“My eggs have come down,” Freda informed Sysko one day as they traveled the far reaches of the galaxy in search of the cyborg home world. No one knew exactly where it was, but if anyone could find it, it was Sysko and Freda. He turned to her in their private quarters, his eyes bright with excitement.

“How do you know?” he asked her.

“A girl just knows,” she said coyly.

He gathered her in his arms and picked her up. She squealed with delight as he carried her across their cabin.

“We’ll have to do something about that,” he said, depositing her on the bed.

In moments they were both naked, and he climbed between her legs. His long, hard tongue ran up the slit between her thighs as he sucked her clit into his mouth and began tapping it vigorously.

Freda had learned that female dragons had a clitoral ring that circled their entire vagina, but Sysko knew how to lick her single clit better than any human she'd ever known.

He pushed his long, hard tongue inside her channel, pushing her to climax. Her body clenched around his wet tongue, and she groaned, wanting so much more. She leaned up as he climbed over the bed on top of her, his long, thick cock resting against her wet and ready opening. She hugged him close and kissed his cheeks affectionately.

“Today we will make our babies,” she said.

“Our dragon babies,” he said with a chuckle. “We already have thirteen android babies.”

“That's true,” she said with a gasp as he pushed the head of his cock into her core. She gasped as he rocked into her. Her body now fit him perfectly and every time they were together was more exciting than the last.

Sysko sank, inch by agonizingly slow inch, into her channel, spreading her open with sweet pleasure. Once he'd filled her with his length, he rested his hips against her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He kissed her lips and her cheeks as he drew back and thrust again.

“I love you so much, Freda,” he said.

“I love you like all the stars in the heavens, my dear mate.”

He pulled back and thrust again, pushing her desire over the edge until she climaxed in a blinding white explosion. She couldn't get enough of her mate. She knew that forever they would be like this, closer than humanly possible, bound by a connection that was deeper and broader than the universe itself. Beyond time and space and all existence.

The only thing that mattered was them, together. As he exploded inside her and shot his seed deep into her womb, she could feel it swimming furiously toward her eggs. As he withdrew and held her close in the dim light of his bedroom, Freda knew that her children would soon fill her belly with new life.

A few weeks later, she visited the medical bay for an exam with Sysko, waiting impatiently to learn if they had conceived. She knew in her heart that she had, but she needed the confirmation from the medical technician.

The technician ran her bloodwork over a scanner plate and the results came up on a holographic screen. She was still learning to read written Draxos and could not make out what the results said. The technician read silently and smiled.

“Admiral. Dr. Hayes,” he said. “You have conceived,”.

Freda and Sysko jumped to their feet and pulled each other into a hard embrace. Tears streamed down Freda's face. She was so happy she could barely breathe.

“Don't cry, my darling,” Sysko said. “This is wonderful news.

“I know it is Sysko, but I just can't help it. I never thought I wanted children so much. But after Violet came into being, I realized how special it is to create new life and bring it into the world.”

They gathered the crew together, Violet, Danny and all the androids, Joon, his family, and hers to tell them the good news. They had everyone up on a holographic screen as they stood holding hands on the bridge.

Freda said, “Sysko and I are with child.”

There was a collective cheer from the family and the tears began to well in Freda's eyes again.

“Are you coming home to earth?” her mother asked.

“Are you coming home to Draxos?” his mother asked at the same time.

Everyone laughed and Freda shook her head.

“No, I will remain with Sysko, and we will give birth to our babies in space.”

“Are you sure that's wise?” his father asked.

“It's what we have decided, and it is what I will stand by,” Sysko said.

“We are space dragons,” Freda said. “What better place to give birth to our hatchlings than in space?”