Tablet Master

Master of Two

Shadyss appeared on the other side of the gate. Orus was holding the Tablet with one harm through the bars and had a spear through his chest. The crowd was cheering.

"What are your orders, Master?" she said, watching another gladiator pull the spear out of her Master's chest.

She created a dust storm for cover and teleported on the other side of the gate to try and heal Orus. The other gladiator stabbed her through the abdomen with his spear, but she managed to complete her healing spell. Orus coughed.

"Great,"

she said in his mind.

"You're alive. Stay here, don't move and don't do anything."

She growled as the spear ripped through her flesh once more in reverse. She grabbed it as the man tried to stab her again, pulling the man closer as she punched him in the chest with might. She didn't need to hold back now that she wasn't bound by Salks' orders.

The gladiator flew ten meters out of the sandstorm and rolled over another ten before he stopped, immobile. She placed an invisibility spell on Orus before changing her appearance to look like him as she hurried to strip him of his gear and put it on before the sandstorm subsided.

The crowd was rooting for various fighters and her little sandstorm almost went unnoticed. Twelve other gladiators were fighting all over the battleground and twice that many were already dead or incapacitated.

She walked towards the nearest two as they sparred violently with spears and shields. She too held a spear and a shield, and she was wearing nothing but a loincloth over her manhood and a shoulder pad with spikes, just like every other gladiator.

One of the two collapsed to the ground as she arrived. The winner rolled over his body and thrusted his spear at her. She spun to avoid it and kicked him in the face.

She felt his skull shatter from the blow and the man collapsed on top of his peer.

The crowd nearby cheered.

She ran towards her next fight. Two gladiators had teamed up against one and he was about to lose when she stepped on his back, shoving him to the ground, before jamming her shield sideways into one man's throat and her spear into the other one's heart.

The crowd started chanting

Orca

repeatedly.

She charged towards another group of fighters and stormed through them like a blazing tornado, ripping them to shred swiftly; mercilessly. She held the last gladiator's head in one hand a few moments later and Black Orca was declared the ultimate champion.

She hurried back to the gate, waiting for Orus's master while keeping an eye on the real Orus.

"Keep the Tablet with you and follow me,"

she said to Orus in his mind.

"You're invisible right now. Don't say anything and follow my lead."

Two guards opened the gate and the nobleman stood behind them. "Excellent work Orus," the nobleman said. "I didn't know you could fight so well, you've outdone yourself."

Shadyss walked in, followed by Orus, whom she could still see but no one else could. "You broke our deal," she said a few steps in and away from sight.

"What?" the nobleman said.

Shadyss changed back to her human form. "You will give Orus his freedom or I will kill you and your guards right here."

The two guards readied their weapons and moved in front of their master.

"These two are not simple gladiators," he said. "They are elite mercenaries. What makes you think you're better than they are?"

Shadyss chuckled.

"Move back Orus,"

she said in his head, dropping the shield and the spear. "I can rip their hearts out without even touching them," she said, shoving the two guards against the walls on each side with a simple hand gesture. "You saw me fight hundreds of gladiators in that arena and until now, I was limited, bound to obey a maniacal master who forced me to hold my punches and play with my preys. Not that I didn't enjoy it, but what you saw was but a tenth of my abilities, so do as I say, or I will use them to hammer you into the ground."

"You're the one who broke the deal," he said, his voice trembling. "You left the arena."

"I never left the arena," she said. "But I will hold my end of the bargain if you grant Orus his freedom, now and officially."

"Where is he anyways?"

"He's right here," she said, cancelling her spell.

Orus became visible, holding the Tablet to cover his manhood.

"Fetch the slave magister once she releases you," the nobleman said to one of his guards.

Shadyss released both guards and the first one took off.

"How did Salks make you indestructible?"

"He didn't."

"But you said-"

"I know what I said. I lied. He didn't make me indestructible. I

am

indestructible."

He gawked at her as she showed her true form. The nobleman and his guard turned white and she could smell their fear emanating from their pores.

"I'm a powerful demon with powers beyond your imagination. Salks controlled me through some powerful magic that I have yet to understand, but he paid the price for it. Grant Orus his freedom and I won't obliterate your entire family line and heritage like Salks had me do to Paolus. We'll be out of your air and you can go on with your life."

She changed back to her human form as the first guard came back with another man carrying a large box.

"You called for me, sir?" the man said.

"I need you to issue and authenticate the liberation of my slave," the nobleman said, his voice still trembling. "Orus, known as Black Orca, is now granted his freedom, unconditionally."

The man moved to a nearby table where he scribed the proper document to give Orus and then recorded it in the official ledger.

Orus was offered another loincloth in the process and smiled as he was handed the document. "Thank you," he said three times; to the man, to the nobleman, and then to Shadyss. "I can return to my wife and daughter now."

"Let's go," Shadyss said. "I can't wait to meet them."

*

Mia materialized in a chariot, crouched on a bench with a smiling Valsheen sitting across her. "What are your orders, Master?" she said with a threatening frown.

Valsheen' smile vanished from his face almost instantly. "I'm sorry Mia," he said. "I couldn't let Lily control you."

She glared at him with narrowed eyes.

"I'm a flawed man," he said. "I'm also a control freak."

She held her glare and her silence.

"Lily said she wanted to keep all the gold you two took from all over my house, so I made a deal with her. She could keep it if she agreed to let me be your master."

Mia looked down and sighed deeply.

"I'm sorry Mia," he said, leaning forward to scratch behind her ear.

She didn't let him, snarling instead. He jerked his hand back and his eyes grew big.

"Don't you dare!" He said, pointing his forefinger at her nose. "I'm your master and I'm doing my best to make you happy."

"If Master Valsheen really wanted Mia to be happy," she said, growling low. "Master Valsheen should have let Mistress Lily say the words to summon Mia."

"But Lily wanted to keep all the gold," he said, leaning back.

"Mia wanted to keep Lily," she said. "Mia can get gold anywhere for Mistress Lily."

"I'm sorry Mia, I don't know what more I can say."

"Where is Mistress Lily?"

"She left," he said. "She said you would know where to find her."

Mia opened the chariot door and looked outside. The sun was about to set.

"Mia stop," Valsheen said.

She sighed deeply. She couldn't jump out even if she wanted to.

"I thought you wanted to find Shadyss."

"Mia does," she said, more of a hiss than words.

"More than you want to find Lily, correct?"

Mia nodded.

"Why do you want to go back to Lily then?"

"Mia likes Mistress Lily a lot," she said, staring at him for a moment.

She tried to read his mind, but it was blank. She tilted her head slightly. "Master Valsheen mind is blocked," she said, growling even more. "Why?"

"I thought it would protect me from people who may try to find out about you and the Tablets," he said.

"Mia does not believe Master Valsheen," she said, still holding the door open. "Can Mia move now?"

"Are you going to jump out?"

"Mia will not jump out," she said, lowering her tone and her head.

"Yes Mia, you can move," he said. "Please close the door."

Mia closed the door and perched herself on the bench.

"We'll be in Praxion tomorrow and we can go find Shadyss. My source says she's with Salks in his new house."

Mia stared at the floor, her tail was flicking idly, but she didn't have anything more to say. Valsheen was not as bad as Salks, but she had a good idea what he truly wanted, and she had no reason to believe her happiness was on that list.

"Once we find Shadyss we'll be unstoppable," he said. "Won't you like ruling a kingdom?"

"No."

"How about you, being able to do whatever you want once we're at the top of the food chain, won't you enjoy that?"

She lifted her gaze slowly and glared at him with narrow eyes.

"I'm already at the top of the food chain," she said through clenched teeth, "and I... was already able to do whatever, I... wanted!"

Valsheen gulped. "Tell me how, and what, I can do to make you happy Mia, please."

"I don't trust you anymore," she said. "I no longer want what's best for you because you don't care about my happiness at all. You want to be King because you think the King is at the top of the food chain, but I know better. I don't need power or wealth, I need freedom and you're not giving it to me. You think you can control Shadyss also, but I know Shadyss won't let you control her so easily. If you really want to make me happy, then you will find Shadyss, and you will return both Tablets to Lily. Anything less will lead you on a path to a most certain and painful death."

"Mia," he said, switching seat to huddle next to her. "I promise I will find Shadyss and I will find Lily to let her become your Mistress again. I honestly didn't think this would make you so angry and I wouldn't have done it if I knew. Please forgive me." He gently stroked her head and then scratched behind her ear.

Mia sighed deeply, reaching for his thoughts in vain. "How can Mia trust Master Valsheen now?"

"Trust can be a choice," he said. "I love you Mia. I want you to trust me until all those things happen and then you will know you can always trust me." He planted a kiss on her cheek before whispering into her ear. "Have sex with me Mia."

She didn't mind having sex with him, but she didn't really want to either. He had convinced her to trust him temporarily, but she wasn't sure he'd be true to his word. He did promise, but he didn't say anything about a time frame, and he didn't say he'd let Lily summon Shadyss either.

The searing pain grew slightly before she pulled her tongue into his mouth and leaned over him. She couldn't read his mind to find out what he wanted exactly, but she had to comply with his request.

Their tongues danced for a long moment, their lips glued together as he pulled her to straddle him on the bench with his hands groping her ass firmly. She moaned into the passionate kiss, devouring his tongue, her tail flailing and her hips grinding at his bulge.

He unbuckled his belt to free his huge cock, his lips still glued to hers, moaning back into the kiss as she began purring heavily. He pushed her bikini aside and he started rubbing at her wet pussy.

She bucked her hips and moaned softly. He turned her around and wrapped his arms around her little frame, reaching between her legs with one hand, rubbing his fingers at her clitoris, and reaching to grope her small breast with his other hand.

She coiled her tail around his hips to help her grinding motion, feeling his hard shaft prodding at her hole, slightly below his fingers, letting him guide her body as he planted a few kiss in her neck.

He pushed her down onto his dick, grunting as he did and rubbing his fingers feverishly. She bounced slowly, following his rhythm as he continued to pleasure her clitoris, his large member rubbing against her tight walls and pushing against her cervix.

The rhythm increased gradually. His hands moved to her hips and he began lifting her up and down, thrusting inside her faster and faster as she built her climax, his membrane throbbing as it grew harder for a moment.

Valsheen slammed his hips violently and pushed her down at the same time. She cried out loudly, feeling his dick breeching through her cervix and penetrating deep into her box before filling her with his warm semen. She meowed loudly, her nectar spraying all over his crotch as he continued to fill her uterus.

She relaxed in his embrace, hoping to cool down, but he pulled her out, turned her around before grabbing her head and pushed her down to shove his dick in her mouth. She swallowed it deep into her throat, her tongue swirling around it as he thrusted energetically.

Mia wasn't left with much choice but to bob and suckle as he fucked her face, bucking his hips against her muzzle for a moment before his hot cream shot into her throat. He groaned loudly and shoved her head back, shooting more semen at her face and breasts before flopping on the bench, panting heavily.

Mia sat between her legs on the floor of the carriage, staring at him as she cooled down. She swallowed his semen with delight although she hadn't enjoyed this as much as she'd wanted to, but it was still a delight.

She picked up the extra semen with her fingers and licked them clean as she stared at Valsheen for a moment.

Her master was happy. It should make her happy too. It had to make her happy, but she wasn't. He made her have sex with him and she couldn't read his mind to confirm if he knew what he had just done or not. The worst thing about this was that she had to trust him until he'd get his hands on the other Tablet and return to Lily.

"You are amazing Mia," he said after a long moment. "Let's have sex all day."

*

Shadyss was invisible so she could assume her true form and size without causing a frenzy. She watched Orus knock at the door of a house, swaying sideways as she caught a glimpse of a million questions he had in his mind. He had been a prisoner and gladiator for a little over a year and he wasn't even sure this was still

his

house.

His little girl opened the door. Her face brightened instantly as she burst in tears of joy, jumping in her father's arms. Her mother wasn't far behind and her reaction was similar. They hugged and cried for several minutes while throwing kisses, compliments and words of love at each other.

Shadyss sat in lotus position with her back against the wall near the alley as the family moved into the house. She wanted to let him know she'd stay around, but she decided to let the events unfold.

'He'll remember about me soon enough,'

she thought.

She spent hours meditating, the night went by and the sun eventually rose. She hadn't had the chance to meditate since she had been prisoner in the Tablet, but she came to the alarming conclusion that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't recover her energies.

'That's going to complicate a lot of things,'

she thought.

'I guess I'll have to return to the Tablet occasionally."

"Damn Tablet," she growled, flying into an upward position suddenly.

A man jumped and took a few steps away from her although he couldn't see her. He looked over his shoulder for a moment, walking away nervously.

She leaned against the wall and sighed deeply, brainstorming about who may be responsible for putting Mia and her in those Tablets, and who'd have something to win by doing this. Her worries didn't last long. Orus previous master showed up with eight heavily geared city guards and came knocking at the door.

Orus opened the door. "Lucius?" he said. "You granted me my freedom, what are you doing here?"

"Well, hello to you two Mr. Orus," Lucius said. "Rest assure, I'm not here for you, no... you see... I'm here for your wife. Now that you're free, it's time to collect."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"You didn't think your wife could afford such a lovely house all by herself now did you?"

"How much does she owe you?"

"Five thousand," Lucius said. "I'm willing to take either of you back as my slave if you can't afford to pay."

"How would you expect me to pay?" Orus said.

"He didn't expect you to be able to pay," Shadyss said, reappearing.

The guards placed their hands on their swords, assuming a defensive position. Their fear was bliss to her olfactory senses as she looked down at them from her towering four meters in height. She wasn't limited by any ceiling and although it didn't make much of a difference for her, fighting while measuring one meter or five was virtually the same, she always favored looking down at her enemies. She could shrink to as little as ten centimeters, but she could also grow to twice her natural height, although at this very moment, growing taller would only attract unwanted attention.

"I'm a man of my word'" Lucius said, his voice trembling. "Violet came to me and asked for my help. She knew what she was doing and now it's time to pay her debts."

"It's fine Shadyss," Orus said. "Stay out of this."

"As you wish, Master," she said, bowing to him and hoping he would understand the weight of his words.

She turned invisible and flew above their heads as one of the guards slowly swept his sword where she was a moment earlier.

"I'll pay you in full in one month," Orus said.

Lucius shook his head and snapped his tongue a few times. "This isn't how it works. You pay now, or I will have your wife arrested and sent to jail. The magistrate will then decide her fate, but I will recommend that she be branded a slave under my care for compensation."

"One day, please, it's all I ask," Orus begged.

"If you fight me on this Orus, you will become my slave again as well," Lucius said. "Who would take care of your little girl then?" He snickered. "Maybe I should take all of you as slaves, then I can make sure your little girl grows to become a perfect, beautiful, and obedient little slave."

"Give me the order and I will obliterate all of them right there," Shadyss said in Orus' mind. "Remember, you can answer me if you think hard enough about your words, and maybe you can give me orders also, but I've never tried this yet."

"If I ask you to do this," Orus thought. "We will become fugitives and I will lose everything here."

"So, Mr. Orus," Lucius said. "I won't stay here all day. You ask your wife to go with me, peacefully, and I will make her my slave without having her processed by the magistrate. We both know there is a slight chance she may end up somewhere else if that happens."

"It's your decision, but it looks to me like you've already lost everything," she said. "When I asked for your freedom earlier, I had no way to know he already had a plan to get you back. He should die for his deception."

"How fast can you get me five thousand gold?" Orus said in his mind.

"I'd say within ten minutes, but there could be other consequences," she said.

"I trust you will minimize any possible consequences," he said. "Do it. Find me five thousand gold and I will buy us some time."

"I will tell my wife to prepare her things," Orus said to Lucius, sighing deeply as he closed the door.

"Make sure they don't escape from the back," Lucius said to one of his guards.

Satisfied Orus had managed to buy a little bit of time, Shadyss flew to the marketplace. Most merchants were finishing setting up for the day as she roamed about.

"How much gold do you have,"

she said in their minds alternatively.

Most people's reaction was to think about the amount and the third one she probed had thought about the eleven thousand gold he kept in his chest, glancing at two guards standing next to it.