>***By His Order*** is a 10,000 word Sci-Fi/erotic short story about a newly activated battle clone being requisitioned by her superior officers as she awaits official orders…
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**PART ONE**
**THE ATLANTIS–INTERIOR–SYNCING BAY**
The lights dimmed from pale blue to settling orange, signaling the coming of artificial night. The way it would have happened on Terra, a lifetime ago.
Kita watched from her station as the door hissed and slid open, issuing a cool gust of air. A tall, broad shouldered petty officer entered, the nervous flicking of his eyes rousing her internal intellect processes: curiosity.
Curiosity was one of the few luxuries given to Kita. There were still twelve days until her crewmates would be woken from hypersleep, and since her conditioning had been marked completed, she had no objective but to wait. Wait, and watch.
“*Tch*,” the petty officer hissed between his teeth, a bemused, exasperated sound as he tapped his neuralink into the data station. “Jameson put down one-hundred credits? Bet he lasted five seconds.”