Play Testers Wanted Pt. 04

"Where did you want to do it?" I asked and she whispered in my ear. "Ooh... good idea. I bet Fury might let us or we could just sneak up and just go at it."

"Do you need to feed?" Gwen asked out of nowhere. "I don't mind if you bite me. I might even like it."

"It could change you." I warned her.

She took a fingernail and cut her left breast. Gwen shifted and let drops of her blood fall into my open mouth. She was smiling when she let me suckle her tit and then lick the small wound. It doesn't get more intimate than that. I was ready for some down time. We dressed and I wrapped the shadows around us and shifted to the room just below us. We were dripping wet from the rain and exertion.

"Steph, do you mind if we borrow your shower?" I asked.

"How about the hot tub? I'd like to talk." She replied a look of concern painting her lovely features.

"Sure." I agreed and stripped down again.

"Great." Gwen joined us in the hot tub. "This feels amazing!"

"That's what she said." Bryce giggled.

As we soaked, I pulled up my HUD and checked my experience after making love to Gwen. I earned the title of Virgin Killer, enough XP to level up, and two new merits. I got champion level stamina and seduce by glance. With that much stamina I could fuck these fine ladies silly. I didn't though, it felt weird taking Gwen's virginity and then turn around and take on the entire hot tub in one go. After a quick soak and a light snack, I called it a night.

"If you need to talk about today," Steph offered with a look of genuine concern, "I am here for you."

"I won't hesitate." I promised and that seemed to alleviate her fears. "Besides, I could use some fresh air."

"Worse case," May purred. "It rains again, and we all get wet."

"Someone is already soaked," Bryce fired off one last zinger.

"Booyah!" Gwen laughed as we left Strange's Sanctum.

I slipped on my armor and the Helm of Anubis and switched them to street clothes and my human persona. We walked down the street and I felt some of the stress of being within the confines of the Sanctum lift. Why would that be? Could I feel the presence of the Heart of Ahriman? Had I partially bonded to it? I hoped not. I was still struggling with being a master ranked vampire. The daily sips kept the hunger at bay but one of these days I worried I would lose it and hurt someone.

"I can't believe you lost both V cards tonight." May said breaking the silence.

"I was curious. You go on and on about Peter tagging your ass." Gwen replied with what could only be described as a sultry tone in her voice.

"Point taken." May admitted to fucking her nephew. "We aren't blood related, but it is still taboo. Ooh, I love that word taboo."

"Does he web you up and fuck you senseless?" I blurted out and May let out a noise. "Ooh really?"

"UNNN!" May whimpered as her mind went down that path. "He was so eager, and I was so wet."

"I may have to try that out at some point." I continued. "I've never done that before."

"Oh really!" May and Gwen both purred.

"It is going to be a long night isn't it?" I asked and they each grabbed a hand.

May hailed a cab and we took that back to her place. I couldn't help but laugh aloud when I read the name on the placard. It was none other than Harry Canyon. Had they only programmed one cabbie or was he just my cabbie?

"Hey Harry!" May called out. How's it hanging?"

"May! Damn girl you look good!" Harry replied. "Is that little Gwen? Not so little anymore." He growled. "Holy shit! Ghost, is that you? Man, what a night!"

Harry drove and shared a few rumors about some strange deaths all around the city. The oddest one was the six gang members that were burned alive but no sign of what was used to set them alight. My first thought went to the cinematic I had seen depicting the arrival of the Ghost Rider. Did I have to worry about him?

"I saw the footage of the battle earlier today." Harry was still talking. "Hell, of a move Ghost! You saved a lot of lives today. We're here... no charge for a hero like you. May, let's do coffee sometime."

"Count on it Harry." May promised and I believed her.

"Night Harry." I called out as he drove away.

The three of us raced inside and Gwen showed off her more adventurous side. I pushed the double dragon technique to the next level quite literally. After making love to them gave me enough to bring it up to level three. I needed little prompting to be able to summon it now. The charging time was damn near zero. I liked that and so did they. I left them sleeping on May's bed as I did a quick cat bath and washed up. I was about to crawl in between them when I heard someone enter the house. I leapt up and clung to the ceiling. Thank you, Gwen, for basic spider climb! I looked over my shoulder as the bedroom door slowly opened and I was about the pounce when the figure turned on the light and spoke.

"Surprise! I'm home!" Peter said waking May and Gwen. "What the...?!" He said his voice falling off as he held up my costume.

"Hey Peter." May purred. "Welcome home."

"Hi Pete." Gwen said holding the sheet over her breasts.

"UM... Hi." I said as I dropped from the ceiling. "My name is..."

"Ghost Fire!" Peter yelped recognizing me instantly. "Aunt May! Gwen? How could you?"

"More how did I." May fired back. "Standing up, bent over, in the ass... you name it."

"Maybe I should leave." I said and that's when May got upset.

"You are my guest. Peter should know better than to just barge in like this." May chastised Peter. "What brings you home anyway?"

"There's been another vibranium theft. Nick called me in to help."

"Shit! I wonder why he didn't call... oh right... my uniform is over there." I took my costume from Peter as he spun around and fled. Instead of just activating my uniform I put it on the mundane way for continuity sake. "Ghost Fire to Nick Fury." I sent via the commlink.

"Where the fuck have you been?" Fury asked his rage barely in check.

"It's personal." I said and his voice softened a bit.

"How personal?" He asked a smile in his voice.

"Two personal." I giggled.

"Was that too as in don't ask or was that two as in one and two?"

"The latter. What's up?" I asked trying to move the conversation beyond my sex life.

"My Man!" Nick said proudly. "Get your ass over here and anyone else that can fight."

"Get dressed Gwen. We are on." I said and damn the look in her eye. I could just as easily said get down and suck my dick and got the same reaction.

"Yes Sir!" She said as she wiggled into her armor and slowly zipped up.

"It is going to be a long night." I said. "Correction, a long day. It is nearly dawn."

The Great Vibranium Heist:

Everyone costumed up while Aunt May handed out to go cups of coffee and a small box of muffins. I thanked her and paused long enough to ask her the one question that had been bothering me.

"May, that jungle scenario, where the hell was that?" I asked.

"You ran them through Pellucidar." Peter exclaimed and May just smiled. "What was their time?" He asked and she whispered it in his ear. He was clearly surprised. "That quick huh? Dang!"

"Where is Pellucidar?" I asked as we headed for the helicarrier.

"It is a pocket dimension. Strange and I went there to take care of an evil sorcerer." He explained.

"Was that before or after the curse?" I asked.

"He's cursed?" Peter asked shocked. "When did he get cursed?"

"I'll let him explain." I said laughing.

My skill with web shooters was abysmal. I slowed them down but to Peter's credit he didn't say a word. Fury had a team assembled and we rounded out the roster. Fury eyed Gwen critically but let it slide. He addressed us and explained that a small shipment of vibranium had been stolen. While he ran security footage, I took the time to upgrade my skill tree. I had two emergency points I had been hoarding up until now. I dropped it into Soresu to improve my chance to deflect the archer's arrows. It also wouldn't hurt if anyone was firing an energy weapon. I dropped the other point into seduction reaching a crucial level twenty. I could now charm with a glance quite a few more people now if I read the description correctly.

"Widow pick your team." Fury said drawing me back to the present.

"Hawkeye, Ghost, and Coulson, you guys follow me to the briefing room." She said and locked eyes with me.

Her brow furrowed and a single drop of sweat ran down the side of her face. She turned and I couldn't help but check out her ass. When I looked back up, she was looking over her shoulder and smiling. Hawkeye and Coulson didn't miss that.

'Notoriety rating jumped ten points.'

We followed her to briefing room, and she was all business. There were going to be multiple teams with different objectives. This put more pressure on each team but if successful we could capture everyone and end this threat. After the conference we left for the flight deck and one of the Quinjets. The Wakandan embassy was giving us burst transmissions of data showing the location of the unprocessed vibranium. I guess they could tell the difference, and that meant they hadn't used it for armor or a weapon.

Our target was one of three trucks which were currently travelling in a caravan. Widow was positive that the moment we showed ourselves they would split up. The detector could only give us a general area. Our target was the middle truck while the other two teams would eliminate the others. Sure, enough the minute the Quinjet decloaked they split up. Thanks to Hawkeye's skill at piloting we kept up with our target. We were just about ready to drop the ramp and jump when the jet shuddered.

"They are shooting at us!" Hawkeye laughed. "How rude!"

"Targeting." Widow coolly growled and twin autocannon opened and raked the truck. "Minimal damage, it is shielded or something. Ghost, correct that situation!"

"Lower the ramp and I'll handle it." I said and Coulson gave me a perplexed look.

The ramp slowly dropped as Hawkeye flew ahead of the truck. I launched my body into space and triggered the glide wings. The Quinjet banked away from the gunfire. The guy leaning out the passenger window was firing an impressive energy pistol in my general direction. I tossed up a barrier that was barely able to deflect the energy blasts from the weapon. I was splitting my attention between gliding and defending. I soared passed the truck and as I did, I spotted a shadow between the cab and the back of the truck. That is all I needed. I shifted into that shadow and hung between light and darkness.

"Thank you Anackire." I whispered to my patron.

I slipped out of the shadow as if it were an open window. It was an easy climb onto the roof of the truck's cab. I could hear the driver and passenger joking. I looked at the space between cab and the storage. I wasn't sure the blade could reach all the way through, so I hit the jeweled stud on the side of the weapon. That would add eighteen inches to the length of the blade. I played out the strike and my leap to the rear of the truck a few times. I ignited my weapon and cut through the metal that connected the cab and the rear of the vehicle. I leapt once the blade was clear of its target. I landed on the rear portion of the truck as two things happened at the same moment. The cab of the truck fell backwards from the momentum of its forward direction. The back end of the truck struck the pavement and nearly threw me to the road. I managed to cling as a shower of sparks and chunks of black top flew all over the place. I heard bodies shifting around and hitting my end of the truck as the cab twisted and tumbled to a halt.

One moment I was surfing the street the next, I was airborne as the back end of the truck evaporated. I managed to tuck into a ball and let my armor do its job. I landed on my feet facing what was left of the truck. Three figures were heading in my direction and they didn't look very happy with me. The guy on the left towered over his buddies and had to be close to seven feet tall. His musculature was outrageously huge. I wasn't going toe to toe with him just yet. The middle guy barely topped five feet and there was an odd violet pigmentation to his skin and the whites of his eyes. His hair was worn long and looked like it had been dipped in ink. The last guy looked normal except the shimmering necklace around his neck. One of them had wrecked the ass end of the truck from the inside, but who?

The guy on the left tried to take a step forward but a car nearly clipped him as it raced by. I never trained for a fight on an active motorway.

"Widow, can you do anything about the traffic?" I asked as the villains worked out an attack plan.

"Got it Tiger!" She laughed and either Gwen, May, or MJ had spilled the beans.

"Tiger?" Hawkeye asked as they called in to have the traffic redirected.

The air grew still and had a coppery scent to it like new fallen blood. I felt it the energy build up as the growing air pressure caused the space to warp in a lensing effect. I tapped into my forcefield ability and made it small and as strong as I could. It was the little guy. I could see the compression wave as it rushed outward and slammed into my shield. This time I had been prepared. Our powers cancelled each other out. Two more vehicles sped by as the normal looking guy started making arcane gestures and the brick wall with legs headed in my direction. The ground shook as he got closer. I worked out the geometry in my head and dove to the left and came up in a kneeling position. I combined my telekinesis with Susan's power. I waited until the brute was just about lined up. I shoved as hard as I could. I laughed when his feet left the ground and he arced in the air and landed on the mage. The soft sickening crunch made me wince.

"Sorry!" I said as the Quinjet returned and fired on the two remaining villains.

A new sound filled the air as the driver's side door of the truck flew off its mounts and hit the far side of the highway. It was six seconds before a bright blue pickup truck struck that door. The truck's driver's side tire popped and sent the vehicle into a spin. The rest was a cascade effect and the pile up involved twenty cars in the end.

"You killed Marrow!" The driver roared. "I am going to fucking kill you!"

"So much for lighthearted banter." I said and that pushed him into a black rage.

"No." The little mutant told the brick as he got to his feet. "Let Torn rip him to pieces."

"Torn, what a lovely name." I said as the smell of ozone filled the air. "It smells like rain."

His body began to blur, and crackle as deep violet energy coursed over it like a living thing. I wonder if my energy manipulation worked on other people's powers. It was another thing I had never trained for. The autocannons locked on Torn and fired. The bullets were repulsed by the field surrounding him.

"Well, no guts no glory." I muttered as reached out to see if I could feel the power he was putting out. Big fat zero on that front, however, I did touch the rage. As powerful as he was his mind was unshielded. I used that to my advantage. He wanted to kill me so be it. The next moment there were three of me for him to kill, two of them being his friends. The mental illusion wouldn't hold long, but maybe long enough.

"Get out of my head!" Torn screamed.

"Oh shit!" The little guy cursed.

"What?" The brick asked. "What's wrong? Hey, Torn it is okay man. We'll crush him together."

"No! Don't!" The strange little man howled but too late.

Torn struck out at his ally and sent him flying for the second time today. The big guy's defenses must be ferocious to have endured that hit. He was slow to get up though. I had time on my hands since Torn appeared locked onto his friend and the mutant was trying to undo what I had done. I looked at the wreckage of the truck. It was empty.

"This isn't our truck. Get going!" I told Widow. "I'll try and keep these guys busy."

Hawkeye turned the Quinjet around even as Widow warned me not to underestimate them. Torn formed his hands into a claw and raked his friend's face and chest. He was bestial in its wrath. The mutant used his power to protect the fallen friend and himself.

"You are supposed to be hero damn it, act like one!" The tiny man begged. I dropped the illusion from Torn's mind.

"Over here asshole." I said. "One hero waiting for a good old-fashioned pummeling."

"No." Torn spat and even his spittle sizzled and sparked. "Death little man!" One moment he was walking towards me the next an eighteen-wheeler had him pasted to its grill.

"Be careful," Widow said in warning. "A big rig slipped past the roadblock."

"Thanks for the heads up." I laughed. "Will you guys surrender, or do I need to take things in my own hands?"

"We surrender, he needs a doctor." The mutant begged.

"I need a medivac at my location along with someone to deal with three mutants." I radioed to authorities as the sound air brakes rent the air. "Shit!" I cursed as I took my weapon from my side. "Listen, I don't want to hurt you!" I shouted.

Oh, but he did, Torn was beyond reason now. I activated my weapon and barely caught the discharge from one of his clawed hands. The energy swirled angrily around the blade before dissipating. I was on the defensive from the beginning. I didn't want to hurt him but if a semi doing sixty milers an hour didn't leave a mark I was in deep shit. I was back peddling and keeping my blade between me and the berserker. I tried the occasional telekinetic attack, but he just shrugged them off. No easy solution this time. Everyone has a weakness and so far, the only one I had found was his mind. I wasn't sure I could slide into his thoughts without getting killed. I didn't have time. That thought nearly cost me my life. One of his hands batted the blade out and away while the other attempted to rake my chest.

Torn roared as all that kinetic energy stored in my armor was suddenly discharged. His body was flung into one of the exit signs above the highway. I had time now and I wasn't going to waste it. Since I had already touched his thoughts once the second time was quicker and easier. I delved into his memories. He was a mutant sure enough. His entire life story was one of ridicule for being different and eventually he lashed out and there were injuries. Luckily, at that time he hadn't grown into his full power yet. There it was lurking in the shadows of his thoughts. A fear so potent it was crippling. I triggered the memory attached to it. I wasn't strong enough to make him see something that couldn't possibly exist on a highway like a lake. I could let him relive a traumatic memory though.

"NO!" He shrieked in terror.

The medical helicopter arrived and right behind a black stealth chopper with none other than Nick Fury in it. His men took the mutants into custody and managed to secure the guy on the sign. Only once the control collar was around his neck did I release him. I walked over and examined the body of the dead mage. I plucked the talisman from his neck. The chain was ruined by the amulet was untouched. I added it to my inventory, and it was marked Unknown Amulet and its powers were all question marks. I'd figure it out later.

"Get in Ghost!" Fury called over the comm. "We need to get to the Latverian embassy before that damn truck does. If Doom gets his hands on vibranium no telling the kind of shit storm he'll create."

I sped to the helicopter and it lifted off and raced to the embassy. I learned that one of the trucks had only a driver. The last truck took out the Quinjet assigned to it and had at least six mutants on board. There was a call for backup, but we were running out of time. Widow's jet was trying to shoot out the tires of the truck but one or more of the mutants onboard were protecting it from harm. I ordered the pilot to get me to the front gates of the embassy immediately. We flew past the Quinjet and to the very edge of the embassy. I didn't waste any time. I wrapped myself in a forcefield and jumped from the aircraft. I hit the ground and a mixture of my armor and the field absorbed the impact. The truck was racing headlong at me.