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A Rose by any other name… by Kaereni

Chapter 4

When morning came they both knew what they needed to do. Dressing in silk and latex they set off to explore the complex. Because both minds had opened to the other, they realized that once the list was found they would be separated. Rose would be patted on her head and sent on her merry way and Fae would be reprogrammed or broken up for parts. Instead of one job, they would have to perform two, steal the file and make their escape.

Passing the central data complex, hand in hand, Rose turned to her lover and said softly, “Let’s go outside and feel the wind on our face.” They walked calmly taking their time noting exits and possible escape routes out. Reaching the front Rose frowned, ‘How to get past the two AP guards’ she wondered. Looking at Fae she noticed her slight smile and shrugging mentally she walked out with her.

They walked out and down the road coming to an undeveloped area they turned off the road and strolled hand in hand into the woods. Rose hated trying to walk in heels on soil but the hassle was worth the chance to speak without fear of being over heard. Without preamble she said, “It breaks down into 3 parts. Corporation, AP, escape.” Turning to Fae she said softly, “You do understand dear, you will have to break from the Council never to return again.” Seeing Fae’s solemn nod she continued, “First, we need to find a way into the Corporation to explore without arousing suspicion.” She ticked off points on her fingers as she talked, “Find out who has the master list and where it is. Find a way to take a copy of it. Get out without a trace.”

Fae nodded at each point, “Yes and clear any record of our existence in the central data files after delivering the list.” She smiled and kissed her rose sweetly, “Then we will be free.”

Moaning softly Rose let her self be drawn into the kiss. She had never felt so loved and in love before and each moment she found she loved Fae stronger. Just when she thought she had hit the point where she there was no more love to give and receive, she would find herself taking it a step higher. Breaking off the kiss breathlessly she said, “We will need a car, money, and a place to go.”

Running her hands over Rose’s body, Fae said softly, “I can design and program a tape worm that will erase any entry tagged with ether you or me.” She smiled, “That part is easy. Once we are ready, just push a button and we will no longer exist in the database.” Her eye lids blinked rapidly several times as she thought, “If you say we need to set up someplace other then the complex to work out of and cash instead of a com card, there is a 98% chance the Council will agree if only for their self protection. Does that help?” They discussed their plans in more detail before heading back. When all was said and done it was decided that Fae would tackle the council and program the tape worm, while Rose dealt with the corporation.

At the complex they parted company, Rose to go change before going to the corporation, and Fae to talk to the Council. After a short wait she was ushered into an office. Standing before the leader of the Council she said, “Jamie Rose has a request.” She acted as she always had in the past and looked at him calmly. “She wishes to use cash instead of a com card, and wants to stay elsewhere. It is my belief that her requests have merit.”

The AP looked at her and listened, “Why are you dressed like that Fae?” He asked in reply instead of following the topic.

“It is how Jamie Rose wished me to dress.” She answered calmly.

“And the requisitions? Did you two really need all of that?”

“According to my calculations, allowing her to go on a shopping spree would endear her to us. That and it is little enough price to pay for what was done and what we wish of her.”

The AP looked at down at the paperwork on his desk and then back at her. “All requests granted. Your calculations compute.”

When Fae got down to the apartment she found that her rose was already gone. Sitting down at the computer she started the long task of programming the tape worm into its system. While the system was protected against outside attacks, it was wide open from the inside. Smiling to her self she worked the program into the operating system. She was fortunate that no one had realized that someone from inside the system would try and cause the central data system to crash.

Looking at the accounts she noticed that the Council had assigned a ten thousand bank draft to be paid to the bearer. Shaking her head she changed it to ten drafts instead of one. She made a mental note to tell her rose that they would have to move fast. By the time Rose returned from her scouting mission, Fae had programmed the worm, and an envelope had also dropped into the IN box with the ten bank drafts.

On entering the Corporation’s headquarters, Rose had simply picked up a clip board and acted as if she belonged. It did not take her long to decide that only a few key people knew the real story about AP’s. Once she found the man who interviewed her before she was changed it was a simple matter to get the names of the key people. That the man would never be around to tell anyone ever again did not bother the slightest bit. If she could, she would have found and pushed each one down the stairs. But, she now had the information she needed and the location of the files.

When Rose returned to the AP complex she had the plan worked out. She listened to Fae talking about her day. Though she heard the words, her mind was on focused on her lover’s kissable lips. Without speaking she leaned forward and kissed her sweet love deeply, her hands caressing her body. She felt Fae’s hands moving against her skin as they moved into the bedroom.

Stripping slowly, just as Fae had done with her the night before, she then crawled on top of her lover for a kiss. Rose kissed her way down her body, stopping at her lover’s nipples and breasts to nuzzle and suck before reaching her goal, Fae’s slick cunny. As she licked and sucked at her lover the spark happened again and their two minds became one. She quickly rotated around so that she was straddling Fae’s face with her own face buried between her lover’s legs.

One mind controlling two bodies, making love in the way that only a woman can a woman. Each touch, caress, kiss and lick became amplified and rebounded back and forth. The orgasms jumped from one body to the next and back again over and over, each one stronger and mind blowing then the last. It was not until that Rose’s mind collapsed under the weight of the pleasure that the link deteriorated.

When Rose came back from that place of pleasure she felt Fae’s hands gently caressing her and thought, ‘I am the luckiest woman in the world.’ Kissing her faerie she could hear Fae’s voice clear as a bell in her head, ‘No my sweet rose, I am the luckiest woman in the world. I found you.’ Breaking off the kiss she looked at her lover, nose to nose, her eyes big, “Did I? Did you?”

Fae kissed her deeply before replying. “You did, I did, and we did.” She felt a swell of love fill her once more and kissed Rose, “It must be a part of true love.” She did not know if this was part of the emotion “love” or some freak accident from the programming changes and in the end she decided she did not care.

By mid morning they had moved everything into a van, cashed and exchanged the certified checks and rented an apartment. That they had planed only to stay there for a day or two did not matter. The two women just needed a place in which they could work out of. While Rose worked out the plan to go in and make copies of the names, Fae worked out the escape route. She finally settled on heading first to a little resort community set in West Virginia as their first stop.

It took two days for Fae and Rose to set up the string of cars so that they would be able to switch them out easily just incase anything went wrong. As busy as they were they still took time to make slow and passionate love to each other. Each time the spark would happen and their minds would join.

As the day passed and they began to get ready, Rose did not feel the sense of jitters she had always felt before a job. She felt grand; with Fae beside her she could do anything. She looked over at the black leather clad woman and felt a renewed sense of lust fill her even though they had just finished making love. Picking up the over sized purses, she handed one to her lover with a kiss. “It’s time,” she said softly stroking Fae’s face.

It was right at five pm when the pair walked into the lion’s den. With nods to the over worked guards, who were checking the people leaving, they walked in without being asked for identification. Walking up the stairs to the 8 th floor took time but they had all night to do their work. The added bonus was that by the time they got up to the offices they were deserted. Entering into the CEO’s office Rose started searching for the hidden safe that she knew must be there while Fae watched the door.

Rose, after searching the office high and low she finally admitted defeat. Turning to her magical faerie she said sofly, “It’s not here,” her face a mask of sorrow. Behind Fae she saw the doorknob turning and she dove for the floor behind the desk. She heard the sounds of a scuffle and when she looked around the side of the desk she found Fae sitting on top of a man.

The man, whose office they were in, looked up at Fae with fear in his eyes. “You . . . You can’t hurt me . . . the laws forbid it.”

Instead of answering Fae looked at Rose and asked, “Kill him?”

Hearing the AP’s question he sputtered, “What? No you can’t kill me . . . The laws!”

Looking down at him she replied to Rose’s surprise, “Fuck the laws… You hurt my rose.”

Shaking off the shock, Rose stood dusting herself off. As she walked over an idea struck her. “If you want to live to see another day then you will hand over the list of names.” She said standing looking down at the man.

“I don’t know what . . .” he started to say when Fae’s hands wrapped around his neck and squeezed cutting off his air. He tried struggling but it was if he was fighting against a statue. In a gasping breath he said, “Book shelf . . . I Robot… Asimov . . .”

Fae watched as Rose went to the bookshelf, searched for the book, and pulled out a mini disk. Looking back at him, her voice cold with anger said, “Can I kill him now?”

Rose smiled, “Death is too good. I have a better idea.” Before he could say anything she reached down and grabbed a pressure point rendering him unconscious. “Bring him along,” she said as she picked up both purses and opening hers placed a single red rose on the desk. Leading the way she lead Fae down the stairs. Stopping at one of the underground levels she took the man’s thumb and placed it against the lock. With a loud click the door swung open.

The door opened into a large room that was filled with body transformers. Most were open but there were a few that were closed. Walking down the isle Rose examined the closed one. One looked as if it was on a count down timer to start. Without pausing she opened the lid and dragged out a woman she did not know. Looking at Fae she said with a laugh, “Throw that sack of shit in. Lets see how he likes to be a Debby Domestic.”

Fae dropped the man into the coffin shaped transformer waking him. Slamming the lid closed she looked at Rose as the soft banging could be heard coming from inside the transformer. Without a word she turned, reset the timer to zero, and started the machine. Looking down at the woman she asked softly, “What about her?”

Rose looked at the woman and then Fae, “We can’t just leave her.”

Nodding Fae picked up the woman and the pair made their way out of the complex. Once outside she looked at the body draped over her shoulder. “Leave her in the apartment with some cash?” she asked softly to Rose. While she did not mind killing ones that hurt her rose this woman had done nothing wrong.

At the apartment they split up. Fae would deliver the disk while Rose would deal with the woman and meet her at the airport for the first car change. When the woman woke Rose explained that she had been rescued and brought to this safe house. She then helped the stunned woman dress and thrusting a wad of cash in her hand said, “After tomorrow morning it will be safe for you to leave.” While the woman was distracted she left quietly and drove to meet Fae at the airport.

Rose waited in the car at the airport as time passed. Instead of in and out as she expected Fae had not returned. She felt lost, the thought of living without her lover was more then she could bear. She decided that she had to go back and find her faerie when Fae limped up. She looked as if she had been dragged behind a horse for miles. Her leather was all scuffed and torn in places. Jumping out of the car she ran to Fae, hugged her tight and showered her with kisses. “Love, are you alright?” she asked looking into her face before helping her back to the car.

“It’s done, we’re free” Fae said wearily, “Just as we planed I put the mini disk in an interoffice mailer. When I activated the worm the alarms went off.” Moving slowly she sat down in the passenger seat, “I had to fight my way out. They, the two guards at the front, did not expect me to fight back.” She looked out the front and said softly, “I had to stop them . . . they . . . I killed them.”

Rose looked over and saw the tears glistening in the moonlight on Fae’s face. Squeezing her hand she said, “You did the right thing love.” Wiping the water from Fae’s face she realized she was crying. Something Ap’s should not do without a program. She had never seen Fae like this and it worried her.

Fae turned to Rose with a scared child’s face. “I could not bare the thought of being without you. Forgive me?”

Rose pulled her lover’s head to her lap, drove with one hand on the wheel, and the other stroking Fae’s hair. “It’s alright love. I forgive you.” As she drove she cooed softly and stroke Fae’s hair, calming the other woman. Once they reached the grid and turned the control of the car to the central traffic computer, Rose lifted her faerie’s head and kissed her softly. Hugging Fae tightly the thought came to her, ‘Welcome to humanity.’

Fae held tight to Rose, her face buried against Rose’s neck. Looking her rose in the eye she said, “Thank you,” before kissing her deeply. She lowered her head to Rose’s lap and laid there for a time. Looking up towards Rose’s face, ““What's in a name? That which we call a rose . . .”

 Rose looked down at Fae and smiled, “By any other word would smell as sweet,” she replied. “You smell sweet to me Fae,” she added softly as they rode into their new life together.