He left Heather's car behind so the two girls could drive it home, and ducked into an alley to change into Paragon. He had his costume in his backpack and changed into it before flying off over the city.
He flew to an abandoned building where he had parked the van for the pizza place he worked at, Jimmy's World Famous Pizza. He pushed open the rusty gate, found the van hidden behind a stack of pallets, changed back to normal, switched to his regular clothes, and drove the van to the restaurant.
As he walked in, his best friend Chuck looked up from the counter. "Finally. Lloyd's been riding my ass."
"What a coincidence. Did the same thing to your Mom last night."
Chuck rolled his eyes. "I walked into that one."
Lloyd stuck his head out of the window leading to the kitchen. "Finally. We got orders ready to go. I'm sending 'em to your phone."
While Ryan waited for his delivery instructions, Chuck glanced over his shoulder before leaning in close and whispering, "Nice job on beating Goo Girl."
Ryan shrugged. "I guess. I got the money back for the bank but she got away. I don't know if she escaped or died or what. But I'm more worried about Aphrodisia being loose out there. Trying to see if we can find the Night Watchman to help."
Chuck waved a hand. "You don't need that walking toaster. You're Paragon."
"I'm just a newbie. I don't think I can handle Aphrodisia."
Chuck flicked his hand at Ryan. "Sure you can. Look at you. You defeated the Five, Menacerie, and that guy with the skull face tattoo. A walking Viagra is nothing."
Ryan leaned against the counter with his elbows. "I wish I was as confident as you are. The more I fight crime, the more I realize I have a lot to learn."
"You'll get there, no problem. And how's it going with the ladies?"
"Fantastic. I wish things had been going this well before I got my implant."
Chuck narrowed his eyes. "That implant did do something to you. I mean, now even when you're just your regular self, you seem more confident, more energetic. Think that's why you're hitting it off with the ladies?"
"No idea." Ryan's phone beeped with the app he used to take Lloyd's orders and give him directions, so he stood up. "I just hope it keeps working."
Lloyd came out of the kitchen with a stack of pizzas that he dumped on the counter. "Let's go, time is money."
Ryan snapped off a salute. "Yes, sir. I know how much you love money."
Lloyd widened his eyes. "Oh, and you don't? Fine. Work for me for free, see how that works out."
"Point taken." Ryan grabbed the pizzas that Lloyd left and staggered out of the shop.
He managed to get them to the back of the van, where he slid the boxes into the racks, got behind the wheel, and headed out to make his deliveries.
As he drove, he tuned to local AM talk shows on the radio, trying to find news about Aphrodisia.
He caught one host in the middle of a rant, saying, "Look, I'm not saying the Night Watchman and Captain Alpha didn't do a lot of great stuff for this city, but I think Paragon, Heavenly Hawk, and Alley Cat are the new Trinity. I really do. They're younger, more dynamic, and Paragon seems like he's getting more and more powerful every day. Let's go to Jackie on line one. Go ahead, Jackie."
A woman's voice came over the air. "You are being so disrespectful, Lenny. Captain Alpha and the Night Watchman have protected Eros City since before you were born. How can you say some punk kid, his whore, and an animal are even fit to wipe their asses?"
"Hey," the host said, "watch the language. And I just call 'em like I see 'em."
"You'll see. When Captain Alpha and the Night Watchman come back, they will punish you all for your betrayal."
"You make 'em sound like a freakin' god or something, Jackie. Captain Alpha is a man, and right now, he's filling up space at the hospital while Paragon gets the job done."
Ryan turned the station to an FM pop station instead. It made him uncomfortable to keep hearing people comparing him to Captain Alpha. He never wanted to replace the hero, only help him out. He hoped Captain Alpha would recover and the two of them could fight side-by-side.
In the meantime, Ryan had a lot of work to do. Starting with Aphrodisia.
He glanced at the map on his phone and corrected himself. Starting with his next delivery.
Chapter 5
THAT NIGHT, Ryan drove home to his apartment and walked in to find his grandfather sipping a beer while reclining in his chair, watching a football game of the Eros City Rhinos on TV.
"Hey, son," his grandfather said. Thought you'd be in classes by now."
Ryan took night classes at Byrne University for criminology. Even before he became a superhero, he wanted to get involved in crime-fighting somehow and thought a degree would be a step in the right direction. Now that he had become the hero Paragon, he still decided to finish his degree.
Ryan jogged over to the kitchen and grabbed a burrito from the freezer to stick in the microwave. "Yeah, I just need to grab some dinner and change clothes."
His grandfather narrowed his eyes at Ryan. "And how's it going with that girl you were with, Heather?"
Ryan leaned against the wall. "Good. She's--"
His grandfather gasped and clutched at his head.
Ryan ran over to his side. "You okay?"
His grandfather waved him off. "Yeah, yeah. Just got a headache. I'll take an aspirin. It'll go away."
Ryan ran for the bathroom, grabbed the bottle of aspirin and brought it back to the living room so he could pop open the top, and shake two pills into his grandfather's hand.
His grandfather swallowed the pills with a gulp of beer and grinned. "See? All better."
Ryan screwed the top back on. "You're getting headaches a lot these days. You should see a doctor."
His grandfather waved him off. "Ah, they'll just tell me I'm gettin' old and to take an aspirin. Which I already know."
Ryan didn't think it was that easy. He didn't know what was wrong with his grandfather but had never seen him complain of headaches like this. He decided he would make an appointment to take his grandfather to a doctor in the morning.
His grandfather insisted he felt better with the aspirin so Ryan changed clothes, grabbed his burrito from the microwave, and headed out to college.
He had an introductory psychology course that night, and he walked into the classroom to see Nicolette sitting in her usual seat. She was taking the same class for her business administration degree.
She waved at him as he walked in. "Hey, Ryan!"
He smiled as he went over and sat down next to her. "Hey, Nico."
She had a bigger smile for him than usual. "How're you doing?"
He set his backpack down on the floor. "Not too bad. How about you?"
She rolled her eyes. "The glamorous life of a theater usher."
"Free movies."
She nodded at him. "That I can only see the beginning and the end of."
He leaned closer. "Free popcorn."
She made a waving motion with her hands. "That I get to sweep off the floor."
"Snazzy outfit."
"Made of itchy polyester. And that's too tight around the boobs." She made a circling motion around her rather large chest.
He laughed. "Good times."
As more students filed in, she raised her eyebrows. "How's it going with you and Heather?"
"Uh, good. Can't complain."
She grabbed his wrist. "Oh, you should bring her to the movies. My theater. I'll buy your tickets with my employee discount."
He looked at her sideways. "That's really nice of you. Any catch?"
"No catch. I'd just like to get to know her better."
He nodded, trying to figure out what was happening. They had been neighbors and friends since they were kids, but after the first time he tried to ask her out, she had been cooler to him. She said they were like brother and sister, and that seemed to end any chance at a relationship.
But since she saw him going out wit
h Heather, things had changed. She talked to him more, and seemed more interested in him. He even thought she might be flirting with him, which made no sense, especially if she was offering help for him to go on dates with Heather.
He remembered reading how women would sometimes be more attracted to guys who were taken, and wondered if that was happening here. Maybe seeing him with Heather had changed her mind about him. He'd proved he was boyfriend material, after all.
But if that was true, and she was more attracted to him, then why would she want to help him date Heather? Was she trying to sabotage their date? Or did she genuinely want to give him a night out with Heather?
He didn't understand women.
As he was considering all this, the door of the classroom opened and Professor Brennan walked in. She was rather short and plump wearing her usual black skirt and white dress shirt unbuttoned at the neck.
The class started to quiet down as she took her place at the podium up front.
Brennan nodded. "Evening, class. We're studying gender in psychology, and as I promised, our guest speaker tonight will be Doctor Simon Horne. Doctor Horne is a clinical sex therapist who also teaches Human Sexuality here at the university."
Everyone clapped as a thin man in a brown suit came up to the podium and nodded. He peered up through thick glasses at the students. "Good evening. Tonight, I'd like to start by discussing some of the biological differences between the male and female brain. Yes, there are a few. If we look at--"
As he tried to listen, Ryan felt sweat prickling under his arms and on his forehead. It felt like the temperature slowly rose by twenty degrees in the classroom. He looked at Nicolette and she shifted in her seat, looking uncomfortable, too.
But as he stared at her, his heart started to pound faster in his chest. He watched her breasts rise and fall under her pink T-shirt, and he could see the outline of her nipples even through her bra. Her tongue poked out to lick her plump lips, and he wished he could feel them against his mouth or wrapped around his cock. The thought just popped into his head, and he couldn't seem to get rid of it.
She turned her head towards him, and her eyes looked glazed and unfocused. She seemed to be breathing harder as well, and one hand twisted the curls on her head around a finger while she leaned closer.
Something was wrong.
He realized that Doctor Horne had stopped talking. He just stood gripping the podium, murmuring, "I'm sorry, I-I,uh, I seem to have-lost my, uh, train of thought."
Everyone in the classroom seemed to be squirming in their seats and fanning themselves. A man in a Doctor Who T-shirt and a woman wearing a blue sundress sitting next to each other leaned over and kissed out of nowhere. It turned him on even more to see them pressing closer.
It hit Ryan with a flash.
He was getting horny. And so was everyone else.
The doors to the classroom swung open, and a woman with long, red hair came walking in. She wore a tiny red bikini that barely covered the nipples on her firm breasts or the smooth crotch between her thighs.
Ryan recognized her instantly, though she looked far more beautiful than she did in pictures and videos.
APHRODISIA
Level 15 - Mind Class
STR: 1
SPD: 1
DEF: 1
INT: 150
HEALTH: 1000/1000
PWR: 150
NEW MISSION: DEFEAT APHRODISIA
REWARD: 30,000 XP
Two men followed her, both tall and muscular, and both wearing just thongs with bulges in the crotch.
"I'm sorry, class," Aphrodisia said in a husky voice that reminded Ryan of Jessica Rabbit. "I'm afraid I need to borrow your guest lecturer."
Doctor Horne pulled at his collar with one finger as he pointed his other hand at her. "Look here, young lady, we--"
Aphrodisia held out her hand with the palm up. Her eyes glowed a brighter shade of red. "No, look here."
Professor Brennan moaned and leaned against the whiteboard as her hands went to the buttons of her shirt. She ripped the front of the shirt open, sending the buttons flying, exposing her bare round stomach and white bra.
Doctor Horne gasped and looked away, but Aphrodisia moved her hand and seemed to turn his head from across the room back to Brennan.
"No," she murmured. "Look at her body. Enjoy her."
Brennan reached down to yank down her bra, and her boobs popped out into view. Her other hand fumbled to reach under her skirt and started rubbing the crotch of her panties.
"Oh yes," Aphrodisia moaned. "Isn't she beautiful? The way she teases and strokes her body? Don't you want more, doctor?"
Ryan stood up, knowing this was his chance. He didn't know why Aphrodisia was here, but he had to try to stop her before she caused any more damage.
When he looked around, everyone seemed to be having sex or watching others having sex or both. One woman sucked on another student's penis while he plunged his tongue into a third woman hunched over his face. Two women moaned while their fingers played between each other's thighs. A heavyset naked woman was on all fours while a skinny younger man pounded into her wide ass from behind and she gave a blowjob to another standing in front of her. A whole row had unzipped pants or hiked up skirts to rub their pussies or stroke their cocks in a fury. Some tried to climb up the aisle to Aphrodisia herself, but the big guys she had with her just punched or pushed them away. While surrounded by guys and girls moaning and reaching for the supervillain or each other, Aphrodisia ignored them all, focused on Doctor Horne.
Nicolette ripped her shirt and bra up so her huge boobs flopped down into view, and Ryan couldn't help staring at the freckled flesh while she twisted her nipples. Like most of the class, she seemed to be in a daze, watching Professor Brennan masturbate. He had wanted to see those breasts for so long, but not like this.
Even as he struggled, her wide eyes turned towards him, and he saw a hunger in them he'd never seen before.
She reached out to take his face in her hands, and pulled him in to kiss. He was so surprised that he didn't have time to close his mouth, and she pushed her tongue in between his open lips.
He knew it was wrong to be making out with her since she was under Aphrodisia's influence and wanted to pull away, but his manhood throbbed a steady beat in his jeans. He had the same urge he assumed everyone else had, an overwhelming desire to just grab someone and tear their clothes off. Even more since he'd cared for and wanted Nicolette for so many years, he couldn't stop himself from kissing her back.
She explored his mouth with her tongue and he tasted mint on her lips as he pushed his tongue against hers. He savored every moment, even as a part of him tried to get him to pull away. He didn't want it to happen this way. Not like this.
She finally pulled back but kept their faces close and searched his face with her eyes.
"I want you, Ryan," she whispered.
He wanted to protest and tell her to snap out of it, but the words came out as, "I want you, too."
They pressed closer against each other, and her hands slid down to unzip his jeans. His hands found their way onto her soft breasts, and the nipples felt hard enough to cut glass. She moaned as he kneaded her sweating flesh while she reached into his pants to pull out his cock.
Then a hand grabbed his shoulder, tearing him away from Nicolette. Another woman with long black hair and small boobs like apples yanked her own shorts down with her panties tucked into them. Her slit had a triangle of black hair over it, but he barely had time to notice it before she jumped onto his lap. She was so wet that he popped right into her.
They both gasped as he entered her, and she pressed him up against his chair while rocking back and forth. Her thighs ground over his as she pumped him inside her, and her head tilted back to let her long hair fall down her back. Her tightness squeezed him like a fist as it seemed like she came with the first thrust.
"Yes, yes," she screamed, and he wished it was Nicolette on him at that very moment. Ryan looked arou
nd the room for Nicolette, but saw nothing but writhing naked bodies.
Despite his frustration, his body responded to her and he felt his own balls tighten seconds later. He came inside the dark-haired woman, pumping his heat deep into her body as his muscles clenched again and again. The brunette just kept on riding him.
With his orgasm, his mind cleared just enough for him to realize what he was doing. He couldn't let Aphrodisia get away. He had to bite his lower lip hard so the pain would keep him focused, but managed to push off the woman on his lap. She landed on her back, but immediately rolled over to grab some other guy and start kissing him.
Aphrodisia turned herself in slow circles with her arms out as if drawing everyone in the room towards her. Her face twisted with ecstasy as the moans and cries of dozens of students filled the air around her.
Ryan grabbed his backpack and staggered to the classroom window. He couldn't leave through the door and he couldn't change to Paragon in the class. He was on the second floor, but he still jumped out.
As he began to fall, he slammed his palm on the tattoo on his shoulder, and changed into Paragon. His powerful body expanded to tear his shirt and jeans, reminding him that he needed to remember to buy new clothes.
In the cooler air outside and away from Aphrodisia, he could think more clearly. No one seemed to have noticed him yet on the ground, so he activated his Flight power to stop himself and soared up onto the roof of the Psychology building.
On the roof, he quickly unzipped his jeans, ripped off his torn shirt, and changed into his costume. With his suit on, he flew off the roof and back down to the window of the classroom again.
In all the chaos, no one seemed to have noticed him fall out the window. The classroom had turned into an orgy in seconds. Everyone was naked now, all tangled together in sexual positions. Moaning, gasping, grunting, and sighing filled the air. He couldn't see Nicolette but assumed she was in there somewhere.
Through it all, Aphrodisia stood at the heart of the chaos, holding her hands out to Doctor Horne, who walked down the aisle towards her. The doctor's eyes focused only on her, ignoring everything around him.
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