Disclaimer: Even in my wildest dreams I do not own the Power Rangers. They are property of Saban. The only characters I own is Deceptra, Caldena, Skylar, Shadow, Lord Mirabilis, and Kugarian.
Note from Shadow: The events in this story have no relation to any version of Conquest of Evil
The Ladies of Onyx
By David Knight
1975 BC
The planet Onyx. The headquarters of the UAE. Other than that the place really has nothing else offer. There are a few small settlements here and there but nothing really interesting at all. In fact those that live on Onyx or visit it, are very irritable and tense. Its as if they don’t know anything else other than just fighting battles and bullying others.
A reason for this being is because of two Mephistians called Darkonda and Kugarian who have reign over the bandits on Onyx. Kugarian was a tyrant through and threw believing that in order to be evil that monsters had to always be mean and ready to attack. Darkonda kept his own views private but did enjoy his partner’s torture sessions on ‘traitor’s to evil.
Another reason was because of the missing female element in the world of evil. It is mostly a male dominated business. With Rita in a dumpster, the warrior Scorpina in stone, and with few female monsters even being created to begin with, evil was pretty much on a stagnant slump for most.
All of that is about to change.
In the middle of the Endless Desert a shining portal opened up.
Out of that portal comes out Impostra, Deceptra, and Maronda, with Maronda was carrying over her shoulders four large chests which contained all of their wealth accumulated on earth, the only things worth taking from earth with them.
“Now why did I get roped into hauling all of our belongings?” Maronda shot at her two sisters.
“Oh I don’t know. Because you are physically the strongest of us all. ” Deceptra smirked.
“Piss me off just once Deceptra and I’ll throw these chests at your head. ” Maronda warned her. “Can we just get moving already then?” The other two Gorgons started walking out into the desert. “I hate this. ”
About two hours later. . .
“God the sun. . . its completely hot as hell. . . ” Deceptra muttered as she was wiping her forehead of sweat when suddenly some of her scales fell off. “What the. . . ?”
“We’re part snake now remember. ” Impostra said as she shook her head and small blue chips came down and some of her own body scales fell off. “Its not life threatening to us but it is annoying to deal with. ”
“Yeah! Well is a real problem for me!” Maronda cried top of a dune as she then slipped and fell dropping the chests the ground with her. She finally stopped rolling when she reached her sisters. She had more scales missing from her body. “I swear the only thing thing that keeps me from screaming out bloody murder is that fact that any scales that I lose because of that damn sun I grow back not long after!”
“We’ve been walking in the sun for nearly two hours. You think there would be a town to see already. ” Deceptra muttered as she looked at Impostra. “I thought that portal spell was supposed to bring us to Onyx. ”
“And it did. . . it just doesn’t send us to a location close to any towns. ” Impostra said.
“That does it!” Maronda cried. “No more magic portals to get us anywhere! We were lucky enough that the portal to Earth worked! From now on we use more conventual’s means of transport. ”
Impostra crossed her arms. “Oh? And where pray tell are we supposed to get that?”
The sounds of horses could be heard just then.
“. . . you were saying sister. ” Deceptra quipped.
“Deceptra can it! Fly and find out where those horses are!” Maronda shouted.
“Don’t harp on me Maronda. ” Deceptra replied as she flew up in the sky to look for their possible prey. She then spotted a carriage, a rather good looking carriage in a small distance away. “Found it! Its just a couple of meters away!”
Impostra licked her lips. “Feeding time girls! Deceptra illusions if you would. ”
Deceptra smirked as she then focused her powers to creating an illusion of a terrifying creature was coming at him and was forcing the driver to make the carriage go in their direction. Maronda got up and smirked as she activated her necklace and then the driver was taken by her energy snake and brought into her necklace. “Sorry. But I’ve had a lousy day so I’ll just drain you here and now. ” Maronda had her necklace glow purple and the man inside soon became a skeleton which then turned into dust. Maronda shook her head. “What a weakling. Didn’t give a proper boost. I’ve know earth humans with more power in their bones. ”
Impostra then opened up the carriage and saw two scummy looking rat creatures holding onto jewels. One of them pulled out a blaster. “I don’t think so witch! Now I’m going to own you!”
“Own me. . . in your dreams vermin. ” Impostra smirked as her hair snakes zapped him before he could even blink and turned him to stone. Impostra then pulled out the stunned rat by the throat and he dropped his cash and fliers. Impostra saw them and then her eyes narrowed. She then picked the rat up. “What is this!”
“Ah. . . a slave auction that I was going to. . . ” the rat muttered before Impostra snapped his neck. As Maronda was putting their chests on top of the carriage Deceptra came over to her sister. “Okay you killed the rats. . . why?” Impostra put the flyer in her face and then she screamed. “Maronda! Get your butt over here!”
Maronda secured the chests and then came to her sisters. “What’s wrong?”
“This is. . . ” Impostra growled as she handed it to Maronda. The flyer read like this.
FEMALE SLAVE AUCTION!!! GET YOUR KICKS WHEN EVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR OWN SERVING GIRL!!!
Maronda just seethed. “I don’t believe this!!!”
“Its degrading!” Deceptra shouted.
“And I thought evil here was at least SOMEWHAT civilized. ” Impostra spat. “In the Uncharted Territories the only creatures enslaved are humans. Who would do such a thing!”
“A Mephistian called Kugarian. ” The Gorgon Sisters turned around and saw Lord Mirabilis standing behind them. “Impostra, I have come to collect the favor you owe me for your immortality. ” Impostra just stared at the Shadow Lord. “I want you to kill Kugarian and bring me his head. ”
Impostra blinked before smiling. “It will be my pleasure to do you this favor Lord Mirabilis. Do you know where we can find this bastard of a Mephistian?”
“If I told you that, it wouldn’t be that much a favor. ” Mirabilis replied. “Go south and only south for ten miles and you will reach a small settlement. Once you get there. . . find a way to get to Kugarian. ” Before they could speak Mirabilis turned around and then vanished into darkness.
“Nothing is ever easy in life. Even when you are gorgeous. ” Maronda sighed as Impostra got on the carriage and had Maronda and Deceptra get into the carriage. Impostra then took out her whip and smacked the horses. “Yah!” she shouted as the horses carried them off.
Gallifrey
Shadow materialized through the Shadow Vortex into a room cluttered with weapons of all shapes, sizes and types. He was looking for someone and then spotted his quarry: an old man in a blue overcoat and a ridiculous top hat working on a golden sword.
However this was just any old man and he wasn’t in any old room. Shadow was in the workshop of one of most secretive Time Lords in existence. A Time Lord who had been able to cheat death only by Rassilon’s will.
Melchior. The Weapons Lord.
“What’s this?” Shadow asked him.
“I call it the Sword of Light. It’s going to allow transfer of morphin powers from one person to another. I’ve been working on it for nearly a century. ” Melchior said.
“Nice. . . and MY order?” Shadow asked. Melchior, without turning away from his work, gave Shadow a list. Shadow read it and his eyes went wide. “You’re not going to even start on my order for another 575 years?!”
“Rassilon will have my hide if I don’t get all the OTHER job orders done before I do yours. Don’t worry though. I have never failed to meet a deadline. 395 years will be more than enough to get all five done. ” Melchior said. “Why don’t you go back to doing what you do best Shadow. . . trying to save lives. ”
“. . . are you SURE you aren’t the Doctor?” Shadow asked the Weapons Lord.
“If I was him you think I’d really would be doing Rassilon’s clean and dirty work?” Melchior asked.
Shadow sighed as he then left Gallifrey and went back home.
Back on Onyx, the Gorgon Sisters were now arriving at the location that was given to them by Lord Mirabilis. It looked pretty much like a town out of the old west only with no one in the streets. Impostra stopped the horses in the middle of the streets and told her sisters to come out. “Deceptra. Watch over our belongings while Maronda and I have a look around. ” she said
Deceptra nodded and with a ripple effect both she and the carriage disappeared. Maronda shook her head. “Show off illusionist. ”
“Now let’s start looking around Maronda. ” Impostra said. “We need to. . . ” Maronda then put her hand over Impostra’s mouth. “You hear that?” she asked.
“Hear what?” Impostra blinked.
“A woman is calling out like they are being tortured. ” Maronda said. Impostra grabbed her sister’s shoulder. “And how do you know?”
Maronda then pulled back some of her hair and adjusted her mask to reveal her ears. . . her pointedears.
Impostra stared at her. “Elvenears?!”
“I did some gene splicing on myself thirty years ago trying to keep my beauty last longer and enhance other physical attributes while we were at Hexuba’s Mansion and yes I used Elven bio code on myself. ” Maronda explained. “What? It’s not as if you didn’t try any hyper stimulants back then. ”
“Yeah but I didn’t try splicing!” Impostra returned.
“We’ll talk later. Right now we need to get to that lady. ” Maronda shot as she ran off.
“I hope your super hearing doesn’t become a curse for us. ” Impostra ran after her.
Maronda kept going until she heard the scream loud enough that even Impostra could hear it. They then made it to a place just seven buildings down.
They stopped as they saw four dark cloaked men holding some sort of rifles that shot out streams of fire.
Their target was a female blue skinned monster with white angel wings on her back. She wore a dark blue breast plate and wore a point golden eyemask. She was also in deep trouble considering she was on the ground.
“Ha! We got another one!” one of the men said.
“Kugarian is going to pay us big for this girl!” another said.
“I. . . won’t let you. . . ” the female monster groaned.
“Shut up wench. ” the third said as he pulled out a metal collar. “As of now your ass is ours. ” However a blue whip came out of no where and took the collar. “What the. . . ?”
“Correction. . . ” Impostra said coming out in front of them. “Your asses are OURS. ”
“Ours?” the fourth scoffed. “There’s only just you bitch!”
That’s all he said before he was zapped into Maronda’s necklace. “Guess again loser. Sister. Turn them to stone. ”
“My pleasure!” Impostra smirked as her snakes came alive and turned the other three to stone. Maronda looked into her necklace and smiled as she saw her captive saw what Impostra just did. “You have only one chance to survive. . . where is Kugarian hiding out?” Impostra spoke looking at the captive inside.
“I know where he is. ” the female monster groaned trying to get up but failed.
Maronda smirked. “Well then. . . guess we don’t need you anymore. . . well actually we need your lifeforce. ” Her necklace glowed purple as it sapped the spirit out of her captive turning him into dust but then it glowed green and the light shined out of her necklace and engulfed the female monster, whose eyes widened as she was being healed by the light. Maronda then helped her up. “Feeling better?” she nodded. “I’m Maronda. This is my sister Impostra. ”
“Icy Angel. ” the female monster identified herself. “I can’t thank you enough. Kugarian is becoming a menace here on Onyx but Dark Specter won’t do a thing against him directly. Kugarian’s got too much support with the old ways members of the UAE. ”
“You have some place we can talk?” Impostra asked.
Icy Angel nodded as she lead them close to where they came into town. They reached a place that resembled a saloon only seemed to use it any more. “Caldena. Where are you?” she called out.
“Right behind you with their sister. ” a voice spoke. All three monsters were surprised to see a puff of smoke appear before them and when it was gone there was Deceptra along with a pale skinned, pink haired woman in a very revealing red outfit. “You two must be Impostra and Maronda. Your Illusionist sister has told me a little bit about you. ”
Impostra stared at Deceptra. “I told you to stay with. . . ” Maronda then pointed to the four chests right beside Caldena and Deceptra. “. . . forget it. So lets talk now shall we. ”
All five women came together at a table and looked at each other as Caldena spoke. “Ever since that blasted mage Zordon dealt the UAE his greatest blow ever several millennia ago, there’s been a some what decline in the mentality of our people. At least in the males. ”
“They are becoming more egotistical with each generation. Each one believing they are superior to the other. ” Icy Angel said. “Now we aren’t saying ALL men are like this. . . it’s just the majority of them. ” Icy Angel said.
“And Kugarian is the one that is just making it worse isn’t he?” Impostra asked.
“That Mephistian has done more harm than good to the UAE. ” Caldena nodded. “And the female slave trade is only making things worse. However several of the older UAE high council members, like Duke Rygel are all for this. With Rygel supporting Kugarian, Dark Specter can’t directly move against him. ”
Impostra smiled. “Will this Rygel be at the slave auction?”
“Of course as will the rest of the old ways UAE members. ” Icy Angel nodded. “In fact Caldena and I, along with a few others, had been planning a chance to kill him or Kugarian at this. ”
“However we were all set up by one of our own a few days ago and all save myself, Icy, and two others were captured and then placed in the auction. ” Caldena sighed. “Fortunately the traitor didn’t live long to brag about her deception. ”
Impostra looked over at her sisters who smiled with her. “Stay here and protect yourselves. ” Caldena and Icy Angel just looked on at Impostra. “Tomorrow there’s going to be a change in the UAE. ”
The next day. . .
The crowd roared. There had not been a slave auction at Onyx in a long time. With the increased effort that the Council had been putting into interdicting convoys, the prices had skyrocketed on high quality slaves. Which was why this auction was all the more widely attended. A collection of female monsters and humanoids were being sold off. The Amazonians were the most naturally gifted magic users and manipulators of the Morphin Grid in the galaxy, which would be quite a nice addition to any villains cotre.
At the top on a platform over looking it all was Darkonda, who was behind a Mephistian who looked even more revolting than himself. This was Kugarian.
“How many have come Darkonda?” Kugarian asked.
“More than enough Kugarian. With this auction our profits will be beyond belief. ” Darkonda said.
Kugarian smirked. “Women are just useless creatures who have the wasted commodity of free will. I am doing them a favor by giving them purpose and meaning in their pathetic lives. . . and if I can profit from it. All the better. ” He then laughed as only a prejudiced bigot such as himself could.
The auctioneer brought out the first monster. She was china white and wearing flowing robes, with a large blue crystal encased in her forehead. Madam Woe carried herself regally, despite her situation. She would not allow these events to bow her haughty demeanor. Somehow she would find a way to free herself, and wreak her vengeance at all those who dared oppose her and put her through this. Her agile mind was already working on a number of plans to free herself and turn this situation to her advantage.
The reaction was mixed. Madam Woe was a beautiful and powerful monster, yes, but the slavers knew that she had an unbreakable will, and would never bend. She would always be on the lookout for a weakness to exploit. These monsters had not been slavers for so long because they were stupid. The price on her kept on going lower and lower, until one of the new additions bought her. She smiled to herself. This one would break in record time. . . she thought. The only thing that was keeping her from fighting back was that with all of these guards and in her restraints kept her from acting.
Madam Woe was lead off the stage and placed in a pool with her ‘owner’s’ other purchases. Many of the slavers began taking bets on how long the new kid would last with her in his hands. Not very long.
Another replaced her. A humanoid was brought onstage, an Amazonian. There was a collective intake of breath from everyone in the audience. She was the most beautiful thing that they had ever seen. To each she appeared as what they desired the most. She was a nymph, one of the most beautiful and fragile creatures in existence. Her magic enhanced her beauty to the point that she appeared to each as the object of their ultimate desires. Even fully robed, and with her face covered, the monsters felt themselves stirring at what they could picture underneath. The bidding started, reaching fifteen thousand zannibitars in minutes. Then the auctioneer yanked off her robe, leaving her clad in nothing but a transparent silken gown. In the courtyard, everything stopped for several minutes. That was as every monster present was nearly struck dead by her beauty. Then there was a mass assault on the stage, barely held back by the guards. In seconds her price had skyrocketed to a million zannibitars.
The Amazonian on stage however was disgusted. Her name was Skylar. She had opposed the treatment of her clan back home as well as her governments continue following of the old ways and joining a Council that was anything but clean.
She and her clanswomen were dealt away with quietly, exiled of the planet only to find they had been sold to slavers and were now about to be sold to these filth creatures.
Her eyes turned to the disgusting squid creature in elaborate flash robes and to others with him of different species but with similar clothes. The squid was Duke Rygel. . . and now he had just ‘bought’ her at 20 million.
~Isn’t there any creature even gives a damn about about trying to stop this kind of treatment not to mention strong enough to do something?~
Skylar thought as she was about given a slobbery kiss by Rygel.
However providence shined on her as an explosion came from the front, with bodies flying forward.
“What the hell is this?” Kugarian shouted in outrage.
It was then that the Gorgon Sisters came into the light.
“This auction and the female slave trade is hereby terminated effective immediately. ” Impostra shouted and then she looked up at Kugarian who was with Darkonda. “And as for you Kugarian, I’ll be taking your head off today. Make your pleas to the Dark One now so that your eternal torment won’t be so severe. ”
“You think I am going to be worried about a weak little bitch like you?” Kugarian laughed as did many of the men in the room.
Impostra smirked as she made her snake hair came alive and then turned 50 of the 500 men in the room into stone.
The laughter stopped.
“The only women you’ve ever fought against are those that never had the means to fight back or you ambushed. ” Impostra smirked. “Let’s see how well you do in an unfair fight for a change. . . Deceptra!”
“Come forth my minions!” Deceptra shouted as suddenly winged beasts came out from behind them.
“Ah! Cerebubisis dogs!” a slaver cried as the many beasts came at them. Kugarian then blasted at them and his shots when right through them.
“Ha! Don’t be afraid fools! It’s just smoke and mirrors!” Kugarian laughed.
“Yes but it was just the diversion. ” Deceptra said from below.
Kugarian’s eyes went wide after seeing where she was.
She was in the female holding pool. . . and she had just freed the female slaves and killed the guards.
“No! Stop them!” Kugarian shouted.
“My pretty lovelies!” Rygel roared. He ran straight forward at Deceptra only to get clotheslined down by Maronda. He stared at her in shock. “But I’m one of the physically strongest in the UAE!!! No woman can knock me down!”
“Pal. Get a reality check. ” Maronda then hoisted Rygel up by the neck and started to squeeze him she then saw Skylar and used her free hand to break apart her bonds. She then hit Rygel ten times in the gut before putting him down on the stage. “Here you go girl. Revenge is a dish be served when its fresh. ”
“I agree. . . ” Skylar smirked at Rygel. With her chains gone as well as her blockers, she was going to have a field day on the perverted Duke. “PSI-BLADE!!!” she made a crimson blade of energy come from her left fist and then she stuck the psychic blade right into his head.
Rygel screamed constantly as Skylar was driving him mad.
Maronda meanwhile was having a field day of her own. Thought Rygel was a head in the UAE, his friends had some more unique power in them. Power she wanted to absorb into her own essence. ~
With my necklace I guess you could say I’m like the Atavus, only I don’t need to feed off of life forces to survive. . . I do it for the sheer pleasure and power I get. ~
she smirked as she felt the power flowing through her though slowly. She then saw a guards man come at her and then she ducked out of the way. She then held up her necklace and looked at her three captives. “I’ll finish you three later. Right now I just want to enjoy this battle. . . SWORD OF STHENO!!!” She called out as a snake appeared in her hands and then formed into a purple blade with a snake like design. She then cut through her enemies and sword greedily took a part of their power with each hit. With their deaths the power absorption was permanent. Maronda laughed aloud when she saw the corpses of men mounting beside her.
“Well done. ” Madam Woe said from behind her. She was already retracting her own claws from the jugular of a young man as well as the man that had ‘bought’ her. “I was planning on breaking that one as soon as I was transported out of here. . . but I’m finding this to be a very enjoyable slaughter of the fools!” She laughed as she bowed in respect to Maronda. “I am Madam Woe, Mistress of the Arts of Ice and Water. ”
“Maronda, Spirited Gorgon of Power. I am one of the Gorgon Sisters. ” she returned.
“I have not heard of you before but I am honored to be fighting along side such a powerful warrior such as yourself. Are your sisters just as powerful?” Madam Woe asked.
Maronda smirked as she pointed behind them. Deceptra was having her fun using her illusions to make a hundred men fall victim to their fears and doubts by making them think they were there when they weren’t. However she was getting bored.
“BOW OF EURYALE!!!” Deceptra smirked as she made her bow appear. Green in color and looking also of snake design. She fired snake arrows at her enemies and when they hit they were turned to stone. “Fools. Against Deceptra, Winged Gorgon of Illusion, your fates were sealed the moment I arrived. ”
Kugarian meanwhile was running for his life. He was going to his escape ship when he saw Darkonda already there. “What are you doing?! Start my ship!”
“Time to die Kugarian. ” Darkonda smirked.
“What! Are you a traitor to me cousin?” Kugarian shouted.
“Kugarian!”
Kugarian turned around. . . to see Darkonda. As he turned back to face ‘Darkonda’, ‘Darkonda’ had placed his hand on Kugarian’s throat. “You are such a fool. To think you amassed this much control here on Onyx. ” ‘Darkonda’ spoke only the voice was female.
“Argh. . . ” Kugarian started moaning. “What. . . are. . . ”
‘Darkonda’ then changed into her true form. “I am Impostra, the Queen Gorgon of Shapes. And as I said before, you have pissed me off to no end. ”
“Kugarian!” Darkonda went running but then Maronda grabbed his arm.
“I don’t think so!” Maronda then pulled Darkonda to her and then picked him effortlessly. She then did two things so fast that Darkonda barely had time to register it.
Maronda broke his back over her left knee and she then snapped his neck. “Pathetic weakling. ” Maronda spat as she let Darkonda’s lifeless body fall to the ground.
“Hold him Maronda. ” Impostra tossed Kugarian over to Maronda who held him tighter than Impostra did. “WHIP OF MEDUSA!!!” Impostra cried creating a whip made out of a blue snake formed in her hands and she cracked her whip and it wrapped around Kugarian’s neck. “If you resist my snake will bite you and turn you to stone. Now move Kugarian. ”
Maronda and Impostra herded Kugarian over to the stage where the fighting had finally ended. Impostra smiled as she saw Caldena and Icy Angel had also come to join in their fun. A total of a group of five women had been able to get in and free the would be slaves and then turn the tables on the slavers. Skylar was already with Caldena and Icy Angel. ~
She must have been their inside girl until she got caught. She’s free now though. ALL of these women are free. ~
Impostra thought as she brought Kugarian to the stage and Maronda chained him to a pole.
“You can’t do this too me!” Kugarian shouted but then Maronda hit him so hard in his face that three teeth came out.
“Oh I bet that’s what all of these women said to you but you didn’t care at all. You just kept on beating on them. So why should we act any differently?” Maronda sneered.
“I say kill the bastard now!” Madam Woe shouted.
“Yeah!” An Amazonian shouted. Soon the room was filled with yells until Impostra shouted, “SILENCE!!!”
They all stopped. “What good will a quick death do for us! It will only mean he’s escaped torment. ” Impostra started and smiled evilly at Kugarian. “No. . . before I send him to death’s doorstep I’m going to make him pay first. Deceptra! How many slavers do we have still left alive?”
“Fifty. ” Deceptra asked. “Plus we still have nine UAE board members here. All of them followers of that blasted Rygel guy. ”
“What do you want to do with them sister?” Maronda asked.
Impostra smirked at Maronda. “Would you act as our executioner?”
Maronda grinned as she pulled out her sword. “I would be honored to make their heads roll before this bastard’s face. ”
“Then here’s how we are going to go about this. Deceptra will bring up each one up one at a time. Any one who wants to beat on them before Maronda beheads them. . . please come up to the stage and do so. ” Impostra smirked.
All the women in the room grinned.
Two hours and 59 beheadings later. . .
Kugarian was just trying not to cry out. He had already regurgitated twice thanks to what they did in front of him. Not to mention with each beheading Impostra gave him fifty lashes. He knew he was going to die. . . he just wish they would get it over with already.
“Just kill me and be done with it. ” Kugarian moaned.
“In good time. . . however. . . I’m going to let you die in the most painful and slowest way possible. ” Impostra then had one of her snake hairs come up and she then pulled that snake out. A new one started to grow in its place but the one she had plucked was very much still alive but was starting to look failing. “You see my snakes need to be attached to a living thing in order to survive. I’ve found that they can pretty much live anywhere. . . even inside a living body. ”
Kugarian just stared at Impostra in horror.
“My pet is placed by your ear, he will then enter your brain and start to eat on all the dulling centers of the brain so that you will only feel pain, very excruciating pain as he eats through you inside out and starts to drive you insane and then twelve hours from now. . . you will simply die. ” Impostra then looked at the women she had freed.
They looked upon her in awe. As if you were going to be a dominating evil female, this was the woman you wanted to be like. They had very few role models look to for a way to act evil.
Impostra had just filled that void.
“No. . no please. . . no. . . NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” Kugarian cried as felt the snake crawling inside him.
No one moved at all for at least an hour as they enjoyed his screams and decided to place him in another room so they wouldn’t have to listen to them. If they listened to the screams too long they would only become an annoyance.
Impostra was joined by Deceptra and Maronda on stage. “Well now. I trust you are all glad to be free aren’t you?”
A roar of approval.
“I know I am glad to have been the one to do so. Allow us to introduce ourselves. ” Impostra smirked. “We are the Gorgon Sisters. ”
“I am Maronda, the Spirited Gorgon of Power. ”
“I am Deceptra, the Winged Gorgon of Illusion. ”
“And I am Impostra, the Queen Gorgon of Shapes. We have set you all free because this was truly a barbaric custom. Slavery is grand but evil enslaving evil is wrong especially women!” Impostra shouted as she got approval from the crowd. “This world can have many opportunities for us. The town that my friends Icy Angel and Caldena come from is currently without a board of owners. We shall buy that town using these slavers own money to do so. We will turn that town into our haven, use it as our stepping stone here on Onyx to gain power and respect for women everywhere. We shall welcome in men as visitors but we women are the ones who shall control the city. ”
Impostra looked down at them all. “When I look at you I don’t see strangers, I don’t see women I don’t know, I see sisters. Sisters in the same cause as me. It is time for us to bond as a group, a society in secret from the UAE to fight for rights of women in evil and make sure we are made equals in legality to say the least while we shall prove to all that we ARE the dominant half of the species in the universe! Are you with me?” they yelled yes. “ARE YOU WITH ME!”
“YES!”
“Then let this day, the day we obliterated Kugarian, obliterated the slavers and obliterated the unethical practice of female slavery, become the birth date of. . . the Sisterhood!”
All of the females roared with approval.
12 hours later they bought the land legally and had a celebration toast in town square while watching Kugarian spasm himself all the way to death.
Maronda then beheaded him and put his head in the bag with other beheaded victims they head. She gave it to Impostra and smirked. “The future keeps on looking bright for us. ”
Impostra smiled at her. “Indeed it does. ”
Twenty four hours later. . .
Dark Specter was currently in the form of a black dragon when he felt a familiar presence come into the room. “Mirabilis. ”
Lord Mirabilis merely smirked as he held a bag in front of Dark Specter.
A blood soaked bag.
“A gift?” Dark Specter mused. Mirabilis made a table appear and he then empted the contents of the bag onto the table. What had been in there were seven heads. All of which Dark Specter knew. He smiled at this. “At last Kugarian and Rygel got what they deserved. With them and their followers out of the way, now I can move those that respect me and ONLY me into these. . . vacancies. However I was under the impression you don’t do work such as this. ”
Mirabilis smiled. “I didn’t. Someone else did. ” with that he vanished.
Dark Specter thought to himself. ~
Whoever you are. . . thank you. ~
Mirabilis now looked over the fallen Darkonda.
Perfectly still.
Perfectly calm.
And perfectly dead thanks to Maronda snapping his body and neck in two.
However I have need of you. . . for the future. Mirabilis thought as he took out nine bottles. These bottles contained nine souls. Mephistian Souls. “Evane Kenri Kouvra Retria!”
The souls then left the bottles and then entered the Mephistian. Moments later he woke up gasping for air. “Ahhh! Ahh!!!”
“You’ve been dead for twenty four hours Darkonda. How do you feel?” Mirabilis smirked as he looked over the confused Mephistian.
“Who. . . who are you?!” Darkonda cried.
“I am Lord Mirabilis. ” he said walking around Darkonda as if Darkonda was a kid and he was the teacher. “I have brought you back from death because you are needed to further the cause of evil in the future. Hence forth, I have given you nine lives. ” He then handed Darkonda a scroll which had nine figures of himself. “This will tell you how many live you have remaining. . . be careful with your new lives. . . for you will not have a TENTH life. ”
Darkonda bowed his head. “Thank you Lord Mirabilis. . . but what do you want in return from me?”
Mirabilis smirked. “Why excel at what you are good at Darkonda. . . become the biggest deceiver and backstabber in the galaxy. ” With that he sent Darkonda back to Onyx. ~
The things I do for evil. ~
With Kugarian dead, the ways of villainy from men was starting to return the ways it had been during the days of Rita Repulsa before being trapped into a dumpster. The Gorgon Sisters helped as well. Their charm became well known through out Onyx as did their beauty. Using their talents as well as the talents of their friends Icy Angel and Caldena, they turned the run down city that they were in into one of the best places on Onyx: Vader City.
Impostra bought the saloon legally and transformed it into what is now known as the ‘Onyx Tavern’. Maronda and Icy Angel hit it off very well and became best friends. So good was their friendship that Maronda considered Icy an honorary Gorgon. Together they created most of the drinks that Onyx was best known for having. The Onyx Fruit, the Java Juice, and the White Hole Nova, the ultimate aphrodisiac. Also Maronda learned from Madam Woe her spells of ice and water magic. Deceptra and Caldena learned from each other being illusionist sorceresses.
A hundred years after founding Vader City and pleased with the income they were receiving, they bought their first ship. The best and most expensive one on the market. They called her The Lady of Onyx. Once they started going from planet to planet their reputation was becoming larger and larger. No one had seen creatures as powerful and as seductive as them at the time. They looted and plundered the rich and the beautiful. They hired their services out to others.
However they made their most daring and breathtaking assignment happened in the year 1403 BC. Surprisingly this was the favor that Mirabilis wanted from Deceptra.
Kidnap Prince Trey of Triforia and hold him for ransom.
They had gotten on to Triforia completely undetected. Getting into the Royal Place would have been a problem for most but not for Impostra. Changing her form to Queen Trania, she had literally walked right into the place, taken Trey with her and then walked right out of the grand palace. Deceptra had used her illusion powers to help out a bit.
Impostra then showed her real form to Trey and Deceptra made him fall asleep. Maronda then took the sleeping Trey back to their hiding place on Triforia, while Impostra and Deceptra planned to give their statement directly to the King and Queen.
“Your majesty! YOUR MAJESTY!!!” the royal nanny shouted. “The prince is gone!”
King Trinus of Triforia was shaken out of bed when the royal nanny charged in. “Wha...?” He asked sleepily.
“Prince Trey. He’s gone. He was spirited away by demons!” the nanny continued to say.
This awoke Trinus like a shot. “What do you mean gone?” he asked.
“He was spirited away. ” The nanny said. “By monsters. Reptile like monsters!”
Trania then woke up. “My son? Gone? Who has him?”
“I do not know your majesty. ” the nanny answered. “But they may ask for a ransom soon. ”
“A ransom?!” Trinus said appalled. “How dare they use my son in this manner. Holding him for some trinkets of gold and silver. But then the Triforian treasury has always been the envy of the known galaxies. ”
“Trinus I don’t care about the treasury. I’ll do anything to get my son back! ANYTHING!!!” Queen Trania said. This caused the Royal Nanny to smirk evilly. “So glad to hear you say that your majesty!” she said with spite and a sneer. This caused her to get looks from both Trinus and Trania
“Nanny? What do you mean by your tone?” Trinus asked. “What do you know of my son?”
“Nothing much except. . . ” the nanny broke off her sentence as she changed her shape into something more snakelike. Snakelike meaning the form of the Gorgon Impostra.
“You?” Trinus said. “You’re one of the kidnappers of my son? GUARDS!!!”
“They can’t help you. ” Impostra said. “They are quite. . . indisposed at the moment. ” Trinus and Trania looked outside to see what Impostra was talking about. By the side of the doors both guards were frozen as they turned into stone statues. In the hallway, similar statues were seen. Statues that were once guards, statesmen, handmaidens, even servants. Trinus saw this and was outraged.
“Change them back! NOW!!!” Trinus ordered. Impostra just laughed.
“I’m afraid I can’t do that Once a Gorgon turns someone to stone they stay turned to stone! And the same thing will happen to your son if they do not comply with my sisters and my wishes. ” Trinus considered Impostra’s words and asked, “What do you want?”
Impostra smirked as she made her offer. An offer Trinus found outrageous. “WHAT?” he shouted in disbelief.
“That’s the deal! One third of the Triforian treasury at the time and place allotted. If you do not comply. Well here’s an example. ” Impostra snapped her fingers and a stone statue appeared. It looked human in appearance, and familiar as well. It was then that Trania realized who the statue was. It was the real nanny, and the Gorgon had turned her to stone.
“Ara!” Trania called the nanny by her name. Unfortunately Ara was unable to hear her queens call. Turning to Impostra, Trania glared at the Gorgon. “If anything happens to my son. . . ”
“I know all to well a mother’s vengeance when one of her son’s is threatened. It is something I do not wish, so comply with my demands and your son will avoid the same fate as his nanny!” Impostra then went to the window and fell outside. The king and queen both looked outside to see where the Gorgon landed, only to find her in the arms of Deceptra, carrying her as they flew away from the palace.
“Remember! Have the Ransom ready by the allotted time!” Impostra called as she and Deceptra cackled with laughter into the night air. Trinus and Trania looked on muttering curses that no Triforia child should hear.
“Call for the financial minister!” Trinus ordered. “Make ready to pay the monster’s ransom. ”
Trania looked concerned. “Are you sure that is wise my husband? I know we would be giving into the demands but. . . ”
“I know my wife, and I agree. ” Trinus said. “But my son’s life is my main concern. I will not allow to see Trey hurt in any way. ” Trania nodded as Trinus left the bed chamber to talk to the royal treasurer. The king had a ransom to pay.
And the king vowed that he would never have to do this again as long as he lived.
Impostra and Deceptra returned to their hidden craft and saw Maronda waiting for them. “So I take it you delivered the message?”
“We did. ” Impostra nodded. Deceptra turned to the craft hold where their captive hostage was. Maronda turned her back as she moved to the other side but then Impostra held her back. “And where are you going?”
“Do I really need to be around when Deceptra goes to work on giving the kid a living hell inside his mind by making his worst fears manifest physically when they really aren’t there. . . again?” Maronda muttered.
“Hey its alright Maronda. ” Impostra kept her hand on her shoulder. “We’re doing this special torment so that we can use it in the future. That boy’s going to get the throne of Triforia and I’d like to have him remember us. Besides we aren’t going to kill or seriously injure him. We aren’t total monsters so don’t worry. You can do what ever you want when its your turn with him. Deceptra’s got the mind games while I got the physical plans set up. Wonder what will go through his mind after this anyway? Right now I need rest. ” With that she retired to her quarters on the ship.
Maronda however sighed to herself. She hadn’t liked this from the start. She was alright with murdering, killing, torture, mind games and such. However I draw the line at children under the earth age of sixteen in mentality. At sixteen people are made rangers and thus I don’t have a problem. Trey however was below that age limit. Now one might ask why Maronda was thinking like this.
The reason for this was because she knew what Trey’s parents were going through. . . cause she had experience with children. It was something not even her sisters knew about. It had happened before they all were placed in Hexuba’s guidance. When she was still Stheno, her best friend had asked her to help take care of her child for a while until she could save enough to start a new life away from her family. She had grown attached to the child she was taking care of in secret. At that time she was living on her own just wanting a breath of fresh air out of her own home. A few months later her friend returned to take the child and she gave it back. . . only to find out the day later she and her child had been killed by the child’s father who didn’t want to have the child exist. She had tracked him down only to find him watching a recording of the vile act. Repulsed by what she saw, she killed him in cold blood and burned his home to the ground.
She wept for days until she returned to her sisters. After that, she just wanted to become stronger, in all aspects of her body and magic. She never wanted to be the victim. Ever.
I didn’t want nor do I want now their pity. I don’t want them start saying anything about it at all which why they will never find out. Maronda thought to herself. She then heard the door open and saw Deceptra come out. “Oh he’s shaking like a baby now. That was enjoyable to play on his fears. Going to take a break and watch over security. Your turn to watch him for the next hour or so until Impostra comes for the shift change. I can’t wait to get that money. ”
Maronda nodded as she entered the room where saw the young prince on the ground. She then locked the door and then turned off sensor monitors and recorders so that none of her sisters would see what she was going to do.
She then picked up Trey and held him in her arms while stroking him on the head. Trey was just too tired to even try to defy Maronda. He just let her hold him, not wondering why she wasn’t doing anything to him. Was she treating him like a cat or a pet. . . or was there something else to her gentle touch on him.
Maronda wondered to herself. I don’t know if I ever want to have kids. I like doing what I do for evil. . . She then added,
but I won’t murder or torture children. I don’t believe in it at all.
And so she just sat there with the heir of Triforia in her arms, hoping his father would be smart and get their ransom to them very, very soon.
Weeks Later. . .
Back on Triforia a mother and father looked at their son with great concern.
He hasn’t slept all that well. Queen Trania said looking down at the tossing and turning form of their son Trey, who was carrying on like he was in a terrible nightmare. He had been that way for many weeks ever since he was returned to the Triforian Court.
King Trinus also looked down at his son with growing concern. When Trey had been returned to them he said that he had been okay, but the nightmares clearly said that Trey was far from okay.
“What did those Gorgons do to my son?” Trinus said. His fist was clenched in anger as he remembered when Impostra contacted him. She had ordered along with the ransom, his and Trania’s personal ships to be handed over to them as well as freedom to leave Triforia unharmed and not to be attacked by anyone. Trinus agreed and after the exchange was done the Gorgons left Triforia and the King had his son back. . . but he wasn’t the same. He knew that much.
Trania turned to the Royal physician Sirro and asked if there was anything that could be done. Sirro recommended a prescription that would entail a dreamless sleep for Trey, but Trania and Trinus weren’t sure about that idea.
“I am afraid not your highness. ” Sirro said. “I’m afraid Trey must get through these nightmares himself. All we can do is offer him comfort. ”
“If comfort is all I can offer, then that is what I’ll offer. ” Trania said reaching out and taking her son’s hand. She stroked the hand hoping that it would eventually calm him to drive the memories away, but Trania knew that it would take a while.
Trinus however had other plans. He wanted vengeance for his son and he didn’t care who brought it. He called out for a bounty to be raised on the three Gorgon Sisters, and agreed to pay a fraction of the treasury to whoever captured them. As an added incentive Trinus offered the stipulation that if there was any of the Triforian Treasury found in the Gorgon’s lair then they would be entitled to that too.
Trinus then looked at Trey as Trania continued to comfort her restless son’s sleep. Trinus vowed the Gorgon’s would pay.
Inside Trey’s mind however the two thousand year old prince relived all the horror that the Gorgon sisters put him through.
He remembered them toying with him. Treating him like he was some sort of animal that they could treat and mistreat at their whim. Sometimes whipping him like a dog, other times petting him like a cat when he was too tired trying to be defiant to them.
All through the ordeal Trey remembered the words his father taught him, as they were taught to a friend of his. “Brave heart my son. You must stand strong against those that would bring you down. ” Trey had tried to be strong for his father and the rest of his family, but it seemed like the stronger young Trey tried to be, the more the Gorgons would torture and toy with him.
When Trey was returned to his family the parents saw nothing resembling the sweet young innocent there was before he was taken. Instead was the vacant eyed young royal who had been put through unspeakable horrors. Horrors that the Gorgons took pleasure in.
Trinus looked on at the sleeping form of his son as he tossed and turned. He knew that even if the Nightmares faded the horror of the Gorgons would be with Prince Trey for the rest of his life. As he thought this Trinus wept for his son.
And prayed that young Trey would use this experience to strengthen him instead of making the Gorgons stronger. A prayer that in time would come to fruition.
But for whom is the question?
Unfortunately for Trinus he would not get his wish. Any one who wanted to get at the Gorgon Sisters would have to go to Onyx and Vader City to find them.
Once they went in they didn’t come back out. The Sisterhood had grown in secret over the last five centuries and Vader City was their home. They didn’t take kindly to those trying to take the ones who had given them a chance for better lives.
As for the Triforian ships they gained, Maronda took the King’s personal ship and remade it into
The Gorgon Princess while Deceptra made the Queen’s ship her own, renaming it The Serpentine Flyer.
Eventually though the bounty hunters did stop coming after them. Mainly because when word got out about their actions, the UAE became very interested in them. They recognized the Gorgon Sisters for their efforts and were offered membership in the UAE by Dark Specter himself. The Gorgons agreed on the condition they would be intermit members, so they join another empire of their choosing yet still be UAE members. Dark Specter agreed.
It was unknown who the Gorgon Sisters would pledge service too but all forces wanted them. Lord Zedd, Divatox, General Havoc, Master Vile, the list continued.
All anyone knew was that the Gorgon Sisters were the Ladies of Onyx. . . and they could do as they pleased.
END