This is a sequel to Venus Ascending and continues the story. This story can stand alone, but it will make more sense if you read Venus Ascending. I appreciate any comments both on the previous story and its sequel. OuPa99
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Chapter 3
For the next couple of months most everything on Venus became routine. Now that all external breaches in the space station had been patched, the internal repairs could begin in earnest. All the engineering and maintenance staff worked extra hours to get the space station back in operation. Everyone knew that Venus was hemorrhaging money. Until the gambling and tourism picked up, there was a real possibility of going bankrupt.
The negotiations for Venus's sovereign status continued on earth at its slow languorous pace. With all of John's fellow managers getting more frustrated with each day. The daily calls started running long because all of the managers hungered for information about their new home. They wanted to know all the details about the repairs and wanted to make sure that all of their wish lists were being taken care of.
Lisa's tummy began to grow larger with each passing week and only joy of bringing their child into the world kept her sane. She was used to unceasing physical activity and now she felt fat and graceless. She continued to exercise as much as she could, but she was limited in what she could do. She felt clumsy and awkward as she walked through the space station. Only the light gravity gave bounce to her steps and made her feel the slightest bit light on her feet.
Lisa loved the creation of life inside her. The fact that John and her love had created this beautiful baby inside her was a miracle unlike anything she had ever witnessed. Still, she was ready for her body to quit growing into a very round shape. She was ready for her baby to be here and she desperately wanted to begin exercising and dancing again.
Her whole life had been dancing on stage and it felt odd not to be dancing in front of an audience. John had been the catalyst to help her get a feature dancer position instead of her normal secondary role now she was anxious to be a mother and also to get back to dancing. In addition, she wanted to get her figure back in shape, so she could tempt her love and Master.
During Lisa's entire life she had been judged by her face and figure. Her insecurities made her wonder how John could love somebody so round and fat. He had never shown her any inclination that he didn't love her as much now as when she was slim and sexy. However, everyone else in her life only wanted her body, never wanting to be with her if she gained a pound. Her beautiful face and flawless figure were the only reason people wanted her, until John came along.
She was ready to be a mother, to be a lover and to be her Master's temptress again.
Then as if a light switch had been tripped everything changed. Three things happened that changed the entire world on the sovereign space station Venus.
The first occurred on September 18, five days before Lisa's birthday, the first child ever conceived in space was also born in space. Erika Jaymes McKinney was 45 cm long and slightly less than 3 kg in weight. She was a small baby, but as far as John and Lisa were concerned she was the most perfect human being ever conceived. She seemed to have the best features of both of them and even the most hardened spaceman thought she was a gorgeous child.
Both Erika's parents held her as much as they could. Both of them seemed amazed that they had created this perfect little human being. Their sleep deprivation from all of the late night feedings left them tired, but still blissfully happy. With this tiny human being totally dependent upon them, both of them soon forgot what their life before Erika was all about. While Erika's birth had changed both of her parents, it also changed the world.
This glorious event also had many other unintended consequences. Earth's scientific community went crazy with the opportunity to examine the first child conceived and born in space. They wondered if her small birth size was due to living in space. They wanted to see if her brain or heart worked any differently. At first Lisa and John were very reluctant to have the scientific community touch their daughter. After some soul-searching, they thought it might not be a bad thing to have the world's greatest scientists making sure their daughter was in great health. So they relented, with a very strict set of guidelines.
Almost overnight Venus was filled with scientists and their technical nerds. This was a very different group of tourists, but the entertainment staff took it in stride. Most of the Scientists were not used to being surrounded by stunningly gorgeous men and women and took advantage of every opportunity. Since John and Lisa restricted all examinations to one day a week, the scientists and their staff had a lot of time to enjoy Venus. Suddenly Venus was becoming profitable again.
Watching all of the scientists and their reactions to the gorgeous models, free and open sex, drugs, BDSM, brought John back to his initial reaction when he arrived on Venus. Watching all the nerdy scientists gawking and tripping over themselves as beautiful men and women walked around scantily clad made him laugh. Still, these worst all customers in the entertainment staff took brilliant care of them.
John was sure there were several virginal men and women among the scientific staff that learned all about sex during their time on Venus. However, even those that weren't virgins learned a great deal about pleasure, pain and how they can combine into a euphoric experience.
All of them are here because of his daughter and he didn't take that for granted. Lisa and John made sure that any time someone was close to Erika one of them was always by their daughters side. In the reduced gravity Erika rolled over and even began crawling sooner than most children on earth did. While the scientists looked for other reasons John felt it was primarily because of the low gravity. Still, he let them all have their theories.
At the same time that Erika was being born the second event occurred. A group of investors bought a controlling share of Venus and just as suddenly all the negotiations ended. Venus was now the Sovereign Space Station Venus. They had an independent governing body elected by the residents of Venus. A police force was commissioned and they were mostly made of the former "Sewer Rats". John was made the first permanent Governor of Venus over his vehement protests. That made Lisa the first lady of Venus, a role she took very seriously.
All of the Engineering Managers that had been down on earth for the negotiations were finally able to come back to Venus. Unfortunately, they had to reacclimatize to the ¾ gravity and their staff teased them unmercifully as they bounced into the ceiling or fell to the floor. All the staff was very happy to be back working on engineering issues again. They all craved the logic of engineering and were glad to be away from political bickering and contracts.
One other consequence of being independent was the diversity in the entertainment staff. Previously all the entertainment staff had made very strict specifications and all wound up looking like Stepford clones. Most of the staff that left after the revolution was replaced with a very diverse group of men and women.
All of them were still exceptionally beautiful, but now you had a range of hair, eye and even skin color. One of the new arrivals was a gorgeous Latina named Nathalie. She was barely 5 foot tall with black hair and chocolate brown eyes. Like all the other entertainment staff she had an incredibly beautiful figure and boy could she dance. She was the perfect fit and took Lisa's position as the lead dancer for the dance of the seven veils.
Nathalie loved Lisa's dance interpretation and was anxious to learn from Lisa. She and Lisa spent a lot of time together going over all of the details of the dance. When Nathalie debuted, Lisa was there watching her dance and loved her interpretation, but was also turned on by her passion when she was fucked by the Sheik.
The two girls wound up becoming very close friends. Until Nathalie, Lisa had no female friends on Venus. The two spent a lot of time together and it only made Lisa more anxious to get in shape to dance again. In the meantime, they spent hours dancing, exercising and just having girl time.
Lisa began working out as soon as the doctors gave her permission. She wanted to begin dancing again and wear exotic clothing for all official Venus functions. After three months of brutal workouts and diets Lisa was almost at her pre conception weight and figure. Unfortunately she was never satisfied and continued to exercise and diet. Four months after Erika's birth she went back on stage as a feature dancer in the new Rockettes. Nathalie was there to watch her debut.
Lisa was so happy to be back on stage and even happier to be a feature dancer. Both John and Erika were in the back row watching Lisa dance her heart out. The smile on her face, as she danced, was all the affirmation John needed. He was used to her dancing for him, but now she was dancing for their daughter as well. That night Lisa gave herself lovingly to her master, husband and lover.
