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John Carter
By
Lazlo Zalezak
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezak, 2003

Part 2: Mantle Of Aries
Chapter 6

Ed's living room was furnished for comfort rather than appearance. 
There was a green fabric covered couch, a brown leather chair with 
footstool, a coffee table in front of the couch, and a TV tray next to 
the chair. An old broken console television sat in the corner of the 
room. A portable color television sat on top of the console. The 
carpet was yellow. The windows were covered with simple white 
curtains. There weren't any pictures on the wall. Despite belonging 
to a man, the room was neat and clean.

Beth lay on the couch with her head in John's lap. John slowly ran 
his fingers along her arm. It was sending chills up and down her 
spine. Ed sat in a chair with Kelly seated on the floor between his 
legs. He slowly massaged her shoulders. Kelly occasionally let out 
a contented sigh of contentment. Rover sat lay curled in the corner 
sleeping soundly.

They had been discussing how a group marriage would work. Ed 
stated, "Well, we have two houses and two apartments. None of 
them are large enough for four adults."

Beth asked, "What do you mean none of them are large enough for 
four adults?"

John answered, "He means that none of them have four bedrooms 
or that none of them have a bedroom that is large enough for four 
people."

Kelly thought about it, "They're right. If we form semi-permanent 
pairs for sleeping arrangements that makes us two couples living 
together. I want it to be four adults living together."

 Beth stated, "Oh, I get it."

Ed asked, "So what do you do about it?"

Kelly answered, "I figure between the four of us, we have about 
two thousand dollars worth of house payments every month. That 
kind of money could buy a very big house."

John listened as the discussion about living arrangements went on 
around him. Their approach to the whole financial topic seemed 
wrong to him. One approach made it seem like they were 
roommates. They would all split the bills four ways. Another was 
definitely unfair to everyone involved. It involved them pooling all 
of their money and then putting them on an allowance. None of the 
approaches allowed for one of them to leave if things didn't work 
out or to add new adults to the group marriage. They didn't address 
questions of what would happen when one of the members was 
unemployed. He interrupted, "I don't think we can settle this that 
way. I think we need to get some professional help. I'd suggest an 
accountant and a lawyer."

Everyone reacted negatively to the suggestion. Beth sat up and 
turned to face John. Kelly was the most vocal, "What do we need 
an accountant and a lawyer for?"

John held up his hands before him in an attempt to calm things 
down. It took a minute for everyone to quit talking. John then 
explained, "How will we deal with taxes? If we buy a single house, 
does that mean we have to share the deduction four ways? What 
happens if we want to add people to our family? What happens if 
one of us has to leave here? How do we share expenses? What 
happens if one of us is fired from their job? What happens if one of 
us has to take a leave of absence?"

Ed looked thoughtful for a minute. He hadn't thought through the 
problem in its entirety. He agreed, "I guess there are a lot of 
questions that we need to answer."

Beth and Kelly were looking at each other feeling very 
uncomfortable. They didn't like the kinds of questions that were 
being asked. Finally, Beth asked, "What has all of that to do with 
marriage? It sounds like you don't love us."

"When you get married, the law is structured so that most of those 
questions are automatically answered. The reason I want to make 
sure that we are all protected is that I do love you. I want Ed to be 
able to take a couple of years off work so that he can get his 
degree. I want each of you to be able to take a leave of absence so 
that you can have children. I don't want us to have to pay our 
income taxes at higher rates than other married couples. I want us 
to live the best lifestyle for us," explained John with patience. 

"So are we married yet?" asked Kelly. She really wanted the group 
marriage.

John and Ed smiled at each other. They reached into their pockets 
and pulled out four rings each. These rings were custom made so 
that a pair interlocked forming a single ring. John asked, "Will 
you, Beth and Kelly, consent to become my wives?"

They both answered yes. John handed each of them a ring, telling 
them not to put it on yet.

Ed then asked, "Will you, Beth and Kelly, consent to become my 
wives?"

They both answered yes. Ed handed each of them a ring. Ed 
showed Kelly how to form a single ring from the pair while John 
showed Beth. The women looked in amazement as the rings were 
slipped onto their fingers. Tears came to their eyes.

John then asked, "Ed, will you consent to become my husband?"

Ed replied, "Yes, I do. Will you consent to become my husband?"

John replied, "Yes, I do."

The men exchanged rings and formed a single ring from the pair. 
They slipped them onto their fingers. Ed, smiling at the women, 
stated, "I guess we are now officially engaged."

Kelly stood up and went over to Beth. She reached out to take 
Beth's hand. Beth gave it to her and then stood next to Beth. Kelly 
and Beth slowly stripped each other. They took turns, taking their 
time and doing their best to make it sexy. They succeeded in 
making it very sexy. When they had finished, Kelly stated, "Your 
turn, guys."

Ed and John stood up awkwardly and stepped to each other. They 
tried to undress each other the same way that the women had. 
Where the women had been graceful, the men were clumsy. The 
result, rather than being sexy, was comedic. By the time they were 
finished, the two women were laughing uncontrollably. John and 
Ed looked at each other, mirroring embarrassed expressions.

Kelly recovered and began to kiss Beth with passion. John watched 
the action with a little sadness. He couldn't help remembering the 
time Beth and Betsy had been together that one time. Despite the 
unhappy memories, the action was sexy. The men’s bodies 
couldn’t help but react. As Kelly’s hands roamed Beth’s body, they 
both began to breathe heavier. The excitement shared between the 
two women was intense. Beth took the initiative and started kissing 
Kelly’s breasts. 

Kelly placed her thigh between Beth’s legs and pressed it tight 
against her pussy. With a subtle rocking motion of her body, she 
was able to produce electric sensations in Beth. Beth responded by 
moving her thigh into the same position on Kelly. Any movement 
by one woman was now communicated directly to the other and 
back again. Suddenly, the excitement grew so intense that all each 
woman could do was to react to the movement of the other. In 
minutes both were in the grips of major orgasms.

The women slowly collapsed to the floor, flush from the 
excitement and breathing hard for their exertions. Several minutes 
passed before Kelly looked up with a gleam in her eyes, “It is your 
turn to put on a show for us.”

Ed left the room for a second and returned with a lubricant that he 
applied to his cock. He applied more lubricant to his finger and 
inserted it into John’s asshole, lubricating it thoroughly. First, it 
was one finger and then he worked in two fingers. John got down 
on his back and spread his legs. At a sign from John, he stepped 
between the legs and slowly pressed his cock against John’s 
asshole. The penetration, even though it was slow, was intense for 
John and Ed both. John felt like he was being stretched beyond 
what nature would allow. Ed felt the incredible tightness that 
provided exactly the kind of stimulation that would drive him 
quickly to orgasm. It took several minutes for him to sink his cock 
into John completely. He slowly withdrew and pushed it back in 
again. The second time was much quicker then the first. 
Repeatedly he pulled out and thrust in again. The thrust was 
always quicker then the time before until Ed was hammering into 
and out of John with a fury. John was groaning from the treatment. 
His cock waved up and down in the air in time with the thrusts.

Kelly and Beth were watching wide-eyed at the action. For them, 
this was a fantasy come true. Kelly started repeating one phrase as 
thought it were a mantra, “Fuck him good.”

John tightened his ass against Ed’s cock. The action brought an 
immediate shudder and orgasm from Ed. Spasms rocked his body 
as jet after jet of cum shot from his cock filling John’s ass with 
fluid. Ed slumped back, his cock falling out of John’s ass, and took 
several deep breaths to recover.

Almost immediately, he dove down on John’s cock. Taking more 
and more of it into his mouth and throat. John, already at the point 
of orgasm, tensed. When Ed made swallowing motions in his 
throat, it was too much for John. He shot into Ed, groaning as he 
did so. Ed pulled off of the cock so that the last shot went into his 
mouth. He moved up and fed cum back to John’s open mouth.

Kelly, her hand pressed tight against her cunt, came in a scream 
that drew the attention of everyone else in the room. John smiled, 
cum smeared on his lips, and asked, “Did anyone else enjoy that?”

Beth just shuddered as her body went through the last of an 
orgasm. She groaned, “Oh fuck, that was intense.”

Kelly gasped, “Almost brutal in its intensity.”

Ed and John smiled at each other. They had decided in Utah, that 
the male goal of sex was to come as quickly as possible with a 
minimum of foreplay. John held up four fingers to Ed. Ed looking 
at the fingers shuddered. He had agreed that every five times he 
took John in the ass that John would get to take him. John was so 
much bigger that Ed knew it was going to hurt. 

Kelly was the first to her feet. She grabbed John and stated, “Come 
with me. I’ve been waiting for you a long time.”

Beth looked rather sourly at Kelly as the woman led John away. Ed 
stated, “Let her go, she’s never been with John. They’ve never 
even kissed.”

Beth turned and looked at Ed in amazement, “Never?”

“Never.”

“How about when I wasn’t quite myself?”

“Nope.”

“But all those times that he left the house for days at a time. I was 
sure that he was over here.” Beth was shocked to hear this. She had 
always assumed that John had just moved on to Kelly after Betsy 
died.

“No. He was off doing the John thing. You know, saving the 
masses from harm. He didn’t do it because he didn’t want to hurt 
you.”

Beth began to feel bad for the thoughts and grudges that she had 
held against John. She had realized that he had really taken her 
breakdown that seriously. “What about after I was better?”

“Nope. He wasn’t going to sleep with Kelly until after he and I did 
something together and knew that he could make a real 
commitment to her.”

Beth spread out on the floor in amazement. She had made so many 
assumptions about John that had just been proven wrong. He had 
done everything possible to protect everyone’s feelings even if 
they didn’t know they were being protected. She asked, “So this is 
their first time together?”

“Yes.” Ed answered. He knew that Beth was working through the 
last inner demons that had haunted her since Betsy’s death.

Beth smiled, “Go wash up. Then come back here and fuck me like 
you fucked him. Just as hard and fast as you want.”

Ed smiled as he walked to the bathroom to wash his cock. He 
figured that he was going to be doing this a lot for the next few 
days. He missed a step as he thought about John getting to do him. 

The house was quiet when John woke in the morning. Kelly was 
still asleep in the bed next to him. He looked over her naked body, 
remembering the texture and feel of each inch of it. They had made 
slow passionate love last night as befitted the first time with a 
woman. Ed had taken the immediateness from his sexual urges and 
his performance last night with Kelly had reflected it. 

He didn’t dress as he went into Ed’s backyard to do his morning 
blood sacrifice. He didn’t know if it was still necessary, but he did 
know that he hadn’t been wounded since then. Of course, things 
had quieted down for him.

Finishing his ritual at a few minutes a sunrise, he returned to the 
house and sat down in a chair. He started thinking about where he 
could test the idea he had committed to paper just a few weeks 
before. He still had the lab in Austin and he could get a lab in 
Arizona. The question was how he could combine his work and 
developing group marriage to a positive end. 

He was soon deep in thought about how he could manage them 
both. One solution was to open his own lab at a location of his 
choice. He didn't want it too close, because then there would be 
expectations that he would be home every night regardless of the 
progress he was making at the time. He didn't want it too far 
because he didn't want to drive for more that a couple of hours.

There were other problems. Most of the equipment that would be 
required to validate the safety of his device would be expensive. 
Neutron and gamma ray detectors came at a steep price. The 
device itself would be cheap to build. The idea came to him that he 
should be able to build the device and contract out the testing. 
Only a handful of places had the expertise to make those kinds of 
measurements. Most of them required a security clearance and then 
he realized that Mike had said that he had a top-secret clearance. 

In order to build the device, he would need access to equipment 
and supplies that he already had in Austin. This meant that he 
would have to spend a month in Austin and that he should do it 
soon. There was a desire to head out that had its roots in his service 
to the Goddess. He had enough experience with both of them now 
that he could tell the difference between the two. He added a week 
to the trip to take into account her service needs.

He was going to have to leave tomorrow. That meant between now 
and then that he would have to contact Mrs. South to let her know 
that he was coming. He would also have to talk with Ed, Kelly, and 
Beth. He also realized that he could probably stop at his parent’s 
house and visit Jenny and Jack. They could use Jack’s financial 
advice. He would ask Ed to locate a good lawyer, as well.

Having made his plans, he went into the kitchen and started to 
make a huge breakfast. He started the coffee first, knowing that the 
aroma would soon wake everyone else. He decided that pancakes 
would be a good meal to have after all of the energy that had been 
burned last night. 

He had just finished putting the first griddle full of pancakes on the 
plate when Ed came wandering out from his bedroom. He 
stumbled over to the coffee maker and poured himself a cup. It was 
only after he had taken several sips of it that he looked around and 
noticed breakfast. Ed closed one eye, yawned, stretched, and 
scratched himself as the idea of breakfast worked its way through 
his mind. He mumbled, "Morning."

"Good morning." John smiled as he poured another six circles of 
batter on the griddle. He knew it was going to take Ed another 
three minutes before he'd work up enough consciousness to say 
anything else. Ed had a tendency to get out of bed early and wake 
up much later. 

He flipped the pancakes and let them cook for another minute. He 
heaped them on a plate and poured six more circles of batter on the 
griddle. He looked up in time to see Beth exiting from the other 
bedroom yawning and rubbing her breasts as she stretched. She 
smelled the air and stated, "Good morning. Coffee smells good."

"Good morning. Help yourself. You may need to help Ed too. He 
seems to be waking slower than usual this morning." John 
snickered. He had once tried to play a joke on Ed first thing in the 
morning and it wasn't until an hour went by that Ed realized what 
had happened. 

"Coffee first. Blow Ed second. Munch on Kelly third." Beth 
delivered in a deadpan voice.

John burst out laughing. Leave it to Beth to know how to wake 
everyone. He finished another set of pancakes and poured more 
batter on the griddle. The bowl of batter was empty and he rinsed it 
out while the pancakes cooked. Finished with the bowl, he returned 
to the stove and turned over the last six pancakes. After a minute or 
so, he put those on the plate and then wiped down the griddle. He 
loved cooking with cast-iron, but it was excessively heavy to carry 
when hiking. 

He set the plate of pancakes on the table. Rummaging in the 
refrigerator, he hauled out some real maple syrup and butter. He 
riffled through the shelves before finding where Ed kept the honey, 
and powered sugar. He put them on the table. One more trip to the 
kitchen for eating utensils and the table was quickly set. He called 
out, "Breakfast everyone."

Ed sat down at the table. He actually looked awake. Beth came out 
of the bedroom followed by a glowing Kelly. Beth giggled, "Sorry, 
I already ate two courses: Ed and Beth."

John laughed, "I hope you saved some room for pancakes!"

The four of them settled around the table and piled their plates with 
pancakes. John was the only one that liked his pancakes with butter 
and powered sugar. He wished he had found some strawberry jam. 
The others raised their eyebrows at how he prepared them. Ed and 
Kelly went for the maple syrup while Beth grabbed the honey. 

Now that everyone was awake and alert, John stated, "I hate to say 
this, but I have to leave tomorrow. I'll be gone about six weeks."

"No." replied Kelly. She looked at John in a manner that would 
brook no argument. She had finally gotten her family together and 
now he wanted to run off. She wasn't going to accept that.

"I have to go tomorrow. I can't ignore the call to service. You 
know that."

Ed placed a hand on Kelly's hand and squeezed it in reassurance. 
He looked at her and stated, "You remember the earthquake. 
Imagine how bad it would have been if we hadn't gone there. He 
has to do these things because lives hang in the balance."

Beth silently watched Ed and Kelly. She wondered how she had 
managed to find two good men as Ed and John. She also wondered 
about the selfishness that Kelly was exhibiting. She decided that 
she was going to have to long talk about caring, trust, and giving.

John nodded, "I have to leave tomorrow for something like that, 
but I don't know what it is. I also have some work to do in Austin. 
It is very important."

Ed asked, "What about the accountant and the lawyer so that we 
can set up the group marriage properly?"

John nodded, "Good question. I thought that I would stop and ask 
Jack to come here. He's a very good accountant and has helped 
grow a small business into a chain. I think that he can set things up 
for us in a very fair and equitable fashion."

"What about a lawyer?" Beth was curious. John seemed to know 
someone in almost every field. 

"I don't know a good lawyer," he answered. Beth snorted as she 
found that a very accurate statement about all lawyers. Realizing 
how that sounded, he added, "I didn't mean that as a joke."

Ed stated, "I know a very good lawyer. He's one of the best in the 
state and he's a very nice guy. He probably won't even charge us 
for the consultation."

John shook his head at the suggestion, "Advice is worth what you 
pay for it. We will pay his consultation fees."

Kelly had been quiet all of this time although she was about to 
burst out in anger. First, she had been told bluntly that John was 
going although she wanted him to stay. Then, they had been 
planning this group marriage as if it was some sort of business 
proposition. Beth watched Kelly from across the table and saw her 
anger growing. She decided that it was time to act. She stated, 
"Kelly, could you help me with something in the bedroom."

Kelly glared across the table at Beth. She wasn't ready to be 
distracted. It took her a moment to observe that Beth's eyes were 
beginning to narrow. She had seen that look in the hospital. When 
Beth narrowed her eyes that meant someone was going to catch 
hell. It took her a minute to realize that she was the target of that 
look. Kelly answered, "Okay."

Beth stood up and went into the bedroom. Reaching it, she waited 
for Kelly. The longer Kelly took in getting there, the worse it was 
going to be. She was working up to a major blow up when John 
entered the room. He looked at her for a second and then stated in 
a very commanding voice, "Slave, assume standing second 
position!"

Beth stepped into position almost before the words had left John's 
mouth. It was an automatic response on her part and surprised her 
even as she did it. Her hands clasp behind her neck, her elbows 
stuck out to the side, and her legs were slightly spread. He could 
touch her anywhere he desired. He asked, "Slave, were you about 
to yell at Kelly?"

"Yes, Master," she replied. Her continued submissiveness 
surprised her. Then she realized that her lack of submissiveness 
since her recovery was because she had lost her trust in John. Her 
conversation with Ed last night had restored that trust. It dawned 
on her that John must have seen some sort of change in her.

"Slave, tell me why?"

Kelly eyes lowered. She didn't know how to answer the question. 
John watched the emotions struggle within her for half a minute, 
"Slave, tell me now!"

"She's been acting very needy, greedy, and selfish. I wanted to put 
her in her place, Master."

John nodded. It was exactly as he thought. He had seen this 
coming. Kelly's single mindedness about the group marriage 
bordered on the unhealthy and it was beginning to wear on people. 
He decided that it was time to set things right. He ordered, "Follow 
me, slave."

He walked into the living room with Beth following meekly behind 
him. Kelly was seated in a chair pensively waiting for John or 
Kelly to come yell at her. Ed was in the kitchen doing the dishes. 
When he reached the center of the room, he turned to Beth 
ordering, "Slave, assume the kneeling first position."

Beth instantly fell to her knees and clasped her arms behind her 
back. Her breasts, topped by very erect nipples, were displayed 
very prominently. He stated, "Slave, I have a challenge for you. 
When Ed comes in here, you have three minutes to get him erect 
and to have him cum using only your mouth. If you fail, I will 
allow Ed to fuck you in the ass and then I will fuck you in the ass. 
Do you understand the nature of the challenge?"

"Yes, Master."

John smiled at the look of fear on her face at the thought of his 
monster cock reaming her ass. He could see Kelly sitting in the 
chair looking at him wide-eyed. He turned to Kelly asking, "Do 
you want to say something?"

"Ed already had a blowjob just before breakfast."

"Do you think she should take the challenge?"

"No. There's no way she could succeed."

John looked down at Beth. Beth was still staring at his flaccid cock 
thinking how big it would get when erect. John asked, "Slave, 
would you accept the challenge?"

Beth took a deep breath realizing that he was actually giving her a 
choice. Of course, there was only one answer she could give, "Yes, 
Master."

Kelly exploded, "Why are you doing this to her?"

John smiled and watched Kelly as he asked, "Slave, answer her 
question."

It took Beth a minute to work out why he was doing it. Once she 
realized the reason, she knew what he was doing. She answered in 
a very cryptic fashion to make Kelly ask more questions. "He's 
giving me a way to keep from being punished."

"Why would you be punished?"

"Because I was going to yell at you for a bad reason." She again 
gave a cryptic answer and noticed John nodding his head.

"What reason?"

John interrupted, "Slave, don't answer that question."

Kelly looked puzzled. "Why shouldn't she answer that question?"

"Two reasons. First, I told her not to answer it. Second, you know 
the answer."

Ed had finished washing the dishes for the third time and was 
trying to figure out an excuse for staying in the kitchen. He could 
hear every word that was being said in the living room. He was 
curious about what was happening, although he knew what had 
provoked it. Both women had looked like they were ready to kill at 
the table and John was fixing the problem. 

Kelly was looking at him very puzzled at this point. She really had 
no clue what she had done that had angered Beth enough to want 
to yell at her. She thought back to what had been happening at the 
table. She had been listening to the conversation getting angry 
about the business like approach to the marriage that John and Ed 
had taken. Then Beth had gotten upset with her. She took a wild 
guess, "Because I was getting angry at you and Ed?" 

John smiled. He turned to Beth, "Slave, I will change the 
challenge. If Kelly can explain in detail why you were going to 
yell at her before you can get Ed erect and to cum, then you won't 
be have your ass worked over by him and me. We won't use 
lubricant either, so it's going to hurt like hell. Of course, I will 
expect you to work as hard as you can to get him to cum as quickly 
as possible. Do you understand this challenge?"

Beth kept a neutral face. She knew she stood a better chance with 
three minutes than with the revised challenge. She answered, "Yes, 
Master."

"Do you accept the challenge, slave?"

"Yes, Master."

John called out, "Hey Ed, come here."

Ed had been expecting the call. He took his time and checked the 
kitchen one last time to make sure that nothing was out of place. 
He entered the room as if he had no clue what was going on. Ed 
asked, "What's up?"

John smiled, "Beth wants to give you a blowjob."

Beth attacked Ed's cock as if it was the most precious object in the 
world. She sucked it into her mouth and worked to get him erect. 
Her arms were still behind her back. Kelly watched how much 
effort that Beth was putting into the blowjob and realized that she 
had better come up with the right answer soon. She struggled, 
"She's doing it because I was mad at you guys. You were going to 
go away although I didn't want you to go. You were going to get 
lawyers and accountants to ruin my group marriage."

John smiled and shook his head, "Close, but not correct."

Kelly couldn't believe that Ed was already erect and starting to 
move his hips in time with Beth's sucking. She was getting very 
upset. She felt that they were trying to get her to admit that she was 
wrong about something. She had done nothing wrong. This group 
marriage was her dream and they were destroying it for their own 
desires. Her thoughts continued in this direction for several 
minutes. She noticed that Ed was starting to groan. He was close to 
coming and she was no closer to an answer. She couldn't let Beth's 
unselfish acceptance of the challenge turn into punishment. That's 
when the answer hit her like a bolt of lightening. She stated, "I've 
been a selfish bitch and she was going to yell at me."

As soon as she said it, Kelly knew it was an accurate assessment of 
her behavior. She had been thinking of this as her marriage and not 
our marriage. She was more concerned with her needs than with 
their needs. She hadn't trusted them to look out for everyone's 
interests. She wanted to kick herself as she realized that she had 
been holding back on her love for them because she couldn't allow 
herself to trust them.

Ed came in Beth's mouth. Beth grinned around his cock as her 
mouth filled with cum. It dribbled down her chin.  Ed leaned over 
and kissed her. When he stood up, both of their lips were covered 
with cum. He smiled, "That was great."

John smiled, "Slave, I guess you were spared this time from getting 
this bat up your rear. She got it just before Ed came."

Beth stated, "Thank you, Master."

John reached down and helped Beth stand up. She stood in a 
relaxed posture realizing that her role as slave was over for now. 
Unfortunately, the whole situation had aroused her tremendously 
and she was in dire need of relief. He smiled and kissed her gently 
on the forehead. He stated, "Thank you, Beth. 

She whispered in his ear, "You can thank me by fucking me 
senseless."

John laughed and pulled her into the bedroom, leaving Ed and 
Kelly alone in the living room. Kelly looked at Ed for a minute 
before asking, "can we talk?"