Part 14

Harriet scrubbed herself with the liquid soap, trying to wash away more than sweat and the smell of sex. She was ashamed of what she'd done. Ashamed because she'd enjoyed what she'd done. Not what she'd done earlier with Kitty, that was okay, tender, gentle and everything else lovemaking should be. No, making love to Kitty was wonderful, and she didn't want to stop.

What she'd done to Molly though.... She'd started out just trying to teach that nasty bitch a lesson. Freddie had asked her to do it, explaining what Chrissy wanted her to do. She'd agreed, but hadn't admitted, even to herself, how much the idea turned her on. They'd taken the woman out of the cage and made her crawl around naked on the floor while they slapped her fat ass. By the time Kitty dragged the bitch between Harriet's legs and ordered her to start licking, Harriet's panties were sopping wet.

The bitch wasn't as good at eating pussy as Kitty, but forcing Chrissy's mom to do it was such a thrill that Harriet had cum pretty quick. The second time was even better. She'd slapped the bitch's tits until the fat woman couldn't stop blubbering, then forced the bitch between her thighs. "Whip her until I cum," she'd ordered Kitty. Her best friend didn't hesitate....

Harriet jerked her hand away from her pussy, shuddering in fear, revulsion and in anticipation of another session. That last part was the worst. She'd started ordering her BFF around, started treating her the same way Freddie had told her to treat the bitch. Harriet owed Kitty an apology, she'd known it even as she'd ordered Kitty to take a shower and go downstairs.

Once alone with the bitch, she'd looped the belt around Molly's neck again and dragged the whimpering woman into the cage. It was small, so small that there was no room to sit or turn around. Harriet had sprayed the bitch down with ice cold water before she left, laughing when the woman screamed and begged her to stop....

Harriet jerked her hand away from her crotch again. She wasn't just ashamed of what she'd done, she was also afraid she might have gone too far. No, that wasn't it. She was afraid she would end up going too far. If she did go too far, would Freddie protect her from Chrissy? From the things Kitty had told her, Freddie's new wife was cold as steel, capable of just about anything. She hadn't thought her brother would have ever put up with someone being treated they way they were treating Chrissy's mom.

Harriet dried herself off and pulled clean clothes from the replicator. To her surprise, the waiting bundle wasn't just panties and shift like before. Instead, there was a copy of her school uniform. She didn't question it, but hurriedly dressed and headed downstairs, mentally rehearsing apologies to Kitty.

Freddie and Chrissy weren't in the living room, but everyone else was. They all had clothes instead of shifts. All of them, even the kids, had school uniforms. Paul had shorts instead of a skirt. Gina and Kitty wore their shirts unbuttoned and tied under their breasts, the way Kitty had worn hers last night. Her friend spotted her coming down the gravlift, and waved for her to join the others at the other end of the room.

The four of them were playing a video game, it looked like some kind of racing game. Wanda scootched over to make room for her on the couch, between Wanda and Kitty. They were using wireless controllers, and the four 'screens' were displayed in two foot by three foot rectangles on the wall. They weren't driving cars though, the external view showed a boxy tank looking vehicle with wheels.

"What are those?" she asked.

"Lav-wuh one-oh-ones," Paul answered, not looking away from the screen. "Scout cars. I asked if there were any games that would help me get ready to be a Marine. We're supposed to find the Swarm landers and get away without being blown up."

"Lav-wuh?"

"LAVW. Light Armored Vehicle, Wheeled." He recited.

"He only knows that because it said so at the start of the game," Wanda said. "I'm winning anyway. I've found two and he only found one."

"I'll know all about them tonight," Paul boasted, "Chrissy said I can take a sleep training about them."

Wanda blew him a raspberry "Who wants to know about tanks and boring stuff like that?"

"I do, I don't want to be a concubine." Wanda leaned forward and smacked him in the back of the head. His scout car swerved off the trail he was following, ran over some bushes and bounced into a ditch. "Hey!"

Wanda did her best to look innocent. "There's nothing wrong with being a concubine."

"That's right," Gina agreed. She drove her car slowly up a steep hill, and stopped just before she reached the top. A thin rod telescoped up from the turret, while a legend flashed at the bottom of the screen 'Deploying sensor'. After a little while, the '0' in the upper right corner of Gina's screen changed to a '3' while her screen showed a periscope's view of three different landers. "Besides, this concubine is beating you," she said, backing her car down the hill.

"How did you do that?" Paul demanded.

"It's something Daddy taught us the last time we went hunting," Gina said. "I'll show you later."

Paul rocked his vehicle back and forth and managed to climb out of the ditch. "I still don't want to be a concubine. Freddie says they'll have school and I can go do some training too."

"School," Wanda shuddered theatrically, "I don't want to go to school. I want to be a concubine like Gina and Chrissy." She looked at Harriet, blushing. "Your brother is so hunky."

"Chrissy's not a concubine." Paul said.

"Concubines go naked and do sex stuff," Wanda told him. "When we came down, Chrissy was naked and sucking on his thingy."

"Thingy?" Paul teased. "Everybody can tell that you're only eleven. You probably wanted to suck on it too though, didn't you? You sure were looking at it hard."

"You couldn't stop looking at Chrissy so why do you care if I looked at him? Besides, it looked like she was having fun. It was really cool how he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom. I know she won't mind sharing him with me, she's sharing him with these two..." Wanda nodded at Gina and Kitty, both of whom blushed. "And anyway, you know I'll be twelve next month, then I'll be the same age as you."

"Only for two months!"

"But girls are more mature, aren't they Harry?"

Harriet watched Kitty drive her car onto the top of a hill, while she decided what to say. Should she joke around, or answer seriously? Apparently Kitty was trying the same move as Gina, and for a moment it looked like it had worked. The counter in the corner of her screen changed from '0' to '2' as Harriet started to reply. "Well...."

A bolt of fire streaked in from off screen and blew up Kitty's armored car. "Aah!" she screamed and jumped off the couch, startled. "That's why you don't go on top of a hill, you stick out against the sky," Gina said. "Daddy said to keep something between you and the enemy all the time. If they can see you, they can shoot you." She seemed ready to go on, but the game froze.

"Paul, Wanda and Gina have a teleconference with Master Sergeant Martin of the United States Army," the AI announced. "You are directed to conduct the conversation in the office."

The expression on the sibling's faces were mixed. Gina in particular seemed both eager and afraid to talk to her father. In any case, they all hurried into the other room.

Once they were alone, Harriet turned to her friend. "Kitty, I need to..." Her apology was cut short by a giggle from the doorway to the master bedroom. Harriet turned to see the chubby blonde dressed just in an oversized blue t-shirt and a pair of panties. She watched as her brother bent down and kissed the girl's neck. "Freddie," Chrissy squealed, "that tickles."

"I can't help it Baby, you taste so good." Her brother wore only a pair of uniform trousers. He looked taller somehow, more confident than she could ever remember. He slid his hand up under Chrissy's shirt, grabbing a handful of one braless breast as he pulled her back against him. "I love you, Baby."

Chrissy noticed them watching, and blushed, but she didn't pull away from Freddie. Instead, she turned, ran her hand up his leg and grabbed his butt. "Come on, let's talk with your sister." They walked over to the couch together.

Harriet looked up at her brother and his new wife. She had to tell them, it was hard, but she'd enjoyed doing those things, and didn't want them done to her. She needed to be sure. "I know you told us what to do to her, but I think maybe it went a bit far." Chrissy's expression changed slightly, it got harder, especially around her eyes. "I don't mean we did anything that wasn't on the list you gave us Freddie, just that it didn't really feel right." She turned to Kitty. "I started out acting, but it turned real. I started treating you that way too. I'm sorry Kitty, I didn't mean to do that."

Kitty took her hand, "It's okay Harry. Like I said, I'll do anything you want. Anything Freddie wants, and now Chrissy too. I know none of you will really hurt me, and that you'll take care of me." Kitty slid off the couch, to her knees and hugged Freddie, her head level with his groin. "Thank you for coming to get me, Freddie. I was going to be all alone, but you saved me." She started to cry.

Freddie stroked her hair. "You'll be safe with us Kitty." He looked at Harriet, eyes thoughtful, then smiled at Chrissy. "We should check it out, I don't think they did anything wrong, but we should probably make sure just so they won't worry."

"I don't want to see it," Chrissy said. She put her hand out to Kitty and when the younger girl took it, pulled her up into a hug. "How about if you go in the bedroom and watch, then come and tell us." She pushed Kitty into a hug with Freddie. "Take Kitty with you, then your sister and I can get to know each other a little better."

Chrissy and Harriet's brother both got that far off look on their faces, talking to each other though the AI, then he nodded. "I can do that."

Chrissy kissed him again, then kissed Kitty too. "No need to ask this time, if you can get him up again, I'm sure he won't mind giving you a little something." Kitty blushed bright red as Freddie led her back to the bedroom.

Chrissy sat on the couch next to Harriet and took both of Harriet's hands in her own. She waited, watching Freddie until the door closed, then turned back to Harriet, fixing her with her clear blue eyes. "You know what we did to the others?"

Harriet felt her cheeks flush. "I've got an idea," she said. "Kitty didn't tell me anything," she added quickly, not wanting her friend to get into trouble. "But from what my brother said, and what you had us do to your Mom, it seems you're making sure we'll obey. You're testing us."

The blonde girl smiled nervously at Harriet's response. There was a hint of sadness in her eyes as she answered. "Freddie said you would figure it out. He loves you and doesn't want to do this to you, but it needs to be done." Chrissy swallowed, her eyes looking at the bedroom door, then over at the office. "You know you need to do everything we tell you...."

"I know," Harriet said, "Whatever it is, I'll do it."

Chrissy let go of Harriet's left hand, and touched Harriett's temple. "You understand up here..." She touched Harriet's chest with two fingers. "Do you understand in here?" Harriet started to say that she did, but stopped when Chrissy's fingers touched her lips. "We have to be sure," the older girl said. "If you don't truly understand, you could get somebody, probably yourself, killed."

Her new sister-in-law leaned back on the couch, lifted her hips and slid her panties down. "You know that the AI can tell if you lie, right?" Harriet nodded as Chrissy kicked off her panties. "You need to always tell us the truth, understood?"

"Yes." Her voice cracked when she said it, showing how nervous she felt. Chrissy was going to make her eat her pussy, right here in the living room.

"We're going to do this, just you and me, but if you give me any trouble, or lie to me, I'll have to do a lot more, in front of the others instead."

Harriet could see the steel in the other girl's eyes as Chrissy held her gaze until she nodded and said, "I understand."

"Are you a virgin?"

"Yes." Harriet replied in a small voice.

"How far have you gone with boys?"

"Just some kissing, Daddy told us I'd have a better chance to get picked up by someone nice if I was still a virgin."

Chrissy frowned, "Did he say why?"

"He said if a guy wanted to make it special for the first time, and not just do a test drive in front of a bunch of people, he would treat me as more than just a slave. There are worse things than dying when the Swarm gets to Earth," Harriet said, thinking about Kitty's mom.

Chrissy nodded, and Harriet could see in her eyes that she agreed. "How long..." Chrissy stammered, blushing, "how long have you and Kitty been lovers?"

"Since last night."

Chrissy's lips twitched with just a hint of a smile. "You like it though, don't you?"

Harriet hesitated, then blurted out the truth. "Yes. I do. I thought I wouldn't, but I do. I don't think I'm gay though."

Chrissy giggled, blushing deeper, "I like it too, and I know I'm not." She leaned back on the couch and pulled up her t-shirt, exposing her blonde muff. "First part of your test, eat me until I cum."

Even though she'd known it was coming, the order was still a shock. She managed to suppress most of her surprise, and moved to kneel between Chrissy's pale white thighs. Chrissy opened her legs wider, offering herself up to Harriet's tongue. White goo seeped out of her pussy, and her thick blonde muff was wet with it. Harriet pulled back. "Is that...."

Chrissy grabbed her by the hair and twisted it so Harriet was forced to look at her. "Yes, it's your brother's cum. You're going to lick it all up, understand?"

Harriet's stomach rebelled. "I...."

"Do you understand?" Chrissy asked, twisting Harriet's hair hard enough to hurt.

"Yes! I'll do it, it was a surprise," Harriet answered. "I just need to work up to it." She steeled her nerve, and after only a moment's continued hesitation, licked Chrissy from bottom to top, then forced herself to swallow. It wasn't nearly as bad as she'd expected, slimy and a little bitter, but it didn't actually taste bad. She licked again, digging her tongue into the older girl, then sucking on her clit. Chrissy moaned in pleasure and her fingers tightened in Harriet's hair. Encouraged, she went at it with a will, trying the things she'd learned from Kitty less than twenty-four hours before.

"Don't... Don't hesitate like that a... again." Chrissy panted. "I... I... If you'd d...done that in front of the o...others, I would have had to p...punish you. I don... Ahhh! Yes! Suck your brother's sperm out of me! Aahh...." Whatever Chrissy had intended to say was lost in her gasps of pleasure.

Harriet slipped two fingers into Chrissy's cunt, concentrating her tongue on her sister-in-law's clit. Chrissy's G-spot was easy to find, rough against her fingertips compared to the silk smooth lining of the rest of her vagina. It only took a few seconds and a little more pressure to make Chrissy cum, thrashing and moaning, smashing her pussy hairs up Harriet's nose.

"Again?" Harriet asked, latching on to the blonde's clit.

Chrissy screamed, then pulled Harriet's head out of her crotch. "No... No," she said, "that's too much right now." She grabbed Harriet's hands and pulled, helping her stand up. "You passed that part. You did just fine." She held out her hand, palm up. "Give me your panties."

Harriet slid them down her legs and handed them over, then forced herself to stand still. She clasped her hands behind her back and waited.

Chrissy squeezed the rumpled silk panties with her fingers, then sniffed them. "These are wet. Why?"

"I've been kind of excited all day." she said, but knowing that wasn't the whole truth, she kept talking. "When you came, I could feel it start to leak out. I think it was only a little damp before."

"Did it excite you to eat your own brother's sperm?"

"I..." Harriet paused to think before she answered. "I don't think so. That was actually kind of gross, but it wasn't too bad. I know I can do it again if you tell me to. I won't give you any trouble."

Chrissy looked at her for a long time, and Harriet realized she was talking to the AI. "Okay." Chrissy patted the couch next to her. "Sit down." When she did, Chrissy straddled her, grabbed her wrists and moved her arms so they were draped over the back of the couch. "Stay just like that." Chrissy stared into her eyes for a while, then nodded as if she had decided something. "Open your mouth." When she did, Chrissy stuffed Harriet's panties in, gagging her, then gently closed Harriet's mouth on them using one bent finger under her chin.

Then nothing. Chrissy knelt astride Harriet's legs watching her for three or four minutes before she finally moved. Harriet thought she was getting up, but instead the blonde girl reared back and slapped her hard across the face. Her head rolled to the right with the impact, and her arms moved to claw at Chrissy's face. She managed to control herself though. She stopped her arms after only a couple of inches, and forced herself to look into Chrissy's ice cold eyes.

Chrissy's other hand cracked across her face. It was all she could do not to react. That one really hurt. Harriet steeled herself as Chrissy wound up for another blow. Crack. Her head whipped sideways and she felt a trickle of blood flow from her nose. She tried not to glare at Chrissy, but couldn't help herself.

"You want to hit me, don't you?" Harriet nodded slowly, not taking her eyes off the other girl. "Are you going to?" Harriet shook her head no.

Chrissy cocked her head sideways. "The AI says you aren't sure. Let's make sure." Her fingers unbuttoned the top button on Harriet's blouse. "Don't move. Don't make a sound." Chrissy undid another button, then another. She pulled open the blouse, exposing Harriet's bra-less breasts to the cool air of the pod. Harriet felt her already perked up nipples harden even more. Chrissy's warm hands felt good on them, and she felt her juices flow. After she played with them a while, the blonde's fingers tightened on Harriet's nipples and she twisted, hard.

It was all Harriet could do not to scream.

Chrissy watched her, face impassive as she twisted again. That is, her face would have been impassive if not for the tears streaming from her eyes. For some reason that made it easier for Harriet to keep quiet, made it easy to forgive what she was doing even before it was over.

And then it was over. Chrissy pulled the panties out of her mouth, hugged her, and sobbed. "I'm sorry, Harry, I'm sorry. It's over, you passed. We had to make sure, we had to."

Harriet put her arms around the older girl. Her nipples still hurt, but her nose had already stopped bleeding. What Chrissy had done to her was nothing compared to what Molly had suffered. "It's okay," she said, "I understand. You need to be able to trust me because if I do anything wrong, it's Freddie who gets into trouble."

Chrissy sniffed and leaned back. "It's not just that. We need someone who can take charge while we're gone, someone who can make sure everything gets done right. My mom can't do it, she can't be trusted at all. Gina would just whine all the time if she were in charge, and Freddie says Kitty wouldn't be able to get the kids to study and not act up in school. Will you do it for us?"

"Yes, I'll do whatever you want, whatever you need me to do."

Chrissy smiled, a real smile and wiped her face with her t-shirt. Then she used it to wipe away Harriet's blood and tears. "I think you'll do just fine. Does it bother you to be like a nanny? I mean you'll have to make sure they take care of the babies when they come too."

Harriet smiled too. "I like babies, Kitty does too. We'll be just fine. Besides, they'll be my nieces and nephews, right? They'll be family."

Chrissy's eyes widened. "I hadn't thought of it like that, of course they will. Still, you deserve a reward." Chrissy leaned in and kissed Harriet on the lips, then her neck, and murmured. "I'll kiss these better first." Her lips felt even better than her fingers had, and when she stuck her head under Harriet's skirt and kissed her some more, Harriet did scream.

She came twice before Chrissy hopped up from the floor and hurriedly wiped her face. "Button your shirt, quick." She picked up both pairs of panties off the floor and tossed them into the recycler, grabbed a blue pair and a white pair from the replicator, and hurried back to the couch. She tossed the white pair in Harriet's lap. "Put these on." When they were both presentable, she said "AI, open the door to the office please, and let Freddie know we're done in here."

Moments later, Gina came out, followed by the two kids. "Why'd you lock us in?"

Chrissy just pointed at her and said, "Hush." She waved at the controllers on the floor, then pointed to the far side of the room. "We're going to use this space, you can set your game up over there if you still want to play. Just move this stuff for now, we need to talk."

"Chrissy," Gina whined, "what's going on?"

Chrissy glared up at her big sister. "Please, just be quiet."

When Freddie and Kitty came out of the master bedroom, he waved everyone into a circle on the floor. Once they were all in place, everyone kneeling or sitting cross-legged, he squeezed Chrissy's hand and asked her, "Anything else, Baby?" When she shook her head, he looked at everyone, then nodded to her, "You go ahead then."

Chrissy cleared her throat. "Freddie and I have been looking at our possible assignments. We're probably both be going to working a lot, maybe not having time to do more than eat and sleep. We've decided that we need one of you to take charge when we're gone, and to do most of the work keeping our home organized even when we're here. We've picked Harry to do the job."

"Hey!" Gina complained.

Chrissy fixed her with another glare. "You know why you can't be in charge, don't you?"

Gina slumped, looking down at the carpet. "I know. You don't have to say it."

"Kitty, you've been just as obedient as Harry, but you don't want that job, do you?"

Kitty shook her head. "No, I wouldn't be happy." She looked at Harriet and smiled. "It's cool that Harry's in charge. Like I said, I'll do anything you say."

"Good girl," Chrissy told her. "Harry, why don't you tell us what you think the job is, just so everyone understands."

"I think," Harriet said tentatively, "it's more than one job. I'll be like a tutor for these two." She pointed at Paul and Wanda. "I'll help them with homework, get them to school on time, and keep them from fighting too much. I'll be like a housekeeper too. I'll make sure dinner is on time, make sure the pod is clean, and that all of us do chores so it isn't all left on one person. When the babies come, I'll be like the head nanny, making sure there is always someone watching them and that they are taken care of." She had an urge to babble, but stopped herself, hoping she'd covered everything Chrissy wanted from her.

Chrissy looked over at Freddie, who nodded, then they were both quiet for a bit. It was unnerving knowing they were talking about her, but not knowing what they were saying. Finally, Chrissy spoke. "Two more things as well." She looked at the others. "If anyone misbehaves, Harry is going to punish them. Gina, no teasing guys, it can get someone killed." She pointed at the kids. "You two, no sex. You even try, and Harry will make you regret it. The rules are strict about that and our family can be split up or worse." She looked at Harriet, waiting until she had her full attention. "I know you can handle that. The other thing is my Mother. I don't want to see her, but we can't keep her like that forever. You need to come up with a solution. That's part of your job."

She seemed to expect an answer. "Can I have some time to think about it?"

"You have until we get to Spindrift, I don't want to see her before then. If you come up with something early we can talk about it though." She looked at her brother and sisters, then stood up. "Okay, go play or watch a movie or something, but keep it quiet and stay in this room."

Harriet moved with the others, but as they left, she heard her brother whisper to Chrissy, "You did fine Baby."

Gina didn't feel like playing video games anymore. Instead, she ordered a notebook computer from the replicator, and sat in a beanbag chair in a corner typing. She had tears in her eyes, but when Harriet started toward her, she turned to face the wall. The two kids played around with the scouting game for a while, then found one where they could shoot missiles at Swarm spacecraft. Harriet wound up on the other couch, making out with her best friend.

Her hand was up Kitty's skirt teasing her, when Freddie called them over. It looked like Wanda was winning the missile shooting game, probably because Paul kept sneaking peeks at her and Kitty. Gina wiped her eyes when Harriet motioned for her to get up, but she didn't say anything about what was bothering her. She'd have to find out later.

"You kids can keep playing," Freddie told their dependents, "we're just going to look at the changes we want to make. Let's do you first Kitty, what changes will make you purr?" He smiled. Chrissy groaned. Harriet didn't blame her, it was a pretty bad joke, and in bad taste too.

Kitty freaked. "No!" she screamed, and threw herself to kneel at Freddie's feet. "Please! Don't Freddie, please, I'll do anything you want, don't do that to me." She broke down into incoherent sobs, clinging to Freddie's legs.

Freddie was speechless, he obviously didn't understand what she was afraid of. "Kitty, that's not what he means." Harriet wrapped her arms around her friend, pulling and pushing her into her brother's lap. "Frederick Douglass Clay, you tell her it was just a bad joke."

"Don't do it, please," Kitty begged, "I didn't do anything wrong, I did everything you told me, please don't do this to meee...." Her voice broke into a wail and she buried her face in Freddie's tunic.

"What's the matter Kitty?" he asked, obviously still confused. He did put his arms around her though, and Chrissy patted her back.

"I wanna stay meee..." she sobbed into his chest.

Harriet put one knee between Chrissy's legs and one hand on Freddie's shoulder for balance, and leaned in to whisper to both of them. "Don't you remember what that guy did to her mom? She thinks you want to do the same thing after that stupid fucking joke."

Chrissy's hand flew to her mouth. "Omigod."

Freddie grabbed Kitty's face with both hands, and kissed her hard. "Kitty, you know better. You know I wouldn't do anything like that to you. Harry's right, it was just a stupid joke. I meant we want to know what changes you want."

"Kitty dear," Chrissy said, "we won't do that. You just sit here on Freddie's lap. Gina, you sit next to him." She pulled Harriet down next to her. "Kitty, everything will be okay, I promise."

Freddie kissed the slim, black-haired girl again. "Just relax, we won't do anything mean to you, in fact, we'll look at the options together and you can tell us if there is anything you want or don't like." He turned her sideways on his lap. "AI, show us Kitty."

A nude life-size hologram of Kitty appeared. in front of them. Wanda gasped, and Harriet didn't have to look to know that Paul was staring. Kitty looked at it and looked away quickly. "Kitty dear," Chrissy said, "shaving is such a pain. We like you shaved the way you are. Would it be okay with you if we made it so you didn't have to shave, ever?"

Kitty gave a small nod. "Yes."

"AI," Freddie said, "Kitty's still going to grow, right?"

"That is correct, she would normally have just over two more years of growth."

"Show us what she'll look like when she's done. Clear up any scars or skin blemishes. Assume proper diet and exercise." The hologram changed, then changed again when he added. "Make her thinner, more like she is now. No, keep her body fat percentage the same as it is now and make her boobs a little smaller." He nudged Kitty to look and said. "How do you like that?"

She looked, then at his urging took a longer look. "That... that's nice, I'll really look like that when I grow up?"

"You can look like that tomorrow, is there anything you would like to change?"

"I... I'd like longer hair..."

He gave the order and the hologram's hair grew. "Is there anything else?"

She hesitated, then blurted out, "Can I grow into it like the twins' friend Lucy is going to? I don't want to just change, my sisters won't recognize me."

"We can do that. See, nothing to be afraid of. AI, lock it in and show us Harry."

Harriet had thought about the changes she wanted. She talked fast because the nude hologram of herself embarrassed her. "Can you straighten my hair permanently so I don't have to keep doing it, and make it so I don't have to shave to keep my bikini trim, and make my butt smaller, it's so fat." There were some details, and she decided to grow into her adult body the same way as Kitty.

Gina was even quicker, having worked out what she wanted with Chrissy before they were ever picked up. That didn't stop Paul from staring at her hologram though. When they were done with her, she went back to the corner and busied herself with her computer again. Kitty clung to Freddie, not wanting to move, and Chrissy hadn't let go of Harriet since she'd pulled her down onto the couch, so she figured that the older girl wanted her to stay.

She turned out to be right. After a moment, Chrissy said, "We need to do my mom too. AI, bring up her hologram." She didn't say anything else, just stared at it moodily.

"How about we roll her back to eighteen?" Freddie suggested. The result looked a lot like Chrissy. "It's too bad we can't change her into a baby, then when she hollered, you could nurse her to shut her up. I'd like to see that."

Chrissy smacked his leg. "Oh you, you just want to see me leaking milk."

He smiled "I'd like to see that too, it's just she could have turned out wonderful like you, but when she was little.... Too late for that now though."

"But it's not," Harriet realized she'd spoken out loud, so she continued. "You're having trouble with her because she's your mom. If it weren't for that.... AI, roll her back to ten."

Nothing happened until Freddie spoke up. "Give her control, we'll approve the final version."

Harriet tried again, and the AI responded with, "The concubine Molly is pregnant, a ten-year-old body will not be capable of carrying the child properly."

"Good," Freddie whispered, "We won't need to go through that again."

Harriet ignored him. "How old does she need to be? Show us that age."

The hologram shrunk to Wanda's size, but had a hugely pregnant tummy. "Her body will need to be twelve years and two months of age to properly carry a child."

Harriet looked at Wanda and back at the hologram. It wouldn't be quite enough for her idea to work, if it would work at all. "Show us a ten-year-old body here." She pointed to the air next to the existing version. She looked at the new copy, then at Wanda and then back again. "Now spread them out and at one month intervals, show us the body she'll need to carry a baby." The AI did, eight more versions popped into existence.

Chrissy looked at the result. "Well, it will be easier not to get mad at her if she looks like that, but I don't understand your solution." The head of the ten-year-old version looked a little big, but the effect gradually faded to nearly unnoticeable in the twelve-year-old hologram.

Harriet stood up. It would work, she knew it would. They'd need to get some help from the AIs, but... well she needed to explain it first, she didn't really have a plan, just the germ of an idea. "We talked about this earlier, when we were alone. We're a family now. She pointed at Chrissy. "Mommy." Then at Freddie, "Daddy." She used two hands to point at Gina and Kitty. "Big sisters." She pointed her thumb at herself. "Aunt Harry." Pointing at Paul, she declared, "Big brother. Wanda is another big sister, just not a grown up one."

"You... you're serious," Chrissy stammered. "This isn't a joke?"

"No joke. We can give her a new childhood. She has issues, I can't even guess what they all are, but I'm sure we can give her a fresh start. You can kick her out and then adopt her as a daughter."

"I offered her a new start already, but she wouldn't take it. How are you going to get her to take this one?" Even as she asked, Chrissy's eyes were locked on the holograms.

"I've got some ideas, and we'll have to ask the AI for some help, but I feel we can do it. We can help her fit into our family. How about this...."

"Private Clay, Private Martin, your presence is required by the civil service," the AI announced. "You have a decision in regards to special provisions of your contract that must be made within the next thirty minutes."

Chrissy jumped up. "We've got to go. Get it all figured out, and write it down. Check with the AI to see if it will help or just make her crazier. I don't want to talk about it until you have it all worked out. Let the AI know when you are ready to tell me and I'll set up a time we can talk about it without distractions." She hugged Harriet and ran into the bedroom.

Not two minutes later, Freddie and Chrissy, dressed in their blue uniforms hurried out of the pod. "We'll be back as soon as we can," Freddie yelled over his shoulder, "Remember, Harry's in charge...."