CH9
Kate and Ann were back in the restroom after Ann issued her a challenge. Kate was inserting the cursed balls again while Ann was sliding her butterfly into place. They were both back outside and Ann was already suffering as Kate turned on Ann's little toy and put the remote away.
They had only just reached their assigned positions when Ann noticed something. "You didn't bring your water bottle. I'll cover for you." Ann listened to Kate groan in annoyance and started walking while Ann grinned. Kate walked back with a grimace and assumed her position.
An alarm had both of them moving to get eyes on the target. However, it turned out to be a false alarm. It was just a piece of wood floating down the river that had managed to snag a badly ripped shirt. Kate got back into her position, thankful for the lack of movement.
After lunch another alarm occurred. They went to inspect what had been spotted. This time it was a broken fishing pole towing a torn piece of tarp. "Restroom break," Ann announced and they took turns. For Kate it meant walking the length of the N-Shed to reach it and by the time she did, she was in trouble. She peed and just sat there rethinking her plan, wondering if it had been a stupid idea.
Oh, she was hot alright, and in more ways than one, but Rick hadn't come and gotten her last night. If he had she would have jumped him, she was sure of it. Right now she wanted to place her hand on the wall so he could do wicked things to her body, but she had a job to do.
Kate went back to her space and collapsed. She raised her head and talked to the sky. "Please, no more false alarms. ...I take that back, make them all false alarms."
Rick had gotten tired, picked up all of his paperwork and was asleep in his bed when Jasmine jumped up on his bed and started licking him. "Jaz!?" She didn't usually do this anymore, not since she was a puppy and figured out how to jump up on the bed. Now that he was awake, she jumped down, headed for the door, and barked at him.
His brain was trying to catch up and the first thing that came to mind was that his place had been discovered, and yet Jasmine wasn't acting threatened. So he slid on a pair of shorts and followed her into the living room. "I fed you already." He had even cleaned up her fake grass area that was there for her to do her business on. That was when he saw the wall blinking. "You must really love her," he said as he pressed the panel and stepped inside. A minute or less later it opened again.
Kate was scared and desperate. She did this knowing that she was going to screw his brains out and likely become addicted to his feel, taste, smell, wanting him nightly. She did this knowing she was going to fall in love with him. Not just his words, but him. Still she put her hand on the wall and waited. "Please!" she begged softly. She was dripping and her inner thighs were wet. Two days of balls inside her had left her a mess both physically and mentally.
Finally the wall opened. Kate jumped in and found Rick inside wearing only a pair of shorts. Had he been reading her mind? Didn't matter. She wrapped her arms around him, raised up on tiptoe, and kissed him soundly. When he started kissing her back she deepened the kiss and ran her fingernails down his back.
"Home, Rick, take us home." She watched him press the location on the door and moments later they stepped out to find Jasmine waiting for them. "Hi Jaz." She petted her briefly then took his hand and dragged him to his bedroom. She had never been in his room and right now wasn't interested in what it looked like.
She placed her hands on his chest. "I'm falling in love with you and I want you. Please Rick, ...make love to me." She gently cupped his face and slid her hand behind his head to pull his head down so she could kiss him softly this time while reaching down to touch him through his shorts.
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Kate had no idea what time it was but she was awake and curled up next to a naked Rick. Their first time had been frantic. She had begged him to fuck her and she had gotten just what she had asked for as she felt him shatter and climax inside her. That had been followed by Rick making love to her like she had asked him to. He had started from the bottom and had literally sucked her toes as he worked his way up. He had simply blown on her core, began again with her other foot, and did the same.
She had been pleading with him by then. He had found her clit and her G-spot and she had lost her mind over the number of orgasms she had had with his head planted firmly between her thighs. Her mind came back to her just as he entered her and started a pounding rhythm. He kissed her when she responded and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him back.
She had rolled them over so that she was on top. She kissed her way down his body, leaving love bites here and there, to find his erection and paid all of her attention to it. Kate had seen bigger erections, some longer, some larger in girth, but none of them had felt like they belonged to her. She was going to be the only one to see it, to touch it, to take it inside her. It belonged to her now and she lavished all of her attention on it till he climaxed down her throat.
Then she crawled up his body kissing it the entire way. Moments later she reached down to place him at her entrance and lowered herself down on him. She raised herself and lowered herself, up and down, till she bent over to start kissing him. She lifted back up and found his hands on her breasts as she ground herself on him . "Come for me Rick, come deep inside me. I want to feel it." Kate climaxed and leaned way back, his hands running down her stomach. She screamed through another sudden orgasm when his fingers found her clit followed by still another as his thumb circled her clit.
She had no memory of how they ended up where they were now; their heads were at the foot of the bed. She ran a hand over his chest and slowly reached down to take his flaccid penis in her hand. She was sore and ached between her legs. Muscles that she hadn't used in a really long time were complaining but it was also a soreness that she knew would go away with a little more practice and after last night, they were going to get a lot of practice. "If you don't remove your hand I can't be held responsible for my actions," Rick warned her as she felt his cock starting to harden. She got up and straddled his waist, a move that only accentuated her sore muscles. "Promises, promises. Let's see if you can keep good on your threat." Kate smiled widely at him and squealed when she suddenly found herself on her back, her legs spread wide and her lover deep inside her.
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Kate was lying on his examination bed again to see what all those tendrils or worms were doing now. "I still don't feel a thing." Rick lifted the panel. "Sit up and take a look at your leg." She did just that and found nothing but smooth skin. She had a look of shock on her face. "How is this possible?" Then suddenly she turned to run her fingers over the place she had been stabbed once and found it just as smooth. "There isn't a mark on me." She didn't understand. Alarmed, she looked at her hip. "My tattoo!" She had wanted that tattoo. It represented a moment in her life and was a reminder of that moment. Now it was gone. "What's going on Castle?" She looked at him while still lying there naked. Rick could only shake his head.
"Let me go over all of these tests and scans. I need time to analyze them. Right now you look to be in perfect health. Why don't you take a quick shower and I'll take you back." She reached out to draw him closer to her as she spread her legs to get him as close as she could. "I'll be back tonight Castle and this time, you're mine. I'm going to show you what I can do to a male body." She pulled his head down to kiss him.
She was clean and dressed, and in the living room checking her weapon. "Take your vitamins Castle, because you're mine tonight." She lifted up on tiptoe to kiss him. Then he pressed the panel and stepped inside. A moment later she walked back out after kissing him again.
Kate walked into the women's area and saw that Ann was already up and checking her weapon. "And where have you been?" Ann stepped up to her and sniffed deeply. "You're clean and glowing! You did didn't you?" She grinned. "I'm so sore I can barely walk," Kate admitted. "God, what I wouldn't give to feel like that again." She began daydreaming. "What about your... worms?" she inquired quietly. "They're everywhere now, right down to the tips of my toes and I don't feel a thing." Then Kate dropped her pants and showed her leg. "I was shot in this leg, twice," Kate reminded her and felt Ann's hand run over her baby smooth skin. Kate put her pants back on. "Even my tattoo is gone," Kate said sadly. "You had a tattoo?" That was something she didn't know. "What did he say, what's going on?" She watched Kate shake her head. "Castle did a number of tests and wants time to look them over. Right now I'm in perfect health." Kate followed her to their assignment.
In the meantime, Rick sat down to look at everything he had gotten out of that safe. He pointed at a name and tapped it twice. "I bet I know just where I can find you if you made it that far." He got up, went into the medical car, and started mixing a chemical cocktail before putting it into an IV bag, getting it set up and hanging from an IV pole.
From there he moved into his room and donned his combat outfit. This time he buckled on a belt that had a number of small pockets on it. Then he stepped over to his desk, took out a piece of paper and began writing. Finished, he folded it, sealed it in an envelope, and wrote something on the front.
Jasmine followed him into the living room. "I'm glad you like her, she's special." Rick hugged her then pressed the panel on the wall and stepped inside. The door opened a moment later and he walked out into the daylight. Working his way around the side of the building, hugging it tight to his back, he taped the envelope to the door. He then retraced his steps, opened the door, and moved inside.
Rick hung his head and took a deep breath. He hadn't died in any fight or even been permanently injured in thousands of years. Today might be different. He pressed his destination, zoomed in, and placed his finger where he wanted to go.
Kate meanwhile, was in position. She was putting up with Ann smiling at her till she finally broke down and grinned back. She'd had sex before, yes, but this was the first time she had allowed her heart to be involved. And the fact that Rick would likely outlive her by thousands of years didn't phase her.
Roy was sitting at his desk trying to figure out what to do with all of this stuff. The new generators were in place as were the desalinization units. The water was going through filters and a UV light before going into tanks. Several more just like it were under construction. The walk-ins were also under construction. However, they still needed to figure out how and where to create vegetable farms and go hunting for meat. They were in good shape overall but living here really should be thought of as short term. What came next would say a lot about them and New York City as a whole.
Then a man came running up to him and handed over an envelope. Roy took it and looked it over. "Go find Beckett, she should be at her position at the corner of the dock," he told him. "Sir." And he ran off thinking it was important.
Moments later Kate walked up to Roy. "You wanted to see me, sir?" She couldn't even begin to guess why she was there. "This was taped to the outside of the door." Roy gave her the envelope. She saw her first name on it, handwritten no less. "I'll give you a minute." He got up and left wondering what it was and even more, how it came to be taped on a door inside of their defensive perimeter. He wasn't going to be able to let that go, no matter what he thought of Kate.
Kate didn't know what to expect. Was it from Ann? From another member of her team? Where it was found suggested to her that it was from Rick. She ripped it open to find a single sheet of paper.
My Beloved Detective,
I have a lead on who killed your mother and I'm going to go pick him up. While I've not died in thousands of years there's no guarantee that it won't happen this time.
Remember the IDEA, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed or forgotten. But a hundred years later an IDEA can still change the world.
I told you only truth. For years I sought only this day. Nothing else existed ...until I saw you. Then everything changed. I fell in love with you, Kate, and to think I had no longer believed I could.
If I succeed I will take you to him and you can ask him why. Why your mother had to die. If I don't, remember that I love you. I've lived thousands of years to find someone to love like you.
I've set the system to accept your handprint. Jasmine deserves someone to love her and she already loves you.
Forever yours,
Mannum-Ki-Iliya
Richard Edgar Castle
Kate tried to sit down while crying but missed the chair and ended up hitting the floor. "Castle, no." She closed her hand, inadvertently crumpling the letter and broke down. She couldn't lose someone else, everyone else was already gone. "Please, no."
Rick had no idea where, in what he was betting was a large complex, he would be and that was if he was in there. He pulled out a knife in each hand and waited for the door to open. Stepping out, he found himself in a large kitchen that rivaled any restaurant plus they were busy cooking. He couldn't really risk it but also didn't want to kill everyone he came across.
He attacked the two closest people, ripping open arms and legs that had them both on the ground writhing in pain. Moving to the next person he spotted someone running for it. After slicing open his arm he threw a knife that ended up in his back killing him instantly. One of the cooks threw a pot of something boiling at his face, however, it did nothing and his eye covers cleared instantly.
With everyone in the kitchen down or dead he moved on and found several men and a few women sitting at tables eating. Using his system he scanned the room before entering and came up empty; the person he was after wasn't there. It left him free to do what he pleased. Stepping into the room he slit the throat of the man who was seated in front of him with his back to him and moved down the short row killing as he went. Naturally the room erupted with people yelling and running everywhere, mostly toward the far door, the only exit besides the one leading to the kitchen where he came from.
Some of the men tried to put up a fight but their necks were slit wide open for the attempt. Then he saw two men dressed in green come charging in with weapons in both hands. Rick held up one of the men in front of him and allowed the first shots to kill him while he threw two knives killing his two combatants.
He left behind the ones cowering under the tables and went through the door where he encountered two more men armed with hand weapons. The closest one almost had his head cut off while the second got a shot off that hit Rick squarely in the chest which hurt like a son of a bitch. However, the round hadn't penetrated his chest armor. That armed guard died with a knife in his throat.
Pulling out another knife, he moved on and found himself in a large open room that had a podium and a number of empty chairs beyond. He swiftly moved to the far end where there was another door. He pulled the door open and quickly stepped to one side and felt a number of rounds strike the wall and door.
Rick pulled out a pebble and threw it. It erupted into a massive gas cloud that obscured their sight but not his. The guards died one by one and fell to the floor, their throats slit. He moved past them and up to the command center that was filled with keyboards, monitors, and communication devices.
Everyone there was unarmed so they all ended up on the floor with deep wounds in their arms and legs. The only door left opened into a long room filled with bunk beds that occasionally had someone sleeping in them.
He spun around and killed the three guards that came charging in with their hand weapons drawn and ready to fire. He pulled out another pellet right where he was and effectively disappeared from everyone in the room and outside of it.
Proceeding down the walkway between the beds, he scanned each person as he went. When he ran out of smoke and stepped into the clear he found men and women cowering on the floor begging for their lives.
Rick found his target far in the back and strode toward him. The bastard grabbed some woman and put a knife to her neck. "Stay back! I'll kill her! You're a dead man. You have no way out of here," Bracken threatened as he pressed the blade into her throat and actually drew blood. She screamed and babbled, "Please, please, please."
He didn't say anything and simply kept walking. When he reached the both of them he plunged his blade straight into her midsection surprising Bracken since his threat was now useless. The wound was deep however he had purposely chosen the location knowing she would survive it. Then he sliced Bracken's arm wide open, forcing him to drop the knife. He pushed the woman away and drove his blade into Bracken's shoulder who cried out in severe pain.
Placing his hand on the wall behind him, he shoved Bracken through the door just as two more armed guards came running in and put two rounds into Rick's back. The door closed as he shuddered from the pain of the shots hitting his armor. With Bracken still crying out in pain, Rick ripped his knife out of his shoulder. He turned to bring up the map then pressed the location he wanted to go to.
Moments later Bracken was leaving a trail of blood on the polished concrete as Rick forced him to walk toward the medical car. "What do you want? I can give you anything, anything! Do you have any idea who I am?!" Bracken yelled out his questions as Rick manhandled him into the car where he soon was restrained, strapped to the examination bed after Rick had broken his left arm for resisting him.
"What do you want?" Bracken demanded and watched the masked man stick a needle into his arm and open up the bag of brilliant blue fluid that was hanging there. Then he left him lying there as he screamed at him.
Rick was soon naked, letting the water of the shower wash everything from today away.
