A Comet Visits Earth

A Comet's Tail Ch Thirteen

Time Moves On

Rick sat on the porch and watched the sun set. It was one of his favorite things to do. He looked back at the last five years. It was hard to believe it had been five years since the comet came by. He never thought about his life before the comet anymore. He had been too busy trying to stay alive to worry about the past. Now things were more settled, and he could see the way forward more clearly now.

The nine women in the family had all had their first babies. Lilly loved being a mother and had four by now. A couple of the others, including Susan had two, and one had three, including a set of twins. That was eighteen children. Liz and Lilly were very busy trying to keep up with them. Tish was a wonderful help. She was older than any of the women and did not have a child while there. Benny and she were the oldest members of the family. Benny was over sixty and not in good health. Tish became grandma to all the children, and she enjoyed it immensely. They had taken over the den as another nursery. The first wave of youngsters were now five years old. They had to have a place for all of them to sleep as their mothers all had more children and there was no room for them in their parents' rooms.

The deserted town continued to be the gift that kept on giving. It was like a store that was just sitting there waiting for them to need something. The buildings were falling apart, but what was inside them just sat there, gathering dust. They had gone back several times to get more things. They went for beds from the houses that were just sitting there.

Rick had planned for when they would need homes. He had them take everything out of the hardware store they could carry. That included ten free standing wood stoves, plenty of plumbing pipes, and everything needed to run pipe for water. The log cabins would not have running water, but they could use plumbing for things like sinks and tubs. The stoves would provide heat and cooking services.

Over the last five years, they had cut down ten large trees and had stripped the branches. They had used the small branches with leaves as bedding in the barns and saved the larger branches for firewood. As Rick was sitting there, he could see the first cabin that had been built beside the house. They had much difficulty building it. None of them had any carpenter experience except Jesus, and he taught Juan. Together, they told everyone else what to do. They had cut the tree trunks into thirty feet long logs. Each tree trunk gave them two logs. Pulling the logs from the woods to the barn had been an experience. Ray took the six-bull team, and they had put a harness on them and pulled each log to the barn. It was getting further and further with each log area. They didn't want to strip any one area, so they kept moving down the valley in the woods.

The town had plenty of lumber, and they had pulled it in as needed. They used the logs as the side of the cabin but built framing for the front and back. They did this because they soon found out they would need sixteen logs to make one cabin. That was eight trees. With them needing ten cabins, that would be eighty trees. They could not strip the entire woods bare. The town had plenty of roofing materials. They even had ceiling joists pre-built. The wood was beginning to get wet. They had to move all of it into the barn to save it. They finished the first cabin last year. Doug ran electricity to the cabin, and they lit it up. It had a small kitchen with a sink and a refrigerator from the town. It had two bedrooms, one downstairs and one in a loft at the back. They had supplied the cabin with furniture from the deserted houses in town.

Rick was the proudest of their dam. The stream was ten feet wide and two feet deep. It had a steady flow because of the melting snow runoff. Doug and Bill had decided they needed the lake they wanted to build behind the dam to be at least ten feet deep and thirty feet wide. They estimated that the flowing water from that size lake could turn a turbine that could generate electricity. They didn't need it for at least another ten years, but they knew they would have to fail a few times before they got it right, and they wanted to have it working before the large solar generator failed.

They didn't want to completely stop the stream from flowing. All animals in the lower part of the valley depended on that stream for their water. One thing they had going for them was the spring runoff. When spring arrived, the snow in the mountains would melt and swell their little stream until it was twenty to thirty feet wide and nearly ten feet deep. They estimated that over the next several years, all they had to do was capture the runoff to have their lake. They would allow the stream to flow almost as it does now and still have their lake.

The other problem they had was how to build a dam. The two most common ways were to use dirt, or concrete. They had dirt, but wasn't sure they could dig up the entire valley to get enough dirt. They didn't have enough concrete to build a dam that large.

Bill was the one who solved the problem. One day, as they were picking up some things at the town, he noticed the two choppers just sitting. They had stripped them of anything of value they thought they might need. However, Bill remembered that the two side doors were huge. They were ten feet high and twenty feet wide. They also weigh a ton. Not really, but they were not light. However, if he could weld two of them together, and plant them in the ground with a little concrete, maybe that would work.

Rick had liked the idea, and he had begun last year to try and take them to the ranch. At first, he cut them off from the chopper. They fell heavily but were on the ground. They then managed to flip them onto one of the carts and Ray's bulls made two trips to carry the doors to the garage.

They were so heavy they decided not to weld them together until they were put in place in the stream. They could do everything else they needed and do that in the end. The first problem he had to solve was the large plastic window on each door. They would not hold the pressure of the water and would need to be replaced. That was when Bill had his great idea. How about they turn the doors upside down so the window would be closer to the bottom, rather than the top. He could then weld a plate over the hole.

He would then be able to put a flow hole that would be able to allow the water to enter the turbine. (Which at the time he had no idea how he was going to build.)

As Rick sat on the porch, they were not close to being able to turn a turbine in the stream. Doug and Bill almost had the steel dam ready. The plates had been welded into place with the hole for the water to flow. They still hadn't settled on what to use for a turbine. Doug had put a sliding door on the hole, and they could close the hole and begin filling the lake. It was almost spring, and they wanted the dam in place before the runoff came.

Rick decided to go to bed. He only had one of Mary's children still in their room. She had been born the first of this year, and Mary was still breastfeeding her. Rick was sleeping in the anteroom to allow more room. Susan and Mary took care of the breastfeeding. Susan's second child had been born the year before, and she had no more milk. It was all on Mary for this one.

There was one exception to that. Lilly had a child four of the five years they had been here. She was lactating almost constantly. She got such a rush over a baby sucking on her breasts that she just let any of the newborn babies use her as a feeding station. The other ladies were happy about letting her. Breastfeeding for each of them was more of a chore the second and third time around. They were thankful for Lilly.

There was very little time for sex for Joe and Lilly. She was constantly sore from her multiple births, and the constant strain on her body was beginning to show. Liz had tied her tubes after the last child and told her no more. Lilly was worn out and agreed.

Bobby was the hunter in the group. Game was so plentiful that he only had to go out and it would almost come to him. With no other humans in the wild, the game became careless about humans. They were tired of jerky and Bobby had an idea. They would build a small smoker building. That way, they could get a different flavor and save more meat.

Doug and Jesus built it next to one of the sheds in a couple of months. They had plenty of firewood, and within a couple of months, they had all the smoked meat they could eat.

Whenever he brought a deer back from a hunt, they had a wonderful meal. Wally would cook up a large piece of meat before they smoked it, and fresh deer meat tasted wonderful.

In the next couple of years, the dam took shape. They were ready to install it. They had decided to put it in the ground in concrete. They began digging twenty feet from the center of the stream. They dug down a couple of feet and dug a trench to the edge of the stream. They had to block the water to keep it out of the trench. They hauled the two pieces of the dam to the stream and set them down on each side of the stream. They poured concrete into the hole and the trench and managed to get the first side into place. They then poured concrete into the hole and trench until it came to the top. They propped the door up until it could dry. They repeated the process on the other side.

They came back a week later after the concrete had hardened. The dam looked great. They had temporarily opened the slush gate to allow the stream to continue flowing. Now, Doug was ready to weld the two pieces together and seal the dam. They blocked the water from the seam, and Doug welded it together. They left the block there until the morning to let the weld take hold.

The dam was done. They had put sluice gates in each old window. One side would be for the turbine. The other would be for water level control. If the runoff got too high, they could open the gate and allow water to escape the lake.

The original eight herd babies were now five years old. The mothers had been diligent enough to care for their babies. The next year they had breed nine more. The young male from the houses was around eighteen, and he was walking around with a raging boner most of the time. It was time for him

to put it to use. They put him in with the older of the girls from the homes in the town. They wanted to see if mother nature would tell the two of them what to do. When he first was put in the stall, he wasn't sure what to do. She was hiding in the corner with her back to him. He eventually went to her and pulled her out into the middle of the stall. He had seen what the older males had done with the older females, and he wanted it. She had also seen what was done to the older females, and she wasn't as sure. Ray was watching closely. If he just attacked her, Ray would have to intervene. They may have to mate him with one of the experienced females who knew what to expect and would allow him to mount her without resistance.

However, he surprised Ray. Instead of trying to force her, he began licking her neck. He then turned her around and began licking her breasts. It didn't take long for the young female to begin to relax. She closed her eyes and let him put his hands on her. When he slipped his finger down between her legs and inserted it into her vagina, she jumped back quickly. He just stood there, waiting. She looked at him for a few minutes and then slowly began moving toward him. He allowed her to take her time. Ray was impressed. This young male was showing her concern. He must have learned that from one of the older males. She finally came up to him and turned around. He pushed her head down and pushed her legs apart. She let him. He was now ready to mount her, but could he? He began pushing into her until she screamed. He stopped and backed up, confused. Ray figured it was time for some help. He went into the stall and joined the pair. He began stroking the female's ass as he slowly inserted his finger into her vagina. She squirmed a little but settled down as soon as he was inside her. He looked at the young male and smiled. He then backed off and waited for the male to take over. He did almost immediately. The female began moaning at once. The louder she got, the more excited the male got until he could not wait any longer. He pulled his finger out, grabbed her by the ass, put his dick at the mouth of the vagina, and pushed inside. She screamed and shuddered at the same time. This time he did not stop. He was inside her with one thrust. Once he felt her, he did not stop until he came. It did not take long for him. Once he was finished, he lingered for a second, then backed off and laid down. She eventually came

and laid down beside him. It was over. They would do this until she was pregnant.

Ray smiled and left.

At the time they were installing the dam, they had seventeen herd babies. The oldest was five and the youngest was four. The mothers did take care of their toddlers and watched over them as they played in the pasture.

They had to decide what to do with the mothers now that they had nineteen youngsters for the herd. They didn't want these females to continue to get fucked and bred every year. They decided to fix them so there would be no more pregnancies for a while. The only exception was the young female they had put in with the young male from the town. They had made a real connection, and it was decided to just give her birth control and allow them to stay together. They might want more children from her later. The children now young could be bred twenty years from now to continue the herd if their children wished to.

They had returned the original mates to the eight bulls after they had impregnated the other females.

The first crewmember to die was Benny Benjamin. He was the oldest of the crew. He was in his early sixties and had been in failing health for a while. Tish knew he wasn't going to last long, but it was still a shock when he died. They had been too old to have children, but that made their connection even stronger. Benny had helped Tish with the children, playing the grandfather to her grandmother. They had a wonderful seven years together, but now, Tish was alone and only fifty-five years old. Rick did not know how she would react to being alone.

It was okay for the first couple of years, but Susan could tell she was very lonely. She talked to Rick about it one night. "I don't know what we can do for Tish. She enjoys playing with the children, but I think that makes her miss Benny even more. She doesn't go outside much and spends most of her free time in her room."

"I know. If she doesn't figure something out by the winter, we may have to talk to her about options." It was decided that they would wait until spring to see how she felt.

It didn't take until spring for everyone to find out how Tish was dealing with her loneliness. One night, Ray had to go to the garage to get something from the workshop. When he came by the pen for the older herd members, he thought he heard a rustling in the pen. He quietly walked over and looked inside. There, in the pen, was a naked Tish, being fucked by one of the older males. She was wearing a pair of boots, but nothing else. He backed into the shadows to consider what he was seeing. When the old male finished, he wandered off, but Tish headed for another male. She grabbed his dick and began stroking it until he managed to get hard. She then turned her back to him and bent down. He understood what that meant and climbed aboard. It didn't take him long to be satisfied, but Tish was enjoying every minute of it.

Ray was considering this when Tish suddenly took her robe from the fence and headed toward the ranch. What was he to do? Should he tell Rick, or anyone else? He decided to tell Lawanda. She would know what to do, she always did.

Lawanda whistled when Ray told her about Tish. "That old whore. I love it. It's a perfect solution to her problem, and it helps us with the old herd. There are only fifteen of them left now. We will speak to Rick and Susan in the morning.

Morning found the two of them in Rick's office. Susan was there also. Ray recounted what he had seen. By the time he was finished, Susan was smiling. "I am so happy for her. That is the safest way for her to not be lonely. None of our men could have helped her without causing friction in our group. This way, she can fuck all of them whenever she wants. It will only make them healthier and happier."

Rick agreed. The next thing was to tell her they knew her little secret. They could tell her it was okay with them, but it would still be embarrassing. They decided to pull the bandage off at once and went to find her. She was in the

nursery, caring for a crying little one.

Rick pointed to Susan, and she nodded. "Tish, could we have a word with you?"

She nodded and handed the crying baby to Lilly. Lilly took the baby out of the room and Tish sat down.

Susan started. "Tish, we know you have been very lonely since Benny died. We have wondered how we could solve this problem. Ray tells us you may have found your own solution." Tish looked at Ray and he nodded. "He went to the garage last night and saw you with the old males from the herd. We want you to know, we are fine with it. We were wondering how we could get you some company without causing friction in our family. I guess you have figured it out for yourself."

Tish sat down and there was an awkward silence for several minutes. Susan motioned for the men to leave, and they did.

When Tish stood up, she was crying. Susan and Lawanda both hugged her hard and long. They stayed with her until she stopped crying.

Later Susan came back to the office. "Tish went back to her room. We will wait until she decides what she wants to do."

Rick agreed and they dropped it.

It didn't take long for Tish to settle the issue. That night at dinner, as the adults were eating, Tish came downstairs and into the dining room. Everyone stopped talking and eating when they saw she was in her bathrobe.

She started talking. "I have something to tell everyone. As you all know, I have been very lonely since Benny died. I didn't think I would ever have any affection or warmth ever again. I was considering if my life should be over. Then, one night, in desperation I was walking in the yard when I went into the garage. I still don't know why I did that. I was standing there, watching one of the older males fuck an older female when I wanted that more than anything I had wanted since Benny died. When he finished, I stripped my

clothes off and climbed into the pen. There were several old males wandering around, so I went up to one and grabbed his dick. He immediately knew what I wanted. I turned around and bent over and he fucked me quick and hard. It was wonderful. Since then, I have been sneaking into the barn most nights to get fucked by the older males."

"I am tired of sneaking around. Ray saw me last night and Rick says I can continue if I wish. Whether I tell you or not was up to me. I have decided to tell everyone." With that, she dropped her robe to reveal she was naked under it. Everyone gasped. "I have decided to unofficially join the old herd. You will see me there often. I wanted you to see me as you see the others. I am an older female that is a little overweight with sagging breasts. You know, normal for my age. I am not ashamed of my body, and I don't want any of you to be embarrassed around me when you see me naked. SO, there it is."

She sat down in her place at the table and began eating. Gradually, everyone else went back to eating and talking. Rick smiled to himself. He had to give her credit. Direct was always the best, and she solved her problem with one little speech. That and a little show and tell.