Moonbay stood in front of her length mirror; examining her body once again. She was looking for some imperfection or some blemish that had escaped her sight from the last time she checked. She had been standing there for a solid hour; twisting and turning to make sure she didn't miss anything.

Raven's words were still fresh in her mind. The things he said about her being treated like a friend and not woman. The way he made her body react when he touched her and when his lips meet her skin. And how he got ended up with her earring in his mouth was still a mystery. When the soldiers asked about it, all she could do was blush and stammer some excuse about him stealing it and promise she'd be more careful next time.

But the truth of the matter was, she enjoyed the way he made her feel. She liked the things he did. Her skin tingled where he placed biting kisses and the memory of his leather gloves on her skin sent shivers down her spine. And the way he teased her when he spoke; moving in like he would kiss her but pulling away at the last second. Just thinking about it made her shudder.

Moonbay growled in irritation and shook her head to clear these thoughts from it." This is Raven. He's a murderer. He's tricky and he'll do anything to get out of this base. I should not be thinking of him this way."

Nevertheless, she still thought about what he said. She hadn't felt that kind of attention on her since she had met up with McMann. He had made her feel like a woman. She had felt like he was interested in her and she was very attractive.

Twisting again in the mirror, she looked over herself. She wasn't ugly. She wasn't obese. Her hips were larger than normal, but she was a woman of color and that was in her genes. Her bust line wasn't overly huge or flat. She didn't have huge thighs and she wasn't a stick. She had a pretty good figure as far as she knew.

So then, why didn't she get any attention?! Sure she was a bit of a tomboy and she didn't really like pink as much as Fiona, but she liked to be treated like a woman sometimes. Not to the point of a 'helpless' female, but she liked to have doors opened for her too. Just because she knew how to take care of herself didn't mean she had to be treated as 'one of the guys'.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

" Miss Moonbay?! You're needed in the containment cell!" It was one of the soldiers from earlier.

" What for?!" She frowned. Why would they need her down there? Wasn't Raven was in his cell for the night? Wouldn't more soldiers be more useful than her?

" Raven refuses to eat unless you serve him. He would not be very useful to us if he dehydrates or gets sick from malnutrition. I was ordered to come and get you ma'am."

What is that man up to? She wondered idly. First, he would only talk to her, now he would only eat if she were there to serve him? This had to be some kind of trick. That was it. It was all a plan of some kind.

Though, she would be lying if she said she wasn't looking forward to seeing what exactly this plan was going to consist of. This flirting with danger was starting to get exciting.

" I'm coming!"

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" I know you're awake. No one could sleep through something like this."

Van stood in front of the bars of Raven's cell. He had his back to him and he gave the impression he was asleep. But Van knew better.

" Quite the party."

" We're gathering our forces. Then we launch the attack at dawn."

" So early? I was really looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow."

Van sighed." Just give it up Raven. Nothing can withstand that kind of assault. The Geno Saurer is finished."

" Who says it's the Geno Saurer anymore? And as far as giving up goes, you should try it. Because the only person you're trying to convince is yourself. You're wasting my time if that's all you came to do."

" No it's not all I came to do. I want to know what you're planning to do with Moonbay."

" Is that her name?"

" Answer the question!" He was getting irritated with all this. He already didn't like that Raven had gotten close enough to Moonbay to get one of her earrings, when he heard he had hidden it in his mouth he almost killed the messenger.

" And which question was that?"

" Raven…!"

" Careful Van, prisoner brutality is against the rules. You could get in serious trouble."

" If you hurt her-"

" Shouldn't you be worrying over your 'Zoidian'? She's a big girl Van. And don't worry; I'll be a good boy," A menacing grin spread over his face," I promise."

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Moonbay walked down the hallway towards the containment cells with a tray of food in her hands. There were no soldiers behind her this time. They figured she would be safe with Raven in the containment cell and her on the outside. There was no way for him to get to her and she was too smart to let him out.

As she ran her key card through the lock, Moonbay felt her heart beat faster. Was she nervous? Scared, maybe? No, she was excited. She was actually looking forward to being alone with a dangerous person.

" Well, here I go."