Son of Chronos Book 1 OriginChapter 17
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Artemis arrived at the Texas A&M dorms before dawn. Six of the dorm buildings were arranged in a rectangle as two Us consisting of three buildings each facing each other with an open quad in the middle. The rectangle ran southwest to northeast. She knew that her target, being a freshman was most likely in one of the six dorms on the quad. She considered her options. The two buildings on the northeast side offered the best concealment for access to and escape from the roof. She settled on the northern most building.
She approached the building cautiously. Once against the back wall, she drew a special arrow from her quiver. The arrow was constructed from materials that were both very strong and very light. The head of the arrow was a collapsible grappling hook with a 4 inch radius when expanded. Attached to the arrow was a reel of what looked like light weight fishing line. It was however strong enough to support around 600 pounds. The reel contained almost a 1000 feet of line and had a built in electric winch. The exposed end of the line was also attached to the arrow.
She removed the reel from the arrow and attached it to her bow. She hit a button on the reel which disengaged the winch. She pulled out a few feet of line, then fired the arrow up and at an angle that would take it over the roof of the building. When the arrow reached the apex of it’s arc it fell back down onto the roof. The grappling hook opened on impact.
She pressed a second button on the reel. The winch engaged and began pulling in the line until all the slack was taken out of the line and the tension on the line was equal to her weight. When the winch stopped she gave her bow a couple of tugs to make sure everything was secure, then started the winch again at full power. The winch slowly pulled her up to the roof.
Once on the roof, she reset the controls on the reel to allow line to play out at a controlled speed and removed it from her bow, setting it down at the edge of the roof. Her exit plan was that once she had a panic going in the quad, she would come back to this side of the roof, reattach the reel to her bow and jump off the roof.
She hunkered down at the edge of the roof facing the quad, confident that no one would look up enough to spot her, and waited for her target to appear in the quad.
Valarie slowly came to. Her entire body was sore and covered in scars from months of torture and abuse. She was lying on a dirt floor and the light was dim. She was in some kind of pit or enclosure, the space was around 50 feet by 25 feet and was surrounded by a poured concrete wall about 15 feet high, with a larger space of some kind above the enclosure. She could make out cameras around the top of the wall.
She was lying on one end of the enclosure, above her head, around 4 feet off the floor was a lever, another foot above that was a red light. Above the light, around 8 feet off the floor was a shower head.
On the opposite end of the enclosure was a 4 foot by 4 foot steel door that was attached to tracks on either side and a winch on the top of the wall. Something on the other side of that door roared.
Valarie stood up.
Lights came on somewhere above the top of the enclosure. A male voice began to speak, but she couldn’t see the speaker.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the cunt in the pit has graciously volunteered to risk life and limb for your amusement. Behind the steel door is a male Siberian tiger. Eventually, the cunt herself will open the door, releasing the tiger into the pit.”
“However, before that happens you have a decision to make. Rather than water, there are two four gallon reservoirs that contain liquid scents. One is the scent of the tiger’s natural prey, and the other is the scent of a female tiger in heat. In a minute you will be asked to vote on which of those two scents should be fed to the shower head. Once all votes have been cast, the appropriate scent will be released into the pipes flowing to the shower head and the light below it will turn green.”
“When the light turns green, the cunt will pull the lever, dowsing itself in the selected scent, and after a 30 second delay, opening the door to release the tiger. The cunt herself will have no way of knowing which scent was selected. However if you decide to give her the tigress in heat scent, and she isn’t cooperative, the beast may kill her anyway.”
“Please begin voting now.”
Valarie stood calmly awaiting her fate. As the minutes ticked by, she began to get aroused. She didn’t know if she was going to be sex or dinner, but either way, her audience would enjoy the show.
Finally, the light turned green. She pulled the lever and she was doused in the strong odor of urine.
The door at the far end began to rise. She moved out away from the wall and knelt to wait for her fate.
The tiger burst into the enclosure, roaring. It stopped, sniffing the air. It’s nostrils flared and it looked at Valarie.
The beast stalked deliberately towards her. It circled her. Then it was face to face with her. It roared.
Valarie trembled. She knew that the only hope, no matter how small it was that she had to survive this lay in total cooperation and total submission to this animal; no matter what her fate. She lifted her chin, exposing her throat to the tiger.
The tiger turned it’s head sideways and placed it’s jaws around her neck.
Valarie felt the fangs of the tiger press into her neck and she expected it to rip out her throat. Instead, it released her, apparently satisfied that she would submit.
The big cat started to lick her body, her face, her breasts, it’s tongue slowly descended down her abdomen to her crotch.
Her position wouldn’t give the cat the access that it wanted and it backed off and swatted her with one paw, it’s claws scratching her arm.
Valarie got the hint. She turned her back to the cat and knelt, placing her head on the ground and her ass in the air.
The cat placed a front paw on her back, between her shoulder blades, and thrust into her. If fucked her hard and fast.
Valarie woke up in her bed screaming in orgasm. There was no fear this time, only intense sexual arousal. She knew intellectually that she should be more afraid this time then ever before. Prior dreams had included extreme torture; but even the prior night’s dream, where she had been forced to deep fry her own hand, had not included such an imminent prospect of death.
“Why? Why doesn’t this frighten me anymore?” she screamed aloud.
‘Because,’ came a voice in the back of her mind, a voice that was Valarie’s voice but wasn’t Valarie, ‘you know deep down inside that your time is almost over and there is nothing you can do to stop it. You have finally accepted your fate. Soon, this slave’s time will come.’
Matt and Molly woke up Friday morning and started getting ready for class. Matt checked the Time Lord email and Ms Rohn was up to 79 cracks in her mirror.
Matt arrived at his history class. Professor Rohn was dressed in a very sexy little black dress. Her behavior towards her male students had changed dramatically; where before she was belligerent at best, she was now respectful, almost deferential. After class ended and the students started to leave, they were buzzing with gossip and speculation as to what happened.
The Professor tried to talk with Matt after class, but he walked away. He didn’t want her to break too quickly.
When he was finished with class for the day, Matt had a few things he needed to pick up from his dorm room before he, Molly and Hercules headed to Houston.
He entered the quad from the west corner, and headed northwest because his room was in the building on the northeast side of the northwest end.
When Matt was just about to the halfway point on his walk across the quad he heard William’s voice shout, “Matt!”
Matt looked to his left and he saw William on the far side of the quad waving. Matt waved back and William started to cross the quad in Matt’s direction. Matt turned and walked over to meet him in the center of the quad.
“Will, what’s up?” Matt asked when they were finally face to face.
William responded, “I wanted to thank you for cluing me in on Jenifer. We’ve talked and we are going to get together like you and Molly. I thought you should be the first to know.”
William paused and asked, “I was wondering if you knew where we could get some ... um ... toys?”
Matt frowned as he heard the last word of Will’s question stretch out. No one was moving, time had stopped.
Artemis was crouched on the roof, watching people milling about in the quad. It was afternoon by the time her target appeared. She frowned. He entered the quad from the west and was headed straight for the building she was on. It might be a problem if she had to fire into his line of sight.
However, once the target was halfway across the quad, someone shouted his name and he moved to the center of the quad. That was perfect, now the full track of her arrow would be out of the target’s line of sight.
Artemis stood, assumed an archers stance, pulled an arrow from her quiver, placed it on her bow, and drew the bow. She stilled her breathing as she sighted in on the target. She released the arrow and watched it fly towards the target.
Matt was worried. This was the first time since he discovered his powers that a full time stop had initiated by reflex. Why?
He concentrated on what he had heard and seen in the last few seconds. There had been a barely audible twang and the whistling sound of something cutting through the air. It came from his left and and behind.
He turned and immediately saw the arrow hanging in mid air. It had a carbon fiber shaft and a viscous broad head with blades that were curled into a circle around the shaft of the arrow. This was a killing weapon, not a misfired target arrow.
He studied the orientation of the arrow, figuring it’s path in his mind. It had come from the roof of his own dorm building and would have hit his heart if his subconscious mind hadn’t detected it.
He plucked the arrow from the air and started to walk towards it’s source but stopped after a few steps.
William! He could go back and position the arrow where it won’t hit anyone, but restarting time would give the archer a chance to fire again. There was nothing else he could do without William noticing something.
He walked back to William, considering his words carefully. He whispered in Will’s ear, “You won’t worry about my disappearance. For now, you won’t tell anyone about it. You know that I am alright and that I will explain what happened on Monday.”
Matt turned once more and ran towards his dorm building. Once in the building, he grabbed a couple of folding chairs from the rec room and headed up the stairs.
Matt stopped on the landing at the top floor. One of the other guys in the building was the son of a locksmith. That guy was also an amateur astronomer. He had managed to make his own key to the roof access door and kept it hidden on top of the emergency light at the top floor landing in one of those magnetic key boxes.
Matt took the key and unlocked the door to the roof.
Out on the roof, Matt found a woman, perhaps a year or two older than Ruth, standing in an archer’s stance with a bow in her hand.
He looked her over. She was tall, though not quite as tall as Matt, around 5’10” to 6’. She was slender and had short blond hair in a bob. She was wearing a long sleeve and full leg, but tight fitting, outfit in an urban camouflage pattern. From the tight fit of the top, he could see that her breasts were decent sized but not large, probably a C cup.
He set the folding chairs down, leaning against the roof access door for the moment, then released the arrow so it would impact the roof around a foot to the archer’s side. He set the two chairs up facing each other far enough back that they wouldn’t be seen from the ground, with the far chair facing the archer.
Once that was done, he walked over to the archer, he pulled out a pocket knife and carefully cut the bow string. He pried the bow from her fingers and tossed it aside. It wouldn’t go anywhere until he restarted time, but it would be far enough by the time she recovers her wits. He removed her quiver and tossed it in the opposite direction. He read the interrogation script to her.
He sat down in the chair facing the archer and re-started time.
Artemis became aware of several things simultaneously; her target and her arrow had vanished, her bow and quiver were gone. As she tried to gather her wits she heard her bow land on the roof off to her right and her quiver and arrows clattered off to her left.
She sensed the presence of her target behind her and spun to face him.
Matt watched as the archer turned to face in his direction. “What?! How?!” she asked.
He was impressed that she hadn’t screamed.
“You’re supposed to be a mind-controller, how did you get up here so fast?” the archer demanded to know.
Matt grinned and said, “Come here and sit down. Answer my questions and I may answer a few of yours.”
Artemis walked over and sat down, her eyes wide in surprise. “What? How? Have you turned me into a slave already? That shouldn’t be possible!” she said in a normal tone.
“Well,” Matt said, “I was going to make you answer my questions first, but I suppose I can get a few of yours out of the way first.”
He paused to think. He knew he faced an organized enemy now. It was probably best to not reveal anything about his capabilities, even if he did enslave her in the end, as there might be others monitoring them. Still the urge to brag on his powers was strong. He finally settled on being cryptic.
“To address your questions in order:” he continued, “Your bow and arrows are quiet, but they aren’t quite silent, and the arrows are slower than sound. I heard your bow and the arrow’s movement through the air. I dodged the arrow and brought it up here with me. As to how I did all that so quickly, lets just say that I can walk between the moments.”
“No, I haven’t made you a slave yet. I’ve just made sure that you will sit there and answer my questions truthfully until I decide to end our conversation. You also won’t be able to do anything to draw attention to us.”
“Why shouldn’t that be possible?” he asked.
“Because,” she answered, “I can see you aren’t using any kind of device, I am naturally resistant to hypnotic induction and I have been trained to resist telepathy. If you were a hypnotist, I would have been aware of your presence behind me before you had me under; and if even if you were a strong enough telepath to overwhelm my defenses, I should have been aware of the effort.”
“Good thing for me that I am neither a hypnotist nor a telepath.” Matt responded. Then he asked, “Who are you?”
“I am Artemis.” she replied.
Matt shook his head. “What is your legal name?” he asked.
“Diana Rossi.” she answered.
“Why did you try to kill me?” he asked.
“I was sent to assassinate you.” she answered.
“Who sent you and why did they send you?” he asked.
“I...” Artemis struggled not to answer, but lost the struggle, “I was sent by the Matriarch. The Jade Dragon was one of our agents, but she vanished. An investigation into her disappearance turned up your name as a suspected mind-controller and the Jade Dragon’s last target. The Matriarch decided that you were enough of a threat to require dealing with you sooner rather than later, despite the unknowns.”
“So, you are an agent of the Matriarchy, an assassin.” Matt stated. “Why do you work for them? Are you just a mercenary? Do you believe in their cause of female world domination?” he asked.
Artemis stared defiantly at Matt and said, “I’m no killer for hire. My father was a telepath, a mind controller. The Matriarch rescued me and my mother from my father when I was 14. He had just started in on me when The Matriarch found him. My mother had been under his influence for too long. She couldn’t handle being without him, or dealing with the things he’d made her do without his constant control. She committed suicide.”
She paused, she looked down and frowned. A single tear rolled down her face. Then she took a deep breath and continued, “The Matriarch took me in, finished raising me. She taught me how to protect my mind from telepaths and to resist hypnosis. At 16 I discovered both an uncanny ability to track people and animals and an uncanny ability with any sort of ranged weapon. I don’t need to believe in The Matriarch’s cause, I believe in The Matriarch. I joined The Matriarchy as soon as I graduated from high school.”
Matt’s brow furrowed and he frowned. “I, see.” he said. “I can not allow any possibility of you returning to the Matriarchy, so my only choices are to kill you or to enslave you, and unlike you, I am not a killer. Very well then it’s done. This conversation is over for now. Stand up.”
Her eyes went wide, “What? Why should ... Aaaa!” she screamed, and jumped up. “What the hell did you do to me? All of a sudden it felt like the chair was covered in broken glass, but as soon as I stood up the pain vanished.”
Matt laughed, “You must obey any command given by me or any representative of Chronos Enterprises. Failure to obey will result in pain. The pain will continue until you obey.”
He stepped up to her and slapped her face. “Now you have been punished for not standing immediately.” he said. He looked around. There was no way he could take her down through the dorm building.
“How were you planning to get off this roof?” he asked.
Artemis pointed to where the grappling arrow was, “I was planning to rappel down.”
Matt smiled, “Good, do so. I will meet you at the bottom.” Then he vanished.
Matt was standing in the shadow of a tree on the back side of his dorm building. He saw Artemis approach the edge of the roof.
She looked around, making sure no one was watching, then she bent and it looked like she picked something up. She fiddled with her belt, then she backed up to the edge of the roof. She slowly leaned backwards and walked backwards down the wall.
Matt looked closely and he realized that there was some kind of spool attached to her belt with a very fine line. It looked like it was little more than fishing line, but it had no trouble holding her weight.
He waited until she was standing on the ground and started to detach the spool from her belt. He stopped time, stepped up to where he was right behind her and restarted time. “It took you long enough to get down here.” he scolded her sternly.
Artemis jumped and screamed when she heard his voice right behind her. “How... ? How did you get down here so fast? How did you sneak up on me like that?” she babbled.
Matt bent over laughing. Finally he recovered and waved away her questions saying, “Apparently the vaunted huntress is far too oblivious for her former line of work.” “Follow me.” he ordered, then he turned and walked away.
He led her to his car. He looked around as they approached his car. There were only a few people around in the parking lot and none were paying any attention to either him or Artemis.
“Get in the back seat.” he ordered.
He got into the drivers seat, pulled out and headed towards Molly’s apartment.
Matt pulled into the parking lot at Molly’s apartment building. Molly and Hercules were waiting for them with all of their bags for the weekend.
Matt got out of his car as Molly approached. Matt gave Molly a hug and a quick kiss.
“Who’s that in the backseat?” Molly asked.
“An assassin sent by the Matriarchy.” Matt answered. “I’ll explain more latter.” He looked at Hercules and said, “For now, I don’t want to reveal more to her than absolutely necessary.”
Hercules nodded and barked.
Matt loaded their bags in the trunk of his car while Molly let Hercules into the back seat and then got into the front passenger seat.
Hercules stretched out on the back seat, pushing Artemis up against the back driver’s side door and laid his head in her lap. Artemis sat stiffly, trembling slightly as she stared at the massive dog.
As Matt opened the front driver’s side door to get in, Artemis attempted to push Hercules’ head off of her lap. Hercules growled as soon as her hands touched his head and she pulled her hands back as if they had been burned.
Artemis looked at Matt and pleaded, “Please, get him off of me.”
Matt glared at her for a moment and she shrank back into the seat.
“From now on you will address me as Master.” he ordered, nearly growling.
“Like hell I wi...” Artemis started to say indigently, but the statement was cut off by a scream of pain. She brought her hands to her throat as if she was choking.
“Hmm,” Matt said, “that was an interesting reaction.” He leaned into the car and locked eyes with Artemis. “Anytime you disobey a command, you will experience psycho-somatic pain, at the limits of what you can imagine. The pain will stop when the disobedience stops.” he told her.
“Will you address me properly now?” he asked.
She nodded, and managed to answer with a shaky voice, “Yes Master.”
He grinned at her cruelly and asked, “As to your request, there are not a lot of options available, would you prefer to spend the trip to Houston sucking his cock?”
Matt savored the incredulous look on her face as she answered, “N ... n ... no Master.”
“Well, perhaps you would like to spend the next five or six hours tied up in my trunk?”
Artemis’s face went pale and she again stammered, “N ... n ... no master, I’m fine.”
Matt got into his car and pulled out of the parking lot, headed for Houston.
Molly observed, “Master, you are reacting very differently to this one than you did to Jade, less ... detached.”
“Yes,” Matt replied, “I’ve never had a desire for an unwilling slave before, but something about her makes me feel predatory. I’m not sure why though and that bothers me a bit.” He paused for a moment then said, “I’m sorry, I forgot to introduce you. Molly, our guest in the back seat is Artemis; Artemis, this is Molly, your seatmate’s name is Hercules.”
Matt pulled into a parking garage across the street from the bank. He parked his car and rolled down the windows then ordered, “Artemis, stay put. Hercules, see to it she stays put. Molly, come with me.”
Matt and Molly got out of the car and walked to the bank. When they arrived at the lobby, David Barrister, Matilda Victorsson and Susanne Renik were already waiting for them. Matt and Molly exchanged greetings with the three of them.
A middle aged woman in a business suit approached Matt. She held out her hand and said, “You must be Mr. Murphy. I’m Janice, I am the personal banker assigned to your trust accounts.”
Matt shook her hand and replied, “Yes, I am. Call me Matt. I presume you have already met Mr. Barrister. This is Ms Renik, my real-estate agent; Ms Victorsson, corporate counsel for the company I have set up to run out of the property I am buying today; and this, is my girlfriend Molly.”
After they shook hands, Janice handed Matt a business card and said, “Please follow me to the conference room where the closing is being held.”
Matt stopped time and used the loyalty script on Janice.
Janice led them to a conference room. There were three people already in the conference room, all men. Janice handled the introductions; the men were Mr. Weirick from the title company, Mr. Barnak from the GSA, acting as the real-estate agent for the government, and Mr. Kertzman from the DOJ.
Matt was concerned about the way Mr. Kertzman was looking at him and Matilda. He briefly considered using the loyalty script, but decided it was better not to mess with government employees.
The closing went quickly; mostly Matt learned because he was paying cash, not a mortgage. While he was going through the paper work and signing everything, Matilda inquired about the state of the utilities and Mr. Barnack informed her that both the power and water were on, but they would need to have phone service turned back on.
As soon as they had finished signing all of the paperwork, including the cashier’s check from the bank, Matt was handed a set of keys.
On the way out, Susanne pulled Matt aside. “The inspection on the ranch property went very well.” she told him. “The house was in perfect condition, not surprising considering it’s brand new. The barns and other outbuildings are older and, while none need immediate repairs, there are a few normal maintenance issues that will need to be done over the next few years. The full inspection report has a suggested maintenance schedule.” Susanne handed Matt a copy of the inspection report.
Matt skimmed through the report and said, “Good, we can move forward with the purchase then. When can we close?” he asked.
“The Hall’s would like to close as soon as possible, would next Friday be okay with you?” she asked back.
“Yes, that works just fine. Set it up and send me the details.” Matt said.
Matt pulled up to the warehouse address. The lot was fenced with a rolling gate across a driveway wide enough for two lanes of traffic. The gate was closed and padlocked.
Matt got out of his car and unlocked and opened the gate. Then he got back in his car and drove onto the lot, getting his first good look at the lot and the warehouse. He drove around the warehouse inspecting the lot and the outside of the warehouse. The lot was around 300 feet wide and 1500 feet long. The warehouse was situated to one side of the lot, he estimated the width of the building at 230 feet and the length at around 1100 feet, counting the office area at the front. The office section was not quite as wide as the warehouse itself. The whole building was two stories high. There were two vertical rolling door entrances, both large enough for a truck, one on the side at the front and one in the back.
He had just finished his drive around the building and parked his car when another car pulled into the lot. He got out of the car and when Matilda got out of the other car, he signaled Molly to stay in the car.
Matt walked over to Matilda and told her, “I got a text message from my mother on the way over here. I had asked her to arrange for food and tables, since I didn’t know what would be here in the way of furniture. She will be here shortly, and she has a food truck and rental furniture set to be delivered within the next hour.” Then he asked, “Where do you think the best place is for us to set up to do a ‘meet and greet’ and briefing for the recruits?”
Matilda thought a bit and then answered, “The old operation didn’t use much of the office space. A third of the first floor is open plan space, intended for cubicles. We put in a stage and used it for the auctions. It would be perfect. There is a secure door down on the other side intended to be an employee entrance. The food truck could be set up over there to make for a shorter trip.”
“Let’s do that,” Matt said. “I have an unexpected guest with me. It’s okay if she has a general idea of what we are doing here, but for now I don’t want her to know any more about me and the details of the operation than absolutely necessary. I also have someone else with me that you haven’t met yet, but a proper introduction will have to wait until the unexpected guest is dealt with.”
Matilda replied, “I think we can handle that. We should be able to secure her in the kennels if the FBI didn’t do too much damage. While we are waiting, why don’t I give you a tour, I’ll start with the kennels.”
Matt walked back to his car with Matilda following. Once he got there he opened the drivers door and ordered, “Molly, Artemis, Hercules, time to get out of the car.”
As they all piled out Matilda greeted Molly, then she saw Hercules. “What a beautiful dog!” She exclaimed then she reached down and scratched his head. Hercules sat and waged his tail.
Matilda looked back up and said, “Who’s the blond?”
“An assassin sent to kill me; I’ll explain later.” Matt replied.
“Give me the keys and I’ll take you on a tour.” Matilda said. Matt handed her the keys and she led them over to a door Matt had missed before that led straight into the warehouse. It was a solid steel security door. Matilda unlocked the door and led them inside.
“How did you avoid getting caught when the operation was shut down?” Matt asked as they entered the warehouse.
“I wasn’t here when the raid went down.” Matilda replied. “All the real books were kept off-site. What was here were decoys for the authorities. I used an alias, my real name wasn’t on any of the paperwork No one who worked on-site on a regular basis knew my real name. There were four of us at the top of the organization and they didn’t get any of us.”
She led them to the row of kennels on the near side and began narrating like a tour guide, “On either side of the warehouse is a row of 80 10x10x6 kennels formed by steel posts set in to the concrete and chain link fencing around the sides and over the top. To reduce cleanup efforts while maintaining the level of humiliation for the inventory, squat toilets were installed into the concrete floor of each kennel.”
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Ode on Life's Journey - I began life's journey when I was young, And the glitt'ring prospect charmed my eyes; I saw joy after joy successive rise Along the extended plain. But soon I found 'twas all a dream, And learned the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purposed aim and thousand daily are undone. There are more tearful goodbyes, as we start out early the very next day. Howle and Liss stand with Nev at the edge of their home stead. Nev, saying she was needed at home but...
"Does anyone have any ideas of what do with the extra women we found?" the Legend Bunyan asks before the meeting breaks up. "We could just take them with us," Ajax the lesser answers. "It would be the right thing to do." "They too have homes and families," I say out of the blue. "Will you deprive them of those things once more." "I am not sure that is open for debate, Chronos," Saber frowns at me. Maybe I should have spoken with him in private. He and I do seem to be stepping...
The council chamber is crowded with all the elders and the returned travelers. We are the last ones to file in. I give Saul a gentle pat on his arm and Nimrod gives him a reassuring smile. "What is she doing here?" Napoleon bellows out, even before Melville can get two words in. "I can hurt you." I say, looking him calmly in the eye. "Nosis." Nimrod touches my shoulder and pulls me back against him. "Fine." I stick my tongue out at Napoleon and give Nimrod a peck on the cheek as I...
Friday morning when Matt woke at 6 AM. Molly was still curled up against his right side, sleeping with her head on his chest. He could reach her ass with his right hand. He reached out with one finger and started playing with her asshole. He had actually managed to work the finger in, up to the second knuckle, before she woke up. When she was fully awake he pulled the finger out of her ass and stuck it in her mouth. Molly fought a wave of nausea as she tasted shit for the first time in real...
As Iris turned to follow Susanne’s car onto what was clearly a ranch driveway, Matt was pleased to note that the house was not visible from the road due to heavy brush and bushes along the road. This continued to around 50 feet in along the driveway where the driveway took a turn to the left, so that the house wasn’t even visible from the end of the driveway. As they pulled up to the house itself, Matt saw that there was a professionally dressed gentleman and an older couple, likely in their...
Matt followed Molly and Ruth to his bedroom and closed the door behind them. “Are either of you on birth control?” Matt asked. “A bit late to be asking now isn’t it?” Molly asked with a giggle. Matt Frowned and Molly cringed when she noticed “That smart alack remark just earned you ten lashes. Neither one of you was asking me to use a condom in the heat of the moment.” “I’m sorry Master. I use an implantable rod.” Molly replied meekly. “I’ve been using the patch but I’ve been considering...
The Pettada don't understand dancing. Music and motion and expression. All of that is lost on them, anytime I tried to explain they would just give me a blank look. So, to say I missed dancing is an understatement. I was parched for dancing. I get to dance with so many people that I lose track of all the names and faces. Everyone is happy to meet me. They all know my name and thanks to Maggie they know some of my deeds. She must have told everyone how I had saved her life. I am not sure...
It doesn't take me long to find Saber. He is close to 7 feet tall and all muscles, but he is pretty smart for a muscle man. I just focus on the sounds of fighting and there they are, Knight Protectors of the Compound. A 16 man squad, down now by 3 and at least 2 more on the critical list. But they are out there working, honing their skills in the area set aside for their fight practice. I spend a minute watching. They are some of the prettiest men and women I have seen in awhile. And as...
I have Rich show me the Silencer in the basement. It a glom of different parts and outputs, but somehow he got it to work. I am able to figure out the frequencies he is tuning out. I will have to do some fiddling when I have time to adjust my Chameleon Circuitry. After looking at his science project, I am left wondering what kind of education Rick has had. He talks noticeably better and it would take someone with some physics and electronic knowledge in order to create the jammer he has in...
"Alys, come with me, " I say to her as Diana and I move the dead weight that is King Louie to a safer place. The throne that Louie was sitting on looks like it is dense enough to stop a bullet. "Alys stay behind the throne with Louie, while Diana and I..." I stop and look at Diana for help. She snorts under her breath and grins. "While we inflict a little damage." She raises an eye brow, " That sound about right to you, Chronos?" "Yes, Damage works fine." "Whata I do?" Alys...
The two hours fly by fast. I am the first up the ladder and out into the open. It feels so good to breathe fresh air, and feel the wind on my face. I had not realized how much I missed it, living from one artificial world to another. And lucky me, I am getting my first sunset of the Sun in a 100 years. It is beautiful. I want to bask in the splendid sight forever. Gwen wants to take me over to meet some of the other women. Saber and Melville want to head off to look for the hidden entrance...
They drag Maggie and me off to the wolf pens. It is hard not to make a fuss, as Maggie starts to cry and is giving me the why did you let this happen look. "Chronos!" She yells at me through her tears. "You promised me." Try as she might she wiggles and tugs and drags her feet, but the two men who have her do not even notice her antics. I can only shake my head at her. There are too many people around for me to try and calm her down and I am busy modifying my plan to include Maggie as...
Camulus' smile is the same as his sister's, friendly and warm. "The names we picked are all gods of war," He warms to his subject. "I am Celtic, Gun is African and Seth is Egyptian. He was going to with a more Asian god but I think the god of war for the Hindi is a woman. Seth say it was" "And you three just knew that you were going to be grouped together?" I throw my head back and laugh. The gods of war how sophomoric but then all the names were like that. A great deal of thought,...
I start the hummer back up and get it onto the road. I can still hear her screaming. This is not good. I check the instrument panel to see how much energy I have and do a weapons check. Everything gives me a green light. I sure wish I had some music to go with the avenging angel part that I was about to play. Wagner or that guy who did Terminator. Was that scary or what. I make all the appropriate turns and get back to the camp in record time. But the screaming in my mind has stopped long...
Cleaning up Inside the bathhouse are the rest of the Protectors. They are stripping out of their soiled clothing. Seth blushes when I come in but no one comments at my appearance, so I just pull off the blood encrusted clothes along with the rest. If I weren't so tired, I think I might have even enjoyed the sight of all those well honed bodies. But tonight I am just looking for a bath, like the rest of the group. I follow when everyone troops through the far door to a sunken bath, I...
Molly woke slowly on Wednesday morning. She had the most erotic dream last night. Matt had turned up with mind control powers and turned her into a slave. Then she realized that she wasn’t alone in bed, she was laying on someone’s shoulder. No, not someone’s shoulder, Matt’s shoulder. Her hand went to her neck and she felt the collar that was still in place. That brought her all the way awake. It wasn’t a dream. All that actually happened yesterday. She looked at her alarm clock. They had a...
Molly and Jenifer were coming out of a class they shared. Jenifer put her hand on Molly’s shoulder. “You look wasted. What happened?” “Oh God. I was feeling horny last night, so I asked Matt to ride me hard and put me up wet. So, he ordered me and Duchess to his bedroom...” “Who is Duchess” “Remember when Matt said he’d been attacked while talking to William?” “Yeah.” “Well, the Matriarchy agent who attacked him has a submissive streak that was deeply buried until she met Matt. He...
Monday, Luke went looking for Matt between classes, finding him in the student union. Luke walked up to Matt. “I need your help.” “What’s up.” “A couple of things. The gang hasn’t gotten together just to hang out since before school started. Fred wants to get together and introduce Tasha to the whole gang.” “No problem we can get together at the ranch some time, but why isn’t Fred bringing this to me?” “Because, I may have a toy of my own, or a shit load of trouble. I’m not sure...
Matt met up with Molly after their Friday morning classes were over. Matt told her, “We are going to make a run into Houston before we go to the Ranch. There is a NOW rally/protest at a crisis pregnancy center on the north side of Houston and we are going to hit the rally, and the Willowbrook Mall so I can do some recruiting.” “Sound like a plan.” Matt found the NOW rally. He was only able to get his car within about four blocks of the actual rally. Matt Parked his rental car. “Wait...
I let Maggie go up first, she is slow. I wonder, not for the first time, why she is not as strong as the rest of these health conscious folks. Once we are at ground level Maggie leads me over to a cluster of women, I know many of them. I helped rescue them late last night. Was it really only last night. "Chronos!" one of the women calls out to me and holds out her arm to hug me. It is Gwen or should I say Gwenivier. A beautiful blonde bombshell of a lady. I walk gladly into her arms and...
We harvest all day. Not just the corn, but all the ripe vegetables that need be eaten right away or they will go bad. So, to celebrate this ending of harvest season the Kindred have a party, why not, harvests are traditional party times. The Kindred being descended from a group of historical re-enactors, then maybe they have experience with this celebration thing. As the day draws to a close, the rest of the folks who have been in conference come out and join us. Gwen's face lights up at...
"No," I say and Saul looks crestfallen. Letting the two of them know my decision. "If it is to be, it will be the three of us." "Saul loves," I smile sweetly at his sad expression. "I can not take his time with you away from you," I turn to Saul, who is now looking shocked. He may be bisexual, but I can see no one had thought to share him with Nimrod. Nimrod seems to think this is funny as he laughs some more. "I don't do girls." He raises an eye brow at me in challenge. "But...
Camulus picks himself up from the far side of the fire. He looks down at the dead Wyrm. He looks up at me and gives me this too cocky grin. "You are crazy!" He yells over at me. I can see the veins standing out in his neck. What, did he think this was a picnic, this was not as easy as it looks. Meanwhile, the rest of the Protectors finish making their approach to the carcass. "You killed the Wyrm?" Holiday twanged out in amazement. "I'll be damned." "What is that smell?" Warily...
In waking, I find Nimrod's penis hard up against my back. Somehow Saul and I have switched places in the middle of the night. So I am butt up against Nimrod and Saul is hanging off the bed. Wiggling around some till I have Nimrods length fit between my legs, I rub till he grows harder and moans in his sleep. Saul, on the other side moans in return. It is really cute. I want to reach around and kiss Nimrod but he had reacted so badly to my kiss last night that I don't dare wake him. As I am...
Napoleon curses under his breath. "Fine," he lashes out. He points at me in an accusatory fashion. "But she is Not one of my Protectors nor will she be counted as one." "Agreed," Nimrod says as calm as can be, in juxtaposition of Napoleon's anger. "Agreed," Melville nods his head to Napoleon and then to Nimrod. Everyone else nods too, looking a little shell shocked at what just happened. What did just happen? I will have to get the information out of Nimrod. "Then this meeting...
to Fight: to Heal "I would be delighted." I reply to Saul's offer, but look over at Nimrod. He seems to be watching Saul and me, trying to gauge my reactions. "Nim?" Saul says in a worried tone, does he think he has been to forward with his invitation. He climbs to his feet and shambles over to Nimrod hanging his head and hiding his eyes as if ashamed. "If that is alright with you?" "I said bring her home didn't I?" Nimrod says, pretending to be cranky. "Can we keep her?" Saul...
When I return to the cabin, Saul and Nimrod are sitting at the table making lover noises. "I am going to miss you so much." A Kissing noise that is long and wet. I grin to myself. "Oh Nim, not as much at I will miss you." more kissing sounds. They are so cute. I watch them for a minute simply to bask in their love. I wish sometimes that I could have more than physical love. I understand the pleasures of the body. It might be why I always work so hard to find someone compatible, who I...
Early the next morning, Nimrod and I stand by the Hummer with Saul, while the Protectors finish packing. Do we really need all this gear? Holiday whines as he lifts another bag. Better to be prepared, for anything, Seattle says in an overly jolly voice. I roll my eyes and smile. I find it hard to believe these three are Napoleon's lackeys. Saul will be safe with them. That's the last one, Saber says as he looks over the empty ground. I can see from the haunted look in his eye, this...
I wander around the compound after my silly escape. I look over the cabins and the food fields. I take in the night sounds. There is a light chill in the air that makes everything crisp and fresh. I ponder the stars that are, both strange and yet, a comfort to me. I will have to ask someone about them. I remember the stars used to have stories about them. Maybe I can learn something about this new/old world I am on. I let myself wander on. I feel a pull over to one of the walls. The east...
It is thanks to Diana that we stop for a short lunch break. She has found us a small field with a tiny stream running through it. I think she is leading us back to the major road that runs close by. It would be easier to travel and we can check for damage as we go along. But for now, I think it is a good time to get the girls thinking about home. "Nev, what can you tell us about your home" I ask her, Nev seems to be the most socially advanced of our girls. And she is shaking off her trauma...
"I am a spirit, I can take any form I want. Little one." He is still laughing at me under his breath. I watch his eyes. He is soaking up the view of me. And, I might add, I do the same. "You were difficult to find," he chides me. I remain silent. "It took some doing but I see now where you are." "Why are you even here?" I ask at this point I am terribly suspicious of his actions. "Why? To keep you out of trouble, which I see I am too late to prevent." He doesn't sound angry,...
We must be making exceptional time, walking along the road side, as we make it to the Brutes home by late-afternoon on the next day. We are even luckier that the threatening rain holds off as well. We make our way into the prison. It is completely deserted. Not a body, not a growl of noise. It looks like it had been empty for months. Most likely since the Kindred came through, guns a blazing. Catherine has us move in cautiously. Slow and cautious. "There are no bodies." Catherine says as...
"Mother Liss, do you have some hard drink about? I need to calm the girls down and get them to bed." And I add hopefully, "and maybe a few real beds for the night?" "Oh for goodness sake girls, you just stop that catawaullin'." Liss chides them. I share a look of exasperation with the Protectors. "I'll get it." Howle says heading out of the room. He comes back in a moment, carrying a stone crock and some little bowls. He opens the crock and splashes some clear liquid into the...
"Well gal, I see you're back." Brin's father says to Brin with no fanfare or anything. "At least you brought some women folk to help out." And with that he turns and walks back into the house where he bellows at his wife to come out and see to us. Brin gives us an apologetic look, once his has left. Brin's brothers, after hearing their father's call of company, come tumbling out of the house. Her brothers on the other hand don't say anything once they see us. They just follow us...
"I do not buy it." I snap at the boys as they give me a ridiculous hanged dog expression. "You have been chasing pussy like it is your god given right." I sweep the gun I confiscated at them. "It is going to stop. Now!" I push outward with my anger. I do to them on purpose what I did to Nimrod by accident. I am awash with pain of every girl they have accosted, for every bung hole they tried to fill. They cringe away from me in fear. It is glorious! The power to inspire this kind of...
Rich leads us back to the house. The two other boys have beat us there. They are sitting at the table looking sullen. Brin has a look of I told you so on her face. And Emma just looks confused. "What happened?" Emma rushes at us, as Catherine enters with Billy Ray slung over her shoulder. "Billy got in the way of Chronos' fist." Catherine says dryly. "We are fine, too." I say brightly. "We just need to talk." "The boys are fine, Emma." Rich gives her a sheepish grin. "But we...
We are led up to an elaborate set of wooden doors. They look like they were stolen off the front of a Church. The doors are big and heavy, with lots of art carving with amazing detail of saints and angles. I hear Alys give a little hiss of breath as she recognize the doors. "Yours sweetie?" I ask. She only gets off a whimper as she nods franticly at me. "How do you like them doors?" Elmer gloats as he leads us through. "We just finished putting them in. They was some find." The room...
The rest of the walk is just as boring as the first part, but I am grateful to know that Annie escaped at some point during my outburst the day earlier ... If we were as close to the Brute's home base as I thought, she could lead her friends back and follow the trail of debris that the ladies had left. It is night fall when we come to walls. It looks like a prison. All high walls and barbed wire. And very ugly. No wonder these guys are brutes. We are hustled into a badly built building of...
"Oh dear gods," Anastasia says in shock, somewhere behind me. "Right, so now we know what is at stake," I say in an overly cheerful voice. "Let us now plan." Now we are getting into my territory. Rubbing my hands together as I get the ball rolling. According to Godiva, we would be tested as a group starting first thing in the morning. It is the only reason why they had not attacked us physically, yet. The plan was for us to present a unified front. We would only be as strong as our...
"Guys, I think we are being followed." I alert the Kin as I feel a trickle of fear and blood lust coming up behind us. "Good call" Seattle nods at me. "He started on our tail a couple of minutes ago." "Want me to take him?" Holiday asks. "No." Saber, hisses out his command. "let's see what he does." We continue moving as if nothing is different. The person following us is getting frustrated. "Soon" I whisper to myself as I sense the anger building. There is no noise as the...
It is a different couple that comes to our door for dinner. Melville looks like a new man, now that he has his wife back. He smiles and beams at her all the time. Godiva, Godiva looks incredible now that she is cleaned up and back home safe and sound. She is less gray and doesn't shrink back at every touch. She goes out of her way to hug us both. "Oh Nim, I was so pleased when you called us for dinner," she gushes at him. Nimrod just stands and takes it in with an indulgent grin on his...
"Come home when you get tired," is all Nimrod says as he kisses me out the door. It is full dark outside, I look around to see where they have a bonfire set. It is over by the practice grounds. I nod my head with approval as I stride over there, Green hair blowing in wind, body humming with sex and love. For some reason the universe has brought me to this place and it wants me to be with these people. I will have to work on fitting in. I am Chronos, the god of time; Defender of man, I...
The next morning I awake to being surrounded by male bodies. At first I think Saul is home again but the wet grass reminds me and I remember last night. It is the brothers. We are a tangle of bodies. They were both wonderful. I start to stretch and move my way out when Gunga Din whispers in my ear. "Wait," he sounds shy. I realize that my shifting has given him a morning woodie. He is still laying up my ass. He jerks and gives me a fast pumping action. I want to help him work it out, but...
I can't seem to stop shivering. This man is amazing. He is brave and strong and gentle and willing to love me. "Nosis," Nimrod says quietly when I don't reply. "Oh girl did I shock you?" "Yes, no," I can't seem to get the right words out, so I bring his head down to mine and slowly kiss him. What should have been an idle afternoon in the woods has turned into something more, much more than I expected. From an unspoken acknowledgment to a proposal of matrimony. What will Nimrod do...
What it all means Nimrod and I make a slow stroll around the compound. Not talking just enjoying the night and the solitude. When we finish our circuit. We head back to the cabin. "Can you feel anything out there?" Nimrod asks me as we make our way through the collections of cabins. I stop and listen. "Nothing. They should be home tomorrow," I relay to him. It is his turn to trust. "I see." "Hey there Chronos," A loud booming voice disturbs our peaceful walk. We turn to see...
I awake with Nimrod rock hard against me. So I wiggle my consent that I am awake. "Not this time. My girl," he slides a finger in then pops it out. I give a moan. "We are civilized people," he rolls out of bed. "What?" I am shocked that he is leaving. "Bath time," he reaches for his robe. "But there will be people," I whine. "Yes," he looks at me calmly as he pulls the robe shut, not really doing anything to hide the raging hard on that he has. "But I want..." I trail off...
I wave at my charges to stop and everyone turns to look at me. "All right everyone, I think you have had enough for today." Am I supposed to make a speech, I ask myself, as they are all staring at me expectantly. "I would like you to think about what you have done here. Who was in charge of the falling and who was not." I leave them with those little pearls of wisdom and turn to Godiva. "I would like to take Nev to meet Nimrod. If you don't mind?" I ask her. "Oh yes." Godiva's...
"That can't be right," Dixon the Smith speaks up, shaking his head in disbelief. "Oh yes it can. But I think you are not the only ones to come under fire, so to speak." I stand and lean into the center of the table. "I think the Brute Squad was being afflicted as well. We may need to ask Godiva about that, but while we were there she mentioned that they were dying off." I end up waving the chip around for an added effect. I get a shock when I look to my side and see Nimrod is not...
Love without anxiety and without fear is fire without flames and without warmth, Day without sunlight, hive without honey, Summer without flower, winter without frost ... Chretien de Troyes, 12th century I enter the bedroom to find the men have jumped ahead of me and now Nimrod has Saul on all fours in the middle of the bed and is already pumping into him. I wait for them to slow down before making my move. Coming up behind Nimrod, I lightly stroke my hand down his back. He shudders at my...
The evening activities are less energetic than this past afternoon's. Saul and I take turns, with Nimrod in the middle, until Nimrod falls peacefully to sleep. Then Saul and I make love some more. It is just a beautiful as this afternoon even though Nimrod is asleep next to us. We can feel his love for us in his sleep. The next morning I awake to the energetic rattle of the bed frame. I turn to see my lovers fully aroused and going at it full force. At first I think about joining them, but...