Chapter 86: Lexa

An hour later, we were all boarding the plane to head home after a pit stop in Kyiv. I asked Abby if she would talk to Clarke about letting her check her iron and folic acid levels after her episode this morning. Once we were in the air, Ash, Jose, Bellamy, Reed, and I went into the small conference room to discuss our plan. Ash had been in contact with Julian, who had made contact with an asset in Kyiv. Pavsikakiy Tkachenko, known as Pav, has been working with the Ukrainian government on a few missing person cases that he believes are related to the same people we think are conducting the experiments. According to Pav, he is almost 100% sure that the research facility is in the abandoned village of Ladizhichy, southeast of Chernobyl, on an inlet of the Pripyat River. Ash pulls up a map of the area on the smart screen before calling Julian on a secure line.

Ash: Hello, Julian, you are on speaker with me, Lexa, Reed, Jose, and Bellamy.

Julian: Alright. Here is the deal: Pav will share all of his information on the facility and help with the extraction with the understanding that we will hand over any of the missing girls he is currently looking for. Once you contact him, he will supply you with the pictures of his missing girls, and you will return them to him before leaving Kyiv. He has a detailed layout of the outside of the facility. He also has information about how many armed forces you can expect to encounter.

Me: If he has all of this information, why hasn't he or the Ukrainian government acted?

Julian: The Ukrainian government is under the impression that this is a CIA/NSA black site where the United States is holding and torturing terrorists. They have been told not to interfere. Plus, they don't have the required skills to get in and out without repercussions from the US and Russia.

Me: How do you know that we can trust this Pav person?

Julian: He was working with Natalia when she went missing.

Me: So, what is his plan for extraction?

Julian: According to him, the best way is going to be by boat. You can take the Pripyat river to the Dnieper river, which goes all the way to Kyiv. Pav will have a bus ready at the boat ramp, prepared to take you to a safe house long enough to get the passports made for everyone, and then he will take you to the airport where you will board a plane.

Me: Fine, once we know when I will rent a boat for a fishing trip in the Astrakhan region. We will set up camp on one of the islands and stay there until the passports are ready. Then we will take the boat back to Kyiv where we can meet Pav at the docks where we can get the passports hand over his people if we find any, then go to the airport where my plane will be waiting. Pav will need to meet us at the campsite to get photos for the passports. My group will arrive at least a week before the meet to establish ourselves on the fishing trip. This will give us time to build a place to hide whoever we find at the facility. So in case, we are followed, all they will find is a group of American tourists on a fishing trip.

Julian: I guess Ash was right about you. You seem to be able to come up with tactically sound plans with little to no information.

Me: I have been researching the area, but without information about the inside of the facility, things can still go wrong quickly. The more info Pav can get, the better chance we have. Please keep us updated on any new information.

Ash: Thanks, Julian. We will let you know when the op is complete. The less you know, the better from here on out.

Julian: Good luck and be safe.

Once we hung up with Julian, I look to Ash, "How soon do you think the buyer will want delivery after the meet-up tomorrow?"

She says, "Probably within a couple of weeks, less if possible. Why?"

"We need time to get the fishing camp established before we hit the facility. Bellamy, I need you to buy us at least a week. If they want to know why tell them there has been an issue getting the paperwork needed to get out of the US. Jose and Reed, I'm going to rent a boat in Kyiv for you to pick up when we land. Then I will call Baza U Natashi fish camp and rent a campsite on one of their islands. Hopefully, we can find one with a natural cave or abandoned shelter so that once we make the extraction, we will have somewhere to hide them if needed. I'm going to rent the place for a month in which Jose and Reed will establish a camp and interact with other fishermen so that everyone around knows that there are a group of young Americans residing there for a month-long fishing trip. Bellamy, once you set up the buy, you rendezvous with them and wait until time for the buy."

Bellamy says, "Shouldn't we have a few more people stay on the island if we are supposed to be a large group of Americans?"

"It would be better for sure, but who would we get to stay?"

Ash speaks up, "What if we had everyone that is a part of the team stay and then ask for any other volunteers? It could be fun for some, and it isn't going to be dangerous until after the extraction. We could take everyone back to Kyiv to the plane before Bellamy takes us to the buy location so that they would be out of danger."

"Alright, that actually sounds fairly good. Now we just need to see who wants to go on a fishing/camping trip for the next week or so."

Clarke

While Lexa and the group are in their meeting, mom runs my bloodwork to make sure everything looks good. Lexa convinced her that I needed my iron and folic acid tested because I almost passed out this morning. Lexa is reading too much and thinks she knows what is going on in my body better than I do.

About a half-hour later, mom has the results and informs me that Lexa is right. I need to increase both my iron and folic acid intake. She told me to add an iron supplement to my prenatal vitamins and eat more pasta and grain to increase the folic acid.

Soon, Lexa and her group came out into the main room and called everyone together to ask who felt like taking a camping/fishing trip near Kyiv. Surprisingly, everyone thought it would be fun, so it looked like we wouldn't be going home just yet.

I ask Lexa once we were alone, "What is really going on with the camping trip?"

She smiles, "How do you know me so well already? Don't worry, I don't want you to go. I will get you a hotel in the city for you and Abby." Then she explained the plan.

"I don't want to stay in the city. I want to be wherever you are."

"I know, I don't want to be away from you either, but I also don't want you having to sleep on the ground and be subjected to the elements either. Let me see what I can find out when I call about renting a boat. Maybe I can get a small houseboat and a fishing boat."

"Okay, I'm going to go downstairs and rest. Will you join me after you have everything in order?"

"Sure, it shouldn't take me too long."

Lexa

Everyone seemed excited about the fishing trip, especially Asher. I was surprised that Ash decided to let Callie and Asher stay, but it did provide a better cover to have a couple of kids in the group. I was able to rent a decent size houseboat along with a fishing boat that we could pick up later today when we landed. The boat rental place was even providing all the necessary camping equipment and fishing poles we would need.

Next, I went to the med bay to talk to the group of doctors on board. "I have rented a houseboat so that some of us can stay aboard it. I also thought that you could make a small med bay onboard it in case it is needed. We can always take some of the equipment from the plane if we needed to."

Clarke

I'm not really sure how long I had been asleep before I felt Lexa join me in the bed. She quietly crawled in behind me and took me in her arms. I felt her snuggle into me and began stroking my hair and moving it to expose my neck. Once exposed, she kisses me tenderly, whispering so softly I can barely make out what she is saying. "I love you so much. There is no way you can know how happy you make me, and the fact that you decided to have the babies…you can't begin to understand how much that means to me. Whatever happens, I will always love you and do whatever possible to protect you and the little gummy bears. Above all, I will find my way back to you no matter what!"

When she says that, it sends a shiver down my spine. I turn to face her and say, "What aren't you telling me, Cielo?"

"It's nothing to worry about, Ya Amar. I thought you were asleep."

"You're keeping something from me. You promised that we wouldn't keep secrets, babe."

"I know, but I don't want to worry you over nothing. I feel better knowing that this was done before I left on the extraction mission. Just in case."

"Just in case of what?"

"It's nothing, baby. I promise."

"Please, Lexa, you are scaring me!"

"Just in case something happens to me, okay. I just want to know that your babies will look like me and not him if something happens. I don't want you to be reminded of what happened because of me whenever you look at them if I'm not around."

"They are OUR babies, not mine. I can't do this without you!" I start to cry. "I mean it, I CAN'T do it without you! I need you. As much as I don't want to admit it, I'm quite sure that I can't live without you now. So you have to promise me that you will come back to me, no matter what."

"Clarke, I promise to find a way back to you no matter what, but I needed to do this before… Not even death will keep me away, understand? If I have to come back from the dead to see the birth of OUR little gummy bears, I will. I promise."

"Alright, can you just lay here with me for a little while?"

"Of course, I will always want to hold you."

I turn and brush my lips against hers before snuggling into her and laying my head on her chest. As I lay listening to the steady beat of her heart, I think this is where I want to be forever here in the safety of her arms. I must have fallen back asleep because I wake up to her hand rubbing my little baby bump and saying, "I don't know if you can hear me or not, but I just want you to know that you are loved. I don't care how you were conceived; I want you more than anything. We, your other mom and I, are going to spoil you like you won't believe. The next few days may be weird for you guys in there, but all you need to do is sit back and relax and let my DNA fuse with your mommy's. I can't wait to meet you guys…and just remember no matter what anyone says, I will always come back."

Okay, I'm really starting to get worried. Lexa keeps talking and acting like something terrible is going to happen. Finally, I open my eyes and put my hand on hers, "Cielo, you are really beginning to worry me."

"Why? I was just having a conversation with the gummy bears."

"I understand that, but some of what you were telling them makes me believe that something bad is going to happen, and you just aren't telling me."

"It's not that I think something bad is going to happen. It's just that I don't like not having all the information. Maybe I will feel better about things once I have talked to this Pav guy. I'm sorry if I'm upsetting you. I just want to make sure all of you know how I feel. It shouldn't be long now before we land. I need to go up and discuss a few last-minute things with Ash and Bellamy."

Lexa

As I start to get up from the bed, Clarke grabs my wrist. When I look back at her, she pulls me in for a kiss. "I think you're incredibly sexy," I say, sliding my hands down Clarke's smooth skin, feeling the contours of her body. "Mm. Do you feel like getting naked and letting me make love to you?"

Instead of verbally answering me, she starts to undress slowly. I watch her and mimic her movements with my own clothes. The look of arousal on her face turns me on even more. I reach my hand between Clarke's legs and found her already soaking wet. I tentatively slip a finger inside. She moans and spreads her legs wider, allowing me to slip in another finger. I lightly taste my fiancé before sucking her clit into my mouth with such force that Clarke yells out, "Oh, fuck! Lexa, don't stop." at the top of her lungs. After working on her for a few minutes, though, I become concerned about the possibility that we may arrive in Kyiv before we can finish, and I decide that I need to speed things up. I temporarily withdrew from Clarke.

"Lexa!" groaned Clarke.

"No, it's okay. I just realized that if we switched positions, it would be more efficient given our time constraints." I carefully turn myself around so that I am straddling Clarke's face. "Is this okay? I know we have never tried this before…."

"Yes, more than fine." She says, interrupting me as she grabs hold of my ass and pulls me down towards her.

I take Clarke's clit back into my mouth as she does the same to me, causing a moan to escape against her. The vibration made Clarke moan and create her own vibration, which I realize is a unique benefit to this position. Before long, Clarke was coming hard, and her loud cries are enough to put me over the edge as well. I turn around to face Clarke and lean in to kiss her, tasting a mixture of her and me. When I pull away, I smile, "I think that might be my new favorite position. The only downside is I can't see you when you come, and you are always fucking hot when you are in the throes of an orgasm."

She giggles, "I have to say that I quite enjoyed that myself. Why don't we grab a quick shower before we head upstairs?"

Twenty minutes later, we walk upstairs into the main area where Ash, Callie, O, Bellamy, and Abby look at us and start laughing. I look around and say, "What is so funny?"

Bellamy laughs, then roars, "Oh fuck, Lexa, don't stop."

Callie says, "Did you two have fun?"

I look at Clarke, who has turned the color of a stop sign, and say, "Actually, we had a lot of fun. The only reason we stopped was that we were afraid that we would make everyone jealous." I received a smack on the shoulder from Clarke for this comment.

Then she whispers, "Lex, my mom is sitting right there."

I can't help but smile, "I'm sorry that you had to hear that, Abby, but I really can't get enough of your daughter."

Abby says, "Okay, that's enough talk about having sex with my daughter. But, Clarke, there are a few things that I would like to discuss with you before we land."

Ash looks at me with a huge smile and says, "Yeah, Lexa, there are a few things that Bellamy and I need to discuss with you as well."

I lean in, kissing Clarke on the cheek, "I guess I will see you in a bit." As she walks away, I can't help but smack her on the ass, which earns me a foul look from her right before she breaks out into a smile.