Finders Keepers Part 3 (Continuation from part 2 B) By Soltan Bey Brenda showed up later that evening and was very excited. "They are coming over tonight. Both of em went slack jawed when they saw me!" She grabbed her now melonous E size chest and gave each tit a good squeeze. Brenda had drug along a large ice cooler packed with meats and other rich foods which she obviously planned to eat. "I stopped by the deli and bought a bunch of cooked meats and other goodies. I spent a small fortune!" Andra thought that was funny and found Brendas bubbly attitude refreshing. "Eat up when your hungry. But follow the balanced diet, don't exceed the meat to fat and carb ratio I outlined in that diet sheet I gave you." As they put things up in the kitchen Andra explained to Brenda that it was possible to become sick with protien poisoning if one ate to much lean meat. Afterwards she proudly showed Brenda the new gym equipment. Machines for leg work and upper body of all sorts were placed in a logical fashion across several rooms. High bars for pullups in one room. The rest of the space was eaten up by a bunch of freeweights , benches and bars. "For the most part your going to be working freeweights.Your going to be working entire muscle groups for starters, at least at first. We want to involve all of your joints in the stress activity. Free weights are great for that if used properly." " Now, some of the machines are great for doing the same, involving whole groups and multiple joints. I'll show you which ones to use and how to use them. Later on, as you become stronger and your joints come up to speed we can start working with concentrating on specific muscle groups. Some we want to stimulate growth more than others. However all must be done in balance, lest you suffer skeletal misalignment or end up with a look you don't want. This will go slower than your breast development as your bone and joint tissues must adapt to the greater strain placed upon it." "I'm going to start you out like we did last night, working with small easy weights and your going to need to pay attention to technique and 'listening' to your body. Once I feel you have that down pat we will start pushing you to your limits." "By the time you leave here tonight your going to be hurting and sore all over." Andra grinned. "Then your going to relax for one day, stuffing your face. If you've recovered enough after one day's rest we will repeat the process the next day. Evenutally you should be recovering quickly enough to push yourself to your limit and just past your limit each day of the treatment. "As time goes on you won't need to spend more than one hour a day in the gym. When you see the results you want, merely stop." She ran Brenda through the paces making sure she was learning how to handle weights and the machines. Learning technique and principle at each stage. "You know if this works out as I expect Brenda, maybe you can be our physical trainer!" "Oh, I'd love that!" Brenda gushed. "But I'll never be as big as you though!" "You can if you want to, but that's up to you. I' think you'd best start easy! Don't want you scaring away customers!" She laughed. It was past 9pm when the buzzer alerted her that someone was at the door. She opened the door to see Shelly and Tira burst through. "We saw Brenda!", both blurted almost at once. Shelly took command. "Were ready to try the treatment!" Brenda had heard them and came trotting into the small lobby. She was wearing nothing but a tee shirt and a pair of comfortable cotton work out shorts. "My God , she's bigger than this afternoon." Shelly cried. "Take off those clothes. I still don't believe it!" Brenda laughed and pulled the tee shirt over her head and tossed it in Tira's face. Grabbing her tits she strode over to the two gawking women to stand inches away. "Go ahead, grope away. They feel wonderful! Go on...touch me.!" Both women raised hands and began stroking her breasts. Mesmerized by her new bounteous abundance. Gasping at the pert firm perfection she possessed. Tira stepped back for a more holistic view. "Shelly, look at Brenda's thighs and arms. Somethings different there too." "Ya I'm on the muscle and firmness body shaping program. Just got started yesterday." Brenda said gamely. "Well, I'll be in the workout room girls, see ya around!" She strode back to the hallway seemingly oblivious that she was topless. Tira asked, "Body shaping program? Is that something different?" Andra saw they were hooked. "Yes, it's a supplementary program. To increase overall body strength and focused shaping of body contours. The program is new but I expect one to six months for completion of each candidate, depending on results desired." "We want the tit job, sign us up!" Shelly blurted. Tira glanced at Shelly then back to Andra, "Is your free offer still valid?" Andra was expecting that. "Hmm. Well you did pass up the chance which Brenda took freely." Tina looked dejected at that. "However if you promise to promote my service to all your contacts, women you feel would be interested in my service, I'll let each of you have one breast job each. And the guarantee applies. Satisfaction guaranteed or double your money back." Tina burst out for joy "We'll do anything for you at that price!" Shelly agreed with that but wanted to know what the body shaping program would cost. "Well that's not part of the original deal. Pricing has not quite been worked out. But I can offer you two a special introductory price of $8,000 each. Same guarantee as with the breast job!" Both women slammed out credit cards and wanted the whole shmear started tonight. "Ladies, lets get started!" She sent them away with instruction sheets and told them they would be ready to start the firm and muscle program in a couple days. Brenda left later that evening , feeling very sore indeed. /.................... Tira and Shelly's breast jobs took longer to complete than Brendas did, which is how Andra wanted things to go. The two women were spreading the word and evidence like wildfire. Brenda had made dozens of contacts. Within a couple weeks calls started arriving. By the end of the month weeks the phone was practically ringing off the hook. Andra hired a young woman who came by one day on her own looking for secretarial work. She seemed very personable and a snappy dresser and Andra hired her almost on the spot after a short interview and a bit of background check. Lucy Gomez was her name. Married with one child. Lucy was delighted to get a job so quickly. Her family needed income desperately. Her husband was a traveling garden worker that tended lawns on properties in the area, it was good work but did not pay so well. Lucys income would be greater than his now! It wasn't long till she was inquiring about the body strength and shaping program. As an employee all treatments were free, much to her delight. She began her program once she saw the before and after pictures of Brenda. Brendas form had filled out to perfection and she was doing so well at the physical coordinator position she quit her job at the club. Only appearing for 'special' personal sessions and parties. As a side bonus she spread the word about the Andras 'Perfect Woman Body Shaping Studio' to the men and women at these parties. A good number of the women, being professional erotic dancers and such, had special needs. Being the recipients of surgical breast enhancements. Andra developed a technique that would consume the implant. The residue was be transported to the colon for elimination via the stool. Once word got round about this process business exploded exponentially. Especially since this service was provided free to those who ordered the boob job. For others who just wanted removal a small nominal $550 fee was applied. Clients were flooding in at an increasing rate. Most just wanted the boob job, after all $15k was a fair amount of change. The Physical Enhancement Strength and Mass Series was also $15k. For 25k a woman could get the entire package. Plus a free cosmetic enhancement series that could make a plain face gorgeous. Andra decided to charge a reasonble fee for permanant hair removal as well. By the end of the first 3 months in business she had quite a menu of body modification items a woman could pick from, not counting custom work that Andra suggested on a case by case bases, when she felt it appropriate and the hook was sunk deep in the clients mouth. By the end of her first year in the body mod business she had a backlog of customers. There simply wasn't enough room in the building nor enough time per day to meet their demands. She was sitting at her desk contemplating a new building they were considering for expansion when Lucy called her on the intercom. "Alexandra, someone insists on talking to you, she says it is an emergency" Alexandra picked up the phone "Yes, this is Alexandra, how may I be of service?" "Alexandra! I can't tell you who I am. Your phone may be tapped. I was one of your customers a couple months ago. I've called to warn you that the state is coming, they're going to shut you down today! Something about running a medical practice without a license I think. It's serious Andra. I can't tell you how I know, but its happening today. The attorney general has ordered the police to move in and confiscate all your equipment!" "Thank you. I have work to do." With that she slammed the phone down and ran into the vat room. She had been prepared for such an emergency. The Vat organs would die and dissemble on command. Within minutes they were nothing more than so much floating chemical slush. It would have been safe enough just to toss them in the toilet in the first place, but she wanted to be sure. Everything went into the toilet. She had Lucy calling as many customers as she could to let them know not to come by for their follow ups. She sent Brenda away so she would not be arrested with instructions to contact as many of the past and current customers as she could letting them know the State was shutting her studio down. Brenda left with the optical disks containing all the companys computer records. Andra had a emergency erase program destroy all other records on the PC. The police would not get a list of her customers, nor much else. She sent Lucy away and told her to contact Brenda and to work with her contacting the customers. Not knowing how much more time was left she went back to the lab and bled the nutrient tanks into the toilet. By the time the police arrived the vat room was nothing more than a bunch of squeaky clean stacked pyrex containers. Andra had eaten all the tubing. Kinda tasty, little tough to chew though. Her system could consume virtually anything anyway now. The police had nothing. Other than hearsay they had no direct evidence. The paperwork was unspecific. The wiped PC was useless. Of course her defense attorney blamed the lost records on the police. A media circus developed as the videos of the exercise rooms made the rounds. Later on the FDA got into the act wanting to know what substances they were using. FDA goons pestered her repeatedly for information. The state dropped the charges when Andra agreed to no longer provide services without a license, something Andra could cope with but the FDA would be a long term problem no matter where she went in the USA, now that she was on their radar screen. ++++++ Andra was despondent over the turn of events. Of the customers that had incomplete treatments she returned either their entire payment or worked out a partial payment agreement. All wanted to know when she would resume business and it was with great sadness she told them it would not be anytime soon. She was debating on whether or not to leave the US and set up shop offshore when the the phone rang. She hesitated before picking it up as it was probably just another potential customer who she could not serve. She picked up the phone, "Hello?" It was Brenda, "Andra! I was wondering if I could come over now that all the fuss is over with. I've missed working out in the gym!" "Sure Brenda, come on over. The place is kind of lonely now, I'd look forward to a little company." "Great! I'll be right over. I'm bringing a few friends along, hope that will be OK. Bye!" Before Andra could reply Brenda had hung up. Andra looked at the dead phone in her hand, "Well I hope she doesn't expect me to service her friends. I'm out of business." She slid back into her blue funk, six foot five inches of blue funk was a lot of funk. She had spent the past few days since the shutdown running through ideas that could put her back in business. Whatever she did, it would have to be low profile and legit insofar as the government bureaucracy would be concerned. However she wasn't ready to make any sudden moves, besides, she had plenty of reserve cash to fall back on in the meantime. She sighed and stretched her mighty frame out and decided to work off the tension in the gym while she waited for Brenda to come by. +++++++++++ Susan Wills had been one of the women taking the full treatment course offered by Andra's shop. The ladies of her coven were all amazed by her developmental improvements over such a short time. In fact most of them had decided to seek the treatment workshop themselves just as the government had moved to shut Andra's operation down. They were a bunch of pissed cockled witches as a result. This particular coven was a select group of professional women that all had common interests. One, a belief that mother terra and women were the natural defenders of divinity and nature. Two, that the witches of legend were the descendants of a religion that predated current paternal based religions. That men had usurped the natural Goddess with a inferior male based image. Three, they all were either devout lesbians or were bi-sexual and enjoyed one another immensely. Those that were bi-sexual tended to favor sexual flings with women over men, but they still enjoyed a man on occasion. Four , they all revered Susan Wills, the founder of the coven. Truely it could be said Susan was a true witch as she could do things no one else could. The name of the coven was Elantra Coven. They would meet once a month and conduct their rituals to their Goddess, Elantra. It was a secretive group. In their daily professional lives no one knew of their affiliation with Elantra or witchcraft. To gain admittance to the group a woman would have to be fully vetted before allowed into the coven. Once in she took a blood oath to promise not to disclose or discuss the organization to the body public. It was a deadly serious oath. The total number of the group numbered twenty women from a wide variety of professional fields. Lawyers, engineers, computer consultants, medical fields, banking, and other professions. Susan Wills and two of her coven officials, Marta White and Linda Matthews had contacted Brenda to arrange the meeting with Andra. Brenda was happy to do so when she learned a little about Susans intent and looked forward to hearing more when Susan and Andra got together. The four women drove over to Andra's residence and piled out of the van in proper witchly fashion. After a short knock on the door Brenda let herself in and guided the three women into the small lobby room. Andra was no where to be seen. However they could hear noises coming from down the hallway in the exercise room. "Guess she's working out," Brenda quipped. "I think it would be best if I talked to her first." Susan agreed that would be best and the three women made themselves comfortable while Brenda headed down the hallway. As Brenda walked into the workout room she saw Andra finishing up on the bench press. Despite her experience with seeing Andra working out in the past she let out a gasp when she saw the amount of weight Andra was pumping. She didn't count all the plates but it must have been close to 700 lbs!. "Hi Andra, looks like I got here a little late!" Brenda said as Andra seemed to notice her and put the iron on the bars. "Brenda!, glad to see you. I was just working off some tension." Andra smiled grimly as she sat up on the bench. "Last few days have been tough on me, I'm tired of being depressed." She stood up and grabbed a towel from nearby and began to pat the sweat on her face and neck. Brenda didn't reply right away as she was gawking at Andra's physique. Never had she seen Andra this pumped before. And all that Andra had to show was in obvious abundance since the sheer thong suit she was wearing hid nothing. All 6'5" of Andra was glistening throbbing muscle. All packed on a frame as seductive as could be with her broad hips and tapered waist branching out to a chest wall that had to be seen to be believed. Her upper arms pumped to the max, they appeared bigger than many womens thighs. Brenda felt like a dwarf in comparison. Brenda blushed deeply as she realized she was staring open mouthed. Andra seemed to understand . "Well, I guess you never saw me after a work out this intense. Pretty awesome?" Andra asked. Brenda just nodded gamely in reply, still awestruck. "I didn't know a woman could be so strong, so perfect. Your beautiful Andra" Andra arched her lovely eyebrows at this, caught unawares and unsure what do do with what she took as sexual attraction on Brendas part. It was Andras turn to blush. Brenda stammered. "I brought a few friends along you might want to meet Andra. They may have a solution of sorts. I don't know the details of what they have in mind but what they told me sounded interesting. I hope you don't mind." "Not at all Brenda, I'll just clean up and put something on." Before Andra could head down the hall and enter her room Brenda blurted out. "No!", Brenda blurted. "I think they might like to see you in all your glory! They're in the lobby!" Andra paused and turned. "I hope you didn't tell them they could get treatments. I don't plan on doing anything until I figure out what to do. Just who are these ladies?" Brenda was about to reply when a voice from further down the hallway interrupted. "I'll answer that Brenda." Andra turned to see a small middle aged woman. Andra recognized the woman as one of the clients that had completed total body workup a few months ago. The woman smiled. "I'm Susan Wills and I represent a group of women that may have something to offer to you. A solution to the current dilemma." Andra smiled in return. "Yes, of course. I remember you Susan. You're looking well. Why don't we have a seat in my office and let's hear what it is you have in mind?" Susan nodded and glanced over toward Brenda. "Perhaps you wouldn't mind if I introduced you to two of my friends? I'd just like them to see you and then I was thinking you and I could discuss what we have in mind in private." Before Andra could reply Susan had signaled back into the lobby for the other two to come into the hallway. As soon as both had laid eyes on Andra they let out a collective gasp of amazement. Susan made formal introductions after they got over their initial shock. Susan sensed Andra's discomfort at being admired in tight quarters by strangers. Despite her size Andra was somewhat shy. Susan broke the gathering up. "Brenda, ladies. I think it best if I discuss what we have in mind with Andra in private. That way we can have a minimum of distractions." Brenda nodded and it was agreed she would drive the other two to their homes and return to pick Susan up later, if necessary. They said warm goodbyes and as they left expressed mutual hopes they would see Andra sometime soon again. ....... Brenda listened to her two Coven Sisters of the high order discuss what they had seen as she drove the car. They seemed quite excited. From what she could glean from their shielded conversation great plans were in the air. It all hinged on Susans ability to convince Andra to go along. She also gathered from the discussion from the back seat that the Coven leader was going to attempt to find out more about Andras talent. Something about a 'New Age' kept popping up. She herself was a newcomer to the Coven and was a novice member. She considered herself lucky to be in the company of such women, and she sometimes wondered why they had contacted her two years ago to become one of the clan. Once she had learned that most of the women were respected members of various professions she compared her own social status to theirs and found it lacking. On asking why they had chosen one of her ilk, a third year college dropout who did exotic dancing as a living profession, quite unlike the others, the reply was always murky. But the bottom line was she had contacts with certain members of society the others did not and that she had experience that was unique. As a member of the clan she had kept her promise of secrecy and it was she who had informed the clan of Andras workshop and what little she knew of the process. Little she knew however as Andra had always kept the lab door locked. All she really knew was that Andra had some amazing new process that worked miracles and with no ill side effects. Brenda had filed daily reports to the coven leader Susan and the Coven had the complete records from the accounting computers files, they knew who each and every customer had been. Though they didn't tell Brenda what they had done with this information Brenda knew some of the women of the coven had been tasked to research some of the customers quite extensively. She suspected the Coven Sisters involved in the medical field were involved. Though as a novice she wasn't supposed to be privy to these things, so she kept her thoughts to herself on these matters. The two sisters fell silent for some time as they approached Marta's home. As she pulled into the driveway Marta spoke, "Brenda, Linda has decided to spend the night at my place. Your welcome to join us if you care to. In fact we'd love it if you did." Brenda let out a giggle. She knew what they were up to. They wanted to paw her new extra firm voluptuous body and revel in her sexuality. "Sure," she purred as she eyed them in the rear view mirror. "Though after you two saw Andra I might be a bit of a letdown!" Of course that wasn't exactly true. Brenda had tried to model herself after Andra and was more or less a miniature version of Andra's mightyness. The three ladies entered Marta's house with giggles of anticipation and soon forgot about Susan back at Andra's office. ................. Susan watched the three Coven sisters leave and turned her attention back to Andra. "I'm glad we are alone now. We can relax. Did you have plans for the evening Andra?" She kept her eyes on Andra as Andra slipped into a terry cloth robe. "No, nothing I had in mind. I'm interested in what it is you have in mind. We have plenty of time to discuss." Andra gestured to a nearby stuffed chair. "Have a seat." Susan sat in the comfortable chair and spoke as Andra eased herself behind a large oak desk. "I'll cut to the chase Andra. And if your interested in the base proposal we can continue discussions." Andra nodded. "I'm listening." She glanced at her desktop PC and pressed a couple menu choices. Susan saw the activity. "I must ask you do not record this discussion Andra. We must have complete discretion." Andra nodded. "Of course. I can assure you there is no recording equipment here. I was merely engaging the building security systems, making sure the entrance door was locked." Susan kept her eye on Andra's odd aura and saw no sign of evasion or falsehood on Andra's part. Susan nodded. "Then I will proceed. The bottom line is that I represent a group of women who have at their disposal some two hundred million dollars of liquid reserves plus a much larger margin of non liquid investments. What we would like to do is become joint partners with you in your enterprise." Andra's eyebrows went up a notch. She herself had a current net cash worth of about 1.5 million dollars. The office she had bought was worth perhaps 150 thousand. She was currently quite comfortable but was tempted by the possibilities of Susan's numbers. "I see, I'm still listening." "What we can do is offer to set you up on an offshore island in the Caribbean, where we have some investments. The land is owned clean and clear and we have connections with the government on this island. They don't ask too many questions as long as no obvious illegal activity is involved and the cash flow is good." She smiled. "Our group has very good relations with the officials there." Intrigued by this Andra bade her to continue. "As an investment group we have done a bit of research on your current problem with the state and the federals. It seems quite obvious to us that whatever the details of your process is it is most likely quite illegal given the fact you have shut down your entire operation. Either that or it is a process that you wish to keep totally secret. The legal nature of your problem does not concern us as we believe we can set you up in a non hassle environment in the Carib. Which by the way is a beautiful place to live!" Andra kept her sky blue eyes on Susan. "I am interested Susan. But before we continue I better take a shower." She got up. "I'll be right back in a few. Make yourself comfortable. There are refreshments in the fridge, help yourself." With that she left the room. Andra finished her shower and slipped into a comfortable one piece knee length skirt. One of her favorite casual form fitting half sleeve numbers. She spent a few minutes at her PC in the bedroom and did a fast review of the security camera logs. Satisfied with what she saw she returned to the office where Susan was still sitting. "I hope you didn't mind the wait. It took longer than I expected to clean up. I built up quite a sweat after that workout." Almost an entire hour had passed during Andra's shower. Susan smiled as Andra eased into the stuffed chair opposite of her instead of sitting at the desk as she had done earlier. "Not at all." She lied. "Your looking much more comfortable." The latter was the truth. Before Susan could say anything further Andra spoke. "Susan, at the moment I am quite comfortable financially and with some wise investments on my part I'll never have to worry about that sort of thing. And, if I so decide, I could continue my work." She paused for a moment. "The reason I closed up shop was to avoid disclosing proprietary information, whether what I do is illegal or not would have to be determined by others once they figured out exactly what it is I do." She grinned. "I'm sure I could avoid entanglements with the law for quite some time, assuming I used high discretion with whom I picked clients." She paused again and rubbed her hand across one of her massive exposed thighs. She noted Susans mixture of dawning disappointment at what she was saying and that Susan had wandering eyes. Eyes that were wandering toward Andra's thigh as she continued to stroke it. "However I would consider 'investment' interest by others of possible benefit, but only if I knew what other motivating factors there were besides what kind of money flow would result. Why don't you tell me more about this group of yours. What kind of philosophy do you espouse?" Susan began to speak but was interrupted by Andra. "Susan, before you start I think I should tell you I expect total divulgence of your groups interest in me. Otherwise the discussion is over. Further let me add I am well aware that Brenda is part of your group. I also know that your part of an organization that has something more in common than financial investments. I know that she has been relaying information to you, though I will admit I caught on to that a little late. If I had known earlier I would have dealt with her on my own terms. Further, I know she hasn't told you anything of much value, other than probably handing over all of my client records. Am I right so far?" Susan almost let out a gasp but her training and experience kept her calm. She could see by Andra's expression and her aura that the woman was dead serious and decided in a moment to answer true. "Yes, you are. But let me assure you we have done nothing with those records that would compromise you in anyway. We merely wished to gather more information about what your process, or whatever it is, is capable of." She paused. "Currently only I , Brenda and my two top aides know of your total client list ." "I see, and please continue." Susan decided she had best comply or her groups plans would be dashed. "Currently I have handed out a list of twenty women to three of my groups members who have a medical interest. Two are doctors of medicine and one is a skilled general researcher who does private investigations as a side line for our group." "I see. Well if we are going to continue this discussion you will stop all such activities at once." Andra indicated the phone nearby. Susan caught the not so subtle hint and went straight for the phone and spent the next five minutes contacting the relevant parties and told them to cease all of the client tracking and investigations at once. At Andra's prompting she told them to destroy any and all records they had relating to the same. Andra noted Susan seemed more demure now. "I want you to call Brenda and have her come her at once, and those other two ladies." She prodded further and noted Susan complied almost immediately. She also saw by Susans behavior that she was not a woman used to taking orders. "They should be here within the hour, I believe they were having some sort of party." Susan said as she sat down and looked over at Andra. Andra smiled. She wasn’t' sure earlier, but it appeared Susan was indeed the top dog of her organization. She listened to Susan explain in some detail the origins of the coven and was enlightened as to it's charter. Which was basically put, to provide a place of like minded women to flourish and grow in the patriarchal society. Susan listed the covens membership and gave a short summary of each members history and current status in the organization. She stressed the secrecy the members lived with every day. That their organization had no public profile at all. At Andra's prompting she spoke at more length about Brenda and revealed all she knew about Brenda to Andra, which was quite a lot. She was still speaking about Brenda when the PC at the desk let out a series of tones and she watched Andra get up to check the monitor. "It's Brenda and your two officers, Marta and Linda." Andra quipped. She flipped a couple switches at a nearby switch panel mounted on the desk and spoke into the microphone. "Come on in ladies, the door is unlocked now." Within a few short moments the three appeared at the office door. Andra noted they all had a disruffled appearance about them. She smiled at Brenda, "You look like you've been busy Brenda. Have a seat in that chair." She pointed rudely at the only other remaining chair in the office. "Marta, Linda, there are a couple chairs out in the lobby you could bring in here to sit in. Why don't you go get them so we can all be comfortable?" The three new arrivals could see something was up by Andra's attitude and while Marta and Linda went out to find the chairs Andra kept her eyes on Brenda, whom was becoming somewhat nervous. She watched Brenda glance over at Susan and her eyes darted back at Andra. Brenda felt a blush rise on her face and she wanted to ask what was up, but she knew by the look on Andras face exactly what was up. For conformation all she needed was a nod from Susan. She wanted to burst out crying and explain everything to Andra, whom she regarded as a friend, but her oath forbade it and she couldn't make a fool of herself in front of the headmistress Susan. Andra watched the byplay of emotions on Brendas face as the other two clambered in with their chairs. She looked over at Susan and back at the others, concentrating on Brenda. "Susan has told me a great deal of your organization and about the spying on me and my clients. What I want to hear from each of you is why you are in this Elantra organization and what you expect to get out of me if I agree to become a partner. I also want to hear you speak freely about all you know of Susan. If that is unacceptable then the discussions are over." She paused. "I will give my word that everything I hear from each of you will be held in complete confidence. I will reveal nothing of what I have heard to anyone outside of your organization. If you feel the need to ask for further restrictions I will consider and give my word to comply." The three balked and looked at Susan for guidance. "Do as she says, she is telling the truth. I see no deception about her. I will leave the room when it comes time to speak of me if that will make you more comfortable." Andra glanced at Susan and wondered what it was she was using for a truth detector. For indeed she had all intention of remaining silent. Andra looked at Brenda. "Brenda, why don't you begin. First you don't need to explain you've been handing client information over to Susan. I became aware of that not to long ago. I also know you were attempting to secure details of my technique, and that you failed totally to garner any information of note. For my own reasons I did not confront you about this. What I want to know is why you are part of this organization and what it is you've been doing for them from day one until today. And I mean everything." Brenda gulped down a whimper. She had never seen Andra with such a stern look on her face before. "First I want to apologize to you Andra, I know you looked at me as a friend, and I want you to know I still feel that way about you, no matter how you view me at present. What I did for.." She paused and looked at Susan. "Tell her everything? Nothing to be held back?" Susan glared at Brenda, "I said everything. Do I need to repeat myself?" Brenda flushed and continued, "What I did for the coven, Elantra, I did out of devotion to a higher cause than friendship with a non coven member. I was a member of the coven some months before I first met you at the club. They, well, Marta here, contacted me one day and introduced me to several other women. We had lunch and chatted for a while about our interests and I suppose they decided at that point to take me in. I'm not really sure though. Later in the week Marta called me up and invited me over to her house and she explained to me about the organization and what its purpose was. To be a place where women of similar interests can work together and support one another. At first I wasn't told much but as the days went by I think they put me through tests of a various sort. Tests of my silence on organization secrets. Just how they determined I kept my mouth shut I don't know. But one day they introduced me to Susan and she asked me if I had kept my various vows of silence. I told her I had and before I knew it I was indoctrinated into full membership of the Coven. At that point I began to learn about the Goddess Elantra and of the Coven's mysteries. I'm still learning to this day of these, as I am what the Coven calls a novice. One day I will be promoted to the next level, depending on my abilities and worth to the coven." Brenda paused and looked over at Susan. "I can't tell you much about the other members of the Coven, other than what professions some of them are in. I don't really know all of them either. I know there are twenty women in the coven and that they all were indoctrinated by Susan. She's always been our leader and is as far as I know, the founder of this coven. I know there are other covens but I have not been told of their names or even if they worship the same Goddess." She looked at Marta and continuted, " I suppose I know more about Marta than any other coven member. She has been my guide from the first day. She brings me books to read and teaches me new secrets and sometimes tells me news of what certain other coven members are doing. Some of the things she has told me are quite startling." She paused. "A number of times I've considered leaving the coven because of what I've heard, but I've never told anyone of what I hear, outside the coven. It is forbidden to speak of the things spoken in secrecy outside of the coven and if a member breaks the rule they are subject to punishment ruled on by the Council. That would mean Susan, Marta and Linda would decide on the punishment." " To the best of my knowledge none have ever been punished, but if they were told not to speak of it then none would know of the event. I do know that in a case deemed severe enough by the Coven leaders they may rule that death of the offending member is called for." She saw Andra's eyes rise up at that. "To my knowledge that has never been applied." Andra had Brenda continue, "Brenda, you spoke of things you have heard of that startled you, that caused you to pause continued membership. Tell me of some of that." Brenda blanched. "I think I've heard things I wasn't supposed to, I'm not sure if I should speak of the worst that I heard." Susan reached over and patted Brenda's hand. "Tell her all you know, I want nothing hidden from her. That is an order from me." Brenda coughed, "Well I know there have been some killings of people I'm sure that deserved it, at least I hope so." She glanced at Susan who didn't indicate much of anything. "I don't know exactly who did it but I suspect it was Diana Valkens. I heard she is called upon to remove certain offending men from time to time. Men who have done some very nasty things to others. Men that have gotten away with murder themselves. Just exactly who the men were I have no idea." "I've also heard some stories of financial ruin of other people who were targeted and dealt with. In some cases there were suicides that resulted. The Balmer Investment Group I know for a fact was was one of the organizations that was destroyed. I never heard why, but I suspect from what I read in the paper they did something nasty with one or more of our investments. But that last is just a guess. I have no knowledge of the groups investment details. That responsibility lies with someone else." "My my my, Brenda, what do you get out of this? It sounds like a rough crowd your running with." Andra asked. "I get a sense of security I didn't have before in my life. A sense of belonging to a group that is concerned about one another. We look out for each other and tend to the needs of each. I suppose you already know most of the members are lesbian, or if they are bisexual have a strong leaning toward women as sexual partners. I felt from the beginning of my indoctrination that was a important requirement to be a member of the group. Of all the members I've met, none are strictly hetero." "I also get a hefty financial reward I wouldn't otherwise get on my own. I submit thirty percent of my earnings to the group and sometimes more when I can afford it. In return my investment gets pooled with the others and we all are far better off than we would be alone. If for some reason I fell upon bad times all my expenses will be covered until I recover. If I become ill I will be tended to." Brenda glanced at Susan. "Susan can heal things a doctor can't you know. She has some sort of power I don't understand." Andra glanced at Susan. "Well maybe Marta can tell us more about that later. Why don't we start with you next Marta. Tell us why your in the group and what it is you do." Marta eyed Andra sharply. "I hope all this blabbing is going to get us somewhere. I'm in the group for the same reason as Brenda. She's done a excellent job of outlining that. As for what I do. In the outer world I am a independent investment broker and a CPA. I handle accounts for a wide number of individuals and groups that have nothing to do with the coven and I take care of them well. I do my work honestly and charge a fair fee. I'm single and happy. I'm not a hardcore lesbian but lately I suppose I've been acting that way, for one reason or another. Why that is is my business and not yours. Not at this stage." Andra said nothing and waited to see what Marta would say. Marta without prompting, continued. "I do handle much of the covens finances in conjunction with Susan and Linda. Officially I am the groups head financial officer but Susan has total veto power over my decisions if she wants. Occasionally she does veto my decision but rarely. In each case her decision has turned out for the best." "At least to date." She cast a obvious barbed glare at Susan. "As for how I was recruited it was by Susan herself some twenty five years ago. I was fresh out of college and working at some hole in the wall investment firm in New York. If you must know, the name of the outfit was Shirker Brothers. I no longer have anything to do with them, but I understand they are still in business. Anyway, one day Susan came along and before I knew it I was a member of her coven. At that time there were only ten members of her group. One whom has since died of old age." Andra was only half listening as she was somewhat dubious the woman was as old as she indicated, if she had graduated some 25 years ago she would have to be in her mid to late forties, yet she looked a good deal younger, perhaps late thirties at most. "I know Susan tested me much the same way we have tested each new member of the group. One of my jobs, is to keep an eye out for new potential member candidates. Well, actually any coven member is on the look out for new potential members." " Once they are selected as potential candidates we research them completely. That job can fall on any coven member, depending on her ability and free time. The process can be quite lengthy and in some cases has taken years before an assessment is made on whether or not to contact the candidate." " Once the contact is made the candidate is put through a series of tests. Information , sometimes false, is leaked to the candidate to see if they can be trusted to keep their mouth shut. Eventually they are introduced to Susan and she makes the final determination if the member will proceed to the next level of trust." Andra kept her eyes on Marta, "Tell me just how Susan does this. I'm amazed at your groups success at keeping trust among your members." Marta cast a look at Susan and saw no reason to withhold. "Susan, I learned early on, has some rather unique talents. I know she can see people's auras. And she can determine a great deal about that person by watching the aura. It is how she can tell if a person is being truthful, for example. Susan is the best lie detector in the world." She said with total seriousness. "She also can heal, just like Brenda has said. She can't mend a broken bone or repair major damage. She can't make the blind see, nothing exotic like that. But I have witnessed that she can cause cancers to regress and other certain chronic illness she can either cause to abate somewhat if not outright cure." "Though I should not say so in front of Brenda, as she is still a novice, I will say to you I know Susan has an limited ability to fend off the ageing process in others. Though not as strong as in her own case." Andra eyeballed Susan. "Is this true Susan? It sounds a little fantastic from over here." "Everything that has been said so far is true. Yes." Andra scoffed quietly. "And what about you Linda. Would you agree that what has been said so far is true? Tell me about yourself and what it is you do." Linda looked at Brenda then looked at Susan. "Susan, I must ask the novice Brenda to leave the room and not to 'accidentally listen' to what I say." She grinned at Brenda who looked a bit clueless. Susan baid Brenda to leave and close the door behind her. Only until Linda had Andra's assurance that she would keep an eye on the camera monitor and be sure Brenda kept well away from the door would she proceed. When she was ready Linda told Susan coldly. "I only do this for the good of the coven. I hope you know what your doing Susan. I must ask you order me to speak of what I do to Andra before I proceed. As you well know if I am to do so I break another vow I take very seriously, but not above the covens needs or wishes." Susan replied with a sigh, "Linda, I'm as sure as I can be. She, Andra, is an answer to a prayer. If she can do what I believe she can it will be the dawn of a new age. We must have her complete confidence. If revealing all to her turns out to be wrong than it will be a gamble worth taking. Trust me when I say it's worth the risk of loosing all we have to gain her trust. I will not order you to break your other vow. If you refuse to divulge I will not hold anything against you for doing so. Do as you feel is right and proper." Linda considered the words and decided. "Yes, all you've heard is true Andra. Before I tell you of myself I'll tell you what I know of Susan. Besides what you have already been told I can tell you I know for a fact that she is 135 years old." She paused as Andra let out a gentle grunt of disbelief. Susan didn't look a day over forty, at most. "It is the truth Andra. Only myself, Marta and a few others of the coven are aware of this. I can show you the records that prove this to be the case at a later date. But in the meantime rest assured several of us took it upon ourselves to investigate our esteemed leader. What we found shocked us but it is the truth." "You recall Marta mentioning a coven member who had died. Her name was Silvia Germond and she died some five years ago at the ripe old age of 95. Before she died she told some of us about Susan. She and Susan had been close friends for most of their lives. When she met Susan she was a young woman of eighteen. Susan at that time, Silvia supposed, was somewhere in her early thirties. But as the years progressed Siliva noted she was aging and Susan did not. Eventually as the years passed Susan used her limited power to deter the aging progress in others on Silvia. Siliva up until shortly before the end of her life didn't age as one normally would. At seventy Silvia looked as if she was a woman of 50 years of age. Susan however still looked much the same as she does at this moment." "Those of us with access to records and the power to go just about where we please did some research and the record indicates Susan is the oldest living human on the planet. As to how she keeps from aging is a mystery to us. How she see's aura's in other people and interprets them is a mystery as well. Her limited healing abilities. All, a mystery. Yet these I can say are facts beyond repute by those who know Susan." Susan had a tear in her eye as Linda continued. "As for myself, I am unremarkable in comparison. I graduated with a PHD in Social Sciences some ten years ago. Quite early I might add as I was quite bright. Still am according to some." She joked to lighten the mood. "Susan has since told me she followed me around for some days before introducing herself to me. Told me I had an most unusual aura, which at that time I had no idea what she was talking about. As far as I was concerned talk like that was babble. Yet we grew to be friends and stayed in contact for a couple years. I got a job working for the federal government about the same time Susan indoctrinated me to her coven. Which, to be frank, at that time I didn't take very seriously. I felt it was more of a hobby thing until the past few years. Since I became one of the high Council. Which are Susan's most trusted." Linda paused. "I will tell you only what I do in a general sense. My life outside the coven has to do with matters of United States Federal Government National Security. You see I am a member of a the USSS. The United States Secret Service. Special Operations Group. I won't tell you any more than that." Andra gaped. "If what you say is true, I'm sure I don't want to know. I'm sure I've just heard more than I need to know." She didn't have a truth detector handy but Linda seemed a straightforward type. Alarmingly attractive all the sudden too. With that rich dark hair and high cheekbones. "Just what is it you do for the coven then? I suppose your a pretty busy gal with the job description you have." Linda laughed, "I'm what Susan calls her loose cannon. It's a pet name we use among us. It's true I don't have much time to devout to coven details but I chime in with help when I'm available. Sometimes Susan likes to gather information on people. Sometimes I can be of extra assistance. I also vote on matters that need to be voted on in the Council. As you may guess that is a 3 way vote between Susan, Marta and I. Luckily it is rare that matters such as that come up. You were one of those matters by the way." Andra felt uncomfortable. "I suppose you are the one Susan referred to as her special investigative assistant. The one that's been gathering information about some of my clients?" "Yes, I and only two others. Doctors Felicia Clark and Wyona Adams. Of course my involvement has been to gather personal history information on some of the women, so we could get a better understanding of them. The doctors were gathering what they could through contacts and in two cases we found out two of your early clients were patients of Doctor Clark. The report she submitted was most interesting. You truly have a remarkable talent Andra." "Yes I do and I want to repeat what Susan has already told you. All investigations into these people are to cease at once or we can forget any further talks. Is that clear?" "It is abundantly clear. I can assure you once Susan has told us to stop we did so. Of course it was she , as you may already know, that ordered the investigation in the first place. I suppose she has told you about my investigation of you?" "No, but I'm sure I'm about to find out. I suspect you found out a great deal?" "Oh yes. Should I tell her what we know Susan or shall you?" She eyed Susan. "You do it dear. I'll go find Brenda, I believe she should be back in here." Susan got up and opened the door to locate Brenda. Once located she called her in and they both sat down as Linda continued. "Well the dossier we have on you is quite thick and our investigation began as soon as Brenda informed us about you the day she met you at the club, over a year ago." "She felt you were an most unusual person and when she submitted a report about you and some pictures it was decided by Susan to do a preliminary investigation which turned up some most unusual things." Linda spent the next hour describing Andra's life in excruciating detail. Things even Andra had forgotten. In short they knew everything. They surmised something had happened to her during that Peru expedition and knew from interviews about her startling growth and body changes. Linda told her about Steven and how he was moping in deep depression about Andra disappearing from his life. As an aside Linda informed Andra that perhaps she should check up on Steven as he seemed a likeable enough fellow. "Of course the investigation really picked up steam when Brenda called in one day and informed Marta of your program proposal to her and that she had signed up immediately. And of course Brenda was monitored once we all realized the potential. I can assure you Andra, both the Doctors in our group would love to talk with you. In particular Doctor Clark would as she has a strong background in micro physiology. Based on what I have seen in her reports regarding Brenda it appears you are working miracles based out of some sort of hyper advanced technology. Tech none of us understand." Andra was speechless. All her efforts at hiding her talent were wasted. It was all in the open. She was debating throwing them all out and finding a place to hide. Maybe Malaysia. Susan saw the abrupt change in Andra's aura and read it well. "Andra, you have nothing to fear from us. We mean you no harm, and I have a strong sense we could do you no harm, even if we wanted to." She paused. "I suggest we take a break and perhaps call it a night. I would like to talk with you a bit further tonight however Andra, in private." She turned to the others. "If Andra has no objections I'd like you all to go out into the lobby or something and let Andra and I speak in private for a few moments." They all looked at Andra. "I'd be glad to call this a night. I think I just learned I'm cornered by a group of extremely powerful women." She nodded at the three, "I'll talk with you some more later on Brenda, Marta, Linda." She remembered her manners. "Please, help yourself to some refreshments in the fridge here." She laughed, "Brenda, your the novice. Would you be a dear and get us all something?" Brenda was used to being a waiter and didn't mind the gentle kidding at all. Soon everyone had something cool to drink and everyone but Susan and Andra went to the gym. Brenda wanted to show off her bicep curls to Linda, who had made a foolish bet with Marta. Susan, alone with Andra, spoke first. "I see you are somewhat calmed by my earlier words and I want to restate we mean you no harm. We are only telling you all of this because you demanded complete honesty from me and I am complying." "We have revealed as much to you about ourselves as we know of you. In fact I can say in some respects we have revealed more of ourselves and our group than we know of you. And I want to invite you to speak with all of our coven members as you have done with us tonight." " If you are still interested in our joining forces for our mutual benefit that is. You need not make any hasty decision until you feel ready Andra. We all have plenty of time." Andra relaxed a bit. "I suppose that would be good. I have a lot to digest. There is only one of me and twenty of you. To be frank I'm not sure what kind of arrangement you want with me. I'm not a member of your coven, yet you've shared all this information with me. Am I to take it I am being offered to join? Or have I been recruited already and have no choice?" Susan sighed. "You have the choice. I for one would welcome you to our coven immediately. But talk of that can come later if we come to an agreement in principle at our mutual convenience. I suggest neither of us rush things and I think it best, if you wish, to come stay with me for a while and see what it is I and the coven do. Frankly it will be a bit boring as we all have separate lives away from the coven. Standard everyday lives. I however am the hinge pin the coven rotates around." She leaned in close to Andra. "And I suspect you will become a new hinge pin. A center of attraction about which others revolve." "What are you saying Susan?" Andra asked, half knowing what the answer was going to be. "I know you are no longer entirely human Andra. I can see it in your aura. I know you have somehow tweaked yourself to a state of physical perfection none in the history of the human race has attained. I know you are capable of doing magical things, yet what you do is apparently based on technology we do not grasp. Just how you came by the technology would be of great interest." She noted the change to the negative of Andra's aura. "But it is of no great import. What is of import is what I believe you can do with your talent. What you've done to yourself and the limited toying you've done for profit is nothing to what I believe you are truly capable of. Andra I see you doubt what I'm saying. You doubt I can know. But I do know from what you did to me and the others is that you can do far more. I see it not only in your work to date but in your aura. I see something there that has the power to destroy life on this planet. I also see something there that can create a dawn of a new age if used properly. I also see that at heart you have a yearning to use this power." Andra gasped. This Susan had her figured out far deeper than she suspected, for she had done considerable modifications to herself and perhaps it was true, she was no longer truly human. It was something she hadn't much thought about until now. As for her ideas of improving the breed? That too Susan had divined. "How did you know? I've had ideas floating around for some time now about tampering further. But I've told no one." Of course perhaps Susan was just a good guesser. "Andra, your aura speaks volumes to me. Let me restate what I have in mind. I'd like you to join us and work with the women of the coven to strengthen their bodies as you have done with your clients. What I can offer you is to live free, all expenses paid at our private Caribbean resort home. It is one of several we own. The others we lease out, but this one we keep to ourselves for when a coven member wishes to enjoy the splendor of the Carib!" She continued her sales pitch. "We can provide you with any facility you want, equipment to continue your research, all we ask is exclusive rights to your ..em, shall we say..product? In return we will work out a program to offer to selected clients across the world. At my command the entire coven will devote itself to this work. The goal will not to just become wealthy but to improve life on this planet. I can assure you, Andra, complete anonymity and isolation from any possible legal problems. The coven will protect you with its life. Our very life." She paused soaking in Andras aura and reading the feedback. "I and Marta can work out a explicit financial agreement based on a percentage. Or we could work out a flexible hefty yearly salary for you that could be negotiated at a yearly period. Or, if you wish you may decide to become a full fledged clan member and still retain any financial agreements we had before. Andra, basically what I'm saying is please come with us and you can write your own contract. Work with my women first and let us learn together what it is your truly capable of. Think of it, twenty willing volunteers to work with!" ...............