As his mind reeled with all the different possibilities the night could take, he took a sharp turn into a narrow alleyway. The car barely fit inside. He couldn’t even open the door. Rolling down the window, he squeezed himself out of the car, until he was standing on the roof of the luxury vehicle. He quickly stepped down, hopping onto the trunk, and then to the ground. With a press of a button, the trunk opened and he grabbed a heavy duffel bag.
Slinging it over his shoulder, he jumped onto the trunk once more and ran across the car before landing in front. There was an old door at the end of the alleyway that he easily kicked down. The result was a cloud of dust nearly making him cough, but he held the urge as he rushed forward to the rickety looking staircase. After countless steps, he managed to reach the roof.
The fresh air felt good to his lungs that now burned with the effort of climbing fifteen flights of stairs. He needed to start going back to the gym more religiously once this mission was done. With this thought, he got to the edge of the roof, where he could see the mansion.
Leaning down, he settled himself behind the small parapet that kept people from walking off. He started to pull out various things from the duffel bag. A large gun. A scope. A stand. He started to assemble these pieces together with practiced precision.
When he was done, he positioned it on the edge of the wall. Getting on his knees, he looked through the scope. The bedroom that Savanna was supposed to lure Kozlowski into was still empty. Ronny rolled up his sleeve and looked at his watch. She still had a few minutes.
***
Once Savanna made her way into the mansion, she took on a totally different persona. She laughed with the patrons as a natural German accent emerged from her lips. Many of the men were quite impressed that a person of her race spoke their language so fluently. She would answer them with a mysterious smile that only proved to peek their interests even more.
Soon enough she had many of them wrapped around her finger. They laughed and flirted with her as she kept them occupied with witty comments and a burning stare. Finally, she caught the attention of the host himself. He approached her with a smile on his face.
He reached out a hand. Savanna didn’t hesitate to place her gloved hand in his. He squeezed it with a powerful gesture that made her giggle in response as her eyes subtly looked up, taking in his appearance. He was a powerful man, probably in his mid-thirties. He had a dominant aura that rolled off his body like a unique scent. His smug smile remained glued to his face as he pulled her toward the bar.
“Can I offer you a drink?” he asked as he spoke a few cruel words in his servant’s direction. They quickly complied with his demand, handing him two shots. Savanna’s target grabbed his glass and tilted his head back, drinking it in a single gulp. Savanna smirked as she did the same, much to the man’s surprise.
“Impressive…” he mused as he looked down at her.
“That’s not the only thing I’m good at…” Savanna whispered in his ear as she moved forward, her body nearly pressed into his as her hand rested on his thigh, before taking a decisive leap to his crotch, giving it a hearty squeeze. The man grinned at her sudden attraction toward him. He wasn’t about to deny such an exotic beauty.
With that, he grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the stairs. He left the party he was hosting to bring her to the second floor of the mansion. There, he navigated through the maze of corridors, until he reached his bedroom. Savanna grinned to herself, knowing she was on the verge of success. As soon as she got the German into the bedroom and laid him down on the bed, Ronny could take his shot.
Eager for the mission to be over, she pushed him into the room. She pressed him into a wall almost immediately as her lips pressed into his, letting them meld together as she feigned pure lust toward this man. He smirked into the kiss and reached down, grabbing her ass.
Meanwhile, Ronny cringed as he looked through the scope and saw the two of them making out. He knew this was all just an act for the mission’s sake, but at the same time, it felt painful to watch Savanna kiss someone else. At this point, there was no denying that he liked her. Sighing, he straightened himself out and took aim. All she had to do now was push the German onto the bed.
***
As Savanna continued to make out with her target, she felt confident that the mission was going just as planned. In a minute, she would take control of the situation by pushing him onto the bed and once that was done her work would be finished. But before this could happen, a sudden turn of events changed everything. Kozlowski reached into his drawer as he pressed Savanna into the wall, making her groan into the kiss.
Before she could react at all, he had attached something around her neck. She cringed as she heard an audible click. She suddenly pushed him away from the kiss. “What the hell?” she said as her hands reached upward and pressed against the cold metal of what felt like a collar. Her eyes grew even larger as she heard a soft tick, tick, tick, and her fingers pressed into a small box on the side.
“What, you didn’t think I would figure out that you were a spy?” Kozlowski asked with a grin. He closed the gap between them, about to grab her when she retaliated with a kick that made him stagger backward. He wasn’t expecting that but recovered quickly enough to ram her into the wall, forcing the air out of her lungs.
Ronny watched from his scope. He had no idea what was going on, but it didn’t look good. Did he make the shot or wait until the target was on the bed as planned? As he watched the brute of a man pull out a knife and hold it up to her face, rage consumed him. Taking aim, he allowed his finger to ease back into the trigger. The bullet emerged from its chamber, pierced through the glass of the bedroom window and finally made its way through Kozlowski’s heart with ease. He slumped forward in front of Savanna, who stared at the dead criminal with a horrified look.
Anger painted her face as she made her way to the window, glaring at the sniper. As she approached the window, he moved the scope to watch her. It was only then that he saw the collar around her neck and the blinking red light. No… had the German rigged a bomb? Had he just killed the only man that could have easily deactivated it?
Ronny cursed under his breath as he saw Savanna turn around and wrap a scarf around her neck, hiding the lethal device. She made her way out of the mansion quickly, as Ronny rushed down the stairs as fast as he could. He got back into the car and sped to the entrance of the mansion.
Savanna was already waiting for him. She got in, but there was an irate look on her face and hidden beneath that, was a true sense of fear. She knew she was in trouble. There was no telling how much time they had left until she had her top blown off.
“Don’t worry… we’ll get that thing off you. I promise.” Ronny reached for her hand, but she pulled away quickly.
“If you hadn’t killed him, I could have made him take this vile contraption off my neck!” She yelled at him. He stared into her frightened eyes knowing she was right, but before he could say anything else a loud alarm sounded from the mansion. They must have found the deceased Kozlowski by now. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire erupted. Bullets pelleted the side of the car. Ronny reacted quickly and sped off down the street.
Enemy cars seemed to emerge out of nowhere, following them. “Call headquarters.”
“Already on it.” Savanna had her cell phone to her ear, trying to get in touch with high command, but no one responded.
“This is not good…” Ronny muttered as the cars started to gain on him, opening fire. He looked in the mirror for a split second before stepping on the brakes. His free hand reached out, keeping Savanna from flying through the windshield. He shifted the car into reverse, making a full 360, before driving in the opposite direction of his pursuers.
The enemy took some time to adjust to his sudden change of direction, granting Ronny just enough time to pull into the parking lot of an abandoned warehouse. He killed all the lights of the car, creating a blackout that caused the black vehicle to fade into the night. He watched as the enemy sp
ed past without noticing them.
He sighed in relief and looked at Savanna. “It isn’t safe here and we have to get that thing off you,” he said, before getting out of the car and grabbing her hand. To the west, he could spot a tree line. Maybe they would be safer in the woods.
Savanna kicked off her heels and ran with him into the forest. Once there, he swept her off her feet as he carried her through the thicket of trees. “I don’t want you hurting your feet,” he whispered, looking down at her, answering the confused expression on her face.
Savanna said nothing, however, as she was carried deeper and deeper into the forest. Finally, after about five minutes he stopped, setting her down on a fallen tree. “Now… to get that thing off you…” Ronny looked nervous as he ran his fingers through his hair. “Headquarters didn’t answer, right?” Savanna shook her head.
“I could try again.” Ronny nodded and they waited with bated breath for someone to answer, but nothing happened.
“Fuck,” Ronny cursed as he paced around. He was a sniper. He had no experience with bombs.
Savanna could see the nervousness on his face. As much as she feared to put her life in his hands, what other choice did she have? Getting up, she grabbed his hands and kissed his lips. To her surprise, she liked it more than she would have imagined. It continued longer than anticipated, until she pushed him up against a tree.
She would have kept kissing him, but the ticking of the bomb on her neck caught her attention. “I trust you,” she said breathlessly.
***
Ronny stared at her for a moment. He couldn’t believe she had just kissed him. He tried to gather his thoughts, but the kiss had turned them into a scrambled mess. After a moment, she squeezed his hand, trying to get his attention. He looked down at her with a dazed expression. “Please…” she whispered, the fear finally breaking down her hard exterior.
Seeing her expression, Ronny nodded. He had to help her. He had to at least try. With that, he rummaged through his pockets, finding his army-mandated pocketknife. “It belonged to my best friend… hopefully, it can help me now…” he whispered as he opened it up, looking at the miniature tools, hoping one of them could be of some use.
Taking a deep breath, he moved her into a patch of moonlight to get a better view of what he was dealing with. Then he leaned in close to her, his breath on her neck as he looked at the little black box. There was an ominous red light blinking at him angrily, accompanied by an unnerving ticking noise. He took a moment before grabbing the flat head screwdriver and shimmying it into a small crack on the box.
With a bit of force, he popped off the front panel. He was met by a plethora of tangled wires. “Fuck…”
“What…?” Savanna asked in a meek voice. She couldn’t see what he was doing and it was making her nervous. She imagined them both dying in a fiery explosion, any second now.
“Two things… one… there’s this little screen counting down… and two, there’s all of these wires…”
“What… what’s the number…?” Savanna asked, wanting to know how many seconds of life she had left.
“20… 19…”
“Don’t count down you idiot! Do something!” She yelled frantically, as her hands gripped his arms in desperation.
“Which wire do I cut?” he asked quickly as he grabbed the small pliers of the pocketknife.
“What are the options?” she asked, trying to calm herself down.
“Yellow… green… and blue…”
“What… no red...?” she asked.
“Yeah… no… 5… 4…”
“BLUE!”
With that he took the chance, snipping the blue wire in an instant. They both closed their eyes, expecting the worst, but after almost a minute they opened them once more.
“Did it work?” Savanna asked, amazed, her heart pounding in her chest. Slowly, Ronny glanced at the little black box. The screen was now blank, the red light gone.
“It looks like it…” he whispered in disbelief. Had he actually saved Savanna from certain death? “Wow… I can’t believe it…” Savanna slung her arms around him, crying in relief into his chest.
“I can’t believe…” Savanna muttered into his chest as her body began to shake. It seemed impossible that the playboy had saved her life and yet, that was exactly what he had done. Ronny leaned down and kissed the top of her head as his hand started to rub her back, trying to sooth her after the hectic experience.
“Shh… it’s okay. Let’s try and get this thing off you, okay?” Ronny whispered, before turning her around and moving her hair out of the way. Grabbing another tool from the pocketknife, he started to tinker with the lock that pinned the collar to the beautiful girl’s slender neck.
After a few minutes of fumbling, he managed to unlock it from her neck. It fell into his hand. Savanna sighed in relief like a huge weight had been lifted. Taking the device into his hand, Ronny chucked it as far as he could into the woods. Savanna watched it vanish from sight.
Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around Ronny. Her lips smashed into his as she let all her emotions come to the forefront. She couldn’t deny that she loved him any longer. She pushed him into a tree and kissed him harder and harder. Her passion flew from her lips to his.
Ronny was pleasantly surprised and after a few moments of initial shock, he started to return her sentiments as his hands rested on her hips and pulled her body closer to his own. He smiled into the kiss. He always knew that she had feelings for him; she just wasn’t letting them come to the surface. But now, as they continued to make out, there was no denying the chemistry that lingered between them.
Eagerly, Savanna started to tug at his clothes, desperate to have him naked before her. They were still in danger of being discovered by the enemy, but right now Savanna couldn’t control herself. She had suppressed her emotions for too long. She needed to show Ronny just how she felt in her heart. She shut off the part of her brain telling her to be more logical, as she pulled off his shirt and tossed it to the side.
Ronny also allowed his emotions to take control as he pulled at her dress. She allowed him to take it off her body as she giggled in anticipation. Her body was covered in goose bumps as the chilly air caressed every inch of her bare skin. He looked down at her, as his hands rubbed her skin, trying to keep her warm despite her nakedness.
He picked her up suddenly, his hands resting on her plump ass. She naturally wrapped her legs around his waist, as his fingers tugged on her thong. Before she could protest, he ripped it off her body. She glared at him for a moment, before grinning down at him. Feisty. She liked that. With this thought, she ran her hand into his pants, finding his member and giving it a squeeze as she smirked at his response.
***
“Do you really want–” Before Ronny could finish his sentence, Savanna pressed her lips to his once more, cutting him off. He moaned into the kiss as she started to pull down his pants and boxers, which settled around his ankles. He quickly kicked them away, only to feel her soft hand on his member, teasing him to life with her long fingernails.
He shivered in pleasure as his hands squeezed her ass, pulling her even closer. He tried to rub himself against her eager pussy, but she kept him away, teasing him further. He groaned under his breath before he leaned down and took one of her large breasts into his mouth.
She moaned loudly, losing her train of focus for a moment, causing her to lose the grip on his dick. Taking his chance, he thrusted himself forward, slamming into her hips. She screamed out, her moan traveling as an echo through the woods as he filled up her every inch. He quickly muffled her sounds with his mouth, knowing that such screaming could easily give them away.
As they made out, he started to bounce her on his throbbing member, letting her feel every inch of him. Her walls tightened around him as she started to get closer and closer to the edge. He grinned as one of his fingers started to tease her clit. She arched her back in response and it was too much for her to take. Without warning, she exp
loded in pleasure, filling her entire body with a white-hot sense of ecstasy.
Ronny, feeling her quivering against his body tried to hold back, but he too exploded in pure pleasure. He slumped down, sitting against a nearby tree as he held Savanna in his lap. She breathed hard and leaned her head on his chest as she heard his heart raging.
“That was amazing…” Savanna whispered, glad that she had finally given into the yearning of her heart. She had tried so hard to convince herself that this man would mean nothing but trouble for her, but now that she was cradled in his arms, she knew she couldn’t have been further from the truth. She smiled as she felt him lean down and kiss the top of her head.
***
In the morning, the couple awoke with a start at the sound of a cell phone ringing. Savanna’s eyes shot open and she scurried across the forest floor, quickly grabbing her phone. It was headquarters.
“Hello?” she answered, trying to mask the huskiness in her voice.
“Yes. Savanna. Is everything alright? We just got news of the disturbance last night. Did everything go according to plan?”
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