CHAPTER 14: Connections

After eating more food than the rest of his family combined, and a lot of concerned looks from his mom, he had gotten cleaned and went to bed. Adam fell asleep immediately, before 8pm, and slept until 10am. He would have slept longer but his mom popped her head in to wake him up.

“Adam, you need to get up. Some of your classmates came by to check on you. It would be rude leaving them unattended.”

“Whu…” Adam garbled as he groggily sat up. “Yeah, mom. I’ll be down in a minute.”

“Are you feeling better today, or do we need to go to a doctor?” she asked with concern.

“I think I’m doing better. Just really tired. And hungry.”

“Ok, I’m going to pop downstairs and order some food,” she told him before closing the door and heading downstairs.

“Wait, classmates?” Adam asked himself. “Who came over here, if not Nick?”

After cleaning his face and teeth, but allowing bed hair to stay, he headed down to the living room in a long-sleeved shirt and shorts, only to find that whoever had come was in the more formal sitting room. Emily was talking excitedly to them, and a lot of giggling was happening.

“Morning, girls,” Adam said as he saw Abbey, Andrea, and Alissa sitting on long coach. Emily was on another couch facing them.

“Nice hair, darling,” said Andrea with amusement. Emily froze when she heard that and mouthed the word darling.

“At least it isn’t dyed blue,” he responded flippantly.

“Blue hair might make things easier,” said Alissa, and Abbey nodded. The two of them had tried to wash the goblin blood out of it the previous night.

“Wait a minute,” Emily said with surprise. “Were you guys paintballing with him?”

“Yes. Paintballing,” said Abbey stiffly.

Adam just sighed at the bad lie and went to sit on the sofa opposite them, but Andrea patted him to sit between her and Abbey, so he did. Then Abbey pushed Alissa off the couch and slid to the other end. Abbey pulled him down so his head was leaning on her leg and his feet were in Andrea’s lap on either end of the sofa. Alissa sat back down in front of his stomach and leaned against him. Emily’s jaw was dropping.

“You guys are being awfully close to my brother,” she said.

“We hope to get closer,” said Andrea with a smile and started tracing lines on his feet and legs. Alissa had already reached under his shirt and was stroking his abs. Abbey hesitantly played with his hair.

“All three of you?” Emily asked with confusion.

“Who knows?” responded Alissa. “We‘ll see how it goes.”

With how tired Adam was he just allowed everything to happen. The stroking and caressing felt good. He allowed himself to slide into a relaxed state while the girls talked.

“What do you like about him?” Emily asked, getting into the conversation. Girl talk, scoffed Adam in his mind, tuning it out. Having older girls from school being so friendly got Emily excited. She tried to ignore that it was her brother. A bit of romance and excitement felt good.

“He is so kind to those around, patient and calm. Even if tough situations arise, he is dependable,” said Abbey.

The voices felt like they were distant as Adam sank into a relaxed state. It felt so good. No fighting, no struggle. The rubbing made his nerves feel alive and his blood to flow without involving the river of rage. Heat was building up but more in his stomach as teenage excitement filled him from the attention he was getting. The heat and river were currently still, and the coolness began creeping out from his head, like a mouse sneaking into a room to find cheese.

“I guess that is true,” Emily’s voice echoed from far away. “He has always been calm and reliable. He rarely gets upset when he is teased and can usually calm me down when I’m upset.”

His eyes closed and he sank. It wasn’t sleep that took him but something else, something deeper. His muscles relaxed as the coolness followed the lines that the heat pulses usually pathed along. The coolness expanded, increasing while soothing him. Everything felt right with the world.

The doorbell rang as the girls chatted. Carlos was introduced to Emily by Nick, and they sat on the same sofa as her. They just ignored what was happening on Adam’s sofa, finding their own comfortable position.

Adam didn’t see or hear the others as he just felt the coolness fill a space different than his physical body. The space existed in a non-physical reality, but he could feel it linked to his body, and it wanted to grow. A desire to touch others and know them existed in the coolness.

In a relaxed stupor that subverted his consciousness he didn’t question the desire, reaching out along with it. He was an isolated planet trying to contact another. The coolness had no ego but fed upon his desires, so he guided it towards the closest body that it could connect to.

A thick tendril of the coolness contacted something else that was formless and limited in area. The tendril moved through the space until it found what it wanted, then a pulsed released from Adam’s mind went through the tendril and into the connected area.

Panic grabbed Adam as he snapped awake, unsure of what he had done. His eyes opened quickly and he asked, “What was tha…” Before he finished, his head was gripped and mouth was squashed as Abbey forcefully hissed him from above. Passion could be felt from her as over and over she kissed him, pressing her tongue into his mouth.

The room was silent as everyone watched what had just happened. Abbey, the meekest of all, attacked Adam without any restraint. She stroked his cheeks, kissed him deeply, only coming for air when absolutely needing a breath, and didn’t seem intent on stopping.

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With difficulty, Adam ignored the physical world, the kisses, and reached back to the tendril, then he yanked it back from the formless space. The tendril hesitated but didn’t resist. With a gentle transition, even with his rough control, it drew back into his space. The coolness pulled back from the rest of his body and settled in his mind.

Mid kiss, he felt Abbey’s body stiffen and she sat up. Her face was red from a combination of the previous passion and the current embarrassment. She tried to hide herself by turning into the couch armrest.

“Well, that was odd,” Nick commented as Adam sat up. Emily’s eyes were bulging.

“What just happened?” asked Andrea.

Adam reached towards Abbey and then pulled back. His face was also flush with embarrassment. Also guilt for what he had done.

“I’m not sure. While I was relaxing I did…something. I don’t know what it was. It reached out and touched a space, formed a connection. I think that space was a part of Abbey. When I realized it happened, she started kissing me.”

“And when she stopped?”

“Ah, I pulled back the connection.”

“What were you thinking when you formed the connection?”

Adam’s face got even redder. “Well, uh, I was just relaxing and thinking, how nice it was to be touched by cute girls,” he stumbled out.

“And that thought was what went through this connection you formed?”

“I guess,” Adam shrugged.

Carlos began laughing. “Oh Adam! You are becoming quite the super villain. First you thirst for your enemy’s blood and now you can mind control. Hah!”

Quickly realizing something was wrong he noticed everyone staring at Emily.

“Super villain? Blood? Mind control? Adam, what is going on?!” she demanded.

“Damnit!” muttered Carlos as he slapped his forehead.

Alissa went to Emily, slapped the back of Carlos’s head, and then held her hand.

“Cutie, let’s go talk in your room. I think we also might have a sleep over with you tonight. I’d love to hear more stories about Adam.” Alissa gently led the confused Emily out of the room.

Nick punched Carlos on the shoulder. “Dumb ass! She doesn’t know what we’ve been doing.”

“Yeah, uh. I really stepped in that. Sorry. Sorry, Adam.”

Adam just waved it away.

“At least you are a benevolent super villain to us minions.”

“Shut up, Carlos. Let’s get back to this connection thing,” Andrea took over. “Abbey, dear. Can you look at us?”

Abbey peeked over, bright red.

“Were you hurt by it?” asked Andrea. Abbey shook her head, eyes down.

“Did it feel forceful?” Again another head shake.

“Can you tell us what happened? You don’t need to be embarrassed. We all know Adam is an unthinking animal.”

“Hey!” Adam said.

“Shut up, beast,” Andrea slapped his leg playfully.

Abbey took a deep breath to gather herself. Then she spoke.

“Well, I was enjoying stroking his hair and looking at his face. The calm presence felt so nice. Being with you guys here just felt fun. Then suddenly I wanted him more than anything. Nothing else mattered but making sure I kissed him. Um, maybe if Alissa hadn’t been in the way I would have pulled his shirt off, but definitely not if the kissing stopped,” Abbey explained, getting more serious as she spoke. Nick and Carlos were smirking, which earned a glare from Andrea.

“What does it feel like now?” Andrea asked.

“That is all gone and now it’s just the feelings I had before, though I remember how I felt.” Abbey blushed.

“So you don’t want to kiss him anymore?”

Abbey got bashful and took a minute to work up the courage. “I still want to kiss him, but I think that is my normal feelings. I don’t HAVE to kiss him now.”

Andrea turned to Adam and admitted, “She’s had a crush on you since last year.” Adam eyes opened in surprise. “We couldn’t figure out why until we saw you in action. Anyway, mister super villain, do you think you could do it again?”

“You want me to mind control Abbey again?”

Andrea smiled brightly. “No, this time try it on me. I want to see what this power can do.”

Adam nodded and then closed his eyes. Andrea was sitting next to him now with their faces about two feet apart. Reaching inside himself he encouraged the coolness to expand. It filled his space and then he tried to identify other spaces near him. Once he had a guess which space was Andrea, he reached out with a big tendril and allowed it to reach into her space. As he did, he unintentionally thought about what had happened with Abbey, and the kissing. A cool pulse went down the tendril.

His eyes flicked open as, once more, his lips were taken. Andrea was holding the sides of his head and kissing him as intensely as Abbey. Her eyes were open and looking into his with a palpable desire. Before it went on much longer, he pulled back the tendril. Like with Abbey it came away gently, leaving Andrea to calm down and back away.

“Wow,” Andrea said.

“Yeah, wow,” Abbey nodded.

“That felt amazing!” Andrea exclaimed.

“What?” asked Adam in surprise.

“Did it feel that good to you, Abbey?”

“Yes, Andrea. It felt wonderful and I feel a little sad that it is gone.”

“I definitely miss it,” nodded Andrea.

Adam looked stupefied. They knew they were mind controlled and liked it? He wondered if that was built into the ability, or if he had added it.

“Ok, it’s decided. Let’s try that again,” said Andrea.

“What?” asked Adam, Carlos, and Nick together.

“Only if we can alternate,” Abbey pouted, having grown more courage seeing Andrea do the same as her. Andrea agreed to it.

“Ok, darling. Mind control us more but try to make it less intense. See if you can add other emotions besides horniness. Make it less strong, more subtle,” Andrea commanded.

What followed was attempt after attempt. For a while they just resulted in his lips getting assaulted or the girls not feeling anything. One time Abbey almost got his shirt off before he could pull back the connection. Eventually the tendril became thin and wispy, only imparting a small pulse. That caused the girls to want to lightly caress him, while able to stop their urges. When he turned that connection off, Andrea frowned.

“I liked that, darling. How long can you keep it going and can you do both of us at once?” Andrea asked.

“Oh...sounds naughty,” said Alissa. She had returned to the room alone partway through. Apparently, Nick and Carlos explained why the girls were taking turns kissing him.

“It was, but we got it under control. Right, darling,” Andrea said while rubbing his chest. He just shook his head. As exciting and stimulating as it all was, it took a lot of mental control to move the coolness where he wanted it. Shaping it sometimes felt like shaping water and he had to focus to get it to form. At first it had been instinctual, now he could feel it out through their practice, but he was pushing himself hard to keep going. It would be nice to get it more casual.

“That’s fine and all, but I must insist that it is my turn,” Alissa said haughtily.

“Ok,” said Andrea. “Once you get your turn, we can try a threesome with it.”

“Oh nice!” said Alissa as she took Andrea’s place on the couch. The boys looked a bit too excited at their own thoughts. “Ok, big boss,” she said seductively. “Make me yours.”

Adam did as he had before, and the results were the same. Head grabbed, aggressive kissing. Alissa was way more forceful with her tongue and lips. He turned it off quickly. This was way too stimulating, even as he was over the embarrassment. This was the best practice of anything he had ever experienced.

“That did feel great!” exclaimed Alissa. “I want it back!”

Next Adam did the subtle version and Alissa still grabbed his head and began kissing him. He cut the connection.

“That was the weaker one! Why were you kissing me?” he demanded.

“I enjoyed it. Why shouldn’t I do it more?” insisted Alissa.

“You didn’t need to?”

“Nope. Just wanted to. We’ll name our kids Michael and Gabrielle, after the angels. The second name can work for a boy or girl,” she smiled happily.

“We already have kids together?” Adam sighed in exhaustion.

“Of course. Abbey’s dad always tells us kissing leads to sex, and that was some good kissing. I’m sure I’m pregnant now,” she laughed at her own joke. Andrea laughed too, and even Abbey let out a giggle when she saw Adam’s face.