Sapphic Chrome

After going over the plan, the time had come, Liara was to return the work she had done for the Organization, and scan Miss Kavanagh's genetic codes so that Persephone's techs can make pass cards. Liara preferred to be left out of the loop as to why, but she was more concerned with getting her friend back. How she would do that was still unknown. Now, Persephone, Liara, Darcy, Carise and Ike sat a few blocks from the Obelisk in Persephone's limo.

"Are you ready?" Persephone said to Liara.

"I... I guess so." Liara replied, suddenly very unsure of herself.

"You've got this Liara." Daphne reassured her. She sighed and opened the door.

"Here goes nothing." Liara said and climbed out of the vehicle. Carise followed her out into the street.

"Liara." She called her. Liara turned and smiled at the young woman.

"Hey." She smiled warmly.

"Hey, I just wanted to wish you good luck." She paused, "and give you this." Carise wrapped her arms around Liara and kissed her. Their tongues twisted around each other. Liara reached around and grabbed Carise's ass with her hand and squeezed it firmly. As their mouths separated, Carise whispered into Liara's ear.

"Come back to me."

Liara smiled and nodded to her. Reluctantly, she turned and headed off toward the Obelisk. Carise watched until she vanished around the corner and returned to the car. As she climbed in and sat, Persephone patted her knee.

"She'll be back, trust me."

"Liara's a tough one, she'll be fine." Darcy added.

Liara nervously walked down the block toward the Obelisk, dozens of pedestrians were hurrying around her as she kept a slower pace. The neon seemed somehow brighter, the light more... harsh. Her senses fired a of in hypersensitive mode. Her pulse raced as she-

Incoming message_

'Answer.'

'Miss Liara! Are you okay?'

'ALICE? I'm...okay. What's wrong?'

'I've been doing some reading, and I need you to stay away from the Obelisk and the Organization.'

'Need?' Liara stopped, ducked into a doorway and frowned. 'ALICE, what's going on? What do you mean?'

'I cracked the Organization mainframe and-'

'Cracked their mainframe?! ALICE, why would you do that? What if they trace your hack back to you?'

'Impossible.'

'Fine, but what's with your concern?'

'I found a file buried deep in their encrypted database... Something about Project: Daylight.'

'What was in the file?'

'It seems the Organization has designs on creating some sort of unnatural, natural disaster... then, while everything is in chaos, they would come in, use their extensive resources to "fix" things.'

'Okay...'

'Ultimately, they would seize control of the city and institute martial law.'

'What the fuck?! How could this even be possible? Do they have a time table?'

'I'm unsure how... and I haven't been able to find the window they are aiming for.'

'Okay...' she thought for a moment. 'Please, do not go back in, I will figure something out later.'

'Miss Liara?'

'Yeah?'

'When are you coming home? I wish to speak to you about a great many things.'

'I promise, I'll be home as soon as I can.'

'Very well.'

The connection ended. Liara stood in the doorway for several minutes, she was certainly in no hurry to face this terrifying place again, her anxiety began to overwhelm her. Trying to focus, she went over the plan in her head a hundred times, it seemed simple enough. She took a deep breath and continued to her destination. She rounded the corner and saw it. The huge black tower, well over a hundred stories, was surrounded by lower buildings and around that, a massive black wall with guard towers every fifty yards. It looked more like a prison than an office complex, and that gave it a brutal, intimidating appearance. She swallowed hard as she got closer, would she make it out? Would she-.

Message incoming_

What? I thought this was a dead zone!

"Read."

《Hey girl, nice to see you again.》

Liara looked around and after not seeing anyone familiar, she looked toward the guard tower ahead of her. There, she saw the fire- haired guard she met on her way out the last time she was here.

"Reply"

"Hey there, can you help me? I need to see Miss Kavanagh, but I don't remember where she is or how to get there." She lied. "Send."

She saw the woman nod as she got closer and sighed. She hoped having a connection would help her get in and out quickly. As she prepared to cross the street to the gate three Black Coats appeared from her left and startled her.

"Ma'am, please stay on this side of the street." One said in a commanding voice.

"Oh, I..."

"Please move along." Another said stepping in front of her, blocking her way.

"That's enough!" The red haired woman rushed across the street toward them. The men turned to address her, but their posture changed immediately.

"C- commander!?"

"Stand down." She told them. "This is Liara, she has an appointment with Miss Kavanagh."

"She does?" Another questioned her. "Why is she walking up?"

"Are you really questioning me?!" She growled at him.

"N-no ma'am!"

"Liara, this way." She gestured for her to follow her.

Sorry about that, we're trained to question everything and trust no one.

The woman "instant messaged Liara"

It's okay, they just startled me. By the way... commander?!

The woman just gave her a sly smile.

"They were a little..."

"Yeah, some of these assholes enjoy their power a little too much." She said as they crossed the street. "Wait here." She said and entered the guard house. Liara looked around nervously as the minutes ticked by. Finally, the woman emerged with a small chip and held it up.

"What's that?" Liara asked as she approached.

"It's a pass." She said, stepping close to the blue-haired woman. "May I?"

"Sure." Liara shrugged.

The woman stepped closer and swept Liara's hair back and away from her data ports behind her right ear. She gently pushed it in, her mouth very close to Liara's ear she could feel her breath.

"What do I call you?" Liara asked quietly.

"My name is Bellatrix, but most people call me Bella." She said and gave her a genuine smile.

"So... Bella?" Liara clarified.

"Please." She nodded.

"I'm trying to access that chip, and it's blocking me out." Liara said, concerned.

"Honestly, it just puts out a signal to tell all of the security measures inside the Obelisk that you have clearance." Bella explained.

"Oh, okay."

"Good, follow me." Bella said and headed into the grounds.

Liara saw all the same familiar sights as before; squads of Black Coats, patrol bikes, mecha, etc. Seeing all these war machines unnerved her. She began to realize that if the Organization wanted to, they could wipe out everything. She began to wonder what other weapons of war the Organization had hiding here in this massive complex. Looking around, she realized just how far the complex spread and was astounded.

"Stay close." Bella said as they approached the main doors. "Let me do all the talking."

Liara nodded nervously. Once inside, they passed an inordinate amount of security checkpoints, at which Bella exchanged words with the guards strained there, before arriving at a lift. They stepped on and Bella hit the top floor button, she also produced a key card from inside her coat and slid it in the device.

"What is that?" Liara asked.

"Basically, it's an express key. The lift won't stop on any other floor." Bella explained. They stood next to each other in silence, just watching the floor numbers go up, until Bella broke the silence.

"I'm glad you made it back, I was hoping to see you again."

"Oh? Honestly, I'm surprised you remember me." Liara replied.

"Remember you?!" Bella turned to her. "How could I not? You're hot as fuck!"

"I- uh... thanks." Liara blushed. Bella stepped in front of her and looked into her eyes. She gave the blue-haired woman a smirk and leaned toward her. Liara lips parted slightly, as if inviting her in. Bella pushed her lips against Liara's followed by her body pushing Liara against the wall. Their kisses were animalistic almost immediately. Liara was unprepared for just how aggressive Bella was, but she unconsciously welcomed it. Her hands found Liara's breasts and roughly squeezed them over her shirt. Liara's hand went to Bella's waist pulling her hips into hers. She was confused as to why she allowed this to happen.

This isn't right, she's literally forcing herself on me. I need this to stop right n-

Suddenly, Bella's hand slid down Liara's body to her belt and deftly opened her pants. Before she realized what was happening, Bella slid down her body down and tugged Liara's pants and panties with her. She squatted in front of Liara who now had her pants around her knees. Bella reached up and spread Liara open. She licked her lips when she saw how "receptive" Liara was. She looked up at her as Liara watched with nervous anticipation. Then, Bella buried her face in Liara's sex!

Liara bit her lip as Bella sucked and licked her like it was her last meal. Bella grabbed her thighs and moaned into Liara's sloppy wet womanhood.

"Ffff... fuck..." Liara groaned. As she felt an orgasm quickly grow inside her, she looked up at the door numbers rolling by. She wanted to cum before it was too late, so she laced her fingers in Bella's fire-red hair and pulled her hard into her. Bella moaned, vibrating Liara's clit and causing her to finally cum. She had given up thoughts of protest, and just let go.

"Oh fuck! Yes!" Liara tried not to scream as her orgasm shook her body uncontrollably. Her knees started to buckle, but Bella stood and held her up.

"I got you." Bella whispered in her ear as she held her close. As Liara let her orgasm pulse through her. Finally, she gathered her strength and caught her breath, Bella held her a few moments longer.

"That was... unexpected." Liara chuckled nervously as she pulled up her pants.

Why did I let that happen?!

"I hope that was okay, I was... hungry." Bella said as they both looked up at the floor numbers. "Just in time."

The doors to the lift opened to the familiar lobby Liara had been in previously. Bella escorted her to Miss Kavanagh's outer office.

"Liara is here to see Miss Kavanagh." Bella told the secretary. Liara was surprised that there were no guards this time. The receptionist waved her through and Liara cautiously pushed the door and entered Miss Kavanagh's office, leaving Bella behind. Liara was filled with mixed emotions about what had just happened, and if it was actually consensual (which she knew, it wasn't) or if she let it happen to calm her nerves.

Was that... rape? Even if I'm willing, but didn't actually give consent? Fuck, what's wrong with me?

"Ah... Liara!" Miss Kavanagh motioned her to come closer. Liara stepped to the front of the desk and set a chip on her desk.

"Is everything complete?"

"Yes." She replied nervously. Her body was rigid and on edge.

"Hmmm..." Miss Kavanagh picked up the chip and inspected it. After a tense few moments, Miss Kavanagh set it back down and smiled at Liara. "Very good! I'll have my techs analyze your work, but in the meantime." Miss Kavanagh drew a credit machine from a drawer and set it on the desk. She typed in some numbers and gestured to it. Liara held her wrist over it until it flashed green. A heads up display told her a large amount of credits were deposited in her account. It was indeed a very large amount of credits.

"There! All settled up." Miss Kavanagh smiled.

"Uh huh." Liara said as an additional message popped up on her HUD. The gene scanner successfully scanned the CEO. "Well, I'll be on my way."

"Wait a moment." The woman said. She sat in her large plush chair and looked for a long uncomfortable moment into Liara's eyes. Finally, she nodded. "We'll be in touch."

Liara wanted to ask about Arden, but she knew she'd never leave if she did, so she turned and as casually as she could, exited the office. Once she was in the lobby, she finally exhaled.

I need to get the fuck out of here!

Elsewhere, three figures crawled, painfully slowly, in the almost pitch black tunnels of the sewer line under the Obelisk.

"Hurry, we don't have much time." One figure said.

"We're probably already too late." A second replied.

"We have to try!" The third insisted.

They made their way to a large intersection in the sewer system, blessing them with slightly more light. The first figure turned to the second.

"Now where?"

They consulted a read out and then pointed at a small hatch in the ceiling of the room.

"Up." B said flatly. Her orange hair tied in a braid fell around her right shoulder.

"As long as we're out of this place." Hirst said. Her black body glove was like a second skin. Trimmed with green piping to match her green hair she anxiously moved toward the hatch in the ceiling.

"Okay, here we go," Bolt said, his mirrored visor reflecting his compatriots as he looked at each of them. His leather jacket feeling very constricting crawling though the narrow tunnels.

"Wait, I need to see if there's any security tied to it." B stopped him. She moved to the hatch and scanned it with her hacker console. A few tense moments later she breathed a sigh of relief. "All clear, but there's a shit load of electronic systems in the storage above."

"Alright." He said and pushed open the hatch.

Hirst nodded and moved quickly, scrambling up until the dark, gloomy room. B followed her with Hirst closing the hatch as Bolt emerged into the room. He looked around to see B already plugged into the computer console and working through the security protocols.

"How's it look? Are you going to be able to crack it?"

Hirst turned and held a finger to her lips, "Let her focus Bolt, she can do it." She whispered. Several minutes passed, B never looked up from her hacking unit, she bit her lip as her fingers flew across the micro keyboard.

Bolt leaned close to Hirst, "I can't believe she still uses a micro keyboard, I would think she would have the latest tech."

"Internal hacking software can be cracked entirely too easily," the orange-haired woman said, not looking up from the console. "I'd prefer to not have my brain hacked."

"Okay... so what's next.?" Bolt asked, getting anxious.

"So, the security system has a damper for any communication not synced to it. But, I have found a loophole and am sending you both the code. Install and run right away." B explained. A few moments later both Hirst and Bolt give B a nod.

"Good, I'm going to monitor from here, and I'll direct you two where to go."

"You're not going with us?!" Hirst asked, sweeping a loose strand of green hair behind her ear.

"No, I can monitor the entire complex from here, I'll keep you safe." She gave Hirst a slight smile.

"Come on, let's get this over with." Bolt grumbled. He looked over his shoulder at B who was looking down at her monitor with a finger held up.

"Go left a hundred and fifty feet. Then take another left." She paused for a moment. "Go!"

Bolt nodded and opened the door. Looking each way, he looked back at Hirst and hurried into the hall. Hirst followed close behind. The hallways were dim and quiet. Bolt noticed the security cameras shutting down moments before they were in range. They came to a stop at an intersection and glanced either way. After a moment, they crossed and continued quickly to their first turn. As they reached it, they slowed their pace a bit.

"Now what?" Hirst whispered.

'Third door on the right, duck in there for a moment.' B's voice crackled over their comms. After they closed the door, the two hid in dark corners of the room.

"B?" Bolt urged her.

"Hang on, there's four Black Coats headed in your direction. Just to be safe, I'm going to make it seem like the lock to that room is bricked. If they need to get in there, they won't be able to without a hacker or breaking down the door. " B explained.

A few moments later, four Black Coats marched past the door to the room they were in. They both held perfectly still, not even risking to breathe. After they had turned down another hall and their footfalls had faded away, B's voice came over the comm again.

"Okay, when you leave that room, make a right then a left. After about fifty feet the hall will open to a larger room. To your left will be a set of metal doors, through there you'll find a narrow hall with ten doors, five on each side."

"Got it." Bolt replied and motioned for Hirst to follow him. She nodded and followed closely behind him. They swiftly made their way to the double metal doors and paused. A soft clank and a short whine sound alerted them to the doors unlocking.

"You're good to go." B told them. Inside, after the doors were closed, Hirst took a deep breath and stifled a cough.

"What is that smell?!" She whispered, almost gagging.

"I don't know." Bolt replied. "B, what's next?"

"Fourth door on the right, I just unlocked it."

"It smells like... death." Hirst held a hand up to her nose.

"Right." Bolt replied. Opening the door, it was only lit by a single spot light. On the floor, illuminated by the light was a tattered mound of... something. They carefully stepped in and as they got closer, it moved! Hirst, stepped close and kneeled next to it. She gingerly put a hand on it and whispered.

"Arden? Hey, it's Hirst and Bolt."

A faint groan emanated from her dry, cracked lips. She turned her head and looked up at her friend with her one good eye. Hirst gasped as she beheld the damage Arden had suffered. Her "good"eye was black and blue and nearly swollen shut. Her jaw was slack and seemed to be loose on one side! Her cybernetic arm had been blown off and her flesh and bone arm laid across her lap, obviously broken in more than one place.

"H-Hirst?" Arden's voice was weak and barely audible.

"Yes, Bolt is here with me. We're here to get you outta here." Hirst said with a sympathetic smile. Bolt appeared at her side.

"We need to get out of here Hirst." He remarked, glancing over his shoulder at the door.

Arden painfully rolled from her side to her buttocks. She looked up at her friends, as she started to speak, she broke into a hacking cough. She spit up blood and frowned and it.

"I-it's hopeless, I can't walk. You shouldn't have come." She reached up and tapped the emp lock attached to what was left of her left shoulder. "I'm not going anywhere with this...on me."

Hirst narrowed her eyes and observed the lock for a moment. Then, she dug into a small pouch at her hip. She produced a long slender rod and lined it up in the center of the lock. She pushed it in and moved it around. Twisting it and tilting it she finally got it in the right spot and shoved it further in. A faint click and the lock slid away. Almost immediately, Arden's internal computer and cybernetics began to boot up. The purple-skinned woman winced in pain.

"Sh-shit!" She grunted, "All my systems are corrupted."

"What do we do?" Hirst asked.

"P- pull my pants down."

"What?!" Bolt stood up.

"Relax cowboy... Hirst, just pull them down to my knees." Arden struggled to direct her. Hirst nodded and pulled her pants down. As they reached her knees, Hirst saw where her biological legs ended and her cybernetic ones began. Her purple skin was darkened with bruises and trauma.

"On... my..." Arden broke into a coughing fit. With blood trickling out of her mouth she tried to speak again. "On my right hip, there's three red buttons... push them all at once."

Hirst nodded, reaching around, she found the buttons and pushed them. A metallic scrape and her legs slid off!

"Bolt, come pick her up, we need to get moving." Hirst said. Bolt scrambled to her side and scooped up Arden in his arms.

"Come on!" He said with a grunt. "Let's get the fuck out of here!"