Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:30:40 -0400
From: Ron <wolfwalker2@verizon.net>
Subject: TEEP chapter 60

Aaron grinned as he walked into the shower Monday morning; it had been a
fantastic weekend not involving a single thing going wrong, he felt
refreshed and shortly he was going to go over to the med bay and release
Andrew, feeling a hand caress his shoulder he grinned, "Good Morning Love,"
Sensing more of his lovers in the shower stall he added, "lovers."

Turning and facing Kevin, he kissed him deeply and when he felt the hand
start to stroke him, he smiled before gently grabbing it, "none of that, as
soon as I finish cleaning up I'm planning on releasing Andrew, I'm saving it
for the orgy that will commence as soon as he hits the pit in the common
area."

"Damn," Pat whispered before grinning up at Aaron, "Maybe we should move the
orgy to the hot spring instead," smiling at the murmurs of agreement he got
for that suggestion, he leaned closer to Aaron's ear, "Speaking of hot
springs and special times, are we going back to Earth to the spring or is
there somewhere here that we can make our special place?"

Moving so he was facing Pat, Aaron did not have to lean over anymore to kiss
him and smiled into his face afterwards, "Whichever you prefer, I know of a
spot here, or at least the other me used it and liked it, or we can go
tonight and hit the topside hot spring."

Arms across Aaron's shoulders as Kevin and Tim washed both of their backs
Pat smiled shyly, "Would you consider me greedy if I wanted both, I expect
Doug and Kenny would want the same thing, any new guys to the Clan can just
deal with the new place, but we want what everyone else had."

Kevin smiled as he washed Pat, slipping a slickened finger inside him to
further excite him, "I think that is a wonderful idea, that way we can each
have a special night with Aaron to remember, in both places."

Groaning into Aaron's ear, Pat nodded before finding his voice, "much more
of that and I won't be able to save it," then he groaned as the finger was
gone and he was empty, but on the other hand his mind was telling him soon,
soon he would be filled and fulfilled.

Hitting the rinse cycle before he could not hold himself back, Aaron quickly
hit the dry cycle and kissed each of them soundly, "I need to go start the
cycle before this gets out of hand, meet me at the hot spring with the rest
of the Clan in ten minutes," he quickly ported out of the shower and into
the med bay meeting Fred looking just as horny as he felt.

"I see you have the same problem I do, had help in the shower also?" Aaron
asked, as he pulled Fred around and kissed him, being careful to keep both
their bodies from touching each other in that certain area.

"Damn." Fred moaned, "You're as bad as Pete and Mark this morning, we'd
better get Andrew out of this thing before they start without us."

Chuckling, Aaron released Fred at the same time as the lid unsealed and he
removed the breathing tube while Fred started with the other tube and
sensors. Once Andrew was completely free, ready to be stirred from slumber,
Aaron placed his hands on either side of Andrews head and implanted the
standard gift instructions before looking up and seeing Fred had already
gotten started, Fred was doing his best to relieve some of the pressure with
his mouth.

As Aaron's lips met Andrew's he arched his back as he fired the first of
many offering of the morning into Fred's eager mouth, chuckling into the
kiss as Andrew opened his eyes and grabbed onto Aaron's neck so he could
pull himself out of the bio-tube. Once on his feet, his eyes were still lust
filled and he grabbed onto Aaron as he smashed their crotches together
thrusting into Aaron with the overwhelming need to cum.

Fred smirked as he grabbed onto both of them and ported all three of them to
the grassy area near the hot springs, grabbing onto the bottle of lube
someone handed him, he quickly applied it to Andrew and himself before
handing it off to someone else and sliding slowly into Andrew, once he was
fully inside him, he started to thrust eager to fire of his first load of
the morning. As soon as Fred slipped out, someone else slid in, they were
doing their best to tire him out and for once Andrew was giving as good as
he got.

Aaron decided to trade places with Tim and slid inside as he nibbled on
Andrews's ear and neck, feeling Andrew climax once more as he slid all the
way in, he started thrusting in and out as Andrew moaned in ecstasy from
sensory overload as every erogenous zone on his body was covered by a mouth
doing their best to drive him wild.

Very close, Aaron felt a hand pull his head around and kiss him, sharing the
sweet offering from one of the Clan and it was enough to send him over the
edge as he added to the loads already planted deep inside Andrew. Slipping
out of Andrew so someone else could take his place, he moved around to the
side and captured Andrew's lips which were free as Xon had moved to take his
place, smiling as Andrew groaned once more as he fired off again into a
waiting willing mouth, Aaron saw that his loves were starting to pair off to
finish off the orgy, there was not that long of a line to make their
deposits as everyone was so turned on they were coming quickly.

An hour later, Aaron sat in the warm water of the hot springs hard shaft
buried in Andrew who was slowly bouncing up and down on him, "So much more
enjoyable now that you can keep up," he whispered in Andrew's ear as he let
his hand roam around to play with Andrew's nipples.

"Bloody wonderful," Andrew purred out as the first rays of the rising sun
hit the opening of the hot spring, causing the flowers to shimmer and start
shedding their intoxicating scent.

Placing his hands under Andrew's butt, Aaron started to thrust in and out in
earnest before firing off his third load of the morning, eventually stopping
and letting Andrew sit on his lap as he softened and slipped out as Andrews
hole closed up around him.

Smiling, Aaron ported one of the Clan medallions to his hand and let it fall
from the chain in front of Andrew's face, showing the rest of his lovers the
medallion before releasing the clasp and slipping it around Andrew's neck,
"Welcome, Love, to the Clan," Aaron told him as he turned his head far
enough to kiss him soundly before holding onto him as the rest of the Clan
moved through the water to kiss him, welcoming him into their family.

At the sound of the gentle chimes, the Clan started to get out of the hot
spring, it was time to start the day, before anyone got too far, Aaron
called out, "Before we get on with our day and I have to go to Sol Station,
I learned something interesting from the Core this weekend, that I want all
of you to keep in mind." Handing a towel to Andrew, he grinned as he saw
everyone looking at him, "The energy dragon that David did first and we
copied.well it seems they are a Clan specific trait and now that we have
used them, well some of you have seen it used, now it is almost instinctive,
the appearance is triggered by strong emotions, like anger," Aaron glanced
at Fred as he said that, "it seems the previous king used it as a battle
weapon, so we need to control our anger so we don't accidently unleash it."

Smiling, Tim came over and kissed Andrew, "Andrew, it is time you learned
the race's secrets, after that I will get you settled into your room so you
can hit the tutor."

"I plan to come back for Lunch; Shoji is planning something new he wants to
try out, Monday is going to be his day to experiment in the kitchen, and he
will be gone from now on, on Wednesday and Thursday's at lunchtime, so you
all are on your own at lunchtime for the foreseeable future, I'll grab
something on Sol Station," Aaron informed them as he finished drying and
placed the towel in the basket.

Kevin glared at Aaron as he said he would grab something to eat, more likely
it might be a cookie as he walked by the next set of problems, looking over
at Tim and Pete he saw the determination on their faces and knew that they
would make sure Aaron ate lunch on those days, even if they had to tie him
up.

Sensing impending doom, Aaron looked over at the three schemers and decided
he really did not want to know, before grabbing power from the gestalt point
near the entrance and porting to the tropical farm for hug duty.  In the
midst of hugging the youngsters, Aaron heard one of the horses scream and
snort and looked up to see thunder standing near the fence pawing the
ground, laughing at her antics, he concentrated and ported her to the empty
spot behind them as he hugged the teens who had let the youngsters go first
and watched as she threw her tail up in the air and gently pranced in half
steps to his side, being careful not to step on anyone, so she could get in
on the hugs.

Laughing as Thunder's huge head came from behind and almost pulled him off
his feet as she hugged him, "Well hello girl, I take it you felt left out,"
grinning as the teens giggled and scratched her withers and nose as they
hugged Aaron to start their day, neither willing to give up their hug time
to the other.

Bruce, who had come over with Damien and Donny and their pups, watched in
amazement as Aaron ported Thunder out of the paddock and she got in on the
hugs and seemed so alive and aware, more so than the horses he was used to
dealing with, "I see it, and yet I don't believe it, you were right Damien,
he has an almost spooky connection with his horse."

"I wonder if it is because he has linked with her so much, or if he has
tweaked her just that little bit," Damien whispered back, as Aaron, now free
of teens, he ported to Thunder's back who whirled around and took off at a
gallop and after half a dozen steps the two ported away.

After an hour, Thunder finally settled down and was happy to go back into
the pasture after a good brushing. Smiling, Aaron took a quick shower with
some of the other teens and youngsters that had been horseback riding,
before porting back to the compound for breakfast.

Throwing some shorts on, Aaron looked through his closet trying to decide on
shirt or not, finally he pulled one of the white silk shirts off the hanger
and buttoned it up before attaching the two pouches containing his P.A.D.D.
and scanner, ready to face the day, he left his closet and glanced at the
clock before going out in the common area to give his lovers a kiss goodbye,
glancing at the clock, he noticed it was just now eight o'clock, he had two
hours before having to meet with Victoria and James.

Entering his conference room on board Sol Station, Aaron smiled at the
gathered Healers, these were the best of his residents along with Theo and
the other department heads, "I want to thank you for all coming up this
morning, some of you I know are just now getting off shift and want to go
home and relax before catching some sleep. Walking to the end of the table,
he traced the id code to activate the terminal and brought the plasma behind
him to life as he sat down.

"On Wednesday at Noon, the four duplicates of Elswick trauma that we built
are going to go live, on top of the Hawaiian med bay going live, which means
that we now need to consider staffing them," glancing at Trevor and the
other eight Residents in attendance, Aaron smiled, "Which means for you
eight, we need to assign each of you one of those hospitals as yours, you
will be in charge of the new staff and overall, you will be doing the same
thing Theo is at Altair Minor. You eight, next to Carl and Gordon, are the
best, the only reason Carl and Gordon are not being considered is they are
still a little green around the edges and are being assigned to Prime trauma
and will still cycle through the other hospitals with the rest of my
residents until they get a little more experience under their belts."

Aaron chuckled at their shock and nodded, "That's right, we all agreed, all
eight of you, when you walk out of my office today, are no longer residents,
you are now fully trained healers, so congratulations," Aaron clapped
lightly along with everyone else, "Colin, if you would stay after." Getting
a slight nod, He started the meeting.

Moving over to the couches once everyone left, Aaron looked at Colin, "Are
you going to have any problem finding another forty people for your
department? Short notice I know, in filling slots in five brand new
hospitals, maybe you can steal a few of the Brits to help out at Elswick,
the problem is, you are on the cutting edge and leading your field now."

Colin sank back into the cushions, "I know and I have several people I am
mentoring back on Prime, like your Fred they have made amazing leaps in
knowledge and skills. I'm still amazed that Fred is working at a second year
med student level, hell, I'm amazed Drew and Eric have progressed as far as
they have and what they have done with Rolland is amazing. I'm glad I was
able to talk Eric into my field, he is going to be an amazing mind healer
one day, my replacement even."

"Between the two of us, and only between us, there is a reason for that,"
Aaron smiled, as he kinetically closed the door, "One of the side advantages
of being Alteran is an increased mental capacity to learn  and cognation is
through the roof, it is built into our new genetics. We think faster and
comprehend at a rate not seen in unaltered people, one of the biggest
reasons all the new rescues are flying through the tutor and their studies."

"I had wondered about that," Colin glanced back at the closed door, "One of
the things I noticed was after a few weeks, those that had been on the
street the longest, had not only caught up with where they should be
academically, but flew right by, and they did this only studying half the
time they would in their old schools." Leaning forward, Colin smiled as if
sharing a secret, "I knew something was up, I could understand if a few
individuals blossomed under the new academic structure and incentives, but
not every single teen and youngster."

Colin was shocked with a sudden insight, "You've turned every citizen in
your kingdom into a genius, and then gave them the tools and incentives to
run with it."

"Yes," Aaron simply told him, "take Kenny for instance, he is not atypical
of his age group, he will have his first masters behind him by the time he
gets his first pubic hair in a year's time easily."

"Dear God, do you know what this means?" Colin tried to imagine the things
they could do and discover.

"It means we're a thousand years ahead of everyone else and are advancing at
an incredible rate, leaping centuries at a time. It also means that as the
guardians of the human race, and the leaders of our race, we will succeed."
Aaron stared at Colin before changing the subject, "How is Denny doing and
Matt, his boyfriend?"

"I was wondering if that was why you asked me to stay back," Colin closed
his eyes and sighed before looking out the window at the Earth. "Matt has a
few memory gaps we are working on filling, thankfully, the memories are
mostly skill type, like how to swim and open boxes and the like. He's
frustrated as hell, but making a fast recovery, and he is Denny's anchor
right now."

Aaron noticed Colin looked sad before smiling happily again.

"Did I mention Eric was going to take my place some day," Colin finally
smiled, "It was not looking all that good for Denny until Eric found out I
was having problems and looked at me with an 'are you stupid' expression and
explained what could help with Denny's treatment, by linking the temple
sensor into the neural imager to reinforce and solidify the memories we
uploaded. He should be back to normal in another month or so, if we try to
link more than a half hour at a time it becomes painful for Denny."

"That is great news," Aaron was relieved and sighed as he made the right
decision of not bombing the hell out of New York then, "I have one hundred
interviews, starting tomorrow, I think most of them, if hired will end up at
one of the new hospitals, but if you have any residents you want to sneak in
during the interviews, let me know. There might by one Neuro resident that
if he passes muster, I would send your way, but he is the only one to apply
so far."

"I might know of a few more Neuro guys that might work out, never gave them
a thought, but it makes sense," Colin sat there for a moment thinking about
who he could get and then realized he was taking up Aaron's time, "I can do
this on my own time, I'll get back to you later this afternoon, most likely
by email." Standing, Colin looked lost in thought, "um do you mind if I port
from here?"

Laughing, "Go ahead," Aaron waved as Colin ported out and walked into the
bathroom, after taking care of business, he moved into his office and smiled
at the six Shaolin masters sitting waiting for him, unexpected, but he was
wondering when they would get around to asking. "Greetings Shaolin," Aaron
walked around to his desk, sat down and gazed at their faces, "I expected
you to approach me before now, actually."

Master Yu let his eyes widen as his only sign of shock the Prime's words had
surprised him, barely, just barely he was able to control his face, "Indeed
Prime, we had to take care to check the archives and the original charter of
Clan Shaolin before coming to a decision to go ahead and ask."

Leaning back in his chair and looking at the ceiling for several moments,
Aaron considered options, "I take it you wish to have Clan Stranton blood
running through Clan Shaolin, once more binding us, as intended?"

"Yes Prime, though we do not and did not know how to ask," Master Li bowed.

Thinking back to the ceremony, Aaron reminded them of it, as he had a
solution that would work, "I want you to remember back to the day on Altair
Minor, the day the Clan came to you after losing Lee." Aaron replayed the
event on the plasma, that moments before was a window behind him.

They watched as Kenny walked to the group of students and look at them as
they looked back at him in reverence, holding out his hands to his side,
they were taken up by Doug who held Pat's hand and Damien and they all gazed
without smiling, "we speak for Clan Stranton. Those with hatred for others
different from others have no place in your new home.we have lost a lover
who we will never know his touch."

The four turned to face the teachers among the Shaolin, and Damien examined
each Shaolin for flaws, "We speak for Clan Stranton. Those who put
themselves before others have no place in your new home.we have lost a
brother who will never hug us in comfort."

Facing the three Shaolin masters, Doug glared at them to see if they would
flinch, "We speak for Clan Stranton. Those who will not protect those
needing protection have no place in your new home.we have lost a son and
shall never smile in pride at his achievements."

Pat took a deep breath, "We speak for Clan Stranton.you will OBEY." he
glared at all of them in turn, "A son has lost one of his fathers and will
never know the loving touch from one of his fathers."

"A son has lost one of his fathers, that is more than a ritualistic word, we
have Lee's genetics in our gene bank, I cannot find anything more fitting
than the son of both of our Clans rejoining your clan. We had planned to
eventually use his sperm as one of the fathers of one of our children.and we
will still do that, but I find it fitting that his first born son once again
represents my Clan.My Family in yours," Aaron smiled at their shock, the
stoic faces had been utterly destroyed with his revelation.

"You.You honor us, Great One," Master Li finally got out as he bowed along
with his brethren.

"I give you a great burden, Elders of Clan Shaolin; I give you the burden of
a son who will never know his father's touch.or his father's smile as he
looks at his son in pride over his accomplishments," Aaron leaned forward as
the plasma became clear once more and the Earth was visible in the distance,
"Those that are the best of your clan between the ages of eighteen and
twenty six, chose the ones that best exemplify my Clan and we shall pick
from them the best of the best and we shall create a son together."

All six Shaolin stood and bowed deeply, "You honor us, we gladly accept the
burden and as Clan Stranton told us.We will OBEY," one final bow of respect
and the elders filed out of Aaron's office.

Glancing at the clock, Aaron smiled as Edward walked through the door, came
over to his desk and kissed him. "Well, good morning to you too, Edward, but
I would have thought you would be in school right now."

"I have five minutes before I have to be back, one of your security types
brought me up real quick so I could have a word with you before you talk to
grandmother and father." Edward sat on the corner of Aaron's desk, "I think
we both know what this meeting is about, all I would ask is that you do not
make any commitments until you have a chance to talk to me this afternoon."
Seeing Aaron was about to protest, Edward smiled, "I know you would not have
done anything without talking to me, but this afternoon, I am meeting with
Toshi again, this time without Kenny around, please." Glaring at Aaron he
smiled at his grin, "I am attracted to Toshi, lust wise, and until I figure
out if it would be worth it, creating a sub clan, I wanted to ask you to
wait, there has to be more than lust between Toshi and me along with the
other three people he is supposed to be approaching. After all I have an out
now in a way, the people, the House of Lords and the Church are all
clamoring for me to marry into your Clan."

Standing up, he placed the chip he was holding on the center of Aaron's
desk, "I ran a full genetic scan on Toshi yesterday, well as much as I could
with my scanner, I know it is not to the standards of the bio-bed which can
do genetic mapping, but at least you can tell me if he is truly gay or just
willing to do what it takes for his country, if possible, could you send me
an email before I log off and leave to meet with him at half past one."
Edward glanced up at the clock, "I have to go; father and Grandmother will
be here soon," leaning forward, Edward kissed Aaron again, "with my whole
being, I love you and each of the Clan.do not doubt that."

Before Aaron had a chance to say anything, Edward was out of the room and he
was left with the single Isolinear chip as proof that he had visited,
placing it in the slot, he pulled up the scan data and started to study it
as his mind went over what Edward had said. A few minutes later after making
several notes and firing off an email to Edward telling him the scans he had
done on Toshi showed he was at the low end of being BI, meaning that while
he could handle being with a guy and eventually love him, he would not be
happy, truly happy, eventually wanting out, if he met the right female,
unless he was modified. Closing the email before sending it, he warned
Edward that Toshi's culture allowed for mistresses and not to decide
anything one way or the other until they talked, on the other hand, Toshi's
cousin, his father's brother's son was truly gay.

"Hello James, Victoria," Aaron greeted them without looking up until he
finished the email and sent it off, done, he looked up and grinned as he saw
the two of them standing there and pointed to the couch and chairs, "Shall
we move to where it is a little more comfortable."

As Victoria sat down in one of the comfortable chairs, she smiled, "Before
we begin, I want to thank you for letting us stay on Sol Station while your
people filled the holes in our security, that is the pleasant personal
business this morning. Being able to wake up in the morning and turn one's
head and look at the breathtaking view is one of the most precious memories
I will carry with me until my end, I'm sure Richard feels the same since he
came up Saturday night and spent the night with his wife Angelina."

"You're welcome, it was a little thing really," Aaron smiled at her and
frowned as he gazed at the stack of tabloids James placed on the table. "Do
I really want to read those things," Aaron pointed at the rather large
stack.

"Most probably not," James told him, as he sat back in his chair. "I can
summarize for you, every single one of those papers are full of letters to
the editor and columnists all saying the same thing, that Edward should
marry into your clan, he should have a son by your means, and he should do
his duty to his people thus tying our two nations together."

Closing his eyes and looking in pain now, James pointed towards where he had
placed the papers, "The top two have leaked information about Andrew's
kidnapping and subsequent rescue, and why he was kidnapped, I think the
girl's father's barrister leaked the information, most likely in an attempt
to embarrass the crown into burying the charges quietly."

"Which WE will not do, after all, WE will point out to the press that if
such a thing was even contemplated, you would be within your rights to step
in and hold a trial of those responsible under your court system," Sighing,
Victoria did not look happy, "It isn't enough that Andrew had to go through
all that, and the girl was punished in a way, and now should face jail
time.the only reason I believe that those two papers are even carrying the
same message unlike the more respected ones is they think it will embarrass
the royal family, that it will hurt us."

Aaron reached over and picked up the first two papers and looked through
them for contact information, something he knew magazines in the states had
to publish, "Who owns these papers?"

"If you trace back all the shell companies, you will find a nasty character,
that won't sell and likes nothing more than to ruin people and get paid to
do it," James spat out in disgust.

"You called, your Majesty," Friedrich smiled at Aaron's frown as he entered
the room.

Handing the two papers to Friedrich, Aaron had a predatory smile on his
face, "Friedrich, can you use some of our spooks to trace these papers back
to the owner, and compile a report on the people involved, on the quiet, if
you would."

"Why that sounds like a fabulous idea, your Majesty, some of the boys are
looking a little pudgy around the middle," Friedrich grinned as he took the
papers before walking out of the office.

"Is that even legal," James asked, as he watched the head of Clan security
walk out

"Well, as we don't have media or reporters in my kingdom, and they are not
going to actively search people's minds, why, I don't see anything illegal
in overhearing someone thinking too loud, do you," Aaron smirked, while
Victoria smiled.

"I see," Victoria hid her laugh by pulling one of the spare Isolinear chips
that he had been trading back and forth with James out of her pocket and
placed it on the table, "The real reason we have come to talk to you today,
I hope we have not overstepped our bounds by doing this."

"If after you go through this, you find the general idea acceptable, we will
then talk with Edward about it to see how he feels about the whole thing,
then it will be up to him to finish the deal or find another way. But the
ground work will have been completed," James told him as he shyly smiled,
"We, in a sense, overstepped our hospitality by doing so much research on
his terminal, you see, it gave us far more depth and greater access to your
general records than we had."

"I know," Aaron sat back as he looked at the two, "I thought Edward was
doing the research, and had left off talking to him about some issues that
were brought up, because I thought HE was doing the research, I even gave
him greater access to those areas than anyone not Alteran would ever get, so
he could do the research and make an informed decision," Aaron had no
expression on his face as he picked up the chip and looked at it.

Finally, as the silence grew thick he quickly traced the activation string,
inserted the chip into the table, brought up the file and started to read it
off the side wall. Starting with the title, Clan Charter for Clan name yet
to be determined, reading down the standard opening charter describing
duties, he skipped the next section and stopped when he read the section on
Clan Leaders responsibilities, "I can already foresee a problem when you get
to the clan leader section, paragraph two and four, you have the duty of the
clan leader to be married to my clan and then you further state he must have
a child by the clan leader of my clan." Looking, Aaron tilted his head, "The
problem arises in the future, you would have half brothers marrying and
having children.not wise." Seeing James scribbling a note in a small book,
Aaron held in his laughter, after all, they were trying to help out Edward.

Half a dozen problems spotted, Aaron sighed as he sat back, "I think one of
the major premises you have worked under is incorrect, a clan charter is
written in stone, the Shaolin clan charter for instance is over four
thousand years old, and has not and can not be changed or modified, the only
way to modify a clan charter is to dissolve the clan, not something to
undertake lightly, too many people could and would be hurt by doing that."
Smiling at James, "Granted this is a rough first draft, but when the time
comes or should I say if the time comes, and Edward goes this route, it must
be right the first time, because once a son is conceived, it is set in
stone."

Turning the terminal off, Aaron stretched, "Your assumption that all clans
have Clan Stranton blood running in them is very correct, most of the time,
it is our children who form a clan or marry into a group that has a purpose
to support the Clan and our people." Pointing at the chip, Aaron frowned,
"The only way that outline would work, as written, is if the clan you
propose was set up to be Earth's territorial governor with dual duty to the
kingdom and ruling their own kingdom."

Seeing the frowns and sensing the unhappiness, Aaron smiled, "I'm not saying
it can't be done, it just needs to be written differently, not as open as
you left it. More like this.the clan leader of clan, well insert a name,
primary duty is to the crown and kingdom of Altare, he is to rule his people
of the territory.in this case Greater Britain, to the standards set forth in
the clan charter, and by the laws and wishes of the kingdom of Altare and
the King."

Looking up from his note taking, James frowned back down at his notebook,
"This sounds like Edward would be a puppet ruler, not what we are after."

"True, but then you don't have access to some of the other data you would
need, that involves planetary governors, I'm assuming you are getting hung
up on the part that says the wishes of the kingdom and king?" Aaron smiled
at Victoria who was leaning over the edge of her chair, reading her son's
notes.

"Yes.I am making an assumption that a lot of this could be set forth in the
clan charter, the duties of the clan and each of their members," Victoria
looked up at Aaron's smiling face and when he nodded, continued, "So the
question is what does the section mean by the wishes of the kingdom and
king?"

"That section refers back to a section of the kingdoms charter, along with
the reference of the current king's rulings, for instance, if the king,
being me, would rule that all Iraqi citizens were to be denied treatment at
one of our hospitals, he could not overrule me and treat those Iraqis at any
of the ones in his territory," Aaron stared out the window for a moment
before looking back, "It is set up in such a way that a clan leader may
never overrule the head Clan, and the King."

"Not ever, that seems.strange," James searched around for a better set of
words to use, "What would happen if your heir would happen to go mad or
homicidal?"

"That can't happen, for one thing, the system Core that controls the line of
succession could lock him out, all our technology is based on DNA locks, if
he was unstable, it would lock him out," Aaron fudged the truth a little,
the Core would do whatever it took to ensure the Clan survived, including a
restart.

"And since we did not gain access to your Clan's charter or Kingdom's
charter, we have no way of knowing what." James stopped and looked at his
mother before looking back, "I assume Richard and now Andrew will have
access to that information, but they will refuse to tell me, won't they?" he
sighed.

"But if I asked them if the Kingdom and Clan charter is likely to cause
problems with our family governing?" Victoria asked, trying to think of a
way to get some information so they were not working in the dark.

"Then I would answer that the secrets in those documents as you called them
are worth dying over, I would gladly give up my own life to make sure that
what the kingdom and Clan stands for does not fail," Andrew told his
grandmother, as he and Tim walked into the room, they had come to collect
Aaron as it was almost lunch time.

Victoria stared at her middle grandson for several moments, and when he did
not back down, she asked, "I thought you would be in school like your
brother is?" she was still trying to process the difference in Andrew, she
could not quite put her finger on it, but there was a difference.

Looking at Aaron and testing the waters by pathing a question, Andrew sat
down after getting the answer, "I had the most important class I could ever
have as an Alteran this morning, I learned and studied the race secrets,
those documents you were referring to as we walked in, Grandmother, they
change you." Then looking at Aaron he pathed, "And I accept the burden, Gods
above, how do you handle it knowing what will happen if you fail?"

"I remind myself we can not fail, at the first sign that it is going wrong,
I have to be prepared to do the unthinkable," Aaron held his arms open so
Andrew could get his hug.

Victoria was usually a very good reader of body language; she realized that
they just had a silent conversation, and unlike most people, theirs was
telepathic.



"All Rise.Family Court is now in session, The Honorable Baxter Johnson
presiding."

Baxter walked into the courtroom and scowled as he saw it was once again
full of reporters and people, he had to wonder what was happening this time,
sitting down, he banged his gavel, sending an extra glare at the audience,
"Charles, what is first this morning?"

"Judge, we have the state versus Kyle Scotts, the charge is rape in the
first degree, even though the defendant is fifteen, the state is asking that
the case be moved to superior court and the defendant be tried as an
adult.," Charles looked over at the prosecutor and scowled at the man, he
was the most hateful of all of them in that office.

Taking the papers from Charles and looking them over, Baxter scowled before
dropping them on his desk, this was not going to be fun he thought, they
assigned the most homophobic prosecutor to this case, "Mr. Prosecutor."

"Your honor, the state intends to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the
accused is a danger to society and children everywhere, that his
perversions."

Banging the gavel down hard, Baxter glared at the prosecutor who stopped
talking in shock, "Mr. Prosecutor, in the future, kindly wait for me to ask
a question or make a comment, otherwise you might find yourself in
contempt.have I made myself clear in this?" Baxter glared at the man who was
still defiant, when he finally nodded his head he sat back, "Good."

"Now then.Mr. Prosecutor, can you please explain to me why the defendant is
in that condition, seeing that he has been in custody for two weeks, I find
it hard to believe he could get this way from your added charge of resisting
arrest," Baxter was incised at the condition of the teen in front of him, in
fact, eyes narrowing, he noticed the trickle of blood from one of the
wounds, so this was recent.

Looking at his client with some distaste, the defending attorney at least
made a token effort to get his client off, "Your honor, when I last visited
my client in Trakser he was not in this condition."

Baxter stopped and glared, gavel halfway to the desk as he looked back at
the prosecutor and really got angry, "Are you telling me the defendant was
in the adult prison while waiting for trial, not the juvenile facility
where, by law, he was supposed to be?" incredulous, Baxter looked at
Charles, "Charles?"

"Paramedics are on their way right now, I will also call for the sheriff to
stop by and explain your honor," Charles had been Judge Johnson's clerk for
a long time and knew what the judge wanted and when.

Kyle slowly wobbled to his feet, hanging onto the desk to stay upright and
his slurred words caught Baxter's attention, "I.speak."

His attorney leaned forward and hissed out loud enough for the microphone to
pick up, "Sit down you stupid boy, I already told you.you are not allowed to
speak so sit down and shut up."

"I object!"

Banging his gavel down several times, Baxter glared, "I am the only one who
is allowed to say who can and can and can not speak in my courtroom, I find
Mr. Wallings that you are doing a grave miscarriage to your client, and that
remark just cost you five hundred dollars." Turning his glare to the
prosecutor, he snarled, "As there is nothing to object to yet, another word
out of your mouth until I get to the bottom of the defendant's injuries will
find you fined also."

Kyle was getting very dizzy, but when he saw the concern on the judge's
face, he finally had some hope, "De.Demand.tel." he coughed up some blood
before wheezing out loud enough to be heard, "Telepath prove innocent."

"I object!" came from both attorneys at the same time, causing Baxter to
bang his gavel once more in frustration and anger.

Coming from behind his desk, Baxter rushed over to the swaying teen and
helped him to the witness chair before he fell over and damaged himself
further, "Son, are you sure about what you are asking, I mean after all, you
would face death if the charge was proven, if they are called in it is their
laws you would be tried under, not ours, and then you would have to still
deal with the laws here."

Shaking as it was getting very fuzzy, Kyle shook, "A.Ass.Asylum," he finally
got out before another coughing fit wracked his body.

Seeing Baxter look up at him, Charles dialed a long number into the internet
while activating the web camera on his computer, after a moment the logo of
a dragon rearing appeared on his monitor and then it cleared.

"Security office Altair Trauma," Kyle said as he looked up from the schedule
he was working on to see what looked like a courtroom, that couldn't be
right, he thought.

Charles turned the video camera around so it was pointing towards Judge
Johnson and the defendant and spoke low, "This is Judge Johnson's courtroom,
the defendant is requesting a telepath to prove his innocence and unless I
miss the mark totally, someone from the police department worked the teen
over to keep him from talking."

Kyle was about to reply when he heard the judge look up and yell, "Where are
the paramedics this boy is dying, we need help now." Then he heard from
somewhere else, "Good, all faggots deserve the same for what he did to my
boy."

Kyle leaned over and touched the terminal and spoke "Trauma team to
security, emergency extraction to commence," looking at the clerk he smiled,
"I need you to turn the camera to a spot where we can teleport in without
getting in anyone's way."

Charles quickly turned the camera by picking it up and pointing it at the
hallway from the judge's chambers and sighed in relief when several people
appeared in the hallway and rushed past the desk.

Master Tzu rushed into the courtroom and scanner at the ready, started to
scan the injured teen before he got near enough to touch him, "How did he
come to be this way?" he winced, as he kept picking up images of being
betrayed and of innocence as his apprentice opened the trauma case and
stated to apply the chest sensor after ripping the teen's shirt. Glancing at
the screen he became angered, "This much damage is too much to have been
done by one or two individuals, or individuals of his own age," he said out
loud, as he determined the bruising pattern came from adult fists.

Baxter moved back as he tried to control his anger, and replied through
gritted teeth, "We are still trying to determine that, he showed up in court
this morning looking like that."

Pathing an order his apprentice to port the teen back to the trauma center,
Tzu stood, after they were gone and glared around the room, the hostility in
this room was palpable, "what was he accused of?"

Kyle who was standing at the judge's desk looked down at the paper work on
the blotter, picking it up he read it quickly, "Rape of a fourteen year old
boy, though something does not seem right here," Kyle said, as he went
through the rest of the paperwork.

"What do you mean," Baxter moved around to stand near the man behind his
desk and glanced at the paperwork.

"This section here, AK01A, last time I looked, you lot were too up on
yourselves and used long strings of numbers to confuse people, but if this
is not yours and it is ours, that means someone was playing games, trying to
pull a fast one, if he was convicted of a crime with this heading included,
all someone had to do later was to mention that you convicted him of a crime
under Alteran law, and he would be executed for crimes against humanity."
Kyle looked around and noticed the pale prosecutor; "I would be very
interested to know if you had a law on the books referenced by this number."

"So would I," Baxter muttered, as he went over to his computer and tapped on
the keyboard for several moments before pulling the paper over and entering
the number. Getting the result of his search back, Baxter turned around with
anger evident on his face, but his voice controlled, "Mr. Prosecutor, would
you like to inform me why the defendant was being charged with kissing a
married woman not his own kin on Sunday, in public?"

Getting no answer, Baxter walked over to the prosecutor table and stared at
the man, "A law I might add that was enacted in 1961 by the Alaskan
legislature.we certainly are not in Alaska the last time I looked."

Kyle was actively skimming minds and was disgusted, "Master Tzu does Clan
Shaolin claim jurisdiction in this case?"

Tzu tilted his head to one side as he considered Kyle's words, "This case
should not go forward, the accused was innocent of the accusations, this
truth was at the forefront of his mind as I examined him, along with the
feeling and events of his betrayal," Tzu said, as he looked around the
courtroom and saw a teen boy slump over in his seat behind the prosecutor,
"Where are the accused's parents?"

"He was placed in state custody after being arrested, his parents gave up
all rights not wanting to have anything to do with him," Charles read off
his computer screen, trying to be helpful.

Tzu considered his options as the crowd stared at them, not finding one that
would work to the facts as he had them, "I can not at this time claim Clan
rights to the accused or for the accused, I will claim healers rights for
the accused, if he survives."

Kyle nodded his head as he noticed a sheriff walk in, or at least he thought
it looked like a sheriff's uniform, "At this time, I must ask you to seal
this courtroom until such time as someone from the Clan gets here to stand
in judgment."

Scared beyond belief, and livid at being found out, and angry, the
prosecutor slammed both hands down on the desk and rose screaming, "ON WHAT
GROUNDS?"

Feeling a little bit disorientated, Baxter glared at the prosecutor and
paled as he turned to face an angry security guard whom he thought was one
of Aaron's clan.

"On the grounds of someone using Alteran law to commit murder," Kyle snapped
out, before closing his eyes and pathing in general "I need a member of the
Clan on earth to contact me immediately."

Tyler being on gift duty this week, buying small gifts and things for their
birthdays of the youngsters and teens the Clan had rescued, he had just
finished buying the last one a few moments before and was looking at the pet
store and the puppies, wondering if he wanted to buy one of these or go for
one of the bigger breeds, he was thinking that instead of those ferrets in
the beast master movies Damien had shown them, he thought a toy breed of dog
was more appropriate. His musings were cut short as he heard a general path,
just barely heard it as the person evidently was not as strong as some.

Tilting his head to the side which caused his guard detail to go active, he
sought out the originator of the message, "I hear you, barely, what do you
need?"

Secretly sighing in relief when he felt contact, Kyle welcomed Tyler into
his mind as he felt the link solidify strongly and sent him the information
about needing someone from the Clan to make a determination on what to do
next.

Pat, still feeling somewhat silly dressed in the new Clan uniform for those
going outside the kingdom, adjusted his circlet as he noticed Tyler go stiff
and took his change from the clerk and rushed over, he had bought several
chew toys for Damien's pup Lady. Placing a hand near Tyler's face he closed
his eyes and felt for the linkage and easily slipped inside and listening
into the conversation, picking up a visualization of a spot to port to.

Tyler opened his eyes and smiled, he had felt Pat had picked up on where to
go, but the limiter he was still wearing would not allow him to port by
himself, grinning as Pat kissed him and sent the visualization at the same
time back to him, he looked around at the small scene they were causing and
the guards. "We are being called, William, we will meet you in the courtroom
and." he did not get to finish as William and half his men ported out ahead
of them to make sure the scene was secure. Laughing, he looked at Pat, "I
guess he wants to make sure we are safe, even if there is security already
on the scene." sighing, Tyler looked around, "shall we?"

A moment after several more security just appeared in his courtroom, Baxter
moved over towards Charles as two young teens dressed in fancy robes moved
into the courtroom, but the interesting thing was they were wearing
something that looked like crowns, or miniature versions of a crown.

Tyler looked around the room and felt the hostility and glanced at Pat who
was wincing at the thoughts he was picking up on, asking softly as he looked
up at the judge's desk and the head of Altair Minor security standing there,
"Kyle why do you need someone from the Clan here?"

"Sorry to interrupt your trip, but there has been a development in the
request for intervention and telepathic verification of innocence we
received," Kyle wanted to fidget; Tyler had the Stranton stare down pat,
even the look that was unreadable. "Someone from the prosecutor's office
tried to slip in our law code into one of their trials, if pressed; I would
say it was for the sole purpose of murder of the innocent defendant."

"The bastard is guilty and deserves to die as the freak and faggot he is,
the perverted mother." the man got pulled back down into his seat before he
could finish as someone placed a hand across his mouth.

Master Tzu stepped forward and bowed, "Young Dragon.Dragon Lord.the accused
was innocent of the crimes brought against him, he is currently in the
trauma center in the hopes we may save his life, as he was on the verge of
dying from his injuries," seeing the confusion in Tyler's eyes, he added
hoping to make it clear, "The accused was, or is, fifteen, he is accused of
rape of a fourteen year old boy. I examined his mind as I tried to stabilize
him as it was screaming out his innocence and betrayal."

Understanding a little better now, Tyler nodded as he looked around the room
and stopped on the man in the judge's robe, "How did he get injured, or
should I say beaten half to death, you chaps are not usually portrayed as
this violent?"

Baxter stepped back at the emotionless gaze on the young man's face, "I have
yet to find that out, I asked the sheriff to come answer the question of why
a fifteen year old was not sent to the juvenile facility to wait for his
trial."

Standing in the rear of the courtroom and listening to his deputy fill him
in on what had happened so far, Billy stepped forward, glaring hatefully at
the prosecutor he told them, "Begging your honor's pardon, but I did not
accept any juvenile into my facility, The city tried to bring me a prisoner,
but I refused him knowing damn well he was under age and not the twenty year
old they portrayed in the paperwork, I can easily bring over the video
footage to verify this."

"Son of A Bitch," Baxter swore, "The city police department is really
crossing the line now, and it means the mayor is a lying sack of shit."
Baxter clapped his hand on his mouth as he realized where he was and shook
his head sadly as the court reporter was happily tapping away recording
everything said.

"Does Aaron need to do this or can we handle it, do you think?" Tyler asked
Pat as he looked around the room and saw one teen flinch in pain and
collapse, tracing back the pain filled eyes he looked at Pat, "That was a
little strong, Love."

"He was using Kyle for relief, and when he was found out, happily blamed him
for everything, at his parents' urgings, so he would not be found out as
being gay. He planned to use Kyle in the future if his parents found out
about his other affairs, pleading Kyle had perverted him," Pat looked away
and at Tyler, "how could anyone be so selfish and hurtful to one of our own
kind?"

Placing a hand on Pat's cheek Tyler sighed, "But the thing you must remember
Pat, is not all gay people are our kind, not all of them are good and
willing to be better." Standing up straight, with a serious smile on his
face, he turned to face the judge. "I am Tyler English of Clan Stranton of
the Empire of Altare.I stand in judgment."

Placing his hand on Tyler's face, Pat smiled at him before stepping back,
"As an adult of Clan Stranton, I recognize your right to stand in
judgment.as the only elder of Clan Stranton here at the moment, I offer you
the choice," Pat began the ritualistic words each of the Clan faced at one
time or another, and he changed it slightly to better grandstand, to better
create and build on their mythos, "To take a life should never be easy, to
hold a life in your hands as you stand in judgment is a heavy burden, an
ordeal you do not have to undertake if you do not wish." Pathing the rest as
it was not for outsiders, "You may, without losing our love or respect, hand
them over for judgment to the kings bench or ask another to bring the
verdict down at any time Love, please know that and keep it in your heart."

Nodding, Tyler looked at Pat grimly, "I understand, elder of my Clan."
Glancing around the room at the security detail, he finally focused on
William and decided two could play at the grandstanding game, "To approach
the test of life is a frightening experience, to stand up and accept the
test when offered shows courage beyond measure, the only failure is not to
accept the test out of fear of failure itself." Stepping forward with his
eyes piercing a very still William, he asked, "William, as I face my ordeal
do you stand by my side and accept the 'TEST'."

Shocked, pleased, confused, but only slightly, as each of the Clan asked the
question differently to those they chose to be theirs, those they thought
were the best, William stepped forward, "Young Sir, I accept the test."

Aaron having been informed of what was going on by Pat, nudged Kyle to one
side and sat in the judge's chair, dressed in full battle gear, including a
glowing crown, this was the third time one of his Clan was involved in
something in this part of the state and he was going to send a message.

Tyler stared at the prosecutor as he looked at the man's mind gently, trying
not to hurt him if possible as he sought the information on whether he knew
what he was doing, the further he went into the man's mind, the more
disgusted he got, not only did he know what he was doing and planned to
justify the execution, using their laws. He was hoping it would work so he
could use it again until someone caught on and changed the laws of the
state. He never imagined that they would be upset over it as they killed
there criminals all the time. Stepping back as the man slumped over in pain,
Tyler shook his head in disgust, "upon telepathic examination, I find you
guilty of planned premeditated multiple murder, using our laws to commit
these acts. If it were not for the fact your first attempt was against a gay
teen, I would have to address this issue with the King's Bench before giving
my verdict, as it is, I do not have to do so as there is a clear cut case
against you and the City of Bixby police department that caused the injuries
to the teen in question; your own mind stands as witness to your crimes."

Glancing at William who had moved behind the prosecutor with his weapon
drawn he swallowed hard, "You leave me no other recourse but to remove you
from the gene pool.I find you guilty of the crimes brought to my attention
and the sentence is death."

William had the trigger of his weapon half pulled back and as Tyler said the
word death he pulled the trigger, to the outside world, the word and the
action came simultaneously.

"I hereby order you William to take your teams to the Bixby police
department and to telepathically examine each officer for the same flaw as
found in this one," Tyler pointed to the corpse cooling on the table, "All
found to be as flawed, to be found as criminally guilty as this one are to
be removed from the gene pool."

Stepping around the table, Tyler walked over towards the boy who was
sobbing, as an act, inside the boy was seething at his plan gone awry,
Sensing movement, Tyler kinetically stopped a fist from connecting to his
head from the boy's father and mentally threw him across the room into the
wall so he could stand in front of the teen. Staring at the teen who was
screaming in pain as he invaded his mind, he stepped back, how to handle
this one he thought. He was just as guilty, but to kill a kid, he did not
know if he could, and then as he turned to speak to Pat, asking him to take
over, he remembered the trial Aaron stood in judgment on, those four kids'.
He gave a different sentence than death to two of them, looking at the teen
again, he sent his mind inside to find out the information he needed to
pronounce judgment and frowned in thought. "Sandy Cresthall, not only are
you guilty of the betrayal your lover accused you of, you planned this from
the beginning as a way to keep your secret of being gay from your family,
you kept it as a way to always have someone to blame if something went wrong
and you were found out before you were ready."

Stepping back in disgust, as he tried to decide what to do, what would be
just, "You sought out and initiated the sex you had with Kyle, proclaiming
your love for him while using him and planning for the day you would betray
him so you would always have someone to blame for what you wanted anyway."
Death of personality he thought, but how far back, diving into the teen's
mind once more, causing horse screams, he found what he needed, "I sentence
you to death of personality, your mind shall be returned to an age that you
were kind and giving.I sever all ties to your birth family and to your birth
government and remand you into the custody of the Shaolin.if they so chose
to accept the burden of teaching you how to love and how to have a safe and
proper loving relationship, I remand you into custody until your twenty
fifth year, or until you are in a true loving relationship with honesty."

Glancing over his shoulder, Tyler's eyes widened as he saw Aaron sitting
there behind Pat who was standing in front of the podium, "Master Tzu, I
remand the prisoner into your care and the mind healers guild to carry out
sentence, he is to be returned to the age of nine years old mentally. If the
Clan Shaolin does not accept the burden of this teen gone awry, please
remand him into the custody of the King for final disposition."

Master Tzu bowed before walking over to the teen in question after picking
him up off the floor, he porting out over the protests of the teens mother.

Tyler turned around and glared at the boy's father, before walking over to
Aaron and bowing his head once he stood near the chair Aaron was sitting in.

Aaron smiled gently as he reached up, placed both hands on either side of
Tyler's face, closed his eyes and merged their minds together so he could
help him deal with what he had done.

Kyle paled as he listened to a report by Clan security and walked over to
Pat, "Our security team is meeting resistance.there have been injuries."

Nodding that he heard, Pat closed his eyes and caused every telepath to
wince in pain as he pathed out, "Who among the Clan is near the shipyard and
can release the MCA's." pulling on the mic and extending it towards his
mouth he activated it, "Officer of the Day, set condition Red.I need Marine
backup to Bixby, Clan security is under attack."

"I'm still here with Andrew and his family, what's going on, Aaron ported
out of here a little bit ago," Tim sent, as both he and Andrew went stiff
and looked out the window.

"Tyler stood in judgment in Bixby; he also sent Clan security to the local
police department to scan them, they were using our laws to commit murder of
gay people. Our security forces are taking injuries, I've called for the
Marines, but I want that area leveled, I want it gone before more of our
people are hurt or worse." Pat informed him as his anger grew and the thing
Aaron had warned them about started to happen, a plasma Dragon was forming
around him, and the dragon looked pissed.

Tim felt the rage coming with the pathed conversation and instantly ported
to the shipyard and activated the MCA weapon, as the third group of MCA's
was being ported down to the city and removing everything in sight, Kevin
and Pete showed up and joined in porting the MCA's down to the planet.

Enraged, Pat's eyes flashed with pure rage as he felt his people, his
security being injured, and his voice while soft, shook the windows of the
building, "I condemn you," his eyes went to the side wall that blew apart
with his gaze, "I condemn all of you that attack us, to death."

"Welcome love, I am proud of you Tyler Stranton, "Aaron smiled, as he opened
his eyes and saw to his horror, something had gone horribly wrong, a black
and silver Dragon launched out of the hole in the courtroom towards the
sounds of fighting and he saw the MCA's busy removing everything from
downtown. Tyler's pathed, "What the bloody hell," summed it up perfectly he
thought.

Editors' ramblings

RadioRanchers note: My goodness, It looks as if there might just be an angry
Dragon, taking his revenge.

Darryl AKA The Radio Rancher