Starspeaker IC (Closed for silvertongue217)

[silvertongue217]

"bah if you say so" Jase thought back stepping out of the restroom and smiling at some random people. They said your highness back and bowed their heads and Jase had to resist the urge to laugh as he sauntered over to the dance floor. He found Vera easy enough but decided to sneak up behind her. He ran his hands up her side and then spun her in his arms before dipping her and kissing her.

Every one clapped and he brought her up smirking slightly "Samantha?"

The music suddenly turned from the disco type music that was all the rage to some thing very very classical. Salsa music began to play as Jase led her out unaware every one even the empress was beginning to turn their head to them.

"Well you said you can dance" Jase said spinning her before backing up and moving into a familiar salsa pose

"lets see how well" He remarked grinning at her and clapping his hands before moving towards her. Suddenly she was in his arms their hips moving together as the music picked up in tempo above them.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera gasped as she was dipped and kissed, surprised by the people around them chuckling in approval and clapping. When she was righted she had a moment to shoot Jase a scathing look before the music began.

If he wanted to dance she would dance.

From the moment she was in his arms she was aware that everyone's eyes were on them. She wanted to tell him off for busting their anonymity but knew it would only cause further ruckus. Instead she focused on making this dance convincing and avoiding any positions where Avery or Tomas might get a good look at her face.

Situation aside, Vera soon found herself being sucked into the dance. This was something they had never done together and she wondered why. As the traditionally female role in the dance partnership she was able to follow beautifully, not missing a single one of Jase's cues and without missing the opportunity to add in a flourish of her own. She watched his eyes as they moved and fell into them. Their bodies swayed, hips rolling, skin sizzling. Vera made a point of almost kissing him before she was spun away, allowing her fingers to linger on his chest a touch longer than necessary.

Never before had dancing been so erotic for her, and it was all to do with her partner. Her cheeks bloomed with pink as they danced, her eyes catching his and promising retribution with a raised eyebrow. The crowd around them watched as their salsa steamed up, earning them some whispered comments behind shielding hands.

"I wish we could take this horizontal," Vera whispered as she music came to a crescendo and their bodies collided. The music cut out and was replaced by a roar of applause. Vera gripped the back of Jase's head and pulled him down for a sizzling kiss, tongue and all, before turning and walking into the crowd.

 

[silvertongue217]

Shit could she back her claim

They danced and the dance quickly became the highlight of Jase short life. She flowed with him maintaining a grace and sensuality needed for salsa. He soon became lost in the music, lost in their bodies moving together as they both played the part for the crowd. He knew it wasnt the most subtle of ways but it was worth it.

Oh fuck was it worth it

He shared her kiss ignoring the crowd cheering in the background before letting her go. He smirked watching her walk away before shaking his head.

"So she can dance" Samantha admitted her voice a little tinged with awe "maybe you didnt pick a bad girl after all Jase"

"awh going soft on me are ye" He said smirking and giving a bow for the the crowd "I think we provided enough of an excuse to get away" He thought to them both turning and heading towards the supply closet.

"lets move"

 

[SinisterSpiders]

With that dance as a segway no one would doubt their needs to get to a private space. The party resumed around them after they made their exit and Vera agreed with Jase's assessment. She waited for him to catch up once they were out of the ballroom proper and snatched up his hand, leading him down the hall with promising looks and suggestive smiles. They managed to wind through several corridors of the level, the areas becoming less and less populated as they went until they found their service cupboard. Vera stopped, turning and looking at him, eyes burning with lust as she pushed him against the door, unable to wait any longer. She kissed him, pressing her entire body against the length of his, not a whisp of space between them. She reached up, one hand sliding between his head and the door and the other going to the door handle.

"All right Sam, lock it behind us please," Vera thought as she threw the door open and pushed Jase through. It slammed behind them.

"Just remember what you're actually here to do," Sam tutted as Vera went in for one last kiss.

Vera laughed as she reached out, cupping Jase's cheek and smiling at him.

"What I wouldn't give to continue what we started," she said as she shook her head. With a deep sigh she stood back.

Vera took out her knife and bent over, running it over the laminated floor. When she was done she had cut up a square that revealed levelled hatch beneath it. With a bit of effort she and Jase managed to get it clear before she looked down into it. The orb started to glow, and Vera borrowed the walking stick from Jase, looking into the darkness below.

"Well, looks like we're headed in the right direction," Vera said with a nod of approval looking down. "Do you think you can head down first and give me a hand, that climb will be a bit tough in this dress." She smiled, hitching the hem of her skirt up to well above her knees, revealing her smooth legs and the weapons strapped to them.

 

[silvertongue217]

Jase kissed her back playing the part of the lover well. They were in the storage closet in seconds and Jase kissed her back one more time before laughing at Samanthas words.

"Samantha remind me to get you an AI boy friend again" Jase said as Samantha growled in response. He didnt bother to quip back and instead helped Vera get the hatchway open. The orb began to glow then and Jase passed it along peering down into the depths of the tunnel.

He moaned and bit his lip as she hitched her dress up "damn you need to warn me before you start going off and showing so much thigh" he told her humming in pleasure before pullling off his own jacket revealing his light weight combat pistol. He nodded at her and slid down jumping into the hallway below.

"hand be the orb then you jump down and I will catch you" he said turning and noting the dark hallway "samantha lights please" he said and seconds later they had a dim glow to work in.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

"And you should warn me before you intend to have sex on the dancefloor," Vera laughed, passing down the orb. She hitched jer skirt up once more as she dangled her legs down through the hatch and slid herself over slowly, careful to protect the fabric of her dress.

Down beneath them there were some old service lights in the tunnels. Evidence that PEACe had used them at some stage. The deeper they got though, the less signs of previous exploration. The orb waa glowing brightly before long and it no longer mattered that there was no tunnel lighting.

"The map is starting to zero in on our location now," Vera said with a satisfied nod. Now, whenever it adjusted it was more a case of a slight shift than a rolll of the entire surface. They came to a fork in the tunnel and the orb veered ever so slightly to the right tunnel that descended future into the depths of the system. Vera was just about to move before she saw something in the other tunnel that made her heart skip a beat.

There, in thick armour and with weapons pointed, was someone looking directly at them.

"Jase!" Vera cried, rwding for her hand gun as She pushed Jase out of the way. The plasma shot aimed at him narrowly missed and she fired one off herself, but missed as they took shelter in the tunnel they had come from.

 

[silvertongue217]

"If I warmed you where would the fun be" he retorted following her down the tunnel. They walked at a steady pace moving deeper and deeper into the tunneling. He started to note the PEACe markings lessening before fading all together and breathed out a sigh of relief. A part of him had been expecting to find the orb in some kind of under ground lab being expiremented on and while that was still a possibility he knew PEACe liked to mark their territory so to speak.

He was proof of that

So caught up in his internal musing he almost missed her shout of concern.

"What the" he said as she pushed him back his eyes widenewd in surprise as true plasma bolt missed her by inches and he pulled her back before peeping his head.

"Not this fucker again" jase growled shaking his head "I shout you out of a canon!" He called out as he began firing at the man.

"Were going to be sitting ducks in this tunnel" jase growled "Samantha is there a tunnel below us?"

"Yes" samantha replied "two meters down"

"Great" jase said turning to vera "baby one of the stones crack it on the floor while I cover you"

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera swore, realising that this was the same person Jase had fought above Kolift. She immediately reached for one of her earrings , taking it off and dropping it on the floor behind her. She watched it dissolve the ground as the plasma fire zoomed around her. The hole it created was just wide enough for her and Jase to drop through, but how far the drop was she didn't know. She leaned over, taking off her heels in a mad rush.

"Good to go Jase," She said, stepping into the hole and hoping for the best.

If was a decent drop, making Vera swear as her knees jarred on impact.

"Come on!" She called out loud and into Jase's mind, moving aside for him to land. She held out her blaster and prepared to fire if their fie was too close behind.

 

[silvertongue217]

He nodded and popped his head put firing off a few more rounds before slipping after her. He dropped down next to her and reached into his pocket pulling out a grenade.

"Run down the hall" jase said tp her softly "Samantha how close are we?"

Closer now" Samantha said "fifty meters out!"

"Come on you son of abitch" he said listening out

Waiting

There! He primed it and threw it straight upon before running full pelt to the end of the hall he reached it just as the grenade exploded showing the hole with rubel and shrapnel.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera was about to argue with Jase when she saw the grenade but figured they had no better choice. She ran down the tunnel and watched from a distrance as he lobbed the grenade into the hole and it exploded. As he ran to join her she saw the orbs glow intensify so much that the tunnel was now bright lit, and she could see rubble dropping out of the hole behind him. Shooting that bastard into space hadn't killed him, so she doubted the grenade would have. They needed to move.

Vera grabbed Jase's hand when he was near enough and they ran head long into the tunnel.

"I can't get a read on his vitals, but he seems to be stuck in the tunnel for now," Samantha's voice announced in their minds, "But I don't know how long for, the fubble is already shifting beneath him, he could fall through within minutes.

Luckily, they didn't need too much more time. As they dashed down the corridor the orb dimmed. Vera swore, retracing their steps until it lit up an old door, covered in dirt and debris. The handle had fallen off onto the ground and Vera tried to push it open, it wouldn't budge. So Vera aimed her blaster at it and let of a few rounds. After the noise they'd made above there was no need to be quiet in this part of the tunnel any longer.

The door collapsed in and the room within glowed with a bright magenta light. In the centre was an orb, slightly larger than the one that Jase had on his cane, but slightly smaller than the one that reamined on board their ship from Kolift. Vera's excitement caught in her throat.

"Go merge it with the others, I'll cover the door!" Vera said to Jase, motioning for the orb. She stood in the doorway when he moved, looking up and down the now darkened tunnel. She knew that , with the light at her back, she as a wonderful target, but she hoped they would have time to get out of here before that bastard wiggled free of Jase's trap.

"Sam, is there another way out of here beside the hole we made?" Vera asked.

"Yes, keep going the way you were coming and you'll find a tunnel that leads up. You will be able to get back to the service cupboard, but you will have to go back past that hole you created. From above this time." She explained. Vera swore, hoping that if the assassin came to he would try and go down rather than up.

 

[silvertongue217]

"Man do I hate assassins" jase murmured shaking his head following her as they raced through the corridor. It didn't take them long to find the floor and the entrance and hopefully put some distance between the assassin. Jase swore to himself once again trying to figure out where this assassin had come from. PEAVe wouldn't have hired some one like that which meant either meridian had or blood pack.

Jase had his money on merian

"Got it" jase said nodding at her words. He ran forward towards the new orb nestled in the center of the room the orb on the staff was already reacting to it twitching and glowing like mad. He finally reached it and held it out watching in fascination is it slid into the orb. It pulsated twice and then dimmed the set having been complete.

"Let's go the bastard probably decided to follow us" jase said turning to her "let's justr hope we can get out of here" he said taking her hands and pulling her down the tunnel.

"Show me the way samantha" jase murmured watching as the way points appeared. He followed thema!l the way back as they are circled around.

"Go ahead" jase said keeping his gun level

 

[SinisterSpiders]

They managed to reach the upper side of their hole without issue. Vera took the point as Jase suggested and edged forward.

"He doesn't appear to be down there anymore," Samantha announced. Vera was sceptical, skirting around the edges of the hole and peering over. She couldn't see down all the way, but she did notice that there was no noise or movement from below.

Once they had both cleared the hole it was a quick dash to the entrance. Vera looked up at the open hole cover and then back at Jase. She bent over, putting her shoes back on as he joined her.

"Oh for fuck sake!" She groaned, eyeing a shape coming out of the darkness, sure enough it was the assassin once more. Vera looked to Jase and frowned. "Let's deal with this bastard once and for all."

Vera snatched her throwing daggers from her thighs and lobbed one right at the bastard, then laucnched forward with the other. As their bodies collided Vera's mind flew to the necklace around her neck. The acid! She would be able to wait for Jase to distract him and she could shove that into his ugly space helmet.

"Jase, I need you to get him still enough so I can force feed him my necklace!" Vera called out to him in her mind as she went hand to hand with the assassin.

Surely between the both of them they could get him down without guns.

 

[silvertongue217]

They had almost gotten out when the assassin showed back up

"got to give this guy props" Jase thought watching as Vera lobbed a knife at him "bastard sure is eager"

Jase followed suit jumping down and joining Vera as she began to grapple with the assassin. Jase moved forward ready to assist her before her words cut across his mind. The acid? She wanted to melt the guys face off?

"Uh im going to have to say no on that plan" Jase said shaking his head and moving to join her in fighting the guy "I mean I know he is trying to kill us and I did shoot him out of a canon but thats just cruel"

"For once I agree with Avery" Samantha remarked "This guys trying ot kill you Jase!"

"I know I know" Jase growled "but thats not a death I can live with"

He ducked under the mans punch and they both moved as one striking him. The man was an expert in hand to hand combat but going against the two of them and with Jase being enhanced finally won out in the end. The man toppled down to the floor falling to the ground.

"there" Jase said to both of them problem solved without melting some one down "lets go" he said pointing at the hole and hoisting Vera up it before she could get any more crazy ideas.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Avery Watersmit

It was Vera! Avery was sure of it. She wasn't one to spend disproportionate amounts of time staring in the mirror, but she knew her reflection when she saw it. Vera had danced with that man, the one who Avery recognised from the mission briefing packet as Jase Crestfield, the renowned space smuggler. They had danced with such intimacy that Vera felt she needed a cold shower. She wanted to think Vera had been held against her will, but the heat in their eyes as they ravaged the dance floor had been unmistakable.

By the time Avery was able to get away from the droll conversation she had been sucked into it was too late, they had disappeared. She had been tempted to call security but thought better of it, not knowing what Vera was up to.

So she watched and waited, hoping for a chance to corner her doppelganger and find out why she had made such a mess of their lives

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera Starborn

"Jase! He is going to hunt us down again!" Vera said as Jase pushed her up through the hatch. Not that she could do anything about it now, the guy was knocked, she knew neither of them would kill him in cold blood.

As Jase climbed through Vera brushed her dress off and smoothed her hair down. Once the hatch was shut she put the floor covering back down and dusted Jase off too. Giving him a soft kiss.

"Almost done," she whispered before straightening her shoulders and making for the door.

"Ok Sam, we're good to go," Vera said, Sam unlocked the door and Vera strode put as of she owned the joint. When she and Jase returned to the more populated zones of the Hall they were given knowing looks. Vera shrugged them off, let them think they fucked in a service closet for an hour. She was about to turn to the exit when she saw a familiar black mane of hair swishing onto the hallway that led to the restroom. Vera turned to Jase, placing a hand on his chest and leaning in close.
"I have to freshen up before we leave. You can get the doormen to get the limo if you like. I can meet you outside." She gave him a kiss on the lips before sliding through the crowd and towards the bathroom.

Vera was just in time to see the back hair once more, this time disappearing through a door. Vera dashed to catch up and reached out, stopping the door before it shut. She slipped into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.

"I was wondering when you would show up." Avery's voice was cool as she turned to glare at Vera. "Would you care to tell me what is going on?"

 

[silvertongue217]

"I dont care if he comes back!" Jase hissed shutting the hatch behind him "im not going to acid bath a man to death"

He walked out with her making sure to give her ass a fondle that would only serve to push what every one already thought they were doing. He smirked moving back ignoring every one as she kissed him.

"Really you need to freshen up" He said shaking his head and snorting "you do realize the assassin will be up any second?"

Before he could say any thing else she was slipping out heading to the bathroom.

"I guess we bring the car along" Jase said shaking his head to Samantha

"lets go"

Jase stepped out shrugging off his jacket and stepping into the Limo. He waited popping some champagne and sipping it as he leaned back and relaxed.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

"Me?" Vera asked, glaring at Avery. She couldn't understand the outrage in Avery's eyes. "Would you care to explain Magaroth? What the hell were you thinking?"

"Magaroth?" Avery asked, eyebrows knitting in anger. "You disappear for a month and that is all you care about?"

Vera took a deep breath, leaning against the door and crossing her arms over her chest. So that was what this was about.

"I have been chasing down the Lexicon. I almost have it." Vera sighed.

"Why didn't you report in?"

"By the time we escaped Merian had a copy of the locations leading to the Lexicon. If we didn't go after it she might have. It was a risk I couldn't take. Reporting back in would mean going through all of the bureaucratic bull in order to do go out again, it would have taken too long."

"We?" Avery snapped, giving Vera a curious glare. "By that you mean yourself and that dashing space pirate I presume? You two really know how to heat up a dance floor!"

Vera froze, regretting how she had phrased that. She didn't want to drag Jase into it. She could see the rage in Avery's posture.

"Avery, I almost have the Lexicon-"

"I don't give a shit about the Lexicon right now!" Avery cursed, throwing her arms up in the air in frustration. She turned, leaning against the vanity and looking at herself in the mirror. "I have been holding down the fort for over a month without so much as a word from you! Do you have any idea how hard it has been? The council have been impossible! And Magaroth? You want to know about Magaroth? I signed your damn proposal and gave it to your Uncle to give to the council. Then, somehow, the orders for switched and there was a fucking massacre! Vera I tried! I have been trying this whole time! And on top of that Claus and Oren are dead and Bomber thinks I'm dead. It is tearing me apart Vera! There have been so many times I have wanted to throw it all away and go back to my own life!"

Vera's mind raced with all of the information. The council playing up, her Uncle taking the proposal, Bomber.

"Wait," Vera held up her hand "You gave General Starborn the proposal to hand to the council?"

Avery froze, her eyes seeking out Vera's in the mirror. She nodded mutely.

"Fuck," Vera gritted her teeth, her mind recalling all of the times things had gone wrong in her reign and her uncle's presence in all of them. "Don't trust anyone Avery! Don't let anyone deliver proposals and orders but yourself!"

Avery turned around.

"Well none of it matters any more, you're back and you can have your position back." Avery stood up straight.

Vera 's heart skipped a beat. She wasn't ready, not yet. There was still too much to do. She reached behind her, unlocking the door and opening it.

"No, I need more time," she said, shaking her head as she backed away.

"Vera! Don't you dare!" Avery warned, stepping towards her.

Vera didn't wait to hear if there was more. She turned, racing out to find the limousine waiting for her outside. She turned, offering Jase a forced smile.

"Now, let's blow this popsicle stand!" She said, sliding into the limousine

 

[silvertongue217]

"uh yeah" Jase said glancing out the window and frowning at the party. The limo pulled out smoothly and in seconds they were gone.

"Is every thing okay?" Jase said glancing at her frowning and taking her in "you look a little flustered and not composed.... Did the assassin get to you or PEACe?"

He grabbed the staff and snapped the orb off grimacing a little at the weight. He tossed it to her before leaning back studying her and sipping his champagne. The limo glided back towards the landing pad where Samantha was already spooling up and getting their departure ready.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera took a deep breath at Jase's words. Clearly he knew her well enough to know that something had happened. She didn't want to lie to him, but she knew she couldn't tell him the truth either. She wanted to, she wanted to end the charade, but there were just too many loose ends at the moment. She caught the newly merged orb and rolled it around in her palm.

"No, everything is fine," She started but then sighed. "I don't know, it is just odd, it's the first time in over a month that I had been part of my old life..." She shook her head and reached out to take his hand,wanting the comfort of his touch.

 

[silvertongue217]

"I can imagine how rough that is" Jase said watching as they pulled up to the space port. He turned giving her a sad smile as he took the orb once more and attached it to the cane.

"soon you will be back to your old life" He reminded her before getting out before any thing more could be said. The hatch was already down for them and waiting and so he clambered in undoing his tie and rumpling his hair as they stepped on board.

"Well time to see if this map is worth all the fuss" Jase said as the ramp closed and he walked into the cockpit.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera saw the sad smile on Jase's face and her heart broke. He got out of the vehicle too quickly for her to say anything. She followed him aboard the ship, watching as he made himself more comfortable. She felt more comfortable here too, in the cargo bay of his ship. She looked around as he made his way to the cockpit with the orb. Vera stood there, alone, and wondered what she wanted from her life. Her mind raced with all of the information that Avery had blurted out and she knew she had to go back. She was torn- not knowing how she could possibly get Jase to go with her, yet knowing that she had to even if she wouldn't. It wasn't her life any more, to be a Chancellor without him by her side, but it wasn't about her. There was an entire universe that she needed to think of. Her own needs were insignificant in comparison.

Vera took a deep shuddering breath and looked around the ship she had come to call home. She climbed up to the cockpit and walked over to Jase, taking the cane from him and placing it on a dashboard.

"I love you. I don't want to go back," She told him, knowing that it was the truth. She looked deep into his eyes and kissed him, passionately and deeply. She then pulled away. "Sam, can we have some music please?" She asked.

After a second delay music filled the cockpit. Smooth, sensual, with a killer beat just like the one from the Gala.

"Dance with me?" Vera asked, holding out her hand, not wanting to think about anything but him and that moment.

 

[silvertongue217]

"dance with you?" He said noting the music coming on and turning to look at her. His eyes traveled up and down her body before he smirked pushing himself off the dashboard.

"I would never say no to a dance for a pretty lady" Jase said moving towards her. He took her in his arms and pushed her gently out of the cock pit and into the living room where they would have more space. He felt the ship accelerate and smiled ignoring it all ash e got lost in the music. They danced slow and sensual his hands gliding over her and controlling their movement as they danced and ascended to the stars.

"You will always have a place on this ship" he said leaning in to kiss her deeply.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera melted into Jase's embrace, accepting his kiss and returning it with her own. She gave herself over to him, their bodies moving together to the beat as she got lost in the dance. It was like the one they had shared at the gala; it was sensual, charged, promising. Though unlike the gala, they were alone now. As they swayed Vera reached up, removing Jase's tie completely and casting it aside. She then reached behind her, her fingers plucking out the pins holding her hair up, with a shake of her head her hair tumbled out of its bindings, falling down her back. She looked up at Jase and gave him a lingering kiss.

 

[silvertongue217]

"mmm I much prefer your hair down" Jase smirks matching her kiss for kiss as his hands traveled up and down her body. He picked her up suddenly spinning her around before heading in the direction of their bedroom.

"Samantha" Jase said pausing at the door "go ahead and bring us back to space and then let us drift"

He shut hte door knowing she wwouldnt answer any ways and kissed her one more time. He threw her onto the bed walking in and kicking off his shoes as his hands began undoing the buttons of his dress shirt.

"God do I love you" He said licking his lips.

 

[SinisterSpiders]

Vera smiled as she reclined on their bed, watching as Jase kicked off his shoes and undid his shirt. She sat up, pulling him closer by his belt, running her lips over his chest and stomach in a series of licks, kisses and nibbles.

"Then show me," she whispered, looking up at him as her fingers went to his belt.