Prompt: Entrancing the Elastic Woman (Final)

Summary: An elastic superheroine seeks out a naughty lamia with the power to mesmerize with only her hypnotic gaze, but our hero ends up in a heap of trouble. Commissioned by AltrixWrites.

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Part 6

"In today's news, the serial kidnapper Altrix has been apprehended by Crossroads Municipal Police, with the help of local crime-fighting superheroine Whiplash, as well as a local good samaritan, Cora Wagner."

The television recording showed Altrix being pulled away by two officers, one demonfolk and one slimewoman. Her eyes were wide and panicked.

"GAZE INTO THE VOID AND IT GAZES BACK, GAZE INTO THE VOID AND IT GAZES BACK, GAZES GAZES GAZES-"

The feed cut off abruptly, returning to a cloudform newsanchor.

"Altrix is believed to be responsible for the disappearances of countless women, and the testimony of Megan Skye corroborates this, placing her as the latest attempted kidnapping. This story is currently developing, and we at the CBC will report with the latest updates as they happen..."

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"Hehehe, look at her face!" Cora gestured to the television hanging over the bar. "She's a blubbering, sobbing mess! Not so smug now, aren'tcha, you freaky kidnapper?~"

"...Uhhh, you sent her through one of your weird portal things, right?" Iris, now out of her form-fitting superhero spandex, shifted in her barstool. "Where did you send her?"

"Ehhh just a bottomless chasm that stretches unto infinity." Cora shrugged. "Just stuck her there until the cops arrived. Then she popped right out."

"...They took twenty minutes to show up though." Megan blinked. "Was she just falling the whole time...?"

"Yeppers!" Cora beamed. "Musta scared the bejeezus outta her too. Ah well, gotta scare the criminals straight, right?"

"...I don't know if that actually works though..." Megan murmured, smiling uneasily.

"It is pretty funny." Iris raised her mixed drink. "Cheers to another perp behind bars!"

"Cheers!" Cora and Megan joined in the toast and took a sip from their vibrantly hued coloured drinks; Iris detected coconut milk, pineapple, and lime juice in her faux pina colada... but no booze.

"Did we really have to come out to one of your maid cafes to celebrate?" Iris moaned. "They don't serve alcohol here..."

"Cora gets a discount here!" Megan chimed in. "Treats me all the time~"

"It's not my kinda scene though..." Iris glanced around at the scantily clad maids drifting about, cleaning up the mess Altrix left behind. She wondered how many of them were stuffing their bras... some ridiculous proportions going on.

As Iris' eyes turned back across the counter, she found herself face to face with Cora's smile, her expecting eyes staring straight into her own. Even behind the mask, Iris winced; she hoped this weird eldritch octomaid didn't also have eye lasers or something.

"Yyyyyes?" Whiplash blinked. "Th-thanks for the drinks, but-"

"Did ya give it any thought?" Cora tilted her head. "Can I be a sidekick? I think we made a pretty good team tonight!~"

"Uhhhhhhhh..." This shit again, Iris thought to themselves but didn't mention aloud, not with Megan right next to her. "I'm more of an, uh... I go alone, I dunno if I need-"

"Awww, Iris, it must get so lonely being out there! I'd come too if I had cool powers..." Megan prodded her fingers together. "I'd feel a lot better if you have a friend out there with you... Cora was saying something about what happened in the maid cafe?"

"...mrgh... yeah she... bailed me out... I guess..." Iris mumbled, burying herself in her drink. Cora nodded enthusiastically.

"Mmhm, mmhm, even the best of the best get surprised every now and then." Cora folded her tentacles, puffing out her chest.

"Still though, do you like... have any combat training?" Iris mumbled. "Can you throw a punch?"

"From across the room!~" Cora began to coil the tip of her tentacle... only to get a look from some of the other maids running about. Cora shrugged, chuckled nervously, and relented. "...But I shouldn't be throwing hands in here, haha..."

"...mm." Iris' mouth flattened. "And you gotta know the layout of the city to—well, wait, those portals are pretty neat—uhhh..."

"C'moooooon..." Megan nudged Iris in the side. "It's nice to make friends sometimes!~"

"H-hey, I'm great at making friends!" Iris said. "There just... aren't a whole lot of other superheroes... s'not like I can just go to a big ol' convention for that..."

"Mmhm!" Cora beamed. "We could be the first crime-fighting duo!"

"Okay but you do know I don't get paid to do it, right?" Iris cocked her head to the side. "It's all pro-bono; not to mention all the hit-pieces by the wack-job editorialists..."

"Well, IIIIIIIIII was thinking we could take on sponsors!" Cora nodded. "Do commercials for products we really like!'

"...Leveraging our secret identities to sell some products is a terrible idea, Cora." Iris grimaced. "Like, literally the worst. No shilling."

"Really? Mm... I guess you worked a bunch for your good reputation..." Cora tilted her head.

"...Not to say there aren't any perks." Iris shrugged. "Sometimes people let you eat for free at their place. Sometimes they give you too much for just one person to eat so..."

"Ooh, are you thinking about it?" Megan lit up. "It'd mean the world to Cora!"

"...Guess I am thinking about it..." Iris sighed. She glanced up. "I s'pose we can give this thing a... trial run..."

"Really!?" Cora leaned.

"BUT! This isn't a game! If I catch you slacking or being half hearted about hero stuff, you're off the team, okay??" Iris pointed the tip of her straw at Cora.

"I won't letcha down!" Cora beamed. "Thank you thank you thank you!~"

"URK!" Iris felt herself drawn into a multi-tentacled hug. She could feel her soft body compressing against the suckered tentacles, as well as Cora's overly tight grip. "Squeezing me like a tube of toothpaste here, Cora...!"

"Ooh, ooh, lemme in!" Megan wriggled her way into the tentacles for a group hug. Iris groaned, feeling her cheeks inflating slightly from the pressure. She grunted in annoyance, but let it slide.

"Good talk everyone..." Iris grumbled.

There had to be some talks about Cora's new superhero identity before they could prowl the streets, but Cora was already brimming with ideas as to how to reinvent herself. And she was handy with a sewing machine to prepare her own costume. Iris wasn't sure how this new arrangement was going to go down, but she did owe Cora at least a shot, considering that she did bail her out that one time.

Iris just hoped that Cora could contain her enthusiasm well enough to help put some bad guys behind bars.Hopefully the introduction of a new, eldritch crime fighter wouldn't give any would-be supervillains any ideas...

THE END