Well... that took a lot longer than I had hoped.
To all my readers, those who have left comments on my stories, sent me emails and left messages on the new discord server, I can only thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your messages of support. Even the impatient ones have spurred me on to get this finished. And with everything that has happened since the last chapter, I needed it.
I wont lie, this one was a struggle, between health issues, personal issues and the god damned plague, I wasn't sure that this would ever get finished. But here we are... Chapter 7. For all returning readers, we pick up our story with Pete and learn a little more about what it means to be an Evo. To all new readers, none of that will make any sense whatsoever, so It might be best to start at Chapter 1.
It would be an omission of criminal proportions to say any more without first expressing my deepest thanks and utter admiration for my editors. Sophie, Ames, Freya and (a new edition who demanded I completely and justifiably rewrite the entire final scene) Red. Your grasp of the English language far exceeds my own and this work, along with all my others, have been vastly improved by your help. Thank you.
As usual, all people portrayed in this story are of legal age and consent. Any similarities between real persons or events are completely coincidental and -- frankly -- hilarious.
Now on with the story -- Nova.
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The world was foggy, hazy. The bleary-eyed return from sleep's warm embrace was not something that I had missed in the time since my awakening, but in a massive break with recent tradition, I had fallen asleep the old-fashioned way. My sleep-addled brain didn't quite register the shifting of weight on the bed next to me, and I was halfway through the process that would have returned me to my bunker for a proper rest when my manhood was enveloped in a warm, wet set of lips.
The touch was gentle, tentative, affectionate and the soft groan that escaped my throat only spurred on the one that was trying to swallow my whole length. I managed to crack an eyelid open, the sheet-covered mound hovering around my waist started rhythmically bobbing up and down. Slow and steady strokes, measured and deliberate suction, the expert application of tongue to all the sensitive areas of my crown. This was a mouth intent on providing the most amount of pleasure it was capable of. I smiled and rested my head back into the pillow. "Good morning, Evie," I said through the curl of my grin. Only a cute little giggle vibrated around my shaft before my newest lover shifted her attention back to the task before her.
There are many stories like this one. The erotic section of your local library, not to mention the scores of websites out there, are filled with them, and in each of them the hero of the story is some noble, benevolent, altruistic, larger than life character who always does the right thing and puts the needs of others ahead of his own. This is not one of those stories. At least, it hadn't been until now.
It had been a month since my departure from the hospital and although I had kept contact with my nurses, the promised night of drinks and the rendezvous with Becky had yet to happen. With so many of the nursing staff being invited to the party, a whole new shift rotation had to be devised to accommodate them all being off on the same night and it was taking some time. That month, however, had been filled with what I can only accurately describe as the abject abuse of my powers. I told myself that I needed to practice, to explore and master my new abilities, and I had practiced... A
lot
.
I'd had more random and anonymous sex in the past few weeks than I'd had in my entire life before that combined. The methods that Charlotte had taught me of gaining access to an Evo's mind, I quickly realized, worked just as well on the average human. Instead of intricate cities and their curtain walls, there was just an avatar of that person standing in the middle of a meadow. Mute and motionless, anything I said to them in the mindscape -- as I came to call it -- was akin to direct mental control.
You will flash your breasts at the next man you see.
You will let me have every drink I order for the rest of the night for free.
You will empty your wallet and hand it all to me.
You will drag me to the bathrooms and give me the best blowjob you are capable of.
Okay, I admit it, I had used the last of those examples more than I would like to think about, but the effect of this practice couldn't be denied. I may not have had the opportunity to duel with another Evo but entering the mind of a normal human had become child's play.
You are now bisexual for the rest of the evening, and you desire nothing more than to make out with that girl over there.
You are going to put your name down for karaoke. You will sing 'Don't Stop Believing' by Journey whether you know the words or not. You will be physically incapable of reaching the high notes.
It had all been so easy. Until I saw Evie.
It was just like any other night; the same bar, the same nameless faces, the same crowd of college girls ready to be bent to my every whim. Then I saw her, her eyes capturing mine in the reflection of the mirror behind the bar, and I say it that way intentionally. As soon as I saw her, every other girl in the bar ceased to exist. They drew me in like a magnet, like the gravitational pull of a star. I may have turned my entire focus onto her, but I was as incapable of walking away from her as she was from me.
I sucked in a deep breath, Evie's tongue working its magic on the vee of my frenulum pulling my mind back to the moment. I flicked the sheets off her head to gaze down at her, her eyes sparkling mischievously back to mine before she pulled them back over her again with another giggle. My replying chuckle was strangled in my throat by another long moan as she took my entire length into her throat.
It wasn't her face that had drawn me in, although she was astoundingly beautiful. It wasn't the memories of her kind words or smiling face over the past two years; although, there were plenty of them. It was her mind.
Like every other human mind that I had seen, her avatar had been alone in the field, just as I had expected. But unlike theirs, hers was neither mute nor motionless. Hunched over a small campfire and warming her hands, she had immediately looked up to greet me as I approached. A smile curled at her thin, but friendly lips as her eyes took me in. But this was more than an appraisal of my vastly altered outward appearance. It was as if she was looking into my very soul, and in a moment that I couldn't fully explain, I felt an overwhelming urge to gain her approval.
It was hard to describe, much like the rest of the night. It wasn't hard to win her favor; she already seemed to be harboring a certain level of affection towards me from the time she had known me before the accident, even if the immediate target of her amorous intent had been Jimmy. I had no idea why but I wanted to be a better man for her. The internal monologue from her that had been so clear with everyone else was like trying to listen to a conversation from underwater. It was muffled and garbled, I could only make out parts of it with intense concentration and direct physical contact. I had spent a lot longer than I cared to admit trying to get her to lick the rim on my glass -- yes, I know it was juvenile, but I had cut my mind-controlling teeth on a lot stranger commands - my frustration at her resistance building the more I pushed, but I simply couldn't get her to comply.
I am the kind of guy who is very much in favor of calling a spade a spade, so you will understand that all notion of Evie being simply another experiment went out of the window very early in the night. I could have manipulated my way into the panties of a hundred other girls in the bar. But Evie was special, her mind was unique, and her eyes captured me in a way that no others, before or since, ever had. I felt myself falling for this angel long before I brought myself to admit it. Then I started singing to her. Even now, after all these years, I still feel the heat burning in my cheeks and inwardly cringe when I think about how I butchered Elvis Presley to a girl I had known properly for less than an hour.
But the more her mind resisted, the more I wanted her.
Eventually, I had given up on the brute force approach that had worked so well with the other humans and had simply asked her avatar if I could join her by the fire. With an adorable smile and a simple nod, she had moved over on the log that she had perched herself on to make room. As soon as I sat down, her hand curled itself around mine and I was hers.