Chapter 10

I waited almost the whole two hours using it to get ready flashing in I was well hidden behind several masks, several cloaks, plus a masking of my power.

Trent was a quivering mass of useless flesh weeping, trying to talk his way out of the punishment that was coming. “Trent,” The leader of the council started, “you have been found guilty of attacking a council member that in itself normally incurs the death penalty. Being that you provided the name of the person responsible, we have reduced your punishment to being made human with no power and no memories. Do you have anything to say before the sentence is carried out? Remember, this can be extremely painful or no pain at all.”

“I just wish I could be here when Tron Tat rips all of you assholes and shows you what true pain is!” Trent screamed.

The elder nodded, I reached out and began to rip as violently as I could, each power he had left, twisting to increase the level of pain to its max. Trent began to scream, his eyes even bigger than before, “No! It’s impossible! No one has that power anymore!” he screamed, pulling and twisting. I felt each power fade as it was wrenched loose. Finally, all of them gone, I filled the now gaping hole with a plug I had learned to make a century ago. Passing a hand over him, I removed his memory and placed one there that the elder had set up for him.

Nodding, I flashed out before anyone could even think to question or doubt (plus, I didn’t want anyone to follow me). Appearing in my apartment, I made everything look as if I had been there for an hour. Soon, Cloe appeared naked immediately, all three clips in place. Watching her jerk and quiver, I waited. It shouldn’t take too much longer, I thought. “Tyrome,” she breathed out, “I can’t take this. You have to relieve me!”

“You know what you have to do if you want relief,” I said, sitting back to enjoy the show.

“I ... I can’t,” she panted almost breathlessly, “not to you, not to any man.”

“Fine,” I said, “then you continue to wear all of the clips, and if you continue to be so stubborn,” here I held up a large vibrator, “then I think we’ll add this.”

“No,” she cried, her eyes even larger, “you wouldn’t dare!”

I stared straight into her eyes, “Watch me bitch! You, who has tortured me for centuries, to be your fuck toy when you want. Never caring about me EVER! Now it is my turn to show you how far you debased me and had me begging you ‘til I was nothing but something for your amusement. That ended yesterday and will never happen again. I’ll make damn sure of it!” Waving my hand, the door was replaced, and a pallet was on the floor at the foot of the bed. “There’s your bed. I suggest you sleep. You’ll get used to the constant stimulation soon, and then we’ll have to change to something else.”

As I had thought before, I really wanted to turn her around, but at the moment, I didn’t have the time as one of the three brothers had escaped and was gunning for me and the council. Slowly, Cloe crawled to the pallet, whimpering and whining the whole time, “You know what will stop it, but that’s up to you; you’re bringing most of this on yourself.” I sat for a few minutes thinking of where the one brother might be. Hmmm, the prisons were out, though. If he was out there, there weren’t many that could detect him. I was one of only three that could, and one of those had died recently. The most disturbing thing I thought, though, was how in the hell these people were getting loose. This had all the earmarks of my ex-wife, though I had personally locked her up. NO ONE could let her out but me. Then again, the rest could be done by the brother, who had enough time to study how to release them. I began to set up a live feeler for each of the thousands of scum I had locked up over the centuries. If I was right, he was releasing those that had the most to gain by killing me, but not before he got where his brothers were. Yeah, right, like that was ever going to happen.

I started to send out feelers, and someone knew where he was just like last time, though getting them to talk might prove more difficult this time. I was just starting to fade into sleep when I felt one of my first cases suddenly liven up. Snapping my fingers, I was there in mere seconds. Sure enough, there the brother was, blasting away at the tri-section reinforced lock I had given the prison to keep the lock and life picker away. Reaching out, I felt the brother doing all he could to release him. Damn really didn’t want to have to clean up after this ass. Reaching out, I felt the brother, then I delved as fast and hard as I could, ripping several abilities from him, his high-pitched shrieks alerting the guards. Wrapping the brother, I held him as long as I could, but the sheer amount I had ripped loose, compounded by the fact that I hadn’t had any sleep, allowed him to slip away. Pissed at me, I snarled at the life picker, “Unless you want to be human and have NO powers, you WILL tell me everything you know!”