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The Rape
By Kristjan Brezovnik

It was a hot day, hotter than any other in the past month. Callisto was standing over a corpse of man she had just slain. It was a bounty hunter and he was very good, but not good enough. Callisto quickly cleaned her sword into his clothes before the blood dried. Then she searched him. She took his pouch and his gourd and drank some water. Then she tore off some clothes and went to the forest beside the road.

She had just started cleaning her wounds when she felt that something was happening to her body. She got up and staggered. She felt dizzy. She made a few steps and collapsed. She tried to get up, but she couldn't move a muscle, although she could still feel the pain.

Suddenly she heard someone approaching. She wondered who it was.

Finally, the stranger reached her and turned her around.

"Hello, Callisto, missed me?"

Callisto was confused, because it was the man she had slain.

That voice, she thought.

Suddenly the man started to transform.

Ares.

Ares lay down beside her, smiling.

"You know," he said, trailing his fingers from her neck to her thighs, "you're just so irresistible."

Callisto was furious and she wanted to tear him apart with her bare hands.

"Hm, these wounds don't suit you at all," Ares said and waved his hand,

Callisto's wounds disappeared. Ares smiled and slowly started to undress her. If looks could kill then Ares would have died a thousand deaths, all slow and painful, such was Callisto's fury.

When Callisto was finally naked, Ares observed her gorgeous lithe body for a while, admiring it.

"You truly are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen," he drooled, caressing her body.

Then he spread her legs and lay on top of her.

For the second time in her life Callisto felt helpless. She hated that feeling. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't. She thought she would probably cry if the last of her tears hadn't been dried by the fire and ashes the day after her family died. She shut down her mind and let Ares do whatever he wanted.

When Ares was done, he rolled off of her.

"That was great," he said and ran his fingers from her neck to her thighs again. "Oh, you're probably wondering what happened to you. It's simple, I poisoned you. But don't worry, the poison will wear off in a couple of hours and until then we can have some really good time together."

Callisto's mind was screaming with rage. What Xena did to her horrible, but this… Ares will pay.

Several hours later, Ares left. Callisto lay there on the ground for several minutes, naked, before she could move again. Then she sat and looked around. She was alone and she felt disgustingly dirty.

There was a swamp in the neighborhood. The water was dirty, but Callisto didn't care. She got up, picked up her clothes, armor and weapons and went to the swamp.

On the shore she dropped everything she was carrying and walked into the cold dirty water.

When she was deep enough, she sank under the surface. She remained under water for a couple of minutes. Then she suddenly resurfaced with a long sad scream full of pain and anger that would make the furies hide.

When she stopped screaming, she began to shake, but not from the cold water but from the anger and pain. Slowly, very slowly, she stopped shaking as her eyes began to change and the insanity returned, shutting out the pain. She smiled evilly.

"Oh, Ares, you're so dead and you don't know it yet," she said sweetly and laughed.

Then she started to clean herself.

A couple of months later, Callisto challenged Ares. She lured him to the ruins of a castle and disarmed him. Ares stared at her with disbelief.

"Callisto…"

"Shut up, you pathetic piece of dung! I think it's time for a new god of war, well, a goddess, don't you?"

Callisto laughed insanely as she lifted Ares' sword and Ares' power came to her. Ares fell to his knees as his power left him.

"Oh, Ares, dear," Callisto called in a sing-song voice, "it's payback time."

Ares backed off.

"Oh, you're not planning to run away now, do you? I mean, after what you did to me it's only fair that I return the favor, don't you think, hm?"

Callisto cocked her head and waved her hand. Suddenly chains came flying across the room and wrapped themselves around the surprised Ares. Callisto slowly approached him, smiling naughtily.

"Now, let me tell you what I will do to you. First, I will break your bones, so you won't be able to move. Then I will castrate you. After that I will torture you and finally, I will kill you. Hmm, maybe I should let you live and show you around. Oh, well, I'll decide later. Oh," she added and caressed her belly, "after your brat is born, I will do the same thing to him. Or her. And believe me, I will enjoy every moment of it. Now, let's begin, shall we?"

"Callisto, please, I…"

"You're begging?" Callisto asked, disgusted. "You're pathetic."

She grabbed his throat, opened his mouth and cut out his tongue.

"It's only fair we do this in silence," she said wickedly and laughed.

Then she lay beside him and started breaking his bones, one by one. When he finally couldn't move anymore, Callisto waved her hand and the chains fell off. She slowly cut off his clothes. She cocked her head and observed his body.

"Hm," she said thoughtfully, "you do look quite okay for a man. Let's see how you look without your brain."

Callisto grabbed his penis and slowly started to cut it off. Ares was in pain. He was trying to scream, but only gurgles came out of his bloody mouth. Callisto held up the cut-off penis, observing it.

"There goes the brain," she said and pulverized the penis. "Now…"

Suddenly Zeus appeared.

"Hello, Zeus," Callisto chirped and sat up. "Have you come to watch how this little creep of yours is going to die?"

"That's enough, Callisto."

"Enough?! It's not enough!" she screamed at him furiously and got up. "He's going to pay for what he did to me!"

"Let him go, Callisto," Zeus demanded.

"Or what?" Callisto asked vexingly and impaled Ares with his sword.

"No!" cried Zeus.

"Don't worry, Zeus, he's dead," Callisto said and smiled insanely.

"You…" Zeus started, ready to incinerate her.

"A, a, a, not so fast, Zeus," Callisto said and caressed her belly, "you wouldn't want to harm your grandchild, would you?"

"My grandchild?"

"Oh, didn't you know? This is Ares' child."

"But…"

"He raped me!" Callisto yelled furiously. "Like father, like son," she added, disgusted.

"I…"

"Oh, shut up," Callisto interrupted him already bored with the conversation and threw him Ares' sword. "Here, find yourself another god of war."

Zeus was surprised and confused.

"I can take the child away from you," he said in a threatening tone after he pulled himself together.

"You do that and I swear I will kill every god on Olympus," Callisto said menacingly.

Zeus considered the threat and decided that she could in fact fulfill it. He approached her and put his hand on her head. Callisto moaned as her power was taken away from her and fell on her knees.

Zeus then went to the body of his son. He touched it and they disappeared.

Callisto laughed.

The End