Worth the Price Ch. 28 (Worm AU) (Patreon)

(Every character depicted in the story below is a consenting legal adult over the age of 18)

A/N: Lucas gets a new power. Dragon gets a new lease on life.

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Eventually… eventually, Lucas intended to kill the Endbringers themselves. Not to mention every other S-Class Threat on Earth Bet. He would take care of everything from Nilbog to the Machine Army to Sleeper before he would consider his job completely done.

In order to do that, he would need a lot of offensive firepower down the line… but he might not need it personally. If he could support and empower individuals who he thought would be capable of handling the Endbringers and other S-Class Threats by making a deal or two with him, then he might not need to take to the field himself.

As such, putting all of his power into some sort of overwhelming offensive attack this early could very well prove to be foolhardy. Even if he was able to then kill the next Endbringer to show up with said attack, he would still be vulnerable on the defensive side of things.

Utility was another thing entirely… but he’d already spent potential on utility when he’d made himself a power that directed him to people who were willing to make deals.

So in the end, this time around… it felt like he should probably focus on his defenses. The first power he’d given himself, the one that basically redirected threats to his person and made them unable to perceive him, was great and all… but it also seemed to be generally possible to bypass, at least if Dragon was anything to consider.

Sure, she hadn’t really intended him harm or anything like that from what he could tell, but she’d hunted him down by way of Alice all the same, showcasing a ‘hole’ in his ‘screening’.

But… it felt like a bit of a waste to further boost that power. He didn’t want to put up such a powerful ‘firewall’ that he could no longer interact with people to make deals anymore, after all.

Lucas especially wanted to leave open the option to interact with people who might want to do him harm but could be talked down and convinced to otherwise deal with him in good faith instead. After all, the movers and shakers of this world would almost certainly give more energy than your average layman, especially if the power he’d gotten from Dragon’s two deals was any indication.

And of course, the best defense was commonly called a good offense… but he’d already decided he wasn’t going offense. So why not a defensive power that doubled as an offensive one?

It seemed simple enough. He’d give himself the ability to reflect any damage done to him back towards its sender. Sure, not everyone would be vulnerable to the damage they could deal, but the more important part was him not being harmed than anything else.

However, as Emily continues to slide up and down his cock, Lucas finds himself pondering the choice. He doesn’t want to make a mistake and waste energy on a lame duck power. And something does feel like it’s missing with this one…

Until finally, right as Emily is moaning and clenching down on his length as she orgasms upon his cock, it hits Lucas. What’s missing… is the ability to spread this new defense to other people in his vicinity. It takes a bit more energy to make that happen, but when he’s done Lucas is far more happy with this new power. With just a bit of conscious thought, he’ll be able to cover Sveta and Emily and any other allies close to him with it as well, effectively shielding all of them with a reflective barrier that will send back any potential damage.

A satisfied smile spreads across Lucas’ face as he finalizes his decisions and feels the potential energy from Dragon’s deals crystallize into the new power within him. Once that’s done, he seizes upon Emily a bit more firmly, causing the cute freckled brunette to gasp and then moan as he becomes more of an active participant in the intercourse happening between them.

The sounds of flesh slapping against flesh alongside wanton feminine moaning and masculine grunting quickly fill the room while Dragon recovers and Sveta watches on, eyes hungry but more than willing to wait her turn~

Today had been quite the coup for Lucas. Not only had he managed to make not one but TWO deals with Dragon, he’d then bedded the world’s brightest Tinker for good measure as well. And judging by how good he’d made her feel, Lucas knew she’d likely come back for more.

That might come back to bite him in the ass down the line depending on what his next steps were, but Lucas really couldn’t bring himself to care all that much. Rather, instead he was already thinking on the future and what he might be able to use Dragon’s favors for.

As well, now that he was settled into his new home with Sveta and Emily, it was time to expand wasn’t it? And where better to look to then the city he found himself on the outskirts of? Brockton Bay had been a hot bed of crime and villainy for as long as Lucas had been alive… maybe it was time to do something permanent about that.

For now though, he focuses on Emily and ensuring she has just as good a time as Dragon did. It’s the least he can do after making her wait so long for her turn~

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Dragon was having a hard time saying goodbye. It was the morning after her life had changed forever. Well, actually it was closer to midday at this point. That was because after waking up in the morning to find herself in a bed alone, she’d wandered through the compound until she found where Pact and his two women were sleeping together.

And then she’d promptly crawled under the covers and taken Pact’s cock in her mouth, sucking his morning wood off until he’d blown a load that she’d done her best to swallow every last drop of. He’d told her not to try and emulate everything she’d seen online, but that had seemed like a fun way to wake up a potential lover and fortunately it had worked out quite well.

The four of them hadn’t gotten out of bed for another hour after that, and when they did they’d all been in need of a shower. Taking her first shower had been a strange but thoroughly enjoyable experience for Dragon, and not just because they’d had more sex under the spray of hot water. While part of her was annoyed that she now needed to get cleaned up on the regular and maintain her new human body, there was something to be said about the hot water washing away the sweat and grime and leaving her feeling clean again.

After the shower, they’d had a late breakfast that by that point was more akin to brunch… and that had in turn led them all to here. With Dragon standing outside of Pact’s compound and him and his ladies outside as well to see her off.

Part of her doesn’t want to go though. Part of her stands there in front of the Dragon Suit and wants to send it away again and declare she’s staying or something. There are just two major problems with that idea, however. First and foremost, Dragon isn’t entirely sure she’d be welcome to stay indefinitely. Pact has been an oh-so-gracious host, but he’s made no indication he wants her around on a permanent basis.

Secondly, she has so many responsibilities out in the world, things that even with his impressive setup, Dragon would be hard pressed to take care of forever in a place like this. She would need to claim entire rooms of the compound and install servers if she wanted to move in, and she wasn’t confident that he would allow her to do so.

In the end, while it was extremely tempting to just give up all of her responsibilities and spend the rest of her life as one of Pact’s sex pets, she couldn’t say for certain that he would accept such a thing. But more importantly, she couldn’t fully bring herself to give up being a hero… especially not now that she could do so much more thanks to him.

And so, with a heavy heart and a clenching cunt desperate for another dose of Pact’s thick, hard cock, Dragon says her goodbyes and reluctantly boards her Dragon Suit, utilizing it properly as a single-person transport for the first time in its entire existence.

She lifts off of the ground and into the air with Pact and the others watching from down below, her eyes hungrily taking in every last inch of Pact’s slightly inhuman features until she’s too far away to see him. Then, she turns the Dragon Suit… and heads over to the city proper.

Look, if she’s going to have to say goodbye to Pact for now, she might as well give herself a ‘treat’ for good behavior. It’s the work of moments to get approval from the proper authorities, and then half a minute more before she’s landing on the Protectorate ENE Headquarters. The refitted Oil Rig sitting in the ocean just beyond Brockton Bay’s coast is usually covered by a tinker shield designed by Uppercrust, but it turns off for a moment to allow her to land before reactivating.

And of course, her eminent arrival has already been forwarded to Armsmaster, so within a minute of her landing on the deck, he comes stomping out in full armor but sans halberd.

“Dragon, I didn’t know to expect you today, usually you arrange any visits well in advance.”

He sounds slightly grumpy about that, but Dragon can’t help grinning all the same, even as she takes a moment to regard Colin Wallis.

… You know, if it wasn’t for Pact and everything they’d done last night and this morning, she very well might have began a romantic relationship with the man in front of her. How well that would have gone, however, was still very much up in the air all things considered. Colin was… extremely dedicated to his work, to the extent that Dragon didn’t fully know where Armsmaster ended and Colin Wallis began. Most days she would even go so far as to say he was more Armsmaster than Colin.

It still might have worked if only because she’s always been just as much of a workaholic as him, if not more so. However, after having her horizons… broadened yesterday, Dragon isn’t so sure she’ll be nearly as driven and focused going forward.

That won’t stop her from considering Colin one of her dearest friends, however. And as one of her dearest friends, he deserves to celebrate with her properly.

“The Dragonslayers were captured yesterday. I captured them.”

His eyes are hidden beneath his helmet, but he jolts in surprise all the same.

“Wha- you… that’s incredible. I’m surprised you didn’t ask for my help though…”

Dragon has her suit shake its big metal head.

“I couldn’t. The opportunity to take them down was… extremely sudden and if I had wasted any time seeking assistance from either you or The Guild, the chance might have slipped through my fingers. Still, it’s done now. They’re done now… and let me tell you, that’s a weight off my back. I can finally breathe… to that end, do you have a domino mask on you?”

Armsmaster frowns, tilting his head to the side.

“Yes? Of course, I’m always prepared.”

He reaches down and pulls a simple mask out of one of his many compartments. Dragon had known full well that he would have one. In fact, he probably had multiple. She holds out an arm of her suit and Armsmaster hands it over.

Slipping it inside of the suit through a port, Dragon puts the domino mask on her face… and then lets the head of her Dragon Suit pull back, revealing her top half to him. She’s wearing clothes of course, borrowed from Sveta back at Pact’s place. Still, the reaction from Armsmaster… from Colin, is everything she could have wanted. He jerks back as if shot, his jaw dropping open as he’s unable to hide his reaction.

“Dragon… you…”

“In the flesh, Armsmaster. I was hoping we could collaborate together on a bit of tinker work… before I have to head back North.”

“… Yes. I would like that very much.”

Dragon preens a little bit as she follows Colin back into the Oil Rig, the two of them heading to his lab together. At the same time, she’s already imagining the look on Narwhal’s face as well when she finally gets to meet her in person for the ‘first time’ too.

Heh, oh and Catalyst! Mm… now Dragon is imagining a foursome with Pact just like this morning, but with Narwhal and Catalyst instead. That idea… had some merit to it, certainly~

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