Out of Harms Way
#4 of Tales from The Hub
It
turns out kidnapping a wanted criminal wasn't an offence under the auspices of
the law unless ya didn't turn him over to the authorities. Fuck them. If they
wanted this guy so badly, they could get off their lazy, corrupt asses and get
him themselves. I wasn't on his payroll like they were, so he wasn't going to
see this coming...I hoped.
I had
my partner scout his movements for me, with the help of his new love toy. I
figured if that Carn bastard was going to be hanging around my house, he might
as well be useful...to me that is. It took no time at all to track the fool down.
Just like Charise said, he was locking bodies with a slick tan lady on the
upside of town. He had the brains to keep a few of his henchmen around, but was
unwise in making them stay out of the way in the lobby of her high rise.
I
simply put on the uniform of a furniture mover and got access through the
freight doors. I actually carried in an enormous crate with a nice couch in it.
The manager found it to be the perfect payment for what I was about to do. He
ordered the staff to carefully remove it and place it in his personal suite. I
in turn was given free access to the back elevator.
The
room I was headed for was on the second to last floor. I needed to get inside
without alarming the occupants. Ya see, there were still communicators floating
around from the old days. It used to be that everyone had one, but the
Brotherhood declared them to be the work of the Devil. Funny thing was, the
only Devil I knew of was the Brotherhood itself. The point was, if ya had
money, ya had a communicator. In the case of Blackmantle, he probably had
several, one of which was in the hands of his henchmen. If wasn't that I
couldn't handle them. It was that this operation was best performed with
stealth.
Thankfully,
the manager slipped me a spare key. In my hands it was like a child's toy. I
quietly fumbled it into the lock and clicked it open. The door was thankfully
well oiled and silent. I pushed it shut with premeditated care and walked, as
softly as four hundred pounds could walk, towards the bedroom. I could hear
snatches of conversation and giggles coming from inside. I pulled out my Billy
club and held in one hand while I opened the door with the other.
Peeking
isn't something I'm good at, what with my large head and all. Luckily for me,
Blackmantle was on top of his girl toy, with his ass facing my direction. I had
to push down the thought of surprising him with my other club (nudge, nudge,
wink, wink) but decided to keep this professional. I pounced into the room with
a floor shaking thud and before he knew what hit him, I cold cocked him with
one hit. The female underneath him
panicked. Why wouldn't she? Prior to the scream I knew was coming, I placed my
oversized hand over her mouth and nose. It didn't take long for her to pass out
from the lack of oxygen.
Both of
them were alive, have no fear. Dead might have been better, but I was making no
assumptions. I had been wrong about one; I was taking my time with the other. I
threw each one of the unconscious bodies over my shoulder, carefully slid out
of the room, and down the hall to the elevator. Once I hit the ground floor I
stepped out, looking both directions. No one. From there it was to the crate,
where I unceremoniously dumped the two in it and sealed it back up. After all,
I couldn't deliver the couch without removing the packaging. Company policy!
When
the mob boss woke up, he found two things were going on. One, he had a
headache. Secondly, when he went to rub his head, he found his hand was
immobilized. Both hands actually. And both feet. When he was able to assess his
position completely, he found that he was suspended from the walls by four
chains. And he was still naked. He suddenly deciphered the meaning of fear.
In
front of him was his female friend. I had nothing against her at the moment,
but I could hardly have left her behind. Besides, she might make a good
bargaining chip. If he had feelings for her, threats against her might provide
some much needed answers. If he didn't have feelings for her, then his
unchivalrous attitude might make her turn state's evidence. One way or another,
I was going to get answers, or else I was going to be having me a grand ole
time of it.
I
waited until they were both awake before walking in. When I did, it wasn't with
any subtlety. I had dropped my clothing before coming in, so that they both
knew what was in store for them if they didn't talk. I figured the puma-girl
just might be able to take me, but her partner would be squealing like a
Porcine sowlet getting her first real dicking.
I hope
you can imagine what a big black me looks like when I enter the light of a bare
bulb from a background of darkest shadow. If ya can't, remember this; both of
them were suspended so that their heads were in line with my waist. Have I said
enough?
I
grabbed Blackmantle by the hair on his head and leaned down to stare him in the
eyes. "Hello pussycat. I don't like
wasting my time, so I'll ask my questions plain and simple like. Why did ya put
me up to killing your cousin? I don't like playing the stooge."
He
gulped a few times before finding his voice "I don't know what the hell you're
talking about. So it was you who killed Arc? If I ever get out of here I'll
kill you for that!"
"Tsk,
tsk, tsk. I didn't think you Carns had much in the way of family feelings. Your
cousin was an assassin after all. He killed folks for a living. So what
difference does it make to you that I killed him? The sages say that a man who
lives by the sword, dies by it."
The
Carn struggled against the chains. "I loved my cousin, you dirty bastard. If
wanted him dead, I'd have done it myself to make sure is was quick and clean.
But he was faithful to the family. If anyone put you up to this, it was one of
the other families!"
"You're
not lying to me, are ya? I want ya to understand that I hate liars." I moved
around behind his lady friend. "Understand it like this. If I think you're
lying to me even a tiny bit, I'll start by tearing this gal apart from the
back. Once she's done screaming, and you've heard enough, I'll start on you.
Oh, and just in case the question came to your head, the answer is yes, I'm
fresh out of lube."
I poked
her damp pink hole with the head of my cock, just to get her to squeal. She
didn't fail to deliver.
"Stop
it!" he cried. "I'm telling you the truth. I thought someone had put a hit out
on Archimedes. I've been waiting for his body, or even part of it to show up so
I could give him a decent burial. What did you do with it?"
I was
growing disappointed. He sounded like an honest man. It's hard to believe such
a thing from a mobster. I poked his girl again, just for fun. She yelped and
started crying.
"Goddamit!
I don't know who you think you are, but you can't just go kidnapping..."
I was
in front of him in a second. My ham hand grasped his jaw. He knew I had the
strength to break it. "Listen little Carn; my name is Veracity Harms and I can
do what I want. Luckily for you, I often don't. Now; why would someone frame ya
in arranging your cousin's death if ya had nothing to do with it? Think hard,
for I am quickly losing patience. I stood up to show him his fate if he lied to
me.
He
spoke with more courage than I thought he had. "Veracity Harms is a legend made
up to scare children in their beds. Now it's you who are a liar!"
My
laughter was genuine. "I know. Yet here I am. So, unless you want to be part of
those bedtime stories, I suggest you answer my question."
He was
remarkably defiant."Or what!"
I
wordlessly walked around behind him, stuck my finger in my mouth for a second
before ramming it into his ass. He jerked upwards on his chains, but managed to
stifle a howl. "Understand, I'm not joking. I'm looking for information, not
retaliation. But if you're guilty, I'm your judge and jury. It ya tell me the
truth, a truth I can believe, then ya go free.
He was
still biting his lip. "Look you big, stupid bastard; I loved my cousin. I love
this lady whom you have threatened. Maybe you think I'm the biggest crook in
the city, but on a scale of one to ten, I'm nowhere near the top. I run a
business. Just because it doesn't fit into everyone's model of an honest
business, is not my fault. I don't consider myself any worse than any of the
Brotherhood."
I
snorted dangerously close to his face. "I thought you were supposed to love
your wife. I'm an old friend of Charises's, and I don't like the idea that
you're cheating on her. So tell me again how honest ya are."
His
eyes went wide. "I thought she was lying when she talked about you. But it's
impossible for you to be Veracity Harms, I mean my father told me about..."
My hand
clamped down on his face, shutting him up. "I'm not concerned with stories
about me. Why have you ditched my beautiful little Charise for this little scrap
of pussy?" I released my grip just marginally.
"I
didn't ditch her. She told me to get a girl on the side. So I did. I'd do
anything to make her happy. She's asked weirder things out of me."
That
got me thinking. She was a kinky girl, but I was surprised that she hadn't
joined in as a threesome. But...there was
something going on here that I could quite deduce. Either she had lied to me or
this guy was. I doubt he was, the more I thought about it. He didn't have that
much bravery in his soul to go up against my threats. Of course, my threats
were real. If he knew who I was, then he knew what I was capable of.
I
walked over to the wall and pulled a lever. Both of the Carns fell to the
floor. I was keeping my word, even if I wasn't doing it nicely. I reached down
and unclamped the manacles holding them to the chains. "Listen up you two. As
of this moment, consider yourself dead."
The
puma-girl started sobbing. She was a little confused as to what I was saying.
"Listen
ya silly nit, what I mean is that as of this point in time, ya must stay here,
as much as it galls me to say it. It seems someone wants ya dead, and so dead
ya must be." I turned to Blackmantle. "Just like your cousin."
At that
moment, Archimedes stepped into the light. "Sorry cuz. Someone put me up for a
bump off, and this here fellow wanted to make certain it wasn't you. He's a bit
harsh, but trust me, if he wasn't you'd probably be dead, and so would I."
His
cousin, the mobster, balled up a fist to strike him. My hand intervened. "Listen
to him, ya stupid jerk. I've got no love for either of you, but I love justice
enough to tolerate ya occupying my house until I figure this out. Someone's up
to something and I want to know what. In the meantime, ya play nice. Once this
is all over, then I don't give a damn what ya do to each other."
Blackmantle
looked like he had swallowed a pincushion. "I don't like where this is going
anymore than I like where it's been." He pulled his girl in closer. "But, and I
say but; if you can find out who's behind whatever is going on, than I will
endeavor to forgive and forget" Then he paused and looked up at me. "Are you
really Veracity Harms?"
"The
one and only!"
This
brought looks from my partner and his butt buddy. Both were wise enough to keep
their questions to themselves. It was never too wise to ask much about me. If ya
didn't already know the stories, then you were better off not knowing. Even
what was widely circulated was only the tip of the iceberg, as the ancient
saying goes. Come to think of it, one of these days, I'll have to research what
an iceberg is.
I
showed the new couple to the quarters I deemed suitable for their needs. Once
that detail was settled, I allowed my partner and his other half to go out and
fetch clothes for them. My hormones were raging again, and the sight of a
couple of naked and restrained Carns was making me irritable and horny, which
with me was pretty much the same. I shove the feeling down and sat in the quiet
and the dark and concentrated. Charise told me a lie. That was no big deal.
Hell, I lie all the time. The truth is over rated. It's facts that are
important. The Brotherhood will feed you as many lies as you can absorb. The
stupider ya are, the more they can feed ya in the name of the truth.
If I
went to talk with Charise, she might catch on to what I had done, or perhaps I
should say, what I have not done. I needed to follow her, dog her movements,
and investigate her contacts. It would seem that someone else was calling the
shots, directing her to perform a play of unequalled proportions. Someone was
trying to horn in on the Morou family business. But who?
Bolshoi
took a shine to the prospect of being her tail. Lord knows, he had a lot
practice in the tail category. Still, the ole girl had already met him once. He
was going to need a good disguise to fool her again. I should never have
doubted him. He came out dressed from head to toe like a booger. I know what
you're thinking, ya damn fool. Booger's were street people. I didn't give 'em
that name. They've been called that for centuries. Some of 'em are good people,
just down trodden by all that is good in this world. I have a few on my
payroll, but they tend to be unpredictable and flighty. Having a reliable one, like Bolshoi, made
good sense. So I let him do his thing.
He
followed her for a week. His first reports made me think that I had misjudged
her. The first thing she did was run down to the police station to file a
missing person's report. I didn't know if that was brilliance or honest
concern. I mean, really, what kind of
concerned wife would she be if she didn't report him missing? Of course, his
underlings were probably scrambling to save face, considering that their boss
disappeared from under their very noses.
It was
at the end of the week when the news got a little hotter. I scratched my head
and considered what I had been told. The answer I came up with was both
brilliant and horrible. Think of it this way. It's kind of like letting go of a
fella holding a knife. You were never sure if he would be thankful and stash it
back on his belt, or try to stick ya with it. My experience told me to always
break his arm before letting go. This situation was going to take more than a
broken arm to fix it. There was a cancer growing that could even overthrow the
Brotherhood.
Bolshoi's
work was done. From now on, I would just have to do my best not to get noticed,
which was no easy thing. I was therefore mildly surprised when Blackmantle
offered his services. I told him what he could do with the idea.
"Look
you screwball Carn. You're supposed to be dead. If ya go showing up alive,
everything will fall apart."
He had
some balls, I'll say that. He got right into my face, standing on his tippy
toes and everything. "I'm not daft, you draft mule. I'm offering you the keys
to my place and the codes to the combos. If I'm being set up by someone, I'd
like to know who it is."
"Hmmm.
Not a bad offer. Then again, I'm saving your worthless hide so it behooves you
to help. You don't happen to have surv in your place?"
He
grinned. "Sure I do. Got some great cubes of me and Charise going at it. Even
the boys don't know about the CC-vid system. It's an old microfiber setup from
a couple hundred years ago. Still works like a charm. Think you can operate
it?"
"I'll
do my best." Little did he know that those systems were once manufactured right
here in this old factory. The place wasn't called Guardian for nothing.
Getting
into his place proved easier than I figured it would. Blackmantle made up a
fake invoice for the delivery of goods to his house, to be delivered by yours
truly. Hey, it worked once, why not twice? Besides, my delivery crate contained
canisters of something called Cloud. I never messed with the stuff, but I guess
they used to use it for anesthesia. All I had to do was turn on the valves and
keep my head above the gas. That I could do.
It
didn't go without a hitch, but it worked well enough. It helped that I grabbed
one of the whores from Lackluster Street to accompany me inside. Prisella was
her name, and she was an old time Puff and Peace user. She still had her looks,
despite her life, and so I figured she would provide a good distraction. She
was particularly eager when I told her she would have all the Cloud she could
inhale.
She put
on a good show, letting her tits hang out and skipping her underwear. It was
too bad she had gotten down in the gutter. She was a lovely Herb; long gazelle
legs and an art deco face. Her natural markings made the need for makeup
obsolete. The point was, she had looks. Her and I had never gotten it on much.
I respected her enough to not force my log between her delicate legs.
I made
sure the gas was running, and then stood back while the boys with the guns
drooled over Prissy. By the time they realized their lightheadedness was from
something other than hormones, they were hitting the floor like flies in a
cloud of insecticide. So did Prissy, but she held out til the end, and when she
dropped, she had a look of euphoria on her face.
I made
my way to the secret video room. It was well hidden behind a false panel in the
back a closet. I had to bend over to fit inside. It was obviously designed to
be left to its own devices, for there was nary room for a person to sit and
watch the screens all day. I punched in the code for the main bedroom. My
intention was to simply collect the data cubes before proceeding with my
kidnapping. However, the screen to the room automatically came online. My eye
was drawn to the couple on the bed.
Now
Charise had taken a few lovers after we broke up, and I thought that her
marrying this stupid Carn was complete folly. However, she was now bedfellows
with an even worse partner. I had deduced it from the info Bolshoi had
gathered, but seeing it was a hard knock to my ego. Bruins were about the only
other Exper that could match me for size and strength. This was no ordinary
Bruin however. This was the bone fide police chief, Portney Greeves.
I was
hoping it was more of a coincidence. I mean, I wasn't obtuse, but for Chare to
be sticking her nose into police business, or should I say, for the police
chief to be sticking his dick into , well...forget it. I wasn't happy. I could
take this guy down in a second, but then I'd have every cop out for my
ass. I dropped down to the floor and
watched the screen with interest.
He was
big in the body, but not so much in between the legs were it counted. Bruins
weren't stupid, but they didn't win any brain contests either. What they had
was bluster and bluff and had a handy set of teeth and claws. Charise had happily dealt with me for a year,
so I suppose she had the patience to lay under this big brute. He emed way to
restrained to fill my shoes, but then he was filled another Carns' shoes. Well,
not shoes, but know what I mean.
He was
porking her with gusto. I fiddled with the camera system to get it to zoom in.
Sure enough, I was able to get it focused on their point of connection. I
snorted in disgust when I saw he was one hole higher than normal. He was
buggering her ass for all he was worth. If I had done that, she wouldn't be
here now, leastwise not in any condition to be getting her bung tapped by the
chief of police. That was one thing we had never done. Trust me, the few times
I had slipped out and wasn't careful about getting it back in, she had come unglued.
I didn't blame her, just stating a fact.
For her to consent to such
treatment meant that either this guy's cock was smaller than it looked, or else
she had changed her mind about accepting visitors through the back door. Then
it struck me; maybe she was being threatened or coerced. He was the chief after
all, and she did have a history of infractions. None of them were serious, in
my book, but to a gal whose career had been constantly in the limelight, maybe
there was something worth covering up.
I watched as the Bruin continued to
pound away on her ass. I couldn't see her face, but I could guess what her
expression was right now. I almost felt sorry for her. I was tempted to bust in
and save her, but then, she got herself into this mess, she could get herself
out. Sadly, I was getting even hornier sitting here watching them. I shifted my
position to make room for the bulge in my pants when my elbow hit a switch. I
nearly freaked when the room's audio switched on. I went from alarmed to
pissed. I hardly needed to hear what the shits were doing! This was going to be
intolerable.
However, I did notice that instead
of screaming or crying, Charise was making sounds that told me she was into it.
As his movements got jerkier and his slamming way increased, she was spouting
all kinds of garbage. "That's it, fuck me harder! Show me what a bad girl I am!
Ram my ass like there's no tomorrow!" Her coaching must have gotten him off,
because with a roar, he spilled his seed into her puckered ass. I was so horny
I could have rammed my cock up his ass right now.
He fell to the bed in a heap. She
crawled out from under him and pushed him onto his back. "We're not done honey
pie! You got what you like, now I get my turn!' He grunted something
unintelligible. "Awww! You promised!"
He opened his eyes and gave her a
weak grin. "You know that makes me nervous."
She
caressed his hairy chest. "I know. But I like it. It's hard for me to get off
anymore."
He
sighed. "Climb aboard. I'll have to make this a quick one. You've got the Morou
family fortune to get in line and I have to finish making arrangements to kill
off the heads of the other families. There will be an all out war between them.
When the dust settles, this town will by ours!"
She
climbed up and slid over his cock with a grunt. He moved his hands up to what I
figured was going to be her shoulders. Instead they clamped around her throat.
Without another word, his fingers began to tighten and at the same time he
started slamming her onto his meat. I so wanted to be in there right then! It didn't
matter to me whose hole I was in! I watched him pile-drive her for a few
minutes. All the while she remained conscious. I could see the climax coming.
His grip increased and the slamming became more forceful. All at once she let
of a strangled cry and went limp. He relaxed is grip, but continued to pound
her until he came again. Her head was flopping in the wind. Been there, done
that.
As he
finished he carefully laid her down on the bed. "Sorry honey, but I need to get
going. I hope you had a good time." She was completely out, so not a single
word he spoke made an impression on her. He trucked off to the bathroom, washed
and returned. He pulled on his uniform, gave her a kiss on the ass and quietly
closed the door to the room. I could hear his treadfall on the hallway as he
passed by.
I
waited a full five minutes before vacating the closet. I remembered to shut the
system down before I left. I had a
handful of storage cubes stuffed in my pocket, but I wasn't quite done with my
collecting trip. I walked down to the room and opened the door. Charise was
still dead out on the covers, snoring peacefully. I took a towel from the
bathroom, rolled it up tightly, took off my belt and with one swift motion, stuffed
it in her mouth and held it in place with the strip of leather. I climbed up on
her back, gripping her hands with one of mine. She was just starting to come to.
Maybe she thought he was getting kinky on her. She knew it wasn't him the
moment my cock pushed past her anus. "I'll have to thank your new boytoy for
paving the way for me darling. I've never gotten a chance to enjoy this hole before."
She tried to scream, but it just couldn't find a way out.
It was
a few days later that the news of the chief's attempted takeover of the mob
families made it to print. Charlo had no idea who sent him the data cube, but
the video made for a wonderful story. I was there, outside the main police
station, when he was standing on the edge of the roof. Officers were trying to
talk him down, but he kept refusing. Every once in a while he'd shout, "I'm
going to jump!"
I grew increasingly
tired of his cowardice, so after the third or fourth time of him yelling it, I cat-called
back, "So do a back flip!" That got me some dirty looks. I didn't care. In the
end, he took the smartest route and came crashing to the ground. After all, he
was the last known person to have been with Charise, who had gone missing the
same day. There was some blood on the bed, indicating foul play. Sadly, they
were never able to find the body. There was a reason for it.
Blackmantle
demanded to know what I had done with her. "She may have been a bitch, but it
was up to me to decide her fate!"
"Like
hell it was. I hold everyone's fate right here in my hand. If you don't like it,
tough shit. I handled her just the way I felt she needed to be handled.
Besides, at the time I needed to unload my nuts in the worse kind of way. I'm
still itchy in that respect, so unless you want to know what she had to deal
with, I'd suggest you cut your losses and get the hell out!"
He wasn't
stupid, this Carn. He and his girl vacated quickly. They had a story cooked up
to explain their absence, as did Archimedes. Sadly for me, he wasn't apparently
leaving anytime soon. Whatever. If he got to be too annoying, I'd bed him over
and give him a dose of what-for like he would never be able to take again. Then
I calmed down. I guess he wasn't all bad. But he had better keep a low profile
when I was in a mood, because when I was in a mood, things happened. And just
so you know, I'm always in a mood.
What?
Oh, Charise. Well, you know I didn't have the heart to kill her. I thought
about all the while I was stretching her ass beyond its limitations. In the end
(a pun...get it?) I came up with a punishment for her that would make anything I
could do seem childlike. Ya see, those boys outside of Cambria never had a live
one come through with the caskets. Like he said, there weren't no gals in that
corner of the Outlands. Ole Charise was going to find herself the galpal of a
handful of horny Forsaken Outlanders for the rest of her natural life.
Something told me she was going to shorten that up considerably of own accord.