Xy Chromosome

XY Chromosome

Chapter twenty-five: A Date in Tartarus part 3

Shaking my head and allowing my vision to clear, I tried to move but I felt myself being strained. I wasn’t back inside a sarcophagus, but as I turned my head I noticed that I was stuck in some sort of sticky string. “What is this?” I gave my arm a jerk and freed it from the substance.

“Daniel!” I heard Crimson yell.

“Crimson, where are you!?” I replied back.

“Up here!”

Shifting my eyes upward,  I saw Crimson dangling from the ceiling. The same sticky stuff I had been caught in was completely wrapped around her body except for her head. She almost looked like a pupa. “Don’t worry, I’ll get you down!” I strained to get my other arm free.

“No you won’t.” Another feminine voice was heard.

Shifting my head to the direction of who said that, my eyes widened in terror as two giant, bug-like legs came into view. What I saw after completely baffled me as what approached was an upper torso of a young, dark-purple pony connected to the body of a giant, white spider whose abdomen looked like it was swollen because of how huge it was. Her mane was the silver white just like Crimson’s usual form, and because of her abdomen she did not have a tail.

“She’s an arachnipony, Daniel!” I heard Crimson say.

“That’s an arachnipony?” I gulped as the creature leered over me like a predator.

“I was about to start spinning more webs outside of here, but apparently this time my prey came to me.” She chuckled with her sharp, toothy smile. “I knew toppling those pillars would pay off.”

I know it wasn’t the time to stare, but man did she have a great rack as I noticed her large breasts while she hovered above. “Sexual prey?” I questioned, trying to improvise. “Do I really want to get it on with a bug?”

“No, prey as in food.” She blushed, noticing that I was staring at her chest. “But…, now that you mention it, I’m yet to start my nest."

“You’re nest?” I asked.

“Yes, you’re looking at a royal arachnipony.”

“You’re a queen!?” Crimson shouted, trying to free herself.

“I am.” She began walking on her webs leading up towards Crimson, which I found to be slightly amusing because they both were upside down. “Now, what might a cute little vampony like yourself be doing down her.” She dragged her hand across Crimson’s cheek.

“We were trying to leave the crypt?” I answered.

“What were your intentions down here in the first place?”

“Why do you care?” Crimson spat.

“Because vampony, I like to know a little about my prey before liquefying their insides.”

“Try it.” She hissed.

“Oooh, I love it when they act tough.” The arachnipony purred, opening her mouth to bite at Crimson’s face.

“Wait!” I hollered.

“Yes?” She turned her head with a smile.

“Can we bargain?” I hesitantly asked.

“Bargain, what do you have to offer?” She spun a thick string of silk back to the floor, where she again approached me.

“What if…what if I were to give you someone better than us?”

“Someone better?” She raised an eyebrow. “Like who?”

“A stallion…, and not just an ordinary one either.”

“What makes this stallion more valuable than the two of you?”

“He’s the leader of all the vamponies.”

“Count Blood Bone.?” She growled.

“Yeah, y’know him?”

“Know him!? He’s the reason why I’m down here. He, and a bunch of other vamponies destroyed my previous home, killing my mother in the process!” She hissed.

“I’m sorry to hear that.”

“You should be, you vamponies have been destroying our nests just to plunder them for our silk.”

“I’m not a vampony.” “Then would you consider my offer?” I raised my brow.

“Hmmrph, if you can bring him back here, then yes, I’ll spare you both.”

“Both, but wouldn’t one of us have to go get him?”

“That is true, and that’s why you’re going to bring him here while I hold on to your friend.” She smirked up at Crimson, whom was trying to shake herself free. “Also, since you probably won’t come back you will only have so much time before I turn her into nothing more but an empty husk.”

“How much time?”

“That’s up to you, if you’re eager to get her back you’ll return with the count as soon as possible.”

“…Deal.” I nodded after a brief moment of thinking. “Any more conditions?”

“One more…” She cut me free from the web with her spider legs. “Return alone with Blood Bone, or she will be met with the same fate I stated previously.”

“Understood, thanks…uhhh…what’s your name?”

“You have no reason to thank me yet, as for my name I don’t have one.”

“Hmm…” I looked around the surrounding chamber I landed in, and all that could be seen were spider webs, some of them looking extravagant. “How about Charlotte?” I shrugged. “I don’t see any words in your webs, but they do look pretty, some at least.”

“Move your ass Daniel, Lady Nightmare needs you!” Crimson shouted at me.

Looking up at the ceiling, I saw the large hole Crimson and I fell through. “How am I supposed to get out?”

“Grab my hand.” The arachnipony ordered.

Taking her hand, she gripped mine tightly and began walking up the wall towards the hole. She let me go once we reached the top before heading back down.

“I take that back, I actually have another condition.”

“What?”

“Bring him back alive.” She stated before disappearing down the hole.

Nodding, I quickly dashed on through the torch lit crypt, hoping Nightmare was okay.

-

Third person back in the Crimson clan’s town:

“Did he really?”

“I don’t have any evidence, and they’re too weak to speak either.” Red Moon was conversing with another vampony. “But it was his cellar I found the missing thralls in.”

“Why would Count Blood Bone steal thralls? Even so, how’d you find them?”

“Crimson Mist told me she heard moaning in his cellar. It doesn’t make any sense to me why she would be over at his house snooping around, but any who she looked like she was in a hurry to get out of town.”

“It sounds most peculiar, but w-…wait, isn’t that Lady Nightmare’s stallion.” The vampony pointed at the human, whom was heaving from all the running.

-

“Y-you two.” I pointed at the two mares staring at me.

“Yes?” They both flowery replied.

“Where’s C-Crimson Haze?” I heaved.

“She’s at the town hall with the other clan leaders.”

“Thanks.” I ran, or walked as fast as I could to the town hall.

-

Third person:

“This is my first time having an alicorn, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.” Blood Bone set Nightmare in a bent position over his bed. Dispersing his cloak, which was the only apparel covering him, he began to jerk off until his dick was nice and firm. “Let’s see how long it takes before you call me master.” He said lecherously to the barely conscious alicorn.

-

“Crimson Haze!” I burst the doors open to the town hall, getting everyone’s attention inside.

“By Lady Nightmare, you look terrible.” Crimson Haze stated, bemused at my ruffled hair and the several strands of web connected to my clothing.

“Where’s Blood Bone’s house!?”

“You mean his temporary residence? It’s the larger house behind the thicket of dead trees. Why do you ask.”

“Nightmare’s in trouble!”

“WHAT!!?” All the clan leaders shouted simultaneously, standing from their seats ready to take action.

“I think Blood Bone is going to do something terrible to her.”

“Count Blood Bone, why would he try to harm her?” One of the other clan leaders asked.

“Because Crimson Mist told me she over heard him saying that he was going to rape her!” I lied the last part, not wanting to waste anymore time.

All at once their eyes flashed red, huge bat wings sprouted behind them, and before me all their coats turned to a pale white, and their manes turned black with red streaks, just like the first time I saw Crimson. “You better not be lying!” Crimson Haze warned, pointing a sharp nailed finger at me.

Still heaving, I watched as they all dispersed from the town hall as fast as they could before heading north of town where they all disappeared from my line of sight. “Oh God, I hope Crimson was telling the truth.” I again went as fast as I could in the direction they all ran off.

-

Third person:

Just about as Count Blood Bone’s member was going to enter Nightmare’s marehood, the door to his chamber was knocked off its hinges, and a swarm of angry, bloodthirsty, vampony mares flooded the room he was in.

A few gasped at the sight they saw, but in their minds they all wanted to kill the vampony stallion.

“WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!!?” Crimson Haze hissed.

“Now, now, let’s not jump to conclusions.” Blood Bone said nervously, shocked at how every clan leader managed to find out what was going on.

“GET HIM!!!” The leader of the Moonlight clan yelled.

-

“Jesus Christ!” I eventually found the residence Count Blood Bone was held up in, only to see him fly out the top window and hit face first against the ground.

I watched as the clan leaders flew out of the same window and land next to him. What happened next was probably the art of kicking at its finest as they stood him up, and one after the other they round-housed him to each other.

Quickly making my way through Blood Bone’s residence, I found Nightmare on the second story bent over a bed. “Nightmare.” I whispered as I approached.

She didn’t reply, but she had a pulse in her neck as I felt around to make sure it wasn’t the worst of cases. Flipping her over on her back, I raised her legs onto the bed and straightened her out so it looked like she was sleeping. “Crimson.” I reminded myself once I felt like Nightmare was comfortable. Knowing the clan leaders wouldn’t leave her, I headed back down the stairs and out of the house to see Crimson Haze having her turn in kicking the crap out of the count. “Stop!” I shouted, catching their attention.

“Why!?” Crimson Haze growled.

“I need him alive.”

“He was going to violate our lady, he deserves to die, even if he was our leader!”

“I need him to get your daughter back!”

“What?” Crimson Haze froze as she stared me dumbstruck. “Where is she!?” She demanded.

“She’s in the crypt outside of town.”

“Why is she down there?”

“Because that’s where Blood Bone’s thralls took me after I was knocked out by them.”

“And she rescued you?” Crimson Haze assumed.

“Yes, but listen, I need him alive so I can make an exchange for her.”

“Who's holding her captive…, TELL ME!?” She shouted, grabbing me by the shirt.

“An arachnipony queen.” I replied, feeling her grip loosen.

“An arachnipony has her.” Crimson Haze’s voice began to sound fearful. “How did this happen, and how did you get out?”

“I made a deal with her when Crimson and I were captive. She said she would let your daughter go if I brought Count Blood Bone back alive.”

“There’s no need, even if she’s a queen she won’t stand a chance against all of us.” She referred to the other clan leaders.

“That’s just it, there were some conditions she made other than just bringing him back alive.”

“What were they?”

“I have to return with him alone, and I only so much to time to go back before…she kills her.”

“How much time?”

“I don’t know, all she said was that if I was eager to get her back I would return with him as fast as I could.”

“So she could be dead right now?” Her voice trembled.

“No, I’m not saying that, I’m pretty sure she’s alive, but we’re wasting time. I need to get back to the crypt as soon as possible.”

I could see the fierceness in Crimson Haze’s eyes as she stared at me, huffing. “Tie up the count and gag him.” Crimson ordered.

“Since when did you become in charge?” The Moonlight clan leader snobbishly questioned.

“I’M NOT GOING TO LOSE MY DAUGHTER, YOU ALREADY TOOK AWAY MY HUSBAND!!!” Crimson Haze screamed at her. “Now get some bucking chains!” She ordered.

The Moonlight clan leader did as she said out of fear, for I didn’t think Crimson Haze could look so scary with her death glare.

She returned shortly after she left with several lengths of chain Crimson Haze took, and wrapped around the bruised and bloodied count before gagging him with what was left over. “I’ll go to the crypt entrance with you.” Crimson said as she finished gagging Blood Bone.

“But I have to go alone.”

“I said entrance, foal.” She snorted. “I’ll drag the count there, and you’ll take him inside and get my daughter back. It’ll save time.”

“O-okay.” I nodded in agreement, watching her grab one of the chain lengths wrapped around the count’s feet.

Taking off without me, I felt something in my pocket and pulled out the small brass I key I found in the sarcophagus. “I’ve been wondering what happened to you.” I said to the inanimate piece of metal.

-

I was out of breath before I even arrived at town to tell them what was going on, so returning to crypt right after was like running a marathon.

“About time you showed up.” Crimson Haze had returned to her normal self as she stood by the entrance of the cyrpt, and at her feet was Blood Bone struggling to free himself.

“S-sorry, but I-I’m not va-vampony.” I placed my hands on my knees and heaved some more.

She sighed before kicking Blood Bone over to me, where I gripped the chain by his feet with both hands, but even then he was difficult to drag considering I was nearly out of it. “Please save her.” Crimson Haze said as I entered the crypt.

“I will.” I gave a half empty promise.

-

It took almost two hours, but I eventually made it to the hole Crimson Mist and I fell through. Luckily no undead stood in my way, but the count however made things difficult with his constant squirming, which cost me more time than needed. “Crimson!” I yelled down the whole, but only to hear my echo. “Crimson Mist!” I yelled again. Again there was no reply, but immediately after my echo disappeared several giant spider legs emerged from the hole hoisting up the queen arachnipony.

“You’ve returned.” She stated somewhat surprised.

“Yes, now where’s Crimson, I’m not giving him to you unless she’s alive.”

“Listen to yourself.” She laughed. “How about I say she is dead, what then? Do you honestly think you’ll get away with him?”

“Is she alive or not!?” I demanded to know.

“She’s fine.” The queen rolled her eyes as she retreated back down the hole. Not long after, she came back out of the hole with Crimson Mist in her arms. “She has quite the potty mouth.” She stated as I noticed Crimson’s mouth was sealed over with webbing.

I stripped the webbing away from Crimson’s mouth, and heard her gasp.

“You eight legged cow, I'll bucking kill you next time I come down here!” Crimson Mist venomously shouted at her.

“Told you she has a potty mouth.” The queen arachnipony grabbed Blood Bone.

“Wait, you still have my scythe!”

“I agreed to release you, so you should be thankful for that. As for your scythe it’ll come in handy for when I need to get rid of cobwebs.

“Give it back you bitch!”

“Anyway, I want to thank you both for amusing me, it’s been fun.” She began her final descent down the hole.

“Let’s go Crimson.” I picked her up and held her bridal style. I couldn’t tear away at the silk encasing the rest of her body, it was too thick.

“No, I’m not leaving until I get my scythe back.”

“Listen, I’m just thankful you’re not dead, and I rather not piss her off.” I began my walk back to the surface.

“I’ve had it since I was eight, and I’m not going to let her ta-”

“Crimson! My nostrils flared. “I was bitten, brought to Tartarus, bitten two more times, knocked out to find myself in a sarcophagus, shot at by a skeleton, and was nearly eaten alive by a spider! I’ve been through a lot today, and I would like to end it pleasantly.” I finished. After saying that Crimson Mist stopped her whining about her scythe, and reverted back to her original form. As for me I was ready to fall onto a bed and just be out like a light.

Before I went back up the first flight of stairs, I stopped by the sarcophagus where the old vampony was still sleeping, and took the box beneath her feet. I don't know why, but I just felt like I needed it as I set it on top of Crimson.  “Soft.” I mentally commented on mature vamony’s bosom, wanting to give them a squeeze, but I shook that perverse thought out of my head and walked on.

-

I made it out of the crypt unscathed, and the second Crimson Haze caught site of us she ran up to me and took her daughter from my arms. I hadn’t noticed before, but Crimson Haze wore a ring with a small blade attached to it. Using the blade on the ring, she cut the webbing in one quick slice before hugging her daughter. “Oh thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.“ She repeated, kissing Crimson Mist on the cheek.

“Yes, yes, thank the big man above.” I said.

“Is Lady Nightmare okay?” Crimson Mist asked.

“She’s okay.” I replied, walking back towards the direction of town.

-

Third person:

“Charlotte…I like that name.” The queen arachnipony thought to herself as she stood over the trembling vampony stallion. “I might not look familiar to you Count Blood Bone, but I assure you that we’ve been engaged (not marriage engaged) before. You took my most valuable possessions away from me; my mother, and my home. To be honest I don’t doubt vamponies will come looking for me since I released…what was her name…Crimson. So, I’m going to make your usefulness to me short.” She licked her lips as she cut the chains with the scythe.

-

My way back to the Crimson clan’s town was quiet, but Crimson Mist and her mother conversed with each other non-stop, mostly it was about getting Crimson Mist a new scythe.

When we arrived back at the town, there was a crowd of vamponies in front of, or Blood Bone’s previous residence. Pushing my way through the crowd, though a few times I had to smack a hand for a vampony to let go of me, I made it inside and went to the second floor to see Nightmare in the same position I left her in. I set the door back on its hinges and watched Nightmare for a few moments before kissing her on the head.

There was a knock on the door I just set back in position, and when opening it I saw Crimson Mist and her mother along with a line of vamponies behind them.

“How’s she doing?” Crimson Haze asked.

“She’ll be okay.” I again gave a half emptied promise and heard them all sigh in relief. “I’m going to stay in here an watch her if you don’t mind.” I stated.

Crimson Haze nodded, and she, her daughter, and the rest of the vamponies turned around and exited the house leaving me alone with Nightmare.

Taking a seat in a comfortable chair within the same room, I watched her still, peaceful body till I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.