RETREAT AND DEFEAT My Musclebound Full scale evacuation of the mortal population of Thermopylae was undertaken speedily and efficiently by a fleet of 600 Imperial Guards space ships. But that glorious operation did not repeat itself in the military operation to combat the Tiberians. Thousands of Imperial Guards troops fought a vain action against an enemy that replicated itself at a fantastic rate. As the goddesses made a run over the Tiberian troops, melting, shredding and bursting the creatures, more troops replaced them as the super females made their return passes. Blasting underground the goddesses hoped to disrupt the birthing areas for the Tiberian troops. While some success was achieved vast areas of the planet shuddered, bulged, erupted and collapsed. The devastation and the pressure of loosing rebuilding contracts the male gods played their hand and forced the Imperial Guards to withdraw from Thermopylae, their first defeat. Princess Ariadne was stunned, never before had the Imperial Guards been defeated by an enemy. Princess Silenus went to the Imperial Guards H.Q. to comfort her lover and found her sitting at her desk staring at the wall. Turning her head the red headed beauty muttered "Britt there were trillions of them, everywhere we looked. We kept cutting them down, but they kept coming and coming and coming. Masses of them, I have never seen so many mortals before" Princess Silenus cradled her lover and kissed her tenderly on the lips "Shsssssss. Don't think about it Bec. We will find a way to destroy them" An emergency session of the Parliament of Hibernia was hastily assembled to debate the future direction of the war. Normally the War Council was independent of the Parliament but as building contracts were threatened the issue was now a civil one. The Parliament was equally represented by male and female gods under the control of Princess Aurora who was obliged to listen to the opinions of the MP's. When a motion was carried it was presented to Princess Calliope sitting at the head of the House for Royal approval. This was the job of the Crown Princess after consultation with the Queen to approve or disapprove all motions. Princess Calliope dressed in her regal red princess robes and gold crown seethed with anger as she listened to the fiery debates in the House. Calliope's deep blue eyes scanned the room looking at the arguing gods all the while wishing she could speak up and tell them all to shut up. These useless debates about building contracts were taking the attention away from the important issue of eradicating mortal males from the universe. Destroy Thermopylae and be done with it, turn attention back to slaughtering mankind. But Crown Princess Calliope was powerless to act now it was a civil matter. Calliope carried the motion back for perusal by her mother. The beautiful goddess stood there watching her mother draft a reply. The Queen placed her seal on the paper and then placed it in an envelope and handed it to her daughter "I am submitting to the wishes of the House. The offensive against Mankind is to be suspended indefinitely and all our resources redirected to trying to eradicate the Tiberians from Thermopylae" Calliope stood there stunned for a few seconds before she replied "Mother NO, NO!! We have Mankind on its knees. One more blow and we can destroy them forever. Mother Nature decreed that we, WOMEN, are the true rulers. We are superior to all other life" The Queen replied "Don't put the female sex on a pedestal Calliope. We are better than males at a lot of things but as events are showing NOW we can make mistakes. Our arrogance can blind us to the truth. No we will fight the Tiberians if we can without destroying a whole planet" Calliope was livid "NO MOTHER WE ARE THE CHOSEN RULERS!! How can you explain our immense power and strength? WE MUST CRUSH ALL OTHER INFERIOR LIFE!!" Athena stood up "NO CALLIOPE, NO, REPEAT NO!! You have had such a sheltered and privileged life. As much as I loath those filthy creatures, is it our right to kill them all off?" Calliope screamed "MOTHER IF YOU WON'T DESTROY Thermopylae, I WILL!! I'LL tear APART, SMASH IT TO DUST!" Athena roared back "DO THAT CALLIOPE and I will banish you to live with mankind for a million years" Princess Calliope's knees buckled and a coughing fit caused her to slump into a chair. The mere thought of loosing her royal privileges, her rich lifestyle and having to live among the filthy ape creatures brought an immediate capitulation. Struggling to her feet Calliope spluttered "Ye..Ye..Yes Mother. Anything you say" As Calliope moved shame faced to the door Athena thought that the idea of sending the spoilt and privileged Crown Princess to live with mortals to be a good character building exercise" Back in the House Princess Calliope rose to the hushed assembly "It is our desire to suspend operations against mankind and to direct our efforts to defeat our enemy, the Tiberians. Thermopylae is to be spared if possible. This is our wish. All praise to the Queen" Princess Calliope sat as the assembled MP's gave praise to the Queen and her own royal self. After the Crown Princess calmed down she apologised to her mother and was surprised to learn that she was selected for an important mission. The Queen spoke about her suspicions "I have been thinking about Penny's comments that Musclenia were being controlled by some other power. It is plainly obvious that the Tiberians are behind this ruse but something doesn't make sense. You say that Musclenia didn't exist in the other timeline but we have known about them for at least three million years. I want to know why they have waited millions of years to take action against us and how these muscle women were created at the same time you went back into the past" Calliope thought for a minute "You don't suppose mother, that they had a hand in killing you in the past and then manoeuvred us to restore our heritage thereby triggering some latent clone monster?" Athena smile "Precisely Calliope, we were set up. So I want you and Princess Penthesilea to travel back to the time of mortal man and follow Musclenia's birth and development" A broad smile appeared on Calliope's face and Athena knew what she was thinking "And NO Calliope you can't participate in destroying the Hiberians of old. You will NOT kill anybody or destroy anything" The smile quickly disappeared from the goddess's face and then reappeared just as Penthesilea entered the room. The beautiful blonde goddess bowed before her Queen and grinned as she looked at Calliope; a new adventure was in the making. Athena outlined her aims "Princess Penthesilea I want you to accompany Princess Calliope back to old Hibernia and try and determine the origins of Musclenia" Penthesilea's razor-sharp mind had already worked out the whole operation and thought about adding another goddess for the planed trip. "Your Majesty I would humbly suggest bringing along Princess Silenus as she knows the time" The Queen smiled "Very well Penny your request is granted" As the three goddesses departed on their mission to the past Princess Callistro deputised for her sister in the parliament. Questions were asked about Musclenia's free run across Hibernia and the possibility of Tiberians appearing across the planet. Special sonic gear was developed and the lands and oceans were scoured for Tiberian eggs. Millions of eggs were found and for some reason they failed to hatch, much to the relief of the native population of Hibernia. Samples of eggs were taken for scientific testing where it was found that the eggs required some form of telepathic trigger to fertilise them. It was concluded that a super Queen was required to fertilise the eggs hidden by stealth as the Tiberians, although human in appearance, would never be able to set foot upon Hibernia. Thoughts turned to what would make a super enhanced female become sterile and it was concluded that Felicia was the Queen and that her exposure to the extremely corrosive love juices of Electra had destroyed her ability to fertilise the eggs, Felicia was the only Musclenia warrior to had a sexual relation with a goddess. Back in the past the three goddesses materialised just after the would-be assassins were dispatched to the mortal afterlife. Joanna's car passed by the hidden time machine as Calliope and Penthesilea had the unusual experience of watching themselves watching the car pass. As the other time machine disappeared into the future the goddesses set about searching the area for anything unusual. A small grass fire caused by Princess Calliope's masturbation brought the local fire fighters to extinguish the blaze. After the fire was put out a frothing, hissing white fluid floating on a small lake drew the attention of the fire fighters. Calliope had flung her juices from her fingers into the bushes and the lake. Amazed at its potency the fire fighters called the military that endeavoured to pick up the floating blobs. The drops melted their way through all containers regardless of being metal or plastic. Kinky as always Calliope was getting horny as she watched the power of her body defeat all attempts of the mortals to capture her juices. Instinctively her fingers headed to that familiar part of her anatomy until stopped by Penthesilea who shook her head. Eventually the juices cooled to the point where a super heat resistant ceramic container was employed to capture them. Following the mortals the goddesses entered a vast military base on the West Coast of Zania. The potent juices burnt out all of the analysing machines until it was decided that it was impossible to successfully view its chemical structure. Deciding to see what would happen if it was induced by an 'Alpha Project' precipitant the drops were forced down the throat of the unwilling female. Almost immediately the woman started to develop enormous muscular size and power. Growing huge the female's clothing burst to shreds as her shoulders broadened to the width of a car. Muscles upon muscles bunched to immense size and flexed and quivered at the slightest movement. The woman grew to just over seven feet in height and her massively developed body bent outwards the steel bars of her small cage. Unable to hold her growing body the bars snapped like twigs as the huge female moved forward pushing apart the remaining steel like they were blades of grass. Screams echoed around the room as the female repainted the walls of the lab with human blood. Walking forward the giant mass of muscle burst through the brick wall of the lab startling nearby mortals. Gunfire and screams rent the air until a deathly silence descending upon the base. The goddesses walked outside to view the twisted and burning remains of mortal technology littered amongst the mangled bloodied bodies of the former inhabitants. The sight was almost too much for the bloodthirsty goddesses and it took much willpower for them not to sexually relieve themselves, notwithstanding scooping up puddles of blood to satisfy their lusts. Driven by a desire to reproduce the formidable female travelled through the night until she game upon a railway track and there in the distance appeared a small white speck. Growing in size and intensity the speck accompanied an increasing roar and freshening blast of wind. Unafraid the giant woman stood there as the speeding express smashed and split apart against her invincible form. Ripping through the wreckage the female found a dazed male from which she drained his sperm to create an invincible sibling. Looking for a place to live the musclebound giant smashed apart the granite rock of a nearby mountain to form a cave. The next morning the monster attacked the local village in the search of food. Building after building was smashed apart, brick, steel and concrete was no match for her invulnerable body and giant power-packed muscles. Thick brick walls exploded as the female burst through to feed herself from the shelves on the supermarket. Steel cans burst from the slight pressure applied by those giant hands and the monster fed her ravenous appetite. Staff and early morning shoppers were ground into the floor in vain efforts to escape her fearsome rampage. The police arrived and found to their horror that their weapons were totally useless. The bullets bounced off the giant female's extremely tough skin and within minutes all of the police officers had been torn apart. After laying waste to the whole town the female was initially attacked by military units with equal ineffectiveness. The rampage coincided with the attack of the original goddesses and many units were withdrawn to fight this much more dangerous threat. Continuously bombed and strafed by aircraft the muscle maiden travelled back to her cave for a sleep after gorging herself with food. Bomb after bomb blasted the entrance of the cave until it collapsed blocking any escape. But the air force could have saved itself the effort when an enormous explosion blasted rock high into the air heralding the appearance of a truly monstrous and muscular female. As the hours passed more and more military assets were diverted to combating the growing threat of the goddesses. Deciding to change locations the monster jumped onto a fast moving military special racing to the east coast with much needed reinforcements. Peeling back the steel door of the freight car the metal crumpled like tinfoil as the female brushed it aside to hide her huge bulk. The train roared through the night with priority to overtake slower moving freights and passenger trains. After two days of furious running the train arrived on the east coast only to be obliterated by the massive blast of the fusion bomb. The massive female muscle monster survived the huge blast unharmed and the sea of bubbling lava. The goddess watched the female, the only living creature for hundreds of miles, search for food. Nothing had survived the blast and soon hunger tore at the female as she searched fruitlessly for sustenance. A spaceship, attracted by the massive fusion explosion flew low over the devastated land, spotted the giant female and captured her in some sort of atomising beam. The creatures were human in appearance but were thin in build and didn't look specifically male or female. One of the crew wore long hair and could pass as female while the others had short hair and could be male in appearance. The creatures had advanced technology and were able to control the power and the mind of the gigantically huge woman. The space ship shaped course for the planet Tiberius where the gigantic female was cloned to produce and army of formidably powerful female warriors. It took a hundred years to develop the army of women and by which time the Gods had made their presence felt around the universe. An army of females would allow the Tiberians to plunder other worlds without upsetting the female dominated gods. Lady Demeter was the first of the War Council to speak out when she posed the question "What could the Tiberians be up too? I realise that they tried to force us off Hibernia through sheer numbers. But what is the strategic value of being isolated on Thermopylae?" Princess Silenus shook her head "I do not know Lady Demeter. We haven't been able to determine what food supply is driving their reproduction" Princess Penthesilea who had been watching a meat eating plant sitting near the window snatch up an unfortunate insect startled all in the room "I'VE GOT IT!! The BLOODY SLAVES! They are the food. The slaves have disappeared and somehow the Tiberians have turned the slaves into some vast food supply for their reproduction" Princess Ariadne was unsure "I don't know Princess Penthesilea my troops heavily damaged the fabric of much of Thermopylae and they didn't make any difference" Penthesilea thought for a moment, even among her sister goddesses Penthesilea was highly intelligent "I believe Princess Ariadne that they have been decomposed to some sort of high energy powder which was transported to Thermopylae and secreted somehow into the crust of the planet" Before anyone could answer the whole of Hibernia shook slightly. Startled the Queen managed to say "What th ... " before it shook again. Urgent reports flooded in that thousand of missiles were being fired from Thermopylae. The Queen looked anxiously at Princess Ariadne "Please Field Marshal get the Imperial Guards into space and knock out those DAMMED MISSILES!!" Princess Ariadne bowed "At once Majesty. The girls are itching to have another crack at the Tiberians" Another shock shook the ground as the Queen brought a smile to her daughter's face "Alright Calliope you have your wish go and destroy Thermopylae" Princess Calliope felt a tinge of pleasure run through her ever hungry pussy "Yes Mother as you command" The blonde beauty raced into space passed the thousands of deployed Imperial troops detonating the hundreds of thousands of missiles heading towards Hibernia. The Tibernian missiles contained a warhead thousands of times more powerful than the notorious human fusion bomb. The Tiberian rockets were hitting the force field around Hibernia with such force that the shock waves were shaking the planet. Blasting through the masses of Tiberian missiles Calliope cooed with pleasure as hundreds of warheads detonated against her invulnerable skin. Calliope wasted no time after landing on the surface of the planet; one swift stamp with her right foot transmitted her unlimited power to the fabric of Thermopylae. Within seconds the giant Thermopylae succumbed to Calliope's goddess powers and exploded in an enormous blast of dust and debris. Later back in the War Room Princess Silenus spoke to her sister in the presence of Princess Calliope "Jo I believe there is some other power behind the constant attacks on our civilisation. These attacks have been co-ordinated over several different life forms and many worlds" Athena thought for a while "You may be right Britt, its coming fast and furious, with such precision" Athena turned to her beautiful daughter "Calliope I know your views on exterminating the human race but we have to search out what is happening behind our backs" Calliope nodded in agreement "Yes mother, I will just be as happy if we crush all other life in our pursuit of these insolent upstarts who dare to challenge our power" Later in the House Princess Calliope rose to the hushed assembled MP's "I wish to convey our regret over the destruction Thermopylae. This unfortunate action was required to prevent our own destruction. It is our opinion that another hidden power is behind these constant and co-ordinated attacks on our people. Therefore the war on humanity is to be directed towards finding our hidden enemy. This is our wish. All praise to the Queen" At the close of the day's session Princess Calliope was being escorted down the halls of Parliament House by the Palace Guards when she met up with her sister. Stopping the Crown Princess bit her lip and looked directly into Princess Callistro's eyes "I am very sorry sis, about your kingdom. But it came down to us or them" Princess Callistro spoke without smiling "I know you had to do it, Calliope. But once again I remain in your shadow. But can I trust you? Do you love me like a sister or will you walk over me in pursuit of your own interest?" Calliope hesitated and Callistro walked past her sister unsure of her love. Later that evening Princess Penthesilea was invited to participate in a game of tennis (goddess style) with Princess Silenus and Princess Callistro. The tennis court was littered with the entrails and smashed bodies of dozens of slaves. Blood soaked the grass and rivers of the red liquid gurgled down the drains as the goddesses cheered as another supersonic delivery smashed apart an unfortunate mortal. Penthesilea served up another ferocious delivery which tore through the poor man's racket and then exploded the upper torso of the slave. As Penthesilea licked the sprayed blood off her upper lip and fingered her aching pussy with her left hand Princess Callistro smiled as she watched the blonde beauty enjoy herself "Enjoying the high life Princess Penthesilea?" Penthesilea shuddered as she worked her body towards orgasm "Ye..Yes Princess Cal ... Callistro, ver ... .ve ... very mu ... . Much" The horny blonde goddess screamed with pleasure as her pussy erupted with earthquake intensity. The massive squirting blast of juice contained within energy barriers. After Penthesilea calmed down Princess Callistro continued her questions "You must come with me one day and let the pleasure slaves give you a real body massage. It is quite orgasmic. But now Penny I must ask you did Calliope intentionally want to destroy Thermopylae to prevent my rightful destiny of being queen?" Penthesilea felt like she was being backed into a corner "Princess Callistro, Calliope is my best friend. I love her with all my heart. But she doesn't tell me everything" Just then they received a message to assemble in the War Room, and a relieved Penthesilea headed for the showers to wash the sprayed blood off her body. Princess Penthesilea was surprised and delighted to see General Nike, a breath taking dark beauty that had been a Military Academy class mate of Electra, Calliope and herself. Princess Ariadne spoke up "Ladies we have discovered the location of the Tiberian base of operations and General Nike here will command the 1st Division. Silenus my dear, Her Majesty has asked that you take your 'Hush Hush Girls' along and look for any glues these poor unfortunate and soon to be extinct species may leave. Princess Penthesilea you will be in temporary command of the 120th Regiment as Brigadier Astarte is now General Astarte and has been moved to a new posting. Operations will get underway immediately. Dismissed" General Nike approached Penthesilea and bowed following royal protocol. Penthesilea was not in uniform and was therefore not required to salute. "It is good to see you, Your Royal Highness. It has been a long time" Penthesilea smiled "Yes General Nike it has been. I see you have done very well for yourself. A General now I see, I'm only a Lieutenant-Colonel" General Nike returned the smile "I've worked hard, Highness" The 1st Division deployed in readiness for a devastating attack on a remote asteroid housing the Tiberian base of operations. Lieutenant-Colonel Electra was made General Nike's Chief of Staff and the two goddesses had known each other since their Academy days. Electra embraced her old love and both black headed goddesses passionately kissed each other on the lips. Tears flowed from General Nike's eyes as she cuddled Electra. With misty eyes Electra expressed her feelings "You know Commander I have missed you deeply all these years. I have tried but nobody has really replaced you in my heart" The General responded "I heard about your affair with that Musclenia warrior. Forget her Ell and take me back into your heart. She was only an musclebound inferior copy of us. You need a Goddess as a lover" After a bit more kissing the General spoke of her new command "The High Command were impressed with my handling of the mortals on old Zeanous or Thermopylae as it is now and they promoted me to general and gave me command of this division" That same morning the division landed and at once commenced a vicious opening attack. The Tiberian soldiers commenced firing, if only for morale purposes as every weapon was absolutely useless against them. The Tiberians began their egg laying process which to the uninitiated appeared bizarre and comical, thousands of small eggs hatched very rapidly revealing a tiny human form. The small humans grew rapidly and within an hour were laying eggs themselves. Octavia, a younger sister of Penthesilea, was an officer with the 120th Regiment, inhaled and drew in thousands of Tiberians and their eggs. Crunching up the mouthful Octavia swallowed and sucked in several thousand more. While she ate up a good proportion of Tiberians she was alternately melting thousands more when after swallowing, her high pitched screams created a vast lake of these mortal creatures. Likewise her powerful telekinetic abilities burst apart the bodies of thousands more. Octavia walked across to a lofty metal communications tower and proceeded to pull apart the metal cross members like they were strands of a spider web. As each metal cross member stretched and snapped the tower lurched and shook. As Octavia pushed out her tongue and licked the last supporting member into her mouth the tower gave way and fell across the line of Tiberian spaceships. A blinding flash lit up Octavia's face as she chewed the metal beam to a form of mush before spitting it into the ground. A heavy shockwave resulted from the incredible blast as her spit drove kilometres into the crust of the large asteroid. Initially the Tiberians kept pace with the rate of destruction but soon succumbed to goddess power. They appeared to be reproducing at a slower rate, maybe as Penthesilea thought their food supply had been largely used in the conquest of Thermopylae. Tiberian resistance broke and in good old Guards tradition the survivors deemed unsuitable for use as sex toys or intelligence gathering were brutally slaughtered. Princess Silenus unleashed her staff; including Penthesilea's other sister Ophelia, onto the Tiberian prisoners. Amid desperate wails and screams the mortals succumbed to the much superior strength of the goddesses. With broken and smashed bodies littering the ground Ophelia reported to Princess Silenus "No luck Highness, we have read the minds of dozens of these mortal creatures and they don't know anything" Princess Silenus turned and looked over the remaining shivering prisoners "Kill them Ophelia. No survivors. I'm going to get the Imperial Guards to help us find anything of value" Amid the pall of smoke of burning buildings Princess Silenus approached Princess Penthesilea "Penny now that we have cleaned out the Tiberians get your girls to search everything in sight. I need clues to what is going on. Overlook nothing" Penthesilea tapped Silenus on the arm and turned towards a thick solid looking steel door. The blonde bombshell sank her fingers into the metal and peeled back the thick door. The protesting metal crumpled and folded like a thin curtain as the goddess indicated to her troop to spread out. Walking into the vast hanger Penthesilea spied a machine which she identified as a matter transporter. So this is how they deployed their missiles and food supplies on Thermopylae, she thought. The goddess wrenched the heavy object from the floor, straining and snapping the thick restraining bolts until she had it front of her impressive chest. Then treating it like an accordion Penthesilea starting applying pressure, the thick plated capsule started to buckle and compress to the sounds of rending metal. The integrity of the metal sides failed and the object imploded into the hollow centre. Penthesilea twisted and crushed the metal until it dripped through her fingers as a heated liquid. A sudden noise betrayed the presence of another life form as Penthesilea looked around the large room. Using her exceptional vision the goddess could see clearly into the darkened corners of the building. Able to see through thin material Penthesilea spotted a Tiberian officer hiding under a cloth sheet alongside some piece of machinery. Moving a breathtaking speed the goddess secured the stunned mortal in an iron grip, pulling it (?) to its feet. Penthesilea looked over the shaking mortal "Looks like I have found myself a real Tiberian General" Just then General Nike and Lieutenant-Colonel Electra entered the vast room. The General spoke "What do you have there Colonel?" Penthesilea snapped to attention "A Tiberian, Commander, looks like a General" Before General Nike can speak another life form, big and with wings suddenly raced past and disappeared before the goddesses could act. To be continued