Chapter Twenty-Seven:
Sara took a deep breath. Laurel had her turn with the powers, and now Sara got her injection. Her Canary Cry was a bit softer than Laurel's, but no more destructive. Nyssa, Talia, Jade, Oliver, and Laurel herself watched as Sara put a hole through a large piece of stone which had been sent up for the purposes of the demonstration.
"So?" Sara asked.
"A bit raw, but you'll refine it," Laurel said. "You have less warning with your scream. I need to work on the stealth a little bit."
"She has the control down very nicely," Oliver said.
Laurel just turned towards her beloved husband with a large smile. "Only because you drilled the lessons into me."
The emphasis Laurel put on the word "drilled" was not one which was missed by the group of women in the room. Then again, these were the women.
"At least your control is better," Laurel said.
"Maybe," Sara said. "Or maybe not. We need to put my powers completely to the test. After all, you want me to be everything that I should be, right before we return to Starling City."
The time which they would return would be ever closer. Oliver almost manufactured a battle plan to deal with everything. The League had gone into cities before, to cut out the cancer. In some of the most extreme situations, they had to burn the city down and build anew. Oliver saw while things were dire, and there was a need for extreme measures, things were not far gone.
Although several more years of corruption and dissent would bring it.
"We have our goals," Nyssa said. "The three of you know Starling City the best."
"Yes," Laurel said. "Although not as well as we thought we did. Or at least as well as we knew the people in it."
Oliver nodded, he could not have said it any better himself. Laurel hit the nail on the head. His mother had been the first situation they would have to deal with.
"Jade, you understand what I ask of you," Oliver said.
"Of course, great one, I do," Jade said, with a smile resembling her mask, that of the Cheshire cat. "You don't want her dead, but….things could get messy if certain people are watching her too closely."
"And if she's having them watched, it will take skill and cunning to take them off of the chessboard without alerting Moira something is the matter,' Talia added a few seconds later.
Oliver could see all of the pieces fall into place with the plan. There had been so much wrong. He trusted Nyssa, Talia, and Jade to undertake the portion to separate Moira from the rest of the pack. Where he could get her all alone and figure it out. And then there was the matter of Thea and her troubled existence. Oliver always saw the potential in his sister, and perhaps if there had been any of that driven young girl left inside of her troubled shell, Thea could potentially be an asset to fight alongside of him.
At the door, Aresia approached the group. The frantic nature of the Amazon took them all aback.
"Master, I...I do not want to intrude," Aresia said. "But, there's a woman here...a woman has arrived at Nanda Parbat, and she seeks Ra's al Ghul. The guards have her contained, but I told them that you would want to speak to them. And I would highly recommend you...give her a chance."
Oliver wondered about this one. He decided to leave Sara and Laurel to their training, under the watchful eye of Talia, Jade, and Nyssa. Aresia would not barge in unless the matter had been urgent, so Oliver had been quite curious to see what this was all about.
The members of the League surrounded a beautiful dark skinned woman dressed in black. She had on her neck a very interesting looking totem. The moment she laid eyes on the young man in the shadows.
"You are the great Ra's al Ghul?"
"Yes."
She responded with a nod before drawing breath.
"My name is Mari McCabe, I am the current holder of the Anansi Totem. And I've come here to seek….you."
The Demon stepped out of the shadows and Mari had been spellbound. She had been honestly shocked to see one of the leaders of one of the most feared groups in the world had been missing billionaire playboy, Oliver Queen. Presumed missing by some, presumed dead at sea by others. The man approached Mari a little bit closer and Mari's heart kicked up with a couple more intense beats as he got ever so closer to her.
"You are…."
"Who I was is not important right now," Oliver said. "I'm the person you seek. And you have the Anansi totem and you do not fully understand the powers."
"It's...I have not been able to tap into them often and when I've done so, I've been left in the mindset of the beast which I have channeled through usage of the totem," Mari said. "Oh great one, I do wonder if you could assist me in my quest."
"I will," Oliver said a second later. "Follow me."
The guards parted at Oliver's movement and Mari walked over. She took him by the hand.
"I will forever be grateful," Mari said.
Oliver walked Mari into a room. Candles lit released a very alluring aroma into the room. It made Mari relax and all of the tension faded from her body.
"I've been blessed by divine forces of a different kind," Oliver said. "And you have well. You just need to lean back and embrace your destiny."
Mari's sardonic smile widened. Easier said than done in some ways. Regardless, she lowered herself down onto the ground and took in a deep breath. She just took her on the mind.
"First, you need to breath in everything," Oliver said. "You need to soak in the totem's power. Allow the strength to flow within you. Tap into the power deep inside of you."
Mari did just that. A trembling feeling went through the pit of her stomach as she breathed in hard and breathed out. Her entire body flared up with the energy crackling from the tips of her toes, and then beyond. She sat down with her legs crossed.
"Stand," Oliver said.
Mari stood.
"Bare yourself to the elements," Oliver said.
Mari, tapping into the power of the totem, saw nothing taboo of stripping down in front of a man she just met. She slowly stripped off her clothing, and something flashed in her eyes. She exposed more of her body in front of the eyes of the lost young man, and the man who had been Ra's al Ghul.
Oliver watched as Mari's shoulders had been exposed. More and more of her rich chocolate colored skin came out into the environment. A pair of round, juicy breasts exposed, with nipples standing out. Maybe because of the cool air, or perhaps of other matters. Mari's flat stomach exposed to Oliver next and she slid down her legs. Her dark pussy, with wild strands of dark hair covering her pussy had been exposed.
Mari turned, perhaps intentionally or perhaps subconsciously. Oliver got a good look at Mari's thick ass in all of its glory. Something primal rose up in Oliver, but he needed to focus.
"Reach deep inside of yourself," Oliver said.
Mari put her hands on her breasts and leaned back. The hypnotic movement of her bouncing ebony orbs in front of Oliver made the assassin call upon every ounce of self control he had. Mari's deep breathing increased.
"What do you feel?"
"I feel mystic energies building up deep inside of me," Mari said. "I feel the bubbling, it growing deep inside of me. The pleasure, the pressure about ready to ooze inside of me."
She slipped into the full power of the Anansi Totem. Mari dropped down to her knees, and then sat down on the floor. Her legs spread, her back arched back and her mouth opened up. Lips parsed, she practically drew in the atmosphere around her.
Oliver waited for everything to play out. He watched Mari go on her journey. Hard to see what was going on in her mind.
Everything had been increasingly clear to Mari what she felt. She took in a deep breath and snapped out of it. Her body, covered in sweat, and glowing from the power of a totem she just began to understand made her shake. Mari closed her eyes.
Oliver extended a hand and offered Mari help to rise to her feet. Mari took his hand and rose to a standing position. Her entire body still was twitching and she pressed up against Oliver a little bit, mostly to gain her balance. She nuzzled up against Oliver ever so slightly though, pushing her breasts against his body and resting her right hand just inches away from Oliver's crotch.
"What did you see?" Oliver asked her.
"I saw...everything," Mari said. "The totem and I….we've bonded...and while I will need to fully need to take a breath in, to comprehend the power it holds….it's….beyond amazing!"
Oliver was happy he could assist Mari like that.
"I've got this destiny to help change the world, to lead the fight against forces who will corrupt it," Mari said. "Back home, there are some really wicked people who deserve to be put down."
"Yes," Oliver agreed. "I understand how you feel."
They lingered, almost face to face. Close as possible they could be without touching in any way. Their flesh burned, Mari's bare and Oliver's closed.
"I have this great destiny, and I can't believe...before today I always thought those who talked...if this is who I am, then this is who I'm going to be," Mari said with a couple of deep breaths.
"Power like yours, can change the world," Oliver said. "And if there's anything that I can do to help….we can work through it."
Mari stepped back from Oliver. The primal nature she was feeling brought her inches away from doing something she might regret. Although one look at Oliver's handsome features and a thought of what he might he packing underneath that heavy armor made her almost forgot about decency and made Mari want to rule for your animal instincts.
"I have my own primal instincts which can be hard to get in line," Oliver said. "But, once I tapped into the balance, it was amazing."
Mari had been curious about it. And she wanted to do what she could to unchain them from Oliver. The thoughts of wild animilaistic sex with this man excited her and made her loins just ache in pleasure.
"Show me control," Mari said. "Before I lose it."
As much as Oliver had been curious about what might happen if this woman lost control, he decided against it. One must learn how to gain control before they could lose it.
After some time with Oliver, Mari had a pretty good sense of what she needed to do. She almost left, but could not do it, without seeking out Oliver one more time.
"Is there something else you wanted?" Oliver asked.
Mari threw herself at Oliver, wrapping her legs and her arms around him. She practically smashed her lips against his with a very hungry kiss. Oliver grabbed ahold of her and squeezed her ass before swinging her around and pushing her into the wall.
"That answers my question," Oliver said.
"The powers of the totem tell me many things," Mari said. "And now my ability to pick up on certain scents is far stronger. I can sense a strong male, an Alpha. I can smell many women all over you, you have taken them and bedded them and now! I need you!"
Mari stripped down completely naked just again. She had just put on her clothes moments ago and had not been the least bit concerned they were slightly ripped.
And speaking of ripped, Oliver removed his armor and under clothes to expose her body.
"You are an Alpha, the leader of the pack," Mari said.
The African goddess threw her arms around Oliver and kissed him even harder than before. Oliver's eyes flashed in contact with the totem and he dug his nails against Mari's back raking her sexy flesh.
Another night, may another bed rest in peace.
The Shameless Shame Commences In the Next Chapter.
