In the middle of Scuttle Town there was a bulletin board where anyone that desired to leave an announcement, public notice or advertisement was allowed to put up their flyer so that the whole town could see it.  Often it went unused as the town didn't have much to advertise aside from a store announcing a sale to move their products or someone passing through looking to sell their wares.  Even if there was information to be given to the townsfolk on decisions made the mayor rarely took the time to write anything out.  Much less enforce it if it was some sort of law or practice he was asked to implement.  So there was plenty of space for Shantae to hang her own flyer up for everyone to see.  

"There!"  She said and wiped her brow from all the hammering as she put the tool back on the small shelf attached to the board.  "All done, what you think?"  Shantae asked as she turned to Sky and Bolo to show off her flyer.

"Well it looks nice."  Sky said, reviewing the paper which had information on how to get in contact with the half-genie guardian for dancing entertainment.  Along with an hourly rate to pay for a show and a simple but effective little drawing of Shantae herself that she'd made to catch people's eyes.  "But do you really think anyone will go for it?"  

"What do you mean?"  Shantae asked looking the paper over again.  "I worked really hard to make this look nice."  

"No it's not that it doesn't look nice.  But do you think anyone will hire you knowing that... y'know..."  Shantae had a confused expression, unable to understand what Sky might be trying to get at.  Bolo however was easily more blunt with his thoughts.  

"I guess you do have a reputation of getting attacked by pirates a lot."  He expressed.  

"Oh that's not a big deal.  That's just part of my job as a guardian genie.  This here is a side job, totally unrelated to all the stuff with pirates and barons and monsters."  Despite her confidence Sky and Bolo didn't look totally convinced and Sky tried to bring it up before Bolo to soften the blow. 

"I just don't want you to get disappointed if no one gets a hold of you because they're worried about all the stuff you've done in the past."  Sky expressed but Shantae wasn't deterred and looked as excited as ever.

"Nah, it'll be fine.  All I have to do is wait for those requests to come in.  After one person gets to see my dancing in action I bet they'll all be dying to book me for other places."  Shantae replied with total confidence.  "Should we get lunch?  I'm gonna need a lot of energy coming up this week."  Filled with both confidence and the thoughts of her new bathtub just a few jobs out of reach Shantae and her friends set off on their quest to find a lunch that would fill them up at a reasonable price.  

As they all departed no one noticed the small black figure of a Tinkerbat peek its head around a large vase as it awaited the trio to depart.  Sneaking outward the dark magic creature looked over the paper that Shantae had just spent time posting up on the board before it.  Reading carefully with yellow eyes the little monster leaped up and pulled the paper off the board in one quick motion, running off out of Scuttle Town and towards the ocean where a familiar ship was docked.





Shantae woke up the next day with a loud yawn and sleepy eyes.  It was early yet but she was excited to check the mail and see if any requests had come in.  Still in her pajamas Shantae walked outside of her lighthouse home to see the little red flag on her mailbox stuck in the upward position to signify there was a letter inside.  "Oh boy, I actually got a reply!  So long as it's not another one of those chain letters or a scam to try and get me on a fake cruise or something."  Heading over to the mail box Shantae opened it up to find that the envelope didn't look at all like the normal junk mail and in fact seemed to be hand written instead of printed.  "Yes!  This has to be what I was waiting for!"  

Opening the letter up Shantae read the details inside.  Indeed it was a response to her listing for entertainment at a party.  Though something struck her as odd about the job.  "That's weird, it says they want me to show up all the way out in the Baron Desert.  I didn't think there were any towns out that way."  It was unusual for anyone to be out that far away from civilization but maybe it was some kind of traveling caravan that needed some entertainment on the road?  She didn't really bother to question how they would have gotten word about her side job from Scuttle Town all the way out there but hey work was work.  All of it one step closer to her own personal bath tub.  So Shantae got herself dressed and cleaned up to head out for her first part time job, letting her uncle Mimic know where she'd be before setting off.  

Traveling through the desert was hot but nothing that Shantae hadn't dealt with before.  She just hoped she wasn't too sweaty and tired by the time she arrived at the destination to be able to put on a show, hoping the at least had some sort of tent or covering for her to work under.  After proceeding for a while Shantae started to wonder if she got the directions wrong, thankfully there were some people near by for help.  Approaching one of the men she'd stumbled onto Shantae pulled out her letter to have a reference.  "Excuse me?"  The man looking up from what appeared to be some large metal cannon he was tinkering with.  "Do you happen to know where this address is located?"  

"Well let's see here Missy."  The man in what Shantae could now tell was some sort of blue army uniform said as he looked over the letter.  "Oh right, all you gotta do is head this way all the way to the biggest tent in the back.  Can't miss it."  

"Oh, thanks a bunch!  I was worried I was getting lost."  

"Oh no, thank you.  Glad to see you made it safely."  

"Uh... you too?"  Shantae said, confused why he'd be thanking her but not giving it much thought.  She just wanted to get to where she could rest for a little bit before having to put on a show.  Heading deeper into what looked like a camp Shantae could see more and more men around her wearing blue military outfits that she swore looked familiar but just couldn't place it at the moment.  Making her way to the back there was indeed one tent that was bigger than the others and Shantae entered it glad to be out of the sun.  "Uh, hello?  I was looking for the person that sent this letter for the entertainer?"  

"Oh, great!  You showed up."  A familiar voice said from the back of the tent.  "Wasn't sure if you'd actually answer the request."  

"Wait a minute, I know you!"  As Shantae's eyes began to adjust to the darker tent she was able to make out the tall figure in the blue jacket and helmet.  His identity all the more obvious by the one giant eye he had in place of the normal two you'd see in Sequin Land.  "Ammo Baron!"  

"Yep, that's my name."  The Ammo Baron said with a proud smile.  Though it dropped when Shantae fell into a fighting stance as she was preparing for combat. 

"So this was all some sort of trap you set for me was it?  What, trying to take over Scuttle Town again while I'm here?"  

"Hmm, y'know that's actually a pretty clever plan.  I should recruit you as a strategist for our army."  

"Uh, actually please forget I mentioned it."  Shantae said, feeling embarrassed she gave him a good bad idea.  "So if you're not here to trick me then why did you send this letter?"  

"Well I'm here to hire you for a gig.  That's what your poster said wasn't it?"  The Ammo Baron asked confused as Shantae looked dumbfounded.  

"You... you really just want me here for a show?"  

"Well yeah, the men could use something to lift their spirits.  I figure a little dancing girl in the camp would certainly pick them up on their feet.  A few of the boys even broke out their instruments to give you some music to work with."  

"Wow I guess I just... didn't think this was legit.  Sorry to doubt you."  Shantae said feeling embarrassed she almost attacked her first customer. 

"Nah, it's all good!  Though how you made it all the way through camp without thinking about that just now is a little strange."  Ammo Baron commented which just made Shantae feel more like a ditz so she decided not to respond to that.  Heading out of the tent the Ammo Baron lead her to the center of camp where a little stage was set up.  Thankfully there was a cloth cover put up over it to allow Shantae to work in the shade and her little band of soldiers with their instruments ready were prepared for the show.  "Alright then, we got a canteen of water if you need it.  It said you charged by the hour so just let me know when you're done and I'll pay it up."  

"O-okay..."  Shantae said completely surprised by how polite he was being.  "Thank you for giving me this opportunity."  

"Don't mention it, lot better than having you smacking my tanks around with that hair of yours.  Be sure to give my men a good show!"  The Ammo Baron said and left to go do whatever it was he'd been doing before.  After getting a quick drink and introducing herself to the little band next to her they agreed on a song she could work with and Shantae got on stage to begin.  

As things got started it was a little slow.  For the first couple minutes when Shantae began there were only a few people who came to see her dancing.  Despite having nerves that maybe she wasn't really drawing in anyone with her skills her dedication paid off in the end and the crowd was slowly growing larger as time past, people coming and going from their work to see the exotic dancing genie in their midst.  After nearly an hour of going strong Shantae and the band decided they needed a break, the girl even getting a few compliments from the men as they passed by while she was resting.  Feeling revitalized by the positive reception she really gave it her all into the second hour of her show.  Even the Ammo Baron himself coming by now to watch as Shantae tried to work in as many unique dancing moves as she could muster.  After two hours when she was finally done the half-genie was given applause and felt like she was on top of the world.  

She also felt sweaty, tired and ready to take a nap.  Thanking her temporary band for their help Shantae sat on stage and finished off her canteen of water, letting out a hot breath.  "I could go for a cool dip in a big lake right about now."

"Got a work out in there, dancing girl?"  A girl's voice spoke up and Shantae looked up to see the only two female members of Ammo Baron's army that she knew of standing near her.  

"Twitch?  And Vinegar."  The two blondes in blue skirts and helmets stood near by with devious smiles.  Twitch was the shorter of the two and wore big goggles over her eyes while Vinegar was taller and had some sort of pink war paint on her face below her eyes.  "I didn't think you two were watching too."

"Well we had to come by and see what the half-genie was up to."  Vinegar said.  "Turns out you're pretty good at what you do.  Didn't expect a show like that."  Shantae was caught off guard by the compliments but still appreciated them.

"Oh, well thank you!  I tried my best."  She said while smiling proudly.  

"So me and Twitch were thinking, you looked like you got pretty warmed up even in the shade.  Did you want to hit the showers with us?"  Now that invitation wasn't what Shantae expected at all.  In the past these girls had been her enemies and while everyone seemed friendly right now she wasn't sure if this part might not be a trap.  

"Um... I dunno.  I was think I'd just hit the bath house when I got home."  Shantae said feeling unsure.  

"C'mon, it's not that bad."  Twitch said with a smile.  "We've got a shower just over the sand dune there.  When it's us girls the boys know to stay away.  Or else."  Twitch said holding up her oversized revolver in her hands.  "They wouldn't dare get close to us."  

"Besides you have to pay for the baths in town right?"  Vinegar added.  "Here you can use the showers for free."  They were making good arguments and Shantae didn't want to seem rude after everyone had been so polite to her.  Reluctantly she decided this was the smart decision. 

"Alright, you talked me into it.  Not having to dip into the money I just earned does sound nice."  Shantae agreed and the other girls nodded in return, leading the way.  It was later in the day than when she started but the sun was still out to be sure and shining down bright from the sky.  As the three ladies walked over the sand dunes the showering area came into sight, though it was a little less than what she was expecting.  "This is where you guys get cleaned up?"  

"Yeah, pretty nice right?"  Vinegar said happily.  The showers weren't exactly what Shantae expected.  In fact there wasn't much to them at all.  It was mostly just several barrels of water underneath a large square rock with tile over the top of it.  Through the stone square were several lined up metal poles that had shower heads shooting off in different directions.  There were two sides of the area that were covered by sheets that were held up with more metal bars but the largest parts were completely exposed.  

"I don't know about this."  Shantae said starting to feel more nervous here than on stage.  "Anyone passing by could see us."  

"And we can see them."  Twitch said.  "So when they do show up, I don't miss."  The girl smiled holding up her gun, then placed it down on some nearby benches and began to undress.  It was true the only way to see into the showering area was to crawl over one of the many surrounding sand dunes and you'd likely spot them before they could get a good view.  Sighing and giving in Shantae began to undress as well and placed her clothes and belongings in a box that was there to hold the soldier's uniforms while they got cleaned up.  

"Alright, let's get clean."  Vinegar handed Shantae some soap on a rope and climbed the small steps up to get to the shower area.  Twitch followed along confidently and Shantae did another look around before joining the girls.  The tile beneath her feet was a little warm but there were mats over it to make it cooler to stand on.  "We made the boss get these for us."  

"Yeah, I was getting tired of burning my feet every time I wanted to get clean."  Twitch said and started the water up on one of the faucets sticking out of a metal pole.  Vinegar did the same from another faucet under the same pole and the two girls began to wash themselves.  Shantae deciding it would be better to finish sooner than later reached out to a pole of her own but was stopped.  "What are you doing?"  

"Um... I was going to shower."  Shantae said.  

"No no, we don't each get to use a pole for ourselves.  That would be a waste of water from each barrel.  We've got enough room to share."  Twitch explained and Shantae sighed, getting closer to the girls and turning on one of the four shower heads sticking out of their pole for herself.  The water was warm but still cooled her down some and Shantae began to use the soap to clean herself off.  Really this wasn't any weirder than sharing the public bath so she decided to relax and let the water flow over her body and down her hair.  She was letting herself get lost in the moment until she felt hands touching her hair from behind her.  Looking back she saw Vinegar stroking her hair under the water. 

"You sure have some impressive locks on you."  Vinegar said as she ran her fingers through it.  

"Um...thank you.  It's kind of necessary for my main job."  Shantae said feeling a little uncomfortable having a girl she didn't know very well outside of as an enemy touching her.  

"Still it's got amazing length.  I could never have anything this long for my job."  Vinegar said and let her fingers ride up onto Shantae's scalp and massage her head.  It felt nice but she was still a little nervous.  

"That's too bad... you know you don't have to-"

"I guess these are for your job too, huh?"  Twitch said as she put her hands on Shantae's hips and got in front of her.  

"E-excuse me!?"  Shantae asked surprised by the shorter blonde girl moving in front of her.  

"Like you have to do all those hip swinging moves for that magic stuff too, right?"

"I guess that's right.  Um if you could take your hands off of-"  Shantae began but felt another body get closer behind her. 

"I bet you could use some help scrubbing your back."  Vinegar said and began rubbing her soap along Shantae's back and shoulders.  

"Oh!  Uh n-no!  No I'm actually pretty capable of-"

"Well I guess I should wash her front."  Twitch said with a sly grin as she began to rub her soap up and down the front of Shantae's body.  

"Wait a second, I didn't ask for any of this!"  Shantae complained suddenly finding herself sandwiched between the two girls who seemed very intent on keeping her in place.

"Consider it a special service."  Vinegar said, giving Shantae's behind a little squeeze and making the girl yelp in surprise.  

"Besides we do this for each other all the time.  Girls have to watch each other's backs.  And wash them too."  Twitch said and put a hand on Shantae's breast as her other one continued to scrub along her body.  Shantae struggled a little but felt held in place by her shower buddies.  

"We don't... need to do this."  Shantae said, gulping as she felt their hands all over her now.  Briefly reminded of her night in the bath with Sky.  Though that was with someone she trusted, these two girls were not people she was even normally on friendly terms with.  

"C'mon now, consider it a special favor."  Vinegar said and Shantae felt a hand slip under her ass and between her legs.  "It's not like we get another girl to join us every day you know."  

"Yeah, besides your getting this for free too."  Twitch said as she began to massage Shantae's breasts in her hands.  The half-genie girl panting hard as she felt herself touched in areas she hadn't welcomed but enjoyed feeling a touch in.  

"This wasn't supposed to be how today went..."  Shantae complained a little as the girls moved in closer, Twitch licking her left ear and Vinegar nibbling lightly at her right.  "Ahh!  Wait... n-n-not that!"  

"Wow, she's got a real sensitive spot."  Twitch said with a grin as she continued lick along Shantae's ear up to the tip of it as she gently massaged the half genie's breasts in her fingers, thumbs gently teasing at her nipples.  

"Even her ears are cute too.  Must be nice having a half-genie body."  Vinegar admired and sucked on the tip of Shantae's ear while her free hand rubbed gently between her legs.  Shantae could feel her body shivering at getting weaker at all the touching, wanting to protest but enjoying the attention she was getting.  

"Please... please..."  Shantae panted between breaths but couldn't get all the words to come out of her mouth.

"Sounds like she's asking for it, Twitch."  Vinegar said with a small laugh.  "Want to give her one of your special deep cleanings?"  The fingers teasing between her legs left her, Shantae both thankful they were gone and unfortunately missing their touch all at once.  But she found herself suddenly held up in a full nelson hold with Vinegar's fingers locked behind her neck.  

"Hold on a second!"  Shantae said finding herself unable to escape.  "What's this special cleaning?"  

"Jeez will you relax?"  Twitch said sounding almost annoyed as she got on her knees.  "She looks this pretty but acts like such a prude while we're having fun."  

"I'm sure she'll loosen up after this."  Vinegar said confidently, though Shantae tried to escape and found she was held tight.  "Just hold still and enjoy the fun."  

"None of this is fun!"  Shantae said. "You guys are taking advantage of meEEEE!"  Shantae let out a loud squeal feeling two fingers slip inside of her pussy.  Shivering she went slack in Vinegar's arms who kept her held up on her feet.  

"Wow she's really wet down here."  Twitch said amused.  "Don't think it's from the shower either."  Before Shantae could say another word she felt the girl's mouth over her pussy, spread apart by Twitch's fingers as she licked inside.  Shantae closed her eyes and mouth tightly to try and ignore what was happening but the feeling was far too intense for her to just forget.  

"You sure are a sensitive one.  Performer on stage and in bed, huh?"  Vinegar asked and licked Shantae's ear again, making the girl moan from the stimulation in both places.  Whispers in her ear between the teasing of her sensitive spot.  "Twitch is really good, I know first hand.  So you should feel grateful to get this favor from her."  Shantae was going to argue but winced when the tip of her ear was taken into Vinegar's mouth again.  Meanwhile her legs were being pushed apart by Twitch and Shantae was doing little to fight it anymore.  

Twitch pulled one of Shantae's legs up over her shoulder and Shantae went along with it, her head leaning back and her body not fighting anymore.  After the long walk through the desert and the dancing she was already tired and this was sapping the last of the fight she had in her.  It was embarrassing but she curled her leg around Twitch's head as she felt herself get closer, the other girl using her fingers now as she licked.  "Looks like it's getting exciting."  Vinegar said as she kept a hold of Shantae, her hands moving out from behind her neck and over her breasts now to play with them as Shantae leaned on her for support.  

Shantae's hand moved out to hold onto the shower pole near her and the other clumsily gripping Twitch's head for support.  Her whole body shaking as she felt her orgasm shudder through her and took hard gasps at the feeling of release.  To the other girls credit they never ceased to keep up with her, Vinegar keeping her supported while Twitched licked her way through through all of Shantae's climax.  When they were done Vinegar slowly lowered Shantae onto the tile floor where all three girls sat under the water that was raining down on them.  The half-genie breathing heavily and leaning against the pole for support with the other two girls at her side.  

"Well that was fun, wasn't it?"  Vinegar asked.  

"Hey, you should see if the boss will hire you again.  I bet we could get even more time to play together."  Twitch said with a cute giggle.  

"Nngh..."  Shantae mumbled.  "This wasn't in the agreement."  

"Nope."  Vinegar said.  "But it was fun, right?"  Both girls kissed Shantae on her cheeks in a way that almost felt comforting and made her blush.  "Take it easy on us next time we invade your town, okay?"

Just like that the girls helped Shantae back to her feet and clean herself off once again, even being nice enough to help her down the steps and back to where she could get changed.  While Twitch and Vinegar seemed completely fine with everything as it had passed Shantae couldn't help but feel dizzy.  Good and stress free, but dizzy as if she'd just woken up from some crazy dream.  As they walked back to camp none of them seemed to pay any mind to the telescope on a far off sand dune that was hidden underneath a sandy covered blanket.  

"Heh, those girls are something else."  The Ammo Baron grinned to himself after getting an extra show on top of the sexy dancing that Shantae had provided for his men earlier.  "Worth every jewel I paid to all three of them.  Best investment I've made since getting those custom cannons meant for wrecking orphanages."  You wouldn't expect it but those buildings were surprisingly sturdy, he guessed since kids were like little forces of destruction themselves.  "Though I gotta say, I'm surprised you were okay with this."  Ammo Baron said looking to his left where a pair of binoculars were hiding under another sand colored blanket. 

"What's the problem with it?  I paid you to be here."  Bolo said.  

"Yeah I know just... isn't that girl your friend?"  

"She didn't get hurt.  If she was going to get hurt I would have stopped you guys."  

"But spying on her in the shower is just fine?"  

"Listen when your around girls like her every day sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get by."  

"Well, fine by me.  Not like I didn't get something out of it.  We got some time yet before they're clear from spotting us coming back to camp.  C'mon kid, I'll show you how to shoot a rifle other than the one you got in your pants."