Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:48:29 -0600
From: Vic James <vicjames2@hotmail.com>
Subject: Peabody and the Host - 12

                      Peabody and the Host
                          By Vic James
                      vicjames2@hotmail.com
                   Copyright 2013 by Vic James
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                             Twelve
   Lan was too excited to sleep. Peabody loved him most!
   When  Lan  was certain Peabody was asleep, he got out  of  bed
and walked over to Lin's side. Lin was still awake, too.
   "I'm  going  to go see cavern seven. I want to  see  how  it's
coming along."
   "Take  pictures,  will you? Peabody might  like  to  see  them
later."
   "That is a good idea," Lan said.
   He got a blanket out of a closet and put it over Peabody.
   Lan walked to the brother's rooms. All of them were out.
   "Comm. Get Ban."
   "Ban, here."
   "It's Lan. Are you in cavern seven?"
   "Yes."
   "I want to see it."
   Ban told him about the new tunnel to it.
   Lan  grabbed a camera from his room and took off running. When
he  got  there,  he found that there was air and he  entered  the
cavern.  He put the camera on auto and placed it on his shoulder.
He  had  seen the cavern when they first surveyed it, but it  had
changed! The lights were on, so he could see clearly. Much of the
rubble on the ground had been cleared. Holes in the rock had been
dug  and  he could see where the walking path would be. While  he
was  looking around, he heard water falling. He looked  until  he
found  its source. It was dripping down from the roof. Evidently,
Pon had some of the water lines going.
   Lan wandered around for pictures until he spotted Ban.
   "It  looks  fantastic. You've made amazing progress.  How  did
you do so much so soon?"
   "Yes,  it  is  progressing  very well.  Much  faster  than  we
expected.  We  forgot  what it is like to  be  motivated.  Before
Peabody,  there was no reason to hurry. We would all much  rather
work  on  this than sleep. We eat as we work and we  don't  argue
about every little thing the way we usually do.
   "Go see Pon, will you? He needs help."
   "Comm. Get Pon."
   "Pon, here."
   "Pon, it's Lan. Do you need to see me?"
   "Yes. I'll meet you at the entrance to the cavern."
   Lan walked back and waited for him.
   When  Pon  appeared, he said, "We need to get some  soil  from
different  areas. The soil directly above us is not  suitable.  I
need  to  know  if  there  is soil elsewhere  that  is  suitable.
Otherwise,  we  will  need to bring a great  deal  of  soil  from
Earth."
   "Do you have any locations in mind?"
   "Yes. P76A, P9197, and P21B."
   "How much do you need from each?"
   "About four kilos from each should be enough."
   Traveling  to those locations would take half the  night,  but
Lan  wanted-no  needed-to contribute something to  the  park.  He
walked  to  a storage area and got bins for the soil. He  carried
them to B shuttle, since the automobile was probably still on the
A shuttle. Exposing the car to Mars' atmosphere might damage it.
   He  put  on a space suit and took off. He landed at the  first
site  and grabbed a bin. He left the shuttle and looked for loose
soil.  He found a spot and dragged the bin on its side to collect
some. He estimated it was more like five kilos, but more would be
better than less. He repeated it at the next site. The third site
took  longer. He couldn't find loose soil. He walked in a  spiral
expanding  away  from  the ship until he  found  some  about  one
hundred and fifty meters from the shuttle. He collected the soil.
When he went back to the shuttle, he entered the exact collection
site  in  the  computer so he wouldn't have to  go  through  that
again.  All together, it took almost five hours, but he got  what
they needed.
   "Comm. Get Pon."
   He  heard  a bell, which meant Pon was asleep. That was  where
he wanted to be.
   He  carried  the  bins  to  the near  end  of  the  tunnel  to
Peabody's  Park and left them there. They were labeled  with  the
collection  location.  Lan walked to the brothers'  quarters  and
took  a shower there. He left a message for Pon telling him where
he put the soil. Then he walked back to Peabody's quarters.
   Oscar barked when he walked into the dark room.
   He  patted  Oscar on the head and then climbed carefully  into
bed.  He  took the blanket off Peabody, snuggled up to his  love,
and fell asleep.
   Peabody  slept late, and Lan woke up before him. Lin  was  not
in  bed.  Lan  got  out of bed and put the blanket  over  Peabody
again. He walked into the kitchen and saw Lin with Oscar.
   "He wanted to go outside, so I took him.
   "How is the cavern progressing?"
   Lan projected the pictures on a wall.
   "They have made amazing progress!"
   "Yes.  Pon  is doing soil tests. He had me collect soils  from
three  different locations last night. The texture of one  seemed
very different from what we've seen. If plants won't grow in  any
of them, we will have to bring soil from Earth."
   "Earth from Earth. It seems appropriate," Lin said.
   "Pon  would prefer we find native soil that we can  use  since
we will eventually plant crops." Lin nodded.
   Lan  walked  into the kitchen and made coffee. He  decided  to
make waffles for Peabody, so he got started on them.
   A  few  minutes later, Peabody wandered into the kitchen.  Lan
poured him a cup of coffee.
   "Are you making waffles?"
   "Yes. Do you like them?"
   "I love them!"
   Lan bent down and kissed him. "I love you."
   "I woke up last night and you weren't there."
   "Pon needed my help with something."
   "Is everything OK?"
   "Yes, beautiful. Everything is perfect."
   "I already walked Oscar," Lin told him.
   "Thanks.  Later  I'm going to take him to  the  cavern.  After
that  I think I will use the treadmill in the gym. I am going  to
try  to get Oscar on it. We both need more exercise. Oscar  walks
about twenty feet a day. He needs exercise to live a long life."
   "That's  a good idea. Three minutes should be enough for  your
first time. That is very conservative, but we can add a minute or
two  every day. I will go with you. Mun made this for Oscar."  He
showed Peabody cloth carrier that he could put Oscar in. "You can
wear him on your back." Lin put it around Peabody's neck.
   "That  should  work great. I will have to show my appreciation
to Mun," Peabody said.
   "Please, Peabody. You just said you were going to work out  in
the gym. Pace yourself."
   "Is walking three minutes a work out?"
   "You know what I mean."
   "I  will pace myself. I plan to limit myself to sex with  four
or five of my lovers a day."
   "I'm not sure the word 'limit' applies. How about three?"
   "Three and a half," Peabody countered, laughing.
   Lin  laughed. "I hope the half isn't Oscar. I don't  think  he
is gay."
   "I  actually met a gay dog once. The dog only wanted  to  have
sex with male dogs. He ignored females."
   "We should keep Oscar away from him."
   "Absolutely. It won't be hard because he is probably  dead  by
now, and if he isn't, he lives on another planet."
   "Oscar will probably live longer on Mars than on Earth due  to
the low gravity."
   "That's great! I sure hope it's true."
   Lan brought the waffles out.
   Peabody  took  a  bite. "Oh, Lan. These  are  wonderful!"  Lan
smiled at him.
   Peabody winked at him. Lin couldn't see it. Lan felt so  happy
he thought he would burst.
   After  they ate, they all took Oscar to the cavern.  He  tried
to drink the water.
   "No, Oscar. It's poisonous."
   He  kept  him close to them on the path. Peabody realized  the
cavern wouldn't be as good a place to walk him as he thought.  He
would have to watch him carefully and he couldn't let him off his
leash. Well, Ban said they were working on someplace else.
   Oscar  had  fun, even if he couldn't drink. Pon  had  lit  the
large  cavern. It didn't look as mysterious anymore, but he could
tell  where water was standing. They followed a path through  the
large  space. Even lit, it was eerie. When they had gone  a  ways
into  it, Peabody looked around. He was surrounded by stalagmites
on the ground and solid columns where the stalagtites on the roof
of  the  cavern, and stalagmites had joined. There  was  an  area
where they were more brownish in color, compared to the yellowish
color of most of them. He saw one stalagtite which was only about
two inches above a stalagmite on the ground. He wondered how long
it  would take for them to touch. Then he remembered Pon said the
cavern  had  been  sealed. He wondered if that meant  they  would
never  join.  They  turned around and headed towards  the  cavern
exit.
   They  left the cavern and climbed the ladder to the gym.  They
walked  into  it  and  Oscar barked when the  gravity  increased.
Peabody chuckled.
   Lin  made  him sit for a few minutes to adjust to the gravity.
Lin  and  Lan  sat on either side of him and he stroked  both  of
their cocks while he adjusted to the gravity.
   "I'm  glad  your  cocks are just as perky in higher  gravity!"
They  all  laughed. "I really love this gym," he said,  while  he
stroked them.
   "I love it for the first time, too!" Lan said. They laughed.
   "This  is  good exercise for you, Peabody," Lin said.  Peabody
laughed.
   "You mean the handjobs?"
   "The handjobs in higher gravity!" They all laughed.
   "I suppose I am giving my arms a workout."
   "And our pricks!" Lan said.
   "You can get on the treadmill now," Lin said.
   "No!  It  is too soon!" Lan said. Peabody laughed and  stopped
stroking them. He got up and walked to the treadmill. He  stepped
onto  it and then called Oscar who absolutely refused to  get  on
the  treadmill. Peabody shrugged and started walking on it. After
only  about  ten  seconds, Lin called out,  "How  do  you  feel?"
Peabody laughed.
   "Fine. I may be able to walk a whole minute!"
   While Peabody walked, Lan tried to get Oscar to chase him.  He
ran  to  the  other side of the gym and Oscar chased  after  him.
Peabody smiled. Sometimes the oddness of his situation would  hit
him  and this was one of those times. He was on a Sears treadmill
on  Mars,  walking in artificial gravity, while his  alien  lover
played  with  his  dog!  Oh, and his alien  lover-doctor  stroked
himself while he watched him walk!
   "That's long enough, my love," Lin said. Peabody slowed,  then
stopped and got off the treadmill.
   "Do you feel like you have exerted yourself?" Lin asked him.
   "Yes, and that is really depressing."
   He  sat  next  to Lin. Lin put his arm around him and  Peabody
leaned his head on Lin.
   "You  are  pregnant, in addition to the gravity  changes.  You
can't expect all that to have no effect on you."
   "I guess that's true."
   They  left  the  gym and headed back to Peabody's  room.  When
they got there, Peabody got Mun on the comm.
   "Mun, thank you for the carrier for Oscar."
   "You're welcome! How are you feeling today?"
   "Grateful, Mun. Can I meet you in your room?"
   "Wait thirty minutes, Peabody!" Lin said.
   "I heard, my love. I will see you in thirty minutes!"
   Peabody  sat and waited. Oscar wanted attention, so he  picked
him  up and petted him. Lin frowned at him, so he put Oscar down.
He sighed.
   "Peabody, please, please do not exert yourself with Mun,"  Lin
begged him.
   "I will be careful, Lin, I promise."
   They  left the gym and walked back to his room. After dropping
off  Oscar, Peabody walked to Mun's room and waited on  his  bed.
Mun walked into the room and got into bed.
   He looked in Peabody's eyes and said, "I love you, Peabody."
   "I love you, too."
   Peabody wrapped his hand around Mun's cock and Mun closed  his
eyes.
   "Lin doesn't want you exerting yourself."
   "Believe  me,  I know that! I'm afraid he will  come  in  here
this time to check my pulse! Will you kiss me, Mun."
   They  kissed  and  Peabody ran one hand over  Mun's  body.  He
enjoyed the feel of the fur and the muscles.
   "You are more muscular than Ban."
   "I work out in the gym more."
   Peabody  scooted down on the bed and took Mun  in  his  mouth.
Mun  let out a long moan. Peabody found his balls in his fur  and
held  them  while he sucked. Periodically, he pulled off  it  and
licked it as Mun moaned.
   After  a  couple of minutes, Mun said, "Oh, Peabody!"  and  he
came.  A stream of sweet liquid shot into Peabody's mouth for  at
least  five seconds. Peabody swallowed three times to get all  of
it.
   He  got  back  up on the bed and said, "Sorry it  didn't  last
longer, but I am trying to take it easy."
   "Oh, Peabody. You don't need to apologize! It was wonderful."
   "Maybe I can suck cock and keep my energy."
   Mun laughed and said, "I hope you can convince Lin."
   Peabody sighed. "I really need to thank Ban."
   "Peabody, you don't have to thank him today."
   Peabody laughed and said. "But I want to!"
   "We  were  so  worried when Fon told us what had happened.  He
felt  terrible. He felt he was the cause. If you  were  to  start
feeling  bad while you are thanking Ban, he will feel  worse  for
making you sick."
   "I  suppose you're right. On the other hand, after I've had  a
nap, maybe..."
   Mun laughed again. "I love you, Peabody."
   Mun  ran  his hands over Peabody and Peabody arched into  him.
Peabody  was  so  responsive to him. He knew he wasn't  Peabody's
favorite,  but Peabody made him feel special. He didn't  have  to
worry  about  whether his touch was unwanted.  He  ran  his  hand
between  Peabody's  crack again and Peabody  smiled  at  him.  He
pushed a finger into him again. He watched Peabody close his eyes
and smile with pleasure. He leaned forward and kissed him again.
   "I  better  go. I'm sure Lin and Lan are worried I'll  have  a
relapse. I love you, Mun." Peabody hugged him.
   Mun got up and then Peabody did.
   "I  know we've said it to you, but Peabody, we are so lucky to
have  you here. Before you came, we mostly sat around and  argued
or slept. Now we are all happy and we all feel like making this a
real,  expanding colony. That's what we've been working on. We've
created two new tunnels in the past two days."
   "I'm  glad. I want you and your brothers to be as happy  as  I
am. He hugged Mun. Bye."
   "Bye."
   Peabody walked to his quarters.
   "How do you feel?" Lin asked, the minute he opened the door.
   "I  feel  wonderful.  I have six handsome  alien  husbands,  a
beautiful dog, and beautiful alien children growing inside me."
   "Do  you  feel like going to the clinic? I want to check  your
blood."
   "Sure. It's not like it's far away. Do you allow dogs in  your
clinic?"
   "Only Oscar. No others."
   "Not even Toto?"
   "I  have  a  feeling Toto may be dead. I suppose  a  dead  dog
would be all right."
   "Yes. Miss Gulch gets the last laugh! Come on, Oscar!"
   That  night,  while Peabody slept, Lan flew back to  Earth  to
pick  up supplies as well as plants Fon wanted. They also  picked
up  six  more electric motorcycles. All the brothers wanted  one.
They  made travel to Peabody's Park fun. They replaced the  tires
with ones that had more traction, since traction suffered in  low
gravity.
   Over  the  next  few days, Peabody began to  feel  better  and
better. His energy level had improved as well. He stayed up until
10:30! He mentioned it to Lin.
   "It's  because the children are removing your excess red blood
cells  and consuming some of the calcium and other minerals  from
your blood."
   Lin  convinced  him  to limit himself to sex  with  one  other
brother each day. They seemed delighted by that arrangement.
   He  was able to walk longer on the treadmill and that made him
happy, too.
   All  of the brothers had stopped by to meet Oscar. Oscar liked
them  all,  which didn't surprise Peabody. Pon and Mun  had  been
very hesitant towards him at first, but he won them over.
   Pon  walked into Peabody's quarters in search of Lan. The  two
of them walked back to Pon's room.
   "The  soil  from P21B seems to work well. Some  of  the  Earth
plants in it are already growing."
   "That's great! How much do you need?"
   "About four thousand kilos, for now."
   "Will that fit?"
   "Yes, with light compression. I calculated it."
   Lan  told Peabody he would be gone for a while and he left  to
get  the  soil. On the way, he thought about Peabody.  He  hadn't
told  anyone that Peabody loved him the most, but Lin had noticed
and had congratulated him. Lin offered to go back to sleeping  in
his own room, but Lan knew Peabody wouldn't like that.
   "He loves you, you know that."
   "He  loves  all  of  us, but he's never seemed  interested  in
having other brothers in his bed."
   "He loves you more than the others."
   Lin  thought and said, "I've always hoped so, but  I've  never
been certain."
   "He  agreed to have your baby first. Besides, what if  he  got
sick at night?"
   Lin smiled and said, "Thank you, Lan."
   Lin   was  disappointed  that  Lan  had  been  chosen  as  his
favorite,  but Peabody had so much love to give and  gave  it  so
freely,  that  he  was still very happy. The minute  Lin  had  an
erection,  Peabody wanted it. It was a wonderful  feeling,  being
wanted.  Lin  was  sure he had never felt that so  strongly  with
Aracatal,  but  then he wasn't a favorite of  Aracatal.  He  knew
Aracatal  loved him, but he never felt Aracatal had a quarter  of
the lust Peabody had for him.
   Lan  loaded  a  compressor into the shuttle  and  lifted  off.
About  forty five minutes later, Lan landed the shuttle at  P21B.
The inside of the shuttle had been sealed to keep the dirt out of
everything.  He used a suction device modified to work  in  Mars'
thin atmosphere to pull the soil up and into the compressor.  The
compressor  generated high artificial gravity to  pack  the  soil
extremely tightly. He hit bedrock twice and had to move,  but  he
finally had all Pon needed.
   When  he got back, he used a lifter to get the compressor  and
the  dirt  to Peabody's Park. All the brothers helped spread  the
soil. The next step was planting.
   Fon  approached Lan. "The lawyers say they have two grafts  of
Peabody's tree ready for pickup."
   "What is a graft?"
   "According to Pon, they took a branch from Peabody's tree  and
attached it to the roots from another tree. That way the  visible
tree  is  the  same  as  the original. They are  still  extremely
delicate  from  the surgery, I was told, so we need  to  be  very
careful with them."
   "Pon  has  also requested a lot of other plants for the  park,
grass,  flowers, and different kinds of trees. They are ready  as
well.
   "I  had  an  idea for my own contribution. I thought  I  would
have  a  small house in here that Peabody might want to  stay  in
sometimes. Do you think he might like it?" Fon asked.
   "Yes.  I think he will love it. He may want to move here,  you
know, if it turns out as well as we think it will. Better plan on
a king sized bed in the house."
   "I  hadn't  thought of that. If it's as nice as  we  think  it
will  be,  we will probably be spending a lot of time here,  too.
Fortunately  with  the bikes, it takes very little  time  to  get
here.  I  am going to order a modular home from Earth. I  thought
that might make it even more like Earth."
   Lan   decided  they  needed  a  barbeque  grill  and   outdoor
furniture.  A bicycle, too, Lan thought. Peabody had said  during
The Wizard of Oz that he had ridden a bike to work every day when
the  weather was nice. This would be a good place to ride it  and
the weather would always be nice.
   Lan  got on the comm and ordered the bike, the grill, and  the
furniture. He was going to be making a lot of trips to Earth.
   He  walked back to Peabody's quarters to make dinner.  Peabody
stayed next to him the entire time.
   "I miss, you."
   "I miss you, too. There is just a lot of work."
   Peabody  continued feeling better and he and  Oscar  played  a
lot  while Lin watched. Peabody took Oscar walking in the  cavern
twice  a  day.  Oscar  seemed very happy and  Peabody  loved  him
dearly.
   Peabody  saw less and less of the brothers. Lin kept  assuring
him  it was temporary, but Peabody missed Lan terribly. Lan still
cooked  his meals and they usually had sex, but he didn't  always
sleep with them.
   When  Lan walked into Peabody's quarters, Oscar ran up to  him
and  jumped up for attention. He picked Oscar up and petted  him.
Peabody said, "Lin, I would like to speak to Lan alone."
   "I will be in my room."
   "Lan,  I  want  to know what is going on. Are you  having  sex
with  that  lawyer again? You spend less and less  time  here.  I
haven't  seen the other brothers, either. I've tried to think  if
I've said anything to hurt you..."
   Lan  put  Oscar on the floor and took Peabody in his arms.  "I
love  you, Peabody. More than ever. It is not physically possible
for me to have sex with anyone else. I..."
   "What is it?"
   "We  are  all, except for Lin, working on a major project.  It
started out as a place to walk and now it's the biggest thing  we
have ever done."
   "Is it the farming cavern?"
   "No.  I  really  can't  say. I've  been  going  to  Earth  for
supplies  and  helping on the project. I  need  to  help  on  the
project. I have to feel I am contributing to it."
   "Why can't you tell me?"
   "Because it's a surprise."
   Peabody sighed. "I've missed you."
   "Oh,  my love! I have missed you every second I've been  away.
I  even  tried  to figure out ways to take you to Earth  with  me
while still keeping you in the dark. I still haven't figured  out
how to do that," he said, smiling.
   "I could promise not to look..."
   "No. It's better if it's a complete surprise."
   "You  haven't  started modifying the climate, have  you?  That
will take a long time!"
   "No."
   Peabody rested his head against Lan's chest and sighed.
   "I suppose I'm being silly."
   "No,  you  are  not  being silly. We  love  each  other.  It's
painful to be separated."
   "OK."
   Lan  held his love while Peabody breathed in the scent of  his
lover. Then Peabody knelt and took his lover's big cock into  his
mouth. Lan sighed.

   Pon  was waiting eagerly for the plants and trees from  Earth.
The  watering and drainage systems were in place and tested.  The
soil  had  been  placed where it needed to be in  the  holes  and
grooves  in  the rock. They might need more soil,  but  they  had
enough for now.
   "Comm. Get Lan."
   "Lan, here."
   "Lan,  it's Pon. I really need you to pick up the things  from
Earth. We can't do anything more until we have them."
   Peabody  was still sucking his cock. Peabody sighed  and  said
"I'll see you later, my love."
   "I'm sorry, Peabody."
   "It's  OK.  Oh. Lan, there is one thing I think  we  need  for
Oscar, a dog crate."
   "Yes, my love."
   "Comm. Get Lin," Peabody said.
   "Lin, here."
   "Lin, would you mind coming back?"
   Lin laughed over the comm. "I would mind not coming back."
   Lan passed Lin coming out of his room on his way out.
   "How is it coming, Lan?"
   "You've seen it on the display, right?"
   "Yes.  I  was actually glad Peabody sent me away  so  I  could
check."
   "Fon  wants  to  put a small house in it where  Peabody  could
stay,  or  just take a nap. I'm going after the trees and  plants
now for Pon. Ban has the pond full of water. He hasn't decided if
he  wants it to be pure water, or have fish. Mun is deciding what
kinds  of  animals the park can support and how to control  their
populations without predators."
   "The  small  house reminds me of The Wizard of Oz.  We  should
have a yellow brick road."
   "I  don't  want to think about bringing enough  bricks  for  a
road."
   "No."
   Lan walked off and Lin walked back to Peabody.
   Lin  saw  Peabody and he felt himself get an erection. Peabody
looked right at it and smiled. "You missed me!"
   "I did, very much."
   Peabody walked up to him and they kissed. Peabody then  turned
around and placed his cock at his hole. Lin pushed into him.
   "I  love  the greasy stuff you put on me. It makes  using  the
bathroom easier, too. What keeps it on?"
   "It  isn't grease or a lubricant. It coats the skin cells with
a  nearly frictionless surface. As the old coated cells die, they
are  replaced  with  uncoated cells, so it has  to  be  reapplied
periodically."
   "I  have  Teflon on my ass!" Lin didn't know what Teflon  was,
but Peabody seemed pleased. That was enough.
   He  began  thrusting slowly into Peabody while  he  held  him.
This  was  one  of the best parts of being alone with  him.  They
could  have slow, leisurely sex. He lifted Peabody off  his  feet
and while still inside him, walked them to bed.
   "I  want to be on top," Peabody said. Lin rolled on his  back.
Peabody  smiled at him as he began fucking himself slowly.  As  a
doctor  he was pleased with Peabody's increased stamina.  Peabody
took  his hands and used them to give himself leverage. Lin  held
them stiff enough for him to do it.
   "I'm close, my love." Peabody stopped and leaned forward.  Lin
leaned up and they kissed.
   "I love you, Lin."
   "Oh, my love."
   They  kissed  again  and then Peabody got  upright.  Lin  took
Peabody's  prick in one hand and stroked it while he  rolled  his
balls  around in the other hand. He made short thrusts into  him.
Lin looked at the contented smile on Peabody's face. He could see
how  much  Peabody loved him and how much pleasure he was  giving
him.
   They  kept it up for about an hour. Lin saw signs of  fatigue,
so  he  made them both come. Afterwards, Peabody lay next to  him
with  his  head on Lin's chest. Peabody fell asleep and  Lin  lay
there completely contented himself.
   Lan  landed the shuttle in the hangar on Earth. It was  almost
completely full of plants. He sighed. He knew Peabody's Park  was
big  and  needed a lot of plants, but this would be at least  two
trips. That would be twice as much time away from Peabody. He was
very  concerned  about Peabody picking Lin as his  new  favorite.
There  was  nothing  he could do about it, though.  Lan  was  the
pilot.
   He  got  off  the  shuttle  and  John  Drake,  who  did  their
purchasing met him
   "There are more plants inside the building."
   "Oh," Lan said, disappointed.
   "The  things you ordered are by the west door. You didn't  say
what kind of bicycle, so I got two different kinds. One is a dirt
bike, which might work better on Mars."
   "Thanks, John."
   Employees of theirs all came to the hangar to load the  plants
into  the  shuttle.  Lan loaded the two carefully  wrapped  trees
himself,  first.  Then he directed where to  put  the  rest.  One
employee  showed him how potted plants could be stacked.  He  had
worked  in  a  nursery. Lan was so pleased he  gave  him  a  five
thousand  dollar bonus. They ended up getting more of the  plants
in the shuttle than Lan thought they could.
   Lan  gave  each  of them a thousand dollar bonus  for  helping
load  the  shuttle. Several of them had gotten dirty loading  the
grass. The dirtiest ones got fifteen hundred dollar bonuses. They
cleared  the hangar and Lan took off. He contacted Mars and  told
the brothers to be ready.
   Pon and Ban walked to Peabody's quarters.
   "Hi, Ban, Pon. It's been a while. How are you?"
   "Exhausted and dirty," Ban said.
   Both of them were erect. Seeing Peabody did it.
   "Would you like me to wash you again, Ban?"
   Ban moaned and Peabody laughed.
   "My  love,  I know you are getting impatient and lonely,"  Pon
said. "We are almost ready to show it to you."
   "Really?"
   "Yes. In a day or two."
   "Oh."
   "It would go faster if we could borrow Lin."
   Peabody sighed. "I understand. I am sure glad I have Oscar!"
   Pon  took Peabody in his arms and kissed him. Then he  stroked
Peabody's cheek. "I love you, Peabody."
   "I love you, Pon."
   Ban  kissed  him while Peabody wrapped his hand  around  Ban's
cock.
   "I love you so much," he told Peabody.
   Peabody  hugged Lin. "If you feel bad or even odd in any  way,
contact me on the comm, my love."
   "I will, Lin. I promise."
   Peabody watched them walk out.
   "Come on, Oscar!"
   He  got Oscar's ball and tossed it to the opposite side of his
quarters. Oscar took off after it and Peabody smiled.

   Lan  landed  the shuttle and saw all the brothers waiting  for
him.
   "Who is with Peabody?"
   "We  decided  it was better to finish quickly before  he  gets
even  more  annoyed,"  Ban said. Lan couldn't  disagree.  He  was
relieved  than  Lin  was helping them. It  might  keep  Lin  from
replacing him as Peabody's favorite.
   "Don't  worry, Lan," Lin said. "With the bikes, I can  get  to
his  room quickly if needed. I will check up on him regularly  on
the comm."
   "Very well."
   They unloaded the shuttle and Lan headed back to Earth.
   The brothers loaded plants on the lifters. They had created  a
tunnel  between the shuttle corridor and the tunnel to  Peabody's
Park.  They  took a load of plants to the park and then  returned
for another load.
   "Which is Peabody's tree?" Lin asked.
   "This is one of them," Pon pointed out.
   "It's not very big."
   "It  couldn't  be to fit on the shuttle. Also we  didn't  give
them  time to grow it. The trunk on this one is from another tree
and  the  branches  are from Peabody's tree.  The  other  one  is
smaller  with  roots from another tree and the  entire  top  from
Peabody's tree. It is only about two meters tall. Be careful with
them. The joins between the trees are not healed yet."
   "Mun. What did you decide about animals?" Lin asked.
   "We  are  going to have male parrots. Parrots are  a  type  of
bird. They live a long time and they are colorful. We decided  to
leave the water in the pond alone and let Peabody decide what  he
wants in it. We have been warned about the reproductive abilities
of  squirrels. If we have a pair, we will have dozens  in  a  few
years.  They don't live very long, so using only males  would  be
temporary. If we have them, either we kill the excess or we get a
predator.  A predator large enough to eat squirrels  could  be  a
danger  to  Oscar, not to mention Peabody. One of  the  employees
suggested  rabbits,  since the excess is  edible.  What  is  your
opinion?"
   "I  think  we  should wait. Peabody might be  happy  with  the
parrots."
   "Good.  That  would be easiest. We are going  to  put  smaller
parrots  in  right away. When the trees are taller,  we  can  add
larger parrots."
   "They will breed as well. What will we do with the excess?"
   "We are only getting males for now."
   Lan  landed  the shuttle again in the hangar on Earth.  Abbott
was waiting for him. He really hoped it was business related. Lan
regretted having a sexual relationship with him. He had  done  it
to  get experience having sex with a human. He had explained that
to Abbott from the beginning. The worst part was he liked Abbott.
He was a good employee and a kind person.
   He walked down the shuttle gangway.
   "Lan,  my  office is full of parrots," Abbott said. "Will  you
load them first?"
   "Sure."  They  walked to Abbott's office. "John  asked  me  to
locate  the  parrots  for  you.  He  has  been  looking  at   the
alternatives for Peabody's house. He called and said he would  be
here in about an hour with it."
   "It won't fit on the shuttle."
   "It's  modular. You assemble the pieces on site. He made  sure
the  pieces would fit on the shuttle. It wouldn't be any  use  if
they didn't."
   They  walked  into  Abbott's office. The office  was  full  of
cages with small colorful birds. It was very noisy.
   "I  see why you want to get them out of here. What are these?"
Lan asked pointing to some especially colorful ones.
   "Those  are sun and jenday conures. All of these are types  of
parrots."
   They loaded the cages on a cart.
   "How many birds are there?" Lan asked
   "Thirty."
   "What will they eat?"
   "Eventually, the plants in the park will supply most of  their
food. Pon chose some of the plants based on what they need. Until
then, we have purchased food for them."
   Abbott  would have loved to go to Mars and see everything.  He
had  asked  many  times until Lan got angry. The brothers  didn't
want  humans  establishing any kind of  foothold  on  Mars.  They
believed  that if Abbott went, the government would want  him  to
provide details about their base.
   They  loaded  the birds on the shuttle. They were  noisy,  but
they  would certainly make the park seem alive. Abbott went  back
to bring the food while Lan and some employees loaded the rest of
the  plants  on  the shuttle. Lan saw the gas grill  and  outdoor
furniture. He loaded it and then the bikes. There were benches in
the hangar and he loaded those as well.
   "I  am  going  to take this and come back for the  house,"  he
told Abbott. "Is there anything else I can take now?"
   "Me,"  is  what  sprang to Abbott's mind, but  he  said,  "No.
That's all for now. No. Wait. Ban wanted different tires for  the
Roadster. I'll get them." Lan went with him and carried the  four
tires to the shuttle.
   "Bye, Lan."
   "Goodbye, Abbott. Thank you for your hard work."
   Lan boarded the shuttle and took off. He missed Peabody.
   Abbott  went into the bathroom next his office and locked  the
door.  He  was hard from being near Lan. He closed his  eyes  and
stroked  himself  while he pushed two fingers  into  himself.  He
groaned  as  he  came in the sink. Then he washed his  hands  and
changed into clean clothes.
   When  Lan landed the shuttle on Mars, there were lifters,  but
no brothers. He assumed they were planting,
   Lan  unloaded  everything  into the  corridor,  contacted  the
brothers and told them, and then took off immediately for Earth.
   He  saw a huge, yellow machine next to their building when  he
was  landing.  The pieces of the house were in  the  hangar.  Lan
assumed  the machine was how they got the pieces into the hangar.
John Drake was waiting for him.
   "Here  are the assembly instructions." He handed Lan a binder.
The furniture is due to be delivered any minute."
   "Will it fit in the shuttle with the pieces?"
   "No.  The pieces barely fit. It was difficult finding  a  home
that would fit at all."
   "I'm sure it was, John."
   "The  house is small, with only one bedroom. However, I  chose
a design which can be enlarged later."
   "Excellent. We don't want a mansion. Just a cabin."
   "This is much nicer than a cabin.
   "Lan,  no  one mentioned appliances. I placed a call for  Fon,
but he hasn't returned it."
   "Whatever  will fit. We don't know how much time  we  will  be
spending  in  it, but it could become his primary residence.  The
usual things: an oven, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher."
   Lan  saw  the pieces of the house were already on rollers.  He
got started loading them on the shuttle.
   An  hour later, Lan was more tired than he had been in a  long
time. One of the employees walked up to him.
   "Do you want us to stay late, Lan?"
   "What time is it?"
   "About 7:30."
   "No.  This  is my last load today. Tell everyone they  can  go
home after I leave."
   "OK."
   Lan  sighed. "I want Peabody and a bath," he said to  himself.
He was pleased that he had managed to get the king sized bed onto
the shuttle. At least the house would have a bed. He took off for
Mars. He radioed Ban that the entrance to the park would have  to
be  enlarged  to  get two of the pieces of the house  inside  the
park.
   When  he landed, he left the house on the shuttle. He  took  a
shower and then went to Peabody and bed.