Whose right side together with my right shoulder, trap and backs right side was fully tattooed.
"When are you going back to your timeline, or you can't go back?"
I asked as I let go of her neck and returned to my previous position.
"Cough, cough, cough I'll be able to come back In a... wait let me check..."
Hope said as she once again poked in the air.
''...week, and for the record you'll never get a girlfriend if you treat a girl so roughly"
The pissed-off Hope said as she started massaging her sore neck, hearing this I just rolled my eyes.
"Well that's strange, I didn't develop any Immunity, so how the f*ck Im still alive?"
Hope muttered out loud after checking her status.
"How do you think you f*cking bimbo, I f*cking used my blood to save you, the least you could do Is say thanks"
I shot back while giving her the stink eye, I didn't know why but this woman was starting to piss me off.
"Hey Mr steroids, for the record It's not my fault that I'm naturally gifted... and thanks for saving me"
Hope said as she returned the stink eye while puffing out her chest as a sign of protest for me calling her a bimbo but In the end thanked me.
Hearing this, I exhaled as I grabbed a pack of cigarettes I looted from the corpses which I mistakingly mistook as hostile forces.
Because I thought the war was still ongoing, and lit it up with a looted zip lighter.
"Can you bring someone back to your world with you?"
I muttered after exhaling the smoke from my lungs as I did Hope who was taking out canned food from her black leather backpack paused and looked up at me.
"Yes..."
Hope answered cautiously after once again checking her system while squinting her eyes as she focused on me, as I continued to smoke my cigarette I mused over the words I was going to say next.
"Take me back with you..."
I finally said It.
"And what do I get In return?"
Hope asked after a few seconds of silence, as she did I threw away the cigarette bud stood up, grabbed a random concrete support beam with my right hand, and effortlessly lifted it up.
"Bloody hell...!"
Hope exclaimed In shock not believing her eyes, as she did I tossed the beam a couple of meters away causing It to crack after landing on the ground with a loud thud.
"I'll be your muscle, whatever you need Ill do It, hell Ill even f*cking kill a man for you no questions asked"
I said as I lit up another cigarette.
"Deal"
Hope agreed after giving It a thought.
"Good, go get some rest, since from what I understand your goal Is to gather gold bars and technology to bring back to your world at least that's what I would do In youre circumstances so we're heading to a nearby encampment that I found through a satellite first thing in the morning"
Hearing this Hope looked at me with a certain gaze only to subconsciously blurt out what she was thinking.
''Hey are you also a weeb?''
Hearing this I looked at her as If she was an Idiot.
''Well duh, what gave It away?''
I said In my usual emotionless voice as I started stripping completely, removing my lower body's armor plates, and exoskeleton parts and completely removing my nanocomposite suit, the nastiest part was the hoses Inserted Into my genitalia and rectum.
"For f*cks sake warn me before you start stripping!"
The flustered Hope yelled as she covered her eyes with her hands, but still left narrow slits between her fingers.
"F*ck his really big!"
Hope muttered under her breath as she couldn't help but subconsciously swallow a gulp of saliva.
As she watched me start putting on black paramilitary boots, urban camo military fatigues, an armored vest, and pulling up a bandana mask onto my face.
The clothes and gear belonged to the corpses I looted, thankfully military clothing was always made loose so although It clung tightly to my muscles I still managed to fit inside them although barely.
As for why I decided to blend in, well there was no point In spreading my identity as a cosmic marine, especially in the former Heavenly Dragons Domains territory.
"Like what you see?"
I asked while smirking as I slung a laser rifle onto myself, and stuffed the armored vests pouches full of laser rifles batteries.
"Umhmmm..."
Hope subconsciously mused out only to close her mouth with her hand.
Seeing her flustered face my grin became even more devilish, for some reason this woman was too much fun to tease.
"You can go to sleep, Ill keep watch through the night"
I said as I sat down and leaned against a broken support bream while placing my right glowed hand around the laser rifle's hand grip.
"Don't you need sleep?'
Hope who already got her s*it together asked as she opened her can and dug Into It with her spoon.
"I do but my brain has been surgically altered In a way that I can rest parts of my brain and body while staying awake, plus my AI Is constantly keeping my body In tip-top shape"
I answered truthfully while pointing with my gloved finger at my head since I had no reason to lie to someone who was my ticket out of this post-apocalyptic hellhole.
"Thats f*cking dope"
Hope with her full mouth muttered, It didn't take long before Hope, took out a thin sleeping bag and fell asleep.
Soon the cracked moon rose high into the for-now cloudless sky.
I admired It through the hole In the destroyed skyscrapers ceiling in which we were taking refuge that was almost entirely buried underneath the desertified sand.
As I did, the sound of suppressed shivering entered my ears, I looked to the source of It only for my AI to display Hopes below normal body temperature.
I sighed as I stood up, and walked to her while taking off my rifle, armored vest, and combat shirt.
I unzipped the sleeping bag while lying down, and before the shivering Hope could protest, pulled her onto me.
"Hey, what are you...?!"
"Shut It big t*ts, you're shivering Is f*cking annoying the hell out of me"
I barked as I wrapped my hands around Hope while controlling my AI to raise my body temperature.
At first, Hope kept trying to wriggle out of my steel grip but upon feeling her body temperature rising she gave up.
It didn't take long before she was sleeping like a happy cat with her face pressed against my bulky scarred chest with drool coming out from her mouth.
"What the heck Drac, since when did you get so soft-hearted...?"
I asked myself In a murmur because this was out of character for me.
I continued to rest part of my brain and body while hours trickled by until the first rays of suppressed sunlight fell onto my face.
"Wake up"
I started waking the sleeping beauty as I shook her lightly but all I got was her squirming on my chest.
"5 more mins..."
Hope muttered in her sleep as she did I raised my hand and "lightly" slapped her heart-shaped plump and firm ass.
To me It was light but to Hope who was an unaugmented baseline human, It was simply barbaric.
"Arghhhh...!"
Hope screamed out as she grabbed her still rippling ass that to her felt like It was being licked by hell's hottest flames.
"You g*ddamn lunatic!"
Hope said while gnashing her teeth as tears trickled down her cheeks running her gothic makeup.