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QT:NW continues the official Spin Off for the Quaranteam universe originally created by CorruptingPower. You do not need to have read the original series to enjoy this one, but you really do need to start with Chapters 1-4 (I really suggest you read the original though, it's great!). Fans of the original should be pleased to know CP has approved the story and the continuity. In this chapter you can expect a reunion, a grocery run, a dead body and meeting a spy.
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I stretched, feeling several somethings in my back and shoulders pop, as I got out of the back of the nondescript black SUV and felt the gravel of the construction site crunch under my boots. The place was bustling since we'd arrived mid-morning, and I saw more than a few of the workers taking looks over at me and starting to talk to each other. The rumour mill must have been burning hard since Vanessa had gotten carted off in a military helicopter and flown away.
First things first, however, was to not unload two vaccinated-but-unbonded women into the middle of a construction site. I flashed a quick thumbs up through the passenger side window at whoever my driver had been - I'd never seen a face or heard a voice - and jogged up to the other vehicle and knocked on the passenger window.
Agent Sourpuss rolled it down a moment later, scowling at me from the driver's seat. "What?"
"I know you haven't been here for a bit," I said. "But if you drive around to the right over there you'll see our RVs and our little compound. Dropping the ladies off there would probably cause less of a, uh, scene."
I could tell she wanted to argue with me but knew I was right. Instead of answering she just stabbed her finger down on the window button beside her and closed it in my face, then pulled the SUV around and headed in the direction I'd pointed. I walked along behind, and we rounded the second big bunkhouse building that was looking just about finished now and headed towards our compound.
By the time Agent Sourpuss put the vehicle in park Erica and Ivy were already ducking out from behind the sheets hung between the corner of the RV and the storage container that we'd deemed the 'front door.' Leo and Danielle were right behind them.
I wanted to go to my women, but I held myself back and instead opened the rear door of the SUV. Inside I saw that Vanessa was sitting in the middle row bucket seat, and I leaned in and kissed her quickly before offering her a hand down.
"Don't go getting all chivalrous on me now, Harri," Vanessa grinned as she accepted my hand and swung out onto her feet. She looked back into the vehicle. "Come on, ladies. Leo's out here waiting for you."
The two women, practically swimming in their baggy, hooded coveralls and masked up to boot, unbuckled and started climbing between the seats. I, however, was suddenly a little busy as I was hugged from behind by a small form that could only be Ivy. Beside me, Erica was pulling Vanessa into a hug as well.
"I'm so sorry, hon," Erica said, squeezing the shorter woman tightly. "If I'd had any reasonable idea that this would happen-"
"It's fine, Erica," Vanessa said, squeezing her back and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Seriously. We'll talk about it, but I'm OK with it if you are."
"Hey you," I said in the meanwhile, turning at the waist to wrap my arm around Ivy's shoulder and hug her to me.
"Hello, mon amour," Ivy sighed. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, Ive," I said, and leaned down and gave the short blonde a quick kiss. The first of the women had reached the door of the car, and Ivy let me go so that I could offer her a hand down. All I could see of her were her eyes and the skin around them - she was white but tanned heavily, and had soft grey eyes that were flicking around.
"Let me help, miss," I said. She accepted, her gloved hand taking mine for a moment to step down, and I ushered her directly towards Leo and Dani. "This is Leo, and his better half Danielle."
"Hey," Leo scolded me playfully, giving me a little punch on the arm as he grinned.
"Hey, hon," Dani said, pulling the woman into a hug that seemed to surprise her.
I turned back and Erica was helping the next woman down - she was white and paler than the first, and had dark green eyes. Soon she was getting the same hugging welcome as the first from Dani, as Leo looked both a little bashful and a little excited.
"How about we head in and talk?" Erica suggested to everyone. "Ladies, Leo is my brother so I might be biased, but you're in good hands. And if he ends up sucking, then Dani's got you."
"Hell yeah I do," Dani chuckled, nudging Leo with an elbow.
"I wouldn't mind getting handled by either of you," the tan woman said through her mask. "God damn, girl. Your tits don't quit."
"Thanks for noticing," Dani grinned and winked. She took both women by the hand and started leading them into the compound. "Come on, let's get you two fucked and settled."
"Now that's one hell of a welcome offer," the other woman laughed.
I laughed a little too, hearing the two as Leo quickly jogged ahead to hold the fabric door open for them.
"Seriously, those two are gonna be something else," Vanessa said, shaking her head.
"You got to talk with them?" Erica asked.
"The whole ride here," Vanessa said. "Their names are Aria and India. Aria seems a little sweeter and the more rational one, while India is a hippy kid from hippy parents. They said they've been girlfriends for three years, and up until last year they 'worked' as sugar babies while Aria was finishing up her master's of communications."
"Jesus," Erica sighed with a rueful smirk. "They're going to eat Leo alive."
"Can one of you shut the goddamn door, please?" Agent Sourpuss called from inside the vehicle.
"Nice seeing you again too, Agent," I said, and slammed the door. As she pulled away I turned to my girls. My
three
girls. "Vanessa, I'm not sure what you need to do now?"
She sighed. "Well, I'm going to need to get my stuff from the motel, and catch up with my Dad. Last I talked to him he was still pissed but is happy I'm alright. Getting back to work will probably make him accept it all faster."
"You're going to live with us for sure?" Ivy asked, reaching over and taking Vanessa's hand in hers as she flashed one of her patented naughty grins.
"I am," Vanessa laughed and pulled the blonde into a quick hug, Ivy nuzzling her cheek against Vanessa's chest with a happy smile. "But, maybe let's take this conversation inside? There are about a hundred eyes staring at us right now."
I glanced over my shoulder and saw easily two dozen construction workers all lurch into motion at once, trying not to get caught staring. Another two dozen didn't even bother and kept watching. "Good idea," I said. "Ladies?" I gestured towards the RVs.
Inside our compound I quickly rearranged the chairs so that the three good ones, and one of the lesser lawn chairs, were arranged in a square for us to sit while Erica and Ivy went into the RV to grab the breakfast they'd prepared for us. Vanessa and I had both texted ahead to let them know we were on our way, and soon the four of us were sitting under the midmorning sun while my latest partner and I shovelled our faces with eggs, bacon and toast.
Vanessa and I had just started filling Erica and Ivy in on how things had gone at the Testing facility when we were interrupted by a very loud, very long moan from inside Leo's RV.
"Think that was a primer or an imprinting?" Erica smirked.
A second moan, higher pitch and shorter but just as loud, followed the first.
"Definitely la première," Ivy giggled.
So Vanessa and I told our parts of the story, trying our best not to get interrupted by the occasional shriek, laugh or moan coming from the nearby RV.