It is the middle of the last Ice Age, about 50,000 years ago. The Neanderthals roam the Earth, but co-exist with recently arrived tribe of technologically advanced aliens known as the Amazon. Aablar has captured a Amazon dominess and her acolyte and is now the object of a massive search.
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1. Aablar came from the Clan of the Bear whose members were amongst the biggest Neanderthals. But even among them, Aablar was huge -- he stood almost six feet and three inches in height and weighted over 280 pounds of pure bone and muscle.
However, Katnissa the dominess was also nearly six feet tall and sleekly built in a manner that belied her strength. She was perhaps half his weight, with bright red shoulder-length hair and piercing green eyes. Her breasts were firm without a hint of sag, and while they were rounded and well-sized, they seemed small on her large frame. Her were nipples dark red and meaty with small aureoles. Her waist was narrow and her rear was rounded without being generous. Overall, she was a beautiful and very athletic specimen. However, there was a hardness about her face with its high cheekbones, and a flinty shine in her eyes that suggested that she was used to command and capable of considerable cruelty. Althea, the smaller Amazon, was still about five foot six, but her figure was much more of an hourglass, with breasts the same size and a bigger rear on a much smaller frame. Her hair was jet black and cropped short in a pageboy cut. Her nipples were little buttons atop her full breasts.
Even an hour after her sexual encounter with Aablar, Katnissa was still only semi-conscious. She had never known such pain -- Aablar had really reamed her ass with his huge cock and everything from her waist down felt like it was on fire. In addition, her head still rang from his beating. She knew that she must think clearly to get herself and her acolyte Althea out of this predicament. And to think clearly, she must control the pain. As she had been trained, she began her breathing exercises to achieve a trance-like state and lessen the intensity of the pain. Thus, she did not really respond when Aablar returned from Leia's side and untied her wrists and re-tied them again behind her back.
Aablar surveyed his latest prizes. He was pleased with his efforts, but he knew that his success had brought him grave danger as well. The Amazon dominess was extremely dangerous and possession of her and her acolyte would bring Amazon pursuers. He would be hunted more than ever before, but a part of him welcomed the challenge, sought the chance to do battle on his terms, to seek some more victories before his own death.
He now drew some dried meat from his pouch and wolfed down several chunks. Still munching, he passed some choice scraps to Leia and some drier ones saying, 'See if the little Amazon will eat these. And use some of our deerskin to make panties and halters like yours for these Amazon.'
After satisfying his hunger and drinking some water from his gourd, Aablar 'walked over and stood over the dominess.
'I am Aablar, son of Raritar,' he said. 'What is your name, dominess?'
When she did not immediately reply, he kicked her ribs, viciously. From the back of the cave, Althea reacted with a cry, speaking the savage tongue with her sing-song Amazon accent. 'Don't hurt her any more, savage! Her name is Katnissa Norhill.'
Katnissa feared Aablar would turn on Althea, so she spoke, painfully, 'Yes, I am Katnissa of the Norhill line, one of the oldest among the Amazon. I am a dominess in the Queen's Regiment. My mother is Countess Fiona, Peeress of the Regiment of Susanna. My acolyte here is Althea Spalding, whose mother is Countess Charlotte, High Scholaress of the Temple of Artemis. Our sisters will not rest till they find us. If you harm us, they will hunt you down and kill you slowly, with much pain. You will do well to free us immediately.' With this she turned to Leia. 'We know who you are, Leia. Your mother was a troubled woman -- she fled one of our citadels into the wild while carrying you in her womb. You have been lost to us, but at last we have found you. Don't worry, your sisters will come and free you.'
Aablar listened in silence. Finally he replied, 'I have been hunted by you Amazon since I was a boy. Amazon dominesses tortured my father before killing him. I have seen many of my Clan brothers tortured, mutilated, cut to pieces. My own mother bore three sons, but both of my brothers have been taken into Amazon slavery. Whether or not I free the two of you, my fate will be the same. But for the first time in my life I have control, I can ask the questions. Why do you Amazon always hunt us of the Clan of the Bear? What have we done to wrong you? None of the other Clans are harassed as we are. Why us?'
Katnissa took a deep breath. What did it matter what she told the savage? Her sisters would find him and he would die a slow death. It was a shame to destroy him, for he was such a magnificent specimen -- by far the best and most powerful she had ever seen.
'You of the Clan of the Bear are the biggest and strongest savages. We need strong savages to help us. You would not understand how we use you. But you are the best.'
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2. Heretofore Aablar and Leia had traveled by day and rested by night, but now he changed this routine. He spent the rest of the day by the mouth of the cave, ceaselessly scanning the terrain that fell away below them and the sky above. As soon as darkness fell instead of preparing to bed down, he gathered his gear. He fashioned a rough leather collar from deerskin and fastened it around Althea's neck. Then he tied the collar to a length of vine.
He took another strip of supple deerskin and tied it around Katnissa's mouth, jerking it tight and then tying it, fashioning a crude but very effective gag. Finally, he looped a long length of vine and fashioned a noose. He slung this around Katnissa's neck and jerked it tight. Only muffled sounds emerged from her tight gag and her eyes grew wide and then began to fade. He then loosened the noose, and she revived slowly, her chest heaving, her breasts quivering, as she strove to recover from oxygen starvation. He repeated this exercise twice more before he was sure he could quickly bring Katnissa under control. Tears coursed down Althea's cheeks and she whimpered at the sight of Katnissa's rough treatment. But apart from the sounds forced out of her, Katnissa herself endured it all with stoic composure and her eyes soon regained their hard and steely glint, promising vengeance.
'Why are we leaving by dark, mighty hunter?' asked Leia.
'The Amazon will soon be looking for these two,' said Aablar, not unkindly. 'The darkness will protect us. But we must move quickly. You must take control of the little Amazon.' He handed her the vine attached to Althea's collar. 'If she misbehaves, pull hard and choke her. Don't give her any slack.' Leia nodded. Althea would get no soft treatment from her!
Aablar himself picked up the noose around Katnissa's neck. 'You will move quickly,' he said to her. 'Any misbehavior, and I will strangle you.' With this, he untied her ankles and helped her to her feet. The testing of the noose had left Katnissa acutely aware of her vulnerability. She did not resist him and matched his brisk pace as he set off purposefully in the moonlight. Leia followed, and with a few sharp tugs, Althea fell into the march as well.
Aablar led the way down the far mountainside and unerringly led them to a swift-flowing stream. The water was cold from ice-melt, but he waded in, pushing Katnissa in front of him. Leia followed with Althea. They were soon in thigh deep water and Aablar led them upstream, to higher and higher ground, never approaching the shore. Katnissa continued to stride in front of him like an automaton. Leia felt her toes and then her feet go numb from the cold water, but Aablar did not appear to notice. Finally, Althea could go no further. In spite of Leia's pulling hard on her neck strap and the choking sensation this brought about, she could not walk no further -- her legs were numb and she was completely spent. She swayed on her feet and then toppled, face-first into the icy water.
Leia frantically pulled Althea towards the bank. Aablar did not aid Leia, as she manhandled the soaking Althea onto the muddy bank and slapped her face twice to bring her out of her shock. He kept a wary eye on Katnissa, suspecting treachery. But there was none. Althea coughed and retched, bringing up some water. She shivered uncontrollably. 'Cold,' she said, 'so very cold.' Leia wrapped her own bearskin cloak around her and she slowly began to return to normal.
It was clear that Althea could not proceed immediately. Aablar emerged from the water and drew Katnissa behind him. They were in a natural bower, sheltered from the sky by a huge willow, thickly hung over with leafy vines. The bright moon was barely visible through the thick undergrowth. There was little wind, so Aablar's nose could not detect distant smells and he was edgy. His hunter's sense told him that something was not quite right. He dropped his satchel and cloak, tightened his grasp on Katnissa's noose and hefted his heavy spear in his right hand. There was something out there, but what was it? His foreboding grew rather than abated. The hackles on the back of his neck rose and he was sure that danger was near. Was it a saber-toothed tiger? No, even on a still night his keen nose would have detected it. It must be the Amazon.