Chapter Ten: Hit the Mark.
Rose Wilson wondered if this was the most insane thing she ever did in her life. The HIVE allowed her a lucrative existence, and making them happy was in the best interests in her health. She worked with them without any questions for a very long time.
Now, the HIVE started to make her ask some questions, some rather disturbing questions, about the nature of what the organization was doing. They took in two girls who she considered friends and brainwashed them to be weapons.
'I'm very open-minded, but talk about crossing a line,' Rose thought. 'Especially after all what Cassandra has been through.'
The thing struck a little bit too close to home for Rose. The serum coursing through her blood stream which gave her super powers at the cost of her sanity proved enough. She hated people who victimized others to make themselves feel good.
"Remember, don't take this too personally," Nightwing said.
"I'm not," Ravager said. "Trust me, Nightwing I'm strictly business."
The further she walked inside the fortress, the more she heard the static growing in her ear. She tapped on her ear piece repeatedly to try and resurrect it.
"Not really sure how much you can hear me," Rose said, as she paused and couldn't really hear anything on the other end. "I'm cutting in and out."
"Yes, he would have sound dampeners," Oracle chimed in. "Just stand tight and don't fiddle with the ear piece."
Ravager wondered how Oracle could know she started to fiddle with the ear piece.
'Yes, spawn of the Bat, I forgot,' Ravager thought. 'Knows when you're sleeping, knows when you're awake, Batman is so a creepier version of Santa Claus.'
Ravager made her way up a set of a stairs.
'Why do I feel like I'm trapped inside some kind of horror movie?' Rose asked herself. 'And more importantly, why do I feel like I'm going to be the first victim?'
Ravager stopped and noticed a pair of men who had been dragging a dark haired Asian teenager behind them. Rose watched the men disappear around the corner, but she saw enough to make her blood boil.
"I found Cassandra," Ravager said.
"Stick with the plan, you'll be able to get her out," Nightwing said.
Ravager hated to disagree with someone, but she thought it would be in her best interests to follow Cassandra down the hallway.
"We still need to find Artemis," Oracle reminded her.
"Right, and they're going to be in separate areas of the base," Rose said, walking her way up the stairs. A pair of HIVE drones appeared at the stairs. They stared at her tensely. "What do you want?"
"What are you doing here?" one of the drones asked.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Rose asked. She looked back at her enemies with a dangerous look flashing through her uncovered eye. "I need to see your boss about a job."
"You aren't on the list of people who are going to see Mr. Darhk today," one of them said.
"Look, we can go to him, and you can explain how you ruined a sensitive operation," Ravager said. "I'll walk out the door and you're going to lose one of your best operatives."
"You're not…."
"Or you can let me through, and he won't use you for a mid-morning snack," Ravager said.
"Mid-morning snack?" Nightwing asked, stomaching turning at the implications of what Ravager said.
Ravager knew she had some explaining to do, but it couldn't be done with those drones looking at her like this. The woman stepped back for a few seconds.
"So, are you going to answer to him, or will you let me conduct my business?" Ravager asked. "Because, if you insult me and I leave, I see rather dire things for you in your future."
"Nice bluff," Oracle murmured.
The two drones stared each other down and looked to be trying to determine what they would do next without speaking words. Ravager started to tap on the ground, with the anxiety getting the better.
'I hope I'm not going to have to go to Plan B. Plan B is pretty messy, and I'd hate to spill so much drone blood on the ground.'
Rose waited for it to happen with ten of the longest seconds of her life passing. The two men stepped off to one side and allowed a path for her to go up to the stairs to Darhk's inner chambers.
"You've lived another day," Rose said. "Congratulations."
"Be careful, he's in a bad mood today," one of the drones said.
"Ah, I didn't know you cared," Rose said, walking up the steps. She casually moved, but never once turned her back on the HIVE drones. The last thing she wanted to do was upset or agitate them for any reason.
"So, I know I'm going to regret asking this," Oracle said.
"But your curiosity is such you just can't help yourself from asking it anyway."
"Yes," Oracle said. "What did you mean Darhk would use those two for a morning stack?"
"He has this nifty little ability to suck the life force out of people," Rose said. "Sometimes a little when he wants to make a point, sometimes a lot…"
"And you've worked for the bastard?" Nightwing asked.
"Well, the guys he was draining weren't exactly salt of the Earth," Rose said. "Anyway….he drains a lot out of them before…"
Rose heard some humming from behind the door. Curiosity got the better of her. She knew she shouldn't stick her hand into the forbidden cookie jar, but Rose couldn't help herself.
The door opened and several HIVE drones made their way around an altar. Rose saw symbols carved around the altar and a cold aura filled the air. The altar looked incomplete, as if something was missing.
"They're….they're dabbling in forces they really shouldn't," Rose said, her heart starting to beat.
"Rose, don't go in there….you're not here for this reason," Nightwing said.
Ravager turned around and almost bumped into Artemis
"Artemis?" Ravager asked. "Hang on, you need some help."
"I don't need any help," Artemis said, loading up an arrow into her bow. "I'm one with the HIVE now!"
Artemis fired an arrow at Ravager in an attempt to impale her. The mercenary dodged the arrow and started to fire arrows at her again.
"I knew you were coming, the master wants to add you to the fold," Artemis said. "You've been an independent agent too long."
"Shit, he knew," Nightwing said.
"Yes, I figured as much."
Ravager avoided Artemis's attacks and jumped into the air. He grabbed Artemis around the head and flipped her to the ground.
Artemis pulled herself up and grabbed Ravager, pinning her back against the wall. The two women started to struggle with each other, until Artemis hurled Ravager through a glass window.
Ravager landed on the other side of the window with a thump and the wind had been knocked completely out of her.
"Stay down," Artemis said.
Ravager rolled over onto her feet, and frowned.
"I'm going to need you to shut down the security," Oracle said. "So, Nightwing and the others can get inside."
"Yeah, about that….."
Artemis almost knocked out Ravager. She rolled out of the way of the attacks from the archer. Ravager climbed up to her feet on completely shaky legs. She almost coughed hard.
Ravager rushed in and started to blitz her with a series of hard punches. Artemis backed off with a series of punches, but Ravager dropped behind her. She grabbed Artemis around the neck and began to force her down onto her knees. Artemis struggled to pull herself up to her feet.
"Sorry," Ravager said, smashing Artemis face first into the wall. "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you."
Artemis might have argued if she had her sense about herself. Ravager noticed a stinger implanted in the side of neck.
"I think I know how the HIVE is controlling them," Ravager said.
"Never mind, disable the security, we'll worry about an escape plan right now," Nightwing said.
Ravager didn't skip a beat. She rushed over to the control panel and plugged in.
"Okay, I've done what I can do on my end," Ravager said, brushing the strands of hair away from her face. "I'm sure you can go from here."
"Just a minute," Oracle said, working her magic on the other end. "I'll have something, just give me a couple of minutes to get inside….."
The footsteps of some HIVE goons approached them. Ravager turned over her shoulder and waited nervously. They must have found out someone was here who shouldn't have been.
Artemis rising to her feet which caused Rose to brace herself for battle. She could hear the static in her ear which meant something went wrong.
"Going to have to fight my way out of here, wonderful," Ravager said, leaning over her shoulder. "Talk about being caught between a rock….."
She launched herself into the air with a graceful somersault and put herself behind the group of HIVE drones who moved to attack her. Ravager grabbed onto the edge of a metal cart and flung it towards her enemies with the strength which was needed.
Ravager turned around and came face to face with Cassandra Cain, who made her way up the stairs.
"Cassandra, you're stronger than this," Ravager said.
Ravager's words fell upon deaf ears. Cassandra rushed Ravager and tried to take her out with one swift shot. Rose dodged the attack. Cassandra bounced back with another attack, and Rose barely returned back with another attack. The two of them engaged each other in a nice round of hand to hand action.
Rose reminded herself why Cassandra Cain was one of the most deadly assassins in the world. She kept up with her.
"Cassandra, snap out….."
Cassandra knocked Rose down a stairwell. The Ravager flipped down several stairs, bumping and groaning when she landed.
'Great, today officially sucks.'
Rose's entire life flashed before her when her adversary jumped down from high above. The mercenary groaned when Cassandra jumped down at her, with her blade extended.
Nightwing appeared from the shadows, blocking Cassandra's attack before she could attack Ravager. A second passed with the two of them going face to face with each other.
"Please be gentle on her," Oracle said, wondering what Lady Shiva's reaction would be if her daughter had been harmed in any way.
"Cassandra, if you can hear me, snap out of it," Nightwing said as he held her. She broke free from the grip and pushed him back. "I don't want to hurt you, but if you attack me….."
Cassandra stopped a kick and stepped back. She started to shake her head.
"Exit…go….go!" Cassandra yelled.
Artemis walked down the steps to join them and pointed her bow and arrow at both the attackers.
Ravager saw Artemis fire towards Nightwing. She threw herself in front of the archer's shot and took an arrow right into her knee. She winced when the arrow hit her straight in the knee. Artemis jumped down and tried to attack them.
Cassandra blocked Artemis's punch and rendered her unconscious with one shot. Seconds later, the ear splitting noise could be heard in the back of her head.
"GO!"
The group of HIVE drones coming down the stairs and the fact Artemis and Rose were both injured told Nightwing he needed to go. Cassandra's eyes looked towards them. Her hand shot forward and grabbed his hand in an instant.
"GO!"
"Oracle, is our extraction plan ready?" Nightwing asked.
Nightwing's tone became a bit shaky when he watched Cassandra climb up the top of the stairs to block the drones from coming down the stairs. She broke free from the mind control, and started to hack away at them. The sheer numbers overwhelmed them.
"Yeah, Supergirl….you're….."
Supergirl dove down at the speed of light; lifting up Artemis, Ravager, and Nightwing. She trafficked them outside of the HIVE base.
"What's wrong?" Nightwing asked.
"I don't know…there's something really powerful pulling me back," Supergirl said.
"Hang on," Nightwing said, closing his eyes.
An added burst of energy spread through Supergirl from Nightwing. The burst of power enveloped and engulfed her more than the sun did itself.
Starfire and Wondergirl pulled them through the breech, before the hole could be closed completely up. The entire group collapsed just outside of the HIVE Fortress.
"We better go," Wondergirl said, rubbing the side of her head. "They're going to know."
"Cassandra she….we have go back for her," Rose murmured.
Try as she might to get to her feet, Rose couldn't pull herself up. The arrow piercing her knee caused her an extreme amount of pain.
"We'll find another way," Oracle said. "She might have found her own way out now."
Nightwing hoped she did, but the odds didn't look too promising to him. The group made their way far outside of the base.
"Rose will recover," Talia said.
The news she gave him made Nightwing feel a little bit better. He returned to the same League base where he had been taken after his unintended infection. Little did he know the domino effect which would be caused with those series of bites.
"Good, I'm glad," Dick said.
"I can see it in your eyes," Talia said. She stepped closer towards him, touching her hand on his shoulder. "You're feeling built from what you've done."
"No, it's not guilt but it's just….."
Talia caught him with a kiss to the lips which caused him to become silent. She was so beautiful and so commanding, but Nightwing pushed back as well as possible. Talia pulled back after the kiss, in time to give Nightwing one last nibble on the lips.
"You used an extremely valuable resource to get one back," Talia said, brushing the strand of dark hair away from his face. "I won't say the plan worked out for the best."
Nightwing smiled at her words. Talia brushed her finger against his cheek and pulled the strand of hair away from his face. She backed off and calmed herself down.
"I won't deny there isn't ample room for improvement," Talia said, with a smile. She looked him straight in the eyes. "After all, there's always room for improvement no matter what."
Dick understood her point and agreed with it.
"Well, isn't this interesting?"
Talia turned around and noticed Barbara Gordon walking towards them. She dressed in a black leather jacket, a black top, blue jeans, with her red hair clipped back and she wore a pair of glasses which rested on the bridge of her nose.
"I'd say it's interesting," Talia said, taking a rather nice step towards Barbara. "I have to say, it's a surprise to see you out of your tower. I thought you would not be up and about this soon."
"Well, I figured I'd stretch my legs," Barbara said. "Besides, you know you've been inside my clubhouse. It's only fair I am inside yours."
"Fair is fair," Talia said, stepping closer towards her. The redhead always was pretty cute, and Talia could see what Nightwing saw in her. Equal parts smart, beautiful, and fierce, along with turning a disability on its head and inspiring herself to great heights.
'Miss Gordon, you would have been a perfect fit for the League of Assassins. You would have been more than perfect in fact.'
"I do wonder how you got into my main fortress without running into anyone," Talia said.
Barbara's lips shifted into a smile.
"Come on now, you don't tell me how you break into my secret fortress," Barbara said, closing in the gap between herself and Talia. "Do you really think it would be fair if told you my secrets as well?"
Talia and Barbara shared an intense staredown with each other. Nightwing experienced the intense vibes coming off of both of them, and tried to position himself between the two of them.
"I don't have to break this up, do I?" Nightwing asked.
"No, I'm good, if she's good," Talia said.
"I'll be fine, if she behaves," Barbara retorted, but she shook her head. "Have you seen Lady Shiva…"
"She's conducting her own hunt for her daughter," Talia said. "It would be very wise if neither of you interfered in it."
Talia learned the hard way what happened to those who tried to get into Lady Shiva's way. It was only through the respect she earned through being the Daughter of the Demon which gave her some license.
"What about Artemis?" Dick asked.
"She's currently in the main bed chambers, sedated," Talia said. "She will be waking up."
Talia escorted Barbara and Dick down the hallway. The group turned a corner. Talia stopped short and turned around to explain something to Barbara and Dick.
"She has her moments where she's herself, but she has her moments where she's under the HIVE control as well," Talia said. "I believe the best chance…is to give her a stronger master to listen to."
Barbara raised her eyebrows, getting Talia's message instantly. Her mouth opened up and closed up.
"Is there a problem with this?"
Barbara shook her head. There was any number of moral reasons why they shouldn't go down this road. The amount of practical reasons why they should do this started to outweigh the moral reasons. They might as well have gone for it, with Barbara figuring there was very little left to lose.
'Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.'
"No, not really," Barbara said after a moment's thought. Dick placed his hand on her. "But I figure….."
"You want to help," Talia said. "I agree, two heads are better than one."
The implied innuendo didn't fly over Barbara's head. Or maybe it wasn't innuendo, so just had a dirty mind. Chalk it up to spending way too much time on the Internet.
"She's waking up," Talia said. "Now's the time."
Dick walked over to lean over the bed and looked down into Artemis's eyes. She responded by looking back into his eyes, a rather obvious hunger flickering through her eyes.
"Hey, Artemis," Dick said. "You haven't been well lately, have you?"
Artemis wondered what the hell was going on. Was she captured, imprisoned, she didn't really know? Regardless she looked face to face with Dick Grayson. She always nursed a little bit of a crush on him, a small one on him. He looked her over.
"Dick, you need to….I'm not sure when it will set back in," Artemis said, closing her eyes.
"Good, you're not a mindless puppet," Dick said, with a smile. "Which means it's going to be completely underneath your free will when we do this."
Artemis opened her mouth to protest. Her mouth only hung halfway open as Dick bent down and pressed his lips against hers with an intense kiss. The two of them exchanged a swap of the tongue.
The archer couldn't believe her luck. The kiss caused her mind to turn to feelings of not anger, but lust. His fingers started to move down her body.
Dick pulled back the long shirt she wore and exposed her toned tummy. Her abs were mouthwatering. He pulled away from her mouth and started to kiss all the way down her body.
"Don't worry, just relax," Barbara said, stroking Artemis's neck. She moved her hands over the woman's body.
"Barbara, how did you…oh god?"
Dick's tongue found paradise. Artemis thought she died and had gone to heaven. His tongue started to move and teased her for a moment. Her lower lips had tribute paid to, with his tongue pushing against them. He swiped across them.
Artemis focused purely on the sensations manifesting between her thighs. She knew in the back of her mind if she stopped, she could slip back underneath the HIVE's control.
"Damn it, don't you stop fucking eating my pussy!" Artemis yelled. "It's the only thing keeping my insane."
"Baby," Barbara said, kissing Artemis on the side of her neck. The two girls met lip to lip with each other. "I've got else to keep you occupied."
Artemis would take anything. She groped Barbara's breasts for a second, before the two sets of breasts pressed together. The archer breathed when she could feel a pair of hard nipples begin to poke through her shirt. The two sets of breasts started to rub together and allowed a not so subtle amount of friction to manifest.
Dick suckled on the dripping wet nether regions. He could not get enough of the lemony taste rolling between her legs. The taste prompted him to delve even further inside her with a smile. He started to stroke the insides of her thighs and smiled when he looked her over.
"I think I know the proper way to shock her out….."
"Wreck her," Barbara said.
Artemis's dripping slit pushed open in an attempt to take Nightwing's engorged pole deep inside her body. Her hips rose up to meet his thick manhood. He pushed into her womanly depths hard.
"Dick, please," Artemis said. "Take me hard!"
"Don't worry," Dick said, leaning forward to kiss her on the lips and touch her breasts. The breathing coming from her body made her feel extremely good. "I always hit my mark."
Barbara caressed Artemis's body, touching the girl's breasts. Dick rose up almost out of her and pushed into her body. Her tight sheath stretched around his manhood.
"Don't worry, honey, everything will be okay," Barbara said, nibbling on the side of her ear. "You've been broken, but we're going to fix you…well after breaking you a little bit more."
A jolt of passion erupted through Artemis's loins when Dick pushed into her body. The burst of pleasure caused her to become all sticky the more he pushed into her. His hands held onto her body. He rose almost all the way out of her, and shoved even more of himself into her warm depths.
"I love how willing she is," Dick said, feeling the pleasure around her.
"Guess, any moral objections you have were wrong," Talia said, running her fingers between her legs. "Make her eat your pussy, Barbara….to show her loyalty."
Barbara removed her pants and pealed off her panties to reveal her sticky, sweet center. She shimmied her hips over Artemis's face to allow her full access to the paradise between her legs.
"Eat me," Barbara said, bringing herself down on Artemis's questing tongue and mouth.
Artemis buried her face between the redhead's thighs. She couldn't believe how wet she was, but then again, she was all too used to this. Artemis drove her tongue between Barbara's thighs to eat her out like an old pro. The archer's hunger escalated the further she shifted her tongue into these hot depths.
She wouldn't take her eyes off of the main event. The thick organ spreading her thighs apart and going down deep inside her. Dick caressed her body to hit all of the spots which drove her wild. The archer lifted her hips up to give him the encouragement needed.
Nightwing understood the message loud and clear.
"Don't worry, you want more, you'll have it all."
He bottomed out inside of Artemis, filling her up. Nightwing barely could make out the moans of pleasure. They had been blocked thanks to Barbara's thighs. She kept riding on her.
"You sneaky bitch!"
Dick turned himself around to see Talia standing behind Barbara. She worked her finger between Barbara's cheeks and started to work into her from behind.
"This is your fault," Talia said, pumping her finger into Barbara's back passage as she leaned into her. "You should know by now never to take your eye off of the ball when an assassin is around."
Barbara clenched her tight buns around Talia's probing finger.
"Don't worry, I'm just warming her up for you later."
Dick worked his way inside Artemis. Her orgasm squeezed him tightly in an attempt to milk the heavy load out of her. He leaned in.
"You don't belong to the HIVE," Dick said.
"I don't belong to the HIVE," Artemis murmured, feeling him move around inside her.
"You belong to me," Dick said, biting down on her neck.
The jolt of pleasure coming through her body caused the stinger to dislodge from Artemis's neck. Talia reached over with her hand and caught it.
Artemis had full control of her facilities and the power rushed through her loins, working around him. She almost passed out as the erotic sensation hit her completely.
"Nice to see you back with us completely," Dick said. "Are you okay?"
"As long as you finish," Artemis said.
Dick smiled and leaned down, capturing Artemis on the lips with a hungry kiss. She returned his lip action with a feverish action of slipping her tongue down the back of his throat. She wanted to win this battle, but allowed Dick to push into her hard from above.
Barbara watched her lover slam into the archer. Her dirty-blonde hair stuck to her face and bliss filled her eyes. She really wanted to be in Artemis's place and being stretched out until she couldn't take no more.
"GOD!" Artemis yelled, digging her nails into the side of his shoulder.
"He is your God, and don't forget it," Barbara said.
"Yes, but I'm sure there will be plenty of chances to worship him later."
Dick's face nuzzled into her breasts when he worked himself to a completion. He shot his load inside her. Artemis worked her hips up to stroke him to completely. Her overstuffed body took in a thick and excessive amount of seed.
Talia leaned over the moment Dick pulled out and wrapped her lips around him before Barbara could pounce. Barbara folded her arms over and stuck her lips out with a solid pout.
The brainy redhead watched Talia work over Dick's throbbing member with precision. Barbara's anger faded she had been caught, but arousal followed. She worked her finger inside herself and started to moan.
Talia grabbed her hand and removed her fingers from her. She pulled back from Dick and showed him standing to his full strength.
With all of the flexibility she had once more, Barbara spread her legs far and drove herself down onto him. The sensations of him going inside her caused Barbara to lose her mind.
The last time ,she was getting used to the fact she had sensations beneath her waist. This time, she expected and enjoyed them. His hands grabbed her ass and started to play with Barbara's firm cheeks. He pinched and slapped them.
Dick grabbed onto her ass and forced her down onto his manhood. She stretched around him.
"More," Barbara said.
"Of course."
He pounded her harder to work her up to a peak. His hands controlled it, controlled how fast Barbara reached the peak.
Barbara couldn't believe this.
'It's almost like he's in my head…oh god,' Barbara said, experiencing the tender touches of her lover. 'It's almost like he's in my head and giving me everything I could ever dream about…this is so….amazing.'
Barbara's peak rose when she slammed herself down onto him. She spilled juices all over his manhood when he hit her center as well.
"You're beautiful," Dick said, kissing on the side of her neck.
"Thank you," Barbara said,
Dick started to work into her with a few more long thrusts. He stretched out the insides of the redhead. He impaled her when he entered her.
Talia smiled, and continued to watch Dick work her over. She started to work her fingers between her legs and got extremely heated. There would come a time where he would pleasure her.
Barbara hit her peak with a screaming sensation. He slowed down for a moment, but Dick held onto her and started to work into her with another series of thrusts.
"Your stamina is still on par," Dick said.
Barbara smiled, she hoped to be even better. Her body almost melted underneath his actions. Each thrust brought her closer to another edge. The explosion rush spilled juices from her center.
"Good, I'm glad you approve," Barbara said, holding onto his shoulder.
Barbara needed to keep up the pace if she wanted to be awake during the best part. She summoned all of the inner strength into her. Adrenaline dragged her along. She matched his inner strokes into her body.
A white explosion rocked Barbara's entire world. A few more thrusts showed he followed soon after. The sweet seed spilled into her overtaxed body. She clutched onto the side of his neck with a smile, allowing him to finish inside her.
Barbara collapsed right next to Artemis with a smile on her face. The moment Nightwing pulled from her, Talia made her way over. She straddled his hip with a smile.
"You know what to do."
Her ample curves pressed against him fueled Nightwing for another round. A normal man would have broken by now, but he was very extraordinary. He slid inside Talia. Her wet walls caressed around him.
Talia rocked her curvy hips around her lover. She rode him like the stallion she desired. It was only everything she deserved.
Her moans intensified when Dick gripped her chest. The Daughter of the Demon allowed her pent up energy to be released in a fluid onto him. The real man beneath her started to work deeper inside her.
"Go ahead, scream."
Talia took the invitation and screamed to the heavens.
Cassandra Cain detested running from her problems. She slipped away from the HIVE complex thanks to the distraction. The bodies of the drones fell. The only way out was to slaughter them all in cold blood. The blood dripping from her hands showed her the consequences of escape.
The only problem was the tunnel she found out lead to a twisting maze. Every single tunnel contorted and made it hard for her to find a way out.
"You've run out of room, dear Cassandra."
Cassandra backed off for a second.
"You think you've escaped me. Well, you're wrong, you're running around in circles."
The assassin lunged forward with her palm extended. She stopped short and understood the futility of what she was doing.
"Very good, you saw through the deception," he said. "Nothing, but smoke and gas. You're still in my HIVE. I might have lost Artemis, a pity."
Cassandra motioned for him to face her.
"You'll return to me when you have nowhere else to go."
The mind games continued. Cassandra knew when she got her hands on this bastard, he would be a dead man.
To Be Continued.