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U T U R E B A R R I E R
( The
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Secret Technology,
Unrequited Love, Absolute Vengeance
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March 2018 Written by David Wicker
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 CHAPTER 44 -
"Stroyka"
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Despite my being mesmerized by this strange woman, I did speak. "Look, I don't think that - "
But that was as far as I got before she looked down at me and breathed this brown tinted cloud in my face. To me it was like the best and richest sandalwood incense I had ever known and I immediately fell asleep in her grip, sighing in pleasure in the process.
To Tyr and Lilly's horror, this lovely beautiful woman, Lorraine, suddenly became quite grotesque when she opened her mouth quite wide, much like a stapler when it needed new staples, at least 4-feet across and carefully enveloped my head with her massive mouth and tongue as I continued to sleep on.
It was clear she was going to swallow me whole without chewing, that her belly might savor my life and soul for what could be an eternity of being within her.
Tyr and Lilly suddenly shook themselves of the shock and reached out to grab me, to prevent me from being devoured whole by this demonic woman.
But suddenly she coughed and let go of me. Her mouth receded to a normal size and she reached down a hand to touch my chest. Tyr and Lilly were confused as to what was happening but held on to my feet in case she tried to devour me again - which she did not.
"Stroyka !" she said suddenly in a foreign tongue and released me. I tumbled head over heels as Tyr and Lilly still had a strong grip on me and I went careening into the side wall.
Lorraine spoke. "He has the mark of the Stroyka. That makes him far too valuable as a mere tasty treat. You two girls on the other hand will make an excellent meal for me ..." and a wide smile curled up on her face.
Tyr and Lilly looked to the demon woman in horror. She smiled, "Oh, don't worry. There is no pain, in fact, I can make it as pleasurable for you as possible if you like. Total vore."
She opened her mouth wide again but instead of the nightmarish scene from earlier, it was as if her gape were seductive. Her red tongue billowed out like the world's softest and most comfortable pillow, liquid dripped down the sides of her mouth like an enchanting waterfall, and no sharp teeth were presented at all.
The very opening, like a cave of wonder and beauty, looked quite tantalizing and interesting with her mouth showing pink all the way back to the throat where it dropped off suddenly.
Tyr tilted her head quizzically, hypnotized by what she saw started to walk forward when Lilly clouted her heavily on the head.
"No, stupid ! She's trying to hypnotize you ! Remember the words of Kaa from the Jungle Book ?" she said.
Tyr rubbed her head ruefully and the spell on her was broken.
Lorraine cursed under her breath and returned to the appearance of a normal-sized woman again. But not before she projectile-shot the brown vapor at Tyr and Lilly from her mouth but they were already shaking me, trying to wake me up and weren't facing the demon woman at all.
Finally I awoke coughing. Lorraine was up on her feet in an instant and tried to rush us, but this time the ring of salt flung up in her face and burns singed her beautiful hair.
"No no ! Not my beautiful hair !" she cried and did her best to pat out the flames.
Now she was angry, furious, that two such tasty treats as the girls were out of her reach.
"Damn you !" you said, "Curse and damn you for your - blasted salt !"
Now it was Lilly's turn to smile. "You really can't get past it now, can you ?"
Lorraine changed her mood and purred, "But of course, you really are a clever little girl. Clever, beautiful, sexy, yes you are ! You would like to explore these pleasures of the flesh that you have only tasted ! And I can give them to you. Your nights of erotic dancing would burn the very ground you stand on."
Tyr looked to her quizzically. Perhaps this was a bit much for a girl only 17 ? Lorraine changed her tack, "I can also make you rich. Rich beyond your wildest dreams. Nothing would be out of your reach. You could also be powerful. No-one would be above you save my humble countenance."
Lilly was unconvinced. Lorraine pressed to maintain eye contact with Tyr, "These things can be yours for the taking - just - leave your friends behind and stay with me - forever."
Tyr shook her head. She was already hypnotized once by the charms and claims of this demon, it wouldn't happen again.
Lorraine then sent her focus back to me. "And you, boy. I know you want me. No mortal man can resist my charms. You are powerless in my grip. You want to taste me and I in turn want to taste you. You can fulfill that desire - now !"
"Yeah ?" I asked her, unaware of how horrible she looked with her mouth jackknifed open earlier as I was unconscious to the event.
She purred on, "Yes, and you. You dear boy and you alone have the mark of Stroyka. The enabling mark. I could never hurt you. No."
"Why I could show you how to use this power effectively and, why, together, we could take vengeance on all those who wronged you, and, in your kindness and generosity, see your way to allowing me vengeance on mine. What do you say ? A team !"
I looked to Tyr and Lilly. "What about them ? You're not going to eat them, are you ?"
She shook her head dismissively, "Furthest thing from my mind. They can come, if they want. But you must decide quickly. Once summoned I can only stay a few minutes before a pact is made. Do we have one here ? I must have an answer now !"
"Promise you won't hurt Tyr or Lilly ?" I pressed.
"Yes, I promise." Lorraine said impatiently. "Oh, come on ! My time of summoning is nearly over. And anywhere is preferable to where I'll be going if I return empty-handed !"
I tilted my head for a bit to think. "So - you need to bring someone back with you or be punished ?"
Her voice was frantic now. "Yes ! No ! Oh, you don't understand. There is a whole world waiting for you ! Just you ! Agree to the terms will you ? Time is short ! Join me in ultimate power, wealth, and pleasure !"
I looked to her. She was indeed as beautiful and voluptuous as ever. This was countered however by her biting her bottom lip trying hard to think of any other words that would coax me to her.
Suddenly she snapped her fingers, "You could be like, Captain Circumference ! Fly through the air and help others in their time of need ! Wouldn't that be grand ? You could be your greatest superhero !"
That's all it took. "Yeah ! I really wanna do that !" and I stepped from the safety of the salt ring.
In moments she was on me again but this time patting me all over, "You've made the right choice. Good boy. Good boy ! So cute and smart ! Delicious ! You'll never regret this. We're leaving now !"
"What about Lilly and Tyr ?" and I pointed back to them.
Lorraine pulled my head close to her bosom so all I could see were her warm breasts. Then she greeted the two hapless girls with a most horrible face. Her eyes dislocated from her sockets, her ears suddenly hung loose like a dog's and her teeth jutted out of her mouth like a viper's.
Her sweet voice spoke unfettered by the transformation, "Of course, if the girls want to go too, that is, they are more than welcome." and Lorraine held out a hand with razor sharpened and yellow claws.
Lilly shrieked and yelled, "No, Dev ! Don't do it. It's a trick ! She's a monster ! She'll gobble you up !"
But suddenly she was yelling into the wind as there was a torrential storm that blew around both Lorraine and myself. After a moment of blowing the salt and anything else not nailed down all around the two girls, I was gone from sight.
Lilly fell forward on her knees with tears in her eyes. She wept bitterly, "No ... It's all my fault."
Tyr was there to console her. "No, Lilly. That was a demon. Sure and proper. And I doubt any human has ever been able to resist their charms, especially men when they are in female guise. Here, show me this book you have and we can try a different spell to bring Dev back."
As with me, I felt as if I were being torn in half, and ice, freezing ice seared where the wound was made. Suddenly I was thrust into a world of darkness. No, that wasn't quite right. It was an oppressive darkness. Like the darkness was tangible, you could touch and feel it, and it was heavy, like lead weights in your arms, but also wet and sticky.
I looked around and could see and feel absolutely nothing except the incredible oppression. "Where am I ?" I asked not really expecting an answer.
But I received an answer at once. A deep beyond deep voice rumbled, "Welcome to heaven, little one ! Where all your dreams come true !"
This was followed by laughter and applause, as if from a television show. Then I heard Lorraine speak. "You leave him alone. You better, I brought back a boy with the mark of Stroyka !"
The same deep voice spoke, "Really ?" and suddenly I was lifted in the air by these huge muscular fingers. I had no idea the actual size of the being lifting me. It flicked up my shirt with one quick movement and a single finger gently touched my chest, just above my belly.
"Warm. Warmth. Human. Always welcome here. And ... Strokya !"
I was gently admitted back down on the "ground." Lorraine put protective hands around me.
"That's right. Stroyka, so you better watch it. He's mine to control !"
"Hey ..." I said, wiggling from her grip. "I thought you said - "
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The deep voice interrupted. "He's simply a foolish human you dragged along for the ride. You have no control over him. Stroyka or not. You, boy, whom do you claim your allegiance to ?"
I really wasn't sure what I was supposed to say. I could say, "Lorraine" but I knew she was just a minor demon, clearly, from everything around me. So I spoke loudly and proudly, "My allegiance is with Darceon !"
This was met with gasps of fear and the very "ground" beneath me rumbled.
"Certainly no fool." the deep voice spoke, clearly impressed. Then, "Lorraine. You have full admittance - and your pet - err ... human can also stay, this time, gratis."
With that the darkness left me instantly and it was a weird feeling as if I were earlier being tasted by thousands of tongues from those in this dark region, and the tongues were now retreating, not necessarily out of courtesy but more out of fear. Then I could see and it was actually quite pretty, like a carnival at night.
"Well done, Dev." Lorraine told me. "You've got balls, I'll give you that. No-one has talked to Belial like that for many a century and lived to tell the tale. Stick with me though, and you'll be safe."
"Is this really a carnival ?" I asked her, not entirely ready to believe my eyes.
She thought for a moment and smiled, "Yes. To you, I suppose this is like a carnival."
"How much does it cost to enter ?" I asked her.
"One human soul." she said and grinned toothily at me. Then, "No, not this time. Not for you anyways - for us, we have full admittance to anything and everything we see here. Let me know what it is you'd like to do first."
I looked in the distance. If this was hell, hell really did like neon lights. Absolutely every attraction down here was lit up more than any Christmas tree I had ever seen. I looked up in the sky but instead of seeing shining white and blue stars there were red dots, and for a moment I believed they were even further away and numbered far greater than the stars seen from Earth.
And it was busy busy BUSY ! People were everywhere. Everyone seemed to be having loads of fun. There were amusement rides, carnival games, fun houses, stands selling food, and anything else you could ever find at a complete carnival.
In the distance I saw a beautiful Ferris Wheel with garish red, orange, and yellow lights. In the center of the spindle was an image of two burning triangles, facing opposite sides, like a Jewish star.
"How about that Ferris Wheel ? We could see a lot more around us then."
She nodded, "Good choice. Let's go ..."
We walked by and apparently no-one took notice. Lorraine looked perfectly normal now, not wearing the sexy skirt she was when I first saw her but a flattering brown and orange dress, like a colonial from years past. Me ? I was dressed differently too.
I was wearing long pants and a type of business suit. I was glad to be out of wearing only those stupid panties given me when I faced those earlier Karate girls but also didn't too much like the suit I was wearing now.
"What's with the outfit ?" I asked her.
She slowed her steps to get behind me. Then shockingly patted me on butt causing me to bristle. She giggled slightly and we kept walking on. She explained, "You would bring too much attention to yourself being dressed as you were earlier, sweetie. I took it upon myself to dress you - you know, nicely when you arrived. The less people know about us here, the better."
"I thought you liked the carnival ?"
"Coming here was your choice." she reminded me. "We actually need to be somewhere else, but that's fine, relax, enjoy yourself. You've been through a lot already and one day of good entertainment is not going to be a problem to the 100+ years I've been waiting for someone like you."
I was going to ask her about what she had in mind when suddenly we were in front of the ticket taker for the Ferris Wheel.
He quickly grabbed my left arm and shone a box of some design over it getting a red light to glow in return. Grunting in recognition of the signal, he reached for a wickedly long axe and then threatened me with it
"Where is your mark, outborn ?" he growled.
"Mark ?" I squeaked in fear.
The ticket taker, apparently taking that to be my last words and testament, raised the axe high over his head and with expert aim cut straight through my neck - or so it seemed. The blade went right through to the other side yet my head remained attached.
His eyes got wide at the sight. Then he looked at me and held up his blade, uncertain of what to do now.
"Stroyka." Lorraine, coming up behind me, admitted to him.
He understood that apparently and backed away and gave a respectful bow to me. I walked past. He also bowed to Lorraine and gave her a wide berth. He didn't give Lorraine any trouble so apparently, despite her human appearance, he could recognize demons when he saw them.
We picked a nice carriage to ourselves and strapped in.
"What was that all about ?" I asked her, pointing back to the ticket taker for the ride.
"This is the Temptation Zone. Well, one of the first of many. You see, new souls must undergo trials when they die. If they can pass through all the zones without giving up their soul, then they can go to heaven. Strangely evil people, murderers, rapists, and such always fall victim to these temptations without fail, usually the last one."
"The one we are in now ?" I asked.
"No, this is a simple temptation. You'd have to be a real idiot to sell your soul just to have fun at a carnival, but there have been exceptions in the past. The number of people you see around us represent thousands of years. So, yes, this is actually not very many people."
She continued, "To have total access to this carnival, it will cost you one human soul, your own. And - once you've paid the price and get your mark, you will play and remain here forever, unable to move on or continue on to heaven."
"So everyone who dies goes here first ?" I said, not entirely understanding.
She laughed a bit, "It's hard to explain. You've heard of Limbo, right ? Or purgatory ? All human souls must pass these trials to enter heaven. Each trial is more tempting than the last. This is a pretty easy one. A carnival. I guess you could call this place hell, many people do, but it is also the other end of the coin. You can't have good without evil."
"Why is that ?" I asked her.
"Think of it like this." she said. "How do you know when something is lit ?"
"You mean a light bulb ?"
She nodded.
"Well, it puts out light you can see."
"Yes, but suppose there was no darkness, none at all. How could you tell if the light were on or not ?"
I shook my head, "I'm - not understanding."
She patiently explained, "You would not be able to see the light of a light bulb because everything would be lit and white at maximum brightness if darkness did not exist - or, you were not mortal and were part of that light meaning you could not see the darkness."
She held out her hand to the side, "Alternatively, you can only see light because there is darkness to counter it. You mortals can see only light because of the darkness. The keyword here is "mortals." It's important you remember that only humans or mortals can see darkness. Okay ?"
I nodded. She continued, "So - we are both here. Light and dark - for the sake of mortals. Necessary evil believe it or not. That's about the easiest way to describe it."
"Can you die here ?" I asked her.
"Yes, well, sort of. If you get killed in any of the temptation zones, and usually it's by choice or ignorance, you go straight to your room - or chamber."
"What room is that ?"
She laughed, "Too many questions ! You certainly are the inquisitive one."
We had just reached the absolute top of the Wheel when it stopped so I could really take a good look around me.
END OF
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