Monday 24 January 2005

Window Shopping


Jake and his new friends go on a shopping trip
The first week for Jake at his new school passed rapidly. He was doing well in all of his classes, and true to his word, refused to use hypnosis on anyone there until people stopped watching him so closely. So finally the weekend came. Jake didn’t have school, Sarah was off patrol and Jen, well Jen did whatever she wanted anyway. So the first weekend the three spent together came up that Friday at diner.

“So,” Professor said, “what does everyone plan to do this weekend?

“Well,” Jake said, “I never did get to see Yoto since I met Sarah

“Yeah, the she kind of did spoil everything,” Jen said.

Sarah simply sipped her tea. “If some people would learn to drive, they could go wherever they wished

“What!

Jake shook his head. “Will you two cut that out? You live together, so you should be friends. Or at least learn to get along together.

“No way!

“She can’t even drive!

Jake hung his head. “Great, the only thing they agree on is that they don’t agree.

Barbara laughed. “See? Just having mind controlling abilities doesn’t guarantee a happy home. You should be more careful on who you chose to permanently keep.

“Now she tells me

Jen finally stopped glaring at Sarah, “You know, we could go sightseeing around town this weekend. I did promise to show you around.

“That’d be great! I can’t wait to see Yoto.

Barbara nodded, “Finally, something normal without the Professor’s crazy influence is happening around here.

Professor looked sullen, “Barb, that hurt. A lot of my experiments go well sometimes.

“Well, I for one will just be glad to have a few days to myself and relax.

“Sorry, but you’re going to have to come in tomorrow and help out with a few experiments. I command you to

“Yes Prof.,” Barbara responded immediately. When she did, she got mad and started clearing the table. “I swear Professor, if Jake’s suggestions ever wear off, I’m going to knock a decade off of you life.” She went to the kitchen.

“Ha! No one can outsmart me, I’m a genius!” the Professor gathered more stuff and followed her.

Sarah watched, then turned to Jen and Jake, “Um, if you guys don’t mind my asking, isn’t the Professor kind of a pervert about women?” Both nodded their agreement to the woman’s question. “Then, if he has an attractive assistant like Barbara, and she must do whatever he tells her because of Jake hypnotizing her, then why does he not…you know…take advantage?

Jen laughed. “Because the genius is still an idiot


* * *


Saturday morning, Jake was ready to go. Jen came from downstairs. “Do you mind if I ask a question?” he asked

“Sure

“Why do you always wear the same outfit everyday? I know you shower, so why do you put on the same clothes. Don’t they get dirty?

“Silly, I have over a hundred copies of this outfit. I just like the colors.

“Okay

“Let’s go party!

“Hang on, she’s coming

Jen looked confused, “Who’s coming?

Just then Sarah came in from the living room. She was wearing normal clothes; sneakers, jeans, and T-shirt tied at the waist to expose her middle. When she wore her heels, she was almost as tall as Jen’s 5’9 and just shorter then Jake’s 5’10, but she now stood 5’8. “I’m ready

“Why does SHE have to come along with us?

Jake shrugged, “I thought that we could all go on a roommate bonding day. What’s wrong with that?

Jen suddenly got a wicked grin, “Oh, I see how it is. Jake needs to be able to hit on the beautiful new roommate. Silly boy, she’s a little old for you, don’t you think?

Sarah crossed her arms, “You would know, you’re ancient compared to me

Jen got very upset, “I’ll have you know that in genie years I’m about seventeen, just like Jake!

“Whatever you say, grandma

“That does it!” Jen’s eyes began flaring with magical energy. “I’m going to send you to the sun!

Jake finally had enough, “Jen I already made Sarah promise to behave, and both of you are going to get along and learn to be friends or I’ll make you

Jen glanced at Jake, “And how do you think that you can…

Jake was currently holding his pendant.

“Oh. Fine then, but she has to behave too.

Jake sighed, “I don’t care. Now we’ll just have some fun. If you two will just wait in the car, I’ll be right back.” Jake ran into the Professor’s house. He felt a tinge of regret for what he was planning to do. Barbara was really nice, and also the only person he spent a significant amount of time with that wasn’t at least a little nuts. But he thought that she could be a little nicer to the old man. So he decided to take her pride down a peg or two. Barbara was working with some chemicals by herself in the lab. “Hey Barbara, how are you doing this morning?

“Jake?” Barbara turned around. “Hey I thought you were all going to spend the day sightseeing,” she turned around and saw an orange gem dangling in front of her face. It began to glow and shimmer like a fire. It was so attractive and close to her face that within seconds it was all she could see.

“I still am,” Jake said, “I just wanted to come check on you. It must be so hard, working on the weekend. You put in such long hours Barbara, I bet you had to go to bed early. So tired, Barbara, you are feeling tired…

Barbara’s eyes saw only the fire floating in front of her. She began to feel so warm and relaxed. Jake was right, she was feeling very tired

“That’s right Barb, tired, why don’t you just shut your eyes and sleep, deep sleep now…” Barbara’s head slumped forward. “Good lab assistant. Now listen carefully. For today only, you will be a total screw up in the lab. You won’t get anything right, but this won’t worry you. Tomorrow, you’ll be back to normal, but you won’t do anything right today.

“Nothing right today…

“Yes,” Jake nodded in satisfaction. Hopefully this would make her go a little easier on the Prof. “Now, when you hear the door shut behind me, you’ll awaken. You won’t remember anything, you won’t even remember being hypnotized.

“Remember nothing…

Jake left and shut the door. Barbara snapped her head up wide-awake. “I must have spaced out for a second.” She went back to work. “Now, what exactly was I doing again?


* * *


The sightseeing was done, and now the two girls had finally managed to agree on shopping for the entire afternoon. “Alright, now what store is next?” asked Sarah

Jen looked behind them. “Jake, you’re slowing us down! Come on!

Jake was struggling behind them, his arms full of packages. “Heavy…so many…heavy things…

“Maybe I should have carried them,” Sarah thought aloud

Jen laughed, “But then Jake wouldn’t be a gentleman

Jake was breathing hard, “Can’t you…just send…these home…Jen?

“Oh, yeah. Why didn’t I think of that?” Jen waved a hand and the boxed disappeared. Unfortunately, Jake was not prepared for this and the sudden loss of weight caused him to fall hard on his rear to both girls laughing their heads off. Jake groaned. “Thanks, now EVERYTHING hurts

Sarah was still laughing while she glanced down the street. Suddenly she stopped. “I know that. It’s her!

Jake and Jen looked down the street, which was empty except for them and one other. It was a blond girl dressed in a school uniform. She was staring up at an orb, which floated just in front of her. The orb pulsed colors, changing from green, to blue then back to green. It just kept repeating those colors. After a little bit, the orb floated down a dark alley, with the girl following it. It was almost like…Jake put it together. “She was just hypnotized!

“Really?” Jen asked

“Yes, she’s at it again. Cursed demon, I’m going to go get her!” Sarah was very angry

“Get who? What’s going on?” Jen was very confused

“There’s a succubus named Dawn. She…

Jake held up a hand “Sucks a bus? What does THAT?

“No, succubus. It’s a demon very good at entrancement, and can also drain the energy of its victims to increase their own power. Since they don’t have to use the energy drain to survive, it’s deemed illegal. Dawn is a very powerful succubus who came here about a year ago. She’s so good that the only time she was ever on trial, she mesmerized the entire courtroom into forgetting about her and her crimes, and then burned the building down. She’s also wanted for countless other infractions of the civil codes. My first day, I almost had her, but she, she…

“What, did she…oh,” Jen suddenly realized what had happened.

“Yeah, I fell into a trance and she used me to help rob a bank. I was cleared, but I volunteered to be augmented so that I’d get her. My unit is devoted to almost her alone, and we’ve almost collected enough evidence to put her away in a maximum facility. We just need a few more weeks. But if she catches one of us, she might learn of our plan and destroy all that we’ve worked for.

“So Dawn needs to be caught,” Jake surmised.

“Yes, but I have to go stop her!

“Wait,” Jake grabbed Sarah, “You just said you couldn’t risk tipping her off. What if she hypnotizes you again and finds out about your unit?

“But she’ll drain that little girl. It’s too dangerous for you Jake, and the power she might get from draining Jen makes her a liability to send. I have to go!

“Does it hurt when she drains you?” Jen asked, looking at the alley worried.

“No, it just knocks you out for a couple of hours.

Jake shook his head. “Then you can’t go. You could ruin all that you’ve worked for.

Sarah looked ready to shake off Jake’s hand from her arm. “NO! No more people will be her pawns!” Jake sighed. His hand began to give a slight glow. “I’m going…to…stop…oh…feels so good…Jake, I…” Sarah turned to Jake. Her eyes were now golden and she stared lovingly at him.

“I’m really sorry Sarah, but you can’t stop her and risk losing everything

“Yes Jake

“I’m going to have to ask that you forget you saw any sign of Dawn

“I’ll forget seeing the orb. Dawn was never here,” Sarah snuggled up next to Jake and gave him a hug. “I love you so much Jake. What can I do for you?

Jen shook her head. “I hope that she’d understand. How long are you going to keep Sarah under?

“Just a little while, until we’re far away from here. And don’t mention anything about Dawn when I bring her out of it. She’ll figure it out if we reveal more than the local news.” Jake led the hypnotized Sarah away from the alley, with Jen in tow.


* * *


Dawn stood in the alley. She’d sent an orb to find a victim for her to drain, since it had been a couple of days. Not that she couldn’t attract attention herself. She was gorgeous. She had thick, dark red hair to her shoulders and extremely dark brown eyes, the kind that people literally found themselves falling into. She was dressed in jet black high-heeled knee high boots, with a black body suit that had no straps, so a good view of her cleavage could be seen. Her little demon’s tail pocked out from the body suit, and it could be just as hypnotic as her eyes when necessary. She was tall and brought up to almost six feet with her boots on. She loved being up close and personal with her playthings, but sometimes a more toned down approach was appropriate. (And speaking of which) She noticed her orb had returned a zombie like schoolgirl walking after it. She was cute, long blond hair. Dawn couldn’t tell her eye color, since they were currently mimicking the pulsing orb. The girl had a wonderful smile on her face though; reminiscent of the countless others Dawn had hypnotized. She touched the orb and made it vanish, the girl still standing there in a deep trance. Dawn began to hover in mid air, the anticipation starting to become apparent. “Hello little one,” she smiled. The girl just stared at Dawn. “Why don’t we make you more comfortable?” Dawn floated over to the girl “Relax,” she whispered, and placed a single finger under her chin. Effortlessly, Dawn lifted her prey up into the air, the girl still totally relaxed and unafraid. Dawn wrapped her legs around the girl’s waist and held her in mid air, leaving her hands free to place on either side of the students’ face. “That’s right, everything is fine. You want me to help myself to all your wonderful energy.” The girl just stared at Dawn’s face, looking at her only because the demon was speaking. Dawn used her right hand to touch the girl’s forehead, and slowly pulled it away. The girl’s energy began to visibly drain, into the palm of Dawn’s right hand where it formed into another orb.

“Ugh, Ah…” the process wasn’t painful but definitely felt weird, the girl trying to struggle for the first time since her eyes had seen the orb.

Dawn began stroking the back of the girl’s head with her other hand, speaking in a soothing voice, “No, just relax. Everything is so wonderful, nothing is wrong, you’re just going to feel a little tired…” It worked, the girl soon quieting down and just continuing to smile vacantly. The schoolgirl’s chest began heaving slowly as she slowed her breathing, and her eyes began to close. Finally, Dawn had all the energy she could drain and stopped the flow of energy from girl to orb, and absorbed the orb. The girl went limp, no longer connected to her stolen energy. Dawn raised the girl’s head. Her eyes were still pulsing with colors, but they were almost shut, the loss of so much energy nearly exhausting her. “Sleep, deep sleep.” Dawn spoke while kissing her victim’s forehead. She let go, and the girl dropped to her knees, then fell to her side in a deep hypnotic slumber. Dawn floated down. “AH, so wonderful. That was a real pick me up.” Dawn was just about to leave when she sensed something. A specific form of energy she knew of because she used it on a daily basis. Hypnotic energy was being used somewhere. She had never sensed this particular individual’s either, but it was strong. She concentrated; some one nearby was manipulating emotions. She was about to go to it when it vanished. Dawn couldn’t believe her good luck. Certain types of beings had much stronger energy, making her even more powerful after taking some. Hypnotic energy was rare and strong; her powers would be even better afterwords. She could already entrance a small room, but if she absorbed this energy just once an entire building could be hypnotized and then preyed on. She floated into the air. “Not today, but soon you’ll use your powers again. Then I’ll find you…” she vowed, then headed for home at the outskirts of the city.


* * *


Barbara stood confused in the lab. “Now how on earth did I forget what those chemicals did?

The Professor ran by, his pants on fire. “Yaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

Barbara was still thinking, “I’m sure I’ve done this a million times. This is the third experiment I’ve ruined today. What’s wrong with me?

The Professor ran by again, his pants and lab coat on fire. “Yaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!

“Prof.! Quit clowning around! Stop, drop, and, um,… what was that last part?

“Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” Now the Professor was totally on fire.


* * *


The trio continued on. Sarah was still in love with Jake, and kept asking what she could do to make him happy. Jen finally had enough, “Let’s just get her home so that you can uncharm her. It’s really getting old.

Jake nodded, “Yeah, it’s getting close to diner time anyway so let’s head home…” Jake stopped in his tracks at the window of one store. He was so sudden that even Sarah took a couple more steps before noticing. Jake was unable to look away from the window and could say only one thing. “Yowza!

They had stopped right in front of a bathing suit store. The window Jake couldn’t stop looking at had posters and display models in very sexy suits. What was scandalous in Jake’s world appeared to be the norm here, as many were low cut and skimpy in ways he couldn’t imagine.

Jen followed Jake’s gaze. “It’s a bikini store. So?

Jake got teary eye. “It’s just so beautiful!

Jen shrugged, “Seen one, seen them all. Come on, I thought we were going home.

Sarah looked too. “I need a new suit. Would my handsome little Jake want to help me pick up a new suit?

Jen looked to Sarah. “Look, I know you’re hypnotized to be desperately in love with him, but Jake is a very moral guy and if you think that I’m going in there…

Jake nodded enthusiastically. “Let’s go!

“Jake! She’s not thinking straight!

“What? SHE offered!

“She’s hypnotized! People in love will do anything to please others!

“Come on Jen, just five minutes okay?

“No,” Jen turned around and crossed her arms.

“Please?

“No!

Jake nudged the small of her back, then placed his hand there, “Come on Jen, you know you’ll like it. You’re practically dressed like that anyway.

“This is traditional genie attire, and furthermore…” Jen started to feel funny. She couldn’t see that the hand Jake was touching her with was glowing. Jen’s eyes turned gold, “Oh, so nice…” She turned around and looked adoringly at Jake. “What can I do for you, sweetie?” Jake motioned toward the store and both lovelies went inside.

The only employee in the store was, of course, a hot woman with very short blue hair and soft brown eyes. She was almost ready to close up when she saw two girls enter the shop. Both were gorgeous and looked eager to buy. “Hello! You ladies just caught me. Feel free to try anything on, dressing rooms are in the back.” Both girls walked by, and the woman noticed that they both had the same gold eyes. (Must be related) A young man walked in behind them. “Hello sir! Friends of your?

“Yes, among other things,” Jake cheerfully responded. Before the sales woman could say anything else, she noticed Jake’s eyes were shining. She felt drawn to them, as if they were the most beautiful things she had ever seen. She felt like she was falling forever in those eyes. Her eyes went blank and she relaxed. Jake waved his hand in front of her face and she didn’t react. “What’s your name?

“Mary” the entranced girl replied

Jake decided to have a little fun. “Mary, you can call me master for the duration of my stay. Please lock the door and close the front, so that no one will disturb us.” Mary moved to obey as Jake went and sat down. Jen and Sarah were already trying on new suits when Mary came back.

“What next master?

“You’re cute. Could you lose the shirt for me?” Without hesitation Mary stripped off her shirt, revealing her bra. “Nice, why don’t you come here and give me a kiss?” Mary sat on Jake’s lap and began making out with him. Jake enjoyed not only this, but the floorshow as both of his friends began modeling every suit in the store. After about thirty minutes, Mary was massaging his shoulders while Jake looked over his choices. Jen was in an extremely skimpy light blue bikini, while Sarah wore a dark blue one piece that was very low cut in the chest and back. “You both love your new suits so much. After you change back, Jen will transport them back home, and you’ll both remember buying them, but not the show you just put on.

“Yes, darling

“Whatever you say sweet heart

Jake stood up and then walked over to them. He turned both beauties' heads to face each other. “Also, I’m very tired of your constant fighting for no reason. See how nice you both are? From now on you are going to be good friends. You love each other and will get along nicely.” Both girls nodded. “Yes, your new best friend is so wonderful, you both feel so lucky to have each other. Show me how much you care for your friend.” Sarah walked up to Jen, wrapping her arms around the taller girls’ neck. Jake just expected them to hug and was very surprised when they started a deep, passionate kiss. (WHOA! Must be in deeper trances than I thought) The girls finally broke off and stared lovingly at Jake. “Very good, now go and change back

As both girls went to change back, Jake went to Mary and looked at her eyes again. His flashed only once, but it was enough to put Mary even further under his power. “You enjoyed our business so much that you want to give me a special discount. Their suits are free, and you’ll give me half your profit for today

“Yes master, you may have as much money as you wish,” Mary went to the register and got the money. Jake pocketed it. “Now, when you hear the door close, you’ll awaken and remember nothing. And make sure you doctor the records so that it looks like you only made half as much money as you really did.

“Yes, master.

Jake gave her one last kiss. “Sleep Mary, deep sleep,” The woman sighed and shut her eyes, just standing there in hypnotic slumber. The girls came back and they left. Once the door clicked shut Mary opened her eyes, oblivious to what had happened. “Wow! I’m really running late today!” Mary went to check the records and finish closing up.


* * *


All three enjoyed the walk home, more so since Jake woke them up and adjusted their memories. As they neared the door, they heard a noise. “What’s that?” Sarah asked.

“Must be Barbara. I kind of made it to where she won’t do anything right today, so that she’d go easier on the Prof.

Jen looked horrified. “You shouldn’t have done that

“Why not?

“Because she was what kept him in check during the experiments. With her a screw up…

“Relax, what could happen?

The front door smashed open and a tall, ten-foot silver robot carrying a VERY big laser rifle walked in plain sight. “At long last, ROBOZOID shall conquer all!!!” it proclaimed before taking to the air and firing widely as it went.

All three stared open mouth at what they had just witnessed. The Professor came running out the door and started waving his arms wildly. “Wait, come back! You’re not finished yet, and they’ll take away my license for building weapons that can take over the world! How did this happen? Barbara’s never done the wrong programming before…” He finally noticed them standing there. “Oh, um, hi. If anyone asks, you didn’t see that!” The Professor than ran to his car and began driving after his creation.

Both girls looked at Jake, who looked extremely embarrassed and tried to laugh it off. “Oops. Well, I’m hungry! How about we all go out to diner? My treat, I heard about this great place downtown

Just then multiple explosions rocked downtown. “Maybe uptown,” Sarah said.

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