LANCER 29

Lost

Scott was making an evening snack in the kitchen for his wife, when a detail caught his eye. The front door was slightly ajar even though he was sure he had closed it earlier. He noticed that the boys' fishing rods were gone.

"No, they haven't come out! This would explain the lack of effort on schoolwork." The man thought.

Scott checked the boys' room, finding that they were indeed gone! He was going to kill them!

William could barely swim, and with the weight of his clothes and shoes, he was tirelessly pulled down to the bottom, he managed to fight his way back to the surface only to go under once again! Johnny, seeing him in trouble, swam over to him.

"I will help you. Do not move unless I tell you! Do not grab on to me!" He ordered sternly. "Otherwise you'll drown us both!"

Fortunately, William obeyed Johnny, who managed to pull them both to the side, but he had no more strength. "Can you get up and pull me out?" John asked William. "We must quickly get out of the water or we will be hypothermic." He informed.

"No, I can't do it!" William said.

"Okay, let's stay calm. I'm going to try again, we absolutely have to get out of the water! Push on my butt! If I can't get up, I'll let myself be carried away by the river to go up further, it's easier there to get back up. You stay there, you hang on well, you definitely don't sleep! I come back for you."Johnny said.

At that moment, two strong arms grabbed them both simultaneously and pulled them out of the water with lightning speed!

"Scott! Daddy!" They said at the same time, so happy that he was there! But at the same time they knew he was going to kill them!

"Undress!" The man ordered sternly.

"No Scott, please!" Said Johnny,his teeth chattering.

"We are very sorry Daddy! Don't whip us!" William continued, also shaking with cold.

"Although you deserve a good spanking with my belt immediately, I will first bring you back and warm you up! You will get pneumonia if you stay here with your clothes soaked in this cold. Both of you! All naked! Quickly!" Scott explained as he helped them undress.

Scott took off his shirt and slipped it over William's head, and his T-shirt on Johnny.

Shirtless himself and the children barely covered, he had to hurry. He grabbed each child under his arm and started running towards the house.

Scott put the two children down in front of the fireplace and lit a fire. The fire was quick to rise as the ashes were still hot from the evening.

He pulled two warm woolen blankets over their shoulders and made hot chocolate.

After what seemed an eternity, which was actually less than 20 minutes, the children were safe and warm.

Scott had a huge urge to punish them now, but rationally it wasn't safe, he was mad, angrier than he had ever been! His blood was boiling in his veins and his heart was pounding. Would he be able to control himself? Sure, he had done so far. But he couldn't take the slightest risk of being too hard and hurting them. Especially not William, a good quiet spanking would teach them more. And above all, he had to think about how he was going to punish them. He wanted it to count.

"I am too angry to punish you now. Tomorrow morning I'm working early in the western lands. I'll be gone by the time you wake up. You'll come home straight after school and wait for me to call you to your room."

"Yes sir."

"I'm sorry Dad." William said.

"Me too, are you going to tell Daddy?"

"Is that all you are worried about Johnny? Yes I will tell him, we will decide who will punish you."

Then Scott noticed his son's eyes.

"William, look at me." Scott waited for the boy to look up. "Even though I'm angry and what you've done is serious, I will be giving you a good spanking, but it won't be anything you can't handle. I promise I will never hurt you. You might receive quite a few belt strikes, but no cane or anything like that. No blows anywhere other than your butt or your thighs. Get that idea out of your head. I'll never do it, no matter what you might do, understand me?"

"Yes Daddy, thank you"

"Thank you?" Scott thought confused. "In bed," he ordered. "But first come here!"

Scott hugged the two boys in a tight hug. He needed to touch them and hold them against him. The children cried in his arms, they were hugging! Despite what they had done!

Did you need to take such a long time my darling? Have you been looking for tea in China?" Evi joked, unaware of the events of the evening. Then seeing his tear-streaked face. "Is everything alright?"

Scott explained to her what had happened.

"Oh God! They could have died! What are you going to do?"

"I don't know for sure. Tomorrow I'm leaving early for the western lands with a few men. We need to round up about 20 horses, I'll only punish them in the evening, I also need to talk to Daddy for John. He might want to punish him himself. I should have calmed down by then and to decided what punishment I want to inflict "

"No matter what you decide, you'll be fair." Evi said with conviction.

"Come here, my man needs a hug!" Evi hugged him and hugged him, completely forgetting about her tea.

"Everything all right sir?" Jack asked. Scott had been straining his muscles all day long, doing the three-man job on his own on the wooden stakes used to hold the chosen horses.

"It's okay Jack, continue" Scott ordered. Jack obeyed.

"What is bothering you my son?" This time it was Murdoch, Jack had gone looking for him, something was wrong with Scott.

The man told his father what had happened, Murdoch was pacing up and down, also mad!"

"I can't calm down!" Scott said furious. "They could both have died!" Said Scott.

"I'm going to kill him!" Murdoch replied. "I understand you want to punish him Scott, but this time I want my turn. Maybe this is the exception, should John have a spanking from both of us?"

"It's not fair that he has more than William." Scott said.

"I can punish William too if you agree to that."

"I do, sure, but I don't know how he would react, you know his past. On the other hand, he knows you pretty well now. Let me think about it."

At school, Evi had two little angels as students. Both waiting and knowing that a spanking was coming from her husband had that effect.

Yet after lunch she felt strange, very heavy.

"Ma'am? Are you all right?" Johnny asked. He had seen that his aunt was looking strange.

Johnny's voice echoed for Evi, as if the boy was very, very far away.

"Mom? Sit down!" William ordered even further.

Then she couldn't hear anything, and suddenly she collapsed, her legs no longer holding her.

Johnny rushed over and barely caught her head before it hit the ground.

Then Johnny went into "Leader" mode.

"William, go get the doctor!" William immediately obeyed.

"Everyone go out! Time for recess! They need some air! Elisabeth, you are the oldest girl, you watch the little ones please!"

"Alright Johnny," she replied leading all the kids outside.

"Sam, Lou, you stay with her and support her head, Jason, stay with the girls just in case! I'll get Scott!"

Johnny ran out and took the first horse he saw, galloping off at lightning speed.

"I'll bring it back to you!" Johnny shouted to the group.

"Johnny Lancer!" Val cried, but Johnny was already gone.

Scott was pulling through the fence lines when he heard his name screamed. Johnny was approaching at a gallop.

"It's Evi, she's fallen!"

Scott gave it all! He climbed in front of Johnny and galloped towards the school.

When Scott arrived, the doctor had also arrived.

"Carry her to my office, Scott."

"How is she doing?" Scott asked.

"She'll be fine, with some rest. She's lost a lot of blood. Scott, I'm sorry, she lost the baby."

"The main thing is that she's going to be fine!"

"It is common to lose the fetus before three months, I see no impact on her other pregnancies."

"Do you think it's the long trip to the fair that isthe cause of the loss?"

"No, that mist likely had nothing to do with it. It happens, don't blame yourself Scott, it's nobody's fault. Know that nature does things well, there must have been a problem for her to lose the fetus. She will be better now."

"Can I take her home?"

"Yes, but she needs to rest. Today is Friday, by Monday she should be better. Millions of women lose fetuses, don't worry."

In the evening, after a meal tray, Evi was resting in her room.

It was time to take care of the boys.