by Crystal Dawn
“It was wake you that way or pour cold water on you, nothing else was working. I thought you’d prefer this.” He smirked and she so wanted to wipe it off his face.
“Payback’s a bitch baby.”
“I didn’t have a choice. That’s so not fair to hold that against me.”
She started to say life’s not fair until she remembered that he would know that better than most. All the aggravation went right out of her. A hot kiss was better than cold water anytime. Men were hard to understand, gods were impossible. She hurried to shower and dress, Hades was already waiting for her. He handed her a cup of coffee and she smiled.
“I guess you’re figuring out I’m not always a morning person?”
“It’s a delightful voyage of discovery, Baby.”
“Smartass!”
“I can be, but I love you no matter what.”
Doc was speechless. He loved her? OMG and she loved him too. She had for a while now and she had wondered how she could love a male so flawed before she had realized she’d been tricked with smoke, mirrors, and the desire to harm by that bitch Dee. Now she knew and could appreciate what she had whenever she looked at her mate, Hades.
She drank some of her coffee to help clear her head. She needed to concentrate on the mission at hand not her handsome mate. They left the room and hurried down to the lobby. Doc waited, watching for the others as Hades checked them all out. Dione was in the lead with the other three behind him, Zot brought up the rear. Hades joined them with keys in hand to the SUV that had been dropped off for them sitting out front. It was one that would seat eight regular people so they would have enough room even for the five supersized gods and little ole her. The gods stowed all the gear in the back while Doc slid into the driver’s seat.
She knew Hades would want to drive, but she was familiar with the area having done her residency at a nearby hospital. He didn’t even argue, she was a little disappointed since she had all her arguments lined up. They left the city behind driving about fifteen miles out until farms were all around. They turned down a nondescript narrow two lane road and drove around ten miles to a small unnamed community. They pulled into the only gas station for miles around and filled the tank, used the bathroom, and bought some drinks and snacks. They would be near here until it was over, win or lose. They drove a mile from their target, Zot and Aaron changed into all hunter camo. The small wooded area here teemed with wildlife so it was a good cover. They took goggles, water, and a snack before leaving the vehicle and slipping away in the direction of the target.
“Don’t worry. They are actually good scouts,” Hades assured her. “We should try to rest, it may be days before we leave here.” They were just off the road pulled up to a gate with no houses or even buildings within sight. The sun was shining brightly but the wooded area they were in was shadowy. The temperature outside was cool, but not cold. If they were here at night that would change.
Dione moved to the third seat and promptly went to sleep. Erebus growled when he realized he was stuck with the second seat. It wouldn’t be bad, but he was a big guy, they all were and with her and Hades seats leaned back so they could sleep, he might feel trapped. They all settled down and it worked out okay. The gods all went to sleep immediately but she wasn’t so lucky. She noticed Hades moved a lot while he slept. She wondered what dreams were disturbing him.
The other two gods slept better, they didn’t move or make any noises in their sleep. Doc finally settled in falling asleep too. She woke to a tapping sound on the window, Aaron was back. She unlocked the door noticing that Dione and Erebus had woke and were sitting up. Hades was up too and had moved his seat into a sitting position. Zot was getting in on one side while Aaron got in on the other side.
“We found the place, watched for hours before we realized no one was there,” Aaron said.
“They left?” Hades asked his look disgusted.
“They’ve been gone for a few days. We had no hope of catching them or recovering our god. They were probably gone before we ever left home,” Zot added.
“Was there anything left? Any clues, lists, computers?” Doc wondered.
“I found one list and I think it was possible places for them to go. I can’t be sure and I’m not sure why they left, but they did leave someone behind,” Aaron said. He and Zot exchanged a worried look.
“Alive or dead?” Doc asked. She already suspected the answer judging by the looks on their faces.
“Dead,” Zot said. “It was a female, and old one.”
Doc pulled out her phone and a business card. She put in the number and hit send. “Hello, this is Gemma Jones.”
She knew the gods could understand every word of the conversation she had with Captain Kenton as she explained what had happened and told him about the body they had found and the address they had found it at. When he asked her what she needed from him, she explained that she wanted him to call in the information on the body, tell them it was from an informant, and get her the information on the victim. He agreed and she believed he’d do just that.
“What do we do now?” Hades asked.
“Let’s look at the choices they had for a new location.”
Zot pulled out the list. There were three places with complete addresses. All of them were in Illinois, one in Springfield and two in Peoria. “Let’s go to Peoria first since there are two locations,” Doc suggested.
“Maybe we should split up and cover both cities?” Zot asked.
“They aren’t that far apart, somewhere around an hour or two. We’d save little time, it might even cost us time since you would have to rent a car. Let’s just go now.” Doc put the last address into the GPS and it started giving them directions. They would arrive in time for supper.
“What will we do once we get there?” Aaron asked.
“We’ll check out the address Doc picked first since it will still be daylight. If they’re there, we’ll move in immediately. If not, we’ll get a room, eat supper, and have an early night. We’ll hit it predawn tomorrow and check out the other two,” Hades explained.
It was between two and three hours before they arrived at the location. It was a little house just at the edge of a small suburb. It was a little run down, peeling paint, broken porch railing and sagging steps. There was a large picture window facing the road they were pulling off from which had a crack running through it. A shadow passed over the window, someone seemed to be looking out at them.
“Two of us need to go to the door and check things out. Who wants to come with?”
“I’ll go,” Hades offered.
Great, he’ll scare them to death. “Okay, Sweetheart, let’s go.”
Doc slid out of the SUV and waited for Hades to join her before walking for the door. “You’ll need to smell and listen for any signs of a god being kept here and I’ll do the talking.” Hades grunted which she took for approval.
They walked down the sidewalk and she hesitated before stepping on the first step. She was sure it would hold her, but Hades was another matter. She stepped up to the next one and heard the wood groan as Hades stepped up behind her. So far so good. They made it up to the porch and she knocked on the door. A little old lady opened the door, she was wearing an apron and reminded Doc of someone’s grandma. The smell of cookies baking wafted out the door making her think of Cher.
“Hello, did you need something?” the little woman asked.
“Hello, I hope this is a good time. We’re from the governor’s committee on aging and we’re out in the field checking with randomly selected addresses to see if there is a senior citizen present. Do you live here ma’am?”
“Yes, I do. My son found this place for me a few weeks ago and I’ve just gotten settled in.”
“I’m glad to hear you have family looking out for you. I just have a few quick questions and we leave you to get back to your day.”
“Alright, would you like to come in for a while? I can get you a drink, something to eat? I don’t get much company.” The old lady s
miled sadly.
“Thank you, we’d be happy to but we can’t stay long. We have others to visit today.” Doc and Hades went in sitting at the table where she had indicated they should sit. She got them cups and set them in front of them.
“Coffee, tea, or water are all I have.”
“Coffee would be fine.” She poured some in each of their cups before she set sugar and cream in front of them. She put out a plate of assorted cookies for them to chose from then sat down across form them.
“I really don’t know much about what is available to seniors. My son takes care of all my affairs. What did you sat your names were?”
“I’m so sorry we didn’t introduce ourselves. I’m Gemma Jones and this is my husband, Hal. I didn’t get your name?”
“I’m Cora Riddle.”
“Cora, do you think the state should take a more active role in aiding seniors?”
“I think they should help those who don’t have relatives to see to them.”
Doc pulled out a small notebook and scribbled in it. “Do you feel like you personally get the care and attention you need?”
“Oh, my, yes. I know I have it so much better than others that I know.”
“I guess that’s all I have. A big part of the questions deal with problems and you seem to have things in hand. Thank you so much for the coffee, cookies, and answers.” Doc smiled as she and Hades stood. Cora walked them to the door where they said their goodbyes.
They got into the SUV and Doc pulled out into the rode. “That was a total bust,” Hades said.
“Not total. We now know that the places on this list are tied to Origin. Riddle, as in Carl Riddle, Origin vice president. If we keep this place under surveillance or even let Mark’s people watch it, they’ll catch him eventually. He may be a good son, but he is one cold hearted bastard,” Doc said.
“Shit! I’ve heard of Riddle. He ordered a hundred gods killed because they didn’t tell him where a god that tried to escape went. He found out later that the god hadn’t escaped but had been killed by a guard accidently and his body hidden,” Zot said.
“I heard about that too,” Erebus said.
“I think that might be exaggerated a little, but we need to catch him,” Doc said.
“Let’s go check in at the hotel so we can have supper, I’m starving!” Hades growled. He was tired from a long day and tired of hearing about all the atrocities committed on his brothers by sadistic bastards that were still out there free.
The hotel was about ten miles away because it had been selected between the two targeted location in Peoria. Zot, who was good with technology of any kind, had made the reservations, while Hades and Doc were at the first target. The hotel was nice and it had a steak house next door.
They moved their bags into their rooms then went to eat a nice meal. No surprise, everyone ordered steak and the gods all ordered Porterhouse the biggest steak on the menu. They sat talking when Dione mentioned the bar next to the steak house.
“You guys are not going to a bar alone again,” Doc said.
“No more bars until this mission ends,” Hades agreed.
They all left together heading to their rooms but Dione stopped to talk to two young women standing by the elevators. It looked like someone was getting lucky by the looks that were shooting back and forth between them. Erebus was lucky he was sharing a suite with Dione. Zot and Aaron looked more than a little put out. Doc and Hades got in the elevator, they just wanted to get to their room.
As soon as they entered the room, Hades pulled her into his arms giving her a kiss full of feeling. He’d missed holding her all day long and now he just wanted to pull her to him sinking deep inside her. He wanted them to merge together as one so he could smell her, touch her, and hear the beating of her heart as she lay sated against him.
“Let’s clean up first,” Doc suggested. She started to undress as she moved to the bathroom. He started to undress too as thoughts of sharing a shower began to excite him. She walked into the bathroom in front of the shower to set the spray and the water temperature.
She set it nice and hot, relaxing. She stepped into the spray as Hades stepped in behind her pressing up against her. She felt the hardness of his erection pressing into her, she couldn’t wait to feel him inside her. “Mm, Baby, I see you’re ready to go,” Doc growled.
“I’m always ready when it comes to you.” He pressed her against the shower wall face first. This was going to be quick and dirty. He bent his knees pressing the thick blunt tip of his cock into her channel from behind. As it slid into her slick entry, he enjoyed the feeling of her soft ass cheeks in his hand as he squeezed them. He felt his cock hit bottom and he paused for a moment to enjoy the feeling of being held inside her while he allowed her to adjust to his thickness and length. It had been nearly a day since he had entered her and she was so tight it was as if he never had. Her muscles massaged his length making him moan in pleasure.
He pulled out and plummeted back in, he moved from side to side finding her sweet spots and moving to hit them all. He knew most of them, but every once in a while he still discovered a new one. She was familiar, yet still a mystery. She squeezed around him making it impossible for him to move as her sheath gripped him relentlessly. He made a sound, a cross between a groan and a choking sound. It felt so good, it was almost painful. He managed to pull free and sink in hot and hard. He moved faster, harder as he felt every inch of her hot pussy cover him like a glove.
Faster and faster, he hammered in and out feeling almost dizzy with pleasure that built to new heights each time they touched like this. She was the yin to his yang and nothing was so wonderful as the loving they shared. He pistoned in and out desperate to give her release, before he reached his own. He tingled and it spread over him just as she screamed his name, he exploded inside her coating her channel with white hot seed. They finished up by washing each other, drying off, and going to bed. They curled up together and let sleep take them away.
She fell asleep and her mind went back about five years ago when she had been a fresh faced geneticist. She was nearing the end of her latest four year stint with the army and about to reenlist. The military had been good to her, for her and she planned to stick with them. She’d been getting lots of calls, letters, and emails from the company that was a leader in her field. Origin was nothing if not persistent and they offered her an incredible amount of money, but it had never been about financial gain for her. They refused to go into details about what the research they wanted her to do might be.
He waited for her on her front porch. “Hello, may I help you?”
“You certainly may,” he said. He, being this very attractive man a bit older than her, but not enough to matter. He was nearly six foot and looked like he worked out. His curly black hair was a little past shoulder length and his eyes a pale blue. His smile was sexy and his manner, charming.
“What can I do for you?”
“Gemma Dennis?”
She hesitated a moment. “Yes, that would be me.”
“You’re a very impressive woman. We’ve been watching since you entered medical school and now that you’re nearly through, we’d like you to think about working for us.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Carl Riddle and I represent Origin. I’m with their human resources department and we’re looking for people like you to take us into the next generation in genetics.”
“I’m in the military. The army already has a place for me.”
“Give me a chance to change your mind. Let me take you out for dinner and drinks. I’ll make you an offer that I guarantee will make you think twice.”
Doc examined him, Origin was the biggest pioneer in genetics and this guy was so good looking. She hadn’t dated in a couple of weeks and it had been a month or more since she’d been drawn enough to a man to sleep with him and he’d turned out to be a dud. This guy looked like he’d last all night long and see to his partner’s pleasure. On the other hand, Origin pushe
d the envelope of what she considered science should interfere with. She had no intention of ever working for them. Everything they did seemed to be classified and if they couldn’t tell her what she would be doing before she took the job, well she wouldn’t take the job.
“Baby…Baby…it’s time to get up,” Hades whispered in her ear. This time she had no trouble waking but that dream or memory if you preferred, stayed on her mind haunting her. It’s funny how your past can come back and do that.
They got ready and packed their bags, not too difficult since they had never unpacked. They were down in the lobby twenty minutes later ahead of the others so they sat at a table waiting. She figured the action in the single god’s rooms had been like a porn movie. They were probably having trouble unwrapping themselves from their dates. She glanced at Hades, settled life was so much better. You knew what you were getting every night and while you didn’t weren’t exploring new territory, you had the feeling of coming home. That’s what he was to her now, home. He looked up and their eyes met. She wondered if he was also wishing they had taken the time for a quickie before leaving. As long as they had been waiting, they would have had time. Another day, and two targeted locations that might not get them anywhere.
The four gods finally made it twenty minutes later looking exhausted but happy until they saw the angry look on Hades’s face. “Sorry we’re late,” Dione said.
“Don’t let it happen again.” Hades turned and led the way out to the SUV which they loaded. He was a little abrupt with them, but he understood they had needs and saw females rarely. He was so glad he was mated. The random sex had no appeal to him.
They checked out of the hotel and went to the nearest place that served breakfast they could find that was open at five. Doc felt better after coffee and steak and eggs. The gods seemed to feel better as well and they all got a coffee to go. They weren’t too far from the next location. This time Hades insisted on driving, she was surprised he hadn’t forced the issue yesterday. He was so…male.
She put the address in the GPS and her phone rang seconds after she was through. She looked at the number and pressed speaker on her phone right after she answered so they could all hear.