Chapter 80: Extra PT

After we finished eating, everyone dragged themselves at Jill's directions to the area that held the pool. Mikota complains until I pick her up, and the other girl scolded me for doing it, say she was just going to do that every time, but I still felt terrible from earlier. I dropped her at the girls changing room and then went inside the men's, but I heard some strange sound coming from one of the stalls.

I needed to change fast and silently from the sounds so not to bother the two of them. Oh yes, extra PT, alright, but I was happy for both Kyrin and Irellia. I quickly changed into trunks and left to the pool area.

When I got out there, none of the girls had made it out yet. It was probably because of my rush to get out of the changing room. I looked around, and it wasn't fancy, but it was shaped like a giant kidney bean. The most incredible thing was that I could see steam come off the water.

As I walked to the edge and sat down, my legs slid into the warm water, and then I let the rest of my body slide in, off the edge. I sank into the water, and the warmth enveloped me, giving me a sense of calmness that I held for about five seconds until I saw bodies splash into the water. I pushed back to the surface and broke the water to see all the girls except for Jill and Sasha, and Maxine, who was not changed.

Jill was in a two-piece navy blue UW issue bathing suit while Sasha wore a towel. I swam up to them as the other girls frolicked together in the water. I made it to the edge and pulled myself up, the water rolling down my body.

The women openly admired me, but I could feel why it might make them feel this way when I did it. The women all got big smiles as they noticed my discomfort and started to laugh. I played my embarrassment off with a question.

"Maxine, you can't go in the water?"

"It's not that I can't, but it takes a great deal of energy to be in it, so it's not what I would call relaxing," Maxine smiled at me.

"Ah, sorry, maybe we can find something to do on Prime? Is there anything you like to do there?"

"Hm? We could go to the sand baths; they are warm and exfoliating!"

"Deal, as long as I still have some skin left after, hehe."

I heard a splash behind me and turned to see Sasha was gone into the pool, but I couldn't see her. I looked over at Jill, and she explained to me.

"Sasha is an Oceana, so she is able to move freely in the water, but she had to take all her clothes off to do so. The only time you cant see her body is if she is out of the water or you are underwater with her."

"Interesting, well, Jill, are you getting into the water as well?"

"Yes, I was thinking about it, WAAH!"

I scooped Jill up off her feet and jumped in the pool, as she screamed to put her down. We both plunged into the water, and she scowled at me before pushing away. I pushed off and swam back up. The pool was about three meters deep in the two ends, but only waist-deep in the middle.

I swan over to that area, where Tama and Mikota were splashing each other. They each had the UW two-piece suit, same as Jill, but each gave a different appeal from the race and body types. Mikota was taller than Tama, but she had smaller breasts, but a curving bottom that my eyes lingered on before checking out Tama. She had a large chest and an ass to go with it, but she was almost a head shorter than Mikota.

They both stopped splashing each other when they saw me coving their way and looked at each other. They shared a mischievous looked, but all I wanted was to come and relax, though it looked like I would be best to turn around, but it already too late. I tried to turn and swim away, but both of them were on me like sharks.

After wrestling with the girls and then finally relaxing in the shallows, everyone decided to leave. I had to agree that I was tired, and the rest looked to be on their last legs. Kyrina and Maxine had gone to bed long ago, and Jill was carrying Tama when they came from the changing room. I ended up taking Mikota back to her room before heading to my own.

In the morning, we all met up in the hall to eat. Kyrin was sitting by Irellia, but neither was acting weird. I don't know why they hid it, but I would have a talk with Kyrin later.

The sooner everyone started to accept that this was a game, the sooner they would start enjoying it. There was no need to hold back feelings, but I could understand why Kyrin would be a bit worried since it probably looked like I was running a harem.

I grabbed my food from the oven thing and headed over to eat with the rest. I sat down with Tama and Kyrina, who were both eating toast with jam. I had my eggs on toast while everyone ate in silence, dreading today's PT.

Once everyone finished, they all left with only Kyrina and myself left.

"Ready to go?"

"Yeah, sorry about only showing up after."

"No need to apologize; what happened? You came with us, and I see you go inside the change rooms, but you only came out right before Maxine left. Did something happen?"

"Not really, I was just nervous after seeing all the girls change, even Jill has a nice smooth body with the circuits running around her body. I don't know, I guess I was worried about what you might think of me because I'm not like them, I have skin missing replace by machine parts, and I change into a tiger!" Kyrina's eye had started to water, so I got up and moved to sit beside her.

"You are beautiful in your own way. Your body is like a work of art that I do not mind looking at; in fact, I find you quite pleasing to look at. You're just as pretty as the other women, so don't sell yourself short, OK?"

I pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead. Kyrina wrapped her arms around me and held onto me for a short while until pulling back. We both got up and walked down the hall to our hangar, but I took her hand this time, causing her to smile while still looking ahead.

We worked on different things for the rest of the day, and slowly but surely, we got the ship put back together and started testing. We skipped lunch, but Jill came and brought us a sandwich platter and some drinks, making us stop for a short rest. I turned while Kyrina changed, and I slipped out of my MAS suit.

We sat on the floor and had a small picnic with Jill. We talked about how the others were doing and how long we were from the destination. It turns out that we would have another week of travel by shuttle to get to the planet Prime because of Gargantua's proximity. The storms hadn't started in earnest, but that wasn't the problem. The gravity between planets was too much for a ship of this size on the surface.

After we were all done, we thanked Jill and got back to work. It took us till well past supper to get the last system tested and the pressure seal test, but we finally finished. Both of us wanted to get finished so we could get back to training with the others, so we push to get it all done.

Later, Jill and Sasha would find us sleeping in our suits curled up in a corner by an open panel we had finished testing.