Paige sat her bowl down, "Allie, that soup was perfect. Thank you so much for making it."

Allie nodded, "You're most welcome my Lady."

Paige laughed, "Now don't you start with me." She looked over at Sir Cabe and he just raised his hands.

Allie pulled out a small vial, "Think we can get our Lord to drink this?"

Paige nodded, "I don't see why not. Sir Cabe, do you mind assisting us?" He shook his head as they all stood up and entered the tent. Sir Cabe knelt behind Lord Walter and reaching under his arms he lifted his shoulders until he was sitting up. Paige gently opened and kept his mouth open as Allie carefully poured the contents slowly into his mouth giving him plenty of time to swallow.

Ralph called out from outside of the tent, "Mom?"

Paige smiled as they laid Walter back down, "Yea baby?"

"May I come in and say goodnight to Dad and you?" Ralph asked as Sir Cabe and Allie came out.

"Come on in baby," Paige told him as she got Walter's pillow positioned a little better.

Ralph walked in and knelt down next to Walter. He leaned over and laid his head on his Dad's chest, "I love you Dad. Sleep well and I hope you wake up soon."

Paige smiled as she rubbed his back.

Ralph stood up and walked around Walter and hugged his Mom, "I love you Mom, hope you sleep well."

"Thank you baby, I love you. You sleep well, I'll come over to check on you in a little bit." Paige told him.

Just as Ralph started to step out of the tent he turned, "Mom?"

Paige looked up and smiled, "Yea baby?"

Ralph looked at her very seriously, "Since Sir Cabe didn't talk to Dad before you guys left the other day, was everything okay with Dad and the sex thing?"

Paige froze for a moment before her smiled vanished. She approached it carefully, "What are you talking about?"

Ralph stood there, "After you and Dad left with Selase Happy turned and asked Sir Cabe and Toby if they had the Talk with Dad before you got married. Sir Cabe was a little confused and asked about what Talk and she said the Talk about sex. Happy was pretty upset that neither of them had talk to him about it."

Paige was torn between laughing and giving Happy and Cabe a lashing. She held her arms out and Ralph walked over and she hugged him. "You don't have to worry about that, your Dad was absolutely perfect about that."

Ralph smiled, "Should I tell Sir Cabe and Happy?"

Paige bit her lip to keep from laughing, "No baby, I'll take care of that. You go get ready for sleep."

Ralph nodded before running out of the tent.

Paige waited a little while before she called out, "Happy, Sir Cabe, may I see you a moment please?"

Sir Cabe stepped in and a moment later Happy entered. Paige narrowed her eyes as she looked at them, "Not good," Happy said through the side of her mouth.

"Happy, while I know your concern was from a place of well intention, I would like to request you be a little more discrete when you speak of such things like sex in front of Ralph. Thankfully Walter was unconscious when Ralph just asked about the sex thing. He probably would have been mortified knowing you guys had spoken about his lack of knowledge on the subject. Paige told them with a slight smirk on her face.

Happy let out a breath of relief, "You think that was funny, you should have seen Sir Cabe spit his coffee out of his mouth and nose when Ralph asked him if the reason you guys wouldn't be back until morning was because of the sex thing."

Paige laughed, "You guys have a good night."


Paige left the tent a few minutes after Happy and Sir Cabe had and seeing Toby and Sylvester still at the fire she stepped up to their tent, "Ralph?"

"You can come in if you want Mom," Ralph replied.

Paige stepped in and smiled at Ralph as she knelt down next to him, "Are you comfortable?"

Ralph nodded.

Paige bent over and kissed his forehead, "I just wanted to tell you that you don't have to worry about saying anything to your Dad about the sex thing, I'm sure he will speak with you about it in a few years when you are older."

Ralph smiled, "Okay."

"Sleep well baby," Paige kissed him again before leaving the tent.

Paige looked at everyone by the campfire, "Thank you guys for being there for me today. It is appreciated. Sleep well when you get there."

Happy stood up, "Hey, you might have married the big lug but you are our Lady too. We're here for you as well."

Paige stepped over to her and reached up and touched Happy's face, "Thank you Happy."

Paige disrobed after entering their tent and slid under the blanket with Walter. She rolled to her right and slid her leg over his and put her left arm across his chest. She reached up and stroked his face, "Walter, I don't know if you heard what Ralph had said but I want you to know something. You have fine instincts and you learned quickly. I'm very happy with our love."

Walter jerked a little and Paige smiled as she looked up at his face, "Are you waking up baby?"

Walter jerked again and her smile disappeared, "Walter?"

He jerked again, his shoulders leaving the ground. Paige began to panic as she yelled, "Allie, help."

Paige sat up covering herself with one of the blankets and watched as Walter began thrashing, "Allie."

Happy burst through the opening of the tent followed by Allie and Sir Cabe and they saw Walter thrashing about like a fish out of water. "What happened?" Allie asked as she moved over and knelt down as Happy and Sir Cabe did their best to restrict this movements.

Paige shook her head, "We were just laying here.

Allie put both hands against the skin of his chest and her eyes went white. Her eyes began glowing as she began speaking in the language of the Witch. The ends of her hair began rising up into the air. Sweat beaded up on her forehead and began running down her face as she continued to speak. They all stared in horror as some inky-green fluid began rising out of every orifice of his body.

Toby froze as he came through the flap of the tent, "What in hell?"

Sylvester pushed him aside as he moved in, "Wise Lady." He simply prayed as he froze.

"Guys, we got a serious problem out here," Kaylee yelled from outside the tent.

Sylvester rushed out as Toby moved up with Allie, "Happy let's go see what is going on with Kaylee." Sir Cabe told her as Lord Walter's body quit convulsing.

"Blessed Lady, is that smell the dead?" They heard Sylvester ask.

Paige turned and grabbed her leathers and began putting them on. They heard Kaylee, "I got the barrier put up."


"Pal-a-din, Pal-a-din come forth. Defend your lady, if you dare." The Amatan who had been Bethany called out.

"Dear Athena," Sir Cabe said softly.

Paige rushed out and turned to look where they were all staring. She saw what had been Bethany standing fifty yards out surrounded by at least thirty undead.

"Lord Walter is ill and unable to fight," Sylvester told her.

The Amatan smiled, "Then all of your lives are for-feit-ed."

"Remember if she gestures toward you, jump out of the way as quickly as you can. And don't stand in front of anyone else, they could get hit when you move." Kaylee warned them.

Sir Cabe held up his hand, "Lady Bethany, you were a Paladin of the wise Lady, how did this happen to you?"

The Amatan growled, "I am not she Cav-a-lier, her hate for the slutty whore who took her rightful place beside the Lord caused this."

Ralph heard all the commotion and snuck out of his tent and walked down the side of his parent's tent and saw the Amatan and its undead horde.

"Well then Cav-a-lier, since your master is worthless are you going to face me to save the slutty whore and the rest of you?" The Amatan laughed as it taunted him.

Sir Cabe started to step out and Happy grabbed him and stopped him, "That's just what she wants. She knows you can't do anything to her horde like O'Brien can. They will tear you apart."

"Bitch," the Amatan screamed and gestured at Happy.

Paige's eyes opened real wide and she grabbed Happy and pulled her quickly to the ground. A moment later Sir Cabe and Allie's tent was ripped apart.


Ralph ran around to the entrance of his parent's tent and entered seeing Allie and Toby over discussing Lord Walter's condition. He smelt something strong and saw an inky-green fluid lying on the blanket beside the entrance. He looked around and saw the sack his Dad wore on his belt and grabbed it and reached inside and got his stone head hammer out of it. He moved out of the tent and he looked up at the moon in the sky. 'Wise Lady, we need my Dad, please,' Ralph prayed and then he stepped back over behind his parent's tent.

The hammer was almost more than he could lift with one hand so he held it with both. He remembered watching his Dad when he used his hammer. He mimicked his Dad and thrust it up into the air, speaking quietly, "By the grace of the wise Lady." The hammer slowly started to glow, Ralph smiled and his elbows bent backwards behind his head and as he brought his arms forward he dropped to one knee as his elbows were almost parallel with the ground he snapped his forearms forward releasing the hammer, "For the wise Lady." The resulting mechanical actions translated into greater force and the hammer flew out towards the Amatan.

Everyone saw Lord Walter's hammer go flying out from the other side of the tent and they all smiled in relief. Half expecting to see him charge out after it, they watched as the hammer seemed to transform into lightning and they saw as it struck the Amatan. As it impacted there was a momentary explosion of that white light and all of the undead around it disintegrated as the Amatan was knocked back, tumbling and scraping along the ground.

Paige ran around to see her beloved and froze as she only saw Ralph kneeling on the ground. "Ralph," she screamed.

Everyone ran over and they all saw him breathing hard trying to stand back up, "No way." Happy gasped.

"In-so-lent whelp," The Amatan screamed as she struggled to stand.

Ralph looked up at the Amatan and could see the hate in its eyes. Ralph felt fear for a moment, "Mom." He said softly.


Lord Walter's eyes flashed open and he quickly pushed past Toby and Allie.

As Paige knelt next to him taking him into her arms, he felt his fear recede. Ralph remembered something and he held out his hand, "Garrison."

The stone head hammer responded and flew back towards him. Lord Walter ran out of the tent flap and turned around the corner of the tent and leaped up into the air clearing over the heads of everyone and his hand reached out as he came down on the other side of Ralph and caught the hammer. "By the grace of the wise Lady," he screamed and shoved the hammer high into the air and the hammer burst forth so brightly the entire area looked like noon. He spun around as Ralph smiled and Lord Walter threw the hammer. It looked to transform again and struck the Amatan again driving it further from the camp and he ran down chasing after it.

Allie and Toby ran out of the tent and stood watching with the rest of them.

"Garrison," they heard him say and the hammer flew back to him and again he flung the hammer and it struck the Amatan again driving her back further still.

Paige took off running after him. The Amatan struggled to stand up as Lord Walter yelled, "Garrison." The hammer flew back to him and he jumped up catching the hammer and spun in midair and flung the hammer again and it struck the Amatan. This time the Amatan dropped its sword when it was driven back tumbling along the ground.

Paige took in a deep breath and sang that note she sang earlier and the Amatan was paralyzed as it clutched at its head.

"Garrison," Lord Walter yelled again as he ran forward. He caught the hammer and Sylvester's eyes went wide and he gestured and they watched as a shield of energy enveloped Lord Walter as he leaped into the air and came down with his hammer striking the Amatan's sword. The explosion as the sword was destroyed blinded them all but Paige for a few moments.

Paige had covered her eyes as she saw him coming down and so she wasn't blinded by the releasing energies. She saw Walter lying back a ways from where the explosion happened. She ran over quickly and found him unconscious with a few wounds. She also saw he had indeed run out of the tent without anything on. She smiled as she quickly pulled her cloak off and covered him as the others ran forward.

As they stopped by them Happy smiled, "So I did see what I thought I saw."

Paige blushed a little.

"Okay," Allie took charge, "Let's get him back to his tent so we can take care of his wounds."


While they got Lord Walter back into the tent, Sylvester and Toby emptied Sir Cabe's tent and put it up before erecting one of the spares.

Sir Cabe turned and knelt down in front of Ralph, "Son, what you did, while brave, was very dangerous. Not just because of the Amatan but that hammer returning strikes with a tremendous force. If Lord Walter hadn't of awakened when he did and caught it, you could have been seriously hurt."

"But he awakened because I prayed to the wise Lady," Ralph told him.

Sir Cabe shook his head, "It might seem that way but as I keep explaining to Lord Walter, you can't just pray and charge into a dangerous situation hoping it will turn out alright."

"Leave my child alone," Lord Walter said in a voice of choral proportions.

They all turned to look at Lord Walter, "My Lady?" Sir Cabe said in wonder.

Allie moved back away from him quickly, "I was only trying to help our Lord."

Lord Walter smiled, "You have nothing to fear from me, daughter of Mielikki. You have been a true companion and aid to my children and I thank you."

"My Lady, may I ask, what about Lady Bethany?" Sir Cabe asked.

"She has forever been cast out. She chose that path, I had told her many times she was not my choice for Lord Walter but rather than listen to my voice she chose to act upon her own desires. Lord Walter chose to be obedient to my will. Even though it took me many years to find a worthy mate, and bring her to him. I was so disappointed I couldn't find one single daughter within my own children for him. I had to look elsewhere and then I found this dear sweet child cruelly cast out by my brother. And I was no longer disappointed." Walter's hand came up and caressed Paige's face. Walter smiled as Paige smiled, "She was a bit stubborn at first, but she finally yielded to my direction to come back north to find Lord Walter."

"I set her before you my children, keep her well. For Lord Walter will never love another." Walter looked at the tear that ran down Paige's cheek, "Why the tear my daughter?"

"I don't want Walter going through life without love if something happens to me," Paige told her.

"That is not my choice but he's," Walter began coughing and gasping as he grabbed at his throat.

Allie slowly moved back up, "Easy my Lord."

"My throat," he said hoarsely.

"Its okay my Love, Ralph will get you some water," Paige told him as Ralph ran out of the tent.

"Ralph, is he okay?" Walter asked as he grimaced.

"Thanks to you, he is fine, as are the rest of us my Lord," Happy told him as she sat there still amazed.

Walter nodded, "Do I need too make some water?"

Sir Cabe laughed, "You already did."

Walter frowned, "I don't recall it."

Paige smiled, "I'll tell you later."

Walter looked up at her, "My beautiful bride."

"These wounds are fairly superficial, were there any others Paige?" Allie asked as Ralph ran in with a cup of water.

As Ralph gave the cup to Walter, "I'm so glad you woke up Dad."

Walter smiled, "I'm glad you are okay Ralph."

Paige looked at Happy, Cabe and Ralph, "Sorry guys you need to exit the tent so Allie can make sure Walter is okay."

Paige started pulling the blanket down off of him and Walter stopped mid drink, "Paige?"

Paige smiled, "Walter, Allie is now responsible for our health, and she needs to be able to examine you to ensure there are no other wounds." She continued to pull the blanket down.

Walter grabbed her hand, "My Love, this is highly improper."

Paige laughed, "This from the man who ran out of this very tent a short bit ago naked as a jaybird in front of everyone? Look Walter, I'm okay with Allie seeing you and taking care of you. I trust her, she is certainly more reliable than Toby."

"My Lord, if you are really that uncomfortable with this. I won't do it, but I take my responsibility to you seriously." Allie told him as she pulled the blanket back up. She looked at Paige, "Make sure there are no other wounds, if there are have Toby examine him. These are safe for you to heal."

Allie started to stand up and Paige grabbed her hand stopping her as she looked at Walter with anger. "Do you know what the wise Lady herself said about Allie? She said 'You have nothing to fear from me, daughter of Mielikki. You have been a true companion and aid to my children and I thank you.' And that was after Allie had already examined your entire naked body after the first fight with Bethany. So if Athena is okay with it, then maybe you can stop being a baby and let her take care of you? You trust her to take care of me don't you?"

Walter looked at Allie, "Apparently I'm out voted."

Allie shook her head, "In my care you can't be out voted, I won't treat you against your will my Lord. My goddess could step into this tent and tell me to treat you and I would refuse regardless to her displeasure if you didn't give me permission."

Walter swallowed hard, "You may treat me."

Allie smiled and took hold of the blanket and began to drag it down and he stopped her, "Just, please don't discuss my size."

Paige looked at him as Allie kind of smiled, "What do you mean? What's wrong with your size?"

He looked at Paige, "Toby has always teased me that I am below average," Walter told her with his cheeks burning.

While Paige could believe Toby doing that, she was stunned by his words, "Say what?"

Allie stopped just before she exposed him, "My Lord, I've known since our first night together how large you are and you have nothing to worry about that. And when it comes to Toby, you are much larger."

"How could you know this?" Lord Walter looked at her.

Paige smiled, "She knew Toby broke his left middle toe when he was twelve and almost died because he didn't tell anyone. And she knew early I was hungry for a peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwich and then she knew I wanted lentil soup for dinner, she's amazing."

Allie smiled, "As a white witch your cells tell me everything about you, except fresh wounds. Something about the trauma has them confused for a while. That's why I need to visually inspect you."

Allie pulled the blanket on down and examined him as Walter closed his eyes. Paige smiled as she shook her head.

Allie looked up and saw his eyes closed and smiled, "Okay, it looks like you are fine. Judging by the energy level of your cells you will be awake maybe another hour. So enjoy sometime together and then get a good night's sleep." Allie pulled the blanket up enough to cover him.

"Thank you Allie," Lord Walter told her as she stood up.

Paige smiled, "Does that mean he's okay to have sex?"

Lord Walter's cheeks flamed.

Allie smiled and nodded before she left.

Paige pulled her leathers back off and slipped under the blanket with him then reached over and picked up her lute and began playing and singing causing his wounds to heal over. As the last of the wounds closed she sat the lute off to the side and turned and climbed up and straddled Walter. They began kissing as Walter ran his hands up and down her body. Paige smiled as she felt his manhood grow, "And no matter what, you are perfect for me."


Doing okay here in Indy, got to go to the VA hospital tomorrow, might need to stop and grab some face masks if the store has any. Hope you guys are all doing well! To the Adventure! -Tim