There were various grunts and growls coming from Bette’s army, they didn’t sound very encouraging so she decided to get them revved up a little more.

"Will you fight with me and take down Empress Jodi once and for all?!"

The grunts and growls became louder.

"Will you help me bring peace and rid this land of a monster?!"

The army began to become even louder, the sounds of clanging weapons started to fill the air.

Bette raised her sword in the air, "Will you stand beside me and take back everything she has taken from us?!"

The army raised their own swords, growling and yelling loudly into the air. Bette nodded proudly and glanced once more at her friends.

"Be safe my friends" She spoke softly.

She pumped her sword in the air and ran toward the direction of Jodi’s fortress, leading the charge.

"Let’s do this!!"

*****

"Why the fuck did you stop me? I could have killed her!"

Jodi angrily paced the confines of her bedchamber, Amy sat on the bed and watched her lover with an angry face of her own.

"That’s exactly why I did it. Look at you Jodi. This isn’t you . . you’re not a killer"

Jodi stopped pacing and took long strides over to Amy, stopping inches from her face.

"You don’t know what the fuck I am! You have no idea what I’m capable of"

Amy was shocked at how Jodi had so angrily stepped up to her. Never before had the Empress shown such forcefulness with her. Amy knew better and knew that Jodi wasn’t as sweet as she had portrayed but Amy had never imagined Jodi to look as cold and cruel as she did now . . as she looked when she held Tina by the neck.

Jodi looked into Amy’s eyes and watched as her lover looked at her with such hurt and disbelief. Jodi had never wanted Amy to see this side of her. Her lover had brought her a sort of calmness to her cruel nature, it both pleased and angered her. Jodi didn’t know if she liked the idea of being some type of tame house cat, what she did know was that she enjoyed the power she had become so accustomed to. She didn’t know if she preferred the wild, rough sex she had once enjoyed with Bette or the soft sweet, sensual love making she now had with Amy. What Jodi knew for sure was that she hated for Amy to look at her in this way. It made her feel like she had done something completely unforgivable, like there was something wrong with her. Maybe there was.