Finders Keepers Part 5 By Soltan Bey Diana Valk pummeled her fists into the boxing bag with lightening like speed. Her powerful strokes resounding through her personal gym with a satisfying thwack. Each stroke leaving an impression in the bag that was visual evidence of the power she was imparting. As usual she was working with her deerskin gloves. Not the same ones she had used on her last victim, a man who had been tried and convicted of rape 1st degree by Susan. Diana had pummeled him to a mewling cry baby before snapping his neck. No, these were her favorite workout gloves. After working up a good sweat she stopped and eyed herself in the mirror before moving on to the weight lifting routine. Since it was her midweek workout she worked herself to the max, pushing her limits to the extreme. Lately she hadn't been able to spend as much time as she liked in the gym, to keep herself in tip top killer condition. As she grunted the final set of bench weights up she thought of which of her clients she would have to eliminate. Some would have to go so she could free up more time if she was going to be able to spend a minimum of four hours a day in the gym working out. They would be disappointed of course. But none would be foolish enough to argue with her. Being a private eye and hand to hand combat trainer for a select group of clients was how she earned a living in the normal world. However she of late had less time to spend doing outside work as the coven Leader Susan was putting her on more and more coven related work. Her last job for the coven had required all her skills that she had accumulated through the years. Well, almost all. She hadn't had to blow anything up this time. So her explosives training during her stint in the US Marine Corp hadn't come into play. But she did use most of her other skills with included computer programing and her investigative skills. Not to mention her fairly extensive background in electronics. The latter came in handy doing covert sleuthing on many an occasion. Nor did she need to use her killing skills, the ones involving her expert rating with the knife, the garrote, and not to mention oriental hand to hand combat skills. She smiled as she reflected on these things and slipped on another 80 pounds on the bench press bar to bring the final set total up to 300 pounds. It was the max she could push and she managed to get six reps before tiring. She would have pushed further but her live in lover and spotter was gone for the day. It was almost noon when she heard the doorbell ring. Irritated by the unexpected interruption she grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat from her brow and headed for the staircase that led from her basement gym. She had a half snarl on her face when she opened the door, half expecting it was a salesman she could terrify into never returning. But when she saw who it was she switched into a welcoming smile and was as genuinely surprised. "Susan! I was not expecting to see you so soon!" She made way so the smallish clan leader couild enter. "Please, come in out of that heat and make yourself comfortable." Susan smiled and passed by to enter the entry alcove. "I'd give you a welcoming hug but it looks like I caught you in the middle of some serious workout." Diana laughed. "You know me. Fit and ready is my motto. Will you be staying long or is this just a short visit?" Susan turned and walked down the hall toward Diana's living room entrance. "I have some things we need to discuss. I would have called to let you know I was flying in but never got around to that. I hope you don't mind. Will your afternoon be free of engagements?" She turned back to face Diana. "I was going to do some work on a clients case but that can be put off for more important matters." Diana dabbed some sweat from her heavily muscled arms. "Well perhaps I better clean up, or is what we need to discuss so pressing that my not being so smelly to be around is of lesser importance?" She asked in all seriousness. It was unlike the clan leader to drop in on Diana like this unless it was something of import. Susan gazed up into Diana's blue eyes. "It is of great importance and it is good news. What we have to discuss will only take an hour or so I suppose." She paused and eyed Diana's lovely lean and hardend physique. "If you have the free time this afternoon perhaps we could mix business with pleasure?" Diana grinned. "Well in that case I'll go ahead and clean up. Make yourself comfortable Susan and I'll return shortly." She wasted no time heading for the shower. Susan watched Diana's tight ass swagger away. She sighed and sat down in an giant overstuffed sofa. It was a most luxurious material that it was covered with. Some sort of satin like cloth done in a most pleasing shade of Burgundy. It was one of those sofas that made one feel like drifting off into dreamland as soon as one sat down in it. It also brought to mind many a sexual memory as this very sofa and the matching custom designed love seats nearby had hosted many a clan orgy in the past. The entire room was designed with love making in mind as the carpet was as welcoming as a bed. Susan got up and opened the closet were Diana kept her toys and smiled with satisfaction when she saw her favorites were wrapped in plastic wrap, indicating they were clean and ready for use. She saw several new tempting toys and was about to investigate them when she heard Diana approaching. She reluctantly shut the cabinet door. If they had time for fun it would be later. At the moment things must be of business. When she turned she had business in mind but it was apparent at a glance Diana had forgotten already. Susan let out an appreciative whistle. "You put on my favorite bed time teddy didn't you my love?" "Do you mind? Or am I too distracting in this?" Diana asked. She already knew the answer. It was a game they had played in the past. "Much to distracting. How can I think of anything but you when your wearing that sheer thing? Especially with all that glorious muscle freshly pumped up from your workout?" Which was quite true as Diana was a stunning figure to gaze upon. At 5' 11" and 200 pounds of lean muscle she was Susan's favorite choice when it came to the brand of sex Diana engaged in. Diana was an Alpha dominant in the bedroom. She also didn't mind being rough with Susan, when Susan asked for it. "I'll go slip a robe on so I won't be so distracting for you. Be right back." She paused. "Shall you want a refreshment?" Susan waved her hand at the nearby bar, which was well stocked with the sorts of things she liked. "I'll find some wine for myself. I feel like celibrating. Hurry back." Diana arched her eyebrow at the last. The news must be good indeed for it was quite rare for Susan to imbibe in any drink containing alcohol. Rare indeed. Diana returned with a proper opaque robe done in a glorious shade of purple, fitting for her stature in the clan as a member of the 2nd ring. One of only 4 others in the clan of that stature. Only Marta and Linda outranked her as they were members of the 1st ring, or the high council. Of course Susan herself was the pinnacle. Founder. Clan Mother. Clan Leader. High Witch. Susan picked one of the chairs to sit in and waited for Diana to sit before she spoke. "I bring you great news Diana. Andra, the woman I had you and the others investigate, has decided to go along with the plan we worked up." "That is wonderful Susan." Diana said with glee. "Is she coming along willingly or did you have to twist her arm?" She folded her long legs. A surprising accomplishment to some considering how meaty her thighs were. Susan ignored the glorious sweep of muscular thigh meat that was exposed when Diana did that. "Well, it was a bit of a surprise to me that she knew far more of us than she should have. I'll give you the transcript of our conversation later. In a nutshell she threw me off course and I had to reveal almost everything about us to her." Diana listened with a worried look, but said nothing and waited for Susan to continue. "Yes I know it is unprecedented, but as you know, she is worth gambling everything for. She must be controlled and it is now we who control her." "So I take it you found her truthful and reliable with clan secrets? Is she now a member of our clan?" Diana asked. Susan paused. "She is truthful and I saw no great deceit in her aura when I extracted certain promises from her. Diana, I had to reveal far more than I had expected to her. She is extremely intelligent. Had I not done so she would have thrown us all out the door." "Yes, we put that in our reports to you. You knew what she was when you walked through that door. So, is she a member of the clan or not?" Susan sighed. "No, not at the moment. But I hope that will soon change." "So this is the first time in our history a non clan member has been privy to our secrets." Diana didn't like the sound of it. "She knows all our names?" Susan looked up at the ceiling as if to get away from a painful sight. "You will want to read the report of our meeting that we put together. She knows a great deal about us now. No, not everything but far more than she should have been told. But there was nothing I could do about that. I really don't think it is much to worry about as she did not seem to upset by some of our darker secrets, not when we explained the reasons and circumstances anyway." "So she knows about me I suppose, and other things?" "We told her about you yes. We had to. I couldn't rely on using just my subjective talent on her to swing her to our cause. She has to see us as we are if we are to get full use of her. Luckily she is of the sort that can see the need for what we have done, at least so far anyway. I must warn you she will be expecting honest discussion with any clan member she comes across. Since most of you will be seeing her she will have ample opportunity to learn more of us. She will be looking for deception. She is gifted with great intelligence and will not be fooled by simple deception. So I urge you, as I have all the other clans women, to not attempt to deceive her. If you do I am afraid she will bolt away from me and then we will loose control. Treat her as a sister, even though she is not a member of the clan." Diana took all this in with a sigh. "This is so risky. Don't you realise what your asking of me? If she asks me who, what, when, and where about the men I've killed, you expect me to tell her? " Diana asked almost with anger. "Not even all clan's women are privy to that sort of thing. Only those you rate as most trustworthy know the details." "Diana, of course you don't need to tell her specifics. That would be foolish and you know it. I'm not asking that. You can answer her and be truthful without revealing to much. Just speak in generalities. And be truthful about your concerns regarding telling her to much when and if such topics come up. All I'm asking is use your head when dealing with her. I also will need a report from you anytime you tell her something that may be of a problem nature. Use your head when you file them." Diana said nothing and had what would have been an amusing pout on her face. Amusing in other circumstances. Susan wished she had a camera because it was quite a site. The Valk with a girlish pout! Who would have believed it could happen! "Diana, I do have some news that will brighten your day now that I've put a damper on it." She smiled. " In several weeks Andra will be living at our Carib retreat. I've already contacted Shelly and she is setting up the household down there so it will be ready for Andra when she arrives." She paused. "You my dear will be the first to see her for treatments." Diana brightened at this. "How soon can we start? I'll have to make arrangements with my clients if I need to be away for long." "Well, give her a chance to settle in. Perhaps a week or two after she moves in? Why don't you make it a vacation. That is what I would do. Spend a month or two down there, longer if you wish. The clan will cover you." Diana noticed the hint. Susan wanted her down there for an extended period. though she wasn't ordering her. Interesting. "I don't know. You know how my business is. I'd have to close out the combat classes and I have obligations with other clients. Though I suppose I can pawn them off on some associates. Being out of the business that long will hurt me quite a bit." "Perhaps Janine could handle some of that? Isn't she capable?" Susan was referring to Diana's live in girl Friday. Janine Courant. Former world class swimmer. Blond and sleek, a beautiful young woman of some 28 years of age. Diana had sponsered her for a number of years before soliciting her to join the clan. Currently Janine was a member of the 3rd ring, just above novice initiate. She was also Diana's live in lover and investigative business associate. "Yes, but she doesn't have the skills I do. Without me to guide her it would be very difficult. We work as a team, as you know. I was thinking if I spend that much time down there it would be rude of me to leave Janine here. Besides she needs time at the island. I don't think she's ever been down there. I'm sure she would be most jeolous if let out in the cold." Susan laughed. "Ok, you win. I suppose separating you two for such a long time is to much to ask." She became serious. "Inform Marta if you need cash to cover your losses. This is to be classed as a clan business expense. I want you to feel free to have Andra do what she can with you. Be creative. As you know from our reports I know she is capable of doing far more than just putting big bosums on a woman and making it easy for them to put on muscle. Since both of you will be going down I'm sure Janine will want some things done." Diana smiled. Classed as clan expense. That meant dollar signs plus. "So it will be. Will we be living at the mansion with Andra or at one of the bungalows?" "Well, the mansion will have the equipment you like to work with so I imagine you'll be staying there mostly. Yes, I'd like you to stay around the mansion. Keep an eye on her. Become her friend if you can." "OK, is she a man only kind of woman?" Diana asked. "I can tell you from personal experience she is not impartial to enjoying the fruits of the love a woman. It's in the report." "Ah, I see. So you did bed her? We were wondering about that as we found no indication of that sort of behavior in her past. Judging from the way she built herself up she may appreciate a woman like me." Diana said smugly. Susan let out a growling like low laugh. "Well, I did use some extra wiles on her you and the others do not have in your arsenals. As for her tastes, yes it would seem to be oriented toward power and grace." She paused and let her eyes tumble down Diana's form. "As strong as you are you are a weak kitten compared to her. She could rip your arms out by the roots in a flash if she wanted to you know." Diana thought about how tall and big Andra was. "I imagine it was a unique experience for you Susan. I mean she is a good 11 inches taller than you. But she didn't tear your arms out. Your still in one piece." She said jokingly. She also felt a twinge of jealousy because she knew Susan had a weak spot for strength. "It was most special. Though we didn't make love the way you and I do. Not so physical. It was more a spiritual thing. An initial exploration of her. I didn't ask her but I think I may have been her first female fling." Susan stood up and poured herself another small glass of wine. "One other thing. You will be reporting to Dr. Clark daily. Doctor Clark will arrive at the island sometime shortly before you do I imagine. She has quite a lot to do in the meantime. Moving her entire patient base to other doctors. I asked her to take up full time residence on the island. Before you have Andra do anything with you I want you and Janine to report to Felicia for a full workup. She will tell you what she wants done." Diana frowned. "This is costing us a lot of money isn't it? What is Andra getting out of this? Will she bill us for work done and we bill the clan?" Susan smirked. "Yes, a ton of money. The clan is going to be spending yet more. Andra will want a research lab built to her specifications. That's another reason I want you down there. For security. Andra is no slouch but an amateur at that sort of thing. As for what Andra is costing us. Lets just say its a fortune. Nothing you need to worry about as we expect to get vast returns eventually." "So it could be a number of use will be living full time at the island then?" "Yes, that may very well turn out to be the case. Depending on what Andra does. There is no gurantee she will stay with the commitment we made. But if she becomes a clan member it would solve a lot of problems. When she is ready to make that commitment she will tell me." "Well I'll read that report later. I hope we have full rights to her product. Does she understand that is what we want?" Susan smiled. "Most assuredly. I drove that point home quite well. She will get what she wants and we will get what we want. Our plan was remarkably similar to ideas she had been thinking of for some time now. We give her a safe haven, secure. We give her a network that assumes most of the risk. We also pay her quite well. We will get final control of the products. Just what that products will be just yet is up in the air. In the meantime the clan will absorb the loss." "So in the meantime Andra will not be working with any one but Elantra Clan women?" "That is the plan for the foreseeable future. I've told her part of the agreement must be that any modification programs must be agreed by a clan committee designated for that task. At the moment there is only one committee member of course, and that is I. But I plan to include Felicia as part of the committee as soon as it makes sense to make it a formal thing. Who we add to the committee will be a matter of clan debate among ring two and up. I suspect all of us will want to be on that committee. I will have final veto on any decisions." Diana grinned. "As usual. I'm anxious to meet Andra now. Now that you've told me about this time will go very slow for me until we arrive at the island." Susan stretched. "Well, perhaps we should do something about that this afternoon. Let me get my hands on you before all that muscle you pumped up goes to flab." She walked over to the couch and waited for Diana meet her. Diana walked over and they embraced. Susan's forehead resting against the he chin. She felt Susans tounge exploring the nape of her neck and she let out a husky giggle. "Shall we stay here or retire to my master bedroom my little Susy?" Diana asked. Probing the waters to see how Susan wanted her sex this time around. "Susy wants to go to your bedroom Diana. Susy has been a bad girl." Susan clawed away the Robe Diana was wearing. She reached for Diana's small breasts that were mounted on impressive pectoral muscle mass. She massaged Diana's nipples. "I've been very, very ,very naughty Diana. Extremely naughty." Diana knew in an instant Susan wanted it rough. Very rough. Whenever Susan took on the Suzy mantle it meant she wanted rough sex. However Diana noted Suzy seemed to want it much rougher than usual. She put a commanding motherly tone to her voice. "Do you really mean that Suzy? Are your sure you've been 'Very, very , very naughty? Do I understand you to mean you've been naughtier than you've ever been before?" Susan bit one of Diana's nipples savagely. Diana let out a gasp of surprise. "Yes Diana. I have. She broke away and began to take her clothes off. Diana walked over and slapped Susan viciously. "I didn't say you could start taking you clothes off you little bitch." She slapped her again to make sure she got the point. Suzy began to cry. "I just want to please you Diana. I didn't mean to do anything wrong!" She wailed the last as Diana picked her up and threw her with savage intensity into the couch. Diana had mixed feelings about what she was about to do to Susan. She shook her head and realized it wasn't Susan anymore. This was Suzy and Suzy had just told her she needed to be hurt very badly. It wasn't that Diana minded hurting people, least not people who deserved it anyways. It was that she was going to have to be much rougher with Suzy than ever before. It was evident that is what Suzy wanted. Needed. It was not Diana's place to question this. She reached out to rip the clothes from Suzy. The clothes were a ruined pile of rags by the time she finished. Red welts rose from Suzy's white skin due to the savagry of Diana's disrobing of her. Suzy cried out in pain when Diana grabbed her now abundant D cup breasts and gave them a rough squeeze. Diana smirked with pleasure at the sensation beneath her powerful fingers. Susans breasts were exceptionally firm now. Andra knew how to do a boob job, that was for sure. "You've been a very bad little Suzy. I think I will use one of my big toys on you. Perhaps the one I used last time." She slapped Suzy again. "Remember last time little Suzy?" Suzy didn't answer right away so Diana slammed her fist into Suzy's midsection. Suzy cried out in pain and doubled up on the sofa. While she lay there crying out in muffled sobs Diana walked over to her toy cabinet and made her selection. "I think I'll use the same one as last time Suzy dear. But this time I'll use it with far greater gusto." Diana began to attatch the 12" long 2_ 1/2 inch diamater silicon coated dildo on her harness. The last time she had hurt Suzy pretty bad as Suzy's cunt was not all that deep nor that big around. But she wanted it that way so that is what she would get. Suzy rolled over and cried out. "No, I have been badder than that. You must use the new one I saw. The real big one." She looked like a crying spoiled brat now. Diana paused. Surely not. Not the monster. She turned around and pulled out the KongDong. "You mean this one Suzy?" "Yes. That one." The spoiled little brat girl said. "You better use that one or I'll do something mean." Diana didn't believe it. Suzy had been very bad. SHe was even talking back. Asking for yet more trouble!. She reached into her toy box and got out her 2" wide leather beating strap. She calmly set the dildoes down and walked over to the middle of the room. "Suzy. You've been smart mouthing Diana. Get off that sofa and come over here for your punishment." "No. I won't do it. Fuck you. You fucking whore bitch!" She almost looked like that little girl in that Exorcist movie now. Diana let out a gasp of shock but didn't let on to little Suzy how terrified she was. Terrified she wouldn't be able to control this. She strolled over and grabbed little Suzy by her long brown hair and drug her over to the middle of the room. By the time Diana was finished with Suzy's behind and back it was a mass of raised red welts, some of which were bleeding. She left Suzy whimpering, laying in the middle of the floor for some minutes. She didn't say a word but just watched Suzy deal with her pain, which Diana knew from hard personal experience was intense. Diana cast a nervous glance at KingKong. She didn't see how she could get that monster into Suzys little cunt. Suzy had never had a child and her cunt was a very tight one to start with. KingKong was more of a joke dildo. Not meant for what she new Suzy would want. No. Not want. Demand. If she didn't do what Suzy wanted the woman Susan would be irritated. Diana didn't want to irritate Susan. Not on this day of celebration. She eyed KingKong again. Almost 14" and more than 3" in diameter. Suzy would want -ALL- of it shoved into her cunt. Not just eased in and out either. She would want to be ravaged by a beast. Slam fucked with brutal force. Diana decided to wait. Hoping it was over. Suzy would let her know. Suzy moaned and moved around a bit after five minutes of silence. She slowly picked herself up from the floor and turned to face Diana. She whiped her tear stained cheeks and eyed Diana's beating strap. She pouted. Not a good sign. Diana sighed. She snapped the belt and that got an appropriate reaction. Suzy jerked back from the belt snap in fear. "You goddamn bitch. You call that punishment? I told you I've been very bad. Were is that fucking dildo? Why are you standing there playing with yourself? You fucking whore!" Suzy was screaming and threw herself at Diana. She tried to claw Diana's eyes out.. Diana easily evaded the clumsy maneuver by the small woman and slapped her aside like a cat batting a mouse. "Get on the sofa and shut the fuck up." Diana yelled. Suzy wanted more and she would get it. Nobody. Not even Susan in the ego form of Suzy could talk to the Valk like that and get away with it. Nobody. With gusto Diana slapped the harness on and applied a liberal amount of lubricant to the massive KingKong. She walked over to Suzy, the giant Kong Dong flapping in the breeze of her stride like some sort of giant worm rising from the sands of Dune. Diane yanked Suzy up and threw her to the floor. "Get that ass up in the air Suzy." Diana slapped Suzy's blistered ass to make the point. Diana kneeled between Suzy's legs and rubbed some of the lubricant on Suzy's cunt. She was already soaking wet with juices but Diana would need all the help she could in order to get the Kong Dong into that tight cunt of Susans. Diana had to pry Suzy's cunt lips open in order to get the narrowed tip of the Kong into her. Once she had a few inches of the monster dong in nothing would stop her from shoving the rest in. Given time and persistance. Suzy cried out in a mixture of pain and pleasure as Diana slowly worked the massive Kong deeper and deeper. When she noted Diana had seemed to come to a stop she cried out. "You fucking bitch. I want all of that thing in me." Diana broke tradition. "Suzy. It won't go any further. If I push it in the rest of the way I'm afraid I'll hurt you more than you deserve." Suzy looked over her shoulder and back at Diana. "If you don't do this I'll make you pay. I'll tell Susan you can't go to see Andra. I might even tell Susan you don't deserve to be a member of the clan anymore!" She said in red faced outrage. Diana's eyes watered in a mixture of anguish and anger at being spoken to in such a manner. She looked down at the monster Dong and saw a good six inches shy of full immersion. Suzy's cunt was stretched to distension. Diana let out a shuddering moan of pain at what she was about to do. She used her great upper body strength to full effect and grabbed Suzy's midsection with a vice like grip. She forced her weight down on Suzy's back so she wouldn't slide away and shoved the Kong in till her hips were nestled against Suzy's red blistered ass. Suzy let out a shriek of anguish as she did so. "Fuck me you two bit bitch. Don't just sit there." Diana began to pump the last six inches in and out of Suzy with greater and greater speed as Suzy's cunt stretched to conform to the Kongs thrust. Suzy's cunt was to tight and the Kong to large to perform a proper slam fuck but Diana gave it all she could. Suzy screamed out in a final cry of pain. "Forgive me Diana!" She collapsed and passed out cold. Or at least pretended to. Diana was not sure. But it was the signal she should stop. Diana stifled a sob when she pulled the Kong from Suzy. It was coated with blood and blood was oozing from Suzy's poor little stretched cunt. She quickly pulled the harness from herself and carried the limp Susan up to her guest bedroom and placed her gently on the bed. She didn't care that the blood was staining the covers. Those could be replaced. "Susan. I should call the hospital. I hurt you badly." She waited to see if Susan would respond. She was about to call when Susan's voice stopped her. "Diana. Don't call. I can heal myself better than any doctor can. Leave me with my pain. Go and let me be." Diana put the handset down. She stifled a sob and covered Susan with a blanket. "Susan. I love you." She kissed Susan's forehead and stroked her shoulders. Susan didn't open her eyes and her face remained crunched in pain. "Diana. I love you to. Now go or you will ruin this for me." Diana backed away and gently closed the door. She felt ashamed at the way she had just acted. Suzy, when she wanted to be hurt by Diana, did not want to be coddled afterward. Diana realized she had been weak and perhaps had let Suzy down by the last kind words and kind touch. She shrugged her shoulders and went downstairs to clean up the mess. She wondered what it was that Susan had wanted to be punished for. In the past it was more like a game. Lately though Suzy had become more demanding. This last session was the worst by far. Diana had never done anything so extreme like that to another woman. Never. It went against the Valks ethos. She felt confused as she cleaned up. She wondered how she would explain to Janine the blood stains in the carpet, which fortunately was a deep shade of Burgundy. .................................. Janine Courant pulled her sports car into the driveway just as the sun was setting, casting a warm red glow on the horizon. She flipped the remote and waited for the garage door to open. As it opened she saw Diana's car was still in the garage so most likely she was home. She pulled in beside and got out of the car. She hoped Diana would like the new dress she bought this afternoon. She also had a new bottle of wine for Diana to sample. The garage door was closing itself as she opened the door that led to the short passageway which led to the house proper. She reached the next door and sighed as she opened that. "So many doors." She mutterd to herself as she walked into the main hallway. She noticed the workshop door was open, and she cast a quick glance to see if Diana was in. Not seeing any sign of her Janine continued on down the hall which led past the basment entrance. She saw the door was closed and that meant Diana wasn't working out. She trundled on with her small cargo of goodies and paused in the kitchen to set the wine bottle out and get some iced tea from the fridge. She decided to go check the den, where she would most likely find Diana. If she wasn't working out , or working on some project in the workshop, then she would be doing some work. That was the Valk. Either that or she was fucking somebody. Since she didn't hear any screams it couldn't be that. So she went down the next hallway and peeked in the den. No Valk. Most odd. When Janine gave up on the game she called out "Diana, you home?" She heard a muffled reply from the other side of the house. Sounded like maybe the main entertainment room. She walked down another hallway and found Diana doing a most un-Valk like thing. Watching some stupid TV show. Not a good show either. It was one of those idiotic network weekly serial shows. She looked at Diana who was sitting on the couch and she appeared unusually listless. "Diana, you ok sugar?" Janine asked as she slid in beside Diana. Diana gave a half hearted smile. "Yah, I'll be ok. I just was tuning out for a while. It's been a rough day for me. How was yours?" "Hmm, Well maybe I can cheer you up. The Rogers case is tied up. I got what they wanted and we can contact them tomorrow with the information." She expected a bigger rise from Diana, but noticed that didnt' seem to do the trick. Rather odd because the Valk always liked it when they made their clients happy. Especially ones that paid as well as the Rogers case would. Janine continued. "Well, other than that my day was kind of mundane I suppose. I did pick up a new dress. I think you'll love how I look in it." "Oh, great. Why don't you go put it on and let me see it?" Diana asked with the best interest she could muster. It didn't work. Janine saw Diana wasn't really all that enthused. "Well, I'll go slip into it and bring that new wine blend I picked up. We can celebrate the closing of that Rogers case! Maybe we could go out to eat or something?" She hinted. "I don't want to go out tonight Janine. Besides. We can't. We need to stay around here tonight." Diana rouised herself. "I need to do something anyway. I've been sitting here for hours. Tell you what. I'll make dinner tonight and we can celibrate by a candle light dinner. How bout that?" Janine warmed.. "Sounds good to me Diana. I'll go take a shower and pretty up some and I'll show you that new vixen number." She rubbed the Valks heady shoulder. "Hmm, you smell nice and fresh Diana. That perfume is wonderful." Diana's face turned a bit stony at that. As if remembering something. "Ya, I had to clean up after....I." She stumbled. and her voice broke. "I did something today Janine." Her voice cracked so much she couldn't continue. Janine pulled Diana into her. The Valk crying? "My goddess. Diana, what has happend?" Diana broke into sobs and couldn't respond for some time. Janine just held the big woman until she settled down. "Janine, you mustn't tell any of the other sisters of what has happend. Not unless I say you can. I tell you as sister to sister. Do you understand?" "What? What have you done?" She waited. "Yes. I understand. I am a sister of the 3rd ring and you are of the 2nd. Is it one of those commandments sister?" Diana nodded. Her face red with tears. "Yes. It is. You break your vow to me on this and you will be punished." Janine pulled back. This was serious. "I understand sister. I want to help. But perhaps it is something I should not know about if it is that serious." "It is something you don't need to know. But you live here and I will not send you away to hide what has happend from you. You and I have an agreement, no? To share ourselves completely. If I hide this from you I would not be able to look you in the eye again." Janine sighed. "Tell me Diana." Diana pointed out the stains and told Janine what she had done to their leader, the clan founder, the guiding light, the Head Witch of Coven Elantra, the one True Witch of Coven Elantra, Susan. Janine didn't know what to say. When she tried to go up and check on Susan Diana stopped her. "She does not want to be disturbed. She can heal herself. All she needs is time. She will come down if she needs anything." Janine balked. "It's been hours since you checked on her! How can you say that?" Janinie got up but Diana put her hand out to stop her. "Diana, I'm going up there to check on her. Or are you going to beat me up to stop me?" Diana choked. "Janine! I tell you not to go. Leave her be." "I'm going up there and the only way you can stop me is by brute force. You , You, brute you." With those brutal words in the air Janine flung herself away from a muttering Diana and ran up the staircase. Diana didn't try very hard to stop her she noted. When she reached the top of the staircase she slowed and gently walked to the guest room and eased the bedroom door open. The first thing she saw was the bloody sheets and blood soaked bed cover. Janine stifled a shriek and slid into the room. She checked to see if Susan was breathing OK and she was doing so. She appeared to be asleep. Janine put her hand against Susan's forehead and noted a slight fever. The touch of her hand caused Susan to awake with a sharp intake of breath. "Susan, I had to check on you. Are you alright?" Susan weakly replied. "Janine, I will be ok. I just need rest." "Let me clean you up. I don't think you realize how much blood you lost. My goddess, it is everywhere. I'll be back with some things. Lie still and I'll return shortly." Janine didn't wait around to hear any protests or commandments from Susan and returned from a trip to the bathroom with a bucket of warm water and a pile of towels. She peeled the blanket from Susan and let out a gasp of shock. From the description Diana had given her she should have been ready for what she saw, but that was not the case. With great care and tenderness she cleaned up the dried blood on Susan's back and around her vagina, which appeared to have a tear in it. "It does look like the bleeding has stopped." Susan didn't reply and seemed to weak to care. With a bit of effort Janine managed to get Susan scooted over to the other side of the bed so she wouldn't be laying in a pile of crusty dried blood. She cleaned her up some more and went to the kitchen to fix up some broth. When she returned Susan was sleeping and Janine woke her up so she could sip the warm broth. However Susan was to weak to handle that on her own so Janine spoon fed her. "I'll be back to check on you in an hour Susan. You will need liquids." "Thank you Janine." Susan closed her eyes and drifted off. Janine shook her head in bafflement and eased the door shut. ................................. "Whatever were you thinking of Diana? She is hurt far worse than I think either of you realize. Judging from the amount of blood I saw soaked in that bed she must have lost a quart or more. Maybe a lot more. The damn mattress is soaked. How the hell could you just leave her like that?" Janine was furious. Candlelight dinner forgotten. No way could she sit at the same table with the Valk. Not tonight. Maybe not the next night. "I told you. When Suzy is out she wants pain. If I am tender with her she doesn't like that. It ruins the event for her. I don't know what makes her want the punishment. I just know she has a need for it from time to time." "You call that punishment? That was a savage beating by a lunatic and rape by a raving lunatic. Your nuts Diana." Janine was shouting. "Look. You want to get involved with the details? She and I have been doing this for years. I read her like a book. I know exactly what she wants and how much of it. She and I have a code worked out. She lets me know -exactly- how much punishment, yes alright, how much of a beating she wants. This time it was different Janine. It was as if she wanted me to almost kill her. She could have told me to stop at an instant. Hell! I asked her if she was sure if I should use that fucking monster Kong on her and she blew her top that I dare ask!" Janine said nothing and looked away at nothing in particular. "Look Janine. I could not go back up there. Suzy told me to go away and leave her alone. Just like the last few times. She heals up and she's back to normal. This time she's going to take longer to heal I suppose though." Janine blurted. "Your fucking right she is. From what I saw up there she'll be here for days. I'll nurse her. You don't bother yourself with it. It's obvious all your good for is dishing out the pain." Diana flared and caught her arm in midflight on its way toward Janines lovely face. "My oh My little sister. You sure know how to do the same yourself. With words. Say nothing more to me this night or it will just get worse." Diana stalked from the room and away from Janine. Janine watched Diana stomp away and realized she better cool down before she ruined what she and Diana had together. Something was wrong and it wasn't all Diana's fault. It took two to tango and the hurt woman upstairs was the driving force behind the event. Something was crumbling inside of Susan. Had to be. Else why seek out punishment so severe? What is it she felt so guilty about? Or was it guilt at all? Maybe a severe mental disfunction that dated back to her childhood. Janine didn't know but she vowed to attempt to find the answer. She had to. If what Diana said was true the next beating would even be more severe. Susan , or Suzy that is, was incrementing each session to a higher level. This last one was a quantum leap from the prior. Janine shuddered. She couldn't bring herself to think what would happen the next time. Not only to Susan. But look at what was happening to Diana. The Valk crying? An emotional zombie? Watching TV for goddess's sake! Something had to come to a stop. .............................. Janine avoided Diana for the rest of the evening, which was easy to do since Diana had apparently decided to find something to do in her workshop. Every hour or so Janine would go up and check on Susan and managed to get more broth into her. She was still to weak to chew real food. Perhaps tomorrow. Around 10 p.m. Janine went to the kitchen to get something to nibble on and she found something that was very sweet. Diana had been busy in the workshop alright. She had crafted a fine little plastiform bedpan urinal and left it on the kitchen table with a note. Diana was so artsy-craftsy sometimes. So sweet. The note read: 'I figured this may come in handy if she is to weak to get up and go to the bathroom. I will be in bed sleeping. Tell me if you need me for anything. I am not the heartless monster and you know that, your words hurt me deeply. Though you may be right. Perhaps I am. I won't blame you if you do not join me tonight. I hope you can forgive me. Signed. Valk.' Janine cried as she read the note. It looked like she would have two women to nurse along. It was true, Diana never hurt anyone unless it was absolutely necessary; such as a death conviction of someone, almost always a errant man that had been convicted by Susan of a capital crime. The Valk, Diana, ususally just carried out these occasional missions with ruthless determination, not glee. She decided she better go up and tend to the Valk and let Susan go on her own for a few hours. She went to her dressing room and found a silk negligee to slip into. Then she eased into the pitch black master bedroom and slid in beside Diana. Nothing was said between the two as they hug cuddled. Eventually the Valk fell into into a restless sleep. ....................