CHAPTER 18: PREPARING COUNTER MEASURES

The first explosion jarred the three lovers awake, Anja's eyes opening dreamily. Her head was still resting atop Julies chest, and as her eyes focused she discovered she was staring directly at Julies very firm ebony tit, her nipple very prominently standing erect. Anja's eyes sprang open wider than they had ever been as she pushed herself up. She glanced down as she realized she was totally and completely naked, the soft red hair of her still very moist pussy pressing against Julies thigh, her exquisite body equally naked. Danny had rolled over to look at them, his own eyes bright, as Julie looked up at her and smiled seductively.

"Hi gorgeous", She said, reaching up to caress Anja's cheek.

Anja leaped from the bed as if shot from a gun, pulling the sheet with her as she saw that both Julie and Danny were just as totally naked as she was. Danny's thick cock was still flaccid, but even soft it was an impressive sight to see. The memories of the night before came flooding back to Anja as she remembered Danny fucking her brains out with that huge ebony cock, and then her torrid pussy to pussy love session with Julie. Her face turned three different shades of red and she began to back peddle out of the room.

"Oh oh my god, what what have I done". She gasped.

"Anja whats wrong?" Julie asked, getting to her feet a look of concern on her face. Anja saw Danny begin to rise off the bed as well, his face narrowed in a worried expression.

"No!" Anja snapped. "Stay away!"

The next explosion sent all of them hurtling to the floor, and snapped them out of their confusion.

"What the hell was that?" Danny snapped as Julie scrambled to her feet, her nakedness forgotten as she went to the com panel.

"Ghost Six to Ghost One!" Julie barked into the com panel.

Martins voice came back almost immediately and they could all hear the screams and the sounds of flames in the background. "Julie we are moving for section thirty-four! An unidentified RAPTOR smashed into the east command module and triggered an integrity breach! Tony and I are moving to try and stop it! Tell Dan to mobilize the rest of the team and start moving to my location! I need you to monitor Team Coms and direct us! Its really fucking hard to see! We got smoke and fire from sections thirty-one to thirty-two! Many wounded! If you see Commander Peterson, have her get her medical clinic ready to receive seriously wounded!"

"I copy that boss! "Julie spoke, as she was pulling on her fatigue bottoms, not even bothering with panties.

"Tell Danny to bring the team in from the west! It seems to be pretty clear! I want him loaded down with engineering equipment and spot welders! We need to get the breaches sealed!" Martins voice sounded again, "When you get set up contact me, Ghost One out!"

Danny reached for Anja but she batted his hand away. "don't touch me!" She snapped, clutching the sheet around her body.

Danny looked at her with wide eyes." don't touch you?" He spoke confused. "I thought you... "

Julie took his arm. "Danny no, "She said softly. "Anja you need to go to the medical clinic and get it ready!"

Anja looked at her and nodded slowly before moving into the living room and beginning to gather her clothes, which were torn and scattered all over. Dan turned to Julie as Anja left his quarters without another word.

"What the fuck was that? " He asked her.

"Its difficult to explain Danny". Julie replied pulling on her fatigue top.

"Julie she came in here and we...." Dan stopped, his voice trailing off.

Julie stepped close to him and kissed him softly. "I'll explain it all once we take care of this little problem. "She said.

"Jules I'm really confused here." He spoke, his voice almost pleading. "I....I thought what happen was very very cool."

Julie met his eyes. "So did I lover, but it may have been unintended for Anja. Remember what Doc Carson said about that aura thing you and the others can project?"

Dan nodded, "Yeah."

"I think that may have caused her to act in a way she didn't really want too". Julie spoke.

"Jules I didn't force her!"Danny exclaimed.

"I know that lover!" She answered. "c'mon we can't worry about this now; we have a lot of work to do!"

Admiral Wallace staggered into the Command Center just as another explosion rocked EDEN. He was only half dressed, his shirt still open and his boots untied, and he had to grab the door railing to keep from being flung to the deck.

"Give me a report!"He screamed as he staggered toward where his Command Duty Officer stood behind the Senior Chiefs station. "What the fuck happened?" Williams face took in the nasty gash his CDO had above his left eye.

The man waved it off." It will heal sir!" He spoke. "Approximately sixteen minutes ago an unidentified RAPTOR appeared from the comets tail sir. We tried to raise her on all COM channels but she didn't respond."

"Was it one of ours?" William asked.

"Negative sir, all our birds are accounted for". The CDO answered. "Thirty three seconds after she appeared the bird plowed into the East Control Module. The RAPTOR must have been carrying a full load of fuel Admiral because she went up like a torch. The explosion took out the entire power grid and the outer hull breach destroyed the inertia dampers protecting that section of the station. We were able to sever the control module from the rest of the grid but not before follow on explosions weakened the next sections grid. Its cascading now Admiral. Section thirty-six is gone as well. we've diverted as much power as we could to section thirty-five, but it wont hold unless Commander Hunter can get to the grid controls in section thirty-four and reroute power through the entire system."

"Where is he?"William barked.

"He's almost entirely through section thirty-three now sir. There are scores of injuries and fires and hes had to detour three times already, but hes almost there". The CDO reported.

"How long do we have before the grid fails in section thirty-five?" William asked.

"Forty-nine seconds Admiral, "The CDO answered." It was my call sir! I directed him to section thirty-four. I knew we wouldn't be able to save thirty-five or thirty six based on the rate of grid declination."

Bill nodded his head." Did we get the crew out?"

The CDO nodded. "Team 12 just pulled the remaining wounded from the transport tube Admiral. They are taking it back into section thirty-four with heavy engineer equipment and welders."

William looked at him. "They are going to try and seal the breach? "He asked.

The CDO nodded. "It appears that way sir. Three senior Engineers are already moving directly behind Commander Hunter and should arrive about the same time.

Wounded?"

"The closest clinic was Commander Peterson's sir. She called in four minutes ago and reported she is already receiving patients. She sounded kind of harried Admiral." The CDO told him.

"She can consider it on the job training". Bill said." Shes a doctor before shes a scientist. Dispatch all the medics we have not on duty to her location. They are to report directly to her for orders. Shes on scene and will be in command."

The CDO nodded," Understood sir".

"Admiral, Commander Hunter and Master Chief Brown have reached the grid controls for section thirty-four!" The female tech exclaimed.

"Put him on COMS!" Bill snapped.