Tommy Allen and the Intergalactic Cavern of Doo Captain Tom Allen of the Intergalactic Space Corps hastily shoveled the alien power-blaster-gems into his secret bag, every sense alert for attacking Splurgs or Walla-monsters. The bag full, he sped through the corridors of the ship and reached up to place it on the shiny surface of the transporter-thing. The transporter-lady logged the bag in, her long fingers expertly playing over the transporter-computer. She looked up at me. "Three seventy-one," she said, and then she looked back down at Captain Tom and smiled. "That's a cool hat!" Gallant as ever, the space-hero turned away and made a noise. I handed her a five. The transporter-lady in the Sweet Factory was maybe seventeen, with long blue fingernails and a tight stretch top that ended an inch above her waist, nicely showing off the curve of her pink stomach and the tiny gold hoop that pierced the skin below her navel. Her hair was pulled back tightly around a broad pale forehead, and her eyes were sharp and friendly. Her lipstick was pale yellow. "One twenty-nine is your change," she said, sliding the money and the receipt into my hand. I smiled and thanked her, looking her in the eyes and enjoying the sophisticated innocence of her face for a couple of seconds too long, until her mouth quirked and she broke eye-contact. Captain Tom Allen pulled at my shirt. "I'm Thursday!" he said. A tall young man in baggy pants and a crew-cut had been loitering nearby while Tommy searched for gems; as we walked out of the store, he slouched over behind the counter and placed his hands on the transporter lady's slim hips in the most natural way, leaning down and muttering something in her ear. She laughed and pulled away from him as Tommy and I merged with the crowd. "Thursday," Captain Tom repeated, "I want wah-tah!" "Tommy," I said, dodging a baby-stroller and a couple of young men in leather, "Keda and your Mommy are probably already wondering where the heck we are." "But I am soo-oo hot! I neeeeed wah-tah," the space warrior insisted, "and Keda is a goooooon!" "Tommy!" "You denember, she didn't want to share?" "That wasn't nice of her. But still we don't call each other goons." Captain Tom made the noise again decisively and resumed pulling on my shirt. We crossed the stream of traffic to a mall directory ("You Are Here") and set off for the nearest drinking fountain. "You're going to use up all the water!" "Mmmmnmnphmmllmm!" "And your chin's all wet," I observed, accurately but pointlessly, fiddling with the pay phones and waiting for the Hero of the Battle of Magna-Crunch to finish soaking the front of his shirt. "Hey, look at this!" At my touch, a little keyboard and alphanumeric display had slid out into my hand from the bottom of the third telephone from the left. Tommy, chin dripping, flounced over. "It's a little computer for deaf people, I think, so they can use the phone without being able to hear, or talk, or something," I explained. I pushed the "A" key, and a green "A" glowed on the display. "Wahr!" Captain Tom growled, "A secret access thing! I type in the magic code!" He reached past me and without hesitation typed in the magic code, which as it turned out was "DSFOIUERLKJDSF". With a deep rumbling sound, the wall beside the telephones opened, revealing a rocky tunnel leading down into darkness. "The Intergalactic Cavern of Doom!" Captain Tom gasped, and with a brave curl of his dauntless mouth he launched himself into the opening, disappearing instantly into the gloom. I followed him as quickly as I could. The tunnel was tall, but narrow enough that I couldn't avoid contact with the walls, which looked sharp and rocky but felt oddly warm and disturbingly soft. "Tommy," I called, "Tommy slow down!" But there was no answer, and I pushed myself forward faster, so fast that when the tunnel ended and the floor dropped away I couldn't stop myself, but tumbled headlong into the vastness of the cavern beyond. I came to rest after a brief slimy slide, on the ground near one wall of a wide syrupy space lit by a million flickering candles, its ceiling invisibly high above me, its floor soft and yielding under my hands. I got carefully to my feet and looked around. One of the numberless candles burned near my face, atop a thin greyish stalagmite. The flame, I noticed, was in the shape of a tiny woman, dancing naked with her arms above her head. She grinned at me and closed her eyes. "C'mon, dah-dee!" Tommy called from somewhere ahead. I left the candle there and loped off in the direction of his voice. Captain Tom of the Space Force was standing in a cleft in the wall of the cavern, peering around the corner. I came up behind him, intending to casually grab him and give him a big kiss on the back of his neck, but he turned very earnestly and put a finger to his lips and went "SHHHHHHH!" very loudly. The shiny metal door around the corner, at the base of the cavern wall, was guarded by two Space Force regulars, one of whom (the tall one with the baggy pants) was engaged in nibbling the neck and fondling the bare arms of the other (the one with the yellow lipstick and the belly-button ring). As his hands rose up toward the twin low hills of her chest, I considered clearing my throat to subtly attract their attention; but Tommy's wild snickering giggle beat me to it. The shorter of the guards pushed the taller one away and sprang to attention. "This sector is Off Limits, sirs," she said, "Splurgs have been sighted!" And indeed a huge red neon sign above the door was flashing "Splurgs Sighted! Maximum Danger Level!" A nice effect, I thought. "Unless you have Super Clearance?" she added. Tommy looked back at me hopefully. "No problem," I said after a second, "Super Deluxe Clearance it is!" The guards unbolted the door and opened it for us. I smiled at the smaller one as we passed through. Did she wink at me? There was, I noticed, a light dusting of green glitter on her delicate eyelids. I didn't kiss them. We were, naturally, surrounded by Splurgs within seconds after the door closed behind us. "Karate-chop action!!" screamed the redoubtable Captain Tom, laying about with the edges of both hands and beating back an alien slug-thing attack that had threatened to knock off his way-cool Space Patrol hat. "C'mon, da-dee!" I helped chop Splurgs for a bit, but they were too many for us, and clearly we would not last long. The piles of chopped and blasted Splurgs around us were mounting and my energy was almost exhausted, when suddenly the enemy ranks broke, and shouts of Splurg terror filled the air. "Cool!" said Captain Tom, climbing a pile of Splurg entrails, "Flaming Supercharged RoboUnicorns!" And Flaming Supercharged RoboUnicorns it was indeed. They made short work of the Splurgs that did not run away quickly enough, and then turned to us. And from something in their flaming robotic ultra-vision eyes, I knew that we were not out of the woods yet. The RoboUnicorns herded us silently onto a waiting grav-shuttle, and we were whisked through light-years of space. Tommy pressed his nose to the window and ooh'd and aah'd at the passing glory. I slumped down on the bench and stretched my legs out in front of me and closed my eyes. When Tommy said, "Look, dah-dee, it's Saturn!", or "Look at the dragons bat'ling!", I made noncommittal interested sounds. The grav-shuttle touched down in the midst of a gleaming steel palace, and we were escorted into what was obviously the throne room. As we gazed around, wondering what would befall us next, the room suddenly filled with the voice that I dreaded most. "So!" the voice said, in sweet but terrifying tones, "what have we here?" Down a ramp from the balcony stepped... Her. The Great Hive Mother Herself. Resplendent in tight leather and shining steel, she radiated beauty and command from every inch, from the spike heels on her black boots to her dangerously flashing eyes. Eyes that can turn a man's insides to mush in an instant. Or mine, anyway. And with her, following just a step behind, a smaller but pointier version, dressed more demurely but still able to melt a man's heart with a single glance, Princess Keda, Keda the Undeniable, Keda the -- "Goon Queen!" whispered Tommy beside me. And he stuck out his tongue. The Hive Mother paced back and forth in front of us, the muscles moving maddeningly in her nearly-bare legs. I swallowed and adjusted my pants. She grinned at me and slapped the handle of her whip against her palm. "Out with the Splurgs, were we?" "Battling them fiercly, your Insatiable Majesty!" I declared, saluting smartly. She scowled. I tried not to stare at her breasts, pressed up and forward by the leather bustier. "Battling them," she sneered, "or perhaps consorting? Perhaps conniving?" Beside her, the Princess stuck her thumbs in her ears and waggled her tongue at Tommy, who made a rude noise. "Honest, your Greatness," I protested, "ask your RoboUnicorns. There were Splurg guts everywhere!" "Aren't there always?" she replied. "A little torture will get the truth out of you, I think." She twined one hand in my hair, and ran the other ruthlessly down my chest. "Mercy," I gasped, "Mercy!" I could feel my insides liquifying already at her touch. Magnficent mouth pursed, she stood for a moment, considering my pleas. "What do you think, Princess?" she asked over her shoulder. But the erstwhile Goon Princess had already pardoned the brave Captain Tom, and the two of them were rolling sociably on the floor, tickling each other and giggling. "Oh, all right," the Great Mother sighed, releasing me and lowering her marvelous ass to a nearby bench. "Come sit by me, Lieutenant, and tell me of your adventures." I sat down eagerly, and casually slipped an arm around her waist. "Nice armor, your Majesty," I remarked. "He said modestly," she retorted, sliding one hand around my neck to check my authorization codes. I tried to look innocent, although her laser eyes were again turning me to mush. "This is Tommy's gig," I shrugged. "Yeah, right," she breathed, her face close to mine. My head began to swim, and I realized she was using her Super Pheromone Powers to wear down my resistance, "I'm sure it was Tommy's idea that his Mommy show up in leather panties and a push-up bra." I could only grunt in reply; her lips were tantalizingly close to my mouth, her breasts nudged my chest. At the last moment, I was saved by a loud claxon that split the palace air. "Splurgs!" shouted the twins in unison, springing to their feet. And indeed a small horde of those evil slimy insecto-reptillian hulks had just burst through the doors at the far end of the throne room. Captain Tom rushed to meet them, and the Princess hurried to a concealed panel in the wall. "In here, you guys," she exclaimed, "you'll be safe in there." The Queen and I hurried into the dark chamber, which closed automatically behind us. The Hive Mother and I lay comfortably on the secret mattress, watching through the viewport as Keda rushed to the Captain's aid. Karate-chops and kicks and forward rolls made short work of the front rank of the invaders, and the air filled with ululating war cries and Splurgs saying "Ouch!". "They're so cute," the Hive Mother remarked. Ensorcelled again by the closeness of her body, I could only murmur agreement, as I found my hand, against my will, slipping under her leather panties to cup the firm globes of her ass. She purred and turned toward me. Her lips found mine, and her tongue was sweetly caressing my mouth when the twins returned. "No more Splurgs!" Keda announced. "Perfect timing!" exclaimed the Queen, emerging with me from the secret compartment, "Now everyone into nightclothes, and get ready for bed!" "Awwwwwwwww!" With only the usual fussing, the smaller humans were wiped clean of Splurg-guts and their teeth were brushed with the latest in nuclear-voltaic Tootherizor Things. Then I helped the Queen strap them into their own cozy wall-nooks and kiss them good night. Back in the warmth and darkness of our own secret place, I worked the knobs and switches of the Queen's armor, and it fell away, revealing her naked form in all its glory. She stretched luxuriously. "Ah, that's nice," she said, "that bra's pretty hard on the tits." By way of apology, I took said tits in my hands and stroked them tenderly. "Mmmmm," she purred, "that's nice, too." Her hands found the magnetic latches of my Space Corps uniform, and soon I was bare as well. I ran my tongue over her stiffening nipples, and her hands slipped down my body. "And what is THIS?" she gasped, as her hands reached the tops of my thighs. I rolled her nipples between my fingers, and put my lips by her ear. "That, Your Grace, is the Royal Sceptre of the Hive." "And a very nice Sceptre it is, too," she murmurred, her eyes closed and her fingers moving gently over the artifact, which was growing larger and hotter as she stroked it. I raised myself up over her, and the sceptre rubbed against her hip. She smiled. "But Lieutenant, if you have the Royal Sceptre, does this mean --" "Indeed," I said, "I am not a mere Space Corps Lieutenant, but the Rightful High King of the Hive." She gasped, and her eyes rolled up as I pressed my leg against her body, between the sweet mounds of her thighs. I licked her parted lips with my tongue, and squeezed the Royal breasts. "Do you know of the Prophecy?" she breathed, piercing me again with her gaze. "The Prophecy?" My head was spinning from the warmth of her body and the touch of her hands. "It is said that the Kingdom will know peace again when the Sceptre is returned to the Cavern of Doom." "I thought we were already in the Cavern of -- ahhh -- of Doom?" "Not the outer and visible Cavern," she whispered low in my ear, her lips brushing the lobe, "the inner and secret one." And she spread her thighs wider, revealing the sweet and mysterious opening to that most sacred inner Cavern. Her hand guided the Sceptre to it, and I pushed my hips forward, pressing the Royal treasure home. "Ah!" she gasped, "the Prophecy is fullfilled!" "Are we at peace?" I muttered in her ear. In truth I felt far from peaceful; my heart was racing, my skin flushed, and the heat of her body beneath me was raising a terrible pressure in my loins. "Soon," she said, "ohhhhh soon." And she brought my mouth to hers again, and pressed up with her hips. We stopped talking. The King's Sceptre moved, now slowly now urgently, in and out of the Cavern of the Queen, and after a time of tumult and joyous shouts, the Kingdom was again at peace. Nestled together in the darkness, we slept. Tommy Allen and the Intergalactic Cavern of Doom