Battlemage Nonetheless Book 5 AdvocateChapter 7
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Dusty got up early the next morning and found that not only was DJ up, but he already finished some light stretching, completed a run around the house a few times, and was now seated at the kitchen table entertaining himself as he waited for everyone else to get up.
Laughing to himself he found it interesting that the boy had similar habits as himself.
"I see your up early, any reason for that?" asked Dusty as he got a cup of something out of the icebox and then leaned against the counter and watched DJ.
"It's the new bed combined with a feeling like I have jet lag or something. I dropped off to sleep like I couldn't keep my eyes open as soon as I hit the bed. I woke up so early that I got tired of just sitting around waiting," said DJ as he watched his father.
"Yep, that's exactly how I once felt. For me it was almost the same thing when I first got here. Thank god I found some friends to help me through it. You know, I really didn't get much of a chance to talk a lot with you yesterday. Nothing about your life and about what's changed since I've last been there in our world," said Dusty with a smile as he took a seat next to DJ.
He was very interested in what DJ was using at the table. It was obviously electronic, but it wasn't something that he was familiar with.
"Well since you've been gone, not long after that really, the US had it first black president," said DJ with a smile as he looked at his father.
"Really? Well how long after I left?" Dusty asked.
"Mom said about five years," said DJ.
"Wow, well what else major happened since I was last around?" asked Dusty.
"Well let's see, based on your interests you'd want to know that Apple and Microsoft finally merged. Bill finally made Jobs an offer for the business that he couldn't resist. It didn't hurt his chances in acquiring them because Job's had a lot of health problems. MS now finally had that "in" that they've been trying to get with all the colleges and schools for years," said DJ.
"What do they call the new combination?" asked Dusty.
"What else, Microsoft. Apple is just a division of theirs now," said DJ.
"Wow, what else have I missed?" asked Dusty.
"Well most PC's have gone into a slimline format. Tablets like this MS iPad are the rage," said DJ sliding the tablet over to Dusty.
Dusty looked at it for a few moments before he looked over at DJ confused.
"Where is the stylus?" asked Dusty.
He picked up the exceptionally thin device and marveled at the light device that was so thin that Dusty thought he was holding just two or three sheets of paper in his hand.
"You use your finger like this," said DJ as he then used it to move windows around and draw on them.
He also used his fingers in a "pinch finger" move as well to expand, move, or open and expand windows. Dusty was stunned by the moves.
"Holy snot that's slick! That's a sweet interface. I wished I had something like this before I left," said Dusty looking at the tablet with a lot of interest.
"From when Mom said you left you've missed out on all the solid state hard drives, fiber optic cabling into every home, and a move to a single fiber cable inside of PC's that combines all the former existing cables into one, except power that is. It allows a much cleaner setup and allows you to make smaller compact devices," said DJ
Things were quiet as Dusty sat and played with the device, exploring what it could do. He of course couldn't use the 6G cellular interface, but he quickly found the movies that DJ copied to the large hard drive and he couldn't believe how far CGI had come for some of the action flicks.
Some of the movies looked like he could reach into the screen and touch the action because it looked so real.
Eventually Dusty broke the silence, but was still playing with the device as he started asking questions again.
"DJ, you said before that you've already graduated from college. Really? You said that you're only eighteen, so how is that possible?" asked Dusty before he looked up at DJ.
"Mom had me tested as a kid when I seemed so bored with school. It was found I have an IQ of 180 and that's why I was bored in school. So she took me out and had me privately tutored.
"We then took advantage of what is now IU's long standing program to allow tutored kids to get high school diplomas, something that came into effect after you left, so I still got my high school diploma. Then I was able to start college at fourteen and the rest is history," said DJ
"Well, so how did you do? You said that you carried a 4.0 average. What were your majors? What did you study?" asked Dusty interested.
He was curious how Lindsey had been raising his son.
"I have a BA in structural and civil engineering with minors in the field of electronics, mechanical, and electrical. I also have another BA in chemical engineering. I also have a lot of credit hours in microprocessor design, programming, and marketing. Mom said you wanted me to have those as well," said DJ.
Dusty gave a low whistle.
"That's a lot of study and learning for anyone to have under their belt. Is it safe to say that you also have a photographic memory to compliment this?" asked Dusty.
"Well, I hear you have one as well. Makes us more alike I guess," said DJ with a smile.
"So what about sports, have you done any? Martial arts?" asked Dusty.
"Mom would only let me try out for IU's wrestling program my junior year because my plate was so full between schooling, gymnastics, and a Muay Thai. I heard later that you liked Muay Thai as well. I didn't know that you studied the same martial art when I picked it. Mom just showed me vid's of different types of martial arts I could learn and I picked it because it looked interesting," said DJ.
"Sounds like something that your Mom would do. We'll have to spar some later and see what you know," said Dusty with a smile.
"Well let me get over this jet lag first or else I'll have to tell everyone it was an unfair fight when I win," said DJ smiling.
Dusty just laughed. The boy seemed to have his sense of humor.
"Everyone will be down soon. We all have breakfast together once Logan, Suzan, and I get in our morning practice. Often Jason and Amber also drop by to spar as a change of pace from training with their parents. Marilyn will eventually be down later, usually just in time for breakfast," said Dusty as he got up and left DJ to continue reading the book he had started on his iPad.
Dusty looked back and watched his son sitting in the chair. One arm draped over the back of he chair while turned sideways in the chair holding the pad as he read.
"Yep he looks and acts just like I used to," thought Dusty as he headed out the kitchen door.
Later during his time that week DJ found it interesting how often everyone seemed to visit the Reynolds's home.
Jordan of course, seemed to show up like clockwork early every afternoon. DJ was starting to wonder if she owned any other style of dresses but different colors of extremely tight, left open, and untied at the top.
Those dresses on her slim, busty, well rounded frame were a major distraction.
The way she always wore those skin tight dresses made him think every time he saw her "Oh my god. Not only has she got a hot body, but also a killer rack on her. Logan is a lucky bastard."
While Jordan was always very friendly to him, sometimes the friendliness bordered heavily on flirtatious, but she never touched him or got closer than within one or two feet of him. DJ found at times he was a tiny bit jealous of his younger brother and the obvious link between Logan and Jordan.
Jordan was always all over Logan, feeling on his body every chance she got when she thought no one was watching her. DJ knew he wasn't the only one who saw what she was doing. He just hoped she grew out of the flirting, but as long as she didn't touch anyone else, or go any further, DJ was sure it should be ok.
The other thing he noticed, quite quickly, was that his sister Marilyn was also a massive flirt, but only when it came to Jason. It was as if no other males existed for her. Jason was her only target and no other would do. So he could understand why his father always watched her like he did.
But the thing DJ often wondered about was how Jason didn't seem to realize that he was playing into his sister Marilyn's hands with everything she did around him. It was clear to DJ that she had Jason wrapped around her little finger.
Marilyn never came out and actually said what she wanted from him, but somehow she always managed to convey it in her movements. Her actions always said that he was her boyfriend and there wasn't room for anyone but her in his life. Jason looked almost like he could read her mind sometimes and seemed to be very happy to be close to her.
DJ heard from his Dad that last year Jason didn't know Marilyn was alive and that there were quite a few girls who seemed to be around him all the time trying to win his interest. Yet one couldn't tell it by his actions now. DJ had heard that the other girls didn't even try anymore for Jason once Marilyn made it obvious that he was hers.
DJ felt that his little sister could be very scary in her determination when it came to Jason.
Also from what he could see from the two of them they seemed to take turns visiting each other's house a lot.
DJ could also tell every time Marilyn left the house to go see Jason his Dad was nervous. But DJ was sure from what he saw in Jason that Jason wasn't at the point of going the extra mile and having sex with his sister just yet. She was still only fourteen and he was too infatuated with her to work past the rush of just being around her.
Thankfully Jason was Marilyn's only interest or it could have gotten ugly trying to keep track of the coming and goings of several different boys.
Besides it was Marilyn who was pulling the strings and it was Jason who was dancing to her tune. DJ felt that his father should have realized by now that they weren't going to be having sex until Marilyn was ready for them to do it, and not a second before.
Of that fact DJ was sure of.
But the biggest mystery here for him was Amber.
DJ had to admit that she was cute even though she always wore baggy clothes. Amber also gave him the impression, from what little he could see of her body from time to time, that she also might have been pretty physically fit.
But he was still only guessing based on what he always saw her dressed in.
Although he couldn't understand how she could have all the lean muscles around her arms, whenever he saw her in a short sleeved baggy shirt, while still managing to have breasts as large as she did. Well what he guessed that she had. He wasn't really all that sure sometimes.
While hidden in her outfits he could also see that she might also have a small waistline and possibly some well-rounded hips. But again he was just guessing. Her clothes made it hard to really know what she looked like under them. She was also a good four to five inches shorter than he was.
But what put him off was the fact that she was also extremely weird.
It wasn't hard to see that she seemed to be angry for some reason all the time. Half of the time it looked like it was directed at him for some reason and she just glared at him. At other times she snapped at him like she was just itching to fight with him to prove something.
DJ had no idea what he might have done to piss her off since he'd barely spoken half a dozen words to her during the week that he was here.
The one time he did agree to spar with her she seemed to be doing her level best to break something in his arm as soon as they started. If it wasn't for his flexibility and wresting experience that let him twist as she threw him she just might have.
DJ quickly begged off and got out of the sparring area as quick as he could.
He noted that she seemed disappointed but it might have been because she didn't get to actually hurt him like she planned. DJ had no idea why she took sparring with him so seriously that she had to try and break his arm.
At other times when he tried to greet her, she acted as if he had pissed in her favorite shoes. She would turn and looked away as if he offended her if he approached her, but then later when he looked around and found her near she was just staring quietly at him.
It was like she was trying to bore holes into his body or like she was waiting for him to do something. Those times he tried his best to back quietly away and not hold eye contact with her.
If she was waiting for something from him he had no idea of what it might be.
In all she just confused the hell out him.
No matter how wide a berth he tried to give her, she was always around somewhere just scowling at him. It would seem strange how she was looking at him expectantly like he was supposed to know what he was supposed to be doing or had missed.
While that wild thought ran through DJ's head, and he trying to figure Amber out, he returned to concentrating on the issue at hand. He had finally agreed to spar with his Dad later that morning.
After he first arrived at his father's home he had only done workouts with heavy weights and spent time with his father's heavy and speed bags that were in the training area. DJ was surprised to see actual weights or proper punching bags here. His Dad said he had the weights cast and the bags made a number of years back.
DJ easily slid under 480 lbs. for a quick set of ten on his first day. He was up to 575 lbs. before he realized he was pushing far more than he had ever done at home. DJ was sure the weights were wrong, but Dusty insisted they were accurate even though he himself was shocked at what he saw.
Having always been surprisingly strong DJ was shocked to see Logan easily pushed 400 lbs. and Logan seemed happy with that. DJ was surprised to see how strong his little brother was at sixteen.
But DJ clearly wasn't prepared to see his stepmother pushing an eye popping 605 lbs.!
He had to quickly look elsewhere as she got up from the bench after her set because he could see a lot of cleavage on display from her wet shirt. He had the mental image that her chest look like it was desperately trying to make a break for it out of the opening in her top.
There were many other ideas that quickly sprang to his young mind every time he saw her in a wet shirt soaked in sweat.
He really envied his father's luck at those moments more than any other time.
Although what shocked DJ the most was to see his Dad steadily and easily working his way up to 680 lbs. He couldn't imagine anyone being able to do something like this without support and a few guys hovering to make sure he was spotted correctly, but there was his Dad straining and pushing it all up several times under his own power.
A few of those times Amber came over to train and she managed to push somewhere in between 420 to 450 lbs. Once finished she always seemed to look at him as if she was challenging him to say something even though he always pushed more.
See, weird.
A few of the other times when she was being bratty she made it a point to go over and spot for him without actually asking if he needed a spotter, and she always seemed to rest her breasts right on the bar every time before he pushed it off the rack.
He almost dropped it on his neck the first time she did it, and it made her smirk at him with that evil half smile of hers. But when she smirked he could see her deep dimples for the first time. If it wasn't for the evil grin she had, the look might have been impressive with her "Jennifer Garner" style dimples.
DJ could tell her breasts were somewhat large by how they rested on the bar, but he had no idea their shape because she was always wearing those god awful baggy men's clothes.
After that one time she put her breasts on the bar, no matter what he did for the rest of the day, she always had a smirk for him for some reason when he caught her watching him.
DJ didn't know why she seemed to be trying so hard to make him watch her or where she was getting that monster strength of her own from.
This morning DJ was tired of only working out with weights, and he really didn't like the thicker clothing given to him earlier by his father to work out in.
Since he was going to spar with his father he wanted to switch to wearing something comfortable for the match. He had changed into one of his extra, but snug, red IU tank top and a pair of black gym shorts that he always kept in his bag.
DJ started off with controlled flexing and stretching like he always did for gymnastics. He always did a thorough stretching before any type of training.
One of the other things he liked to do, if he had the time, was to do a hand stand. From that position he would also do a few quick upright pushups.
It was just another way to get his back and shoulders warmed up quickly before he started. While he was doing his handstands he decided to open and close his legs to the sides as he did the splits while upside down.
While doing this stretch he suddenly heard an unexpected and soft gasp from behind him that someone had failed to cover up completely. DJ dropped slowly into a controlled tumble roll to see who it was behind him. He came down into a set of full splits as he looked up in the direction of the noise.
As he rested in the splits looking up he could see that it was Amber who had been standing behind him. Her face was now beet red.
He watched in surprise as her eyes seemed to be darting all over his body now that he faced her. He hadn't expected anyone to be out just yet because he had wanted to start working early before anyone else had gotten up. He really hadn't expected anyone to be here here.
DJ sat waiting for some smart alec comment to come from her while he still seated in his splits.
Stammering something he couldn't even begin to remotely make out, Amber quickly left the training area and seemed to race towards the kitchen.
DJ seemed even more confused than ever by her actions. But then DJ went back to his stretching before he starting a very light workout with the weights and bags to warm up before his father was up.
He wondered sometimes if he didn't beat his father to the training area most mornings because his father was spending that quality time with his stepmother.
Since DJ had already said that today he would take part in the family's sparring he expected his father to show up soon. In truth he really wanted to see what his father was truly capable of since he was also a user of his same martial arts style.
Somehow everyone heard about the sparring session and now all his father's friends were making it a point to come and watch the two of them spar. DJ wondered what the big deal was about him sparing with his father.
His father seemed to do very well against his stepmother and brother, but it was obvious to his trained eye that they weren't entirely on his father's skill level.
Strangely though, in the case of his stepmother, his father and Suzan seemed to be on a weird wavelength. With them he could see that they seemed to be more into working together and matching each other's movements than fighting. They trained more like they were fighting someone else instead of fighting against each other.
Whenever Amber dropped by and sparred with his father she was the only one who seemed to give as good as she got.
DJ thought it was obvious she had been working out with a different style than theirs, yet she wasn't handicapped by the differences. He didn't recognize the style she used, but he found her mastery of it very impressive.
That fighting ability of hers was one of the few things that DJ found himself really impressed with about Amber.
But during some of the times he watched her it seemed as if she was trying extra hard, harder than she really needed too, while he watched. If his father wasn't so in control of what was going on she might have really been hurt by his father a few of those times.
DJ also felt that her brother Jason was pretty much in the same boat as Logan and his stepmother. Logan was good, but also no match for his father. But after watching his father for a bit DJ wondered if he might be the only good match for his father.
Before too long, without even realizing it, DJ didn't give any more thought to Amber's earlier actions as his mind switched back to getting ready to spar against his Dad.
Amber quickly fled into the kitchen, shut the door, and rested her back on it.
She had no idea what it was that DJ wearing, but she could see more of him today than she ever had before. Amber had no idea why she would react like that to him this time. To tell the truth she really did like the way he flexed and moved as he did whatever it was he was doing.
When she saw his leg muscles flex she gasped out loud before she could catch herself. Then he caught her staring at him and she was so embarrassed that she couldn't face him. She ran before she even realized that she was running.
Standing there looking flush with her back against the door she couldn't seem to hear anything but the sound of rushing air and her own racing heartbeat, which sounded deafening to her. She was desperately trying to figure out what was wrong with her.
Fifteen minutes later Dusty found her still standing with her back against the door, looking flush, standing frozen, and staring off into the distance. She didn't seem to recognize anything or anyone around her, even as the kitchen staff moved around preparing for breakfast to take outside later for the family and their friends.
It took Dusty multiple times of insistently calling her name to get her to even acknowledge his voice. She slowly moved from in front of the door so that he and the rest of the family could go outside.
Amber followed the family out and seemed to be looking at everything but the practice area. Her family was also coming over soon, one of the rare times they did, for the sole purpose of watching the sparring match, but she had arrived early.
Now she spent the entire time waiting for them to arrive by staring at the ground.
While DJ was lacing up his gloves he was amazed at who showed up to watch him spar with his Dad. Looking around he realized that he personally hadn't ever seen this many hot MILF's in one place!
Earlier his father introduced him to all of his friends before they sparred.
First to arrive was Amber and Jason's Mother and Father, who he was introduced to as the Baron and Baroness Daniel and Rachel Griffith.
When DJ was introduced to them he had to swallow a few times because of how big the man was. Even though Daniel was roughly the same size that he and his father were, maybe a couple inches taller, somehow Daniel made it look like he was even bigger than he actually was. It was something in his presence that gave him that impression.
Although he did have to say that Amber's mom was extremely hot.
Amber's mom Rachel was wearing what he would have called a buckskin style leather shirt and pants combo, without the hanging fringes. She also had her hair in a ponytail similar to how Amber always wore hers.
DJ wasn't entirely sure if that was even what her clothing was made out of, but he could see that it was snug, she filled it well, and it worked for her. The pants really showed off Rachel's well rounded butt to its maximum potential.
She didn't appear to have an ounce of fat on her, and DJ had to admit he did look pretty hard to make sure. She had a way of bouncing when she walked that said she just had energy to spare, and it was very alluring.
Next to arrive was Jordan who showed up with both of her parents Mark and Lori Miller and her other two brothers Blaine and Duncan.
It was very easy to see where Jordan got her fantastic looks not to mention where her taste in wardrobe obviously came from. Her mother seemed to just "ooze" sex appeal in everything she did or said. DJ found it was extremely hard not to stare at Lori when he was introduced to her and the rest of Jordan's family.
The charcoal dress that Lori had on was laced partially up the front, and like Jordan's, her mom had also left her dress untied at the top with the strings dangling. It was completely enticing. DJ tried desperately to not get caught as he checked her out.
If the size of Lori's chest wasn't enough to pull your eyes to her and make you stare at the dangling strings, the impression she was going to explode out of the top of her dress at any moment certainly did.
DJ found that he kept hoping that the dress would give up the fight and surrender to the obvious outcome and let her breasts roam naked and free. Lori had somehow managed to supercharge his hormones the moment he saw her.
Trying to not be obvious DJ kept checking Lori out because he wasn't sure who the more attractive and better built woman was in the contest between her and his stepmother Suzan.
Not that it really mattered because both of their husbands were the obvious winners he thought. But as he watched her Lori seemed to move and glide around with the same mannerism as Jordan.
Or to be correct Jordan moved with Lori's mannerisms.
His brother was so screwed as Jordan got older, the lucky bastard, thought DJ again.
DJ thought that Jordan's father and brothers looked a lot like each other, but to him they were just average people. He did notice that Blaine seemed to have that easy confidence in his surroundings that one usually saw in those who were getting sex on a regular basis and weren't too worried about what those around them thought.
He saw those types of players all the time at college, and he wondered if this was actually how Blaine really was or if he just wanted to give that air so that he appeared to be worldlier than he really was.
Jordan's brother Duncan looked like he would rather be anywhere else than where he was. Duncan and Blaine had muscle definition, but nothing like what was on his father Dusty, Daniel, or what like he had, but it did appear the two brothers worked out.
There were two more adults who arrived with three other kids about his age who were the last to put in their appearance.
The black haired woman who came at the end with her husband was introduced to him as Marie and her husband was Seth. He had been told earlier that they were also a Duke and Duchess, and DJ thought she was a complete and utter babe for an older woman.
DJ could see that while she was physically bigger than any of the other Moms, she was proportioned only like she was just a size or two bigger. Marie was in her light blue traveling shirt and tailor contoured brown pants.
Marie wasn't fat by any means and he could see lean muscle on the exposed areas like her arms and upper chest region. It was obvious to him she was tightly put together.
The more DJ looked the more he realized that Marie just had larger everything thing from breasts, legs, and hips than other three moms did with the same type of narrow waistline to give her a classic hourglass figure.
He could also see that she had one of her sky blue eyes hidden behind a shock of her black hair cut into bangs. DJ thought that was the sexist thing he had ever seen on a woman and she had a really cute face. Her ponytail was something that completed the look for her.
DJ got caught more than once by his father watching Marie's butt as she walked around and visited with her friends. He often found himself hypnotized by the way her full hips seemed to swing and roll as she moved.
Every time he got caught DJ easily blushed and started looking at other things as his father lightly chuckled and shook his head at him. But as soon as DJ knew his father wasn't looking he went back to watching Marie's butt wiggle.
Dusty could understand DJ's fascination with Marie's body because he himself had done that very same thing countless times when they traveled years before and he settled on Suzan as who he wanted to be with.
Marie just had that effect on men.
But even if he was stupid enough to get caught looking by his Dad, that was all it would be because DJ could see that her husband was simply huge.
He stood almost a head taller than anyone there and looked like a solid mound of nothing but muscles. But he didn't have the same kind of muscular definition like most of the other men did, but he was large and solidly built. The way he moved said that he was probably pretty quick on his feet and DJ estimated that he was far quicker than he looked.
That made him someone who he didn't want to be on the wrong side of.
They had two boys and a girl with them, one of them was an older boy who DJ guessed that girls would find cute. DJ noticed that he seemed to stand off to the side as he watched everyone with crystal blue eyes. Eyes that seemed to take in everything and at the same time didn't appear to miss anything around him.
Before lunch had been served Dusty had already spoken with the King. Even though he tried hard to keep the crystal phones they created a secret from the public, the King while bragging about them, had shown his off to a few of the nobles and visiting dignitaries. That was enough to spark a huge interest in them. Suddenly it was seen as a favor to the crown to have a few people outfitted with them, and a few others tried to curry huge favors with him to get one. Dusty and his friends kept...
While Kat had waited that morning for the three of them to arrive quite a few men had tried to "chat her up" as they passed by her going either into the city or as they left. Even in her generally loose fitting travel garb they saw the gem that she was. Somehow she managed not only to talk to them in a friendly manner, but she also managed to get some useful information while not offending anyone or giving the impression that she was willing to go to bed with any of them. Even though she...
The four women entered the large city and quickly blended in with the rest of the inhabitants. Suzan was just a little unhappy Dusty wasn't with her though it had only been a little over a week since she left Dusty and headed out for the mission. Although she missed her husband, she was also really charged up to be here and was well ready to take on a new mission like this. It took them several days of travel by ship and a few more days of hard riding and just barely stopping for anything...
Amber came into the house and kicked off her boots. She then put her pack down beside the door, took off her twin swords, and then leaned those swords against the door next to her pack. Her parents would be around somewhere, and after she found something to eat she would go find them. She had dropped Logan off in town, as he wanted to visit, but she only wanted to go home and unwind. As she walked down the hallway she had the same thoughts she usually did when she passed through...
Dusty felt like he was submerged in warm water. It was strange because while he couldn't see, he could feel everything. The feeling made him feel like he was surrounded by nothing and yet at the same time by everything. He could feel shapes, colors, sounds, even smells. He could sense everyone around him and as strange as it sounded he could sense himself. It was like he was looking at himself but he wasn't looking at himself. As Dusty was trying to puzzle that out, he felt child like...
Dusty and Suzan reached the double doors that lead to the council chambers. They had passed a few offices that the council members and others made their own. Now they were at their destination. There was a single desk outside the council chambers, and at it sat a very striking and attractive red haired woman. She looked to conceivably be in her mid-thirties, but with mages that didn't mean anything. She was dressed in similar robes as the guard out front with the same sash over her...
Nathan and Ariel were at the city of Lake's End walking around and speaking with the various people who lived there as they waited for their contact to get in touch with them. Someone had sent a work request notice to the guild about a two person job that needed to be done, and they requested the two of them by name. It was a simple escort job, but the request that accompanied it asked that both of them come a few days early before hand and discuss the job, as it was private and sensitive...
Wolfgang wouldn't admit it but he was really looking forward to Kat's visit shortly. She had just called to say that she was close and would soon be at his home, and once they broke the connection he found he was rotating the crystal phone around in his hands and staring at it as he thought about her. Ever since Dusty's phones started to be the rage it had made his life far easier. Of course he wished he had access to these phones a long, long, time ago but Dusty wasn't born during the...
Dusty and Suzan quickly made a few plans between them, agreed on them, and then set about separately doing them. First thing Dusty wanted to do was make sure the kids were taken care of. He knew that getting DJ started on his training was important right then and so he made a quick call to Lori. Talking as fast as he could Dusty then explained what was going on and why he needed to send the kids to her home. Telling Lori he had the emergency covered he made the plan to send their kids,...
Dusty, Suzan, Daniel, and Rachel all suddenly appeared on the pad next to Lori's home. The pad was large enough to accommodate five riders on horseback, but it was the four of them standing next to Dusty and Suzan's horses. Waiting while Dusty and Suzan took their horses to the stable, the four of them returned to the front of the door and knocked. "Lori seemed pretty excited when I called her, I wonder why," said Suzan as they waited "Bet she's discovered something new again. She...
"Thank you for the horses," said Marie as she looked over at Seth smiling. "I'm happy to loan them to you all. I'm just sorry how you received them, but not that you have them," said Seth. "I am too. I wished those men didn't have to die while helping others as they did, but I know those people in the town appreciated their sacrifice," said Marie to Seth. Seth just nodded as he rode. They rode in silence while they were sticking to the main roads in the forest so that they could...
As the five of them worked their way through the dungeon, they were surprised that they no longer found any opposition. There just didn't seem to be anything that approached them or tried to attack them. That bothered Dusty. They had just gone from having wave after wave of ghouls attacking for over an hour to an eerie quiet. The only thing that made it worse was the occasional dripping sound of water from somewhere in the distance as they made their way deeper into the dungeon. "This is...
Melkin had to admit that Dusty was coming up in the world. When he brought him here he was someone who had nothing and had to start at the bottom. The council thought that this was the best way to do it and that it would make him more dependant on them for things he needed to survive while here. But not only had he started with nothing and grown, but he had been knighted, received a title and land, and was now turning a pretty decent profit. No one had expected him to be able to prosper...
"With us not finding any trace of what's happing during the day it looks like we're going to have to venture further into the woods at night," said Suzan as she looked at Dusty and Seth. "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean we've still not found a single trace of what is taking off with the people from around here," said Dusty as he turned to look at her. "I say we give it at least one more day, maybe two tops, before we go looking for any danger that we may not need to buy for...
The next morning Dusty got up very early, before the sun was even close to coming up, and started packing his pack for the next mission. As he pulled out clothing to take with him he noticed the suede leather jacket and jeans that he was wearing when he arrived here hanging in the wardrobe in the corner of his room. Seeing them once again took him back to when he first appeared in this world just under over a year ago. A lot of things had changed. First of all he now believed in magic. It...
Dusty started to run into the room, but he stopped and took a good long look around first looking for traps. As he stepped into the room he saw Galvin as he basically finished hanging his wife next to Daniel and Rachel from a hook by a chain around both of her wrists. When Galvin stepped back he could see that her shirt was ripped badly in the front and one of her breasts was in danger of spilling out of her already heavily overworked bra. He watched Galvin seem to take a good long look at...
Two men stood looking at the prone form of their leader. They just received the report that the man wanting to join them, a Christopher Jones, was just killed by someone a very powerful. It didn't look like magic that killed him, but they also had no idea at this point how he died. The men weren't too broken up about it because they felt the fool was wrong to be experimenting on children and they wouldn't miss him. He contacted them before with a deep desire to join their ranks and said...
"Mmmmmmm ... do you really need to get up and go work out so soon? The sun isn't even up yet. You really should come back to bed. I need you. I mean I really need you. You could just as easily work out with me instead you know," said Suzan softly but in her deep raspy voice. Even with just barely opening her eyes, she knew that she had her husband's complete attention. They had gone to bed the previous night in the buff and she could see his response to her request instantly. He was...
During the first week that Dusty and the others had left Marie and Seth had met with the King and Marie trained in the yard to keep up her skills, tone her body, and generally keep busy. The King gave her one of the outer rooms that faced the parade yards so that she was well away from the other nobles but close enough that she could work out in the yard and visit with Seth. King William gave her a knowing smile as his secretary briefed her where she would be staying. Marie smiled back at...
Once out of the chamber Dusty smiled and raced down the hall to grab Suzan's hand as she was still storming down the hallway, and pulled her trembling frame into an embrace. As he did he noticed that her face was unreadable, but he could see as he did this that she was still very much pissed off. While pulling her close he buried his face in her hair. "I'm sorry honey, but should have told you that you broke nothing. If I hadn't been so caught up in self pity I would have spoken up...
"Well my dear it has been almost two weeks, I don't believe they are coming back before the time limit," said Queen Morigan as she looked over at Rachel while she stood apart from the other women. Rachel was sitting and trying to look at ease, but it was an effort with all the various other Lady's and ladies in waiting around. All the various forms of nobility were hanging around the audience chamber making light conversation about nothing and gossiping. As Rachel tried to look like she...
Dusty arrived with his friends at the kingdom of Stelmore. The first thing they did on entering was to head straight for the castle to talk with King Roland about the attacks. Reaching the city gates it was obvious that the city was on high alert. On trying to enter the capital city they had to get off of their horses at the gate and lead them into the city. The guards then separated them, and two guards checked them one at a time. One held a serviceable pike on them as the other one...
A bloody and very upset Suzan and Anita made their way back to the palace just as the Sun was cresting over the horizon. They had already made the stop by Tabitha's mother's house the night before to inform her of what happened. Needless to say it wasn't something they wanted to do, but knew that they had to and it was something they owed the only real victim to pay the ultimate price. Even though Suzan felt she should tell her, Anita insisted that because her death was her fault she...
"Who are you two?" asked Rory quietly as he stared at them. "Rory we're still your friends, but we're also different people than who you know. I promise I'll answer all your questions later. I'll meet you back here in about an hour or so. "Watch over Terrance. I don't believe he'll die, but if I'm wrong come get me. But for now I need to hurry and get Ariel to our room. I'll explain why I need to do this as fast as humanly possible when I return," said Nathan quickly. Moving...
"Everyone, you are here for a reason and it is something that has an effect on your lives both in the past and the future," began Brianna as they were all seated around the living room. As the last to arrive, once Matt and Rayne showed up it was time to get started. As they looked around at their children and their spouses, they both couldn't believe how much the boys took after their father, even down to having the same silver forelock now in their hair as well But knowing this would be...
Galvin sat on the cliff side with his legs dangling as he sat overlooking the city. It was a very prosperous city that originally had been a town that was built against the side of a cliff so that it could only be raided from one direction, and all the defenses had been developed to protect from that direction. But over the years the town had grown, as well as changes in modern warfare. Now if someone wanted to give the city a good pasting they could do it in relative safety from where he...
Aric was sitting the table mentally going over preparations for dinner. It was his week to cook. While Brianna was coming along with her cooking, he was still far better he thought with a smile. But she was getting better, and she was better at cleaning and laundry so he had no complaints. He was glad they took turns switching on and off each week. Even though he tried to stop it, his mind kept drifting back over the last few seasons. After Brianna and Aric were settled in they traveled a...
"And that all happened just a little over ten seasons ago?" asked Nathan slowly. The way this young man was acting he thought it was all recently at least in the last couple of seasons. Not something decades ago. "I left the city and I've not returned. Not even to see my family," said Elliot nodding yes. "But what happened to Kathryn after you left or the man she was with? Did you ever find out? Did you even want to know?" asked Nathan. As he thought about it, he realized that he...
Suzan could tell by the rising and setting of the sun that she had been here at least a week and a half so far. She wasn't sure what was going on with Dusty and her friends, but she really wanted to see them again. The first few days she was there she refused to eat, though after awhile she decided starving herself before she found a way out didn't make sense. But she refused to eat with the Queen and Prince under any circumstances. She just flat out refused to see them. Everyday she...
Once they came to the city they asked for directions and they headed for the address they were given. They found themselves in front of a very large museum with rod iron gates that were swung wide open. They entered and were shown into a very nice, but a very cluttered office. There were books stacked on every table. But at least the center desk was clear. As the secretary showed them in she smiled big at Dusty and offered him her hand as she showed them all into the office. And once he...
After making their way to the address in question they noticed that there was a light coming from what looked to be a cellar door. As they opened the door they saw there was a lantern lit by the door but the others close by it were out. But a few feet after those the rest were lit again. Marie said she was going first, and they followed her down a narrow passageway that seemed to go down for about two stories then leveled out. As they leveled out they realized that they were headed to a...
Dusty and the others made pretty good time over the last day and a half to the huge mountainous expanse in the desert. Dusty would never have expected this if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. It didn't make sense, but he was still learning things. There was one point when Kat called them close and said they were being followed. Dusty leaned over his horse, using just one stirrup to support his weight, reached into an inside pocket, and then hung like that as he buried something close...
"Hi welcome to the Winters, Taylor and Owen law firm. How may I help you?" asked the extremely beautiful young lady coming down the hallway. As Dusty stopped to get a good look at her he found his breath taken completely away. She was about 5'9" in some nice shiny black four inch Patten leather pumps. It didn't appear she was wearing stockings, but her legs were tanned and very well formed, but he was trying not to stare and only took a very quick look at them as she approached...
Early the next morning found the group of six riding away from the castle as they hurried to the Kingdom of Patella to speak with the Queen and see what was going on in that land. As the rode down the road, Dusty started talking about something that was on his mind. "Was it really wise to leave Marie alone with Seth?" asked Dusty to everyone as they rode their borrowed horses towards the Kingdom of Patella. He waited until they were well away from the capital city before he asked so no...
"Galen? Galen? Yes I know of him. He's one of those mages who seated themselves on their useless council. Don't you know that his meeting you was no accident? He was assigned to watch you. He also wanted to make sure that you didn't go power mad and crazy. While you may be stronger he's always hidden his true strength from you. "And you do know the reason that he took so long to help your son and his wife when her powers truly activated was because the council really didn't want to...
While still stunned from Gemma's story, Brianna looked down at the table and said "But, but, I don't know if he even likes me back. What if he doesn't think I'm attractive enough? All the other women here are so beautiful, and I'm not that special. I don't know how to walk around like they do or how to flirt with him. And I don't really know how to cook very well. Everyone else is better than I am at everything." Gemma, looked at her stunned for a moment, paused and then started to...
Andrea sat next to the bed looking down at the face of a sleeping Daven. It was hard to believe watching him that this was the same face of the young man who was the terror of husbands and fathers alike. Likewise it was hard to believe this was the same face of the young man who was well known as well for his uncommon attractiveness. If it wasn't for his barely hidden arrogance, that few who got close enough to him could see, she herself might have found him more attractive. He always...
DJ slowly came to, and as he did, he tried to get his bearings based on the last thing he remembered. The last thing he clearly remembered was hitting the ground hard and then ... nothing. While DJ lay there trying to figure out what was going on, he noticed a couple things. One he could hear an argument going on in the distance. He tried to focus on it, but he was distracted because his head was at an odd angle. It wasn't the fact it was unpleasant or anything, but he was lying on...
When everyone arrived in front of the home of Lori and Mark Miller, DJ was suitably impressed. To him it pretty much screamed mage from the start when you looked at it. He had seen lots of movies, books, and animations, and some of the designs gave him that impression. Their house was what he would have called a one story ranch style wrap around that had the front door and porch in the center of the structure and what looked to be separate rooms, or wings, on either side of it. It wasn't...
Reaching the edge of the city, just past the market square that she often visited, Suzan and Anita noticed that hardly anyone was around the homes there. Looking around as they reached the edge Suzan could see that something had gone horribly wrong. There were doors that were broken in, overturned stands, and destruction everywhere. Trash and broken items littered the road. Still in shock Suzan asked "What happened here, what is all of this?" "This is what happens when Trolls raid our...
DJ, Amber, Logan, Marilyn, and Jason reached the last city just outside of Lori's home without too much of a problem. They would soon be at her home to start DJ off on his training in magic. The trip was eventful with many men who kept asking after Amber and Marilyn to do everything from sitting with them, asking for a dance, to the blatant request to visit their room. Some didn't even want to wait for nightfall for that to take place. Marilyn often got most men to leave her alone by...
"Are we ready?" asked Marie Seeing everyone nod at her they started out of the gathering hall and headed down the road in the general direction of the city that they would eventually start their assignment. Marie knew that this mission was one that was given to Dusty by the council, via their guild, and she knew like always he would fill them in. He always shared all info with the team, but away from prying eyes and ears. As they walked Dusty was surprised at how Marie didn't seem to be...
Almost seeming to leap over the mess she had just made by the door, Lindsey jumped for Dusty and he just barely caught her before she tackled him. Dusty suddenly found himself holding a hysterically crying Lindsey as she seemed to break down in his arms. Not sure why he did it, Dusty couldn't help but notice that she was dressed in the same short brown outfit as the rest of the serving girls. She couldn't have been there all that long as her tanned and well formed legs only made the...
"Did you get what you needed?" asked Lori as they left Chris's home "Yes and no. I reported in and let them know what I found, but I know now even less about him than I did when I started," commented Dusty to Lori. Lori realized that Dusty probably wanted some privacy to ask some questions. One being why Lindsey was here and another about Chris, and she was sure he didn't want an audience. "Well thank god you came back when you did, we were running out of things to say to him while...
The night of the party was amazing. Somehow the ladies knew just who to see to get outfits for the party. Most missions didn't even include a party so they didn't pack dresses, but were still happy to find some to use to get dressed up for the occasion. Even Lindsey was happy with the outfit for her. It wasn't a large party or even a grand one, but it was a chance for them to talk to others and let their hair down for a bit. It was being held at the summer home near the edge of the town...
As soon as Marie closed and barred the door to her room she started to sweat again. Even though she was sure that at the time the cramps would kill her, she was used to getting the mild form so she was able to endure, but now she thought she was going to crawl out of her skin. She had to have sex and she needed it now! That was the only thing she wanted to do right now. That drug in her system was making it slowly her sole desire and the only thing her mind focused on. She couldn't...
Dusty and Lori managed to get to the farm in question and find what they needed. After convincing the farmer and his wife they weren't nuts and they did have a valid reason for why they wanted the stuff, they managed to get them to help them distill plant into a pure liquid form. Dusty promised that the Mayor would take care of the cost and that they just needed to let him know what to pay Asking for the use of a horse and wagon to carry back the large barrel, it was well into the...
The event in question was the night Dusty and Lindsey went to a summer party two months ago at one of their mutual friend's house. To be honest Grace was more Lindsey's friend than his, but he got along well with her husband Peter. Their friends had setup a barbeque pit, games, horseshoes, volley ball, among a few other games, and they had a very large turn out. Dusty was talking and hanging out with some of the guys he felt more comfortable with even though he really didn't know anyone...
The next morning as Dusty slowly awoke he noticed that a slender arm was now draped over him from behind as he faced the window. It wasn't like he didn't know who it was without turning over. He would have to start locking his door at nights it would seem. As he got up he could see that Lindsey had fallen asleep next to him and had obvious worn only her towel into his bed from the night before, and now it had now fallen open. Without meaning too, he looked and was disgusted to realize...
Eventually Dusty was able to find and move into his new apartment. Regardless of how he looked like on the outside to anyone, he was finding it hard to stay civil when every fiber of his being wanted to throttle Lindsey whenever she was near, and it was slowly starting to get to him. Going to the gym and getting into a good scrap at first seemed to help with his frustrations, but lately as the months drug on that was starting to not be enough. There were times during that last month that...
"I'm going to kill that old man," thought Dusty as he groaned painfully and rolled over. When he came to, he found himself face down in a field of grass. He looked around, and he could see what looked to be a dirt road to his right and trees off in the distance. As he stood up he realized that it looked like he was no longer in the city of Indianapolis anymore. He couldn't see anything like skyscrapers or building in general. All he could see was a big open field with a tree line off...
Three things happened after that first night they all spent in an Inn. First as they traveled during the day Lori came out of her shell and would talk with Dusty. Even though she still had her quiet moments, she no longer scowled at him and now that they traveled together Dusty found that she often would walk beside him, look up at him, and inquire about his life before he met them. She would sometimes even smile at him from time to time. Second was that while Suzan would still play pranks...
"OH MY GOD! WHAT WAS THAT!" thought Dusty as he waved his hand around at the dust in his room. "Did a bomb just now go off in here?! If so it was a bad one, it only took out the wall." There was a very large hole in the wall where his bed used to be and the bed was now a pile of heavily burnt and damaged kindling. But Dusty was without his towel and he was standing there on display as naked as the day he was born. Lori might have appreciated the view if she wasn't staring stunned at...
"Yes right there, right there Dusty. Oh my god yes! That feels wonderful. You really are as good as you said," moaned out Lori as she smiled down at Dusty. Lori was lying on the bed completely naked and looking unbelievable as she played with her large breasts with both hands as Dusty toiled on. Dusty smiled up at her as he was working hard at pleasuring her. He was hitting all the right spots and he knew that she was enjoying herself immensely it seemed. As he felt her twitching and...
The museum was having a party a week before the showing and Dr. White decided to allow the guild members to come as guests. Marie thought he really must be desperate to have them work for him since normally the help wasn't invited to these things. The main surprise was that the museum paid for them to all get new outfits for the night as well. Dr. White said that it was so they wouldn't feel pressure to find something. He just told them to mingle and meet new people and see what the museum...
"Tell me again what you say you saw?!" asked Dr. White shocked. This was the first time anyone had any information on the deaths. Dusty had gotten the girls up as he headed to Dr. White's room. It was on the second floor of where they were staying. Dr. White came down to view the room then he sent word to Dr. Carmichael that there was another attack and he took everyone to his office, and while he waited Dusty covered what he saw again. "Like I said, it was a wolf made of fire. But...
"So it went well?" Suzan asked as she sat and brushed her hair at the vanity. She could tell by Dusty's large smile that he had a good testing. The vanity was the only furniture she had brought with her when she moved into Dusty's room and it was small enough that it took up no real space in the corner. Dusty always enjoyed sitting and watching her work on her hair. While she only wore makeup for some of their special times together he still enjoyed watching her movements. To be honest...
As they approached the castle they were struck by how "clean" it was. Most castles Dusty had come to notice were really dusty, dirty, old buildings. Since everyone who lived or worked at some of the various castle didn't have private bathrooms or running water to their rooms, an idea Dusty was still wrapping his head around, they often threw things they didn't want into the moat surrounding the castle. They did this for "convenience" instead of heading to the bathroom in the middle of...