The Adventures Of Tim Bodge Ch 38

Chapter 38

Story by T Hodge

Edited by Steve

The fight

Tim sat in the Library with The King, Queen Purrless, Tabitha, Tammy, and Shanae. "Today is the fifth day," the King stated. "What are they waiting for?"

Tim told the King that he knew where the thirty mercenaries were and that he and the others would handle them later that night. If any others showed up, they would be handled similarly.

Tim told the King and his family. They were to stay in the castle tonight and for the daughters to protect their parents. Tim got up to meet with Commander Anden-Aipas. She would be the one in charge of the Katteena soldiers

Tim asked Tabitha if he and the Commander could use her bedroom to check out the plans for that evening.

Tabitha smiled and said, "If that's all you will be doing in my bedroom, Ok."

Tim frowned at Tabitha, "Thanks. Your balcony looks out onto the castle's south side, right?"

"Yes, you can see for a mile in that direction. It's all flat land."

Tim got up and headed to Tabitha's bedroom, meeting the Commander in the hallway.

"Tim, how many soldiers do you want and where should I position them?" the Commander asked.

They walked through Tabitha's rooms and onto the balcony. Tim looked around and pointed to a spot just inside the south wall. "Could you place two squads there in case they get by us? Have them form a semi-circle facing the doorway. But only fire if the mercenaries step inside the doorway."

Tim looked around more and thought about how he would enter this castle. He checked the wall closely and pointed to another spot at the top of the wall. He said, "At that bend, place some people there, but they are to stay out of sight below the wall."

Still observing the wall, he said, "There, next to the tower, and you need a squad along that catwalk."

"Commander, please remind your soldiers to keep out of sight and not to fire unless a mercenary comes through that doorway. The units from the ship will be out there taking on the mercenaries, and we would not like to be shot by our own soldiers."

"The other thing, I need soldiers walking the hallway, starting in ten minutes. I don't want a set pattern or the patrols to be at a certain time."

"Tim, I will start having my troops in place. That way, we will be ready for anything."

"No, wait until it gets dark. They may have someone inside who would report on the patrols."

"The soldiers will be where you indicated and follow your instructions."

Tim and the Commander said their goodbyes, and each headed off. They were now getting everything ready. Tim returned to the ship and headed to the TOC room.

Walking into the TOC room and saw Pauline at her desk. He walked over to her and sat next to her.

Pauline turned to Tim and asked, "How are you feeling? Is everything sit-up inside the castle?" She gestured at the monitors.

"I feel the same way I felt in my old unit before a battle, nervous." Tim looked around for the java machine, wanting a cup. "Yes, everything is set-up inside the castle. Hopefully, nothing will happen inside."

One volunteer saw Tim look for the java machine and brought him a cup, and Tim thanked her before taking a sip.

"Tim, I have three new probe sets, cloaked and in place right now. The mercenaries will be X on your helmet's faceplate, and the O will be friendly soldiers. If needed, the + will be medical personnel."

"I will have probes with lasers behind you and the shuttle, and they are there to guard that area. We will also have two probes equipped with flares to illuminate the site if you need them."

"I think that will cover it. Let me know when they start forming." Tim got up and left, headed to his office. Four hours later, Pauline notified Tim that the mercenaries were on the move.

****

Tim planned to take the fight to them, the shuttle was cloaked, and the weather was overcast. They were approaching the mercenaries from their rear.

The shuttle hovered just a few feet off the ground, allowing Tim's teams to exit through the front ramp, one going to the right and the other to the left; Shanae ran down the ramp one step behind Tim. They made their way twenty feet away from the shuttle and then lay down while the other team members began covering fire.

The mercenaries had no idea that anyone knew they were there. But someone was firing at them from their rear. No images were showing on their face plates, but some of their fellows were being killed. Even though they did not hear weapons fire, just irregular pulses, regardless of what it was, it was destructive to anyone hit.

Shanae started to raise her head to see better, and Tim slapped her head flat an instant before a burst of bullets tore through the weeds around her. Tim snapped his weapon up, fired, and heard a scream.

'

I can't see a thing

,' Shanae said to herself as bullets rattled overhead. She tried to settle her nerves as more rounds tore over her head. Not far away, she heard the distinctive sound of the heat weapons and, shortly, a scream. There came automatic weapons firing in return.

One of Tim's team members launched an illumination probe, blinding the mercenary's night vision gear. Tim's team wore the new cloaked suits, so they could not be seen anyway. The probe confused the mercenaries but didn't interfere with their new helmets.

The screams from the mercenaries from the sudden bright light hurting their eyes, gave Tim's team the location of some of them.

Tim fired, came to a crouched position, and dashed ahead, diving to the ground, Shanae right behind. Shanae crawled next to Tim and saw an X on her helmet's faceplate marking a mercenary, so she fired a short burst into that area.

The X was a mercenary that had risen to shoot the probe. Before he got the chance, Shanae's bullets struck his head. It only took a half-second, but his life was over.

Shanae thought,

'I finally got one

.'

The mercenaries worried now and laid down a near-constant barrage of automatic fire in Tim's team's direction.

Shanae kept firing in the direction the TOC pinpointed. Every time Tim moved, she was right behind him.

Tim told Mona, Tawni, and Sherald to flank the mercenaries on the right and for the Purrless's soldiers to fill their spots. Shanae heard one of the Purrless soldiers curse and call for a medic, the soldier obviously having been hit. She said it was only a graze but was bleeding and hurt like hell.

A few minutes later, the TOC showed she was still firing. Also, her helmet delivered a cross next to the soldier's circle. So the medic was working on her at the same time.

Tim moved again, with Shanae scrambling right after him. She watched to see if she could see anything in front of them. The TOC provided her helmet with X's to locate the mercenary's locations. But the hail of bullets coming from the mercenaries forced her to keep her head down.

Tim's helmet visor showed two mercenaries off the ground to his left. Tim needed to see better. I wish I could see a lot better. Tim's eyes started to enhance, and he saw two shooters in the building.

He told TOC, he wanted the second story, right side windows two and four to be lit up. He turned to look to his front, and his eyes returned to normal vision.

TOC sent over a cloaked probe. Once in position, it fired a flare into each window where the snipers were and as they rose to see who was behind them. The team fired, killing them both.

Mona, Tawni, and Sherald had moved to the right flank of the mercenary and waited for Tim to have a probe light up the whole area. Once the sky was lit, the three could see their targets. The rest of Tim's group poured fire into the mercenary line to keep them pinned down.

Now the three of them started taking out the remaining mercenaries.

Tim told Shanae to stay where she was until the team checked for survivors. One could still be alive and waiting to take someone with him.

Tim heard a single shot, then more as the team ensured everyone was dead with a shot to the head. A couple of minutes later, "All clear, Tim," Mona said.

Tim had everyone report to the shuttlecraft and then to the Gladiator 1.

Tim, with Shanae, walked over to the medic and wounded soldier. "How is she doing, Doc?"

"She took one in the right upper thigh or the Rectus Femoris." The medic said. The medic had the trooper's camouflage turned off and her pants pulled down. One medic was pressing down on the wound while two others were bringing a Diagnostics Bed. They placed the soldier in it and headed to the ship.

Mona approached Tim and started her report, "Three took glancing rounds to their helmets, and one took a hit to the vest. No other casualties, Tim."

****

Tim and Shanae walked into the castle after the shuttle dropped them off in the courtyard. They moved through the long hallways to the Library. At this time of the night, there were few people awake.

Walking into the Library, Tim saw that the King and his family were waiting. They all looked toward the door as it opened, and when they saw it was Tim and Shanae, there was relief on their faces.

Tim walked toward the King with a smile. Tabitha and Tammy ran to him and hugged and kissed him; they were thankful that he was still alive and unhurt. Grabbing both girls around their waist and lifting them, he moved toward the King and Queen.

"Sire, I believe the outside is secured. The soldiers are doing the clean-up and will be finished by morning." He now lowered the girls back to the floor.

Shanae moved to stand beside Tim. She was feeling pride in doing a good job.

The door to the Library opened, and one of the servants stepped in. "Sire, I have a message from the Big Boss." He said as he walked toward the King.

Tim's enhanced sense of smell kicked in, and he smelled three or four different odors on the servant, one he recognized immediately as explosive powder. One of the other odors was body perspiration like the guy was nervous.

He turned to check the guy out. Saw that he had his right hand in his pocket. Tim enhanced hearing; it detected a faster than normal heartbeat.

Tim thought, '

smells of explosive powder, nervous, fast heartbeat, and hand in pocket. This guy is a suicide bomber

.

If that is what he is, he will try to get as close to the King as possible.'

Shanae saw Tim watching this guy and opened her mind to listen to Tim's thoughts. As he was her master, she could hear Tim, and he was suspicious of this guy. It had been a while since she had done this. But she needed to know what Tim was thinking. She made contact with Tim's mind, "Tim thinks his guy has a bomb."

With Tabitha and Tammy close, he thought, '

If I throw them toward the King, they could block some of the explosions. I could move fast toward this guy and hopefully grab his hand and hold it. If I don't get the hand, I'll place my body on top of his and try to absorb the blast.'

Shanae now knew what Tim was planning, and she would wait to see what he did first. When and if he throws Tabitha and Tammy toward their father, she will jump and cover the man. She calculates that Tim will push the guy back away from the King when he moves. Also, Tim will be trying to get ahold of the right hand, which means Tim will roll the guy onto his right side. So, she will land on top of both. This will allow the blast only one way out, to the left. The wall is the only thing in that direction.

Shanae moved away from Tim and behind him, allowing Tim the room needed to throw the girls toward their father if that's his plan.

Tim whispered to Tabitha and Tammy, "protect your father." Tim mustered up all his strength as he threw both toward their father.

Neither had time to question Tim's words as they were in the air, flying toward their father. Without thinking, and remembering what Tim had whispered to them, they wrapped their arms around their father to shield him, trying to cover him all they could.

With a startled look, the King did not know why Tim had thrown his daughters at him and tried to push them off.

Tim's next movement was to the servant, quickly grabbing him, placing his right hand over the servant's right pocket, and firmly holding it, forcing the servant to the floor. Tim pressed his body against a servant and could feel the explosive under the clothing.

Shanae knew what she had to do and jumped on both of them.

Tim felt the servant release his grip on the dead man's switch as he felt Shanae land on top of them.

Tim remembered the sound of the explosion and felt the pain. Then he remembered the darkness.

Shanae felt the explosion and then blacked out.

When the explosion went off, several things happened all at the same time.

The probe in the Library sent a signal to the TOC. Pauline was at her desk and saw the aftermath. She notified Madlyn that Tim and Shanae were injured and needed medical help.

Tabitha and Tammy were splatted by wet parts from the servant but it didn't cause any damage.

The Queen moved quickly to check on her daughters and the King. She was relieved that they were all Ok.

Tabitha and Tammy looked to where Tim and Shanae were lying, covered in blood all over their bodies.

Guards at the Library's door opened and were shocked at what they saw.

****

Madlyn was on call for the battle outside the castle. She immediately dispatched two Diagnostics Beds to the Library along with two full teams of nurses. She hurried over to make sure Tim and Shanae were OK.

The King sat there and stared at the blood-covered floor. He thought, '

if it weren't for Tim and Shanae, He and his entire family would be dead.'

Tabitha and Tammy wanted to go and check on Tim. But The Queen held them back, saying, "Let the medic check them out first."

Tabitha said, "But, mother, Tim cannot be killed. He has changed his nano-bots to protect him."

The Queen looked at Tim and said, "Tim is not moving, and blood is all over the floor. Hopefully, very little of it is his and Shanae's. Please, daughters, allow the medics to do their job."

****

Deniece and Miss C had been to bed for three hours. Deniece sat straight up and screamed. Miss C, hearing the scream, almost jumped out of bed. She sat up and turned to Deniece and asked, "What happened? Are you Ok?"

"It's Tim, and he's been hurt again." She sat in the bed, and tears started rolling down her cheeks.

Miss C reached over and hugged her. "Deniece, you are going to have to get used to this. Every time Tim gets hurt, you feel it and scare the shit out of both of us."

"I can't help it. I don't know how I know; I just do." She reached over to the nightstand, got a soft cloth, and wiped her face. She looked at Miss C, "Do you think I should find Tim and see if he's Ok?"

"If you don't, neither of us will get any sleep. So, get dressed and find him. I'll take care of the kids. Now go," Miss C pointed to the door.

Deniece was in the hallway, "Sarha, where is Tim? I know he is hurt."

"Deniece, Yes, Tim is hurt, but he has improved his nano-bots, and the Diagnostic Bed has enhanced the other parts of his body."

"I know all of that. Now, where's Tim?"

"He is in the Library at the King's castle. Tabitha, Tammy, Shanae, and Madlyn are with him. One word of advice, there is blood all over the place. The good news is that it's not his."

Deniece walked through the MTS and into the castle. A soldier stood there and asked, "Are you Deniece?"

Deniece gave her a strange look and said, "Yes, why?"

"Dr. Madlyn said you would be coming through, and she said to escort you to the Library. Could you please follow me?"

Denice followed the soldier, which brought her to the Library. The soldier knocked, and the door opened to allow Deniece in.

She saw Tim lying on the Diagnostics Bed and saw Madlyn off to the side talking with the King and Queen. Walking over to them and asked, "Is Tim back in that bed again?"

"No, he's there until his body heals." Stated Madlyn. She looked at Deniece and said, "I see you felt Tim get hurt, didn't you?"

"Yes, I don't know how; I just do," she said as she turned to look at Tim. "Do you know how long it's going to take?"

"No, I checked his vitals, and everything seems normal. Tammy went to their place to get a change of clothes for both of them, as it appeared the blast tore away some of the fronts of their clothing."

Tabitha came and stood by her parents and looked at Madlyn, "Is someone going to wash Tim before he heals?"

Madlyn looks toward Deniece, "Since you are here and have done it before. Would you do the honors?"

"Okay, but I need a more private space, and I'll need help undressing him. What about Shanae?"

"I have two nurses working on her." Replied Madlyn.

"I'll help with the undressing, and we can move them to the little room behind us." Tabitha pointed to a doorway behind the tapestry.

Madlyn gestured to four nurses and Tim and Shanae's bed. The nurses started pushing Tim's bed toward the room while Deniece and Tabitha followed them.

Once in the room, the nurses left. Tabitha walked to a door inside the room and said, "There is a bathroom through this doorway. You will find all you need to clean him up."

"Boy, you know all the rooms here, don't you?"

"No, mother, showed us this room after Tim gained the rights to mate us. She said she and father had used this room for a quickie sometimes."

Tabitha moved to stand beside the bed on the right side while Deniece stood on the left. They raised Tim into a sitting position and removed what was left of his shirt. They were trying to find a way to remove his pants.

"It's much easier to get his pants down while standing. Tammy and I have had a lot of practice there."

Deniece blushed a little, "So far, I have not had that pleasure."

"Well, here are medical scissors, I'll roll Tim towards me, and you cut down the back of the pants, and we'll pull them off."

That is what they did. Tim lay on the table naked, blood covering the front of his body along with many cuts and puncture marks.

Tabitha left saying, "I'll see you later once he's cleaned up."

Deniece got the washcloth and started washing away the blood. As she cleaned, she saw some of the cuts closing. She placed two fingers on Tim's dick and held it up. She was cleaning it with the up and down movement. She thought,

'I hope it doesn't get hard and explode like last night.'

She smiled, looked at Tim's face, and said aloud, "I bet if you were awake, you would enjoy this."

A knock on the door and a nurse came in with Tim's clothes, dropped them on the shelf, and left. Tim began to move, and Deniece gently placed a hand on his forehead, "Tim, It's Deniece. Lay back. You are healing nicely, please let me finish cleaning you up."

"How's Shanae?"

"She is being cared for by Madlyn's nurses, now just lay back and relax!"

"What about the King and Queen?"

"Everyone is doing fine; you and Shanae saved everyone. Now, please lay back and close your eyes... and your mouth."

"Yes, Ma'am!... Be very careful of my manhood; I may need it if and when I get married."

"Tim, I will be very careful with what is left of your manhood. It seems your manhood took a direct hit and had bigger holes on the side than the one on the tip."

"Well, I hope the nano-bots only heal the ones on the side. Speaking of healing, did the boys below survive?"

Deniece reached down and cupped his balls. She moved them around in her hands. "Do you feel me handling them?"

"I think I do!"

"Well, if you don't lay back and shut up, I'll squeeze them until you lay down. Then we'll see if you can feel them after that."

"Ok, and thanks for taking care of me. Now, I'll lie down and shut up."