Author's note: This is the first chapter of a story about traveling to a recently discovered planet. The story is plot-focused and isn't completely focused around sex but there is plenty of it. Throughout the story, there will be human/human, human/alien, and plenty of action. I hope you enjoy it, and any feedback is more than welcome.
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Teleportation was still a relatively new and incomplete method of transportation, which is why Felix, Liam, and Henry never imagined they would be given an opportunity to experience it. Not this soon anyway.
Henry had been working around this field of study for around six years. Considering this, it's not surprising that he was one of the first people to be considered for this feat.
But Felix and Liam had no more knowledge than any other average individual in the late 21st century about any astronomical field of study, so why were they being approached by extraterrestrial scientists and astrophysicists?
Furthermore, why were they the only members from Invicta and Xenophon that were sought after?
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Chapter 1: The Recruits
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Felix Mathews graduated high school a year early, and spent nearly two years studying law. Despite spending time traveling to many other countries during these two years, he was on track to obtain his degree early as well.
Unfortunately, his parents and brother were killed in an attack by anarchy extremist while visiting family in New York, which lead to his impulsive dropping out of school. He immediately enlisted in the highest level of international militant corps, Xenophon, established by the Continental Unionization Committee (CUC), with the lowest level of acceptance rate (13%).
After four months, and nearly finishing the training, he was expelled from the program. Some of the other trainees started a fight with him during breakfast and he endeavored to ensure that they paid for it. By the end of the fight he had a few cracked ribs and a pretty impressive shiner under his right eye. However, he had generously responded by delivering a dislocated jaw, broken nose and eye socket, and a comma to his three assailants.
Normally a fight like this would only result in some lesser form of punishment, but Felix accidentally hit a sergeant who was trying to break up the fight.
After being expelled from the program, he was soon approached by a member of Invicta. He had never heard of the group, even during his previous training.
He learned that this was arguably the most elite, private fighting force in the world. Most of the fifty members were ex-Xenophon, but many of the new initiates were less experienced.
This group of mercenaries was taking most of its contracts from the CUC, which resulted in most of their fighting dealing with anarchy extremist. This was the main reason Felix was so keen on joining.
After another half year of training and refining his skills, he was accepted into Invicta, and was the youngest person, at the age of nineteen, to do so.
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It had been eight months since his initiation to Invicta. Felix was twenty and already one of its most effective members.
He no longer felt lost in the world, with the unexpected loss of his immediate family, likely due to his camaraderie with his fellow members of Invicta. (Having a total of sixty-eight, vengeful kills might also have something to do with filling that void.)
His platoon had just gotten back stateside after a month of executing a contract. Their mission was to locate enemy headquarters and extract a black box of sorts, containing vital information.
They were now back at Invista's headquarters (four levels underground, somewhere in Virginia), going through their "debriefing" with the captain.
(Debriefings at Invista usually consist of illustrative storytelling over a glass of aged, single-malt scotch.)
Felix took a sip from his drink as he sat with a sling over his shoulder. Even with the most modern, medical treatment, it would take his shoulder at least another day to heal.
He sat silently in the chair across from the captain's desk, as his lieutenant and good friend, Scott, sat beside him and finished giving an account of their previous feat to the captain.
"The last time I saw this guy (referring to Felix), he was surrounded by seven hostiles, with nothing but his KA-BAR," Scott continued, with an auspicious smile.
"Now I'm on the first floor, with the rest of the platoon thinking he's a goner, and he comes crashing through the ceiling from the old, broken floor above us with three of those fuckers. Two of them are already dead, and the third one lands next to him, while he's got his own KA-BAR sticking halfway out his back shoulder.
"Before any of us had enough time to recognize who in the hell these unidentified, flying people were, he rips the knife out of his own back, and practically decapitates that last, poor bastard.
"Then he looks at me with one eye swollen shut, nose obviously broken, spits out a mouthful of blood, and tosses me the black box. I mean this guy looks like he's been trampled over and shat on by a herd of buffalo, and he says, 'say what you want. I'm still prettier than all o' you ugly fucks.'"
Scott and the captain laughed loudly and Felix let one of the corners of his mouth curl up to form a small smirk. For such a secretive and elite organization, they really appear to have a miniscule amount of professionalism and bureaucracy sometimes.
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A few hours later, Felix's arm was already feeling healed enough for him to take off the sling, so he and Scott met up with Marcus and Kevin from the platoon at a high-end bar. It was a Friday night and about time they had a night out at a bar that was wasn't falling apart.
They sat at the bar listening to Kevin tell his story about a harlot he had met in Morocco. She was an exotic woman, and it was certainly an interesting story, but Felix was utterly distracted.
Across the bar from him was a mesmerising woman, of whom he had seen turn down three, appearingly credible men already. She looked old enough to be in her thirties. Anyone who had approached her, so far, was obviously in their late twenties, but, considering his age, this just meant the more challenge to his endeavor.
As the last pursuant took his leave, Felix didn't waste a moment to grasp the opportunity. He grabbed his drink and took the newly, opened seat next to the goddess.
She had long, dirty, blonde hair, and an aura of confidence about her. She was an even more impressive specimen up close.
Her red dress revealed a voluptuous body. Her outstanding clavicle, skinny waist, and athletic extremities indicated she was extremely dedicated to maintaining a fit body.
Even with the modern, genetic modifications and medical, aesthetic procedures, she was the most remarkable woman he had ever seen; possibly even out of his league.
In spite of her athletic characteristics, she had breasts that protruded impressively and a tush that would satisfy even the most concupiscent man. Definitely out of his league.
"Felix Mathews. Pleasure to meet you," he said, as he took his seat.
"Sarah Lewin. Likewise." Her voice was illuminated with arrogance; all the more tempting. "Your friends look like they're enjoying themselves," she said with a smirk.
"They should be. It's been a long time since Father let us have a night out."
"You're all brothers?" she inquired, beginning to relax as she felt his palpable charisma.
"Ha! No, no. Marcus over there is black. I'm afraid genetic modification hasn't come that far along yet. No, we're children of the catholic church on the other side of town. We're choirboys, can't you tell?" He replied, still unsure where he was going with this obviously fabricated identity.
"Oh, I see it now," she responded with a smile and an interest to play along. "Yes, you're just some happy little church boys, excited to finally have some playtime. That explains the tattoos. And the profanity. And the scars. And the the muscles," she said with a flirtatious smile as she took a lengthy glance at his body, letting herself blush a little.
"Yes, Father won't be happy about that profanity bit. We'll be issued more Hail Maries than I know how to count. Oh, and the spanking," he said with closed eyes, like he was remembering a painful incident. "I'm starting to think this bar may not have been the place to come to," he replied with a sarcastically remorseful tone.
"They spank you at this church?" She inquired with a laugh. "That sounds a little kinky."
"Oh yes, Father says it teaches discipline and obedience. But now that you mention it, he does always have a lascivious look about him when the time comes to do the deed." Then a look of sudden apprehension came over him. "You don't think-" His sentence was cut off by his own gasp.
Sarah laughed with amusement at his acting performance. "Well you've already dedicated this night to being bad. If I were you, I'd make the most of it."
"And how do you propose I do that, Miss Lewin?" he asked, before taking a sip of his drink.
Now it was her turn to be erratic. "By fucking my brains out, of course." Her tone was very sarcastic, but still made Felix choke on his drink.
A little caught off guard, he stuttered out, "All in good time Sarah." When he realized his comment lacked the necessary confidence, he quickly corrected his tone. "But I think I'm the one who's supposed to be making the advancements. You're coming on a little strong, don't you think?" He felt much better with the confidence restored to his voice and a devilishly impressed smile on his face.
He was surprised and delighted to find that this lady, who appeared to be so decorous, was having as much (if not more) fun as he was with this story.