"Goodbye, Mrs. Stacy. It was great having you here with us," Alex shook the woman's hand as she nodded in response.
It was then Gwen's turn as the mother-daughter duo spent more than just a few minutes saying their farewells. By the end, both of them were left teary-eyed as Gwen's mother got on the private jet. Her brothers had already gone up after their farewells.
As the door to the plane closed, Alex led Gwen back to the car as he started driving.
Gwen was feeling particularly needy as she leaned toward Alex and hugged his free arm.
"Did you want her to stay longer?" Alex asked.
"Yes…" She nodded. "Not just her… It was lively with everyone around, don't you think?"
"I know I was less lively because everyone was around," Alex joked, only to be met with a slap on his chest.
"Hey… would you have an issue if I had my mother move in with us? Phillip is already going to college, while Howard and Simon will graduate high school in two to three years. She'll be all alone then."
"Sure," Alex shrugged. "Hell, if you want me to, I can make sure that your brothers can also move in with us. Phillip is already going to Oxford; I can get the other two in here as well. You don't need to be separated at all if you don't want to."
"You don't think I'm being needy?"
"Not at all," Alex shook his head. "You just care about your family. That's natural."
"It was just an idle thought," Gwen said. "Even if I want her to move in with us, that can only happen after two years."
"You could encourage your mother to look for another partner in the meantime."
"Nah…" She shook her head. "I talked to her about it. She doesn't want to move on at all. She's just happy to see her kids grow up."
"Well, four kids is a lot. They must've really loved each other."
"I feel like I should be offended…"
"Don't be," Alex said. "If you really want to live close to your mother, we can move to the States. I'll set up a permanent portal from our home to the underground lab here."
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Gwen said. "For now, how about we just go home and rest?"
"I have another idea. Wanna go to the beach?"
"It's almost October," Gwen pointed out.
"We can go even if it's December," Alex said. "As long as you're in the mood."
"Sure, I guess, but you need to take me swimsuit shopping."
"Anything for my girl."
"Corny." Gwen snuggled closer to Alex and rested her head on his shoulder.
…
"I am not buying a leopard print bikini," Gwen crossed her arms and looked pointedly at Alex. He had just offered her a bikini with a rough, animalistic design. He had offered it to her just for a laugh.
"Fine, I'll settle for this skimpy one," Alex looked like he was making a great sacrifice as he handed Gwen the insufficient piece of fabric that was even smaller than her palm when put together.
"I'll choose something for myself," She snorted and ignored him before walking further.
"Son, that's not how you convince your lady to wear a sexy bikini," The old man manning the counter spoke with a thick Caribbean accent. "Your methods of going with a funny bad design before going with a skimpy one aren't bad, but you're too out there. Your intentions should both be clear, but not too clear to your lady…"
Alex gladly engaged the old clerk in a conversation as Gwen went through the store, browsing through all sorts of different designs.
She came back to him almost half an hour later and wordlessly grabbed his arm.
"I'll be off… I didn't get his name," Alex mumbled as Gwen led him into the changing room.
"So I like these three," She said, pointing to three sets that were hanging on the hooks. "Help me choose."
Alex looked at the designs for barely a second before evaluating them, "You have to model them for me before I can make an accurate judgment. I need to see you in them."
"Fine, I'm choosing this one," Gwen's hands went to the one that revealed the least skin and was closer to a school swimsuit than a sexy bikini.
"Fine, fine, this one," Alex grabbed her arm and shifted it to another one. This one had an interesting design. It was something of a one-piece bikini, but most of it was made of some kind of stretchable sheer material that would perfectly display her figure and skin.
"Good boy," Gwen smiled brightly and patted Alex on the head.
"I feel like you're trying to turn me into a whipped man the more we hang out these days."
"Please," Gwen said. "I'm just trying to get you to tone down your overbearing nature. I agreed with your choice without hesitation, didn't I?"
Alex shrugged, "Worst case scenario, I have to spend a couple of months with you in our new home dungeon."
"Don't you dare try to use any of your shitty hypnotic tactics on me," Gwen pointed at him.
"Those shitty hypnotic tactics have healed your mind and soul."
"And why did I need that, I wonder…" Gwen's words left Alex speechless.
"Are you always going to use this card when we disagree?"
"If I feel the need to, yes," Gwen's haughty tone made Alex sigh in defeat.
As they walked out of the store, the sound of waves crashing against rocks instantly hit their ears. "We're a fifteen-minute drive away from our destination. Do you want to change here or in the car?"
"I'll change once we get to the beach. They should have changing rooms. If not, then I'll just do it in the car."
"Fine, I'll pretend that I haven't already imagined you in all sorts of positions while wearing that swimsuit."
Gwen coughed instantly and looked at Alex with an annoyed scowl, though the blush on her face gave her embarrassment away.
Without saying anything more, they sat in the car and made their way to the beach.
"There aren't any changing rooms here… Can we go to another beach?"
"Just change in the car," Alex said. "I've already paid for the entry. Plus, this place is empty, we have virtually the entire beach to ourselves. What if the others are crowded? You won't let me use my powers to drive people away either."
"Yeah, you're right… Hold a spot for us. I'll be back as soon as possible." Gwen ran back to their car.
"She's going to be a while," Alex sighed and looked at an unoccupied set of beach chairs.
A calm breath escaped Alex as he got rid of his beach shirt and lay on the beach chair under the shade of an umbrella.
'She's purposefully being annoying to push my buttons and see if I snap at her… She may have accepted the events of the past, but that came at the cost of not trusting me fully. Despite everything, it is going to take years, maybe even decades, for her to truly trust me… Hopefully, whoever said that thing about time healing all wounds wasn't a moron. I don't want Gwen to spend her life with hate festering inside her.'
As Alex was still musing, his enhanced senses picked up the sound of someone stepping on the sand, and he instantly knew who it was. He turned his head and lost his breath. His girlfriend was slowly walking toward him, adorned in a blue bikini that matched her eyes. It didn't particularly expose too much skin but exposed her figure perfectly as the sheer fabric that covered her stomach gave her a unique feeling. She approached him with a confident expression that was an equal mix of haughty and arrogant. She knew that Alex was mesmerized by her appearance.
"I see you're all in the mood to enjoy a long-term vacation," she looked at his lazy appearance and commented.
"Come into the shade. You'll get sunburnt," Alex said.
"You aren't going to protect me? After all the time you keep me cooped up indoors without the sun, my skin is as pale as a frickin' baby's," her tone was full of blame.
"I have an offer. I'll put sunscreen on you, and you can go and order me a sweet fruity drink, one of those they make with vodka."
"No whiskey on ice?"
"At the beach? Please. Oh, and don't forget the swirly straw."
"Sunscreen first," Gwen made him scoot to the side and sat on his bench despite the adjacent one being free.
"Do I have to use my hands?" Alex asked.
"If you dare to take a shortcut, I'll… I don't know. I'll bring you a cheap, warm rum or something." Even Gwen was feeling tired of acting bratty all the time.
"Make yourself comfortable," Alex said, sitting up and letting Gwen take the bench as he produced a bottle of sunscreen lotion from his ‹Inventory›.
"Hey, Alex," Gwen looked up at his face as he poured the lotion on his palm. "I'm thinking of getting a tan."
He froze mid-movement.
"You told me now on purpose, didn't you?" He looked at her pointedly.
"Yes?" She acted innocent, posing it as a question.
Alex shook his head. "What a brat," He wiped the lotion off his hand and pulled another lotion out of his inventory. "This one should prevent you from getting sunburnt while letting you get an even tan."
"Thanks," She smiled a toothy smile.
"If you were going to go for a tan, the skimpy bikini would've been better."
"I just decided that abruptly," Gwen said. "And it shouldn't be a problem as long as I get rid of it entirely, no?"
"So the entire trip to the store was wasted? You could've just worn an old swimsuit."
"Then I wouldn't get to see your disappointed expression when I rejected your offer to wear an inappropriate outfit."
"Have your fun while it lasts, Gwen," Alex growled under his breath as he picked up her arm and spread the lotion all over her skin.
"Or what?" She wasn't deterred. "Are you going to take me to your dungeon again?"
"No. I'll do the exact opposite. I'll force you to abstain from sex for months on end."
"It's at times like these when I truly hate that you have other women," Gwen said annoyedly. "I can't turn that threat back on you."
"Give me your other arm," Alex said.
"Cat got your tongue?" She asked, raising her other arm for him to rub.
"No, I'm just thinking about something… I've spent the last few days thinking about how our souls became one for a moment when we'd just hit 75%. In a panic, I instinctively closed off my soul from you. Not only did that stop the Bonding Rate from increasing, but I feel that it even suppressed the ability that was awakened when we hit 75%."
"So you are thinking of opening it again? Are you sure?" Gwen asked, her apprehension visible on her face.
"Don't worry. This time, I know what to expect, so I will be able to control the pacing and make sure that the overwhelming sensations don't happen again."
Before Gwen could respond, Alex held her face in between his hands and made her look at him. "Don't say or think. Let's just enjoy ourselves today and leave everything else to tomorrow."
Alex used his thumbs to spread the lotion all over Gwen's face. She felt a cooling sensation spread throughout her body as his thumbs gently ran along her eyelids. An involuntary hum escaped her throat as her body went slack, losing some of the tension that had been present ever since her family got on the plane.
After a few seconds, Alex's hands slipped inside Gwen's swimsuit, directly loosening the knot of her top as he freed her breasts and massaged them.
"Mn…" Gwen hadn't opened her eyes at all and was happily enjoying Alex's massage as he slowly rolled down her swimsuit and massaged her stomach. Soon, he did the same with her bottoms and put her swimsuit on the side with his shirt. He spent his sweet time making sure that he didn't leave a single part of her body untouched before making her turn and doing the same with her back.
"You don't need to finger me to put lotion on, Alex," Gwen mumbled, though she was clearly on the way to falling asleep.
"It's a part of Alex's special massage. Take it or leave it," He continued, fingering Gwen with a two-pronged approach, using his fingers and his thumb.
Since he was being gentle, Gwen's subsequent moan was more sensual and lazy than passionate.
Only when Alex was completely satisfied did he stop and stand up.
"No forced orgasms?" Gwen asked.
"Nah, you seem too peaceful right now. I don't want to mess it up."
"Pity, I would've easily passed out afterward."
"Do you want to sleep and rest, or do you want to go for a swim first?"
"Let's go swimming. I've never gone skinny dipping before. At least not at the beach."
"Huh… You're right." Alex realized. "We should go on more beach dates."
"Can you bring me that fruity drink first, though? I can't exactly go there like this."
"Fine. You can laze around and pity the poor souls who decide to come to this beach today."
"What, why?" Gwen frowned, but Alex was already gone. "You're too possessive, dude."
…
Once Alex returned with the drinks, Gwen sat up and made space to let him sit beside her.
"Are you annoyed with me yet, Alex?" She asked, sipping her drink.
"Nah. I'm coping by imagining the many things that I will do to fix your new bratty attitude. It involves all kinds of different disciplining techniques."
"I won't let you," Gwen said, leaning on him and putting her head on his shoulder. "I still have my ace."
"That just means that I need to be fast enough to make sure you don't have the time to use that ace," Before Gwen realized it, Alex had grabbed her boob.
She slapped his hand, "Let go."
"I won't," he did the opposite and squeezed her boob even harder. She squirmed and was about to hit his palm again, but he moved it lower, ending up with her slap connecting with her own skin.
"Alex…" Gwen growled as his hand traced along her waist.
"Here, drink," he put the glass in front of her face. Showing a disgruntled expression, Gwen moved her face forward and drank from the straw. "Like it?" Alex asked as she emptied half the glass in one go.
"It's good," She nodded.
"Good, It was spiked. Expect to feel extremely horny any second now."
She looked at him dryly, "Finish yours. Let's go swim."
Alex nodded and continued moving his palm all along Gwen's skin while slowly drinking.
Gwen sighed in defeat and took both glasses from his hands.
"What?"
"You're being too slow," she held both straws between her lips and quickly emptied both glasses. "There, we're done. Let's go swim now."
"I was drinking that."
"I'll get you another later." She grabbed his hand and stood up, pulling him up.
"Fine, fine," Alex followed along with the moody brat.
"Get rid of those first. I'm not going to be the only one naked here."
Alex didn't have anything to be shy about and got rid of his shorts as well.
"Good boy," Gwen approached him with a smile and looked up at his face before running her hand through his hair.
"I was damn sure that you would grab my dick just now," he laughed.
"As you wish, baby~" Gwen whispered, and her fingers quickly wrapped around his slightly stiff shaft. "Now come with me." She walked toward the water while still holding his dick.
"Are you trying to be the top, Gwen?" Alex asked with a teasing smile.
"Of course not. I know my limits. I won't even be able to last until your first orgasm. I just wanted to try — Ah!" She suddenly stepped back as a wave of water drenched her foot. "Something touched my foot."
"Maybe it's the normal kind of tentacle," Alex said, only to have her glare at him as she wiped her foot clean on the wet sand.
"I'm happy that you haven't let go of my dick even in panic," by now, Alex was fully hard, and Gwen's grip was perfect for him.
"Let's go," She continued walking forward as her hand instinctively made pumping motions.
Alex decided to leave everything to Gwen. For once, he would wait and enjoy whatever she was planning instead of taking over.
"This is a weird scene, don't you think? You're supposed to be holding my hand here instead of my dick."
"And we shouldn't go skinny dipping on a public beach. But here we are, no?"
"Touché," Alex nodded, walking beside Gwen, enjoying her service.
Soon, they were deep enough that the water reached all the way up to their waists.
"I think this is a good enough depth, don't you think?"
"We can go deeper. I'll make sure that we don't drown."
"What if Atlantis comes after you?"
"You know… That's not as unlikely as you think. It's possible that Atlantis exists on your Earth."
"Now I'm definitely pulling you deeper," Gwen's grip over his dick tightened as she walked further into the water.
"Sure," Alex nodded.
"Ah!" Gwen was suddenly splashed by water, drenching her face and hair. "Alex!" Enraged, she used both hands to gather water and splash it at Alex.
Suddenly, Alex charged forward and tackled her, grabbing her waist and throwing her into the water.
Unwilling to lose, Gwen hooked her ankle to Alex's calves and exerted all her strength to force him to fall as well.
[The force of your leg is like that of a toddler.] Despite the taunt, Alex obediently fell alongside Gwen. He didn't want to take things too far and make it an actual pride issue for the new bratty Gwen.
[I'll show you the force of a toddler.] Gwen didn't waste the chance and quickly twisted her body, falling on top of Alex.
Falling on top of Alex, Gwen was quick to straddle him and sit up with her hands on his shoulders, forcing him to keep his entire body underwater.
[I don't need oxygen, Gwen.]
While not going as far as directly flipping positions, Alex didn't give Gwen the satisfaction of seeing him breathless.
[I'll make do.] Gwen swayed her body, stroking Alex's dick with her wet entrance. [Jerking you off for the past five minutes has left me so horny, did you know?]
[I have that effect on my hosts…]
[Don't be so smug. I'm just doing this because I'm horny.]
[If you're going to play the Tsundere, at least do it right. Say that you're just using me for my tentacles or something.]
Gwen's harrumph was audible to Alex even underwater as she raised her torso and took him inside.
Alex's hands naturally moved to Gwen's shapely hips, supporting her movements as she brought her hands closer and rested them on his chest.
Gwen's provocative words died as all that escaped her lips were sexy moans. Every movement made her tits bounce up and down. As for the water all around them, it continued splashing around, repeatedly being shaken off of Gwen's body. The scene looked like dew kept appearing on Gwen's body before being shaken off. That was especially true for her breasts, making the scene look almost unrealistic.
[I wanna kiss you, Gwen.]
[Well, I just wanna fuck, loverboy.]
[I think I'm done having you hide your feelings from me.]
[Alex, no…] Gwen's pleading tone sounded especially vulnerable amidst her pleasured moans as she rode him.
[Do you trust me, Gwen?]
[I do, but…] Her response came without hesitation and some agitation.
[No buts. Just trust that I know what I'm doing. This may be unchartered territory, but it's not like before. I'm prepared for this.]
[…]
[I want your confirmation, Gwen.]
[Fine, damnit. Do it. Can't even let a girl enjoy her moment…] After saying her peace, Gwen suddenly stopped her movements and leaned forward and entered the water. [How do I do this?] Having taken the initiative, Gwen was a novice in making out underwater.
[How about I let you figure it out?] Alex was amused. Before Gwen could angrily sit back up, Alex's arms wrapped around her, and she found his lips pressed against hers, forming an air-tight seal that blocked any of the salty seawater from entering her body. She released a moan into his mouth as he started moving his hips, continuing their previous business.
As Gwen was moaning, she felt an unfamiliar yet familiar feeling envelop her body. At first, she thought that it was suffocation due to drowning, but her brain was giving her positive signals as she felt something envelop her. She could only relate it to feeling claustrophobic, but her instincts were sending her the exact opposite signals.
Feel it?
Gwen felt like she heard Alex speak in her head, but it was different from usual. She didn't hear his voice in her head. She somehow felt his thought.
Is this what he was talking about…
Gwen's inward musing was similarly felt by Alex.
As their bodies intertwined, Alex flipped their positions, pushing Gwen against the underwater sand and getting more control over the position as he continued his movements with much more fervor.
Yes. I've limited it to real-time thoughts for the moment, but I will increase the connection further now. It will slowly become closer and closer to how we were connected when we crossed that threshold in the past.
Gwen's acceptance was felt by Alex as he gave more of his soul to Gwen, her soul responding similarly, and their connection got even stronger. Gwen could feel more of Alex's present thoughts now. She felt stuff related to Wanda, who was in the Chaos Dimension; stuff related to Natasha, who had allegedly kidnapped a Chinese warlord's daughter and was moving to Ta Lo; stuff related to the other Gwen, who was spiraling toward becoming a shut-in who only talked to her boyfriend; stuff related to Jane Foster's Thor, who had a complicated relationship with him and was stuck in a spaceship with him.
I suddenly understand why he says that his clones aren't actually clones and are mere extensions of his body. The separate thought streams are equivalent to being ambidextrous but on steroids.
Whatever gets you to agree to a rough, long gangbang with multiple bodies. What about you, though? Where's that hate I'm looking for? Is it really that far deep?
With his words, Alex decided to see what Gwen felt when he used more appendages. Two tentacles extended from his torso and latched on to Gwen's breasts, squeezing them and sucking on her nipples, while another emerged from his cock and entered her ass.
Physically, Gwen's body jerked at the multiple sudden stimuli that assaulted her. The suppressed moans got that much louder as her hands that were wrapped around his torso tightened, her nails digging into his flesh.
Spiritually, Gwen's soul was shaking and melding into his even better. It was like the sexual connection extended toward a spiritual aspect and made their soul meld into one.
As a side effect, the pleasure that they both felt increased multifold. While Gwen was already very much stimulated and was close to her climax, Alex's situation extended even to his other bodies, making him divert some of his mental strength to keeping things within the bounds of Gwen.
You can fuck your other women when connected to me, Alex. Since I've accepted their existence, I don't expect monogamy from you. As long as I don't have to interact with them, you don't need to worry.
You didn't respond to my gangbang comment.
And I don't plan to either.
As Gwen's soul got used to the huge influx of information that came from being connected spiritually to Alex, he decided to take things even further. Now that her soul had been healed, it had grown more robust, allowing her to not be instantly overwhelmed by the connection like before. However, the main factor behind this stable and healthy connection was that Alex was keeping the connection controlled.
Let's go further…
This greedy fucker. Always pushing limits…
Alex ignored Gwen's mental complaints and tried to make the bond even deeper, allowing them to share their memories as well.
Weird…
Alex had hit a wall as he tried to strengthen the connection even further.
Maybe we can't do it because the compatibility is only at 75%.
Your guess seems spot on… but we've already felt the far stronger connection.
It was for a very small instant. Maybe it was a taste of what is to come…
Possibly. You know your Superhuman Intelligence is a scam, right? Even though I'm spiritually sharing your real-time thoughts and feelings, I still couldn't grasp the deduction process you used to come up with that solution.
Just say you hit the jackpot with me.
Gwen sensed Alex's amused thoughts before his focus diverted from random things and moved solely to her. She could feel that he'd even put his other bodies in a semi-dormant state in the past few minutes.
With the duo's entire existence melding together as they experienced the epitome of pleasure underwater, where Alex had to share breathable air with Gwen through their kiss, her body didn't last long, soon reaching her climax.
The sensations that were shared through her soul made Alex's entire being shudder as he instantly reached a forced climax. Entering deep inside Gwen's tightened and trembling pussy, Alex's release filled her up as she intensely sucked his lips, desperate for air.
Fuck, that was intense…
Coming down from their orgasm high, both Alex's and Gwen's thoughts were identical.
Having already felt the epitome of pleasure once, Both Alex and Gwen were desperate for more and didn't stop for even a moment as they continued their previous actions — Alex roughly thrusting himself inside Gwen as she swayed her hips to match his rhythm.
More~ more~ more…
As they continued, even their thoughts seemed to meld into one. They seemed to lose themselves in the pleasure as the spiritual connection overwhelmed all facets of self-restraint.
Just as the duo felt their second climax approach, Gwen felt Alex separating himself from her momentarily.
If we keep going, the sun will set. She won't be able to get that tan she wanted.
That momentary separated thought seemed to bring both Gwen and Alex back to reality just as they both reached a climax; their connected souls made its effects exponentially enhanced. It was like a drug that neither of them wanted to stop using.
This is dangerous…
The shared thought helped them separate once again, and Alex used the opportunity to separate their melded souls again. However, he continued his thrusting movements. They didn't particularly need to stop if Gwen didn't want to get that tan.
With a splash of water, Alex sat up while straddling Gwen's thighs and pulled her up with him. She separated from his lips while huffing with glassy, unfocused eyes.
"Wake up," Alex tilted his hand and held her nose with his lips.
"Ahh~" She quickly recoiled, huffing even more violently.
"So," Alex spoke, "More underwater soul sex or getting a tan?"
"When did you stop me from indulging in pleasure?" Gwen asked instead of answering his question.
"When I also end up in this indulgent mindset," He answered. "I prefer to be in control of my actions. Solely because of my kinks when it comes to sex, I cannot afford to lose control."
Gwen couldn't make a joke when Alex answered so earnestly. She sighed and rested her forehead on Alex's shoulder.
"Tan. That soul sex thing took a lot out of me."
"As my Gwen wishes," Alex smiled as he grabbed her butt and stood up.
"Ahn…" Gwen moaned as his dick that was inside her stirred alongside the tentacle inside her ass. "At least get rid of one of them… I'm sensitive." Despite the stimulation, her voice was even more tired than before.
A chuckle escaped Alex's lips, and he couldn't help but kiss her cheek. "I hope that we can get some tangible benefit out of soul sex than just the enhanced pleasure…"
"We got a very tangible benefit. I'm going to fall into a deep sleep in a few seconds. If, when I wake up, my tan isn't perfectly even, you won't hear the end of it until it naturally fades away."
"What a brat," Alex spanked Gwen's ass, making her squirm lazily as she nestled her face in his neck.
-x-X-x-
Alex obliged Gwen and formed a special bench for her to make sure she could sleep comfortably while getting the perfect tan.
Once that was done, he spent the rest of the time analyzing his state under the effects of the soul connection while having sex. Even when indulging in extremely rough and kinky plays, no matter how excited he felt, Alex made sure that he was always in full control of both the situation and, more importantly, himself.
Today, losing that control he always chased after left him somewhat uncomfortable. He had lost himself to his instincts when in that state, only barely regaining consciousness before it was too late.
'I need to spend more time examining this state… Thankfully, I can control how it works and how deep we connect our souls. That makes experimentation easy. Not to mention, the pleasure is almost addictive.'
Turning his head a little, Alex had the full view of Gwen's naked silhouette. Unwilling to suppress his urge, Alex extended his arm and put his hand on Gwen's ass before squeezing her perfect bubble butt and spanking her.
"Mm…" Her response was a tired and sleepy groan as she turned her head to the other side.
"She's really tuckered out.. Hell, even I feel tired after those two continuous shared orgasms. It's exhaustion at the level of the soul," Alex mumbled to himself. Meanwhile, his hand was still on her butt, slowly massaging it. After a while, a thought came to Alex's mind as he let go of her ass, and a butt plug appeared in his hand.
…
After returning from the small vacation, Alex and Gwen found themselves in a somewhat mundane lifestyle that was consistent yet fulfilling—their days started with a morning quickie that led them to the shower; then came breakfast, which they took turns cooking; with that done, they went to work at the research center, working together on the latest project that Alex wanted to work on — with zero leads in terms of Cosmic Energy, they had moved their focus away from it for the moment. Lastly, once the day was over, they would come back home and cook dinner before ending the day with a not-so-quick quickie.
Most of those things were there in their routine because Gwen was adamant about living a normal life. She wanted to enjoy everything about a mundane lifestyle.
Although Alex was more inclined toward spending their days solely having sex and researching — sometimes not exclusively — he respected her wishes and even somewhat appreciated that she was taking a stand instead of letting him walk all over her.
Speaking of sex, their weekends had now involved a special event that followed date night, be it shopping, amusement parks, or even a simple long drive. Without a doubt, post-date, the two would continue experimenting with soul sex, always leaving Gwen's spirituality exhausted. The Sundays disappeared as Alex took care of a tired and needy Gwen. As for Alex's spirituality, he was affected, but not nearly as much as Gwen, who was usually left tired and sleeping wherever. The pleasure, however, was off the charts. Alex was yet to find out an actual benefit of it for now, but he was adamant about exploring it very regularly.
Just like that, six months passed by.
"We did it," Alex and Gwen were out on an impromptu celebration date on a Thursday night. As Alex's wine glass clinked with Gwen's. "To my beautiful girlfriend's superhuman levels of intelligence."
"Don't flatter me. Without the help of already existing nanochip, hologram, and other technological blueprints that you got me, we wouldn't be able to make such a compact device for another two years. That's not even considering the training and development time for the onboard AI that we added. Using an existing, trained model was much easier." Gwen pushed her hair behind her ear and lowered her head, glancing up at Alex with a glint in her eyes.
"It was still mostly you. I couldn't use the Mind Stone for the Artificial Intelligence — You know, Ultron and shit."
"I know, I know. That's why I added the kill switch. Now your dreams of becoming the dictator of a dystopian world are one step closer to reality."
"You know that's not my plan. That's not even my main purpose for those bracelets."
"I know, I know. You just want to collect all of the populace's data and sell it to an alien civilization."
Alex looked at her dryly. "We may have established a viable production line for it, but we still need to make billions of units," He said. "Only then will the aliens even consider buying my data. It's going to take a long time for that to happen. Even longer to make people transition despite the upcoming governmental policies."
"You are so going to turn your empire into a communist empire. And the first victims will be the smartphone manufacturers of the world."
"A communist model can work if you establish a valid merit system alongside it. Of course, it would probably still fail if the leader of the people isn't an immortal slime with an iron-tight fist. Getting things without working for them makes the average person complacent and an ambitious person resentful."
"Yeah, you've given me this lecture a thousand times. I'm still going to call you a communist until you show me otherwise."
"That's going to be a while then. Hopefully, it will not be as long, considering the pace of the factory's output."
"Are they already finalizing the pieces?"
"They are," Alex nodded. "In the past hour, we've finished the making of more than a thousand pieces. Eight hundred years, and we can finally meet the requirement of seven billion."
"Then set up eight hundred factories," Gwen shrugged off Alex's concerns. "Do you already have the first production model?"
"I do," Alex nodded with a smile. "Do you want to do the honors of being the first registered citizen of planet Earth-120703?"
"What a boring name," Gwen snorted. "But yes, I would. Now, give me my bracelet."
Alex smiled at her excitement and handed her a slick black band that was as thin as a phone's charging cable and as wide as her pinky finger.
Without a moment's delay, she separated its magnetic connector and put it on her wrist before it automatically attached itself back to its magnet.
"Greetings. I am Gaia," a soft and pleasing feminine voice spoke from the bracelet, audible to both Alex and Gwen. "This is your first time registering as a citizen of this planet. Would you like to initiate the registration process, or would you like to unclasp?"
Gwen didn't respond and instead tried to open the bracelet. Unlike before, when the magnet separated quite easily, this time, it wouldn't give.
"Attempted forced unclasping. Do you wish to unclasp?" Gaia's voice asked again, just as calm and soothing as before.
"No. I would like to register."
"Thank you, Miss Gwendolyn Stacy. Your information is being pulled from the public database and registered. Please do not try to remove the bracelet during this time."
Just as Gaia went silent, Gwen spoke to Alex.
"I didn't think that this magnet would work, but it's pretty robust," Gwen said.
"You are the one who designed this," Alex said.
"No one is completely confident about their work. I'm going in expecting to see failures. I can only say that this thing will need at least ten years of refinement to be a truly robust system with minimal errors."
"It's a long road… I need to start thinking about sustainable development as well. For now, I'm happy sucking away the resources of the planets without any replenishment. It's not a long-term solution."
Gwen leaned back on her seat and stretched her arms above her head. "That's your headache to deal with. For now, I'm taking a month-long break before diving into any other projects. I'm thinking of the Bahamas."
Alex smiled at the look Gwen was giving him. Whatever my lady wants. We have no leads in particular regarding cosmic energy anyway until we can start monitoring a large number of people with these bracelets."
"Calibration complete," Gaia's voice suddenly came from Gwen's wrist. "Welcome, Miss Stacy. Please tell me how you would like me to refer to you."
"Just Gwen will be fine, Gaia," Gwen answered.
"All right, Gwen, would you like me to import your contacts and other necessary information from your phone?"
"Yes."
"As you wish. Please place the bracelet on top of your phone for five seconds for me to initiate the transfer."
"Okay," Gwen tried to take off the bracelet, only for Gaia to alert her.
"No need to take it off, Gwen. Just place your wrist on your phone."
"Not bad," Gwen nodded.
"Would you like for me to introduce the basic features of the Gaia Bracelet?"
"Not at the moment, thanks, Gaia."
"Do you need anything else?"
"What about the neural integration system of the bracelet?"
"That feature is currently in beta but is free for anyone to opt in by request. To enable the neural interface, you must visit one of Gaia's authorized dealers. Would you like to know more?"
"Tell me."
"A small amount of your blood will be drawn for calibration purposes and used by the bracelet as the baseline to attune itself to the frequency of your brain with the use of your vitals. As long as the bracelet is connected to your wrist, the neural interface will be active. To read more about it, please visit the documentation of the Gaia Bracelet Model 1."
"Thanks, Gaia. Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Gwen."
"She's pretty cool, don't you think?"
"I'm more interested in the data we collect from people once these bracelets are widespread. And that will require power. Even though a large chunk of Gaia's system works on a peer-to-peer system, we will still need a nuclear plant to power the base server."
-x-X-x-
Six more months passed, and four years in total had passed since Alex had established the Time Dilation field on both of Gaia's planets.
In a small store in California.
"What do you mean that breaking this device is a federal crime?!" A man spoke to a clerk with agitation.
"I don't know, sir. I'm just a cashier. You'd be better off joining the class action suit against Gaia and the government if you are really butthurt about this specific issue," The woman manning the counter spoke with a typical dead-eyed expression, and her tone expressed just how done with everything she was.
Hearing the woman's practiced response, the man frowned. "Is this a common problem that people have with the Gaia bracelet?"
"You are the seventeenth person to ask me this today," She spoke.
"It's barely noon…" The man spoke with some discomfort.
"Exactly. Now, do you want to take it or not?"
"What if I accidentally break it? Do I still go to jail?"
"No. In that case, you will be provided a free replacement after the audit, which lasts a few hours."
"What if it's a dent that accidentally revealed the internal circuitry? What then?"
"As long as it's accidental, everything will be fine."
"What about right-to-repair… This has to be an FTC violation on so many levels."
"As I said, you can search the necessary information regarding the class action suit and add your name to the registry. Alternatively, you can talk to our in-house attorney. He charges hourly."
"How much?" The man asked.
"Five hundred. For the hour."
"Five hundred! Why don't you rob me?"
"You can pay for it with a card," the woman said, instantly making the man hesitate.
"Fuck… That's your scheme, isn't it. I can't pay for anything anywhere else…"
"Since you are not buying it, please move on. People are waiting." The woman didn't afford him any decency after his display.
"Morons…" She mumbled tiredly under her breath, "Even double wages aren't enough to deal with these people all day." She sighed and spoke, "Gaia, can you send the next person?" Her bracelet didn't respond, and instead, a holographic screen appeared in front of the woman's eyes that showed Gaia's response since the AI was set to mute.
As for the man, he entered the attorney's cabin.
"You're here for a consultancy?" The attorney asked with a lax tone as the man's eyes darted to look for a hanging bar certification, but he didn't find any.
'It's all a fucking scam…'
"Yes," The man quickly got to the point. "I wanted to ask what I'm supposed to do in this situation. My bank tells me that they are disabling their card and online transaction services and will exclusively work with the Gaia bracelet. This can't be legal."
"It wouldn't be, up until a few months ago. Now? It's mandatory for all banks to shift to the more secure method of using the Gaia Bracelet for any and all transaction purposes. Both the OCC and the FRS have issued these statements jointly. You can even try to change your bank, but it won't help. All American banks are shifting. You must've seen the news about Visa and Mastercard filing for bankruptcy overnight once the relevant laws were passed. American Express won't be far off unless its banks conform to the norm. Currently, the only payment gateway that is allowed is Gaia's proprietary one."
"I did, but I can't even transfer funds online anymore. This is crazy."
"My legal advice. Buy the bracelet. If you don't have the money, I can help you appeal to your bank for a temporary bracelet, but in my opinion, you should just buy it. Even if on credit. It is very convenient."
"…Fine," The man accepted it. "I can't even withdraw cash without a bracelet… Outside, the clerk told me that breaking the bracelet is a federal crime. What's the deal with that? It's a bracelet, accidents happen. What if I break it?"
"You get a free replacement. As for malicious tampering, I'm not sure about the tech behind it, but the internals all get fried, leaving you with nothing more than a charred piece of metal inside the casing. It's apparently a groundbreaking tamper-proof design. Whatever that means. It wouldn't matter, but that is indeed a federal crime. Considering the specific circumstances, you can be sent to jail for it."
"Fine…" The man sighed in defeat. "I'll get the damn bracelet. If only to not starve…"
…
On the other side of the country, in New York.
Alex and Gwen were visiting her mother and two brothers, Simon and Howard. As for her oldest brother, Phillip, he was in Oxford, taking his finals, and would come home in a few days.
"What do you think about the Gaia bracelet, Mom?" Gwen asked.
"It's a marvelous piece of technology. However, the government's push for it does seem a bit unnatural. I agree that it has made things immensely convenient, but essentially forcing people to buy a five-hundred-dollar piece of tech makes things seem radicalized. Just yesterday, I was watching a conspiracy theorist going on about an alien having taken over our planet and using it as a satellite base and all that."
Alex had to clear his throat at Helen's words and spoke up. "It might seem radical, but these policies are being implemented all over the world. In a recent UN meeting, all member countries unanimously voted for the implementation of the higher-end authentication system of Gaia for their transactional systems. The five hundred dollar price tag might sound like a lot for a mandatory thing, but it is a highly subsidized cost. It doesn't even cover the cost of making a single bracelet if we include the R and D costs and time it took for us to research it."
"I see," the woman nodded. "Coming back to your question, Gwen. I haven't had a single problem with your device yet. And Gaia is the most helpful assistant I could've asked for. Whenever I don't understand something, I can just ask Gaia. Not to mention the holographic displays. I thought hologram technology was still a couple of decades away, but not only did you guys invent it, but you also made a product that can project clearly visible holograms that are also interactive. It's very impressive."
"You haven't run into any issues yet, have you?" Gwen asked. "Even something minor, like the interface bugging out on you."
"Not that I've noticed, no." She shook her head.
"That's good," Gwen said. "What about you two bozos?" Gwen then turned to her brothers.
"It's downright horrible," Howard shared a look with Simon and spoke. "So many issues that I can't even begin to count."
Simon spoke next, "So many issues. I can't play most games on it because I can't touch anything. I would have to connect an external controller for that. Not to mention VR. I can't even play games in immersive VR despite signing up for that neural interface with Gaia."
Howard spoke up, "I have more. Gaia never finds me the contact information of someone I talk to unless I explicitly ask for their contact number. Literally unusable."
Just as they were about to continue, Gwen cleared her throat. "Gaia, disable users Simon Stacy and Howard Stacy for the next twenty-four hours."
"Admin control enabled — Administrator, Gwendolyn Stacy. Command accepted. Initiating time-out mode." Gwen's, Howard's, and Simon's devices all spoke in sync.
"Since you two don't like it, you can just enjoy life without it for a while."
"You can do that?!!" Simon was wide-eyed.
"I made it. Of course, I added some developer privileges. If your crime is of a high enough caliber, the police can also get a court order to disable your devices."
"Really?" Helen asked with interest. "In that case, these devices should be tantamount to reducing the presence of crime on the streets."
"You'd think so, but not really," Gwen said as Howard and Simon gestured to Alex apologetically, hoping to get their devices unlocked. "Don't even think about it. I'll show you the consequences of messing with your big sister."
Helen smiled a gentle and satisfied smile at Gwen's behavior. Now that she'd started communicating with them regularly, things had gotten much more casual between everyone, much to her contentment. "How so?" She asked Gwen. "You don't think this will affect crime?"
"Gaia already made a deal to never allow their tech to be used for any investigation purposes. That fail-safe I showed you just now is just there in case the attacker is a terrorist wanted in multiple countries, and the order must be passed through the entire council of the UN. Only then can the bracelet be used for tracking purposes."
"It sounds like launching a nuke is easier than disabling someone else's bracelet."
"That's because it is," Gwen nodded. "Alex has some very grand plans regarding the next product from Gaia, and it hinges on the fact that people consider it to be completely separated from the law."
-x-X-x-
Once dinner was over, Alex got up and said, "I apologize, something came up with work, I have to get going. Dinner was amazing, Mrs. Stacy. Thank you. Bye, Gwen." Alex kissed Gwen goodbye and ran off.
[What the hell?] Gwen asked.
[I'm going to be gone for a while, Gwen. Try not to panic. Something's just come up.]
[Damnit. Just be safe, okay, dumbass?]
[Promise.]
…
A week later.
"Phew, things got dangerous there —"
"Ahh!" Gwen screamed in panic and punched Alex's face, creating a shockwave that almost broke the wall and actually broke the windows.
"Real mature," Alex grabbed Gwen's fist and lowered it.
"You're back," Gwen hugged him tightly, burying her face in his neck.
Alex was a little surprised at her reaction but gently put his arms around her waist, "Did you miss me?"
"You have no idea…" Gwen tightened her arms even more and spoke with her face close to his neck. "Where were you?"
"There was an issue with Wanda that needed me to give it all of my attention. Stuff related to the Chaos Dimension."
"Sounds dangerous."
"Not going to lie, it was very dangerous. But on the bright side, I got something special out of the whole altercation. The dimensional core."
"…Dimensional core…" Gwen trailed off. "Dimensional core…" She pulled back from his arms and looked him dead in the eye, "You destroyed a dimension?"
"Not exactly," Alex said with a confused expression. "It's more like Wanda assimilated a quarter of the dimension while the other three quarters disappeared into non-existence. We could say that Wanda replaced the core of the dimension with herself."
"And the inhabitants? You told me that the Chaos Dimension has many natives living there, right?"
"All dead. But Wanda has their codex saved. All of those species can be revived save for the leaders, who were hostile to her anyway, so good riddance."
"You mentioned a Dimensional Core," Gwen decided to push the thought of dimensional genocide to the back of her head. "How is that relevant to us?"
"From what Wanda tells me, the core essence of the Chaos Dimension works very similarly to our theory regarding cosmic energy. As the Chaos Dimension grew and the creatures within prospered, the core of the dimension slowly grew with them. According to its history, its growth was greater during the more turbulent times of the dimension when wars were rampant, and the residents were desperate and hopeful at the same time. While during the more calm periods, where the residents grew complacent, slowed down the growth of the core."
"So we need people to die for them to generate cosmic energy…" Gwen summarized dryly.
"You don't get it. It's about how they are dying. Those deaths matter. They die with passion, with conviction. These emotions are what make things matter. In times of high emotional instability, its growth is greater while stability slows down growth."
"If you're thinking what I'm thinking, Alex, then you are going to play a sick game. One that I will not become a part of," She stepped back and wrapped her arms around herself, looking away from Alex.
"It is the best way to accelerate the planet's growth, Gwen. An external enemy will be the perfect catalyst."
"I don't condone this. You will create an existential war that will throw the entire world into a panic. The death count will be in the tens of millions over the years. I agree that you will get your so-called Apex empire and all that, but at what cost?"
"That is the only way to accelerate evolution, Gwen. I could spend a few decades working to take over the world slowly to bring world peace, yes. But without desperation, without the existential crisis, the empire will grow completely stagnant, and I will be the sole person spearheading everything. And the only reason I am so motivated is because of my desperation. I may create an artificial existential crisis, yes, but that crisis is nothing in front of what drives me. You know that already."
"It will be success built on countless dead people."
"I already have the blood of over a million people on my hands, Gwen. And that's without counting the billions or trillions of lives that were lost when the Chaos Dimension was destroyed. My conscience is infallible. You don't need to think about this, nor do you need to be involved in this if you don't want to. You can just help me research cosmic energy so that I can finally start to harness it."
"…" Gwen sighed, the defeat in her voice was particularly piercing. "I can't just pretend that I don't have a hand in what you are doing, Alex. But… I understand where you're coming from. I'll support you in this. Even though I'm not very fond of getting so detached from reality that I lose my humanity like you, I have to do this."
"I feel like I should be offended."
"Don't be. I'm only saying the truth. To you, humans are more a means to an end than actual people. The only ones I feel that you care about are your hosts — Me, Wanda, and whoever else you have. Everyone else is firmly designated under either the tool category or the family of a host category."
"You aren't that far from the truth…" Alex said with a small voice.
"Now, how about you show me that core you've been harping on about?" Gwen asked. "We've introspected enough for this month, don't you think?"
"Yeah, that works for me," Alex nodded and held out his hand before a basketball-sized crystal appeared on his palm. "This is the dimensional core that has been completely sucked dry of its true essence."
"How weird…" Gwen looked at the core with a curious expression. "There are no reflections on it. There should at least be some kind of shade on its surface due to my shadow or the surrounding light, but it looks so paradoxically perfect from every single angle. No shadows, nothing."
"It could be absorbing all light that hits it and producing its own," Alex said. "If it is able to match the wavelength of the incident light perfectly, then it can manipulate the reflected rays."
"That would imply that there is a pre-programmed system in this crystal. Or even a consciousness."
"Probably a pre-programmed set of directives. If it had a consciousness, Wanda would know. Now, what we need to work on is those pre-programmed directives. As long as we can find a way to replicate them and use the bracelets as a satisfactory medium, we can use this crystal to act as the core of my own version of cosmic energy."
"You're still hung up on that theory about the Apexforce, huh?" Gwen shook her head. "It's a stupid name, and you can't change my mind about it."
"How dare you!" Alex acted hurt. "Since you dare to be so impudent in front of this great cosmic entity, then you should be ready for the consequences."
"Oh yeah, what consequences?" Gwen snorted and crossed her arms. "Do your worst, tentacle monster. I won't moan a single time."
"I'll make you eat those words," Alex growled, and four tentacles burst out of his back, wrapping around Gwen's limbs and raising her higher.
"Let go!" She resisted shaking her entire body in the process, but it was useless.
"Playing the brat today, are we?" Alex approached her and held her chin, making her look at him. "It seems you need some more taming."
"You may break my body, but you will never break my spirit," she huffed and forcefully looked away.
"We shall see about that, my beloved," Alex lowered his hand and ripped Gwen's top off from the neckline, revealing her bare breasts. "Not even wearing a bra. Were you perhaps expecting such a scenario?"
"You appeared in my bedroom, dumbass. I was just about to go to sleep," Gwen continued, struggling and retorted.
"Is that so?" Alex then placed his hand between her legs. "Why are you wet then? Are you always like this when you sleep?"
"And whose fault is this, huh?" Gwen retorted. "You've been gone a week. That's a whole week's worth of nightly sex I missed out on. Do you think it's easy to just abruptly lose your libido? I even ended up masturbating two days ago, but it was so unfulfilling that I couldn't sleep the entire night. I've missed having your cock inside me twice a day every day."
Gwen's sudden change confused Alex, but he just rolled with it.
"Fine then, since you're so excited, I shall fulfill your wish," Alex ripped away the rest of Gwen's clothes, leaving her naked as his tentacles held her a few inches above the ground with her limbs spread apart. She was just high enough that she could look him in the eye. "But I'm going to give my attention to this special little hole today," Alex's finger slipped lower, teasing her puckered hole as she yelped in response.
-x-X-x-
As the bracelets were getting popularized worldwide through Alex's not-so-subtle tricks, he and Gwen started analyzing the new core he had obtained from the Chaos Dimension so that they could use it to generate cosmic energy.
Unfortunately, the internal workings of the core were too complicated for someone to suddenly start modifying it, no matter how much intelligence they possessed.
Eventually, two years passed as the duo continued working on the core with little progress.
At this point, while Alex had been on Research Earth for a total of six years, he invited two otherworldly visitors to his planet in a slightly loose sense. Natasha and Xialing had come to Research Earth.
…
Moving on to the other planet that was a part of the Gaia Federation. Farm Earth had gone through a very different experience compared to Research Earth during the years of time dilation that they had experienced under Alex's rule.
Alex was walking through the back garden of his house with two separate leashes in his hand.
One leash was attached to a woman with silvery platinum-blonde hair who was clad in a one-piece leather bodysuit as she walked on all fours behind him. It was Felicia Hardy, Alex's precious cat. Her arms were free, while her legs were restrained in sleeves that forced them to stay folded while also providing some padding on her knees. She slowly crawled behind him on her hands and knees while curiously glancing around and occasionally stopping to sniff some flowers or rub her head against his leg.
As for the second leash, it was connected to a busty redhead's collar. She was similarly clad in a one-piece leather bodysuit that was far more restrictive than Felicia's. All four of her limbs were folded into stumps that forced her to crawl on her elbows and knees. There were belts wrapped all over her waist that seemed to be tightened into a corset while her breasts were connected by a chain that extended to her crotch and was dangling and dragging on the ground with her movements. Her face had a muzzle that tightly hugged her lower jaw, forcing her to keep her lips closed around the ball gag that was inside her mouth. She was constantly whining and groaning while staggering in her movements, requiring Alex to pull her along several times. This was MJ, Alex's host in Farm Earth.
After completing one round through the huge garden in half an hour, Alex sat on his usual bench. Both Felicia and MJ got up on their knees and put their arms on Alex's legs. Felicia's arms were free, so she was more comfortable with her position, but MJ's were restrained, causing her some discomfort, not to mention the corset forced her to keep her back straight, making the position even more difficult.
"Wu~" Felicia whined and pressed her head against his arm, making Alex smile.
"My Fel really is the best," He ran his hand through her silvery mane of hair as she closed her eyes, showing a gleeful expression.
"Does MJ want pets as well?" Alex asked, only for the redhead to nod vigorously, causing her drool to drip from her muzzle onto Alex's thigh. "What a messy pet," He shook his head, hooking his finger through the chain that connected her three piercings. As he shook the chain, lightly tugging it, she squirmed in place while whining weakly. Still, she made sure to keep her elbows firmly planted on Alex's knee.
"Try to tighten your lips around the gag so that you don't drool all the time, okay?" Alex let go of the chain and started petting her head as well. She responded with a cute-sounding groan.
As he continued petting both of them, his eyes were attracted by the mesmerizing view of the night sky. The stars were particularly bright, while the rest of the planets and moons all looked like moons of varying sizes. "Beautiful night today… The sky is exceptionally clear."
Satisfied with the view, he continued playing with his two beautiful pets. Occasionally, Alex's eyes revealed a thoughtful expression, and while his actions were executed flawlessly, without any noticeable distractions, Felicia, as if having a sixth sense regarding this, looked at him with a concerned expression multiple times. She seemed to have realized that he had something on his mind.
After the short thirty-minute break, they did another round around the garden before Alex led them to the bedroom.
Once inside the dimly lit bedroom, Alex turned to look at both of them, "Stay," He raised a finger, and both MJ and Felicia stopped in the center of the room, right in front of him. They sat on their knees and looked at him with expectation and trepidation at the same time.
"Good girls. Now roll over," Alex smiled and twirled his finger.
"Mew~" Felicia meowed cutely before getting on all fours once again and turning on her side, revealing her stomach. MJ was slightly slower due to her more elaborate restraints, but she still obeyed and lay on the carpet on her back. Both of their heads were toward Alex, and they were looking at him curiously.
"Good girls," Alex kneeled and put his hands on their stomachs to give them belly rubs. Unfortunately, both of them were covered in restrictive leather bodysuits that significantly dulled all sensations of touch. MJ's situation was even worse, considering the presence of the belted leather corset, which acted as another layer that dulled the sensation of touch even further.
They both let out weak mewls as his palms moved along their second skin and cupped their breasts. While Alex gently massaged Felicia's chest, he was slightly rougher with MJ and even took the time to tease her nipple piercings with occasional flicks. Her response to those flicks was always a pained groan through her gag and muzzle as she squirmed. As her folded limbs continued hitting Alex's arm, he reacted with a slightly stronger flick to her piercing. It made a clinking sound echo through the room as MJ groaned in pain.
"What have I told you about your limbs, MJ? Be good, okay?" He continued massaging both her and Felicia's breasts for a while before moving back to their stomachs and going further.
Both of them reacted with needy mewls and groans as his hands approached their entrances. Seconds later, his fingers were teasing their folds over the bodysuit. The only difference was that while Felicia's entrance was empty and the touch of his finger was the only stimulation she received, both of MJ's holes were filled with identical dildos that Alex intermittently pressed in order to make her moan. He didn't forget about her clit piercing and constantly tugged the chain connected to it to make her react in pleasure.
He continued pleasuring them for almost twenty minutes before MJ reached an averagely intense orgasm and moaned loudly. As for Felicia, she was panting needily with her tongue hanging from the side of her mouth as she made sure to keep her legs spread and her hands away from disturbing Alex.
"Good girl, MJ. It's now time for you to go in your cage," Alex stood up with MJ's leash in his hand. Leaving the needy Felicia splayed on the carpet, he stood up and approached the corner of the room that was beside the bed. There was a large steel cage right beside the side table, which was big enough to hold a grown human in it.
"Uu~" MJ groaned resistively and resisted, but Alex didn't respond and continued approaching the cage. He unlatched it and said, "In," he pointed.
MJ looked at him with a pitiful look, but his expression was hard. She whined for a few seconds before lowering her head and entering her cage. Alex first unlocked her leash from her neck and rolled it before putting it on top of the cage before closing the door and latching it shut. The redhead continued looking at him pitifully as he put his hand through the bars and grasped the chain that connected her three piercings. She whined in resistance but didn't try to move away as Alex connected it to a hook at the center of the ceiling of the cage.
"Enjoy your night, kitten," As Alex said so, the gag in MJ's mouth grew longer and instantly entered her throat. She would've started choking if it wasn't for the years of practice Alex had given her for this exact thing. At the same time, the two dildos inside her holes also started vibrating intensely. She immediately started groaning through the gag and started squirming. It caused her piercings to get tugged, which made her squirm even more, putting her in an incremental loop of never-ending pleasure. Lastly, a blindfold appeared over her eyes and extended into earplugs for her ears, rendering her unable to see or hear. All she could do was to helplessly endure the pleasure that she was experiencing.
Under the backdrop of MJ's constant muffled moans, Alex approached his favorite kitty and kneeled beside her.
"Does my Felicia want to cum?" Alex asked her as one of his hands teased her chest and the other made its way between her legs. "Where do your hands go?"
"Mm," She nodded with excitement in her eyes and held her hands behind her head. "Meow~" She spoke.
"That's my favorite kitten… Now keep them behind your head, okay?" Alex spoke as the crotch of Felicia's bodysuit slowly disappeared under his constant massage. Suddenly, her moans got much louder as she clenched her hands into fists, gripping her hair tightly. Her folded legs wiggled as her back arched with each movement of Alex's hand, and she started moaning even louder than MJ in her cage.
It only took a few seconds of Alex rubbing her uncovered clit, and Felicia howled in pleasure as her entire torso arched with intermittent shakes as she drenched his hand with her release.
"Good girl," Alex leaned over and gently kissed her lips. "You can speak normally now."
"Thank you, Master~" She spoke with a sultry tone as Alex picked her up in his arms and brought her to the bed. She wrapped her weak arms around his neck and leaned her face into his chest.
"Do you want me to untie your legs?" Alex asked as he gently placed her on the bed.
"Yes, please," she nodded as he climbed into the bed from the other side after getting rid of his clothes.
"Come here," Alex said, and Felicia scooted toward him, allowing him to wrap his arm around her waist and place it on her thigh. A few seconds later, he'd unbuckled the belts that held her legs together.
Felicia groaned just as her leg was freed and stretched it out, knocking Alex's hand away in the process.
"Let me work," he squeezed her thigh in response before freeing her other leg as well, and she instantly stretched out both her legs with a loud groan.
"Could you also touch me again, master~?" She turned around and asked with a seductive expression, placing her gloved hands on Alex's cheeks. "I want more~"
"Whatever my favorite kitty wants," Alex smiled and kissed her nose. "In fact, I think you will really like what I have planned for tonight. Turn around again."
"Okay~," she said with an excited glint in her eyes before turning around while still embraced by Alex. She pressed her butt against Alex's crotch, feeling the suppressed sensation of his dick pressing against her leather-clad ass.
"Hands in front, cross them together," Alex said.
"Can't we not do restraints tonight?" She asked, turning her head to look at him with her emerald eyes.
"Not tonight, kitty," Alex kissed her ear. "Never after the weekly walks, right?"
"Fine," she pouted and crossed her arms under her chest. Just as she got into position, her gloves seemed to fuse together all the way up to her elbows as her hands were forced into sacks that immobilized her fingers. Just as her hands were restrained in the straightjacket-like sleeves, her bodysuit started dissolving, allowing her to directly feel the warmth of Alex's skin on her back. She instantly shuddered as Alex's hand wrapped around her and rested on her stomach, slowly moving in a circular pattern while his other hand slipped under her head, allowing her to use it as a pillow. "Y-you… bad master…" she struggled fruitlessly against the restraints on her arms. "You did this on purpose."
"I feel a very primal level of satisfaction by declaring my ownership of your body, my Felicia," Alex spoke throatily in her ear as his hand that was rubbing her stomach moved lower, and his fingers traced her dripping entrance. "Not even you have the autonomy to touch yourself, only I do. Drill that thought into your mind." With his words, he pushed two fingers inside her as her lips parted to release a pleasured moan.
"Ahn~" Felicia's toes instantly curled up in pleasure as Alex's fingers made their way to her g-spot. "It's you~ It's all you~ sir~ I belong to you~ Your touch drives me crazy~," she spoke with quick and short breaths as his actions made her entire body shake with pleasure.
"Do you want to cum?" Alex whispered in her ear before nibbling her lobe as she moaned shakily.
"I do~ please, sir, can I cum?" She asked. "Can I cum, sir?"
Her hips moved as if having a mind of their own as she rubbed her ass against his erection. Alternatively, the movements of her hips caused the rhythm to get slightly disturbed, moderately delaying her orgasm despite Alex's very experienced fingers.
"Hold it in," Alex said. "Only with permission. Otherwise, I'll spend the entire night edging you."
"Please~ I want to cum, sir. Can I cum?" Her pleas were getting louder with her moans. "Can I cum, sir? Please~" Her voice cracked as she spoke.
"Hold," Alex said as Felicia tried her best to obey while constantly pleading. At this point, she was screaming her pleas while her entire body shook repeatedly.
Alex curled the arm that she was using as a pillow and brought his fingers close to her mouth, "Suck."
"Mm~" She wrapped her lips around his fingers and moaned needily.
"Cum for me," Alex's whisper triggered a loud moan from Felicia.
"Cumming~ I'm cumming~ Fuck~ " She squealed in pleasure and shook in his arms, instinctively thrusting her hips against his cock multiple times as it rubbed against her ass.
Felicia was left taking deep breaths and panting as he hugged her tightly, intertwining their legs together.
"That was amazing~" Felicia spoke, instinctively pressing her body against Alex even further as if wanting to meld into his warmth.
"That's good," Alex kissed her under her ear, and she responded with a pleasured hum. "Let's continue," As Alex's hand moved lower once again, Felicia panicked.
"Please~ A few minutes…" She said with a pleading tone as Alex's fingers hovered over her wet pussy.
"Sure," He gently massaged her without trying to stimulate her sensitive entrance.
"Mm~" Her eyes closed naturally as a comfortable hum escaped her throat. "I wanted to ask you something."
Under the backdrop of MJ's relentless moans that intermittently changed in volume and pitch depending on her state, Alex spoke. "What is it?"
"What's on your mind? You've been distracted for weeks, and you brush it off whenever I mention it. It's not nothing," She wiggled and had to work a little to turn around in Alex's arms due to her arms being restrained. She tilted her head and looked into Alex's eyes. "Is something the matter?"
"…" Alex was quiet for a while and shifted his arms to hug Felicia more comfortably. He trailed his hand along her spine before passing her nape and combing her hair, and grabbed her ass with the other before speaking, "I'm conflicted…" He continued rubbing her ass as his erection rubbed against her wet and needy pussy.
"What about?"
Alex sighed before speaking, "What do you think of me creating bonds with multiple hosts?"
"Aww, did my greedy master get his heart broken by a woman?" Felicia instantly teased him. "If my hands were free, I would comfort you with all my heart."
"I'm serious," Alex squeezed her ass slightly harder, making her squirm in pain and causing his dick to rub against her pussy.
She spoke with a shudder, "Why are you concerned about this?" She asked rhetorically before continuing. "You are greedy and want multiple women. I don't know why an alien slime has such a human mentality, but you are essentially a greedy dictator who has been riding a power high for a while. And before you say anything, it's not a bad thing. So what if you have multiple women? Are they dissatisfied with you? Do you let them feel that you prefer one over the other? No, right? So, it's all fine."
"That all tracks…" Alex said. "Until you consider the woman who is serving as the night's backdrop. If anything, I usually feel that you are my actual host on this planet, and she's just one of the side chicks."
"So that's what I am," Felicia narrowed her eyes. "A side chick."
"I literally said the exact opposite thing, Felicia. My feelings for you are the same as what I feel for my hosts. Not only that, you are something of a confidante as well since you are the only one willing to listen to me talk about other women. You have a special place in my life. You know that," Alex said. "But to an extent, 'status-wise' you are. You, Yelena, Cindy, and Ayesha are all women whom I don't have an actual bond with but have a very involved intimate relationship with. I just don't know where MJ fits in all this."
Felicia's eyes widened in surprise. "Are you thinking of breaking up with her?" Hearing the woman's constant pleasured moans, Felicia felt a pang of sympathy. After all, MJ had spent the past two or so years entirely dependent on Alex and experiencing regular mind-breaking pleasure. "It would devastate her."
"I'm not sure she would even realize," Alex said. "As long as she continued receiving the pleasure that she still does, there's not much of a personality left in her head at this point."
"Don't sound so heartless. I know how your slimy heart works," Felicia said and rubbed her nose against his naked chest. "To her, you are like a god. And she spends every waking moment of her life serving you… in a somewhat twisted way."
Alex sighed, lowering his head and kissing Felicia's hair, smelling the faint scent of her shampoo that still lingered. "I'm not going to abandon her. I'm just thinking of getting rid of the bond. It feels like an unnecessary connection without the emotional attachment."
"Didn't you say that it would be a horrible process for both parties involved? You can do it for the first or even the second level, but you've formed the skin bond with her, that's the third level, right?"
"Yes…" Alex said. "It's going to be troublesome. But I've been contemplating this for a while now. It shouldn't be too bad of an experience. It's going to hurt like hell, but that should be all. It won't have any negative effects other than removing the boost that her physique got from our bond."
"Do you need my help?" She asked, thoughtfully keeping her second question to herself. As much as she wanted to ask if he would bond with her, she didn't want to hear the refusal. If he was going to do it, it would happen regardless of whether she asked him or not.
"Just accompany me and look pretty, okay?" Alex said with a smile and let go of her hair to cup her cheek. "I'm thinking of fulfilling your request tomorrow while I break the bond with MJ."
Felicia's eyes widened, "Really?" She asked with anticipation and apprehension in her eyes. "You're not fucking with me?"
"If all goes well, I should be fucking you tomorrow," Alex said.
"Ugh…" She wigged her arms helplessly. "I want to punch you. I've been ready and asking you for months, but you always leave me hanging."
"Not this time," Alex moved his hips, rubbing his cock along Felicia's wet pussy. "Now turn around. I want to play with my kitty's pussy until she's no more than a mumbling fool."
"Me or my pussy?" Felicia asked with a teasing smile.
"Don't be a smartass," He slapped her ass before she turned around in his arms and pressed her butt against his cock.
"God, I love your warmth. Two years… And the only thing that's ever directly touched my skin is a slime cosplaying as a human."
"This cosplaying slime…" Alex pushed his fingers inside Felicia's pussy, instantly making her moan. "… is your master, little cat."
Alex didn't provide Felicia any more breaks the rest of the night, bringing her to multiple orgasms until her pillow was filled with her drool and tears before she passed out in his arms.