Part 1 (Sweft)
[I've been writing privately about these characters for over 15 years and there are several groups of inter-related stories which I'm now uploading to Literotica.
This episode follows directly on from "Nothing fires lust like grief", the two parts of "Flying solo with Coll" and precedes "On Heat" by 6-12 months.
Experienced Underground officer Coll McDiarmid has decided to recruit two young skywheelers, Sweft Apollorida and Kestrem ForrΓ©. As well as making professional assessments of their psychology, intelligence and fighting skills at this stage, Coll has his own personal agenda and sees no problem in mixing business with pleasure.]
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After a night of passionate three-way fucking and a few hours rest, Coll spent several hours at the Sen martial arts training complex testing Sweft and Kestrem's fighting skills.
Sen-Tae champion Sweft was the more adept classical fighter but Coll saw little sign of killer instinct.
By comparison, Kestrem was undisciplined and frequently disregarded any rules Coll tried to set but he always fought like he wanted to survive rather than demonstrate his ability.
As an experiment, Coll then asked them to link and fight him together. The results and implied possibilities intrigued him.
"All done kids. That was a great display." Coll finally clapped his hands and switched off the computer-generated opponents. Stretching, he looked at them speculatively.
"I have some reporting to register with HQ now. Sweft, come alone to my room at 2100 tonight and Kestrem at 2100 tomorrow night, alone. Let's see how far you both practice what you preach."
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Sweft touched the door's fingerprint recognition strip and it opened. Her visit had obviously been programmed in. Coll was reclining on the bed but fully dressed, propped up with a pillow, going through something on a handheld device.
Despite having programmed the door, and it now being 2105, he didn't seem entirely prepared for her to walk in.
"I'm putting together some general background files on you both. You can check them later if you'd like. See if I've missed anything important."
"OK." Sweft was slightly disarmed.
Coll got up from the bed and put down his reader. He approached her and smiled but didn't attempt to touch her.
"You should know that you don't actually have to be here. I do want to test the limits of your relationship with Kes but beyond that, this isn't part of the recruitment process, it's just me being very self-indulgent. If you want to leave, it won't count against you in any way."
Sweft smiled back. "And if I'm here because I'm attracted by the prospect of more hot sex?"
"Then take your clothes off, get on the bed and I'll give it to you."
They almost raced to strip and burst into genuine laughter as they leapt naked onto the bed at the same time. Sweft decided that she definitely liked Coll McDiarmid. Then she stopped suddenly.
"It feels wrong to laugh," she observed, grief lurching suddenly in her stomach.