It's about Time
Chapter 3
Rick was really liking his new job and his new name. It wasn't exactly like his old job, but this one came with a whole lot of bennies. For one he had wings! Nice, big, beautiful, white wings, even if he only had them when he could be seen in his new true form. Granted he had never really thought about Angels or God before. He'd simply been doing what he thought was right. Like his mother had raised him to be.
That was until the day he had died. True he'd been doing his job and thought he was really good at it, even if he did say so himself. Plus he lived his life like his mother had taught him. Though he would like to think that he would have risked everything for those girls anyway. Where they were being taken was just not a place for them. He only wished he had been able to do something about all the other girls that preceded them. They were likely living lives of living hell.
THAT was when his life changed. For the better he would like to say. He had been just aimlessly wandering deep inside a forest somewhere with no knowledge of how he had even gotten there. The last thing he really remembered was racing down streets on his bike and that his back was screaming at him with each and every bump.
It was just that this place was so very peaceful. Even the animals that he saw from time to time didn't really run away so much as just look at him and go about their business. He left them alone and they left him alone.
He really had no idea just how long he had been walking since the forest never seemed to really end. There was no real trail to follow. The trees were tall, there were ferns everywhere, bits of grass and other plants. The sun was seemingly always up and shining bright.
Besides an occasional animal he never saw anyone. Not a single soul. Then suddenly he did.
He was a little old looking. Just not wrinkled kind of old. Okay, maybe not that old, just older than him. "Why thank you, Castle." Rick was shocked. He was the very first person he'd seen for some time. In fact, now that he thought about it, he was the very first person he had seen.
"You know my name? …I don't even know who you are." Rick was sure, well pretty sure, that he'd never seen him before. He felt a bit confused about his name, too. He was almost certain it hadn't been Castle before. But since the man seemed so positive about it he must be right.
"Oh, we've met, you just don't remember me. But that's okay, I don't take offense. People never seem to remember ever seeing me. Granted they had only just been conceived thanks to me and couldn't yet see anything." That was how it always was and he wasn't angry or even mildly upset.
"Walk with me. I have a job that I think you're perfect for." He waited for Rick to join him and started walking.
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That was the day that had changed everything. Rick found out that this guy was God. Not just God but THE GOD. The one true God that everyone talked about. The person who had given life to, well everything, if you believed in that sort of thing.
He had a job for him and since Rick was lonely as there being no one else around him, he listened. "I want you to go back to Earth and collect all the women that got away from you. All the ones that you didn't have a chance to save. All the ones that were taken from their families and sold to someone. There are three stipulations, though. Are you interested?"
"Save all the women those people sold into slavery or worse?" His imagination could conceive of something far worse than just slavery. "Count me in! You've come to the right guy!" Boy had He found the right guy. "What are the stipulations?" He had mentioned something about there being a catch. There was always a catch.
He revealed the first stipulation. "You have to save them with no one but them being able to see you. Only the women you are saving can see you saving them."
"Sounds like a challenge." It sounded like a big one but he would still do it. "What else?"
"You cannot kill anyone for any reason. Thou shalt not kill and all that," He stated simply.
"Not kill the guy that is or has been raping them over and over again? Not kill the guy that was presently doing who knows what to them when I come to rescue them? You don't ask for much, do you?" That might end up being a real challenge.
What if he showed up to rescue her and this sick person was…? Rick did his best to wipe that picture from his brain. Thinking it was bad enough, but what if he actually saw it? Or worse?
But He was silent and just continued walking.
Rick really didn't want to kill anyone. He hadn't actually killed Espo, though if he remembered correctly he had killed Ryan. Oh, and that guard that had… That had Rick reaching for his back.
"That wound is long since healed. Do you agree?" He already knew that he would but Rick was the one that was going to have to tell himself.
"What's the third one?" He had said there were three.
He looked at him sternly. "You are forbidden to fall in love with any of the women that you save. You're there to save them, not make them your wife or have them become attached to you. You're there to take them back to the lives they would have had, not create a new one for them."
Not fall in love with any of them? Now that sounded like the simplest stipulation he had ever heard of. This was going to be easy! Save for one problem.
"Just how am I to accomplish this when I don't even know where I am now?" That and he had absolutely no idea where any of these girls were.
"You agree then?" He waited expectantly. Rick needed to say it. To believe it himself and not have it forced on him.
"Save damsels in distress? Absolutely I agree! Do I get a white horse?" That was how heroes rode in and saved the girl, wasn't it?
"Close." He actually chuckled softly then He touched him. "You are now an Angel of God. You begin immediately." Then He vanished.
"I'm a WHAT!?" What had He just said? Granted he had instantly trusted Him for reasons that escaped him. Just that if he had decided to do something stupid he was also sure he could have taken him.
Suddenly Rick saw his own hand; it was white and glowing softly. Then his arm, followed by his legs, body, and… "NO WAY! I HAVE WINGS!?" Not just any wings, either. They were huge and they were white. Did that mean…? Suddenly he found he was flapping them and then… "I'M FLYING!" This was so incredibly cool!
He wasn't just flying, he was incredibly fast while flying. He didn't hear any sonic boom, but he just had to have made one. …Or more than one.
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That had been a couple of years ago. Rick remembered the very first girl he'd rescued. He hadn't stuck around after taking her home to her parents who hadn't seen her in a very long time. He also didn't stick around for any of the thank yous. And he wasn't there to make sure her homecoming went well or after she was home. She had her life back and what she did with it was all on her.
He was presently on his mission to find the last girl. He had learned over time that if he concentrated hard enough he knew exactly where they were. A few had been easy to reach. They were locked up in a room all to themselves. He simply swooped in, picked them up, and took them home.
Others lived in what could only be described as a harem. A few girls all shared the same room. Catching those girls alone had proven to be more of a challenge. He was only supposed to allow the girl he was saving to see him, so he had been forced to bide his time.
However, he was down to his last girl, thankfully. He even knew how long she had been there and prayed that it hadn't been too long for her.
He really hadn't paid any attention on just where on Earth any of them had been taken to since where their real home was was all that really mattered. This one, since she was his last one, was located in Thailand. That in itself didn't really mean anything to him; it was just another place.
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This section is not for the faint of heart. It involves a topic that not everyone is going to be comfortable with.
Reader discretion is very strongly advised!
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Thanks to having done this a few times he knew how to do this now. He watched from a distance until the outside area was all clear and then glided in. While flapping his wings was mostly silent, it still made a little bit of sound and he didn't need to start making mistakes now.
He glided in and landed very softly. There was a window and though the blinds were closed the window itself was open. He knew the mere movement of a finger could solve that problem. Then he heard a voice which told him that she wasn't alone.
"Are you ready to be fucked, slut?" a male voice asked.
"Yes, Master, I need to be fucked so badly." Rick heard her voice and he knew that she was telling the truth. She really did want to be fucked.
"Where do you want to be fucked, slut?" the first voice asked her.
"Anywhere, Master. My pussy and my ass need to be fucked, Master." Rick could detect that she was actually begging to be fucked.
"Both cocks in your pussy or both in your ass?" the second voice asked her.
She immediately replied, "Yes, Master! Whatever pleases you, Master." By the tone of her voice she really did want both cocks in either location at the same time.
Rick turned around and tried to close his ears. It didn't prevent him from hearing some of it, though. He just knew some of this was going to be burned into his brain forever.
He listened to her whimper, moan, and finally scream out her first orgasm. He also had to listen to the second man asking if she liked being fucked and being a slut.
"Yes, Master. I'm a slut and love being fucked." Rick squeezed his eyes closed when he knew she wasn't lying.
He wasn't sure what happened next exactly but he was sure based on what was being said one man was either still in her ass or back in her ass, while the other was in her mouth.
He had heard the first man order her to take his cock down her throat. He'd also heard her gagging on his cock. "You're a good cocksucking slut, aren't you, slut?" the first man had asked her.
"Yes, Master." She had answered truthfully. He wasn't entirely sure since her mouth was full but he thought she had orgasmed yet again but had her scream silenced.
He had no choice but to keep waiting as none of them were done yet. He listened to still more questions about her being a slut and if she loved being a slut. Then it got worse. The first man was happy and done except she begged him to fuck her since he had done nothing.
So Rick had to keep waiting as she gave him a blowjob and listened to her choking on his cock.
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It had been a first for Rick. None of the other girls had acted like this one. All of the others had been happy to escape. He feared he might be too late for this one. It sounded like she had already been turned and wanted to be used. Addicted to sex, more sex, and still more sex. Maybe it was because she had no idea what love really was and was now confused that sex itself was love. It was all she really knew. It might be too late for her but he wasn't there to save her from continuing what she was doing. He was there to rescue her and take her home.
What she did with her life after that was her business.
The second she was alone which happened to coincide with her being asleep. He went into the room scooped her up and took her home to her parents and left her there. He had stayed only long enough for her parents to suddenly find her. "It's a miracle!" Her mother had started crying that her daughter was finally home.
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It had been at least a year and Rick had spent all of it back where he'd been to begin with – in his forest. It had also been a very lonely year since he inhabited his forest all alone. Of all the girls he had worried over it was the last one. It might have been too late of her. He never really considered that she was destined to be a slut addicted to sex no matter who or where she was.
Suddenly he was no longer alone. "Richard Castle."
"My Lord !" Rick bowed to recognize that He was in charge. He was God after all. "How may I serve You ?" The last time he had seen him he had a job for him so it was logical to assume he had another job for him.
"I have another task for you. This one is going to be far more challenging. You could potentially lose your life forever," He warned him.
"Tell me more, Lord." Rick was in. The risks only meant it was worth so much more and the potential for saving lives had to be greater since the risk for even an Angel was made clear.
"There is a great risk to the humans of Earth. For the moment it's confined to New York City. A city you know well."
"I did at one time, Lord, but depending on just when in time this takes place I might not know it all that well any longer." Rick thought it might not be that simple.
"The year is 2012. I believe you'll fit right in." God still liked him for this job. "A race has made its way to Earth and they are a threat to every human on the planet." It was possible that it might mean the end of the entire planet and all the other planets in the system. He would have to start from scratch again.
He gave him the same restriction as before. "Save them but be not seen. But this time you will be given the power to switch between being an Angel and an ordinary human." It told Rick that he could travel the city and be seen.
God brought in one of them so Rick could see for himself what he was up against.
"But they're just statues," Rick protested, not really believing a word. Statues weren't a threat to anyone.
"Only when you see them," God replied. "They're lonely assassins. No one really knows quite where they came from, but they're as old as the universe, or very nearly. And they have the perfect defense system ever evolved. Quantum locked. They don't exist when they're being observed. The moment they're seen by any other living creature they freeze into rock. It's a fact of their biology. Any living thing sees them, they literally turn to stone. You can't kill a stone. Of course a stone can't kill you either, but then you turn your head away. Then you blink and yes, it can. That's why they cover their eyes. They can't risk looking at each other. Their greatest asset is their greatest curse. They can never be seen. Loneliest creatures in the universe.
"Technically they don't kill you. When they touch you they send you back in time to a point where your normal lifespan will not intersect with your life in that previous time frame. They feed off of the life energy that your original life would have had. They effectively feed off of time itself. The greater the future time of the person they feed on the more energy they get." Did he understand what He was telling him?
Rick thought about it. "Time." Who had the most amount of time? Only God himself really knew the answer to that question. You could live to be 108 or die when you were born. "BABIES!" Babies had their entire lives in front of them.
God only smiled. He was proven right about Rick yet again. "You will do well." He did have a warning for him. "There is a problem that you will have to deal with."
Rick was ready to groan again. Of course it wasn't that simple. There had to be a catch.
"My greatest Angel turned on me and became Lucifer. His hatred of the human race is limitless. He will learn of this threat as I have and will decide to capitalize on the situation. What he will do even I don't know. You will need to be wary of what he does." It was the strongest warning He could give him.
"I don't have the power to deal with him, Lord. Only you have that power. But I will keep my eyes open. I will not fail you." He couldn't since it sounded like the entire race or maybe the entire planet's future was in his hands.
"Don't blink, don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They're fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and DON'T BLINK! …Good luck." God vanished in the blink of an eye.
He left Rick standing there with one of them there before him with its hands over its eyes. It was his first problem and his first test before he even made it back to Earth.