The Return Journey

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

Corrupt? Compromise? Cerfew? Morals?

God was I confused as she offered to help with dishes seconds after insisting she show herself to her room.

"I can clean up here I'm quite capable thanks" I replied, confused yet but getting her message quite clearly. "You get a good nights sleep"

Striding over to the table I quickly cleared it into the basket I brought it out with then slipped thru the bushes and towards the service access.

"Lights out and assume patrol mode once Miss Kaitlynn has left the area" I ordered making my way thru the entrance as it hissed open and into the hall. Once inside I dropped my voice and made a second order, then turned to the elevator that lifted me to the docking area where I intended to spend the rest of my night.

"Prep the lab's computers and check the weather topside"

 

[Sweetp4u]

kaitlyn

This boy desperately needed to learn what fun and joking was.

Sighing, I shook my head, grabbed the wine and followed behind him silently. He stepped into the elevator and pushed the up button. His back to me, he seemed upset?

"What's top side? And this isn't my idea of a nice way to tuck me in.." I grinned as he tensed upright but still did not turn and face me.

Damn! And double damn! He was hard to gauge being so different from the normal men I knew..

Setting down the wine in the moving elevator proved to be a task, but I managed. Reaching behind myself I unzipped the gown and let it fall from my shoulder and pool at my feet.

"Turn around Adam.." I whispered softly.. waiting and hoping he wouldn't do something horrible.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

So absorbed in my own thoughts I had been completely unaware of Kaitlynn following me until her voice sounded in the confines of the elevator. Then all senses tuned to her voice and the sounds inside the small cubicle and the whisper of fabric as it slid to the floor.

"It was hard enough to admit my feelings Kate" I admitted to the wall in front of me as I sensed what she had done and assumed it was an offer of pity. "I may be a virgin but I know what it feels like to want and need a woman, and the decision to wait until we were married was an offer of respect and love"

Something that obviously didn't exist between us, I finished mentally and chastised myself for thinking it might in such a short time and under the circumstances.

"I've become quite aware of your fun with my inexperience Kate and wonder what would happen if I did the same to you"

Silence came inside the elevator and I reached to the second panel to my side and pressed the stop button, the floor beneath us shuddering as the cage slowed and halted between levels.



"Do you need assistance?" Came the monotone voice and I replied as I turned, keeping my face bland with effort as I saw what my ears had told me had happened.

"I'll take care of this myself, Thanks"

Leveling my eyes on Kaitlynn's face I kept them there, my face a well formed mask of grimness.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

Visibly I flinched as I backed up a step.

"I see... As you wish." A tear fell down my cheek but I said nothing as I pulled my dress back up.

"Thought wrong I guess.. Thought there was feeling there somewhere, but obviously i was wrong." Turning, I exited the elevator.

"Good night Adam." I walked off, not caring or knowing where I was or even what level. I was more hurt and then angry even more so than before.

He obviously had no idea and I would be damned If I would clue his ass in! Perhaps it was for the best? Then why did It hurt so badly?

Holding onto the dress, I kicked off the heels and kept walking, leaving them in the hall way, no longer caring about them or being here.

"Feelings!? HA! Such a fraud.." I spoke aloud. It is my own fault, I wanted to go slowly, explore a little and get close. Not just jump into something, save him from himself.. From me.

It was better this way.

I told myself that as I kept walking. Having no idea where I was going, I just walked lost in my own thoughts.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

Raising my hands I rubbed the closed fists into my eyes. Not because they hurt but on the hope I could erase the sight that was burned into them, the erotic and nude figure of Kaitlynn as she stood in front of me and the look in her eyes.

It did no good for as the stars inside my eyelids cleared the image returned and I sighed.

"Computer, Give our guest class three clearance to all areas except the control rooms and my own. Use security discretions if protocol demands."

The actions would allow her to move about the center freely but not disturb the necessary functions too much, as well as be able to amuse herself while she was alone.

"Is the lab ready?" I asked, moving my plans ahead as the elevator door closed again and I knew I was all alone. "I want to leave in less then one hour"

I'd go out again and continue my search. Maybe I'd succeed and bring back someone that understood Kate, maybe I wouldn't and not return at all. Either way I'd have something more to do then dream about her and our seemingly impossible future together and stop embarresing myself in the attempts.

The door hissed open and I walked thru the huge landing to the familiar sight of the lab.



"You will be ready to leave in 5 minutes" Came the monotone voice.

"Computer, who sang the song Moon River?" I asked as I stepped into the lab and punched the locking controls to the door as it slid closed.

"Johny Mercer" The instant reply came.

"Change your voice tones to match his until I tell you otherwise, please" I instructed with a smirk.

"As you wish" Came the reply in the perfect male crooning voice and I laughed.

"Lift me to the surface when fully ready" I gave my final command and leaned back in the chair.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

I had wandered in a full circle and stood now back before the elevator.

"Damn him! He is NOT doing this to me!" I got into the elevator.

"COMPUTER!" I bellowed out irritated with this whole thing.

"Yes?" Came a male voice.

Male voice?

"Where is Adam?" I growled, my eyes narrowing a little as I stewed over the turn of events.

"Readying the lab for departure." Came the responce.

"Oh he is, is he? Take me to that level." My voice was hard a little, edgy as well, daring a inanimate object to defy me!

"As you wish." The elevator moved smoothly up and stopped with a little sweet chime.

"Show me the way." I ordered as I walked along. The voice came along with me, telling me where to turn and where I was.

"Kaitlyn is approaching the Lab." The voice warned Adam ahead of me.

I kept walking until the two glass double doors slid open and I seen Adam.

"Computer leave this room and do not record or listen in."

"You do not have authorization to order that. Only ..."

"Adam!?" I tapped my foot until he conceeded and ordered the same thing.

"Where are you going and why?!" I asked softly but the hard look on my face was all but sweet as i stalked towards him. I had something I wanted, NO needed to say and by damned he would listen!

Walking right up to him, I didn't let him answer me as I poked him in the chest with my finger.

"You can not just take off because you didn't like how tonight went! That is cowardly dammit! And so I said some things wrong! And maybe I did things wrong! It doesn't mean you have to go and leave me here alone!" I poked him again.

"I don't care if you don't want me! But at least have the decency to inform me that you are leaving!" I poked again, not even sure if I was making sense at all? A tear slipped down my cheek, I hated being angry, I hated being alone and I hated the whole idea of him leaving me here by myself too! Bratty or not, I was not going to tollerate it any longer.

"I wanted you the moment I laid eyes on you! Not because of anything more than what I seen in your eyes! My grandpa told me a person's soul is in their eyes.." I leaned closer to him, mine narrowing slightly as I growled at him in anger, "And I happened to like yours! But I was trying to be nice.. I was trying to give you space and time and MAKE SURE! what you felt was not some lusty meaningless romp! And don't you say a word!" I poked him again when his lips parted.

"I knew what I was doing at the pool, I was teasing you! And yes it was wrong of me and I shouldn't have done it! I am SORRY! OK?! But..." I was shaking a little with my temper and fear and so many other things, including his recent rejection of me.
"But .. I want to be wanted for me.. Not because I teased you.. Or because i am the LAST female on this fucking planet!" I didn't poke him that time, merely glared at him a second before turning away from him.

"You make your choice Adam.. And I do nothing... NOTHING you hear me?! Out of pity, you lout!" I turned and gave him another wilting stare. Hands on my hips a moment, I folded them under my breasts and started walking back the way I had come.
"I'll be in my room, soaking in self pity and whatever for being mad and such.. you know where to find me if you pull your head out of your ass for two seconds!"

Grumbling under my breath, I marched towards the elevator, angrily punching the button. "Where the hell did the elevator go?! Its not like there is someone else in this damned place!" I pushed it a few more times, the silence getting to me. I wondered if he had heart failure from my temper?

"God!" I did not want to feel badly about yelling at him like that! Not right now! I wanted to enjoy the temper before I kicked myself for a week over losing it.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

"Computer...Freeze all doors" It was the first thing that came to my mind as Kate had her say, then stalked off, a reaction that before the war I would have never thought of doing.

"You've had your say Kate, now it's my turn"

Walking towards her I felt the control slipping away from me and the lust for her I had felt replacing it, replacing and filling the empty hollow inside of me since Karen's death.

"I've done nothing wrong Kaitlynn, except maybe doing nothing to you. Showing you the respect and care as I wanted to be treated myself, wanting to know who you were before the obvious conclusion came. If we wanted the human species to continue eventually we would have to admit the physical aspects of it and lay together"

My hands were on her shoulders and for the first time I dropped the facade of being the naive young man, the innocent boy who didn't understand her intentions of teasing and the repercussions of it. And as her eyes widened I smiled, then nodded.

"I only wanted to love the woman I was going to spend the rest of my life with, love her for who she was before we made love...to be true to my heart and body"

Bending I kissed her then and let the pent up passion pass from me to her...and pulled back.

"To me it matters Kate, more than life itself to love someone...and never stop, because without it? Life isn't worth living"

The words said I looked at her, trying to place the fading picture of Karen over her features and failing, knowing that for a second time I had found the right person and perhaps lost her as well. What was worse? To never love and never feel the agony of losing that special person...or to let your heart soar in the bliss and then crash when it was torn away from you...

"I may be a virgin in body Kate...but I've always known what it meant to love someone"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Kaitlyn

A tear slipped down my cheek as I tried to avoid his gaze as long as possible. He wasn't having it and quickly captured my eyes, his hand lightly holding my chin, I felt another tingle go through me.

"I want the same thing.. I want to have babies with one man.. I want to be married forever.. Grow old together. Confide all my secrets to someone who will hold them safely to his heart for eternity.." I held his gaze steadily as possible.

"I wanted those things with you.. " I whispered, tip toeing up a little I kissed him lightly on the mouth but backed away.

"If you wish to go out and search for other survivors, I won't stop you. I will however miss you. And I understand what you want as well.. My question is, can you see us together in fifty years? Or am I not the ideal woman in your dreams? I can't handle heart ache any more than you can.. I guess using my body was easier than saying I love you... since we haven't known each other long, I did not think it would be possible.. " I flushed a little but steadily going on.
"If you never touch me in a sexual manner, I would still be content to be with you Adam.." I meant every word of it, my eyes poured out my heart and soul as I stood there, feeling more bare than if I had been naked.

 

[Garras Agudas]

Adam

The doors hissed shut and the hum of electric motors were heard as they worked to lift the weight of the mobile lab to the surface, below the lights in the center winked off one by one, the only sign of intelligent life the lights in a single main room.

"Take good care of the center" I spoke into the lab's microphone as way of a goodbye. "I'll be back when I find something worth returning with"

Minutes later the platform lurched and stopped, the glare of the harsh desert light cutting at my eyes before the automatic screens cut in and darkened the sight to a more acceptable level.

"Auto pilot on and head north by northeast, checking in with the center as long as possible." I spoke to the onboard computer and lifted myself from the chair. "Inform me of any life the minute the sensors record it"

Moving to my cabin I paused, running my hand over my hair and then my face, a seconds worth of doubt flitting through my mind over what I had done, and what I had left behind. The door hissed open and the lights gradually brightened, the vision before me erasing all doubts.

"I'm glad you accepted my offer to come with" I spoke and watched with adoring eyes as the figure in front of me let the sheet slide from her and revealing that was all she wore. "We'll have hours, perhaps days before any life is reported, enough time to..."


"Get to know each other intimately?" Kaitlynn finished for me, wearing nothing but an alluring smile and crossing the distance to me.
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As always SweetP a pleasure....it was a long and winding trail and I loved every twist

 

[Sweetp4u]

*sighs*

*sniffles* I love happy endings!

AS always a pleasure, thank you for writing with me and perhaps in the future we can find another tale or not. Until then happy adventuring GA.

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Sweetp