Conversations Under Moonlight

Fortunately, the stashes of weapons were collected without incident and everyone gathered at Mia's without incident. The staff was evacuated save for the security detail. However, the old butler that Derren met when he first came to Mia's estate refused to abandon his post despite the danger, which the group found very noble. If not a bit foolhardy.

The air in the dinning room they had retired to was tense. The group tried to play cards in hopes it would relieve the tension, but very quickly it became clear that nervous silence was going to be the order of the day. There were no windows in this room which is why everyone went there, but the clock on the wall indicated that it was now 8:00pm.

"I can't just sit here in silence anymore, I'm going to check on Rose." Derren said as he stood up from the table.

As soon as Rose selected a room where she felt they were the most safe she set up a sniper spot for herself in the highest point of the estate.

"Okay avoid windows and don't dawdle." Mia said.

"I won't." Derren Replied.

Rose peered over the estate from her position. It was quiet, which would have put her on edge, but Carnation was not one for subtly. If she attacked it'd be loud, so silence was actually a relief in this situation.

"psst" Rose heard from just outside the room she was in.

"Derren?"

"Yeah, I wanted to see how you were doing." Derren said.

There was a long pause as Derren sat against the wall just outside of the room Rose was in.

"I'm nervous." After much thought Rose said.

"That's surprising. Of any of us I thought you wouldn't be." Derren said.

"It's funny, I've never felt nervous before a mission before." Rose mused.

"Why now then?" Derren asked.

"Well, I have something I care about now. I don't want to lose you guys. I know it's silly Its only been a day after all, but every time I picture one of you getting hurt my heart feels heavy." Rose lamented.

"I don't think that's that weird I could tell just from the bit of time we've spent together that you're life up to now wasn't one full of people who cared about you." Derren said.

"You can just say it, I was nothing but a tool." Rose said.

"Still even if we haven't know you for long no one thinks of you as a tool." Derren said.

"Yeah, that's why I don't want to lose you guys, because it's actually scary to me. I don't want to go back to that life again." Rose said in a melancholic tone. She paused a bit before continuing.

"You know the closest I got to having a real family is when I had to monitor a target and his family." Rose continued.

"That must have been hard." Derren said.

"It was the first time I had seen what it could be like to not live everyday being beaten or living as a weapon. I was sent in to be an orphan that would spend Christmas day with them as part of some charity thing they did every year. Anyway, I remember that morning, the kids rushed down the stairs and were over the moon looking at the mountain of gifts. They bickered over who got to open their gifts first. Eventually they settled down and opened their gifts, and I got to open some they got for me. When we were done we all had hot chocolate and sang Christmas carols. I didn't understand the feeling at the time of course, but that tightness in my heart was jealousy. I wanted what those kids got to have everyday." Rose said with a forlorn look on her face.

"Rose, what happened to them?" Derren asked.

"What now?" Rose jumped in surprise.

"You said you pretending so you could get in a target's house. Why were you infiltrating their house? What happened?" Derren continued.

"Err...

...

...

boom." Rose looked downcast as she said.

"Rose that day, your orders was to take them all out right?" Derren asked.

"Haaaah...yeah." Rose whimpered.

"Damn on Christmas of all days." Derren shook his head.

"That was the time frame for the job!" Rose rushed out a defense.

"I was ordered to make it look like it was an accident!" She continued.

"I didn't say it was your fault Rose." Derren replied calmly.

"I know, I know, but last night I had a dream about that family. Well more like a nightmare." Rose started to get teary eyed.

"I'm guessing there were more than just them in your dream?" Derren asked.

"Every single person I ever killed screaming in agony, and blaming me as they drag me down to hell for everything I've ever done. I don't understand what's happening!" Rose said as tears started to flow down her cheeks.

"How do you feel right now Rose?" Derren asked.

"Sad obviously!" Rose blurted out.

"And how did you feel yesterday before we had our heart to heart in the kitchen?" Derren asked.

There was a long pause as Rose contemplated the question. Wiping the tears from her eyes as she refocused her attention back to her scope. She thought more and more about what Derren had just asked her, and the answer was surprising to her. Yet at the same time completely expected.

"I didn't feel anything at all. This is my own guilt haunting me isn't it?" Rose asked.

"Welcome to human emotions Rose. You got screwed over in life, but now you have a real chance at happiness. It wasn't your fault that you were used like you were, but I know telling you that won't change how you feel. I can use my powers to alter your memories and forget, but it might be better to actually work through it without short cuts, but it's up to you." Derren said.

"I think I want to work through it. I owe it to myself and to the victims not to forget." Rose said.

"I think that's a good choice, but if it ever gets to be too much for you know you have a really good support system that's got your back." Derren said.

"That I do." Rose said with a laugh.

"Now get out of here, I've gotta focus and I'm going to want a hug if you stick around too much longer." Rose shooed Derren off with a bittersweet smile.

Derren slinked back down to meet up with the others when half way down the stairs to the first floor he heard clattering and grunts. Fearing that Carnation had changed her tactics and had snuck in Derren rushed in to ensure everyone was still safe.

"Is everyone okay!" Derren said as he sprinted into the dinning room.

"Ahn!" Miko groaned.

What Derren saw shocked him.

"Mmf!" Mia muffled out.

Miko was sitting on the table, her legs spread wide as Mia ate her pussy.

Confused by this, Derren looked around the dinning room. Flo and Jessie were standing off in the corner immediately to the right of Derren. Florence looked incredibly annoyed while Jessie looked angry. May was sitting in a chair directly in the middle of the table where Mia and Miko currently were. It was like she was watching a basketball game court-side she was so close to the two women playing with each other on the table. Her face was redder than a tomato and she was doing everything in her power to look away.

"HEY! What the fuck are you two doing!" Derren usually didn't get too pissed off by the antics of Mia or Miko but this was different.

The shout took the two out of their zone and they both jolted to attention.

"Oh, hey! When'd you get back." Miko said with a blush on her face.

"Yeah, I didn't see you come in." Mia said as she tried to catch her breath.

"Maybe you didn't see me because you had your face buried in Miko's snatch!" Derren snapped back.

"But before I say anything to you two I want to know why you're just sitting there." Derren looked at the still blushing May.

"Um, well you decided for me that I should sit at this table when we got here, and that I had permission to leave the seat in an emergency or if I needed to use the bathroom. Neither of those happened so I couldn't choose to get up when they started going at it." May explained.

"Damnit! May, I decide you should get up." Derren said.

*Slam*

May jolted up, causing her chair to crash into the ground. She rushed over to Derren's side. The look of relief was clear on her face.

"Sorry I'd have decided you could get up for something like this too if I had thought these two would be this stupid. Did you guys forget that there is an assassin trying to kill us right now!" Derren said angrily.

"Well..." Mia started.

"Actually, Flo you tell me what really happened or else I'll get conflicting stories from these two." Derren said as he cut Mia off.

"Well, it started soon after you left..." Florence began.

"Where do you get off telling him what to do?" Miko bit at Mia.

"What? You can't be serious, I was just saying to be safe! Do you want him to get murdered by some psycho?" Mia spat back.

"No I want you to back off!" Miko raised her voice. She was becoming increasingly agitated.

"Why? You know you've been doing this constantly Miko getting all pissy and aggressive at the drop of the hat. What the fuck did I do to you huh?"

"Hey guys maybe we shouldn't..." Florence started.

""SHUT UP!!"" The two women shouted back at Florence.

"I was suppose to be with him! Just me! He got powers though and I knew that changed things. If I hurt a rival for his affection it wasn't a big deal, but I love him so I couldn't bring myself to damage his property. I had to accept that I wouldn't be his one and only love." As Miko ranted tears began to creep to the corners of her eyes.

"So what? Sorry you didn't get your fairy tale romance, but this bickering and **** is childish Miko. Derren wouldn't..."

"STOP IT!!!!! Stop acting like you're the boss of us!! Who made you head of the harem! If I can't have all of his affection I should at least be the head! I've known him longer and loved him longer. What did you do, huh? You tormented him as one of Vivian's little cronies! The same bitch that has sent two fucking assassin's after us by the way. You made his life hell for a year and now you run around here like you run the show. Bitch you shouldn't have even gotten a ticket!" Miko cut Mia off and cut her even more with her razor sharp tongue.

"You may be right. I didn't think I was worthy of him either. After everything I did I should have ended up like Eva or May but I didn't and that was his choice. The only thing I can do for him now that he's accepted me into his heart is be my very best for him. So yeah I don't deserve to be here I'll be the first to admit it, but like it or not I am here. If you want to stop me from being his favorite then good luck. Because I'm aiming to be his number one, bitch!" Mia said with determination. Derren and Mia had put the past in the past, Mia refused to let Miko use her prior behavior against her forever.

"Fine then we'll settle this right now!" Miko said as she got right in Mia's face. She moved to brace for Miko's attack, but instead it felt like her pants were being stripped.

"Hey, wha! O-oh!" Mia gasped. Mia looked down a little to see Miko rubbing her pussy over her panties.

"I propose an idea, who ever cums first has to give up on being the head of the harem." Miko explained.

"Tha-that's the dumbest thING I've ever, ha, heard!" Mia gasped out as she was getting turned on by Miko's provocation.

"But it doesn't seem like you hate the idea." Miko said with a coy grin.

She slid Mia's panties to the side and slipped a couple fingers into Mia's lubricated snatch. Mia reflexively grabbed onto Miko for support. Miko used this closeness to her advantage as she slipped her hand into Mia's shirt and began to play with one of Mia's soft breasts. She alternated her fingering with tweaks of Mia's nipple. This worked as intended as Mia's breathing got more and more labored as she panted and gasped in pleasure.

"Guys seriously this isn't the time for..." Once again Florence tried to be the voice of reason.

"Shhhh" Miko turned to shush Florence.

That was the distraction that Mia needed to turn the tables.

"MMM!" Miko muffled yelp filled the room as Mia planted an aggressive kiss on her.

Mia didn't let up either as she used the surprise attack to not only free herself, but to upend Miko and throw her onto the table in front of her. As soon as she had Miko down she deftly snatched her pants and panties off and threw them across the room. She then **** Miko's legs apart so that Miko was in a full split.

"W-wait Mia this was just a joke okay! Please don't pull my legs apart like that! Ow Ow Ow! That hurst stooooop!" Miko begged.

Mia had had it with Miko though, so she was going to win this stupid contest no matter what. Mia wasted no time in working her tongue into Miko's pussy. She worked like she was making out with it, smooching and sucking on her pussy lips like they were real lips and her tongue action hit all of Miko's buttons She hated to admit it but she was going to lose this game if she wasn't able to figure out how to get control back.

"Is everyone okay!" Derren said as he rushed into the room.

That wasn't the opening she wanted and it was getting harder and harder to stave off her climax. As such she couldn't help but moan and pant even in Derren's presence.

"HEY! What the fuck are you two doing!" Derren cried out.

Just like that the two women turned bashfully at their lover, master, and god. They had slipped up and now he was unhappy. They both felt a knot in their stomachs but they needed to be honest here and take responsibility for their action.

"Well that's about it." Florence said as she explained the events that lead to the present.

Derren thought for a moment, and decided.

"I think neither of you have shown a good foundation of leadership and since I see this dumb head of the harem thing won't end with you two, I'm naming Florence."

"What she's unfit!" Mia shouted.

"She's too submissive." Miko blurted.

"Too late she's the only one who had common sense in your little contest." Derren said.

*BOOM!*

Before they could protest more an explosion rocked the house. This petty squabble would have to wait, they were now under siege.