Tommy was reeling. On his hands and knees, he was coughing up a fit. Nearby he could just make out the exit to the massive tent he was trapped in. If he could just make his way there...
"Leaving so soon?" The woman above Tommy laughed. "I'm afraid that's not in the cards for you, Batman."
Tommy glanced up at his attacker. She was tall and raven-haired with sharp features on her face. Her eyebrows were manicured into sharp points and her smile was wide with ill intent. Tommy guiltily snuck a peak at her body, which was toned and fit. She was wearing a crown with some sort of jewel in the middle and her body was covered only by a loose set of white fabric that was held together by the belt around her waist. The dress gave the woman a plunging neckline, exposing a fantastic set of breasts. Her legs were also exposed dangerously close to the woman's nether regions and her legs were long and firm. Tommy wished that just once the beautiful woman in front of him wasn't trying to kill him.
"Feel no shame, Batman," The woman continued. "You are not the first to fall to Madame Zodiac."
Tommy had no recognition of the name, although it explained why the woman was holding a deck of tarot cards in her hand. It also explained how Tommy had entered this old abandoned building due to a mysterious note and had suddenly been transported into a large circus tent. It didn't explain how this woman had been easily able to kick the shit out him, but Tommy wasn't surprised when that happened anymore.
Madame Zodiac struck a pose that stuck one long leg out of her dress. Her hands laid triumphantly on her hips, the movement jingling the many bracelets on her wrists. "I am a mistress of the unexplained, a teller of the stars. I see all, I feel all, I am all!"
Tommy was staring at her leg. It was so tan and long. He wondered if she worked out. He snapped to attention when he heard the word that had often been spoken to him in these situations.
"...KIll you. But how? I do not presume to know the answers to these questions. The tarot will be my guide. Shall I crush you under The Chariot? Will you be The Hanged Man? The cards will know!"
Madame Zodiac closed her eyes and whispered something under her breath. She placed her hands over the tarot cards; they seemed to glow in response. With a dramatic flourish, she pulled a card triumphantly from the deck."
"Batman, your method of destruction will be..." Madame Zodiac looked at her card, blinked, and frowned. "Wait, this can't be right."
"Wh-What's wrong?" Tommy said with hesitation. He hoped she hadn't pulled the "Dick ripped off by wolves" card.
Madame Zodiac's frown deeped as she showed Tommy the card. It had a man and a woman on it, both naked, with what looked like an angel floating above them. There were some trees and a mountain and shit on there but Tommy couldn't quite make them out. He didn't know anything about this stuff. He hoped Madame Zodiac would tell him how he was going to die and get it over with.
"According to this card, we're supposed to fuck."
Tommy was taken aback. "Really? Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure, I think I know how this stuff works," Madame Zodiac snapped back. She seemed lost in thought as she brought the card to her mouth and clicked it on her teeth. Suddenly, she seemed to have an idea. She snapped her fingers as she spoke.
"I Know! Maybe the cosmic auras became misaligned momentarily. Come with me."
Madame Zodiac turned and walked towards a table in the center of the tent. Tommy paused. He looked at the exit door. He didn't think Madame Zodiac could stop him from getting there at this distance.
'C'mon, Tommy, don't be an idiot,' His head was saying. Following most certainly meant death. On the other hand... Tommy watched Madame Zodiac's ass sway back and forth as she walked. She wasn't wearing any underwear...
"Be right there!" Tommy yelled as he got up off the floor and jogged towards Madame Zodiac.
She motioned for him to take a seat at the table. On the center of it was a small orb that seemed to glow purple. Madame Zodiac placed her hands on each side of the orb and began to chant in some language Tommy didn't know. He yawned.
As Madame Zodiac continued to chant, the ball suddenly shot up into the air. Some kind of smoke began to pour out of it. The smoke took two shapes: one was a round circle, while the other was a thick line. The line began going in and out of the circle, first slowly, then quickly. Then the smoke dissipated and the ball returned to its resting place.
Madame Zodiac opened her eyes. "Well, what did it show? Did it show you how I should kill you?"
Tommy was confused on how to respond. "I'm... not sure. It seemed to show a stick going in and out of a hole over and over-"
