DarkLink313: As my fans of FF-Zero know by now, I'm taking a break, as are my regular muses, from musing. This is because, quite simply, they're busy posing for their sprite sheets. I recently finished Violet, but Rain and Vivica are still in the studio, so Violet is the only muse. Sorry, Violet, but you'll have to deal with talking to, well, yourself.

Violet: Only me? No fair... sighs Well, I guess I should just start this thing already? I've got no clue what's happening, so don't ask me.

Chapter 5: Alex's First Time?

Almost a month had passed since Sam and Clover found out about Alex's relationship with Tim. Alex had told Tim the very next day, and he was both surprised and excited. With their relationship discovered, he felt it was time they dated openly and not keep their relationship a secret. Alex was fast falling in love with him, since he showed her comfort and kindness where no other boy had, and was always very sweet and gentle, and extremely romantic in every gesture. He gave her flowers every time he saw her, a different type each time based on her favorites. Alex loved roses above all else, so he made it a point to bring her roses at every chance, each time a different color. Sam and Clover managed to keep their jealously in check, hoping that one day they would find a boy like him.

It was Thursday now, and it was just after the final bell. Sam and Clover walked with Alex who had her arm crooked under Tim's. The thing they least expected to happen as they walked past the janitor's closet was for it to spring open and suck them in, obviously signifying another trip to WHOOP. Sam and Clover landed on the cushion like normal, as did Tim. Alex, however, landed neatly in Tim's arms, and without a second thought, she snuggled into him.

"Thanks for catching me." Alex smiled.

"No problem, sweetie." Tim smiled back, "Anything for my girl."

Tim went to kiss her, but was interupted by Sam's voice.

"Aww...aren't they sweet?" Sam cooed.

Clover and Sam giggled as Alex blushed, realizing that she was getting very intimate right in front of them.

"Ahem." Jerry coughed.

The entire group jumped at the sound of his voice. They had forgotten where they were for a second, and shook off their embarrassment as they stood at attention.

"Well, I guess that now that you're all here and paying attention, I can assign your mission for the month. A criminal ring in Japan has recently aquired a nuclear bomb through unknown means, and has a diabolical plan for it. They plan to fire it at Washington D.C., specifically at the White House, and make it seem as if the Japanese government fired it in retribution for Hiroshima and Nagasaki of WWII. This could, quite easily in fact, satrt WWIII, which would benefit the ring since they deal in powerful, top secret weapons that any military would be dying to get their hands on. Your job is to infiltrate the ring's HQ and disarm the bomb, then get out without anyone noticing the bomb has been tampered with."

"Disarm a nuclear bomb, Jerry?" Sam asked, "Isn't that a little...beyond our understanding?"

"That's why you've got Tim on your side, ladies." Jerry smiled, "The reason he's so valuable to us is because of his vast knowledge of bomb mechanics. He helped disarm a bomb that threatened to destory WHOOP HQ in New York last year."

"I didn't know you knew about bombs, Tim." Clover said.

"Well, I studied electronics a lot in my Junior year of High School." Tim said with an embarrassed smile, "I might have dabbled a bit here and there in disarming weapons..."
"Anyway, spies, "Jerry contiued, "You won't be alone on this mission. Your former teammate, Brittany, is going to meet you at the airport. She's working undercover in the ring, and is the reason we even found out about this bomb. We have undercover agents in every criminal ring in the world, and she's one of the best."

"Brittany, huh?" Tim asked, "Been a while since I've seen her."

"You never did mention how you and Brittany really knew each other." Sam said, "All you mentioned was that you and her did one mission together that lasted for, like, a day. Yet you seem to know her well."
"Uh...well...I uh...that is..." Tim frantically stuttered, "She's an...er...old friend."

"Okay..." Clover said skeptically.

"Well, that's awesome!" Alex piped, "Our friend is friends with our other friend. We're all friends!"

"Wait." Sam said, "Jerry, did you say 'airport' earlier?"

"Yes. Why?"

"How are we getting to Japan?"

"Oh, that's right, I forgot to tell you." Jerry smiled, "While it wasn't in effect in your first mission, all senior spies travel the...er...normal way. It's not as fast, but it's easier, because you'll need to get rest between locations if needed. We want you to be comfortable, since the missions you'll be going on now are much more dangerous."

"Really?" Clover grinned, "We don't have to go through rockets or torpedos are in stupid teleprters?"

"Nope. Only when we need you here will that happen, since we can't contact you while you're at home. We might blow your cover with parents or classmates."

"Right." Alex nodded, "So? When are we going?"

"Right now, ladies...and gentleman. Here are your tickets. As for gadgets, as senior spies you now have access to more conventional equipment. Also note, that you're offical now, so last time was just a test run to be sure you ould handle it. Anyway, we've deemed you to be more mature, so you've all been given a license to kill."

"A what?" Sam asked.

"Kill...we...we might have to kill people?" Alex asked sadly.

"Unfortunately, yes." Jerry said, "Your enemies won't be trying to capture you as often as you'd like, prefering instead to shoot first and ask questions later. And, of course, as girls you're in a different level of danger, and you won't often be able to defend yourself in such a situation without causing a death to an attacker."

"What kind of danger?" Alex asked.

"Rape, of course." Tim nodded, "Yeah, that's a danger all right."

"Rape!?" Sam gasped, "You mean these guys might try something like that!?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Jerry sighed, "We've been more cautious since one of our female agents experienced that a few years ago. The situation was terrible, as I recall, and we had to send her to some serious therapy. Frankly, I'd rather send you to therapy for killing man rather than for being raped by one."

"I agree, Jerry." Tim nodded, "So, what are our gadgets?"

"Oh yes, right." Jerry blinked, "Anyway, first off we're giving you all standard issue WHOOP pistols...except Tim, who already has one."

"You have a gun?" Clover asked.

"I've been a senior agent for quite some time, so yeah I was issued a gun."

"Right." Jerry nodded, "I'm assuming you girls know how to use one?"

The girls nodded, since they had seen it done many times. To them, it was a simple point-and-shoot system.

"Okay, then we have grappling hook watches. They're more reliable than the belts, because obviously, you're not going to be using your jumpsuits any longer."

"We're not?" Sam asked.

"No. The jumpsuits, we realize, are too bright and flashy for stealth operations. You three girls will be able to choose from any of the outfits in our selection later, but anyway, the next gadgets. Next, a small electromagnetic pulse mine. It can come in handy for disabling security systems all at once with a simple toss-and-activate. The pulse is only temporary, so move fast after using it. The last gadget is a familiar gadget that you used as junior agents: infrared contact lenses. These have been upgraded with night vision, x-ray sight, and a camera, as well as an ultraviolet function to see things that have been cleaned up or are invisible to the naked eye, such as blood or fingerprints."

"Cool upgrades, Jerry." Sam smiled, "So, where's the outfit area? I want to get something good."

"Oh, yes. Well, it's through that door there." Jerry pointed, "When you're done, head to the car hangar. You can drive to the airport, where your plane will be leaving in an hour. So, don't doddle in the changing room."

The girls nodded, and left Tim behind since they knew he had an outfit already. About thrity minutes later, they came out dressed in their new spy outfits. Sam wore a black pair of short jeans that came to her knees, a black, strapless top, and a pair of classy black shoes without laces. Clover wore a short red skirt and matching red top, exposing midriff and some clevage, as well as a pair of knee-high heels, colored like the rest of her outfit. Alex picked a white shirt with a heart shaped area that exposed her navel, as well as a matching pair of denim pants (white denim? Cool!) and small white heels. Tim smiled as he looked over the group, and he himself was in his outfit already: a pair of black denim pants, a pair of blakc tennis shoes, and a dark blue button-shirt. After everything looked all ready, the group took their equipment: three 15mm pistols, one pair of the all-purpose contact lenses, five EMP mines, and four grappling watches. They headed down to the car hangar, and Tim took the wheel behind the jet black Mazda RX-7 with the girls in the passenger and back seats (doesn't take a genius to tell the seating arrangement). With a last look at the time, they jetted off for the airport; a fifteen-minute drive in twenty-five minutes. It was 5:00 when they got on board the plane to Tokyo.

The plane landed at :00 (I don't know how long a flight from LA to Japan is, and they're in a different time zone! So sue me!). Like Jerry said, Brittany was waiting for the group.

"Sam! Clover! Alex!" Brittany greeted as the girls stepped off the plane, "How have you three been? Hpw's the senior position?"

"Great, and great." Sam smiled, "How about you?"

"Can't complain. Wher's your other partner? Jerry said four of you were coming."
Tim walked off the plane last, having been caught by accident behind a large family of tourists. Birttany's eyes opened wide in delight and a smile cracked along her face. She ran to Tim and gave him a huge hug.

"Tim! It's you! I thought I'd never see you again!" she exclaimed with glee.

"Uh...hey Brittany..." Tim sighed as he hugged her back.

"I've missed you." Brittany smiled, "It's been a long time..."
"Yeah, I guess it has." Tim said nervously.

After a flurry of conversation, Birttany called the Taxi that would take them to their hotel. They arrived, and everyone was assigned to pair up, except Brittany since she had her own already. The obvious pairs were Sam and Clover, and Tim and Alex. It was late, and time for everyone to get to sleep. Surprisngly, nobody was tired. Sam and Clover decided to go downstairs to check out some things, and Brittany agreed to show them around town. Tim wanted to take a little walk, and Alex decided to stay in the room to take a shower.

Alex got out of her shower thirty minutes later. She hadn't expected Tim back for another thirty minutes, so she thought she had plenty of time to spend in just her towel. To her surprise, Tim came back a little sooner than expected and was greeted by Alex, clad in nothing but a towel. Though, she didn't really greet him as much as give him her sight without realizing he was there. Tim blushed bright red as he looked at his girlfriend in her towel while taking a nap in the hair in the corner.

"Ahem..." Tim coughed.

Alex awoke with a start, saw Tim, blushed bright red, then got angry.

"Don't you knock!?" she demanded, "What if I weren't wearing a towel!?"
"Oh God...don't make me picture that." Tim siad nervously, "I'm having trouble as it is..."

"Tim...you weren't supposed to be back for another thirty minutes." Alex said as she got up, her anger subdued.

"I found what I was looking for...um...yeah." Tim blushed as Alex got closer.

Alex nodded, and was about to turn around when Tim grabbed her shoulder and drew her close. She blushed as she felt her towel-clad body push against his fully-clothed one.

"What are you doing?" she asked, knowing full well the answer.

Tim kissed her with a different kind of passion, one she had never felt before. They had kissed many times when either one or both of them was clad in less clothing than usual: when they went to the beach, or during P.E. Class (which they shouldn't need to take I don't have to, at least, but for simplicity, it's a sport specific class: baseball. Boom!), when Alex accidentally walked into the boy's dressing room (or WAS is accidental? Hmm...) and caught Tim with his pants down, or the morning of their second date almost a month ago. For some reason, she felt slightly uncomfortable in those situations, but she didn't tonight. Something abiut his kiss was assuring.

"Wow..." she breathed after they separated, "That was good..."

"Alex...I don't know how to say this but...I love you."

Alex blushed.

"You...you do?"
"I can't tell what it is, Alex...but something about you is maming me feel different inside. I can't stand being away from you, Alex...I need you."

"I...I don't believe this..." Alex said as she fumbled with her fingers.

Tim got a look of desire in his eyes, and with a quick movement, he ripped off her towel. Alex didn't move from his touch as he pushed her onto the bed and pulled off his pants. With a quick movement, he entered her and took her virginity.

Alex awoke with a start. She was still in Beverly Hills, it was 5:48 AM on Sunday night, and just a few hours ago she had told Clover and Sam about her relationship with Tim. The dream was different each time, but always invloved going on a mission, and they always ended right when Tim slammed his manhood inside her. First, it was a dream of them going to a jungle to stop some gentic scientist from cloning the president, and Tim had done the deed to her in some grass hut in the middle of the humid jungle. Then, they went into space to the space station where a madman had implanted a laser and planned to destroy the United Nations HQ, and Tim made her a woman in zero-gravity on the spaceship ride there. And last time, it was a mission into Siberia to stop an escaped crime lord who planned on using a nuclear bomb to destroy Moscow, and she lost her virginity to Tim in a cold ice cave, using sex to keep warm. It was time for her to face her dreams and what they meant: she wanted to have sex with Tim, and she wanted it badly.

"I...I don't want to seem like a skank, though..." she thought as she sat, drenched in sweat, "Should I...just ask him?"

They were good dreams, yes, but they scared her. She was scared to think of just doing that; of just letting him take her. They had only been together for a week, and she was already having in-depth fantasies about letting him take her virginity. David had never inspired dreams like this, that was for sure, but Alex had never kissed David; never known what it was like to be in love. Two things about her dream was, so far, true: she was in love with him and her friends accepted her relationship with him. However, she was still unsure of his feelings. She didn't know if he loved her, truly, or if this was just a regular relationship. Tim had already told her that he hd chosen her over Sam and Clover because he liked her best, but that wasn't enough. The first kiss had a powerful spark, but she didn't want to even think about it being a one-way spark, and that only she felt it. But, if that was true, why was Tim still with her? Questions without answers.

"I don't know any more..." Alex sighed.

One too many times had a nerd she dated stolen second base, and one too many times had she had to fight off said nerds when they tried for home plate, skipping third straight away. Tim was nothing like them, since they had all even skipped first base, whereas Tim had just barely reached that point. He hadn't even tried to round for second. (Sorry for all the baseball terminology, but remember, Alex is a sports nut and Tim said he was going to try out for baseball)

"I can't ask Sam and Clover for help..." she said sadly, "Sam is clueless...and Clover would just say 'go for it'. I need an honest opinion..."

The one person she realized could help her was in the same house right now. She was decided; when she woke up, she would ask her mom for advice. She only hoped she wouldn't get into any trouble.

Violet: Aha...interesting. It was all a dream...poor girl. Oh well, I guess she might get lucky soon enough. Here's to all te girls out there in her situation!