Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #11 February 2015 | Page 62

caused a rift between them, a rift that was never fully
repaired. The two had been at odds since the beginning of the voyage, although there had been a fragile
peace between the two. This vacation was sadly going
to test that. Camille and a few engineers were already
waiting in line when Mary arrived with the rest of
the crewmates. The two women looked at each other
briefly, and then turned away. Camille had spent the
night with Eric happily, and he had warned her to be
professional, knowing Mary would not. “I know how
Mary will be… hell her race is known to get childish at times. I need you to make sure nothing goes
wrong.” He stroked her hair as they lay together in the
afterglow. Camille nodded in understanding, In the
morning, being near Mary made her feel the ugliness
between them.
*One Hour Later*

Planet Pleasureville Part 1
In the depths of space a temporal gateway ripped open
to spew The Harbinger Crew back into their own time
period. It was time to do something they had never
done before, go on shore leave. The Harbinger was
piloted to Neutral Territory with great haste as Maryanchanka Toranka came onto the bridge wearing a
swimsuit. “Oh I can’t wait for this!” She said excitedly
as her cat –like tail swished back and forth. Eric however was not happy about vacation. “I’m not gonna be
able to leave the ship you guys. Me and Forin here have
got to order new parts.” He indicated the temporary
Comms Officer on the back wall. The kid was a Vampirion, but was up to snuff on Comms. Mary however
found herself in a bad situation as she realized who she
would have to be with when the group went to Planet
Pleasureville. Mary and Camille would have to be in a
group together, and this was a nightmare in the making.
Mary and Camille were both friends with Eric in The
Academy, and the three were inseparable. However
Mary’s jealousy over Camille and Eric growing closer

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The Shore Leave teams stared in amazement at Pleasureville. The planet was like a painting of Olympus,
if Olympus was a five-star hotel combined with a
casino and strippers. The planet would made Vegas
and Atlantic City look like an innocent bible study.
Their rooms were paid for, and the two women were
paired up with four others in one of the spacious estate
rooms. The tension could cut the air for everyone who
wasn’t Camille or Mary. The two women were kept at
opposite sides.
Mary sat in her bed with a smile on her face. Her old
flame Jaime was able to telepathically communicate
with her from his Cryo-Pod in the ship. “I wish we
could be here together Jaime. It’d be like the first time we
went out on a date.” She thought. Jaime replied instantaneously “It would be nice if your thoughts weren’t on
the half-breed.” Mary frowned, the two former lovers
had been very slowly repairing their relationship.
However their usual arguments threatened to tear
them asunder again because Mary’s Nekosian genes
made her rather clingy to lovers.
After her psychic conversation with Jaime, Mary left
her room to go to one of the three large bar rooms in
the main pool area. The Nekosian bumped into Camille on her way out, causing a rather uncomfortable
moment between the two women. Camille just finally