleeping with someone is very personal and intimate. And not to mention that the nighttime always seems to bring out sentimental feelings. But whatever the reason was, Kriplespac told her things, deep feelings, things he never would want anybody else to know. Little did he know, though, that CoCo was hiding a very deep feeling. She wanted to tell him, but she couldn't do it. Perhaps she would have to wait until the right time came along.

CoCo watched him today, as usual. Sometimes he would glance at her and smile. She smiled back. Simon was there in the lab, too. He watched them, an suspicious feeling creeping up on him. As he watched for a while, a light suddenly lit up in his mind. He thought he figured it all out. Kriplespac had to leave the lab for awhile, to do some other things. He left Simon in charge of CoCo. Simon and CoCo watched him leave. After he left, an uncomfortably awkward silence fell over them. Simon cleared his throat, making CoCo jump.

"I know how you feel about him," Simon said. "I know that you like him."

"W-w-I-I-I beg your pardon?" CoCo asked, shocked by his sudden assumption.

"Don't play dumb," Simon scolded. "You know what I'm talking about. I can see it in the way you look at him. You always talk about him, ask about him when you are with me. You like him!"

"W-w-well, so!" CoCo, said. "Maybe I do like him! Do you have a problem with that?"

Simon was silent. He didn't expect her to admit her feelings. "Well..No, not really," he answered. "But what, exactly, do you see in him? I mean, he's a great man, but I wouldn't ever expect that a woman of your stature to have a crush on a legless German professor! You two would make a very odd couple."

CoCo was appalled by Simon's words. How dare he judge her! How dare he! "How dare you!" She accused. "You don't know me, you don't know what I like! I've had so much romantic problems in the past. But, no, this is different, this feeling I have towards him. He may not be what I had imagined my dream man would be, but you know what? He's even better than anything I could ever imagine! You know why? Because he's REAL! I just know that he is my 'Mr. Wonderful!' I feel it in my gut!"

"Calm down, jeez," Simon said. "I don't care how you feel towards him. But I think it will be extremely difficult for him to love you back."

"What do you mean?" CoCo wanted to know.

"Nevermind, you wouldn't understand," Simon said, quickly. He didn't want to let her know that her lover's enemy was the Squirrels. "You're wasting your time."

CoCo lowered her eyes. "I'll prove you wrong. You wait and see. Kriplespac and me will be happy together!"

As Simon and CoCo talked, a bunch of other Tediz were in a group circle, lazing and talking to each other. One Tediz soldier, whom was a grunt named Scott, was looking at a porno magazine that he had obtained from a Squirrel that he had killed in battle. He snickered a pervy snicker. He nudged the Tedi next to him and pointed to a picture in the magazine.

"Get a load of the tits on her!" He snorted, pointing to a picture of tall, busty, blue-eyed, grey squirrel wearing matching pink and yellow bra and undies. Her long, blonde hair was tied up in a pony tail. The Tedi looked at the picture. "Hmm.." he said, and turned away, clearly not interested in squirrel porn. Scott shrugged and continued to look at his magazine. The other Tediz talked and drank beer. One Tedi loved to spread rumors and that's what he was doing, spreading rumors. Another Tedi was bragging about how many Squirrels he killed in the last battle. Scott, the perverted Tedi, got up to go pee. As he started heading back, he walked past the lab. He barely glanced at the windows on the doors, but looked again when he thought he saw something. Quietly, he crept up to the windows on the doors and looked inside. He saw Simon testing some experiments on CoCo.

"Da fuq," Scott whispered. He was leaning against the doors, trying to get a better look. He put too much pressure on the door and fell through it. Simon whirled around to see Scott on the floor. Simon pounced for Scott and caught him before he could run out of the lab.

"What are you doing?!" Simon shouted.

"Get off me!" Scott yelled, as he pushed Simon off. "I could ask you the same question." He looked at CoCo. "What were you doing with yonder squirrel?" He pointed at CoCo.

"I'm testing experiments on her, can't you see!" Simon replied, rather snobbishly. "It's what we surgeons always do when we get bored." He grabbed the front of Scott's uniform and pushed him away from CoCo. In a low whisper, Simon warned, "Now you listen to me, Scott. Don't you ever tell anybody about this Squirrel. It is important. Our Master plans to use her for warfare purposes. He hasn't told anybody else about it though, since he hasn't decided when to use her. Please, you can't tell anybody. He ordered me to keep my mouth shut." Simon swallowed nervously and looked at Scott with a pleading look in his eye.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell nobody," Scott whispered. "But on one condition..."

"What's that?" Simon asked.

Scott whispered something to Simon.

"What?!" Simon whispered loudly, giving Scott a disgusted look. Scott hushed him and begged him to agree to his terms. Simon looked around. "Okay, we have a deal," Simon said, shaking hands with Scott. Simon turned to CoCo and walked towards her.

"CoCo!" Simon ordered, "I need you to do something for me. And don't mind him." He pointed to Scott. "He's...just a fellow friend." CoCo looked at Scott and then at Simon.

"Umm, okay," she said quietly.

"Stand up," said Simon. She did so. "Now take off your clothes." CoCo hesitated. "That's an order, missy! Now take off your clothes! C'mon, hurry up!"

CoCo slowly undressed, nervously. Once she got completely naked, Simon demanded,

"Now go over to that pillar over there and start dancing on it! Go on!" She looked at it nervously.

"Do-do I have to?" CoCo squeaked.

"Yes!" Simon screeched. "Now go dry-hump that pillar, you stupid bitch!"

She did as she was told to do. Shyly, she danced around on the pillar. "C'mon!" shouted Simon. "Get more aggressive with it! Hump it like you love it! Pretend it's the Professor!" CoCo obeyed. Tears welled up in her eyes, and her cheeks burned red with humiliation. Simon turned to Scott, who was drooling.

"Happy now?" Simon asked, very disgusted. Scott got out a camera and took pictures of the nude CoCo dancing.

Kriplespac came back into the lab, looking down at some papers in his hand and mumbling to himself. He looked up and saw the horrific scene.

"Vat ze fuck is going on here!" He shrieked, zooming up to where Scott and Simon stood. The two Tediz looked at him, shocked. They hadn't heard him come in. "Vat are you doing in here!" Kriplespac shouted at Scott. He turned to Simon. "Vhy did you let him in? And vhy-" He stopped when he saw CoCo dancing. He blushed. For a couple of seconds, Kriplespac was intrigued at the sight of CoCo dancing naked. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her. Shaking his head, he snapped out of his trance.

"CoCo! Stop dancing and get your clothes back on!" he ordered. She obeyed. He turned again to his Tediz.

"Does anyone vanna tell me vat's going on?" He asked them.

"I'm sorry, sir," Simon confessed, stepping forward. "I was testing some things on CoCo and Scott suddenly fell through the door. I told him not to tell anyone about her and he agreed to do so only if he got to take pictures of her dancing naked." Simon looked up at Kriplespac. "Forgive me..." Kriplespac blinked, not knowing what to think.

Scott stepped in, supporting Simon. "I promise I'll be true to my word, master. I won't tell anybody about this. I won't show any of the other Tediz these pictures either." Kriplespac stared at him.

"Okay," he said, "But, you keep your mouth shut, especially around zat big-mouthed rumor Tedi. If you do tell anybody, zen you'll be getting ze duct tape! " Scott nodded. Kriplespac looked at CoCo. She was staring at him, scared. He went over to her. "C'mon," he whispered. "It's time for you to back up to ze bedroom." Kriplespac led her away. The two Tediz looked at each other and sighed in relief.

"Damn," said Scott, "I thought he was gonna kill us." He looked down at the picture he took. "Dayum! Look at that body!" He waved a picture in Simon's face. Simon refused to look at it.

Later, CoCo and Kriplespac lie together in bed. Silent. Kriplespac wanted to say something to her, but couldn't find the words. He thought about what he saw her doing in the lab, her sexual dancing. He wanted to somehow bring that up with her. Thinking about it, he whispered, "I'm sorry about vat happened today in the ze lab." She didn't answer. "I'm sorry if you vere humiliated."

CoCo looked into his eyes. "It's okay," she whispered softly. "You don't have to apologize. It wasn't your fault."

"But zey are my soldiers," Kriplespac carried on. "I feel responsible for zeir actions. Zey should not have treated you like a sex object."

"But I thought that's all I am, just a prop," CoCo said. "You said so yourself."

Kriplespac gasped quietly. She had a point.

"Vell, not zat kind of prop," he reassured her. CoCo smiled weakly. She scooted closer to him, wanting to feel his comfort. He invited her to snuggle into his chest. He held her close to his body, feeling her breathe. That little, tiny spark inside of Kriplespac started to grow. A small growth, it was, but it sure was a sizable one. CoCo looked up at him. Reaching her lips up to him, she gently kissed his nose. Colour flowed into Kriplespac's cheeks, but lucky for him, it was too dark for CoCo to see. He really enjoyed that kiss, and he hoped that she would do it again. But she didn't. Instead, she snuggled her face deeper into his chest and fell asleep. Oh well, at least he knew that she wasn't mad at him for what happened today. At least he could feel her body close to his again.