This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --------------33F9A0804FD5861BD1B71FFB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 3/29 Disclaimer: I don't own any of the JQ characters and I 'm not making any money off of them. (although charitable donations are always excepted.) Archive: If you dare...Bawahaha! Grouping: W.A.R. (Evil Laugh) Warning: I wrote this because I haven't seen any WAR fics so far and it would be a shame to have that catagory go empty for the awards in the next couple of days. Not to mention the fact I have a greater chance of winning an award if I have no one to compete against. Note: As usual, comments are welcome. Especially those from the ladies of FIRE, Min, I had to do this. Without further ado.... Hot Date? By Michelle Curtin "Hot date, Race?" Jonny asked of the white haired man carefully fixing his tie in the downstairs mirror. With his piercing blue eyes, broad shoulders, and military stance he looked pretty impressive in his tux. "Just another woman, Jonny." Race considered himself in the mirror and, satisfied, turned and walked over to the closet. Carelessly he removed the jacket. "So, who is it this time?" the young blond asked him curiously. With every move his live in bodyguard made, Jonny watched, learning. One day he hoped to be just like his hero; cool, confident, self-assured, and good with the ladies. "Desiree Banks. I'm taking her out to dinner and dancing over at the Blue Heron and afterthat, well, you can probably guess," Race said with a confident smile. "Yeah, I can," Jonny replied with a laugh. "Have fun!" he called over his shoulder as Race confidently strolled out the door to his pride and joy, a sleek black sports car. In the shadows of the nearby stairs a figure crept back and away, melding with the darkness. A smile twinged her lips in eager anticipation of the near future. **** "I can't believe this," Race exclaimed in annoyance as his finely tuned car sputtered and, as he pulled to the side of the road, died. He was on one of the back streets toward the boundary in Rockport. The dark woods that sat to his right and the deserted street to his left killed any hope of flagging down help. Stepping out of the car he angrily approached the front and popped the hood. Smoke billowed up from the engine and clouded his eyesight. Loudly he cursedthe car's rotten timing. Little did he know, car problems were the least of his problems. From out of the woods a silent figure slunk forward and noiselessly snuck up behind him. Between his engine's death cries and his cursing, Race Bannon never heard the stranger until he was upon him, and by then it was to late. With an effortless motion the being cracked him on the back of his head, plunging the former covert agent into a darkness as deep as that which engulfed the nearby woods. **** Hours later he awoke, meticulously bound by both his ankles and his wrists to a metal gate. He stood there in the middle of a darkened warehouse, waiting to meet his captor. Race didn't know how long he stood, there nothing was available to keep track of the time. There was nothing for him to do but sit back and wait. As the minutes dragged by, Race's short temper got shorter and shorter. With no one around and nothing to do but stand there as his bindings cut the circulation off in his hands and feet, he began to curse. Quietly at first his words gained volume as his patience wore away. In no time he was bellowing at the top of his lungs. "That will be quite enough of that," said a calm, female voice from behind him. Race turned to get a look at his captor but was brought up short by the restriction of the ropes. "It's been a long time," she continued. "Too long." Suddenly Race found himself staring into a familiar pair of brown eyes, eyes he hadn't seen since shortly after his divorce. "Ilea?" he said as surprise registered in his voice. He had been on a mission visiting her country when he had met the young Vietnamese scientist. A hard worker, she had somehow managed to find herself entangled with the Communist party. His assignment had been to get close to her in order to draw out several high placed officials. The plan had backfired and instead he had fallen in love with her, or, as much as he could with anyone woman. Things had gone from bad to worse when he was exposed as a CIA agent. Ilea had been caught in the ensuing battle and, taking her for dead, he was forced to leave. He hadn't seen her since. She leaned forward, solidly putting her mouth to his and locking them in a kiss. It was several minutes before she released him and when she did both were brought up panting. The kiss had been meant to be show of power, to demonstrate to him that she could do what she wanted with him, but instead only proved how much she still cared for him. "Oh, Race," she said, visibly upset. "How I've missed you," she whispered as she buried her face in his neck, breathing in his scent. "I thought you said you could handle this," came a sultry voice. Startled, Ilea abruptly pushed away from Race and desperately tried to regain her composure. From the same place Ilea had emerged she came, the black strands of her hair caressing her face as she tightly pursed her mouth in disapproval. "If there was time to play, I wouldn't have let you come alone," she said as she glowered at the red faced brunette. Carelessly dismissing the girl, she turned her attention to the attractive man who stood before her, still bound to the gate. Passionately, she delivered her own kiss. "Hello, handsome." "I leave the two of you alone for a second," sounded yet another female voice. This one was dripping with a Russian accent and was as familiar as the other two. Unfortunately, this one was mad. "The others aren't going to like this," she said, but the anger had mostly faded from her voice. "You know Race, you look kind of cute all tied up like this." Grasping his shirt, she pulled herself toward him as she covered his mouth with her own. She pushed herself away and smiled with genuine fondness. "Too bad we didn't think of the ropes when we were still together, eh?" "Natasha? I haven't seen you since..." "Since your government needed to borrow one of our spaceships to rescue your stranded crew from Ezekiel Rage," she cut in, the anger returning to her voice. Her face twisted in disgust and she turned away, unable to look at him any longer. "Thank you, Race. I believe you have reminded us all of what we are doing here." To the women she said, "Go alert the others and hook up the satellite link." "What's going on? What are you doing," he demanded. "Taking what you owe us. You, Race Bannon, are here for your punishment." In the dim light of the room Race could make out Jade and Ilea moving heavy looking equipment into the room. "Punishment for what? Have I saved the world to many times? Or maybe you're all tired of me rescuing you?" he snapped but even as he said it, he regretted it. He had no idea what was going on, just that he was in big trouble. Natasha smiled again, but this time, it was disconcerting. "We, the many women of your life, have charged you with crimes against our sex. Philandering, using, and debasing us as well as raising young Jonny Quest to follow in your footsteps. For these things you must pay." She stepped back to where a camera was being set into place. Jade came forward and took her place explaining. "About a month ago I got a call from a wonderful young woman who was hysterical, crying over your latest antic. My heart broke for her, not just because of the situation she was in, but because I could relate. I made a few calls and, together with several of your other exs, I decided enough was enough. We held a formal trial with witnesses, defense and prosecution attorneys and a jury of your peers, several other former CIA agents," she smiled at the memory. "They weren't particularly willing, if I remember correctly. Of course, considering they were all kidnapped...." She began to laugh and was quickly joined by the other two women. Their laughter eventually faded, leaving Race with a feeling of uneasiness. She shrugged and turned away from, helping the others finish with the link up. "So, what are you going to do?" Race said, his concern growing by the minute. He didn't think any of them would physically hurt him, but they were three of the most creative women on the planet, physical pain wasn't necessarily needed for them to get their desired effect. Ilea walked over to the side of the warehouse and picked up a silver briefcase that he hadn't noticed during his captivity. She brought it over to where he stood, bound, and popped open the top. Seeing the contents, Race's face drained of color. "Nnnooo!!" Race screamed the stark fear overtaking his voice. ***** From behind Race, a young woman smiled, enjoyment lightening the sadness of her lonely world. She smiled again, more broadly this time, as she monitored the Questworld system and checked on the VR program she had installed. All was going as planned. Race Bannon was thoroughly immersed in his own private hell. She had spent months perfecting a system that would inhibit the "player" from separating the real world from that of Questworld and now, it was working perfectly. Quietly, she chuckled to herself as he struggled desperately against the binds that held him in the lighthouse chair. It was to no avail, the bindings were perfectly tied, restraining all but the slightest movements. She was finally paying him back for all the wrongs he had done her. This act was for all the times he had left her alone, or ignored her. For every time he had spent the night with another woman, never bothering to tell her where he was going or if he would be back. For all the pain and loneliness he had caused in her life, she tortured him. She went over and sadly stroked his face, now twisted in fear and pain. She had never wanted to hurt him, only to get his attention and make sure he never hurt her again. After years of brooding, she finally had her revenge. Jessica Bannon stepped back from her father's side and returned to the monitors to watch his progression into hell. **** You like? Send 'em, I'm ready for anything. 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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the JQ characters and I 'm not making any money off of them. (although charitable donations are always excepted.)
Archive: If you dare...Bawahaha!
Grouping: W.A.R. (Evil Laugh)
Warning: I wrote this because I haven't seen any WAR fics so far and it would be a shame to have that catagory go empty for the awards in the next couple of days. Not to mention the fact I have a greater chance of winning an award if I have no one to compete against.
Note: As usual, comments are welcome. Especially those from the ladies of FIRE, Min, I had to do this.

Without further ado....
            Hot Date? By Michelle Curtin
 

         "Hot date, Race?" Jonny asked of the white haired man carefully fixing his tie in the downstairs mirror. With his piercing blue eyes, broad shoulders, and military stance he looked pretty impressive in his tux.
     "Just another woman, Jonny." Race considered himself in the mirror and, satisfied, turned and walked over to the closet. Carelessly he removed the jacket.
     "So, who is it this time?" the young blond asked him curiously. With every move his live in bodyguard made, Jonny watched, learning. One day he hoped to be just like his hero; cool, confident, self-assured, and good with the ladies.
     "Desiree Banks. I'm taking her out to dinner and dancing over at the Blue Heron and afterthat, well, you can probably guess," Race said with a confident smile.
     "Yeah, I can," Jonny replied with a laugh. "Have fun!" he called over his shoulder as Race confidently strolled out the door to his pride and joy, a sleek black sports car.
    In the shadows of the nearby stairs a figure crept back and away, melding with the darkness. A smile twinged her lips in eager anticipation of the near future.
****
     "I can't believe this," Race exclaimed in annoyance as his finely tuned car sputtered and, as he pulled to the side of the road, died. He was on one of the back streets toward the boundary in Rockport. The dark woods that sat to his right and the deserted street to his left killed any hope of flagging down help. Stepping out of the car he angrily approached the front
and popped the hood. Smoke billowed up from the engine and clouded his eyesight. Loudly he cursedthe car's rotten timing. Little did he know, car problems were the least of his problems.
     From out of the woods a silent figure slunk forward and noiselessly snuck up behind him. Between his engine's death cries and his cursing, Race Bannon never heard the stranger until he was upon him, and by then it was to late. With an effortless motion the being cracked him on the back of his head, plunging the former covert agent into a darkness as deep as that which engulfed the nearby woods.
****
     Hours later he awoke, meticulously bound by both his ankles and his wrists to a metal gate. He stood there in the middle of a darkened warehouse, waiting to meet his captor. Race didn't know how long he stood, there nothing was available to keep track of the time. There was nothing for him to do but sit back and wait. As the minutes dragged by, Race's short temper got
shorter and shorter.
     With no one around and nothing to do but stand there as his bindings cut the circulation off in his hands and feet, he began to curse. Quietly at first his words gained volume as his patience wore away. In no time he was bellowing at the top of his lungs.
 "That will be quite enough of that," said a calm, female voice from behind him. Race turned to get a look at his captor but was brought up short by the restriction of the ropes.
    "It's been a long time," she continued. "Too long." Suddenly Race found himself staring into a familiar pair of brown eyes, eyes he hadn't seen since shortly after his divorce.
     "Ilea?" he said as surprise registered in his voice. He had been on a mission visiting her country when he had met the young Vietnamese scientist. A hard worker, she had somehow managed to find herself entangled with the Communist party. His assignment had been to get close to her in order to draw out several high placed officials. The plan had backfired and instead he had fallen in love with her, or, as much as he could with anyone woman. Things had gone from bad to worse when he was exposed as a CIA agent. Ilea had been caught in the ensuing battle and, taking her for dead, he was forced to leave. He hadn't seen her since.
     She leaned forward, solidly putting her mouth to his and locking them in a kiss. It was several minutes before she released him and when she did both were brought up panting. The kiss had been meant to be show of power, to demonstrate to him that she could do what she wanted with him, but instead only proved how much she still cared for him. "Oh, Race," she said, visibly
upset. "How I've missed you," she whispered as she buried her face in his neck, breathing in his scent.
     "I thought you said you could handle this," came a sultry voice. Startled, Ilea abruptly pushed away from Race and desperately tried to regain her composure. From the same place Ilea had emerged she came, the black strands of her hair caressing her face as she tightly pursed her mouth in disapproval. "If there was time to play, I wouldn't have let you come alone," she said as she glowered at the red faced brunette. Carelessly dismissing the girl, she turned her
attention to the attractive man who stood before her, still bound to the gate. Passionately, she delivered her own kiss. "Hello, handsome."
     "I leave the two of you alone for a second," sounded yet another female voice. This one was dripping with a Russian accent and was as familiar as the other two. Unfortunately, this one was mad. "The others aren't going to like this," she said, but the anger had mostly faded from her voice. "You know Race, you look kind of cute all tied up like this." Grasping his shirt, she pulled herself toward him as she covered his mouth with her own. She pushed herself away and smiled with genuine fondness. "Too bad we didn't think of the ropes when we were still together, eh?"
     "Natasha? I haven't seen you since..."
     "Since your government needed to borrow one of our spaceships to rescue your stranded crew from Ezekiel Rage," she cut in, the anger returning to her voice. Her face twisted in disgust and she turned away, unable to look at him any longer. "Thank you, Race. I believe you have reminded us all of what we are doing here." To the women she said, "Go alert the others and
hook up the satellite link."
     "What's going on? What are you doing," he demanded.
     "Taking what you owe us. You, Race Bannon, are here for your punishment." In the dim light of the room Race could make out Jade and Ilea moving heavy looking equipment into the room.
     "Punishment for what? Have I saved the world to many times? Or maybe you're all tired of  me rescuing you?" he snapped but even as he said it, he regretted it. He had no idea what was going on, just that he was in big trouble. Natasha smiled again, but this time, it was disconcerting.
     "We, the many women of your life, have charged you with crimes against our sex. Philandering, using, and debasing us as well as raising young Jonny Quest to follow in your footsteps. For these things you must pay." She stepped back to where a camera was being set into place. Jade came forward and took her place explaining.
     "About a month ago I got a call from a wonderful young woman who was hysterical, crying over your latest antic. My heart broke for her, not just because of the situation she was in, but because I could relate. I made a few calls and, together with several of your other exs, I decided enough was enough. We held a formal trial with witnesses, defense and prosecution
attorneys and a jury of your peers, several other former CIA agents," she smiled at the memory.
    "They weren't particularly willing, if I remember correctly. Of course, considering they were all kidnapped...." She began to laugh and was quickly joined by the other two women. Their laughter eventually faded, leaving Race with a feeling of uneasiness. She shrugged and turned away from, helping the others finish with the link up.
     "So, what are you going to do?" Race said, his concern growing by the minute. He didn't think any of them would physically hurt him, but they were three of the most creative women on the planet, physical pain wasn't necessarily needed for them to get their desired effect. Ilea walked over to the side of the warehouse and picked up a silver briefcase that he hadn't noticed
during his captivity. She brought it over to where he stood, bound, and popped open the top. Seeing the contents, Race's face drained of color.
     "Nnnooo!!" Race screamed the stark fear overtaking his voice.
*****
     From behind Race, a young woman smiled, enjoyment lightening the sadness of her lonely world. She smiled again, more broadly this time, as she monitored the Questworld system and checked on the VR program she had installed.
 All was going as planned. Race Bannon was thoroughly immersed in his own private hell. She had spent months perfecting a
system that would inhibit the "player" from separating the real world from that of Questworld and now, it was working perfectly.
     Quietly, she chuckled to herself as he struggled desperately against the binds that held him in the lighthouse chair. It was to no avail, the bindings were perfectly tied, restraining all but the slightest movements.  She was finally paying him back for all the wrongs he had done her. This act was for all the times he had left her alone, or ignored her. For every time he had spent the night with another woman, never bothering to tell her where he was going or if he would be back. For all
the pain and loneliness he had caused in her life, she tortured him. She went over and sadly stroked his face, now twisted in fear and pain. She had never wanted to hurt him, only to get his attention and make sure he never hurt her again. After years of brooding, she finally had her revenge.
      Jessica Bannon stepped back from her father's side and returned to the monitors to watch his progression into hell.
****

You like? Send 'em, I'm ready for anything.
    Bryne
 
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