The hivemind is conquering for me?

Hailey and I talked for almost an entire day. I learnt a lot about her during that time. The only thing she seemed uncomfortable about was talking about her Father and his family. I respected her decision not to talk about it and veered the conversation into other topics.

”Ugh, and basic was a nightmare! I was the youngest one there by two years and to top off the fact I was a late bloomer and got my first period a week in and let me tell you, that did not help me acclimate at all.”

I chuckled hearing that and replied. ”Yeah, I can only imagine. I-” I was cut off by an announcement through the ship. ”Ladies and gentleman, This is Keyla coming atcha from the cockpit, a heads up to all persons on board. We will be arriving at the military checkpoint In five minutes, I repeat five minutes. So get your clothes on ya pervs!”

Keyla then laughed playfully before hanging up the announcement. I smiled at the woman’s antics as Hailey blushed in wishful thinking. She then realised what the announcement said and gasped in surprise.

Checking the time on the nearby wall, her eyes bulged slightly before returning her attention to me. ”Apollo, we have been talking for nearly eighteen hours straight. How is that possible? I should be exhausted.” She asked.

In response I flashed a boastful smile and said. ”What can I say? I am a delight to talk to, time flies when in my presence.That and all the coffee we have been drinking.” There was a slight pause after I said that, followed by some light hearted laughter.

”That is probably it.” Hailey said as she wiped a tear from her eye. She then stood up from the table and stretched, giving me a pleasant view of her assets as she did so. Hailey did not plan on looking seductive as she stretched, but smiled proudly when she caught Apollo sneaking a peak.

”Oh? Do you like what you see?” She said teasingly and struck a pose. I nodded my head and replied. ”Yes. I think your body is insanely attractive, I am half mast just looking at you in that suit of yours. The fact that nothing jiggled and stayed still in place as you moved was incredibly appealing to me for some reason”

Hailey’s face became hot red in a moment’s notice. She forgot about saying suggestive things around him. Aunty Kat warned her about his lack of filter. Hailey turned around where she stood so her back was facing Apollo. Her little delights had perked up again and his compliment and she needed a moment to cool down.

”T-Thank you Apollo.” She said after taking a breath to cool her nerves. ”I will go and prepare my ship for landing. We will say our goodbyes on the surface of the asteroid.” She then picked up her helmet and scurried away out of the kitchen.

As she left, she bumped into Orchid who was entering the kitchen. Orchid ignored the woman and continued to Apollo with a tired look on her face. ”Orchid? What’s wrong?” She did not respond right away as she made her way to me and proceeded to sit on my lap.

She then closed her eyes and rested her head on my shoulder and whispered. ”No naked.” My heart melted as I watched her go back into her sorting state. ’She must have heard Keyla’s announcement and on instinct came and put a stop to it. Aww, looks like my love bug still has her jealous side after sharing me for a few months.’

As a reward for being so darn precious, I pulled her close and squeezed her body tightly into a hug. Orchids entire face lit up with a smile as I did so and we remained in that position for a short while. Until Keyla, using the ship’s autopilot, landed the ship onto the Military checkpoint asteroid.

…

Being a VIP class vessel, as we landed, an honour guard of Phalanx had to stand off to the side as we made our intentions clear for our visit. However, once the people in charge realised that Hailey also landed with us on her own ship, it caused a scene of chaos as everyone began scurrying around making sure everything was perfect.

As Keyla and I left the ship, Hailey also left her ship at the same time, now wearing her Centurion uniform. The deputy in charge of greeting was not sure who to go and address first and got himself stuck in a circle of indecision.

Fortunately for him, his centurion made his way over to the VIP who- Oh... It’s that guy. Not just the deputy realised who the VIP was. He had been here multiple times now, that could not be a coincidence anymore.

Rumours began to spread among the phalanx after Hailey left last week about the Archon who kept coming to visit the Centurion. The acting commander the past week, Adia, tried to refute the claims, but after what she saw Hailey do with the man in her office, it made it evident that she did not believe her own refuting.

Seeing the Centurion walking over to the VIP, the deputy decided to hang back a respectable distance as the man was definitely just here to flirt with the boss once more.

As Hailey approached, I noticed her personality shift. She returned to her stoic, cold faced persona, but I now knew the woman underneath which made me smile teasingly towards her. Hailey noticed this and did everything in her power to not have her face react to the smile.

As she stopped in front of me she said. ”So, Archon Apollo, I guess this is where we part ways once more. I will admit that I enjoy your company and I will miss you.” Hailey then extended her hand out for a handshake, but I scoffed.

”Sorry about this Hailey, but my friends don’t get handshakes.” I then walked up to Hailey and picked her up into a bear hug. An audible gasp was heard from the Phalanx present and the blue cloaks, Hailey’s guards, made their way forward to break up the touching.

However, even they paused in surprise when Hailey, Princess of ice, breaker of fun and the terror of the asteroid, hugged back with a warm smile on her face. Some of the guards even began shaking in place, thinking what they were seeing was an omen for the end of days.

As I put Hailey back down from the hug, she stood there in a daze for a moment with her eyes closed. When she opened them once more, she looked at me in astonishment and said. ”Wow! You give amazing hugs.”

I chuckled and scratched the back of my head. ”Yeah, so I have been told.” Hailey then looked at me with a conflicted look before asking. ”Hey, would you care for one final drink in my office?”

I smiled and started politely declining. ”Sorry Hailey, I would prefer-” I paused. As I was talking, I naturally looked in the direction of her office and suddenly felt an overwhelming amount of Psionic energy flare up within me. ”-UURGGHH!” I grunted in pain as I held my abdomen.

”Apollo are you ok?” Hailey asked concerned. ”Yeah, urggh, I will be fine. Just need to get back home as fast as possible to deal with this pain. Take care Hailey.” I said and began to shuffle back inside of my ship.

Hailey watched me enter the ship until I was out of her line of sight and sighed dejectedly. ”Ouch, you got it bad girl.”

”!!!” Hailey turned in surprise and noticed that Keyla had been standing next to her the entire time. ”I-I-I” She began stammering before Keyla reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a folded over envelope.

”Hey, I get it.” Keyla said, interrupting Hailey’s stammering. ”Apollo is a hot piece of ass and everyone wants a bite. Here, these should hold you over. Take care Hails” Keyla said playfully as she handed over the envelope before running into the ship to go and check on Apollo.

Hailey watched as the ship took off and disappeared into the emptiness of space. Curious as to what she had just been given, she opened the envelope to peek at its contents. Upon first glance, her eyes opened wide with surprise and as she looked even more at the contents within, her face began to blush so she closed the envelope and tucked it under her arm for safe keeping.

Hailey then began to walk towards the building as she needed to go to her office at once! She completely ignored the deputy as she passed him and when she made it to her guards, Adia tried to say something to her, but Hailey snapped at her and yelled. ”In Thirty minutes! Let me settle in first!”

Adia stayed silent after that and decided that Hailey could figure out the surprise on her own. Having made her way through the building, Hailey reached her office and opened the door. Only to find a person standing by her window.

Hailey smiled with pure happiness as she saw the purple haired woman in front of her and completely forgot about the envelope in her hand. She then spoke out the name of the woman who she had not seen in quite some time.

”Gabrielle.”