Steel Factor pt.2- Marelia

[SunlightHeart]

Malik moved so quickly and with so much energy that it left Raven confused. Malik's hopping and dashing put a smile on her face, the energy he was showing now was what she loved to see from him. He looked joyous and carefree again, letting her take solace in his aura and draw happiness from his presence. He bounded back over to her and presented her with a mug of something brown and muddy looking, but its tantalizing smell betrayed its appearance. She took the mug in her hooves and gave the substance a few experimental sniffs before blowing on it and taking a sip. The warm liquid danced on her tongue, sending a tingly feeling all through her body as it passed down her throat. "Mmmm..."

She as so absorbed in her beverage. That she failed to see the bot grab a hoofful of gifts. The ringing of a bell broke her away from her admiration of the drink in her hooves. Malik deposited the packages in front of her and told her to open them. Not wanting to disappoint him she started on the task. She took each box in her magic and carefully unwrapped them. Every so often she'd flinch for fear that she may damage one of them.

"Nopony's given me this much attention since..." she started as she worked on her gifts.

She blushed a vibrant red through her coat at the sight of the stockings and quickly pushed them aside, but they were pretty cute and complemented her coat and mane nicely so she'd try them one later. Next was the comic books. Raven remembered the nights back in her hometown and on base when she'd curl up with a nice dingy comic and let images of mare-do-well and daring do take her to dreamland... such nice memories. Her eyes sparkled when she brought the ballistic hooves up to her face and inspected them. She checked to make sure they weren't loaded before trying one on and throwing a few experimental hoof strikes. A comfortable pair of slippers sat at her feet as well. Still wearing the ballistic hoof, she gingerly stepped into one of them. She had no idea what they were shaped like, but they were pleasant to look at. The material they were made from caused her to giggle quietly. When she unveiled the last gift her heart caught in her throat and she almost dropped it. She stared at the necklace blankly for what felt like an eternity. She'd never seen such a beautifully cared for gem. She felt like he was lying to her, something like this alone would be over 1000 caps or bits, but she didn't want to sour the mood. She didn't know if she could sour it honestly.

"I-it's beautiful..." She floated the necklace over her head and prepared to lower it onto herself. She stopped as she thought about what she was about to do. "Mal, can you help me put this on?"

[UnitP0N13]

"Of course, love." He trotted over to her with another cup of hot cocoa and set to the side, quickly grabbing a gently broken mirror from a corner of the room and pulling it up in front of her.

Mal waltzed over beside her, carefully putting the hook of the chain through the other end of the chain, and let the pendant rest against her chest. He locked eyes with her in the mirror, gazed upon her and the necklace...and a certain song came on that described how he was feeling at the moment.

"...Celestia's word, you're so beautiful, it's driving my circuits mad." He whispered into her ear with a chuckled, nuzzling the side of her face ever so lovingly.

[SunlightHeart]

Raven touched the pendant with her hoof and looked down at it. The mare was at a complete lose for words. She gazed into the mirror and saw Malik peeking of the shoulder of some beautiful mare. Who was that pony? As her hooves fumbled with her new necklace, she felt something cool slid down her cheeks, soaking the fur on it's way down. She raised a hoof up to her eye and wiped away the offending substance. The mare in the mirror reflected her movements. Like some sort of switch had been flipped, Raven realized that she was the mare in the mirror. This entire time, she'd viewed herself as the filly of the group, the kid member. And everypony went with it, treating her like either a daughter or a little sister. She'd fail to see herself grow up. But with Malik behind her, admiring her beauty and charm, she finally saw what he did. A mare.

When she felt him nuzzle her cheek, she lost it. Raven whipped around and wrapped her forelegs around Malik's neck. She planted a passionate kiss right where his lips would be.

Raven was really getting into the kiss, if Malik had lungs, they'd be screaming for air right now. Raven didn't care who was watching at this point. She pressed herself closer to metal body, enjoying the mechanical hums coming from within him. This was it, she was going to push him down and let him take her. She going to-

The door to the upstairs living area flew open, sending a rush of air into the room.

"Hot ****, what smells good?!" Arik yelled as he barged into the room. The griffon was without his signature jacket and his feathers just screamed "bed head".

Twist trailed behind him looking equally as bad. Her mane was all over the place and the expression on her face made it look as if she had been pulled from away from something important. She huffed as she stomped into the room. Before she could make a comment about what Arik said, she caught sight of Raven an Malik going at it. Twist elbowed Arik and pointed a hoof at the kissing couple. "Of all the things I didn't want to deal with... This is actually a moment I've been waiting to see for a while," she said as she smiled at the pair.

Arik's grin grew as he watch the two, but when I looked like they were going to get their freak on right there in front of them he decided to make himself known. "Ahem..." He cleared his throat noisily. "Be sure to watch out for Malik's pointy bits, Raven."

[UnitP0N13]

"Presents' under the tree, hot cocoa in the coffee machine, stockings' up on the fireplace, Happy Hearth's Warming Day!" Was all that Malik said between unnecessary breaths as he picked up the mare by her plot and kicked in the door to the restroom, kicking it shut behind him.

Malik proceeded to have a very, VERY Happy Hearth's Warming Day with Raven, who was equally VERY happy. They voiced all of their holiday (and naughty) cheer as they got down and dirty.

Laying under the tree for Arik, a swell dude, was a trenchcoat. And for Twist, from Sugar, apparently, a sexy thong and a forged note confessing her undying love for Twist, and the desire for Twist to wear the thong during the mission and to live out all of Sugar's erotic fantasies. Clearly from Malik, judging by the unusually neat hoofwriting, but he gave it a good effort. For Sugar...a GPS that doesn't work at all...and a box of chocolates. Key-Lime got a very pretty dress: a white upper dress with a dark blue skirt that covers any unmentionables, and easy to move around in. Hopefully Key-Lime is a mare, Malik sorta forgot during the night...

The stockings were all filled with sweets, partially hardened gumdrops and lightly expired licorice, the list goes on. It really is a mystery how Malik brought Heath's Warming Day to everyone....

[SunlightHeart]

Raven panted heavily, receiving the dingy odor of old bathroom carpet with each breath she took. Her mane and coat were both a mess. If she didn't know any better, she'd believe every strand of fur was matted to her body and soaked with sweat. The mare's entire body ached, but her lower regions felt the most out of whack. Having taken twice as much punishment as her mouth, the muscles in her thighs and back legs felt like puddy. Raven didn't really want to stand. But even if she did, could she? She nuzzled the glorious machine next to her and sighed in content. Malik- her stallion- continued to prove himself to be incredible. Even though it had been her first through fifth time, she couldn't imagine it getting any better. "That. Was. Incredible," the black mare cooed.

As much as she wanted to just lie there next to Mal, they had work to do in Marelia today. The unicorn nudged her partner. "Come on, Mal. We need to get cleaned up."

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Arik held up both talons and whistled. "WoooWE! Six times?! That's insane. I didn't know the girl had it in her," he yelled, counting off Raven's orgasms. The griffon was decked out in his new trench coat. He still wore his jacket beneath it, for sentimental reasons. He pulled his new garment closer to him and flexed his wings, everything felt good. It fit snug around the shoulders and billowed in the back, making him look like a bonafide bawss. Arik chewed on some hardened gumdrops as he searched for the next crazy thing to comment on.

Eventually, his gaze fell on Sugar. She was sitting there with her GPS in hooves reach and her mouth wide open. The purple eyed griffon snickered at the mare's expression. Sugar's face was so red that she looked like a furry red pepper. Sugar's eyes were wide open, and she shift on her back legs uncomfortably. Arik wondered what had the earth pony all flustered, from what he could tell she was a tank of a pony. He didn't have to question for long though.

Strawberry Twist sauntered past Sugar, dragging her tail under the other mare's chin and giving her a sultry wink. "My dear, Sugar, you shouldn't have." She accented the sentence by wiggling her hips sexily. The thin piece of fabric covering her usually bare bits only made the treasure beneath seem so much more enticing. A white strip of paper was wedged in the sting of the thong and hugged her thighs as she moved. Twist whipped around and pecked Sugar on the lips. "Maybe one we can romp through the sheets as a thrusting, grunting, ball of limbs, but we don't have the time right now..." Twist's voice was laced with disappointment. "I've got to brief everyone on the next part of the operation"

Arik's jaw was on the floor. He was happy the Twist stopped her teasing, otherwise he would have been in dire need of a mare, a pair of pants, or a tissue soon. Twist in that thong was the hottest things he' seen in awhile. The cyborg had to admit that dispite their disagreements, he still check her out every once in a while. How could he not? That cream coat, that flowing, candy cane colored mane, dat plum, toned flank... It was all juuuuuuuuuuuuuuust right.

During all of the commotion, Key Lime managed to get a good look at the outfit Malik had gifted to him. It was fabulous. He quickly stuffed the garments into his saddlebags and dashed out of the room to store them away for later.

[UnitP0N13]

The bot groaned, not wanting to budge after the fun he and Raven had, shifting up onto his legs anyway. He let out a satisfied sigh as he began cleaning himself of any sweat and other fluids.

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did, love. Hopefully, when we return tonight, we can have a bit more fun...just remember to wear those stockings. I think they'd accentuate your plot nicely..." Mal gave her rump a light smack, chuckling suggestively as he swirled a hoof around a cheek, pulling away to resume cleaning himself.

"You can use the shower. Robots and water don't mix, so I'll just use the towel for now."

[SunlightHeart]

(oh wow, this made the cut to be moved)

[SunlightHeart]

Surprisingly, the plumbing in Marelia was functioning perfectly. Ice cold water poured against Raven's black coat. The mare's mind was still on cloud nine and stewing in the afterglow from her steamy encounter with her coltfriend. The mess of her romp wash off of her and swirled down the shower's drain, quickly exiting the shower. Raven sighed, she wanted to just curl up with Mal and sleep the day away... well maybe not sleep, but do anything other than the mission. She was however a Ranger first and a mare second so she went about her preparations in a timely fashion.

Stepping out of the shower she reached for one of the towels and began drying herself off. Raven wrapped her hooves around the her robot lover's neck and gave him a passionate kiss. Reluctantly, she released him and stood on her own four hooves. "As much as I want this moment to last forever, I have a job to do." Raven tossed her towel over Malik's face and walked out of the bathroom door.

[UnitP0N13]

After cleaning himself up with the towel she had tossed upon him, he began a weapons, systems, and movement check up and calibration. With the flurry of anger that had penetrated his usually calm and happy demeanor, he would have to act even more robot-like today. No doubt security around town would be strung high and beefed up after the incident.

After a few moments, his eyes flickered green. Not only was it festively fitting today for a holiday no one seemed to remember, but it would definitely keep him out of the suspect list for who the mystery pegatron was.

...He hoped.

Malik's head swiveled to the towel, and jerked back after the towel and suddenly went from creme colored to coal black after wiping his body off for only a few minutes. Clearly he needed to do that way more often. Washing off the towel and hanging it up to dry on the shower curtain, he walked out of the room feeling fresh and proud. He made a note of scratching off one of the checks on his bucketlist as he stepped into the room that still smelled of warm hot cocoa.

Today he lost something. And good riddance to it.