Of all the times they’d gotten together, of all the fantasies Elaine helped fulfill, of all the moments before, between and after sessions, she’d never known Allie to be speechless. There was a first time for everything, though. Even through that mask, through those ridiculous goggles, she had no doubt what sort of look was plastered on Allie’s face. They shared that silent space, the destroyed lab, shattered windows, stolen goods and unconscious mad scientist adding an odd ambience to the rendezvous, though in hindsight, not a particularly new ambiance for either. The tense silence had just begun to stretch long enough to awaken the nagging itch in the back of Elaine’s mind which couldn’t help but wonder if she’d actually been incorrect when Allie spoke.

 “So, I guess there’s no need to push back our date afterall?” Her voice was barely a whisper, but beneath that embarrassed, frightened, compromised tone was that kernel of teasing lilt Elaine had come to expect from her favorite client. Elaine smiled weakly and settled herself onto the floor, facing Allie with searching eyes. 

 “Allie, what happened? To you, with us, with everything?” The edge which laced Elaine’s voice was clearly sharper than Allie had hoped for, who seemed to curl inward and slouch forward in discomfort.

 “I didn’t know it was you, Elaine, if that’s what you’re asking. I just, I mean I needed this body, you can’t understand what it’s like to be stuck with one that’s wrong. And then I asked Lexi if she could mad science me into something new, and she got to doing research and found out about the thing at Azure and well, I wasn’t about to let those assholes sell something with that kind of medical potential. With the right hardware backing it up it could basically cure any illness, change any body down to the genetic level. You understand that kind of potential right? It would change the world and I was supposed to just let Azure patent it?” Allie’s voice shook with growing rage the longer she dwelled on Azure, but Elaine wasn’t in the mood for justifications.

“You wouldn’t let Azure use it so instead you stole it for you and you alone to use? I’m no fan of those war criminals either but how does this help anyone other than - “

“I was getting to that Elaine, fuck. You were always like this as Slipspace, you just refused to even listen when I tried to explain I was doing the right thing, all while still flaunting that moral high ground bullshit. You can’t claim to be against the system if you won’t even give the people actually fighting it a chance to explain themselves.” It was Elaine’s turn to whither. Never, not even as Kinetiq persona had Allie levied that much anger, that much fury at her. She could practically feel the eyes glaring at her through those oversized red lenses. Satisfied, Allie continued in a more measured tone. 

“The plan was always to find a way to make more and eventually get it out for public availability. What Azure invented was ostensibly a sort of catalyst capable of converting any cell into a stem cell which  could be moved or rewritten into any other type of cell. Obviously this had just about limitless potential to cure disease or fix disfigurements and defects, like mine. But without the proper tech in place to control it things could go wrong very fast. When Lexi tried it out on me it fucking sucked, nearly killed me. It was worth it, but we decided right then and there we needed to improve our hardware before trying to make it available to others, before we tried to make more. So I came out of retirement, this time as Arcadia.” The room grew silent once again as Elaine ran Allie’s story over and over in her head, trying to find lies, inconsistencies, anything. 

But why? Why not trust her? That pesky conscience of hers had a point. This was Allie, this was the girl she liked. She couldn’t bring herself to just believe in her? To accept that her attempts at ‘villainy’ which struck at the heart of a corrupt system were just? That was hardly the foundation of a solid relationship. With a chuckle and a grunt Elaine stood, circling behind Allie to uncover her face with a tender caress. The mask fell away and she saw those gorgeous deep brown eyes gazing up at her, she felt the back of Allie’s head resting gently against her belly as she craned her neck to meet Elaine’s gaze, she felt right. In that moment Elaine had one resounding thought: fuck it. She slid her earpiece back on, activated it and in her most urgent, furtive whisper, she made her play. 

"Tic, do you copy?" 

"I'm here, Slip, everything going smoothly on my end, is something wrong on yours?" He was casual, relaxed, that was good, she needed him to not be on edge.

"Remember that one favor you owe me, no questions asked?"  The pause on the other line was palpable, weighty, she could practically hear the gears turning in Tic's head.

"Yes. I do, I'm not sure I'm happy to have you call it in on a mission where I'm working comms, though." Not a no, at least.

"Well, sorry to say we don't have a choice. Something came up, something huge. I think I can bag both of them and more, but I need you to trust me, and I need you to help me out. Just, do whatever you can to delay the backup, okay? I can't have some unsubtle clown bursting in with the heroics." Allie's eyes widened in hurt, in fear, but Elaine silenced her worries with a gentle stroke of her hair and a light kiss upon the top of her head. "Trust me" she whispered, sure to flick the channel off for that briefest of asides. 

"Slip I really, really do not like this, but a favor is a favor, and after this I think you owe me one. This better play out cause if they figure out I'm doing this for you and you blow this whole thing it's both of our asses. But fine, I'll nix any dispatch orders to your area for as long as I can. Good luck." The line went dead, Elaine cast the comm bead to the floor and crushed it under her boot heal. Both women sighed in relief, though Elaine detected something beyond simply reprieve in Allie's tone.

“Listen, I’m sorry it took me so damn long to actually listen to you. That I needed to care about Allie, the person before I was able to see Arcadia, the villain as anything but. I’m not going to take you in. I can’t, but if we’re doing it this way I’m going to have to untie you and you’re going to have to knock me around a bit, can’t have them thinking I let you get away. I guess we’ll have to push the date back a few days too.” That last part stung more than Elaine expected. Sure, she was with Allie now, but she was looking forward to an actual real date. Now wasn’t the time for lamentation though, there was a certain tension, anticipation Elaine felt in Allie’s body, and there seemed to be a pretty clear candidate as to why. Elaine’s hand traced the curve of Allie’s jaw lightly, and she couldn’t help letting the ridiculousness of the moment get to her, she chuckled lightly and simply needed to ask. “So, how? You said you didn’t know it was me.” Allie’s face reddened and she broke Elaine’s gaze, squirming in the grasp of Elaine’s rope.

“Um, well. Before, when I was him I just uh.” Her sputtering grew worse by the moment and Elaine couldn’t help but feel a hunch building, she cupped Allie’s chin and guided her gaze back upward to meet her gaze.

“Spit it out, my dear.” Her tone was gentle, but possessive, commanding. 

“I kind of always liked it!” She blurted, forcing the words out before she lost them again. “When you tied me up, I can’t explain it, but even though I kind of hated you at the time you were just so hot and confident and when I would fantasize about getting the right body I would imagine this exact thing happening and I had been working up the courage to ask you as Elaine to pretend to be Slip and tie me up and now you’re actually really Slip and I’ve been trying so hard to keep my cool, but fuck I just can’t this is like my biggest fantasy, but also I’m scared cause you’re technically my enemy and I just don’t know how to feel.” Allie was speaking a mile a minute, forcing the words out before she had the chance to agonize over their implications or consequence, as a delighted, predatory smile grew wider and wider across Elaine’s face.

“Well, in that case, perhaps we should hold off on untying you just yet. I may not be planning to take you in, but I’m still very cross with you for ruining our date night. I think you need to be punished.” The sharp squeak Elaine received in reply would have to serve as a yes, Allie didn’t seem capable of real words, and she wasn’t given much of a chance to find them before Elaine’s mouth was on hers, hot and needy. With each passing moment Elaine pressed Allie lower and deeper, until her darling little nemesis was sprawled on her back, bound, helpless, wriggling with want. Crouching over Allie like that, a tantalizing idea crossed Elaine’s mind, she just hoped Allie would know to play along. She lowered her lips to Allie’s ear and began to whisper. “Well, Arcadia,” she purred, “it seems you won’t be getting away from me this time. I could take you in, I could bring you back to the guild and we could see what they decide to do with you, but I don’t think necessary. I think from now on, I’m going to keep you all for myself. Your days of villainy are over, your new life as my pet begins today.” Allie shuddered her approval, pushing herself upward with what little leverage she had to seek another desperate kiss from her Mistress. Elaine withdrew, chiding her gently. “Now now, my prey. You clearly still need to learn your place, you’ve been a bad little girl, and if you want something from me, you’re going to need to beg.”

“Please Mistress!” Her voice was a frantic wail. “I’ll never steal again, I’ll be a good, virtuous girl and do whatever you say. Just please touch my needy, slutty little pussy.” Elaine had to take a moment then and there, the effect Allie had on her never ceased to amaze her, and it was all she could to keep herself from devouring the girl.

“Well, my pet, I think that can be arranged. But you’re going to have to earn such things, I think punishment is in order.” Effortlessly Elaine ripped Allie’s shirt open and tore her bra away, exposing her plump breasts, her engorged nipples. She grasped each nipple between a thumb and forefinger and gleefully pinched, twisted and tugged to her heart’s content, relishing in the sound of Allie’s squeals of pleasure and pain. And as she continued her oh so agonizing performance the kernel of an idea began to form in her head, one which burst into a plan so devilish she nearly forgot to keep toying with her captive lover. Slowly, deliberately Elaine began to work at Allie’s bottomware, sliding it lower to the best of her ability between twists and pinches. Gathering her Mistress’ intention Allie raised her hips in the air, and with some creative portal work, the shorts were pulled around her ankles without undoing the ropes which bound her legs. “Now, my dear, you’re doing very well for me so far. But I’m not sure you’ve quite earned your reward yet. But don’t worry, we’ll get started, I have a wonderful surprise for you.” Effortlessly Elaine flipped Allie onto her hands and knees, and with a wicked giggle created a new set of portals, starting at her mouth, and ending right between her legs. “Go ahead, pet, have a taste.” She whispered, her voice laced with such smug, gloating satisfaction. 

Allie wasted no time, immediately getting to work eating herself out through Elaine’s portal, all the while Elaine loomed over her, spanking scratching, biting nibbling. Allie’s moans were muffled by her own every growing need to push herself harder, deeper into herself. Her knees were trembling, arms giving way, but Elaine offered her no relief, holding her up and pressing on the back of her head, forcing her to continue, to inhale her own musky scent, to taste her own delicious arousal. Elaine could see with Allie’s every movement, every gasp and moan that climax was rapidly approaching, and she simply couldn’t let Allie have all the fun. Deftly, she tore away the bottom of her combat suit, exposing her own burning sex to the air, and with a heave and a groan, she wrenched Allie away from herself, out of the portal and back into a world that obeyed the laws of physics, for now at least. Elaine of course, had other plans, diving atop of Allie, pushing her onto her back and sitting on her face. Her pet wasted no time getting to work, hesitation had no place in obedience. And, in the throes of her own pleasure, of her power, of her delight in knowing that she well and truly had Allie now, she began to conjure a new set of portals to finally have her taste of her prey’s oh so tempting treasures. She likely would have finished said conjuring if not for the loud, frustrated groan that sliced through the sanctity of their lovemaking. 

“Are you fucking kidding me Arcadia? You got her on your first try? I’ve been trying for months with Sentinel and nothing, then you come in here and pull this all while I’m unconscious? I didn’t even know you liked Slip. This is such bullshit.” Lexi was practically foaming at the mouth as she paced the room, stopping short at the window to take slow deep breaths in an effort to calm herself, while her gaze settled on the city below. Nothing quite ruined a moment like the jealous ramblings of a madwoman, or at least one who acted mad. Nothing except what Lexi said next. “Oh, by the way, hero, looks like your backup is here. I suggest you both get dressed and pick a side.”

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