Legend of Niyonika

An Uninvited Guest (Ch.4)

~Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them~

-Epictetus

Niyonika placed a palm on the sensor and waited patiently for her security system to identify her. The security system beeped and the door to her apartment automatically opened at the prompt of the security system.

Niyonika stepped in, taking a quick glance around her extremely large and tastefully furnished apartment, an unnecessary luxury for one who lived by herself, but it was a luxury she could comfortably afford.

"Jane, any messages?" Niyonika asked aloud to her super computer. A super computer was another one of the outstanding technological advancements of 2099, there was practically nothing a super computer could not do, Jane was connected to Niyonika's smart watch, phone, desktop computer system, laptop, cars, security system, lighting system, water system etc and as such gave Niyonika the ability to control everything wherever she was as long as she was with any of these gadgets.

However, supercomputers were insanely expensive as such only a few top notch companies could afford one, not to mention individuals capable of affording to purchase a personal super computer, once again, Niyonika was an exception as the super computer was another luxury she could comfortably afford, however even she had not been willing to spend so much money to purchase a super computer, Jane was Rex's creation and had been gifted to Niyonika when she turned seventeen.

"Yes Niyo, as per usual formalities, the institute left a message enquiring if you would be interested in participating in a mind wipe procedure, I took the liberty of responding with your usual reply." Jane informed Niyonika in her usual chirpy voice, Niyonika nodded in approval.

The I.T.H.A did not only have a procedure of wiping the memories of the characters in a foreign timeline to prevent history from being altered, the institute also had provisions for a mind wiping procedure for time travellers. It was an option offered as basic procedure to every time traveller after each time jump. It's purpose was to offer aid with the option of memory wipe to time travellers who might have experienced traumatic events in their time jump or any event that left them feeling unsettled, it was carried out in the form of selective memory loss where the traumatic parts would be pulled out from the time traveller's memory.

In all 999 time jumps she had undertaken, Niyonika had never once participated in the mind wipe procedure, it was not as though she had not experienced any traumatic or troubling events in her time jumps, in fact, Niyonika had been subjected to countless trying events in each and every one of her time jumps, however Niyonika believed each and every one of those experiences played a part in shaping her to achieve her current excellence, hence she had no desire to erase them, moreover she did not wish to permit anyone to play God with her memories.

"Anything else?" Niyonika asked her super computer as she headed towards the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge. Jane had always been quite the talkative and for her to fall quiet after relaying the message from the institute even after not seeing Niyonika for five days straight was unlike her and extremely suspicious.

Niyonika was about turning around when a pair of muscular arms encircled around her waist, a firm body pressing against her. Niyonika stiffened when she felt the suspicious bulge that pressed into her lower half.

Niyonika rolled her eyes, uncapping the bottle of water and lifting it to her lips. The muscular figure behind her, encouraged by her lack of reaction, pressed closer to her, attaching his lips to her neck, kissing and sucking softly.

"Well, there was an uninvited guest..." Jane finally replied but trailed off knowing her owner was greatly displeased with the situation, Niyonika scoffed at her super computer's cowardice.

"An uninvited guest indeed." Niyonika's system spoke up from within her mind.

"Shut up." Niyonika thought back to her annoying system, frowning, she decided to attend to this figure before he left a mark on her skin at the rate he was going.

"Get off me." Niyonika ordered sternly, leaving no room for arguments. The muscular figure whined but eased back, allowing Niyonika to spin around but his arms still caged her. Niyonika opened her mouth to say more but was cut off when the muscular figure attacked her lips, practically shoving his tongue down her throat.

Niyonika shoved him away, glaring harshly at the muscular figure.

"What part of 'get off me' do you not understand, Dean?" Niyonika asked in a chilly tone, the muscular figure that was Dean shrugged, a sexy smile on his lips.

"You know I loose control of all my senses whenever you walk into the room, how do you expect me to understand anything?" Dean asked confidently, not the least bit remorseful or ashamed of his actions. Niyonika scoffed at Dean's patronizing words.

"What are you doing in my house? and how did you manage to intimidate Jane into letting you in?" Niyonika asked, pushing past Dean and heading up the stairs to her room. Dean grabbed her shirt and followed after her.

"Come on Niyo, whenever did i begin intimidating people? I merely begged shamelessly till she had no choice. Am I no longer welcome to visit you anymore?" Dean asked pitifully, Niyonika passed him a glance, unable to hold in the quiet chuckle at his words, indeed she could not put it past Dean to beg shamelessly until the other party was embarrassed into agreement, Jane must have been mortified.

"Begging shamelessly is emotional blackmail which is essentially a form of intimidation, and was there ever a time you were welcome to my home?" Niyonika asked seriously.

"She's a super computer, she doesn't have emotions." Dean reminded amusedly.

"I heard that!" Jane spoke up, Dean merely rolled his eyes in response.

"Even if she were a steel can, she would still be ashamed of your shamelessness, I know I am, and I've been said to be more steely than a steel can." Niyonika replied, perching on her bed and pulling off her boots.

"Ow, come on, is this what you say to me after not seeing my handsome features for five years?" Dean lamented, Niyonika raised a brow.

"I would be quite comfortable to never see you again for the rest of my life." Niyonika replied honestly, Dean clutched his heart in mock pain.

"You can't really mean that." Dean tried, Niyonika fixed him with a deadpan look and he heaved a devastated sigh.

"What do I have to do to smuggle my way into your steely excuse of a heart?" Dean lamented bitterly, Niyonika leaned back on her bed, laughing quietly at his words.

"Smuggle your way into my bed, you mean." Niyonika corrected, Dean grinned at her words.

"Well, there's that too." He replied with a wink, Niyonika rolled her eyes.

"Whatever makes you think I'd let that happen?" Niyonika questioned amusedly, Dean shrugged.

"Well...it has happened before." Dean replied confidently.

"Oooh..." Niyonika's system echoed within her, Niyonika choked on her saliva.

"You and I were together? On what planet?" Niyonika asked seriously, Dean grinned.

"In year 463..." Dean responded, his confident gaze daring Niyonika to deny his words.

"We occupied the bodies of others." Niyonika reminded, Dean shrugged casually.

"Same difference." He replied, Niyonika frowned, collapsing into her bed in exasperation.

"We were married Dean, or the couple we possessed were, sleeping together was part of the mission, we merely used the bodies of others to fulfill our mission, it was just a mission." Niyonika clarified, not reacting when she noticed Dean move from his position till he was right above her, supporting his weight with an arm at either side of her head.

"And yet I cannot forget the feeling of having you in my arms, we may have occupied other bodies but I believe we can both agree that you were indeed the one I made love to that night Niyo." Dean insisted, Niyonika was unable to refute his words, he was not wrong, they had possessed strange bodies but all the experiences of that night had been felt by them.

"s*x Dean, we had s*x, while occupying strange bodies, under the bindings of our mission, hence I refuse to accept that we have been together because the body you see now is my true self and you have never and will never have such intimacy with it." Niyonika informed him, Dean stared deeply into Niyonika's eyes, his mind filled with memories of the events of a night he knew was nothing but a mere mirage and yet it was a night he held so dear. Niyonika's cold and unfazed gaze held him captive just as it had that night and Dean found himself wishing it would never let him go even as he swooped down and claimed her lips.