Chamber of the Goddess Chapter 1 (c) 2009 by Cactus Juggler Audrey Lehman was tired by the time she got off the truck. She was also excited at the prospect of what she had started to think of as her summer adventure. The other eleven young women traveling with her emptied out of the truck around her. Together, they all clustered around the woman with short brown hair that was leading them. She'd introduced herself and Janice, and she appeared barely older than they were. After that she hadn't said much of anything to them on the last leg of a journey that had included three plane flights before ending with a bumpy four hour ride in the truck. Like the other female college students around her, Audrey stared at the wild South American jungle growth around them as the woman had them gather their bags and follow her along a path that disappeared over the hill in front of them. The trip was an amazing opportunity for those who were accepted. Audrey was ecstatic when she'd gotten word that she'd been selected. It was more than just an all expenses paid trip to South America, it was an opportunity to gain valuable experience and see new things. The trip was closed to male students, something to do with only women being allowed at the site being explored. The short-haired woman had only told them that Dr. Bishop, the woman who was running the project, would explain everything to them when they got to the camp. ********** As they trooped along the narrow, overgrown path, Audrey couldn't help but marvel at the other women in the group. They were a mixture of ages, races and backgrounds. They all had in common were that they were college students studying or interested in anthropology or archaeology, and that they were all female. There was one other similarity they all held--they were all very attractive women. Audrey had won a dozen beauty pageants as a teen, and with her slender frame and long straight black hair she knew she was a beautiful woman. All of these girls were just as good looking, albeit each in their own distinct way. There was the gorgeous blond, Caroline, and the athletic black girl, Aisha. A tall busty girl named Rochelle and a Hispanic beauty with incredible curves named Celina. Viola, Pansy, Shelly, Lisa, Paula, Lora and Gladys were all hotties as well. It was a bit disturbing to Audrey. She was used to knowing that she was the prettiest girl in the room. In this company, she felt like just another girl. It wasn't a comfortable feeling. The path led to a clearing between two low hills. There was a group of large tents at one end of the open area. One of the hillsides was being cut away in sections, revealing the wide, low steps of a what looked like a buried South American pyramid. The opposite hillside featured a work area as well, a cleared section that showed a large stone archway that led inside. Janice told them to wait there while she fetched the head of the project to meet them, and then she disappeared inside the archway. After several minutes she emerged at the side of a taller, prettier woman who smiled at the sight of the girls. As the two women walked towards them, Audrey saw that Dr. Bishop was a beauty herself. Next to her boyish assistant Janice she looked even more incredible. In fact, Janice was the only woman present who wasn't at least a nine out of ten. Welcome, ladies. What you see here is the remains of something amazing. This was the site of an ancient matriarchal society. That's right, the tribe that lived here and built this pyramid, was ruled by women." hey followed as she led them around the camp and told them about the project. "We working against a deadline here, the government doesn't understand the importance of these ruins. They see this site, with it's small set of ruins, as a trivial find. They don't care that this valley was home to a very successful, if isolated, matriarchal society. The men that control this part of the world even have plans to run their new oil pipeline right through this valley, not a hundred meters from here.. I've gotten permission to continue work on the project and continue to run this site even after the pipeline is here, but who knows how much damage they will cause?" Audrey was barely listening as the woman went on about how the predominantly male government didn't understand how important records of this ancient matriarchy were, and how other sites were considered much more valuable. The good doctor seemed to be a little bit hung up on the battle of the sexes, and Audrey just didn't care. She was all for women getting their fair share in society, but mostly she was tired and wanted to rest. Audrey didn't tune back in to the conversation until the doctor led them inside the archway on the hillside. The arch and hallway behind it were stone, and their were intricate carvings all over the interior surfaces. "One of the things that we don't know is how they managed to excavate these chambers. This hillside is basically a thin layer of soil over solid rock, yet somehow they carved out these intricate chambers. We're really not sure how they managed it," she told them. "What's back there?" Lisa asked her, gesturing to an arched opening that was blocked by a makeshift wooden door, secured by a large padlock. "That's the real treasure of this place. It's some kind of throne room. That room is off-limits, though. No one is to enter that set of chambers unless accompanied by me. We're concerned not just about the preservation of the site, but also about the stability of the deeper caverns. Besides, I'm afraid the carvings adorning the walls aren't quite fit for your young eyes," she said, and then she laughed. "What do you mean?" Celina asked her. She paused, smiling before she continued. "Let's just say that the carvings are of a . . . sexual nature." "A throne room?" Viola asked with interest. "Yes. We think they believed that the room had some sort of mystical quality. We're still working on it, but it appears that the tribe believed the room had the power to imbue one woman with god-like powers. When the ruler of the tribe died, the twelve most beautiful women in the tribe were chosen and would enter the throne room--but only one would come out alive, the one chosen by the place to be the new goddess of the tribe." Audrey noticed that everyone else was staring at her, mesmerized by her story and serious tone. Then the tall blond woman laughed and said, "they may have been smart enough to put women in charge, but they did still have some loony beliefs, didn't they?" ********** In the following weeks Audrey fell into a routine. She and the other girls continued work on clearing more of the external pyramid structure while Dr. Bishop and her assistant Janice often disappeared into the opposite hill for hours on end. Audrey and the other girls had quickly realized that there was more to their relationship than just being co-workers--they were obviously having some kind of relationship. The girls joked about it all the time. It was all well and good for Dr. Bishop and her little lesbian love slave, but Audrey found being around only women all the time wore on her. She liked men, and missed the attention she was used to receiving. The only time the girls interacted with men at all was when they traveled the two hours to the nearest city on the weekend. There they found the alcohol and fun they craved along with local men. Best of all was the fact that there were a number of other Americans there, men working on the oil project, and the girls soon learned which bars the Americans frequented. The weekends were the only redeeming quality of the trip to Audrey. She was so tired of dusting off crusty old rocks that she thought she'd go insane. The drunken trips weren't without some issues though. Caroline had begun to feud with the latina girl, Celina, over a man. Caroline had built up something of a relationship with an American engineer working on the nearby oil pipeline, only to have him stolen away by Celina. The man hadn't been able to resist her hot curves and sexy dancing, and it had seemed to Audrey that Celina had only stolen the ass-obsessed man to prove that she could. It amused Audrey to see them fight, she enjoyed the drama. It gave them all something to talk about, at least. The other issue with the weekends was that the stupid guard duty shifts still had to be manned--which meant that someone was stuck watching the door to the outer cave every Saturday night while the rest of them were out drinking. That night it was her turn, and Audrey couldn't wait for her shift to end. She'd finished the novel she was reading, and it was still only just after one o'clock in the morning--and she still had all night to go. It was a welcome surprise when she heard footsteps and Dr. Bishop appeared at the entrance. "I left some notes inside the inner chamber. I'll be right back," she said, and then she unlocked the door and disappeared inside. It was only a few minutes before the beautiful woman returned. She closed the door behind her and turned to look at Audrey. "I guess you all probably wonder at exactly what's in there." Audrey did wonder--she knew they all did. The were sure the chambers were more than just a lesbian love nest. There must be something pretty cool for Dr. Bishop to keep them off limits. "Well, I would like to see that throne room you talked about. What does the throne look like?" Dr. Bishop smiled at her and moved closer. Looking around, as if to make sure that nobody else was within earshot, the tall woman told her in hushed tones, "There are twelve thrones, actually. The tribe believed that when twelve beautiful women sat in them a process would begin that would imbue one of them with incredible powers." "What sort of powers?" Audrey said, in an equally hushed tone. "The woman who was chosen was supposed to become irresistibly sexy to anyone who saw her, man or woman. If the drawings are to be believed, she could make anyone do anything she wanted." Audrey couldn't help thinking that the doctor looked pretty sexy then, leaning over her desk. She struggled to avoid glancing at the older woman's exposed cleavage. Dr. Bishop laughed and then straightened up. "Don't worry, as soon as Janice and I finish what we're working on we'll take you girls inside. Good night," she said, and then she walked off. Audrey was still thinking about the twelve thrones that could turn a woman into some kind of sex goddess when she realized that the door to the inner chamber was unlocked. Dr. Bishop had forgotten to lock it. Audrey looked towards the unsecured door and smiled. ********** Celina was more than a little tipsy from their evening out at the town. She'd drank so much that even after the two hour trip back to the camp she still wobbled a bit as she followed the others down the path. She'd enjoyed the night. The man she'd stolen from Caroline had been waiting for her at the bar again, and she enjoyed teasing him in front of her. They'd just entered the dark clearing between the two work areas when Celina saw a light coming towards them. As it came closer she saw that it was Dr. Bishop. "Good evening, ladies. Did you have fun?" That set most of the group giggling. Those drunken oil workers had been all over them, as usual. They did some crazy things in that bar. "I'm glad. I just talked to your friend Audrey, she's pretty bored. Why don't you girls stop in and cheer her up before you go to bed?" ********** Audrey stared at the door. She'd already decided that she was going to go inside, she was just waiting until later to make sure Dr. Bishop didn't remember her error and return. She was surprised again when she heard the sounds of the other girls approaching. "Dr. Bishop said you were lonely," Viola said as the group stumbled laughing into the chamber. "It looks like you guys had a lot more fun tonight than I did," Audrey said. "Probably, except for Caroline--she didn't seem to have as much fun as I did, but then she doesn't seem to have as much of a lot of things as I do," Celina said, and the black girl Aisha had to grab Caroline's arm to keep her from starting something. "I did have one interesting experience tonight. Dr. Bishop was in here a few minutes ago, and she went inside the door. Look--she left it unlocked," Audrey told them. "No shit? Damn, we have to go in there," Lora said. "Wait! She was just here. What if she comes back?" Audrey said as the group massed by the unlocked door. Lora had already lifted the open padlock from the end of the chain and had her hand on the edge of the door. "She went back to her tent. Come on, I've been dying to see what she's got back there ever since she said it was 'too sexual' for us to see," Celina said, and then Lora pulled back the door. The hallway inside was dark, but the Pansy played her flashlight along the wall and found a switch hanging from the cord that disappeared into the distance. She flipped it and the work lights set on little stands every twenty feet flickered to life. Audrey looked back at the entrance way and decided that she was safe. At this point they'd all be in trouble if they got caught anyway. She followed joined the group and they moved deeper into the smooth-walled tunnel. The tunnel went a distance and then turned sharply to the right. When they round the turn they came upon a large, open room with twelve huge stone chairs arranged in a circle. Darkness loomed in open archways that led out of the room in what seemed like every direction. "Holy crap. She wasn't kidding about the art. Look at this!" Paula said, and they all started to look more closely at the walls of the chamber. Everywhere there were simplistic drawings in a strange style, depicting all sorts of sexual situations. Audrey realized the drawings weren't just on the walls, they covered the floor and the ceiling and the stone chairs as well. She stared at them and couldn't help but be fascinated by the recurring themes. In all of them a woman was being serviced somehow, by men and women both, but it wasn't just sex. Looking at them pictures she got the feeling that the woman depicted was being worshiped by her partners. Here the woman was standing over two other figures who kissed her feet. There the woman stood with another woman kneeling behind her with her face pressed into the standing woman's rear. Next to that, the woman stared at a group of men and women, with some sort of lightning shooting out of her eyes at them! It was all very strange, but Audrey found it sort of sexy at the same time. "What's with all these chairs?" someone asked. "Dr. Bishop said that when the twelve beautiful women came in here, they sat in them and one was chosen," Audrey said. "Chosen to be the leader?" "Actually, she said that these chairs gave the chosen one some kind of power. That it turned them into a sex goddess or something," Audrey replied. "There's twelve of us, isn't there? Come on, let's try it," Celina laughed, and then she sat down on one of the chairs. "Yeah, like it's really going to work," Lora said. "What? Are you scared?" Celina challenged her. One by one the girls took a seat around the circle until only Audrey was left. She was still staring at the strangely arousing pictures when she realized Celina was calling her name. "Come on, sugar," the latina said with a laugh, doing an imitation of Audrey's southern drawl. It irked Audrey, but she wasn't about to become the next target on Celina's shit list. She'd seen how much grief the girl gave Caroline and she didn't want any part of it. She pulled herself away from the wall she was studying and moved to the last open chair. "Alright, here goes," she said, and then she sat down. Nothing happened, at least not at first. Somebody laughed. Somebody else said "this is stupid." That's when the rumbling started. Audrey felt a tremor shaking her chair and heard a low pitched groaning noise, and the first thing that came to her mind was that the chamber was going to collapse on them. Before she managed a second thought she felt a surge of energy pass through her, and there was a blinding light. The light enveloped her, growing brighter and brighter until she felt herself drifting away, and then darkness came. ********** In the room where Audrey was supposed to be sitting guard, Dr. Bishop and her assistant felt the hillside rumble, and then watched as a massive stone block lowered to block the inner passageway closed with an enormous thud. "It's started!" Janice cried. Dr. Bishop lowered her head and pulled her lover into a kiss. When they separated she smiled at their success. "We've done it. Now the female sex is going to be restored to its rightful place of prominence. The world won't know what's hit it when this is done." "I wonder what's happening in there?" "I don't know exactly, but I hope that whichever of them is chosen appreciates what we've done for her. We'll be her first lieutenants in the battle to take rightful female control of the world," Dr. Bishop said, and they kissed again. Next: Chapter Two
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