She said, “It’s their sons, do you really think they’ll back down?”

  I shrugged, “If they back down then they get to keep their influence and cushy jobs. If they don’t, they get lambasted by the press, fired and shamed, and lose all that influence they’re using. Either way they can no longer use dirty tactics to protect their kids.

  “So yes, it will get them to back down, even at the cost of their kids going to jail for rape, blackmail, racketeering, gambling, and all the other charges on the list. They’ll probably use their influence to get the kids’ sentence reduced, or a cushier jail cell.”

  She nodded, “I’ll take care of it. She’s also applying for emancipation from her parents, and to be a legal adult. Her parents, especially her father, isn’t being supportive. More the opposite really, they’re believing the news stories and her home life isn’t any better than facing her peers at school. Out of fear, most likely.”

  “Well, shit.”

  She smiled brittlely, “Pithy, and accurate. Give me thirty minutes, if there’s anything to find I’ll find it.”

  It was a slippery slope, the two of us acting like supervillains to get the information in ways that weren’t necessarily legal. With good intentions perhaps, but I felt a little guilty at asking Thea to do it. At the same time, I didn’t give a shit, some things were more important than rules. If that wasn’t true, then the Incandescent Guardians wouldn’t exist.

  She said, “On another note, we’re getting a response to our offer of citizenship, to any supers in the U.S. or China that feel oppressed, along with their families. I’m handling it, but the numbers are going to be larger than we thought. I’ve already started building efforts using our Callisto stock rooms. I’ll give you the totals once I have them.”

  “Your puppet head of state thanks you.”

  She giggled.

  “Anything else going on?”

  She shook her head, “Not yet, and a million little things.”

  Right, nothing important enough I’d want to add input into.

  “How’s the titan rollout going?”

  She said, “Rose and I have finished North and Central America and are taking care of South America right now. All the countries in the former two now have enough titan superheroes to be independent. We project being finished worldwide in three weeks, and all the upgraded supers have agreed to hide their new abilities until then if possible, if only to short-circuit any government outcry against it. It’s a good change, but I know Faith is going to miss the rest of the titan team when it all falls out, and she has a new one of Canadian titan supers only.”

  I nodded, “We’ll still get to socialize here, just not fight together across borders. The friendships shouldn’t suffer, and if anything, they’ll get closer with us all being part-time neighbors now. But I’ll talk to her. Besides, they can still team up here.”

  Thea smiled, “Yes, master.”

  “Any idea how I can speed up the learning process to keep up, and still have enough time to discover new synergies and inventions based on our knowledge of the universe?”

  Thea smirked, “I’ll give it some thought, master. But you are only human.”

  I swatted her ass, which made her giggle.

  She winked, “Data passed to your enhanced reality.”

  I nodded and studied it for a moment, and I felt almost flabbergasted by the amount of corruption she’d found around Brandon’s and Scott’s judge and officer parents. I changed my mind almost immediately, but definitely had a new plan when I got to the videos she’d managed to dig up.

  Brandon and Scott hadn’t fallen very far from the tree when they’d turned to coercive sex and blackmail to get women in bed. In fact, I was fairly sure the judge’s wife was a victim.

  “This… well, we won’t be blackmailing them after all. Send a copy of this to the FBI, Chief of Police, the Barr association, and every local media outlet in the area. Hell, send it to the school board as well, since the principal is up to his balls in this as well. They’ll all be far too worried about life in jail themselves, to go after Miss Reston.”

  Pun intended. I also felt better about it, this was the right way to go with it, instead of blackmail and ugly truths hidden underneath the veneer of civilization. It was just before now, I hadn’t realized how many victims existed under them.

  I tilted my head, as I juggled time zones and worlds in my head.

  “This should take care of the press and outside coverage, even if the assholes don’t run any retractions, it will reframe the narrative so she’s not a part of it. Maybe they’ll all get a family cell. As for high school, most kids will be too clueless to notice something that subtle, and they’ll probably go on believing the worst of her. We’re going to drop in on Kelly when she gets out… which should short circuit the high school rumor mill and make people think. Hmm. See if Ashley is free and wants to do us and Miss Reston a favor.”

  I’d have asked Faith, but she was Canada’s sweetheart titan. Most Americans were barely aware of her and wouldn’t be at all if she wasn’t a part of North America’s titan team the last two years. Ash on the other hand was well known and loved by most, and she was only two years older than Kelly. Alyssa might’ve worked too, but she was my age, twenty-two. It wouldn’t play as well as Ash, who was young enough to actually make friends with Kelly.

  Alina was eighteen as well, but she was still hiding her new status as a titan, and was only well known in Hawaii, which was a long way from the East coast of America. She also wasn’t an active superhero right now, pursuing higher learning until she could take her place as a Mars hero in our little country.

  Point being, between my infamy and Ash’s fame, we were sure to cause a stir in the little pond of her high school when we stood behind her.

  It didn’t take Thea long to get things done as a rule.

  Thea replied, “Sent the package to all destinations. I’m also in contact with and filling in Ash on the story and what’s going on, I’ll let you know what she decides. I’m glad we’re taking this route.”

  I shrugged helplessly, “I was thinking misappropriated funds and backroom deals. Shady things, not stuff that was as bad or worse than what their sons were into. Nor that the principal and the first media person to run the story was a part of circle of… fuck. They’re all sex traffickers and deviants, no other word for it. I’m surprised they were dumb enough to put those videos on the internet.”

  That’s all it’d taken, one corrupt media person, and all the other vultures jumped on without bothering the verify any facts or even talked to the prosecutor’s office.

  She giggled, “They weren’t online. I was able to copy them from a safe in Brandon’s home. His father’s office, using low energy scanning techniques on a subatomic level to read the bit states. A low-level power field correctly aligned to its pin structure was strong enough to get the disk powered up for the scan. I used one of the probes for it.”

  “You’re so hot when you’re sneaky.”

  She bit her lip, “Thank you, master.”

  I winked, and just couldn’t help but to pinch her sexy ass.

  She giggled again, when I pulled her onto my lap and claimed a kiss.

  “So, any solution for my human frailties?”

  She snickered, “No, sir. Afraid not. I believe I could download the information into your mind safely using the nanite swarm, but you’d still have to mentally review it and study it to truly absorb it and understand it. There are shortcuts to raw knowledge, but not comprehension.”

  I nodded, “True. I’ll just have to accept that limitation and the fact I’ll never fully comprehend the infinite complexities of the universe. But, I can get close, on the important stuff. So from now on I’m only going to study what you flag as important, that has the potential for practical application in our world.”

  She said, “Yes, master. What will you work on first?”

  I raised an eyebrow, “We have about two hours until she’s out, how about I work assiduously for your pleasure?”

  She giggled, “I can get behind that experiment, master.”

  I thought she would. My mouth was watering for a workout between her legs, her scent of arousal so tempting to my taste buds.

  All flirting aside, I’d probably be delving deeper into the entropy phase. Call it… an entropic record of all things. An entropic record of history, and everyone and everything leaves a story behind in it. That was worth looking into from the angle of unsolved crimes and even for an unbiased look into history. Hell, I could probably figure out where Hoffa was buried.

  I’d also be looking into the weaker energy field. There might be a way I could offer that technology to the world, without betraying the truth about the universe and putting all those governments on the trail to controlling supers.

  Perhaps the key there would be to depend on secrecy, make it tamper proof to prevent reverse engineering, and not even file a patent. I was the only one that could make them, after all. That would require a lot of interfacing with manufacturers, but I knew Thea was still underwhelmed in her job duties, despite taking on the position of Warden and building a country on my behalf. Not to mention those interstellar probes searching our galactic neighborhood.

  I pushed all of that out of my head to consider later. I had a tongue workout to get to, and I had no doubt my Thea would finish me off with hers after I’d pleasured her into insensibility.

  I ordered sternly, “Strip, and sit on my face.”

  She replied breathily, “Yes, master.”

  Chapter Four

  The coffee shop was standing room only, and there was a long line out the door, as well as gawking teens staring in the window in disbelief.

  I was in my super suit red robes with blue accents, and I was sipping on a coffee. Ashley was to my left in her Supernova super suit, and Kelly was sitting across from us staring down at her phone which was on a news site. It’d been a couple of hours, and several news sites were already running stories on Brandon and Scott’s parents, including their associates.

  I was slightly amused, as she kept looking up to stare at Ashley in disbelief, like she couldn’t quite believe Supernova had picked her up from school to share a coffee and chat.

  They were both quite attractive light blondes, not unlike my Faith that way. They also both had athletic bodies as well, and they were stunningly attractive around the face. Though Kelly’s was just a shadow of what it would be when she lost the lingering youth in her face at her current sixteen years.

  Kelly looked up at me for perhaps the first time, “You did all this? For me?”

  I nodded, “With Thea’s help. She was the one that brought it to my attention.”

  Ashley interjected, “When I found out what those bastards were doing, and not just to you, I had to help. We’re strictly not supposed to get involved in non-super crime, but us visiting you to help set your peers straight is something I’m happy to do and help with. If you need someone to talk to about things, you can contact me,” she patted my arm, “And I’m sure Jon will continue to keep an eye out too.”

  I nodded in easy agreement. I also didn’t read into the touch or the attraction I could see. Ashley was a casual toucher, and completely taken and faithful to her circle. I doubted she even knew consciously she held that attraction, it was a chemical level thing.

  Kelly asked, “How do you two know each other?”

  Ashley smiled, “At first it was just because he made the best suits, I was one of his customers. Before he was outed as a titan, he made mine. My whole teams really, save Am… Elegant Prodigy. We’ve become friends and allies since then. I’m not really about the fame, but I have to admit it comes in handy for things like this. I hope they all rot.”

  Kelly smiled back, then looked at me warmly, “Thanks. I didn’t think… I thought you were just being nice when you said to call you if I had any more problems. No one else in my life is that giving without expecting things in return. Plus…” she trailed off helplessly.

  Ashley smirked, “He’s a supervillain?”

  Kelly laughed, “Yes, that. Life is funny sometimes, isn’t it?”

  I nodded, “Hopefully this will take care of it. You’ll still have to face them at your trial, but not in the hallways at school or in the media.”

  Kelly sighed, “I think this will turn the squad against Karen and Dana, but I’m not sure I want them on my side. Or anyone, that was willing to believe the worst of me with no proof.”

  Ashley nodded, “Most people are easily swayed by emotional statements not supported by facts. Find the ones that see you, and then stick with the few that give you the benefit of the doubt. A small circle of friends. But always be kind to the rest, accept their apologies, just don’t show them your back and wait for the next dagger strike. Don’t let them ruin your life, or even your day. It’s not easy to ignore, especially for those in the public view, but it’s worth it.”

  Kelly tilted her head, “I’ll think about that.”

  Kelly was relieved, but just as obviously her anger at the injustice was still smoldering beneath the surface. The unfairness and wrongness of how she was treated like a disgusting piece of trash, when she was the victim. But Ashley was right, it wasn’t about others, it was about her and how she would choose to face life. No one was ever promised fair, much less easy. That didn’t mean life couldn’t be amazing, trials and all. No one knew that better than those that had quickened.

  She was also less defensive toward me inside, like she was no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop and was taking me at my word. It wasn’t about me, and I didn’t need her approval to feel good about helping her. I wasn’t even looking for thanks, but the point was that it was a good sign in my mind, that she could trust anyone, much less a man, after all she’d gone through this year. Perhaps the most devastating of that would be her father doubting her and turning his back on her.

  Ashley asked, “Any plans after the trial, and your emancipation?”

  Kelly shook her head, “Vague ones. I want to finish my senior year next year and I’m thinking about college, but I’ll also need to support myself so might wind up doing it online. As a telepath I have a lot of job options that way. Thank you both, for this. I’m trying hard not to fan girl you.”

  Ashley smiled, “Anytime.”

  I nodded in agreement.

  We chatted for a bit longer, and then wished her well. I had a feeling I wasn’t the only one that would be keeping an eye on her in the future, but then Supernova was pretty awesome.

  Faith was five foot five and had straight light blonde hair with just a hint of gold. Normally it flowed down to the small of her back like a scintillating waterfall, but that night it was up in a bun. She had bowed lips, the bottom one plump the top just short of full, and her ocean blue eyes were breathtaking as she looked up at me. She had the kind of flawless severe beauty you’d expect to see on a catwalk in Paris.

  Her body was on the lithe side of average, toned like a dancer’s, and at the moment most of her C cup cleavage on top was revealed by the sexy little black dress she had on. They were proud and firmly supple, as well as silky smooth and soft as only a nineteen-year-old woman’s could be. Faith also had a deliciously tight heart shaped ass. She had three-inch red high heels on as well for our date that night, and she looked absolutely stunning.

  At the moment, she was also on her knees. Her bowed lips tightly wrapped around my cock as she moaned in naughty contentment and worked my cock with devotion. Her blue eyes were so intense, as she stared up into mine with a serene gratification that was almost unreal. If I couldn’t see through her to the deeper levels, I’d have thought it too intense to be real.

  One of her hands rolled my balls and teased my taint with her fingernails, while the other jerked my base in perfect synchronicity with her amazingly talented lips, tongue, and throat. Her technique and style was absolutely mind blowing, as she delivered the pleasures of her sweet mouth, but it was all the rest that raised up that pleasure to overwhelming. Nothing was sexier than a woman who wanted, who needed, to be on her knees for her man.

  Her sweet moans of contentment and the begging look in her blue eyes for my seed was too much on top of the exquisitely delivered pleasure. She was much like Thea that way, devoted to an extent that was shocking, but with Faith it was even more than that. My wanton angel had an element of serenity in it, like she’d found her purpose in life. That sounded wrong, but it was hard to argue against when she was on my knees for me.

  I grunted her name, and she moaned deeply in approval as she moved her head back and locked her lips around me tightly just below the sensitive tip. She started to stroke me incredibly fast to increase and extend my pleasure, as she sucked hard and started to swallow rhythmically as I blasted pulse after pulse of my seed into her mouth.

  Her eyes smiled up at me, and she moaned softly in contentment as she cleaned me up with sucking licks, then lovingly packed me away into my pants. We shared a soft kiss as I pulled her to her feet, and she smiled brightly as it broke.

  “Thanks for that, sir.”

  I grinned, “Isn’t that my line?”

  She giggled, “No, really. I’ve been wanting to do that all day, and it would’ve distracted me all night from enjoying our date if I couldn’t think of anything besides sucking you off. Not a desperate thing, that hasn’t happened since you gave me those orders, but… distracting and needy.”

  I held her tightly and gave her another lingering kiss, her sweet sigh into my mouth as she melted against me was as heady as the naughty declaration she’d just made. She was overwhelming at times, but not in a bad way. I loved her insanely, and I felt protective of her.

  “Love you, angel. Ready? You look exquisite tonight.”