"Gentlemen," intoned the smooth, male voice, "this is First Navigational Officer Damian Leonidas, hoping you've had a pleasant journey with us. Local time in Atlantea is 11:13AM, and the date is Shieldday, 14th of Smith. As we make our descent into Kumaiya International Aerharbor, please fasten your seat belts and check your surroundings for any personal belongings. On behalf of myself, the captain, our flight crew, and all my colleagues at Nautraxian Aeronautical Limited Charter Society, I would like to welcome you to Atlantea. And should you have travel needs in the future, we hope you will keep us in mind. Which is pretty funny, actually, since we are the only choice if you want to fly here."
Damian chortled over the intercom.
"Anyway, we'll have you on the ground in twenty minutes. Cabin crew, please prepare for landing. May the archetypes guide you."
We had been flying for over twenty hours, including a number of refueling stops. Our plane, an Airbus ACJ319, according to the safety card in the holder near my seat, appeared to have been modified in several ways. The outside was painted a matte, dark black color; although hardly an expert on the matter, a strange look for a private jet. The windows were made of some kind of clear material that could make itself fully opaque, and we had been unable to see outside until an hour before the descent began. Below was monotonous blue ocean, with no landmarks or other distinguishing features. Even had I known what to look for, there was no way to tell where we were on the planet, even knowing that we had departed, the day before, from the General Aviation terminal at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
As the aircraft banked to the starboard side, I could see nothing but water, and wondered, briefly, where we were going to land. Then, as we dropped below 5,000 feet, a large land mass blinked into sight, out of nowhere. I could make out a broad, flat, verdant plain, with low mountains rising up, just out of sight. Our likely destination came briefly into view as the plane continued its long, sweeping turn: a large airport situated on an even larger, rectangular island, connected to the mainland by a miles-long causeway.
For no immediately obvious reason, our plane began to oscillate from side to side. First the port wing dipped twice, then the starboard thrice, then the port twice more. I peered out the window, worried we were experiencing engine trouble. Flying silently, about a thousand feet off of our wing, was a fighter plane, painted the same matte black color as our aircraft. I did not recognize the model, but it had an unusually sleek look which suggested advanced technology, to my layman's eyes. The small jet was in the process of executing a pattern of wing tilts itself, and once it stopped, our own plane made a few more, too. My best guess was that this bizarre set of maneuvers was a security protocol. It reminded me of how paranoid these Atlanteans were; the trailer where my immigration interview had been conducted had been lined with explosives, after all, presumably to avoid leaving any trace of their technology in the case of discovery by the US government.
Thinking about interview process, and the weeks that followed it, reminded me of home. I felt a tightness sweep across my chest. I looked down at the rings on my left hand, and, not for the first time on this journey, wondered if I had made the right choice. As the plane continued to descend, I slid into a daydream, my mind wandering back a little over a month.
* * *
I had returned home, in the afternoon after Xanthia dropped me off, to a mixed reception. The females of the households were unhappy that I had not somehow let them know I was okay, when I didn't come home the night before. Phoebe and Rosalind were standing on the wide porch of the big Victorian, looking cool, arms crossed beneath their prodigious breasts. I began to wave to them, with trepidation, when a blond streak crashed into my body, embracing me in a big hug. The streak then began sobbing on my chest, making a big wet spot.
"I was so worried about you!" Natasha exclaimed, tears streaking down her face.
I tried to extract myself from her grasp, but it was like wrestling with an octopus; the moment I peeled off one arm, she already had wrapped the other one back around me.
"Never do that again!" she urged, as she made loud sniffling sounds.
"Yes, ma'am!" I said.
"I'm serious!" she insisted.
"Dude, you shoulda let us know you were okay," Phoebe said, levelly, "we thought you got abducted by the NSA or something."
"And you'd better go see the Twins tonight," Rosalind added, "they were even more freaked than Tasha here."
"Auntie!" Natasha whined, "I wasn't that upset!"
"Okay," her aunt remarked, "if that's the case, maybe you could let Jason go then?"
"Mmm ... no!" the young blonde said. "Jason, come with me."
At this, Rosalind and Phoebe tried to suppress wry smiles, but failed. I shrugged helplessly as Natasha dragged me into the house, and then to her room. Her twin bed had a frilly pink comforter, which she plopped down on, motioning for me to join her.
"You're a bad man, and you owe me for making me worry so much. So I need you to help me with something, and you have to do it."
"Um, okay. You do know that I had no way to contact you guys?"
"Whatev!"
I shrugged.
"So," she said, "I keep running out of milk before all the babies are done, and then Auntie Phee has to take over with her big ol' bazoombas. It doesn't happen every night, but often enough."
"There are four kids; I don't think Phoebe holds it against you."
"She doesn't; she's a frickin' saint, really. But I still feel bad, kinda like I'm not doing my job. And I'm so close to being able to handle them all, it's driving me crazy."
"What does this have to do with me?"
"Help me increase my milk supply!"
"How?"
"The kiddos just aren't consistent, especially with three other moms to nurse them whenever they freakin' want. But then sometimes I get caught by myself, and they all decide to be hungry, and I run out. So I've done a bunch of research, and I need to nurse for longer, more often, and at the same times every day."
She hefted both breasts as she said this last part.
"Wouldn't the pump work better?" I asked; although my blood was racing, it seemed wrong to show too much excitement just yet.
"I hate those things! So no!" Natasha exclaimed.
"What do you want me to do?" I asked, even though it was obvious, I wanted to hear her say it.
"Could you," she said, biting her lip nervously, "nurse with me? Whenever there's a gap?"
"How often would that be?" I asked, pretending to a casualness I was no longer feeling.
"I guess two to four times every day. And sometimes at night. It'll depend on how much I get in with the babies."
"Hmm," I said, "I think I can do this. You might owe me, though."
I added the last part using a lower octave, hoping to be clear I was joking. Natasha ignored this, or pretended to, and responded sincerely.
"I already owe you," she said, "this just adds to the load."
"Okay!" I said, "It's a deal."
"Could we start now? My titties are about to explode!"
She took a lacy pillow from one side of the bed and placed it on her lap, then motioned for me to lie down at a right angle to her body. I lay down and scooted along the surface of the bed, resting my head below dark brown right nipple. Her breast was so full that I could see faint lines of stress radiating outwards from the areola. Having, by this time, breastfed from four different women, I latched on perfectly to Natasha's uniquely thick nipple, and sucked with precisely the right amount of pressure.
"Hey!" Natasha said, grabbing my hair and pulling me off her boob, "How'd ya get so much better at this all of a sudden?"
"I'll tell you later," I said, eager to drink more.
Before I latched back on, though, I noticed she had been to the salon; there were new pink highlights at the ends of her blond hair.
"Your hair looks cute, by the way," I said, sincerely; growing up with four older sisters had taught me to pay attention to these details. "The pink really suits your blue eyes."
Natasha blushed.
"Thanks," she said, biting her lip. "I also saw Marta. How do you stand going there so often? I felt like I was in a fuckin' Russian prison."
"Sometimes I ask myself the same thing!" I said.
"Anyway, it's not gross down there now, the next time you give me a massage. Which reminds me, are you up for that? My back's hurting again."
"For sure! Also I have to show you those exercises too, maybe tomorrow?"
"Okay!" she said happily. "Oh yeah, I also went to the gyno."
"You were a busy girl!"
"I was," she replied. "I was worried I tore when you and I ... you know, tried it out. But she said everything's fine down there, it's just gonna hurt a lot at first."
The dull pain in my cock, which had been present all afternoon, flared into full-blown agony, as her words made my member stiffen. It felt like shards of glass were being dragged along my urethra.
"Oof," I said.
"Are you okay?" Natasha asked, concern washing over her features as she peered down at me.
"Yeah, sorry, I think I overused my, um, little friend down there."
"Now you really have to tell me what happened!"
Instead of answering, I put my lips to her nipple again and began to nurse, drawing down enough milk to mollify her.