I have a dreary commute to work and while looking for something to read came across Frenemy54's Fox Hunt serial (Misc stories Mr X site). If you haven't read it, you should read those before this. I've always been a fan of the Butterscotch Fox universe and with Frenemy's continuity I figured I could create a little off shoot/parallel universe setting for some home brew heroines and hopefully help out any other fetish inclined commuters.
I suspect I am not great at describing costumes so there is a deviant art pic of the girls of project Hlin here: http://fav.me/d8bou1g
comments, suggestions, offers of cake etc; lionbadger@hotmail.com
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Fox Hunt 7 - Redemption
Fat drops of sweat beaded on Valkyrie’s furrowed brow and slithered down her forehead to join those already seeping under her coronet. Shouts of encouragement and calls for her to hold on filled the air but to the straining heroine they sounded like they were a million miles away. In each hand she clutched a bar attached by cables to a pulley system. Each set of pulleys was lashed to a weight of 500 tons. The sweating, straining woman had been holding the weights for over 30 minutes, a record unmatched by the rest of her team, and was rapidly approaching her personal best of 36 minutes.
"90 seconds Valk!" shouted Night Strike
"Hang on chief, just a little more" Whooped Sovereign Girl
"Val kree, Val kree, Val kree!" chanted Tethys
"What the hell are you doing?! Muhle! Why haven't you stopped this?" Roared Colonel Horst as he strode into the gym. He flashed a furious look at Tethys, Sovereign Girl and Night Strike before halting in front of the quivering Valkyrie.
"Drop the weights Valkyrie, before you damage yourself" he snapped
the athletic blonde stood, legs braced apart and arms out at right angles to her body. Her head was thrown back and a spatter of sweat droplets covered the floor. Her breath came in ragged pants and Horst could see her left arm shaking slightly. Slowly she pivoted her head and fixed Horst with her piercing stare.
"Why. Don't. You" she paused to draw a rasp of breath "Make. Me!" Her head flopped down showering the gym floor with a fresh slew of sweat droplets.
"Tethys, time?" Snapped Horst
"37.5 minutes Colonel" she drawled in her Milanese accent
"Okay, the record is smashed, drop them now and this goes no further" he growled
"I'll. Drop. Them" Valkyrie sneered "When. I'm. Good. And. Ready"
"Come on Valk, call it a day" said Night Strike sensing a change in the atmosphere.
Valkyrie raised her head again but now her eyes were screwed shut at the pain from her burning muscles "See. What. You. Did" she hissed "Now. The. Gangster. Wannabe. Is. Having. a go"
Sovereign snorted a laugh at the outraged look on Night Strike's face "oh, she's really going for it this time"
"You just can't reason with her when she gets like this and she might actually hurt herself this time. You remember when we got the training drones, it'll be like that all over again" Tethys muttered, her eyes flicked upwards briefly in thought. A moment later she snapped her fingers and strode forward.
"Colonel, allow me" she said.
Horst scowled darkly then offered a brief nod and stepped aside. Tethys turned to stand in front of Valkyrie "You're not going to drop those until you really hurt yourself are you?"
"Fuck. You!" gasped Valkyrie
"That's what I thought, now this is for your own good" whispered Tethys. Suddenly her long boot clad leg shot forward propelling her foot directly into Valkyrie’s unguarded crotch.
A shriek of agony and rage exploded from Valkyrie’s lips as she dropped the weights and collapsed onto her back clutching her bruised womanhood.
Tethys dropped down beside her gasping colleague "You're ok, catch your breath"
"You kicked me!" Spluttered Valkyrie
"it was for your own good, you get so obsessed with these dumb toys" replied Tethys
"Yeah, maybe you're right" mewled Valkyrie "but what seriously that felt like you were using me to take a field goal?"
"Official time?" murmured Horst
"41 minutes" said Muhle. The small professor steepled his crooked fingers as he considered his next words "I think it would be advisable if our incapacitated colleague were examined to ensure that she has not sustained any permanent damage"
Horst shot a glance of contempt at the leering director then flicked a glance at the still prone Valkyrie. Valkyrie's own expression had changed from one of mild pain to disgust. Horst ground his teeth at the decision before him.
"I think that a thorough examination would be a very prudent measure Mr Muhle" said Horst his angry gazed fixed on the prone Valkyrie.
"You do?" Spluttered the surprised Muhle
"Indeed a thorough external and, given Tethy's approach to problem solving, internal check up is necessary in this case" said Horst
"Next time drop the weights you idiot" whispered Tethys as she helped the grimacing Valkyrie to her feet.
***
Butterscotch Fox peered into the tall mirror as she ran a golden gloved hand across her uniform clad stomach. The chocolate brown material hugged her curving figure resurrecting ever more of her fragmented memories.
"No battle skin computer?" She asked
"No, but you have these communicators, they are paper thin and fit behind your ear. We also expect to have a support team on hand to back you up on your missions" the technician grinned "you know the EU, why give the girl a wearable laptop when we could create 50 civil service jobs instead"
"I think the EU and the US may be more alike than you think" said Butter grinning" And anyway, I always hated those things, distracting prissy backseat drivers"
"Not the US anymore, Usonia" said Athena as she waltzed into the lab "It's Scarlet Fox's personal police state"
"It'll always be the US to me, no matter what Regan does to it. It took me in and we'll free it someday" replied Butter
"Ha! That's the Butterscotch Fox we used to see" Laughed Athena "Now, to more important matters, namely gossip. What do you know Butter?"
"I'm not really up on gossip, I mean, I barely know my own name" said Butter
"Yeah but we all know that Sovereign talks in her sleep" said Athena poking a long black and purple gloved finger into Butter's ribs.
"Shit, so people know about that?" said Butter he face flushing red
"They do now you've confirmed it!" shrieked Athena
"I'm not sure I want to be part of the fortress gossip" murmured Butter
"Yeah, well, worry not. The talent pool is somewhat limited up here so you're not the first to do a bit of team-building and you damn sure aren't going to be the last" said Athena "But anyway, back to what I came down to fish for. I've noticed that Horst has been in lot of meetings and there have been a good dozen senior ministers here in the last few days, I think something is up, my guess is we'll be deployed on something pretty soon, what do you know"
"You know more than me, but I hope we're being deployed, 8 years trapped in my own head while my body was abused by some molester freak has left me wanting serious pay back from my dear little half sister" said Butter
***
The 6 heroines filed into Horst's office chatting and speculating on the reason for the recent comings and going.
"Alright, settle down and let's get started. It seems that Scarlet has caused a minor freak out across Europe with her declaration" said Horst
"No surprise there is there" muttered Night Strike receiving a sharp frown from Horst
"This has probably been prompted more by her decision to unilaterally withdraw Usonia from all of its old treaties, that means for example that the US is no longer a part of NATO, Canada is no longer a part of the British commonwealth and Mexico is no longer part of Uniting for Consensus. This has naturally focused the minds of our own politicians. Politicians who have suddenly realised that without NATO, the only thing standing between cozy western Europe and the ever expansionist Russia is the Polish army and a handful of nukes held by the French and British. To give you some context we have even had the Swiss defence minister up here waving cheque book and pledging as much tech support as we need if we assure him that Jagkommand will respond to a Swiss call for help and Switzerland isn't even in the EU!"
Horst stood up and walked to look out of the window "It has been decided that we need to make a statement to Scarlet, give her a good reason to stay clear of Europe. We can't let her consolidate her hold on North America uncontested but at the same time we just don't have the resources to take the fight to her in an open battle"
"You don't seem entirely convinced by this strategy" said Valkyrie
"To my eyes we are currently beneath Scarlet's notice and while we are remain 'not a threat' I think she will worry about Russia and the Mechas that the various troublemakers in and around the Pacific are churning out. If we move now, we seriously risk provoking her and pushing ourselves up the list of priorities before we are ready" said Horst "But I am overruled and since we are still a democracy, we will do what we are asked by the civilian administration"
"Which means, what? We mount some sort of raid?" Said Athena
"Or thereabouts. Intel says that Violet Fox, despite being completely insane, has managed to both capture Power Angel and set up her own little enclave" said Horst
"I thought Power Angel died at the institute, I remember seeing her name on the roll of the purged" said Butter
"A handful of heroines escaped the cull. Night Angel and Power Angel escaped with some cadets. Apparently intel has picked up sigint from Violet complaining about how she has been betrayed by Payne and Scarlet and raving about how she will get even by building her own army"
"So, you want us to bust out Power Angel and what? Set her up as some busty modern Washington? You've seen the lengths Scarlet will go to just to eradicate a challenger, she'll slaughter hundreds just to make Power Angel turn herself in" said Valkyrie
"I have to agree, this is a lot of risk for a dubious reward" said Athena
"What if Violet turns her? What if we do nothing and Violet sets herself up as another Scarlet? Do you want to end up having to add 'Dark Angel' to our already considerable list of problems?" Said Night Strike
"There is a lot of risk but Violet is currently out from under Scarlet's cloak. She has rampaged across Guyana and Suriname, both of which have seen their militaries decimated, and who have now formally requested assistance from the UK and the Netherlands. Neither country is particularly happy about inviting the wrath of some super powered trauma case and so they have formally requested the deployment of the Jagkommand assets. I have in turn refused your deployment unless a united European task force is assembled to stabilise the situation and to take the blame if we pull this off. Scarlet won't then know that the EU has it's own heroine cadre to put in the field and worst case she should think Europe has teeth"
"Bet the UK loved the idea of you creating a European army" blurted Sovereign
"They are not exactly over the moon about what they view as something just short of a new Napoleonic endeavour, seconding some ships to us is one thing but a European army is quite another" said Horst with a sigh "And just to be clear, the Swedes, Germans and Dutch are not loving this idea either, but then the world has suddenly become a much darker place and if we want to keep living in the light we do not have the luxury of pandering to national prime and fighting this war alone"
"You're actually calling it a war then?" asked Tethys
"In private, yes. Publicly we are continuing diplomatic efforts but we know those are dead" said Horst
"So what is the plan?" Asked Valkyrie
"In 3 days a joint task force comprising British, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Danish, German, Finnish and Lithuanian ships will depart from Lisbon. Valkyrie, Athena and Tethys you will form Alpha team and you will be aboard the assault ship HMS Bulwark. Bulwark has just come out of a 6 month upgrade to act as our forward operating base as part of project Hiln. We don't have time to shake her down so you may have to adapt to unforeseen problems or put up with some crew drills"
"So you're saying pack water wings?" asked Athena to a further frown.
"3 squads of Jaegers will be aboard with you. 2 more squads will be dispersed onto other ships in the task force. Most of the task force countries are sending squads of marines or special forces. The Jaegers are your back up but they will act as a spear tip for the conventional forces unless you call them in to support you"
"You're not messing around are you? At least, what, 20 ships, 3 heroines, 5 squads of Jaegers and must be a couple of thousand regular army and navy troops. All this just for an extraction?" Asked Tethys, a slim eyebrow cocked in disbelief.
"Nope, all this to put down Violet fox and make it believable that the military pulled it off" said Valkyrie
6 pairs of eyes turned to fix on Horst.
"So, what, are we executioners now?" Asked Sovereign
"Officially, you are special forces personnel acting against a hostile force in time of war" said Horst flatly "that means you inflict casualties and it also means you are likely, sooner or later, to take casualties"
***
"Try not to move" a voice whispered
Power Angel, despite advice, turned towards the voice and immediately wished she hadn't. A series of sharp pains spiked in her ample chest robbing her of breath.
"Where am I" she croaked
"You're in an old fort not far from Orealla"
"Where is Orealla?" She asked
"South America, Guyana, near the Suriname border" replied the voice
"How did I get... Violet Fox! where is Violet Fox, I need to... she has to be stopped" gasped Angel
"This is her base, she is upstairs somewhere, probably in her so called throne room. No offence but you are in no shape to stop anyone never mind a psychotic Fox, plus she's got her army of Violators now too"
"Violators?" Asked Angel
"She, well, she, let's say recruited some street gang toughs. They say you can't be a Violator without being violated by Violet. She's completely lost it and is building some kind of tribal hell with them hard at work carving out her empire. With Violet on point they have slaughtered the local military and they are already at the level of a micro state. So even if you could stagger up stairs to find Violet she'd flatten you and let her troops gang rape you to death"
"I can't just lie here and wait for her to commit some fresh atrocity" gasped Power Angel
"You need to do exactly that, trust me, look, help will be on the way" said the voice
"Help? From where? The institute is gone, what's left of the US army is controlled by Scarlet Fox and I doubt the local law enforcement is getting ready to storm a bunker to free a wanted foreign fugitive" gasped the injured heroine.
"Trust me, help really is coming and anyway, even if it wasn't, if you are ever going to fight Violet you need to give yourself time to heal" whispered the voice as a cool cloth dabbed Power Angel's brow.
"Trust you? how do I know this isn't just another sick joke by Violet, to build some hope then snatch it away" mumbled Power Angel
"Even if it was, you need to rest and recover just now, just hold on a little longer" whispered the voice as the exhausted heroine lapsed once more into unconsciousness.
***
Sir Kaspar Angus Ernest Sutherland, Admiral of the fleet, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath seconded from Her Majesty's Royal Navy to the above top secret international project Hiln, frowned at the 3 brightly costumed and half naked women standing on the bridge of his flagship. Kaspar furiously wracked his brain for the hundredth time trying to understand how he had ended up in such a bizarre situation. He had entered the navy at age 19 as a lowly cadet with the vague hope of being put in charge of some far flung lighthouse. He had never expected that his gruff and abrasive manner, typical of someone who had survived an upbringing around Edinburgh's dilapidated docks, would routinely be mistaken for plain speaking. Each promotion had been met with a growing suspicion that the Admiralty did not really know what it was doing and that it might just be throwing darts at a list of names. The shock of being suddenly called into the office of the Defence Minister and told that he had been chosen to command the British forces seconded to some mad European super soldier program was still palpable.
"We need a good dose of reality and common sense Kaspar and you're just about the only person the PM can trust with this. We are all aware that situation in America is grave indeed but that is exactly why need to keep an eye on what those charlatans at the EU are up to" the Defence minister had chirruped.
Fine for you, you poncy English snake, hiding here behind a desk and in easy reach of an underground bunker had thought Kaspar.
Now, as he glared at the brightly costumed women, he found that he could not for the life of himself understand why he had not just followed his father into the dockworker business.
"That's an interesting choice of costume Miss, not really the sort of uniform we're used to seeing in most military formations, isn't it possibly a bit of a frostbite risk" Kaspar growled at the blue costumed blonde
The woman returned a hard stare "there are practical reasons for my uniform Admiral, and rest assured we are quite used to resisting the cold in Denmark"
Kaspar held the woman's piercing stare for long minutes we've got a live one here he thought "touché" he finally muttered "alright well, I guess I'm stuck with the three of you. Please try not to distract my sailors too much would you, if it is not too much trouble"
"I'm not sure how you expect us to control the reactions of you sailors admiral" said Athena brightly
"I would suggest that a t-shirt would help and failing that you could sit out the journey somewhere out of the way, possibly the brig would suffice" growled Kaspar as he turned away from the outraged stares to gaze out of the bridge at the white buildings of Lisbon harbour.
"The fleet is fully assembled admiral and loaded" murmured a Lieutenant
"Very good, signal the fleet to get underway. Alert the harbour master that we will need his tug flotilla on standby, I doubt we'll get much pressure on the rudder at the crawl they are making us sail at and I don't want Asturias to end up hitting that bloody great bridge" said Kasper "I want a tight diamond formation around the Bulwark and Asturias once we clear the coast and get the Asturias to fly off some AEW. Next stop Georgetown"
***
The Atlantic crossing passed uneventfully, though with Kaspar running surprise drills every few days and putting the flotilla through formation exercises there was little chance of an ambush or time for sunbathing.
11 days after leaving Lisbon the Bulwark slid into the Georgetown harbour and unloaded its cargo of Jaegers. Gunships flitted between the other ships and the Bulwark bringing the coalition troops and their material ashore. In the bustle of an army coming ashore nobody noticed 3 loosely fatigued troopers slip onto a river barge headed into the depths of the surrounding jungle.
***
Tethys slipped out of the drainage channel quickly scaling the overgrown bank. Tethys had always been something of a water baby and her love of all things aquatic had been a major factor in her choice of codename. As she slipped through the undergrowth towards the edge of the small town her blue green costume and dusky Mediterranean skin provided ideal camouflage. She flipped over the first fence she came to, a flaking uneven affair surrounding a squat, square house on the town edge. She moved from a crouch in the grass into a sprint to the lee of the building. Tethys pressed her back against the shaded wall and slid down into a squat. Concealed in the shadow of the abandoned building and the overgrown weeds in the garden she touched the tiny communicator behind her ear.
"Tethys, am at east edge" she whispered.
"Athena, west edge in 2 minutes" came the reply from Athena
Tethys waited for a few moments.
"Athena, at west edge now"
"Valk? You there" whispered Tethys
"Valkyrie, sorry girls, gang contact north neutralised, amnow in position to enter the town, proceed with phase 2".
Tethys glanced around then stood up. With a shrug she pushed her fingers into the plaster and brick work creating a small hand hold then used it to pull herself up onto the flat roof of the house. Crouching, Tethys crossed the roof and leapt onto the next house. She repeated her aerobatics 3 more times inwardly cursing Sovereign Girl's ability to simply spring into the air.
A makeshift fort stood at the centre of the small town, a 5 story tower house converted from some sort of plantation mansion. Crudely dyed purple banners with a white fist in the centre flew from various flag poles around the compound. Tethys shuddered as she looked at the row of rotting, crucified victims hanging on a series of X frames displayed before the heavy front gate.
Tethys waited on the roof of the small house for long minutes, her keen dark eyes watching the movements of the purple clad militia. She flicked her eyes over the fort looking for a plausible access point. A large square hole had been cut in the second story of the fort at the second story of the fort and the rusting girder which protruded above it suggested that sort of crane or winch has once been used on it. It appeared to be Tethys' only viable access point short of knocking on the door and asking if anyone wanted to buy cookies. A soft click in her ear was followed by the voice of Valkyrie.
"Valkyrie, north side, no breaching point" came the sing song Scandinavian voice of Valkyrie
"Athena, west edge, possible breach point but dicey" came Athena's voice a moment later
"Tethys, I have a viable entry point, looks like some sort of loading dock. If you 2 can draw off the gang bangers I can get in" whispered Tethys
"Give me a minute" said Valkyrie "Work around south side, check for a discreet entry point and if nothing take over Tethys position"
"Got it" replied Athena
"Tethys, breach as soon as you have a clean run" said Valkyrie over the com
"Got it chief" replied Tethys
Tethys moved into a hunched crouch and waited for Violet's militia to move off. To her right a sudden braying and bleating of animals arose followed shortly by a cow wandering into the square. The gangers erupted into action and started running towards to north west side of the square waving their arms and trying to corral the escaped animals.
Tethys exploded off the roof, rolled as she hit the ground and came up sprinting. She took 3 strides as a blue green blur across the square then, planting a booted foot in the ground floor slit window, sprang up to catch the beam protruding above the door to the loading dock. She quickly swung herself along the beam then realised she had mistaken a single flimsy board for a proper door. She hung from the beam for long seconds worrying at the edge of the board until she managed to get a hand into the crack between the board and the wall to slide it open.
Tethys slipped into the fort and immediately gagged on the rotting stench that filled the room. A cloud of flies billowed up from the pile of corpses piled in the corner of the room. She tried to avoid looking at the small bodies at the edge of the pile as she ghosted across the deserted room. A single rage fuelled tear collected in the corner of her eye as she crouched to look through the keyhole. How could a heroine fall so far? She thought.
A glance through the keyhole showed a long corridor with a staircase clinging to the outer wall. She waited for a few moments straining her ears. A few murmurs and scuffs filtered down from far above but she could hear nothing to indicate that the corridor itself was in use. Angel was being held in a dungeon thought Tethys. She slipped through the door and vaulted over a bannister dropping the few metres onto the wooden steps. The stairs descended into a dark corridor the twin of the one she had just dashed through.
"I've found the basement, heading down" she said, touching the communicator behind her ear.
"Copy Tethys, Athena and I are working round to follow you in but if you need back up bare in mind it might take us some time to find you" came the voice of Valkyrie
"Copy chief" replied Tethys
Tethys descended the final few steps into the darkened corridor. Clumps of garbage littered the passage and the stink of vermin was even worse than upstairs. Various heavy wooden doors lined the corridor. Quickly Tethys moved to the first door and quietly opened the inspection panel. Nothing. She repeated along the next 3 doors then froze. She pressed her back against the wall and strained her ears. A shriek of rage filled the corridor.
"Valk, I think, I've found her, sounds like Violet is with her too" whispered Tethys to the communicator
"Shit" came the reply "Sit tight, those militia are back, we'll need to deal with them then we'll handle Violet together"
"Valk, I think she's freaking out, I can hear something that sounds like shovels hitting wet cement. I don't think she is renovating" whispered Tethys.
"Tess, sit tight!" came the angry reply from Valkyrie.
"Sorry chief, this psycho needs to be stopped" said Tethys clicking off her com.
***
Violet Fox tossed the shattered corpse into the corner and looked down on the crawling Power Angel.
"Mmmmm, you always did have a sweet ass Angel" she said "is that how you turned the quack against me? Is that your game? Lay here all damsel in distress and then spread your legs for any stupid doctor who'll bring you a band aid?"
Grinning wickedly she aimed a kick into the unguarded crotch of Power Angel. A shriek of pain and surprise erupted from the abused heroine.
"Nobody is going to fall for your tricks once I'm done with you, that famous snatch will be nothing more than a stretched, sensationless hole, I'm going to..." she bucked forward and sprawled in a heap next to Power Angel
"Hopefully you're going to shut up, surrender peacefully and come along to the sanatorium where you belong" said Tethys
Violets eyes flicked over the tall Italian, lingering just too long on the large breasts straining under the costume "Who? What?" Violet murmured in confusion "So, Payne has sent her new fox to bring me to heel? So much for freedom"
The denial died in Tethys throat as her mind caught up with her ears no harm in letting Scarlet take the blame if this goes pear shaped She thought "Vanessa and Scarlet send their regards you mad dog" said Tethys "it's long past time someone took you on your last trip to the vet"
"You dumb spic bitch, do you even know who I am? I've been crushing warlords and mutants since before you were a speck in Payne's test tube!" Shrieked Violet
Tethys ground her teeth at the racial slur "That's who you used to be, you were a hero but now you're a burnt out schizophrenic wreck, all because you couldn't say no to a pair of fluttering dark eyelashes and the chance to abandon your team, traitor"
"I see" muttered Violet. Explosively she launched herself off the floor. Shrieking like a banshee she threw a roundhouse kick at Tethy's head. Tethys managed a block that shook her entire body and aimed a sweep at Violet's leg. The psychotic fox roared in pain as her knee collapsed under her. In furious retaliation Violet launched a series of jabs at Tethys' midriff. "You're not with Payne you lying cunt!" Violet screamed "You're no institute survivor either! Who the fuck are you?"
Tethys danced back, away from the barrage of punches Violet had attempted. "I told you, I'm your vet" mocked Tethys she's totally insane, she could really hurt me, come on Valk where is the cavalry. Tethys suddenly felt cold stone behind her back, shit. She took a step forward and brought her arms into a loose guard.
Violet cocked her head "should have run when you had the chance honey, you're going to be begging to die when I get through with you".
Violet stepped forward and threw a brace of punches. Tethys took the hits on her shoulders and arms, shielding her head and chest. She snapped a quick succession of jabs back at Violet. The fox drifted back and grinned evilly. Tethys took a second step forward giving herself room to retreat. Violet raised her arms into a boxer's guard then exploded forward horizontally. The shock of the unconventional attack took Tethys by surprise fuck, you can fly sideways as well as up she thought a moment before she slammed into the wall. Chips of stone flew past Tethys face as the wall turned to crazy paving. A studded finger glove slammed into her cheek, then again then a third time. Get your damn guard up rookie came a foggy memory. Groggily Tethys raised her arms to shield her head. The following blow smashed against her elbow. She swung a wild kick and felt her boot connect with something that yelled in rage. Need to get up girl she thought, the brief respite allowing her head to clear slightly. She rolled forward onto her hands and knees as a wave of nausea flowed over her. Instinctively she put a hand out to the wall to steady herself. Violet fox grabbed the green costumed arm. Tethys glanced up at the sneering fox in horror.
Violet's boot hammered into Tethys' gut like a speeding train forcing the breath clear out of her. A second kick smashed into her. The third kick, accompanied by insane laughter from Violet, heralded a sickening crack as a rib snapped under the assault. Tethys shrieked in pain and twisted to grab at her purple clad assailant. Violet dodged the desperate counter attack and slipped easily behind her wounded prey. The maniacal fox immediatelyviced an arm around Tethys' throat. Tethys grabbed at the arm which allowed Violet the chance to dig her free hand into Tethys damaged side. A massive jolt of pain wracked the heroine but she bit down to deny Violet the satisfaction of hearing another scream.
Tethys vision began to grey, choked and with her assailant focused on the broken rib she was struggling to think. Plan W, that's what Night Strike always said go to plan W. She snapped her head forward then hammered it backwards. She was rewarded by a sickening crunch and a loosening of the choke hold. She flipped her head again, connecting with Violet's face and felt the mad fox roll back. GET THE FUCK UP GIRL she screamed inside her head.Groggily Tethys lurched to her feet glanding painkillers and coagulants as she did so. Instantly her vision began to recover and she spun to face the rising Violet.
Blood streamed from the shattered nose of Violet as she screamed" I was just going to end you, you cunt, but just for that I'm going to break you! I'm going to have every man, woman and animal in this shitty country rape every hole in your fucking body!"
The enraged fox skipped forward darting a punch to the left and then to Tethys' wounded right. Tethys had been waiting for the feint but she still winced as she twisted to block. Violet danced back chuckling then ducked in with a blistering combination of kicks and punches. Tethys winced and ground her teeth as she blocked and threw half hearted retorts. Violet sprung back again evaluating her handwork.
"They trained you well, whoever the fuck you are supposed to be" Violet muttered grudgingly "sure you don't want to avoid death by massive gang rape?" She sneered
"Even if i thought i could trust you i would never join you" replied Tethys
"Thought not" said Violet with a shrug as she raising her arms into a loose fighting stance.
The madly grinning fox slithered forward to unleash a fresh barrage of punches. At the last moment she hawked a massive gob of spit into Tethys face. Shocked, the heroine instinctively raised her hands to wipe her stinging eyes. Violet charged into the opening. She snatched Tethys' wrists with one hand pining them above her head and simultaneously rammed a knee into the trapped heroine’s damaged side. Tethys felt another rib collapse under the sudden assault. Tears streamed down her beautiful face as the pain and helplessness overwhelmed her. The addition of Violet's rough tongue, lapping them from her cheek merely increased the humiliation. Horror filled the heroine as she realised Violet was clawing aside the material of her uniform to reach her unprotected crotch.
"Get used to this honey, it's going to happen a lot" whispered Violet as slid her fingers into Tethys
Tethys gasped at the violation and the expert manipulation of her cunt by Violet. Seriously I cannot be enjoying this! She thought. Despite her desperate denial she could feel heat rapidly building across her chest and neck. She pushed her cunt against Violet's clawing fingers, the self disgust only adding to her arousal.
"So easily tamed" whispered Violet
"Shut up!" Growled Tethys as she jerked her head forward and kissed Violet, her strong tongue probing her assailant's warm mouth.
Tethys could feel the wave of orgasm building as Violet violently rammed her fingers in and out of Tethys' now sopping womanhood. She bit down on Violet's lip as the wave broke, mewling in pleasure and release.
"Sure you don't want join me" mused Violet as she licked her fingers.
"Sure" replied Tethys as she snapped her head forward into Violet's broken nose.
The manic fox shrieked and stumbled backwards, colliding with the crouched form of Power Angel to end up sprawled on the floor.
"Cunts! I'll end you both!" Shrieked Violet as she clutched her nose
"And what about us?" came the voice of Athena from the door.
Violet turned to look at Valkyrie and Athena. Tethys sheepishly straightened her uniform and stepped forward one hand clutched to her damaged ribs.
"So, it's like that" murmured Violet
"It doesn't have to be" said Tethys "stand down Violet, for fuck sake give it up now and we'll get you help. The world owes you at least that from the old days"
Violet looked at Tethys, the madness clearing from her eyes, the soft brown that had once been a sign of hope and compassion for so many exuded such depths of sadness that Tethys felt a stab of guilt. Then the moment was gone and the fractured rabid personality asserted itself again "No! You don't want to help me! You want to control me! People have always wanted to control me!" She shrieked. She lurched towards Tethys, her arms outstretched with hands hooked into claws before she suddenly stiffened. Valkyriestepped back an empty injector clutched in her hand.
"It's over Violet, no monsduggian can take that kind of lacticide dose into the blood stream" she stated coldly
"Fucking hell Valk!" Whispered Athena
Violet stumbled towards the blue costumed Valkyrie with one clawed hand outstretched and the other clutching her burning breast. She touched her hand to her head as she defiantly stumbled toward Valkyrie with thedeadly poison tearing through her veins. The acid raced through Violet attacking organs and breaking down the bio energy stored in each of her cells. As she stumbled forward she reached out with clawing hands to grab at Valkyrie but her strength was ebbing and the grim faced blonde caught her hands as if she was a kitten. Valkyrie pulled Violet close to her then holding the convulsing former fox close to her she slid slowly to the floor. Gradually the convulsions slowed to twitching then these too halted. A single gasp whispered from Violet's mouth as her body finally went limp and her head drooped to lay on Valkyrie's breast. Valkyrie held the fallen heroine for a long moment then, setting her face in a determined look, she took hold of Violet's head and twisted it until she heard the sickening crunch of snapping vertebrae.
"What the fuck was that!" Screamed Tethys
"That was the mission, neutralise Violet fox, extract Power Angel" said Valkyrie blandly
"No offence Valk but I'm with Tess on this, that was just merciless" said Athena
Valkyrie turned to look at her outraged team mates a frank expression on her face "Do you think I wanted this? We have 1 team member seriously injured and she refused the offer to surrender, I am not risking you two so some ruined trauma case can live out her days in a supermax prison. It was her or us and I pick us"
"At the very least I'm not leaving her here" said Tethys "Whatever she became she was a hero, she deserves better than to rot in this stinking basement"
"Are you up to carrying her?" Said Valkyrie
"I'll carry her" said Athena "and FYI we're going to talk about this again, back at base"
"Fine, but save the morality strop for base" said Valkyrie "Angel, Power Angel, can you walk"
"What? Yeah, I think so, who are you?" Asked Power Angel
"Not important right now, the corpse over there, he told you help was coming right? We're the help. We're here to get you out" said Valkyrie
***
Georgetown looked like an armed camp from the air. Check points ringed the outer streets and a large square of ground had been cleared just outside the town and was now home to various armoured vehicles and rows of tents. The roaring Sleipnir gunship skimmed across the edge of the camp, its twin rotors kicking up dust and small debris, and over the town proper. It dipped lower as it approached the water front then swung around sharply and bumped down on the helideck of the Bulwark.
Alerted by the pilot, stretcher teams rushed to meet the gunship. Tethys refused a stretcher but Power Angel was carried to the infirmary. The body of Violet fox was zipped into a body bag and transferred to the ship's morgue. Watching the still, silent features Tethys felt a faint stab of relief as she considered that the face which she had seen constricted with so much rage and hate finally looked at peace.