Brian, with his dad, were visiting a farm property in the country, when a meteorite landed in the farmers back paddock. It left a debris site of around 200 meters and a hole of 10 meters deep. Dad’s farmer friend Ian, drove them out to the field to survey the damage. They were looking inside, at the actual impact hole. Brian was looking around the edge of the site. He noticed a perfect ball about 25mm round. He picked it up. It was black with a shiny face. It did not feel heavy nor light. He bounced it up and down a few times on his hand when about 30 odd balls of a smaller size came out of the ground. They ranged from 5mm to 20mm He collected these and by the time his father called him he had over 100 of these shiny black balls in his pocket. He knew he should have shown his father but after studying in university and having three of his ideas stolen, in his mind, by a teacher and two other students and did not get any credit, he kept quiet.

On returning home he emptied the balls into a wooden box. Taking out one of the 10mm balls, he went into his father’s shed to examine it. He could not chip or cut it, surprising with the tools his father had. He placed it on a piece of metal and it ran off fast. He retrieved it from the wooden floor. Placing the ball in a tin, it went spinning around the outside edge. Interesting. Turning the can upside down it stopped spinning on the wooden table top.

On his dad’s lapidary table was his broken gold ring. He had lost the stone within it and dad was suppose to find and cut a new stone, three years ago. He placed the ball in the stone setting and clamped the ball to the gold. Nothing appeared to happen so he placed the ring on his finger. The ball started to spin fast but did not wear out the gold clasps but seem to rotate within the ring. He felt something around his body, a chill, a covering, tingling feeling. It did feel nice and pleasant.

As he looked at his ring with the new ball stone, he grabbed his can of drink. It burst and spilled all over the bench. Grabbing some sawdust, he covered the drink spill. He had crushed the can completely. He looked in wonder then looked at the ring. Picking up a piece of pine scrap wood he crushed that within his hand. Picking up a scrap of galvanised pipe, he crush that as well. He looked amazed and as he was about to move, he knocked a chisel onto his foot. Straight down, it bounded off his foot without leaving a mark. Again he looked at the ring.

He took off the ring and set it down on the wooden table. The Black Ball stopped spinning. He tried to crush another can, He could only dent it, together with the wood. No crushing. He picked up the dropped chisel and marked the back of his hand with the sharp blade. Wow he was surprised as he drank another can of drink. He felt the need to use the toilet. He went and used it.

Returning to the work bench he put the ring on his finger and felt the same nice tingling feeling. He tried to mark the back of his hand with the chisel and failed. It just kept slipping off. He tried to bash his hand with the galvanised pipe, if failed. He heard his father call him. Keeping the ring on he went to see him.

His father wanted him to get some fresh milk and bread from the store. He cycled downtown and found he was there very quickly. Outside the store he parked his bike and collected the supplies needed. Coming out of the store, three of the town bullies were waiting for him. He collected his bike but before he could mount it. One of the bullies tried to punch his nose. As the fist came close to him, Brian moved ever so slightly turning his head that the punch missed him. His fist and arm seemed to speed up and the bully felt his arm fly away from his elbow and shoulder. He lay flat on the ground a good metre past Brian with his arm out further. You could see he had torn the arm ligaments and muscles.

The other two ran at Brian, he had mounted his bike and was peddling fast away from them. They stopped running and went back to their friend. He was out for the count. The shops outside camera had captured the action. They called the police, within two minutes they appeared and called an ambulance. They looked at the store camera and realised it was the bully’s own fault. The three boys were well known to the police anyway. They thought, they could not help but be pleased, it occurred to the bully. The ambulance arrived and they realised the guy was out cold with torn ligaments. They took him to the hospital and under emergency surgery it took eight hours to reset his arm. Ultimately he was in hospital for four weeks and six months rehabilitation.

The next day the police called on Brian and ask what occurred. At that time he was wearing his ring. He explained how they were bullies and tormented him all of the time. He saw him try and punch his nose and he just moved his head back slightly and he missed him. As he had two other bullies with him he just peddled away from them. They took his statement as it was proven by the store camera. Lucky dad was not home when the police called around.

Two days later on his daily running, he felt a stone whistle pass his ear. He stopped and turned around. It was the other two bullies. He ran into the tree area and they chased. He stopped by a tree trunk and thought well lets see what can happen. They threw another stone and it missed him. They were normally very good shots. One went to grab his arm and he could not hold Brian. The other pulled out a switchblade knife and opened it. He went to stab Brian in the arm and it slipped off him. However it did look like Brian move away from it, to the bullies. Brian chopped his hand down on the knife hand. They all heard a loud crack sound. The knife dropped to the floor, the bully hand and arm just went soft, hanging like a piece of paper. Brian had fractured his hand bones together with pulling out the ligaments from the elbow and shoulder. He fainted with pain.

The largest of the three bullies ran into Brian at the tree. Brian without thinking but he now believed the ring did the action. Moved both sideways and under the arms of the big bully. He face planted the tree trunk and fell backwards knocking himself out. Later it proved he cracked his skull in five places and broke 7 ribs. The incident was witnessed by another girl Judy, she did running, like Brian. She saw what they did and had called the police on her mobile describing what she saw with them trying to bully Brian. The same two police officers arrived and took both Brian and Judy’s statement. They collected the knife and called the ambulance, they let Brian and Judy to continue their run.

They went running together to the valley picnicked area and sat down. Judy was panting and needed a drink. Brian was fine and not out of breath. He opened his water bottle and found he could not drink it. He handed it to Judy who drank most of his water. They talked for a bit about the bullies. Both were happy they were injured. Judy went to grab Brian’s hand and found she could not hold it. She just seemed to slip off his hand unless Brian held her. Brian was taking mental notes of the difficulties. He slipped off his ring and placed it in his top pocket. Judy could now hold his hand. Brian finished off his water. They walked back into town.

Judy lived only two streets away from Brian, She was in university studying physiology.
Brian asked, “What is that?”
Judy explained, “It is the science of life. It is the branch of biology that aims to understand the mechanisms of living things, from the basis of cell function at the ionic and molecular level to the integrated behaviour of the whole body and the influence of the external environment.”

Brian laughed and explained “I am an engineer that is a professional who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. It would appear you are the same in the way you look at the body, we look outside of the body.” Judy laughed with him and a big smile. They hugged and agreed to meet in the morning at 6.30 for another run.

They met daily for the next two weeks and enjoyed running and the time running together got longer and longer. Their hugs at the end of the running became longer and they did kiss a few times.

After two weeks, on the Monday morning Judy had changed her hair style and had makeup on. Brian knew something was wrong. They walked to the park, sitting down he held Judy and asked.

Because Brian had his ring and he was holding Judy she told the truth.

Judy said “Mum and I went to the movies yesterday and two girls caught me in the toilet. They had seen me running with you and thought you were my boyfriend. They are angry with you because you put their boyfriends in hospital. They put chewing gum all in my hair, they pulled out some of my hair and bashed my face against the door frame.” She broke down and cried.

Brian was angry and he had to stop holding Judy as he could feel his anger and he could hurt Judy.
Brian asked “Is your mother home?”
Judy replied “No.”
Brian smiled “Please take me to your home and let me see your jewellery please?”
Judy really looked at him, however she agreed. They walked to her home holding hands and Judy showed her the jewellery. Brian found three gold ring, the others were either silver or mock gold.

Brian asked “Are these yours and could I change the stone in one of them?”
Judy pulled the ring with a grey shiny stone. “I like the ring but not the stone.”
Brian smiled “OK lets go to my home.” They walked to Brian’s home. His father was out.

In the workshop he put Judy’s ring in an oven to warm it up for altering. Going to his bedroom he collected another black ball. Well the black balls had formed a pyramid and on top was an 8mm ball. He felt this was the ball for the ring. He removed the warm ring and inserted the black ball making sure it was secure.

Placing a piece of wood, a pipe and an empty plastic bottle with a top screwed tight, on the bench he asked Judy “What I am about to show you, I need you to agree never to reveal what is occurring from now. Even if we do not stay as friends please” He held her hands.
Judy answered “OK I promise, it won’t hurt me, will it?”
Brian smiled “No, I need you to try and break this piece of wood by squeezing it.” She failed, “Now the pipe!” Again she failed. “Finally the bottle, squeeze and try to pop the top. Judy failed.

Brian smiled at her. He tapped her fingers with the pipe and she said “Ouch.”

He said “Good you felt it. Now you see the ring I wear?”
Judy looked at him “You don’t wear any rings that I can see!”
Brian looked at her in surprise “What, you can not see my ring?” as he removed it from his fingers. Judy could now see the ring “That is a nice ring but no I did not see it on your fingers.”
Brian said “I have a ring now for you, Tell me what you feel as I put it on your finger please?”

Judy smiled “O, the stone is spinning, I feel tingling, a nice tingling. It’s very nice, the feeling.”
Brian put his ring back on and Judy said “I can see you with your ring now.”
Brian said “We need to run some tests, I asked you to squeeze three items, now try them again.”
Judy crushed the wood, pipe and bottle, with the top flying off. She looked amazed. Brian tapped her fingers with the crushed pipe and she look at him amazed. She did not feel it.

Brian gave her a cuddle and they seem to meld together. He kissed her and she responded.

After a few minutes they sat in the kitchen. Brian gave her a drink and she tried to drink it. No go. He gave her a biscuit, again no go. Brian said “This is the only downfall at present. Take off your ring and put it in your pocket, not the table or on any metal.” They did. Then they could enjoy a drink and biscuit.

Brian explained how he found the stones at a meteorite site and the testing he has done. Now you have a ring please tell me of anything that happens, I am keeping a diary of the stone events. Judy agreed. Wearing the rings they went out for a nice hour long run. Both did not feel tired after running.

The next day as they walked to the shopping centre holding hands, the bully girlfriends were looking at them. Both Brian and Judy could feel them watching. They walked out the back into the lane way. Brian moved away from Judy. The girls tried to grab Judy. One pulled on her hair again but could not hold it. The other went to push her face into the wall. Judy pulled the hair of the girl trying to pull hers and pulled out a good three inch square of hair including the roots. It was noticeable. She threw a punch at Judy’s nose. Judy moved and like her boyfriend it seem to speed up and pulled her ligaments. She fell down. The other girl went to kick Judy. Judy grabbed her foot and pulled it higher. They heard a pop. Judy had pulled the knee and pelvic joints apart. Judy kicked both girls femur bones in anger. Later x-rays revealed she did in fact shatter the bones into many parts. Brian and Judy walked out of the lane way arm in arm.
Brian asked “Feel better?”

Judy replied “Yes and No. Yes for the injuries they gave me. No because of the weakness of my anger in kicking them when they were down.”
Brian cuddled her “Good.” Judy looked at him “You defended yourself, and you are not a bully or will throw your skills around. We use them for defence darling.” She held him tightly as the walked away. The girls were found an hour later and refused to speak to anyone about what occurred.

A few days later whilst running up the valley they followed the stream passed the warning sign not to proceed without adequate clothing and footwear. After ten minutes they came across a nice pond where the stream started and a small waterfall from the rock face. They stripped off and entered the pool. This was the first time they had seen each other naked. Brian saluted Judy. They swam and hugged in the water. Moving onto the grass bank near their clothes, they kissed and hugged each other. Judy asked “Have you ever been with a girl before Brian?”
Brian replied “Not really, why?” Judy rolled Brian onto his back and mounted his hard cock. It was heavenly to Brian. They completed their love making session with both screaming out in pleasure. They fell asleep.

They woke up 40 minutes later knowing they were being watched. Two men, one with a handgun told them to separate. They both stood up fast. Too fast for the men. The one with the gun fired at Brian. He turned side wards and the bullet hit the tree behind. He shot Judy, and her reactions were just as quick. It hit the tree behind them. The other one said “We will shoot you again but we need the girl. You are the first female I have seen since escaping the jailhouse. Hands up boy!” as he advanced on Judy. She smiled at Brian and as he approached she swiftly kicked him in the crown jewels between his legs. He flew three feet back in the air and landed in the water. The shooter shot at Brian, but he was not there. He punched the guy under the chin. They heard a crack. He fell backwards into the water. Both were out cold.

They pulled them out of the water. Judy made some ties out of tree bark. After stripping their clothes off. They tied their hands to their feet and to their penises in a ball. They found a heap of money in their wallets and a car key. Brian and Judy dressed, collected their clothes including shoes and walked back down the stream to the car park. They found the car and on opening the boot, they found two bags. One bag with white powder the other a large amount of cash. They sat in the car and counted the cash. In the count they found a tracking module. Wrapping two notes around the module they threw the module under a car that had just arrived with some young kids drinking. They drove the car into town. On the radio the announcement was about the two men that had absconded from the prison and shot a guard. He was in hospital. Judy found a pay as you go mobile in the car glove box. They parked the car in a reserve, they walked away with the money in a sports bag and rang the police. Judy mentioned where the men were and where they parked the car. They threw the open phone into a garbage bin and ran fast along the river to their street. They got home safely and not noticed.

Brian put the bag inside his old cricket bag in the top of his wardrobe. He took out four bundles of money and gave Judy three. He drove Judy home and she took the money into her bedroom hiding it in her sports bag. Judy asked What are you going to do with your money?”
Brian held her and kissed her lips “Our money, it’s for both of us.” Judy kissed him back hard.

That night on the news, Brian and Judy, at their homes, saw the prisoners being bundled into a police van with just towels around them. And the report of the drug find in their getaway car.

The next morning, they decided to run to the next town, not the valley. They would give the valley a miss for a few weeks. Whilst running, a car stopped and with a male holding a gun, he tried to force Judy into the car. Before he realised, Brian had run around his car and punched him in the head, cracking his skull and eye bone. The gun fell to the floor. He was out cold. A passing police car was waved down by Judy. When the officer got out of his car, Judy explained what happened. He cuffed the suspect and retrieved his gun, placing it in a bag. Another police van pulled up. It was still unconscious and taken to the local hospital under police guard. The officer explained they had been trying to find the rapist. They signed his police book for the statement they gave. On the way home they shook their head at the number of instances that had occurred to them in the past few weeks.

At Judy’s home, her mum was there. Judy introduced Brian as her boyfriend and running mate. She was pleased Kate had a male running partner and invited him to dinner. He asked if he could bring his father as it was his dinner making night. She agreed for 6pm. Judy was so happy mum finally knew about their relationship.

Brian smartly dressed and got his dad to do the same. On arrival, Judy took them into the dining room. Brian introduced his dad, Judy introduced her mum. Dad shook his head saying “Son you should introduce me by my name. Hi, I am Joe.”
Mum laughed “Yes Judy same here, I am Sally, please to meet my daughter’s boyfriend parent. Is there anyone else?”
Joe looked at Brian “Girlfriend, since when? Sally no, just my boy and me for the last 12 years.”

Sally laughed “Yes same here with Judy for the last five years.”
Judy turned around and said “Professor Knight, you teach physiology at uni?”
Joe smiled at her “Yes I do, why?”
Judy replied “I’m in your class next semester sir. Wow I did not know you had a son and well, he is my boyfriend. We have been running together for the past few weeks after the incidence with the local bullies.”

Sally said “Let’s sit down and talk.” They sat at the dining table. Judy was almost sitting on top of Brian. “Were you involved with putting the three local bullies into hospital, they are under my care? Joe I am a registered nurse. We have conflicting stories with those boys and so many people are very happy Karma has got them?”

Brian looked at his dad, embarrassed, and told them the story of the incident. He did not mention the ring. Sally told her side about the other two and the two females. They also explained what occurred this morning on their run. Judy held Brian’s arm saying “He is my protector, and I love him for being with me.” Brian blushed. They did not mention about the prisoners.
Sally said “Well Joe looks like your son is being a good ‘knight’ with my daughter.” and smiled.
Joe said “Funny, I like the pun. I wondered why you have been running a lot lately and all of the chores done at home.” He looked at Sally and smiled.

Sally stood and went into the kitchen to bring out their dinner. Lazana, salad and chips. Joe opened the bottle of moscato white wine with Sally and Joe drinking it. Brian and Judy had juice. After the initial talking the evening went on very well with Joe and Sally really talking together. They had no chance of interrupting Brian and Judy running talk. The Peach Melba dessert was extremely nice.

As Joe and Sally sat in the lounge room talking, Brian and Judy went into her bedroom to talk, kiss and grope each other. At 10pm Joe called Brian to go home. Joe gave Sally a kiss in the cheek for a lovely meal and got a promise to see each other again. Brian kissed Sally on the cheek and kissed Judy on the lips with an agreement to meet for their 6.30am run. As they departed Sally put her arm around Judy saying “Well you have a nice steady knowledgeable boyfriend and he has a very nice handsome father.”
Judy looked at them as they left “Well I think you are in love mum? I know I am with Brian.”

They laughed together as they saw the car drive away.
Joe said, in the car, “Well two very nice people son. Would you like to meet them again, soon?”
Brian answered “Did you really like her mum, I only met her today. I think I love Judy though!”
Joe replied “You do, and it’s good to see. Thanks for an enjoyable evening son.”

When they arrived home Joe’s phone rang. It was his farmer friend Ian, asking if he could come and look after the farm for two weeks as he has to go away. Brian heard the call. Joe replied “I cannot as I have meetings.” Brian stood in front of his dad and pointed to himself nodding his head. “But my son is volunteering, if that is OK?” Looking at Brian he added “He might have a friend with him?”
Ian, the farmer replied “Yes please, I must go away in two days, Can he come tomorrow please?”
Joe replied “Yes he will come tomorrow.” He hung up. “Well do you want to ring Judy?”
Brian ran to his room and called Judy. She agreed and he would pick her up at 7.30. Dad walked into his room and asked to speak to Sally. He gave the details to Sally and she agreed they could go together. He gave her his mobile number.

The following morning at 5am Brian woke up and was very happy. His box of black balls were rattling. He opened the box and found the largest ball was sitting on top of a ball pyramid. As soon as he picked it up he realised it wanted to go with him. He showered and put both the ball and ring in his top pocket. He packed a bag for a week and collected 10 bundles of money, which he wrapped in another bag. It was 5.45am and he was ready to go. He placed his shoes and gear in his car. He realised he had to wait almost two hours to pick up Judy. He made some breakfast and watched early morning TV.

Joe came out at 7am and smiled as his son was dressed and ready to go. He asked “What time did you get out of bed son?” laughing.
Brian answered “5.30 dad, I’m packed and ready to go!”
Joe walked to his study and came back with two books.
Joe said “Well off you go and pick up Judy, I bet she has been ready for ages. Here are some books for Judy to read at the farm. Take some study books yourself, You will have plenty of time to read after your physical exhaustion.” Brian got three books as well. Joe hugged his son and Brian left with a very big smile.

Judy woke up at 6am and was packing as well. At 6.30 Sally got up and checked her bags making sure she had everything including women’s supplies. Like Joe she gave her daughter a big cuddle. At 7.10 Brian arrived. They packed the car, gave Sally a big hug and left for the 5 hour drive to the farm.

They arrived just before lunch. Brian introduced Judy, Ian was pleased for his offer to look after the farm. There was no major items needed only the daily chores of feeding some animals and the dogs. That afternoon he showed them the routine. Brian and Judy slept together and really made love, trying to be quite for Ian. The following morning Ian showed them the food store and what morning chore were needed. They could collect fresh bread and milk from the local town 30 minutes away. Ian was very happy with the attention they gave to his instructions. In fact so happy he left them that afternoon for his trip away.

The following morning they did all of the chores and dressed for running. They ran to the meteorite site, As they both had their rings on, they were not out of breath. Ian took the largest ball out of his pocket and bounced it in his hand. Within a few minutes they were covered in smaller balls all over their bodies except the face. They looked like the hulk. Then the balls seem to go clear, no longer black but the same colour as their skin. They looked at each other wondering what was happening to them. They felt an urge to return home, so they ran, very fast and were back at the farm house in what seem a quarter of the time they ran to the site. They sat on their bed and the balls all seem to pool around them. They collected them in a very strong cardboard box. Inside the box they returned to being the black colour.

Judy said “They seem a cross between organic and manufactured. We must check again tomorrow to see if there are any more at the site darling.”
Brian still holding the big ball replied “Yes, I somehow feel this ball is trying to tell me things.”
They did the chores, had dinner and enjoyed another night together. This time their love-making was more personal and intense. It felt fantastic to both of them.

After the chores the following morning, they again went to the meteorite site and collected more black balls, this time there was not as many. They only covered around half of their bodies and Brian felt this was the final lot. They returned home and put the balance in the box. They seem to hum being together.

Today, Saturday and Ian did mention there was a dance in town if they wanted to go and see the real country life. That afternoon, after the chores, they dressed and drove into town both with their rings on for safety. In the pub they enjoyed their meal and watching the dancing. They even danced a few numbers. They had put their rings back on after eating dinner.

Around 10pm just as they were thinking about leaving. Three louts arrived and started to make a lot of noise. One challenged city boy Brian to an arm wrestle. Brian smiled as they set a table up. The big loudmouth mentioned his offsider will deal with it. Brian sat down. The other guy made a song and dance removing his jacket and sat down He got ready and tried to squeeze Brian hand before the call. The call was made and Brian flattened his hand to the table before anyone noticed. The guy got angry and wanted best of three. Brian put his arm in place. This time the guy was weary. The call was made and again Brian flattened his hand down. Brian said “I am the local champion at home, country boy.” He stood up and walked out with Judy.

As this was a long weekend to town folks, a large ute pulled up at the farm after midnight. The three drunk louts walked to the homestead but Brian walked out the door together with Judy. They came armed with metal pipes and a chain.
Brian looked at Judy, “Agree darling, self defence, they must strike first?”
Judy answered “Yes my darling.” smiling.
The leader swung the pipe to Brian head. Brian ducked and pushed his hand faster in the swing. He ended up hitting his own back. The next guy with the chain started swinging it to hit Brian. The other guy went to hit Judy on the head, Judy stepped sidewards and pushed the bar into the guy swinging the chain. They clashed and dropped their tools. Brian hit his guy under the chin. Stepped sidewards and hit the guy with the chain, under his chin. Judy kicked the other guy in between his legs and as he bent over drove her knee into his chin. They were out and all had broken jaws in a few pieces. They put the guys into the back of their ute. Judy took a longer time to put them in safely. She actually pulled their jeans down to their ankles and positioned the boys to look like they were enjoying each other, wicked mind.

Brian drove the ute back into town and left it at a park where a few youngsters where having a party. They did not see him park the vehicle and he ran back to the road where Judy was in the car. They drove home hoping no one saw them. They did not.

The boys were found two hours later and a few pictures were taken on mobile phones. When they tried to wake them up, they could not and one called the police. They called an ambulance and the three of them taken to the local hospital. They realised they did not have the skills to deal with them after facial x-rays. They were all airlifted to the major city hospital. They ended up staying for three months until their jaws were healed. Not one of them recalled how it happened.

Brian and Judy enjoyed their stay on the farm and did daily running, always going to the meteorite site. They did not get any more balls. During the heat of the day they actually read their books. Today on their meteorite run they entered the actual hollow and sat at the base impact. Without realising they stayed sitting for over two hours in a trance.

The following morning the balls were making a noise in their box. Brian looked and the largest ball was sitting on the pyramid of balls. He picked it up and put it in his top pocket. After the chores they ran to the meteorite site, walking to the middle again and this time Brian held the largest ball in his hand and held it at the bottom of the impact zone. There was a rumble of ground and a large black ball came to the surface it was around 100mm. At least 4 times the size of the first one he found. Judy asked “I wonder if there are any more?”
Brian felt this was it. He replied “I think we now have them all, lets go home.” They walked back to the house looking and both touching the new black ball that did not seem to have any weight.