Double body theft

Whatever was going on in Demon One's head, you didn't bother to argue, you just nodded at her. This was a bad situation, all around. Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, ultimately heading towards a very, very bad end.

"Just relax," Demon One whispered to you. "Both of you in there. This will be strange, but don't fight it because I'll need to move fast and probably I only have one shot at this. I don't have a lot of options, I can't phase us entirely out of here and I can't just heal you. But, that one with the bow looks like she would be a really healthy lifeline, don't you think? And the other one, the head of the operation, I bet they wouldn't hit the girl with the glasses."

Click, click, click. Safiya's heels echoed through the area, followed by the softer footfalls of Artemis next to her. Clearly inspired by the goddess of the hunt, she seemed much stealthier than the others by design. Soon, the two were right near you, with Freyja and Jupiter surrounding you from the other side. You felt the Silverback appendages retract and vanish, as did much of Demon One's motorcycle gear, leaving you two looking near identical in design save for Demon One's extra head decoration. Clearly, she was giving the appearance that they had given up.

"Good, it's so nice to have cooperative trespassers for once," Safiya said, fixing her glasses as she held out a hand. "This part won't hurt, I'll merely be peering into your heads to understand why you're here. The next part, whether it hurts very much, depends on what I find in there. Your best chance is if I let you join our little task force here. Otherwise, Jupiter calls the shots. And he doesn't leave loose ends lying around."

"I'm a professional, of course," Jupiter said, beaming with pride at recognition of his talents. "I can't have villainous types interfering with the good work of the Ladies Safiya and King and all, fun as it was for those few moments before Artemis once again cuts the joyride short."

Artemis stayed silent, her bow relaxed while Safiya's hand began to glow red from its palm, reaching down toward Demon One...

The next instants blurred in your mind, but you recalled various moments frozen in time in your memory. Demon One seemed to melt into an orange gel from head to toe. Artemis raised her bow, fired one shot, it went through the gel with no damage. You felt yourself change, pulled into the gel in a fraction of a second. Something hurled you forward, only seeing orange in your vision. Muffled cries, stumbling feet. A look of horror somehow resonating from the black eye sockets of the two Geistknight pugilists. You were being forced somewhere, into something, it was cramped and tight and warm and squishy and...

...healthy.

Not just healthy, full of energy! You felt an incredible power coursing through your body, and when you looked down, you saw Geistknight armor encasing your body. It was nothing like the Yabusa frame, where power was simply there when you applied your movements, this felt like you were ready to burst forth with an incredible energy at any moment! Artemis, this tall, imposing woman with substantial muscle tone and an incredible athletic figure, was yours to command.

You looked to your side, at Safiya, in the fraction of a second that you realized what had happened, seeing the last remnants of an orange gel slide into the mouth of the wide-eyed woman. You found it surprising that this woman whose body seemed to glitter with gold specks in the right light had been unable to anticipate or counteract Demon One's intrusion given that she seemed to potentially command magic or something, but you couldn't complain in the moment as your partner slid down the throat of one of the most beautiful women you'd ever seen, causing her to stumble backwards and shudder in shock.

"What--" was all she managed to say before bulges of matter seemed to flow through her arms and legs, Demon One moving quickly in her takeover attempt! When Jupiter and Freyja stepped forward as if to try and do something about Safiya, you quickly moved into their way, holding your bow out with a third massive bolt nocked and pointed right at Freyja. Without hesitation, you released the arrow.

Freyja's blackened eyes went wide as the arrow came within an inch of her face, luckily caught by Jupiter. Something told you that they wouldn't be felled so easily, anyway. But the moment that the two Geistknights focused on preserving one another gave you the opportunity to pull Safiya back to create some distance between yourselves and the others. Your new selves. Your new, incredible selves...

One gasp later, and Safiya's eyes opened again, wide at first but her lids relaxed as she let out a long exhale. You could see the pure orange hue present in her irises, knowing that just as you held a firm grasp of control over this new sexy body, so did Demon One.

"Thanks for the assist, 'Artemis'," you heard your partner say, emphasizing your stolen name as her hands lightly dusted herself off, shrugging away the final jitters of the body's original mind to usurp full control. You hadn't wanted to be in this deep of a tangled web in a scenario like this, but hearing the way your partner talked to you in this way thrilled you to no end! You didn't know the history of these people, but with the way they were going to likely end you two, you didn't have so much remorse for their sudden predicament.

"Of course, 'Safiya'," you said in kind, with a wide smile, before you turned back to the others. "You two shouldn't worry. Unlike your plans with us, we'll treat these two much better. We'll probably give them up after a few days, after we get some answers. And after I see how much this girl can bench, wow..." You eased off of the bow again, rolling your shoulders. "Isn't that right, partner?"

"I don't plan to stay Safiya forever," she agreed, really putting a lot of emphasis behind every word she spoke. "But I'll make it count. It'd help us greatly if you'd answer some questions for us."

You two had to act like you clearly had the upperhand, because you honestly didn't know whether or not you did. The only safety net you held is that you assumed Safiya had been their boss, and thus was valuable to remain unharmed, but Freyja and Jupiter still appeared like they might be able to take you in a fight if you slipped up and ran out of arrows.

Both Jupiter and Freyja removed their helmets, revealing the illusion of their frightening faces to be literal smoke and mirrors. Underneath, the braided brunette and the bearded blonde looked devastated at this failure on their part. Freyja pulled something from her side, pushing a button and putting it to her ear. "Lady King, we have a situation."

"I guess that's our cue," you said, putting a hand on Safiya's shoulder. "How do you plan to get us out of here now?"

Safiya tapped her chin, her smile growing. "Well, I don't have access to any magic, if that's even what this one was trying to do. But I still have plenty of tricks hidden out of phase." An orange helmet and the Demon cowlings reappeared, this time sticking out of the back of the voluptuous woman in the business suit! "I'll have to make some adjustments, but it'll be fine. Let's ride." She touched your head to 'grow' an orange helmet around it, looking quite different to your Geistknight armor, before you and she ran toward the entrance again.

Outside, Safiya knelt down, which was strange given her stockings and pencil skirt didn't leave much to the imagination with that shapely rear. As the cowlings closed up around her, and her feet stepped on the axles, you still saw the business high heels and stocking-clad legs sticking out. You couldn't help but run a finger along them, causing Safiya to shudder in delight. Her long, braided hair secured in the cowlings as they closed around her, Safiya made for a very interesting, wider, and dare you say more comfortable sport touring motorcycle to sit atop! You lamented leaving the premises without finding Rider Two, but you felt like you had the key to get some answers now.

"So, are you still Demon One, or..."

"I think their names are fine, right? Safiya and Artemis. They're our bodies for the time being, so let's use every bit of them, names included."

Before any reinforcements could arrive, you revved the engine and sped off with your newly acquired bodies, absolutely wanting to find ways to properly test them out while you had them! But first, you and Safiya needed to find someplace safe.