ToxicHaven (3 page)

“Lights out,” the monotone voice informed them.

Haven quickly took her clothes off and lay on the bed. Within a few seconds, Josias and Isan joined her. With the auto metal blinds closed, the room was inky black. There was no way the cameras could see them, but the bugs could still pick up speech. If Josias and Isan were enhanced, as she was, she should be able to communicate with them telepathically. That didn’t seem to be the case or they would have done so earlier. Then again, if she was able to turn it on and off, so could they. And if they didn’t know she had a particular enhancement, maybe they wouldn’t even try. She decided to give it a whirl.

Snuggling close to Josias, she groped behind her and pulled Isan tight against her on the other side. “Are you telepathically enhanced?” she asked in the softest whisper. Although she’d suspected it, having felt strongly they’d tried to probe her mind, she needed to be sure.

“Yes, we both are. Are you?”

“Yes.” Quickly, she concentrated and activated the microchip in her brain.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can
, in unison.

I’m afraid to trust you. Were you planted here to spy on me? To get information out of me?

That would be my guess
, Isan said.

And mine
, Josias echoed.
It’s unusual to place two males with a female, to say the least.

The rooms are bugged? Cameras?

Yes, there are. We know where, but we can’t disable them or they’ll be onto us,
Josias said.

Onto you?

Like you, we have crucial information about the disappearance of settlers, of officials. Not just to this facility, but complete disappearances. We think they’ve killed many. Isan and I want to put a stop to it all, to their slag dumps, their contamination of innocent victims. We think you’re of our mindset, even if you’ve killed people by destroying their ships. We realize you had no choice.

Isan added.
We saw you were very upset when you came back from your interrogation. Yes, we know you were interrogated. No one goes through orientation more than once. What happened?

In three days I’m to be transferred to the medical facility, to the science and research labs, where they’ll remove some of my enhancements.

Oh, my God. Three days? Have you thought about escape?

Haven still wasn’t entirely sure she could trust them. They were asking so many questions. What choice did she have? She knew they were her bonded partners, that she was destined to spend her life with them both. Surely they knew, too?

You can answer truthfully. I’m sure you know by now that we’re bonded, we’re destined to unite,
Josias said.

Of course I know. As soon as we touched. I’m still stunned at being bonded to two men. I didn’t know it was possible.

Neither did we,
Josias said.
But here we are. Now about escape?

Yes, I’ve thought about it, but I can’t do it by myself. I’ve discovered several escape routes and I’ve devised a plan that could work.

How about letting us in on it
? Isan asked.

Haven still hesitated. Bonded or not, if the powers that be killed her, the two men would find another bonding partner. How could she trust them completely? Had she already told them too much?

Tomorrow night. We’ll talk more then.

Girl, if you only have three days, we need to move. Fast!
Josias told her firmly.

I’m still not sure I can trust you completely.

Once we’re physically bonded, nothing can break that bond,
Isan said.

That’s not supposed to happen until we’ve been formally united.

We can change that rule in this instance, can’t we? Anyway, who is going to know but us?
Josias told her.

Feeling somewhat calmer then, she thought about his words. Once bonded physically, they had to stand up for her, fight for her and remain by her side. If they took the bond as seriously as she did, it would seal her trust in them.

What do you say, Haven?
Josias asked.
We won’t do anything without your permission.

Dammit, get to it. I’ll never sleep if you don’t
, she told them, having made up her mind.

It won’t be the same as a normal bonding. We can’t utter a sound. They must not know.

I won’t utter a sound, I promise. Don’t worry, my virginity was removed, like all other enhanced women, when they experimented on me.

From what we’ve learned, you are an exception to the rule. I’m surprised you were imprisoned,
Josias said.
Your capabilities are every enhanced human’s dream.

I’ve hardly had a chance to use most of them
, she thought wryly, at the same time wriggling so their throbbing cocks pressed against her body.

Josias took her first while Isan fondled her breasts, and—what she so longed for—he kissed her deeply, fully, sucking her tongue into his mouth. She moaned softly.

Hush. They’ll know
, he said.

Gawd, how the fuck could she have two men make love to her and not utter a sound?

Josias slipped between her legs, his fingers on her bald pubic area, stroking, fondling, putting pressure on her clit. If only she could speak. Reaching down, she grasped his cock. It felt wonderful, the silky skin, the throbbing veins. She stroked it softly, then gently pulled the skin back and forth while Isan massaged her breasts and sucked her nipples.

They were so tender, so sweet, so utterly loving, it was all she could do not to scream out her longing for them.

Josias placed his cock near her slick opening and slowly entered her. Arching her hips, she placed both hands on his buttocks and pulled him into her. It hurt, but at the same time she was so slick that he slid in all the way in one deliciously slow stroke. She ached when he started to move, but it felt so good she didn’t want him to stop.

He came too soon. Much too soon. She’d barely reached the point of climax when he pulled out. But she needn’t have worried. Isan took his place between her legs and wasted no time.

He, too, came fast, indicating they’d not had a woman in a long time or they were exceptionally turned on. Either way, she was sated. At least, for the time being.

They lay entwined, their minds calmed but still busy with the other issues they needed to address.

Do you trust us now?
Josias asked.
You do realize by bonding with us, your birth control has been deactivated?

Yes. I trust you now. And I’d better not get pregnant or I’ll have to kill you both.

They chuckled very softly and she yanked their hair.

We need to talk about escape. What plans have you come up with?
Isan asked.

She thought for a moment. The building was octagon shaped. Each corridor of cells led to the center control station where there were three guards on duty. From there, the guards monitored the screens, controlled the lights and all the cell doors. She’d carefully studied the control station each time the guards fetched her for interrogation and led her past it to the elevator.

There is no way to get out of this room once control has initiated lockdown. We have no tools and even if we did, they wouldn’t help. We need explosives to get through that door,
she told the men.
If we could get to the elevator, we can go to level sixteen. From there we should be able get to the launch pads.

You mean where they launch the ships that carry the mining slag,
Josias said.

Yes. If we can get to one of the ships, we can slip into the cargo hold. When they dump the slag, we’ll get dumped with it.

Good plan. But you already pointed out, how do we get out of here and slip by the control station undetected? Invisibility was not included in my enhancements,
Isan said
.

No, but it was included in mine. Did yours include super strength? Isan? Josias?

Yes. That’s why we’re heavily guarded when we go to and from our workstations every day. Getting zapped by their snida guns is not my idea of a fun time. Josias, you got any ideas?

Haven mentally cleared her throat.
I have an idea. It’s dangerous and stupid, but it could work.

Josias stroked her hip.
Tell us.

We can escape during the day, just before shift change. The guards and controllers in the station only work eight hour shifts. Change is at three.

Isan ran a hand down her back.
Tell us more?

With the prior guard shift running their reports at the guard station, and the new shift getting their briefings, it’s the time when everyone is there but no one is really looking. We’re already out of the high security of the cells, so it will be easier for us to move. I haven’t used my invisibility enhancement ever, but I’ll practice in the morning. They taught me how to use it in theory, but that was years ago. The briefings usually last about five minutes. Long enough for me to run from the lav to the station, deactivate the cameras in your area and in the corridors to the cargo area. There will be a scheduled drone ship leaving and I can turn off the life and movement sensors as well, so that you can get away.

She felt their enthusiasm through their connection until Isan picked up on her omission.
You. How will you meet us?

I can’t. Someone has to remain at the station to keep the gun from firing on you.

She sensed Josias’ protest before he sent it to her mind.

You will come with us or we will not go. They’re not going to blow up one of their drone ships. Also, if we do it right, they won’t realize we’re on the ship for quite a while, if at all. You’re the one in the most danger here, after all. You will excuse yourself to use the restroom and we will be waiting for you.

Haven thought for a moment while shutting the men out. It was true. The day after tomorrow, they would remove her enhancements, which could inevitably kill her. Most did not survive the procedure, as the enhancements had become so integrated within their bodies during the growing years from child to adult. Removing them meant removal of much needed tissue, almost akin to a lobotomy.

I suppose I could use my invisibility and leave the lav that way. Timing will be crucial. We have to make our escape as soon as I deactivate everything because within seconds, it will trigger an alarm and all floors will be on lockdown. We only have about five minutes to get to the ship. It’s happened before where the system malfunctioned, so I know what happens. Problem is, even at my fastest speed, there’s the elevator. It stays functional long enough for security to get to their destination. Will five minutes be enough? You two can get to level sixteen faster.

The elevator is fast enough. It only takes seconds to get to top level. We’ll be waiting for you. Are we all agreed? This is the plan?

She bit her lip.
You haven’t told me, which tasks were you assigned after you were sentenced?

I was an electronics engineer before I became a security guard, so they have me fixing various electronic problems that occur on a daily basis,
Isan told her.

They have me working in dispatch. I coordinate the loading of the ships,
Josias said.

Good, so tomorrow will be recon. I’ll find a list of planets the slag dumps are heading to. You can work on finding some kind of life support to keep us alive in one of those ships.

Isan sighed and cupped her breast.
Remember, Haven, you have to join us or we aren’t leaving. If you want to do penance for your sins, you’ll have to choose another time.

With their determination to stay with her ringing in her thoughts, Haven snuggled between the two warm bodies. A kiss landed near her ear and a silent whisper,
goodnight, love
.

Josias’s lips grazed hers fleetingly. Suddenly, the world she lived in didn’t seem so bleak or hopeless. Smiling at the feel of a hand on her belly and another on a breast, she closed her eyes although sleep didn’t come easy with her libido again stirring, yearning to be satisfied.

Chapter Three

Haven sat at her station and watched the ships come and go. She’d already gotten the information she needed and could only hope that incoming ships wouldn’t ruin her plans.

She could get away from her station to use the lav, but only when the gun wasn’t needed. That meant incoming ships had to be more than half an hour away. If everything went according to plan, by this time tomorrow, she’d be preparing to run or die.

The next few hours dragged. The plan roiled through her mind while she worked and she went over every detail, repeatedly. She could hardly wait to be with her mates that night so they could go over the plan together. She was relieved there’d been no need for the gun today. No more murders to eat at her soul and plague her nightmares.

Her relief arrived and she quickly left her station, the guards falling in on each side of her. Instead of escorting her to her cell, they ordered the elevator to level twenty. “You missed my level.” Her heart had already sunk to the soles of her feet. The interrogation rooms were on level twenty.

“We were ordered to bring you for orientation.”

“That’s not until an hour from now.”

“Not today.”

She didn’t dare ask more questions but her heartbeat matched the firing of the guns she used almost daily. No bath. No food. Surely they hadn’t rescheduled the removal of her enhancements? It wasn’t in her makeup to be afraid, but she couldn’t stop the butterflies in her stomach. Their plan to escape would be blown to hell.

Heavy-hearted, her stomach in knots, she took her place in the interrogation chair.

“Prisoner one-zero-one-eight-eight, place your arms on the arm rests and your feet firmly on the footrest.”