Omega
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Over the rest of the week, life had completely transformed for Tricia, Annie, and Joey.
Tricia and Joey recuperated quickly thanks to Snow Angel’s healing abilities and they both made complete recoveries. Tricia’s head and neck wounds were simple to heal, and she was out of the neck brace by the next day. Joey got his full-blood transfusion, but needed more work on his heart, lungs, and muscles. Dr. Booth worked closely with Snow Angel on these.
It did not take long for Tricia to be positively identified in the videos, and there was a crowd of reporters who camped out at the hospital for their entire stay, all eager to get a glimpse of this new superhero. Blogs and talking head shows lit up about her, talking and speculating and generating rumors which just got worse as the week progressed. The video server at WKMB crashed under the sudden demand for clips of her segments, and old nude photos of her appeared on the web. The Virginia police department had collected her cell phone at the scene of the fight, and reported that it rang non-stop in the evidence locker for hours until its battery died. Tricia of course loved the attention, but for Joey’s sake refused interviews.
It also didn’t take much time for the reporters to discover Annie as her roommate, and soon she was inundated with reporters at the hospital and at home, and she needed a security escort to get in and out of the hospital. Offers for her services exploded, and because she wasn’t entirely certain that the lottery ticket prediction would work, she shrewdly let people know that she was in high demand and would only consider seriously high-paying jobs. The payment offers tripled.
Because he was a minor, the hospital and the police tried their best to protect Joey’s identity, but his name somehow slipped out within a couple days. Rumors of the return of Omega Boy abounded, which fueled tremendous speculation and a resurgence of interest in Omega Man. A documentary on Omega Man appeared on the Discovery Channel within days, and Joey got to see his father on television for the first time in years. He also got to see himself in the fight at Freedom Plaza, and could hear the faint recording of himself saying “Omega Boy”, but it was hard to hear.
Talk radio shows speculated and developed rumors about Tricia, Annie, and Joey. Accusations flourished from simple inappropriate behavior to kidnapping, rape, and mind control. Late-night talk show comedians had a field day with the new rumors. Wanda Sykes commented on her show that if any inappropriate behavior existed between Tricia, Annie, and Joey, it was well-deserved.
“Considering what Joey did for us all, there ain’t enough pussy in the world to pay him properly.” quipped the comedian. She of course was immediately rebuked by the extremely sensitive, and her ratings skyrocketed.
Several superheroes visited the hospital over the week. Tricia met with them, and many of them felt like old friends to her. Quantum Knight and Bullwhip recovered quickly, suffering only bruises, cuts, and burns, but Snow Angel handled their wounds within the first day, and they were back to work within a couple days. Crime in DC picked up a bit with the news of so many superheroes out of action, but it soon died down when it became apparent there was a whole crowd of new superheroes in the area visiting and picking up the slack.
On Wednesday evening Annie rolled into the hospital chapel, finding it empty except for the presence of a young, blond, teen-aged girl who sat alone, weeping quietly. Annie noted the girl, wheeled down the small aisle, and parked next to her.
“Hi. Do you mind?” Annie asked quietly.
The girl glanced at Annie, hung her face down, and shook her head.
She was very pretty, Annie noticed. She had long blond hair, fair skin, and Nordic features, and was just starting to blossom into womanhood. Annie reached for her purse and pulled out her cell phone. She sent a quick text message, and put the phone away.
The girl sat quietly, trying to keep herself under control. She simply held her head low and didn’t look at Annie. She occasionally sniffed and wiped away tears.
Annie pulled a tissue from her purse and offered it. The girl shook her head. Annie put it back in her purse and said “You know, I’ve spent a lot of time in hospitals, and I know there are times when you just need to get away and think, cry, scream ... Everyone needs to get away. Patients, family, friends ... even doctors.” She looked at the girl. “Is there someone here you’re worried about?”
The girl thought for a second and nodded her head.
“You want to talk about it to a stranger?”
She shook her head.
“How about a friend?” Annie held her hand out and smiled.
The girl smiled and giggled softly. “Thanks ... But I don’t really want to talk,” she whispered, almost hiding her voice.
“You might find that talking helps,” Annie offered.
The girl shrugged, but stayed quiet.
Annie shrugged as well. “Suit yourself.”
They were quiet for a moment.
“That’s a pretty dress you’re wearing,” Annie said.
“Thank you,” the girl whispered noncommittally.
Annie paused. “You know what would look good on you?”
“No. What?”
“Green.”
The girl snapped her head up and stared at Annie. Annie smiled and winked. The girl groaned and blew out a long exasperating breath, and her skin and hair shifted, returning to their normal green color.
“How did you know?” Snow Angel asked.
“You’re one of the more popular subjects in the SCI community. I have a friend who showed me a re-colorized picture of you as a blond. So I recognized you.” She leaned in close. “I think he’s got a crush on you.”
Snow Angel smiled sadly. “I should go visit him sometime.”
“He’d like that.” Annie tilted her head.
“What was that text message you sent?”
“Found her. Leave her alone,” Annie recited. “Everyone is looking for you, and wondering why you keep disappearing. I figured you needed some escape time, and I wondered where you would go. My first guess was the roof, which is not the easiest place for me to reach.” She patted her chair. “But then I thought, you can fly, so why would you stop at the roof? Kind of pointless for me to check up there. But if it was the first place I thought of, it would probably be the first place anyone else would have thought of, and you would have thought that too. So I thought I would try here. You want to talk?”
Snow Angel sighed.
“Well then, why don’t I start?” Annie turned her chair towards her and looked at her seriously. “Thank you. Thank you for saving my friends’ lives. If it were not for you, they would both be dead, and I know it was very difficult and painful for you to do this, and you got hurt seriously. So I thank you. We are all in your debt.”
She smiled shyly.
Annie continued. “If there is anything I can do to help you, please, let me know.” She held out her hands to the superhero. “I’m a hell of a good web-designer.”
Snow Angel giggled. “Thanks.” She reached out, took Annie’s hands, and held them.
“Whoa ... You’re fingers are freezing!”
“Yeah. They do that.”
Annie ran her fingers over Snow Angel’s hands. “It’s a nice cold. Not biting. Feels good.” She paused. “Can I ask you a very personal question?”
Snow Angel shrugged. “Sure.”
“What is your name?”
She smiled. “You can call me Snow, or Snow Angel...”
Annie shook her head. “No. That’s a title, a code name. And I’m not going to call you ‘Iowa’ either.”
She paused for a second, and smiled shyly. “No one has asked me that in a long time ... Emily.”
“Emily ... Nice name. Pretty. Don’t hear it that often.”
“Well, it was pretty popular back in my day.”
Annie tilted her head. “And when was that?”
She took a deep breath. “Nineteen-ten.”
“Oy! You’re looking good for your age. How old are you now?”
She thought and sighed. “I don’t like thinking about that, but I guess I’m ninety-nine now.”
Annie looked impressed. “Wow. You should tell Willard Scott.”
She giggled and shook her head. “I don’t think I will.”
“Well, next birthday we’re throwing you a big party. You have a bunch of new friends now.”
Snow Angel smiled. “Thanks.” She looked at Annie, and her smile faded as her eyes dropped down to the chair. “I suppose you’d like me to take a look at you too.”
Annie cocked her head. “For what?”
She gestured to her legs. Annie looked down. “Oh.”
“Isn’t that what you wanted?”
Annie sat quietly for a moment. “You know ... For years, I dreamed of meeting you so you could ... But today, no. That’s not why I came here.” She thought some more. “And besides, I saw that interview you did. You’ve been asked before. We both know what happens if you try to heal this type of injury.”
She nodded. “It can be excruciating. Some healing needs to be slow.” She sighed. “So ... you’ve dreamed of meeting me. Here I am.” She leaned back, wiped her face, and gestured reluctantly to the chapel. “Is this what you were expecting?”
Annie shook her head. “No. And of course we first met over the clouds. I certainly never would have expected that.”
Snow Angel chuckled and hugged her knees. “I have to ask you something ... When I first approached you, and you two were all into each other...” Annie blushed slightly. “ ... I thought I heard music.”
“That was me ... Well, both of us. Joey gave me this power to broadcast music mentally.”
“What was that piece? It was beautiful.”
“Love theme from Superman. ‘Can You Read My Mind?’, orchestral version.” Annie smiled. “I’ve listened to it so many times I’ve memorized it. I’m a sucker for any movie about flying. Top Gun, Peter Pan, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.” They both giggled. “How about you? What do you like?”
Snow Angel cocked her head. “I like Broadway musicals. It’s the only thing left from vaudeville. I always have some song stuck in my head.”
“You have one now?”
Her smile faded. “Yeah, I do.” She closed her eyes and sighed.
Annie waited.
Snow Angel turned towards the front of the church and softly sang to herself. It was barely a whisper.
“See my eyes, I can hardly see.
See me stand, I can hardly walk.
I believe you can make me whole.
See my tongue, I can hardly talk.”
She took a soft shuddering gasp of air and continued. Her voice got a little stronger, but it quivered with an underlying pain.
“See my skin, I’m a mass of blood.
See my legs, I can hardly stand.
I believe you can make me well.
See my purse, I’m a poor, poor man.”
She started slapping her hand on the pew in front of her, steadily driving the hard beat from the rock opera.
“Will you touch, will you mend me CHRIST?
Won’t you touch, will you heal me CHRIST?
Will you kiss, will you heal me CHRIST?
Won’t you kiss, will you pay me CHRIST?”
Her voice was stronger, her fist pounded the pew harder in time with the music, and bursts of snow fell from her hand as she accelerated the tempo. Annie watched her with a growing concern as the girl’s voice grew angrier and more desperate.
“See my eyes, I can hardly see.
See me stand, I can hardly walk.
I believe you can make me whole.
See my tongue, I can hardly talk.”
Snowflakes had turned into ice crystals which fell from her pounding fist and shattered as they hit the ground. Snow Angel’s eyes were locked on the cross hanging at the front of the chapel. She stared at the cross with a growing fury, and her singing turned into a rasping shout.
“See my skin, I’m a mass of blood!
See my legs, I can hardly stand!
I believe you can make me well!
See my purse, I’m a poor, poor man!”
Ice grew over the pew in front of her, and Annie could feel the cold radiating from her body. Snow Angel pounded the pew faster and harder, her voice growing louder and angrier. Tears flowed down her cheeks, forming icicles.
“Will you touch, will you mend me CHRIST?
Won’t you touch, will you heal me CHRIST?
Will you kiss, will you heal me CHRIST?
Won’t you kiss, will you pay me CHRIST?
SEE MY EYES I CAN HARDLY SEE!
SEE ME STAND I CAN HARLDY WALK!
I BELIEVE YOU CAN MAKE ME WELL!
SEE MY TONGUE I CAN HARDLY TALK!...”
Annie grabbed her arm, risking frostbite, and stopped her. Snow Angel’s face was a mass of pain and tears. She pulled the girl into her arms, and Snow Angel screamed and cried.
“It’s okay...” she soothed the superhero. “It’s all right...”
“THEY KEEP...” she screamed.
“I know,” Annie said.
“THE BURN WARD!...” she sobbed. “THE AMPUTEES ... EMERGENCY ... THEY KEEP TAKING ME...”
Annie rocked the sobbing and crying girl in her arms. “I know. You need to get away.”
“I CAN’T...” she screamed. “I HAVE TO ... Great Power! ... Great Respons...”
“No! Your body! Your decision!”
Snow Angel looked up at Annie. Her face was tortured and twisted, and she gasped for breath and struggled for control. “No. I have to. I have the power,” she cried.
“You take care of YOURSELF first,” Annie ordered.
“But I...” She sobbed, but couldn’t finish her thought.
“Nobody tells you what you have to do with your powers. What are they telling you?”
Snow Angel winced at the memories and spoke in broken, sobbing words. “The doctors ... They keep taking me to ... to new patients ... They want me to ... heal ... rebuild ... stop pain ... look inside...”
Annie rocked her and stroked her head. Snow Angel’s tears fell and froze on the way down. She wiped them away, breaking them off her face. She was wailing and screaming.
“The patients call to me ... Some I can’t help! I can’t cure diseases ... They yell at me!” She sobbed. “And the ... administrators ... They yell at me too ... Not FDA approved ... Liability! Like I’M GONNA HURT SOMEONE!”
Annie continued to hold the shaking and crying superhero and rocked her. The girl was freezing cold, but Annie didn’t complain.
“I’m not a doctor!” she whined. “I’m not like them.” She looked up at Annie, gasping for breath. “They’re good people! They care, and they’re strong. But they knew what they were getting into. They chose this! They got training!” She lay her head down on Annie’s lap and shook while she cried.
“I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD!” she screamed. “HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE?”
Annie held her and rocked her, caressing and soothing her. “Is that when you got your powers?”
Snow Angel nodded her head and sniffed. “It was the snowflakes.”
“Snowflakes?”
She nodded again, crying and sniffing. “I was ... I went outside. It was nighttime. Snowing. Mommy was in bed. I wanted to ... to make snow angels one last time.”
Annie held her and caressed her, and wiped a couple tears from her own eyes.
“I thought it was going to be my last winter.” She looked up at Annie. “I have Leukemia.”
Annie shuddered. Snow Angel dropped her head back into her lap. “I wanted to live. And I was watching the snow ... and I knew that every snowflake was different. And I wondered ... and I found out that ... some snowflakes are more different than you can imagine.” She looked up at Annie. There was a wonder in her eyes as she softly spoke. “They talked to me. I could hear them. They asked me to promise to help people. I said I would. I wanted to be like my doctor. He was so nice to me. But I really just wanted to live.”
She lay her head back down. “Mommy found me. Took me inside. Called the doctor. That morning I felt better ... and my room was covered in ice.” She shook in silent crying. “So I have to do it. I promised.”
“You promised to help people,” Annie agreed. “But did you promise to help every person you meet who needs help, every moment of every day? Did you promise to give up your life, and your choices? Your freedom?”
Snow Angel looked up. “No,” she whispered.
“Emily ... you DO help people. You fulfill your promise. But you don’t have to suffer for it.”
“I don’t want to go to medical school,” she confessed.
“And you don’t have to,” Annie said. “Your life, your decision.”
She lay her head back down on Annie’s lap and cried, and Annie lay her hands on her cold body and did her best to warm her, and heal her.
On Saturday about noon, Joey was released from the hospital. Tricia had been officially released a couple days earlier, but she stayed with Joey anyways. Annie had shuttled back and forth between the hospital and their apartment the entire week, and brought them some fresh clothes, for which both Tricia and Joey were very grateful, having discovered the awful things that happened to their underwear due to their respective near-death experiences. Annie also got Tricia a new phone, with a new number. Tricia’s first text message on the new number was on Friday night, from Annie, just after the Mega-Jackpot Lottery drawing. The entirety of the message was “Fuck work!”
Tricia was dressed in a simple T-shirt and jeans. Her shirt was a parody of the classic “I NY” slogan, saying “I MEN”. Joey loved the shirt, and could not stop staring at it. Tricia thought that maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was a little tight on her.
They signed out, hugged a few favorite nurses and doctors, took pictures, and hand-in-hand, headed towards the front exit, only to stop as they saw the crowd of reporters still waiting for them. Joey squeezed her hand. “Do we have to go that way?”
“No,” she said, and they backtracked into the hospital. She called Annie on her new cell phone. “Annie!”
“Oy! Where are you?”
“We’re still inside. Can you move the van around back?”
“No. I’m not in the van. I’m home.”
Tricia did a double-take. “What are you doing home? Aren’t you picking us up? Did you forget we were leaving today?”
“No. Something came up. You don’t mind coming home alone, do you?”
Tricia frowned. This is so unlike her. “Um ... No. It’s okay. We’ll manage.” She closed the phone. “We’re on our own. I suppose we could get a cab or...”
She glanced at Joey, and then at his hands. “ ... or we could just go home under our own means.”
Joey grinned and shrugged. “Why not?”
“I still want to go out the back,” Tricia said. “Less reporters.” They headed off to one of the rear exits.
As soon as Tricia opened the back door, they were accosted by several reporters who were hanging out in the back of the hospital. “Miss Sanchez! A word! Can you tell us about your powers? How long have you known Joey? Is it true this is Omega Boy?”
“Back off!” Tricia yelled, pulling Joey closer to her. “No comment!”
“Tricia! Sweety!” a familiar voice called out. She cringed, turned, and looked, knowing who it was before she could stop herself from looking.
“Oh god ... it’s you, Marty.”
“Tricia! Oh it’s so good to see you!” her old boss said, pushing up through the reporters. The other reporters, seeing that Tricia knew this man immediately quieted down to record everything that they said. “Listen honey!” he pleaded as he came up close. “Last week, we had a rough day, but I think we should just put all that behind us and start new. Whaddaya say?”
Tricia groaned and rolled her eyes. “That wasn’t just a rough day, Marty. I quit, remember?”
“Look, honey! I’m willing to forget all about that! And I thought about it, and you were right! You need to do better stories, and I’m willing to let you do them. Do whatever you want! Take whatever stories you want! You want an office? A raise? Personal staff? Whatever! Name it, it’s yours!”
Tricia glared at him. “Look Marty! I’m not taking it! I’m not interested!”
“Oh come on, honey! Work with me! Tell me what you want, and I’ll get it for you!”
“Marty! I told you! I’m not interested. The only reason you’re offering me this is because I’m famous now, and you want to take advantage of me, AGAIN. Well, forget it!”
“Tricia honey!”
“DON’T ‘Honey’ me!” she snapped at him.
Marty raised his hands up in surrender. “Okay! Okay! Look, Tricia! I’m telling you, I know what it is that you want. You want to change the business of journalism back to journalism, the way it used to be. Well, I’m here to tell you that you can do that. And I can help you. People will listen to you now! We can make a difference together!”
Tricia closed her eyes in frustration. “Oh, give me strength!” she muttered to herself. She snapped her eyes open and stared at Marty. “Listen Marty, I...”
A surge of energy filled her body, and she jolted slightly. She felt strong, powerful, and invincible. She looked at Joey. He had a slight grin on his face.
She looked back to Marty with her own slight grin. “Marty. Let me put this to you in very simple terms.”
“AAAHH!!”
Tricia had grabbed him by the belt and hoisted him up high, one-handed, over her head. All the reporters scrambled back and kept their cameras trained on her.
“I do NOT want to work with you!” she yelled.
“AAAAHHH! STOP! TRICIA! HELP!”
Still holding the man over her head, she carried him down the steps and marched towards the nearest dumpster. “I do NOT want to hear from you again. I do NOT want to see you again!”
“LET ME DOWN! HELP!”
The other reporters scrambled and followed, eagerly capturing every moment, and obviously enjoying the scoop.
Tricia reached the dumpster and casually jumped eight feet into the air, landing on one of the two lids. She kicked one of the lids open. “I do NOT want you in my life, in any way! I do NOT want to have to deal with you. This is GOODBYE!”
Marty was still wailing and yelling, and Tricia lowered him to look in his face. “You’re a disgusting pig, and nobody should have to work for you. And this is the LAST time you are going to see me in a good mood.”
“Tricia! Don’t!”
She dropped him in the trash, and kicked the lid shut. It slammed with a loud, echoing, metallic BOOM, and she jumped off the dumpster. Sounds of rustling and yelling came from inside the dumpster, and as an afterthought, and grabbed the edges of the lids and crushed them, crimping them shut.
“GOODBYE Marty!” She yelled, slapping the side of the dumpster. “And don’t worry. I’m not going to tell them anything about the shitty way you treated me,” she said, referring to the reporters who were watching this. “I assume you won’t say anything either.”
“HELP!” He screamed from inside the dumpster. “SOMEBODY HELP ME!”
Tricia brushed her hands clean and marched back to the reporters. She glared at them. “Anyone ELSE want to piss me off?” she challenged them. They stared at her with expressions of amusement and disbelief.
She gave them a critical look. “What?” she yelled. She glanced at her shirt, and pointed to her left breast which was currently sporting a triple-green arrow logo for recycling. “Oh, you’re concerned about THIS? Look, normally I would recycle, but that wasn’t a man. Come on, Joey.” She held her hand out to him. “Let’s go home.”
Joey grinned and took her hand. She picked him up and held him easily, and she jumped into the sky.
Tricia and Joey soared across the city, heading east. He was cradled in her arms, and the warm summer air rippled through their hair and shirts. The bright city flowed under them as they flew home. They grinned at each other.
“You know, I think I’m getting better at this flying stuff.” Tricia said.
“I think you still need to work on that take-off.” said Joey. “I think I left my spleen back down there.”
They smiled and reached for each other, and were soon kissing. “Dios mio, I’ve missed this.” Tricia gasped.
“Me too,” he said between kisses.
“I can’t tell you how many times this week I wanted to slip into your bed and suck you off.”
“I can. It was eighty-seven times. I kept count,” he joked.
She laughed. “You know, we have some work to do. We still have to do this time-travel stuff.”
“I know. I’m looking forward to it.” He frowned. “Do you think that was a good idea, throwing Marty in the trash like that?”
Tricia shook her head. “Probably not, but I’m not worried about it. The video will go viral, and it’ll torture Marty more than me. He’ll try to sue me tomorrow, but Amanda will straighten him out. Once she points out to him that a lawsuit will bring up the sexual harassment, he’ll back down.”
“You sure about this?”
“I’m POSITIVE that’s what’s going to happen,” she said with a smile.
Joey caressed her cheek and stared into her eyes. “Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For everything. You saved my life. You rescued me from the streets and gave me a home. I don’t know why this all happened, but it’s like you just came into my life and decided to make all my dreams come true.”
Tricia gave him a glowing smile. “I don’t know why this happened either, but thank you. You made me understand that what I was doing with my life was wrong. You saved my life too.”
They hugged and kissed each other high over the city.
They soon approached their apartment building in Adams Morgan, and they could see another crowd of reporters waiting for them at the front entrance. Tricia rolled her eyes and landed on their balcony. When she touched the sliding glass door, she felt a brief jolt of electricity, and the door slid open for them.
“Hmm ... That was weird,” she remarked. “I wonder what...”
“What is THAT?” Joey asked, pointing into the apartment.
Hanging next to the wall was a green crystal. It floated unsupported, and rotated slowly. Tricia recognized it immediately. “Oh! Snow Angel was here. She gave us a ward.” She stepped into the apartment. “It’s a spell. It protects this place. Nobody can get in without our permission,” she explained to Joey.
“Cool!”
Scrappy came running up and barking, and Joey scooped him up and hugged him. “Hey there, Scrappy! I missed you. Has Annie been taking good care of you?” The dog excitedly licked and greeted Joey and Tricia.
“Ello?” came a voice from Annie’s room. Sven stepped out, startled to see Tricia and Joey. “Oh! Velcome back! I did not hear you coom in.”
“Sven?” Tricia said, completely forgetting to flirt with him. “Hi! What are you doing here?”
He pointed back to Annie’s room. “Miss Annie called far an appointment. Ve have yust finished up.”
Tricia stood and blinked, thinking. This is why Annie didn’t pick us up? “Oh, um ... Okay. Annie?” she called out.
Annie rolled out of her room and into the living room. “Oy! Joey! Tricia! You’re back!” She was looking gorgeous, wearing a black dress with a shawl draped over her chest, and her hair was done up nicely. She smiled warmly, and turned to Sven. “Thank you Sven! Friday, next week?”
“Ya.” He nodded. “I vill see you then.” He picked up his gym bag. “Goodbye. I vill see you all on Friday.” He took one last strange glance at the floating green crystal, and left.
Tricia crossed her arms and struck an attitude pose. “This? Sven? This is the reason why you couldn’t pick us up from the hospital?” she asked, more than a little annoyed. “What? You have a hot date?”
Annie took a deep breath to steady herself. “Sorry for springing this on you, but we need to talk.”
“Um...” Joey had put the dog on the floor and was holding Tricia’s hand. He was gently pulling her in the direction of her bedroom. “Can we, like, talk later?”
Annie shook her head, and then pulled the shawl down from her chest, revealing a staggering amount of luscious cleavage. “We’re going to talk now,” she decided. She gestured to the couch.
Tricia’s and Joey’s jaws nearly hit the floor as they stared at the vast expanse of breast flesh Annie was exposing, and they both felt compelled to sit on the couch, forced by the authority of Annie’s cleavage. Annie reached for three wine glasses and a bottle of wine which sat on the end table, and poured.
“I know what it is that you two want to do right now, and I can’t blame you. For all that’s happened to us, it’s easy to forget that it’s only been two weeks since Joey moved in with us. We’re all still in this honeymoon phase, and I know you two want to go rip your clothes off and go shtupn each other silly.” She handed them the glasses of wine. “Hey! My eyes are up here! BOTH of you!”
“Sorry!” Tricia said.
“I’m not,” Joey said.
Annie smiled. “Anyway, I suppose I could just let the two of you go do what you want to do, and have lots of fun doing it, but I gotta tell you, it’s not going to work.”
Tricia frowned. “What’s not going to work?”
“The time-travel,” Annie answered, taking a sip of wine. “It’s not going to work. Joey, you’re not going to be able to push time-travel into her.”
Joey looked confused. “But I thought that ... That’s what is supposed to happen, right?” He turned to Tricia. “You said I push time-travel powers into you, right?”
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Men around her. Her, naked and collared on the floor, her lips snarling and her eyes fluttering. Drugs swimming through her veins and her cunt throbbing. Cameras around her, the world watching. They were going to destroy her. Omega felt her heart skip a beat and she knew, if it all ended now, she was where she was supposed to be. ___ She smiled. Her eyes fluttered. “Beat me,” she whispered. They stepped forward, silent. “Fucking beat me,” she screamed. Closer now. Still, they said...
Tristan Northam was the most intimidating man—no, wolf, in Howls Grove. Of course, not everyone knew that he was in fact, a werewolf, and not just any werewolf… Alpha of the wolves. At twenty-five years old, he had lost all his beloved family members when they were abducted from their home one night by wolf hunters. They were transported and taken to an underground laboratory where a series of horrific experiments were conducted until they inevitably died. Tristan was the only survivor because...
Gay MaleSaturday, July 11, 2009, 8:00AM Tricia awoke that morning with vague memories fading from what had to be a very sexual dream. All she remembered was she was on a very long train going though a tunnel. She blinked at the light coming in her bedroom window, sat up, stretched, and took a deep breath, inhaling the rich aroma coming from the coffee brewing in their automatic coffee maker. She got up, yawned, stumbled towards her bathroom, turned on the light, and shuddered as she saw herself in...
Even though the sun is shining bright outside your window and the children are happily playing in the streets, you can't seem to muster up the energy to put a smile on your face. Today is the day that you are going to be forced to grow up and leave your childhood home, only to go to the Facility, where you are going to be forced to find a mate to breed with. You're not happy about it because, if you don't find one within the year you stay there, you have no choice but to mate and bond with...
Wyoming/Ute IGT, Omega Seven By: Malissa Madison Looking out the windows we could see the different people as they stood or sat in vehicles watching us as we drove by. Some looked like they were really surprised at seeing so many of us. There were now forty trucks including both the Tin Cans, plus we weren't sure how many more would be joining us in the other convoy. I know that TooTall was busy looking for his Brother and Uncles trucks as we reached the edge of the city. I knew...
Let me say right up front that Gunther was definitely not a young man.I knew he had been around the Santa operation at the North Pole long before I arrived with my bright ideas for cost reduction. I was called in to promote increased toy production by the easily distracted Elves. Those little imps preferred being silly rather than busy little workers focused on their quotas like dedicated employees. As a small-sized human male, I was able to relate easily to the female Elves because they liked...
Fantasy & Sci-FiStrum-dum, Strum-da-da Dum! Acknowledgments and Afterword I’d like to thank several people for assistance in this book. First, my proofreaders, Bozo, Greg, Ryan, and Steve. You find the strange little mistakes that I couldn’t see, and gave me confidence when you couldn’t find mistakes. To Lexi, Annie’s sister, for your story of confidence and vulnerability. To SpacerX, for unabashed assistance and advice. To Michael Wex, author of the book “Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When...
It happened when I was at the peek of my gullible no stage. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But like they always say "boys will be boys". It's no secret that I stay hard. I can't help it even if I wanted to. It's just girls are so hot and sexy now days and you see them walking around in those (single most greatest creation ever made) leggings/yoga pants all the time. But that's beside the point. So my best friend tell's me that he did some lines of this fine looking girl and got...
I slid the report into the proper file just as he walked into the room. Dennis Butz stood there wearing his three-piece suit, looking as handsome and charming as any man could. But I was not to be tamed by his charm. "Hello, Linda," he said with a friendly grin. "Judge Herns isn't in today," I replied back in a frosty tone. "I'm not here to see her." "My plane leaves in less then an hour Dennis, what do you want?" I slammed the file drawer shut and walked past him to my desk...
SLASH! Sarah flinched and shrieked as Armory sliced the massive blades right through her body. He stabbed through her chest, straight into the ground behind her, and she cringed and winced, pushing her fading ability to the limit, turning almost transparent in the process as the razor-sharp swords passed harmlessly through her. SLASH! SLICE! WHOOSH! SLICE! Armory growled and grunted as he repeatedly attacked her, swiping his blades and claws uselessly through the phantom girl. "What the...
Friday, July 17, 2009, 11:00 AM The tunnel reverberated with the screaming. Tricia, Annie, and Joey were shrieking and crying as they plummeted through the fiery shaft. The walls were covered in flames, and they could see faces formed in the flames, faces screaming in their own agonies. The solid fire whip that wrapped around Tricia’s and Annie’s bodies cut hard into Tricia’s stomach, and she clawed at the mystical bonds, trying to free herself. She couldn’t find a break in the whip. All...
Sunday, July 19, 2009, 6:00 AM Annie rolled into her bedroom and closed the door behind her, leaving Tricia and Joey in a stunned silence. It was all because Joey had just asked if he could sleep with Annie, and Annie had said ‘No’. He looked down to the floor. Shame crept over his face. “I’m sorry...” he started. “I ... I don’t know ... What just happened?” he asked Tricia in horror. Tricia waved to him, not taking her eyes off the hallway where she last saw her roommate. “You did...
The cell phone chirped on the desk. Simon Riley looked up from his laptop and squinted at the small screen. He didn't recognize the number, but he answered it anyway. "Hello? Simon here." "Simon. It's Joey." His voice was hushed and strained. "Joey!" He glanced at the number again. "Where you calling from?" "A pay phone outside the school." "We still have pay phones?" He rolled his desk chair towards the window and peered out across the street, trying to see his friend....
Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:30 AM BING-BONG “Doors opening,” said the familiar female voice. Tricia was sitting on the concrete bench, holding her head between her legs, and staring at the comforting terracotta colored hexagonal tile floor that was ubiquitous in Metro. She carefully lifted her head, conscious of the fact that the last things she felt were her neck snapping and her skull breaking. There was no pain now, but her head felt loose, like it was just recently attached, and not very...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 3:15 AM “Doors closing!” said the familiar female voice. BING-BONG! Tricia looked up from her Blackberry and saw the doors on the Metro train sliding shut. “Shit!” she cried out, and she jumped off the concrete bench and ran to the train. The doors closed before she could reach it, and the train started moving, leaving without her. She stamped her foot in frustration. “Fuck!” She turned about and looked at the underground station. It was large but empty. She was...
Υπόθεση: Αυτό το τρίο φαίνεται αχόρταγο, το ίδιο και ο μικρός που είναι μόνιμα καυλωμένος…Η ιστορία:Έμεινα λίγο στο κρεβάτι, αναπολώντας τις προηγούμενες μέρες.. Δεν μπορούσα να πιστέψω ακόμα όλα αυτά που είχαν γίνει. Από το πουθενά, χωρίς να το έχω σχεδιάσει, χωρίς καν να το έχω σκεφτεί ποτέ πριν, είχα γαμηθεί χωρίς καμία συστολή. Από εκεί που δεν το περίμενα, έμαθα ότι μου άρεσε τρελά να γαμιέμαι. Όσο πιο πρόστυχα, τόσο καλύτερα. Όσο τα σκεφτόμουν αυτά, καύλωνα τρελά. Τόσο που όταν ξαναμπήκα...
The bedroom door closed, and she ceased to be Elena. Silence, but for her breath, heavy now. Darkness. Nothing else. Her skin teased her with sensitivity. The skin on her back, where Jack had written in Sharpie, was still chilled by moist ink, drying in the cool air. Her thighs tickled themselves and she knew, somewhere within her remaining tethers to reality, that the cocktail of ecstasy and hallucinogens Jack fed her earlier were building to their full force. How long had it been? She...
Pain. You feel a shock. Your heart beats. You cough, your lungs trying to evacuate the fluid within. You cough again and take a shallow breath. You try to open your eyes but the dim light is blinding. You feel damp and slimy. The bottom of the tube you are in opens and you fall about three feet into a chair. You attempt to open your eyes again. The world is blurry. There are six other people in the room. A hologram appears in the center of the room. This is your official debriefing. The seven...
Have you ever seen that painting technique where the picture is made up of thousands of tiny dots of various sizes, and it only looks like a complete picture from a distance? Pointillism, I think it is. Well imagine the technique come to life. Twice. I've met them. Not only were they freckled to the point of unreality, as though the small bronze spots were the basic building blocks of their faces, but the two of them were identical. Not just genetically, but intellectually, aesthetically,...
After breakfast, which had turned out quite well, courtesy of Heather, Mira, and Ming, I found myself being escorted back to the underground crypt or vault, whatever they wished to call it, though I wasn't alone. I was blindfolded again, of course, as were the others, but so were the dozen or so guests that arrived, who appeared to belong to a sorority affiliated with Sigma Omega Sigma, judging by their dress. Yes, my blindfold was removed before theirs. I looked at the group and realized...
Randi's Vacation Randi woke up to his alarm and quickly silenced it. A quick glance to his left confirmed the Denise was already up. She almost always got up before him preferring some extra time between getting ready for work and needing to walk out the door. He preferred to have enough time to get ready, eat and go. He walked to the bathroom which was right in the master bedroom. The condo they bought was a bit extravagant but provided plenty of room and they could afford it on...
Hum dono abhi bhi nange hi thay. Chalte chalte usne paad maari. Uski gaand mein abhi bhi haddi akti hui thi. Nadi kinare, jhadiyon ke bich usko bithaya. “Hug le saali madarchod. Kab se paad rahi jai bhosdiki.” Woh hugne lagi. Uski gaand se haddi nikal gayi. Uski garam moot ki dhaar mere pairo pe giri. “Saali maderjaat! Mere pairon pe mootegi. Saali raand muh khol,” main uske muh mein mootne laga. Lavda uske gale mein ghus kar mootne laga. Maine apni tange faila di aur wahi khade khade hugne...
Clifford Sutton had been dead for over four days now, and he was not enjoying it. He had died at the hands of a man and woman in an airport restroom in Baltimore, Maryland. Since then he had been given some simple instructions and a cell phone, flown all the way across the country, left the airport while his luggage endlessly rode the carousel, and was now walking along the city streets of Los Angeles, California in the early hours of Monday morning, waiting for the call to end his...
Mera naam Rudra hai. Ek number ka harami aur besharam. Mera dimaag mere lavde mein hai, jo saala har waqt chudai ke liye uchalte rehta hai. Kasarati badan jo ghanto tak lavde ka saath deta hai. Waise toh bachpan se hi kaafi chudai ki hai. Lekin yeh wali sabse achi wali, ya yeh kahu ki sab se gandi wali hai. Main tab 30 saal ka tha. Shaadi hui nahi thi. Ghar mein rehta hi nahi tha. Naukri hi aisi thi ke sheher-sheher gaon-gaon bhatakna padta tha. Peshe se ek civil engineer, jiski degree paiso se...
Andrea Standing (part 2 of Andrea's Stand) A note at the beginning. One of the problems with writing a serial story is that the author feels a need to recap what happened in the prior portions. Please go back and read part 1, "Andrew Running". It will make this a better story. Briefly Andrew at 19, abused by his father, runs away to a distant relative, Aunt Clara. Andrew goes along with a joke played by Clara's lover Marnie, and ends up as Andrea working in Marnie's luxury used car...
Police. Firefighters. Ambulances. Rescue workers. Sirens. Flashing lights. Hoses. Stretchers. Water. Blankets. Spectators. Reporters. Questions. Barricade tape. Helicopters. Floodlights. Devastation. National Guard. Trucks. United States Army. Trucks. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Department of Homeland Security. SUVs. Examinations. Hospital. Doctors. Nurses. Interrogations. Parents. Myers' Institute for the Talented and Gifted. Vice-Principal. Principal. Therapists. Funeral....
Andee felt a little reluctant as she stared at the calendar hanging on her kitchen wall. Scribbled in among her children’s sports and music lessons were the pending dates of her fall travel schedule again. At one time, she loved the idea of jetting off for a few days every month to another distant location for business, easily slipping into her professional role as a career woman on the move; but this time around, she felt a little hesitant.Of course, a big part of her reluctance was a direct...
Wife LoversAndee felt a little reluctant as she stared at the calendar hanging on her kitchen wall. Scribbled in among her children’s sports and music lessons were the pending dates of her fall travel schedule again. At one time, she loved the idea of jetting off for a few days every month to another distant location for business, easily slipping into her professional role as a career woman on the move; but this time around, she felt a little hesitant.Of course, a big part of her reluctance was a direct...
Wife LoversThere was a 70 year old grandma that moved in right next to my apartment, I was 18 at the time and my grandpa was 74. I lived with my grandpa at the time. The old grandma would come to talk to my grandpa each day, she would keep teasing him, she would flirt with him, she tried to seduce him. My grandpa ignored her at first but then he started flirting with her after a couple days. I once came out of my apartment only to see her sucking his dick outside on the porch while he was touching her...
Do you know the story of Dominique Strauss-Kahn? He was an IMF head who on a visit to New York had a go with a maid at his hotel. It was a temptation that DSK should have resisted, because the maid claimed to have been assaulted. He beat the criminal rap, but lost his job, had to pay out a cash settlement and his political aspirations were finished. What happened? I haven’t a clue. Like many no doubt, I had a sense of schadenfreude about the whole thing. Well before today’s confabulation...
ReluctanceHe watched them as they sat sipping their colorful drinks and flirting with male guests and hotel employees alike at the Garden Cloud Lounge. They were undoubtedly four sisters, all in their late twenties and thirties, and attractive. They were obviously American, and they laughed as they tried what little Spanish they knew on the young waiters. He had seen groups like this many times. Their often affluent husbands allowed them to have "Girl's Time Off" now and then. It worked out on both...
Catherine and Alexander by: Bruce Leach Although the children never knew it times had been rough in the castle. Their father, the Duke of Beaufort, had in recent days made a number of unfortunate alliances that put not only his fortune but his entire properties and even his own life in jeopardy. In these days after the king's death the wrong friends could mean accusations of treachery and the Duke had made all the wrong friends. Things looked bleak until he had an...
Andrea On Her Own (Part 3 of Andrea's Stand) A Note Before: If you have not read parts 1 and 2, please go back and do so. I have spent some time trying to develop the characters involved and a brief description of the plot so far will not help you much. Chapter 1: Needing More I leaned back in my chair and stretched. It had been a long hour and a half finishing the homework from my calc. class. As I stretched I felt the sweater pressing against the breast forms and glanced...
This introduction story is based on true events. All the characters mentioned are above the age of 18. For personal reasons, the names of the characters have been changed. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The writer does not believe in any kind of discrimination or disrespect towards women. The story has been written for sexual satisfaction and should be held in the same regard. “Aah!” Nandini moaned as my thick member entered her...
IncestThis introduction story is based on true events. All the characters mentioned are above the age of 18. For personal reasons, the names of the characters have been changed. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The writer does not believe in any kind of discrimination or disrespect towards women. The story has been written for sexual satisfaction and should be held in the same regard. “Aah!” Nandini moaned as my thick member entered her...
IncestSant Ghoshal-Anand Goswami ‘pahunche huye’ siddh purush ya mahatma hn.Sundar Van ke ghane jungle me Aadiwasi basti se sata unka ‘Slddhashram’ h.swami ji vese to Raam Bhakti ki rasik shakha Sakhi Sampraday ke bhakt hn lekin vo Shiv Bhagvan ke nagn rup ke upasak bhi hn.Isi liye unke Ashram me ghuste hi ek sundar Shiva Ling sthaapit milta h. kaha jata h ki yeh ”Swaymbhu Lingam” h, arthat iska nirman kisi kaarigar ne nahin kiya, ye to uska apne aap bana prakritik rup h.ye nitya ling h. Swami ji ke...
Mandy's sickest stories - Mandy reloadedAuthor: SickoChickMandyAuthor's email: mandydarkfantasies [at] gmail [dot] comTags: F/f, torture, snuff, feet, nc, cannibalismProofread by EmmaPNote, that English is not my native language, so my writing will surely have many grammatical and syntax errors just as improper usage of expressions. I can only hope someone will still find it exciting. Be aware, this is graphic, brutal and extreme. I read it after writing and scared of myself.DisclaimerThis...
Andrew Running (part 1 of Andrea's Stand) Chapter 1: Running I called my Aunt Clara from the bus station. She didn't seem that surprised to hear from me and when I explained why I was there she told me to walk a couple of blocks to the local diner and get myself a cup of coffee. She'd pick me up in about half an hour. I sat and sipped chocolate milk and tried to eat a pastry while I glanced nervously out of the window waiting for my father to show up and force me into his...
by Millie Dynamite Jaden and I meet a few weeks after he transferred to the Naval base just outside of town. I sat on a bar stool sipping my Pappy Van Winkle when this tall African-American man in full dress uniform sat next to me. He whore captain’s bars. He possessed an air of authority. I nodded to him when perched on the next stool. He returned my nod with his own acknowledgment, in a deep voice he said, “Yo.” He spoke without looking at me. “I’ll have bourbon, make it a shot of Evan...
This is a story about seduction and transformation that’s written about a real-life sissy named Brandon Hippel, Brandon’s a cute little limp-wristed sissy-faggot from Abington Pennsylvania that loves to be humiliated and exposed online. She loves feminization, crossdressing, being exposed online, humiliation, anal play, degradation, being captioned, taking pictures, and talking to new people, so feel free to contact her through these various social media; Her kik is; HumiliationSlut2Her email...
Armand Wilson sat in his home office/study sighing. From the office, things had looked pretty good; business was on track, and Sharon appeared to be handling her new situation well. But in the car on the way home, Armand began getting bad vibes, and when he arrived at his mansion, things were even worse. Everyone on staff was walking around as if on eggshells. It took Armand about twenty minutes' worth of snooping, but the situation resolved itself -- the Hernandez' quarters were an armed...
by Oediplex 8==3~ The sweetest mom discovers her boy is both convenient and delightful. [She also recounts when her dad fucked her at nineteen!] Like the name of Madame DeVille's moniker, Cruella, some names fit the personality they are bestowed upon. Disney came up with that evil woman's apropos handle. My mother's folks named their only child, a daughter, Candy. This was shortly before the infamous 1968 movie was out. Though there were aspects of mom that paralleled the...
Well, now it's time for school. Candace and I go to a small high school, not private, but because we are so rich, it is not exactly public either. The students have been screened by my fathers' security teams; they are all exceptionally bright, well mannered, not prone to causing trouble, and to add ice cream to the pie, all are very good looking. There are 40 students, 20 boys and 20 girls. When the school was larger it had state champion quality teams in boys basketball, girls volleyball...
This is a story about a sexual FANTASY written for consenting adults. If you're not both of those, don't read it. Characters in a FANTASY don't get sick or die unless I want them to. In real life, people who don't use condoms and other safe-sex techniques do get sick and die. You don't live in a FANTASY so be safe. The fictional characters in my stories are trained and experienced in acts of FANTASY - don't try to do what they do - someone could get hurt. If you think you know somebody...
Dear sexstory friends, this is Rajesh presently working in Bangalore in an MNC and I would like to share my past experiences with you people. I am a 38 years old horny man with a slightly big cock of 8 inches and satisfied many girls and Aunties from past 20 years. Any unsatisfied girls, Ladies and widows can feel free to chat with me on The incident happened when I was 18 years old and studying PUC in Bangalore, when a new Malayali neighbours occupied the vacant house next to our home. They...
So there I was. Detention. As usual. Girls like me ended up there a lot. I'm your stereotypical punk rock fuck up, a troublemaker. And so at 3:38, as usually, I was in room 204, Detention. I sat there looking down at homework, pretending I was doing it. Just then, Heather Sanchez, the feisty Hispanic homecoming queen came waltzing through the door. She took a seat down next to me, and I gave her a shocked look. I mean, who'd imagine that the perfect teenage girl would end up next to me? There...
Lesbian(MMF, wife sharing) At the time I write this story Andrea, (My wife) is 36 years old, and quite a knockout. She's always been into bodybuilding and has been a runner since she was a k**. With all of the attention that she has given herself, it really shows. At her age she still has a hard body, and a deep rich "California Girl" tan. Her chestnut hair is beautiful. And her dark brown eyes seem to see right through me sometimes. My Andrea is a beautiful "self made" woman that any man would be...
Nandhini Chechi fed me her excess breast milk and surrendered her pussy to my 8” cock.Dear friends, this is Rajesh presently working in Bangalore in an MNC and I would like to share my past experiences with you people. I am a 38 years old horny man with a slightly big cock of 8 inches and satisfied many girls and Aunties from past 20 years. Any unsatisfied girls, Ladies and widows can feel free to chat with me on [email protected] The incident happened when I was 18...
Disclaimer: This chapter, like all chapters of the Brandee series is intended for adults only. Additionally, no part of this story may be reproduced without the permission of the author. Becoming Brandee Chapter Fourteen: It was almost a year since I had been transformed from smart independent CD girl, Jenni, into sweet dumb and adorable bimbo, Brandee. It was also Halloween and the final evening performance of my promotional tour being staged back where it all started, the...
There weren’t many people in Andee’s day-to-day life that knew about her naughty little secret. Even though she had been posing on an adult website for over twelve years, she had managed to keep it under wraps for the most part; and the people to whom she did disclose the information fell into two categories: intimate friends and persons of seductive interest.Her good friend Bella – a wild one in her own right – was someone Andee had entrusted with the knowledge. In fact, Bella had often played...
Wife LoversThere weren’t many people in Andee’s day-to-day life that knew about her naughty little secret. Even though she had been posing on an adult website for over twelve years, she had managed to keep it under wraps for the most part; and the people to whom she did disclose the information fell into two categories: intimate friends and persons of seductive interest.Her good friend Bella – a wild one in her own right – was someone Andee had entrusted with the knowledge. In fact, Bella had often played...
Wife Lovers"Hey! HEY!" Brandon yelled into the cage. "I'm talking to you!" Annie raised her head and watched the young man outside the cage. "What's her problem?" he said, pointing to Tricia. Tricia was deep in her meditation. She hadn't moved in hours. She hadn't reacted to the arrival or presence of the two new boys, their instructions for guard duty, or to the flurry of activity that came when it became apparent that Joey was in the complex somewhere. She had simply stayed silent,...
"There's no need to cry," Ada said to Joey. Joey shook and teared as he rode in the back of the limousine. He felt bruised, almost shattered, and he clutched his struggling dog tightly, trying to draw some level of comfort from the animal. Scrappy just growled and kicked in his jacket, obviously not liking where he was. But Joey's mind was elsewhere. Within the last hour he had realized that his powers were not under his control, that he had been programming both himself and all the...