Warning: I am a little tired so there may be a few grammar errors
Recap of story: Jade caught Zack and Max breaking into Manticore and followed them only to find that they stole her sisters blue prints to save her life. Realizing that the theft would be blamed on her Jade took off for the coast in an effort to cover the tracing signal in the caves that I created through artistic license and slight leaning towards Goddesshood. Jade's student Kret hunts her down for Manticore and allows her to escape into the sea. She remains there for a really long time and almost drowns but Zack comes to her rescue (Gold star for him) and turns her into a human burrito while he drives her to Kret (who has had a sex change and later takes on the name Syl) to remove the tracking device which was installed in the gun shot wound Jade received from Lydecker while saving Carina and Zack (*gasp*). Jade wakes up in Syl's house chained to a bed (I can read your mind, you should be ashamed of yourself) only to be drugged and wake up after a really nice dream of getting it on with the person who she was getting it on with (dum dum dum) Zack. To her shock and alarm and To Zacks shock alarm and pleasant surprise she's in heat. He drugs her again and that is where our story starts. P.S. The wheat field is from the farm where Carina grew up.
In the forest of the night
Part 12
(You only kidnap the ones you love)
Jade stood barefoot in the dirt and watched as the warm autumn wind pushed and pulled the wheat in a beautiful dance. Time seemed to stand still as she lifted her face to the sky and felt its warming rays. This was heaven, her heaven.
She felt a presence beside her and turned to find Zack standing a few meters away. They watched each other for a moment, both not showing any emotion, as the wind continued to whip around them. Then suddenly, as if she were just looking through a backwards telescope and then took it away, he was right in front of her with his hands on her hips. Her heart began to beat a little faster as he held her still with his eyes.
"I though I'd never see you again," he whispered. To her shock, Jade's eyes began to get misty with tears. She quickly took a deep breath and bit her lip.
"You've said that before," she said quietly. Zack said no more but simply took her head in his hands and kissed her. The sun suddenly grew dark and the wind stopped blowing. Jade started to panic, tried to pull away, but he wouldn't let her go. She didn't want this. She had to get out.
Suddenly she was awake and the last few days started to trickle back to her. She was in Syl's rusted out pickup truck with Zack. Zack…she was against his shoulder. He was still driving although it was well into the night. Panic and dread took over and she started to feel like a caged animal. Suddenly and before Zack realized what had happened she dove across the cab, opened the door and rolled out onto the shoulder. As soon as she stopped tumbling she was on her feet and running into the forest.
She heard the truck swerve and come to a screeching halt. Soon Zack's footsteps pounding in the earth behind her. He was faster but the forest was old and the trees would be easy to hide in. She reached the underbrush and looked for the first place to hide. There was a large tree with high branches and lots of leaves and she ran up it.
Although her footsteps were always light, Zack heard them stop and he slowed. He quickly ducked behind a tree and waited a moment. Nothing. He would try to find her trail but the moon was only a sliver and only she could track in this light. His only course of action was reason, if only to draw out her location.
"I'm only trying to protect you Jade," he shouted, knowing she must be close.
"You only kidnap the ones you love," she shouted back. Zack pinpointed the direction of the comment but didn't move. She would be throwing her voice; he'd have to wait for an unguarded moment.
"If it keeps you safe," he called, egging her on.
"What do you know about keeping me safe Zack? You've led them to me three times," she cried, her voice trembling with anger. "I'd have a better chance living next door to Manticore."
"Would you rather I stayed away?" he asked, begging her in his mind to say no.
"That would be a though," she snapped. In her anger Jade's foot slipped and she landed ungracefully on her butt, shaking the branch and all of the leaves on it. She silently swore at herself, unaccustomed to such lapses of concentration and balance. Panic took over as she heard his feet pounding in the underbrush. She dropped to the ground and took off running but he was close and soon she found herself tackled to the ground.
Too tired of running and too tired of fighting she lay there. Zack, unsure of what to do, became more uncomfortable by the second. Face to the ground with her arms and legs pinned, Jade didn't move for a long time and even though she was breathing normally he was afraid she was hurt. The answer came soon enough in the form of a sniffle. She sniffled again and he rolled off her, remaining close he left an arm across her back. She snuggled against him and soon her sniffles were sobs. Zack remained silent, only gently rubbing her back. When she calmed a little he removed some of the mud and leaf material stuck to her face, still not saying anything. To him tears were normally a sign of weakness but she'd been fighting and running and pretending since she was recaptured. She'd faced torment he could never dream of.
"Why don't you just f**k me and leave already?" she asked bitterly though not daring to look at him. Zack was shocked by her words but he understood. The last two times they made love he had to leave before morning and she was recaptured. He couldn't argue with history so he took a moment to plan his words carefully, not having an exemplary record at pacifying X5 women.
"I don't want to leave you," he said honestly. "Whenever I leave I'm always afraid I'm never going to see you again," he finished quietly, smoothing her dirty red curls back. Although he didn't notice, Jade trembled a little at his words. "Now come on," he said as he got up and gathered her in his arms. "Let's get back to the truck, sleeping on the ground gives me bad dreams." She remained silent the whole walk and even allowed him to lay her in the truck and fall asleep beside her. It was only when she heard his soft snore that she began to think again.
"D**n you Zack," Jade said to herself but the exclamation was lacking her usual passion. He was ruining her perfectly good plan, granted that plan wasn't intentional but it could have worked. If he had just slept with her while she was in heat she could have shamed or pissed him off enough to let her go. Now she lay in his arms, completely clothed, in the cab of the truck, while he slept. Despite the possessive arm he had draped over her, he was confident enough that she wasn't going to leave that he fell asleep. "D**n you," she said quietly.
In the forest of the night
Part 13
(a great adventure)
Somewhere in Between By Life House
I can't be losing sleep over this, no, I can't and I cannot stop pacing give me a few hours and I'll have this all sorted out if my mind would just stop racing I cannot stand still I cannot be this unsturdy this cannot be happening this is over my head but underneath my feet because by tomorrow morning I'll have this thing beat and everything will be back to the way it was I wish that it was just that easy I am waiting for tonight then waiting for tomorrow and I am somewhere in between what is real and just a dream would you catch me if I fall out of what I fell in don't be surprised if I collapse down at your feet again I don't want to run away from this I know that I just don't need this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zack woke up alone in the truck. It wasn't the first night he'd spent in a car so he wasn't alarmed. It was only when he remembered who should be beside him that he became worried.
Should he have fallen asleep? Maybe he should have talked to her longer? Why did she leave? Could he catch her? Should he catch her? What was that wonderful smell?
His stomach winning over his concentration, he scooted across the bench seat and opened the door. Jade was squatting next to a small fire turning a rabbit on a make shift spit. She gazed up at him emotionlessly or maybe annoyed, it looked the same with her.
"I was wondering when you were going to get up," she said, turning back to her catch. Zack ignored her comment and walked off to commune with nature. "Perfect," she declared a few minutes later and lifted their food from the fire. Zack had to admit she was good, the meat was so tender it practically feel off the bone.
As he stood next to the hatch and ate he subtly watched her. Something was different this morning. It was her posture and the way she ate. Sitting on the rim of the truck bed with one leg dangling over she stooped over her meat. She reminded him of a wild cat. Her long dark hair was also dirty and matted. As it hung forwards half obscuring her face it added to the illusion.
"Thanks," he said in his macho way as he tossed his bones into the forest and wiped his hands on his pants. He sat on the hatch and watched her from the corner of his eye.
"It's not a big deal, I was bored," she replied aware that he was watching. She knew what she looked like but didn't care. Last night had overloaded her. After he had fallen asleep she snuck away and ran through the forest. It was liberating to feel the wind in her hair and the dirt beneath her toes again. She was free for a while.
When her Instructor rescued her from Manticore they ran deep into the Rockies to hide. In shock and uncertain of everything she started to rely on her natural instincts. She slept curled by the fire and would leave before dawn. She would return early in the morning with food for the man she would soon start to call father. Even though sometimes she would be covered in blood when she returned, prowl around the cabin, and even in the beginning growled at him, he would never condemn her for it. Somehow he understood and slowly he domesticated her. He taught her how to be human, something Manticore had never done.
Jade finished and threw her bones off into the woods and licked her hands clean. Zack found this even more intriguing and was watching her with interest. The day before had been a challenge for him, a very frustrating challenge. He cooled his regret by promising himself he would make up for it later. Jade gave on of her fingers a last long lick then paused for a moment to stare into the woods. She rested her head on her knee and turned to him.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" she innocently. Taken back he shifted nervously. For the past few days she had been through hell and managed to blame it all on him, quite rightly of course. She was up to something, he recognized the look in her eyes.
"What?" he asked, trying not to be distracted by the image of her and her fingers. "I still don't know what you're playing at."
"You're going to rescue the damsel in distress," she said smiling sweetly, unnerving him.
"What are you going to do?" he asked gruffly, suspicious of her words.
"Leave you in the dark," she said as she swung off the rail and landed on the ground. She turned around and looked at him. "Are you coming," she said sweetly. "If I know Carina she's already run away from that delicious little bird of hers." Jade opened the truck door and gave him a serious worried stare. "I have to be somewhere else," she said cryptically, "and she's going to need a knight in shiny armor." Not wanting to argue until he knew more he resigned to get in the drivers seat.
"I'm going to need to know more," he said as he started the car.
"Of course," she replied. He leaned forward on the wheel and stared at her waiting.
"I'm going to infiltrate a Manticore training facility and rescue my students," she replied nonchalantly. "In the meanwhile you are going to meet Carina at the old rendezvous point and bring her to us. Then we are going to place as many X-6s in the homes I've found as possible. Then find homes for the others. Is everything understood?" she asked. Zack nodded and put the car in drive.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"Arizona,"
"What's in Arizona?"
"Do you ever stop asking questions?"
"No."
"To bad, turn left," she ordered. Inside both their spirits were lifted a little. Zack and Jade together again. It's going to be a great adventure.
"So how did you get these families to agree?" Zack questioned.
"Found nice people. There part of an organization that deals with victims of the Katchka small pox epidemic, couples sterile as eunuchs who want little munchkins of their very own."
"How can you be sure this organization is safe? Manticore might keep tabs on these places now after the 09 escape."
"Zack?" she said sweetly.
"What?"
"Shut up," she ordered.
Recap of story: Jade caught Zack and Max breaking into Manticore and followed them only to find that they stole her sisters blue prints to save her life. Realizing that the theft would be blamed on her Jade took off for the coast in an effort to cover the tracing signal in the caves that I created through artistic license and slight leaning towards Goddesshood. Jade's student Kret hunts her down for Manticore and allows her to escape into the sea. She remains there for a really long time and almost drowns but Zack comes to her rescue (Gold star for him) and turns her into a human burrito while he drives her to Kret (who has had a sex change and later takes on the name Syl) to remove the tracking device which was installed in the gun shot wound Jade received from Lydecker while saving Carina and Zack (*gasp*). Jade wakes up in Syl's house chained to a bed (I can read your mind, you should be ashamed of yourself) only to be drugged and wake up after a really nice dream of getting it on with the person who she was getting it on with (dum dum dum) Zack. To her shock and alarm and To Zacks shock alarm and pleasant surprise she's in heat. He drugs her again and that is where our story starts. P.S. The wheat field is from the farm where Carina grew up.
In the forest of the night
Part 12
(You only kidnap the ones you love)
Jade stood barefoot in the dirt and watched as the warm autumn wind pushed and pulled the wheat in a beautiful dance. Time seemed to stand still as she lifted her face to the sky and felt its warming rays. This was heaven, her heaven.
She felt a presence beside her and turned to find Zack standing a few meters away. They watched each other for a moment, both not showing any emotion, as the wind continued to whip around them. Then suddenly, as if she were just looking through a backwards telescope and then took it away, he was right in front of her with his hands on her hips. Her heart began to beat a little faster as he held her still with his eyes.
"I though I'd never see you again," he whispered. To her shock, Jade's eyes began to get misty with tears. She quickly took a deep breath and bit her lip.
"You've said that before," she said quietly. Zack said no more but simply took her head in his hands and kissed her. The sun suddenly grew dark and the wind stopped blowing. Jade started to panic, tried to pull away, but he wouldn't let her go. She didn't want this. She had to get out.
Suddenly she was awake and the last few days started to trickle back to her. She was in Syl's rusted out pickup truck with Zack. Zack…she was against his shoulder. He was still driving although it was well into the night. Panic and dread took over and she started to feel like a caged animal. Suddenly and before Zack realized what had happened she dove across the cab, opened the door and rolled out onto the shoulder. As soon as she stopped tumbling she was on her feet and running into the forest.
She heard the truck swerve and come to a screeching halt. Soon Zack's footsteps pounding in the earth behind her. He was faster but the forest was old and the trees would be easy to hide in. She reached the underbrush and looked for the first place to hide. There was a large tree with high branches and lots of leaves and she ran up it.
Although her footsteps were always light, Zack heard them stop and he slowed. He quickly ducked behind a tree and waited a moment. Nothing. He would try to find her trail but the moon was only a sliver and only she could track in this light. His only course of action was reason, if only to draw out her location.
"I'm only trying to protect you Jade," he shouted, knowing she must be close.
"You only kidnap the ones you love," she shouted back. Zack pinpointed the direction of the comment but didn't move. She would be throwing her voice; he'd have to wait for an unguarded moment.
"If it keeps you safe," he called, egging her on.
"What do you know about keeping me safe Zack? You've led them to me three times," she cried, her voice trembling with anger. "I'd have a better chance living next door to Manticore."
"Would you rather I stayed away?" he asked, begging her in his mind to say no.
"That would be a though," she snapped. In her anger Jade's foot slipped and she landed ungracefully on her butt, shaking the branch and all of the leaves on it. She silently swore at herself, unaccustomed to such lapses of concentration and balance. Panic took over as she heard his feet pounding in the underbrush. She dropped to the ground and took off running but he was close and soon she found herself tackled to the ground.
Too tired of running and too tired of fighting she lay there. Zack, unsure of what to do, became more uncomfortable by the second. Face to the ground with her arms and legs pinned, Jade didn't move for a long time and even though she was breathing normally he was afraid she was hurt. The answer came soon enough in the form of a sniffle. She sniffled again and he rolled off her, remaining close he left an arm across her back. She snuggled against him and soon her sniffles were sobs. Zack remained silent, only gently rubbing her back. When she calmed a little he removed some of the mud and leaf material stuck to her face, still not saying anything. To him tears were normally a sign of weakness but she'd been fighting and running and pretending since she was recaptured. She'd faced torment he could never dream of.
"Why don't you just f**k me and leave already?" she asked bitterly though not daring to look at him. Zack was shocked by her words but he understood. The last two times they made love he had to leave before morning and she was recaptured. He couldn't argue with history so he took a moment to plan his words carefully, not having an exemplary record at pacifying X5 women.
"I don't want to leave you," he said honestly. "Whenever I leave I'm always afraid I'm never going to see you again," he finished quietly, smoothing her dirty red curls back. Although he didn't notice, Jade trembled a little at his words. "Now come on," he said as he got up and gathered her in his arms. "Let's get back to the truck, sleeping on the ground gives me bad dreams." She remained silent the whole walk and even allowed him to lay her in the truck and fall asleep beside her. It was only when she heard his soft snore that she began to think again.
"D**n you Zack," Jade said to herself but the exclamation was lacking her usual passion. He was ruining her perfectly good plan, granted that plan wasn't intentional but it could have worked. If he had just slept with her while she was in heat she could have shamed or pissed him off enough to let her go. Now she lay in his arms, completely clothed, in the cab of the truck, while he slept. Despite the possessive arm he had draped over her, he was confident enough that she wasn't going to leave that he fell asleep. "D**n you," she said quietly.
In the forest of the night
Part 13
(a great adventure)
Somewhere in Between By Life House
I can't be losing sleep over this, no, I can't and I cannot stop pacing give me a few hours and I'll have this all sorted out if my mind would just stop racing I cannot stand still I cannot be this unsturdy this cannot be happening this is over my head but underneath my feet because by tomorrow morning I'll have this thing beat and everything will be back to the way it was I wish that it was just that easy I am waiting for tonight then waiting for tomorrow and I am somewhere in between what is real and just a dream would you catch me if I fall out of what I fell in don't be surprised if I collapse down at your feet again I don't want to run away from this I know that I just don't need this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zack woke up alone in the truck. It wasn't the first night he'd spent in a car so he wasn't alarmed. It was only when he remembered who should be beside him that he became worried.
Should he have fallen asleep? Maybe he should have talked to her longer? Why did she leave? Could he catch her? Should he catch her? What was that wonderful smell?
His stomach winning over his concentration, he scooted across the bench seat and opened the door. Jade was squatting next to a small fire turning a rabbit on a make shift spit. She gazed up at him emotionlessly or maybe annoyed, it looked the same with her.
"I was wondering when you were going to get up," she said, turning back to her catch. Zack ignored her comment and walked off to commune with nature. "Perfect," she declared a few minutes later and lifted their food from the fire. Zack had to admit she was good, the meat was so tender it practically feel off the bone.
As he stood next to the hatch and ate he subtly watched her. Something was different this morning. It was her posture and the way she ate. Sitting on the rim of the truck bed with one leg dangling over she stooped over her meat. She reminded him of a wild cat. Her long dark hair was also dirty and matted. As it hung forwards half obscuring her face it added to the illusion.
"Thanks," he said in his macho way as he tossed his bones into the forest and wiped his hands on his pants. He sat on the hatch and watched her from the corner of his eye.
"It's not a big deal, I was bored," she replied aware that he was watching. She knew what she looked like but didn't care. Last night had overloaded her. After he had fallen asleep she snuck away and ran through the forest. It was liberating to feel the wind in her hair and the dirt beneath her toes again. She was free for a while.
When her Instructor rescued her from Manticore they ran deep into the Rockies to hide. In shock and uncertain of everything she started to rely on her natural instincts. She slept curled by the fire and would leave before dawn. She would return early in the morning with food for the man she would soon start to call father. Even though sometimes she would be covered in blood when she returned, prowl around the cabin, and even in the beginning growled at him, he would never condemn her for it. Somehow he understood and slowly he domesticated her. He taught her how to be human, something Manticore had never done.
Jade finished and threw her bones off into the woods and licked her hands clean. Zack found this even more intriguing and was watching her with interest. The day before had been a challenge for him, a very frustrating challenge. He cooled his regret by promising himself he would make up for it later. Jade gave on of her fingers a last long lick then paused for a moment to stare into the woods. She rested her head on her knee and turned to him.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" she innocently. Taken back he shifted nervously. For the past few days she had been through hell and managed to blame it all on him, quite rightly of course. She was up to something, he recognized the look in her eyes.
"What?" he asked, trying not to be distracted by the image of her and her fingers. "I still don't know what you're playing at."
"You're going to rescue the damsel in distress," she said smiling sweetly, unnerving him.
"What are you going to do?" he asked gruffly, suspicious of her words.
"Leave you in the dark," she said as she swung off the rail and landed on the ground. She turned around and looked at him. "Are you coming," she said sweetly. "If I know Carina she's already run away from that delicious little bird of hers." Jade opened the truck door and gave him a serious worried stare. "I have to be somewhere else," she said cryptically, "and she's going to need a knight in shiny armor." Not wanting to argue until he knew more he resigned to get in the drivers seat.
"I'm going to need to know more," he said as he started the car.
"Of course," she replied. He leaned forward on the wheel and stared at her waiting.
"I'm going to infiltrate a Manticore training facility and rescue my students," she replied nonchalantly. "In the meanwhile you are going to meet Carina at the old rendezvous point and bring her to us. Then we are going to place as many X-6s in the homes I've found as possible. Then find homes for the others. Is everything understood?" she asked. Zack nodded and put the car in drive.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"Arizona,"
"What's in Arizona?"
"Do you ever stop asking questions?"
"No."
"To bad, turn left," she ordered. Inside both their spirits were lifted a little. Zack and Jade together again. It's going to be a great adventure.
"So how did you get these families to agree?" Zack questioned.
"Found nice people. There part of an organization that deals with victims of the Katchka small pox epidemic, couples sterile as eunuchs who want little munchkins of their very own."
"How can you be sure this organization is safe? Manticore might keep tabs on these places now after the 09 escape."
"Zack?" she said sweetly.
"What?"
"Shut up," she ordered.