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Luke’s HAARP Time Warp: Part 13

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Luke’s HAARP Time Warp: Part 13
Marion has to fight off foreign invaders.

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Chapter 60.

The next month went much of the same way. Luke stayed in York and sent

subordinates out to deal with rebellious nobles. Marion would get fucked in the
ass once a week or so. She got her revenge on Gabriel near the end of July when
Luke first fucked her ass. That had been one hell of a night. Gabriel had been
screaming so loud that Marion had to get ear muffs so that her ears weren’t
ringing. Luke had his cock sliding in and out of Gabriel’s ass while he had two
fingers pounding her pussy.

Since Marion and Luke had been doing anal about once a week for a couple of

weeks, Luke was building even more stamina so he wasn’t wiped out after
Gabriel’s ass like he had been from Marion’s so he was pretty chipper the next
morning while Marion was bouncing off the walls. Gabriel however was so sore
that she couldn’t even get out of bed. Every muscle seemed like it weighed a
thousand pounds. Marion fixed this when she grabbed the blanket that Gabriel
had been wrapped in and pulled her out of bed and onto the floor.

Luke had pushed the curtains open and the sunlight hit Gabriel square in the

face. This made her groan and she groaned more still when Marion said that they
would be riding out to watch army maneuvers today. Luke knew that this was a
lie but he was enjoying Marion’s revenge too much to correct her. They were
actually planned for tomorrow but Luke knew that Gabriel didn’t know that. The
troops didn’t even know it yet for this would be a drill for a surprise
invasion. Marion wanted to make sure that the army could respond quickly and
Luke knew why.

The historical Norse invasion was coming up and Marion wanted to make sure

that they didn’t get into York. Since it was still early in the day, the water
hadn’t warmed up yet so it was still a bit chilly when Marion dumped a sore
Gabriel into the tub and started scrubbing her down. As Marion was scrubbing
her down, she slipped a finger into Gabriel’s pussy and Gabriel’s body reacted
automatically to Marion’s finger and her hips started to thrust into Marion’s
hand. Marion then used the thumb on the same hand to rub Gabriel’s clit and
Gabriel started to moan softly for Gabriel was really enjoying Marion’s touch.

What she failed to realize was that Marion had slid her other hand down

behind her. As Gabriel was really getting into it, Marion slipped a couple of
fingers up Gabriel’s ass. Gabriel’s eyes about popped out of her head when she
felt where Marion’s hands were at. Gabriel tried to protest but the words died
in her throat when Marion leaned in and kissed her. Their tongues started
wrestling and Gabriel was going higher and higher as her hips thrust back and
fought as her fucked herself on Marion’s fingers.

As Marion was sending Gabriel into the stratosphere, Luke was leaning

against the door frame, enjoying the show and slowing stroking his cock. Soon
he was stroking in time with Gabriel’s thrust and soon both of them were
getting close. Marion had heard Luke then looked back at him and winked. She
controlled Gabriel’s thrusting and began to tease her. She did this partly to
give Gabriel a more explosive orgasm and partly to do the same for Luke.

After almost ten minutes, Gabriel was having problems keeping her head above

water and Marion’s fingers were starting to hurt so she gave Gabriel a few good
flicks and sent her hurtling over the edge. This made Luke go as well and he
shot loads of cum all over the floor while Gabriel screamed at the top of her
lungs. The only reason that she didn’t drown was that Marion was holding her up
at this time. Luke slowly slide down the door frame until he was sitting on the
floor. Eventually Gabriel was able to open her eyes and slowly lifted herself
out of the tub with Marion’s help, of course. Luke had recovered by this time
and had washed his cock up so that he could get dressed for the day. Gabriel
was pissed when Luke told her that the maneuvers were not happening that day
and spent the rest of the day pretending to be mad at Marion but they both knew
better.

Toward the end of August, Marion got the intelligence report that she had

been expecting. King Hardrada of Norway was on the move with Harold Godwinson’s
brother Tostig. Marion was determined that this would not be a repeat of the
invasion in Luke’s world were York’s forces were defeated and they narrowly
avoided capture. She sent her very small fleet to sea. Not to fight but to
observe and report back. Luke didn’t want to spend much money on the navy at
this point being that they still had more than enough enemies on land to deal
with. Marion’s scouts watched the Norwegians every step of the way; and so far,
they were playing right to the historical account.

When the Norwegian army landed at Riccall, Marion was sent for a loop by a

new intelligence report. The Norwegian army had got a hold of firearms and
while they were not nearly as advanced as Marion’s, this gave her pause. When
Luke read the report, he said that it sounded like they had flintlock muskets.
He explained that without examining them he didn’t know if they were smoothbore
or rifled. If they were rifled then they would have a real battle on their
hands while if they were smoothbore then as long as they kept the enemy at
arm’s length then they should be okay. Marion’s big advantage was that her
forces knew how to use their weapons while Luke doubted that the enemy did, but
you never know.

It was 19 September 1066, the day before the battle. Everything was ready

and Marion’s commanders knew the full composition of the enemy forces and they
had very good maps of the terrain between the armies. They knew what they were
going to be fighting for and they could see the enemy fires at Riccall. That
evening Marion went to find Luke to make sure that they hadn’t overlooked
anything. It took a while to find him. It wasn’t that he was hiding, it was
just that he hadn’t done this in almost a year. She finally found him sitting
on a log, watching the evening sun set. She knew what this meant, he was
thinking of his former family and time.

“Luke” she said softly. He answered without looking at her.

“Are we doing right Marion? Would it be better to let England develop along

its historical lines or should we stop that right here and send the world on a
new path?”

When he turned to look at her, she was shocked for Luke was obviously

extremely worried.

“That question wasn’t rhetorical Marion, are we making a serious fuck up?”

“Well, you read the reports. History has already shifted for the Norwegians

had firearms that in your history didn’t show up until the 1700’s. Do you think
Harold’s army could beat the Norwegians this time around since he has no
firearms?

“No, Harold’s army wouldn’t stand a chance.”

“Then do you think it would be worth it to subject this country’s people to

the horrors of foreign occupation? After you have seen first-hand the results
of that.”

“Thank you, Marion. That actually helps quite a lot.”

“That’s not all you were thinking was it?”

“No, it wasn’t. Why am I even here? I mean at every time in my life when

things are really going my way something happens and everything that I held
dear was ripped away from me. The last thing I want to do is to lose you too
Marion. You, Gabriel, Pollyanna, Matt, Alice, Mackenzie; I wouldn’t be able to
live with myself if something happened to any of you. What if I am sent back to
where I came from by whatever brought me here in the first place? Will people
continue with what we have been working for or will they fall back into the way
things were before?”

Luke continued; “How about after all this; will the people remember my

warnings and avoid the biggest pitfalls in the next millennium or will the
people forget like they have always done and repeat the same mistakes from my
history? Slavery, wars, famine, man-made climate change; will humans learn
enough and remember enough from me to avoid all that shit or will they make all
those things worse?”

“I honestly don’t know darling. I do that you have changed my life in ways

that I never thought possible and if I died tomorrow and had a chance to either
go back to when we first met or go directly to heaven, I would go back to when
we first met for the last year and a half has been simply amazing. If somehow
you get transported back to your time or you get yourself killed then I promise
that I will do everything in my power to make sure that your lessons will be
remembered and learnt from so the humanity can hopefully avoid the pitfalls
from your history.”

“Thank you. Thank you” cried Luke as Marion wrapped her slender arms around

him and held him tight. She held him until he had cried himself out. By now the
stars were out so Luke laid back in the grass and Marion snuggled up in his arm
and looked up at the night sky with Luke. They stayed like this until they
heard Gabriel calling out for Marion. She sounded panicked and she was. Marion
had disappeared without a trace and nobody had seen her in well over an hour.

Chapter 61.

Marion has to suffer another personal loss.

It was late June in the court of King Hardrada of Norway when a strange man

approached him. The man wore just thread bare clothing for he had been
traveling for many weeks and his beard was long. The man claimed to have a
weapon so powerful that even a mire child who knew how to use it could easily
defeat the most powerful and skilled of warriors. When the king heard this; he
and his entire retinue fell over laughing but the mystery man was not dismayed.
The man stood quietly until the king could recover.

“I have a few of these weapons with me your majesty and I will be very happy

to demonstrate their power to you.”

“Very well, if you insist; but you must do this outside because I don’t want

my floors soaked with your blood!” The retinue started laughing again but the
mystery man just smiled.

Everyone went outside and the King’s best warrior stepped forward in full

armor and with his fearsome battle axe shining in the late morning sun. The
mystery man just stood there and waited. Finally having enough of this the
warrior charged and the mystery man pulled some smallish thing out from under
his coat. He raised it up and smoke and flame came out of the end of it. The
warrior’s head jerked back and he fell, blood and brains coming out of a large
hole in the back of his head. Everyone was stunned for this man had just
defeated one of the best warriors in the kingdom without even breaking a sweat.

“How is this possible?” demanding the King. “Witchcraft?”

“No, your majesty. I have made a new type of weapon that uses a special

powder to propel a projectile forward with enough speed to punch right through
the thickest armor that a man can wear and still move. Furthermore, I can teach
your people how to make this powder and the weapon that uses it. All I ask for
in return is protection from a very dangerous man who told me that if he finds
out that I am telling anyone these secrets that he will hunt me down and tear
me apart with his bare hands. I believe him for he makes even you look small
and weak your majesty; for I have seen him send one of his fists through the
side of a barrel. His name is Luke and he is the husband of Marion of York as
well as the commander of her army.”

“Very well. But should you fail; I will rip you apart with my bare hands.”

“Yes, your majesty” the man said as he bowed. After the man was escorted

out, the King turned to Tostig.

“Well, he comes to us from your area of England. What do you know about this

Marion and her husband?”

“I have met Marion on a number of occasions and her beauty would put

Aphrodite to shame milord. She is also timid and weak although the way that man
talks that might have changed since I last met her. I have never met her
husband but last year it was rumored that she and her sister were saved from an
ambush by a passing stranger. This is probably the same man as her husband.”

“Very well. We shall see what kind of weapons our new friend can make for

us. After all this deal is costing me almost nothing.”

Three weeks later, the mystery man, who had been identified as an alchemist,

presented the King with thirty weapons and the men to use them. These weapons
were a bit slow to load but they didn’t require too much skill to use which
made the soldiers much cheaper to train. These were muzzle loading weapons that
used a flint striking steel to set off the powder. Starting with the bullet
shapes that Luke used, the alchemist designed a round that was conical and
could be easily loaded but would still grip the rifling. He quickly proved that
these men could hit their targets at almost three hundred paces away. They
would be vulnerable to cavalry but with bayonets for the rifles, that problem
was lessened some.

The King was deeply impressed and asked how many weapons like these the man

could produce in a couple of months. The man told him that he could probably
make a couple of hundred but also that training to use these new weapons was
very important because if they were not used properly, they were very dangerous
for the user. By now the King had got reports that Marion was now in complete
control of York and the surrounding area and nobles that opposed her were
deposed of very quickly. She had accomplished this by using the same kind of
weapons that this man was making.

Tostig was impressed by how much stronger Marion seemed in these reports

from when he had known her. Her husband on the other hand was made out to be
much bigger than Goliath and stronger than a horse. Some of the reports even
mentioned that Marion was in a relationship with the head of her personal guard
and to Tostig’s complete surprise the guard in question was another woman named
Gabriel. In fact, it seemed like almost a full quarter of Marion’s army was
made up of women. This was always good for a laugh at parties and soon Marion’s
army was the butt of every joke. What wasn’t a joke however was that it had
soundly defeated every single army that came up against it and usually in less
time than it took to eat a proper dinner.

Finally, it was time to sail for England. The King traveled first to

Scotland where he got extra troops from his ally, Malcom the third of Scotland.
Then he met up with Tostig’s forces, who had been raiding coastal England,
before they made their landing at Riccall. All together the King had about nine
thousand battle hardened soldiers. They set up base and they were amazed at how
much more advanced and wealthier the area was.

The roads were straight and very well made. The village had running hot and

cold water and a sewer system to carry away the waste. The houses were made of
identical bricks that were as hard as stone and they had tile roofs. The
advancements continued inside because most of the houses in this area had
toilets and solar hot water heaters already installed. Everyone in the army was
simply amazed at how advanced these “primitive English” were. The king was
really glad then that he had ordered the alchemist to come along even though he
protested furiously.

Before the whole army had even disembarked the King got reports that enemy

cavalry had been seen in the area. Apparently, they were scouts for they took
off before they had gotten too close. The King ordered his riflemen to be ready
and to see if they could shoot the next one, they saw.

Within half an hour, the king heard gunshots and when he went to

investigate, he found that one of the enemy scouts had been killed. The man’s
gear was very strange for the man was dressed in green, brown, and black shirt
and pants. In addition, he wore a strange helmet. When the helmet was taken off
the man’s long braided hair came out. Wait, this was a female soldier of about
nineteen or so and she was very fit. She carried a strange gun which the king
ordered taken back to one of the ships so that it could be sent back to Norway.
The knife and sword she carried seemed to be made of a very strange steel so
they were put on the ships as well. If they kept getting more loot like this,
then they were going to need more ships for their return to Norway.

They continued to see enemy scouts but none of them stayed put long enough

to give the riflemen a shot. Finally, after a very long day the army bedded
down for tomorrow, they would march on York.

Chapter 62.

Gabriel had been frantic to find Marion and Luke. One of the scouts had not

returned and the reports said that she had been killed. Apparently, she had
been taken by surprise and shot at around two hundred meters.

“Well, that settles it. They have to have rifles; for smoothbore muskets

wouldn’t have traveled that far.” Luke stated. He then turned to Marion. “I
think that I’m going to be needing Gabriel tomorrow with my rifle. Also, you
should get the fuck out of York in case we lose.”

“Luke you might be my husband but I am your commander and I will be with my

army tomorrow. I will loan you Gabriel though. Taking out the commanders would
make it so much easier for everyone.”

Gabriel had been gifted with Luke’s old rifle and spotting scope once he had

started making smokeless powder. He could only make it in small quantities and
it was a pain to make but he was able to make enough rounds to train Gabriel in
how to be a sniper and he had even trained one of the other body guards to be
the spotter. Gabriel nodded and took off to find her spotter so that they could
get back to York and get their gear ready before the battle. Gabriel was good
enough with Luke’s old rifle to shoot someone’s eye out at fifteen hundred
meters. With her using smokeless powder, nobody would see where she was at
either.

Marion, Gabriel, and Luke finally retired for the evening after they had

checked on the army. The morale was high, the troops confidence in their
commander, gear, and themselves. They knew what they were fighting for and were
determined to win, no matter the cost. That evening none of the three were
really in the mood for any loving. Marion was sad for she had known the scout
who had been killed and she had been one of Marion’s friends. Gabriel was
worried about Marion and Luke was worried about the coming battle and the
future. This would be the first time that Marion’s army had faced a truly
professional army and one that had weapons that were much closer to his own.
All they did that night was Gabriel cradled Marion while both were cradled by
Luke. It took them awhile to fall asleep that night and the next morning came
way too early.

Luke made sure that Gabriel and her spotter had ate a large breakfast that

morning for he didn’t know when they would be able to eat again. While they
were eating, Luke discussed tactics with them. This would by Gabriel’s first
time being a sniper and Luke wouldn’t be there to look over her shoulder. He
had made sure that both of them were trained well but the real battlefield is
very different from training. After the two were done eating, Luke helped them with
their gear. He had made both of them ghillie suits based on his old one and had
helped them pick out what foliage to use for additional camouflage. The sun was
just lighting up the eastern sky when the two of them headed into the marsh
that was east of the likely battlefield.

The spot that Luke had picked to do battle was near the original battlefield

where the Norwegians had beat the first group of English soldiers. He had his
right flank anchored the river Ouse and his left anchored on the same marshland
that Gabriel and her spotter were using. He made sure that all of his soldiers
had a good breakfast and cooked food for Marion and himself. He always did
their cooking in the field because Marion was terrible at cooking while Luke
liked to cook.

He had woken the dragoons up first for he had a plan. He would send the

dragoons in first to raid the enemy camp, just to stir them up so that they
would do what Luke wanted them to do. Normally this was something that he
wouldn’t have done but they had got a message the day before about a Scottish
army that had invaded the Lake District to retake it. Luke had to finish this
battle up fast so that he could send part of the army up to deal with the
Scots. An additional consideration was that the enemy didn’t really have any
cavalry at their disposal.

As soon as the infantry were finishing their breakfast, gunfire broke out in

the distance, marking the start of the battle. Luke started working at getting
the army into formation and into their positions. They would be positioned
along a road with a slight hill in front of it. This way, his troops would have
some protection against the enemy riflemen. Luke urged his horse up to the top
of the hill so that he could watch the battle down at the enemy camp. From what
he could see, his dragoons had caught the enemy with their pants down and were
going through them like a buzz saw. Luke began to worry though for if they
couldn’t disengage with the enemy before they could from up then they would be
at a disadvantage; and he could see that some of the enemy units were getting
themselves into formation. Luke turned to his bugler:

“Send the signal for the dragoons to retreat on the double!”

“What’s wrong Luke?” Marion asked.

“Those god-damned fucking idiots are letting themselves get tangled up with

the enemy, just like they were ordered not to!”

Luke continued to watch as his dragoons broke contact, but some of them had

been too tangled up to retreat. The ones that couldn’t retreat were cut down
within minutes. Luke watched as his troops routed and he came really close to
blowing a gasket. He had to stop this and he knew just how to do it:

“Flagbearer; With Me Now!” he shouted and spurred his horse into a hard run.

He and the flagbearer raced toward the routing dragoons. Even at this distance,
Luke could see the fear on the soldier’s faces. As Luke came closer, the
soldiers began to slow down. Luke stopped his horse suddenly, causing it to
rear up. As his horse reared up, he took off his helmet and waved it vigorously
at the onrushing troopers.

 Slowly the rout stopped as the soldiers were able to calm down and

take heart at Luke’s commanding presence. By the time the first of them passed
Luke, they had slowed down to a trot. Luke turned his horse and slowly trotted
back to his own lines. He had some misgivings about this commander before the
battle and now his misgivings had proven true. He was pissed with himself for
not listening to them and it had cost him a number of dragoons.

On his way back to his lines, he placed the commander that had got the

dragoons tangled up with the enemy, against Luke’s strict orders not to, under
arrest. Since the second-in-command had been killed in the raid, Luke turned to
one of the squadron commanders. She was a young woman of about twenty-five or
so with a husband and three kids. Luke knew that while she was extremely
daring, she wouldn’t take stupid risk like the other idiot had. Her mouth
almost fell off when Luke told her of her promotion and he ordered her to get
her troops back into formation and to wait of orders.

Luke was almost back to his lines when he heard

a sharp crack. He of course knew what that sound was. Gabriel was starting to
pick off the enemy. He just hoped that she wouldn’t shoot too fast. He got back
to the small ridge and turned to look back over the battlefield. The enemy had
been stirred up for they were advancing in force. He was pleased to hear that
Gabriel was keeping her shooting slow so that the enemy would have a much
harder time figuring out where she was at.

Chapter 63.

The night after the scout had been killed the King and Tostig talked

strategy. The King was getting very interested in this land and he was starting
to lean toward adding all of Marion’s land to his kingdom. The thing that
impressed him most was that the house that he was staying in wasn’t much more
than an average house in the area but yet it had running hot and cold water,
clear glass in the windows, and had a number of books most of which made no
sense to either the King or Tostig. Their alchemist friend was able to read the
books and he explained what each book was about.

There seemed to be books on everything from medicine to books for children

and the King was extremely impressed by the amount of knowledge in this one
house even if he thought that most of it was just ridiculous. After the King
had enjoyed a hot bath, he went to bed. Normally he would have taken a whore to
bed with him, but every civilian was gone from the area before he had arrived.
Not fucking a bitch before bed left him feeling something akin to indigestion
but he figured that after his victorious army beat the shit out of Marion’s
army, he would take her for his own personal whore.

The next morning, the sun was just starting to light up the eastern sky the

King was awaken by large amounts of gunfire outside. He bolted to the window
and what he saw terrified him. The enemy cavalry had surprised his own forces
and were slaughtering them. He tore out of the house that he was staying in
without even putting his armor on and started to organize his own forces.
Fortunately, his troops were all battle hardened and they hadn’t routed for if
they had, they would have been slaughtered. As it was, with the King rallying
his forces, the enemy cavalry was forced to retreat and their retreat quickly
became a rout.

Some of the cavalry had been cut off by his men and they were cut down. They

had only managed to catch only fifty or so of the enemy cavalry and when they
realized what was going on and they wouldn’t be able to retreat; they fought to
the death trying to take as many invaders with them as possible. The King was
deeply impressed with their skill and courage. He was equally disturbed though
to find that ten of the fifty dead were woman and that they had fought just as
fiercely as the men.

Watching the enemy retreat, the King saw two riders came out from the enemy

lines. One of them was flying a flag that was white with a red crossed bar
through it. The alchemist had told him that this was the flag that Marion had
adopted and that she called it the flag of St. George. Whoever these men were,
the enemy rout almost halted in its tracks and they were quickly reorganizing.
The king started working furiously to get his troops in formation. At first, he
was planning on leaving some of his soldiers back to guard the boats, but the
cavalry raid had killed a large number of his men and he would now need every
man he could get.

Hardrada positioned himself on his left flank, the one closest to the river,

and Tostig on the right, closest to the marsh. It didn’t take long to get
everyone in formation and they started advancing toward York. Once the troops
cleared the village and got out into the open countryside, Hardrada heard a
distant crack and he could see that somehow Tostig had been killed. The crack
kind of sounded like a gunshot, but nobody could see any smoke and even his
alchemist didn’t know what had happened. The king ordered his soldiers to
double time it so that they could engage with the enemy forces before more of
his men were killed.

Every minute or so Hardrada would hear that crack again and he watched as

another one of his other commanders would be killed. By now though, they were
only about four hundred paces away from the enemy lines. Looking ahead, he saw
large pillows of smoke erupt from the enemy position and then he heard a
strange whistling sound. He listened as the whistle got closer and watched as a
large amount of earth was thrown up in front of them. Before he had time to
think, the smoke erupted again from the enemy lines. This time those things hit
his men and he watched as a number of his men just disappeared. Hardrada lost
all the color in his face.

If he stayed out here too much longer, his men would be slaughtered, but he

was so close so he quickened the march some more and this time the enemy
overshot. By now they were only about two hundred paces from the enemy lines,
so the king ordered his musketeers to shoot at anything that moved ahead of
them. Almost as soon as his men got into position, the enemy infantry made
itself known. There were thousands of them and they were all dressed
identically. Hardrada then realized that he had walked into a trap and the
cavalry raid did just what the enemy commander wanted it to do. It had tricked
Hardrada into launching his attack early. He watched as the front rank of
soldiers raised their guns.

Suddenly they all disappeared behind a wall of smoke. What happened to his

men though was much worse for almost all his own riflemen had been mowed down
and a large number of his regular troops had been killed. Within seconds,
another smoke cloud erupted and more of his men were mowed down. If things kept
on at this pace, they might not even make it to the enemy lines but what
surprised him the most was that the front line of enemy troops fired again.
This was much faster than his own could fire. Then he felt something hot hit
him in the leg and he went down.

Luke had been watching the enemy lines getting thinned out very quickly by

his troops. It was now time to finish this battle up. He turned to his
remaining cavalry and ordered them to charge. Luke was pleased to see that his
new cavalry commander was doing very well despite being in command for only
about twenty minutes. Her cavalry quickly overwhelmed the remaining enemy forces
and rode all the way to Riccall and managed to capture all the enemy ships
before any of them could get away.

Now, all that had to be done was to mop up any of the opposing troops that

had escaped the trap. The dragoons swept the village, going from room to room.
Anyone they found that didn’t surrender immediately was cut down. After the
village was cleared, the prisoners were rounded up and marched back toward
York. There was work to do and Luke’s troops were looking forward to watching
these arrogant foreigners digging mass graves for all their dead and individual
graves for all of Marion’s dead soldiers.

As soon as Luke’s cavalry had swept the town and signaled that the coast was

clear, Luke ordered the medical corps to get to work on saving as many of the
wounded as possible. After they had started out, Luke ordered the artillery to
get ready to march for they had to get up north as fast as possible. He would
only be sending part of them, for he had reports that King Godwinson was
approaching fast and Luke didn’t know how he was going to react to Marion and
he wasn’t going to take any chances. Luke then rode over to the marsh and
called out for Gabriel. He watched and listened. He had to call for her twice
more before he saw the glint of glass. He smiled as he rode over and Gabriel
stood up.

“You need to be more careful about the sunlight and that scope darling. I

saw it glint in the sun and that is what gave you away.”

“Okay Luke. I will be more careful from now on.”

“Oh, one more thing, you two were never in this marsh and if anyone ask

neither of you know anything about shots coming from the marsh.”

“But…” That was as far as Gabriel got before the look on Luke’s face told

her shut up and not argue. She quickly figured out that Luke wanted to keep her
abilities hidden for as long as possible. She and her spotter started to make
their way back through the marsh, making sure to leave as little evidence as
possible.

Chapter 64.

As the prisoners were forced to dig the mass graves, the wounded were cleared

off the field and since they were so close to York, they were taken right to
the new hospital. Alice was very proud of this hospital as well she should be.
It was four stories tall and had the world’s first elevators in it. These were
used to move patients, equipment, and supplies between the floors. All the
windows were covered in two pane glass windows and the building even had
central heating and a primitive but effective cooling system.

Hardrada had been one of those that had been picked up on the battlefield

and now he looked around in amazement at all the sights and sounds. At the
hospital he started protesting about having to wait; after all he was a king.
Alice was the doctor on triage duty so she was the one who had to calm him
down.

“What is all that complaining about?”

“I’m the King of Norway” Hardrada hissed “Why am I still waiting to have

this bullet taken out of my leg?”

Alice leaned over and checked his tag.

“Let me explain something to you. I don’t give a fucking rat’s ass if you’re

the King of Norway or the god damned fucking pope. When you come in here, the
severity of the wound determines the order in which you are worked on and your
wounds are not that serious. This is My hospital, and I make the rules here.”

With that Alice continued on her rounds. Hardrada laid there stunned. Nobody

had ever talked back to him, ever. Finally, it was his turn to get worked on.
He watched as he was taken into a very clean room that was very well lit. Alice
was again the one to work on him. She started by putting some liquid over his
wound that numbed it and he was amazed at how good it felt. She then used a
probe to find the bullet. The king had been lucky in that the bullet had missed
the bone.

In twenty minutes, Alice was done and one of her nurses finished by putting

a dressing on the wound. Hardrada was then taken to a recovery ward, where he
was able to look around at all the other wounded men. Almost all of them were
his too. Before long he got tired and fell asleep.

Back in the field, Luke was overseeing the 1st division, 1st brigade along

with one battalion of dragoons in their preparation for them heading to the
lake district. The structure of the army was fairly simple. A division had
twelve thousand soldiers in it. It had four brigades with three thousand
soldiers each. One of the brigades was cavalry and the division commander would
assign cavalry where ever they were needed at the moment.

The other three were primarily infantry. Each brigade had three battalions

with a thousand soldiers each. This was then broken down into three regiments
of three hundred and a one hundred strong artillery unit with ten large guns.
Each regiment had three, one hundred strong companies. Each company was broken
into three platoons of thirty and a heavy weapons unit. This is where the
motors were at and when Luke had managed to get machine guns available, would
be here as well. The cavalry had their own artillery in quick firing 75mm guns
that were light enough to keep up with the cavalry. So far Luke had one whole
division at his disposal and one brigade of what would eventually become the
second division.

As Luke was finishing up with helping in the preparations, he got a message

that put a temporary halt to everything, King Godwinson would be at York by
tomorrow morning and he had almost thirteen thousand troops with him. Luke was
hoping to avoid a battle with him but it was far better to be safe than sorry,
plus it was only a single day delay and with the railroad, Luke’s soldiers
could move much quickly than any other army. He soon got another message but
this time from Alice saying that she had the King of Norway in her hospital.
‘Well fuck, this is going to get interesting.’ Thought Luke. He was sure that
Godwinson would demand that Hardrada be turned over to him but he was currently
under the care of Alice and Luke would do almost anything to support her.
Marion would too for that matter. As he watched a cavalry detachment go by, he
remembered the commander that he had placed under arrest.

By now the former commander had figured out that she was in deep shit. She

had disobeyed Luke’s direct order because she had hoped to win the battle for
herself and the glory with it. Now she sat in a dark, cramped cell awaiting her
fate. She knew that while Luke was usually easy going as a commander, when he
gave direct orders, he expected them to be followed and if you didn’t then you
had better have a damn good excuse. She didn’t have that and everyone knew it.
She had got into trouble because she had been too reckless again and now her
only hope was that Luke would have her executed quickly.

She heard the door being unlocked and the guards came in to get her. She

went with them, with her head held high for she had accepted her fate and was
determined not to show any cowardice. As she expected, she was led into the
military courtroom where she saw Luke in the witness area. What really scared
her was that Marion herself was the judge and her reputation for being harsh
was far worse than Luke’s. Marion read the charges against her and asked for
her to explain her actions.

The commander figured that she was fucked anyway so she told the brutal

truth. She had been glory-hunting and kept advancing when she had seen the
enemy forming up because she wanted to win by herself. After the commander
finished, Luke was called up to the stand to give his side of things. He
explained his orders not to get tangled up and produced several other
commanders who had heard the order for he had issued the order in the
pre-battle briefing.

Other witnesses told of how the commander kept pushing on despite her

orders. After all the statements, the jury went into a small room off to the
side. They came back five minutes later with the verdict. The commander was
found guilty of disobeying direct orders and endangering her comrades. For
these crimes, the death sentence was recommended. Marion agreed and the
commander was sentenced to be executed by firing squad.

The firing squad was to be drawn from the same soldiers who she had formally

led. Marion’s biggest problem here was there were too many volunteers for the
firing squad. Marion only needed six but instead every trooper that had been in
the former commander’s unit eagerly volunteered and fifteen percent of that
unit was women. So instead, Marion decided to hold a lottery. The six soldiers
had been selected and they and the former commander were led to the execution
area. She was blindfolded and stood against a wall.

When the squad fired, not one missed their mark for they were all angry with

their former commander for she had risked all their lives too many times. Worse
it wasn’t to save others which would have been celebrated; it had been for her
own personal glory. After all the paperwork was done, her body was taken and
buried in one of the mass graves. She would get no tombstone or last rites.

Luke was deep in paperwork when he heard a knock on his office door.

“Enter” then seeing who it was. “Hey Alice. What’s up doc?”

“Ha, ha very funny. I came here to tell you that King Hardrada is now awake

and I already sent word to Marion.”

“Okay. I’m on my way” Luke said as he lifted himself out of his chair while

thinking ‘I’m really getting too old for this shit.’ When Luke got to the
hospital, Marion was already there and talking with the king so Luke walked up
beside her. Marion saw who it was and turned her attention back to the king

“Your majesty, may I introduce my husband and commanding general, Luke.

Luke, meet King Hardrada of Norway.”

Luke hated nobility and Marion knew this so this could get interesting. Luke

nodded toward the king and as Marion figured, Luke was being purposely
insulting of the king. ‘Oh well’ she thought. Hardrada of course had been
offended and was trying to challenge Luke to a dual. Marion of course put an end
to this for she knew that Luke would crush the king and Marion could get a lot
of money for the king if he was kept alive. She pulled out her gun and pointed
it at the king while she told Luke to go away until he could stop acting like a
child.

“I am terribly sorry about that your majesty but my husband hates nobility

even though I am nobility as well.”

This was to show just how powerful she was to the king. Marion had known a

head of time just how Luke would act because that was how he always acted with
nobility. Of course, Marion had hoped that Luke would be polite but he actually
didn’t know the proper procedures for dealing with royalty and more to the
point didn’t care so Marion used this to her advantage. After Marion had
managed to get the king calmed down, they actually had a nice talk and Marion
found out about how he had got the guns and she learned that the alchemist had
been killed during the battle. By the time that Marion and Hardrada were done
talking, Luke had left and it was dinner time.

Marion then had an idea. She asked Hardrada if he would like to come to

dinner with her, not as a king but as a guest. This, she explained would keep
her husband down and would actually help the conversation. Since Hardrada was
hungry and didn’t have much else to do, he agreed. Marion got permission from
Alice to take Hardrada out of the hospital, as long as she brought him back
after dinner for, he was still her patient. Marion ordered a stretcher for the
king and took him back to the castle. When they got to the castle Marion
excused herself so that she could get changed while the king was taken to her
dining room.

For the entire trip, the king was deeply impressed with just how advanced

Marion’s lands were compared to his. They had hot and cold running water,
working sewers, clear window glass, lamps that produced an amazing amount of
light form just a little flame and the flame burned cleanly. Luke wasn’t an
electrical engineer and he was having problems getting things with more voltage
than the telegraph to work properly. He knew that eventually he would get
there, it’s just that electrical things were not instinctive to Luke like
mechanical or chemical things were. The king had just got settled in his chair
when Luke came in.

Luke was clean and was wearing regular clothes. Luke had been told by Marion

to be on his best behavior or he wasn’t going to get laid for a week. Honestly
Luke didn’t really care but figured ‘oh well, I could be civil for an hour or
so.’ Since the king and Luke were alone for a minute, they took the time to
take stock of each other. Hardrada had never met a man that was as big as Luke
or as kind for it was almost immediately clear to the king that Luke was very
considerate of people around him and Hardrada thought that he might be able to
use this to trick his way out of captivity. It took the king a while, but he
eventually figured out that Luke was actually very intelligent and was very
good at hiding it when he wanted to. Furthermore he was completely loyal to his
wife and her word was law.

The men had been talking for about ten minutes when Marion and Gabriel

joined them. To Luke’s delight, Marion had also brought Mackenzie with her.
Usually, Luke would eat his supper while he held Mackenzie on his lap. He would
always give her small pieces of whatever he was eating and usually she would
eat it; it just took her awhile. Mackenzie would always light up any room that
she was in for she has at the age where she was really cute to almost every
adult and could always get them to smile. She did the same that evening.

Hardrada actually forgot for a little while that he was technically a

prisoner as Mackenzie played with his large fingers. He actually felt like he
had sat down to a simple family dinner and he had actually forgot what it was
like and seeing Mackenzie, Gabriel, Marion, and especially Luke laughing and
smiling as they ate warmed the king’s heart tremendously. They had one ugly
moment when the Luke told the story of his background, Hardrada called him out
on it.

“I know that you are lying about where you came from, Now tell me why.”

Demanded the king. Luke just looked at him and his face got hard as he handed
Mackenzie off to Marion.

“Yes, I am lying about my background and I could care less about who you

think you are, I will not tell you about where I came from. When I first came
here, I was plenty strong enough to stove you into a horseshoe and I am in much
better shape now then I was.”

“I second that.” Said Marion with a smirk causing Gabriel to blow the wine

that she had been drinking all over. The ladies started laughing and Gabriel
fell off her chair when Luke blushed. Normally he never blushed but this time
he did. All this laughter helped settle the room back down again and the rest
of dinner went by smoothly.

After dinner, Marion had the king taken back to the hospital telling him;

“Sorry doctor’s orders and you are under her care.”

After the king had been taken away Luke, Marion, and Gabriel discussed what

to do about Godwinson’s approaching army. They decided that in the morning,
they would go out with the bodyguard unit and a squadron of cavalry to talk to
the king and try to avoid hostilities.

Chapter 65.

The next morning, the three of them woke up at about 3 am. Luke wanted to be

out of town before the sun got up so that if they had to fight the king, he
would have some room to fight before they got to York. After Gabriel got
dressed, she went to wake up the rest of the bodyguards while Luke went to get
the cavalry ready to go. Marion went and made sure that the other commanders
were up so that they could race out of York at a moment’s notice. Within an
hour, the welcoming party was ready to go and the rest of the army was
stirring.

Marion’s party rode out on the road that they knew Godwinson was on and just

as the sun was lighting up the sky, they found him. His army was getting ready
to march when Marion’s party came into sight. Luke ordered the squadron to hold
their position, stay out of sight, and not attack unless Godwinson attacked
first. Next, he had a flagbearer come with him and Marion to meet the king. The
eleven of them galloped up to the king’s army. Once at the guards Marion told
them;

“I am Marion of York here to see the king.”

The guards were not sure of what to do with her for they were not use to

women being in the field and half of Marion’s party were women. Luckily, before
one of them could make a wisecrack about that, an officer came up. He had
served in one of the armies that Luke had crushed a couple of months before so
he knew who Luke was and he had heard tales of Marion. Seeing her in the flesh,
he could see that the tales were true. He sent a messenger to the king and
invited Marion’s party to dismount. They politely refused and the officer
didn’t blame them. After all, if he had been in their position, he wouldn’t
have dismounted either.

The king came up and Marion’s party then dismounted, even Luke. He saw no

benefit in insulting the king at this time, after all he would be dead in a
couple of weeks. Marion kneeled before the king and Luke was glad that he
wasn’t the ruler of the area because he definitely wouldn’t kneel before anyone
but God. When the rest of the party kneeled however, he had a problem but Luke
being Luke remained standing. Fortunately, Marion was prepared for this:

“I would like to apologize for my general not kneeling your majesty” she

said without even looking at Luke “but the only person he will kneel before is
God, although he has kneeled before me before I suspect that was mostly for
show.”

“You never looked back, how did you know that he refuses to kneel before the

rightful king of these lands?” asked the king.

“Your majesty. That man is not only my army’s commanding general, but he is

also my husband and has saved my life a number of times over the last year and
a half.”

“Ah” The king then moved around to stand directly before Luke and actually

felt more than a little uneasy for; he had never met a man that was so large.

“You do know that it is a crime not to kneel before the god chosen ruler of

these lands?”

Marion held her eyes shut and cringed for she knew what was coming and she

wasn’t disappointed.

“God chosen, seriously?” sorted Luke “No king or queen is chosen by God;

they are chosen by men who are too lazy or ignorant to rule themselves. Do you
actually think that God really cares what happens down here on Earth; after all
he is eternal and we are mortal?”

As Marion had feared the king had set off Luke’s temper and there was no

going back now.

“Do you not believe in God?” asked an increasingly angry king.

“Fuck no. I have seen more death and destruction caused by people in the

name of their god then I care to remember. As far as I am concerned, I have the
right to my beliefs as well as Everyone else and as long as those beliefs are
practiced peacefully then I have no problems with them. That is one reason why
I encouraged my wife to protect any Jews and ALL other religious groups in the
area.”

Marion now knew that she would have to act fast before the king and Luke

came to blows.

“Excuse me your majesty” she said as she wormed her way in-between Luke and

the king “what my blunt husband is trying to say is that as complex as God’s
word is, it helps to have as many viewpoints as possible to try to further our
understanding of it. Plus, we are all God’s children so why should the Jews or
any other group not be protected as well. And while on the Jewish question, was
Jesus not Jewish himself after all and did he not die so that all of our sins
be forgiven?” She then turned to Luke and shifted to modern English “Before you
make an even bigger ass of yourself, why don’t you go do something useful,
honey”

At first Luke was pissed and then he smiled:

“Admit it, you just like watching my ass as I walk away!”

Every one of the guards had to stifle a laugh and Marion had to bite her

tongue.

“Luke, go so you don’t get us into deeper trouble. Please?”

“Fine” Luke then grabbed hold of Marion’s ass and picked her up so they

could share a kiss and of course she instinctually her wrapped her legs around
Luke. Before he put her down, they starred into each other’s eyes for a moment,
just to tell each other that everything was good and that they loved each
other. Luke gently put her down and remounted his horse. He raced back to the
top of the hill that was hiding the rest of the troops and he turned to watch
over Marion’s group.

When Marion turned back to the king, she could see that he was still mulling

over what she had asked him, so she waited for him to finish. Finally, he
appeared to finish.

“Well, that is a matter for another time. I need to get going so that I may

be able to beat back those damn Vikings and my treacherous brother.”

“Actually, your majesty, that is why we came here this morning.”

Marion turned and gave the signal. A small band of horses came over the top

of the hill, escorting a liter. When they got to the king; Marion asked the
king to come with her as she went over to the liter and pulled back the sheet
revealing the king’s dead brother. She just hoped that he didn’t ask too many
questions about the type of wound that he had received for when Gabriel shot
him; the bullet had blown off the entire of the back of his head. The king
looked sad for a moment before he shook himself back to the present.

“As you can see your majesty, we have already defeated your brother and his

Viking allies. In fact, King Hardrada is as this moment recovering from a leg
wound back in York and before you ask, none of the Viking army escaped.”

“I must go see Hardrada for myself you understand. I feel that I cannot

simply take your word for it.”

“Of course, your majesty. Your army is welcome to come into York as well, as

long as they behave themselves and leave their arms back in their camp.”

“My army will travel where ever they choose and they will not disarm!”

At this Marion’s guards instantly became more visibly alert.

“I am sorry your majesty, but your army will not be permitted to bring their

weapons into York”

At this the King drew his sword. Within a blink of an eye all of Marion’s

guards had their weapons out and Gabriel moved to where she was between the
King and Marion. In the distance, Marion could hear the sounds of her cavalry
escort moving and within moments, they became visible over the top of the hill
with Luke right out in front.

“As you can see your majesty, I have an army at my back as well and they are

ready, unlike yours. Plus, if you really insist on trying to fight me, you Will
be the first one killed for the young woman in front of you will kill anyone
who threatens me.”

Marion was doing her level best to stay calm and she hoped that the king

would see reason. Gabriel at least hadn’t drawn her weapons yet but it was
clear from her posture that she could within a fraction of a second. The king
then did something stupid as he tried to move Gabriel to the side. she flipped
him over her body and onto the ground. As she was flipping him, she managed to
get his sword away from him. She then held it to his throat and demanded that
he back down and apologize to her mistress, Marion. Marion then gently moved
Gabriel out of the way as she offered her hand to help the king get back up
which he took. When he was back on his feet, Gabriel returned his sword to him.

“As you can see your majesty, I was not joking and unless you want that army

behind me to attack then I strongly suggest that we come to terms. You can come
into York to see Hardrada for yourself, you can retain your arms, and bring
alone one armed guard. Your army can come into York as well as long as they
behave themselves and they leave their arms back in their camp. If they
misbehave then they will be subject to the laws of the people of York. Also,
while Hardrada is in my care, he will not be harmed for he is currently under a
doctor’s care and her word is law in the hospital.”

“Her word?”

“Yes, your majesty. We believe in equal rights for both men and woman. That

is one reason why a good size part of my army is made up of women. The head
doctor is a woman, one of my best engineers is a woman, and of course my head
guard is a woman.”

The king took a deep breath. Marion had him over a barrel and they both knew

it. If he wanted to confirm that Hardrada’s army had indeed been crushed then
he would have to accept Marion’s terms for her army was ready to charge while
his was mostly getting ready to march and it would take them some time to get
into proper formation.

“Very well, I accept your terms.”

“Good! How soon will you be ready to go?”

“Not long.”

“My troops will escort you to York then. Just make sure that your men

understand that they are to be on their best behavior while in My lands. As
long as they behave then nobody will have any problems.”

Marion turned away with her guards, remounted, and rode back to her army.

The king meanwhile was a bit dumbfounded. How the hell did things come to this;
him being beaten by two different women. Flustered he turned to give the orders
to his army. After he was done, he quietly observed Marion’s army. Even at this
distance, it was obvious that her army was a professional one and the king couldn’t
help but to get a little bit jealous for most of his was levy spearmen.
Finally, his army began to march and as promised, Marion’s army escorted them
to York.

As they got closer, everyone in the King’s army was deeply impressed with

just how advanced everything was. The roads were better than anything they had
ever seen before and the farmers working the fields were doing so much faster
than any of the king’s men had ever seen. People barely stopped what they were
doing to watch their king’s army and truth be told, the king found that more
than a bit disturbing. It was clear to him that their loyalty was with Marion,
not him. What he found even more disturbing was just how professional Marion’s
army was.

They were all uniformed identically and they followed orders without

question. Their weapons were very strange and the king became to suspect that
the reports that he had been getting of their devilish weapons were not some
fairly tale, but the truth. He was even more confused when he saw his first train.
Marion had stopped the army at a crossing so that the train could go through.
Then turning to the king, Marion explained

“Trains, your majesty, always have the right of way for they cannot stop

quickly.”

This train was loaded with military equipment headed for her lands in the

land district. It was one of her artillery units that was getting a head start
being that the train was going that way anyway. After the train passed, they
continued on their way. Marion led them to a large field, just outside of York.
It was the same field that the peasants had kept their livestock in during the
Sheffield invasion.

“Your men can set up their camp here your majesty. Just make sure to remind

them No Weapons On Them While In The City Of York!”

With this, Marion’s army disengaged and returned to their barracks while

Luke came up beside her. The two of them watched as the king’s army began to
set up camp. After the king had seen to the important things, he and his guard
rode up to Marion.

“I wish to meet with Hardrada now.”

“Yes, your majesty. This way if you please.”

With that Marion and Luke turned their horses to head into York. Going into

York, the king felt like he was a child going into the big city for the first
time. It had changed so much since he had been here in February. The city was
now clean, the people were healthy, and they were everywhere. Even though it
was September, the king could smell no sewage at all. The roads were no longer
dirt but were made out of some kind of very strange stone. There were trees and
shrubs planted along the sides of the road. People seemed like they were in a
constant hurry, but they all waved to Marion and Luke. The king then noticed
that the old houses were being slowly replaced with new ones that were made of
brick and stone. New construction was happening everywhere it seemed. Along the
street, he noticed oddly shaped metal objects that were painted bright red.
Finally, he had to ask his host about all these things.

“What are all these things that I am seeing?”

“Not to worry, but we will answer at least most of your questions after you

meet with Hardrada and we eat some lunch” responded Luke.

To be continued in part 14, Based on a post by somethin fishy,

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