In For A Penny In For A Pound

Walt stood there dramatically like some mustache twirling vilian or cocky cock but oddly both Penny and Neo seemed to appreciate the effort. Still he felt a bit foolish inside. Kali was blushing but that might just have been the embarrassing outfit and the plug up her ass. Sienna still looked like she wanted to scrap but Walt wasn't concered. Hard to be much of a threat wearing those mittens and booties. Blake also looked wary and tense but at least Phyrra seemed to calm down. She kept looking at Penny.

*Ahhh* thought Walt. *i thought she might have had some regrets about that.*

Oddly enough it was the silent one who stepped up first. She started to give Penny a look but Walt narrowed his eyes at her and she stopped. When she did he smiled at her and she smiled back. She sized him up and he did the same. Then he raised a finger. She raised her eyebrow and he took of his hat and gave her a bow. She smiled and curtsied. When they both stood she nodded in approval.

"Why thank you, Neopolitan. That's nice of you to say."

She raised her left eyebrow.

"Of course I can't but I can guess your meaning and intuit from there. You've always been very expressive."

She gives a soft huff and shake.

"Well that's unfortunate. I'm sorry to hear that, Neo dear that must have been frustrating for you."

She crossed her arms and pursed her lips, giving a vague hand flip roll with her left and rolling her eyes. Her cat ears twitched one each.

"Yes. I can certainly see why you'd feel that way and if that's something you'd like we can take care of the first part here in this facility. As for the second what say we leave that to be discussed furter at a later date?"

She smiles and nods her assent she looks at Penny then back to Walt.

"She is and she's also the reason you're coming with us so I'll insist that you must get along with Penny. And also my Friday who youll meet later. She's very talented and as invuable a right hand as you my dear... perhaps more. As for the others well in your case I'll certainly understand that it might take sometime."

She puts her hands on her hips, bending a knee and her posture slightly and smiles as Walt watches her little gestures.

"I do, and honestly who wouldn't, but that's not why. I won't **** you at all but I won't say "no" if at a later date you decide-"

."How can you understand her?!" Asked Blake.

Neo shares a look with Walt twitching her pursed lips to the side. "Yes, I see what you mean. We'll talk more in the future, alright?"

Neo curtsies and Walt gives her a quick bow. "I shall look forward to it as well Neo. Larry, could you mark down that she wants her ears removed and she says you picked up their regular clothes as well, yes? Once she's registered to me and those adorable but unsuitable mittens and booties are off you can give her back her clothes. Oh, and Larry? Careful with the hat, yeah. It's special. Thank you."

Penny says, "Wow. I could only get that because Friday was helping me. Very impressive, Master!" She turns to Neo. "You're very welcome and I'm sorry for my part of the past. I'd really like to move forward past it and my apologies if I'm not as good at communicating. But I will try, Neo. Thank you for the nice things you said to Walter. I'd like to try to be friends with you but I shall understand if it takes time. Thank you that's nice of you to say."

"Penny can do it too?!" Says Blake.

"Penny has Friday translating for her." Said Walt. "On of my many talents is reading a person by their gestures, quirks and behaviors and then anticipating their thoughtsand reactions. It's also one of the reasons why I'm good with animals, It also comes in handy if you are ever an operative, gambling or doing an interrogation, for instance... You're being deliberately willful right now trying to intentionally provoke a reaction or get a rise out of me but it's pointless bluster with that control collar on. That's obvious."

"What you don't see is how you're worrying your poor mother right now who's very concerned for your safety by your current behavior especially since she's thinking the current situation, while less than ideal, might not be as bad as it first appears. Kali has correctly deduced from my treatment of Penny and Neopolitan that i might not be all that bad. She's also hopeful from hearing and listening to what I told Neo that I'll get her out of that embarrassingly sexy costume even though she knows she looks good in it from the way she is standing. Kali the answer to your first three questions you just thought is yes by the way and no to the fourth and i dont know to your fifth, if that helps. But I'd like to try."

Blake looks at her mother who is standing there in shock an surprise. She's almost too surprised to be embarrassed about this man reading her so easily. She nods her head. "I see. Then I hope you can."

Walt continued. "Sienna, isn't being much better than you Blake with her open hostility but it's mostly bluff wearing those ridiculous restraints not to mention the collars you all would have a hard time harming a fly right now. The person who put you in thise things obviously did it on purpose. The collars keep you from actually harming anyone but the restraints make you this side of helpless and ineffectual to humiliate you all. Siennas aggression is a show, like yours, but it's an honest show. I know she can't and won't trust me and I can't blame her. This is everything she's feared come to pass. She's not the leader of the White Fang, she's a faunus **** for humans and a very fit and attractive one wearing a kinky and sexy get up and she's effectively powerless. Sienna, I know it's hard to believe right now but I actually want to help you. That being said dear the fact of the matter is you're a **** to humans now, like it or not, and no I can't free you. You'd just end up being someone else's property. I actually have no intentions of harming you or forcing you into dangerous **** labor or most of the things you're probably thinking right now. If you can start to think about and accept those things I'm hopeful for the future."

Sienna cross her arms. "We'll see. I'm not about to trust a human captor so easily. But it doesn't seem I have much choice in the matter at this time, so I shall think about your words."

Walt nods and then turns backto Blake. "This is the level of reading people from their "tells" that Neopolitan operates at. Actually she's much better than I am. It's what makes her so good at what she does. She's actually a very extremely communicative person and been telling me that she's been trying to talk to all of you for awhile. She's been worried finding herself surrounded without any allies but she's basically been screaming at you deafly and you've ignored her, you've all ignored her, so she's understandably a little irritated and hurt. Frankly I'm a bit irritated that you all ignored the mute person. Friend or foe, vilians and heroes doesn't matter anymore... especially as a slaves. You're all equal now. I'd think you'd do better than that so I'm slightly disappointed but I understand that you all have a difficult past."

"And me?" Pyrrha asked. "What am I thinking?"

Walter sighed. "Are you sure Pyrrha? I intentionally left you out because I didn't want to upset you with it."

Pyrrha nods. "Please. Then I'll know your words are true."

Walt walks over and alowly reaches out to take her hand, patting it gently even through the ridiculous kitty paw mittens. "Considering your still basically new your past failures are eating you up inside but Pyrrha very little of that was your fault. You're upset with yourself and the sting of the wounds of failure despite being the best are still fresh for you, but right now it's guilt that's eating you up inside."

"Just so you know everyone here knows what failure is and has had to deal with that. But you also think it was your fate to fail and believe me when I say this." Walt squeezed her hand. "I know that feeling well. A touch of a destiny that you can't win against. That's a pain I've carried twice over most of my life. I don't want you turning out like I did. So I'd like you to trust me and let me help you if I can." He had pulled her slowly over to face Penny. "You can't fix your mistakes even if they're not really your fault. But you have the opportunity that so many never get for one of them right now. You can say the only thing you want to tell someone that they will almost never hear, right now if your willing to be courageous enough. And then... maybe you can start to learn to forgive yourself. "

"Salutations, Pyrrha."

"Hello Penny." Pyrrha said her voice stating to tremble. "I... I am so sorry for what happened-d! I didn't mean for a-anything bad to happen to you but it still happened and that's all my f-fault! I hope you can forgive me some day because I'm not sure I can ever forgive myself!!!" Tears streaming down her face.

Penny looked at Walter standing behind Pyrrha with his hands gently resting on her shoulders now giving her silent support. Did he know just how much it bothered her too? He smiled at her softly and sadly. Of course Walter did. Walter wanted what was best for her as well.

She reached out and hugged Pyrrha Nikos, the invincible girl, who made a mistake and hurt someone, killed someone. Killed her. Her killer. "It was a mistake Pyrrha and I f-forgive you. I forgive you!" Then Walter stepped firward and wrapped them both in his arms. They both just cried together for who knows how long.

Blake felt bad and wondered. Two of her friends who were hurting are trying to accept their pain right before her eyes. She should have seen the obvious. She didn't see her friends pain. She didn't see how Neopolitan was trying to communicate with her or how worried her mother was. Maybe she hadn't wanted to see? What did that say about her? And this man who claimed to own them now... he'd seen it all so clearly. He'd been the one to comfort them. Even now he was holding two of her friends working through their pain. Supporting them. Comforting them. That should have been her. That's what she should be doing. She felt ashamed. She looked back at her mother. She saw Kali smile at her and she walked over and did her best to hold Blake's hand through the mittens. Her mother understood what she, her daughter, was thinking. "I'm sorry mom," she said softly. "It's alright dear. I don't know what the future holds but at least we're together for now."

When they'd stopped crying Penny looked up still hugging Pyrrha and him holding the two of them. "Thank you Walt. Thank you for everything. " They were sitting now. At some point the two of them must have collapsed but he'd gently lowered them down.

Walt removed one arm to pull out his handkerchief and started drying Penny's tears."You're very welcome, dear Penny." He started to wipe Pyrrha's tears away too.

She smiled and said,"Yes, thank you for that and for this. Thank you, Walter. You're a surprisingly kind person." She looked him in the eyes with her big vivid green ones meeting his greyish blue ones *Like a sky after a storm... or maybe bwfore one. He has storm colored eyes,* she thought as this man tenderly wiped her tears away. She could see how Penny might fall for a man like this...and that's when she realized. She was sitting in his lap, wearing this skimpy and ridiculous outfit, wrapped in his arms, sandwiched between two people who she could see now where obviously in love. And they were both showing her love and affection and care. Pyrrha blushed but it felt good. Just to be close and be held. Held by this powerful big man. This was how she'd always wanted to be close to someone like this. But people had always been intimidated or in awe by her status, ability, looks... it wasn’t until Jaune and even he'd nwver been this close to her... Jaune! She'd forgotten about him for a moment!

In a very small timid voice Pyrrha spoke. "I... think I'd like to get up, please if that's alright?" Walt looked at Penny who nodded. He smiled,"of course," and holding them tightly he picked them both up and set then slowly, lowered them down. Pyrrha hadn't expected that either! He was so big and gentle and now so close with their bodys touching in another way! She could feel his body and muscles moving. He was very fit. Not at all like the man who'd ordered them and immediately returned them thank goodness. That owner had been disappointing but if she had to have an owner this strong, gentle, thoughtful, considerate, handsome, man was a much more preferable type- Preferable?! Handsome?! What the hell was she thinking?! Get it together! What is wrong with you Pyrrha Nikos?

She had shut her eyes in her embarrassment her skin flush. When she opened them both he and Penny were looking at her face so closely. They're even making similar expressions? How close are these two?

"Is everything alright, Pyrrha?" Said Walt looking at her leaning in.

"You can tell us if you need anything Pyrrha!" Said Penny also leaning in her face right next to Walter's.

"I'm just fine thank you! Just thinking it was warm in here, is all," she said.

Walt looked her up and down. "Huh... I would have thought you'd feel a little cool in that outfit..." Pyrrha was practically full body blushing now with embarrassment"...you do look a little flushed though. Maybe you caught something or you're just getting sick? The doctor will check you over momentarily and is good at what he does. You can decide if you want to keep the cat ears then. Either way we can probablyget you back into regular clothes then." Walt stepped back and went to talk to Larry.

Pyrrha breathed a sigh of relief, "thank you!"

Which she shouldn't have she realized as Penny was leaning in even closer! Way too close! Those green eyes seemed almost to sparkle as she kept looking at Pyrrha through those weird glasses.

"Is everything alright Penny?"

Penny tilted her head smiling. "I see! You like Walter too! Walter also fits Pyrrha's "type"." She leaned back and looked over at Neo who nodded with a half smile. "Just like Neopolitan and myself!" Penny looked at the others. "I don't know exactly about how our Blake feels but I know know what her "type" is from experience and he is hers as well because she is a "Daddy's girl". Ruby told me so! And Blake admitted it! Not our Ruby and Blake but still Ruby and Blake. Friday, does that mean he shares similarities with her father? That might make him Kali's "type" as well. Oh, that's an awfully high percentage! I don't know about Sienna. Your right, Friday. We will have to wait and see! How fun!"

Pyrrha started to worry that maybe Penny was a little crazy.

They moved the girls over to a pen to hold them. They'd process them all together and get them checked out at the doctors after.

"I thought you said it was a double pick up from that customer?'

The driver sighed,"It was. So he didn't like the cat girls because they weren't "cat" like enough so he wasted no time in getting more and then decided he needed a maid so searched for one from their series and putting even less thought. But these were rejected for being too beastial like and as I was picking those up he came running out babbling about him being "not a furry" and insisted I take these too! He signed all the paperwork though."

"Oh brother!"

They unloaded a Ahnka, Nicole Watterson, Cheetara from Thundercats, Callie Briggs and then very upset and pleading Khajit.

"Please, masters! Do not be cruel! Ahnassi wants nothing to do with you! Ahnassi, means you no harm in this the mad realm of Sheogorath. Let Ahnassi return to Pelagiad."

"Ahnassi?!" Said Walt.

Penny looks at Walter. "You know her?"

Walt swallows. "I might. Can you all check her instance and ident and get me the info? Penny I need the glasses for a moment, please?"

She takes them off handing them over. "Of course, Walter!"

"Sending you her info now, Walt."

"Thank you!" Walt put on the glasses. "Talk to me, Friday."

(("She's had a basic but complete beauty overhaul, as all of them have to make them more appealing, but her instance matches and her Ident information apears to be correct with no tampering. Probability that this our old friend Ahnassi from when we went through that storyline is 98.236954745813%"))

Walt's looking over all the data his mind racing. "Thank you, Friday." He takes the glasses off again and hands them to Penny and puts his hat on her head. "Gentlemen you mind letting me try, like with the ponies? Larry. I think I know this one. She's a good friend of mine."

"Yes, sir! Please do! We'vegot one more to unload. Guy got himself an argonian maid to go with them."

"Of course he did."

"Do you want me to tag her as claimed, Walt?" Asked Larry.

"Do it!"

"Done."

Walt leapt over the railing back into the unloading area once more but then he was still, slow. "Ahnassi?"

She looks his way. "Who are you deadra that speaks to Ahnassi in this realm of madness? Please do not torment Ahnassi any further?"

Walt swallows and takes a step forward. He can here Penny asking Friday about her. Friday probably explaining about the time they adventured to find the still beating heart of the dead god Lorkhan. "Ahnassi it's me. You're not in Sheogoraths realm. This isn't the Shivering Isles."

She pears at him. "Ahnassi listens, Ahnassi hears. Does Ahnassi know this one?"

"You might not recognize me. Depending upon when you were took it might have been long ago for you but it was for me. I'm probably older than you remember. " Walt takes a step closer still holdingbhis arms out to the side. "We met in Pelagiad. In the tavern. You said I had "smooth moves" and that I should join the guild..."

She looks him over. "Ahnassi sees smooth moves like this, Ahnassi thinks..."

"...like dancer?" Finished Walt. Her eyes grew wide. He stepped closer. "You shared your cares with me. Share a gift, share a care, you said. Be cause sharing gifts, sharing cares, that is what friends do, yes?"

Ahnassi swallows, "It is. Yes..."

"You shared your cares with me. The bad man that threatened you, Daren Adryn, I made him go away because of your oath not to shed blood and your ex mate J'Dhannar i got him to give up being addicted to skooma and go home to Elsweyr...."

Ahnassi looks at Walt starting to remember but afraid to dare dream of finding,"... and as friends we share many things, yes? The Flamemirror robe and Elvul's Black Blindfold but none so precious as the gift between special friends, yes?"

Walt smiles fondly,"When you opened your home to me and asked that I get you a pretty coda flower?" He takes her hand.

Ahnassi takes his other hand," and a pretty gold kanet for you! Yes, my VERY special friend. Ahnassi hopes we will always have things to share -- share a gift, share a care, yes? Close friends. Very close." Shes holding him close. "It is you! Ahnassi should be worried to find you in such a place but she is so happy. But-" she pushes back and reaches up to touch his face. "-Then you went on a journey across the seas and didn't return. You were missing and now Ahnassi finds you here?"

Walt laughs. "That is a very long story my friend but I will share it with you sometime if youd like."

She smiles. "Ahnassi would like to hear all about her very, special friends adventures. Oh, but your quest?"

Walter smiles sadly."Completed but it was unsuccessful.

She smiles a touch sadly. "Ahnassi was afraid that would be so..." She runs her fingers through his hair, "You will forgive Ahnassi, she is so forward? You appear so much older but it suits you well! Please forgive Ahnassi, if she purrs like a kitten. What Khajiit can see what she wants, and not take it? Not Ahnassi."

Walt laughs. "I shall have to fetch you another pretty Coda flower and a gold kanet."

She purrs happily. "Ahnassi would like that very much to see you wear the gold kenet again."

Walt smiles. "This time will different my VERY special friend. My house is Ahnassi's house this time. Take what you need, give what you can. What I have is yours. There should be plenty of food and drink, and a comfortable bed. You want the shirt from my back? All you need to do is ask."

Ahnassi crys happily to hear Walter repeat her words from before in another place and time offering the same thing but this time to her."Ahnassi would be very happy to join her VERY special friend in his home this time!"

Walt starts to lead her back so he can introduce her to Penny but stops to look over his shoulder at the others. "Friends of yours, Ahnassi?"

Ahnassi shakes her head. "Ahnassi does not know them they only just met but Ahnassi knows something! Something to share. The argonian is Lifts-Her-Tail or so she claims, though Ahnassi doesn't see how that can be, she is fictional character, yes?"

Walt chuckles. He looks over at Callie Briggs. Thankfully she's not wearing anything kinky as far as he can tell though she does seem to be filling out her suit lot more thanks to the mods. "Ms Briggs. Do you want a job?"

"Doing what exactly?" She asks afraid of the answer.

Walter is somewhat familiar with her character. "Well you wouldn't be the Deputy Mayor of Megakat City but you'd be working for my company. Either secretarial or maybe P.R. would be a good fit? Friday?

(("Yes, Boss. We do have a few openings in both that would suit her well."))

Walt hands her a card.

He looks over at the argonian in the maid uniform. "Ms Lifts-Her-Tail. Same but different offer. Would you like to come home with my friends and I? If you do you have a job as a live in maid that can be yours. It comes with a room that'll be all yours if you want and I promise all your needs will be taken care of and you'll be looked after"

The reptilian woman pauses. Listening to their earlier conversation intrigued her this man went to their world lived there and was even invited into the Khajit's residence and obviously treated her well. She never had that in her stories. It might be nice to serve a master not entirely ruled by debased needs for a change.

She took her skirt and curtsied. "If you would be so kind, master I shall accept your generous offer. Thank you, sir. I shall do my best to provide you good service. "

Calico "Callie" Briggs nodded her head too."I thought it over and decided. I'd also like to take your offer if it still stands. I'll really be able to work a normal job again and not be some concubine or glorified bedwarmer. I might never have another opportunity like this."

Walts nods. "Done and Done. Larry you get that?"

"I got it Walter. Ms Briggs goes on the 3S list with all the ninjas and super spys, agents and hit men as well as the tech specialists and the doctor and councilor and the those two are going on your personal list bringing your total to seven... well eight including Penny... guess you're just a really late bloomer! Haha! Sorry bad joke- oh my god are you actually laughing at that?!"

He was. "I guess I am! Hahahahh! Better late than never! Hahahahahah!!!

Come on ladies. Let's get you all checked out at the doctors and I'll call for our ride home."

Penny was happy to see Walter so happy and wanted to make friends with the two additions but she was curious about Walters statement. "We're not taking the truck? Ive kind of become fond of it."

Walter smiles and kisses the top of her head. "I'm glad you are, I am too after we've spent so much time in it. It's coming with us but we'd never be able to fit everyone in. If I can i never leave someone behind. I already cleared it with Rein Corp earlier. Several transports are coming to pick up the rest. We're all going home together. We'll just be taking the express"

He looked at the others let's go see the doctor.

"Well I'd say you ladies are fortunate. Nothing wrong with any of you it'll take me a few minutes to undue the cat ears on Neopolitan and Ms Nikos and then you should be able to get on your way Walter."

"Thank you Doctor, and thank you for this as well. These ladies have been through a lot."

Walter was visiting with the ponies while he was there. They were going to need sometime for recovery and get their health back. He was currently stroking AJs head.

She coughed weakly,"Yall really... mean it your... getting us... out of here... when we're well...?"

Wakt lifted the cup straw to her mouth. "Don't **** yourself to speak. I do. There's a program that I oversee. For protected parks and places. One's got a stable for teaching young rider's. Teach them good good horsemanship. Teach 'em to be good to ponies. Hopefully good to all creatures. Not like the monsters that done this to yall. Yall work with them. Yall be asigned a handler. Someone I'm going to pick out special for the job. But I'm the big Hoss. What I say goes. And I say yer to be protected, taken care of an' treated well. An come hell or high water that's what's going to happen. So if'n yall ladies think you want that fer yerselves. Yall get the job. Help them teach them kids good. If'n any of turns out a bad apple you let them know and they're out. I also got a special lady doctor who's going to be talking with you trying to help yall past this. I may come down myself. Though 'tween you an' me I need my demons in my head. I make them SoBs them work for me." He gives her a wink.

AJ coughs and laughs,"what'd my... friends say?"

He chuckles and strokes her mane. "They all said same thing. They want the job but only if yall can be together."

AJ smiled. "That... sounds right."

Walt nodded. "It sure does. You in?"

AJ let out a breath. "I'm in..." she closes her eyes tiredly her hoarse voice getting softer"...and Hoss?"

Walt leaned in close still stroking her mane, "What lil' sister?"

A single tear rolls out from the corner of her eye and she whispers as she falls asleep. "...thank you..."

Walt kisses her tear away strokes mane until she falls asleep.

Walt stands up and hat in his hand turns and slowly walks away from the ponies towards where Neo is recovering while doctor starts working on Pyrrha. Neo sees him coming and smiles very slightly.

"Friday?"

(("Yes, Boss"))

He raises his eyebrow. Neo shakes her head.

"Well be ready for pick up in 15 minutes." He looks around sees the other girls getting the restraints off. Penny sees him and smiles that sweet smile of hers and he smiles back. Smiles like that need protecting in this mad world.

He turned back to face Neo. This time she was the one to raise her eyebrow. She had watched this man comfort the other two girls and now those poor creatures. It seemed like he understood her too and he'd treated her well and given her the respect she craved but could they work together?

He raised one finger and Neo nodded. He nodded back.

He looked back over in the ponies direction.

"Did you find them?"

(("We did sir. They took in a new bunch of characters to **** same M.O. but with classic children programming characters. We have access to everything though all their records, financials, identities... We've got their whole lives in the palm of our hand."))

Walt lifted his hat and set it on his head. He looked at Neo who nodded.

He did too. "Then crush it."

Neo smiled.

• Exactly 15 minutes later-

Penny and the rest of the characters look up at. Walts people are already have the truck loaded into the bay.

"What is that Walter?" Penny asked.

Walter smirked. "That? That's just a big old bug but it's fast, reliable and today it's how we're getting home this trip. Alright people all aboard the Tranquility. "

His agents and operatives giving a quick salute which Walt returned as they boarded the firefly.

"Take us home."

Breaking News with April O'Neal

Today a family is being arrested as the investigation of embezzlement lead officers and agents on the scene to discover a large catch of illegal tech as well as forbidden substances. As of now officals have taken them in and you can see their characters are being taken into protective custody as evidence until after the trial. Officials still...

[Walter Stark Penny Polendina F.R.I.D.A.Y Pyrrha Nikos Blake Belladonna Neopolitan Kali Belladonna Sienna Khan Ahnassi and Lifts-Her-Tail

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