THERE'S NOTHING BEYOND THIS POINT

The planet Gar was a dark planet, no light at all ...ever. Out in deep space it was a lonely
dark and fearful place. It did have oxygen and a rare ore named Oraz that was very popular
as an energy source. There is one city on Gar...called City 27. It was a mining town and
had a population of 870 not so happy souls. They  mined Oraz and they suffered in darkness.

Moss smoked a cigarette and walked down to the little dive just down from his apartment.

Moss said hello to the bartender and ordered a whiskey. He sat down in his favorite booth
and stared out the window at the darkness. There were streetlights but not a lot of them.
Nobody wanted to pay and the residents didn't get paid all that much despite the horrid
working conditions. After the third whiskey he was getting mellow. He put a few coins in
the jukebox and listened to the soft sounds. He still felt like shit.

He left and walked a few yards to the local McDonalds. He ordered a big mac and gnawed on
the mushy burger while downing a diet coke. He wanted diet pepsi but McDonalds didn't go
there. You couldn't get diet pepsi anywhere in 27. That was a damned shame. Moss felt like
crying and probably would have except suddenly a newcomer walked in. She was a tall hot
blond with a killer figure and beautiful eyes. Moss almost fainted. His cigarette fell out
of his mouth and his knees felt weak. Damn.

She ordered her food and then surprisingly walked right over to Moss. "Can I get a light,
I think its so cool you can smoke in here. Everything is so different here."

Moss offered her a light and asked her to sit down. He was still a bit in shock.  Normally
he wouldn't have been so bold but he was not really himself being as he hadn't talked to
a truly hot woman in months. The few on 27 were mostly old or ugly, or both. The two or
three cute ones were married of course. She said her named was Lana and she had only been
on Gar for a couple of days. She said she really liked it. Moss asked why?

"All the sweet handsome men of course," she replied. Then she laughed and it was a very
becoming sound to the lonely miner's ears."No, really I just find it fascinating...a
planet with no natural light...truly incredible. To each his own, Moss wondered quietly
to himself. He couldn't believe her lovely smile and the way she filled out her very
snug fitting t shirt. He was even more floored when she asked him back to her place for
a quiet nightcap. His hands were literally shaking when he got the door for her.


Later that night Moss lay in bed smoking. He had just had easily the best sex ever. It
was the first time in a long time that he was glad of where he was. What a change a great
shot of tail could make in a man. Lana returned from the shower. She was totally naked
and his eyes drank in the sight of that magnificent body. Soon he would want her again
and he had every reason to think she would be ok with that.

Lana, still nude, brought him another drink and put a video in the player. "I hope you
are  having a great time Moss darling."

"My God, you have to ask?" he replied.  "You are a walking goddess and this is some dream
or a miracle. This is the only happy night I've had on this horrible rock."

They made small talk for a little while. Moss sat up and stretched. He downed another
drink and scratched his back. "What's your job here on Gar?" Moss asked. He took her
hand and squeezed. He didn't really care what she said. She certainly didn't fit the
profile of a miner.

"Well," Lana began. "The government has been worried a lot lately about the not so happy
working conditions on planets like Gar. There is also a lot of new technology being
imported from those eggheads on Mars and the fed wants to use it for something to cover
all the taxpayer money they have spent. Anyhow, I am sort of a morale booster. So far,
sweetheart I feel I have made a big hit.  I am one of the first sex androids constructed
and it appears the program is going to be a wonderful success!!"