Hey guys! Okay, so I just got back from vacation, and I've six new chapters already written! I feel like less a failure! ^^ any-who, I'm keeping to the schedule I've got set up now, so that I can keep ahead, and fix stuff that's bad. Sorry, you're just gonna have to keep waiting. -_-; Hope you like the chapter!
Ms. Fantoccini always freaked Ronald out. He tried to keep his cool when he stepped up to her apartment door and knocked, but he couldn't suppress the shivers down his spine when the door opened on it's own. Her rooms were always dim and smelled of sandalwood, sweat, and fear. Ronald quickly turned around to shut the door, but it had already shut on it's own.
"What does to old man want now?" Ronald heard her voice from across the room. "Must he constantly interfere with my life?"
"Interference is the price you pay to keep your life, Ms. Fantoccini," he replied curtly as he walked over to where he had heard her.
A hiss was the only reply he got, but it seemed to be enough. He set the small bundle of blue prints he had been carrying down on the table and looked across at where she was sitting.
Ms. Fantoccini was a Spindress, a female alien that had the body of a spider and the torso and head of a human woman. They're close cousins to Chrysalis Eaters, though they would never admit it, and had a rather similar diet of living ape-like animals. From what Ronald had gathered of the human inmates before they passed away, she was wonderfully beautiful woman, if not for her rather hairy eight legs. When asked why they were attracted to her, they mentioned things like her long, dark hair, big eyes, curvy hips, and large chest, all of which Ronald didn't understand. His kind chose their mates by the brightness of their skin and length of tails. With her milky pale skin tone and short spine, she was downright ugly to him, even with her skin bared. The Master liked the way she looked naturally, so he allowed her no clothing, and said she was one of his prizes.
Sensing Ronald's stare she froze in her reach across the table and looked up at him, meeting his eyes. Her mouth quirked into a smile that showed him her fangs, and she leaned languidly across the table, closer to him.
"Would you like to have a little fun, Lizard-man?" she whispered.
Ronald could sense her legs moving behind her, gripping the table to help her walk over it, but her body stayed low, letting his eyes roam every curve they wished.
"Come, we can play a game," the young woman taunted, stalking ever closer.
Ronald yawned in boredom, and his tongue whipped out to lick his eye. "I've had my fill of games, unfortunately for you Ms. Fantoccini. Why don't we both sit down so I may tell you your assignment? Or would you rather I went and told my boss you weren't interested?"
The Spindress immediately backed off the table. She sneered at Ronald as she settled back down, "Rigid little one, aren't you? Alright, what will the Master have me do?"
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The Spindress had been hanging under the bridge over water for three days now, stalking the Titan's Tower, and thought she had the basics of their ever-changing schedule down as well as she could. They woke late in the morning, ate brunch, and worked out for three to four hours. Then they would have a few hours to themselves; her prey would normally meditate and play video games. Once it reached an acceptable time between six and eight they would go out for a few hours, most likely to eat or play, and would come back when it suited them, normally between eleven and twelve. Of course, the routine was extremely flexible in case they needed to leave for extended periods of time to stop an attack on the city, but that only helped to serve her operation, so it wasn't much to worry about.
They had just left for their evening meal; now was to time to strike. Sticking a bit of her string to her makeshift web Ms. Fantoccini lowered herself down to the water. Pulling a small black rectangle from the pack on her back she yanked a cord and dropped it into the river, watching as it expanded into a small raft. Bracing her legs to the sides she lowered herself down and started paddling across, the dusky gloom hiding her dark body from preying eyes.
The Tower wasn't all that hard to break into once you saw the blue prints. Maybe it was just natural instinct that helped her find even the smallest nook or cranny to slip into, because that's just what she did. Slipping in-between the metal man's 'unfaultable' security system, she squeezed into the tower and oriented her mind, readying herself for the next step. The dark girl would be the hardest to evade notice from. Her constant psychic sweeps of the tower were going to be a problem, but before she had left Ronald had given her one last parting gift: a slender black belt that he said they had developed in the lab and would help her stay undetected. That was all the explanation that she got.
Spinning a web at the top of the elevator shaft, Ms. Fantoccini settled in and waited until her targets' were well asleep and ready to be taken.
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It was three in the morning and the whole of the Tower was soundly asleep. The Spindress balled up her web and stuck it in her belt, so as not to leave any evidence of having been there. Slipping down the elevator shaft, she lifted the grate to the top of the elevator and quietly stepped out.
She padded down the hallway and followed her nose to the green boy's room. She slid the door open and stepped in, listening to the rhythmic snoring emanating from lump in the bed. As the door slid shut her eyes glittered in the dark, adjusting to the change in light. She stepped lightly over the mess on the floor and onto the bed, until her torso was level over the boys.
The Spindress watched in interest as the boy squirmed and his nostrils flared at the new scent surrounding him. She cupped his cheek in her hand and lowered her face over his, breathing in his earthy scent. She pressed her lips to his, kissing him awake, and looked into his eyes. He stared drowsily back at her, a goofy smile drifting to his lips, and she smiled back down.
"Hello, my love," Ms. Fantoccini whispered, pulling stings off her back. She fastened them around his arms and legs, his neck and different joints, "Have you ever been someone's puppet before?"
The green boy just kept smiling, as his eyelids began to droop again. The Spindress put her lips to his neck and kissed him once, then opened her mouth and bit him, ejecting her paralyzing venom into his veins. He gasped once, bucked, and went limp, as the poison went to work.
Ms. Fantoccini climbed off his body and tugged on a few strings, making her new puppet stand up and walk to the door.
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The dark girl's capture wasn't much different. The Spindress left the green one standing by her door and slipped in, scuttling over to the bed. She didn't waste time waking the girl up, for fear of her reacting too quickly. She tied up her joints and bit her neck, finally rousing her from sleep with the last nip, but it was already too late. The Spindress snuck out of the Tower with her two new puppets hoping to finally gain her own freedom from The Master.
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