Normally Sid enjoyed being out of patrol even if Kal and Jag weren't there. Since Jag had taken on General duties and Kal had been doing more work with the tech teams, Sid had taken over as the patrol leader. It came with a few extra duties but all in all, for Sid it was more of the same and meant he got to get out of the Ark and do what he had trained to do.
That all changed when Emma turned up though. How he found himself loathing the idea of leaving the Ark for long periods of time especially if it meant that he wouldn't have any communication with her. At least, that's what he thought.
He didn't know if Jag's plan to fixed his fuck-up would actually work but Sid could hope. Emma had every right to quit and then some and if this was any other person Sid would have let happen without even blinking but this was their female. Emma was the one that the goddesses had blessed them with and right now it seemed Jag was doing everythin
After the email incident, Jag dismissed Camille for the day, leaving Camille to wander back towards the apartment feeling out of sorts and exhausted from the range of emotions she had endured. She was starting to think that it wasn't her acting strangely but rather Draygonian males had a very intense influence on those around them, especially women.Just when she thought she was done socialising for the day though, she heard someone calling her "name'' as she was fishing her keys out of her bag."Oh hey, Tina." She mustered up a smile as the tall woman approached her. "Are you looking for Charlotte?""Oh no," the brunette laughed softly. "I was actually on my way to run some errands when I saw you and wanted to say hi. Is everything okay? You look a bit frazzled there.""Oh yeah, work has just been a bit full on." Camille replied.Or rather my boss has
"Y-you're here." Camille blurted the words out before she could help herself, her cheeks reddening in embarrassment. "I mean, I was about to head out but is everything okay?""Yes, your date with Kal." Jag replied. "The dresses are being delivered tomorrow and we will only have a few hours to choose a suitable one. Will that be okay with you?"Camille blinked in surprise. Had Jag really come all the way here to let her know that the dresses would be available? What was perhaps even more surprising was that he had actually asked how she felt about something. It was enough to send her thought process into a jumble. She didn't know what to say or how to react. It didn't help that remnants of her dream were still lurking at the edges of her mind and seeing Jag in the flesh was only fuelling the dying embers of her arousal back to life. She swallowed against the invisible lump in her throat trying to find something to say.
Kal had still been wide awake when the soft tone of the doorbell chimed. Beside him Emma stirred but didn't wake up, her hands curling around the duvet she cuddled to her. He had been watching her sleep since she dozed off beside him but hadn’t been able to fall asleep himself. Their date had been a lot of fun. Kal had taken Emma to the top of one of the towers in the Ark which gave them a view of the whole city while also protected by hundreds of tonnes of glass and steel. The whole area had been turned into a garden of sorts mostly consisting of species from Draygon. Emma had been fascinated by the different flowers, especially the bioluminescence of some species which had glowed with an ethereal beauty in the darkness. But despite their good time, Kal hadn't forgotten what they had talked about at the beginning. It was obvious that Emma was becoming more and more receptive to all three males but it was only causing her stress be
When Jag had mentioned the evening gowns, Camille had assumed there would only be a couple and basic at that. What she found in Jag's immaculate room was a clothes rack almost collapsing under the weight of all the dresses currently hanging from it. Sequins, pearls and gems sparkled in an array of colours while silk, satin and various wads of tulle had melded into some giant cloud of fabric.Soft pinks, sultry blacks, elegant golds and rich reds were lined up waiting to be examined and slipped on. Just one of the dresses had to cost more than what Camille earned in a month and just being in the same room as them was intimidating.This had to be a mistake.Turning on her heel, Camille left the bedroom and sought out Jag. He was still very shirtless in the kitchen, his flaming eyes focused on his tablet while the coffee percolator gurgled away filling the air with the scent of coffee.
"How many fingers am I holding up?""Three.""Okay, and what day is it?""Wednesday."The Draygonian medic withdrew from Camille and turned to his computer to make a few notes letting a tense silence settle in the examination room. Camille didn't recall how she got to the medical floor but when she woke up, the pain was gone and she was wearing a hospital gown. So far the only people she had seen were the medic and a nurse. While they were friendly enough, the whole thing had her on edge and she desperately wanted to go home where she would feel safe. She didn't even know if anyone knew she was here. Well, Jag obviously knew but what about Charlotte?Since waking up Camille had been subjected to a series of tests and examinations with little explanation as to what had happened. She had been sitting on the edge of the bed as tense as a springboard, un
Sid didn't think he had ever been as happy to see the Ark as he was now. Then again, this was the first time he was returning to base since finding his female. It had been an exhausting patrol no thanks to the ambush and the clear up following that. They had tried to track down the members of the cell that had escaped but they were like ghosts and had disappeared without a trace. It hadn't been a complete bust though. They had managed to apprehend a few of the men left behind to try and slow the soldiers down. They had also been able to salvage some evidence which they hoped would help determine if the terrorists were planning any attacks either on the military or on civilians. It appeared that the drama hadn't been on just the battlefield though. He had received word that things had been unsettled back at the Ark as well. Naturally Jag had told him about Emma's visit to the hospital but also what she had said about the Isis
Come Friday morning, Camille was determined that life got back to normal. She had never been one to feel sorry for herself and she wasn’t about to let her friends and boss treat her like some fragile statue made of glass. Sure, it had been a terrifying ordeal bleeding from her eyes and feeling like someone was trying to open her skull with a buzz-saw but the doctor had pretty much confirmed it was probably stress or an infection. And it was no surprise that she was stressed, not that Camille wanted to address why her body might now be weakening under the years of emotion and physical torture. She had promised herself that she wouldn’t fall victim to her memories now that she was safe. She had a good job after all and some friends. How easy would it really be for Nathan to find her in a city like New York? She wasn’t even going by her own name. I will always find you, no matter where you hide. You’re mine, baby, and I’d fu
Camille was both stunned and slightly intimidated by the question posed to her by Jag. For a few moments she sat silently contemplating the slight surrealness of the moment whilst Jag tucked into his meal calmly as if he had all the time in the world and that the dozens of urgent and important tasks he had could in fact wait. It felt oddly normal; far from the usual tension between them. Jag even appeared to be in a good mood despite being away for god knows how long.But then there was the fluttering sensation of not wanting to make a fool of herself in front of a Draygonian while talking about his world and his culture. The fear squirmed like an eel in Camille's stomach making her shifted in her seat."Not much else." Camille attempted to play down her knowledge so as not to embarrass herself. "I know that your planet isn't that different from ours in terms of being carbon based. There is one continent sized land mass but there