Chapter 38: Every Rose has Thorns.
She sat up and screamed as reality crashed back into her and, for a moment, she was caught between dreams and reality and, upon seeing a face looming over her she instantly saw the face of the monsters and, with speed of the truly scared, she lashed out with her cybernetic left arm, only to have it caught in mid swing, halting with a metallic ding so loud it snapped her senses like rubber bands and brought everything into sharp focus.
Standing over her, holding her metal hand in an equally metal but bigger hand was the same guy who had yanked her out of the locker and carried her off the death station, but she didn't remember being brought here or being put in this bed, or even stripped off, oh god, had he seen her naked!? Oh god, don't let him get any funny ideas, she was so tired of trying to explain to over amorous guys that she liked girls and only girls and then to over amorous girls who overheard her that she only liked a kinda specific type of girl, in fact, a type of girl she'd only ever seen in pictures, but the moment she'd seen one she knew that, no matter what, holding out 'till she found one was definitely the way to go because that wait would be worth it.
The guy let her hand go and smiled at her, "Welcome back, Rose, hell of a wake up call you got there," he said with a grin, and she actually found that making her smile, this guy was kinda cheeky but in a good way, he seemingly brimmed a mixture of confidence and calmness that she liked and he, to her pleasant surprise, wasn't leering at her the way most guys did, which was nice.
"W-Where am I?" she asked, her voice sounding thick and scratchy, he turned and handed her a cup of water and, god, she felt like he'd just handed her amber nectar, next he'd be handing her a slice of carrot cake and she'd know she was in a fucking dream.
She gulped down the water and that's when she noticed that the blood was gone, they must have washed her down and that sent a twinge of embarassment through her, the guy noticed her looking at her clean hand, "Don't worry, we got Battle Angels on board, those girls cleaned you up before our doctor checked you over, not a single damn scratch, kiddo, gotta commend you on that one, you took down two hundred of those undead on your own and they didn't manage to get a hand on you, so, yeah, color me impressed," the guy said, smiling at her warmly, there wasn't a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"What's a Battle Angel?" she said, wiping her mouth clear of the cool and refreshing water that she sorely needed, the guy pointed and she turned her head to see what appeared to be a rather pretty Xeno girl wearing the cutest armor in pink and white holding a chart and reading it before hissing and cooing to another who appeared to agree with whatever she said, she'd always rather liked Xenos, there was just something about them, they were just so utterly exotic, but, in the back of her mind, she knew there was no way one of those goddesses made flesh would ever look at her like that.
"Wow, Xeno nurses?" she said, and the guy laughed.
"When they need to be, Battle Angels are doctors, surgeons, nurses, you name it, those boys and girls do it all, much like our own doctor who's the one who treated you, Doctor Ice," the guy said, indicating a pretty, black human woman who approached and gave her a warm friendly smile.
"Hey there, how you feeling hun?" she asked.
Rose nodded and looked herself over, "Better, I guess, umm, the station I was on, how many made it off?" she asked, and the pair of them looked at one another and she instantly saw a look of pain and sorrow pass between them that spoke volumes to her.
"Oh, shit, just me, huh?" she said, and the guy looked surprised that she'd managed to glean that from their look, but, to his credit, he didn't lie to her or try to treat her like a helpless kid like most people did, that instantly knocked him up a few points in her approval rating.
"Yeah, but right now let's not think about that, let's focus on getting you well and on your feet, a friend of ours from the Guardian Core would like to sit with you and ask you some questions, you ok with that?" he asked.
"The Guardian Core? As in Clan Mason?" she said, and the guy looked surprised and nodded with a smile.
"That's right," he said, and he gestured and she turned to see a half human half Yautja male dressed in decorated armor and a load of little charms woven into his hair dreadlocks, he smiled at her.
"Greetings, Rose Thornwin, my name is Ryan Mason, leader of the Beast Tamer section of the Seekers, I would very much like to speak with you if you will allow me the honor," he said, and she couldn't help but smile, a living legend in the flesh standing at her bedside and telling her that it was an honor to speak to her?
"Ummm, sure, ok," she said, and the guy with a metallic arm who's name suddenly swam into her head, Reaper smiled and gestured to him.
"Then I'll leave you two to get acquainted," he said, and, with that, he left as Ryan took his seat and he smiled at her, drawing his mandibles up into a nice warm smile that somehow put her at ease.
"Can you tell me what happened, little one?" he asked, and instantly her chest clenched and she scowled.
"Hey! I'm not little! I'm perfectly sized," she grumped, and Ryan raised an eyebrow before laughing but somehow she knew that he wasn't laughing at her.
"You have fire in your belly, that's good to see and very well, I apologise if my comment caused offence, it was not a slur on you're height, trust me, I would never judge someone based on height, you do know that my mother is Tik eleth Mason, right?" he said, and she felt confused.
"So?" she asked, and he grinned again.
"Because pure blood Yautja females are usually eight foot tall and my mother is six foot ten, though I would not wish to be the person stupid enough to make fun of or mention her height, the skull of the last person who did is still hanging in her trophy room at home," he said, and Rose cocked her head.
"Seriously?" she asked and he nodded.
"I like your mom's style," she said, nodding approvingly, and Ryan barked a laugh and nodded.
"I thought you might, now, please tell me what you remember about what happened on the station?" he said, and she tried to remember but all she saw were flashes of distorted faces that looked sloughed and ruined, mouths hanging open and a deep gnawing hunger and suddenly her whole body went cold.
Suddenly Ryan reached out and took hold of her hands in his much larger ones, "it's ok, young one, here, let me protect you," he said, but it took her a moment to realized his mouth handn't moved and she realised his voice had reverberated though her mind.
"H-H-How did you do that?" she asked, and he smiled at her again.
"We have something in common, young one, we are both Dream Warriors, the only difference is that I realise it," he sai,d and then he reached up and very gently touched her head and instantly her mind was filled with light like she was feeling the entire world around her and her mind felt so warm and as she turned to look at Ryan he smiled again, "Would you like the strength, little one, the strength to never be afraid again, to fight for these you love and those who love you, to stand for those who cannot stand for themselves?" he said, and suddenly a wave of sadness pulsed through her.
"The ones I love are gone," she said as flashes of the faces of her mother and her father flashed into her mind and a wave of pure grief and sadness pulsed through her, suddenly it felt like her mind was being encased in warmth like her mind was being hugged.
"It is ok, young one, the ones we love even when they leave us are never truly gone, we have destroyed the station and released the souls of those caught by that vile virus, they are free now and their torment and pain is at an end, but if you like I could ask my father to help you see them again," Ryan said, and Rose's heart jumped into her throat.
"Y-Y-You can do that?" she asked, beginning to tear up, and Ryan smiled and nodded, Rose lunged forwards and threw her arms around his neck and just clung on as tight as she possibly could.
"Thank you, you have no idea what this means to me," she said, sobbing softly into his shoulder, and Ryan wrapped his big protective arms around her.
"You're welcome, young one, now, come with me and let me help you take your first steps on the road I know you were meant to walk," he said softly, then he slowly released her and he turned to Ice who appeared in the doorway, "Is she ok to leave the medical bay?" he asked, and Ice nodded.
"As long as you bring her back for a couple of follow ups, we've rehydrated her and given her a super concentrated dose of of calories so she should be ok," Ice said, and the Battle Angels behind her nodded in agreement. God, they just looked so cute in their candy cane armor.
He helped her feet and she suddenly realized she was wearing one of those backless and assless gowns and she instantly became aware that she was utterly naked under it and also suddenly aware she was in a room with pretty Xeno girls and she flushed bright crimson as the embarassment crept up her face, a large powerful hand planted on her shoulder, "Don't you worry, young one, we have clothes for you, not going to make you walk around with your arse hanging out," he said, and she felt instantly relived and he gestured for her to follow him.
As she walked through medical bay she glanced into one of the other rooms and saw what appeared to be a snow white walking talking dragoness with snow white scales and a young human guy about her age with her, the dragoness was wrapped around the young guy protectively as they talked to the Battle Angel who appeared to be giving them good news and she overheard the dragoness say "Yay, you're finally fully well, my beautiful human, now I can finally romance the shit out of you!" before hugging him tightly and wrapping her tail and wings around him.
Ryan noticed her watching them and he laughed, "There is a lot of interspecies romance here on this ship, you have a lot of special forces here and they tend to take their love very seriously, when you know that literally any day can be your last you tend to grab on and hold on tight to any chance at happiness you get, which is literally one of the core foundations of my clan," Ryan said, and then seeing Rose's confusion and intrigue he smiled ever broader.
"She's a Draconis, they're basically a Scalathor with wings," he said, and she suddenly got it and nodded knowingly, Scalathor girls were proper aggressive and, by the looks of the way the snow white Draconis girl was cuddling her human to death, her kind were no different.
"Wow, ok, damn, this thing is both form flattering and kinda revealing all at the same time, am I gonna like get busted for wandering around in this?" Rose said, looking down at the skin tight jet black body stocking like suit, but damn, it was warm and comfy, but, fuck, it didn't leave much to the imagination.
"Provided by the Spirits on board, they wear them under their armor and, to be fair, a lot of the Guardian Core are making the switch, they're better than the ones we have because they're temperature sensitive, they keep you warm in cold and cool in warm, plus, they seem to be going down well with our Yautja girls who want to show off for the oomans on board, even if they are taken," Ryan said with a laugh as she stepped out into the changing room from the booth.
"I can kinda see why, but damn, if it isn't comfy though," she said, turning around and looking at it.
Ryan grinned at her and nodded, "Yeah, you're definitely going to turn some pretty xeno girls heads in that," he said, and Rose froze solid before looking up at him slowly.
"H-H-How d-d-do you know about that!? I've never told another soul about that!" she exclaimed, a mixture of anger and fear gripping her heart and Ryan beamed at her knowingly.
"I hate to say this, young one, but you have no secrets from me, I walk in your mind when I want to, it comes with being a Dream Warrior, this is something I wish to give to you too, but I also want you to know that it is something that you do not need to feel shame for, and when, as I truly hope you do, join Clan Mason as the Tamer that I know you are destined to be you will see who you truly are as well and that it is not wrong, there is nothing wrong with you, Rose, nothing at all," Ryan said, and suddenly the anger that was ebbing through her dissolved because it was hard to be angry with someone who had just said the words that she had hoped to hear her whole life.
"You honestly believe that I can be a Dream Warrior? There's no way that me, little nobody me, could be something like that," she said, and Ryan put a hand on her shoulder.
"You already are, young one, you just need to embrace it, we can help you become who you truly are and who you need to be, we can give you the training to go with the strength you already have and just need to take the right step to embrace, now, come, take my hand and let's go see my father and we can set you on the right path you need to be on," he said, offering her a hand and, hesitantly, she took it and let him lead her through the ship.
Ryan lead her to an observation deck where they found a pure blood human man dressed in gold armor with a white cloak running down his back, he was stood with a female Yautja locked in a tight embrace and it was at that point that the Rose realized who she was looking at, three living legends in the same room.
"Y-Y-You're J-J-Jack Mason! And you're T-T-Tik eleth Mason!" Rose exclaimed, looking between them and the pair turned to smile at her.
"And you must be, Rose Thornwin, it's very good to meet you, young one," Jack said, smiling, and Tik eleth moved to stand in front of her and Rose's mouth dropped open.
"And you and, oh god, I have to say this, please forgive me in advance, Tik eleth, you are a legend and an absolute hero to us short girls everywhere, you proved to a universe that us short girls are just as good and strong as tall women and height means nothing! You are my absolute hero!" Rose said, painfully aware of the fact that she'd gone full on gushy fan girl right in front of the legendary huntress.
Jack Mason laughed and nodded as Tik eleth seemed to be conflicted, obviously a part of her was angered at being called short but another was flattered at being called a hero for it, Jack patted his lifemate's hand and smiled up at her.
"Thank you, young ooman, wasn't exactly what I wished to be known for, I am who I am and wished simply to be respected for my accomplishments and not my size, but my own kind could not see past it, not until this ooman came into my life and lit up my heart with joy that I realized that it means nothing, he recognized me for who I am and made me proud of myself, he gave me confidence in myself and made me realise that it wasn't my problem but everyone else's," Tik said, and Rose nodded eagerly in agreement.
"Patriarch, can you help our young Dream Warrior here find some closure, she wishes to say goodbye to her family," Ryan said, and Jack nodded.
"Indeed I can, and I am glad you have asked, my beloved son, in fact, I sense the mark of a very powerful Tamer in this one," he said, looking Rose over, and Ryan nodded in agreement.
"I sense a powerful love of nature and the world around her, a sense of curiosity and wonder that all Tamers need, I believe she has the potential to become the most powerful Tamer I have seen in quite a while," Ryan said, and Jack nodded in agreement and Rose felt so utterly shocked and flattered, she couldn't believe this was happening to her, she was a nothing, a nobody, but these three living legends were believing in her, offering her not only a new life but an utterly new way of life, how does this happen to someone like her?
Then, out of nowhere, as she never saw him move, Jack appeared right in front of her and he touched her head and, in a flash, everything turned white, "Where are we!?" she exclaimed, looking around at the pure whiteness all around her.
"Welcome to purgatory," Jack said, appearing next to her, she looked around nervously and he laughed, "Don't worry, young one, it's not as bad as it seems, it's more of a meeting place for spirits so that they can come from whatever after life domain that they reside in to us, just like these two," he said, pointing over her shoulder and Rose turned, only to have her heart explode in her chest as she saw the two figures standing behind.
"M-M-Mom? D-D-Dad? Oh my god, they're actually here!" she screamed and threw herself into the arms of the two spirits who embraced her, to her amazement, they felt as solid and as warm as her.
"Oh, my baby! My beautiful baby girl! Oh, you have no idea how happy I am that you're safe and ok!" her mother cried, clinging to her as tightly she could.
"My baby girl is alive! Oh, thank you god slayer! Thank you so much for saving our baby girl" her father said, clinging to her and tears streaming down his face, which set Rose off as she'd never seen her father cry other than in the video of her birth, of holding her in his arms for the first time, to see this incredible stong powerful loving man crying his eyes out set her off and Rose sobbed her young heart out as she clung to them both.
"It wasn't me that did it, it was our very good friends and brothers and sisters in arms the Spirits that led the operation, along with help from our other friends, it was a Spirit called Reaper and Macha who pulled her out of there and protected her," Jack said, and her parents nodded as they clung to their daughter.
"Be sure to thank them all, thank them for us and tell them they will always be heroes to us," Rose's mother said, and Jack smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, I will, and do not worry, you're beloved one is in good hands with us, you're daughter is one of us, a Dream Warrior, she will be under the instruction and training of the strongest Beast Tamer this universe has ever seen, my beloved son, Ryan Mason, he will turn your daughter into a force of nature who will fight for justice and protect other innocents as we protected her, this is how she pays forwards what happened to her, she will have the chance to be the one knowing the joy of seeing the beauty of the lives she saved blossoming in this world and knowing she had a hand in bringing that beauty to life," Jack said, both her parents thanked him profusely.
"Rose, know this, we will always be watching over you, no matter where you are or what you do we will always be proud of you and will always love you," her mother said with a bright smile, and then her father patted her shoulder.
"Oh, and when you find yourself a pretty Xeno girl who loves and respects you the way you deserve, you make damn sure you love that girl the way she deserves, you give her everything you are and nothing less, you're whole heart, you hear me young lady?" her dad said, and Rose's mouth fell open.
"You know!?" she exclaimed, and her father laughed.
"A: I know what browser history is, even if you don't, B: We're dead, we see everything, but don't worry, we won't invade your privacy, when you are alone with your girl you truly will be, and don't worry, we love you completely, so don't you dare be ashamed of either yourself or of her, you stand tall and proud at her side, puff your chest out and say, 'this is the woman I love!'" he said, and Rose sniffed and wiped her nose on her spiritual sleeve.
"I will, daddy, I promise you, I'll make you both proud, I swear it," she said, and they both hugged her.
"We already are, baby, we already are," her mother said, and, with that, with their final goodbyes said, her mother and father waved and vanished into the ether, then Jack walked up and touched her and, with a sharp rush of breath that seemed to just burt into her lungs, they were back.
Rose dove at Jack and hugged him so tightly it actually made Tik twitch, until Ryan laid a hand on his mother's shoulder and shook his head.
"Thank you, oh god, thank you, Jack," she said, clinging to him tightly and he patted her gently on the head.
"You are welcome, young one, no, you can repay us by embracing who you are, go with my son now and let him train you, do him and your new family proud, young Tamer," he said, and she nodded.
"I will, I swear it to you," she said, and, with that, Ryan stepped forward, took her shoulder, and gently steered her away to take the next step into her life.
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"So he's ok? He's utterly healed now?" Shey asked, looking at the Battle Angel called Xen who smiled and nodded at her.
"Leon is as good as new, his bones have meshed and gelled wonderfully, the nanites have bonded them together and, other than some slight thickening in the bones where the breaks are, which is normal in humans, he is in perfect health," she said, smiling.
Shey threw her arms around Leon in an expression of pure joy and, before she even knew she was going to, she wound herself around him, wrapping her tail and wings around him, utterly adoring the feel of the young human as she pressed his wonderful body against her and just reveled in holding him tightly.
Ever since he'd let his feelings be known to her, Shey hadn't left his side, apart for her training sessions with the Dream Warriors who had trained her to become a Savior before transferring her to her new boss, Lady Sela eleth.
Lady Sela was incredible, she was a renowned sniper like her father before her and, due to her looks and abilities with a long range rifle, had become known as Cupid's arrow, she was beloved by all her Saviors because it was well known that, just like any of the Mason family, she would happily stand on the front lines alongside her troops, shoulder to shoulder with them and fight alongside them, she was quite a figure and, alongside that, she was a really nice person, kind and thoughtful but also powerful and passionate, a true role model for them all to believe in.
"Come on, let's go take a walk, shall we?" Shey asked, gripping Leon's arm tightly and leading him out of the medical bay and into the corridor, she led him by the hand through the ship and Shey smiled at the people they passed, Halkrath, Section 5, Guardian Core, Spirits, this ship was awesome, it was a special forces medley, but she espeicialy liked the admiring glances that her human was getting from the single female members of the crew, they passed by a pair of Yautja females from the Halkrath who were chatting in the hallway and both moved to let them pass by and she heard one of them refer to her as a 'lucky dragon' as they caught sight of the pretty human she was towing along with her, which made her smile, because that's exactly how she felt.
The observation deck was a place for the crew to relax a bit in between missions and was kinda like a garden in space, boasting beautiful flower beds and small Banzai trees from Earth in rows, little grassy rows the were all maintained by little robots that scurried around, spraying water on them and pruning and tending to the flowers, it was like a little oasis of tranquility in space, a bastion of peace.
Shey found a nice little polished wooden bench next to the window and they sat down next to one another and Shey instantly scooted over, coiling both her tail and a wing around Leon possesivly, her instincts were telling her to do far more than that but she was resisting them, she never ever wanted to scare this beautiful, gentle, kind, sensitive human away from her, yes, she was a dominant one, she couldn't help it, being a Draconis, but she would never ever push herself on him, she desperately didn't want to scare him off, this was the first human who had ever let her get this close to him without fear of her, he was a little apprehensive but he'd confessed to her how he felt and she could feel him letting those feelings bloom and that's exactly what she wanted, just like one of these little robot gardeners delicately tending their little beautiful charges she wanted to tend his feelings, water them, care for them and to watch them bloom inside of him and to revel in their beauty. her own private little garden of love.
The pair of them watched the members of Macha's hive having an impromptu play fight in the middle of a grassy area that served for things like picnics, it had a beautiful orange tree right in the centre that filled the air with the wonderful citrus smell of oranges, Leon laughed softly and she looked at him curiously.
"What?" she asked, and he turned to her with a beautiful radiant smile plastered on his handsome features that warmed her heart and made her tail twitch happily.
"Oh, I was just thinking how nice it is to see such care free joy, once upon a time if you told me that there was such a thing as a good or a nice Xeno I'd have laughed in your face and called you crazy, but now? It's like my world just changed so drastically so fast and I think it's amazing, I mean, look at the Guardian Core, they're a symbol of hope and love across the galaxy, i always dreamed that one day I'd get enough money together to run away and try and find them and join them, thought that maybe, just maybe, not only could I be useful to them somehow, but that maybe, just maybe, that in their ranks would be a beautiful alien angel just for me, someone from across the star who I could lavish my love on, who I could make the very centre of my entire universe, who I could show my whole self to and be accepted for who I am, but the whole bloody time it turned out that my very own scaly angel was living on New Britianina the whole time and I didn't know it," he said, smiling at her a little shyly now.
Oh, by the great tree, he couldn't be any more adorable if he tried, "You know, I know exactly what you mean," she said, and he glanced up and met her eyes questioningly.
"You do?" he asked, and she nodded.
"For so so long I used to look up at the stars to the place of my birth, to the home of my people and I used to wonder and ask the great tree, 'where is the one for me? Where is the human that I crave? Why is he hidden from me?' When all I want is to be a good Draconis, I know I've made mistakes and that I've scared people away by my actions, sometimes it used to hurt when I would see females grab their mates when they would see me, or mothers grab a hold of their sons in order to protect them from me as if I was going to grab their boy and fly him off somewhere and ravish him, but then I can't blame them either, the stories of what the females of my race do to their males are only half of it, but I'm not like them, I'm not a violator, or a mate forcer, I would never hurt anyone who didn't deserve it and by that I mean hurt others or threaten them, that goes infinitely higher for you, Leon, I want you to hear it from my lips and see the truth in my eyes as I say it, I will never ever hurt you, I-I love you, Leon, you're my world and I will fight to my last breath and the great tree calls me home to the mountains of paradise to keep you safe, I swear it," she said, smiling at him softly.
Leon moved so fast she barely even registered it, he leaned in and kissed her like lightning and then popped back and gave her a cheeky smile that made her laugh, "Stealing kisses, my love?" she asked, smiling at him.
"You can steal it back if you want to," he said playfully, and she laughed before moving forwards with a dipped motion that hooked both her curved horns into his hair and, with three quick rotations of her head, she'd wound his hair tight so that their faces were only an inch apart and he couldn't escape her.
"Don't mind if I do," she said in a sultry voice before pressing her mouth to his and reveling in pure softness and warmth of his human lips, using her mouth she managed to push his mouth open and as soon as his lips parted she darted her tongue into his mouth and the sweetest taste in the world hit her as she coiled her tongue around his possessively and delighted in not only the taste but the feel of it, the smoothness and width of it, his tongue was much wider than hers and hers was much narrower than his.
She held him in a deep tight loving and gentle but at the same time possessive and kinda dominant kiss, when they parted his eyes were misty and unfocused and quickly she unwound her horns from his hair, releasing and freeing him, she looked at him, checking for any hints of fear or worry in his beautiful green eyes but there were none, once they cleared he looked happy.
"Wow, hot and a hell of a kisser, guess I got a double win," he breathed, and she beamed as a laugh broke out of her, she'd never been called a good kisser before, it flattered her deeply and her instincts were firing like an engine spinning up deep inside her.
"I was just thinking the same thing about you, Leon," she purred softly, stroking his face and he leaned into her touch, reaching up and holding her hand against his cheek.
"God, I love the way you look at me, Shey, the way I've wanted to be looked at my while life, the way none of my kind ever has, you look at me like I'm beautiful, like I'm special and, I'm not going to lie, I adore it because it's exactly how I look at you," he said, and she smiled and leaned in to nuzzle her scales against his silk soft skin of his cheek and neck, adoring the soft warmth.
"That's because you are special and you are beautiful, my Leon, I've waited my whole life to show my true self to someone and have them accept me for who I am, to really see me, and you did it in ten seconds flat, I pull you out of the air and the first words out off your mouth is to call me an angel, i just knew in that moment that I'd caught my prey, just like any good Draconis girl should, but in a different way, I didn't hunt you down and make you mine, you were already mine, just as I was already yours, and now it's time for me to prove that I am worthy of the gift of your love," she said, nuzzling him.
He nuzzled her right back, "You already have, my scaly angel, the moment you plucked me out of the air and certain death you proved to me that miracles exist, and so do angels, so, if anything, it's up to me to prove to you that what you caught is worthy of you," he said softly, kissing the side of her head and her neck, making her gasp and growl softly, the engine rev increased dramaticly and she couldn't take it any more.
"Ummm, Leon, I know that you've only just healed and feel free to say no to this but I have to ask because I'm going crazy right now..." she began, and Leo took hold of her faced and cupped it in his beautifully warm hands, looking right into her eyes to the point that she felt like their souls were joining together.
"Yes," he said, and her mouth fell open.
"You don't even know what I'm going to ask," she said, and he shook his head.
"Don't care, I would do anything for you, Shey, you are my hearts guiding star and there isn't a single thing that I would deny you, so, whatever it is you want of me, if I can give it I will, so, just like that, yes," he said, and Shey felt so utterly happy that her tail felt like it was going to fly off and her heart would burst, she clung to him tightly and then got up and lifted him by the hand till he was stood next to her, she put her arm around his slender shoulders and kept her wing over them like a cloak, as they walked back through the garden she saw Tank and Moodstone taking a nice romantic stroll together and the pair of them smiled brightly and knowingly at them.
As they passed by Moodstone leaned in to Shey and Tank leaned into Leon, "Be gentle, they might be fragile but their love is strong, like a good fire, stoke it right and it will warm you for a lifetime," she hissed in Shey's ear, and Shey nodded in agreement.
From her side she saw Tank lift back and Leon nodded, "I will, I promise," he said softly, and Tank patted his shoulder through her wing.
"Good lad," Tank said, and, with that, the pair moved off with a wave and they walked hand in hand through the gardens, looking every bit a couple utterly in love, Shey watched the way Moodstone's tail swished with pure happiness as she walked hand in hand with her gigantic male, plus, the look of pure tender love that Tank gave her when he thought she wasn't looking, like when she marveled at a butterfly flitting about between the pretty flowers, finally, that could be her too, a loving gentle beautiful human to call her own, one she could dote on and be doted on by.
"So, what did Tank say to you anyhow?" she asked curiously, and he shot her a devilish smile that set her heart on fire, not to mention her loins.
"You first, tell me what Moodstone said to you and I'll tell you what Tank said to me," he said, and she couldn't help but like that spark in him, she didn't want an utterly submissive male, someone who would just do what she said because she said it, she knew that kinda went against everything her people were perceived as but that is what made her different, she wanted an equal, a partner, a lover, not a possession or a toy.
That wasn't to say that her dominant side wan't going to make an appearance from time to time, but she wanted someone who would not only love her but challenge her and stand up to her, because in her mind that meant that they were with her because they wanted to be, not because she'd scared him into being with her and, to her utter delight, that shone through in Leon, he might be gentle and sensitive, but he was no push over.
She laughed and grinned at him, "She told me to be gentle with you, that while you're race might be kinda fragile compared to us but your love is more than worth it, like a saying on my home world, 'a fire tended and stoked just right will warm you for a lifetime,' she told me that's what human love is," she said, and he smiled warmly.
"Tank said that scaly love was the best love in the universe, it is both burning hot and powerful and that I need to be careful how I handle it because if I do it just right I will never find anyone as loyal or as passionate for my entire life, then he made me promise to be utterly open with you, to show you in no uncertain terms who I am because you have searched a whole lifetime to understand and know human love and the human heart, he made me promise to show you that's who I am and to give you whatever your heart wants because what you will give back to me will not only be of equal value but a treasure so precious I'll feel like the richest man in history, so I did," and Shey felt herself tearing up and she threw her arms around him and clung to him.
The fact that he had so easily and readily made a promise like that to him, for her, it showed the metal of the man she had, she knew exactly what Tank was talking about, because right now she felt like she was the richest woman in history.
Shey's heart was pounding like a jackhammer as she lead Leon back to her quarters, well, technically, it was their quarters but she'd been sleeping on the couch because, until he was fully healed she had point blank refused to share the bed with him, no matter how much he'd insisted he was fine because she knew that if she did she wouldn't have been able to keep her hands off him, and the thought that her actions could potentially cause him more harm disgusted her so utterly that she had put her foot down.
But now he was all better, now he was fair game and her's for the taking, but she had sworn a sacred vow to herself and to the great tree the moment she had entered a relationship with him, she would never lay a claw on him that he didn't ask for, she would never pressure him, make him feel uncomfortable or like he was a piece of meat, she never wanted him to beg her for it either, she wanted what they shared to be given completely, freely by both, utterly and completely equal, an utterly new concept for her kind who were used to taking what they wanted and never feeling guilty about it.
Shey guided her beautiful male to the bedroom of their little slice of privacy and, as they reached the foot of the bed, she spun him in her arms and kissed him deeply, she got an instinct to shove him onto the bed roughly but she ignored it, in time she knew and trusted that she would be able to reveal and show her passions to him unreservedly, but this was their first time together and, what's more, it was his first time full stop.
A fact that he'd revealed to her rather soon after they'd made their relationship official, he'd never even been touched before, so, to him, this was a doubly special night and she was determined to make it the most wonderful and beautiful experience she could for him, she would make damn sure that he would remember and revel in this night for the rest of his life, she had made Moodstone a promise, that she would be gentle, and gentle was exactly what she was going to be.
So, instead of pushing him and letting him fall back onto the bed and just pouncing on him she decided to show him that he could trust her to care for him and not just desire him, she very gently pushed him but held onto him and guided him backwards so that he was sat on the side of the bed, then she moved forward and straddled his lap, resting her weight on his thighs and leaning down into his so that when he laid back they were locked in a tight kiss.
"Don't be afraid, my sweet Leon, don't be scared of me, please," she whispered softly in his ear as she felt little trembles and tremors pass through him.
"I-It's not you I'm scared of," he said, his voice sounding guilty that she'd spotted that.
"Then what? Please tell me," she asked softly, and he looked up into her eyes.
"That I won't please you, I have no idea what I'm doing and I don't want to disappoint you," he said, and her heart flushed with love for him, it took guts to admit that to her, now it was time for her to reward that leap of faith.
"Would you like me to show you how? Would you like me to guide you?" she asked, and he looked amazed but he nodded eagerly.
"Yes, please," he said, and she smiled softly.
"Ok then, now, just follow my lead and do what I tell you to ok? But if I do something you don't like or want you tell me right away, ok? Don't be afraid to speak up, you won't anger or disappoint me, I want this to be wonderful for both of us, a pure expression of love and how we feel about one another," she said and he nodded.
"Undress me," she said in a commanding but soft voice, and she, as she saw his hands trembling nervously, caught each one and kissed it before putting it back on her body, his touch was so gentle and she couldn't wait to feel these soft hands on her bare scales.
Slowly he unzipped her suit and peeled her out of it, they had both kicked off their shoes when they came in, so, when it reached her bottom half, all she had to do was stand up on the bed and peel it off like she was shedding her scales, she turned to kick her overalls off and as she did she bent forwards a bit to give him a little show, revealing her rear end to him and lifting her tail to let him see under it and she saw him lick his lips both nervously and wantingly, she still had her underwear on so there was more fun to come.
She turned and knelt back down on him, straddling his hips and resting her weight on him, to her utter delight she felt a hard bulge poking her in the rear end, "My turn," she growled softly, and he nodded, he licked his lips both nervously and excitedly, she could see the desire in his eyes as they roamed over her nearly naked body and it spiked her with want.
"Don't be afraid to touch me, my love, this is all for you as you are all for me," she purred softly, as she began to undo his clothing, peeling each layer off him and salivating like she was unwrapping the sweetest of treats, and to her he was.
Soon he was down to just his boxers and she reveled in his soft white skin with its soft red hue and she could see a slight embarassment to his eyes as she looked him over, "D-D-Do I please you?" he asked, and a ping went off in her heart.
"Oh, my sweet one, you are the most beautiful creature I have ever had the joy to lay my eyes upon and you have no idea how happy and lucky I feel to be the one here with you," she said, running her hands up his soft warm skin over his chest, feeling his firm muscle below his velvet soft skin that made her loins burn with want, suddenly an idea struck her, well, two ideas actually, she'd heard about something humans did for their loved ones and Moodstone had confirmed it when she'd asked her, told her that Tank loved to do it for her and would do it just for the asking, but that she also adored doing the very same for him.
"You're turn again, my beautiful one, time to unwrap the rest of your present," she purred, and he nodded, running his hands up over her flanks, seemingly reveling in tickling each and every scale with this finger tips and making her growl with want, he reached behind her as she leant down to kiss him again and, with a surprisingly deft flick of his nimble fingers, he popped the clasps off her bra and her breasts feel free.
She wasn't huge in that department, but before she could even say a word he breathed, "Oh wow, you're beautiful," and he enveloped both of them in his warm soft hands and sent little explosions of pleasure shooting through, her making her growl in want.
"Just one part left, my sweet one, then you get to see all of me," she purred, trying to swallow the pleasure his hands were creating caressing her breasts, kneading them gently like dough, he, to her surprise and purest delight, lifted his head and very gently teased each of her hardening teats with his hot powerful tongue which sent white hot starbursts of pleasure firing off in her brain, Moodstone was right, humans really did like to use their mouths for this stuff.
His hands retreated slowly down her flanks untill they found her underwear and he hooked his thumbs into the corners and she braced her thighs and as he began to pull she began to rise, so, as they came down her legs she stood up until, finally, she stepped out of them and left him holding her panties like a prize, he was actually clutching them like he'd just won something and finally, when he tore his eyes away from them he looked up and his eyes turned into bright green dinner plates as he saw her naked for the first time, "Oh wow," he breathed.
"You like what you see, my human?" she growled throatily, and he nodded, licking his lips nervously as his eyes darted all over her naked body as she moved down to meet him, straddling him again, a delicious plan was forming in her mind of how to coax him to do what she wanted him to and of the reward she would give him in return for it.
"You have no idea how happy that makes me, but I have an idea how happy it makes you," she said, grinding her hip over him making her sopping wet woman hood, which felt like she had a damn water fall between her legs right now, over his bulge, dampening his underwear with her juices.
"My turn now, hmmm, let's see, how do I get these off without having to get up again? Ohhh, I know," she purred, and, with that, she lay flat on him, letting her scales and his skin rub together wonderfully, then, with her wings, she spun herself so she found herself facing down his body towards his feet and he found himself with a very close up view of her tail end, so close she could feel his hot ragged breath on some very sensitive scales.
Moving into a straddling position again she reached down and, hooking her thumbs into his waist band, she slowly began to move his boxers down his legs and, with a springy pop, his manhood sprung free right before her face, and now she was the one licking her lips.
He was about seven inches long and beautifully thick, it looked utterly perfect, there was just something utterly wonderful about human male anatomy, it was like every female type in the universe found it appealing, Scalathor, Felenis, Yautja, hell, even Xenomorphs, all of them knew what an utter delight and true treasure this piece of humanity was and, by the great tree, how they would fight to protect the owner of theirs and she couldn't blame them, a little piece of heaven attached to an even bigger piece of heaven made flesh.
She ran her hands back up his legs slowly as, when she had leaned forwards to push them off down his legs she had made a big show of lifting her tail night and high to show off what was hidden underneath, if she was getting a nice close up view of his goodies then it was only fair he got one of hers, now she dipped her wings and looked over her shoulder to find him utterly mesmerized by her tail end and she brought her tail tip around to stroke his chin and lift it so they were eye to eye.
"You ready for your first taste, my love," she purred softly, and he looked at her with wide eyes.
"Taste?" he asked, and she nodded.
"See, I hear that you human boys can do such incredible things with that wonderful tongue of yours and that you relish tasting your loved one, so I want you to taste me, to use your mouth and your tongue on me, to make me growl and scream for you, will you do that for me?" she asked softly, and he nodded, eagerly licking his lips as if to prove his point and she beamed from ear to ear, her heart bouncing in her chest, "Good boy, and while you do that I will show you that a good Draconis girl always pays her debts to the one she loves," she said, and he looked curious.
"How?" he asked, and she winked at him.
"You'll see, now, let's get started, shall we, because right now I'm burning up inside and I need you to quench that fire with that tongue of yours," she growled, and, with that, she slowly slowly slowly backed up, lifting her tail as she went until his entire head and face vanished under it and she felt his hot breath blow directly up inside her, letting her know that she was in the right position, that's when her mind went utterly blank.
Leon's tongue invaded her like a curious creature exploring a totally new and alien environment, it parted her lips and swirled around, tasting everything it could find and her breath and heart both stuttered, "B-B-By the fucking great tree!" she exclaimed, and suddenly he stopped.
"Did I do something wrong," he exclaimed, his voice sounding muffled as she tried subconsciously to push her womanhood into his mouth to make the incredible pleasure return again.
"Put it back in! Don't take it out!" she snarled, her dominant side seizing control for a moment and she felt him jump in fright underneath her before instantly plunging his tongue back in and licking again, a twinge of guilt plucked at her, she hadn't meant to scare him or to snap at him like that, she had to get that shit in check pronto, she didn't want to dominate him, she wanted this to be equal, loving, not dominant and selfish.
So, gently, she lifted her rear up, making sure she wasn't pushing down on his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell, Leon, it just felt so so incredibly good when you were doing that, I panicked, I thought you were taking it away from me, I'm sorry, please forgive me," she said, looking under herself so she could see an upside down view of his face and she saw him instantly relax and he patted her thighs at the same time and smiled at her.
"It's ok, just wasn't expecting it was all, I, err, thought I'd hurt you or something and I really don't want to get this wrong, I really want to please you," he said softly, and she felt her heart utterly melt, finally, a human who yearned for her in the same way as she yearned for him, but it also reaffirmed that stopping to do this was the right choice.
She shook her head, "You didn't hurt me, it felt utterly incredible, so, please, try again and just carry on just as you were, but please, don't take it out again, I, umm, don't do well with teasing," she admitted to him, and he beamed at her before lifting his head and kissing and nipping her scaly outer lips with his lips and teeth before locking his mouth to her womanhood and plunging his tongue inside her fully and making her utterly howl in joy.
Now it was her turn to fight through her pleasure soaked mind, to reward her gentle loving human for the fact his tongue was dancing around inside her like a wide head cobra and bringing her more joy than she had ever felt in her entire life, she leaned forward, using her hands to walk down his body, lowering herself onto him, greedily, she began to lick all over his manhood, coiling her long tongue all around it and making him hiss and gasp in pleasure, his skin tasted salty and musky which was just the way she liked it, it was utterly incredible, she slathered it all over his plump succulent and very full feeling balls, oh, she was going make sure that after this night that these were utterly wrung dry.
Kissing with the tip of her lips up his shaft she used her hand to peel back his foreskin and reveal his glorious flared tip and inhaled his rich aroma, oh, how she couldn't wait for this to stroke every ridge inside her, but right now his tongue was doing an utterly incredible job all on its own and with the pressure building in her belly she knew that soon she would be giving him a very sweet treat, just as she wanted to get one from him and, with that, she plunged his entire length into her mouth and melted at the taste of it.
Shey felt Leon moan in pleasure into her womanhood, sending a flurry of vibrations through her, if this was his first time she knew that he wouldn't last long with her doing this, she'd never been with a virginal human before but she knew that their body wasn't used to this kinda torment, so they didn't know how to hold back, but she didn't care how long he lasted, just as long as they got to do it, his stamina would come with time and it gave her a real sense of joy and pride that she would be the one to help him build it, but the funny thing was that even though she was right and only a few minutes after she began to suck on him and pump him with her coiled tongue the force of his orgasm shooting hot thick creamy human seed right into her greedy mouth caused her to release with more force than she ever had in her life right into his and she felt him sucking on her, drinking her dry like he was sucking nectar from an orange.
It pushed all the right buttons and she also knew one little fact that very few outside their race knew, not even Scalathor know this, female Draconis vaginal secretions are a natural aphrodisiac, and, with the way he'd just drunk from her when she'd released, he'd dosed himself with them, it worked perfectly on his kind by the looks of things because, by the time she spun around and locked him in a deep and powerful kiss, each tasting themselves in the mouth of the other, she felt him hardening again, though, ironicly, it actually worked on her too.
Her own secretions actually had the same effect on her as on him, she felt heat and want burning through her loins like fire, "God, I need you, my scaly angel, please! Please take me! Make me yours! Please!" Leon begged, and, as much of a turn on as that was, she pressed a finger to his lips and nipped his neck right up to his ear.
"You never have to beg me, my love, please don't beg me, I'm yours but for the asking, but I don't ever want to hear you beg for it, I would never deny it to you," she purred, and she felt him growl deeply and that sent a rush of love through her, he understood and it gave him his confidence, lifting herself up, she gripped his manhood and, looking him in the eyes as she swirled his super sensitive tip through her burning folds, she looked for his permission and he gave it with a nod and in one move she plunged him right to the hilt.
Shey let out a bellow of joy feeling herself utterly envelop him, he filled her so utterly and completely and when she finally forced her eyes open again and looked down at him he was covered in a bright red blush of both pleasure and joy, he reached up to her and drew her down into a long deep tender kiss, when they released he looked right into her eyes, "Love me, my scaly angel, love me the way I have yearned a lifetime to be loved and I'll love you the way you deserve to be," he said softly.
Shey began to move slowly and surely and suddenly something inside her mind just clicked, like something had flipped a switch in her brain, normally she would have been pounding on him powerfully and desperately like she was scared he'd evaporate into smoke before she could finish, but with him it was so utterly different, suddenly she didn't want to be in control, she wanted to be equal, she wanted this to be slow and steady and pure, so, with a slow movement, she leaned down and gripped him and together they both rolled over onto their sides, their limbs inter locking together and it filled her heart with joy to see he fully understood, she wrapped her wings around them both and drew their bodies together into a scaly cocoon, a cocoon of pure love.
Hours melted away, not minutes but hours, they're bodies found a pure rythem that neither of them had any control over, it was like their hearts and their loins were speaking and they had no say in the conversation, they moved together like a perfectly oiled machine and each and every stroke of their super sensitive flesh brought with it more pleasure than either of them had experienced, they just looked at one another and together their bodies and their hearts melded together into one perfect being of love and gentle joy, until finally, great tree knew how many hours after they began, an explosion of the truest and most pure joy that either of them had ever dared to dream of exploded within them both at exactly the same moment, like a triggered blasting charge and Shey felt herself being filled beyond the brim with hot liquid silk and he felt himself being milked utterly dry of it.
When sleep came to claim them neither of them spoke, they simply didn't need to, their bodies had done all the talking they'd ever need and Shey finally understood it, she understood what Moodstone and Tank had been saying to her, the only way to know the truth of human love was to find it, kindle it, and watch it burn bright, now she understood, this fire of his would warm her for a lifetime, and no matter what came or what happened the spark of that fire would be protected, never would she let this flame be taken from her by anyone or anything, this angel was hers and here he would remain till the day they joined hands, took their last breaths together and walked joyfully into the next life under the shade of the great tree.