Malice goes to Time Square

Morning set in, with the orange glow of sunlight creeping over the king-sized bed and getting into Susan’s eyes, forcing her awake. Slowly breathing in and exhaling, Susan stirred and rested her head in her palm as she looked down at Reed and the other Susan and smiled. It was almost adorable in a way; the way she cuddled up with Reed with all four of her arms and snaked her tail around his legs. The nest of tentacles she had for hair were still, idle, she looked so at peace… That is until the alarm clock at the side table buzzed and with the sound of a bull whip, her tail snapped to life and impaled the noisy device with her stinger, silencing it.

Wide eyed awake after the demonstration, Susan watched her double stir and sit up, yawning her mouth open to reveal three rows of sharp teeth and a long prehensile tongue lol and slither out of her lips and retract back into her closing mouth. Smecking her mouth and sitting up, the alien woman smiled when her eyes focussed on the Invisible Woman looking back at her.

“Morning.”

“Good morning… Sleep well?”

Closing her eyes and breathing in, the alien woman sighed a pleasant hum from her lips, looking down at Reed to trace her talons through his hair affectionately.

“VERY well… Thank you for this.” Smiling serenely, the creature looked back at Susan through reptilian eyes. “You have no idea what its like to be too afraid to touch anyone, to be intimate, knowing that the last time you did, lead to so much pain.”

“Well, if YOUR Reed is anything like my Reed, then…”

“He is! Which is why when I get back, I’m going to let him know how much I appreciate everything he’s done for me.”

Smiling back at the woman, Susan looked over her shoulder to the damaged alarm clock and shrugged. “Well… I have no idea what time it is but I think everyone else will be awake by now, I should tell HERBIE to make some breakfast.”

“Huh?” Looking over to where the Invisible Woman stared at, Susan brought a claw to her mouth to hide her embarrassment, squirming her stinger out of the destroyed clock face to free it. “Whoops!”

Pulling her blanket off, Susan tried to get out of bed when she found her feet stuck under something heavy. Looking over to her feet, she found out why. The wendigo version of her was curled up like a sleeping housecat on top of everyone’s ankles in bed. Trying to pull herself free and tug at the sheets, Susan leaned forward and poked the wendigo in the shoulder, shaking the buff giantess’s arm to wake her up. “Come ON Suzie.” Susan hissed out a whisper. “Wakey, wakey, eggs and…”

Growling under her breath, the wendigo shrugged her shoulder and swatted Susan across the face with her tail. Falling back into bed and rubbed the sore spot over her nose and forehead, the Invisible Woman groused and winced. Wriggling her feet, she managed to squeeze herself free of the larger wendigo woman and roller herself out of bed and head to the bathroom to get cleaned up and dressed.

Once she stepped out a few minutes later and shook her hair loose after drying it off, she still found Reed asleep with her other self dotting over him. “I’ll let him know when breakfast is ready sister, go ahead and wake the others.”

Smiling back at the tentacle haired woman, Susan stepped out of the bedroom and made her way down the hall to the kitchen and living room. Halfway there she spotted the other two human versions of herself step out into the hall; the model and sex **** stumbled out of their shared room, yawning and stretching as they joined Susan on her way to the kitchen.

“Morning you two, sleep well?”

A light groan and murmur were her only answer from the two as they dragged themselves to the kitchen to find the hologram of the autoboot Susan pouring mugs of coffee for each woman waking up. The woman was wearing skin-tight leather pants and a matching jacket over a metallic blue tube top. Making eye contact with the holographic woman who gave Susan a grin and head nod, the Invisible Woman accepted her coffee and took a sip. “It’s too early in the morning for me to ask.”

“Eh… I was in the mood for a change.”

“Anyone else awake yet?”

“Well.” Tapping her chin with her finger, the hologram peered back out the hallway. “Johnny and the demoness are still snoozing, and I’ve still not seen ANYTHING of the terrible trio OR the new housecat… OH! The kids are waking up though.”

Smiling wider, Susan turned her attention to look up at the ceiling. “HERBIE? It’s Saturday, you know what that means, don’t you?”

“YES MISS RICHARDS! PANCAKES FOR ALL.” Called out the disembodied voice of the building’s AI, i8mmediately going to work mixing batter and setting up the oven’s pans to start cooking.

“Heh… Wonder if anyone else is having a great morning.”

*

Time’s Square…

The streets were busy with traffic even at 7 AM, cabs and busses honked as they changed lanes or crossed lights on their way to their destinations, while throngs of people crowded the sidewalks nearly shoulder to shoulder, moving only when the crossing light shifted from red to green. Parents lead their children off to school and carpools lead co-workers off to their beginning shifts at work. In the city that never sleeps, the activity was ever constant. Everyone was in such a rush; Malice didn’t believe she really needed to be invisible to go unseen by the thousands running past her. So pre-occupied with their hurried lives to notice a leather clad woman in studded black clothes and a red and black tattered cape.

Scoffing at the indignity of being near so many people, the leather clad woman made her way through the street unseen, confusing some when they tried to walk or run past only to bump into an invisible wall. Stunned, but too much of a hurry to question it, they staggered around the column of space that couldn’t be crossed as it moved through the streets and made its way to the center of Time’s Square. Standing in the center of the square and watching traffic weave past and around her, the woman smiled a wicked grin as she hoisted the hate monger into her hands and manipulated the dials on its console.

Activating the device and setting it to a wide arc, Malice looked around to the bustling crowds and traffic all around her. With a flick of a button, the streets around her changed instantly. Cars crashed into each other at full speed, causing vehicles to spin out of control and crash into light posts or the front facades of stores. Whole crowds of people stopped what they were doing to lash out and strangle the nearest person that caught their eye. Fights instantly broke out, brawls fueled with blind murderous rage as hundreds of people instantly saw red and tried to strangle, punch and scratch at everyone they could. Couples unleashed fists against each other, children fell to the ground thrashing one another. Pure insanity ruled, and all around her Malice laughed, basking in the sight of unfocused, unrestrained rage.

Hatred for the sake of Hatred.

Remaining invisible, Malice laughed and spun on her heel. To her, the screams and shouts of anger and murderous rage were music to her ears.

“Pathetic little vermin, you have no idea what gift I’ve given you all, do you?” Smiling wider, she enjoyed the carnage unfolding all around her, spreading her arms out to bask in it all. Fires broke out as the fighting intensified, even as police arrived, they too were swept up in the insanity. Swept off their feet from the raging mob and their police cruisers knocked over, Malice laughed at the sight.

“I intend to set you all free. Free to hate! Free to despise and lash out at all who offends you. To slip free your bonds to love, and kindness, and compassion and let your anger burn. Set everything ablaze! And when the dust and smoke clears, and all vendettas have been settled, you will thank me… You will WORSHIP me! MALICE! The Queen of Hatred!”

Her proclamations drowned out by the screams and hollers of the riots happening all around her, Malice watched on with rapt attention and sadistic glee. Everything was going according to plan. All she had to do was wait patiently, and her compatriots would do THEIR parts of the master plan. It was just a matter of time.