Chapter 10 - Angel Blade: Resolution--Epilogue (Bad)

Epilogue

Kyouka and the rest were nearing the point of exhaustion. Even sharing the load as they did, just knowing it would only be a day at most before their next intervention kept up the unrelenting pressure on the women.

Their constant worry over Moena's continued absence just added to the strain.

As such, it was a welcome reprieve when eight days after Blade had vanished, the GeoBlood attacks simply stopped. While this gave them a rest physically, it just made them worry all the more, making them speculate about what was going on.

Angel Ender felt it was a ruse to catch them off guard. Kyouka was afraid their enemies were using the time to gather their strength for a major attack of some kind. Angel Beretta and Ayane were both suspicious but not willing to speculate when the truth was they simply couldn't know without more information. If only they had some hint of what the Dark Mother's forces were intending next. 

The last thing they expected was an invitation.

Karin's message was polite in an off-hand manner. She told them that Angel Blade was in the Dark Mother's fortress, but that they were welcome to come and see her if they liked. The Dark Mother would even guarantee them safe passage to and from her demesnes if they did, but from the way Karin spoke, it was fairly clear she could care less if they did or not.

Her casual manner made them all suspicious but curious at the same time.

“It has to be a trap... doesn't it?” Ayane asked.

With the lone exception of Elphie/Angel Beretta, all of them had been captured and abused by the Dark Mother or her minions at one time or another. It was not an experience any of them wanted to repeat.

“The real question is does it matter?” observed Elphie. “Trap or no, we have to go check it out anyway... don't we? This is Moena we're talking about.”

Shaiya agreed but still wanted to know, “Why would they want us to see her when they know it gives us an opportunity to rescue her?”

The questions went on. Why would they do this? Had something changed that made peace a possibility? If they accepted, should they all go in case it was an ambush or should just one try to sneak in because it left more to carry on the fight if things went badly?

Once they agreed they had to make the attempt, the rest was fairly easy. They would all go since they had to assume it was a trap and this gave them the best chance of getting back out alive, and Ayane would pilot them in the same plane as last time since that had proven effective.

The big question was: is Moena still alive?

They couldn't have known the real question should have been: was she still Moena?

********

They entered the Dark Mother's fortress by stealth, figuring that unless they knew beyond doubt it wasn't a trap, keeping the element of surprise was only smart, and if there was no trap, how would being cautious hurt?

As they made their way to the room they thought was the most likely place to find their answers, they slowly became aware of how the fortress felt different from last time. The place almost felt deserted.

They made their way carefully to the throne room, but the route took them across a walkway that overlooked one of the only places that seemed inhabited. They couldn't see into the chamber, but an unhealthy appearing red light seemed to come from inside. There were sounds from within... sounds that were clearly some form of animal... and as their path crossed the closest point to the entrance of the strange room, they heard a horrible cry from what sounded like a GeoBlood. They had all slain enough to know what the monstrous creatures sounded like, yet none had ever made this sound before when they had died. The sound made them all shudder because it wasn't a sound of pain they heard. 

It was a sound of fear.

The cry suddenly cut off, and then there was a muffled sound that made them move away from the awful room, not wanting to stick around to discover what made the sound that threatened to make them all ill.

Just a couple of minutes later, it was with relief that they reached the throne room.

The three Angel Units were trying to figure out who or what were in the room and where when it became obvious they had been discovered. The back of the throne was to them, but they could tell someone was sitting on it as there was the sound of movement coming from it.

The Dark Mother's voice told them, “Please, come in. There's no need to worry. When I give my word, it is good.”

The narrow entry provided less freedom of movement than the throne room itself, so it made no sense to try to pretend, and all three entered, spreading out slightly to make less of a target. 

It was only when they got around to the other side that what they were hearing brought them up short.

Phantom Lady was seated on her throne, a smiling Karin standing at her right hand. The Mistress of Chaos was looking mildly amused.

But it was where Moena was sitting that shocked them all, though sitting was not precisely correct.

Angel Blade was on the Dark Mother's lap, raising and lowering her backside as she took the mutant's rigid cock up her ass, a look of imbecilic pleasure on her face. She was definitely in her Angel form though her helmet was missing.

As shocking as what Blade was doing was the fact that her belly was swollen in a way that could only mean she was pregnant.

Kyouka gave a pitiful cry when she saw the state of her niece.

“Moena!”

Then she turned to Angel Ender and buried her face in her friend's shoulder so she might hide her sobs.  Shaiya steeled herself so her voice wouldn't betray the pain she felt at the sight of her friend.

“What have you done to her?”

The Mistress looked rather disappointed as she looked around Blade who continued to fuck herself on the incredible erection filling her rear entrance.

“Are we really going to play that worn out drama? I expected better of you than falling back on such melodramatic drivel.

“I invited you here to show you that our darling Blade is alive and well and here of her own free will... aren't you, dear one? Would you like to leave with your old friends?”

To the surprise of the three Angels who had come to rescue their friend, Blade actually managed to moan out a deeply pleasured, “Nooooo...”

Before they could fall back into the typical accusation and denial such scenes always seemed to involve, Phantom Lady said, “Before you accuse me of drugging her or anything like that, you should know that lovely Blade is the mother of our children, and I would never drug her when it might harm our unborn offspring.”

This news left all three Angels speechless, so the Mistress went on with her explanation.

“Several of our little ones from her first laying have already hatched, and we felt it only fair that you should know what that means.

“Your city leaders have been trying to discover a way to restore the land beyond your borders... while I have been discovering a way to create a race that can live there. It seems I have succeeded before them.

“What that means is there will be no more GeoBlood attacks. They have a new purpose and are tending our little ones. I believe you passed the nursery on your way here. It is not a particularly popular job, but they do as they are instructed.”

Realizing that must have been the strange room with the horrific sounds coming from it, the Angels could do nothing but shudder at what kind of offspring were being tended there. 

“I am doing you the courtesy of letting you know you are all safe. There is no reason for further attacks because we have won.”

The Dark Mother gave a slight smile (as much a smile as she ever gave) before concluding, “And Blade here is just fine and doing what she loves... aren't you, my sweet?”

The pleasure-addicted Angel on her lap picked this moment to give a cry of ecstasy as she fucked her ass on her Mistress's cock and had a huge orgasm, shaking powerfully as she squirted halfway to where her heartbroken friends stood.

A look of growing rage came over Angel Ender's face, and she tensed in preparation of launching herself at their enemy, either to rescue her friend or to kill the woman who made her this plaything.

But Angel Beretta reached over and put a hand on her arm before she could act. The newest Angel Unit gave a sorrowful shake of her head, and Ender realized she was right. If Blade was this far gone, it was unlikely they could ever bring her back, no matter how much they hated to admit it.

Watching this little drama play out, once she realized they knew when they were defeated, the Dark Mother turned to her daughter.

“Karin... please show our guests out.”

END
