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Text by ArthurGarvin 
Illustrations by Gallows-Girl-Amy 


A Gasp of Horror


Secretia’s counterattack had been slow and weak because of the wound on her shoulder, so Angela parried it with ease.

As Angela began her riposte to finish off the wounded Secretia, she suddenly felt Secretia’s left fist slamming against the right side of her jaw, jerking her head sideways. Angela was caught by surprise, even though she knew the punch was legal, because she had been so close to finishing off Secretia. For all of Penny’s many faults, the one thing she had done superbly well was teach Secretia the fine art of street fighting tactics.

“Aaargh!”

While Angela was reeling from the unexpected roundhouse, Secretia thrust her blade into Angela’s left breast, slicing deeply into Angela’s tender flesh with remarkable ease as Angela’s blood spurted out.

04a - My Killer's Eyes by ArthurGarvin

Angela stared with disbelief at her Goth opponent’s mascara-stained face as she felt the cold steel cutting through her hot body from front to back, slicing through her vital organs, tearing her insides with searing hot pain, and making her howl uncontrollably until the blade completed its journey through the beautiful Steampunk’s torso and stuck out her back.

Angela felt overwhelmed with shock and fear as her worst nightmare came true. She tried to disconnect her mind from the searing pain using the mind control techniques Artemis had taught her, but her body shuddered uncontrollably as wave after wave of overpowering sensations coursed through her vulnerable body.

04 - A Palpable Hit by ArthurGarvin

Artemis gasped in horror as Angela’s legs weakened and she started to tumble over backwards. In one last valiant effort, Angela weakly pushed her blade forward and made a vertical gash across Secretia’s bare right breast, causing the startled Goth to cry out in pain. If only Angela had moved a fraction of a second sooner, the wound to her Goth foe would have been severe, but that was not to be.

Secretia quickly delivered the coup de grâce with a decisive thrust into Angela’s exposed belly.

Angela grimaced as she felt herself lose control of her hand and drop her sword. Everything seemed unreal, as if she were disconnected from herself and watching someone else, but she knew this was real and she had no choice but to surrender to the inevitable—Secretia would achieve her goal of avenging the death of her mother with no hope of peace for Angela's Steampunk friends anytime soon.

05 - Coup de Grace by ArthurGarvin

As Angela crumpled to the ground, she knew this was her time to return to the soil. Angela suddenly felt cold and tired. She coughed up blood and struggled to raise her arm and extend her hand towards Artemis.

“Take care of my friends and fellow Steampunks, Artemis...Care for them...”

Angela’s hand quivered and fell limply to the ground, and then her head slumped to one side.

Artemis cried out in anguish. She would never again know the warmth of Angela’s friendship or the sexual heat of her body, and the battle-hardened Artemis felt a tear well up in an eye for the first time since she had been a small child.

An unseasonably cold wind suddenly blew, and fragile pink and white blossoms fell from the cherry trees. The blossoms, like Angela’s life, were beautiful but didn’t last anywhere nearly long enough.

07 - The Fallen by ArthurGarvin

Artemis looked down at her slain friend and saw Angela’s haunting stare seeming to look directly back at her, making her shiver as she thought that her slain friend had just moments ago been a warm and vibrant young woman.

Secretia looked on, ignoring the pain from her wounds and feeling relieved at having survived and won, but the satisfaction she felt for avenging her mother’s death seemed tepid compared to what she had expected. Artemis’ display of emotions for Angela reminded her how alone she was in the world in spite of being surrounded by a gang willing to follow her lead, and killing her Steampunk rival seemed to oddly intensify her loneliness because she no longer had thoughts of revenge to occupy her attention.

06 - Secretia Victorious-II by ArthurGarvin


TO BE CONTINUED
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Wow, this is great!
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Thanks!
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Great stuff.
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