John and Argent by cmsix

Chapter 15

God damned mother-fucking shit! God dammit! I was pissed. That little shitass Gembo had caused all of this. I wished I could kill the little bastard again. Twice more.

"When did it happen Jonoco?" I asked.

"This morning. Gigo and Dergo went hunting. I guess Braato and Gordo were waiting for them. They came up behind them and threw spears in their backs. I don't know if that killed them but they cut their throats while they were down. Then they brought their bodies back to camp to claim Geera, Dieta, Waaya and Winna and all of Gigo and Dergo's possessions. I ran to find you as soon as they started packing but they are probably on their way by now." Jonoco told us.

Everyone was quiet except for me. I went on another cursing rant, aloud this time. When I settled down I saw that Gema, Merita and Maia were close to tears.

"We will never get to see mother again. I hope that they are not cruel to her." Merita said and finally started crying.

"Poor Dergo and Gigo. I will miss them." Gema chimed in and was also crying now.

Maia didn't say anything she just cried.

"Cry for Gigo and Dergo since I can not help them. Do not worry about your mothers though. They will not spend one night with their new mates." I told them as I climbed down from the wagon.

"What do you mean John?" Maia asked.

"I mean that it seems that I will have four more mates before dark. I am tired of this killing for mates though. Who are Braato and Gordo? Are they from Jabo's camp?" I asked.

"Yes, they were unmated men in the camp. They were disagreeable and I would call them lazy. That is why they were unmated. They were too lazy to gather a bride payment." Delia told me.

"Then they will probably be happy since they will never have to do anything again after today." I said, but not meaning to boast.

I was so mad I could hardly think. This was all so useless. It was also mostly my fault. I knew that Gigo and Dergo would not be dead now if I had taken on my full responsibility with Waaya and Winna. If I had taken them as mates when I should have Gigo and Dergo would not have been involved in my fight. I felt ashamed of myself and I intended to take out my mistakes on the two opportunists that had killed my friends. I also intended to let the rest of their camp know that I was tired of this and would do something about it if I had to.

I switched the saddle and bridle from Dolly to Ben and then untied him from the back of the wagon asking Delia to drive it on to Gigo's camp. Delia told me the best way to reach her old camp from here and I told them that I would be back as soon as I could.

I put Ben into a slow lope. It was a little dangerous for him on this unknown ground but he would have to do the best he could. I was at the camp within an hour. Seeing a woman I asked her where Braato and Gordo were. She told me that she hadn't seen them today. She would have known if they had arrived with their new mates. I turned toward Gigo's camp and let Ben walk this time. They were coming to me now.

I tried to get in mind what I would do when we met. I thought of just riding up to them and shooting them both before they even knew what was happening. When we met I didn't though.

I saw Waaya first and then the others. The women were all heavily burdened but the men weren't carrying much. I rode up near them and dismounted. Both of the men came to me.

"Who has the new mates now stranger John?" One of them said.

I suppose that it was because not much cunning and sophistication could have come about this early in man's development. It continued to amaze me that these men seemed to want to boast, argue and taunt in life threatening situations. Maybe they didn't see this as life threatening. I knew that they couldn't verbally bait game this way. If they were still alive they had to know that when you were going to kill something you didn't stand around and argue with it first. These two had already demonstrated that they knew better because they had attacked Gigo and Dergo silently from behind. The lesson hadn't made much of an impression I guess.

I gave the one that had spoken my best straight right hand to the tip of his nose. The other one was a little smarter and pulled back his spear trying to ram it into my middle. The mail shirt made sure that all he did was break off the point and deliver a stout blow. I had been ready for it though and I grabbed the shaft of the spear with my right hand pulling him toward me. His momentum helped and I let him have a round house left that caught him flat on his right ear. He fell to the ground also.

I'm sure that kicking has always been in man's repertoire in fighting. The disadvantage to the ancient ones was that, wearing moccasins, they were every bit as likely to hurt themselves as they were to hurt their opponent. I didn't have that concern. I was wearing a pair of strong leather boots with rounded toes and thick soles. I gave the first one a solid kick to the forehead and then I showed the second one what that felt like. They were through fighting. I wasn't though and I kept kicking first one and then the other in the ribs until I got tired.

"John, oh John where did you come from?" Geera asked rushing to me.

"Jonoco ran to find me and he met us on the trail to the other camp. He told me what these two did." I told her waving at the assholes on the ground.

Dieta was by me then also and Waaya and Winna were approaching. Dieta just came up to me and wrapped her arms around me.

"They have killed my Dergo and Geera's Gigo John. We are to be their mates now." Dieta wailed.

"Only for a few more minutes. You must all be my mates then. I am going to kill both of them. Which one is which?" I asked.

They told me that the first one I'd hit had been Gordo and the other was Braato. I looked at them closer and gave them each another kick to the ribs for luck. I'm not one of those that don't believe in kicking a man when he is down. What better time is there to kick them? I certainly didn't think that these two ambushing assholes deserved any better.

"Do any of you have any strings or twine?" I asked them all.

"I have some cords made from megaceros tendons in my pack." Waaya told me.

"May I have them please?" I asked her.

"If you are to be my mate anything I have is for you if you want it. I think that the cords will help you become my mate so I will hurry to get them," she said.

I did intend for the cords to help in the matter. I was not only going to kill Braato and Gordo, I was going to punish them as I was killing them. When Waaya brought the cord I rolled them face down into the grass and tied their hands tightly behind them. After they were tied securely I rolled them back-to-back and tied all their hands together. Then we waited for them to come to.

I asked Dieta, Geera, Winna and Waaya to put all their bundles in a pile that might be safe for a while and then asked them if they would mind walking back to their camp while I dealt with Braato and Gordo. They all said that they would love to. I asked them to have Delia come with the wagon for their things and told them that I would probably be waiting for her on this spot. They agreed.

After they walked off I got the rope from Ben's saddle and tied it to the bundle of Braato and Gordo's hands. Then I mounted Ben and made if fast around the saddle horn. It took about fifteen minutes for them both to wake. They were moaning and groaning and cursing me when they realized that they were tied. They were screaming shortly after I kicked Ben into another slow lope.

The ground was a little rough but there weren't many rocks and so most of the damage done to them was just abrasions and friction burns I supposed. I let Ben settle to a trot after a few minutes. I could hear them screaming better that way and strangely it was a balm to my anger. When I got to the camp I dragged them through it, turned around and dragged them back through.

Everyone was outside when I stopped. They were mumbling and grumbling to themselves.

"Who is the leader of this camp now?" I asked.

"I am. I am Caato." He told me as he approached.

"These two have killed Gigo and Dergo to take their mates. They will not get anything for their trouble except a slow and painful death. I am tired of men from this camp trying to kill my friends and I for our mates. If one of you tries it again I will kill every man and boy in the camp and take all the women and all the girls for my own." I told him.

"That is big talk mighty John. What will you do if we decide to just kill you instead." Said a man I didn't know but who looked a little like Jabo had.

Here was another asshole that wanted to talk about killing before he did it. I guess it was to help him work up his nerve. It was the wrong day to fuck with me though. I pulled the Glock and let him have one in the sternum. He went over on his ass gushing blood from the new hole in his chest.

"If he had a mate someone might want to tell her that she is my mate now. Do any of the rest of you want to die today or will you just watch me finish dragging Braato and Gordo to death?" I asked.

Not one of them said a fucking word. When I turned my back to mount Ben a spear hit me in the middle of it. That hurt. Even though it bounced off. I turned around to see where it had come from and it only took a second to spot the guilty party. In the first place he was standing wide eyed with his mouth gaping open, the clincher was that everyone that had been near him was running away as fast as they could. I just raised the Glock and gave him a dose too. He looked young and I was hoping that he was unmated.

"Did he have a mate?" I asked Caato.

"No he was unmated. Jenabo had a mate though. I will see that she is told. I will also tell you that if I hear of anyone else from this camp that thinks they will bother you I will kill them myself. Many have died from troubling you. Some were good hunters but fools. Some were just fools. I see now that to be a good leader for a camp you must get rid of the fools in your midst before they bring the wrath of others on your camp." Caato told me.

At least I had taught someone something today. I mounted Ben and took off in a fast trot. Somehow the screams weren't as enjoyable now but I was determined to finish the assholes like this. Thankfully they didn't last more than another thirty minutes. After the screaming had stopped for about five minutes I got down to check them and they were both dead. I drug them back to the camp, untied my rope and coiled it back onto the saddle and then went to find my next new mate.

Jaada was a pretty young thing and I wondered what she was doing mated to a man that had seemed so much older. She had long wavy red hair, bright green eyes and delightful freckles. I wondered if they were everywhere on her. She actually seemed glad to see me when I came for her.

"I am Jaada. They say that I am your mate now. I am not sorry. I did not really like my mate and he wasn't very kind. He had many things, I am not sure that I will be able to carry all of them. He was a very good hunter at least." Jaada told me.

"You will not have to carry anything Jaada. I will bring the wagon to carry your things. Is the dwelling yours too?" I asked.

"It was his when we were mated but I suppose it is mine now. Do you want to take it?" She asked.

"Only if you want to. Do you have someone you would like to give it to?"

"Not really but I do not want it. I will be happy if I can leave it and never enter it again." Jaada said.

"Why don't we give it to Caato then and let him do with it as he likes?"

"That will be fine for me." She said.

I found Caato and told him about the tent. He was surprised but seemed pleased. I asked him not to disturb it until I got back with the wagon for Jaada's things and he agreed. I returned to Jaada then.

"Come Jaada it is time you learned to ride a horse."

"I am frightened John but I trust that you will not let me be hurt." She told me.

"I know that it will be new to you but it is not painful and we need to go meet the wagon where it is loading Geera, Dieta, Waaya and Winna's packs. We will have them come and get your things also."

"Very well John. I am ready to try." Jaada told me putting on a brave face.

I led her to Ben and held him while I showed her how to put her foot in the stirrup and mount. When she had I got up behind her and we headed out. As Ben walked off I showed her how to hold the reins and explained how she could signal to him with them so he would go where she wanted and stop when she wanted. She caught on fairly quickly.

"You are very pretty Jaada, I hope you like having me for a mate. If you don't there will probably be so many now that you can hide from me in the crowd."

She laughed at this and turned around to look at me.

"If you keep going like you have been, soon there will be no other men and every woman will be your mate." She giggled.

I didn't think it was all that funny. I didn't have the slightest idea how I would make it with all these women and girls. It beat being dragged to death though and I just couldn't let those two assholes get away with the murder of Gigo and Dergo. Hell I had liked them and would probably have killed the two even if Geera and Dieta hadn't been involved.

Thinking of Dieta and Geera gave me a boner. It made me notice Jaada again and since she was doing the driving my hands were free. My dick gave me a throb as I slid my hands up under her tunic until I had a firm round titty in each of them. She sighed as I began to squeeze them gently and toy with the nipples.

"That feels good John. It is making me excited. I don't think I will be hiding among the others when the sun goes down. I will be trying to get closer to you." Jaada told me.

That gave my dick another jolt and I was thinking of reaching down into Jaada's pants when I saw the wagon stopped by the pile of packs. Reluctantly I removed my hands from Jaada's delightful titties and took hold of her waist.

Delia, Dalia, Geera, Dieta, Waaya and Winna were loading the things into the wagon as we rode up. I got down and helped Jaada dismount. When I told the others that Jaada's mate had become tired of living while I was in their camp they all swarmed Jaada and welcomed her to the fold. Even Dalia participated and even though it hadn't been mentioned formally I was pretty sure that she was also my mate now, by default I guess.

"Jaada, where is your mother?" I asked her a minute later.

"She and my father were killed in a fire at their camp. It was two years ago." She said.

"I am so sorry Jaada."

"Thank you, even though I was already a woman it hurt to lose her. I am over it now though." Jaada told me.

Well I guess I couldn't have every girl and her mother but my average was still pretty high. I don't know what I was thinking. I had more mates now than I could stir. I guess I had finally passed the limit of women that could get into the big bed with me. I assumed that was the least of my troubles now.

We finished loading the packs and all the girls boarded the wagon for the trip to get Jaada's things. I stayed on Ben. I carried the M1 across my lap this time, just in case. I didn't feel like anymore up close and personal killing today. If it came up they were going to get their reward from a distance if I could pull it off.

There were no worries though. When we got to the camp we weren't molested. Waaya and Winna took a little time out to visit some of their friends and we still had everything packed up within an hour. Jaada had a lot of skins. She had a good bit of dried meat also but I suggested she give it away as we wouldn't need it.

"But some of it is for winter John. We will need food during the winter." Jaada said.

"If you really want to keep it then go ahead. I am telling you though that we will have plenty of meat for the winter and we won't have to eat dried meat."

Taking me at my word Jaada asked Caato if he could make use of the dried meat and he said that he could. We left shortly after that. We had been so busy that I'm sure the grief hadn't sunk in for Dieta and Geera yet. I knew that they had loved Gigo and Dergo. Hell, I was going to miss them and I was sure they would. They weren't boohooing yet though, thankfully.

When we got to the camp I was tired and I know all the others were too. We had a little trouble finding someplace for everyone to sleep. This got me worrying about where everyone would sleep in my cave when we got there. There was plenty of room and we had plenty of bedding but I had liked having all my mates in bed with me at one time. It made me feel like a king, or at least I thought it did. Even as big as Argent's wedding gift had been I had gathered more mates than it could accommodate.

When Gema, Merita, Maia, Geera and Dieta had slept in it on my mating nights there had been plenty of room. In fact I felt sure that it could have held two or maybe three more without too much crowding. Now I had ten mates. To think I had been worried about what to do with six. I never even got to six. I skipped from four; directly, it seemed, to ten. The more I thought about it though the less I worried. I would just fuck all I could one night and then catch the others the next night. The way they seemed to like kissing and licking on each other would be a big help in two ways. It made my dick hard when I watched and they could also get each other off if they had to. What was I worried about?

The next morning I got another shock. Bigglieo, one of the camps best hunters, came to me just after we'd eaten and asked me if I would be the camp's leader. Normally the job would have fallen on his shoulders but he told me plainly that he didn't think he could be a good leader.

"I will consider it but I intend to move to the new caves. If anyone wants to come with me I will be their leader there." I told him.

"Now that Gigo and Dergo are gone we need a good leader more than we need this camp. It will be much work to move everything but I think that most people will want to go with you." He said.

"The wagons and the horses will help us move. It will still be much work though. Will you talk to the other men and see what they say?" I asked.

"Yes, we have already discussed it and I know that most will want to come. We thought that you would be moving even if you agreed to be the leader. I will talk to them again though and see. I think that I will want to move with you whether any others do or not," he told me.

I talked to all my mates then and told them that I had decided to move. They didn't question me about it. They just started talking about what to move when. They decided that we should finish filling the wagon with all it could hold and get started with the first load.

I agreed and removed and stowed the wagon's tops, that way they could pile it full to overflowing with their things. They got started and while they were at it I cut four long poles to make a travois for Ben and another for Dolly. After I had them constructed with some hides Geera found for me I tried it on Ben first. He didn't like it but settled down after about thirty minutes of dragging it around. I got Jonoco to hold him then and asked the women if they needed more room for their things. They did and while they were tying things onto Ben's travois I began getting Dolly used to hers.

Dolly was just barely comfortable with me on her back and the travois was more than she wanted to deal with. I was able to get her to behave after a little over an hour though. The girls had been watching for the last fifteen or twenty minutes and when I gave them the go ahead to load Dolly I noticed that they were careful to put mostly skins and bedding on her, I guess they thought that she might dislodge her cargo at some unexpected point.

By the time we were ready to leave Bigglieo came to me telling that all had decided that moving with me was better than staying here without me. I'll admit that it made me proud to hear it. I asked him if there were a man or two that would go with us and stay at the new site to watch over our things while we made more loads. He went back to them then to ask for volunteers. He returned with Galto and Dargo who were anxious to get a look at the new area anyway.

We set out with Delia driving the wagon and all the women riding on it. There were so many now that some had to find places to ride on the cargo. I led Dolly and Jonoco led Ben. The going was fairly easy and even though the wagon was piled high the weight wasn't as much as when it had been full of dead bison. We arrived about an hour before sunset.

I had already determined that I was going to use the cave with the running water so when we got to it I let the women get off the wagon while I led the team inside. When I had them headed out again I unhitched them and removed the harness then took them outside and hobbled them.

I took Ben inside next and with the help of Jonoco, Galto and Dargo I removed the poles of the travois and just lay them down allowing Ben to walk away. When I had him hobbled we did the same with Dolly. I was pleasantly surprised that she didn't give us any trouble at all and was soon outside hobbled and grazing with the others.

There was already a fire for cooking and the women were at it before we were through with the horses. They were making some kind of stew in the big pot I had and it smelled delicious already. There wasn't time to show the others around since it was getting dark out by now so we put it off until tomorrow and spent a little time unloading though we didn't keep at it long. We soon fell to fixing places to sleep. They weren't the most comfortable beds but they were good enough.

I took the pups outside just before I went to bed. They were glad for the chance to move about since they had been pretty tightly confined while in the loaded wagon. I made sure that all the horses were close by and then piled wood on the fire to keep it going for a while. I woke twice in the night intending to put more wood on it but both times I noticed that someone had beaten me to it. In the morning I learned it had been Jonoco and Danlo.

After a little breakfast the next morning I took everyone to have a look at the other caves. All those that hadn't seen them before were amazed. When Galto saw the giant cave with the freezer basement he was delighted.

"This one cave is more than enough to move for. The women will be so happy they might cry. Imagine; we will not have to slice all the meat to dry it for winter. We can freeze fruits and vegetables too. We will be able to eat like it is summer all year long. There is more than enough room for all of us in this one cave and if everyone does not want to live together there are many other caves. We should hurry back and tell the others how good it will be here." Galto said.

We went to work unloading shortly and since we weren't trying to set anything up it didn't take long. Dargo was going to stay with our things and Jonoco would stay with him. I saw Danlo asking Dalia if he could stay also and felt a surge of pride when she told him that he must ask me now. I still hadn't said anything to her about also being my mate and I decided to, I did think that I should ask Delia first. My chance came when I was harnessing Sally and Jane. Delia came out to watch and ask questions. She was becoming fond of dealing with the horses.

"Delia, what would you say if I told you that I wanted Dalia for a mate also?"

"I would think that you were wonderful, of course I already think that you are. You don't have to do it though. You have taken her in and are going to provide for her and Danlo. She will deny you nothing already," she told me.

"That may be so but I am a stubborn and proud man Delia. If she is to be my woman I want everyone to know that she is mine. If she is to share my bed I want her to share my bed only," I told her.

"I cannot speak for my mother but I can tell you that I think she will be proud to be one of your mates. She expected to share your bed sooner or later, at least she was hoping to. She will be thrilled to be one of your mates," Delia told me.

We didn't need to lead Ben and Dolly on the trip back so we tied their lead ropes to the back of the wagon. There still wasn't enough room on the wagon seat for everyone so we spread a few furs in the bed to ride on. I took the opportunity to lie down and try to catch a nap. I wasn't alone though; Geera, Dieta and Waaya were beside me in a few minutes, all of them thanked me for saving them from the two assholes. Since she was unfamiliar territory I took the time to slide my hand up between Waaya's legs and cup her pussy through her trousers.

"I was glad to do it Waaya but I hope you understand that I will need a little more thanking soon," I told her.

"And I will be wanting to thank you some more John, much more," she told me, as she squeezed her legs together on my hand.

I was tempted to start burrowing into her clothes right now. It would be a nice way to spend the traveling time. I contented myself with massaging her pussy though. I didn't want to be fucking her with Galto along. I fell asleep after a while but I fell asleep with a hardon.

It started out as a dream but suddenly I was talking to Argent.

"John, let me tell you again how pleased we are with you. You have vastly exceeded our expectations in this experiment," Argent told me.

"Well can you tell me now what the purpose of the experiment is? What am I supposed to be doing?" I asked him.

"You should continue to do just what you have been doing, John. You should try to make a life for yourself here and you should act in your own self-interest. There is no goal that you should be working toward," he told me.

"If you say so."

"Things are just as we wanted them to be John. We are so pleased with you that we will allow you more goods within two weeks instead of waiting until a year has gone by. You will be needing them since you have acquired quite a following already," he said.

I just don't understand Argent. I am not complaining, but I am wondering why you would send me back to this time to interact with these people and then go to the trouble of furnishing me things from my own time," I told him.

"John we understand that you are much more advanced than those that are here and have a great advantage over them. We also understand that you do not really know how to survive by throwing sticks with sharpened rocks on the end for your only weapon. Even though we saved you from certain death we still appreciate your acceptance of participation in this experiment and we don't mind giving you things that will make your life here easier and more nearly like your past life. We have limitations on how much we can do for you but I lobby often for the ability to give you more," Argent told me.

This revelation changed my view of our relationship a little. I had assumed all along that Argent was in complete control of things in this matter. I could tell now though that he had bosses of his own and that someone higher up the line had the final say in what he could do. I didn't mention this and tried to cover my lapse in conversation.

"Great, now I can have a bathtub," I said.

"That is different John. The bathtub will not be charged against your allotment just as the bed was not. We will furnish your bathtub as a gift. You may decide what you would like for bathing and we will not be stingy as those of your other life said. Give the bathing facility some thought. Include whatever you want and we will tell you later if it is too much. I can tell you that we will be arranging for the water heating so you will not have to build fires under the tub to do it. If you will allow it we would also like to furnish your cave with some subtle indirect lighting," Argent told me.

"If I will allow it! I will allow it; feel free to light the whole planet. Just please tell me where the off switches are going to be," I said.

"Good. You can expect the lighting to be in the cave you have selected when you return. When you are designing your bathing facility you should do it on the computer. If the plans get past what we are willing to do we will notify you and you can change them to meet the guidelines that we must follow. When you have finalized the plan it will be provided during the night.

"You should also make up your list of freight. We will be able to deliver it two weeks from now if you have it selected by then. You will be allowed five thousand pounds this time," Argent told me, and I'll swear it looked like he was smiling.

"One last thing John. You need not worry about moving the bed we gave you. We will take care of that. You will have to decide what to tell your mates though," he told me, as he faded out.

I thanked him and I was back to dreaming. I woke almost at once though. I wished that I knew what in the fuck I had done that he liked so much. I would do more of it. Who was I to bitch though? I hadn't missed the detail that the subject had changed during our talk from a bathtub to a bathing facility, whatever that was. I guess I was the one to decide what that was since I had to design it. I knew one thing; I intended to push the bathing facility until they hollered uncle, just to see what I could get out of them.

Just two or three months ago I had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and was lower than snake shit. Now it seemed that it was the best thing that had ever happened to me. I got more enjoyment out of one day of life here than I'd ever had during a week on earth in my time and I had several things that I could have never acquired back then. For one thing, I knew that I owned a wagon the like of which had never been seen on earth. It may not be impressive to people that considered automobiles a commonplace thing but I loved it and I liked dealing with horses.

I was one of those people that didn't really enjoy life among the millions. I enjoyed being by myself or with only a few people around. I liked living outside, camping, training, and riding horses. I hadn't really enjoyed hunting in my former life since it required getting a lease and license and hunting only specific animals during proscribed times of the year. When I hunted now it was because I had to have food and I could do it anytime. I wasn't about to mention it to Argent but this life was much more enjoyable to me than my other one had been.

I had ten beautiful mates and a better bed than any I'd ever even heard of. Now I was going to have a cave with hot and cold running water and indirect lighting that I'm sure would be great. Did I regret getting cancer? Not on your life, if cancer always turned out this way everyone would want some.