Slowing to a stop, Juan Carlos turned to the captive CyberSybil. "What are you thinking about? And don't lie to me." "I was thinking about the Scorpio Sisters," Maddie fibbed. "I can't believe you know them." "Oh, I know them - and one in the biblical sense. I met Stingray when I first came to France - to do a job, so to speak, for a cutting edge computer company - and it didn't take me long to impress her with my charms. I moved right into Chien, tout de suite, even though her amazon sister, Machete, didn't care for me one bit and let me know it." Madeline was not surprised by that avowal. "So, what happened next?" she prompted. "Stingray, being the Scorpio control freak that all Scorpio women turn out to be, caught me emailing some chick and pitched a fit. She consulted her sister and the two threatened to lock me in their dungeon to discipline me - they're dominatrixes, you know, and only take men of the best breeding for their kennel, as they call it. The stupid morons pay them to be locked up in cages and wear collars - can you imagine? Well, I told her to take a hike before I went out for a couple of drinks with this nice girl from the village. I guess the sisters found out - they must own a slave who works at the bar - and by the time I got back to Chien, my personal possessions were thrown out on the front lawn. But," The Jackal simpered, "I kept a copy of the key to their dungeon and every once in a while, I sneak in late at night and torment the boys - dressed as a dominatrix, of course. It's a blast." "So the bra does lie after all," Madeline correctly observed. "And Fichon? How does she fit into all of this?" "She is a he and it needs a couple of extra francs, plus the shemale's addicted to my...whip," JC laughed. "Fichon figured we'd blackmail Miss Brat's famous mommy for some coin - what's her name? Tosh? Snosh? Gosh?" "Posh. Posh Peyton, you jackass. Really - what a stupid plan. Posh won't pay a sou to get Olivia back - she'll laugh in your face. The Prof would pay if he had access to the bank account - but not his wife. Fichon should know that - what an idiot." "Fine...you know everything, don't you, Ms. Leo Smarty Pants?" "Do you have to equate all human behavior and personality traits to astrology?" Madeline commented. "It's really annoying. Astrology is meant to be a tool for personal enlightenment, not..." "Shut up or I'll shoot you!" the Jackal threatened. "I'm sick of you! Be quiet! You're such a pain in the..." "Jackass?" Maddie quipped, causing Juan Carlos to produce a roll of duct tape from the glove compartment. "See, I didn't live with the Scorpio Sisters for nothing - now you'll be quiet or I'll pop you good," he threatened, and with that JC's foot hit the gas of La Pimpernelle and the Leo-napper sped off to Chien.    Text Copyright © 1999 - 2005 cybersybils.com All rights reserved.