Radiance Ch 84

Chapter 84: Hostile Negotiations.

As Raymond walked he couldn't help but think how fearsome of an image not only his team but their now Roaming Ronin allies cut, twenty-odd super mutants along with a Claw and some heavily armed humans, not to mention a little alien who was currently riding along on Jack's shoulder apparently lost in a deep conversation with the big gruff looking super mutant.

Raymond couldn't help but smile at the surreal sight of the two as mismatched as they were, one a giant super mutant with muscles in places that Zixxy simply didn't even have places who could turn a human into a paste with a single punch and her a little green alien girl who could turn your mind inside out with nothing more than a simple thought and given that knowledge had created a kinda of mutual respect between them.

"So you are telling me you were asleep but fully awake inside that tube for over two hundred years?" Jack exclaimed as he looked at Zixxy and she nodded.

"Yes, it is an odd thing to explain but the best way would be to describe it as a kind of lucid dream where you are aware and able to interact with the world though in my case only with my mind, I spent so much time searching for a glimmer of hope a light in the dark as it were that I was begining to think I would never find it and that I would be stuck in that place for eternity, but then I found it, a single soul that shone brighter than the sun in the dark, I found Seven and his team, it was like looking at a galaxy, a bright sun surrounded by beautiful planets all orbiting it caught in its gravity well and all bonded together, I not only felt his power and his drive but I felt his passion and his love, it was truly beautiful I have to say, it changed me, he changed me, I simply just knew that this was the one who would not only save me but would take me with him into the future and now look at me," she said doing some very wide gestures with her arms to emphisie her point.

"From what you all describe this guy as it's like you are talking about some goddamn prophet or something," Jack said glancing at Raymond.

"Well honestly you aren't wrong, he kinda is in a way, I mean look at what we've all achieved together and it's all thanks to him, he's the glue that's bound us together, he was the first to simply cast of the shackles of the old world and it's a society in favour of trying to build something new where all are equal and are important when he declared his love for Visa he showed us what was possible and now the pair of them continue to push us forwards and as we go more mini miracles keep happening, I mean look at Riss and Runs there the pair of them are together because of him but not only that but they got married in front of Runs entire village hell his own chief did the ceremony a whole village of humans married one of their own to a Nightstalker girl and proudly so, that's just one of the many stories blossoming around him," Raymond said and Zixxy nodded.

"Beautiful Raymond speaks the truth take me as an example I am a proud and noble Claw of the proud Northen pack, a pure-blooded Claw but I am hunting that beautiful man and I WILL capture him and make him mine and when I do there will be another proud couple to add to the growing interspecies pack that we are building," Lia said proudly while pointing at Raymond who blushed deep green.

Jack roared with laughter and even Zixxy chuckled to herself, "Gotta love the Claw girls Raymond, you know exactly where you are with them because they sure as bloody hell do not hold back, kinda refreshing I gotta say, no games, no fucking about, just I want you and I'm gonna make you mine, lucky bastard," Jack said with a grin and Raymond even noticed the others behind him all nodding.

Lia gave Raymond a toothy grin and puffed out her nicely ample chest, "See? He gets it, I am pleased to see that super mutants and honourable Claws can indeed understand each other's motives," Lia said nodding her approval.

"Pretty hard to miss your motives big girl, you're pretty damn clear on them now all we need is for Raymond to pull his big green thumb out of his equally big green arse and make an honest Claw out of you," Jack said shooting a grin between the two.

"I have always been an honest Claw!!" Lia snarled angrily swishing her tail and rounding on Jack who screeched to a halt as he now came face to face with the angry Claw girl.

"Sorry big girl it's just a human expression its not meant to offend, it simply means that a married or in this case mated girl and indeed boy is a dedicated one, no hunting about just one man and one girl, simple," Jack said explaining it and Lia looked at Zixxy on his shoulder who was nodding away with him.

"He speaks the truth, Lia," she said.

Suddenly a little voice drifted through the back of his mind like a lazy cloud on the breeze, "Kiss her," it said.

Lia let out a humph noise and then deflated a little, "Very well then I accept your apology," she said and Raymond decided fuck it the voice was right, it was time to indeed pull the big green thumb out of his big green arse.

Striding forwards Lia had just enough time to turn before he grabbed hold of her horns and completely out of the blue pressed his lips to hers freezing the large Claw girl in a place like a troll in the sunlight.

What escaped her was not a very Claw like noise at all, it was a half 'Eep' half squeak with a little strangled purry growl thrown in there for good measure.

Raymond was actually amazed at how incredibly soft her lips truly were, he'd held been expecting them to be as tough as the rest of her scaly hide but they simply weren't they kinda felt like luxurious soft leather against his own.

When he parted from her Lia stood there with her tail whipping about instantly showing Raymond what Claws meant when they called each other a crazy tail because it appeared that her tail had indeed gone crazy.

"There, are you happy now? Yes, Lia is beautiful, yes Lia is strong and deadly, yes Lia is so fucking far out of my league can anyone here fucking blame me for being confused as to why in the name of God's scorched earth she would look at fucking me in the first place?" Raymond said turning to look at all of the amazed group.

"Wow, my dude fucking wow, if I hadn't just seen that with my own two eyes I'd have never fucking believed it, a super mutant kissing a fucking Claw and not losing his face," Jack said sounding rather impressed.

That's when Lia seemed to snap out of her kiss-induced stupor and shook her head though given her tail was still going ninety to the dozen she kinda looked like an oversized scaly dog shaking itself dry.

"Come here you! No beautiful male is going to steal a kiss from me and get away with it!" she yelled and Raymond turned just in time to have his head grabbed in some very large powerful Claw tipped hands before being yanked forwards and feeling Lia's mouth smash to his own, only this time her lips parted and forced her rather long tongue right into his mouth.

Now it was Raymond's turn to make a startled eep noise while feeling Lia's tongue not only tying his up in knots but tasting every single one of his teeth, it was like having a foot of slimy hot Claw flesh in your mouth making your cheeks bulge and your eyes water.

When they finally parted Lia pressed her forehead to his so his head sat right under her horns and she looked right into his eyes, "You are mine now pretty one, you belong to me, if another female so much as looks at you I will skin her alive and wear her hide as a loin cloth, you will know the truth of Claw love and loyalty in it's truest form and I expect nothing less in return," she growled and with that she grabbed hold of his hand and began to walk alongside him pulling him along by the hand as Raymond played about a billion scenarios in his mind's eye all at once.

"Nice work," a little voice said into his mind and he glanced at Zixxy who was smiling at him broadly.

"Umm thanks," he thought so as to not say it aloud and her smile widened.

"Not a problem and I do not doubt that you will treat her right but just make sure that she does not push you too hard, I can easily see how happy and excited Lia is but as I am sure you are aware that can make Claws rather......forceful if left unchecked, if she pushed you into something that you are not happy with or uncomfortable with it will not only break your heart but her's too, she is trying so incredibly hard to impress you it is very pleasant to see, but ensure that your boundaries are clear to her Raymond," Zixxy said.

"I will and thank you for the push, I kinda needed that," he said and she nodded.

"I know and you are welcome," she said smiling warmly.

"For what it's worth I hope Seven can find you, someone to mend the wounds you've suffered," he said silently through his mind and she nodded.

"That indeed makes two of us my big green friend," she said softly.

A couple of hours later they were still walking and Lia had not once let go of Raymond's hand, her grip was as strong and confident as the moment she'd taken hold of it, as they'd been walking he'd noticed that every so often she'd been glancing at him as if to make sure he was still there and hadn't pulled a Seven pillow trick and telekinetically slipped a pillow into her hand while making a break for it.

This kinda made him smile because it showed that Zixxy was right, under all that Claw bravado and confidence was still a young woman who was trying her hardest to not only find her feet in this world same as him but also to show everyone that she could do this, she could be what everyone expected her to be.

It really was kinda endearing because it showed Raymond that she really was no different to him, different species yes, different gender, check, but at the end of the day still a sentient being with the same hopes, dreams, wants, needs and indeed fears.

So he tightened his grip on her hand to show her that not only was he not going anywhere but that where he was going he was taking her with him most decidedly willingly.

Finally, they reached the edge of the Avian territory and they only knew that thanks to both a warning from Zixxy and a rather unsubtle sign post they found that had what had obviously once been a raider nailed to it that boldly declared that trespassers and thieves would be punished for their transgressions.

"We are being observed," Zixxy said suddenly sending a chill down Raymond's spine.

"Really how can you tell?" he asked feeling kinda stupid as he said it.

"I can feel them, there's a group of four scouts just up on that ridge line in the distance, they have been watching us since we entered the flat lands that lead here," she said.

"Let them know we see them too and we wish to talk, that we mean them no harm and will wait here respectfully for them to send an envoy," Raymond said making Zixxy nod her head.

A couple of moments later she turned to look at them, " I think I scared them a little, I do not believe there were expecting to be seen let alone spoken to but they have agreed to speak to their superiors who will decide whether to send an envoy or not but they will let us know either way and they thank us for being respectful of their territory," she said.

"Alright then looks like we play the waiting game now then, let's set up camp over there in that old house and we will wait for a response, Zixxy let them know where we are and then keep yourself tuned to their frequency or whatever it is you do with that telepathy thing of yours," Raymond said first pointing to the old semi-ruined house and then turning his attention to the little alien girl who nodded in response.

"Do us a favour Lia if you do feel the need to bounce your scaly arse all over Raymond here do it downstairs or in the basement or something as I really don't want to put crushed by a horny claw who fell through a ceiling while riding a mutant down on anybody's gravestone," Jack said grinning at Lia who simply growled at him.

"No promises, Claw desire cannot be contained it must be wild and free as the Claw themselves," she said proudly making both Raymond and Jack groan while the others simply chuckled.

The team quickly got set up in the house and it was very quickly obvious to Raymond that there simply wouldn't be any room for any kind of privacy let alone passion as the house was kinda small, not that he doubted for a moment that would stop a determined Claw hell he'd been living with Seven and Visa for a long enough and had seen them carry off their lover enough times to know that a horny Claw is a determined Claw, though when you saw a human carrying full sized alpha female claw over his shoulder you knew your world had turned upside down.

Though it seemed that Lia had at least respect for the others as well as Raymond's need for privacy for such things because to be fair to her she didn't try to pull him away, though she did plant her ample rear end in his lap and coiled herself around him when they sat down for a meal.

As Raymond felt the two large orbs of scaly feminine beauty plant themselves on his thighs before spreading out as her considerable weight applied to them he found himself for the very first time thanking god for his mutant conversion, because had he been a normal human he was under no doubt he would very likely need a leg transplant right about now.

But thanks to his massive mutated muscles he was easily able to hold her weight without it being any form of a struggle, yes sure she was still kinda heavy but then she was a couple of hundred pounds of densely packed muscle wrapped up in a delightful scaly hide, so that was kinda to be expected but thanks to him being a mutant he was was actually a match for her in the strength and weight department so no need to treat her like she was made of glass.

Lia seemed insistent on feeding him his food which while embarrassing as hell was actually kinda nice as well as useful as he couldn't exactly reach around her to do it himself, though there was something kinda surreal about being fed a steak by an over-amorous Claw girl.

Though the most interesting thing he saw was the looks he kept seeing out of the corners of his eyes coming from his brothers, he might be misreading it but he could have sworn he saw quite a few envious glances at them.

Though Raymond's biggest struggle for that night was the fight against the erection that was fighting his willpower to raise and alert the big Claw girl planted on his lap as to exactly what kind of effect the two scaly orbs of feminine joy squirming about on his lap were having on him.

It was a struggle and a half as Lia's rear end was truly sublime and even as they'd been trekking more than once Raymond had found his eyes drifting over to the big Claw girl's back to roam over her curves and her muscles.

It truly amazed him that someone so different to him could not only be so attractive but also so delightfully feminine, she had curves in all the right places and even her walk seemed to have an odd sensuality to it because her hips seemed to roll in perfect time with the swish of her long sensual tail, he now perfectly understood why both Seven and even Gregory had described a Claw's walk as hypnotizing.

The other thing was the heat radiating from her lower half, it seemed that Caw blood was as hot as flame as directly under her tail and between her legs, a heat so powerful that he swore he could have roasted brahmin kebabs on it was radiating down into the tops of his thighs and more specifically down onto his own crotch, it seemed that all that bum wiggling had been very deliberate as Lia had perfectly aligned herself with him.

As powerful as his willpower was it was safe to say that it was a battle that Raymond was always destined to lose though to be fair he had a very worthy opponent so losing was not exactly a dishonour just a little embarrassing as Raymond was not exactly good at this kind of thing given he had exactly the square root of zero in terms of experience.

It was safe to say that Lia did not miss a thing and especially not that, hell she didn't even miss the fact that his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was trying to burst its way into her chest.

The moment she noticed was also painfully obvious as she turned her large handsome horned head to look at him and he saw her pupils narrow into slits while a large sly smile broke out on her face, he also felt the very slow and torturous grinding that she began to do on his lap that while almost inpacivable to everyone else was painfully obvious to him.

She leaned in close to his ear, "If we did not have an audience and there was a chance of privacy here I would be making very good use of that part of you beautiful one, I would show you exactly why you chose correctly when you chose to accept my hunt and I am very glad to see that my reward is as proud and beautiful as its owner, or I should say former owner because now it belongs to me, just like the rest of you," she purred so very softly that only he heard it, well at least he thought so until he saw the very warm smile that was stuck to Zixxy's face, that little alien girl really didn't miss a trick.

As sod's law would dictate it was at that moment that the Avian envoy and their delegation chose to arrive as their arrival was signalled by one of their sentries who gave a shrill whistle into the building to alert them that they had company.

"Oh fucking typical," Raymond cursed under his breath as he tried in vain to imagine an old fat man in a nappy doing a fan dance along with any other boner-removing imagery he could summon to him in order to make his Claw-induced erection to fuck off as Lia slid her truly incredible arse off his lap but not before making things infinitely worse for him by choosing her angle of exit very carefully as to flick her tail up just right so that the view he got chased every image he had from his mind.

So walking like he'd broken his leg and it was currently jammed into a splint Raymond got creative with the placement of his weapon as he clambered to his feet and headed for the door with the rest of his team.

Before he got out an idea struck him and he placed a hand on Zixxy's little shoulder and she glanced up at him, "Find us an edge," he said and catching his meaning she nodded.

"I will do my best," she said and he patted her shoulder, he got the distinct feeling the little alien's abilities were going to be instrumental in pulling this off as to be fair it was a fucking long shot at best.

As they all walked out Raymond instantly spotted the Avian delegation who were all stood about fifty meters off and were all heavily armed and spread out, there appeared to be about ten of them with the eleventh being their envoy and was also the only one of the group who wasn't visibly armed.

"Fuck," Raymond cursed realising that in order to show good faith he was going to have to disarm as well, fortunately his swelling was starting to subside as his nerves had managed to make it lose interest now.

He unslung his weapon and handed it to Jack who looked confused for a moment before nodding as he realised what he was doing, he took the weapon and slung it over his shoulder as he was still holding onto his own gun.

"Be careful kid," he said Raymond smiled.

"Don't worry about me if they are stupid enough to shoot at me then I'm pretty sure they are going to find out that Lia is a lot more dangerous than she looks which is really saying something," he said with a smile.

"Damn fucking right they will, no-one shoots at my beloved one and lives to gloat over it, I will pluck them all alive," Lia snarled in a low tone.

As Raymond approached he could see the envoy was a male who seemed to appeared to be related however distantly to an owl by the shape of his face and beak, he could also see that he did have every interesting wings that seemed to be part of his arms which by the shape of them were dual purpose.