Chapter 33: Off to bed?
Zeph would have loved his little boy ride through the city of Los Diablos that he had yet to actually explore if he was not running on fumes, and dealing with the splitting headache he gave himself.
Then again Zeph figured that a migraine from forced learning how to operate a patrol cycle was a far better choice than a literal crash course in hover cycle 101. He did feel that a few hours of actual training in the VR simulator would do him loads of good.
Right now he was just able to handle basic operation, and decided to take the safe route and use the auto navigation function until he got some real instructions on how to "fly/ drive" he was not sure what the correct terminology was for a hover cycle patrol or otherwise.
What caught his attention more than the sight of the sun gleaming off buildings that would be considered architectural wonders back on earth, as many of them had sloping curves, or helical twists to them instead of being just boring three dimensional rectangles, was the lack of traffic.
People were definitely out and about and it was the middle of the day in the central core region of a major city that had a population in the millions, but it was far from the bumper to bumper traffic he would expect at this time of day based off of everything he knew growing up in LA.
It was just another reminder that he was in a different world, if not completely different reality than Earth. Maybe personal vehicles were very expensive, or licenses for them could be difficult to obtain. Technically he did not have an operators license at least that he knew of, but it was not like laws did not allow for those without a license to be a passenger in an antonymous vehicle.
That and a traffic cop would probably take one look at the badge on his chest and walk away even if they did pull him over when he was on a clearly marked LDPD patrol cycle. Was the half second thought that he had about such things.
Zeph was way too focused on all the new sights and sounds around him and the amazing feeling of freedom that came from his first ever experience riding on a patrol cycle. The feeling of the raw power humming between his legs as the air rushed by.
He bet it would feel even better without the helmet on, but safety features would not allow the patrol cycle to start until the operator put on the helmet that was paired with it.
The small adrenaline kick made him forget about the siren call of his pillow long enough for him to whip out to V-mails to the Chief Xerxa inviting her to lunch and informing her about the matter of the building's AI offering him the patrol cycle and his noticing that it was in need of some basic maintenance.
But as he pulled into the motor pool of HQ the only thing that Zeph had on his mind was the soft pillow and the four soft but firm fleshy ones that would also likely be waiting for him on his bed.
Their of course was the nightmare situation of his entire squad lazing about his living room and raiding his small kitchen, but that was something that he did not want to even think about as he reviewed the operations manual on his head to be sure that sleepiness did not prevent him from properly completing the shutdown procedures for the patrol cycle.
Almost on que.
*Bling*
Welcome back Cadet Demonbane. I will have one of our maintenance drones perform a full diagnostic on the patrol cycle and log the temporary issuing of the LDPD patrol cycle 003 to you in my systems.
*Bling*
""Thanks HQ main""
*Bling*
No thank you for helping me with the request for upgrades administrator.
*Bling*
Zeph was to tired to even care about having to face the consequences of telapod transport, and stepped on the pad located on the garage area of the motor pool.
""ES001""
*Bling*
Identity confirmed.
Transporting in 3..2..1
Ugh the feeling of the icy blue lightning still felt like it could be used as an Interrogation technique to Zeph, but at least he was back in the sanctuary of ES001.
As his eyes regained focus Zeph scanned what he could see of the main areas from the entryway. No Candi, no signs of his other squad members, or even Lilly that he was expecting to welcome him home. The living room was completely empty other than for its furnishings.
Not seeing anyone Zeph decided to use his VGPIINNC interface to find the location of Lilly.
""Location of ES001 service and companion drone Lilly.""
*Bling*
Lilly is currently located in the academy dining hall and is in the process of purchasing iced coffee and other drinks as requested by your pets administrator.
*Bling*
""Can you give me the location my pets?""
*Bling*
Level One Administrator Access detected processing request.
*Bling*
Laxana is currently in the master bathroom of ES001
Sonya is currently in the female barracks used for housing the female recruits of the newest academy cycle that includes other members of your squad administrator.
*Bling*
""Send V-mail to MilkandBaths03"'
*Bling*
Input content of message
*Bling*
""I am back.""
""Send""
*Bling*
V-mail sent
Opening the door of the master bedroom Zeph was met with a welcome surprise. Laxana was bent over drying off her feet with a towel while facing away from the door.
Being that she was his pet neither of them received the pesky warning about potential unwanted sexual encounters, so it truly was a little bit of a surprise even if he did have a slight warning thanks to knowing was was just in the master bathroom moments ago.
Her currently bent over position gave him a perfect view of her adorable little cottontail and inviting holes.
Walking over as quietly as he possibly could hoping to sneak up on her, Zeph reached out and gave her exposed slit a gentle rub with his fingers.
"Umm, welcome home master."
"How did you know that it was me and not Soyna?"
"I could hear you the moment you appeared on the telapod pad master. Your footsteps sound alot different than hers, and she went down to talk with Candi and the others. I sent Lilly to get us some drinks."
"I am guessing that your position when I opened the door was no accident."
"I wanted to see what you would do if I gave you a good view of my uhh bunny."
"Are you still sore down their from last night?"
"Maybe a little, but not enough to stop you from enjoying me an any way you like, master."
"How about you just help me with taking off my uniform and crawl into bed with me while I time little miss kitty on how fast she can get from the girls barracks to our room."