Author's Introduction

I felt this story would work well with the characters I introduced in the Sally series. This may or may not be the characters' future in any specific fictional universe but can be considered one of their futures in any of the many alternate fictional universes.

In other words: I don't guarantee the Sally Summer of Sex series will not contradict the future depicted here.

Home for the Holidays

Sally Czarwitz relaxed as the limo drove her from the airport. She cradled the small box in her lap that represented many years of work. It had sprung from her graduate work on the workings of the brain and how it might be replicated using the neural net hardware developed by another graduate student.

Neural nets had been around for some time but they were impossible to program reliably. They had to be "trained" just like a human child and the results were unpredictable. The same training would produce different results with every device. Not only that, but training for complicated tasks took a long time. Attempts to build neural networks that could be trained and then have the results of the training copied into other neural nets had also been unsuccessful except for the simplest of neural nets.

Sally had realized that the potential for neural nets was not in making an artificial substitute for human brains but in making a supplement for the human brain. After getting their doctorates, she and Herman Chang, who had designed the quick learning, high capacity, micro neural network she had used in her research, started a company. They enlisted a researcher from another university, Sahira Patil with whom they had been in contact. She had been working on the ability of carbon nanotubes to grow into networks under the influence of electronic stimuli.

Sally had discovered that Herman's neural net along with Sahira's nanotubes could be implanted into brains. The neural net would pick up impulses from the brain through the nanotubes and learn about the brain in which it was embedded. Over time, it could grow the nanotubes using carbon from blood sugars and interact with the brain. It could somehow supply capabilities that the brain lacked.

Experiments with animals had showed that the effects were almost uniformly positive, though completely unpredictable. Sometimes an animal would show an ability to do simple arithmetic. other times it would become adept at recognizing certain kinds of patterns. They could influence the ability somewhat by the kind of test they subjected the animals to: if the animals were constantly tested with mazes, they usually became much better at running mazes.

It had been difficult getting approval to do human tests and then getting people to be involved. Even though the neural net device itself could be removed, the nanotubes invaded much of the brain tissue and could not be removed. There was evidence that the animal brains came to rely on the device and removing it reduced the animals brain function below that before the neural net was inserted.

The device powered itself using electric voltage differentials in the brain so there was no battery problem. Neural nets also tended to be holographic and self repairing. A failure in one place didn't tend to cause device malfunction. Even so, there was a concern about what might happen if the device failed.

Human testing came with severe restrictions and no medical testing company would touch it. They did manage to get a company to at least analyze the medical tests once they absolved them of any liability.

The company founders volunteered to be test subjects and the onerous disclaimers and liability release legalities meant that most of the initial subjects were friends and family. The fact that the subjects had a vested interest in success meant the test results were compromised but they were successful in getting a better sample of subjects for subsequent tests. Success meant that they had plenty of venture capital and they fully expected to have neural networks available for general use by the end of next year.

There had been two cases where test subjects had experienced sudden brain related difficulties that were believed to be due to problems with the device. In both cases the devices were replaced and within a year the subjects were back to their original level of capability. The theory was that the new device quickly learned how to use the nanotube pathways grown by the previous device.

The limo pulled in front of the Petersen residence. Sally always stayed here with Kyle rather than her parents. She visited Kyle frequently.

She had met Kyle and his kids just after high school. His wife, Jill, had died a year before. He was 13 years older than she but they had really hit it off, sexually and personally. In addition his three children had taken a liking to Sally. They had remained good friends and lovers. Kyle had so far proposed to her three times: when she graduated with her bachelor's degree, when she completed her doctorate, and when the successful results of the initial neural net testing had been announced. She had turned him down but left the door open for the future. The first time she had expected, even encouraged, him to move on and find someone else but he hadn't.

Kyle had been one of the initial volunteers for the neural net and showed one of the most successful results. Something about the net seemed to really increase his business acumen. He was the owner of three small, struggling sporting goods stores. After a year of having the net implanted the sporting good business took off and he quickly expanded from the three local stores to a successful nationwide chain. His story was instrumental in getting people to pay attention to the technology and popular demand had caused congress to put pressure on the FDA to relax the testing requirements.

Kyle answered the door and after a big kiss in greeting went to bring in her luggage. His 18 year old daughter, Charli, was also there to greet Sally. "What's that?" she asked indicating the box Sally had carefully guarded since leaving her office.

"A special surprise for your father."

"Anything to do with the Neurotron?" Charli used the popular name for the neural net product. Ever since the tests began and Kyle had been implanted she had wanted one too but there was no approval for anyone under 24 to join the test. Now there was a lot of pressure to open up testing to children from infancy on. All parents wanted smarter kids.

"Yes, but only for your dad."

"You too, I bet."

"Yes, me too."

The Neurolink

When Kyle came in with the luggage, Charli informed him, "Sally brought a surprise, a neurotron surprise, right, Sally?"

"Yes, I have a surprise."

"What is it? Now that Dad's here you can tell us."

"Well, I had expected to only tell your dad but it's not something we can hide."

She went to the couch and sat down. Charli sat next to her and Kyle sat in the easy chair across from the couch.

The box contained two small, plain gray caps.

"Beanies?" Charli said.

"More accurately, skull caps."

Sally held one up and explained. "For the initial trial we thought that external skull caps would be better than implants. What they are is neural net transmitter-receiver communication devices."

"You guys may be smart but pretty dumb at coming up with names, " 'Neural net nano carbon neurological enhancement mechanism', geez! 'Neurotron!' -- much better. What does this neuro transmit whatever thingy do?""

Well, it's made of carbon nanotubes intertwined in the fabric. Here," she pointed out a slightly different textured spot in the middle, "is another neuro net device powered by an embedded battery."

"What does it DO?" Charli asked again.

The cap acts as an antenna. Through the antenna the chip can both pick up signals from a neural net, nano ..." she paused. "From a 'Neurotron' embedded in the scalp it's sitting on. Then, using the same antenna it sends out a signal that can be received by the other cap and then transmitted to the," another pause. "To the neurotron in the scalp of the person wearing the other cap."

"It allows the Neurotrons to communicate with each other?" Kyle asked.

"Yes, exactly."

"Mind reading!" Charli said.

"Well, no. Well, we don't know exactly. In our animal tests we found it allowed animals with a Neurotron enhanced skill set to relay that skill to the other animals. For example a rat that was neurotron enhanced to run mazes could interact with a rat with a completely different skill set so it also was good at running mazes."

"Mind Reading," Charli decided.

"I don't think so," Sally responded. "We need to try some human subjects to determine whether there is something like mind reading or if it's entirely subconscious."

"So I guess we're the guinea pigs." Kyle concluded.

"Yes. These are the first two devices made for humans. We found that for the best effect the test animals needed to have had the Neurotron for some time and it was best if they had some kind of attachment like being mates or at least sharing a cage for a long time. Since these are external devices and we've observed no ill effects from using them and then removing them we decided we can start some human trials without going through any rigorous approval or testing procedure. Depending on how these go, we'll do more formal testing."

She handed one cap to Kyle, "It seems to take a day or two of constant wearing within communication distance of each other for the embedded neural net devices to learn how to communicate." She put the other cap on her head.

"Communication distance?"

"Low power, optimized for transmission bandwidth. Power falls off by half every 5 meters. Communication beyond 20 meters is probably ineffective."

Kyle put on his cap and screwed up his face. Then he turned to Charli, "Nope can't make out a single one of Sally's thoughts. Oh wait, she wants to have sex."

"Yeah like that's mind reading," was Charli's response.

"The evidence is that it will take a day or two in close proximity for the devices to learn to communicate."

"I'll go along with the close proximity," Kyle responded moving over to the couch next to Sally. He kissed her while caressing her back."

"Geez! You guys are hopeless, get a room!" Charli kidded.

"Already have a perfectly good one upstairs," her father told her, looking hopefully at Sally.

"Want to play a game?" Sally proposedcin response to his obvious come-on.

"Yeah you guys with your Neurotron mind meld gadget will collude to beat me."

"A good test for the device," Sally told her. "I doubt it will make a difference now but it will be interesting to see if things change later."

They played Monopoly which Kyle won as usual, then Scrabble which Sally won, again as usual.

"Can't we play anything else? Something I can win." Charli asked.

"What might that be?" her father asked.

"Neurotronic Mario!" Charli said.

Sally moaned. Not only didn't she like the name based on the popular view of her device which wasn't yet approved for use but she was terrible at video games.

Charli waved on the wall and soundly beat both of the adults. "You think your communication whatzit will allow us to control games and things?" she asked.

"Possibly. The problem is that it seems to take the complexity of a brain in symbiosis with a neural net to make sense of the output. Training a neural net to reliably just turn things on and off based on complex input still eludes us. Anyway, is it really too much trouble to wave your hand, move a finger or say a word?" She restrained from repeating the over-used "we used to have to push buttons on this thing called a 'remote'," statement.

Holly

Getting ready for bed that night Kyle asked if he should take the cap off.

"No, the more time we spend together with the caps on the better."

As she approached him naked and rubbed her recently enhanced B cup breasts against his chest she added, "and maybe the additional emotional effect of sex on the brain will help the connection." She grabbed his cock and pulled him to bed.

The next day Kyle's older daughter, Holly, came home for her winter break. They picked her up at the airport. "Hey, nice yarmulkes. You Jewish now? I hope that circumcision wasn't too painful, dad."

Charlette provided the explanation and a name for the caps. "They're Neurotron Links so their Neurotrons can communicate."

"Oh, mind reading," was Holly's immediate response.

"Sally says they aren't and I haven't seen any evidence of it."

Sally chimed in, "They take awhile to actually start working. But I doubt they will allow us to read each others minds."

"If they do you better watch out! Dad," Holly proclaimed. "I'm not sure you're ready for what's in the mind of this sex maniac."

Holly gave Sally a hug. The two of them had become very close. Even when they first met they had an immediate connection even though Holly was only 5 and Sally was 18. Over time Sally had become Holly's confidant and they talked about everything, especially boys and sex. Sally had been a nymphomaniac, still was to some extent, and was willing to be completely frank and open with the younger girl who really needed a feminine presence in her life her mother's death.

Kyle knew of Sally's sexual proclivities and, he had to admit, was taking advantage of them. He knew he could never be her only lover and had asked her to marry him mostly to be sure she remained in his life rather than to have exclusive access to her sexual favors.

On her part, Sally would never be out of his life. No other man satisfied her sexually like Kyle did. With others it was like scratching an itch but with Kyle it was fulfilling. Sex with others gave her pleasure and left her feeling happy but with Kyle she felt loved and cared for, the pleasure was secondary. And besides, she truly loved him and his kids.

Charlette was going on with her older sister who had provided her with the feminine presence in her life. "We're playing games to see if the twins here are learning anything through their caps."

That evening the games ended up much like the previous. Sally had done better at Monopoly but she attributed that to having been able to pick up a couple of monopolies just by the luck of landing on the properties first. She did think she was doing better at Neurotronic Mario but not obviously so.

Enhancement?

The next evening something was definitely different. She and Kyle did very poorly at Monopoly. Then Kyle beat her at Scrabble, something he had never done before and Sally played Neurotronic Mario with a skill level approaching that of Kyle.

"I think you guys are starting to hook up," Charli said at the end of the evening.

What about our failure at Monopoly?" Sally asked. She was perplexed.

Holly had an explanation, "It looked to me like you two were so busy playing against each other that you forgot to pay attention to what Charli and I were up to."

As they undressed for bed, Sally asked Kyle, "Did it feel like you were reading my mind?"

"No, but it was peculiar. High scoring Scrabble plays just came to me when I was looking at my tiles. I suppose it was more like your mind was analyzing the possibilities and feeding the result back to me at a subconscious level."

"Well, I certainly wasn't aware of knowing what you had or thinking about any plays other than my own. Any improvement in 'Mario' was definitely subconscious. Of course playing those games is mostly trained reflexes. I'm a bit surprised that if my improvement is due to your brain providing reflex judgments that they came fast enough to allow me to react."

"A lot of that game is knowing what to expect and being ready for it."

"I guess the link could be feeding my brain early instructions. That would be interesting to test. What about Monopoly? Do you think Holly's theory is right?"

"You know more about such things than I do."

"I'll have to think about it. Come on, let's really hook up." She reached over and took him by the cock as she liked to do. As she grabbed it she felt a marvelous tingle in her crotch. The feel of a guys cock in her hand always thrilled her but this was like an electric shock, totally unfamiliar. She pulled gently and his foreskin slid up over the tip.

"OH!" she exclaimed, releasing the hard penis. A chill had rushed through her body.

"What's wrong?" Kyle asked, concerned.

"I don't know. I just got a sudden chill. Let's get in bed." The feeling had quickly subsided. She pulled the covers over them and they embraced.

She felt his hard member pressing against her and the chill came back. It was emanating from a location on her abdomen right near where his cock was pressing against her. She pulled away and the sensation left. She pushed against him and it came back. This was a fascinating reaction to the feel of a penis against her.

Realization

She pulled away again and reached down to caress the shaft. As she touched it a strong tingle radiated through her body. This time she realized it was actually very pleasant. It had just been surprise that had caused her to react before.

As she gently stroked his cock, the feeling continued. She attempted to locate it. It wasn't in her body at all, it seemed to be coming from a spot maybe two inches away from her abdomen. And she realized it moved up and down as she stroked him. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed in realization, pulling her hand away.

"What is it?" Kyle expressed concern.

She wasn't sure how to tell him and decided that another experiment was called for. "Just a sudden thought about the Neurotron link," she told him. "Do you think you could, maybe, lick me out?"

He found that an unusual request. Usually he'd start by fingering her then move to oral stimulation. "Sure!" he moved his head between her legs and gave her genitals a quick lick. An incredible sensation moved up his crotch to his balls.

"The clit please."

He moved his tongue to the part she had requested and licked hard, "AAgh!" he exclaimed as a sudden shock drove from the middle of his testicles through his body.

Sally smiled broadly, "Again please, and try not to stop."

He once more licked and once more the strong sensation emanated from inside his testes. He was unable to keep his tongue on her clit. "Something's going on," he told her.

"I think our caps have provided an extra benefit. Consider that what you're feeling is a pleasurable sexual reaction. It's not really unbearable, it's just unexpected. Be ready for it, enjoy it, now lick my clit!"

Once again he extended his tongue to the specified part. This time he was ready for the feeling. As he licked he was aware of strong sexual pleasure inside his testicles, it grew in intensity as he licked. it was great, like the feeling he got when Sally licked at the tip of his penis but maybe moire intense. The feeling became almost unbearable and Sally was writhing in pleasure, saying, "Don't stop! Don't stop!"

Then an orgasm drove through his body, an orgasm without the release that usually accompanied his orgasms. His penis wasn't involved, no ejaculation was occurring but this was definitely an orgasm. Sally was shaking with an orgasm of her own.

"What's going on?" he asked as the orgasm subsided.

"If I'm right you've just experienced your first female orgasm."

What?

"Just a second," she gave his shoulder a sharp pinch. She felt a pinch in her own shoulder.

"Ow!" what was that about?

Like No One Has Ever

"The Neurolink," it was surprising how easily the name suggested by Charlette's 'Neuronet link' rolled off her tongue, "Appears to be transmitting strong physical sensation between us. I just felt that pinch. When I stroked your penis I had this wonderful sensation which I realized was coming from outside my body, about where my penis would be if I had one. And the sensation moved as I stroked your penis. I am quite sure that you felt my sensations as you licked at my clit. I asked you to do that because it's probably the most intense easily invoked sexual sensation I can experience. From your reaction I'm guessing you felt my orgasm probably at least as strongly as I did."
He considered what she was saying. The feeling between his legs when he licked at her vulva and then deep inside his testes, yes, probably where a cit would be if he had one. He reached out and pinched a nipple only to be rewarded with a pinch outside his body near his own nipple. He wondered if she had more substantial breasts would the pinch be far away from his chest. "I think you're right."

"I can hardly wait to have sex!"

"What?"

"Just think, we'll be able to experience each others feelings. I'll feel your cock as it goes inside me! You'll feel the cock filling me up!" Then she exclaimed, "Oh my God!"

"What?"

"This'll be a gold mine, an absolute gold mine! Everyone'll have to have a Neurotron and a Neurolink so they can experience the other sex. I wonder if there's any way to record the sensations and play them back."

"Let's fuck like no one has ever fucked before!" Sally pushed him onto his back and sat on his hips. She felt his hard cock between the lips of her vulva. At the same time there was this lovely feeling of soft wetness that emanated from an area just below her navel, "Oh, yeah!"

She wiggled her hips and felt the sensation that was located just outside of her skin grow in intensity and pleasure. She ran her fingers through his chest hair and felt the tugging of her fingers at her own breast. She took his hands and placed them over her breasts, rubbing them with her hardened nipples. "Feel!" she told him.

He felt hands at his chest. But Sally's hands were holding his hands to her breasts. His nipples felt slightly irritated, but with a pleasing feeling. As Sally rubbed his hands over her nipples he felt rubbing, not on his nipples but a couple of inches away from his nipples. And as she wiggled her hips, he felt a hard rod rotating in his crotch, not at his crotch but slightly inside his crotch. And the feeling was more than just one of pressure, it was one that rivaled the feeling of pleasure in his cock as it was massaged by her damp vulva. He understood exactly what she had been saying. He was feeling her sexual sensations as well as his own. "What a wonderful way to know how to please her," was his first thought. Followed shortly by the thought that he would like to know what it felt like to be a woman with a cock inside her.

He could do both and the thought made his desire irresistible. He grabbed her and flipped her over. He mounted and positioned his cock at her damp vaginal entrance. "I see what you mean! Let's go for it." He drove the shaft home!

Sally gasped loudly. An incredible feeling of pleasure shot from a point well outside of her body. It had an intensity and sensation like she had never experienced before. Extremely intense at a point a couple of inches away from her navel and becoming less intense in a space beginning there and extending down to the area of her clit. She felt his pubic hair push against her clit and the combined feelings were almost too much to bear. "How do men keep from coming immediately?" she wondered as he drove his cock in and out. The incredible feelings of pleasure mounted.

Kyle wasn't sure of what to expect as he drove his cock in. What he felt was a pleasant feeling inside his gut. A feeling of being filled along with the pleasantness of a gentle massage. There was a sudden brief shock of pleasure at the base of his cock as he drove all the way in. He pulled the shaft out and felt less full, the pleasant feeling moved toward his crotch. As he drove in and pulled out he noticed the pleasantness became more of a tickle, particularly intense nearer his navel and also just above the base of his cock. He concentrated on moving his cock in ways that enhanced those feelings, oblivious to his own feelings.

Sally was far from oblivious to the sensations coming from her phantom penis. The sensations of almost constant pleasure caused her to gasp with each thrust. She felt constantly close to orgasm. The intense, unexpected pleasure of it made her laugh, and then laugh harder, uncontrollably.

Kyle paused, mystified, and she managed to squeeze out "Don't stop! Don't stop." She grabbed his butt, feeling her hands as if they were at her own butt and pulled his hips into her crotch. "Faster," she added as she suppressed the laughter to a giggle.

He drove at her with abandon, feeling the rising tension in "his" vagina, not noticing the tension rising even faster in his penis. He suddenly exploded.

Sally was stunned by the intensity of the orgasm. The feelings which had filled her body suddenly concentrated themselves into the tip of her phantom penis in an incredible orgasm, possibly more intense than any she had ever felt. It was all the more intense because it was concentrated in that one small space located just outside of her abdomen. She screamed in surprised pleasure and screamed again as Kyle thrust himself into once more and the pleasure became unbearable. She felt the semen pumping through the shaft.

Kyle had been concentrating on the feelings of mounting pleasure inside his body and was taken by surprise when his orgasm began. He was even more startled by Sally's scream and continued thrusting his sensitized penis into her as she screamed and screamed again. He stopped at a knock on the bedroom door.

"You okay, Sally?" It was Holly.