Chapter 15

Thanks to markf52 and sorvinofan for the editing help.

In the blackness that enveloped me; I began to wonder, “Am I alive or dead? If I was dead, was this my punishment, to be stuck here in limbo?”

Meanwhile, across the city, Maggie and Layla came running into the office where Melissa was looking over a map.

“Melissa,” Maggie called out.

“Yes?”

“We’ve found him!”

Melissa stood up quickly and began to cry. “Is he okay? Where is he, and how did you find him?”

“We don’t know how he is, just where he is. The drones could only get so close before they started to have problems. Freya and Eira were a big help finding his location.”

“How so?”

“As you know, they had the memories of the location removed. So, we went a different route, we had them remember things, like places where they ate, parks they played at, or where they went shopping.”

“And?”

“They could remember those places and we were able to narrow it down to a single location.”

“Where?”

“Over by Yarra Bay Beach, it’s an industrial complex that is really close to the beach. Eira and Freya remember going to that beach a lot as kids.”

“Get all of the Maidens ready, we have to get him back!”

“The Maidens from the States are already on their way here.”

Back in the blackness I was pondering my current existence.

“How long have I been here? One second, minute, hour, day, month, year? At least let me go back to the dreams.”

At the same time the Maidens from the States had arrived and were now preparing to rescue me. Melissa and Charu were going over the plan and had decided that there would be three teams of one hundred-seventy-three Maidens per team. With Chastity back in the States with the mothers and babies, the numbers were perfect. Melissa would lead the first team and hopefully, take out any defenses or obstacles on the south side of the complex.

Team two would be led by Maggie, they would come in from the north side and take care of the defenses and obstacles there. Team three, would be led by Charu, they were to the extraction team and get James out, while the other two teams protected them on the way in and out of the complex. The Maidens decided to come in from the beach, so they boarded Midnight Sky and made their way to Yarra Bay.

Once they were at the beach Maggie made her way to the north side of the complex. The electromagnetic fields were going to be a very big problem for the teams and Melissa knew it. They didn’t want to do anything that would put James in further danger, so they were very limited in what weapons they could use. Melissa walked into an open field, and to the east of the complex, she could see a power substation that looked like it ran the complex.

Melissa went back to the beach and stood there for a few minutes. Charu looked over and saw Melissa standing there, so she walked over and asked her, “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, it’s all good. I’m just taking care of something.”

“Anything I can do to help?” Charu asked her.

“Tell him that I love him, and I will see him later,” she told her, as she gave Charu her necklace and ring.

“What do you mean? You’ll see him later.” Charu said.

Melissa ran out of sight before Charu finished asking her question. Over the radio Melissa told everyone to be ready to go on her signal.

“What’s the signal?” she was asked.

“You’ll know it when it happens, just be ready.”

Back in the blackness I began to smell her perfume again. The blackness turned white, and I could see Melissa, she was riding me, and in the middle of an orgasm. I tried to sit up and realized there was something attached to my head. I reached up and began to push it off my head. The contraption on my head had hundreds of needles which were stuck in my head. When I finally got the apparatus off of me, I grabbed Melissa and began to fuck her like I have never done before.

I had control of my nanites again, so I had the pairing with Melissa and I, even more than before, so no one, or no thing, could separate us ever again. The nanites informed me that this wasn’t Melissa, and she had alpha stage nanites in her.

“I don’t care, complete the pairing.”

“Done.”

I exploded into the depths of her womb, emptying my balls. When I regained my composure, I asked her, “Who are you, if you’re not Melissa?” as I looked at her nude body.

“I’m Lanore Olevia Long, everyone calls me Liv.”

At the same time, Gpop and Mom said, “What?”

I watched the Love Knot appear on her chest as I stood there admiring her nude body. I walked up to her and said, “You’re mine now and always will be.” Now that Liv’s nanites were replaced with mine, she was able to hear Gpop and Mom.

“Liv?” Gpop asked.

“Yes.”

“What happened to you?”

“What do you mea..., Oh My God, Timothy is that you?”

“Yes, my love, It’s me.”

“I thought you were dead, where are you, and how is Amee?”

“That’s a bit of a story and you and James need to get out of there.”

Liv got dressed and then she went to find some clothes for me.

“Gpop, who is she?” I asked.

“She’s your grandmother.”

“What?”

“She’s your grandmother, and I thought I would never see her again.”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know. I thought she was Melissa with red hair and green eyes, I really did.”

“It’s okay, we’ll figure something out when you two are safe.”

Liv came back with some shorts and a T-shirt for me to wear. Once I was dressed, we made our way out of the room. Liv said we needed to help free the others that were trapped here. We checked all the rooms in the area that I was being kept in, but didn’t find anyone. As we entered a new area of the complex, I heard my name being called, I turned around to see Charu running at a full sprint towards me.

Charu jumped and crashed into my chest, wrapping her legs around me, and kissing me.

“I love you, Beautiful, but we need to get moving,” I told her.

“This way,” she said as she kissed me again. We made our way out of the building towards an open field, and to a beach, where I asked where Melissa was. After meeting up with my Maidens we went to go find Melissa. Charu led us in the direction Melissa had gone. When we got around some tall brush, I could see a power substation that had some smoke and sparks coming from it.

I began to run faster towards the substation, and as I got closer, I could see what looked like a body on the ground in front of a big, grey box that had a lot of sparks and smoke coming from it.

“Dear God, No, please don’t let it be her,” I thought to myself.

When I got through the fence, I could see that it was her on the ground. I went over to her and fell to my knees. I looked into her eyes, the ones that had stolen my heart and soul. Now they were cloudy, and you could barely see the blue. All my Maidens were now crying along with me, as I told the nanites to revive her.

“We are sorry, but that is no longer a viable option,” the nanites replied.

TJ, Molly, and Tabi all screamed in sorrow when they heard the nanites. I leaned down and kissed her face one last time. The rage that was flowing through me was immense and consuming. I stood and let out a primal scream of my own, which triggered all the Maidens to do the same. Our screams caused the nanites to shoot from our bodies in a shockwave that didn’t leave a trace of any building in the complex whatsoever.

In the middle of what was the complex were two pillars with Erik shackled to them by his arms, and his legs were shackled to a stone directly below them. I picked up Melissa and carried her back to the beach and the other Maidens followed, as I walked out to Erik.

“People I love are dead because of you and I know about your clones,” I told him.

He began to laugh, up until I placed my thumbs over his eyes and began to push into them. His screams were exquisite and welcomed by me. I continued to push my thumbs into his eye sockets until both his eyes popped. My nanites were in control of his body now and wouldn’t let him pass out.

“No, no, no, no passing out for you, ever!” I told him.

“Go ahead and kill me, Boy. You and your whores will never be safe.”

“Oh, I’m not going to kill you, I’ve got something else in mind for you. Something I will enjoy immensely, then I’m going to hunt down all twenty of your clones and take care of them.”

“What? You going to do me like I did you and keep me locked away in a room hooked to a machine that controls my thoughts? It was quite enjoyable watching you torment yourself,” Erik said antagonistically.

“Close, but first I have something to give you, a present of sorts.”

“Yeah, what’s that?”

“Well, first, I’m going to have my nanites remove all your skin, down to the nerve endings, so the slightest breeze, or touch, causes excruciating pain. They will amplify all your pain receptors for the maximum amount of pain. Then, they’re going to remove all memories from you, except for the ones that cause you pain, and they will be amplified as well. The only other sense you’ll have is your hearing, so you can hear yourself scream.”

I walked behind him and said, “You might like this, it’s something the Vikings did a lot. You won’t be able to pass out, so I know you’ll enjoy this as much as I will.”

The nanites made the fingernail on my right index finger as sharp as a rusty knife. I cut from his lower neck to his butt crack. His screams put a smile on my face.

“See, I knew you would enjoy this as much as I do. Seeing how you like shit that has to do with the Vikings.”

My next cuts were from armpit to armpit, and then from hip to hip. As I filleted meat from bone I continued to talk to Erik, “My dad, my mom, my grandfather, and Melissa are all dead because of you. You kidnaped my grandmother, did all sorts of things to her, so I’ll repay you in my own way, what do you think of that? Don’t worry about saying anything to me, your eternal screams and torment will be a start to repaying my family for all the pain you have caused us.”

I stretched the flaps of skin out and attached nano filaments with hooks to them. Pulling the skin flaps tight, I tied the other end to the pillars, making them look like wings. I removed all his ribs next, flipping them one hundred-eighty degrees outwards from his spine.

“Don’t judge me too harshly, this is my first blood eagle. By the way you’re screaming, I would say that you really like it, and it makes me very happy that you do!”

The nanites began to build a craft to encapsulate him.

“When the nanites are done they’re going to launch you to the sun where you will be placed just inside the Carona, to where you will stay, unable to die, until the nanites decide to self-destruct, or until eternity ends. I didn’t know what was real or what wasn’t when you had me in that room, you, on the other hand, will know this is one hundred percent real.”

I started to walk back to the beach, about halfway there I heard the nanite craft launch. I turned just in time to see it disappear out of sight. When I got to the beach, I picked up Melissa and carried her to the boat that would take us to Midnight Sky. When we got to the boat, we went back to the dock, then to the airport, and took the A-380s back home, so I could bury Melissa.

I had a lot of questions that needed answering, but I held off until we were in the air and on the way home. My first question to Charu was, “How long was I in that place?”

“Sixteen months and two weeks,” she told me.

“Fuck, what about the babies?”

“They’re fine, they were all born on your birthday, as healthy as they could be.”

“Boys, girls?”

“All six are little girls.”

“So, Deborah did have triplets after all?”

“Yes, she did.”

“Where’s Chastity?”

“She’s with the mommies and babies.”

“Why?”

“She only wanted you to claim her and you, alone.”

I told Charu, “I woke up feeling very aggressive and possessive, and needed to lock all of you to me. And that it was the only way I felt I could keep all of you safe.” She didn’t question me; she just nodded and touched my cheeks tenderly. I was very tired, so I told my ladies I was going to go lay down and get some rest. All my ladies opted to join me, including Liv. We got in our spots once we got in bed, Liv took Melissa’s. Casey was a welcome feeling to me having her back in her spot. I think we all cried ourselves to sleep.

The one thing I never thought I would wish for was to be back in the blackness. If I was in the blackness, Melissa was still alive, and I could deal with that, so I was praying for it. I would stay in the blackness forever if it meant she was alive, but that was not to be though. The dreams I did have were of her, and I was fighting to wake up from them. She told me that she loved me and would see me again.

I screamed her name in my sleep, which woke everyone up. I apologized to everyone, got out of bed, and walked out of the room. My ladies got out of bed, followed me, and made sure that they all hugged, kissed, and told me how much they loved me. I was thankful to be with them again, but the loss of Melissa cut me to my soul.

Liv came and sat in my lap, and asked me, “So, you’re my grandson?”

“Yes, and I’m sorry for binding you to me like I did.”

“Don’t worry about that, I’m yours now and forever.”

“I really thought you were Melissa, with red hair. I didn’t even know if you were real, or a dream, really.”

“I know, Erik kept you that way for a reason.”

“What reason was that?”

“He wanted you to get me pregnant.”

“What? Why?”

“He wanted to get the fertilized embryo and make himself a super soldier body. The clones he made of himself are just as frail as he is.”

“No new body for him now, and I will take care of the clones too.”

“No new body for him, and I know you will take care of them. That, however, is a story for another time. The reason I came over is to tell you that I understand your hurt. Just today I found out my husband was dead, my daughter got married, her husband was murdered, she had a baby and was killed herself. All because of the man who had kidnapped me and held me prisoner for twenty-plus years.”