I'm ALIVE! Ok so it has been a very long time, I sort of forgot about my stories until I received an email recently. Sooo I am just going to wing it. My writing style changed a bit and damn it I refuse to see anymore of those painful typos. Enjoy!
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Drakul stared down at the damn fool he called friend. "Wake up you damn fool, your engine is making a new sound." He said adding, with satisfaction, an angry kick to Akira's naked ass. The blonde jumped up with a start.
"Wait, what happened? Where's Bria?" Aki looked around sleepily for the dark goddess but she wasn't in bed.
"Oh so you're abandoning your first love for a new girl, I'm beginning to pity her." D said with one of his rare grins. Ever since he found out Sera wasn't actually running from him he has felt just a bit cheerier. Who knows, maybe after he has finally had his hands on her he may actually end up happy, god forbid.
"Who? "
"Your engine"
"Oh fuck! Hold on baby daddy's coming!" he grabbed his jeans and hopped into them as he ran.
"....I do not care what anyone says, grown men should not be talking about machinery that way, even if that grown man was an engineer.
Back in the ships engine room Akira was working franticly to cool down the engine core. Thanks to their last run in with the Lindwrym last night. The second attack since they had first met the girls. Damn it as soon as he had this baby fixed he was going to have a word with THAT woman. Four nights in a row the woman leaves his bed. He let out a stream of curses when a burst of hot steam caught his hand. Sera and Bria could hear him from the deck.
"So, tell me, have you gotten over your need to marry Akira?" Serafina asked.
"Of course not, he's trapped, he just doesn't know that yet. How about you? The flower's lost some more petals."
"Still not any better...but now my dreams are getting worse." She let out a sigh.
"Dreams? Are you having nightmares?" Bria asked with concern,
"Worse....I've been dreaming about Drakul..."Serafina's face turned crimson.
"Oh well, those are goodies. Wanna share?" Bria teased.
"NO! I mean...no thank you......"
"Boring" Just as she spoke, Akira burst out if the engine room with a slur of curses the like of which, even Bria has never heard.
"That's IT I've had it! Drakul we're making a stop!" Aki called out.
D's head popped out from one of the cabin doors. "Where to then?
"The one place I swore I would never go again...we're going to Mesa's" With that he shut himself back into the engine room. Drakul actually burst into laughter. Not to many things made him laugh, but this was definitely one of them.
"Mesa? And who is this Mesa?" Bria asked Drakul with a twitch.
"Aki's ex wife." He continued to laugh.
"What?" Both girls turned to the dragon with shock.
"Apparently he married and divorced her before we met, but it's always amusing when those two cross paths again. If you want details ask him." With a grin, he turned back to his cabin room. This would also give him the chance to get some more cigs.
"Wait... Aki was married...before?" Bria stood there, trying to process what Drakul had said.
"...I'll go ask him. I think you may kill him if you do..." Sera said, while looking at her friends face. Before Bria could object, she slipped into the engine room.
Inside she could hear more of Akira's curses. She walked over to him carefully, avoiding any pipe or toolbox.
"Yeah, what is it?" He said in a tone almost identical to Drakul's.
"I wanted to ask you about this Mesa."
"Sera? Well I expected Bria, but not you." His tone softened a bit.
"She's a little ... numb at the moment. Would you mind telling me?"
Akira let out a sigh and sat down. "...well if you really want to know, I used to work for Mesa's father. He was a nice sorta fellow, always full of laughter. We worked on airships together."
Sera remained quiet as she listened.
"Mesa was a pretty girl, long blonde hair, bright brown eyes, and sweet deposition. What teenage boy wouldn't fall for her? It turned out she was a master at designing unique engines, which was another reason I fell for her. She and I designed this engine here."
"If you loved her so much, why did you divorce her?"
"...as soon as I married the girl, she kept trying to turn me into a respectable business man. She was never happy with the way I did things always saying I wasn't living up to my potential. We were too young to be married and we weren't right for each other at all. Unfortunately, if I can't fix this engine, only she can. I regret to say she had designed the center core without me and that's our problem here."
"So we need her to repair it, right? Will she?"
"At a price...oh lord this is not going to be a fun pit stop."
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It took two days to get to the seaside town of Tallinn; a pretty little port town that specialized in making airships and sea ships. They arrived at night and both men suggested waiting till morning before going to Mesa. Bria hadn't spoken to Akira yet and Drakul had been avoiding Sera due to, well, male frustration.
Sera had told Bria what Aki had told her and now all she could do was sit and wait. Bria had been depressed ever since, spending more time drinking then talking. She swore that she would find a better man then Akira Vasalini. What man had such a name anyway? She had asked her.
Sera turned over in her bed and looked at her friend. Bria wasn't happy, but the female hunter didn't have it in her to cry out her feelings. She just drank them in and moved on. Sera wondered how she was able to do that.
She forced herself to close her eyes and sleep. Tomorrow wasn't going to be fun for her friend or for Akira.
The little brownie waited for Serafina to go to sleep before slipping out into sight. He had been working on those dreams of hers for days now and caused the ship's engine failure to buy more time. Now he just needed to push the girl passed her limits. Let's see what dream it should be today...
Sera had spent most of the day cleaning the bastard's wounds. Why such an infuriating man affected her so much was beyond her. She had waited till he slept to care for the larger wounds, taking her time with them. At least while he slept she had the chance to really care for him. She moved to examine the wound on his chest and yelped when she was suddenly pinned down under him.
"Why is it that the only time I can bare you near me, is when you think I'm sleeping?" His face was inches from hers, his weight pressing heavily against her chest.
"Maybe because it's the only time you ever stop whining you big baby! Now get off of me." She started to squirm under him. Suddenly he pressed his lips against hers, sliding his large hands into her hair to steady her.
Startled, she let out a loud moan. Her fingers laced into the bed sheets and pulled at them each time his lips moved against hers. He deepened the kisses, slipping his tongue into her mouth. Moaning she drank him in. One of his hands slid up her leg, pushing her dress up passed her waist. She let out several moans as his hand touched bare skin.
"I think I finally realized the best way to tame you." he whispered against her lips.
"Tame me? What am I, a puppy?"
