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JC: Ed Biggers
Part 1: Epiphany
Chapter 13
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004

Ed stepped out of the front door with two cups of coffee. One was 
his second cup and the other was for John. Instead of finding John 
sitting in the front door of the RV waiting for him, he saw a 
woman he didn't recognize. Looking down the street, he noticed 
Beth walking to the center of town.  He set the coffee cups down.

Crossing the street, Ed knocked on the door. When John answered 
it, Ed asked, "I saw Beth heading down the street. Is everything 
okay?"

"Yes, we are getting ready to head west. Something big is going to 
happen."

Ed looked down the street at the receding figure of Beth. He asked, 
"So what's Beth doing?"

"She's gone to get some first aide supplies. She's coming with me."

Ed thought about it for half a second. Finals had finished yesterday 
and he didn't have to work for the rest of the week. He had nothing 
to do. He asked, "Can I help?"

John paused to consider his answer and realized that it was really 
Ed's decision to make. "Would you like to come with us?"

Ed smiled at the idea of helping someone. Realizing that Beth was 
coming, he knew that Kelly would want to come as well. He said,  
"You bet. I'll call Kelly. She'll want to come too."

John decided that a little help wouldn't hurt. He replied, "Okay. I 
can't promise that you'll be safe. We could be walking into a riot 
for all I know."

Ed shrugged as he said, "I'm not asking to be coddled."

John smiled and recommended, "Then you better get packed."

"I'll be right back." Ed turned and raced across the street. He 
picked up the coffee cups as he entered the house. Drinking first 
one and then the other, he dialed Kelly's number. When she 
answered, he said, "Kelly, I've got some news for you."

In a sleepy voice, she responded, "Can't it wait?"

Laughing, Ed replied, "Beth is up and around. I just saw her 
heading to town. John says she's okay now."

Excited Beth said, "I'm coming over."

"Hold on, there's more. John, Beth, and Lily are going west. He 
says there is something big going to happen there. He said that we 
could come and help. Are you interested?"

Kelly thought about it for a second and answered, "Beth is going?"

Knowing that the possibility of spending some quality time with 
Beth would capture her attention, he answered, "Yes, she's going."

"What should I pack?"

"I figure you'll need some pretty durable clothes. John doesn't 
know what is going to happen, but he expects it to be big."

Beth responded, "I'll be there in thirty."

Before he had a chance to say goodbye, she had hung up the 
phone. He made a bet with himself that she would be here in 
twenty minutes rather than thirty. Looking around the house, he 
finally located a tote bag to use as luggage. Packing two pairs of 
jeans, two shirts, some socks and briefs, he was ready to go. 

As he walked around the house, he realized that he had better shut 
things off before leaving. In the kitchen, he unplugged the coffee 
pot and washed it so that it would be clean when he arrived back. 
The few dishes in the sink required washing. He was done in the 
kitchen in five minutes. In the bedroom, he made the bed and 
picked up his dirty clothes. If Kelly spent the night when they 
returned, then he wouldn't be embarrassed by his underwear lying 
on the floor.

Carrying his tote bag, he went out to the front of the house to wait 
for Kelly. The wait wasn't long. As she pulled her car into the 
driveway, he saw that she had a passenger with her. Beth got out of 
the car and came up to Ed with a smile on her face. She looked at 
Ed and said, "Hello, Ed. Nice to see you again."

"It's very nice to see you up and around again." He looked at her, 
hardly recognizing her this alive. He was used to seeing her 
walking around like a half-dead zombie. This vivacious alert 
woman standing in front of him was a shock. Even as he looked 
over Beth, Kelly bounded out of the car and threw herself on him. 
She kissed him over and over in her excitement.

Off balance by the attention, Ed finally grabbed Kelly and kissed 
her back. When they finally broke apart, Ed noticed the 
embarrassed look on Beth's face. She said, "I'm so sorry that I kept 
you two apart like I did. I'm afraid that I wasn't myself."

Eyes twinkling, Ed asked, "Are you talking about the colloidal 
eruptus incident?"

Beth, assuming that Ed didn't know the proper term, asked, "You 
mean coitus interruptus, don't you?"

Kelly laughed and answered, "That's a private joke between us. We 
spent more than a few days making word games on coitus 
interruptus and that was the one we liked the most."

Deciding it was a private joke that you had to be there to 
understand, Beth said, "Well, I'm really sorry about that."

"Don't worry. We understood," answered Ed. He pointed to the 
house across the street and said, "We should probably get over 
there."

The two women raced over to the car and pulled some bags out of 
the back. They divided the bags between them and rejoined Ed. 
Taking a couple of bags from each, he directed them across the 
street. John had just finished laying out plates with the food when 
Ed, Kelly, and Beth entered the house. 

Once Beth had fetched Lily, they all sat down to eat. Silence 
descended upon the group as they each entertained private 
thoughts while eating. Throughout the meal, Kelly kept looking 
over her plate at Beth with a happy little smile on her face. She 
was ecstatic to see the doctor acting like herself. For his part, Ed 
was happy to see Kelly happy again. 

After breakfast, John and Ed went into the kitchen to wash and dry 
the dishes. Each man was lost in his own thoughts; John wondering 
about what they faced and Ed wondering about Kelly and Beth. In 
the living room, the women were busy dividing the first aid 
supplies into two sets; one complete set for them and a small set 
for Lily.  

The urge to leave grew until John could stand it no longer. He 
gathered everyone together and said, "We have to go now."

John and Ed sat in the front with John driving while Beth and 
Kelly sat in the back with Kelly holding Beth's hand. They pulled 
out of the driveway followed by Lily in her RV. Driven by an urge 
he could not explain, John drove without a map taking the roads 
that demanded his attention. He had no clue where he was heading 
so he couldn't plot a course. When they stopped for gasoline, Lily 
joined them and told him that she was being pulled in a different 
direction. The caravan split at a highway near the western end of 
Arizona.

They drove until they were outside of Los Angeles. It was getting 
dark and every one was tired. Weary, John pulled into a hotel and 
shut off the engine. He turned to Ed and asked, "What do you guys 
want to do about sleeping arrangements?"

Ed looked in the back at Kelly to see what she had to say. 
Shrugging her shoulders she indicated that she didn't care. John 
added, "I really don't want us to get spread out. I'd like to know 
that when things go south, that we are together."

Ed nodded at the wisdom of that. He suggested, "We either share a 
room or get connecting rooms."

Beth spoke up, "Let's share a room. I'm so tired I don't care."

"Okay." John got out of the car and went into the hotel lobby. He 
got a room with two double beds located in the back of the hotel 
and on the first floor. Grabbing their suitcases, the group filed into 
the room. Looking around at the tired people, Kelly said, "I hate to 
say this, but I'm hungry."

"Same here."

John suggested, "There's a chain restaurant across the parking lot. 
Let's go there and grab something. I'm exhausted and just want to 
get back here and sleep."

After dinner, every one returned to the hotel. John took a very 
quick shower and walked out of the bathroom naked. Too tired to 
care, he didn't even notice the looks from the others in the room. 
There wasn't an out of the way spot for him to use his sleeping bag 
so he lay down on one of the beds. After a few seconds, he fell 
asleep, leaving the other three standing around looking at each 
other.

With nowhere else to sit, the three of them climbed on other the 
bed. None of them were nearly as tired as John. They had been 
passengers while he had driven the entire day. The situation 
suddenly turned awkward. Finally, Ed asked, "So what did you two 
talk about all they way here?"

Smiling, Kelly responded, "Girl talk."

Winking at her, he replied in a falsetto voice, "Just imagine that I 
have long hair and breasts. Tell me all about it dearie."

His remark brought laughter to both of the women. It was the first 
time that he heard Beth laugh and he liked the sound. Kelly 
recovered first and said, "Can't do that. You'll still have a cock, 
cowboy."

As Ed blushed, Beth said, "You know, I don't really know you all 
that well. I'm sure that you don't know me as I really am."

For the next hour, the three of them talked about themselves and 
their desires. Kelly confessed her desire for a marriage with two 
husbands and a wife. Expecting Beth to react negatively, Ed was 
surprised when the two women started discussing the matter with 
great passion. Watching, he wondered if Beth was willing to accept 
him as a husband. 

When the hour started getting late, Ed asked, "What do we do 
about the sleeping arrangements? I'm afraid that I didn't bring any 
nightwear."

Beth answered, "Well, we've all already seen each other naked. I 
don't think that will be a problem."

Blushing, Ed answered, "But you were off limits. I'm can't promise 
that I won't react to your presence now."

Amidst the laughter from Beth, Kelly said, "Cowboy, go take a 
shower. We'll get things straightened out while you're washing."

In the bathroom, Ed undressed and showered. His cock reacted to 
the thought of two naked women in the room with him, despite his 
knowledge that this was not a good time to have sex. He looked at 
the bar of soap, his erect cock, and the water flowing down the 
drain. Soaping his cock, he worked the soap into a lather as he 
stroked himself. He was trying for a quick ejaculation and the 
thought of sleeping in a room with two pretty woman provided 
sufficient fuel. In a minute, he was squirting come that arced 
through the air and landed on the floor of the shower. The soap 
burned the hole at the end of his cock. It was not a satisfactory 
orgasm, but it would at least take the edge off long enough to fall 
asleep. 

After drying off and wrapping himself in his towel, he stepped out 
of the bathroom. The first sight that he saw was Kelly and Beth on 
the bed, naked and kissing. Months of desire on the part of Kelly 
drove her while the release from her inner demons gave Beth a 
desire to explore her ability to feel. With tented towel, Ed watched 
the most erotic sight of his life as the women took the time to 
thoroughly pleasure each other. 

Knowing he was viewing a future that would become his when 
Kelly assembled her marriage, he began to seriously consider the 
rightness of it. Afraid to ruin the moment, he stood aside doing 
nothing but watching. Kelly called out, "Ed, come here. We have 
need of you."

Transfixed, Ed approached the bed. His eyes moved from blond to 
brunette and back again. The contrast between the two women was 
clear. Kelly, the shorter of the two, looked slightly overweight in 
comparison with Beth. Their measurements were the same, but 
more compact on Kelly. It was an illusion brought about by the 
difference in height. Beth looked to have smaller breasts than 
Kelly, but that again was an illusion. 

Kelly drew him down to the bed and on his back. As Beth 
straddled him, Kelly whispered in his ear, "Let her enjoy herself. It 
has been so long for her."

Turning his head to face Kelly, he kissed her and replied, "I love 
you, Kelly."

Beth lowered herself upon his cock and started to ride him with an 
energy born from six months of abstinence. Under her, Ed stared 
up at her face, contorted in pleasure and focused inward. Her 
breasts bounced as she lifted and lowered herself upon his cock. 
His release in the shower, blunted the need for release although the 
eroticism of the moment drove him towards another orgasm. 

As Kelly lowered her cunt to his lips, she blocked the view of Beth 
riding him. His attention was drawn to the juices forming on her 
nether lips. With the scent of a woman teasing his nose 
complemented by her taste on his tongue and the sensation of a 
woman riding his cock, Ed was convinced that he had died and 
gone to heaven. His eyes drank in the sight of Kelly looking down 
at him between her breasts as Beth's hands reached around and 
began to caress her. Under this multiple assault against all of his 
pleasure centers, he couldn't last long. He thanked God that he had 
come just minutes ago, otherwise he wouldn't have lasted as long 
as he did. It was long enough as both women reached orgasms 
before he. 

After he collapsed on the bed, he felt Beth get up and head to the 
bathroom. He whispered to Kelly, "Do you want to help her 
wash?"

She whispered back, "I want to ride you for a minute."

An expression of frustration washed over Ed at the thought of what 
he was missing. He said, "I can't. I tried to be a gentleman and take 
care of it in the shower."

"My poor man," replied Kelly with a giggle. She sat up and said, "I 
think she may need her back washed."

Ed fell asleep while the pair were in the showers. When they came 
out, both were waterlogged and tired. Beth joined John in the one 
bed as Kelly joined Ed in the other. Beth waited until everyone 
was settled and then turned out the light. 

Waking, Ed felt a hot cunt lowering itself on his cock. He looked 
up and saw Kelly settling down on him. With a smile, he said, 
"Good morning."

From beside him, Beth asked, "Are you hungry for a little pussy?"

Kelly answered for him, "He's always hungry for a little pussy."

While last night he had just jacked off in the shower before being 
in bed with the two women, this morning his urge was full force. 
Staring up at Beth while his tongue lapped her cunt and the 
sensation of Kelly riding his cock was too much for him to take. 
With a grunt, he came. His hips rising up to meet Kelly as she 
lowered herself upon him. Kelly continued to ride util she had an 
orgasm. Despite the fact that his cock was overly sensitive, Ed 
continued to lick Beth finally touching her clit in just the right 
way. She groaned in orgasm and collapsed off him. 

With both women sated for the moment, Ed lay there panting while 
wondering what he had done to deserve such treatment. Never in 
his life had he dreamed that he would actually have sex with two 
women at the same time. Now it had happened to him twice. 

Kelly lay on the bed next to him as Beth stood up. Beth climbed 
into bed with John and disappeared under the covers as Ed and 
Kelly watched. Within seconds, her efforts to wake John worked. 
They watched as he erupted almost as soon as she had started. He 
was recovering when Beth moved up to lie beside him. She teased, 
"I couldn't wait."

"That's okay," answered John. He put an arm around her as he 
rolled to his side in a spooning position. He looked at the other bed 
to see Ed and Kelly smiling over at him. He smiled and said, 
"Okay you guys, it's your turn."

Ed laughed and replied, "sorry, you're too late. You missed last 
night and this morning."

John glanced down at Beth and said, "No wonder you couldn't 
wait."

Beth blushed as she looked at Kelly and Ed. She answered, "Who 
said that I waited until now?"

"Oh."

They lay in bed for several more minutes before the urge to leave 
started growing in John. He said, "We need to get ready to go."

Hours later, John was driving in the inner city of Los Angeles. The 
trip had been boring until they had reached the destination. Pulling 
off the highway, John took a drive through an extremely rough 
neighborhood. This was an area that was frequently on the news 
because of gang troubles, drug use, and economic depression. Ed 
was uncomfortable and wondered what kind of situation they had 
gotten themselves. For the first time of the trip, he wished that he 
had brought a gun.

John stopped the car in front of a seedy looking hotel; a single 
story building that had been built in the fifties. Clearly, it had gone 
without a single repair since then. When John went inside to 
arrange a room, Ed looked at the people hanging around the 
parking lot. One room had a number of drug users within it, 
smoking crack and marihuana. A small Hispanic man stood 
outside, handing out drugs unconcerned about being seen.

Prostitutes, dressed in clothes that emphasized breasts and asses, 
walked around the entrance to the hotel. One was exiting from a 
room having just finished with a client and walked directly to the 
Hispanic man with drugs. The shorts she wore didn't cover her ass. 
Ed watched, wondering if her life would end any way except 
through violence.

When John returned with a key, they followed him to the room he 
had rented. Inside the room, a horrible smell hung in the air. The 
furniture was ripped and the bed was worn. There were no towels 
in the bathroom. The lock on the door didn't work properly. The 
ripped and torn curtains were hung crooked. Beth looked around, 
"We can't stay here."

While Kelly and Beth protested staying in the room, Ed preferred 
not to judge the situation knowing that John was being driven by 
his service to the Goddess. He didn't know if Kelly or Beth truly 
understood the nature of John's urges. He watched as John 
basically undressed to show off his scars. Anyone on the street 
would recognize the gunshot and knife wounds. With the proper 
attitude, John could easily gain the kind of respect that would keep 
them from being bothered. 

John went outside and talked to the Hispanic man. Inside the room, 
the women were still protesting. Ed finally said, "This is his 
service to the Goddess. She won't allow anything to happen to 
him."

Kelly responded, "It's not him that I'm worried about."

Beth piped up, "We'll get gang raped."

When John returned, everyone crowded around him as though 
seeking the safety that he seemed to provide. He explained, "We 
won't be bothered. Now lets get this place cleaned up. We'll move 
a chair to the door and hook it under the door handle. Flip the bed 
up so that it covers the window. I have the sleeping bag here and 
we'll open it up and sleep on it."

"All four of us?" asked Beth with a twinkle in her eye. 

"Yeah. It'll be fun."

The evening passed quickly with Beth taking advantage of three 
willing sex partners. Her recovery seemed to have triggered an 
insatiable sex drive in the woman. Ed could hardly believe that he 
was having sex with another man in the room. It was particularly 
hard to ignore John's huge cock. If John ever was short of cash, he 
could easily make a fortune in the porn business. Kelly was 
definitely attracted to it, but John politely deflected her interest.

The next morning, all hell broke loose as they were tossed awake 
by a very intense earthquake. It took them a few minutes to get 
dressed, but it wasn't long before the group started helping people. 
Much to Ed's surprise, John had gotten Juan, the Hispanic drug 
dealer, to help them. Juan supplied drugs to help out people that 
were injured. Despite his initial misgivings about the guy, he found 
him to be very resourceful and helpful. Any threats to the women 
were immediately stopped by Juan. 

Juan was a tiger when the women were threatened, but gentle as a 
kitten in dealing with the women. Resourceful, the guy helped 
acquire supplies as needed, acted as translator for people that only 
spoke Spanish, and helped coordinate additional help. Ed wasn't 
sure why, but Juan treated John and himself like they were larger 
than life heroes. As far as Ed was concerned, they were very 
fortunate to have Juan helping them. 

Ed worked through the day helping John pull people out of burning 
and collapsed buildings. It was an intense day of hard work, life 
threatening situations, and heart ache. For Ed, it was an 
emotionally exhausting day. The emotional toll had been much 
higher than he would have believed. He wondered if he would 
have nightmares from the sights that he had seen that day.

At one point, he had been through four apartments each filled with 
death and it suddenly became too much for him. As he knelt by 
one victim of the earthquake, he broke down and cried at the sight 
before him. A woman lay crushed by debris, all attractiveness 
banished by the damage heaped upon her body by fallen wood and 
brick. It wasn't fair that a young woman with so much life ahead of 
her should have it cut short in such a random fashion. It had taken 
a word by John to remind him that they were trying to save those 
that still lived from such a fate that allowed Ed to continue.

After the sun set, the group found themselves at an overpass that 
had collapsed onto the road below. When John wiggled through a 
hole in the rocks, Ed watched as he disappeared from view. 
Turning around, he was surprised to see a number of cars driving 
towards them. With a gesture to Juan, the two men stood together 
in front of Beth and Kelly to protect them from what ever might 
emerge from the cars.

When news reporters with television cameras boiled out of the 
caravan of trucks, Ed stared at them in shock. He glanced back at 
the women and asked, "What's going on?"

Beth looked at the crowd headed in their direction and shrugged. 
She answered, "I don't know, but you better get ready to answer 
questions."

Someone shouted out, "Are you the John Carter Rescue Squad?"

Ed had not heard that name, but Beth shouted back, "Yes, we are."

Finding a bright light shining in his eyes and a microphone shoved 
in his face, Ed looked around confused. A voice called out, "Are 
you John Carter?"

Answering automatically, he replied, "No. I'm Ed Biggers. John is 
in the underpass looking for survivors."

Another microphone appeared in front of his face. A second voice 
called out, "What did you do today?"

Automatically, Ed answered, "We just went from building to 
building helping people out. It's been a hard long day."

Another question was called out, "How many people did you 
rescue?"

The question gave Ed pause as he had no idea how many people 
they had pulled from collapsed buildings. He answered, "I have no 
idea. There were just so many that needed help."

Looking around at his companions, he saw that Juan was being 
interviewed in Spanish, Beth and Kelly were being interviewed by 
other reporters. It seemed to him that everyone was handling this 
attention much better than he. All he wanted to do was to leave. 
The interviewer who had been talking to Juan turned to Ed and 
said, "I understand that you ran into buildings and pulled people 
out as they collapsed. Is that true?"

"I guess so. Much of it is a blur at this point."

When John came out of the hole, the crowd of reporters swarmed 
over him. The other four were left alone for a moment. Turning to 
Kelly, Ed said, "I'd rather run into a burning building than face the 
press again."

She laughed and replied, "My cowboy just became a hero."

"No, just a heroes apprentice." Ed answered.

Laughing at the image his answer invoked, she was reminded of 
the famous cartoon of a mouse that was a sorcerers apprentice and 
all of the trouble he got into trying a spell. She had seen the 
personal bravery demonstrated by Ed and John all day. She 
grabbed his arm and said, "No. You were a full fledged hero 
today."

Feeling like anything except a hero, Ed answered, "I'm hungry, 
tired, and emotionally drained."

Beth came over to Ed and said, "You should be. You've worked a 
very hard day with only a single meal. I bet we've all lost about ten 
pounds today."

Several police officers arrived in three cruisers and helped to 
separate them from the press. One of them recognized Juan and 
started to question him in a very aggressive manner, all but 
accusing him of looting houses. Angered, Ed stepped in and said, 
"There are a hundred people that owe this man their lives today. 
He spent hundreds of dollars providing food, water, and medicine 
to the injured today. He's a hero and I demand that you treat him as 
such."

Staring at Ed, Juan couldn't believe that he had stood up to the 
cops for him. The officer relented and actually apologized to Juan, 
surprising the Hispanic man even more. The situation gave Juan 
pause. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he turned to the 
police officer and asked, "You try to help people every day, don't 
you?"

Stiffly, the officer replied, "Yes, that's why I do this job."

Juan was silent for a moment and then said, "I never thought of it 
that way before. It must be rewarding."

Watching the exchange, Ed could see the beginnings of a mutual 
respect developing. Smiling, he wondered what would happen to 
Juan in the future. Maybe today had given the man a new view on 
life. 

With promises of being taken to a shelter where they would get a 
hot meal, they were ushered into the police cars, Ed and Juan in 
one and Kelly, Beth, and John in the other. In the sudden relative 
quiet of the car, Juan turned to Ed and asked, "Do you do this 
often?"

Shaking his head, Ed answered, "No, but John does. He serves a 
Goddess that has him helping people all of the time. He gets a 
calling and goes to where he's needed. We came all the way from 
Arizona to be here."

Remembering how John had introduced himself the previous 
evening, Juan asked, "The scars. How did he get them?"

Quietly, Ed answered, "Doing what he did today. This wasn't the 
first time that he's charged into burning buildings or risked certain 
death to rescue people. He even died once."

Settling into his seat, Juan was very quiet. The police officer had 
listened to the exchange and asked, "What brought you here?"

"John. He felt something big was going to happen here. Having 
nothing better to do, I volunteered to come with him. Our 
girlfriends also came to help. We had no idea what was going to 
happen, just that it was going to be big."

The officer drove along quietly for a moment and then said, "Both 
of you guys are real heroes. We've been hearing reports about your 
activities all day. Half of us couldn't believe it."

Laughing, Ed answered, "You know something funny. I don't feel 
like a hero at all."

"You too?" asked Juan, relieved that he wasn't alone in how he was 
feeling. He added, "I feel good about the ones we saved, but 
horrible about the ones we couldn't. That poor guy that had his legs 
crushed nearly did me in."

Ed remembered the guy very clearly and answered, "I know who 
you mean."

Smiling, the officer said, "They cut that guy out a couple of hours 
ago. He's doing fine from what I understand."

Together, Ed and Juan replied, "Thank God."

When they arrived at the shelter, the officer opened the doors so 
they could get out. Stopping Juan, the officer extended a hand and 
said, "Juan, I hope that we can work on the same side from now 
on."

For a minute, Juan stood there looking at the officer and then took 
his hand. He replied, "I doubt with my record you will hire me, but 
I think a change in jobs is in store for me."

"I'm glad to hear that."

The two men joined John, Kelly, and Beth at the door of the 
shelter. The shelter was an elementary school with cots lined up 
inside the gymnasium. Inside, they all ran to the bathrooms to 
relieve their bladders and to wash some of the dirt and blood off 
their bodies. 

Standing in front of a urinal meant for a little boy, Ed started 
laughing. At the puzzled looks from Juan and John, Ed said, "After 
all of the events of the day, it takes a kids urinal to make me feel 
like a big man."