Penny would go and gaze up at the stars some nights, wondering when her love would return. It had been almost a year since she last saw Vitala.
She had quit her job right after her return, thinking she did not want to leave any loose ends. She had been turning down offers to go out with men as well, even for little events she was hoping to try.
Penny found out that trying to sell gold bullion was more difficult than she had presumed. Vitala left her with an estimated two million in ingots. Apparently, people needed to know who smelted it and what the source was before they could sell it on the open market. She finally found a dealer that wasn't so nosy, and she was able to sell it all off within six months. They kept a tidy commission, and Penny had to pay a decent amount in taxes.
She suddenly had a great deal of money, but had no desire to spend it. Penny pondered that if she was away on some trip or out partying, and Vitala returned, she would miss her chance. She was starting to feel trapped in her own home.
It was after Penny's 26
th
birthday, and her friends had invited her out to St. Brogan's Pub and Grill for dinner and drinks. She decided she could be out for one night, and got herself fixed up and ready to go. The girls got a few drinks into them and went through plate after plate of ribs.
After a few hours, Penny got a cab home, then made her way up to her apartment. She pulled off her shoes, then went right into her bedroom and laid down. It only took a few minutes before she conked out.
Penny woke up to pitch black, and looked at her alarm clock. 3:32 am. She dropped her head again and closed her eyes.
"Penny Leighton?"
Penny smacked her lips a few times. "Mmm."
"Penny Leighton," the voice said again. "I am sorry to disturb your sleep."
Penny smiled with her eyes closed, then her mouth went wide as she had her eyes fully opened. She scrambled up and turned on the desk lamp.
There she was in the soft glow of the lamp light. Vitala was wearing what looked like a full-length flight suit and her hair tied back. Penny's eyes focused enough to see the cute freckles all over her nose and face. She was squatted down near the bed.
"Vitala!" Penny jumped out of the bed and gave Vitala a huge hug, then gave her a big kiss on the lips. She was near tears at this point.
"Penny, I must ask for your help again," Vitala explained. "You must return with me."
"Are we going to Shaskala?" asked Penny excitedly.
"We do not have time," Vitala responded. "I have been assigned to act on behalf of our government. Our supply of crystallized tungsten is in jeopardy. It's complicated to explain, but we require it for our slipstream drives. We are several years from creating a synthetic form."
"Let's just go!" Penny got up off the floor and pulled Vitala to her feet. "I got you something!"
The two of them were able to get to Penny's storage locker. Penny had stocked up with several more bags of the filter sand that Vitala wanted from before. Vitala gave Penny a huge hug, then the two of them loaded up the shuttle. Vitala had the shuttle modified so that it would make sufficient transformations to look more like an Earth vehicle while it was landed.
The two of them climbed aboard as Vitala had the shuttle take off. This time, Penny got to see the shuttle leave Earth. She held her breath as the vessel punched up through the ionosphere and got into proper space.
"We will arrive soon at the gas giant you refer to as Jupiter," Vitala explained.
A communications message came in. "Trader, we are sorry, but the pod bay doors are malfunctioning."
"How long until repairs are completed?" asked Vitala through her headset.
"One-quarter Earth day, ma'am," the voice replied.
Vitala pushed her lips together. "Keep me apprised. Vitala out." She cut the transmission.
"Uh oh," Penny said. "What do we do now?"
"I will pilot us out to maintain orbit near one of the moons," Vitala replied. "I am interested in the one referred to as Ganymede. I am intrigued by the sub-ice ocean there."
Vitala piloted the craft there and established a stable orbit. She got her harness undone, and Penny did the same.
Penny got a devilish smile. "So what do you want to do for six hours?"
"Oh, Penny Leighton!" Vitala clapped her hands together. "Have you not experienced a non-gravity environment?"
"You can turn off the gravity?" Penny's eyes went wide. "Cool!"
Vitala went to the panel and turned off a switch. Penny found herself drifting up near the ceiling of the shuttle. The bags of sand were safely stowed in the cargo hold, or otherwise they might have found several bags of sand bumping into them.
Penny tried to swim in the air, finding it was more difficult than imagined. Vitala had far more training. "Look! There are handles on the ceiling to grasp onto."
Penny eventually floated up, and held onto one of the handles for anchoring. "This is so amazing!"
Vitala smiled, then made her way over to Penny. The two of them embraced and kissed each other. Penny got her legs wrapped around Vitala's waist.
"Let's do it in zero gravity," Penny suggested.
Vitala smiled widely, then unzipped the front of her jumpsuit. Penny got out of her own clothes, still trying to hang onto the handle at the same time. She eventually got out of everything, floating there naked.
Vitala got out of her suit, then took off her undershirt. Her tits were floating freely, and Penny watched them jiggle without the assistance of gravity. "That's so awesome!"
Vitala got close to Penny and kissed her intensely. Penny grabbed a handful of Vitala's boob as they sucked and panted. Penny pulled away, then let her hips float upward. Vitala took the cue, holding onto both of Penny's thighs, then dove in. Penny squeezed her eyes shut as she held onto a ceiling handle with both hands.
Vitala slurped away. She had a tender tongue that could get into everywhere. Penny gasped and moaned as she floated there. She might very well have been the first human to get fucked in space!
Vitala gave a few more tongue flicks on Penny's clit, then she grabbed onto the ceiling handle above her. She moved her hips up so that she could scissor in with Penny. The two of them bumped doughnuts with great intensity. "Oh my God, girl!" Penny was losing it now. As much as she loved the gentle kisses of Vitala's labia on her own, watching the rhythmic jiggle of Vitala's body was so erotic.
After a few minutes of doing the grind, the hugged each other as they floated in the zero-gravity environment. "I missed you," Penny whispered. "I would have waited for you forever."
The two of them kissed. Penny got Vitala to spin around, then the two of them did a 69 right in the air. Penny played with Vitala's ass cheeks furiously as she dove into her snatch. Penny felt Vitala's sturdy fingers driving into her cunt, then frigging her into ecstasy. Her mouth refused to cooperate, so Penny did a finger fuck of her own. The two of them stroked each others' velvet until they both came.
Penny floated there as Vitala drifted away. She realized that the viewshield was making them plainly visible. She instinctively covered her boobs.
"Why, Penny Leighton!" Vitala laughed in that deep, vibrant way of hers. "Are you being modest? No one is within viewing distance."
"Oh, yeah!" Penny laughed, then drifted over to the gap between the two seats. She turned herself around and did the best twerk she could in space. "Check it out!"
Vitala watched the spectacle with amusement. "Penny, please engage the gravity. It is the second switch close to your hand. Be sure to brace for touchdown."
Penny held onto one of the seats, then engaged the gravity. It turned on slowly, so she was able to adjust for a landing. Vitala flipped out one of the cots from the wall, then invited Penny to come and lie down with her. Penny spooned into Vitala, while Vitala got them covered with a blanket.
"That was amazing," Penny declared. "Did you ever do that before?"
"We did anti-grav training when I used to fly in the Trade Union," said Vitala, sniffing Penny's hair. "You are becoming quite limber."
"Yeah, I got back into kendo," Penny replied. "It's this Japanese fighting technique where you use a sword. I mostly practised using a
shinai
. It's a sword made of bamboo. I did it for most of junior and senior high, then I had to give it up for a bit when I went to college."
"You had more free time to pursue your interests," Vitala said as she kissed Penny's shoulder.
"Thanks to you," Penny said, then turned over. Vitala's large boobs were pressed up against her own chest now.
Vitala took the large sapphire hanging from Penny's neck and held it up. "I'm glad you brought this."
Penny's face crumpled with affection. "It means a lot to me."
"I had to hide it," Vitala explained. "This is no ordinary stone, Penelope. It has in it several atoms that are of superheavy origin."
Penny nodded. "The island of stability!"
"You understand, chemist!" Vitala smiled and gave a wink, which made Penny's toes curl. "Within the gem's matrix, there are a great deal of atoms with 121 protons."
"121! That's huge!" Penny looked down at her sapphire.
"I apologize for my deception," Vitala said. "The superlarge atoms can be used for a variety of scientific discoveries. I was worried that if it was discovered, it would be lost to my people." She took Penny's hand and rubbed it up on her own cheek. "Once again, you have saved my planet."
"Oh, there you go again!" Penny laughed as she kissed Vitala's freckly nose. "You set me up. I didn't know this thing was full of these crazy atoms."