Sensations he thought were forever lost roiled through his gut. He closed his eyes and sucked air through his gritted teeth. His head rolled back and he blew out the breath. Slowly he looked back down into her eyes and heaved a lung busting sigh, he hugged her a little tighter.
Maria gazed up at the face floating above her as she bathed in a sea of ecstasy. The passion and longing in Martin’s face burned through to her marrow. “Just one more.” She reached up, grabbed him around the neck and pulled him down for his first kiss in a new life. And she was determined to make it a good one.
Martin fought to control his passion, afraid he might hurt this wonderful creature. They separated, and Martin smiled then started to laugh.
Maria raised her eyebrows. “What?”
He grinned until his face hurt. “Somewhere out there, there’s a computer just’a smokin’.” He bounced his eyebrows with a devilish toothy grin.
She failed at stifling a giggle. “Oh, shut up.” She bit his ear for emphasis.
He picked her up and strode back into the Master’s Chamber where he gently tossed her on the immense bed. “Now I’ll take my revenge for not warning me what you were doing and scaring the living piss outta me.”
She looked up with an evil grin. “Give it your best shot, . . . lover boy.” She ended in a nasty, challenging tone.
His response died in his throat as she started crab walking away on the padded expanse, blowing kisses at him. He jumped on the bed and crawled after her, snapping his teeth.
. . .
“Thank you.” Martin brushed back her hair and kissed her on the forehead. “I thought this part of my life was gone forever.” He hesitated. “And having you around was one of the most painful, frustrating things . . .” He sighed.
Maria looked up at his eyes as she lay curled with her head resting on his chest listening to the slow steady heartbeat, her hand absently stroking his side. She closed her eyes and softly smiled. Martin, you don’t realize what a deep compliment that is. “So’kay.” She snuggled into a more comfortable position.
Martin frowned for a moment. “Maria, there’s something I have to ask. You looked really scared during the linking, or whatever it’s called, and when it finally formed you were thanking somebody.” He finished with a pensive look.
Maria sighed and pulled a little closer. “Occasionally one of us can’t achieve a level two link,” she shuddered involuntarily, “and our link started to fail.” Her eyes had a haunted look. “For a moment I had to face a reality where we could never touch.” She finished in a whisper.
“Oh.” Martin pulled her in a little tighter as he considered living in a world where you knew you were one of the few who would always be alone. He knew he wouldn’t survive.
Something made the bed bounce and Martin looked down into a pair of deep yellow eyes. “Hey Maria, meet Prowler. And thank you, he’s beautiful.”
She giggled when Prowler sniffed her feet, his virtual whiskers tickled.
. . .
Doctor Swain wandered into his lab, his eyes sweeping the consoles with practiced precision. He stopped in front of the console monitoring Martin’s container, something had changed. He sat in a swivel chair, tapped some keys and frowned for a second before smiling as data scrolled down the screen. He stopped near the bottom.
ATTEMPTING LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION
WARNING!!!
SYSTEM NEURAL PATH ERROR, ABORTING SYNCHRONIZATION
ATTEMPTING REMAP BLOCKS 34BF THRU 3F6F
REMAP CORRELATION VERIFIED 98.3% - ACCEPTABLE
RESETTING BLOCKS 3XXX
RESET COMPLETE - NO ERROR
ATTEMPTING LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION
LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
ATTEMPTING SENSORY LEVEL II LOCK
SENSORY LEVEL II LOCK SUCCESSFUL, NOMINAL +3 SIGNAL GAIN
Swain spun himself it the chair, laughing waving his fists in the air. “Congratulations Martin, welcome to the
Maria gazed up at the face floating above her as she bathed in a sea of ecstasy. The passion and longing in Martin’s face burned through to her marrow. “Just one more.” She reached up, grabbed him around the neck and pulled him down for his first kiss in a new life. And she was determined to make it a good one.
Martin fought to control his passion, afraid he might hurt this wonderful creature. They separated, and Martin smiled then started to laugh.
Maria raised her eyebrows. “What?”
He grinned until his face hurt. “Somewhere out there, there’s a computer just’a smokin’.” He bounced his eyebrows with a devilish toothy grin.
She failed at stifling a giggle. “Oh, shut up.” She bit his ear for emphasis.
He picked her up and strode back into the Master’s Chamber where he gently tossed her on the immense bed. “Now I’ll take my revenge for not warning me what you were doing and scaring the living piss outta me.”
She looked up with an evil grin. “Give it your best shot, . . . lover boy.” She ended in a nasty, challenging tone.
His response died in his throat as she started crab walking away on the padded expanse, blowing kisses at him. He jumped on the bed and crawled after her, snapping his teeth.
. . .
“Thank you.” Martin brushed back her hair and kissed her on the forehead. “I thought this part of my life was gone forever.” He hesitated. “And having you around was one of the most painful, frustrating things . . .” He sighed.
Maria looked up at his eyes as she lay curled with her head resting on his chest listening to the slow steady heartbeat, her hand absently stroking his side. She closed her eyes and softly smiled. Martin, you don’t realize what a deep compliment that is. “So’kay.” She snuggled into a more comfortable position.
Martin frowned for a moment. “Maria, there’s something I have to ask. You looked really scared during the linking, or whatever it’s called, and when it finally formed you were thanking somebody.” He finished with a pensive look.
Maria sighed and pulled a little closer. “Occasionally one of us can’t achieve a level two link,” she shuddered involuntarily, “and our link started to fail.” Her eyes had a haunted look. “For a moment I had to face a reality where we could never touch.” She finished in a whisper.
“Oh.” Martin pulled her in a little tighter as he considered living in a world where you knew you were one of the few who would always be alone. He knew he wouldn’t survive.
Something made the bed bounce and Martin looked down into a pair of deep yellow eyes. “Hey Maria, meet Prowler. And thank you, he’s beautiful.”
She giggled when Prowler sniffed her feet, his virtual whiskers tickled.
. . .
Doctor Swain wandered into his lab, his eyes sweeping the consoles with practiced precision. He stopped in front of the console monitoring Martin’s container, something had changed. He sat in a swivel chair, tapped some keys and frowned for a second before smiling as data scrolled down the screen. He stopped near the bottom.
ATTEMPTING LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION
WARNING!!!
SYSTEM NEURAL PATH ERROR, ABORTING SYNCHRONIZATION
ATTEMPTING REMAP BLOCKS 34BF THRU 3F6F
REMAP CORRELATION VERIFIED 98.3% - ACCEPTABLE
RESETTING BLOCKS 3XXX
RESET COMPLETE - NO ERROR
ATTEMPTING LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION
LEVEL II SENSORY SYNCHRONIZATION INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
ATTEMPTING SENSORY LEVEL II LOCK
SENSORY LEVEL II LOCK SUCCESSFUL, NOMINAL +3 SIGNAL GAIN
Swain spun himself it the chair, laughing waving his fists in the air. “Congratulations Martin, welcome to the
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