The Global Protectors – Seven Days

By Marcus_Lycus@hotmail.com

The Global Protectors, Ultra Woman and Dynamo are copyright Doctor Droid (www.superstories.net/droidzone), other characters and text are copyright Marcus Lycus.

Any resemblance between characters in this story and any actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

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Part 5 – Valkyrie’s Wednesday

The smartest Protector, Valkyrie has several doctorates! Besides fighting crime she is also responsible for the team’s medical care and often spends days in the lab working on projects. But don’t think she’s a bookworm, our sources tell us she’s the strongest Protector as well as the smartest and one of the best looking! Hey guys! How come this hottie is still single?

(From The Big Book of Superheroes and Heroines – 2004 Edition)

Valkyrie yawned. She could not believe it was almost 6am Wednesday. She had slept most of Tuesday, recovering from her battle with the Ultra Woman droid and then had worked the next several hours studying tapes of the battle to better understand how the robot was built and how they could beat them in the future. She looked at her ‘to do list’: Maple Leaf wanted her to study the gas from the robot, Tigress needed information on vampires (huh? Aren't they a myth?), the World Peace Institute wanted her to check out the data on Neptune Aqua’s space station and of course she still had to work on ways to restore Aussie Girl’s powers. All of the jobs were urgent, and all of them overdue. But she just couldn’t keep going.

"Even the ice queen has limits…" she muttered. She hung up her lab coat and headed for the small shower she’d installed in the lab. She figured a hot shower and an hour or two of sleep would recharge her batteries.

Her costume hit the floor followed quickly by her boots, wristbands and choker. Valkyrie looked at her statuesque body in the mirror. She was tall, almost six feet, with large firm breasts, strong shoulders, a thin waist and long, strong legs. She let her long blond hair out its typical bun letting it fall to the small of her back. She faked a smile at the mirror. She knew that if she wanted she could have any man in the world.

If she wanted.

But since her rebirth as Valkyrie she had not felt even the slightest interest in men. Instead she found her eyes straying to the gorgeous bodies of her teammates. Seven lovely women, each one as powerful and full of potential as her, how could she help but fall in love with them? A love that, unfortunately she could never speak of. As the team psychiatrist Val knew the others did not share her feelings and would not understand her.

One night she had actually tried visiting a local lesbian hot spot but felt nothing towards the women there. So she suffered in silence, knowing she could never act on her feelings.

Except of course for that time the Incubus controlled Rising Sun and made her have sex with Val… Or the time the Dominator captured her and La Sola to make a porno video… Or the time Aussie Girl and Val were prisoners of Master Menace… But other than that she could never, ever, have what she wanted. Never.

But…

In the shower she could not help but think of poor powerless Aussie Girl. She imagined herself finding a way to restore the young blonde’s lost powers, Aussie would be so happy and would hug her tight (Val hugged her own breasts and closed her eyes). Their bodies would rub together, close and tight (Val's left hand strayed between her long legs). Maybe their costumes would slip off and the two heroines would fall to the floor in each others' arms (Val leaned back against the warm tiles and began to rub herself). And… and… and… (she felt the feelings welling up inside her).

"Oh yes! Aussie girl yes!" she cried out in the grip of an orgasm throwing herself against the shower wall as she imagined her teammate fucking her in midair. The force of her climax cracked the tiles behind her and almost took her through the wall.

Her mood ruined, she turned off the water and climbed out. "Crap" she muttered looking at the dent her body had left. More work to take care of later.

Cursing at her loss of control she toweled herself off and put her costume back on. She looked at her long blond hair and decided it was not worth the trouble to retie the bun. Leaving it down made her look like some kind of bimbo but she'd have to put up with it. After the hours of work and the 'incident' in the shower she was just exhausted. Even Val's superhuman physique had limits. As she pulled on her blue and yellow boots she chastised herself for pushing too hard.

"Maple Leaf might think I'm an 'ice queen' who doesn't need rest but I at least should know better…"

She yawned. The cot in the medical lab was looking really, really good.

***

She opened the bathroom door.

She felt a sudden nausea and dizziness.

She saw the world spin around her, lights and colors shifting insanely.

She closed her eyes.

She fell to the floor.

***

When she opened her eyes again Valkyrie had no idea how long she had been unconscious but she felt it had not been long. Yet she did not see her familiar lab, she was lying on a cold stone floor. Shocked she tried to get up but found herself too weak to stand. With some effort she sat up against the rough wall and looked around. As far as she could tell Val was in some sort of medieval dungeon, crudely carved from dark stone lit only by torches. Behind her was a small chamber where a pool of foul water trickled from a crack in the wall. Ahead of her was some sort of torture chamber, littered with whips and chains. All of them in good repair.

Suddenly afraid, Val tried to focus. 'What happened? Where am I? How did I get here? Some sort of teleportation? Have I been kidnapped? By whom?' She tried her wrist communicator but got no signal. The chronograph confirmed she had only been out a few minutes.

She struggled to her feet, still weak in the knees from her earlier climax.

Just then she heard a door creaking open in the next room. Val took a deep breath and turned towards the sound, trying to get ready for whichever villain or madman was waiting for her.

But all she saw was a small figure who poked his head into the doorway, and shouted "Hey boss, I found her! How come she popped up here though and not on the machine ay?"

"How should I know? This is Tengu's bright idea." A large hand weighed down with gold rings reached in and slapped the little man.

Then the door opened and an immensely fat man in a dark blue suit, a bone white shirt and blood red tie waddled in. He was wearing a huge ten-gallon hat and smoking a thick cigar. Diamonds in his dollar sign shaped tie clip, cufflinks, lapel pin and several rings sparkled at her.

Behind him, almost in the huge man's shadow lurked a diminutive man dressed in a red suit with a white shirt and a tie decorated with maple leafs.

Val had carefully studied the records of all known super villains and had never seen these two before. Imperialist and Runt? Were all the good names taken? Still… somehow something in his voice or stance seemed familiar.

"So cutie, you the one they call Valkyrie? I hear yer the best they got. Sure don't look like much."

Angry Val tried to reply, or to move but another wave of dizziness hit her. She had to grab the door frame to prevent a fall.

"Looks like she's about to fall over, must be from being all top heavy ay?" The small man giggled pointing at Valkyrie's breasts. "Bet she's a better fuck than Seraphim!"

Valkyrie's mind cleared as soon as she heard this. Whatever was going on, these morons would not take her without a fight. Still she tried to look weak, hoping to lull them for a few more minutes.

The fat one called through the door. "Hey Thor, get in here will ya, your, uh, sister's arrived."

The door opened again and massive figure entered. Easily seven feel tall and heavily muscled, the newcomer had a thick blond beard, wore some sort of primitive armor and carried a huge iron mallet. He certainly fit the name 'Thor'.

"Wo-man." The creature bellowed, advancing on the helpless heroine.

"Now hold on a sec there, we didn't just bring her here to beat on her, we're gonna test her. Tengu said the lil'lady would need a minute to catch her breath."

Valkyrie's gaze turned hard. There was no way the strongest Protector would let herself be defeated by a group of villains no one had ever heard of.

"Thor want Wo-Man."

"I hear ya, I hear ya, but look at her, she can't hardly stand by herself, what kind of test would it be to-WHAT THE FUCK"

The fat man cried out as Val's boot buried itself in his crotch. As he was doubling over the heroine tossed him into his hulking comrade and flew out the door. Her strength and agility returning, she quickly navigated the dungeon corridors and located a stairway up. Again she had this odd feeling of deja vu, somehow she had known were to find the stairs. But Val put it out of her mind and focused on the problem. The stairs ended in a landing in front of another thick wooden door. Hopefully once she was on the surface Val's communicator would work again and she'd call in the rest of the team. Then she could worry about where she had heard the fat man's voice before.

She never finished the thought as something jumped on her back. A thin ropy arm grabbed her neck and a strong knee hit her back. Sharp teeth sank into her shoulder penetrating her psychokinetic field and drawing blood. Val fell and rolled to the side shaking off her attacker. She looked up and got a good look at him. He was a thin but strong black man wearing a necklace of bones and filthy fur loincloth. His fingernails and teeth were filed to points and ritual scars covered his flesh.

He growled at her like a tiger and leapt again. Val tried to ward him off with punches and kicks but the savage attacker easily dodged them and managed to deliver a few shallow cuts with his claws. Desperate, Val pulled the door off its hinges and used it to shove the savage down the stairs. She turned and ran into some sort of castle hall. She saw several stained glass windows facing outside and flew through the closest one, escaping into the dawn sky where her captors could not follow.

***

Or so she thought.

The fat man and Thor entered the hall just in time to see her smash through the very expensive window.

"Well, waddya know, the lil'lady had some fight in her after all."

"More than you it seems Imperialist." The savage hissed as he climbed the stairs.

"Y'all didn't too good either Cannibal. Now you and Thor go get her back here, I'll make sure Con's ready for her. No more fucking around, we have work to do."

Thor and Cannibal nodded and took to the air, smashing two more windows as they left. The Imperialist shook his head in frustration.

"Goddamn stupid assholes, those windows cost money y'know!"

***

Once she was at a safe distance Val stopped to get her bearings. Hovering over the strange city she tried her communicator again, still no signal. She looked around, hoping for a clue to tell her where she was but the city below seemed completely alien.

The building she'd escaped from was some kind of stone fortress capped by two small spheres and a long thin tower with a cone shaped top. It almost looked like a man's… y'know. Thing. The grounds around the fortress were littered with statues and even whole buildings, they looked like they had been uprooted from the ground and carried to this place.

Down the road from the fortress was a vast city that looked like some kind of urban nightmare. Filthy factories belched foul smoke into the air, the river was a solid wall of garbage, armored cars sped through the streets dodging bullets and Molitav cocktails. Whole neighborhoods had fences and walls around them protected by uniformed guards or armed gangs. There was no sign of any police or government, just a collection of warring fiefdoms. Some of the residents saw her hovering the air and were suddenly afraid. They quickly ran into their fortified homes out of her sight.

Valkyrie thought about the worst places on Earth: Baghdad, Kosovo, Mogadishu, the Bronx… none of them were this bad. But somehow there was something familiar about the shape of the river, the skyline, the layout of the streets…

Confronted with this problem it is understandable that Val did not notice her pursuers until it was too late. It was understandable, but she would regret her inattention for a long, long time.

The Cannibal dove down at her from above, tackling the Nordic heroine and sinking his teeth into her good shoulder. Valkyrie screamed and lost concentration falling like a stone towards the ground with the savage Cannibal clutching and clawing her as she fell. With desperate strength Valkyrie landed a few punches on the Cannibal and when he was dazed tossed him off her. She began to concentrate again, slowing her fall when Thor arrived, swooping and swatting her from the sky with his hammer.

The blond Swede was knocked hundreds of feet finally smashing into a concrete wall in the city below. In pain she saw her pursuers flying towards her. Somehow she found the strength to rise once again and face them.

"C-come on… is that… all you… oh…"

She passed out before the two villains even arrived.

***

Back at the Gaea building, Eliza slipped out of the mailroom (leaving Kristen with tons of fan letters to read) and headed up a floor to the lab. She listened carefully but didn't hear anything from inside. Poking her head in she confirmed the blond bitch was out.

"OK, OK, let's see those files…"

The personality profiles were pretty good, she'd have never guessed that thing about Tigress, but they were incomplete. They kept referring to MCH treatment but never explained what that was. Plus Valkyrie had left her own profile off of the system. Eliza had more than enough for now, but still she was hoping to finish the picture by looking at Valkyrie's private notes.

She quickly picked the lock on the filing cabinet (a handy skill she learned in East LA) and started leafing through them.

***

Valkyrie was safe in her bed, resting comfortably. She could feel the cool sheets on her nude body and they made her feel safe. Somehow she knew her friends were around her caring for her. She opened her eyes but it was pitch black, not even a speck of light for her improved eyesight to focus on. But she could hear someone, smell someone, feel someone in the bed with her.

"It's OK Val, you're going to be fine."

"Aussie Girl? Is that you?"

Val felt long delicate fingers stroking her firm breasts, soft lips planted a kiss on her cheek. Val felt her battered body start to respond.

"A-Aussie? What are you doing? I mean… you never…"

"Hush Val, this is what you want isn't it?"

"Yes, oh yes" the Swede muttered as the fingers reached lower between her strong legs exploring the unexplored nether regions between them. How many times had she dreamed of this moment? She opened her legs to admit her dear friend's fingers, letting Aussie feel the dampness between them. Aussie moved closer clutching her teammate to her. Val's rich full breasts rubbed against Aussie's strong hairy chest.

Strong hairy chest?

Before Val could explore that thought she was distracted as Aussie's hot cock buried itself between her legs. He mouth opened in shock as her exhausted mind tried to understand but soon she had not choice but to give in to sensation and moaned quietly with pleasure.

"Oh yeah, you like that don't you Val."

"Aussie… how… what…"

"Hush Val, just lie back and enjoy it."

"But-"

Her lover clamped his lips around hers, forcing his tongue down her throat. The Nordic heroine tried to resist but was too weak from her ordeal. Too weak and… enjoying it too much. The feelings awakened in her body were too strong, after years of denial the sound of Aussie's voice, the touch of his hand, the pounding of his hot cock were overwhelming her. He broke the kiss and Val could not speak. She began to pant, faster and faster, she tried to speak but could not find words until finally she surrendered crying out "YES! YES OH YES!" and collapsed into his arms, spent.

***

Then the lights came on.

Valkyrie was in bed with a blond man. He had Aussie Girl's angelic face and her mischievous grin. The uncanny resemblance unnerved Val as her lover kissed her gently on the forehead. She tried to move, to speak but was too exhausted, too bewildered.

"Not a bad little fuck, you are. All tight and hot and curvy. I can see why the Imperialist wanted you." He turned his head and called out to the door "so Thor, this is what you'd be like as a girl huh?"

Inside Val's dazed mind she suddenly realized the truth.

The door opened and her captors entered. Imperialist in his red, white and blue outfit looked a bit like Star, if she was a man and a 100 pounds heavier.

Runt, the midget in the red outfit, had Maple Leaf's condescending smile. Cannibal, the savage, had the same predatory look Tigress wore when she was in a fight.

And Thor… now that she got a good look at him she could see her own face under the hulking warrior's blond beard.

Somehow, some way, these villains were alternate versions of her own team!

Reading her reaction Imperialist smiled. "So you figured it out huh bimbo. Took you long enough, guess you gals ain't all that bright."

"You, you're some kind of evil version of the Global Protectors."

"Nope, y'all are some kind of fucking PC, bimbo versions of us, the Global Pillagers! We'all been watching y'all for a while now and Tengu figures you that somehow your world is the opposite of ours. So like Aussie Con over there just became more powerful just when y'all's Aussie Slut lost her powers. "

"Aussie Con?" Val looked at her lover who still held her in his embrace.

"That's me luv, Con as in convict, and con as in con artist. 'Couple days ago I stomped on that loser hero Captain Draino and I've been getting stronger ever since. " He reached between her legs and rubbed her sensitive clitoris, Val could not stop herself from moaning in pleasure.

"So after Aussie's little fight we figured the whole opposite thing means the more crap that happens to you, the better things'll be for us. Right Thor?"

The huge Viking just grunted and flexed his muscles. Val couldn't tell but he seemed larger than before.

"So you're gonna be our little test. If this works, then we'll have to take all you bimbos out for a ride." The thrust his hips to show just what sort of ride he was thinking of.

"No! You won't hurt my friends!" Val jumped at the smirking villain but with her feet tangled in the sheets she ended up falling sprawled at his feet.

The Imperialist picked up the nude Swede by the throat, raising her off her feet. He turned around, holding her up so everyone could see what they had caught. Val tried to fight back but was far too weak to threaten the powerful Imperialist.

Still holding her, he carried her out to the main hall calling for the rest of the Pillagers to come out. The other villains quickly assembled; the redheaded drunk named Hooligan, the pagan priest known as Aztec and the dwarfish oriental scientist called Tengu.

It was true. There were eight Global Pillagers, each one at least as powerful as a Global Protector and completely ruthless. Even at full power Valkyrie had no hope of beating them. Maybe even with her entire team she would have no hope of beating them.

"Hey Tengu, fire up the machine again, I want to bring over that Star chick next, see how much stronger I can get."

"Wait" Val croaked "wait…"

"You got something to say blondie?"

"S-Star isn't in the Gaea building, she's in California for a few days."

"Hey, thanks! OK, so bring whoever through…"

"No! I-I mean if you bring someone else through, then one of the others will get stronger, s-stronger than you… how will you control them?"

Imperialist stopped and considered this, studying Valkyrie's face for deception and looking at his Global Pillagers for signs of what they were thinking.

"Boss, hey boss, we'd never betray you ay?"

Imperialist kicked Runt and looked back at the heroine. "Now of course you'll say anything to help your buddies back there, but you got a good point. Thor's an OK guy, but I can't trust these others worth anything. So tell you what I'm gonna do, you super bimbos have like a code of honor right?

"Y-yes"

"So you promise to be a good little slut and do what you're told and I won't bring anyone through before I get a hold of Star. That sound good?"

Val's mind raced. Her pride said she should never accept a bargain like this but in her heart she knew she would do anything to protect her beloved teammates. Anything. Helplessly, Val muttered "yes…"

"Yes what blondie?"

"I-I promise I'll do what I'm told."

The Imperialist smiled and lowered Val to her feet. The heroine coughed a few times trying to catch her breath while the assembled villains chuckled.

"Now let's seal the bargain with a kiss!"

Val took a deep breath (swelling her breasts beyond even their normally impressive size) and leaned in to kiss her captor, she tried not to gag at his rotten cigar breath. But the fat American just grabbed her shoulders and slammed her to her knees.

"I didn't mean on the lips slut."

Helpless, Val nodded and reached for his fly.

***

La Sola walked through the basement of the Gaea building looking for Valkyrie. The Swede hadn't been in her lab or in the library. La Sola didn't have much time before she had to be back at police headquarters (another exciting day of trying to find Max Grande) but wanted to check up on her friend. She knew Val hated being helpless and she must be pretty miserable after being trapped yesterday.

She was about to give up when she heard someone inside the lab. Smiling the Argentine stepped in and called out "Val is that you?"

She heard a crash and someone gasp.

"Hello? Who is there?"

"Um, uh…"

It was skinny girl with dirty hair wearing a drab pants suit. She was looking in one of Valkyrie's file cabinets!

After a second La Sola recognized the intruder, it was one of the new interns, what was her name again…

"Eliza? You shouldn't be in here."

The frightened girl took a deep breath and said "Oh wow! La Sola! I can't believe it's you! You're like, totally my idol! Ever since that time when you saved me and my buddies from Villainy eXtreme."

"Ay! I thought you looked familiar. But really I must ask … your idol you say?"

"Oh yeah, you're like totally the sexiest girl on the team, you totally blow away Star, I don't know what anyone sees in her, she's like Captain Trailer Trash."

"Oh I wouldn't say that…" La Sola said (meaning the opposite).

"And like, you can actually dance, unlike that ho with her fake boobs and dyed hair. Y'know, I really respect dancers, cause it takes practice and discipline, I was like, a gymnast in high school and I was like a cheerleader for a year too."

"Oh I hear that is a lot of work…"

"Yeah but it paid off, we got second place in national finals. Hey y'know what would be cool, we should like totally go dancing this weekend."

"Bueno! That is such a good idea, all this week I am working, working, working helping the police find this 'Max Grande' I haven't been dancing in days."

The two girls exchanged cell phone numbers and made some plans.

It wasn't till hours later La Sola realized she'd never found out what Eliza was doing in the lab. It probably doesn't matter, La Sola could tell they were going to be very good friends. With Aussie Girl gone it was nice to have someone fun to hang out with.

***

Hooligan gave the leash another yank sending Val sprawling down the stairs with several new bruises. Val had not been given back her costume but had been dressed in a way. Her legs were covered by thigh high leather boots with 8" heels and smooth soles. They were laced tight and locked on, effectively hobbling her. Her arms were also covered by long leather gloves, with straps hanging loosely from them. The smooth leather made it impossible to hold anything but it was great for rubbing or stroking and the straps meant she could be tied up in any number of positions. On her body they'd put a tight corset that left her pelvis and breasts bare but pushed the breasts together to create more cleavage. It also made her waist even thinner and restricted her breathing. A dog collar was locked on her neck and attached to the leash the Irish villain Hooligan held.

Obviously the Global Pillagers had a lot of practice with female captives, Valkyrie figured.

She saw she was right as she passed through the 'guest rooms' under the Chaos Citadel. This is where the Global Pillagers kept the heroes and heroines they had captured. As she was pulled by the collar through the dungeon, she saw the brass plates identifying the captives.

Here was the electrical heroine Dyna Girl, twitching and moaning. Her powers had been short-circuited back into her, constantly stimulating her body, forcing her into a state of arousal but never letting her cum. As they passed she crawled to the bars and cried out to Hooligan begging him to fuck her.

There were Mister Helpful and Miss Nice, the kindly couple had been bound together into a '69' position while vibrators hummed in their butts. They redoubled their efforts to please each other as the Pillager passed.

A large cell called 'The Ordinary Heroes' had a dozen man and women, some still wearing the remains of their white spandex costumes. They were chained to the wall, most showed signs of whipping or torture. The shook in fear as Hooligan passed.

Val was dragged stumbling past the White Lady, a powerful angelic being whose powers of healing, empathy and redemption had almost broken the Global Pillagers, turning them into mighty heroes. Now she was weighted down by iron chains, forced to watch as the great heroes of this twisted world were tortured for the Global Pillagers' amusement. Val could hear the White Lady's pathetic sobs as she was dragged by.

In the back of her mind Val wondered if these fallen heroines had counterparts in her own world. Before she had time to explore the thought Hooligan threw open an empty cell at the end of corridor (the plate read 'Reserved for the stupid bimbo versions of us') and tossed the unresisting Valkyrie in. He took a swig of his hip flask and eyed his captive hungrily.

Valkyrie looked at his strong arms, his freckled face and his thick mop of red hair. She considered the physical resemblance to Shamrock, maybe he shared some of her innate nobility and kindness? Perhaps this would not be so bad.

"OK bitch, I got you for two hours. White Lady over there can make me cum eight times a hour, if you can beat that I won't beat you. Now bend over and make the pig noise!"

Then again, maybe not.

***

Meanwhile in the Global Protector's world, Eliza walked home from the subway to her small apartment on the West Side. In her bag she had the disks from yesterday and copies of Val's files. The hand written files were in fucking Swedish but Eliza had picked up a dictionary on the way home and hopefully between that and Babblefish she'd be able to make some headway.

Turning the corner she saw a limo pulled up in front of her apartment house. In this neighborhood a limo meant one of two things, a slum lord or…

"Mister G wants to see you."

The intern slipped into the back seat facing Mr. G. Despite herself she was nervous, this whole plan had seemed a lot safer when she was just exchanging e-mails with Columbia.

"You have the material si?"

"Um, yeah, got it all pretty much." She handed over copies of the disks and the files (keeping extra copies for herself). "So, uh, we're on for tomorrow right?"

"Oh yes, tomorrow is our fiesta muy grande."

The limo shook with Mr. G's laughter.

***

"YES! YES! MORE YES!" Val screamed as the redhead villain pumped into her again. She had lost count of the number times she had cum for him and only wanted more. Finally Hooligan had to take a break, even his superhuman stamina had its limits. He just lay there letting Valkyrie lick and kiss his lean body while he smoked a fag.

"Yer one hot potato lassy, haven't had a fuck like you since we caught the Seraphim. Tight, hot, wet and you just won't stop. Bet the lads back in your world really miss ya."

Val stopped when she heard these words, what was she becoming? She had never been like this, in fact since she got her powers she could hardly bring herself to look at men. Was this twisted world having some effect on her? Was it because of the Global Pillagers' relationship to her beloved teammates? Or had it just been too long for her and now years of denial were being repaid with interest?

Or… were her worst suspicions true? Val thought of the observations she had been making of her teammates, her reactions followed the same pattern. The Global Protector's powers gave them a unique physiology, certain sensations was more powerful for them than for ordinary humans. And those sensations might become addictive. Val could only hope she was wrong, or this might become her new life.

"Stopping so soon? Look at that missy, looks like there's still some wood in the ole shillelagh, fancy another go?"

Despite herself, Val nodded yes.

***

In time the cell door opened and massive hand grabbed Hooligan by his thick mop of red hair and dragged him out. The Irishman lost control and shot his seed across Valkyrie's breasts humiliating the heroine even more. She heard a few blows landing and heard Hooligan retreating up the stairs. Val looked up and saw the massive figure of Thor filled the cell door.

The brutal Viking slammed the door shut and looked over his beautiful captive. Val's face betrayed the warring feelings inside her. She was afraid of her monstrous counterpart, but also angry to see this twisted evil version of herself, but most of all her body showed her arousal. Even two hours with the Irishman was not enough she wanted more, she needed more. Without thinking about it she lay back and spread her legs. She reached for breasts and hugged them together for him.

The barbarian warrior dropped his iron mallet on the cell floor and sat at the foot of the bed. He took off his horned helmet and dropped that on the floor too. Curious, Val sat up next to him. Thor took a long look at her, looking at the bruises, the semen on her breasts and leaking from her pussy, and the look of hungry longing on her face.

Then he buried his face in his hands and started to cry.

"I'm so sorry, so, so sorry. Oh Odin, how can they be so brutal!"

"Uh…" Valkyrie replied dumbfounded.

"I shouldn't have helped them, I should have stood up to them but Imperialist is so mean to me. He makes me act all macho but really I don't like pillaging and raping, I don't even like girls."

"Uh…" Val added, still stumped for a reply.

"Y'know what they call me behind my back, 'the cry baby', the big stupid crybaby cause of that time I wouldn't help them burn down the orphanage. I should leave them, I really should but…"

She hugged her counterpart and whispered in his ear "You love them don't you?"

"YES! I knew you'd understand, I can't tell them my feelings of course but every time I look at Tengu or Aussie my heart just skips a beat."

"I know, I feel the same way about my teammates. And I too can never tell them. Some days I wonder how long I can carry on with this secret."

The two counterparts talked for some time about their feelings, their burdens and their trials. Holding each other they cried at length.

Finally…

"Valkyrie, you're not like other girls, you are strong and powerful and beautiful."

"Thor you are not like other men, you are sensitive and caring and soulful."

"Val… will you…"

"Yes Thor, I will."

She helped the tearful man out of his furs and leather until his strong muscular body was bare. She lay him down on the bed and with her lips and fingers she brought him to full arousal and then climbed on top of him and gently lowered herself on to his thick member, savoring every sensation as she look its full length into her wet pussy. He slowly started to trust up into her making the blond woman moan with pleasure.

It was wonderful.

They wanted it to last forever.

But…

***

Aztec hummed as he walked past Seraphim's cell, the angel (a former servant of the White Lady who had once tried to redeem Hooligan) had been a good warm-up but now he was ready for the main event.

"Everybody drink blood tonight, everybody wang-chung tonight…" he sang.

He took out his obsidian knife and sharpened it on the stone walls. If this 'Valkyrie' shared the Global Pillagers' healing powers she might last for days. He relished the thought, picturing himself drinking blood from her still beating heart.

He opened the door.

"Come on out Thor, my turn now-uhhhh."

Aztec passed out with an enormous lump on his head courtesy of Thor's hammer.

"Let's go Val."

***

"Thor what are you do-AHHH!" Tengu screamed as Thor bent his arm back almost to the breaking point.

"You will operate the machine Tengu."

"No! Imperialist will-AHHH! I'll do it, I'll do it!"

Valkyrie finished putting on her costume (they'd found it in Tengu's lab) and stepped onto the platform. She watched the diminutive oriental scientist adjust his dials and meters to return her to her own world. The machine began to hum and the platform started to glow.

When Tengu was done Thor clobbered him on the head putting Rising Sun's counterpart out. "Sorry Tengu." He muttered choking back a sob.

"Hurry Thor, I think the machine is activating, get on or you'll be left behind!"

But instead of joining her Thor, her counterpart, her lover, reached for a wineskin on his belt and tossed it to Val. "Drink this!"

"What is it?"

"Trust me!"

Valkyrie had trusted him this far, so she drank the foul liquid. As soon as she finished it her eyes drifted out of focus her mind turned fuzzy and she fell to her knees.

"Wha-what…"

Thor walked up to the edge of the platform and looked down at her. He pulled back the wineskin and put it on his belt.

"I'm sorry Val, I love you but I cannot leave my team, I… I love them. And I can't let you tell your team about this or they might come here and hurt us. That's why I had you drink from the Flask of Forgetfulness, it's something I captured from the Ordinary Heroes a while back. You won't remember anything that happened here and can just go on like you always have."

"Th-Thor, no! No! Please come with me!"

"Goodbye Val, I'll never forget you."

Val's last sight of him as his entire world disappeared was Thor picking up his comrade and gently kissing the Japanese villain on the forehead. Then it all faded away.

***

She saw the platform light up.

She felt a sudden nausea and dizziness.

She saw the world spin around her, lights and colors shifting insanely.

She closed her eyes.

She fell to the floor.

***

"Val? Val? Are you OK?"

Valkyrie tried to focus her eyes, she could make out curly red hair and green eyes looking down at her.

"Sh-Shamrock?" It was Shamrock but it also reminded her of someone else, but she couldn't remember.

"Val, where have you been? You've been missing all day! La Sola was looking for you and there was no answer on your communicator and your GPS locator disappeared. We've all been worried sick!"

"What? Huh? I was taking a shower and then…"

Shamrock helped her dizzy teammate to her feet. Valkyrie seemed OK except for some strange bruises and she smelled real bad, like the men's locker room.

"Val did something happen to you?"

"What? No, nothing, I must have been too tired and just passed out asleep. Yes. Just sleeping and… a dream. That's all."

Still concerned Shamrock put her hands on Val's shoulders and looked her in eye. Val shuddered at the contact.

"Val, are you sure?"

Feeling her so close, Valkyrie looked again at Shamrock, half remembering something… She leaned over and gave the Irish girl a long kiss on the lips, put her hands on Shamrock's ass and squeezed while rubbing her bare thigh against Shamrock's own leg. Finally she broke the kiss and released her blushing teammate.

"I feel much better now thank you." She whispered.

"Uh, right, uh, I'll, uh, go tell, uh, Maple Leaf now, uh, see you later… " Val stepped away and the Irish heroine practically ran out of the room.

Valkyrie collapsed into a chair, why had she done that? She'd scared poor little Shamrock out of year's growth. But she had looked so beautiful there… so caring and sweet and gentle. And somehow Val knew that Shamrock would be great in bed.

Confused and aroused, the Swedish heroine headed to the back room for a long session with her Thrustmaster V vibrators.