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CHAPTER 5-HELLO AGAIN OLD FRIEND
She slipped her left foot out in between the two curtains and wiggled her toes back and forth a bit before continuing. She strode out through the curtain with the walk of a very confidant woman. Her outfit still hurt like hell but she felt some relief at the knowledge that she wouldn't be wearing it much longer. The pole was situated towards the front of the stage with the lagoon forming most of the right side of the stage. She hadn't used a lagoon in her act before but just decided to wing it. She got to within about three feet from the pole before she got up on her tiptoes and set her feet. Noticing the looks of surprise on some of the faces out in the audience she smiled and bent over at the waist, going as far down as she could, letting the audience get a good look before she straightened up until she was parallel with the stage. Katy reached out and grabbed a hold of the pole with one before she got a very tight grip and spun around on her toes so that she was now staring up at the ceiling with her back arched upwards in just the right way. That got a few hoots from the audience but she knew that she'd have to do better to make it work. Straightening back up while keeping one hand on the pole she next lifted her right leg up until her knee was near her shoulder and pointed her toes to the sky. A few more hoots and Katy continued to smile. Sensing a bit of unease she climbed onto the pole and clamped her legs tightly around it before she allowed herself to carefully spiral downwards, arching her back so that she could look out at the audience with each rotation. As she spun she slowly started to undo the ties on her top, hoping that would draw some interest. To her relief it worked and when she got to the bottom she rolled back into a seated position and then stood up and did a full back flip into the water. While she was underwater she completely undid the ties of her top so that when she surfaced, making sure to do it very slowly her top slid off right on cue, much to the delight of the crowd.
Smiling as if she hadn't a clue that her top would come off Katy slowly crawled back up on stage and went into the next stage of her act. At The Orange Crush she would usually have a prop of some kind to use in her act but here all that she had was the lagoon, the pole, and the bottom half of her outfit. Next she sauntered over to the pole, making sure to jiggle just enough to catch everyone's eyes before she slid her back up against the pole, spread her legs just far enough apart and began to sway back and forth as she slid up and down the pole, slowly appearing to be becoming more and more aroused with each trip, snapping her hips forward as she reached the top. On the next trip up and down she slowly started to undo the ties on each side of her bottoms, making sure that it didn't come off before she was ready for it to, though because it was soaking wet it didn't seem to be ready to go anywhere just yet. When she stood up for the final time the remains of her suit was literally hanging off of her, threatening to fall off at any second. With her best come hither smile Katy turned sideways and leaned in close to the guy that looked like he had the biggest wallet before curving her body just so that the side of her hip, with the ties of her bottoms dangling down her leg, was close to him. Changing her look she half shut her eyelids and puckered up her lips, slightly jiggling her hips before the man caught on and grabbed a hold of one of the ties. As she closed her eyes fully she straightened up and spun back away from the man, her bottoms being ripped off of her as the man held onto the ties and was soon left holding her panties. When she opened her eyes again Katy acted as if she was completely shocked that her panties had come off. Seeing the look of joy on the mans face she sashayed back over to him, squatted down in front of him and looked up briefly before taking his cowboy hat off of his head and then plopped it down on her own head. He seemed to like that so she tilted the hat upwards in the back so that the brim went down nearly covering her face before she began to strut around the stage like she was a cowboy, hooking her thumbs into an imaginary belt at her waist and making sure to wink at every face that she could make out.
For her finale she twirled back up to just far enough in front of the pole and did the splits. Keeping in that same position she arched her back backwards until the back of her head touched the floor of the stage and she let her arms lay out as flat at her sides as they would go. The music that had started just as she had first stuck her leg out of the curtain came to its crescendo and then the stage suddenly went dark. Katy remained still, trying to catch her breath, as she waited for either the cheers or the boos. Luckily for her she heard mostly cheers and when she pulled herself together and crawled forward to give the man his cowboy hat back he just shrugged, pocketing her panties and telling her to keep the hat in a fair trade. She smiled awkwardly at that but said nothing and made it a point to tilt the hat back up on her head just right before standing up and walking offstage, swaying her hips back and forth as she went.
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"So…what did you think," Katy asked with a nervous and slightly scared look on her face as she pulled a chair out away from the table, spun it around and sat down on it backwards, now dressed in what she had worn into the club with her hair still wet and the black cowboy hat perched expertly on her head.
"Not your best work," Diane said with a sophisticated tone of voice as she turned her nose up just right and extended the pinkie on the hand that was holding her drink.
"Gee thanks," Katy shot back with an almost giddy smile and giggle before she reached out and took Maria's drink away from her and then drained the glass in one big gulp.
"You were…good," Maria stammered out with an embarrassed and nervous look on her face as she soon looked directly at Katy, as if silently asking if she had answered correctly.
"Thanks Maria, for being the only one of these vultures that gave me an honest answer," Katy quipped back with a congratulatory smile on her face as she reached up and patted Maria on the shoulder.
"Hey, I didn't say anything, don't lump me in with her," Shandra exclaimed with a defensive tone to her voice as she quickly looked to first Diane and then to Katy.
"I was joking okay, just relax," Diane said with a slightly guilty smile on her face before she scooted her chair closer to Shandra's and then pulled the other woman into a one armed hug, while keeping her arm around Shandra's shoulders after the hug was over.
"I wish I could, I'm up in a few and I can't be late, the boss wants to get out of here early tonight and so far your little plan has come up empty," Shandra said with a nervous smile on her face as she scratched at the top of the table with her fingernails before Diane interrupted.
"Don't worry, we'll be here cheering you on, right ladies," Diane said with a supportive grin on her face as she leaned in a bit closer to Shandra and began to slowly twirl the end of one of her braids around her finger.
"I don't know," Maria said with an unsure look on her face as she checked her watch and then turned to Katy.
"We can probably stay here long enough to catch your routine, but if nothing has happened after that then we're out of here, if we hurry I think that we'll be able to catch the last bus out of town," Katy answered with a nervous shrug of her shoulders as she leaned over and checked Maria's watch.
"Good, then we're staying," Diane said with an enthusiastic smile on her face as she slid her arm that was around Shandra's shoulders down to her midsection and proceeded to lightly tickle the African American woman's stomach.
"Then I really should be," Shandra started to say with an uneasy look on her face as she began to slide her feet out from underneath the table but was interrupted by Diane.
"Ah…so soon, you sure that you can't stay just a little teensy bit longer," Diane said with a sad pout on her face as the arm around Shandra's waist took a more firm grip on the woman and the hand that had been twirling her hair came to rest on her shoulder while she casually draped her leg over Shandra's lap.
"Sadly yes, otherwise my ass will be out on the street faster than you can say homeless," Shandra replied with a slightly less than pleased look on her face as she detached herself from Diane and then walked back to the room that Katy had just recently come out of, stopping only at the curtain to check to see if Diane was watching her.
"Well this was a total bust, not a single vampire in the place," Maria said with an unhappy frown on her face as she, Diane, and Katy walked out of the club and sat down on the bench near the payphone.
"Tell me about it, I think Shandra's avoiding me," Diane said with an unhappy pout on her face as she propped her elbows up on her knees and dropped her chin into her upturned palms as she sadly stared out at the parking lot, which by now was almost empty.
"You think maybe it was because you came on a teensy bit to strong," Katy wondered aloud with a subdued grin on her face as she rubbed her hands together in an attempt not to laugh.
"I didn't come on that strong, she gave me her number," Diane argued softly with an embarrassed look on her face as she started to reach for the napkin in her pocket.
"Oh please, you did everything but take off all of your clothes and…you were smothering her," Maria said with an unhappy frown on her face as at the moment she was a bit peeved at both Katy and Diane.
"I was," Diane started to deny with an upset scowl on her face as her head snapped around to look at Maria before Katy broke in.
"You were and because of that you're probably not going to get any tonight so why don't you," Katy interjected with a bored stupid and hungry tone to her voice as she rubbed her stomach lightly in the hope that it would stop rumbling every five seconds, reminding her that she hadn't eaten since breakfast.
"All be good little girls and stop running," An unfortunately all to familiar voice purred from behind them before the three nearly fell of the bench in shock.
"Who the," Diane started to demand with a confused and concerned look on her face before Maria snapped her head around and answered.
"Anastasia, I thought I smelled something," Maria growled with an angry sneer on her face as she regarded the vampiress coldly.
"Cute, just for that I'm going to make your death take a very long time," Anastasia replied with a hurt pout on her face as she crossed her arms in front of her chest and brought one hand up before she lightly laid the tip of her index finger at the side of her mouth, which by then opened up just enough for a smile and to show her fangs as they grew in when she slipped her game face on.
"Can I do it, the little bitch tried to kill me back at the club," Alice, in full game face, stated with a hungry glint in her yellow eyes as she walked out of the shadows behind the three.
"Now where would the fun be in that, you can have Barbie over here, these two are mine," Anastasia said with a commanding sneer on her face as she gestured slightly to Diane, who didn't seem to mind the name, and then turned to look at Katy and Maria before she slipped her coat off, which was caught by one of the other vampires that had stepped up beside her just as Alice had done earlier. Even though the night was a little cool Anastasia had a sleeveless blouse on that sparkled in the lights from the club while not having a back and looking like it was being held on by a few straps that were tied together across her back.
"Still dressing like a slut I see," Katy snapped back in as impish and mocking of a voice as she could muster while collecting herself and preparing for a fight. Beside her Maria seemed to be doing the same.
"And your tongue is still sharp, maybe I'll cut it out after I make you mine," Anastasia shot back with an eerily happy grin on her face as she slid a knife out of its sheath hidden behind her back.
"Keep dreaming," Katy replied with a rather arrogant smirk on her face before Diane interrupted.
"And don't think that I'm going to let you get away after what you did," Diane growled with a very angry and defiant expression on her face as she took a step forward and picked up a chunk of the sidewalk that had broken off.
"What do you think you're going to do with that, kill me…sorry doll but I'm already dead, the best that you can do is make it easy on yourself and give up, although I do like a bit of sport to go along with my kills, so maybe I'll tied you up and take my time," Anastasia said back with a supremely confidant grin on her face before Katy flashed towards her, lowering her shoulder as she went. Not really having a plan Katy had reacted more on instinct that on actual strategy, and so cursed her lack of forethought when she and Anastasia went crashing back through the clubs front doors.
"Katy," Maria exclaimed with a surprised tone to her voice before she kicked the closest vampire to her in the chest and then snapped off a thin wooden post nearby, brandishing it as a weapon.
"Stupid bitch, always sticking her nose where it doesn't belong," Alice added with an angry sneer on her face before she charged forward and grabbed Maria's wrist. Soon the two began to wrestle against each other for control of the stake. Diane started to run after Anastasia and Katy but her way was cut off by a trio of vampires that looked like they didn't think of her as much of a challenge.
"This just ain't your day, is it baby," One of the other vampires said with an excited sneer on his face before he reared back decked Diane hard across the chin, sending her down to the ground, stars swirling around in her field of vision.
"Yours either," A male voice announced from out of nowhere before Diane was showered with a cloud of three dusted vampires, wooden stakes falling to the ground in the aftermath.
"What's going on," Alice growled with an angry sneer on her face as she noticed the dusting of the three vampires before Maria retaliated and drove her knee into Alice's stomach. Since vampires don't breathe Alice didn't get the wind knocked out of her but she was distracted long enough for Maria to take control of the stake and then drive it down through her heart. Alice exploded into a cloud of dust, leaving a gasping and tired Maria behind.
"Nice one Maria, wait till you see this, you're going to love it," The voice said again with a more confidant tone to his voice before a form appeared next to Maria, holding several small vials of holy water.
"Paul…what are you doing here," Maria stammered out with a stunned look on her face as she very nearly dropped her stake at the sight of him.
"Tipping the scales a bit," Paul replied with a sheepish and slightly scared smile on his face before the happy reunion was cut short as sounds of Anastasia and Katy fighting in the club and a swarm of vampires rushed towards them.
"Why don't you just give up, can't you see that I'm going to win here, I'm faster, stronger, and smarter than you are and," Anastasia seductively purred over to Katy as the two sparred in full view of the patrons and dancers of the club.
"Has that ever worked, I mean who in their right mind would be dumb enough to just give up without a fight, especially when they know that they can win," Katy shot back with a tense look on her face as she connected with a right jab to Anastasia's jaw, forcing the vampiress to step back a few steps.
"Good one, guess you're not as toothless as I thought, good…I like em feisty," Anastasia said back with an excited and randy grin on her face as she licked a small amount of blood off of her lips before she caught Katy off guard with a kick to her stomach, a kick that sent Katy staggering back over the lip of the stage and falling back into the pool of water that she had swam in earlier during her routine.
"You wanna see feisty," Katy grumbled with an unhappy scowl on her face after she stood back up in the water and spit a bit of it back out.
"Oh yeah," Anastasia replied with an enthralled sneer on her face before she kicked a broken chair out of her way and then launched herself at Katy, the two going down into the pool of water with a large splash.
"Get off me," Katy shouted the second that her mouth rose above the surface of the water before she flung Anastasia off of her and back up onto the stage.
"Sure baby, you say that now but in a few minutes you'll be begging," Anastasia drawled back in an almost impatient pout of a lover tone of voice as she recovered quickly from being thrown up and out of the pool, latching onto the pole and half swinging around it before gazing hungrily at Katy.
"You're one sick puppy you know that, I mean Rasputin couldn't hold a candle to you, and that's saying something," Katy growled back with a very determined scowl on her face as she stood up out of the water and pulled a lot of wet hair away from her face so that she could see straight.
"Ah thank you my dear, flattery will get you everywhere," Anastasia casually replied with an almost bored tone to her voice before she arched her back up against the pole and began to slowly slide up and down it as if in the middle of her own impromptu routine.
"Well then let's see how far this gets me," Katy grumbled under her breath with an unhappy scowl on her face before she rushed forward and slammed her shoulder into Anastasia's stomach, sending the two tumbling back off of the stage and into a large pile of broken tables and chairs.
Author's Side Note: I've never personally been in a strip club so if the dance that Katy does is lame then that's why. Katy and Maria are slayers, Diane and Shandra aren't. Anastasia is just a normal female vampire that has a thing for Katy. Pairing ideas are welcome.
END OF CHAPTER 5