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


Part 3: Robes of Acumen
Chapter 14

The weather this day was unbearably hot. Kelly trudged up the 
path that was described in John's hiking journal. Sweat ran down 
into her eyes. Her tee shirt was soaked and stuck to her. She knew 
that she was filthy. There wasn't anywhere to bathe at the campsite. 
The insects were active and bothered her tremendously. She had to 
force herself to walk faster than she liked, but she had to be in the 
clearing by noon.

She was tired, not having slept the night before. The woods were 
full of noises at night. They had kept her awake. She had huddled 
in fear that a bear or something else would come out of the dark 
and attack her. She hated hiking and she detested camping. Going 
to the bathroom was an adventure that she didn't want to repeat. 
Squatting in the woods was not her idea of lady-like behavior.

She had worn shorts despite John's advice. Her legs bore scratches 
from the brush that she had to walk through in places. She knew 
that she should have taken the advice given to her by John and Ed, 
but she had been angry by their refusal to accompany her on this 
trip. They had both stated that it was a private journey and had to 
be taken alone.

The last words of John rang in her mind, "Imagine making love to 
the force that creates a tornado or an earthquake. Even the gentlest 
breeze requires so much force to create it on the scale that it exists. 
The Gods and Goddesses seldom deal with an individual. When 
they do, their raw strength is overwhelming. When they make love 
to us, it feels like rape only because it is so forceful."

She muttered to herself as she walked, "All this effort just to see 
this Goddess. She asked me to come to her. Why can't she live in a 
five star hotel like a lady?"

She never noticed when the environment around her changed. Her 
first clue that she had arrived was seeing the naked woman under 
the tree smiling at her. Her breath caught in her throat at the sheer 
raw beauty of the woman. The woman gestured for her to follow 
and then went deeper into the woods. Spellbound, Kelly followed 
her. She didn't notice the plants, the bugs, or the temperature. Her 
eyes were locked on the woman in front of her. 

The woman reached a small clearing and turned to face Kelly. 
Kelly braced herself for an attack, but the woman only crossed her 
arms. She asked, "What do you think of my appearance?"

"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen," replied 
Kelly.

"Yet, you showed my body no respect last night and this morning," 
replied the woman with anger.

"What do you mean?"

"You pulled up plants, stepped on delicate and rare flowers, 
destroyed the habitats of animals, and left trash in your camp site."

"Huh?" replied a bewildered Kelly.

"Who do you think I am, little girl?"

"The Goddess?"

"Of what?" retorted the woman.

Realization bloomed over Kelly. "You are the life on this planet?"

"I am even those nasty little bugs that you've complained about so 
much." The Goddess seemed to grow. She stated, "Let me show 
you what you have done to me."

She pointed to an extremely small blemish on her side. Kelly 
looked closely and could only see the slightest of discoloration. It 
wasn't even noticeable. She decided that the woman was just vain. 
"You can't even see it."

The Goddess grew larger. She changed from a beautiful woman to 
an emaciated old hag. Her breasts lay dry and flat against her chest. 
Her nipples scared. Slashes and scars were common over her 
whole body. Major portions of her body were burned. Her hair had 
thinned making her look almost bald. Her voice reverberated 
through the meadow, "This is what you and your kind have done to 
me."

Not having anything to say, Kelly stood mute. The damage had 
been extensive and Kelly realized this was not vanity on the part of 
the Goddess. She also realized that she had just angered a very 
powerful force.

"Why did you come?"

Kelly swallowed, "I came to tell you that you aren't taking proper 
care of John Carter."

"You are upset about the death of that woman."

Hearing Beth referred to as that woman caused her anger to boil 
up. "You let her die before her time."

"That is true."

"You think you are caring for John by killing off his loves before 
their time?"

"She would have died of cancer in three months time after 
suffering from it for two years. I used those few months of life to 
keep the cancer away. For John, I chose quality of life over 
quantity of life for her."

Kelly stood there in shock; her anger abated. She had many female 
patients that had died of breast cancer over the course of her 
career. It was a horrible death and one that she would spare another 
even at the cost of several months of life. "Would you do the same 
to me?"

"Yes, John needs you healthy for as long as you live."

"Why do you explain yourself to me?" asked Kelly.

"If you are to serve me, you must love me in all my forms from 
this," she changed from her old crone appearance back into the 
beautiful woman, "to this."

"I am to serve you?"

"Either serve me or die," replied the woman flatly. She added, "All 
those who come to my glade come to serve me. If you renege on 
that promise, then you shall die."

Kelly swallowed, as she knew that it wasn't a threat, but a fact of 
dealing with the Goddess. "I will serve you."

Kelly had no idea how it happened, but one second she was 
standing and the next she was flat on her back with the woman 
rubbing her cunt over her mouth. Her clothes were gone. She 
automatically opened her mouth and extended her tongue. The 
woman rode her mouth with force. The hair around her cunt 
rubbed Kelly's skin raw. The ride seemed to last for hours. The 
woman came, flooding Kelly's mouth with her fluid. The juices 
poured out of her like water from a pitcher. Kelly choked as she 
tried to breath and swallow at the same time. The woman didn't 
stop her ride until she had come two more times. 

When the woman got off Kelly's face, Kelly breathed a sigh of 
relief thinking her ordeal was over. She screamed in surprise and 
shock when the woman shoved her entire hand into Kelly's cunt. 
With her fist, she started to fuck Kelly fast and hard. Kelly 
screamed as she felt her insides tear and bruise. After an hour of it, 
the woman thrust a hand into Kelly's ass. Now she worked both 
hands in a vigorous rhythm. Kelly's scream increased in volume. 

Hours later, her body betrayed her with a gigantic orgasm. As she 
thrashed around on the ground, the fisting continued. Her private 
parts were tender and sore. Hours later, she experienced another 
orgasm. This one was bigger than the first. She tried to escape by 
crawling backwards, but the woman stopped her by climbing back 
onto her face. Now her face was being scrubbed by the woman 
while her cunt and ass were being fisted. Kelly would have 
screamed, but the cunt pressed tight against her lips prevented any 
sound from escaping. 

Her body betrayed her a third time. Her orgasm was the greatest 
yet. She screamed, getting a mouth full of the woman's juices as 
she obtained yet another orgasm. Coughing and trying to swallow 
while her body thrashed in orgasm nearly killed Kelly. She lay flat 
on the ground, unable to move. 

Unaware of how much time had elapsed since her orgasm she 
stood. Looking down at her body, she was not surprised by the fact 
that there was blood. What amazed her was the sheer quantity of 
blood. That it had come from her vagina and rectum was not in 
doubt.

She looked up to see the woman pointing to a path. She could see 
at the end of the path a gold medallion. The woman pointed to the 
medallion. Kelly staggered to the path and began to walk down it. 
She came to a small clearing with a baby crib in it. She went to the 
crib and looked at the baby inside. It was a small infant, crying 
softly. She checked the diaper finding it a mess. She changed the 
diaper, but the baby continued to cry softly. She looked around and 
found a small baby bottle filled with milk. She tested it by shaking 
a drop on her wrist. It was the perfect temperature. Picking up the 
infant, she proceeded to feed it. The baby hungrily sucked down 
the milk. 

When the bottle was empty, she put the baby to her shoulder gently 
patting it on the back. The baby made a loud burp and spit up on 
her naked skin. She gently rocked it back and forth until it fell 
asleep. She took the child and started up the path. 

Along the path she found a man laying on the ground. Maggots 
were eating his pale dead flesh. Next to the man were a shovel and 
a blank tombstone. She set the baby down to the side where she 
could watch over it while burying the man. Swallowing hard to 
keep from vomiting, she went through his pockets searching for 
identification. She found his drivers license in his wallet. 

Picking up the shovel, she began to dig a grave. The work was 
grueling, as the soil was hard packed.  Her bare feet could not push 
the shovel into the ground. Her progress could be measured in 
single digit cubic inches. She struggled to dig it the proverbial six 
feet deep, but stopped at four. She dragged the body to the grave 
and put it in by rolling it. She threw up at the touch of the maggots 
on her hands. She began the much quicker task of covering it. She 
scratched the man's name onto the tombstone using the shovel. It 
wasn't perfect, but it was sufficient.

She wiped her hands the best she could on the grass. They were 
still filthy, but she could live with just a little dirt and grass stain. 
She went to the baby. It was still sleeping. She picked it up and 
carried it on down the path. The infant felt like it weighed a ton 
now. 

She almost stumbled across another man lying in the path. She 
knelt down and saw that this man was still alive. He was naked. 
His skin was cold to the touch and he was shivering. His 
fingernails and lips were blue. He was in a severe state of 
hypothermia. She looked around and found nothing to cover him.

She set the baby beside the man. She lay atop the man to use her 
body heat to help warm him. She started to rub her body against 
his; using not only her body heat, but also whatever friction she 
could generate to warm him. She moved against him like that for 
more than an hour. His body temperature began to rise which was 
accompanied by a corresponding rise in his cock. She continued to 
move against his body, his cock trapped between his body and 
hers. His eyes fluttered open as his cock spewed forth his semen. 
She stood, belly covered with his cum. The man left without 
saying a word.

She picked up the baby and moved further down the path. The path 
twisted and turned. She suddenly found herself by the tree with the 
medallion. She reached up and grasped it. The baby turned into the 
woman and took the medallion from her hand. She placed it around 
Kelly's neck. She stated, "I shall give you three gifts: a baby sired 
by John, the experience of death, and the ability to heal. It is time 
for you to rest."

Kelly woke under a tree feeling refreshed and whole. Her clothes 
were new and her body healed. She stretched appreciating the 
grass under her body. She stood and got her bearings. Looking 
around, she took in the trees and the bushes. A path went in the 
direction that John had said she should take. She headed down it, 
stepping around plants in her way. She took her time, watching her 
step as she walked, and stopping occasionally to appreciate the 
view around her. She wondered how she had never noticed the 
beauty around her.

She entered town, somewhat sad at leaving the forest behind. She 
walked to the café where she was to meet John and Ed. Entering 
the café, a nice elderly woman greeted her. It took Kelly a moment 
to remember that she had been at her wedding and several more 
moments to remember her name. She smiled, "Martha, it is so nice 
to see you again."

Martha smiled in greeting and then said, "John has been in here 
every day for the past two days wondering if you had come. He'll 
be around in a few minutes. He's off visiting his friends in the 
area."

"Thank you," replied Kelly. She realized that she was hungry. She 
moved over to the counter. Sitting down, she asked, "Could I have 
a hamburger, fries, and a shake?"

Martha smiled, "No, you have to go to a café for that."

"Oh, okay." She sat there confused wondering why she had asked 
for food here. She looked up to see Martha laughing and then 
realized the joke. She laughed, "Gosh, I feel like a blond!"

"You look a little dazed. By the way, did you get a boob job?"

Looking down at her chest, her breasts looked huge. She 
remembered how Ed's cock had grown in size when he had gotten 
his medallion. She wondered what other changes had occurred. 
She said, "I guess you might say that."

She looked at the medallion. On both sides were representations of 
the female genitalia. Written around the picture were the words, 
"Life, Death, and Healing." She drifted off in thought, unaware of 
the plate of food and milkshake being set in front of her. She was 
brought back to the present by a hand falling on her shoulder. She 
turned in surprise to find John and Ed standing next to her. They 
sat at the counter, one on each side of her. Ed stated, "I like the 
new look."

John stated, "It looks like a D cup to me."

Kelly looked at her husbands and smiled. "Can't wait to get your 
hands on them?"

"Either my hands or my lips. I'm not particular." John laughed at 
the blush.

Kelly began to absently eat her lunch. She was in a slightly 
shocked state, unable to concentrate on anything for more than a 
few minutes. When she finished the meal, she sat there staring 
blankly ahead. John and Ed watched her carefully. John turned to 
Martha, "I'm afraid that she's a little out of it yet."

Ed added, "I think we had better take her home and let her recover 
there."

Martha looked worried, "Is it drugs or something?"

Ed stated, "She became a Druid today. It can be a very traumatic 
experience and has physical changes."

"Oh, it is the result of some magic ritual?"

John stated, "She met the Goddess."

The two men helped Kelly to her feet and guided her out of the 
restaurant. They took her to the car and guided her to the seat. 
Once seated, she came out of her mental wanderings. She turned to 
John and looked at him with tears in her eyes. "I saw her as she has 
become because of us."

John nodded his understanding. He countered, "She has begun to 
heal though."

Kelly returned to her thoughts.  She stared out the window 
watching the trees as they drove to the sporting goods shop. John 
pulled into the parking lot. He turned to look at Kelly. She looked 
back at him blankly. He got out and helped her out of the car.

Entering the store, they were met by Catherine Sullivan. They were 
the only ones in the store. Catherine looked at Kelly. Kelly came to 
her senses, "I serve the Goddess."

Catherine went to the back of the store. She was gone for several 
minutes and then returned carrying green robes and a small 
wooden box. She handed them to Kelly. Kelly accepted them 
automatically. She mumbled, "Thank you, Catherine."

Catherine examined Kelly for a moment with concern. She stated, 
"I have never seen one in as bad a shape as her."

"She went there to challenge the Goddess."

"Really?" asked Catherine. She shook her head at the thought of 
attempting to challenge them. She changed the subject, "She's the 
fourth one in here this week. With her, it makes two for the 
Goddess, one for the God, and one for the Two-sided One. I expect 
more, too."

John nodded at the figures. He was pleased. He said, "That is good. 
Our numbers are growing."

Catherine looked at Kelly again. "You better get her home."

"I agree. I'll lead her out of here now. Call me when you have the 
final numbers."

"Will do, John."

Leading Kelly by the hand, John took her back to the car. She sat 
down and promptly fell asleep. John looked at Ed, who just 
nodded. John started the car and drove them home. Kelly slept 
through the entire drive. John and Ed exchanged looks several 
times, but chose not to talk. Neither of them understood what had 
happened to Kelly, but knew that her state of mind wouldn't last 
forever.

John pulled into the garage. Kelly did not wake. While Ed held the 
door open, John carried her into the house. They were met at the 
door by Linda. She took one look at Kelly. She stated, "bring her 
into my room. I'll watch over her until she wakes. Everyone else is 
busy and you two look tired."

John carried Kelly upstairs to Linda's room. Linda opened the door 
and stepped out of the way. John barely managed to get her to the 
bed before his strength left him. He set her down a little less gently 
than he had intended. Linda looked down on the woman in her bed 
and adjusted her so that she was in a more comfortable position. 
She gently placed a pillow under her head.

John waited for her in the front room of her quarters. Linda came 
out, "She has changed."

"Yes, that often happens after dealing with the Gods and 
Goddesses. What she is doing now is a little different from 
anything that we've seen before."

Ed came up the stairs and stood outside the room. He stated, 
"Watch her carefully. She's liable to be very horny when she wakes 
up. If you need to, get Leroy to take care of that if you can't find 
any of us."

Linda shyly asked, "Speaking of horny, when are we going to get 
together John?"

"Soon," replied John. He wanted to wait until she felt comfortable 
with him and with herself. She still ran to the front of the house 
anytime that she saw anyone naked. The day would come when 
she joined them naked in the swimming pool; he knew that would 
indicate the time had come for them to sleep together. He added, 
"For now, just enjoy yourself and relax. We have all the time in the 
world."

She frowned, wondering if he felt that she wasn't good enough for 
him. She could understand that since she didn't feel she was good 
enough for him. She decided that after Kelly woke, she would hit 
the swimming pool and stay there although they might be 
swimming nude again.

John left with Ed after taking one more look at Kelly. Linda went 
to the bedroom and proceeded to undress Kelly. Kelly had dressed 
in a tee shirt and shorts. The hardest part had been removing the 
hiking boots. Modesty forbade her from removing Kelly's panties. 
It wasn't hard to remove the rest of her clothes from the woman. It 
was amazing that it didn't wake her. 

Watching Kelly sleep, made Linda feel sleepy. She went into the 
other room and undressed. She put on her nightgown in privacy. 
She got on the bed with Kelly and put an arm around her. In just a 
few minutes, she fell asleep.

It was two hours later that Linda woke as strange sensations surged 
through her body. She was amazed to find herself pinching her 
very erect nipples. She ran her hands down her body and 
encountered a head between her legs. As she woke up more, she 
realized that something was going on that she didn't understand. It 
took her a minute to realize that it was Kelly's head between her 
legs. Kelly was licking her pussy and the sensations felt great. She 
grabbed the head and held it there. 

Kelly worked her tongue in Linda's pussy. When she felt Linda's 
hands on her head, she increased her pace. She began taking little 
licks at the clit. Linda started thrashing about while making little 
screams of pleasure. Kelly ran her hands up to Linda's breasts and 
pinched them hard. Linda's screamed out her orgasm. Kelly kissed 
her way up Linda's body, stopping to suck on her breasts. Linda's 
orgasm continued throughout. 

Suddenly Kelly realized what she had done and sat up in shock. 
She had not intended to do that to Linda. She put her head in her 
hands. In anguish, she cried out, "What did I do?"

Linda slowly came down from her orgasm. She saw Kelly crying 
and sat up beside her. Putting an arm around Kelly, she asked, 
"What's the matter, Kelly?"

Kelly turned to her in anguish. She cried, "I'm so sorry. I didn't 
mean to do that to you. I didn't mean to rape you. You must 
believe me that I had no idea what I was doing."

Linda, unsure of what had happened to her, only knew that she had 
enjoyed the sensations. She gently rubbed Kelly's back, "Kelly, Ed 
warned me that you might feel very horny when you woke up. It's 
not your fault."

Sobbing, Kelly stated, "Your first time should be with John, not 
me."

Sighing, Linda countered, "I don't think John is interested in me. 
I'm not really good enough for him."

The woman's comments struck a nerve in Kelly. She turned to 
Linda, "He's waiting for you to be ready for him. He doesn't want 
you to go to bed with some sort of legendary John Carter. He 
wants you to go bed with John Carter the man."

Linda hugged Kelly tightly and kissed her on the cheek. With tears 
streaming from her eyes, "I'm so frightened. I'm afraid that I won't 
know what to do to make him happy."

Kelly laughed as she retorted, "You did just fine a few minutes 
ago."

"Huh?"

"All that any lover wants to do is to please their lover. When you 
had your orgasm, I felt so great. For your first time, that is all you 
should expect to do; enjoy every sensation." Kelly remembered her 
first time. It had been in the back of a car with a kid that had no 
idea what he was doing. It had been a miserable experience. Since 
then, many considerate lovers had showed her how to make love 
better. She added, "after your first time, Ling and I will be more 
than happy to show you the ropes on how to please a man."

"Don't I have to know how to move and stuff?"

Kelly held her close. She answered, "He knows you are a virgin. 
You will want to be on top where you can control the entry. You 
will want to squat over him and slowly lower yourself onto him.  
He will hold his cock so that it is positioned correctly. Once you 
have taken him, your body will know what to do."

"Why would I want to be on top?" Linda was confused. She had 
heard about the missionary position and she had always understood 
that she was supposed to lie down and the man mount her.

"John is very big and will not take an aggressive position. He 
wants to make sure that he doesn't hurt you, so he'll let you control 
the entry. You can go as slow or as fast as you want." Kelly smiled 
at Linda as she said with envy, "You are so lucky to have him as 
your first man. He is the gentlest lover I've ever had." 

Linda sighed while saying, "I'll need some time to think about it. 
Okay?"

Kelly laughed and replied, "Why do you think John is waiting?"

"Oh."

"I hope that I didn't ruin things for you by taking advantage of you 
while you were asleep." Kelly still felt very bad about her actions. 

"Don't worry, I think I enjoyed it." 

"You think?"

Linda blushed. "I didn't really know what was happening. It felt 
great and I don't think I've ever screamed like that before. For most 
of it, I thought it was a dream."

"I hope that I didn't turn you off women."

Linda kissed Kelly on the lips and cupped her breasts amazed at 
the size of them. She answered, "It is such a strange feeling, but I 
wouldn't worry about it if I were you."

Kelly stood up. "I had better get downstairs and let everyone know 
that I'm alright. Maybe I'll see you at the pool?"

"I'll be there in my bathing suit. I'll try not to run away this time," 
replied Linda.

She watched as Kelly gathered her clothes. Kelly kissed her and 
then left the room. She looked at the two bathing suits that she had 
brought. One was the one-piece that covered everything very well 
with frills that destroyed the line of the body underneath. The other 
was the bikini that Kelly and Ling had bought her when they had 
gone shopping one day. She was very tempted to try the bikini, but 
reached for the one-piece. She removed the nightgown and put on 
the swimming suit. 

She entered the pool area slowly, hoping on one hand, that no one 
was there and hoping on the other, that everyone was there. No one 
was in the poolroom. She took a deep breath and entered the water. 
After ten days here, it was heavenly to swim in the pool. She began 
to slowly take laps.

If Linda had looked at the door from the informal living room, she 
would have seen everyone watching her. After a minor discussion 
among family members, it was decided that Ling and Kelly would 
go in first. After a while, the three men would join them. 

Ling and Kelly entered the poolroom together talking about the 
amazing changes that had occurred to Kelly's breasts. Linda 
stopped swimming and watched them come to the side of the pool. 
Both women stripped and jumped into the water. Ling swam over 
to Linda asking, "How are you doing tonight?"

"I'm fine," replied Linda with a blush. She felt that the other 
woman knew what Kelly had done to her earlier.

Ling continued, "This is the first time I've seen you in the pool. I 
was wondering if you didn't know how to swim."

"I love to swim. I'm just a little scared to be around naked men."

Ling splashed some water at her and laughed. She said, "Don't be 
scared. They are the same guys when they have their clothes on, 
only you get to see all the good bits."

Kelly splashed a lot of water at Ling as she laughed. "Good bits? 
That makes them sound small. They are grand parts. Now that 
gives the right tone to match the equipment."

Linda giggled in embarrassment. She wasn't use to the women 
discussing the private parts of the men. Even when her 
grandmother had discussed relations with men in the old days, she 
had been embarrassed. She hadn't realized that people made love in 
the same room with others as they slept, hoping that they wouldn't 
make too much noise to wake everyone.

John, Ed, and Leroy came into the poolroom. John smiled. "Well, 
Kelly. You're looking a lot more alert than earlier."

Kelly answered, "I slept well. Now I'm raring to go."

The men undressed and entered the pool. Linda had turned away, 
but peaked out of the corner of her eye at John as he removed his 
underwear. She felt ready to bolt, but when she turned around she 
realized that the water tended to distort things enough that she 
wasn't too uncomfortable. She noticed Ling and Kelly making eye 
contact and smiling. She watched as they slowly swam in the 
direction of Ed. Ling swam behind him while Kelly swam in front. 
They both stopped at the same time. Kelly sent a huge splash of 
water in Ed's direction. He laughed as he spun around to avoid 
getting it in his face. His laugh was cut short when he was hit with 
Ling's even larger splash.

Linda was pulled into the splash war as the men teamed up against 
the women. For the next thirty minutes, there was continual 
splashing as each side tried to gang up on one member of the other 
team. She was laughing so hard that she almost choked when the 
men suddenly turned on her. They finally quit, exhausted and 
happy, to leave the pool and lounge on the chairs next to the pool. 

She was laughing as Leroy was telling some story about his day at 
the University when she realized that she had been sitting with five 
naked people for the past hour. She took the moment to look at the 
private parts of each man. She was shocked at how much bigger 
John and Ed were than Leroy. She leaned over to Kelly and, in a 
whisper, she asked, "Aren't black men supposed to have bigger 
dicks than white men?"

Kelly burst out laughing, much to the embarrassment of Linda. 
Ling asked, "what's so funny?"

Kelly, still laughing, answered, "I was just asked if black men 
aren't supposed to have bigger dicks than white men."

Leroy laughed, "I thought so too. I ripped up my membership card 
to the NAACP first time I saw their dicks."


