Chapter 2
Audrey got out of the Land Rover, her heart
beating incredibly fast. She had never been that far from home. She lived in
the historical heart of the Reserve, and now she was well past 80 km away from
home. It seemed so strange, almost dizzying, and she wondered how her friends
would feel when they’d move so much more beyond it. She hoped she’d be able to
see them again some day, but right then she suspected it was all but
impossible!
Her driver, a relatively tall 40 years old guy,
at around 1m88, helped her put down her bags, containing almost everything she
owned : her clothes, her books and her personal computer. She had been
surprised to be allowed to bring so much stuff, since she had expected to live
in a small cabin in the woods or something like that. Instead, she was now
staring at a mansion – she couldn’t think of any other word – encased in an
enormous wall, which extended in on each side of it as far as she could see.
“Is that…” she started, feeling a little
nauseous contemplating something so big.
“Yeah, that’s the Outer Border. I’ve never seen
what lay beyond, mind. But I’ve heard from people in similar posts than yours
that it’s really something else. Anyway… I’ll be going now, your partner should
be here in a minute and I need to go and drive someone else before noon. Good
luck kiddo!”
And with that, Audrey was left alone. She
looked at the car driving away and resisted the urge to chase after it. It was
what she had always wanted. To be able to serve her community and yet see the
world outside, if only a little! She shouldn’t have felt so sick now.
Mercifully, she hadn’t the time to consider any of it, as the ground started to
shake. She knew enough to suspect it was a tremor, even if she was surprised.
It seemed pretty strong and yet she had never experienced any at home…
“Hey, you must be Audrey! I’m Megan, glad to
meet you!” suddenly boomed a voice far high, by the wall.
Audrey swirled around and her mouth opened as
she looked at the tallest being she had ever seen. The wall was at least six
meters tall and now she was seeing the face of Megan, her partner, looming well
over it, by at least two meters. The minor girl felt sick and she probably
bleached because the immense creature looked worried suddenly. She seemed to
jump over the wall, landing with such force that Audrey was sent on her knees.
“Sorry, sorry. They didn’t told you, right?”
chuckled the ginger woman as she approached the prostrated minor. “I’m Megan
and your Audrey. And, well… Yeah, I’m a
CYCLO.”
Audrey could only kneel as her mind was a pure
mixture of existential terror and – to her own surprise – arousal. Megan was
stunning. The minor was relatively small, barely 1m65 when that fiery-headed
colossus had to be around 8 meters tall, at least. She had to look slightly up
at her knee! And what a knee it was! Megan was just as muscular as she had
seemed on the few pictures she had seen in her profile. She wasn’t just
athletic, she seemed able to lift a truck with her bare hands!
“Yeah, I can do that. And I’m 8m23, if you want
to know. That’s really tall, even for a CYCLO” boasted the giantess.
“Wha… How did you…” stuttered Audrey, terrified
at the idea that this woman would be able to read her mind.
“Shit, so it IS true… you guys don’t use the
Bond in here! That’s… insane!”
“The what?”
Audrey knew of the Bond. In theory. Supposedly,
it was that sort of link between two minds – or more – one of which had to be a
minor. But in the Reserve, nobody truly made use of it. Perhaps you could know
how someone was feeling, but she had always chalked it up to basic empathy,
nothing…. Out of the ordinary like the Bond was supposed to be! And now, here
she was, with a giantess who looked at her a little puzzled.
“Oh gosh, I didn’t know” blushed Megan. “Forget
it, I’ll do my best to not, uh, you know… read your mind.”
“No! No, it’s my fault!” yelped Audrey when she
realized what was happening. Close your
mind, she willed herself. Close your
mind. Don’t think about how beautiful
she is and… Close your mind!
“Do you, uh, want me to pick up your stuff?”
asked the CYCLO, trying to find something to do which would prevent them both
to talk about the very obvious fact that Audrey was falling hard for her and
that they both knew it, courtesy of the minor’s mind being wide open.
They were super awkward and Audrey felt a
little angry at her professor and the other two members of the jury who had
sent her here without preparing her accordingly. Still, she couldn’t help but
gawk as Megan effortlessly piled her bags in her stretched hand and lift them
as if they weighed nothing. Only one of them remained on the ground, the one
with the “Fragile” label plastered on it. The ginger giantess looked at it then
Audrey quizzically and the minor dashed to lift it as best she could and follow
her partner inside the mansion – her house.
“So… I guess I am really the first MAJOR you’ve
ever seen?”
“Yes…”
“Oh, don’t be ashamed – or afraid. They told me
that there was a high probability of you being into me – you or any other
minor, really!”
“That’s true?”
“Yeah. Plus… it’s flattening” blushed the
giantess, a she looked over her broad shoulders. “I mean, back home, people
don’t drool over the way my muscles move nearly as much as you!”
It seemed she was overcoming the awkwardness of
the situation far quicker than Audrey felt able to. She had read about MAJORS
of course, and how promiscuous they could be at times. But it was one thing to
read about it, and one another altogether to be dealing with that in person.
Megan seemed to like the situation now, as Audrey realized she was actually
showing off, letting her muscles bulge and even adding a little swagger in her
walk. And that grin!
“I’m so happy I chose to work here now”
chuckled the giantess. “Everybody had told me it was dumb, that I was loosing
any opportunity to actually get a significant other – especially a minor one.
But I knew they were wrong!”
Megan’s character seemed so bubbly and
energetic that Audrey was starting to acclimate surprisingly fast to her
towering size. But it also meant that she needed more time to truly register
what had just been said. She stopped just as the CYCLO opened the door,
revealing how sturdy and massive that slab of wood was, probably far too much
for her to ever hope to even pry open a little. She looked at the colossus
entering but she felt unable to move or even think and it wasn’t until Megan
came back, looking worried again, that she startled out of it.
“Sorry, I zoned out!” she meekly said and she
tried to dash into the house and a hand large enough to engulf her stopped her
gently.
“Relax. I know you guys are…. Calmer in there
and that you don’t live like your kind does in the outside world. That’s one of
the reasons I wanted to work here so much, to be able to meet someone like you,
a perfectly free and independent minor.”
The giantess was crouching now, almost sitting
on her heels. And even then, she loomed at almost four time the size of Audrey,
who couldn’t help but let her eyes wander on those large calves, those muscular
arms, and even that torso, upon which the twin orbs of Megan’s breasts, rather
petite compared to her frame, were well visible, an obvious proof of her sheer
feminine power, if she ever needed one. Audrey gulped, her eyes finally
focusing on the amused face of the giantess.
“You’re adorable” purred Megan. “I can’t wait
to have established a routine with you, but you really need to relax. I won’t
pounce on you or anything. And you shouldn’t feel too bad your feelings for me.
Everyone in the Outer border guard knows that’s how it works: a MAJOR and a
minor together, partners in more ways than one.”
“Is that true?” dared to ask Audrey, who
couldn’t believe that at all.
“Yeah, you’re adorable” grinned the giantess.
“No! I meant…”
“Yeah, I know; just playing with you. But yeah,
on the Outer Border, it’s usually a MAJORS and a minor together – once the
former has been cleared for that partnership, at least.”
“Hum… and people, MAJORS, they come from all
over the world for that? No offense but, uh, you’ve got an accent…”
“Yeah. I’m from Kentucky” chuckled Megan. “It
was hard getting accustomed to Europe and all the different measures and all
that, four years ago. But I did a good job otherwise I wouldn’t have been
selected to be partnered with you cutie.”
Audrey nodded, even if she felt a little
overwhelmed. She didn’t knew much about MAJORS really, it wasn’t a subject
discussed at length in the Reserve. It was, after all, supposed to be a place
freed of MAJORS interference as much as possible, hence the need for a border
guard in the first place. But now, she couldn’t help but wonder how much of it
wasn’t just a sort of, of grooming program. Perhaps MAJORS wanted ingénue minors
popping from time to time? Made for better toys or pets or…
“Hey, no need to worry so much about all of it
Audrey!” chuckled the CYCLO, who was still looking at her tenderly. “Gosh, you’re
so cute when you blush” she added softer and she extended a finger to caress
the left side of her face – with a tip larger than that. “We’re partners for
the next six months, we’ll have time to talk about all of this and more. And if
you’re ever uncomfortable with me, you know you can call the authorities
anytime, okay?”
“Yeah, I know… But…”
“No but. You feel a tad unsafe, you call them,
okay? They’ll know better than me how to help you adjust and if you need to
return home or not. By the way, the first months it’s mandatory that you
contact them every day. That’s really important, I’m counting on you. It helped
me, if you’re wondering, when I started four years ago.”
“Four years… how old are you?”
“Thirty-two. And you’re twenty, gosh, you’re
still a kid – almost” gushed the red-hair. “No, don’t take it badly, it’s one
of the reason I volunteered to be in your potential partner selection.”
“You… volunteered? How does that even work?”
“Well, the goal of the Reserve is to bolster
pure minor’s lineage, so risking one of you guys getting pregnant when
partnered up with a MAJOR is a big no-no. And, well, I’ve read that at first
they partnered some dudes from the Reserves with gals from outside but it didn’t
worked out – the ladies got pregnant and separating MAJORS and minors in those
situations felt wrong for all parties involved.”
“So today being gay or bi gets you into the
Border guard more easily?” bluntly asked Audrey.
“Yeah.”
“And we’re expected to patrol together and be
partners in more way that one. That mean having sex, right?”
“Only of you want to. But I know I’d love to.
With you only” hastily completed the colossus.
Audrey felt a little dizzy. She hadn’t even
settled into the house she’d spend the next six months and she was still
confused, with everything she knew being rediscovered under a new light. She
wondered for the first time if she hadn’t made a mistake choosing to join the
Border guard. But when she looked up at that sculptural goddess in front of
her, with her massive muscles and her raw femininity and that glint in her
green eyes, she decided that she could at least try it on. With limits.
“Just professional partners, okay?”
“Ooh… yeah, okay. Anyway, you’re right, we need
to get you settled first, I kind of spread everything on you too fast. Come on
in!”
And with that, the CYCLO got up again and
entered the house, gesturing for her to enter.