Coping with Power Chap. 10
By demented20
Moira and Lisa finish the battle of two powerful amazons!



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Lisa followed behind her guide a few feet.  Her name was Sarah. 
Lisa looked at Sarah and figured that she couldn't be more than
18 years old.  Her parents had probably raised her in the
commune.  She had obviously been there a long time.  She was
perhaps 5'6" with blond hair that fell to the middle of her back
and a body that the top figure competitors would admire.  She
must have been on the juice because like everyone else in the
commune she was stronger than she ordinarily would have been. 
The girl was innocent like a child was innocent.  She was not
dumb which meant that her parents probably schooled her, but she
had not been tainted by society.  Sarah slowed as they came from
a dark area into a more lit area.

"The office is over there."  Sarah pointed.

Lisa walked up to her and took Sarah by the shoulders.  "Do you
have any family?"

"My father left a few weeks ago.  He does that from time to
time.  Just me and my brother are here right now."

"How old is he?"

"He's older.  He's 22.  Sometimes he goes out with Daddy."

"Do you have anywhere you can go?"

"My aunt.  I've been there before.  She's always happy to see
Andrew and me."

Lisa smiled.  "You and your brother get your things together and
go to your aunts house.  Do you have a way to get there?"

"My brother can drive.  We have a lot of vans here.  I went with
my father one time when we bought one for the commune."

"Where are the vans, Sarah?"

She pointed.  "Over there past the workout area."

Lisa took a deep breath.  "Ok, now you and your brother leave. 
Go to your aunt's"

Sarah smiled, nodded and then ran off into the shadows.  Lisa
listened for a few seconds until she heard the girl start up
some unseen steps.  Lisa then headed towards the office alone. 
She wondered why Sarah had been so willing to leave and go to
her aunt when this was most likely the only home she had ever
known.  It never occurred to Lisa that Sarah had been taught to
listen to the strongest and when Lisa had saved Edgar, she had
become the strongest.  Sarah understood that only the stronger
question the strong and that no one questions the strongest.

Lisa came to the office and tried to look in the window, but
could only see junk.  She didn't bother with the knob and
instead just kicked the door off the hinges.  Ian's head turned
so quickly he almost made himself dizzy.

"My goodness!", Ian exclaimed.

"Ian!"  Lisa ran over and began pulling the tape off his wrists.

"A dramatic entrance is no excuse for leaving me here so long",
he chided calmly as Lisa worked furiously at the tape.  She was
being careful not to pull against him.

"I had to figure out where you were", Lisa said apologetically.

"You're just full of excuses", Ian mused as he was finally able
to stand.  Lisa stood up once she got his feet undone.  Lisa had
tears in her eyes as she slowly brought her head up.  Lisa's
tears met Ian's smile.  Lisa smiled then and threw her
powerfully muscled arms around her friend's neck.  Ian kissed
Lisa on the cheek and then pulled his head back.  "I knew you'd
be here.  Never had a doubt."

"You're not kidding again are you."

Ian shook his head.  "No.  I'm not kidding.  Come on let's go. 
Follow me."  Ian started out the door.

"Wait, Ian.  That woman, Moira, has gone crazy.  And she's
bigger than she was when I was here last."

"You know Moira?"

"Your friend Thomas brought me to a show here.  She looks twice
as big."

Ian ran his hands through his hair.  He looked down at the
ground for a moment.  "She's had a massive dose of the juice...
probably from her own artery walls.  She's going to suffer liver
failure and kidney damage if we don't get to her."

"What!  Help her!  You don't understand.  She was trying to kill
me.  She put Edgar in a hole in the ground and covered him with
a lot of stuff."

"Good.  He deserves it.  Don't feel sorry at all."

"You're missing my point.  That woman is dangerous."

"I know that!", Ian yelled then cut himself off.  "She needs our
help.  Are you going to help me or not?"

"You know I will, but she could kill you in a second.  I don't
know if... if I could protect you."

"I've been around the block a little bit myself.  I have a plan
for this."  Ian smirked.  "Just watch my back.  I have to make
it to the lab."

The way to the lab was mostly dark, but the lit places were wide
open and surrounded by shadows.  Lisa saw lights in the ceilings
and in the walls, but had no idea where the switches were. 
Instead, she tried to stay close to Ian.  The pool of blood had
begun to dry in the lab.  Lisa covered her nose from the smell.
Ian ignored it and went in and pulled out a syringe.

"I'm going to need you to watch me for about five minutes while
I inject myself with this", Ian said already prepping the needle.

"What is it?"

Ian smiled his sly smile.  "Its just a little something I put
together."  He took the needle and put it into the vein on his
left arm.  He started to depress the plunger then looked up. 
"If I start convulsing, hold me down."

"What?  Convulsion, you--"

Lisa couldn't get another word out before Ian pushed all the
contestants of the syringe into his arm.  The area around his
vein went red immediately.  Then the redness began to spread
quickly.  Lisa didn't know what to do.  Ian's face went into a
silent scream and he dropped to the floor with the syringe still
hanging from his arm.  Lisa bent down to this side and put her
hands on his arms and shoulders.  His skin was hot.  She pulled
the needle out of his arm and tossed it behind her.  She kept
her eyes on her friend.  She brushed a lock of hair back from
his forehead and tried talking to him, but he didn't even seem
aware.  And then the convulsing started.  Lisa pressed his back
down into the floor and kept his limbs from hitting anything. 
She wanted to cry, but he had told her what to do.  His limbs
wanted to thrash about, but Lisa quite easily held them at
first.  The convulsing didn't stop, and it became hard and
harder to keep him still.  Lisa thought that she was getting
tired and didn't know how long she could hold him, then as
quickly as they had started, the convulsions stopped.  Ian was
covered in sweat and his breathing was deep and labored.  Lisa
put her hand to his forehead.  Despite all the sweat and work,
his body was not as hot as before.

Lisa flinched when Ian's eyes opened suddenly.

"Are you ok?  Ian?"

"I'm fine."  His voice sounded hoarse and dry.  "I need some
water and then I'll be fine.  Help me up."

Lisa pulled him to his feet and watched as he went to a sink and
began drinking water from the faucet.  He looked the same.  She
wondered what that stuff had been.

"Ok, I'm ready."

Lisa took a moment to get her mind together.  "I want to destroy
this place!  Nothing like this should be around."

"I agree."  He looked around.  "If you want to destroy this
place, this is where to start.  Some of the chemicals in this
room are highly flammable."

"I didn't pay enough attention in chemistry class, so light
whatever needs to be lit.  Fire is a good idea except that this
building has sprinklers."  Lisa looked up at one of the heads.  

"Sprinklers don't work if you turn off the water.  The main
valve is downstairs near the motorpool.  All we have to do is
start a fire here and then turn the sprinklers off.  The people
will do the rest."  Lisa nodded and looked out while Ian worked
inside.  

Ten minutes passed before Ian walked out into the hall carrying
a large duffle on his back.  Lisa could already smell the smoke
from the fire he had set.  It was a rancid smoke that choked her
even through the door.

"We have about fifteen minutes.  Maybe a few more, maybe a few
less before the fire spreads to the rafters.  Once it gets to
the rafters, this place is gone."

"Good", Lisa acknowledged without emotion.  She looked over at
her friend at that duffle over his shoulder.  The bag looked
really heavy, at least for a normal person, but Ian was not even
bent forward to compensate for the weight on his back.

Lisa had some questions, but instead of asking them, she just
nodded and started down the steps.  Orange and blue flames were
already visible in through the cracks in the door.  Lisa and Ian
tried to keep as quiet as possible as they went down the stairs
towards the motorpool area.  Lisa hoping that they didn't run
into anyone and Ian hoping distantly that they did.



Moira walked up the back steps towards her lab.  She wanted to
get a blood sample of herself.  The mad rush of power still
influenced her, but the rage had subsided.  There was nothing to
be angry with.  She was the most powerful being in the world. 
That thought alone brought a smile to her lips.  Moira reached
the top of the steps in no hurry.  The smoke escaped through the
cracks and had started to fill the hall with smoke.  She fought
her way closer and reached out for the knob.  The heat made her
draw her hand back.  Instead a push sent the door flying into
the blazing room.  The flames brightened and flared from the
sudden rush of fresh oxygen.  Moira took a step back.  Just then
the sprinklers came on.  Moira could see that most of the room
was not on fire and her notes would be safe in the other room,
but then the pressure from the sprinklers ebbed then stopped. 
Moira turned around and hurried down the steps taking in four or
five at a bound.  The anger which was nearly gone was back and
even stronger than before.  Her muscles responded by swelling
with raw power.  Now even Edgar's large shorts were straining to
contain her swelling muscles.

The fire was growing glowing red over one entire side of the
massive structure.  Moira knew where the valve was and came
around the corner ready to kill someone.  She went to the corner
and saw that the valve control wheel had been torn off.  Her
anger flared again.  She strode to the remaining stem and
squeezed with enough power to compress the metal.  Then she
turned.  The water started flowing from the sprinklers again.

Moira didn't get the valve all the way open.  Lisa had seen her
come around the corner.  Lisa grabbed the huge woman by her
sweat covered torso and yanked her off the ground and tossed her
across the room.  Lisa rushed in then and turned the valve back
off.  She reared her fist back and with a snarl shot her coiled
fist forward towards the pipe.  The thick galvanized iron pipe
had no chance, her fist went through it all the way to the other
side.  Moira roared in frustration.  She jumped to her feet and
charged Lisa's back.

Lisa didn't have time to turn before she was crushed into the
wall with enough force to crush the rest of the pipe flat. 
Moira took Lisa and threw her back.  Lisa reversed the throw and
tossed Moira instead.  Moira never went down and instead she
turned around.  The ruined pipe sprayed water fiercely.  Water
pooled on the ground and Moira and Lisa were soaked.  The two
women stared at each other in the mayhem of the spreading fire
and the useless water.

Moira turned and grabbed one of the remaining white Chevy vans
by the bumper and pulled it closer to her.  The tires only
resisted for a moment before Moira hoisted the van over her
head.  Her fingers pierced straight through the sheet metal. 
Her soaked muscled body didn't even strain while holding the van
up.  They did bulge through when she threw it at Lisa.  Lisa's
eyes went wide as the three ton vehicle came at her.  No matter
how strong she was and no matter what she had seen Moira do, the
sight of a van coming at her caused her to pause.  She didn't
have time to run instead she just ducked.  The van slammed into
the thick four course brick wall behind her with a crash that
sounded like the worst wreck on the highway.  Lisa quickly threw
her arms as the van came down on her.  Her muscles had been idle
for a while, but her adrenaline was so high that her own muscles
were still pumped.  The van almost made her fall over, but
instead she stood up with the van over her head.  Lisa tossed
the van off to her right.  She was angry now.  She had never
done anything to this crazy bitch in front of her, but she had
just tried to kill her.  Lisa ground her fingers into her palms
as she strode forward.

There were explosions in the distance as the fire spread.  That
seemed to only add to Moira's anger.

"You won't get out of here!", Moira yelled.  She picked up
another van.  Lisa was ready this time, but instead of hurling
it at Lisa, Moira threw the van at the exit door.  No sooner had
that van landed than she threw another and another.  She tossed
the vans like people tossed blocks.  She laughed then.  "I am
going to crush you!"

"You think you're so strong!  You are nothing, but a 'roided up
bitch!" ,Lisa yelled back.  She bent down and picked up one of
the undamaged vans and lifted it over her head.  Her triceps
shredded with power, diamond hard.  Her body vibrated with power
as her muscles got harder and stronger from holding the van over
her head.  Lisa smiled and took a good hold on the chassis of
the van.  Her smile left replaced by a stare.  Lisa's light
brown eyes stayed on Moira's blue ones as her upper body started
shaking with power.  Her arms were far apart and slowly they
started coming together.  Steel shrieked as Lisa crushed the van
with her arms alone.  Lisa's delts vibrated with power and
shredded hard muscle.  Lisa's own lycra top could not contain
her exploding muscle.  The seams at the shoulder tore first and
then down the sides.  The van was nearly three feet shorter now.
  Sweat poured down Lisa's body as she pulled her arms closer. 
Her arms bulged with vascular muscles.  Huge car crushing
machines could do no more than Lisa's two arms did now.

It was Moira's turn to pause now as she saw the true power of
her opponent.  The other woman crushed that van almost easily. 
Moira's competitive nature came out she smiled as Lisa finished
crushing the van.  The ground shook at the compacted hunk of
metal hit the cement floor.  Lisa started forward at a walk. 
Moira strode forward towards her.  The walk became a run as the
two muscle women came closer.

They came together with solid muscle hitting solid muscle.  They
jockeyed for leverage and grip.  Calf muscles exploded with
vascular power as the two women pressed against each other. 
Quads and hamstrings bulged with power as the two muscle amazons
fought for control of the other.  Lisa's own body looked small
compared to Moira's immense bulk.  Moira's back was a writhing
sculpture rock hard mountains of muscle trying to crush her
opponent.  Lisa's smaller, but impossibly hard and strong
muscles flexed even harder in the fight.  Lisa's muscles were
the most shredded on the planet.  Moira could feel the muscle
fibers beneath her fingers flex and bunch even harder than
before.  Lisa felt like a living piece of granite beneath
Moira's fingers.  Lisa grunted  as Moira's greater height came
into play and the huge woman tried to push her down again. 
Moira's body was a constantly flexing expanding mass of muscle. 
It was hard to get a good grip on the woman because her muscles
flexed and writhed with such power.  Finally Lisa's training won
out and she tossed Moira over her head.

Moira jumped to her feet and before Lisa could react the huge
amazon slammed into Lisa's side.  Off the ground, Lisa was
nearly helpless.  Moira lifted Lisa up and slammed her down to
the concrete as hard as the awkward position would allow.  The
cement still cracked from the impact.  The pain of the impact
focused Lisa's concentration and when Moira came close, Lisa
took her arm and tossed her again this with all the power Lisa
could muster.  With one arm Lisa had tossed Moira more than 60
feet all the way to the exercise area.  Lisa bounded to her feet
and followed to the exercise area.

Moira was waiting when Lisa came.  Moira's fist had already been
cocked.  Lisa had no chance.  Moira super muscled arm drove
forward into Lisa's unprepared mid section.  Lisa's abs resisted
most of the force, but the air was still driven from her lungs. 
Moira followed her punch with an ax handle to the back.  Lisa
fell to the floor gasping for breath.  The air in the building
was getting thick with smoke making everything harder for Lisa.

Moira yelled with primal power and strength at her prey
struggling on the ground.  Lisa tried to get to her feet, but

Moira was waiting.  She powered up her concrete destroying legs
and sent a kick at Lisa's mid section as hard as she could. 
Lisa flew across the room as if sent by an explosion.  What
little air was in her lungs came out again.  Lisa looked up
through tears of pain and anger at Moira coming closer.  She
kicked and threw all obstacles out of her way as she came
closer.  Lisa finally got a breath and the pain in her lungs
eased.  She waited for Moira to get closer and then from one
knee, Lisa powered up and slammed her fist into Moira's stomach.
 Lisa could feel every stone hard muscle fiber under her fist. 
It was the hardest thing Lisa had ever punched, even harder than
the steel of the vault.  Lisa barely felt Moira's flesh move
from the blow, but the force lifted the huge woman off the floor
and tossed her several feet back.  Lisa came to her feet.  Moira
too was up.  She charged.  Lisa readied herself.  Moira slammed
into Lisa, but this time Lisa held her ground and with a quick
turn, tossed Moira high and far.  She skidded to a stop just
outside the open door of the 3rd vault in the workout area. 
Lisa smiled then took off running.  She kicked Moira into the
black hole inside the door and quickly slammed the door shut.

"Let's see how you like it!", Lisa yelled as she turned the
wheel locking the door.

Lisa heard a primordial growl as Moira rushed to the door.  The
entire ten foot by ten foot vault moved, but the door did not
open.  The steel bulged out where she slammed into it though. 
Lisa did not care.  The fight was over. She patted the vault
with a smile then turned back towards the motor pool.

The 3rd vault was nearly as formidable as the other two vaults. 
It had not been in a bank, but instead had been in an office
building.  The vault had been used to keep documents safe from
fire.  Lisa did not know this when she threw Moira in, and Moira
was in too much of a rage to realize where she was.

Lisa came back to the motor pool area and was ready to move the
vans out of the way of door, but they were already moved.  Lisa
saw a van get tossed towards the middle of the room.  She walked
carefully around the corner and saw Ian standing there.

"What are you doing?"

He turned and smiled.  He was breathing deeply, but looked
happy.  "I had to clear the way for our escape."

"But...  That stuff you gave yourself.  It made you stronger." 
Lisa wanted to cross her arms as she often did when she cross
with one of her friends, but her muscles prevented her from
getting them just right.

Ian's smile broadened.  "Seven to ten times stronger to be
exact.  I had been thinking of getting out of here on my own
when I had a chance.  It's only temporary.  I have about four or
five hours like then it'll start to wear off as my body
metabolizes the chemicals.  I have to be careful though.  This
stuff doesn't harden my bones."

"So leave the throwing vans around to me."

Ian laughed.  "I have to know what this feels like a little.  I
mean I probably won't do this again."

Lisa looked around.  The floor was still flooding with water. 
The back of the building was burning and the fire had reached
the ceiling and roof.

"We should get out of here!", Lisa yelled as the situation
flooded to her mind.

"I'm going to check to make sure no one is trapped.  I'll be
back in less than ten minutes.  That van over there is already
running.  Just wait for me!"

"I should come with you!"

"Don't worry.  I know my way around this place pretty good. 
I'll be back!"  Ian ran off and was quickly in the shadows. 
Lisa took a deep breath and went towards the van that was
started.  She opened the door and peaked inside.  She instantly
saw that the steering column had been broken and the van hot
wired.  Lisa leaned against the side of the van with the door
open and waited for Ian to get back.  The building was getting
to be a scary place to be.  The smoke was mostly over her head,
but the sound if things popping made her jump every time.



Moira could not hear the fire, but she could smell it.  All her
notes, all her materials were burning now.  They were gone. 
Years and years of her life were spent on those things.  Under
normal circumstances Moira would have cried, but now she just
wanted revenge.  She had to get out.  Moira felt the rage come
back into her.  It was frightening how quickly it took her over.
 Her muscles swelled with raw power.  She took a deep breath
expanding her powerful chest even more.  She back up against the
back wall of the vault.  She pressed her back against the wall
and with a roar of determination, Moira ran towards the front of
the vault hoping the break the lock.  Instead her super muscles
burst through the wall and with a loud crash, Moira broke
through the front of the vault.  Crumpled, broken metal lay
scattered.  The smoke and soot were much worse in the exercise
area so Moira hurried towards the motor pool.

She saw through the thick haze that one of the van was started. 
She could barely make out the sound of the roaring engine over
the din of the burning building.  The day time running lights on
the van made it easier for her.  She came in from behind the
van.  She smiled broadly as she saw Lisa leaning against the van
unaware.  Moira crept closer.  She had to be careful as her huge
body could barely fit between the parked vans.  Moira got close
and with a might shove, she pushed Lisa forward.  The open door
had no chance.  One of the hinges broke as it flattened against
the side of the van as if hit by a truck.  Lisa flew towards the
middle of the room.  Only an over turned van stopped her from
going further.  Her ears rang from the impact with the van.  She
looked up to see Moira's massive muscular naked body come
closer.  Lisa hurried to her feet not sure how she had gotten
out of the vault.  Lisa's head swam from the impact and from the
soot.

Moira came close and readied to take her revenge against the
woman who had destroyed her life.   Lisa was ready.  She lunged
at Moira instead of letting the bigger woman get the advantage
again.  It didn't work.  Lisa's strength had began to wane while
standing still.  Her strength could not contend with Moira's. 
Moira knocked her to the ground.  Lisa tried a leg whip, but
Moira's balance was surprisingly good.  Lisa sprang to her feet.
 Moira was ready and took Lisa by her shoulders.  The two muscle
woman fought again for position.  This time Lisa smiled.  It was
part of her plan.  Moira fought with all her strength.  Lisa's
body responded one more time.  Jagged muscles appeared and her
strength increased.  Moira could feel Lisa's body again getting
harder and harder.  She knew that she had to beat her quickly. 
Her opponent seemed to get stronger as the fight went on.  Lisa
was ready for Moira when she pressed down with tremendous stone
splitting force.  Lisa's muscles were more than ready for the
press, but Lisa let Moira's press come down  Lisa reversed her
grip on Moira's wrists and pulled her over her shoulder. 
Moira's butt hit the concrete as hard as her own muscles pushed
down on Lisa.  The shock too the wind from her lungs.

Lisa wasted no time and wrapped her diamond had arms around
Moira's neck and clamped down tight.  The shock of pain made
Moira's eyes roll in her head.  Her head felt as if it were
exploding.  Her neck and traps flexed trying to fight the
pressure, but it seemed to get worse.  Moira stood up quickly. 
Lisa held on tight.  Her body barely moved as Moira tried to
shake her off.  Moira tried and tried to shake her off.  She
bumped into some of the vans, but Lisa's muscles were too hard
and the vans just rolled from the impacts.  Moira's eyes were
going dim, she knew she had only seconds before she passed out. 
A memory came back to her then.  A memory of wrestling with her
brother so many years ago.  She did now what she had done then
to her younger brother.

Moira grabbed Lisa's arms and jumped backwards with all the
strength in her legs.  Lisa had no chance to protect herself. 
The ground came up to meet her too quickly.  Lisa's back hit the
concrete so hard that cracks radiated out from the center of the
impact out twenty feet in every direction.  The entire building
shook.  A section of the burning building collapsed then.

Lisa let go of her hold.  All the strength left her body as
shock from hitting the cement went through her.  The pain came
in waves.  She felt Moira rise off of her and cough to get her
breath back.  Lisa herself was not breathing.  She weakly tried
to suck in air.

Just as a trickle of air made it down to her lungs, Lisa felt a
hand lift her out of the two foot deep pit that had been made in
the cement.  Moira's face was still red.  Moira stared at Lisa. 
The rage was still there, but the strength was waning.  This
fight was taking more out of her than she thought she had.  If
it wasn't for the rage, Moira would have not been able to fight
this long.  Moira let Lisa's limp body slip to the ground.  Lisa
sucked in a deep breath as soon as she hit the ground.  It was
sweetest sensation.  Her lungs expanded again with air and she
felt the strength returning to her limbs.  Moira bent down to
lift her, but Lisa sent a punch to Moira's midsection.  Moira
bent down more.  Lisa stood up quickly and took Moira by the
shoulders. Lisa then slipped her arms from high around Moira's
shoulders to her waist and quickly laced her hands behind
Moira's back.  With a quick tug, Moira was off the ground and
then Lisa began to squeeze.

The pressure nearly made Moira loose control of herself.  Never
had she felt such strength and pressure.  Moira took a deep
breath before it became too late and began fighting.  She flexed
her entire upper body.  Muscle flexed and popped with power. 
Cable thick veins spread all over Moira's torso as her muscles
expanded against Lisa's arms.  Moira's body flexed harder and
stronger than it had when she had torn the rebar to shreds.  It
flexed hard than when she had crushed Ed to the floor.  Moira
flexed harder still.  Muscles expanded and burst with power.

The pressure on Lisa's hands and wrist was enormous.  The
expansion of Moira's torso was so much that it almost pulled
Lisa's arms apart, but she held on.  She squeezed her hands
together against each other tighter than she had when she'd
broken the steel grip machine.  Lisa poured more and more
strength into Moira.  Moira tried to fight back.  She wanted
more strength from her body, but it was just not there.

Lisa's muscles squeezed tighter and tighter.  She stood rock
steady as felt the fight going out of her opponent.  Lisa could
feel that she had broken though Moira's own strength.  There was
a pop from Moira's back, then another and another.  Saliva
dripped from Moira's mouth as she screamed a silent scream
against the pressure.  Finally her body went slack in Lisa's
arms.  Lisa let her slip to the ground.

"Is she dead?", Lisa heard someone yell over the roar of the
flames.  She turned slowly.  She was not sure if she could fight
anymore, but it as Ian running towards her.  "Is she dead?", he
asked again.

"I... I don't know", Lisa said wearily, not really understanding
what he was asking.

Ian bent down next to Moira.  "No she's alive.  Her breathing is
shallow."  Ian took the big woman over his shoulder and went
towards the van.  He looked at the van's missing door and knew
that they wouldn't get very far like that.  He went to the van
next to it.  He pulled the back doors open and dumped Moira
inside.  He went to the other van and took out his duffle.  He
quickly opened the driver side door.  The flames were getting
close to the motorpool area.  The fire was so close that the
water was starting to turn to steam from the heat.  He was
prepared to hot wire this van too, but the key fell from the
visor when he threw the door open.  He put it in and started the
van.

He hurried over to Lisa.  "Come on!", he yelled.  "Everyone is
out of this place.  It's time to go."

Lisa turned to follow.  Her body was still packed with steel
ripping muscle, but she felt too weak to move.  Ian put his arm
under hers and helped her to the van.  He laid her in the
passenger seat, and closed the door.  He pushed the button for
the roll down door, but just as it came up six inches, it
stopped.  There was a blinding blue flash then the entire
building went black.  The only light came from the headlights of
the vans.  Ian put his hands under the door.  Normally he
wouldn't have had a chance, but with he new strength he pushed
the door up enough for the van to fit under.  He ran inside and
floored the van out the door.  It was great to be outside.  It
was raining he saw at once, but the warehouse building was
doomed.  That was enough to make him smile.

Ian drove directly to the Warrmer Research Institute.  He tried
to wipe the sweat and soot off him before he walked in the front
door.

"Doctor Brooster!", the night guard yelled.  "I'd almost given
up hope.  Why didn't they tell us that you were back?"

Ian smiled to hide the urgency of his situation.  "I was found
today.  I just wanted to come and check on my research."

"Oh, we haven't let anyone in there, except for the police since
the last time you were there."  The guard seemed proud of
himself.  Ian went with the guard down to the basement.

"Hey, I need you to do me a big favor", Ian said as they got
downstairs.

"Anything."

"I need you to unlock the back door for me.  Don't worry I'll
lock it when I leave."

"No problem."

The guard opened the door and went back to his post.  Ian wasted
time for two or three minutes before going out the back door and
hurrying to the van he'd parked near the back door.  He pulled
the van closer to the back door and took Moira out.  Her
wondrous naked body draped over Ian shoulder as he hurried her
into his lab.  Ian had his table already set up.  He put her on
the table and began to strap her down.  He made sure the straps
were tight before he hurried out.  Lisa was only simi-awake as
he opened the door.  He put her over his shoulder too and
hurried her inside.  Ian put her Lisa in a chair next to where
Moira lay.  Ian took out a pen and paper and wrote a note.  He
put the note in Lisa's lap and then went to his cabinet.  Moira
had taken a lot of his material, but she didn't take the
sedative that he wanted.  He put a six times dose in the syringe
and put it all in Moira's body.  He made one more trip to bring
in his duffle bag.  He turned off all the lights except the one
in the small room where he'd hidden Moira and Lisa.  He locked
the door as he promised the guard and went back upstairs.

"Everything is in place that wasn't taken.  Thanks!", Ian yelled
as he walked out the door without stopping.  He rushed the van
and with tires squealing he took off back towards the warehouse
district.  He took the van and left it two blocks from the
burning commune building.  He had seen the orange and red flames
from more than a mile away.  He left the van running with the
keys inside.  He hoped it wouldn't stay there long before
someone 'borrowed' it.

Ian ran towards the flames.  Firemen were all over the place. 
There trucks were parked wherever they could fit and the men
worked to put out the fire that had already caused part of the
building to collapse.  The police were there already.  Ian
walked up to one and announced that he had been held prisoner in
that building and barely escaped with his life.  The policemen's
eyes lite up with recognition and he hurried him to a squad car.
 Ian smile as he sat in the car with a Fire Department blanket. 
If everthing worked out, he could keep Lisa's part in this
secret.

A tall police officer brought Ian some coffee.  "Doctor
Brooster, do you think you're up to giving a statement?  If
not..."

"Sure.  I'm okay.  I'll give the statement now."

A female officer opened her notebook and started writing.  Ian
told the story slowly making sure to remember the truths that he
told and the lies.  Just in case he ever had to tell the story
again.



Lisa and Moira slept now in the small room next to Ian's office.
 The two amazons had done battle and now they rested near each
other.  They both would have laughed from the irony of the
situation if either had had the strength to laugh.  Instead they
slept.



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