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Five Lessons for Brite Star

by Alias the Rat

Part One

The young lady who wore yellow spandex tights with red flame accents flew through the sky above Powder Springs looking for the missing armored car. She listened to the police scanner reports with the earplug receiver she wore and knew the car had been seen headed this way after the members of the Global Terrorism Group seized it. She spotted it moving through the wooded area below her and swooped to intercept it. She didn't see any members of the Righteous Force League around, and if she could capture these thugs and recover the stolen money, there was a chance she might be able to become part of the most famous group of heros and heroines in the world. There were a lot of minor super characters who fought against crime in their cities and towns, and she'd been making a name for herself on a few cases locally, but to be considered a really important heroine, she had to get the Righteous Force League to ask her to be a part of their assembly.

Brite Star landed a short distance ahead of the speeding vehicle, and she saw the driver had no plans to stop. He was going to barrel right over her! But she raised her hands and with the palms aimed at the oncoming armored car, energized herself. An extremely bright white light shot out and the driver was instantly blinded. He raised his hands in front on his eyes and let go of the steering wheel, and the vehicle swerved and crashed into the trees. Her right hand alter to a pulsing red glow as she ran to the car. She took a single fingertip and sliced through the side of the cab, cutting the thick steel like it was butter. Her other hand, still normal temperature, reached in and grabbed the murderous driver. She pulled him out, saw he was unconscious, and tossed him aside. She turned to the back of the vehicle and saw a gun barrel pop out one of the shooting slits. She ducked as a stream of lead flew from the automatic weapon, just barely missing her. She brought her red-hot hand up and squeezed the barrel, melting it. The terrorist who was firing didn't react fast enough, and his finger was still on the trigger as the bullets jammed in the barrel and blew out the back of the gun's breech. The thugs in the back screamed as metal fragments exploded and richocheted in the compartment. She took her power hand and sliced a large round opening in the side of the armored car. She went in and dragged out the men who were stunned and bleeding from the attack. Their feeble resistance disappeared when the glowing red hand came close to the face of anyone who had thoughts of fighting.

The police arrived, and took the criminals into custody. Brite Star smiled as she saw the news trucks were right behind them. Andrea Stark of Channel 8 News hurried up while the Channel 5 news truck was still pulling into position. Andrea wanted to get the heroine on her news report first. She stood hext to the heroine as her cameraman signaled their feed was going out live to the station. "Good afternoon, Atlanta. This is Andrea Stark of your award-winning Channel 8 News Crew bringing you the very first on-the-spot coverage of the capture of a Global Terrorism Group Strike Force by the darling heroine of our city, Brite Star. Congratulations on a job very well done, Brite Star. I am sure all the citizens of our city are excited to see you serving as a heroic bulwark against the attacks of GTG evil in our community." The Lady of Light continued to smile into the camera as she listened to the newscaster yack on. This was going very well. The national news might even pick up on it. And she saw the Channel 13 truck was finally showing up, so all three network affiliates were here to cover it. Great!

After being interviewed by all three stations, she flew back to Atlanta and landed on the roof of her apartment building. She reached in a hiding place and pulled out a top and a pair of jeans that she donned over her costume. Then she removed her mask and hid it in her back pocket. Brite Star no more, Melody Pearson went to the roof access door and walked down the stairs to the elevator. By the time she was back in her apartment, it was almost time for the evening news shows and she settled in to catch them. She watched the Channel 8 news on her big plasma set in the living room, while the news on channel 5 was tivoed in the kitchen and the set in her bedroom taped the news on channel 13. Sure enough, Andrea had arranged for her big interview with Atlanta's Lady of Light to headline the news show. It went great, and she looked fabulous! But then they switched to some stupid orphanage fire and Melody sat and flipped through INSIDE ATLANTA magazine to take another look over the great photo feature they'd done on her. If only she could get in at the Righteous Force League. Her fame would become national and she would really take off. She was doing a few publicity shoots for different companies and if she went national, the money would be really big. One burst of national fame would probably get her in the next SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit issue. Maybe even the cover!

Part Two

The newscast went on, and Melody's attention came back to the set as the announcer mentioned Lady Cosmic, a heroine based in St. Louis. She had not been seen for a week. The Righteous Force League made an announcement that Lady Cosmic had re-evaluated her life and had decided to retire from the heroic spotlight for at least a short time. Mega Man told the media that he was sorry to see Lady Cosmic step down, but the rigors of battling evil were harsh and each super-hero had to look into his or her heart and decide what was best. Melody smiled at this statement. A dozen heroines had decided to retire in the past few years, and the Righteous Force League might be looking for new blood! She would have to go on the road and make sure she accidentally ran into some of the members to get her name in contention for membership. As she thought over her plans for this course of action, not once did it occur to her to question why a dozen heroines had stepped down from the spotlight when the heroes hardly ever did.

Brite Star flew to Florida and stayed in the area north of the Everglades until she caught Kitisca Nakni, the Seminole hero, battling a band of Global Terrorism Group strike commandos that were attacking banks down there. She joined in and helped defeat the thugs, then shook the native american's hand. "I was glad I happened to be down here and able to give you a hand, Kitisca Nakni. I am sure you would be glad to help me out if you were up in Atlanta." The hero in beaded buckskin smiled back at her and replied. "Yes, of course, young lady. I always find it righteous to see a heroine of your caliber joining in to face the forces of GTG. They have to be stopped, and your help is very much appreciated. I will mention it to my fellow members at the Righteous Force League that you seem to be an exceptional young lady who will make a fine name for herself in the future." She then went to Boston and stayed in town until she was in the vicinity when a GTG strike force tried to capture American Flag. She joined in the battle at the hero's side and kept the strike force from capturing the famous New England champion. Here too, she gave the hero a story how she was vacationing and was happy to join American Flag in opposing the forces of evil. She went back to Atlanta and hoped she would soon hear from the Righteous Force League.

The lead council of the Righteous Force League did meet in New York a few days later, and Brite Star was discussed. Dark Mask, the hero from Chicago, was against inviting her. "She's just a grandstander. Kitisca, Flag, both of you must know she didn't just happen to be in your areas by accident. She's vamping us to try to join, she's just in this for the publicity. Is that the kind of person we want?" Mega Man, who had been based in New York ever since he arrived on Earth as a refugee from a destroyed planet, did not agree with Dark Mask. But then, he never did. "Now, she is relatively new at this and I am sure if she worked with us she would have a chance to blossom into a fine champion for righteousness." Kitisca Nakini and American Flag sat back in their chairs around the council table and groaned. The Green Gladiator, from Washington DC; Massive Man, from Phoenix; and Cool Wave, San Francisco's rock star-superhero all sagged in their chairs. Each of them knew that if black-caped Dark Mask was against something, and red and yellow clad Mega Man was in favor of it, the two of them would argue about it for hours. They were always in agreement to dis-agree about anything. The other RFL members kept trying to get the two men to back off on the conflict, but the pair were too darn stubborn to listen. After two hours, Mega Man finally insisted on a vote about Brite Star's membership. Dark Mask said it was stupid to invite her. She would just quit and disappear. "The damn women are not able to show any resolve. They come in and help out for a little while, then they take off. Lady Cosmic just gave up on the League, and before that Red Witch, Delta Damsel and The Cyclone bailed on us. Even your airhead little sister, Mega Maid, said she was with us and then she sends us that stupid letter about how she's tired of it and she..." At this, Mega Man's face darkened and he slammed his fist down on the table, breaking a chunk off the edge. Cool Wave softly murmured, "Shit, man. There goes another fuckin' council table." Mega Man leaned towards the Mask and growled. "SHE DID NOT QUIT! I am sure something happened to her. The letter did appear to be her handwriting, but she would not have suddenly decided she was tired of it and disappear. I am still trying to find some trace of her!"

That meeting fell apart after that. But a week later the same group came together again and despite Dark Mask's opposition, it was decided to extend an invitation to Brite Star. When Melody got the note, she was overjoyed. She contacted her agent and told him to get ready a big publicity campaign to take advantage of this. The next day, she joined the members of the RFL in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, where they had a news conference to announce her recruitment. She beamed as she watched CNN and all the news networks cover the event. Now she had it made! Soon every person in the world would know about the world's most famous costumed super-heroine, Brite Star! After the announcement, Melody went around being interviewed by each of the news crews. She'd never been happier. When she took off and flew back towards Atlanta, she dreamed about the endorsement deals that she would be getting soon. But as she flew along, the sky seemed to cloud up on her. It got hazier and hazier until she could barely see. And suddenly she felt her mind go dark.

Part Three

Melody felt the haze that had come over her ease, and she suddenly found herself in a dimly lit room somewhere. She was sitting in an easy chair, and she was startled as a voice came from the darkness. "Ah, you are awake. We can begin your lessons." She stood up suddenly, and staggered as her knees felt a little wobbly. How long had she been out? ""Who are you? Where am I, anyway? Don't try anything, I am a powerful superheroine who will mop up the floor with you if don't behave!" A man stepped into her view, and she could make him out now. He was tall, bearded and darkhaired. He wore a dark blue suit, but there were red and yellow mystic symbols embroidered along the sleeves and on the shoulders. He spoke to her again. "My name is Vladimir Kezandrech, but I am known to a select handful of people as the Wizard. You are here in my home where you have been invited to learn to be a superheroine..." Brite Star cut him off. "But I already am a superheroine. I am even a member of the Righteous Force League!" The Wizard smiled. "Yes, you have made a good start. But there are still five important lessons you have to learn if you are to be all the heroine you are capable of being. And I have decided to be your tutor." Melody frowned at this. "What?... Did the RLF send me here? They didn't say anything about a training course when they recruited me." As Melody thought about this, she suddenly remembered how some of the women in the RFL had disappeared. Was this a trap, like they had encountered? She brought her arms up into a defensive posture and light came from her palms. She saw a desk and bookshelves on the walls. The room was some kind of office, or library. She pointed her palms at the man and a bright light was directed at him. He did not blink, and spoke again. "They have no idea where you are. And unless I succeed in my tutoring of you, they may never see you again. I have to teach you the lessons you need to know. You will first learn to fear." She didn't really know what it was like to fear anything. There were times in her life she had been apprehensive about this or that, but never really afraid. When her powers had started up in her early teens, she had felt she was able to handle anything and the rest of the world should be afraid of her! But the calm, matter-of-fact way the mage had uttered that last statement did worry her a little. But she was sure that this guy didn't know what he was up against. She increased the intensity of the light shining from her hands, and blasted the beam at the Wizard. She felt a lump in her throat as she got the beam higher in intensity than she had ever done in the past, but saw the man wasn't even blinking! The light hitting the wall behind him was so bright that even the part of it reflecting back was forcing her to squint. He stepped closer and was only a arm's length from her.

With a little bit of quaking in her voice, she threatened him again. "St... Stay back, mister, or you'll regret it! I would not want to hurt you, but if you don't back off, you will force me to do so." Her right hand slowly altered from white light to a red glow, and became very hot. Her confidence began to return as she held out her power hand towards the man. No one ever stood up to that! Anyone who saw what Brite Star could do either turned and ran or surrendered. This guy would be no different. But she shuddered as she saw the Wizard did not back down. Instead he smiled and murmured a chant. His hands were covered by a strange blue mist as he reached up with both hands and grasped her right hand! He ignored the heat and held it tight. Now Brite Star was terrified. Her heart was pounding and she was breathing heavy as she tried and failed to pull her hand free of the man's grasp. She felt her hand cooling off and pain shot through the joints of her wrist and fingers. It dropped in temperature to normal and the red glow vanished. Then she felt the cold taking over her hand. It turned blue and she saw the frost forming on it. Her fingers stiffened and she could not move them. The cold sensation ran up her arm to her torso and she screamed. As the sensation spread over her body, part of the chill she felt was the cold tendrils of fear inside her. She passed out.

Melody awoke to find she was standing, her arms bound above her head, near the edge of a large hall. Her costume had been stripped from her and a couple of thin, gauzy yellow strips of cloth were all she wore. The strips ran from her shoulders over her breasts and down to her crotch, but they were nearly transparent and she was practically naked. Scattered around the hall in front of her were many low benches, covered in cushions. Reclining on these pieces of furniture and standing around the room were at least a few dozen women, who were all dressed in revealing outfits of sexy lingere. In the center of the room, there was a huge round bed where the Wizard reclined, a pair of beautiful women snuggled up close to him. He looked at Brite Star and smiled. "Ah, you have recovered. Very good. Much faster than I thought you would. You body has a excellent stamina. A positive trait for a young lady planning a career as a superheroine. You now have experienced fear. This will aid you in the future as you will temper your enthusiam with caution when you encounter trouble. Anyone going into a fight with no idea that there are things in the world that must be feared will judge poorly his or her actions. Now I will give you your second lesson. This time, you will learn pain."

Part Four

The heroine didn't like the sound of that. Again he had picked something she was not accustomed to. In her life, she had experienced minor bumps and bruises growing up, but never anything serious. She'd never had a bad fall, or broken anything, or even had a tooth drilled at the dentist. She had seen pain in the faces of others. People she knew and people she rescued had been in pain when she was with them, but she could only try to imagine what it was like. With the magician promising her pain, she felt a resurgence of the new emotion he had given to her, fear. He got up from the bed. The two women clutched at his arms and he had to pry himself away from them. "Now ladies, please. I am needed by our new friend. She has to learn her lessons." The two ladies let him go, and Melody stared at the pair. The blond-haired girl with a light blue teddy smiled her way and the other one, chestnut-haired and wearing only a lace brassiere, negligee and black thong panties was looking at the Wizard with a love-struck gaze. And their faces looked vaguely familiar...

Vladimir walked over to where Melody was restrained. She spoke to him. "Why did you tie me up? What are you going to do next?" Vladi stood in front of the bound woman and reached out to touch her breasts. He pinched the nipples and pulled them outward. She grimaced a little at the discomfort. "Young woman, pain is very much like fear. It is something that would totally paralyze you if you run into it in the course of your work without ever having any knowledge of it. So, like fear, I must teach you pain." One of the women from the bed came up to Brite Star and handed the Wizard a piece of gear. When Melody looked over at the blond haired woman, she gasped as she suddenly recognized her! "Mega Maid! You... you vanished years ago! What are you doing here? Please, help me!" The golden haired alien woman smiled, and replyed. "You are being helped, Brite Star. The Wizard is here to help you." Then she turned and went back to recline once again on the bed in the center of the room. The Mage held up what he'd been given and Melody saw it was a short length of silver chain. On the ends were elaborate silver dragon heads, and as he pinched one, the jaws opened to reveal teeth lining the opening. He placed it over the nipple of one of Melody's breasts and released it, leaving the piece of jewelry biting down on her. She screamed and threw her head back. Then she glanced back down and saw the dragon's head on the other end of the chain was positioned over her other nipple. She screamed, "NO!" but he clamped it on. The pain in her breasts was horrid as she wriggled. The weight of the chain that ran between the clamps pulled down and as she moved, she put more pressure on the nipples that hurt so much. She tried to stop moving, to stay still and get the painful jerking about of her breasts to stop. She nearly did so when Vladi's open palm smacked her on her exposed backside. She gasped in surprise and horror at this. The pain in her nipples had so distracted her that she had failed to notice the man move around to stand behind her. His hand hit her rump again, hard, and she felt the pain there. But worst of all, when he spanked her ass, she could not help but twitch her body forward. And when she did so, her upper torso pushed forwards. Her arms were held back by the restraints and her breasts pushed out and tryed to pull apart, something they could not do with the nipple chain connecting them. He spanked away, and every strike was pain shooting through her bottom followed by searing pain in her nipples. He kept this up for a period of time that Melody could not measure. She began to think she would never reach the end of this torture. It lasted forever. Or it seemed to, until it finally stopped.

She stood in her restraints, shuddering and gasping for breath as the adreneline surged through her body. She finally stopped shaking, and opened her tear-streaked eyes to see the mage standing in front of her. "You had never experienced pain before. If a villain had captured you and had done this to you, you would have done anything to make it stop. But you have to learn your body is strong enough to take the pain, if your mind is resolute enough to do so. Like a heroine would." He put his left hand on her thigh, just to the right of her cunt. "You have learned what it is like to receive pain. Now learn what it would be like to inflict pain." He brought his right hand up in front of her face, and she saw it begin to glow a deep red color. The glow began to pulse and brighten. Although the hand was a few inches away from her, she felt the intense heat on her face. The blood in her veins turned to ice as she realized the man was using the power hand. But that could not be! She was the only person in the world with that ability!

He dropped to a knee in front of her, and the power hand closed into a fist with a forefinger extended. The tip of that finger pulsed and glowed. She stared down at him as he brought the pulsing point to her thigh just to the side of her cunt. She begged him. "Oh, no! please, don't do that! You will kill me! The power hand is too powerful to control! You will totally destroy me! ARGHHHH!" She felt the ghastly hot point of energy touch her down there and sear the flesh of her body. The pain was so extreme it made the other tortures he had done to her seem as nothing. She clenched her eyes tight and tears still flowed down her face. She kept screaming until she passed out.

Melody woke some time later laying in the bed in the center of the hall. Several of the women were around her, and one was pulling a bandage off the spot where the Wizard had burned her with the power hand. She had a short glimpse of a pattern burned into her skin, a symbol with a five pointed star, circles and lines. Then the auburn haired young woman covered it with a fresh bandage that had an ointment that numbed the pain she felt. Brite Star finally figured out who the red haired woman was -- Red Witch, another one of the heroines who had dropped out of the Righteous Force League. She recalled the other names, Delta Damsel, Lady Cosmic, the Cyclone... were they here too? Why would they stay here? What had the magician done to them? Then she saw something. As the Witch gathered up the medical supplies and stood up, her negligee shifted, and high on her leg Melody saw the heroine had the same pattern tattooed on her body. Most of the others, though dressed scantily, had something covering their skin down there. But as the women moved, she saw others were also marked the same way. Was it some mark of ownership? A symbol that the women were the property of this madman? Mega Maid walked up to Melody and held her a glass of water. "Here, you are probably thirsty." Melody reached out and brushed the edge of the heroine's nightgown up, and saw even the invulnerable skin of the famous alien heroine was marked. "Mega Maid, why are you still here?" The blond woman smiled. "I am here because I want to be. There is no other place on this world I would rather be than here in this sanctum. And you can call me Nara." Brite Star wondered if the Wizard was so powerful that he could mentally enslave these women. Was that what he planned for her?

The Wizard entered the hall and walked over to the bed where Melody lay. "You are recuperating? Good. Your second lesson was very difficult. In both its parts. You learned that pain can be endured, and with strength, overcome. But you also learned that your power hand is not death incarnate. In the past, you threatened the people you encountered with it, but down deep you were afraid that if you actually used it against anyone, you would utterly destroy whoever you struck with the power hand. If a villain had called your bluff, you would have been defeated. Now that you have felt the hand used against you, you know it can be controlled to the point it would not have to be a lethal weapon. I will let you rest another day before we move to your third lesson. One that will not be so painful for you and that you will endure much better." Melody was very curious about what her next ordeal would be. She had decided that the Wizard was too much for her to have any hopes at escape. He had been way ahead of her at every step of these first two lessons. But she still feared he might have something even worse in store for her as this developed. She wondered how he knew so much about her, and how he had known about her innocence in the matters of fear and pain. These thoughts ran through her mind over and over, but finally the strain she'd been through caused her to drop back off to sleep.

Part Five

The next morning, she felt much better. The ladies had her roll over on her belly and one of them gave her a massage, kneading the muscles of her arms, legs, neck and back until she felt very at ease and all the soreness was gone. Even the spot where the mage had branded her felt better, barely painful when she touched it. They gave her a sponge bath and anointed her with a sweet-scented perfume before they dressed her in a long, lacy red negligee. She kept asking what was going to happen to her next, but the ladies would just smile and tell her she had to wait and see. Mega Maid rolled in a large cart that had an assortment of cold food spread out on it. The ladies made themselves each a plate and sat around, enjoying the meal. Nara took one of the rolls, added slices of ham and salami, then poured chocolate sauce over it. She took a bite and moaned in pleasure. Brite Star felt she had to ask. "Ahhh... Nara? Why did you put chocolate on your sandwich? It's kind of... gross."

The blond alien woman laughed. "Yes, everybody tells me that. It's a taste that reminds me a little of hrasornge, something I loved back on Kredon as a child. I just like a little memory of home. Would you like to hear of the world I came from?" Melody nodded. "Well, our world, far on the other side of the universe, had been under attack by the Garath Empire for many years. They raided us, and stole our women to serve as slaves. Nothing we did could seem to stop them. Our scientists kept trying to develop something to turn the tide. My brother Lanak and I grew up watching our father work in his laboratory, seeking to improve our primitive space craft to the point where we could resist the Garaths. He had discovered something when it was announced another laboratory had an experiment that had gone terribly wrong. The planet itself was effected and would eventually shake itself apart. Searching for a weapon, we on Kredon had destroyed ourselves. My brother Lanak and I were placed in father's experimental space craft and launched into space. A couple of the Garath warships that blockaded our world were about to intercept us when Lanak activated father's warp-teleportation device. It flung us across the universe, here to the Sol sector. The energy backlash fried most of our controls and we barely survived the crash of our ship. We were offered asylum and settled in New York City. Because of differences in our worlds, we were a little stronger and a little faster than normal humans, and Lanak decided to be a costumed hero to help his new world. But he wanted to do more, so he mixed up a supply of a serum that existed back on Kredon. Back there it was taken in extreme emergencies, but it was never meant to be used for any long period of time. Lanak took the serum constantly and it greatly increased his strength and agility. With it, he could fly and his vision was improved to an extreme level. He became Mega Man. But as he kept taking the drug, it has affected his mind. He has bouts of anger, fear and depression that he cannot control. He body has become so musclebound he can barely sleep at night because of the pain. He's become a warped shadow of the brother I loved. And then he insisted that I do the same. I tried to do it for awhile, but I saw it would destroy me the way it was destroying him. When I told him that, he lost control of his rage for a split second, and smashed me across the face with the back of his hand. I still had a trace of the drug in my system, or he would have injured me severly. I saw in his eyes that he was horrified at what he had done. But I saw there was also a part of him that didn't care. That accepted the brutality. So I left him. I went out in the world without any idea what I would do. Then the Wizard came to me and brought me here, to a place I have made a home."

"Yes, you have found a wonderful home here." Wizard Vladimir Kezandrech had entered the hall while Melody had been listening to Nara, and she suddenly noted he stood nearby, dressed in a long white terrycloth robe. "You are ready now to learn your third lesson. This is another aspect of life that you have missed out on so far, that will be very important to you from now on. I now will teach you love." Melody froze at this. Love? She didn't know love. In her mind there was nothing real about love. She thought that love was a fraud men used on women. Melody's mother, Gina Hathaway, had dated Michael Pearson in college. They weren't careful and she became pregnant. They got married and quickly learned to hate each other. They could not divorce because Michael worked for Gina's father. So Michael mistreated Gina and she hid away from the world in booze. An abusive father and a drunken mother made Melody a young girl who did not believe love existed. With the advent of puberty, she wondered if her father would dare to come after her. But that threat vanished as her powers developed. She made sure her father knew what she could do. In high school she learned about sex. She knew the mechanics of sex, and that the boys wanted her. They paid her with gifts, status, and a lifestyle. She hated any of them who said they loved her. Love was what men promised as payment for sex when they didn't have anything real to offer. Sex was real. Love was the lie. What was the Wizard going to do? Rape her and call it love? Was that what he did to all these women? Were they all that stupid?

Melody lay back on the bed and tensed her body. She waited for the man to come at her. But when he did, he lay alongside her and began to gently run his fingers over her. She experienced the lightest touch of his fingers as they went over her shoulders, arms, back, and neck. Her body tingled as he rubbed the tips of his fingers over her nipples. She tried to ignore the sensation, but it was increasingly harder as he kept it up. He finally moved to kneel next to her prone figure and cupped his hands and wrapped them around her breasts, but even then he didn't squeeze, didn't pinch, he just lightly massaged them. His thumbs brushed the nipples and the tips grew as she found herself getting excited. She felt heat grow in her loins and her cunt was getting moist. She had some experience with sex, but this wasn't anything like what she'd done in the past. Guys had always been in a hurry to jump on her and get it on. Foreplay had been limited to getting their clothes off first. She still lay there stiffly as the wizard slid one hand down to her cunt. He brushed her pubic hair and teased at her pussy's lips. He brushed back and forth across her clitoris and then ran his fingers around her opening, teasing the labia. He had yet to place a finger between the lips of her labia minora, but she was starting to wiggle from the erotic sensations running through her body. He bent down and began to kiss her breasts, first one, than the other. He ran his tongue over her excited nipples and she shuddered as a spasm of excitement ran through her body. She was amazed that she was responding to his efforts, she didn't think he could make her do this without fucking her. She told herself it wasn't really love, just hormones. He'd attacked her, and her body was just responding to the attention. It wasn't a big deal...

Then a couple of the Wrzard's fingers went into her cunt. He pressed the inside of her vagina and teased it while his thumb kept rubbing her clitoris. His other hand kept at one of her breasts while his head went up and he kissed her mouth. His tongue ran into her mouth and she felt the sensation of it on hers. She was breathing hard and felt a little giddy. Another spasm, one that she felt a lot deeper and longer ran through her body. None of the sex she'd had in the past had ever given her sensations like this! He stroked her cunt a little harder and faster, and she felt her body push into it. Her back arched as she brought herself up, wanting more. While he had one hand on her right breast, she found heself putting one of her hands on her left breast, wanting to feel it stimulated like the other one. A third spasm, even harder, ran through her, and her head went back and she gasped, drawing in a deep breath. Her entire body was energized, and she felt all the sensations from her head to toe. Vladi's fingers left her crotch and she was saddened. She didn't want him to stop. But he shifted and his erect cock slid into her cunt. It was sweet, blissful and wonderful. She welcomed him into her and again arched her back to be one with him. She felt him pump his dick in and out and received a wave of pleasure everytime he moved in her. She curled her toes and clenched her fingers as she felt another of those spasms of pleasure erupt in her, but this time it shook her body everywhere. She shook all over as her first orgasm went through her. He suddenly plunged himself deep into her and exploded his seed deep into her. She felt the orgasm that was just fading burst back and explode through her body again. She opened her mouth and screamed, then collapsed back onto the bed.She gasped and then spoke. "What.... What the hell did you do to me?" The Wizard lay alongside here, propped up on an elbow. "I taught you to love. And this is a lesson that is best learned through lots of practice." He smiled at her and she lay back and opened her arms wide. They made love over and over, until she was too exhausted to even move. She fell asleep happier than she had even been.

After napping for a few hours, she woke up. The Wizard was gone, but the women were sitting around her. Some were relaxing, othering reading. Nara came over with a platter of cheese and crackers and a pitcher. "Here is some Gatorade. It seems to work the best at refreshing someone after their first big night with Vladi. And you are probably hungry, too." Melody sat up and took a glass, gulping it down. She paused to ask a question. "Is... is that why you all stay here?" An oriental girl named sitting nearby answered. "It's not the only reason, but it is the best one. We are all very happy and very satisfied here. Most of us just have nothing out there to make us want to leave." She extended her hand. "My name is Hatsi Nogara. You may have heard of me when I fought crime in Hong Kong as the Golden Swallow." Melody reached out and shook the young woman's hand. "Why didn't any of you tell me what he was going to do to... for me?" Nara shook her head. "Melody, we didn't think we should. You would never have believed us." Melody realised that was true. Until it had happened, she thought such a wonderful experience was impossible.

Part Six

The Wizard came back into the hall and walked back to the center to stand by the bed. Melody was sorry to see he was dressed in his suit, and would probably not be joining her in bed again. She spoke to him. "Thank you." He smiled. "Ahhh. I see you are beginning to appreciate your schooling. Three lessons complete. The fourth lesson will come up soon, but I have other tasks that will take up my time today. I need you to come with me." Melody got up, and a couple of the ladies slipped a long white silk robe over her shoulders. She knotted the sash and followed the mage as he walked to a doorway on one side of the hall. She went with him down a coridor until he stopped at a side door. "I will be busy for a short while. Would you please wait in here for me." Melody nodded, and opened the door. As she stepped in, she saw it appeared to be a bedroom, but caught a trace of an antiseptic smell that made her think of a hospital. Sure enough, she noticed on one side there was a hospital bed with a white-haired elderly lady reclined in it. The far side of the room was made up of several large windows that looked out on a majestic mountain scene. She gasped at the sight, and wondered if the Wizard's home was somewhere in the Rockies.

The woman in the bed looked over at her and spoke. "Well now, you must be the new young woman who they mentioned was going to be our guest here at the Lair. Welcome. My name is Agatha." She held out her hand and Melody walked over and took it. "Hello, Agatha. My name is Melody Pearson and I am pleased to meet you. That's quite a view you have here." Agatha smiled. "Yes, it does cheer me up to look out there. Now, missy, I understand you are from Atlanta. You certainly made a big impression on people down there." Melody had a quizzical expression on her face. "You know that I am Brite Star? How..." Agatha pointed up to a TV set mounted in the corner. "Oh, I follow the news. Especially all about the super-heroines who are out and about in the world. I try to keep up on who is new and who Vladi might decide is worth working with." Agatha brought her hand to her mouth and coughed. Melody saw a pitcher on the nearby table. "Would you like something to drink?" Agatha nodded, and Melody poured a glass of water and handed it to the old woman.

"Thank you very much. Sigh. I spent so much time helping others, and now I am the one who needs help. It's something I never really have gotten used to." Melody was curious at this statement. "Agatha, were you a costumed heroine once? Is that how you came to be here?" Agatha swept her hand out and pointed to an easy chair near the side of the bed. "Please, sit down. I will tell you my story. When I was a young lady, I married a man my parents had decided was right for me. Then the war came up and we moved to New York City where he found employment. His days were very busy getting things ready for the units of doughboys that were shipping out, and I sat at home, somewhat bored. One day I went out to do some sightseeing, and I spent an afternoon at Liberty Island..." Melody gasped, and interrupted the story. "Wait a minute... World War One? The Statue of Liberty? Oh my god! Were you... Lady Liberty?!" Agatha smiled. "Yes, that day the statue came to life and touched me. She said I was to be a hero for America, and inspiration to the nation and to the women who were yearning to be citizens equal to the men. I found myself with powers of flight, strength and agility. I'm surprised you have heard of me. My day was so long ago that most people don't even remember me." Melody stood up and shook her head. "That's not true! When I grew up my idols were the ladies who started out during World War Two, like Miss Flag, Scarlet Phantom, Madame Masque and the Mystery Lady of the Woods. And every one of them always mentioned that you were the one they looked up to. You inspired an entire generation of heroines. And everybody knows you did." Agatha smiled. "Well, its very nice of you to say so, my dear. Where was I? Oh yes, the Statue of Liberty gave me these powers and I tried to do what I could. I captured saboteurs, rescued people trapped in the subway collapse and other disasters, and appeared in bond drives. And my husband divorced me. He thought I was more interested in being a heroine than being a wife." Melody saddened, and showed the other women a sympathetic face. "Oh, young lady, don't worry about that. I never missed him for a minute. I never loved him and he was an idiot. I was glad to be rid of him."

"After the war, society got crazy. Everybody was celebrating how wonderful it was. There were parties and I was a celebrity. I still helped people and I was seen every night dancing and whooping it up. I met a new fellow who liked me, and I spent a lot of time working to publicize the women's sufferage movement. I got married to that wonderful man. But things got bad. The depression, and prohibition. The authorities asked me to help enforce the thing and I was a little embarrased. I didn't think it was a good idea. I liked a drink myself, now and then. But I went to Chicago and worked to shut down the bootleggers and appeared in a lot of newspaper headlines showing how I was working to stop crime. Then one night I was making love to my husband when a bomb went off in the hotel right under us. He was killed and I spent months in the hospital. I... I was pregnant. I lost the child and they said that due to the injuries I'd never have another chance to have one. After I got out I found out they were almost certain the bombing was done under the orders of Al Capone. I wanted to kill him, but he had been arrested and convicted for tax evasion. I couldn't get him, he was sitting in prison. I couldn't see myself breaking into a prison to kill a man who deserved to die. I mourned for years. But then I saw what was happening in Europe and knew that someday the trouble over there was going to bubble over to menace America. I went to Spain and fought the facists in the Spanish Civil War. I came back to America and tried to tell people to get ready for what was coming. But they didn't want to see America involved in another war. People like Charles Lindbergh made speeches that the pacificts wanted to hear. I guess some of them had sons and brothers who died in the Great War and they couldn't go through it again."

Agatha took a sip of water. "But Pearl Harbor brought the entire country together. I did my part, and I saw those other young women you mentioned come to join me in serving the nation and inspiring everyone. I had good days and bad. We fought the war and won. After the war I started to slow down. I kept at it, but I couldn't do as much as I used to. I wondered if I should retire. But then Senator Joseph McCarthy came after me. He built his political stand on innuedo and lies with a sprinkling of truth. He began to report how I associated with commmunists when I fought in Spain. How I still had connections to the Communist Party and was a threat to the United States. How I could not be trusted. I was afraid if I retired with him saying that, I would never convince people I wasn't running from his accusations. But he set up a big media event. On Liberty Island, he held a big news conference to announce more rumors and lies to smear me. In front of the newsreel cameras he spouted his vile slander with the Statue of Liberty as his backdrop. It would have been very effective, but for the second time in history the statue came to life. She pointed down at him and berated him for saying such lies and slander about a fine woman who had given most of her life to help America. I was very pleased and humbled to hear what the Lady had said about me. After that, the Senator's smear campaign fell apart. A TV reporter named Murrow took everything public and showed what McCarthy had been doing. He was censured by the Senate and dropped out of sight. I decided it was time for me to retire. I slipped out of the public eye and lived a quiet life. As my health got worse, I was in a rest home in Philadelphia when the Wizard came and invited me to come here and join his sisterhood of ex-heroines. It seems many of them wanted me to join. They still remembered me."

Melody wiped a tear from her face. "A lot of people remember you, Agatha. And I'm glad I had the chance to meet you. Is there anything I could do for you? Would you like more water?" Agatha nodded. "that would be nice. And I just lay here and rest most of the time. I do enjoy it if someone reads to me from my favorite novel. Would you do that? It's right on the table." Melody picked up the book. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. She opened it to the first chapter and began to read. Agatha lay back on the pillow and smiled. After Melody had read for a while, she glanced up and saw the woman had fallen asleep. Melody put the book back on the table and watched her new friend lay there, peacefully sleeping. She heard a whisper at the door, and looked over to see the Wizard was standing there, beckoning with his finger. She went out into the corridor with him. He spoke. "Well, did you enjoy that?..." She nodded. "...I'm glad you did. Your fourth lesson was in there. You had to learn to care for people. You have lived your life only interested in yourself and what things meant to you. Agatha spent her life living for others. Can you see the value in that?" Melody thought about and realised the mage was right. She suddenly felt that doing things for others and helping those who needed assistance was much more important that the things she had been living for in the past.

Part Seven

She went into the hall, and Vladi unbuttoned his jacket and shirt and began to peel his clothes off. Melody's heart raced as she anticipated another night of passion with him. But as he disrobed, he turned to her and pointed to one of the couches. "Make yourself comfortable here. It is time for your fifth and final lesson. You have to learn how to share as part of a family." She lay down on the cushions and was on her side, looking over at the bed in the center of the hall. Vladi went to the bed, but he paused en route and put a hand on Nara's shoulder. She dropped the robe she was wearing and joined him in the bed and they were next to each other. Melody was a little sad. She should have known that with all these women, Vlad's attentions would be limited to any of the individuals. They had to... share him. Melody put her hand in her robe and touched her cunt. She really wished that the Wizard was making love to her. Then he took his hands and began to run them over Nara's body, caressing her neck, shoulders and breasts. Melody gasped, for every time he touched Nara, she could feel a touch just like it on her body, even though she was alone. The Wizard fingered Nara's pussy, and the woman groaned and wiggled as the excitement ran through her body. Melody felt the same way. She opened her robe and saw her opening was growing very moist. And she saw the brand on her upper thigh had a faint green glow coming from it. She looked to the other women who were on the couches around the hall. Each of them were laying back, moving their body in reaction to the Wizard's touch that they also felt. And their tattoos also shimmered with a green glow. The mage moved and slid his cock into Nara, and she gasped with pleasure. The reaction was the same from every woman in the room. Melody arched her back, feeling the cock that wasn't really there. Nara squealed in pleasure as the orgasm hit her, and the other women, including Melody, followed her example.

As he had a pause in his love-making with Nara, the mage got up from the bed and walked over to Brite Star. "You are part of this sisterhood now. A family that shares the sensations they feel. The mark is a mystic link of the connection you have." Melody knew now why these women stayed here. It was a wonderful, loving family that any woman would do anything to be a part of. She felt very prililedged to have been asked to join. She watched as Vladi went back to join Nara in the bed, and Melody felt the lovemaking that Nara experienced so well that she closed her eyes and believed the mage was laying on top of her, his cock in her pussy. She spent the night enjoying this wonderful mystical love.

Next morning, Melody looked up at the Wizard. "You... you said I had five lessons to learn. If this was the fifth lesson, what are you going to do with me now?" He put his hand on her shoulder and smiled. "I have no more to teach you. You are now the complete person that you needed to become. You are free to return to the outside world, if you wish." She frowned. "The choice is mine? If I leave here would I ever be able to come back?" "Of course," he replied., "...you can go out and live a life better that you would have, but there is a price. The charm-tattoo that makes you part of the sisterhood will only work here in the lair. Outside these walls, you will not share the sensations that the group experiences." She frowned at this. That was something she didn't want to let go of. "I think I would stay here, but you taught me to care for others. I used to want to be a heroine just for what I could get out of it for myself. Fame. Money. Luxury. But now I think I would want to do it for the sake of people who need help. So I can't stay here. But I will come back as often as I can, if you would let me." Vladimir bent down, wrapped his arm around Melody and hugged her tight. "That is exactly what I hoped for. Many heroines I have tutored ended up giving up on the outside world and retiring here where they were safe and happy. They have to decide that for themselves. But I had hoped you would be strong enough to want to use real power for good in the world. Go out there and do your best, and come back here to us whenever you need a friend or a lover."

So Brite Star put on her costume and flew off, returning to Atlanta. From that day forward, she went out of her way to help people who were in danger or in need. She met with the Righteous Force League and told them she would be available if they called on her anytime they had a crisis. They asked where she had been, and she told them she had gone on a short retreat to evaluate her life. She turned to Mega Man. "Lanak, while at the sanctuary, I saw your sister. Nara told me she just does not want to live a life in the spotlight. She asked me to tell you that she has found a nice quiet place to live where she is very happy. She hopes you can accept that." Mega Man's face betrayed the shock he felt. "She... She's alright? I don't mind if she wants to live a quiet life, I just wanted to know she was safe and happy. If you see her again, tell her I would really like a chance to see her, even for a short time." Melody promised to pass the word on to Nara. In the next few days, Brite Star worked to change her life around. She got a different agent whose job was changed to setting up ways for Melody to contribute time and money to charitable organizations. She visited hospitals, did public service messages, and appeared on telethons. Whenever a company asked her to do a commercial, she wanted the money to go to a good cause. And at least a couple of days a week she flew back to the Wizard's Lair to be with Vladi and her friends. Lady Cosmic taught her how to pose her body to fly faster and twist her arms and legs to be more agile in the air. Hatsi Nogara taught her several kinds of martial arts. "You must have a way to defend yourself without using the deadly force of your power hand. You may have someone you need to subdue without killing or severly harming them!" And Betsy Crockett taught her how to use her power hand to toast marshmallows and make great grilled cheese sandwiches. She spent many nights sitting with Agatha and reading to her. It was a night a year after Melody joined the group that the old woman passed away in her sleep. Melody was saddened by this, but glad the woman had a long, happy life with a friend by her side at the end.

Many years later, Brite Star flew to the Lair for a visit. She stopped in the locker room, changed into a negligee, and stared at a mirror. The years were treating her well, she still was a beautiful woman, even at her age. The martial arts exercises she still was doing everyday really kept her body toned. She went to the hall and reclined on one of the couches. Nearby, Nara was relaxing, and the two friends exchanged a warm greeting. Melody asked. "I don't see Vladi. Where is he?" Nara was excited. "He arranging for a new young woman to join us!" Melody was very interested in the idea, as they had not had a new member in a long time. She turned to the wall as a large monitor suddenly came on. It showed the library, where a young woman in the easy chair was waking up. She was thin, with blue-black leotards covering her body and a black leather jacket sprinkled with chrome button studs. Her hair was also black, formed into spikes that shot up. Rose Dylan spoke. "I've seen her picture in the paper. She's that new girl out of Manhattan, Goth Girl." On the screen, the young woman was startled as she heard a voice. "Ah, you are awake. How are you?" Vladi stepped closer to the light in the center of the room. Goth Girl stood up and held her arms above her head. Crackling flashes of electicity snapped from one hand to the other and back. "Back off, buddy. I don't take shit from nobody. Where the fuck am I and how'd I get here?" In the hall, the ladies who were watching this on the screen groaned. It would seem Goth Girl had a lot to learn. And the Wizard would certainly provide the lessons!

-- -- -- < Author's Note > -- -- --

I hope some of you find this little story interesting. I would like to hear any comments you might have about it. Contact me at therat4040@yahoo.com. -- Alias the Rat 3/08