The hivemind is conquering for me?-Chapter 348: Quota Reached

With the somewhat success of the first clone, I repeated the next three simultaneously. This time, starting them out straight away on my altered version of the technique. Three hours later and no bodies exploding, I stopped the experiment with a smile on my face.

Taking a blood sample from each clone, I brought them back to my work station and put on my goggles. Zooming in I was relieved to find that the Psionic energy that was bonding with the blood cells during the training was beginning to dissipate off most blood cells. A couple lingered on, clearly making a tight bond, but this was also good, it would continue to empower the body for a short time after the training session before it too dissipated.

"You know, I really did not expect to improve the technique that quickly. I know it was only a teeny tiny improvement in efficiency and a slight aid for power increasing, but still." I said, pulling Keyla by the shoulder into my frame as I looked proudly at my work.

Keyla latched on tight, welding her face onto torso as she replied. "Well, you are the most amazing person ever, Apollo! It is only natural you were able to figure it out." Running my hand down Keyla's back and squeezed when I reached something soft, causing her to jolt in surprise.

"Well, having a sexy assistant on hand certainly made things easier..." I flirted, causing Keyla to bite her lip as she looked up at me. "I am so glad we are going to fight the Coalition. We need to fuck. Badly."

"You know, I could always give you-" I started, but she interrupted. "No! I don't want to feel any other pleasure from you except when you tear me open for the first time!" Keyla clearly had a fantasy all set up for herself and she wanted nothing to change about it.

Deciding to let the crazy fester. As the longer it does, the hotter it gets, I turned my attention back to the clones in the vats and frowned. "Hmm. It seems wasteful discarding them after their first use. They are my clones after all, surely I could do something with them?" I thought to myself, before I felt a wetness on my stomach.

Looking down once more, Keyla was looking in the direction of the clones, drooling as I became more than aware of what she was thinking of. Looking towards Orchid as well, although she was wearing her helmet, she too was looking at the Tanks, her body language indicating the same feeling as Keyla.

"Ladies... This is so messed up. Those clones are me!" I said, shuddering as I remembered one of my greatest fears of being mated to a Hivemind that eats everything. 'Though I suppose since I can't think of any further use for them, they would get discarded either way...'

"Fine. You both get a body for yourself. Dig in." I gestured towards the tanks and with no manners at all, the duo ran towards their respective vats and began pulling out their Apollo substitutes. Not as good as the original, but a healthy alternative. For Apollo that is.

Turning towards the Agitator who had been hovering nearby, I was going to offer her the last tank, but Agitators do not eat. They 'feed' of the Psionic energy in the air after all. There was another tank however that could be useful to her.

"I suppose you can take the vat with the blown up clone inside of it. I am sure the contaminated rejuvenation fluid must have some nutritional value now? And once again, thank you so much for your help."

I could feel the Agitator relay pleasure as it effortlessly lifted up the large tank with its mind. "It is our purpose to aid our mate any way we can Apollo. Though your praise and reward is greatly appreciated."

The Agitator then, after giving me a gentle tentacle caress, floated out of the room with her tank in tow. Leaving one more left. "Well, I suppose Jewel-" *Boom* A hole suddenly opened up in the nearby wall and the tank suddenly disappeared from its location, rapidly en route to I assumed Jewel.

I suddenly heard a wet noise from behind me of raw meat and I felt a chill go up my spine. I felt If I turned around I would suffer some form of emotional damage, so I simply 'noped' out of the room to find somewhere with little to no hive for the moment. I had reached my quota of hive shenanigans after 18 years, I needed an hour's break.

...

Alone in the plunge pool, listening to the sound of the waterfall, I relaxed and closed my eyes. My new enhancements have left me able to stay up a lot longer than before with less mind fog, but still. I felt the healthiest thing to do is to try and actively rest normally when I am not experimenting.

"Still though. I have so many experiments. I am just glad I don't find them annoying as I love what I do. Though I suppose if I didn't enjoy it, I could just move on and try something new." I mumbled to myself, the water drowning out the sound if anyone was nearby.

After sitting on my own for quite some time, getting lost in the sounds of the waterfall splashing the water, I suddenly heard something new. Bubbles, like the water was... Boiling.

Opening my eyes, sure enough a few meters away from me was a woman with a head made of fire. She was submerged from the waist down, watching me intensely. There was a silence for a moment as we stared at each other, before Sol broke the serenity of my relaxation.

"Apologies abundant Apollo. It was not my intention to bring you out of your relaxed state. But befuddlement bounds all throughout my mind in regards to why you have not visited me in your Mindspace since I became yours and you became mine?"

I took in a long peaceful breath as I watched Sol slowly wade towards me before I replied. "I could say I have not visited because I have been busy with my experiments, which I have. But the real reason is I wanted you to fully acclimate to your surroundings. You forget, I can now feel your emotional state when I choose to."

Sol looked at me curiously, her face manifesting an eyebrow detail for her to raise as she listened to me. "You clearly are not used to being with someone as weak as I currently am. You have been siphoning off energy from my Origin like crazy and have been sending off flares all throughout my mind as you have been coming to grip with your new body."

Sol was surprised Apollo was actually aware of this. She knew a lot about him, but she did not know how well he was able to feel inside of his Mindspace while not meditating. This was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

" I had noticed in the past two days that the flare ups have become less common and your leeching, no you are fire, I suppose you are just fuelling yourself huh... Sorry used to using animals and bugs for comparisons, my mate being an entity that likes using bug anatomy for its bodies. I digress. I just wanted to give you space until you were comfortable. I also appreciate you asking Kathrine to leave so you couldn't accidentally hurt her Avatar, though perhaps be a little nicer about it if you need to do it again?"

Sol placed her hands atop her chest, causing a sizzling sound as the water dripped onto her open flame. She had thought Apollo had second thoughts about becoming her Kindled and had been avoiding her. But she should have known of his kindness and he was simply making sure she was ok.

The pleasure she felt within her core suddenly shifted as she felt a tingling sensation inside of her stomach. "Apollo! Your words have brought me to elation and now my stomach has a titillating tingle torrenting throughout. How do I make it stop? Should we engage in the ceremony of entanglement once more?"

She submerged her hands into the water, the flames that had built up once more going out as she leant one each against my legs. I found myself looking down the fiery cleavage as it was right in front of me and noticed that Sol's metal bra was slightly gapped from her breasts, giving me a decent look at the hot buds.

Shaking my head I stretched my arm to the side creating a slot perfect for someone to squeeze into as I said. "As hot as you are, heh, I am still not ready for that type of relationship with you. Sure a one night stand is one thing, but we are bonded at the soul, that's a relationship that takes time to build upon. Though that being said, I am not saying you will have to wait as long as the hive did as I am not a child any longer."

I then pulled her in close and slotted Sol right in where I had made space, her flickering horns tickling my cheek, but causing no pain. "But how about we build up the fire with fuel first before throwing everything on at once to get to the end?"

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