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The Mission of Hellfire
Chapter 13: Recruitment
Amanda was left stunned by the presence of this woman Selene. She felt something from the scantily clad woman, it was dark, almost terrifying yet at the same time it was enchanting. Selene grinned as she looked over Amanda, seeing much Hellfire potential in the girl. The Black Queen kneeled down beside Amanda, planting a hand on her cheek.
"All the potential you have is wasted here" Selene said, looking into Amanda's eyes.
"Potential, what do you mean?" She asked.
Selene smiled, curiosity, it was a sign that many recruits of the club had shown. Curiosity is what drew them in, and it would be curiosity that ensnared them into the clubs dark world.
"You have a special gift Amanda and I'm not just talking about mutant potential, you are one of a few who can explore a world unlike anything you will ever see, the power you are capable of can break the laws of science one thousand times over" Selene explained, her voice full of passion.
"I don't understand" Amanda said.
"Too bad your too simple minded to figure it out, very well I'll use a simple term, I'm talking about magic young lady, Witchcraft, the art of darkness or as I simply call it power, power beyond humanities wildest dreams…we aren't humans Amanda, nor can we simply be called mutants, we are gods, gods that walk amongst humanity, the gods that will guide humanity to their rightful place"
"Which is?" Amanda asked, growing ever more curios.
"Beneath us, as our slaves, they will provide us with food, money, sex and total submission, they have to worship us and give up their lives when we feel like it"
Amanda widened her eyes in shock, getting up off the floor and walking backwards, away from Selene.
"But that's just wrong…get out of my house, my parents will be back any minute now" She growled.
"Your parents cant do a thing for you Amanda, and why should you want them to, you have to sneak around and see the man you love behind their back, what is wrong is that you have to hide your feelings, but if you accept what I have to offer then not only can you be with Kurt, but you can also bring out your full potential and see the truth of this world"
Selene offered her hand to Amanda, who hesitantly turned away.
"I want to be with Kurt in the open and what is the truth of this world?" She asked.
"You will see it soon, for now just give me your hand and I will give you a taste of it"
A smile crossed Selene's face as Amanda looked at the woman's hand. It was the lost and confused look in the girl's eyes that told Selene that she would have her. Amanda touched Selene's hand; it was but a simple touch of her finger. But that one touch overwhelmed Amanda. She felt a surge of the passion and pleasure that Selene had received in her thousand-year lifetime. The greed of humans, their sad quest for knowledge and power through god, that was what Amanda saw. She breathed heavily, looking at Selene, the way that any worshipper would a statue.
"Come with me Amanda and you will experience the ultimate power and pleasure in this world, darkness itself" Selene grinned.
She was an innocent soul, one completely helpless to the lure of the Hellfire Club.
It was the morning after their first night at the Canadian safe house. Ororo, Toad, Blob, Kitty and Rogue sat in Lauren's office. The psychiatrist sat on her won chair, looking at each member of the group.
"So, is anyone going to talk about what happened?" She asked, tapping her foot against the floor impatiently.
"I tortured my boyfriend" Kitty said.
"I almost killed Remy" said Rogue.
"And the white haired chick, Todd and me got turned into the clubs bitches" Fred said.
"Wanda's still with those sickos, so this isn't the right time to be joking you know" Toad growled.
Ororo sighed over the situation; she had been through plenty of therapy in the past. But she couldn't help but feel that this Reilly woman was biting off more than she could chew.
"Okay I suppose its as good a start as any, I'm not going to waste your time asking how it made you feel because I could pretty much sum it up for you…beyond fucking terrible" The Woman said, leaning back on her chair.
Rogue growled at the woman's relaxed manner. She thought she knew everything about their suffering but she was obviously wrong.
"Don't you dare think for a minute that you know what we've been through" Kitty said, her thoughts matching Rogue's.
"Physical torture, sexual torture, mental torture, spiritual torture, mind control…maybe I should go into more detail" Lauren began, standing up on her chair and addressing the group. "You were misled, their telepaths manipulated your memories just after Selene had her fun with you, they took away all your dreams, all your happiness so that you would be the kind of people they could manipulate, they made you think you always accepted their way, Selene tried to destroy your faith Kitty, try to turn you into a lowly slave, even making you hurt your boyfriend, you all hurt your friends and worst part of it is that you enjoyed it and that when hope seemed to be restored the Hellfire Club struck back, taking away your friends" Lauren explained. "I haven't experienced it but I know that all experiencing all those terrible things is nothing"
"HOW DARE YOU! WE WENT THROUGH HELL!!" Fred yelled, throwing his chair aside.
"You don't know the suffering we go through everyday" Toad said, remaining calm as best he could.
Lauren sighed, lowering her head before she looked at each member of the group. They were astonished by the determination in her eyes.
"The question is whether your going to let this break you, whether you're going to let a bunch of weak idiots take away your innocence"
"Weak? The club kicked our Asses!" Rogue said.
"They're all weak, because they've given up, they've just given up on one of many things keeping in this world" Lauren growled.
"And what the hell is that?" Toad asked aggressively.
"Hope…having hope through your problems, persevering no matter what…they traded their hope for sex, money and power, murdering people to further their plans…I've seen the evil of this world, I've known evil men and women, but with all those evil people there was one good person, a hero and one hero is worth more than ten hundred of those men and women who gave up on believing in humanities good qualities, the wisdom and courage that can guide us through our problems, it took a great man, a man who never once gave up hope to teach me to never give up on people…neither of you should give up either, don't let those idiots of Hellfire take away your innocence"
The group had left Lauren's office and went their separate ways. Fred looked in the fridge, growling, as most of the descent junk food was already gone. He put on his jacket, stepping out side to feel the cold Canadian air. Fred walked through the snow, looking up at the clouds. Suddenly a snowball flew into the back of his head, the ice crumbling and falling down his back. He turned around, instinctively throwing a big snowball at his attacker. The snowball slammed into Toad's head, throwing him to the ground.
"Oh Todd, I didn't realise it was you!" Fred said, looking at his friend with concern.
But Toad jumped onto his feet, laughing hysterically.
"Oh man that was awesome Blob, you should have seen you face when I fell down, still bet you can't hit me again" He said.
"Oh your on Toad!" Fred growled as he rolled up another snowball.
Lauren smiled as she looked out of her window, seeing that at least some of them weren't letting their innocence go.
The young man had lost count of how long he had been inside the dark and deserted warehouse. It was the only place he could go where people wouldn't taunt him. At eighteen his mutant powers had already been active for two years, his particular ability was the worst kind of thing to have at his age. He had only had sex once, which was the time before he powers manifested. Now he could no longer feel human skin, he couldn't feel anything anymore, not the wind on his face. Air would fill his lungs but he couldn't feel the air.
His mutant ability was the power to be encompassed by a barrier, cutting him off from all human contact. He could walk around normally, but with each step he took a person would feel the invisible wall and call him mutant. "Unus the untouchable" was what many had called him. Now all he wanted was to be left alone, no one would ever hurt him again.
He had been hurt by society, and that made him an easy target. She walked through the warehouse, her eyes on the boy seeking solitude. The warehouse suddenly became darker, and Unus felt an overwhelming feeling of helplessness. He looked up, widening his eyes as he saw the black haired, cloaked woman.
"It's not fair is it, how you've been treated by those who should fear you, they now call you untouchable, yet they don't realise your true pain, their words, "freak", "monster", they're like the stab of a knife on your heart, what nonsense" She said, looking at the boy with contempt in her eyes. "Your body is unbreakable, you shouldn't let the words of pitiful fools bother you, they worship their gods, valuing the ideals of justice, love and the afterlife, but these are flaws that are quickly thrown aside in the face of death, humanity would eat one another to survive"
"Why the hell are you saying these things?" The boy asked.
"I'm merely telling you the truth, do you want revenge?"
"Yes of course, I hate those bastards, they don't understand my suffering, they cant see how even I can be hurt their words" The boy said, tears running down his face.
"Then make them pay, punish them, make them wish they never crossed their superiors"
"But, the police!"
"Are nothing compared to us, we are humanities future, and if they oppose that future…well lets just say they'll be giving us an excuse to punish them"
The woman walked towards the boy, placing a hand on his chest. Much to his shock, she wasn't thrown away. Selene grinned as she ran her hands across Unus's chest. She tore off his red shirt and loosened his belt.
"Wait…"
"Quiet, I'm going to show you true pleasure"
Selene threw off her robe, revealing her completely nude body. Unus blushed as Selene slipped off his trousers, pushing him to the floor. She stood over him, merely looking into his eyes. He looked over her magnificent body, thinking of the good time he was about to have. But Selene merely stood there, practically teasing him with silence. Finally, she crouched on the floor, grabbing his dick firmly.
"You want me to fuck you don't you?" She asked.
"Yes!" Unus replied.
"Tell me how badly you want it"
"So bad, I've wanted it for so long"
"Beg me!"
"Please lady, fuck me please"
"Call me Mistress Selene!"
"Mistress Selene, please fuck me!"
"Are you willing to embrace the darkness for pleasure and revenge?"
"Yes Mistress Selene"
Selene smiled as she covered the boy's dick with her mouth. He leant his head back, moaning as she sucked. But then he felt something else, a strange feeling running through his body. He didn't know how to describe it, other than it felt like he was feeling both pleasure and pain. Selene licked Unus's chest, her tongue giving off a black glow. But it was only for a split second and as Selene expected just a small sample of darkness was enough to draw Unus in. He smiled sadistically and leant his head back as Selene began to ride him into the floor.
"We are the future, and in that future I will be the only one whom touches you, you are untouchable Unus, I am the only one you will love is that clear?" Selene asked, her voice fierce but proud.
"Yes My Mistress, I am yours now and till the end of my life"
"Yes you are…everything will be mine as it was meant to be" Selene kissed Unus fiercely.
Like so many others, the boy was already under the Hellfire influence. He tracked down his tormentors, and with the power he had gained he made them suffer. With his fists and his force field he crushed their bones, made them scream and beg for mercy and destroyed any chance they had of loving another woman. Unus left his town behind him, following Selene into the darkness.
Sebastian Shaw was dead, and for so many Hellfire associates it meant the end of their businesses. Even mere social members of the club that knew nothing about what happened were being investigated by S.H.I.E.L.D. The sacrifices of Randall and Soldier had not only bought down Shaw, but countless other organisations that committed crimes whether it had been in Hellfire's name or not. Slave trades, gun launderers, prostitution services were the many kinds of businesses that had been found out.
But despite the sacrifices of two brave men, it wasn't the end for Hellfire. The headline in the Daily Bugle read "The End of a kingdom" and it was the end for Shaw's rein. And yet there were still those whose ambitions would succeed Shaw's. Throwing the paper onto his desk, the black haired businessman poured himself a glass of wine.
'Your assets are all mine father, and I promise you I will make up for your failures' Shinobi Shaw thought as he drank the fine wine.
Elsewhere an overweight man with dreadlock styled blond hair looked over numerous TV screens. He smiled as he watched Selene torturing the remaining kidnapped X-men. A silver haired woman suddenly appeared beside him, wearing a blue business dress.
"She has asked me to assist in her rituals, do you really think the studio can gain something from animating that…"
"Quiet Spiral, we don't want to give anything away" The man said, pushing a burger into his mouth.
"Sorry Mr Adams" She said, glaring at the mans back.
He awoke inside the place he expected to wake up. Green bubbling liquid was all his eyes could see when he looked forward. A breathing mask covered his mouth, but the rest of his body was bare.
'The mission still remains unaccomplished' He thought.
The man threw his fist forward, smashing it against the glass of the round tube that imprisoned him. Again and again he punched at the glass, cracking it only slightly. He kicked off of the glass, lunging forward at the crack. The glass shattered as the mans body slammed into it. Glass scattered across the floor and the green liquid spread across the ground. He fell to his knees, his body stiffening as he felt an intense pain. His hands touched the scars on his shins, rubbing them as he felt the pain from Selene's attack. He pulled the mask off his mouth, panting heavily.
'I haven't failed yet'
Slamming his fists into the ground, his teeth grinded together as he rose up. His legs shook but he kept on rising. Standing tall he began to walk forward, through the glass and towards a table. He gripped the slip of paper on the table and read it.
"Hope you don't mind getting put in the regeneration tank, I'd tell you not to be too excessive but we both now that wont happen, just make sure you give yourself plenty of time before heading out" The letter read.
He threw the note aside, grabbing the case on the table. Inside the case was a pair of customised pistols equipped with crossbow launchers and magnum barrels. He slammed the lid down, walking away from the case and towards a steel door.
'I will not fail the mission' he thought as he typed the code into the doors pad.
The door slid open and without hesitation he walked into the dark hall. He looked around, stretching his arms before he spoke.
"Activate training room"
But there was no response; darkness was all that welcomed him.
'No simulator, no gym equipment, no dojo, and no training dummies…looks like I'll need to use a different training method then' He thought as he sat on the floor, crossing his legs.
He closed his eyes, placing his hands on his knees as he took a deep breath.
'Focus the mind, concentrate on your target, imagine every scenario, every response to that scenario, every outcome, every failure and every success, focus on your strength, focus on your weakness, focus on your goal' He thought as his breathing became deeper and deeper.
Images ran through his head, images of Selene, of the X-men. He saw Selene chanting her spells, and whipping the still missing X-men. Then he saw Wolverine and Cable, fighting on the save their friends. He saw the image of a armoured warrior, rising up even with his armour cracking. Many thoughts occupied his mind, thoughts of encouragement, even thoughts of scorn. But the one thought that ran through his mind was the one that kept him going.
"I WILL SAVE THEM!!!" He yelled, seeing his enemy, Selene, an enemy that he would defeat and more importantly, save the X-men.
Next Chapter 14: Against the darkness