Thread: Ultra Woman, the series! (plus her daughter Anya)

Ultra Woman and the Plant Master, Part 3 Days passed... The birthing plant held its captive, the heroine Ultra Woman, trapped within its fronds as the aphrodisiac kept her mind in an induced fog of semi-consciousness that left the heroine's mind little more than centered around the stamen that kept her vagina penetrated. Nutrients flowed through the stamen and into Ultra Woman's womb ever twelve hours. As each feeding the stamen would enlarge and gyrate slowly, bringing the entrapped Amazon heroine to a gradually overwhelming orgasm that would shatter any thoughts of resistance as the Curse would steal her powers and leave her again a limp, voluptuous doll inside the fog of odors and warmth of an incubator. Ultra Woman had no idea of how long she was in the plant time had a way of melding into the fog she lived in. Daily the plant embryo inside her womb would get a feeding, causing the plant to vibrate and shake as the weak heroine within came with an ear-shattering scream of a climax. The plant's feeding done as her sex clamped down on the stamen only trapped the nutrient fluids in her womb, nourishing the growing embryo. After the embryo had been fed and she had calmed down from the orgasm, a tendril would appear at her lips. It would gush liquid nutrients that kept the heroine's body nourished and hydrated. Not for her sake of course, but for the embryo's. If Rei's body failed then it would endanger the embryo. And the days passed... Faint light, bathed in green from the dark stained glass of the greenhouse, washed down on the naked Ultra Woman as her violet eyes blinked into the world of the conscious. Her muscles were like jello as she first tried to get to her feet only to stumble forward over the wide open fronds of the plant. The tendrils around her arms and feet were gone. As she wiped the plant slime from her face her other hand went to her sex. The stamen was gone, but then she noticed something else... Rei slowly moved her head and eyes downward to see what it was her hand was resting on. As her blurry vision cleared slightly, she saw that her breasts seemed to be larger and plumper then before. From between the cleavage, she could see that her hand rested upon her belly. A belly that was a least twice as big as before. As her horrified eyes took the sight in, she felt something within it kick strongly at her hand. Rei did what just about anyone might do in a similar situation screamed her head off. Soon she ran out of breath to scream and just laid back on the massive petal. Her head and long hair still within the plant and laying in the gooey liquid. Her braceleted hands cupping her huge belly as she silently sobbed how defeated she had become. Suddenly cold water was sprayed over the sobbing heroine. The sudden chill nearly took her breath away as Plant Master hosed off the pregnant heroine. The water hit her strongly, but not hard enough to hurt her, or the embryo within her. The slime from the interior of the plant was slowly washed away from her as Rei writhed under the cold spray. She squealed as the water hit her. The cold an incredible shock to her system. Rei tried to roll over but found that she couldn't because the belly got in her way. She couldn't fight it so she just tried to crawl away somehow. Her movements were slowed by both the Curse still affecting her and the embryo and her own growing belly that seemed to absorb so much of her energy. The water followed her, hosing her down from her wet, tangled hair to her bare feet, washing away the slime and green cum that still stained her overly voluptuous body. The Plant Master cleaned the pregnant Amazon completely as he walked closer to her to intensify the hosing on the harder to wash stains. Stop it! Rei cried as she tried to curl up into a ball so as to try and avoid the water. Please! To her the simple washing was a torture by a cruel and sadistic person. With his pregnant captive cleaned, he turned off the hose, turned, and wound it up as he walked towards a table. He seemed to ignore Rei as she lay gasping from the chilling cold water. In his usual, plodding way the Plant Master placed the hose on a shelf, then turned to look over his dripping captive. Get up, flesh, your body requires sustenance and proteins, he said as he walked toward the door of the greenhouse. In a moment he was gone, leaving the naked, pregnant heroine alone in the greenhouse. Plants covered the ceiling and walls, with tables dotted with potted plants and tools for gardening. Rei ever so slowly got to her knees. The cold water at least helping to clear her mind of the fog she had been in. She just sat there for several minutes as gathered her strength and remembered what had happened to her. Courage.... she whispered as she wiped a stray tear away from her cheek. As she stood up, her unused muscles protested but she got to her feet. Rei stumbled toward the door Plant Master had gone through. Her steps more like shuffles as it was so hard to lift her feet to take each step. Her sense of balance was way off from her enlarged breasts and stomach. She grabbed tables and supports in order not to fall over many times. It took many minutes to cover the short distance but eventually she arrived at the door. As Ultra Woman got closer to the doors, the vines in the ceiling lowered menacingly. As she got to the closed door, a vine wrapped around her neck as two more grabbed at her wrists. Slowed by the Curse and her condition, Rei was easily snatched up and dragged back from the door. The vines were more gentle with her now than before, but they were relentlessly powerful. I guess they don't want me to leave... she thought as she lightly tugged on the vines. Not so much to escape, as she knew she couldn't, but mostly to keep her balance and avoid falling to the floor. She was pulled into the back of the room and deposited on the floor. The vines retracted into the ceiling, but Rei knew she had no chance of getting past the vines that infested the room. Even the greenhouse window panes were thick, and as she touched them she knew, at her present strength, they would be impossible for her to shatter. Rei leaned back against a pane and tried to bring her knees up so she could rest her chin on them. It was her favorite thinking position. She found she couldn't because the stomach got in the way. Gods.... she thought herself as she pulled the tiara from her head and tossed it on the remains of her uniform. For me to be this big, I must have been in that plant for months! she gently rubbed the swollen flesh and felt a series of kicks. Active little girl I must say but I don't care for who the father is. The door opened, and Plant Master walked back in carrying a tray. He set it down on a bench near Ultra Woman, revealing food and a glass of water. Eat flesh, and you will survive. Refuse and you will be cut open so that the prodigy will live. From what he had done to her already, Rei knew that he was serious. This 'prodigy' of his was more important then preserving human life and besides, she was starving. The tray contained nuts, berries, and slices of fruit. The Plant Master stepped back. You may ask questions, flesh, if you wish. If not, I have work. Rei knelt and began to gobble the offered food down without regard to manners. Stuffing pieces into her mouth almost before the previous mouthful had been swallowed. Quickly, the tray was cleared and she back cross-legged on the floor. Her stomach nearly resting on her knees and her swollen, but still firm breasts, rested on it. Thank you for the food, she said with a hint of burp. His expression did not flicker an iota, and not a word was said. Blandly he watched the heroine eat. What are your intentions for me after you have this child? After I give 'birth' to it, I won't be of use to you so do you intend to release me? She didn't expect he would but it didn't hurt to ask. Also what are you plans for her and why did you need me to do it? Surely with your skills, you could have found some sort of artificial means for gestation. When you have produced the child, you will remain here until the prodigy can consume nourishment on his own, he said as his coarse hands rubbed a leaf that has started to turn brown. So that means you will release me once this is accomplished? The only answer the odd man gave was silence... I think he just answered my question, she thought. He doesn't intend to allow me to leave after this over. I wouldn't be surprised if he wouldn't have me bear another of these things! Rei kept her realizations to herself though so as not to let on what she was thinking. I have attempted independent gestation with two other Amazons. They were both barren so other means were needed. The first Amazon escaped after her transformation was complete, but it was going to be a failure in any case I later discovered. Rei closed her eyes and shook her head that other of her sisters had to experience what she had been through so far. As he rubbed the leaf, the greenness slowly returned. The second attempt was even less constructive. I obtained a mindless Amazon, and tried to use her womb for gestation, but without her own DNA in the embryo her body was torn to pieces. He said all of this as if were nothing more exciting than the weather report. I even attempted to feed her to a plant that could produce the embryo, but her DNA was simply destroyed in the process, no matter what I tried. Her hand flew to her mouth in horror as he calmly described what he had done. It took her several seconds before she was able to trust her voice with a question. What...what did this Amazon look like? Did she have a name that you knew? Rei suspected that it was once of her predecessors. Both Atalanta and Tania had vanished without significant clues as to what happened. I swear by all that's holy, Rei thought as she kept her face calm. I shall have vengeance for my sister... The Plant Master reflected none of Rei's shock, only scientific, numb calmness. Her name was unimportant, just as yours is unimportant. She was large for her sex and species, with pale hair. Atalanta... she thought sadly. At least we now know what happened to you sister and that you are at peace. Rei absently rubbed a thigh as she shifted on the rough brick floor. Since I can see you won't let me leave, is there someplace I can be other the floor? Its quite uncomfortable. That reminds me... Just how much longer will I have to carry her? Since I must be at 8 months or so, it shouldn't be too much longer, right? He seemed to ponder what Rei was telling him. He looked at the hard brick flooring, then at her swelled belly. I will bring you a mattress and pillow, he announced. As for the birth date, it should be in three days. You have germinated for thirty-five days, but you had to be brought out of the germinating plant to cycle through the regular birthing process of your species. Rei's eyes widen at the number of days. But that's not poss.... she said trailing off. You used some sort of accelerated growth factor, didn't you? she asked him after thinking for a few seconds. I compliment in your research as I would have thought such a rate not possible without harm. The Plant Master picked small, green berries from a potted plant and placed them on Rei's plate. There is no harm, that's true, but it took many efforts and much wasted material to find the proper vehicle. Only your Amazon subspecies could withstand the implantation of the final seed, all others of your species were torn apart. 'No harm' he says... she muttered softly, remembering her implantation with a shudder. Would it be possible for me to study information on some of work? Especially of the off spring within me? Since I am the 'mother', I am curious to know. Curious she was, but not for the reasons given. Rei wanted to know so that she could destroy this thing when possible. Besides, I shall be here with nothing to do and my mother always said I'm dangerous when bored. You are only here to give birth and nurture my prodigy. You'll do nothing else, and think of nothing else. His ponderous gaze turned from his plants to Rei. If you are dangerous, you'll be placed back within the gestation plant, with the nutrient stamen reinserted, and I'll cut open your womb to birth the prodigy, and risk the nurturing. Understood, she said softly, knowing any defiance on her part would be a mistake. He could and most certainly would, do what he threatened so the only option for Rei was compliance. At least for now... May I have your leave to at least walk around within here? Rei asked. It would help the process if I was able to get some sort of exercise. I have been coped up for a month in your plant and if I'm more ready, the birthing process could be easier. She held out a braceleted hand to him for assistance in getting up. Your vines with make sure I don't escape. Plant Master turned back to his potted plants, healing them with a touch. You may move anywhere but close to the door. I know your species requires motion for exercise. If you move to the door, you will be punished. Your vines already convinced me that would be a mistake so I shan't try it again, she said as she watched his remarkable healing power. At least not at this moment in time, Rei thought to herself. He looked at the outstretched hand out of the corner of his eye, but didn't move. If you seek exercise, my assistance would inhibit that undertaking. Your species makes no sense to me, he said, almost shaking his head as he looked back at his plant, cooing and massaging a bent leaf until the injured part became whole again. Its called 'good manners', Rei muttered as she looked for something to grab on to. The bulk of her stomach making quite difficult to get to her feet. As Ultra Woman got to her feet with the aid of a nearby table, she saw her shiny red, gold, and blue costume sitting in a corner, minus her magic rope. It was in a bundle, the ends of the torn blue satin still stained with green. It apparently had been kicked in the corner with the rest of the garbage, as it was piled around empty burlap sacks, a broken shovel handle, small bent tools, discarding fertilizer bags, and other debris from the greenhouse. Rei slowly made her way over to the pile, her steps becoming surer as she got use to her new bulk. She picked up the uniform and boot while making sure as not to notice any other items within the pile. Not much I could use there... she as she made her way mossy patch of within the greenhouse. Although the fertilizer might be of use as it can be made into an explosive. Not an easy task under these conditions but something to keep in mind. As Rei look at the inviting green spot, she asked Plant Master, May I have you permission to sit there? Nodding towards the green. Plant Master glanced in the direction Rei pointed, then nodded and turned back to his plants. After sitting with a bit of strain, Rei brushed the dirt from her uniform as best as possible. Then folding it neatly, she set it aside. Rei sat there with her eyes closed, legs crossed beneath her, and her hands on her knees. She tried to empty her mind of thought and to work out a strategy to escape this place... The Plant Master worked on his plants for a few more minutes, then looked up at the door abruptly. With nary a glance at Rei, he hustled out the door. Alone in the room with only the hundreds of vines draped over the ceiling and the huge gestation pod in the corner, Rei could feel the baby within her kick.. Days passed for Rei. The Plant Master fed her well, including meat which might have been surprising considered his forte. Three times a day with simple regularity the villain would bring her a plate of food, and maintained a separate water source for her. Every day she could sense the creature within her growing, at times kicking, inside her body. When not eating or sleeping, Rei spent the time meditating or exercising. Her attempts of conversation with Plant Master were all rudely rebuffed. She was pleased to note that her formally slack muscles were in much better shape then before. Rei was still naked but for her bracelets as her uniform was in tatters and would never have fit in any case. Her nudity didn't bother her as she considered it a fact of life. Back home, clothes were a decoration rather then a necessity. Only the meals and her own internal clock gave Rei any sense of time. From the meals and her sleep periods, at least six days had gone by as she sat in the corner feeling the child inside her kicking. It wasn't so much painful as it was an unbelievably odd feeling. Even though Plant Master and his vines had not molested her again Rei still didn't regain very much of her Amazon strength. She was stronger then she had been days ago but it seemed to have leveled off at about the level of a normal woman. Rei assumed it was due to child draining her strength as it grew. She hadn't tried to escape in the days she had been here. She knew any such efforts would be futile at best and life threatening at worst. Rei did watch and study everything in an effort to find an eventual escape route. The oddest thing was that this was different than what had happened to her Amazon sisters. Every one that came back to the island after mating spoke of the blissful mating process, the terrifying weakness that came next, and the recovery. As they grew more pregnant, they always kept a degree of their Amazon strength, diluted only by pregnancy like any other female nurturing a life within her. She had seen this process with her very eyes, how her pregnant sisters, even on the verge of giving birth to their daughters, still had the great strength of an Amazon. But Rei felt as weak as a kitten, at least compared to her normal strength. Rei wondered if the difference was due to that fact that she had been impregnated against her will. It was possible that she was experiencing a form of the Curse that had never been seen before. Or seen, but never admitted too. Her only other theory was that the extreme growth of the child was causing her body to divert her strength into caring for it. The fact that she had gotten at least some of her powers back gave Rei hope that the rest would eventually return. This day, and Rei knew it was day from the slightly increased light that filtered into the greenhouse through the thick vines, started differently. Plant Master brought her food, but it was sparse. Instead of tending his plants, the villain stood behind Rei on the other side of a table and simply stared at her. He would pace to one side, at an backside angle to the Amazon, and stare, then walk to the other angle. What is he up to now... Rei thought as she forked a piece of lettuce into her mouth. She had admitted to herself that he did grow some excellent vegetables. It was eerie, and as Rei felt a kick in her belly, the Plant Master ended his study of the eating, pregnant heroine to walk over to the strange pod that had held Rei unconscious and germinating for those many days. Now it is time, my child, she heard him say softly to the huge plant. He is ready. Rei stopped chewing and lifting her head in response to his words. Uh oh.... she mumbled through the food. Slowly she turned to face him, swallowing as she did. I take it I'm to give birth now? she asked. The Plant Master ignored Rei as he continued to preen and pet the huge plant. Yes, child, soon you will be the vessel through which my progeny will enter this world. The intelligence of humans and the power of plant will join in my son, and he will bring the world to the next level of progress. This is the genesis! he exclaimed as he stood up until his fist was raised to the sky, his voice raising for the first time in Rei's presence. He is totally insane... Rei thought to herself. If I am to bear this...thing then I must try destroy it or at least take it from him.Evil such as his must be deny any sort of power. The Plant Master turned to Rei, as if just remembering she was in the room. Come here, flesh, it is time for your destiny. You are the mother of the progeny, the Eve just as I am Adam. I have given you a gift and you will respond by birthing the future. It is an honor I am sure you cannot fathom. You got that right, she whispered softly, not rising from her chair as she watched him. Silence filled the greenhouse as Rei defied Plant Master's order. She only rose from her seat when she felt a vine slithering over her back. All right, she said. You don't need your cursed creatures. I'll come willingly. The vine retracted back up towards the ceiling as Rei rose to her bare feet, but it didn't entirely return. Three hovered over Rei as if watching her closely in their eyeless fashion. The broad, high leaves of the plant opened, rolling back until the stamen within came into view. Step inside. It will be painless, and you will live, I promise you that. After the birth you will be needed. As painless as when you inseminated me? Rei as sarcastically as she stood next to him, looking into the plant. And what further need will you have of me after this? Rei turned her gaze to the windows before her and saw the reflection of herself. Will you let me go if I do this? Turning to Rei, the Plant Master looked down at her swollen breasts. You will need to share your flesh with the progeny. You will remain here until the progeny no longer needs you. When that comes, he will decide your fate, not I. He is the next leap in Darwin's chain, and I am the creator. Seeing where his eyes rested, Rei nodded in understanding. You need me to nurse him for a time until he is independent. I expect that could be quite quick judging from the growth rate so far. Although you might slow it down once he is born as it could cause some damage. He gestured ponderously towards the open plant. Get in, flesh, it will be over quickly, and you will be given time to recover afterwards. I warn you not to make this difficult, or you will feed my plants after I pull the progeny directly out of your womb, he said, for the first time actually resorting to direct threats. It was obvious that Plant Master was under some stress and strain. You will survive, my research of your Amazon race convinces me of this, otherwise I would not have accepted your flesh to carry the progeny. You need not remind me as I know you are more then capable of such things, Rei said as she stepped into the plant that had held her for weeks. Her feet sinking slightly into the soft, moist surface. Has your research also shown you that there has never been a son born to an Amazon? Your results might not be what you expect as that is a factor. There are more to us then just flesh, Rei said as she stood in the middle of the plant. Casually tossing a lock of hair from her face. That possibility has come to my mind, but I will feel that flesh is flesh, and you will give birth to healthy male progeny without risk to yourself or the progeny. He will be the ultimate in evolution, the crossing of the finest of female flesh and the greatest power on the earth, the power of the plant world. At least you recognize that Amazons are superior in terms of physical attributes. That puts you one up on most in this world, Rei said as she moved a foot back and forth on the slick surface. Enjoying the odd sensation she felt. What do you have planned for 'our' child? The usual dream of evil doers world domination? As she listened, Rei noticed a sweet smell in the air wafting from the open plant. She instantly recognized it for the sweet aroma that had so fogged her mind during her impregnation. As she listened to Plant Master's dark, grumbling words, she felt her body reacting. Her nipples hardened, her mind began to swim, and her sex grew achy as her body moaned for a touch. Rei struggled again to keep her mind focused on what was happening. As this was not a new experience like before, she was able to to shift some of her reasoning away from the pleasure. Must...Concentrate... she muttered through gritted teeth. Suddenly, the child within her belly began to struggle as if he was trying to tear through her flesh. Rei gasped loudly and fell to her knee, hands holding her swollen belly. The aroma helped to deaden the pain but it still HURT. Rei's mind was awash in a combination of pleasure and pain. The stamen rose up like a snake as Ultra Woman fell to her knees in the midst of the upcoming birth. The stamen wiggled and moved, waiting... It hurts.... Rei whimpered softly, struggling to lift her head up. She had never experienced such pain as she felt right now. You said it wouldn't! Suddenly it lurched forward as Rei arched her head up to look one more time at the Plant Master standing over her. As she did, a wave of pain passed through her, making her gasp. As her lip opened, the stamen struck, driving into her open mouth and slithering down her throat. Instantly from its tip it gushed a sickly sweet liquid. Rei had no choice but to swallow as the liquid gushed into her stomach. The fumes drifted into her nasal passages and immediately began to affect her mind. She could tell this was much different then the other liquid. That one caused sexual stimulation while this was more of an anesthetic. Plant Master was keeping his promise of it being painless to her. At least for now... The wide leaves began to roll back up to encase the Amazon within them as the chemical pumped into Rei's stomach took effect. The labor pains continued, but weakened each time. The stamen in her mouth pushed Rei's head back, allowing it to wriggle deeper down her throat and force more of the plantish anesthetic into her. Rei didn't attempt to fight the effects. On the contrary, she welcomed them. Anything to release her from the unbearable tearing and kicking she was feeling now. The pain was nothing like anything her sisters had told her giving birth was like. This was sheer torture. Darkness, by-product of the stamen's liquid and the leaves swallowing her up, surrounded Rei as her mind grew more and more foggy. Tiny vinelets inside the plant grabbed her around her bracelets and hands, pulling her down onto her back as the stamen forced the weakening, pregnant Amazon to go to sleep. As the tiny point of light at the top of the plant disappear upon the merging of the dozen long leaves, the helpless Ultra Woman was again encased inside the plant. ------------ Violet eyes blinked back into life as Ultra Woman slowly fought off the grogginess that filled her mind. As she looked around and tried to focus on what was around her, she could tell she was bound, and from the feeling of the restraints, she was bound with ropes this time. Finally her eyes cleared enough to see around her as she weakly twisted in the ropes. Oh gods.... she thought tiredly as she tried to fit the pieces of her thoughts back together. What happened... Rei closed her eyes again and concentrated on what had happened. Her last thoughts were of being in unbelievable agony that had faded to blackness. The child... she whispered as her eyes flew open and took in a clearer view of her surroundings. She was dangling in the air, hanging from some kind of hoist in the middle of the greenhouse. She was parallel to the floor and facing it, her pendulous and still pregnancy-inflated breasts weaving and aching in the air. As she moved, a faint aching filled her loins. She didn't have to look, but instantly knew she was no longer pregnant the child had passed from her. Looking around, the greenhouse wasn't any different except for a single item. The huge plant that had both impregnated her and swallowed her to take her child was lying on the floor, brown and lifeless. I wonder why he tied me with ropes instead of his cursed vines, she wondered as she tugged on them experimentally. She found that she still hadn't regained her Amazon strength yet as she couldn't break the ropes. Hades... she thought. I can only pray it'll just take time for them to return. Have to use my mind rather then my strength to escape. Rei sighed and tried to relax within her bonds. As the Asian Amazon hung in the tightly wrapped ropes that held her bound in the air by the hoist, her mind whirling with thoughts. She felt stronger than when she was pregnant, but that didn't mean her full strength was returning - if it ever even would. No Amazon, to her knowledge, had ever borne a male child. It's possible that I won't get my strength back, Rei thought as a chill went down her spine. Perhaps that I did have a male child will cause the Curse to remain in effect forever! The door abruptly opened, and Plant Master entered, still wearing his odd overalls, looking more like an Amish farmer than a supervillain. In his hands he carried a small child, perhaps six months old. It was plainly oriental in origin, with dark strands of hair hanging around its head. The child wore a green blanket, but as Plant Master entered the greenhouse, he took away the blanket, leaving the child naked. Rei saw what he held was stunned beyond belief. Part of her never really believed that she could be carrying a child. That it had to be some sort of trick. To see the living proof rocked her mind for several seconds. She quickly closed her eyes and regained control before opening them again. Rei knew that she had to stay calm and collected if she was to eventually get free. Ultra Woman could see the child was a male from the tiny genitalia. He seemed so vulnerable, but the child couldn't have been hers, it was far too old. Then she remember that Plant Master had caused the pregnancy to be speeded up so that she had come to term in less then a month. Its possible he wants the child to grow quickly out of the infant stage, she thought. With what he's shown so far, I wouldn't doubt that he would be able to do it. Carrying the child with great care, Plant Master approached the controls for the hoist. Without so much as glancing at Rei, he hit the buttons that lowered her closer to the floor. She was about four feet from the floor when he stopped the machine, and finally turned to look at her. His eyes looked her over completely, then seemed to zero in on the burgeoning breasts that bobbed on Rei's chest. Rei followed where his eyes rested and saw that they were on her enlarged breasts. For a moment, she wished she could have covered herself from that intense gaze of his. Walking over towards her, Plant Master still carried the child gently in his large, calloused hands. With one hand he grabbed a section of the rope, and pivoted Rei until she was almost upright. He glanced back down at her oversized mammaries with some satisfaction on his face. Time to feed the progeny, flesh. It took a second for her to realize what he meant. Rei was about to protest but didn't as she knew it would have been a wasted effort. With her weakened and bound state, she was in no position to protest. Beside, if he was going to use her like a 'cow', he still had some use for her rather then feed her to his plants. Without ado, he placed the baby boy up to Rei's breast. The baby opened his mouth and sucked the breast inside his tiny mouth. His few teeth dug into the sensitive flesh as it suckled on her nipple. With a strange lurch that echoed throughout Rei's formerly pristine body, her breast shimmied, then spurted forth milk. She gasped from his bite and from feeling the milk begin to flow. Normally such actions would have cause erotic sensations within her but not this time. Rei felt...different as her son suckled her milk. Almost maternal in a way. The young Amazon looked down upon her child. The first male ever born to an Amazon in...well a VERY long time if ever. I can not destroy him, she thought as she felt his little hands begin to rub and squeeze her fat breast. I know I should destroy this...abomination but I can't. He is my child. Rei made the decision that when she escaped, she would take him with her. He must at least be given a chance to grow up to become a good person. Rei lifted her head to look into Plant Master's eyes. Will you untie me so that I might hold the child as a mother should? It is said that a mother's touch can help a baby very much to calm them. I swear as the Amazon champion that I won't harm him in anyway. If you know my sisters, you know we keep our word no matter what. Plant Master, with his usual eloquence, said absolutely nothing in reply. He watched the baby suckled on the captive Amazon's breast with subdued satisfaction. He held the child carefully, making sure it stayed close to Rei's burgeoning breast. Somehow, she really didn't think he would have responded. At least not now. It wouldn't surprise me that he does allow me to hold him later on, she thought. Properly surrounded by his vines of course. Ignoring Ultra Woman, he just stood there, watching the baby feed for what seemed like an eternity. The baby bit and nibbled on the sensitive nipple as he drank down the Amazonian milk. Eventually, the milk from that breast began to slow to a stop. Even Amazon breasts have their limits. The child began to give the sort of cry that any parent knows if from a hungry child. Rei was about to say something when Plant Master placed the boy on her other breast. She gasped again as her tugged on her nipple until the milk began to flow. Again, the greenhouse had but one sound the sound of an infant nursing on his mother's breast. Finally the boy let the hard point go and gave a satisfied burp. Have enough small one? Rei asked her child kindly. She was rewarded with her son looking up at her mother. She smiled when she saw that he had violet eyes like her own. The child smiled back, but he was quickly pulled away by the Plant Master. The little baby boy murmured some gibberish, but he quickly settled against the Plant Master's broad chest and buried his head in the madman's clothes. Rei was a bit put off at that action but made no sign of it. She needed to stay on Plant Master's 'good side'. Plant Master walked away from Rei, like anyone would walk away from a gasoline pump with scant notice. He walked over a short, wide-leafed plant, and calmly set the child down on an outer leaf. Normally there would have been no way the broad leaf could have supported a child, but this one did, and it held the boy easily, letting him sink down into it a slight bit to help hold him steady. She stared at the action for a moment. He's going to do it? she thought. Not surprised anymore at the actions of the plants in this place. If there could be ones that could act as an incubator, this was nothing. Turning around, Plant Master approached Rei. You will have two hours, and no more. Once the dawn arrives, we will leave. He lowered the hoist to the floor, letting Rei lie flat on her stomach for a few minutes as he slowly unbound the ropes that trapped her. Thank you, Rei said sincerely. I know you won't say but what are you going to do with him next? He will begin the lessons that will bring him and his legacy to fruition, the Plant Master said in his usual subdued tones. He will learn the path to greatness, and begin a new era in the history of the universe. And this new era is suppose to include what? For the Plant Master, his voice was positively rhapsodic, even if dull and low by normal standards. It will be the culmination of the evolution on earth. It will be the joining of the two kingdoms of God, the kingdoms of plant and animal. In one being will be both cycles of life, both the creation of oxygen and the use of oxygen. The compliments will conjoin. He's mad.... she thought simply to herself. He was slow, but finally he pulled the last rope from around Rei's wrists, releasing her completely. He stood back, looked at the child, then again at Rei. You have until the dawn. An attempt to harm the child or to escape will be severely punished. Rei sat up, rubbing her wrists and legs where the rope had rubbed. I promised you that I would not harm him. I am also intelligent enough to know that I am in no shape to attempt an escape. His threat reinforced by the vines that hovered on the ceiling over the baby, he turned and walked out the door, leaving Rei along with...her child. She gingerly, because her body still ached, went over to him and knelt down. Hello small one, Rei said in a soft voice, taking one of the child's hands in her own. I'm Rei... She looked into the boy's eyes. I'm your mother. The small child looked up at Rei with his own set of violet eyes. A tiny hand reached up until it grabbed Rei's thumb in its weak embrace. His body was soft, his skin smooth to the touch. He still had much of his baby fat, but for a child she had given birth to only recently, he had grown tremendously. Rei also noticed that they way his eyes looked at things was different from how she had seen babies look at things. These were eyes who actually looked at things rather then just wandering around its field of vision. It made her uneasy for a moment but she quickly dismissed that thought. The baby smiled with his eyes wide as he gazed up at the heroine holding him. One hand released her thumb as it tapped her dripping nipple curiously. Taking a drop of the milk on his finger, he promptly put the finger in his mouth and suckled it. His mother gasped slightly as her nipples were still quite sensitive. Rei just assumed that he was still hungry. Sorry little one but you'll have to wait for a bit before I can nurse you again. The child suckled on his finger for about ten seconds, then pulled it out. He looked at the finger with evident curiosity, then looked up at his mother. Deeply he stared into the matching eyes, violet matching violet. It was almost mesmerizing the way the child gazed into Rei, seemingly into her very soul. Even if she had wanted to, Rei couldn't have broken the stare. It was almost as if he was holding her head in place to maintain the look. She had never experienced such power before the likes that this child had. Abruptly the pupil of his eyes changed. The violet suddenly was surrounding not a black pupil, but one of a deep, dark green, like that of a steaming jungle. A moment later the baby's mouth opened. In the flash of an eye, a thick, green tongue darted out. Upwards it slinked like a blur until the curled tip struck Rei directly between the eyes. What the?! she gasped. The tongue hit her as if she had been struck a mighty blow. A stunned feeling washed through her, but she felt no pain. Her head did not jerk back, but she was dazed as though hit hard. Unwilling to hurt her child, she could only stand and hold him. The tongue stuck to her as if it had been glued on. She could feel its heat and a throbbing like sensation. Not painful but just very very odd! It was numbing. Rei could see her entire life flashing before her eyes, but she could only stand there numbly. The tongue between her eyes made her entire body tingle. The baby rested in her arms comfortably as she cradled him. Slowly, Rei fell to her knee while still holding her son. It felt like she was being forced to remember everything she ever learned, knew, or experienced all at once. Her mind was not her own as it seems to be a vast whirlpool draining away to some point. Noooo..... she gasped as she closed her eyes and tried to regain control. The child's eyes remained wide, and if anything, brighter. The violet irises were nearly gone, outshined by the inner green light that glowed forth from the baby's pupils. He watched his mother intently, unfazed by the moaning words escaping her open lips. The present around her faded from view as Rei was forced to concentrate on what was going on inside her mind. It was as if her son had hacked his way in and was now in total control of her brain. Her memories, her experiences, her lessons learned, her knowledge, everything was flashing across Rei's mind in a rush that was overwhelming. It was as if she was being forced to relive every moment of her life from her earliest childhood to this very moment. As each one zoomed before her mind's eye, it disappeared, leaving her feeling empty and devoid. It wasn't entirely gone, and some part of her realized that, but this child was surely revisiting her life, and filing it away for his own uses. Rei knew that she wasn't forgetting anything but it felt that way. All these seldom recalled events coming to the forefront again to be suddenly shoved aside for something else. What little of her mind that she controlled realized that her son was taking a crash course at learning about life. Instead of years, he wanted it all in a few minutes! Plant Master walked back in, and approached the dazed, staring heroine. Her violet eyes were also taking on a faint greenish hue, not nearly as bright as her child's eyes, but obviously affected by them. The supervillain took the child from the kneeling heroine's arms and cradled the baby gently. His normally expressionless face changed slightly to one of pride as he watched what happened. The tongue detached from Rei's forehead and receded into the baby's mouth like a recoiling serpent. The Plant Master looked down warmly at the baby, forgetting about the heroine as she fell to the floor numbly. As a speck of drool slipped out of the corner of her mouth, vines moved down towards her... The suddenly stop to the control of her mind left Rei in a state of limbo. She shut down until her mind control somehow reorganize into a thinking unit again. With a moan, her eyes shut and she fell back into the embrace of the vines. As Rei's cognizant abilities returned to her, she realized she was, yet again, bound tightly by the vines again. Still under the heavy green dome of the arboretum, Ultra Woman was lying on her back, with her arms bound over her head as the vines spiraled the length of her body, keeping her legs tightly bound as well. Rei was apparently lying on a conveyor from what she could see. Past her feet, about twenty feet away, was a large, square opening. Between herself and the opening to the huge machine beyond was a collection of dead brush scattered along the length of the conveyor. Between herself and the end of the conveyor was the remnants of her uniform. Most of the blue panties were in shredded tatters, and the bustier wasn't much better. Her boots were in decent condition, and her tiara, belt, and lasso were apparently unhurt, other than tarnished and dirty. Wha... Rei moaned as she tried to clear her pounding head. Where am I?! Instinctively she started to struggle and found that much of her strength had returned to her. The vines however where just as strong as before and she could barely even wiggle. The conveyor was slowly moving towards the opening. Her head throbbed and her arms still felt heavy, but she could quickly estimate she would be in the opening in about twenty seconds. As the sounds of the brush being chopped into a fine mulch reached her, she knew those twenty seconds might be all she had left.. Got to get free!!! she gasped as she pulled an struggled even harder then before. She knew that if she didn't, what happened to the third Ultra Woman would happen to her as well. Suddenly Rei realized that her tiara was laying on the bare toes of one of her feet, the only part of her legs free of the vines. She also could see where the control panel was for the mulcher. Just one chance at this.... With a flick of her foot, the tiara went flying into the air. For a moment Rei thought it would arch past her. She lifted her head as much as she could.... Success!!! she gasped as the tiara landed on her face. Just as she heard a grinding sound as the first of her uniform began to get chewed, her head threw the tiara again. With a 'clang' it hit the off button for the mulcher. The belt made a few final jerks forward before all was still. Rei's toes were but a few seconds from getting chewed up! The heroine laid back and gasped a sigh of relief while still in the grip of the greeny vines.... Moments later, as if timed, the living vines that held the heroine in place released her. She could do the math, and easily realized that by now her bare legs would have been deep in the thresher, which would have left her nearly gone, and the vines letting her continue on to her death. Her boot had been chewed up, and parts of it had already arrived on the other side, now a fine mulch of red and blue velvet. The vines must have the ability to be ordered to do something without Plant Master being around, she thought as she slowly began to sit up. He must be gone or otherwise I'm sure they wouldn't have release me. Up to the ceiling the vines retreated, as if Ultra Woman had been chewed up and spit out and the arboretum was now empty. Looking around, the heroine couldn't see a soul. The sun outside had apparently set, as the building was a dark place full of waving shadows. Rei could see only so far, but it was silent, and the only movement was that caused amongst the leaves by the huge fans that blew in fresh outside air. Rei determined quickly that the time had finally come to escape. I know I should do something for the child, she thought. But I have a bad feeling about him... I think if I did have him with me, I would end up destroying him in the end. I don't know if I could do that... Shaking her head to rid herself of those thoughts, Rei slid off the belt and gathered the remains of her uniform. Including the mulch that was once her boot. The heroine carefully proceeded towards the direction she thought the was in. Always expecting to be attacked by something. Except for the soft rustle of her footstep, Rei heard nothing. Suddenly, as she pushed aside a large leaf of a plant there in front of her was a door. From the large metal one next it, she assumed that this was where she had come in. Appropriate I guess that I should leave the same way I came in, she whispered. As Rei reached for the handle to the door, she realized something. Hmmm... Might not be the best thing to walk around outside naked. Holding the remains of her uniform, Rei crossed her braceleted wrists in front of her chest. In a brief, dazzling display of light, the uniform vanished and her naked skin was clothes in the dress she had been wearing before she had arrived. Rei quickly unbuttoned a few of the topmost buttons of the dress as it seemed much too tight. It exposed a generous amount of her much larger breasts then before. ----------- An hour later, nearly exhausted after her run from the Arboretum downtown to the old dilapidated park in Reichsborough, Rei arrived outside the decrepit amphitheater that disguised Captain Liberty's home. She knew now she was finally safe, even if her constitution was still weak from her ordeal. When she appeared in the control room, Captain Liberty demanded to know where she had been for the last month. Even though he hide it well, Rei could tell that he had been worried. At least a little bit. She told him the whole story of what had happened through mouthfuls of combat type rations Liberty had on hand. Captain Liberty didn't seemed surprised about Rei being molested by the vines but his eyes did widen a bit at the mentioning of the baby. Captain Liberty indicated that he was going to go back to the Arboretum to check it and quickly made for his vehicle. Rei convinced him to take her along with. 'Convinced' him by threatening to rip his place apart with her bare hands if he didn't. The look in her eyes told him that she wasn't joking. With a slight scowl, which Rei thought was cute, he produced some clothing more appropriate for a heroine then the dress Rei was wearing. Two hours later, wearing a feminine version of Captain Liberty's uniform under her belt, tiara, and bracelets to replace her shredded and mulched uniform, Rei and Liberty arrived at the Arboretum. What met their eyes was seven fire trucks, innumerable police vehicles, and a fire that reached into the sky. My gods.... she whispered. Officer, Liberty said to the first patrolman he found, and spoke in his most serious of voices. Were there any survivors? Rei just looked at the fire. The officer, after giving Captain Liberty's new 'sidekick' a sidelong glance, shook his head. Nossir, weren't no one inside as far as we c'n tell. Rei quickly pulled Captain Liberty out of earshot of the officer. Brian, she said softly. He's still out there with the child. Liberty nodded and said, Plant Master found that you had escaped and left. The fire is to cover his tracks. The two turned back to look at the raging fire as Liberty gently placed a hand on Rei's shoulder. Both of them knowing that Plant Master's plan was still in motion. They would have to fight it another day..