Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 13:16:00 +0000 From: Andrew Passey Subject: The Amulet Part Eleven (Young Friends) (Science Fiction) We had sex again the next morning before showering and heading down to see the others for breakfast and planning. Tom made a joke about three cherries being lost last night and James looked a bit embarrassed. He went to get some air and I joined him outside. "You Ok mate? I know it's strange with the twins revealing everything about us. I hope you still had fun last night?" I asked hoping he'd open up. "I sort of did. Well I guess if I'm honest I really did. And Tom is very considerate. We both got to do the same things to each other. But it's hard for me to process. I didn't really think I liked boys. Has Tom made me by changing something in my mind? I guess not. I suppose I was lying to myself. However my parents are pretty religious. I don't think they'd approve. I can't help but feel I've let them down,". He said looking a bit distressed. "Hey don't sweat it, we're in a different world. We're growing as people. Maturing. What we've had to deal with would confuse anyone. Rob said something to me on his world about taking pleasure when you get it as you don't know what's coming next. If you enjoyed what you did with Tom then keep doing it. Don't think about what happens after. It's got to be a nice change from using your hand anyway," I said grinning. "Yeah I guess you're right. Tom did say he's removed a slight mental block that caused my stutter so that's gone. Not that I've really done it that much since we left our world. I guess it's just a bit complicated. You and Alex had a strong basis to build on, years of friendship. I've only just met Tom yet he knows everything about me. What I've done and what I'm thinking, even if I don't know that's what I feel. I don't know much about him at all. I'll try not to overthink it. I suppose we've got a bit of time to work it all out on our way to the states anyway," He said looking thoughtful. With that we went back inside and started planning. It seemed things were slightly tense between the US and the UK part of its empire due to slavery abolition although that movement had grown significantly in the US. Still, to travel across the US with a black boy in tow did mean we'd need a creative route to avoid some of the more fanatical places of the Deep South. We were going to get a boat from Liverpool to New York. Then get the train across the country and on to Colorado Springs. From there it shouldn't be far, the twins said. It took awhile for the twins to arrange things (well "persuade" people to sort things out for them) as well as to extricate themselves from their lives here. However a couple of weeks later we were in the Atlantic Ocean sailing towards New York. In those two weeks the twins had definitely bonded with James and Rob and James was definitely less reserved about the whole sex thing. "The great thing about sea travel is that you can just thrust your dick in your boyfriend and just hold it there and let the natural rhythms do all the work," Tom said when we were sitting round the suite he and James had. We'd all been upgraded to the best rooms on board, no doubt thanks to the twins and their mind games. "That's because you're naturally lazy. Now when I made you cum from being fucked last night it was because I did all the work, not relying on some boat to do it for me. So much for Mr "Dominant" in the bedroom?! More like Mr "I'll just let the boat do all the work!" James said with a giggle. "I think it's a ship not a boat but that's a good point. That was pretty amazing last night. Fair enough, tonight I'll do all the work and won't let you go to sleep until I've made you cum from taking my dick? Sound fair?" Tom said smirking at James who realised he'd probably been set up! Sex onboard the ship was good and with not much to do but look out into the sparse ocean we did a lot of it. Me on top. Alex on top. We tried quite a few different positions. It felt like borrowed time together. Each hour closer to New York was an hour closer to an outcome we were still unaware of. I hoped it would all work out but had no idea and this was one thing the twins probably couldn't control. Still, as I lay on my bed with Alex buried deep inside me nothing mattered but the moment I was in. "What happens when the EMP goes off, do we get to go back to our world?" Lee asked one morning. "In theory the AI can open a gateway before we let off the EMP. It would close quickly but you'd still have time. Sam, has it said anything to you?" Tim asked. "Fuck all," I replied, holding the amulet in my hand. Whether it was by choice or not the AI was quiet. I sensed it was there still. I guess it would wake up when we needed it to. Well it better do otherwise we were fucked! Part of me did wonder if it didn't want to answer the going home question but that was most likely me thinking like an emotional human being. The AI would usually just tell me what I needed to know. It didn't care if the news was good or bad. As we pulled into Colorado Springs by train over a week later though I was really beginning to hope it would wake up soon! Otherwise we'd just be stuck in the middle of the US feeling a bit stupid. It was late when we arrived so we decided to stay in a hotel trying to stay anonymous. We'd had a few looks travelling with James and the political situation here totally went over my head. Luckily, Tom and Tim would be aware of any trouble before it began but even so we decided to play it safe. We kept ourselves to ourselves in our hotel rooms while we planned the next day. We'd be hiking around four hours to get to the Mountain base which was in the same location as in the world I'd lived in with Alex and the world I'd been born in. Of course the difference was that in this world it wasn't Cheyenne mountain base. It had been renamed after a very unsavoury racist politician. We wanted to make an early start and planned early nights but nerves and lust meant I stayed up late with Alex. We had no idea what tomorrow would bring. In theory it sounded so simple but I was realistic to know we might not survive what was coming. The AI might very well have calculated that we were necessary collateral damage in saving a multitude of worlds and that was that. "I don't know what I'd do if I lost you," Alex said to me in bed that night after he'd just made love to me, gently, languorously, enjoying every bit of me. "You'll never lose me!" I said kissing him softly. "You don't know that. It might be the last time we spend the night together, we have no idea what will happen tomorrow." He replied, pulling away for the kiss to look into my eyes. "I know, but I promise I'll do what I can to stay alive! Now you're right, if it is to be our last night together then let's make the best of it. Pass me the lube, I need to cum in you soooo fucking bad!" I grinned and he smiled back despite the worry in his eyes. Ten minutes later as I shot deep into him we told each other we loved each other again. It didn't matter how many times I said it, it was always good to hear it back. Whatever happened tomorrow I would keep my promise to try and alive, but I'd it was a choice of saving the world, saving Alex or saving myself, I was firmly at the bottom of the list. Everyone was quiet the next day as we hiked out of town and towards the mountain. As we got fairly close we off-roaded into the woods, we didn't want to face any awkward questions as to why we were hanging out near a military base, with a black boy at that! We sneaked to within easy range of the entrance. The AI then finally woke up and gave me a bewildering set of images but I then realised I knew what to do. "Ok once the portal is open we go through it and approach the gate. Despite the bombs it should still be protected and active. I can open it and we can then rush to the hub where I should be able to reactivate things. In theory it should be very simple but the air is toxic so we can't linger. Once I open it, just follow me as quickly as you can," I said hoping I sounded more confident than I felt. I expected all sorts of problems and was very much thinking of the worst case scenario. I'd seen films where this was the bit where everything fell apart. I needn't have worried though. To my surprise and relief things went very smoothly. All those fears and worst case scenarios I'd lost sleep over just didn't materialise. We got into the base fine and after a short hurried run through corridors I stood in front of the sleeping dormant main part of the AI that I needed to awaken. "Put the amulet into that indentation and twist it to power things up. Once you press the red button that will start flashing. That is the EMP charging up. Sam, once you have used the amulet to unlock me then take it back and I will open a gateway for you once you're clear of this building. It would be problematic to appear inside the mountain in your world. Once you are outside I will open the gateway and you can go back to the world I sent you to before," The machine laid out it's plan before us and we knew it was time. I unlocked the failsafe. I then pressed the button as instructed which started the charge with a countdown of five minutes. I half expected some sort of last twist like the other AI trying to stop this. However there was nothing. We ran outside as quickly as we could. The plan went as the AI said and we stood outside the base waiting for me to open a gateway. It had all happened so quickly. Weeks of build up and it was all over in ten minutes or so. "Goodbye. I'm sorry we couldn't save you," I said to the AI as I held the amulet and it opened a gateway for us. "It's not goodbye. I prefer au revoir," It said. We entered the gateway and got through in time before it closed as a pulse of energy started to spread out from the mountain. It was the EMP that would change the world I was created in for the better. My old world. Now I was back home in this world. A chance to make sure this one stayed safe. I knew I would never know the outcome of my old world and whether the plan worked but I had to trust it did. As the gateway closed behind us we all stood there and smiled. I suddenly realised how tired I was, but also that our problems weren't over. We were now back in my world but a long way from home. We'd been missing for months. How on earth would we explain what happened? What we'd been through? Just because we'd succeeded in our mission didn't mean there weren't some tricky situations we'd have to face..