Chapter 4

I'm looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

Henry Ford

Reggie Carson sat in the lobby of the Rosen Centre Hotel anxiously waiting to meet his team-mates. Although he had spent countless hours connected to them over the internet he had yet to meet any of them in person. He knew that Kitten's real name was Sophia Santini and that Hawk's real name was Aaron Sperry. Reggie looked at his watch again only to find that he was still early. He was never early for anything, but his mom had been fussing over him in the hotel room and he needed to get away. Reggie started to check his watch again when he noticed a woman moving toward him. She was dark haired and stocky (what his mom called "big boned") and was wearing shorts, flip flops, and see-through halter top that really showed off the large, dark areolas on her firm D-cup tits. She wasn't pretty but she had one of those faces that you never really get tired of looking at. Reggie stood up as she approached.

"Are you Reggie?" she asked.

Reggie nodded.

"Gosh, it's so great to meet you. I'm Sophia, but I would rather you call me Kitten." She said.

Before Reggie could answer she grabbed him and pulled him into an intense kiss. Reggie had never kissed any girl outside his family and Kitten completely caught him off guard. Kitten grabbed his ass and squeezed and when Reggie gasped her tongue forced its way into his mouth. For the first time in his life Reggie could feel a pair of hard nipples pressing into his chest and his cock began to swell. Just as he was starting to get into the kiss Kitten pushed him away.

"No wonder your call sign is "Viper", Sophia said, "I felt that snake in your pants."

Reggie blushed and started to apologize but Kitten silenced him with a finger to his lips.

"Shhh. No apology needed. I wanted to kiss you. I feel like I've known you and Hawk all my life. If you want to, we are going to get to know each other a whole lot better." Sophie said as she ran her hand over Reggie's hard dick.

"I'd like that." Reggie managed to stammer.

Sophia gave him another kiss on the cheek and pulled him down with her onto the lobby sofa.

"Tell me all about you." Sophia said.

Aaron Sperry sat by himself in the hotel lounge nursing a beer and waiting for it to be time to meet his gunners. Aaron was thinking about the start of the tournament tomorrow when he noticed that a voice at a table behind him was getting louder and more excited. Aaron wasn't usually nosey but this conversation caught his interest.

"After you guys bought it in the canyon we double teamed them." A female voice said. "Me and the boys got behind Hawk and he went in low and we stayed high. When them dickheads started shooting at Hawk we blasted them off the sides of the canyon. It was beautiful."

Aaron turned around to look at the people seated behind him. There was one girl about 15 or 16 years old sitting with three teenage boys. The girl was wearing a dress at least two sizes too big for her. The boys were all dressed in jeans and t-shirts. The oldest had a green Mohawk and several piercings in his lips, eyebrows and ears. Aaron drained the rest of his beer and made his way over to the table. The four of them looked up as Aaron approached.

"BatGirl. I presume." Aaron said to the girl.

"That's me." Tiffany replied. "Who are you?"

"I'm Aaron, but you know me as Hawk." He replied.

"We were wondering if you would be here. I'm Tiffany and these bozos are Taz and Bingo." She said as she motioned toward the teens without mohawks.

"We are also known from time to time as Tim and Corey." Taz said. "I'm Tim."

"And this vision in green hair is Fish, also known as Chuck." Corey added.

"Rough break the other night. None of us would have thought the Sa'arm would climb up the canyon." Aaron said to Fish.

"Shit happens. We came back the next night and did some serious damage. Got to hit some armored vehicles." Fish replied. "I've got to go, I'm meeting the guys for dinner and then we're heading over to the convention center to register and check out our gear. See ya in the morning."

"I've got to go too," said Aaron. "I still have to meet my team in the lobby."

"We'll walk out with you." Tiffany said. "I'd like to meet your gunners."

Reggie had just started to tell Kitten about losing his dad when four people approached. There was a girl dressed like a librarian, two boys and an older man. Reggie figured that one of the boys must be Aaron and he had come to Orlando with his dad and siblings. Reggie noticed that the man walked with a significant limp. Kitten and Reggie stood as they stopped in front of them.

"Are you Kitten and Viper?" The man asked.

"Yes." They answered in unison.

"Glad to finally meet you. I'm Hawk, but you can call me Aaron." Aaron replied.

Sophia jumped up and gave Aaron a passionate hug and kiss while Reggie just stood there with a stupid look on his face. When Sophia finally let go, Aaron said, "What's the matter Reggie? You didn't think an old fart like me would play video games. Did you?"

"No. I mean...you're old and crippled. I thought one of these guys was Hawk and you were his dad." Reggie blurted. He immediately turned bright red as he realized how rude he had been. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"That's OK Reggie. I'm a little old for video games but, then again, I never really grew up." Aaron said with a smile.

"So, who are your friends?" Sophia asked.

"I'm sorry. This is BatGirl, Taz and Bingo. I met them in the lounge. They're on their way over to register and they wanted to meet you." Aaron replied.

"Oh wow, so cool!" Sophia said. "You guys are really good."

"Nice to meet you." Reggie added.

Sophia gave each of them a big hug with kisses for Taz and Bingo. They were both grinning from ear to ear when she finished.

"We're headed over to the convention center." Bingo said with his eyes fixed on Sophia's chest. "Want to come with us to register?"

Reggie, Aaron and Sophia all looked each other then shrugged their shoulders.

"We might as well." Aaron replied, "We have to do it anyway."

"Yeah, let's go." Reggie said.

Sophia grabbed Tiffany's arm and began leading her to the door. The guys turned to follow and they could already hear Sophia chatting with Tiffany. "Sweetie, we've got to go shopping. You simply can't wear that stuffy dress in Florida. I saw the cutest little shop on my way..."

"So. How did you get that limp Hawk?" Taz asked as they left the hotel.

"I used to be a fireman." Aaron told them. "We were fighting a house fire one night and we didn't know that the fire had gotten all the way up to the attic. The roof fell in and took me with it. I fell all the way through the attic and into a bedroom. On the way down I broke both legs and shattered my right knee. I've had five surgeries. The doctors tell me it'll never be right again."

"Man, that sucks." Reggie said.

"It's not so bad." Aaron replied. "I got a full disability retirement from the department. And best of all, I've got a lot of time on my hands for goofing around."

The six contestants entered the conference center and registered in just a few minutes. After finishing, they all discovered that they would be competing in Hall C. As they passed Hall A, Fish walked out of the room and saw them. "Dudes, you ain't gonna believe the shit they got set up for us." Fish said.

"What?" Tiffany asked.

"You'll have to see for yourselves." Fish replied, a small smirk on his face as he walked toward the exit.

Anticipation of the unknown put a new quickness into their steps as they approached Hall C. All six of them stopped dead in their tracks in astonishment as they opened the door. At the front of the room 20 huge computer monitors where mounted on a frame, five monitors across and four down. They couldn't tell what size the monitors were but they appeared to be at least 10 ft wide by 6 ft high. On the floor in front of the screen were 20 contraptions arranged in four rows of five. Each one looked like the nose of a boxy airplane. Behind them were rows of bleachers set up so that spectators could watch the monitors at the front of the room.

"Oh my God!" Reggie said. "We are going to be in simulators. How cool is this?"

"This is the coolest thing I've ever seen." Kitten replied. "I wonder which one is ours."

"Your names are already on the simulators." A voice said from beside them.

The competitors all turned to see a young red haired woman wearing a polo shirt with a Vidtronics logo. Vidtronics was the company that produced SAAP.

"If y'all will just find your simulator a technician will be by to help you get fitted and make adjustments to your controls. If you have any questions just find me, I'm the coordinator for Hall C. If you can't find me ask anyone with a Vidtronics shirt to find Wanda."

The two teams of competitors scattered to find their simulators. After a few seconds Kitten yelled out, "We're over here!"

Alan and Reggie wandered over to a simulator in the third row to join Kitten. The simulator was plastic on the outside with two small doors on each side near the front and a sliding canopy at the top rear. On the left side door was a stencil that read '2nd Lieutenant Reggie "Viper" Carlson'. The right side door read '2nd Lieutenant Sophia "Kitten" Santini and the canopy cover read "1st Lieutenant Aaron "Hawk" Sperry. While they were admiring the simulator, a technician in a Vidtronics shirt approached them.

"Are you ready to get fitted?" he asked.

"Absolutely!" Reggie said, his face beaming.

"Ladies first." Quipped Sophia as she headed for the right side door.

The technician opened the door revealing a small cockpit area. Sophia could see that there were video screens in front of and to the side of the gunner's seat as well as a video screen in the now open door. The cockpit was open at head height to an identical cockpit space on the other side.

"OK, we have two things for you to do tonight. We need to adjust your couch to fit you. You may be in here for up to three hours at a time during the competition so you need to be comfortable. We also need to configure your gunnery station to your preferences. Do you prefer a joystick or a video game controller?" The technician asked.

"Joystick."

"Are you right or left handed?"

"Left handed." Sophia replied.

The technician opened a small compartment at the base of the simulator and pulled out a contraption that looked like a high tech office chair arm-rest. He plugged a wiring harness into a socket in the side of the cockpit and tightened the armrest in place to the left of the chair.

"Do you have a preference for the model or brand of joystick you use?"

"I prefer the Blaster 3XL." Sophia replied.

"All right, I'll be right back with it. Why don't you climb in and see how the couch fits." He said as he started towards the back of Hall C.

Sophia climbed in and got comfortable. Reggie and Aaron both tried to cram themselves in the door to look around. Before they managed to hurt themselves pushing and shoving, the technician was back with Sophia's joystick. The technician installed her joystick then spent about ten minutes helping her adjust her couch and armrests so that she would be comfortable. He went over the controls with her. Lastly he gave her a booklet to study that showed the locations of all the switches and toggles so she could memorize them before the tournament started. Sophia was used to switching things on and off with a keyboard so she needed to know where the buttons were now located.

The technician put Reggie through the same procedure except that Reggie preferred to use a video game controller for his weapons so the technician installed a flexible stalk in the cockpit between Reggie's legs that put the controller in his hands in front of him.

Fitting Aaron to the pilot's seat took much longer because the technician had to make some adjustments to the foot pedals because of Aaron's bad knee. Eventually they were able to adjust it where it wouldn't bother him much and he could actuate the foot pedals easily. Once they were all fitted the technician loaded up a five minute info program that showed them about the various video screens and controls.

The Swift simulator was set up almost exactly like its real-life counterpart. The gunners had their targeting screens directly in front of them. The view from this screen comes from the optics associated with the BLiPP gun. Where ever you point the BLiPP, that's what you see. Weapons data was shown on this screen as well. To each side of the gunners there were video screens that represented windows which would give them a view of the outside of the aircraft.

The pilot's cockpit was above and behind the gunners. The pilot has a small canopy to look through to the front and sides and the simulator represented these with video screens as well. Rear views and downward views could be brought up on a separate screen and on the real Swift are provided by video cameras mounted in the fuselage. The front screen also had a heads up display or HUD. Unlike the fighter aircraft of Earth the Swift's HUD displays only navigational data. The pilot in a Swift flies the plane, the gunners handle all the weapons.

Sophia, Reggie and Aaron thanked the technician and started for the door of Hall C. Wanda, the supervisor that had greeted them earlier, stopped them on their way out.

"Do y'all have any questions?" The pretty redhead asked in a sweet southern drawl.

"Would you like join us for dinner?" Aaron asked, giving her his best lady-killer grin.

"I can't tonight." She replied.

"Raincheck?"

"We'll see. Do y'all have any questions about the competition or your equipment?" She asked.

"What's our schedule like tomorrow?" asked Sophia.

"Free flight is tomorrow from 9:00 AM until noon. Y'all will get a chance to get a feel for the simulators, run through some landings, dockings and weapons runs. This will not be scored. After lunch there will be another 2-hour free flight period. If y'all have any issues with your simulator or other equipment please coordinate with your technician to work out the bugs. There will be a break in the afternoon and we will have our first scored sorties after dinner beginning at 7:00 PM. All teams will fly one solo mission tomorrow night." Wanda told them.

"What about the next three days?" Aaron asked.

"I can't give you any specifics other than to tell you that y'all will fly three missions a day of up to three hours duration. The scenarios will get more difficult each day. A running score of all the teams will be posted after each mission." She replied. "Oh, by the way, Hall C is the Champions hall. The top-twenty teams fly here. You are starting here based on your entry scores from the web based game. If you fall out of the top twenty, you and your simulator will be moved into either Hall A or B."

"So, we have at least three days to get that dinner in, right?" Aaron asked.

"We'll see." Wanda laughed. "Shouldn't you be concentrating on the competition?"

"Yeah, but I can't do that all the time. I think I can make some time for other types of recreation while I'm here." Aaron replied with a wink.

Wanda leaned over and whispered to him, "You couldn't handle me, big boy."

"Is that a challenge?" Aaron whispered back.

Wanda's only reply was to raise an eyebrow and smile a naughty little smile back at him.

After dinner, Sophia, Reggie and Aaron returned to the hotel and went up to Aaron's room to talk about the next day's competition. Reggie called his mom and told her where he was and that he'd be back to their room before midnight. The three of them sat around talking until 9:00 PM. Because they didn't yet know what to expect there wasn't much they could do to pre-plan. Sophia and Reggie said their goodnights to Aaron and headed for the elevator.

"What floor are you staying on?" Sophia asked Reggie.

"Fourth floor. My mom doesn't like heights and that was the lowest floor they had available. What floor are you on?"

"Fourteen. I can see SeaWorld from my room." She replied.

"That's cool. I think my mom is taking my little sister there tomorrow and Disney the next day. They plan on being here for the competition the last two days to watch."

"Come on up and you can see the view. Besides, you wouldn't let a lady walk around unescorted. Would you?" Sophia teased.

"Of course not!" Reggie said with an exaggerated bow. "Would you allow me to escort you to your accommodations milady?

"How thoughtful of you!" Sophia exclaimed with a laugh as she took his arm and led him into the elevator.

Sophia and Reggie arrived at her room and she used her key card to open the door.

"There's the balcony. You can see SeaWorld to the right. I'll be right out." She said as she closed the bathroom door.

Reggie opened the sliding glass door and looked out over the Orlando area. International Drive was filled with cars and he could see SeaWorld all lit up in the distance.

"How's the view?" Sophia called from the bedroom.

"Great." Reggie called back.

"It's better in here." She replied.

Reggie turned back towards the room and immediately lost his breath. Sophia was draped across the bed, naked from head to toe. Her firm breasts cast shadows across her stomach in the light from the lamp on the nightstand. She had let her hair down to flow over her shoulders and one of her hands was making small motions in the shadowy area between her thighs. Sophia beckoned him forward.

"Come here Viper." She purred. "I haven't been able to stop thinking about the snake I felt earlier tonight."

"Sophia, I've never..."

"Shhh. I know. Come here and trust me." She said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the bed. "And call me Kitten."

Reggie lay back on the bed and let Kitten take over. She quickly pulled his jeans and boxers off, exposing his cock to the cool air of the room.

"Very nice!" Must be at least 7 inches, right?" she asked.

"7 and a half." Reggie replied proudly.

"And no other girl had found this thing yet?"

"I don't get out much." Reggie replied, embarrassed.

"That's OK, Kitten knows what to do with it. You sit back and relax." Kitten told him.

Reggie lay back on the pillows as Sophia curled up next to him. She grabbed him gently with her left hand and began to slowly stroke him, stopping to rub the palm of her hand softly over the head of his cock. Not more than 30 seconds after she started Reggie said. "I can't hold it!"

Before Reggie could blow his wad, Sophia quickly engulfed his cock with her mouth and began to suck. Reggie unloaded spurt after spurt of cum into her mouth, spurts that she swallowed as fast as he could deliver them. After 7 strong jets his cock began to go flaccid. Sophia sucked him gently for another minute, finally releasing his cock from her mouth with a pop. Reggie's wet and glistening cock flopped half-hard onto his stomach.

"Wow! That was a lot, Viper. Your venom sure is tasty." Sophia said, licking her lips.

"That was incredible Kitten." He replied. "Jacking off never felt like that."

"We're just getting started, honey." Sophia replied as she pulled him into a passionate kiss. "Now it's your turn. I'm going to teach you everything you need to know, and then some."

Reggie left Sophia's room at 11:45 and wandered back toward his own room in a daze. Sophia had rocked his world up and down and from side to side. She had taught him how to handle her breasts and what to do with her nipples. Sophia had coaxed him into licking her pussy and after a bit of trepidation on Reggie's part he had taken to it with a passion. After several orgasms brought on by Reggie's awkward, but enthusiastic, tongue, she introduced the boy to the joys of making love. Even though Reggie had already cum it didn't take him long to empty his balls deep inside her womb. Reggie had more sex in two hours than he had ever imagined was possible and Sophia had told him they were just getting started.

"This is starting out to be a hell of a trip." Reggie thought to himself as he entered his hotel room.