Prologue

With thunder resonating on the distant horizon the Amazon's manacled human prisoners shuffle and stumble wearily aboard the moored hydrofoil. Gaunt and pale from weeks of malnutrition, battered and bruised from endless beatings, fear and desperation is written on each and every face while they nervously contemplated where they are being taken. The Amazon slave masters decked in their intimidating Scorpion combat suits herd their human cargo into a cage toward the aft of the vessel, jamming them in uncomfortably tight before forcibly securing the door. Pleas and cries for mercy find only contempt and snorts of derision with the muscular guards who retort with sadistic humor �say hello to your home for the next 3 days....hope you all brought snacks!� The callous captors withdraw to the relative luxury of the upper deck awaiting the arrival of squad leader Tonya.

In the control centre of the Amazon base Tonya is taking a final briefing from her commander the buff blonde Sarah. �Kara's squad has been able to break into the hive in New Orleans; it should be fully operational by the time you arrive. You need to ensure they act quickly on the genetic sample we are sending them, if it�s decayed too much......well your failure won't be well received by Zero!� Tonya frowns although she is able to claim the bounty in obtaining the genetic sample of Threat 452...the human known as Carla, it was an accidental by product of yet another defeat by the Hunt Mistress, something her commander is going to use whenever she can it seems, eager to change the subject the blonde lieutenant clears her throat �We are to assist in the commissioning of the hive and cull any threats in the locality.� Sarah smiles insincerely at her subordinates shift but lets it go confirming the order �Yes but you will take direction from Kara until the Supreme Commander arrives.� Tonya's eyes flutter in surprise �Kory is going to join us?� Sarah is matter of fact �Yeah apparently the NO hive is in better condition than any hive unearthed so far so she has chosen it as her regional HQ, you'd better keep your hybrids on a close leash!�

Tonya smirks knowingly �What of the sample here, any special instructions?� �There have been reports of more hybrids going rogue, the NO process is supposed to be upgraded to include an obedience module, make sure you get all the details before you activate the hybrid, it then needs to be brought back here so it can interact with 452...... Seeing as how you carelessly forgot to capture her....AGAIN!� Tonya grits her teeth and a snarl contorts her upper lip, but she quickly masks the emotion �If there's nothing further I will head out!� Sarah dismissed the blonde and strides from the command console, Tonya follows suit.

Neither of the blonde Amazons noticed the active light on the camera mounted in the ceiling. At the security console brunette hard-body Vixen, the Amazon�s overtly dutiful technician, turns to her computer screen and calls up her own data file, noting her genus designator as 367, she cross-references Threat 367 and calls up a file photo of a young beautiful brunette setting it to the side of her own picture, while the appearances were by no means the same there was something hauntingly consistent with the eyes Vixen is transfixed for a moment her fingers reaching out to trace the outline of the face that was so familiar and yet one she had never seen until this moment. She offers an involuntary shudder as she notes the file entry on the lower portion of the screen �Threat assimilated and terminated.�

Chapter 1

Pouring intently over a data terminal, streaming through page after page of designated threats, photos and reports Vixen misses the sound of the control room door opening. A cold haughty voice causes the brunette technician to jump to her feet, stabbing the clear screen button with guilty urgency. �Fuck Hybrid don�t you ever leave this room?� The voice belongs to the lean and chiseled blonde Amazon, Siren, following her into the room is the physically very similar Lash, the pair have become inseparable of late essentially due to the fact that at one time or another they have pretty much stabbed everyone else in the back. Rather than antagonize the dangerous pair Vixen is quick to defuse any tension �I am monitoring dru comms traffic.....� Lash moves over to the recently blanked screen eyeing the brunette suspiciously �Oh yeah? Isn�t this a data terminal?� Vixen swallows a moment but quickly smokes the question �I rigged the relay to my audio implant.� To emphasize the point she strides over to the RT and suddenly flips a volume switch which fills the room with a cacophony of chatter. Siren is quick to condescend �Yeah a real important job as usual eh Vix.... but its time for some real work now - Punch up the combat archive and show us what we got on a.... Bohemian back breaker?� Siren looks to Lash for confirmation but Vixen quickly corrects the woman �Bahamian you mean, yeah it�s in there?� Lash has a smirk on her face �Ha you trying to tell us you know something about real combat?� Siren scoffs in turn �Ha, last time she was out in the field we had to save her ass more times than I can count!� Vixen loses any semblance of good humor as she retorts �Jet saved me once yeah, she saved all of us back in Jreida, when you two and Sarah abandoned us to die I seem to recall?�

Before she can react Vixen is caught in Siren's brawny arms, the blonde fluidly restrains the brunette via a full nelson wrenching the woman's shoulders sharply while Lash moves before her aggressively. �You wanna watch that mouth hybrid, with Tonya gone, promotion is in my future - I might just send your half breed ass back for decommissioning!� Vixen tries to struggle but Siren has restrained her well and all she can manage is a vague taunt �Jet is next in line...� Lash�s hands lasciviously explore the captive woman's body as she snarls a reply �That bitch is mine for the taking....doesn't matter how popular she gets, she'll always come up short!�, in truth little is hidden by the second skin of black micro-fiber bodysuit and the blonde's hands zero in gently probing and stroking the area over the prominent pubic mount teasing it to expect pleasure and then abruptly unleashing pain with a brutal knee driven harshly to the crotch. As the captive gags Siren roughly spins her around and delivers a knee of her own to the woman's hurting womanhood. Before she has any hope for retaliation Vixen is bundled from the room. Lash's next sentence is glimpsed in part �These hybrids have bee......� before the door closes and locks the pair inside. Vixen, seethes inside but realizes the futility of trying to face the dangerous duo herself, however the comment that was left hanging intrigued her further.

Scrambling to her feet Vixen rushes to the lower level where the mortuary is located, a security console there allows her to access the camera in the control room; Lash and Siren are pawing over one another enthusiastically as they review the data terminal and the details of the hold they enquired after. Siren is rubbing her hard body excitedly against Lash as she peers over her shoulder however abruptly the other blonde snarls in anger �The bitch tricked me.....she wasn�t locked in like that.....� Siren looks at the description �Meh more Samoan crap, we killed plenty before why don�t we just take the bitch down?� Lash is still seething �Yeah we need to find a way to humiliate her totally in front of her friends before we do though, that�s how to get to a hero like that....� Siren eyes glow enthusiastically �Oh yeah I want to be a part of that, those sluts have such big juicy tits too easy targets ha-ha!� Lash �Hmm we can have fun ripping them off and feeding them to her friends hmm. The two blondes are obviously highly aroused by the prospect and each other the scene quickly becomes a series of short hot breaths and moans as they move onto the floor of the console room coiled in one another�s embrace, the hands slide inside the tight outfits gradually shedding them like a snake sheds its skin as they roll and writhe against one another they effectively slither out of their suits �til naked. Siren pins Lash to the floor arching back she grinds her pelvis into her partner their hot and wet pussies slapping and slurping against one another as the erotic charge builds, Lash rolls the pair over and assumes the upper position to continue the assault arching back herself to drive the abdomens together ever tighter. Almost as one they separate and slowly rock one over the other till they take the others crotch between their legs and grind their hot pubic mounds using their arms to brace the pussies together securely they rock their heads back in unison, their muscles spasm as the pair begin to lose control until as a long pronounced wail is wrenched from their lips and their quivering muscular physiques, now dripping with sweat collapse limply to the floor the odd muscle still twitching with an involuntary spasm as the blonde duo gasps and gulp to recover their breath. A year ago Vixen would have been tempted to try and take the pair out now, they had certainly made themselves vulnerable but she felt increasingly like a different person to what she once was the lust for revenge has become a petty thing to indulge, or perhaps her acquired knowledge was seeing a bigger path to realizing that revenge. For whatever the reason the brunette hits the rewind button taking the screen to the moment she was ejected from the room and replays the dialogue, Lash is clearly audible �These hybrids have been rogue, one they�re fully assimilated the prototypes will be recycled heh!� Siren retorts �Hmm no more of that wannbe Jet and her attempts to show us up...... � Lash follows up �Yeah the bitch might think she�s Sarah�s right hand but we know different eh? Ah here�s that bitches hold the Bahamian backbreaker used by Bahamian fighting elite women during the Caribbean Recovery campaign to establish dominancy between.......�

Closing the terminal down Vixen ponders on her next move, the camera�s outside show the area is in the midst of a downpour the rain is relentlessly lashing the boundary. A camera shows a high wall under construction, human slaves are still at work despite the appalling conditions albeit progress is now minimal as visibility plummets second by second the two amazons nearby presumably Jet and Bronze are sheltering while screaming instructions their way. Another camera finds Sarah and Vex at the North station setting camera links. Vixen knots her hair into a tight bun and makes her way to the exit.

Chapter Two

Although the Amazon warriors had been doing their best to protect themselves from an approach and used security cameras extensively, their resources kept them limited to just an one mile radius around the base, where the walls were being built and just a bit beyond, nor did it keep them from being watched either. Barely a mile and a half away another isle rises from the waters, it�s rather small and has but a few trees and heavy brush on it and runs at best a hundred yards from side to side. A small and carefully hidden camp is hidden there and used by the Druantian militia, built during the time between Tonya�s escape from Carla and the arrival of the reinforcements. Three members of the group have been there since then occasionally swapping off with others that sneak out in the dark of the night and approach from the Amazon�s blind side. Always there are two on watch while the third rests, but now with the activity on the Amazon�s boat all three are awake and watching using powerful binoculars to watch it all and to radio back the facts to their command. As the boat departs, other outposts are alerted and all watch for the fast boat and report them and the direction they are heading. Not until they pass by the keys islands and head in to the gulf do the reports stop as they disappear from the sight of all.

There is little that command can do except warn all posts along the western coast incase they come ashore there and dispatch additional patrols to heavily patrol the west coast areas. One group however did not go out and patrol, instead they received a message to report to Hunt Mistress Carla, and the orders were signed by herself. Quickly the five summoned responded and met with their commander and she was sitting in the briefing room a map of the Amazon�s isle laid out there.

Rising to her feet she pointed to the map and said, �The women there have just sent a large number of them out in to the gulf taking prisoners somewhere we don�t know. They are adding patrols to the west coast in case they come ashore there, but I think they may be gone awhile and with the numbers at their base reduced, it is possible for me to put an idea I have in to use.�

Looking at them all she said �HQ has not authorized this scheme I have in mind and I don�t plan to tell them, as some there have become too hesitant to make any bold moves in an attempt to find their weaknesses, while others are too busy wrapped up in proving their authority to be bothered with things like protecting our lands. I however can not command you because of this fact, so this is strictly voluntary, but I plan to go to that Isle and try to catch one of the enemy out alone if possible. The encounter I had with the one called Tonya as well as with Shari and information the escaped prisoner Plague gave me has led me to believe they have a weakness not so much in strength but by being very vulnerable to sexual stimulation, a hand or claw to the groin, or a fist or blow or pressure to the breasts may arouse them quickly and leave them highly vulnerable. If we can catch one alone I want to force or parlay her in to a duel with me to explore the sexual aspect further if she also reacts as I think she may, we will have a potential weapon to further explore and use against them.� Looking around at them she continued. �The risks are high for all of us particularly for me as they know who I am now and may have orders to recapture me as they had lost face losing to me. If the one we find alone does not parlay and manages to call for help somehow we may well find ourselves outmatched in a fight, and have to try and quickly incapacitate the one we meet and flee the island our chance to escape under those conditions may not be very good.� Giving them all a slow look to try and read their faces she asked, �Any willing to volunteer?�

One by one the five women, all of them hand picked and trained fighters by Carla rose and signaled they volunteered and she allowed herself a satisfied smile. She had picked carefully the members of this squad as they all knew how to fight hard, had been trained in many of her styles, and also had a definite hatred for the Amazons. The matter of who is going they quickly made their plans, they would leave within a couple hours in two of the three woman scout boats and a weeks supply of food bringing with them some modified weapons that Carla had prepared which were wooden outside but a metal core inside to allow the weapons to penetrate the Amazon skin armors and do extra damage with the weight. Bows and arrows were loaded with special arrows as well as regular ones though the usual metal tips were now replaced with stone ones. A bag of tools were also included should they need them, by late afternoon they were at the docks, on board and moving out. For now they would sail both day and night two resting while the third controlled the low sailed vessel both of them keeping each other in sight. Two and a half days later the boats were approaching from the near backside of the isle under the cover of the night.

The moon had already made its journey across the sky and set in the distant horizon as they completed the last couple of miles without the use of sails and rowing with just paddles they slid quietly in to a stream fed patch of swamp and grounded the boats. The gear and remaining supplies were unloaded and put in backpacks and the group began a slow and careful march across towards the other side. As they did they avoided open areas and even the less dense woods preferring heavy cover to avoid being seen. As they approached the area of the perimeter wall�s construction, the sounds of chopping and cutting could be heard on the other side from several hundred yards away and Carla hand signaled the group to a halt. More hand signals and they backed away before shifting directions and followed the wall around staying well away from it in case any guards were out and watching. Reaching the far beach, they turned North keeping to the nearby woods, and paid a brief visit to a long abandoned resort and after carefully inspecting and locating a couple cameras and sensors they marked those locations and retreated until about halfway between the resort and the wall protecting the Amazons. Settling a couple dozen yards in to the woods from the beach, they made their camp and once well hidden, made their plans to get the jump on any of the Amazon that might come by alone. The remaining hours that night went quietly as did the first several hours as the sun rose and was close to its zenith when the squad hit pay dirt with the appearance of a lone figure running down the beach, and as she approached, revealed that it was Vixen.

The dark haired powerhouse was once again running along the beach in an attempt to clear her mind about herself and the other hybrids and the apparent attempt to have them �recycled� and had been getting no where fast in figuring a way to save themselves, nor had she been even willing to confess her feelings to the one remaining hybrid there named Jet. Remembering that she had tried for the position of Lieutenant and may still be too loyal despite the obvious fact she was slated for destruction, she might dismiss Vixen�s assertions as a matter of fantasy or worse blow the whistle on her and doom them both for sure.

The sentry on watch quickly gave an animal call in to the woods and a few soft rustles announced the arrival of Carla and most of the rest of the group and a hurried whispered set of orders and Carla stood up and stepped out alone to confront Vixen. The appearance of Carla startled Vixen and for a moment she thought she had stumbled upon one of the escaped slaves and she started to reach for her earpiece to call it in when the realization hit her who she was staring at, and even more surprising the fact she was making motions to remain silent. Vixen�s eyes went hard as she studied the woman before her and then rustling all around caught her attention as several others of Carla�s group made their presence known and stepped in to view.

Before Vixen could finish the stopped move to call, Carla spoke softly but there was also firmness in her voice that spoke of complete certainty. �Don�t! . . . We know how close your friends are and if you try to call them we will disable you and retreat before they can hope to get here!� Vixen�s hand froze for a few brief seconds, as she looked them all over and realized Carla may be right, none of them looked too soft like most Druantians were, Carla seeing her pause and look around, got her attention back on her, needing her attention focused there for her plan to possibly work. �You can choose to fight us all at once, but risk losing with us all as we�ll all go after you at once, or you can listen to what I have to say, and perhaps avoid getting hurt and maybe even come away from this encounter with useful information.�

Vixen met Carla�s eyes for several long seconds as she tried to assess quickly the woman who stood before her. �Could this really be the one that fought and beat Tonya? The one who killed Shari? She�s my size and lighter than me!� the thoughts ran through her mind in a flash and was replaced by yet another flash, this one of intense curiosity. It was a desire to know who this woman really was and also what this �information� was she was speaking about. Slowly her hand came down from the ear piece and then she rested her hands on her hips. A stance of casual arrogance and she asked Carla, �Are you here then to surrender to me?�

A touch of a smile came to Carla�s own lips and she replied, �Surrender to you and your friends is not an option we are willing to consider, it was your people who chose to declare war on ours without provocation or cause, and your people have found that we are willing enough to find people to lead us who believe in our beliefs and not yours, and rally us to the cause to stop you and drive you from our lands once and for all.� Pausing for effect, Carla added. . . �we know your numbers are limited that we out number you by several thousands to one and that you make us fear you through your weapons because we have not yet figured a way to get close enough to do that and take your weapons away, but we are learning slowly but surely and will continue to learn even if hundreds and thousands of us fall to every one of you because your numbers will drop.�

Now it was Vixen�s own turn to smile, Carla who stood before her had no clue that they used a cloning process and that if they needed to they could turn out dozens even hundreds of themselves within a couple weeks to rise up and crush these people down, but she was not about to let the woman in front of her to know that little secret. Carla had been continuing her own speech as she considered the thoughts but her attention was caught as Carla said, I have already discovered one distinct and unusual weakness about your people, one we can potentially exploit and end your threat for good if we can prove it, and I plan to test that theory out against you. Those were ominous and dangerous words coming from Carla�s lips, and for Vixen, she was in no mood to be used as a test subject by this woman before her or anyone else if she could help it. Carla�s next words however stopped her as she considered launching her own attack then and there determined to end the threat of Carla now. . . �If you are willing to accept the risk, then I am willing to risk myself as a prize in the attempt to test that theory by challenging you to meet me in a special personal combat not to the death as your people seem so fond of, but until one yields or a time period in the contest has passed with no winner determined.�

Now it was Vixen�s turn to try and show her own calmness as Carla issued her challenge to her and she was able to briefly hide her brief startled state and then hid it further as she flexed her own arm and leg muscles in an attempt to intimidate the ones around her. �I�m no wimp like you girl! If you challenge me one on one there can be but one winner and that�s me!� she snapped, and then just to add a bit insurance and keep the others on their guard she added, �Even if you all did attack at once I have skills enough to kill at least a few of you first and you Carla would be the first to feel my own wrath and die!� Her boast and flexing was enough to get a few murmurs from Carla�s fighters and there was even an appreciative sound to the voices of a couple as they considered her physique, but Carla waved them to silence and they went quiet, her own eyes never leaving Vixen�s face.

�Be that as it may, you would end up dead in the end, and you would find I am a hard one to kill, Tonya and Shari both discovered that and I know Tonya was around the base recently and has likely told you and the others of our encounter.� Pausing a moment Carla continued, �This is not the place to be discussing this however,� pointing down the beach towards the distant abandoned resort area she went on. �There at that old place is where we can meet, talk and fight if you accept the proposed fight.�

Vixen glanced in that direction, her curiosity more than aroused by now and nodded agreement, as she knew there had been cameras placed there as well in a few key locations, all she had to do was steer herself and the group in the right area to be seen in one or the other and she knew the base would be alerted and on their way with these women none the wiser until it was way too late to escape.

Turning that way and determined to show Carla and the others her own total confidence and disdain for them Vixen strode in that direction, but it was in part a ruse to keep a bit ahead of them to better conceal her feelings that she felt her face might accidentally reveal, feelings of confusion and uncertainty and even doubt and a touch of fear. Most of those women she considered perhaps skilled in fighting like most of the fighting women of the mainland, but she knew she could take, but that Carla who strode calmly just a pace or two behind her and seemed to not be bothered by her presence or her own show of strength and arrogance. There was something about her that made her want to know more about her, what she was really like, and also with her recent knowledge that she and the other hybrids were subject for termination soon, could this strange woman possibly be taken advantage of and used by her to save herself and her kind from the destruction?

Clearing her mind of that most recent thought she concentrated on the land ahead as they were already closing in on the old resort area and she wanted to control where they went, and how. It was her initial plans to lead them in via one of the main entries where she knew a live camera existed, but her change of plans made her waver and then decide to shift to a seldom used area, a breach in a wall that she knew had no camera on nor near it and then see where Carla chose from there and try to keep her steered from the camera areas. �Or at least� she thought to herself �not until she needed some kind of backup to take them down and in as prisoners if she could not instead use Carla for herself.

Perhaps she had been expecting Carla to take the lead since it had been her who suggested that they go to this place, and it also suggested to her suddenly suspicious mind that Carla had been here before, possibly during the times that she had her conflict with Tonya. Well it would be different this time, Vixen thought as she steered them through the opening and watched carefully as Carla and the rest carefully entered as well extreme wariness in their looks and poses as if expecting trouble. None however was to be seen or found for now at least and at a signal from Carla they seemed to at least partially relax their guard, though not by much. Carla herself looked around and pointed towards a low building near what had been a pool area and said, �Over there I think is what we need if I recall correctly,� and led them that way skirting around a pool filled about three quarters the way right now with dirty rain waters, a somewhat greenish hue to it from the algae that had taken hold in there with it, and continued towards the building. Stepping through a partially open door Carla called from inside, �Yes here is the area for it, and then Vixen and two others stepped in, while the remaining women stayed outside, presumably to stand a watch on the area in case the friends of Vixen should arrive and they could give warning if they have the time to.

Despite a few holes in the roof where time and weather had caused it to collapse the light inside was still a bit dim and it took a couple seconds for Vixen�s own eyes to adapt from the bright sunshine to the current light levels, but then she saw Carla standing on what looked like some ancient gym mats that were liberally coated with dirt and dust, but otherwise seemed in more or less intact shape. Seeing two of her own follow Vixen in, Carla pointed at one of them and told her, �You outside as well, I need just one other here in case this one tries treachery and catches me out to shout an alarm. As the woman nodded her head and also left, Carla turned her attention and studied her more closely, a study that Vixen returned in kind, somewhat impressed this woman felt she and one other mere woman could handle her, and also slightly surprised at the apparent power this woman could wield and get complete obedience without curses, threat and the like such as was routine among her own people.

A slight twitch of a smile at Carla�s lips and she realized that she was allowing her emotions to play on her face and she wiped it clean at once and then Carla laughed. �No need to fear showing what you feel or fear with me hun,� she said easily. �Among most humans allowing emotions to show is a natural thing. You should try it more often, but that�s not what we�re here for is it, so shall we talk about this struggle between us?�

The smile fell away at this point and Carla�s own eyes grew cold and her voice also lost the pleasant tone as well and became matter of fact and straight forward. �I�m going to tell you this now, even though it gives you a tactical advantage and you could even run off with it to your powerful friends to avoid this fight between us!� Ignoring the reaction from Vixen as she apparently reacted to the implied cowardice Carla plunged on without giving her a chance to object. The first real hint of this weakness was while I fought Tonya and we locked in bearhugs. She easily could have crushed me out and even killed me but she wanted to make me suffer and I fought back and discovered that she had a very susceptible and sensual side to her as our breasts ground together I saw her react to it, and used it making it also a breast battle one she quickly succumbed to as she reached a climax and then another and a third and became too weak to fight anymore after that allowing me to break free and render her unconscious and go get help.�

Carla paused a moment her own face perhaps showing her feelings as she recalled that painful struggle then her attention refocused on Vixen and she asked �Surprised to hear that?� Vixen had been surprised. The actual details of the fight had been glossed over and there had been no real mention of the sexual combat it was a very interesting point to remember and she wondered where this was leading to though her own mind was already suspecting where it might be going. �Quite honestly, I am surprised.� She answered, �What else did you discover?� trying to sound curious which she was by now, as well as draw Carla out some more hoping to discover some weakness of her own. If Carla realized it she didn�t seem to care as she obliged Vixen�s request. �Then there was the fight with Shari, again we fought hard and sensual and sexual overtones came in to play here as well, it ended with her dieing locked in a deadly breast smother that also sent her in to a sexual climax even as she died.� Vixen recalled that detail all too well she had experienced the download in the lab when she had done her work on the body and she had suffered for a while afterwards though she had hidden it well from the others so they would not think she was weakened enough to cause easy trouble. �There was times� she thought to herself �that I really hated those purebloods because they hated us for what we are and think we are a threat to them.�

Her attention in turn snapped back to Carla as she tried to snatch her thoughts from her own anger to Carla�s next words. �I propose to test that theory further and I�m even willing to put my own body on the line and risk becoming your prisoner in exchange for you and I having a similar but more controlled struggle to the one Tonya and I had. We will both strip to the waist and lock together in bearhugs, myself using the inside grip and you the outside one to start and then start to struggle using just the bearhugs and seeking the best bearhug as well as fighting breast to breast for a full hour. The first half hour there will be no surrender for either of us as we do our best to control and weaken each other as well as try to force sexual climaxes as well. Then after the first half hour you will try to force me to surrender and yield myself as your prisoner even as the bearhug and breast battles continue until the one hour mark. If you make me surrender in that time, then I am yours.�

�However� Carla continued and he voice grew more firm here, �If the hour passes with no surrender from me, then I and my companions will walk free. I will have my information I seek judging from your reactions and you will have knowledge of this weakness among your kind. So are you willing to risk your arms and your body against mine?� For a few seconds Vixen considered Carla�s words, she knew she could still touch her earpiece and send an emergency signal that would have her tracked and the others on their way here within seconds if nothing else, though she was beginning to also have some initial doubts about being able to beat her way through all these women quickly and easily. Considering what Carla alone had done, even if these others had a quarter of her skills she might well be doomed. Besides, Carla�s words had caught not just her own scientific curiosity, but she was more than personally curious herself as to if she could take the woman before her. Curious, and also a desire to prove her own self and worth, again as if to haunt her, the earlier words of Siren returned to her mind of how she and others had to be saved. If she could take her in this contest that Carla had proposed and brought her as a captive back to the complex and turned her over to Sarah. . . .

There also certainly seemed to be some truth in her words as the image of Lash and Siren getting sexual down in the research and control room came unbidden to her mind in a flash and she suppressed it quickly lest Carla note the emotion and read something from it. Suspicions however still remained and she had no problems speaking her mind just as bluntly to Carla, �That�s well and good for you to say bitch! But why should I take your word you�ll surrender, because I know I can defeat you?!? I could well have you just on the verge of being totally beaten and broken and one word and your gang of whores would come in and attack even as you still tried to hold me. Since you did beat the other two of my people I see no reason to give you my trust with so little chance of you keeping your word, or for that matter the others keeping theirs even if you do lose and let me take you as I expect you to at my hands!�

Carla�s own green eyes sparked and flared for a brief moment in anger, she was not used to it being suggested that she was the liar here, but then she quelled it quickly remembering perhaps how they may perceive her, she had after all reminded the woman before in an almost boastful manner how she had taken on and defeated two others and now wanted to fight her as well.

�I gave you my word,� she replied though her own voice this time was noticeably cooler, that is all I can and shall offer. For most, that is more than enough, unlike your own people who seem to feel that it�s OK to lie through their teeth and think nothing of it.� Her own eyes hardened a bit as Carla pushed the matter a bit, �You seem a bit different from the others, smaller, lighter, and perhaps we should not have approached you and stayed and hid as you ran past totally oblivious to out presence. Maybe, you�re right, we should take you out here and now and then go in to hiding until your death causes the uproar to settle down and we can return and try again.�

Carla�s own words stung, but the brief flare up in Carla�s eyes and her voice change did not escape the attention of Vixen either and she knew she had scored, and embolden by that and ignoring Carla�s own threat suddenly certain she may be in a position to bargain she snorted in derision and said, �That may be a long time in coming, and most of you here won�t survive the fight with me if it comes to that, I�m as tough and powerful as most of them there, despite my smaller size and I can prove that here and now, either in your test or in a straight out fight!� Hoping to gain possible advantages here in the proposed test, Vixen decided to see how much this Carla may be willing to bend with her game�s rules and asked, �Can we do anything else besides of course me slowly crushing the will from you and breaking you in my arms?�

A small smile touched Carla�s own lips, she recognized the query and saw Vixen�s line of thought and was willing to allow it in turn, �You can use other holds and actions so long as they are combined with� and she emphasized that one word, �the bearhug and not as a completely separate attack.� Hands on her hips, Carla decided it was time to stop playing with words and said as much. �So, are we going to just stand here and talk each other to death or shall we fight as I proposed?� To push her point across, and show her own willingness, Carla reached up and undid her own top and started to pull it off, even though Vixen was just a couple steps in front of her and could easily attack while Carla was blinded as she pulled her top up and over her head. This little point of fearlessness was not lost on Vixen, and she decided to rise to the challenge and nodding her own head in acceptance started to remove her own top as well. As the two stripped to the waist, Carla called to the one woman still there, �Shen you have the sandglass?� She nodded and from her own pack that she slid off and under Vixen�s suddenly wary eye she opened it an extracted a sand style hour glass and Carla explained. �The sands there will last a half hour, once run for the weakening stage, and then turned over while we seek surrender of each other.�

Shen from about four paces away and apparently going to also serve as the time keeper of sorts called �Prepare yourselves and signal me when ready.� Carla obligingly faced Vixen who partially raised her arms allowing her foe to step in close until they were chest to chest and then lock her arms around Carla taking the outside bearhug and to her surprise there was no treachery, Settling her grip she saw Carla�s own arms rise and her hands join behind her own back, and moments later she called �Begin!� and tightened hard, and moments later Shen turned the hourglass over and set it on the floor and knelt there watching both the struggle start and the sand glass as well. Vixen felt the strength Carla had and recalled some fights she had fought in the past on the mainland during raids, Carla was clearly a lot stronger than she looked, but she was no match as far as Vixen was concerned with her and a moment later she tightened as well and was rewarded with a gasp of pain and expelled air as she targeted her foe�s upper body, and then taking advantage of Carla�s rules promptly delivered a stunning head butt to Carla�s forehead staggering her foe and feeling her grip relax broke her outside grip and immediately drover her arms between Carla�s and secured the inside grip and tightened down once more.

A sharp barked �Unnnn� came from Carla�s lips as she recovered but not fast enough to block the reversed bearhug and threw her arms around her foe accepting the outside grip for now. But the bearhug was not the only attack method here and Carla had her own plan of attack as well, and regardless of the bearhug, she now began a slow steady grinding of her own breasts against Vixen�s in an attempt to arouse her and see if she can force a sexual climax as she had with Tonya.

�Uh-Uh girl�, growled Vixen and she sharply tightened down on the bearhug cutting Carla�s breath down to almost nothing and deriving a small sense of satisfaction as she watched Carla�s eyes widen in sudden surprise and her mouth open and she tried desperately to get air in to her body. �Won�t be no grinding our bodies together if you can�t breathe now will there!?!� Vixen grinned wickedly as she felt Carla�s body trembling under the strain of her pressure and then the trembling started to grow as the little air she had became white hot little gasps of pain as lungs fought for air and she abandoned her breast grinding for the moment and threw her own power back in to the bearhug and outside grip, displaying some surprising strength in her frame, and her lips moved as if whispering something, though her words were far too soft for even Vixen to hear locked together as they were, though she could guess from past experience with humans.

�That right girl� Vixen was now sure of herself, �Pray to your gods for your so called divine help, you�ll get none from them against the likes of me!� and she tightened down a bit more on the hold and slid a leg behind Carla�s and hooking it started to lean in and bend her foe backwards. �Feel the pain and the burn? I�m going to enjoy taking you apart, and then when you are broken and my prisoner and back in the base, I�ll be the one bragging and not Tonya or Siren or Lash about who the better woman is, I�ll have as prisoner the one who beat Tonya and killed Shari, and if I can convince Sarah I earned it, you�ll feel these arms locked around you when it�s time to die as I crush the breath from you for the final time as your executioner.� A final sharp jerk and a sharp and short gasp and scream escaped from Carla�s lips as she strained and tried desperately for air, her duel was going sour here and she needed to regain control and fast or she would become a prisoner back at the base again, and she was not so certain she could pull off a similar escape a second time.

Taking a page from Vixen�s own little tricks of sudden blows, Carla returned the favor, not so much with a head butt but with one of her legs now hooked behind her, her groin was wide open and she snapped her knee hard in to there and scored solidly and heard Vixen gasp and her own eyes snapped wide open in shock and pain and her knees crumbled and they both fell backwards Carla going to be under due to Vixen�s back breaking press but a hard twist brought them around and Vixen landed on the bottom instead with Carla on top and her own air exploded from the dual impact of their bodies. Briefly stunned by the rapid sequence of blows and a reversal, Vixen�s own tight grip slipped and opened and Carla was ready for it, her own arms unlocking and free of a possible pinning action she drove them between Vixen�s arms and recaptured the inside grip and started to pour the pressure on now in turn and also quickly grapevined their legs and spread them in an attempt to keep Vixen from rolling them over and her regaining the top.

Using her regained advantage and with Vixen under her Carla crushed down on her own bearhug seeking to wind the lithe Amazon under her as well as returning to the breast grinding action in an attempt to arouse and stimulate her, get her breathing even harder as her hoped for erotic responses kicked in allowing her to weaken the foe even further. Vixen however was just as determined to take this fight, her arms locking tightly around Carla she poured her strength in to the dangerous hold and held little back intent to leave Carla weakened and gasping for air and unable to continue, and was rewarded as she hear her foe�s breath slow to short gasps and wheezing even though her own was in a similar manner highly restricted.

The struggle started to twist, writhe and roll across the dirty mats as both sought the top and secured it several times trying to use weight to their advantage and Carla found it necessary to more or less abandon the sensual attack and concentrate on the crushing bearhug instead, her lips twitching with a song on her lips that puzzled the woman she fought, and she managed to persevere, and made Vixen wonder how she could, little realizing that Carla had her own special regenerating abilities just like she did, and the two were now both using them to try and stay as little damaged as possible even as they slowly wore each other down and arms complained of strain and ribs screamed of bruises and straining rib bones both were inflicting to each other.

Slowly it seemed like Carla was gaining the edge, though each time she started to try the breast assault again, her foe would use the brief opening to recapture the inside arm grip and Carla had to fight to regain the inside grip and keep them more or less equal. As the dangerous duel continued, the third woman had watched carefully for treachery and almost missed the fact the sands had run their course and was empty for almost a minute before she realized it and quickly turned it over and called loudly, �Thirty minutes have passed, thirty to go!�

It was the words Vixen was waiting for, with the restrictions removed, she reefed up on the hold, willing to crush her foe out and take advantage of it and almost blew it as Carla had her own plans and unwinding their legs while she was under them, she slammed a knee hard to her foe�s groin getting a half strangled scream of pain and a near stunned reaction from the unexpected assault It was the hoped for opening as the arms loosened and she drew in several deep breaths to recharge her lungs and went at the same instant to the breast attack and ground fiercely upwards against Vixen with her own and then rolled them yet again to get on top, her arms tightening further, Vixen�s air almost stopped and the grinding breasts finally showing some effects, though at a much lower level than Carla had hoped for. By then Vixen had recovered enough and had resumed her own crushing embrace and again it went to the slow attrition, but Carla had an edge by now, and despite the rolling again for Vixen to reclaim the top, she was showing signs of arousal, and Carla tried to push that point harder. It looked to be working but very slowly as the critical minutes passed and their bearhug dual assault found itself to the forefront yet again.

Twice more Carla managed to get them to a point where she could work the breast attack a minute or three but each time Vixen countered it and while clearly aroused, she was not close to the climax as the sands ran out and the third gal called, �Time�s up, one hour has passed!� For several seconds the two continued their struggle but then Carla tapped the shoulder of Vixen and called, �No winner it appears, let go girl!� Vixen was tempted to continue fighting, but had enough sense to not, they were still in close quarters and one word by Carla or the other woman and the rest would come running and she was not at her best right now to handle all those women, she could well lose in the end. Slowly the two women rose to their feet easily within striking distance of each other and the desire to continue was in both their eyes but then Carla took a slow step back, frowning a bit. �No winner this time, though I could see I was having an effect on you, just not as intense an effect on you as it had been with Tonya.�

Carla�s open bluntness and statement surprised Vixen somewhat, she had been expecting Carla together her women and then retreat or more likely attack her, but there seemed little animosity there, though Vixen could sense it in her adversary and also curiosity about her, something she also shared. �Why would you actually seek us out to risk it all when we are easily superior to you, you know despite our lower numbers we are better than you, and in the end we shall win out and defeat you all.� It was half boast and half statement and it sparked some anger in Carla�s eyes. �Your people have done much damage, but you also know there are many of us who refuse to just surrender and will fight, and more are slowly rallying to our cause. We will find ways to defeat you it was why I risked this venture to try and find a weakness in you. I could have tried it under more forceful conditions, but I want you to also see that we are willing and able to put it all on the line to ensure the defeat of your people!�

Strong words from Carla, and despite herself, Vixen suddenly felt some kind of warmth and even trust of the woman that stood before her, in her mind a fleeting image of her own file she had been looking at, also a dark haired and powerful beauty like the one before here appeared a brief moment, and mostly by impulse or perhaps a flash of insight, Vixen saw in Carla a possible way to save herself and the other from the blonde purebloods, but to do so would also mean a betrayal of them that if discovered before they could escape, would mean their destruction even earlier than had been planned for them, and Vixen found herself not wanting to be destroyed just because she was not a blonde.

Nor did she want to see her friends destroyed either, the image of Jet fighting for her suddenly flashed before her eyes and she knew she had the evidence now to convince even her that they were in real danger, and perhaps, just perhaps the woman standing before her could be their salvation, but it also meant revealing things she knew if found out would result in her own destruction in a very painful manner for betraying the purebloods.

Looking at Carla she felt her resolve firm up, and she said, �You want information, let me give you some more, but it will cost you as well, a service for a service and you may not be willing to meet my demand for it. Carla looked curious at this and also skeptical, �Why would you be willing to exchange that information, you�re not like us, you want us dead!� Vixen knew she had to answer that and put it all on the line, her instincts told her anything less and Carla would refuse. Her words came out slowly at first as she started to reveal the differences between the blonde purebloods and herself and the other dark haired women and of the developing rift between them, and the planned destruction of them to create a pure blooded race of blonde super powered women. The revelations made Carla look very grave and provoked a gasp from the other woman as the details were revealed, including the fact that they could be cloned and replacements made in a matter of weeks if the first was destroyed. For Carla, she suddenly had a flash of a vision of a half dozen Shari�s who she destroyed marching down a dirt road all bent on destruction and it caused an involuntary shudder in her. Looking at Vixen, she said, �OK you told us all this but without a price agreed to, what did you have in mind?�

Vixen stopped short, she had in her haste divulged her secrets without negotiating and now Carla had an advantage over her she may not be able to use, but she looked Carla in the eyes and said, �I want our people to escape here if possible, I want you to arrange for us to be taken back to the mainland and a way found to for us to hide from the purebloods and in exchange we will tell all, and fight on your side, or at least I will once I�m free of here.� Carla�s eyes narrowed as she considered the request and said, �You offer a lot but for now we traveled light, the best we can do is take one now as I will not risk leaving any of mine behind.� Her eyes looked the woman before her over and she added, �Yet you spoke as if you would not be leaving, did I misunderstand you?� Vixen shook her head in denial, �I want out, but not yet, there are others I want you to take Jet this trip, she�s our best fighter among ou people and described her as best as possible.

The description of Jet�s dark skin provoked unpleasant memories in Carla of Shari, and she was not sure if this dark skinned one would be any better and said as much. Vixen heard the tension and said, �She�s extremely powerful, but she trusts me as well, if I tell her to trust you, she will. Please, take her first and I will check the beach every week or so hoping to hear from you again to have others escape as well, I will be last to go, my betrayal of the purebloods by telling you all this is a guaranteed death sentence so I�d rather the others escaped first before they become suspicious or somehow learn of how the others disappeared.�

Carla seemed to think long and hard and finally sighed, �You ask a lot of us to do and accept sight unseen and without any way to confirm what you said is true. But I am willing to take a chance if she is, we will stay hidden along the beach for up to two days and the next two night coming, after that we return with or without her, and for her to return with us, I want to test her as well, partially in a manner I tested you and partially to test a different theory that will push her severely, but if she wants the escape, she must allow it to proceed!� Vixen nodded acceptance. �I�ll try and arrange for her and me to both come out together in that time, but the purebloods may not like the idea of us both out at the same time, if you see the one described as I did with me, you will know it�s her and she is willing, if she betrays me and reveals me to the purebloods instead, I will try and get her to come alone and in turn try and trick her in to saying I was sick, and you should consider that a sign of her being too dangerous to let live as she will have betrayed both your people and us hybrids both and be using herself as bait for a trap to lure you out in to a capture.�

It seemed to be the furthest either was able to do for now, and the two agreed to proceed with the clock ticking, by nightfall the following night they would either have this Jet person with them, or have killed her, and be fleeing the isle as quickly as they could, the plans of Vixen apparently a failure. With all possible arrangements done, Vixen led the way out and then did something more as the approached the breach in the wall when she turned back to Carla and said, �I want you to know that this place is trapped, we have a couple cameras on the entries here as well as a couple of ground sensors. I could have led you through them, but I didn�t and the others would have been here while we fought, and you would have been our prisoner like it or not, you and your friends here.� Carla smiled and said, �No we wouldn�t.� and turned to one of the woman and said �Shenny show her.� The woman in question smiled and reaching in to a pocket pouch pulled out and showed her a couple pieces of wire that came from the main relay terminal and said �Looks like some animals got in and chewed on the wire and broke it. Or that is what it will look like when they see the wire I replaced this with, none of the sensors can relay anything right now as the relay station is completely off now.� Vixen had to stop and marvel at the ingenuity of Carla and her crew, they had come prepared and apparently knew enough about surveying equipment to identify and pull off this stunt and her estimates on the resourcefulness of Carla and her group went up a notch.

Both women departed to head their respective ways, and within an hour Vixen was back at the lair, and the first thing to come her way was Sarah and she growled, �About time you got back from your little stroll around out there! How can you tolerate all that sunlight, I�ll never know, but your about to get a lot more of it! The sensory net down at the human resort has died, take a repair kit and go fix it, I want it back up and running before nightfall!� Vixen did her best to suppress her smile knowing full well what the problem was, having seen it herself already, and asked permission to bring Jet with her as well as there had been some wild animals in that area of late if the animal prints she had seen were any indication and she could use her strength in case one of them attacked while she worked on the system. Grunting in acknowledgement, Sarah gave her permission and Vixen prepared a toolbox with necessary tools and replacement parts, and also slipped in a portable viewer and copies of the talk of what she had seen and heard on the security monitors and then sought out the bigger woman and told her their mission and the two soon set off down the beach towards the resort.

As they walked keeping close to the trees for a couple miles, Vixen stayed silent as she tried to figure how to best tell Jet what the reality was and decided to go with as much of the truth as possible. Stopping just under a large shade tree at the edge of the sand, she began by telling Jet of the alarming discovery of their planned destruction, and got the expected snort of derision, but after she showed the portable player and the conversation of Siren and Lash, she was a lot more open to listen to Vixen�s words, but also said. �What can we do, we are bound here by their rule and no way to leave here, when our time comes, we�ll have to go even if we don�t want to.�

It was the opening that Vixen had hoped to hear from her friend and then told her about Carla and that she was on the isle and what had happened between the two of them. Alarm went across the face of Jet and she reached for her earpiece and Vixen jumped her hand with both hers and started to plead, �Don�t turn us in, she is against the purebloods as well, not so much against us, she would be willing to help us escape in exchange for us helping them as well, she has said she would do what she can to let us live on the mainland free of the purebloods and free of the threat of being destroyed by their hatred of us!� Jet�s own eyes were hard and she could have overpowered Vixen�s lighter form and still touched the earpiece, but she stopped and her voice was gruff as she said, �Little one, you know you are smarter than I, and I respect you for that, let�s talk to this woman who seems to have tamed you with words and see if she can do the same to me, but if I feel she is tricking us all, I will send the alarm and I will do my best to destroy them and you for this betrayal!�

Vixen nodded accepting that and said, �I think we can trust her, but like you want to test her, she will also test you, as she tested me as well. I beg you to allow the test, she will fight you, but she fights in a way that is strange and has honor, something the purebloods know nothing about.� It seemed to make the frown fade from Jet, but the suspicious look was still on her face and she just said, �Let�s go meet this woman� and turned and continued down the beach without waiting for Vixen to respond.

A few miles later they came up to the point where Vixen had met Carla and again she stepped from the woods, not alone this time but with most of her group as well, weapons were out but down, and Vixen decided to try and push the matter a bit and she barked out, �Weapons down, we are here peacefully for now, but there is still mistrust on my friend�s behalf!� It was a warning with a double edge, and Carla read them both and with a hand signal, the others sheathed their weapons and signaled for the remaining few to also come out so there were no additional surprises that might upset the delicate balance they had for now.

Jet looked over Carla and she could see her fitness as well as the fitness of the others but also recalled the data files of Carla and the fact she had defeated Tonya, and killed Shari, another black woman like herself and that left a bit of a bad feeling with her, there were just a couple of the dark skinned classes in the system, and she did not enjoy the fact that the woman before her had killed one of them and she said as much right out in front of them all hoping to goad Carla in to starting something right then and there to allow her to send the alarm in.

Carla smiled, with her best disarming smile she could muster though her own eyes sparked in anger, a fact that Jet also noticed but then her words threw the big woman. �If you are aware of the situation as I was being the one who fought her, she had killed many of our people, was going to kill more and challenged me to a death fight. She challenged me, not the other way around, and I don�t just lie down and die, not for her or anyone else! Most people won�t, it�s in us all to fight and rebel against those who oppress as your group wants to and in the end, your group�s actions will cause us to rise up and over throw you all and force you to either release us and leave us alone, or else die out in a war that you can�t hope to win as the numbers of free women will keep rising and you will fall by sheer numbers in time unable to stop us all.� Carla paused, her own anger clearly showing but then her voice calmed and she said, �Vixen told us how the blondes or what you call purebloods want to destroy you and others like the two of you, you don�t deserve to be among them and I may be willing to offer you a way from this isle, this day and night, but it comes with a price tag. Even among us, when dangerous stakes are at risk, and this is a war we are talking about, we don�t give aid freely to possible enemies. I want to test you on a personal level to see your strengths and weaknesses on a physical level in exchange for bringing you back with us. Once on the mainland, you will be secluded away from most other humans until we are certain you can act well among them and we make enough of them aware of whom you are and that you are on our side, and not the side of Tonya and her like!�

Carla�s own eyes seemed to show hot ire in her green eyes and they seemed to have a strange light in them as she said. �Vixen has discovered I am willing to keep my word, she has met me and she tested herself against me and we fought to a draw, and she walks freely now, not a prisoner, and not too bad for wear and tear either I might note. If you choose to stay with the purebloods she will no doubt flee with us rather than be taken and destroyed at once, but she also knows honor, she asked me to take you from here first, before even her, when she could have just disappeared with no clue as to what happened. We can do this for you, but I want information in exchange for helping you escape, first here in a private testing between us and then later on the mainland, where you tell us more about our mutual enemies these purebloods.�

The admission that Vixen wanted her to escape first was a detail Jet had not been told and she swung around on Vixen and she demanded, �You had a chance to already leave and told them to let me escape first?!? Why!�

For once, Vixens own words were sure and certain this time and she met Jet�s eyes without fear as she said, �Because I respect you, among us hybrids you are a leader as well and certainly better than that bitch Sarah, I want you free of here, and possibly others as well if they will go with these people, I want us hybrids to survive and be free, not destroyed on a whim because they don�t like our looks and feel threatened because we can do better than them in some things. You can be a leader among the freed hybrids and rally others to our cause but you must first escape from here to do that.� Vixen�s voice took on a pleading tone as she found herself adding a begging tone to her voice, �Please Jet, you�re the best chance we hybrids have of long term survival. I can see this, and I can also see in this Carla the chance to make this happen, we can be a free people. Accept her offer, and let her test you, and go with her if you can!�

Several long seconds passed and then Jet swung slowly back to Carla, �OK where do we go for this testing, I want to know the details first before I accept, Like Vixen here, I also want to live, but I also mistrust you because of what you have done. Earn my trust if you can, that will be my test of you!� the last words were strongly emphasized and Carla didn�t miss that point and pointed down the beach towards the resort area and told her they would do it there, and without further word to the two amazons there, she gave quiet orders to her own group to follow her and started towards it allowing Jet and Vixen to follow behind, deliberately allowing themselves to be sneak attacked if either decided they wanted to, and a couple of Carla�s team did as they walked glance back as if half expecting an attack, before looking forward again.

The walk to the resort took another hour to reach as they did not push a fast pace and they were there by mid afternoon. Once again, Carla dispersed her women except a couple who stayed with her and led Jet and Vixen inside the old gym building where Carla and Vixen had dueled only that morning, and turning to Jet, Carla said, �I tested Vixen in one thing that was regarding their sexual sensuality of your women and we both gained a lot from that, I don�t want to test you on that as well, but rather on something else to better expand our knowledge of your people, are you willing to allow this?� Jet�s own eyes narrowed and she demanded to know what the test was and Carla pointed first at Jet�s massive legs and then at her own and said, �You know the one you call �Lash� she and I fought in a dueling leglock, I offer you the same challenge and hold against me, one hour time limit to see if either of us can force the other to surrender. In exchange, I will allow you to ride with us back to the mainland, though the ride will be slow and not very easy over a couple days time. Once there I will have you taken to my private land to live for the time being while I get more information from you, and make arrangements for you to be accepted among the mainland people, will you allow this?�

Jet frowned; she had heard the briefing of the aborted attempt at the sugar fields in which both Tonya and Lash had suffered a loss at the hands of Carla and another woman, and also the duel that Carla had been in. Her own legs and strength she knew was better than Lash�s and if Lash had been able to keep her as long as she had with no loss until she had been double teamed, she was certain she could force this Carla person to surrender, even if the win would be pointless as win or lose she would be leaving the area, but she also wanted to see just what was so special about this woman who had killed Shari, and she half growled her agreement to the duel.

Vixen cut in at this point however and said, �They know about the sensor break, they sent me to repair it and I used that to get Jet to come along in case we ran in to any of the hunter cats that tend to roam this area and revealed all to her, but I need to get that fixed now or they may soon send another to see what�s taking us so long or try and contact us to see why the delay.� Carla nodded and called for Shen to be brought in and told her to show Vixen where the wires had been broken and the two left along with another of Carla�s crew. Vixen looked a bit nervous with two of them, but knew what she had to do, and if these two with her tried anything that ruined it for them, she would signal an alarm at once and screw the possible escape for them.

While the three of them left, Carla indicated the mats, but then asked Jet to remove her uniform and strip down, this immediately got Jet bristling and she didn�t want to do it, her own built in training rebelling at the idea of nudity, but Carla was likewise firm in her demand. �Look, I know all about that uniform you wear and the fact it helps you avoid damage and makes you stronger, this is to see how you react without those enhancements, just as you will fight me with none either.� Carla dropped her voice and she took on a tone similar to the one she had used earlier on both Tonya and Lash, saying, �Unless of course you feel you need those extra enhancements to beat me one on one as I am. However, that would also make me think you and the others may have power and muscles but need much more to be able to do anything on your own, is that what it�s really all about?!?�

The implied insult worked as Carla had hoped for and Jet sneered, �I don�t need this gear to take you apart!� she started to undo the top and soon had it and the bottom off as well and stepped forward fully nude her own voice a growl as she pointed at her own legs and then Carla�s and said �Take a real long look at raw power girl, I�m much better than that bitch Lash is and you couldn�t take her either, let me show you what I can do so let�s get this on!� Carla indicated the other remaining woman who held the half hour sand glass and explained her purpose and then slowly locked her in to the hold, this time, unlike with Lash, and despite the fact her foe�s legs were a lot more powerful, she made the hold legitimate and took time to explain the move and demonstrate it and as she did and arched Jet forward in to the back breaking hold, she called �Begin!� and then went as deep as she could drawing the big black woman even deeper and getting a hard grunt from her as she took it and then started at once to power play the hold and straighten Carla out for the forced roll over to gain the advantage.

Within a minute, Jet had Carla under her and began to work the hold and also trash talk her about how she was going to suffer, but all she got were small gasps and groans from the sultry islander woman, she was saving her breath for now and concentrating purely on the struggle and trying over power Jet�s better position instead. Straining visably, she slowly forced Jet flat as well and with a lithe twist of her body, managed to roll Jet back under and start working her a bit longer and harder this time, before Jet was able to reverse them again and regained the top. Slowly the duel of the two women carried them across the mat, rolling sometimes one way and sometimes the other. , in each case they spent between two and three minutes controlling and punishing the other and then another minute or so fighting the flattening when they could not do so much damage before a reversal occurred and the struggle�s control shifted back and forth time and again. Jet was hurting but her regenerative process was for the most part handling the damage though it was slowly starting to be overcome by the frequent on and off of the strain and pain as they tried to get the edge over each other. Then the woman with the timer called the half hour and turned it over, with half the time gone, Carla started her special chant quietly to herself drawing from within her, her unique abilities to counter the damage she was taking and to draw some extra strength as well. Her unique abilities seemed to be kicking in for her as well, as the next ten to twenty minutes passed, Carla started to hold the time actually in control, a few seconds longer each time, and to arch Jet a bit deeper, as she seemed to be slowly building up a resistance to the power of Jet�s brute force, and in the process, she was frustrating her dark skinned opponent to no end.

The big black Amazon, was getting very pissed off at being unable to subdue Carla, confident she could have her screaming for the duel to end inside ten minutes, maybe fifteen tops, the fact three quarters of an hour had passed and she seemed to be able to take it still though she was sweating profusely from her own struggles even as she was had surprised her and stopped her trash talk and she concentrated more on fighting to stay on top and draw the woman under her deeper, determined she would make Carla yield. The woman was definitely gasping now quite a bit and the haggard look on her face told her that she had to be close to her limits, and she still endured as she twisted them over yet again and once more got Jet under her and threw all she had in to a back wrenching thrust that had her cry sharply before she began to fight it and get the roll over yet again.

She was just rolling Carla back under when Vixen returned, the repairs done and watched as they struggled and began to call for Jet to take Carla in encouragement, and Jet helped by Vixen�s verbal, support went for a very fierce thrust that got a very loud scream from Carla and she shook her head in denial and Jet thrust again and again certain she almost had the woman when the timer called the duel was over and showed the sand glass had run it�s course. Jet was pissed, she was so close to making the woman cry her surrender and didn�t want to stop, but Vixen and the other was coming forward and they began to untangle the locked legs and managed to get them released after a few false starts and both women sat up with a gasp and felt both their legs as well as the back gingerly as the remaining pain racked both. Both women needed help to get to their feet and they both staggered and would have fallen had they not had support, but Carla was grinning with a lopsided smile, despite the pain clearly evident on her face and she could not resist a taunt at Jet, �I told you that you would not take me easily!� But then she stopped smiling and became very serious. �I did get some of the information I had hoped for from that and will add it to bits and pieces of other I will be gathering. Her voice became very sober as she continued, �As for leaving this island, I made you a promise, and you can return to the mainland with us, but first we need to throw your friends off your trail a bit and for that you must follow me to an area close to this resort.�

Jet for her part was curious, she knew about the transmitter in her skull, all the elite knew about it and all they had to do was tune in to her signal and they would know she was still alive, and said as much to Carla. She in turn nodded, and said, �That�s why we will fool them if possible so they won�t bother to.� And gave them a follow me as she gathered the rest of hers and went back out the breach. Avoiding the sensors of the area they went maybe 150 yards deeper in to the woods where they stopped and Carla using a broken branch, showed them all where a large patch of quicksand was, and then nodding at two of the women in her group, they suddenly went at each other and started to mock fight and rolled around in the brush right at the edge of the quicksand, knocking a lot of the brush and plants down before a signal from Carla said it was enough. Another as they stepped aside had drawn out what was a stuffed hunting cat foot and made a number of indentations here and there in the softer dirt with emphasis close to the edge of the quicksand.

Now Carla turned to Jet and said, we need your communicator. Leave it and several of your own footprints near the edge of the quicksand, and then also use this small knife and cut yourself, allow some blood to be spilled as well, we are making it look here like you got in to a fight with a killer hunting cat and you both went in to the quicksand to a messy death. Jet liked the idea, and she dropped the earpiece near the edge and did as she was asked, and then as one of the women added a bandage to the cut for now, the whole group single file left the immediate area to hide their trail as best as possible until near the wall, and it was time for Jet and Vixen to say their good byes, at least for now and then Jet departed with Carla�s group cutting across the isle and staying in fairly deep cover the entire way, but not before Carla gave Vixen her own orders and role in the deception, telling her �Wait a few minutes for us to get well clear of the immediate area, then use your own communicator unit and send the alarm in, tell them you can hear Jet and a hunter cat fighting in the woods nearby and to send help. Let them or you if it looks like they may try and scan for her find the gruesome discovery of the quicksand. Once they believe she is dead and deep down in that quicksand, they will likely not bother to try and recover her since you said she is set to be destroyed, they�ll just leave her and think they just got over easy and won�t have to deal with her destruct any more, and we should probably get away free and clear.�

Vixen whistled in admiration of the ploy and nodded acceptance and the parties departed directions with Carla leading her group and setting a loping pace that was half jog and half run to get away from this area as fast as possible. Minutes later, Vixen touched her earpiece and began her own act sending the alarm to the base of the fight in progress. As Carla had predicted, those still there came quickly with several members of the members and a quick search found the �fight scene and her �lost� communicator. Lash was more than happy to discover this detail and spit on the quicksand and growled in Vixen�s general direction, �Too bad she bought it this way, I would have enjoyed watching her be recycled, but there will still be you when that day comes.� Vixen bristled but kept her piece, they were too close to the quicksand and there may yet be an accident for her if they decide to send her in as well to join Jet down in the muck. Pocketing the communicator, Lash led the group back towards the lair, and Vixen went with them a small sigh of relief as the apparent bait was taken, and Jet would get free of the isle.

For Jet, the journey was definitely not the easiest for her, the boats were not built for her larger frame, and the fact there were seven now to ride in two boats meant for six. One of the women had to crowd on to another one to accommodate her larger size and they had to share food meant for just them and not her own voracious appetite, one that got worse as the couple days of sailing back to the mainland left her without her usual blood and nutrients, Jet did insist and Carla agreed to a very fast and local hunt near the boats, and managed to bag a wild boar, quickly butchering it for the bloody neat and saving as much loose blood as the gutted it and cut it up to supply Jet with a partial substitute for her usual fare, the food carried by Carla and company being a offered a poor substitute at best. However, they managed to get back to the mainland two days later thanks to some co-operating winds, and with that part of the journey done; Carla with two of her women escorted Jet inland to her private cabin and arranged for her to stay there for a while.

The trip paused a couple times while Jet �hunted� wild animals for their fresh blood. It was no where close to what she really needed, as it lacked what was in human blood, but it would do for now. Sending for her full team of close to thirty women, the following day, they would within two days have a space cleared next to Carla�s own cabin, and a similar simple log cabin rose quickly from the bare ground, built for Jet to live in rather than have to share Carla�s own.

As they departed back to their own homes, Carla turned to Jet and said more formally, �Welcome to the mainland, I hope you are one of the first we get to join us here in a fight against our mutual enemies. In a couple days I will be heading to the nearest village to start arranging for your acceptance to the local community. We do however have some unfinished business of getting more useful information from you, and something else I might add. . . .�

Jet frowned a bit, her mind going back over the last few days and trying to recall what she may have missed or forgotten that Carla was referring to, she knew the information gathering would start soon, and she was admittedly reluctant to part with such information, her in bred training kicking in there as well as the almost constant stressing of loyalty to the pureblood group, but she resolved to fight that feeling, helped in good part as she recalled the animosity and hatred of the purebloods to her. Jet was willing enough but could think of nothing else she agreed to and said as much. Carla nodded in confirmation, and replied. �All too true, and we will be discussing what information you can part with about your enemies and ours. However, we are alone for now, and I seem to recall how frustrated you were when the time ran out on our little duel.�

A slow smile touched Carla�s lips and she added, �Since I won�t be leaving for a couple days, and expect no one visiting here either, care for a rematch? No time limit this time however, we stay locked until we do have a real winner, care to see if you can make me submit before I get you to?!?� It was in typical Carla style, bold and brash, but in a way it was also the sensible action as well. Instinctively, Carla knew the only way to gain the respect of this woman was to take her on in fair and honorable combat, and defeat her. No cheating, no tricks, or at least none she would realize was one she was using against her, and defeat her in order to impress her enough that she would willingly follow her as her leader.

A similar smile split Jet�s face, she had indeed been frustrated, because there was no clear winner and was certain she almost had Carla that last time back on the isle, now the woman was offering her a rematch of that same struggle, and this time there would be no silly timer to stop them, there would be a clear winner this time, and she was determined this time she would be the victor.

As the two walked in to Jet�s new cabin and closed the door, the main room was very sparsely furnished with just built wooden furniture, while the second smaller room held nothing for now except a couple of oil lit lanterns mounted on the wall. These Carla lit, and the two began to undress once again in preparation for the duel, but Carla�s mind was also on Jet�s other problems. Something had to be done about her blood needs; she could not have human blood sent on a regular basis there without tipping her hand as to Jet�s presence too soon. There was also the matter of the transmitter in her head, sooner or later, that also had to be dealt with. If the stories of recloning were true, another Jet would eventually appear, or a different but similar model that used the same frequencies, and when it happened, her own would respond as well and give away her still living existence.

Carla knew that medical sciences were one of the fields of knowledge that had not disappeared in the chaos of the wars those centuries ago, though it had barely advanced as well since then. There were women and men out there skilled in neurosurgery, who could go in and probably remove the transmitter, and that would resolve the one problem. The other, she had a few ideas of her own that used her own unique healer skills. If she could get Jet, or Vixen to agree to let her experiment on them, she might be able to remove that taint from her blood and let her be able to survive on just regular meat and blood rather than human.

Putting a brief pause on that train of thoughts, Carla started as she realized Jet had called her name, she was stripped and ready to fight, and Carla was just partially stripped, she had stopped while she was considering things, and with a sheepish grin, she quickly finished the task and stepped forward and started to set them up in to the hold. The thick wooden outer walls of the cabin did quite well in keeping sounds both out and in, no one even close to the outside of the wall would have heard the initial screams of pain that soon came from inside as the duel began, and would then continue for the next several hours.