Everyone ready to stop those demons?

(Mike howls angrily.)

(Peter says nothing.)

Micky: Definitely. :P

Davy: Ready.

(We open in Belavarg's private office. He drags Mike in, followed by Peter, just as Stella arrives with Alex and her Valerie and Zelda dolls.)

Stella: Damn it! Damn those stupid women! (Squeals) The stupid wives of those stupid Guardians released all my new energy slaves!

Belavarg: That is unfortunate, Stella, dear.

Stella: However, I did bring a few more toys for your collection. (She hands Belavarg the "dolls") The sweetheart of Sheila's boy and the Aristocrat. You wanted the Aristocrat, didn't you?

Belavarg: Yes, I certainly did. Very good.

Stella: And I may have lost my slaves, but I still have choice of the house. (Goes to Mike to stroke his head) How's our puppy behaving? (He snaps at her; she jumps back) Bad dog!

*Alex advances quickly on Mike and yanks on his leash.*

Stella: (She grins at Alex, waving her hand; a purple beam of light hits him) Would you like to teach our puppy a lesson, my slave?

*Alex nods.*

(Mike growls and steps back, trying to tear the collar off with his teeth, but he can't reach it.)

(Stella waves her hands at Alex, making him jerk the leash harder, almost knocking Mike off his feet.)

(Mike growls and lunges for Alex, baring his teeth and trying to claw his face.)

*Alex jerks the leash again. This time, Mike IS knocked off his feet.*

(Mike lands on the floor with a thud. Stella's grin turns nasty as she pushes her hand down. Alex lands on top of Mike, holding him down even as he struggles, his teeth gnashing and biting.)

(Stella raises her hand again. A heavy contraption appears in Alex's hands. It looks something like a very large metal-and-leather muzzle and heavy cord.)

*Alex puts the muzzle-like object over Mike's mouth, then binds his arms and legs with the cord.*

(Mike tries to bite Alex, but he tightens the strap between his teeth. He whines angrily and tries to struggle.)

Stella: Good. Very good. (She waves her hands around Mike; he howls) That'll confuse his senses enough to make him worthless as a prize... (smirks again) until I need him to find me good energy specimens, of course. (Turns to Alex) Now for you...

(Stella waves a ball of purple energy over Alex. The sheets from the bed wrap around Alex, binding him as effectively as Mike.)

Belavarg: Very nice, Stella.

Stella: Thank you. (She creates another purple ball. A another muzzle-like contraption appears. Stella wraps it around Alex's head) There. (She runs her fingers down his chest.) You're as much my pet as he is. (She runs her fingers across his...family jewels. There's a purple light over him.)

*A noise that could be a moan comes from Alex.*

Stella: Yes, I restored...that part. I want to have some fun with you. (She pulls a bit of silk sheet from the bed and runs it over his back and buttocks.)

*Alex 'moans' again.*

Stella: You're enjoying this. So am I. (She runs her hands over his buttocks, squeezing them lightly.) You have really nice buns.

*Alex 'moans' again.*

Stella: Ahh, you think so, too. (She drags the silk slowly down his legs and to his feet. She unties his sneakers and pulls off his socks and runs the silk up and down over his feet and between his toes.)

*Now, Alex seems to 'laugh.'*

Stella: (Giggles) Oooh, this is fun! (She runs the silk up and down his feet and lower legs)

*Alex 'laughs' again.*

Stella: You're really enjoying this. So am I. (She makes a ball of purple energy appear. When it subsides, a soft brush appears in her hand.) Now, how does this feel? (She runs it up and down his chest and family jewels, laughing as she does.)

*Alex shudders, 'moaning' again.*

(She runs the brush around his "family jewels," over and over, moaning in delight as she does.)

*Alex gives a long and low moan, for real this time.*

Stella: I'm so loving this. (She continues to brush his "manly parts"... a little harder, a little slower.)

*Alex is moaning continuously now and wriggling in delight.*

Stella: Now now, hold still. (She tightens the silk around him. She then runs the brush very slowly and hard around his nipples) You're my slave now. You'll give me energy and keep me amused.

*Alex gasps between moans.*

Stella: (Runs them harder) I'm truly loving this. You're much better than Belavarg ever was.

*Alex wriggles again, gasping for air. He can't take much more!*

(Stella pushes the brush as hard as she can against his nipples...then runs it all the way down, as slowly and torturously as she can.)

*Alex whimpers...*

Stella: (Strokes Alex's head) Did you like that? I think you did.

*Alex whines a little.*

(Mike looks up and tries to growl again. Belavarg goes over to him and smacks him across his face. Stella frowns.)

Stella: What did you do that to my puppy for? I wanted him next!

Belavarg: Because he's still being a bad boy! Can't you teach him how to follow orders?

Stella: I will, but not like that! I have my own methods of persuasion. (She tickles Alex on his nipples again)

Belavarg: Why don't you just climb on him again? He looks about ready to explode.

Stella: Oh, I'll do that, but I don't want you abusing the one I'm gonna do next.

Belavarg: I won't, as long as he behaves himself. He wasn't just now.

Stella: I don't know why I'm not controlling him like I did before. I must not have enough energy.

Belavarg: Or perhaps you're just slipping.

Stella: I'm slipping because I still don't have enough energy! Look at me! (She shows her hands) I'm starting to look like I'm in my 30s, even after what I just did with my slave!

Belavarg: That certainly isn't MY problem.

Stella: You promised to help keep me supplied with energy! You use it too! (Thinks) Your energy... (She eyes Belavarg, a small smirk slowly spreading across her face)

Belavarg: Why are you looking at me like that?

Stella: You know, you're a man. You have energy and powers...lots of them...

Belavarg: *Eyes narrow* You wouldn't dare...

Stella: (She slowly, slinkily moves closer to him) I could use the energy of a big lug like you, and a demon to boot. Wonder what kind of powers you'd give me?

Belavarg: You are not going to find out.

Stella: Who says? I'm pretty powerful now. You saw what I did to Alex. (Her grin becomes almost feral) I might be more powerful than even you.

Belavarg: I highly doubt that.

Stella: Oh? Would you like to see a display?

(There's a series of blue lights just as Stella begins to create a purple energy ball. When it subsides, Emma, Lauren, Daphne, Micky, and Davy appear.)

Stella: (Turns around quickly, still creating her energy ball) YOU!

Emma: Yeah, us. (Immediately goes to Mike's side) Oh honey... (Runs her fingers over the muzzle; he whimpers) I'll help you. (Turns to the others) Someone's going to have to do something for Peter and Val.

*Sheila suddenly appears next to Belavarg in a puff of smoke.*

Emma: Oh, this is getting ridiculous.

Sheila: Them?

Belavarg: Why don't you show them what you can do, Sheila, dear?

Sheila: Certainly. (She concentrates, making black energy appear. When it subsides, Micky and Davy are now attached to the wall behind them with black bands. She concentrates on Lauren and Daphne. Two stuffed bears, one black with a pink ribbon, one red with a purple ribbon, appear on the bed.)

Emma: SHIT! You WITCH! (She goes to attack Sheila...but Sheila hits her hard and knocks her across the room.)

Stella: (Turns to Belavarg, still holding the energy) What did you do to her?

Micky: *Struggles* LET US DOWN!

Belavarg: Merely helped her out a little.

Stella: (Grins) I'll have fun with you two in a minute.

Emma: (She makes her way onto her elbows as Sheila, Stella, and Belavarg make their way across the room to her; Mike watches angrily, trying to struggle) You know, Stella...there's more to life than screwing men and taking energy. There's really living. Even Sheila lives more than you.

Stella: What do you know about living? Have you been around for 300 years?

Sheila: She doesn't. (She starts to concentrate again, but Emma throws herself against her, finally knocking her to the floor)

Emma: Damn it, Sheila! You're not his whore! (Grins nastily) You're everyone else's whore. Except Mike's.

Sheila: I'm no WHORE! I'm a DEVIL! (Growls and jumps up, turning to Belavarg) And I don't appreciate being used by YOU! (Looks at Emma, narrowing her eyes) You just knocked some sense into me. I knew he was controlling me, but that bump on my head reminded me that I hate that oversized demon lout.

Emma: Um, thanks.

Belavarg: That's quite unfortunate, Sheila.

Sheila: Unfortunate? I could have you castrated, you...you...bastard! (She attacks Belavarg, creating a black force of dark energy that smacks him as easily as a hit in the gut.)

*Belavarg goes sailing and slams into the wall. He slumps to the floor.*

Stella: Thank you. That'll make this easier. (She prepares another energy ball.)

Emma: (She grabs Micky's dagger from his belt scabbard and slices away at their bonds, finally freeing Micky) You two restore the girls and Peter and Val. I'm going to restore Mike and take on Stella, before she hurts something much worse than Sheila.

Micky: Sure thing. *He and Davy go to the others.*

Sheila: Oh, this is getting very much out of hand. (She concentrates. There's a black light around Alex and Zelda. When it subsides, Zelda is sitting on the now sheet-less bed and Alex lays on the floor, his normal color and without the sheets...and his shoes.)

Zelda: Oh, man, I've never been so happy to be human! *Stares at Alex* Alex! *Scrambles off the bed, half falling, and goes to Alex*

Sheila: Get him on his feet. I think Stella's gone bloomin...whoa! (Ducks Stella's purple energy ball)

Stella: Damn! I missed Belavarg! (She looks around the room, her eyes gleaming) So...much...energy....

Mike: (There's a blue light around him; when it subsides, he's sitting in Emma's arms) Oh baby...I just couldn't be a good dog this time...I knew it wasn't right...

Emma: (She gives Mike a big, fast kiss) Stella's gone crazy, baby.

*Zelda helps Alex sit up, just in time to dodge their own energy ball from Stella.*

Emma: Whatever Stella did to you must have been weaker the second time ar...yikes! (She pulls Mike away from another energy ball blast)

Mike: What the hell got into her? I ain't never seen her shootin' her own purple bullets!

*Micky and Davy return with the others. The whole group ducks another energy ball.*

Micky: Hey, watch those fireballs, lady!

Peter: (He falls into Valerie's arms) Oh Val, I didn't want Stella to hurt me like that, but she shot some kind of purple ball... (Valerie shoves him away from another energy ball)

Valerie: Like that one?

Peter: Oh my...oh god, what's happened to her?

Emma: I think Alex's energy blew her mind. Literally.

Mike: Someone's gotta stop that chick!

Micky: How?

*Suddenly, there's a poof of black smoke around Stella. The black smoke slowly begins to turn purple. Belavarg appears, advancing on Stella and the smoke. When he reaches her, the smoke has cleared, revealing her to have aged to an old hag.*

Stella: (Looks at herself; her voice is high, thin, and crackly) Oh my....oh god....what happened? My energy...

Sheila: (Turns to Belavarg) Nice trick.

Emma: (She and Mike stand and make their weapons appear) Belavarg. What did you do?

Belavarg: That's my little trick. We'll just call it a precautionary measure.

Stella: He took...my energy... (She shrieks) Give it back! I need it! I need it to be young and beautiful...I need my energy...

Belavarg: No! You've been a VERY bad witch.

Emma: Speaking of precautionary measures, (she goes over to Belavarg, her stick raised) You release all of those slaves you and Stella collected...male AND female. (Smirks) Or I'll write an article about just what really goes on at Dark Star Records. (Nods at Lauren) And she can make those accounting books we found very public.

Sheila: Mind selling me the company, old friend? It would be a very profitable addition to PPF.

Belavarg: I highly doubt people will believe anything you write about the company, but this is what I think of that... *Turns to Stella and waves a hand. She dissolves into dust, which suddenly appears in a bottle in his hand. He smirks, and the bottle disappears in a poof of smoke*

Peter: You dissolved her aura. It faded and crumbled when you took her energy.

Sheila: Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say. (Turns to Belavarg) Now, I need to have a long talk with you about hostile takeovers...

Emma: (She holds her field hockey stick on Belavarg) And I still want you to release your victims. They've done nothing but have good energy.

Belavarg: I feel I'm outnumbered here. *Turns to Sheila* Such a shame. We could've made an excellent team.

Sheila: The next time you want to ask me on a date and become a partner in my firm, don't use your control ring on me.

Emma: Now Belavarg, are you going to release them... (We hear sirens in the distance) Or shall we bring LA's finest up here?

Belavarg: *Snaps his fingers* Fine. They've just been released.

Emma: Good demon. (She shoves her field hockey stick at him) Now, be a good boy and turn yourself into the police. Or better yet (grins at Micky and Mike) let our boys and me have fun with you.

Sheila: Forget them! I want another go!

Belavarg: Unless it's sexual, my dear Sheila, I shall pass.

Sheila: The only thing sexual about it (puts up her fist) is where I intend this to land.

Emma: (Puts up her stick) Me first.

Mike: (Joins Emma, standing taller and looking very much the White Knight) You've been soundly defeated, Demon. Your partner is no more, and your source of energy has been revealed.

Belavarg: *To Mike* Perhaps in the battle. *turns toward Sheila, but looks to Emma as well* Ladies, as much as I appreciate foreplay, I am not in THAT mood right now. *disappears in a poof of black smoke*

Emma: (Growls) OOOOHHHHHH!

Sheila: (Swings her fists at the empty air) Come back here and fight like a demon, you asshole!

Mike: (Turns to Zelda and Alex) How are you guys feelin'?

Alex: Really, really, REALLY tired.

Zelda: *Rubs Alex's shoulders* My poor baby...

Mike: (Notices Emma glaring at Sheila and puts his hand on her shoulder) Look, we all got attacked this time. We're gonna let you guys go. You were as much victims as we were.

Sheila: (Turns to Alex) How DID she get her hands on you anyway?

Alex: *Groans* I sorta went TO her.

Zelda: *Eyes widen* You WHAT!?

Sheila: (Sighs) You and your hormones.

Zelda: *Frowns* We need to talk, Alex. NOW. *She and Alex disappear in a black light.*

Sheila: (Looks at the others; narrows her eyes) We WILL meet again. You were lucky today. Don't count on us helping you the third time around. (She disappears in a black light.)

Police Officer #1: (From the other side of the wall, in the office) Open up! Police! You're under arrest!

Secretary: Oh dear, they were here not long ago...

Mike: (Looks at the others) Maybe we ought to see if we can explain a few things to the cops.

Micky: *Shrugs* Might as well.

Emma: They might even believe some of it.

Mike: Darlin'... (he puts his arm around her shoulder) You were amazin'.

Emma: (Shakes her head) I didn't do anything anyone else could have done.

Peter: Emma, don't be so harsh on yourself.

Emma: I wish I had the power all of you do.

Mike: Power is as power does, darlin'. Stella tried to get more power, an' it only ended up turnin' her into even more of a monster than she already was.

Emma: I just feel so...helpless.

Mike: (Grins) You're anythin' but that, darlin'. You've got the power of a good, solid brain. Ain't too many people who can claim that these days.

Lauren: Ain't that the truth.

Valerie: (As we hear police officers stomping around in the office) Let's get out to those guys, before we end up paying for the damage to Belavarg's office.

Emma: (Grins) Good point. (There's a series of blue lights. When they subside, the group is gone. The moment they disappear, however, we hear familiar laughter echo through the suite as we fade out, laughter that continues to echo even into the fade's blackness...)