Son of Chronos Book 1 OriginChapter 17
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The Tuesday after the meeting with Kyra and the Texas Rangers, Matt was meeting with his leadership team.
Matt brought the Meeting to order. “Tony, how are things going with the web site?”
“Very well. The signups for both submissives and dominants are continuing to grow for the cover BDSM dating site. There have even been a few confirmed match ups. Both Vito Blanco and Jack Travis signed up for the e-store. Both have spread the word and there already eighteen subscriptions in total. I’ll let Matilda address the sales. There has also been another spontaneous sign up to the slave pits. Interestingly, one of my staff.”
“Who?”
“Melany Abbitt. I knew she was submissive, even back when we worked for Mr Alkaev, but I had no idea she went that far. If possible, I want her for my signing bonus.”
“Done. Anything else?”
“Yes, we’ve built an inventory management app for you specifically. I need to install it on your company lap top. It will let you monitor what units are for sale, what units are sold, the current red-flagged units and units in the kennels, particularly units waiting on programming before delivery.”
“My office after this meeting. Is that it?”
“One more thing, My team is starting to bounce around ideas for re-doing the kennel lock controls. I’ll let you know when we have a solid design to propose.”
“Matilda, we have sales already?”
“Yes. Four units sold, two sales pending, plus Tony’s signing bonus, and mine. Jack Travis bought Coral, and a Latina woman, as a birthday present for his son. Vito bought the African-American woman he had focused on during the demo. You need to take a look at the details for the Latina woman Jack bought, there’s some pretty interesting irony there.”
“Tony already mentioned his signing bonus. What about Yours?”
“A student at the University of Houston, caught up in your recruitment sweep at the mall. He’s, a law student. He will be more useful to me if he completes his education, so I want to be careful with his pickup.”
“Why do a pickup at all then. We can arrange for the two of us to meet him somewhere off campus and handle his programming right there, then send him back to class. Or you can take him home, have your way with him and send him back to school the next morning.”
“I like that idea.”
“Pick a day and time you like and work with Sam and the call center crew to have him pinged and make the arrangements.”
“I think next week after Thanks Giving, probably Tuesday, when you are in the office. I’ll make the arrangements with Sam.”
“Anything else?”
“No.”
“Ted, how’s security?”
“No more problems. Tony rigged up something for me that will sound an alarm if any of the security cameras pick up the pixelation anomaly from the active camouflage power armor.”
“That will be useful.”
“I talked to the guy I know who does the armored shutters again and I have more information. He needs to increase production. He bought enough equipment to double his production, but he miscalculated how much space he needed vs how much space he has and he doesn’t have enough space to set the new equipment up so it’s usable. After spending the money on the fabrication equipment, he’s running tight on cash flow and can’t afford a bigger facility. He did say he’s willing in principle to trade an equity share, the value of our order and putting us at the top of the queue in exchange for funding to acquire a larger space.”
“Put Matilda in contact with him and she find out how much he needs and how much equity he’ll give me and we’ll go from there.”
“I’ll see to it.”
“Sam?”
“The four sold units are in the kennel. Mostly we’ve been pulling in the units that need photographs on the weekends but there are three in the kennels now to get pictures today, then we’ll put them back. We should be able to finish the current batch needing photographs this weekend.”
“Good. Anything else?”
“I talked to Louise about the thing last Friday. She knew something about what was going on in Zoom’s head and it’s not good. He has strong suspicions about what we are doing in this warehouse that are too close for comfort. She says he knows you’d never be prosecuted and he’s not happy about it. She also says he’s freaked over what you did to Zip. She doesn’t know why, but me being there was key to him not loosing it. What does she mean about you never getting prosecuted?”
“Okay, so no one else is in the dark, the weekend before last, I had a big gathering of my friends at my ranch. Everyone’s gotten hooked up, two couples within the group, the rest with outsiders, including Sam with my friend Louise. One of my other friends, has a girlfriend who is an animal spark with a permanent anthropomorphic transformation.
“My friend’s family, the one who has the animal spark girlfriend, has been raising her and trying to educate her, but they’ve kept her isolated. I’m trying to get them to change that. But among other things, she needs ID and a birth certificate. I found out that there is a way to get her legitimate ID and birth certificate, but it required having her examined by the Texas Rangers meta-human squad and a state judge.
“For reasons I won’t go into, that was set up to happen at my ranch last Friday. Ranger Thunderbird, the head of the meta-human squad showed up with a telepath, a state judge and Zoom. Nobody said so, but I got the impression that Zoom hadn’t been invited. He got in my face and talked trash, but backed down.”
Matilda laughed. “Amusing but it doesn’t explain you not getting prosecuted.”
Matt nodded. “You caught that. Okay, this doesn’t leave this room. I have heard from a reliable source that the federal government and most state governments have realized that persons with innate mind control are impossible to successfully prosecute. Think about it. I could use my power to order a jury to acquit. For this reason, they generally won’t bother. There is one caveat to this. The feds will move to assassinate any mind controller even suspected of messing with the government itself.”
Sam laughed. “Okay. That actually makes sense.”
“So, Sam, you are the only one on the leadership team who hasn’t exercised the signing bonus.”
“Louise talked to me about that too. She’s almost ready for her first experience on the dominant side. Neither of us want to take that step with my signing bonus. Our relationship is developing and I see it lasting. She’s open to it, but we want our relationship to be further along first.”
“No problem. Just let me know when you are ready. Does anyone else have any other issues to raise?”
No one did.
“Okay, meeting adjourned. Sam, could you have Melany Abbitt brought to my office?”
Matt and Tony walked over to Matt’s office.
Matt gestured for Tony to sit at Matt’s desk and Tony installed the application he had mentioned in the meeting.
Tony got up and Matt sat behind his desk. Tony walked him through the basic features of the application.
Matt brought up the record for Melany Abbitt. He studied it for a minute and then looked at Tony. “Did you actually look at Melany’s profile in detail or just note that she had signed up?”
“I just noted that she signed up. Why?”
“Under relationships she listed you as an unrequited love and she entered 4 fantasies. Two of them involve you specifically.” Matt moved over and turned his lap top so Tony could look at it.
“Well, damn. And today isn’t even my birthday.”
Sam brought Melany into Matt’s office. Matt was sitting behind his desk. Tony was sitting in one of two chairs in front of Matt’s desk.
Matt pointed at the empty chair. “Have a seat Melany. Do you know why you are here?”
Melany sat in the empty chair. “Um ... not exactly...”
Matt turned his laptop around so Melany could see the screen. “This ring any bells? Are you serious about it, or were you just playing around in the database?”
“I’m serious about it Sir. I had asked Mr Alkaev to put me up for sale. He refused, because I was too good at my job.”
Matt stopped time and whispered the carrot script in Melany’s ear, specifying Tony as her owner. He restarted time. “I have a deal with all of my leadership team. They each get one unit of product at no charge.”
“Oh! I ... um...” Melany looked around, then she smiled. “Tony?”
“Yes, Tony. Tony, I don’t want to have to deal with problems from you rubbing this in the rest of your team’s faces. Now take her to your own office and have some fun.”
Tony stood up. “Yes boss. Melany, come along.”
Tony and Melony walked out of Matt’s office.
Matt opened the inventory app again. He looked at the sold units. There were 5 sold units. Coral, Isabel Cardoso, Tiyah Joliff, Mika Himura, and Cohen MacBay. Coral, Isabel, Tiyah and Mika were all in the kennel.
Matt guessed that Cohen was Matilda’s bonus selection. He opened Cohen’s profile and confirmed that Cohen was Matilda’s bonus selection. Matt checked through the details. She put in two extra commands.
Get an erection immediately on the command ‘up willy’.
Lose erection immediately if given the command ‘down willy’.
Matt closed Cohen’s profile and opened Isabel Cardoso’s profile. Matilda had said that Jack Travis bought Coral and a Latina. That had to be Isabel, and it was.
He looked through Isabel’s profile. She was a teacher at an elite secular private high school. Her fantasies included fantasies about being dominated by a student, a particular student with a familiar last name, Bert Travis.
Matt scrolled down to the buyer info and delivery instructions. Sure enough, Isabel was being purchased as a birthday gift for Jack Travis’s 16 year old son, Bert Travis. Carrot script, no extras.
He closed Isabel’s profile and opened Coral’s profile. Her buyer and owner was Jack Travis. Carrot script, no extras.
Matt opened Tiyah Joliff’s profile. The pictures were of the black female that Vito had focused on for the demo. She was a US born child of Jamaican immigrants. Vito was the buyer.
Vito wanted a couple of extra commands that Matt would have to clean up a bit. He wanted Tiyah to be bisexual and aggressive/dominant with other females owned by Vito while being deferential towards ‘free women’.
Finally, Matt opened Mika Himura’s profile. Age, 20. Third generation descendant of Japanese immigrants. Nothing terribly interesting in her fantasies vs the rest of the product pool. Buyer is The Armorer.
Matt reached for his desk phone and dialed Matilda’s office.
“What do you need boss.”
“You could have mentioned in the meeting that one of the sales was for The Armorer.”
“Sure, but where’s the fun in that. He showed up here again last Wednesday while you were still in class. Ted confirmed his identity from his earlier visit and his deal with you on the weapons in exchange for one slave. Tony set him up with an ID for the on-line store and a one shot only 100% discount.”
“Given the extra weapons for Kyra and Megan, I’d consider offering a second unit.”
“Sam mentioned the extra weapons. I anticipated your reaction and made that offer myself. He wasn’t interested. Anything else boss?”
“Not right now.”
Matt disconnected.
He dialed the phone for the desk in the kennels and asked that Coral and Isabel to be brought to his office together.
Lilith entered Matt’s office with Coral and Isabel in tow.
Matt stood and pointed to the seats in front of his desk. “Have a seat ladies. Lilith, please wait outside my office. This will only take a few minutes.”
Lilith nodded. “Yes sir.” She stepped back out into the hall and closed the door to Matt’s office.
Coral and Isabel sat down.
Matt sat down.
Coral said. “We’ve been sold. I presume we are here for final programming. I don’t get why you have us here together.”
“The two of you have the same buyer.”
“So, we will have the same owner?”
“No. Isabel is a birthday present.”
Isabel shook her head. “I don’t get why I am here at all. Why am I cooperating?”
Matt smiled. “Mind control. I am a Spark. As a secondary effect of my power I can do a form of mind control that is basically auditory subliminal messaging backed with supernatural power. I use a prepared script to get people who have sexual fantasies about mind control or enslavement and are not currently in a relationship to sign up with my web site. You remember signing up, the contract you signed, don’t you?”
“That was a lark. That contract can’t be legal.”
“It wasn’t. No, the contract isn’t legal. You’ll treat it as binding anyway. I know Coral’s situation. She won’t miss her jobs, and her employers probably won’t miss her. What about you, you have a descent job. What’s your situation?”
“I’m currently on leave for a family emergency. I presume I’ll have to resign.”
“That will be up to you new owner, once you have been delivered. Though even if he lets you keep your job, you may not be able to trust him not to make you do something that will get you fired.”
“He would let me keep my job but then get me fired? Why?”
“Not deliberately. Self control on his part might be an issue. Your new owner is one of your students.”
“One of my students? You said I was a birthday present. The only one of my students with a birthday coming up soon is ... Oh! We were bought by State Senator Travis. I ... Oh God...” Isabel blushed.
Coral laughed. “A State Senator! Cool! How much did he pay?”
Matt replied. “This is a retail operation. Standard price is a quarter million. Enough chit chat time to take care of business.”
Matt froze time. He realized that doing them both sitting next to each other and different owners could be a problem. He stood up and considered things. Coral looked a bit lighter.
Matt pulled back Coral’s chair. He picked her up, then carried her to the play room and read the carrot script to her with owner Jack Travis.
He went back to his office and read the carrot script to Isabel with owner Bert Travis.
He carried Coral back to the office and put her back in her chair. Then he restarted time.
Carol looked around, realizing that her chair had been moved back. “What just happened.”
Matt Smiled. “Never mind.”
Matt stood and walked over to his office door.
He opened the door and spoke to Lilith. “Take these two back to the kennel, their programming is done. Then bring up Tiyah Joliff’”
“Yes sir.”
Matt repeated the process with Tiyah, though he didn’t spend any time chatting with her.
Then he had Mika Himura brought to his office and took care of her programming.
Monday December 02: Virginia Matriarchy HQ.
The Matriarch was in session with her council
The Matriarch brought the Meeting to order. “I want progress reports all around. Fortuna, we’ll start with you. How are our fundraising efforts going?”
“Donations are up fifteen percent. We have nearly replaced our financial losses from the Texas disaster.”
The Matriarch nodded. “That’s good. Renenet, how are the rest of our finances?”
“Going well my Lady. Our Investments are doing well and the Endowment fund balance is up eight percent over the start of the year.”
“Very good. Bast, how is recruiting going?
“As well as can be expected. Recruitment is up fifty percent, and in terms of warm bodies, we have nearly fully replaced our Texas losses in terms of warm bodies. However, we lost some experienced agents with specialized skill sets that will be harder and take longer to replace. There are a few recruits with potential in those areas, but they are too young and inexperienced. We have also picked up a few new sparks, including a young witch/sorceress.”
The Matriarch nodded. “I see, that is good news. Machina, where are the projects you have been working on?”
“We finished deciphering the documents stolen from the Texas Rangers Meta-Human squad. I’ll let Delphi speak to what was in them, except to note that there was one piece of useful information on Mr Murphy. Apparently he emits chroniton radiation even when he isn’t actively using his powers.”
“How is that useful?”
“I should be able to create a detector. Lay them around the perimeter of the compound and inside the buildings. We will be able to detect his presence, Hopefully soon enough for our people to activate defensive measures.”
“Okay, that is useful, what else?”
“Tech division has begun working on a design for a suit of heavy power armor. We are at least a month away from fabricating a complete working prototype though. We have a prototype for an auditory isolation helmet for our troops / agents. It will block all external sound, but agents will be able to communicate via radio. We will be able to begin production fabrication in two weeks.”
“Will the helmet be easy for someone else to remove?”
“Short of causing severe damage to the helmet and possibly the user, no. It will be two solid pieces with a hole for the neck. The two haves lock together internally, and it can be unlocked using a control on the helmet’s HUD. To open it from the outside will require a specialized tool. Only the tech division and the medical corps will have access to this tool.”
The Matriarch nodded. “Make the chroniton detector your top priority. Delphi, what is the status of our investigations into Mr Murphy?”
“The files we obtained from the Texas Rangers were their files on known Sparks in Texas. Most of it was of no particular value. The information they have on Mr Murphy backs our speculations on the nature of his power and his mind control. The important and useful bits are a psychological evaluation of Mr Murphy by an FBI profiler, and a fairly precise timeline on the discovery of his powers. He discovered his powers less than a week before he encountered the Jade Dragon. I’ve sent a detail report to you, Athena and Isis on this and other information we have gathered.”
“I want your impressions of the psych profile.”
“It meshes with the information we already had. Mr Murphy is not a hero, he is an anti-vilian. He has a strongly developed sense of morals, but they don’t mesh completely with what society teaches. He won’t hesitate to bend or break the law when he doesn’t agree with it. He has few friends, but he is intensely loyal to them.”
“What else have we been able to find?”
“We don’t want to approach Mr. Murphy too closely. However, we expanded our investigation into a broader look at his friends, family and associates. We resumed surveillance on the warehouse but are being more careful with it, as they found one observation blind after the attack.”
“Do we know what he’s doing at that warehouse?”
“We believe he’s setting up a slave trading operation.”
“Why?”
“Maks Alkaev has been seen coming and going from the warehouse. Also, a number of people working at the warehouse have been identified as employees of Mr. Alkaev.”
“Why would Maks Alkaev be helping Mr. Murphy?”
“We don’t know, but we suspect Mr Murphy has used his power on Mr Alkaev.”
“What about Mr Murphy’s family?”
“Father, Ryan Murphy, ex US Marine Corps officer, served in Force Recon. Ryan Murphy was an orphan, father unknown, birth mother’s identity is unknown. As an infant, Ryan was the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed his mother and the other driver. He was adopted by the Murphys. They are outwardly farmers, but have significant wealth from investments. After retiring from the Marines, Ryan Murphy moved to the Houston, Texas area and joined the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. He was killed in the line of duty a few years ago. We suspect that Ryan Murphy was not Matthew Murphy’s biological father.”
“What makes you think that Ryan Murphy wasn’t Matthew Murphy’s biological father?”
“Iris Murphy is of Greek origin. Ryan Murphy met her while serving in Europe. Iris Murphy had run away from her family. We tracked her clan down. They are one of several families suspected of running controlled inbreeding programs because they claim to carry a divine Spark. However, that family is not well respected in the larger Community of Sparks because of the Spark they claim to carry and the fact that they had never produced an active Spark before.”
“Now I’m curious, what spark is it that Iris’ Murphy’s family claims to carry?”
“Chronos, primordial god of eternal time from Greek mythology, father of the Titans.”
“Now that is an interesting coincidence.”
“Yes it is. In addition to his Mother, Matthew Murphy has two sisters, one older, one younger. The younger Sister is still in high school and is living with their mother. The older Sister is a nurse and has an apartment in Houston. We sent a telepath to try to get a read on the younger Sister and the Mother. The Telepath could not read the Sister and backed off when she realized that the younger sister was also a Spark.”
“Do we know anything about the younger Sister’s powers?”
“No. We didn’t think it worth the risk to try and force her to reveal her powers.”
“What about the Mother?”
“Not an active Spark, but definitely Touched. We pulled back the Telepath before she got a read on the Mother as by that point we had the Texas Rangers files decoded and we don’t think there is anything to learn from the Mother that is worth the risk.”
“The older Sister?”
“Also, not a Spark, but definitely Touched.”
“His friends?”
“He runs with a group he hooked up with in school before high school but after his family came back to the States. There are eight of them including Mr. Murphy, five young men, three women, all highly intelligent. They got stuck with the appellation Nerd Pack, and they ran with it. We have names for the members of the nerd pack but don’t yet have detailed profiles on all of them.”
The Matriarch nodded. “I’ll get the rest from your report. Athena, what is the status of sniper training?”
“We have assembled a training program. We have selected two experienced agents to act as trainers. We have around 60 trainees to start with, roughly evenly split between current agents and new recruits. One of the new recruits selected for the program is very interesting.”
“Oh? Tell me about this interesting new recruit.”
“She’s a spark. A gift with ranged weapons, though not as strong as what Artemis had, but she has an affinity for firearms.”
“That will be useful for the sniper project. Tell me more about the training program.”
“It will start with basic marksmanship at one hundred yards. That will run for four weeks and end with a qualifier round. Those that fail to meet the minimum qualification will be eliminated. If the entire group qualifies, the entire group will advance. This course of training will be repeated at two hundred yards. Those that qualify at two hundred yards will be introduced to the use of a rifle scope and purpose built sniper rifles. They will then move up to training at five hundred yards for another four weeks. At the end of the five hundred yard training they will be put through a shooting competition at five hundred yards. The women with the 10 best scores will be taken out to an abandoned oil rig we have selected and start training at one thousand yards.”
“Where will the shorter range training take place?”
“We have purchased an old quarry property that already has a rifle range on it. The quarry is still dry and will give us enough space for range training at up to five hundred yards.”
“What about noise or someone spotting activity at the range?”
“The nearest neighbors are active quarries, industrial facilities, and farms. The previous owner was a now defunct gun club and as far as the state and local governments are concerned, the new owner is reviving the gun club. All the needed legal paperwork is in place.”
“How soon can you begin training?”
“We are moving a bunch of RVs on to the site to house the trainees and staff and rebuilding the range, we should be able to start training as soon as two or three weeks.”
“Excellent. Isis, any word on the Russian mercenary group?”
“We’ve identified their agent and have made contact. They are actually available now. We are currently engaged in negotiations through their agent.”
“What ever they want, the money isn’t an issue.”
“Money isn’t the sticking point. They aren’t going to take operational direction from us and they expect us to arrange to have them smuggled into the US and back out after. That gives us more direct involvement in the attack than I would like, for not having operational control.”
“I would be willing to take the risks of that. Do we have the means to get them in and out?”
Machina nodded. “We have some aircraft that I’ve been retrofitting with the stealth tech from the stealth armor suits. Including a couple of small jets that would be large enough for their team and capable of a trans Atlantic or polar flight from the US to Russia.”
The Matriarch turned back to Isis. “How soon?”
“If I can wrap up the negotiations in the next day or two, we can have them in the US as soon as a week from now.”
“Get it done.”
Matt arrived at the warehouse on Tuesday and was meeting with his leadership team.
“Let’s go around the table. Tony, how’s the redesign of the kennel lock controls going?”
“We can upgrade the kennel locks from their current simple short range radio systems to full WiFi controllers for less than thirty dollars per kennel. Throw in a couple of WiFi Routers for the warehouse and a bit of coding to add controls for the locks to the product management systems.”
“How long will it take?”
“Around a week, give or take a few days depending on how long it takes to get the hardware.”
“Do it. Ted, any progress on the armored shutters?”
“I put him in contact with Matilda. She’s been negotiating with him.”
Matilda nodded. “The final estimate, including replacing the overhead rolling doors to the warehouse section was just under a million dollars. If he can set up all his new equipment, he can triple his production. There’s a facility available with not only the space he needs now, but room for growth, but the current owner wants four million and moving all his equipment won’t be cheap. He wants five million for our order, moving us to the top of the queue and ten percent equity.”
“Does he have a decent plan for the move?”
“He intends to move all the new equipment and get it set up and in production at the new facility before shutting down the existing facility and moving the older equipment.”
“Is it worth it? And how soon do we get our order if we do this?”
“That’s basically a forty million valuation on his company. Most of that value is in the patents for how he armors his product, and he’s constantly tinkering with improvements. With the increased production he’s easily worth that much.”
“Get a deal for me to sign. Send me the documentation on the deal, and I’ll contact my trust attorney to make arrangements for the financing. Anything else?”
“I have benefits contracts that need your signature. We pinged Cohen yesterday and he responded. I’ve arranged for the two of us to meet him for lunch today at a small cafe style restaurant just of the University of Houston campus. We’ll follow the pickup confirmation protocol and I’ll stop by your office when we need to leave with confirmation number cards.”
“I’m fine with that.”
“Sam, You have anything?”
“Not today.”
“Okay, meeting adjourned.”
Matt was in his office, reviewing the inventory and sales. The two pending sales from last week had completed. Those units were scheduled for pick up on Friday and Saturday. There were no new sales.
Matt found link on his dashboard app for a summary report on the dating site and slave store. He checked that. There were several new sign ups for the on-line store.
There was a knock on Matt’s office door.
“Enter”.
Matilda walked in. “It’s time to leave to meet Cohen for lunch. I have the confirmation number cards.”
“Okay, lets go.”
They walked out and went to their own vehicles. Matt followed Matilda to the meeting point.
Matt and Matilda walked into the cafe. Matt looked around. He spotted Cohen MacBay sitting in a booth in the back.
Matt walked up to the booth where Cohen was sitting. “Hello. I’m Matthew Murphy, and this is Matilda Victorsson. We’re from Chronos Enterprises.”
Cohen looked up from his coffee. “Hi. Why isn’t my pick up following the normal procedure?”
Matilda pulled the confirmation cards out of her purse and put them on the table in front of Cohen. She sat down in the booth across from Cohen and moved over to give Matt room to sit down.
Matt sat down in the booth. “We’ll answer any questions you have in a few minutes. First you need to call in to the product support line to confirm your pick up. You will use the numbers on those cards to confirm that we are your pickup.”
Cohen pulled out his cell phone and dialed the product support number. He worked his way through the call and when he was finished he looked up. “Okay, now what?”
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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...