Johnny Kape

The Captive Boy

Chapter 1

Johnny stood still in front of Joey, silent, with a poker face. That was the way Johnny protected himself.

Joey looked at the little boy. After a long silence, he said: "Take off your clothes."

Johnny started immediately. He took off the clothes that covered his body, and untied the rope on his waist. The shorts -- which were apparently too large for him -- slid down, and soon his nude body was in front of Joey.

Johnny watched Joey's face. He knew what Joey wanted. It must be his little body, no other possibility. He had been raped a lot since he was captured two years ago. Everyone in this concentration camp wanted his body to quench their own sex desire, soldiers, officers, and all the other prisoners. They fucked him day after day.

Joey looked at Johnny's body. Johnny looked very thin and small, like just only 7 or 8 years old. However Joey knew that he was actually older. His arms, body, and legs were full of scars, from being flogged and burned. Those scars were very distinct on Johnny's yellow skin. He had lost his left little finger, and Joey knew that it was a sign of being a prisoner in the Linbus Jail, the most notorious jail in Africa. His two little nipples were burned and deformed, almost being flattened. Joey walked around Johnny. His back was also full of scars, but his ass was quite clear. Joey knew why they left Johnny's ass clean. He squatted to observe Johnny's ass. He knew that during these days Johnny must have been raped uncountable times, because Johnny was being raped by the commander when he and his soldiers sneaked into this Linbus Jail and broke into the commander's room.

Joey could never forget the scene. He had peeked at the room from the window and saw that Johnny was totally nude, with his hands handcuffed to the corner of the bed. His knees were up by his shoulder. The commander was nude too, penetrating Johnny violently with a sinister smile. Johnny just put on a poker face like now, without crying, screaming, or showing any desire to call for help. He could not even see any emotion in Johnny's eyes.

Finally Joey ran into the commander's room, kicked the commander off the bed, and shot him through the head. Johnny still looked very calm, not crying or screaming. His little penis laid on his body. Joey took off his jacket, and covered Johnny's body with it.

"Find the handcuff key," Joey said.

They searched the whole room, but failed to find any key. Joey took out a small handgun, aimed at the handcuff's lock, and fired. The handcuff was opened. Joey looked at Johnny's wrists. He seemed to have worn the handcuff for a long time.

Johnny stood up, and looked at Joey. Joey asked: "Where are your clothes? Put them on."

Johnny took a cloth from the ground, with a hole on it. He put his head into the hole. Then he put another shorts on, and took a rope to tie around his waist to avoid the shorts sliding down.

"Why is this boy here?" a soldier asked curiously while watching Johnny's action.

Joey watched Johnny for a while. "I think I know who he is," said Joey finally. "Take him out of the room, but don't put him together with those prisoners. I'll take care of him later."

Joey returned to reality, and looked again at Johnny's eyes. There was not any message in his eyes. Joey could not tell if Johnny was afraid or not, or even if he was planning something else. So marvelous a boy, Joey thought.

However, Johnny's face made Joey think of another boy. Ming, the boy who lost his life for Joey, the boy who died in Joey's arm. Joey's heart started to bleed.

After a while, Joey sat back on the chair, and broke the silence.

"There are some clothes on the table, " said Joey. "I just got them from another village nearby. They might be still a bit large for you, but should be a lot better than what you wear now. Put them on."

Johnny's eyes now contained doubts. He started to suspect what Joey actually wanted. Joey nodded to him. Johnny turned back, and started to put the shirt and shorts on.

"Still a bit too large, but much better," said Joey. "Come and sit here."

Johnny obeyed Joey's command, and sat on the chair Joey assigned.

"How do you feel now?" asked Joey.

Johnny didn't know how to answer this question, so he lowered his head and kept silent.

Joey didn't give up. "I know who you are."

No reaction from Johnny.

"Johnny, the genius sniper in Leer's anti-government army," said Joey. "I don't know how an Asian boy like you came to Leer, and how did you become a sniper? You started to be in the Leer's inner war since you were 5 years old. Your guerrillas were famous, and won some battles amazingly. You were especially excellent, because you could use your advantage of having such a small body to hide in a position a normal sniper could not hide, and you had a great marksmanship. You inflicted the government army heavily several times, and they hated you very much. You were then betrayed by a fellow, right?"

Johnny raised his head, and watched Joey silently. Joey saw Johnny's eyes started to change. He knew that it was not that calm in Johnny's heart. He sat beside Johnny, and started to caress Johnny's back.

"After you were captured, your army was defeated. Some of your fellows hid in different villages, but still tried to rescue you. The government did not claim to capture you. Little did we think that they imprisoned you in this jail."

Joey caressed Johnny softly. Johnny felt that the wall in his heart had started to break down. He tried to keep his poker face.

"This is not a concentration camp for captives. It is actually a jail for political prisoners and felons. We all did not expect them to confine you here 3;" Joey reached out to Johnny's left hand, caressed his cut-off little fingers. "It must be difficult for you these years 3; you seemed to be abused a lot 3;"

Johnny lowered his head, kept silent.

"Do you know Jack? " said Joey. "We met once and he asked me to find where you were held."

Listening to Jack's name, the wall in Johnny's heart crashed. He closed his eyes, tried hard to control himself, but tears started to fall across his face.

He was a kid after all, Joey thought. He tried to hug Johnny, but Johnny didn't move. Joey gave up and stood up and left Johnny alone.

After several minutes, Joey poured a cup of water and gave it to Johnny. Johnny raised his head. Tears were still on his face, but he put on his poker face again. He watched Joey silently.

"Drink?" asked Joey.

Johnny shook his head.

Joey shrugged. "All right. I'll take care of you, and nobody will hurt you anymore."

Johnny still watched Joey. Joey saw another emotion in Johnny's eyes. Johnny has not decided whether to trust me or not, Joey thought.

Chapter 2

Joey discussed things with his crew. Their mission was to rescue some scientists kidnapped by the Leer government. They didn't need to stay here anymore, not to mention that the government army would attack if they knew this jail had been occupied. So they decided to withdraw immediately.

Johnny followed Joey closely all the way. He could feel that Joey was not like others, who just wanted to abuse him or fuck him. However, he could also feel that some guys in Joey's army were observing him maliciously all the way. He didn't talk, just followed Joey silently.

They sent those rescued scientists to the frontier of Leer. A helicopter was waiting there. A tall blonde man in military uniform escorted the scientists boarding the helicopter. He watched Johnny, and talked with Joey for a while. Joey shook his head. Johnny didn't see them, just kept his poker face.

Johnny watched the helicopter flying away, and followed Joey back to their base. That was a cleared space in the tropical jungle in the south of Leer. Joey made Johnny sit under a tree, and started a campfire with the others. All of them started to drink to celebrate the wonderful success of this rescue action.

Johnny hugged his own knees alone under the tree, watching those people celebrating. He noticed that the two guys, who observed him all the way back maliciously, now started to whisper again. He knew from others that their names were Arn and George. He kept his face number one, watched them climbing up to the guard's sentry box.

Joey walked to Johnny after a few minutes.

"How do you feel now?" asked Joey. No answer.

"Come and eat something."

Johnny did not move. Joey took a plate of meat, and passed to Johnny. Johnny looked at Joey, and Joey nodded. "Take it. We'll try to find your friends tomorrow."

Johnny took the plate. It had been a long time since Johnny smelled roast meat. He felt hungry, but he put the plate on the ground.

Joey sat beside Johnny, and gave him a smile. He took a piece of roast meat, and bit. "It's OK, don't worry," said Joey.

Johnny watched Joey biting the meat. After a while, he took piece of meat. He started to have a bite, and then another bite, and then started to wolf the meat down.

Joey patted Johnny's shoulder. "Don't hurry. We have a lot to eat," said Joey. He poured a cup of water for Johnny. Johnny took the cup, and kept eating meat. Joey smiled watching Johnny eating.

Johnny finished the meat and drank water, and sighed satisfyingly. Joey asked, "How about the meat?"

Johnny watched Joey's face, and then nodded slightly. This was the first time Joey got Johnny's positive interaction. He found that the doubt and vigilance was less in Johnny's eyes.

Joey stayed with Johnny sitting under the tree, without talking. After some time, Joey found that Johnny's head leaned against his shoulder. Joey was a bit surprised, and then found that Johnny had fallen asleep. He watched Johnny's sleeping face, and started to smile.

It was a kid's face. Although this boy had had an incredible childhood, his sleeping face was still pure, naive, and cute.

Pure, naive, and cute, just like Ming. Ming's happy smile appeared again in front of Joey.

Joey caressed Johnny slightly, and then put Johnny down to lie on the ground. He took off his jacket, and then covered Johnny's body. Then he joined other people celebrating.

***

Johnny was roused suddenly. He didn't know how long he slept, but something was wrong. He opened his eyes, and saw everyone was sleeping, including Joey. Arn and George, however, were not on the sentry box. They were moving toward Johnny.

Johnny stood up, but a gun was pointing at him.

"Freeze," said Arn.

Johnny looked at Joey, and knew that Joey could not help him. He stood still there.

"Who sent you here, little spy?" George slapped Johnny's face hard, and said ferociously. "You can fool Joey, but not me!"

Johnny didn't talk, just watched George's face. George slapped Johnny's face again.

Arn and George looked fierce, and accused Johnny of being a spy. However, Johnny knew what they thought by their expressions.

Desire. Sex desire. They were both on fire. Just like others Johnny saw in the jail.

Johnny kept silent. After a long time pause, Arn could not control himself anymore.

"Take off your clothes," said Arn.

Once again, Johnny took off his shirts and shorts. He faced Arn and George in the nude. George forced Johnny to kneel down, and took a rope to tie his hands behind his back.

"Hoho, you lost your finger, uh?" George said teasingly. "Did it hurt?"

Johnny pretended to not hear George's words. Arn put his gun down, and started to take off his clothes. Soon Arn was naked too.

"Why hurry? He is ours tonight," said George. He also took off his pants, and started to rub Johnny's anus with his erected penis.

"It's been a long time not having sex," said Arn. "Well, no woman, but a boy was OK too. Open your mouth!"

Johnny opened his mouth and held Arn's penis in it. Arn grasped Johnny's hair, and started to move his penis back and forth.

George penetrated Johnny's anus with his fingers. He found that Johnny's anus was not tight.

"He was deflowered," said George.

"Sure. He had been in that notorious jail for a long time, did you expect him still a virgin?" teased Arn.

George didn't talk anymore, but started to fuck Johnny. He penetrated Johnny violently.

Johnny felt hurt, but he did not scream or moan. Just like every night in the past two years, he knew that it was useless to call for help. Nobody would help him. He tried his best to endure the pain.

After a long time, Johnny felt the penis in his mouth starting to ejaculate. Arn pulled his penis out, and kept shooting on Johnny's face. George pulled his penis out too. Johnny could feel semen flowing from his anus.

Arn lifted Johnny's chin. Johnny looked at him with his poker face.

"Swallow it," commanded Arn. Johnny obeyed.

Arn opened Johnny's mouth, looked into it, and laughed. He kicked Johnny down. Johnny didn't resist. George kicked Johnny's ass too.

"I didn't enjoy it," said George. Arn laughed. They put their clothes on and left Johnny.

Joey woke up at the sunrise. He looked around. Everyone was still sleeping. Then he saw Johnny, totally nude, with both hands tied backwards. Johnny's eyes were open, just idling there watching the leaves on the ground.

"Oh, no!" Joey rushed to Johnny. He saw the dry semen on Johnny's face. "Who did this?" asked Joey while cutting off the rope on Johnny's hands.

Johnny raised his head, watching Joey silently. He did not answer Joey's question. His face was so peaceful, just like nothing happened. Joey groaned inwardly, because he could not read any message from Johnny's eyes any more, and the tiny trust in Johnny's eyes vanished.

Chapter 3

Joey did not turn hostile on Arn and George. He knew that the two raped Johnny, but they still had many missions; Joey had to take the overall situation into account. So he just took Johnny everywhere with him. Johnny did not respond to Joey, just put on a poker face.

Joey gave Johnny a small handgun.

"We may need your skill to snipe," said Joey, "and let you protect yourself."

Johnny took the gun, loaded it, locked the safety catch, and put the gun in his shorts. He still did not respond to Joey's words.

Joey took Johnny with him on duty too. They planned to assault another captive concentration camp in the middle area of Leer. He taught Johnny how to find the enemy's track, where enemies moved to, and how to set traps along the way enemies must go. Johnny started in the Leer inner war at 5 years old, but he was mostly assigned to snipe. The things Joey taught were mostly fresh for him, so he kept those things in his mind. However, he still did not respond to Joey.

Joey did not give up. Every night he always sat beside Johnny under the tree, telling Johnny about his own experiences. He told Johnny that he used to be in the special forces of United States, and been in the Vietnam War. Now he was a leader of a mercenary army. They were hired to execute some missions in Africa.

"The environment was much worse in Vietnam," said Joey. "They were all very good at guerrilla tactics. They took advantage of favorable terrain to set traps and ambush. The way to set traps I taught you were mostly from them, and I learned those ways because many of our troops were trapped in them."

Joey's friends started to tease him.

"Joey, did you fall in love with Pokerface?"

Joey just smiled.

'Pokerface' was named by Joey's friends. They had all been very surprised to know that this weird Asian boy was confined in the notorious Linbus Jail by the Leer government. And, Johnny was so silent after being rescued. Not any response to anyone, even never smiled or cried, just kept a pokerface. Nobody knew where Johnny came from, why he was here, and why Joey treated him so nicely. Joey did not explain anything to his friends, and nobody knew that the reason why he treated Johnny so nicely was that Johnny made him think of Ming, the Vietnam boy he owed his life to 3;

Joey took Johnny everywhere with him. He also tried to inquire about Johnny's friends. He took Johnny to where he last saw Jack, but Jack had escaped to somewhere else. He inquired about other guys, but could not get anything useful. Finally, somebody told him that there were some people in Anka Town, which was in the north of Leer, planning another attack.

"Anka?" Joey felt a bit surprised. "Wow, they are so bold. It's not very far from the capital of Leer."

Thinking for a while, Joey patted Johnny's shoulder. "We won't go north soon, but we will have a chance."

Johnny still didn't respond.

They went back to the base, and saw everyone standing still very nervously.

"What's wrong?" asked Joey.

"Snake," a guy named Sam replied. "Just behind Arn. Look."

Joey saw Arn standing still there, and on a branch of a tree behind him was a medium sized, green snake, ready to attack. He knew that once Arn moved, the snake would attack immediately. He could not tell what kind of snake was it, but according to the shape and the pattern of the snake, he could say it must be a poisonous snake. He didn't have any serum. If Arn was bitten, he could not save his life.

"Do you know what kind of snake is it?" asked Joey.

"Mamba, maybe," said Sam. "But I'm not sure. I just can say that it must be poisonous."

Joey nervously thought about how to save Arn. At the same time, he heard everybody shout. The snake started to attack, jumped toward Arn at a very fast speed. Suddenly, everyone heard a gun shot, and watched the snake flying along a parabolic curve, and it fell onto the ground, died.

Everybody was dumbfounded for a few seconds, and then started to find where the gun shot came from. They saw that a small handgun was in Johnny's hands, and smoke floated from the gun's barrel. After a while, Johnny locked the safety catch, and put the gun back into his shorts. Everyone started to applause.

"Good shot, Pokerface!"

"Wow, it's amazing. Why didn't you show us your skill before, Pokerface?"

"Pokerface, where did you learn to shoot?"

Arn knew that his life had been saved. He felt relieved, and knelt down on the ground. All other people lifted Johnny up to their shoulders, still applauding. Joey watched Johnny's face. Johnny still kept a poker face, but his eyes were active and smiling. He smiled watching Johnny being thrown up and down. Then he walked to Arn, squatted, and watched Arn's face.

After a few seconds, Joey said seriously: "He could have chosen not to save your life, Arn. I hope you will regret what you did to him."

Arn lowered his head, and Joey stood up and left him.

Chapter 4

Joey knew that Johnny must have become the center of everyone's conversation, so he volunteered to be on guard duty that night. He brought Johnny with him, sitting in the high sentry box, and they listened to everyone talking.

The subject was, of course, Johnny.

"Did you see Pokerface's action?" said a huge guy named Ian. "His action was so fast, and he hit the snake's head dead center. How did he do that?"

"Now I could understand why the Leer government would put Pokerface in Linbus Jail," said Sam. "If he is such a great marksman, he must be a thorn in the side of the government army. Maybe there was a great reward for capturing him?"

"Do you know where he comes from? Joey didn't tell us anything about him."

"Joey protected him so well, huh?" snorted Ian.

"Where did you learn to shoot, Pokerface?" Sam shouted.

"Pokerface, are you born to be a mute, or did they persecute you so much that you became a mute?" shouted Ian.

Johnny didn't reply, just looked off far away.

Joey shouted back, "Don't ask him anything! Finish your dinner and go to sleep!"

"Ho-ho, you couldn't bear somebody trying to bully your little Pokerface, could you?" laughed Ian.

"All right, all right. Ask him if he would teach me how to shoot," shouted Sam.

They didn't talk to Joey or Johnny anymore, but kept discussing Johnny, and went to sleep late into the night.

The full moon was in the middle of the sky. Johnny still looked off far away, and Joey watched the side of Johnny's face.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Joey softly.

Johnny did not respond.

"Do you know what I'm thinking about?" asked Joey. "You made me recall a boy I met in Vietnam."

Johnny turned his head and watched Joey.

"The boy was about 12 years old, a bit older than you are now," said Joey. "He was tall and thin, and had a sweet smile. When I was in Vietnam, I lost contact with my squad, and was trapped in the forest. I was stuck on a tree, and my legs were bleeding.

"The boy's name was Ming. He was collecting firewood in the forest and found me stuck on the tree. So he rescued me and brought me back to his village."

Joey seemed to sink into his memory. Johnny listened to him quietly.

"Although I was an enemy, everyone in the village still tried to heal me very enthusiastically. Ming sent meals to me every day. I sent him some small things back, and taught him some simple English. We became very good friends.

"After a few days, my legs were a lot better. I started to fix the villager's houses using the tools I'd brought. I also took Ming to hunt in the jungle, and shared the prey we got with everyone.

"However, the happy days didn't last long. I had so much enjoyment that I almost forgot the Vietnam Guerrillas must check the traps in the forest.

"I was bathing with Ming in a river at the time. We played a lot, and took a rest on the river bank. We were both nude. I kissed him, and caressed his body. He hugged me tightly. We fondled for a while, and were ready to go back home. Two guerrillas found us and shot us immediately."

Joey closed his eyes. Johnny still watched Joey quietly.

"Ming was in front of me, and was hit by three shots. I took my gun and attacked , and killed them. However, I could not save Ming's life. Ming lay down in my arms, smiling at me, and said 'Kiss me, Joey 3;'.

"I wept, and kissed Ming deeply. Ming closed his eyes, and died."

"I dug a hole and buried Ming. I didn't go back to the village, but tried to go back to my army. The next time I went to that village, all the villagers had been executed. Their skeletons were in the middle of the square in the village."

Joey's eyes were still closed, but he held Johnny's hands tightly. Johnny did not resist.

"I owe you so much, Ming," said Joey softly. He put Johnny's hand on his own forehead, and seemed to talk to Ming. "Do you know how much I miss you, Ming? I love you, do you know that?"

After awhile, Joey sat up and released Johnny's hands. He apologized to Johnny. "Sorry, I didn't mean to grasp you."

Johnny nodded slightly. Joey smiled, because he got another positive response from Johnny. He hugged Johnny.

"They asked me why I treated you so nicely," said Joey. "That's because of your face, your eyes, your everything. They all made me think of Ming. However, you are different from Ming. I don't know how to describe the feeling, maybe it was because of your part in this inner war, maybe it was because you had so many experiences 3; Anyway, please trust me. I'll find your friends and bring you back to them."

Johnny lowered his head. After a long pause, he raised his head, and said the first words after keeping silent for two years.

"Forget it."

Chapter 5

Joey was surprised, but also became very happy. He gave Johnny a big smile. "I'm so happy that you want to talk to me at last."

Johnny lowered his head again. Joey asked, "Did you say forget it? Don't you want to go back to them?"

Johnny bit his lips. After a short pause, he raised his head and said, "Yes, but 3;"

Joey looked into Johnny's eyes. This time, in his black pools, there were many emotions. A bit of sorrow, some uncertainty about whether to trust or not, some tiredness that didn't fit his age, and more 3; fear.

Joey felt that he could understand Johnny's fear. Johnny was betrayed by his fellow, and captured and imprisoned in the Linbus Jail, where he was continually used by many other men. Then he was raped again by Arn and George right after being rescued by Joey. How could he trust people anymore?

After all, he was just a small boy, who put on a bold face, but was actually confused, and had lost his confidence in any human being.

Joey still felt happy. Johnny, at least, opened his inner being to him, even just partially. He patted Johnny's shoulder.

"You are dreading what may happen, right?" said Joey softly. "Afraid of being betrayed again?"

Johnny buried his head in his knees. His body started to tremble, and Joey heard him sobbing.

Joey hugged Johnny tightly. This time Johnny did not resist. He nestled on Joey's chest and started to weep.

"Good boy, just cry," said Joey softly. "You are so brave, but you've had enough. I know that you have hidden your emotions for a very long time. Now nobody is here to hear, just cry 3; 3;"

Johnny kept weeping. The scenes when he was beaten, abused, and raped were playing again in his mind. He had been numb about these things for so long, and then he learned to protect himself by not revealing any messages or emotions. Now the flood breached. He wept on Joey's chest. Joey caressed his back softly.

After weeping for several minutes, Johnny started to calm down.

Joey watched Johnny's face, and said tenderly, "I can understand your feelings. Just that 3; I hope you can trust me 3; again. It's my fault letting you be raped again 3; but please trust me. I'll be your friend, and do my best to protect you."

Johnny sobbed in Joey's arms. In the past, his friends treated him nicely, but not as tender as Joey. Jack taught him many things, including the skills about shooting and sniping, and how to survive in the jungle. However sometimes Jack was very strict with him. For Johnny, Jack was more like a father than a friend. Joey's tenderness was an new feeling for Johnny. He cuddled into Joey's chest.

Joey felt Johnny's change. He lifted up Johnny's face, and watched him. There were no concerns on Johnny's face now.

"I'll treat you very nicely, Johnny; not only because you are like Ming, but also because you are Johnny. You are just about 10 years old, but nobody has had the same experiences like you. Actually, you are a very cute and beautiful boy, you know?"

Johnny started to flush. He got a strange feeling, but he didn't know why. Joey smiled, watching Johnny's face. Very naturally, and almost instinctively, Joey started to kiss Johnny deeply.

Johnny felt his own heart beating. Joey's tongue was soon exploring his mouth. After a minute, Joey started to kiss Johnny's cheek, forehead, and neck. He put his hands into Johnny's shirt, and caressed his body. He caressed Johnny's scars on his body, and then his lost finger. He kissed Johnny's deformed nipple, and went back to kiss his mouth again. Johnny felt like he was melting, as he just let Joey kiss and fondle him everywhere. It was almost too much for his young mind to accept; but he did.

After a long time, Joey stopped.

"Did you like it?" asked Joey.

Johnny was still flushed, and he nodded slightly.

Joey hugged Johnny again, and let Johnny lie on his chest. "I'll take you to the north to find your friends after our missions complete, okay?" asked Joey.

Johnny didn't answer. Joey felt Johnny lean all his weight on him. He patted Johnny.

"Don't worry. I'll always be with you."

Joey caressed Johnny, and after a while he found that Johnny had fallen asleep again. Joey smiled watching Johnny's small, young face. He thought of those short days with Ming, the happiest days of his life, and also the most painful in all his life. It was his fault that Ming and his villagers were killed, and he had no chance even just to say how sorry he was. Johnny reminded him of his pain, but also gave him a chance to atone for his crimes. He watched Johnny, and felt that Ming was smiling at him. He made up his mind that he would definitely do his best to protect Johnny.

Chapter 6

Johnny looked around. Faint light, wet wall, and a dirty bed. A familiar cell for Johnny. When Johnny entered this cell, it was time to 'serve' those guard soldiers. He looked at himself, totally nude, but no handcuffs. He waited on the bed.

One nude man walked in. Johnny raised his head, and was astonished.

It was Zalinger. The 'friend' who betrayed them and captured him. Zalinger smiled evilly at Johnny.

"Had a good time here?" said Zalinger.

Johnny didn't answer, and put on his poker face again. Although he hated Zalinger so much, it was safer not to reveal any emotion here.

Zalinger embraced Johnny's body forcibly, and said, "I've been eager to fuck you for a long time. Now it's time. Open your mouth."

Johnny watched Zalinger's penis becoming larger and larger, and finally it became the largest penis he had ever seen. He opened his mouth, and held Zalinger's penis. It filled every part of Johnny's mouth, so full that he could hardly breathe.

***

"No, I can't breathe 3; "

"Am I going to die this time.. ?"

Suddenly, Zalinger was gone. It became dark all around.

Johnny sighed with relief. He felt that he was still sitting on the bed, and wondered who was next. He was tired of everything. Day after day, he looked at these men's penises, jerked them off, sucked them until they spurted into his mouth, and was forced to let them fuck him. He was so tired. His bottom hurt. He had loose poops. However, he had no choice.

Nobody came in. Finally, Johnny stood up, and tried to find a way out.

He touched a wall, and then walked along the wall, wondering where he was. It was not like a cell. It was not even like in the jail. It was so dark. He kept walking.

After a while, he saw some faint light. He walked toward the light. After a long walk, he saw a door there.

A heavy door. Johnny pushed it, but it wouldn't open.

Johnny observed the door, trying to find a way to open it. All of a sudden, the door opened itself. He walked in.

Inside the door was a bed, with a boy sitting on it. The boy was a bit older than him, smiling.

Is that Ming? The Vietnam boy Joey mentioned? Johnny wondered. He had never seen Ming, and had no idea if the boy was Ming or not. He watched the boy silently.

The boy stood up and walked to him, and held his hands.

"I hope you will be happy with Joey," said the boy.

Happy? Johnny thought. He had not heard this word for a long time, and almost forgot what 'happy' was.

"But I'm in prison," Johnny found himself replying to the boy.

The boy gave him a hug and a warm smile.

"You are free, aren't you?" said the boy.

Johnny looked around. "Am I? But I don't know how to get out of here 3;"

Suddenly everything was shaking violently. The boy had vanished. Earthquake?

"Johnny! Johnny!" somebody was calling him. Who?

"Johnny, wake up!"

Johnny woke up. Joey was shaking his body.

Johnny sat up, blinked his eyes, and looked around. It was about dawn. No Zalinger, no boy. He realized that it had been just a dream.

"Are you okay?" asked Joey. "Nightmare?"

Johnny found himself sweating, and his heart was beating so fast. He thought of Zalinger in his dream, and the boy. He nodded.

"It's about dawn. Don't let other guys see you sleeping while you're on guard duty," smiled Joey. "I'll take you to a place later."

Johnny nodded.

"What did you dream? You were so uneasy," asked Joey, with a hug.

Johnny lowered his head and didn't answer immediately. Joey kissed Johnny's cheek.

"All right, don't tell me if you don't want to. It's just a dream. Don't be afraid," said Joey softly.

Johnny kept silent for a while, and said: "I dreamed of him."

"Who?"

"Ming 3;" Johnny decided not to tell Joey about Zalinger.

"Ming?" Joey was surprised.

"I didn't know if he was Ming or not 3;," said Johnny. "But he said he hoped I would be happy with you 3;"

Joey was so astonished that his mouth fell open. After a few seconds, Johnny saw tears dripping from Joey's face. It was the first time he saw Joey's tears. After a long time, Joey wiped his face and asked, "Then?"

Johnny shook his head.

Joey hugged Johnny tightly. "It means that Ming is really watching us from Heaven 3;," said Joey softly. "I hope you will be happy with me, too."

What is the feeling of 'happy'? Johnny nestled against Joey's chest. He didn't know if that was a 'happy feeling' or not. He still felt uneasy and confused, but he got the feeling that he could trust Joey, and the boy in his dream, Ming.

Chapter 7

Joey walked with Johnny through the forest. They climbed up a small hill, and then all the way down. Johnny saw a lake in the valley.

"Wow 3;"

Joey nodded and smiled to him. "That's why I built my base there. Not too far from this lake," said Joey.

They left the forest. Johnny watched the lake in amazement. It was a peaceful and beautiful lake.

"Can you swim?" asked Joey. Johnny shook his head.

"That's okay," said Joey. He started to take off his clothes. He took his gun out from his holster, and put the gun beside his clothes. Then he took off his pants. He stood naked in front of Johnny.

"Take off your clothes," said Joey. Johnny started to take off his clothes too. When he too was naked, Joey gave him a smile, held his hand, and they walked toward the lake.

Johnny touched the water and shivered.

"Cold?" Joey smiled and said, "Soon you'll get used to it. It's quite comfortable." He immersed his whole body in the water, leaving only his head out .

Johnny followed Joey's example. Soon the chilly feeling was gone. Instead, it was replaced by a very comfortable feeling.

"Feel good?" asked Joey. Johnny nodded. Joey smiled and started to rub Johnny's body.

"When was your last time to take a bath?"

Johnny shrugged. He rarely took a bath, no matter whether he was in the anti-government army, or in the Linbus Jail.

Joey rubbed Johnny's body softly. Cool water, and Joey's gentle rubbing made Johnny feel like he was in heaven. He enjoyed a comfortable feeling he had never experienced before. Joey washed Johnny's neck, his chest, his belly, and then his groin. He started to kiss Johnny again.

Kissing for a while, Joey held Johnny's hand to rub his own body.

"Can you wash me?" whispered Joey.

Johnny touched Joey's strong chest, and blushed again.

"I really enjoy watching you blush," smiled Joey. He kept rubbing Johnny's body, and then kissed him again. Johnny rubbed Joey's body with his hands, and closed his eyes to enjoy Joey's kissing.

After a while, Joey lifted Johnny up and walked back to the shore. He put Johnny down, and kissed Johnny deeply again.

Then, Joey started to kiss Johnny's neck, his deformed nipples, and to gently caress the scars on his small body. He moved his mouth to Johnny's groin, started to kiss, lick and suck Johnny's little penis. Johnny felt his penis start to stand up.

Joey smiled at Johnny. He pushed back Johnny's foreskin, and started to lick the head of Johnny's penis.

Johnny shuddered from the very strong, exciting feeling that began to overwhelm him. In the Linbus Jail, he licked and sucked uncountable penises, but nobody did the same to him. Now he understood why those men liked to order him to suck their disgusting penises. Such pleasant feelings kept hitting him, and he couldn't help starting to moan.

"O-o-o-o-h 3; u-u-u-m-m 3; "

Johnny's moan encouraged Joey. He kept sucking Johnny's penis, and moved his hands to Johnny's ass. It was the only part on Johnny's body that had no scars. It felt as smooth as silk. His hands tingled as he caressed it gently, and then he moved his mouth up to Johnny's belly, his nipple, and back to his mouth. Another deep kiss.

Joey returned to Johnny's little stiffy. Johnny kept moaning, and Joey could feel Johnny's body taut and shaking. Soon it was all Joey could do to hold the small spike in his mouth, until Johnny finally collapsed against him.

Joey kept caressing Johnny's body, and kissed back up to his cheek. He asked, "How do you feel? Is it comfortable?"

Johnny blushed again, and he nodded.

"Can you kiss me 3; if you want?" Joey requested.

Johnny watched Joey's eyes, hesitated for a few seconds, and kissed Joey's cheek.

Joey smiled, and kissed Johnny's cheek too. He held Johnny's hand to rub his own chest again, and used his erect penis to rub Johnny's body.

"I know that you may not want it," said Joey softly. "I won't do anything you don't like. I'll just stay outside, okay?"

Joey held his own erect penis up to Johnny's. He kissed Johnny's body again.

Johnny felt Joey's hot, hard penis touching his own. It was the first time he faced a man's erect penis without feeling disgusted. He just experienced such a wonderful feeling, and he felt himself eager to go further with Joey. His own little penis was again growing hard. He held Joey's rock-hard manhood, feeling its hardness and warmth with his hand.

Joey felt very happy. He knew that Johnny accepted his love. Johnny started to rub Joey's erect penis. It was just like when he had to 'serve' other men in the Linbus Jail, but it was the first time, he felt he wanted to do it.

Joey kept kissing Johnny, and Johnny rubbed Joey's penis softly. Johnny's action was quite familiar. His touch, his rub, and his strength, all brought Joey a very warm and joyful feeling. Joey knew that Johnny must have done this uncountable times in the Linbus Jail. He watched Johnny's action compassionately, thinking about the pain this small boy must have endured. However, a strong exciting feeling started to build upon his body. He couldn't control himself and started to moan.

"Oh 3; god 3; uh 3; it turns me on 3;"

Johnny shifted his strength from light to heavy, and back and forth. Joey moaned, enjoying the exciting feeling. Johnny kept rubbing Joey's penis, and started to kiss his nipple. Johnny's tongue licked Joey's nipple, and made Joey even more excited. Joey finally exploded. He started to cum, and soon Johnny's chest and belly were coated with his semen. Johnny kept rubbing for a while, then released his hand.

Joey sighed comfortably, and smiled at Johnny. He rubbed his semen that was on Johnny's body. Suddenly he embraced Johnny tightly.

"I'm really happy, and feel so good. You are so wonderful. Thank you," whispered Joey.

It was the first time, since Joey rescued Johnny, that a shy smile arose on Johnny's little blushing face.

Chapter 8

Joey and Johnny were sitting in front of a campfire, both shirtless. About half a month before, the anti-government army started a new battle in the north of Leer. They attacked several big towns in the north, and soon controlled about one fourth of the area in the north in only a few days. Soon they were ready to attack Leer City, the capital of Leer. Joey then got an order asking them to stop all their missions, and withdraw as soon as possible.

Joey arranged for his troops to withdraw, but then he decided to carry out his promise to Johnny. He didn't go back with his troops, but took Johnny to the north to find his comrades.

They walked through the tropical jungle. Each time they arrived at a place to camp, Joey would set some warning devices and traps around. Soon he found that Johnny could complete everything he was asked using those skills that Joey taught him, without needing anymore help. Joey felt quite surprised about Johnny's gift.

And when they camped, Joey liked to sit in front of their campfire with Johnny, and talk to him and make him laugh. Johnny was still very quiet, but he relaxed enough to quit displaying his poker face to Joey. When they saw a lake or a river, Joey liked to teach Johnny to swim. After swimming, they would hug and fondle each other in the nude. Johnny enjoyed these moments a lot, and he would jerk Joey off, but still refused to suck Joey's penis, or let Joey fuck him. Joey understood why, so he didn't force Johnny.

Joey watched Johnny's small body, and his scars. Then he looked at Johnny from the side.

"You know? You are actually a very handsome boy," said Joey.

Johnny looked at Joey, and smiled.

Joey hugged Johnny with his arms, and kissed his cheek.

"May I ask you a question?" said Joey. "Do you know when you entered the anti-government army?"

Johnny shrugged.

"You were there when you had your youngest memories?"

Johnny nodded.

"Can you read or do some simple arithmetic?"

Johnny shook his head.

Joey thought for a moment, and asked, "Let me ask you another question. What would you do if you found your friends? Would you fight with them again?"

Johnny lowered his head and didn't answer Joey. After a minute, Johnny said, "I don't know."

Joey tried to sound Johnny out. "Then, would you like to go with me after finding your friends?"

Johnny raised his head. "Go with you?"

"Yes. Back to my hometown. In the United States."

Johnny knew the United States. He knew that Jack's father was from there. But it was far, far away.

"It's a good place," said Joey. "I don't want to be a mercenary anymore. Let's live together; the two of us. Okay?"

Johnny didn't answer Joey but lowered his head again.

Joey caressed Johnny's bare back. "It's all right. It may take us a few more days to find your friends. We can discuss it then. Now let's sleep."

Joey took Johnny back to the camp. He lay there thinking about their plans; where and how to find Johnny's friends, and what to do after finding them. After several minutes, he found that Johnny's eyes were still open.

"Why aren't you asleep?" asked Joey.

Johnny didn't answer.

"What are you thinking about?"

Still no answer.

Joey kissed Johnny's face. "Is what I said confusing you?"

Johnny sat up and watched the campfire from inside the tent. Joey sat up too.

"What's the matter?" asked Joey.

Johnny shook his head.

"If you don't want to go with me, I would never force you," said Joey.

"You 3; " Johnny turned his head to Joey, and finally said, "You really wanna take me with you?"

Joey nodded.

"But 3; " Johnny murmured.

"But what?"

"But 3; " Johnny made up his mind. "But I'm dirty."

"You're dirty? What do you mean?"

"I 3; I 3;" Johnny lowered his head again. "So many people fucked me 3; "

"Including Arn and George, right?"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Johnny nodded.

"So? Why did you say you are dirty?"

"Because 3; because 3;"

A short pause, and Joey saw tears dropping down Johnny's face.

"Because I liked it 3;"

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"You liked that?" Joey was very surprised.

Tears continued dropping down Johnny's face. "It hurt 3; and I hate 3; hate those people 3; but 3; but when they 3; fucked me 3; I found that 3; I liked it 3;"

Joey could not say anything.

"I 3; I'm afraid 3; to see Jack 3;"

"Afraid? Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid he'll 3; not accept me 3; because I've become 3; so dirty 3;"

In that moment, Joey understood many things. That would explain why Johnny became so silent; why Johnny had said, 'Forget it,' when he promised to find Johnny's friends; why Johnny's eyes contained fear when talking about his friends; and even why Johnny liked it when Joey and Johnny would fondle each other, but Johnny still didn't want to be fucked.

Originally, Joey thought that it was just because of Johnny's bitterly painful experiences in the Linbus Jail, but now he understood that he was totally wrong. Joey never considered that under, Johnny's poker face, there were so many complicated feelings and emotions: hatred, tiredness, and sense of guilt when finding that he liked to be fucked. Joey couldn't believe that Johnny had hidden his guilt for such a long time 3;

Johnny's emotions were taking over his small body, making him shake uncontrollably. His hands covered his face and he pulled his body up into a fetal position, tight and resistant to any contact.

Joey was practically in tears when he saw Johnny react. He gently stroked the youngster on his shoulders. Then he moved his hand to the small of Johnny's back. His hand touched Johnny's bare back, feeling the cool skin beneath his fingers. As Johnny felt Joey's warmth on his back, he began to relax and straighten out just a little. Soon, he had quieted down and his shaking had stopped. He looked up at Joey who held out his arms with tearful eyes. Johnny moved closer to the young man who scooped him into his arms, hugging him to his breast, nestling him into his lap.

"You little fool," said Joey tenderly. "You are as pure and clean as an angel. You just didn't realize that."

Johnny was still sobbing. Joey raised Johnny's head, and wiped away the tears that were streaming down his face.

"Listen to me," said Joey. "Arn raped you, but you still saved his life. Who can say you are dirty?"

Johnny watched Joey with tearful eyes, as Joey continued to caress him.

"Don't be so harsh on yourself. You are the most lovely, purest, and also the bravest boy I've ever seen. You are NOT dirty at all," Joey emphasized his words. "On the contrary, those people, including Arn and George, they are actually the dirty people."

Joey waited for a moment, then continued.

"Also, it's not dirty to like that feeling. You just didn't meet the right person. It's wonderful to do those things with a person you love and who loves you."

Johnny started to calm down.

Joey asked quietly, "Do you like me?"

Johnny nodded.

"Do you like to fondle with me beside the rivers and lakes?"

Johnny nodded again.

"Why?"

Johnny didn't know how to answer this question, so he shook his head.

"Because you like me, and I like you, right?" said Joey. "Just imagine. If you were with those people who raped you in the jail, would you like to fondle with them?"

Johnny shook his head again.

"So that's it," smiled Joey. "It's not dirty at all to like those feelings. Actually, it is very wonderful to do those things with a person you like. Understand?"

Johnny closed his eyes and thought about Joey's words. Joey watched Johnny's face. Now Johnny was no longer the genius sniper who had such an incredible childhood, but became a small uneasy boy who needed to be comforted and helped.

"You are not dirty at all, my little angel," Joey said, cuddling Johnny like he was just an infant. "It is really wonderful to hug you and have you hug me, and to touch you like this. Our own bodies won't lie to us. Look."

Johnny felt a hard thing touching his own bottom. He raised his head, and laughed tearfully.

"You are really like an angel when laughing," said Joey. "Let me check my little guy first."

Joey took off his own pants, and released his erect penis. He lay down with Johnny in the nude, and kissed Johnny again. "Don't be so harsh on yourself, okay? Have a good sleep. I think we can go to the area controlled by the anti-government army in a few days. They will accept and welcome you back, I'm sure. I'm actually afraid that they won't let you go with me 3;"

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Joey and Johnny went on with their travel. After two days they camped beside a small river.

"We aren't too far from Arger Town," said Joey. "Arger Town should be controlled by the anti-government army now, so I think we can make some progress getting there."

Johnny didn't answer. Joey smiled and patted Johnny's shoulder.

"Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine. Let's go for a bath."

Joey took Johnny to the river and they took off all their clothes. After a minute they both started to swim in the river.

"You really swim well now," said Joey.

Johnny smiled. He really liked to swim in cool water. He dove for a while, and then surfaced again. Joey smiled, watching Johnny playing in the water. After several minutes, he swam to Johnny and hugged him, then started to rub his body. Johnny wrapped Joey's neck with his arms, and naturally they started to kiss.

Joey's tongue kept exploring in Johnny's mouth, and Johnny enjoyed the feeling. Soon they left the river, and lay on the ground. Joey kept kissing Johnny's body.

"Do you like it?" asked Joey softly.

Johnny nodded.

Suddenly they heard two gunshots. The bullets hit the rocks beside them. Joey and Johnny jumped up and immediately got their guns and shot back.

Joey and Johnny both shot twice, and Joey knew that they hit their targets. He ran forward to see who attacked them, but then he found that Johnny was not following.

"Johnny?"

He looked around, and found that Johnny lay on the ground. A lot blood was beside his belly.

"Oh, no, Johnny!" Joey rushed to Johnny and held him up. "Are you okay?"

Johnny gritted his teeth to endure the pain. Joey saw that he was still bleeding. Joey recalled the scene of Ming getting shot three times and lying in his arms.

"No, please, not again. Johnny!" shouted Joey.

Joey held Johnny and rushed back to their camp. He tried to stop Johnny's bleeding.

"Hang on, Johnny, please!" trembled Joey's voice.

The bleeding seemed to be stopped. Joey sighed with relief and started to bandage Johnny. After he was done, he found that Johnny and he were still naked. He took a shirt and pants out of the backpack and put them on. Then he used their blankets to wrap Johnny's nude body.

"We need to go to Arger Town to find a doctor," said Joey. "Hang on; I'll take you to find a doctor right away!"

Johnny nodded feebly.

Joey carefully lifted Johnny onto his back, putting a small hand gun in his pocket, just in case. He started to rush to Arger Town, checking along the way to see if the bleeding was still stopped. Even so, Johnny seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Joey had a hard time keeping back his tears. He was so afraid that he would lose his young friend again.

When they arrived at Arger Town, Joey saw some soldiers patrolling outside the gate. He rushed to those soldiers, and soon several guns were pointing at him.

"Freeze!" shouted a soldier.

"The kid's been injured! Let me go in to find a doctor!" shouted Joey.

These soldiers watched him suspiciously. An officer came to see what happened.

"This boy was shot! Please help me find a doctor!" shouted Joey again.

The officer watched Johnny's face, and exclaimed, "Kiddie!"

Everyone, including Joey, was dumbfounded. The officer kept exclaiming, "Kiddie! Are you Kiddie?"

Johnny opened his eyes, and saw the officer. He nodded weakly. "Zark 3; it's me 3;"

"Hurry!" shouted the officer. "Get a car and take them to the hospital!"

Soon a jeep came, and Joey carried Johnny to the car. The officer jumped into the car too. They arrived at the hospital in a few minutes, and Johnny was sent into an operating room. Joey and the officer waited nervously outside.

After several minutes, the officer broke the silence. "What happened?"

"Someone attacked us," replied Joey in a somewhat evasive manner. "We were taking a bath in the river, and someone shot us right after we went ashore. We shot back and killed him, but Johnny was shot. I brought him here as soon as possible, and even had no time to find out who attacked us."

"That's easy," said the officer after a short pause. "I'll have my soldiers search the river. The attacker might be from the government army."

The officer left, and came back after nearly half an hour. The doctor came out and nodded to the officer.

"The bullet just grazed his belly. Not a serious wound. He bled a lot but was bandaged well when he was sent here. He is a lot more stable after a transfusion. He will be all right."

Both Joey and the officer sighed with relief. They went to the ward and Johnny opened his eyes.

"Kiddie 3; it's really you 3;," the officer said, holding Johnny's hand. "You're still alive 3; It must have been very difficult for you these two years. You became so thin and 3;"

He looked at Johnny's nude body and caressed the scars on his body, and then saw his lost finger. "Oh 3; how could they do these things to you?"

"I'm 3; fine 3;," said Johnny weakly.

"No, you are not fine," said the officer. "Oh 3; Thank God. I'm really happy to see you alive 3;"

"I brought him to Arger Town to find someone," said Joey. "I think you must be the one."

"My name is Zarkway." Zarkway turned around to Joey. "Kiddie was our sniper before."

"I'm Joey," said Joey, shaking Zarkway's hand. "I know. Your army and Johnny were famous in our field of work. I rescued him and heard that you started another inner war in the north, so I brought him here to find you."

"Where did you find Johnny?" asked Zarkway.

"The Linbus Jail," replied Joey.

Zarkway suddenly looked shocked.

"Linbus Jail?!" Zarkway shouted, after a few seconds.

Joey nodded.

"Oh my God 3; They sent Kiddie to the 3; Linbus Jail?!" Zarkway's voice was trembling. "Kiddie 3; you 3;"

Zarkway could not say anything more. He just caressed Johnny's body. After a minute, he calmed down again.

"So I heard that the Linbus Jail was attacked, and all the prisoners were gone. Was that marvelous attack from your army?"

Joey nodded.

Zarkway turned back to Johnny. "I couldn't imagine that they really did this to you 3; We always thought that you might have died like a dog 3; We're never aware that they were so vicious to send you to the 3; God bless you, you finally came back 3;"

"He's the bravest boy I've ever met," smiled Joey.

"I know. I've been sure that he would be very marvelous," said Zarkway. "This town was in the battlefront area. Leer City was nearby, and the government army was too. I think I'd better send you to Anka. It would be safer there, and Jack is there now. You really want to see him, right? He will be very happy to know you are back."

Thinking of Jack, Johnny closed his eyes and did not answer Zarkway.

"Of all our friends 3; now only Jack, Colonel and I are alive," Zarkway didn't seem to notice Johnny's reaction and kept talking. Joey knew that Johnny was still worried whether Jack would accept him or not, so he pulled Zarkway's hands slightly. Zarkway saw Johnny, and saw Joey, and nodded.

"All right, have a good sleep. I'll send a message to Anka, and send you there tomorrow morning." Zarkway kissed Johnny's cheek. "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Okay?"

Johnny nodded with his eyes closed. Zarkway and Joey walked out of the ward. "Now what?" asked Zarkway.

"Nothing," said Joey. "Is Jack very important to Johnny 3; uh 3; Kiddie?"

"Yeah," replied Zarkway. "Everyone loved him, but Jack was the closest one to him. Just like father and son."

"I see," said Joey. "I rescued him nearly two months ago. He was seriously abused, and seemed to have some psychological barrier. He was even afraid to see Jack again."

Zarkway pondered.

"I may need to talk to Jack about this and also about Kiddie's future. Can I send some messages too?" asked Joey.

"Sure," said Zarkway. "I really appreciated that you rescued Kiddie. Really."

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"Kiddie." smiled Joey in the bumpy jeep. "This nickname is a lot more suitable for you than Pokerface."

Johnny raised his head and gave Joey a feeble smile.

"Are you anxious?" asked Joey.

Johnny lowered his head again, and then nodded slightly.

Joey held Johnny's hands. "Relax. Everything will be fine."

The jeep kept driving through the jungle. After half an hour, Joey found that Johnny had fallen asleep again. He tried not to touch Johnny's wound, and moved Johnny so he could sleep on Joey's thighs.

Three hours later, the jeep drove up to a small town. The driver talked to the soldier at a guard point, then drove into the town.

Johnny awakened.

"We'll arrive soon," Joey assured the boy.

Johnny rubbed his eyes, and looked around. The jeep stopped outside a building.

The driver opened the door and escorted Joey and Johnny into the building, then went upstairs, and finally stopped in front of a room. He knocked on the door.

The door opened immediately. Jack was in front of them and saw Johnny. Time froze.

The driver smiled and pushed Johnny slightly closer to Jack, made a salute, and left them alone. Jack didn't move for a minute, and then he squatted in front of the little boy.

"Kiddie, is it really you?" trembled Jack's voice.

Johnny still stood there, with no reaction.

Jack touched Johnny's face, and tears started to slide down his face. His trembling hands caressed Johnny's body, and held Johnny's hands. Johnny still had no any reaction.

After a minute, Jack took something out from his pocket. It was a small necklace.

"I found this where you were captured," Jack said. He hung the necklace back on Johnny's neck. Johnny's eyes became filled with tears.

"It's my fault," Jack said. "Zarkway told me everything. It's my fault that you were captured 3; Can you forgive me?"

Johnny could not control himself anymore. He embraced Jack tightly, and started to weep.

Joey closed the door slightly, and smiled, watching their reunion. Jack embraced Johnny tightly and was crying too.

After several minutes, Jack released Johnny and stood up.

"Sorry." Jack wiped his own eyes and continued, "I forgot that you're still here. I don't know how to thank you for finding Kiddie for me 3;"

"Well, I didn't expect that Johnny would be there when attacking the Linbus Jail."

"Come and sit." Jack held Johnny's hands and walked to the sofa. Everybody sat down.

Jack still held Johnny's hands tightly, just like he was afraid that Johnny would vanish again. Johnny lowered his head and didn't say anything.

There was a long and awkward silence. They seemed to not know how to break this silence. Finally, Jack started to speak.

"Does your wound still hurt?" Jack asked Johnny.

Johnny shook his head.

"You've become so thin 3; It must have been very difficult for you these two years 3;"

Johnny's tears were still on his face. He lowered his head again and didn't reply to Jack.

Joey said, "When I saw him in the Linbus Jail, he 3;"

Johnny raised his head, and looked at Joey with panic in his eyes. Joey stopped.

"What's wrong?" Jack saw Johnny's reaction and asked.

"Maybe let's talk in private first?" suggested Joey.

"Hmmm 3;" Jack watched Joey, then Johnny. He nodded. "Okay, let's talk in private first."

Joey stood up, and squatted in front of Johnny. He patted Johnny's head. "Don't worry. Sit here and wait for me. I'll handle everything."

Johnny lowered his head again. Joey and Jack walked out of the room and closed the door.

"What's wrong?" asked Jack.

"When I found him in the Linbus Jail," said Joey, "He was being raped by the commander of the jail."

Jack's face turned red, and he was about to start talking. Joey stopped him.

"Let me finish first. Kiddie was seriously abused in the jail, and rape was just a part of what they did to him. You've seen his body. I can't say that I could endure such pain, but Kiddie made it."

Jack sighed. "It's all my fault 3;"

"It's not important to say whose fault it was," said Joey. "When I rescued Kiddie, he was emotionally wounded too. He was closed, silent, 3; and he was raped again by two of my troops that night."

Jack watched Joey. Joey went on talking.

"It took me a long time to open his inner door successfully. But 3;," Joey paused for a while, and continued, "To my surprise, he told me his real feelings a few days ago."

"What did he say?"

"The real reason that made him so closed and silent," replied Joey, "was that after he was raped so many times, he found that he liked this feeling. He liked the feeling of being fucked by others. This sense of guilt made him afraid to see you again, and almost made him crack 3;"

Jack was shocked.

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Joey didn't pay attention to Jack's shock and continued.

"Kiddie felt that he was very dirty, too dirty to see you. He was afraid that you would never accept him becoming so dirty."

"I 3; uh 3;" Jack found that he could not say anything.

"Maybe you were too strict with him before?" asked Joey.

After a long silence, Jack sighed deeply.

"I'm curious about one thing, and Kiddie didn't know the answer," Joey said, changing the topic. "How did Kiddie come to be in the anti-government army?"

"Air crash," replied Jack. "We were fighting in the south then. An airplane dropped near our base. When we got there, almost nobody survived, but Kiddie was in the arm of a corpse, crying, but miraculously uninjured."

Joey listened quietly, and Jack continued. "He was less than one year old then, and just started learning to walk. We shouldn't have let him stay in the army, but he had taken to me quite a lot, and I liked him very much, so we decided to let him stay. I named him Johnny, and others nicknamed him Kiddie. His coming with us made us very happy. He was quite active, and liked to cuddle into everyone like a cat. Everybody loved him very much.

"When he was four, he started to learn to shoot. His gift for it made me very surprised. We just needed to teach him once, and he could remember everything. No matter whether it was the shooting skills, or knowledge of guns, he just needed to learn it once. He was only four years old, but he could take apart a gun and reassemble it again, without needing to think about it or ask anyone. He also invented some ways to shoot to make up for his lack of strength."

"Yes," agreed Joey. "I taught him how to set traps and alarms. He just needed to learn once and then could do everything. He's really a talented boy."

Jack nodded. "At first I didn't want him to go to the front line with us, but he insisted."

"So you arranged for him to be a sniper."

Jack nodded. "I taught him many skills to survive in the jungle, and I was more strict with him in order to increase his survivability. I 3; I really regretted that. I shouldn't have made a concession at the beginning."

Joey thought for a moment, and decided to ask directly. "I want to take him with me back to the United States. What do you think?"

Jack didn't answer immediately, but looked at Joey sharply, just like a father who was wondering why this young man would take his son away from him.

"Take him to the United States?" After nearly a minute, Jack asked, still with piercing eyes.

Joey nodded.

"Why?"

Joey smiled. "Because I fell in love with Kiddie."

That direct answer surprised Jack.

"You fell in love with Kiddie?"

Joey nodded, and continued.

"Do you want him to stay here to fight again with you?"

Jack hesitated for a while, and said, "You're a mercenary too, aren't you?"

Joey nodded. "But I want to retire after this mission completes. I want to go back to my hometown, and no more secret missions."

"How can Kiddie go to the United States? He doesn't even have any identity papers."

"I can handle that," said Joey. "I sent a message to the United State government and asked them to give Kiddie an identity and let him live there. I've completed so many secret missions for them that I think they will agree."

Jack pondered.

Joey continued, "Besides, we all agreed that Kiddie is really a very talented boy. However, he is already ten years old, but is still illiterate. I want to take him to the United States for his education."

Jack didn't answer Joey, but just started to pace. Joey stood still quietly.

Pacing for a while, Jack stopped and turned to Joey. "You just said that you fell in love with Kiddie?"

Joey nodded again.

"Honestly, I don't want him to leave me again," said Jack. "But I know you are right. I just wanna make sure that Kiddie can be well taken care of, to make up for his unhappy childhood. You 3;"

"I was happy, Jack 3;" a tiny voice from behind the door interrupted Jack.

Jack and Joey jumped up, and turned their heads to the door. The door was opened with a small slit, and Johnny stood there.

Joey opened the door, and saw tears on Johnny's face. Johnny was sobbing. "I 3; Now I finally understand 3; what happy is 3; I 3; I was really happy with you before 3;"

Jack squatted and hugged Johnny. Johnny continued to say with tears, "I really wanna be with you all, together 3; like before 3; but 3; but 3;"

"Say no more, say no more," Jack stopped him. "You are not dirty at all. You will always be my baby, my angel. I will never forget the moment when I saw you in the crashed airplane the first time, and the moment you cuddled into my chest. I will never forget the moment you first called my name, and the moment you were playing with the small handgun the first time. You seemed so interested in it; you were concentrating so hard 3; Kiddie, do you know that? The happiness you brought us, was much, much more than we brought to you."

Jack's tears started to fall again. He embraced Johnny tightly, and asked after a long time, "Do you really want to go with Joey?"

Johnny was still sobbing, but he nodded.

"That would be fine; that would be fine."

Jack and Johnny hugged each other and cried.

"It will take several days to arrange to get you two to the States." After several minutes, Jack released Johnny and stood up. "Kiddie also needs to recuperate in the hospital for a few days."

"I need to wait for the telegram from the United States too," said Joey.

Jack nodded, and held Johnny's hands. "Go to the hospital and take a rest. I'll bring you a good meal for lunch."

Chapter 13

Johnny took a shower, and dried himself with a big towel. He walked out of the bathroom in the nude. Joey was in their bedroom, and gave him a mysterious smile. Something was up.

"Come here, Kiddie."

Johnny walked over and sat on the bed. Joey took a small gift box out, with a beautiful bow on it. Johnny watched Joey in doubt.

"Open it," said Joey.

Johnny opened the box. Inside the box was a small cake.

"Do you know why I prepared this cake?" asked Joey. Johnny shook his head.

Joey sat beside Johnny, and gave him a kiss. "One year ago today was the first time I met you."

Johnny recalled that day. He was 'serving' the commander of the Linbus Jail, and saw Joey and his team break in the door, and kill the commander. It was the turning point of his life. Joey brought him to find Zarkway and Jack, and finally, Joey took Johnny with him to go back to his hometown, where they were living together.

"I know that it's impossible for you to remember your birthday," Joey said softly while he hugged Johnny. "So from now on, today is your birthday, also an anniversary for us to be together. Okay?"

Johnny blushed, and he nodded. Joey kissed Johnny's cheek, and suddenly he reached inside the box, took some of the cream from the cake and squished it onto Johnny's face. Johnny laughed, and he also spread a lot of the cream onto Joey's body. They both were having laughing attacks as they continued to smear each other, and soon cream was all their faces and bodies.

They looked at each other, and laughed again.

"I just took a bath," said Johnny with a shy sweet smile.

"Well," Joey said, pulling Johnny to be closer to him. "Let me clean it for you."

Joey started to kiss and lick the cream from Johnny's face. Johnny closed his eyes and let Joey lick everywhere on his body.

Joey licked Johnny's nose, his neck, and his chest. He marveled at how his boy had developed. Johnny was no longer skinny like when he was just rescued. Joey had found a job as a coach in a gym, and Johnny jogged and exercised with Joey every day. He became taller and stronger. His body became balanced and well shaped. Those scars on his body were still visible, but a bit lighter. Joey kissed Johnny's deformed nipple, his scars, and then started to suck his little penis.

The man sucked and rubbed the boy's penis. Johnny's penis stood up, and he enjoyed the exciting feelings.

"Oh 3; oh 3; uh 3; uh 3; m-m-m 3;"

Joey was encouraged; it was like music to his ears to hear Johnny so happy. He kept rubbing stiff little spike of hardened flesh. He could feel Johnny's excitement and knew that Johnny was already enjoying a strong orgasm. He kissed Johnny's body, then crawled back up to Johnny's cheek. He again kissed Johnny's mouth, and started to rub Johnny's ass and explore Johnny's anus.

Johnny felt Joey's hand exploring his bottom. He had never had the courage to go further before; not since Joey had found him a year before. But tonight, he didn't realize why, maybe because it was his new birthday, a strong desire drove him to accept Joey's unspoken request.

Johnny didn't resist this time, and started to lick the cream from Joey's face and body.

Joey was surprised. He was always the active one when fondling each other. Today Johnny's action was of his free will, and made Joey surprised and happy. He realized that Johnny hadn't refused his exploration this time. He just rubbed Johnny's anus tenderly, and let Johnny lick cream from his body.

Johnny kissed Joey's strong chest and nipples, and down to his erect penis. Johnny had not sucked anybody's penis since the night he was raped by Arn and George. He was forced a lot before, but that night, with Joey, he wanted to be active. He realized that he loved Joey's body. He loved to pleasure it and got so much pleasure in return from his man. He started to lick and suck Joey's penis without hesitation and with much enthusiasm.

Joey changed position which made Johnny's crotch face him. He started to lick Johnny's anus and ball sac as Johnny kept sucking Joey's penis.

After a while, Joey changed position again and asked Johnny softly, "Would you agree to let me 3; penetrate you?"

Johnny nodded without hesitation. Joey made Johnny lay on the bed. He kissed Johnny's face, and took a small bottle of body lotion from the night stand. He poured some lotion on his own hand and Johnny's body.

Joey started to rub Johnny's naked body with his own body. Johnny had never experienced such wonderful feelings before. He felt the warmth of Joey's body. He smelled the fragrant aroma of the lotion. Joey kept plastering lotion on Johnny's belly, his ass, and finally, his anus.

He rubbed and massaged Johnny's ass and then lifted Johnny's legs up. He kissed Johnny's scrotum and poured more lotion on Johnny's anus. Joey started to try to use two and three fingers to rub into Johnny's anus. After a minute, he started to try to penetrate Johnny with his very hard penis.

Johnny knew that Joey was ready to enter, and he gritted his teeth to prepare to endure the pain. To his surprise, it didn't hurt when Joey's penis slid into his young hot tunnel. Instead, an exciting feeling came over his body. It was such a totally different loving sensation that his whole body shuddered in delight.

Joey added some more lotion on his penis, and penetrated slowly. He started to go in and out.

"Tell me if you feel like I'm hurting you," whispered Joey.

Johnny felt Joey's hot penis and the exciting feeling. He shook his head and started to moan.

"Oh 3; oh 3;"

Joey kissed Johnny's nipple and neck, and kept penetrating. Then, he started to accelerate. His steel hard penis hit Johnny's prostate. Johnny moaned louder and louder.

"Uh 3; oh 3; gosh 3;"

Johnny had been raped so many times. However, this time he had no pain at all, but a feeling of excitement and fullness instead; feelings so incredible that he had never had before 3; before Joey. Joey's penis was all the way in, filling the boy's bottom, and the full feeling made Johnny very happy. The exciting feelings made his body tremble and harden. He enjoyed all the new feelings he had never experienced.

"Uh 3; uh 3; Joey 3; oh 3; ye-e-e-s!"

Joey tried to change the tempo. He accelerated for a while, and slowed for a while. His tongue kept exploring in the inside of Johnny's mouth, and his hands kept rubbing Johnny's nipples. Johnny's moans made him more and more excited.

Finally, the volcano exploded. Joey started to cum in Johnny's anus. As he did, he felt Johnny stiffen under him and quake to his own, second magnificent orgasm.

Joey slowed down and kept cumming, then, when he was finally done, slowly pulled his penis out. Johnny groaned sadly at the loss. He lay beside Johnny and gasped, feeling relaxed. It was like the relaxed feeling after jogging and rushing around with Joey.

Joey hugged Johnny, and Johnny nestled into Joey's chest. He smelled the fragrant smell of the lotion, and a different smell from Joey's armpit. He liked this smell. He kissed Joey's nipple.

"You are so wonderful. You made me very happy," whispered Joey. "How did you feel? Did you like it?"

Johnny nodded with a blushing face.

"Do you still feel that you're dirty?" smiled Joey.

Johnny smiled shyly too, and he shook his head.

"So that's what I've told you. It's natural to like these things." Joey kissed Johnny's forehead. "You don't need to feel yourself dirty. Oh, I have another surprise for you."

Joey jumped down from the bed and got an envelope from his backpack. He sat back on the bed, and gave the envelope to Johnny.

"For you," said Joey.

Johnny opened the envelope, and took out another small envelope. Johnny saw the signature on the small envelope, and opened his mouth in surprise. It was from Jack.

"Let's read together," smiled Joey. He knew that Johnny still knew too few words to read smoothly.

Dear Kiddie,

Happy Birthday!

I hope the inner war will be finished when you receive this letter. We have controlled most of the area of this country, and the capital Leer City is also under our control. Colonel was elected as our new president. Zarkway and I keep going south to mop up the remaining enemies.

Joey told me that you had many difficulties adapting to your new life there, but you tried very hard to overcome them. He told me that he wanted to give you a birthday, and decided to use the day he rescued you from the Linbus Jail. He hoped I would write a letter to you. I'm really touched. I know now that it was the correct decision to let you go with him. He really loves you.

Kiddie, do you know? Wars can drive a normal person crazy. Before we found you in the crashed airplane, we were actually quite close to the critical point of madness. Your survival was a miracle, both to you and to us. You pulled us back from the cliff of madness, and made us review our goal of this inner war. Just like you, I didn't take part in this war by myself, but my father took me in. However, I could understand his thoughts. Your coming reminded us that our original reason to wage this inner war was to protect more people from being persecuted, not to kill more people. This is what you brought to us, Kiddie. You made us very happy, and reminded us of our original goal.

Not long ago, we took Memfer City in the south. We captured Zalinger there. I held back my anger and talked with him. Then I found that he regretted making that wrong decision very much. He told me that this inner war drove him crazy, and then he was persuaded that the government army would just house-arrest you to avoid you having to attend the inner war anymore. He didn't expect them to send you to the Linbus Jail. I told him that you were rescued, and apparently he was relieved. Then he seized my gun, pointing to his own brain, and said, "Tell Kiddie, I owe him too much. I'm really sorry." Then he committed suicide.

Kiddie, do you know why I told you this? Because I hope that you can get rid of those unhappy memories, and regain your trust to human beings. Zalinger betrayed us, but then he knew that he was wrong, and had atoned for his crime by committing suicide. Now you have Joey to take care of you. I believe that he will always love you, and I hope you can be good to him. The most important is, I hope you can be good to yourself. You grew up with us in the army, and you also killed many people with us. However, you are still a good, pure, and kind-hearted boy. Be good to yourself. Be confident. Don't be that harsh on yourself, okay?

I'll go visiting you after the inner war finishes. I hope you can adapt to your new life soon and well. You are a talented boy, and I believe that you can overcome all the difficulties, and everything will be fine.

Love, Jack

Below the letter were two lines of scribble words.

Kiddie: I hope you can be happy. Victory is quite close to us. I'll go with Jack to visit you after the war finishes. Zarkway.

Joey found that tears were already full on Johnny's face. He patted Johnny's shoulder. Johnny nestled against Joey's chest and wept.

Joey let him cry for a while, and then whispered to him, "Happy birthday, Kiddie. I love you."

Johnny watched Joey with tearful eyes, and whispered, "Thank you, Joey. I love you too."

This is the first time Joey heard 'I love you' from Johnny. He embraced Johnny tightly in his arms, for a long, long time, enjoying the peace and serenity it brought both Joey and his little lover, Johnny.

The End