~~~ Chapter Notes ~~~
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~~~ Heaven ~~~
When we woke up, the next morning, we gathered around the conference table.
"Now that you all have your new armor and weapons," I told them, "I think it's safe to go ahead and apply your upgrades to your items. I doubt we'll get another load of loot like that again soon - and I'm not sure what we'll be heading into next. We need to be upgraded and ready to roll."
"My student?" Tuya asked.
"We'll try to visit when we can," I offered.
She nodded.
We spent the next several minutes working on our upgrades. I realized that I had two sets of upgrade materials - one set for weapons and another for armor. I told the girls what I had realized, and they found that they each had a mixture of both as well. I used all of my weapon upgrades on my lesser whip - trying to equalize the two. It was still not quite as good as the one I had gotten (with Angel's help) from the demon lord - but it was better than it had been. With two of them, I was almost chomping at the bit to find a demon horde to attack. I had three armor upgrades. They all went into my "bark-skin and thorn-hide" set. Those upgrades bumped the stats up even more than they already were.
We exited the pocket-room to find a messenger waiting.
"Ben Lamplighter?" he asked.
I laughed and fought the urge to ask him who else he thought he'd find emerging from our little personalized portal.
"Yes?" I inquired.
"Follow me, please," he said.
He turned and headed off. I intentionally fucked with my armor and weapons until he stopped to make sure we were actually going to follow him. I waved the girls after him and then I brought up the rear. Angel raced back, grabbed the portal card, and brought it to me. I shook my head and told her to keep it. She insisted, reminding me that we all had storage-rings now, and I finally took the thing and stored it away. I stored my scythe as well.
The young-looking angel led us to some sort of military office - and then handed us off to the receptionist.
I dropped into a seat and pulled Cherry onto my lap. She flipped my skirt (and hers) up, and speared her cunt on my prick. I was just getting really warmed up from her wriggling twat - when the woman told us that we could go in. Cherry hopped up and I swatted her on the ass. She bent down, sucked my cock clean, and flipped my skirt back down.
"Sleeper," the man said, stepping forward and offering me his hand.
I shook it.
"Sir?" I asked, not sure what the medals on his uniform signified.
"You're a bit of an enigma," he said, smiling.
"Thanks?" I offered.
He laughed.
"I've got a problem down on the south side of Chicago," he said. "That's your old stomping grounds, right?"
"I'm from Chicago," I agreed, nodding. "Lincoln Park - nowhere near the area you're talking about."
He waved away my correction like it didn't make a difference. I was pretty sure his lack of detailed knowledge was about to send us into a shit-storm.
"I've got a handful of guerilla units doing hit-and-runs on my outposts in the south. I was hoping you could help me out."
"We can take a look," I told him.
"Good, good," he said. "Anything you can do to reduce the effectiveness of those units would be terrific."
He glanced at the door.
"Alright then, chief," I said.
He grimaced.
"We'll come back when we've eliminated your problem."
"You ... uh ... sure ..." he said.
I wasn't sure why he'd suddenly lost faith in our ability to resolve his little situation - but - as far as I was concerned - I had just told him, "Thanks, see you never."
I ushered the girls out of the building and Angel directed us back towards the nexus of portals.
"Chicago, sweet-cheeks," I hollered to her.
She nodded.
The rest of the girls gathered around when I waved them over.
"He's got units sniping at his outposts - to me it sounds like what we just saw in Mongolia. Forces from an established stronghold making raids on the neighbors - especially neighbors that are encroaching on their territory."
The girls nodded.
"We'll find a hole to hide in, watch for the attacks, and follow the raiders back to their boss."
Penny chuckled and said, "And then we kick their asses."
"Something like that," I agreed. "I need everybody on their toes until we see what we're up against."
I got nods, a couple swats on my ass-cheeks, and a kiss - from Mei.
"We'll be close to your old stomping grounds," I told her.
"No worries," she replied.
"Nobody we need to terrorize?" I asked, smirking.
She kissed my lips and said, "Bygones ..."
"I love you, sweet lady," I said.
"I know you do, stud," she purred in reply. "You make my pussy ache every time you show me."
I pulled her in for another kiss and then held hands with her as we followed Angel to the right portal to take us back to the Windy City.
I noticed Penny being a little bouncier than normal. I thought about her delicious body - and those naughty piercings of hers. I focused my intent on her nipple piercings.
"Fuck, Ben ...," she moaned. "You've gotta quit that."
Angel stood in front of a portal that I thought I recognized. We queued up and I went through first.
~~~ Chicago ~~~
The portal guards nodded to me as I turned back to wait for my girls to come through. Their eyes didn't really widen - but I could tell that I had more of an entourage than most squad leaders that usually came through here.
Their eyes did flicker when the Mongolian triplets came through wearing naughty maid outfits.
"Boss man said there are hit-and-run activities happening," I said. "He wasn't all that specific but said we have outposts somewhere. 'South' was the word he used."
"Start looking around Burnside," one of the angel guards said.
"Thanks," I replied.
"Go with the blessings of God," he intoned.
I gave him a nod and turned southward.
"You get all that?" I asked Angel.
"Yeah," she said.
"Anyone told you lately that you're a sexy little bitch?" I asked, groping her ass.
Her eyebrows crinkled and I felt the head of my cock vibrate.
I laughed and used my intent to buzz her nipples and her clit - and make it feel like her cunt was full of my cock.
She moaned - and missed a step. I caught her arm.
"You don't play fair, boss," she snickered.
"I love you, sweet-cheeks," I told her.
"You say that to all the girls," she shot back.
I laughed and said, "Only *my* girls."
She darted in, kissed my lips, and grabbed my hand. As we walked, she swung our hands back and forth - like we were high school sweethearts or something - not a couple of serial killers on our way to maim and destroy.
It took us a couple hours to get where we had been told to go.
As we moved into the area, I began to get a general feeling about where the outpost was located. I'd never had that before. I stopped walking and told the girls what I was feeling.
"You consumed a lot of experience orbs," Angel suggested.
I nodded and said, "I'm hoping that's what it is."