Exo Saves The Day, Chapter 21

[gynoneko]

This is another long one folks. Just barely too long for a single post (with formatting). You finally get to see 261, but you'll get her name next chapter (sorry, this went on longer than I expected, so I had to end it here.) Feedback please!

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Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4.
Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8.
Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12.
Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16.
Chapter 17. Chapter 18. Chapter 19. Chapter 20.

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Exo Saves the Day
Chapter Twenty One: The Girl Behind the Gun
By Gynoneko


The living area of Cynthia and Tom's lab was a lot like a dorm.  There was a single bathroom for everyone to share, and a different bedroom for each girl.  Well... maybe some dorms were as nice as this, but I honestly don't recall seeing one half as clean as this before.  The collection of rooms stretched down a small hallway branching off the main area.  This hallway was fairly close to the 2 labs.  The 2nd bedroom, where Tera and I were staying, was closest to the main area.

Of course the bathroom was all the way down on the other side of the hall, past all the other bedrooms.  The master bedroom was a little separated and probably had its own bathroom inside, but I wasn't about to go look and find out.  As I passed the other doors, I couldn't help but notice strange sounds emanating from one of the other bedrooms.  Apparently I wasn't the only one getting lucky that morning, as Jen and Jack appeared to have gotten together again.  Literally.

Moving on, I proceeded to the bathroom to take care of my bodily needs before round 2.  Tera was certainly energetic this morning, but I suppose after all that work we put into her, she was ready for just about anything.  The bathroom was pretty big.  It had a large mirror with 2 sinks at one end, a bathtub at the other, and 2 showers next to each other.  In the middle of the room was a small but long wooden bench that looked straight out of a women's locker room.  Not that I would have any personal knowledge of that.  Instead of lockers, however, there were 6 large square wooden shelves, a large towel rack, and a closet.  Off to one side was 2 bathroom stalls, like in a ladies room.  Again, I swear I have no experience inside ladies rooms whatsoever.

This bathroom was clearly set up to support at least 6 people, if not more.  The wooden shelves already had towels and soap in them, ready for any of us to use when needed.  I'd say it was really a very nice and large bathroom, and yet would be ideal for a large close family rather than friends or strangers.  It was a little too open for any real privacy.

I went about doing my business, and cleaned myself up.  I figured since no one else was getting anyone up early or preparing anything, it would be acceptable to proceed with another session with Tera.  Ignorning the sounds coming from Jack's room, I heard something else in the hallway I didn't expect, laughter.  It was only once, abrupt, but strong and undeniable.  It was also female, and came from behind door 1.  I looked around and noticed the door was already cracked open slightly.  Surely I could take a peak in, and see who was laughing and why.

Joan sat alone in the room, at the foot of the bed, looking forelorned at the floor with her head bowed.  She lifted her metallic left arm and looked at it closely, twisting the hand to see the details clearly.  It appeared she didn't yet notice me, and I still had to wonder if I didn't just hear her Joan laughing.

A smile crept on her face while she studied her metallic arm.  It looked as though she had just heard a joke, not one good enough to laugh at, but worth a snicker.  Maybe she saw the irony in the situation, a robotic girl that looks human now forced to live with a metal arm, breaking the illusion.  Maybe not.  Her mind still seemed deep in thought, distant.  I cleared my throat to get her attention.

It worked.  A little too well.  She almost fell off the bed when she saw me standing in the doorway.  Somehow she managed to get to her feet, although still a little wobbly.  She seemed more than a little shocked to see me.

"Danny!  Ho- How long have you been standing there?" she asked nervously.

"A minute or so.  Why?  You seemed so deep in thought, I just wanted to check in on you."

"Oh... sorry.  I've just been a little distracted, that's all" she replied, relief in her voice.

"I can understand that.  I mean, a new home, a new family... sort of... and now a new arm and leg.  Not to mention getting shot at by your own sister.  That would be a lot for anyone to handle".  I know this last week was a lot for me to handle, I'm sure she must have been going through something similar herself.

"Yeah... umm... I guess it is."

"So, how do you feel?" I asked her, taking a step into the dimly lit room.

"Well, I'm still getting used to the sensation in my arm.  It's more sensitive than before, and I have to get used to using it."

"Ok.  But I wasn't really asking about your arm.  How are YOU feeling?" I clarified.

"Oh...  I don't know.  I've... never been one to talk about my emotions.  I guess I'm feeling... overwhelemed, nervous, and maybe a little jealous-"

"Jealous?  Of what/who?" I asked.

"Well... of you and Tera.  I've never had a relationship like that before, and it seems really nice... really special.  I don't know.  I guess I'm used to being the loner, but it gets hard to deal with everything on my own.  Maybe I'm just lonely or something..."  She sat back down on the bed, and sighed.

"Hey now, you're not alone.  You have Tera and me, and Tom and Cynthia are here too.  Not to mention Jack and Jen.  We're all here for you."

"I know, but it's not the same.  I guess I'm just... I don't know.  I'll be alright.  I'm just feeling left out is all."

I sat on the bed next to her and put my arm around her.  "Come on, cheer up!   We'll get through this, you'll see."  She put on a weak smile and she leaned into me.

"I hope so..." she said looking up at me.  "Want to help cheer me up?" she asked with a peculiar gleam in her eye.

"Um... Yeah.  Of course I do" I said, hoping I wasn't walking into a trap or something.

"Well there's one thing you can do that will cheer me up" she said with a sly grin as she slipped her metallic left hand into my lap.

"Woah now! I don't know about that" I said getting up when I realized she was grabbing for my little man.

"Please master!  Everyone else has been doing it all morning except me!  I'm THAT kind of lonely" she said getting up and wrapping her arms around me.

"You mean..."

"These walls aren't exactly sound proof" she retorted.  "Not to mention I can hear better than you can."  Joan looked up from the bed with a pleading look in her eye.  "Please master.  Just once?  You always make me feel so good."

"I know we've done it already, but it just seems wrong" I said as she donned an even more pathetic look.  I swore she was about to cry.

"Will this change you mind?" she asked as she lifted her top over her head, letting her breasts bounce freely about.  I was still impressed with how natural and real they looked- she looked really- and got caught up in the moment.

"Buh- Buh- But...What about Tera?  She's waiting for me" I stammered.

Joan ignored my plea, and got up from the bed, standing close to me.  Close enough to let her warm soft body brush against me.  "I wouldn't worry about her" she replied.  "I'm sure she'll get over it."

With that, Joan wrapped her arms around my shoulders and embraced me in a sensual kiss.  I don't know how it happened, but I somehow ended up on the bed with her on top of me, straddling me and kissing me furiously.  Just then, as though dictated by Murphey's law, Tera opened the door and walked in holding the bed sheets up to cover her body.

"Hah!  What's this?  My sister stealing away my man from me?"

Joan looked up at her casually with a wicked grin on her face, while I struggled to get her off me and get to my feet.

"It's not what it looks like" I said, quoting the famous last words of every cheating man.  "I just came into here to check in on her... I- I..." I said finally getting to my feet, only to have my pants fall down to my ankles in a comedic fashion.  I didn't notice when Joan unbuckled them.

"Joan!  Master!  What am I going to do with you?  Maybe I should punish you both.  Or maybe..." she said as she let the sheets drop to the floor.  "I should join in as well?"

I'd never seen Tera act this way... Maybe a little too forward, but at the same time, far more cheesy than I had expected as well.  Something was up... And I was in the middle of it.

"Wait a second... Something isn't right here."

Tera suddenly looked really flustered and Joan spoke out.  "She- she's right, I AM trying to steal you away.  I should be punished!  Please punish me, master!"

"Okay now I know something is going on!"

"N- no there isn't" Tera stuttered.  She walked closer stiffly and looked up at me with big pleading eyes. Well that's something Tera and Joan both have in common.

"What's with the cheesy lines?" I asked.

"It was Tera's idea" Joan said behind me.  "She wanted to cheer me up and-"

"Shh!" Tera said as thou someone had just revealed her master plan.

"Wait... So you planned this?  When?  I mean, how did you plan something when you didn't even know-"  Before I could finish, Tera jumped into my arms with a hug the pushed me back onto the bed and locked her lips to mine.

"Please Danny.  Let's just live in the moment we have now" Tera whispered into my chest with a serious voice.

I decided not to press the issue.  Clearly she was being mischievous, but what harm was there in that?  I gave my consent, and the two girls pummeled me with affection.

The rest of the event was a bit of a blur after that.  I clearly remember the two girls working together, sometimes taking charge, other times following my lead.  Their soft warm bodies felt so good againt me I couldn't help but get lost in the moment.  I remember Joan getting immense pleasure just from using her metallic hand to satisfy me.  Something about the sensation of holding my member combined with the overly sensitive nature of her new hand made her enjoy the experience to the point of moaning and gasping herself with no other stimulation.  Not that she didn't get more stimulation.

Tera was particularly experimental in bed, playing with both me and Joan, trying different positions and kinky ideas.  While she seemed to find involving her oldest sister a bit embarrassing, it didn't stop her from trying every little idea out.  Having the two of them rub their soft round breasts around my not-so-little guy at the same time was the single most memorable experience of the morning.

Every time Joan came to a climax, she would start to go into spastic errors, spurting out error messages and failure reports everytime.  As I pleased her from behind, she started overheat and vents started opening on her body to let out heat.  That wasn't enough to prevent her the most epic crash to-date.  She started to have a ground-shaking orgasm when she involuntarily recited lines of code between her gasps and moans of passion.  It went on for 5 minutes and as she erupted in one last bout of pleasure, she literally froze, and reset herself, essentially fainting from her own orgasm.  She stayed like that for a several minutes before she awoke again, still riding the afterglow.

Tera and I had just shared a mutual passionate orgasm, with her on top holding me close to her with her own vents opened to let out heat, when she rolled to the side of the bed next to me to take a breather and enjoy the waves of pleasure that rolled over her body.  Joan had reckoned that I was getting exhausted, and could maybe get one more go out of me, straddling me to kiss and stimulate me, when suddenly Tera sat up straight, a look of terror on her face and panic in her body movement.

"261!" She said abruptly.  Joan and I just looked at her in confusion.

"What?" Joan asked while still straddling me.

"It's 261!  She's-" Tera started, but never got to finish.

Without warning, the lights went out.  Not just he lights.  The central air stopped, the clocks turned off, everything was out, leaving us in total darkness and silence.  It was probably the middle of the day already but without windows it was pitch black in most of the lab.

Tera let out a short cute scream and grabbed my hand tightly.  Joan got off me, but never let go, keeping in contact with me.  At least she remained more-or-less calm.

"What happened?  The power's out!  I can't see a thing!" Tera panicked, grabbing onto me tighter.  I had about as much knowledge of the situation as they did, but she asked anyways.

"Damn it's dark in here!" Joan spat.  "Maybe there's a flashlight around here."

"Yeah, if only it was bright enough to see it" I said sarcastically.  Tera didn't appreciate the humor, but just squeezed her whole body against my arm, as though she'd die if she let go.  It was actually kind of nice to have her hanging off my arm like that, but we did need to get some light.  Something came to mind, and I decided to try it out.

"I have an idea.  Tera, open your chest control panel" I ordered.  She complied, and the room was briefly lit up with blue lit before it faded away, only to be replaced by the soft glow of her control gauges and buttons in her chest.  They weren't bright enough to read by, but it was a vast improvement.

"Oh!" Tera said startled at her own illuminating light.

"Brilliant!" Joan exclaimed before opening her own panel.  She didn't have the burst of blue light, but her internal panel was... well, more brilliant, and lit up the room better.  I pulled on my pants and led Tera into the hallway while Joan threw on some panties and followed us out.

Jen had just entered the hall in the same getup Tera wore before joining Joan and myself, a bed sheet.  She looked a little shocked, perhaps from the blackout or the two gynoids using their gauges as flashlights.  It's like the ultra high-tech version of using your cell phone to find your keys in the dark, only with fembots.

"What's going on?" Jen asked as she emerged from the room.  Jack followed behind her shirtless but as soon as Jen noticed both Tera and Joan were going around without shirts on, and for good reason this time, she pushed him face-first back into the room and closed the door.

"Power-outage" I replied.  Tera kept a tight grip on my arm, as though she were scared something was going to jump out at her.  She looked nervous, tense, maybe even a little paranoid.  "Tera, are you ok?"

"Huh?  What? No, I'm fine!  I'm- oh" she said nervously before noticing how tightly she was gripping me.  She loosened her grip but continued to hold my hand in a firm grip.  "Sorry."

"Sure is dark in here." Jen said.

"It's darker in here" Jack's muffled voice said from behind the door.  "come on doll, let me out."  He pleaded with Jen through the door, but she just rolled her eyes.

"Not with these two running around naked" she retorted.

"I promise I'll behave!  Didn't I promise you to give you a week?  Is been what... a day?  Come on Jenny baby."  Jenny baby?

"Don't call me that... in front of the others" Jen hissed in a low voice at the door.

"Please?"

Jen glanced at the others, and they nodded.  Tera wasn't as shy about her body as you'd expect,  and while Jen was a little more conservative about it, she must have figured he wouldn't see much trying to look head long into the brightests light in the room, but covered her breasts with her hands just to be safe.

"Oh alright!" Jen said and let the door open behind her.  As soon as the door was half way open, a loud and distinct wolf whistle echoed through the hallway, and Jen instantly slammed it again.

"Aww come on.  It was just a bit of sport!"

"Too late, you promised" Jen said crossly.

"But that was meant for you sweet cheeks.  By that I mean I could see your sweet cheeks."

Jen flushed red and lifted the back of the sheet up over her rear.  "Too bad!  You'll be lucky to see them again" she shot back still red in the face.

"Bollucks!"

Cynthia walked into the hall from the lab carrying a large flashlight.  It was by far the brightest light in the hall, since it was actually meant to illuminate.

"Good!  You're all up.  Is everyone here?  Where's Jack?" she asked.

"Grounded" Jen replied pointing back at the door behind her with her thumb.  "Hey, you have any more flashlights?"

"Yeah, I'll go grab you some.  Tera!  I didn't see you hiding behind Danny there.  Are you feeling alright?"

All attention went toward Tera who until now was trying not to be noticed.  She took a step out from behind me and nodded.  "Yes mother."

"Is- is there something wrong?" she asked.  Tera politely shook her head.

"I'm fine" she replied timidly.  "But... aren't you mad at me?"

"What?  Mad at you?  Never sweetie!  I could never be mad at you!"

"Even after I ran from you when you were trying to stop me, and got myself..."

Cynthia walked swiftly to Tera and embraced her in a loving hug and kissed her forehead.  "Sweetie, I'm mad that I couldn't stop you, but not at you.  I would have done the same thing if it was Tom laying out there.  I was so afraid I'd lost you again."  They embraced a little while longer, both wiping away tears as they broke the hug.

"Where's Tom?" I asked.

"He's out back getting the generator started" Cynthia said adjusting herself.

"No!" Tera shouted.  "261 is out there!"

"What?  Are you sure?" Cynthia asked looking down at Tera's small form.  Tera nodded gravely in response.  "Tom!"

Cynthia ran out of the hall and we followed.  Past the labs, she ran for the door, ready to jump out herself when suddenly a shadowy figure passed in front of the blocked out window.  This was the only room that had windows, but they were frosted or something, letting in light but no details about what lie beyond the door.

Everyone froze.  We couldn't tell who it was from the distorted shape on the glass, but it looked much to small to be Tom.  261 better be ready for a fight if she was about to enter through the main doors.

Just as the doorknob turned, Tom came rushing in and slammed the door behind him.  We let out a collective sigh of relief, as Cynthia approached him to make sure he was alright.

"It was 261" he said.  "She took a shot at me, but missed, barely.  She must have cut the power lines to the building.  The fuel line for the generator has also been cut.  We're stuck!"

"You're bleeding" Cynthia said looking up at his face.  He reached up to his ear, and pulled his hand back with a pained hiss.

"Guess it was closer than I thought.  It's only a graze" he said looking at his blood on his fingers.

"I'll go get a first aid kit" Jen said, taking a flashlight from the counter where Cynthia must have placed some earlier, and vanished into the back hallway.

"I'll be alright" Tom said.  "I'm more concerned about our girls."

"What do you mean?" I asked.  Tera still covered herself with my body, chest cavity still dimly illuminating the immediate area.  Joan had since closer her chest cavity now that this room had more light, and picked up a flashlight from the counter, covering herself with her metallic arm.

"We could go weeks with the food we have, but they run on batteries."  Tom explained looking at Tera.  "How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Good, but scared" she answered.

"Wait a sec, I thought they could eat to recharge just like us" I said remembering how Tera would eat meals with me and feel better afterwards. Jen rushed back into the room and started working on cleaning up and bandaging Tom's ear, having him sit at the table while she did it.

"Tera can.  But you saw how efficient that is.  She could last a long while with the right kind of food, high in sugars.  But eventually, she'll need a recharge, especially if she uses up too much energy doing anything.  However, Joan..."  He gave her a long concerned stare.

"Sure I can eat, but I can't get the energy out of it as well as Tera can.  I'll still need to recharge daily" Joan explained matter-of-factly.  "And I already used up a lot of energy this morning..."  I could hear regret and concern in her voice.  "She knew we'd need to recharge.  She'll have our only exit covered, waiting for us to get desperate enough to make a move, and then..." her voice trailed off.

"Didn't you tell me you designed these girls for the military?  How is a day long operation on the front lines supposed to work?"  I was clearly getting cross, but luckily everyone else remained calm.

"We did" Cynthia answered.  "But they are still just prototypes.  They don't have all their bugs worked out.  The biggest problem was their power supply.    We were making great progress.  Tera could probably operate as a normal human indefinitely if she didn't use any functions that required more energy.  But even that is only theoretical."

"Then how is 261 able to stake us out for so long herself?" Jen asked.

"They probably gave her a batter pack something.  If she has a car to get around it would be easy to recharge."

"I take it you don't have any battery packs laying around?" I asked

"None that have any charge" Tom answered.

"Tera, how is your battery level?" I asked her.  She squished her face and in thought for a moment.

"88%" she answered, visibly getting calmer and more relaxed.

"What about you Joan?"

She stood there silently looking down at the counter of flashlights of different sizes.  At first I thought she didn't hear me, but then came her answer.  "45%"

"Woah, why so low?" Jen asked.

"I guess I forgot to plug myself in last night, and only charged a little this morning.  After this morning's activities in my room...  I  didn't think I'd need to conserve my energy so I let myself enjoy it too much.  I can probably last until this evening, if I don't do anything strenuous."

"Oh Joan!  I'm so sorry, it was all my idea" Tera burst out.  "I never should have suggested..."

"It's ok, I wanted to do it.  Thank you for including me" she said softly.

The room got quiet, although I had to wonder if it was more of an awkward silence given the last conversation, or a nervous one given the situation,  maybe it was a bit of both.  The tension was thick enough to cut.

"So now what? Jen asked.

I was about to speak when Tera beat me to it.  "We plan an attack!" she announced, taking the words right out of my mouth.

I could clearly hear the nervous tension building, as no one had any idea what to do next.  A minute of silence pass by, then two.  Jen finished up with Tom's ear and sat there deep in contemplation.

Then, with impeccable timing, Jack nonchalantly saunters into the room wearing only his black pants.  "So what did I miss?"




Around the mid afternoon, we had all gathered in the living room area fully clothed and ready to go.  Tera wore a blue textured skirt that ended just above the knee and a white and blue striped blouse with a blue trim.  Joan opted for something a little more utilitarian, jeans, boots, and a black tank top.  Jen wore blue jeans and a cute form-fitting shirt with a large printed pattern on it, and Jack wore jeans and a light color button up shirt.  It was very stylish.  I decided to wear something similar, but I don't think I pulled it off half as well as he did.

We sat eating a meal somewhere between brunch and dinner, brain-storming what to do next.  Joan was being particularly silent, and sat still, trying to save her energy.  We hadn't gotten anywhere with ideas yet, but it wasn't for lack of trying.  I think we were all a little scared and pressured to think of something fast.  We dared not try to call anyone for help, lest they get hurt themselves, or get caught up in things with us.  There was no way we'd call in the police!  Not with all this "borrowed" equipment around.

We had been silent for the past few minutes, still debating our options in our heads as we sat silently eating.  Joan let out a short mocking laugh to herself.

"What's so funny?" Jack asked, giving her a slightly annoyed expression, mainly cause everyone had shot his suggestions down the fastest.

"Nothing...  I just thought of something funny that's all.  Ironic really.  I mean what's the point of fixing me up and giving me new limbs if I'm only going to be playing the part of a posable doll in a few hours?"

"Hang on..." I said, my mind working overtime.  "I just thought of something too!"

"I hope it doesn't involve using me as a coat rack" Joan said depressed.

"No!  Look" I said, getting up from my chair to think while pacing.  "This morning, I heard you laughing, which is why I peaked in your door.  Then Tera came into the room at just the right time.  It wasn't a coincidence, because you two planned it out, right?"

"Yeah.  And?" Joan was sounding more like Jen in her depressed state.

"And... How did you two plan anything out at all?  Tera only just woke up in that room for the first time while I was with her.  She had no time to meet with you to plan anything."

"I sent her a message... like an instant message or a text, but it works just between Evelyn models" Tera clarified.

"I figured it had to be something like that" I said.  "You sent a text to my phone from your mind before, and you can communicate with your sister that way too!"  She nodded, trying to see where I was going with this.  "Didn't you also panic just BEFORE the lights went out?"

"Umm... I guess so.  I wouldn't call it panicing-"

"No, you were in a panic alright" Joan confirmed.  Tera stuck her tongue out at her in response.

"The point is, you somehow knew 261 was nearby, right?" I asked.

"Well of course!  How do you the I recognized Joan in that ridiculous outfit she had on?  I sensed her presence" Tera clarified as though it were obvious.

"How?"

"How what?" she asked.

"How do you sense your sister's presence?"  I was persistent.

"I... hmm... I guess I recognized her local area network ID.  When she walked close enough to us, I recognized her wireless ID, and knew it was her.  Same thing this morning."  Tera explained, still trying to figure out how this could help us.

"So if you are close enough, you can sense her presence on a network, and you can send her a message too, right?"

"Yeah, but I'd have to get awfully close for something like that... I mean far closer than a gun shot.  I never once felt 261's presence when she-"

"Hang on!" Jack butted in,  "If you can send a text, maybe you can send something else... Like a virus!  Or something to distract her."

"Maybe, but I'd need to get really close-"

"You're not putting a virus in my girlfriend!" I objected.  I noticed after the fact that I called Tera my girlfriend, and I wasn't the only one to notice.  She started to blush when I glanced at her.  "I was thinking something more like sending her a false command, or maybe try to trick her."

"That would never work" Joan explained calmly.  "She's not likely to follow a command without the proper authorization code, and if something confused her for too long, she'd default to her last understood program."

That did pose a problem.  My idea wasn't going to work, but Jack was relentless.

"Trust me, this will work... I hope" Jack reassured.

"You hope?!  This is't a game Jack!" I snapped.  "I don't want you to hurt Tera with some computer virus-"

"Let me try" Tera interuppted, giving me a serious look.  "I want to try this.  It might be the only way.  Besides, we are running out of time and options."

I stared back into her eyes, and saw her determination and kindness.  They say that eyes are the windows to the soul.  As I stared into her deep blue eyes, I found a scared girl who had no place in the world fighting to have some small corner of it she could share with her family and friends.  I couldn't possibly turn her down.

"Ah... Alright.  How will this work?" I asked.

"Simple!  I put a virus into your girl here-" Jack began.

"Stop right there.  There must be a better way, a safer way" I objected.

"She'd never get close enough to use it" Joan exclaimed.  "261 would shoot her long before she got close enough to detect her."

That put a damper in Jack's idea.  We were back to a brainstorming session as we were before.  It felt like square one all over again except for one nagging thought.  I tried to ignore it, but it decided it needed to be heard, and eventually, I allowed it to speak its voice in my mind.

"If we can't get you close enough to detect her signal... then just extend yours!"  I wasn't really sure how to do this, but it was the only thing I could think of at the time.

"That would take major modification work" Tom pointed out.

"Not to mention power to run the signal boost" Cynthia added.

"Brilliant!" Jack said excitedly when he heard my variation of his idea.  "It would work all around!  Instead of Tera sending the virus, I do it... with my laptop!  It has the latest Wifi/5G cards and can easily reach all the way across the city for any signal we are looking for without a huge power boost."

"The forest has Wifi?" I asked.

"There is no forest" Jack replied.  "Not according to the state.  It's a park, and all state parks have been hooked up for Wifi since 2015."

"But how would we know what to look for?" Jen asked.

"I... I can do it!"  Tera beamed at me when she realized our plan was coming togehter, and she was integral in it.  "If I control the computer though my data port... sure it will use up more of my power, but I'll easily pinpoint her, and can then send the virus.  Do you have a virus to send?"

"I got the perfect one in mind" Jack pointed out.

"Why do you have a virus in your computer?" Joan asked.

"I use them to topple giant corporations... or governments... or those annoying websites about that pop star I hate" Jack joked.  "I build virus to hack networks of course."

"But I don't want to hurt her... permenently" Tera said.  My God, she was too kind!  She was almost killed by this woman, I was almost killed by her, and she has been stalking us for the last few days!  I would have gladly fried her brain by now if I had the chance.  But... that was actually something I really liked about Tera, she couldn't bring herself to hurt her sister.  She might have been niave, but it was endearing.

"No, no, of course not.  The virus I got in mind is all about distraction.  I doubt my viruses could do much more than distract her anyways.  I'm not really a destruction type of guy.  I prefer to get in, cause a distraction, take what I need, and get out."

"So what?  This is a decoy?" I asked.

"Like none you've ever seen before" he explained.  "It sends garbage data in the guise of a simple... well a text message in this case... and keeps upping the data flow, bogging down her systems until she can't move."

"So it will paralyze her?" Tera asked.

"Kind of.  It just slows her down till she can't deal with the data flow anymore and has to dedicate more and more of her resources to stopping it."

"So... what if she stops it?" Jen asked.

"Given the specs of the Evelyn model brain she is using, I estimate it will take at least 10 minutes for her to block the program and delete the data flow.  It should only take about 10 seconds for it to start... but there's no way to tell if it will work." Jack explained.

"Not until she starts shooting at us" Joan added.  The room got quiet again, perhaps it was just nervousness.

"What if the virus spreads to Tera?" I asked interrupting the silence.

"The virus never needs to be in her.  The program is self-terminating to avoid leaving a trial, so Tera can't catch it from her sister.  She can send it straight from the computer, and as soon as her sister acknowledges the incoming message.  Pop!  Bob's your uncle!  Our little sniper friend will be a drooling nincompoop for 10 minutes, enough time for us to..."

"Do you think we can find her and catch her that fast?" Jen asked.

"Danny and I can, assuming Tera can locate her" Joan explained.

"But I'll need to guide you.  I might be fast and light on my feet, but I can't run as fast as you" Tera said.  "You'll need me to come along."

"I'll carry you" I said.  "With my Exo suit, it should be no problem carrying you while running at near full speed.  You can guide us as we run."

"You'll need more than just you 2 to overpower her if she comes to her senses" Tom said.  "I'll come along too.  Jack?"  Jack nodded.

"Me too!" Jen spat.  "I can be useful.  I can keep up with Tom and Jack."

"It's settled then" I said.  "Jack will set up the virus on his computer, and Tera will use its wider signal to locate her sister, and install the virus.  Joan and I will carry Tera to 261's hiding place, and then Tera can do the same thing she did to Joan to overpower her while Tom, Jack, and Jen follow behind in case we need help."

"I don't think I can do that" Tera said shyly.

"What do you mean?  I have confidence in you" I started saying.

"No... I mean I don't have the power to overpower 261 for that long.  It takes a lot of effort to do that... I couldn't possibly hold her for more than half an hour, and then what?"

That was a problem.  We needed to do something once we got there.  Tera refused to let us hurt her sister, so that meant we had to disable her without 'killing' her.

"Remove her limbs" Joan said.  "Like you did to me.  That would disable her."

"I guess I can do that" Tera said.  "Alright!  Let's do it!"

"You realize if this fails," Joan said, "I'll be out of power.  I'll use up a good amount just on the run there.  If we can't stop her... I'll need to steal power from something".

"You'll be fine" I said.  "I'll be there with you.  I won't let that happen.  We'll bring a charger with us just in case."  She nodded, still sitting looking solemnly at the mostly empty plates on the table.

"I'll stay here" Cynthia said.  "There's not much I can do running through the woods, but at least I can stay here to make sure she doesn't come snooping around here in case our plan fails."

"Alright.  Let's get ready.  The sooner the better!" I said, standing up from the table.  "I'll go get my suit on, everyone get ready and we'll start in 10 minutes."

We all stood up and nervously started cleaning up and getting ready.  I put on my suit, while everyone else got ready.  Jack and Jen packed up essentials, just in case we needed to run again I suppose.  Tera grabbed a charger, and actually meditated for a few minutes, to prepare herself for the task at hand. It was kind of neat to see her meditating like that, mimicking a yoga position on the floor.  Everyone was busy doing something, except Joan.  She just sat there, silent and still.  She looked like she was brooding.

"Everything ok?" I asked her, getting the last parts of my suit connected.  I left off the Kevlar armor this time, not just for speed, but mainly cause the damaged armor poked me in my bruises and hurt.  I'd have to replace it but Kevlar was not cheap.

"Yeah" she said in a suprisingly positive tone.  "I'm fine.  There isn't anything for me to do before we start, so I am just going to conserve my energy as much as I can."

"Well you look so gloomy over here by yourself.  You could at least smile" I suggested.

"Oh.  Sorry Danny.  I guess I'm nervous.  Not much to smile about when I risk getting shot or loosing power in the middle of the woods" Joan said.  She was clearly a little depressed, but I was sure it would pass if we managed to succeed.

"There's lots to smile about.  You are together with your parents and your baby sister again" I said, and that made her smile.  "Plus you now have a master who goes out of his way to cheer you up.  Not to mention all the good sex."  She giggled and looked up at me with a genuine smile.

"You're right.  Things have gotten better since I met you, despite all the injuries.  It's been worth it.  But the sex wasn't that good" she joked.

"Ah!  What do you mean?  I heard you in the throws of passion" I said with a playful shocked tone.

"It was amazing!" she said with an expression of adoration.

"Was it to die for?" I asked.  She laughed much louder this time.

"Yeah.  Literally in this case.  Thanks.  I needed that" she said, and she leaned her head onto my arm for a moment.

A few minutes later, everyone had gathered in the front room again, and this time, we were ready to fight back.  Jack sat at the table with his laptop out, prepared to begin.  Joan finally stood up, stretched, and approached the door, ready to take action.

"I'm not one for pep-talks" I said.  "Go team?"  It got a chuckle at least.

"Tera?  Whenever you're ready" Jack said.

Tera sat nervously across from Jack, and plugged a cable from his laptop into the back of her neck.  Breathing slowly with her eyes closed, she took control of his laptop, and the search began.

I expected this part to take longer, maybe 5 minutes or more, but about 1 minute after she began she already had a result.

"Found her!  She's about a mile away... taking note of her location.  Got it.  Preparing to send message.  Processing.  Processing."

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

"No.  It's just taking a while to send the file.  She's filtering her incoming messages, so I'm trying to work around it- ah!"  I grabbed her shoulder, ready to yank out the cable if I needed to.

"What is it?"

"Nothing.  It worked.  She took it."  Tera opened her eyes and smiled.  I relaxed as she pulled the cable from her neck and stood up.

"10, 9, 8..." Joan began to chant under her breath.  "... 3, 2, 1.  That should do it."

"Is it safe?" Jen asked.

"Only one way to find out.  Stay here and I'll signal when to go" Joan replied.  She opened the door, and nervously took one step out, followed by another.  She walked slowly out until she had passed the cars, and was in clear view of any potential sniper position.  She looked around and listened, using her keen senses, and then looked back to us.

"Ok, hop on" I told Tera who stood close behind me.

"Oh.  Right."  She hopped onto my back, literally, in a piggy-back position, and held on tight.  My suit was fully active, so as soon as Joan waved, we were off like a rocket.  I easily caught up to Joan, just as we passed through the clearing and made it into the woods.  No gunshot had gone off, Tera was unharmed, and we were now behind the cover of trees.  Her grip around my chest lessened, and she relaxed, allowing herself to be carried almost like I was her horse.

I glanced behind when we made it into the woods, and the others had already started running together in a group, following us.  Jack was using his cell phone to track us, to make sure they didn't lose us in the park.

"That way" Tera pointed to my left, and Joan and I took off.  We kept up with each other fairly well, finding trails where we could to go faster, and cutting through the woods at other times for shortcuts.  It was always harder to run in the the brush, and Tera had to keep her head down to avoid getting hit in the face by a branch.  She seemed to really enjoy the ride, and I had to admit I was enjoying the soft warmth of her body against me.

After a few minutes, and several navigation changes by Tera, we arrived at a peculiar sight.  A Japanese model motorcycle lay proped against a tree deep in the woods.  Someone had deliberately covered it in leaves and branches to hide it, and it would have worked if Joan didn't spot it.

"Time?' I whispered.

"2 minutes 35" Joan replied in a hushed tone.

"She must be close.  Tera?"

Tera got off my back, and pointed a little ways farther into the woods, this time taking the lead walking.  As we got closer to our destination, we heard someone ahead of us.

"Goddamn mother fucker!  What the hell... fuck!"  It was rather vulgar language for a young lady, and we knew we had found our target.

We silently approached an outcropping of rock on the side of a hill.  Looking out, we could clearly see the lab and the cars in the distance, her position was perfect.  On the large rock was a girl, dressed in dark camo gear complete with a cap, a form-fitting jacket, matching outdoorsman pants tucked into heavy-duty black boots, and large sniper rifle at her side.  For some reason, she also had a tall and thick black leather collar with a buckle around her neck.  She sat on the rock holding her head as though she were suffering from the largest migrane you could imagine.  Her pretty face was painted in camouflage and was clenched up tight, and her black hair was short, and hidden mostly by her cap.  Besides the gun laying next to her, there was a camo bag behind her, filled with who knows what.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" she exclaimed, holding her head with both hands as though she were trying to crush her brain.  "What the hell is this?"

Joan and I glanced at each other, but Tera just covered her mouth in shock.  "She's never spoken like that before" she whispered.

"She's not the only one" Joan murmured but I don't think Tera heard.  I did though, I knew she was talking about the other morning when I got Tera to talk dirty during sex, which Joan had easily overheard.  "90 seconds" she whispered louder.

"Stay here Tera" I commanded.  "When we subdue her, run out, ok?"  She nodded, and Joan and I positioned ourselves.  I took a position on the rocks above her, ready to jump down, while Joan moved in closer to her side, and looked up at me.  Just before she gave the ready signal, 261 gasped, let go of her head, and leaned over on all fours on the rock, catching her breath.

Looks like she managed to fight it off faster then Jack predicted, but it was only an estimate.  She looked up toward the lab and started to laugh between her breaths.

"Is... ha ha... is that all you got?' she said.  "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?" she repeated at the top of her lungs, getting to her knees as she yelled out.  I nodded to Joan, who nodded back and ran out from her hiding place.

I must have made more noise as I jumped down onto her from 12 feet up.  As I was falling in the air, 261 turned around and looked up at me with horror in her face.  I landed directly on her, and pushed her to the groud with a loud "Oof!".  Joan caught up half a second later, and the struggle began.

Joan was designed for close quarters combat, so she had the advantage against her sister, but her run through the forest exhausted her and she was running low on power, so she was not using her full strength or speed anymore.  I had to compensate, but holding down this girl was far more of a challenge than I anticipated.

"What the fuck!?  Get off of me!"  She yelled and fought, kicking, squimring, scratching, and biting.  She was fighting back dirty and I couldn't help but get a little more rough with her than I wanted Tera to see me get.  Eventually, Joan and I got her to her back, and pinned her to the ground.  Joan was holding her down in a highly skilled fashion, practically sitting on top of her with her arms and legs holding her sister down in what looked like a wreslting move.  Meanwhile I struggled with her hands, keeping them from scratching and pulling at us, holding them above her head.  I was far less graceful than Joan had been.

261 stared up at Joan, snarling and struggling against her.  As soon as she looked up at me though, she got worse.  With her held down, she couldn't do much, but she started spitting at me and screaming.  "I fucking HATE YOU!  DIE already you damn PIG!  You fucking MAN!"

She kicked hard, and knocked Joan off, and was seconds away from getting out of my grasp as well, when suddenly Tom and Jack jumped at her.  "Let's try this again mate" Jack said as she pushed her to the ground again.

This time, with 3 men, and one super strong (although tired) gynoid holding her down, 261 was pinned and defenseless.  That didn't stop her from spitting and cursing and biting at us.  The whole time, she screamed and yelled at Tom, Jack, and Me, and almost ignored her sister.  Each of us concentrated on holding down one of her limbs and that corner of her body. Jen and Tera emerged from the woods a second later, and quickly rushed over to help.

"Danny" Joan whispered, "I'm down to 12%."  I nodded, and knew she wouldn't have enough to run all the way back to the lab, but there was little else I could do.

261 didn't seem to notice any of this, and continued to curse at us.  "You took her from us you fucking monster!  I'll rip your spine out!"  I bet she could too if she wasn't pinned down.

Jen helped Joan and I, who were holding down her arms, lift 261 up enough to let Tera get to her neck.  Tera pulled out a cable from her neck, and prepred to connect it to her sister when she ran into a problem.

"Her collar's in the way!"  She tried to move it up or down to get around it, but it was just too stiff and tall and thick (that's what she said?) to let her get around it.

"There's a buckle on the front" Joan struggled to say under her breath.

Tera started fidgetting with the tight fitting buckle, but 261 kept biting at her, and Tera couldn't get it off.

"Here, let me try" I said.  Jen switched with me, and I grabbed 261's chin and lifted it up, while Tera and I struggled at undoing her collar's buckle.  It took a minute, but we got it far enough now that we just had to pull it tight to undo it, and it would fall off.  That's when 261 stopped fighting and started begging.

"No.  Don't do that!  Please!  Don't touch it!"  She sounded panicked, but there wasn't any choice.  We had to do something, and I wasn't about to trust her to start behaving just cause she was begging now.

We pulled the collar tight, and loosened the hook, allowing it to fall off her neck.  As the strap came loose, however, a piercing loud sound errupted from the collar.

"Holy shit, what is that?" Jen yelled over the noise.

"No!  NO!  Put it back!" 261 yelled out, struggling against us again.

The collar didn't fall as it came away from her neck, instead it dangled from a cord hidden inside the back of the collar that was attached to her data port. It was't merely attached to her port either, it was soldered into place.  Someone wanted to make sure it wouldn't come loose.

I grabbed at the collar, and prepared to yank it out when the alarm suddenly stopped, and was instead replaced by a loud POP!

A jolt of electricity shot into 261 through her data part, and she went wild with convulsions.  Her green eyes shot open wide, and sparks flew out from the back of her neck.  I yanked hard, and ripped the collar off of her neck, snappng the wire it was attached to.

261 lay there, eyes staring blanky open, stained with tears.  Her mouth was frozen in an expression of agony, and her body no longer fought back at all.  The distinct smell of fried circuits filled my nostrils, and smoke started to rise from her neck.  The collar had sent a jolt of electricty into her system, and terminated her.

Tera held her hands to her eyes and sobbed, occaisionally peaking out from between her fingers.  Everyone else got off of her body, while Joan held her shoulders, lowering her to the ground, her own eyes filling with tears.

Tom placed his fingers on her neck, and felt for a pulse.  Just as he did, 261 gasped for air.  It was shallow and fast, but she wasn't competely dead yet.  Tera jumped back, but then approached to see if she was alright.  She wasn't.  She didn't respond to anything they did.  She just lay there, unresponsive, lungs breathing and heart beating, but nothing else.

"Joan" I said.  "There was a motorcycle up there.  Do you think you can ride it back down and get yourself charged in the SUV?"

She looked up at me as though I were talking another language, before finaly wiping away her tears and nodding.  She walked up the hill out of my vision.  A few seconds later, the bike started up, and drove off.

"We have to get her back to the lab.  There must be something we can do" Tom said.

"I'll carry her" I suggested.  He nodded, and I lifted 261 into my arms.  Tera helped me get her positioned easier to carry, since it is easy to carry a relaxed human body, but not a stiff one.  Jack and Jen stayed behind to scour the site for anything she may have left, while Tom, Tera, and I returned with 261, walking through the woods.

By the time we got back, it was starting to get dark out.  The motorcycle was laying in the grass near the SUV, and Joan was inside, plugged into the outlet with the engine running.  She was breathing heavily, and had been crying, but once she saw us, she dried off her tears, and put on her tough face again.

"How are you doing?" I asked her.

She cleared her throat.  "I'm alright.  I'll survive.  I got back just in time.  How's...?"

I looked at 261 in my arms.  "No change.  Tom's going to look at her inside."

"Without power?"

"I... I don't know" I answered.

Joan unplugged herself and came over from the truck.  "Use me.  I mean... my power.  I can power his tools."

"Joan.  How much battery do you have?"

"I'm up to 50%."  she answered.

"Don't lie to me Joan" I said crossly.

She took a small step back and lowered her head.  "30%"

"I'll do it" Tera answered.

"How are you holding up?" I asked.

"Almost 60%."

Tom nodded, and the 3 of us went back into the building, leaving Joan alone in the SUV to finish charging.  I couldn't help but feel like I had been too harsh on her, and she looked like she was really hurting inside.

Cynthia waited for us at the door, and ran out when she saw me carrying 261.

"What happened?"

"Didn't Joan tell you" Tera asked.

"She just grabbed the keys to the SUV and has been sulking out there ever since.  She never said a word."

Tom held up the collar.  "They used this to fry her system.  Like getting struck by lightning."

Cynthia had the same reation Tera had, covering her mouth in shock, before she rushed us inside.  We cleared off a space on the table, and laid her down on it.  It was the first time I got a decent look at her, but since it was already getting dark out, we had to use flashlights and the lights from the SUV to see.

Tom disappeared into the lab, while Cynthia and Tera talked.  Tera told her all about what happened, and they hugged a mother-daughter embrace.  I took the time to study 261 a little more.

261 was smaller than either Joan or Tera, with a much more petite figure.  She was thin, with short black hair in a bob cut.  Her nose was perfectly sloped with a cute rounded tip, rather like Tera's, but her green eyes were  more like Joan's in their shape.  She had a lean look, an angular face that held a kind of natural mystique to it, but was cute enough to be the girl next door type.  The only thing that was off putting was the camouflage makeup she wore that covered her face.

Her body was still dressed in the camo jacket and pants, with the black boots, which looked good on her in a militaristic way.  I decided that since we were going to be working on here, I should probably take off her jacket to get better access to her.  I unbuttoned her jacket to find that she was wearing an olive green crop top shirt beneath, revealing copious amounts of her midriff.  She had no bra.  Her breasts were smaller than Tera's, but still very feminine and shapely.  I noticed now for the first time that she had a similar structure to Joan.  Her skin showed faint seams outlining her access panels.  As with Joan they are easily overlooked, and blend in to the rest of her skin, but they were still there.  She also wore a rather thick black belt, that looked like one you'd wear for holding magazine cartridges, except the many large pockets didn't open.

Tom emerged carrying some parts, some tools, and wheeling in a somewhat portable mointoring station.  He looked tired, and worried, but started setting up to see what he could do.  We turned on some more portable lamps, but it was still rather dim, and would only get darker as the sun went down.  Still, Tom was eager enough to start, but things did not look good.

Tera and I took off 261's jacket the rest of the way, and sat her in a chair so Tom could work on her neck.  Tera sat down next to them, and lifted up the back of her shirt, allowing Tom to plug in some of the tools.  He used an adapter to do it, but I hadn't seen that type before.  Nonetheless, he started working in silence Tera holding up a flashlight to help him see better, while Cynthia and I waited.  I noticed now that at the base of 261's back was a cable connected to the belt she wore.  It occured to me it was a battery pack belt, which probably allowed her to operate for many days at a time.

Tera looked exhausted, and the tools used up more of her power but she never complained.  I worried for her.  As soon as Tom started using the laser cutter, she started straining herself, as though all her energy was being quickly drawn from her.

[gynoneko]

A short time later, Jen and Jack returned, carrying whatever things they could find that were left.  It wasn't much, but included her bag, her helmet, a blanket, and some rations.  Shortly after they came in, Joan followed, having fully charging herself in the truck.  After seeing what was going on, she disconnected the battery to Tom's car and hooked it up to the portable monitoring station.  Unfortunately, he still used Tera to power the tools, and the monitor went all but unused.  It was already dark, and Cynthia had prepared another meal, but Tom refused any food, and spoke little, working by himself with only Tera assisting.

Tera almost collapsed when I told Tom he had to stop.  He had been working non-stop for hours, and Tera was about out of juice.  She had started quietly asking him to stop, but he just ignored her, telling her to hold the light steady.  I was under the impression that he was not always as nice as he had been, and I was nervous that he was relapsing into a darker side of his personality.

Tom looked up sharply and angrily at me.  Tera's pleas to ask him to stop had been completely ignored, and he still refused to listen.  I forcefully grabbed the tool from Tom, and disconnected it from Tera, who instantly seemed relieved.  Tom was not so happy.

"What the hell?  What gives you the right to touch my things?"

"What gives you the right to hurt mine?" I retorted

"Oh!  So she's a thing to you now is she?" he shot back, face turning red.

"No!  But you can't just ignore everyone around you, as you work on a hopeless cause!" I replied in a lowered tone, but still a firece one.

"I'm trying to save her life!" he said lifting his voice.

"By sucking it out of your youngest daughter!?"

He hesitated and glanced at Tera who was visibly exhausted, before he went into a furious outburst, and threw one of the tools across the room and shattered a window.  He stormed outside, and started walking down the road.

I had never seen this side of him before, and I hoped to never see it again.  Cynthia was completely embarrassed by it, and Joan stayed quiet and out of the way.  Tera was shocked, and cried into my arms, not sure what just happened.

"I'm sorry you all had to see that" Cynthia said finally.  "He sometimes has his bad days.  He's never been abusive!  Just... angry and loud."

"As long as everyone is alright" I replied.  "Come on Tera, you're about to faint.  Lets get you charged up."  I helped Tera to her feet and walked her toward the door.

"Goddamn it!" Jack said, and walked out of the room toward the labs with a flashlight.

"Jack?" Jen said, and followed him.

"The car is low on fuel" Joan said and got up to join us.  "We can stop at a station to fuel up while you charge."

The day had started off so well, but somehow it ended up like this.  We were all getting stressed out, but at least we no longer had to worry about a sniper stalking us.  Instead, we had to worry about what to do next, where Tom had gone off to, and what to do with 261's almost lifeless body.

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Chapter 22 here.

[TW]

When I first read this, I wondered "Good god, why is this a draft?!" I'm glad to see I just read it a bit too soon

I don't know what it is, but this chapter cements in me what a good writer you are. Something tells me this wasn't easy for you to write, but you manage to keep that perfect blend of sensuality, suspense, and action. I won't lie that I check daily for a new installment to this story, and this one does not disappoint. You've done an excellent job with character development and you set the table for some extremely interesting interactions and developments. My only suggestion would be not to lose track of them all.

I am very literally in thrall to this story. And I know you mentioned that you weren't one to embrace the typical happy ending, but I can't help but hope for one for Danny and Tera. After all they've been through, I can't help but say they deserve it.

Excellent job, Gynoneko. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment.

TW

[gynoneko]

I'm glad to see you like this so much! Whenever I post something as "Draft" it either means I have finished it but it needs editing and feedback (as I did with "What Once Was Lost", which is still on hold, but I have been working on ideas for continuing it after I finish this story), or more often it means it is done and I haven't finished formatting it. I usually write these on my iPad2, and it is a little more difficult to add the formatting (like the title, links, etc.) from there, so I usually post it, and then edit it when I get to my computer. It just took longer this time than it usually does. Usually I can edit it in like 5 minutes from posting it, but today I was working on a podcast with a friend and so I posted it and only got around to formatting it tonight. I'll start marking these as "Unformatted" now just to avoid confusion.

Keeping track of everything is a challenge. I usually write out an outline of the story to get an idea of what happens when, etc. However, things keep changing slightly as I write it and I have to edit the outline. I have just officially run into the end of the outline I've written down thanks to all the slight changes that have happened (mainly due to character development), but don't fret, I have already figured out the whole story, just not the details. I know what happens next chapter, and how things are going to end. It's the process of getting there that will take some time to figure out. I also have to admit that the characters became more interesting as I wrote them out. There are some classes I hope to someday take at my college where they teach how to write a story, and a character. I may have to take that someday, but for now I am doing my best to make sure every character has 3 dimensions, and each have their own struggles to deal with. Heck... I've been planning so far ahead, I already have major plot ideas worked out for a sequel, and I haven't even finished this one yet!

I have to admit that I check daily for feedback on these chapters. I am so glad to get one like this! While it isn't the "constructive criticism" type that helps develop a writer, it is the "praise and adoration" type that really makes me want to keep writing more. Thanks so much for your awesome feedback!

As for the ending... it isn't as close as you'd think. There is still one more sister to deal with, plus the sister you just met has more to offer. In the next few chapters, there will be a major shift as we get back to the main plot again. There won't be a "typical happy ending", but I hope everyone enjoys it and gets what they want out of it.

So I'm going to ask some quick questions to see if anyone has some feedback they can give that is more of the 'constructive' type (but please keep posting your regular ones too, I love to read them!):

1) How did you like this sex scene versus the last one? Which is your favorite in the whole story so far?
2) Are there too many details / not enough? Do they balance well?
3) Are there any questions you have about the story, characters, etc? (any at all, I might not answer if it involves the story, but it might clarify things I need to define more)
4) Out of the entire story, what is your favorite part so far? What is your least favorite part?
5) Is there any part of my writing that distracts you? (I know I've missed some spelling errors, etc., but I've tried to catch them and correct them when I do run into them)

That's all for now! Thanks again for your awesome feedback!

[liliwinnt6]

Sorry about our little enemy 261, let's hope she could be repaired soon.

By the way, about 5 questions above,
1) I'm no longer interested in the scenes about sex, how the story would go is my concern.
3) Tom, is he ok now? Seeing 261 in such status, was he mad about Danny when dealing with the collar?
5) Spelling errors could be inevitable, I can tolerate it when there aren't too many. I'm not a native English speaker by the way.