Red Sonja: The 13th Sign of the Zodiac Part Six -Leo By DeannaTroi This is a work of fiction. It contains adult material of a sexual nature and should not be read by anyone under the age of18. All characters depicted in sexual situations are 18 or older. Red Sonja does not belong to me especially since I could never defeat her in battle. I think Marvel is under the mistaken impression they own her. All other characters in this story are my own creation and please feel free to make use of them in your own stories. You can send all feedback to: troi@hotmail.com Well, I did want a change from the nobility and palaces, thought Red Sonja as she settled into the mind of her latest companion for a vision and looked around at the rural countryside. The problem was that not only could she see all that pastoral beauty, she could smell it as well and from the smell of things, she was quite near a large pig sty. "Thisbe are you there?" came a male voice in a hissed whisper. "Over here Pyramus," called Thisbe in an equally hushed voice. From the back of the girl's mind, Red Sonja saw a young man in his late teens furtively slip around the corner of the barn and then the two were hugging and kissing passionately. Sonja gave a mental sigh as the two young lovers, hand in hand slipped from the shadow of the barn into a small copse of trees where they continued their make out session. It wasn't that Sonja objected to young love, but why did someone think it was such a great idea to subject her to it as part of these visions? They made her feel like some pervert peeking in the windows of an inn to see what people were doing and speaking of doing things, Sonja could feel these two were doing them as it felt like her own breasts were being squeezed and fondled. "Oh Thisbe, you don't know how much I have missed you," gasped Pyramus as he slid his hands into Thisbe's top and cupped a pert breast in each hand. "I've got a pretty good idea," giggled Thisbe as one of her hands reached down to feel the bulge in Pyramus's robe and gave it a squeeze. "We've got to be careful though. "My father has forbid me to see you and has threatened to kill you or worse if he finds you near his farm." "My parents have forbid me to see you as well," replied Pyramus. "They said you are a wanton woman who does not behave like a decent woman should." "Just because I do things like this?" giggled Thisbe and she sank to her knees in front Of Pyramus and pulled up his robe and planted a kiss on the head of his very hard and throbbing cock. "Yeah, that is the kind of thing," gasped Pyramus as he desperately tried to control himself and not blast a load of his seed over Thisbe's face at the mere touch of her lips on his member. "Maybe they also object to me doing things like this?" asked Thisbe as she slid her tongue out of her mouth and licked around the head of Pyramus's cock, ending up by licking up the drop of clear precum oozing from the slit. "I'm pretty sure that they would object to that too," said Pyramus, just managing barely to not cum. "Then I bet they would really object to me doing this," said Thisbe and she opened her mouth and wrapped her soft lips around the head of Pyramus's cock. "Oh fuck Thisbe," cried Pyramus as he just couldn't hold back any longer and began to pump wad after wad of his cum into the kneeling girl's mouth. Thisbe made no effort to pull away and just gulped and swallowed the warm, sticky fluid until the flow stopped. "I'm sorry Thisbe," Pyramus said when he could speak again as he stood there with his hands resting on the dark hair of his lover. "It's just been so long since we could find a way to be together that I couldn't hold back any longer." "Don't be sorry," laughed Thisbe as she let the cock slip from between her lips. "I was expecting you wouldn't last long the first time." "First time?" asked Pyramus with a bemused grin on his face. "Yes, first time," confirmed Thisbe. "I am expecting you to do some more of those horrible things to me that my father keeps warning me you will try to do." "Ah, do you have any particular horrible thing in mind?" inquired Pyramus hopefully. "Well if you think you are up to it," replied Thisbe as she stood up and let her robe fall to the ground to stand there naked while she ran her hands over her breasts and played with her erect nipples, "then I was thinking you might find another opening to use that weapon of yours on." Pyramus looked down at his cock which was still erect. "Oh I think I am up for it," he said and gave Thisbe a gentle push to the ground and fell on top of her, his cock sliding over her stomach and thighs as he tried to find her opening. "My, my aren't we eager tonight," giggled Thisbe as she reached down and steered his member to the entrance of her pussy. She gasped and then gave a sigh of pleasure as it slid easily inside her very wet sex and Pyramus began to thrust in and out of her. "I don't care what our parents say or think," panted Pyramus as he paused in his thrusting to look down at Thisbe. He brushed a strand of her dark hair from her face and kissed her. "If they won't give us their blessing, then I say we should run away together and make our life without them." "If my parents don't relent by the festival of Zeus next month, then I am agreed," replied Thisbe. "Now just shut up and fuck me harder!" * * * After Pyramus had come for the second time, shooting his load deep inside of Thisbe as she bit her lips so as not to cry out at her own orgasm, he dressed quickly and slipped away leaving her in the small copse of trees. A few minutes later, Sonja heard something else moving towards them. Thisbe still lay on her back, oblivious to the warning Sonja tried to give her as her brain was still too befuddled from her lovemaking. Finally, the noise grew loud enough for it to penetrate even her haze. "Pyramus?: Thisbe whispered thinking maybe her lover had returned for some reason. The girl's eyes shot open in shock when she saw the creature that appeared. It was a lion and no ordinary lion as it was easily twice the size of the lion skin she had seen on the wall of her uncle's house. He had killed the beast when it had attacked his sheep and he still walked with a bad limp from the clawing it had given him before his spear found its heart. Thisbe fainted, thinking her life was at an end even as Sonja railed at her and tried to get her to do something other than just lie there gaping like a fool. Sonja was as surprised as Thisbe would have been if she were awake, when the lion carefully took the girl's leg in its massive maw and began to drag the girl away instead of devouring her. The huge lion half dragged, half carried the unconscious girl into the nearby hills and into a fetid smelling cave. Sonja thought the thing just wanted a more private place to enjoy its meal especially when she caught sight of human bones scattered around the cave, but it merely dropped the still unconscious girl on the rocky floor and lay down as if waiting for someone or something. A short time later, a tall, dark haired, regal looking woman who Sonja recognized instantly walked calmly into the cave and the lion bowed down meekly before her. "Well done my pet, you have secured the bait for the trap," said Hera. The lion nodded its head as if it understood the goddess. Hera turned and seemed about to depart when she frowned and took another look at Thisbe's body. "Who are you that hides in the mind of this girl? Speak now, I Hera command yu!" While Thisbe remained unconscious, Sonja now found that like with Europa, she could now speak using the girl's voice. "It is I, Red Sonja your most horny and treacherous majesty." "You speak with a lack of respect that is not wise girl and you seem to think I should know you," replied Hera haughtily. ""We met in the realm of Cancer not so very long ago," supplied Sonja, annoyed that the goddess hadn't thought her important enough to remember. Hera frowned and then her face cleared. "Oh yes, that is still in the future, but now I remember it. You had a very talented mouth for a mortal wench." "The future?" queried Sonja. "I just came from the realm of Cancer, so why do you call it the future?" "Because it is," replied Hera. "Time means nothing to an immortal such as myself, but I realize it can be confusing to a limited being such as yourself. My vassel Eurystheus has set twelve labours for that fool Hercules. You helped him slay the Hydra which was the second of his tasks, but before he defeated the Hydra he had to battle my lion." "That makes no sense," protested Sonja. "If he lived to fight the Hydra then it stands to reason he must have defeated your beast here." "Only if you believe that time runs in a straight line and never loops back," replied Hera. "There are new forces at play and the past and the future are no longer so joined or so clear. I have seen to it that Hercules will die here this time." "Look, I know he is a bit of an arrogant idiot," replied Sonja, "but why have you got it in for him so much?" "He is the living proof of my husband's infidelity to me," stormed Hera. "I will see him dead and revel in displaying his corpse to the mighty Zeus! This region holds my faithless husband in such high regar that they have built a temple to him. My lion has been abducting the mortal women of this area and bringing them to this cave as he has done with the girl whose mind you reside in. When their husband or relatives come to rescue them, he has killed and devoured them. Soon, the foolish mortals will lose their faith in Zeus and at the same time provide the bait to bring Hercules here to his death." "So you don't care that innocents are killed as long as you get your revenge on Zeus?" asked an incredulous Sonja. "They are merely mortal and of no more value than the dead leaves of autum," replied Hera dismissively. "I'm starting to think you and Zeus deserve each other," retorted Sonja. "Neither of you are worthy of being gods." "It is not wise to speak thus to Hera," said the goddess raising her hand as if to cast some deathly blow. "I don't think you can do anything to me while I am in this state anymore than Zeus could," replied Sonja calmly. "As I told him, there are other powers at work here that you don't seem to know about or maybe are just too arrogant to consider. Who decimated the realm of Cancer? Who is behind these visions I have been experiencing? Are you really so secure in your power that you truly fear no challengers? I am starting to think that you are mistaken if that is what you think." Hera frowned and lowered her hand to her side. "I am Hera and I will crush anyone who is foolish enough to challenge me, but I thank you for your concern," sneered Hera. Perhaps you are right that I cannot harm you in this disembodied form, but that does not mean I cannot punish you for your insolence." Smirking, she turned to the lion. "Show the mortal whore your mighty staff my pet." Sonja couldn't move Thesbe's body to look at the lion, but it padded over to straddle the girls body and Sonja's jaw would have dropped to the floor if she could move it as she saw the huge red penis of the lion start to descend from its sheath in front of her eyes. "The girl does not need to be alive to be the bait I require for Hercules," said Hera. "If you want to save the mortal wench, then I suggest you pleasure my pet with your mouth." "You bitch," snarled Sonja as she continued to watch the lion's cock grow and harden until the tip rubbed on her cheek and left a splotch of precum. Hera shrugged. "I leave the fate of the girl in your hands. Pleasure my pet or the girl dies. What will happen to you, I don't know and I don't care." The goddess made a tiny gesture with one finger and Sonja found she now could not only speak, but had total control of Thisbe's head, though the rest of the body remained unconscious. Sonja resolutely clamped the girl's mouth shut tight even as the throbbingt member rubbed over her lips. "Ah, you refuse do you?" laughed Hera. "Very well then my pet, kill the bitch and eat her heart." The lion glanced at its mistress and looked slightly disappointed but then it turned back to Thisbe and opened its mouth in preparation to bite. "Ok, fine, you win," grated Sonja and opened her mouth. Hera's laughter echoed off the cave walls as the Lion gave a loud purring sound and slid its cock into the girls mouth. Promising future retribution mentally, Sonja closed her lips on the pulsating member which felt so hot in her mouth and began to lick it with her tongue. She knew it was Thisbe's body doing the deed, but it felt mentally like it was her and felt the heat of shame going through her body at orally pleasuring a beast, however intelligent it might be. * * * "It's all your fault my daughter is missing!" screamed a man as he brandished a rough club at Pyramus. "It's not my son's fault that your slut of a daughter is missing," yelled a second man who thrust himself between Pyramus and the first man. "How dare you call my daughter a slut!" screamed a woman who made for the second man with the obvious intent of clawing his eyes out only to be blocked by another woman. "You'll touch my husband over my dead body!" cried the second woman. "Fine by me," agreed the first woman and prepared to transfer her aggression to a new target. Things were about to deteriorate into total violence as the rest of the village looked on from around the village square where the confrontation was taking place, but an authoritative male voice stopped them all dead in their tracks. "Would someone please tell me what is going on here?" said Hercules as he pushed through a knot of bystanders to confront the four would be combatants. "Their slut of a daughter is run away!" "Their son defiled our daughter!" "The lion got the whore and good riddance!" "I'm going to claw your fould eyes out for that!" "Shut up the lot of you!" shouted Hercules as everyone started to speak at the same time. "One at a time and let's start with you," he said looking at the terrified looking Pyramus. It took some time and several more shouts from Hercules before he finally sorted out the story. A girl named Thisbe had failed to return home and after a search, they had found her clothes in a copse of trees and the tracks of a very large lion all around. This was the third village in the last two days where he had heard similar stories that had all ended badly with the abducted woman and one or more of her would be rescuers torn to bits by a lion. This must be the beast that his cousin Eurytheus had charged him to kill for his first act of repentance. "Everyone will return to their homes and I shall take care of this," proclaimed Hercules confidently when he had learned all that he could. The two sets of parents, especially those of the missing girl looked like they wanted to object, but another look at the well muscled warrior convinced them that the wise course of action was to listen to his directions. Hercules jerked his head at his nephew Iocaus and the two turned and marched out of the village heading for the copse of trrees where Thisbe had disappeared from in order to start tracking the lion. * * * Sonja lay there fuming in the dimly lit cave. Hera had gone after watching the lion fuck her face for an hour and pump a massive load of cum down her gullet. Once more frozen into immobility within the body of the unconscious girl, she could nevertheless taste the strong flavour of the lion's cum that lingered in her mouth. Ok, technically it was Thisbe's face, mouth and gullet, but since the girl was unconscious, it had been Sonja who had to endure the humiliation. If the bitch was so unhappy with Zeus fucking around, why didn't she just get a divorce or castrate the bastard? Sonja's reflections on the goddess were interrupted by the lion suddenly rising to its feet from where it had lain relaxing after entertaining itself with her mouth. Being Red Sonja, she was of course not afraid but she did give a small mental sigh of relief when the lion ignored her and strode out of the cave. * * * "There it is," whispered Hercules as he peered around a tree, looking up the slope to where the lion stood some fifty yards from the mouth of its cave lair. "A beast like that will likely have a back entrance to its lair," whispered Iocaus. "I think we should scout around the other side of this hill and see if we can find it. Then we can slip in and rescue the girl while the lion is out here in front." Hercules scowled. "That doesn't sound very heroic." Iocaus shrugged. "It sounds smart to me and a whole lot safer. Look at the size of that thing. It is no natural lion." Hercules considered this as he stole another peek at the lion. He was Hercules and therefore not afraid of anything, but he had to admit that his nepphew had a point. Then he gave his head a shake. "You might be sound in your strategy, but it doesn't help. Eurytheus wants the skin of the beast as proof that I have accomplished my task, so sneaking in the back way doesn't do me much good." He frowned. "On the other hand, mayhaps we can combine my need with your plan. I shall attack the creature and kill it or at least keep it occupied while you find that rear entrance and see if there are any maidens left alive to be rescued." "Works for me," grinned Iocaus. "Rescued maidens are always so very grateful. Give me an hour to work my way around to the back before you go being all heroic." Hercules nodded and Iocaus slipped back through the trees to make his way around the hill. * * * Hercules watched as his third arrow bounced harmlessly off the hide of the creature. It seemed Iocaus was all to correct and this was no ordinary lion. So much for plan alpha he decided and after putting down his bow, he unhooked the mace from his belt and charged up the hill towards the beast. Sometimes a frontal attack was the best option or was that the only option? Sonja heard the lion roaring from the front of the cave and gave another mental growl at her helplessness. Did this girl plan to stay fainted for the rest of her life? Hmm, better cancel that thought as that end might be close at hand. "Ah there you are," said a whispered voice close to Thisbe's ear. A moment later, the face of a young man hove in sight, leaning over the girl. "Such a pretty girl and unconscious it seems," muttered the man to himself and then Sonja felt a pair of hands on her breasts, cupping and squeezing them. Once again, it was technically Thisbe's breasts being groped, but only Sonja was currently awake to notice, though Thisbe's body gave a soft moan of pleasure. "Sounds like Uncle Hercules is keeping the beast busy," said Iocaus as he cocked his head and listened to the sounds of fighting echoing back through the walls of the cave. "I guess I have time for a little more exploration," and his nimble fingers roamed all over the body of the naked, unconscious girl. 'They are all fucking perverts in these visions,' seethed Sonja as she felt a finger begin to rub her clit and heard a louder moan of appreciation from Thisbe's body. Meanwhile, plan beta was now in effect as Hercules brought his mace down on the head of the lion which to his disappointment, merely stunned the creature. Dropping his mace, Hercules improvised plan gamma and leapt onto the back of the lion and wrapped his arms around its throat. The lion roared and buced, but could not dislodge the hero. If it had stopped to think, it might have scraped the pest from its back using the rugh stone walls of the cave or tried rolling over, but it had begun to panic and all such strategies did not occur to its terrified mind. A few minutes later, Hercules stood up panting and looking down at the lifeless body of his foe. "Iocaus are you back there?" yelled Hercules. "Damn, I didn't think he would defeat that thing so quickly," muttered Iocaus as he stopped his fondling of Thisbe's body and picked her up in his arms. "Yes Uncle, I have the girl safe and alive, though she is unconscious." The young man carried Thisbe along with a much aggrieved Sonja to the front of the cave and laid her down not far from the dead lion. "Good work," Hercules congratulated his nephew, "and a comely lass she is too," he noted as he reached down and tweaked one of the girl's hard nipples. 'Fucking perverts,' railed Sonja from her mind prison. An hour later, however, Hercules was not so happy as he looked at the two broken knives that lay on the rock floor of the cave and at the unskinned body of the lion. "No weapon seems to be able to penetrate or cut the hide of this thing," moaned the hero. "Yet I am commanded to bring the skin of the beast to Eurytheus as proof of my having accomplished my goal." Iocaus shrugged his shoulders in a shared frustration at not knowing what to do and then Thisbe began to speak. Sonja knew the girl was still unconscious and it was a third entity who had joined her in the girl's body in order to make use of her vocal cords. "Oh mighty Hercules, harken now to the words of Parthenos, the tool for skinning the beast lies right there in front of you," said the voice of Thisbe. Both Hercules and Iocaus jumped at the sound of the voice and looked even more unsettled when they realized the girl was stil unconscious. "What deviltry is this?" demanded Hercules as he clenchd his fists in preparation for another fight. "No trickery," replied the voice. "Just a little assistance for a brave hero without Hera realizing." "The assistance would be better without the riddle," snapped Hercules, but the voice was silent and Sonja could tell the being, whoever it had been, was gone. Good riddance thought Sonja, it was getting damned crowded in this body with the three of us. The red haired warrior had instantly grasped the meaning of the words and she just hoped this oaf would figure it out sometime in the next month or two. Hercules sat and frowned at the carcass of the lion for several minutes before he gave a cry of triumph and grasped one of the paws of the beast. With a grunt, he managed to pull one of the razor sharp claws free and tested his guess on the hide of the lion and then gave another cry of triumph as the claw sliced through the skin like the sharpest of knives. 'About fucking time,' thought Sonja. Apparently her exit from the vision didn't require an orgasm to trigger it this time, somewhat to Sonja's regret as she felt herself drift out of Thisbe's body. ]Author's Note: The above is pretty much in accord with the Greek myth about the origin of the Leo constellation. Made mad by Hera, Hercules had killed his wife and children. When he was restored to his right mind, Hera did a little trickery involving the Oracle of Delphi and Hercules was convinced to submit himself to his cousin Eurytheus for penance. Eurytheus assigned Hercules 10 labours which he later emended to 12, claiming Hercules had help on two of them. The first of these tasks was to kill the Nemean Lion and the second as we saw last chapter, was killing the Hydra. After its death, Hera raised the Nemean Lion into the heavens to form the Leo constellation. If you want to know why she did that, considering the lion lost, you go ask her and I'll sweep up your ashes. There is an alternative story regarding a pair of Romeo and Juliete type lovers called Thisbe and Pyramus. While waiting for Pyramus, Thisbe is attacked by the lion and escapes, leaving behind a bloody veil. Pyramus finds it, and assuming his lover is dead falls on his sword. Thisbe finds him and she also kills herself. I thought it would be interesting to try and combine the stories. and I needed a female character for Sonja to occupy in her vision.] * * * When Sonja opened her eyes to find herself back in her own body, she also found she was naked and chained spread eagled to a large bed. As there was no one in her field of vision, the red haired warrior woman rattled her chains and yelled. "Whoever is behind this better damn well let me go right now or suffer the wrath of Red Sonja!" "Ah, so the ant would threaten the man who raises his sandled foot to step on it," said a soft cultured voice. "This ant has a big sting," replied Sonja, twisting her head to try and see the person who had spoken. "Yes, but I m afraid that sting is sitting in the corner over there," sneered the voice and now a tall, man stepped into Sonja's line of sight. He had long, golden blonde hair that looked like a mane and a matching luxurious moustache and beard of the same hue. He gestured with one hand and looking, Sonja could see her sword propped against the wall, with her armour scattered on the floor around it. Sonja fought down her anger since even she could see it wouldn't do her much good in her current situation. "I take it you are Leo, the ruler of this realm?" "Actually, I prefer Leonis,," said the man as he ran one hand over Sonja's stomach up to her breasts where he began to squeeze them like a baker kneading bread dough. Sonja gritted her teeth and ploughed on. "I'm not here as an enemy. I know that the members of your Zodiac group or whatever you call it don't exactly get along, but Gemini sent me to contact you about a common threat to all of you. I have already been to several other realms and they are under attack from ...," Sonja broke off as a pair of green skinned, scaled snake men suddenly stepped forward to flank Leonis. "Under attack from being such as these?" asked Leonus with a broad smile on his face. "I take it that you don't nneed my warning about them," said Sonja with as much sarcasm as she could muster with the bastard pinching her nipple. "No," agreed Leonus. "Their master and I have come to an agreement, an alliance if you prefer.". "Your own realm isn't enough I take it?" asked Sonja. "You have designs on ruling all of the realms of the Zodiac?" "For starters," agreed Leonus. "It is a big universe with much more to it than the Zodiac realms. There is for instance your mortal world and the realm of the gods." "Immortal or not you are insane if you think you can take on all the other members of the Zodiac, let alone the gods," retorted Sonja. "Really" smirked Leonus. "Your own actions in the past have severely weakened Taurus, Aries and Gemini, who besides myself are the most powerful members of my order. Cancer has already fallen to me and soon shall the rest of the Zodiac. My ally is also powerful and between us, the gods will fall. It has happened twice before you silly cow. Zeus overthrew his father Cronus and imprisoned him in Tarterus and likewise Cronus did the same to his father Uranus. History will as it has so often done in the past, repeat itself and see a new power ruling the worlds." "And just who is this powerful ally of yours?" asked Sonja. "If you can not figure that out for yourself after seeing the nature of the servants of my ally," and Leonus gestured to the two snake men, "then I shall not bother to enlighten you. You will go to your death as ignorant as you were in life, but not until I have had some fun with your lovely body." "I gather you don't mean a game of chess?" asked Sonja. "Hardly," replied Leonus as he dropped his robe to the floor, revealing his erect member with a glistening blob of precum smeared over the bulbous head. He gave his cock a few strokes and then raised a mocking eyebrow at the woman on the bed below him. "What? No threats of retribution? I am rather disappointed. I had been told that the mighty Red Sonja would not take this, if you pardon the phrase, lying down so meekly." "Well if it makes you feel any better," replied Sonja with a smile that a brighter man would have recoiled from, if not run away as fast as he could go. "I've always repaid any insult to me a hundred fold, so go ahead and do your worst. Just remember to keep looking over your shoulder for the rest of your immortal life because one day you will find me behind you and then there shall be a reckoning." Leonus looked temporarily taken aback by the tone in Sonja's voice, but then he rallied and clapped his hands in mockery three times. "Bravo, that is more like it my dear," and he then proceeded to crawl onto the bed on top of her and positioned his cock at the entrance to her pussy. "You really are fortunate to receive my member into your body slut. I suggest you reflect on that favour after I am done with you and you lay dying in a pool of your own blood." "I think you must be more pig than lion," sneered Sonja, "because you seem so intent on boaring me to death with your speeches!" Leonus growled and drove his cock balls deep into Sonja with one vicious thrust. If he had expected her to cry out, he was disappointed as Sonja just glared up at him with her clear blue eyes full of hate. "Are you going to put your dick in me?" she asked with a smile and then looking down between her spread legs, feigned surprise. "Oh you already did. I guess your cock needs to be bigger than a baby's little finger for me to feel it." Leonus gave a guttural cry of rage and began to slam his cock in and out of Sonja with as much force as he could muster. All the while, Sonja just smiled up derisively at him as if no more concerned about him than she would be over some annoying insect flitting around her. She might not have access to her sword, but there were other ways to beat bastards like Leonus and she knew she had won when the frustrated immortal finally pulled his cock from her and blasted his load of semen over herstomach and breasts before getting off of her and striding to the door. "I was just going to slit your throat and give you a quick death," he snarled, "but now I have changed my mind. I need to confer with my allies, but then I think it best if you spend a long night entertaining them first. I doubt even a whore as wanton as you are can entertain a few hundred men and still live. I shall have to make a wager on how many times you are violated before you die." With that, Leonus and his two snake men allies left the room, slamming the door behind them. "The fucking lion in the cave was better in bed than you!" yelled Sonja after Leonus then the red haired warrior began to strain the chains holding her to their limits, not to break them, but to reach into the mass of red curls with her fingers and withdraw a small sliver of metal she kept secreted there. She had ended up in similar circumstances enough times in the past that she had secreted several such objects on her body or in her clothes. It took a few minutes of contorting her body and intense concentration before she managed to unlock one wrist, all the time listening intently for the return of Leonus and his snake allies. The reptillian nature of Leonus's allies was supposed to be significant, but there were no few gods and others who used that type of motif. She was going to have to find someone with more expertise to hel her unravel this mystery. As she contemplated these things, Sonja freed her other wrist and then her legs. She quickly dressed in armour and buckled on her sword as she considered her next move. Sonja's first impulse was to kick the door to the room down and seek Leonus for retribution, but she reluctantly decided against that course of action. This was Leonus's home turf and he was probably as powerful as Taurus at his peak. There were also an unknown number of the snake men in this place and finally there was the matter of this powerful ally that Leonus had mentioned. Time spent in the visions seemed to count towards the twelve hours of the portal spell on the necklace she still wore since Leonus either hadn't recognized it for what it was or hadn't cared. Touching the necklace, Sonja could feel the power in it and fuming at the idea of running away from a fight, she activated a portal. As much as it galled her, the smart thing to do was to continue her tour of the Zodiac realms and try to learn more about her enemies. "I'll be back," Sonja growled a promise to the absent immortal and wondered briefly why that simple phrase made her think of that oaf Conan. She shrugged and stepped into the gate to the next Zodiac realm. End of Part Six