Vagi's Mission: Kasib's Assault

Securing the rest of the platform-citadel was easier. The inhabitants, guests, and former servants and slaves they did not kill handed the key codes to unlock some doors. A total of ten doors were unlocked. Inside the found nothing, but treasures from other worlds. Vagi had to help with the humanoids they encountered except the ones they recruited. The Forest Nymph, her pet tiger, and all fifteen pregnant females were evacuated first. After them would be the elf Druid, the Monk Yao, the female snake charmer, and the trio of heroes. Each of them were given promises they would receive their possessions in time. For now they would be stored away in a warehouse in Borvados.

            Vagi wrote a recommendation for each to be housed in a fine home in Morgadra. That was under Weatherby’s and Kezef’s names. She was still a Secretary. As for the heroes, 15 pregnant women, and anyone else wounded it was off to Ruhonthra. The Wizard requested to be away from her until she calmed down. His blue skinned colleague had to be sent to the Basilisk for questioning. She felt satisfied with the winged elf Stargazer being sent off to Alagen. Just six were left, the four assassins, and pair of night warriors. Cailor handled them and got some information out of them. This Kasib was part of some Order of the Beast that invaded this part of their world.

            Naphene Vagi got the privilege of sitting in these interrogations. They did got well except for limited information that was flushed out of them. Every single one of them had to be treated like a prisoner of war. One of the quartets cried over the idea of being a POW. Vagi held her hand saying she would most likely be under house arrest nothing more. Their affiliation with this Order of the Beast died not really county them as enemies to the Vestrisian Union. Knowing this calmed the assassin down who lost her nerves of still under the pressure of a Zhenrai Knight.

            “Will you knock it off and leave it alone?” Cailor’s voice rose up in anger at Vagi. “Apologies for my anger Lieutenant Secretary, but we need to prepare for an attack. That wizard said this Overseer Kasib was mounting an attack soon.”

            “How many is this Overseer sending?” She asked him crossing her arms. Vagi was not happy with him over raising his voice and making one of the women cry like that.

            “Lieutenant we only have 153 to defend these two islands. This Kasib could send thousands to retake these islands. I know we have extra forces and three ships, but this Order of the Beast may have even more. Captain Weatherby is searching for the enemy u-boat. As for Mordad, his ship has to escort the supplies, and Zao found an island close to the Arm’s entrance.” Cailor explained their situation. Vagi was about to respond when a voice emerged through a loudspeaker. It sounded irritating, and shrill. Just hearing the voice gave her a headache. To her misfortune she had to hear it.

            “Well hell SKogers I mean traitors and Skogers. I Overseer Kasib see you have taken some property of the O B. The Order of the Beast claimed that “Old Relic called Xigmaen” as hotel materiel. Whoever you are, you have trespassed on the grounds of Overseer Kasib, and Great Overlord Kgha Nerum. Therefore, we must take it back.”

            Feeling the start of a battle all Vestrisians and allies prepared to defend their area. All the new allies took positions closer to the front. The Vestrisians stretched their forces out all over the settlement. Vagi and her team positioned themselves behind a wall of barrels and crates. Each one grabbed a rifle. Machinegun, and extra ammunition for this engagement. They would have used the platform citadel to ambush them. Unfortunately, they found themselves pressed for time. On the other side of the land bridge a battalion sized force marshalled. Vagi thought she counted 415 or more. Yet she prayed this Overseer did not have thousands to send.

            Machineguns had to be prepared leaving the riflemen to open fire first on this Overseer Kasib’s force. Vagi did not have a rifle on her only a pistol or three. Cailor shoved a rifle in her hands. He also had a T.M. 13 bolt action rifle that he fired into this Order of the Beast’s battalion. Twenty-six archers loosed, arrows while forty-two others opened fire with various types of rifles. Taking this platform back would prove nearly impossible. Kasib’s battalion attempted to cross the land bridge under fire. Peppered with bullets and arrows Kasib’s sent battalion suffered staggering losses.

            Vagi was not surprised to see a battalion fall quickly to machinegun fire. Tearing the battalion apart their machineguns kept their back lines from reaching the tower. Scores rushed into the water while the rest fled back to the other platform. Suffering zero casualties the Vestrisians and allies stood up. It was a bad decision to stand up, yet they noticed something that caught their attention. None of the battalion wielded any firearms in its ranks. This seemed too quaint for an army to return no fire against their enemy. Using her elf sight she spotted one trap the battalion triggered by mistake. Sitting in the middle of the land-bridge sat the tower and a few other structures. Before she could think Kasib’s voice came back online.

            “Asuul that was a failure!” Kasib yelled over the speaker.

            “All the weapons are with Geemo’s men!” another voice argued.

            “That was more than 480 of ours! Now they are massacred! It is entirely your fault!” Kasib screamed at this Asuul. The two bickered leaving time for the invading coalition to move in for their own kill.

            Vagi’s team of 14 got up to make their move. The rest of the Vestrisians and their allies stayed back in case another attack came. Every Rond Parthas, elf warrior reapers and Crydal Paladins joined her team. Thirty-four left their posts to check the land-bridge. Confident they had more men this time, Vagi’s team quickened their pace. Reloading their firearms her team made it to the land-bridge’s center. As they came closer to the tower bodies of the massacred battalion appeared defined. Vagi could tell there were 354 and more on the ground.

            This tower appeared very metallic like the platform Xignoen. It stood 30 stories high. From the looks of things this tower acted as a watchtower. Vagi looked around in search of the door. Something hatched in her mind to get this open. She hoped no one judged her. Her countrymen might, but she was not so certain about the Crydals, Rond Partha’s and the elf Reapers who joined them. Not saying anything to the Vestrisians they formed a semi-circle around their position and the watchtower.

            “Hey Kasib, Kasib!” she yelled hoping to get this damned Overseer’s attention.

            It kind of worked as a voice came out of a speaker. A mechanical arm jutted out with an eyeball shaped camera at the end. She knew what it wanted to view. Just to get in she decided to go ahead with her hatched idea. Vagi felt like shooting herself by firing squad.

            “Yes, large chested Skoger?” she heard Kasib’s voice through the speaker. She winced a little as the voice was that irritating to hear. Turning to her team she held a comprehensive expression on her face.

            “Please forgive me.” She begged the whole team. Vagi turned to the eyeball.

            “Ahem, would have a lift up if showed you these?” She asked starting to unbutton the fatigues. Vagi revealed her bra to the camera-eye.

            “Oh yes, yes, yes come in, come in! Alone, please!” Kasib’s voice sounded excited. Taking in a big gulp she prepared herself when a door opened. Not hesitating she slipped the fatigues off and entered the interior. In the center of a chamber rested a platform lift inside this watchtower.

            “Step on the platform.” Kasib’s voice ordered. Vagi stepped onto the lift that rose from the floor. It lifted her up to the top where Kasib was. Naphene vomited a little in her then forced herself to swallow it back down. She was in the center of a control room, and observatory station. In a nice metallic chair sat a humanoid not too different than Host Karsos. Kasib had a bigger, longer face, four pincers on his cheeks, human lips, and six eyes. One arm was missing, three limbs were mechanical prosthetics. Kasib donned a loose black, and purple chiton tunic under a chlamys cloak. On his head he wore a green stone pipe hat. Vagi undid her bra and took it off. She let herself be exposed to this Overseer. Kasib turned his head and made a hungry face. Tongue stuck out of his mouth after a lick of his lips and eyes grew wide with obsessed awe.

            “Oh, forgive me busty skoger where are my manners? I am Overser Kasib.” Kasib introduced himself as he touched her nipples.

            “I did not say there was any touching.” She said feeling betrayed.

            “Sorry Skoger I cannot help myself.” Kasib licked his lips again poised to touch her once more. She knew where he would touch her and she wanted to strangle him. Kasib looked at her then raised a prosthetic finger. He pocked both right and left breasts. Vagi’s breasts vibrated and jiggled then grew to the size of melon jugs. She allowed him to grab them with all six arms. If this would get them into the other platform then she had to allow it. Kasib then put his face between her boobs as he played with them. Rubbing his face all over her chest the Overseer suckled a little.

            “My, my I have never seen such a pair. Let’s go bigger-“ he was cut off by a voice behind them.

            “ENOUGH OVERSEER! You promised us fresh play meat! Gannog and others want her.” A rough monster voice demanded from behind her.

            “Wait your turn-“ Kasib tried to bark them down when one of them shot him in the head.

            Vagi was turned around by force then pushed down to her knees. All she saw were four more humanoids naked before her. Between seventeen inches and twenty inches their meats pointed at her. In moments each one placed a dick on her breasts. Something inside her woke up like a fire being sparked. She closed her eyes letting them have their way with her in a rough gangbang. There was no stopping them fearing they would kill her right there. She had to do this unless bribery could have worked. Vagi was about to suggest that when all four pounded her. Then everything went black.

            Lieutenant Naphene Vagi woke up in a puddle of blood, and pile of carnage. Blood, guts entrails, torn organs, body parts, and torn limbs covered the floor. All four humanoids had been ripped apart. She looked at her hands which were covered in blood. Was this her doing? Vagi left the questions to be answered by a witness or the cameras. She looked around to find her bra soaked in red. Dropping it she decided to cover herself with something else. Her eyes looked around for something untouched by what just happened. The only corpse unscathed from the carnage was Kasib’s body. She pulled the cloak off his corpse. Vagi jumped a little when she heard movement then a small voice.

            “Are you done? Have you torn everyone you wanted to destroy? Well elf, or should I call you Dhampir’s fehrid?” This small voice asked her.

            “Come out of your hiding spot. I promise not to harm you. As a Lieutenant Secretary of the Vestrisian Navy I was sent to find an artifact called the Nurzak.” She replied to this voice.

            “Coming out now.” It responded in turn. From behind a desk a cat sized creature emerged. Whatever it was it appeared to be a mix of reptilian, mouse and goblin in a hooded poncho cloak of red and white with black borders. Its snout like mouth appeared very reptilian. The ears on it were large and pointy. A long tail much like a snake wrapped around its torso. Their hands and feet had the appearance of talons and paws mixed.

            “Hello Skoger, I mean Lieutenant my master Kasib is now dead. That makes you my new busty mistress. This little Mogryxar is late Overseer Kasib’s scrivener, scribe, and taster. My old positions were Chamberlain and Steward. Vaphee they called me but my name is Omurx Just Zeiverd.” This Mogryxar introduced itself with a bow.

            “This Nurzak is on the third island, but is sealed away with a keycode.” Omurx continued interrupting her.

            “How do we acquire the code then?” She asked. Omurx looked at her chest then licked his lips. She wanted to slap him.

            “I am a little hungry.” Omurx could not stop licking his chops and rubbing his hands.

            “Fine!” She snapped lifting the piece of clothing. Vagi went up to this creature. Omurx rubbed and fondled her with his big hands. The little hungry runt began suckling her. Vagi allowed Omurx to suck her breasts for her milk. Sucking sounds and pleased growns came from him. She heard him gulp down her milk as he took a mouth full of milk from each breast.

            When he was done her breasts shrank back to normal size for her. She dropped the clothing back over herself. Naphene poised to punch this creature when the lift shook and descended. Her newly founded acquaintance hopped on. He perched himself on her shoulders like a monkey would. She gave him a mean glare as they descended.

            “Does any other hunger need to be quenched?” she hissed at him.

            “No.” Omurx replied.

            Her team waited for her at the bottom. All eyes looked at the blood covering her and the cat sized companion on her shoulder. Kisha approached her first being a bodyguard on this mission. The Oni checked her then their medic came up. Neither of them found nothing wrong with her. She explained what happened causing them to back away a few steps. Vagi was left alone by the team. Taking this time to wash off Vagi cleaned off the blood in the sea. While she splashed herself it started raining. The Oni came up to her and dried her off as best she could. Once she was fully clothed they checked the area.

            Close to the tower they found a cache of 40 guns in a metal crate half buried in the sand. Next to the tower they found another cache of 27 heavy weapons, assault rifles and machineguns. Circling the tower again they found a map marker. On it was a map of the whole sea itself. This marker acted more of a plate depicting the whole area. Ruhonthra, Condor Isles, Iperantos, and all the islands of this part of the sea were on this part. However some part of this plate map were missing, It appeared someone broke pieces off.

            “Dies anyone have a piece of paper or something to write on?” She asked. “And something to rub this?”

            Vagi was given a piece of cloth and a pencil. On the cloth she rubbed the map on it. Taking a closer look she spotted where the other platforms were. Once she rubbed as much of the map she could Vagi rolled it up. She turned to Petty Officer Grayblade.

            “Take this back there and make sure Captain Weatherby receives this. Leave six of your men here, Cailor, Kisha and I are going ahead. With Omurx here.” Vagi commanded the Petty Officer.

            “Yes Lieutenant, Wolfgust, Bonewind, Wildhand, Tunar, Reemuse, Nicklebone stay put with the turncoats. The rest of you come back to base with me.” He ordered some members of the team.

            Vagi put on her fatigues back on. She handed the poncho to Kisha then watched Petty Officer Grayblade take the others with him. For her mission Vagi now had eight countrymen, and twenty-one outsiders helping her out. Looking over at them she saw them prepare for another fight. On the other half of the land-bridge a band of ninety-three humanoids, and mutations came at them. All twenty-one fired two rounds into this oncoming band. They each drew weapons and met them on the bridge. Another skirmish erupted on the land bridge. Through the gaps between the buildings they witnessed their new allies take on a new enemy to the VUVR. Vagi wondered how they felt about the Order of the Beast behind its back.

            All three of them watched the Rond Parthas, Elf Reapers, and Crydal Paladins butcher the band of Kasib’s minions. They also lost a good portion of their group. Showing their true colors they killed most of the ninety-three Kasib Thralls that came after them. Fresh kills added more bodies to the carnage that was already there. Eighty-three looked to be dead, and seven still breathed. Whoever still stood either ran off or kneeled in surrender.

            Only four Rond Parthas still stood, just two elf Reapers remained and only one Crydal Paladins died during the skirmish. Seeing only eleven of their new allies remain standing Vagi’s team approached them. Four appeared to be slightly wounded whereas the rest appeared exhausted. None of them looked like they wanted to go any further. She put a hand on one of the Paladins.

            “We can take it from here.” She told them hoping those words would be easier.

            Crossing over to the other platform Vagi’s team found this one to be wider and shorter. It was surrounded by a settlement. None of them could tell if it was just a collection of villages or a small town. As they approached it they spotted two vessels that appeared to be hovercrafts. Both moved from the coast leaving the island. She found this amusing. Cailor muffled a laugh while Kisha squinted with suspicions rising. Getting closer to the structures they heard some laughter coming from the settlement. It echoed a little drawing their attention to the metal buildings. Entering the settlement, they searched for an open door.

            Checking nine shed sized metallic buildings they found someone. Inside one of these buildings sat a fat goblinoid in a large bowl recliner chair. On wheels the seated person could move around in the room. They moved from screen to screen oblivious to their presence. The interior of this metal structure was transformed into a monitoring station. They, the goblinoid had close to eleven screens and keyboards. Whoever this fat goblin was he was wired to connections.

            “Ha ha, ha ho, ho, he he, I cannot believe Kasib and Warlord Cowardice Ogad fell for my little ruse. None of them expect me to rat them out to the Intergalactic Nobles of Pheanate. (Sigh) How the CSO will soil themselves when they are finally caught here with the Order of the Beast. Ha ha ha hah cough, cough, cough, ahem.” This fat goblinoid appeared to have the habit to talking to himself from time to time. Vagi wondered how he was never caught. Turning around in his chair he spotted Vagi, Cailor and Kisha at the door to his little station.

            “Um, hello? Who the fuck are you?” the fat goblinoid asked.

            “Natives of this world that’s who fat ass!” Cailor replied.

            “Natives, Skogers, same thing to me.” He waved them away and attempted to turn around. Cailor drew some power forcing the chair back around to face them. Kisha came up and jammed the swivel chair.

            “Okay, okay, okay you are natives, not skogers. I, I am a paid spy a group of Nobles hired. My name is Okvarx, no Alvarx, no sorry Okvax the Avarx Goblinna!” This Okvax fessed up to them.

            “Captain Cailor of the VUVR military, this is Lieutenant Naphene Vagi of the VUVR Navy, and this is Bodyguard Kisha.” Cailor introduced them to the goblinna.

            “An Oni here? Why?” Okvax asked keeping his gaze on the Oni.

            “It’s a long story.” Kisha replied to him. She moved further into his space.

            “Okay, tell you what I will help you find what you are looking for. In fact there are two other goblins Saxy, and Sloxen who watch over me. Just get rid of, holy crap broad take it easy! Don’t, don’t shoot me!” Okvax begged as Vagi put a gun to his temple.

           

            “Can us natives trust you?” she hissed at him. She wanted to make sure it was not going to be anything sexual this time.

            “I tell you now, kill the guarding watch dogs and I will help.” He answered her.

            Removing the gun from his temple Vagi left him alone for now. Walking outside to check if he was lying or not. Round the corner to a street he looked left then right. Sure enough she spotted a pair of tall goblins in dark brown uniforms walking up the street. Acting fast Vagi decided to shoot both guards. Unloading a whole clip on them. She was certain they had been hit in the face before falling. As she twirled around another figure appeared in the middle of the other street. This third figure was an elf sorcerer. Her eyes went to the body and the face. Scars, bruises, burns, bubbles, and signs of drug induced rashes covered his body. Each eye looked bloodshot, and wide from the effects. As for clothes this one elf had none on him to cover up.

            “I would shoot him now Mistress. Tiggo the moon mage likes getting stoned off a drug called Black Sage Impact.” Omurx finally spoke after hiding beneath her fatigues.

            Taking her new companion’s advice Vagi emptied another pistol she had on her. Most of her shots hit the torso while the rest hit the limbs and the ground behind him. Tiggo slowly fell to the ground bleeding from his wounds, and dying from the shock. She reloaded bother pistols expecting more hostiles. Hoping the coast was clear she returned to the fat goblin’s set up. At the set-up monitoring station six of her teammates came in behind them.

            “Captain Weatherby sent us to help. About fifty troops set up a base at an island we passed.” One of them informed her.

            “What about the rest?” she asked them, eager to hear they were getting reinforcements.

            “They um, found some shipwrecks to convert into bases along that Arm of Souls.” One of them answered her in a nervous voice.

            “Okay, okay Captain Cailor would you recommend leaving them here?” she asked Cailor.

            “Yeah, just make sure they keep an eye on fat ass over here.” Cailor replied to her.

            “Are you taking that monkey-reptile with us?” He asked just now noticing Omurx perched on her.

            “Omurx has plenty of knowledge about his former allegiances. Just trust you.” She hoped Cailor would take her word for it.

            “I will not argue, let’s just finish the mission.” Cailor ended the short exchange of words right there. He sort of stormed off in the direction she went earlier.

            Vagi and Kisha caught up with him as he passed the dead goblin duo. The Zhenrai zigzagged from building to building. Cailor checked each one to see if it was open or not. When they came to his heels he opened a single story cylinder shaped building. Cailor paused and stood in surprise by what he saw. Inside the building he discovered a lizard man with fur on top of an Iperantosee woman. This mammalian reptile humanoid mounted her on a cot. It felt a little awkward coming across someone just copulating and watching the scene. Vagi was about to turn away embarrassed for all three when the lizard looked up and spotted them.

            “Well, excuse you rude skogers! We are trying to fuck!” the hairy looking reptilian barked at them. “Just close the damn door!”

            Cailor closed the door leaving the copulating couple alone. Certain these two posed little threats the two of them checked other buildings. After checking nine more buildings they found a rat humanoid who called himself Gargiss. It screamed at them then lunged forth. The sudden attack forced Cailor to kill it. On its right arm they found a syringe in a vein. Gargiss must have drugged himself moments before. Moving on they came across a pair of Dwarfs residing in a large building against the platform.

            Dusk approached quickly, which would end the day’s exploration for youth going out. Whatever kind of lights were installed here illuminated the area. Vagi got the names of those two Dwarfs. A Dwarf mercenary swordsman called Biros Betmuck Embershorn. They had to get permission from Betmuck to speak to Runark Longsunder, a priest warden. Neither of them wanted to be bothered. Runark told them they would be willing to serve their faction. He tipped them off about twenty-two possible hostiles in the platforms. Each one of those hostiles could be found inside.

            With nothing in the way the trio made their way around the wider platform. Even though it grew dark they made out some vehicles on the beach. In the center of a landing pad surrounded by sheds sat a glider with turrets. On the beach rested a broken hovercraft. Past the these they found two Gantronese hover motorbikes leaving against a metal house attacked to the platform. It was sealed shut with now way to open the doors. As they continued they found a shark shaped U-boat docked at a tiny dock on the other side of it. Nearby there were two fuel barrels for ships. Overlooking all that they spotted a rock with a terminal built into it.

            A switch and dozens of buttons could be seen on this terminal. Vagi pulled it down. Portions of the structure’s ground level glowed orange. A garage door sized part of the wall opened. It slid open into the platform making another entry way. It led to a set of doors. From the corner of her eye Vagi caught a glimpse of something getting up. Turning her head, she spotted a tortoise humanoid that looked ancient with a long then beard.

            Donning a robe this humanoid walked with a staff and had an anteater on a leash. This anteater wen up to them as if to greet them. It licked their boots and sniffed around. When the pet moved away from them Vagi, Kisha and Cailor entered the platform structure. Upon entering two more creatures blocked their path. A two headed snake and a four-legged gray lizard rat with several red spikes on its back. The snake heads hissed and snapped at them. Vagi sort of jumped in response. As for the lizard rat it hissed, growled then jumped at them. All three killed it together. Kisha cut one of the snakes heads off with a short blade then crushed the other head. She used her fist then a heavy booted foot. With these out of the way the trio pressed further into the hall.

            At the end of the hall sat the doors. Next to the door to the right were three switches on the metal wall. Vagi tried each one until the correct one opened the doors. The other switches either turned off the lights or locked something. Both doors gave way revealing a four-legged creature behind it. It appeared to be a hybrid between a humanoid and a steed. Kisha muttered “Centaurus” catching her attention. This Centaurus hybrid had an Iperantosee Princess in his grip. In the red dress of gold trims this princess appeared to be a captive. She held against the beast hybrid as it tongued her throat.

            Just realizing their presence, the hybrid looked to see the trio in the doorway. Taking advantage of the distraction the Iperantosee Damsel pulled a long pin that held her dress together. At the length of seven inches the bronze pin was turned into a weapon. This captured damsel shoved the pin into the Centaurus’ throat. It screamed and roared from the sudden attack. Furious and take by surprise the Centaurus slammed the captive princess into the wall. Vagi finished it off with a blast from her shotgun. Pellets punctured the body taking this hybrid down. They looked right then left to see a cyborg figure slam a fist on a button. Some doors slid shut from the interior of the walls. A clicking sound came after the doors closed. Cailor checked the Iperantosee damsel’s pulse. She was only unconscious, and still breathed.

            Forced to leave the unconscious damsel alone and go right they prepared to run into more hostiles and noncombatants. It was clear that cyborg was terrified to fight. For this one they had to be cautious. Killing an innocent noncombatant was collateral damage to statistics. To the soldier and combatant, it could cause nightmares, anxiety, trauma, and fear of demotion if caught red handed. That was one reason her lover was not in this war. Vagi did not blame him as it was during the swift Zegrav Conflict.

            Down this other hallway they kept going leftward in their minds. It became narrow for some distance then grew wider when they came to a chamber. Chamber number one held the set up of a lounge. No one was in this chamber, nor did it have any windows or stairs. With Omurx on her shoulder Vagi led the way. Coming across five more chambers they came full circle. At a closed door lay the same cyborg battered to the floor. Next to the body and the closed door was a way up to the other levels. Another ramp like way to ascend further to the floors remained open. Omurx dropped down to scamper up the ramp. The small companion returned to them.

            “Who is up there?” Vagi asked him as he climbed back up.

            “Two Ogre humanoids and a tall female archer.” Omurx reported to them.

            “Let me handle them.” Kisha boasted drawing her baton-bat that she twisted. It extended out into what she called a Kanaba. Wielding this massive thing the Oni charged up the ramp to start a fight with the Ogres.

            Vagi sat back ready to come up to aid her in case she called for it. All they heard were sounds of fighting, yelling, growling, grunts, and bodies crashing to the floor. These noises repeated for several minutes or more. It stopped the moment they heard bodies hit the floor. Silence was all they heard after the fight died down. Vagi grew worried for Kisha seeing she did not come down or signaled to them. She raced up to the ramp entering a large round chamber room with three hallways. Towards the center they found Kisha on one knee and the two Ogres laying dead. One of the guard dressed Ogres had two heads. All three of them were in a pool of blood. Upon closer inspection the blood was drying, sticky and the fresh blood mixing in. Both Vestrisians ignored the blood and pulled Kisha to her feet.

            “We will need back up!” she told the Zhenrai who did not seem pleased with that idea.

            “Make sure they hurry!” He insisted. Vagi called their situation in. Hearing one of their teammates over the line gave them relief. Cailor helped the Oni to her feet she need medical attention. Bruised, battered, and exhausted, Kisha would be out of action for a week and a half or longer. Using some med kits Omurx found they bandaged any wounds they found on Kisha. It took some time for the team to reach them since it had grown dark. The Iperantosee was not in their care and the monitor was being watched by some marines. Six of the original team and four marines arrived to help them continue the mission. Splitting up into two groups Vagi took five and Cailor led five. She took the path on the right and Cailor took the hall on the left leaving Kisha to the care of some medics among the pirates who carried her away.

            Vagi found nothing but an empty room. This hall connected to the other leading them down the middle hallway. She warned Cailor the would be coming this way. That was fine with them. Catching up to Cailor and his group who stopped at the top of the ramp. Cailor’s half of their team discovered a maze of rooms. She looked at Omurx who obliged to giving directions. Having Omurx give directions took them through this maze. In the maze they discovered three people in this maze of rooms. The first person was a 7 ft tall female archer in the nude. She had thick short hair, large bust size and dislike of intruding her space. Frustrated she tossed a quiver then closed the door.

            Their second encounter in the maze was an axe wielding Dwarf with a brown beard. When the brown bearded Dwarf saw them, he dropped the axe and walked away. Vagi tackled him to the floor and arrested him using some rope, and his own belt to apprehend him. Inside another room they found a winged few elf wearing a nice-looking cape. Scared for her life the fey surrendered when she saw them. Vagi told her to stay put. When she agreed to stay in her room they left her alone. Moving on they ascended to the next level.

            On the fourth level the team entered a large room. From the way it was arranged it had been converted into a dance room. Occupying this one room level was a wizard. In the middle of this room this Wizard danced around in his dark purple striped robe-tunic. His hair had been dyed gold along with his beard. Dancing to the musical rhythm this wizard grabbed Vagi. He tried to charm her with dancing. Whoever this Wizard was the intent was clear. It was made more so when he tried to kiss her. Vagi wrenched free one arm and punched him in the nose. That stopped the Wizard who revealed how tall he really was. Calling himself Bafnizza the Master of Dance. He apologized for charming her. He claimed he was only appeasing the statue to a hero.

            Leaving the Wizard with a broken nose the team of Vestrisians went to the next two floors. Nine soldiers of an unidentified faction that went MIA lay dead were found. Somewhere on one of those floors they found a pile of seven guns and an anti-armor gun rifle in two separate rooms. Three barricade shields were found, which the marines picked up. Inside the found three missiles however the launcher was missing. Within the confines of the fourth room a total of seven back packs of missing explorers from Ruhonthra. One of the packs had the flag stitched to it.

            Floor number seven was occupied by a pair of dire Salamanders, and a frilled dire lizard. Each on of the creatures had collars that triggered the beasts. Both Salamanders hid while the frilled lizard attacked them. Seeing the reptile attacking they lit it up. After shooting up the frilled lizard they proceeded up to floor eight where a talking pangolin that had been an experiment reclined in a chair. Calling herself Poir the pangolin warned them of more hostiles up ahead. Past floor eight to the thirteenth floor they engaged various hostile creatures. Neither encounters were pretty and each one resulted in casualties. Losing four members of the twelve-man team they managed to kill six hostiles up there. Two sentient cephalopods, a translucent spiney reptilian in the dark, a giant spider that ate a marine, a giant chameleon in a chamber terrarium that gobbled up one of their members. On the thirteenth the team engaged a giant scorpion that cut the other two up with its claws.

            With only eight men left and no bodyguard they went up to floor number fourteen. Rooms full of cots, bunks, footlockers had no occupants. Tied to a pole at the bottom of a ramp was a young-looking red witch. Evidence of her abduction were clear and she was held against her will. Cailor cut her bonds releasing her from the pole. A female marine chose to stay with her to give the witch some friendly company. Going up to the floors 15, 16, 17, and 18 turned into a string of hostile encounters. A pair of Woadi barbarians tried ambushing them while the two were drugged up. Three winged draconic lizards lashed out at them before getting shot. One feral deer humanoid received a face full of shells from Vagi’s shot gun. It blew it back a few feet. An aquatic humanoid hero who was once a champion demanded for a head from them. Cailor beat it to death with no relent. On floor number 18 they found a female jester and an innocent body runner with one arm missing.

            Sensing they had less hostiles to worry about here Cailor urged them to push onwards. Vagi was forced to agree. She turned to the jester who wore a label that said “toy for the highest lords” around her neck. Ripping that label off her she ordered the rest of the team to go back with the two former slaves they discovered. They were to escort all non-hostiles out of here asap. It left her and Cailor with Omurx.

            “If my memory is correct you have the Death strike Mistress Elene Douzer, and the great winged reptilian Punalcoatl the dagger serpent.” Omurx said climbing down with fear.

            “What about them, Omurx? Or do you need to suck on by teets again?” Vagi asked him.

            “No not anymore. One is a deity in her own right and the other cannot be beaten so easily.” Omurx answered her while going back down the ramp they went up.

            “Sverx the rat let’s go!” Cailor insisted. He went towards their destination then stopped to see she wasn’t following him. “Lieutenant.”

            Vagi followed him up to floor 19 where they came to a door decorated in luxurious items. They could go on to floor 20, but this had to be checked out first. Opening the door the duo came into a room decorated like a love nest and throne of some sorts. In the middle of the room a group of four nude humanoids copulating with a nude female. In one corner sat a woman who appeared to enjoy the scene. Guessing the seated woman was Elene Douzer Vagi kept an eye on her. The captive female gave out orgasms that sounded more in pain and exhausted. Each figure slapped her before handing her over to the other in a circle. When the four humanoids appeared to be done they dropped her on the floor. Elene just laughed at this.

            “I see the space faring mages Gleria enjoyed my henchmen of rape.” Elene mocked the violated female.

            “Fuck you Elene your time is at an end!” the mages spat at her.

            “Oh I am so looking- wait who are you?” Elene just noticed Vagi and Cailor at the door.

            Neither of them said a word. Vagi fired three rounds into Elene who fell backwards. Cailor took down the henchmen using his dagger and knife. The Death Mistress got up full of bullet holes. Blood seeped out of each one. Before Vagi could fire another around Elene opened a vortex portal out of thin air. She dove into the portal. It closed immediately after the mistress fled. Gleria sprung up to her feet covering herself with a small rug on the floor.

            “Who, who are you people?” she asked them while eyeing Cailor and Vagi’s shotgun.

            “Vestrisians. You go get dressed and leave the Puna lizard to us madam.” Cailor replied.

            Heading up to floor twenty they entered a dark room. Using his powers Cailor turned on some lights on. Floor 20 was a barracks or quarters. On their guard they proceed forward inside to find the winged reptilian face fucking a space sorceress mercilessly. He kept at it as though not a soul was there to witness this or save her.

            “Take that you little space skank! You really think you can best me? Think again! Being my bitch and fuck doll is a better way to serve the Order of the Beast!” Punacoatl shouted with a boastful tone oblivious to their presence.

             Vagi had enough of this. She charged after Punacoatl. Unloading the last of the shells she aimed to destroy this monster. Punacoatl released the sorceress. Vagi dropped the shotgun then unloaded all the bullets in her firearm’s chambers. She not even let it react as she pounced on it. With all her fury she punched, stomped, and kicked Punacoatl to a pulp. Cailor came up to her side. Vagi grabbed one of his knives and proceed to stab Punacoatl to ensure he was dead. When she was certain Punacoatl was dead by severing its head off Vagi collapsed on her back. The second platform was finally clear.