Forsaken 337 BC

by Sharon Leslie

 

 

  Said Cain as they received the twenty-minute pop-up message.

 

 

  They all agreed having AIs like Enoch and Rahab would be beneficial, not only playing Forsaken but in their lives after.

  "All right, we all need to get ready for sleep. Let us assume the system will be down for six or more normal hours, we get our allocations activated. Once we wake we can search for a way down this mountain," Cain said. After Cain finished speaking they each readied themselves for bed.

  Cain checked the tent interface, setting the sleeping area temperature to a nice sixty-eight Fahrenheit, cool enough so they felt a need to wear light night clothes. Most of the party found some of the clothes from the wooden storage chest made comfortable sleeping attire.

  Cain laid down on his back in the middle of his DreamBabes, with Toni resting on his right shoulder. Sophie laid on his left, his arm reached around her and his hand cupped her left breast. Sophie’s left arm snaked across Cain’s chest, holding Toni’s right hand. Daphne and Lesley laid on their sides facing each other. Lesley’s left hand was inside the folds of Daphne’s loose top. Lesley squeezed Daphne’s right breast and tweaked the nipple, smiling at her. Bethany had spooned up against Sophie, her hand resting on Sophie’s thigh.

  "See you when we wake up, night everyone," Cain said. The DreamBabes responded, saying similar words before they settled in for the system reboot. None of them bothered with the pop-up, giving them a ten-minute warning message, as they drifted to sleep.

  Chapter 2

  Awake

  {Cain, Cain, can you hear me? John is in the safe house and brought what you asked him for. He is connecting yours first, then Toni’s. You will soon be awake, back in the real world, my friend,} Enoch told Cain.

  Cain awoke with a splitting headache, it was like somebody was stirring his brains using a wooden spoon. Grabbing the side of the POD he raised himself into a normal sitting position. The last traces of the Nanogel were running down his legs, his normal looking legs. Feeling with his fingers on his thigh he could not feel the previous joining of his artificial legs.

  :At least the person stirring my brain seems to have stopped. Ah, we'll soon have Toni out.: Cain turned his head as the lid on Toni’s POD hissed open, at the side of her POD John was inputting information on her POD’s control panel. Climbing out of his POD, Cain walked over to Toni, so he could watch her awaken. Standing there he watched as the Nanogel ran down her body, revealing her firm, full breasts.

  Hearing John cough behind him Cain turned, pulled from staring at the body of the woman he loved. John handed him a wet wipe which Cain used on his face, thanking John, Cain then turned back to wait for Toni to wake. Toni’s eyes opened for a moment then snapped shut just as fast. She closed them, pressing her hands on her head.

  :Shit, who has that jackhammer going off in my skull? Turn the damned thing off. Ouch!: Toni gasped under her breath.

  "Don’t worry it doesn’t last long," Cain told Toni. Taking hold of Toni’s left hand Cain told her it would soon pass. "The headache is a consequence of our unique exiting from Forsaken, while our minds think we are still in the game; I struggled the same a minute ago," Toni squinted as she peered at him like he was strange.

  "What do you mean? How come we’re out? We only recently arrived in Forsaken's 337 BC Greece zone, broke the illusion in the amphitheatre and entered the P. E. T. our TARDIS tent. What have you done Cain? What about our friends the DreamBabes?" asked Toni.

  Helping Toni out of her POD, Cain held her close, giving her a big kiss. Easing her body against Cain’s, Toni responded by pulling him against her, she enjoyed the feel of his skin upon her here in the real world and in Forsaken too. Their kiss ended, they gazed at one another, smiling as they relaxed with their pounding headaches gone. Almost like a comedy act with impeccable timing, they both said I love you, then laughed at the same time.

  "How come we’re not still playing the game? What has gone wrong?" Toni asked. Replying, Cain said,

  "I asked Enoch earlier when we were at the Luke Chmilenko range. For him to reach out and contact John, with a request on an idea I had. I didn't want to say anything then, as my idea may not have worked and I would have got your and the others' hopes up for nothing but an idea." Still holding Cain but turning her head at the sound of footsteps, Toni saw John for the first time since leaving Forsaken.

  "Hi John, thanks for all you have done for us. Let Cain and me get a shower, and we can have a chat," Toni said, not worried about her state of undress. She looked up at Cain as she noticed he was becoming aroused from hugging her, his penis moved against her body; giving Toni a fuzzy feeling she wanted to explore.

  "As I was saying, Enoch contacted John and asked if it was possible, we could use an EI to mimic our brain functions. Hence us being able to be standing here and now, not sleeping in our PODs as the game resets. I wasn’t sure it would work, but you know how John is a genius, well he got my post-it note of an idea to work.

  "Enoch told me John had finalised my idea, while we all stood in the portal circle before we jumped from the 2027 zone. The EIs made a loop recording of our brain activities, using the recording to mimic our body connections with the Nanogel and Forsaken. With the EI connected, the game server receives our brain activity and believes it connects us to the game. We have fifteen hours to go find Daphne, arrange a body replacement then bring her here, while Forsaken re-boots.

  "Once we have Daphne here, we will have a neurosurgeon remove all the bits of metal still in her brain. They will also remove her neural link, replacing it with one like ours. I believe this is the only way to save her mind and life, so she can prove Jason had framed her," said Cain.

  Her shivering was slight as they walked to the shower. Toni told Cain that although her skin wasn’t sticky or icky after immersion in the Nanogel, she needed a long warming shower. More likely to convince her mind she was clean.

  Walking hand in hand, they walked out of the room where their PODs stood waiting. Both had a small table at the side where a small box of tricks, the EIs, were connected to their own PODs. Each EI was pretending to be them to Forsaken, where they were in a system induced suspended sleep.

  The shower was hot and steaming as Toni followed Cain and washed her body. They did not take long, Cain washed Toni’s hair and massaged her head, running his fingers firmly on her scalp, caressing and drawing feelings from her body.

  :Those strong fingers they feel sooo good. I’d let Cain do this every day, even when we’re old and grey.: Toni closed her eyes in bliss, relaxing into the head massage. With a moan of pleasure Toni nearly complained as Cain finished washing her hair. Leaving the shower and drying each other, they collapsed on the bed, kissed, cuddled, touched, relaxing with each other.

  "So, what do you feel like, master of five women? Having other women besides me?" Toni asked. Unknown to Cain, Toni worried over his response, as she looked into Cain’s eyes from above. Laughing a little under his breath, while blushing, Cain replied.

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bsp; "I’m no master as well you know. We fight together for Vince, to free him. Vince is the one who put the others with us, not my choice, nor yours. Is it? Having the other women, is something we both chose and share. We need them thanks to Vince’s twisted mind. Should they be with us in the game, I think so, out of Forsaken, I don’t know. But I do know I love you Toni, love you very much," Cain stared at the smiling, blushing visage of the woman he'd fallen deeply in love with.

  "I told you when I find Vince, he will get more than a piece of my mind. Like you, I would rather it be us two. Having the four other women in our lives in the game is not unpleasant, they complement us both. We have gelled well, we act as though we’re more than friends and occasional lovers, we are family," Cain pulled Toni down onto his chest before rolling them onto their sides, facing each other.

  "I believed, no thought I was heading, destined for a life alone. What with my legs, occasional wheelchair use and crippling flashbacks. Discovering a pearl in the darkness of my former existence was illuminating beyond compare…"

  "Would you like to make love first? After we can go see what John, Enoch and Rahab have planned for us. Then we will leave to go rescue Daphne," Toni said, her words cut off from the kiss Cain began, stealing her breath, her thoughts.

  Cain's arms pulled Toni against his body, he enjoyed the feelings as her hands ran across the muscles of his back, moving downward. Toni liked Cain's body, the firmness under his skin. She let her fingers trace further down so she could grab a handful of Cain’s cute arse. Tensing as Toni squeezed his bum Cain melted into her passionate kiss, his tongue flitting against the invader, pushing her tongue back and forth. Try as he may he could not pin it down, dominate it, as it twisted, teased and probed in his mouth, rubbed against his teeth. The battle had begun.

  Releasing Cain’s arse, Toni let her hand run lazy lines of attack across his thigh. A general with her probing forces on the move, as he rolled away from her laying more on his back. Her hand did not feint nor tease but dived straight in, grasping for Cain’s penis, easily captured.

  Toni stopped for a moment, amazed Cain was not fully erect, but soft pliable and flaccid. Though now captured it changed, the flaccidness replaced with pulsing strength. A strength inbred, natural, strong enough to break free of her hand, should she let it free. Toni held the penis with a firm grasp, moving her hand down Cain’s shaft. The feel of his soft skin gliding over the pulsing hard shaft, caught her mind as she slowly moved her hand up and down.

  She moved slow, wanting Cain to enjoy the pleasure, up and down went her hand. Toni looked at Cain’s face, his eyes closed, a look of pleasure in his smile warmed Toni's heart. With a slight grunt of effort, Cain grasped Toni's hips as he lifted her from being at his front. Lifted her over and on top of his body, her hand releasing his penis, letting it stand all alone, stiff, erect.

  The feel of her breasts as they squashed into his chest, the tickle of her hair as it fell, cascading over his face. With one deft move of his hand, Cain moved the hair as Toni bent down for another of her kisses. They both kissed and touched, teased and squeezed, as they renewed their joint desire.

  Cain’s hand had traced lines of delight around Toni’s body, ending up nestled between her open legs. Stroking a finger across her moist lips, before dipping inside, bringing a gasp of delight. Directing Cain off the edge of the bed while she lifted her feet up, putting them on his broad shoulders. Biting her lip before she said.

  "Steady there boy, I'm all yours," Toni whispered. Cain’s head first rubbed against, then slipped between her lips. Following Toni’s instructions, Cain eased his penis into the juice filled entrance. Pushing as slow as he could, Cain's penis could feel the walls of the vagina stretching, tightening.

  At the same time as Toni's vagina accommodated his penis, he pulled back and he glanced down seeing his shaft covered in her juices. Fully lubricated he pushed slow but deeper into Toni's vagina, keeping up the push until he was at his limit, fitting tight and snug.

  "So full, so nice... move faster, you can go faster, please… yes, nice… fuck me… fuck me, harder," Toni demanded. Her body maddened by the slowness of Cain’s approach, the approach she wanted. On hearing her words Cain teased, slowing down before thrusting in all the way, bringing a cry of pleasure from Toni. Cain began picking up his speed going as deep as he could, their bodies meeting on each thrust. Thrusting first at a steady pace, then increased it again until he was thrusting in and out as fast as he could. Grunting in unison on each thrust, together they were there, riding the experience.

  Toni, her hands holding the bedsheets in a death grip, arms straining to make more of the contact as Cain thrust deep within. He pounded deep into her vagina, filling her on each thrust. She could feel her body react, a rising orgasm building as each thrust stoked her fires, hotter. Cain’s pelvic bone catching Toni’s clit at each thrust, sending a burst of pleasure through her body.

  "More," Toni gasped as the pleasure increased through her body until finally it crashed down around her, as Cain followed her commands. Lost in her orgasm she heard a grunt as Cain gasped,

  "Do you want it?" Taking but a moment to realise what he meant,

  "Yes. Oh yes," Toni replied. As Cain’s speed and thrusting maintained, sending her over the edge again. With one last thrust Cain came, they climaxed together with such feelings as they came, joined in bliss. Cain feeling the last of his cum being squeezed out of his body, leant over Toni, still deep inside her.

  Resting on his arms, he bent forward and kissed her. First on her chin, then her cheeks, finally her mouth, light kisses like butterfly wings. Kisses finished, Cain moved from between Toni's legs climbed onto the bed to lay at her side, pulling her to him. Complete and content as he relaxed, his lover at his side, spent, replete with love for Toni. Lying spent, Toni laid on Cain’s shoulder, her arm resting upon his chest.

  "Guess we need another shower, then some food," Toni laughed, but stayed where she was. :I feel complete, never have I felt as loved, so cherished. True some of my former lovers were more physical, some as large but none made me feel like this.:

  Half an hour later, showered for the second time they sat at the kitchen table. Side by side, touching where they could as they drank their coffee and ate toast. Cain and Toni discussed with their AIs how they could rescue Daphne. John entered the kitchen and pulled up a chair.

  "So, C, this is the woman you choose? From looking and hearing she is the balance you so needed," John said. Toni looked at Cain then John.

  "I can see the questions in your face, the answers are easy. Cain here was so lost, half of him missing. All that fighting, those killings, fighting so people could live comfortable, normal lives. They came with a price, one that needed balancing. I can tell from how he talks about you, is around you. For you are his balance. The part which eases his demons, bringing calm to his soul. I am no longer concerned for C. Now I rejoice, as a sensitive, beautiful, loving female is repairing his life. Does that answer your questions?" John asked sipping from his cup.

  Hospital Transport Planning

  Toni, surprised that John answered her many questions, but one she had not thought about for a while. Yes, she wanted to know how Cain carried the memory of all those deaths he kept buried in his mind, while keeping the country safe, doing his service. But for John to tell her she was the balance, Cain needed keeping him sane by being the loving woman she was.

  John’s answers made Toni realise how much she underestimated her role and own needs in loving Cain. Listening to Enoch after John spoke to Toni. Cain realised it was still if only for another twenty minutes Sunday. They had been playing Forsaken for eleven hours.

  :We have done so much in the game in such a little amount of time. People will love that aspect of playing Forsaken. One-hour real time giving them ten hours of game interaction, it is strange to think I've played for over four in-game days. Yet here I am, sitting around a table drinking and listening to their conversation.: Cain sipped from his mug while T
oni and John spoke about Toni's questions.

  Coffees finished they discussed how they could save Daphne. Toni was not surprised to see John had planned everything out, though together they agreed on the way to save Daphne. They were going to carry out rescuing Daphne in two distinct parts.

  It would be easier splitting the work, the tasks into two. One task was for Enoch, Rahab and John to hack the two networks. One was at the correctional institute, the other one was the hospital where Daphne's POD was going to be moved to. Once hacked they would arrange for the collection and movement of Daphne. Leaving a digital trail in case somebody came looking for Daphne's POD.

  Cain worked with Toni using the dark web to arrange their task. Vehicles, planes and people gathered, purchased or favours repaid to help in securing Daphne and her POD. John double checked the EI they would leave in the hospital’s POD. Making people believe Daphne was still there even though her body was gone until they had her body in the safe house.

  "The first of the PODs we bought for the other members of your team, you will collect it from another safe house. Well, more like a safe storage unit," John said. "Can you arrange for the transport to have a portable power supply? That way the POD can be active once you have collected Daphne," John continued.

  Listening to Cain and John talk about what they would do, Toni selected a company that could provide an old, manual driven hover lorry. Which was less than five minutes from the safe storage unit. Toni asked about how they were paying for it all. Cain gave her access to the military charity he used to pay for Toni's operation and NI+A, less than a month earlier.

  Cain used his previous contacts as he arranged for a cargo transport jet. He ended up paying a premium for discretion and a speedy service. They would be flying undercover, without landing lights, using the old City airport, located in the former docks area of London. Flying below radar and tracking systems the plane would fly to the Netherlands, landing at an old airfield, left over from the Cold War, at Deelen.