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I finished the whole season, so I decided to drop the last two chapters simultaneously. Hope you like how it turned out. Please leave any comments, and don't forget to vote at the bottom as well! Ratings are story fuel! On we go!
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The Order of Zarathustra, Chapter 8
Baby New Year
Rachel carefully lined up the sights on the pistol so the tip of the front blade peeked up in the rear sight. Holding her right wrist steady with her left hand, she squeezed the trigger slowly. The M9 bucked a little when she fired it, but yet another hole opened up in the black circle of the target. Knowing that was ten shots, she saw that the action had locked in the open position. She inspected it to make sure it was clear, then ejected the clip and set them down on the firing line before bringing in the target.
Khan pressed in behind her, reaching around to pull the target off. "Well done," he said loudly so she could hear through the headphone ear protectors and the barrage of gunfire at the indoor range they were at. She got mildly excited, both from the feel of him pressed behind her in the booth and the praise he had given her. He pointed out how her shots improved over the last hour. He handed her the target. "That one's a keeper. Hang it on your wall. It will make the boys behave when they come in your room. Case your weapon and collect brass. We're done here. Excellent work."
They checked out of Eagle Eye and jumped in his old F-150. He let it warm up for a minute with the heater on full blast, it was so cold out. In typical St. Louis fashion, Christmas Day had been fifty degrees and sunny, and the next day four inches of snow had dropped in along with freezing cold. It had been a good Christmas for Rachel. She had made amends with her Mom after a confrontational Thanksgiving. If she didn't support her daughter's new lifestyle choices, at least she would tolerate them. She couldn't deny how it had changed Rachel. Her favorite present had been from her Master. The M9 was a 9 millimeter automatic, the exact same one the military police carried. It was big, heavy, and black. This had been the first opportunity she had to try it out. Any misgivings she had about handling firearms had been driven out of her by repetitive drills and talks of turning one's fears to strengths in true Zarathustran fashion.
She thought they were ready to go, but then Khan drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, as if finalizing an internal debate. He turned the radio off and turned to her. "I need to ask you for a favor."
"Done."
"You don't even know what it is yet. Hear me out."
"Done! You're asking ME for a favor? After everything you've done for me? Go ahead."
He paused for a long beat. "You know how, when I took you on as Apprentice, you were expected to follow all my orders, except in one particular area?"
"You want me to fuck somebody. If it's Kayden, the answer is still no, sorry."
He shook his head. "No, not her. I respect your decision there. No, I'm embarrassed to admit, I do have somebody else in mind, though. Remember Michael, from the fourth of July party?"
"Sure. Done. Like I said, if that's a favor to you, I'm in. Do I get to know why?"
He swallowed. His reaction made her curious. It was unusual for him to seem hesitant and unsure. "Michael took an interest in you after the party. You caught his eye. You know he is a member of the Order, but he never took on an Apprentice. At least, not one that lasted. He had at least one, maybe two, but they didn't survive the first year."
Rachel's eyes got big at that comment. "No not literally! Sorry! They dropped out. It happens. You find a young person, they start off all pumped up with good intentions, but then things get difficult. They don't submit properly to their Master. They aren't willing to put in the work. So they leave. He won't take on another Apprentice at this point, but he likes the idea of having a female one. Just for a night. It turns out that he happens to hold a key piece of property I need. We negotiated a price, but then he threw in a condition on the sale."
"Me. Wait, so he's the guy who owns the easement strip for the O'Fallon project? What are the odds of that?"
"Pretty good, if you consider he did it on purpose when I opened my big mouth at the party."
"So, basically, you're pimping me out to the little Georgian Hobbit then?"
He put the truck in gear. "Forget I asked. I can make it work without this."
She put her hand on his to stop him so he would look her in the eye. "Done. Seriously. If this helps you out, done."
"You need to understand, this was never my intention when I took you on. Thank you."
"You didn't intend to pimp me out to your friends?"
"Stop it." He backed the truck out and headed out of the parking lot.
"You mean you didn't train me to be a sexy little whore you could sell to the highest bidder?"
"Stop."
"A fuck doll to get turned out by perverted clients just for fun and profit?"
"RACHEL."
"Sorry. It's okay." She patted him on his thigh, then left her hand there as he drove down the access road to the interstate exit. "So does it bother you, that I'm going to fuck your friend? That he's going to put his hands all over me? Or does that excite you?"