Chapter 34: New Friends

Island Day 26-27

Maxwell Lester POV:

Captain Brunkman and his crew, Seaman Kyle Kryer, Boomer, Hermie and Timbo are quickly becoming our close friends.

The Captain wants us to just call him ‘Jack’, as in Captain Jacques ‘Jack” Brunkman, when he is not actually in command of his ship. He already told his boys if they EVER called him Jack on the ship they’d be ‘keel-pulled’.

I chuckled and said our Navy called it ‘keel hauling’ and he said he liked our term better! He then explained to his boys exactly what that was, causing their eyes to look like pie plates.

After we pulled our boat up on shore and set the anchor, we joined the party that was in progress. Blaine and I were ’told’ by Annie that both Tumrik and Leena had been given telepathy and that they picked it up very quickly. She said we missed watching Maggie make Chen look like a putz!

For the last couple days Chen has been acting very secretive.

The thing is, the dude doesn’t realize that ANYTHING he tells Jasmine, my big buddy Tiny also knows! I don’t think he grasps just how close Tiny and Jasmine have become since they partook of those little blue pills that, that Lars guy gave us.

Anyways, shortly after we rejoined the gang, Tumrik smiled, “So, Captain, did you and your boys enjoy your little ride?”

Jack grinned, “More than anything I’ve ever done before! I never thought you could use the wind to make a ship move like that. A couple times I was afraid we might capsize!”

“Yeah, I got a little carried away with some of those turns,” I chuckled. “We just redesigned that sail and I was trying to test its limits. Sorry if I frightened you!?”

Jack just grinned wider, “Oh, it was great. We all know how to swim, so, it was all good. Director Tumrik, Max said he might be able to help me build a ship that could use sails like his does!”

Tumrik looked at Chen, then me, “About that ... you may want to go slow at first. I wouldn’t want you to do something that might get our new friends in trouble?”

Jack looked confused, “How could helping me get them into trouble?”

Tumrik shrugged, again looking at Chen, then me, before saying, “There’s much about us and ... another group of... ‘different-looking people’ that you don’t know.”

Jack winked at me and I nodded, acknowledging his knowing wink, before Tumrik continued, “I don’t know how to say this so that you’ll understand ... I and all the others like me ... are not gods. We are just another species of beings from a planet far, far away from here. Much further away than the one our new friends have come from. We had to make you think of us as ‘gods’ so that you would not resist us. We needed to mine certain kinds of crystals that were easily found here since we need them for fuel for our ships. Huge ships that fly in the sky and can travel great distances in very short times.”

“Max said something like that. But, how in the world could Max and his friends helping us make better ships bother you? If we had sails, we could have made this trip much faster and with far fewer rowers!”

Tumrik huffed, “BECAUSE, it’s not that WE would care at all! But, what you don’t know is ... there is another group of ‘beings’, known as Triloks, who supposedly started your race of people here. And they don’t want anyone giving you advanced... ‘ideas’ before you would have discovered them all on your own. They will get very angry if they discover our friend, Max, has even shown you his sailboat, let alone given you a ride.”

Jack and his boys still looked confused, not totally understanding what Tumrik was getting at. It was obvious the whole idea of aliens ‘owning’ or starting their species was way over their heads.

I patted his shoulder, “I know it’s a lot to take in, but, remember I hinted that my friend, Blaine and I were ‘wizards’, well, like Tumrik, we are actually from a different planet too. We just have an ability that you’d call ‘wizardry’. It could be that we’re even from the same species as you are, since we look so much alike and even speak the same language. It’s just that, our people are a thousand Sun Cycles ahead of yours as far as ‘ideas’ or what we call ‘technology’ is concerned.”

Jack shook his head while his boys looked on with their mouths open, “So, sitting right here, there are three different kinds of beings? And there is yet another one who you say may have some say in what we all do?”

Jack’s man, Hermie asked, “How many different kinds of beings ARE there?”

I smiled at him, “Well, there’s no telling exactly, but, most likely thousands if not millions! Right Tumrik?”

Tumrik was nodding and Hermie’s mouth was open, with his eyes popping out of his head.

So was Jack’s and all the rest of his guys. Then, they seemed to get a bit nervous.

After a long silence Jack said, “I must say this is a bit overwhelming to me. Max, you said Tumrik’s people were leaving this planet? Are ... are your people going to take over?”

I looked at Chen who was shaking his head, but smiling, “No”, Chen said, “I mean, we probably could if we wanted, but, that’s NOT what we want. You see, we’re kind of stuck here, at least for the time being and we just want to make as many friends with you and your people as we can.

“We don’t know much about your world and forcing your people to do what we want would be just as bad as what Tumrik’s people were doing. We WILL, however, try and help make sure your rulers treat you right.”

We could all see Jack relax a bit, “So, there really won’t be any more of our friends being forced to work in the mines?”

Chen smiled and shook his head, “No, that is over! As a matter of fact, Tumrik’s Commander gave me the Port Loma mine and many of the previous slaves asked me if they could stay and work the mine for me.

“They are being given 80% of whatever the mine makes and I am hoping to acquire the bigger Midlander mine and hire workers to continue mining it too. The difference is, we will be doing it much safer and we won’t be looking for the crystals. What we want is the gold, silver and iron ore. We may save any crystals we find to sell or trade with our Gromorik friends, but, we want to establish a profitable business, or businesses. Hopefully we will also be creating jobs for anyone willing to work.”

Hermie looked happy, “I have many friends who were at the Port Loma mine. If the guards hadn’t been stealing from us and hurting us all the time, I would not have minded the work.”

I chuckled, “We know about them! There was a group that we caught after they purposely made one of the mines collapse, trapping many miners inside. They are all either dead now, or only have one hand left! We used our ‘wizard’ abilities and managed to save everyone, including the Gromorik Supervisor, Braitak.”

Timbo was gobsmacked, “Do you know if one of that group was named Hap? Or Ronnie or Broo?”

“Yes, I remember those three names, they are all taking a ‘dirt nap’ right now!”

“Dirt nap?” Timbo asked.

Jack laughed, “That means they’re dead and buried, taking a permanent ‘nap’ in the ground! I do love our new friends’ use of words. It is most entertaining while also accurate.”

Hermie grinned at Timbo, “I’m glad those assholes are gone. Captain, does this mean that when we get back home we won’t have to work for you anymore?”

Jack shrugged, “The fact that you will no longer be compelled to work for me and my newly formed Merchant Marine Corp is true. However, what I said during training still applies. Anyone who wishes to continue working for me will be encouraged to enlist. I sincerely hope you will, especially since now with our friends’ help, we may soon, not have to row nearly as much!”

“I like being on your crew. I just wanted to know, for sure, if we were no longer slaves?” Hermie told him. “Does that mean we will get paid?”

“Yes, of course. I was planning on giving all of my previously enslaved crew some payment for this voyage as encouragement to enlist. Oh, and there won’t be any of those cruel, idiot guards anymore, either, since, they won’t be needed. I assure you the next one who tries anything will get, like our friends said, keel-hauled!”

Timbo smiled, “I wanted to thank you for keeping those guys away from us, too. Knowing we’ll never have to avoid their wrath anymore makes me want to sign up right now.”

Boomer and Hermie joined Timbo, and Jack had his first three new, volunteer crewmembers. Seaman Kryer was already one of Jack’s regular crew.

That helped all of them to loosen up and the next thing I knew they began flirting with our girls! Annie, Jasmine, Naomi, Sheila, Maggie, Meredith and even Lucy were giggling and flirting back, provocatively.

Jack noticed and saw our amused looks, “Ahemmm, haven’t you boys ever seen pretty girls before?”

They froze, which really made our girls giggle. I chuckled, “Don’t worry, Jack, our girls are teasing them too!”

“Yes, but, aren’t you upset these guys are making eyes with your girls?” Jack asked, a bit nervously.

“Hell no! We don’t own them. They can do whatever makes them happy. Oh, we all love all of them, but, they’re free to be with whoever they wish. If they want to ‘entertain’ your guys that’s cool with us. Perhaps you guys would like to sample some of our ‘refreshments’ before our girls get too wound up?”

“Refreshments?” Jack asked.

“Yes, liquid refreshments. Have you ever had any alcohol before? Like maybe rum or wine?”

Jack chuckled, “Oh yes. Wine and some grog that is much stronger, but doesn’t taste very good ... until you’ve had several mouthfuls!”

“Well, my friend, Blaine, has been busy since we arrived here making some of his famous ‘Moonshine’ and a couple other concoctions we call tequila and vodka. We also have some wine that the girls seem to like better than the ‘hard’ stuff. Would you like to try some?”

Jack smiled, then looked at his boys, “That would be good. Um, boys, go easy on what he calls the ‘hard stuff’? I have a feeling it packs a bit of a kick!”

A few of the girls disappeared, causing our friends to gasp, then reappeared with a couple trays of Blaine’s hooch, wine and some mixers, like punch flavored Kool-Aid, Pepsi and lemonade.

Annie giggled, pointing at the pitchers of mixers, “Blaine’s moonshine tastes much better when mixed with some of this stuff! I especially like his vodka mixed with the red stuff, we call fruit punch.”

Jack plunged right in, asking for a cup of straight moonshine. I held my breath as he took the first sip and chuckled when his eyes shot open and he coughed a few times.

“Phew! WOW, now that’s ... whew, STRONG! You boys may want to try something else first?”

I laughed when his boys insisted on trying the moonshine, straight up, not wanting to appear less ‘manly’ than their Captain.

The results were predictable!

Everyone laughed when the four of them started coughing and gasping. Timbo coughed, “Uh, maybe I’d like to try some more with that punch stuff Miss Annie suggested?”

Annie took his Solo cup and fixed him another drink, just the way she liked it. With quite a bit more moonshine. “Here cutie, I’m betting you’ll like this much better!?”

Timbo was blushing like crazy, since Annie was the one he’d been flirting with and now it seemed she had noticed and responded favorably.

He took a tentative sip, then licked his lips, “Oh, Miss Annie, this tastes MUCH better! Thank you, Ma’am!”

Now all the girls were giggling, mockingly calling Annie ‘ma’am’. Timbo, still blushing, took another sip, “Why are all of you giggling?”

Jasmine snarked, “I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call Annie, ‘ma’am’ before! Or any of us, for that matter! Listen guys, just call us by our names, okay? I’m Jasmine, and the other hot blonde is Naomi, the little redhead is Sheila, the taller brown haired girl is Maggie and the cute shorter one is Meredith. The skanky darker blonde is Lucy!”

Lucy playfully slapped Jasmine’s shoulder, then smirked, “She should talk about skanky! She never met a guy she didn’t want to jump her bones!” Giggle, “I haven’t either, for that matter.” She grinned, mischievously. “Anyone else want to try another drink?”

That really broke the ice and everyone, even Tumrik and Leena wanted to try some of the ‘hard stuff’ with a mixer. Blaine, Monte, Steve, Tiny and I all opted for some of the vodka, straight up. I have to say, it was surprisingly smooth. I’ve had some very good, top-shelf vodka before and Blaine’s is as good as many of them!

As inhibitions started disappearing, our girls were getting horny and it was apparent Timbo wasn’t the only one getting frisky attention and giving it back. He was enamored with Annie, Hermie was getting ‘friendly’ with Naomi, Boomer, the biggest of the crew, was struggling to keep his hands off an overheated, Lucy and Seaman Kryer was sitting next to Sheila, completely mesmerized with her short, curly red hair and infectious personality.

Jack was starting to get anxious, also seeing what was transpiring.

I wanted Chen to give him telepathy, so, I decided to run interference for his guys. I mentally asked Meredith, who thought Jack was ‘cute’, to go and sit in his lap.

Just as Jack started saying something to Boomer, who was practically making out with Lucy, Meredith giggled, came over and erotically sat down on Jack’s lap. She batted her eyes at him, squirmed her bottom on his groin and laid a sloppy, hot kiss on him!

“Captain, my sisters would like to know if it would be okay with you to entertain your men for a little while?” She asked before giving him another squirm and kiss.

He looked at me with panic in his eyes, “Ughhh, Mu, mu, Max, ummm, would it really be okay with you?”

I couldn’t help but laugh, as did most of my ‘Earth’ friends, seeing the looks in all of their eyes, “Sure! Do you girls have a plan? Or should everyone just ‘drop trau’ and we go for it right here?”

Annie giggled, “I think it would be best if we had just a little privacy. I was thinking of taking Timbo to our cave?”

Sheila frowned, “Darn it, I don’t have anywhere to go!”

Annie just smiled, “No problem, we have a nice, small, empty cave right next to ours. Just give us a second then pop in right behind me! I’ll give you some blankets and a lantern, okay?”

That made Sheila grin and she kissed Kyle (Seaman Kryer) on the cheek, “Sound good to you, Sweetie?”

All the poor guy could do was blush and nod repeatedly. There were some gasps when, seconds later, the four of them disappeared!

Jack was stunned, “Umm, Max? I will see them again, right?”

I chuckled heartily and patted him on the back, “Oh yes! But, probably not for a little while? Here, look over at that mountain.” I pointed at where I knew they went. Within seconds we saw two lights go on and some movement.

“So, you really do live in caves?”

“Many of us, yes. We DO have a, well, I guess you could call it a house, but, many of us choose to sleep in caves for privacy and quiet. Some nights can get very ... wild, what with our ladies easily excitable libidos”

“Libidos?”

Chuckle, “Yeah, that means their need for getting their pleasure spots, probed ... repeatedly!”

Jack, laughed, while Hermie and Boomer blushed even deeper, looking and grinning at Lucy and Naomi.

Lucy said she and Boomer were going to her and Lonnie’s cave, while Naomi was going to her ‘room’ in the house. When they disappeared, I just patted Jack again and assured him all was good.

Tumrik surprised me when he let out a loud sigh. I asked him what was wrong and he just sighed again, “Well, I was hoping to have some time with Sheila...?”

Jasmine jumped up and pulled him into a warm embrace. “And what am I, chopped ... horsemeat? I thought you wanted to put YOUR pleasure probe into my, tight, horny joy hole?”

He blushed a deep blue, which shocked Jack, never having seen a Gromorik blush before.

Tumrik stammered, “Umm, ugh, um, NO, of course not sweet lady! Please forgive me?”

Jazz giggled, “How about BOTH you and Leena joining me and Chen up in our ‘penthouse’ cave?” She said, pointing to the very top of the mountain, where the two lights had just dimmed with the occupants now inside.

Leena giggled and kissed Chen with a lot of passion, “Oooh that does sound like fun!”

It was looking like they were about to go when I asked Chen, mentally, about giving Jack telepathy.

He chuckled and said that Meredith was joined with George and he would gladly take care of that. Then said he and Jazz were in a hurry, not knowing how much longer they would have tonight. I ‘asked’ George, to be sure, and he said ‘no problem’ and that since I was also joined with Meredith, even I could give it to him, since we were now joined too!

I’d forgotten about all those connections and now realized I was joined with nearly the entire Family!

Annie ‘heard’ my conversation and giggled in my head, “And don’t forget, my Love, my little JB could also help you out if needed!”

When I looked around, Maggie, Monte, Tiny and Blaine were all nodding and grinning at me!

Holy shit! MY resources were nearly limitless! A sense of warm power and confidence seemed to come rushing into me, making my knees weak ... I was trembling! I’d never felt this before.

I was still pondering this when Jack asked, “Max, is there any way you could, you know, give me a lift back to my ship? Something tells me we may be here a bit longer than I led my crew to expect?”

I grinned, seeing Meredith’s fake pout, “Max! You be dang sure to bring him right back, okay?”

I was just about to nod when Jack exclaimed, “Oh my sweet, beautiful lady, wild oxen couldn’t keep me away!”

I chuckled, “We usually say ‘wild horses’?”

Jack grinned, “But, oxen are MUCH stronger than horses! Wild horses would be much easier to get away from, would they not?”

Meredith was now giggling like crazy and smacked my shoulder, “He’s got a point, Max! This time HIS words are better!”

Just as Jack started to puff his chest out, I took his arm, turned us invisible, and ported us out, aiming for just above his ‘crow’s nest’.

When we looked down there was somebody in it, peering intently through a long telescope. Jack chuckled, then whispered, “It seems my First Mate, Tillman, has been keeping an eye on us.”

I whispered back, “Did you not trust us?”

“Well, not at first, but, I did not tell him to spy on us! This guy likes to observe, how do you say, people pleasuring each other?”

I chuckled, “Oh, we call that a voyeur! Do you want to surprise him?”

“Oh, THAT would be fun! Just, I hope he doesn’t drop my telescope. We really need that!”

“No worries, I can catch it if he does. Let’s land right behind him, then I’ll let go of your arm and you’ll be visible, but, I won’t be.”

As soon as I let go, Jack shouted, “TILLMAN!”

And right on cue, he jumped, screamed and the telescope headed toward the deck. I snatched it out of midair and slowly brought it back. Jack was laughing his ass off, and, right after taking hold of it, asked forcefully. “What are you doing up here!?”

“Aaaaack! I, I, I was just making sure you all were not being made captives? The men all disappeared! Then, so did YOU? How in the world did you get here!???”

Jack huffed, but in a much lighter tone, “My new friend, Max! He was the one who took us for that sailboat ride you all saw.”

“Well, where is he?”

I dropped my invisibility, “Right here!”

Jack chuckled, seeing how bamboozled Tillman was as he jumped back and nearly went over the railing. I grabbed his arm, just to make sure I wouldn’t have to catch him too.

“Are you a ... WIZARD?”

Both Jack and I laughed.

I smirked, “So, you know about wizards?”

He coughed out, “Everybody has heard of wizards! But, but, this is the first time I’ve ever seen one!? No offense, but, you don’t look like I imagined you would?”

“Oh no? Just because I don’t have a long robe and pointy hat?”

He chuckled nervously, “No, you are much... bigger ... and younger than I imagined. I always pictured wizards as short, old guys who talked in riddles!”

Jack snickered, “He and his friends are also much stronger than you’d expect, too. Didn’t you see the two of them lift our skiff out of the water all by themselves?”

Tillman’s mouth popped open, “NO. That must have been before I climbed up here! Just two men picked up that skiff that took 12 of us to put in the water?”

“Yes, and they said they did not use any ‘wizard’ powers to do it!”

I grinned, “Oh, speaking of wizard powers, how would the two of you like to be able to ‘silent talk’ like all wizards can? Have you ever heard of ‘silent talkers’?”

Tillman nodded, “Yes, but again, I’ve never seen anyone who could actually do it. Are you saying YOU could make it so the Captain and I could talk like that!?”

“Yes, and you would also be able to talk to me and all of my friends, too.”

Jack grinned, “That would make keeping each other informed about running this ship much easier. What do we have to do?”

“Well, first, you must agree to accept our ‘secrecy agreement’. That means if you try to tell anyone about your abilities or about any of us, you will experience a very bad pain in your stomach. The more you say, the worse it will get. All of us had to agree to that before we got any powers. Do you both agree?”

Jack looked at Tillman and they both nodded, “We do. We probably would have anyway, since it would be best for us, too, if no one else knew. Does that also mean we can’t tell anybody about ... anything?”

I chuckled, “Oh, you can tell your friends about our ladies, the boat ride, meeting us, just not about anything ‘wizard like’ or that now you know we are wizards!”

Tillman frowned, “So, I can’t say how I saw our guys just disappear before my very eyes?”

“Correct, though, you could say they went somewhere that you couldn’t see.”

“Oh, I understand. Something that wouldn’t make them think you were wizards. So, what else must my Captain and I do?”

I smiled, “Just take my hands and gaze into my eyes.”

I felt George take control of my body and it’s like I was just a passenger, along for the ride. George’s thoughts were like my own and no conversation was necessary.

My two friends had picked up telepathy even faster and deeper than Tumrik and Leena had. They started talking, tentatively at first, but, then they ‘believed’ entirely and before I knew it they were as comfortable with it as I was.

Tillman was joking with Jack and Jack told him that he was about to have a nice time with an ‘enchanting’ young lady named Meredith and not to bother him. Tillman said he wished he could meet such a lady, himself and, damn, if Jack didn’t ‘talk’ Meredith into popping here!

I had to tell them to keep quiet, so the whole crew didn’t see us up here! When Tillman saw Meredith, he couldn’t believe his eyes. He exclaimed, quietly after being shushed, “Miss Meredith, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I am most envious of my Captain that such a beauty wishes to spend time with him! I can only hope I will one day be lucky like him?”

Meredith kissed him on the cheek, “You are very kind, now that you can speak like us, the next time I go to see Jack, maybe I’ll introduce you to one of my sisters?”

To say Tillman looked ‘enchanted’ would be an understatement. Jack handed him the telescope and told him to hang onto it this time. When he started to climb down I stopped him. “If you promise not to scream, I’ll give you a lift, so your telescope doesn’t accidentally get dropped?”