Chapter Five: Outer Space
"Thank you everyone for coming," said Pete, addressing the seven crewmembers of the Mermaids Pride that were gathered with him in the ships lounge.
The Captain and First Mate were on the bridge keeping an eye on the piloting to leave Pete free to run a team building exercise with the crew, to make them work as one unit.
"Okay I want everyone to pair up for this, make sure you're with someone who's not in your original crew, remember the purpose of this is to get to know each other better," he reminded them all.
They quickly partnered up, Jim tried to pair up with Kelly but was immediately ignored as she grabbed the closest Buccaneers Revenge crewman who happened to be Harry. So instead Jim paired up with Elizabeth, Billy partners with Red and Pete and Carmen teamed up.
"Righto," said Pete once they were organized. "We're going to do a short trust exercise. Both partners will get a turn at this. One of you will be blindfolded and the other has to lead them from here in the lounge to the entrance to the engine room down a floor." Pete pulled out four blindfolds and handed them out to the groups. "Let's say ladies first and then we'll switch for the trip back."
Once all four girls were blindfolded Pete instructed their partners to spin them around a few times to make sure they lost all sense of direction. Pete spun his partner quickly around, accidentally brushing one of her large breasts through her top as he did so.
"Okay, ready everyone?" Pete called out, winking at Jim who was crouched down in front of Elizabeth, peeking up her loose skirt at her white panties. "See you all at the engine roomβ¦Go!" the first mate announced, signaling the start of the exercise.
Billy hooked an arm around Red's shapely waist and started to lead her off down the corridor, although his eyes were mostly focused down the front of her halter-top as he kept her body pulled tightly against him. Pete's approach was to stand right behind Carmen, his body pressed against her back and both his hands on her hips. As this pair walked forward Pete made sure to regularly bump into Carmen's shapely ass with his crotch and at the same time let his hands creep up towards the sides of Carmen's firm breasts.
Harry was less subtle, hooking his arm into Kelly's and leading her down the hallway with the side of his arm pressed against the side of her large tit. As they walked he reached out with his other hand and gave the breast closest to him a firm squeeze. Kelly gasped but didn't protest so he left his hand resting there on her full bosom, giving it the occasional squeeze as they walked.
Jim and Elizabeth were last, Jim holding one of Elizabeth's hands out in front of him as he led her along the corridor and let his other hand rest on the small of the back to guide her. As they turned the first corner Jim let the hand on her back slide down to cup one of her firm buttocks through her skirt. Whilst the others all took off ahead, Jim guided Elizabeth to a stairwell and started to lead up the stairs.
"I thought the engine room was down?" Elizabeth said in surprise as Jim led her carefully up the flight of stairs. She felt Jim's hand slip under the bottom of her skirt and cup her panty clad asscheek under the guise of helping her up the stairs.
"The express elevator goes from the floor above us though," Jim explained, giving her ass a squeeze.
"Oh, good thinking," Elizabeth replied.
Billy and Red were at the front of the main group, Billy almost pushing Red along with the arm around her waist. Suddenly they both stumbled and tripped, falling to the hard floor with a crash. Red landing on her back as her young guide crashed on top of her, his face planting into her heaving bosom. On the way past Pete discreetly gave Billy a kick in the ribs, the older mans hands now brushing the sides of Carmen's ample tits as he pushed her along in front of him.
Harry and Kelly, and Pete and Carmen were the only ones to make it into the elevator before the doors closed. Pete stood leaning against the wall of the elevator with Carmen in front of him, leaning back against him. His crotch was pressed into Carmen's firm ass and he was as subtly as possible grinding himself against her through her miniskirt.
Harry, seeing an opportunity released Kelly and stepped in front of Carmen, reaching out and squeezing one of her big tits through her top. The pretty doctor yelped in surprise.
"What was that?" she gasped reaching out, but Harry stepped back away from her in time.
"Just Jim messing around," Billy said, winking at Harry.
"Asshole!" Carmen swore, remembering the blowjob Jim had forced upon her outside that bar previously.
Billy carefully reached around Carmen and squeezed both her tits through her top.
"Jim!" she said, "Quit it!"
Billy grinned and moved his hands back to her hips as the elevator halted on the ground floor. He slid them down the outside of her thighs and reached for the hem of her miniskirt. Just as the elevator doors slid open Billy pulled Carmen's skirt up, right the way to her waist.
"What's going on?" Carmen asked as her g-string panties and gorgeous ass were exposed.
"We're got to hurry!" Billy told her, pushing her forward in front of him. "We're in the lead!" he added, taking the chance to stare down at her ass, left bare by her skimpy g-string.
"Where are you?" Kelly called out back in the elevator.
"I'm here!" said Harry, regaining contact with his partner but pulling her against him. Due to his height his face was pressed right into Kelly's impressive cleavage.
"Thank goodness," Kelly breathed as Harry rubbed his face against her chest. "Let's go!"
Meanwhile, back upstairs Billy was helping Red to her feet, making sure to cop copious feels of Red's big tits and rounded ass as she got back to her feet.
"You clumsy idiot!" snapped the ships pilot.
"If we hurry we can catch up," Billy said to her, giving her a slap on the ass as he put his arm around her waist and hurried her on in the direction of the elevator.
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Whilst the team building exercise was in full swing, First Mate Holly Sharp and Captain Lex McGinnity were on the bridge of the Mermaids Pride, keeping an eye on the autopilot and navigation systems while the rest of the crew was occupied.
Holly sat in the pilots chair going over the instrument read outs as Lex stood behind her, both his hands resting on her shoulders which he was massaging whilst looking down the front of her halter at her impressive tits that were almost bursting out.
As Lex rubbed the lovely blonde's shoulders his hands crept lower and lower, starting to rub her upper chest. Going for the jackpot, Lex's hands slid down inside the front of Holly's top to cup and squeeze her big tits, bare beneath the top. Holly gave a sigh of frustration and reached up, pushing her Captain's wandering hands back up to her shoulders.
"We've discussed this Captain, it's not appropriate," she told him assertively.
"Sorry," apologized Lex, "I slipped."
Holly was about to retort when a massive shudder rocked the Mermaids Pride. Lex who was still standing behind Holly was tossed across the bridge.
"What the fuck?" asked Holly in surprise, scanning the control panel for a clue to what happened.
Lex had a very familiar sense of dΓ©jΓ vu. "Balacheans!" he exclaimed, "we're under attack!"
As Holly started to try and pin point their attackers, Lex slammed his fist down on the alarm button and a siren blared through the ship, causing female crewmember to yank off their blindfolds and male crewmember to (reluctantly) yank away their groping hands from delicious pieces of female anatomy.
As the ship was rocked by another blast from the alien attackers Lex's voice came over the ship wide PA system, "We're under attack! Everyone to your battle stations!" Lex switched the engine room intercom, "Damage Report from that hit Mr Savage?"
"Just a small hull fracture near the engines, nothing essential hit," came the voice of Kelly, the assistant mechanic in reply. "Jim's still on his way here."
The ship shuddered for the third time and Lex didn't have to ask for Kelly's report. "That was the targeting computer sir!" the busty blonde announced.
"Shit!" swore Lex, "that's gonna make it hard to fight back."
Elizabeth, Billy and Red entered the bridge now, immediately taking their positions.
"Get that computer fixed!" Lex barked into the intercom.
"On it sir!" it was Jim's voice this time, he'd obviously reached his position.
"Get us around facing them Red!" ordered Lex to the buxom redhead pilot. Red was already taking Holly's place at the controls.
"Billy, see what you can do with our guns, the targeting computer is done so we're sitting ducks," Holly said to her gunner.
"Shields down to 50%," Kelly reported from the engine room as the last stragglers of the crew took their positions on the bridge.
"Found them!" Harry announced not long after he had taken his position in front of the navigational computer. "There's two of them, on the port side." Red immediately began getting the Mermaids Pride moving to face the enemy ships.
"Shit!" swore Lex.
Suddenly there was an explosion out in space as Billy fired the Mermaids lasers and scored a direct hit on one of the enemy ships, destroying it.
"Nice shot!" exclaimed Elizabeth from her position, she didn't have a lot to do in combat as comms officer so was watching the action intently.
"Computer back up?" Lex asked.
"Negative Cap'n," came Jim from down in the engine room.
"Very nice shot then," Lex complemented his new gunner. "Now get the other one."
The remaining Balachean attack ship fired a rapid volley of laser shots at the Mermaids Pride, as Billy shot off a few more misses the Pride was rocked by direct hits from their attackers.