Her Marine Bodyguard

"Yeah, yeah...I'll be there in twenty," she said as she dropped her shirt.

"Hey gunny," I heard her say, turning back around I was hit in the face with her shirt, I caught a brief glance of her naked body with dark nipples and a small racing stripe and then the door closed.

"That was so wrong," I said to a closed door. I could hear laughing from inside.

**********

We sat in the rear of the hummer on the way back from the meeting. We'd had a good time at the luncheon, the food was good and we were able to look out at the city from the governor's compound. Mendes had fallen asleep across from me, she had taken off her flak and was in a t-shirt leaving her arms bare. I decided to mess with her, pulling out a black marker that I kept in my pocket for marking gear, I carefully moved to her side. I pressed the marker onto her arm, watching her carefully, she didn't move. Smiling I began to draw. Just as I finished I heard the radio squawk, I heard the CO saying my call sign, echo seven sierra.

"This is sierra," I replied as I grabbed the handset and keyed it.

"Hey, we got that EOD sergeant with us right?"

"Yes," I replied. I nudged Mendes awake and flipped the speaker on.

"Good to go, we have a hand cart by the road that wasn't here the first time we drove through, we could call the other team in, but why wait? She has her suit right?"

She looked at me and nodded.

"Yes sir, she'll be ready in 10 minutes, sierra out" I said while motioning the driver to pull to the side of the road.

"Good to go. Papa out"

"Let's go," I told Mendes. "Stay here and I'll check an make sure we're clear." I moved to the back, popped the door, and hopped down to complete a quick survey of the area.

After a minute, "Ok, let's get you suited up sergeant." We might be friends but in the field on a mission I was all professional.

Her eyes a little wide Mendes looked at me, "We have a small problem..." she said.

"What?"

"Uhmmm, I didn't plan on doing any EOD stuff today..."

"Ok, so what?" I replied. "You have your gear, let's do this."

Sighing, "This is awkward... what I mean to say is that I don't have my PT gear on underneath my clothes."

"Oh... Oooooooo," As I realized what she meant. "Ok, I'll just turn around and you get dressed, problem solved."

"That'll take forever, you ever tried to put this suit on by yourself? It's a damn nightmare. Look, just make sure nobody else can see me."

I scanned the area, the vehicle behind us was facing the rear for security, everybody else was facing out looking for threats. "You're clear," I said. "Why don't you just keep your uniform on?" I asked.

"Because it's about a hundred freaking degrees inside this thing and I'll pass out," she said as she began undoing her belt. She slid off her pants and turned around to step into her suit. She bent over and I saw her practically bare ass, all she was wearing was a pink G-string.

"Holy," I whispered. "Nice ass Mendes!" forgetting my professionalism for a moment.

Grinning, she looked over her shoulder, "Like it huh?"

"Very much!"

Laughing, "Ok, enough staring, help me get the rest of this thing on." As she turned back toward the front she saw her arm. Frowning she paused and looked at it more closely. "Why do I have 'I'm a nerd' written in marker on my arm?" she hissed looking back at me.

"No idea," I smiled with mock innocence. It was hard to look her in the eyes when her ass was still exposed to me, I could see a tan line on her dark skin. Brows furrowed, "Is that a thong tan line? Do you go to the beach wearing that?" I asked.

Blushing, she replied, "Don't change the subject! You're lucky we're in a hurry buddy, just wait, we're gonna talk about this!" she said as she focused on putting on the rest of her suit.

"Yeah right, you're just lucky I don't have my iPod to get a pic of this," I muttered under my breath.

"Already been done," she said.

"Huh?" I said frowning.

"Nothing, never mind," she said.

After that we both stayed quiet as I helped her get her suit on, in a few minutes we had her dressed and ready to go. I turned on her radio, it was voice activated and keyed directly to mine, she could call out to me anytime she wanted and I would know what was happening.

"All right, I'll move forward first, then when I get to within one hundred yards I'll pause and release you to move forward, got it?" I said into our radio.

"Loud and clear," she said as she gave me a thumbs up.

We began to move forward on the road. After I stopped she moved toward the site, procedure had her constantly talking to let me know the situation. If something went wrong we might be able to figure out the problem with her last recordings.

"Approaching suspected IED site, I see a two wheeled hand cart parked next to the road. The cart was not here on our earlier route, very unusual to leave something like this out. As I get closer I can see wires on the inside. Ten yards out now, I can positively identify explosives, moving to the side to get a better look. ...Wow, this is a big one, looks like its victim detonated, I can see the lines leading to a trigger... looks like an improvised pressure plate... When a vehicle drives over plate buried in road the contacts will detonate the device. ... I can see at least four, one hundred pound munitions, they look daisy chained together. ... Ok, simple enough, I'm not going to defuse, just going to attach some C4 and blow in place. ... Clear the area to at least 500 meters."

Listening to this I began to relay her comments to my CO. "Sir, we need to move everyone back, she's gonna blow it in place."

"Got it," he said.

She began to attach the explosives to the IED and then moved back toward me. As she moved next to me she held up a detonator.

"You want the honors?" she asked.

I silently took the detonator and moved behind our vehicle. I pressed the button.

KABOOOOOOOOM!!!

"That was very cool," I said out loud as we both watched the explosion cloud. Then I whispered into the radio, "But seeing your ass was the best part of the day!"

She stayed looking forward, but I could her smile through the suits faceplate.

**********

"Hey Mendes," I said as I walked up to our staging point.

"Morning Gunny," she replied.

This particular sunny morning we were checking over our trucks and gear to make sure they were in good working order. She had already pulled her suit out and laid it out on the concrete when I showed up. I immediately began removing other gear from the back. As I laid out safety and recovery gear I looked around to see if anyone was close by. The other crew was doing checks on their vehicle but they were about 50 yards away and couldn't hear us unless we yelled.

"So something interesting happened last night," I said.

She looked at me as she worked, "Oh yeah, what?"

"I happened to look on my iPod and I found some pictures that I didn't take."

She grinned, "Oh yeah, what kind?" she asked with mock innocence.

Again flashing a look to make sure nobody could hear, I whispered "They were of you, NAKED!"

Laughing, "Took you long enough to find them, I took those when I borrowed your iPod to download some music. Did you like them?"

Snorting, "That is as close to a dumb question as I've ever heard, I loved them and now that comment makes sense, when you said 'already been done' on that KLE mission."

"Yep," laughing, "You wanted a picture of my ass and you didn't even know you already had one, and those were even the same panties."

She'd taken two 'selfies' and left them on my iPod, the first was a frontal shot wearing bright pink panties with her free arm covering her boobs. The second was a backside where she was looking over her shoulder and wearing the same bright pink G-string.

"Well, all I can say is you looked incredible! You have a future as a model if you ever quit EOD."

She blushed, and didn't reply as she continued to work, but I could see her smiling.

After a few minutes I said, "Anytime you want to borrow my iPod you go right ahead!"

Laughing, "Oh yeah? Well I only did those because I figured you'd never leave me alone after you grabbed my ass in the gym," she said sarcastically.

"I GRABBED YOUR ASS?!"

"Shhhhhh," looking around to make sure no one had heard. "That's the way I remember it, you grabbed my ass."

I glared at her, "You forced me too."

Snorting, "Yeah, like anybody would believe that," she replied.

"IT'S THE TRUTH," I said again my voice rising.

"Not the way I remember it," she laughed.

"I'm so going to make you pay!"

"Promises, promises," she replied as we went back to work.

**********

The following week Mendes stopped by the command office to check on some paperwork. While there another sergeant began talking to her.

"Hey, you work with Gunny Storm right?" he asked.

"Yeah," she replied, getting herself a cup of coffee from a community desk.

"Good, could you let him know we need him to come by and sign for some radio gear he requested."

"Sure, I'll let him know when I see him, we usually get together for lunch."

"Actually I have to submit this paperwork right away, it's been command requested, could you go tell him now?"

"Uhm, damn, he had to work a double, the guard for the other EOD was sick, so he had to go out with me, then him, now he's back with me, so he was up for 48 hours before he was able to crash, and he's only been asleep for about four hours. I really don't want to wake him if it can wait," she said.

"Please, could you just see if he's awake?"

Sighing, "Fine."

She looked at her watch as she trudged down to his barracks room, 0900. God, she hated to wake him, she'd humor the sergeant and just tell him that he hadn't been awake. Arriving at his room, she lightly knocked... nobody answered, she strained to hear movement. She tapped the door again... still no sound. Tentatively she opened his door and stepped in, the skylight let in plenty of light to see so she closed the door. Like her room, his was small, a closet for gear, a small shelf, and a nightstand next to his sleeping cot. His M4 was leaned against the door.

Suddenly she felt scared and excited as she realized this was the first time she'd been in his room. Everything was neat and orderly, his flak and helmet were stacked next to his weapon, his closet held clothes neatly folded and his boots and running shoes were in order next to his bed, his nightstand had a few knickknacks on it. Her eyes settled on his sleeping form, she could hear his breathing, slow and even, she crossed the room and stood next to him.

DAMN! Was all she could think, as she admired his body. He was sleeping with just a sheet loosely covering very little of his physique. Her breath quickened and she felt a stirring. She admired his build, lean and athletic, short cropped dark hair, dark features, strong clean lines on his face with just the smallest hint of dark stubble. At 32 he was 6 years older than her but he kept in great shape, his 6-foot frame was smooth and lightly tanned, with little hair, she thought even sleeping he looked dangerous.

She reached out and placed a hand on his chest, feeling the hard muscle there. She traced a Celtic cross he had tattooed on his arm, moving to his flat stomach she tugged his sheet down a little. With a start she realized he was naked, he shifted and a leg came free from the sheets. She traced the darker skin to the white band starting below his stomach and ending on his upper thigh. She was barely breathing. Impulsively she gently moved the sheet lower, fully exposing him. His member was soft but thick and about six inches, it was surrounded by a dark patch of neatly trimmed hair, she had to fight an urge to take him into her mouth. She could only imagine what would happen if he woke up with her giving him a blowjob. She smiled and thought, 'maybe one day.' Glancing at his face to make sure he was still asleep, she reached out and gently stroked him. Fascinated she watched him grow. It was curious the combination of hard and soft that she felt. Pausing... God she thought, 'I'd better stop now or I'm going to strip naked and jump into bed with him.'

Sighing, she stood up and continued to admire his body. Sadly she glanced at the clock on his nightstand and froze, his black marker was next to the clock illuminating 0836, smiling mischievously she began to think. She grabbed the marker and debated what to write. With unexpected inspiration she knew what would get his attention and her smile grew. Carefully she bent over his sleeping form and scribbled with the marker a few seconds looking up at his face to see if he'd wake, his breathing remained steady. She finished, put the marker back and moved toward the door.

She noticed his green uniform t-shirt draped over the edge of the bed. She glanced back at him as she picked it up. She'd never admit it to him but she had an intense desire to wear one of his shirts to bed, to sleep naked in it and then put it back in his room so he'd wear it without ever knowing it had been on her body.

As she stood at the foot of his bed she contemplated some of the stuff they had talked about. He'd been in a long term relationship that had gone bad, she'd cheated on him. She wondered what kind of woman would ever let this man go or cheat on him. She had to shake herself or she could stay and watch him all day, he was sleek, deadly, and a little damaged. Keeping the shirt, she silently went to the door and left the room.

**********

Yawning I watched as Mendes walked up to join me in the chow hall line.

"Hey sleepy head," she said as she moved into line next to me.

"Hey," I replied.

"We gonna work out after chow," she asked.

"Yep, can't wait," I said. "Something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, we'll wait till we're on our own in the gym though," I said, purposely looking at all the people around us.

We continued with small talk as we went through the line and ate chow. Afterward we separated after agreeing to meet ay gym in one hour.

Later, as I entered the gym I found Mendes already there. She was in a corner set up with mats and doing her routine yoga stretches, I saw her glance in my direction. As I walked to her she spread her legs and put her butt high in the air. I know she was doing it on purpose.

"I figure we'll do some legs and abdominal today, if that's ok with you," I said as I walked up to her.

"Sounds great," she replied, continuing to stretch. "So what did you want to talk about?"

"Just if you know of anything unusual happening?"

"Unusual?"

"Yeah, it was the weirdest thing, I woke up and I had a heart and the words 'very nice' written in black magic marker about an inch from my junk," I said. "Right here," as I pointed to a spot next to my penis.

Laughing, she just stared at me.

"Is that how it's gonna be?" I asked. "Cause paybacks a bitch!"

"Ha, payback? I don't know what you're talking about but if I did I imagine it'd be because you wrote 'I'm a nerd' on somebody's arm a while back."

"There's a big difference between an arm and where I was written on!" I whisper yelled.

Eyes twinkling, "I know," she whispered right back. "I'd think you'd take it as a compliment, not that I'm saying I did it."

"Oh, I'm not mad, I just didn't know that's the level we're playing at. Now that I know, let the games begin," I laughed.

She brought her face to within inches of mine, "Bring it," she grinned.

Knowing that she wouldn't expect anything so soon I put her through a grueling workout. I wanted her to be dead tired tonight. After our workout we received one call, taking care of it quickly we returned to base and then went to evening chow. Afterward I asked her to hangout and watch a movie with me in the MWR tent. I kept her up past our usual sleep time and finally let her go around midnight. Already plotting as I went to my room I mentally prepared for tonight, I stopped by medical to ask for some gear, I had to one-up her and knew how I wanted to do that. Afterward as soon as I got to my room I set my alarm for 0200, stripped down to black PT shorts and gray USMC shirt and then quickly went to sleep.

As soon as my alarm went off I quickly came fully awake. I was so excited about my plans and could barely tie my sneaker laces. Grabbing my marker and one other item I slipped out of my room and made my way to her barracks room still dressed in military PT gear. Testing the door handle I smiled as I recognized she'd left it unlocked. Quickly and quietly I opened the door and slid into her room. I paused a minute at the door to let my eyes adjust, she'd left her skylight open and it allowed bright moonlight to filter inside her room. I could see room clearly, her setup was exactly like mine, except that she had a full length mirror behind the nightstand next to the bed.

I moved to her rack and stood next to her. The moonlight made her skin glow, she lay stretched out wearing a pair of white string bikini panties and sports bra. Her hair pooled around her head as she lay there breathing softly. Christ, even sleeping she looked incredible! Moving carefully I took hold of the pair of medical scissors that I'd brought. Very carefully I slid them under the middle of her sports bra, quietly shearing through the fabric, it parted and exposed her breasts. Even in the dim light I could see the nipples were small and dark. I became a little concerned as I saw them start to harden. I knew I had to act quickly so I carefully slid the scissors underneath the bra straps and cut them too, soon the bra lay in shreds on her bed and her breasts were fully visible. Her boobs were tight and a large 36C by my guess. The nipples stayed hard even while I slowly managed to pull all the remains of fabric from under her.

I paused, she was so beautiful laying there, I wondered what kind of idiot would ever let her go. From our conversations I knew that her last boyfriend had cheated on her, I didn't even know this guy and I wanted to kill him. Shaking my head I moved lower, carefully lifting a string on her panties I snipped it. I moved to the other one and snipped that too, then I slowly pulled the material free from her body. Finally, minutes later I had the remains of her clothes in my hands. Erika was sleeping completely naked in front of me.

I could see the racing stripe above her pussy ... I had to touch it. I stroked my finger across her close trimmed pubic hair, it was soft, silky. For a few minutes I continued to touch her gently. Finally, knowing it was time to leave before I did something stupid, I took my marker, but just as I bent down to write, I realized it would be criminal to mark her sex, like using a crayon to mark a beautiful painting. Contemplating a second, I moved to her hand and wrote one word on the back. Standing up I made my way to the door, with one last look I quietly opened the door and went back to my room.

**********

The next day I was called into the hospital for some follow on checkups, I didn't return to base till evening. I went to eat and tried to find Erika in the chow hall, but I'd missed her. I didn't want to always be seen knocking on her door or looking for her so I continued with my usual business. After dinner I went to go watch a movie.

"Wow, you were right." I heard a voice say behind me as I watched a movie at the MWR.

"Oh yeah, how's that?" I smiled, recognizing the voice.

"Crazy stuff does go on around here," Mendes whispered as she took a seat next to me on the couch I was sitting on. "Just last night, I swore I went to sleep wearing a bra and panties and yet when I woke up this morning... BAM, I was totally naked!"

"Wow, that is crazy," I whispered with mock exaggeration.

"It's funny you should say wow, cause that's exactly what was written on the back of my hand," she said as she held it up for my inspection. "I swear it looks like the writing when you wrote on my arm."