I finished spewing up the last of the vomit as I wiped the corners of my mouth. No one ever tells you that returning back to existence is so nauseating. I took a few deep breaths, trying to compose myself. It was difficult to tell where I was at because of Cyril reshaping the world, but I was able to recognize a few of the landmarks from the glance that I got of Danna. I stood up and made sure that no one was looking at me before I set off.
My first goal was to get to Danna and the underground resistance she was building. Thankfully, I could tell that I wasn't too far away from where Danna went. On my way there, I had to duck into alleyways and buildings to make the path quicker. I couldn't afford to waste time so I wanted to use the full power of the Ring's magic, but I also couldn't risk alerting Cyril by using too strong of magic. So, I limited myself to giving myself the magical ability to turn invisible as well as unlocking any door just by touching it.
With the magic, it didn't take too long to reach the building full of women being fucked like toys, moans and the sounds of flesh pounding flesh filled the air. With invisibility, I quickly made my way towards the janitor's closet that I saw Danna go into. I looked into the paint can and groaned. It definitely looked like it hadn't been thrown out in years, but I guess that's what made it so no one would willingly just stick their hand in it. I closed my eyes and reached inside, feeling around for whatever it was Danna had felt for. At the bottom, I could feel a button, so I pressed it before pulling my hand out. I channeled a little magic to clean my hand before the floor opened up beneath me. I slid down a chute for a while before I landed on a mattress, tumbling a little past it.
"Oof, a little rougher than I was expecting," I said as I rubbed my shoulder.
Almost immediately, the resistance members grabbed the nearest thing they had and surrounded me.
"Have we been breached? Is she a spy?"
"Naw, it's just another woman. Probably just some mindless harlot who got all turned around or something. Send her through the backway, quick!"
"Wait wait wait!" I said, standing up and threw my hands up. "I'm not a spy!"
"Egads! This one has some brains that aren't for fucking! She is a spy!" The resistance members all started to get closer.
"No no!" I said, "Let's just lower the weapons. Okay? I'm one of you. I promise. But, I need to talk to Danna."
"She even knows our leader! Let's just silence her right-!"
There was a loud metallic clanging sound. Everyone turned to see Danna standing on a table, holding a ladle and a pot. The resistance members who weren't aiming weapons bowed to Danna; and those that were quickly turned their attention back to me.
"Leader, this one showed up in the chute. Knew how to get down here and she has her wits about her. She's obviously a spy for King Cyril!"
Danna got off the table and slowly approached me; unsure of whether or not it was actually me or some trick that King Cyril did. While I didn't have the ring or anything to really prove that it was me, I did have a little something that Danna would know. With a smile I stuck out my tongue and let it stretch down and out, way longer than any other tongue could ever. Danna's eyes widened with recognition and she threw her arms around me, hugging me tightly.
"Hey dear," I said, pressing my nose against the top of her head. "It's me. It's really me." Then, I did something that I should have done long ago. I channeled the magic through me. Danna pulled herself away from me, tilting her head. She could tell something changed, but not exactly what. With a smile, I signed to her in ASL, "Now, I don't need a translator to fully understand you."
"You gave yourself ASL knowledge?" she signed to me with a smile.
"Something I should have done before, but we always had either Regina or Summer around, so I didn't need to," I signed. "But, I should have and I'm sorry that I didn't do it earlier."
Danna smiled and kissed me firmly on the lips. "It's okay Maria," she signed. Then she turned to the resistance, signing to them. "It's okay. She's on our side, and she's going to be a secret weapon we can use against Cyril." With that, the resistance members all lowered their weapons. She kept signing. "I'll explain more once I catch up with her. For now, please all continue doing your duties. You're all doing great work."
The resistance all nodded and went back to work. With that all settled, Danna took me by the hand and led me back to her room. She patted the bed, which I took a seat on.
"So," Danna began to sign as she sat on the bed as well, "What all happened? How are you back and how do you have the magic again?"
"It's a long story," I said, giving a big sigh. "But, I went into the Ring Realm, performed a ritual, and now I have some magic. But, if I don't get the ring on me in 24 hours, then I completely disappear. I've been trying not to do too much so that Cyril doesn't detect me. In theory, this, let's call it Ring 2, magic should be as capable, but it's hard to really know."
"Well, there is something then I'd like for you to try," Danna signed as she gestured to herself. "I'm aware at least of the overwhelming horniness that Cyril put over all women, but I can barely resist it. Would you be able to stop it from affecting me?"
"Oh! Right! Seqora said that I could do that." I focused on Danna, but the lesser Ring 2 magic wasn't able to flow like the actual Reality Ring. "Come on, magic. Work, darnit."
Danna stretched her leg out to me before signing to me. "Maybe because it's the lesser version, you need physical touch to affect someone else?"
I gave a little shrug. It couldn't hurt to try it. I placed my hand on Danna's leg and, this time, I could feel the energy course through my hand into hers. Danna shivered before giving a satisfied sigh. She laid down on her bed with a wide smile before signing, "Thank you."
"Of course," I said, laying down with her. I looked up at the photos that she had. "Do you have a plan, Danna?"
"Well, I had something like that," she signed as stared at the photos, "but, in all honesty, I don't know how well it would have worked. I mean, we're going up against someone who can alter reality with a mere thought. Sure, all the resistance members besides me are men so he can't control them directly, but we saw how he was able to get around that limitation."
"But," I put my hand on Danna's shoulder and pulled her in for a kiss, "now you have me. And, I think that I might have something. I can't do too much without possibly alerting Cyril. But, in order to pull it off, we're going to need all the girls back." Danna's eyes went wide with excitement. "Yes, we're going to get all five of them back."
"So, what's the plan?" Danna signed.
"I haven't thought it out completely, but that's where stage one comes into play. We're going to get one of the smartest women that we know." Danna nodded and smiled excitedly. "Yep, we're going to get Summer back. Since this Ring 2 version of the magic requires touch, we're going to have to go to her. But, I think the magic will let us teleport us there. Never really tried teleporting before, but it should work."
"What are we waiting for?" Danna signed excitedly. "Let's go!"
"Well, before we do," I said, putting my hands on Danna's shoulders, "I don't know if you know, but all the girls have been severely affected by Cyril. Summer specifically became cruel, whipping people around like a slave driver. Right now, she's not the Summer that you know and love." I gave her another pat on the shoulders. "We're going to change her back, but I just need you to brace yourself for it, okay?"
I could see the softness in Danna's eyes as she looked down at the bed before looking back upwards at the photos. She took a deep breath before nodding.
"Okay, let's do this. Magic, take us to Summer."
I felt the warmth of the magic course through me and flowed into Danna for a brief second. The room around us melted away into a room inside of some kind of warehouse. Outside of a window, we could see a desert area where people were constructing statues of Cyril.
"Feeling alright?" I asked Danna, unsure of how she reacted to being teleported. I wasn't sure if I wasn't feeling any negative effects because I had already done so when I came back to reality or if it was because I was the magic source. Danna held her fist against her mouth for a little bit before taking a few breaths. Then, she nodded at me. "Good. Now, we just need to find out where Summer is. The last time I saw her, she was leading this whole thing, so she's probably in the commander's room, wherever that is."
"Why not use the magic to lead us to her?" Danna signed, still kind of getting her bearings.
"Good idea," I said. I held out my palm and focused the magic to create an arrow that would guide us to her.
At least, that was the plan, but nothing happened.
I shook my hand again, trying to focus on creating some sort of guide that would lead us to Summer, but there wasn't any magic flow. I turned my hand and looked at my palm. "Shit, you can't be serious? Is something wrong with the magic already?"
Danna walked over to me and held my hand before gently stroking her tongue against my fingers, sending shivers through me. She smirked a little, seeing my response and gently sucked on the tips of my fingers.
"D-Danna, what are you doing?" I asked, trying to stifle my moans.
"What do you think I'm doing, silly?" she signed as she kissed along my palm. "You really just keep forgetting to recharge these things. So, we just need to give it a little juice." With that last word, she emphasized it with a gentle swirl of her tongue around my finger.
I had to bite my finger just to suppress more moans. All she was doing was playing with my fingers with her mouth; and yet it was getting me so incredibly turned on. I could feel my thighs tensing with excitement. I had to be careful, otherwise we might lose the entire day to me fucking her; or worse, we would get caught. Still, I could feel the magic starting to surge back up within me, but at this rate, it wasn't going to be enough.