[A/N: Hey guys, something came up today, so only one chapter.
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Several hours later, Nova had learned how to transform back into human shape and absorb energy.
Meanwhile, Molly and Ivar had been training while Alita was trying to determine her ability but had had no success so far.
By this time, however, it was already night, and Nova still had to show her face at least once more among the Sanctuary members before she went to bed, so they decided to leave the introduction of Ivar to the rest of Sanctuary for the next day.
After Molly and Nova had left, Ivar also went to sleep, together with Alita, although really not much sleep was had, as Nova's punishment had left them both extremely horny.
As Ivar was thoroughly ravaging Alita, Selene was once again furiously masturbating at the sight, cumming over and over, but only growing more and more frustrated at only being able to watch.
When Alita and Nova had gone to sleep, and Selene was done, she sighed from mental exhaustion, "Calm down, Selene. You'll have your shot eventually. I just need to find a way to get a physical body again."
She scoffed sarcastically, "Easy, right?"
She seemed angry as she mumbled, "The previous Selene sure left me with a mess to take care of." She looked at the peacefully sleeping Ivar, "He's so much like him, too. I wonder if they could actually be considered the same person after what we did."
She giggled, "I should probably know that, being a goddess and all."
Then she smirked, "Well, it doesn't matter. Regardless of his soul's origins or my inherited feelings, we'll have to see who gets out on top in the end, Ivar. Or should I call you, ******?."
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The next day, Nova called a meeting of all the underbosses and captains in Sanctuary, totalling about twenty people, including Alita, Molly, Nola and Ista.
They were currently inside the meeting room on the same floor as Nova's apartment. Nova herself was located at the head of an oval table with four others, two on each side of her.
These four were the underbosses of Sanctuary, Molly, Alita, Mara and Sabine.
Molly was responsible for the standard living requirements, including food and medicine.
Alita oversaw acquisitions, ensuring the basement electronics workshop was always fully stocked. This work was also the reason she went out on the basis of a tip from Andra, as she was hoping to find a new supply of parts.
While Nova was the ultimate commander of all of Sanctuary's fighting forces, Mara was the second-in-command, and really, she was the one doing the actual work most of the time.
Mara had a dark complexion, with black coloured hair braided in dreadlocks framing her lovely face and falling down her back. A particularly notable feature about Mara was that her left arm was replaced with a bionic one.
Mara was tall, perhaps not as tall as Ivar, but she still towered over anyone else in the room while her body was barely covered in clothing, clearly showing off her powerful muscles. She was the very definition of a muscle mommy.
Sitting on the other side of Mara, Sabine was in charge of the illegal modding and building of electronics, which Sanctuary was known for and was its primary source of income.
Mara was pretty but looked a little fragile, as though she had spent most of her life sitting down and barely even went outside, which was a serious possibility, considering her work.
She was of medium height, had a fair complexion and dirty blond hair in a long ponytail, possibly copied from Nova's usual style. Her dark grey eyes were almond-shaped, and her cheekbones were well-defined.
The rest of the room was filled with around fifteen of Sanctuary's captains, who all fell under one of the underbosses, with both Nola and Ista serving under Mara.
Nova was calm as she looked around the room, "I suppose you are all wondering why I called this meeting."
But a nonchalant-looking Mara simply shrugged, "Not really. Considering what happened yesterday, I figure it has something to do with that mercenary."
Suddenly losing her nonchalance, Mara stood up and looked at Nova excitedly, "So? Did you kill him? Come on, details, girl! I only returned from a mission this morning; otherwise, I would have paid anything to see your fight!"
Although Nova was known as someone who loved fighting, Mara had her beat in this regard, as a good fight was really the only thing that got her blood pumping, especially against men.
She had never been able to defeat Nova, which was one of the main reasons she decided to join Sanctuary, while the other reason was a burning hatred for men, so any story about a man being defeated and killed was like a drug for her.
Nova kept her traditional, stoic face as she said, "Sit back down, Mara."
Despite the calm tone, everyone in the room felt intimidated. Such had always been the way between Nova and the rest of Sanctuary.
They knew Nova was a kind woman inside, but they also knew she could be very scary and dangerous when provoked.
So Mara quickly sat down again and ruffled her hair awkwardly, "Sorry, boss. I got a little carried away."
Nova nodded, "It's fine. As for your earlier question… I lost. Quite spectacularly, too. I didn't even make him use his full strength."
Immediately, the entire room was stunned into an awkward silence; the only two who stayed nonchalant were Molly and Alita.
Nova ignored the looks from everyone else and continued, "Of course, we thought in unarmed combat, which is not my speciality and somewhat favours him, considering the size difference.
Still, based on more than ten years of fighting experience, I feel confident that having my weapon would have changed little."
Mara was getting increasingly alarmed. The fact there was a powerful man loose in the building was setting her off in various ways as she wanted nothing more than to take every weapon in the building and charge up there.
She growled like an animal preparing to fight for her life, "Well, what are we sitting around here for, boss? You know we are behind you one hundred percent. Give the word, and all of us will follow you as we charge up there!"
A slight smile appeared on Nova's face, surprising many of the people there, as Nova rarely changed expression when dealing with Sanctuary business. She said, "I appreciate the conviction, Mara, but we're fine.
The mercenary's name is Ivar, and some of you may have already heard that he saved Alita's life during the time she was missing."
She sighed a little, preparing for the inevitable as she continued, "But that's not the entire story. Turns out, our little Alita fell in love with Ivar and brought him here so that he could join Sanctuary, and she wouldn't have to remain apart from him."
The silence that followed Nova's statement was deafening as everyone was too shocked to speak.
However, it didn't take long for the silence to be broken by the cheery voice of Alita, "I'm not a jealous person, though, so feel free to have some fun with him! I promise you'll love it. His cock is like the size of my underarm!"
If it was possible for an already deafening silence to get even quieter, that comment surely did the trick, as everyone was utterly shocked into stupidity by the crass words coming out of Sanctuary's cheery angel, Alita.
Although all the women in the room were shocked, they still had different reactions behind the scenes. Some of them, particularly those who had been abused in the past, looked at Alita in horror and some fury.
Others looked at her in excitement and interest, however. After all, Men weren't generally allowed in Sanctuary, and although they could all understand why, that didn't mean they weren't missing the sex.
Eventually, the fragile-looking Sabine spoke up first as she looked at Alita with kind but confused eyes, "Moving past that last, rather problematic statement for a moment, Alita. You know it is forbidden for any man to stay in Sanctuary, right?"
Mara also threw her hat in the ring with a face that seemed to burn with barely contained fury, "Yeah, what the beanstalk said. I don't know what the fuck got into you, Alita, but I won't allow any man in this building!"
Alita didn't lose her cheery smile as she focused on Mara with a gaze that perfectly hid the burning inner fury at this woman threatening her master,
"Oh, well then, I guess it's good that Boss Nova has already given permission! I hope you don't try to kill him! You'll be dead before you even process how it happened."
Nova seemed to be the only one who noticed that Alita was on the verge of changing form and ripping Mara apart or that she had been entirely insincere about her hope for Mara's safety.