I looked around the room before my eyes fell on Sapphire. She was unconscious and clearly had short circuited herself to break free of whatever was manipulating her.

  “Or.. the more likely answer is that she just couldn’t take being in your presence. Can’t say I blame her, as your first wife, I am simply the best.” I looked up to see Alia. She was standing there in the hotel front door smiling at me with her arms across her chest.

  Her bubble rifle was nowhere to be seen. “You can’t honestly expect me to believe you are the real Alia can you?” I snorted and shook my head with a smirk.

  “Why don’t you try me!” She leaned in and winked at me. “Tell you what, if you can get one good hit on me, I will free you from this dungeon. Just a little tap!”

  I frowned at that and she raised an eyebrow before raising her voice. “Look at me, I am Hero’s little sex toy. Watch as I dance around and pretend to love him. We both know I don’t!”

  My eye twitched and I took a small step forward. “You.. are kind of an asshole you know that.” I said.

  She smiled wider and said. “By the way, I killed her already. She was worthless.” I knew it was bait. I knew it wasn’t possible. She would just respawn.

  None of these facts stopped me from throwing a punch hard at the stupid things face! She simply vanished as the real Alia walked in and ducked in surprise from my punch towards her face.

  I pulled back my punch and she raised an eyebrow. “ Let me guess, fake me doing something?” She asked seriously. I narrowed my eyes.

  “You seem awfully well informed.” I said as I watched her closely.

  She smiled and nodded. “Yea, I finally figured out what our enemy is.” She looked cheery as she said so and rolled on her feet. It was very like her to do that.. But clearly this thing was good at pretending.

  “Prove you are you.” I said simply as I raised an eyebrow.

  She froze and narrowed her eyes at me. “How.. How do you think I should do that?” Her question seemed innocent enough, but there was an undercurrent to it. I considered for a moment, but came up blank.

  Clearly whatever this was understood us enough to manipulate. But it clearly didn’t understand us as people. That meant it wasn’t able to read minds directly. However it did mean it was listening to us. So that meant anything we said could easily be used against us later.

  “You know, you are both the hardest people I have ever had to break, and the easiest.” A strange voice came from across the room from us. I turned to see a young woman in her late 20’s. She was casually filing her nails and looked up at us with dark blue eyes and shifted to green even as I looked at them. Her hair shifted between dozens of colors repeatedly as she walked closer to us.

  I tensed and ready myself and she snorted. “Oh please, don’t make this that easy.” She raised an eyebrow.

  “You won’t win!” Alia said happily. “I know your secret!”

  The woman smiled at Alia “That you do, shame it won’t help you any. You might be able to resist. But can she?” The woman pointed to Sapphire on the ground. “She was so easy to take control of. A simple promise and she fell into my arms like putty.”

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  “And you!” She said pointing at me as her eyes lit up. “Think yourself so clever, yet your emotions rule you. I wonder.. The right body, the right.. Visual..” She trailed off and I made a point to forcefully unclench my fist.

  “The Hero is the strongest! You are blaspheming!” Alia cried angrily as she stomped forward and pointed at the woman. The woman just smiled wide and suddenly she looked exactly like Alia.

  “He is so strong!” She mimicked Alia as she stomped her foot. Then she giggled and let the dress she was wearing fall before licking her own fingers. “Look how important I am! Watch as I prove my loyalty by getting Hero all sexually frustrated so he will fuck me!”

  She turned around and put Alia’s ass in the air and shook it. “I sure hope he gets me pregnant and rapes me repeatedly like the good little sex toy I am!”

  I stepped forward and grabbed Alia, pulling her back. Her face was red with rage and she looked ready to blow. “Calm down Alia, she is taunting you. Don’t let her win.”

  She suddenly shifted, but not to me. But Sapphire. She put on an innocent look. “Oh no! Please don’t think such crude things of me! I live only to serve the Hero!” She giggled before turning and walking over to Sapphire.

  I stepped in front of her and she looked up at me with a smirk. “Go ahead, hit me! Hurt the little Princess! I deserve it. I’m a monster!” She leaned in and looked me in the eye.

  I raised my fist to punch her but Alia called out. “Don’t do it! If you hit it, it wins!” I paused as the mimic in Sapphire's form winked at me and suddenly turned into a shadow on the ground before flowing under me. I turned as it appeared right next to Sapphire.

  “Don’t touch her or else.” I said with bravado I did not feel.

  “Or else.. What?” She said with a cutesy smile as she took Alia’s form again. She was naked this time and climbed onto Sapphire's naked form and began rubbing Alia’s body against it. “I wonder how easy she will be? She flooded herself last time but if I get her right when she wakes up? She is quite powerful don’t you think? I think she could break the dome easily.”

  She gently leaned in and kissed Sapphire on the lips before moving down her body and gently licking her. “She tastes so good. A shame you never use her Hero. Too busy playing with the sex toy. But she is fun too, am I right?”

  “You seem to think so, though, based on what I am seeing. You can’t do much more.” Alia suddenly said as she stepped forward. She walked across the room calmly to mimic and did something I didn’t expect… She kissed her.

  She didn’t force it, she simply leaned in and pushed her lips against her. She was so stunned she pulled back and shifted back to her multi-colored form. “Well.. that was..” Before she could finish, Alia stepped forward again, completely calm and asked. “Why are you running? You wanted to play right? I want to play!”

  The mimic looked carefully at Alia for a moment before changing to my form. “Of course you want to play. Come here and we can play!” Alia giggled and stepped forward. But the mimic took a step back.

  Alia fell to her knees and her dress fell to the ground leaving her naked. She gently licked her fingers and asked innocently. “You don’t want to play with the sex toy? But I want to be played with! You promised! You don’t want to upset the judge do you?”

  The mimic seemed unable to react. He just.. Stood there as me staring in uncertainty at Alia.. honestly I could relate. “I.. of.. Of course. Just, come here and..” Alia licked her fingers and stood up before taking another step forward. This time she gently brought her hand down the mimic’s thigh and the mimic looked very uncomfortable.

  “I um… “ He trailed off before an idea came to him and he smiled. “Of course, I am certain Hero will love watching his favorite girl be used fully by another man.” He reached out as if to grab Alia.

  “Make sure to go at least three rounds or she gets cranky!” I said cheerfully as I sat down next to Sapphire's unconscious form and leaned in to watch. The mimic looked thoroughly panicked now. She turned into a shadow on the floor and fled the building through the bottom of the front doors.

  Alia turned to me with a pouty face. “Aw Hero, it seems she didn't want to play!” She shifted to a smile before leaning in. “Any chance this toy can play with you?”

  I smiled “I mean, for my little sex toy I guess so! But next time, I want you to enjoy yourself!” She giggled at that as she walked over and sat on my lap. She looked me in the eyes and our lips met.