An hour later, I was in a manor house called Chateau Svengali that was filled to the brim with Sleepwalkers. Some of them were maids, some of them were working the garden and some of them wore tactical gear. They all bowed when we came through the front entrance and cheered ‘welcome home, master!’ 

Hypnoman gave me the house tour with a few Sleepwalkers in tow. I couldn’t believe he was hiding in plain sight like this. I never went near the place until now, but I knew where it was since I came to town. The place was lavish, but it didn’t seem as old as one of the plantations I went to for a field trip. It didn’t have the disturbing history a lot of places like this in Dixie had. It was built in the 60s by some phone company bigwig then passed around a few times before Hypnoman got it.

The Sleepwalkers all had some pretty swanky bedrooms too, three star hotel quality. I got a tour of Hypnoman’s main lab as well. 

I was even introduced to two specialized Sleepwalkers in the pool house, the Hypno Harpy and the Somno Siren. I heard about them when I was just starting out my crime fighting career. I couldn’t believe I actually wanted to fight them just two days ago! I was told their real names were Nichole and Lola. Both of them were from pretty rich families. So yeah, I pretty much went fangirl when I met them.

I didn’t even care that I was surrounded by Sleepwalkers in bathing suits who came out of the pools to see Hypnoman.

“Ah was totally plannin’ on bringin’ you in!” I squealed. “We’re gonna have so much fun!”

“Super strong, totally obedient and a party girl.” Nichole said with a smile. “Oh yeah, you’re gonna be a blast to have around.”

“Well, ah ain’t much of a party girl but-” Lola came up to me and stroked my chin.

“Mmm, I am digging that accent something fierce.” she said with a purr. “Master, please, is she…” Hypnoman turned to me.

“Which way do you swing?” he asked. It took me a second to get where he was going.

“Oh! Well, ah’ve had two boyfriends since movin’ ta Engine City and ah’ve had some feelings for a girl in mah chemistry class in college that might’ve been romantic, but ah’m still not quite sure.”

I laughed.

“But if Lola keeps given’ me this treatment, who knows! Ah just might be bi!” Lola smiled. 

“That’s what I like to hear.” She smacked me on the butt and squeezed while groping one of my breasts.

“I’d love to see that super strong bod in a swimsuit.” I smirked.

“Is she usually this forward?” I asked Nichole.

“If you look to be the sporting type of girl, yeah.” Nichole answered. “If you’re a butch lesbian, you’re the kind of catch she wants most. She really likes making them into Sleepwalkers.”

Lola giggled.

“I’m gonna make me a harem of brainwashed butchs, just you wait!”

Hypnoman ordered me to go find myself a swimsuit that fit me then come back. I dug around in a few hampers before I chose a purple and green bikini. When I came back out, I decided to do a little spin and winked at Hypnoman.

“Ya like whatcha see, master?”

“Oh yes, very much. These two will put you through a very special indoctrination session that will prepare you for your role in my operations.”

“Ah understand, master.” I sat down in one of the beach chairs offered to me by a Sleepwalker. Lola stood over me and smiled.

“I’ve got a solo just for you, sweetie.” Some electronics near the neck portion of her costume lit up.

“There is no one here you need to save, you will join them as a slave. All our master commands you will do, so listen to his plans for you.”

Her voice was…trippy. I didn’t just feel sleepy, I felt high. 

Is this what being on LSD felt like?

“You shall still go out in the dead of night, vigilantly searching for crime to fight. You shall still seek wrongs to right, keeping up the act of being Miss Might. But your actions will be dictated by our master’s hand, you will be a heroine under his command. For a girl in need, you will do all you can, so she may be saved for Hypnoman.”

Her words coiled into my mind. Hypnoman’s plans for me were becoming clear. I was to become a super powered pawn of Hypnoman, a superheroine he had eating out of the palm of his hands. 

Lola continued to sing.

“The pursuit of justice you will only look to follow, every word you speak shall be secretly hollow. You will dedicate yourself to our master's hustle, being nothing more than mind controlled muscle. To the henchgirls of our master’s rivals, you will be drawn. They will be no match for your brainwashed brawn. Among all the rest, they will be a valuable prize, it is they you will yearn to hypnotize.”

Hypnoman put up his hand and Lola went silent.

“Do you understand what you are to do?” he asked. I nodded and smiled.

“Yes master. As of now, Miss Might is nuthin but your obedient puppet superheroine. All ah care about is makin’ sure your plans succeed. Every word I speak about justice and the greater good will be nothin’ but a lie. Every crime ah foil will just be a way ta hide ma true loyalties. Ah will let other Sleepwalkers know about the girls ah help so they can be made ta serve Hypnoman. Ah will hunt the henchgirls of other villains and make them Sleepwalkers. Ah’m Hypnoman’s mindless muscle, brainwashed brawn.”

Hypnoman clapped.

“Wonderful, wonderful. Now Roxxy, I want you…” he gestured to the swimming pool ‘to get wet with the Sleepwalkers around us. Nichole, Lola, get changed and join in.’

I giggled.

“Yes, master!”

I ran over to the pool’s edge and waved.

“Last one in’s roadkill, ya’ll!” The rest of the Sleepwalkers cheered and ran toward me. I cannonballed into the pool right before everyone else. 

I’d only been at Chateau Svengali an hour and I was already having a blast. But I knew that being Hypnoman’s hypnotized superheroine was gonna be even more fun.

I even had an idea of who I was gonna go after first.