Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:15:00 +0000 From: Andrew Passey Subject: The Amulet Part Nine (Young Friends) (Science Fiction) "You're always taking his side!" Rob protested to me. He was now Rob not Robert although it didn't mean he didn't act like he was in charge sometimes. "Rob, I am not taking James's side. I'm just pointing out we need to work together. You two seem to be at each other's throats all the time and it's exhausting. You both seem to spend more time arguing than you do working!" I said exasperatedly. They were driving me mad with their constant bickering and disagreeing. We'd been in this new world for a few weeks now. It had been a shock at first to realise it was devoid of human life. Well our immediate area was apart from us. As we explored further afield we saw evidence that there had been humans here in the not too distant past. The land had started to wipe the memories away though. Abandoned buildings were now covered in foliage and the forests had been reclaiming land bit by bit. We'd walked down to where Brighton had been. It was smaller than in my world and now totally overgrown. We headed inland, further north than the South Downs way and where we'd come through. We'd found an old farm where vegetables still grew which allowed us to eat ok. We set ourselves up in an old large ruined barn. It provided extra shelter for the tents and the warm early summer weather made sleeping outside feasible for those that wanted to. We'd all given each other a lot of space though. Our tents were very well spaced out apart from each other and I think everyone enjoyed the extra privacy. The strange thing was that there was even a lack of domestic animals as well as wildlife. It was like something had pulled a switch and life ended. There was no evidence of what had caused it although my initial fears of some sort of nuclear holocaust had been dispelled by the amulet confirming radiation levels were normal. "I wish they'd get on better, the constant sniping is draining," I complained to Alex, Matt and Lee when James and Rob had both stormed off to calm down. "We're in a new world Sam. The dynamic has changed and they're still trying to work out where they fit in. They both want to be the alpha male. Rob is used to being in charge and giving orders. James obviously doesn't like that. His stutter has come back a bit so he's obviously stressed. To be honest it would probably help if they just fucked each other and got it out of their system. Then again they'd no doubt both want to be the dominant top so that probably wouldn't work!" Lee said probably not a million miles away from the truth. "I think the temporary nature of our situation here isn't helping. We can't stay here for that long. While we have a food supply for now at some point winter will come and we'll starve. We don't have enough food to store and stockpile and we don't have shelter for that either. To be honest we're better off moving on sooner rather than later. We don't want to end up somewhere where we want to stay but the impending colder weather reduces our options. I know you don't want to move on just yet Sam, and compared to where we've been the last two times this is idyllic. But it's a break from reality, not reality itself." The others nodded as Alex said this out loudly to me. He was only voicing what he'd been saying for days now when it was just the two of us and I knew he was right. It was just that I was really happy here. I got to spend every night with Alex. Holding each other in our arms after we'd usually sucked each other's dicks. After that brief time in Rob's world where I'd been separated from him I didn't want to risk that again. I was aware that things could have gone much worse there than they did and that next time we might not be so lucky. I imagined Rob was probably a bit sexually frustrated too. Now we were no longer in his world it was just me and Alex again. While playing around with him had been fun it was under duress and Alex and I just wanted each other. Rob was no doubt struggling at being in a new world, a new group of boys and not sure where he fitted in but I just hoped he'd adjust in time. In our time in this new world the amulet had given up a bit more information as well. It couldn't really control where we ended up. It just could open a gateway to another world. Although if we'd been there before it was apparently easier to get back there but it wouldn't tell me the specifics of how. It also refused to send me back to our own world as that was too dangerous for the same reason we had to leave. I was still being chased. It wouldn't say who, what or why, just the usual "it's complicated". It was starting to provide more information though. It would give toxicity and radiation reports if I asked it. It was frustrating though. I knew there was untapped power there but it either couldn't or wouldn't tell me or open it up to me. Rob and James both made their way back to the group separately and I decided it was time to discuss next steps. "It's been a nice respite from everything being in this world the past few weeks but it's clear we can't stay here long term. I also don't think it's healthy for us to be living a subsistence lifestyle. It's clearly taking its toll. That being said I'm slightly reluctant to leave and go who knows where but it's important that we take this decision as a group. Those who believe we should move on to a new world raise your hand," I said, then was surprised to see all the hands raised. "Ok well that's fairly clear!" I said with a grin. I then led a discussion on timelines and planning. I made it clear I wanted to wait another few days but would abstain from voting so that we had a clear majority one way or another. Alex was also keen to wait another few days. Lee and Matt wanted to go tomorrow. Them then it was just James and Rob. Rob took Alex's side giving James the casting vote. To no surprise James did the opposite of Rob and went with Lee and Matt. "Right so the decision is made. Ideally we'd have agreed the same option but I guess that was unrealistic. I've made it clear I'd like more time to plan and strategise potential scenarios we might be faced with, as well as stock up on food. However, James had the casting vote and he's decided we go tomorrow. So we need to start packing anything extra we might need and get ready to head out tomorrow morning. We probably don't have time to quite head back to where we came through so I guess we get a bit away from this and do it where the amulet thinks is best. With that everyone went off to start to prepare. I was slightly miffed that they'd gone against my recommendation. However it was important to me that I wasn't the one in charge just because I was the one with the amulet. I was also aware I was the cause of us being here so didn't want to put my foot down. That night I lay in our tent in my pants waiting for Alex to arrive. He was just finishing off some packing. He came in and smiled at me, "time for your nightly pubic hair inspection. I wonder if you've grown any more since this morning?" In the past few weeks I'd started to grow a couple of hairs and my dick had started to grow slightly as well. No longer was I the hairless small dicked boy! Now I was the not quite hairless, not quite as small dicked boy! Alex didn't mind though. As he pulled his pants down to show his still growing dick I did the same. He crawled over to me and kissed me. Our tongues were playing tonsil tennis before he kissed my chest and worked his way down to my soft dick. "Swing your legs round so I can do you at the same time," I said. He pulled off my dick, "Not tonight. Well not yet, that can be round two! Who knows what tomorrow will bring so I want to take my time and enjoy your dick in all its glory!" He said before taking it in his mouth again. He had me whimpering and moaning as he expertly brought me off to a leg trembling orgasm. Our techniques had definitely improved through constant practice and we both felt the benefits of that! I then sucked Alex off before being rewarded with a mouthful of cum. We lay there chatting for a while, kissing at times before it got late and it was time for sleep. After a last 69 in this world though! We took our time and made sure it was a particularly epic one, shooting our last cum in this world into each other's mouths. I was first up the next morning, apart from Lee who was walking a bit gingerly around the place wincing slightly. "You Ok mate?" I asked in concern. He blushed and looked a bit embarrassed. "Fine, just er, maybe overdid last night with Matt. Without going into too much detail let's just say that his dick might feel amazing in me but if you do it too many times then it's a bit sore the next day." "Actually that's a bit too much detail, but by in you do you mean...um.....your bum?" "Of course, what else? Oh, have you and Alex not had sex yet?! You should do it! It feels amazing. We've been doing each other for a couple of weeks although I think I prefer being fucked than doing the fucking. Which is a bit strange as I'm sort of the dominant one. Luckily Matt seems to like that too though. It is AMAZING. Do it with Alex!" He said. "Do what with me?" Alex asked, sticking his head out the tent, yawning still only half awake. I blushed despite myself. I wasn't totally naive and I guess I thought we'd do it one day. However this wasn't the time to chat about it. We had a lot to do before we left. "I'll tell you later!" I said with a grin and got on with striking camp and packing up. The rest of the morning was busy and before I knew it I was opening a gateway on a small hill away from the farm with the South Downs a mile or so south of us. We walked through. I lingered ever so slightly before I went through last of all. This world had been an enjoyable stay. Alex and I had really got to know each other's bodies well and I worried we were going to a place where we wouldn't be accepted. Still, I knew we couldn't stay here long term. Well we couldn't stay anywhere long term. That was still the nagging doubt at the back of my mind. What was my exit strategy? We kept going into new worlds but for what end? I was running from something I didn't know, it might never find me. Was my life just going to be a few days or weeks here or there, sometimes in strange worlds, sometimes not? Was it fair on the others? They hadn't signed up for this constant moving between worlds. Never able to stop.. What would happen if we reached a world where they split us up? The worrying thoughts kept circling round my head, this time though I had no choice, I stepped through the gateway and it closed behind us. As my eyes got used to the brighter sunshine on this world I knew one thing straight away, this was a world that was definitely full of people..