The Confectioner had relocated somewhat hurriedly back to the sweet
shop where Allyson had originally been caught. Fortunately the villain
had been able to bring all three of his captives with him, and although
the main prize, Ampere herself, had eluded him, he could at least
salvage something from the earlier debacle. He knew that the heroine
would be looking for him and the missing girls, in fact, to a certain
extent he was counting on it.
He had big plans for her, plans that had become even more special after
her escape from his last trap. The injury and pain had long since
disappeared, but he could still remember what had happened, and was
determined that the wilful woman would be his, no matter what the cost.
All of his other plans had been forgotten, the girls for example, due
to be sold off to various foreign interests, remained in their holding
chambers. The Confectioner was a supervillain possessed, and all of his
not inconsiderable skills and knowledge were bent solely to the purpose
of capturing and breaking Ampere.
Initially, the villain had planned to use his special gob stoppers on
each of the three girls. Certainly his buyers would prefer to acquire
someone easily moulded to their own desires and needs. But his
experiences with Ampere had shaken the villain's confidence in his
product. There was no way that she should have been able to resist the
powerful drugs, and yet, not only had she seemed to retain her memory,
she had been able to move fast and strongly enough to incapacitate him
and make her escape.
Unsure as to what flaw might exist in his memory-wiping candy, the
Confectioner decided to stick with what he knew worked, and so Allyson,
Emma and Natalie had been completely covered in his special honey, and
then placed in special foam-lined containers while he decided what to
do next. The villain reflected on what exquisite torture it must be for
his captives, each paralysed but aware, and yet each girl stimulated to
the point of breaking by the combination of his honey, and his fiendish
sugar canes.
He was startled out of this delicious reverie but an insistent buzzing.
The perimeter alarm had been tripped somehow, and the villain was quite
sure that only one person would have tracked him here. His suspicions
were confirmed when he saw his surveillance cameras suddenly drop off
line. It must be Ampere, her electrical powers over-riding his
surveillance systems. It was typical of the brash superheroine,
virtually announcing her arrival with no concept of stealth or
subtlety.
Ampere had tracked Allyson back to this shop, and it hadn't taken
long to discover first the back room filled with bubbling pots and
tanks, and then the hidden access to the villain's laboratory. An
almost invisible field of energy surrounded the heroine now, shutting
off all electrical activity nearby. Ampere's goggles allowed her to
see in total darkness, and she was moving at pace, desperate to reach
the villain before he bolted, or worse, harmed one of his captives.
Of course, knowing at least some of his enemies capabilities, the
Confectioner had not relied entirely on electrical traps to protect his
lair, and moving as fast as she was, the heroine could not hope to
notice the thin wire strung across the corridor she was charging down.
Even as her leg broke through it, she was not aware of its presence. It
was only when the overhead sprinkler system sprung into action that she
realised she was in trouble.
The deluge only lasted mere seconds, but it effectively drenched Ampere
to the skin. Her mind raced, the spray did not seem to be having any
effect, and she was pretty sure that it wasn't some sort of poison,
it must be some sort of trap, but she couldn't think what it was
meant to achieve. Then, suddenly it came to her, and she almost laughed
out loud. The villain was obviously assuming that water might somehow
"short-out" her electrical powers, and if that were his plan, he
was going to be in for a real surprise.
Moving slightly more slowly, a little more warily, Ampere continued
down the corridor, eventually reaching a point where it opened out into
a large chamber. She rushed inside, both arms already crackling with
energy. A shocked look on his face, apparently stunned by her
appearance, the Confectioner stood in the centre of the room,
surrounded by vats of strange chemicals.
Striking a confident pose, hands on her hips, the heroine regarded the
Confectioner with disdain.
"Your little trap failed villain, this ends now!", she started
confidently.
The Confectioner's head was bowed, seemingly accepting defeat, but
when he villain eventually looked up at his nemesis, his miserable face
very slowly broke into a malicious grin. Ampere was confused and not a
little concerned by this change, and she tried to regain the upper
hand.
"Now, before I take you off to be arrested, tell me where those poor
woman are... If you've harmed them in any way....."
"Then, what!", demanded the villain suddenly, interrupting her.
Ampere had had quite enough, letting the charge build in her hands, she
prepared to launch a heavy blast directly at the sneering Confectioner.
To her surprise, he didn't seem in the least concerned by the
crackling energy surrounding her limbs. She reasoned that he must still
be relying on his water-trap to protect him, either that or he had used
the same "earthing" trick as he had previously. Whatever it was,
the heroine was going to teach him a very painful lesson, she had a few
tricks of her own.
What she didn't realise, was that the water spray had merely
activated the tiny sachets of chemical which had been sew inside her
costume when the Confectioner last had her in his clutches. Of course,
when she tried to raised her arms, and aim at the villain, her
predicament became much more obvious. While she had stood, posing and
posturing, her costume had changed. It now resembled the consistency of
thick, tacky chewing gum, and her bare hands had slowly sunk into its
grip while she talked.
They were now tightly mired in place, and no matter how hard she
pulled, Ampere did not seem to be able to get them loose. Her
struggling became more desperate as the villain approached. She let
loose with unaimed bolts of lightning, but the gum seemed to absorb
most of the blast, and even those which struck the villain had no
discernible effect on him.
Then he was on top of her, pressing her arms against her sides, and
leering in her face. The Confectioner was wearing a pair of shiny
gloves and with these he was able to touch the sticky gum without fear
of becoming stuck himself. Ampere tried to kick out, but found her feet
were now firmly stuck in place as well. Energy ran around the pair,
until the villain smoothed the gum completely over her hands, once
covered in the substance, the heroine found that she was insulated.
Stepping back for a moment, the villain admired his latest captive and
his face split into a wide smile.
"So nice of you to drop in Ampere my dear, I'm so glad you decided
to stick around!", he punned mercilessly.
"You'll never get away with thmmppppfffffff!", the heroine began
before being silenced as the villain stepped forward again and smeared
more gum over her lips.
"You know Ampere dear, its so much more pleasant when you take some
time to quietly contemplate what's happening to you?"
Ampere's eyes were angry over her impromptu gag, and her muffled
moans were not in the least ladylike, but the villain seemed not to
notice. He had moved to one of his vats and was carefully scooping
something out, all the while his eyes remaining locked with the
heroine's. Shielding whatever he had picked up from her view, the
villain wandered nonchalantly back.
"I've got something for you, a brand new sweet treat that I'm
sure you will enjoy, later we'll have a proper chat, but for now I
think you need to relax and rest after your stressful day."
With that he revealed a large glass syringe, complete with small
needle, and filled with a deep green fluid. Ampere tried to pull away,
her eyes now wide with fear, but the Confectioner had a firm grip on
the back of her neck now, and really there was no contest. Slowly,
inexorably he brought the needle towards her neck, and then suddenly he
jabbed out, the fine point piercing her soft flesh with a sharp
scratch.
Ampere yelled into the gag, more with shock than actual pain. The
Confectioner slowly depressed the plunger, forcing the entire
syringe-full of liquid into the helpless heroine's veins. She was
whimpering now, the fear of what was happening to her, almost too much
to bear, and then suddenly, the fear began to dissipate, evaporating
and leaving her with a surreal sense of calm.
The villain leaned close, whispering into the heroine's ear,
explaining what he had done. The Confectioner loved an appreciative
audience, it was part of what drove him to the life of crime, but so
many of his captive just wouldn't understand his motives, not so
Ampere, and he relished the despair she would feel when she knew what
he intended.
"I've just given you a heroine-sized dose of my Dream Syrup,
eventually I'll be able to make it in sweet form, but for now I'm
afraid it has to be injected, quite crude, but I'm sure you wont say
anything in complaint will you?", the villain laughed at his own
joke.
Ampere knew that the poison was working on her, but it was very hard to
work out exactly what it was doing. Certainly all of her concerns
seemed suddenly less compelling, she knew she was in trouble, but had a
hard time getting excited about that prospect. The villain was still
talking, but she couldn't really remember what he had been saying,
something about dream syrup but probably other things after that, it
seemed so difficult to focus properly.
"In such a high dose, the poison will put you to sleep for a little
while my dear, but it will stay in your body for some time to come, and
of course I can top up your supply whenever it seems to be running low.
You'll be delighted with its long term effects I'm sure, you see
darling Ampere, from now on, every time you are sexually aroused you
will become more and more sleepy, weak and helpless. When you finally
climax, you will slip back into a lovely slumber, and each climax will
make it a little harder to resist", whispered the villain, ignoring
the glazed look that had appeared on Ampere's face.
It seemed to be so warm in the chamber, maybe it was the sticky gum she
was stuck in, maybe something else, but the heat was almost
overpowering. Despite that it wasn't an entirely unpleasant
sensation, the heat was soothing rather than burning. It seemed to be
working on her, almost melting her muscles, leaving them flaccid, it
really was almost too much effort to attempt to move. Very slowly, as
if lulled by the villain's soft whispers, Ampere's eyes rolled
back, showing only the whites, and the Confectioner deftly caught her
as she fell, bonelessly to the floor.
She would have to be prepared while she slept, and then the fun would
really begin. The breaking of her will would take time, he had no
doubt, but he was going to make very sure that this time, she had no
hope of escape.