My Heaven
-Master's of the Sky-
-Ventz-
By Michael James
Part 1
Thunder clouds
In a fierce hurricane,
high above the ocean...
“WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU HIDING, YOU B...” screamed a devil as loud as he could. He was in the storm, most likely in a more severe part of it. This guy named Ventz, was the vesper sparrow devil. Who had a grudge against Cloud's god Frost. Her god was more than a match for him, but she wanted work.
He was trying to concentrate on her image in the clouds. With all the wind, rain and lightning happening. It was hard to focus. A moment later she cut his back open. Blood went all over the area. Then a bolt of lightning his spine and caused great him pain.
“You really thought you could beat me in my element?” She asked with her voice echoing in the storm. Ventz shouted all kinds of obscenities, then challenged her in the eye. No natural storm could absolve and part as fast as this one did. Cloud was there hovering in the sky 20 feet from him. His wings were drying fast. “Begone being of Infinity, I have no more use in fighting with you.”
“Just because you are an artifact wielder. It doesn't give you the right to talk down to me.” Cloud told him she could create another hurricane in moments. Ventz had come to her master's planet looking for trouble. She was more than willing to kill him. “I'll leave now, but mark my words. I will finish what you started today.” With blood dripping from his talons. Ventz flew high into the sky and took off through space. Traveling by the way of light.
“What a drama queen.”
A day later,
at Frost's castle...
“Cloud” Frost shouted! She dropped from the sky and did one flip right before touching down. She bent the knee and asked what was his will? “Very majestic landing first of all. I called upon you for yesterdays assignment.” She asked if there was a problem? “You were asked to scare him away, not almost kill him.”
“I didn't think his injury was that serious.” His orders were to scare him away. “May I speak freely?” Granted. “He was mouthing off about your aunt and all wolf gods were just mangy mutts.” And that was why she felt the need to permanently scar his back bone? “I understand I took things a bit to far, but...”
“Enough, I heard from my sources, that he is coming after you.” Could she remove his backbone this time? “You may not kill him, am I in any way unclear?” Nope, he was as clear as a breeze. “His eelkshie however, I will allow you to kill.”
“Oh great! I would love to kill ol Manbull” she said with excitement. Frost asked her to return to the sky now. “Sure.” She braced her legs and jumped up high into the sky.
8 days later,
on Ventz's planet...
“You want to higher me to take on one of the slain.” Mangle was instructed to pay whatever was asked. “Yeah how about a second chance at life. I am not taking on one of those girls.” Mangle asked him where his loyalty's to his master were? “Unholy hell” the guy said turning white as teeth. What? “Look behind you.” Cloud walked into the bar and everyone backed away from her.
“How dare you enter my masters territory. 1,000 coffins to the one who removes her head.” Mangle had no volunteers who stepped up to the plate. “Where is your allegiance” he spat out?
“Manbull, its been a while, shall we get on with it. Or is your mouth a little dry from screaming. He reached for his hammer. Telling her she was out of her element in a bar on the ground. “That's a simple fix Manbull.” His eyes were reddening from his frustration.
“I have always hated you because you call me that name.” He growled though his teeth. She asked if Sheepstool was preferred? “I'll freaking kill you!” He slammed his hammer down on her using both hands. She used her sickle to deflect it with one hand.
“Fella's this establishment is going sky high in a minute. I'd get out of here if I were you, because it wont be a happy landing.” They heeded her words and cleared out.
Part 2
Unusual circumstances
5 minutes later...
The bar was in the sky hovering about 5,000 feet off the ground, give or take. It was rocking and shaking enough for Mangle to not have good balance.
“Not only are you showing off, but this was an excellent place to drink!” Cloud asked how much it would set the owner back? “I am going to splatter you all over the floor.” Bring it on Manbull. “STOP CALLING ME THAT!” He charged her, hammer ready. Mangle was a sparrow bird man, he had wings to fly. Even with a tremendously heavy weapon. Cloud was looking forward to this. As he swung it at her, Cloud evaded it with ease. Then, he ran at her with the exit behind her. She got out of the way and like clockwork he fell out of the building.
Cloud grabbed the top of the door frame and flipped her body onto the roof. Mangle was trying his hardest to get back to the building and exhausting himself flying. Cloud had it moving not just up, but going side to side. Moving as fast as a race car. She just stood on the roof top and mocked him as he tried to catch up.
“I think I'll take up a hobby while I wait” she shouted with laughter! Mangle reached the building and got inside. He challenged her to enter the doorway.
“You filthy mutt! Just because you have artifact power, it doesn't mean you are stronger than me.” She told him, this wasn't he artifact power. It was just raw strength. “LIES!” He pressed a rune on his hammer and it activated the head of it to turn to fire. “Your blood will bathe the floor.” Not if she could help it, she chuckled.
As the weapons collided again, hers cut the stem beneath the top. When the sickle went further she cut half his head off. Mangle's body fell to the floor.
“Well that's that I guess.”
Rather than dropping the building on the city. It floated up into space. Out of courtesy for the people of the planet. She grabbed her necklace and informed Frost her job was done.
Deeper into the heart,
of Ventz territory...
“Well, it looks like he failed me. Mangle was with me for decades and he had such promise. SLAVE!” She rushed in his lounge asking what she could do for him. Bring me my necklace and do it fast.” She got it on the table on the far end of the room. As she handed to him and he hit her just for fun. “Leave me.”
In Frost's castle,
through the necklace...
“Hello? Ah well if it isn't one of my least favorite devils. What can I do for you Ventz?” He wanted to meet at a neutral location. “And why would I agree to that?” He wanted to discuss a truce. “What idiot would believe that garbage?” Ventz never answered he just went away. “Cloud” Frost yelled! She dropped out of the sky onto his terrace. “Come on in.” Her sister Glacier was in the room reading a book, as was Frost, until this point. What could she do for him? “Call Ventz and see what he wants.” He told her handed her his necklace.
“Ventz... oh birdy boy, will you please answer.” He shouted into her head asking if she knew no shame?! “Not that I'm aware of, you called my god, now what's up?”
“I want to discuss a truce with him.” Ah huh. “I wish to speak with him not you.” Cloud told Ventz she was sorry, but her god had no intention of being lied to. “Listen you stupid b...” Glacier asked Frost what was the harm in seeing what the guy was selling? “What is going on?” Frost took his necklace back and asked what were the terms? “Meet me on planet Market.” He would have to be more specific. “The Left House Royal, do you know it?” Yes he did. “I will wait for you there in 2 days.”
At the time,
of the meeting...
Frost sat down with Ventz. Cloud was outside staring down Ventz's eelkshie. It was a very tense situation. Glacier was also by her side combing her own hair.
“You see Frost, I have fallen out of favor with Infinity, my offer is this. Give me Cloud to do with as I see fit and all my territory will go to you. Before its taken by my own kind...
Part 3
Take him
The talk continues...
“I own several dozen solar systems each with livable planets and/or moons. All I want is to torture that mutt before I'm hunted down by other devils.”
“Well, I think your offer is genuine if nothing else. But, I think what I'll do instead is decline and wait around for you to get killed.” Ventz growled he could not be serious! “You think I would sell her out for land? I mean come on, Cloud is like a daughter to me.” He could offer other things then land. “It was nice talking to you.” Frost stood up and walked out of the restaurant. Leaving a coffin coin on the table to pay for the meal. Ventz sat there in pure rage and swore vengeance!
A day later,
at Frost's castle...
“You don't really think I would sell you like that would you?” She took the knee because Frost sounded angry. “Listen, the 4 of you are everything to me. You are my greatest treasures.”
“I hate to break the mood, but bird brain is in the sky again.” Lamp said in a very humorous tone. Frost sighed telling Cloud to go kill him this time. He didn't have to worry about retaliation anymore. Cloud kissed his cheek and went into the sky.
Face to face...
“RELEASE LEVEL 3!” What he just did was trade his life force for extra strength. The release command can be used by any god or devil. But its seldom because after its over the body is weakened considerably. For a long period of time.
“I swear I'm going to kill you!”
“Bring it on” Cloud Taunted. Ventz jerked his hand out and a blade of onyx metal grew from a shard of it. Cloud readied her weapon. The two forces collided and Cloud went flying back a couple hundred feet. He threw 8 more little shards into the air. They became large jagged pieces of onyx metal.
“Now you die wench!” Cloud's eyes fogged over and she created a hurricane in moments. “If you think your storm will save you now. I would love to disappoint you.”
Cloud could see him through the storm. Kind of like thermal vision at night. She put her blade in front of her. Straitened out like a dart, then built force behind her. Like a rocket she shot at him. And the pieces of metal blocked her like a shield. Then he hit her with his elbow downward. Sending her into the ice below.
On the veranda...
“Master, should we help her?”
“No Lamp, Cloud needs to finish this on her own.”
Shooting into the sky...
Ventz shielded himself again with the metal. Cloud went right past him spinning her body in a twirl. And created a funnel sucking the metal into it. While she had the funnel being controlled by one hand. She started to slam her weapon against his. When they met, she didn't go as far back. Each time there was a collision, the recoil was less and less. Ventz met her again with equal footing and threw 20 shards of onyx metal around her. They took the shape of spears.
She evaded all but one and it went into her leg. Almost every immortal feels pain like this once in a while. But it hurt her a lot more than a person getting shot.
Her control of the funnel faulted and the jagged pieces were free. She took off past him trying to remove it from her leg. While the pieces followed her like homing missiles. Finally she got it out going at super fast speed. Her injury healed and she circled around ready to meet him. Ventz got ready to counter.
“Time to show you my tricks” Cloud said with a smile. 0.3 seconds was all it took to suck the hurricane into her weapon. Now each hit would be as strong as the whole storm.
“Oh hell...” Her weapon went through his and he got cut in half. The top half went shooting into a peak. Lamp saw her sister suddenly stop. The weapon dispelled and she just hovered there. What Lamp saw next, was the Murchant Engrave standing in the snow.
At Engrave's location...
“Frost, I think we'll take it from here” he said through the necklace. Frost waved to her to stand down. Engrave looked to the peak and shouted take him. Demon's surfaced and dragged him into hell.
Part 4
We thank you
In Hell...
“Hello Ventz” said Mistress refolding her legs sitting in her throne. He didn't even have the nerve to ask for mercy. “Now then, what exactly did you promise the wolf god. Which was mine by right?” Everything he had. “Venty... Venty Venty, I think you will be reborn.” He closed his eyes and was consumed by fire. Needless to say, the guy was in tremendous pain during the process. Once it was finished “Engrave, go claim his territory before someone else moves in.”
On Ventz,
home planet...
“I no longer feel a connection with our master” one eelkshie said to another. “I guess that means she killed him and we are now exiles.” The wisest of the 3, told them they needed to flee. “Why?” Because someone would be coming for them, from Infinity.
“Go outside” said Cloud's voice in the wind. They ran out looking for her because they thought she came to kill them. What they did see was a enormous sigil line coming at them across the land. Chains wrapped themselves around their waists. They were pulled into the sky before the sigil became fire.
On Frost's planet,
a couple hours later...
The 3 of them were lowered into a village that was full of exiles. The whole town stopped what they were doing to greet them. When they asked what was happening, a woman said. This was where exiles who don't have homes are brought.
“We could use help building your new homes.”
“I guess we'll get to it” the 3 replied.
My Heaven
-Root Snakes-
By Michael James
Part 1
Kill him
At a lake,
near a grand mountain...
“Teva... hey Teva where did you go?” A high class wolf girl had been swimming in the lake. That was near her home town. The problem was her friend and bodyguard wasn't in sight. “Teva where are you?” She looked around the shore, then saw...
“Alright little one. Come to us and she doesn't get killed.” Duergar's -evil dwarfs- had her attendant by the throat. She told her charge to flee. “Now you wouldn't want something bad to happen to her would you?” She swam to them and they put them both in a cage. The cage was put on a truck like vehicle and was taken to the mountain.
In the cave system...
“I'm scared Teva.”
“Alright, you boys do whatever you want to the woman. We're taking the girl to our VIP section. She screamed as they took Teva away from her. “Oh shut up! Unless you want to end up like her, keep your mouth shut.” As she was carried into the heart of the mountain. They came across a bunch of empty cells. “Hey brother, look what we caught.” A very strong duergar walked into view. “What do you think we would get for her?” He leaned in on the cage.
“You're the Kite's little brat aren't you?” She said her name was Dayna Kite. “You imbecile... do you know how many are going to be after us now!” His brother backed off as his kin hit him in the head. “The Kite trading house can higher anyone to come get her!”
At the trading house...
“Okay, tell her what you told me.” The fisherman explained that he saw the women get abducted, to Meadow. He got to the trading house as soon as he could. The moment he saw them being carried away. “I don't have much in the way of land as payment...”
“No need for payment here. I'm going to find her and bring her home. All I ask is that you let me handle it myself.” Kite would not let her go unpaid. “We will discuss it later.”
In the mountain,
50 minutes later...
“A green wolf girl eelkshie? Here I thought we had something to worry about.” The older brother Getie asked his look out for more information. He reported that there was none. Except she was scaling the mountain as they spoke. “I wonder what we would get for an eelkshie.” Getie had a moment of panic.
“This eelkshie... did she have a wooden flute?” Yes, why did he ask? “Brother you've screwed us all!” Who did he think she was?! “She's one of Frost's artifact eelkshie!”
On top of the mountain...
“Lets get started.” Meadow put her flute to her lips as she stood in a dense tree line.
In the mountain...
“Are we having an earthquake?”
“This is the Lunder region, we don't have earthquakes here!” These two duergar were in the higher caves. When they saw the giant root snakes burrow through the ceiling. Words could not describe the fear they were feeling. “Oh my...” The snake gobbled them both up in one bite. Following that, the beast burrowed into the wall. 11 more snakes were in the mountain, looking for Dayna.
“Kill him” ordered Getie with anger! His little brother shot his executioner and fled the room. The shot guy was still alive, until Getie put a gun to his head saying “at least your death is quick.” He pulled the trigger at his temple. “Kite brat!”
“Yes” she cried? She was his ticket out of death. If he died, she would die. Was this in any way unclear? “Please don't hurt me.” He opened her cell and took a chain and collared her.
Part 2
Where is she
Where Teva was...
She had been beaten as well as other things. They were to busy with the problem at hand. To notice she was picking her locks off. When she got free, Teva killed all but one.
“Where would they take my charge?” He laughed telling her to go F... herself. “You really don't want to push me.” She took a pistol and pressed it on his gonad enough that it was in the barrel. “Where is she” she asked quietly?
“Middle floors, follow the scent of body odor.” She pulled the trigger and he passed out from the pain. Teva got ammo and raced to the passages leading up.
Meanwhile,
on the top floor...
“Who the..?”
“Hello fellas, I'm looking for a little girl. About 3 and a half feet tall. A real pretty thing” asked Meadow. They opened fire on her, 9 machine guns blazing until all that was left were clicks. When the bullets got close to her they turned in to leaves. That softly fell to the floor. “Are we going to be adults now?” One guy took an explosive out of his pocket. “Okay, lets do this your way.” A wave of energy left her eyes and went into theirs. They were now made of solid wood.
The younger brother saw everything from the corner of the passage. Meadow could smell him and she told him to come out. He chose to run away like mad. A snake surfaced beside her. She told her beast to run him down. He hid in a toilet deposit in order to mask his scent. Meadow knew he was around somewhere, but had to find the girl. And she wasn't aware he was the one who took her.
Back to Dayna...
“Please sir, I cant run anymore.” Getie put a gun to her head. “I cant run anymore, please don't kill me” she cried! He looked around and saw a food storage. He pulled her in the room and locked her in a pig bin. “Wait, where are you going?” He ran out of the room and locked the door behind him. Dayna started crying from hysteria.
As Getie ran looking for any of his men. He bumped into Teva. Shots were fired, but no one got hit. She took a fighters stance. Getie laughed at her because he was obviously stronger than her. But she was equally confident, because he was half her size.
“Where is she earth digger?” As he took a knife from his belt. The floor beneath them started to shake. Very soon a snake came up, knocking Teva off her feet. Getie chose to run away. “I don't know what you are, please let me save my friend.” The snake looked her in the eye, turned and slithered the other way.
Getie was running away as fast as he could, until he got to an armory. He loaded explosive rounds into a double barrel gun. He was done running from these abominations. As he looked out the doorway. The snake was on its way going fast. He got in its path and shot the ceiling above it. Trust a dwarf to know how to cave in a passage and not get caught in it. He turned and ran away to head back for the girl. The snake was not hurt, it just managed to burrow out of the dirt and rock.
In the galley...
“Help... is anyone there!” Dayna heard the door unlocking. Also she could smell a terrible stench. The younger brother walked in and let her out of the bin.
“Come on you little runt” he said grabbing her wrist. As disgusting as it sounds. The filth on his hand was a lubricant enough for her to get free and run away. “Hey you little b...!”
Back to Meadow...
“Where would the girl be?” Meadow asked him slowly turning his body into wood. “Pretty soon we are going to run out of limbs. After that I'll start south and work my way north.”
“Last I saw her, she was in the slave cages on the middle floors. Her bodyguard was given to the men.” Was the bodyguard still alive? “I do not know. Please I don't want to be killed... mercy!” Meadow smiled and told him trafficking was unforgivable. He turned to solid wood and Meadow put her flute to her lips. Telling her beasts to comb the middle floors, playing a beautiful melody.
In the tunnel,
leading out of the mountain...
“Sir are we just going to leave all our wealth?” Getie assured the 15 duergars who fleeing with him. They could always rebuild. Better to escape with their lives and no wealth, than to die now. “Your right sir.” They ran out of the tunnel, smelling light. A couple snakes were waiting for them.
Part 3
The stench of defeat
Right as the snakes
saw them...
“GO!” Getie shot one barrel at each snakes head. They regenerated faster than a god could. Getie's men fled in all directions, but the snakes ate them up. Getie loaded a round into each barrel and ran into the mountain. While the snakes gobbled up his men.
In the chaos,
2 paths crossed...
“MILADY!” Dayna saw Teva and cried running into her arms. Dayna asked Teva if they hurt her? “That is not important right now. We need to get you to safety.”
As she carried the girl down the endless passageways of rock and darkness. The sounds of the snakes did not make them feel better. Finally they saw light up ahead. A big show of daylight and sun. Teva told Dayna to hold on. They were almost there. Behind them were sounds of duergars drawing near. Teva was at her last breath. Now when they reached the light. It was a hole drilled through the ceiling by a snake.
“Milady I'm sorry.” Dayna started crying knowing they were about to die. As the duergar's came into sight, the younger brother did too. He smelled so awful, even from a couple hundred feet away. “Give me your weapon grunt. As he aimed the pistol at Teva's head. She stood strait up and took out a blade, throwing her gun to the floor.
“I am moved by your challenge for fare combat. Except, I hope you will forgive me. I've had a long day and I would rather just shoot you both and be done with it.”
“I think a little fare combat is in order” said Meadow from behind. His men looked at her as she turned them into wood. “Duergar, fight this woman for the right to walk out of here. Teva could you just kill him please.” Knowing either way her charge was safe now. She took a stance and the duergar took out his knife.
“I don't know much about close combat, but I know I can beat a half dead mutt. Teva was reading his movements. It seemed highly favorable he was going to slash from the right. When he did that she had him, had her strength not faltered. She evaded his attack and fell backwards. He went for her throat, she tripped him and he fell on her. Both daggers went into each others bodies. Her dagger into his heart and his into her shoulder. Meadow walked up to them to heal her injury.
BANG...
The rounds could have killed any eelkshie, but in her case. When the bullets were close enough, they turned to leaves. Meadow spun around and saw Getie standing there with the gun.
“I guess its too late for me to surrender?”
“If it helps the situation at all. Whether you shot at me or not. I was never going to let you walk out of here.” He wasn't sorry, but he asked her to make it quick...
In a warm bed,
a couple days later...
“What... MILADY!” Teva jerked up and Meadow told her not to wake the little one. Dayna was sleeping in bed next to her. Teva also had lost a lot of blood and she needed to stay in bed. “Where is master Kite?” He was giving a speech at the moment. “Milady, I owe you a great deal for your service.”
“I've been compensated enough. I was going to leave as soon as you woke up. I now have a ring that allows me to impose any accommodation I want. On any of his branch facilities across his territory's. In short, I get a free bath and a bedroom whenever I like.”
“Goodbye miss Meadow, thanks for everything” Dayna said in her sleep...
My Heaven
-City of the Raw-
By Michael James
Part 1
She looks good
On a planet, in a bar,
in Frost's territory...
“I'll have a Roman scotch.” The bar tender asked if he was to thin it out. “No, just pour it strait.” Coming right up. “By the way, I'm looking for someone.” She needed to be more specific. “A rogue eelkshie, named Mac, or Machete Mac.” He put the drink in front of her. Peered his eyes behind her and said never seen him.
Behind her was Machete Mac, a wolf man exile. With a few brutes and lovely ladies on their knees. Mac was drinking a beer stein and getting friendly with the girls.
“I keep telling you boss, why not expand our empire. We can get more girls on the street. Yeah, lets go hit the collages again and again.” Mac was even listening. He was staring at the butt of the woman looking for him. “Boss?” He told them to bring that girl to him. She looked good. “Sure boss.” 3 brutes came up behind her and said they wanted to party with her. Lamp stood up and commented she liked to party. One each grabbed her arm and pulled her over to Mac.
“I'm curious lovely. What was it you used to do before you started working for me?” She was one of Lord Frost's elite eelkshie. Sent here to investigate a trafficking ring. Mac looked her over for a moment. “KILL HER!”
Lamp expanded a field of neon fire. All Mac's groupies were fried. The girls, bar and other customers were fine. Mac was also fine. He was wearing blessed gold rings that protected him.
“Who do I have to thank for sending one of the slain?” Her answer was Valley, they came to her god and complained. Apparently you have been kidnapping apprentices in their territory. She needed to know where they were. Mac stood up and got in her face. “I don't answer to the gods anymore. I will do what I like.” He grabbed her arm and slapped a restraint cuff on her wrist. “I'm gonna cut you up.”
He took out a machete and attempted to cut her up. Lamp hit him in the chest hard enough to launch him to the wall. She ran out of the bar. Mac got up and chased after her.
“Well this sucks, I can only use a tenth of my strength. I'll even bet there is a tracking spell on this.” Mac said damn right there was. She was his now, if she came quietly he wouldn't hurt her, to much. “You think I'm afraid of you?” She did run. “Well I guess that's true.” Lamp flash blinding flame in front of his eyes. Next thing he knew he got hit in the head with a fire hydrant.
“Oh I'm going to discipline you!” His sight returned and cut her weapon in half. Grabbed her by the neck and slammed her face into the sidewalk. Lamp put both hands on ground and kicked him onto his back. She knew this was bad for her because she was used to be overpowering. She stepped on his hand and tried to get the rings off. “Nice try little lady.” He her tail and pulled her down. Followed by kicking her in the stomach. She kicked him in the nuts and got to her feet. “I am going to skin you after I have my fun.” Lamp smiled in a aggravating way.
“Lets finish this Butter Knife Mac.” He took out his weapon asking if this looked like a butter knife. “I think you are over compensating for something, Mac.” She stretched out her hands and summoned batons of fire. Mac laughed and told her to come his way.
He swung his weapon at her and she blocked use a X with her weapons. His machete phased through them and cut her right arm deep. With the cuff on her regeneration was slow. Not to mention she was feeling magic amplified pain.
“Ah, did I give you a boo boo. Lets see if this hurts more.” He grabbed her bad arm and threw her into traffic. Lamp got hit by a car head on. When she got up her hip had a fracture. “Good luck calling for help now.” Mac held her communication necklace.
Lamp took off in the other direction. Running from him as fast as she could go. Mac grabbed his own necklace, telling his boys they had prey to find.
Part 2
I know where they are
In a clinic,
closed for the night...
“By the name of the mother of wolves, I have screwed up... SO BAD!” She found a patch to cover her arm with. Her hip was another matter. Then she heard the door open. They identified themselves as authority. “Do tell me do all officers smell of cheap cologne.” As the men walked into view, they had cuffs and knock out shots ready for her. “Question, are you wearing blessed gold?” there was a pause. “I'll wager you aren't.” After that she fried them all.
At a nice hotel,
a few minutes later...
“Miss what happened to you?” She needed a room for the night. “Certainly, may I ask if you are being chased?” She could go elsewhere if it was a problem. “We'll set you up in a good secure room. When she got to her room she sat on the bed focusing on regeneration. True Mac and his boys could make it to her, but they wanted to be as low key as they could.
When morning came around...
“Great I'm back into shape. Now I'm going to go run that bastard down.” As Lamp walked to the front desk. She saw men outside and they saw her. Just two of them and didn't seem bothered by her. “I'm checking out, thank you for everything.” She walked out and went to the right. When they followed she went behind the hotel.
“She is making this far to easy for us.” As the two came around the corner expecting to be attacked. Lamp was nowhere in sight. “Where did she go?” They looked for all possibilities of escape. Up, around the building, In the back door. “I got a bad feeling.” Lamp appeared behind them. She cracked one skull open and pinned the other to the wall. “What are you going to do to me” he mocked?
“Where do I find your boss?” He spit in her face, telling her she was just trash to them. Why should he answer any of her questions? “Because, if you don't, I'll get creative.” He spit in her eye. “Alright then.” She grabbed his arm and started to melt it off.
“HE'S IN THE HARDWARE STORE... 3 BLOCKS FROM HERE!” Which direction would she need to go? “EAST!” Lamp looked in his eye and permanently blinded him.
At the store...
“Fella's I'll take her on myself. She seems to be coming our direction, I guess those idiots talked.” Mac stepped out of the stores entrance. Soon he saw her and they stared at each other. “How good of you mutt. To save me the trouble of coming and finding you. Are you ready to be my little sex slave?” Lamp smiled at him. “I think I will have to beat you for looking at me in that way.”
“Tell me, where are the girls you have abducted?” A crowd had cleared around them by now. No vehicles were crossing on the street between them. Mac told her that she better surrender now. “I'm going to blind you now.” A flash of light temporarily blinded 87 people. Mac had his eyes closed, thinking what a stupid woman. Telling him, her plan of attack. What he didn't think would happen, was getting shot. The guys from earlier were carrying knockout darts. She figured if they were strong enough to knock her out. The darts should work on him.
Hours later,
in a basement...
“What the... hey, where am I?!” Mac looked around and saw his guys hanging from the ceiling by their feet. “Okay, I give up, you got me” he laughed. Lamp's voice echoed in the room asking where the girls were. Also where was the key to her cuff. “I don't know where they could be. Perhaps if I was motivated in some way, I might remember.” Lamp said she would kill his men. “Go ahead, I kill my guys all the time.”
“How about I just remove your pillar and stones.” His response was she lacked imagination. The moment he gave up his merchandise. His death would be assured. She walked into view and sat on his legs. Now this was proper motivation if he ever had any. Lamp held up her hand, wearing his gold rings.
“Get to the point.”
“You say you don't know where they are. I'll bet I could make you sing a different tune.” She her finger in his mouth and melted one of his molars. He screamed louder than he ever could before. “You say you don't know where they are... still?”
“Alright! I know where they are!”
Part 3
Down in the dungeon
Under the city,
in the sewer...
“Our god will send a rescue. He wont let you get away with this” shouted a tied girl, hanging from a hook. The men watching them thought this was incredibly entertaining. No one would look for her here. No one was coming to save her or them.
Lamp was coming to save them. Except she couldn't use her nose for all the coin in ganta. The smell was just too horrendous. Machete Mac was left chained to his chair in case he was lying. Yet she didn't count on him having a lock pick.
“Hey man, I want to get some air. Mind watching them for a few minutes?” He told his friend he would do the same when he got back. “Fair enough.” He popped up through a manhole behind a clothes store. Customers couldn't smell him all the way around the building. He enjoyed the fresh air and did so for 20 minutes. When he came down the ladder everything was dark. “Hey man, did the power go out again?” He never knew what hit him. Lamp lit the passages, with 26 freed prisoners around her. She searched his clothes like the other guy. Her release key was not on him like Mac said. Also everyone of the hostages had a cuff on.
“Okay, I think I will be expecting one more rat...”
An hour later...
“I swear I am going to beat the unholy hell out of her!” Mac was tracing the cuffs in the sewers. They were moving and he assumed they were running from him. When he came to a fork in the path he could sense both directions had cuff signatures. “Where are you?” Mac decided to head left at random choice.
A bit further into the tunnel, Mac saw a light as if it were Lamp. He knew in his mind that he was on her trail. But once he came around one corner the light was at the end of the path. It was like that every time until he realized he didn't know where he was.
“That freaking wench... COME ON OUT! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME. PROVE YOU GOT SOME GUTS!” A light was coming his way fast. Lamp lit the sewage on fire. “Nice try, but you didn't get all my rings. I carry one for this kind of emergency. All your fire wont do you any good” he chuckled.
“Release me” her voice muttered through the fire. Mac laughed and mocked her by saying she was to pretty to let go. He would have to punish her, but afterwords he wouldn't hurt her much. “Release me or die.” Why wont she come out and play?
Lamp formed from the fire in front of him. Physical hands rose behind him and grabbed a hold of his limbs. He laughed again and told her it was going to take more than this! He jerked his arms and legs and broke the flame hands. Following after that he pulled out his machete. Mac mocked her by telling her not much room to maneuver.
“Thinking your trick will work on me a second time is beyond stupid.” Her batons were summoned in her hands. Mac swung down just like before and Lamp vanished in the fire. Next thing he knew she cracked him on the head from behind. When he spun around she was gone. Mac jerked his head in front and behind his body.
“Where are you woman!?” Lamp waited for an opening again. When an opportunity came she hit his arm with his weapon in it. The machete fell into the gunk. Then Lamp beat the hell out of the guy. When her anger subsided she ripped the ring off his finger. His body started to burn in the fire. “You cant kill me. If I die you'll never get the cuff off.” She saw her necklace in his pocket and claimed it.
“My god is a resourceful man. He'll figure it out...
A day later,
in Frost's privet baths...
“Lamp, I strongly suggest you burn those clothes you were wearing.” Lamp's 3 sisters were washing her and scrubbing hard. The smell was not coming off her body even a little.
“Pardon me ladies, Striker is here and he wants to talk to Lamp” Frost told them. Meadow asked him could he not smell her? “Yes I can smell her, but Striker doesn't care.”
Lamp got out of the hot water and got herself dressed. Striker was one of the Kings of the goat gods, he saw her coming and did his best to not mention the odor.
“I have what you seek great warrior. The cuffs he used on the girls as well as yourself were stolen from us. I have a master key with me, may I see your wrist?” She held up her arm and he tapped a key shaped crystal on it. As it fell off, Lamp's body radiated with fire. She even melted a dip into the floor. “I thank you for your excellent services. Now I will give you this.” He held a vial of expensive soap in his hand. “It worked on the taken you saved. I urge you to use the whole container.”
“Thank you my lord...”