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- Chimera of Life -
Story
Four: Uneasy Alliances
by
Heartfire
***
Funny how content he feels,
just lying on their bed, made of the parachute’s cloth, naked, with her in his
arms. They made love- er… Wufei shook his head. He won’t use that term… Sex?
No… that’s too shallow, and what they did was more than that…
It.
That’s all he could name
what they did. They did it until they fell asleep in exhaustion just as
the first rays of the sun kissed the wonderful dark sky. Now, it hung overhead,
and if it weren’t for the trees’ shade, he’d be squinting.
Wufei felt her move,
stretch, and breathe in deeply. Signs of waking up, and he looked down on his
chest to watch her eyes flutter, open then look up at him.
A smile lighted her face in
response to that soft look in Wufei’s eyes. “Good morning.”
Her voice was husky, sleepy,
and Wufei couldn’t help but give a half grin. “It’s afternoon.”
She gave him a one-eyed
dubious squint before she tilted her head to the sky and then looked back at
him. A bare shoulder shrugged then she snuggled in deeper in his embrace. “So
it is…”
Wufei gave a silent laugh.
“Aren’t you going to get up?” But even as the words left his mouth, his hands
were already circling her shoulders.
“No… unless…” Uncertainty
hinted at her voice and the sudden stiffening of her shoulders made Wufei want
to take back those words. “You want me to get up…”
He shook his head. “No… I
don’t want you to,” and he tightened his embrace around her body to accentuate
that he truly meant it.
She stifled a sigh of relief
as she rubbed her cheek over his nipple. “Good… I’m not going to lie. I like it here…”
Her voice was soft, almost
inaudible, but he heard it, and the tightening of his arms around her shoulders
was only a part of his answer. “So do I…” He couldn’t believe it, but the
moment he said those words, he knew it was true.
The soft rustling of leaves
as a light breeze blew by was the only sounds while they lay in each other’s
embrace.
“What are we going to do
after they find us?” Ping asked while her hands created patterns on Wufei’s
chest.
“I…” Wufei tried to think,
but the way she was touching him so gently was making him lightheaded! He gave
up. “I don’t know.” They’re going to have a damn riot on their hands if their
troops-
“We can’t do this again, can
we?” She didn’t give him time to answer. “If they see us like this, they’d take
matters into their own hands… not that they can’t take care of themselves… but,
it’s going to be messy.”
Wufei could almost imagine
it. If his men were sexually active with those women, they’d forget their
duties… “I know what you mean.”
“So, after they find us,
we’ll probably never…” She left her sentence hanging. She didn’t want to finish
it because… was she beginning to be a nymphomaniac?! She doesn’t want to
release him from her embrace and she wants people to know… ‘Oh dear Lord,
what’s happening to me?’
Wufei smothered a sigh of
regret. He doesn’t want to, but there was no other choice. “You’re right.”
They didn’t speak until Ping
moved to look at the sun. “What time do you think it is?”
“Around two.” Wufei quickly
answered while he propped a hand behind his head. “If they left yesterday,
right after our call, I’m guessing they’d get here tonight or tomorrow
morning.”
“So fast? Funny… I don’t
want them to find us, yet.”
Wufei smiled softly. “I know
what you mean.”
“Oh damn…” Ping moved away
then sat up with her back to him while she gathered a portion of the chute to
cover her body.
“What is it?” Wufei quickly
sat up, surprised, confused, and plain missing her weight against his chest.
She glanced over her
shoulder and gave a quick, embarrassed grin just as a loud grumble reached
Wufei’s ears. “I’m hungry. Care to help me look for food?”
The sudden panic attack that
assailed him, disappeared and Wufei rolled his eyes instead. “That’s it?
Onnas!”
She just grinned her
response, quickly jumped up then pulled the covers away from his body while she
twisted the cloth around her own.
Wufei, taken by surprise,
could only stare at her in bewilderment before he noticed that he was naked for
her to see.
“Mmm… You do look
scrumptious, Wufei.” Ping whispered as her eyes traveled from his chest down to
his…
Wufei quickly grabbed the
last trailing cloth to tug it over his suddenly erect manhood and Ping just
laughed cheerfully as they did a mini tug-o-war. Then Wufei suddenly fell on
his buttocks when she let go and the next thing he knew, she was running into
the trees with her clothes in her arms, waving to him.
“See you in fifteen,
Wufei!!! Look for yummy foods!”
Then she was gone. He could
only stare where she had disappeared to, then he looked up at the sky and gave
a groan. “Confusing… All of them!” Yet, why was it that he was smiling up at
the bright sun?
…
Ping hummed as she glanced
for fruits. Her hum slowly became words and then she was singing. Fully
dressed, she opened her arms to the sun’s rays and grinned. She felt wonderful! But, God! Was she
hungry!
She checked her shockproof
watch and found that she had six minutes left. She must turn back soon… Her
thoughts trailed off as she stared at a banana tree with delicious looking
yellow produce for the picking.
Laughter left her as she
remembered a little conversation she had with Lauren. “This is ironic…” Then
again, there’s nothing else around, so either survive or die- and she’d rather
survive. With that thought in mind, she started singing once again.
…
Wufei muttered angrily as he
threw the brown, dirty, hard vegetable he found by pure luck in the air, and
then caught it. Other than that, he didn’t find anything. Around their camp
area, there had been lots of vegetation, why was it that around this area,
there wasn’t any?
Wufei frowned as he neared
the camp. His feet slowed, until he completely stopped, a couple of trees away
from the lake. Branches and leaves obstructed his view, but other than that
what truly froze him were the howling sounds. Screaming, massacring
whatever song it was that whoever was singing!
Slowly, he walked out of his
hiding place, forcing his hands not to cover his ears and then found Ping, with
her back to him.
‘It couldn’t be…’ Wufei
thought as he neared the screeching frenzy. Each step he took was torture for
his eardrums, but his disbelief was blown away when he saw her hips sway, and
her fingers snap just as she patted the last crease on the chute. ‘Oh God it’s
her!’
A fleeting thought that a
banshee would probably be better if put in a contest with Ping came to mind
before he quickly walked to her. Without any other ideas as to how to stop her,
he reached for her shoulder, had her turned around, and was kissing her before
she could let out another ear jarring note she called singing.
Her hands slowly traveled up
to his hair, and he mentally forgave her horrible singing as he enjoyed himself
with her taste and touch. Slowly they drew away and Wufei felt a smile against
his lips before he saw it on her face.
“Mmmm… what was that for?”
‘To stop your singing.’
Wufei shrugged lightly. “Just felt like it.” The sudden gleam in her eyes
should have warned him.
“Well, I feel like doing
this.”
Wufei was suddenly pushed on
his back then she was on top of him, her hands framed his face and he couldn’t
help the grin that lighted his face before her lips crushed his, then
suggestively grinded her hips against his.
He wanted to put his hands around her buttocks and make them stay put,
but before he could even do that, she had rolled away from him.
He watched with glazed eyes
as she patted the dust away from her arms, then turned around and gave Wufei a
wink that conveyed of more mischief to come. They were taught ways on how to
seduce a man… she’s going to have fun using all the techniques on Wufei and to
see where his endurance would take him… maybe even drive him near the brink of
insanity…?
‘Oh yeah…’ She flipped her
curly blonde hair over one shoulder, eyed the small section of fruit she
brought back, then glanced back at him. “Wufei, did you find anything?”
From his pocket, he brought
out the scrawny looking-
“Potato?” Ping nearly fell
on her behind. Instead, she gawked at
Wufei, who was starting to feel sweaty.
“I do not know what is wrong
with the vegetation around this area but it seems that most of the trees do not
bear fruit around here.”
Still with a bewildered look
on her face, Ping nodded. “Yes. I noticed that, too.”
“Stop looking at me like
that!” Wufei muttered as he glared at her.
Ping quickly blushed then
looked away. “Er… Sorry. I was just wondering how we’re going to cook that
thing. I mean, you picked a pretty good food group, and it fills people up
quickly.”
Still a bit angry that this
was all he found, he crossed his arms over his chest in a cocky pose. “Well… I
want to see what you found.”
Ping’s blush deepened as she
glanced at the fruit. “Ah… I think I brought a lot with me, so…” A remembered
conversation with her friend made her want to laugh. “So, you’re free to help
yourself.”
Curious, Wufei walked
towards her then eyed… the bananas. He stared at them like they were from
another planet, his veins nearly popping out of his forehead, then without even
looking at Ping, he spoke. “I will not eat that for your enjoyment.”
“Say, what?” Ping turned
with a frown just as Wufei gave a very deadly glare.
Not wanting to stay in the
dark any longer, Wufei told her. “I overheard your conversation with your…
friend.”
Ping’s right eyebrow shot
up. So, he knows. “Well! Your fault for being such an eavesdropper! If you want
to starve, go ahead. I’m going to eat.” That said, she plunked next to the
fruit and grabbed one long, yellow, firm banana. Embarrassment flooded her. It
was a pretty disturbing conversation, then again… he really shouldn’t have been
listening!
Wufei watched as she glared
at the bananas. Suddenly, mischief shone in those once blazing green eyes and
he nearly cringed. Why does he have the sudden feeling that he should high tail
it out of there? “What are you thinking?”
“Me? I am not thinking about
anything at all.”
The too innocent look she
gave made his skin crawl, and that cattish smile on her lips... “You are, too,
so just say it.”
“Well… if you really wanted
to know…” She started to peel the banana ever so slowly.
Wufei’s body grew tense. The
way she was eyeing that fruit…
“This does look like an
erected phallus.”
Wufei grew hard as she
pointedly looked from the banana to his crotch. Then he suddenly felt heavy as
she, eyes still on his crotch, touched her tongue to the tip of the banana.
“Mmmm… This tastes good…”
She grinned inwardly when she saw that distinctive rise.
The way she said her words…
they definitely meant otherwise. He should just turn around and leave her alone
in her insanity but he couldn’t seem to look away as she seductively took
another bit from the banana, but this time, she suckled it and made noises that
only happens when… and with the way his thing was reacting… he could already
feel a wetness…
He coughed then turned away.
In a strained voice, he grumbled, “You
are one sick woman, Rossi.”
Ping just grinned and took
the whole thing lightly. “Why thank you, Chang. That means a lot to me.”
Wufei’s eyes widened,
confused why she said that until that darn grin on her face and the way she
looked down at his manhood again made him glance down, too. Ping’s grin
broadened when she saw a telltale blush on Wufei’s cheeks.
“I’m going to eat my
potato.”
Her eyebrow rose. “How?”
Wufei’s eyes glanced over to
the helicopter wreckage and slowly an idea came to him. “I’ll find a way.” Then
without saying good-bye, he started to walk away.
Ping frowned. “Wufei! I was
just teasing! Are you angry?”
Wufei didn’t answer, lost in
his own thoughts. He was not mad at all. He was just very embarrassed. How
could he not be able to control his body’s reaction to her?!
“Wufei!” Ping called out
once again before he disappeared into the forest, to the direction of the
crash. She sighed then pursed her lips. “Well! Thanks for listening to me!”
With a huff, she finished her banana in one swift bite then dropped the peel
beside her. She didn’t feel that hungry anymore but she still ate two more
bananas, hesitated, and then jumped up from the ground. A frustrated growl left
her as she stomped to where Wufei disappeared. “I hate that man! Where’d he
gone off to, anyway?! He should have at least told me!”
…
Wufei felt slightly
victorious when he found what he was looking for, a bowl shaped metal to boil
the potato in. But as he reached for that piece of wreckage, the one beside it
caught his eyes. He frowned slightly as his hand went to the one beside the
concaved metal- it was a flat strip with a couple of holes…
“No…” He whispered to
himself as he turned the metal that was almost his arm’s length only for his
suspicion to harden. He remembered those sounds he heard just before the
explosion erupted, and if this was so…
Wufei dropped the metal and
his feet took wings as he ran back to their makeshift camp, worried for a
certain mischievous minx. Those people who shot at them might be around, might
have taken her already…
The mere thought of her in
danger spurned him to run faster, only for the object of his worries to
suddenly appear in front of him. It was too late to stop and the last thing he
saw before he collided against her was the widening of her eyes.
They tumbled to the ground
and Ping took the brunt of the fall. Squashed under Wufei’s weight, she almost
couldn’t breathe. Thankfully, Wufei quickly rolled to his side.
“Ping?” Wufei asked as he
looked down at her shut eyes. With his speed, he knew he tackled her in a way
football players tackle each other. But he didn’t mean it! “Ping?”
Ping slowly opened her eyes
to find those wonderfully worried charcoal eyes on her. “Wufei… I never knew
you’d be so happy to see me.”
Wufei blinked in surprise.
He was! Then she groaned as she placed a hand on the back of her head.
“That hurt.”
He wanted to apologize but
he only jumped from the ground then leaned over to offer her a hand. “We need
to get back to camp and clear it.”
Ping’s eyes frowned as her
head snapped up to Wufei. “What?” Her hand reached out for him and she was
suddenly on her feet, being pulled by him.
“There were bullet holes on
the helicopter, Ping.”
Wufei’s information snapped
her cold. They were shot down from the sky… There were enemies around… “But we
need to stay around this area! Our troops will be here soon!”
“I know. We just need to
clear camp and start moving. We’ll wait for them a little bit more, then we’ll
leave.”
Ping nodded. “Then let’s go
faster.” She shook her hand from his grasp then ran alongside Wufei. He looked
at her and saw the same determination he could feel and… it made him smile…
…
“Wufei.”
He felt a hand on his
shoulder and he quickly looked up at Ping, her form shrouded by shadows, just
like him. “What?”
“We never got the chance to
eat yesterday, and you didn’t eat today. You might be strong, but it would be
better if you have something in your stomach.” Ping offered a banana to him. “I
promise I won’t tease.”
He couldn’t read the
expression on her face, but her voice sounded sincere enough. “Fine. If it’s
going to stop you from forcing that thing at me.” He grabbed the banana from
her hand and she, in turn, grabbed for the binoculars.
“I’ll be the look out.” With
a hand around the thin branch above her, she moved in front of Wufei who nearly
gasped in surprise. She settled on top of the thick branch he was sitting on
then moved back until Wufei’s chest was against her back, and her buttocks was
against his manhood. Then she took his free hand and wrapped it around her
waist. “There… better.”
Wufei’s right eyebrow shot
up while her curly hair teased his face. He was more than confused as to why
she did this, but… he couldn’t say that he didn’t like it.
“Relax, Wufei. I won’t be a
bad guard. Eat up.” She was concerned for him, but in a different way. They had
been circling the entire lake only to settle in this tall, sturdy, narra tree
just as the sun waved its goodbye. “I’m glad you found these infrared
binoculars. I’m surprised it didn’t break from the crash!”
She felt him nod and she
leaned against him, content, while she eyed the wreckage for any sign of life.
She smiled when the hand around her waist grew firm, and tucked her in some
more. Sighed when she felt his chin on her right shoulder and she leaned her
face against his.
“That was a good banana.”
It was his way of saying
thanks and she knew it. “I know.”
“Go on and sleep. I’ll wake
you up when they get here.” Why in the world did he say that when he didn’t
want her to go?!
“No. Thank you. I want to
stay up with you.”
He nearly jumped in surprise
when her hand went around his own on her stomach, entwined their fingers, then
sighed as she leaned against him.
“I’ll keep you awake.” The
truth was, she would like to spend their last few moments together, like this…
He was sure that she would,
in more ways than one. Without a word, he placed a kiss against her hair, a
light one, not wanting her to know, but she still felt it. He wants to know
more about her, had that deep urge. “Why is your name Chinese?”
Ping looked up at the dark
sky, not a single star in sight. “People always ask me that question and I love
telling it.”
“Then, tell me.” Wufei
whispered against her ear. He half wondered how he could like to hear her voice
so much when… she was so bad in singing.
“I was born up there. Colony
L-7. My dad was a traveler, my mom was a novelist, and they both loved going
around so much that they forgot the months, and when they landed on L-7, my mom
had to be rushed to the hospital.”
Wufei nodded, just to show
her that he was listening while he looked through the salvaged binoculars.
“Well, that colony was
having some electrical problems, and while my mom was inside the elevator with
a nurse, they had a power surge and the colony lost power.”
Mentally, he wondered how he
was born, but then again… there was no use dwelling on something he couldn’t
know.
“I was born inside the
elevator with the help of one wonderful nurse named… Guess what it was, Wufei.”
Wufei grinned. “Ping.”
She nodded. “Ping. My mom
said that she was calm and collected throughout the procedure.”
“Do you know what it means
in Chinese?” Wufei asked, just wondering.
Ping sighed while an unknown
smile played on her lips. “Yes… Ice.”
Ice… but she was not ice at
all… she was fire, and Wufei was quickly burning. “What about your last name?”
“Rossi? My mother used to
tell me that it meant rose.”
‘Ice Rose.’ That alone was a
good enough name. ‘I wonder why she chose Minx, instead. Then again…’ He looked
down at her. ‘She is a minx…’
“What about you, Wufei?
Something about your past.” She suddenly felt the stiffening of his hold. The
tension in his arm, and she knew that he will not speak. Why?
“There’s nothing to tell.”
The cold hardness in his
voice… She did not want it. She wants to take it away. Without another word,
she turned her upper body around, placed her hands on the frame of his face
then kissed him as tenderly as she could. She felt him grow relax and she
slowly drew away to settle back in her previous position. “Nothing, still?”
Wufei checked, hands a bit
shaky from that distracting kiss that he didn’t even notice Ping frowned.
“Noth-”
Her hand was suddenly over
his lips, muffling his words while a quick ‘shh!’ whispered against his ear.
“Listen, Wufei.”
He heard it. The sudden
quietness, those unnatural sounds… They looked over the thick branch they sat
on then saw the shadows below. Wufei’s lips quirked while Ping grinned. They
looked at each other then slowly, their happy smiles faded.
“They’re here.”
Wufei nodded. “Yes. It’s
time.”
Their entwined fingers
gripped each other first, then, both reluctantly loosened their hold. Her hand
went to grip the branch in front of her so she wouldn’t hug him while she
stifled a gasp as he slowly removed his hands around her waist, then they were
gone.
They didn’t look at each
other as they swung down from branch to branch then landed in front of their
surprised troops.
“What kept you girls?” Ping
asked cheerfully while Wufei glowered at his men.
“Took you long enough.”
“Minxie!” Her team screamed
as they gathered around her while Wufei’s men snapped in attention.
“Sir!”
Amidst the questions and
excitement, Wufei and Ping’s eyes met. She gave a slight smile while Wufei gave
a nod for whatever reason he knew not, then they both looked away…