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.