The Test Subject

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This story is intended for adults only. It contains depictions of forced nudity, spanking, and sexual activity of preteen and young teen children for the purpose of punishment. None of the behaviors in this story should be attempted in real life, as that would be harmful and/or illegal. If you are not of legal age in your community to read or view such material, please leave now.

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The Test Subject

Chapter One: Space isn't as exciting as you think

Today was the day of the big move. William stood in his bedroom as the movers emptied it of the boxes he had filled with all his things and it felt strange to see the spaces that had been hidden by his desk or his bed suddenly bared before him. How did they get so dusty?

Emotion crept up on the thirteen-year-old, not only was he leaving his school, his town and his country he was even leaving his planet. His father had been chosen to begin work on board a private research facility orbiting Saturn which meant they all had to go.

His best friend hadn't even come to say goodbye which made William even sadder, it seemed that all his old friends were happy to just let him slip away from memory. William sighed at the thought, if the bastards wanted to forget about him then that was fine though they could have at least said goodbye.

“Ready to go?” William's mother, Pat, entered his room. William turned around and his mum saw the sadness on her son's face. “Poor boy,” she held him tight and patted his head, “You'll make lots of new friends on the Station.”

William just nodded then pushed himself out of her hug. He glumly left his old room and picked up the duffel bag filled with his more precious knick-knacks and some things to keep him amused on the four-hour shuttle trip to Saturn. The family all got into the car and took one last wistful look at the home they had lived in for more than their son's thirteen years of life.

With a final honk of the horn, William's dad, Richard, started driving and followed the moving van to the Space Port where their stuff would be loaded onto a carrier much larger than the transport shuttle they would be taking.

“Should arrive by tomorrow,” Richard told his wife and son as they watched their things be unloaded. “Our shuttle leaves around ten though,” he looked at his watch, “We have half an hour so why don't we grab some breakfast?”

“Good idea, I'm starving,” Pat took William by the shoulder. His stomach grumbled because none of them had eaten since the electricity had been cut off last night in preparation for the morning move which meant no breakfast and the perishables had been given to neighbours. They found a small eatery not far from their docking bay and ordered some sausage baps.

William watched as shuttles descended from the heavens and landed in their respective bays. It was honestly quite similar to how bus stations worked on Earth except the shuttles went into space.

Nothing much had changed on Earth. People still drove cars when the idea of flying vehicles led to worries over safety so why fix what wasn’t broken? If anything, Earth was much the same as the early 2000’s save for fossil fuels being 100% phased out in favour of green energy. William had heard that the Colonies on other planets considered Earth an old fashioned relic because of their reliance on older technology instead of embracing the more advanced tech offered by the Varntian. It wasn’t like Earth didn’t use the new tech, it had just been adapted into human society so well it was nearly indistinguishable from old human tech.

“What kind of work will you be doing dear?” William heard his mum ask.

“I'm not really supposed to say,” she was told, “But I know it's a pretty new field of study.”

“Listen to you, Mr. Confidential,” Pat teased and her husband laughed.

“Alright, alright, I'll tell you a little,” he looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, “It has to do with Nanobots,” he whispered. William had to admit that that sounded cool but his mum seemed much less interested.

“You men and your robots,” she clicked her tongue distastefully, “Why not work with the Varntian to cure more diseases?”

“Honey, medical science is a near dead field of study,” he told her, “Granted it's still respected and important but the Varntian have pretty much cured everything we couldn't.”

“What if some new disease pops up?”

“Then the Varntian will probably cure that one too.”

The Varntian were a race that had appeared nearly two centuries ago. William learned from history class that they had come from a now dead planet and sought asylum on Earth after spending twenty Earth years in space. Naturally a lot of people were against it but when they offered all of their advanced technologies and knowledge their tunes quickly changed.

“Speak of the Devil,” William muttered as a Varntian family passed the small eatery. They all looked so similar what with their pale skin, white hair and fair complexions. There was a Varntian girl in his class and the boys were always trying to touch her skin, apparently it was as smooth as silk but William never felt the need to disrespect that girl the way his classmates did.

“Alright time to go,” Richard clapped his hands together which caught William's attention, snapping him back to reality. “There's our shuttle, number 044.”

William looked at the light grey vehicle. The thrusters on the bottom let off a small blue flame as it hovered, he noted the scorch marks on the ground from countless other shuttles taking off from there. The door opened downwards so it could also serve as a ramp for people to get onboard. William had never been on a shuttle before, he was surprised at how little vibration there was as he walked on and found his seat. It was almost eerily quiet too.

“Isn't this exciting Will?” his mum said to him, “We'll be the first people in our family to live away from Earth!”

“Yay,” William uttered sarcastically, “I get to leave my home and my friends.”

Richard and Pat looked at one another sadly, they had hoped William would be happier about living on a Space Station but it seemed he was an Earth boy, through and through. “Sorry kiddo,” Richard leaned over and patted his son's shoulder. “This will be good for all of us, I promise.”

The shuttle lurched suddenly as it began to ascend and soon it was flying upwards into the clouds. William took this opportunity to appreciate the sunlight while he could. Apparently the Station had its own fake sky that ran on the same time as Earth's though he knew he would miss a real one. He had to admit however that he was happy his days would be pretty much the same length as before.

William pulled out his handheld games console and flicked the switch to turn it on.

Nothing happened...

He had forgotten to charge it...

William sighed irately and put it back in the bag when there were no plugs to charge it from. For the rest of the journey he just slept on and off or listened to his mum and dad talking but it was still a very boring journey. The darkness of space unnerved him as he sat in the well lit shuttle, it was nothing like driving in the countryside at night as you at least had the moon to give off some light, here it was just a darkness capable of swallowing you up. Space isn’t as exciting as you think.

At last however, Saturn came into sight out of the front windscreen. William had told himself that Saturn wouldn't be that interesting and that he had seen it on plenty of documentaries but the truth of the matter was that he was gobsmacked. The planet was magnificent.

All too soon however the shuttle began to enter the Station, his new home. First they went in through a set of sturdy metal doors that could deal with the low pressure environment of space and the once through them, the shuttle just sat in a small room before another set of doors opened. “Why did we stop?” William asked his dad.

“We were in an airlock,” he explained and William nodded his understanding, “If we had just gone into the docking bay from Space then everyone inside would have been sucked put.” William shuddered at the thought, the very idea of falling into infinite nothingness scared him.

When the shuttle door opened William and his family got up and entered into the Stations sizeable docking bay. “Look at that,” Richard was indicating to a large window that showed Saturn in all its glory. William smiled for the first time today, at least the view was nice.

“Would all new employees please gather here,” a woman was speaking into a megaphone.

“That's for me I guess,” Richard said and left his family alone, “See you later.”

“What about us?” William asked his mum who just shrugged. It seemed they weren't the only ones being left in the dust however as several other families had been left behind in similar fashion.

Eventually however a Varntian woman called out. “Would the families of new employees please approach,” William and his mum gathered around the fair haired woman. “Welcome to the Station, we're very happy that you decided to move on board and support whomever was hired by us.” The woman bowed courteously, “We have a school for the children and plenty of paying work on board the Station for any significant other.”

“Well I was a stay at home mum,” Pat interjected, receiving a glare from the Varntian she had interrupted, “Will I be given work at all?”

“Yes Madam, the Station has a variety of positions for those without a dedicated career,” the woman bowed again despite the venom in her tone.

Pat clicked her tongue again, a habit she had when she was angry but trying to hide it. Eventually the woman had the crowd follow her too their new homes in the Residential Zone. “The nerve,” Pat whispered to William who walked with his hands in his pockets, “Saying I have no career.”

“I'm not a little kid now,” William told her, “I don't need you to be home for me, why don't you find something you want to do?”

“I just liked staying home,” William sighed at her remark, his mum wasn't lazy just unmotivated as she kept a clean house back on Earth and cooked wonderful meals but that was honestly it.

The crowd finally entered into a large open space and William got his first look at the fake sky. Sure it looked real enough but knowing it was fake still made him miss Earth. “This is the Park,” the Varntian woman told the crowd, “We also have a shopping district, entertainment complex and places of worship for all World Government recognized religions.”

“We will be heading this way to your new homes however.” The crowd was led away from the large greenery and towards a row of flats. William didn't like the look of them, it honestly looked like a prison complex. “Each quarter has three bedrooms, lounge, kitchen and large bathroom,” the woman told them, “The walls are sound proofed so don't worry about outside noise or noise from your neighbours.”

William spoke up for the first time. “They look like prison cells,” he said distastefully and earned a slap on the back of the head from his mum.

“I assure you they are far more homely on the inside,” the Varntian shot him an amused smile, “Before you enter I must ask each of you to pick up a personal communicator,” she indicated to a metal box being guarded by a member of Station Security, “On it will be your house number and key code, you can change it at any time just make sure you inform family members of the change.”

William and his mum approached the Security Guard. They were each handed a small box and inside was a device that looked more like a digital watch than anything substantial but when William put it on his wrist and turned it over to look at it the display expanded.

“Hello,” it said in a digital voice, “Facial scan suggests you are William Innis from the United Kingdom, correct?”

William looked around him, everyone was being asked similar questions by their communicator. “Um-yes?” he said in an unsure tone.

“Hello William,” the device said, “You're home unit is number 056, please memorize the entry code on the display.” William read the six digit code and did his best to commit it to memory.

“What if I forget it?”

“I hope you enjoy sleeping outside.” William glared at the device. “That was a joke.” William wasn't laughing. “Funny right, ha ha ha.”

A few seconds of awkward silence followed and William already felt like smashing the infernal thing. “If you forget your code I will simply conduct a face scan and a member of security will send the code to this communicator if approved.”

“Setup complete, have a productive day.”

William lowered his wrist and the device thankfully went into standby. His mum also finished her setup and looked at William with a smile.

“Shall we go inside?” William nodded and together they climbed a set of metal stairs and found their room on the fifth floor. “You do the honours.” William put the code in at his mothers behest and the doors slid open for them. The term 'don't judge a book by its cover' came to mind as William stared, open-mouthed, at the spacious and luxurious looking room they entered into.

A large sofa and comfy armchair sat facing a massive widescreen television that was fastened to the wall. Through a door opposite the front was the kitchen and upon further exploration they found a set of stairs leading up to the bedrooms and bathroom. William ran up the stairs and found the second largest room, which he claimed. There was already a bed and TV in the room with a large closet with shelves for his underwear and such.

“Isn't this place amazing!” Pat had come into his room, “I didn't expect it to be so luxurious!”

“It's cool,” William spotted the remote for his TV on a bedside table, “I can't wait to play my video games on this thing!”

“Well our things won't arrive until tomorrow,” he was reminded, “Why don't you go out and make some friends?”

William's communicator started to beep all of a sudden. He raised it and, like before, the screen expanded. “Hello William,” said the digital voice, “I have been informed that you must inform the school of your arrival.”

“Or not,” William said with a sigh to his mum.

“Well I suppose its best to get it done sooner rather than later,” William was hugged before he was allowed to leave the house.

“Where is the school,” William asked the device, which answered by showing a map with a GPS route. This thing was very useful. William followed the map through the Park and crowded shopping district until he finally found a large building which was the school. The school taught children ranging in age from primary to secondary school ages it seemed and the second floor was the Secondary School area.

“Classes will be finishing soon William,” said his communicator, “Please proceed to the room indicated on screen and introduce yourself before then.” William was soon stood outside a maths classroom and through the sliding door he could hear the teacher speaking. He knocked on the door and nervously poked his head inside, looking at the teacher.

“What is it?” the woman asked, she was sitting on her desk and William couldn't help eyeing her long legs in a skirt much too short for a teacher to wear.

“I'm William,” he said to her, “I've been told to introduce myself.” He waved the wrist his communicator was on and the teacher nodded her understanding. He walked to the head of the class and looked at the other kids, all of which were now looking at him. They were all wearing uniforms, he would obviously get his soon enough he thought.

“Hi,” he said with a short wave, “I'm William, I came from England,” he offered a nervous smile but more than a few kids had returned to their textbooks in boredom. William swallowed hard and scanned the rows of unfamiliar faces but then suddenly stopped when he looked at one girl in particular.

He did a double-take just to confirm what he was seeing.

This girl...

She was completely naked!

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Chapter Two: What are you doing to Katie?

The bell finally rang and William stood up from his seat. It had been a full week since his arrival at the Station though he was already beginning to settle in. His dad worked on some secret project and his mum had found a small job at a cafe to fill up her day but it was only part-time.

Two boys approached his desk as he packed away his things and offered for him to hang out at the park. “I need to study,” William retorted, “My mum makes me do it before dinner.”

“You have all night,” one of the boys countered, “Don't be a geek!”

William laughed a little. “I'll come out later okay?” His new friends grudgingly accepted that they weren't changing his mind so left him alone. As William finished packing, Katie walked past his desk. His heart skipped a beat whenever he saw this girl. The reason being she had never worn a stitch of clothing the entire time he had known her.

Well, she wore this strange collar on her neck and on it was printed the numbers 001 in a bold black font. It quickly became apparent that staring wasn't a big deal, even the girls did it from time to time. She never spoke to anyone on her own and whenever anyone asked her a question about her nudity she would only say 'It's confidential,' and ignore them.

On this station, if anything was confidential then it probably had something to do with the scientists. William had wondered if his dad knew anything about Katie but sadly he didn't or at least he feigned ignorance. When he had asked a Security Guard he had been told that her state of undress was simply mandatory for her and that if they saw her wearing clothes they were told to make her remove them but when he asked why he was given the same clueless answer.

Katie was an enigma and William was determined to solve this puzzle. The truth is that he had no intention of studying at home but was instead going to follow Katie. As he followed the naked teenager he couldn't stop himself from getting a little turned on, sure she had no breasts and if one word had to describe her general body shape then it was 'straight' but her nudity alone was enough for the young boy.

He tried not to stare at her though on the off chance that he was caught doing so on in class, Katie would blush every time and cover herself. It seemed that the Security Guard was telling the truth that it wasn't her decision to be naked. She clearly didn't enjoy it either and would often walk with her arms covering her nudity as best she could.

William watched as she entered the Shopping District and the sight of the crowds caused her to cover herself again. A security guard noticed this and approached her. For a second William thought he was going to do something about her nudity however he instead crouched down and took a hold of her wrists to move her arms away from her chest.

Katie blushed heavily as she was forced to do this. “Sorry Katie,” the man said apologetically, “You're not allowed to do that.”

“Sorry,” the girl said softly in reply. William pretended to be buying something from a food stall to avoid suspicion. Katie continued on her way and William waited a moment before following, ignoring the glare he got from the stall keeper. Eventually Katie left the Shopping District and entered the dimply lit hallway that separated the Community Sector, as it was called, from the Science Labs.

Katie approached the scanner and lifted her head so her collar could be scanned. William heard a confirming beep and the door slid open. Katie went through it and William quickly ran to try slide through the door before it closed.

Or he would have if he hadn't been caught. William suddenly lurched back as the collar of his shirt was grabbed. “Hold on,” said a male voice, “Where do you think you're going kid?”

William panicked. “My dad works in there,” he said, pointing to the security door, “I was going to say hi.”

“That's a lab filled with sensitive materials,” the Security Guard who had caught him said, “No one goes in there without the right permissions, permissions I don't think you have.”

William laughed nervously. “Oh, sorry I've only been here a week,” he tried to smile innocently and the guard turned him back towards the Shopping District.

“Stay in the Community Sector, the labs are dangerous,” he was pushed forward and the Security Guard hovered near the door afterwards so William wasn't going to get to try again today. If the labs were so dangerous then why was this naked teenage girl allowed in freely?

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The next morning William arrived earlier than usual. Katie was apparently always here first and the rumour wasn't wrong. She sat at the back of the class and was reading a book she kept in her backpack, the only thing she had that could potentially cover her nudity though he reasoned that she wasn't allowed to use it to do that. Today however William noted a bandage wrapped around her wrist. He wondered how that had happened?

“Morning,” he said politely, trying to look Katie in the eyes, “You okay?”

Katie blushed but nodded. “Hi Will,” William didn't think she knew his name. Awkward silence followed so William addressed the elephant in the room.

“What happened to your wrist?”

Katie looked at the bandage and smile reassuringly, “Work related,” she simply stated, “I'm not allowed to tell you but please, don’t worry about it I’m fine.”

William couldn't help but feel a little worried. “Are the scientists hurting you?” he blurted out suddenly.

“No,” Katie stood up quickly as she spoke, “They would never do that, at least not on purpose!”

“Okay so why are you not allowed to wear clothes?” William cursed himself for losing his composure and scaring her.

Katie looked around the room nervously and sat back down. “I really can't say,” she said again, “Sorry but stop asking me.”

Despite his anger William just smiled pleasantly. “Okay,” he went to his seat nearer the front. All day he found himself keeping an eye on Katie, he noticed that she would sometimes moan in pain when she used her bandaged wrist to write and that just made him more worried.

After school was over, he followed her again though he hadn't counted on the same Security Guard waiting by the door Katie went through yesterday. “You again,” he shouted angrily when he saw William, “Do I have to call your parents?”

William glared at the man angrily. “What the fuck is going on!” William shouted back, “She has a bandage on her wrist, are you sick fuckers hurting Katie?”

The Security Guard sighed irately. “Alright calm down,” he took William by the shoulder, “Where do you live, I'm taking you home”

“Fuck you!” William shook free and ran towards the security door. He ran his communicator over the scanner hastily before the Guard could catch him.

“Access Denied,” his communicator said, “Please proceed back to the Community Sector, William Innis.”

“What are you doing to her!” William yelled at the door and started punching and kicking it, “You sick freaks, I'll tell everyone what's happening on this Station with Katie!” William was grabbed again and the Security Guard made to floor him but the door suddenly opened.

“It's alright, release him,” a Varntian woman was standing in the hallway through the door.

“Ma'am he tried to break into a secure sector,” The Guard rebuked, “I have to detain him.”

“We saw him on the monitor,” she explained calmly, “His father works in another department, I think we can let him in to clear up a few things,” William's eyes went wide, was he was going to get some answers? The Guard released William and the Varntian offered her hand to him. “Come inside William, we'll explain everything.”

William took her hand, her pale Varntian skin was indeed as smooth as silk like people said, and he was led inside the dimly lit hallway. “You're a very inquisitive young man,” the woman told him, “And you clearly care about Katie's well-being, thank you for being so nice to her.”

“What's going on here?” William asked again.

“I can't tell you yet,” he was told, “Once we're in the lab you'll need to sign a confidentiality agreement before we can divulge any information.”

“Is it really that secretive?”

“We don't work for the World Government back on Earth,” he was told, “We're funded privately and govern autonomously which is why we can even enforce the special law regarding Katie.” That basically meant that whoever was in charge of the Station was effectively president, king, supreme leader for life or any such title that denoted leadership.

The two entered an elevator and were soon going down in the depths of the station. The doors finally opened and the Varntian spoke again. “Come this way,” William was led into the lab proper where a number of scientists were watching something happen through a glass display window.

As they passed it, William looked through and saw Katie lying down on a table, clearly unconscious. “Katie!” he rushed forward but was pulled back by the surprisingly strong Varntian.

“Do not panic, she is in no danger,” the Varntian put her hands on his shoulders, “But if you go in that room you may be at risk.” It was then that William noticed the men in hazmat suits.

“What the fuck,” he said under his breath. William was led to a desk and told to sit down, which he did. The Varntian put a document in front of him and urged him to read it. It was basically an agreement that if he told anyone not in the loop about what was going on here, he could be detained on-site for an unspecified length of time or deported back to Earth, with or without his family.

“Think carefully,” he was told, “If you break confidentiality then we will enforce this.”

William looked back over at Katie who was now hidden from sight by a scientist. He hastily signed the agreement and slid the paper towards the Varntian lady. “Good now we can answer any questions you-”

“What are you doing to Katie?” he asked suddenly.

“Nano-Treatment,” the woman told him just as quickly, “We're testing Nanobots on her skin to see if they can fix wounds quickly and cleanly today.”

“So the bandage?”

“A failed test,” she explained, “We're hoping to rectify that mistake today.”

“So what exactly did you do to her?”

“We cut open her wrist and applied the Nanobots directly to the wound in hopes that they would close it and repair any muscle or tissue damage,” the Varntian looked over at Katie with a worried look, “We didn't expect it to work the first time, yesterday was her first ever test you see.”

“That's horrible,” William looked back at Katie now as well who was back in view. He noticed the ugly scar on her arm now that the bandage was gone, “Why are you doing this to her?”

“She signed up for it,” the woman gave him an assuring look, “I promise you that she's in complete control of what happens to her, we would never do anything without her consent.”

“So why is she unconscious?”

“Her request, she doesn't deal with pain very well.”

William nodded his understanding, he was happy that she wasn't being forced into some sick torture game by the scientists though he still had one more pressing question. “Why can't she wear clothes?” he asked, “I've seen Security Guards and teachers stop her from even covering herself with her hands.”

“The technology we're using is brand-new,” the Varntian told him, “To reduce the risk of any side effects going unnoticed or being hidden because of clothing it was decided that the chosen test subject would be stripped of the right to wear clothing so that if anything does happen, we can see it on the security cameras.”

“She signed the form willingly,” he was then told, “Katie is here of her own free will.”

“What about her parents, don't they have anything to say about it?”

“Ah well,” the Varntian suddenly looked nervous, “She's an orphan.” William's stomach lurched at that piece of information, “She hasn't got any family, not even on Earth, so when her parents died in a lab fire last year she had nowhere else to go so management decided to make her a ward of the Station.”

“Again this was her choice,” Luna seemed to be having trouble finding the right words to satisfy William. “You haven't met her yet but my lab assistant, Chloe, is like an Aunt to Katie as she and Katie's mother were lifelong friends,” Luna explained, “Everyone here has known that girl since she was born so if she was moved to an orphanage on Earth like was also offered then she'd have been separated from the only people she can call family.”

“The offer to become a test subject was not part of the agreement that let her stay on the station, regardless of whether she works for us or not the Station will provide her with everything she needs until she turns eighteen,” she also added.

“That doesn't explain why you guys are doing these tests at all?”

“Okay,” the lady thought for a moment, “Katie is special, at some point in her families history someone in her family successfully had an offspring with a Varntian, which is incredibly rare as you may know.” William nodded, he learned in biology that 98% of mixed race pregnancies never went well.

“Her entire family from then on has carried the Varntian trait for quick healing,” she continued, “And combined with Humanities diverse ethnicities, her genes are very adaptable which makes her perfect as a test subject,” William nodded his understanding but the Varntian still continued. “So when the Station eventually cuts Katie off she'll have had five years of training by the Station's own scientists and can transition from test subject to lab assistant when she comes of age and remain on board as a fully paid staff member.”

“Alright, I get it,” William had one last question now, “Why did you decide to tell me?”

“Mainly because you were threatening to report us,” he was told, “Also because your father assured us that you would be trustworthy if we let you in on our work down here, he doesn't work with Katie directly though he does help develop the Nanotech we'll be using on her.”

“So what happens now?” William asked, now out of questions.

“Well, are you satisfied that Katie is in no danger?” William nodded which caused the Varntian to sigh in relief, “Good, why don't you stay and watch what's about to happen?” William stood up and was led to observation window. One of the men in a hazmat suit opened a metal container and dipped a small lab spoon inside it. He scooped up a grey sandy substance and poured it onto Katie's uncovered wound.

“Those are dormant Nanobots,” William was told, “Watch what happens when we activate them.” The scientist who applied the Nanobots lifted up his own communicator and performed a series of actions on it. Suddenly the bots in Katie's arms glowed blue and within seconds they disappeared inside the wound.

“Now they're supposed to find and fix any injuries or illnesses,” William thought that nothing was happening until he noticed the wound began to glow a faint blue. The skin pulled itself together and as the blue light faded away William saw her skin was flawless again.

“Holy shit it worked,” he stated loudly, some scientists laughed at his outburst. Clapping and cheering then erupted through the crowd and the men in hazmat suits were shaking hands. The Varntian looking after William approached the glass and spoke into a microphone.

“Let's wake her up now gentlemen,” she said softly and then turned to her group, “Well done everyone, the tweaks were a success it seems but let's run a few more tests with Katie to see how well she healed.”

Katie was given a doze of some drug that brought her back to consciousness. She looked around groggily at the scientists before her eyes fell on William through the glass. Katie said something he couldn't hear though if he had to guess, she had probably asked what he was doing here. William waited for her by the door to the testing chamber, she smiled nervously at him.

“You're persistent,” she said to him. William, once again, tried his best to look at her eyes.

“Sorry,” he offered, “The whole thing was rubbing me the wrong way from day one and then I saw you in that bandage.” He eyed her healed wrist, “Do you feel any pain?”

Katie shook her head. “All better,” she smiled happily, “That's so cool right, can you imagine how wonderful these Nanobots will be back on Earth?”

William came to a startling conclusion as she talked to him, this thirteen-year-old girl was an absolute nerd. William was by no means stupid but this girl was smart on a whole different level and seemed to be on equal terms with the actual scientists intellectually. They asked her a bunch of questions but all William got out of it was that the Nanobots would simply leave her system in the next day or so when she went to the toilet.

All through this post-testing phase, William stayed near Katie. Truthfully he had no idea why he was so attached her and it wasn't like he fancied her or wanted to be near her because she was naked, he could just use the internet for that kind of stuff, but regardless of his reasons he found that knowing what was happening to her was far better than not.

“Alright that should do for today Katie,” the Varntian closed her folder and smiled at the naked girl.

“Thanks Luna, this was kinda fun,” Katie stood up and walked to the door. When William didn't follow she looked over at him, “Are you coming William?”

William looked at the Varntian woman, Luna, who gave him an encouraging smile. “Come back tomorrow, both of you, I think having someone like you around will make Katie feel more relaxed.”

Katie said nothing but William found her blushing a compliment in itself. “Alright,” he said and followed Katie back to the Community Sector. Once they were back under the fake sky, which was dimming as evening rolled around, Katie surprisingly took a hold of William's hand.

“Thank you,” she said nervously, “You were so sweet, worrying about me like that.”

William blushed this time. “It's nothing,” he told her, “I'm just glad you're okay.” Her skin was just as smooth and wonderful as a Varian's and the more he looked at her, the more he noticed the sharpness of her facial features that were a very Varntian trait and her skin, while not pale, was still a lighter complexion than most humans.

He couldn't help eyeing her body now that his mind was set on finding differences. “Sorry,” he suddenly said and focused on her eyes, her bright blue eyes for that matter, “I-I-um-sorry.”

Katie hadn't noticed, or maybe she pretended not too? “Want to go eat together, I know a cool noodle place?”

William nodded, “Sounds good.”

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Chapter Three: Isn't that a little Japanese?

A day had passed since William found out what was actually happening to Katie. That night when he got home his father was there early and together they had a conversation about William continuing to accompany Katie in the lab. He also apologised for not coming clean or saying something to calm down his son's overactive imagination.

He got to class extra early that next morning and Katie was there first as usual. He sat down on the desk beside her and Katie greeted him with a smile. “How are you feeling?” he asked lightly, trying not to sound like a scientist.

“I’m totally fine,” the naked girl gave him a quick thumbs up.

“Are you cold at all?” he asked her next.

“Well yeah, always,” she blushed as she spoke, “I'm naked.” They sat in silence for a moment or two before Katie spoke again. “Are you coming to the lab again today?”

William shrugged his shoulders, “Do you want me too?”

Despite her clothing situation, Katie turned out to be very shy and was especially so when it came to admitting her desires. William only received a small nod to his question but that was enough. The rest of the class arrived steadily and William had to move back to his seat.

The teacher finally arrived to read the register. “Ah, William,” she said and looked at the boy who was sat near the front. “I've been informed by management that you're to sit directly beside Katie, please switch with Andrew.” Andrew looked obviously distraught at losing his naked neighbour but glumly did as he was told. William took the seat and Katie smiled shyly at him.

The school operated similar to a Japanese school so it was the teachers who moved from classroom to classroom, not the students. This meant that this seating arrangement was permanent. William did wonder why his moving beside Katie was considered important by management however.

Lunch rolled around and William was going to go to the cafeteria with his friends as usual. As he got up to leave however he heard a small noise behind him and found Katie was trying to get his attention. “Can I-” she started, “Can I come?”

The three boys looked at one another with a measure of surprise. Katie had always eaten in the classroom alone while everyone did their own thing. William decided not to make a big deal about it. “Sure,” he offered his hand which she took happily.

As it was, most of the school had only heard about Katie's predicament but some kids had never actually seen her. That was about to change however. William led her, by hand, to the cafeteria along with his friends Andrew and David. The second they opened the swinging doors it took just one noise of surprise for all the attention in the room to be purely focused on Katie.

William felt her grip his hand tighter, he squeezed it back gently. They eyed one another and William did his best to look encouraging. A deafening silence rang through the cafeteria now and Katie had gone an even deeper shade of crimson than ever before. William couldn't take it any more.

“What are you looking at?” he challenged and his eyes fell on a boy who was gawping as he stared right between her legs, “Stop staring!”

The boy looked away quickly and one more challenging look to the room caused the kids to look away. Only the secondary students looked, the primary students didn't understand what the fuss was about. As they walked to the cafeteria counter nobody looked at Katie and instead returned to what they were doing before.

Trays of food in hand, the group of four found an empty table and sat down. William breathed a deep sigh of relief that nothing had actually happened, he wasn't into acting all tough and was sure that he would have cowered if anyone had been offended and started something. “Thank you,” Katie whispered to him while Andrew and David were distracted.

William did his best to act as normal as possible around her from then on. If he didn't make a big deal about her nudity, and if Andrew or David played along, then maybe Katie would be less nervous around people. He wasn't super smart like his dad, or even Katie, but he hoped this idea would work.

It was a lot of work, trying to treat her normally. When you really focused on it though, acting normally was hard because you were actively trying to behave in a way you would usually do instinctively.

It didn't help that Katie was completely naked save for the collar on her neck that acted as both her communicator and ID. William admitted to himself that he found it kind of cute.

In his quest to act normally he did things anyone would do around friends. Light touches on her shoulder or arm, tapping her shoulder to get her attention instead of just shouting like everyone else did or generally just goofing around as kids do. All the while he found himself working hard at keeping eye contact.

This was different from sneaking a look at a woman's cleavage when you could get away with it because Katie was always on guard about where people's eyes were looking. Even if she rarely spoke up about it, William had begun to recognise the signs that Katie knew you were looking and wanted you to stop.

This non-verbal instruction was helpful however and helped to set some boundaries. Even though Katie had agreed to be naked she was still a girl and wasn't totally over the moon about having her private parts so exposed all the time.

When school ended the two walked towards the labs for today's testing. “So why did you agree to being naked if you hate it so much?” William asked as they walked through the park.

Katie took a second to think about her answer. “Well, I suppose I regret it now and again,” she admitted, “Like at the cafeteria, people do stop and look a lot outside of school as well.” She clasped her hands together in front of herself as she walked, “But I'm also helping test an amazing piece of technology,” she gave him a serious, almost motivated, look, “Mum and dad got me into science and engineering at a young age you see so by doing this I kind of feel like I'm honouring their memories.”

She laughed shortly, “Even at the cost of my dignity.”

William blushed but fought through his building nerves and grabbed her hands. “I don't see you as undignified,” he stated, “What I mean is, you're so brave,” he let go of her hands, “Like, how many people would agree to do what you do for something they're passionate about?” Katie blushed at his compliment. “You're probably the most dignified and brave person I've ever met, clothes or no clothes.”

Katie's smile widened. “You're such a weird boy.”

The rest of the walk was spent in comfortable silence. Katie took a hold of his hand again when they passed through the crowded Shopping District right up until they were out of the elevator and in the lab. Luna, the Varntian scientist in charge, beamed happily when they arrived.

“Hello children,” she said to the pair who were still holding hands, “I saw what happened in school today,” she indicated to Katie's collar but William had no idea what that meant.

“There are cameras in the collar,” Katie explained without him asking, “It's so if anyone does anything inappropriate, Station Security can identify and arrest the person.” William looked closely at the collar and found the four cameras evenly spaced apart around her. Katie blushed nervously when he leaned in but William was oblivious to it.

Next William met the Security Guard in charge of her safety. He sat facing four monitors each showing a feed from one of the four cameras on the collar. “Must be so boring watching me all the time,” Katie stood beside the man who only chuckled at her remark.

“I don't mind, someone's got to keep you safe right,” he waved reached up and patted Katie's shoulder lightly, “When you're here I don't have to worry so much though.” William noticed how his eyes remained firmly fixed on Katie's own, like he wasn't even interested in the naked thirteen-year old girl before him. William chastised himself, of course he wasn't interested else he'd probably be a paedophile. Eventually, Luna took them aside.

“Today we'll try something new with the Nanobots outside of medical use,” Luna explained and took Katie into the testing chamber. William was about to move to the observation window when Luna called on him. “William, are you coming?” He hadn't expected to be allowed in but eagerly followed regardless.

“No need for a hazmat suit,” Luna told him, “Truth be told we didn't really need them in the first place but management insisted we treat the Nanobots as a dangerous material until we were sure they worked.”

Katie sat down on the testing table and William joined her. “What are we doing today then Luna?” Katie asked excitedly.

“Well it's actually a rather strange request we got from a military contract,” Luna handed Katie a folder, “Effectively we want the Nanobots to alter your genes and physical capabilities.”

Katie was silent as she read the notes but then burst out laughing not long later. “Cat ears?” she said through tears, “Isn't that a little Japanese?”

“I honestly don't know,” Luna snatched the folder back, “Either way, we've programmed the Nanobots to work on your body to alter your physical appearance but it won't just be cosmetic, the ears will work like real cat ears and allow your hearing to increase and your reflexes will be much more responsive.”

“In Theory,” Luna added.

“Sounds dangerous,” William cut in, “What if it's permanent?”

“Well the Nanobots easily repaired damaged skin and nerves,” Luna told him, “We're confident that whatever they do to Katie can be reversed just as easily.”

“It's okay William, I want to try,” Katie nudged him with her elbow, “Don't be such a worry-wart.”

William was told to get off the table and Katie was made to lie down. Spread out like this, William couldn't help but notice the subtle curve of her chest and stomach and his eyes drifted towards her rather fleshy bottom, he blushed when Katie gave him the 'stop staring' look just as his eyes found her hairless sex.

“Will I be asleep for this?” Katie asked but Luna shook her head.

“All we need to do is inject you this time,” as Luna spoke a red haired female scientist wheeled a trolley into the room. On it was a single syringe and a first aid kit along with some other utensils. “Ah Chloe, good timing.” Luna picked up the syringe and walked towards Katie. “Can you lie on your side please dear, I'm going to inject this into your bottom.”

Katie gave an uncomfortable, albeit cute, squeak as she moved to bare her bottom to the Luna and William. The teenage boy blushed heavily and found himself getting aroused when Luna put a hand on Katie's butt to steady the child. He moved to her front and gently took her hand. “Look at me,” he urged, remembering that she didn't like pain.

He watched as Luna injected the Nanobots and smiled at his friend when it was done. Katie was allowed to sit up again and William, once again, joined her. She grasped his hand when Luna began to prepare the program to activate the Nanobots.

“They should work quickly,” he told her, “Last chance to opt out Katie, I can't promise this will be comfortable?”

“I'm fine,” she insisted bravely and braced herself for what was to come. Luna activated the bots and almost immediately Katie's already blue eyes began to glow the same bright blue as the Nanobots did yesterday on her open wound. First Katie’s eyes changed in pigmentation to a bright amber and her pupils became slits. Next Katie opened her mouth when she felt a sudden aching in her teeth and when Luna shined a small torch into it, she found that her wisdom teeth had begun growing into small fangs.

“It's all working as planned,” she assured the girl, “The bones in your teeth reformed quickly and your eyes have changed in pigmentation,” she jotted down the results so far.

“Professor look at her head,” the scientist, Chloe said in a heavy Scottish accent. William and Luna looked at the top of Katie's head and saw that her hair was starting to part slowly on top. Within a few seconds two cats ears were poking out of Katie's boyish mop of hair.

“They grew quite quickly, was their any pain?” Luna asked and Katie winced.

“Not so loud,” she moaned but Luna only jotted down that reaction.

“Alright,” she whispered, “Your hearing has improved but has there been any pain since your fangs came out?” Katie shrugged, stating that there was barely any, “Alright, it looks like the transformation worked.”

William couldn't help himself and reached up to touch one of Katie's new ears. The girl jumped at his touch. “Their sensitive,” she stated with a hiss then covered her mouth when she realised she had just hissed at him.

“Rub her ears again William, I'd like to see Katie’s reaction,” Luna looked at Katie sternly who got the message. The boy gently began to run his finger up and down her ears like he had done with his own cat before he passed away. Katie shuddered and pressed her head into William's hand unexpectedly. William looked at Luna who encouraged him to keep going.

Next William scratched behind her ears and it had the expected reaction. Katie moaned contently and clenched her fists hard and, to the surprise of everyone present, a soft purring started deep in her throat. Katie pressed her legs together all of a sudden and gave William a look he could only describe as pleading.

Luna stopped him there. “Katie are you okay?” Katie was breathing heavily and beads of sweat were running down her head and chest, “Don't hide anything from us Katie, we have to know everything you're feeling.”

“Only we in this room can hear you lass,” Chloe assured her as well.

Katie bit her bottom lip nervously. “I feel horny,” she admitted and covered her face, squeaking in embarrassment, “I don't know why but I feel so horny.” William, who was still sitting beside Katie, was fidgeting nervously at her confession. He had made a girl feel horny. A strange feeling of pride filled him.

“Ah,” Luna looked at Chloe who just shrugged, “Well, I don't know if we can do anything for you.”

Katie was still rubbing her legs together as they spoke. Too his surprise, she looked at William pleadingly again. William looked at Luna for some sort of advice who was just as clueless as he was.

“Do-do you think you can-um-can continue as you are?” Luna asked nervously.

Katie blushed heavily again but shook her head. “I can't focus on anything but my-” she bit her bottom lip, “You know.”

“She's already naked,” Chloe put out, “Why not just leave the room until she lets us back in?” William looked at the observation window, thankfully the people outside looked like they had no idea what was happening so to them it looked like Katie was having a bout of nerves.

William felt Katie move his hand and before he could react he realised she had just moved it between her legs. “Katie!” Luna nearly shouted. She immediately drew the blinds over the observation window and William tried to snatch his hand away but Katie was just too strong, much stronger than usual anyway.

“It's your fault,” she said desperately to him, “You should fix the problem.”

“Katie this isn't you speaking,” Chloe tried to wrestle William's hand free but the strong naked teenager had begun to hump his hand. William felt warmth as his fingers entered into the slippery smoothness that was her vagina. He felt giddy all of a sudden. His index and middle finger were soon soaked in her juices, as was the palm of his hand.

It was William's turn to look pleadingly at Luna who, one again, seemed clueless. “Increased Instinctual Drive,” she jotted down what was happening, “I say we just let her do as she pleases.”

“Oh my goodness!” Chloe looked away as Katie began to moan loudly. William's fingers had gone in deep now and Katie was squeezing his hand painfully as her pleasure built. Katie moaned loudly as she orgasmed. The purring started again and the girl breathed heavily as she came down from her bliss.

William felt his trousers tighten up, his own arousal building. Katie finally let go of his hand which he snatched back and began massaging it to get the blood flowing through his numb fingers. He didn't know what to think about what had just happened. His mind was racing, he couldn't make sense of the situation he had just been in.

William panicked and ran from the room. Luna stayed behind to deal with Katie but Chloe followed him. William ran into the hallway outside and considered just leaving and never coming back.

“Are you okay Will?” Chloe asked from behind him, startling the teenager.

William moved his sore fingers and realised that his hand was still sticky. “I'll live,” he said, his voice a little shaky.

“You did nothing wrong,” he was assured, “If anything, you acted professionally by not interfering with the experiments natural flow.” Chloe placed her hands on his shoulders, stroking gently with her thumb on one side. “Are you embarrassed that you got a little worked up?” she pointed to the tent in his trousers.

William said nothing although his expression said a thousand words. “It's perfectly natural,” he was quickly assured, “Come on back, you can help us with the next test if you'd like?” William shuffled nervously, unsure about it.

“It's just an assault course,” Chloe told him, “We'll be testing her reflexes on it but first we need a normal human's time.”

“You mean you want me to do the course first, right?” Chloe nodded.

“Don't worry though, you can keep your clothes on,” Chloe giggled playfully, “Unless you want to even the playing field?”

William laughed back. “I'm good,” he stated, hands in the air, “I'll run it in my gym clothes.” Thankfully they had had gym class that day so his kit was already in his school bag. William was taken back into the test chamber where Katie was lying on the table now. Luna stood above the naked teenager and watched her sleep with an annoyed look on her face.

“She's asleep,” she told William and Chloe with a defeated look, “It appears we changed a little too much, she refuses to do anything but sleep right now.”

William tried to stifle a laugh but failed. Luna glared at him, still annoyed, so William wiped the look off his face. “What now?” he asked stoically.

“We'll revert her back to normal,” Luna accessed her communicator, “I just need to change the Nanobots instructions, we can do more tests tomorrow.” When she was done, Luna picked Katie up off the table. “Changing her back will take longer, can you carry her home?”

William blinked twice at the request. “Can't you do it, I'm a boy after all?” He stared at the naked Katie resting in Luna's arms.

“We have work to do,” Luna told him, “We need to rework the programming on the Nanobots to make her less instinctive, we can't do tests with her sleeping or trying to hump anything that moves, so I'd appreciate it if you did this for me.”

William nodded his understanding. Luna passed the sleeping Katie into his arms. She was lighter than he had anticipated but William wasn't exactly weak, he liked to swim back on Earth though he hadn't been to the pool once since boarding the Station. He got Katie's room number from Luna as well as a hat to hide the ears and left the labs. When he got back to the Shopping District he knew he would get strange looks and sure enough, he did.

The Security Guards didn't try to stop him though, it seemed they knew what was happening thanks to the Guard watching the cameras. Being the boy he was, William tried not to focus on the fact that he was touching a naked girl. His hands were only under legs and on her back but Katie was still naked and William loved the feeling of her skin.

William gulped loudly and kept his eyes forward. He finally reached Katie's quarters. At first William had no idea how to get in, as he didn't know the code, but then he remembered Katie scanning her collar to enter the lab. He tried that and the door opened.

The rooms looked exactly like his own home in layout but with different decorations. He carried Katie up to the only bedroom with an open door and put Katie on the queen sized bed, covering her with the blanket.

On the bedside table he noticed a picture frame and curiously picked it up. It was a picture of Katie with what looked to be her parents. Katie looked a lot like her mum but her brown hair and blue eyes were definitely her father's so William figured that her Varntian lineage was on her mother's side of the family.

“It's so sad,” he thought glumly as he put the picture back down, “I'd hate to be left alone like that.” He looked at Katie as she slept, it was the first time he had seen her remotely covered up. William was turning to leave but was surprised when he felt something clasp his wrist. Turning around, he saw that Katie was holding him in place even though she was fast asleep.

“Don't leave me alone,” he heard her mumble lazily, whether she was actually awake was hard to tell but William decided to do as she wanted.

He climbed onto the bed and lay down facing her. Katie was actually still asleep and her slow rhythmic breathing started to make William feel drowsy. Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep as well.

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Chapter Four: I want you to dry me!

“William?”

William opened his eyes and saw Katie lying in front of him. He hadn't realised he had fallen asleep and was a little embarrassed. “Oh,” he sat up and yawned loudly then actually realised where he was and scrambled to get out of bed, “Sorry, I don't know what came over me.”

Katie smiled up at him. “It's fine,” she assured him and pulled him back towards her, “You're very warm.” Katie lifted the covers up, “Come lie down with me, I don't bite?”

William licked his dry lips nervously. “Are you sure?” He remembered her saying earlier she was always cold, being totally naked 24/7 after all.

“I only want to get warm,” she told him, “I trust you.” William nodded and climbed in the bed beside her. Katie nuzzled into him and William, not wanting to lie with his arms at his sides like a penguin that had fallen over, wrapped his arms around the naked girl's back. As much as he willed himself not too, he felt an erection building up. Katie blushed when she felt the fabric of his jeans on her thigh.

“Sorry,” he said quickly.

“It's okay,” Katie nuzzled her head into his chest, “There'd be something wrong if that didn't happen, right?” William laughed nervously, not willing to admit where his mind was going right now. “I remember everything that happened at the lab you know.” Katie spoke softly, almost like she was didn't want to admit it, “Did I hurt your hand?”

“A little,” William told her, “But it's fine now.” In truth, it wasn't. His hand throbbed painfully when he moved his ring, middle or index finger, but she already felt bad enough so why add to it.

Some time passed but William wasn't sure how long they cuddled for though he enjoyed every second of it. Eventually his erection went down and what was left was the warm and cosy feeling of just being close to someone he liked.

Katie fell back asleep at some point and although William was getting hungry he didn't want to wake her up. He had no idea what time it was, the alarm clock was behind him, but the room was starting to get dark as the Station's fake sky went into it's night setting. He wasn't bored though, far from it in fact, he felt quite content to just cuddle his friend.

As he let his mind wonder, William run his hand down her back but stopped just short of touching her butt before stroking back up. He repeated this action, not fully realising he was doing it, until Katie's eyes fluttered open for a brief moment and William stopped, thinking he was going to get an earful, but she just smiled at him.

“Keep doing that,” she said lazily and cosied into him again, “It's relaxing.”

William kept going. Eventually Katie fell back asleep but William's heart was racing too much to even try now. She was letting him touch her, sure it wasn't totally sexual but the fact that she was naked combined with her soft, silky Varntian skin was euphoric, if he had to put a word to it.

Where they more than friends now though? William wondered if he even wanted that or did he like being Katie's trustworthy friend who happened to be a boy and not her boyfriend?

He looked down at Katie though all he could really see was her boyish mop. He didn't know why but William suddenly realised that she smelled good, almost sweet. Nervously, William leaned down and was about to kiss the top of Katie's head when she opened her eyes again. William stopped just short planting his lips on her head and waited for Katie to tell him off.

“Oh,” she hummed, “Sorry, I fell asleep again.” Katie shook free of his grasp and the blushing teenage boy felt colder for their parting. “Wow, it's nearly seven o'clock, you better get home!” Katie climbed out of the bed, “Come on sleepyhead!” William nodded and crawled out of bed, wondering if she knew he was about to kiss her.

They walked down into the lounge and Katie showed him to the door. “See you at school tomorrow,” she said with a cute smile and the door slid closed in front of him. William was feeling giddy again and also like his heart was about to burst out of his chest.

It was official, he loved this girl after all.

*

Katie's 'Cat Treatment' went better the next day and Katie was able to control her urges when William was told to stroke her ears again. Although he was fully prepared for another hand humping he knew it was best that she didn't embarrass herself again. He also ran the assault course as promised and after a few runs he got a good, consistent, time. Katie was next and she exceeded every expectation. William's time may as well have been years compared to hers.

In her Cat Form Katie was a bundle of energy one minute and then ready to curl up and sleep the next. During a break Katie unashamedly rested her head on William's lap and snoozed while William just sat there awkwardly drinking from his water bottle as he stroked down her arm at Katie's own behest. After her quick catnap she was full of energy and bouncing on the walls again.

During all this, Luna took her notes and Chloe helped William look after Katie who was proving to be a handful. When she was finally reverted to normal they decided that one more round of testing would be needed once they rewrote the programming a little so that Katie wouldn't nap so much.

Tomorrow's tests involved stealth. At some point Management had requested some genuine soldiers to help with the stealth aspect of the 'Nanotherapy' as it was being called. Despite having no training in martial arts or stealth techniques, Katie was able to move from point A to B without a sound or even being caught after a few tries.

Last came some martial arts training by the same soldiers. A grizzled older man was selected for this part of the training, what with him being a hand-to-hand expert, and William was worried that Katie would feel intimidated by him.

“Hey kids,” he offered a small wave as he approached the room which had been covered in safety mats, “I was told I'm fighting this little lady?” Katie nodded and the older man stood with his arms folded. “You're brave being naked like this, you okay with it?”

“Don't worry about me sir, I'm fine,” Katie bounced on her feet excitedly as she spoke which was a complete one-eighty of her usual personality. The man then turned his attention to William, fixing him with a judgemental glare.

“You're her friend?” He asked and William nodded, now realising that he was the one who was intimidated, “You better keep being nice to her then.”

“William is the perfect gentleman,” Luna said from where she stood behind the man, “Can we get started, I'd like to send Katie home before it gets late.” The old soldier nodded and the next test began. At first the man was careful, seeing only a child in front of him, but when it became apparent that Katie was much faster and stronger than him due to her treatment he started taking it seriously.

William himself wasn't tall, maybe around 4 foot 9, but Katie was shorter than he was. Yet she was able to hold her own against a man who towered over them both. It was a strange sight. At one point he flipped Katie over his shoulder and climbed on top of the girl, pinning her to the floor by her shoulders.

Eventually he stopped pulling his punches and wasn't afraid to put his hands anywhere on her naked, young body if meant getting the upper hand. At one point he had her pinned by the chest, a single hand clasping at a budding breast while trying to grab both her feet with the other. Katie blushed, still hypersensitive to touch under her current treatment, and the soldier saw this. When Katie struggled to get free all he had to do was press his large thumb into tiny nipple and fumble around which caused the young girl to start to moaning, completely pacified her wild urges.

It seemed he had won, or at least found a flaw in the therapy. William wanted to stop the exercise at that point but Luna denied him. “Katie's fine, William,” he was assured, “If she was bothered by this she would have called stop, don't worry.”

William watched as Katie managed to raise her legs and kick the man off of her. He landed a few feet further that he aught to have and a look of glee was spread over his face as he got up. “Whatever you gave the kid, it's damned powerful stuff.”

Katie took advantage of his distraction and jumped kicked the man. He landed on his back again and Luna called for Katie to stop at that point. Luna called to stop this time as Katie stood over the man, grinning down at him as he clasped his stomach.

Katie offered a hand, which he took. “You okay kid?” he asked her, “Sorry about putting my hands on your boobies like that.”

“I dunno, it felt kinda good,” Katie purred invitingly at him, sticking her chest out as she approached him, “Maybe you aught to reward me?” William just sighed as Katie took the older man's hand in hers and made to move it between her legs. He quickly snatched her hand away, she was like a totally different person right now. The soldier took a tentative step back, a forced but altogether uncomfortable smile on his face.

“Sorry about her,” Luna stepped in, walking and talking as she deactivated the Nanobots, “She isn't usually like this.”

“No apology needed,” the man relaxed and ruffled Katie's short mop of hair who only hugged into hand with another high-pitched purr, “Look after yourself kiddo.” He took his leave, stopping only to slap William on the back which he took as a sign of respect. Katie was back to normal soon after and Luna told her she wouldn't be coming in over the weekend.

“We've put you through enough,” Luna told her despite Katie's assurance that she was fine, “We literally rewrote your genetic code three times in as many days, so I think it's best we wait and see if any side effects present themselves.”

“The others also need to work on the next experiment, make sure it's safe to use on you,” Chloe also explained, “Though it won't be anything like this again, not for a while at least.” Katie just accepted the situation. “I think I prefer a timid and safe little Katie over the excited, risk taking one.” Chloe pinched Katie's shoulder, who only giggled at the antic.

“One more thing,” Luna was speaking to William now, “We'd like you to work with Katie full time as her caretaker, you'll be in charge of making sure she's kept safe outside of the lab and tending to her general well-being.”

“You mean like I'm already doing?” William flashed a cheeky grin.

“I suppose,” Luna admitted, “But now you're getting paid, is all that okay?” William quickly accepted the offer, he was happy to do it if it meant he could be near Katie. Finally, the teenagers were allowed to leave.

“Tomorrow's Saturday,” Katie said as they walked towards their homes, “What do you wanna do?”

“You want to meet up?” Katie nodded, “We see each other every day though.”

“Well you're my caretaker now,” he was told, “You need to get used to having me around.”

“I suppose so,” he agreed, “Alright, shall we go to the Park?”

“Nah, too crowded,” Katie stopped to think, “I haven't gone swimming in a while?”

William liked the sound of that. “Same here actually,” he admitted, missing the days spent in the pool back on Earth. “Shall we meet there in the afternoon, say around one?”

“It's a date,” Katie said happily and walked towards her house. William was left standing in the middle of the street, a little stunned.

“It's a date,” he said to himself.

*

William got up early the next morning and showered. He made sure his hair was clean and that his junk didn't smell even if no one would really be seeing it. He then dug out his swimming trunks and put them on under his clothes. His mum noticed how chipper he was.

“You that excited about swimming with Katie?” she asked him during lunch, “You must really like her, or is it because she's naked?” William glared at the woman who only grinned wickedly back at him.

William left close to one and set off towards the Entertainment Complex. They had a lot of things like a cinema, library, museum and arcades but the pool was just about the only thing he hadn't seen yet. Katie was already waiting for him outside the pool. She looked nervous as a group of boys had approached her.

“You're kinda cute,” one boy said, an American, “Where you from?”

“Um-I was born here,” Katie said nervously. William had almost reached them when one of the boy's forced his hand between her legs. Katie squealed loudly at the sudden contact and the boys laughed cruelly at her reaction.

“I think she likes-” he didn't get to finish his sentence. William had charged at the group and punched the pervert hard on the cheek. Blood spluttered from his open mouth and a tooth came along with it.

“Holy shit,” said the American kid, “This dude's crazy!”

Katie stood back, a look of surprise on her face. Even though William hated violence, he was now Katie's caretaker and William was prepared to take that title very seriously even if it didn't actually mean punching people for her.

“Alright break it up!” Station Security had arrived, “You three boys come with me, we need to have a word about what you did to that girl.”

“What about that guy, he broke my friend's jaw?”

The boy was ignored. “Either you come willingly or I'll arrest you, understand?” The police on the station weren't like the ones on Earth, they were hired by a company and followed the Station's rules, not Earth's. The Officer gave William a thumbs up and a friendly wink before escorting the troublemakers away.

William felt someone grab his arm from behind and noticed that Katie had cuddled into him. “Thanks,” she said to him gratefully, “That was scary.”

“I'll protect you,” he said, almost sounding heroic, “It's my job right?”

“Not like that,” Katie said with a giggle, “But I'm still glad that you did it.”

William laughed with her. They must have been quite the sight, a naked girl laughing as she held onto a boys arm. “It's nice to see her laughing,” William told himself as Katie went ahead of him into the pool. While William got changed, Katie stood outside his cubicle door seeing as she had no clothes or swimsuit to begin with.

William stripped down to his swimming trunks quickly but then an urge came over him. He slipped out of them and kicked them off his feet so that he was totally naked. His body was quite thin, not very athletic but well looked after. He still quite hairless on top of that.

William wondered if he could ever do what Katie had agreed to do, however even standing in this small cubicle he felt exposed. He debated whether to open the door and pull Katie in, to even the playing field and let her see him naked for a change.

“Hey, you're taking a while you okay?” Katie said on the other side of the door. He had forgotten that she was waiting for him, not having to change into a bathing suit herself after all. William looked at the gap under the door and saw her bare feet, wondering if he should just pull her in after all.

This thought caused a reaction and his penis begun to rise. He wasn't one for measuring his penis though he could fit in his hand quite easily when it was erect and the tip would still poke out. He grasped a hold of his erect member, pumping it a few times before willing himself to stop.

Shaking his head of silly ideas, William slipped back into his swimming trunks and exited the cubicle. Katie eyed his toned chest and flat stomach, blushing a little. “Really, you're being shy?” he said with a grin and Katie slapped his arm playfully.

They spent the afternoon playing in the water and despite not being totally naked himself, it was a lot easier to act more natural around her like this. At one point they were sitting by the edge of pool to catch their breaths. Katie eyed between William's legs who also noticed that his swimming trunks had gone a little sheer although apart from some pinkness, nothing could really be seen.

“You okay?” he asked, not really sure why.

“Yeah,” she said quickly and looked away, “You?”

He wanted to say, “I'm happy because I'm with you,” but the love struck teenager could only mumble, “I'm fine,” back. Katie put a hand on William's knee and began to stroke it with her thumb. It was random but nice and the two teenagers ended up sitting there for a good few minutes before slipping back into the water.

They spent a good two hours playing before tiring out. William got his towel and went into a cubicle but before he could close the door Katie slipped in with him. “What are you doing Katie?” William asked. Katie closed and locked the door before turning to face him.

Katie had that same pleading look she gave him before humping his hand the first time she was altered to be more catlike. “I want you to dry me,” she almost mumbled, offering William her towel.

“What?” William had heard but it was a strange request.

“I-I don't know why but I want you to touch me a little,” she then admitted, “I like it when you stroke my skin, it calms me and you're always so gentle.” Katie looked ready to explode from embarrassment.

“Oh,” William swallowed hard, unsure of how to react. He didn't know whether to refuse or cheer for joy but instead he settled on maintaining the persona of the calm and trustworthy friend he actually was even if he didn't feel like it after admitting to himself that he was falling for her.

“I don't think so,” he told her, “What if this is the Nanotherapy, I was told not to take advantage of you, remember?”

Katie didn't reply, instead she just took his hands in hers and stared into his eyes. “It's fine,” she urged softly, “This is all me, no Nanobots.” Katie placed the towel in his hand. William looked into her vibrant blue eyes and saw some something there that his young mind didn't really recognise.

It was love.

William, despite not knowing this, took the towel and ran it down her shoulders and arms first, only slightly hoping she would chicken out and stop him. However, instead she stood with her arms stretched out to her side so William could do her back before wrapping the towel around her waist and running both hands down her side and narrow hips before reaching her legs. He knew his face was close to her sex though he did his best not to look and just focused on drying her legs and feet.

Katie was completely hairless and even though his hands were covered by the towel, her skin still felt smooth with how easy it moved across her slightly boyish body.

William swallowed hard when he ran the towel down her fleshy backside and finally he very, very gently ran the towel between her legs a couple of times before standing up again. He made sure to look her in the eyes as he dried her slightly bumpy chest and William noticed how red Katie was from his touch.

With every ounce of self-control William put the towel down and reached for his own. His hands didn't reach his towel however as Katie had taken a hold of them and placed them flat on her budding breasts. William tried to be a gentleman and move his hands but Katie held them in place tightly.

“You don't need to do this,” William told her, already feeling himself giving in to her girlish charm. While he would never take advantage of Katie, he couldn't lie to himself that touching her had been on his mind since he first saw her.

“It's fine,” she told him once again. Katie began to lean towards him, lips puckered, and William’s heart began hammering in his chest.

Their lips met and William couldn't resist any more. He moved his hands down to her bottom and began to gently caress the silky smooth skin in his hands. Katie let out a small moan and put her arms around William so the two teenagers shared a warm, though rather damp, hug as they continued to kiss.

Eventually they separated and Katie looked up at him with a pleasant smile. “That was nice,” she told him, “Really nice.” Katie then got down on her knees, her cheeks rosy red, and gently pulled down William's swimming trunks.

“Say, uh, can I see it?” Katie asked just short of exposing him. William wanted to deny her but the idea only struck him as selfish. He had seen her naked every day he had known her and right now she had allowed him to get as close as lovers.

“Okay,” he managed to say, clenching his fists tightly. Katie slid the wet swimming attire down the rest of the way, past his hips and then releasing them so that they fell to his feet. Katie eyed his member with curiosity, not a hint of lust in her eyes. He trembled slightly as she reached out to touch it and the feel of her soft skin on his sensitive manhood caused his penis to twitch.

Katie gasped slightly, giggling afterwards. “It's so warm,” she stated as she ran her finger along the top, “That's the blood going to it, right?” William nodded, unsure if speaking was a good idea. “Say,” Katie mused, “Since I used your hand to get off, maybe I'll let you use mine?”

A knock on the cubicle door startled the pair. To make matters worse it clicked open a second later.

“Hey kids,” Chloe stood before the now two naked teenagers in her lab coat., “Luna sent me.”

“Sorry,” she told them with an apologetic smile, “But I have to tell you two to stop that.” The two teenagers blushed, realising that the cameras on Katie's collar had caught every moment of their kiss and the touching before and after that. Chloe eyed William between the legs, smiling slightly at his boner. “Not bad kiddo, might wanna cover up a wee bit though?”

William scrambled to grab his towel, knowing that his butt was on full display once he turned around, and covered himself with it. Katie was the first to speak. “It was my idea,” she told Chloe who waved her statement away.

“Don't worry,” she assured the youth, “You're not in trouble, we just wanted to make sure you didn't end up doing anything you'd regret.” Chloe eyed up William again, “Go get changed stud, I'll buy us all dinner.” Chloe pulled Katie towards her and held her with hands on the girl's narrow hips. “You stay with me young lady, you've teased that poor boy enough.” Katie laughed loudly as Chloe commenced a tickle attack on the naked girl.

The evening turned out to be rather pleasant and after a nice meal they all walked back to their homes. Katie kissed William on the cheek one last time before going back to her lonely little house and Chloe hugged him goodnight.

“Be good to her or you'll have to go through me,” she had said into his ear, then kissed him on the cheek as well, “You make a cute couple though.”

William stared at the floor, dumbstruck about the days events.

And, to top it all off, Katie was now his girlfriend...

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Chapter Five: A day without William

Katie sat, alone, in the lounge as she ate her breakfast. Today was set to be a lonely day, William had told her yesterday after school that he needed to stay in and study and encouraged Katie to do the same but it was Saturday, today she just wanted to relax after having her body be put through test after test, even if they were mostly fun.

That fateful Saturday a few weeks back had been wonderful. Katie had finally worked up the courage to kiss William, she had even let him touch her. Katie had come to enjoy being touched in small ways, it doesn’t even have to be sexual but the feeling of someone else’s warm hand on her bare skin was wonderful. She blamed her Varntian blood, they have incredibly sensitive skin.

Her mind raced with the image of William's penis as well. She knew him well enough to understand that he was only thinking of her when he did it and that, in his mind, he was bringing a little balance to their friendship turned romance.

The naked girl put her empty cereal bowl on the floor and sprawled out on the sofa, letting the feeling of the fabric caress her bare skin. Being naked all the time had really made it hard not to enjoy these small things. Katie wanted William to touch her again, to kiss her the way he had at the pool.

She felt horny now but the cameras on her collar were a huge deterrent towards relieving herself. At the lab they had a security officer keeping an eye on the monitor that her cameras fed into which meant she had no privacy. The Officer wasn't a woman either which only made her exposure that much more embarrassing.

Loneliness suddenly gripped Katie as she thought of William, she just wanted to be close to someone again. Her eyes drifted over to a family photo of Katie and her parents which only made that lonely feeling worse. The day of the lab fire rushed back, along with every horrible emotion she felt upon learning about her parents death from the school headmaster.

Katie decided to go out, maybe she'd find something to pass the time in the Entertainment Complex. The initial humiliation of being naked in the Community Sector of the Station was gone now, mainly thanks to William's kind encouragement, but she still got the odd stare from grown-ups who clearly disapproved of her state of undress.

Lost in thoughts about her family, Katie found herself outside the elevator to the labs from the Shopping District by force of habit. This elevator was the most direct route to the team she worked for. Katie decided to just go down to them, she had nothing else to do and Katie reasoned that she could do with seeing a familiar face or two.

The lab was surprisingly empty, though Katie reasoned that it was because it was a Saturday. Chloe was their however along with a few others. Chloe noticed Katie and waved her over with her usual friendly smile. “Hello Katie,” the Scottish woman said happily, embracing the naked teenager affectionately, “You okay sweetheart, you look a little blue?”

“I got a little lonely at home,” Katie admitted, rested her head against Chloe's chest as the woman hugged her, “Is there anything I can do?” Chloe had been great since her parents died. Even before the fire Chloe was something of an Aunt to her, being best friends with her mother after all.

“Funny you should ask,” Chloe released Katie and picked up a folder. She handed it to Katie for her to read, “We just finished approving a short test for body modification, honestly I was going to test this one on myself but seeing as you're so petite, I reckon any change will be more noticeable on you.”

Katie didn't understand why being petite was a benefit though she soon would. The girl read through the document and was surprised to find she wouldn't be growing any animal parts but there was still one thing that would be growing. “You want to make my boobs bigger?” Katie blushed at the idea of having bigger boobs.

“It can't be permanent,” Chloe explained, “People would ask questions you see.” Katie nodded her understanding, “It's nothing compared to what we've done before, in theory.” A lot of things were 'In Theory', Katie thought. Regardless, she gave her consent and Chloe led her into a test chamber. “We'll also turn off your collar cameras,” Chloe said and used her communicator to kill the feed.

Chloe drew the blinds and Katie began to feel uneasy due to the fact that her camera feed had been killed. “Where's Luna?” she asked nervously.

“She's at a meeting,” Chloe replied, “She won't be back until later.”

“Did she approve this?”

Chloe grinned, “I keep forgetting how clever you are,” Chloe decided to come clean, “This is more of a side project of mine so no, Luna doesn't need to approve this one since it's my project.” Chloe patted Katie's shoulder, “Don't worry dear, I wouldn't do anything dangerous to you on purpose.”

“Then why kill the feed?” Katie then asked.

“This one's a little more risqué than what we usually do, you can even call it more sexual,” Chloe explained, “Again don't worry, you'll probably even enjoy this.”

Katie was made to lie down and Chloe administered the Nanobots via injection. All too quickly Katie's chest began to feel heavy once they were activated. The naked girl was stunned as she watched her near flat chest grow into a healthy B-cup. Chloe crouched down beside the girl and took one of her breasts into a gloved hand, weighing them in her palm.

“Nice and firm,” she stated with a smile, “Did it hurt when they grew?”

“No, didn't feel a thing,” Katie took her other newly grown breast into her hand and felt even more naked for the extra curves, “This is so weird.”

“Okay, now we need to do some response tests,” Chloe let go of Katie's breast, “To be clear, I'm going to be stimulating your breasts in a variety of ways to see if they still illicit any sexual reactions.” Katie blushed and Chloe laughed. “Don't worry about the way your body reacts, if you get wet or even orgasm then it just means the treatment worked correctly.”

Katie nodded her approval and Chloe got to work. First she took the girl's nipples between the thumb and index fingers of both her hands and gently squeezed. Katie squeaked as the pleasurable sensations racked her already hypersensitive body. Next Chloe twisted them which caused Katie to stiffen her legs right down to her toes.

“How does it feel?” Chloe asked, who knew the answer but enjoyed making the naked test subject uncomfortable. It was a little mean but also quite delicious.

“It feels nice,” Katie said truthfully, knowing that only an honest answer would be accepted during testing.

“Be more precise please,” Chloe twisted her nipples a little harder, “What part of felt nice?”

“When-when you twisted my nipples,” Katie squealed as she breathed heavily, her boobs bouncing invitingly, “Also when you squeezed them.”

“Oh?” Chloe leaned in close to Katie, the older woman was red in the cheeks and was beginning to feel aroused herself. “What did you like more?”

Katie's blushed deepened. “The twisting,” she mumbled quietly. Chloe released the child's nipples and removed her gloves. Without a word the grown woman bent over and took a nipple into her mouth. Katie covered her mouth to stifle a scream and heard Chloe laugh wickedly. The woman's ministrations were driving the already aroused teenager closer to the edge. Katie had a feeling Chloe was seriously enjoying this. Any other child might have been scared.

Chloe bit down gently on Katie's nipple and flicked it with her tongue between her teeth. Katie began to rub her legs together, unconsciously stimulating her already wet vagina. “Are you horny?” Chloe asked. Katie could only nod, “Good, I guess that means the test worked,” Chloe moved her head to be level with Katie's.

Chloe leaned in and kissed Katie full on the lips. The teenager felt a rush of emotions, all complex and powerful. She deeply enjoyed kissed Chloe, she realised, and melted at the older woman's touch. Chloe ended the exchange and a naughty grin spread across her face. “How about a reward for being such a good subject, hm?”

Before the girl could stop Chloe, a hand had snaked its way down her stomach and between her legs, forcing them apart slightly. Katie knew she should stop her, that this was way beyond testing, but her lust won out. Chloe began to expertly massage Katie's clit without even looking at it and Katie let out another series of muffled moans and squeals.

“It's okay to orgasm here, Katie,” Chloe encouraged the naked child, “You're allowed to, go on.” She returned to teasing Katie's nipple with her mouth.

Katie came hard. Her orgasm caused the girl to shake and Chloe only increased her assault during it. When she was done, Katie could only pant and try to catch her breath, she had needed that. While she was out of it, Chloe undid the changes and watched with some displeasure as the girl's chest shrunk back to normal.

Chloe was horny as well now but the chance to relieve herself eluded her when Luna returned and was looking for Chloe. The Varntian entered the testing chamber and first saw the naked Katie with a puddle of girl juice between her legs and the very hot and bothered Chloe towering over the naked youth.

Chloe smiled at Luna who simply smiled back. “Side project?” she simply asked and Chloe nodded, “So I take it she passed?” Chloe nodded again and approached Luna, closing the door so that no one could see inside. “Did you bring her to orgasm?”

“As any good scientist should with a willing test subject,” Chloe knew that was a load of bull. “Plastic surgery may take an interesting turn by the way,” she told her boss. Chloe fumbled with Luna’s collar and teasingly leaned in just short of kissing the Varntian.

Luna got the message and wrapped her arms around her lover. “I know how much you've wanted to do that for her, you Humans are so wonderfully dirty,” she kissed Chloe on the lips, “It’s probably why I love you so much.”

“I know,” Chloe kissed her back, “Why don't we go home, spend the day in, nothings happening until Monday really?”

Luna bit her lip and looked at the barely conscious Katie. “We should take her with us,” she said and Chloe grinned, “Not into our bed, we'll let her rest in a spare room so that we can observe any side effects.” Chloe was happy to clean Katie up before taking the dozy little girl into her arms. Once home she gently lay the now sleeping Katie into a bed and followed her partner into their shared room.

*

Katie awoke to joyous laughter so loud that the walls between the rooms couldn't dull it out. At first Katie thought she recognised where she was, what with the houses all having the same layout, but it quickly donned on her that she wasn't actually home. Confused, the groggy girl left the bedroom and wandered into the hallway.

The laughter grew louder and the teenager's curiosity grew with it. She found the door to the room and gently opened it, sneaking a peak inside. Luna and Chloe were making love and in surprise, Katie threw herself away from the door but tripped, making a loud bang as her bottom hit the wooden floor. She had no idea either of them were in a relationship.

Katie heard voices after the laughing stopped and quickly got to her feet. Luna opened the door, naked as the day she was born, and spotted Katie. “Thought so,” she said with a smile, “Did we wake you my dear?”

Katie blushed at the full-frontal nudity on display. Like her, this tall Varntian had absolutely no body-hair. Katie was always told that it was a typical Varntian trait, even for someone of mixed blood.

“Is she blushing?” Katie heard Chloe call from the bed, “I love it when she does that.”

“Indeed she is my love,” Luna took Katie by the hand and led her inside, “No need to be embarrassed Katie, we're all women here.” Katie wasn't gay and didn't feel any particular lust for Luna or Chloe now. Earlier she had just been coaxed by her own pent-up sexual frustration but now, she felt next to nothing. She couldn’t deny that both women were very pretty however.

“Sorry if I went too far back at the lab Katie,” Chloe was lying on her front, her bare butt and back exposed, “I hope I didn't take advantage of you?” Chloe got up and moved beside Katie, giving her a kind look.

“You didn't,” Katie told her kindly. She was unsure of where to actually look being surrounded by all this beautiful female flesh.

Katie then allowed herself to be carried onto the bed where she sat between the two naked women who had no qualms about holding her. “Also, sorry for the noise,” Chloe added as she cuddled Katie.

“It was nice to wake up to noise for a change,” Katie admitted, “I thought mum and dad were downstairs or something.” Chloe gave her a sympathetic look.

“Still hard living alone?” Chloe probed and Katie nodded.

“I still miss them,” Katie said, suddenly feeling emotional. Chloe took the girl, letting her cry into her chest. The room fell silent save for Katie's sobbing, the feeling of joy being doused by the harsh reminder that she was alone in her own home was too much for the emotional teenager.

Chloe stroked her back softly while Luna simply observed. “You could always stay with us?” Chloe suddenly said which caused Katie to look up at the adult with hopeful eyes. Luna cleared her throat to grab their attention however.

“That's not ethical,” Luna told the pair, “What with her being our test subject, I don't want her to feel like she's only ever working,” she gave Katie a reassuring smile, “As it is, I’ve actually been considering your housing arrangements of late.”

*

William sat at home with his mum after a good while of studying when a buzz came from the door and William went to see who it was. A delighted smile spread over his face when Katie greeted him. “Hello,” she said and waved at William's mum as well. William wasted no time in hugging her tightly and Katie hummed happily in his arms, glad to be held by the boy she had fallen for.

They walked inside after Luna who had simply let herself in. They all sat down at the Varntian's behest, William's mother included. William gave Katie a confused look who smiled back at him.

“She dragged me here,” Katie whispered, “I think I know why though.”

Luna began to speak before Katie could explain further. “A few weeks ago, Katie was almost molested in public if not for young William's intervention,” she told the room although this wasn't old news, “There's really no point in denying that it's because Katie is naked all the time right now, so my team and myself are to blame more than anyone.”

“To that end we'd like to ask a favour of you Mrs. Innis,” Luna looked at Pat in the eyes, “We would appreciate it if you let Katie move into your home and live with your family.”

Pat’s eyes went wide but before she could rebuke, Luna kept on going. “Katie lives alone, all by herself,” Luna continued to explain, “I can’t imagine how lonely that must be for a little girl, especially one going through puberty on top of her current contractual obligations.” Luna looked deadly serious, her eyes shone with determination as she spoke to William’s mum. “On top of that, her contract demands a high level of vulnerability on her part which makes it dangerous for Katie to go out by herself for fear of further molestation, rape or worse.”

Luna got on her knees and bowed. When a Varntian prostrated themselves like this it meant they were pleading desperately regardless of personal pride and to such a noble people, pride was everything. “Please look after Katie, it would ease my worries and allow her to be safer and happier.” William looked at Katie who was grinning happily at the proposal. Pat, who was right in the middle of all this, looked dumbstruck.

“We’ll also compensate you,” Luna added, “And-“

“When can she move in?” Pat looked at Katie and smiled, “Truth be told, as much as I love my son I always did want a daughter too.” William was more than surprised at her ready acceptance. The two had met, obviously, but they didn't really know one another well. Still, she was willing to take her in.

Katie couldn't help throwing herself at Pat who wrapped the happy teenager into a tight hug. “Settle down sweetheart,” she chuckled softly, “You really were lonely weren’t you?” Katie happily nuzzled into William’s mother.

William watched in silence as Luna got up and left without a word to anyone though, judging by her smile, he knew she was pleased with the outcome. What had just happened begun to truly sink in, he felt truly happy that Katie would be staying with them. He wanted to hug Katie now too but seeing his mother coddle the suddenly emotional child told him that interrupting would be heartless.

Instead, he just sat back and counted his blessings, today had been so boring up until now...

[THE END]

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