Two
The heavy riffs and rhythms of Cassie's rock music reverberated in her ears through her earbuds as she mercilessly beat on the training bag that swung back and forth before her. A spinning roundhouse kick launched the bag extra far and she braced herself for Newton's laws to take effect. As it was inevitable, the bag swung back down into her waiting hands, making her stumble back slightly, which annoyed her, which in turn fueled her to continue pummeling the bag more and more. A quick one-two punch as the chorus of her song began was interrupted by her iPhone ringing, causing her to groan audibly and grab the bag to stop its momentum once more. The caller I.D. showed her father with a goofy grin on his face. Her annoyance disappeared as she looked at the picture of Johnny Cage. Her relationship with him had grown much stronger since her mother, Sonya Blade had decided to focus on her role in the Special Forces above being a parent to her.
"Hey, dad." Cassie said through her breaths.
"Hey there, sweetie." Johnny replied. "Am I interrupting something?"
"Well I was just hitting the bag a little. But I can talk. What's up?" Cassie huffed.
"I just wanted to congratulate you on your first solo trip to Outworld. Kotal is pleased and our alliance continues. Handled it like a champ." Johnny said. He sounded proud of his daughter, which brought a smile to her face.
"Thanks." Cassie said as she wrapped a small towel across the back of her neck. "And that champ would be you?"
"Hey, come on." Johnny said in a mockingly offended tone. "But yeah." Cassie giggled slightly.
"So that D'Vorah chick..." Cassie said, feeling herself grow hot beyond her exhaustion from her training due to memories of the night they had shared together in the hybrid's quarters. "What do you think about her?"
"D'Vorah...Man, she's creepy." Johnny said with a small shudder.
"Oh, come one, she's not that bad."
"Saw her eat a lizard once."
"A lizard?"
"Yeah. A damn lizard. Just stabbed it with one of those stinger-things and ate it right off the branch."
"Well, that is kinda nasty..." Cassie said quietly, rubbing the back of her neck.
"And she's a total douche." Johnny quipped.
"She is not!" Cassie said involuntarily. "I mean, you barely know her, dad."
"Well geez, alright." Johnny responded. Cassie could imagine him raising his hands up in that smart-aleck manner of his. "You guys become best friends on your trek or something?" Cassie again felt herself become hot.
"Well, I mean, we talked some..." Cassie approached her shower and turned the faucet before standing back for a moment waiting for the water to warm up. "And I learned a little bit about her."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Johnny asked.
"Well it'd be kinda hard to get into now, I just got done making that punching bag my bitch." Cassie said. "I'll tell you over dinner sometime."
"Alrighty, then. I'll hold you to that." Johnny replied. "You free tonight?"
"It's a date." Cassie replied with a smile.
"Okay, great. Oh, what if I asked your mom to come?" He asked. The thought made Cassie frown and shake her head. She sighed and threw a hand up.
"Sure, I guess." Cassie was angry that she even felt like she had to resign herself to the fact that her mother would be coming.
"Okay then. I'll call you later." He said. "Love you, baby girl."
"I love you too, dad." Cassie replied before hanging up. Her heart, unbeknownst to her, the vessel that contained the very organ, was racing far above its normal rate. She stepped into the shower and let the cool water play over her bare body. Cassie had always loved the way it felt going over her skin, particularly her erogenous zones such as her nipples, groin and of course, her well-rounded rear. The conversation about D'Vorah, her newly-acquired exotic lover, had gotten her feeling sexually aroused and she hadn't even realized it before getting into the shower. Her hand gripped her perfectly round, sizeable, perky right breast and kneaded the soft flesh before pinching her nipple, making her bite her lip. The Earthrealm fighter shook her head quickly and decided to hold off the urge of touching herself until the next night. When D'Vorah finally would come to visit her at her house.
After all, she had a hell of a night planned.
...
D'Vorah blocked a punch from Erron Black, one of Kotal Kahn's chief enforcers and countered it with a precise palm to the human's forhead, causing him to stumble back a few steps. The Kytinn used this opportunity to launch a kick toward the outlaw's head, but he managed to recover in time to block the attack and grab her leg before using his powerful muscles to throw her away from him. She landed hard and rolled a bit before immediately going into a crouch.
"Well that smarts." Erron said nonchalantly as he adjusted his hat, which was knocked askew by the strike.
"Prepare to feel more pain than that, Black." D'Vorah replied.
"We'll see." He sighed, casually getting into a fighting stance. D'Vorah charged him and threw a mock punch before following up with a haymaker that she was positive would make contact. Erron, however, blocked it with one arm and kicked D'Vorah in the stomach, causing her to stumble back, gritting her teeth.
"Predictable." Erron said. "Look like this fight will make it 53-52."
"You assume too much, human." D'Vorah spat as she stood, adjusting her hood and cape. "The record will be 53-52, but it will be in my favor. Not yours." The insect queen opened her hands, unleashing a small swarm of insects that crawled into the various recesses of the training room the two kombatants fought in. Erron chuckled and shook his head before readying himself. D'Vorah unfurled her wings and began to fly around the room, using various columns to speed herself up as she used her legs to vault off of them.
"Heard you got dominated by Rain." Erron said. "The little prince chump. He's not too tough."
D'Vorah said nothing as she mentally commanded a section of the swarm she had unleashed to attack Erron, who simply removed his cape, quickly twisted into a large, makeshift rope and swung it to subdue the horde. This gave D'Vorah the opportunity she needed to divebomb Black and kick him in the chest, knocking him onto his back. D'Vorah kept the pressure up by moving on him quickly as he stood, delivering a one-two punch to his face, blocking a punch and giving him a quick roundhouse kick to the side. A stinger came from her back and she launched it at him, intent on making a small hole in his shoulder. It would be non-lethal, of course, as they were just training. Kotal's healers would take care of any substantial injuries. But D'Vorah wanted to make this hurt.
Erron was ready for this, however, and grabbed the stinger before roughly pulling D'Vorah toward him. The yank hurt as she flew straight into a spinning pistol-whip delivered by the human Outworlder. The hit dazed her as she stumbled back.
"When is said the word predictable, I meant it." Erron sighed as he walked toward her, spinning his gun before sheathing it. "There's some things about fighting that 150 years teaches you."
"You will soon see you still have much to learn."
"Big talk for a bug who's about to get squashed."
Tired of Erron's taunting and filled with rage, D'Vorah charged him again, haphazardly slinging her fists at his face and body. Erron took a couple punches, but managed to stave off the relentless assault with a few counter-punches of his own. After dodging a spinning kick, Erron removed a sand bomb from his belt and crushed it before throwing it into D'Vorah's face. He then slid on the ground with such force he knocked D'Vorah over him and onto the ground with a kick to her legs. He stood and launched a haymaker at D'Vorah's face. Since the Kytinn was disoriented by the sand, the haymaker connected with much force, fracturing her jaw and knocking her onto her back. Her vision cleared just in time to see Erron draw a pistol and point it at her face.
"Bang." He said calmly and stepped back. "53-52."
A clapping sound was heard as Kotal Kahn entered the training room, prompting Erron to bow and D'Vorah to do the same as she stood on shaky legs.
"Well done, Erron Black. A masterful combination of defense, offense and trickery. It is no wonder you are one of my most deadly warriors. D'Vorah, you fought well, but you shouldn't let an enemy's taunts drive you to fury. Go and see the healers."
The two warriors bowed once more and began to walk away. Kotal gently grabbed D'Vorah's arm as she passed, letting Erron leave the room before he spoke.
"Make yourself presentable after your healing and meet me in my quarters. I must speak to you about something." The emperor stated. D'Vorah nodded, unsure what he meant.
"Yes, emperor."
...
Cassie parked her car and sighed before getting out. A tasteful black dress flowed to her lower legs as she walked into the affluent restaurant she often ate at with her father. Cassie was tough and loved to fight, but that didn't mean she didn't like to get dolled up whenever she'd go out to eat. She approached the hostess, who was dressed in a modest dress vest with a white shirt and pants with a bow tie around her neck.
"Welcome. How may I help you?" She asked.
"Oh, I'm meeting someone here, thanks." Cassie replied, earning a nod from the hostess as she walked through the restaurant, looking for her father. It wasn't until this time that she realized that Johnny had rented the entire restaurant out, just for the two of them. Sitting at a booth with a dress coat was Johnny Cage, who smiled at the sight of his daughter. He stood and wrapped her in his arms for a moment before letting her go.
"Hey, baby girl." Johnny said, his smile not leaving his face.
"Hey, dad." Cassie replied.
"You look gorgeous."
"Why thank you." Cassie giggled. "You don't look so bad yourself."
Johnny chuckled as they sat. He had already ordered an orange cream soda, Cassie's favorite. It was waiting in a small bucket of ice. Cassie laughed as she took the bottle and popped the cap off before taking a swig.
"You'd think that a place like this wouldn't serve a drink like this." Cassie said after sighing, relishing the rich taste of the beverage.
"Doors open when you're a billionaire movie star." Johnny replied. "Who has saved the world."
"Alright, alright, Mr. Ego." Cassie said with a small giggle. Johnny merely smiled at his daughter.
"So, how have things been in my old place?" He asked.
"Boring for the most part. I mean, the home theater is pretty sweet, though." Cassie said, making Johnny chuckle.
"Yeah, that was my favorite part. Ninja Mime has been played on that screen for many a bimbo." Cassie had to stop herself from guffawing at the statement.
"Oh, dad." The girl sighed.
"Yeah, those days are behind me, now." Johnny said before taking a sip of his own drink, the nature of which eluded Cassie. "Settled down, had a kick-ass daughter..."
"Speaking of which, where's mom? I thought she was coming tonight?" Cassie asked.
"No word from her yet. I'll call her real quick." Johnny said. Cassie nodded and propped her head up in her hand before taking another swig of her soda. Johnny sat for a moment. He made a peculiar motion with his hands, seemingly pulling something down, causing Cassie to raise an eyebrow. "Gotta batten down the hatches." Cassie once again stopped herself from laughing.
"Sonya, hey." Johnny said after about a minute. "Where are you? Cass and I are waiting at the restaurant for you...Yeah...Okay..." A large frown appeared on his face and he suddenly looked angry. He stood and left the table. "Goddamn it Sonya..." Cassie barely registered as he left the restaurant, presumably to argue with his ex-wife. Cassie was herself filled with anger as she flagged down a waiter.
"Strongest wine you got. I don't care what kind." She said, figuring a place like this didn't serve hard liquor. "Pronto."
"May I see your ID?" He asked, causing Cassie to glare at him.
"Do I seriously look like a minor to you?" She asked.
"It's protocol, madam." He replied. Cassie gritted her teeth as she removed her wallet from her purse.
"Here. Here's my ID. Right here." Cassie said before pointing at the part where her birthday was. "There, look at that. I'm 22. See? Right there." The waiter nodded, an apprehensive look on his face as he left.
Cassie fumed where she sat. If Sonya were in front of her at that moment, she'd probably hit her. This was the fifth time she had stood Johnny and herself up for some "important" mission or happenstance in the Special Forces. She was the goddamned general. She could make time for her family if she had wanted to. The waiter returned with a bottle. Cassie looked at the label, reading the words, "14% Alcohol Content". She waved the waiter off and uncorked the bottle before taking a swig straight from it. The wine was bitter and unsatisfying. She had always hated wine. She took another swig. Johnny returned to the table and sat down, an angry, yet melancholy look on his face.
"Your mom won't be joining us tonight." Johnny almost growled as he slid his phone into his pocket.
"Mom? What fucking mom?" Cassie asked before pouring herself a large glass of wine, electing not to look so unladylike in front her father, who she loved with all her heart.
"So you ordered wine, huh?" Johnny asked.
"Might as well." Cassie replied.
"Hey, come on, Cass." Johnny said, putting a hand on his daughter's. "We've always had fun without her. Don't let that stop us now." Cassie looked at Johnny, a hopeful smile on her face, and her anger melted.
"You're right, you're right." Cassie said with a sigh before taking a swig from her glass. "So, what's her excuse this time?"
"Some operation." Johnny replied. "She didn't give me specifics."
"She say anything else?"
"Nope."
"No apology or anything?"
"Nope."
"Fucking typical."
"Yep."
"So how have things been with you?" Cassie asked, taking another swig of her wine before chasing it with the soda. She really hated wine.
"Well, mostly just hanging out at my place, training and relaxing till the good general decides to call me in on another mission." He replied, tilting his head for a moment before drinking some of his water.
"She hasn't decided you're useless yet?"
"'Yet?' Hey come on, give me some credit here. I beat the shit out of Shinnok for crying out loud." He said.
"That you did, that you did." Cassie said. Another swig, another chaser. "I'm very proud of my dad."
"Good to know, sweetheart." He replied. "So...you mentioned D'Vorah earlier..." At this time, the waiter approached them, placing a basket of fine bread and butter before them with two butter knives.
"Are we ready to order?"
"Oh, sure." Johnny said. "I'll have the ribeye, medium...with the cheddar mashed potatoes and...eh...I guess I'll have the Tilapia as well."
"Very good, sir."
"I'll have the chicken parmesan with the green beans and some of those amazing garlic knots you guys make."
"Thank you very much. Your dishes will be out shortly." The waiter took their menus and left.
"In and out like one of your bimbos, huh?" Cassie asked with a smile as she drank once more. Johnny laughed.
"So...D'Vorah?" He asked.
"Why are you so interested in her?" Cassie asked. "Does my daddy have a bug fetish?" Cassie laughed internally as that was exactly what she herself had developed in the recent days.
"No, she creeps the hell out of me. But you said she wasn't that bad, and the last time I met her, she was a bit of a douche." He said.
"Well, it's true that the can be a total douche, but that's not how she is all the time. You'd just need to get down to basics with her. She's part of an old insect-y type race. They're all dying out." Cassie took another swig. She didn't chase it this time, electing to save the soda for when she was finished drinking the wine.
"That's not good."
"No, it's not. She told me that they all live with a united hive mind...And each time she listens it gets more and more silent." Cassie described, taking yet another swig.
"Wow...that's pretty heavy." He replied. "So you guys ended up pretty buddy-buddy, huh?"
"Well...yeah, I guess you could say that." Cassie said. Another swig. The glass was done. She poured another. "I definitely have a new appreciation for her, that's for sure."
"You think you've had enough, Cass?" Johnny asked, gesturing to the bottle. A third of it was already gone.
"Nah." Cassie said as she drank from the glass again. "I'm alright."
"If you say so." Johnny replied. "How are things with Jaqui?"
"We train a lot, which is fun." Cassie said. "We go out on the town a lot. You wouldn't believe how many guys hit on us."
"I'd prefer not to think about it." He replied. "Though I do have the added benefit of not having to have 'the talk' with any boyfriends. You're more likely to kill them than I am." Cassie laughed before downing the rest of her glass, pouring herself another. This didn't escape Johnny's notice.
"Some guy wants to have his way with this, he's gonna have to work for it." Cassie said, gesturing to her ample bust. She was obviously getting tipsy at this point. Johnny did not look.
"Again, prefer not to think about it." Johnny said with a small chuckle.
"So...have you had any luck with the ladies recently?" Cassie asked.
"There's always a lucky lady waiting to meet Johnny Cage." Johnny boasted proudly, taking a bite of bread.
"More like a lucky cougar."
"Hey!" He said, bread still in his mouth, making a funny face and speaking in a dopey voice. This caused Cassie to laugh heartily for a few moments.
"But seriously, though. Anyone you've met who has interested you?"
"Well, there's this lady...Alice." Johnny began. "We met in a coffee shop. How stereotypical, right?" Cassie nodded and drank her wine.
"We strike up a conversation and get to talking. Then spouses come up. Hoo, we're kindred spirits in that department. Her guy just up and left her one day. She hadn't known anything was wrong. All he left was a note saying 'Have a nice life.'."
"What a total dick."
"Total dick." Johnny agreed. "But anyway, there we were talking and before we knew it, our coffees were gone."
"Aww, how cute."
"So I asked her out and we've been on a few dates." Johnny finished. "She's great."
"Have you guys..." Cassie made an obscene gesture with her fingers.
"Cass, come on! I'm your dad." Johnny said with a small laugh. "But hell, yeah."
...
D'Vorah cautiously walked through the expansive halls of Kotal Kahn's palace, her mind buzzing with possibilities of what Kotal wished to speak to her of. His tone was hushed, but that was all D'Vorah could gather from the fast words he spoke into her ear. Though since D'Vorah was naturally cynical, her mind always went to the worst places when it came to situations pertaining to her standing with the emperor and anything that may compromise that.
She shook her head and smiled to herself. Something that surprised her. She rarely smiled and when she did it was usually a sadistic or triumphant grin derived from her killing a particularly powerful opponent, or completing a particularly steep obstacle. Or when she thought about Cassie Cage.
Her heartbeat increased in frequency and significance as she neared Kotal's throne room. One side of it overlooked the expansive plains and jungles of Outworld, and the other was scores above the bustling Outworld marketplace. Kotal stood at his window, his massive arms crossed against his chest. He said nothing as D'Vorah approached. The hybrid moved slowly, cautiously, watching the emperor of Outworld as she approached him from behind, waiting for him to make a movement or say something.
"I am concerned, D'Vorah. Quite concerned." He said, his deep voice resounding through the chamber. D'Vorah nearly jumped at his sudden speech.
"May I ask...what the cause of your concern is, emperor?" D'Vorah asked, the caution in her voice plainly audible.
"I know that you brought Cassandra Cage to your chambers." The Osh-Tekk warrior said, making D'Vorah's chest hurt. "And I can assume that I know what transpired within your walls." D'Vorah's chest almost exploded.
"My emperor, I apologize, it was a momentary lapse in judgment. It will never-"
"I do not care if you take an Earthrealm warrior as your lover. We have been in a peace treaty with the Earthrealmers and if your recent mission was any indication, there would be no reason to doubt its integrity at this point." Kotal interrupted her, stunning her. "In fact, I would go so far as to encourage it. You need an outlet, my first minister."
"Then...why are you concerned, my lord?"
"Should a conflict, or any act of war perpetuated by Earthrealm arise, I fear that Cassandra would use your affections for her against Outworld." The emperor said.
"My emperor, there is absolutely no possibility of that ever happening." D'Vorah quickly said.
"Have you ever been in love, D'Vorah?"
"This one is not in love with-"
"Answer the question, D'Vorah."
"No."
"Well love is an extremely powerful force. It can be beautiful, fulfilling and can bring meaning to one's life when they no longer believe that their life has it. But it is also capable of compelling those under its influence to perform acts they wouldn't normally." Kotal explained. "I merely urge you to be cautious."
"Were...you ever in love, emperor?" D'Vorah asked. Kotal chuckled quietly.
"Once. A long time ago." He replied. "Now come. You've earned a rest."
As Kotal put his hand on D'Vorah's back, leading her through the palace toward her quarters, she thought on the emperor's words. It was true that D'Vorah wanted to see Cassie again. Quite a bit, actually. It had been all she had been thinking about since she received the invitation from Cassie. But the possibility of the human girl using her to get information was now much more prominent in her thoughts. Cassie hadn't seemed to have asked her any questions pertaining to Outworld, Earthrealm or the relations between the two realms.
Well, except for the weather.
...
Cassie groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and looked around the room she was in. At that moment, the girl couldn't discern anything from her surroundings, as her vision was blurred from the blinding headache she suffered from. She was laid on her side, sitting up slowly and gritting her teeth as her head and eyes lit ablaze with pain. A sudden nausea filled her midsection and she gripped her stomach, still wrapped in the dress she wore the previous night.
She looked around more to see that she was in her father's living room. A picture of himself from Ninja Mime graced the space above his fire place. Cassie couldn't help but smile. Her father was a hero; kind, generous and noble, but a total egomaniac.
"Well, now. Good morning, princess." Johnny said, a small chuckle in his voice.
"What's so good about it?" Cassie asked, making her father laugh.
"The only think more stereotypical to say would be 'Oh, my achin' head.'" He replied.
"Well lets be glad I didn't say that one." Cassie moaned. "Oh, god, I've never been this hung over."
"You've never been as drunk as you were last night, either." He said to her.
"Oh, shit..." She said, widening her eyes at the realization, but quickly squeezing them shut as the light burned her vision. "I remember...leaving the restaurant...then going to a candy store?" Johnny laughed as he nodded.
"Yep. You had the most intense urge to go buy some candy, so I took you to a candy store." He replied. "Check it out." He nodded at the table in the center of the room.
A massive assortment of candy lay on the table before Cassie, her eyes widening heavily as she reached out and grabbed a large peanut butter cup. She unwrapped it slowly, as her hangover caused her to perform all actions slowly, and took a bite. Her eyes lit up and she chewed happily.
"This is amazing." She said in near-euphoria.
"Well, your dad doesn't just settle for any candy store. He had to take you to Smooth Bliss." Johnny smiled widely as a smile formed on his daughter's face as well.
"Smooth bliss?!" She said happily. "That's where you and mom took my on my tenth...birthday..." A sound of sadness overtook Cassie words as she remembered her mother being a no-show like always the previous night.
"Ah, sorry, baby girl." Johnny said as he sat next to her.
"No wonder I got so drunk." Cassie said with a small chuckle. "You won't...tell her, will you?"
"Come on, who are you talking to here?" Johnny said, putting his arms up. "Of course not." Cassie wrapped her arms around her father and smiled widely.
"So...I didn't piss myself or puke or anything last night, did I?" Cassie asked, causing her father to chuckle.
"No, thank god. I'd have been up shit's creek if that happened. I'm not good at dealing with drunk people." He said.
"Because you're usually drunk yourself, you nut." Cassie said, slugging her father in the shoulder before wincing and grabbing her head. "Hey, you uh...remember that drinking contest you had with uncle Jax?" Johnny laughed.
"I did pretty well for myself. Got him good and drunk if I remember right." He replied.
"You blacked out." Cassie said with a giggle.
"Oh yeah. Well come on, give me some credit. The guy's like twice my size."
"Not quite twice."
"Watch it, missy. I can return all this candy."
Cassie put her arms over the sweets defensively.
"Noooo..." She said, imitating a child, causing her father to laugh.
"Come on, let's get that hangover cured." He said, helping her up off the large, comfortable couch. As she stood, she wrapped her arms around her father and sighed, content in the safe place she had known for so long.
"I love you, dad."
"I love you too, baby girl."
...
D'vorah stepped through the portal to Earthrealm, wearing a coarse hoodie jacket and a pair of blue jeans. She snarled at the feeling of the harsh clothes on her skin and itched her leg. She wasn't used to these kinds of garments, but she did understand their necessity in this world of idiotic, cowardly apes, especially considering the way Cassie Described it in the note she sent with the clothes. She adjusted the fabric on her jeans and looked around. If the location Cassie said to route the portal to was correct, there would be a taxi cab waiting for her on the sidewalk...There was none.
D'Vorah growled as she walked down the sidewalk, looking for the "yellow car" that Cassie described to her in the note, to no avail. The Earthrealm night had set in, but it was completely black, much to D'Vorah's disappointment. She had always relished the beauty of the stars in Outworld, and the lack of stars in this realm was disheartening. Eventually tiring of walking down the sidewalk, hiding her face from every passerby that happened to come forth from the darkness, she moved into an alleyway. If she couldn't get the cab, she was going to fly.
"Well hello, there." A deep voice came from behind her. "You lost, sweetie?"
"Walk away." D'Vorah said simply, not wishing to bring attention to herself by murdering one of the indigenous people.
"You and I both know that's not gonna-urk!" The large man that approached D'Vorah was interrupted by her fist smashing into his ribs. As the man came down, clutching his ribs gasping, she got a better view of him. He wore a trench coat and dark pants with boots. He was overweight with a large beard and a ponytail shooting from the back of his cranium. D'Vorah took her hood off and let her four stingers come free. A look of pure terror came to the man's eyes.
"I said," D'Vorah said, standing up on two of her stingers and pulling a large insect from the ovipositor in her belly. "Walk. Away."
The man fled in terror, bumping into a dumpster on his way and knocking himself unconscious. D'Vorah rolled her eyes and withdrew her stingers, in turn unfurling her wings to take flight. She snarled at the tears in her hoodie from the stingers, wishing she had in fact killed the man for the inconvenience he brought her. But, considering what Cassie had told her about how easily humans are frightened she knew it was the right choice. He would probably wake up and think he had a nightmare.
She noticed that the stars came into view once she flew above the city, a fact that made her smile. Looking out over the city, the suburbs and the countryside that surrounded it, she realized that Earthrealmers were much more advanced than she had previously thought. They had incredibly well-developed settlements and cities that sprawled on for miles.
D'Vorah looked for the large house in the suburbs that Cassie had described to her, eventually laying her eyes upon the white building with a slanted roof. The hybrid didn't see any other buildings of that type for miles around. She debated in her head about whether or not she should take the chance to see if it was Cassie's house. It was either take the chance, or go back to Outworld, without having seen Cassie at all.
Her thoughts drifted to Cassie, the way she spoke, the way she acted, the way she moved, her eyes, her body...
She really wanted to see Cassie.
...
Cassie rode home from her father's house in the dark of the evening. The taxi driver that drove her was relatively easy with his acceleration and turning, especially in comparison to most of the other taxi cab drivers she'd employed in the past. Her hangover had completely faded away and had given way to an excited light feeling in her stomach. The anticipation of finally seeing D'Vorah again since that amazing night in her quarters made Cassie nearly jittery with excitement.
"Turn left here. I'm at the top of the hill." Cassie directed the cab driver, to which he merely nodded. She liked this driver. He didn't talk much and minded his own business.
The brakes on the cab squealed mutely as the cab came to a halt before Cassie's house. Cassie pulled out her wallet and fished through for a one hundred dollar bill. She handed it over to the man, seeing his eyes widen in the rearview. The African-American man looked at her in disbelief.
"Ma'am, your total is $52.25. You gave me a hundred.": He spoke in a Jamaican accent.
"I know." Cassie said with a smile. "Got a number? I'd like to use you as my cab driver from now on. Trust me, there's more where that came from."
"Of course, ma'am." He said to her, nodding fervently and fishing through a small pouch attached to his belt. He handed her the card. "Th-Thank you, ma'am."
"No problem. Here," She fished into the large bag she picked up from the floorboard. "Have a thirty dollar candy bar." She threw him the candy bar, stunning her further, making him nod intensely once again.
"Thank you." He uttered. Cassie nodded, smirking before leaving the car. She shut the door and tapped it with her hand, letting the driver pull through the turnaround before her house. The girl held the card up and looked for a name.
"Earl Rostadun." She said quietly to herself, smiling. "See you again soon, Earl." Entering her house, she turned on the light, illuminating the large living quarters, complete with a fire place and a large, flatscreen television. Letting out a sigh, she moved through her house to the spiral staircase that led to the second level of the house.
A shuffling noise in one of the upstairs rooms immediately caught Cassie's attention. She stopped where she was on the stairs and held her breath, letting things fall completely silent. Listening intently, Cassie once again heard the same kind of shuffling noise. Immediately jumping into action, she moved up the stairs slowly, taking each step excruciatingly slowly. Discerning that the sound was coming from her bedroom, she stood at the side of the doorway, prepared to strike.
A figure walked from her doorway, which she promptly grabbed and threw over her shoulder to the floor. A familiar cry echoed through the house.
"D'Vorah?!" Cassie said, both surprised and guilty.
"Cassandra." D'Vorah replied, her face still pressed to the floor.
"Why are you here now?" Cassie asked.
"I did not know I would be interrogated." The hybrid said. Cassie gasped and immediately removed herself from her newly-acquired lover.
"Oh, my God, I'm so sorry." She said, as she helped the Kytinn up from the floor. "Why are you here so early?"
"This one left at the time you requested." The hybrid replied.
"I...Was that Outworld time?"
"Why, yes."
"Fuck." Cassie said, putting her hand on her forehead. "I'm sorry. I wanted this to be so much more...Ah, I dunno...Planned?"
"Were you excited to be reunited with me, Cassandra Cage?" D'Vorah asked.
"Maybe. Were you?" Cassie posed in turn.
"This one has anticipated this night greatly." D'Vorah took a step closer to the girl, whose heart rate increased.
"This one did too." Cassie said, almost dreamily. She stepped forward as well, and wrapped her arms around the insect queen, who in turn did the same. Their lips met tenderly in a nervous kiss. Cassie moved her lips on D'Vorah's, and their kiss escalated in intensity. Cassie took D'Vorah's bottom lip between her's and licked it slightly, causing D'Vorah to slide her tongue into the human's mouth. For a few moments the kiss continued in this fashion before they separated.
"I am so fucking sorry for slamming you." Cassie said, realizing she still hadn't apologized to her lover.
"You didn't know it was I." D'Vorah replied before blushing intensely. "You look...pleasing." Cassie, realizing what D'Vorah really meant to say, smiled.
"Oh, well, thank you." She said. "My dad bought me this dress."
"Johnny Cage."
"Yep. Went to dinner last night." Cassie replied. Her eyes lit up and she smiled widely. "Hey, come here. I've got something to show you." Cassie took D'Vorah's hand and led her down the stairs to the table she had left the bag on. She reached in and pulled out a candy bar.
"Here." She said with a large smile.
"Is this one of your...power bars?" The hybrid asked, to which Cassie merely smiled more widely.
"Just take a bite." Cassie said with a small giggle.
D'Vorah cautiously opened the bar, like Cassie had previously shown her. Slowly, unsurely she moved it toward her mouth. She looked over at Cassie who nodded. The Kytinn took a bite and slowly chewed it. Before she knew it, her mouth was bursting with the smooth, wonderfully sweet taste of the gourmet milk chocolate. Her eyes widened as she immediately took another bite of the bar. Hastily, D'Vorah devoured the rest of the bar and looked at Cassie in amazement.
"What...was that?"
"That, my dear, was chocolate." Cassie said with her trademark smirk. God, it made D'Vorah want to pull that dress off of her on the spot.
"Is there..."
"More? You bet your sweet, sexy, buggy ass."
D'Vorah smiled at Cassie. They both knew. It was happening.
Now.
Cassie and D'Vorah crashed into each other, their lips enveloping each others' in a fiery kiss. Their tongues intermingled and their saliva mixed together in a hypnotic, arousing cocktail. Cassie withdrew from the kiss and removed D'Vorah's hoodie and began unbuttoning her jeans, pulling them off, revealing D'Vorah's normal outfit, minus her cape. D'Vorah clumsily removed the straps to Cassie's dress making the girl giggle before continuing the kiss. They clumsily moved up the stairs, one step at a time, taking care not to fall.
Which they did.
D'Vorah tripped on a stair and unwittingly pulled Cassie down with her. The blonde fell on top of her, both of them gasping. A few moments of stunned silence were followed by giggling. Then by laughter. Cassie laughed uproariously as she got off of her lover and sat on the step. D'Vorah sat up as well, laughing quietly herself.
"Oh, god, we're so hot for each other, we can't get up the stairs without tearing into one another."
"I must admit, you have a curious effect on this one, Cassandra."
"Well, let's go see what other effects I can have on you." Cassie whispered sultrily, kissing D'Vorah on the lips before standing and offering the hybrid her hand. Smiling knowingly, D'Vorah took it and stood as well, moving up the steps to Cassie's room. It was warmly lit, with a king-sized bed in the center.
"Take it off." Cassie said, turning around and gesturing to the zipper on the back of her dress. D'Vorah moved the zipper down slowly, causing a shiver to run up the human girl's spine. She turned around and pulled the dress from her chest slowly, revealing her perfectly rounded and perky breasts to her Kytinn lover. Cassie took the bottom seam of the skintight top D'Vorah wore and moved it over her head. Cassie loved D'Vorah's breasts.
The girl leaned down and took one of the hybrid's nipple into her lips, making D'Vorah moan sensually. She moved her tongue around the areola, causing it to become erect in her mouth. She bit the flesh softly, making her partner jump slightly. She switched to the other nipple, performing the same action until the desired result was achieved. Moving up to D'Vorah's neck, Cassie sucked and licked on the flesh. D'Vorah, eager to reciprocate the physical affection she was receiving, moved a hand down Cassie's waist onto her rear. She kneaded the sensitive area and gave it a small squeeze, making Cassie disconnect completely. D'Vorah almost voiced opposition before she saw what Cassie was doing.
The girl removed her dress completely, leaving her in a black thong. D'Vorah nearly salivated at the sight. The two females moved back toward the bed, the girl pushing her Outworlder lover onto the bed. Cassie climbed on top of her and softly sucked on her neck once more before slowly going down her body before coming in-between her legs.
She took the panties and slowly pulled them off, revealing D'Vorah's already-wet slit. Cassie wasted no time in moving her tongue slowly up her sex, collecting the sweet, pheromone-laden moisture on her mouth before swallowing it. The action made D'Vorah tremble on the bed, moaning almost constantly. The girl took the hybrid's entire slit into her mouth before fervently licking, sending D'Vorah into overdrive. The fluids collected in her mouth, but for good measure, she sucked on her slit, making D'Vorah scream, as well as collecting even more of the insect queen's arousal in her mouth. She immediately moved up and put her lips on her lover's letting the pheromones flow into her mouth, which she swallowed eagerly.
"Don't want you missing out on your little 'benefit'." Cassie said sexily as she moved her fingers on her own slit.
"This one...is not...complaining." D'Vorah replied.
Cassie went back down on D'Vorah, already feeling the effects of the Kytinn's pheromones. She couldn't help but begin to touch herself. This wasn't enough to satisfy her sexual appetite, however. D'Vorah would need to come. And she'd need to come soon. The effects of D'Vorah's pheromones began to pile up on Cassie as she continued to orally pleasure the Kytinn. She licked the sex before her with incredible speed. D'Vorah screamed as the human went on, making more and more liquid flow out, which in turn made Cassie intensify her servicing.
D'Vorah eventually climaxed gloriously, her fluids spraying from her sex into Cassie's mouth and onto her face as she screamed in ecstasy.
"More...pheromones..." D'Vorah breathed, pulling Cassie up onto her, prompting the human to fervently kiss her lover. Their tongues pressed, curled and moved together as their kiss became sloppier and sloppier, both of them partaking in D'Vorah's arousing liquids. When their kiss had run its course, Cassie separated, both of them breathing heavily. She planted a small peck on D'Vorah's lips before standing up and moving toward the door.
"What is the...meaning of this?" D'Vorah asked, still greatly winded.
"Just chill here a sec. Be right back." Cassie gave the hybrid a wink that, had she been standing, would have made her knees shake. Something about the girl was so attractive to D'Vorah. She found it extraordinarily hard to keep her eyes off of her pert rear as she walked down the steps.
So she didn't.
D'Vorah's liquids still seeped slowly from her vulvae, filling the bedroom air with the aphrodisiac pheromones. The Kytinn couldn't stop herself from reaching a hand down and pleasuring herself. It was immensely unsatisfying compared to Cassie, but it would have to do until her lover returned.
Her fingers moved on her outer lips in a circular motion for a few moments before she slid them in. Slowly and methodically she pumped into herself, biting her lip and moving her hips to further increase her pleasure. The insect queen barely registered a shuffling noise, followed by a whirring. A moan caught her attention for a moment, making her smile. Cassie was probably doing the same thing she was doing, still under the effect of the pheromones. Before long, the girl entered the room once more, holding something behind her back.
"Holy hell, I love the way it smells in here right now." She said with a smirk. "Couldn't hold back, huh?"
"And you could?" D'Vorah posed.
"Hell no." The girl replied. "There's a carrot in there who's gonna need some serious therapy. Seriously, you should patent your girl cum."
"What...are you holding?"
"Oh, this?" Cassie held up a thermal cup, filled with...something. "You'll have to find out."
The girl sexily strutted toward the bed, letting her hips sway hypnotically. Her breasts bobbed lightly with each step, a glorious thing to look at. She got on her knees on the bed before D'Vorah.
"C'mere, ladybug." Cassie purred, moving her free index finger in a 'Come hither' gesture. D'Vorah did as she was told. "Kiss me."
D'Vorah did so, sliding her tongue into Cassie's mouth once more. She disconnected, D'Vorah's head following hers shortly before coming back, not wanting to break the kiss. Cassie moved the thermal cup and poured melted chocolate onto her breasts, catching D'Vorah's attention.
"Is that-"
"Chocolate." Cassie said with a wink. "Lick it off."
D'Vorah immediately moved her tongue out and placed it on Cassie's nipple, which was now coated in chocolate. She slowly licked up the girl's chest, ending at the base of her chin. Cassie moaned, blisfully falling into the wonderful sensation. D'Vorah continued this, all over her breasts until the liquid was completely gone. The flavor of the chocolate mixed with her pheromones, which were constantly being pumped into the room, considering she was constantly wet, and Cassie's high pitched coos almost drove D'Vorah crazy. But by now she knew that this was a dance, and it couldn't be rushed.
Cassie got onto her hands and knees and crawled up to the headboard, laying back against it and spreading her legs, revealing her sex to D'Vorah. Slowly and sensually, she poured more of the chocolate down her body, eventually ending the stream on her woman hood, letting an extra bit fall onto that.
"Go crazy." Cassie nearly whispered.
D'Vorah attacked, immediately shoving her tongue into Cassie's lower lips, making her cry out. The hybrid kneaded her rear as she simultaneously drank the liquid chocolate and performed oral sex on her lover. She sucked on Cassie's clitoris, moving her tongue on it swiftly, making some of her arousal leak out and mix with the chocolate, something D'Vorah would be sure not to miss.
Following Cassie's earlier example, D'Vorah began to masturbate as she went down on Cassie, letting more and more of her pheromones fill the room. Cassie cried out nearly constantly at this point, her fluids occasionally shooting into D'Vorah's mouth. The Kytinn took her mouth off of Cassie's slit, instead fingering her as she licked and sucked the rest of the chocolate off of Cassie's body.
"Ohhh, fuck!" Cassie screamed as she came for what she felt was the third time, squirting her juices onto the sheets and the lower half of D'Vorah's body. D'Vorah wasted no time in grabbing Cassie's legs and pulling her down the bed.
"Woah, hey, there. Whatcha-"
"During our last sexual encounter, you took the lead with this. This one would like to do it this time." D'Vorah replied, lining her sex up with Cassie's, taking her leg up next to her chest so as to make it easier. She learned fast.
"Hey, you won't hear me complaining." Cassie said.
D'Vorah pressed her sex against Cassie's, hard and moved her hips in fast forward motions. Cassie smiled widely and laid her head back, closing her eyes and panting while D'Vorah gritted her teeth as the intense pleasure once again welled within her. In the midst of her bliss, however, Cassie had an idea. She moved her hand over to the nightstand and grabbed the thermal mug, still warm.
"Here...drink...this..." Cassie said. It was hard to hold the mug up as D'Vorah thrust into her, but she was able to keep it steady long enough for D'Vorah to go into a slow, pressing grind as she drank. "Now kiss me..." Cassie said breathlessly.
D'Vorah leaned down and locked lips with her lover, letting some of the chocolate fall into Cassie's mouth. Then, another idea hit Cassie.
"Wait up...wait up a sec."
"What?!" D'Vorah asked, frustrated, earning a frown from Cassie. "This one apologizes. What is it?"
"Mover your hips up." Cassie said.
"Why?"
"Just fucking do it. I promise it will be amazing." D'Vorah did as she was asked.
Cassie immediately shot a hand to D'Vorah's sex, moving her finger up to the velvety G-Spot. D'Vorah, already pent up from her previous pleasure, cried out as she grinded into Cassie's hand. The clever girl held the thermal mug of chocolate underneath D'Vorah's leaking sex, allowing the liquid to seep down into the chocolate. D'Vorah's breathing increased in frequency and intensity as she could not resist grinding her hips into Cassie's hand. Before long, D'Vorah's liquids squirted into the mug, which Cassie then moved around, mixing it up. D'Vorah smiled knowingly at her.
She was a good idea machine tonight.
"Here. Drink half of this. Save the rest for me." Cassie said, unable to resist touching herself as she waited. D'Vorah drank and handed the mug to Cassie, who downed the rest. The girl then laid back onto the bed and grabbed D'Vorah's shoulders, pulling her down into a kiss and wrapping her legs around her waist.
"Now, where were we?"
The tribbing resumed, as D'Vorah came back into her motions in full force. The chocolate cocktail had already set in and the two females were completely lost in their united world of carnal pleasure. They screamed and moaned together as the thrusting continued, their liquids intermingling. Cassie grabbed onto D'Vorah's shoulders as they continued, giving her leverage to thrust back against the hybrid. They kissed, their tongues fervently rubbing together as they tasted the remnants of the chocolate and D'Vorah's liquids in each other's mouths.
"Oooh, fuck!" Cassie cried before biting her lip. "I'm coming!"
"So am I!" D'Vorah cried as well.
"Let's do it together." Cassie said before giving D'Vorah yet another passionate kiss. They separated and continued until their respective sexes contracted in glorious orgasm. But they weren't finished. Their screams mixed with moans turned to just screams as they continued going.
They both felt their second orgasm reverberate through them. But still, they continued. Cassie poured the remaining drops of the cocktail onto her breasts, letting D'Vorah hungrily lap it up, the girl taking a finger and eating some as well. Screaming loudly for the third and final time, another orgasm ripped through the two of them. They continued to thrust afterward, but at a much more tame pace to ride out the ridiculous and otherworldly pleasure they had both just received. D'Vorah fell off of Cassie, the two of them breathing heavily almost in unison.
D'Vorah murmured something unintelligible to Cassie, who moved closer to D'Vorah, bringing her closer to herself and kissing her on the cheek.
"What was that?"
"You are...incredible." D'Vorah said, blushing madly. Cassie could tell how much it embarrassed the Kytinn to say the words, and it meant a great deal to her that she actually did.
"Right back atcha, ladybug." Cassie said, kissing D'Vorah on the lips tenderly. "Hey, wanna go ride around the city tomorrow? See the sights? Maybe rent out a restaurant and have some dinner?"
"That sounds...entertaining." D'Vorah replied. "But...what about your bedsheets?" The hybrid motioned down to Cassie's sheets, which were indeed covered in chocolate and ejaculate.
"Meh, I'll buy new ones."
ALRIGHTY! There's chapter 2! I had the chocolate idea literally as I was writing the first part of the lemon. I'll try to update in a shorter time next chapter, but I make no promises. If you're into my Pokemon story The Gathering: REMASTERED, you can look forward to an update of that soon. Leave a review if you liked this. Because, for the fifteenth time, I'm a review whore. PEACE!