My turn:
Chapter 13
Lex looked at the screen Jack was pointing to. "This is the plan?"
"Well, yeah," Jack answered.
"Sit and wait."
"And unite! Lex you're always so quick to attack, we need help."
"It's been a month, we could have been doing this then! Besides, we're going to send others into the belly of the beast with us?" Lex laughed.
"It's a good plan," Amber answered sourly. "We've been working on battle plans, but we need more people. We're not throwing them to the wolves, we're right with them."
"So who's the lucky members?"
"It's a hard choice, they're aren't many tribes that can attack the Locos, even with us. Most have no fighting expertise," Jack told them. "The Mallrats are very visible so you're going to have to be honest about why we want to combine our powers."
"Of course we would," Amber nodded.
"So you don't know who it's going to be, how well they can handle themselves, or if they'll turn on us in the end?" Lex laughed.
"You said you wanted to be consulted, that's what we're doing, so stop the negative additions," she demanded.
"Look, when you get something solid, let me know, I'll try to think up something myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see my wife."
He left and headed in the direction of their room, thinking of what just happened. Join with others? People no one knew and didn't trust? They'd have to build relationships for battle, ensuring they wouldn't let you get run through with a pointy stick as long as they're out of harm. And speaking of strangers joining the tribe . . .
Lex paused in front of the window, 'Relief Tides' written across it. Through the glass he could see Siva standing in the semi-darkness, she didn't move and inch as she stared at . . . something. Lex entered the store, walking up to her with barely a tap of his boots until he was right behind her, watching Bray sink into a tub.
"Having a good time?" he whispered in her ear.
Siva jumped and stepped back. "I needed to talk to Bray so I followed him here, is there a crime against that, Sheriff?"
"For indecent behavior, maybe," Lex smirked. "So you needed to speak with our great leader and got an impromptu show?"
"Maybe," she challenged, crossing her arms.
Lex laughed softly as not to disturb Bray - the fact they were talking with him so near and the acute leader having no idea was bad enough. They could be assassins! Looking at Siva Lex tilted his head, looking her up and down as she gave a disobedient look.
"Best you think of someone else to spy on," he informed her, though she already knew by now. "Bray's already got a partner - in the tribe and in his bed. You met Amber, right?"
"Amber?" She asked coyly, touching his chest lightly with her pointer finger. "And what about you? Do you have a *true* partner as well?"
She hadn't been struck with amnesia, and she wasn't stupid, but just then, she didn't care anymore. This was her job after all; Jaffa had gotten word to her weeks ago, seduce, and seduce. She was rather reluctant at first, it wasn't her natural nature to be alluring like her sisters, but now it was different. She was going to be the victor. Earlier she'd dismissed Lex, but to bring down a strong and reluctant member -perhaps Queen of the Locos would become her spot.
Lex grasped Siva's soft hand and held it away from his black shirt as he bared his teeth a touch.
"I think you know the answer to that. A while back, darlin', I'd be ready for a go."
"Really?" Siva smiled, raising her eyebrow and enjoying his admission.
"Really," Lex answered before forcing her back slightly by pushing her hand toward her own space and dropping it. "But this isn't a while ago, and you came too late."
"What if I'd have come then?" Siva asked, sliding her fingers along her hip and tracing the line of her corset.
Lex looked at her, trying her best to entice him, and she seemed to do it very well. But when Lex wanted to be honest he wasn't one to critique his words into pretty substitutes.
"Well, Siva, I would have dumped you for my wife."
With that simple statement Lex turned on foot and left her. Siva was tempted to stamp her foot, but Bray wasn't far away. She never got anything! Ebony was always the leader, Java the picture of cool confidence. She would get this. She glanced the way Lex left, then to Bray's relaxing body.
She'd get one of them. She'd do her job. She'd come out on top. If not, there was always that quiet one Jaffa had mentioned.
*-*-*-*
"Lex," Trudy smiled, kissing him before he was in the room.
"Nice way to be greeted."
"KC isn't here," she insinuated, dragging his coat off.
"Again?" he asked of her vivacious attitude. "Not that I'm complaining."
"We're newlyweds, we're supposed to do this," she informed him, undoing his buckle.
"Still not complaining."
They hit the bed and Trudy slid her hands under his shirt, Lex mirrored her to feel the hot skin of her back while she moaned at his caresses. He sat up and her legs wrapped around him as she did away with his shirt, throwing it to the floor and kissing his chest.
"Trudy," he said softly, the name rolling across his tongue to roll across her body, the tone making her excitement flush her skin. She kissed him to feel that tone and tongue in her mouth while he pressed her against him to submerge his hands in her hair, the strands twining around his fingers, hands, arms as he kissed her over and over again. She felt the well of sensation bloom in her. Oh, God, she loved him.
"LEX?" A sharp voice intoned from the doorway. They both jumped, Trudy falling to the side and tugging her blouse down as Amber stood there fuming.
"Don't you know how to knock?" he spat.
"Now you know how I felt," she said, recalling him dropping in at an inopportune moment. "Have you seen Bray?"
"The last time I saw him he was hot tubing," he told her as Trudy gave Amber an ill-tempered look.
Amber sighed raggedly and slammed the door behind her.
"Why doesn't she just put him on a leash and be done with it?" Trudy asked as she went to lock the door, bitter at being interrupted doing one of her favorite things. Actually, sheer volume would have made it her favorite thing by an overwhelming margin.
"Chaffing," Lex answered, kissing her throat as soon as she rejoined him. "Besides she's not going to be too happy when she finds him."
"Hmm?"
"Apparently Bray had a Peeping Tom, or Tina?"
"Who?" Trudy asked, unbuttoning her shirt as she moved her husband to lay on the bed.
"Siva," he said reaching for her.
"So she's not just restricting herself to you?" she asked cheekily.
Trudy had given a little into foolishness every once in a while and let herself observe the new guest while she was around Lex. She'd seen Siva following his every move, but she'd also seen her start to notice Bray so she'd decided not to worry too much about it. She trusted Lex, and in a short amount of time she'd been rather happily hit over the head with the fact that the love she felt wasn't restricted to being friends. She was *in love*. She didn't know how he really felt, but marrying her and claiming the baby told her he must have *some* strong feelings for her.
"Good question," he said.
"What's that mean?" she asked as he rolled her under him. Did something happen?
"Well . . ."
*-*-*-*
Ebony stared at Jaffa as he poured adoration over her lover. Why didn't he just jump in bed too and cut her out completely? He probably would if he could, she thought bitterly. He'd have to be taken care of.
"Hey, sis," Java greeted.
"Hi," Ebony said, barely looking to her side but immediately noticing her older kin were not locked at the hip. "Where's Siva?"
"She's not supposed to be back for a couple days now."
"Where'd she go?"
"You didn't hear?" Java said with a laugh. "Falling from grace with Zoot?"
They were sisters, sisters who swore to look out for each other, but they couldn't stop the competitive nature that threaded through them. It stemmed from before the virus when the youngest, overzealous Ebony did anything to claw to the top of whatever she was doing, trampling whomever, or whatever she had to.
"Where is she?" Ebony said with a roll of her eyes.
"She's joined up with the Mallrats over a month ago."
"WHAT? I've seen her since then around here-"
"She's decided to walk on the not-so-wild side," she shrugged.
"Drop the trash, Siva, I have a right to know where our sister is." Ebony said, not that she terribly cared, but she sensed something.
Java rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Jaffa's sent her in with Zoot's approval. They sent little rugrat with her too, apparently they've got a plan to overthrow the competition. It's top secret though, no one knows about it so don't go opening your big trap. You've seen her around because Zoot doesn't want anyone to know that they're away spying on the Mallrats, less chance of it leaking out."
"Really?" Ebony bit her lip, she could use this.
What would happen if Jaffa's plan fell through? Zoot wouldn't be too happy. A slow smile spread over her red lips and she almost laughed before turning to her sister.
"You can go now."
"Love you too, little sister."
Chapter 13
Lex looked at the screen Jack was pointing to. "This is the plan?"
"Well, yeah," Jack answered.
"Sit and wait."
"And unite! Lex you're always so quick to attack, we need help."
"It's been a month, we could have been doing this then! Besides, we're going to send others into the belly of the beast with us?" Lex laughed.
"It's a good plan," Amber answered sourly. "We've been working on battle plans, but we need more people. We're not throwing them to the wolves, we're right with them."
"So who's the lucky members?"
"It's a hard choice, they're aren't many tribes that can attack the Locos, even with us. Most have no fighting expertise," Jack told them. "The Mallrats are very visible so you're going to have to be honest about why we want to combine our powers."
"Of course we would," Amber nodded.
"So you don't know who it's going to be, how well they can handle themselves, or if they'll turn on us in the end?" Lex laughed.
"You said you wanted to be consulted, that's what we're doing, so stop the negative additions," she demanded.
"Look, when you get something solid, let me know, I'll try to think up something myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see my wife."
He left and headed in the direction of their room, thinking of what just happened. Join with others? People no one knew and didn't trust? They'd have to build relationships for battle, ensuring they wouldn't let you get run through with a pointy stick as long as they're out of harm. And speaking of strangers joining the tribe . . .
Lex paused in front of the window, 'Relief Tides' written across it. Through the glass he could see Siva standing in the semi-darkness, she didn't move and inch as she stared at . . . something. Lex entered the store, walking up to her with barely a tap of his boots until he was right behind her, watching Bray sink into a tub.
"Having a good time?" he whispered in her ear.
Siva jumped and stepped back. "I needed to talk to Bray so I followed him here, is there a crime against that, Sheriff?"
"For indecent behavior, maybe," Lex smirked. "So you needed to speak with our great leader and got an impromptu show?"
"Maybe," she challenged, crossing her arms.
Lex laughed softly as not to disturb Bray - the fact they were talking with him so near and the acute leader having no idea was bad enough. They could be assassins! Looking at Siva Lex tilted his head, looking her up and down as she gave a disobedient look.
"Best you think of someone else to spy on," he informed her, though she already knew by now. "Bray's already got a partner - in the tribe and in his bed. You met Amber, right?"
"Amber?" She asked coyly, touching his chest lightly with her pointer finger. "And what about you? Do you have a *true* partner as well?"
She hadn't been struck with amnesia, and she wasn't stupid, but just then, she didn't care anymore. This was her job after all; Jaffa had gotten word to her weeks ago, seduce, and seduce. She was rather reluctant at first, it wasn't her natural nature to be alluring like her sisters, but now it was different. She was going to be the victor. Earlier she'd dismissed Lex, but to bring down a strong and reluctant member -perhaps Queen of the Locos would become her spot.
Lex grasped Siva's soft hand and held it away from his black shirt as he bared his teeth a touch.
"I think you know the answer to that. A while back, darlin', I'd be ready for a go."
"Really?" Siva smiled, raising her eyebrow and enjoying his admission.
"Really," Lex answered before forcing her back slightly by pushing her hand toward her own space and dropping it. "But this isn't a while ago, and you came too late."
"What if I'd have come then?" Siva asked, sliding her fingers along her hip and tracing the line of her corset.
Lex looked at her, trying her best to entice him, and she seemed to do it very well. But when Lex wanted to be honest he wasn't one to critique his words into pretty substitutes.
"Well, Siva, I would have dumped you for my wife."
With that simple statement Lex turned on foot and left her. Siva was tempted to stamp her foot, but Bray wasn't far away. She never got anything! Ebony was always the leader, Java the picture of cool confidence. She would get this. She glanced the way Lex left, then to Bray's relaxing body.
She'd get one of them. She'd do her job. She'd come out on top. If not, there was always that quiet one Jaffa had mentioned.
*-*-*-*
"Lex," Trudy smiled, kissing him before he was in the room.
"Nice way to be greeted."
"KC isn't here," she insinuated, dragging his coat off.
"Again?" he asked of her vivacious attitude. "Not that I'm complaining."
"We're newlyweds, we're supposed to do this," she informed him, undoing his buckle.
"Still not complaining."
They hit the bed and Trudy slid her hands under his shirt, Lex mirrored her to feel the hot skin of her back while she moaned at his caresses. He sat up and her legs wrapped around him as she did away with his shirt, throwing it to the floor and kissing his chest.
"Trudy," he said softly, the name rolling across his tongue to roll across her body, the tone making her excitement flush her skin. She kissed him to feel that tone and tongue in her mouth while he pressed her against him to submerge his hands in her hair, the strands twining around his fingers, hands, arms as he kissed her over and over again. She felt the well of sensation bloom in her. Oh, God, she loved him.
"LEX?" A sharp voice intoned from the doorway. They both jumped, Trudy falling to the side and tugging her blouse down as Amber stood there fuming.
"Don't you know how to knock?" he spat.
"Now you know how I felt," she said, recalling him dropping in at an inopportune moment. "Have you seen Bray?"
"The last time I saw him he was hot tubing," he told her as Trudy gave Amber an ill-tempered look.
Amber sighed raggedly and slammed the door behind her.
"Why doesn't she just put him on a leash and be done with it?" Trudy asked as she went to lock the door, bitter at being interrupted doing one of her favorite things. Actually, sheer volume would have made it her favorite thing by an overwhelming margin.
"Chaffing," Lex answered, kissing her throat as soon as she rejoined him. "Besides she's not going to be too happy when she finds him."
"Hmm?"
"Apparently Bray had a Peeping Tom, or Tina?"
"Who?" Trudy asked, unbuttoning her shirt as she moved her husband to lay on the bed.
"Siva," he said reaching for her.
"So she's not just restricting herself to you?" she asked cheekily.
Trudy had given a little into foolishness every once in a while and let herself observe the new guest while she was around Lex. She'd seen Siva following his every move, but she'd also seen her start to notice Bray so she'd decided not to worry too much about it. She trusted Lex, and in a short amount of time she'd been rather happily hit over the head with the fact that the love she felt wasn't restricted to being friends. She was *in love*. She didn't know how he really felt, but marrying her and claiming the baby told her he must have *some* strong feelings for her.
"Good question," he said.
"What's that mean?" she asked as he rolled her under him. Did something happen?
"Well . . ."
*-*-*-*
Ebony stared at Jaffa as he poured adoration over her lover. Why didn't he just jump in bed too and cut her out completely? He probably would if he could, she thought bitterly. He'd have to be taken care of.
"Hey, sis," Java greeted.
"Hi," Ebony said, barely looking to her side but immediately noticing her older kin were not locked at the hip. "Where's Siva?"
"She's not supposed to be back for a couple days now."
"Where'd she go?"
"You didn't hear?" Java said with a laugh. "Falling from grace with Zoot?"
They were sisters, sisters who swore to look out for each other, but they couldn't stop the competitive nature that threaded through them. It stemmed from before the virus when the youngest, overzealous Ebony did anything to claw to the top of whatever she was doing, trampling whomever, or whatever she had to.
"Where is she?" Ebony said with a roll of her eyes.
"She's joined up with the Mallrats over a month ago."
"WHAT? I've seen her since then around here-"
"She's decided to walk on the not-so-wild side," she shrugged.
"Drop the trash, Siva, I have a right to know where our sister is." Ebony said, not that she terribly cared, but she sensed something.
Java rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Jaffa's sent her in with Zoot's approval. They sent little rugrat with her too, apparently they've got a plan to overthrow the competition. It's top secret though, no one knows about it so don't go opening your big trap. You've seen her around because Zoot doesn't want anyone to know that they're away spying on the Mallrats, less chance of it leaking out."
"Really?" Ebony bit her lip, she could use this.
What would happen if Jaffa's plan fell through? Zoot wouldn't be too happy. A slow smile spread over her red lips and she almost laughed before turning to her sister.
"You can go now."
"Love you too, little sister."