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Chapter 5
“Breathe Tal, try and calm down,Tally…Tal,” Raelle said, as she gently shook the redhead’s shoulder trying to get her friend’s attention, the blond had no idea what was going on, had Alder really kissed Tally before she lost consciousness? She would talk to Tally about that later, she needed to be there for her sister who was clearly frantic about the general.
Rae tried to ease next to her friend to get a better look at the injury, she moved Tally’s hand off of the deathly still woman to assess the wound, it was still bleeding and the slice went deep into the muscle maybe nicked the jugular. “Tally this is really bad I’ll try..”
Anacostia was holding Alder’s hand across from the two cadets, searching her surrogate mother’s face for any sign of her waking, silently willing her to do so.
Raelle began murmuring her healing incantation, “Ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find….” But all it was doing is weakening the blond cadet, it was a loosing battle she could feel it, Collar severed the link before it was too late, gasping her head spinning.
“It’s not working Alder is too complicated, to many different forces inside her.” Collar was also exhausted, she had expended so much energy fighting the Camarilla and destroying the nightmare Penelope had become, she knew she had not processed Pen’s death, but now was not the time, Tal needed her.
“Where are the biddies? We need them close, and we need Izadora, she’s the only one who knows her way around the link between the biddies and the General, she can help me heal her, she’ll know what to do. We need to move her to Necro now!”
Anacostia got to her feet announcing she was going to get the biddies ASAP, She spared a quick glance towards her adopted mother, silently willing her to hang on until she could bring the biddies safely back to her.
“I’ll meet you there, goddess willing,” Anacostia said, as she sprinted away in the direction of the foundling housing.
Tally was still trying to rouse Alder, begging her to say something, move, open her eyes, pleading though her tears, it was heart breaking to all who witnessed the scene.
Abs took charge in her typical Bellweather way. “Alright everybody let’s lift her on three and carry her over to Necro, Now! come on people move.” Abigail, Gregorio, M, Raelle and a couple other cadets got on either side of General Alder with Tally never taking her hand of Sarah’s wound cradling her head against her chest as she walked backwards.
They worked together to carry the general as gently as possible but still moving as quickly as they could. It seemed to Tally the lines on Sarah’s face were getting more pronounced with every step they took.
“Oh Sarah, you got to hang on, I need you, I love you, “ she whispered in her lover’s ear letting her lips fleetingly brush along the rim.
They made it into the Necro building, working their way awkwardly down the stairs towards Izadora’s lab. The group burst though the doors, quickly laying Alder down on the nearest gurney, beckoning Izadora away form several injured witches to come help. The Necro General was shocked at the state Sarah was in, looking around she asked, “Where are the biddies?”
Izadora was trying to make sense of this rag tag group of cadets, the ones who had recently openly challenged the General were now carrying her in injured. Alder was close to death, Izadora could feel it from across the room. Striding over she scanned the General with her hands spread wide, hovering over the general’s body shaking ever so slightly as the extent of the damage and blood loss became clear to her. Izadora tried to move Tally’s hand away to see the wound for herself, it did not take an trained medic I know it was bad, she could see the blood was still oozing around Tally’s fingers and the large stain on Sarah uniform.
“Carven, let me see, let go. I’ve got her now” Izadora tried coaxing again, “let go.”
“No! I’ve got to help her this is my fault, she can’t die, not now.”
Izadora caught Raelle’s eye and made a motion for Raelle to come speak to her away from the crowd assembled around General Alder.
Raelle followed Izadora a short distance away, and listened to what the Necro General had to say.
“As strong as you are Raelle if you link with her she will take you with her, she’s dying, the blood loss is critical.”
“I know I felt it when I tried to link with her before we brought her here, there so much going on inside her it hard to find what is her and which are the links to the biddies.”
Izadora nodded, “We might be able to close the wound if we work together, then we can tackle the biddy connections and shared aging after we stabilize her, if you are willing to give it a try with me, Cadet Collar?”
Raelle looked over at her sister who was bent over the general, tears running down her cheeks, just then Tally looked up searching for Rae, with the most beseeching look in her deep brown eyes, lost, desperate, pleading. There was only one answer.
“Ok yes, let’s do it.”
The thunderous sound of running could be heard moments before Ana and the biddies rushed in and encircled the gurney.
Raelle and Izadora stood on either side of the general casting their combined work giving all they had in order to heal the general, the biddies singing the seed of restoration, a low harmonic echoing off the concrete walls.
Tally eyes widened as she felt the skin beneath her bloody fingers start to knit back together she pulled her hand tentatively away from the wound, it closed as she watched in awe, it left behind only a faint red scar.
“Rea, General—you did it, thank you, thank you,”
“For now Craven, at least the bleeding is stopped.” Izadora warned, letting the distraught cadet know she was not out of the woods yet.
While they waited to see if the General would recover, Tally washed Sarah lovingly, cleaning the blood off her face and body and with some help from Izadora’s colleges they got General Alder into a clean uniform, then they waited and waited for any sign of a return to consciousness.
The group had dispersed, the biddies resting on chairs all around, they where exhausted, strained by Sarah’s weakened state. Everyone was giving Tally a wide berth not wanting to disturb what ever the hell was going on with her and the general. Tally never left Sarah’s side holding her hand in both of hers, occasionally kissing her bruised knuckles.
Word was coming down from Petra, they had regained control of the base and clean up was starting, damage assessment reports were being disseminated more frequently now. They had taken heavy losses but Fort Salem was now back under witch control.
The first thing Sarah was aware of was pain, every muscle screaming, her body feeling like it was full of lead, her limbs and eyelids where unbearably heavy. She struggled to pry her eyes open, immediately blinded by a stark white light, then she saw the most beautiful sight as Tally Carven’s worried face slid into her line of vision blocking out the harsh light.
“Tally…,” She croaked, wetting her lips, “where am I?”
“We are in Izadora’s lab you’ve lost so much blood.”
“Fort Salem, is it safe??”
“Yes, the Camarilla have been driven out, don’t worry, rest now”
“Thank the Goddess,” Sarah was so tired she could feel the biddies were struggling to share her extreme weakness caused by the large volume of blood loss. Sarah made a rash decision she would let the biddies die with her, either today or slowly in the coming years.
“Tally I need you to listen, please hear me out, you’ve got to take me to the Mother, the Mycelium, the biddies are fading and so am I, I know you can feel it…..Tally please, you got to get Izadora to unbind us, I do not want to take the biddies with me if I die. They have given so much, sacrificed their lives for me, please, can you do this for me, you got to be brave now my love.”
Tally shook her head. “What? No Sarah you’re going to be fine, I know it, fight, I now how strong you are.”
“Tally you know we can free them, they could get a second chance just like you did when I let you go after the Tarim. Izadora can do it,” Alder was silently pleading with her lover, then asked again, “let me do this for them before it’s too late.”
Tally nodded, not trusting he could speak without sobbing. Her heart shattering at the thought of loosing Sarah.
General Alder was drifting in and out, but she gritted her teeth willing herself to be present for Tally but talking to her lover had taken a great deal out of her. Izadora had noticed Alder was awake and came over resting a hand on Craven’s shoulder.
“What can I do for you General?” Izadora enquired.
Sarah made her wishes clear to Izadora, who only inclined her head and made everything ready. Sarah wanted the biddies, Tally, Anacostia, Raelle Abigail and Izadora with her in the bunker that held the Mycelium.
It was tight with the biddies in chairs facing away from Sarah. Tally at her side, and Izadora in the center behind the General, Raelle was next to the living wall. Abigail and Anacostia standing by the entrance making sure they were not disturbed. Anacostia had tears rolling unchecked down her face.
Before the ritual started Sarah asked Tally to come closer, “Tally, please don’t be angry with me, this the right thing to do and you know it, deep down you know it.” Tally could not speak, for fear she would scream, she nodded her head and leaned down to kiss her lover not caring about her audience. Sarah palmed her cheek as they kissed, slowly stroking Tally’s face as their lips parted and she sat back in her chair ready for Izadora’s complex working, ready for whatever came next.
Izadora appeared to be in a trance like state, as she untangled the eight life forces, the biddies writhing in pain as they were split from their general, being pulled apart by the incredibly complex working.
The biddies were becoming youthful again, Izadora was vibrating with effort, Sarah was gasping mouth wide open, head thrown back. Tally ran her hands over ebony hair trying her best to sooth her lover. Izadora was putting all her vast experience into the unbinding, then she clapped loudly and it was done.
The silence was palpable as everything stopped at once, the biddies free from the bond, youthful once more, as they rose from their chairs and embraced, hugging and smiling together before turning to the rapidly aging Alder and in unison said, “It has been our great honor to serve you General Alder we can never thank you enough.”
“Thank you, Daughters your sacrifice will never be forgotten. Your duty is done now, I wish you a happy full life, I want you to enjoy it, history will not forget the last biddies I promise you, will you give us the room please?’, when they hesitated Sarah added, “Dismissed.”
Ever obedient the seven women filed out, tears forming, knowing they most likely would never see The General again, Alder continued to wither as they stoically left the room.
“God No! Sarah please stay a little longer, there so much I have left to say to you,
I need more time with you…I’m not ready…” Tally begged, now on her knees besides the women she loved, watching her slip away unable to stop it.
Raelle and Abigail made eye contact with Izadora who just shook her head, as she said, “It’s her time Craven, let her go, come now cadet,” she tried to pull Tally to her feet away from Sarah, that’s when Tally Craven lost it.
“Get off of me, don’t touch me!”, Tally screamed as she shoved the Necro general away with both hands, then she clung to Sarah, wrapping her arms around the slim waist, head pressed to Alder’s chest, she could hear her heartbeat getting fainter. “I love you Sarah, I’ll love you forever…”
Raelle was watching helpless as Tally broke down, unsure of what to do next, when all of a sudden she felt an immense power flowed though and around her, the Mycelium was reaching silver tendrils out towards Sarah, while engulfing Raelle in a golden swirling cloud of spores, the blond cadet extended her hands feeling the power of all the witches that came before her channel though her body coalescing in a power unlike anything she had ever felt. She let it loose towards Alder with a seed sound made up of thousands of voices, intuitively knowing what the Mycelium wanted her to do, the cloud of spores engulfed Sarah Alder as Rae fell to her knees spent, Raelle watched in awe as the tendrils wrapped around Sarah glowing so brightly she lost sight of Tally and the general for a long few seconds, before a burst of light flashed from around the couple, the bunker now cracked and full of young fungal life colorfully covering all the concrete surfaces, pulsing with an ancient energy.
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The last thing Sarah expected was to wake up in her bedroom in Fort Salem feeling younger and more energetic then she had felt in years, she reached out though her bond to the biddies out of habit, nothing, no one to answer her on the other end. She was in bed but a weight was holding down the blankets on her left side, she rolled to see a shock of long messy red hair, Tally Craven was sleeping with her back to her, head propped on her hands at the very edge of the bed, like she was afraid to disturb her. Sarah propped herself on an elbow and softly ran her hand though the amber locks, fingers drifting to her cheek, her shoulder, as she placed the lightest kiss there, then another where her neck and shoulder met.
Alder slipped out of bed, dressed in only a gray sleeveless t-shirt and sweats going over to the mirror she was stunned at her own reflection, she was glowing, radiant, healthy, sharp steel blue eyes twinkling as she lifted her chin and fingered her healed throat, as she ran her hands over her body, she could feel none of the weariness she usually carried.
“Everything where it should be?” Tally asked as she stepped up behind Adler smiling.
“Ha ha very funny.. actually yes, as a mater of fact I feel great.”
“Umm…. will you do something for me?”
“Of course love, what is it?”
“Please kiss me Sarah, I thought I had lost you, you scared the shit out of me, don’t ever do that again,” Tally swatted at her.
Sarah turned and pulled her against her body, “Feel me, I’m here, I’m real, I feel stronger then I have in years.” She held Tally’s face cradling her jaw, brushing a thumb along her full lips, watching Tally’s eyelids flutter close at the gentle contact. Sarah leaned in, closing the gap kissing her slowly, exploring until Tally moaned and demanded entrance into her mouth, tongues dueling for dominance as Sarah pressed her back against the wall pushing her body into the cadet’s, her leg insinuating itself between her lover’s long legs. Alder cupped the nape of Tally’s neck tilting her face up so she could kiss her passionately, her lover surrendered with guttural cry, “Hurry please.. Sarah I need to feel you.”
As Sarah plundered her mouth letting the new intense magical energy flow though her and into her lover. She could not stop from reaching under her T-shirt making Tally’s belly ripple in anticipation, pushing it up further, she cupped her breast from below dragging her thumb across hardening nipple, circling it, the erect tips poking visibly though the T, the coarse fabric making them all the more sensitive. Alder could not, would not stop herself from taking the other breast into her mouth, sucking it firmly, saliva making the fabric wet, while hot breath through the shirt was driving Tally crazy, her arousal already gathering in her shorts. She jumped when Sarah squeezed her nipple between thumb and forefinger, rolling it slowly as her teeth nipped at the other nipple.
Alder pulled away a fraction and yanked the T-shirt off leaving Tally nude except for her sleep shorts, Sarah kissed all over Tally’s chest, kissing her pounding pulse point biting her shoulder has she pushed her hand down into her lover’s shorts cupping her sex, feeling the arousal coating her palm.
“Already so needy my love,” Sarah asked as she squeezed Tally’s mound, pulsing it with her hand, putting pressure on her clit with her palm.
“Sarah yeesss! I need, you…. fuck, just take me already I need to feel you inside now!”, Tally was desperate she had so many emotions she had yet to process, the attack, almost loosing Sarah so soon after really connecting with her, and Penelope ….my god Pen, she just wanted to forget everything for a while. She was grinding against Sarah’s hand willing her to enter, her clit rock hard from the constant rubbing.
“Tally, slow down, look at me. Keep your eyes open,” Alder lifted her lover’s leg to hook above her hip, opening her, looking deep in her eyes, the pupils dilating as she sunk two fingers slowly inside, curling them as she reached as deep as her knuckles dragging them back out to the tip of her fingers.
“God yes Sarah, arrrgh more…I need more”
Sarah slammed her fingers back in reveling in the tightness that was pulling her in deeper, her lovers sex was already quivering she could feel her lover rushing towards orgasm as she repeated the slow thrusts pushing her harder against the wall, her thigh driving her hand deeper. Tally clung to her neck and wrapped both her legs around the general giving Sarah more room to forcefully pound into her, Tally’s back thumping against the wall as Sarah used all her newly acquired strength, Tally was panting, praising her lover, beseeching the goddess in her quest for climax, she started returning the thrusts matching Sarah relentless pace curling her hips into the strong hand, loving how the palm teased her clit. Sarah held her tight with her free arm and sped up her thrusts.
“Yes Baby Yes…..More god… don’t stop”
Sarah pulled out and returned with three fingers fucking her until the veins on her arm and back of her hand were standing up, muscles burning. There was no way Sarah was slowing before her lover came.
Sarah grabbed Tally ass and raked her nails across the soft cheek almost drawing blood before griping it tight, her arm speeding up again, a painting fell of the wall as Tally’s back impacted the wall even harder. Sarah was using her mouth to mark her lover, she could feel her tightening around her fingers as she bit into the side of Tally’s neck sucking at the tendons, licking the pulse point, finally making Tally howl out her climax, it rushed through her like a tidal wave, her hips curling onto Alder fingers, wishing she could stay in this moment forever.
Sarah was sweaty, flushed and breathing hard as she pulled out. Tally standing on shaky legs bought her lover’s hand to her lips and sucked her own cum off Sarah fingers, searching the electric blue eyes as she made a show of cleaning the dark haired woman’s digits.
Sarah was in an unfamiliar state, after her multiple brushes with death, the bloody battle with the Camarilla, thinking she was going loose Tally, another chance at life? it had been a long time since she had felt this kind of post battle lust for sex. She just let animal instinct rule. She turned Tally pressing her face first into the wall, peeling the soaked shorts off, Tally kicking them away.
Sarah licked along her spine from the small of her back to her shoulder nibbling on it as she pulled her sweats down around her thighs and spread herself stepping close to grind her clit on Tally’s ass, the cadet braced herself stiffening her body as she felt Sarah chase her release, holding on to her hips, holding her exactly where she needed. It was so hot feeling her lovers hard clit and her arousal coat her ass and hip, Sarah was grinding with short jerks of her hips pursuing an elusive orgasm, pulling back on Tally’s hips hard, crushing her lover against her ache grinding wildly until she tipped over the edge, with a keening grunt she gave a few last circling thrusts, her clit twitching as the aftershocks raced from the tip of her hard nub to bathe her whole body in pleasure.
“Oh my goddess Tally I’m sorry I needed that, you are so sexy I…..thank you,” Sarah was a little embarrassed at coming so quickly and just taking care of herself like that.
“It’s ok..that was so fucking erotic”
Sarah guided her lover to grip the back of the couch leaving her slightly bent over, ass in the air. Alder sank to her knees behind the aroused redhead, biting and sucking at the rounded cheeks, tasting herself, as she used her hands to spread her lover’s soaked lips apart making Tally squirm in anticipation, she could feel hot breath an inch away, ghosting over her skin making her twitch.
“Please Sarah please…touch me.”
Sarah decided no more waiting as she pressed her face into the wet pussy and feasted, lapping the fresh juices sucking the lips into her mouth teasing Tally by flattening her tongue sliding it down to her hard pearl and back to her wet opening, back and forth, Sarah was intoxicated by her lover’s essence jutting her jaw so she could get more into her mouth. Pushing her face into her lover’s crack she grabbed handfuls of Tally’s ass keeping her still, as she ate her out. Tally was in ecstasy.
Sarah was putting all of her many years of experience into driving her lover insane, tonguing her cunt, ravenous for her lover. Tally could not even form words reduced to raspy breathing and erotic moaning as the general tongue fucked her, reaching deep inside with her talented tongue before going back to long swipes to her neglected clit
Sarah spread the cheeks further revealing her pucker, on the next pass Sarah licked up to her hole rimming around the tight muscle kissing it as she pinched her clit. Tally cried out in pleasure as the general probed the tight hole with the tip of her tongue, pushing in as she pulled her lover closer, she swirled her tongue just inside her ass and spanked her hand down hard on her left cheek. Tally came, her mouth in the shape of a scream but no sound came out. The intense climax taking the cadet by surprise another first for Tally Craven.
The general was lapping up everything flowing from her lover, pushing her tongue deeper to get closer to the source, the stimulation was to much for Tally she reached back and pulled on Sarah’s hair begging her to stop, that she couldn’t take any more. Sarah stood draping her body over her lover holding her tight.
“I’ve got to lay down before I fall down,” Tally said as moved out of her lover arms and flopped ungracefully on the mattress, she was feeling lighter and happier than she thought she had the right to.
Sarah pulled her shirts off and kicked her sweats off as she made her way over to the bed looking at Tally like a lone gazelle and she a lioness on the prowl.
The look she was giving Tally made the girl shiver, wondering what Sarah had in mind as she crawled over her using her hands and mouth to set Tally’s skin alight.
The general went down to her elbows, bringing her lips to her lover’s whispering “Do you still want me Tally?
“So much Sarah, I’ve never wanted anything more…” Tally had goose bumps lift every tiny hair on her body. Reaching down to cup Alders perfect hips nudging her to continue crawling over her.
Sarah saw what Tally wanted and kneeled over Tally’s chest, Tally straining her neck in order to reach her mouth watering prize.
“All in good time Craven” The general purred, pushing Tally flat against the sheets, rocking her hips up until she could drag her clit across her lover’s lips making them shine.
Tally instinctively knew Sarah wanted to control every part of this encounter, she kept still waiting to be told what to do, letting her love paint her lips with arousal, parting her lips slightly to let it slide down her throat, it tasted….earthy, powerful but delicate at the same time. she could not describe the flavor completely, maybe addictive was the best word for it.
“Now Craven!” She fisted the red hair and pulled her onto her mound.
Tally started licking slowly around her clit not touching the center, but pressing along the small shaft making her clit bulge out from under the hood, begging to be suckled. Tally almost passed out as she glanced up her lover’s body. Sarah, head thrown back, her black mane falling down her back in loose curls. The view up her taught abdomen, to full breasts and corded neck was spectacular, Alder was pinching her own nipples, raking her nails over her breasts, flushed and sweating with desire, as she held Tally firmly against herself.
How did she, Tally Craven naive woman from NorCal get so lucky to have this living goddess at the mercy of her mouth, she was so overwhelmed by the thought it bought tears to her eyes. Tally thank everything hat had brought her to this moment as she worked her lover higher and higher, and when she changed from suckling to rapidly flicking Sarah’s clit with the hardened tip of her tongue, it increased the juices flowing across her chin.
Sarah started to rock her hips over her face putting more downward pressure on her lover’s mouth. Tally took a chance and gripped her hips holding her against her face as she flattened her tongue curling it around the pulsating nub, letting Sarah rock against her. She could feel Alder was so so close. Sarah was still torturing her own breasts, Tally reached up and covered the generals hand with her own, forcing Sarah to pinch harder until the skin turned white.
“Oooooh Yesss, Tally more Yeees you’re so good to me”
Tally made Sarah twist her nipple as she squeezed even harder, that was the move that sent Sarah Alder into an other dimension of pleasure/pain, she flooded her young lover, who drank as much as she could the rest flowing over her mouth down her chin and neck. Sarah rocking slowly as her orgasm finally ebbed, coming down from her incredible high, she fell forward onto her hand and knees as she swung her leg over, dismounting the ride of her life.
“Damn Craven, you’re a natural..” She praised, her turn to collapse bonelessly next to her lover. They turned to face each other reaching out to touch one another at the same time.
“Tally can you tell me what happened? I remember the biddies leaving the bunker and I could hear you crying I could feel your pain…. then nothing until I woke up next to you. Did Izadora heal me?”
“It was Rae, and the Mycelium….. it was the most incredible thing I’ve ever witnessed you were dying in my arms one minute and engulfed in a blinding light, the mother held you and healed you with Raelle singing the most beautiful seed. I could feel your heartbeat become strong and steady, your face young and as stunning as ever, goddess be praised.” Tally was choked up by her retelling, fingers shaking as traced the strong feature of her lover.
“I love you Tally, I’m sorry for everything I put you though…”
Tally shut her up by kissing her, “Can we just sleep? I need to hold you close and we can deal with all the questions everybody will have and everything that’s waiting to kills us tomorrow, please Sarah I’m just so tired.”
Sarah acquiesced and laid on her back pulling Tally to rest her head on her chest, Tally molded her body along her lover’s side wrapping her arm around the slender waist as she smiled, listening to the general’s heart.
Sarah closed her eyes letting out a long sigh as she stroked Tally hair singing the mournful tune Tally had heard Sarah sing once before to a boy on the plane back from the Tarim.