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Luke’s HAARP Time Warp: Part 6
Luke’s HAARP Time Warp: Part 6
Marion continues growing but must suffer a loss.
Based on a post by somethin fishy,
in 15 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.
Chapter 25.
When Luke and Marion woke up the next morning, it was storming out. Nothing
really serious, just one of those late summer storms with a decent amount of
rain, some wind and usually some lighting. Being that it was a warm rain, Luke
went out into it without putting clothes on. It was about the perfect
temperature. With some persuasion, Marion came out too. Soon both of them were
playing like children with them jumping in mud puddles and just having a good
time. Marion, before too long, was working on getting everyone else to strip
down and join them. The women were quick to strip down and Bard followed suit
not too long after.
Robin though, was raised to be very modest and in believing that the devil
would soon visit; so, he wouldn’t strip down with everyone else. Marion, for
her part, respected his views and didn’t try forcing his which he appreciated.
Basically, as long as he respected her view, she respected his. The rain
continued for almost an hour. During this time the miserable feeling of the day
before were forgotten for the time being. The group was having too much fun.
Not only was playing in the rain fun, but they were all busy teasing Marion
about her limping and careful walking. Everyone had heard her the night before
and this actually helped the group start to recover from Stella’s death.
All too soon though, the rain stopped and it was back to business. Marion
had left it to Pollyanna, Stella’s closest friend, on where to bury her.
Pollyanna picked a small church, in the village, from where Stella was
originally from. So, the group made to four hour track to the village church.
Once there though, the group realized that the whole village had been
abandoned. From the looks of things, it had been abandoned not that long ago.
Gabriel found an empty space in the cemetery and Alice had even found a coffin
for Stella. Luke and Bard took care of digging the grave, making sure to go
down six feet. Once the grave had been dug, everyone but Matt grabbed a line
and lowered Stella’s body into the ground. Once done, Marion spoke a few words.
After she had finished, but before everyone started to bury her, Pollyanna
started speaking:
“For my best friend, the woman who taught me to be a woman and who
encouraged me to fight like a man; I cannot thank you enough. I swear this now
that I shall ever stop working toward freeing the people of this tormented land
so that no others have to make the choices that you did, Stella. For nobody
should be forced into the position of selling their bodies just so that their
children can have something to eat, or having to watch as those children are
ripped away by soldiers because the family couldn’t pay the record high taxes
levied on them because some lazy noble wanted to host a bigger party then their
neighbor. Go in peace know Stella and know that I will always love you for all
that you have done for me.”
“Amen” everyone said while trying to hold back their tears.
When she finished, everyone in the group started to openly weep; Pollyanna
had just said out loud what everyone had been feeling in their hearts.
Eventually, they started burying their friend, and Pollyanna finished things by
pushing a cross which Gabriel had made into the ground. The cross had actually
been Stella’s sword at one time, but Gabriel had broken it in half after Stella
had been killed and had etched Stella’s name and date of death on it.
After they finished, Luke put his arms around Marion’s shoulder. This always
made her feel better and it did this time as well. Looking around, Marion
started getting curious about this village. It looking like a nice enough place
to stay, so the group split up to search the village. Luke found a fully intact
blacksmithing shop that still had its tools in it and plenty of raw materials
laying around. Marion found a small tavern but all the alcohol was gone. Robin
and Bard checked out the church while Gabriel went up to check out the steeple
for this looked like the prefect place from which she could pick off intruders.
Alice went though the houses and found one that was significantly cleaner than
the rest. To make it better, it had a large supply of herbs in it that Alice
recognized as having medicinal value. Not only that, it still had to tools to
process the herbs. Pollyanna meanwhile stayed with Matt and they talked
quietly. They both realized that they were quickly falling in love and only
hoped that nobody would object. Luke of course already knew about them and had
told them as much. He also told them that as long as they continued to do their
duties that he had no objections. In fact, he had wished them the best of luck
and they looked like they belonged together, and they made a cute couple.
Within an hour the group met back up at the church. Marion made the decision
to move their base of operations here as soon as they could get all their gear
and they had scouted the area. Everyone agreed with her; this was far nicer
living then in the forest plus there was so much here that they could use that
it would be foolish not to move. An added bonus was that they were now further
away from York and therefore safer for the time being. The last thing that
justified them moving was that they had been recently discovered and didn’t
know how long it would be before Cecilia would try again. She figured that it
would probably take them about a week or so to move.
Matt and Alice would stay behind, in the village, while the group moved.
Moving around was extremely painful for Matt and Alice would have to take care
of him. Pollyanna made the announcement that her and Matt were now an item in
the most obvious way possible. She wrapped her arms around his neck and planted
a giant, wet kiss on his lips. That simple kiss began to turn into something
more when Matt started pushing his tongue into Pollyanna’s mouth. Only Marion
loudly clearing her throat made them stop. When Pollyanna looked up, she looked
like the kid how got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. This made the
rest of the group fall over laughing and Pollyanna’s reddening face didn’t help
any.
Eventually everyone in the group were able to compose themselves. Marion
told Pollyanna to stay behind to not only help protect Matt but also to scout
the area. Marion told her that the rest of them would be back the next day with
some of the gear and to hear what all Pollyanna had found while scouting.
Marion and Luke couldn’t for the life of them understand why everyone in the
village was gone. In fact, it looked like everyone had just stopped whatever it
was that they had been doing and left.
This was actually not far from the truth. This village was one of those that
refused to follow Cecilia so she had come in and forced all the residence of
the area to move to York. Of course, the young men were forced into her army
while the young woman were force to become army whores. Thing is though that
the village itself hadn’t been destroyed and now it was going to be Marion’s
new base of operations.
The trip back was much faster than the trip to the village, in the first
place. On the way back, the group was able to ambush a small patrol. One of the
members was only badly wounded so Marion was able to pump him for information;
although she didn’t have to pump very hard for the man was one of Cecilia’s
forced recruits.
“Cecilia’s hold is slipping as most soldiers refuse to leave their quarters
anymore. For the most part she is having to rely on mercenary soldiers who have
never heard of you ma’am. Also, I feel that I should warn you that she is
planning another major offensive aimed at forcing you out of the forest so that
she can finally eliminate you. This time she will be using her mercenary troops
and their commanders are extremely tough men. They make everyone in Cecilia’s
regular army seem like little girls instead of fighting men.”
With this the man died. Marion ordered that the man be at least given a
burial instead of just dragging him off into the woods to be eaten like they
usually did. This patrol had only six men in it and didn’t yield very much
loot. The most valuable thing they got were the extra horses. Marion was now
determined to move camp even faster than before. The rest of the way back was
uneventful.
Once they were back in camp, Marion had the group immediately start
preparing the first load of gear for in the morning. Looking everything over,
Marion decided that it should only take three round trips to move everything;
two less then she had initially thought. After getting tomorrow morning’s gear
ready, Luke took the first watch while everyone else bedded down. Marion was
taking no chances now, and she relieved Luke four hours later.
As soon as started to get light the next morning, Marion woke everyone up.
She was anxious to get moving, and within forty minutes the first load was on
its way. The trip to the village was fast and uneventful. When they were about
fifteen minutes form the village, they were intercepted by Alice. She was
standing watch while Pollyanna got some rest.
“She found two nearby villages, Marion. In both of them the people were
starving. She didn’t make contact though for it was only the three of us here.
We figured that once everything gets moved that you might want to go to the
villages and introduce yourself for it’s about time that we stop hiding and
start making actual strides toward getting rid of your bitch sister.”
“Very good Alice and yes that is exactly what I will do. Now for some news
for you. We intercepted a small patrol on our way home yesterday. One of the
men was only wounded badly and he told us that Cecilia is getting ready to
launch another offensive only this time she’s using mercenary troops under
professional leadership. I figure that we should be able to get everything
moved within three days if we don’t get interrupted.”
The next couple of days were busy ones for the group. Marion rotated who
stayed in the village. This way everyone would have a general idea of the lay
of the land before they made their presence known. In order to hide themselves,
they even held off setting booby-traps for the time being. After they had
gotten the last load, Marion ordered that the whole area around their former
camp be riddled with booby-traps of all kinds and in much thicker densities the
they usually used. Doing this took the rest of the day and they had to make the
trip back to the village in the dark. None of them minded though for they had a
full moon and were used to moving around in the dark. Marion was able to get a
few hours’ sleep when they got back. Her and Luke now had a small house to
themselves. Actually, everyone in the group did. Marion’s house was the one
that had the blacksmith’s shop attached to it.
The next morning, the group had their first strategy meeting. They all
shared everything that they had learned about their new home: where the
villages were, where the roads ran, where were the streams, bridges, and fords
were at. Luke shared what he would be focusing on for the next couple of weeks.
He was going to make horse drawn reaping machines. His machines weren’t
combines but they would be far ahead of reaping crops with a sickle. Gabriel
would go around and set up hidden watch post and look for good trees for which
to make good bows and arrows out of. Alice would get a hospital set up. She
would also search the area for medicinal plants. Bard would help Luke in the
blacksmith shop when he wasn’t busy tending to the group’s livestock or the
fields which the group had found. Pollyanna would be working on mapping the
area. Luke had told her to pay particular attention to areas that they could
fortify or areas in which they could set up a water powered blacksmith shop or
a grist mill. Matt was confined to bedrest for the next five weeks, but while
he was in bed, he would be working on making new clothes for everyone and more
arrows for the group. Marion in the meantime would be working on getting the
other villages in the area to join with her for she knew that she would need
their help to overthrow Cecilia.
Chapter 26.
Cecilia in the meantime, was growing ever more paranoid and fearful of
Marion. Her army mostly refused to leave their barracks for they had suffered
enough losses at Marion’s hands and they didn’t want anything more to do with
her. When they did go out, they stayed very close to town and they defiantly
stayed out of the forest. Even Cecilia’s assassins had failed. She had sent
them out to kill Marion and instead twenty of them had been killed including
their leader. This caused the rest of them to scatter in the wind after all
they were assassins not soldiers and they quickly found out that hunting Marion
was a fool’s errand and a surefire way to meet with God. Or course it took a
while for Cecilia to get this news for Marion didn’t leave any survivors that
knew what had happened. Then just a few days later, a small patrol went
missing. They hadn’t even been patrolling in an area that Marion had ever
attacked before. This caused Cecilia to really lose sleep. Was Marion expanding
her operations? Was there another group that was rising up against her? Nobody
knew for they couldn’t find the bodies.
Soon after she had sent her assassins off, Cecilia had a most important
visitor. He was a legendary mercenary commander and had a knack for hunting
down rebel groups and eliminating them. He had heard of Cecilia’s problems, all
the way in Paris and he thought that he might be able to get a very good job
offer. After all he was able to bring almost one thousand seasoned men into the
field. These were very experienced and highly motivated men.
At first Cecilia balked at the terms the general was offering but then
again, she really didn’t have much choice after Marion had routed her regular
army. She was hoping that her assassins would be able to get the job done, but
she had her doubts and she needed a back-up plan. Cecilia was able to make it
to where she wouldn’t have to pay most of the cost until the general had proven
that he had been successful. After seeing everything that her sister was now
capable of, Cecilia had serious doubts that this continental general could do
any better. In fact, she told him as such and that was when he agreed to terms
that actually favored Cecilia.
The visiting general wasn’t French but German. His name was General Kleist
and he came from the Saxon controlled area of central Europe in what would
eventually become central Germany. He was almost fifty years old and had never
lost a fight. He had been a soldier since before he needed to shave and had
been given his first army when he was eighteen. He had fought all over Europe
and had a brutal reputation when it came to rebel groups. Against regular
troops he fought with honor, but that completely disappeared when he fought
rebels. Most of his men were German, but he had men from all over Europe,
including England. These were the men that he would be relying on for this
contract. The general had interviewed the surviving men of Cecilia’s previous
expedition to find out what had happened. What he learned, shocked him.
Marion’s troops were extremely ingenious and ruthless, but they were also
capable of showing extreme kindness as well. Furthermore, Marion didn’t strike
at the noble’s morale, she struck at the common soldier’s morale. By convincing
them that the fight was worthless and that they would only die if they
continued. This made the largest part of the army worthless for its commanders
and left the nobles vulnerable to ambushes. General Kleist didn’t share the
common misconception that knights were invulnerable in battle for he had seen
this notion get crushed on numerous occasions. Knights did have their roles to
play but they had to have the protection of the infantry.
Just as the general was about to leave to fetch the rest of his men, Cecilia
got word that a small patrol had disappeared. This sounded like one of Marion’s
tricks and she forbid the general from leaving for he could send a messenger
for his men; she needed him with her now. Kleist would have to force Cecilia’s
own army into the field. He knew that as a fighting force, that army was
worthless at the moment and he told Cecilia that. She then did something that
he wasn’t really expecting in that she gave him free rein over her army.
“General just do whatever you have to do to get those worthless bastards
whipped into shape. Then when you are ready, take them out and crush my
sister.”
“Yes milady.” And he left.
What followed was a brutal time for those in the army. General Kleist
whipped any man that didn’t follow orders. If they complained, they got
whipped. If they tried to desert then he had them hung, drawn and quartered,
and finally beaten to death by his own comrades. Kleist wanted the men to fear
him more than Marion. It took a couple of months but he was making real
progress with turning the mob that he started with, back into a real army.
During that time, he and Cecilia had started sleeping together. The general
found Cecilia to be a very passionate woman and Cecilia found the general to be
very experienced in bed and would always make sure that Cecilia was very
satisfied. Cecilia was doing this because she hadn’t gotten laid since leaving
Lincoln and figured that this would be a cheaper way to keep Kleist loyal to
her. Kleist was fucking her because for one, she was beautiful. Two, she was
powerful and Kleist wanted some of that power for himself and third pounding
Cecilia senseless helped him relax in the evenings. Retraining her ragged army
was very stressful and Kleist found that fucking Cecilia helped him forget. His
eventual goal was to marry her and then use her army to force her out after she
had produced a number of children for him but first, he would have to get rid
of Marion.
It was almost three months after the general first arrived that his army got
there. These men were professionals and it showed. They had excellent gear and
marched with supreme confidence. It took them just over a week to integrate
Cecilia’s army with his own, but by the time it was done, he had an army of
just over two thousand men. They still didn’t know exactly where Marion’s
forces were at but the area of where Cecilia’s first army was routed seemed
like a good place to start. Everyone knew that Marion was still around, only
now it was Cecilia’s tax collectors that were being targeted and all the
villages near that forest were now in open rebellion. Problem was that by the time
that the general had gotten the army ready, winter had settled over northern
England and put all thoughts of an offensive on hold until spring. Nobody
fought in winter. It was too dangerous and with no grass available, horses and
oxen died in groves so the army and the general settled in for the winter.
Chapter 27.
Marion and the rest of the group rapidly settled down into the village. Bard
was finding out that Luke was a man of many parts when Luke started making
reaping machines that they could rent out to the local villages for a tiny part
of their harvest. Luke told Bard that the machines would save so much grain
that even with paying the fee, the villagers would still be coming out ahead.
This way everyone would win. Marion’s group would get the food that they would
get the food that they would need for the winter and the villagers would get
even more grain than usual. An added bonus was that the locals would start
trusting Marion and that was more important than the food. While Luke was
making machines, he also took the time to teach Bard how to make knives and
swords. Before long Bard was making amazingly beautiful swords that were very
balanced and were very good at holding their edge. By the time the harvest had
come around, Luke had built six reaping machines and had furthermore made
harnesses so that horses could be used instead of oxen. This would further
speed up the harvest over the old ways. One of the long range projects that
Luke was working on was a steam engine that would be able to power the shop and
would enable Luke to work on bigger projects faster. Bard kept working on his
swords for which soon he was making really good money from; by selling them.
In the meantime, Alice was rapidly growing her skills as a doctor and an
apothecary. As soon as Marion had started to draw more people to her banner,
Alice’s skills began to come into high demand. At first Alice completely
memorized every scrape of medical information on Luke’s computer and every last
bit that he had drifting around in his head. Alice made sure to write
everything down in the common language, English no Latin or Greek here. She
would then give this information to Pollyanna who had set up a print shop in
town and was printing books using a press that she designed herself. It was
based on an idea that Luke had given her, based on what her could remember
about the Guttenberg press. She knew that at first there would be no market for
these, but once more people had learned to read then she would be ready. In
addition to Alice’s books, Pollyanna printed every book from Luke’s computer.
She also printed books that were designed to help people learn how to read. One
of the other things that she printed was maps of the area so that Marion’s
troops would know where to go and how long it would take to get there. Luke had
taught everyone the metric system being as that was what he was most
comfortable with. Being that he had been an engineer that had worked all over
the world, Luke used the metric system so that there would be no screw ups in
specs. Pollyanna also helped Luke in engineering his new machines. Luke was
working on everything from lathes to mills for machining from powered looms to
sewing machines for textiles. One other big thing happened to Pollyanna, she
got pregnant and Matt was going to be a dad. When Pollyanna gave everyone the
news, the group erupted in celebration. They all loved Pollyanna and Matt.
After Gabriel had set up out the best look-out post surrounding the
villages, everyone took their turns at standing look out. One of the things
that Luke had already made was a telegraph and every post was equipped with
one. This way the lookout could immediately warn everyone else if enemy troops
were sighted. When Gabriel wasn’t standing guard, she was Marion’s personal
bodyguard; a duty which Gabriel took dead serious. After everything that Marion
had done for her, Gabriel would gladly give her life to make sure that Marion
survived and stayed out of Cecilia’s grasp. With everything that Marion was
doing, Gabriel had her hands full but so was the life of the personal bodyguard
of a very capable ruler.
Just after the group had settled down in the village, Robin died. He had
never fully recovered from his earlier brush with death either physically or
mentally. His death had hit Alice hard for she had poured her soul into keeping
helping Robin recover.
“Alice” Luke quietly said to her just after they buried him “The first rule
of being a doctor is that you Will Not win every battle. Some people will be
too badly injured physically; or in their mind they are already dead. That’s
not to say that you shouldn’t try to save everyone because you have amazing
skill but always remember that you’re not God.”
“I know Luke, but that kid was so innocent. I mean what did he do to anyone?
Why did he have to die when there are plenty of evil people that could have
taken his place?”
“Alice, that is a question that humans have been wrestling with since time
began and there’s no good answer. The religious would say well that’s just
God’s plan, but I have never found that line to be of any comfort. You just
have to accept it and move on. Learn everything you can from each case and that
way if they don’t make it, then at least they wouldn’t have died in vain.”
“I keep forgetting that you’ve been through all this before.”
Luke nodded and put his arm around Alice as she sobbed quietly and he kept
it there until she had cried herself out. He didn’t even bother to say anything
to her because he knew that there was nothing for him to say. After the
funeral, Alice began to pour everything she had into her studies.
Marion had the busiest time of everyone. She was to one that would travel to
the surrounding villages to talk with the leaders about joining her. At first,
nobody could even believe that she was still alive. Her next battle would
almost always be about her being female and why they should follow her. A
couple of things always helped her with this argument. First is that she
already had a reputation for being ferocious in combat. The second was that she
was nobility whether she liked it or not. The third thing was that she
projected leadership like nobody else. In meetings she was the dominate
personality but she wasn’t domineering and she would always go out of her way
to make sure that everyone had the chance to include their input and when
someone made contributions to one of her plans then she would always make sure
that person got credit. It took Marion almost three weeks of almost constant
effort before the first village signed on with her and they were almost
immediately rewarded for Marion started stopping Cecilia’s tax collectors from
visiting that village. As word of this spread, other villages signed on with
her. Marion was also always on the lookout for new recruits for her army. Yes,
she would be building it from scratch but she had the help of Gabriel and
especially Luke. Luke could get the most thick-headed person to follow orders
within an hour or so with very little effort on his part. The army that they
were starting to build would be the most professional one since the ancient
Romans. Marion knew that for a while she wouldn’t be able to compete with her
sister based on numbers so she would have to make up the difference with
quality. She was able to get one of the villages to agree to try Luke’s
mechanical reapers saying that if the results didn’t live up to her promises
then she would make the difference up herself. Once Luke had finished the first
field, the villagers were amazed for they had no idea just how must grain they lost
every year. By having Luke harvest the field, the village got almost a quarter
more grain than they would have gotten themselves. Within days, every other
farmer in the area was wanting Luke to harvest their fields too. Instead, Luke
taught some of the farmers how to use his reapers and subcontracted them to do
the harvest. Luke had enough on his plate the way it was and he also wanted to
make sure that the locals learned how to do these things for themselves.
In Marion’s personal life, she was just as busy. Her pregnancy was starting
to show and one of the things that Luke liked to do was to play his music for
the kid. He would place his old cell phone on Marion’s stomach and play
different music for the kid. He just loved the feeling of the kid kicking. Even
before Marion gave birth, her house got another person to live in it for
Gabriel moved in with her and Luke. At first it was just Gabriel being dead
serious about protecting Marion, but as time went on it became more than that.
Everyone realized that Gabriel was falling in love with Marion. At first
Gabriel was deeply ashamed of her love for Marion and by extension Luke. This
feeling continued until a rainy day when all three were home.
“Gabriel?” asked Marion and Luke “Can the three of us talk please?”
“Yes” replied Gabriel who was so nervous that she thought that she might pee
at any moment.
“Gabriel” started Luke “We know that you have fallen in love with Marion and
after talking with Marion we have no problem with this. After all you have no control
with who you love and we don’t believe that anyone can tell you who you can
love and who you can’t. Back in my time we had plenty on men and woman who were
homosexual or bisexual. F Y I, bisexuals love both men and woman. There were
plenty in my time who didn’t like this fact but to repress this fundamental
human fact is exceptionally cruel.”
“Gabriel” started Marion “I am fine with you loving me and being completely
honest with you, I find myself falling in love with you too. I just ask you to
remember that Luke is and will always be my primary love but he has agreed to
share” giving Luke a funny look “a bit too eagerly now that I think about it.”
Luke just gave have a shit eating smile and Marion gave him a playful punch.
“So, both of you are fine with this?” asked Gabriel as if she was reaching
for some distant hope that she was too afraid that she would never reach. Luke
and Marion smiled at her.
“Yes, we are fine and to prove it to you…”
Marion took Gabriel by the hand and lead her to her and Luke’s bed. Luke
whispered something to Marion and he left the room. At first Gabriel was
worried about Luke until Marion explained that Luke was giving them some
privacy for their first time and he was going to work in the shop. Marion took
the lead when she pulled Gabriel in for a deep kiss. At first Gabriel was so
nervous that she could barely participate. Her upbringing was keeping her back
for she was about to partake in one of the vilest sins, but Marion was patent
with her. After a few passion-loaded kisses from Marion, Gabriel started to
loosen up and she started returning them. Marion then started to run her hands
up and down Gabriel’s body with Gabriel quickly replying in kind. As Gabriel’s
hand ran across Marion’s swollen stomach, the baby kicked and the girls
giggled. As their hands reached each other’s pussies Gabriel was now completely
involved and couldn’t have stopped if she wanted to. Both of them were wearing
pants and shirts. By this time all the woman in Marion’s party had given up on
dresses. Gabriel made quick work of untying Marion’s pants while Marion ran her
hands up under Gabriel’s shirt, pushing it up as she went. As Marion’s pants
fell away, Marion pushed Gabriel’s shirt over her head. Marion then untied
Gabriel’s pants as Gabriel removed Marion’s shirt slowly. After the two of them
were naked, they embraced each other. It was then that Marion realized that
Gabriel was softly crying and Marion was instantly concerned, ‘had she gone too
far, too fast.’ She didn’t need to worry though
“Marion, my love” Gabriel started when she noticed Marion’s concern “All my
life I have known that I was different but could never figure out why. I was
always more interested in spying on the other girls then I was in spying on the
boys. I never told anyone because I knew how people would react and then I met
you though Luke. You took me under your wing, protected me, and helped me grow
to heights which I never knew existed. Then you and Luke took me to bed with
you. That was until now the best night of my life and if I had died, I would
have been happy. Afterwards though was so awkward; at first, I thought you were
just ignoring me like my parents did after they made love. Then I began to fear
that you hated me for it didn’t seem that you wanted to be with me anymore and
that hurt so bad.”
By this point Marion was in tears. Part of this was simply her hormones but
most of it was caused by Gabriel pouring her heart out.
“Gabriel, to be honest with you, I never thought about you sexually until
just a few days ago even after that time with Luke. For back then I was just
trying to help one of my best friends get through a very difficult time in her
life. I did notice that you were more distant toward me after and I thought
that I had offended you in some way. Then you moved in with us. At first you
were just a loyal guard who was serious about her duty, but then Luke noticed
that your eyes seemed to be full of pain whenever you saw me, especially when I
was undressed. The reason that Luke kicked you out of our house the other night
was so that we could talk about you. He’s concerned about you, Gabriel. When he
first suggested that you might be in love with me, I was taken back to put it
mildly. However, the more I thought about it the more I thought about that
night with the three of us and I realized that was when the awkwardness really
started. Then I truly examined that night and every night after and I realized
that Luke was right. At first, I was embarrassed and angry. I mean we have
always been told that homosexuality was evil. Then I started to wonder how
something so beautiful and pure as what we shared that night could possibly be
evil. After I couldn’t find an answer for that question, I realized that the
reason that I couldn’t find the answer was that I had fallen in love with you
too.”
By now both girls were in tears. They had opened their hearts to each other
and had been accepted by the other.
“But Marion, what about Luke? About everyone else?”
“What about Luke? I still love him and he loves me. As you know, he knows
all about us and He was the one who started me on my road to discovering
myself. If anything, I love him more now than I did before. Just know that he
has already stated that he is strictly a one woman man and that he felt
terrible after he made you a woman. It actually took me a while to convince him
that he didn’t do anything wrong and I’m okay with it. I still think he feels
guilty once in a while though As for everyone else, if they don’t like the
facts then they can choke on it. Luke does suggest that we keep us to ourselves
for we are trying to lead a revolution in which everyone will be equal in the
eyes of the law. Everyone will be free to be themselves. Everyone will have the
freedom to succeed or fail and whatever they do will be up to them.”
“Remind me to give Luke a thank you.” Marion smiled at this
“He’s already said that you being happy and able to thrive will be thanks
enough.”
With that Marion gently pulled Gabriel to lay with her in bed. What followed
was something that could only be described as pure love. Marion started by
softy kissing every square centimeter of skin on Gabriel’s face and neck. As
Marion made her way down Gabriel’s neck, Gabriel released her first moan of the
night. Marion then made her way down to Gabriel’s tit. Gabriel wasn’t as gifted
in the tit department as Marion, but that was okay because Gabriel having
smaller tits made it easier for her to use her bow. Marion the started sucking
on one of Gabriel’s nipples while foundling the other. This gave Gabriel her
first orgasm for the night. Gabriel had another orgasm before Marion moved on.
Down across Gabriel’s tight strong stomach Marion kissed and caressed. Finally,
Marion reached Gabriel’s bush. It was the same chestnut color as her hair and
while sparse was curly and soft. Marion didn’t spend too much time here before
she started down Gabriel’s legs, much to Gabriel’s disappointment. After
working on both of Gabriel’s long, strong legs;
Marion returned to Gabriel’s flower. This time Marion was looking for nectar
and she found it by the bucket full. As fast as Marion could lap it up Gabriel
produced more. Marion then gave up trying to lick her lover clean and sent
right to the source. She locked her mouth over Gabriel’s fuck hole and used her
tongue to fuck her. Marion found a rough patch inside Gabriel that when licked
drove Gabriel crazy, in fact it was all that Marion could do to hold Gabriel
down. As Marion’s tongue found her special place, lights started flashing in
Gabriel’s eyes. She didn’t know what was happening to her and really didn’t
care for this was far better than anything she had ever experienced before.
Things hit a crescendo when Gabriel started shaking violently and flooding
Marion’s mouth with nectar. Marion almost couldn’t keep up but somehow managed
to keep everything in her mouth. Marion then stopped to give Gabriel some time
to recover. She gently moved up to lay next to Gabriel. As Marion lay on her
back, Gabriel moved around to where her head was lying on Marion’s shoulder and
her long hair was spread across Marion’s upper body. At this moment, Marion
knew why Luke always loved when they did this for, she found that there didn’t
seem to be any other way to show that two people loved each other more. Marion
then made sure that all the hair was out of Gabriel’s face and then she drew
the blanket over them and joined Gabriel in sleepy land.
Some hours later Marion didn’t know when, she was awakened by movement under
the cover. At first, she was disoriented, someone was gently sucking on her
right nipple. Marion moved the cover and by the light of the moon could see a
head covered in chestnut hair whose lips were latched on to her nipple. The
realization came to Marion of what was going on and she put her hand on that
head and gently stroked the hair. Gabriel was startled by this but recovered
quickly when Marion started stroking her hair. Gabriel was determined to return
Marion’s love with interest. She moved up to Marion’s face and their eyes
locked. Neither of them could seem to break contact for it was like there was
some spell over them. They didn’t know how much time pasted but Gabriel slowly
started kissing Marion’s neck while caressing Marion’s face. This time it was
Marion who was cumming buckets for to her this was almost a dream because she
had never fully woken up. Eventually Gabriel moved south back down to Marion’s
sensitive tits. Marion was a bit larger and with her pregnancy was getting
bigger and more sensitive. Gabriel didn’t spend too much time here for she
wanted to make sure that Marion was still conscious when she went down on her
and so far,
Gabriel had given Marion two powerful orgasms. Gabriel worked her way over
Marion’s slightly swollen belly tracing every stretch line as she did. She then
made her way down to Marion’s golden bush. Since she began spending time with
Luke; Marion now kept her bush neatly trimmed so that Luke wouldn’t get hair in
his mouth, plus it gave her more skin to skin contact when Luke went down on
her. Now it was Gabriel’s turn to enjoy. By this time Marion was talking in
moans and gasp and not saying anything. When Gabriel spread Marion’s pussy lips
and started to lick; Marion saw the stars in her eyes. The more Gabriel licked
the more intense the starlight became. Those stars exploded the second that
Gabriel put her tongue up inside Marion and started licking her G-spot. Since
Gabriel had Marion’s legs propped up on her shoulder’s Marion’s orgasm was
beyond intense. She screamed out into the night at the top of her lungs. She
screamed until there was no air left to scream out and then Marion collapsed.
Every muscle went to jelly and every cell felt like it weighed a ton. She
couldn’t even pull the blanket over her before she passed out. Gabriel smiled,
seeing this and pulled the blanket over them and fell back asleep.
Chapter 28.
Life after this got better for Marion and the rest of the group. Cecilia’s
troops wouldn’t even come out of the castle anymore and Marion was making rapid
progress in turning the entire area against her. Luke was making amazing
progress in forming the army. He assigned one unit to learn under Pollyanna and
one to learn under Matt who had recovered. If the recruits thought that winter
would slow things down, then they were mistaken. If anything, Luke made them train
harder for by now they had excellent intelligence on what Cecilia was up to and
they knew that she had hired a professional general to rebuild her army and he
had brought units with him from Europe.
Marion always made sure that her men and woman were paid on time and their
pay came directly from her coffers and not from the officers. This was
something that Luke had insisted on; the new army would be government troops, G
I as he called them, and not independent contractors. With Marion now in
control of the countryside, she instituted her own taxes. They were much lower
than Cecilia’s and with the extra grain that had been taken in, the people
could easily pay it and were glad to for Marion was a much better ruler then
Cecilia ever was and they knew that if Marion lost the war then their lots
would get much worse.
On Christmas day 1065 several big things happened for Marion and her
followers. First was that Luke got his steam engine up and running. Now he
could make weapons far faster than before and much more advanced weapons. In
fact, Gabriel was the first one to receive them. Luke gave her a pair of six
shot revolvers and a bolt action repeating rifle that was based on the German
Mauser rifle. Granted it was slower to shoot then if he had based it on the Lee
Enfield; it was more rugged. Gabriel also got a small unit of bodyguards to
help protect Marion; four women and four men and within a week they were
equipped just like Gabriel. Luke gave Pollyanna a set of surveying tools that
she instantly fell in love with.
Measuring distances was always a pain but now she could do her work much
faster. Alice got a surgeon’s tool set. Luke had scrounged high and low to find
enough of the right metals to make the tools but he just managed. Alice of
course knew what Luke was doing for her because he had measured her hands so
that he could make the tools so that they would fit her properly. Matt had also
got a set of guns but his were a bit larger than the ones that Luke had made
for the woman. The caliper was the same of course but the rifle stock was a bit
longer and his pistol grips were a bit larger. Luke had done this so that Matt
could use them more comfortably.
The other big thing that happened was much more personal for Marion. That
morning, before they left the house, Luke gave her a diamond ring and asked her
to marry him. Of course, she said yes and everyone’s reaction was “Well it’s
about time” Luke had gotten the diamond while he was in one of the port towns
looking for salt so they could preserve meat for the winter. Luke had met a gem
dealer and after much bargaining, which saw Luke trade in the loupe that he had
made, he got several large rough diamonds and a couple of smaller ones. He also
got some sapphires and a ruby.
Luke had then taken those rough gems and cut and polished them to
perfection. The biggest diamond got a solitaire cut and this truly brought out
the fire in it. Luke then made a pair of rings out of gold. The diamonds were
held in by six prongs that Luke had carefully shaped like tulips and the small
ones down the sides were held in by a V shaped groove that Luke had formed.
Luke took the sapphire and a couple of other small diamond pieces and made a
necklace for Marion. He took the Ruby and made a necklace for Gabriel. After
Marion and Gabriel’s first night together, the three of them slept together
every night. That had happened in November and now Gabriel was wondering if she
too was pregnant. If she was then so be it for, she had always wanted to be a
mother.
Everywhere Marion went her ring caught everyone’s attention. Nobody had ever
seen jewelry like hers. The diamond shined and shimmered in the sunlight and
the sapphire necklace was just breathtaking. Luke thought that Marion wearing
jewelry was like guiding a lily but seeing her wearing the pieces that he made
was unlike any other experience he had ever had. Gabriel loved her necklace too
but refused to wear it for the most part so that she wouldn’t lose it in
battle. She did wear it around the house and on formal occasions.
After Christmas, things started to get extremely hectic for Marion and her
group. For one she was really starting to have a hard time moving around due to
her growing belly. One of the local midwives how had joined with Alice
estimated that Marion had about six weeks to go. Alice, like the rest of the
group had taken on followers of her own, only her followers were interested in
medicine. So far, she had gotten a herb specialist, a couple of midwives, and
two men. These men were not like most of the other men in that they considered
woman equal and they would be more than happy to treat anyone who might need
their assistance. In fact, Alice had enough people around her that she asked
Pollyanna to design a hospital for a base. Pollyanna rapidly agreed and got to
work.
Another reason that things were hectic was that Marion had declared a total
blockade of the city of York. The blockade wouldn’t be lifted until Cecilia’s
army laid down their arms and Cecilia left. Marion was demanding that Cecilia
not only leave York, but leave the British islands as well. At first Marion had
a hard time enforcing the blockade but as more and more troops came out of
Luke’s training program this became easier. With the first snowfall, Luke
introduced something that the world had never seen before, winter camouflage.
With the padded jackets and pants that he had developed, Marion’s troops could
move very quickly and stay hidden until it was time to strike. Not only that
but Luke’s gun making was gathering momentum. He was having a problem securing
a steady supply of potassium nitrate and iron but he had enough to manage. He
designed the firearms to use black power at first because it was the easiest to
manufacture.
Marion and Luke were married on New Year’s Day by one of the local priests.
He wasn’t all that happy about Marion already being pregnant but he was far
from stupid and was able to see the reality in front of him. These two people
loved each other with all their being. Not only that but he had been one of the
early victims of Cecilia’s extortion and he saw marrying Luke and Marion as a
way of poking Cecilia in the eye. Within a week, Pollyanna and Matt were
married as well. In mid-January news came in of Edward’s death. Marion and her
immediate group already knew that this was going to happen thanks to Luke so
they didn’t react at all to the news. They also knew that the new king would
have his hands full with the threat from the Duke of Normandy so Marion knew
that the only threat they would be facing for a while was from Cecilia.
By the end of February Marion had fifteen hundred troops at her disposal. A
thousand were infantry, four hundred were cavalry and the last hundred were
artillery. In addition, Pollyanna had fifty combat engineers under her command
and Alice had a medical unit with four doctors besides herself, twelve nurses,
and thirty others. A week before the end of February though Marion’s life made
a drastic turn when she became a mother. It was about two in the morning when
after fourteen hours in labor, Marion gave birth to a beautiful baby girl which
Marion promptly named Mackenzie MacDougall which brought tears to Luke’s eyes.
Marion knew for all that he loved her, that he still missed his family
terribly. Marion had caught him numerous times just sitting in front of his
computer looking at pictures of his sister Mackenzie and her family, pictures
of his former coworkers who were like family to him, and pictures of his
parents. Thankfully Marion’s pregnancy had been uneventful for the most part
and their child was healthy.
Chapter 29.
Marion defeats Cecilia; but at what cost?
As her general and his troops settled in for the winter, Cecilia started
getting very disturbing reports from some of the villages. Marion was starting
to really make herself a pain in the ass. Villages were declaring their
allegiance to Marion and she was gathering troops around her. General Kleist of
course wasn’t worried, after all what could a woman rebel and a few villages do
to him. The worst bit of news for Cecilia came in just after Christmas and was
that Marion appeared to be pregnant. The first time Cecilia heard this; she
went started doing a pretty good impression of a super volcano erupting. Even
General Kleist was fearful of her for Cecilia had finally shed the last of her
nice person persona and was now easier to equate to the devil’s evil twin then
a person. Any empathy that she might have still had evaporated. After a few
days and Cecilia had calmed down a little, Kleist asked her about it,
“That fucking whore got herself knocked up by the man that I deserve. He was
supposed to be mine; do you understand; Mine and she stole him.” She shrieked
“So general when the fuck are you going to get your men into the field?”
“Milady it be the middle of...” Cecilia cut him off
“Middle of fucking winter my fucking ass!! That cunt has her army in the
field and now I have just been informed that she is demanding that I leave not
only England, but the British islands all together!”
“Milady, please clam down. This town is well stocked with food and water.
The army is ready to go, but to fight in the winter is begging for disaster.
Just give me until spring then I will scatter that cunt’s forces and bring you
Luke.”
“See that you bring me Marion’s head on a pike as well general or it will be
your head on a pike. Now get out!”
The general began to ride his troops hard in focusing on their training. He
also began to make a contingency plan for if Marion somehow defeated him in
battle. He decided that if that happened, he would take every man left in his
army, race for the coast, and get out of England. He knew of Cecilia’s wide
range network so he would have to most likely head to the port of London to
make his escape.
A new problem made itself known in mid-January. The king of England had died
and the throne was passed to Herold Godwinson just as Luke had told Marion’s
group. Cecilia of course didn’t know this and sent envoys to meet with the new
king and to pledge her allegiance. She couldn’t go herself because she had her
hands full with Marion.
The only bit of good news was in early February when Cecilia found out that
she was pregnant, but by this time Kleist didn’t care anymore. He couldn’t
stand Cecilia and only stayed around so that he might still collect his bonus
for getting rid of Marion. There was this too; Marion’s troops seemed to be in
possession of some new type of weapon. One that made thunder when they were
used. Kleist didn’t put too much stock in these reports but with so many coming
in he figured that he just had to get a look for himself. He couldn’t see any
way in which thunder weapons could affect his heavily armored knights and
highly disciplined infantry.
With the end of February more bad news came in. Marion had given birth to a
healthy baby girl and had married Luke. If this wasn’t bad enough for Cecilia
then the news that Marion’s army was almost as large as hers was worse. By this
time though Cecilia knew where Marion’s main base was. The arrogant bitch had
the nerve to set herself up one of the villages that Cecilia had depopulated
and forced into York so she could keep an eye on them. Cecilia then got news
that she would most likely get no help from King Herold for he was gathering
men on the Isle of Wight to face the Norman threat. Nobody knew when the
Normans would attack but it seemed like that attack could come at any time.
As each day went by, Cecilia became more and more anxious for it was
becoming increasingly obvious that waiting to rebuild the army hadn’t been the
right call. Marion was gaining strength by the day and she was becoming
increasingly brazen for she was raiding almost right up to York’s walls. These
raids were becoming more effective as time went on.
On 1 March 1066 Cecilia had enough. She ordered General Kleist and the
entire army into the field with strict orders the either succeed or die. To
make sure that these orders were followed Cecilia sent a number of her personal
henchmen along with the army. It took the general and his officers almost three
days to get the troops ready and march them out of town. Their objective was
the village that Marion had taken over. Kleist estimated that the march would
take about two days and then they would burn the village to the ground and
leave no survivors. They would then go on to the other villages and raze them
as well. As the general was leaving the city gates, he was shocked beyond
belief to be joined by Cecilia and her personal guard.
“If you lose general, then Marion will make sure that I die. If I am to die
then I will die in battle.”
The general could barely hide his disgust for Cecilia’s guards were the
worst examples of humanity. In addition, woman didn’t belong on the battlefield
and the general was going to prove that. As Cecilia rode out with him, the
general was getting another idea. During the battle, he would make sure that
Cecilia died and he would take over all of her lands.
The first day out of town was pretty routine. The army made almost five
miles the first day. They would have made many more but the roads were in
terrible shape and the bridges had been destroyed. They also knew that Marion’s
troops knew where they were at for they could see scouts in the distance. That
evening they made camp around the remains of an abandoned village. Form the
looks of things, the village had very recently been abandoned and destroyed.
That night, the general’s officers set a heavy guard around the camp. Cecilia’s
nerves were trying to get the better of her but she was so far able to fight
it. After all the general seemed calm and she was better than any man.
The next morning the whole army knew that it was in trouble for every one of
their night guards were dead. This made everyone more than a bit nervous for
nobody heard a thing the night before and every one of the guards had their
throats slit. The army got going within an hour of sunrise. All over there was
signs of Marion’s army. Men and woman lurked in the shadows of the army. If
Cecilia’s cavalry charged then the troops lurking disappeared without a trace.
As Cecilia’s army came to within a few miles of their goal, they stumbled onto
Marion’s army.
Chapter 30.
On 1 March, Marion received word that Cecilia was marching her army out of
town. Marion had gotten word so fast because she had been able to slip spies
into York and they were all equipped with advanced signaling equipment. They
all had a set of flags and they all knew the code for sending messages. They
would sneak up to a high place and signal their partners outside the wall. That
partner would then send the message via telegraph back to Marion’s
headquarters. This was another one of the many advances that Luke had
introduced into the army. It had been a serious stretch and was expensive as
hell but he managed to find enough copper to make enough cable to reach York.
When she heard the news, Marion wasn’t worried though for she and her group of
advisers had been discussing this for months. They had all traveled the entire
area and studied the land. They knew where it would be to their advantage to
fight and where not to. They had informed all the villages that were in the
likely paths that when Cecilia’s army started their march that they would need
to evacuate or likely be killed.
When Cecilia’s army finally came out of the gates, Marion’s scouts were
watching and with the spy glasses that Luke had made could count the army as
they came out of the gates. They even saw that Cecilia herself was with the
army. All this was reported along with the army’s path. Marion ordered that all
villages along that route were to be immediately evacuated and burned. Her
cavalry units helped the villagers get out of harm’s way and even used their
horses to pull wagons loaded with the villager’s possessions. She didn’t want
to leave anything for Cecilia’s army to use. Luke called this tactic scored
earth and because Marion had helped the villagers get out of the way, they
complied with her order. All through the day Cecilia’s army was watched
closely. The scouts had orders to let themselves be seen but only from a
distance. They were not under any circumstances to get close enough to even
remotely endanger themselves. That evening, Cecilia’s army camped in one of the
burnt-out villages and the next phase of Marion’s plan was put into operation.
It was time for more psy-ops. Gabriel and Pollyanna would move around the enemy
camp at night and kill all the guards. If they could do so without being seen
they would also leave signs in the camp itself that they were there.
That night Gabriel and Pollyanna struck. The enemy had many more guards than
they had figured on but the duo was still able to wipe out all the guards.
Problem was that taking out all the guards took so long that they didn’t have
time to enter the camp safely. They reported this failure to Marion but she
wasn’t disturbed in the slightest. She privately figured that their plan was a
bit too reckless anyway. Granted it would have been nice to leave signs inside
the camp it just wasn’t worth the risk to two of Marion’s closest friends. As
soon as they reported in, Marion ordered them to get a nap. The battle would
begin in a few hours and those two would need to be at their best for Gabriel
was the leader of Marion’s bodyguards and Pollyanna’s engineers would play a
critical role in Marion’s plans.
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Chapter 25.
When Luke and Marion woke up the next morning, it was storming out. Nothing
really serious, just one of those late summer storms with a decent amount of
rain, some wind and usually some lighting. Being that it was a warm rain, Luke
went out into it without putting clothes on. It was about the perfect
temperature. With some persuasion, Marion came out too. Soon both of them were
playing like children with them jumping in mud puddles and just having a good
time. Marion, before too long, was working on getting everyone else to strip
down and join them. The women were quick to strip down and Bard followed suit
not too long after.
Robin though, was raised to be very modest and in believing that the devil
would soon visit; so, he wouldn’t strip down with everyone else. Marion, for
her part, respected his views and didn’t try forcing his which he appreciated.
Basically, as long as he respected her view, she respected his. The rain
continued for almost an hour. During this time the miserable feeling of the day
before were forgotten for the time being. The group was having too much fun.
Not only was playing in the rain fun, but they were all busy teasing Marion
about her limping and careful walking. Everyone had heard her the night before
and this actually helped the group start to recover from Stella’s death.
All too soon though, the rain stopped and it was back to business. Marion
had left it to Pollyanna, Stella’s closest friend, on where to bury her.
Pollyanna picked a small church, in the village, from where Stella was
originally from. So, the group made to four hour track to the village church.
Once there though, the group realized that the whole village had been
abandoned. From the looks of things, it had been abandoned not that long ago.
Gabriel found an empty space in the cemetery and Alice had even found a coffin
for Stella. Luke and Bard took care of digging the grave, making sure to go
down six feet. Once the grave had been dug, everyone but Matt grabbed a line
and lowered Stella’s body into the ground. Once done, Marion spoke a few words.
After she had finished, but before everyone started to bury her, Pollyanna
started speaking:
“For my best friend, the woman who taught me to be a woman and who
encouraged me to fight like a man; I cannot thank you enough. I swear this now
that I shall ever stop working toward freeing the people of this tormented land
so that no others have to make the choices that you did, Stella. For nobody
should be forced into the position of selling their bodies just so that their
children can have something to eat, or having to watch as those children are
ripped away by soldiers because the family couldn’t pay the record high taxes
levied on them because some lazy noble wanted to host a bigger party then their
neighbor. Go in peace know Stella and know that I will always love you for all
that you have done for me.”
“Amen” everyone said while trying to hold back their tears.
When she finished, everyone in the group started to openly weep; Pollyanna
had just said out loud what everyone had been feeling in their hearts.
Eventually, they started burying their friend, and Pollyanna finished things by
pushing a cross which Gabriel had made into the ground. The cross had actually
been Stella’s sword at one time, but Gabriel had broken it in half after Stella
had been killed and had etched Stella’s name and date of death on it.
After they finished, Luke put his arms around Marion’s shoulder. This always
made her feel better and it did this time as well. Looking around, Marion
started getting curious about this village. It looking like a nice enough place
to stay, so the group split up to search the village. Luke found a fully intact
blacksmithing shop that still had its tools in it and plenty of raw materials
laying around. Marion found a small tavern but all the alcohol was gone. Robin
and Bard checked out the church while Gabriel went up to check out the steeple
for this looked like the prefect place from which she could pick off intruders.
Alice went though the houses and found one that was significantly cleaner than
the rest. To make it better, it had a large supply of herbs in it that Alice
recognized as having medicinal value. Not only that, it still had to tools to
process the herbs. Pollyanna meanwhile stayed with Matt and they talked
quietly. They both realized that they were quickly falling in love and only
hoped that nobody would object. Luke of course already knew about them and had
told them as much. He also told them that as long as they continued to do their
duties that he had no objections. In fact, he had wished them the best of luck
and they looked like they belonged together, and they made a cute couple.
Within an hour the group met back up at the church. Marion made the decision
to move their base of operations here as soon as they could get all their gear
and they had scouted the area. Everyone agreed with her; this was far nicer
living then in the forest plus there was so much here that they could use that
it would be foolish not to move. An added bonus was that they were now further
away from York and therefore safer for the time being. The last thing that
justified them moving was that they had been recently discovered and didn’t
know how long it would be before Cecilia would try again. She figured that it
would probably take them about a week or so to move.
Matt and Alice would stay behind, in the village, while the group moved.
Moving around was extremely painful for Matt and Alice would have to take care
of him. Pollyanna made the announcement that her and Matt were now an item in
the most obvious way possible. She wrapped her arms around his neck and planted
a giant, wet kiss on his lips. That simple kiss began to turn into something
more when Matt started pushing his tongue into Pollyanna’s mouth. Only Marion
loudly clearing her throat made them stop. When Pollyanna looked up, she looked
like the kid how got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. This made the
rest of the group fall over laughing and Pollyanna’s reddening face didn’t help
any.
Eventually everyone in the group were able to compose themselves. Marion
told Pollyanna to stay behind to not only help protect Matt but also to scout
the area. Marion told her that the rest of them would be back the next day with
some of the gear and to hear what all Pollyanna had found while scouting.
Marion and Luke couldn’t for the life of them understand why everyone in the
village was gone. In fact, it looked like everyone had just stopped whatever it
was that they had been doing and left.
This was actually not far from the truth. This village was one of those that
refused to follow Cecilia so she had come in and forced all the residence of
the area to move to York. Of course, the young men were forced into her army
while the young woman were force to become army whores. Thing is though that
the village itself hadn’t been destroyed and now it was going to be Marion’s
new base of operations.
The trip back was much faster than the trip to the village, in the first
place. On the way back, the group was able to ambush a small patrol. One of the
members was only badly wounded so Marion was able to pump him for information;
although she didn’t have to pump very hard for the man was one of Cecilia’s
forced recruits.
“Cecilia’s hold is slipping as most soldiers refuse to leave their quarters
anymore. For the most part she is having to rely on mercenary soldiers who have
never heard of you ma’am. Also, I feel that I should warn you that she is
planning another major offensive aimed at forcing you out of the forest so that
she can finally eliminate you. This time she will be using her mercenary troops
and their commanders are extremely tough men. They make everyone in Cecilia’s
regular army seem like little girls instead of fighting men.”
With this the man died. Marion ordered that the man be at least given a
burial instead of just dragging him off into the woods to be eaten like they
usually did. This patrol had only six men in it and didn’t yield very much
loot. The most valuable thing they got were the extra horses. Marion was now
determined to move camp even faster than before. The rest of the way back was
uneventful.
Once they were back in camp, Marion had the group immediately start
preparing the first load of gear for in the morning. Looking everything over,
Marion decided that it should only take three round trips to move everything;
two less then she had initially thought. After getting tomorrow morning’s gear
ready, Luke took the first watch while everyone else bedded down. Marion was
taking no chances now, and she relieved Luke four hours later.
As soon as started to get light the next morning, Marion woke everyone up.
She was anxious to get moving, and within forty minutes the first load was on
its way. The trip to the village was fast and uneventful. When they were about
fifteen minutes form the village, they were intercepted by Alice. She was
standing watch while Pollyanna got some rest.
“She found two nearby villages, Marion. In both of them the people were
starving. She didn’t make contact though for it was only the three of us here.
We figured that once everything gets moved that you might want to go to the
villages and introduce yourself for it’s about time that we stop hiding and
start making actual strides toward getting rid of your bitch sister.”
“Very good Alice and yes that is exactly what I will do. Now for some news
for you. We intercepted a small patrol on our way home yesterday. One of the
men was only wounded badly and he told us that Cecilia is getting ready to
launch another offensive only this time she’s using mercenary troops under
professional leadership. I figure that we should be able to get everything
moved within three days if we don’t get interrupted.”
The next couple of days were busy ones for the group. Marion rotated who
stayed in the village. This way everyone would have a general idea of the lay
of the land before they made their presence known. In order to hide themselves,
they even held off setting booby-traps for the time being. After they had
gotten the last load, Marion ordered that the whole area around their former
camp be riddled with booby-traps of all kinds and in much thicker densities the
they usually used. Doing this took the rest of the day and they had to make the
trip back to the village in the dark. None of them minded though for they had a
full moon and were used to moving around in the dark. Marion was able to get a
few hours’ sleep when they got back. Her and Luke now had a small house to
themselves. Actually, everyone in the group did. Marion’s house was the one
that had the blacksmith’s shop attached to it.
The next morning, the group had their first strategy meeting. They all
shared everything that they had learned about their new home: where the
villages were, where the roads ran, where were the streams, bridges, and fords
were at. Luke shared what he would be focusing on for the next couple of weeks.
He was going to make horse drawn reaping machines. His machines weren’t
combines but they would be far ahead of reaping crops with a sickle. Gabriel
would go around and set up hidden watch post and look for good trees for which
to make good bows and arrows out of. Alice would get a hospital set up. She
would also search the area for medicinal plants. Bard would help Luke in the
blacksmith shop when he wasn’t busy tending to the group’s livestock or the
fields which the group had found. Pollyanna would be working on mapping the
area. Luke had told her to pay particular attention to areas that they could
fortify or areas in which they could set up a water powered blacksmith shop or
a grist mill. Matt was confined to bedrest for the next five weeks, but while
he was in bed, he would be working on making new clothes for everyone and more
arrows for the group. Marion in the meantime would be working on getting the
other villages in the area to join with her for she knew that she would need
their help to overthrow Cecilia.
Chapter 26.
Cecilia in the meantime, was growing ever more paranoid and fearful of
Marion. Her army mostly refused to leave their barracks for they had suffered
enough losses at Marion’s hands and they didn’t want anything more to do with
her. When they did go out, they stayed very close to town and they defiantly
stayed out of the forest. Even Cecilia’s assassins had failed. She had sent
them out to kill Marion and instead twenty of them had been killed including
their leader. This caused the rest of them to scatter in the wind after all
they were assassins not soldiers and they quickly found out that hunting Marion
was a fool’s errand and a surefire way to meet with God. Or course it took a
while for Cecilia to get this news for Marion didn’t leave any survivors that
knew what had happened. Then just a few days later, a small patrol went
missing. They hadn’t even been patrolling in an area that Marion had ever
attacked before. This caused Cecilia to really lose sleep. Was Marion expanding
her operations? Was there another group that was rising up against her? Nobody
knew for they couldn’t find the bodies.
Soon after she had sent her assassins off, Cecilia had a most important
visitor. He was a legendary mercenary commander and had a knack for hunting
down rebel groups and eliminating them. He had heard of Cecilia’s problems, all
the way in Paris and he thought that he might be able to get a very good job
offer. After all he was able to bring almost one thousand seasoned men into the
field. These were very experienced and highly motivated men.
At first Cecilia balked at the terms the general was offering but then
again, she really didn’t have much choice after Marion had routed her regular
army. She was hoping that her assassins would be able to get the job done, but
she had her doubts and she needed a back-up plan. Cecilia was able to make it
to where she wouldn’t have to pay most of the cost until the general had proven
that he had been successful. After seeing everything that her sister was now
capable of, Cecilia had serious doubts that this continental general could do
any better. In fact, she told him as such and that was when he agreed to terms
that actually favored Cecilia.
The visiting general wasn’t French but German. His name was General Kleist
and he came from the Saxon controlled area of central Europe in what would
eventually become central Germany. He was almost fifty years old and had never
lost a fight. He had been a soldier since before he needed to shave and had
been given his first army when he was eighteen. He had fought all over Europe
and had a brutal reputation when it came to rebel groups. Against regular
troops he fought with honor, but that completely disappeared when he fought
rebels. Most of his men were German, but he had men from all over Europe,
including England. These were the men that he would be relying on for this
contract. The general had interviewed the surviving men of Cecilia’s previous
expedition to find out what had happened. What he learned, shocked him.
Marion’s troops were extremely ingenious and ruthless, but they were also
capable of showing extreme kindness as well. Furthermore, Marion didn’t strike
at the noble’s morale, she struck at the common soldier’s morale. By convincing
them that the fight was worthless and that they would only die if they
continued. This made the largest part of the army worthless for its commanders
and left the nobles vulnerable to ambushes. General Kleist didn’t share the
common misconception that knights were invulnerable in battle for he had seen
this notion get crushed on numerous occasions. Knights did have their roles to
play but they had to have the protection of the infantry.
Just as the general was about to leave to fetch the rest of his men, Cecilia
got word that a small patrol had disappeared. This sounded like one of Marion’s
tricks and she forbid the general from leaving for he could send a messenger
for his men; she needed him with her now. Kleist would have to force Cecilia’s
own army into the field. He knew that as a fighting force, that army was
worthless at the moment and he told Cecilia that. She then did something that
he wasn’t really expecting in that she gave him free rein over her army.
“General just do whatever you have to do to get those worthless bastards
whipped into shape. Then when you are ready, take them out and crush my
sister.”
“Yes milady.” And he left.
What followed was a brutal time for those in the army. General Kleist
whipped any man that didn’t follow orders. If they complained, they got
whipped. If they tried to desert then he had them hung, drawn and quartered,
and finally beaten to death by his own comrades. Kleist wanted the men to fear
him more than Marion. It took a couple of months but he was making real
progress with turning the mob that he started with, back into a real army.
During that time, he and Cecilia had started sleeping together. The general
found Cecilia to be a very passionate woman and Cecilia found the general to be
very experienced in bed and would always make sure that Cecilia was very
satisfied. Cecilia was doing this because she hadn’t gotten laid since leaving
Lincoln and figured that this would be a cheaper way to keep Kleist loyal to
her. Kleist was fucking her because for one, she was beautiful. Two, she was
powerful and Kleist wanted some of that power for himself and third pounding
Cecilia senseless helped him relax in the evenings. Retraining her ragged army
was very stressful and Kleist found that fucking Cecilia helped him forget. His
eventual goal was to marry her and then use her army to force her out after she
had produced a number of children for him but first, he would have to get rid
of Marion.
It was almost three months after the general first arrived that his army got
there. These men were professionals and it showed. They had excellent gear and
marched with supreme confidence. It took them just over a week to integrate
Cecilia’s army with his own, but by the time it was done, he had an army of
just over two thousand men. They still didn’t know exactly where Marion’s
forces were at but the area of where Cecilia’s first army was routed seemed
like a good place to start. Everyone knew that Marion was still around, only
now it was Cecilia’s tax collectors that were being targeted and all the
villages near that forest were now in open rebellion. Problem was that by the time
that the general had gotten the army ready, winter had settled over northern
England and put all thoughts of an offensive on hold until spring. Nobody
fought in winter. It was too dangerous and with no grass available, horses and
oxen died in groves so the army and the general settled in for the winter.
Chapter 27.
Marion and the rest of the group rapidly settled down into the village. Bard
was finding out that Luke was a man of many parts when Luke started making
reaping machines that they could rent out to the local villages for a tiny part
of their harvest. Luke told Bard that the machines would save so much grain
that even with paying the fee, the villagers would still be coming out ahead.
This way everyone would win. Marion’s group would get the food that they would
get the food that they would need for the winter and the villagers would get
even more grain than usual. An added bonus was that the locals would start
trusting Marion and that was more important than the food. While Luke was
making machines, he also took the time to teach Bard how to make knives and
swords. Before long Bard was making amazingly beautiful swords that were very
balanced and were very good at holding their edge. By the time the harvest had
come around, Luke had built six reaping machines and had furthermore made
harnesses so that horses could be used instead of oxen. This would further
speed up the harvest over the old ways. One of the long range projects that
Luke was working on was a steam engine that would be able to power the shop and
would enable Luke to work on bigger projects faster. Bard kept working on his
swords for which soon he was making really good money from; by selling them.
In the meantime, Alice was rapidly growing her skills as a doctor and an
apothecary. As soon as Marion had started to draw more people to her banner,
Alice’s skills began to come into high demand. At first Alice completely
memorized every scrape of medical information on Luke’s computer and every last
bit that he had drifting around in his head. Alice made sure to write
everything down in the common language, English no Latin or Greek here. She
would then give this information to Pollyanna who had set up a print shop in
town and was printing books using a press that she designed herself. It was
based on an idea that Luke had given her, based on what her could remember
about the Guttenberg press. She knew that at first there would be no market for
these, but once more people had learned to read then she would be ready. In
addition to Alice’s books, Pollyanna printed every book from Luke’s computer.
She also printed books that were designed to help people learn how to read. One
of the other things that she printed was maps of the area so that Marion’s
troops would know where to go and how long it would take to get there. Luke had
taught everyone the metric system being as that was what he was most
comfortable with. Being that he had been an engineer that had worked all over
the world, Luke used the metric system so that there would be no screw ups in
specs. Pollyanna also helped Luke in engineering his new machines. Luke was
working on everything from lathes to mills for machining from powered looms to
sewing machines for textiles. One other big thing happened to Pollyanna, she
got pregnant and Matt was going to be a dad. When Pollyanna gave everyone the
news, the group erupted in celebration. They all loved Pollyanna and Matt.
After Gabriel had set up out the best look-out post surrounding the
villages, everyone took their turns at standing look out. One of the things
that Luke had already made was a telegraph and every post was equipped with
one. This way the lookout could immediately warn everyone else if enemy troops
were sighted. When Gabriel wasn’t standing guard, she was Marion’s personal
bodyguard; a duty which Gabriel took dead serious. After everything that Marion
had done for her, Gabriel would gladly give her life to make sure that Marion
survived and stayed out of Cecilia’s grasp. With everything that Marion was
doing, Gabriel had her hands full but so was the life of the personal bodyguard
of a very capable ruler.
Just after the group had settled down in the village, Robin died. He had
never fully recovered from his earlier brush with death either physically or
mentally. His death had hit Alice hard for she had poured her soul into keeping
helping Robin recover.
“Alice” Luke quietly said to her just after they buried him “The first rule
of being a doctor is that you Will Not win every battle. Some people will be
too badly injured physically; or in their mind they are already dead. That’s
not to say that you shouldn’t try to save everyone because you have amazing
skill but always remember that you’re not God.”
“I know Luke, but that kid was so innocent. I mean what did he do to anyone?
Why did he have to die when there are plenty of evil people that could have
taken his place?”
“Alice, that is a question that humans have been wrestling with since time
began and there’s no good answer. The religious would say well that’s just
God’s plan, but I have never found that line to be of any comfort. You just
have to accept it and move on. Learn everything you can from each case and that
way if they don’t make it, then at least they wouldn’t have died in vain.”
“I keep forgetting that you’ve been through all this before.”
Luke nodded and put his arm around Alice as she sobbed quietly and he kept
it there until she had cried herself out. He didn’t even bother to say anything
to her because he knew that there was nothing for him to say. After the
funeral, Alice began to pour everything she had into her studies.
Marion had the busiest time of everyone. She was to one that would travel to
the surrounding villages to talk with the leaders about joining her. At first,
nobody could even believe that she was still alive. Her next battle would
almost always be about her being female and why they should follow her. A
couple of things always helped her with this argument. First is that she
already had a reputation for being ferocious in combat. The second was that she
was nobility whether she liked it or not. The third thing was that she
projected leadership like nobody else. In meetings she was the dominate
personality but she wasn’t domineering and she would always go out of her way
to make sure that everyone had the chance to include their input and when
someone made contributions to one of her plans then she would always make sure
that person got credit. It took Marion almost three weeks of almost constant
effort before the first village signed on with her and they were almost
immediately rewarded for Marion started stopping Cecilia’s tax collectors from
visiting that village. As word of this spread, other villages signed on with
her. Marion was also always on the lookout for new recruits for her army. Yes,
she would be building it from scratch but she had the help of Gabriel and
especially Luke. Luke could get the most thick-headed person to follow orders
within an hour or so with very little effort on his part. The army that they
were starting to build would be the most professional one since the ancient
Romans. Marion knew that for a while she wouldn’t be able to compete with her
sister based on numbers so she would have to make up the difference with
quality. She was able to get one of the villages to agree to try Luke’s
mechanical reapers saying that if the results didn’t live up to her promises
then she would make the difference up herself. Once Luke had finished the first
field, the villagers were amazed for they had no idea just how must grain they lost
every year. By having Luke harvest the field, the village got almost a quarter
more grain than they would have gotten themselves. Within days, every other
farmer in the area was wanting Luke to harvest their fields too. Instead, Luke
taught some of the farmers how to use his reapers and subcontracted them to do
the harvest. Luke had enough on his plate the way it was and he also wanted to
make sure that the locals learned how to do these things for themselves.
In Marion’s personal life, she was just as busy. Her pregnancy was starting
to show and one of the things that Luke liked to do was to play his music for
the kid. He would place his old cell phone on Marion’s stomach and play
different music for the kid. He just loved the feeling of the kid kicking. Even
before Marion gave birth, her house got another person to live in it for
Gabriel moved in with her and Luke. At first it was just Gabriel being dead
serious about protecting Marion, but as time went on it became more than that.
Everyone realized that Gabriel was falling in love with Marion. At first
Gabriel was deeply ashamed of her love for Marion and by extension Luke. This
feeling continued until a rainy day when all three were home.
“Gabriel?” asked Marion and Luke “Can the three of us talk please?”
“Yes” replied Gabriel who was so nervous that she thought that she might pee
at any moment.
“Gabriel” started Luke “We know that you have fallen in love with Marion and
after talking with Marion we have no problem with this. After all you have no control
with who you love and we don’t believe that anyone can tell you who you can
love and who you can’t. Back in my time we had plenty on men and woman who were
homosexual or bisexual. F Y I, bisexuals love both men and woman. There were
plenty in my time who didn’t like this fact but to repress this fundamental
human fact is exceptionally cruel.”
“Gabriel” started Marion “I am fine with you loving me and being completely
honest with you, I find myself falling in love with you too. I just ask you to
remember that Luke is and will always be my primary love but he has agreed to
share” giving Luke a funny look “a bit too eagerly now that I think about it.”
Luke just gave have a shit eating smile and Marion gave him a playful punch.
“So, both of you are fine with this?” asked Gabriel as if she was reaching
for some distant hope that she was too afraid that she would never reach. Luke
and Marion smiled at her.
“Yes, we are fine and to prove it to you…”
Marion took Gabriel by the hand and lead her to her and Luke’s bed. Luke
whispered something to Marion and he left the room. At first Gabriel was
worried about Luke until Marion explained that Luke was giving them some
privacy for their first time and he was going to work in the shop. Marion took
the lead when she pulled Gabriel in for a deep kiss. At first Gabriel was so
nervous that she could barely participate. Her upbringing was keeping her back
for she was about to partake in one of the vilest sins, but Marion was patent
with her. After a few passion-loaded kisses from Marion, Gabriel started to
loosen up and she started returning them. Marion then started to run her hands
up and down Gabriel’s body with Gabriel quickly replying in kind. As Gabriel’s
hand ran across Marion’s swollen stomach, the baby kicked and the girls
giggled. As their hands reached each other’s pussies Gabriel was now completely
involved and couldn’t have stopped if she wanted to. Both of them were wearing
pants and shirts. By this time all the woman in Marion’s party had given up on
dresses. Gabriel made quick work of untying Marion’s pants while Marion ran her
hands up under Gabriel’s shirt, pushing it up as she went. As Marion’s pants
fell away, Marion pushed Gabriel’s shirt over her head. Marion then untied
Gabriel’s pants as Gabriel removed Marion’s shirt slowly. After the two of them
were naked, they embraced each other. It was then that Marion realized that
Gabriel was softly crying and Marion was instantly concerned, ‘had she gone too
far, too fast.’ She didn’t need to worry though
“Marion, my love” Gabriel started when she noticed Marion’s concern “All my
life I have known that I was different but could never figure out why. I was
always more interested in spying on the other girls then I was in spying on the
boys. I never told anyone because I knew how people would react and then I met
you though Luke. You took me under your wing, protected me, and helped me grow
to heights which I never knew existed. Then you and Luke took me to bed with
you. That was until now the best night of my life and if I had died, I would
have been happy. Afterwards though was so awkward; at first, I thought you were
just ignoring me like my parents did after they made love. Then I began to fear
that you hated me for it didn’t seem that you wanted to be with me anymore and
that hurt so bad.”
By this point Marion was in tears. Part of this was simply her hormones but
most of it was caused by Gabriel pouring her heart out.
“Gabriel, to be honest with you, I never thought about you sexually until
just a few days ago even after that time with Luke. For back then I was just
trying to help one of my best friends get through a very difficult time in her
life. I did notice that you were more distant toward me after and I thought
that I had offended you in some way. Then you moved in with us. At first you
were just a loyal guard who was serious about her duty, but then Luke noticed
that your eyes seemed to be full of pain whenever you saw me, especially when I
was undressed. The reason that Luke kicked you out of our house the other night
was so that we could talk about you. He’s concerned about you, Gabriel. When he
first suggested that you might be in love with me, I was taken back to put it
mildly. However, the more I thought about it the more I thought about that
night with the three of us and I realized that was when the awkwardness really
started. Then I truly examined that night and every night after and I realized
that Luke was right. At first, I was embarrassed and angry. I mean we have
always been told that homosexuality was evil. Then I started to wonder how
something so beautiful and pure as what we shared that night could possibly be
evil. After I couldn’t find an answer for that question, I realized that the
reason that I couldn’t find the answer was that I had fallen in love with you
too.”
By now both girls were in tears. They had opened their hearts to each other
and had been accepted by the other.
“But Marion, what about Luke? About everyone else?”
“What about Luke? I still love him and he loves me. As you know, he knows
all about us and He was the one who started me on my road to discovering
myself. If anything, I love him more now than I did before. Just know that he
has already stated that he is strictly a one woman man and that he felt
terrible after he made you a woman. It actually took me a while to convince him
that he didn’t do anything wrong and I’m okay with it. I still think he feels
guilty once in a while though As for everyone else, if they don’t like the
facts then they can choke on it. Luke does suggest that we keep us to ourselves
for we are trying to lead a revolution in which everyone will be equal in the
eyes of the law. Everyone will be free to be themselves. Everyone will have the
freedom to succeed or fail and whatever they do will be up to them.”
“Remind me to give Luke a thank you.” Marion smiled at this
“He’s already said that you being happy and able to thrive will be thanks
enough.”
With that Marion gently pulled Gabriel to lay with her in bed. What followed
was something that could only be described as pure love. Marion started by
softy kissing every square centimeter of skin on Gabriel’s face and neck. As
Marion made her way down Gabriel’s neck, Gabriel released her first moan of the
night. Marion then made her way down to Gabriel’s tit. Gabriel wasn’t as gifted
in the tit department as Marion, but that was okay because Gabriel having
smaller tits made it easier for her to use her bow. Marion the started sucking
on one of Gabriel’s nipples while foundling the other. This gave Gabriel her
first orgasm for the night. Gabriel had another orgasm before Marion moved on.
Down across Gabriel’s tight strong stomach Marion kissed and caressed. Finally,
Marion reached Gabriel’s bush. It was the same chestnut color as her hair and
while sparse was curly and soft. Marion didn’t spend too much time here before
she started down Gabriel’s legs, much to Gabriel’s disappointment. After
working on both of Gabriel’s long, strong legs;
Marion returned to Gabriel’s flower. This time Marion was looking for nectar
and she found it by the bucket full. As fast as Marion could lap it up Gabriel
produced more. Marion then gave up trying to lick her lover clean and sent
right to the source. She locked her mouth over Gabriel’s fuck hole and used her
tongue to fuck her. Marion found a rough patch inside Gabriel that when licked
drove Gabriel crazy, in fact it was all that Marion could do to hold Gabriel
down. As Marion’s tongue found her special place, lights started flashing in
Gabriel’s eyes. She didn’t know what was happening to her and really didn’t
care for this was far better than anything she had ever experienced before.
Things hit a crescendo when Gabriel started shaking violently and flooding
Marion’s mouth with nectar. Marion almost couldn’t keep up but somehow managed
to keep everything in her mouth. Marion then stopped to give Gabriel some time
to recover. She gently moved up to lay next to Gabriel. As Marion lay on her
back, Gabriel moved around to where her head was lying on Marion’s shoulder and
her long hair was spread across Marion’s upper body. At this moment, Marion
knew why Luke always loved when they did this for, she found that there didn’t
seem to be any other way to show that two people loved each other more. Marion
then made sure that all the hair was out of Gabriel’s face and then she drew
the blanket over them and joined Gabriel in sleepy land.
Some hours later Marion didn’t know when, she was awakened by movement under
the cover. At first, she was disoriented, someone was gently sucking on her
right nipple. Marion moved the cover and by the light of the moon could see a
head covered in chestnut hair whose lips were latched on to her nipple. The
realization came to Marion of what was going on and she put her hand on that
head and gently stroked the hair. Gabriel was startled by this but recovered
quickly when Marion started stroking her hair. Gabriel was determined to return
Marion’s love with interest. She moved up to Marion’s face and their eyes
locked. Neither of them could seem to break contact for it was like there was
some spell over them. They didn’t know how much time pasted but Gabriel slowly
started kissing Marion’s neck while caressing Marion’s face. This time it was
Marion who was cumming buckets for to her this was almost a dream because she
had never fully woken up. Eventually Gabriel moved south back down to Marion’s
sensitive tits. Marion was a bit larger and with her pregnancy was getting
bigger and more sensitive. Gabriel didn’t spend too much time here for she
wanted to make sure that Marion was still conscious when she went down on her
and so far,
Gabriel had given Marion two powerful orgasms. Gabriel worked her way over
Marion’s slightly swollen belly tracing every stretch line as she did. She then
made her way down to Marion’s golden bush. Since she began spending time with
Luke; Marion now kept her bush neatly trimmed so that Luke wouldn’t get hair in
his mouth, plus it gave her more skin to skin contact when Luke went down on
her. Now it was Gabriel’s turn to enjoy. By this time Marion was talking in
moans and gasp and not saying anything. When Gabriel spread Marion’s pussy lips
and started to lick; Marion saw the stars in her eyes. The more Gabriel licked
the more intense the starlight became. Those stars exploded the second that
Gabriel put her tongue up inside Marion and started licking her G-spot. Since
Gabriel had Marion’s legs propped up on her shoulder’s Marion’s orgasm was
beyond intense. She screamed out into the night at the top of her lungs. She
screamed until there was no air left to scream out and then Marion collapsed.
Every muscle went to jelly and every cell felt like it weighed a ton. She
couldn’t even pull the blanket over her before she passed out. Gabriel smiled,
seeing this and pulled the blanket over them and fell back asleep.
Chapter 28.
Life after this got better for Marion and the rest of the group. Cecilia’s
troops wouldn’t even come out of the castle anymore and Marion was making rapid
progress in turning the entire area against her. Luke was making amazing
progress in forming the army. He assigned one unit to learn under Pollyanna and
one to learn under Matt who had recovered. If the recruits thought that winter
would slow things down, then they were mistaken. If anything, Luke made them train
harder for by now they had excellent intelligence on what Cecilia was up to and
they knew that she had hired a professional general to rebuild her army and he
had brought units with him from Europe.
Marion always made sure that her men and woman were paid on time and their
pay came directly from her coffers and not from the officers. This was
something that Luke had insisted on; the new army would be government troops, G
I as he called them, and not independent contractors. With Marion now in
control of the countryside, she instituted her own taxes. They were much lower
than Cecilia’s and with the extra grain that had been taken in, the people
could easily pay it and were glad to for Marion was a much better ruler then
Cecilia ever was and they knew that if Marion lost the war then their lots
would get much worse.
On Christmas day 1065 several big things happened for Marion and her
followers. First was that Luke got his steam engine up and running. Now he
could make weapons far faster than before and much more advanced weapons. In
fact, Gabriel was the first one to receive them. Luke gave her a pair of six
shot revolvers and a bolt action repeating rifle that was based on the German
Mauser rifle. Granted it was slower to shoot then if he had based it on the Lee
Enfield; it was more rugged. Gabriel also got a small unit of bodyguards to
help protect Marion; four women and four men and within a week they were
equipped just like Gabriel. Luke gave Pollyanna a set of surveying tools that
she instantly fell in love with.
Measuring distances was always a pain but now she could do her work much
faster. Alice got a surgeon’s tool set. Luke had scrounged high and low to find
enough of the right metals to make the tools but he just managed. Alice of
course knew what Luke was doing for her because he had measured her hands so
that he could make the tools so that they would fit her properly. Matt had also
got a set of guns but his were a bit larger than the ones that Luke had made
for the woman. The caliper was the same of course but the rifle stock was a bit
longer and his pistol grips were a bit larger. Luke had done this so that Matt
could use them more comfortably.
The other big thing that happened was much more personal for Marion. That
morning, before they left the house, Luke gave her a diamond ring and asked her
to marry him. Of course, she said yes and everyone’s reaction was “Well it’s
about time” Luke had gotten the diamond while he was in one of the port towns
looking for salt so they could preserve meat for the winter. Luke had met a gem
dealer and after much bargaining, which saw Luke trade in the loupe that he had
made, he got several large rough diamonds and a couple of smaller ones. He also
got some sapphires and a ruby.
Luke had then taken those rough gems and cut and polished them to
perfection. The biggest diamond got a solitaire cut and this truly brought out
the fire in it. Luke then made a pair of rings out of gold. The diamonds were
held in by six prongs that Luke had carefully shaped like tulips and the small
ones down the sides were held in by a V shaped groove that Luke had formed.
Luke took the sapphire and a couple of other small diamond pieces and made a
necklace for Marion. He took the Ruby and made a necklace for Gabriel. After
Marion and Gabriel’s first night together, the three of them slept together
every night. That had happened in November and now Gabriel was wondering if she
too was pregnant. If she was then so be it for, she had always wanted to be a
mother.
Everywhere Marion went her ring caught everyone’s attention. Nobody had ever
seen jewelry like hers. The diamond shined and shimmered in the sunlight and
the sapphire necklace was just breathtaking. Luke thought that Marion wearing
jewelry was like guiding a lily but seeing her wearing the pieces that he made
was unlike any other experience he had ever had. Gabriel loved her necklace too
but refused to wear it for the most part so that she wouldn’t lose it in
battle. She did wear it around the house and on formal occasions.
After Christmas, things started to get extremely hectic for Marion and her
group. For one she was really starting to have a hard time moving around due to
her growing belly. One of the local midwives how had joined with Alice
estimated that Marion had about six weeks to go. Alice, like the rest of the
group had taken on followers of her own, only her followers were interested in
medicine. So far, she had gotten a herb specialist, a couple of midwives, and
two men. These men were not like most of the other men in that they considered
woman equal and they would be more than happy to treat anyone who might need
their assistance. In fact, Alice had enough people around her that she asked
Pollyanna to design a hospital for a base. Pollyanna rapidly agreed and got to
work.
Another reason that things were hectic was that Marion had declared a total
blockade of the city of York. The blockade wouldn’t be lifted until Cecilia’s
army laid down their arms and Cecilia left. Marion was demanding that Cecilia
not only leave York, but leave the British islands as well. At first Marion had
a hard time enforcing the blockade but as more and more troops came out of
Luke’s training program this became easier. With the first snowfall, Luke
introduced something that the world had never seen before, winter camouflage.
With the padded jackets and pants that he had developed, Marion’s troops could
move very quickly and stay hidden until it was time to strike. Not only that
but Luke’s gun making was gathering momentum. He was having a problem securing
a steady supply of potassium nitrate and iron but he had enough to manage. He
designed the firearms to use black power at first because it was the easiest to
manufacture.
Marion and Luke were married on New Year’s Day by one of the local priests.
He wasn’t all that happy about Marion already being pregnant but he was far
from stupid and was able to see the reality in front of him. These two people
loved each other with all their being. Not only that but he had been one of the
early victims of Cecilia’s extortion and he saw marrying Luke and Marion as a
way of poking Cecilia in the eye. Within a week, Pollyanna and Matt were
married as well. In mid-January news came in of Edward’s death. Marion and her
immediate group already knew that this was going to happen thanks to Luke so
they didn’t react at all to the news. They also knew that the new king would
have his hands full with the threat from the Duke of Normandy so Marion knew
that the only threat they would be facing for a while was from Cecilia.
By the end of February Marion had fifteen hundred troops at her disposal. A
thousand were infantry, four hundred were cavalry and the last hundred were
artillery. In addition, Pollyanna had fifty combat engineers under her command
and Alice had a medical unit with four doctors besides herself, twelve nurses,
and thirty others. A week before the end of February though Marion’s life made
a drastic turn when she became a mother. It was about two in the morning when
after fourteen hours in labor, Marion gave birth to a beautiful baby girl which
Marion promptly named Mackenzie MacDougall which brought tears to Luke’s eyes.
Marion knew for all that he loved her, that he still missed his family
terribly. Marion had caught him numerous times just sitting in front of his
computer looking at pictures of his sister Mackenzie and her family, pictures
of his former coworkers who were like family to him, and pictures of his
parents. Thankfully Marion’s pregnancy had been uneventful for the most part
and their child was healthy.
Chapter 29.
Marion defeats Cecilia; but at what cost?
As her general and his troops settled in for the winter, Cecilia started
getting very disturbing reports from some of the villages. Marion was starting
to really make herself a pain in the ass. Villages were declaring their
allegiance to Marion and she was gathering troops around her. General Kleist of
course wasn’t worried, after all what could a woman rebel and a few villages do
to him. The worst bit of news for Cecilia came in just after Christmas and was
that Marion appeared to be pregnant. The first time Cecilia heard this; she
went started doing a pretty good impression of a super volcano erupting. Even
General Kleist was fearful of her for Cecilia had finally shed the last of her
nice person persona and was now easier to equate to the devil’s evil twin then
a person. Any empathy that she might have still had evaporated. After a few
days and Cecilia had calmed down a little, Kleist asked her about it,
“That fucking whore got herself knocked up by the man that I deserve. He was
supposed to be mine; do you understand; Mine and she stole him.” She shrieked
“So general when the fuck are you going to get your men into the field?”
“Milady it be the middle of...” Cecilia cut him off
“Middle of fucking winter my fucking ass!! That cunt has her army in the
field and now I have just been informed that she is demanding that I leave not
only England, but the British islands all together!”
“Milady, please clam down. This town is well stocked with food and water.
The army is ready to go, but to fight in the winter is begging for disaster.
Just give me until spring then I will scatter that cunt’s forces and bring you
Luke.”
“See that you bring me Marion’s head on a pike as well general or it will be
your head on a pike. Now get out!”
The general began to ride his troops hard in focusing on their training. He
also began to make a contingency plan for if Marion somehow defeated him in
battle. He decided that if that happened, he would take every man left in his
army, race for the coast, and get out of England. He knew of Cecilia’s wide
range network so he would have to most likely head to the port of London to
make his escape.
A new problem made itself known in mid-January. The king of England had died
and the throne was passed to Herold Godwinson just as Luke had told Marion’s
group. Cecilia of course didn’t know this and sent envoys to meet with the new
king and to pledge her allegiance. She couldn’t go herself because she had her
hands full with Marion.
The only bit of good news was in early February when Cecilia found out that
she was pregnant, but by this time Kleist didn’t care anymore. He couldn’t
stand Cecilia and only stayed around so that he might still collect his bonus
for getting rid of Marion. There was this too; Marion’s troops seemed to be in
possession of some new type of weapon. One that made thunder when they were
used. Kleist didn’t put too much stock in these reports but with so many coming
in he figured that he just had to get a look for himself. He couldn’t see any
way in which thunder weapons could affect his heavily armored knights and
highly disciplined infantry.
With the end of February more bad news came in. Marion had given birth to a
healthy baby girl and had married Luke. If this wasn’t bad enough for Cecilia
then the news that Marion’s army was almost as large as hers was worse. By this
time though Cecilia knew where Marion’s main base was. The arrogant bitch had
the nerve to set herself up one of the villages that Cecilia had depopulated
and forced into York so she could keep an eye on them. Cecilia then got news
that she would most likely get no help from King Herold for he was gathering
men on the Isle of Wight to face the Norman threat. Nobody knew when the
Normans would attack but it seemed like that attack could come at any time.
As each day went by, Cecilia became more and more anxious for it was
becoming increasingly obvious that waiting to rebuild the army hadn’t been the
right call. Marion was gaining strength by the day and she was becoming
increasingly brazen for she was raiding almost right up to York’s walls. These
raids were becoming more effective as time went on.
On 1 March 1066 Cecilia had enough. She ordered General Kleist and the
entire army into the field with strict orders the either succeed or die. To
make sure that these orders were followed Cecilia sent a number of her personal
henchmen along with the army. It took the general and his officers almost three
days to get the troops ready and march them out of town. Their objective was
the village that Marion had taken over. Kleist estimated that the march would
take about two days and then they would burn the village to the ground and
leave no survivors. They would then go on to the other villages and raze them
as well. As the general was leaving the city gates, he was shocked beyond
belief to be joined by Cecilia and her personal guard.
“If you lose general, then Marion will make sure that I die. If I am to die
then I will die in battle.”
The general could barely hide his disgust for Cecilia’s guards were the
worst examples of humanity. In addition, woman didn’t belong on the battlefield
and the general was going to prove that. As Cecilia rode out with him, the
general was getting another idea. During the battle, he would make sure that
Cecilia died and he would take over all of her lands.
The first day out of town was pretty routine. The army made almost five
miles the first day. They would have made many more but the roads were in
terrible shape and the bridges had been destroyed. They also knew that Marion’s
troops knew where they were at for they could see scouts in the distance. That
evening they made camp around the remains of an abandoned village. Form the
looks of things, the village had very recently been abandoned and destroyed.
That night, the general’s officers set a heavy guard around the camp. Cecilia’s
nerves were trying to get the better of her but she was so far able to fight
it. After all the general seemed calm and she was better than any man.
The next morning the whole army knew that it was in trouble for every one of
their night guards were dead. This made everyone more than a bit nervous for
nobody heard a thing the night before and every one of the guards had their
throats slit. The army got going within an hour of sunrise. All over there was
signs of Marion’s army. Men and woman lurked in the shadows of the army. If
Cecilia’s cavalry charged then the troops lurking disappeared without a trace.
As Cecilia’s army came to within a few miles of their goal, they stumbled onto
Marion’s army.
Chapter 30.
On 1 March, Marion received word that Cecilia was marching her army out of
town. Marion had gotten word so fast because she had been able to slip spies
into York and they were all equipped with advanced signaling equipment. They
all had a set of flags and they all knew the code for sending messages. They
would sneak up to a high place and signal their partners outside the wall. That
partner would then send the message via telegraph back to Marion’s
headquarters. This was another one of the many advances that Luke had
introduced into the army. It had been a serious stretch and was expensive as
hell but he managed to find enough copper to make enough cable to reach York.
When she heard the news, Marion wasn’t worried though for she and her group of
advisers had been discussing this for months. They had all traveled the entire
area and studied the land. They knew where it would be to their advantage to
fight and where not to. They had informed all the villages that were in the
likely paths that when Cecilia’s army started their march that they would need
to evacuate or likely be killed.
When Cecilia’s army finally came out of the gates, Marion’s scouts were
watching and with the spy glasses that Luke had made could count the army as
they came out of the gates. They even saw that Cecilia herself was with the
army. All this was reported along with the army’s path. Marion ordered that all
villages along that route were to be immediately evacuated and burned. Her
cavalry units helped the villagers get out of harm’s way and even used their
horses to pull wagons loaded with the villager’s possessions. She didn’t want
to leave anything for Cecilia’s army to use. Luke called this tactic scored
earth and because Marion had helped the villagers get out of the way, they
complied with her order. All through the day Cecilia’s army was watched
closely. The scouts had orders to let themselves be seen but only from a
distance. They were not under any circumstances to get close enough to even
remotely endanger themselves. That evening, Cecilia’s army camped in one of the
burnt-out villages and the next phase of Marion’s plan was put into operation.
It was time for more psy-ops. Gabriel and Pollyanna would move around the enemy
camp at night and kill all the guards. If they could do so without being seen
they would also leave signs in the camp itself that they were there.
That night Gabriel and Pollyanna struck. The enemy had many more guards than
they had figured on but the duo was still able to wipe out all the guards.
Problem was that taking out all the guards took so long that they didn’t have
time to enter the camp safely. They reported this failure to Marion but she
wasn’t disturbed in the slightest. She privately figured that their plan was a
bit too reckless anyway. Granted it would have been nice to leave signs inside
the camp it just wasn’t worth the risk to two of Marion’s closest friends. As
soon as they reported in, Marion ordered them to get a nap. The battle would
begin in a few hours and those two would need to be at their best for Gabriel
was the leader of Marion’s bodyguards and Pollyanna’s engineers would play a
critical role in Marion’s plans.
To be continued in part 7, Based on a post by somethin fishy,
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