Chapter Nineteen

When Kathryn met with Chakotay a few minutes later, she was composed and completely unruffled, command mask firmly in place. Just because she had this god-awful need burning her from the inside out, didn't mean she had to let everyone know. She was sure that there would come a time when she wouldn't be able to hide it, but for now, it was none of their business.

"What can I do you, Chakotay?" She asked, ordering a coffee from the replicator.

"You do realize the possibility that this whole thing is some sort of set up by that Thing you were fighting down there, right?" Chakotay asked, once again playing devil's advocate. "Or worse, that the energy being, or nebula being, or whatever, is playing some sort of sick game with us. What do we really know about these changes except that they seem to be a good thing?"

"I understand your concerns, Chakotay." She reassured him. "Believe me, I do. However, you have to take into account that I know the players in this particular game, and quite well. The First would never do this. It doesn't have the mindset to play a deceit of this scale. As for Dawn, she did this for one reason, and one reason only. We saved her family. You may think this is a bit extreme for a thank-you, but Dawn thinks in large scale. She's given us the tools to aid in our survival, healed our wounds, and cured our injuries. If it makes you feel at all better, you can keep your eyes on the tests that are being run, and I'll have copies of every report sent to you."

"I'll just have to accept that, I guess." The first officer concluded. He didn't like this any better then he'd appreciated her decision to make a deal with the devil, or in this case, the Borg.

She dismissed him with a nod. After the door closed behind him, she dropped into her seat and took several deep breaths. She could feel the need beginning to crawl through her veins once again. She could understand how dealing with this feeling, especially in even greater intensity, would cause her mate to lose control. She felt ready to order Buffy in here, tear off both of their clothes and terrify her crew with their screams.

'I'm game if you are.' Buffy laughed at her.

'Where are you, love?' Kathryn asked.

'In a training simulation with Faith.' Buffy told her happily. 'We playing with something called the Hirogen while all you guys are working. We're actually getting a pretty good workout.'

Kathryn was non-plussed. 'You're what? You're not having any trouble with the Hirogen?'

'They're no worse than the uber-vamps.'

Kathryn thought about that, taking a moment to compare the two side by side, and was astonished to realize that she was right. Fighting the Turok-Han had definitely been a lot harder. She wondered with some rueful amusement what else wouldn't pose as much of a challenge after facing the denizens of Sunnydale. Hmmm, she thought, I wonder if Willow could program advanced training sims from Sunnydale.

With that thought came another that made the captain grin, "Voyager, are the training simulations recorded?"

"Yes, Captain, they are."

"Good, when they're done, I want you to transfer the vidfile to Security. I want Tuvok to evaluate their technique. I'm sure he'll find it... interesting."

"Acknowledged."

For a moment, Kathryn thought she heard amusement in the simulated voice, then dismissed it. She suspected that now that the ship had awareness, a personality wasn't far behind. She wasn't sure if she was looking forward to that or not. Shaking her head, she grabbed her portable workstation and moved to lower level of her ready room, settling on the couch. She looked over the work that had accumulated over the day she had spent with Buffy, not even realizing when she fell asleep.

- - - BtVS - - ST: Voyager - - -

Kathryn clutched at the blond head attacking her breasts. Strong, small hands kneaded the globes of her ass as the body before her held her pressed against the corridor wall. The seam of her pants pressed firmly into her hard clit as she wrapped her legs around a trim waist.

"Oh God, Liz." She groaned.

Buffy had caught her on her way to her quarters. Without any warning whatsoever, the younger woman had pinned her to the wall and started kissing her to within an inch of her life. The hunger between them flaring up like a wildfire, burning away all thoughts of where they were or what she was supposed to be doing. Kathryn tore her mouth away to gasp in much needed air, then began to shudder as Buffy used her tongue to bathe the bite mark she had left. There was no coherent thought in Buffy's mind when Kathryn connected, only scorching hot need, then her own thoughts went up in smoke as Buffy ground her muscled abdomen into Kathryn pounding clit and sank her teeth in that sensitive mark. She came screaming.

Kathryn's eyes snapped open, blinking hard at the lighting directly overhead. Her body lurched into sitting position, blearily taking in her ready room though a hazy sheen of lust. Her blood was hot and her body was pounding. She could feel her need as well as Buffy's. And she knew without question that Buffy was on her way. Quickly logging off, knowing in the part of her mind that was still the Captain, that she couldn't do this in her ready room, she quickly moved to intercept her mate. She moved through the deck calmly, giving away none of her inner turmoil, but when the turbolift door opened, she nearly moaned out loud as Buffy's amber eyes swept over her with hot lust.

With no delay, Kathryn walked into the turbolift, but managed to wait for the doors to close behind her before moving straight into her mate's arms. Their lips met in a kiss that sent the fire in their blood skyrocketing. The Prime grasped her mate's legs and lifted, slamming into the side of the turbolift, Kathryn pinned against the wall, her legs locking around the Prime's waist and grinding against her. As Buffy began nibbling her way down Kathryn's throat, the captain called out in a slightly strangled tone of voice, "Voyager, site to site transport to my quarters."

"Acknowledged."

When they arrived, they toppled, as the wall Buffy had been holding Kathryn against was no longer present. With superhuman reflexes Buffy twisted them as they fell, so that she landed on the bottom. Voyager had been kind enough however to put them in Kathryn's bedroom, so she landed on Kathryn's bed as opposed to the hard floor. Taking advantage of their position, Kathryn sat upright, straddling her mate as Buffy looked up at her in surprise. Grasping Buffy's hands, she pushed them over the Prime's head as she grinned ferally.

"Did you have fun playing with Faith?" Kathryn asked, her voice pitched low and sultry. Her smile widened as she felt Buffy shiver beneath her. "Getting all hot and sweaty beating up on those creatures twice your size?" Leaning down, she licked the sensitive spot between Buffy's breasts as the scent of sweat and rising lust drove her own need higher. "Did you get yourself all worked up?"

Swallowing audibly, Buffy nodded.

"What were you thinking about when you came looking for me?" Kathryn asked before taking the patch of skin between her teeth. Buffy's body surged up with a gasp. "What were you thinking?"

"Uhhh." Buffy could only groan.

"Were you thinking about taking me?" Kathryn purred. She pressed down on Buffy's hands, a signal to keep them there, then filled her hands with the globes of Buffy's breasts. "Your battle lust affected my dreams, mate."

Buffy growled as Kathryn pinched her nipples hard, pulling them until Buffy's back was bowed. Kathryn felt her belly clench and moisture seeping between her legs at the sound. God, she's sexy. Kathryn thought to herself. She continued to wear the blood red leather pants that she had been found in, but was now wearing a black button down shirt that Kathryn recognized from the clothing replicator database. Without hesitation, she tore it open, sending buttons flying around the room. She ran her nails across the muscled abdomen, loving the way the muscles quivered beneath her touch. 'Do you want to take me, N'mina?'

'Yes!' Buffy snarled.

'Then do it.' Kathryn said 'Take me. I dare you.'

That was all it took. Buffy surged up so fast that Kathryn gasped in surprise, sitting up until Kathryn was straddling her lap and tearing through her uniform until she reached smooth skin. Buffy's growl reach the sub-vocal level that shivered through Kathryn's insides, causing her body to rock involuntarily. "You challenge me?!?" Buffy snarled.

"Yes! Prove you are worthy of me!" Kathryn responded just as fiercely.

The Prime's smile would have terrified anyone other than her mate. She pushed the ruined tunic off Kathryn's shoulders, but only far enough to trap her arms at her sides. When she met Kathryn's eyes again, the need of a loving mate was mixed with the anger of a challenged Prime, making them glow a bright golden amber. Gripping her hips, she lifted Kathryn to her feet to continue stripping off her clothes. After disrobing herself, she shifted aside one of the inside flaps in her coat, reaching into one the dimensional pockets to get to the toy that she had replicated to take her mate with. Pushing Kathryn onto the bed, she fitted the toy into place as her mate watched in avid lust. Climbing between Kathryn's legs, she freed her mate's arms from the destroyed tunic, but held her hands pinned by her wrists above her head. Buffy bared her teeth in a predator's smile. "You should have talked to Faith and Willow about challenging me."

- - - BtVS - - ST: Voyager - - -

"Goddess, Faith." Willow panted, dropping back on the bed. "Whatever you've been doing, do it often."

Faith grinned, licking at the sweat gathered on her mate's throat. It hadn't taken much to drag Willow away from her work, despite the technology that she had suddenly found herself surrounded by. The battle lust that had filled Faith after the training session had triggered the mating fire in both her and Buffy, and the moment they exited the holodeck, they had gone their separate ways to track down their respective mates. She rolled onto her back and pulled Willow on top of her.

"You know we're gonna have to tell her soon, right?" Faith said softly, caressing the bite mark on the back of Willow's thigh up near her butt. Her own bite mark, on the back of her neck below her hairline, was tingling. "Don't think she even knows she did it."

"I know, but let her be." Willow said. "She needs this time with Kathryn to resettle herself. She'll come to us in time."

"We'll have to do something about it soon, Red. You know that as well as I do."

"Maybe, but not now." Willow responded, leaning forward to kiss her mate, her tongue leisurely exploring and dueling with her mate's. 'Right now, I need to make love to you again.'

Moaning into the kiss, Faith spreads her legs for her lover, filling her own hands with Willow's breasts. Willow thrust her fingers into the warm cavern of Faith's body, nearly lightheaded from lack of air but refusing to release the kiss. 'I love you, my mate.'

'Ditto, baby.' Faith responded, finally breaking the kiss to throw her head back, her teeth clenched in pleasure. Willow was using her thumb to put pressure on her clit, curling her fingers to stroke the sweet spot at the top of her pussy. "Uhhhh." Faith's climax was slow and sweet, flowing through her, each wave stronger than the last as Willow kept stroking that spot and pressing harder into her swollen clit. Moving quickly, Willow dropped her head to Faith's breast and bite down on a hard nipple. Faith's next climax crashed through her like a tsunami. "WILLOW!!!!"