‘Regarding what you said about Esha being another Hive Queen when we get there,’ Seetha said over
tea with Claire the next day.
‘You said when we get there, we’re making progress,’ Claire smiled.
‘She would never take the position, she couldn’t really,’ Seetha began and Claire finished.
‘Because she lost her strand and no Silkworm would respect her I assume and Seetha acknowledged. ‘Then we’ll just have to get it back,’ Claire added as if it was as good as done.
‘Esha will have to get it back, it's her honour that was lost. It just can’t be handed back to her.’
‘Ah, I see, kind of a Klingon thing. Sorry for my poor attempt at levity. Well what if we gave her a purpose and a partner, an unknowing partner or so she thinks and that idea comes from you,’ Claire said.
‘I’m listening,’ Seetha said as she stirred her tea.
‘You need to recruit women. I have the person for the job, my recruiter Allison Janney. She’s amazing, but she does not know Silkworms, but Esha does. What if we put the two together and steer them in the right direction. Allison will have to know of course, but she won’t tell, if anything the opposite, Esha will think she’s doing it all,’ Claire proposed.
‘Seems like lies built upon one another,’ Seetha said.
‘That’s the business we're in,’ Clare casually replied to which Seetha had to agree.
‘I will make the announcement tomorrow in front of all The Hive.
‘How did things go this morning regarding what we set in motion?’ Claire quirried.
‘No hidden listening devices?’ Seetha said then it was her turn to apologise for a poor attempt at humour. ‘They seemed to welcome it. They like it here. They were also thrilled about the chance to train in other places. Many of them have formed friendships with some of your agents. I’m happy it's good for them. Esha however, seems to be withdrawn. I hope Miss Janney can help in more ways than one.’
‘It's hard to dislike her and even if you do she’ll just keep on you until you give up and like her. Plus she has some serious skills that even Esha will respect, that helps.
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‘This is how you celebrate?’ Allison said, coming up to the bar beside Esha. ‘The drink I get, kind of, but smoking?’
‘Relax, it's just menthol, my replacement for an old habit. The drinking is a new one. Perhaps I started too late,’ she said motioning to the bartender for another before Allison cancelled it.
‘This is fine,’ she said, motioning to the glass, but in moderation. That is off putting, but at least you’ll never be congested,’ Allison smiled, referring to the cigarette.
The comment made Esha smile for a second. ‘I take it you’re Miss Allison Janney, my new partner.’
‘Hope to be more than that, but if that’s all, that’s fine, at least I will have done my bit.
‘You sound like someone I knew,’ Esha smiled at the reminiscence.
‘Your Grandfather, the Colonel. I read his book on India, A Political Discourse. He was right, it only works if everyone is active and does what they can to make the country better, not them, the country, the other will follow, Kennedy said the same thing only 10 years later. Anyway, it's you not him I’m working with, horrible marriage, unjust divorce,’ Allison stated.
‘And a lot about me,’ Esha added.
‘That was twenty minutes of internet research including reading. Do you want to know what I spent the next 40 minutes looking for?
This piqued the Silkworms curiosity and she put out her cigarette.
‘Come with me and I’ll show you,’ Allison smiled, but to Esha's eyes morphed into a teasing look, but she was hooked so she followed.
They walked out of the bar and into the din of the casino, voices, bells and computer generated winning and losing sounds reverberated around them until finally they left making their way into the hotel part of the complex and to the elevator. Allison pushed six, the doors closed and up the two went the FORCE recruiter stealing glimpses as they went until the doors opened. Allison led the way, Esha at her side then all of a sudden she stopped.
‘You straighten yourself up right this instant or this goes no further and you can go back to feeling sorry for yourself. Here show this to the bartender and you can drink for free, as much as you want. Here take it!’ Allison, her voice raised, thrust it into Esha’s hand.
Esha did not know what was going on, she looked at the card, then at Allison who continued.
‘You're a Silkworm, so act like one!’ she said in a softer voice than before. Esha realized Allison’s hands were on her straightening her saree, adjusting her upper border, smoothing down and fixing the lower border then working on her shoulder and Pallu Pleats. There, better, now straighten up and walk as only a Silkworm can, confident, sexy, commanding. We’ll need that Esha to succeed,’ Allison said with care and concern now in her voice.
‘Esha dropped the card and instantly became a Silkworm again, Allison marveled at what she had just seen, but picked up the card.
‘Don’t be so careless, free drinks are always welcome,’ she smiled waving the card and Esha smiled back.
The rest of the way along the hall and into Allison’s suite Esha was mesmerizing, even her elegance at sitting down was something to behold. Allison grabbed her laptop and brought up the data she had collected but started with something unexpected.
‘Ok, so just to be clear, we both know this me helping you get your mojo or whatever back without you suspecting anything is BS, right? I just nodded and smiled when Seetha and Claire told me. I have more, way more respect for you than that,’ Allison explained.
Esha looked at Allison for a while, of course she knew it was nonsense, but it didn’t matter what she and this young girl thought, it was what the others thought and Seetha had already set them straight on who she trusted and where the next Hive Queen was coming from. Her work was more than enough to eliminate doubt or disrespect from them. She just nodded and let Allison continue, Esha was warming to her.
‘Your possessions,’ Allison was careful with the word she picked. `They're hard to sell. The pearls for the quality reason and the other things for a value reason, much too high priced for fences. Now from what you told us about your attackers, your location and your movements before our Analytics Department was able to come up with a likely overview. Now we add to that, this data,’ she explained, calling up another window. This is all the on the ground data we were able to gather from sources about possible inquiries into selling the items.’
‘How did you get so much information?’ Esha asked.
‘This is just the boiled down data, it was much larger than this. As to how, we called in a lot of favours to fill in missing pieces we felt might be relevant. Now all we have to do is let the algorithm I wrote and David’s department checked, run and we will have an answer as to where to start.’
‘We already know it was The Strippers Guild,’ Esha said.
‘Those bimbo’s wouldn’t know a real gemstone from a Dollar Store fake. Besides, they work for someone else, TRIDENT and they do know the value. Strippers like cash, they would have been paid for the job and told to bring everything else back to someone who did know the value of it, in more ways than one,’ Allison added, taking Esha’s hand. ‘This could take a while to compile and run, would you like something in the meantime.’
‘Tea would be pleasant, but only if you’ll join me,’ Esha answered.
‘I should say, why are you coming apart! But, instead, I will say I’m honoured.’
It was an old joke, but Esha had to laugh. This girl was smart and silly, in a good way she liked her already, which was something extraordinary for a Silkworm, they were normally discouraged from outside friendships.
Allison made the tea, Esha offered to help but Allison refused saying she was her guest. She brought it over, poured and they enjoyed a few sips while the program worked away. Finally Esha set her cup on its saucer and looked at Allison.
‘About the recruitment aspect of this arrangement,’ the Silkworm inquired.
‘Please tell me you have ideas, have done this before, because, sure I can do it for, lets just use the term, no offense intended here, “normal agents” and that includes Curve as well, but I’m up a blind alley on this one. So if you have guidance to offer, please. I’m more than happy to follow along providing what resource support I can. Sometimes Claire gets carried away with what she thinks people can accomplish,’ Allison said, setting down her cup and looking hopeful.
Esha had expected as much and yet she wasn’t disappointed, she rather appreciated the honesty.
‘Its expected every Silkworm will recruit, how else can you be expected to grow the organisation and become a Hive Queen yourself. I have to say we never really had a grand strategy, a master plan. Speaking honestly, it was just chance or luck. You come across just the right person in your travels, be they work or just daily routine. I suspect, like your organization, some make it and some don’t. We’ve always seemed to be more on the don’t side. Not a very promising report for the future I’m afraid,’ Esha said.
‘Well I like a challenge, I did it here, the Silkworms just require a different approach, similar but geared to your tradition. True the pool of talent is much narrow, that just means our parameters need to be highly defined. I've got some ideas turning around already in my head, but first things first and that’s Esha Gangu and we have some answers,’ Allison said looking at the computer.
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‘Chennai.’
That’s what the data said and given some of the data we picked up from the satellite images, we know a vehicle left the scene before Elena could get them all. Same car turned up at port the same day a boat left for Chennai. I have some leads from people there. It's a good place to pawn stolen gems, lots of international companies and contacts, easy way to get them out, if you know what palms to grease. We have several leads on sales. I think we can get those back and maybe a few of those will provide information on the more important item,’ Allison said.
“Of course,’ Claire said, looking at Susan. ‘Who do we want to send to help Esha.’
Before Claire could answer Allison chimed in. ‘I’m going, that’s the end of it. Esha and I are partners,’ she said in a final tone.
Claire knew it was, FORCE, like the US Marines or the Navy had the same rule. Just as every Marine is a rifleman and every sailor a firefighter, every FORCE employee is trained and has to complete a minimum of five missions. The intensity of those missions however did vary greatly. Allison had done hers and in general had performed well. She had liked it but knew where her strength lay, but she still trained on the side.
‘You don’t have to always stick to the rule you know,’ Susan Janus said after Allison had left.
‘Then I would lose their respect, even if sometimes we know it's not a good idea. Besides, having a Silkworm as your partner is a nice edge,’ Claire countered.
The duo had run around Chennai for most of the morning. Neither knew the city well, so they used the best transportation and the fastest, a Tuk-Tuk. So far everything had come up dry. Allison was a little frustrated and to be honest, a little embarrassed. She was starting to entertain the possibility that she had made a mistake in her data, but she didn’t let that show, she wanted Esha to have confidence in her partner.
The Tuk-Tuk headed in a decidedly order and from Allison could a less, much less prosperous part of the city, she didn’t have much hope, but Esha seemed excited. The three wheeled wonder machine swung round a corner and stopped. The ladies stepped out and looked across.
‘You know words fail me at this moment so I’m going with, what a dump,’ Allison said as she looked at the
corner store that had a decided lean to the left, the grey/brown concrete cracked at places so big you
could put a fist in, the windows barred with rusting pieces of rebar draped in rusting razor wire. What was
more worrisome was the four stories above the store were in worse shape.
‘Just the place,’ Esha said. ‘Who would think money was housed inside, certainly not the police, the perfect operation. Besides, we’re running low on leads, after this only two are left.’
The inside was no better, but at least you couldn’t see the cracks and rebar on the inside, they were covered from the ceiling in everything and anything you could imagine made from plastic. Boxes, dish racks, cake covers, drawer sets, deconstructed shelving units, ampersand every size, shape and colour of garbage cans. The other wall was blankets, all piled together, mixed about the hanger kits for them and used and new blinds. Dirty boxes of tools lined the far wall, all on shelves, there seemed to be no organization to them. Interspersed here and there were various pieces of electronics, most from names no one ever heard of. The front of the establishment has the traditional glass cabinets with new things, mostly electronics, but a few watches and pieces of gold. Behind the proprietor on the wall hung phone cards and packs of cigarettes. The owner was engaged in playing some sort of game on his laptop, while a woman was doing her best to organise some small sections of canned food.
Esha looked about, the man did not acknowledge them, which told Esha a lot. She went to the woman and greeted her. Allison noticed she was giving her the once over as they spoke in soft tones she could not make out before a louder voice she could make out spoke.
‘That’s my mother in law, I keep her around because she has no place to go and to shut my wife up, pay her no attention, she knows nothing,’ he barked. ‘If you need anything, deal with me.’ he added then looked over at Allison, her blonde hair something he didn’t see everyday and smiled. ‘Please come to the front’
Esha smiled at the woman and came slowly back to Allison. ‘What a nasty little man he is,’ the Silkworm whispered into Allison’s ear. ‘Find out what you can, he clearly likes the import models over the domestics,’ she added with a liit in her voice.
Allison gave him her best smile and made her way to the front, the saree Esha had selected for her doing its magic as she moved.
‘That’s an interesting piece of jewelry, I’m kind of a collector of Indian craftsmanship of any kind. I think it's some of the best in the world, especially the older pieces,’ she explained in a sweet voice.
He pulled it out and she looked at it, it was gold, thin, but nice, but nothing she wanted. “Do you have other, maybe more specific pieces, older in origin or perhaps you know someone who does. Of course I’ll pay a generous finders fee,’ Allison said as money slid across the table, the amount clearly visible for tabulation.
He reached for the money, but she pulled it back. ‘Only if you have or know where I can find what I’m looking for.’
‘And that would be madam?’ he asked in a surprisingly pleasant tone.
‘A long string of Pearls,not good quality and Tanzanite pendant with a Platinum chain, encircled by diamonds, that one is exquisite quality,’ she said.
‘Madam seems to have an exact idea of what she wants,’ he answered this time in a more suspicious tone.
‘Madam also has an exact idea of what she’ll do to you if you don’t help, she said, pulling a decorative hairpin from her head that could be unmistakably used for more nefarious means.
Esha and his mother in law looked over for a second then went back to talking seemingly unconcerned.
‘I have heard about these two items. I couldn’t afford the necklace and the pearls were too cheap looking.. even for me,’ he added as if to reassure Allison.
‘Anything else?’ she asked.
‘His name is Rudra Surve, he was here several days ago. Told him I couldn’t help him. Actually no one will, that necklace has a small number on the eighth diamond, its registered, without a notarized letter from the owner, her will never be able to sell it for the value, but if he gets in touch with certain less savoury people, unlike myself, he will sell it, but for a slim fraction of its value.’
Esha had concluded her talk with the woman and came over joining the conversation. ‘Do you know where he lives?’ she asked. Her hand also displayed money.
‘No, but it can’t be far. He was not sweating when he got here and it was a hot day even by our standards.’
‘Maybe he was in good shape,’ Esha answered.
‘Maybe so madam, but I don’t think that extended to his head. He was bald and it had no beads of sweat on it.’
Allison and Esha both released the money which he quickly took up.
‘He may come back again, please come back in a few days, maybe I can help further,’ he smiled greedily.
‘He won’t be back, he’s about to make the acquaintance of two less than savoury people,’ Allison offered as they left.
‘Ok, he lives nearby, we hope,’ Allison offered in the street.
‘Nothing to do but search and ask. We both go up four streets, over four, down eight and back up four, asking and looking for a bald man with the name Rudra Surve. See you back here in a while,’ Esha said, giving Allison a kiss on the cheek that she returned.
It took a long time as the old part of the city had twisting streets and alleyways that seemed to go in every
direction. Both women asked questions to people they passed and shop keepers, coming up empty.
Allison had a harder time, her Tamil was limited, but her exotic looks helped bridge the gap. Esha had an
easier time, but she was still coming up empty. The Silkworm finished first and was waiting when Allison
came smiling.
‘This way,’ Allison smiled and took her hand.
The duo disappeared into an alley, then another, the way becoming so narrow that you had to turn sideways to let a person pass.
‘It's just around this corner,’ Allison said. ‘I followed him here after a person I asked pointed him out in a crowd.
‘You’re sure this is the building?’ Esha asked. ‘Really sure.’
‘Yes, I saw the dust kick up from the door, besides its a dead end, he had other means of escape,’ Allison answered looking a little confused at the question.
Esha walked up to a certain point, she seemed to know exactly where to go and brushed the dusty rough concrete wall.
‘This just became much more interesting,’ she said.
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‘Well I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised! I mean a Male Silkworm, makes sense, after all where do baby
silkworms come from,’ Allison said her tone had an air of laughter to it.
‘First of all, they're called Larva. Second, Silkworms, meaning me, would never engage in reproduction with them,’ Esha said, the tone of disgust in her voice only matched by the look on her face.
‘That pushed a button or six,’ Alison smiled, coming over to sit beside Esha. ‘Wow, you’re tense,’ she added, feeling her shoulder then the other and finally her neck. ‘All over. You need to relax, then we can talk. We have this great hotel suite and we’re not using it. Go have a nice bath or shower or a steam shower, that will help you relax. I’ll order some room service, we can talk about everything then, ok.’
‘Very well,’ Esha smiled and patted her hand. ‘You are wise beyond your years.’
Esha had her shower and found something waiting for her. She smiled as she dried, slipped
on the garment and exited the bathroom.
‘Surprise,’ Allison said softly, her crouching nude form aglow from the candles placed about. ‘This hotel has fantastic room service! Now,’ she added, the word throaty and promising as she fluidly came to her feet. ‘It’s time for some special inhouse service.’ She moved with a sexy flow to Esha, her body covered in a long see thru gauzy wrap. I knew you’d be sumptuous,’ and took her hand and led her over to the futon. ‘Since your so tense and nervous, I figure the best
Way to relieve all that is a nice massage. Step one, removal of any clothes. Oh, no, this is a full service
establishment, please allow me,’ Allison smiled in an arousing grin as two hands lightly pulled back the
gauzy from the hood of her head. Esha closed her eyes in delight. ‘Now the wonderful thing about this
covering is it has no sleeves, makes removal easy. Light and breezing yet cloying but with just a breath
of air it wisps away from the form.’ Esha felt the warm breath of her partner cascade across neck and
shoulders, like a warm desert night. ‘There, off the shoulders,’ Allison cooed as she moved around to
Esha’s back, whispering in her ear, her lips just touching, her breath seething in sexuality as she spoke.
‘The rest of course should be simple, just a wave of the loose material, a butterfly's wing beat is all that’s
needed and I can remove it as if it was never there,’ she honeyed. Allison made sure the fabric caressed
over Esha’s nipples as it came off.
The FORCE agent guided her partner into the centre of the futon, then slithered her arms around the Silkworm’s waist, Allison pressed them together.
‘Your very tense Esha,’ Allison said, her voice hot and hungry. ‘But I have just the technique to relax you, are you ready to give yourself to me?’ she added.
Esha nodded, this was a side of Allison she did not expect, nothing had suggested it. She was beautiful and smart, but this was a different woman. Part of it was also that she had not expected the body she saw, hard, alluring, supple and seductive and sexy in motion and words, she readily submitted and gave up control.
Allison in a slow and swaying motion lowered them to the futon. Esha, cupped in her body felt nothing, gravity disappeared as Allison held her, the Silkworm marvelling in the strength of the young agent as they moved downward until she was suspended just above the futon then delicately deposited into place.
‘I hope my Descending Vine was to your likely Esha,’ she said as she lay lightly on the woman. ‘You have an insanely amazing body. I could run my hands over and over it, feeling the dangerous contours, flowing them to certain peril or pleasure or maybe both at once, how does someone prepare for such a choice? But before I can do that I need to do a few more things. As I said we are a full service operation, so please if I may,’ Allison said as she reached for a hairbrush and started in on Esha’s wonderful thick black hair.
The simple task aroused Esha to the boiling point. She wanted to roll over and face Allison and had to resist with everything she had, the concentration a welcome demand, she knew without it she would have climaxed from the siren touch of the brush and Allison soft sweet humming.
‘Radiant and shining, but it does present another problem, it gets in the way, but not to worry, I have a solution, in more ways than one,’ she added.
The FORCE agent opened a jar of rich cardamom scented hair gel working it in with her hands, the tender kneading and long pulls of her hair between Allison’s fingers igniting her again. ‘Now to tuck it out of the way on top,’ she said, beginning the process of tying up the Silkworms hair in an intricate bun, slipping a hair pin through it as a finishing touch. ‘I hope you don’t mind but I had this made for you before we left,’ Allison said as she showed Esha the hairpin she planned to use.
‘It has multiple deadly uses, but for now it's just a hairpin, Allison said, clipping it into place. ‘Now we can begin.’
It was a good thing because Esha was close to being overcome with emotion.
‘Claire told me you wanted to see my dossier before we left, but it isn't the whole story of Allison Janney, there are things I keep just to myself and those I wish to share them with, those I trust,’ she said lowering herself back onto Esha and close to her ear.
‘I would be remiss if I didn’t inform you that I don’t practice the traditional forms of massage, Swedish, Tantric, Deep Tissue, Sports, etc. Those are standard fare, I prefer a more full bodied approach, in that way I can relax more of you at once. Just a touch of oil to your back, Lavender and Mint and then me,’ Allison purred.
Allison’s body twisted on top of the Silkworm’s like a snake, her hands keeping the contact light but ever present as she swept over the woman, from her shoulders to her ankles. Esha was electric from the contact, the smooth, hard form of Allison slithering about hers tensed the Silkworm instantly, her clitoris beating faster and faster as the woman brushed against her more purposefully.
‘I need to work out these little knots and I have just the device to do it,’ Allison explained as one of her erect hard nipples pressed down on the point, the FORCE agent’s shoulders rotating slowly as she worked it in. ‘One down, many more to go.’
The spy’s body arched up and down, her nipples working on the tiny knots while her hips surged and swayed, her legs slid up and down Esha’s, the toes kneading and relaxing the Silkworm’s calves and thighs. The strain started to leave her body and as she relaxed more and more Allison’s labours increased, not in speed but in deepness. She could not keep track of the techniques, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, they all blended together seamlessly into one fluid motion.
‘Just a few touches left Esha,’ Allison breathed then tested the arms and legs, they were limp as she suspected. She repositioned Esha’s arms and legs and lovingly rolled her over onto her back fixing her limbs again before crawling up between them to suspend herself over top. “This side is even more impressive. You're a web of seduction Esha, impossible to resist, the Silkworm,’ Allison said, her lips less than an inch from Esha’s, the hot breath, scently with desire and mixed with her body spices made Esha wish she had use of her arms and legs.
The frontal massage was even more intense, Esha could see everything, the skimming hands, feel everything, Allison rolling her hips like a crashing surf upon the beach of her muff. Just the merest of touches between the two, as Allison’s pussy brushed lightly then disappeared only to land again, her hips creating an unpredictable pattern of fire that stangly relaxed her more.
‘Thai Brush, exceedingly hard to master, devilishly impossible to resist,’ Allison’s hot breath said as she worked while her hands and feet, stroked, pinched, caressed and soothed the rest of the Silkworm’s body.
Esha wanted nothing more at this point than to pull Allison into her embrace where they could entangle each other and spend the night there, but her arms and legs were useless and for that she was grateful, her desire would have ruined the moment. She knew Allison was showing her how much she respected and cared for her and how desirable she was and always had been even if she doubted it sometimes.
‘One more step to total relaxation,’ Allison smiled as she positioned on top of her, the FORCE agents legs set on a Lotus, her arms around Esha’s back and up her shoulders for support as she rolled backward into a sitting Lotus, the Silkworm’s legs straddling either side of her hips. Allison had entwined her arms in Esha’s above her head and they swayed gently side to side as the Silkworm became aware of her paradise supported between the flats of Allison’s feet in the Lotus.
Almost immediately Esha’s eyes flickered then rolled back as she slowly rocked in the nest Allison had made. The orgasm enveloped her as nothing ever had, it was intense but soft, like a slow floor of warm water washing through her body, every part of her was involved in the joy, the pleasure seeping from every pore of her nude wondrous body. It seemed forever, not too intense as to become dangerous, but lingering and warming then she slowly started to fade, happy to let go.
Allison rocked forward caressing Esha as she went releasing the Silkworms body lovingly into the embrace of the soft Futon. She gave her a soft brief kiss on the lips then rolled over beside her and went to sleep as well one hand lightly against the Silkworms hip.
