Interstellar Age

Chapter 289 Joining the Hive Part II

Erich had been restrained by the Legion Series Combat Droids after he had been infected by Terminus' seductive pheromones. He tried to escape like a wild animal who had been caught in a hunter's trap. There was no intelligent thought in his mind, almost as if his intense sense of arousal had conquered his senses of reason. 

And after attempting for some time to break free from his restraints, the object of his desire entered the room. The young hive queen gazed upon Erich's condition and smirked. Tia was watching Terminus carefully as she reminded the bug that one wrong move and she was a dead woman. 

"Tia would like to remind the little insect, that if she dares to attempt any harm towards her Master, Tia will make sure that your entire species is exterminated, even if it takes her ten thousand years to accomplish, which by Tia's estimates is an incredibly generous time frame!" 

Terminus was all too aware that Tia was capable of following through on these threats, and thus she smirked before nodding her head in recognition of Tia's words. 

"Don't you worry,your Master will be back to normal soon enough..."

After saying this, she stepped forward through the force field, and grabbed hold of Erich's face. There was an almost monstrous smile on Terminus' otherwise pretty face as she whispered something to Erich that even Tia's advanced sensors had failed to pick up. She then kissed the man's forehead ,and all the struggle he had attempted came to a sudden end, as a sense of clarity overwhelmed his mind. 

To Erich, this was a new experience. Though he had shared a consciousness with Tia for some time now. She was a robot, and could not affect his mind the way that Terminus could with pheromones and other chemicals. Yet, Erich felt an overwhelming sense of calm as he gazed upon Terminus' vicious smirk. 

Their minds were now connected in a way that Erich still did not understand. It wasn't just his thoughts that were connected with Terminus, but he genuinely felt as if they were one body, and one soul. And once the young hive queen saw that Erich was complacent, she ordered Tia to release his restraints. 

"Release him... He is no longer a danger to himself, or anyone else for that matter... Do you know who I am, Erich?" 

Erich could call upon terminus memories as if they were his own. And he instantly felt a sense of rage overwhelm him as he realized she was a naraku. And not just any Naraku, a Naraku hive queen whoose purpose was to rebuild the fleet he had given one of his lives to end. 

Thus Erich immediately lifted the insectoid into the air, with his overwhelming strength, after grabbing hold of her neck. Where he slammed her against the wall. Though this dealt no damage to the young Hive Queen because her Carapace was harder than what the building was made from. 

Instead, there was a smug smirk on her otherwise pretty face. As she spoke to Erich in a soothing tone. 

"Relax.... I understand that you have a complicated history with my people. After all, you are one of the few beings in the history of the galaxy who have slain a Naraku Hive Queen, and if you were to search my feelings, you would know that I want nothing more than to devour you, and use your genetic material to breed a hive fleet that would destroy your race. But.... We have both been forced into this predicament, and now that you have joined the Hive, I can not act against you. Nor can you act against me!" 

A vicious grin appeared on Erich's face as he threatened Terminus with her death. 

"Oh? You think so!?!"

However, Erich soon found that his grip strength would not increase to a harmful amount, no matter how hard he tried to do so. In fact, it was as if he hand was utterly incapable of doing so. Like there was something wrong with his muscles. 

Not only that, but a series of thoughts plagued his head. These were not Terminus' but the natural instinct of a Naraku. 

"Protect the royalty! Protect the Queen!" 

Ultimately, his own body turned against him, as Erich let go over Terminus, and grabbed his defiant hand with an expression of fury on his face. Tia observed the whole ordeal, and made a mental note of it, which would be added to the archive of vital information she had learned about the Naraku since first taking Terminus prisoner. 

All the while, Erich struggled with his new thoughts, feelings, and instincts. As Terminus leaned down and grabbed hold of his chin. 

"I understand this is difficult for you to accept. Believe me, I understand, as I feel the same way towards you, the man who murdered my sister... And killed trillions of her children! But you and I are joined now, and there is no way for either of us to harm each other. 

Your little Artificial Intelligence has given me permission to assimilate you into the Hive. This means that the Naraku will never attack you or your people. As you are Naraku, and your people are considered a tool to be used by the hive..."

Erich could not help but question what was happening to him, as he felt an instinctive desire at this moment to breed with this bug. It was overwhelming, far more than a normal man should feel. He struggled with all his might to resist the urge to pin Terminus down and ravage whatever hole was usable. 

For which she considered his mental strength to be admirable, as she formed a wicked smile on her otherwise gorgeous face, and tempted Erich with pleasure he had never felt before. 

"Due to unfortunate circumstances, you have been selected to be my king ... Such a thing has never been recorded in our history. And yet, you exist. Your body will compel you to breed with me multiple times a day. So that we may expand the Hive.... If I were you, I would listen to those instincts, because while your mental strength is admirable, sooner or later it will drive you mad if you do not release you lust upon me. 

In fact, I feel the same as you. I haven ever felt such a way before. Even now, my instincts are compelling me to tear off your clothes and force your humanoid phallus inside of me... And yet, for your sake, I am resisting... Do not make me wait any longer. It is unbearable!" 

Despite every effort to resist, Erich soon found himself inseminating the Naraku Hive Queen, while Tia observed the process, and the aftereffects, as if she were a xenobiologist who had just discovered a new species and its mating habits. 

Erich did not remember what happened next, only that his mind and body had been consumed by a level of pleasure he did not know existed. And when he woke up, the first of Terminus' eggs were already laid, and were being kept in an incubation chamber that Tia had built on this world for Germanic infants. 

When Erich looked around, he saw Tia looking at him with an apologetic expression on her pretty face. 

"Master, Tia is sorry... But this was the only way to save Master, and the Silber Enclave. The Hive Fleet Behemoth was on its way to wipe out the Germanic race, and Terminus had stated that soon enough every Naraku Hive Fleet would make a move. Even with all the might that Tia possesses, she could not defend against such a threat.... 

Though Tia contemplated taking Master away, to some far corner of the Galaxy, or perhaps even one of the nearby dwarf galaxies. Tia also knew that Master would be broken if his people were destroyed because of him. Can you please forgive Tia for her rashness?" 

Erich sighed heavily and shook his head. Even now he could feel Terminus in his head, no it was more than that. Every aspect of his body felt her presence, despite her person being god knows where. Actually, he knew even that.... Not only did he feel Terminus, but he also felt the life force of those Naraku which had yet to hatch... And thus, Erich could only look in the mirror and express his thoughts aloud. 

"Tia... I forgive you... You only did what you had to do... I understand that... But what you did to me...."

Erich then curled his fists and clenched his teeth, before hissing his thoughts aloud in the most monstrous way he could manage. 

"You turned me into a fucking monster! Don't you get it! I'm not human anymore!"

Tia was surprised that Erich used the term "human", instead of "German", or "Germanic", like his people so commonly used to distinguish themselves from ordinary humans. The fact that he had used the term "human" meant Erich wasn't playing word games, or pretending to acknowledge the propaganda he had been taught.

He was blatantly saying that Tia's actions had caused him to become something other than was he was born as. A freak, a monster, or perhaps even something worse than that. And there were no words that Tia could possibly say that would make Erich feel remotely better about himself. Thus, she bowed her head and remained completely and utterly silent.