Author: Pescador del Valle Title: Day Of No Triffids Part: Chapter 7 Summary: In a world gone blind a few remaining sighted must try to preserve what they can but how will just 6 men manage to keep 400 women happy? Keywords: voy, nosex, rom Language: English Copyright: 2003 ********************************************* * WARNING! * * This text file contains sexually explicit * * material. If you do not wish to read this * * type of literature, or you are under age, * * PLEASE DELETE THIS FILE NOW!!!! * ********************************************* Comments appreciated : see Pescador del Valle on www.asstr.org/authors.html ********************************************************* *** August 29, Morning Michael, Nancy and David got to share the morning's baby sitting duties, part of which was an instruction to try to make the job easier. They decided to start by organising a mass bathing session. While the women were there they would have a chance to reorganise the makeshift dormitory. The school had a pool, not very wide nor deep but it did allow three Olympic-sized lanes for swimming practice. It was also convection heated, a fact they found out when they had a chance to sit down with the caretaker and discuss the school's facilities. It was housed next to the gymnasium with a short walk through the unfortunate cool breeze. The three teenagers decided that it would be best to get the women to strip in the gym and follow each other into the almost steamy atmosphere where the pool was housed. The pool was big enough for them all to fit and it would give them something to do rather than just sit around. The chlorine level in the water had dropped with the decreased attention the caretaker had been able to provide during the last week though it still might not permit a good lather. It should suffice however. "What will we need then?" Nancy started ticking things off on her fingers, "Soap, shampoo, conditioner, towels, hairbrushes, deodorant. Anything else?" Michael responded, "Toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash." "What are they going to wear? Their clothes don't look too good." David's point was valid. "We don't have time for a lot of scavenging. They just need something to keep them warm for now. How about bathrobes?" Nancy's suggestion was considered reasonable and Michael thought a couple of classy hotels across the nearby parklands might have enough. David offered to wait while the other's went raiding. There was a station wagon in the carpark and they sorted through the small pile of keys they had taken from the former owners. Nancy found the first matching key so she got to drive. David was quite happy to let them go. The women had all settled down after breakfast and the meeting. Most were still tired; the morning had started early even if they couldn't see the rising sun. He thought back to the previous evening and the dramatic change that had occurred in his life. Just a few weeks earlier he had been in junior high, not unpopular but certainly not one of the "in" crowd. At 14 he had been just starting out, an occasional group date, a chance to pash from time to time at parties, getting hold of a good wank magazine "borrowed" from some friend's older brother; nothing unusual and certainly nothing like the experience during the evening. He had screwed his teacher! She was still willing and he had two more teachers lined up after her! His former classmates who had been high on his wish list now paled in comparison. This was certainly living. To experience it was one thing but he still had the puerile desire to boast about it, to bathe in someone else's admiration. His cousin Walter, also 14, was here as well. They had often gotten together in past years, young male minds thinking much along the same line. David hadn't had a chance to speak to him other than to say "Hi" in passing, though that had been more to the group which included Walter's father Stan and his elder sister Stella who were also blind. He wandered over to the "family" corner; nothing flasher than that but at least they knew each other. David's mother was there with his sister Ellen; Nancy's mother (David's Aunt Julie) and her elder sister Karen. He wondered where Nancy's younger sister was, not yet privy to the knowledge that Michael had "claimed" her and that she was currently asleep in Michael's room. He ignored his other cousin Graham who, being three years older, had tended to lord it over both David and Walter. It was surprising because Michael and Barry were both the same age yet neither of them had been such a pain. David thought privately that it was because of his Aunt Julie's dominance of her only son. "Hey Wally. Want to hang out for a bit?" He had rested his hand on his cousin's shoulder while gazing at Stella's magnificent pair. There was no hesitation; Walter had had enough of this lot for now. His Aunt Julie was going on - STILL; she was worse than a fire and brimstone preacher and Walter wasn't the only one who wished she would shut up. David led Walter over to the lounge area they had set up the previous day, far enough away from the sleeping area to allow privacy and so they wouldn't disturb the others. Sitting his cousin down he had a look around to see what Peter and Barry had set up. There was an ice chest that still had some cold bottles in it. Well one wouldn't affect him and there was no-one around now to tell him he couldn't have a beer. He looked at Walter with his hand on a bottle, "Want a beer?" Walter readily agreed. He didn't really like the taste but there wasn't anything else going on and he didn't want David to have to drink alone; he might not get invited back. He accepted the wet bottle and took a sip. It wasn't too bad after all. "So what have you been doing?" David handed him a bag of pretzels and laughed. "You wouldn't fucking believe it! We actually robbed a cop shop, with all the police still there. They gave us the keys and we just unlocked the cupboards, helped ourselves and walked out. It's the same with the shopping centres, they're just open for you to take whatever you want." Walter was sure there was a down-side but he had been taken down far enough himself when he lost his sight and much preferred to hear the highpoints instead. "And now you've got your choice of women?" Walter was a little put out when informed that he wouldn't be permitted to "put out", at least until the women were pregnant when he couldn't do any "harm", but found it was more a case of what he hadn't had wasn't yet being missed. It was all too new for him to feel hard done by. In contrast, while his father still had his mother, the other blind male, Graham, was really pissed about it. He had started making out before the disaster and having tasted honey he was being denied access to the beehive. The topic had been raised and David now had his chance to boast. "Most of the women are fairly normal looking and in their twenties though there are a few older ones. Then there are the school girls and they are all teenagers, mainly 15 to 17; some good lookers there though." He continued, on a more personal level, repeating some information that Walter already knew. "I had to make up a list of girls I liked. I guess Dad felt if we had to have a lot of women around it should at least include a few we personally liked. I got two from my class at school and another five that I knew from school and then three of the teachers. There were some more but we couldn't find them. I wanted to try looking again for one of them but now I'm not so sure." "Why?" It was an obvious question and once again gave David a lead in. Wally was making a great straight-man! "Last night I took one of my teachers to my room. She's 22 and gorgeous. Long brown hair and tits out to here." The exaggerated positioning of his hands unnoticed, he continued. "Forget everything you have heard about sex. It's ten times better." Walter had dreamed about one teacher at his school. He had never even had the opportunity to talk to her outside of his fantasies and they tended to be a little vague. He wondered if David could look for her? Even second- hand she would be something. "What happened?" David began to describe the evening. How they had stripped and he had looked at her naked body. How they had shared a shower with the young woman explaining to her even younger but very willing pupil just how to please a woman and in return benefiting from her goodwill. "Did she give you a blow job?" Always the lurid details! "Noo-o-o." She had shown David where to touch and how to lick her, in a number of very nice places, before mounting his prone body and riding his youthful cock. She had stroked his limp organ until it rose to pleasure them both all over again before they finally fell asleep in each other's arms but, no, she hadn't done more than give it a quick peck before she had first straddled his loins and buried it deep inside the most wonderful place on Earth. Perhaps blow jobs came in the next lesson? "You can probably get all the blow jobs you want now. They won't have any other men around (the fourteen year old David had gotten an automatic adulthood with his privileged status). If they want any special treats they will have to return the favour. It's not like there are a lot of other choices." "Gee thanks." David WAS a little conscious that as the youngest sighted person he might be down the pecking order and less desired be especially the older women. Still he and the other boys had been assured that "their" choices would be reserved for them as far as possible; there were certainly plenty of other choices for the rest of the men. "No I just meant if all of you expect to be treated, well, 'nicely', it won't do them any good to try shopping around." "That's true. I wonder if it will work?" "What do you mean?" "Well how about we get some of the girls over and see just how far they will go." "Sounds good to me." Walter wasn't sure how far he would be involved but it still broke the monotony. The group of schoolgirls David selected thought a chat session with the two boys would relieve their boredom too. He brought six of them back to the lounge and put some rugs and cushions on the floor for them to sit on. Except for one girl they had all been in the same class at school. Boarders together, they had found themselves isolated from family and friends when the sickness struck and had been somewhat relieved at being "rescued" from the stoic Mother Superior who felt that meeting their maker in a chaste state was preferable to the sort of rescue proposed. It took a little while for the conversation to get around to this. In the meantime David had proposed that they have a game of Drunken-Spin-The-Bottle to get to know each other. The girls agreed even though they outnumbered the boys. David sat opposite Walter with three girls between them on each side. David put his empty bottle in the middle and opened another two. He spun the bottle first and it pointed to the blonde girl on Walter's right. David moved across and knelt in front of her. Her blouse gaped a little, revealing a nicely developing cleavage. "Hi, my name's David." "I'm Christie." David leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Before he could move away she reached up to take his face in her hands and held him against her for a little longer. A good start. "Here you are then. You have to take a mouthful." There were a few laughs around the circle before he clarified, "I have some beer. It's 'Drunken-Spin-The-Bottle', you have to drink as well." "Okay." She tipped the bottle back and took a good swig. "Walter's turn." He moved back into position and Walter groped for the bottle. It span but he would have to trust Barry to point him in the right direction. "The girl on Christie's right." Walter felt his way around, using Christie's knees as a guide in both directions. "Hello. What's your name?" "Marnie." This girl was a little plumper than the others. David found her more pleasant to look at than the beanpoles in some of the other groups around the place, including some of the nurses, and wondered what she would look like naked. She certainly appeared to have more stuffed into her blouse than any of the others. David almost moved forward to help them find each other but with faces in the other person's hands they finally moved in. When they broke apart David handed her the bottle. She drank while Wally moved back into position. "My turn again." "Hey" There were a couple of protests. "How come we don't get a turn?" "Sorry", apologised David. "It just seemed that with only two boys it would be easier that way." The girl on David's left continued her complaint. "But that means we could be missing out for ages. At least when we are spinning we get a turn." David was happy to change the game. "Does everyone agree?" The act of nodding was ingrained. Only David was aware of the unanimous consent. "Alright then. You had better start. And your name is?" "Beth" David took her hand and placed it on the bottle. Vicki had said touch was an important part of a relationship. He wasn't sure if it applied in situations like this but it couldn't hurt. Beth gave it a mighty spin bouncing it painfully off one of the as yet unidentified girls' knee before coming to rest on Walter. "Lucky bastard", David thought. "Wally!" Beth wasn't sure which way to go so David told Wally to come forward while David turned her in his direction. Once again there was a little fumbling before they made contact. As Beth sat back into place David passed her the bottle. "But I was the spinner. Shouldn't Wally have to drink?" "He's ahead of you and we haven't got much. If you prefer ...?" "No, that's alright." She drained the rest of the bottle. David put it out the way and took her hand in his as it rested on her leg. She squeezed it in return. With long brown unkempt hair she looked like a slimmer Marnie; unfortunately, in David's opinion, lacking significant breast development but still with considerable charm. It was Marnie's turn and she too got Walter. Had he done something to rig the bottle? Marnie started the fresh bottle, leaving only half for the next player. Christie's turn and the trio on the other side of the circle were getting restless. The action so far had been decidedly one sided! David rested his right hand gently on the thigh of the stranger next to him. His luck still held and she too place her hand over his and squeezed. He returned the squeeze briefly to her leg before addressing Christie. "Oh! Looks like you missed Walter. You're pointing square at the lovely lady on his left." Christie found the bottle and verified his ruling. It was Walter's turn now to have his knees used as a guide and Christie found her temporary partner. "Who's this?" The girl in front of her spoke up softly, embarrassed not so much that she had been "chosen" by another girl but rather that she was the first to have been and could therefore expect a bit more ribaldry after the kiss than those to follow when the novelty had worn off some. "It's Viv." She reached to find Christie but as that girl had moved closer she ended up merely cupping Christie's breast as Christie found her lips. David noticed the hand's hurried withdrawal and the blush on Viv's cheeks but decided to say nothing for now. "Skipping Walter it's Viv's turn but first you have to drink." He handed her the bottle. Unaware of how much the others had been drinking, Viv drained it. "You must have been thirsty. Unfortunately that's the end of the beer (it wasn't but he had other plans) and we haven't even got through the first round. How about we change to Strip-Spin-The-Bottle?" With only a residual societal pressure on them, and a willingness to have some fun after the dread and dreariness of the last weeks, the girls all agreed. Walter didn't bother to reply; David held his proxy. "Okay then. Viv, please spin." Viv spun the bottle and it's rotation finally halted near enough to David for him to claim it, a little unfairly, over Beth. "You've got me." The blush was back on her cheeks. They were sprinkled attractively with a galaxy of freckles. Viv hated them, especially the larger one near the tip of her nose. Her only option was heavy-duty sun-screen and as little time outdoors as possible. As she liked her sport this was annoying and she just had to put up with it. The sport kept her frame taut, her muscles very feminine rather than resembling those of a body builder. She was used to tying back her brown hair with it's auburn highlights into a long ponytail and the neat appearance contrasted with the other girls whose hair definitely needed washing. While David didn't mind that his relatives were delayed, he did pause to wonder what was keeping them. Viv moved in and David paused. "I suppose I'd better remove an item of clothing. Shirt first." He undid most of the buttons and pulled it up over his head, leaving the cuffs the wrong way around. He had grabbed what he would normally have had to wear to school; perhaps he should find some t-shirts instead. He rested his arms on the neighbouring laps. "Would you two ladies mind helping me?" He nudged the one on his right. "What is your name?" "Brenda" "Thank you Brenda. Beth. And what is the name of our last lovely lady?" Vicki had told him he should compliment his partner but to always be sincere about it. This last young lady certainly WAS lovely. Her features were delicate and she was shorter than the others. He suspected she was a year younger and would be a very attractive woman in a few years. It was a pity there would be so very few to notice. "I'm Dale." "Hello Dale. Now Viv. Are you going to give me as big a kiss as you gave Christie?" He had resisted but the blushing cheeks looked so nice he had to tease enough to see them again. He was successful though she deigned to answer. As she leaned in David cupped her breast in much the same way as she had touched Christie but he maintained the pressure through their kiss, holding her waist with his other hand and gently probing against her lips with his tongue. When they parted she rested one hand briefly against his chest and placed the other over his where he held her youthful tit. She hadn't been offended. They sat. "Dale's turn" The youngster leaned forward and once again David assisted the player to find the bottle. Dale too got David and he discarded his shoes with an apology if it offended anyone and a complaint that between them they had this rigged. Once again Christie checked out that he wasn't cheating. When Dale came forward for her kiss David took full opportunity of her ignorance of the game so far. With an arm around her waist he cupped her ass cheek with one hand and a breast with the other. He held her against him and this time was more forceful in penetrating her mouth. She responded readily to her first serious kiss and accepted the rest of his actions as part of the "prize". It was now Brenda's turn and the ice was getting well and truly broken. Brenda spun and David declared Beth the winner. While the blonde on his right waited he put his hand back on her lap and watched as the brunette on his left unbuttoned her blouse and dropped it behind her. He gave her leg a squeeze of approval and encouragement too then gently put his finger on her lips and ran it slowly over her chin and down between her pinkly-pale orbs. He had heard of this version of "chicken" but had never had an opportunity to even try. Now neither participant gave up until the finger had reached her navel and David returned to the game. "Brenda has to kiss Beth." He put his hands in the centres of their backs and encouraged them to approach each other. They kissed directly in front of him and he put his hands on the back of their heads to indicate he wanted to see more. Their mouths widened and David could see tongue pressing against cheek as their mouths writhed together. As they withdrew their tongues trailed over each other then Brenda leaned in to give Beth a parting peck. "Well done. Can I suggest an adjournment for a while. I have a little job to do and you might be able to help me." "Okay." There was a chorus of uncertain approval. How could they help? David stood and helped those next to him to rise. The assistance travelled down both sides of the circle so Walter had two delightful young ladies to assist him. "We just have to go next door for a minute. You can leave that there." Brenda had bent to try and find her blouse. "You won't need it for now; trust me." That was the one thing they had to learn to do; to trust those who were looking after them. If the sighted WERE going to abuse that trust there was after all nothing that they could do about it. David got them into a chain and led them to the outside door. He got them to wait and addressed the room. "We are trying to get you better washing facilities and I just need to check on them. Michael and Nancy are getting some supplies like towels and shampoo and should be back soon. I am only going to be gone for a couple of minutes so if you can't find your own way please just wait and I will attend to you then." There were no urgent pleas for assistance so he led his expedition across the narrow quadrangle and into the swimming pool. "I thought you might like a swim before the others start using the pool as a bath. It should be nice enough in there; it certainly is here and I haven't got my shirt on." He led them to the side of the pool and they felt the water. It was pleasant though not overly warm and they were all eager to get in. He led them back to the side and explained the layout of the room. "What about bathers?" asked Dale. "I'm afraid bathers are probably a thing of the past. The only one who can see you is me and I already think you look fantastic in your clothes. What's the problem?" "None I suppose." David leaned forward and gently kissed her lips. Dale wanted more of what he had given her before though and this time grabbed his butt and thrust her tongue between his teeth. She melted against him when he briefly raised his hand to her breast before moving it over to undo some of her buttons. Reluctantly he let her go and addressed the others as he parted the two sides of the front of her blouse and admired her budding form. "Damn!", he wished he could skip his responsibilities for a bit longer. "Just put your clothes against the wall in separate piles and wait for me. There's a bench if it's not too cold. I just have to get something." He left them stripping, pausing just outside the doorway to watch the show for a little while before returning to the gym. "Everyone still okay? I will be popping back and forth for a little while." He addressed Walter's father. "Uncle Stan can you help me for a minute?" As Stan got up David retrieved his shirt; it was too cold for too much running around. At least it wasn't raining. David lead his uncle to the school's foyer. He had noticed there were a number of movable partitions in the foyer and on checking found some more in the staff room. "I need to set up a path in our new bathroom so people can find their way safely from pool to toilet and back. There are some partitions here we can use and I think the two of us should be able to manage before Nancy and Michael get back." "Okay. Let's have a go at least. I feel bloody useless sitting in there. At least you want me to do something." David and Stan tried a few methods of carrying the awkward screens before finding one that caused the least barked shins, stubbed toes or jammed fingers. With continuing calls of "Sorry!" on both their parts they got the first to the pool door. It was a challenge that David hadn't considered. "Hang on." He put his end down and went inside. The array of pubescent female flesh on display was heart-warming. And poor Wally had to miss it. Maybe David could help him in other ways. "Wally. We need your help here for a minute. Sorry girls I won't keep you there much longer." He led his cousin to the door and instructed him to hold it while they brought the partition inside. "Sorry to have you stand in the cold. I'll try to be quick." David lifted and started moving slowly through the doorway. Stan was surprised on colliding with his son to find him naked. What WAS going on? "You can close the door now." A shivering Walter quickly complied. "I'll drag it now, thanks. Hey girls I need your help now. Stand up and bunch together." He grabbed Wally's arm and pushed him into the mass of bodies. "Wally got cold holding the door open; can you warm him up?" The girls eagerly assisted although Viv grabbed Stan's arm by mistake and when she cuddled against him she was surprised to find him taller than she expected and clothed. "I thought you took your clothes off?" She reached further and encountered a large lump in the front of his pants. She cheekily squeezed. "Thank you, young lady," said a surprised but grateful Stan, "but I think you're looking for my son." Viv moved her hand away like it was burned but Stan had his arm around her bare back and gave her a gentle paddle on the bum. "Just don't let my wife catch you cuddling me or she might toss me out to fend for myself." "That's Viv Dad, and I don't think Mom would toss you out. You know she loves you; she kept telling you that when we went blind." David had the first screen in place by the bathroom door. If anyone had to leave the pool to use the toilet it would simply be a matter of finding the steps and keeping a hand on the partitions. He tried to stir up the freckle-face AND his uncle. "If Auntie Deb will let you cuddle someone else you could do worse than Viv. I know. She's a marvellous kisser, isn't that right Christie?" Viv was mortified. The man, still with his hand around her, Wally's father and a complete stranger (maybe that was better, she could melt away into anonymity and avoid his censure), was being told she and Christie had kissed. She could feel the heat in her cheeks. Stan felt her stiffen in his arm and protectively wrapped her with the other. "Leave her alone David. I know you like to tease but it's not fair on her." The young girl wrapped her arms around his waist. She had lost her parents, her family and almost all her friends and yet the immensity of it hadn't really sunk in. The comforting arms around her allowed her to release the pent up emotions and she burst into tears. Stan found himself having to console the naked girl who seconds before had (not so) innocently groped him. The instinctive role of masculine defender of his womenfolk came to the fore with it's release of testosterone and adrenalin. His heart beat stronger, his aggressive tendencies were heightened and, more obviously, his penis thickened and straightened. He didn't notice at first nor did Vivienne. David, ashamed that his actions had brought about the girl's teary breakdown could only apologise. When Viv shook her head he initially thought she refused to accept it but finally came to understand she meant it wasn't his comments that were the cause, just the trigger. Since his uncle was coping with her for now, David moved the remaining people over to the edge of the pool and showed them the ladder. "It's shallow enough that no- one's going to drown if they can't swim though if you go under you might not know which way is up straight away, so no horse play!" "Yes Daddy!" Beth was giving him cheek. "Don't forget you're not too big to put over my knee." "Oh promises, promises. Well I've got Wally to protect me." She took Walter's arm and draped it protectively around her shoulder. His fingertips brushed across her breast as she put her arm around his waist. Marnie on the other side said, "He has to protect me too." Moving in against him she felt his arm around Beth and snuggled under the other one. Her nude form was a pleasure for David to see and he hoped he got a share of it as well. He wasn't really fixated on melon sized tits but his past reading material was heavily biased in that direction and so Marnie was his ideal pin up girl. David positioned two rolls of floats at the end of the pool and dropped the ends into the water beside the six young people. "Instead of protecting you, and I think you should worry more about being protected FROM him, how about you see (Damn! old terms were no longer 'PC') if you can get these hooked up at the other end." It wasn't just make work; It would be useful when the others were herded over here and if they succeeded on their own their confidence should get a well needed boost. Leaving them to their own efforts, David turned back to the recovering Vivienne and noticed the tent in his uncle's trousers. "There is a bench over here. I think it might be best if Viv sits with you for a while." He eased them over to the seat and as Viv sat down he whispered in Stan's ear, "I don't see anything or say anything. Okay?" He liked his uncle, and his aunt for that matter, and wasn't going to pass judgement on them either way. If Viv needed help and Stan was giving it to her and things went perhaps a bit too "far", David was not going to interfere. David figured if he had taken Viv as one of his "women" she would have been considered "old enough". If Viv considered Stan suitable then he was "young enough". How Stan and his wife Deb dealt with it was their business but, even without an appreciation of the term, David knew polygamy had been made the order of the day. David knew that Stan wasn't supposed to get anyone but Deb pregnant but they might not go that far, at least for now, and HE couldn't see why the rules couldn't apply to Stan and Walter. Quietly of course. He didn't want that dickhead Graham finding out and trying to join in. He left them there and went back briefly to the gym before noisily dragging the next partition across the cold asphalt by himself. He left it outside the door and looked through the condensation on the glass to see Stan still had his arm around the naked girl. In the otherwise eerie stillness David heard the car pull up and went over to help the pair unload. He found Nancy a little distraught; Michael's face was pale and covered in blood. ***** David was assured that it looked much worse than it was though Michael WAS a little dizzy. He had a scalp wound that had bled profusely, as scalp wounds do, and that had left him looking like a bombing victim. He hadn't apparently been concussed, the dizziness being brought about by the shock. Once Nancy and David had gotten him onto the lounge though, SHE had to rush off to the bathroom, attempting to hold back the repeated urge to retch until she was over the porcelain bowl. Satisfied Michael wasn't going to croak, David went over to the women who had been gathered from the hospital. "Excuse me please! I need to know which of you can help with an emergency. Please raise your hand. We have a head wound; he's been bleeding but is conscious and can walk with assistance." There were four hands immediately up and one waverer. David grabbed the closest one, "Thank you." He led her through the mattresses to his brother. "Here he is; what do you need to know?" "What happened?" "I don't know. Can you talk Michael?" "Y-e-a-h. We had just finished loading the car at the hotel and had gone into the kitchen to see if there was anything worth getting. Someone jumped out and swung a knife at me. He was off and I ducked out of the way but he caught me on the back-swing." A number of people were gathered nearby listening. Roaming a silent city didn't seem such an easy job after all. Realising their dependence on the few people who had rescued them, some now became fearful that accidents could make that number fewer. "I had the advantage of being able to see what he was doing but he went mad and we just had to keep retreating. Stupidly I'd left the gun in the car. I won't do that again! Nancy went to get it but I tried to calm him down. I didn't get anywhere and he followed my voice. I retreated again but he had me trapped and I was using a skillet to block him when the blood got in my eyes. I was wiping my face and would have missed his next stab. Nancy shot him!" His simple statement explained her reaction, delayed until he was safe and her mind could then think of what she had done. "See she's okay Dave. I'll be alright for a while." David headed off to the bathroom. Nancy had finished in the cubicle and was rinsing the bitter acid from her mouth. She was shaking and sobbing and David took his older cousin in his arms and held her against his shorter body. "Hey. You're a hero you know. You saved Michael's life. It's alright. You did what you had to do and he's going to be alright." Though smart enough, David at 14 realised he was out of his depth. He could be reassuring, he could hold her, he could tell her how brave she had been. But what was best for a young woman who had just had to kill a man? "It wasn't just that so much", she got out through heaving sobs. "I had to do it and there wasn't time to think but when I was helping Michael up I saw inside the open freezer where he had been standing. He had piles of bodies and there was an arm on the counter. He was cooking them!" "I wanted to be sick then", she continued, "but Michael almost fainted and I had trouble holding him up. I don't know how we got into the car but I'm glad there was no traffic around." "Come on then. Michael might need some help. I got one of the doctors and she will need us." David figured that having something to do would be better for Nancy than dwelling on a cannibalistic cook. "Thanks Nance! I owe you one. Big time." Michael had a little more colour but was still covered in his now drying blood. The doctor had been gently feeling around the tender area and took control. "Michael has just had a bit of a shock. It might be good if you could make some coffee and from what he has said the young lady probably could use a cup too. I need you to wash the blood away carefully and you should boil some clean water and let it cool so if ..., Nancy is it?, can put a kettle on I want David to do a couple of other things for me." Nancy took herself off to the kitchen, collecting Fran and Paul on the way. She needed to talk to someone and after the previous night they were the obvious ones. The doctor addressed David. "The scalp wound isn't serious but the knife lifted a flap of skin and we need to stitch that back into place. This probably won't be the last time someone needs help so you should probably get a good supply. The hospital is going to be the easiest place since we have plenty of people who know where to find things. There's no need for you to drive like crazy,... Oh! You can drive can't you?" David assured her that, while he probably wouldn't have managed in heavy traffic, he had learned enough to keep one on the road safely. "Okay then. Ask for Janice or Anne-Marie where I was sitting. They are nurses and either should be able to help you. I think its better for Nancy to stay here for now. Can you get Dr Riggs as well. I think she should have a little talk with Nancy too." David tracked down all three medical staff and led them back to Michael and the other doctor. Anne-Marie volunteered to go with David and the first Doctor, who they finally found was called Georgina ("Just call me 'Georgie'"), decided to make use of Janice's skills herself. They may have lost their sight but the ingrained hierarchical standards still made themselves felt. Georgie told Anne-Marie a couple of specific things she wanted and then suggested a few others. David grabbed a few empty cartons that had previously held cans of Irish Stew and headed towards the car park. The keys were still in the station wagon and David decided that would be more useful anyway. He put the cartons on the front seat and then spent the next few minutes carrying armloads of luxurious bathrobes back and forth. This reminded him that he had left the others in the pool. He grabbed an assortment of robes and headed to the pool. "Everyone all right? Sorry I was so long but my brother Michael was injured - he's going to be alright but I have to go out for a while. You can stay here if you like or come back to the gym. I've got some robes here you can wear." The consensus was to remain. They were getting on well together, Stan having joined them in the pool. Aunt Deb might be a bit surprised if she found her husband and son cavorting naked with half a dozen nymphettes! He got Walter to hold open the door again (noting the erection as his embarrassed cousin got out of the pool) and dragged the last two partitions into position. At least that job was done. If only he had had time to put the others up as a walkway between the buildings; the women could have organised their bathing themselves then. He rushed back to the Gym. So much had happened and it was only just after his normal breakfast time. He grabbed Anne-Marie literally, but nicely, and let Nancy know about those in the pool. He explained what he had done, and had planned to do, and took the young nurse to help carry some more cartons. She was pretty, just 19 and only recently rotated to the Casualty department. It was a chance for the young ones to decide whether they were treating nursing as a vocation or just a job and Anne-Marie had impressed Georgie with her good sense, a willingness to follow orders and the much desired ability to learn from other people's mistakes so she made few of her own. She was unaware of the young age of the "man" sitting in the driver's seat. He had been given a number of responsible tasks by those who were obviously older; they hadn't talked down to him and Anne-Marie didn't realise that they weren't aware of his youth either. He "sounded" nice; he was concerned about his brother and had been comforting to his cousin. When the shit had hit the fan he had sensibly sought the most qualified to provide assistance and hadn't panicked. When he had sought her assistance he had been polite and had helped her into the car, very much the gentleman. He hadn't said a lot when they were driving over. She didn't realise that it was because he was being extremely careful. Without the outside visual cues, his sedate 50 kilometres per hour (30MPH) seemed much faster. She thought it may have been due to his concern for the others or simply that he had to concentrate on obstacles she wasn't aware of, so she too remained quiet until they pulled up. David got out and retrieved two boxes from the back seat. He went around to Anne-Marie's side where she stood waiting and put her hand on one of them. "Would you carry this please. If you hold my hand you can tell me where to go. I'll warn you of any problems." He took her delicate hand and looked closer at her even more delicate features. Her cheeks really could be described as "peaches and cream"; there was an almost invisible fine downy coating that reminded him of the fuzz on a peach and the pale colour certainly was creamy. "Are we going?" David returned to the present. "Sorry. It's just you are so beautiful." Vicki probably hadn't intended him to be so conscientious about his homework but at least he had paid attention in "class". He reached out a hand and stroked his knuckle across the downy surface. Anne-Marie shivered at his touch. "How old are you?" he asked. "Nineteen." She had always felt her nose too narrow, a cruel classmate had once warned her that she would put somebody's eye out when she kissed him, but David felt the "flaw" added to allure. "Really? You seem far more mature." David had though she might be as old as 21. 19 seemed much more approachable. "Thank you. Shouldn't we get the things your brother needs?" "An excellent suggestion." David rewarded her with a kiss where his knuckle had rested, then brushed his lips against hers. She shivered again. As he leaned down to pick up the box he pumped his fist in the air. Getting to know girls and women was F-U-N! Anne-Marie gave him instructions on where to go and they attempted to enter the building. "Oh Oh!" The doors wouldn't open. "Are their any doors that aren't automatic?" "Around the back but they only open outwards." "Okay. Oh well I don't suppose it matters. Stand over here for a minute." Anne-Marie stood where she was told and waited. She heard the car start and then come closer. There was a loud bang and the sound of falling glass. Seconds later it was repeated as the inner doors were "opened" as well. The car backed away and David returned. "That was great. I didn't want to go too fast, just enough to break the class. It just shattered into a million little cubes. Come on then. Just watch out, the first steps are a little crunchy." He helped her over the mess and they finally started the job they had been sent to do. There was an awful smell that fortunately wasn't strong enough to cause them to do more than screw up their noses. It smelt like a dirty toilet and David was eager to get out of there. Anne-Marie agreed and started telling him where to find the various items. Local anaesthetic, syringes, needles, antiseptic, gloves, bandages, sutures, antibiotics. Anything they could grab quickly that would be useful. David left her sitting on a chair by the store room as he repeatedly exchanged full box for empty. With the car filled David excused himself, "I just need to investigate that smell. It might be something we need to know about. Wait here I'll be right back." Anne-Marie wasn't too happy being left alone. To be taken into an uncertain situation was preferable to being left to imagine all sorts of not-so-impossible things. "Take me with you please. I don't want to be here alone." David helped her stand and this time put an arm around her waist rather than just holding hands. She put hers around his back and they headed into the hospital proper. The fetid stench grew as they passed through the door and walked down the corridor. David looked into one of the rooms and saw why. He checked a couple more and decided that they didn't need to look further. The bodies hadn't reached a state of decomposition to make the air noxious but the excrement did. If the situation was the same throughout the hospital it wouldn't be pleasant to return for some time. He would have to let his father know. "Come on. We don't need to go any further." "What is it?" "Let's just say they won't be in any more pain." The nurse was confused. "But they wouldn't have died so soon. What could have happened?" "I don't know. Let's get back to the school." He hurried her down to the car and helped her in. He sat there for a while before starting the car. It hit him that Nancy's experience wasn't the only bad thing that they were likely to encounter. He needed some normalcy in a world that had gone crazy. It was too soon and too much had happened. "I'm sorry", he said, "it just freaks me out a little. Can you talk to me? Just tell me about yourself. Anything. What do you like to do?" He started the car while she thought of a topic and listened to her as he drove. From time to time he would ask a question and she would explain further. Sometimes the memories hurt but talking through them also released some of the tensions she had been feeling. She was feeling better about herself and was finding the man next to her to be sensitive, actually listening to what she had said, and caring in his responses. She was beginning to find him very attractive and wished she had met him earlier when she could have seen what he looked like. They pulled up at the school and once again David came around to her door. She didn't need his help getting out but appreciated that he was there to guide her as soon as she had closed the door behind. "Let me just get the box with the main supplies and we can worry about the others later." "Hang on." Anne-Marie felt for him. He turned and she hugged him. "Thank you for being nice. I liked it, and you. When you are thinking about who you want, well, perhaps you could think of me?" She gave him a kiss, intending to plant it on his cheek but he anticipated her and made sure their lips touched. It wasn't passion raising but he didn't break away immediately either. Enough to let her know that he found her attractive and to give an unspoken promise that he would do just that. He recovered the box and put her hand at the back of his pants. "Just hang onto my belt. I need both hands. It's only a few steps." Anne-Marie interpreted his instructions in her own way and she wrapped her arms around him holding onto the front of his belt with both hands. It was a bit awkward goose-stepping across the school- grounds but it made David laugh and he enjoyed the feel of the firm breasts that were pressed into his back. Michael greeted them looking a little healthier. He was sitting bare-chested with the other nurse sitting inside his arm, her hand tweaking the light coating of dark hair spread over his pectorals. David left the box by Michael's feet and took Anne- Marie's hands and helped her to a separate seat. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, marking his territory in front of his brother, and said "Thank you for your help." Anne-Marie squeezed his hand and sat back to patiently await whatever was coming. Georgie said, "Good. Now how is your stomach?" David was uncertain what she meant. Michael explained for the doctor. "Someone has to put the stitches in and the sooner the better. Until the others get back that leaves you and Nancy and I'm afraid she has already declined rather fervently. Now's your chance to really stick it to your big brother. How about it?" David didn't really feel he had much choice. He hadn't minded biology lab. Rats and frogs weren't a problem and he had had to dress rabbits once when he went hunting with a friend and his father. Working on a person would just be different; on his own brother only a little worse. He thought he would manage if only told what to do in a way he understood. "Okay. I'll do it." He didn't consciously think of how it would look to Anne- Marie if he defaulted but he did notice her widening smile. "Hmm", he thought, "Maybe she really does like me." The doctor was giving him instructions. He had to scrub up and then disinfect the wound. He needed to carefully trim the hair away and then he had to give his brother some local anaesthetic. They would have to trust him to carry out their instructions to the letter. David appreciated the serious responsibility he faced and started carrying out his duties while Janice proceeded to distract and comfort the patient in ways that would certainly have been frowned upon in the Casualty Department. David was squeamish as he poked the needle into the skin on the top of his brother's head. It only had to break the surface since there was little covering the bone. He repeated it along the wound, following the doctor's instructions to put a little in at each place and then put the instruments on the tray on Anne-Marie's lap. He opened the suture packet and watched as the doctor demonstrated on the arm of the lounge. She could probably have done the job blind (blindfolds were now optional) but if she was here to pass on her knowledge there was no excuse not to start as soon as possible. Michael wouldn't suffer more than a slight mismatching of the edges and noticeable side part in his hair but looks weren't going to count for anything any more. David found the job easier than he had expected, though he had to get the doctor to repeat her demonstration of that special twist to grip and tie the knot with the forceps. At least Michael wasn't wincing as he had when the anaesthetic was injected. David wondered if that was because his head was being carefully restrained against Janice's bosom. No? He finished up and the doctor carefully ran her hand over his work. "Excellent. Janice can bandage it to keep it clean. We might make a surgeon of you. How steady are your hands?" "Normally okay but not right now. I just hope that we don't need a surgeon." "I certainly agree that it would be better if we don't right now but don't forget we are going to have a lot of pregnant women and I for one would like to know there is someone competent to look after me. Think about it." David hadn't considered that aspect. There really should be at least a couple of them trained for childbirth and accidents. He hadn't considered medicine as a career but maybe it was now both possible and necessary. While he wouldn't have to study for umpteen years to get his qualifications he realised that he probably would have to face a life-long apprenticeship instead. "I will." The doctor heard the sincerity and interest in his voice. His answer hadn't been immediate so he had obviously had treated it seriously. That was good. "I'll just get rid of these and get cleaned up. Is there anything more?" "I think you and your brother could use a coffee. It would be better to stay away from spirits or anything like that." David wasn't quite sure about the protocol of serving coffee to half a dozen people without getting some for all the others but decided he had earned it and it wouldn't hurt them to wait. He checked how the others liked theirs. A few people were using the ropes to go to the toilet and had learned enough to move around to find their friends. David went over to where his mother was sitting with his relatives. Someone had had the idea to stack the mattresses three or four deep when not being used for sleeping which made it possible to sit up more comfortably. The idea had earned some brownie points for the person proposing it and had rapidly spread through the room. "Hi Mum." "Hello David. What's been going on. There was a story that some one was hurt but it travelled around the room one way and ended up Nancy had been shot and from the other direction we heard Michael had been stabbed." "Michael got attacked but he's alright now. Nancy saved him and got him back here but it was only a little slice to his scalp and I've stitched it up." "You stitched him up?!?" "Yes. And you thought I would never amount to any thing. How do you feel about a doctor in the family?", he teased. Joanna was just pleased one son was alright and that the other son was coping with the problems arising when his father and the other adults were gone. "I'm proud of you son. Just keep doing what you have to like that and we'll cope." David excused himself and went to find both his cousin and some coffee. Nancy had been busy while he was gone. She had managed to get the other partitions and had most of a corridor set up between the gym and the pool. A few chairs formed a makeshift wall where a partition was missing. He found her in the kitchen making enough coffee for them all. Lunchtime was coming up and they would probably welcome it. He wondered where the scavenging parties had gotten to. There was food available but he had hoped for something other than Irish stew. Nancy came over and gave him a big hug. "I looked in and saw you were looking after Michael. I just couldn't look at his head without thinking about..." David hugged her back. He hadn't really had much physical contact with her in the past and it felt nice to hold her. There wasn't a sense of sexuality, Vicki and Anne-Marie had felt THAT way, but rather a happiness in being able to soothe someone's cares. "That's okay. I saw some things while we were out that makes me understand how you must feel. Michael will be alright thanks to you and you don't have to worry about him. I think he might have his own personal nurse." She released him and grabbed a tissue from her sleeve to have a good blow. When he explained what he wanted she told him she would bring them and asked him to check on the pool. She had looked in on them and they had seemed to be having fun together, even Uncle Stan! That had surprised her and she hadn't said anything to them but they probably were looking like prunes now and might want to come back to the gym. David left her and went to the pool. He opened the door quietly and found things were a bit more sedate than Nancy had suggested. They had gotten out of the water and found the bathrobes though none of them had bothered to tie the fronts. That made sense since most of them were occupying their time with a touch here and there and the robes would have only complicated that further. Beth and Marnie had retained their control over Walter though Dale was apparently permitted to share him as well. Viv was sitting on Stan's lap while Christie lay her head on Viv's leg. The surprising part was that Dale had sat her young twat fair on Walter's face and he was proceeding to eat her under the unseeing guidance of his father. David, who had experience his own sex education class the previous night began to wish Michael's emergency hadn't taken him away from what appeared to be the practical session for the advanced class. "Hi" said David maliciously. Everyone started. "No, it's all right. Just David. I was checking to see if you wanted to come back but it seems obvious you are happy just here." Stan was a little abashed. The conversation had begun about the unfairness that Walter and, implied rather than stated, Stan were not allowed the "freedom" that the other men had. Stan had pointed out that he was happily married, as he continued to cuddle the nymphette who had attached herself to him, but there were other ways for Walter to give and receive pleasure without the risk of sex. One thing led to another and he found himself either having to refuse to discuss anything further or to provide instruction in what had turned into an active practical session. He guiltily admitted to himself that the small hand that brushed "accidentally" from time to time over his erect penis did influence his decision. "You will let us know when the others get back?" David knew which particular "other" his uncle meant. "Will do. See you later." He certainly wanted to see some of them but also wanted to see Anne-Marie. There just weren't enough hours in the day. ----- As David left, Anne-Marie addressed Michael. "Your brother seems really nice. Does he have a girlfriend?" Michael started which surprised Janice but fortunately Anne-Marie couldn't see his reaction. "No. No, I don't think so. He's been more tied up in his studies." "Oh. University? What was he studying?" "I don't know the name", Michael prevaricated, "but it looks like he might have an interest in Medicine now." How old did she think David was? Janice was confused. "I thought you said you were 17? How come he called you his 'big brother'?" Michael thought quickly. He didn't really want to deceive the young nurses but couldn't help have a bit of fun and if they thought David was capable enough to be older it wouldn't hurt. "It's a joke I suppose. I'm taller than him." That at least was true. He added his own query, "So you like him?" "He seems like a real gentleman. He could have been a jerk but he was nice to me and polite. Yes, I like him." "That's good. I think he likes you too." Anne-Marie looked down slightly embarrassed. She was happy but didn't really like her feelings being quite so publicly discussed. Michael thought he should have a few words with David and probably the others. It wouldn't hurt if he skipped a couple of birthdays. He might have thought differently had he known about the game of spin the bottle. ***************************************************