Perils of Wonder Babe III
Project Stinger Part 1
By Boomer
Darlene Phantom drove her two seater Porsche through the
narrow winding West Virginia mountains towards Charleston. It would have been
much quicker by changing to her alter ego Wonder Babe, but she was having more
fun by driving her new roadster with the top down and her brunett hair blowing
in the wind. "Oops...I'm going to need some gas soon." She noticed
the gas gauge showing near empty. As soon as the young computer executive said
that, a gas station appeared around the next curve. "Well, that's lucky."
She thought, and pulled into the run down place, to drive up next to the lone
pump.
"Can I hep ya ma'am?" A young
man with short blond hair approached the Porsche from behind.
Darlene was startled by the man's grimey
appearance. He was very tall and muscular with a weeks worth of beard and
filthy overalls. "Fill it up, please." She replied and then asked.
"Do you have a rest room?"
"Over there ma'am." He pointed
to a little shack next to a rickity barn.
Darlene entered the shack and was
pleasantly surprised by its cleanliness. However, she didn't notice the two
hidden cameras aimed at her.
Jeb eyed the young woman as she exited
the shack and walked towards her car. He looked longingly at her tight jean
shorts, her long curvy legs that wore skin tight calf length black boots, and a
white blouse that was opened enough for the young man to envy those two large
breasts. "That'll be fifty bucks ma'am." Jeb insisted.
Darkene handed him three twentys, and
waited for the grease covered young man to return with the change. "Is
there someplace to stay for the night? Looks like a storm coming." She
pointed to the gathering clouds in the distance.
"There's the Wayward Inn about ten
miles down the road." Jeb replied. "Wow, did ya see that one?"
He referred to a lightning bolt in the distance. "Gonna be a big
'un." He proclaimed.
Darlene climbed into the small Porsche
turned on the engine and roared out of the gas station onto the narrow two lane
asphalt highway.
Jeb watched with envy as the little red
roadster disappeared around the bend. "Sure would like to have that
one." He said.
"Do you mean the girl or the
car?" Job asked from behind his twin brother. "I got an answer from
the face recognition software, and you won't like it." He declared.
"She's a computer expert at the Foundation."
Jeb smiled at his brother. "Let's
make sure she goes to the Inn." He climbed aboard the big tow truck, while
Job took the jeep.
Darlene watched the Thunder caps
approaching, heard the thunder roar and the lightning flashing. then noticed a
large flat truck grill in her rear view mirror. "What's he doing?"
She wondered , when the truck turned on his bright lights, to nearly blind her.
She tried to speed away, but the truck stayed close behind. "Have to get
him off my bumper or I'll crash going around one of these sharp turns."
Darlene sped off to the side of the road, and the truck went into reverse to
park several yards away.
"Job are you there?" Jeb
radioed his brother.
"I'm on the knoll just above her,
little brother." Job replied. "You think she'll get out?"
"Oh yeah...As a matter of fact I see
her now, looking back at me....Do you have a shot?" Jeb asked.
"Not yet, she's got the car between
me." Job kept his scope pointed at the woman. "Why is she dancing
around" Job nearly dropped the tranquilizer rifle, when the woman
disappeared in a sudden flash of light. "WOW! Did you see that?"
Jeb's headlight's highlighted the transformation
and he could hardly believe his eyes. He spotted a tall muscular woman dressed
in a scanty costume, where the other woman had been only a moment before.
"What just happened?"
Wonder Babe was next to the truck in a
flash. She opened the driver side door to pull Jeb out onto the road.
"Don't know what you're up to, but it's over....UNDERSTAND?" She went
back to the side of the car in the blink of an eye, and then flew up to where
Job was transfixed. She bent down to pick up the rifle. "You won't need
this." The heroine declared as she tossed the weapon deep in the forest.
She flew back to the Porsche, transformed back to her Darlene personna, and
sped on down the road.
Jeb radioed his brother.
"What just happened Bro?"
"I dunno, but I need a drink."
Job replied, and drove back to the gas station just as the rain started.
Darlene was having a hard time seeing
through the pelting rain, and was barely able to notice a faded wooden sign
designating the entrance to the Wayward Inn. The driveway was gravel with tall
grass weeds sprouting up all along till she reached the front door to the old
gray frame building. She ran the short distance from the car to the wrap around
porch, and was drenched, when she arrived at the large oak double doors.
"Never seen it rain so hard." She rapped on the door with the huge
brass knocker.
The right side opened to reveal a tall
slim man dressed in black. His face was gaunt and he had a long pointed nose.
"May I help you Madam?"
"I'm looking for a place to stay for
the night." Darlene stood there, looking very much like a drowned rat.
"Please come into the parlor, and
sit by the fire." The man towered over the tall Darlene, who followed him
into the large parlor with magnificent paintings covering each wall. Igor then
brought his new guest some hot coffee. "Anything else Madam? Mrs White
will be here to welcome you in just a moment."
Darlene noticed the man had provided
cream and sugar for the coffee, so she poured a cup and started to sip the
welcome brew. Within minutes Darlene began to feel strange. "Ohhhh..what's
happening?" Her head started spinning. "The coffee...somthins in the
cofffeee...uhhhh." Darlene dropped the cup, slid from the over stuffed
chair, and slipped into unconsciousness.