Title: Comfort for Rekeeb
Author: Mandy Green
e-mail: maryavatar@yahoo.com
Rating: NC17
Challenge: Andromerotica Festival Pairing Challenge, Gold Trance/Rekeeb
Spoilers: Fairly major ones for Ouroboros
Website: Official Festival archive until closing. After closing, Andromeda 
Uncovered only
Disclaimer: Do I own Trance and Rekeeb? Nope. Wouldn't want them either. Now if 
I'd got Harper and Rafe out the bag…
Synopsis: Trance finds a way to comfort Rekeeb after the death of his mentor 
Höhne
Notes: Written for the Andromerotica Festival. Much thanks and chocolate 
Harpers/Hobbits to Luzmaria and Zion's Starfish, my beta readers.


Comfort for Rekeeb

By Mandy Green


The soft sounds of Rekeeb crying echoed through Hydroponics, making him harder 
to find than Trance realised. She closed her eyes for a moment and concentrated.

Behind the magnolia

She followed the path through the foliage until she came to a small hidden 
corner she'd almost forgotten about. Rekeeb sat curled upon a stone bench, 
sobbing into his hands.

Trance cleared her throat. "For what it's worth I'm sorry," she said. "Höhne was 
a great man. He'll be missed."

Rekeeb wiped his eyes and scowled up at Trance. "If you thought that, why did 
you kill him?"

"I didn't kill him, I just didn't save him. I couldn't let Harper die." Trance 
sat down beside Rekeeb. "Harper is as important to me as Höhne was to you."

Rekeeb choked back another sob. "I doubt it. Did you know that there were people 
queuing up to mix their genes with Höhne and he chose me?"

Trance blinked in surprise. She hadn't seen that coming. Handing Rekkeb a 
handkerchief, she said, "You and Höhne were lovers?"

Rekeeb took it and wipe his eyes. "Not the way you mean it. Persieds do not form 
sexual bonds like humans and Nietzscheans do. When we breed we do it in a more… 
practical manner."

"Of course." Trance tried not to smile.

Rekeeb carried on, oblivious to Trance's expression. "When Höhne and I realised 
that we were both going to be in oestrus at the same time, we decided to bear 
each other's children. I was so flattered. He always chose the best to mingle 
himself with."

"Had you and Höhne…"

"Mated? No, our cycles came into alignment yesterday. If Höhne were still alive, 
we'd be…" Rekeeb closed his eyes and fought back tears, "…together today."

Trance curled an arm around Rekeeb's shoulders and held him tight as he fought 
for control. "Shhh, I can help. Let me help you."

Rekeeb looked up, a little angry. "How can you help? We had our chance to bring 
back Höhne and you sabotaged it."

Trance gently stroked Rekeeb's face. "Look into my eyes Rekeeb. Tell me what you 
see there." Rekeeb blinked and opened his mouth before being hypnotised by the 
spinning lights in Trance's eyes. "Relax Rekeeb. You're with Höhne, and you're 
happy. It's time to… make love."

Trance unfastened Rekeeb's coveralls, careful to maintain eye contact. She put 
her hand under Rekeeb's elbow and they stood up. Trance carefully peeled off the 
last of Rekeeb's clothing and placing the items neatly on the bench. She smiled 
as she found what she needed, then released the catches holding the reinforced 
leather over her breasts.

Trance took a deep breath and concentrated. She wasn't entirely sure how 
Persieds mated, and their being hermaphrodites certainly didn't help matters. 
Once again Trance mourned the loss of her tail. Checking to make sure Rekeeb was 
deep in her thrall, Trance allowed her eyes to drop to Rekeeb's body. The sexual 
organs seemed fairly straightforward. She dropped the rest of her clothing on 
the floor and knelt in front of Rekeeb to take a better look.

Rekeeb obediently parted his legs at Trance's touch and shivered as she slipped 
a hand up his thigh to touch the damp little opening and disturbingly large 
penis swelling above it. Trance was confused at the apparent mismatch in sizes 
until her fingers brushed upwards and were suddenly engulfed in soft, suctioning 
heat.

"Oh!" Trance gently pulled her hand away, and then slid it back when Rekeeb let 
out a tiny whimper of unease. 

Trance sat for a moment, her hand being slowly massaged by Rekeeb's internal 
muscles, before deciding on a course of action. Reaching up with her free hand 
she pulled Rekeeb down until he lay on his back on the floor. Trance looked deep 
into Rekeeb's eyes, reinforcing her control over his mind. Once certain that 
Rekeeb was in no danger of becoming aware of what was really happening she 
turned around and carefully straddled him.

Trance lifted herself up and slowly slid down onto Rekeeb's erection. It seemed 
to pulse inside her rather pleasantly and the contractions around her hand 
speeded up. Trance let her awareness spread outwards into Rekeeb's body as she 
moved up and down, and in and out. The sensual tingle between her legs was 
unexpected, but not unwelcome as she searched for what would trigger the 
completion of their act...

Not yet.

Trance realised that the process of mating wasn't just a delivery method; it 
also acted as a trigger for their reproductive system. Conception couldn't occur 
until prolonged stimulation of both sexual organs caused the release of an egg. 
Trance kept half her awareness inside Rekeeb and half with herself. She was 
unprepared for the waves of arousal that washed through her as she moved. 

Everything was amplified threefold. 

Time seemed to slow down. 

The pleasurable ache between Trance's legs built up and up until it was almost 
unbearable, but still she moved slowly and carefully towards her goal.

The right time came with a rush. Trance merged herself fully with Rekeeb, the 
sensations almost overwhelming her and distracting her from her purpose. She 
took the map of DNA she had lifted from the stray skin cell of Höhne's she'd 
found on Rekeeb's clothing and merged it with the newly released egg.

Trance snapped back into her body and screamed as Rekeeb's pulsing erection 
expanded and contracted in a rippling wave, pushing her sexual endurance past 
the limit. Pleasure slammed through Trance leaving her limp and weak and lying 
sprawled over Rekeeb's legs.

Trance felt Rekeeb's awareness struggling to the surface and hastily re-exerted 
her control over his mind. Wincing as she pulled herself off his rapidly 
shrinking penis, she pulled on most of her clothes and helped Rekeeb to his 
feet. She kept Rekeeb docile as she wiped him down with her leggings and checked 
that everything was as near to how she'd found him as she could make it.. Trance 
dressed Rekeeb carefully, sat him back down on the bench and began to whisper to 
him.

"It was the day before he died," Trance said. "You and Höhne were together." 
Trance concentrated on sending that into Rekeeb's mind. "You were together and 
it was…" Trance thought about it for a moment. "Everything you'd hoped for."

Rekeeb seemed to sigh contentedly and Trance laid a command to sleep into his 
mind. Rekeeb's eyes slowly closed and he slumped down onto the bench.

Trance stood up and checked her handiwork. 

Höhne would live again. The child of Rekeeb would really be a genetic clone of 
Höhne. Trance stroked Rekeeb's head. "I was never here," Trance said and left 
Rekeeb to his sleep.

The End