Survey Service Captain Michael Taylor, Lieutenant Commander Susan Cleary, Lieutenant Mushy Takorama, and Special Ambassador Sophie Astor stood in a line in front of the Hive Mind. They were totally nude. Three sets of breasts and vaginas and one penis stood before the Hive Mind, ready for inspection, ready for new orders, ready to be modified or used however the Hive Mind wanted. Each slave had a rider on their back, all of them (with the exception of Mushy's) being double banded with big, thick "v" shaped knuckle bones which grabbed their backs possessively.
Joanna smiled as she watched them being examined. Before they had been brave, bold Survey Service officers. But now they were nothing more than raw material, tools of reproduction willing and eager to have their systems of reproduction hijacked and used for the purposes of the Hive. Sophie, Susan and Mushy stood there proudly with their big, green bellies as warm white lights shot out from the Hive Mind and probed their heavily pregnant bodies.
"Momomomomomomomom," they heard.
"What is it saying?" Taylor asked.
"Our master is pleased," said Joanna, staring at the line of pregnant women. "You have done well, Taylor. You have inseminated the females exactly as you were ordered to."
"Well, maybe not exactly," said her 18 year old daughter Julie, who stood by her Mom's side. "When you didn't come back after the first week, we kind of wondered where you were."
"But we didn't have to guess because of your tracking gem," said Joanna. Her gaze went down to the green crystal hanging from a chain from Taylor's scrotum. "It told us where you were, as well as other things."
"Other things?"
"Let's just say that we knew you were being fruitful and expanding the Hive," Joanna grinned.
"I am pleased to have served," said Taylor, as he felt Joanna's hungry eyes looking at his penis and hairy balls.
"I'm sure you are. And you will continue to," said Joanna approvingly.
The beams of white light cut off and the girls gasped.
"What happened?" Sophie said, reeling on her feet.
"You have been examined by the Hive Mind," said Joanna. "Our master is most pleased with the Hivelife growing inside you."
"I'm so glad!" said Sophie.
"Is our master pleased with all of us?" Mushy asked.
"Of course!" said Joanna, as Mushy gave a wide grin. "Now I want you to follow this Harem Guard to the Incubation Chamber. There you will stay until you give birth."
"What about Michael?" said Susan.
"He has other duties to attend to," said Joanna smoothly. "Don't worry girls, you'll see him again soon."
The girls gave Taylor longing glances as they were led away.
"They really are quite fond of you," said Joanna. "The idea of this so-called vacation was Susan's idea, but we encouraged it once we learned of it. It may be a suitable sweetener to encourage other couples to copulate more productively."
"I'm glad," said Taylor.
"Yes, I'm sure you are," said Joanna, staring into his eyes as if sensing something else from him. "But now you have new duties to attend to."
"New duties?"
"Julie will show you."
********
Taylor was taken to a room full of women.
"Hello Captain," They said as one in a musical tone.
Taylor looked questioningly at Julie. "What am I to do here?"
"Not much. Really, not very much," said Julie. "Just more of the same."
"The same?"
"The Hivemind scanned the fetuses inside the females you impregnated and was so impressed that it wants you to go into mass production mode."
"Mass production mode?"
"You will start by impregnating these women," said Julie.
Taylor looked around him. There must be at least two dozen women there. "How?" he said.
"We'll give you a recharging device," said Julie. "It will be just like before, only a bit more... intense." She kissed him on the cheek. "Good luck, Captain." She turned and left, supremely confident that the Hive's orders would be obeyed.
********
Taylor was surprised that some of the women he was assigned to impregnate were not colonists but crewwomen he knew, from the
Immortal
. And the first one in line was his former first officer, Chloe Fema!
"Michael, so good to see you!" she said, flowing into his arms. Chloe wore a Rider Mask like Sophie did, though Chloe's rider was larger, much larger, with three golden bands on it. Somehow the Rider Mask which looked attractive on Sophie's face looked absolutely repugnant on Chloe's, though Taylor didn't quite know why.
"I hear you've been a productive little fertilization drone," she smirked, cupping his balls.
"Yes," said Taylor reluctantly.
"Now it's time for you to do more work to expand the Hive." She stared at him through her pulsating Rider Mask. "Does that please you?"
"Of course," said Taylor.
"Of course," said Chloe, staring into his eyes and trying to decide if he really meant it. "Then you'll also like
this
."
Taylor cried out as he felt his testicles burning. Chloe had applied a black patch to them. She smiled as the rubbery patch slowly melted into his testicle sack. When it was done his testicles were once again jet black.
"And now you're ready," she declared.
********
Taylor and Chloe made love. Only unlike what he had been made to do with Mushy, Susan, and Sophie, Taylor didn't think of it as making love. They were just having sex. There were no feelings attached to it. Even Mushy, who Taylor was not in love with, was more enjoyable to have than his former first officer.
"I gave myself to the Hive freely, did you know that?" Chloe asked.
"I knew that," said Taylor, as he thrust between her legs. He willed his penis to stiffen even more so he could get this over with as quickly as possible.
"I was the one who brought Sophie in. And she was the one who brought you in. So in a way you have me to thank for this."
"I know," said Taylor, thrusting harder now.
"So do it."
"Do it?"
"Thank me?" She grinned, looking delighted behind her pulsating Rider Mask.
"Thank you, Chloe," said Taylor, between gritted teeth.
"For what?"
"For bringing us into the Hive," said Taylor. He felt his rider flip a switch in his mind and he gasped as he flooded into her. He was grateful for the release.
********
Taylor had sex with three colonists he didn't know, two of them quite attractive, a blonde and a brunette. They were both married, but that didn't matter, as the Hive had assigned them new purposes in life. He used the recharging device after every two women he used. The women all sat there patiently, watching him recharge for twenty minutes or so, before he would move onto the next one. Taylor counted the 23 women in the room. He would have to inseminate them repeatedly. At this rate it would take a long, long time.
And in the meantime, what was happening to the girls?
********
The Harem Guard with the Insect face and humanoid body led them to the Incubation chamber. There they found other women with big green bellies waiting to give birth. Others had recently given birth and were waiting for their offspring to mature. They met a redhead named Casey Farmington with a green but rapidly flattening belly who had just given birth four days earlier.
"Where is your baby?" Susan asked.
"Over here. Come and see!" She led them farther into the room where a series of green pods lay on the ground.
"You gave birth to
that
?" Mushy said.
"That's only the beginning. They grow rapidly," said Casey. "Come and see!" She led the pregnant women deeper into the room. Other pods which had been put there days before had grown into tall cocoons, cocoons with growing bodies inside.
"This is what they become?" said Susan. "These are fully mature bodies!"
"Yes," said Casey. "And
this
is my daughter." She gestured to a cocoon which was almost fully grown. It had some kind of internal bioluminescence. They could see a woman growing, fully sexually mature with breasts and a furry vagina. Only her face was obscured by some kind of fog on the transparency.
"You gave birth to
that
?" Mushy repeated.
"Four days ago," said Casey proudly. "I'm told she'll emerge soon enough. I can't see her face yet but she's a beauty, isn't she?"
Sophie stared at the heavy breasts and sexually mature body. "A beauty," she whispered.
"I'm sure you'll give birth to something spectacular too," said Casey, patting Sophie's belly. "How far along are you?"
"Michael impregnated me four days ago. But Susan got pregnant six days ago."
"You'll be giving birth any day now, Honey." Casey kissed Susan on the lips. "Welcome to the incubation chamber."
********
The first day passed uneventfully. But with each passing hour the girls wondered where Michael was. What was he doing? Why hadn't he come to visit them? The Harem Guards couldn't, or wouldn't talk.
By the second day the girls were frantic. Where was Taylor? Sophie resolved to go and look for him.
"No, Sophie, don't!" Susan implored her, as her rider inflated on her back.
Sophie heard the same suggestion in her head but shook it off, striding out of the room.
She returned several minutes later, escorted by two Harem Guards, and looking very unhappy. Several minutes after that Joanna appeared. "What's going on here, girls?" she asked, with a frown on her face.
"We want to know where Michael is," said Sophie.
"He is serving the Hive, just as you are," said Joanna.