"ALL ABOARD!"
Ruri slapped at Walt's chest in a playful manner as his shout had elicited some chuckles from the others waiting to board the train.
"Walt, you are such a Nerd."
Walt grinned "Well I guess it's a good thing I found a girl into Nerds then. Most aren't."
They filed in one by one, Walt halting at one point to let an elderly lady and her granddaughter go first. The granddaughter was a hot little thing. She looked to be twenty or so. Her black hair was luscious and her skin had a nice bronze tan. She had on a knee length grey skirt and a white blouse. Her legs were shapely and clad in dark panty hose and she had on a pair of two inch pumps.
The elderly lady smiled at Walt's chivalrousness and boarded. The granddaughter smiled too, but it was defiantly not at Walt's chivalrousness. Her eyes roamed him for a hungry second before seeing Ruri. There was a brief flash of envy and then disappointment.
"She..." Ruri's gaze was following the granddaughter as she boarded the train "doesn't think you are a nerd. In fact her thoughts should get her arrested."
Walt just shook his head at Ruri and turned towards the back of the train, but was slowed as Ruri was walking mostly backwards as her eyes were still locked on the granddaughter.
"Ruri, she is going to think you're a psycho girlfriend if you keep that up."
"Me psycho? Walt, if you knew just half the things that girl is thinking about doing to you... you'd call her a psycho."
"Ruri!" Walt wasn't sure if he was more surprised at the thought that Ruri was rooting around in the girls head or about what she had found there.
"Hold on Walt, I'm leaning some interesting things here. Trust me, you'll benefit from this later."
Walt turned her head towards him, breaking her line of sight, and kissed her. Their lips parted and Walt looked her in the eye. "There is nothing you need to learn to please me. You please me just because you're you."
Ruri pointed "I think this is us."
Walt looked at the cabin door. "Yep it is." Walt opened the door and they found a small, but nice cabin. It had a bench seat and a fold out table. The window was open but had some curtains that would give them some privacy.
"Trading in the plane ticket for a train cabin was a great idea." Ruri was looking around the cabin's small bathroom.
"Yeah, I don't like to fly much anyway. Besides the flight was full and a train is a bit more private."
Walt wrapped his arms around Ruri and pulled her close. Her lips were sweet and warm and Walt gently lifted her up to carry her to the bunk. Walt grimaced as his back gave a twinge of complaint. Ruri immediately picked up on it.
"Walt. Please reconsider. You're still very weak from the other day. You need to recharge your reserves...." Walt's face took on a disapproving look.
"Ruri, I told you last night that I don't want anything to do with that. I am not going to eat somebody's Soul!"
Ruri's voice took on a patient but frustrated tone. "Walt, you are the most handsome and loving Master a Genie could ask for, but you can be so hard headed sometimes." Ruri shook her head at him. "I never should have mentioned how Sorcerer's regain their strength. It isn't the same as what you can do, Master."
Ruri wrung her hands in frustration as she tried to think of how to word her explanation."Every human gives off energy, and interaction between humans, especially intense emotion, creates vast amounts of energy. It is a natural byproduct of life. Most people don't even realize that this energy is around them."
Ruri started to pace back and forth and Walt had the sudden thought that she would look insanely sexy in a school girl outfit.
"Sorcerers have learned to store and use this energy to affect the world. When their energy stores are low they have to replace it. Sorcerers can't absorb this energy naturally and must take it directly from someone, usually resulting in that person's death. You on the other hand can absorb this energy because of your status as a champion... "
"Alright you've made your point. Sit down before you wear a path in the floor." Ruri frowned at him but did indeed stop her pacing.
"So how do I... absorb energy?"
Ruri had a wicked little smile on her adorable face and Walt had a feeling he already knew the answer to the question.
"It's easy Master. You have sex."
Walt smacked the palm of his hand against his forehead in an "I could have had a V8" gesture. "I should have guessed. Wait, if it's that simple why haven't I recharged? I've been having plenty of sex with you, haven't I?"
Ruri shook her head. "I'm a Genie. Our energies are incompatible. The only intimacy that you have experienced since draining yourself was with Sarah."
Walt thought about this for a moment. "So you're saying that if I keep using these powers I am going to have to sleep with other women to keep from depleting myself?"
Ruri nodded "Other women, other guys, it doesn't matter. It's the intimate contact that gives you access to the energy."
Walt just shook his head "Well, other women I can deal with, but other guys... I don't swing that way."
"Champions have always absorbed energy by way of their nature. There was one back in ancient Greece that could only absorb energy while debating philosophy."
"So my nature is to have sex?" Ruri laughed again. "In a roundabout way, yes, because of the bond we share. Otherwise your nature is kindness. In fact you can absorb energy that way too, but it's not as effective because of the bond."
"So I regain energy by fucking and random acts of kindness?"
He sat down as Ruri came over and put an arm around her waist. He pulled her close and rested his forehead against her flat stomach. "I need to think about this."
Ruri caressed his hair in a gesture of understanding. "Do you want to be alone?"
He tightened his grip on her a bit but loosened it a second later. "Yeah, I think I need some rest."
"Do you mind if I explore the train then?"
Walt pushed her back with a laugh. "You're like a big kid, you know that?"
"Technically, Master I am only four days old."
Walt groaned "That just doesn't sound right. I don't mind if you explore, but stay out of trouble. Please."
Ruri's face became angelic "Me?" she said, her voice incredulous. "Why I am a perfect little angel." As she closed the door to the cabin, Walt was sure he saw the horns holding up the halo.
***
Walt couldn't sleep. His head pounded and his body ached. Maybe Ruri was right about needing to replenish his energy. Walt sighed, it wasn't like he would hurt anyone, and it was sex. Walt couldn't lie to himself, he was very interested in sex. He could be content with Ruri for the rest of his life, but if she was encouraging him to sleep with others why shouldn't he.
Walt heard the cabin door open, Ruri must have finished exploring. Walt stopped and revisited that thought. Ruri had only been gone for ten minutes. Either she wasn't that interested, which Walt would bet money was not the case, or she was more worried about him then she was letting on.
"Ruri, you don't have to worry so much, I'll be fine. You're right and I should listen to you more often." Something odd occurred to Walt then. Ruri hadn't spoken or even made a sound, and it felt wrong. Walt turned toward her and opened his eyes.
Walt's eyes widened. The woman standing over him was not Ruri, and if the knife in her hand was any indication, she was not friendly either.
Walt rolled as the knife came down. He fell off the bunk and into the woman's legs. She tried to kick him but his mass took her feet out from under her. She fell into the bunk and Walt heard the knife skitter away. Walt had pushed himself to his knees before she had regained herself. She flung herself at him, her nails raking at his eyes. He managed to grab her wrists before she could blind him.
Walt finally got a good look at her. She was pretty, with dark hair and tan skin. She was about five foot nine inches and one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Her lips were a rosy red, and her eyes were a deep sea green, bereft of any emotion or mercy.
Walt didn't think about it, he just jumped into her mind.
*******
Walt found himself staring at the field of a ravaged mind. Whatever this girl had been before was gone. All that was left were skills and experiences, but there was no individuality. No independence, just obedience. It was the most awful act he had ever seen.
Walt wanted to vomit.
Dark tendrils of energy descended from the blackened sky and wrapped around the few landmarks that were left of her psyche. Walt could feel the foreign power of these tendrils and knew they needed to be dealt with if he was going to help her in any way. Walt steeled his resolve and got to work.