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Tablet Master - Chapter 6

A Game of Cat and Mouse

It was daytime when Mia ran across the busy street. She jumped on the roof of a small house and then on another taller one to look around. Salk's manor wasn't that far, and she recognized it right away. She rushed towards it, Valsheen barely able to follow her until she stopped near the park adjacent to the manor.

Valsheen caught up to her, out of breath. "Damn you're fast," he said. "There... I'll sit here and wait for you." He chuckled. "You're glowing Mia."

Mia grinned briefly and then took off. The thought of doing whatever she wanted to Salks was bliss and she loved Valsheen for allowing her such freedom. She hurried to the manor, jumped over the perimeter wall and peeked through the cracks of a window shutters.

The manor was still empty; after all, it was roughly two days since she left the manor with Aven. She pushed the lock up with her telekinesis and jumped inside before sniffing the air. His scent led her right to him.

Salks was sitting at the dining table, with a document in hand. She read part of the document in his mind as he read it, but it was nothing more than a deed to sell his manor.

She turned invisible, climbed the table from its end and walked slowly towards him. The scent of Valsheen's semen was still very strong and her bikini soaking from it.

Salks wiggled his nose and took a few sniffs.'What is that smell,' he thought, looking around yet unable to see her.

Mia flicked her wrist and shoved him against the wall brutally. "Not fast enough," she said, flicking one finger towards him.

Salks rotated against the wall at the speed her finger span. She stepped down from the table and closed the gap between them before standing straight on her two legs. She rarely walked straight, preferring to crawl on all four and perch herself whenever she could, preferably at the feet of her Mistress.

She held him upside down, his face leveled with hers for a moment. He was weeping, but few sounds came out of his mouth as she held it shut with her power.

"You are a pathetic human being," she said to him without her usual accent.

She focused her power into a cutting tool again, not unlike the way she carved into his skull to heal him a few days earlier, and began cutting his cheek, from his nose to his ears on both sides at the same time.

Salks chuffed and growled low as she peeled his skin off one layer at a time before she healed him just enough to stop the bleeding. His face red from all the blood accumulating in his head when she finally flipped him around.

She ripped his cloth off and gave his legs the same fate she had given his face. He groaned and cried while his body quaked through every long incision. She healed him just enough to keep him alive and conscious through the process.

Salks had foam coming out of his mouth by the time she was done with his legs. She moved to his arms. His heart was racing, and it was getting harder and harder to keep him conscious, but she enjoyed every moment of it.

"It's time for you to die," she said, slowly digging into his chest with her claws.

She'd have hoped to spend more time torturing him, hell, she'd have wanted to keep him alive for months, so she could torture him every day, but her current predicament with the Tablet wouldn't make this possible. She'd have to find solace in killing him this once, after merely an hour of torture.

After piercing through his ribs, pushing them aside with her power as her claws slowly dug deeper into his flesh, she felt his heart pounding at the tip of her claws. She burrowed her fingers deeper on each side and she was about to crush his heart slowly to rip it out, just as slowly, when she was suddenly yanked upwards and away from him.

"No!" She screamed as the searing pain invaded her system, crippling her almost instantly.

She struggled to crawl back towards Salks, feeling her body peeling from within as if a bunch of rats were eating her from the inside. Her head hurt so much she lost all focus over her powers and the harder she tried to use them, the harsher the pain was. The effect wasn't as sudden as the last time she died because the Tablet was brought out of range, but it was agonizing. She slammed her claws on the floor to try and pull herself closer to Salks, determined to end his life, struggling against in invisible force that tried to pull her away.

She was almost there, less than an arm's length away when everything went black.

*

"Don't do anything to anyone outside the arena, don't leave the battleground, don't display anything supernatural about you or your powers, fight fiercely, and give them a good show," Salks said as the demon materialized before him.

"As you wish Master," Shadyss said, bowing slightly before grabbing the outfit that was already at her feet.

It was two simple band of clothing she wore as loincloth to cover, only to a minimum, her human body, and a dented glaive for weapon.

"Now get in that arena, do that circle thing, and win," Salks said after she had geared up.

She hurried through the gate, entering the huge arena through a series of cartwheels and backflips.

"Shadyss! - The! - Beast!" The announcer yelled over the frenzy of a thunderous crowd, cheering and banging on the floor in chorus at her arrival as they started chanting her name to a loud drum beat.

She played along to give them a good show and started jumping, kicking the air, and swinging her sword all the while performing a few more flips before reaching the center of the huge oval arena. She swept the ground to trace a circle with her foot and then traced a second one with her sword, two meters around the first. This was her signature move once every few battles to let the crowd know she intended to kill everyone by staying within the boundaries of her outer circle while trying to stay within the smallest one for as long as possible.

Salks had loved the idea the first time as her move created a huge wave of bets around the time she'd stay within the small circle and whether or not she'd make it through without exiting the larger one; she didn't manage to stay in every time, after all, she had to pull her attacks and give a good show.

Salks had made her fight twice per week for the past year or so, she had lost track of it after so many fights, and she had yet to lose. She couldn't say she hated it; the fame, the crowd cheering her name and the sex after some of her greatest victory, where he fed her the survivors or sometimes even others Salks wanted to get rid of, her new life wasn't this bad, but she had yet to find a way to kill Salks.

His orders were always well formulated to prevent her from doing anything that would hurt him, except it had that one flaw she'd been trying to exploit for a long time. It was a matter of time before one of the gladiators would accept her offer, 'and now is the day,' she thought, hopeful.

The opposite gate opened, and twenty gladiators rushed towards her.

"Come on," Shadyss said with a scoff. "Seriously? Only twenty men?"

The gladiators formed a circle around hers, entering a staring contest as she invaded their minds without their knowledge. Simple minded humanoids had no way to know when someone was reading their minds until she'd speak to them directly in it, but she had to be very careful about talking to them - a gladiator almost told on her once and she had to jump out of her circle to kill him before he'd tell the crowd.

'I have to find the right one,' she thought. "Help me instead of fighting me and I will free you," she said, baiting them to think about what she sought.

The usual gladiator had nothing to live for. They had either lost everything before being forced into slavery and combat, or they were bread into it. Very few still had something to live for, but she knew she'd find one eventually.

All gladiators but one thought about ways to kill her, ignoring her suggestion, but that one gladiator to her left thought about his wife and daughter.

Her face brightened. 'At long last.'

A gladiator took a step forward as two others followed his lead. She deflected his spear into the second one as she arched her body to avoid getting hit by the third. Using the momentum, she swept the first man's legs and sliced both others in the legs with her glaive.

"Don't fear this conversation, I'm Shadyss," she said in that one gladiator's head, "and you probably know what I'm capable of, but I don't want to kill you. I need your help and I will help you in return. Think hard about your answer and I will hear you. Don't speak out loud."

She used one of the gladiators as shield against another as more of them joined the fight. She usually read multiple minds at once and was able to know what their moves was going to be before they even did it but focusing on a conversation was more taxing and she had to rely solely on her fighting skill while having a telepathic conversation.

It took a moment for the chosen gladiator to understand what was going on as some of the others plotted to find a strategy against her and a few continued to attack her wildly. She shoved her glaive through a man's face as another slashed her forearm.

The crowd cheered loudly.

Another gladiator plunged his spear right through the side of her thigh. She growled, grabbed the spear so he wouldn't pull it out to damage her leg even more and snapped it. She pulled the rest out by its tip and rolled outside of her small circle where she began fighting two others that had plenty of time to prepare.

"How can I help you," the chosen gladiator thought hard.

She threw her glaive through one's face and dove at the second one, grabbing his face with both hands before bringing her feet on his chest. The man would have fell under her weight, but she used her flight ability to stick to him instead, causing him to barely take a step back before she pushed herself into a back flip, not letting go of his face and ripping it off in the process.

She landed back in the middle of her small circle. The crowd went silent for a moment and every gladiator froze in place. The smell of fear was enticing as the droplets of blood showered in line with her. She grinned.

Crouched with her head down, bowing to the crowd, Shadyss used that moment of shock to hurl the severed head at another gladiator's face. The two faces splattered like watermelons and the crowd awakened.

"Four down," she thought, sending her thought to the chosen gladiator at the same time. "Fifteen to go... oh, sorry."

She grabbed the tip of the spear she pulled from her leg earlier and threw it at another gladiator's face, but he raised his small shield just in time to deflect it.

"There is a man called Salks on the main nobleman's balcony," she said in her chosen gladiator's mind, diving to avoid getting hit as she rolled over a corpse to retrieve her glaive. "He's wearing a bright purple tunic and a matching kettle hat."

Shadyss back flipped to avoid two gladiators attacking her and landed outside the larger circle.

The crowd thundered, some cheering, others yelling angrily.

"I'll bring the fight closer to that balcony," she said. "Attack me now and I'll hit you mildly. Make it look like it hurt you and stay down for a moment. Once I got rid of all the others, I want you to charge at me."

The chosen gladiator took a swing at her. She dodged and punched him in the face, controlling her blow to push rather than slam. He rolled with it and crashed to the ground.

The attack exposed her, and another gladiator cut her shoulder deeply. She growled and retaliated by cutting his head off.

She danced with the others as she made her way towards the edge, killing ten of them on the way as they continued to attack her relentlessly for the crowd's entertainment.

She had a few cuts and bruises by the time she reached the balcony, but she could endure much more. The balcony was about 10 meters above the ground, overseeing the gate she used to enter. The jump would be impossible for normal people, but not impossible with a combined effort and her impressive strength.

"Now charge at me," she said to her gladiator after killing two of the last three. "Step in my hands and jump. I will boost you up. Trust me, you'll reach the balcony. Kill Salks and jump back in here with him. I'll tell you what to do if we get there."

She opened her defense, allowing the last man to cut her leg deeply as she plunged her glaive through his heart. The chosen gladiator charged at her. She rolled forward to reach the perfect angle, squatted before him with her fingers interlocked and waited for him to step in her hands.

The gladiator dove in just the right angle to reach the balcony where Salks sat along with a bunch of noblemen and their body guards.

The crowd cheered in choir louder than ever as the gladiator landed on one of the noblemen and thrusted his spear right through his target's neck. The guards barely had time to react. The gladiator grabbed Salks and jumped back into the pit, using the man as cushion to soften his fall.

"He must have a Tablet with him," she said in his mind. "Grab it and stay by my side."

The gladiator took the Tablet, but he couldn't get up. "I can't move my leg," he said, out of breath and severely injured.

'It was quite a fall,' she thought, hurrying to his side.

The crowd was ecstatic, chaotic even while the noblemen ran away from the balcony like a bunch of headless chickens. With no other guards jumping in to fight her, she kicked open the gate door and helped him walk to it.

"Quick before the guards arrive," she said, pointing her finger at the wall on the other side of the gate. "Hide the Tablet behind that loose board over there and hurry back in here."

The man used the gate bars to reach the loose board. He slid the Tablet behind it and limped back to her as a bunch of guards rushed from around the corner.

She grabbed the man's arm and carried him back to the center of the arena. The guards followed her as more entered from the other 3 gates. She stopped in her circle and span with her arms towards the sky in victory.

The crowd cheered loudly as the guards formed a circle all around hers, just like the gladiators had done earlier, except this time, they were three times as many and they all wore heavy armors, a shield and a spear.

"I'm not sure this was such a good idea," the gladiator said.

"We'll see," she said. "Whatever happens, I will protect you with my life. If you manage to survive, all you need to do is get your hands on that Tablet and summon me back in ten days."

"I don't really understand."

The sound of the gong boomed through the arena. One of the Nobleman stood on the balcony with the gong's hammer in his hand. "Please calm down everyone," he said.

"You will," she said.

"Shadyss!" The nobleman said. "You and..." he leaned closer to another nobleman who whispered something in his ear. "... gladiator Black Orca..." he lowered his tone to spit something at the other nobleman before he continued. "You two killed Lord Salks and I hereby sentence you to-"

"Wait sir," Shadyss shouted. "May I explain, please, sir?"

The man whispered with the others for a moment.

"Let her explain," the crowd howled in chaos.

The man raised his hand and the crowd went silent. "You may," he said.

"Lord Salks was cheating," she said. "As long as he lived, I would not die."

The crowd booed in choir but went silent again as the nobleman raised his arm.

"He cheated all of you," she said. "But now that he's dead, I can also be killed, and I'd like to fight fairly in a duel against Black Orca as soon as he'll be healed."

"But you no longer have a Master," he said.

"I don't know how your politic works but unless you grant me my freedom today," she said, increasing her tone progressively to put an emphasis on the last few words as she yelled them, "I'm willing to serve Black Orca's master until that fight, for the great... pleasure... of... everyone!!!"

The crowd boomed with anticipation.

The nobleman raised his hand after a moment. "You have won the heart of everyone in the past year dear Shadyss," he said. "Let them decide your fate." He placed both his fists before him.

The silent was stunning as everyone held their breath for a moment.

"In favor of her freedom," the nobleman shouted as he opened his left hand.

A large portion of the crowd cheered as they stood up with their left arm held high towards the sky.

He closed his fist and silence ensued.

"In favor of... one... last... fight!!!" He said manipulating his tone into what he desired most.

An even larger portion of the crowd cheered noisily for a long moment.

"Shadyss will fight Black Orca in our Hellfire Challenge," he said.

The crowd howled as the guards retreated.

She helped the gladiator towards the gate, where a nobleman and four body guards showed up.

"Your old Master cost me a lot of money for his deception," the nobleman said. "How does that work exactly?"

'How can I get this man to leave me and Orca here for a day?' she thought. 'He'll never let us go free, but how can I explain that I cannot leave this arena without telling him about the Tablet?'

"Salks was using a powerful magical item," she said, looking at the nobleman's feet that were past the line of the gate, putting him in the arena. "I could kill you where you stand, but I will not."

The man's guards readied their weapons, but the nobleman raised his hand and they returned to a standing pose.

"You'd never find this item without my help," she said, "but if you agree to one simple request, I will tell you all about it and you can do whatever you want from that knowledge afterwards."

"It all depends what that request is," the nobleman said.

Shadyss grinned.

*

Mia materialized in a narrow alley during the night. She crouched on the ground as three city guards hurried towards her, carrying lanterns and pointing their swords at her. "Who are you and why are you here?"

"What are your orders, Mistress?" She said, looking for the Tablet.

She couldn't see it, but she felt its presence, and it was very close.

"Why are you here?" The guard said, taking a step closer and poking her throat with the tip of his sword.

"The name is Mia," she said with a charming grin. "Mia does not know why Mia is here. Is Mia in trouble for not knowing?"

"She speaks funny," the second guard said as he looked inside a large barrel nearby.

"She smells funny too and she's covered in blood" The first guard said, still holding his sword to her throat. "Where's the Rat-Girl?"

"Mia does not know."

"We're wasting time," the third guard said after looking around. "Let's go!"

All three guards ran past her and vanished around the corner.

"Mistress can come out now," Mia said.

The barrel moved, and a young Rat-Girl came out of a small hole underneath. "Thank you," she said, offering Mia a handshake. "I'm Lily."

"Mia is pleased to meet you Mistress Lily," she said with a smile, examining the Rat-girl from head to toe.

Lily had all the traits of the usual Rat-People; grey skin, claws at her hands and feet, anthropomorphic legs, a long thin tail, large round ears, and a muzzle half way between a human's nose and mouth and a rat's muzzle with long whiskers. Most of them had dark black or brown hair with dark brown eyes, but Lily had short dark purple hair and eyebrows over her bright purple eyes. Her body was slim and fit underneath nothing but a thin, almost see through, long rectangle black cloth. It had a hole for her head in the middle and folded to cover her front and back with a small rope in the middle to hold it in place. And she wasn't holding the Tablet.

"Why are you calling me Mistress?"

"Did Mistress Lily touch the Tablet to summon Mia."

"Oh, is this what that old thing did?" Lily said.

"If Mistress says the name again while touching the Tablet, Mia will vanish for one day."

"How long can you stay if I don't read the name," Lily said, sniffing at Mia for a moment.

"For as long as Mistress wishes," Mia said sniffing her Mistress back.

"What are you?" She said. "You don't smell like the usual Cat-Person and I've never seen one that looks like you either. You're more... feral, and yet you didn't eat me."

"Mia is a Demon Kinneeg Fairy!" She said proudly.

"Wow, a demon, and a fairy, you must be powerful," she said, squeezing to get back into the small hole. "Come and tell me more about you."

The hole led under the house through a very narrow tunnel of roughly three meters long, ending in a small hole, roughly two meters in diameter. There was a small stack of hay with a blanket on the left side with a jar of water next to it, a tattered tissue was wrapped to make a sack holding what smelled like bread and wheat on the opposite wall to the entrance, and three rows were dug to form shelves on the right side. It had two tattered books, an empty flask, a knife, and the Tablet.

Lily grabbed the Tablet and offered it to Mia.

"Mia cannot touch the Tablet," she said, shaking her head.

"Would you like to sleep here for tonight?" Lily said, putting the Tablet back on the shelf.

"Mia does not need to sleep."

"Okay then, do whatever you want," she said, tucking herself to bed. "Make sure to hide the hole with that barrel and don't bring anyone else in here."

Mia smiled and stared at Lily for a moment. Unbounded, she hurried outside and placed the barrel back properly. 'I'm free,' she thought, looking at both sides of the alley. 'I must find Aven or Valsheen.'

She turned invisible and ran through the streets, trying to find a landmark she'd recognize. She stopped before the park bench where Valsheen sat to wait for her, but he wasn't there. She hurried to Salks manor where a bunch of servants, kids and fancy dressed people were attending some sort of party.

She navigated carefully through the place, invisible and careful not to make sound. Salks wasn't there. The place was furnished with fancy stuff and the decoration was completely different than what she remembered.

'Salks moved out,' she thought. 'Maybe he died.' Mia smiled to the idea, after all, he could have died from the wounds she inflicted on him before the Tablet killed her.

She ran to that last place where Valsheen had summoned her last and where he had her kill a bunch of noblemen before having sex with her. The place looked the same, but it was empty.

Mia sighed deeply as she cleared the last room of that big house. She returned to the meeting room. All the blood had been cleaned up and the lack of smell suggested it had been more than a month.

She ran out and jumped on the roof to look around. The city was quietly asleep. Mia closed her eyes and revisited her last moment of joy as she tortured Salks, the warm feeling of pain and suffering emanating from him and that strange humming she felt, not unlike the feeling she had about the Tablet's location. She had planned to investigate that feeling as soon as she'd have been done with Salks, but she didn't get the chance and now, as much as she tried to catch a glimpse of that feeling, it wasn't there. The only similar humming she could feel was the Tablet she knew was resting in Lily's den.

It wasn't long before the sun rose, overcasting its light over the city progressively. People invaded the streets, and everyone kept busy. Mia explored every dwelling in a 500 meters radius around the Tablet and examined everyone that looked anything close to Valsheen or Aven but didn't find either. She returned to Lily a few times during that day, but it wasn't until late in the afternoon that Lily was awake.

"Oh, hello Mia," Lily said between two bites of a small bread loaf.

"Greetings Mistress Lily," Mias said.

"How was your day?"

"Long and boring," she said, sighing deeply. "Mia did not find Master Valsheen or Master Aven."

"Why are you looking for them?" Lily said, offering Mia some of her bread.

"Mia does not need to eat," she said.

"But you can still eat, can you?"

"Yes, Mia can eat, but Mistress Lily does not seem to have lots of food."

"I can manage," Lily said, insisting with her bread. "Take it. It tastes good."

Mia took the bread and ate it. It didn't taste good, but it had been so long time since she tasted anything, it was still a pleasant feeling.

"So, why are you looking for them?" Lily said.

Mia cocked her head slightly. 'Why am I looking for them,' she thought. 'Aven would have made a great Master, but Lily could be too. Valsheen only wanted to use me for power.'"Mia does not know," she said, scratching her head. "Mistress Lily is all that matters now. What can Mia do to please Mistress Lily?"

"Hmmm, I don't know," Lily said with a mouthful of bread. "Can you find better food?"

Mia nodded enthusiastically. Lily smiled and shoved the bread back into her improvised bag.

With her Mistress' silence, Mia peeked into her mind to realize she was waiting for Mia to act on that interrogative. 'She is not a very commanding person,'_Mia thought. _'She'll make a pleasant Mistress.'

"Mistress should hide the Tablet carefully before going out," Mia said, pointing at the Tablet on the shelf.

Lily dug a hole at her feet and buried the Tablet hastily. "Good?"

Mia nodded. "Follow Mia," she said, squeezing through the exit tunnel.

"Oh, wait, it's still too bright up there," Lily said. "People can see me, and light hurts my eye. I can barely see a few meters distance."

"Mia will go prepare all the food then."

Lily nodded.

Mia turned invisible again and hurried back to Valsheen's residence. She knew it was unoccupied and it had some food left in the cellar. She used the supplies and the kitchen to prepare a pile of cookies, as well as a meat stew, two pies and one huge cheese bread. The sun was about to set when she returned to fetch Lily.

"I don't think we're allowed to be in here," Lily said as she stepped inside the house, sniffing the air enthusiastically. "But this smell is beguiling."

"This house belongs to Master Valsheen," Mia said. "Mia is certain Master Valsheen will not be angry about this. Mistress can eat good food now."

Lily froze at the sight of all the food on the large round table.

"You can eat too if you want Mia," Lily said before she indulged herself into it, devouring as much as she could with appetite before collapsing on the floor with a full stomach. She even had a small bulge after eating so much.

Mia ate a little of everything to savor the result of her culinary skill more than to feed, but she was pleased to see her Mistress relishing it so much.

Lily let out a loud and long burp. "I never tasted such good food," she said. "Hell, I never ate so much food at once either."

"Mistress Lily ate almost everything," Mia said with a chuckle.

"I need to make reserve when I can, who knows when's the next time I'll find food again."

"Mistress Lily will never go out of food for as long as Mia is here," Mia said before eating one of the few cookies left.

"Why are you helping me so much?"

"Mia is bound to serve Mistress Lily because of the Tablet."

"I'm not sure I understand."

"When Mistress Lily read the name on the Tablet, Mia appeared to serve," Mia said. "Mia must do everything Mistress Lily wants." She smiled.

"But I don't want you to be my slave," Lily said as she sat before Mia. "I want you to be my friend."

"Mia is very happy to be friend with Mistress Lily, but the Tablet will compel Mia to do everything Mistress Lily requests."

"How can we fix this?"

"Mia does not know," she said, looking down and sighing.

Lily pouted for a moment as she wondered about giving Mia the order to not obey any orders.

"This could work," Mia said, brightening up.

"Could it?" Lily said with a smile. "Wait, how did you?"

"Mia can read thoughts," she said. "Does Mistress Lily want Mia to stop?"

"No, it's okay. You can read my mind anytime you want," Lily said. "I want you to never obey any requests any more, from me or anyone, unless you want to."

Mia grinned. 'Is this really going to work?' she wondered. "Try something!"

"Hmmm, okay, clap your hands!"

Mia waited for a moment. She didn't want to clap her hands for the purpose of this test and she felt no pain. "This works!" Mia pulled Lily into a hug. "Mia and Mistress Lily can be real friends now."

"You can stop calling me Mistress now," Lily said, pulling away. "How long can we stay in here?"

"Mia and Mistress Lily can stay here until Valsheen comes back."

"Stop calling me Mistress," Lily said.

"Okay Mistress Lily."

Lily frowned.

"Mia is sorry. Mia cannot stop calling Mistress Lily, Mistress."

Lily raised her shoulders. "Okay then, it's fine. What now?"

"Mia does not know. What does Mistress Lily want?"

"I want food, check. Gold can buy me food sometimes, so I need gold." Lily smiled as she looked around her.

There was gold all around them; the vases, the frames, the chandeliers, even the stair case railing had traces of gold carved into its design when it wasn't entirely made of gold.

The girls spent most of the night gathering all the valuables for Mia to extract the gold from. Using her powers, she carved out all the fancy metal and melted it in a cauldron to extract tiny amounts of it and make it into marbles before moving to a large room with a huge soft bed to count their loot.

"One hundred and ninety-two," Lily said, counting the last marble on the fancy bed. "Wow, each of these things is worth at least a dozen meals."

"Does Mistress Lily have enough gold?" Mia asked, perched on the heavy foot of the bed frame.

"Oh, yes, definitely!"

"What does Mistress Lily want now?"

"Enough of what I want, what do you want?"

"Mia was created to serve and to please. Mia wants to please Mistress Lily."

"What if I want to please you instead, don't you want anything other than to please me?"

"Mia wants to be free from the Tablet," she said, "but Mia does not know how. Mia wants to find Mistress Shadyss, because Mistress Shadyss will most certainly know how to free Mia, and because Mia misses Mistress Shadyss a lot. Mia wants to have fun, play tricks, have sex, kill Salks, find Aven or Valsheen, even play with Kera, but all those things are slight compared to how much Mia wants to please Mistress Lily."

"Well... I like having fun too and play tricks, and sex is always fun," Lily said, fiddling with her fingers. "Except with the Lizorcs, they're too rough with me and their dick is too big; oh, and they never pay well." Lily clicked her tongue. "The sun will be coming up soon, so maybe tomorrow we can try to find any one of those people you mentioned."

"Mia is very horny now," Mia said, feeling her friend's lust growing as much as her own.

She moved forward as Lily pulled her on top gently.

"I never did this with another female," Lily said. "How does this work?"

"Mia knows many ways to please another female," Mia said, rubbing her fingers between Lily's legs.

Lily moaned softly. Mia nuzzled against her neck as she pushed a finger inside gently. Lily shuddered.

Mia knew exactly what her mistress wanted; feeding her pleasure directly from her mind and connecting on a higher level of consciousness. She pushed her finger just a little deeper, and slightly to the left where it instigated the summit of pleasure.

Mia used her thumb to massage Lily's clitoris as she thrusted her fingers inside. Lily bucked her hips and moaned loudly for a moment, whimpering as Mia pulled away. Lily didn't want Mia to stop, but Mia knew how much pleasure a little anticipation would cause as she lowered her face between her legs. Her rough tongue slurped at the sensitive clitoris before darting inside her tight hole. Lily's anticipation paid off. She produced a loud groan of pleasure, her hips bucking against Mia's face as she grabbed her hair with both hands to keep it there.

Mia began suckling and licking at her mound feverishly for a moment before reinserting two of her fingers. Lily cried out, squirming and shuddering as she assimilated this new form of pleasure.

"Oh Mia, I never thought sex could be so good," Lily moaned. "I've ever only had males shoving their dicks inside me."

"There is so much more to sex than that," Mia said with a mouthful.

Mia could feel Lily was approaching climax. She increased the pace, thrusting faster and deeper as she continued to suckle at her clit.

Lily moaned louder and bucked harder for a moment before she cried out. Her body stiffened, her claws dug into the soft bed and her back arched heavily while her sweet nectar began squirting into Mia's mouth. Mia didn't stop for a moment, sending an even greater amount of pleasure through her system until it became too much for Lily and she began pushing her away while crying out loud and begging her to stop.

Mia pulled away.

Lily collapsed with a grin on her face, panting heavily for a moment while a few spasms rippled through her body. "This was incredible," she said, out of breath. "Give me a moment and then it's your turn Mia."

Mia moaned softly when Lily licked her clitoris in return a moment later. Lily's mouth could open impressively wide and her tongue reached so deep inside she needn't no fingers. Mia meowed loudly and shuddered.

Lily slurped and trusted vigorously at her mound, swirling and twisting inside her box for a moment before pushing her tongue through her cervix. Mia cried loudly as she began shuddering, building up climax for a moment longer before her body stiffened and she too grabbed hold of the bed, mutilating it some more in the process. She shuddered, meowing loudly as her nectar filled Lily's mouth.

Lily moved along side Mia on the bed, both staring at the ceiling with grins on their faces.

"This feels amazing," Mia said, panting.

"Not just amazing," Lily said. "Remarkable!"

They both laughed for a moment before Mia moved over Lily and began humping her mound against Lily's. "Does Mistress Lily want more?"

Lily grinned. "Definitely!"

*

"I want to stay in this arena with Black Orca for two days," Shadyss said.

"I'm not sure I can allow this," the nobleman said. "I'm not the owner of this arena and they don't usually let anyone in during the night."

"I've always wanted to feel what it's like to spend a day with someone I like," she said. "We can sit by the gate and wait for the events to finish. We won't interfere and when all is finished, we can spend the night here, free before one of us has to die."

"I could have you killed or even drag you out of here if I wanted," he said. "I'm not in the business of letting slaves run free just because they ask."

"Yes, you could," she said with a charming smile, "but if you refuse, I won't tell you how Salks was able to trick all of you and I won't fight in that Hellfire Challenge."

The nobleman scoffed.

"Don't be so cocky," she said. "I assure you, you wouldn't be able to make me. Two days and one night is all I ask."

"I'll see what I can do."

The nobleman came true. Shadyss and Black Orca watched the cart race and circus show from the gate until the stalls were empty. A handful of guards remained behind to keep an eye on them, but the closest one was patrolling the corridor on the other side of that gate. Shadyss had healed his wound when no one was watching; she snapped his leg back in place and then used her spell, weakened, multiple times, he didn't even notice the faint glow around his wounds.

"What's your plan Shadyss," he said after the last of all spectators were gone. "You instilled a great hope in me and I'm not sure how this is going to end."

"I had to make sure you'd be left alone," she said. "I needed someone I can trust because I'm going to put my freedom in your hands."

"How so?"

"That Tablet you hid earlier," she said. "It controls me. I'm a powerful being, but I'm limited to obey the Tablet Master, which until a few hours ago, was Salks." She moved to straddle him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I'm sorry I used you. I didn't know if killing him would make me return to the Tablet, but I'm glad it didn't."

He looked at her with one eyebrow raised as he placed his hands on her hips, but the position of his thumb suggested he was about to push her off gently.

"Please don't push me. I'm not trying to have sex with you," she said, "I'm just being discrete. I know you have a wife and a daughter. I read it in your mind. That's why I chose you and I will do my best to get you back to them."

"You say you're a powerful being," he said. "Why all the subterfuge?"

"Once this conversation is over," she said. "You will take the Tablet and read the name inscribed on it to recall me into it. The name will disappear for a full day. That's why I had to make sure they'd leave you alone for that day, else I was afraid they wouldn't let you keep the Tablet. When the name reappears in exactly one day, you must read it again to summon me back. This will make you my new master. Salks gave me a few orders to bind me. I can't do anything to anyone outside the battleground, which I can't leave. I can't use any of my powers unless no one notices, and I had to give the crowd a good show. He gave me the same orders for every fight. I contacted a few others before you, but they refused, or they didn't believe me, so I had to kill them. Tossing you up there to kill Salks was my only way out. He'd give me orders after each fight to make me follow him back to his manor where he'd make even more money by pimping me out. When you summon me back, I will be your slave and I will be bound to your every command, but if you don't give me any orders, I will help you return to your family and I will make sure you get your freedom."

He took a deep breath and stared at her for a moment.

Shadyss stared back into his bright green eyes as her hands began rubbing his shoulders. He was very muscular for a human and she found it very alluring. She hadn't stopped to really look at him this whole time and had missed all the scars on his body, mostly on his chest and one on the side of his strong square jaw.

He grinded his throat as he tugged her slightly against his growing enthusiasm. Her pheromones were all over him. She hadn't plan to feel aroused and had failed to contain her lust for him. He thought about his wife, but the effect was already nudging his faithfulness out of the way as he slowly moved forward to kiss her.

Their lips fused, and her tongue danced with his as she bucked her hips gently against his bulge.

He wouldn't have the will to stop, but his guilt was crippling. She knew love would help her considerably to reach climax without taking his soul, but that guilt would make it very difficult. Adding a few guards in this endeavor to drain their souls wasn't an option either.

She pulled away reluctantly and took a few steps back. "Take the Tablet and read the inscription, please, now!"

He shook his head and blinked a few times before reaching for the Tablet. He stared at the name for a long moment, fixing his erection as he stood up.

"Please tell me you're not illiterate," she said, realizing not everyone, especially amongst the slaves, knew how to read.

"Yes, I can read," he said.

Shadyss sighed. "Then read it, now."

"I want you," he said, walking towards her as she stepped back to keep her distance.

"No Black Orca," she said. "You must read the name."

"Call me Orus," he said. "Why can't we do it now?"

"Because you love your wife and you may die if we have sex. Now, read the damn name!"

Orus stopped. "Shadyss-Mikaellaïnalla."

*

"When do you want to go find your friends'" Lily said, cuddling with Mia after a splendid orgasm.

"The best way to find Mr. Valsheen is to stay in this house," Mia said, petting Lily's head tenderly.

"Okay then," Lily said with a smile. "Let's stay here until he comes back."

Days turned into weeks and then into months. They couldn't have enough of each other and they made a nice couple. Lily slept all day every day while Mia fetched a load of food and ingredients to prepare copious meals for her new friend. Lily woke up to a feast for breakfast every morning and they'd spend most nights playing games in the house, games that ended with various forms of sexual pleasure. They couldn't get enough of each other and they managed to find pleasure in simple games like hide and seek, but Lily also liked to listen to Mia's every story, and Mia had a lot of stories to tell.

They both saw very well in the dark. Without lights in the empty house and a fence around it far enough no one heard their cries of joy and laughter, it was their home. Mia knew this wouldn't last forever, but she was determined to enjoy it while it lasted. She kept the house clean and she even had enough time to fix everything they took apart for the gold, replacing it all with a thick gold colored paint instead.

She had just finished fixing a vase Lily had toppled by accident when the door opened.

Mia turned to face the door, crouched as usual, tail flicking and a charming smile on her feline face as Valsheen walked in. Her face brightened even more, and her tail began flailing.

"Mia? What are you doing here?" he said, frozen on his feet.

"Mia was waiting for Mr. Valsheen to come back," she said, holding back from jumping into his arms although she didn't know why she wanted to do that.

"Are you going to kill me?" he said, grinding his throat.

"No, Mia will not kill Mr. Valsheen. Mia wants answers."

He exhaled deeply. "Oh, thank God," he said. "It'll be my pleasure to answer all your questions, but if you don't mind me asking; where's your Master?"

"Mia has no Master now," she said. "Mia has a Mistress, but Mia is free to do anything Mia wants."

"This is great," Valsheen said. "I'm glad you found someone who treats you well. Did I treat you well Mia?"

She nodded enthusiastically. "Mia was very happy to have Mr. Valsheen for Master, even if it did not last long."

"Would you mind telling me what answers you seek while I settle in?"

"Mia can help!"

"Excellent then, I have a bunch of luggage in the cart. Would you mind fetching it?"

Mia turned invisible as she hurried outside - her latest habit, and she grabbed some of the luggage. She'd carry all of them with her telekinesis if she could, but she had depleted her energy gradually to please her mistress in various ways and had been relying on her non-energy dependent abilities for several weeks already.

"You'll always amaze me," he said as she followed him upstairs. "So, what answers are you seeking?"

Valsheen was heading for the biggest room where Lily was sleeping.

"First," she said, opening another room's door. "Mia wants Mr. Valsheen to use this room instead."

"Why?" he asked, stopping in front of the door with his hand on the handle.

"Mistress Lily is sleeping in that room."

"You know this is my room, right?"

"Mia and Mistress Lily live here now. This is Mr. Valsheen room now," she said, putting the luggage in that other room before running back outside to fetch the rest of it.

Valsheen chuckled as she ran back into the room with more luggage. "All right then," he said. "If this means we can stay friends, I'll use that room."

He grabbed one of the luggage and pulled a set of clothes out. "What answers do you seek Mia, he said as he started to undress.

"Mia wants to know if Mr. Salks died."

"I'm afraid he did not."

Mia meowed low. "Why was Mia killed before Mia could finish torturing Mr. Salks?"

"I was snatched away by a very powerful creature," he said, putting on the new set of clothes. "She flew me to the market and high up into the sky at great speed, far out of range. I'm sorry."

Mia looked down and sighed deeply. "Where is Mr. Salks now?"

"He sold everything and fled to Praxion. But I'm afraid he owns another Tablet. One with Shadyss in it."

Mia stared at him in shock for a moment, rising to stand straight and unable to hold her thoughts for herself. "Shadyss is prisoner in a Tablet too? How's this possible? Who could do this to her? And why? The two of us stuck in those Tablets, it must be Shaella." She slammed her fist in her hand. "She's punishing us for parting from her, this is the only explanation."

"Mia you're scaring me," Valsheen said, wrapping his arm around her hips.

She froze, staring into his eyes. Valsheen wasn't much taller than her when she was standing on her two legs.

"Your tone," he said. "Your speech... and you're standing."

"Mia is sorry," she said, sliding out of his arms as she crouched back at his feet. "Mia is in shock."

"Yeah, clearly." Valsheen said, chuckling. "So, all this cuteness is nothing but an act?"

"Mia is always acting to please people," she said. "Mia must find Mistress Shadyss."

"You can stop the act when you're with me then," he said.

"Mia cannot," she said. "Mia likes acting this way. It is more part of Mia than when Mia stands."

"Fair enough. How can I be of help?"

"Mia needs energy," she said. "Mia trust Mr. Valsheen. Mia needs to go back into the Tablet." She shivered to the thought. "Mia wants Mr. Valsheen to treat Mistress Lily well until tomorrow and then let Mistress Lily summon Mia back. Does Mr. Valsheen promise?"

"Yes, Mia, I promise," he said.

Mia nodded with a smile. "Mr. Valsheen can find the Tablet under the bed where Mistress Lily sleeps," she said.