FINAL FANTASY VII
Chapter Seven:  The First Man in Space

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Cid Highwind watched hopelessly from the escape pod of Shinra No. 26, his pride and joy of his job in Shinra's failed Space Program.  The rocket had blown Meteor apart, but that wasn't enough.  Meteor quickly reformed as the escape pod fell back to the Planet.

Cid now thought about his career.  Many years ago, a short fat man named Palmer had asked him to be the pilot of Shinra 26, an experimental rocket that would be used to finally propel man into space.  The day of the launch had come.  Shera, Cid's technical assistant, had insisted on sacrificing herself to fix Oxygen Tank 8.  Cid thought she was being paranoid but was forced to abort the launch in order to save her life.  Now that they were in space, Cid had just learned that Tank 8 really was malfunctioning.  Shera was right all along.  He felt humiliated at his critical mistakes as a pilot.  He had hurried the first launch.

Cid sat in the pod with his assistant.  Cloud and the others were sleeping soundly in the locked chamber next door as the escape pod was pulled slowly to the earth by the force of gravity.  Cid regretted rushing the launch that day so long ago.  He should have trusted Shera, but he didn't.  He was angry at himself.

"Damn!" cried Cid in distress.

Shera was alarmed by Cid's cursing.  "Captain?  What's wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong with me!" answered Cid in his usual tone of arrogance.

"Sorry, Captain.  I won't bother you," said Shera.

Cid realized that he had treated Shera like crap for too long.  She had saved his life.  If the rocket had successfully launched on that day, everyone on board would have died.  For the first time, Cid spoke with respect to her.  "No, you're not bothering me this time.  Listen, Shera.  I have something important to tell you."

Shera was surprised at Cid's sudden kindness.  "Yes, Captain.  Go right ahead."

Cid continued.  "You saved my life, and I've been an ass to you all this time.  I'm...  I'm sorry," came the words he had been meaning to say.

Shera paused for a moment.  "Thank you, Captain.  You saved my life back on that day, too.  The launch would have been a success... but you chose to let me live instead.  I am eternally grateful to you for that."

Shera was right.  Cid had saved her, but he had to do so only because of his own moronic haste.  He looked outside the pod again.  Nothing but vast, empty space could be seen through the window as the pod floated toward the Planet.  "Look out there, Shera.  This is what we worked for."

Shera admired the black void outside.  "It's beautiful, Captain."

Cid talked to Shera as a friend, not her boss.  "Please, Shera, you've called me Captain long enought.  From now on just call me Cid."

Shera smiled.  "Okay, Cid."  She had never called him that before.  She knew they were getting closer, both mentally and physically.  It wasn't long before Cid wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Doesn't it make you wonder what else is out there?" asked Cid.  "There's so much out there, and we're never going to see it all."

"It just shows that what you really want is closer than you think," answered Shera.  She in turn brought her hand around Cid's waist.  As though signaled by an outside force, Cid and Shera slowly turned and faced each other at the same time.  As each of them looked deep into the other's eyes, they both felt an inner peace.

Cid thought about what Shera had just said.  He knew the answer.  "Yes, everything I ever wanted... right here by my side for so long...  If only I had noticed."

Shera knew what he meant.  "I'd do anything for you, Cid."  She held his face in her tender hands as he held hers with his soft touch.  Their two faces quickly pulled together in one long, sensational kiss.  After they kissed, Cid and Shera continued to look deep into each other's eyes.

Shera acted first, pulling Cid's goofy goggles from his forehead.  Cid soon followed by removing her glasses.  He then took Shera's lab coat off for her as she pulled of his jacket.  The woman Cid once saw as a scrawny scientist he now recognized as a glowing, feminine beauty.  Shera saw through Cid's tough attitude and bad manners.  She found inside him a heart of gold.

The two finished removing their clothes and sat together naked.  Cid advanced down on Shera, separating her thighs with his knees.  He continued to approach her until his rocket had entered her pussy.  As he lay on his assistant, he was supported by her two soft breasts.  They squeezed on each other's asses as they made love in the pod.  Their tongues remained in direct contact for a long time.  Cid's rocket unleashed a stream of fuel just outside the tight space of Shera's vagina.  The two continued exchanging fluids until Shera shrilled in passionate delight.  The echo of her orgasmic scream could easily be heard within the deep nothing of space.  Cid felt her squeeze with an unimaginable force on his buttocks as she climaxed.

The escape pod landed in the waters near Rocket Town.  Cid and Shera came to their senses.  They quickly put on their uniforms.  Shera buttoned her lab coat to cover up her dripping pussy.

"Captain," exclaimed the overwhelmed Shera, "your men have performed well!"  She loved Cid.  The man who had saved her life and given her a purpose had finally appreciated her talents, both of science and of love.

"Aye aye, ma'am," joked Cid.  "You were perfect, too," came the compliment.  He had just screwed his assistant.  They had always worked extraordinarily well together.  As he opened the chamber and let the others out of the pod, he was actually cheery.  Yet he could only think of how long he and Shera could have already been happy together.  If only he hadn't been such an ass to her.  Well, at least she finally had a chance to grope that ass.  He was a rejuvenated pilot who had successfully navigated his way through the dark and unknown frontier of space.

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Cid was more rude than Rude, especially to Shera.  For once I just wanted to see him treat her with any respect at all.  Shera cared much for Cid.  She was willing to live as his slave.  Their relationship needed to be distorted to a massive degree.  So it was done.

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Hmmm...  Where DID that escape pod land?  I really would have liked to see a movie scene of that.  I don't know why; I just think it would have been rather neat.