Robotech: Fire and Ice

Robotech: Fire and Ice
by
bweb


Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They are the property of Harmony Gold, and are being used without permission. I am making no profit off of this.


Note: This takes place between the episodes “The Big Escape” and “Homecoming” of the Macross portion of Robotech.

Lisa Hayes was a born fighter. It was in her family’s blood. There was no challenge she would not face, no obstacle she would acknowledge, and no fight she would back away from. Even before being assigned as the First Officer aboard the SDF-1, she had already been twice decorated for her courage under fire.
Lisa knew how to wage a war on almost every front, save one. The war she waged with Minmei for the heart of Rick Hunter may have been a bloodless one, but it was no less fierce or pitched for the lack of carnage.
Lisa knew that she and Rick hadn’t gotten of to the best of starts. Their first meeting had been a heated exchange of insults. He’d humiliated her in front of the whole bridge crew, including Captain Gloval. And when he’d enlisted into the RDF, she had secretly taken some small pleasure in tormenting him as a form of retribution.
That is, until Mars Base Sara. Lisa had been trapped in the base after setting the reflex furnace to self-detonate in an effort to let the SDF-1 escape a Zentradi trap. It had been Rick Hunter who’d saved her. And her pride had been wounded. Hunter, who was thoroughly unmilitary, had been given a promotion to flight leader, given command of the newly formed Vermillion Squadron. It ate at her that she was responsible for that. And her fights with Rick Hunter had lost their satisfaction. And then, he’d made a remark about her being safe on the bridge while he and the other men took all the risks. And so she had gone out on a patrol when their radar had been damaged.
She, Rick, and Privates Ben Dixon and Max Sterling had all been captured by the Zentradi. During their escape, Rick and Lisa had gotten to know each other a bit better, and ever since then, they were no longer at each other’s throats. Lisa had even begun to admire Rick’s abilities as a pilot. But she had to admit that she still hadn’t hinted to Rick how she felt about him.
Minmei had certainly confessed a fondness for him. But her celebrity lifestyle kept her busy, and she had been neglecting Rick of late.
Lisa had made up her mind to tell Rick how she felt. It was a hard thing for her to do, making herself that open and vulnerable to anyone. Especially after her fiance, Karl Riber, had passed away.
Lisa arrived at the barracks where Rick was quartered, hoping to speak with him in private. She knocked lightly on his door.
“Hunter? It’s Commander Hayes. May I come in?” There was no answer from inside.
She knocked again, “Lieutenant?”
At that moment, Lynn Minmei came around the corner, accompanied by Roy Fokker. Fokker was talking.
“...taking the place of one of my pilots for a couple of days. So his shift has...Oh, Commander! What are you doing here?”
Lisa had heard enough ship’s gossip about her and Rick ever since their escape, and she had tried very hard to avoid it here. The last thing she needed was to tell Roy Fokker that she had come to have a heart to heart with Rick Hunter.
“I just needed to confer with Lieutenant Hunter about the Vermillion Squadron’s duty roster,” Lisa said.
“I see. Well, I was about to report to the bridge that Lt. Hunter is covering for Lt. Jacobs for the next few days. Jacobs came down with the flu yesterday, and isn’t fit for flight duty.
“Minmei here was going to leave a gift for Lt. Hunter. I have his pass code, for just such an occasion. Then I’ll walk her back home.”
“Commander, I believe that Miss Grant might be a bit upset to hear that you’re spending so much time with such a lovely young lady. Perhaps you’d better let me walk her home.”
Roy raised an eyebrow, “Are you sure?”
“It’s alright, Commander Fokker. I’d like a chance to talk to Commander Hayes for a bit.”
Roy shrugged, “Not a problem. By the way, Lisa, Claudia was suggesting that I invite you and the rest of the bridge to a barbeque once we get back to Earth.”
“Sounds like a fine idea, Commander Fokker. I look forward to it.”
Roy walked off, and Lisa turned to Minmei.
“Shall we?”
They exited the barracks together.
“Commander Hayes, we need to talk about...about Rick.”
Lisa nodded, “Yes, we do. But not out here. I’m sure your life is public enough. You don’t need some hotshot flyboy who might overhear us going off to press and making things more complicated.”
Minmei nodded slightly, “Sure. Where do you want to go?”
“Come with me to my quarters.”
Minmei paused.
“I’m not going to bite you, Lynn,” Lisa addressed her by her family name, her tone mildly reprimanding, “As an officer assigned to the SDF-1 prior to the Spacefold, I have the luxury of my own private quarters, away from Macross City.”
Minmei nodded, and followed Lisa as she made her way to the lift. Lisa punched in her access code, and then motioned for Minmei to get in the lift. The doors closed behind them.
There was a heavy silence as the car rose.
“Commander Hayes,” Minmei said at last, “Are the rumors true?”
The rumors, Lisa sighed. She knew that Rick wasn’t the one spreading them, because he’d been very protective of his relationship with Minmei. She also doubted that Sterling or Dixon were spreading them, either. They were fiercely loyal to Rick. No, some member of the debriefing committee had probably let word slip about what had transpired on the Zentradi ship.
“They’re true, in as much as Rick and I kissed. They’re not true when they say that anything is going on between us,” Lisa said.
“I don’t understand,” Minmei said, looking down at her feet as she leaned against the wall across from Lisa.
“Neither Lt. Hunter nor I wanted to kiss each other. Private Dixon was trying to explain human reproduction, and he started with kissing. The aliens wanted a demonstration,” Lisa smiled wryly, “I’m glad Dixon didn’t get a chance to REALLY explain the birds and the bees.”
“So, the aliens made you two kiss?”
“They were squeezing me pretty tight,” Lisa said with a shiver, remembering just how helpless she’d felt in Dolza’s mighty hand, “They actually ordered Rick to kiss Ben, but neither of them were too keen on it.”
Minmei nodded, smiling lightly, “I can imagine.”
“I just wanted the big oaf to stop squeezing me, so I volunteered for the job. It got me out of his hand, but then I had to deliver,” Lisa sighed, “Look, if it makes you feel any better, I still had to make it an order before Rick would do it.”
“Why didn’t you just kiss Ben?” Minmei’s tone was on edge, but she wasn’t yelling yet.
“If our places were reversed, and you had to choose to kiss either Lt. Hunter or Private Dixon to save your life, which one would you choose?” Lisa said evenly, “Lt. Hunter is much easier on the eyes...even if he does gripe about every little duty he’s given.
“Besides,” Lisa looked at Minmei, “It was as embarrassing for me as it was for him, being ordered to kiss on command. I didn’t want anyone talking about it, and Rick wasn’t likely to. Dixon, on the other hand...well, I’m sure he’d have told the whole ship how he locked lips with the Ice Queen Lisa Hayes.”
“I guess I see your point,” Minmei said, as the lift came to a stop. The doors parted, and Lisa stepped out. But she held the door.
“Come to my quarters, Minmei,” Lisa said, “We still have some things to talk about.”
Minmei’s eyes narrowed, “Do we?”
Lisa sighed, “Please. I’m not interested in a fight. I just want to talk. Okay?”
Minmei had always thought of Lisa as a hard woman, a cold one. Ever since the day that she’d seen Lisa on the monitor of Rick’s downed Veritech, she’d pretty much agreed with Rick’s initial assessment of Lisa as an “old sourpuss.” But now, Lisa looked tired, and her eyes were full of a sort of compassion that Minmei had never suspected her capable of. Her voice was soft, not quite pleading, but still insisting.
“Alright,” Minmei said at last, and she followed Lisa down the corridor to her room.
The first thing that Minmei noticed when she entered was that the place seemed like someone had just removed the shrink wrap on everything in the place. It looked like a photo someone might take for a department store magazine, everything neat and orderly. It smelled of clean, too.
“Have a seat,” Lisa indicated the couch beside a rather plain coffee table. She herself went into the room’s small kitchen, and produced a tea kettle.
“This place is larger than my room,” Minmei said, trying to make small talk.
“Rank has it’s privileges,” Lisa said, “I had to work hard to get it. When I first signed up with the RDF, my living space was about the size of a walk-in closet. Do you prefer Darjeeling, Oolong, or Green tea?”
“Oolong, please,” Minmei said, “So, what does your boyfriend think of you kissing Rick?”
Lisa paused, then, without looking at Minmei she said, “I don’t have one. He...he died a few years ago.”
“I’m...sorry,” Mimei said sincerely. She too had lost family during the Global Civil War.
“You couldn’t have known,” Lisa said, “Only a few people even knew about him.”
Minmei tried to change the subject, “So, they really wanted Rick and Ben to kiss each other?”
“Who did?”
“The aliens!”
“OH! I’m sorry, my mind was elsewhere. Yeah, they did,” Lisa said with a bit of a chuckle, “Must’ve been awkward for those two. Big tough Veritech pilots having their masculinity challenged like that. And Rick would have had the worst end of the deal. At least Dixon would have had someone attractive to kiss.”
“I wonder what it would have been like if they’d asked two girls to kiss,” Minmei said.
“Hmmm?” Lisa said absently, working on the tea.
“Well, I mean, Rick and Ben are both men, and both are pretty manly, so the idea of kissing someone as rugged and manly wouldn’t have appealed to either of them. But what about if it had been two girls? I mean, would they have had the same reaction? If it had been you, could you have kissed another girl?”
“Some women might not have cared for it, but a few could have done it. I suppose, to save my life, I could have done it. I doubt that it would have been any easier than having to kiss Hunter, but I don’t think it really would have been harder, either.”
Minmei rose from her seat and walked over to the counter where Lisa was preparing the tea. She looked Lisa in the eye for a moment, and then the younger girl leaned forward and kissed Lisa full on the lips. To say that Lisa herself was surprised would be an understatement. Her eyes were as wide as saucers, and her eyebrows nearly shot up to the top of her forehead. It was a simple kiss. No attempt at frenching or even deep kissing. Just light lip contact, really. But still, Lisa’s heart skipped a beat.
Minmei broke the kiss and eased back a bit.
“Wha...?”Lisa began.
“I was curious,” Minmei said, “I wanted to know what it felt like for Rick, kissing you. I wanted to know what he was feeling when his lips touched yours. Is that what it was like?”
Lisa shook her head, both to inform Minmei that it wasn’t at all what it was like, and to try and clear her head, “It was very different. I mean, first of all, we were surrounded by those towering Zentradi. And if we didn’t do it, there was the threat of death. So the atmosphere was completely different.”
“Well, I can’t really say I’d like to be surrounded by those giants, but what about the physical part? Was that the same? I mean, is that how the two of you kissed?”
“It was a bit different,” Lisa said.
“Well, how?”
Lisa came around the corner, “Well, for one thing, Rick and I were pretty close to each other. Like so. You’re about the same height as Rick. Put your left arm here. Yes, that’s it. And your other arm here. Now I think my hands were here on Rick. Okay.”
Lisa was standing in a soft embrace with Minmei. They stared into each other’s eyes for awhile, neither one saying or doing anything. Minmei was aware of her heart beating rather quickly, and Lisa was sure that her own was preparing to seize up.
“Miss Hayes,” Minmei said in a near whisper.
“Yes?”
“The kiss? What was the kiss like?”
“Minmei...”
“Please! I have to know what it was like. This is important.”
Lisa sighed, and then closed her eyes. She leaned into Minmei slightly, feeling the younger woman’s warmth against her body. She felt vastly different against her than Rick had. Minmei may have been about the same height, but she was softer than Rick, her skin smoother, and she wore a fragrant perfume. Their lips met once again, this time a bit deeper than before. Then, Lisa felt something. Minmei’s tongue had slipped into Lisa’s mouth a bit.
Lisa broke the kiss and pushed Minmei back a bit, “Hey, now! Lt. Hunter certainly didn’t try and slip me his tongue!”
“I’m sorry,” Minmei looked to the side, “I just got sort of curious. It felt...nice. I only kissed Rick one time, but kissing you is a bit different.”
“I should think so,” Lisa said tightly.
“You’re softer, more gentle,” Minmei said. She held Lisa’s hand, “Commander...Lisa, come sit with me. Please.”
Minmei lead Lisa by her hand. Lisa, for her part, knew, or at least greatly suspected what was happening. There were stirrings deep within her that she’d not felt in a very long time. Not since a starlit night so many years ago, when she’d been a girl not much older than Minmei was now, and Karl Riber had made her a woman. It had been so long since last she felt these sensations, that even coming from Lynn Minmei, they were almost welcome.
The two of them sat on Lisa’s couch, their hips touching each other. Minmei continued to hold Lisa’s hands.
“Lisa, why did you want to talk to me here?”
“Mostly, I wanted to make sure that what was our business stayed our business, and no one else’s.”
“Is that all?”
“No,” Lisa said, “I was also afraid that you might be angry with me.”
Minmei leaned forward, lips puckered. Lisa met her halfway. Their kiss was deeper than before, and Lisa put her hands on Minemei’s shoulders. She felt the younger girl wrap her hands around her middle, caressing her stomach and ribs.
Somehow, Lisa understood that this was still part of the battle between them. And Minmei seemed to know it too. But in the skirmish, Lisa was the more experienced of the two, and Minmei conceded to her superior knowledge. She eased back slowly, allowing Lisa to lean over her.
They broke the kiss for a moment, and Minmei spoke, “Show me the things I need to know, Lisa. Show me what it is to be a woman.”
Lisa nodded. In this war, they were to be equals. Minmei had placed herself in the hands of her foe, relying on Lisa to give her the experience she needed.
“Alright,” Lisa said softly, brushing her long fingers through Minmei’s long, raven hair, “I’ll do as you ask.”
She began to unbutton Minmei’s blouse. Minmei shrugged her shoulders, attempting to shake the garment off faster. Lisa held her still for a moment.
“No. Don’t be so eager. When you make love, you have to learn to appreciate the moment, to let things happen. There’ll be a time for that. Just wait.”
Minmei nodded. Lisa continued to unbutton the blouse. She pulled it open, and Minmei lay on the couch, her firm, flat belly exposed, a frilly black bra highlighting the soft curves of her breasts. Lisa ran her hand along Minmei’s stomach, caressing it. She could feel Minmei’s body rising up to meet her hand, involuntarily responding to her touch.
Lisa looked into Minmei’s eyes, so soft and open, as she slid a hand under the younger woman’s skirt. She rubbed Minmei’s inner thighs gently, squeezing every now and again, but not moving upward to her flower yet. She wanted to show Minmei the benefits of patience, of waiting. She intended to make this last as long as possible.
She leaned forward and kissed Minmei again, then began to pepper kisses along the pop idol’s long, slender neck. Then she worked down, kissing along Minmei’s collarbone, then planting a few kisses on what little flesh was exposed on her breasts. But she didn’t stop or linger on the soft mounds of flesh. She continued to work her way down, planting soft, hot kisses on Minmei’s stomach, and down to the waistband of her skirt. Then Lisa unbuttoned Minmei’s skirt and pulled it off. She began to rub Minmei’s sex through her panties, and was rewarded to see the young woman squirm slightly, her teeth biting her lower lip for a moment. She then reached up and unfastened her own uniform. As proficient as Lisa was, she’d long ago learned how to dress, and undress, herself with only one hand. She kept rubbing the heel of her palm on Minmei’s mound while she removed her own jacked. Then she stood for a moment and slipped out of her skirt. Minmei wasn’t surprised to see that Lisa was wearing a plain white bra and a simple pair of cotton panties. What did surprise her was the smooth, stunning beauty of the older woman. Not that Lisa was really that old, Minmei realized at last. She was tall and elegant, with delicate curves and ivory flesh. She lay atop Minmei once more, bare flesh now rubbing against bare flesh.
Minmei could feel the warmth of Lisa’s body, and the soft touch of her hands as she explored her adversary’s youthful frame. Lisa eased her up a bit and reached her hands behind her back, undoing Minmei’s bra. But, to Minmei’s surprise, she didn’t remove the bra. She allowed it to sit loosely on Minmei’s chest for the time being.
Minmei could feel a heat welling up within her, as Lisa continued to rub her womanhood. She arched her back a bit, pushing into Lisa’s hand, urging her to do more. Lisa complied at last by slipping a finger into Minmei’s panties through the side, dipping the tip into the fiery heat of Minmei’s slit. The contact was a new sensation for Minmei, and she gasped in pleasure and surprise. She ran her hands along Lisa’s smooth back, until she encountered the fasteners for her bra. She looked up into Lisa’s eyes, and Lisa nodded, answering Minmei’s question without her having to ask.
Minmei undid Lisa’s bra, and gravity pulled it down. Minmei could see the soft pink tips of Lisa’s nipples, and the gentle slope of her breasts. Her hands brushed down Lisa’s shoulders, removing the bra completely. Minmei reached out slowly, tentatively, and placed her hand on one of Lisa’s breasts. She gave a light squeeze, all the while watching Lisa’s face. Lisa closed her eyes and her mouth opened in a slight sigh. Then she slipped her finger deeper into Minme, rubbing gently. It was already very moist, but Lisa felt the texture of the fluid change, becoming slightly thicker and more viscous. She knew that Minmei was getting into it, and she could feel a fire burning in her own womanhood. She longed for a touch, but she held back. She wanted to hold onto control as long as she could.
She pulled away Minmei’s bra, and began to kiss the soft flesh around her breasts. Minmei gasped in pleasure, and then arched her back again. She shivered in delight when she felt Lisa take a nipple into her mouth at last. She had been yearning for that touch for some time, and she was beginning to realize that by avoiding it for so long, Lisa had made her yearn all the more. She didn’t have long to think about it, though. Under Lisa’s carefully controlled touch, stroking her clit and suckling her breasts all at once, she made Minmei cum with a soft cry. The first spasms hit Minmei hard, and she shot up, wrapping her arms around Lisa tightly. She held onto Lisa, squeezing hard, as Lisa continued to rub. The first wave subsided, and Minmei was about to relax her girp, when she felt Lisa’s fingers move faster once again, stroking her clit even more quickly. A second spasm wracked her body, and Minmei found her self holding onto Lisa all the more tightly, stifling a cry into Lisa’s shoulder.
Lisa withdrew her finger slowly, a smile on her face. She put the finger in her mouth, slowly sucking Minmei’s honey from her finger. Minmei felt incredibly hot, and she craved even more. Lisa took her by the hand and bade her rise from the couch. The two of them walked, Lisa leading, into the bedroom. Lisa sat on the edge of the bed, and had Minmei stand in front of her. Then she slowly pulled the younger woman’s panties down. When they reached the ground, Minmei stepped out of them. Lisa lay back in the bed, and pulled Minmei on top of her.
She guided Minmei’s hands to her own sex, and Minmei began to mimic what Lisa had done a few minutes ago, rubbing the heel of her palm along Lisa’s mound through her panties. She could feel both warmth and moisture from Lisa. Lisa pulled Minmei forward slightly, and resumed sucking on the young girl’s breasts. She was delighted to see Minmei stifle a groan as she did so. Minmei freed herself from Lisa’s mouth, though, and leaned forward to return the favor. She started slowly, uncertainly, licking one of the nipples a bit first rather than take it fully into her mouth. It didn’t take long for the nipple to rise to the occasion, so to speak. After a moment, Minmei abandoned hesitation for youthful fire, and she took the whole nipple into her mouth, and as much of Lisa’s breast as she could. She sucked and licked rapidly.
So caught up in the sensation was she that she barely noticed when Minmei pulled her panties down. She was made fully aware, though, when Minmei took her middle finger and rammed it into her. She didn’t know where Minmei had learned it, or if it was just instinct, but Minmei’s finger wasn’t rubbing Lisa’s clit. Instead, she had gone straight into the opening of Lisa’s womanhood, and was running her finger on the top of Lisa’s sex, against a spot of spongy, ridged flesh. Lisa arched her back and moaned loudly, glad that the walls were too thick for her fellow officers to hear her cry out like that.
Lisa prodded Minmei with her hands, coaxing her to turn around. Minmei turned slowly, placing her sex directly into Lisa’s face.
Everything Lisa had done before, she had based off of her own, private “relief” sessions. What she was about to do now was uncharted territory for her. She had never before made love to a woman. But she could remember as clearly as if it was yesterday just what it was that Karl Riber had done for her. She remembered the sheer joy and explosive pleasure she’d felt as he’d “kissed” her in his own special way. She relied on that memory now to guide her. She leaned up slightly and lapped at Minmei’s opening. Tentatively at first, but then eagerly and with arduous vigor. She could smell the sweet aroma of Minmei’s musk, and though she’d never been attracted to women, the scent turned her own beyond belief. She lapped at Minmei the way a kitten might lap at a saucer of cream.
She was rewarded by the sensation of two fingers splaying her lower lips, and then the warm, wet sensation of Minmei’s own tongue as she attacked Lisa’s pussy with enthusiasm. The two of them continued like that for a moment, until Lisa found Minmei’s clit again. She focused her attention on it, licking with gentle pressure. Minmei caught on and did the same. The two of the ate each other out until they climaxed together. Their bodies seized up and shuddered violently.. Lisa could feel a warm spray of liquid escape Minmei, and she lapped up as much of it as she could. A moment later, Minmei was leaning forward to kiss her again. Lisa could smell her own scent on Minmei, and when they kissed, each of them could taste themselves on the other’s lips. Their tongues wrestled with each other, almost as if they were both trying to reclaim their own nectar from the other.
Lisa still had a bit of energy in her yet, and she leaned to the side, slipping one of her legs behind Minmei, until their slits were touching each other. Lisa rolled her hips, grinding her pussy against Minmei’s. Minmei responded by doing the same. The two of them began to grind their hips together in that manner, and they reached out and held each other’s hands as they did so. Lisa looked into Minmei’s eyes and saw reflected in them the same wanton lust that she was sure Minmei now saw in hers. They ground against each other even harder, each savoring the sensation.
Their final climax that night ended explosively, and they cried out each other’s names.
“LISA!”
“M-MINMEI!”
They gasped for air as the both collapsed in the bed, the soft, billowing blanket cushioning them both. Lisa used what little energy she had left to crawl over to Minmei’s side. She kissed the younger girl on the forehead, and then pulled the blanket over them as she held Minmei’s still, naked form to her own body.
“Lisa,” Minmei whispered softly, “Thank you.”
Lisa nodded.
“We’ll never be friends, will we?” Minmei asked sadly.
Lisa shook her head, “No, I don’t think we will, Minmei. We’re both just too different. And we both want the same thing .And neither of us is willing to share him, I suspect.”
Lisa stroked her fingers through Minmei’s hair as she said this.
“I know,” Minmei said softly, “But Lisa, you’re my first. And you’ve shown me so much. I’ll always remember tonight.”
“So will I,” Lisa said, “It’s been a long time since I’ve been touched by another person, and I’m glad that it was you, too.”
“I suppose tomorrow we’ll go back to the way it was?” Minmei said softly.
“Maybe we will,” Lisa said, “Or maybe we’ll understand each other a bit better, and we’ll be less spiteful. But for tonight, please just stay here with me, and let me hold onto this moment for a little while longer.”
Minmei nodded. The morning would come, and she would shower and leave, and the events of this night would never be spoken of again, either to Rick Hunter or even between the two of them. But for that night, the two rivals held each other’s naked flesh close and slept soundly,