Ronins on the Hellmouth
Chapter 5
Plans are revealed.
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
"What do you mean, taint and control the Lady Ronin Guardians?" Glory asked Talpa, as she turned toward the demon warlord from Japan. While she had been on this dimension for some time, she had never heard of the Lady Ronin Guardians.
Talpa looked at the Hell Goddess. "When I was last on Earth, I was defeated by the Ronin Warriors, with another armor bearer who I could not control. But what I have found out over the centuries is that there was another set of armors created, for the bearers of the original armors formed from my armor. These are the Lady Guardians. Each one of the armors corresponds to the armor that they are acting as Guardians for. I know who the five Guardian bearers are. I cannot go to where they are at. I cannot enter Japan without setting off alarms" he told Glory.
Glory gave what Talpa was telling her some serious thought. The idea of having powerful people like this under her control intrigued her. She could use them to take out Talpa once she had the Key! "Just how do you plan on doing this to the Lady Guardians?" she asked.
"Each of the Lady Guardians has a trait, a personal trait, which is for them a part of their life. I can create a potion that can cause them to be tainted, but I do not have a means to administer it to them" Talpa told Glory, who listened with a very keen interest. The more she thought about it, the more it intrigued her. With women so powerful, she could dispose of Talpa, and with these ladies, run things for her till she returned to her home dimension.
"Leave the administration of the potion to me. Just what do you need to create this potion?" Glory stated, as she called forth minions to help do what was needed. As they approached, Glory began thinking what this would mean. First, control of this small town and the area around it. Then expand beyond it, to eventually control this so called continent. Then the World! She might even take them back with her, to be her enforcers, when it came time to return. But first things first. First was the matter of what would be needed to taint and control these Lady Ronin Guardians!
It took several days, but Talpa was able to create the potion. "It is finished" he told Glory, as she took the vial that contained the material to taint the Guardians. "Now, we need to strike all at once and get them under our control" he suggested.
Glory shook her head. "No. A plan like this requires stealth and subtlety. We cannot strike all at once. That would alert the Wanderer and his forces, as well as the Ronin Warriors. No, for this plan to work, we need to strike at them one at a time. Almost like what the mortals call, a trickle-down effect. We taint one, then we taint the second, and as we do so, the power of the taint gets stronger, as one guardian after another is tainted. By the time we do the final one, it will be a very POWERFUL taint!" said the blonde Hell Goddess, who was showing some thinking that made Talpa wonder what else she had up her sleeve.
"Very well then, if we do it your way, who is the first one that we taint?" he asked, his curiosity piqued.
Glory just gave him a smug look. "We are going to take out Lady Wildfire first. Now, fill me in on what you know about her. Then, I will send a minion to take care of her tainting" she informed him.