There was little to nothing talked about by the time Vaas had returned to his Compound, his home as he called it while Alice tagged along behind him following him into one of the warehouse. A apart of the complex structure had a particular room which Vaas led her through, there was a dumped and burnt out car, all sorts of horrible things floating in the air including a tigers corpse a monkey and even a former pirate just for emphasis as Alice noted the screwed up and contorted face of the former pirate. Though Vaas didn't stop there as he led Alice down a flight of stairs that went underground, sure the UV lights in the previous room where annoying but Alice had to squint her eyes when she came down to the lower level of this basement looking place.
It was pretty damn large, cement floor and walls with the typical spray paint across it, insanity seemed to be a regularly used word as well as fuck along with other words that had been scribbled out over the course of years. Alice had to admire it though as she looked around noting the various things on the walls and floor, the colours of the spray paint lighting the place up a little more than she had thought. However Vaas brought Alice's attention to a chair nearby, it had leather arm rests and a body frame with a metal structure and looked like it could easily recline back with the flick of a switch as Alice cautious approached. While she walked over she noted a small silver tray nearby, the room wasn't the best for lighting apart from the bright one, all she could see where luggage's, a few storage containers, a large sum of money on a desk, a laptop and a few other things that looked like they were used for torture.
"Come sit"
Vaas cooed in his alluring voice as he watched Alice curiously before she sat on the chair, her eyes wondered down the arm rest assuring herself there were no clasps or anything to tie her down while Vaas seemed to walk over to the tray, at first Alice had a horrible feeling he was going to torture her until she noted something particular in his hand as he examined it. The structure of what he held had a white look, a texture Alice couldn't figure until she realized it was bone, Vaas had a small tray in his other hand as Alice watched carefully before the man turned to look at her. Just as she had thought it was the whole tattoo thing as she eyed off the bone in hand, there was a needle like prone at the end which Vaas had dabbed into the ink and tested it, but it was the devilish grin plastered across his face that made Alice curious as to what the man had in mind.
"Straddle the chair Hermana just like you would while I'm fucking you"
Letting out a brief sigh Alice did as he commanded hearing him softly chuckle pleased with her clear obedience as she felt his eyes linger on her for a little longer and the silence seep in between them. It took Vaas a few seconds before he then spoke up again, Alice had to question in the meantime what he was even thinking as he seemed so unprepared but she had a feeling he was doing it deliberately, testing the waters to see just how eager she was for this.
"Take your shirt off"
Was his next command which Alice didn't mind as she lifted the tank top up and over her head, tossing it to the ground nearby before leaning back into the chair while trying to listen to Vaas' every movement behind her. Thing was he wasn't moving which told her that he was either dazed, drugged or just being an asshole, the later seemed more possible since Vaas had barely touched a joint since they had gotten back. In fact Alice had still yet to bring the news to Vaas about what happened with Hoyt; however it was his next words that made Alice feel slightly unsure about the whole tattoo thing.
"Now you're fucking Bra Hermana before I cut it and suck you fucking breasts"
His tone of voice was both demanding but also luring, he liked to talk dirty it seemed, especially when he felt in control as Alice swiftly flicked with one hand unclipping her bra and flipping it to the ground while she pressed her bare chest against the cold leather seat feeling the familiar tingle sensation that it often caused her. Only thing was Alice heard the shuffle of feet from behind her as Vaas approached examining her back while, the Pirate Lord started to hum a tone before trailing a finger down her shoulder blades and towards her lower back along her spine, the sensation almost made her quiver but her gasp for air gave her pleasure away as Vaas leaned in towards her whispering seductively into her ear.
"You fucking like that huh Hermana?"
Bitting the bottom of her lip, Alice tried to remain silent but she couldn't help but turn her head so that her eyes could gaze up at his, in this room he seemed so surreal, it was just the two of them and being outside of the shanty and not in the compound or on the Main Island felt strange but in a very good way as Alice watched Vaas press his lips to hers teasing with the flick of his tongue before pulling away making Alice shift her head eager for more. Although Vaas only laughed before pushed her head against the leather of the seat as Alice obeyed and let him once more examine her.
"You know Hermana"
Vaas began as Alice felt the slight painful sensation in her back feeling Vaas begin as he spoke up while she tried her hardest not to squirm or quiver from the sensation, it felt strange while Vaas started to do this to her, not like it was torture or anything kinky but almost honourable while she pressed her face into the warmth of the leather caused by her body heat.
"It's not often I do this shit. It's like a prisoner asking to be tortured"
"Mhm I'm sure you'd love that wouldn't you?"
"Hey! Don't get cocky Hermana this'll take me a few hours you know."
"You are doing the dragoon right?"
A faint chuckle came from Vaas lips as she could hear him having to bite his tongue to suppress his boiling come back reply but he only kissed Alice softly on the side of her waist away from where he was tattooing before he continued the painful sensation as if nothing had happened, as if he was a pro at this while Alice tried to stifle the moans and gasps coming from her lips, the pain felt good but it also hurt like hell with each sting feeling more and more like a bee or a wasp sting rather then what it normally would feel when getting a tattoo done by a proper tattoo gun.
"Did Hoyt tell you?"
"Tell me what Hermana?"
"About…He's asked me to be a spy you know?"
"Mhm I had a feeling that was what it was about, you'd make a kinky fucking spy Hermana. Seeing you in some kinky fucking suit actually turns me on a bit"
For more than four or so hours Vaas, with great patience and skill, remained tattooing Alice's back despite the unpleasant grunts and moans that she made while Vaas hit sensitive areas. Although Alice told Vaas everything she could about her conversation with Hoyt as well as the show he had set up for her, Vaas didn't seem to mind to much having probably grown use to the way Hoyt was, Alice also knew that Vaas had high respect for the man considering that it was Hoyt that brought in Vaas' goods like movies, money, slaves, all that sort of good stuff.
"Hey Ali"
Vaas voice flowed out in a cool tone unlike before; he'd never called her Ali before so she assumed he was merely overly concerned with a few final touch ups here and there while she tried to relax only nodding her head in response to him.
"Have you ever thought about…you know…"
Something seemed odd as Alice tried to cock her head around the side to get a better look at Vaas but failed to see much of his face apart from his emerald eyes and the beauty of them in the light while he remained focused. Yet it was the way he spoke the pause in his words that made her question what on earth was he even doing. For some reason she felt that this whole tattoo thing was showering her with gifts as she inwardly mocked but there was something about the calm look on his face and the way his eyes gleamed that told Alice that something was bothering him.
"Trying again"
At first Alice had no idea what he meant, he had paused long enough for her to reply but she allowed him to finish his words. One last final jab of the needle in her skin made her wince before Vaas seemed to flow his eyes up towards her, he seemed so content almost sympathetic in a sense with the way he was looking at her, it wasn't like he had an expressional face or anything it was like he just seemed strange to her for some odd reason.
"Try what again?"
Alice forced through her croaky voice as she took in a long deep breath to relieve some of the pain, or most of it anyway, while the sensation of the jabs made into her skin still felt raw to her at the moment. It took a few long second for Vaas to look away from Alice before he began to set aside the ink and the needle before spraying Alice over the back with what she assumed was a mixture of water and probably Alcohol due to the bitter stinging sensation while Alice gritted her teeth to force the groan of displeasure from leaving her lips.
"A baby"
When Vaas said that Alice felt her eyes widen with surprise unsure of how to exactly reply or feel about the whole thing in general. It seemed odd like something that Vaas should not even be considering at all, especially with someone so disposable like Alice, had once not been enough? Sure she had lost the unborn child at 4 months but even so it had left a huge scare mentally inside of her, like as if all that time and effort had been wasted caring for something that would never be. It took Alice a few deep breaths to come up with a sum of words but even so she noticed Vaas wasn't looking at her, he was fiddling with the needle trying to clean it which made Alice question why did he seem so nervous and concerned?
"I'm not sure anymore Vaas. Maybe but Rook isn't the exact parents dream for raising a child either you know?"
"What do you mean Hermana? Loads of fucking space, they can draw in the sand and get a real fucking life not like those fuckers that sit and play games all day or watch shitty porn trying to act cool"
Something in Vaas changed as he turned on his heels to look at Alice, a slight hint of disappointment was in his face like as if he had wanted to hear Alice say she would try again but in all honesty she may have cared greatly for Vaas and would even say she loved him, she knew deep down that raising a child out here with pirates and Rakyat with the constant nagging fear that Citra would pop out of the darkness and snatch the child away was not a pleasant or heart-warming feeling for Alice as she turned her head to gaze away from Vaas and instead focused on the spray paint artworks on the floor.
"I mean what the fuck! I fucking grew up here when I was but a kid, look how I fucking turned out!"
If Alice had of turned her head she would have seen the red flush on Vaas' face as he started to shack his head and pacing back and forth in an attempt to calm his raw emotions. However Alice dared to interfere with Vaas and his moment. He'd always been the one to calm down, always been the one to collect his thoughts and reassure himself without the aid of anyone else.
"Vaas."
Alice broke the man's trance of lucid words as he stumble around to find the correct terms and phrases to express his feelings when he heard her call his name. Vaas stopped and stood still his gaze wondered over Alice, the blood that was seeping from her back was light but the red hue that ringed around the black inky tattoo made Vaas feel slightly proud but unsure not being able to see Alice's face made him curious as to what she was saying or thinking.
"I want to. I do. Thing is I don't want someone like Citra to…"
Putting her head against the leather and closing her eyes, Alice couldn't bring back the memories she had fought so badly to put aside and ignore, it still hurt to remember the pain so long ago, the time she spent with Alec was comforting but it never fully helped her heal up and Vaas knew that as he walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"It's ok Hermana. I'm sorry ok; I know I get out of fucking control sometimes."
"No its fine Vaas"
"Fuck fine! Be happy come on I'm done, you need to rest and I need a fucking joint"
With that said and done Alice got up stiffly and followed Vaas, he'd slowed his pace down just so she could keep up with him which was rather funny coming from a man who doesn't show much compassion rather toys with his victims. Outside of the warehouse and into the shanty, Alice wore her shirt over the top of the new tattoo mark but only for that short period of time, for once she was inside the shanty she stripped from her head to toe remaining naked as she curled up on the mattress, Vaas only admired her from a distance while he seemed preoccupied but Alice swore he was pretending to appear like he was doing something while taking the time to marvel at his handy work.
Nothing was mentioned about the earlier conversation, Vaas had appeared too interested in other stuff or more like he was trying to appear focused but the subject toyed in his head worse then he would ever admit. For Alice it didn't take long for her to fall asleep as Vaas noted the way she was relaxed in her curled up state having the blanket hug over her lower body but never covering up over her hips. It made the Pirate Lord wonder as to why Alice had never seemed to run away from him, he got the hint through Buck that Alice during her pregnancy wanted to leave, in a sense Vaas was pleased with the treatment in regards to Buck having not only kept his distance but also prevented Alice from leaving his side.
That woman was his and his alone and Vaas had no interest in letting her belong to someone else but him, not unless she was dead that would be the only time he'd ever give her up. She'd proven her worth more than once and with recent events Vaas knew she was a keeper, in a sense he felt that she was much like himself, leaving behind her former life to escape her troubles seemed awfully similar to how Vaas ended up in the hands of Hoyt, though there was a great difference, Alice had been tormented by her Ex where as Vaas was with his sister, Alice's body rejected drugs making her sick where as Vaas seemed to enjoy them more even if they did give him a little headache from time to time and withdrawals where bad. However Vaas felt he could comprehend Alice in a sense more than he had with other women as Vaas laid carefully next to Alice, she had her back turned towards him causing the man to lay on his side and gaze at her back.
Tempting as it was to pull her into his embrace and kiss her before fucking the shit out of her, Vaas knew it would only cause for an awkward distance between them. He liked to consider her his bitch, he'd never accept something like girlfriends or wives but Alice was perhaps the closest thing to Vaas and the closet thing he would ever get, therefore what she was went beyond girlfriend and wife, beyond partner. Perhaps it was the drug in his system but Vaas laid there trailing his rough finger across her upper shoulder not daring to flow down to her back, admiring her every inch from his distance, marvelled by her beauty yet again.
For some time Vaas had considered a child, it wasn't exactly ideal of course, he didn't want that responsibility on his hands having to take away his life style and living but when Alice had fallen before there was a change in Vaas, he became more protective of her even if he had almost killed her by starving her while she was sedated for a long time. Yet the fact remained that Vaas had in a sense questioned himself during the time of knowing she was pregnant, he'd been overly cruel to her, hurt her, abused her and yet she was still by his side accepting of him for who he was not forcing him to change, not making him be someone else in any way, she even tried to embrace the drugs but Vaas had come to an understanding that for some reason the pain it caused her was not worth it. Heck she never even tried to foolishly seduce him like other slaves had tried over the past, in fact if anything Alice embraced that feeling inside of her, her always saw it, the way she lusted for him, the look in her eyes only told him she wanted him rather than some sort of game to escape.
Leaning his head more into the small feather pillow and takin in a long deep breath, Vaas questioned how much further would he go with her, she had never truly bored him but he never liked the idea of Alice becoming too familiar with things, he hated repetition. So the idea of the tattoo was something different, she was willing to let him hurt her in ways he'd never imagined and sure it was a turn on hearing her muffle her faint moans and groans, but at the same time Vaas knew that he was seeing Alice embrace her true self, her killer that was now surfacing before him, another version of himself but a female…his soul mate.
Upon morning Alice had awoken to yet again a vacant spot next to her, the ache in her back had slightly eased to a tingling sensation, she could feel the slight urge to itch but resisted as she got up and dressed herself carefully as to not touch the ink on her back. Alice had never seen what Vaas had done, he had no mirrors or anything and she hoped that once she caught up with her Pirate Lord, she'd be able to ask him for some sort of mirror, something to enable her to see his handy work. Softly she scoffed aloud as she stepped into her leggings; she found a red shirt and a bit of old red rag which Alice tied up around her waist. Stepping outside wasn't ideal for Alice as she found the makeup kit and started to dab on bits of foundation here and there before smoothing it into her skin before applying eyeliner.
For the day had just begun for Alice and of course she still felt unsure as to what she should do, a new role required her to become more confident without Vaas as Alice took in a deep breath and walked to the door. Before her hand could grasp the door handle it swang open as Vaas looked at Alice slightly surprised to see her up and dressed ready. Something about the way he looked at her told her she wasn't going to be able to pass him and go out, not without physical touch and it looked like that's what Vaas was exactly after as he smirked at her a slight chuckle escaping his lips before he licked them and stepped closure to her forcing her to take a step back.
There was always something attractive about the way Vaas was, the way he seemed to try and dominate her, his whole appearance just made her want him even more as she looked up at him and eyed his off unsure of whether to acknowledge the feeling of her heart racing or try and focus her mind on her primary objective, playing the spy role. All Alice would have had to do was touch the man, trace her finger tips up his side and make him quiver needing more of her touch, forcing her under him and have his way but instead Alice only bit down on her lip and dared to break the lustrous silence between them.
"Why did you never force me to kill someone?"
It was clear in the reaction on Vaas' face that he of all people wasn't expecting a question like this as he cocked his head to the side and raised a brow unsure as to where this question had even come from. Yet for Alice this was a vital question that needed answering, she had answered her reason for not trying to run away now it was his turn to answer her why didn't he put a trigger to her head and force her to kill?
"Have you forgotten the children?"
"No I have not, but that's a different force. You could have very easily made me shoot someone, torture them but you decided to drug me and in that case I forgot the memories, only hearing the faint echo of screams."
"What about that young Rakyat warrior Hermana? Or the other night? You know what I think Hermana? You're just a cold hearted killer like me; you enjoy the thrill, the feel of the gun recoil or in your case the feel of the bow string launching the arrow into your victim's skull. Face it Hermana we are one of the same kind, I knew you were special from the start and now look at you?"
Trailing his hands down her face, Vaas leaned forward, so close that their lips briefly touched despite the intimate range between them that was alluring to Alice yet she couldn't understand what Vaas was saying, she had sworn he was a man that would break Alice not give her a sense of freedom to run and shoot around like an idiot knowing how risky that was, but that's what he did. Gently Vaas put his lips to Alice's, his right hand trailed down the side of her face cupping at her cheek while his left hand rested on her hip pulling her in towards him as the woman did not deny him his kiss, their tongues entwined as they passed gasps and moans back and forth.
For the day had just started and the night would bring many promises, yet for the moment the two remained trapped in their lustrous ecstasy forever more trapped in that moment between love and hate. His insanity was her Insanity, two of one unable to break their embrace, their lives entwined forevermore. For Alice this was a new day, a new start and a new life.
