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It all started when my sister in law, Gail, called and said our friend Alice had decided to supplement her income with something called Slumbertime Parties. She still had a 4 year old at home and was both bored and just a bit short on money for her personal self.

I already knew that the parties were to demonstrate and sell erotic items to women. I did not know the extent of the product line.

Being just a few years older than Alice (33) and being back in the work force for only 2 years I was quite sympathetic. So when I got an invitation to her first party. I was an easy sell. My only toy was a dildo made by Don, my loving husband, but it didn’t vibrate. I knew that there were many exciting vibrating toys available. I just hadn’t know how to get them.

Please don’t think that a desire for toys indicated any failing by husbands. I like many females I had more capacity than my male partner. Aside from that he was not always home when the twinges struck. Don was all for me getting some toys. “Much better than a ‘boy toy’.” were his words.

Well it was quite a party. Almost all of the 15 girls there were new to the party approach. About half of us owned something but only one girl owned up to having a ‘collection’.

My best friend Lana and our friend Janet were also there. I had no qualms about them seeing me there nor did they seem embarrassed by my presence.

We played games, we saw sexy nothings to wear, sexy lotions to apply to intimate places and so many toys that I got horny just examining the samples and reading the catalogue. Everyone bought something.

I ordered two things, one was about the size and shape of a egg that had a multi speed vibrator inside. The other was hard rubber and just a bit bigger than my husband Don’s penis. It curved at the end which reminded me of a favorite lover in my past and it was also equipped with a speed controlled vibrator.

Of course everything had to be ordered. The egg seemed to be popular and most ordered one of those. My friend Janet had ordered something called ‘The Beaver’ whose function I didn’t quite understand at the time.

Lana ordered something made of gel which was equipped with a suction cup and a hard plastic vibrating cock which was bigger than the one I ordered. I kidded her saying that we could always share. She smiled but didn’t reply.

Alice said that everything should be in by the weekend. Arrangements were made to use the Gail’s apartment. She was divorced and her apartment would be empty and therefore private. Nobody wanted to explain things to curious kids. The time specified was 10:00 AM.

When I got home I was extra horny and I immediately attacked Don who was already in bed. After a quickie we paused and while we were still coupled I detailed my purchases and the other incidents of the party. He was rock hard when I finished and it turned into one of those great fucks which will be included in my final book of memories.

Come Saturday we all met at Gail’s. There were a bunch of packages on the table and our hostess had generously set out a supply of various batteries. Everybody showed up promptly. Most had left by 10:15

Then there were only five of us left the others apparently hurried home to examine and try out their purchase. Those remaining were me ( Barb), Alice, Gail, Lana and Janet.

Since we five showed no signs of leaving Gail took the hint and put on a fresh pot of coffee and a coffee cake. “I made it just in case.” she explained. “I hoped that you four would stay. Somehow I feel like this joins us together a little more.”

It wasn’t the first time that we five had been a group. Without any deliberate plan we had often been seated at a table at a large affair or just together for dinner or drinks. By us I mean either the girls only if it were that type of occasion or the girls and their significant other if it was a couples occasion.

Other than the eggs everyone had bought something different. Soon we were passing things back and forth and making rude remarks about their use and the expected result of that use.

It wasn’t long until there was buzzing from Lana’s egg. She passed it around an again there were rude remarks and suggestions. After a couple of minutes more all of the eggs were buzzing and Gail dared everyone to try their’s out.

“You first.” we all shouted almost in unison.

“I need it.” she said. “I haven’t been laid in two months.” With that she spread her legs and held it to her crotch.

Perhaps I should explain that it was mid June and the weather was warm. We had all dressed in something skimpy and cool. Alice was wearing a sun dress the rest of us some form of loose shorts. Some briefer than others.

As Gail pressed it to herself it seemed to sink in and become held between her vulva. I came to the conclusion that she was not wearing panties as wetness began to show around the egg. Meanwhile Gail’s eyes were beginning to glaze and her lips were parted and she was breathing hard.

I thought it best to break up the action so I began to clap. Soon the other’s joined and Gail came out of her daze and announced that coffee and cake were ready in the kitchen. We were all quiet as we drank and ate until Janet broke the silence saying.

“You all may think I am awful saying this but I totally enjoyed watching Gail. And I have to admit that it made me horny. So there.”

Well that broke the ice and we all allowed as we felt the same way. Finally Lana popped up with a surprising suggestion. Not only was I surprised by the suggestion but I was more surprised that it was made by Lana. She seemed to be the most sexually conservative of us all.

“I think that we should all do what Gail did. It’s only fair. We all got a thrill watching her not why shouldn’t she get to watch us?”

“Well look who’s a closet exhibitionist.” said Gail. “But I’m all for it.”

“That’s two.” said Lana. “Barb?”

“I’m in if you and Janet are. Janet?”

“OK.”

“Well I never was a party pooper.” said Alice. “Count me in. In fact I think we should start a club. How about we get together once a week and masturbate together. Sounds pretty damn exciting to me and it certainly doesn’t hurt anybody.”

With that Gail poured more coffee and we kicked the idea around and we all agreed and then we made up some rules.

Rules:

1. No non participants. If you stayed you played.

2. Panties a minimum when action starts. Beyond that your own choice.

3. Bring your own toy. Trading allowed but not required. 4. No touching others without both their permission and no objection from the other three.

5. Meeting. 8:30PM to 9:30PM Thursday. Place Gail’s house unless she is indisposed. Attendance not required if a good excuse. Examples of good excuse. Monthly distress. Vacation. A better offer.

By now we were all charged up and we headed back to recreation room. There was some fumbling around as some opted to use the facilities. Gail meanwhile went to her linen closed and came back for several beach towels to protect the upholstery.

I accepted her offering but I knew that I wouldn’t need it. I would strip to my panty but no way was I going to bare my pussy. No way!

One by one we stripped to out panties. All except Gail. She still wasn’t wearing any. Her almost totally shaved pussy was right out there and glistening in it’s wetness.

Somehow after a few minutes we were all holding vibrating eggs to our pussy. I looked around and we were in varying states of arousal with the most aroused being Gail.

She was obviously near orgasm and all eyes were fixed on her beautiful expression. Her very visible arousal was having a similar effect on me and I was pushing the device as far into me as the panty would allow. It still wasn’t enough in spite of me having the speed at maximum.

Then without conscious thought my hand was inside my panty and the egg was sliding around my slippery pussy trying to find the perfect place to rest. Then it found the place solidly against my clit. I switched hands.

Now my left hand was holding the egg and my right was below it inserting two fingers into my cunt. Then it was my fingers fucking me and the egg buzzing against my clit. Seated next to me Lana was had her hand inside her panty also.

My eyes were seeing ever increasing states of arousal and then watching Gail orgasm. Her second I think. Around me were moans and expressions of pleasure. Then came the final event which pushed my way over the edge and on to multiple orgasms.

I felt a hand slide down my wrist and on top o my left hand. It pushed my hand harder against my willing clit. I had closed my eyes and I kept them closed. Was it Lana on my right or was it Janet from my left. Truth told I really didn’t care.

I simply went with it and felt trembling begin in my pussy and engulf my whole body. The line that I was crossing here was so exciting. The trembling was replaced by my pelvis pushing up against what was now three hands. Then it retreated only to raise again. Then again, and again, and then again in that trusting motion that the body does in that moment of seeking deep penetration.

Then we must have all erupted at once. The sounds were so erotic, the sights, now that I had opened my eyes simply overwhelmed me. I took my left hand from under Lana’s right (yes it was Lana) and slid it over to her crotch.

I took control of her egg so that she could finger herself. She was the last to come. The rest of us looked around at each other. Still aroused and somewhat embarrassed but all with silly grins on our face.

Gail started it and by the time she had finished we had all joined in, saying.

“Next meeting Thursday at 8:30. Last one to come is a rotten egg.”

“OK.”

“Well good, no party poopers here.” said Alice. “Count me in. In fact maybe we should start a club. How about we get together once a week and masturbate together. Sounds pretty damn exciting to me and it certainly doesn’t hurt anybody.”

With that Gail poured more coffee and we kicked the idea around and we all agreed and then we made up some rules.

That accomplished we were all charged up and we headed back to recreation room. There was no doubt that we were all in and the excitement level was intense.

One by one we stripped to our panties. All except Gail. She wasn’t wearing any. Her almost totally shaved pussy was right out there and glistening in it’s wetness.

After a few minutes we were each holding a vibrating egg to our pussy. I looked around and was thrilled by the sight. Each of us was in a state of arousal with the most aroused being Gail.

Around me were moans and expressions of pleasure. Then I went way over the edge and on to multiple orgasms.

Gail had started it and one by one we wore ourselves out and finished it.

Then Gail spoke out and said in a firm and positive tone. “Next meeting Thursday at 8:30. Last one to come is a rotten egg. That’s a joke. Get it.”

Chapter 2

It was Thursday at 8:28 when I rang the doorbell.

I was the last one to arrive and the others were sitting around sipping wine and waiting for me. Like me they all seemed to have worn a minimum of clothing. I was wearing a T and cotton running shorts and panties. The panties were necessary because otherwise my cotton shorts would have a big wet spot between the legs.

The conversation didn’t stopped when I entered and I picked up a few comments from around the room.

Janet. “I’m in love. I even gave it a name.”

Lana. “I set an orgasm record.”

Gail . “By the time I get everybody out of the house in the morning so that I can have a quickie I’m dripping.”

About then Lana, the evening’s hostess, wrapped for order. “I see no reason to delay. My thought was that maybe we each give a report on our new toys. Anybody?”

I spoke up first. “I never had a vibrator before and I love it. The first time what with the anticipation I came in about 2 seconds. And I do mean 2 seconds.”

Lana spoke next saying. “I bought that suction cup thing. I stick it to the bottom of my bathtub and fuck it while the tub is filling with hot water. It’s different and it’s fun. I don’t come much but I certainly enjoy it.”

Janet was next. “I had told Jim what I ordered but not that it came in. I didn’t tell him about our Saturday morning either. I wanted to try it out first. Anyhow I trembled with anticipation all weekend and Monday morning till I finally had the house to myself. By then I was so wet I could have handled a bear.

Anyhow I was wearing a skirt and no panty and as soon as the coast was clear I ran to the bedroom. I laid down on the bed and shoved it into myself. I just savored the feeling for a while and almost came just from doing that.

I had memorized the controls and then I just turned it on. Full on. Both units. I just held it there for about 15 minutes and just enjoyed the sensations. I couldn’t believe how strong my orgasms were. Not many but really powerful.

Alice was holding a clear glass dildo in her hand. “God. I’m so hot listening to this stuff. I hope nobody minds if I start. With that she pushed her shorts and panties aside and slit the round end of the dildo deep inside of her. She was stroking herself with it even as it first entered her.

That broke everything up. We all turned wild and horny. Gail pulled off her shorts and her panties and shoved her egg inside of her and began fingering her clit. She came quickly and then picked up a vibrating stick like device and held that to her clit.

Lana had found a place of the floor that her suction cup penis would stick to and she was naked as she impaled herself with it. She held her other purchase in her hand and was offering it to me to try.

I thought for a moment and then decided that I would start with my own and then think about trying her larger one.

Meanwhile Janet too had become naked. “I can’t wait either and I’m going to start.” Having said that she picked up her Beaver and slid it beneath her short skirt and against her pussy. In seconds she had a look of ecstasy on her pretty face.

By then I was hotter than the proverbial fire cracker but still a bit modest. Like Alice I just pushed things aside and shoved by vibrating penis deep into my cunt. Like the expert I had become I had turned it full on by the time it was all the way inside of me.

The room was alive with sound. Vibrating noise. Squishing noise. Moaning noise. Panting nose. Little pleasure yelps in varying pitches.

It was also rapidly came alive with the smell of sex. With the smell of raw female pussy juice as Don calls it. As I looked around at the four faces I saw four females as I had never seen them before. It was a picture that my mind will treasure always.

By then there was a lot of very serious and energetic masturbation going on. Meanwhile somehow in the midst it all clothes were being shed. I looked around and realized that I was the only non-naked one there. I stopped long enough to remedy that situation.

Interesting enough Lana and I had not talked since the Saturday get together. I knew that we had crossed some kind of a line and I wasn’t ready to speak of it. Neither, as I found later, was Lana.

Be that as it might be here in this room and at this time we were on the same wave length. Without conscious thought we had moved closer to one another and were almost touching. Lana was still fucking her suction cup dick but was now holding the vibration penis against her clit and was in the middle of an orgasm.

When she came down off of it she said. “Let’s trade dickies. You need to try the larger one and I can tickle my clit just as well with yours.” Then she added a question. “Did you see what Gail and Alice are doing?”

I looked over to see what was going on. It was a very erotic sight. Alice had removed the clear glass dildo from herself. She was sitting on the floor with her back to the couch and her legs spread wide. Sitting between her legs with her back to Alice was Gail.

Alice held her hand which still held the dildo between Gail’s legs and was inserting it into Gail’s pussy. My pussy gave a couple of twitches as my mind comprehended that this might be turning into and orgy. If it did I certainly wasn’t going to fight it very hard.

I had never done the girl/girl stuff but I certainly had fantasized about ‘IT”. In those fantasies I certainly enjoyed doing ‘IT”. I had no moral compunctions but only had refrained because it had never been offered except once. In that case I could not develop any desire for the girl making the offer.

I pulled the vibrator from my cunt and held it out to Lana. Without a word she took it in one hand and held her larger one out to me. Actually it probably wasn’t really bigger than my husband sometimes gets but it did seem big to me at that moment.

As I was trying to decide whether to put it into my cunt Lana was holding my toy tight against her clit and was beginning to orgasm.

The look on her face was one of pure joy. Just about then Janet walked over to us. She was walking funny because she still held beaver inside of her and her knees were weak. “Did either of you ever come standing up?” Her voice broke as she succumbed to another orgasm and she sank to her knees on the other side of Lana from me.

“It feels so different. It’s almost like there is something different inside of me. The first time Jim fucked me with my other dildo as I stood I thought that he had substituted another. I made him stop and show me. I loved it but sometimes it actually makes my knees weak.”

Then she continued saying. “I don’t know how many that was but I’ve about had it. Isn’t this exciting watching everyone doing it. It’s better than porno and I really like watching you two.” Then she looked over at Alice and Gail.

Now they were laying on the floor with their legs intertwined kissing and doing things to each other’s pussy. Jan added. “That’s such a hot scene and it’s giving me ideas. How about us three get together. Those two certainly won’t miss us.”

As my mind wrapped around that statement from Janet my body brain took over from my head brain and I discovered that I had removed the big guy off my clit and was shoving him past my slippery cunt opening. It really felt good.

I squeezed my cunt tight around it and the vibrations coursed through me setting me on fire. I moved my eyes back and forth from Janet to Lana to the couple on the floor. I breathed in the smells and listened to the sounds of passion and surrendered myself to it and I began to feel the orgasm start in my toes work up and through my whole body and overwhelm me.

Much as we had ended the first session Janet and Lana and I ended this one hand in hand and head to head as we each completed our orgasm.

Lana, Janet and I and our husbands were sitting around a table at the Moose Club enjoying the music and “shooting the bull’ as the guys call it when being polite. It was something we did about once every five or six weeks.

We girls were still horny from the second meeting of the “Masturbation Club’ two nights earlier. It wasn’t as if we had not totally enjoyed ourselves. The fact was that it awakened something new in us. As we hurried out the door to go home we had arranged this little get together.

It was not all that unusual to be in that place on a Saturday night. It was a bit unusual for us not to be a group of five couples. However Gail and Alice seemed to have paired off. We three without having actually said so in words seemed to be forming a threesome.

Since we had not discussed it I did not know what if anything Larry or Jim knew about our get-togethers. As yet I had not told Brad. He was certainly aware of and benefiting from my increased hornyness and was not asking questions.

Diamondback sighed. She simply wanted to get cleaned up and get to bed. She inquired of a village official where she might take care of the cleaning problem.

“Go up to the big red building at the end of the street. That’s the bathhouse. It’s fed by an underground hot spring.”

Diamondback felt a shiver. Warm water! It was just what she needed.

“Just ask for some clean towels, or anything else you would like. Happy to help the Legion in any way we can. And if you’d like . . . ahem . . .well, company, I know some fine young men . . .”

“That’s quite all right,” she returned almost sharply. She tried softening her tone a bit. “I’m just tired. The food and bath is all the hospitality I can handle this evening.” She paused for a moment. “There was a girl we brought in who wasn’t from around her. I was hoping to make sure she was okay. Do you know who I’m talking about?”

“Oh yes, she headed up to the baths almost as soon as you got here. Borrowed some razors, soap, and a pair of scissors.” He got a frightened look on his face. “You don’t think she’ll hurt herself or someone else, do you?”

“I doubt it. But I’ll keep an eye out. And thank you. You’ve been most kind.” The man beamed with pride at the compliment as she headed up to the baths. The entire town was at the celebration, so the street was deserted. She stopped and took off her boots before she got up to the shower. Snow or not, she had to feel the earth beneath her sore feet, if just for a moment. It was quite cathartic for her. There was a single person sitting next to the door handing out towels. The young man looked very nervous in her presence.

“Listen, I’d kind of like to be alone right now. Why don’t you go join the party?”

“But I was told . . .”

“I’ll be alright on my own. Go have fun. Now.” The last was a command even this young oaf could understand. He went to run a quick errand as she went inside. It was a nice building with lots of open space and tiled floors. Torches were mounted on the walls, and the smoke escaped through holes in the upper walls. Diamondback heard some noise at the other end of the room. The room was divided into a number of smaller pools, and the noise came from the one farthest from the door. She wondered if it was their mysterious guest. She walked quietly towards that end of the building. The girl, as it turned out to be, apparently had good hearing and only the top of her head as well as her eyes were visible above the surface of the water.

“It’s alright,” Diamondback said, trying to sound calming. “I’m not going to hurt you. I’m just here to get wipe this gunk off me, but I would like to ask you a few questions. Is that alright with you?”

The girl looked at her suspiciously for a moment, but then nodded her ascent. “I guess so,” the girl uttered, barely making a sound.

“Good.” Diamondback looked around for the razors and scissors. Things were calm at the moment, but she wanted to know where the pointy bits were nonetheless. She spotted them next to the girls muddy clothes. They appeared to have been used. “So what were you doing out there? Not a great place to be in that kind of weather.”

A pause. “I was hunting. I had goner farther than usual, so when the first storm hit, I knew . . . I knew I was stuck. So I looked for shelter. But the raiders were already there.” She started sounding angry. “So stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid!”

Diamondback paid rapt attention to both what was being said and how it was being said. The “how” led her to think the girl wasn’t used to talking to people. She had a manner of speech that was common for people who lived alone. And the “what” . . .

“You said you had gone farther than usual. Do you live in the woods east of here?”

The girl was silent for a moment, realizing she had given something away. “Yes,” she said, probably realizing that trying to hide things from the other woman wouldn’t work. “A couple of days walk.”

“And do you live alone?”

Another pause. “Yes.”

“No family?”

The girl didn’t answer at all. Diamondback figured she had just stumbled onto something.

“What’s your name?”

“Rain.”

“Rain, what happened to your family?” She heard the girl sob. It was quiet, but it was what she was listening for. “Rain, what happened to your family.”

“They’re dead.” Silence filled the room. “Raiders took them.”

“When was that,” she asked gently.

“Four winters ago.”

Diamondback was both saddened and impressed. “You’ve been living alone for four years? That’s . . . That’s quite a feat. Why did you and your family live so far from the village?”

“My family . . . Apparently, the villagers around here have always wanted to join the Legion. So my family has . . . had been living alone since before I was born.”

“So you don’t like the Legion?”

“No. Well . . . yes. I mean . . . We wouldn’t mind, but the breeding program . . . My parents didn’t want that for us. I wanted to join up, you know.” Rain sounded wistful at that moment. “I wanted to help look after people. But . . . I just can’t imagine being forced to have babies in order to do it.”

Diamondback had the sinking feeling that this young woman was capable of bearing children. Meaning that if she wanted to fight in the brotherhood, she had to agree to the rules. So the Legion lost a possible soldier because she didn’t want to be a mother. Sometimes, even the most loyal of soldiers, such as Diamondback, thought the system sucked.

As with many people after long periods of isolation, once Rain started talking, she couldn’t stop. And to think, Diamondback thought she might have to interrogate the poor girl. Now, she felt she’d need a cork and some glue to shut Rain up.

Rain’s father and grandfather had apparently been very competent outdoorsman. They had taught her and her brother and cousins to hunt, trap, fish and shoot a bow and arrow. She had been able to catch, skin and butcher her own food since she was thirteen. She had been out hunting deer when raiders descended on her homestead. She had returned to find what was left of them. She had been seventeen when she buried her own family.

Diamondback fought back a grimace. She was tough and she was hardened, but she was also human. She had heard stories like this before. Too many times, in fact. Then she realized how long they had been there. “It is quite late,” she said with a forced calm. “Are you going to be all right this evening? Do you have a place to stay?”

The girl was quiet all of a sudden. Diamondback hope she hadn’t taken that question to mean . . . Her line of thought was cut short as Rain climbed out of the pool and grabbed a towel. The soldier was caught absolutely speechless. Rain had gone from being a clod of dirt to being the most beautiful girl Diamondback had seen in her life. The girl’s matted hair had been cleaned out and brushed, and was a deep chestnut brown filled with delicate curls. Her eyes were large and clear and seemed to be as brown as her hair. Where Diamondback’s face was stern, Rain’s was soft and almost devilishly inviting. She had a small, cute noise, and full lips. Her neck was long, her shoulders lightly muscled and her breasts . . . They were perfect. She must have had them wrapped earlier, otherwise Diamondback WOULD have noticed. They stood out proudly, each larger than she could wrap her hands around. It was a concept that started playing over and over in the soldier’s mind. She had a lean, narrow waist and narrow hips that led to strong thighs and muscular calves. And between those legs . . .

“Are you okay?” asked Rain timidly.

Diamondback had been caught dead-cold staring at this girl’s crotch. She, a woman who could walk into an ambush, pick someone’s pocket and walk out again unnoticed, had been caught with her literal and proverbial pants down.

Rain took a step toward her and Diamondback quickly stepped out of the pool and grabbed a towel. She suddenly and inexplicably felt very homely.

“I’m sorry,” said Diamondback. “If you’d like, we’ll escort you home, but you might want to consider staying near the settlement for a while. I’m sure they’d be willing . . .” Diamondback felt a presence very near her. She spun around and Rain was standing no more than two feet away, still nude and dripping wet.

“I . . . I saw you looking at me.” She glanced down at her body. “Do I . . . Do I please you?” Rain had a look of confusion on her face.

Moments earlier, Diamondback had been a bit of an emotional mess. Suddenly, she was under control again. This young girl probably thought that the legionnaire expected certain liberties because she had saved the girl. This was just a placating offering. That’s all it was.

“That’s all right. You don’t need to do this,” said Diamondback, some of the sternness returning to her voice. “Just think about what I said.” Rain looked confused and upset. “Don’t worry,” the older woman said, trying to sooth this young woman, “it’s not you. I just don’t accept that type of gratitude.” With that, she turned and walked away. The young man who had been manning the front had left some clean robes for them and a note stating that if they left their clothes in one of the baskets, they would be cleaned in the morning. She slipped on the robe, which felt wonderful in her skin, and strode quickly towards where she would be bunking that evening. And she tried very hard not to look back.

The town elders had offered her any room that she wanted. Most of her squad had probably taken their evening conquest off to bed already. But she had refused their hospitality. She told them she didn’t want to put any of them out of their own homes. She made a request that seemed strange to them. She was given the top portion of a barn to sleep in. There was a loose bail of hay on the upper deck, and a window that opened to the night sky. She was given a large, down pillow and a generous allotment of blankets. Let others have their fancy bedrooms and mattresses and other amenities. She had lived for so long under the stars that she could rarely sleep when she couldn’t see them. She thought back to her life as a child before she began training as a legionnaire. She had lived in a small farming community. She and her friends had often slept in barns just like this when their supervisors allowed it and the weather was warm. Those were times deserving of fond memories.

She located her barn ascended to the loft with little difficulty. Everything she had asked for was laid out at the top of the ladder. She dumped her pack next to the pile of hay, making sure her rifle and at least one punch-dagger was within easy reach. She got undressed, relishing the sensation of the chill night air on her worn and weary body. She placed her hands on her smooth head and stretched her back. She realized how long they had been on the trail when she became aware of just how tired she really was. She placed a lighted candle on a table nearby, making sure it wasn’t in a position to light her bed on fire. She lay between the blankets for a minute, looking out at the stars, trying to make sense of the constellations she had read about as a child. The people who had named them were either brilliant artists or raging alcoholics. Either way, those small, flickering points of light provided comfort to her.

Then she heard a noise on the ladder leading up to the loft. Probably just one of her squaddies checking in before going to bed, but she grabbed her rifle just in case. Shortly thereafter, Rain poked her head above the level of the floor. Diamondback sighed.

“Listen,” she said as Rain climbed up into the loft, “I told you that you didn’t have to do this.” She put the gun back down. She turned away from the young girl and stared out the loft window, trying to ignore the sudden increase in the beating of her heart. “I don’t expect anyone to give themselves up out of gratitude or some weird version of hero-worship.” She heard light footsteps approaching her. “And I’m sure you have a place to sleep so . . .” and then she heard the sound of clothes hitting the floor. She took a deep breath and then swallowed. She turned her head to further discourage the girl, but her objection got caught in her throat. Rain hadn’t gotten any less beautiful in the last fifteen or so minutes, and the gentle light from the candle didn’t help matters at all.

“I don’t understand,” whispered Rain, who sounded like her voice was breaking. “You looked at me. I thought you liked the way I looked.” Diamondback couldn’t express how right the girl was with that point. Rain continued, “Do you find me attractive?” The young girl was stumbling over her words, unsure of what to say.

“God yes,” the soldier said without even thinking about it. Her voice was raspy and tinged with desire.

” So why won’t you have me?”

“Because I don’t know why you want to be here. I don’t need charity, and the only other reason is you’ve been alone so long that you’re just looking to be with someone, and anyone will do.”

“There were others who . . . who offered to be with me . . . when I went to the towns for trade. But they . . . those boys . . . I just looked at them and felt empty. I look at you, and . . . ” she said, picking up one edge of the top blanket and lying down next to Diamondback. The soldier’s skin was covered in goosebumps, and it wasn’t because of the cold. “I looked at you in the meadow and at the baths and my skin feels hot and my heart beats hard and I don’t know why.” She took Diamondback’s hand and put it on her chest, and the older girl could confirm both of Rain’s claims. “And maybe I have been alone for a long time. But I don’t want to be alone tonight.”

Diamondback was a very calm and collected person most of the time. She wouldn’t have been as an effective leader otherwise. But she was only human, and there probably wasn’t a human being alive who would’ve held out as long as she had. Diamondback had given the girl every chance to back out.

Rain’s face conveyed her nervousness, even in the dim, flickering light. Since her hand was still on the young girl’s chest, she took Rain’s hand and put it on her thigh.

“Can I safely guess you’re new at this?” she said, breaking the tension a bit. Rain blushed. “If you really want to enjoy someone, get to know their body. You don’t have to rush into anything.”

Rain’s hands started to roam. The young girl seemed bound and determined to touch every squared inch of Diamondback’s body. And those fingers seemed to light the soldier’s skin on fire wherever they went. They traced her abdominal muscles, the curve of her breasts and the outlines of the muscles in her arms. Diamondback let her hands caress the muscles of that beautiful long neck and the swell of her breasts. It appeared that while Rain’s hand seemed to cause fire, Diamondback’s were causing earthquakes. Every touch and caress, however light, sent shivers through the young girl’s body. Rain was looking at the older girl, licking her lips. Squad Captain Diamondback hadn’t gotten where she was by overlooking obvious signs. Rain wanted to kiss her, but wasn’t sure how. She leaned in slowly and moved her body closer to Rain’s.

“This,” she whispered huskily, “is how you do it.” And she kissed the young girl. Rain’s entire body shivered with that kiss, which was met with youthful exuberance. The heat being given off by her young lover’s body was intense. Diamondback held the girl close and relished the warmth. And the kissing . . . Rain’s lips were so soft and inviting. And she was a quick learner, it would seem, as they had started using their tongues to explore one another’s mouths. It was close to heaven for the grizzled veteran. She had never thought she might find a woman so beautiful, fresh and willing in a place like this. She looped her arm over the girl and traced her spine from the neck to the small of the back. Rain’s body shivered again, but this time it didn’t stop. Dawn’s eyes flew open and she stopped kissing Diamondback. The young girl had a new look on her face. It was the familiar confusion combined with an unfamiliar look of pleasure.

You’ve got be kidding, thought Diamondback. This was light foreplay for her. And the look on Rain’s face . . . It was like she had never had a . . . Good God! That was impossible. Even if she had masturbated, surely she had . . . But the look on Rain’s face said it all. The young girl, who had to have been twenty or twenty-one years old based on the story she had told, appeared to be experiencing the first orgasm in her life. The young girl was gasping while making a high pitched squeaking sound. She was looking straight into Diamondback’s eyes, unsure of what this feeling was but knowing she liked it. She looked to the other woman for comfort; to know that this was supposed to happen.

“Just let it happen,” the older girl said. “This is what it’s all about.”

Rain still had a look of surprise on her face as the waves of pleasure ebbed, but she was smiling wholeheartedly as well. She looked down between their bodies towards the epicenter of her pleasure. “Is it always like that?” she gasped at last.

“I wish. Have you never, well, felt like that before?”

“No. I’ve . . . I’ve played with myself but I never felt anything like that. My parents were kind of close-lipped when it came to talking about sex. I was never around anyone who made me feel interested before, so I just . . .”

“Well, I’m glad to have helped introduce you to the lovely world of sex. You must have been wound tight girl, because it usually takes much longer than that to get someone off.”

“Off?”

“Yeah, bring them to orgasm. That’s what you just had.”

“Can I have more?”

The question had been asked with such childlike wonder that Diamondback almost laughed. “I suspect so. That was just heavy petting. There is still heavy foreplay to go, plus the actual sex.”

“There’s more? Is it better than kissing?” Oh, she was adorable!

“Yes, there’s more. And when it’s done right, it’ll turn your world upside down! But kissing is always good.” Rain seemed to accept that as she locked onto Diamondback’s face again, who was delighted by feel of the girl’s lips against her own.

“What happens next?” asked the girl.

“Next . . . Well, it’s easier if I just show you. You see,” she said sending a trail of kisses down from Rain’s mouth over her neck and to the slope of her breasts, “kisses aren’t just for lips.” She planted a kiss on the soft skin of one nipple then the other. She cupped the underside of those glorious mounds, holding them steady for her marauding tongue. Rain was arching her back, thrusting those globes against Diamondback’s face. Her own hands were tracing patterns on the older woman’s smooth skull.

Then the kisses continued southwards. Diamondback spent a lot of time teasing the poor girl’s abdomen, especially the navel. It turned out that her delightful bellybutton was particularly sensitive. Rain was giggling and cooing like a dove at the same time. The soldier enjoyed making the young girl jump out her skin, and watching her generous chest jiggle whenever it happened. But enough of the teasing, thought Diamondback. It was time to consume that which she desperately hungered for.

By that point, she was completely encased in blankets and was finding it hard to move. She threw back the covers, exposing both girls. While the air was chilled, neither of them seemed to care. It didn’t matter to Rain because of the pleasure she was experiencing. And it didn’t matter to Diamondback because she once again got to look at that perfect body. She sat back and lifted Rain’s hips upward and helped the young lady to hang one leg over each of Diamondback’s shoulders. It wasn’t the most traditional position, but it allowed her to look down at her young lover. And she wanted to see Rain’s face when she started. If a simple caress had that kind of effect, then she could only imagine what this was going to do. She started by blowing lightly on the labia, causing Rain to shiver. The young girl was looking at her with total wonderment. She had no idea what was about to happen. Then Diamondback ever so gently traced the outer edges of Rain’s lightly fuzzed and very moist sex. She didn’t dive in despite her own urges. Not yet. And Rain was responding well already. Her face had returned to that amazed/happy look from earlier.

“That’s incredible!”

“This, my young friend, is called cunnilingus. Sometimes referred to as ‘eating out,’ as well as a number of more crude phrases. Now I’ll show you what a tongue can do to the human body.” Initially, she teased the girl mercilessly and was enjoying finding the sweet spots. She lightly pinched the swollen area on both sides of clitoral hood and licked along the inner lips, occasionally sucking lightly on them. Then she opened her mouth wide and ensnared the entire mound before inserting her tongue deep into the crevice and licking from stem to stern. Rain squirmed harder, pushing against the invader as hard as she could. But with only her shoulders dug into the blanket, she had no leverage, and her captor knew it. Under normal circumstances, Diamondback would have been miffed if sex had gone on this long without her receiving any of the attention, but she was taking great delight in pleasuring Rain. The girl was on the verge of pulling her own hair out in throes of passion. Diamondback flattened her tongue, drawing it upward in a scooping motion and managing to titillate most of the exposed vaginal walls at once. She considered teasing the area between the bottom of the outer lips and the anus, but that was for more advanced practitioners than this young woman. Instead, she circled the clitoral hood with her tongue, then drug her tongue over it on a downward bath. She teased the hood open and flicked the clit directly. And that was all she wrote as Rain came for the second time. She apparently wasn’t a big ejaculator, but the moisture level did increase significantly and her pussy clamped down tight. Her lover was happy she hadn’t had her tongue inside when this happened out of fear of never getting it back again. Rain twisted her body, arched her back, gasping all the while. Finally, she collapsed in a beautiful sweaty heap.

About that time, the wind outside began to pick up, causing Diamondback to have to go and secure and bar the large window. She was shivering a bit, but her skin warmed again when she turned around. Rain was lying there with the light from the candle reflecting off the many beads of perspiration that adorned her perfect skin. Her long curly locks were mussed and her eyes carried a distinct look of passion.

“Why are you hairless?” she asked looking over the soldier’s body. “Even down there?”

“Well partially because it’s easier to maintain when you’re away from civilization for a long time. We have a cream that does it. But it also makes it more fun to have done what I just did to you.” She smiled.

Rain was still flushed with excitement. “Could I . . . Would you like me to try it on you? I’d like to!”

“I think that could be arranged.” She tried to sound calm, but the thought of sitting on that angelic face had been screaming to be realized since the girl had arrived. “Scoot down. That’s it. Now don’t worry about going too fast. Just try and do what I did. And if I jump a bit, that usually means you’ve found a good spot.” With Rain lying on a more level space, Diamondback lowered herself until her knees were on the ground and her crotch was inches from the girl’s face. “Remember the good spots and . . .” She was cut off as Rain began to work. The young girl was inexperienced, but she had obviously been paying attention. She widened her tongue and made larger passes over the outer labia, circling Diamondback’s hole like water going down a drain. She also had grabbed the firm cheeks of the soldier’s ass, holding in her in place. Diamondback smiled at the thought. Like she would want to go anywhere.

Rain did her best (which was getting better) to please the older of the two. She sucked on the inner lips just as her mentor had done, and Diamondback felt herself getting a bit lightheaded. The young girl was pushing her mouth as far into the woman’s box as it could go. Then she extended her tongue and started lapping like a dog at a water dish. While not the most pleasant analogy, it was certainly effective as jolts of pleasure shot through Diamondback’s muscular body. She leaned back at a hard angle and braced herself with one hand. With the other hand, she started fingering Rain’s slot. Her fondling temporarily disrupted Rain’s oral attempts, but the young woman was not to be denied. While the younger girl attempted to give a tongue bath to the innermost recesses of Diamondback’s pussy, the older girl’s fingers had gone exploring. It took her a while to find what she was looking for, due to the awkward position and the increasing pleasure in her groin. This girl had her so worked up that she didn’t think she would last much longer. But she wanted to give Rain one more thrill before it was all over. And finally, she found a spot on the front of Rain’s vaginal wall that made her jump. Once she had located that spot, she eased up until she felt she was getting closer herself.

It didn’t take long. Rain’s tongue had gone into her so deep she was surprised that it didn’t pop out her mouth. Then the girl seemed to remember what had worked so well on herself, and started teasing Diamondback’s clit. That was the older girl’s cue to started probing the spot she had found. As she got closer to release, the other girl’s hips were bucking against that finger, trying to drive it against that pleasure spot. Diamondback had timed it perfectly, and the two of them came together. She found her finger was trapped inside the young girl’s box, but Rain’s body was too tired from her previous orgasms to do much else besides tighten up. Diamondback’s body, on the other hand, had a mind of its own. Her muscles became tight, her hips were shaking, and she was afraid her arms were going to give out. And when she came, she almost drowned the young girl in her juices. But much to her credit, Rain kept her tongue moving through the entire ordeal. When it was all said and done, Rain had a look of pride and contentment on her face, as well as a great deal of girl-cum.

“You did great,” whispered Diamondback with utmost sincerity. She un-mounted Rain’s face before using one of their robes to wipe that face clean.

“But I got to have three orgasms,” said Rain in a tired pout, “and you only got to have one. Shouldn’t I . . .”

“Dear girl, I wish everyone was a selfless as you in that regard. But one is enough for me right now, and was one more than I was expecting on this trip. Besides, we should get some sleep.” She had a feeling that if Rain hadn’t been so utterly exhausted, she might have put up more of a struggle. Instead, she snuggled up against Diamondback and lay her head on one of those muscular shoulders. Suddenly the older girl was out of her element. For her, it was usually sex then goodbye. She wasn’t usually in a position where her lover was going to stay the night. And Rain had already drifted off to sleep, pinning her arm. She looked at the beautiful girl with more than a bit of wonder. How did this happen, she asked herself. But she didn’t mind too much. At least until Rain started to snore. Damn, the girl sounded like a sick chainsaw. How could anything that gorgeous make that kind of noise?

“Oh well,” she said to herself. Everyone in the Creepers had the ability to sleep through a firefight if need be, and she eventually fell asleep.

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The next morning . . .

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She awoke early the next morning, and her young friend was still out like a light. She saw that her clothes had been cleaned and placed at the top of the ladder. She blushed a bit, knowing someone had probably seen the two girls in bed together. She would just have to deal with it. She managed to free herself from the young girl’s arms, get dressed and descend the ladder. Red Back was sitting on the bottom floor, trying very hard not to smile.

“It’s about time. Everyone else is waiting for our meeting. I hoped you slept well.”

“Not another word,” she said while blushing furiously.

“Wouldn’t dream of it.”

He had told her that everyone was waiting. He hadn’t mentioned that they were waiting just outside the barn. A storm had dumped several more feet of snow on the ground, and the sun was much higher in the sky than when she usually woke up.

“What the hell time is it?”

“About ten o’clock,” said Widow with an evil grin. “We would have woken you up . . .”

“. . . but we figured we best not disturb you since . . .” continued Viper.

“. . . you were probably up really late . . .” interjected Scorpion.

“. . . planning the next stage of the mission,” finished Cobra.

‘Great,’ she thought. ‘I’m never going to hear the end of this.’ “Okay,” she said. “You’ve had you’re fun.”

“Actually, we were just getting warmed up,” said Centipede.

“I don’t make fun of you when you . . . well, you know.”

“Actually, yes you do. You teased poor Red Back there about that bar-maid with the really large boobs for two weeks when we were done clearing out Charleston.”

“That’s true,” said the accused party.

“What did I tell you?” asked the captain.

“Not another word?”

“Precisely.”

Finally, the meeting started. They had decided to keep enough of the raider horses for everyone to be able to ride. They weren’t normally a cavalry unit, but this storm was going to slow up a foot march. And they all agreed it was best to stay on several more days until the worst of the storm front had passed by, and so that they could help build the town’s defenses up. Diamondback felt strangely relieved when it became settled that they wouldn’t be leaving right away.

As the meeting wound down, she heard the barn door open a bit and Rain peeked out. She had only her robe on. It had fallen past her shoulders and she was keeping it closed with one hand clasped just above her chest. None of the Creepers except Diamondback had seen her since she got cleaned up. All of them were just staring wide-eyed and slack-jawed.

“Hi,” she said timidly. “Uhm, they didn’t bring me my clothes back. Could you see if anyone knows where they are? Thanks.” Then she ducked back into the barn.

“That,” asked Cobra, “was the dirt-clod we rescued? She’s . . . she’s . . .”

“Wow! I didn’t . . . Wow!” That was from Tick.

“I get to rescue the next isolated prisoner we find,” was Rat’s response. Eventually, everyone had a comment on the sudden incursion of an angel into their midst.

“Yeah,” interjected Diamondback at long last. “I was surprised to.”

“Apparently,” said Red Back. “You might say you were caught with your pants down.” Seconds later, he was nailed directly in the face with a fast-moving snowball.

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Later that day . . .

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They spent the rest of the day helping the townsfolk get a decent fence started around the town. It was long, dirty work, but it was necessary. And strangely, Rain actually pitched in. Apparently her clothes had been held together entirely by dirt, but some nice people had provided her with new threads. And she took time to help set up some pit-traps as well. She may not have had much experience dealing with people, but the girl was as good a trapper as anyone Diamondback had seen. Red Back caught his captain leaning against a fence-post staring at the young woman as she worked.

“She’s quite a find, isn’t she?”

She normally wasn’t big on talking about personal issues, but Red Back was a good friend and meant well. “Yeah, she is. Can you believe what was underneath all that dirt?”

“I’ve seen the way she looks at you. I’ve seen it all day. She’s infatuated with you.”

“I know.”

“And you’re infatuated with her. And don’t even try and deny it. You’ve been on this one fence post for ten minutes. Just be careful. We’re leaving at the end of the week.”

“I know. And she’ll be off home again. Wherever that is.” She looked a bit forlorn. “Am I a bad person? I mean, she’d never been with anyone before, and hasn’t really been around people for years.”

“From what you told me earlier, she seemed to know what she wanted. Just be careful about getting too attached. You’ve got a big heart, whether you want to admit it or not.” With that, he left her to get back to work.

The evening rolled around and another feast was prepared. The Creepers were given a table and were served more good food. Each of the “Legion groupies” was in attendance at the arm of his/her respective date for the evening. And Rain sat right next to Diamondback. Soon, as was prone to happen with legionnaires, the stories of battles and great deeds began sailing through the air like moths, and the eager new listeners were the flames. Rain seemed to encourage everyone to tell stories about the company captain, which they were more than happy to regale her with. Diamondback was a little uncomfortable being the center of attention, so midway between a highly exaggerated story about her, Red Back and Rat accidentally torching an entire town after a drunken bar-fight, she slipped out and headed up to the baths. Apparently they were always empty during the dinner hour, so she thought she would be able to get clean and relax in peace.

She had been soaking for only a few minutes when Rain appeared next to the pool. The young lady quickly discarded her clothes and slipped in next to Diamondback, who felt even warmer than the water around her.

“You vanished. You should have told me you were leaving.”

“Yeah, well I needed a brake from the blatant lies my cohorts were telling.” She moved to the other side of the tub, which left Rain with a confused look. “Listen, about last night . . .”

“I knew it,” Rain said, sounding panicky. “You didn’t like it. I did something wrong . . .”

“No! No that’s not it at all.” And she meant it. “I haven’t felt that good in years!”

“Then what . . .”

“I don’t want you to think it can last. It’s not that I don’t wish it could. But we’re leaving at the end of the week, and we’re going somewhere dangerous. I don’t know when we’ll be back through this way again, if ever.”

Rain look dejected but not entirely surprised. “I know. My folks used to talk about the Legion and the squads and how they didn’t really care about anyone.”

Diamondback suddenly felt very defensive. “That’s not true! Lots of legionnaires fall in love and even get married. Some of the squads even take their loved ones with them.” She realized that wasn’t the smartest thing to say.

“Well why can’t I go with you? I have no family to go back to and I don’t belong here.”

“Okay, re-emphasis on going somewhere dangerous. And besides, you hardly even know me. We met two days ago. And eventually we’ll wind up back in Legion territory, and I know you don’t want to go there.”

Rain looked dejected. “The breeding programs.”

Diamondback sighed. “And I know how you feel about that. I really, REALLY liked being with you last night, but . . .”

“Can we be together again? At least for tonight?” Rain made her way over and snuggled up with Diamondback again. The feel of the girl’s breath on her neck melted what little resistance she might have mustered.

“I guess so. As long as we understand the ground rules for . . . for . . .” She was cut off as Rain grabbed her hand and moved it downward. Much to the older girl’s delight, the younger girl was now clean-shaven down there.

“It looked so pretty on you that I wanted to try it. Do you like it? Oh!”

Diamondback had slipped a finger inside the young woman. “The question is, do you like it?” Then she felt a finger at her own opening. “Don’t you think we should go back to the barn first?”

“I don’t want to wait,” Rain responded, increasing the tempo of her finger and initiating a very long, very heated kiss. Diamondback responded in kind, and the two women began pushing against each other, trying to get the other’s digits as far into their pussies as possible. Luckily for the more experienced girl, she had located her lover’s g-spot the day before, meaning she had the upper hand (so to speak). But Rain was making good used of her lesson from the previous evening, probing with one and then two fingers while palming the whole mound. The girls looked at each other with an almost frightening intensity as they raced to make their partner reach climax first. It wasn’t fair really. While enthusiastic, Rain had only the experience granted to her by her lover, whereas Diamondback had been “around” for a while. It only took a few minutes for the elder girl to get the young Rain shaking like the ground underneath a stampede.

“Ooh! Not fair! You’re cheating somehow. Don’t stop!” Watching her cum was a lot of fun for Diamondback. She had a hair-trigger. As she quaked in ecstasy, her bountiful breasts swayed across the surface of the water. As she was coming down, the Creeper’s captain leaned in and started suckling on those perfect nipples again. Rain put a hand on the back of Diamondback’s neck and held the woman tenderly against her chest. The soldier took each nipple in her teeth, sending shivers through Rain’s body.

“I have an idea,” said Diamondback, tearing herself away from Rain’s chest. She spread Rain’s legs and then maneuvered herself between them until their pussies touched. Then she started to grind against the young woman. Being in the water and the fact that both of them were shaved helped out in this position. They rubbed and humped each other for ten minutes or so. Rain started rubbing Diamondback’s clit, and Diamondback felt obligated to reciprocate. Shortly thereafter, they had their second simultaneous orgasm in as many days.

Afterwards, they had to bathe a while longer to get cleaned up from their last bath. The two dressed in robes and returned hand in hand to the bard and the comfort of the loft. They continued making love well into the evening, but they talked a lot as well. And much to the veteran soldier’s surprise, they had a lot in common. Both were tomboys growing up, both preferred being outdoors if they could manage it, and both loved to hunt. And both loved to lie around, looking at the stars. The captain of the Creepers told some of the more realistic stories of her adventures with the Legion. Rain discussed life after the death of her family. Her stories brought tears to Diamondback’s eyes. She thought Rain to be one of the bravest souls she had met in her long travels. As a legionnaire, she had chosen this life. This young, beautiful woman that was sharing her bed wasn’t given a choice, and yet she had survived. After bringing each other to orgasm one more time each, they fell asleep in each other’s arms.

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Weeks later . . .

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The Creepers wound up staying in that small town for longer than expected. They could have left earlier, but there was a lot of work to do to get the town ready for its own defense or to act as a potential outpost for the Legion somewhere down the road. Everyday, they had a meeting in the morning and in the evening, and Rain became a common sight at these. Besides trapping, she was particularly good at mapping out possible escape routes, and her suggestions were taken quite seriously. She became like a little sister for the crew, and all of them were quite fond of her. But she never strayed far from Diamondback’s side. And each evening, the two of them slipped away early from dinner and headed up to the baths. Between the bathhouse and the barn, the older girl continued the younger girl’s education in the joys of intimacy.

The night before they were finally ready to leave, Diamondback was pacing around the barn with great unease. Rain finally came looking for her, and knew something was wrong. And apparently, she wasn’t going to make things any easier.

“Hey Rain.”

“Hey. So, you’re ready to leave?”

“Yep.”

“I’m going with you.”

Diamondback stopped in her tracks. “No, you’re not. We went over this earlier. I don’t want to leave you. I didn’t realize how bad until now. But that doesn’t change anything!”

“Everything has changed!” Rain was obviously trying to hold back tears. “I told you, I have nothing else to live for. And I can’t go back to being alone. And the thought of not waking up next to you makes my stomach tie up in knots! I can help you guys! I can help find food, I know the territory better than any of you. And I can stay out of the way when there’s a fight and . . .”

“And what?” Despite knowing that her own heart was breaking, Diamondback had to end this. That cold, logical part of her knew that to be true. “I’m not going to quit the Legion, and you won’t live by its rules.”

“I’ll live outside the territory. You said yourself that the Creepers don’t spend much time in lands already under Legion control. As soon as you leave the area, I can hook up with you again.”

“Don’t be foolish,” said the captain coldly. “You’re just a scared little girl who doesn’t want to be alone anymore. Well find yourself some small, non-Legion town and go live there, because I don’t have time to baby sit. I’ve got enough problems already.”

Her words might as well have been fists. Rain actually staggered backward and, unable to hold back the tears, turned and walked out of the barn and into the cold night air. Diamondback knew she’d be okay. She was a survivor. But that didn’t stop her from hating herself. It didn’t stop her from feeling sick to her stomach. And it didn’t stop the hollow feeling in her chest from growing. She climbed up to the loft, which suddenly seemed so much colder than it had before.

She slept fitfully, actually missing Rain’s snoring. She awoke when the sun was still slumbering beneath the horizon. She got up, packed up her rig, and got all the horses ready for the trip. She wanted to be ready to go as soon as the others were awake. The first to join her was Red Back. He looked at her and saw her eyes were red and slightly swollen. He couldn’t help but sigh. And then she surprised him. When she saw that no one else was around, she buried her head in his massive chest and cried again. He was baffled but not callous. He had never seen her like this in the years he had known her.

“You let her go?”

“I drove her away. I couldn’t think of anything else,” she said. “She would have followed me to the ends of the earth, and I was so tempted to lead her there.” She sniffled and wiped her nose on her sleeve. “You guys signed on for this life and you understand the risks. But she doesn’t.”

“I think she understands more than you think. Now don’t get mad. I told you not to get to close, and I agree that she would never be happy in the Legion because she doesn’t believe in the breeder program. And I don’t think that life outside the Legion would be good for you or for the world. But you love that girl. I know you do. We all see it every time you look at each other. Maybe you should ask General Anderson if an exception could be made. We could use her. She’s a better tracker than any of us, including Rat. And . . .”

“There can’t be exceptions and you know it.” She began regaining her composure. “If we break the rules for some people, then the rules mean nothing, and everything we work for starts falling apart!”

“I know. Call me a romantic, but I don’t think one of the only true examples of love I’ve ever seen should end because of bureaucratic crap. The Creepers have always marched to a different drummer. If you wanted to make a stand, we’d all stand behind you.” He sighed. “But the decision is yours. And for what it’s worth, I don’t think I have the strength to have done what you did, whether it’s the right thing or not.” They stood in silence, the giant of a man trying to comfort the still-shaking frame of his captain. Finally, the rest of the squad arrived. They got packed, mounted up, and headed for the edge of town. Most of the townsfolk were awake and cheering them on. Despite her attempts to avoid doing so, Diamondback glanced around. Rain was nowhere to be seen. Oh well, she thought. It is probably for the best.

Going on horseback turned out to be one of the best decisions they had ever made. They found an old road that used to be known as an “interstate highway.” They saw a faded sign, but were able to make out the numbers “80″ on it. It was supposed to lead into what had been Nebraska and southern Wyoming. They were only going to follow it as far as South Dakota before following the Missouri River up to a town in North Dakota that was still known as Bismarck. They figured they should get there before the slow-moving raider group. Diamondback rode way out in front, insisting on riding point. She showed no interest in the company or the casual banter of her comrades. She just stared down the empty road, looking for something she would be justified in shooting, and thinking of a beautiful girl with curly, chestnut-colored hair and a barn loft with a bed of hay.

Finally, Red Back rode up, being the only one brave enough to approach her. It was time to stop for the night. They made their way off the road and set up a small camp. The forests were giving way to plains, and finding shelter was going to be increasingly difficult. Luckily the weather seemed to be cooperating. She sat alone during dinner, which was strangely subdued. She took a walk around the camp, unable to finish her food. She thought she saw the flicker of light a ways back in the direction they had come from. She strode back into camp and grabbed her rifle.

“What’s up?” asked Viper.

“I think I saw another fire a ways behind us. Someone could have waited for us to pass by so they could sneak up behind us. I figured I’d go check it out . . .”

“It’s Rain,” said Red Back calmly. The silence following that statement was so thick it could have stopped a bullet.

“What? How do you . . .”

“She’s been tailing us since we left. I noticed her about seven hours ago.”

“Why didn’t you . . .”

“Because you’ve been so busy moping and being moody that no one wanted to talk to you.” The entire squad looked a little sheepish at that comment. Did they all feel that way? “And besides, what would you have done? You have no authority over her, she’s not a threat, and I know you wouldn’t shoot her.”

“You are my second in command. You’re obligated to tell me things like this!”

“Diamondback, everyone here would walk through the gates of Hell if you asked and slap the Devil himself in the face. But we can’t go on like this. You either need to find some kind of compromise with her or get over it, because right now your head isn’t where it needs to be.”

Damn he was right. She was not in a position to be an effective leader.

“And before the idea crosses your damned-fool mind, we decided as a group that you stepping down as Captain is NOT an option.”

Her shoulders drooped visibly. She didn’t understand how it had happened. How could a woman, who had been shot and stabbed and who had played dice with Death, be reduced to this by a pretty girl? She simply nodded, but wasn’t sure why. She saddled up her horse and slowly made her way back to where she thought she had seen the fire. She approached cautiously, as she didn’t want to stumble into any traps the young woman might have set. She moved quietly at first, not wanting to spook the camp’s inhabitant. Then she saw Rain, sitting on a log and roasting a rabbit over her tiny fire. She leaned against a tree and watched for a minute. The light flickered and danced across that beautiful face, causing her luxurious hair to shimmer. It was not unlike how she looked that first night almost a week ago. And it still made the soldier’s heart race like a horse and thunder like its hooves.

“It wasn’t supposed to be like this you know,” she said at last, making her presence known. Rain jumped a bit, but wasn’t too surprised. But an expression of pain consumed her face. “This was all just supposed to be a brief intermission on the trip. Help the local villagers, get their town back on their feet, and move on.” She wandered out of the trees and sat on a rock on the opposite side of the fire from Rain, staring into the dancing flames. “I expected a fight. I expected hard work. What I didn’t expect was you.” She looked up, able for the first time to meet Rain’s gaze.

Rain was more composed than Diamondback had expected, but she was still wounded. “You think I expected this? I’ve barely had any contact with people for four years! And all the ones I encountered only wanted one thing from me. But none of them made me feel anything. I didn’t plan on getting captured and threatened with a life of abuse and slavery. The only reason they didn’t force themselves on me was because I was covered in mud and crap. I didn’t expect to be rescued by a princess in shining armor. At the baths . . . I had heard that sometimes Legionnaires took locals to bed, particularly after they had helped them somehow. Yes, that’s what I initially thought you wanted. But when you told me you spurned me that first time . . . It seemed kind of noble to me. And that’s when I realized how attracted I was to you and how much I wanted to be with you. And I didn’t even know what that meant.” She was on a serious roll by that point. “And I didn’t have anyone to talk to or to help me understand what I was feeling! You have Red Back and the rest of the squad. I’ve got no one! And until I had you, I didn’t realize how bad that felt. And then you threw me away! And now I’m following you to who knows where, and I still don’t know why!” Rain was almost trembling from both fury and emotional pain. Her fists were clenched and her normally inviting lips wore an unflattering snarl.

Diamondback thought she knew the answer. “Because you’re braver than I am.” Rain looked suddenly confused, and the soldier realized she needed to explain. “Part of growing up as a soldier in the Legion is that you have to be focused. I can plan military campaigns, black-ops missions, defense scenarios, supply routes . . . And I always have a back-up plan or two, or sometimes three or four. I’ve had some adventures, true, but I’ve always managed to live by the rules. But then there was you. I pushed you away because I had no plan for how to deal with you. I had no back-up plan. I was faced between choosing what I thought was best and what I really wanted, so I chose the former because that’s what I’m used to doing.” She took a deep breath. “You don’t seem to need plans or rules. You follow your heart. I don’t know how to follow mine, and that scares the hell out of me.” She paused again. “I don’t know how to be in love with you.” There, she’d said it. And it was the hardest thing she’d ever had to say.

Rain’s countenance changed dramatically, as longing and hope replaced pain and anger.

Diamondback stood up, and with trembling hands she removed her arsenal of weapons. Then she started removing her clothes. Rain had offered herself to the soldier a week before, so Diamondback was going to return the favor. But once again, the young woman surprised her. Rather than a drawn out conversation followed by a romantic embrace, Rain had closed the gap between them in seconds, flinging her clothes to the ground along the way. She basically did an open-field tackle on the soldier, who had her pants around her knees and was unable to even attempt to dodge. If Red Back ever heard about that . . .

Rain was covering Diamondback’s face with kisses. She was still slightly teary-eyed, but there was more joy there than sadness. But the elder of the two had one more word of warning.

“I can’t promise that this is all going to work out. I can only promise that I won’t give up trying. Is that going to be enough for you?”

Rain was smiling now. It made the Diamondback’s heart so much lighter to see it. “It’s a start,” she whispered. Rain’s kissing was becoming more intense. She was lying directly on top of the other girl who had almost unconsciously encircled the young girl’s hips with her legs. Rain slid down and grabbed Diamondback’s breast, holding them softly while manipulating the nipples with her thumb and forefinger (and more than occasionally her tongue). The soldier’s breasts were smaller than hers, and had been somewhat neglected in earlier lovemaking. Apparently Rain intended to correct that oversight. And she had discovered something that even her lover had forgotten; Diamondback’s breasts were very sensitive. The soldier was digging her shoulders into the ground and pressing her pert mounds and pink nipples against Rain’s mouth and hands. Once the girl realized the power that sensitivity gave her, she was merciless. She cupped one breast with her hand and sucked on the other nipple with tremendous vigor. Her now free hand slid down below, and she inserted two fingers deep into Diamondback’s waiting sex.

“Wait,” gasped the captain. “I’m the one apologizing. Shouldn’t I be doing all the work?”

“Every time we’ve been together, you got me off first. Dammit, this time I’m going to do it to you.” Then she whispered, “And I want you to beg for it.” It was said naughtily, not maliciously, so Diamondback felt she still in good standing. Rain returned to sucking on Diamondback’s nipples.

Diamondback was moaning loudly. It had been a long time since anyone had done this to her, and she drinking up the sensations like cheap wine. The branches and rocks digging into her back meant nothing to her. All she could feel was that tongue against the soft skin of her breasts, and it was driving her insane. And Rain was making use of the two fingers in her box, thrusting them in and out rapidly. She put her thumb against the clitoral hood and rubbed gently, sending sparks through Diamondback’s body. The veteran soldier knew what was happening, and it was time to give Rain what she wanted.

“Please,” she moaned. “I’m almost there. Let me cum.” It didn’t take much to encourage her young lover, who doubled her efforts on every front. With fingers in her pussy and a talented set of lips devouring one breast, Diamondback and an earth-shattering orgasm. She shook so much she thought she might break something. She bit lightly on her bottom and waited for the pleasure to subside.

“There,” said Rain. “I win.”

“If that’s losing, then losing is more fun than I thought.”

“Well it’s my turn to lose.”

Diamondback maneuvered the young woman until she was on all fours. She spread the cheeks of Rain’s ass apart, exposing a multitude of pleasure centers. She started with her favorite one. She put her nose at the bottom of Rain’s swollen and ready pussy and began generously licking the entire length. She tasted sweeter than before, as if the thought of losing her had increased her appeal. She buried her face in her work, letting her tongue dance where it might. She enjoyed the feeling of ass-flesh in her hands, and spent a great deal of time massaging those cheeks.

After several minutes of this, she decided to try something new. She tested the waters with a single touch of her tongue, right between the bottom of the slot and her tight, pink backdoor. It elicited a high gasp. That was a good sign, so she did it again. Another gasp.

“What is that?” she asked. “That felt . . . (gasp)!”

Diamondback smiled as she thought to herself, I’ll teach this little girl to play with my nipples. I’ve got tools she can’t even imagine. With that, the assault was on. The captain hit every pleasure zone she could with her tongue, ravishing her wet box and tantalizing her asshole. Then she took two fingers and inserted them into that beautiful pussy, and slowly sank her thumb into the girl’s well-teased rosebud. Both openings tightened up as much as they good as Rain started making a noise that could best be described as “squeaking.” Diamondback squatted behind her, pressing the back of her hand against her own cunt. She used her free hand to brace herself on the young girl’s back, then slowly started to fuck Rain with her makeshift dick. She plunged forward and Rain slammed back. Her lover was making more of those noises, so she was confident that this new position was well received. She tried wiggling her thumb as well, teasing the myriad of nerve-endings that the anus had to offer. The noise of their coupling resounded through the trees, making her very hopeful they had been right in thinking the area was clear.

Rain had held out longer than she ever had before, but that run of luck was over.

“Oh! I’m . . . I’m . . .”

Diamond stopped the humping motion and just started drilling the girl with her fingers. Soon, she felt the warm sensation of Rain’s juices running over her hand. It took a minute before her posterior was willing to let Diamondback’s thumb go, but the older girl didn’t really mind.

They lay together for a minute before either had the energy to speak again.

“So,” asked the Captain, “do you forgive me then?”

Rain snuggled against her shoulder. “It would be awfully silly to follow you this far hoping for an apology that I wouldn’t accept. Just don’t do it again.”

The two of them got dressed and took down Rain’s camp (such as it was), making sure the fire was completely out. They took their time getting back to the Creepers, walking their horses (one of which had been given to Rain for her help) and discussing the rules. They were going to have to be courteous of the others, as none of them had live-in lovers along for the ride. Rain was to stay down during firefights and not to interfere in the squad’s business unless they all agreed to her participation. She could help with the hunting and the scouting if she liked, as long as the latter was done in the presence of another squad member. And in order to earn her right to stay, she would have to help in the cooking. This was mostly because it was one thing none of the Creepers were all that good at. Rain agreed to these conditions with a smile. After that, they would just play things by ear. The girl wanted to learn to fight for her own protection, which Diamondback reluctantly agreed to, but she wasn’t going to be able to learn to shoot because the Creepers had to be a little miserly with their ammunition due to the length of the trip. And Rain’s knowledge of the area offered a compromise. She knew of a small town (using the term “town” generously” on the edge of the plains. It was about eight hours off the main road, but it hadn’t been ransacked the last time she had gone through. It had a small lake nearby and what she thought was a store with guns in. It was locked and barred, probably since the Cleansing, that might have some useful stuff in it. You couldn’t see it from the main road due to some small hills and the curvature of the earth, so it would be a great place to rest for a while. It was about two weeks walk, but they could probably get there by horseback in less than half the time. Diamondback smiled, promised her that she would bring it up with the squad, took her hand and kissed her. She couldn’t see the girl’s face in the darkness, but she was willing to bet her lover was blushing.

When they walked back into camp, still holding hands, the entire squad was still awake. They all had smiles on their faces, but not the kind they wore before ribbing someone. They were happy for the captain they respected and the girl they had all become very fond of. And they all rushed the couple, grasping both in bear hug after bear hug. Diamondback was incredibly embarrassed, but happy. She did begin to wonder if she might try actually restoring some etiquette to this group at some point. Nah!

Finally, everyone except Diamondback, Rain, and Red Back went off to bed. The captain made sure her second in command understood the rules as pertaining to Rain. He indicated that he did. They discussed the little town that the girl had mentioned, and he agreed it was worth investigating. Rain was completely exhausted, so the captain pointed her at the right tent and gave her a playful slap on the ass to send her off to bed.

When she and Red Back were alone again, she turned to her trusted friend. “So what do you think?”

“I’m glad for you. You look happy again. Are you okay with this?”

“I don’t know. But I’m okay with not knowing right now. I’m worried about her getting hurt though.”

“Would she be in less danger wandering the wilds on her own?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know where this is going to go, Red. I’m just glad I don’t have to go there alone.” She stood up and gave her comrade a hug. “And I’m not just talking about Rain.”

“Get some sleep Captain Diamondback. We’ve got more than enough people to stand watch tonight.”

She wandered towards her tent and climbed inside. The weather had seemed mild, so she had left the rain-fly off, letting her gaze out at the stars. Rain’s clothes were piled up next to the entrance and she was curled up under the blankets. Diamondback got undressed and slid in next to her. The girl was already out of it, but she instinctively snaked her arm over her lover’s body. Diamondback slid an arm over the other girl as well, and drifted contentedly off to sleep.

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The next morning . . .

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They both got up bright and early. And they managed to be quite business like. Rat was on watch for the morning hours, and gave them both a pleasant smile when they emerged. Rain borrowed Rat’s crossbow and went looking for small game. When everyone was awake, their Captain informed them of the plan to investigate the town, which sounded reasonable to all of them. After a breakfast of some small pheasant-type birds, they were off. They made good time for the next several days. Rain spent some time every day discussing horsemanship with Tick (who was an expert equestrian), knife fighting and self-defense from Cobra, and she spent some time with Red Back discussing Diamondback. He regaled her with the story of how they met, which involved a small bet and a lot of property destruction. He told her many of the brave things their Captain had done in her time. Diamondback herself was unaware of what these conversations were about, but Rain was always smiling afterward, so she didn’t press the matter.

The little town wasn’t much of a problem to get to. The store Rain had been talking about was almost completely overgrown with weeds. The squad managed to bust the front door in with a bit of help from one of the horses. Most of the stuff inside had been rendered useless by centuries of neglect. Almost all the guns had been exposed to the air and residual moisture, causing them to rust out. There were two shotguns in a sealed glass case that could be salvaged with a bit of work, but there was some doubt as to whether any of the shells would have survived. But much to Rain’s delight, there was a fiberglass compound bow and a number of fiberglass arrows also in the case which were good to go. There were a variety of standard arrows that would be good for hunting, and some broad-heads in case she needed to hit something bigger, so she grabbed them all and a plastic quiver. The rest of the squad salvaged some synthetic rope, two spare tents (one for supplies and one big enough to meet in if the weather got ugly), and a couple of camouflaged tarps. Most of the hunting-style clothing had been devoured by silverfish and the like long ago, but they found some stuff in a back room that had been sealed in an airtight bag and stored.

Rain went into the back and tried them on. She looked a bit sheepish when she emerged. The hunting-camo pants were a bit big for her. Even with the belt , they hung low on her hips, and the long sleeved shirt (also in the hunter-camo pattern) was too big, so she had tied it off above the waist. She thought she looked ridiculous. Diamondback thought she looked especially sexy. Leave it to her lover to make old hunting clothes look THAT good. They trimmed up the length of the pants, and she was as ready as she was going to get. Tick, along with being an expert rider was apparently a skilled fisherman. With just some line, a hook and a branch, he caught them a fish dinner that Rain prepared as well as she could, considering fish wasn’t part of her regular diet. They told stories around the fire for hours. Diamondback and Rain exchanged knowing glances, grabbed a blanket, and went off to make love on the shore of the lake.

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Several weeks later

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They were approaching Bismarck. The trip up the Missouri River had been uneventful. They had settled into a routine, which now accounted for the presence of the lovely Rain. They began to see the telltale signs of the presence of other people. They left their horses in the care of Rain and proceeded on foot. The beautiful girl touched Diamondback’s face and kissed her before she left. This was the hard part for her. Actually, it was the hard part for both of them.

Sure enough, the raiders had already arrived. They had a bit of a head start, as the Creepers hadn’t left until the rumors had reached Legion territory, but the raiders still must have kept up a good pace. They all had their binoculars out, trying to assess the nature of the threat. It was Viper who actually first noticed the oddity of the situation, and they all got together.

“This isn’t an invasion force!” he said with a bit of surprise.

“I have to agree,” said Diamondback, who had also noticed some odd things. Each of them told what they had seen. Viper had seen a group of children playing amongst the gunmen. And these warriors/soldiers seemed awfully non-aggressive, yet still alert. Diamondback has spotted a disproportionate number of elderly people. Tick said that their horses looked too laden down with as many medical supplies as weapons. And Red Back thought that less than a fourth of the mob appeared to be combatants. If this was an invasion force, Diamondback would eat her hat. If she had one.

“So how do we proceed? Do we risk making contact?”

Diamondback pondered the question. “Yes, we make contact. I’ll do it. But go get the horses and be ready to ride out if things get ugly.”

“Captain . . .”

“This is what we’re supposed to do. And I might be able to bluff them into thinking we have more fighters than we do. I don’t want to die here, but we have to figure out what the hell is going on.” She waited around until Tick returned with Rain and the horses. Diamondback’s young lover looked worried. Tick had probably explained the plan to her.

“I have to do this,” Diamondback told her.

“I know. Go do what you have to do. But try and make it back in one piece. I don’t want to lose you again.” They embraced, Diamondback mounted up and headed in. She had a white flag with her, hoping they recognized the sign of peace. She stayed on the main road into town, waiting to be noticed. It didn’t take long. Seven armed men emerged from the woods, guns trained on the rider. They looked focused, but not overly hostile. That was a good sign. One of them, who Diamondback guessed was the leader from the way he carried himself and the way the others looked to him to make a move, approached slowly. Then something seemed to click in his head.

“You’re Legion?” he asked, sounding a bit excited. That was strange, but not nearly as strange as the fact that he started smiling. “Thank God! We didn’t think we’d get to your guy’s territory for months!”

Okay. This was weird. “You won’t. We were sent to investigate why your force was advancing across the continent.

“Advancing? Miss . . . I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to address you.”

“S’okay. It’s Captain Diamondback of the Third Squad of the Legion, also known as the Creepers.” The man looked impressed. Apparently their reputation preceded them.

“Well Captain, this group isn’t advancing. It’s running.”

“Mr. . . .?”

“Sorry. I’m Sergeant Malloy of his Majesty’s Advanced Recon Team.”

“Well Sergeant, I think you’d better arrange for a meeting on the outskirts of town for your superiors and my people. I think there is some explaining to do.”

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“To Be Continued . . .”