Enter the Viper Returning from a long well deserved vacation, Bethany was ready to take back the mantle of Nocturne and fight crime. During her absence criminals had been up to no good as expected, but among them a certain strange figure had caught the attention of the city. The Viper, a thief clad in black clothing and a red coat, her face covered by a mask and a hat, much like the famous ''El Zorro'' from legend. What earned her the name of Viper however was that anyone who faced her ended up paralyzed by her poison. The Viper made the daily news for weeks, being attributed numerous robberies across Rivet City. Needless to say Bethany decided to put a stop to her. Bethany began to study Viper's movements, trying to form a pattern. Something seemed off however, while some robberies had been done with great execution but at the same time some had been done quite sloppy. While piecing everything together, Bethany noticed that Viper's latest heist had taken place the night before. Without a moment of doubt she decided to pay a visit to the jewelry store that had been robbed, hoping to find some clues. Just as she expected, the crime scene was still being searched by the police. Among the police, one women stood apart. She looked to be around Bethany's age if not a bit older, she seemed to be athletic as her body was quite in shape, that said however, she had something in her that made her feminine side stand out, perhaps it was her long straight black hair or her clear smooth skin. Her attire clearly gave away that she was the detective in charge, which prompt Bethany to ask her for permission. "Excuse me!" Bethany began to establish rapport, "My name is Bethany Hunter and I am a private detective. I'm trying to find the infamous Viper and I would like to ask for permission into investigating this scene." "Hello Ms. Hunter, I am detective Jolene Smith. Now normally I can't allow citizen's to take part in the investigation, but frankly I want to catch this thief pretty badly and I could use all the help I can get. You have my permission." "Thank you, detective Smith, I will make sure to not interfere with your own investigation." Bethany gave a small nod and headed off to investigate the scene. The scene didn't provide many clues but it did confirmed it was the Viper's doing. It had been executed with subtlety, precision an excellence. The guard had been paralyzed with Viper's poison, from him she took the security keys and not long after she shutdown the security system and stole the goods. The woman was tricky indeed, she was good enough to rob the place without setting off the alarms, but at the same time she left hints of her doing as if marking her territory. Bethany was done with her investigation and was ready to leave when detective Jolene approached her. "Ms. Hunter I have a favor to ask if you don't mind" the detective seemed very serious. "Sure, what is it?" Bethany wondered what her request might be. "I been trying to catch the Viper since her crime spree began but sadly the department has its limitations and frankly it's full of incompetent people..." Jolene crossed her arms, frowning a bit. "I know that quite well..." Bethany remembered her first months working in the force, "Anyway what is your request?" "Well you see, working for the force forbids me to do certain things...But since you are not a member of the force, you are free to do as you please. Of course as long as you stay in the parameters of the law. What I am trying to ask you is to investigate a lead I been following." Jolene sighed. "But of course, I'll do anything in my power to stop that woman" Bethany replied with determination. "Thank you, I appreciate the help. In any case, on to the matter at hand. As I said, I been following this woman since her first heist and I been piecing everything together. I believe she is after an specific item and she has been searching for it throughout the city. Judging by her hits, it's very likely that her next target will be Von Deuxen Jewelry" Jolene paused for a second "As you might have expected, the department doesn't believe me, a shame really, since I have managed to predict her hits 3 times. Since I'm limited by the department, I am hoping that you can make a stakeout and catch the thief or at the very least, get some intel on her. Anything it's appreciated really!" "Interesting, any idea as to why she might be hitting the place?" Bethany already had a hunch as to why but she wanted to get as much info as she could. "Well aside from the fact that her targets are mostly jewelry stores, Van Deuxen is one of the most deluxe stores on the city. Some of their jewels could easily be valued in millions of dollars, so it is most certainly a good hit for her." "Indeed, it does make sense, however have you not noticed something strange?' Bethany asked. "What?" "It's hard to pinpoint a pattern with this woman, in some of her crimes she shows excellence and yet in others she shows a severe lack of skill, it's almost like she is a different person." Bethany thought about it some more, "What's more strange is that although she consistently robs stores, the way she handles some of them is more or less puzzling. Here is clear that she wanted us to know that she was behind the act, but in others she try to sloppily hide her trace, it makes no sense." "I agree, which is why I need you to track her down and figure it out, for all we know she could be using henchmen which would explain it." Jolene replied. "That's a possibility, yes. Very well, I'll see what I can come up with. I'll let you know as fast as I can." Bethany replied with a smile. The women exchanged phone numbers and parted ways. That night Bethany, for the first time in 2 months clad herself in the mantle of Nocturne and headed to Van Deuxen Jewelry, Nocturne arrived at 9:00 PM at Van Deuxen, right around closing time. She parked her bike in an alleyway and decided to gain some terrain. She took her grappling hook and shot it at a nearby roof, she then proceed to climb the wall fast. Once she made it to the roof of a nearby building, she activated her goggles to scan the area. An hour passed and nothing seemed out of the ordinary, in fact it had been quite a boring stakeout. Perhaps Jolene was wrong, perhaps she had misjudged the Viper who had proven to be hard to catch. She waited another hour and nothing, there was no sign of the Viper or anything. Nocturne was about to give up and leave when something struck her attention from behind. She tried to act fast, but before she could even lift her fist she was caught in a whip. The whip tied around her waist like a snake. Nocturne tried to get rid of it, but the more she struggled, the more the whip tied around her. "I wouldn't resist the whip, sweetie, you will find that it is useless to struggle" A strange disembodied voice said. "Who's there, what do you want?!" Nocturne replied, a bit shaken by the whip but with her usual confidence. A figure moved from the shadows, giving a body to the voice and purpose to Nocturne. Before her stood the criminal she was looking for, the Viper. "Oooh so they finally decided to send someone useful..." She moved close to Nocturne invading her personal space, "and beautiful as well. I must say, you caught my attention." She began to stroke Nocturne's cheek. "I would appreciate it if you respect my personal space." Nocturne wasn't pleased by her invasion, "Then maybe you can tell me what you mean by useful." The Viper disregarded Nocturne's request, she placed her hands around Nocturne's shoulders and looked at her in the eyes. "And what will you do if I don't respect your space?" She placed a kiss on Nocturne's lips, "Are you going to struggle in that bind and let me watch as you fall into the ground?" She moved her hands to Nocturne's lower waist and gave her a light spank, "Oooh a tight bum, I like. Face it, honey, you can not do anything right now, I can do anything I want to you right now." The Viper laughed. "Grrr, so is that why you are here, to toy with me?!" Nocturne retorted, maddened by the woman's advances. The Viper looked at her in they eyes again, "Kind of, but not yet, that's for later...." She used her right hand to rub Nocturne's legs. Nocturne once more maddened (but this time a bit with herself for allowing herself to fall into this trap) replied, "There isn't going to be a later, you are going to jail tonight!" Nocturne's expression was a mixture of anger and arousal, much to her dismay. The viper chuckled then without warning she began to rub Nocturne's womanhood through the fabric of her costume, slowly. The woman did not stop there, she then placed three kisses on Nocturne's neck and then looked at her laughing, "Ahh but that's where you are wrong sweetie, by the end of the night I'll have you moaning in glory and passion!" Nocturne's mind drifted for a moment, into a place of ecstasy and delight. There she laid in a bed pinned down as the Viper had her way with her, Nocturne's expression full of uncontrollable passion and lust. But before she could regret something she snapped out of it. The Viper herself suddenly stopped everything she was doing and moved a few steps away from her, "As I said, that's for later, right now I need you in a different way." Viper continued with her innuendo. "I don't associate myself with criminals, so you better explain yourself, fast." Nocturne regained her confidence and hid her lust. "It's simple, what if instead of just catching one lousy burglar like myself, I help you catch a fair couple of thugs?" Viper's proposition seemed odd. "Umm you are a criminal, why the hell would you help me catch criminals?" Nocturne was confused for obvious reasons, "If anything I thought you ran some sort of gang." "Me? Gangs? Hah, please I might be a criminal but I have standards. Which is why I want to help you catch those thugs, consider it my public service." "What thugs? The only thug I see right now is you." Nocturne retorted. "Funny. You may have noticed that some of my crimes have been somewhat sloppy, well there is a reason for that, it wasn't me" Viper stopped for a moment, "Of course since I have become so popular among the criminal underworld some people have started using my name and tactics to shield themselves behind my figure and avoid detection. I won't stand for that and you are gonna help me achieve it." "What makes you think that I am going to help you?" Nocturne shot back with coldness. "For starters because if you don't, I might keep you all tied up and hand you over to one of those gangs that detest you. Second you would be fulfilling your duty as protector of the city by stopping this gang and if you do help me, I will give you a chance to catch me, but I warn you, you will fail~!" Viper gave her a wink. "Well it looks like I don't have any other choice. Fine" Nocturne sighed, "I'll help you, but just this once and untied me already!" The Viper proceeded to untie Nocturne. "Alright you see that?" She pointed at a few cars that have parked next to the jewelry store, "While we were having our lovely chat, the thugs I mentioned arrived, if we are not fast enough they will get away with it." The viper scanned the area to see how many of them there were. "Alright, our best bet is to enter the building through the roof. From there we make our way to the lower floor while making sure they don't spot us, I can stun then with my gun and you can tied them down or use whatever it is you use to paralyze your foes." Nocturne pointed at their entry point. "Sounds good to me, but remember after that I am going to have my way with you so try not to get hurt." Viper gave Nocturne another kiss in the lips, stunning her in confusion. She then jump from the roof and made her way to Van Deuxem. Nocturne shot her hook at the Van Deuxen roof, creating a zipline between where she was standing and the store. She then made her way to the store. Once on the other side, Viper unlocked at door, which thanks to the thugs didn't trigger the alarm. They moved slowly through the building, making sure they weren't spotted, as they reached the first floor, two thugs were guarding the stairs. They proved to be no match for the women, as Nocturne put one to sleep and Viper paralyzed the other with her poison dart. Viper then tied them down and along with the help of Nocturne they dragged to a closet and hid them. With two enemies down, there were still around 12, direct contact was therefore out of the question. Nocturne scanned the area and realized that 4 thugs were in the second floor directly above where the 8 main thugs were, possibly protecting them. She pointed at the thugs so Viper could see them and with swift precision they shot two of them at the same time, when the other two realized what had happened it was too late for them, as they joined their fallen comrades fast. Now it was onto the final 8. These would prove to be the hardest, because after all they were pretty close to each other. Most of them were trying to open the jewelry cases without breaking them, as to not alert anyone, but luckily Nocturne spotted one that was a bit further from the other 7. She motioned Viper to get near him, she then shot him with her gun and Viper quickly tied him. Next they took two who were pretty close and moved them before the thugs could spot them. 3 down 5 to go. The final five, there was no way around them, the five were pretty close which would mean it would be hard to silently take them down. The girls decided to use this to their advantage, they shot two of them and the other three were stunned and confused by what happened, which gave way for them to take down 2 more, the last one was too scared to react so before he knew it, he was down. Just like that, they had taken down everyone. Nocturne contacted the police to inform them of what had transpired, the cops quickly made their way to the store. Meanwhile Viper had tied everyone down. Nocturne approached her to see how she was doing. "Agh it's no use, it's not here." Viper sighed. "What's not here?" Nocturne seemed curious. "What I was looking for, hey I'm not just a common thief you know, I'm looking for something. It's a secreeeet though~!" Viper winked. "Speaking of thieves, you are the last one I need to arrest." Nocturne replied "Then you better catch me!" With that Viper ran off. Nocturne gave chase to her. Viper leaped over rooftops with swiftness and grace, she made it look like an art and Nocturne did as well, she chased her for a very good 15 minutes without feeling an inch of fatigue. She continued chasing Viper to the point where a normal person would had given up, but not Nocturne. This was her chance to put the criminal behind the bars and she wasn't going to waste it. So she continued chasing, until she reached a point where it seemed that Viper had disappeared. She looked everywhere trying to track her down, but all seemed lost. The Viper seemed gone....that is, until the Viper stepped out of the shadows and tackled her, pinning her against the floor. The Viper didn't attack her however, on the contrary, she began to kiss her and Nocturne returned her kisses. Their lips locked in a fury of passion as they forgot their inhibitions. Nocturne was very aroused, in fact so aroused that she had already wrapped her legs around Viper's waist as the latter tried to rub Nocturne's womanhood once more. Their tongue war continued for minutes that seemed like hours, and it seemed that Viper's words would prove to be true, but at the last minute, Nocturne broke from the kiss. "That was....good....but I regret to inform you that I don't give in on the first date..." Nocturne still seemed aroused. "So are you going to try to arrest me?" The Viper asked. "Not today, I already have what I want, but next time might be a bit different" Nocturne chuckled. "Yeah, next time I'll buy you a nice meal and a pretty dress." Viper smirked. "Funny." Nocturne then jumped off the building. A bit later, Bethany was back in her home, she contacted Jolene to explain what had transpired. Jolene asked her to pay her a visit and have a private conversation, since she didn't trust the phone. Bethany agreed to pay her a visit even though it was late. Jolene greeted her and allowed her to come inside. Truth be told her home was quite luxurious, Bethany wondered how much they were paying in the force, considering that back in her days the pay wasn't that great. Regardless she was there to talk about Viper. She explained to Jolene everything she learned from her encounter with the Viper and Jolene seemed intrigued, after a bit of discussing her methods and such, Jolene had everything she needed or so it seemed. "Hey thanks for taking your time to investigate this matter. To be honest, even though the department itself can't reward you, I want to for helping me get closer to catching this woman. So could you wait here while I get you something?" Jolene asked her. "Sure!" Bethany replied cheerfully. With that Jolene left to get whatever she was going to give Bethany. Bethany meanwhile look at the house, it was certainly beautiful and it must have been expensive, a bit too expensive. She was truly astounded by the fact that the detective had managed to own a house like this. Jolene was making her way back to the living room when she motioned Bethany to get something that was lying on the desk. Bethany did as instructed but before she could pick it up Jolene grabbed her from behind and pinned her against the wall, swiftly handcuffing her hands behind her back. "WHAT THE HELL!?!?" Bethany screamed at her. "I told you that by the end of the night I would had my way with you...." She winked at Bethany. "You....." Bethany looked at her in shock. She couldn't believe it, she had been played all along and was now in the Viper's grasp.