Amazon Part 11a Boot Camp
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Sergeant O'Malley stepped to the center of the room and looked at me. "Son," he said. "You have to be one of the bravest fools I've ever met. Did you just tell this man that you wanted to make a sex slave out of his daughter?"
"No," I replied firmly. "I told him that I would protect his daughter and love her. In my home she will be a partner, someone who can assist me in raising our children and providing a happy and enriching environment for all who live there."
The Sergeant smiled. "That's what I thought you were trying to say. And it is well said. Too many people with the CAP to volunteer are thinking about having subjects at their beck and call who have to accept all kinds of perverse orders. And the people without the CAP to volunteer often see the whole thing as a new form of sexual slavery."
I nodded. The Sergeant looked around the room. "If you haven't thought about that already, you should do it now. Right now most people are still too stunned by everything to react, and the rate of pickups is low enough that few families have lost someone who, without warning, became a concubine and was whisked from the surface of this planet. But as time goes on, more and more people will start to see the pickups in a negative light."
"If all the high CAP people act like Walter, I'm sure that it will only be a few more weeks before the backlash starts," Kelsey said. "I mean he demanded that Steph give him a blowjob during lunch a week ago."
"He what?" Kyle shouted. "Where were the teachers?"
"Our school only had two teachers with a CAP above six five," I said. "Both were picked up at the coffee shop at Fifth and Harrison. Since then, the three male teachers left in the school cower in their rooms, and the female ones won't backtalk anyone with a CAP that's six five or above."
"Teachers?" Katelyn asked.
Ashley laughed. "What? You think the teachers don't want to get picked up. Sure some of them are way older than the students, but they are desperate. And there is a rumor that a small school in Idaho was the site of a pickup that took both students and teachers."
"Providence High School," Sergeant O'Malley said with a whisper. "The place only had one hundred students, and the pickup occurred when they had an all hands meeting in the gym."
Everyone smiled except for Sergeant O'Malley who looked around the room. He seemed to be counting people and was not happy with his counts.
"Mark," he said. "Who here has the CAP to volunteer, and who belongs to who? I can't tell with the way everyone is sitting."
Jason, Jessica, Morgan, Kyle and I all raised our hands. Millie and Matti moved to stand behind Jessica while Kelsey jumped up from the couch and moved to sit at my feet. The retired sergeant looked around the room again stopping when his eyes saw the array of women behind Jessica.
"You have a CAP above seven? "he asked.
"Not yet," Jessica said. "I scored a six point eight when I tested last year. But you can retest on your birthday. Kathy is the only one I've promised to take right now. Millie and Tillie will be mine once I retest and improve my score."
"And you are sure you can improve it?" Sergeant O'Malley asked.
"When I tested, I talked to the Defense Forces Lieutenant who was working at the center while waiting for her transfer to come through. She said that most people see their score rise every year until they are eighteen or nineteen. Or at least that it what is being reported. I don't think they have actually conducted tests for that long a period," I said in support of Jessica.
"You pay attention. Now I guess I can see what's going on. Everyone, I am Sergeant Brandon O'Malley of the US Army, although I should admit I'm retired. I turned my experience from the army into a career as a security consultant. I met Mark, Jason and Ashley a few weeks back, and I have to admit Mark impressed me then, so I gave him a business card. This morning he called and admitted that he was thinking about me training him to protect those he loves."
"Can you do that?" Kyle asked.
"No one can truly train you for that," Brandon said. "If you don't have the right instincts and heart, you won't protect others well. But I've noticed that people with high CAP scores tend to be far more willing to make the sacrifices required to truly protect others. And I can say that from what I see Mark definitely has the right stuff."
"And that means?" Morgan asked.
"I can't be here every day to train you," Brandon admitted. "I have a company to run and paying clients to support. But I can be here one or two days a week, and I have friends who might be willing to help."
"Why?" Katelyn asked.
"Because they are bored. I have friends who got hurt while serving, and they were discharged due to their injuries. They need something to do to keep them busy, and this would be perfect for them," Brandon responded. "Now if you are interested, we could do something this morning, but it works better if you are in gym clothes."
"Is there space in the house?" I asked. "I would have thought we'd want to do this outdoors or in a gym."
"Not a gym," Brandon said firmly. "What you need isn't weights, but real life training ... and running. There is a park near here with a couple of large meadows we can use for most of this."
"Won't the city chase us out?" Kyle asked.
"Why? We'd be causing no harm." Brandon looked over at Ashley. "Just make sure everyone dresses properly. Do you want to start today?"
"Can we?" I asked.
"I'm free," the man admitted. "I see you aren't dressed for exercise though. How about I meet everyone there in one hour? Show up ready, and I can give you two hours of instruction and some drills you can perform at home. I'll call Mark tomorrow to work out a full schedule."
I looked over at Morgan. "It's Saturday, and my project is ahead of schedule so I'm free," he said with a shrug.
Becky giggled. "Bea and I have the late shift so we are fine until noon. We have to be at work at one thirty and we'd need a shower and lunch."
"Save water," Jason chirped. "Shower with a friend."
"Oh, but we already do that," Beatrice sang back. She leaned back into the couch with a smirk on her face as Letty fell over laughing.
We looked at Kyle and Katelyn. The man looked at his wife and shrugged. "It sounds too damn perfect," he muttered. "This boy has it all figured out. But we are free today aren't we my love."
"If he has you willing to admit you love me again, I'd say he is the wisest man in the world," Katelyn responded. "And I think we'll enjoy the exercise. We can even bond with our daughter."
"But she won't be participating!" Kyle snapped.
"Why the hell not?" I asked. "She has a right to defend herself, and I'd never deny my ladies a chance to exercise. They are human beings not machines and I want them to enjoy life."
Kelsey giggled. "I'd have to go change."
"We all will," I affirmed. "I say we all get breakfast and put on gym clothes and meet at the park."
Jessica looked at Kathy and my sister. "You will show up as you are, but you will still participate," she said sternly. "Millie, I want something sexy. How about shorts and a sports bra?"
"I can't run around in just a bra!" Millie hissed. "I've been dieting since you first said you might want me around, but I'm still fat. No one wants to see me in a bra!"
"Do you even know what a sports bra is?" Jessica asked. "Get one and you'll understand. I think the sporting goods store in town is open."
Millie pouted, but then smiled as she looked at Kathy's outfit. "Fine, I'll call Dad and get a ride."
Millie turned and ran to the front door of the house. We heard it hit the wall as she opened it and stepped outside. Kyle watched her go with a puzzled expression on his face.
"She doesn't seem to want to be yours," he said to Jessica.
"Millicent has a father who is terrified that women will be after him for his money. That has had a rather negative effect on Millicent. She doesn't trust, and she has a hard time opening up to others. She also fears most men. Right now, I'm about the only person she trusts to be the one to take her from Earth."
"But couldn't that cause problems?" Katelyn asked. "If she can't really handle the situation what will you do?"
"She'll be fine," Kathy said as she put a hand on Jessica's shoulder. "I've been with Jessica from the start, and I've watched Millie try to open up to others. She used to always find a quiet spot to sit by herself at lunch. Now she sits at the table with Jessica, Jason and Mark. She doesn't join in all the teasing and jokes, but she smiles. And she adores Jessica. Jessica is the only other student at the school with a wealthy father, and I think Millicent sees Jessica as the woman she could have been if she could overcome her father's fears."
Kyle looked shocked. "But why not try to be more like her? Why just accept becoming a sex slave?"
"I don't want to go to war," Lenore said. "I'd do anything to protect my little Angelique. But if I can avoid fighting I will. Think about our history. The women who stay home provided a huge inspiration for the men fighting for them."
"Sometimes that inspiration led to the death of men," Kyle pointed out. "I've heard that villages in England had a generation of boys wiped out after all the girls virtually coerced the men into joining the army at the start of World War One."
"Things like that can happen," Lenore said. "There is no guarantee that Mark will survive battle."
"I sure hope to," I replied. "I want to be there the day Angelique turns fourteen, and I hope to be home when she comes back from her CAP testing with a huge smile on her face because she scored better than me."
Lenore gasped and then turned to give me a solid and passionate kiss. For the first time her tongue forced its way past my lips as she worked to suck my tonsils out. I could hear several people shifting about uncomfortably as the kiss extended.
"Dude, get a room," Jason finally said, causing Lenore to slowly back away from the kiss.
"We have to get over to the park right now," I reminded everyone. "I guess I need to allow Ashley and Lenore to run home so they can get gym shorts and tank tops."
"Not a skirt?" Ashley asked.
"Not for exercising," I said. "I'm sure you never practiced your cheerleader routines in a skirt with no panties."
"No, but I would have next year," Ashley replied cheekily.
"Go brat!" I commanded haughtily. "We meet on the field of training in one hour."
Lenore and Ashley giggled and stood up. Then, as I tried to stand up, they leaned over, brushing their breasts on my arms before kissing my cheeks. I felt my face grow warm as they skipped out of the house.
Kyle, Katelyn and Kelsey followed at a walk. Kelsey had a hand over her mouth, but the way her shoulders shook it was clear she was giggling at the antics of her two rivals for my heart. I was trying to figure this out when Becky and Beatrice stopped to give me hugs, and Morgan held out his hand to me.
"Thanks for thinking to include us in all of this," Morgan said. "You have proved to be right about one thing. If you treat the women you are taking with you as humans and show that you want them to be happy, they seem to want to make you even happier."
"It was the only thing that made sense," I said. "I can't imagine being happy if the people around me are not happy."
The trio nodded, and then Morgan waved to the others. "We need to go change. Let's get to the car."
The house quickly emptied as everyone headed to their vehicles. I walked to the door to find that Jessica, Kathy and Millicent had already left. Matti walked up to me as I stared out the open doorway. "The driver waited for them," she told me. "I guess Jessica's father is a bit worried, so one of his bodyguards now watches over her."
I nodded as I closed the door. Matti stepped back and stood in the schoolgirl outfit Jessica had brought with her. "How did she know your size?" I asked.
"She asked me to e-mail her my measurements four weeks ago," my sister responded with a smile. "Why?"
"She shouldn't be playing dress up with you yet. You are too young," I said.
"It's dress up only. We both know that," Matti said to me as if I was stupid. "Its harmless fun. Meanwhile, shouldn't you go and change?"
"Three times in one morning," I said quietly. "This is going to be one hell of a day."
I climbed the stairs to my bedroom as my sister laughed. "I do that almost every day!" Matti shouted up to me. "Why should girls get all the fun?"
Her comment made me smile and it was with a smile that I dug through a pile of clean clothes that I had yet to fold and put away. I found one of my junior high gym uniforms and changed clothing. Once I was done I looked at the clock and realized I probably had forty minutes until I was supposed to be at a park that was only three blocks away. I looked over at my computer, but then shook my head to the empty room and headed down the stairs while carrying my cross trainers.
Matti was sitting at the dining room table and looking at a catalog I did not recognize. I claimed one of the other chairs and started to put my shoes on. My sister glanced at me. "You need breakfast," she said.
I finished putting on my shoes before looking at her. "We have fresh bananas don't we?" I asked.
"You purchased the food, and Dad hasn't been home since May," Matti reminded me. "You probably know better than I do."
The rest of the night was not very exciting. Lenore was inside the restaurant for at least ten minutes. We sat quietly while we listened to the cries of anger coming from within the restaurant. The patio was not an exit, so we saw no other customers except the two women who had collapsed out on the patio shortly after the barrier had been removed. What we could hear made it clear that several married women had tried unsuccessfully to be picked up, and their husbands were not pleased. Lenore...
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Chastity followed me as I walked over to the table. When I stopped to look around the room I could see a very nervous look on her face. “Problem?” I asked. “That orientation makes the ship seem very complex,” Chastity said. “It is. It has to be in order to allow us to travel into space,” I replied. “But I can’t even understand why I have the CAP to be a citizen. I always hated fighting. My parents were always fighting. I got into acting because there was a small theater group in my...
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"AAATEN-HUT," thundered through the room, and four hundred Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and even a few members of Air Force Special Operations Command snapped to their feet, and came to attention. Brigadier General Benjamin Handel, Commanding General of the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, strode to the center of the stage and barked, "At ease. Sit." He waited until the rustling ceased before saying, "The four hundred men in this room have each volunteered for this program. Just so we...
We loaded the suitcases onto the bus quickly. Once the bus was full, I informed the driver that we were going to head to breakfast. He said that he would park around the corner. Maurice, Jason, and I headed over to the restaurant. We arrived at the entrance and found that the rest of our group had already been seated. The hostess agreed to lead us to the private room where everyone was. I lagged behind the others as the hostess led us through the restaurant. Several of the patrons looked at...
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It was about nine when I finished my studying for the night. I was preparing a list of food items that could be hidden in the tree house when my father came home. He was shouting about untrustworthy politicians and corrupt bureaucrats. It was clear that the conference call had not provided the results he and his friends had hoped for. I went to sleep listening to him rant at Mother. The next morning Father was sitting at the breakfast table when I came down after my shower. He glared at me...
The ground under the treehouse was hard and my right ankle protested the abrupt landing. I fell forward, putting my hands on the dirt, and dropping the bag containing the washcloths. A small cloud of dust billowed up. I inhaled some of the dirt and started coughing. Above me I could hear Ashley laughing. She waited for me to stop coughing and then shouted. "I'll take stupid human tricks for fifty." "It was fun!" I protested as I stood up and began brushing dirt from my shirt and...
Ashley was the first to exit the mall, but I caught up to her as we came around the building and could finally see the small seating area for the outdoor café. Her mother was sitting quietly at a table sipping from a cup as she scanned something on a tablet. We could see Jason approaching from the other side. All three of us managed to reach the table at the same time. Mrs. Roberts did not look up. "I set up a pizza delivery back at the house in forty-five minutes," she told us as she...
To say that boot camp was an eye opener does not even come close. It was impossible to say who was more shocked. The DI's were dumb founded because you could not keep a smile off Bret's face. Bret on the other hand could not believe he was being given such riches. Bret just stared, not believing he was actually receiving sure wonderful gifts. Let us look at the first day from Bret's eyes. The morning started with a three mile run. Running in their civilian clothes and shoes, the other...
The system was in standby as I turned the chair back to the front. I reached down to call up a replay of the engine repair when I felt a hand grasp the back of my chair. “Yes?” I asked. “Is it always like that?” Captain Prescott asked. “The simulations are supposed to be the absolute worst possible sequence,” I replied. “And the time is compressed a bit. I really doubt we could enter a system get into a fight, scan a planetoid as well as a Sa’arm controlled planet and escape in just under...
‘Daddy, may I please skip boot camp tonight?’ ‘No,’ he scoffed. ‘But it’s cold and I’m tired and–‘ Daddy just looked up from his iPad at me. He wasn’t having any of it. I stomped upstairs and changed into my workout clothes. As I shimmied out of my jeans, I caught my reflection in the mirror. I faced away from the mirror and looked to see if the bruises on my ass were still vivid. Daddy had used the belt, the cane and the dreaded hairbrush on me last night after giving me an extended otk...
"Computer, start recording!" "Acting Captain, Commander Malcolm Reed, starlog March 27h, 2155. We are en-route to New Xindus on a diplomatic mission to mediate in inter-racial talks between the Xindi, with the goal of reinstating the Insectoids to the Xindi council. This mission has been requested by the Aquatics. The estimated arrival time is 8 weeks from now. After their neurological shock, Captain T'Pol and Commander Tucker have regained consciousness and have started a...
It was about a half hour before the two filed out and knelt at my feet. After pausing to raise their anticipation, I spoke. "There were two characteristics that make for a good slave: Subservience and masochism. Both of you are masters of one, and lacking in the other. "Pyx, your humility and obedience are the stuff of legend. I couldn't ask for a more submissive slave." Pyx bowed. "Thank you, Master." "But when it comes to getting pleasure from pain, you have only had a taste. We...
I had just graduated from boot, and was headed to my A School.But first I took some leave to go back home, and hang out with some friends and my family. My buddy Hoss picked me up from the airport, and since my folks were at work, and weren't expecting me, Hoss took me back to his apartment for a couple drinks. We get there, and to my surprise his high school sweetheart Annie was there, 3 months pregnant. Annie was a lil pixie of a girl, long dark hair, tight fit body except the tiny babybump...
I waited for the door to close and then released a massive sigh. Tatyana immediately put her arms around me. “That was hard on you,” she observed. I feel like I’m the only sheep in a room filled with hungry wolves. There are quite a few members of the crew that would do their best to replace me if they thought I’d fail,” I replied as I stood up. “Never let them see you sweat?” Tatyana said. “Basically,” I agreed as I stood up. “AI, you can power down this room until the next training...
The next two hours were spent quietly monitoring the ship’s systems as we continued to crawl towards Yulara and the orbital station. Blaine and I said little as we watched the one prototype ship circle its target. Only two more attack runs were attempted and one confirmed Kelsey’s comments about the weapon’s short range. The ship fired from what appeared to be about twice the distance as the first run only for every shot to fade away before they reached the moon. Blaine repeated his thanks...
The instant the door closed, Ashley jumped up and waved to me. "Come take a seat Mark." "Ladies should be the ones sitting," I said carefully as I walked over and gave her a hug. "Humor me?" Ashley said coyly. I was surprised by how childish and adorable she sounded. She was rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet, so I sat down in the chair she had just left. The moment my butt was on the cushion Ashley jumped into my lap and put her arms around my neck. "This is a much...
After such a rough start the rest of the vacation went surprisingly smoothly. Miki proved to be a huge asset. She knew places to visit that we might never have thought of. There was a small feeling of loss after Liz and Cassidy were picked up. None of us knew them well, but they had been friends. Her short tale of the conditions at the pickup had definitely impressed everyone. Maurice was at times fawning on Jessica. Fortunately the young lady just laughed and then had her minions pounce on...
My friends were relaxed at school. Ashley, Lenore, and Miki sat together at brunch and lunch, giggling. Matti was sitting on Jessica's lap during our breaks. My sister was still timid, but she clearly felt safe in Jessica's arms. The others tried to keep me from worrying too much about the meeting after school, but I still obsessed a bit over my father's tone. I knew he was intensely interested in finding a way to thwart the CAP system and worried that he would demand that I take him. I...
I watched my father until he finally vanished behind the fence enclosing the backstage area. Once he was out of sight I heaved a huge sigh of relief. "That was intense," Jason said. "I thought you were going to have to kill him." "I thought I might have to as well. He is going to try again if he can think up a way," I said. "So what do we do now?" Lenore asked. I reached into a pocket and pulled out a huge bundle of tickets. "We do have tickets to see the concert," I said. "But...
The next two weeks blurred together. Every morning was spent out at the park. Jason, Jessica and I always tried to get some exercises in first before we joined the others in a series of sports related activities. Soccer and kickball were the most common but we tried ultimate Frisbee and touch football as well. Sergeant O'Malley showed up occasionally and would drill us in unarmed combat techniques before having everyone run laps. At first the laps were small, but each time the Sergeant...
We returned to the lobby in time to meet the others as they started to board the vans. Vlad came over and gave Tatyana one last hug. He promised to tell her sister what had happened and to bring her sister into the troupe should she want to come to America. Several other troupe members also came by for a last goodbye. Tatyana was bubbly on the drive back to the house. She asked many questions of Miki and Lenore while playfully ignoring Ashley, but finding ways to answer her when talking to...
The sunny skies and warm air were attracting more and more people to the park as the day wore on. After lunch, Ashley, Lenore and I decided to avoid the growing lines on the slides and spend several hours in the wave pools and on the endless river. We woke Angelique and spent the next three hours splashing each other as we explored the park. We stayed at the park until the setting sun and diminishing light signaled that it was time for the park to close. Morgan gathered everyone up and led...
“Captain Parker,” A voice growled out. “Dare I ask why you are in port today?” “Corsica ended its last patrol yesterday. The orders we received just before leaving Crucibleat were to visit several nearby systems and look for signs of Sa’arm incursions. We found none, although there was one system that my officers and I believe would be quite interesting to them. We left a warning buoy in the system as a way to provide advanced warning should an incursion occur. Our final orders were to visit...