I lay with him after

Jennifer just nodded, knowing when to drop something. To know her place. Especially when it came to the older woman. "Yeah." and the topic was dropped. What she wanted to ask was if Jadis was okay. If she needed to talk about it. But the other was right, there was nothing to discuss.

Jadis was slowly becoming a higher rank than her and it started to be more complicated than just companionship. Unfortunately, Jen knew what it was to kill someone. Too well, in fact. Those that had found out too much about the CRM, and also before during her tour of Afghanistan as a young, twenty-something Marine.

But it really was eating at her, how distraught Jadis had been in the utility closet. She was clearly spooked and that was the only time they would have been able to talk about it. "Well." trying to appease her earlier request. "Let's see what we can do to take yer' mind awff' of it?"

Jen blinked, getting up from her seat and peered around for the remote to the stereo, finally finding it. She picked it up from the table and hit play. "Dance with me." stopping in front of her and holding out her hands.

She raised an eyebrow as she watched Jennifer. Jadis couldn't tell if Jennifer was going to try and get her to talk, or if she was going to let it go. There was hope for the second option. Because honestly, she really didn’t want to fight about it, let alone discuss it. Jadis took another sip and waited to see what Jennifer would do.

Tilting her head slightly, she watched Jennifer get the remote and the music started. Ever so curious as to what she had in mind, but grinned at the realization of what it was. Thoughts of earlier in the closet danced in her head and she grinned. Jadis wasn’t usually the one to dance or anything, but she smiled softly and took Jennifer’s hands into hers and stood up.

“I don't usually dance.” She chuckled. Jennifer was pulled to her and she smirked. “Hell, the last time I danced, I think it was prom.” She said as she somewhat moved to the music. @scarfacewastaken

Jen stopped at her own apartment, eating an early lunch and fixed her military bun from the mess it had become in the closet. Finally, she headed to Jadis's place and rapped her knuckles on the door lightly in a knock. When the woman greeted her with a glass of alcohol in her hand, her eyebrows just arched.

"Guess it's five o'clock somewhere." she mused with a chuckle.

At Jadis's beckoning, the brunette stepped inside. Jen headed to the sofa and she took a seat. Her expression held concern. Waiting for the door to close, she had to now choose her words carefully. "You want to tell me what happened earlier?" knowing that the other was not a big talker. She was more action and short words, but every once in a blue moon, they could have conversations.

And they could confide in each other, like confidantes. As long as it didn't put the organization in jeopardy of course. And even then, it seemed like Jadis gave her special treatment for things most soldiers wouldn't get away with.

Perhaps it was Elizabeth's nepotism, or even hers and Jadis's companionship. Either way, it was something. The thoughts were spinning around in her head. Jennifer was no fool, she knew that some serious shit happened around the CRM and everyone always looked the other way.

“What is there to tell Jennifer?” She asked as she ran a hand through her short hair. “I killed someone, Because Beale told me to, I did a job simple as that.” She said. She was trying to sound cold and as if she wasn't bothered. But the truth if the matter was. She was, she was barely holding it together and she really didn't wanna talk about it.

In the end, Mallick trained her. Whatever Anne did, as much as it was unfair, the blood would be on her hands as well. Jennifer gulped silently, trying to mentally piece together exactly what had happened. No body. That meant no evidence. But a reclamation team in their own complex, that was some shady ass shit.

A sigh of relief was exhaled from her lips when the other starting to gather herself thanks to her trying to knock some sense into Jadis. "Yeah." Jennifer trailed her words off, still staring at her in complete disbelief. "The funny thing is? Are you tryna' convince me you had to? Or are you tryin' to convince yourself?"

Damn, sometimes her words could be too poetic for their own good. Perhaps that was more of her father's doing than anything. He had rubbed off on her despite neglecting her for her entire childhood and then croaking on the poor girl. Cancer. That would explain the abandonment issues and the need to fill her emptiness with toxic relationships.

Quick. For some reason, it was hard to believe Jadis. If it was quick, than how was it that messy? Jen decided not to push the subject, seeing as the entire scene was disturbing as it was. But there were so many questions she wanted to ask. Starting with, what the hell was wrong with you?

"Right." using this time to try to calm the other down. Jen took a deep breath and looked up at the taller woman. She found a towel on the supply cart and handed it to her. "Wipe awff' what'chu can, I'll cover for for 'chu if anyone asks."

When Jennifer went to open the door, she stopped her. “Come find me when you're free.” She said and smiled weakly. She finally made her way out of the door and down the hall. She did her best to keep away from the others that she past and finally made it back to her apartment. She went inside and quickly started to get undressed. Seeing the blood on her, she took a deep breath and made her way to the bathroom to take a shower.

Once she was out if the shower and cleaned up she made her way to the kitchen and poured herself a drink. She took a deep breath and down it in one gulp before she poured herself another one. She heard the door being knocked on and she made her way to the door. She opened it up and nodded as she saw Jennifer. “Come on in.” She said before she walked away and sar down drinking from her glass. @scarfacewastaken

When they were fighting the dead and trying to recreate the earth. By saving people. Or so her brain was conditioned to think. Was this a cult? Suddenly fear and doubt bubbled up inside of her. "Yer' shaking." seeing right through Jadis's bullshit. And then when she kissed her, Jen pulled away nearly knocking over a broom in the closet.

Why was Jadis's move always to try to fix things with sex? Every single time she wanted to get out of something, that's the card the trickster always played. Mallick wasn't having it. The older woman was covered in someone else's blood. And it wasn't exactly shocking for the CRM. People disappeared. People were disposed of. But this was too out of the ordinary.

"Anne. Stop." Jen batted her hands away from her form. "Get yer' shit together." trying to get her own bearings in the process. Inside, she was screaming. "Don't let anybody see 'chu like this. Clean up. Hide it."

A beat.

“Right… you’re right, I'm sorry.” she said shaking her head a bit running her hand through her short haircut. "Major General Beale gave me a job. Had to kill someone in the east barracks. “ She said as she looked down at Jennifer. A frown was on her face, actually showing emotion. “I made it quick… tried to. Had no choice. ”

She knew that the CRM was all about this. And this surely wouldn't be her last. But this was one she was actually shaken by. She glanced at her hands and then looked around the closet before she looked at Jennifer. “I had to do it, you know I did.” she said again she was shaking but Jadis was trying to keep it together. “The body was handled Beale already sent a team to clean it up.” she said. “I..I should get back to my place.. Shower.” still staring at her hands. @scarfacewastaken

In all honesty, she just wanted to get up on the debriefing table and yell at them that if they kept killing people, there would be no future left to work for. But no. Jennifer kept silent. The good little soldier. Taking orders and not asking questions. Even if Elizabeth could see she was dying to cause trouble.

All it took was one stern look and the younger Kublek just averted her eyes completely. Finally, the torture was over. Everyone adjourned this God awful meeting and filed out of the room. Mallick made sure she was the second one out, right behind her mother. The first one would be too eager, and the last one would be too suspicious. Second was always best.

As soon as everyone cleared out, she felt herself being yanked into a darkened corner. Was this...a supply closet? "Jesus Christ, Anne." the brunette scoffed. She shut the door with her hip, and reached up to turn the little light on inside of the utility closet. Her eyes widened.

"A job," she said as she glanced down at her hands. She didn't want to go into anymore details. She shook her head a bit as she looked at Jennifer. "It doesn't matter." She said as she let out a breath.

She actually reached out and pulled Jennifer to her and crashed her lips against hers. She knew that this wasn't exactly a good place to be doing this. But she needed this. She needed a distraction and needed it bad. And she didn't care if she was the one doing the distracting or she was the one getting distracted; she just really, really needed it. She slowly started to push Jennifer towards the wall as she kissedandshe actually moaned softly as she had her against the wall.

[ NEW ] for our muses first sexual experience

[ NECK ] for receiver's muse to arouse sender by kissing, licking and/or biting their neck and throat

[ BACK ] for receiver's muse to use sender's back for a sexual act (back shots, biting, licking, waxplay etc.)

[ LEGS ] for receiver to slow kiss from the ankle all the way up to sender's thigh.

[ DISTRACTED ] for receiver to fondle sender while sender is trying to do another task

[ DISTRACTING ] for sender to fondle receiver while receiver is trying to do another task

[ BETTER ] for our muses to have makeup sex (feel free to specify who initiates)

[ TOGETHER ] for a drabble about our muses having a threesome

[ TABOO ] for our muses to try a new kink

[ AGAIN ] our muses are supposed to be broken up but they wind up having sex

[ JEALOUS ] our muses have been out together and sender purposefully flirted with others to get receiver worked up. receiver has them alone now and gets to have their way with them.

[ HEAVY ] for our muses to have a make out session including dry humping and fondling

[ AFTER ] our muses initiating another round the morning after their first time

[ CLEAN ] for our muses to shower together after sex, taking turns washing each other

[ TASTE ] for our muses to use flavored condoms during oral

[ STRAP ] for one muse to simulate a blow job on the other's strap

[ TEST ] for one muse to begin training the other for anal by using plugs

[ CLOSE ] for our muses to cuddle naked

[ SLOW ] for sender to sensually undress receiver

[ SLOWLY ] for receiver to sensually undress sender

( this is basically just a very self indulgent list of various fluff, angst, and suggestive themed dialogue sentence starters. )

❛ i could keep you safe. they’re all afraid of me. ❜

❛ i’m trying to fix your hair, so hold still. ❜

❛ your heart is beating so fast right now. ❜

❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜

❛ you’re not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜

❛ i thought you’d like some company. ❜ 

❛ clean yourself up. you're getting blood all over the place. ❜

❛ here, give this a try and tell me what you think. ❜

❛ you can kiss me, you know. ❜

❛ come back to bed. ❜

❛ you look good like this. ❜

❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜

❛ how is it you always know what i need, huh? ❜

❛ you’re lucky you got away with only a scratch. ❜ 

❛ i can’t imagine losing someone like that. i’m sorry. ❜

❛ you know you can always talk to me. ❜

❛ the only one who gets to kill you, is me. ❜

❛ so, what do i owe this pleasure? ❜

❛ ah, so you aren’t heartless after all. ❜

❛ may i have this dance? ❜ 

❛ it’s okay, you can touch me. i won't break. ❜

❛ enemies make the best lovers, you know. ❜

❛ hold still. this might sting a little. ❜

❛ we can't keep doing this. ❜ 

❛ you look like you've got something to say. ❜

❛ just relax and let me take care of you. ❜

❛ thought you’d be lighter without all that blood. ❜

❛ i had it under control. you didn’t need to do that. ❜

❛ everything looks so beautiful from up here. ❜

❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜

❛ well? how do i look? ❜

❛ can’t sleep? ❜

❛ do you mind if i smoke? ❜

❛ i’m scared of ending up alone. ❜

❛ i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile. ❜

❛ how long has it been since you've slept? ❜

❛ you are losing my interest, and that’s very dangerous. ❜

❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜

❛ you look really pretty right now. ❜

❛ i’ve never cared for anyone the way i care for you. ❜

❛ i’m not wearing any underwear. thought you’d like to know. ❜

❛ just a few more stitches and you’ll be as good as new. ❜

❛ i’d say we make a pretty good team. ❜

❛ i want you to forget this ever happened. ❜

❛ i'm here for business — not pleasure. ❜

❛ if i didn't know any better, i'd say you were jealous. ❜

❛ you'd look better down on your knees. ❜

❛ fine, keep acting like you hate me. ❜

❛ kiss me again. ❜

❛ are you asking me out on a date? ❜

❛ just sit there and look pretty and let me handle this. ❜

❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜

❛ well, i do feel better now that you're here. ❜

❛ i'm not drunk enough for this. ❜ 

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜

❛ i was wrong about you. ❜ 

❛ the first time i met you, i had no idea you'd mean this much. ❜

❛ you gonna be a good girl / boy for me? ❜

❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜

❛ books mean more to me than people anyway. ❜

❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜

❛ how about a kiss goodnight? ❜

❛ i don’t have time for distractions right now. ❜

❛ you shouldn’t be out here by yourself. ❜ 

Anne's words rolled off of her like a Teflon pan. She had to focus on the job now. What anyone else was doing meant nothing to her. Just focus, Jennifer.

Using the security key card, Jen entered the debriefing room and took a seat. Elizabeth gave her a look, but no further attention was drawn to it. Because she was Kublek's daughter, she would get a pass. This time, anyway. No excuses were to be made. No apologies. No words. It was best to just ignore the situation and let them continue on with the meeting.

By the time Anne came into the room, Jen detected something was off with her, but forced herself to pay attention to General Commander Beale's discussion. It wasn't anything spectacular, just that they had to keep the population in statistical balance, keep the civilians from asking questions, tally up the new recruits. The usual monthly meeting.

Her doe brown eyes glanced to Anne, arching an eyebrow. An apologetic look was given to her, but her expression went back to being serious upon focusing back on Beale.

Finally the meeting was over and Jadis got up quickly and made her way out of the office. She needed to get out of there before Beale could catch up with her. She had already left what he was looking for in the office and made her way to the meeting. She just didn't want to end up having to kill someone else at least not that day. Actually in fact she just wanted to blow off some steam and she knew the person that could help her with that. Thing was she just had to get to her.

However, that was something Mallick couldn't change, so she didn't dwell on it. "Yeah." saying it in a puff of breath, still pulling her long strands into a tight military bun. As usual, just a single strand of bleached blonde refused to move itself from her forehead, she pushed it back in annoyance, collecting the blonde in the rest of her raven colored hair.

The Marine didn't jump when Anne had swatted her on the ass, but she did throw a dirty look at her over her shoulder. "Aren't 'chu supposed to be there too?" she shot back at her, throwing on her military jacket and double checked that her keycard was on the retractable lanyard strip on her waist.

"Or does the great Jadis get the privilege of being fashionably late?" a scoff was exhaled and Jen quickly gripped onto the door handle and hurried down the hall, closing it behind her.

Bitch.

" Easy Jenny, Wouldn't want to head into the meeting all moody and such, Mommy dearest I am sure would have something to say." she said. She tilted her head to the side as she watched Jenny headed for the door" Yes I do have to be there. But they know i am going to be a few moments late. I have something I have to deal with before heading there." She told Jennifer as she made her way to the door and chuckled a bit. " Don't worry I will be there Jenny. Try not to miss me to much." She said as she walked out after Jennifer and started to make her way to the mission that she had which happened to be killing someone. Which was something that she didn't want to do but had to none the less.

Shit.

"Well, then I am going to tell you this Jennifer, I do plan on taking them down. Certain things have made me realize something.. I don't like how things are going." She said. For once Anne was being real, Anne was trying her best to show she was turning over a new lease. " When I nearly killed you I realized that they were making me do things that I didn't want to do." She said as she looked at her.

"And what about his kid?" she scoffed at the other's words. "Guess great parenting runs in the complex." taking a slight dig to her own mother Elizabeth. Mason was just a scared kid who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. His father barely saw him and he was kept in the dark about all of the nasty little secrets the CRM had.

It was when Anne started to break down that she took great notice of it, dropping her sandwich onto the plate and stood. Placing a gentle hand to her shoulder, she sighed. "I tried to tell you." a pause. "With the kids? What they were doin'. But everybody just saw red." it was true. Even Felix was hellbent on revenge. Iris had been the first to start a full blown war, but they had little time to discuss it. To even think about it.

Even if Jennifer had warned all of them, especially Hope, she knew the effort was futile. They were stubborn and so was Anne. "We awll' did shit we didn't want to, Annie." admitting defeat. "I remember everybody's name that I killed. Their faces. The people they left behind. Awll' cause' we thought we were the greater good. The big picture and the future."

She felt bad, honestly. Which was foreign considering their awful past. "We're just pawns in a chess match. Even after we're gone? They'll still be playin'. For hundreds of years to come. Players in an impossible game."

Jadis looked up at Jennifer and nodded her head a bit, Honestly she knew that she should have listened to her but she didn't. She had been so blind by rage and the need to have power so that she wouldn't lose anyone else. But in the end she had actually almost ended up losing the one person that she cared about and it had nearly been by her hands and since then she had felt so much guilt about it that it was eating her alive. It was why she had decied that since they weren't what she thought they were then she was going to bring them down.

She continued to make the sandwich as she talked and then heard the simple dont from Jen and she looked up at her. She then nodded her head knowing that it was because she was still upset about that. " Sorry I honestly didn't mean anything about it but I was just explaining how things with you're mother was." She said and then chuckled a bit as she saw how she reacted to the sandwich." I didn't poison it." She said. She took a seat next to Jennifer and took a bit of her own sandwich before she looked at her former friend.

Hearing her words about stabbing a friend she let out a breath. " I won't make the same mistake I did with you again. No stabbing anyone else in the backside or anywhere."She said as she looked at her. She wanted to show her that she was changing that she wanted to make things right between them. Though Anne wasn't stupid she knew that it was going to take a lot but she was willing.

She sat there as she listened to what was being said and then nodded her head. It was honestly something that she had in mind already. She knew what she was going to do, " I have an idea On how to do it. And you are right, its taking them from the inside down. " She said. She looked at her and smirked " And I am gonna need you're help. I want to get you back up to where you were." she said as she looked at her letting Jennifer Know what she was planning. " And when the time is right I am going to take down Beale and the rest of them then maybe we can finally make this a place that it should be." She said as she looked at Jennifer.

Right out of a horror movie. And it was all real. "Christ, it's like nothin' even changed. Different world, same circumstances and arguments." taking another bite of her sandwich. War was war. Nothing had actually changed. Society was the same. It was the good and bad, the rich and the poor.

When Jadis admitted that she had no intentions of hurting her, Jen seemed to calm some. "I know." she replied. Honestly, what was the point? She was useless dead. If the other really wanted a promotion, or to make Beale happy--then she would turn over a long forgotten traitor. Probably the worst one yet. Whereas her mother may have done some terrible things, she hadn't really destroyed an entire supply of gas or bested the CRM.

"I got it." Mallick snapped at her next comment. Still bitter over that. She snorted. "There's not even gonna' be a trial, Anne. It'll be an execution. I'm not even here." meaning she was pretty much a ghost in the system. "Pissed em awff', destroyed their property. Doubt Beale will welcome a corpse with open arms. It's an open and shut case." she leaned forward in her chair after finishing one half of her sandwich.

"Besides, don't you love the element of surprise?" knowing that Jadis was always up to her tricks and double-crossing people. "Burn it down. The city will take it from there."

The apology didn't fall on deaf ears, but she wasn't quite ready to acknowledge it yet. That would take time.

"Well, then I am going to tell you this Jennifer, I do plan on taking them down. Certain things have made me realize something.. I don't like how things are going." She said. For once Anne was being real, Anne was trying her best to show she was turning over a new lease. " When I nearly killed you I realized that they were making me do things that I didn't want to do." She said as she looked at her.