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A 21st Century Kind Of Villain

BOFH666

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As this has been sitting on the hard drive for over a month, thought it was about time I finished it off. I’m actually thinking of turning this into something a good chunk longer, I just love the idea of a non-dumb evil genius trying to take over the world, so I’d love to know what you think (as in, is it worth the time & effort to write).

Hope you enjoy it.

******

"Ah, Miss Hunter, welcome to my home. Please, make yourself comfortable.”

Mary shook the guards hands from her shoulders and walked into the room, sinking down into a plush leather chair just to the right of the desk.

"I've been expecting you for some time my dear, in fact I was beginning to wonder if you were going to find me. We have a lot to talk about."

"That goes without saying, but how about something a little more strenuous than just …talking?" Mary asked, leaning forward to take full advantage of her natural charms.

There was silence in the room as Dante Graves looked at her and for the first time that she could remember in situations like this, Mary started to feel a little uneasy. "An enticing offer my dear, but I'm afraid not one that I'll be taking you up on. You see since our last encounter ended in such, disappointment, I've discovered something that guarantees that this time will be different."

"It's funny, but when you're an evil genius bent on world domination, you never really get the time to enjoy the world first. As I had considerable time on my hands while we relocated my operations I thought I'd indulge myself a little. In fact I came across something that has proven to be most useful, here see for yourself." He tapped a stack of paper neatly arranged at the edge of the desk and Mary reached forward to view the title: "100 things not to do as an evil overlord."

"It's amazing, every mistake I'd made, written down for the world to see, no wonder you were always one step ahead of me Miss Hunter. But now, let's say I've learnt the error of my ways. For example, if you'll look behind you you'll notice that all your guards have been replaced by woman with an above average IQ, considerable training in resisting crude insults and none of whom have any amorous feelings towards members of their own sex."

"Oh, and here, I thought you might like to see a little show we've prepared just for you." Dante said, reaching out and pointing a remote control at the bank of televisions behind the desk. "That's your car I believe? I must congratulate you by the way, you really do have excellent taste in transport, Lamborghini is definitely the new Ferrari. It's a shame they have such reliability problems when it comes to the construction of their fuel tanks."

"What? There's no problem with..." Mary said, only to be drowned out as the microphone in the car park transmitted the sound of the explosion that ripped the yellow Gallardo to shreds echoing through the office sound system.

"As I was saying, a terrible shame, I do hope you were insured. Now what have we here?" Dante asked as the screen shifted to show a view of a backgammon table, the dealer seemingly oblivious to the fact he was being observed. "I believe you know this man rather, let's say intimately, yes?" Mary stayed still, forcing herself to appear disinterested in the scene in front of her, though her heart was in her throat. "No, I don't believe I've seen him before, though I wish I had." she replied, desperately hoping she sounded convincing.

"Well, in that case I would value your insight in your professional capacity." Dante said as four men in jackets with DEA written across the back came up to the table, hands firmly planted on the buts of their guns. "It seems he has been running a rather large drug ring right under my nose in this casino, a terrible shame to see one so young wreck his life but one must consider the greater good." Mary felt her blood boil as she longed to jump the desk and rip his throat out, but she was all too aware of the four guns trained at her from the corners of the room and knew she'd never get close enough to do any damage before she was cut to pieces.

"Now let's see, where were we? Ah yes, now that we've exchanged pleasantries and you're cornered, I suppose I should tell you the details of my ingenious plan, correct?"

"It's very simple really, as we speak twenty teams are heading for secret destinations with enough of the stolen toxin to kill several million people each. At a pre-arraigned time they will deposit the toxin into the water sources of the top twenty bottled water companies in the world. This will lead to the extermination of the middle class in all developed countries within two months, unless of course, the companies involved pay me a substantial ransom."

"That's.....actually, that's really stupid." Mary said, her shock at hearing Dante's plan overcoming her self-preservation instincts for a moment.

"Of course it is." Dante replied, "that's because there is no master plan, no attempt at world conquest, or extortion or anything else. The fact of the matter is, with the way things are going at the moment, I can kick back and relax for the next twenty years or so, live the life of a king off the corporations profits and get legally elected when the people tire of serving evil faceless corporations and decide an evil overlord wouldn't be such a bad thing after all if he went after the CEO's in between torturing the population."

“So, as you’ve don’t have any plan that I can technically call evil other than in the general sense of the word, I’ll just be leaving now, right?” Mary said, edging slowly back towards the lift.

“I’m afraid not, you see while I may be a super villain for the 21st century, I couldn’t quite bring myself to give up some of the perks of the job.”

“Now I realise I may not want to know the full answer to this question, but that would be what exactly?”

“Planning an elaborate and excruciating death for you of course, it’s a real job satisfaction moment, makes it all worthwhile. Of course, as I am an educated, streetwise kind of guy these days, I plan to watch you die rather than just assume everything worked as planned, but aside from that it’s pretty much the same as always. Oh, which reminds me.” Dante pointed at the sole remaining henchman, who walked forward and gently passed a bundle of black fur into his arms.

“Can’t do this without the right accessories after all, it just wouldn’t be the same passing a death sentence without a white cat…” He paused, looking down at the sleek, trim, groomed and above all jet-black cat currently cradled in his arms. He jerked his head at the now terrified henchman and waited as the underling scuttled over practically on his knees. “This cat is black. Why do I have a black cat? I mean, you’ve seen this done a thousand times, you know that it’s got to be white, white gives it that proper sinister edge, that certain evil something, a black cat makes me look like a frickin’ witch wanna be. Here, take this, this, this, thing away.” Dante practically threw the cat at the unfortunate man who was already starting to back away. He hadn’t gone more than a few yards when a trap door sprung open and dropped both him and the cat out of sight, to be replaced by a brief flicker of flame that reached into the room, accompanied by a hideous shriek from below.

“Remote control.” Dante said, bringing the unit out from behind his back “such a timesaver, I don’t even have to be sitting at the desk anymore, makes things so much more convenient.” He wandered over to the gaping hole in the marble floor and looked down. “Hey, I don’t remember ordering anything from KFC.” he joked, turning back to Mary who tried to glance around without being too obvious for any suspiciously large panel gaps in the floor. “Oh don’t worry my dear, that would be far too quick a death for you, but as you’re so eager maybe we should just move right on to the main event. I don’t think the starter would be very tasty anyway.” He chuckled, looking back over his shoulder at the flame pit.

He signalled to the guards and all four women fell into rank behind Mary, pushing her forward and making sure she couldn’t find even the slightest opening to attempt an escape. Dante fell into position behind the procession as they walked down a corridor and through a huge set of double doors into a warehouse-sized room. From the walls and ceiling hung large black boxes, the sides closest to the floor open but pitch black, hiding their contents from view. On the floor a silver frame stood upright, two circles of metal with a set of restraints mounted at the two, five, seven and ten o’clock positions. The frame itself was mounted on what looked like a cart, rows of silver wheels on all four edges of the square platform gleaming in the bright overhead lights. All over the warehouse were thin silver lines, crossing and re-crossing each other in a myriad of paths, which seemed to lead from anywhere to everywhere.

“Impressive isn’t it Miss Hunter?” Dante said, arms open wide as he came around from behind the guards to stare straight at her. “Built for a single purpose, to ensure that you can never threaten my organisation again.”

“Wait, I thought you said you were going legitimate?” Mary asked, seeing a possible way out of this mess.

“Alright, fine, it was built for revenge, a small portion of payback for all the misery you’ve put me through over the years. Us so called bad guys have feelings too you know.” Dante snapped. “Oh, and before I forget, as good as that dress looks on you I think I’d be happier if you couldn’t use any of your remarkable little toys, so….” He signalled to the guards and they moved in around her, ripping at her dress and underwear, lifting her up and pulling her shoes from her feet before putting her back on the ground stark naked. The guards stepped back and Dante moved forward, looking over the gorgeous woman in front of him with a critical eye.

“I thought I told you to take everything off her?” he asked, a snap to his voice. “Why did you leave the pendant?” And indeed there was a small silver teardrop hanging from her neck, a single light shining against the tanned flesh. “If you want something done right” Dante muttered, stepping forward and, in one quick motion, snapping the chain and throwing the pendant to the ground. “Now I think you’re ready for your last journey. I hope you’ve no lasting regrets.”

With that the guards picked her bodily off the floor and carried her to the frame. Her hands were snapped into position, metal restraints locking around her wrists as her hands were forced to grip a pair of metal handles. Her feet were slid under a set of bars and more restraints added to her ankles. As the guards stepped back a tingle shot through her body and her hands convulsed as a mild electrical current was turned on, not enough to harm her but enough to ensure her own body would add to her bondage by keeping an unbreakable grip on the handles. Finally a thin but sturdy metal belt was cinched around her waist, the cool metal making her squirm as it clicked shut. The belt was attached to a set of four mounting points, two directly above her head, the others dead centre between her spread legs. Satisfied his prisoner wasn’t going anywhere Dante stepped up to a pedestal mounted at the side of the track and positioned a finger over the single red button mounted there.

“Goodbye Miss Hunter.” He said, his mouth twitching into a smile as he slowly pushed the button home. A shudder passed through the frame and for a moment Mary thought it had broken as she felt herself tip backwards. Her hopes were dashed almost immediately as the frame came to rest in a horizontal position, holding her securely in place. The device rolled forward, following the tracks until it came to rest under the first box where it locked into place with a gentle click. The centre of the box above her glowed red, numbers forming against the blackness, changing so rapidly she couldn’t follow them. Gradually they slowed, stopping one at a time until they finally red 06:14. A second click echoed through the silent warehouse and from the depths of the box four robot arms descended, flexing and searching like mechanical tentacles, each arm ending in a closed fist of metal.

The first arm touched her flesh and as if they were called to her by that touch the rest zeroed in on her, coming to rest midway between her hips and neck. The fists burst open and Mary’s eyes widened in horror as she saw the long, flowing feathers embedded in the middle of each ‘palm’. Before she had time to protest the arms dropped down, tracing the contours of her skin with a delicacy that was totally at odds with their appearance. Mary was still in shock from the sight of the feathers, her mind not yet able to process the fate that lay before her and the attack caught her completely off guard. The first bark of laughter escaped her lips before she could catch it, and from that point on she was lost.

Above her the numbers started to change, counting down as the arms went to work. Over and over again they meandered over her stomach and ribs, their patterns always similar but with enough variation that she couldn’t quite anticipate where the next touch would come. With each stroke of those soft, teasing feathers fresh laughter was pulled from the hapless agent, not enough yet to be uncomfortable but more than enough to demonstrate her helplessness against whatever else this diabolical device had in store for her.

Suddenly a buzzer rang out over the warehouse and the arms pulled back, disappearing into the depths of their box as Mary tried to focus on the numbers above her. It took a few seconds but she eventually made out 00:00 blinking at her, as if someone had forgotten to set the clock on a VCR. Even though the arms had withdrawn she found herself giggling even without their touch as her body struggled to recover from its ordeal. The frame that held her hummed into life and started to roll forward, turning as it did so, flipping her body through a hundred and eighty degrees to hold her face down, her hair hanging free as it wheeled on to the next station.

As the frame locked into position the floor under her came alive to show a video image taken from her right, a wide enough shot to show her body in its captivity and the box above her. In the top right corner of the image the numbers reappeared and once more started their random dance. Mary held her breath as they started to slow, fully aware that whatever torment lay in store for her could last for over an hour with the possible combinations the thing could generate. She almost let out a sigh of relief as once more the numbers stopped below the ten-minute mark, this time showing 08:33. The relief quickly faded as she saw what looked like a medieval torture device drop into view.

A single straight arm of steel connected to a revolving wheel, and all around the edge of that wheel were stiff, pointed feathers, angled slightly to ensure maximum contact with the skin. At the top and bottom of the wheel were two thick paint brushes, each almost three inches across. The wheel descended until the tip of the brush touched her skin just above the small of her back, then the wheel started to spin on its mount, dragging the feathers across her body, the speed of the wheel changing at random as it worked.

As the feathers danced across her back Mary found herself twitching in her bonds, the laughter back full force as the ticklish sensations coursed up and down her spine. Once again she found herself slipping into a rhythm, the tickling enough to force the laughter but not yet enough to register as anything more than an annoyance. That lasted about a minute, then with a gentle whir the wheel moved downwards, passing over the small of her back and down until it rested on, or to be accurate, between her cheeks. There was a momentary pause as if the machine wanted her to be fully aware of what was about to happen, then it kicked into high gear, the wheel turning at a steady speed, the arm that held it moving gradually from side to side, ensuring that every inch of her backside was given equal attention.

The reaction was instantaneous. Mary threw her head back and howled, muscles straining against her bonds as she fought for freedom, the tickling now more than she could stand as it passed far beyond her comfort zone. The machine had been well designed though and no matter how she fought she couldn’t move so much as an inch away from that thrice damned wheel. Her laughter rose, becoming more and more frantic, and despite herself she started to plead, to beg for some sort of relief, of mercy from the machine. Every time the wheel passed between her cheeks she thought she was going to pass out, the feel of those feathers against such an intimate place was devastating, their stiff caress made all the worse for the sweeping touch of the brushes.
 
Continued

Far above, seated in a large black leather Laz-y-boy chair on a metal gantry, Dante watched Mary’s reaction on a large television panel in front of him. His right hand rested against a remote control and, with a flick of his index finger, he switched to a close-up shot of her face, drinking in the sight of this woman who’d foiled so many of his plans in the past with her eyes screwed shut, mouth open wide as she gasped for air around the reaction of her own body to this unique form of torture. Though he was alone in his eyrie Dante couldn’t resist commenting to himself on what he saw.

“Ah yes, yes this is much better than simply assuming you’d died. Why on earth didn’t I think of doing this before?”

There was a discrete cough from behind him and Dante cast a glance over his shoulder to see the head technician for the device standing at the top of the stairs, clearly extremely nervous.

“Ah, come in my good Doctor, here, have a seat. Oh, don’t look so worried, I’ve got no intention of killing you for doing a good job, so relax. Everything’s running smoothly I trust?”

“Yes sir, the machine’s running as designed, though I think it may prove to be a little too effective.”

“What do you mean, “too effective”?”

“Well sir, you, ah, you said you wanted her to suffer for a long time, days I think you specified. Only, I don’t think she’s going to last that long, she, ah, seems to be, well, far more susceptible to this particular technique than we’d anticipated.”

“Ah, I see. Well, it can’t be helped. In fact it might be for the best. After all, the longer she’s alive, the greater the chance she’ll escape and cause trouble. Not that I think it’s possible, but you never know. Besides, I presume we’re getting this all on tape?”

”Yes sir, absolutely.”

“Then I can always relive it later if I want. Not to mention the money we’ll make on the distribution rights to the adult market.”

Dante’s attention was caught by a sudden silence from below and he glanced back at the monitor to see the wheel pull back into its housing, the timer once again flashing at zero. Immediately the frame started to move, rotating until Mary was suspended head first, feet held flat towards the ceiling as it rolled into position.

“I think you’ll like this next one sir, we modelled it on one of your original ideas, it should prove…entertaining.”

Dante watched as what looked like two metal plates dropped from the box above the helpless spy, moving down until they met her soles. At the instant of contact metal bands swung out from behind the plates and locked them securely onto her feet, the existing bondage that held her body in place designed to fit snugly between the new restraints.

“The plates house over a thousand miniature vibrators, varying sizes from one about the size of a pin to something more like the eraser on the end of a pencil. They’re all independently controlled by the computer, should be quite an experience for her.”

Dante heard the explanation but really wasn’t paying it too much attention other than to nod in the right places. Instead his eyes were fixed on the counter, watching as it went through it’s selection process, knowing that a small portable screen had swung into place to let Mary watch it as well. As the numbers slowed Dante felt himself edge forward slightly in the seat, and as it stopped he smiled, a smile that grew larger as an instant later Mary’s horrified “Noooo!” echoed up from the floor far below. The counter read 62:09 and the instant it had stopped the machine had started.

Mary’s reaction was incredible; her entire body seemed to stiffen as every muscle strained at once against their bonds. Her head shock wildly seemingly in every direction, her hair flying around like whips in response. In the few glimpses of her face he could catch, Dante saw her eyes wide open in terror, her mouth stretched open in a silent scream of laughter, her entire being caught in the sensations the machine was generating against her soles. Her fingers turned white as she tried to pry them from their grips, but there was nothing she could do to stop this. Her body was a picture of ticklish agony, the fact she was currently upside down only adding to the moment somehow.

Dante leant back, his own body relaxed as he started to enjoy the show. Reaching down with his left hand he flipped open the armrest of the chair, fished inside and pulled out two cans. “Beer?” her asked, passing one over to the technician beside him. He popped the top on his own can, Coke rather than beer, he didn’t want to risk making a stupid mistake now after all, and took a long sip of the chilled liquid. A second long draft and this time he swirled the drink in his mouth for a moment, as if it were a particularly fine vintage, or a decent mouthwash. He swallowed…

…and almost spat the whole lot back out as the door to the warehouse blew inwards. He looked down and saw what seemed to be an army of black-clad commandos streaming into the building, each armed with automatic weapons. The lead commando raced over to the controls for the machine and spent several seconds looking for an obvious stop button. Dante sighed and, pulling a small microphone to his lips, sent his voice booming out over the warehouse.

“I believe this is what you’re looking for.” He said, waving a small black plastic box with a simple ten key number pad on it. “It’s the only way to shut the machine off without killing her. Any other attempt will dump so much current through that frame your only real choice will be regular or extra crispy.” He paused, savouring the background noise of Mary’s frantic laughter, although he doubted any dogs in the area would be finding it as soothing. Slowly he walked down the stairs, arriving at ground level to find a sea of weapons pointed at him.

“Turn this thing off! Now!” Snapped the squad leader, emphasising the point with a quick jerk of his gun.

“I think not. After all it hardly seems in my best interest to do so. You have a choice here Lieutenant and it’s a very simple one. Choice one, you shoot me and she laughs until she dies. Choice two, you shoot me, try to find the right code yourself and she dies when you hit the wrong one. Choice three you let me go and when I’m safely away I’ll key the deactivation code. ”

“No way. As soon as your gone you’ll leave it on and she….”

“It’s a chance you’ll have to take.”

“No, but I will make you a deal. I’ll let you go, and we won’t follow you, but you’ll key that code before leaving this room or else you won’t make it two steps out the door.”

“Hardly a good deal, but very well. If you could pull your men away from that crate over there please?” Dante said, gesturing to a particular large packing crate against one wall of the warehouse. The soldiers did as ordered, moving into a semi-circle, all guns trained on Dante as he walked to the crate, Mary’s laughter growing ever more desperate in the background. He pressed a hand to the crate and it sprung open, revealing an elevator pod just large enough for one man. Stepping in with one foot, Dante turned, pointed the remote and pressed the five digit sequence to shut down his carefully designed death trap. The instant the machine above Mary pulled away from her tormented feet there was a storm of gunfire towards Dante, but he’d already ducked inside the pod, the door sliding shut instantly and whisking him away.

The squad leader pulled off his jacket and raced to help Mary to her feet, covering her naked form as he did so. “Are you alright Agent Hunter?”

“Y……yes, or…at least….I will be. You….you got….the signal?”

”Yes Ma’am, the instant that pendent cooled we were on our way. Damn good idea that, a tracking device that gets turned on within a minute of you taking it off.”

“Absolutely. Remind me….to….thank the lab….boys for that. Dante?”

“He got away Ma’am. I’ve got men out looking for him, but I suspect he’s long gone.”

“That’s alright….Lieutenant. You did..your best. Besides, when I…manage to catch up to him…. ”

“Yes Ma’am?”

”Probably better you don’t know. Oh, and Lieutenant?”

“Yes Ma’am?”

“Seal this place and give me the access code before you leave town would you?”

“My pleasure Ma’am.”
 
Brilliant! Funny and evil rolled into one neat little package. Too bad you've decided against spinning this out some more, but how about a sequel? This is one of the best stories I've seen in a long time. Thanks for the read!
 
Funny? Really? Thanks, that's made my day right there, never quite sure if my attempts at comedy work in print so that's worth a lot right there. Now how to do a part 2...
 
Excellent stuff,BOFH! You know where you went wrong don't you?

12. One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.
Personally, I can't see where the five-year-old would have helped, but the plan did go awry and there's no evidence of his presence.

I have never run across the idea of a tracer that activates when it cools due to lack of body heat. Excellent concept! Is it yours? IMO it shows a touch of genius.

I enjoyed this story very much. I was pleased to see that we got to her feet before she was rescued. ;)

Encore!
 
I would complain about the quality of the puns, except I actually had that line in the first couple of drafts :D

Sole - No, no, no, the five year old had ample opportunity to peruse the plans and did indeed make several important sugestions (like the escape tube, funky exit methods are, after all, cool). However as the long drawn out death was more of a diversion than an actual plan there wasn't any need to change it. After all, the Plan is still on track, our hero escaped and there's nothing he can be charged with (super spys don't officialy exist if caught on a mission after all) and all he lost was a rather large toy. Ha, never argue plot points with a Babylon 5 fan, we can reason our way out of anything! ;) Oh, the tracer was (as far as I know) all mine, actually one of two plot ideas I had when I sat down to write the story and seems to make sense. Just add an on-off switch (twistable section maybe?) so the wearer only sets it to trigger when there's a chance it'll be needed.

And alright, as 75% of responses asked for a sequel I'll do one asap. Likely to take a couple of weeks to do though as my weekends are booked for the next, umm, month or so. Though after re-reading this I'm a tad worried about how much of me is in Dante...:devil:
 
Bof, you absolutely amaze me! Great story!! I'll have to print this out for my collection!! Thanks!!!
 
Excellent story - that's the kind of story I like - female victim is helplessly secured - mechanical devices doing the tickling - nothing she can do about it - really, really good! Now I only wish Dungeon Maidens would film it!
 
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