Sister Grace looked over the incident report that Sergeant Demarco of the Cadian 501st Airborne had filed following the successful defense of the forgeworld Eutraxia. The Tau casualties had been drastic, and Demarco’s performance in particular had caught Grace’s attention. She smiled as she opened a tri-dimensional holo-render of one charge Demarco led, watching it intently. It was not the first time she had seen this image, but it was just as pleasing to view for the eighth time as it had been the first.
Demarco had taken up a fallen trooper’s melta gun and loosened its choke, turning it into an improvised shotgun of sorts that spread large waves of thermal radiation out over an approximately thirty degree cone in front of him. He had used it to overheat the internal cogitator units of the enemy Tau’s combat suits, effectively frying their electronics and thus their advantage. It also had the convenient side effect of burning away several inches of armor and tissue on any Tau who happened to be within four or five meters of the barrel.
Fire Warriors, indeed, thought Grace, watching a Tau choke out dry, hacking gasps as his armor, weapon, helm, and face were incinerated, leaving torched bones and roasted ligaments showing where blue skin and yellow plate had been. Demarco cleared his throat. The sound caused Sister Grace to jump slightly in her seat.
“Ah! Staff Sergeant Ricardo Demarco of the Cadian 501st, in the flesh, no less. I apologize, I did not hear you come in. I suppose that’s what I get for leaving my office door ajar,” Sister Grace said, shooting up from her seat to a relaxed parade rest. She ended her statement with a forced chuckle, in an attempt to alleviate the awkward tension in the air. Demarco saluted her, then looked at the holo-render for a few moments.
“Admiring my work?” He asked, gesturing at the tri-dimensional display. Sister Grace glanced at the display, then reached over and shut off the emitter, waving for Demarco to come over and sit down in the chair placed before her desk.
Grace’s office was cluttered, stuffed full of vellum records, softly whirring cogitators, burned out candles, and a massive stain-glass window set behind her large stone desk, though the window was partially obstructed by the stacks of paperwork and book-bound records crowding her workspace. The chair that Demarco had been offered was a simple one, composed of aging wood and lined with a worn out cushion. Demarco took his seat nonetheless.
Grace sat down as well, and looked into Demarco’s heavily-lidded eyes. They were a deep hue of violet, and Grace felt her heart stutter as he blinked slowly, an image of passion flashing across her imagination that she quickly shook from her mind.
“Sargeant,” Grace said, “you’ve come to my attention due to your repeated battlefield excellence over the past four decades. In particular, your daring counter-offensive against a Tau battlegroup pinning down an entrenched unit of Sororitas heavy-weapons teams was not only selfless and unorthodox, but also incredibly valuable. You saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives that day.” As she spoke, she powered the emitter back on, cycling through a series of holo-renders until the record of his rescue began playing. Demarco shifted in his seat.
“I appreciate the recognition, Sister, but I must ask, is there some ulterior motive for this… congratulatory meeting?” He asked, incredulity heavy in his voice.
Sister Grace nodded and replied, “Of course. I’m recruiting for a diversely trained team of special agents at the request of the Lord-Commander himself. Our Spiritual Liege wishes to reorganize and reimplement the Inquisition into a more… I suppose compliant organization. His Majesty is pushing for reforms across the Imperium, and this is no exception.”
Demarco said nothing, merely meeting Grace’s gaze. Grace sat quietly, seemingly expecting a response. After half a minute of silence, she spoke up, “I am looking for a yes or no, Sergeant.”
Demarco cleared his throat, inhaled deeply, and then leaned forward, placing his arms on her desk. “If I say no, Sister Grace, I trust that I will not be punished for non-conformity?”
Grace furrowed her brow, but replied, “No, Demarco, there will be no catch here. It is a special task group trained and equipped for unorthodox operations and tactics. If you are disinterested, we will move to our second choice candidate, who already said yes.”
Demarco nodded and looked away, glancing out of the office and into the corridor outside. After a moment of thought, he turned back, made eye contact with Grace, and replied, “I’m good for it. When does the assignment start?”
Sister Grace smiled devilishly and replied, “Right now. Welcome to Special Task Force Angel-12. We will be deploying to the moons of Inductous IV tomorrow morning to investigate Genestealer Cultist activities in the region.” She extended a hand and Demarco gripped it firmly.
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The moons orbiting the forgeworld of Inductous IV were hiver hell-scapes; gangs and savagery ran rampant below the smog clouds, and the tips of the great spires were decadent places of excess and luxury. Demarco was not well-adjusted to environments of the latter sort, and found himself extraordinarily uncomfortable in the high-class hotel room he was sharing with Grace, particularly when she left the door to the washroom containing the glass-enclosed shower and bath wide open.
I really shouldn't stare, Demarco thought, even as his eyes lingered on the steamy silhouette of the singing Sister of Battle. Her voice drifted out from behind the cascading sounds of the shower like an angel emerging from behind a waterfall; the Cadian found himself transfixed. I'll be damned if she isn't doing this on purpose, he thought.
Demarco quickly slid off the bed when he heard the shower turn off, slipping into a pair of casual-wear slacks. By the time Sister Grace had exited the washroom, wearing little more than a loosely tied red silk robe, Demarco's pants were still unbuttoned and he was rolling his undershirt down over his torso. Both paused for a moment, staring hungrily at one another’s immodestly dressed forms.
Demarco shifted his gaze and moved past Grace to enter the bathroom. As Demarco lifted the beard-trimmer to his face, he heard Grace ask from their shared bedroom, "I didn't realize you would be up this early, Sergeant. Were you unable to sleep?"
Demarco waited until he had finished shaving his neck and was beginning work on his jaw and cheeks to reply, "I slept just fine, Honored Sister. The lack of sheets did nothing to negatively impact my rest." He heard a song-like giggle come from the other room and smiled involuntarily.
He noticed Sister Grace enter the doorway out of the side of his vision, having almost finished giving himself a clean shave. She was leaning against the doorframe, the loose neckline of her robe plunging beneath her ribcage, exposing her ample bosoms, as well as a jet-black fleur-de-lis tattooed on her sternum.
“Are you enjoying the view?” Rico asked. He watched Grace’s lips curl up into a smile as an almost inaudible laugh gently shook her shoulders.
“I’m merely reviewing the assets that the Astra Militarum have so generously chosen to loan to me,” Grace replied, gliding into the room and circling behind Rico. As she completed her semi-revolution about him, he watched her gaze drift down his back to tight, well-muscled backside, and felt his trousers tighten as his autocannon armed itself.
“Review the ‘assets’ as much as you like,” Rico replied, combing his short, neatly cut hair, “but I think it’d be in both our best interests if I simply gave you a… hands-on training session to familiarize you with their functionality.” Sister Grace had completed her orbit, and was standing beside the sink. Her eyes were fixated on a different set of assets now.
When her gaze eventually drifted back up to meet Rico’s, Grace asked, “How often have those pretty purple fuck-me eyes gotten you what you want, Staff Sergeant?” Her voice was thick with a mixture of disdain, lust, mirth, and just a touch of genuine curiosity.
Rico grinned and replied, “I don’t keep track, but if you want, you can say yes now, and we’ll start keeping a running tally.” He placed the shaver down and bent over to wash his face in the sink. When he stood back up and looked over at Grace, he found that she had relinquished her robe, and was standing beside him, tugging at the Inquisitorial ‘I’ shaped piercing in her left nipple and wearing nothing but a smile.
“You’ve made a compelling argument for this live-fire demonstration of your ‘equipment’, Rico.” The Sister paused for a moment, and then asked, “Is it okay if I call you Rico?” as she pressed up behind him and slid her hand down the front of his pants. Tall though she was, she needed to stand on her tip-toes to peer over the Cadian’s shoulder, looking into his eyes through their reflection in the foggy mirror.
He felt her strong hand wrap itself around his lower shaft as her left hand ran across his statuesque chest, feeling every contour of his pectoral muscles as she kissed and bit his neck. Rico growled in response as his cock grew from half-solid to fully-erect in her tight but comfortable grip.
“Do you get this intimate with all your equipment, Grace?” Rico asked, his voice breathy and deep. Grace pressed her face into his neck and inhaled, smelling his aftershave. After a moment spent this way, she pulled back and pressed her lips to the back edge of his ear.
“Only when the equipment is so well-maintained and of such a potent calibre,” she whispered huskily into his ear. Rico felt the muzzle of his lasrifle become significantly wetter as precum dripped out, being spread further by Grace’s gentle stroking of his shaft.
“That said,” she continued, “I think that I’d have an easier time inspecting your gear if it were not stowed away. Do me a favor, Demarco, and disrobe for me.” She backed away from him, sitting on the edge of the bathtub with her legs crossed.
Demarco turned about and took a half-step forward, standing at rapt attention and saluting Grace. She laughed breathlessly, reaching over for the bottle of white wine and crystal glass sitting beside the bathtub. Pouring herself a glass, she replied, “At ease, Guardsman.”
Demarco spread his feet shoulder-width apart and squared his shoulders towards her. His hands came down to his belt, slowly slipping the leather out from the buckle while he maintained piercing eye-contact with Grace. She sipped from her glass of wine, leaving behind a void-black lipstick stain on its rim, her eyes burning with desire.
Rico pulled the belt apart, letting both sides hang abreast his pants’ fly as he began unbuttoning them. Grace’s gaze drifted down towards the thick, bulging imprint his private armament left in the front of his slacks, and she asked, “Staff-Sergeant, is that a non-standard concealed-carry technique for your issued sidearm, or are you simply overjoyed at the prospect of giving me a rundown of Imperial Guard unarmed combat tactics?” Rico’s face remained stoic, instead allowing his eyes speaking for him. Grace swayed her shoulders slightly and took another drink, fluttering her eyelashes in a smug show of feigned innocence.
Rico untucked his undershirt and slowly lifted it out of his waistband, revealing his carefully sculpted torso centimeter by centimeter for Grace’s thirsty, leering gaze to roll across. When he cleared the shirt of his head, he tossed it at Grace’s feet. Grace smiled again and took another long drink of wine.
As he slowly slid his pants down, showing more of his underwear, Grace held up a hand, causing Demarco to pause as she drained her glass. After having cleared her throat, Grace said, “Parade rest, hands behind your back. I want you to stare straight ahead. If you look down, or react in any way, I will have to punish you with harsh floggings and fifty Ave Imperators in High Gothic.” Demarco snapped into position and nodded silently.
Grace gently placed the glass on the marble floor beside her feet, causing her breasts to pile upon her muscular thighs and spill out from beneath her chest as she reached down. After having righted herself, she uncrossed her legs and stood slowly. Sweat beaded upon Rico’s brow and he swallowed, his throat suddenly quite dry.
Grace slinked up to him, swaying her hips and placing one foot before the other, staring up into his deep purple eyes. She stopped mere inches away from him, placing her hands flat against his chest, sliding her hands down his torso as she leisurely descended into a crouch. When her hands came upon the fabric of his slacks and underwear, she slid her fingers under the waistband, pulling them down and allowing his rigid member to swing free of its entrapment, slapping against her cheek.
Grace smiled and gripped the base of his shaft, stroking it as she looked up and said, “It’s excellent to see that the Militarum really do train their boys to stand at attention at the drop of a hat,” before proceeding to run her tongue along the underside of his cock, licking him from the stem to the tip. Having completed her tongue’s journey, she continued, “But if you have a premature negligent discharge, I will be quite cross indeed.” Demarco took a deep, long breath, steeling himself even as sweat ran down his face.
Grace pulled his underwear down further, bringing his garrisons out from defilade and gently groping them with her free hand. Continuing to stroke the base of Rico’s shaft, Grace wrapped her lips around his cock, taking him within her mouth and leaving black lipstick stains in her wake. Demarco felt a pressure building in his loins, and he swallowed again, trying to silently clear his throat. Grace paused and looked up at him, asking, “Staff Sergeant, you seem stressed. Is something wrong?” Her voice was dominated by an insincere layer of concern. Rico shook his head and maintained his forward-fixed gaze.
Grace smiled and said, “Excellent composure, rifleman,” before returning to her oral exploration of his extensive armory. Her movements were excruciatingly slow, leaving Demarco forever on the edge of climax, his cock dripping with precum and almost painfully rigid. Damn this pretentious slut, he thought, and damn her demands.
When Grace had taken his cock halfway within her mouth, Rico’s arms shot out from behind his back, gripping her short, bob-cut hair in his large, calloused hands, and he began thrusting away at her throat. He felt her grip on his magazines tighten, but not painfully so, and after three or four thrusts, she removed her hand from his lower shaft, placing it flat against his upper abdomen.
He felt her loosen her throat and he began thrusting ever so slightly deeper each time, until he was hilting himself with each rhythmic penetration of her soft, wet mouth. He made eye-contact with her as she glared up at him, and he felt himself cross that final rubicon. With mere seconds left before his climax, he pounded away at her, causing her makeup to run and tears to flow from the corners of her eyes.
Finally, he felt the first shot of seed begin to rocket down his barrel, and he pressed himself deep within her throat, leaning forward and causing her head to tilt back, opening up even more of her throat for his deep-strike drop-pod. His body shook with each pulse of his cock, and Grace tapped out, slapping his stomach hurriedly, causing Rico to lean back against the sink, gripping its edges behind his back with both hands.
Withdrawing his member from her throat, she coughed, thick strings of saliva and cum connected his tip to her lips as the last few shots of his orgasm splattered on her face. Both panted wordlessly for a few seconds, before Rico recovered enough to blurt out, “Oh, damn it, sorry, I, uh, I didn't mean to, um... I didn't mean to get it on your face. I'll go grab a towel.”
Grace, one eyelid closed to hold a portion of his payload at bay, stared down at her saliva and cum covered hands. “My impeccable smokey eye is completely ruined…” she muttered, “by the Emperor... This reminds me of the time I watched a Word Bearer facecheck a krak missile.”
Rico knelt down in front of her, holding a warm, moist hand towel, and began wiping down her face and hands. The moment he had cleaned her hands, though, she wrapped them around the back of his neck and kissed him, her tongue burrowing past his lips, carrying with it the taste of his own emissions.
He dropped the towel and slid one hand behind her head, whereas his other hand shot down between her legs, his fingers slipping past her shock-white pubic hair and rolling across her clit, causing her to moan lewdly against his lips. They stayed like this for some time, kissing like honeymoon lovers as his hand brought her to climax.
After he pulled his hand away, his fingers drenched in her emissions, she broke the kiss and laid her head against his chest as she pulled him into a tight hug, panting and shaking against him. He reciprocated, running the fingers of his clean hand through her hair.
For a few minutes they stayed like this, both breathing heavily and drenched in post-climax sweat. Grace broke the silence first, though, looking up into his eyes and saying, “I’m going to beat you so Emperor-damned hard for pulling that stunt, you little brat.” Rico didn’t reply verbally, instead choosing to simply chuckle and kiss the top of her head.