Chapter 03

Doctor James Citron was in sickbay, when the alarm sounded, the fifty-year old, 5’4 tall Chief MO, was wondering what is going on. They were supposed to be nearing Earth now, he was waiting to meet his wife and two teenage daughters at the space dock. The stocky round face man, tried to look out his window then realised the only viewing place on the ship when it went into red alert was on the Command Centre.

When red alert came on, the shields would come on and all the ships armour would come out as well that includes closing the window with amour plated metal, and since the whole ship is black, lights turn off automatically outside and the ship goes into stealth mode automatically.

“Damn command centre,” Citron mumbled grumpily.

He was angry because he couldn’t see anything, shut off from the outside world James wondered what was wrong.

Citron was adamant to get on one of these ships, he preferred the Starship Genesis and an old friend was the captain, an experienced man with an experienced crew. And after coming in first at the evaluation, he was sure that he would have his choice of ship he wanted to be in.

However, he was given the newest and the last ship in its fleet and not by choice. James was told that since the Salvation had a young inexperienced captain, the most experienced CMO would be given to that ship.

Now he was surrounded by children, apart from the security officer, which he suspected was also put here to keep an eye on the crew. Children run by a child, James thought.

James was an all-American patriot to the fault and even be guilty of being branded as a redneck. The Texan couldn’t wait to get back to space dock where the wife and his girls were waiting for him.

The ship was to go on a 2-year mission in two weeks, the journey he was on was a trial run. This was just the inaugural flight to Pluto and back, a sort of an introduction voyage to the crew and ship.

The doctor didn’t want to think about the only drawback of the mission, an unbearable one at that. He had to be away from his wife Ruby and girls Judy and Jessica for more than 24 months. He had never missed his girls’ birthdays, and neither had they missed his. The citron family always found time to be there for each other.

His last birthday about a month ago, they had given him a surprise party. The best gift a fifty-year-old could have, they tracked down all his friends and family, more than 300 people were there. James almost had a stroke when they had yelled ‘surprise’ that night,

Now in his Lab, wondering why the red alert alarm was blaring, waiting for some sort of news, here continued setting up his things.

He has bought all the files and collected stem cells of the crew aboard this Starship. What started an option for people during the early 21st Century for countries like India has become rather compulsory in 22nd Century. Everyone born now for the past 50 years on earth were required by law to give their stem cells to be archived and kept a record off.

After the ‘incident’ on earth, most women lost their ability to breed, no one knew whether that was the space invaders target, or whether it was a side effect of the radiation or the chemicals or both used in this attack. However, it was stem cells collection and research that brought back the women to normal again.

James had thought people to be crueller than they are in real life, He thought people always omitted things that were said to him for fear of embarrassment or plain didn’t want their private lives to be known, even though it was relevant to the medical problem they had.

So, Citron does not believe in mollycoddling patients, he gave the news to them straight without a bedside manner, because he believed being upfront was the best policy.

When James was in medical school, they were shown the movie ‘Patch Adams’ countless times and was told medicine was not only curing the disease but curing the mind as well.

But James was a more of a ‘House M.D’ fan. It was a classic TV show where the doctor held the premise that all patients lie.

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His method seemed to have worked. So far, his results have been 90 percent successful. Most people were afraid or appreciative of his demeanour and his bluntness, so they gave him the truth because they feared him or liked him.

A junior nurse, Nikki Delvin, ran in front of him, he caught her, “Nurse what’s going on? Why are we at red alert?”

The blonde woman frowned at him, just barely over 21, this girl, had a full figure, at about 5’7, and looked like the girl next door. She frowned at him, “I don’t know Doctor, something about a black hole appearing in front of earth.” She turned and rushed off.

“Fuck,” Elsa Lee screamed in ecstasy. As the young science officer had his face between her legs. The officer in his early twenties knew what he was doing, she loved it.

At 42, Elsa was very attractive for an older woman, at 5’10, slightly overweight but with a womanly body, 36DD breasts and natural auburn hair dyed once a week to cover her greys which were increasing in number. She was an absolute delight for this athletic young man lieutenant Simms and younger men like him.

She didn’t know his first name, and she rather didn’t care. She was divorced with 2 kids, Sam a boy of 15 and a girl Lisa who was 11. She missed them so much, but her husband had them, he had cheated on her and blamed it on her work hours, saying she worked too much.

After they separated, he somehow managed to bend the legal system, citing her work hours again, to take full custody of her children, and she was only allowed to see them once a fortnight on a Saturday or a Sunday. She loved him gave her life to him and the kids, his work, being a legal aid, barely paid for the lavish life they had. It was her job in the UECAF as a senior combat strategist that paid for one of the finest apartments in one of the best areas in Toronto, Canada.

This happened about 2 years ago, she went numb after that, he cheated on her with a co-worker 20 years younger than him. So after the kids left her she joined the test program at the UESF to recruit people for the space missions as a security, tactical and weapons expert. And got the posting as Chief of Security, tactical and weapons officer and third in command aboard the Salvation.

“Oh, my Gaawwd!!!” she cried out again, as Simms showed his talent with his mouth. After her husband left her since she lost herself more than usual in her work, now being a complete workaholic. But one day after a young officer had asked her for a drink, she accepted and waited well over closing time. Then he mentioned that the bar owner is a friend of his, they had the whole place to themselves, suddenly on a whim both being so drunk, had sex all over the place, on a bar stool, on a serving table, on the bar, on the floor and they even used the washrooms. They had intercourse all night long, the next day she had woken up in his bed, as she silently left, before he woke up. Elsa’s body hurt that whole day, she kept avoiding the young officer after that, she didn’t even know his name, but word had spread around the other officers, that there was an easy MILF in their midst, and so it was a challenge for everyone to try to ask her out.

Lee was furious at first, refusing angrily, and downright screaming at anyone who asked. The requests didn’t stop, they kept coming. Finally, she got use to them, but still refused. One day again at a party, she got drunk, and two young men had had her together. That was one of her most amazing nights she has had, the sex was great.

From that day one Elsa worked hard and played even harder, she only had younger men, and usually for a one-night stand, sometimes two. But it was all short term no attachments.

She looked lovingly at this young man eating her out, but she knew after today most probably she would not see him again.

The Alarm blared, “Senior officers to the command centre.”

Elsa Lee jumped out of bed, with her pants draw down and her uniform top still on her, they had just started their love making. She ran into the washroom, washed up a bit quickly, and adjusted her uniform and pants up to standard protocol.

Pity, she thought. She looked at Simms, now glaring “Don’t be here when I get back.” And she went out the door.