Chapter 4- Ava
I instinctively reach across the bed, searching for her body. My hands find nothing but the cold sheets. The fear and panic jolt through me. My eyes snap open and scan the dim room. I reach for the knife in the bedside draw, drawing it up to get ready to fly at the intruder sitting on the far wall. I keep my eyes on them while feeling with my hand for the lamp switch. When the light flicks on, I see Nora curled up in the chair, snoring softly. I release the breath I was holding in and try to shake off the drowsiness feeling. I notice that my body feels like it has a humming vibration.
I get up and find Sara's robe to wear and head to the bathroom. When I reach the sink, I splash some water on my face. It relieves some of the feeling. Since the feeling is all over and not just on my face, I decide to rinse off in the shower. I make it brief and avoid looking in the mirror when I dry off. I put my clothes and Sara's robe back on and go search for her around the ship. I searched for her in the training room, galley, and library. Now I head to her office.
As I step inside, the room looks undisturbed. I sign and walk over to her chair. I sit down and grin thinking about all the times we have been in here together and have ended up making out in this chair. My moment of reminiscing is interrupted by footsteps. I look up and see Nora. She gives me a sheepish grin.
"I woke up and you were gone." She seems out of breath like she was running to find me. I form a small smile making her more at ease.
"You know it's not polite to stalk someone" She gets flustered at my comment.
"Sara wanted us to make it easier for you to sleep. In order to maintain the link for that, I had to be in the same room. But then I fell asleep, so the connection broke." Nora shrugged.
"Sara asked you to do this and then went…." I waited for her to fill in the blanks.
"We don't know. She said she would be back. Other members of the team found out she left and were worried with the state she was in. They have reached out to their contacts in Star City and Central City." I frown at this revelation. Why would Sara leave me right now? I'm normally not so clingy, but the last two weeks have trampled my self control. Seeing my internal struggle, Nora tries to sooth me.
"She will be back. You know her better than anyone. She probably just needing some time with all of the information."
"That's what I'm worried about." I frown. "Gideon, where is Sara?"
"Captain Lance is away from the ship at the moment." Ugh. The AI is protecting her. Great.
"No Gideon, where is she? Now." I feel my emotions trying to break through. They are winning over my usual grip of logic.
"I'm not allowed to say, Director Sharpe. But she should be returning shortly. And I might recommend a pack of ice and a nightcap." Her words shock me. Nora avoids looking at me directly.
"Okay well, you are good it looks like. Sara is on her way back, so I'm gonna go. Have a good night." She dashes away before I can form a thought. I push myself out of the chair and go get an ice packet. I return to the office and flop back into the chair harder than intended. My body aches a little from the impact. I get situated and wait for Sara.
Fingers slide across my cheek and slip behind my ear. I suck in a startled breath, blinking awake to see my girlfriend gazing down at me, smirking with a busted lip and scrapes.
"Hey, it's just me." Leaning back I take in her form. She looks like she went up against a team of assassins and barely made it out with her life. I sit up and take her face in my hands to get a better look. Sara flinches when my fingers touch the darker areas that will eventually form bruises. I stay silent, currently not trusting my voice. Unable to stand the distance any longer, she picks me up quickly and sits in the chair with me cradled in her lap.
My face automatically seeks out her neck, placing quick pecks and inhaling her scent. It helps calm some of the fear inside of me. I let my eyes shut, absorbing the connection. After a moment, I sit up and reach for her desk. I fumble around until I find what I'm looking for. I reveal an ice pack and place it on her lip and cheek. She winces but after a moment she relaxes back into the chair. We stay that way in silence, both waiting for the other to speak.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here when you woke up again." I glance up at her. She looks ashamed. I tilt her face to meet my gaze.
"Its okay. Just talk to me. Why did you leave? I was worried when Gideon wouldn't give me your location." I continued to stare at her awaiting her reply. Her gaze turned into one of love and vulnerability.
"I needed to be reminded that we will get through this. We will survive this together. And to remember to not shoulder everything alone." She gets a faraway look in her eyes like she is remembering something.
"I'm glad you realized all of this. But would you mind informing me why my girlfriend looks like she went 12 rounds and barely managed to come out with all of her teeth?"
"Well I did lose these two right here. I'll have to get Gideon to make me—OW!" I poked her in the side for not answering my question.
Apparently her injuries are more extensive than meets the eye. I frown and stand up pulling her with me. I lead us back to her room and push her to sit on the bed. I grab the first aid kit that she had used hundreds of times before from her closet. I set it down on the bed next to her and start preparing the materials. Her eyes stay on my face the whole time. I finally turn to her when it is ready.
"Arms up." I grab the hem of her shirt and pull it up and over her head. She grimaces in pain but doesn't make a sound. My heart throbs with her pain wanting to take it all away. I start cleaning the cuts around her face and work my way down. Once all of the cuts on her face torso are taken care of, I pull her up to stand while I pull down her workout pants. Just as I figured, her legs are bruise all the way down with cuts around her feet and shins. I clean these and grab a rag and wet it with a water bottle. Sara sighs when I run the damp cloth over her skin. I use this moment of relaxation to pry information out of her.
"So I just mentally went through hell and suddenly you have the urge to go there yourself?" I continue to wipe the patches of dried blood from her body. She glances up at me after what seems like an eternity.
"I didn't protect you. I didn't even think to come check on you. My petty self thought you were ignoring me and hiding out from the world."
"Okay, so essentially you were taking your emotions and bottling them up while blaming yourself for a situation you had no possible control over." I paused until she nodded. "Babe, you had know way of knowing what was happening to me. We had a fight and then you got pulled from one mission to the next. I had Gideon update me on the last two weeks. She gave me quite a bit of info, especially some about a special sex dream inducing love spell?" I smirk at her while she turns red.
Right before I fell asleep waiting on Sara, I asked Gideon to tell me what life had been like for my girlfriend while I was gone. I might have pressed Gideon for a little too much detail, but I was reassured that Sara was safe and sound during my absence.
"Gideon shouldn't have told you about that." By now, my girlfriend was bright red, a shade I didn't know she could turn. My face broke out into a huge grin.
"She did, and we will definitely be talking about that later. But I need you to know that you are not being blamed for what happened. Neron had good timing. And you saved me and continue to do so. I wouldn't be able to sit here right now if you hadn't pulled me back from the edge every moment I started to go back to those memories." I lifted her chin to stare into her eyes.
"I love you. Don't hide from me. Talk to me, my love." She met my gaze and blinks back tears.
"I love you too. The past 24 hours have killed me. First thinking you were dead, then chasing you in purgatory, and coming back to see you broken and scared. I handled it with my assassin training, but eventually the emotions became too much. I have no words for the amount of pain and sorrow I feel in my soul from imagining and watching you suffer. I just needed to get it out, and the only way I know how to do that is physical exertion." I quirked my eyebrow.
"Babe, if you wanted to be exhausted, all you needed to do was ask for some help." I winked at her. She made a choked sound with eyes widening.
"Someone is definitely feeling better." I smile at her comment.
"I heard you told someone to help me sleep. I think it made some of the side effects were off, including the extreme range of paranoia." I grin. She wraps her arms around my waist, pulling me in between her legs. Her piercing blue eyes looked up at me, studying my face. I gaze back until I start to squirm.
She smirks and wraps her hands around my neck, dragging my head down to meet her lips. Sara kisses me slowly at first, almost hesitantly. My fingers find her hair and lightly scratch her scalp. She jerks me forward, catching me off balance. I try to prevent myself from falling on her, but Sara twists us around to where I end up landing on the bed with her straddling my hips. Both of us are fighting for control over the kiss. When we are almost out of breath, she leans back to look at my face. Pools of desire swirl in her eyes.
God, my girlfriend is making my body burn.
I surprise her by pushing her to the opposite side of the bed, using the shock to get on top of her. My kisses start below her ear in the spot that will have her gasping. Sure enough I hear her gasp in a breath and moan my name. I run the kisses down her jawline. My fingers find the hem of her shirt and inch it up her stomach. I match my progress with little bites on her neck. Her fingers wrap around my hair, keeping my mouth close to her skin. When her shirt has made it past her bra, I sit up and yank it off her body with some help. I quickly unclasp her bra and kiss down from her neck to a stiff pink peak.
I circle the nipple slowly, drawing out her anticipation. When she begs me to stop teasing, I take the peak in my mouth and swipe my tongue back and forth. I use my fingers to match the pace on the other one. As soon as the peak in my mouth has been successfully teased, I switch my mouth to the other side which was in need of the same attention. Sara has one hand in my hair pulling me close, and the other hand clenching the sheets. Her breathing is ragged when I release the nipple to kiss down her abs, being mindful of her battered state. I reach for her pants and slide them off her body along with the lacy panties that covered her.
The path I follow with my lips takes more time than Sara would like. Her frustration is growing with every breath, and it makes me grin. She props up on her arms to watch me. I keep my eyes locked on hers as I run my tongue along the outside of her folds. Her eyes roll back, and she sinks back into the mattress. My tongue dives deeper, knowing exactly which places to go. I swipe her clit, causing her body to jump off the bed. Her sensitivity is skyrocketing. I draw lazy circles with my tongue around her clit, dragging out her turmoil. She starts to whine, begging for me to hurry up. I comply and shove two fingers into her, curling them into the rigid wall as I suck on her clit.
Sara looses all control, and I continue to slowly circle around her clit till her orgasm subsides. Her breathing comes out in pants. She looks dazed but beautiful all the same. I crawl up next to her and kiss her lips. She immediately responds, matching my kisses.
Suddenly, I am flipped on my back with Sara running her fingers under my shirt. She makes quick work of my clothes, racing to get me just as naked as she is. Her hands pause, making me focus on her face. I can see her eyes roaming across my body, taking in the mild bruises and scrapes. With her attention drawn to my injuries, I begin to squirm. This movement pulls Sara out of her thoughts, her eyes trailing back to my eyes. The next thing I know, my ear is captured in her lips, teeth lightly grazing and pulling on it. I moan and claw at her back, leaving little crescent marks. Her lips move to my nipple, giving me revenge for my teasing. My back arches causing me to throw my head back.
After teasing her for so long, I am so turned on that I fear I won't last much longer. She switches to the other nipple repeating her slow torture, ending it with a resonating pop. My eyes open and watch her move downward. She slides a finger inside of me, waiting for me to beg for more. I comply with a quiet please. She quickly adds another finger while using her thumb to collect some of the wetness. Her thumb starts thrumming against my clit. The sudden contact sends jolts through me. I clench my jaw to hold out a little longer. Sara smirks and stills her thumb. I glance at her to try to catch her thoughts. When we make eye contact, she swipes her thumb quickly across my clit. My body can't hold back any longer. I moan when my eyes roll back due to the earth shattering orgasm. As I come down from my high, Sara makes so movements to drag it out. When my breathing starts to recede back to normal, she crawls up next to me and curls into my side, kissing my neck. I smile as I pull her in closer.
"I love you." I murmur with drowsiness. Sara kisses my lips.
"I love you more." I give her a lazy smile.
"In your dreams maybe."
"How 'bout thru all of time?" I peak at her to see her winking at me.
"You are such a dork, Captain Lance." I see her grin spreading.
"Your dork, Director Sharpe." With that, we both fell asleep, holding each other close.