The moment she opened her eyes and the bright lights invaded, the silence all around her, nothing but the hum of the engines...
From sound asleep, to alert and wide awake in a matter of seconds, with thoughts racing about in her mind. What had happened? Where was she? Engines, they were on a ship? And that voice, those eyes...
Shielding her eyes, she peered around the room she was in, taking in the dark walls covered in tiny buttons and flashy lights, and the low hung ceilings. What she didn't expect to find, was the giant bay window, and the view from outside. Talk about breath taking!
Dark purples and bright blues swirled about to the far left, and the reddish thing that seemed to spiral off into a landscape dotted in stars... She was aboard a ship alright, but where they were headed,she had no clue; other than it was going to be a beautiful trip. She was alone in the room, which was odd, considering Lync rarely ever left her side, but there were no cords, no tubes, she hadn't been hooked up to any machines; she wasn't, dying. In fact, she felt better than ever before, despite the mass confusion she had going on in her head.
As she watched a spike of blue wash in to purple,watched the stars fly past as the ship sailed on by, her mind was trying to sort it all out. Flashes of the vast, sand covered planet crept past her eyes, images of those little Shoohk beasts, both in the tunnel and in a forest somewhere, and those creatures that could take the form of another; and that was just a glimpse into the chaos that plagued her. One moment a male, the next, a beast. Beings that could walk on water, or better yet, even live beneath its surface.Far off lands and distant tribes, wars and celebrations, the rebirth of life, and the loss of a loved one, all of it circling around inher mind as those little blips of light kept her grounded.
So grounded, that she did not hear the door opening, or the footsteps that followed.
"I see you're awake!" The voice sounded, and Navina shot up in the bed.
If she hadn't been in shock before,she sure was now, and the new arrival seemed to have jolted her thoughts, for they had sorted themselves out.
"I thought you were..." She started to say, but the female laughed, just as she had before.
"I get that, a lot!" She smiled back, and those deep purple eyes were smiling too.
"But they said..."
"Because they didn't know! I get my orders from higher up, and unless you need to know..." The female shrugged her shoulders and laughed again.
"And I didn't need to know?" Navina cocked a brow at her.
"You didn't then, but you do now!"
So, she hadn't imagined Dr. Teran! She was real, as real as could be as she stood before Navina now. Unless of course, Navina was dead,but she felt perfectly fine.
"You're not dead!" The female chuckled, "Pretty close, but not quite!"
"Then what is it, that I need to know?"
"Not so much what you need to know, more like, what you need to remember!"
"If this little game is all bout confusing me, it's working!" Navina mumbled back.
" I don't play games, Navina! I'm here, because someone high up, says you're special. I may not know what's so special about you, other than the anomaly in your blood, but I follow orders!" She sighed, "Sometimes!" She added, though more under her breath than anything.
"Are you even a doctor?"
"Doctor, Physicist, Psychologist, Microbiology, Endocrinology,Botany..."
"Okay okay, I get it!" Navina called out,"Geez!"
"You asked!" The female laughed. "And those don't even come close to my real job!"
"Right! Well, then what do I have to remember?"
"I can't tell you!"
"Wait, what? You can't tell me? Or won't?" Navina glared at her, nudging her way towards the edge of what she thought would have been a hospital gurney.
Nope, wrong!
More like a double bed in the luxury suite, just now, getting a good view of her new room.
Those dark walls, were covered in wall paper. What sort of ship wallpapers it's inner walls?
The wall of blinking buttons? Turned out, that those were controls, for the fireplace across the room, and the sound system; don't forget the giant window, which had shown her the most beautiful view of the space they traveled threw, and yet if she was to understand correctly, they were now supposed to be under the water? A view screen? Really?
"Can't!" The female sighed, and shook her head, "I can't tell you, what I don't know! But Folix believes you can do remember, so, you have to do it!"
"I have to? Who the hell is this, Folix? And what do I have to do with his so called, plan?"
"You're you!" She grinned, and pulled out a little black box. "I'll leave these here with you,since you lost the last batch, and I'll let you get dressed. The others are waiting for you in the galley."
"Wait! What the fuck!"
"Oh my, she swears! Who fucking knew!" The female threw her hands in to the air and shook her head. "Look, sometimes,we have to do things for us, and then other times, we do it, because the universe will fall to shit if we don't."
"Well some people would be happy if they were just, asked, to do things, instead of being ordered around!" Navina rolled her eyes, and looked back at the view screen.
"I would have been happy with a bath tonight, instead, I got handed a you." Amethyst colored eyes glared back at her, sending shivers up and down her spine as she let her feet touch the cool...
No, it wasn't cool at all. In fat, there was carpet covering every inch of the floor. Really? Who's ship was this?
"You haven't figured it out yet?" The so called doctor grinned again. "Aren't you supposed to get visions?"
"Seriously? When do I get some answers?"
"When you remember them! Fuck, this is her job, why send me?" The female sighed again and shook her head and straightened the white lab coat that she wore.
A white lab coat, over top of a black tank top,black leggings, and a killer pair of boots. And she claims she's a doctor? Right!
"What was that?" Navina spoke up, only catching a few words.
"Shit! Never mind! It's not worth the breath to speak it again!" And she turned towards the door. "Your box is there, treat it with respect!"
"What's in it!"Navina inquired, as the female pulled the latch and opened the door."And where the hell are we going?"
"Life!" She smiled back and closed the door behind her.
What the hell was that supposed to mean?
Life? And Navina had pegged her Grandmother for the Queen of Cryptic Speech. Wrong answer, for she had just met her match.
She was alone now, in the rather large looking room. Carpeted floors, papered walls, lighting that one would find in an antique store, and that fireplace. It was way too classy looking,with its red brick and mortar appearance, and the little picture frames that littered the shelf above it. Navina took a closer look,she didn't recognize anyone in those pictures, not that she could really see them, with the lights so low.
A moment later, and the lights grew brighter, as if they themselves had read her mind.Creepy, but then, so cool. This was not your average cargo ship,which she and the others had been used to traveling in. Shit, the others! Where were they again? The galley?
With the lights illuminating everything around her, she found the small table with the fruit bowl, grabbed a purple looking ball thing from within, and made her way towards what she hoped, was the bathroom. She wore nothing more than a thin night gown, though who had gotten her into the getup, better have been Lync. Had to have been, the male would have lost his shit if it was anyone else.
Not your average day. Not your average ship, life, mission; where the hell were they going?
***
"You made it!" Kember smiled as Navina entered the galley.
She rose from the couch in the small corner, grabbed a tray from the shelf and began to load it with things that Navina had never even seen before; just like that purple fruit ball thing, so sweet and tender.
"You need to eat something!" Kember smiled again,and nodded her head for Navina to sit down.
"I'm not really hungry!" She admitted, and it was the truth, that little ball of sweetness had done a good job of filling her up.
"They have cake!" Kember's smile turned to a grin. "They even have one of those platforms that creates whatever you ask it to; if it's been programmed!"
"Cherry on the cake!" Navina couldn't help but laugh as she took a seat next to her friend at the table.
"What?" Kember looked at her, so confused as she held her cup half way to her lips.
"Why don't we order up a pot of your Mother's famous stew and head on back to my suite, complete with fireplace, soaker bath and freaking wall sized view screen?" She rolled her eyes.
"Figures you'd get the soaker tub!"Kember laughed, and took a swig of whatever she was drinking. "Seems Kion, likes to travel in style."
Navina shouldn't have taken a sip of that juice, as it came shooting out all over the tray in front of her. "This is his ship?"
"I was just as surprised!" She grinned, "But he says he's gonna teach me to fly it!"
Oh, now wasn't she just glowing! Right down to the shimmering blur highlights, that were in fact, shimmering before Navina's eyes. What the hell was going on?
Everything seemed brighter, more vivid. The sheer white walls that surrounded them, the gleam off the freshly waxed flooring, in black, like most of the ship. Even the windows that lined the far wall, where they even windows? Or more view screens like the one in her room?
Tables and chairs, all black with white posts, the only things that didn't come in a shade of one or the other, were the shiny metal utensils and pots, that hung from the ceiling in the kitchen. There were no pictures here, not like she had found in the corridors that led to the galley that could double as a med bay. Maybe that's what it was for?
"I thought, Kion, was a detective?" Navina blurted out, still wiping away the juice from the front of her shirt. "What sort of detective gets his own boat?"
"One that works for the Kalvashian Secret Service, and happens to be under cover in their more, sinister, of societies."
"Making him a...?"Navina urged her to continue, as hr mind raced with more questions.
"Their Warlord!"
It was a good thing that Navina had given up trying to drink from her cup, for she'd be cleaning it up,again. A Warlord, really? It was a few seconds before she realized she was glaring at her friend, but the female was just shaking her head.
"He's on assignment!" Kember whispered.
"Really? What's his mission? What does he have to uncover as he murders a few hundred people along the way?" She rolled her eyes,and tossed the last of the wet napkins on the tray.
"He's working with some pretty powerful people, Vina! His home world was attacked, just over a week ago, and he was riding front and center onone of their cruisers, and managed to get out a message, saving thousands of lives."
Wow! Kember was fierce in defending the male, but then, the female had always been fierce. She'd inherited that from her mother, and though it seemed as if their was some bad blood between them, Kember retained everything, the female had taught her. She's never admit it, and no one would dare say it, but Kember was far more powerful than her mother could ever be. She'd gone to the academies, she'd studied the dark arts as her mother had, but then she'd also studied the art of light as well; and had mastered both, long before she'd met Navina.
"You know, Lync has been an absolute mess for the past twelve hours?" Kember sighed, after she couldn't handle the silence any longer.
"Yeah, he doest hat!" Navina joined in, and shook her head. "I hate that he worries so much..."
"Getting knocked around like that,how many times this week? I'd say he's doing pretty good!"
"Male heals faster than I do! He can take it!" Navina smiled,before moving the tray out of the way, and letting her head fall into her arms in the table.
"Not him, you, Vina! Who knows what the hell happened to you on the last assignment, and then you fell down that hole..."
"What happened back there? After we got out?" Navina asked, her words muffled through her shirt.
"I don't know, I was already on board the ship! Kion wouldn't let me leave, but promised he'd send someone for you!"
Navina remembered climbing out of the sewer, listening to the shouts and screams of those not so lucky nearby, and then there was that explosion...
"Something blew up!"
"Yeah, we did!"his voice echoed through her mind as he made his way into the galley.
The moment his hands lay on her shoulders, slipping around to the front as he kissed the top of her head and the slid down in the chair next to her. There were no words to describe it,the feeling of warmth wrapped around her, his scent so wild and heated, he was here, and she was safe.
"I missed you!" She smiled, and let him nuzzle into her neck.
He didn't reply, not with words anyhow, and when Kember groaned, and started to rise from the table...
"Where are you going?" Navina asked, and then felt the nip as he bit her ear.
"I need a drink, and a flying lesson! Not too sure which one will come first, but we'll see!" She laughed, and made her way out of the room.
Sure, why not? Navina could use some alone time with Lync anyhow, maybe she'd figure some of this shit out. Not once had she imagined something like this happening, but then, of all the moments she had witnessed, all the places that were locked in her mind, she had never been able to see her own, nor Lync's.
Alone, and in his arms, she gave in to the hunger that raced through her body, his lips dragging along her neck, his arms to tight, so strong as they wrapped around her. Neither of them seemed to care that they were still in the galley, the heat taking them over, their fingers peeling away at that which obstructed their pleasure.
It was no problem, for Lync to shimmy out of the sweats that he wore, tugging on shorts she had found in one of the dressers back in her room. He didn't bother removing her shirt, simply pulling it above above her chest, his fingers working furiously as they played and wrestled with her nipples.
Navina let out a whimper as he rose from his chair,picking her up so she could wrap her legs around his hips, and he carried her towards the couch. If only they had made it that far...
The counter top was closer, and with only the sheer fabric of her panties to safe guard her most intimate of places, his lips descended upon her again. He still spoke no words, though his groans and growls were enough to excite her even more, feeling the wetness building between her thighs, her body so desperate to feel his against it. It had been, but a few days, and yet her body was acting like it had been a few years since it had been satiated in such ways, craving what hid beneath his briefs and longing for that sinful touch.
The feel of his fingers against her belly, edging towards the silk of her panties, slipping beneath to the treasure it held as he whimpered for more. She could smell the lust pouring out of him, and taste him with each kiss she lay on his shoulder. She heard his heart pounding beneath that chiseled chest and sensed the power running through his veins as his body draw closer and closer still.
They were here, in the galley, and there was a war going on inside her. Her body wanted to continue, counting it as a sin to break up such a beautifully sinful encounter, and yet her mind ran rampant with thoughts of the door opening, and their moment wouldn't be so private; but then, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, now would it?
Such wicked things were running through her mind, one half tempted to leave for safer surroundings, the other wanting nothing more than to lay in front of a thousand peering eyes as her mate took from her what he so desperately wanted.
That was a far cry from where they ended up though, as he stripped what was left from her body, his emerald greens eyes aglow as he gazed upon her. His hands crept up her back as he pulled her closer, his lips searching out her, the kiss so hard, so filled with sinful pleasures. It may have been his mood, or the fact that he still considered her 'injured' but his lips left hers wanting, sliding down the front of her body, groaning as he drew closer, and closer still.
His tongue felt so warm as it slid between her thighs, his hands sliding down her back once more,cupping her lower cheeks and pulling her closer still. Navina had to brace herself as she felt the tingles start, arching her back, she hoped like hell she didn't lose her grasp as the waves grew more intense. She was his, and he was proving it, claiming every inch of her body, covering her in his scent. He mapped out the delicate folds with his lips, searching deeper as she squirmed about, her legs locked about his shoulders.
"Fuck, me!" She managed to get out, as he slid his forefinger across that little bud of passion, tickling and teaser her until he felt her body shudder beneath his touch.
He released her for the moment, his lips sliding backup towards her neck, and then nipping at her ear as he positioned himself between her thighs, "As you wish!" He growled, and slid himself inside, listening to the whimpers and moans of his female.
They were doing it, right here, and right now; and oh, how it felt so good. So much pleasure, so much passion, all contained inside the little black and white box called the galley. So naughty, and yet, so good, all at once, and she could help gut grin as she slid her arms around his neck, letting him lift her from the counter, and letting himself slide deeper inside of her.
Rocking their hips in time with one another, feeling their bodies rub up against one another,the friction, the heat; no wonder he was growling as his muscles tensed beneath her, and his pace grew quicker, and harder. The shudder he let out, and the sudden warmth within her core, Navina couldn't help but let go, feeling his hardened sex throb inside her;this, was paradise.
Panting like an animal, and shaking like a leaf on the wind, Navina clung to Lync's shoulders, her legs still wrapped around his waist as the cool counter top touched her bare cheeks once more.
"I, love you!" He let out, nipping at her neck some more, and then across her cheek, taking her lips against his, he kissed her again.
"I know!" She smiled back against his kisses, letting his hands caress the body he had left so very satiated.
He growled again, ending with a long,drawn out groan, nuzzling into her neck. It was only a few moments,in which they clung to one another, their bodies covered in that thin film of sexual bliss, but it felt like more than that; it felt,alive.
Each second she was with him, each and every stroke of his fingers, or thrust so willingly received, she felt the intoxicating allure rising, a heightened sense of, well, everything really. Perhaps the explosion had knocked her around in a good way?Maybe it triggered some switch to flip, and she was like some superhuman freak?
Yeah right, she was already a freak. Being a traveler was bad enough, but a traveler who couldn't travel? One with huge gaps in her memories, and some memories that weren't even really hers?
Yup, she was a winner.
"Don't think like that!"He broke through the silence, his body still so warm against hers.
"Like what?" She inquired, laying a few kisses down across his shoulder.
"Like you're a fuck up! Cause you're not!" He smiled, his eyes so bright. "The world has a wicked sense of humor,but that's not your fault!"
What the hell? How had he known?
"I didn't think that!" She laughed.
"Right, cause it's not written all over your face!" He smiled and shook his head, then kissed her forehead before fetching her clothes for her.
"I'm just exhausted!" She lied, "Someone, wore me out!" She added with a giggle.
"I'm take you again..." He groaned as he kissed her again, "... but this is, he galley! People will have to eat here!"
"I know I'll enjoying coming back here!" Navina grinned at him as he backed away and pull on his briefs.
"Totally!" He grinned back at her.
It was like nothing had happened, nothing from before their intimate encounter that it, It didn't matter that they had had to escape the planet, or that Kion, was in fact an under cover whatever and this was, his, ship. Something had gone way wrong, whether it was the beach party with Princess Pops, or the attack itself, something had changed, and Navina wasn't too sure what to make of it.
"So,where are we headed?"
"Anywhere, but back there!" He grumbled passing her the slippers she had found in the closet.
She'd found lots of things in the closet. Lots of cloths, lots of shoes, lots of daggers and more. Clearly, the closet, and the items inside it, belonged to some other female; but with the need for something to wear, and not to mention the fact that she woke up there, someone had actually put her in there, a pair of shorts and at-shirt wasn't really asking much.
"I want to know what the fuck happened back there!" She sighed and shook her head before sliding the t-shirt down over her chest.
"So do I, Babe! So do I!"
"So we just popped up into the street and were ambushed? Who rescued us? How did we end up here, on a journey to who the hell knows where?"
"Kember! And Kion too, the male has enough blood slaves to fit an entire army!" He chuckled, but Navina wasn't impressed.
"Slaves?"
"They're indentured to his family, no soul more loyal, and in his line of work..." Lync shrugged his shoulders and then put o his sweats.
He left the shirt on the floor, making his way towards the counter for a drink;every damn muscle calling out to her, begging for her to feel them,caress them.
"They're still trapped, forced to serve someone else!"
"Not all of them! Look, it's complicated, but it's their way of life!" He came towards her, "We may not like it, but that's what it is!"
"It's not right!" She mumbled, and felt his kiss on her forehead.
"Come on, they're probably waiting for us! Let's find out where we're going!" He smiled, taking her hand and helping her down from the counter, before handing her the shorts.