The Holy Grail

Posted on Wed Jan 22nd, 2020 @ 8:40am by Lieutenant Commander Ariana Monroe-Wayne

1,371 words; about a 7 minute read

Mission: Episode 102 - The Rising Tide of War
Location: Guest Quarters
Timeline: MD03 0730 hrs

{ON}

Varena lay entwined in bedsheets and Vox's body, they always had been good in bed together and every time they met up again this was invariably how it ended up. She smiled as she thought back to earlier in the evening.

~ 1900 hrs ~

Vox arrived outside Verena's quarters in one of his posh outfits and a bunch of her favourite flowers. He rang the door chime.

Varena answered the door dressed in her usual tight fitting, revealing clothes. This particular outfit was one Vox had taken a liking to last time they'd met up, it showed her off in all the right places and was designed to tease. "Right on time Rae, as always!" She motioned him inside.

He enters her quarters. "I don't suppose you have a bottle of Trania by any chance?"

"Perhaps but I thought you might have one tucked away somewhere." She smiled.

"I drank my last bottle the other week so sadly I have none left. " Vox replied.

Varena grinned as she pulled a bottle from the cabinet. "I know you love it so I brought one just for you!" She motioned him to the sofa. "I was going to keep you in suspense but I know how....excited new discoveries make you!" She grinned and pulled out a tube containing an old parchment map.

Vox's eyes lit up like fireworks. "Marvellous" he was about to ask for a glass when he saw the parchment map. He took out the special eyepiece he used to closely examine objects. "May I examine it?" he asked.

Varena nodded. "You may. After all that is one reason why I asked you here."

He smiles. "I couldn't possibly guess the other reason." He winked. He put on a pair of white gloves. Carefully removing the parchment from it's container he unrolled it.

"Have you had it dated and translated?" he asked studying the map.

"I haven't yet had the chance, I've only just acquired it. Hence why I brought it to you. I know I can trust you."

"Well it looks authentic and it's certainly written in ancient Taroon glyphs. " He replied. Pointing to a glyph that was clearly more prominent than others. "This says 'chalice' "

Varena smiled. “I knew you were the man I needed for this Rae.” She moved beside him to look at the map, her fingers trailing back and forth along the skin at the nape of his neck. “So what would you say to a partnership? You and me working together to find the chalice?”

"I haven't forgotten how you backstabbed me last time Varena but this is too much of opportunity to pass by. I will keep an eye on you, no offence. " Vox replied.

"Ohh you can keep as much of an eye on me as you like!" She smiled as she purposely gave him a nice long look down the front of her top, she loved to tease him as she knew what effect it had.

"Typical Varena. Always thinking you have the breast, I mean the best way forward," he said smirking.

Varena grinned. “Always! You never know when you’re...attributes might come in handy, especially in our line of work!”

"Your 'attributes' once got us a free ride out of the Lerencia System on luxury transport." Vox laughed.

“Indeed they did!” Varena grinned. “You have to learn to put what you have to use. When you’re as...” She grinned. “Well endowed as you and I it pays to utilise it.”

"Quite but somehow I think your assets are easier to deploy in certain situations," Vox replied with a cheeky grin.

"So does that mean you'd like me to deploy my assets now?" She grinned a wry grin as she looked into his eyes. "We did have to rush earlier, now we have all night!"

"You're right, we do have all night." He replied with a smile.

"I've missed this Rae" Varena smiled as she gently ran her fingers over Rae's chest. "You and me together."

"So have I. It would be wrong of me to deny that. " He replied, running his fingers through her long hair.

"Then let's make the most of what time we have, shall we?" Varena looked towards her bedroom, before looking back at Rae.

"Secure the map first. Priorities. If this leads to the chalice, it will be the find of all time." Rae reminder her. P

"Of course" Varena nodded and put the map back into its holder before locking it away in a secure chest she had hidden away. "Don't worry it's a tamper-proof chest."

"I noticed, I have one myself in the shop," he replied. " Shall we?" He said turning towards her bedroom door.

"By all means!" Varena grinned as she took his hand and lead him to the bedroom. Pulling him over to her bed she stopped to turn and started helping him to undress, kissing him passionately.

It was not long before both were naked. In a passionate embrace, they fell onto the bed.

It didn't take long for their encounter to get a whole lot more passionate, that combined with rough and tumble was just the way Varena liked it.

~ A while later ~

Varena brushed her hair out of her eyes as she ran her fingers over a scar on Vox's upper chest. "This is a new scar since last I saw you" she kissed the scar gently before laying her head on his shoulder. They tended to compare scars and wounds, as they came with interesting stories.

"Yes, A while back the station was attacked and boarded. I was in one of the shelters which also was breached by the attacking forces. A friend of mine was in the shelter. She was pregnant at the time and on maternity leave. She was being harassed by a Jem hadar and so I butted in between them and ended up getting beaten up and thrown into some chairs. I did manage to save her and four other women in the shelter though. " Vox explained.

“Very heroic Rae” She smiled. “So is this...friend of yours someone you’ve shared your bed with? Is the child she was carrying yours?” Varena looked at Vox curiously. “You’ve had children before from previous hosts, I remember you telling me.”

"Woah there. Her name, by the way, is Ariana and we are just friends and the baby's father is her partner. I think his name is Cameron. I don't, as yet, have any children with my present host. " Vox replied.

“Fair enough!” Varena smiled. “I just thought I’d ask. Our field can be a lonely one, it carries its risks and dangers.” She motioned to a new scar on her side. “I got this one during my last hunt, didn’t see a hidden trap and got myself speared. Luckily for me the spear wasn’t poison tipped!”

"I'd say that was fortunate. So, back to the map. I couldn't translate all of it as it seems to be in a much older form of writing. " Vox replied.

“Indeed” Varena nodded. “I couldn’t either but I know someone who might be able to translate it. I was hoping you’d come along.”

"Absolutely. We could use my ship if you wanted. Unless you have other plans." Vox replied.

"Not at all" Varena shook her head. "Your ship will do nicely. I don't think you'd appreciate how cramped my ship would be for the two of us, she's built for speed, not comfort."

"You know how spacious my ship is, don't you." Vox said

"Of course!" Varena grinned. "Comfort and speed, it's a bonus. I'm not sure how long it'd take us though. Are you happy to be away from the station for a period of time?"

"Don't worry, I have an assistant that helps run the gallery in my absence. No problem," he replied.

Varena nodded. "That's good. So I guess the question is, when do you want to leave?"

"Give me a few days to make sure the Gallery is covered and then we can get going. " Vox replied.

"Just let me know when you're ready, and in the meantime..." Varena smiled before leaning in for another kiss.

{OFF}

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