Nocturne VS the Ebony Heart Nocturne arrived at the Ebony Heart's hideout as requested by the latter. Contrary to most of the villains and criminals Nocturne had faced until this point, the Ebony Heart had no intention of hiding. She wasn't afraid, in fact she wanted Nocturne, to teach her a lesson. The place was pretty odd, the floor looked like a chessboard and was made up of black and white tiles, which Nocturne found fitting for a woman who practiced a black and white philosophy. "Kept me waiting, huh?" the Ebony Heart shot coldly at her guest. Nocturne looked at the lady standing in the middle of the room, she was wearing an Ebony colored armor that made her look like a medieval knight. "There was a bit of a traffic jam, my bad" Nocturne retorted with a grin. "That's cute, we'll see if after I'm done with you, you'll still be a smart ass" the Ebony Heart kept her cold tone. "What exactly do you want with me? I done nothing to you and I'm only trying to help this city" Nocturne seemed genuinely interested in what her rival had to say. "Help others? Give me a break, you are nothing more than a glorified slut. You prance around showing your cleavage and buttocks around the city and you think you are hero? No, you are not and since you like to be slutty, I'll teach you how sluts are treated"she became more aggressive and it seemed that she was obviously not interested in talking. "Excuse me?!?! I am not a glorified slut! The only thing I do is help this city, protecting her from egomaniacs such as you!" Nocturne didn't take that comment lightly, she now wanted to fight as well. "Then enough talk, have at you" and with that the Ebony Heart launched against Nocturne. Nocturne was faster then this Ebony Heart and landed swift fluries of strikes that sended her backwards. The Ebony knight managed to throw some punches as well but Nocturne was able avoid most of them. However despite her best efforts, Nocturne was unable to defeat the woman dressed in ebony. Even with her blows hitting the Ebony Heart, it didn't even scratch her and everytime Nocturne landed strikes Ebony used it to connect a swift punch to her gut. Despite being just jabs the punches were incredibly hard and as they continued Nocturne realized the punches were knocking her air out and robbing her off her stamina. With Nocturne panting and her chest heaving heavily the Ebony Knight began to increase the power behind her blows. Nocturne's head snapped back by a jab after which her rival sended a hard thudding uppercut towards her stomach that knocked her off her feet. A tiring Nocturne ducked underneath a hook and tried to tackle the Ebony Knight, however with raw force she got pushed away and slided over the floor. Getting to her feet she sended hard kicks towards her armored foe but she simply kept moving forward and kept throwing punches. Nocturne now felt like she was fighting an unstoppable force as her opponent kept comming at her. Nocturne did her best to avoid her rival's attack, but the sheer magnitude and strength behind her punches, was far worse than anything she had faced. Even the punches that merely grazed her shoulders knocked her off balance and made her stagger on her feet. After less then 3 minutes of intense fighting against this knight, Nocturne's strength had faded and with one last solid punch to the stomach she collapsed. "Ugh......I.....can't....keep...figting..." Nocturne dropped to the floor while her opponent laughed at her. "I told you I would teach you a lesson. Ohh and in case your are wondering, your lesson starts right now." the Ebony heart began to drag an unconscious Nocturne into what could be Nocturne's very own demise. After a good 30 minutes, Nocturne regained her consciousness. She woke up in what seemed to be a little red room and in front of her stood the Ebony Heart. What did puzzled her however was that she was not bounded in any way, or stripped or drugged. Usually this would be the point where her rivals try to demoralized her by making her feel vulnerable or would trick her into servitude by messing with her mind. But yet she remained clothed and full aware of what was going on. "I don't get it, I thought you were going to teach me a lesson..." Nocturne looked at her captor while trying to at least get on her knees. "I am going to teach you a lesson, I was just waiting for you to wake up." she replied cold and fast. "How come you didn't tie me or strip me, you had the opportunity to do so, I would had not put a resistance" Nocturne retorted. "It's quite simple, those methods are for weaklings, people who do not posses the strength I do have to resort to those methods. In my case however, do you really think you can put up a resistance because you are awake?" the Ebony Heart laughed. "Come again? I can put up a resistance!" Nocturne began to stood up. The Ebony heart would not have it however, as she gave Nocturne a hard slap sending her straight to the floor. "Nonsense! You simply cannot stand up against me and frankly I enjoy it this way. I want to hear you scream while I tear your attire apart" the Ebony Heart laughed maniacally as she moved closer to Nocturne. For the first time in her life, Nocturne actually feared someone, she felt her heart beat faster as she moved closer to her. "Please stay back! Don't do this!" Nocturne yelled at her rival. The Ebony Heart laughed even more after hearing her pleas. Without hesitation she pinned Nocturne to the ground and spread her legs as much as she could. Nocturne was genuinely afraid, she could feel it her heart beat faster than ever. "Please stop!!!!!" Her pleas were joyful sound to her captor as she began to pull Nocturne's boots off. She tickled her feet a bit just to make her a teensy bit more vulnerable before ripping her fishnets off. "Pleaseeee stooooop! I didn't do anything to you!!!" Nocturne screamed to no avail. The Ebony Heart moved her hand to Nocturne's zipper and unzipped with such a brutal force that she almost broke it. She then squirmed Nocturne of her main attire, leaving her in nothing but her panties. "You wanted the attention, slut, well now you have it. I'm going to dress you in an attire fitting for such a deprived being as yourself" again she laughed maniacally. She bend Nocturne over and grabbed the fabric of her panties, literally ripping it apart. Nocturne screamed in fear as she was completely exposed to this maniacal woman. "Pleaseeeeeeee......let...me...go...I beg...you!" Nocturne was almost to the point of crying. "Hah! You have a nice rear, I'll give you that. With a rear as good as yours, as slut such as yourself can be taught something..." the Ebony Heart had evil intentions. And with a swift move, her gauntlet met Nocturne's rear. The sheer impact made Nocturne scream in agony, she couldn't hold it any more, tears were falling. Again and again, the Ebony Heart slapped Nocturne's rear with her cold hard gauntlet, each time Nocturne felt like she was reduced to a pile of nothing and the pain was downright unbearable. After a bit, it seemed she got tired and threw Nocturne off to the floor. The heroine felt a bit of a relief as she let her go. However that relief would soon come to an end, as the Ebony Heart had more plans for her. "Well it's time to dress you up as the little slut you are" the Ebony Heart held in her hands, cuffs and binding that could only mean bad things for Nocturne. The Ebony Heart cuffed, gagged and restrained Nocturne's ankles all in an attempt to make Nocturne feel horrible. Judging by the looks, it was working. "See? This is how little sluts like yourself need to be treated. You are now in your rightful place" the Ebony Heart gave her maniacal laugh. "Mmmmm mmmmhmm mummmm mmmmm" it was no use, Nocturne couldn't say anything, she would just had to take this. "What's that? You are having fun? I knew you would, dirty sluts like yourself enjoy this kind of thing. But I tell you what, we are not even getting started!" "MMmmmmmmmm!M!!MMM!" Nocturne moaned to no avail. "Well let's start things fun shall we" the captor took a camera she had in a table. "Pose for me little slut!" Nocturne had no other choice, as much as she hated this, she posed for her captor. The Ebony Heart took several humiliating pictures of Nocturne. She laughed as she forced Nocturne into more humiliating poses. Once she was done, she grabbed Nocturne by the collar and dragged her into another room. What awaited Nocturne was unknown but it sure didn't seem like a good thing. As a final act, The Ebony Heart places Bethany in a wooden horse, which proves to be one of the most uncomfortable things Bethany has ever experienced. Not only is she tied to the horse, The Ebony Heart decides to make sure she cannot escape from it and places Bethany's hands and head into a pillory of wood, while tying her neck to a chain. Carrying the heavy weigh of the pillory falling forward means that the chain around her neck would choke her to death. There is absolutely no way for Bethany to escape from and given that her body is severely exhausted, she doesn't even have the strength to try and uses all her remaining energy to stay upright. She is kept there for hours and so begins a battle for staying conscious, Bethany struggles with all the pain her body has suffered. The body wants to succumb to all the pain, but she wants to resist, she wants to fight. But she has no strength to fight, she struggles to no avail and soon after her sight begins to fade. Her mind becoming hazy can spot the Ebony Heart in front of her. With what's left of her body she can hear her say: "I hope you learned your lesson and go back and hide in whichever you came from." Although she feels like shouting back at her captor, her body betrays her and succumbs to the pain.... A few hours later, Bethany regains consciousness and finds herself awake in what seems to be an abandoned alley. Not to her surprise, she finds herself there completely nude. She tries to stand up but falls back into the floor due to the massive pain her body still feels. Although she tries not to, she begins to cry, due to the immense frustration she feels. What hurt her the most was not her body, but her fighting spirit, her morale, her dignity. Perhaps The Ebony Heart was right and she should just go back to whichever hole she came from and crawl back into it. She was a failure, there was no denying it, she had save many people but no one could save her from this fact. She tried to stood up again and walk back into her home and maybe even forget this crazy idea of helping others, when she is the one that needs help. She looked into the stars and although it was a beautiful night, it was raining in her heart.