Skies the Limit

Posted on Thu Aug 3rd, 2017 @ 2:25pm by

3,881 words; about a 19 minute read

Mission: Unknown Life, Unknown Dangers
Location: Holodeck

It took a while to pick a program with a spectacular view, the Holodeck could create so many it was often hard to pick from. Eventually settling for the Great Barrier Reef, launching from a slope on the coast. I had everything ready, hers, mine, spare gear, food, drink. I made sure these bag had internal heating too because it could get cold with the wind chill factor at times. I'd opted for a tandem flight for her first one, that way she could focus on all the surroundings and not split it between gear and view. I pulled on my flight suit and harness which would shortly attach to the engine that would propel us to our view.

Kelly showed up at the holodeck at the appointed time wearing a red and yellow saran draped like a toga from her right shoulder to her left hip which hid the blue two piece bikini she wore under it, a pair of sandals, sunglasses and had her wavy brunette hair tied back. She tapped the panel on the holodeck and saw that James was already in it, then entered a moment later.

She stopped to take in the scene and looked around, lowering her sunglasses a little as she breathed in the salt air. "This is amazing," she said as she looked over at James.

"Oh it gets better." I said as I clipped everything to me. "Take a seat in the bag, I'll zip you up and strap you in." The bag was made so that I could slip my legs in and out of it with small leg panels when landing was imminent. She'd be between my legs all zipped up while I piloted and gave her the view of the reef and surrounding.

"In the bag?" Kelly asked as she removed the wrap and stretched in the sun, showing off her nicely rounded curves. "What happens if the chute malfunctions and I get trapped in it?"

"You are strapped to me, I'm in the bag too." I opened the bag to reveal a two tone fabric interior. "You sit in the red, I'm in the black." I said to comfort her. "I have a secondary chute on my back and a back up and is under me once I jettison the engine." I answered then stood up and looked at her, wow. Hot, and in a blue bikini too.

"Fair enough," Kelly said before she kicked her sandals off and worked her way into the bag. "How do these work?" she asked him as she examined the straps.

I put one strap over her shoulder, that held the buckle. "There are two straps between your legs, clip those into the buckle." I slid the other over the other shoulder. "Clip this one in too." I watched to make sure they were all secure and pressed the safety pressure till they turned red. "This one goes across your chest, under or over it doesn't matter as long as it's secure around you and comfortable." Sensors told me her weight and I added some to the engine to counter balance.

She strapped herself in and looked up at him. "How high up will we be going?" she asked him. "I hope it's high enough to see everything and have a lot of hang time."

"We will typically go to between 5-8,000 feet. I've set the program to contain thermals so I can turn the engine off and ride those for a while giving us some quiet and a view." It mean a lot of circling as we rode the thermals but it would keep us in the air longer without the engine on. I sat in the bag and the small panels for me legs opened so that I could stand up. Anti grav really helped. "Ready to go?"

"I am," Kelly said as she made herself comfortable and waited for the launch. "I love flying in any form. The more, the merrier." She adjusted herself and looked up at him. "You should be honored. I rarely let others fly me."

I smirked, trying to keep that in a clean frame of mind with her dressed like that was difficult. "I'll try and keep the ride as smooth as I can for you." Once I was all set and gave a little run down the slope for the chute to catch and then we lifted off the ground. I let my feet dangle for a little more just to make sure we had taken off and not just a catching gust of wind to drop us down again.

"I don't mind it rough," she said with a giggle as they lifted off. She raised her sunglasses and looked around and over the edge before she laughed in delight. "This is awesome!" she exclaimed.

I had to shake my head at her comment while smiling. "Give it about 30 minutes, we should be over the main part of the reef. You can see all kinds of marine life out there." I altered our course to take us there, nice and slowly to let Kelly enjoy the view.

Kelly rubbernecked over the edge and let her arms rest along the sides of the bag. "I would love to swim down there, too," she said. "At the Academy, they said the original Great Barrier Reef had died by the end of the twenty-first century, but it slowly got brought back by marine life and supporters. I'm glad humans turned themselves around and learned they only had one world."

"Wait till you get to the centre." We were not far off from it, and I knew the view was incredible the deeper into the reef we went. "Are you comfortable?" I also knew from experience that the straps sometimes chafed, rubbed, pinched or were too tight.

"I'm fine," she said as she leaned back and rocked the bag back and forth a little. "This is intense and I want to thank you for inviting me up here, James."

"Beats sitting at home doing nothing huh?" I replied smiling. Sure did at that. As we neared the centre I felt a gentle uplift, a thermal. I turned off the engine and slowly circled letting it carry us up in almost silence.

Kelly enjoyed the silent for a long moment, letting the silence and the sky fill the air between them before she sighed. "I can almost imagine that I'm floating here with nothing between me and eternity."

"That's the joys of this, freedom." I circled for a while as we passed 4,000 feet going by the altimeter on my wrist. "No boundaries, open space, no walls or confines in the normal sense at least." My legs tightened a little around her as I pitched us gentle into a right turn.

She reached down to pat his right leg before she ran her hand along it for a moment. "It's magical, isn't it?" She agreed. "I think that was my biggest influence in wanting to fly. Did you know that my last name means bird in German?" she asked him.

"Do now." I replied feeling her arm on my leg. I set us on a straight heading, it would allow us to lose some altitude while we enjoyed the view. "Get comfortable, you have all this view to enjoy." Comfort was something Kelly could enjoy, she could move around a lot more than I could because all the gear was strapped to me.

Kelly leaned forward and looked down. "Wouldn't it be amazing if we just ditched the chute and bag and just dove down until we sliced through the water like a couple fish?" she asked. "Although at this height, the water would be like steelcrete and we'd break every bone in our bodies."

"Be a nice view on the way down though." I mused as I turned us to the left in a slow gentle arc. "Look, a school of fish avoiding a shark." I point down where a shark was surrounded by fish, a space around it as if a shield in place keeping the fish away.

She looked the way he pointed and leaned over the side a bit for a better view. "The law of nature," she said. "The survival of the fittest. Swimming is a lot like flying, but with more drag." When she leaned back, a string on her bikini caught on the strap and tugged it loose, causing the front to fall down.

Double edged sword. Here I was behind her with her back mostly to me, with a fine body like hers between my legs. I saw the string come undone as it caught on a strap, I almost let go of one of the pull cords as if to catch it if it flew off. "Are you alright there?"

Kelly laughed and leaned back, stretching her arms above her head and arching her back. "The wind feels so good," she said as her nipples got hard. "I may just enjoy the rest of the trip like this if you don't mind."

"Perk of the skies freedom I guess hun, nobody around." Nobody but me.....I mentally sighed. She had a cracking body, curves in all the right places and here I was strapped to it, prevented from the appreciative opportunistic views.

She smirked and looked up at him. "I didn't think you'd complain." She pulled the top the rest of the way and dropped it over the side to where it fluttered away on the breeze. "Oops."

I grinned, that was how she was going to play it huh? I smirked as I watched it fly away caught in the breeze. "Lost that, no way I can catch up with it." Not that I was going to try anyway. I tried to keep my composure, as teasing as I found the situation to be, my hands were full, literally, to do anything about it.

"Oh well," Kelly said with a laugh. "May as well enjoy it, then. A shame you're stuck back there, James. The view is really nice up here."

"I can guess." I replied, guess, imagine, picture, dream take your pick sweetheart. I was so glad for the bags rigid edges, like a frame within the bag, a basket really like hot air balloons of old. Not that it helped me any as I piloted the chute around. I unclipped part of her harness and clipped it to the rigid side, now she wasn't tied to me as much, for my embarrassing benefit. She was still safe, the harness around her waist would keep her in the bag as it was secured to it.

She stretched again as he released the clip and twisted half way around to look up at him. "Did you want to go down some?" she asked him.

I smirked, no hiding that. "Sure." I may have stolen a quick glance, but I was still polite about it. I turned us so that we'd bleed lift from the chute and drop us at a slow but constant rate. "How low did you want to go?"

"Close enough to smell the salt air," Kelly said. "Well, the smell of the water. Maybe we can ditch the paraglide and go for a swim once we're close enough."

"Alright." I was glad this was the Holodeck, because once this engine was off me it would sink like a stone and we'd be stuck out here. It took nearly 15 minutes to drop our altitude enough that the salt air could be smelt on the gentle breeze that lashed lightly over the water's surface. "You let me know when and I'll take us lower and in." Given we were at a much safer height, I unbuckled Kelly from the harness, she still had those from between her legs keeping her in the bag but the rest was undone. I knew that I'd have 20 seconds at most to remove my harness or be dragged under the waves.

"This looks good," she said as she reached down to unbuckle the straps holding her legs in place. "Now to have the computer remove the paraglider and we can just drop into the water," she said. "It would be easier than trying to fight our way out of it."

"Computer, remove equipment and flight suit in 10 seconds." It gave me enough time to get us low enough that a fall would cause no harm, bit of a splash and lots of laughs afterwards. 10 seconds later the rig disappeared and the pair of us fell into the water. I was left in my shorts as I swam to the surface amidst the blues and greens that surrounded us.

Kelly splashed down after she took a deep breath and relished in the weightless feeling that being underwater afforded her before her lungs demanded air. She swam back up to the surface and took a deep breath as she shook her brunette hair out of her eyes and looks around for James. When she spotted him, she swam over to where he was and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thank you, James," she said. "For being a great guy and a good sport." With that, she leaned in and gave him a kiss.

I watched Kelly swim over to me, she seemed happy and enjoying herself. When her arms went around me, he body followed flush to mine it felt divine. No hiding how aroused I was and honestly she didn't seem to care she was topless too. The kiss was most welcome as I fed off it, poured into it, crashed and tumbled over and over to and within it.

Kelly smiled when they finally came up for air, her legs scissoring the water to stay afloat as she looked into his brown eyes. "I think someone liked that," she said with a smile. "In fact, I think two people liked that. Three if you count what I feel poking me."

I smiled. "Well, you see in my defence you did have your back to me topless for almost 30 minutes, you can't blame a guy for what his mind does or goes while flying." I answered as I held on to her. "Though you enjoyed it just as much as I did."

"Maybe," she said with a laugh. "It's not like I could do anything while strapped in it while in the air, could I?" she asked. "But now that we're down here, aren't I trying to make amends?"

"You are yes." Good thing too, I was truly testing the elasticity of these shorts with what she was doing. "Not that I'm complaining at all but shouldn't we head for a spot of land, doubt we want to tread water for hours."

"Isn't that one of the joys of a holodeck?" Kelly asked him. "Computer, create a small island near us."

The computer complied and a small island appeared without displacing the water and creating a tidal wave. It had a small lagoon, a sandy beach and lush vegetation growing past the beach.

I swam to the newly created island, the sun on my skin was a welcome feeling and for a moment I'd forgotten Kelly was topless until looked over at her again. A grin on my face as I looked at her.

Kelly came out of the water, her long brunette hair dripping and water rolled off of her smooth, tanned body. Her hips swayed and she kept her eyes on his as she approached him. "Is this better?" she asked him.

I watch Kelly draw near in bikini bottoms only, what a sway!!!! She was an incredibly attractive girl, curves in all the right places. "Much better." Much better than being strapped to her and all I could see was her back. Part of me swore she did that on purpose. "Why don't you come down here and join me?" I patted the sand beside me. Her beauty was striking, and I mean wow.

She sat down beside of him and reached for a large palm leaf the computer had put on the beach and draped it over her chest. Once it was settled and she was leaning back, she looked over at him. "Thank you for inviting me here, James. I've had a lot of fun."

A leaf huh, playing hard to get. Such a tease after what she put me through as I flew her around, she had to know what she was doing when she dropped her bra over the edge of the bag. Had to admit, that blasted leaf, why did it have to be there of all times. Was it karma? Was the program getting back at me for not running it in so long. "It was my pleasure." Still is giving the obvious, I'm not hiding the head to bikini bottoms, down the thighs to the feet look.

Kelly laughed when she saw his look and leaned over towards him. "I always like a unique experience," she told him. "Especially with a good looking guy like yourself who likes to have fun. I bet you have all kinds of hidden secrets, don't you?"

That bloody leaf, talk about wrong place at the wrong time. Note to self, remove leaves out of my programs. "I could say the same about you." I leaned in towards her too. "But yes, I do have secrets, all part of the intrigue and mystery and the best part is the exploration."

"I don't have many secrets," she said. "I'm just an Ensign and nobody will tell me any. Do I get a starter secret to help me on my path?"

"A starter secret." I smiled, rubbing my chin in that classical style of ages past. "Computer. Delete all palm leaves on the island." I looked at Kelly as the leaf vanished. "A secret...is I may be an engineer but I am devious and sneaky."

Kelly eeped when the leaf vanished and quickly covered her chest with her hands. "You rogue! You knave! You scandalous man!" she exclaimed while trying not to laugh.

I chuckled. "Rogue and scandalous. Don't you think you brought it on yourself? Dropping your bra 'innocently' over the edge and lets not forget you did kiss me topless not a few minutes ago. So not only seen, but felt." I winked at her while trying to control the growing grin on my face and other....physical reactions.

Now Kelly threw her head back and laughed a deep belly laugh which shook most of her lithe body and she had to move her hands to keep her balance before she fell over. "Okay. You got me there, James. I admit it. I wanted to see what you'd do."

"More than you bargained for?" I asked and there was no hiding where the eyes roamed and they didn't stick to just the chest too. "You asked for a start secret....you got one." Long legs, long hair and busty...I'm so lucky right now!!!!

"What makes you think I didn't calculate that into the bargain?" she asked him with a sly look. "I'm Flight, Engineering and Command. I know all! Including the fact that you seem to have a tree growing in your shorts."

I smirked. "Sorry..no computer command for that one." I chuckled briefly. It was good though to see Kelly relax more, having a laugh and not covering herself up. We both seemed to be enjoying the moment together but I couldn't be held to blame, half naked woman in front of me was bound to cause...issues.

"I had no idea there could be that much wood in that tight a space," Kelly quipped. "It's like a joke I heard. Three nuns die and go to heaven and Saint Peter asked each of them a question. The first nun gets asks who the first man was and she replies Adam. Bells ring, angels sing and she gets to enter. The second nun gets asked who the first woman was and she replies Eve. Bells ring, angels sing and she gets to go in. Saint Peter looks at the third nun and asks her what Eve said when she saw Adam without the fig leaf for the first time. The nun thinks, then shakes her head before she goes 'That's a hard one.' Bells ring, angels sing and she gets to enter."

I laughed, a real hearty laugh. "Command, flight, engineer and a dirty mind." I mused. "Shame you were not in my academy class, you could have joined us when we got held back for 'disruptive behaviour.' in studies."

She laughed. "Oh yeah?" she asked. "I got the call sign Conga in Nova Squadron because the night I got inducted, they got me drunk on Romulan Ale. I ended up stripping and doing the conga on the quad with about two hundred cadets around me."

"Talk about the centre of attention." I smiled. "What about now?" I was not 200 cadets but one single Lieutenant.

"I'm not drunk and there's no music," Kelly said with a smirk.

"I have plenty of both at my place." I actually did, being single gave me a lot of time to buy and hoard a stash of drinks and being an engineer, we always had ways of getting what we wanted on board ship. "If you are interested?"

"That sounds like an offer I'd be stupid to pass up," she said with a smile. "I'm always happy to have fun."

I gave her another very appreciative glance. "Ohhh, I think we can think of many ways we can have some fun, especially with booze involved." I grinned. "If you can keep up." Another secret of mine perhaps? She'd have to find out.

"That," Kelly said as she came to her feet and stretched. "Is something you'll have to find out for yourself."

I stood up, challenge accepted huh? Good, lets begin. When she wasn't looking, my guess looking for her clothing I gave her backside a little tap and squeeze. "Tick tock sweetheart."

She gave an eep as she grabbed her bikini top that was lying beyond a rock and danced away from him. She put it on quickly and looked over her shoulder at him. "Rogue!" she declared and took off while calling for the arch.

"Rogue huh, well, if that is the case I may as well play the part." Thankfully my quarters were not far, but I gave chase nonetheless. "A handsome one at that." Using her words against her and the promise of drink and fun, should be a good distraction until we reached the Turbolift.

Kelly turned to look at him once they reached the turbolift and smiled. "Going up?" she asked with a wink.

"And I don't want to hear any complaints when I do." I replied when I caught up with her, a grin on my face as I looked at her. Such a tease. When the turbolift arrived we were fortunate to greet it while empty. As soon as we got in I directed it to my check while I hungrily eyed Kelly.

She laughed and gave him a look that spoke volumes. "I expect the same because I'm far from tame."

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