Back to Massachusetts

- Peter Parker – 2am - Sunday – 03/05/2009 -

Swinging through the night, he scowled to himself.

Tonight had been... bad.

Very, very bad.

What had started as a quick investigation into the Kingpin's men had lead to him finding a mountain of corpses, spears made of a glowing white metal sticking out of their bodies.

He wasn't new to seeing bodies, even if it creeped him out every time.

The bullet holes around the gang hideout made it clear they'd been fighting, but there was no blood that didn't come from one of the corpses, and judging from the angle and location of the bullet holes, they were aiming into the air...

Another Enhanced vigilante? One who was far less interested in sparing their victims than he was.

Following the trail, he smirked slightly under his mask. The glowing metal was constantly putting off a rather unique signature, for lack of a better word, it took him an hour or two but his spider-tracker... pending cooler name, could track it.

The metal also disappeared after a while, fading into nothing despite the impossibility of it, his first thought was magic, but he only knew one magic user and Kuro was up in Massachusetts.

He could call him and get him to come back to New York early, but Kuro was a healer, made he could help him work out what he was dealing with, but he didn't want to put him in danger when he could deal with it himself.

As he landed in the alleyway his tracker was leading him to, he frowned in a mixture of disgust and anger as he looked at the clearly dead thugs.

Maggia this time, his new 'friend' didn't discriminate, and they weren't picky. The Maggia was on their way out with Kingpin hounding them, they only had a few operations left now... even less now.

Looking around for any survivors, he made a note of how... accurate the killer was, each spear striking the heart perfectly. Again, the few gunshots that had been fired seemed to be aimed... upwards.

As if they were firing at... well him for one? The killer had a way of staying in the air.

A quick investigation revealed a trunk full of drugs and a briefcase full of money. Left at the scene, the killer wasn't doing this for money. The briefcase looked like it had a fortune in unmarked cash, and it was just left in the open without a care.

"I would suggest you leave, child." a musical voice said, amusement and disdain in equal measure colouring her tone as he spun around, his web-shooters ready to fire as he stared into the air, hesitating as he stared into the cold red eyes of the... angel floating in the sky.

No halo, but the massive black wings put him on edge... as did the floating spear hovering over her shoulder.

"I'm sure you'd like that." he replied, prepared to dodge the moment she moved.

"I have no quarrel with you, Peter Parker, as misguided as you are, but I will not allow you to stop my divine quest." she replied, the spear starting to spin slightly, ready to be used, as his heart began to pound, his words dying in his throat.

"I-... how did you..." he stuttered, completely off guard by her casual use of her name.

"I'm an angel, child. A mask cannot hide your name from the heavens." she replied with a twitch of her lips, an amused grin on her admittedly beautiful face. "Have no fear, I do not harm innocents. I am Saraqiel, an Angel of Justice... and Vengeance." she introduced with a slight bow.

"Nice to meet you?" he replied, trying to decide how best to take her down, he didn't know if she was really an angel or just insane, but he couldn't just leave her rampaging through the streets of his city. "You realise I can't just leave you to slaughter your way across the city, right?" he asked, a sad sigh leaving her.

"Your laws are irrelevant in the face of the laws of Heaven's... but I understand if you cannot understand this. Mortals aren't the smartest." Saraqiel replied calmly, a regretful look in her eyes.

As his spidey-sense screamed at him, he leapt to the side, easily dodging the spear as it embedded itself in the ground, if he hadn't moved it would have pierced his lower thigh, she wasn't trying to kill him...

He must be an 'innocent' in her eyes.

Barely avoiding a second spear, still aimed at his non-essentials, he fired at her with his web-shooters, watching in shock as a golden shield appeared in front of her, without so much as a gesture from her.

His senses screamed at him again as a dozen arrows of light fired at him, each aimed at his arms and legs as he flipped away, he twisted his body so they would fly passed him and shot his web up at a light-post and swinging towards her.

Slamming into the golden shield, he bounced off it without even making a dent.

"You are an agile one... but tell me, can you dodge light itself?" Saraqiel asked casually, his senses going off instantly as a beam of light pierced his thigh, making him yelp in pain.

Light moved at almost three thousand kilometres per second... far faster than any bullet and he couldn't dodge that fast.

Oh, dear.

As several more rays struck him, he fell on one knee, chains of light bursting from the ground and wrapping around him, his senses warned him, but with several holes in his legs, he wasn't going anywhere fast, nor was his strength enough to break them.

On his knees with chains holding him firmly in place, he took a moment to really hope she was telling the truth about that whole not killing innocents things... oh, and hope he was still seen as innocent with the whole vigilante thing.

As she landed in front of him, bare feet touching the blood covered ground, he looked up at her with growing fear, he'd lost before... but never so quickly.

"You are a naïve and misguided child... but fear not, I have no desire to kill a child." Saraqiel said gently, her hand coming to his chin as the now familiar feeling of healing magic ran through his body, his wounds vanishing. "Farewell, Peter Parker. I imagine we will see each other again before long." she continued with a fond smile as she turned around, taking off into the night sky.

Struggling against the chains, he let out a sigh of relief as they disappeared a few minutes later, just in time for him to escape the alleyway before the police arrived.

His tracker wasn't giving any new locations, so she was either out of his range, or she'd not used her powers since leaving him.

Swinging on top of a rooftop, he made sure he was alone and made a phone call, he needed some advice for this one.

"P-peter? Look, dude... if you don't have a good reason for waking me up, I'm gonna come back to New York just to kick your ass." Kuro growled, the sound of a girl giggling in the background. "Give me a sec to get somewhere private." he muttered, as Peter barely caught Kuro telling someone he'd be back in a minute.

Wait... what was that about keeping each other warm until he got back? What the hell did he interrupt?

"So, what's up?" Kuro asked after a moment.

"Erm... I don't suppose you know anything about Angels, do you?" he asked quickly, his face burning slightly.

"Angels? A bit, beings from Heaven that oversee the afterlife for Christians, why?" Kuro asked casually.

"Because I just got my ass kicked by one? Slightly crazy lady flying around New York with big black wings, stabbing criminals with spears made of light? Don't suppose you'd know anything about that?" he asked, his next plan involved the bible and going to church, but somehow he doubted the bible would have a guide to beating angels in the back.

"Hmm... Black Wings? Angels have White Wings and halos, Fallen Angels who have broken the rules of Heaven lose their halos and their wings become black... but as far as I know, all the Fallen were banished to the underworld after Lucifer's rebellion. Guess the Heavens missed one." Kuro replied calmly, making Peter grin. It wasn't that helpful in fighting her, but it was a good start. "As for the spears? Angels, both Heavenly and Fallen, are masters of White Magic, they have a natural advantage with it over a human like me, creating weapons out of light isn't even a difficult trick, for an angel it would come as easily as breathing."

"Right... how hard is it to create a shield of light?" he asked after a moment.

"Eh, it's an adept level spell. The real trick to Shield of Light is that it drains mana to power it, the better you are, the less magic you drain per hit. As a Fallen, she'll have a lot of mana naturally, but if you can pound her shield enough, she'll run out, which should stop her from making weapons as well." Kuro advised, humming to himself. "Angels are only really weak to demonic magic, hellfire and the like. I really wouldn't suggest playing with that... or anyone who practices it."

"Fair enough... but wouldn't it be the other way around? Demons are weak to Angelic powers right?" he asked, thinking about the legends. He'd have to do some more research later. Not playing with hellfire sounded like an excellent piece of advice.

"Both, actually. Demons are weak to light, Angels are weak to demonic. Doesn't help you, though... Hmm, I'll look into my Grimoires, see if I can find anything but I wouldn't get your hopes up... Angels are mentioned in my White Magic Grimoire, but only to mention that they are the original White Magic users, history lessons aren't any use for you if you've got a pissed off Fallen out for blood." Kuro admitted. "Do you need me to jump over and heal you?" he asked calmly.

"No... she healed me after she kicked my ass. Weird, right? Thanks for the advice, I'll see you at school?"

"Yeah, see you at school... now if you'll excuse me, I was in the middle of something. Later, Peter." Kuro replied, putting the phone down.

Useful, but not as helpful as he'd hoped. He didn't have any way of using Demonic power, and he wouldn't use it if he did. Saraqiel was a Fallen Angel... at least he could start working on a motive.

She was kicked out of Heaven for breaking the laws she was now running around killing people for? Possible guilt or an attempt to regain her place in Heaven?

With no way of finding her until she started using her powers again, he was stuck... time to go and do some research.

- Kuro -

Saraqiel should have a nice reputation by tomorrow, well... not nice, she's slaughtered over a hundred gangsters and petty gang members in a single night, leaving plenty of witnesses in the form of 'innocents'.

She's even saved two would-be rape victims, and one of them was very religious. You never see Spidey stopping a rape, but it's not something you see in the comics or movies.

Better yet, Frank Castle is off on a mission from God, all I had to do was point him in the right direction... for now, straight at the Hand. I have a spirit possessing him, it won't try controlling him, it just keeps track of him, maybe nudges him back on track every so often.

To be fair, for his family? I could send him to slay Santa, and he'd do it. The man is a barely functioning psychopath, redirecting that anger and rage is far too easy. He can excuse any crime when he's being ordered by an angel for the sake of resurrecting his family.

With him killing their men, they'll get more desperate to recruit more... which is where I come in. If he dies? Eh, who cares? It just means I don't have to pay him, as cheap as it would be for me.

[True Resurrection]

50,000 MP

Returns the soul to a corpse, healing it and returning it to life.

I am a master of White Magic already, but I can't actually cast it yet, I don't have enough Mana... unless I'm in my Fallen Form, in which White Magic costs 25% less.

I have the power to bring back his family already, all he needs to do is dig them up... but I'll make him work for it first. Death sees it as a worthy trade, three irrelevant souls that will rejoin her in time, to speed up the harvest of immortals who have crossed her?

A century is nothing for her, and Frank's family will rejoin her soon enough. Whether they live to one hundred, what does that matter to her?

For now, Saraqiel will disappear, let the criminals worry and panic over where she is. I have spirits moving around New York so I can react to any minor crimes like rapes and murders that need her attention.

Just to keep them on guard.

Why New York? Well, I live there and keeping it flooded with spirits just makes sense. The Ancient One will definitely be able to see them, and chances are there will be other people who can do the same, but I've ordered them to disperse and return to my hub if seen.

Sitting in my office I sigh, Ophis took seventeen orgasms before she decided she'd had enough and went to her room (dragging poor Lilith along with her despite the younger girls protests)

She broke my hip. Literally, my enhanced Vampiric body did nothing to stop her from getting carried away.

I've switched my true form that was in the Tower with one of my multi-forms, and I've decided with the chance of invasions, one form should remain in the Hub at all times, just in case.

Outworld seem to be licking their wounds, and I have no idea what the Abyss is up to, but I'm not taking any chances. Next time they show up, they'll meet a pissed off Overlord and a far more prepared Realm.

...Also, someone needs to look after Nyx, and I've missed her. Reaching up to scratch her, I smirk as she nips at my fingers. Shadow Phoenixes are powerful, and she's already the size of a large parrot, if she wanted to, she could take the finger off, then incinerate it, but she's not even breaking the skin.

I do have one question, though...

How the fuck do I have a signal here? There's some fuckery going on here.

Looking down at the phone in my hand, I shake my head. I don't care enough to look into it. I was with Mittelt and Kalawarner when Peter called, looking for advice to fight... well, me? It really makes it clear that this is the Peter who Mysterio made dance in the palm of his hand, he's incredibly smart... but socially naïve.

Even knowing we use the same magic, he doesn't seem to have any doubts about me at all, thanks to the Rep tracker making sure he doesn't lose any rep out of suspicion. I even got a small boost to rep for giving him... utterly useless information.

"You called for me, My Lord?" a voice pulls me out of my thinking, as I focus on the blonde elven goddess calmly standing in front of my desk. "I have to admit, I was expecting to be called to your bedroom, not your office." Celestine admits with a small smile.

"Ah, that's not why I called you. Besides... two of your students are sharing my bed, so it's occupied." I say with a chuckle. "No, I just wanted to thank you for training my Fallen." I say calmly, making her smile.

"It wasn't only for your benefit, the stronger you get, the better our chances of stopping Vult's army from overrunning my world." she admits making my smirk.

Quest Recovered

[Downfall of Castle and Cuntry]

Objective: Conquer the world of Kuroinu and slay Vult and his men

Reward: ?, ?

"True, but they'll help you once... and they'll serve me forever. I'm getting the greater benefit here. Still, I see your point. I'd like you to continue teaching the Fallen, and any other Light Magic users I get... you're skills are too strong to waste."

"Naturally, I have sworn to serve you, my Lord... training might not be what I expected, but I have no complaints." she replies calmly, a warm smile on her face. "Was that all, my Lord?" she asks, bowing slightly causing my eyes to lower to her breasts for just a moment.

"It is." I say with slight regret, I have more to do today, things to fix from the time my tower was without an Overlord.

"I see, until another time then, my Lord." Celestine says with a deep bow, once again making me curse my responsibilities as her barely covered breasts bounce enticingly.

I'm in three places at once, and I still don't have enough time.

"You are stressed... My Love." another familiar voice says, making me smirk as I look back to the door, Serena calmly standing in the entryway.

"An Overlord's work is never done." I drawl, admittedly half that work is sex, and the other forty-five percent is violence, there's a tiny amount of management in there as well.

As she walks into the office, she moves behind me, gently rubbing my shoulders.

"Truly... the tower was in shambles without you... I missed you, My Love." she admits, as I sigh in relief... she's good with her hands.

"And I missed you... it's good to be back." I chuckle. "It'd be better if we weren't being invaded, but still." I admit, leaning back and kissing her gently.

I know the game said you wouldn't get rewards for Serena...

But it isn't here, is it?

[Yandere Tamer] – Serena Lavellan [50]

Yandere's are dangerous... for most people, for you controlling the dangerous breed of lover is all too easy

[Elven Physiology (Strengths)] (Passive) – Serena Lavellan [100]

Due to your Elven traits, you are naturally blessed with an abundance of mana, gaining an extra 50% MP from your INT, and your senses are slightly stronger than a normal humans.

...Ignoring the new information about Serena's mental state, I have to grin at my newly blooming MP... all at the cost of some slightly pointed ears? A more than fair trade.

I can't hide my ears, it isn't a form I can change to this time, but I don't give a shit. The extra MP is more than worth any annoyance it could give me. They aren't even that pointy, no doubt a mix between my human and elven traits, and my hair does an excellent job of hiding them.

"Indeed, you have to work so hard... building this world for its inhabitants, it's only fair we all reward and worship you." she says suggestively, a hungry look in her eyes...

Well, an Overlord's work is never done.

- Later -

"You called for me?" Skarlet asks as she enters my room, crossing her arms in impatience, she isn't wearing her mask for once, so it's easier to see her emotions.

"I have a mission for you. The portal to Outworld has opened again, Mileena isn't attacking, not yet... and I'm not willing to give up the advantage by attacking Outworld just yet. Let her throw her forces against my walls, weakening her own position first." I say calmly, ignoring the bobbing white hair at the bottom of my view, and the occasional gagging noises. Skarlet's eyes flicker down to the desk, her eyes rolling as she looks back at me.

"I see... what would you have me do?" Skarlet asks, she has high obedience... but her affection hasn't even hit thirty yet, and her personality isn't exactly friendly in the first place. She'll obey, I just shouldn't expect her to be happy about it. "Kill the False Empress?"

"No... no. She's well defended, even my spirits can't get close with Shang Tsung lurking around the palace. I want you to retrieve something... someone for me. Empress Sindel, I want you to bring her here." I order making her scowl, judgement in her eyes.

"Then I'll be bringing a corpse. She's been dead and buried for a long time." Skarlet scoffs making me chuckle, catching her off guard.

"A corpse is all I need, bring her to me... I'll deal with the rest. She'll serve to damage the Edenian support Mileena has, and she'll be a powerful weapon against Kitana, wherever she is. As the only person here from outworld, you're the best choice to steal her corpse... just go in, grab the body and get out. It's not time for a full counter-invasion just yet." I order, getting a thoughtful look from her before she nods.

"It will be nice to see Kitana's face when she sees her mother on our side." Skarlet admits, a smirk growing on her face. Her hatred of Kitana makes her easy to use. "Very well... it'll be done. They won't even know I was there."

"Wonderful. The portal isn't defended on their side, it seems to move at random each time it spawns in Outworld, otherwise, they'd be watching it, so head there immediately. It should let you slip in before they find the portal." I say calmly, sending a spirit to watch her. "I can summon you back once you've found her, my spirit will watch you until then."

"Fine. I'll get going then, people to kill, corpses to steal." Skarlet agrees. "Be ready to pull me back, getting in will be easy, getting out less so."

"I'll be ready."

"And here I was worried you'd get... distracted." she mocks lightly, glancing down at the desk again.

"I'll be fine. I'm very good at multi-tasking." I say as she walks away, her hips swaying. Note to self, fuck her when she gets back.

"She's disrespectful... you should discipline her and put her back in her place before you put her on any throne." Serena advises as she pulls back, stroking my shaft.

"I know... but she's loyal and obedient, even if she is too prideful to show it." I say back, stroking her hair as I guide her head back down to my cock.

Multi-tasking at it's finest.

- Nova Roma -

Creating my first ever, Thralls feels like some great achievement or milestone as a Vampire.

It's a powerful feeling, and enjoyable, that these women who were just nobles with no strength of their own, and now? They could beat professional soldiers with relative ease.

It's a fantastic feeling... or maybe that's just Lucretia obediently bobbing her head, her tongue swirling around my shaft as she gently fondles my balls.

She's enjoying herself, kneeling before her King and proving her worth, her thought process is that if she shows herself talented enough, she'll be set on the easy path to the top, to being a concubine of an eternal king. The highest position she could ever get.

It's why she's so willingly choking herself on my dick, taking me into her throat with little to no regard for her own safety. She isn't new to this, to even remotely, and it shows as she deep-throats my thick cock.

Breaking my kiss with Ilithyia as she leans against me, I bite my own lip with a smirk, a thin sliver of blood leaving it as I kiss her again, letting the blood slide into her mouth as she becomes far more... enthusiastic. She has never refused me, and she always returns my affections, but a little vampiric blood makes her go from happy to ecstatic as her tongue plunders my mouth.

She's an addict now, a side effect of the Thrall creation process, and only my blood will satisfy her. I've had plenty of my own blood drawn and stored away in Selene's storeroom, her wards protecting it... and she's been given a word of warning to stop her from getting any ideas.

Pulling back, smirking slightly as she tries to lean further forwards before she pulls back with a deep blush, embarrassed by how into she got. Giving her a quick smirk, I turn and capture Tertulla's lips, grinning to myself as she immediately reciprocates.

She has some guilt growing in her from her married status, she is in a happy marriage after all, with a respectable husband at that... but she's the leader of the cult and one of the most powerful nobles in Nova Roma, I can't risk leaving her with even the slightest loyalty to anyone but me.

I've already had her husband possessed, to neutralise any threat he could represent, but I need to tie her to me even tighter than worshipper or thrall.

Taking as a lover, even if I can't make it official from a concubine arrangement, will do that... and she's too obsessed with serving her 'god' to ever refuse.

I won't push her, not yet... but for now, a simple kiss will do to start chipping away at that pesky loyalty to her husband, and solidifying her devotion to her precious god.

I know she has 100 affection and obedience, but her relationship loyalty needs to drop to 0 for me to be satisfied.

Squeezing her ass with a grin, I let the blood slowly enter her mouth, seeing the results immediately as her guilt is gradually replaced with lust, even if she's more controlled than Ilithyia, she didn't end up the leader of the cult by accident.

Thralls are easy to control, even without the strong desire they have to obey the Vampire that turned them. After all, I'm the only dealer with the drug they need, the only one who can make it as well.

As Lucretia takes my shaft to the hilt once more, I let myself cum, watching her obediently remain still as my seed shoots directly into her stomach, bypassing her mouth entirely.

I'm not in my Incubus form, but that doesn't change the fact that my loads are... prodigious, continuing for almost a minute as Lucretia's eyes slowly roll back in her head, the lack of air getting to her.

She's a mess, her make-up smudged by the tear-tracks, drool leaking from her mouth, but it doesn't detract from her beauty, if anything it adds to it, her willingness to throw away her posh noble act and degrade herself for my pleasure making me smile.

As my climax comes to an end, she slowly pulls back, gasping slightly to regain her breath as she lathers my shaft with licks and kisses, cleaning her slather from it.

"Will that be all, My Lord?" she asks, still smothering my with her affection as I stroke her hair.

"For now, Lucretia... for now. Tomorrow I have to return to New York, too much going on there for me to stay away for long, Ilithyia, you're in charge while me and Amara are away. Keep an eye on Domitia, I doubt she'll try anything with her House on the line, but remain on guard nonetheless. Tertulla, I want you to use your connections to raise Lucretia's position, the better positioned she is, the more useful she will be to me." I order getting quick agreements, I can't risk using multiform to be in New York and Nova Roma simultaneously, at least not as Kuro Tepes.

My ability to be in multiple places at once isn't something I want anyone who doesn't serve me to know, it would ruin a lot of future alibis after all. It's more effective the fewer people know about it.

Which means I have places to be tomorrow.

"For now, everyone gets back to where you should be, tell no-one of your transformation, unless you think any in the cult are worthy, Tertulla."

"Of course, My God, I'll watch them carefully, to see if any are deserving of your gift." Tertulla promises immediately as I smile.

"Wonderful, now... I'm going back to bed, don't want Amara to feel lonely when she wakes up." I chuckle, not that she's alone.

Now that I have multi-form... I am damn well going to get my missed sleep in.

Overlord Kuro sitting in his office can deal with working, King Kuro needs a nap.

Saraqiel is going to... 'disappear' for a while, come morning she'll have every secret agency in America looking for her, plenty of crime families and the NYPD as well, so she's taking care of some final arrangements before she heads to the Tower for a while, letting the heat die down.

While in the tower, she'll do her whole 'angel' thing there, I want to try out building faith in two beings, will I get twice the power from the people who worship both Overlord Kuro and Saraqiel the Angel?

It's worth the effort to find out.

- Later -

It's Sunday, so I have plenty of excuses for slacking off and sleeping in late... then spending a couple of hours with Amara, Seppia and Ilithyia.

…and then had breakfast and went straight back to bed for another hour.

So I'm lazy, sue me.

But, I have slacked off enough (for now).

"Worry not, I will keep everything running while you are gone." Ilithyia says obediently, I've found she's far more obedient and polite after getting a good fucking.

She's not wrong though, she has far more experience than me in the political arena, more patience for it as well, and my spirits will keep the various possessed nobles nice and obedient.

"I know, hold the fort while we're gone." I say casually, kissing her deeply as I bite my lip, discretely giving her some blood, the moment I break the kiss I heal the wound, getting rid of any trace.

"It was good to see you again, mother." Amara says, giving her a tight hug as I re-equip the sling ring, borrowing it from Overlord Kuro for a moment, the Inventory is good for passing stuff around, I can put it in with one body and take it out with the other.

"And you, Amara." Ilithyia says kindly, stroking her daughter's hair. If I hadn't just seen Ilithyia go down on her daughter while she was getting her ass fucked by her son-in-law, I'd say they were a normal loving mother and daughter.

Well, if anything they're closer than a normal mother and daughter. They definitely bonded last night, sharing a dick does that.

"I'm ready, my love." Amara says, returning to my side with a smile.

Elizabeth has already left, didn't even say goodbye... can't say I'm surprised. Laura is coming with us, mostly because I've promised she can relax at the Academy as well.

"As am I, remember Ilithyia, we're only a portal away. If anything goes wrong, I want to know immediately." I order, getting a nod and a bow from her as I make the portal, straight to my bedroom in the Massachusetts Academy, Tonight I'll return to Xavier's so I don't have to do it in the morning, anything to stop me from having to get up early.

First, Emma.

'Interesting, I don't remember you having Telepathy yesterday.' she comments in amusement as I reach out, knocking on her mind.

'There've been some... minor changes while I've been away, nothing major' I drawl back, making her giggle.

'Obviously... we should speak in person, come to my office... or would you rather I come to your bedroom... Your Majesty?' Emma asks, a hint of hunger in her tone.

"I'm heading to the headmistress's office, I'll see you later." I say to Amara, giving her a quick kiss.

"I'll wait here... all the talking annoys me." Laura adds casually, helping herself to my bed... she's really enjoying her time out of HYDRA's hands. Can't say I blame her, I like lazing around as well.

"Of course, my love. I'll go and catch up with the other Hellions, have fun with the headmistress..." Amara says with a suggestive tone, making me roll my eyes.

Is she just assuming I'm going to fuck Emma just because she's female and I'm meeting with her?

'Well... I do hope she isn't wrong.' Emma adds with an audible smirk, I'm letting her read my surface thoughts while keeping her out of my mind to practice with my nullification. 'I must say, you're growth rate is as utterly ridiculous as ever, my dear.'

Don't act like you don't like it, I can feel your lust from here... and what you're fingers are doing, this connection is two way after all.

'Perhaps you should hurry up and replace them with something thicker?' she asks mockingly, sending images of me and her together. Fake, I don't remember having sex on a public beach... also, why am I always tied up in your fantasies? 'Everyone has their tastes, besides it's not like ropes could truly hold you... if you didn't let them.'

Depends on the rope, I guess. There's probably some bullshit rope of eternal binding that some asshole will find and tie my up in eventually.

Heading towards her office with a smirk, I frown after a moment, looking around the corridors in confusion before I laugh.

Nice try, Emma.

'Just a test, that is all. Congratulations, most don't notice such subtle attempts to deceive them, certainly not so quickly.' Emma says proudly, she'd been messing with my sense of direction, nudging me to walk around in circles instead of reaching her office.

+10 Affection with Emma Frost for impressing her [70/100]

Finding her office, I open the door and smirk at her, getting one back as she continues to gently finger herself, her white corset and jeans tossed over to the side, and her thong pulled aside.

"If I'd know this was waiting for me, I might have come back sooner." I drawl, moving towards her and taking a seat opposite her desk,

"Good to know, I see your time in Nova Roma has treated you well, you are far more controlled now." Emma adds, glancing at a small wine glass filled with a red liquid in it as my lips twitch.

"Another test?" I ask as she passes it to me, I've drunk recently, before leaving I hypnotised Sibyl and had a drink, she was no worse for wear, a quick healing spell fixing the bite-marks.

"Indeed, you are one of my students despite the irregularities... I need to know what your weaknesses are before I can help you fix them." Emma admits unapologetically, I don't mind.

She's honest in that, and despite her manipulative nature, she is a teacher who cares for her students progress.

Though the show she's putting on might be helping.

Taking a sip, I pause for a moment... older than Sibyl, female, non-virginal. Emma's?

"Interesting, there are stories of vampires having preferences, but I hadn't thought you'd be able to tell." she admits. "Now... who exactly is your new friend?"

"Laura Kinney, or X-23. A female clone of Wolverine. She was in HYDRA's hands, they attacked, they lost, now she's with me. I decided to bring her here instead of taking her to Xavier's. She's a pretty simple girl, likes baths, good food and sleeping." I say casually, making her frown slightly.

"All the things she wouldn't have had in HYDRA's hands... that I can understand. She'll be in good care here." she promises with a sigh, there it is... the caring person beneath the ice queen.

Emma isn't some pure evil mega-bitch, that much was apparent even with her ice queen persona.

"You'll be happy to know, you were right, by the way." she adds, making my eyebrows raise slightly as she turns on her TV, showing a paused recording of a familiar face, sitting down in front of a podium with a cheeseburger in one hand.

"I-I came to realise that I had more to offer this world, than just making things that blow up and that is why, effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark International." Tony Stark, the future Iron Man, announces, as Obadiah Stane desperately attempts to get him to shut up.

"It's only been a couple of hours, and already his stock had plummeted." Emma says with a laugh, followed by a moan. "I-I was ready with your warning... already I've snatched up a large chunk of the shares, with more to come. Stane tried the same, but he was caught off guard... he didn't see this coming and his little attempt to get rid of Stark has cost him dearly." she moans out, getting off on our little heist.

"How much do you think you can get?" I ask with a smirk, watching her fingers speed up.

"Fifty-four percent, more than enough... and it's not what I can grab, it's all in your name after all. King of Nova Roma and the Majority Owner of Stark Industries, not a bad start." Emma moans.

"But a start, none the less. I'm too greedy to be satisfied with just that." I admit making her moan, well, it's either that or my Eromancy, Phantom Hands groping her perfect tits and ass and Enhance Feelings cast up to times five making her body wrack with pleasure, her mind still focused despite that.

"I-Indeed... you can never have too much power." she agrees quickly, her legs resting on her desk, spread apart as she vigorously pumps her fingers into her snatch, moaning in pleasure.

"Selene told me you had something you wanted me to do?" I ask calmly, I could go other there and fuck her... but I'll have time for that later, and this is an exceptional show.

It'd be a shame to interrupt.

"Y-yes... you had a series of checks done by S-Susan Storm... but that was w-when you were human. I want you to run another set of tests with her, to learn your limits." Emma admits, making me pause. "Along with another test of my own creation."

Well, it'll be nice to see Susan and She-Hulk again?

"Sure... I have nothing better to do." I say calmly, smirking as her fingers speed up even further. "When do we leave?"

"S-soon... when I am f-finished." she admits, making me chuckle. No-one wants to be blue-balled.

"Hmm... times wasting, and as fun as it would be to bend you over the desk, I really doubt we'd get out in time to meet Sue." I chuckle walking towards her and pulling her chair out slightly, my hand sliding down to replace hers. "Allow me to... speed things up." I say with a smirk, kissing her before I move in front of her, kneeling between her legs, leaning forwards and latching my mouth onto her slit as her eyes widen.

Maybe it's my Incubus side, but her juices are almost as nice as her blood, which is why I have no problems being down here. As her fingers grip my hair tightly, I smirk to myself, hearing her moans intensify as my unnaturally long tongue, another Incubus trait, pushes into her.

"O-oooh fuck..."

She was already getting close, and with an Incubi tongue plundering her lower lips, it takes seconds, not minutes to simply push her over the edge, a loud scream filling the office as my mouth is flooded with her juices, she isn't even trying to be quiet as she almost tears my hair out with her grip.

"There we go... all ready or do you want a few more?" I ask mockingly, looking up at her with a proud smirk.

"D-don't tempt me..." she groans out as I stand up, watching her pant slightly, her face flushed with pleasure and her eyes full of hunger and lust.

"When we get back, I'm fucking you... hard." I say casually, helping her stand with a smirk.

"I'll look forwards to it... give me a moment to get dressed, and get Blink and another student who will be joining us." Emma says after catching her breath, walking over to the side of the room and gather the clothes she obviously tossed away early.

Sitting down in her seat, I take a moment to cast Clean on us both, making her eyebrow raise as she looks at me.

"Just speeding things up... magic has it's uses."

"Indeed... be right back." she promises, pulling her clothes on and leaving the room.

Looking at her still turned on computer, I smirk to myself seeing the dozens of tracking stocks, cameras watching various people, both in and out of the academy, personal files that she shouldn't have access to.

Nothing I care about, Hellfire business mostly.

Although...

"We are ready... see something interesting?" she asks with a raised eyebrow as she returns, Clarice and Cordelia Frost behind her.

"The Cuckoo's are showering, I'm ninety percent sure they know I'm watching." I admit with a grin, watching them put on a show for the camera, Esme rubbing her body against Phoebe as she gets her sister all soapy.

"...They do, it's always best to just assume they know everything, even when they shouldn't. Especially when they shouldn't." she groans, sending a mental scolding to them.

As she does, one of them waves at the 'hidden' camera, all five of them giggling as they lather each other's bodies as lewdly as possible.

"Let us go, if you keep watching you'll just encourage them." Emma sighs, facepalming slightly. After she sees me not moving, she sighs again, walking around the desk and setting it to record, giving me an amused look.

"You can watch it on your tablet later, come on." she chuckles, pulling me out of the seat.

"Fine... time to be a lab rat again! Fun. So, why are you coming along?" I ask Cordelia, making her look away with a slight blush.

"She's part of one of your tests... and she'll stay quiet if she doesn't want to go back to the punishment room." Emma says with a smirk, her sister flinching as she does.

"Fair enough... let's go." I say, looking into Cordelia's mind. Not the test, I'll wait for that... I just want to know why she's suddenly so obedient when she was so rebellious before.

It's hard to get into people's memories, something I don't have much experience with, but she was thinking about it, which makes it easier to get flashes of... huh.

Emma's 'punishment' room looks a lot like a fancier version of my sex dungeon, and for a brief moment, I get a glimpse of Cordelia on a horse almost identical to the one I put Raynare on, utterly naked as Emma brought a riding crop down on her, dressed in nothing more than a thong and tiny corset.

...Why am I not surprised that a world made by Shiro is so lewd?

Glancing at Emma as Clarice prepares to teleport us, she smirks knowingly at me.

'You need practice, memory diving isn't easy, is it?'

Not responding aside from a slight nod, I head through the portal made by Clarice, re-appearing in the Baxter Building.

"Ah, you're here!" Sue says, getting my attention. "We've been waiting, a bit later than expected but never mind that."

"Susan, it's meet to see you in person." Emma says politely. "I'll take Cordelia and prepare her for her part, Kuro, go with Susan." she requests with a small smile.

"Got it, one lab rat, as ordered." I say with a grin as I walk over to the scientist, catching her rolling eyes.

"Interesting... I can see the fangs already, and you are certainly paler. This way, same as last time." Sue says, taking my hand and leading me to the elevator, heading back to her lab.

"Oh? The exact same as last time, huh?" I ask, watching a small blush grow on her face as my eyes slide down to her breasts.

"W-well, not exactly. Oh shut up." she groans, seeing me chuckle. "I only did... that to get Jen to stop teasing me about Reed."

"How did that go for you?" I ask, already sure of the answer.

"...she's been teasing me non-stop over it, she even had the lab cameras turned on. She doesn't tease me about Reed... but she certainly hasn't stopped teasing me." Sue groans, making me laugh.

"Called it... you're a genius, but even I could see that coming and I've only met her once." I say making her sigh.

"...I really should have seen in coming, all I did was embarrass myself and give her more material to tease with." she admits.

"Well... I had fun." I admit, making her roll her eyes.

"I'm sure you did, you certainly left enough evidence of that on my breasts after all." she deadpans, a slight blush on her face. Well, she isn't angry over it at least.

As the elevator opens, she walks out calmly, her hips swaying slightly.

"R-right! We'll start with your physical... normally it'd be a mixture of weight-lifting and other tests first... but we are trying something a little different this time, strip down please." she says, suddenly professional as she gathers her little sensors, waiting for me to strip so she can stick them to me, they're just little pads that are barely noticeable once they are stuck to my skin. "Put these on." she orders, tossing a skintight tank-top and pair of shorts at me.

"So... how are we doing this?" I ask as I follow her, even with my enhanced strength, I can barely feel the pads, impressive.

"This way, please." Sue replies, not really answering my questions as she leads me back to the arena like room from last time.

"Here we go, this the kid?" Ben Grimm asks with a chuckle, the massive rock man standing up from where he'd been sat next to Alicia. Jen is sat there as well, giving me a mocking wave as she talks to Alicia, nothing important, just gossiping about Johnny Storm getting his ass kicked by three girls he was seeing... at the same time.

Guess he can't pull off the Harem as well as I can.

"It is, Kuro, this is Ben Grimm, otherwise known as the Thing. Ben, this is Kuro." she introduces.

"Right, nice to meet ya, Kid... now hit me in the face." Ben says with a rocky grin.

"Ben! Give me a minute." Sue scolds with a laugh. "We need to test your strength, speed and reflexes, that's what the pads are for... we just need to put you through your paces first." she explains. "Just attack Ben, for now, he won't fight back, and he can take it."

"Got it... ready or not..." I start, calling on my full vampiric power as I close the distance, upper-cutting him in the chin. "Here I come."

"Not bad, Kid... I actually felt that." Ben chuckles, rubbing his jaw as I start pummelling him in the stomach, hundreds of punches slamming into him. The Thing can take Hulk-Strength Punches, which is why I'm not surprised I'm just slowly knocking him back.

Only a couple of steps, but it is doing something at least.

Zooming away, I move behind him faster than he can follow, punching him in the back as hard as I can, knocking him forwards a single strength, dashing away again, I close the distance, hitting him in the jaw as I add the momentum to my punches.

I'm not sure how long I do this, but I am very, very slowly chipping down his HP. It would take hours to get it to zero, and he usually wouldn't just be standing there... but to be fair, in a fight I'd just nullify his power. I have completed the quest to nullify Mutates after all (thanks Laura/Amara).

"That's enough, Kuro." Sue says as I'm pummelling Ben's face, watching his rocky grin never change.

"Damn Kid, felt like I was getting blasted a missile every time you whacked me, you're a scary kid, you know that?" he laughs, rubbing his jaw.

"...Then you're a scary guy, considering you barely reacted to getting a super-powered punch." I counter, making him chuckle.

"True, humbling to know you ain't he biggest badass around, huh?" Ben laughs, making me smirk. I know I'm not the biggest badass, I am well aware of where I am.

"Oh, I could definitely beat you, but don't worry, you're still pretty cool." I say consolingly, making him laugh again. He isn't mocking me, just having fun.

"Oh yeah? How's that?" he asks before his eyes widen, his body shrinking and turning pale and soft as I nullify his powers, making the Thing go back to just Ben Grimm.

"Like that... wanna go again?" I ask throwing a couple of mock punches in his direction.

"What the... how the hell'd do that, Kid?" he asks quickly, holding his shorts up, they were skintight... for a giant rock man, not so much on the smaller man.

"Nullifying is kinda my thing." I say modestly, my smirk ruining it as he runs his free hand over his face. "As long as your in my range, my power can force you into your old form."

"How far is your range?" he asks seriously making me shrug.

"Pretty good, all this room definitely." I say looking around the large arena, what the hell do they usually test in here that needs so much room? "It's about... fifty metres in every direction... gets a bit weird when you go above and below though." I admit.

"Kid, you have no idea what you've done, huh?" he asks with a laugh, slapping me on the back with a wide grin, his human strength not even moving me. "Even the Egghead couldn't make me... me again."

"Yeah... I'm guessing the whole giant rock man gets old quick when you can't turn it off, huh?" I ask, making him chuckle. "At least being a Vampire doesn't change me that much."

"Yeah, kid... yeah it does... Jen! Take over." he shouts after a moment. "Seriously Kid, thanks... even if it won't last, it's nice to be me again." he says, patting me on the back before he rushes over to his girlfriend.

+30 Reputation with Ben Grimm for helping him be himself [40/100]

And that's my good deed of the millennium done.

"Not seen the big guy beam like that in a while." Jen says as she heads over, a grin on her own green face. All she's wearing is a tiny sports bra and shorts in her colours, white and purple.

"Most people don't like losing their powers... good for him, I guess." I say, making her laugh.

"Please, you aren't as smart as you think you are. You're a good guy, Kuro... even if you try and hide it." she laughs, making me pause.

"I am a vampire lord, feeding on your petty humans... I'm not a good anything." I counter with a smirk, making her roll her eyes.

"Right, you two. This time... we're testing your reflexes and endurance." Sue interrupts, making me eyes widen, a grin appearing on Jen's face.

"Oh, no." I say after a moment, making her laugh.

"Oh, yes..." she says with a grin.

"All you have to do is try and avoid getting hit, Jen will hold back until we have a better idea of what kind of damage you can take." Sue promises kindly as Jen's grin grows.

"...wonderful, run away and don't get killed by the Sexy Green Amazoness. Sounds like fun." I groan getting ready.

"How about a wager then? To make it more fun?" she offers casually, her grin growing slightly from my compliment.

"...What did you have in mind?"

"If you last ten minutes, you win. If I take you out faster than that, I win. You can use whatever trick you want other than nullifying me, magic, mutant or vampiric, I don't care, and the loser has to do one thing for the winner." Jen offers, flexing slightly.

"Anything else goes?"

"Anything else goes, you in?" she asks, making me hesitate before I smirk back.

"This is a terrible idea, I'm in." I say with a smirk.

"You two are awful." Sue adds with a sigh, already having opened a timer to keep track. "...but I would like to see you lose Jen, I want some payback for the last week of my life... and you keep telling me to be more daring. Kuro, beat her and I'll owe you one favour as well, whatever you want." she adds, making Jen's lips twitch, her eyebrows rising.

"Well, well... look who's loosening up. Ready when you are, Kuro." Jen says, getting into position.

"I'm ready... start the timer." I say, getting ready as I observe her carefully.

The moment the timer starts, she closes the distance making me grin as I dash away to the other side of the arena, she's fast... very fast, but she's not vampire fast.

As she turns on a dime, launching herself towards me, I put my evil scheme in place, dodging away from her punch and closing back in, punching her in the face as hard as I can, getting nothing more than a grin from her in response.

Knew it, she's Thing level durable. But I have a plan for that.,

"Come on, Brat... at least make me feel it." she taunts as she tries to keep close to me, barely missing an uppercut as I jump back.

She'll feel it, alright...

Closing the distance again, I jab her in the nose, a slight moan leaving her mouth as her eyes widen.

Pain to Pleasure, 100%... and Enhance Feelings time five.

"Okay... that's new." she admits.

"I couldn't hurt you... but I can make you feel something entirely different, did you know there's an entire branch of magic dedicated to sex?" I ask rhetorically as she tries to attack again, losing her footing as my Phantom Hands get to work, groping her breasts as they roll her nipples between their invisible fingers.

"O-oh this is some bullshit." Jen growls, charging at me, attempting to clothesline me as I dodge beneath her outstretched arm, slapping her on the ass as I move past her.

"I believe you said 'Anything goes'" Sue adds. "On an unrelated side-note, this is all being recorded... for scientific reasons of course."

"Damn, you can be real vengeful when you want to be, huh?" Jen asks, glancing at the clock.

Eight minutes left.

"Fine... now I'm actually gonna have to take this seriously." Jen says with a shrug, before she rockets forwards, bringing her foot down in a brutal slam as she makes the entire arena shake, my footing failing for just a moment.

Unfortunately... against her, a minute is all she needs.

As a wild haymaker flies towards my face, I cast Shield of Light, watching her bounce off it.

She isn't putting her full strength in, if she was she would have crushed that shield in a single blow... but that was still almost a third of my mp gone in a single blow.

Dashing away, I cancel my shield and decide that not being near her is my best choice at the moment.

She's a bigger threat than Ben, not only is she ridiculously strong and tough... she's also fast, and while she isn't as fast as me, she's smart as well.

Tearing up the arena ground, she destroys my footing, slowing me down as I have to navigate the damaged floor, while she simply leaps from place to place, often landing in my path.

I could fly... if I was willing to give up my race change secret, but for now, I dodge, throwing shields up when dodging fails.

Even with six phantom hands molesting her, groping her breasts and firm ass, even going as far as to finger her non-stop, she is barely phased, an occasional moan leaves her mouth, but it doesn't stop her assault, if anything it seems to be making this more fun for her...

As the timer ticks down to two minutes, her attacks become more feral and aggressive, she doesn't like to lose... and in my desperation I use another tactic.

As a brutal punch is barely blocked by my shield, I focus and change forms, shrinking down as I take on the form of a bat, flying into the air, at the same time, a thick fog fills the room, hindering her vision.

I see her throwing punches blindly, but she can't see or hit me as I fly around the room at speeds a human couldn't hope to track.

"Oh, this is some bullshit!" she shouts, growling in anger. "She-hulk..." What? Oh fuck. "Smash!"

As her palms meet together in a clap, I'm flung into the wall, the shock-wave sending my mist away, growling in pain I switch forms immediately to stop the immensely painful ringing in my ears.

Falling to the floor, I look up at her smirking face with a scowl. I can barely focus from the ringing still piercing my ear-drums, changing back helped but not that much... I can barely see, and my head is spinning... a powerful weakness I need to be aware of in the future.

"You don't get to call anything bullshit, Miss Godlike Strength." I say as she struts towards me, picking me up by the neck while I'm still disorientated.

"Aww, don't be a sore loser... you'll enjoy what I have you do, promise." she teases.

"I'm not out just yet..." I say, glancing at the timer, forty seconds.

"So you aren't... I'm sorry about this." she says, pulling back a punch as I smirk, making her pause.

"I'm not." I reply, one of my phantom hands makes its move.

"What do you meeEEeean." she yelps, her tight grip failing as she drops me, giving me a chance to uppercut her into the air as she moans, she doesn't take much damage, but I can still move her.

Running away, I move to the other side of the arena, watching her struggle to stand up, I suppose a sudden anal fisting would do that...

"Time! Kuro wins." Sue says calmly as I cancel my spells, watching Jen get up with a glare before she sighs and laughs.

"You know, when I said anything goes... that wasn't what I meant." she deadpans getting up, rubbing her ass slightly.

"I couldn't beat you without nullification, not while I play fair." I admit, making her chuckle.

"Fair enough... but if you want to stick something in my ass, at least let me get pissed first." Jen laughs.

"Eh, it's not like it hurt... a pain to pleasure conversion, it's why your nipples are so hard, and why there's a wet patch on the front of your shorts." I add helpfully with a shrug.

"Nice trick... fair enough, you won... me, and Sue, have to do what you want once. Well done... oh, but Kuro?" she asks casually, as I look at the suddenly blushing Sue.

Turning back toward Jen, my eyes widen at the fist flying towards me, already far too close.

As she hits my chest, a helpful pop up tells me that I've just lost 75% of my hp, another couple percent as I slam into the wall.

"O-okay, maybe... just maybe... I had that coming." I groan out as I pull myself back up, looking at the Kuro shaped dent in the wall.

"Probably." Jen says with a laugh, helping me up. "But we needed to test your endurance, right?"

"...sure."

"Are you okay?" Sue asks worriedly, rushing towards me as she pulls my tank top up, examining the spot where she hit me.

"Nope... wanna kiss it better?" I ask sincerely, looking at my rapidly rising HP, Healing Magic for the win.

"...Is that your favour?" Sue asks back with a smirk, making my eyes widen.

"Oh, hell no, I'm not wasting it that easily." I say, looking over her with a smirk, getting a blush but little else.

"I'm sure you have some depraved plan for us... if half of what Emma had to say about your sex life is true, but that will have to wait. Emma is waiting for you for another... test." she says, a blush on her face.

"Right... and where is she?" I ask.

"I'll lead the way, before I go over your data." she says, clearly embarrassed by this 'test'... more so than the idea of me using my favour to force her into my bed? Well, now I'm just curious.

Following her, I catch Jen's mocking wave and knowing smirk, along with Ben's regretful look as I leave. Sorry big guy.

Going back to the elevator, trying to ply the information from Sue does nothing, getting only embarrassed deflections, and I don't want to spoil the surprise with Telepathy...

Reaching the 'test room' Sue practically flees after pointing me to the right door.

Entering, I pause as I look over what is clearly a bedroom... with Cordelia tied to the bed, spread eagle and naked.

"Okay... what?"

"Ah, Kuro... you're here." Emma says calmly, standing up. "This test is simple... are you aware that not a single person you have slept with is pregnant, no matter their race?" she asks making me pause. "Quite unusual given how frequently you have sex, all unprotected... especially considering how fertile you are. After some discussion with Xavier and Magneto, we came to a possible conclusion. Your power is adaptability... if you don't want to impregnate the girl, it is possible that your power would prevent it, temporarily sterilising you. It's understandable given your age that you'd be hesitant. For this test, I want you to fuck Cordelia hard and fast while wanting to breed her. Don't worry... she volunteered." she adds, making me look at the gagged girl with a raised eyebrow, making her look away with a blush. "Well, More or less... If you succeed, we'll know within a couple of days, there's a mutant for that... honestly, there's a mutant for everything... and you will be greatly rewarded. Myself, Xavier and Magneto all chose a single girl, and if you can get them pregnant, each will reward you magnificently."

...Well, I do like rewards.

- Bonus Scene – A Thing -

Looking back at his orange skin, he sighed.

"Are you okay?" Alicia asked calmly, her hand on his lap.

"Yeah... just thinking, that's all." he said with a sigh, looking over his body. It'd been great to be... human, if only for a moment.

He couldn't ask the kid to follow him around just so he could look normal, it was his problem, not Kuro's.

Sitting next to Alicia, and actually looking like a couple? Not beauty and the beast?

"It doesn't matter to me, you know that." she replied, making him laugh. She always could see right through him.

"Because you can't see me." he pointed out, getting a light slap on the head from the smirking girl.

"Wouldn't matter to me either way, you're a good man, Ben Grimm, with a good heart, a rocky face isn't going to change that." she promised calmly.

"You know, I was reading the big file on the new kid, Kuro... the one Sue thinks she secured, she always had predictable passwords." the matchstick added, popping up out of nowhere with a large punchable smirk. "Wanna test that claim?"

"The hell are you on about?" Ben growled, glaring at the smirking man.

"Kid can heal, he's got magic hands... maybe he can fix up the whole blind thing. Then we can see if she really doesn't mind your face." Johnny added with a shrug.

Wait... he could do what?