Special thanks to SPIRIT02 for the editing!
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Realizing his chance had finally arrived Dr. Smith had one final obstacle to overcome, John's shields were still raised, unless...
Extending his hand downward and looking lovingly into her eyes John took April's hand, and pulled her to her feet. The dildo wiggled back and forth for a moment then it vanished just before John pulled her into the safety of his embrace. He pulled her close and lightly stroked her face before leaning down to kiss her lips.
"Shields down," Dr. Smith said.
John didn't notice it wasn't his command to lower his shields. What he did notice was a disturbance in the equilibrium between him and the ring. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong.
He looked at April, she was still devastated. He held her tightly and raised his force field again. Despite her conditioning, she felt safe and let him comfort her.
"Dad," he called in his thoughts, "are you there? Something is wrong. It sounds like alarms are going off in my head."
"Ahem, I am sorry young sport, but Dr. Smith seems to have flown the coop, as they say."
"Who are you and what do you mean, 'flown the coop'?"
"John Davison Rockefeller, senior, at your service. As for Dr. Smith, he simply isn't here any longer. He seems to have escaped," Rockefeller said.
"Wait a minute, I thought that was impossible?"
"Apparently not since your father seems to have found a way out. Those alarms you are hearing are to alert you that he is most dangerous and is your responsibility to apprehend immediately."
"Okay, but can you do something about those alarms?" John said as he looked around the room, looking for possible dangers, but only seeing the women still engaged in their play, and of course Dinah Cohen frozen in place.
The alarms in John's mind finally stopped. There was little time to waste. He needed to get April home safely, deal with Cohen and finally find out what had happened with his father.
"Ahem... sorry sir," Mr. Rockefeller said again. "But your priorities are in need of adjustment. You must find Smith first; all the other things must take second place."
"Look Rocky, I have my own crisis just now," John retorted.
"Rocky? I rather like that. Certainly, call me Rocky," the 'stranger-turned-advisor within the ring's prison chirped merrily.
"I'm afraid you don't understand, sir. This has never happened before and ..." Looking around in his environment, things seemed to be on fire. Fortunately, Rocky didn't have a body to burn, nor did his fellow inmates, but whatever entity that was the Ring of Power was not happy about the escape.
John looked at his hand, the one that held the Ring of Power on his ring finger, it seemed to be burning. He felt no pain, but it was enough to get his attention.
"Okay, Rocky. Point taken. We'll find dad first," John said as he watched his hand return to normal. "Wait a minute; you said you are John Davison Rockefeller, Sr., not "The" John Rockefeller of then Standard Oil, now Exxon Mobil?"
"One and the same, I am afraid," Rocky said. "I am pleased that you know who I am." The joy in the man's voice was palpable.
"I am a bit of a history buff, we'll talk about that later, but that's how you pulled it off, huh? You were then the Master of the Ring of Power."
Elizabeth, Chance and Dennis arrived. "Quite a party you've got going on here, John." Elizabeth said as Chance and Dennis spread out observing the women. Seeing the woman pinned to the wall Dennis approached her looked up at Dinah Cohen and said, "You must have been a particularly bad little girl, I hope you like pain, because you've messed with the wrong guy's girl."
John said, "Elizabeth, take April to her mother. Stay with her, I have an emergency to deal with here. Watch her. I'll be there as soon as I can." John lowered his shields as a blanket appeared out of nowhere. John wrapped it around April's naked body as Elizabeth accepted the shaken girl.
"Don't worry, I have her." Elizabeth put her arm around the girl's shoulder and ushered her towards the front door.
John sent Chance and Dennis a telepathic message, "Guys we are looking for a woman that may be possessed by another entity. I can't tell you what we are looking for exactly, but we need to gather everyone together and see what we can find out."
Calling out loud he said, "Turn up the lights and turn off the music. Party's over ladies."