"While this was fun, are you sure the machine requested my presence here?" Shaw inquired, watching from afar as the police picked up the perps they had taped to the steering wheel of their car, the trunk full of C4.

Things had distinctly cooled down after that significant order from the machine. An command Root had, of course, complied with.

But not without protest, Shaw bit back a grin. She remembered the goose bumps she raised on the hackers skin and how long it taken until Root had pushed her away. She bit her lower lip, remembering the touch.

"She might have send just me," Root admitted freely. "But wasn't it a nice coincident that BT&W hosts an advanced training seminar in town and we were chosen to go?"

"Yeah, it was so much fun," her voice was filled with irony. "With the real mission over, how long are we staying. You don't actually plan to attend the rest of the seminar, do you?" There was slight panic in Shaw's eyes. There was only so much motivational speech she could take without breaking a neck.

"I have an idea." An hour later, they parked in front of Shaw's favorite steak joint.

"Let me buy you dinner." Root offered innocently, holding the door open for Shaw who chuckled.

It started to become a habit letting the hacker bribe her with food.

"This doesn't make up for the other night, you know?" Shaw pointed her steak knife at Root after their orders arrived.

"I thought you said the filet was better than," Root started but Shaw cut in. "Shut up."

Root knew she should get her rapidly beating heart to slow down, she shouldn't get so excited by Shaw standing so close to her in the elevator to their hotel rooms.

"You okay?" Shaw asked and followed Root into her room and smirked. Turnaround was so much fun! All Root could do was nod. The Machine hadn't contacted her after the mission was over. So they were free to do whatever they liked, weren't they?

And when Shaw sat on the bed beside her, it was pretty damn clear what she had in mind.

"So, where did we left off last time?" She scooted closer and almost sat in Root's lap. "Or is you master still keeping you on a short leash?" Shaw knew she was cruel, but how many times had she been on the receiving end of this?

Root listened to only silence on her ear and shook her head no. And then she forget to think about the Machine all at once and closed her eyes as they both leaned towards each other. Their lips gently caressed at first and then parted again. Shaw was still gazing at her, probably waiting for a slap, taser or something. Her eyes were dark and her face only showed a fair hint of emotions. If Root didn't know her that well, she'd probably think she'd wouldn't be into it at all. But she knew better and it made it even worse.

That was the last thought her brain processed before she moved even closer again.

Their kisses grew deeper and more hungry as they explored each other's mouth. There was a feuding for dominance, but it was a lot tamer than Root would have imagine. There was more of a longing to discover each and Root gave up fairly easily.

A small groan escaped her lips as Shaw sucked at the pulse point in the hollow of her neck and she began to gently bite her as her fingers trailed down towards her breasts. Root felt her breathing increase as her desire to reciprocate almost overwhelmed her.

She tried to turn her over, but Shaw was a lot stronger than the hacker who found herself being ravished, the grin on Shaw's face sincere but wicked.

Root didn't quite remember how Shaw removed her top and bra, all she became aware of was hot lips teasing her nipple and groaned and then growled loudly when Shaw bit down.

This seemed to be all the encouragement Shaw needed, as her hand slid down Root's body to her pants, slowly pulling them down, complete with underwear.

Laying there completely naked, Root still felt like being at the safest place on earth but in urgent need of attention. Her face was flushed and her pupils were dilated as she looked at Shaw, who just looked about the same.

"You are really hot." The smaller woman said as continued to kiss soft breast, whilst her hand made its way down the lean body to the area in most need. Root raised her hips in response to the caresses, desperate to convey the urgency of her need.

"Please!" she begged, but Shaw just smiled, and took her sweet time.

Torturously slowly, her hand continued its exploration of the body underneath her, until she began to gently massage the inner thighs and an audible gasp escaped Root's lips. Her center was throbbing wildly with need and she became delirious with arousal as a tongue began to follow the same path the hands had previously travelled, stopping this time, to dip into my navel. That caused a massive jolt to her groin and she placed a hand on Shaw's head, gently coaxing her towards the area she needed her most.

"Please!" Root had never been one to beg before and she felt Shaw grin against her before she ran her tongue the full length of the labia and Root gasped for air. She thrust upwards, but was held firmly in place by two strong hands on her hips.

Finally, Shaw raised both her legs up and draped them over her shoulders. She'd never been a great giver, never had the patience but then and there, she couldn't think of anything she'd rather like to do and she took full advantage of the new accessibility.

She looked up with a ravenous hunger in her eyes, and then dipped her head. When her tongue finally touched the clit for the first time, it was like an electric shock, and Root's body jolted. "Pleease! Pleeeease!"

That was all the encouragement Shaw needed as he tongue entered insistently, Root was groaning continuously by now. Her tongue entered with increasing pressure, but soon, she needed more.

Shaw sensed that need, and began to enter, first with one finger, then two, whilst caressing her clit at the same time with her tongue, and Root had reached the apex of her passion, and heard herself groan loudly as she experienced an orgasm so powerful that its violence shook her.

Shaw stayed inside throughout the aftershocks, and then began to arouse her again. Her tongue and mouth alternately licking, nipping and gently biting her clit, while her hand began to move again. The second orgasm was so intense that Root's momentarily blacked out.

Still Shaw held onto her to help prolong the exquisite delight for as long as possible. Finally, when Root was sated, she crawled back up her body and kissed her again. Root could taste herself on her lips, and found herself becoming aroused again. Shaw's hands began to move again but Root caught it. She kissed the fingertips and started to let her own hand wander but Shaw stopped her, gently but firm. "Not yet."

She pulled the taller woman into her arms, letting her head rest in the crook of her neck and held her while they drifted off to sleep.

Root sat up straight in the hotel bed, the covers sliding down her naked body. Her eyes were wide open, she couldn't even blink.

Disturbed by the shift on the mattress and tug on the sheets, Shaw woke, blinking and trying to see something in the semi dark.

She didn't have to actually see the hackers face to know something was very wrong.

"Root?"

"She's gone."

"What do you mean?"

"The Machine, Samaritan is onto her and she's cutting off all communication until further notice."

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