SIDE Candy is crushed

Day 57

GreaterCrissy walked into Ashley's house without even bothering to knock. Cory was on the couch fervently fucking Susan, neither of them even noticed the newcomer climb the stairs to the second floor. Inside Ashley's room, there was a foldout mattress on the floor and Billy was sitting on it, staring at the wall. Ashley was sitting on her bed notebook in one hand pencil in another, staring at Billy.

As GreaterCrissy entered Ashley looked up and a dark cloud seemed to pass over her face as her blank look became one of worry. "I don't get it, Jake took to his Master pretty well compared to these two. Of course, old Jake is still in control most of the time but going from part-time control to full-time isn't working out. Cory barely talks, all he wants to do is eat, sleep and fuck. And this one just sits and stares off into the distance. If you give him orders he follows but he hardly does anything unless you tell him to, I have to tell him to use the bathroom every few hours or he soils himself." Ashley threw the pad and pencil down on the bed.

"GreaterCandy has reported some issues with her brother," GreaterCrissy said sitting down next to Ashley. "But they are mostly memory-related. Functionally his speech still isn't as articulate as it was before but otherwise, he seems just the same as he did before he was perfected."

"We need to start figuring out the variables," Ashley said absentmindedly. "The next two we bring in need to differ in intelligence, maybe that is it. Jake is smart and these two are dumb and dumber?" Ashley paused to enjoy her little joke. "Also we need hosts that only live with their mothers. That way if things go this wrong we can just stick a Master in mom and cart the male off to the mansion to hide them."

"How are we dealing with the parents of these two?" GreaterCrissy asked.

"Cory has 4 younger brothers and sisters. The fact that he is almost out of his parent's hair is all that they see. He told them he is going to a football camp after graduation and they are happy about that. His Master can hold things together for short periods of time and fool them. This one," Ashley kicked Billy in the ribs not so gently. "He is an only child with a pretty shitty single-parent dad. From what Cory and other friends of his have said Billy and his dad barely talk normally. So his dad probably doesn't notice anything strange yet. Billy's girlfriend was already on our team so she spends a lot of time with him at his home now and keeps him going. Cory told Billy's dad about the football camp scheme also. So after graduation, we will keep him in the mansion full time."

"Why aren't you in the mansion yourself? GreaterCrissy wondered out loud.

"That creepy creature Jennifer moved in yesterday and already acts like it owns the place. I had to get away for a bit, I don't trust that one." Ashley said with an edge to her tone.

"Jennifer is one of us now, we all can trust one another, we are one," GreaterCrissy said as if reciting a mantra.

"One of us? Even you call her just Jennifer. She acts differently somehow." Ashley said scowling.

"And you are just Ashley, are you not one of us? Should I not trust you?" GreaterCrissy retorted.

"Well...," Ashley looked at Billy, "I'm eccentric, not defective. Ashley and I bonded almost instantly. It was like she was happy to have me in her life. I allowed her to be herself and not worry about what anyone else thought. Also if we make a mistake, it's all my fault, not Ashley's" Ashley looked at the ceiling trying to decide if that came out right.

"Anyways, Jennifer was a parasitic snake before she had a parasitic slug inside her," Ashley said with disdain.

"Don't call yourself a parasitic slug, we are superior beings, we exist to perfect these silly humans and make them better in every way," GreaterCrissy said putting a hand on Ashley's knee and looking at her earnestly.

"I guess that was a bit of old Ashley's thinking, she never liked Jennifer either. But still, I maintain that although Jennifer is very clever and useful to the Hive she is up to something nonetheless." Ashley said ending that part of the conversation.

"Speaking of Jennifer she says that we will need one or two more males for her plan to succeed. So I will instruct our comrades at the school to recruit two males for her but with your parameters in mind. What other needs do you have?" GreaterCrissy asked.

"Well, I still think that converting a virgin may be useful. There is a possibility that the surge of hormones from first-time sex will open up more pathways to the brain than are opened in a routine orgasm. So please try not to convert any of them. The list we put together is surprisingly short. I thought that most girls were virgins like Julie, but it seems like that isn't the case. Or at least they say they aren't to their friends. Of course, we have Julie as the last-ditch backup. So as long as we save one or two more it will be fine." Ashley answered.

"Very well, Jennifer has a list of three females she doesn't expect to RSVP for the party. Two of the three females are suspected virgins on your list. I will submit their names to the school for conversion, you are fine with that I take it," GreaterCrissy said.

Ashley put her hand to her chin and said, "That leaves three for the party? Three is great, it will give me lots of data even if it fails. Too bad that the first one was a liar. I wonder how many girls say they are virgins and are lying? Well, we made the list based on what their friends said, oddly it seems to be more accurate than asking the females directly themselves."

A look of strain came across Billy's face. Ashley simply said, "Go to the bathroom Billy... and use it to go poddy. Don't just walk there and walk back like last time." Billy left and GreaterCrissy was right behind him, off to relay Ashley's needs to the vice principal.

Day 59

Candy and GreaterCrissy walked into Ashley's house, it was oddly quiet. They went straight to Ashley's room, she was laying in bed staring at the ceiling and was fully clothed.

GreaterCrissy stopped in its tracks and said, "What's wrong?" Disturbed more by the fact Ashley was alone in her room clothed than that she seemed worried.

"Oh, it's nothing I suppose. I just sent Billy off with his girlfriend and I'm drained from trying to figure him out. He is like one of those old stories of a golem, a wooden man that only acts when told to. It's just kinda depressing." Ashley replied.

"We don't get depressed, we are superior," was GreaterCrissy's reply.

"Besides we have bigger problems," Candy said pushing her way past GreaterCrissy. She immediately began pacing the length of the room.

"What's wrong now? Is Jake not working properly now also?" Ashley asked.

"Oh, he's working properly alright, a little too properly. Now he wants to run away with Julie for real, and I think he might do it. You have to stop them." Candy had stopped pacing now and pointed fingers at both Ashley and Crissy. "You idiots have to get off the pot and slam a slug into that bitch NOW." she roared.

Both GreaterCrissy and Ashley were taken aback by this. GreaterCrissy said, "Get ahold of yourself, you are acting like... like, like a human. I could almost think you are a free host with no Master if I hadn't given you your Master myself."

Candy took a deep breath pointed at Ashley, and continued in a slightly more controlled manner, "I thought you were saving her for your experiment thingy? If they run off she will fuck him all day and night to thank him." Candy turned on Crissy now, "And you, you are so afraid we will get found out? He is going to be running around out of your reach and with a Master IN PLAIN SIGHT on his back. How long before Julie is pawing him and finds it?" Candy was getting close to exploding again.

GreaterCrissy looked stonily at Candy, "We have things under control. Part of the reason that we chose you and Jake to join us was to keep an eye on Julie. If Julie runs away with Jake it will mean she trusts him completely. As for the two of them running, I doubt it will be far and we already have a pretty good idea of where she is thinking of going. We are in control of the situation." GreaterCrissy reiterated this to try and calm Candy's worries.

Candy was not worried about where Jake went, him going anywhere was unacceptable. She never wanted him more than 20 feet away and liked the current situation. She began to work herself up to a higher level of anger than before when she heard her Master say, "Please, you have pushed them too far. If you continue they will no longer trust you with Jake or anything. They will drag you off to that mansion of theirs and never let you leave."

Candy took another deep breath and this time let her whole body relax. When she continued she was much less frantic and more robotic. "Jake can not be left alone unsupervised for more than a few days. He is fully under his Master's control, but without guidance his Master has no idea what to do. We simply can not let him wander off like this."

"We have several contingencies in the works. He may not be guided directly for several days when they leave but we will find them and reestablish control." GreaterCrissy said. As she did she began removing her clothes. "Let us direct communicate and I will SHOW you. I understand your concern, Jake and Julie are indeed critical assets, they will not be allowed to escape us in reality. Only in Julie's mind will she be free of us."

Candy shuddered when Crissy said 'direct communication' she hated the process and the lack of control during it. Still, she did as Crissy said and joined her, naked on the mattress on the floor.

An hour later after communicating and a few courses of stress-relieving sex with both Crissy and Ashley Candy was putting her clothes back on. "Fine, but I will be in charge of this... operation of yours. I will be the liaison and will relay all messages personally. Is that fair?"

"Very well," said Crissy understanding it was the only way to allay Candy's worries for the two precious assets she had been shepherding. "But you must take all care to be sure that they do not see you or get any hint that you are near them."

"Yes, fine, I understand. I can use Cindy. Jake will recognize her as one of us and Julie has no clue who she is. I may need a Master or two to acquire more help though."

"You will have a new spawn of your own in a few days and if you need any more let me know. Just don't expect it to immediately appear as if by magic. It may take a few days." Ashley said. Candy just gave her a dirty look.

Day 61

Candy slowly walked up the stairs to her room. She bypassed her door and walked to her brother's room. The door was closed and the house was quiet. She knew what she would find as she opened the door. The TV and game console was gone. So was Jake's big clunky old computer. Clothes and other items were strewn everywhere. It literally looked like a tornado had gone through the room.

Candy began tidying the room up. She carefully folded and put away all the clothes that looked clean and gathered up anything that looked dirty to wash. She carefully made sure everything was in its place, or at least where she remembered seeing it last. After she walked back up the stairs from putting his dirty clothes into the wash Candy took one last look around the room. She found herself falling onto his couch and then curled up and began to cry. Candy cried until she had no more tears then laid there still and silently sobbing until she heard the sounds of her mom coming home.

Candy then walked to the bathroom and washed up. She went to her room and re-did her make-up to try and cover-up that she had been crying. In the end, she just told her mom that she was sad because high school was all but over. No, no she wasn't sad that Jake was gone. After all, he would be back soon enough, soon enough.