Herotica #6b - A Lesson In Control

Story by AstroSecant on SoFurry

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#9 of Herotica

This was a separate idea from the other story featuring Azure, but I felt that it worked well to have him in this one as well. Plus, it shows off more of Azure's personality than the last one, and I'd like to improve on that because I'm falling in love with these characters.

Honestly, I'm starting to really dig this world I'm building, and I might be starting to work out some ideas that are less adult in nature for it. Not that I'll be stopping the sexy stuff in this sphere, but I think I'm getting too attached to them to leave them solely there.

OBLIGATORY CONTENT WARNING: This story contains sexual acts between two males, rape, rough sex, domination/submission, mind control, and unnecessary risk-taking.


I really should be calling for backup...but I can't risk losing this guy. Not when he's so close to so many innocents...

It was a hot summer day, the kind made for swimming and relaxing. And though Azure always found it tough to relax with his duty hanging over his head, he had to take those days off on occasion - being "always on" was a leading cause of hero breakdowns. So he'd been spending the day at the water park, getting wet and soaking up the sun, just enjoying a nice pleasant day off.

Then he'd seen the skulker.

He wasn't in the park, but just outside it. A cloak over his body, that was the first warning sign - it was way too hot for that to be comfortable. The only reason someone would realistically be wearing something like that was for secrecy...and there weren't many good reasons to be secretive in a place like this.

The figure had fled the moment Azure had noticed him, but he'd gone in pursuit, hopping over the fence and trailing him to an abandoned building not far from the water park. It looked like it had once been part of the park, but had been abandoned after a redesign, or perhaps a rebuild. There wasn't anyone else obviously around, making it a good place to hide...and a dangerous place for Azure to enter, especially alone with no one else watching or covering him.

Waiting would have been the smart idea, but Azure was worried. He knew the cloaked figure had seen him, and if he was planning something he might accelerate whatever plan he had. And those plans could be disastrous...there were so many people at the water park, and a lot of kids especially. It needed to be taken care of now, there was no chance to go to his locker and get his cell phone, he had to go in and be the hero.

Least I got a few good hours off...and at least I'm not one of those heroes who relies on an object or suit for his powers. Otherwise going into this in just a swimsuit would be an even worse idea.

It wasn't exactly a good idea as it was, but it wasn't like his suit would really protect him against anything; his powers were his weapon and armor, and his body had been granted the gift of being able to endure quite a lot of punishment with ease. In fact, it might help keep the mystery foe from recognizing him right away; his face wasn't that distinctive, even with his image, he'd met more than a couple wolves who looked very similar. All told, it could've been worse, and it wasn't like he was just going to barge in recklessly - a confrontation wasn't necessary, it was possible that this was all just some misunderstanding.

Possible...but not likely. Being a hero made one a touch paranoid, true, but Azure was certain he could sense...SOMETHING off about the figure. Just this feeling, and one that was rarely wrong. So as he slipped into the building, eyes darting around cautiously, he was bracing himself for the worst.

The inside was rather dusty and disheveled, but there were signs that someone had been here for a while, spaces cleared for some purpose or another. He couldn't tell how long they'd been here, or for what purpose so far, but still couldn't shake that unpleasant feeling from before...more and more he was sure that there was a nefarious purpose.

"HALT!"

The voice shook him badly, coming out of seemingly nowhere...it didn't sound like it should be that commanding, but he found himself having to fight to turn around and face the speaker. It was like his body was trying not to move...or trying to hold to the order. Neither one of those prospects sounded good to him, but he tried not to show his nerves to the cloaked figure.

Who very soon was un-cloaked. The garment slipped off, revealing essentially nothing underneath, except a bit of grime on the lizard's deep green body and an amulet of some sort hanging on his neck...or rather, affixed his him rather tightly. Azure was surprised how young he was, he couldn't have been long out of high school, if even that. His eyes were wild, and the whites were tinged with a slight purple glow. "Rgh...you resisted? You're stronger than the others...I still haven't...mastered this power. I'll have to weaken you so I can command you..."

"Command me? What are you talking about? Who are you?"

"I am...no, my name is not...for you to know, for ANYONE to know. Only the name I have been given by the power...Akula. I am...meant to be the master of this world, to rule over it with the power of control. This power...granted to me by this amulet...it will lead me to rule, and fulfill what the power wants of me."

"What...does the power want of you?" Azure asked nervously.

"I don't know yet...I haven't yet mastered what I've been given, the power won't reveal all its secrets to me...I must become stronger to learn my destiny." Akula shook his head. "I have been...practicing, there are lots of people to practice on near here. You fought it, though...I need to beat you and prove myself. You...reveal your secrets to me!"

"Wha-agh!" Azure felt a shock through him, something rushing through his head. It felt like it was trying to worm in, take his information from him...he struggled against it, trying to right himself as dizziness took over, eventually coming through but feeling rather drained. And he hadn't been fully successful, Akula had learned something at least...

"...Azure? You're...the hero, Azure?" There was definite excitement in the lizard's voice. "I...I have to control you now, I need your power under my guidance! Someone will come after me, I don't have the raw power to beat them...with you, I'll be able to put up a fight! But...how can I weaken you?"

"You don't want to be doing this..." This was the scariest situation. Now he was really suspecting that Akula was under the amulet's influence, the power warping his mind, and he probably wasn't a bad kid at heart. But insanity made him unpredictable...he had to somehow get him down, subdue him and bring him in for treatment...

"Don't use your powers." Shit. Again he felt his body falling into obedience; he could still fight it, but it would be hard, taxing, and might make him more vulnerable. On the other hand...he didn't really need them, did he? Akula had already revealed that he didn't have much in the way of offensive ability, and Azure could take him in a physical fight. His mental control was all he had...all he had to do was squirm out of it by only resisting what he needed to. Just how...

"What can I do...ah, yes...that is true...weaken the will by clouding the mind...with...okay..." Akula's eyes shone a bit. "Take off your suit and bend over."

Oh, come on... He felt the order force its way into him, and within moments he was complying. His swimsuit his the floor, and he did the same a moment later, falling to his hands and knees and raising his tail for the lizard. I need a chastity belt or something...

"Perfect...yes, lust can cloud...weakening them and making them easier to take over...I will prevail." He heard Akula stepped up behind him, rubbing his hands in Azure's fur, almost sensually. "You are...quite attractive, that makes this easy. I'm going to enjoy my time with you...and I'll make sure you enjoy it, too. You will feel great pleasure from me..."

The reptile's dick pressed against his hole, pushing in with a slow pressure, determined but not forceful, a gradual increase that was rather unlike the last time he'd been caught in a situation like this. But for Azure, it was surprisingly effective...he felt his brain light up with pleasurable feelings, like his entire body was getting into them on the lizard's command. He clutched his mouth closed tight, trying not to moan, but he wasn't sure how much he should fight that, he needed to apply his resistance most when the effects were strongest...

"God...you feel incredible..." panted Akula as his hips met the canine's rear. "So good...I should've expected as such. Just another reason to break you, and make you mine..." His fingers gripped Azure's sides and he slowly began rocking back and forth, gently increasing his movements as he started to claim his victim. "You enjoy this as well...you're loving these feelings, and as you love them more you want to give in to me..."

"Ngh...not...gonna..." The words were pummeling his brain, trying to work their way inside his mind...his body was responding quite properly, his arousal growing rapidly on command, his cock working its way out of his sheath and swelling to full hardness in seconds. It was potent mind control, and Azure wasn't exactly the most practiced in resistance to that. It wasn't helping that Akula's physical treatment was adding to it, stimulating him in just the right places...he wasn't exactly a bad lay, if he was being totally honest. If only it wasn't for the purpose of breaking him.

Akula's breath was hot on the back of his neck. "Yessss...fall under my spell, you sexy wolf...you're just the minion I need...and it feels good, doesn't it? You enjoy being in my thrall...give yourself up, let it happen..." Slowly his pace was picking up, his cock pushing in faster and harder, wet and sloppy sounds growing in volume as his pre made Azure's passage slicker. He was perhaps enjoying it more than he should have been...there was a purpose to this, he knew he had a job to do, but that ass just felt so good, he couldn't help but fall into the rushing river of pleasure himself.

And Azure noticed this...he clung to this fact, determined to use it. His head was getting pretty foggy, but focusing on clinging to himself was what he needed...he could endure the pleasure, as long as he didn't succumb to the total control of his mind. As long as he was himself, he could hold back his orgasm, and keep himself from being unduly affected. Not that that wasn't a real challenge in itself, with the influence of the mind control it was a constant struggle, one he was determined not to lose but not sure that he would be able to avoid it. But if he could get Akula to fall first...

But his own pleasure started to work to his advantage. His body was working on its own now, left free to its own devices while his mind was occupied. Primed for pleasure now, it started clenching down on Akula's thrusting dick, sending jolts of ecstasy through his body and sending him barreling to his climax. He was hammering in hard and fast now, no longer in control of himself, moaning and crying out as his rapidly rushed to the finish. "Agh...y-yes...fall to me! Be mine! Be...agh!"

Akula threw his head back hard and yelled out as he came, his seed spurting into Azure's body as he ground himself against that tight hole, soaking the wolf's passage as thoroughly as possible. With every pulse inside him, Azure's mind got clearer; Akula's control was fading in the midst of his own orgasm, and he was able to take control of himself better, to keep himself from going off. Now he needed to act, before the lizard noticed and got the chance to reassert himself. With a forceful effort, he shoved himself back, throwing Akula off of him and onto the ground. In the next moment, he pounced on Akula, pinning him to the ground and growling as he drove his own cock deep into the reptile.

Wait...why am I doing this?

Again it was his body moving on automatic, and he found himself unable to fight off the call to action...but it was odd, it wasn't fogging up his head like it had before, instead it felt like a pure, natural impulse that needed to be acted on. Certainly, he still felt a fair bit of the lust that had been forced on him, and it made the clenching asshole around him all the more wonderful, the feelings better than usual with encounters like this. But something more primal was driving him...something within him telling him he needed to do this, had to act to keep from being caught under again.

And it seemed to be working. Though Akula's mouth was free, all that was coming out were incoherent cries, no more commands trying to get him under the spell. He still seemed like he was enjoying it quite a lot, all his cries were euphoric, and he wasn't making any effort to escape the sexual conquest. It was still forced, but only just...and he was rapidly finding it harder and harder to care as his sexual high came closer and closer, his knot now pounding against the lizard's opening. By the time he'd weakened that hole enough and made it slick enough to accept his thickness, Akula was on the verge of going over again, his own member dripping and squirting precum all over himself in a messy display.

The final moments were glorious. Azure let out a more primal growl than he'd ever normally emit as he slammed in hard, his muscles overpowering Akula's ring and driving that knot in finally, locking him in tight. At the same time, both of them hit the mark, the lizard's sex fluids shooting out onto his stomach as he cried out deliriously, splattered both inside and out as Azure's cum flowed into his rear. Slowly he went slack underneath the wolf, like the energy was being drained out of him with every spurt of cum that filled his bowels, until his was a limp, woozy mess under Azure's grip. And he barely even noticed until the haze of his orgasm left him, leaving him tied to the lizard for an indeterminate period.

That...seems like it was a really bad idea. Why did I feel like I had to do it? And what's up with him now? Why'd he go limp like that? I didn't hurt him, did I? "H-hey...are you okay?"

Akula's eyes fluttered open. "Yes, I am." His voice was a bit empty, his gaze unfocused.

"You don't sound okay. What happened?"

"You turned the tables on me. You broke through my power and then dominated me...it put me under your control."

"Put you...wait, whoa, wait. You're saying I mind controlled YOU?!"

"Yes. The amulet's power backfired on me when I failed to control it. I am under your control now, until the amulet is removed. Now maybe you can remove it...if you grip it tight and pull, it might come off."

Azure wasn't too sure of that; it looked pretty firmly affixed to the lizard's scales, not like it could just be lifted away. Which put him on guard. "Before I do that...show me the person underneath this power. I want to talk to the lizard as he was without the amulet."

"...Why?"

Oh, if THAT wasn't suspicious...it was time to exercise that power. "Do it, now!"

The effect was immediate now. The lizard's eyes came into focus, and his voice took on a different affect, one that was marred by fear. "Please! Help me! This thing...it took me over! I don't know how to deal with it!"

"Whoa, okay, slow down. Who are you?"

"My name's Terryn. I was just looking through a box of old stuff I'd found in an old house, and this thing...the moment I touched it something went into me, and it started messing with my head! I could hear and feel everything but my mind wasn't working right, I couldn't do anything about it and didn't want to! And now it wants to take you over, it wants you to touch it so that it can get inside you, because you're stronger and you could be a better host!"

Well, that pretty much confirmed the basic thing Azure had feared. It was definitely trying to trick him...and it was probably some kind of spirit associated with that power that was in control. Now he had to hope he could disable it without too much trouble...even if it was under his control, he didn't know how far that extended, and currently he wasn't in position to escape. "You're absolutely sure about all this? I want you to be truthful."

"I swear I'm being truthful. I'm still under the power and I'm under your control, so I have to do what you say. And I can hear him, or something...I know what he's thinking, somehow. He scares me so bad, please, get him out..."

That was good enough for Azure. "All right...Akula!"

"What?" The harsh tone was very different from before...it had definitely an attempt to trick him, to get him to lower his guard. "What do you want? I'm not giving up my host without going to another!"

"You're still under my control...and because I'm sure you're not going to cooperate, I'm going to end this. I order you to erase yourself completely. Eliminate your mind and spirit and leave no trace behind."

"What? No! I won't do it! You can't make me! You control me but you don't have the will to force me to do that! I'm going to get you and I'm going to take you over! I'll show you who's really in control!"

Azure's eyes flared with his blue aura. "You think so? Well, let me give you a lesson on the real will of a hero! I COMMAND YOU TO ERASE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!"

A purple flash erupted from the Terryn's body, his back arching and a slight cry escaping him as a power surged through him. It hung there briefly, then faded again, the lizard going slack again as it did. He was breathing hard, but didn't appear to be in any pain or distress.

"Terryn? Are you all right?" Slowly his eyes opened, and he nodded shakily. That didn't ease Azure's mind, though; the purple tinge was still visible. "Are you sure? Are you still under that power?"

"I...Akula's not there anymore. I don't feel him...it's like his presence just...disappeared. But...the amulet...it's still stuck to me...and I still feel its power, I don't know why it's still there."

"I don't know, I don't think it should be...unless..." Suddenly an explanation dawned on him...it was only a hypothesis, but it would make sense. "I told it to erase itself, mind and spirit...but maybe the power wasn't tied to the mind and spirit, maybe that was separate. You might not be able to take it off...the power might be linked too deeply to remove it. But...you can control it, right?"

It took a moment, but Terryn finally nodded. "Yeah...I remember everything that Akula made me do, I think I can do it too...but I don't want to control minds, or listen to them, or anything...I don't want to hurt people like that!"

"Hey, hey, calm down. If you can control it, that means you don't have to. You might actually be able to turn them to more useful applications...how useful would it be to know what bad guys are thinking and control them to stop them from attacking?"

"I...I didn't think about that...there's a lot of bad guys out there...I was almost one of them, maybe that's why I didn't think about it. But...maybe..."

Azure nodded encouragingly. "You don't have to, of course. I wouldn't want you doing anything you weren't comfortable with...but I do want you to know that you aren't condemned to evil with a power like this. But there would be danger, so I'd understand if you were hesitant."

"I think...maybe it won't be as dangerous...Akula was always telling me, whenever I tried to get some kind of fear of danger through, that the power protected me from everything...he took that way of trying to break free away from me by saying that, but I think he was being truthful about it. So...I might be protected like you are..."

"Oh, really? That's interesting...there might be more to this power than just mind control. Maybe we should bring you in to run some tests, you might feel better if you know more about it. And if you're really protected..." Azure grit his teeth and pulled with his hips, yanking his knot out of the lizard's tailhole. There was a loud gasp from Terryn, but he didn't sound hurt, just surprised. "Hah...if you weren't safe that would've definitely made you yell out before I even get close to getting it out. I think you're in good shape."

"I...guess...but did we have to test that here?"

"Well, I figured it might be better if I'm not stuck in you for who knows how long." Azure rose to his feet and pulled Terryn up a moment later, setting him on shaky legs. "You just relax now, okay? Everything's gonna be fine...there weren't any reports of you hurting anyone, so you shouldn't be in any trouble at this point."

"Yeah, okay..." Terryn let out a sigh, relaxing quite a lot.

"Eh? That was more effective than I thought..."

"I...think I might still be under your control, Azure." Terryn's face darkened. "I don't know if there's anything I can do about that...that never happened before so Akula never taught me anything about it."

Uh-oh. That was a complication he hadn't predicted. "Yikes...uh, I'm not sure what to do about that...you, uh, can you fight it at all?"

"I think so, if I really wanted to...I think it's just like what I did to you mostly. Though...it's okay, I guess, it should only be you, and you're a good guy, I don't think you'll do anything bad to me. You might even make it good."

"Make it good? Not sure how...unless...hm, how much of that sexy talk earlier was you versus Akula?"

Terryn's blush came in even harder. "You're...really sexy and feel really good, on either end. I think that's what messed Akula up...he didn't realize that I'd be that attracted to you, and couldn't figure it out. I...I don't think I'd mind being, um, controlled a bit by you, in that way..."

Azure chuckled a bit. "Well, perhaps we'll see about that...I think we've got a lot of exploring of yourself to do, and maybe that can be part of it, if you're okay with that. But that might be getting ahead of ourselves...first, I've got to get back to the park and get my stuff, and then we should get you checked out and make sure you're really all right."

"Okay. Thank you, Azure...thank you for saving me."

There it was, the glow that made it all worth it. So he'd had his rest interrupted, been forced into sex, and nearly had his brain taken over...in the end, he'd gotten his rocks off, beaten a manipulative spirit, and made a new potential ally. But most importantly, he'd saved a life, and spared so many innocents who had no idea...and that was the most important thing, the reason he was in this position in the first place. No amount of break time could refresh his spirit more than that.