THE GETTING OF WISDOM By Musclebound PART 1 Contact me at fetscher@exemail.com.au if you want your own story. A fee does apply. Princess Calliope felt her anger rising as she walked outside of Lady Demeter's large home. Eruck followed after his sister until she turned suddenly to look him square in the eyes. The goddess's face was flushed red as she demanded "What are you doing here 'Tainted Blood'?!" Now it was Eruck's turned to feel anger "I just wanted to be part of my family but your bigoted attitude blinds you to my desire to bond with you" Eruck moved forward and tried to kiss his sister but Princess Calliope felt revulsion to his touch and screamed "GET OFF ME, MORTAL FILTH!!" Then, lashing out, she punched Eruck to the ground. The other members of the orgy raced out to see what was causing all the noise. They saw an angry Calliope with clenched fists standing over a prostrate male god. Princess Penthesilea moved alongside Princess Calliope and started to kiss and cuddle her friend while giving Eruck a determined and superior stare. Eruck sneered "Oh this is just wonderful! I get the SHE'S MINE! Look from your stuck up bed partner. Penthesilea is so possessive of you. You pair deserve each other and you can fuck each other silly, for all I care!" Princess Calliope acknowledged Penthesilea's actions "Be careful, Tainted Blood, Penny is a princess and we love each other. Furthermore, Penny is not possessive for I love Penny as much as she loves me and I do fuck her every night. And what is more BROTHER DEAR! Penny has no mortal genes, LIKE ME!!!" Princess Penthesilea stood there with her superior smirk and continued to kiss and fondle Calliope sending streaks of anger through Eruck. Penthesilea squealed in delight and pointed to Eruck's growing erection "Oh Calli darling, I do believe the god made of mortal garbage has the hots for you! He has one jolly big boner in his pants!" Eruck felt his hatred intensify for the blonde Penthesilea "You stupid blonde bimbo, keep your mouth shut!!" Princess Penthesilea flushed with anger, bent over and belted Eruck hard on the chin and burst out "DON'T CALL ME BIMBO!! You mortal ... ..mortal ... ." Princess Penthesilea found she was lost for words" Electra came over and took hold of the shaking Penthesilea while Calliope lifted Eruck to his feet and hissed "Don't ever call my friend that name again. Penthesilea is highly intelligent and she has been inventing things for thousands and thousands of years before you slivered out of that foul test tube!" Eruck steadied himself and was about to strike his sister when he thought about her lofty rank. Crown Princess Calliope was, politically, all powerful, second only to the Queen. In short Calliope was the super power of the Royal Court; he was only, a short while ago, a slave. Eruck looked around at the angry faces, and saw the Crown Princess, another princess, one duchess and three ladies, the very cream of royalty and the nobility. Eruck suddenly lost his nerve and flew off into the sunset. Later that night Princess Penthesilea shared the bed of Princess Calliope. Both goddesses were entwined and exploring each other's magnificent bodies. Princess Calliope turned onto her back and spread her legs wide as Princess Penthesilea pushed a nasty looking strap-on into her pussy. The dildo was covered in razor sharp spikes and the Crown Princess squealed in delight as her lover slowly pushed the deadly weapon in and out of her moist tunnel. While Penthesilea was working her dildo she started to play with Calliope's sensitive little button. As Calliope approached orgasm she thrashed and flayed her arms and moaned, increasing in intensity until she erupted in a rapture of screaming. As juice trickled out of her pussy Princess Calliope put her arms around Penthesilea's neck and pulled her down for some intensive kissing. Pulling her wet lips from Penthesilea's the goddess cooed "More?" Penthesilea was hungry and purred "Darling, use you sexy tongue on me! Let's give each other a jolly good LASHING!!!" But as Calliope felt Penthesilea's tongue send waves of pure ecstasy through her body she was becoming increasingly disturbed with the unusual thoughts she had been having ever since she had endured mortality. On pulling her tongue out of Penthesilea's inviting pussy Calliope asked "Penny are we wrong to enslave the mortals?" Princess Penthesilea stopped dead, not bothering to swallow the succulent pussy juice dripping off her tongue "WHAT?!!" Princess Calliope lifted her head "Penny, as attractive as your pussy is, please swing your body around so I can talk to your beautiful face" Penthesilea turned around and looked into her friend's eyes "What's wrong, Calliope?" Princess Calliope closed her eyes and dreaded to express her feelings "Penny, I have a deep awful secret, it's haunting me so bad" Penthesilea grasped Calliope's hand "Calli, my love, you're scaring me with your strange talk, it's not like you" Calliope started to shake "Penny, you must promise me that you won't be disgusted with me?" By now Penthesilea was starting to shake "Calliope, what is wrong? I've never seen you like this before?" Princess Calliope burst out crying "Penny ... ... .I'm no longer a 'Pure Blood' ... ... .when I was a prisoner ... ... I ... ..I ... ... became ... ... ... mortal" Penthesilea pulled her hand away from Calliope's "WHAT?!!! HOW?!!! WHY?!! Why did you do such a thing?" Calliope felt she was at her lowest level and took back Penthesilea's hand "Penny, do you still respect me?" Penthesilea looked dumbfounded "Yes! Of course I do, Calli, it doesn't worry me. Did you ever think it would? I lived with mortals, remember?" Penthesilea kissed Calliope to reinforce her love "What did it feel like?" Shivering like a leaf Princess Calliope grasped her blonde friend's hand "Frightening, terrifying and yet I felt satisfaction that I survived despite my vulnerability" Penthesilea stroked Calliope's long golden hair with her free hand "Why, my love, did you do it?" Calliope closed her eyes but couldn't stop shaking "Penny, I willed my spirit out of my body to raised the alarm about my capture ... it was the only way" The beautiful goddess felt a bit more comfortable "You know, Penny, I even took a bullet. I felt intense PAIN!! It almost killed me!!" Penthesilea gasped "What was 'pain' like?" Calliope smiled "Bad, Penny, I was terrified. When I was shot my body started to shut down. Now that I have experienced near death and mortal suffering and endurance, how can I enslave these creatures?" Penthesilea started playing with Calliope's cheek "Calli, darling, we tried to live with the mortals and they betrayed us. It's safer now; we have the mortals where we can watch them. Come on Calli, my love, my little girl is getting horny" But Princess Calliope felt her sex drive fall away and slowly she pulled her hand away "No Penny, I don't feel like it. I want to dream" But Calliope did not dream to clear her mind; instead she fell into a frightening nightmare fuelled sleep. Next morning as Princess Calliope emerged from a most unusual experience she found Penthesilea sitting next to her reading a book. Princess Penthesilea ran a loving hand over Calliope's gorgeous face and large bulging breasts "You're awake, darling, you have been dreaming" Princess Calliope stretched her arms above her head "Dreaming scares me, Penny; I have no control in my dreams. I am mortal in my dreams" Penthesilea put her finger up to Calliope's lips "Shhhhhhhh, beautiful, you were wrong last night when you said you were no longer a 'Pure Blood' You were born a goddess like me. When you changed back from a mortal to a goddess your spirit didn't bring back mortal gen ... .." Penthesilea suddenly stopped, the Royal Eunuchs starting entering the room. Both goddesses rose from their bed and paraded their magnificent naked bodies in from of the eunuchs who took in their breath taking forms. But sadly the eunuchs felt no stirring in their loins for these juicy goddesses. The eunuchs ran the bath and both goddesses stepped into the water and stretched their arms above their heads. Soon the eunuchs started to lather the goddess's skin with perfumed soap. The eunuchs noticed that Princess Calliope presented an unusually quiet and forlorn figure and after the goddess put her head into her hands, the eunuchs started sniggering and making eyes behind the backs of both goddesses. As Princess Calliope was totally distracted Penthesilea's keen sense of hearing detected the insolent gestures of the slaves. In a blinding flash Penthesilea's sharp finger nails had carried away half the chest of the nearest mortal. Smashed and broken ribs, entrails and a great quantity of blood littered the floor and walls. As Penthesilea sensuously licked the blood off her fingers the surviving eunuchs dropped to their knees in worship. Such was Penthesilea's feelings for Calliope that she would not stand mocking of any form. Moving like enraged animal the powerful goddess had dismembered the next eunuch before the remaining mortals could even detect her movement. Smashing through the disintegrating bloodied remains that were flying in all directions Penthesilea lifted the next mortal and twisted his body over and over until his spine broke in several places. With the last mortal shaking, in fear, he watched as, Penthesilea, covered in blood and gore cracked bones under foot as she smashed her way across to her last victim. The goddess growled as two long and very powerful looking fangs descended from the top of her mouth. Penthesilea, in full vampire mode slowly backed the mortal to the far wall. The goddess had transformed into some wild primal beast and growled and hissed as she stalked her next victim. The eunuch watched as Penthesilea bared her razor sharp fangs, he knew he had no chance what so ever against the overwhelming strength of the goddess. Princess Penthesilea cooed "Don't try to get away mortal for there is no where you can hide from me. I am so ... .SORRY!! HA,HA!!" The goddess pounced and in seconds had the eunuch on the floor. Penthesilea slowly sank her fangs into the soft mortal flesh until she pieced the veins in his neck. The goddess felt her sex drive go wild as she started to suck on the sweet tasting nectar. Electra was greeted with the sight of a blood splattered Penthesilea lying on top of the drying body of the eunuch. Electra watched as Penthesilea pinned down the struggling mortal and listened to the wonderful sound of the blonde goddess slowly sucking the life out of the mortal and with rising excitement the black headed goddess watched the trickle of blood as it flowed from Penthesilea's mouth, down the mortal's shoulders and onto the floor. Unable to hold back Electra slid down the wall until seated and then she started to furiously work her inflamed pussy. After Penthesilea sucked the last blood from the dead mortal she turned her head to see Electra masturbating "Mmmmmmmmm, NICE!! I just love mortal blood. Ell, darling, want some food?" Electra felt her pussy going crazy as Penthesilea sensually crawled on all fours towards her. Blood was dripping out of her mouth and running down her chin. Anticipating the rich, juicy and succulent present, she was about to receive, Electra opened her mouth as Penthesilea locked lips and unloaded a mouthful of heavenly blood. As the blood coated her throat with absolute ecstasy Electra blew a massive orgasmic blast all over Penthesilea, coating her with sticky, boiling pussy juice. As the juice washed off the blood coating her body Penthesilea stood up "Fantastic, Ell, nothing like a taste of mortal in the morning!" Electra continued to play with her dripping pussy "What to come over and watch me play with the Tiberian Ambassador? Octavia's coming" Penthesilea almost orgasmed, just thinking about that super muscled female hunk, and that massively developed super cock of Surek's. The goddess locked her knees together and played with her pussy "Ell you just know Tiberians send me crazy. Try and keep me away" Electra looked at Calliope's listless figure sitting very quietly in the corner of the room. The concerned goddess approached her friend "Penny, what in the name of the gods is the matter with Calli?" Penthesilea dropped her eyes "Calli did the unmentionable to acquire her release from imprisonment. She became ... ... mortal ... . to release her spirit so it would pass through the energy barrier. She rebuilt her body in mortal form from any available atoms. The experience, she believes, has degraded her social position in our world" Electra was stunned but she managed to compose her reply "But, Her Majesty, the Queen, was once mortal, and now she is our Queen!" Penthesilea nodded her head "I know, but Calli has never experienced the like before. You and I have never been mortal. How do we know how it would affect us?" Electra lovingly touched Calliope's cheek and long golden hair "Calli, my dear friend, what has happened to you?" Electra looked back at Penthesilea "What are you going to do with her?" The blonde beauty picked up her lifeless friend and held in front of her chest "I think Calli is suffering from what mortals call 'Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome' I 'm going to take her to Earth and we will live like mortals for a while" Electra looked surprised "Penny, both of you will be banished if you are found out" Princess Penthesilea leaned over and kissed Electra "Well old friend, I'm counting on you to weave a story about us" Electra started towards the door "Anyway, bring Calli with you to the orgy. It might snap her out of her stupor" As further slaves entered the room to clean up the mess Penthesilea decided to have a small workout on the Electro weight bench and impress the mortals. It just might turn Calliope on sexually; Calliope did like watching her humiliate mortals. Thought Penthesilea. The blonde goddess confidently manoeuvred her long legs around the device's base and slowly and sensuously pulled her magnificent body up to the bench, making sure the slaves took in every piece of her mouth-wateringly attractive form. The eunuchs cursed the goddess as her outstanding body made them long for an ability they no longer processed. Penthesilea set the dial to 50 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 megatons and giggled as she lifted the incredible weight with one of her little fingers "I just don't know what my mama feeds me. But it makes me just SO STRONG!!" She mocked. One of the eunuch's knees gave way from just shear hopelessness. Never was there any chance against these fantastic female gods. He thought that the male sex should just roll over and die for all the chance they had against them. Penthesilea looked across to Princess Calliope and felt her heart sink as she watched the Crown Princess's quiet and impassive form, the killing and the triumphant display of limitless goddess power should have had Calliope juicing her pants by now. Crying in distress for her lifeless friend Princess Penthesilea followed Calliope's lead by putting her head into her hands. Seconds later Penthesilea jolted herself out of her stupor and realised that it was essential to keep the mortals away and not let them see the Crown Princess in her distressed state. As the mortals moved around the room to clean up the slain eunuchs Penthesilea made herself and Calliope invisible to inferior eyes and departed the room. Electra and Lady Octavia were busily working the massive cock of the Tiberian Ambassador Surek. Octavia screamed with pleasure as her pussy was well and truly stretched by Surek's huge monster. Electra ran her fingers over Surek's immensely powerful muscles as the Tiberian pounded Octavia. Surek withdrew her mile-long and impossibly thick cock allowing Electra to drop down and lick off Octavia's pussy juice. The black headed goddess greedily licked the thick purple cock and felt her pussy tingling with lust as the big monster cock started to push its way inch by inch by inch back into Octavia's wet pussy. Princess Penthesilea felt her super powered sex drive kick into gear as she watched her sister moaning with lust and pleasure as her body shuddered with every thrust of Surek's giant cannon. Penthesilea looked across as the puny male bodies of the servant slaves and marvelled at how much bigger and more muscular Surek was compared to the males. The blonde beauty looked at Surek's mighty cock and compared it to the weak, ineffective popgun cocks of the mortals. Surek effectively made mortal males completely obsolete, having both male and female sex organs and was much more fertile, aggressive and successful form of life. Penthesilea walked over and kissed Octavia on the cheek as her sister clamped her pussy tightly around the monster that was filling and stretching her pussy to the absolute limit. Penthesilea looked across at the distressed faces of the mortals. The goddess smiled as she took in the hopeless expressions of the obsolete mortal males. Surek could produce about 100 times the semen every time she ejaculated and she could cum and cum all day long without becoming exhausted. Her offspring were fully grown at birth and they were super strong and almost completely indestructible. Surek roared with pleasure as she fired her load into Octavia's pussy. The great quantity of juice spurted out of Octavia's overflowing pussy and sprayed over the walls and some of the mortals standing in line. The sticky white goo found its way into the mouths of two of the slaves causing them to drop to the floor in violent convulsions. Spray hit another slave on the chin and as soon as he tried to remove the deadly semen it became very free flowing and sprayed from his fingers into his mouth. Bulging with a rapidly growing Tiberian the slave dropped to the floor. The three goddesses watched with mounting pleasure as the bodies of the mortal hosts split apart as the massive and hugely muscular Tiberians grew in size and power. The one surviving mortal trembled with fear as he faced seven immensely powerful females, all of which showed great lust in the destruction of his own kind. Shaking, the mortal looked at the massive muscular bulk of Surek and that monster limp cock hanging down to her knees. The great bulbus head dripped its deadly semen until Electra knelt down and took the huge monster to her mouth and started to lick the cum into her mouth. As Electra washed the tip of Surek's cock she watched the mortal intently with what he deciphered as a murderous glee. Surek was so monstrously huge, so invincible, each muscle flexed with the slightest moment. The slave stared with fear as that monster cock started to throb. Each time it throbbed it grew fatter and longer until it was impossibly huge. The mortal cursed the invincibility of the goddesses, the Tiberians and all the super powerful mortal females, all over the galaxy. All were powerful except the weak pitiful survivors of the human male gender. He cursed the stupidity of the leaders of the destroyed 'Confederation of Planets', how they could possibly believe they could defeat the gods. Looking at the murderous look in the eyes of the ultimate super females the powerless male knew he had only one option left and flung himself at their feet and pleaded his devoted loyalty to the all powerful women. Suddenly the mood of the gods changed and Electra put her foot under the male's head and slowly lifted it to force the mortal to look into her eyes "Mortal! You do well to remember your lowly place in your new world. Now GET OUT!!" Penthesilea watched the reaction of the mortal and thought about her own feelings. Suddenly the superiority she felt for woman over mortal males evaporated. She remembered her time in another life and she thought it would do Princess Calliope good to get away from her sheltered life and live as a mortal for a time. While Penthesilea was deep in thought Electra looked down at Surek's great purple throbbing cock and purred "Is all that for little old me?" Surek thrust forward and lifted Electra off the ground on her massive rod. Electra moan with delight as her pussy slowly slid down, inch by inch, over Surek's great size. It was 6 O'clock in the morning on the fourth day of August in the year of 1936, when a knock at the door brought Elizabeth Westmore to cold back veranda. A light blanket of snow covered the Central West city of Orange. Elizabeth Westmore gasped with delight when she saw the overwhelming beauty of Princess Penthesilea, while the goddess felt concern, for Elizabeth had aged ever so slightly since she had last visited Australia. Elizabeth curtsied in respect to Penthesilea's royal rank and the goddess put Calliope down in the snow and hugged her old friend. The mortal woman was about to comment on the goddess's ageless beauty before she remembered Penthesilea's immortality, instead she said "Oh Penny, you have returned to us!" Penthesilea stepped back and quiet effortlessly lifted Princess Calliope up off the ground before smiling "Liz, we need you help. Princess Calliope has had a breakdown. I need to put her down somewhere. Remember how heavy we are?" Elizabeth looked at Calliope's long legs and gasped "Oh my, I forgot how big and tall you girls are" Elizabeth looked at the back shed "Quick Penny, take her into the shed" Walking into the shed Elizabeth looked around and pointed down at the floor "Penny put Calliope down and go along to the rail yard just down the road. There are some rails stacked there you could ... ." Princess Penthesilea was way ahead and in seconds was out the door. A moment later the goddess carefully carried two lengths of rail into the shed. Bending steel like it was paper; the blonde beauty reshaped the rails and used her finger nails to cut the steel to the required length. Elizabeth marvelled at Penthesilea's incredible strength and watched as she pressed the ends together like putty, heating them and joining them together to form a bed. The mere pressure the goddess applied caused the steel to heat under impossible conditions. After the bed was constructed Elizabeth fitted bed covers and sheets allowing Penthesilea to lay Princess Calliope down into the bed. Meanwhile back on Hibernia, Electra had decided that as Princess Calliope had suffered such a serious mental breakdown that the truth should be made known, so the beautiful goddess had an audience with the Queen. Electra shifted her feet uncomfortably as Athena gazed into her eyes "Majesty, it is my sad duty to report that Princess Calliope has had a nervous breakdown. I believe she made herself mortal when she was captured to ensure her release. She was shot and almost killed during her imprisonment. Princess Penthesilea has taken Her Royal Highness to a safe haven to allow her to recover" Athena shook her head "Poor Calliope, why didn't she come to me or her father? We could have helped her" Electra murmured "I guess, Your Majesty, she was ashamed" Athena repeated "Poor Calliope, the shock of being mortal would have been enough to kill her without being shot. You 'Pure Bloods' don't have an idea of what mortals have to live through. Is Calliope with the Westmores?" Electra gulped "Yes" and continued with "Majesty, how do you know?" Athena smiled "It's my business as Queen to know these things" Electra started to shake "Majesty, you are not going to punish Penthesilea, are you?" Athena stood up and hugged Electra "No, Ell, you and Penny are my daughter's best friends, she needs your help now. Officially gods are not supposed to mix with mortals but unofficially I want Calliope to understand mortals. Things must change if we are ever to have peace with them" Electra afforded herself a guarded smile "How will we explain Princess Calliope's disappearance?" Seconds later Princess Callistro appeared at the door "Mother, you sent for me?" Athena pointed at two chairs "Please both of you, sit down" Princess Callistro greeted Electra before seating herself. Athena looked at her daughter "Cal, your sister has suffered a breakdown and I need you to take her place in Parliament tomorrow" The young princess gulped "WHAT?!!" Minutes later a shocked Princess Callistro was told the full story and Athena concluded with "You will announce in parliament tomorrow that your sister has been sent on a diplomatic mission and she will be gone for Empire Day" Princess Callistro cried "Poor Calli, the shock must have been overwhelming" Back on Earth John Westmore had just arrived home from an all night supervision of the repair gangs re-railing a crashed 'Broken Hill Express' John wearily entered the kitchen and sat down to have breakfast. In a tired voice he muttered "That bloody gang have struck again at Molong, they got the Express. Derailed it on the climb out of the town, luckily no one was hurt, but they stole all the luggage and mail out of the brakevan" Elizabeth put down John's breakfast and whispered "There's a surprise here. We have two visitors" Before John could react Penthesilea was alongside and planted a big kiss on his cheek. John stood up and hugged the blonde bombshell "Penny, my dear child, it is so good to see you" John Westmore had seen the goddess so many times but still her unbelievable beauty took his breath away. Princess Penthesilea sat down on a kitchen chair and was careful to hover her great weight slightly above the seat as not to smash it to pieces. The bombshell touched John on the arm "I've brought a friend with me, John, you remember Princess Calliope?" John Westmore nodded "Yes, Penny, I remember her. Where is she?" Elizabeth pointed out into the yard "John, she's in the shed, asleep in a bed Penny has constructed. She's had a breakdown. Penny's brought her here so she can recover" John scratched his head "How do we help a goddess?" Penthesilea smiled "I want to give her a life of a mortal for a while and let the Earth work its magic on her" Later in the morning Penthesilea thought about looking on Calliope's condition and concluded that her friend might need some love, the love that only another goddess could give. So she climbed into Calliope's bed and cuddled up close to her friend and started to kiss the Crown Princess passionately on the lips. Seconds later Calliope's eyes flickered and then opened. The goddess looked up at the roof of the shed and murmured "Penny, where are we?" Penthesilea wrapped one arm around Calliope's shoulder and pull her tightly into her chest. The goddess felt tingling sensations when nipple touched nipple and smiled when Calliope started moaning with pleasure. Penthesilea smiled "You're on Earth, my love; I brought you here to let you recover" Princess Penthesilea let her hand explore down her friend's shapely body until it reached Princess Calliope's pussy. Willingly the goddess parted her legs to allow Penthesilea to work her sexual magic. As both goddesses worked each other's heated pussies and kissed passionately, Elizabeth Westmore walked in with a bowl of hot soup and stood shocked to the core. Red faced she gasped "My god, what are you girls doing?!" Both princesses looked but only Penthesilea spoke up "Liz, sorry to surprise you, but we are a bit more than friends" Elizabeth nervously put down the bowl and murmured "S ... .Sorry girls, you're a bit more bold than I'm used to. I'm sorry" Quickly Elizabeth stumbled out of the room, not really knowing where to look as both had resumed their lovemaking in her stunned presence. Princess Calliope's nipples stood fully erect and rock hard as Penthesilea excited her pussy with expert fingers. The Earth had a curious effect on the goddesses, where nothing in the known universe, be it man made or natural, had the slightest effect upon them, the Earth changed their personalities. The warrior instincts and the desire to dominate seemed to vanish and where the most powerful bombs and guns failed miserably, the planet Earth succeeded most brilliantly. Hours later after John Westmore had risen from his sleep; a curious Princess Calliope entered the room and surveyed all its contents. The goddess looked around at the plates, the stove and the ice box, which she opened with an intense curiosity. The blonde beauty closed the ice box lid and looked across the kitchen and murmured "Cooking utensils, I remember these things, the things that give mortals sustenance" The goddess hovered around the room and looked down her nose at the mortal things in front of her eyes and asked in her haughty superior way "What is your function, mortal?" Now John knew that he was looking at the most powerful entity of all time, and with a severe attitude problem this girl would take special handling. In anyone's eyes Princess Calliope was basically a spoilt brat who knew nothing of the hardships of life. Trying not to show fear John stated the rules of his house "Your Royal Highness, in my house I expect my guests to speak in a civil and respectful tone. We don't call people 'mortal' here, understand?" Calliope stood there with a stunned look on her face "Er.. yes ... .John" John Westmore smiled "Good, Your Highness, I am the District Superintendent of the railways in this area. I am responsible for the Main Western line from Newbridge, in the south, to Wellington, in the north. I am also in charge of the Broken Hill line as far as Parkes and the Molong to Dubbo line" Princess Calliope tried to understand the way mortals work "So you work with tools and things like that?" John suppressed a laugh "Well not quite, Highness. I tell other people where to use their tools. I give orders" Calliope smiled "I too give orders. The slaves must obey me. Is that how it is with you?" John laughed "Slaves? Highness, we don't have slaves in this country" Princess Calliope was perplexed "But there were slaves on Earth when we lived on Olympus. I remember them well, the Egyptians had them, the Persians had slaves, most civilisations had them. But I remember some Greek philosophers spoke out against the practice" John shook his head "Highness, that was thousands of years ago, the world has changed; slavery is a most abhorrent practice. You have lived so long compared to us, haven't you noticed the changes?" Calliope felt the conflict of emotions and thoughts [Have stupid am I, or don't I care about mortals. How could I have missed such things!] She thought. The Crown Princess tried to explain her world "John, our civilisation on Hibernia hasn't changed in hundreds of thousands of your years, not since I was very young. I understand your words; this world allows me to see things I don't normally see as wrong. I'm not used to change, being immortal and a god, I have no use for change" John smiled as he thought about Calliope's potential good and bad. Her power was frightening if she was influenced by the wrong thoughts and on the other hand all the good things she could do if she was so motivated. John was jolted out of his thoughts when his wife and Penthesilea entered the kitchen. Liz brought in the newspaper and showed the front page to her husband "The crash is on the front page. They say the police don't have any clues. The robbers raided the luggage compartment and were gone before any of the passengers recovered their senses" Suddenly Princess Calliope looked at her friend "Well, Penny, don't you think a pair of 'Supergirls' could use their special super powers to track down these common thieves?" Penthesilea felt the rush of adrenalin; a new adventure was in the making. To be continued.