The exciting conclusion of the Bug Hunt and the end of Arc 3.

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Vespidian, Arc 3, Chapter 9

“Alright I guess. Clear out so I have time to hide.” I said waving them away. I was not looking forward to being hunted like an animal yet again.

I stood looking over the surroundings. Sub was wanting to take to the sewers and I was wanting to go for the mall like building. After a little bit of fighting over what would be best we decided that the sewers were an escape route while the mall was our starting location. I scuttled over quietly, slinking into a vent and closing it behind me. I explored the interior and popped out in the main office on the top floor. I looked over the map seeing where all the ins and outs were for the building. I knew that they had started I could hear them nearby. They had not realized I was in this building yet though. A low beeping sound made my antenna squirm, trying to figure out where it was coming from. I turned and realized a camera was looking at me from the wall. I squished it though the damage was already done and they were bearing down on me.

Bunnies scurried outside and kittens followed suit. I slunk to the wall looking out the window at them. They circled as though searching for something, they were hunting me. So soft and fluffy looking. I had to fight the urge to just run out there and let them swarm all over me. It seems that Sunshine realized her ploy would not work and they turned scattering in all directions. They set out in little packs like blood hounds trying to sniff me out. Several scrabbled at the door and I retreated back into the vent. I moved swiftly along the tubed corridors and slowed to a stop when I reached the central duct. They were closing in all around me. I could not go up, Glide had that covered. The flood of cute and cuddlies was coming from behind and in front of me Squeeze was waiting to use the vent itself to imprison me. There was only one way to go and that was down.

With a single movement I plunged through the vent and slammed down into the courtyard below. My suit started going crazy the moment that I landed. I had forgotten about Disk. That little bastard! I managed to regain control and force my way forward. My escape route had not been compromised and I booked it on all sixes through a store. I could hear them chasing and dove into the trash shoot. It took me straight down to the sewers and I scuttled away sticking to the ceiling. It took them a good three minutes to get down here, but there was a problem. There was no exit that was not being watched from above. They had me cornered.

Disk was messing with the suit and it shut down dropping to the floor. I clambered out and retreated into the shadows. There were pipes and the like down here, all of which were black. I wormed my way behind a few and waited. It did not take long for them to arrive. Glowing butterflies lit the way and puppies were trying to sniff me out. They congregated around the empty suit and Sunshine stopped, looking around. Disk, Squeeze and Glide were spread out along the corridor.

“Disk Jockey you should not have messed with her suit. Onee-sama is really shy you know.”

“She is so damned fast how else will we catch up? Astro Glide can't even keep up with her in enclosed spaces.”

“No, you don't understand. She might be angry about this.”

Squeeze was looking around. “Who cares. Besides why should she be angry this is part of the exercise.”

“She is naked under the suit.” Replied Sunshine.

All three of them perked up to that. “Naked?”

“Yeah. So if any of you see her she might be liable to beat you to a pulp for seeing her goods. She is very insecure about her body you know.”

Glide was interested in that. “Why does she not like her body?”

“Well let's just say that she has a rather unique composition.”

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Asked Squeeze shining his light around.

Slowly I edged up to the ceiling getting ready to flee. The butterflies went on and the lights scoured the side passage that I was in. The puppies were closing on me. They had my scent. My muscles bristled and the moment they turned away I took off like lightning. I became a black blur on the ceiling and the only thing that even told them I had been there was the clink of my claws stabbing into the brickwork. All of them jumped from the sudden explosion of movement and flash lights waved trying to concentrate on me. I was far too fast though and was already around the next corner before they could really even react.

“What the fuck was that?!” Yelled Squeeze chasing to the corner that I had left behind long ago now.

“It was Onee-sama obviously.” Flatly said Sunshine.

“She was on the ceiling. How the hell was she running on the ceiling?”

“No idea, but bickering is not going to catch her.” Said Glide, pulling them together.

They followed along through the dark corridor, but this was my turf. This sewer was nothing compared to the one that I had crawled through. There were no giant rats or glowing irradiated water. The place had hardly even been used. I held the advantages here and the fact that I could fight back was filling my head. It was setting off all sorts of predatory instincts. Killing them would be bad of course, but I could incapacitate them. Chief did say to try not to hurt each other, he never said not to hurt one another. I bolted down the passage leaving a nice thick pheromone trail for the hounds to chase. Then I dead ended the trail and doubled back on the ceiling. There was a nice water pipe and I nestled inside ready for the next part of my plan.

Sunshine was first to appear leading the merry little band of hunters. Her glowing creatures scouring the area. The dogs were very eager to follow my tracks and continued along. Next was Glide he had out a stun gun looking thing. Come to think of it my suit had a few of those built into the arms. Disk was looking around with his nifty little goggles. I was sure they could see in the dark just like me. But of course no one ever looks up. Last by about five yards Squeeze and he did not look pleased. Ah, the poor little dandy did not like the sewers and he was very mad that they had not caught me yet. Of course I could smell his ardor, yes he was popping a stiffy just thinking about catching me. Imagining my sexy curves and toned ass. Wanted to see me all natural eh? The fool did not even know what he was getting into.

He passed directly below me and I descended. My hand shoved into his mouth so that he could not scream for help and my other arms wrapped around him. My clawed feet were anchored in there and scrabbled back up. We ascended into the pipe almost without a sound. He was kicking and struggling of course. How cute his muffled cries and desperate attempts to escape. He was biting my fingers, too bad my carapace is nearly bullet proof. Careful, my claws might make you bleed. There was no way he could escape though, not against my super strength and with his arms bound. Molotov had taught me how to do the sleeper hold.

“Shh.” I whispered in his ear. My tongue slithering up his neck. “It will be over in a moment. Don't worry you will wake up in a bit.”

His complaints died when I applied some pressure and his body went slack. He was not dead, just having a little nap. I lay him out for display in the middle of the passageway then scurried down the next. I did not go very far, just out of sight I wanted to see how they would react. The others had barely even noticed he was missing and turned back. I could hear their panicked cries when they did reach him.

“Fuck! Gravity! Gravity are you alright?” Yelled Disk running over to his limp body. They took his pulse and realized he was alright. Sighs of relief spread through the group.

“I told you she would be mad.” Said Sunshine looking over the surroundings.

“Looks like the gloves just came off.” Said Glide punching one fist into the other.

“I believe that was Disk Jockey when he disabled her suit.” Replied Sunshine.

“Me?”

“Yeah you. You did not have to crash her suit systems. You could have just turned the legs off or made it enter lockdown mode and make it carry her back to us.” Said Glide.

“Don't be picking on me. We never even would have found her in the Mall without the camera feeds.”

“My puppies would have found her.”

“We need to hurry this up there is only two minutes left before she wins.” Said Disk pointing at his watch.

“We should stick together. She will pick us off if we split up.” Replied Glide.

“Yeah, but these corridors keep branching off she could be anywhere. Hell she might even just wait it out. We will not see her again.”

“Leave that to me.” Smiled Sunshine. “I will deploy my secret weapon to lure her out.”

“Secret weapon?”

“Behold!” Shouted Sunshine and pink mist filled the corridor.

A song that I am all too familiar with permeated the air and six glistening men appeared. Light strobed through the pink fog, giving the area a gay bar feel. It was the Moon Sailors. Admiral Moon stood there flexing his muscles, bulging white speedo, spotless coat and captain hat tilted to one side. His manly butt chin was smooth as a baby and those glistening sapphire eyes oozed confidence. He had a swirly spike of hair draping in his face, the rest was slicked back and short. His smile slew pussy from fifty yards away, the only problem was I knew he loved the dick. Unfortunately Admiral Moon was the gayest guy on the team. He took it, he gave it, he did it all. He might be more into it than I am. It did not stop me from drooling over his sweaty man muscles though, that and he was hung. She had summoned the original team: Admiral Moon, Captain Mercury, Captain Venus, Captain Terra, Captain, Mars and Captain Jupiter. It was a line of nearly naked, sparkling, brawny men. Flexing, showing off their guns. Yeah they were basically male strippers, alright, alright they are male strippers. They clapped in time with the music, doing the dance routine from the ending theme.

All six of them were singing along with Sunshine. She had an amazing voice! She should really consider some online idol stuff. “Believe in the power of love! Blazing emotions. There's a light that flows from your heart. It's a chain reaction. And nothing will keep us apart. Stand by my side. There's nothing to hide. Together we'll fight to the end. Take hold of my hand. And you'll understand. What it truly means to be friends! You've got to believe. In the power of love!”

“What the hell are those?!” Yelled Disk pointing towards the glowing men.

“What do you mean? They are the Moon Sailors and both Sunshine and Onee-sama are fans.” Pouted Sunshine.

“Is this even going to work?” Asked Glide, looking the oiled up men over with a heavy frown.

“Well only one way to find out.” She grinned, rubbing her hands together evilly.

It certainly was a surprise. Such an insidious attack! I had almost lost control and tried to mount Admiral Moon, Sub wanted that dick bad, however I managed to restrain myself. It took a good venting before I rationalized that they were not real. Even with that though they were extremely distracting with their prominent packages, moving back and forth rhythmically while they danced. It was hypnotic. Mostly just hip thrusts and strutting. It was like they were having a dance off against a bunch of invisible slutty strippers and they would not settle for second place. It was making me juicy and I had to retreat in order to not get dickmatized. I fled along the corridors and she must have heard me. The poppy music chased behind with the glow of man flesh. Sunshine was riding on Admiral Moon's shoulders pointing while giggling with glee.

I dropped to all sixes and flew down the tubed space. I left her in my dust. They increased their pace and started catching back up. She could manipulate their physical abilities. It seems that Sunshine was the true powerhouse of the team. Her illusions were real and I could only imagine what it would be like if she had some seriously disturbed shit come to life. If she got stronger than a Rank 4 then that power would be insane, not that it is not already. For now I still held the advantage in pure power, but she outclassed me with utility. The thought that I would have to deal with her first should we ever get into a fight formulated. She was relentless and those hardened men did not tire. Oh no, they looked like they could go all night long. Damn it their nipples are sparkling too.

“Stop running Onee-sama! Don't you want to feel their embrace? Onee-sama! Feel the power of love. Fire men!” She was yelling out from behind me.

“Love, love beemo!” Shouted Admiral Moon and a pink light shot passed me.

I glanced back and saw the whole squad thrust their hips firing off dick lasers at me. One hit my leg and the whole thing went rigid, it was paralyzed! Damn you Moon Sailors! I won't succumb to your powers of love and justice, I am not some Skankubus! I am the Evil Empress Vespidian it will take a lot more than this to bring me down. I tumbled and rolled away from the barrage of love. My claw caught and I swerved to the side, then banked down another passage. My options were growing limited and I was unsure of how long I could keep out running her. My speed had dropped drastically. A nice dank pipe about a foot off of the ground loomed ahead. It looked like it was just big enough for me to squeeze into. I stuffed myself into the darkness before she could round the corner.

Unconsciously I huddled away when the glowing pink darted passed with her joyful shouts. I seem to have underestimated the power of dick lasers. Lasers in general are just bad news, at the least it was only a capture method and not a kill move. If she had hit my other leg I would have been down for sure. I sighed for a moment resting. My hearts were pounding and it felt amazing all this adrenaline coursing through my veins. Did I enjoy being hunted? No, it was the fantasies of being ganged up on by all those brawny men. The tantalizing thought that if I had gotten stuck my ass would have been out there, just waiting. Them running a train on me and leaving me a quivering mess, it made me shiver with delight just imagining. Sub was living it in there and I could hear her cries of ecstasy. You better share that shit tonight! Don't make me come in there! I wonder if Sunshine would facilitate that?

My antenna spread to smell and hear all around. She had run off somewhere and was long gone by now. I just sat there waiting. The timer would go off at some point and they would start shouting about how it is over. No need to put myself out in an awkward situation like letting them see the real me. I am not entirely sure how much time passed before I heard a low beeping. It drew steadily closer until someone stopped right in front of me. The heavy footsteps made me think of only one person. Chief bent down shining a light into the hole that I was hiding in.

“There you are. The others are worried since you did not come back out. Gravity Squeeze is fine if you were worried about that. You won, ten minutes ago by the way. I brought your suit so come on out.” He said motioning to me.

I emerged after a few moments of trepidation. My second skin was open and waiting for me to climb in. It had become almost natural by now to slide into that tight space and let it compress around me. It made me feel safe, secure like someone was giving me the most passionate hug ever. I looked about not seeing anyone else.

“So how did I do?” I asked wearily.

“You did exceedingly well.” I could tell he was grinning. “They were certainly not ready to deal with guerrilla warfare. Disk Jockey pissed himself when you sniped Gravity Squeeze out from right behind them. I assume you would have made traps if you had more time.”

“Yeah I was thinking about it. Seemed a bit overkill for something like this though and of course there was the lack of materials. Honestly I was debating if I went too far with that sleeper hold.”

“Let's continue the training in a bit. I think we need to have something of a talk with the team. They at the least need to know, or have some idea of what you went through.” Said Chief as we ascended the latter out of the sewers.

“If you think it is best.” I replied hesitantly.

We met up with the others. They were sitting on a bus stop bench in the middle of the fake city. Sunshine lept up when we rounded the corner. Her grin made me feel like I had betrayed them somehow. I just felt guilty, not really sure why. She rushed over and clung to my leg. I did not try to stop her. Gravity Squeeze was holding his head unsteadily. He just kind of leaned against the back of the bench. Clearly he was not feeling good. Ah, that is why I feel bad cause I hurt somebody on my team. Astro Glide paced in a slow line.

“Alright everyone. We talked and decided you should know something about Mecha Fairy.” Said Chief while I sat down.

“What?” Asked Glide.

“Mecha Fairy was kidnapped when she got her powers. Dr. Tesla and some other villains were training her to be an assassin. She was tortured extensively. Most people would have died from what she went through. The scars on her body make her rather shy and she is not inclined to show it off. In other words do not anticipate her taking that suit off around any of you. Disk Jockey do not hack her suit or you will be hearing from me. Luckily she managed to escape and come to us, but she has trust issues so do not expect her to jump at being friends. She might be weird, violent, rude, lewd, but over all she is a good person.”

“We are already friends! Sunshine has seen her all over.” Said Sunshine wagging her finger at him.

“I was talking more to the boys. Besides I already heard how you two hit it off, I had a feeling you would accept her.”

“She might be scary looking, but she is such a sweetheart. Onee-sama is so nice.”

“Scary looking?” Mumbled Glide.

“Well her smile is cold and evil it sends shivers down your spine.”

“That is not nice.” I snapped at her.

“What? Onee-sama, no need to be shy.” She rubbed her hands on my helmet. “It is true and that is ok. Sunshine knows you are just such a wonderful person underneath that cruel surface. You love cute and cuddly things. An evil person could not possibly love kittens and puppies.”

I crossed my arms and looked away from her. She started hovering around me begging for attention. Squeeze was wobbling a little. “What exactly did you do to me anyway? I can't really remember it very well.”

“Sleeper hold.” I replied.

“My neck is all sticky.”

“No idea.” My lips smacked a little when I licked them. “You probably had a wet rat run over you. We were in a sewer you know.”

He started wiping his neck with a disgusted expression. Disk looked over from where he was sitting, he really did piss his pants. I felt a little bad about that. He spoke up. “I was wondering. Chief how did you find her?”

“Oh that. She has a tracking device in her head. The villains put it in there to keep tabs on her should she take off. We changed the frequency and now Neon Nurse is keeping track on where she is. This little device here shows where she is at any given time.” Said Chief holding up the pocket watch looking thing. It was beeping rather loudly and fast since I was close by. What am I, a dragon ball?

They all looked over at me with sympathy. What? Is getting a chip shoved into your brain and tracked like an animal that bad? I suppose it is. Never really thought about it since there was nothing to be done. Not unless I wanted to get lobotomized or something. Who put that in there anyway... oh right it was Dr. Arbor that crazy bitch. It seems like just the sort of shit she would pull. Not that Neon Nurse is that much better, the bitch Cyborged me! I have a port to my brain in the back of my head and the suit connects to it. I guess it is not that bad, if they did not tell me I likely never would have known about the chip.

“Come on guys cheer up. Nothing we can do about it now.” I replied to their sympathetic stares. At the least they cared. It made my chest all warm and fuzzy. Something tells me we will have a long and interesting adventure with these guys, especially Sunshine.

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Alright guys we are all caught up. We will be doing bi weekly updates from now on. Usually on Saturday. Hope you have all enjoyed so far. :P By the way if you see mistakes point them out and I will fix them.

Next Arc is called "Gonna Need a Hero." Vesper's adventures as a bonified hero are about to begin, but is she ready for the cruelties of real life rescue work and that some times you just can't save them all? Also first real Super Villain fight.