Xanthos -- Thursday Morning
Mmm, that feels good.
I opened my eyes to find Angie lying there caressing my chest.
"Good morning. I had hoped to be the one to wake you
up," I said.
"I'm a light sleeper," Angie said, leaning over and kissing me.
"Sorry about not being able to give you a proper welcome last
night," I apologized.
"From the amount of moaning and screaming coming from Kat and my
mom, I'm surprised you were even able to walk last night," Angie
said.
"That's not even counting his bringing both of us into the 'Mile
High Club' yesterday," Lis said from behind Angie.
"Good morning, Lis. Is Anna awake too?" I asked.
"All present and accounted for," Anna joked.
<Heh> "Good morning to you too, then." I rolled
out of bed and headed for the bathroom to brush my teeth. "Back in a
minute."
* * *
When I got back, Lis and Anna were playing with each other
again, while Angie sat back watching them with a strange, almost
disapproving, look on her face.
Uh oh. I'd better nip this.
I walked up to Angie and gently got her attention and had her
follow me out front. Once there, I sat on the couch and pulled her
into my lap.
"Want to talk about it?" I asked her.
"About what?" she replied.
"You seemed a bit uncomfortable about their having fun
together."
"I don't know... I guess it just surprised me that they're
gay."
<Heh> "Well, I can definitely affirm that they
aren't gay. Bisexual, yes, but not gay. Besides, can you
honestly tell me that you've never had thoughts about having sex with
another woman?"
She looked surprised for a moment, then hung her head low as she
realized that she had.
I lifted her chin so we were looking each other in the eyes. "It's
nothing to be ashamed about. There's nothing wrong with sharing your
feelings with those you love."
I gave her a kiss, which she responded quite well to. After we
finally broke the kiss, I said, "That's better. Get up a sec."
She got up and I moved over to my old system and booted it up.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Do you like pleasant surprises?" I replied.
"Sure; as rare as they are."
"I think you'll enjoy this. Tell me: if you could change anything
about yourself, what would it be?"
"What do you mean?" she asked, puzzled.
"You know: fix an old injury, remove a tattoo, adjust your breast
size... things like that."
"Wow. That's a hell of a question. I don't know. I'd probably make
my breasts larger... other than that, I don't know," she replied as I
finished pulling up Master Control.
I typed in her name, and as soon as she was up on the screen, I
selected "Understanding."
- Subject: Angela Lovewell
- Command: <Understanding Macro>
"Let's see here... You're a brunette?" I said, turning
to her.
She cringed a bit and replied, "I prefer blonde or red hair." Then
she came over to watch what I was doing. "Wow! That's amazing! All of
the stuff there is correct, too!"
"Yep. Handy little utility, this is." I decided to see which looked
better on her.
- Command: Make her hair light blonde
<Send>
"No, you definitely look better as a redhead."
- Command: Make her a natural redhead and restore her hair to that
color <Send>
"Now, about those breasts: C or D cup?"
"Uh... C I think," she replied.
- Command: Increase breast size to C-Cup
<Send>
"Much better. Turn around a moment," I suggested. She did and I
stood behind her and took off her nightshirt. Then I slowly ran my
fingertips from her waist and up her sides, causing her to start
giggling. "Oh Shit! You're ticklish!!"
"No, I'm not!" she gasped out as I had almost to the floor in a
giggling fit.
"What's going on out here?" Anna asked as she and Lis walked in
from the bedroom.
"I found a ticklish one!" I happily exclaimed as I kept tickling
Angie.
"STOP! PLEASE!! NO MORE!!!" Angie gasped.
Lis and Anna moved over to the couch and sat down together.
I finally quit to allow Angie to her catch her breath. As she did,
I moved back to my seat at the computer.
"Oh, God! <gasp> I feel sorry for Kat!!" Angie
said between breaths.
"Why's that?" I asked, curious.
"She's way more ticklish than I am."
My face pulled itself into an evil grin as I thought about having
two ticklish kittens in the family. "OH YEAH!" <Evil
Chuckle!>
"Uh oh." Angie said.
Lis and Anna both laughed at that.
"Let's see... Where were we? Oh yeah." I helped Angie stand back
up. Then I asked her to turn around again. She did, but she kept her
eyes warily on me and her arms firmly at her sides, guarding her
sensitive areas.
"Relax. I'm not going to tickle you," I told her.
"Uh huh. Right."
Once she relaxed a bit, I slipped my hands under her arms and
gently cupped her breasts.
"Hmm... I'm not sure. What do you ladies think? C-Cup?" I
asked.
- Command: Increase breast size to D-Cup
<Send>
"Or D-Cup?" I continued.
"If she's going for sweet --
C-Cup. Seductive -- D-Cup," Anna said.
"Definitely," Lis agreed.
"What do you think?" I asked Angie.
She got a seductive grin on her face and I chuckled.
"Seductive it is. Let's see... Oh, yeah... I still have the full
suite to do yet. First is health, then a little hair-removal, immunity
to my safety buttons, and finally, full membership in the family."
- Command: <Health Macro>
- Command: Eliminate all hair and hair growth below the neck
<Send>
- Command: Make her immune to the effects of both the "Seed" and
"Short-Seed" Macros <Send>
- Command: <Kitten Macro>
Suddenly, she leaped to me and started kissing me passionately.
"My, what a hungry kitten you are!" I chuckled.
Lis and Anna both came over and started kissing Angie too.
We all ended up going back to bed and making love with Angie for an
hour or two before I decided it was time to get some work
done. Unfortunately, Angie was a bit too zoned out on all the
endorphins in her system, so I had Lis and Anna take quick --
separate -- showers and get dressed in their jeans so we
could get started.
Angie -- Waking up
Something is different... Fleece sheets? Other people in bed
with me? Where am I?
I opened my eyes and looked around, and saw an older man on my
right and a Hispanic woman on my left.
Xanthos and Melissa? That means... last night wasn't a
dream.
I turned to my right to resume my studying of this guy.
What is it about this guy? It doesn't seem like it now, but
yesterday it looked like he was constantly holding back his
strength... almost like he was into martial arts, but not quite... he
doesn't move right for that. Somehow, I think if it were anyone else,
I'd probably be terrified of him... but not with him.
"Good morning. I had hoped to be the one to wake you
up," he said.
"I'm a light sleeper," I said, giving him a kiss.
"Sorry about not being able to give you a proper welcome last
night," he apologized.
That's sweet. "From the amount of moaning and
screaming coming from Kat and my mom, I'm surprised you were even able
to walk last night."
"That's not even counting his bringing both of us into the 'Mile
High Club' yesterday," Melissa said from behind me.
"Good morning Lis. Is Anna awake too?" he asked.
"All present and accounted for," Anna replied.
He chuckled and said, "Good morning to you too, then." Then he got
out of bed saying that he'd be back in a minute.
After he went into the bathroom, I rolled over, to find Melissa and
Anna kissing each other tenderly.
What the... They're gay? They said they loved
each other, but I thought they meant as best friends -- not as
lovers.
I felt a light caress on my leg and looked over to see Xanthos
motioning for me to follow him.
We went to the front of his motor home and sat together on the
sofa.
"Want to talk about it?" he asked.
"About what?" I replied.
"You seemed a bit uncomfortable about their having fun
together."
"I don't know... I guess it just surprised me that they're gay," I
said, honestly.
He chuckled at that. "Well, I can definitely affirm that they
aren't gay. Bisexual, yes, but not gay."
Big dif. It's a woman having sex with a woman.
"Besides, can you honestly tell me that you've never had thoughts
about having sex with another girl?" he asked.
! <sigh> No. I can't.
He lifted my chin so we were looking at each other. He had this
caring, supportive look in his eyes. "It's nothing to be
ashamed about. There's nothing wrong with sharing your feelings with
those you love."
Unless it causes you to lose your best friend. No, I'm not
going to risk losing my best friend just because I had a fantasy or
two about her.
Suddenly, I was being kissed. Talk about a distraction! I really
started getting into it when he started backing off. I didn't want to
end the kiss, but we did anyway.
When he asked me to get up, I did and he moved to his computer and
turned it on.
What's this? One moment he's kissing me, and the next he's
playing with his computer? "What are you doing?"
"Do you like pleasant surprises?" he asked in return.
"Sure; as rare as they are."
"I think you'll enjoy this. Tell me: if you could change anything
about yourself, what would it be?" he asked.
Huh? Change myself? "What do you mean?"
"You know: fix an old injury, adjust your breast size... things
like that."
"Wow. That's a hell of a question. I don't know. I'd probably make
my breasts larger... other than that, I can't think of anything."
I couldn't believe how many passwords he was working his way
past. I mean, what is that? Some sort of government system?
A new screen came up that had a spinning mannequin on the left and
a bunch of text and sliders on the right with some sort of input area
on the bottom.
He typed something in at one of the prompts, and the mannequin
changed to an exact model of ME! Before I could even say
anything, I had a tingle run through my body. Talk about weird!
"Let's see here..." he said, studying the screen. "You're a
brunette?"
Doh! How?! "I prefer blonde or red hair."
I moved closer to see what he was looking at, only to find a
very detailed list of stats on me! "Wow! That's amazing!
All of the stuff there is correct, too!"
"Yep. Handy little utility, this is," he said.
He told the program to make me a light blonde, and then my head
tingled. I looked at the monitor as he looked at me, and he said, "No,
you definitely look better as a redhead." Then he told the program to
make me a natural redhead and restore the color, and it
did. This is unreal!
"Now, about those
breasts; C or D cup?" he asked.
Wow! He's letting me choose? "Uh... C I
think."
More typing, and my breasts tingle and grow! A couple of seconds
later, they quit.
"Much better. Turn around a moment," he said.
He stood behind me and took off my nightshirt.
Whoa! That is better!
Then started running, or actually caressed, his fingertips from my
waist, up my sides. NO!!! He found my Ticklish
area!!!
I couldn't control myself. I exploded in a fit of giggles. He made
some comment about my being ticklish, but I tried to deny it; whatever
good that did me.
Then the other girls came in and I couldn't take it anymore, so I
begged him to stop and he finally did. THANK
GOD!!!
I don't know why, but for some reason, I let slip that Kat was more
ticklish than I am. The look on his face when he heard that was
absolutely scary! THEN he started this Evil Laugh!
Oh Shit! We're Both in trouble now!
"Let's see... Where were we? Oh yeah," he said, reaching down to
help me up. Needless to say, I was more than a bit wary at this
point.
"Relax. I'm not going to tickle you."
After THAT Laugh!?! You expect me to believe
You?!? "Uh huh. Right."
Standing behind me, he finally slipped his hands under my arms and
cupped my new breasts, like he was checking them for size, then he sat
back down again.
"Hmm... I'm not sure. What do you ladies think? C-Cup?" he
asked. Then he made my breasts a little larger. "Or D-Cup?"
Anna made a comment about the C-Cup being sweet, and the D-Cup
being seductive, and Melissa agreed with her. Then Xanthos asked me
what I thought.
Sweet... or Seductive... Definitely Seductive!
I gave him a grin and he said, "Seductive it is. Let's see... Oh,
yeah... I still have the full suite to do yet. First is health, then a
little hair removal, immunity to my safety buttons, and finally, full
membership in the family."
Full suite? Health? Hair removal?! Safety buttons? Full
membership? What's he talking about?
Suddenly, my entire body tingled when he selected a button on the
screen, and kept tingling as he did more things. Then I felt this
sudden, overwhelming feeling of love for him that I'd never felt for
anyone else before in my life! The next thing I know, I'm kissing him
for all I'm worth!
"My, what a hungry kitten you are!" he said, chuckling.
Then I notice Anna and Melissa kissing me as well. And what's weird
is, I didn't mind!
Pretty soon, we all decided to move back to the bedroom again.
Xanthos carried me back there and laid me down on the bed, then he
started kissing me on my lips, chin, neck, and so on -- slowly working
his way down my body. While he was doing that, Anna and Melissa gently
caressed my body from head to toe, causing all sorts of shivers to run
through my body. The instant his tongue flicked across my right
nipple, I came -- Hard!
He ran his tongue around that nipple a couple of times and gave it
a kiss as he gently caressed both of my breasts. Then he moved his way
over to my other breast. God! Between his kisses and the girls'
caresses, I was cumming all over the place. After that, Melissa moved
down between my legs and ran her tongue up between my pussy
lips. That's when I really lost it.
She was driving me absolutely crazy with that tongue of hers when I
noticed Anna sitting on my face. I was so turned on, my arms reached
around her thighs and pulled her down to me. My first whiff turned me
on more than I already was. When I reached out and tasted her, I came
yet again!
Suddenly, my pussy was full! Xanthos pulled a sneak attack and
shoved his cock in me with a single, quick thrust. I thought I heard
someone screaming to get fucked harder -- then I realized it was
me!
Somehow, between the three of them, I was experiencing sensations
far beyond anything I had ever had before. Suddenly, I heard several
screams as I felt Xanthos cumming deep within me, causing me to black
out.
Xanthos -- Back to Work
Angie was still wasted from the overload we'd caused in her, so we
left her to recover while we sorted and packed Lis and Anna's stuff
into the Eagle. Fortunately, both of their apartments were already
furnished when they moved in, so that helped in cutting down what they
could take with us.
We also needed to worry about cars, bills, and other things along
those lines; but we would worry about that after everything was
packed.
* * *
About thirty minutes into the move, I heard strange, moaning
sounds coming from the bedroom of the Eagle. When I went to
investigate, I found Angie, still dazed, starting to come back from
the dead. Chuckling, I went to the fridge and poured some of the
remaining champagne orange-juice for her and returned with it.
She was still in really bad shape; all she could do was let out an
"Uh" sound. I pulled her up into a sitting position and carefully held
the cup to her lips so she could drink it at her own pace.
"Is she alright?" Lis asked from the entry to the bedroom.
"She'll be okay. We just overloaded what she was used to handling,"
I said.
"I've never seen anyone in that kind of shape before,"
Lis said.
"I've read about it, but I always thought the author
was making it up. Now I know better." I turned back to Angie and said,
"You get some rest. Okay?"
"Ohhh, ayyyy," she groaned out.
I laid her back down on the bed and gave her a quick kiss on her
nose, then returned to work with the others.
* * *
It didn't take long to finish Melissa's apartment; only a
couple of hours.
Next was Lis's apartment, but we decided to stop at the mall and
grab something to eat first... and talk to Christina, if she was
there. By the time we got there, Angie was able to walk again, so she
came with us.
After we all had eaten lunch, we started walking towards
Frederick's; Lis and Anna showing their eagerness.
When we walked in the store, Chris was nowhere to be seen. Anna
asked the salesperson about it and was told that she was due in at one
o'clock today; thirty minutes from now.
"Looks like we get to do some shopping," I commented, bringing a
smile from all the kittens with me.
They managed to find all kinds of sexy lingerie and gowns, and I
paid for almost everything they wanted. (There was this one outfit
that I just didn't care for, so Lis put it back.) Even Angie got a bit
carried away. I even had her try the leopard-print chemise, but it
didn't go with her red hair and complexion at all.
While they were trying on some of the outfits, Chris walked in, not
noticing me for the moment. When she did, her face turned a deep red,
causing me to chuckle.
"Hello, Christine. How are you?" I asked her.
"Fine, Sir. You?" she replied.
"Very good. I think you'll find some young ladies in the back that
would like to ask you a question." Then I said more softly and
encouragingly, "I suggest you listen carefully to what they have to
offer. I could change your life -- if you want it to."
She got a confused look on her face, but nodded and headed towards
the back.
A couple of minutes later, the kittens came back out with a sad
expression on their faces.
"She said no?" I asked.
"She couldn't decide," Anna replied.
<Sigh> I grabbed one of the store's business
cards and started writing on it; "Chris, if you change your mind and
would like to join our family, call the number below and leave a
message for me. We would all welcome you. Xanthos." Then I asked Angie
for her home phone number and added that to the card.
"Anna, give this to Chris, and I'll get everything paid for," I
said.
She did and I did, and we all got ready to leave. Just before we
were ready, I noticed Chris come out and, noticing us, walked back
into the back.
"Why don't you three head for the Eagle, and I'll be right behind
you," I said, handing Anna the keys.
They nodded and headed out of the store.
"Could you get Chris for me for a sec?" I asked the
salesperson.
She looked at me, then the entrance the ladies left through, then
back at me again, and said, "I'll see if she wants to talk."
"Thank you," I replied.
A minute later, she came back out.
"She's in the break room. What's going on? I've never seen her like
this before. She's always been so cheerful."
"I was afraid of this. I think I can straighten it out,
though."
She studied me a moment, then said, "Okay, follow me."
I followed her to the break room and she left me there with
Chris.
"Hello there," I said.
<Sob> "Hi."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not really."
<Sigh> I'm pretty sure I know what's wrong, but I need her to
tell me... Ah! She should be affected by "Seed" by now.
"Tell me what's wrong," I told her.
"I was just barely able to get over your friends' trying to seduce
me yesterday, and I walk in today, only to find that they seriously
want me to move to another state with them. I'm not blind. I know that
they're at least bisexual. I'm also pretty sure that I know why they
want me to join them."
"And you don't have any interest in women," I finished for her.
She shook her head.
"I was afraid it was something like that. Why don't you give me
that card back." She did. "Now, listen to me. When I leave this room,
you will immediately forget today's interactions with my three friends
and me. Do you understand?"
"Yes Sir."
"You will return to your normal, happy self and completely forget
any sad or disturbing thoughts that any of us have caused."
"Yes Sir."
"Remember, you can do anything you want to do. You are a truly
beautiful woman," I finished. Most of what I just told her may have
sounded like mere statements, but with "Seed" affecting her, she
considered them to all be orders; all with the affect of direct mind
control. That's part of what I was talking about regarding the "Seed"
macro. It's just too damned powerful.
I gently wiped away Christina's tears and gave her a quick kiss on
the nose.
"Goodbye and fare well, Christina. Have a wonderful life," I said,
leaving the room with a tear in my own eye.
When I got back out to the counter, the clerk still had a concerned
expression on her face.
"It's taken care of. Forget that there was ever a problem," I
ordered her.
Suddenly her expression changed and she said, "Thank you Sir. Come
again soon."
And that was the last I ever saw of the beautiful young
lady. FUCKING ETHICS!!!
When I got out to the Eagle, I went inside and lay down on the
bed, crying and cursing my own ethics.
When I finally recovered enough, I got back up, got in the driver's
seat, and started the engine. Before I could put it in gear, Anna put
her hand on my arm to stop me and she asked me what was wrong.
I choked on my reply, then said, "Chris won't be joining us."
"You're sure?" Anna asked, simply, calmly.
I nodded once and choked out; "Fucking
Ethics!"
They all understood, and each came up to give me a warm, tender
hug. God, I needed that. Anna turned off the engine, then dragged me
back to the bed for a snuggle; joined by Lis and Angie.
It was probably a half-hour before we continued on to Lis's house
to get her packed.
* * *
Lis's apartment went much the same way as Anna's, but with
Angie's help, we were finished in less than two hours. Fortunately,
the combined belongings of Lis and Anna only filled a single section
in the Eagle's basement. After we left there, we spent the rest of the
day paying off bills and closing our assorted accounts.
The last thing left was selling the cars. Anna had already picked
up her car back at Sunland Park Mall, where it had been left a couple
of days before, when we were on the west-side earlier, so I had each
of them drive their car (Angie drove mine) to a nearby used car
lot. We all sold our cars for cash, and then returned to the trailer
park for our final night in El Paso.
It was getting late, so I ordered a couple of pizzas, put on some
sad music, and laid back to wait.
"Still upset that the girl at the mall didn't want to join your
harem?" Angie asked, sitting down beside me.
"Yeah. She seemed like she would have fit rather well; a real,
sweet, fun loving person. She couldn't handle the thought of women
wanting to have sex with her."
"Neither could I, until this morning. You couldn't..."
"No," I interrupted. "You had already decided to join the
family. I'm not going change someone just to get them to join. That
would be the same as rape, and my ethics won't allow it. I wouldn't be
able to live with myself if I did."
"Hence, you cursing your ethics earlier."
Nod. "As it is, I had to make her forget about everything she did
with any of us. She was broken up pretty bad and that was the only
thing I could live with that would take away the pain she was
feeling. Then I wished her well and left."
"When did you do that? You never went back to your computer when
you got back," she asked, puzzled.
<Sigh> "I have an over-powered safety routine
affecting almost everyone within 100 miles. Part of that is; I can
tell anyone affected to do something, and they'll do it; the same as
if I told them to do it with the computer."
"What about the clerk? I think she knew something was wrong."
"She did. I told her to forget that there had ever been a
problem."
Angie nodded and said, "Well, let's see if I can make you forget
about her," and started removing my shirt.
* * *
Later, while Angie and I were recovering, Lis came back,
smiling, and asked if we were ready for dinner.
"Oh, hi kitten. Are the pizza's here yet?" I asked her.
"Yeah, about ten minutes ago," she replied.
"Good. I'm hungry," Angie said.
"Me too. Shall we?" I asked Angie.
* * *
After putting some shorts on, we all sat around eating pizza
and decided to watch a movie. We finally decided on "Secret Of
My Success" and enjoyed ourselves for the next hour and a
half. It definitely helped the mood. After the movie, we all went to
bed.
* * *
The next morning, I woke up finding Angie caressing me
again. After a tender kiss, I got an idea. I glanced over to find Lis
and Anna still sleeping. I looked over at Angie and grinned, then gave
her a quick wink. "Do what I do," I whispered to her.
I turned to Anna and started lightly caressing her chest and belly,
the same as I had a few days before. Angie looked a bit puzzled, but
moved around the bed and started mirroring my actions with Lis.
"Lightly," I whispered to her. "Tease her to orgasm."
She grinned and nodded.
Since Lis and Anna were facing each other, this stood a chance of
being really interesting. That being the case, Angie and I put extra
effort into keeping the two of them even on their climbs. By the time
we moved to their breasts, Lis and Anna were breathing pretty
hard. Pretty soon, they were both squirming; well on their way to a
collective orgasm.
"It's time," I whispered to Angie. I licked my two middle fingers,
(Angie still mirroring my actions) and just when they were about to
cum, we both inserted our fingers, causing the sleeping kittens to
wake in wide-eyed, gasping orgasms -- still facing each other. The
looks on their faces were so wild that Angie and I both busted out
laughing.
"Good Morning!" I said when I got back down to a chuckle.
"Damn it! Now they're teaming up on us!" Anna exclaimed,
gasping
"Yeah. Angie was supposed to be on OUR
side!" Lis agreed.
Angie and I kissed our partners and each other once more, then we
all got out of bed so we could get an early start on the
day.
* * *
After our separate showers and a quick breakfast of leftover
pizza, I did a final dump and disconnect on the Eagle, and we got on
our way.
After almost an hour on the road, I got to thinking about the road
ahead.
Let's see... Immigration Checkpoint at 102; I-20 at the split;
Midland for pizza; probably stop around Dallas for the night.
Yeah, I know. You're thinking "What? Pizza again?" I've made a lot
of trips to Midland, and they have what I consider to be the best
pizza shop in the entire state. Even PH, PJ, and LS don't compare to
them -- though PJ probably could if they could get a descent crust and
put about five times as much toppings on their pizzas.
I glanced over to the side of the road and saw that we were getting
close to the checkpoint. (I've driven that road enough to know EXACTLY
where it is.) Hold it. $300,000 motor home with the kind of cash
I'm packing? I reached over and turned on the computer sitting
beside me and quickly got it past all its passwords and into
Master Control -- just as we reached the forced turn-off
for the checkpoint.
Angie was watching me from the front passenger's seat and even
though she couldn't see what was on the screen, she could tell
something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I just want to make sure nothing bad happens up here -- or gets
out of hand," I replied.
Lis and Anna were sitting on the couch behind me, watching, while
we waited in what turned out to be a fairly long line of cars and
semis waiting to get past the checkpoint.
"What are you going to do?" Angie asked.
"Remember that safety button I mentioned earlier?" I asked.
"When you were talking about the girls at the mall?" Angie
replied.
"That's the one. Since that one takes a while to run, I also have a
short-range version of it."
"But we're still inside that 100 miles you mentioned, aren't we?"
Angie asked.
"Barely... but some of these people may have been further to the
east when I ran the macro, and they wouldn't have been affected."
"But what have we got to be concerned about?" Lis asked.
"Thirty-three year old male, driving a $300,000 Fleetwood motor
home, carrying ungodly amounts of cash -- some of which may be tainted
with cocaine, considering the donators -- and three beautiful, young
women as passengers?"
"Never mind I asked," she replied.
"What does this 'macro' do?" Anna asked as we were getting really
close.
"Just a minute. Let's get past here first," I said, reaching over
and activating the "Short-Seed" macro.
They had been walking a drug-sniffing dog around each of the
vehicles as they came up (apparently expecting a large shipment) but
when I pulled up, they all stood back and waved me past.
"I don't get it. They were giving everyone at least a quick check
with their dog, but they just waved us through," Anna said.
"Part of the macro -- and as far as I can tell, the level of detail
that the program works at," I replied. "When I wrote the two macros, I
considered them to be panic-buttons. Unfortunately, I underestimated
their power." I pulled up Master Control's macro editor, selected the
"Seed" macro, and pointed to it on the screen. "Once I had an idea of
how overpowered I made this thing, I removed its effect from each of
you and made you all immune to it. In fact, it spooked me the first
time I saw it in action."
"When was that?" Angie asked.
"Last Tuesday, at the mall with Lis and Anna. Anna was in the
middle of a major fit because she thought I was trying to take Lis
away from her."
"I remember that," Anna said. "One moment, I was in an almost blind
rage; the next, the rage was completely gone."
"Mmm hmm. I told her to calm down, and she did -- instantly. When I
realized what happened, it spooked me pretty badly. We were in a very
public place with the lunch crowd showing up, and I had to be
extremely careful. I ordered both of them to follow me, and we went
someplace much more private."
"That's what you meant about something you weren't expecting," Lis
commented.
"Yeah. I'm sorry I couldn't explain it more then, but I was just
too spooked and that wasn't the place to talk about it."
"What do you mean, 'you had to be extremely careful'?" Angie
asked.
"The last line of the 'Seed' macro; it is way the hell
too powerful. When I wrote it, I intended for people to act normally
to casual conversations, and for that to apply only if I
specifically ordered someone to do something; like 'you
will do this' for example. It turned out that I
could tell someone to do something, and whether it was a suggestion, a
command, or a joke; it didn't matter. If I were to jokingly tell
someone to jump off a cliff or take a flying leap, they would very
likely be found dead or injured at the bottom of a cliff somewhere
very shortly."
"Jesus," Angie said.
"No kidding," Lis added.
"Why don't you just change the macro then?" Anna asked.
"The long-distance version, I probably will; but I'm going to
intentionally leave the short-range version like that because it is
specifically a panic-button. It makes sure
that I have absolute verbal control over anyone who is
within range when I activate it. I consider it crucial in case anyone
decides to pull a Waco-type situation on us."
"What's that 'Anti-Theft' button?" Anna asked.
"It's the 'security system' I was talking about the other day when
we were leaving for the mall and the airport."
"But what does it do?" she continued.
"It makes anyone who tries to enter the motor home or tamper with
my systems wish like hell that they'd never been born. Other than
that, you really don't want to know."
"What? It kills them?" Angie asked, concerned.
"No. It's specifically non-lethal. Just remember though, that there
are things far worse than death," I said, flatly.
Angie stared at me, very concerned; shaking her head slowly. "If
there is, I don't know what it could be."
I replied in a cold, deadly voice, "If there is a Hell, Satan would
be hard-pressed to make it as bad or worse than that button. And No, I
don't joke about things like this."
* * *
A few minutes later, I apologized; trying to raise the general
mood back to a tolerable state.
"Why would you make anything that bad? Angie asked.
"Let me explain. The fact that the program even exists
is scary. The fact that I found it on a public news group on the
Internet is absolutely terrifying! The thing is just too
damned powerful. Do you remember the phrase, 'Power corrupts, and
absolute power corrupts absolutely'? Even I have problems with my
ethics at times when it comes to this thing. Imagine what it would be
like if some psychotic or zealot got hold of it. We could end up with
anything from total slavery, to a new world-leader, to a world of
mindless zombies, to total extinction of the human race. I did what I
could at the time to eliminate any other copies of it around me, but
as soon as we start hitting major population areas, I'll probably
repeat the procedure and try to get rid of most of the other copies
floating around."
"Damn! You're right. It is scary; but why am I not terrified of the
fact that you have it?" Lis asked.
"Part of the 'Understanding' macro. I didn't want to keep this
knowledge from any of you, but at the same time, I couldn't have all
of you cowering in a corner or spreading word that I could do this
kind of stuff.
Angie smiled and said, "Good point."
"Remember; Governments and People would kill to have this kind of
power. With a little paranoia, I can keep everyone alive and happy --
and do some good every now and again."
They all smiled and gave me hugs from behind as we continued down
the road.
* * *
During the trip, Lis and Anna spent most of their time in the
back, while Angie stayed up front with me. We ended up getting to know
each other pretty well. I was a little surprised when Lis and Anna
gave me another hug. Apparently, they had snuck back up and listened
to a large part of our discussions.
As we got close to Odessa, I asked Lis to hand me the cel. After
getting the number from Information, I called Pinocchio's in Midland
and ordered a half-dozen large pizzas and lots of bread-sticks.
"Hungry?" Angie asked, a bit surprised.
"Leftovers. This is one of the few places where leftovers are still
good after being in the fridge for several days.
"You must really like pizza," Lis commented, grinning.
"When you find pizza this good, you get it while you
can."
* * *
They didn't question my taste in pizzas anymore after they got
their first bites. They whole-heartedly agreed that they were the best
they had ever tasted.
* * *
A few hours after that, we stopped again; this time at a rest
stop just past another large destruction (err... construction) zone so
I could stretch my legs. We had already been on the road for nine
hours and it was getting close to four o'clock.
When I was outside, stretching my legs and back, I took a look at
the map they had on display. It had a picture showing the Fort Worth
Water Park. (A large man-made, concrete waterfall -- not a theme
park.) When I pointed it out to the others, they thought it might be
interesting too, so we decided to stop there and take a look before
heading on.
* * *
When we started getting into Fort Worth itself, we started
running into a very large amount of traffic. Normally, I
wouldn't be bothered too much by traffic. In this case, however, it
happened to be the beginning of the Friday five o'clock
rush-hour. Talk about bad timing! Add to that the fact that I was
driving a forty-foot Fleetwood; not exactly the most maneuverable
vehicle around -- never mind the easiest to stop. Fortunately, I
didn't have to drive too far before I could get off of the main
highways.
It was 5:30 when we finally got to the park. I changed to some
black, casual slacks and shirt, while Lis and Anna finished getting
themselves dressed; also in black. (Too much playing around in back.)
Angie already had on a blue tube-top and some tight jeans.
Looking around, there wasn't too much to see. It looked much like
most other big-city, downtown parks; trees, benches, concrete, and so
on. It was fairly nice as that type of park goes -- but not really
spectacular. Once we got into the park, however, we could
hear the waterfall.
With a little more walking, we arrived at the park's main feature:
a twenty to thirty-foot deep concrete waterfall. It was quite nice
from topside.
Angie and I decided to take the path that led down in the waterfall
area, while Lis and Anna chose to stay at the top for a little
while. As we descended, I noticed a blonde woman standing there, just
staring at the main falls. There wasn't much to see of her since the
approach was from her rear, but I did notice that she was fairly tall
and was wearing what was probably a fairly expensive, women's business
suit.
Angie and I took a different column and I sat down with Angie
sitting in my lap with her back to me and my head on her shoulder;
both of us enjoying the main waterfall and the white noise. I did take
a quick glance back at the blonde, and noticed that she seemed to have
had a particularly stressful day.
Noon at a small café near the park
"Hi, Tiffany!" I called out as I approached my gorgeous, blonde,
lover.
"Hey, Amy," she replied. From the look on her face, I could tell
she was passed over for promotion again.
I walked up with my lunch and joined her at the table.
"What excuse did they use this time?" I asked her, holding her
hands.
"They didn't. I'm starting to think this is as far as a woman
can get in that company -- there certainly aren't any women in higher
positions there."
"Have you thought about finding another job? With your management
and consulting background, you should be able to get a job
anywhere around here," I suggested. "As if you really
needed to work anyway."
"Non-compete clause. I'd have to leave the Dallas/Fort Worth area
to get another job like this one," she said, sighing and squeezing my
hands.
"And?"
"I'm not about to leave you. I love you too much," she replied.
I smiled and said, "Look, I can get a job almost anywhere I
want. As much as I like this area, It's not as if I have
to stay here."
"How did I ever get lucky enough to find you?" she asked,
smiling.
"Simple. When you walked into the library, I spotted you. I liked
what I saw, so I seduced you," I said, grinning.
Tif grinned and said, "True, but you didn't have to try
too hard. I got wet just seeing you up on that
ladder."
"That was the idea," I replied, smiling and running my leg up along
hers for a moment.
"You certainly know how to distract a person," she accused me.
I gave her a sly wink and started eating again.
After we finished lunch, we gave each other a quick kiss and headed
back to our jobs.
* * *
I was a bit late getting off work at the library. Normally, I
get off at five, but I just lost track of time today.
I wonder if Tif has anything planned tonight. If she does, it'll
have to wait till after dinner; I'm starved.
Look at all the couples at the park today.
As I got near the falls, I noticed a very attractive couple sitting
together on a bench near the entry to the falls. They were obviously
lesbians from the way they were sitting together, but a couple of
things struck me as strange about them. One was Hispanic and the other
Oriental; usually, those don't mix well around here... and these two
obviously love each other.
God, look at how comfortable they are together. I wonder if they
realize how lucky they are to have that honest and caring of a
relationship.
I just hope they can stay that happy together.
I continued on, down the path, into the falls.
There's Tif... and there's another comfortable couple.
Tif was facing away from the entry area, so when I got to her, I
wrapped my arms around her waist kissed her on the neck. "Hello, my
love. Sorry I'm late."
Tif turned around and we gave each other a quick, tender kiss.
"Lose track of time again?" Tiffany asked.
I nodded. "How was the rest of your day, love?"
"Frustrating. I love this place; it helps me relax so
much," she said.
<Heh> "You really should consider quitting. There's no need
for you to have to deal with that kind of stress every day," I
reminded her.
"You really want me to, don't you?" Tif replied.
"Yes. Neither of us needs the money. You've got a nice savings
built up from your job, and I've got my inheritance... You know full
well that we are both working for the enjoyment of it at this
point... and you aren't enjoying it; so what's the point?" I pointed
out.
"True. Okay, I'll consider it," Tif replied.
"Great, now let's go get some dinner and go home for some desert,"
I said, giving her a wink.
"Oh, I don't know. I could go for some dick right about now," she
teased, nodding towards the nearby couple I had already noticed; a
handsome man who was just a bit older than us, and an attractive,
young redhead who was probably twenty or twenty-one.
"Me too, but that little redhead would probably tear us up and push
what's left into the water," I replied. "Besides, you know how most
men feel about women like us."
"Be careful what you wish for," I heard from behind us.
We both turned to find the lesbian couple I had noticed earlier at
the top.
"What was that?" Tif asked.
"Be careful what you wish for," the Hispanic woman said. "You might
get it."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tif asked.
The Hispanic woman nodded over towards the other couple and said,
"You're interested in him?"
"Yes, but I don't think his companion would care too much for the
idea," Tif replied.
"What about you?" the Oriental one asked me.
"He's handsome, but most men don't really care for women who like
women -- whether they say they do or not," I replied.
The couple looked at each other and started grinning.
"What?" I asked.
"Sorry, I'm Melissa -- or Lis -- and this is Anna," the Hispanic
woman said.
"Tiffany," Tif said.
"Amy," I added.
"It's great meeting you," Anna said.
"Come on, we'll introduce you," Melissa added.
Tif and I looked to each other in surprise, and then followed the
other couple.
As we approached, the man noticed us and spoke up.
"Hi, kittens. Finally decided to join us?" he said, smiling.
Anna and Melissa both leaned down one at a time to kiss
both the man and the redhead. Tif and I
looked to each other in surprise again.
They're all together? What's going on here?
The redhead stood up, and the man followed. Then Melissa told him,
"You've been attracting attention," as she nodded her head back
towards Tif and me.
"Greetings, Ladies," he said, bowing his head to us.
Anna grinned and said, "They seemed to think you wouldn't like
lesbians, for some reason."
He grinned at that and the redhead laughed and started grinning
seductively.
"It isn't that we're lesbians, it's just that most men are jerks,"
Tif responded.
He started laughing, then said, "You know? You're absolutely
right!"
Huh? This is coming from an
MAN?!?
"This is Tiffany, and the other one is Amy," Lis said, introducing
us.
"I'm Xanthos, and this is Angie," he said. "Apparently, you've
already met Lis and Anna?"
We both nodded dumbly in response.
"I don't know about you, but I'm getting rather hungry. Where's a
good place to eat around here?" he asked.
"What do you have in mind?" I asked.
"Friday's?" he asked in return.
"There's one a few miles from here," Tif said.
"Yeah, the one on 35-West," I added.
"Care to join us?" he asked.
I was a bit concerned about whether or not we were really welcome,
but when I scanned the group of women he was with, they all smiled and
nodded so Tif and I agreed.
We all hiked back out from the lower area, then he pointed over
towards the far side of the park and said, "We're parked over
there."
"Okay," Tif said. She pointed to the building on the other side of
the falls and continued, "We're parked next to the Plaza Hotel."
"Okay. If you'll meet us on the other side, we'll follow you. Look
for the forty-foot motor home," he said.
Forty-foot Motor Home? Sounds like he's doing pretty
good for himself too.
When we got to the car, Tif asked, "What do you think?"
"Of him, or the group?" I asked.
"Both," she responded.
"All sorts of puzzling, but nothing harmful," I replied.
"Puzzling?"
"I saw Anna and Melissa sitting together at the top, near the
steps. It was obvious that they were lesbians and seriously in love
with each other. The best way that I can describe what I saw is; they
were comfortable with each other. They weren't showing off... I
noticed the same level of relationship when I looked at Xanthos and
Angie when I got to the bottom of the falls, too. When they showed
that they were ALL together, it threw me for a loop!"
"I can imagine!" Tif said.
"And did you see any hint of jealousy?" I asked.
Tif thought about it for a minute and said, "No. I didn't. Let's
keep an eye on them and see what happens... Who knows, tonight might
be rather interesting."
"Agreed. And maybe we can find out why they're so close and
comfortable," I replied.
Tif nodded and said, "We'd better get moving."
* * *
Tif drove us around the park until we came across this
monstrous motor home.
"Fleetwood? Eagle?! Okay, so this guy's worth some
dough!" Tif said.
"What? Is that version expensive?" I asked puzzled.
"About 3-500K. I looked at some one time. Depending on the
interior, that is a seriously expensive motor home."
We waited there for a minute, and the foursome showed up and
entered the Fleetwood. A few seconds later, Xanthos was behind the
wheel, starting up the monster. He looked around for a second and
waved after he spotted us. We led the way and were shortly at
Friday's.
Tif and I got out of her car and I looked over to see them parking
their monster close by. After he shut it down, he turned to his side
and did something... though I couldn't tell what. A few minutes later,
they all came out rather impressively dressed; Lis and Anna in long,
black gowns that were open at the sides, Angie in a green tube-dress
that went wonderfully with her hair and green eyes, and Xanthos in
grey slacks and a black, long-sleeve shirt. They all looked fantastic
-- and very happy together.
"I see our friends like Frederick's," Tif said.
"I thought those gowns looked familiar," I replied.
"The tube-dress as well."
We put an arm around each other's waist and walked up to the
group.
"Sorry about the delay," he said. "Shall we?"
Xanthos -- Back at the Water Park
A very attractive pair of bisexual women who aren't part of the
"I'm Gay and Proud of it" crowd -- and they happen to be here at the
same time as us... What are the odds?
"I don't know about you, but I'm getting rather hungry. Where's a
good place to eat around here?" I asked.
"What do you have in mind?" Amy asked.
"Friday's?" I replied.
"There's one a few miles from here," Tiffany said.
"Yeah, the one on 35-West," Amy added.
"Care to join us?" I asked.
They looked a bit concerned for a moment, but after glancing at the
kittens, they smiled and nodded.
"Sure, why not," Amy replied.
We all hiked back out from the lower area, then I pointed over
towards the far side of the park and said, "We're parked over
there."
"Okay," Tiffany said. She pointed to the building on the other side
of the falls and continued, "We're parked next to the Plaza
Hotel."
"Okay. If you'll meet us on the other side, we'll follow you. Look
for the forty-foot motor home," he said.
They both looked surprised when I said that, but Tiffany nodded and
they worked their way across the street.
As we walked to the motor home, I asked, "Okay, what's the
deal?"
Lis spoke up. "While you were sitting with Angie at the bottom of
the falls, we noticed that Tiffany -- the blonde -- couldn't keep her
eyes off of you two. We both decided to join you just after Amy
started her way down the steps, so we followed behind her when she was
halfway to the bottom. Before we were to the bottom, Amy was hugging
Tiffany from behind. It was rather obvious that they were lovers. We
were about to walk past them when Tiffany nodded over towards you and
said that she could go for some dick. Amy said she could too, but that
Angie would probably tear them both up and throw them into the
water."
Angie laughed and said, "If it had been any of my previous
boyfriends, I would have."
I chuckled and said, "I don't doubt it, but there isn't any
jealousy here."
"I noticed," Angie said.
"So you two decided to introduce them into the group then?" I asked
Lis and Anna.
"Yeah. We asked them if they were really interested in you, and
they both said that they were, so we introduced ourselves and brought
them over to meet you," Lis finished.
"What do you think, Angie?" I asked.
"I don't know. They're certainly attractive, but I'll reserve
judgement on anything else until I know them better," she replied.
"Agreed. In the meantime, I suggest that we look at them as
possible keepers," I said.
* * *
When we arrived at the restaurant, I got on the front system
and reentered the purge command I had used when I had first found the
program. That would take care of any stray copies of Master Control in
the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
The kittens had all decided to dress up a bit for dinner, so I went
ahead and switched to dress slacks and a black shirt with a banded
collar.
When we were all ready to leave, I checked the machine in front and
found that it had finished the area purge. That being the case, I
started the Anti-Theft macro and we went to dinner.
Tiffany -- In the Friday's Parking Lot
Xanthos and his companions stepped out of their Fleetwood and I
immediately recognized the outfits the women were wearing, though
Melissa and Anna definitely looked better in those outfits than I did,
and Angie looked really hot in her green tube-skirt.
"I see our friends like Frederick's," I said.
"I thought those gowns looked familiar," Amy commented.
"The tube-dress as well," I added. I couldn't believe the bodies on
these people either. All of them looked fantastic -- especially Angie
with her D-Cups! I had to really wonder if there was some surgery
behind those bodies.
We put an arm around each other's waist and walked up to the
group.
"Sorry about the delay," he said. "Shall we?"
"Sure," I said.
Amy just smiled and nodded.
We all went inside and got a large table for six near the
center.
"So, you're here on vacation?" I asked, getting the conversation
started.
"No, just passing through," Xanthos replied. "The ladies and I are
moving to North Carolina."
"Oh? From where?" I asked.
"El Paso. After thirty years in the desert, I decided to find
someplace green," he replied, casually.
"I can understand that," Amy said. "I lived in Arizona for a little
while, and I like the greener areas better too."
"You must be doing pretty well for yourself," I commented.
"I got lucky" he replied with a thoughtful look on his face. "After
nine years in the same job, I found something that helps me make a
difference." Then he studied me a moment and continued, "You seem to
be doing pretty well yourself... other than maybe too much
stress."
Amy and I looked at each other with surprise on both our faces. How
does he know that?
When I looked back at him again, he had a disarming grin on his
face and said, "After nine years in sales and support, I know most of
the expressions associated with job-related stress. It was easy to
understand your using the waterfall at the park to calm your nerves
after a stressful day, and from the look on your face when we got
there, you really needed the peace."
I relaxed upon hearing his explanation. "The job itself, I
love. The management and politics... well, that's another matter."
He chuckled and said, "Politics are ALWAYS another
matter. What is it you do, if you don't mind my asking?"
"Not at all. I'm a Senior Consumer Electronics Design Project
Manager for one of the major electronics companies here.
Xanthos suddenly got an odd expression on his face... like he had
some sort of idea that was running through his head. Whatever it was,
he was definitely distracted. A second or two later, he shook it off
and apologized, saying, "Sorry, just had a crazy idea."
"Oh? What's that?" I asked.
"I had an idea for a small toy a year or so ago, and it just dawned
on me that one of the kittens was an electronics major..." Xanthos
said.
Kittens? Odd that he keeps calling them that. "And my job suddenly
brought that to mind," I finished for him.
"Yeah. I would still have to have a programmer to make it work
though," he added.
"What kind of toy?" Melissa asked.
"A true universal remote for TVs and whatnot," he replied.
"Why not just buy one?" Amy asked.
"The only ones that come close to what I'm wanting start at over
$2000. My idea is for something that would sell for $150 to $250
depending on the model," he replied.
"I don't understand. Why would anyone want to spend that much for a
remote?" Amy asked.
"Let me describe my old living room for you so you'll understand. I
had a TV, stereo, single-disc CD-player, 100-disc CD-changer, two
different brands of VCRs, and a satellite receiver. All in all, a
total of seven remotes and six brands. Add to that several 'Universal'
remotes, and you end up with a nice mess. The closest I came to being
able to control the most stuff was the Kenwood remote that allowed for
head-to-head programming, but even that wouldn't handle
everything."
"So your idea is to have a large, complex box that would have
hundreds of buttons on it?" Amy asked, confused.
"No. A small pyramid or some other artistic shape that attaches to
a PC or notebook computer through its serial or USB port. The remote
would be programmable both by downloading existing information from a
web site, and by receiving signals from other remotes. The computer
would have a stack of generic layouts on-file and would have a layout
designer for making your own control screens. In fact, you should even
be able to link it to the various 'Home Control' packages that are out
there too," he finished.
Shit! It's so simple. He'd be able to sell thousands of them in a
heartbeat! I looked around the table, and I could tell I wasn't the
only one surprised by his idea.
"That's incredible! I'm amazed that no one else has thought of the
idea!" I commented.
"I know there's at least one company that has something like it
built into a touch-screen remote, but it's basically a small computer
that is programmed from a separate computer. That one sells for around
$2,500. I figure that for a fraction of that, I could probably
contract with someone like HP to bring back one of their older model
notebook computers and add a USB port to it. All you'd need for normal
operation is a touch screen and a port to hook up a keyboard every now
and then. I remember that a couple of companies had something like
that several years ago, but dropped them because the prices were
getting too low for their tastes. Imagine linking something like that
with a full version of one of these remotes and selling it for $1,500
or so. That would be the hi-end package, while the low-end would be
just the pyramid itself with its control software for the PC," he
added.
"Tell me you have that patented!" I said.
"Why, you like the idea?" he asked, casually.
"Do you have any idea how many of those you could sell?" I asked
him.
"Oh... I don't know... Probably a few thousand," he casually
replied; like he wasn't really concerned.
I can't believe this guy! He's got what is probably a
million-dollar idea, and he's just dismissing it! "God, what I
wouldn't give for an opportunity like that!" I accidentally said out
loud.
He raised an eyebrow and leaned forward, like he was seriously
studying me. "Oh, really? You would be interested in being involved
with something like that?" he asked.
"Who wouldn't be? Your idea would probably make most of the other
remotes on the market obsolete. If nothing else, you could probably
sell the company off for a few million after you got it going good!" I
exclaimed.
He seemed to think about it for a minute while continuing to study
me, then he turned to Amy and asked what she did for a living. Talk
about changing subjects!
She was a bit surprised at the sudden change of subjects as well,
but she quickly recovered.
"I work over at the library near the park, but I do it mainly as a
hobby. Neither of us really has to work anymore."
He seemed a bit surprised -- or amused -- by that comment, and
said, "What? Ready for retirement already?"
"Something like that. Tif makes enough that she could quit working
any time she felt like it, and I inherited quite a bit from my parents
when they died," Amy replied.
He cringed and said, "Ouch. I'm sorry."
It's okay. They were in a plane crash a couple of years ago. It
took me a while, but I got over it as much as anyone can," Amy
said.
"What about you four?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
"Anna and I were college students in El Paso. On Monday, I met
Xanthos. By Tuesday, I was in love with him. By Wednesday, so was my
best friend," Melissa said, giving Anna a hug. Amy and I sat there
with our jaws on the table.
"He's an expert at seducing people," Angie commented with a
straight face.
I just stared at her in shock.
"And how did he seduce you?" Amy asked.
Angie smiled, looked over to Xanthos, and said, "Good looks,
generosity, a sense of humor, ethics, a feeling of barely controlled
power, and an unbelievable offer that made everything my choice."
Barely controlled power? An unbelievable offer? "That's an
interesting combination."
Angie grinned and said, "You have no idea."
Xanthos glanced over at Amy and said, "Contact problems?"
I looked over to her too, and she was rubbing her right eye like
she was having problems.
"Yes. It must be all of the smoke in here," Amy replied.
"Go ahead and take them out if you like. I have something in the
motor home that will help," he suggested.
The three ladies he was with suddenly had trouble controlling their
smirks.
"I'm almost blind without them, and I left my glasses at the
library," Amy replied.
I pulled a bottle of eye-drops out of my purse and gave it to
her. "Try this."
"Thanks," she replied.
We continued with dinner for a while, until Xanthos spoke up,
asking me, "What's your management background?"
"Primarily, the job I mentioned earlier. I've also done some
management consulting for other companies in the past," I replied.
"Do you think you could run a small consumer electronics company if
given the opportunity?" he asked.
WHAT?!? HE CAN'T BE SERIOUS!!! "Tell me you're not
serious!"
"Could you?" he repeated, straight faced.
"I uh... sure... I guess... Why me?" I replied, completely
shocked.
"Your background and desire seem to support the idea of taking the
remote to market, and I have enough resources so that something like
this couldn't hurt me even if it went sour for some reason. There are
other reasons as well," he said.
"This could be your chance to get away from this company!" Amy
said.
As she was saying that, Xanthos reached under the table and pulled
out two jewelry boxes and set one in front of me, and the other in
front of Amy. Both were closed.
I just stared at it in complete shock. This guy was making me an
absolutely unbelievable offer... Hold on... Didn't Angie say he made
her an unbelievable offer as well? I looked over at Angie, and found
her smiling supportively, and nodding her head back towards the box. I
looked back at the box again, and noticed the logo on
it. TIFFANY & CO.!?! I opened the box with shaking
hands and found a silver kitten pendant inside. I looked up suddenly,
realizing that Melissa, Anna, and Angie all had the same pendant on as
well, though Melissa's and Anna's were made of gold...
While I was thinking about all of this, Xanthos got Amy's and my
attention again.
"You should know... there are certain ties and obligations -- and
benefits -- that go with those pendants. If you accept them, you would
become members of this family. Personally, I believe that you would
both fit in very well, and I sincerely hope you both accept."
I studied his eyes for a long moment. He seemed to be very
sincere. I already found him attractive -- that was why we were with
him here to begin with -- and Angie said that he was ethical... I
searched the expressions on each of his so-called "Kittens," and they
all had approving, encouraging smiles on their faces... I looked over
to Amy and found her looking searchingly at me too.
Suddenly, Amy seemed to think of something and turned back to
Xanthos. "Why me? I mean, you've already said that you're interested
in Tiffany's technical and management backgrounds... but why me?"
She had a good point. It had to be either both of us, or neither of
us. Even then, what we did would depend greatly on his answer.
"I was interested in both of you joining us before I knew what
either of you did. You are both very attractive
women. You are also women who like women. Normally, that
wouldn't matter much one way or the other; it wouldn't be my
business. In this case, all of the kittens deeply love each other, and
it's important that anyone who chooses to join the family understands
that and is okay with it -- and is interested in joining that type of
relationship. On the other hand, it's also important that you are able
to get along with men -- or in this case, me. Forget about money;
forget about the job; forget about everything else... Just ask
yourself this: are you interested in joining a family where everyone
-- male and female -- cares about you, and your sexual preferences
don't matter? Are you interested in being in a family where you are
accepted for who you are?"
"You mentioned 'ties and responsibilities'," I commented to him
"The pendant," he replied. "By accepting it and wearing it, you
become a member of this family; one of my 'kittens'. That is the
tie. As far as responsibilities... mainly, it's enjoying
yourself. Other than that, there's some stuff that can't be discussed
here, but believe me, it's nothing bad. Also, you'd be moving to North
Carolina with us."
"And you all want us to join your 'family' as you call it?" Amy
asked.
Each nodded in turn, smiling encouragingly.
I looked back over to Amy again. She had a small smile on her face
as she nodded to me. I nodded in return, and we both removed the
pendants from our boxes and put them on. I could feel the excitement
coming from the other side of the table. We really were welcome by
them.
* * *
As we were finishing up, there was a commotion at the
entrance. I couldn't tell what was going on, but it definitely had
people's attention. After a minute or two, it broke up and everyone
returned to what they had been doing before. Melissa and the others
glanced at Xanthos, and he just shrugged his shoulders.
A minute later, our server brought our check (which Xanthos
immediately grabbed) and I asked what had happened out front.
"Someone outside let out a blood-curdling scream and ran off to who
knows where," he replied.
I was a little surprised by that, but obviously Xanthos
wasn't. When the server explained what had happened, Xanthos's eyes
rolled back and he shook his head a couple of times. The reaction I
saw from the others he was with was different, but still showed that
they knew what was going on too. In their case, they cringed before
shaking their heads.
"What was it?" I asked, after the server left.
"Someone getting a preview of Hell," Xanthos said simply, but
quietly.
"What..." Amy started.
"Later," Xanthos interrupted; again, quietly.
* * *
When we left the restaurant, Xanthos invited us into his motor
home. Amy and I were still a bit concerned after the last bit of
conversation inside, but we followed him in anyway.
"Sorry about interrupting you Amy, but what happened out here was
someone trying to break into this motor home. Due to something I have
on here, I had to enable a VERY serious deterrent,
otherwise all hell could break loose. Before we go any further, I need
both of your full names," he said, seriously.
"Sure, but why?" I asked.
"Think of it as security clearance," he replied.
"Sheila Tiffany Sheridan," I replied.
"Amy Lee Weaver," Amy said.
Xanthos moved to a computer sitting at the front of the motor home
and did some typing. Suddenly, I felt a tingle run through my body,
causing me to shiver. A few seconds later, Amy shivered too.
"Okay, it's safer to talk now. Amy, please take out your contacts,"
he said.
"But I already said I'm almost blind without them," she
replied.
"Trust me. Just do it," he replied.
Amy washed her hands at the sink and then carefully removed her
contacts. "Okay, now what?"
Xanthos did a little more typing, and Amy shivered again and went
wide-eyed, looking around. "OH MY GOD!!!" she gasped.
"WHAT?" I asked, concerned.
"I CAN SEE! Everything is perfectly clear!" she
replied.
Suddenly, I shivered again, and my vision blurred
seriously. "What's going on!?! Now I'm having problems
seeing!"
"You wear contacts too, huh? Take them out," Xanthos said.
Amy guided me to the sink so I could wash my hands as well. Once my
contacts were out, I could see perfectly too.
"There. Now neither of you will ever have to worry about glasses or
contacts again," Xanthos said as he kept typing.
Amy and I moved so we could see what he was doing, and we were both
amazed at what was going on. He was literally making changes to us as
we stood there! He pulled Amy back up on the screen again and, after
typing in some more stuff at the bottom, he selected a few different
buttons on the screen. When he selected the one labeled "Kitten", Amy
went to him and started hugging and kissing him for all she was
worth. Then he switched the screen back to me, and did the same
thing. After I shivered several more times, I felt a deep, sudden,
honest, overwhelming love for this man that I'd only met little more
than an hour ago. I also felt the same thing for all of the other
women here and knew they felt the same way about me! I was even aware
that my relationship with Amy was now deeper than it had been
before. There was no longer any doubt in my mind about our love for
each other.
"We need to get out of here," Xanthos said, after Amy and I let him
up for air. <Grin!> "Which of you lives closer?"
"We moved in together a couple of months ago," I replied.
"Okay, you lead the way, and we'll follow," he said.
Angie had a really seductive grin on her face as she said that
she'd go with me. She also suggested that Amy get to know the others
better while she was gone. I could tell she would be an interesting
little firecracker.
I glanced over to Amy and found that the other women were dragging
her to the back of the motor home. I laughed, and Angie and I went to
my car so I could lead the way.
Half an hour (and lots of mutual teasing) later, we were at my
house.
We all went inside and dissolved into a rather interesting
orgy. All I could really see was a pile of women with Xanthos joining
in every now and then.
As we went along, I noticed that lust seemed to be the dominant
emotion. It was completely different than the first time Amy made love
to me. Somehow, we would have to share that with the others.