THE GATHERING CLOUDS OF WAR. By Musclebound PART 1. Ophelia is introduced to the art of Torture. Captain Penthesilea stood at attention on the parade ground at the Imperial Guards Divisional Headquarters. Next to her stood fellow officer and friend Princess (Captain) Calliope, both well endowed women looked utterly magnificent in their green Imperial Guards officer's uniforms. The Guards were on parade to celebrate the return of two of their officers to active duty. One was to be decorated for outstanding services in the defence of Hibernia. For Electra it was the proudest day of her life for she was knighted by Queen Athena and was bestowed the title "Knight Commander of the Hibernian Empire". Princess Aridne followed the Queen and placed small crown insignias on her epaulettes to signify that Electra had been promoted to the rank of Major. Electra's mother General Olympia watched with pride as he daughter was designated a national hero. Captain Penthesilea watched with some regret for when she lost her memory and had cooled her heels on Earth great events had passed her by and now "Major" Electra was a celebrity. After the parade Penthesilea approached Princess Aridne with something she had on her mind "Commander I would like permission to transfer to 120 th Regiment". Princess Aridne gave her captain a quizzical look but knew what was on her mind. "Looking for some excitement in the world of espionage, Captain?" The 120 th Regiment supported Princess Silenus's Secret Service Division and carried out commando raids on enemy targets. Penthesilea replied "Commander I am been a staff officer my entire military career and I have never seen combat with an enemy. I would like to prove myself". Princess Aridne replied "Send me an application form as soon as you can, Captain. You should have no trouble getting in to the regiment but I must say that I will be sorry to lose you from my staff. You are a fine officer but I must ask is this transfer something you want, or is it something to do with Electra's recent conquest?" Not really wanting to say yes Penthesilea stated "When I was on Earth I was reminded of my days as a famous goddess. Now within our own society I am just a soldier". Trying to ease Penthesilea's unhappiness Princess Aridne quietly drew the blonde beauty's attention to the fact that with their superpowers they have always been gods. Unconvinced Penthesilea wanted fame and glory, like she once knew many years ago. That evening Princess Aridne and Princess Silenus invited Electra to a private party at their country estate. Electra wore an ancient Greek style white dress and sandles with long straps. The dress was short which allow her to show off her long legs and she wore no underwear which enabled her nipples to show through the thin material. Princess Aridne mentioned "I had a talk with Penthesilea today. She wants to transfer to the 120 th Regiment which supports Silenus's hush, hush operations". Princess Silenus smiled "Looks like I will have to give Penthesilea my dirty tricks manual. I am glad to have her on board". Not exactly surprised Electra replied "Penny has been at a loss since she returned from Earth. I guess she misses being a star". Moving forward Princess Aridne sensually touched Electra's enlarging nipple while running her other hand up her bare leg said "Enough of Penny's troubles now for some pleasure". Kissing Princess Silenus and holding Princess Aridne's hand Electra walked with her companions to their games room for a night of sexual debauchery. After hours of intense sexual pleasure and unknown number of orgasms the three goddesses have exhausted their considerable supply of sex toys. Hundreds of toys made of the toughest material ever known have been destroyed by the extreme conditions which they were subjected to and a huge quantity of power packs had been exhausted. Each power pack could store enough electricity to power an entire planet and there is a pile of several thousand, completely dissipated through the efforts of three superwomen. Princess Calliope and Penthesilea were also enjoying some heating sexual activity with their boyfriends Achilles and Ajax and these encounters regularly turned into intense foursomes between the couples. Lady Artmis was in line to be the last Royal Governor of the Planet Triton and was due to take up the post in several days. Triton had been garrisoned by four Imperial Guards regiments for some 900 000 years, ever since the inhabitants of Triton had conspired to kidnap the baby Princess Calliope. It was now thought that since all memory of that heinous crime had been wiped from the succeeding generations of the lizard natives of Triton limited independence on the understanding that they pay tribute to the female gods, could be granted to its citizens. Independence would have been achieved sooner but the threat of the warmongering Tiberians induced Queen Athena to send Lady Artmis to govern Triton until the tensions eased. A movement in the mortal world had arisen which was determined to stop the gods from holding slaves. Representatives sought of meeting with Lady Demeter who was Minister for Slaves. The meeting was held at Lady Demeter's enormous country estate and this was the first time free mortals had been allowed into the world of the gods. The visit came as a shock for the gods were not shy and retiring when it came to sex. On arriving at the estate the mortals were astounded to find the blonde goddess Ophelia having sex with a male god prostitute on the front lawns quite unaffected by their presence. Some of the more delicate members shielded theirs eyes and ears from the rapturous screams emanating from the young women as she totally consumed herself in sexual passion. The same problem occurred inside the house when they were confronted by Octavia masturbating while a musclebound male stripped in front of her devouring eyes. Octavia smiled at the group as she played with her damp pussy. The intense heat being given off by the sexually excited young woman caused the group to shield their faces to prevent burning. Lady Demeter had purchased a development in condoms which was placed on the mortal's 'manhood' to protect it from the ravages of the female god's genitals. The extreme heat and pressure destroyed the unfortunate male's body whenever it was locked in sexual combat with the far more powerful female. As Lady Demeter introduced her daughters to the pleasures of sex the twins used the household's slaves to experiment. The twin's sex drive was far too powerful for the stamina of the mortals and over two hundred males were sexually drained before the girls were even warmed up. As over half of the slaves were worn out by the girls Lady Demeter was forced to hire male gods who ran their own escort business to satisfy her sexually demanding daughters. Once in Lady Demeter's officer and after the group had kneeled to worship the goddess one of the group complained "That was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Have those young women no shame or morals?" Flushed with anger Lady Demeter spat back at the accuser "My daughters are enjoying their bodies. As you might have guessed they are gods and far superior to yourselves. No disease can hurt them and we females can only be sexually satisfied with members of our own kind, not mortals. Both my daughters use pregnancy protection and are past the age of consent, which for us is 850 000 of your years. If my daughters were of the inferior mortal breed they would be sixteen years old". The group backed down at these words as it was wise not to anger a super god. Concluding the meeting Lady Demeter gave the group this warning "The slaves we have are the defeated remains of males which tried to challenge our supremacy. We are the rulers and as you know this fact is reinforced by our strength and indestructible bodies. We let you have your own freedom through democracy, your own rulers as long as you pay tribute to use. We have protected your kind from attack for millions of years. Do not question our ways. We could smash you as easily as crushing a twig. Good day mortals". With those comments the group left the office only to be confronted by Octavia licking the pussy juice off her fingers as she came down from her orgasmic high. Ophelia was showing the monstrous penis of her stud to her sister who was taking in the male's powerful body. As the group passed the young goddess sensually licked her fingers and smiled at the group making some of them extremely embarrassed at her behaviour. After the prostitutes had left the young blonde goddesses settled down and ordered a slave to apply fake tan to their milky white skin. Octavia looked at the browning of her sister's skin and looked at the compliant and docile male and said "The ability of the vulnerable mortal skin to turn brown from the sun is the only thing I envy about the mortals". Ophelia smacked the slave on the mouth and sent him flying across the room to the words "Mortal dog, apply the tan evenly like I showed you. Do you want me to look like a striped freak?" Ignoring the slave crumpled on the floor Octavia was more interested in the browning on her skin. "Yes I know the mortals look good with brown skin. I wish our skin would turn brown naturally". Pushed to the limit the slave stood up and threw the jar of tanning solution at Ophelia. The glass jar smashed harmlessly against the invulnerable skin of her face which brought a smile. Octavia laughed "I wouldn't want to be in you place mortal. You have committed the gravest sin. You have struck a god. Bye bye mortal man". The slave screamed a hopeless wail and ran for the door but it was too late. Ophelia produces her own scream, a high-pitched banshee wail which liquefies the atoms of the slave and he changes into a puddle of boiling goo. The display of absolute power sends tingles of sexual pleasure through the girls causing trickles of juice to drip out of their excited pussies. Octavia walks over to the liquid remains of the mortal and drips pussy juice onto the puddle boiling it to vapour. Soon no trace of the defeated mortal remains to be seen. Concerned by this meeting Lady Demeter asked for an audience with Her Majesty and the Council. Looks of utter disbelief and shock greeted Lady Demeter as she recounted her strange meeting with the mortals. Princess Calliope was left open mouthed at such an absurd idea. Recovering from her shock Princess Silenus raised the point "For thousands of generations the mortals have raised no concerns about our slave practices. We have only ever taken male terrorists which had conspired to destroy our female independence. They are a good source of intelligence on the intentions of our enemies. As this movement is not sanctioned by the mortal rulers I believe planning for some military operation is afoot". Princess Aurora added her concerns "I agree with Silenus I believe they are trying to deprive us of intelligence, they are trying to blind us until the operation is underway. I have another concern without the slaves how will our bloodlusts for dominance be satisfied. They are challenging our supremacy and we cannot let this practice be halted because some mortals don't like what we do. I fear if we lose the slaves our people will use the mortal population loyal to us for slaughter". Having the great love of her life threatened prompts Princess Aridne to respond "If they try to stop us why don't we enslave these protesters. I'd love to get my hands on these queasy do-gooders. There is nothing better in life that torturing these inferior males. We were mortal once; remember what they did to us". The Queen stepped in with the words. "I pledged to spare the mortals who would worship us. We destroy only those who have the delusion that somehow they are our equals. We will never let anyone dominate us ever again. I want you to mobilise the Imperial Guards for action at 48 hours notice, Princess Aridne". Turning to Princess Silenus the Queen spoke "Sister dear, please send your agents into the space trade routes. Advise them to listen for any gossip and rumours". Just then Princess Calliope received a message from a Signals corporal, handing it to Princess Aridne. The princess's face betrayed concern as she scanned to signal. The Queen asked "Is there trouble Princess Aridne?" To which the Field Marshal replied "Yes Your Majesty an off duty Lieutenant drinking in a bar on Eros reports that she overheard a conversation that some Tiberians had been sighted in the Red Sector of Galaxy X-22". A shocked look descended on the Council which prompted Princess Silenus to comment "I thought Electra destroyed all of the Tiberians. If they get re- established and overrun a planet we can only destroy them by laying waste to the whole planet to stop their reproduction." Princess Calliope spoke up "I allowed Octavia and Ophelia to destroy the whole solar system to eradicate any trace of them. I can't believe that some survived. We can't keep destroying whole planetary systems to fight them. If we can't find another way to control them they will overrun us". Princess Calliope somewhat hesitantly stated "If things get bad we could ask the males of our species for help, after all they have the same powers as us". The shocked looks and the general distaste of the idea prompted the Queen to reply "Absolutely NO! We said once we would remain completely independent of them. They have their own lives and make their own decisions. We are strong women; we can handle the Tiberians ourselves". Breaking up the meeting the Queen spoke to her sister "I would like Captain Penthesilea to accompany the Crown Princess on a mission of special importance. Silenus dear, I have been worried about my daughter for months especially with her recent depression. But now her friends are back with her the improvement has been very positive. We desire that Princess Calliope and Captain Penthesilea be sent on a mission together for they work well together as a team". After Penthesilea arrived the Queen addressed her as well as Princess Calliope ordering them on a mission to Earth "I want you Calliope to accompany Penthesilea back to Earth to track any agents which may lurking there hoping to avoid detection. Captain, your request for transfer has been granted and we required you to use your recent knowledge of Earth's affairs to detect any unusual activities there. Good luck to both of you". Lady Demeter asked Princess Silenus to teach Ophelia how torture prisoners as the young blonde goddess expressed a desire to help in the intelligence gathering field. Princess Silenus took the excited Ophelia into the dungeons showing her all the soft mortal bodies ripe for ripping and tearing with the words "I'm glad you chose this field of work Ophelia there is so much satisfaction to be gained from dominating inferior life forms". Getting wet with sexual excitement the young goddess replied "I love the smell of blood and torn flesh in the morning. Please teach me Princess Silenus". Silenus took Ophelia into the cells which tantalised the young goddess's senses with the smell of destroyed mortal bodies. Ophelia felt like she was in heaven as she listened to the screams and moans of hopeless despair. Princess Silenus brought one slave up to the blonde goddess who looked down at the shorter 5ft 10in male with total contempt for the weaker life form. Taking a swing Ophelia punched the mortal in the torso blasting his body into hundreds of pieces. Laughing Princess Silenus said "My dear Ophelia more finesse please. Control your strength. That was too quick and you didn't prolong the pain. If we are gathering intelligence we must inflict intense pain to read their minds. Here let me show you". To the screams of another mortal Princess Silenus ran her delicate female hands his body ripping, peeling, crushing and snapping until every bone was broken and the skin peeled off in large sections. The mortal collapsed and became jelly-like as his broken skeletal system was unable to support his body. Both goddesses enjoyed the horrific destruction and the smells of blood and pulped skin. Beaming with pride Princess Silenus showed off her handiwork with the words "There young Ophelia is one way to destroy these animals. You must remember your power and invincibility over these disgusting weak creatures". While the sadistic princess did her foulest to the mortal she read the thoughts of the weak creature's feeble brain. It would appear that the Tiberians had planted humanoids loyal to the Tiberians in the mortal community of Herbernia and had surgically implanted monitoring devices under their skins. No wonder they were anxious for the gods to stop slavery. Princess Silenus wrapped a male slave and Ophelia in thick steel chains and said to the young blonde goddess "You are going to love this experiment. It will demonstrate your strength and power". The chains were connected electrically to a controller which Princess Silenus gleefully fondled with her fingers. The controller increased the crushing pressure of the ultra strong chains. Turning the controller to its lowest setting the mortal winced as the chains tightened. Smiling the Princess turned the dial to the next setting which made the mortal's face turn red. Ophelia looked at the joy on the face of Princess Silenus for she truly loved this work. The young goddess then looked at the pain being inflicted on the male animal and grinned at his unfortunate plight. Turning the dial to its next power setting both immortal gods laughed at the sounds of bone cracking filled the room. Trickles of blood appeared at the corners of the creature's mouth followed by a 'crunch' as the mortal's body collapsed under the pressure. Princess Silenus turned the controller to full power which was 1010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times more power than the mortal could withstand. Ophelia looked completely at ease which prompted Princess Silenus to ask "How do you feel young woman?" Ophelia answered by lifting her arms and bursting the super strong chains in a storm of flying broken metal. "That was awesome. I never felt any pressure at all and those chains of yours, "Highness", were so soft and weak". Both women laughed at the weakness of the so-called strong steel and the fate at the male animal. At another evilly devised torture Princess Silenus placed Ophelia under an overhead weight and told her that she would increase the weight and every time Ophelia broke through the 1 billion ton mark she would break a bone in the slave's body. Shaking with fright the slave watched Ophelia look at him with a mixture a contempt and pure joy. Turning the dial Princess quickly loaded the weight to 1 billion tons without Ophelia feeling a thing. Looking at the cowering slave Princess Silenus pulled back a finger snapping it clean off his hand. Increasing the weight to that of a planet Silenus worked her way up the mortal's arm snapping the wrist, the forearm, the upper arm and the shoulder blade. Soon the weight was equal to a solar system and Ophelia showed no strain allowing Princess Silenus to smash her way through the legs and ribs. Increasing the weight to the impossible figure of the entire universe the blonde super teen still felt very little resistance. Princess Silenus pushed her hand through the mortal's back and pulled the spine breaking it into three pieces. The slave collapsed into a pool of blood and the pieces of bone were carried away and the bloody goo was washed down the drain by some very worried slaves. Several slaves were locked into cabinets with only their faces and cocks protruding. Princess Silenus walked up to one slave and started to lick his limp penis. Expertly working the cock the blonde goddess soon had the organ rigid and the slave in raptures of pleasure. Ophelia watched intently as Princess Silenus licked and sucked that big cock. As the moaning increased Silenus smashed open the wooden cabinet with her hand shattering the flimsy material and ramming her hand up the slaves arse. Tearing open the slaves lower extremities with her rampaging hand Princess simultaneously brought the male to orgasm while destroying his groin. The screaming slave pumped cum into the sadistic female's mouth as she smashed apart his pelvic bone and torn out all of the lower internal organs. Ophelia could not believe her eyes, this was pure heaven, this was sexy and this was making her hot as she furiously worked her tingling pussy with her fingers. Destroyed and spent of cum Princess Silenus tore off the cock and ball sack dropping the former male slave to the floor in a screaming heap. Lifting the blood dripping organ Princess Silenus placed each ball in turn between her fingers and with an excited young goddess eagerly watching, popped the testicles causing little cum flying explosions. It was too much for Ophelia who orgasmed over the body of the mortal slave turning him into superheated gas. Panting with the lust of domination Ophelia sighed "We can destroy these creatures so easily. I have boiled away his body with just my bodily fluids". Princess Silenus praised her young apprentice "Ophelia you have the makings of a true torturer. No hint of any feelings except total indifference and hatred for these pathetic creatures. The memory of these foul creatures is burned in my mind and I can horrify you with stories of what happened to me. Of the scars they left on me. Now we are the strong ones". In an audience with the Queen, Princess Silenus told her sister about the planted humanoids in the mortal community and their instructions to monitor the inhabitants of Hibernia. The Queen was not happy and told her sister "Sister, we want that delegation which visited Lady Demeter hunted down and hauled before us in chains. They will be tortured and will give us their minds. We want all of those spies rounded up and brought in for our pleasure". Penthesilea was excited to be in action at last and brimmed with joy as both young women walked to the armoury to collect their equipment. Penthesilea's thoughts were on the glory days of long ago "Remember, Calli, our adventures on Earth, and the things we did. It's going to be so good to relive those days". Princess Calliope was a bit more concerned about the Tiberians and said "I don't want to rain on your parade Penny but these creatures are the toughest we have ever met and they multiply at such an alarming rate". Major Electra looked at herself in the mirror dressed in the uniform she loved, being a soldier was her whole life and it was great to be accepted back into the service. The uniform was deliberately designed to show off the immortal female's superb body to the inferior mortal males knowing full well that they could never be their equals. The sex drives of the female gods were more 200 per cent greater than mortal males and they had no hesitation to sexually destroy any male who chose to ignore their divine will and failed to observe their low social position. All mortal males are required by law to kneel before a goddess to worship and pay respect to them, failure to do so means enslavement and ultimately death. The uniform consisted of a green peaked officer's cap, a very tight green blouse which because of its size showed off a very revealing cleavage due the fact that the busty soldiers could not use the top three buttons. Below the blouse an ultra short mini skirt showed off white panties and a delectable backside as the dress was shorter the female's bottom. Long powerful legs were accentuated by high-heeled black leather boots which finished just below the knees. The uniform certainly showed the curves of the goddess's shapely bodies and usually brought males to their knees. Electra went to the armoury to see off her friends and was surprised at her feelings when as a superior officer she took the salutes of both of the junior officers. Electra said "I came to wish both of you luck. I hope you will be successful". Both Princess Calliope and Penthesilea were loaded up with advanced electronic surveillance equipment, laser guns, machine guns and hand grenades. The vast numbers of Tiberians and the desire not to destroy every planet in existence turned the god's awesome power against them. Unless a clear tactical advantage could be exploited the Imperial Guards would have to use guns and rockets to fight their enemy. Returning the compliment both junior officers wished Electra all the best and wished they could kiss her but military protocol prevented them from doing that while on duty. Princess Calliope looked at Electra's major's crowns and said "Congratulations on your promotion and knighthood, Your Grace". Electra could not suppress her joy at becoming a K.C.H. For now she was a member of that exclusive club to which Calliope and Penthesilea belonged. A member of the Royal Court. Looking at both her friends with misty eyes Electra spoke softly "Your Grace, I like it. You know it will take some time for me to get use to that title". Electra visited Princess Aridne to receive her orders. The Field Marshall outlined her deployment "You will be joining 1 st Division under General Persephone and will be second-in-command of 12 th Battalion under Lt. Col. Atalanta. Your Division is being sent to the Red Sector Galaxy X-22 to search for Tiberians. I cannot stress this enough every Tiberian is to be destroyed, no prisoners. Understand?" "Yes Commander. No prisoners". Electra was going to enjoy further slaughter of these hated people. Princess Calliope and Penthesilea landed on Earth much to the delight of the Westmores who provided accommodation for them. The vast amount of equipment the goddesses took with them was loaded into a container which could be shrunk to the size of a matchbox. The blonde beauties set up electronic monitoring equipment to track Tiberian spaceships and any signal traffic which might emanate from the local solar systems. First Division headed to the Galaxy where Tiberian sightings had been reported while 10 th and 12 th Divisions were placed in reserve on Hibernia for home defence. The remaining seventeen divisions of Imperial Guards were held on Hibernia at 48 hours notice for action against a monstrous enemy. After being on Earth for six days a distress message was intercepted by the goddesses and it read "Have been boarded by Tiberians, crew murdered, am only survivor, have not been found, send help". Princess Calliope looked at Penthesilea with concern "That message didn't come from Galaxy X-22 it came from a location near Triton". With glory on her mind Penthesilea looked at the message and then looked at Calliope with an excited face and said "Their either spreading out for a major offensive or there are after Triton". Penthesilea thought "Action at last!" To be continued