There is a scene in this chapter that is not suitable for minors, please keep in mind that this story has been rated appropriately as MA.
"It's so beautiful" Alexandra said staring at the planet surface from the viewport, "I'd really like to come back again".
"Then we will" Liliana told her, "Hopefully next time will involve less kidnapping and awkward moments".
Their two day trip was over, it was time for Liliana to return Alexandra to Corellia and from there she would go through her contacts and see if she could learn any leads about the Separatists and hopefully more about the Goliath Project. It was late into the night, about an hour after Alexandra had gone to sleep that she received the message from Hondo, a message about a super weapon that took the form of a colossal droid, one capable of pure destructive force. The smuggler recalled seeing the Goliath firsthand on Ruusan, the power it wielded, the ability to shoot down star destroyers from orbit with only a few shots.
Liliana rubbed her eyes and suppressed a yawn into another sigh, "What do you know about it?" she had asked the pirate.
"Only what we learned from the Separatist ship we attacked" Hondo told her, "It was only a mission report I think, a bunch of military mumbo jumbo, but the message did mention something about the other two…Whatever this Goliath Project is, there's two more out there".
Maybe it was her exhaustion or maybe it was fear, but Liliana was frozen. Just one of those things secured victory for the Separatists in controlling a key Republic system, and that one alone "The Judge" as they called it singlehandedly destroyed three Republic star destroyers. That one alone was enough to be called a nightmare, and now there are two more.
"Any idea where they would be?" Liliana asked him.
Hondo shook his head, "No and I have no intention of looking. I do not wish to admit it, but our hauls are getting less and less bountiful. I cannot waste resources playing spy with or for you I'm afraid".
"Telling me this is more than enough Hondo" Liliana told him, "Thank you".
The pirate nodded, "If I come across anything else though I will let you know. Just promise me you'll be careful these Goliaths trouble me".
"Yeah" Liliana said quietly, "It's been a long time since I was afraid of something..." she paused to yawn, "Anything else?"
Hondo shook his head, "No get some sleep you look like hell".
"A girl loves to hear that Hondo" Liliana replied putting on a fake glare.
Hondo grinned, "You can shoot me another time. Get some sleep my friend".
"I will" Liliana said as Hondo ended the call.
She yawned again and raised her legs setting her feet against the console in front of her. Alexandra had fallen asleep three hours ago only half an hour after they had eaten dinner and two hours after her shower, which was immediately after…Liliana felt her heart flutter a little at the thought, she could still feel Alexandra's lips pressed against her own. She had kissed Alexandra before, but that was the first time Alex kissed her, of course immediately after Alex panicked and ran for the head not actually starting her shower for another twelve minutes and she was pretty quiet during dinner before retiring for the night.
Even after her own shower and her current exhaustion Liliana's thoughts kept returning to that moment, that kiss and it only reconfirmed what she already knew to be true. She loved Alex, she wasn't in love with her like she was with Emmara or Cynthia, no she really loved her. She thought of Emmara and Cynthia and how they would react to her feelings for Alex, Cynthia was a lot like Liliana and would probably try teasing her a little and coaxing a kiss of her own out of Alex. Emmara would be the opposite, knowing that azure beauty if she actually met Alex she would immediately tell Liliana how jealous she was at how cute Alex was and then tease Alex about stealing her favorite person from her.
Liliana smiled at the thought of her friend's joke; of course if the roles were reversed she would say the same. There was a short list of people she got along with in the galaxy and an even shorter list of people she liked and excluding Alexandra, Emmara was at the top, followed by Ahsoka and then Hondo in third place. Emmara would always have a special place in Liliana's heart, everyone remembers their first time and for Liliana it was with that blue skinned goddess of beauty.
She closed her eyes finally pushing Alex's kiss from her mind and recalling her first time she met Emmara.
She had originally arrived in the bar to meet a contact for a job, after getting the details she was preparing to leave accidently bumping into a patron and causing him to spill his drink. Liliana apologized and handed him enough credits to buy another two rounds, but of course it wasn't going to be that easy. Turns out the guy was just drunk enough to take the entire thing as an insult and tried to hit her causing the at the time rookie smuggler's reflexes to kick in.
Liliana ducked under his sloppy left hook and tried reasoning with him casually slipping one arm toward her belt for her blaster. The number one rule of Emmara's bar was no weapons of any kind and this was a few weeks before she acquired Tech her bouncer droid. The drunk prepared to attack again after growling an incoherent insult at the smuggler and Liliana drew her blaster only to have her arm grabbed the second the weapon left its holster.
Looking behind her Liliana's eyes met with the bartender, a blue skinned Twi'lek with crimson eyes that meant trouble and pleasure and fun all at once and a curvy figure that for a moment made the smuggler's knees go weak.
"No weapons allowed in my bar sweetie" she said, "If you're going to kill him do it outside".
Liliana in a rare moment was too distracted by the Twi'lek's beauty especially her eyes and did not notice the drunk lunging at her until the Twi'lek released her arm and grabbed a plate flicking it at his legs like a discus causing the drunk to stumble and fall face first against the counter knocking him out. After that Emmara practically ordered Liliana to help her drag the drunk outside and leave him to recover his own senses. At the time the only reason Liliana agreed is because the Twi'lek helped her, but it was after they left the drunk outside that their relationship started.
After tossing the drunk outside the entrance Liliana looked back at the Twi'lek who frowned at her and placed her hands against her hips, "How old are you?"
"Sixteen" Liliana answered firmly refusing to be intimidated.
Now that they were under a good source of light Liliana got a better look at the Twi'lek. She was a little taller than she was standing at 5'10 only two inches taller and her deep blue skin appeared to be a smooth as silk. One of her head tails ran down her back just past her shoulders while the other one rested over her shoulder the tip pointing down to her breast. She was wearing an unzipped black vest over a tight fitting dark red shirt -the shirt clung to her skin closely enough to show off her slender frame and shapely breasts- both of which stopped just above her naval showing off her midriff. Her black pants clung just as tightly to her showing off her hips, the legging on her left leg ran down to her ankle, but the legging on the right side stopped at her knee.
The Twi'lek sighed through her nose, "First off, you're a couple years south of being allowed in a place like this. Secondly even if you were I don't allow weapons in my bar. And lastly" she smiled a little, "You're pretty cute, so I wouldn't be wandering around alone if I were you".
"Thanks for the compliment" Liliana said, "But I can handle myself".
The Twi'lek chuckled, almost condescendingly, "That's what a lot of kids say, what's your name?"
"Oh you know enough about me so far beautiful" Liliana said keeping her face impassive, "If you want to know anything else you're going to have to tell me a bit about yourself first".
The Twi'lek's grin curved into a full smile showing off her ruby lips, "Emmara" she said introducing herself, "I used to dance for the local Hutt boss, now I own this place".
"Liliana Ashford" Liliana said with her own grin, "Sorry for the trouble, I was here meeting someone".
"Yeah I noticed" she said, "Word to the wise, stay away from Teron, he's not someone you'd want to associate with".
"I'm a smuggler" Liliana told her, "People like him kind of make up half my clientele".
Emmara crossed her arms, "You're a bit too cute to be a smuggler little girl".
Liliana smiled slyly, "You know the last person that called me a little girl ended up pretty surprised".
Before Emmara could remark the drunk they had dragged out of the bar had stirred and stood up a jagged piece of steel in his hand as he turned toward them. It was probably due to his drunken stupor, but his eyes were locked on Emmara and when he raised his hand and the jagged bit of steel in it Liliana moved as her father had trained her to do.
The smuggler stepped forward one arm reaching to push Emmara to the side, her other arm drawing her blaster and raising it. She pulled the trigger the instant her shot was lined up and the drunk's head snapped back and he stumbled back a step before falling onto his back. Liliana had set her blaster to stun the second she drew it from its holster deciding in the split second she had to react that she didn't want to kill the man, returning the blaster to its holster she turned back to Emmara who was definitely surprised by her reflexes.
"We're even" Liliana said.
Emmara tilted her head and smiled, "Looks like it…" she placed one hand against her hip and let her other hang at her side as she took a titillating pose and leaned forward, "Tell you what, you can come back in if you want. Just keep those holstered. I'll make sure no one bothers you".
"I appreciate the offer" Liliana said, "But didn't you say I'm too young to be in there?"
"I'll make an exception" the Twi'lek said, "I won't serve you any alcohol, but I'll gladly serve you anything else".
"I wouldn't say no to food right now" Liliana muttered just loud enough for Emmara to hear her.
The Twi'lek chuckled and leaned a bit closer, "I have a spare room upstairs, you can stay the night if you like. My way of saying thanks".
Liliana ended up accepting the Twi'lek's offer returning inside the bar for a meal on the house and to her surprise considering it was Nar Shaddaa the food was actually really good, almost as good as the orbiting rest station. Her first hot meal in a month and free of charge to and on top of it all given to her by the most beautiful girl she had ever seen, she had to wonder if she had been knocked out or died recently, this was too good to be true. Liliana and her new acquaintance talked for a bit when she wasn't serving drinks or food to other patrons and when closing time finally came she ushered everyone out -making sure they made it alright to the nearby taxi service that would take them home- and returned to Liliana with the same grin she wore earlier.
"So" she began tilting her hips out to the side as she set her eyes on her, "About that spare room? Care to stay here for the night?"
Liliana picked up on the suggestive tone in her voice, she didn't know if her host had any intentions, but she definitely had thoughts going through her head…and she was definitely undressing Liliana with her eyes. The rookie smuggler suppressed a chuckle finding it funny because she was doing the same, the Twi'lek, Emmara was beyond beautiful no earthly being could be this voluptuous. But Liliana sat there on the center bar stool and moved her eyes up and down the Twi'lek's body waiting to see which one of them would break first.
Emmara noticed that Liliana was sizing her up and obviously drinking in her figure and the Twi'lek's grin turned into a full seductive smile.
"See anything you like?" she asked Liliana turning around to show off her backside, "How about now? Which side do you prefer?"
Emmara kept her back to Liliana as she looked at the smuggler over her shoulder and then bent forward a bit, her left hand sliding down from her waist to her leg and then down to her knee.
An obvious taunt on the Twi'lek's part, but Liliana wasn't falling for it instead she chose to demonstrate her focus and fortitude by keeping her eyes locked on Emmara's during her whole display and eventually she won.
Emmara's seductive smile shifted becoming more of a smirk and her eyes glistened with interest, "So?" she asked again, "Feel like keeping me company, I get pretty lonely most nights".
"Define lonely" Liliana kept grinning as she stood up from the bar stool, "Because I could probably help…if you think you can handle me".
"Mmmm I like a girl with some fire to her" Emmara turned her back to Liliana once again and walked behind the bar to a door near the back.
When she opened the door she turned back to Liliana and raised her hand up curling her finger a few times with the same carnal smile she wore just moments ago. Liliana stood still for a second feeling a lump form in her throat, she was just teasing so far, but was this really happening? She swallowed forcing the lump down her throat and then she walked around the counter following the Twi'lek's beckoning, her face was always impassive thanks to her father's training which was good because now she was feeling nervous.
The door led to a staircase and the stairs led to a large second floor the larger room it led into was a living room with a single couch with a small table in front of it a few throw pillows at each end, an adjacent kitchen and two doors on the right wall. The Twi'lek walked over to the closest of the two doors and pushed it open revealing a small bedroom large enough to fit a king size bed, a nightstand on both sides and a dresser against the wall and another door on the left wall that led to the bathroom.
"You can sleep in here" Emmara told her, "My room is through the other door and the bathroom conjoins the two".
She opened the door to the bathroom and Liliana's eyes showed she was impressed, it was clean, completely clean. It was impossible to find a clean anything on Nar Shaddaa, but the bathroom was spotless and come to think of it so was the rest of the second floor that she had seen. The shower took up the entire back wall and quick glance and Liliana estimated the bathtub and shower must have been eight feet long and went almost up to the ceiling which was just short of eight feet as well. The room itself seemed to be about nine by twelve and the bedroom she would be using had to be ten by twelve and the living room they came from had to be around twenty by twenty and the kitchen ten by sixteen.
Maybe it was because it wasn't as crowded as the bar that made up the first floor, but this place seemed more spacious than it should be, but then again considering how clean it was and the form of her host Liliana had no reason to complain.
"You seem surprised" Emmara noted seeing the impressed look on Liliana's face.
"This is Nar Shaddaa" Liliana reminded her, "I didn't think it was possible for a place half this clean to exist on this moon".
Emmara grinned at her, "I spent a lot of money over the past five years making this place into what it is and I intend to keep it in good condition".
"There's no way you could afford this just off owning a bar" Liliana pointed out turning to face her, "So what else do you do?"
Emmara chuckled as she locked her crimson eyes on her guest, "I happen to be a very good card player".
"Is that right?" Liliana asked making sure to add a doubtful tone.
"Is that a challenge?" Emmara asked back falling for the girl's taunt.
"Maybe" Liliana smiled.
Emmara chuckled again and led her to the table in the middle of the living room where a stack of magazines and a deck of cards were waiting.
"What are the stakes?" Liliana asked her, "It's no fun if we're not playing for something".
Emmara smiled at her she was about to say the same thing, "Depends on what you feel like losing".
Liliana rolled her shoulders back as Emmara shuffled the cards, "Money is too easy how about we put up everything".
"What do you mean?" Emmara asked passing the shuffled deck to Liliana.
Liliana cut the deck and slid it back to her, "The first one to win three out of five hands gets to decide her prize".
"Living a little dangerously aren't we?" Emmara hummed as they dealt the cards.
Liliana noticed right away that Emmara was as good as she claimed, she was analyzing the smuggler for any kind of tell while keeping her face completely neutral save for the taunting, seductive smile she wore. The first hand went to Liliana, Emmara had tried to bluff her way through, but lost. The second hand went to Emmara, Liliana thought the Twi'lek was bluffing, but in fact she had baited her. The third hand went to Liliana again and the smuggler finally started to realize that her Twi'lek opponent had no tells, she was even better than she said she was, but all Liliana had to do was win one more hand.
The fourth hand went to Emmara and they were tied at two to two the next hand would decide the winner. A hand of two pair sat in the smuggler's hand and again she scanned her opponent's face, nothing. Not a tell to be seen not a single sweat drop or tremble of the lip, not a twitch of the eye or a flutter of her finger, she was completely still. Two pair wasn't a good hand to play and under different circumstances she would fold or try to bluff her way through, but this was the last hand and she knew her opponent wasn't going to fold so there was no point in bluffing, this was where she had to trust Lady Luck to give her the win.
"Same time" Emmara told her still smiling.
Slowly they both set their hands down, Liliana's two pair against Emmara's…two pair…twos and aces both with a queen kicker.
"What are the chances" Emmara hummed, "Looks like it's a draw".
"Looks like it" Liliana breathed.
"What's with the sigh? You weren't nervous were you?"
"Maybe I'm just disappointed" Liliana immediately responded, "I was hoping to win a kiss".
Emmara chuckled again as they both stood up, "And you said playing for money was cliché".
Emmara stretched out her arms and pushed her chest forward a bit giving Liliana a point blank view of her shapely breasts as she let out an exaggerated yawn.
"Let's call it a night" she said relaxing her shoulders, "Unless you'd like to hold a tie breaker in my room".
"Maybe another time" Liliana said with a half smile, "Although the offer is very tempting".
"Hmm, a shame" Emmara cooed as she walked Liliana back to the guest bedroom, "I sleep with my door unlocked" she told the smuggler, "In case you get cold or lonely latter".
Liliana grinned, "That might bring you trouble one day".
Emmara took a step closer to her, their faces less than an inch apart now, "Sometimes trouble can be fun" she whispered before leaning closer and kissing her guest.
Liliana's eyes closed as the Twi'lek's lips met her own. She reached her hand up grabbing the back of the Twi'lek's neck during her first inhale and as she breathed she felt her shoulders rise and roll back and then she felt like the air was being sucked from her lungs. She didn't feel like she was suffocating however, in fact it felt great. Emmara's lips were soft like pillows and right as she was beginning to enjoy it the Twi'lek pulled away leaving Liliana with her eyes still closed her hand still behind her neck and her lips trembling.
"You're first kiss?" Emmara asked.
"Maybe" Liliana answered looking at the floor.
Emmara chuckled again and raised her hand gliding it up Liliana's side with a tickling brush. Liliana shivered a little at the Twi'lek's touch as her hand glided up her side, Emmara's thumb brushed her breast as her hand moved for her shoulder and then stopped on her cheek.
"I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did" her host said before stepping away, "Sleep well".
Liliana watched Emmara step into her own bedroom and close the door behind her, she listened for the soft click of the door's lock, but heard nothing. She was trying to tempt her, she wanted Liliana to follow her in there. Liliana's body shivered again she could still feel the Twi'lek's lips pressed against her own and her hand running up her side. What would it be like she wondered.
She forced her body to stop trembling as she stepped into the guest room and sat at the edge of the bed taking her boots off first. She stood up again and walked to the door and locked it, then she went to the door that led to the bathroom linking the two bedrooms and after a moment's pause locked it as well before returning to the edge of the bed. She rolled her shoulders back causing her jacket to slide off her shoulders and drop to the floor. She removed her shirt next folding it with her jacket and setting it on top of the nightstand and stretched her arms before bending over she took off her pants and folded them setting them on top of the nightstand.
Sliding one of her blasters under her pillow she laid down and pulled the blanket over her and closed her eyes. She found it hard to sleep however, her body stirred, her kiss with Emmara and the urges it set off within her dominated her mind keeping her awake. She tried for an hour to force herself to sleep, but failed. Pushing the covers away from her she slid off the bed, Emmara was sure to be asleep by now so she might as well take a shower hopefully that will relax her.
She opened the door to the bathroom and heard the water right away, the shower was running.
Maybe it was curiosity, but whatever the reason she pushed the door open more and stepped inside and then she saw her.
Emmara was in the shower the solid and foggy glass pane sliding door separating them, but Liliana could tell it was her. The water she was running was hot filling the room with a light steam and in that moment Emmara's conceal figure hidden behind the fog made her seem mysterious and that enticed the smuggler. She watched Emmara's arms moving over her body through the foggy glass she was rubbing soap over herself and then stopped and tilted her head back staring up into the water-stream.
Liliana couldn't look away she watched as the Twi'lek's arms raised up again and her hands ran over her head and down her headtails and then over her shoulders and then Liliana's breath froze in the humid air. The Twi'lek's arms moved down from her shoulders and over her breast massaging the hot water into her skin.
Though she couldn't see clearly through the fog the motions were enough and Liliana's mind did the rest playing an uncensored image of what she was seeing and that mixed with the humid air the smuggler starting to feel lightheaded.
Her heart was racing as she watched and part of her was telling her to just turn around and go back to bed, but her feet wouldn't move. That's when she saw Emmara turn, she was facing her now. Liliana was sure that the Twi'lek could see her through the foggy glass, but how was this going to end?
Emmara slid the glass door open just a bit, enough for Liliana to get a peek of her naked form and then the Twi'lek smiled and lifted a finger, curving it toward her beckoning the smuggler into the shower with her.
That did it, Liliana could not resist any longer she walked forward as if in a trance her eyes darting up and down Emmara's soaked body as the azure goddess slid the door open even more to let her step in.
Once inside Emmara slid the door closed behind her Liliana's eyes the only part of her moving as she took in every detail about her nude body, covered in hot water. The smuggler was so spellbound by her that she didn't even notice she was still in her underwear, her red bra had already become soaked and heavy pulling at her breasts as she stood there her panties suffering the same.
Emmara did notice and she licked her lips before she put her arms around Liliana's shoulders and pulled her against her naked body. She could feel the Twi'lek's breasts pressing against her own and soon Emmara was swaying a bit from side to side causing her nipples to rub against hers and then she leaned her head forward and kissed her again.
Emmara pulled away trapping Liliana's lower lip between her own and giving it a gentle pull before giving her guest a loving smile, "I'm glad you decided to join me, I really do get lonely".
She hugged Liliana even closer and kissed her again and finally Liliana's trance was broken.
The smuggler raised her arms and wrapped one around the Twi'lek's waist and the other around her shoulders holding her as close as she could as the Twi'lek's tongue invaded her mouth.
The humid air became hotter as Emmara started rubbing against her one hand holding the back of Liliana's head the other trailing down her back until it reached her rear and she began massaging it. A shudder of pleasure ran through the smuggler's body and she pulled away from their kiss feeling Emmara's tongue trail across her lips, she looked into her crimson eyes fully aware of how much she was trembling, but seeing the way Emmara smiled at her made her not notice how nervous she was.
"This is your first time isn't it?" she asked.
Liliana nodded as she fought to swallow the lump in her throat, "I…I know six languages and" she swallowed again, "None of them have a word for how beautiful you are".
Emmara's thumb caressed her cheek, "Pretty and sweet. I'll be gentle you just let me know if I'm going too fast".
The Twi'lek leaned forward again and kissed her once again trapping Liliana's lower lip between her own. She moved her hand to the smuggler's back and unhooked her bra and slid it off before she leaned against Liliana pressing her back against the wall of the shower before she lowered herself her lips leaving Liliana's and she kissed the smuggler's neck once then her shoulder and then her chest before stopping at her breast.
Emmara teased her a bit, poking at her nipple with her tongue while she flicked at the other with her finger and over the running water pouring on her head she heard Liliana's gasps and moans and after a few more prods she wrapped her lips around it and sucked as she used her tongue to continue teasing her.
The pleasure was quickly building and Liliana could only try to control her body as it started and her back arched against the wall. Her hand ran along the wall desperately trying to find something to hold onto, but only finding the slick flat surface and as Emmara alternated between her breasts she felt her knees growing weaker and finally she slid down giving into the electrical sensations of arousal and euphoria.
Emmara wrapped her arms around Liliana's midsection as she slid down, guiding her down until she was sitting on the floor of the bathtub and she leaned forward on her knees gazing into the smuggler's face as she panted lightly.
Emmara waited for Liliana to open her eyes before she leaned a little closer whispering a reassurance to her before she kissed her again this time her hand trailing down the smuggler's stomach and toward her panties, the only piece of clothing she was still wearing.
Feeling Emmara's finger pull at the elastic strap of her underwear Liliana felt something in the back of her mind something that shook and pulled her from her addled state.
Maybe it was the small environment or maybe it was the new experience or maybe it was Emmara's touch getting too close, but something had switched on Liliana's survival instincts and she suddenly pushed off the wall falling into Emmara and pushing the Twi'lek onto her back.
Liliana held her against the floor of the tub one hand holding her shoulder the other holding her arm. Liliana's breathing had become heavier panting as if she had just run a mile and she stared into Emmara's surprised crimson eyes, eyes that were pulling her into them. Liliana gasped for air one more time before she realized she was past the point of no return, moving her hand from Emmara's shoulder to her cheek she lowered herself onto the Twi'lek and kissed her again their tongues meeting between them as her other hand moved down snaking its way between them until it was between Emmara's legs and she felt the Twi'lek's body arc a bit under her.
Liliana couldn't control herself anymore, the feeling was too good and she wanted it to last as long as possible. She continued kissing Emmara feeling the Twi'lek's hand finally find its way into her underwear and to the lips of her sex. Liliana mimicked her movements her own hand finding the lips to Emmara's vagina as well and her fingers traced circles around it each movement giving the Twi'lek as much of a start as her fingers gave Liliana.
Liliana rocked a body a little as they continued kissing each other and when she finally pulled away to breathe she leaned against Emmara's shoulder panting as the Twi'lek's fingers continued to stimulate her even more.
Raising her head Liliana inhaled a shaky breath wanting to taste Emmara's lips once more, but when she opened her eyes it wasn't the azure skinned beauty it was Alex, her blue eyes staring back up at her blue eyes shaking with her body as she gazed into her friend's eyes.
Her lips began trembling as they moved, she was whispering something, but Liliana couldn't hear over the running water. The smuggler leaned in closer to hear, but instead of whispering again Alexandra lifted her head up and kissed her.
Liliana's eyes snapped open and her feet dropped off the console in front of her. Alexandra was standing next to her, her hand on the smuggler's shoulder as she stared down at her.
"Sorry" she said, "You were mumbling in your sleep".
Liliana tried to smile as she yawned, "Its ok, it was really good dream. Did you sleep well?"
Alex nodded and blushed a little looking away from her, "I…had a dream about you".
A/N. Alright, 19 days and chapter 21 done...although it only took me 3 days to start and finish this chapter.
So I'm probably not going to update again for a while, my 3rd year of college is starting up soon and I need to get ready and I also want to have my next Mortal Kombat vs Soul Calibur fight out before then. So for those of you who follow those the next fight is Tanya vs Cassandra, be sure to keep a look out for it.
Till next time.