The Scarlet Dove - Issue 17

"...maybe that's true..."

"Maybe!?" Starling scoffed. "You're a half-incubus monster who drains people's-excuse me-women's life force, to make yourself more powerful...but you've been doing the bidding of some human? And long after your supposed lady love had disappeared? Maybe??"

"...it's not that simple..."

"Let me make it simple... you've never done anything for anyone but yourself, and now you serve Dominion for the same reason you betrayed my father...because you are a pathetic...jealous...coward."

"Enough!" Danvers wailed, backhanding Starling in a sudden fit.

The naked redhead sprawled on the floor with a groan, as the man got back to his feet.

"You think I don't know that?" he spat. "Your father was everything I could never be: proud, brave, selfless..."

"Human?"

Danvers scowled. "Human. And Sara loved him, truly loved him...something I'd never experienced, because I'd used my powers on every woman I'd ever met...even her."

"You're scum," Starling breathed.

"And even when I came back for her," Danvers went on. "Sara let me fuck and drain her, pretending...I know she was pretending...to care for me, so I could take her strength and use it to protect your father. And goddammit if I didn't love your father too...maybe too much...sometimes I'm not so sure whether or not I was truly in love with your mother, or whether I just wanted to be Jack Kane..."

"And when you betrayed him," Starling finished. "You realized that could never, ever, happen because he would never do anything so despicable."

Tom Danvers turned away, punching the metal wall with enough force to leave a dent. "Yes. Yes, dammit!"

Starling sat up, with one arm wrapped over her naked breasts. A strange mix of anger, pity and satisfaction filled her chest as she watched the man grappling with his self-loathing.

"And now, all these years later...you!" he growled, turning towards her.

"Me?"

"You...you show up back in this city," he went on, taking a few steps towards her. "Just as beautiful, the spitting image of your mother, but every bit as stubborn, and strong, and determined, and selflessly goddam noble as your father!"

Starling forced herself to stand, backing against the wall as Danvers stalked towards her. "Tom...wait..."

"The very embodiment of what I'll never be," he spat, now locking her emerald eyes with his own hate filled gaze. "Of everything I can never have...and rubbing my face in the terrible thing I did..."

"Stay back," Starling growled, clenching her fists despite knowing she was too weak to take on Danvers in any capacity.

"I think I told myself that once I got close enough I'd betray Dominion just like I did your father, be the one to stop him," Danvers growled. "When you arrived, I realized that I'm not the one...but I'm just now accepting it, accepting who I am, who I will always be...nothing more than a cowardly, half-demon monster!"

Starling barely had time to even recoil as she was seized and thrown to the floor! She was no match for Danvers supernatural speed and strength, even when she wasn't in an already battered and weakened state. As the incubus pounced on her naked body, the young woman knew she was all but helpless already!

Chapter Two

Starling could already feel Danvers's power enfolding her. An undeniable attraction invaded her mind, even as he pinned her wrists to the floor and straddled her curvaceous hips. She bucked angrily, trying to throw him off but he barely budged.

"Calm down!" His voice carried a compulsion and Starling's body relaxed beneath him.

No! I can't let him take me this easily... she thought, pushing back against the influence trying to invade her mind.

Danvers straightened, pulling off his shirt. Starling felt an arousing charge seeing his muscular chest, even as she leaned forward and punched him in the face! His head whipped to the side and she tried to squirm out from under him. However, his weight stayed firmly over her hips, keeping her trapped.

"Get off me!" she groaned in frustration.

Grinning, her assailant easily captured both her wrists. Her long legs flailed uselessly, as he stretched her arms over her head and pinned them back to the floor. This time he held them in place with only one hand. Starling continued to buck and thrash, trying to throw him but only realizing how weak she still was.

"You must have your father's will," Tom said, catching her green eyes with his own. "Your mother never resisted me this hard!"

That's not saying much, she thought, feeling drawn to and held by his gaze.

"But we know, even you can't hold out for long," his free hand reached down, cupping her naked breast. "Don't we?"

There was an electric tingle just feeling his skin touch hers. As he began to squeeze the firm fleshy orb, there was an immediate rush of arousal through her chest. Starling drew in a quavering breath, swallowing a moan. She shut her eyes and looked away, trying to break the connection. His grip tightened on her wrists. He began to knead her breast sending a flood of warmth through her body, flushing her high boned cheeks.

"There's no point in resisting," Danvers whispered directly into her ear, his warm breath sending a chill down her spine. "Make this easy on yourself...maybe even enjoy it."

Then she felt his hot lips planting a string of kisses along her neck. Her petite rosy nipples hardened intensely, and the redhead could not hold back a moan. Starling shuddered feeling the sensual heat flooding her curvaceous body. It was more than just arousal. Danvers demonic power was crawling through her, growing stronger by the moment.

"I-I'll never give in!" she gasped out loud, pushing back mentally as his influence began to slither into her brain once more.

"We'll see..." Danvers leaned down, making her squirm by kissing her erect nipple, then squeal as he bit it!

Whimpering, the young redhead tried to pull her arms loose but Danvers grip was too strong. She couldn't help but moan as he sucked on her pink little nub, triggering a cascade of arousal. Starling could feel herself getting wet, as his mouth moved to the other nipple, forcing a sensual whine through her trembling lips.

Gawd I want him, Starling thought as her willpower began to weaken. No! I don't! I can't... she insisted, even as the influence of the incubus coiled about her mind like a snake.

Danvers's free hand grabbed her by the chin, turning her back to face him. His deep gaze once again locked with hers and immediately Starling felt certain she would not be able to pull away this time. Despite the determination of her will, her feminine nature was powerless against the incubus. Just as before, she grew more receptive to his power by the moment.

Feeling her body soften, Danvers adjusted his positioning. His hand slid over her chest and down her flat tummy before reaching between her legs. Starling knew she should take the opportunity to try and escape, or at least crawl out from under him and fight back, but instead...the instant she felt his fingers brush against her smooth, hairless labia, she moaned softly and spread her legs!

Oh gawd! I can't resist him anymore, she realized amid a flood of submissive urges as Danvers influence overpowered her mind.

His fingers wiggled into her dewy petals, triggering an explosion of erotic energy! Starling writhed as Tom began rubbing her pussy. Her toes tingled numbly, her nipples began to ache, and a deep breathless moan crawled out of her throat.

And amidst it all, from deep within her being, she could feel the first gentle pull against her lifeforce. Alarm lit behind her pretty green eyes, still unable to turn away from his gaze, as a piece of herself was drawn through her quivering pussy into his fingertips.

"You can feel it can't you," Danvers purred.

"Y-yes," she replied, searching for the will to resist but finding only the compulsion to submit.

"Intoxicating, isn't it?" he went on. "Feeling me reaching out, touching, feeling that part of you that no one else will ever experience...just you and me..."

"Y-yes..."

"Then give in," he demanded. "Don't you want to know, what it feels like when you surrender completely... like your mother did?"

"Oh gawd!" Starling moaned as his finger slipped inside her, triggering a gush of wetness and strengthening the pull. She could no longer tell where her mind ended and his will began. She was all but dominated by the power of the incubus. "F-fine, Tom...I surrender...take me...drain me... like you did to my mother!"

Finally, he released her wrists and backed away. Starling writhed on the floor, her pale skin gleaming in the meager light. Tom quickly shed his pants and underwear. This time she did not even think about escape, gazing up at him, her big green eyes tamed and docile.

Once he was naked, leaning back down for her, she reached out and coiled her arms and legs around his rugged body. His muscular frame felt hard and angular against her yielding curves. The heat of his hardon made her wet slit tingle eagerly.

"Tell me you want me," Danvers moaned.

"I want you," Starling gasped immediately. "I want you!"

Her hand slid up the back of his neck, into his thick salt and pepper hair, and she pulled him into a kiss. The instant their lips locked, his tongue thrust into her mouth and Starling felt her head spinning. Danvers shifted slightly, reaching down to guide his cock into her waiting vagina. At the moment of penetration, Starling moaned into his mouth and her thighs trembled against his hips.

As his manhood pushed into her, it was accompanied by a surge of sexual energy. Starling's arousal peaked almost immediately, and she felt her pussy gushing around his shaft. She held him tight, kissing him as deeply as she imagined her mother had done. Danvers thrust his hips, and Starling groaned feeling him deep inside her.

As he began to fuck her, Starling could feel him drawing on her energy once more. Now fully surrendered the young woman opened herself to the connection. Rolling her hips against his thrusts, she gasped and moaned feeling the depth of his plunge. As if a flood gate opened, a wave of energy poured out of her.

Danvers moaned, absorbing the sudden rush.

Starling whimpered in response, there was a sense of panic feeling her lifeforce being taken from her, but it was almost thrilling...like being on a rollercoaster.

Trembling, the redhead felt her strength begin to ebb, her arms and legs beginning to slacken around his warm, rough frame. His steel rod slid back and forth inside her, driving waves of erotic energy through her torso making her nipples tingle. Her pussy ached as his shaft pumped in and out of her.

Feeling weaker by the moment, Starling began melting towards the floor. Tears brimmed, feeling her lifeforce diminished even as orgasmic energies swelled within. Her heart was slowing, already she thought she could feel every sluggish beat. All just a vague fear, as her mind swirled with the incubus influence amid a blissful rush of pre-orgasmic energy.

"Are...are you going to kill me?" she moaned, tears beginning to spill, it felt as if her lifeforce was nearly depleted.

"I could," Danvers groaned, continuing to pound her quivering cunt. "Can you feel yourself slipping away?"

"Y-yes..."

"And you won't do anything to resist now, will you..."

"N-no...I c-can't..."

"Good!" he grunted. "You have to be completely submitted for this to work! Now..." he groaned, increasing his tempo. "...Just have to make you..."

Starling began to shake, whining and moaning as his cock plowed her tight little pussy. The sensation instantly flooded her with an intense orgasmic energy. She felt the flow between them, completely unhindered and in the moment Starling surrendered utterly, ready to give the last of her lifeforce...to be consumed entirely.

Danvers reached down, sliding his thumb through the soaking folds of her labia to rub her clit. Starling cried out as a starburst of orgasmic energy surged through her and she came! The orgasm blew over her like a gust of hot wind. She trembled in ecstasy, and from the sense of her very being being open to such an energetic exchange.

She felt Tom cum too, gushing warm sticky semen deep inside her body. He held her close, groaning loudly.

Then suddenly she felt a second rush of energy. Not another orgasm but the pull against her lifeforce seemed to reverse, flooding her instead with Tom Danvers's life force!

Starling cried out again, shaking as this new flood of energy filled her to the brim and then overflowed. The sensation was even more intense than any orgasm she'd ever felt! Hot and cold, flooding every curve, clearing her mind instead of numbing it. She could feel new strength flowing through her, even as Tom pulled out and collapsed beside her.

"So that's what it feels like," he mumbled weakly.

Chapter Three

"Tom, oh Tom what did you do?" Starling gasped, turning to him immediately. She knew exactly what he had done...and what the cost would be.

"You were right," he said, his breathing shallow. "I've only ever fooled myself into thinking that I was more than a cowardly, half-demon crook..." He paused for a long moment. "But I did love your parents..."

"But...you're dying..."

Tom chuckled. "Yeah...I've had a longer life than most, already...and having regretted my betrayal every single day. If my end can go just a little ways towards righting that wrong...I'm ready."

"Tom...I don't know..." Starling stammered. "I can't..."

"Not looking for forgiveness," he said. "Just trying to do the right thing one last time..." His eyes rolled back for a moment, but he hung on. "Listen kid, you're going to be stronger and more powerful now, there's no telling for how long...you have to get out of here and you have to stop Dominion!"

"I'm...I'm not sure I can," she murmured. "You said yourself I'm just a silly little girl who's in way over her head."

"Do you think Jack Kane never got in over his head?" Tom balked, rising up on his elbows. "Your father was a man who didn't know how to quit! He didn't fight so hard because he always won, he fought so hard because he understood it was a fight that never ended. Now I'm not saying he'd be happy his little girl was running around fighting crime in a slutty little outfit, and I'm certain he'd be mortified to know some of the things you've been through, but I know he'd be damn proud that you were fighting for the things you believed in and the only time he'd be ashamed of his daughter was when she talked about giving up!"

Starling was speechless, unable to form any words, she simply nodded.

Tom Danvers eyes drifted closed, and he slumped back to the floor. "Check...the pockets..." he said, using the last of his strength to point at his discarded pants.

And then he was gone.

Starling scooted away from his body, staring at the empty husk for a long moment.

Coward or not, maybe he's right...I can't simply give up, she thought as his words about her father, played over in her head.

Starling stood, realizing she felt completely revitalized...better even, stronger. Danvers's supernatural power now flowed through her body, she could feel it buzzing, brimming, energizing...practically begging to be released.

She went and picked up his pants, checking the pockets as he'd instructed. In the large cargo pocket of the right leg she found a pair of white bikini bottoms, a matching spandex bustier and a pair of golden bracelets.

This is the outfit Dominion stripped off me in our last fight, Starling realized inspecting the uniform. I guess the Scarlet Dove is back...

She only hesitated a moment before pulling the white bottoms up her long legs and shimmying her curvaceous hips into the familiar garment. She followed up quickly with the bustier, tucking her plump breasts into the spandex. She put the bracelets on, checking their charge as she did. Unfortunately, the taser only had enough juice for one, or maybe two uses. It would have to do.

She could feel Danvers's energy flowing through her. She approached the door feeling a swell of certainty. She kicked the door, watching it shudder on the hinges. She almost smirked, feeling that energy amplifying her strength, the power was intoxicating. No wonder Danvers had been willing to victimize so many women for it.

She kicked again and even with her bare foot, it gave slightly. A third kick crumpled the metal door at the center.

Starling was beginning to get a sense of the energy flowing through her. She summoned a portion of it, focused it into her next kick and when she did the door was blasted from the hinges!

Afterward she felt a withdrawal, a weakening. Like the ebb and flow of the ocean tide, a greater swell came with a greater pull. Danvers had said this energy would be finite, and she had no way of knowing how far it might extend...

...But I'm going to use every bit of it to cripple this facility on my way out!

The young woman stepped into the hallway, already hearing the footfalls of a small squad of soldiers heading her way. They rounded the corner, pulling up short at the unexpected sight of the Scarlet Dove.

She kicked into a short flight, rocketing up the hallway and blasting through them like a bowling ball through the pins! She whipped around even as they struggled to find their bearings. Normally such close quarters would put her at the disadvantage, this time it worked against her adversaries. Feeling stronger and faster, she charged in, dropping the first with straight kick to the chin. She whirled on a second, rocking him with a wide looping hook and snatching his weapon. She swung the gun like a baseball bat, sending a third man sprawling down the hallway. The second returned throwing a punch, which seemed to come at the heroine in slow motion. She easily ducked, and drove her knee into his stomach, then brought her elbow down on the back of his head, dropping him instantly.

The Scarlet Dove reeled momentarily as the flow of energy ebbed. Fortunately, the fourth man was hightailing it down the hall. She recovered quickly and flew after him. Despite a measurable head start, she closed rapidly. The heroine got to him just as he reached a panel on the wall, blasting him in the back with both fists.

Inadvertently she helped him accomplish his goal though, as his head smashed into the console he had been reaching for. Instantly the lights dropped to emergency lighting, and an alarm began wailing.

"Good, bring them all to me!" Starling growled.

Chapter Four

"This is Montgomery," answered a gruff impatient voice.

"Hey unc', it's Pierce." This was not a call the young billionaire had been looking forward to.

"Nephew, I'm looking over this requisition order for a force of fifty men, and I couldn't help but wonder...what the fuck?"

"Well, actually it's this Dominion thing," Pierce replied. "He's ready to make his move but we're kind of short on men."

"Short on men?" Montgomery balked. "He runs the cops, doesn't he?"

"Well, we don't really feel he can use the police that way?"

"Oh 'we' don't, do 'we'?" Montgomery smarmed. "And what happened to the men you already have?"

"Um, I mean, we've got most of them but..."

"Most?" the man growled on the other end. "Most? You mean you've been losing men? On urban missions? On U.S. soil? Oh, nephew, you great imbecile!"

"Don't worry, we're keeping it under wraps!"

Montgomery Ashton heaved an exasperated sigh. "I only even agreed to this because I owed that masked psycho a favor, he hasn't made payment one on his bill and now you tell me we're losing men?"

"Well this operation has gotten a lot more complicated," Pierce tried to explain. "There was this super hero bitch, and..."