Cleopatra 2525; Echo of a Hero
by Tyval
In the world of Cleopatra 2525 a new hope for mankind has been found!


Crossover; Original Super Hero, Science Fiction, or TV catagory. Rated
NC-17



Tyval@webtv.net


Chapter 8:


Hel wearily finished her shower. The feel of a hot shower felt so good,
but she was too tired to fully enjoy it. Only moments before Questar had
unlocked her mind and Hel reveled in the thrill of her new powers. She
had quickly tested herself on a treadmill built for her ancestor and had
attained a speed of 500 MPH with ease.


But for all that, the non stop fighting of this very long day had caught
up with her. Even Questar was yawning, having ome from a 500 year long
sleep straight into a war zone. Questar had told her to getsome rest so
she had left him with Voice (she still coudn't quite fathom that Voice
was actually the disembodied brain of Shiro Sanlemoto) and Mauser/Max
Starr. Hel smiled as she crawled into the large bed with the nude bodies
of Sarge, Cleo, and Raina. The 4 women slept in each others arms.

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The smell of bacon, eggs, ham, toast, and many other, almost forgotton,
but longed for food woke Cleopatra many hours later. Rubbing her eyes
she saw a sight she thought she would never see again. Food was scarce
in the underground, but just inside the doorway was a fully stocked
breakfast buffet! Cleo looked around, the others were still asleep. If
the digital clock on the wall was accurate, she had been asleep for
almost 12 hours. 


Cleopatra smiled as she looked at her still sleeping friends. For the
first time since she had awaken in this nightmarish future she felt
safe. And loved. 


" Wakey, wakey," Cleo grinned as she shook Hel's shoulder.


" Ohhhhh, what is it?," Hel moaned," Huh?"


The sight and smell of so much food caused Hel's mouth to water. Sarge
and Raina were starting to stir and soon 4 pairs of eyes spotted the
lavish setting in front of them. All of them were starved, having eaten
nothing the previous 2 days. The buffet was attacked. Meat was
especially a luxury in the underground. This vault had been designed to
house and feed a dozen superhumans for months.  


Finally satisfied, the 4 women lay about the room sighing contentedly. A
patched up robot drone wheeled into the room with a rack of clothes. The
outfits had been tailored to fit the 4 women. Cleopatra had been lucky
that she was the same size as Kestrel/Willow Twoswords and now had her
choice of pretty Native American  style dresses and outfits. Giggling
like school girls the 4 women tried on their new clothes.

 
Reality returned an hour later as Voice summoned them to the tactical
room. The women noted that a dozen more robots had been repaired or
cannibilzed and that they were starting to dismantle the base along with
newly arriving scores of humans and mutants who represented the remnants
of civilization.
  

" It's not enough," Questar said," People are starting to mobilize, but
we need more. We need something to rally the Underground, something to
give them hope."


" But that's us now, isn't it?," Cleopatra asked. 


" It will be," Voice/Shiro said.


" We need a victory," Questar said," A major one. Something to give
people hope, a symbol. I have to defeat the Bailies, publicly." 


" What are you planning?," Hel asked.
 

" I need to find and defeat a large contingent of Bailies, no weapons,
just me," Questar said," And the battle must be broadcast throught the
entire Underground."


" And if you lose?," Raina asked.


" If I lose the Bailies continue to rule the surface, people lose what
little hope they have left, and the few still willing to fight for a
dream at least get a weapons upgrade," Questar said steely," Defeat is
not an option. I either win or Earth is lost."


" You could die," Sarge said," Are you ready for that?"


" I either fight or I'm already dead," Questar said," I've lived with
death all around me, had friends die in my arms, fought creatures,
demons, robots, and nutty super villians. I never asked for this war,
but I never ran from a fight in my life, and when innocent lives are at
stake, well that just makes it even more important."


" We know that there is a large concentration of Bailies around your old
village Sarge," Max spoke up for the first time," I came up with a grid
map showing the area."


" Oh, and don't think that you guys are going to miss out on any
action," Questar added," Your role in this is just as important as
mine."


" Oh yes, we get to sit on our ass and watch you get your cute ass shot
off," Raina sarcasticlly said.


" Wrong! I'm playing Captain America here, but I need all of you to pull
this off," Questar said," Hel, you now have super speed, Max, you now
have weaponry and a Betrayer body that can get you past Bailie scanners,
Raina, you have psionic powers equal to what Max used to have, Sarge,
you know the terrain, you are the best shot and arguably the best
fighter in the Underground, in addition you have a cybernetic eye that
gives you super vision, Cleopatra, you are half-trained but your'e a
natural athlete and you also possess mime, mimickry, and considerable
acting ability. Fully trained you will be quite an asset, and even now
you are useful to my plan."


" Okay, so what is the plan?," Hel asked.


" Max, you and Raina are going to take Cleopatra right into the Bailie
stronghold, snoop around, get all the information you can," Questar
said, he was in his element now," Sarge, I want you to scan everything
from outside, I want to know where every rock, every tree, any water is.
I need complete knowledge of the terrain, anything I can use as a
weapon, or cover, or a distraction. A pile of bouders I can throw or tk,
a large tree I can rip up and use as a battering ram, sand that can be
used to blind their 'eyes', mud to clog their weapons. When I have the
lay of the land Hel will use her new speed to draw the Bailes to me.
Once I'm engaged Hel and Sarge will help Max, Raina and Cleo escape."


" Wooo, brains and power, no wonder you were chosen to be the one to get
frozen," Raina grinned.


" The plan is simple, yet highly logical," Voice/Shiro said," The
Bailies are unused to resistance. The element of surprise will be
complete."


" Shiro, I guess I should call you Shiro now," Hel said," How did the
Bailies take over?"


" It was a long time ago Helen," Shiro started," World War 3 decimated
the super hero population of Earth. Thank God only a few nukes were
actually used. But even the few that did fly scared people."


" The start of the Underground?," Cleopatra asked," How many nukes, and
how many people died?"


" Yes Cleopatra, quite perceptive of you," Voice/Shiro continued."
People sought refuge underground even though only 12 nuclear weapons
were used. About 100 million deaths, mostly the bad guys who sarted it.
Arab extremists. This time they had nukes, 1 for New York, 1 for Moscow,
1 for Beijing."


" Taking on all 3 major powers? Man, that was smart, not," Max said.


" No one ever said they were," Voice/Shiro said," Thinking the war was
won the Allied powers turned their defenses over to a worldwide
computer. This computer, the prototype of what would eventually dominate
the Earth, well, that's almost another story, suffice it to say that it
disabled all the nuclear weapons on Earth. This really didn't bother the
allies at first as they used their superior numbers and technology
against the terrorists natios. Unfortunately they wouldn't surrender,
despite losing every battle to conventional forces. Thus the war dragged
on and on. The 'World Computer' then came up with a suggestion, robot
soldiers to replace the human ones. Ten years of seeing sons and
daughters come home in body bags made this idea very popular."


" Why the name Bailies?," Sarge asked.


" After their creator, William Roger Bailey," Voice/Shiro answered,"
Bailey was a genuis, but also a completely evil man. He used the brain
patterns of the 3 most evil men he could think of, Hitler Stalin, and
our old enemy, the former President from Arkansas." 
    

" No one but G.O.L.D. ever knew just how evil he was," Questar said," We
knew everything, including his pact with Mephisto, we could prove
nothing." 


" So, I think I can guess the rest, the Bailies turned on us," Hel said
flatly.


" Oh, it took awhile, mankind didn't give up without a fight, but
without a leader, divided, war weary, eventually the Bailies succeeded
in driving everyone underground," Shiro finished. 


" Now we know what we're up against," Questar said," This is the last
day off we're going to have for a loooonngg time, so everyone get some
rest, because at dawn tomorrow we start taking back the Earth."

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" Owwwwww! Shit Questar! This body may be robotic, but it's still me in
here," Max cried out as he was slammed against the wall of the small gym
for the 20th time.


" Sorry little brother," Questar grinned, extending his hand," I've just
spent 500 years in a freezer, I need to know if I've gotten rusty."


" This body is stronger than my original one," Max grinned back, taking
his brothers hand," To still throw me around this easy, well, you aint
rusty."

 
"Maybe against Betrayers, I haven't fought a Bailie yet," Questar said,
picking his brother up, then flipping him back down with a judo throw.


" Geeezz! You've fought against lots of Mechas 4 robots, Bailies are
tough, but they're not sentient," Max said, refusing the re-offered hand
with a grin.


A servo robot brought out water and a towell for Questar. The 2 brothers
sat down on a bench at the edge of the gym. Questar and Max were silent,
their thoughts came.
 

" You would sacrifice your own life rather than see any of us hurt, you
would give up your own life just to give us an hour of freedom," Max
said," I know you so well. big brother. Your'e pretty damn sure I can
get the girls out."
  

" I know you can, and those 'girls' are pretty damn capable on their
own," Questar said," It may turn out that they end up saving your ass."


Max chuckled knowing that his older brother may well be right. Then he
grew silent. For several minutes the tension built up in his human mind.


" Max, I have no intention of dying if that's what bothering you,"
Questar said," But if that's what it takes, just to give a taste of
freedom to these people, then I'll do it. No regrets."


" You are such a fucking hero," Max grinned shaking his head," You mean
that too. Man, I tried so hard to be like you, but I never could."


" Just be what you are Max, what you've always been," Questar smiled," A
good man, and the best little brother anyone could ever have."


Man and robot embraced in a brotherly hug. The days ahead would be hard,
but family is a strong unbreakable bond. They knew they wouldn't have to
face the war to come alone.

...........................

Cleopatra watched as man and mutant loaded up everything they could of
G.O.L.D. equipment for transportation to a more secure location.
Voice/Shiro was already far away with all the computers loaded. Weapons
capable of hurting Bailies like the ECM rifle were already packed away
and being shipped so that they could be replicated. Cleo looked at the
new more powerful blasters she already wore. Would they be enough to
turn the tide?


" Not without him to lead us," Raina said from behind her.


" Oh," Cleopatra said startled.


" I'm sorry Cleo, I'm a telepath, I didn't mean to intrude on you,"
Raina sadly smiled," I know I'm not really that popular on anyones list
yet."


" It's okay," Cleo nerously smiled," I know the truth, it's hard, but I
know it'll be okay."


" This is what it's like," Raina smiled," We're fighting for more than
simple day to day existance now. Questar has given us hope. Hope for
something more. Freedom! God, the very sound of that gives me shivers
for the first time in my life!"


" So many didn't understand it when we had it in my time," Cleo sadly
mused,"You never know how much you miss it until it's gone."


The 2 women walked hand in hand along the hall. 

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Sarge lay naked in the warm oversized bathtub. The luxury of this simple
act was pleasureable to her. She had come so far from the simple peasent
girl named Rose. Now, she was part of an elite team of warriors. Little
of history teaching had survived, but some tales of ancient hero's had
bridged the gulf. To Sarge this was like being a member of the Round
Table, or the Men of Sherwood Forest. 


" Mind some company?," Hel asked as her robe fell off.


Sarge smiled and beckoned Hel to join her. The 2 women kissed deeply,
hungrily as their tongue's dueled. Hel's hands found and fondled Sarge's
large breasts as Sarge caressed her ass. The kiss seeed to grow deeper,
then broke as Hel kissed down Sarge's neck. Sarge now stroked Hel's bak
as Hel's eager mouth found the hard nipples and took them into her
mouth, gently sucklng each one.


" Oh Helen," Sarge moaned.


Sarge felt her desire grow as Hel continued to gently knead and suckle
her tits. Hel sensed her lovers need and stroked the woman's hairless
pussy, rubbing one finger along Sarge's erect clit. Hel's effort was
rewarded as Sarge jerked and cried out in orgasm.


" Hmmmmm, so naughty," Hel grinned.


Hel lifted Sarge's legs out of the water, her tongue replaced her
fingers as she sucked Sarge's tasty cunt.


" Ahhh! Ahhhhh!," was all that Sarge was able to cry out.


Sarge shuddered under another cum. Dreamily Sarge opened her mouth as
Hel offered Sarge her tits. Now it was Hel who moaned in pleasure as
Sarge's talented tongue worked it's magic.


" Hmmmmmm, your tits taste so good," Sarge moaned," But I want to eat
that tasty black pussy of yours."


Hel smiled, loving the dirty talk as she straddled Sarge's face. Sarge
lcked up and down Hel's slit, then probed deep inside. 


" Aaaiiiiiii! Ohhhh, eat me baby," Hel cried out," Iiiiiiiiieeeeee!"


Sarge tasted the delicious pussy juice from Hel's cum and continued to
tongue fuck her. Sarge then switched tactics, blowing on Hel's exposed
clitoris then licking it until Hel again climaxed.


" Aaaaaaaaa!," Hel cried out.


Hel and Sarge kissed, tasting each others juices as wel as their own.


" Let's continue this in bed," Sarge grinned.


Hand in hand they stepped out of the tub, dried off and walked back to
the bed. They lay down next to each other kissing deeply.


" Party!," Cleopatra cried out coming out of her clothes.


" The more the merrier," Hel laughed.

 
" You too Raina," Sarge grinned noting the dark haired womans
hesitation," Your'e a part of this group too now."


Raina needed no more encouragement as she quickly stripped off her
clothes.


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end of chapter 8