Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:30:53 +0200
From: Amy Redek <adultreading@gmail.com>
Subject: The Ridge. Part Eight.

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            Part Eight

     Carlton was ahead of them here, for even before the sun rose, three of
them were down at the pool and filled up their water casks and were away
just before the sun peeped over the horizon. He stayed behind and settled
himself down to watch the tree line almost certain that someone would be
put on watch. He'd learned patience while in the army and so he sat still
and waited and was rewarded by a sighting about half an hour after the sun
had come up.

     It was only the odd movement of bushes but he noticed it and saw a
brief glimpse of a face before it was withdrawn into the shadows. Which one
it was, he didn't know but it was definitely one of them. He gave the other
watcher another ten minutes just to see if he was going to move again,
which he didn't, so Carlton slowly backed away and went to see the others.

     `Well they've been pretty predictable so far,' he said as he sat down
and accepted the palm leaf with some fruit and nuts on it from Judy. Smith
had sat down next to him for a council of war, the girls sitting just a
little way back but able to hear what he was going to say. `We have a
watcher in the tree line to the south just east of the ridge. I couldn't
clearly see who it is but that doesn't matter. Now with him there, there
would have to be at least one left at their shelter, assuming they are
using the same place for him to contact. That would put two at large, or
all three are there, which is what I am thinking they are doing. Also, if
they are all there, they will be making weapons, like us.' He paused to
drink some water that Toni passed over to him.

     `So,' he continued, `let's lead them all over the island. Will you,'
he'd turned to Smith, `take two of the girls round the crater and come up
to the pool from the east. But keep to the north side of the
water. Approach the pool with caution, looking about you but do not give
any hint even if you do see him. We will be watching from the west and
south side of the pool ready to attack if they do. I will place myself as
close as I can to where the watcher is to see if he makes any signal to the
rear. Have you got that?'

     `Yes,' Smith said, `it sounds good to me. What happens after we've got
the water?'

     `You return the same way until you're out of sight and can't be
tracked before coming back round to here. Now if we are attacked and we
beat them off, we will follow the route you came in on. One other point,
if, which I hope not and do not expect at this stage, we have someone
wounded. That person has got to be carried or dragged away. We do not, and
I stress not, leave anyone wounded behind to be captured. Is that clearly
understood?' There was a chorus of yes.

   `Okay then, pick your three,' to Smith.

     `Pearl, Tiki and Stacey. Get your spears and some water melons. Four?'
he looked at Carlton.

   `Yes, that'll do,' he replied.

     `Right. We'll get started and should be round the other side in, let's
say about an hour and a half.'

     `Okay. We will be in position to cover you,' Carlton said, and with
that, those going with Smith picked up their spears and checked that their
knives were secure and off they went.

     `Can I have a cigarette please,' Toni asked. `I'm all of a tremble at
this and feeling a trifle nervous,' and gave a small laugh that betrayed
the fact.

     `Okay,' he smiled, `We've got an hour before we need to move,' and he
got the glass and lit one for her as before. He was still sitting down and
Judy was now sitting next to Toni and he looked at them both sitting before
him. He noted the torn shorts and the one strap bra as Toni puffed
nervously on her cigarette and he looked at Judy, getting a lovely tan all
over her top half.

     `Are you wearing panties?' he asked Toni. She looked taken aback by
this question.

   `Yes, why?'

     `Well those shorts look as if they're only being held up by a few
threads. Take them off for they might get torn off in the bushes and if you
don't retrieve them, it could give them a lead if they are found,' he said.

     `Oh, okay,' and with just a flip of her fingers, the button came
undone and she worked her legs out of them.

     `I might just as well say that you look rather indecent wearing that
torn bra too,' he grinned. `You're the only one wearing one.'

   `You want me to take this off too?' her voice a bit shaky.

     `Yes. The whiteness will show up quite clearly against the green
bushes. As soon as you get tanned like Judy there, you'll blend in nicely.'
She blushed but stuck the cigarette in her mouth and fumbled behind her
back.

     `Here, let me do it,' Judy said and moved the fumbling fingers aside
and undid the one clip hold it together. Toni then shyly pulled the one
strap down her arm and revealed her breasts to his gaze.

     `I assure you that after a day or two you won't be embarrassed,' Judy
said to her. `I'm not now.'

     `If I may say so, you do have a lovely pair of breasts,' Carlton
said. `You should be quite proud of them. I can't understand women having
such treasures and keeping them hidden.'

     `It's part of the allure,' Judy said. `Keep the men guessing. It fires
their imagination.'

     `And causes rape,' he said bitterly, thinking of Carol and he got up,
his palm leaf rather pushed forward at seeing Toni now topless, but the
sight of them had been driven from his mind at the thought of Carol and he
found some saplings and sat back down and began to fashion the cross that
had been promised for her grave. It was a crude cross, but it was symbolic
more than decorative and when he had finished it, said that it was nearly
time for them to move out into position.

     He showed her how to hold the spear and said that she was to use it in
a stabbing motion. She was to stay within the trees and only come out if a
fight did take place and put her on the west side closest to their
shelter. He gave her a quick kiss and said that she was a brave girl and
went off with Judy to fix her position.

     This was on the south west side of the pool and again just inside the
trees. He gave her a kiss too and said that she was a brave girl too before
moving away. He took his time and slowly worked his way through the trees
and bushes to get as close as he could to the other side's watcher.

     He was only just in time for almost at once, as he began to settle
himself, Smith and his cohort came into view from the east.

     It was rather anticlimactic. They approached the pool in a wary
attitude, filled the melons and departed without the hidden watcher
moving. It was only when they were out of sight did Carlton pick up the
movement and knew that he was withdrawing to go off and report. He managed
to track him for a short distance on his side of the ridge but stopped when
he was sure of where the man was heading.

     Carlton was pleased that Judy was still on station when he collected
her and Toni too.

     `Is that it?' she asked when he said they could now go back to the
shelter.

     `Yes, we won't see them for the rest of the day,' he said with a laugh
putting his arms round the shoulders of the two girls and took them
back. Though he had a change of mind and took Toni up the tree line on the
western side of the crater.

     `Stay here and keep watch for the others and check with Smith that he
hasn't been followed.' She said that she would and so he left her there and
went back to the shelter.

     Judy was under the roof out of the sun and propped herself up on her
elbow when he crawled and lay down next to her. The sight of her bare
breasts and shining eyes caused his palm leaf to start to rise up with his
growing erection.

     `I wondered if you'd find some way of getting us to be alone,' she
said. `I think that it's my turn now,' rolling over to him and giving him a
kiss, her hand going down to grasp his erection. `I've been looking forward
all day for this,' she said as she moved down and took him in her mouth. As
she sucked on him, she wriggled out of her panties, not letting go of his
prick, squeezing it as she sucked but she didn't want to go too far and so
let him go and moved up to kiss him.

     `Go down on me now please,' she begged and rolled over onto her back
and opened her legs. He raised himself up and kissed her breasts and then
her stomach before he moved in between her legs and kissed her inner
thighs, his slight beard scratching and tickling her as he moved his kisses
up higher until she felt his tongue touch her outer lips.

     She gave out a shiver and put her hands down to part them and he could
now see between the folds, the entrance to her vagina and the little bud
above. He used his tongue to stroke both, sending more shivers up and down
her body as he began the serious part of sticking his tongue inside her and
moving it about.

     Cunnilingus is an art and as he couldn't get low enough to see to her
properly, moved his body round so that he was upside down to her. Now he
could get his teeth around her clit to gently nibble it with his teeth that
made her writhe, her arm banging his thigh which was now alongside. It
became hard like a nut and he could give it long strong strokes with his
tongue before changing to sticking it inside her vagina.

     `Lift your leg over,' she cried out as she squirmed at his
ministrations and as he put his leg over her body, she grabbed at his
throbbing cock and virtually pulled it into her mouth to suck and chew on
as he was doing to her. She rolled her eyes before closing them to relish
having her sex tongued and licked as she sucked on his throbbing organ in
that famous sixty nine position.

     She held the base of his cock with one hand so that he wouldn't go too
far and choke her while the other hand played with his heavy balls. She
couldn't say that she was about to have her orgasm with her mouth full of
his cock so began to buck her hips and yet not too much to miss out of
having his tongue and mouth where it was.

     She came in a veritable flood to fill his mouth and at the same time,
he came to fill hers. Judy nearly choked on the first emission as it spurt
out the end and hit her in the back of her throat and somehow managed to
swallow it in time for the second load. He drank from her and she took all
that he had to give, holding the last lot to run round the head of his cock
before she swallowed.

     When finished, they kissed and stroked each other and only broke apart
when they heard the others coming back to the shelter.

                                                *

     It was a tired crew that trooped back into the camp, somewhat
dispirited that nothing had happened after being so keyed up with Carlton's
speech before they'd set off. Now three and half hours later felt in a
bizarre way that they'd been let down.

     `Don't be fooled by their lack of response today,' Carlton
explained. `They are trying to study us, see our weaknesses. They think
they are superior having four men against two and a handful of women. It
will come, they will strike when they are ready. This can be related to
what was known as the phoney war. It's the time spent in between fighting
when it's the gathering of intelligence, so I think that tomorrow will be a
day of peace. We'll still stand watch of course but I don't think anything
of note will happen.' He was right in this.

     It was on Tiki's watch that they were seen getting water, apart from
that, nothing was seen. They spent the day watching Smith make more spears
and short stabbing swords and Carlton cutting cans for the metal. The girls
sun bathed and talked amongst themselves. It wasn't until they were getting
prepared for their evening meal when one of the girl's said it would be
nice if they could get some fish now that they could create fire that got
Carlton thinking.

     Smith was taking the last watch of the pool relieving Toni's first
time on watch. He got her to stay for a while before going back to the
shelter and when she did return, said that James was a very smooth talking
man.

    The day was a washout for King's men as they scoured the eastern half
of the island and found nothing. The three henchmen kept silent that night
not wanting to upset their leader.

                                                *

     In the western shelter of the ridge, it was now becoming a pattern in
their sleeping arrangements, with each woman taking it in turns to sleep
alongside both Carlton and Smith. Judy gave up her place to Stacey for her
to be with Carlton and Toni, not really having fallen into the pattern
properly, found that she was on the outside of the group for Judy to sleep
next to Smith.

     Secrecy in the fact of the girls having sex with the two men was now
going by the board, for in the darkness of the night, Tiki wasn't surprised
when Stacey, next to her, had her body covered by Carlton, Pearl on the far
side smiled as Stacey was getting what she wanted as well but knew that she
was next in line. Toni wasn't sure how to react but kept quiet when she
felt Smith's arm touch her as he rolled over on top of Judy. The coming
together was now actually taking place in the shelter for the first
time. The three women without a man, sighed, but knew that their turn would
come if the men could keep up with the demand.

     Stacey, with it being her turn with Carlton, had, in the darkness,
already removed what was left of her torn panties and as she lay next to
him, brought one of his hands up to a breast as they kissed. She slowly
broke off the kissing and she pushed his head down for him to kiss and suck
on a nipple. With it coming up hard, then pushed the hand on her other
breast down and put it between her legs. So as he kissed, sucked and
nibbled on one teat, his fingers were making music inside her sex.

     It didn't take long for her to be ready and almost pulled him up on
top of her to which he was most happy to oblige. He was quickly inside her,
his backside going up and down as he fucked her. He wasn't unaware of
Tiki's hand on one side stroking a cheek of his bum as he moved on Stacey,
nor of Pearl doing the same to the other cheek and smiled inwardly that
while he was fucking the girl underneath him he would soon, be fucking the
lovely black girl on the other side.

     Smith wasn't unoccupied either at the other end of the shelter for his
erection was up into Judy and he did like fucking her and getting great
pleasure from doing so for he knew that she was sweet on Carlton.

                                                *

     The pool water watch rota had been set for the day and Carlton was
taking it easy, watching the girls make ropes with creepers. He was
thinking of fish and water. One, that they would or needed to have fish to
add to their fruit and nut diet. Second, how to get water without going to
the pool. He'd been studying the pool and guessed that it had a constant in
flow and one or more out, for the level stayed the same and yet it was
constantly fresh, not stagnating at all. The problem he was wrestling with
was of how to bring it down to the shelter, have it on tap as it were.

     Judy had just washed the bandages that had been used for his head and
they were draped over bushes to dry when it clicked. The medicine box. He
went and got it out into the open and emptied it out and found what he
wanted. A sling! It was folded into a tight square but when opened up was
over a foot square of a muslin type of linen. Perfect for a net. Safety
pins too which would help to secure it round a bent sapling as the hoop.

     He called Smith over, showing him what he had and what he wanted for
his fishing net. He understood and went off to find the right type of young
tree for the purpose. He wasn't long and within a short time, had a hoop
that fitted within the square and they pinned the edges round and they had
their net. Next came the handle and within an hour, they were ready to
become fishermen. It was decided that they would go fishing the next day
and when Carlton took over the last pool watch, he sat there looking at the
water and tried to solve the problem of getting the water over the top and
down to the camp.

     There was no way of breaking through the rim for it was solid rock and
besides, if they did they would have a stream and it could possibly upset
the equilibrium that the years had set up. No, it had to be siphoned out,
but how? For pipe work he could use bamboo of which he'd seen quite a bit
growing past the beach at the western end of the island. Though if memory
served him right, bamboo was only hollow between what looked like round
knots every few feet along its length. One end of each piece could be
whittled down to fit into the end of another section but would the blade of
the knife last that long considering the whole length would be over sixty
yards. The medicine box had yielded a small roll of plaster, but there
wasn't enough and besides, it wouldn't last long as a jointing strip.

     He mulled this over till the sun had almost gone and knowing that they
wouldn't come up at this late hour for water, went back to the shelter.

     The others admired the fishing net though Toni complained that a few
of the safety pins would have held her bra together nicely.

     `Believe me Toni, `Smith said, `the catching of fish takes preference
over a bra, besides, I think you look far better without one.' She blushed
again though her smile belied the fact that she hadn't really wanted to
repair it.

     `I'll go down early with Stacey and Pearl. Stacey and I can take it in
turns to fish while the other looks out for sharks in the water and Pearl
can look out for the sharks on the land. You'll have to do double shifts on
the pool watch and have somebody on standby to come down and fetch us if
needed. We'll be at the end of the beach furthest from the ridge.'

     So with that settled, night had fallen and as they began to take their
places in the shelter, Toni was amazed at the shunting about of the girls
with the two men laying down in their usual place, one in from the end.

     Pearl was the first in to lay next to Carlton followed by Tiki who lay
next to Smith, then the other slotted themselves in leaving Toni to fill
the last space. She found it somewhat erotic to see the two men couple with
their partner for the night and got a sudden desire inside that she now
wanted a man again but knew she would have to wait her turn.

                                                *

     It was another fruitless day for King's camp and it was a disgruntled
foursome that tried to sleep that night. John and Liam fidgeting the most
from nicotine withdrawal symptoms.

     It was only by chance that Drew spotted the three at the far end of
the beach fishing as he passed along the ridge the next day, but by the
time he'd reported the sighting and they had rushed to the ridge to see,
only to find that they had gone.

                                                *

     The western group were now getting into the habit of getting their
water before the sun rose and so were safely in the trees when it did rise
with one on watch to see if there was any change in the pattern of the
others.

     As soon as they had eaten, Carlton, Stacey and Pearl, all armed with
spears and their knives plus the net, went down to the beach to fish. They
planned on three hours maximum and Carlton had the honour of using the net
first and succeeded in catching three small fish that could only be
described as sardines, but it was fish all the same.

     The joke before they left camp had been that they'd better bring back
some fish, or stay on the beach if it was tuna. Stacey then did her half
hour and being a very good swimmer, went further out among the rocks and
came back with two fair sized ones.

     `Don't go for any bigger,' she said as she waded out with her
catch. `I don't think the net would hold, see, there's a little tear there
already.' This they repaired by the simple means of shifting the safety pin
by the tear.

     It was close on the three hours when he said that they'd been down
there long enough, they having caught four medium sized fish and nine
smaller ones plus his two sardines. So quite pleased with their first
effort, made their way up the beach and into the trees.

     It was when he decided to call it a day that they had been spotted by
Drew. Pearl's attention had been distracted by Carlton saying it was time
to finish that she didn't see Drew's head come above the ridge. So they
went up to their shelter unaware that they had been seen.

     The rest were delighted when they saw the catch and many a mouth
watered at what would a nice change from fruit and nuts. Now came the
discussion as to where and when they cooked the fish with Carlton flatly
refusing to have a fire at the shelter.

     `Not only could the smoke pin point where we are, the smell of cooking
fish would draw them here. No, we cook them somewhere else.'

     It was decided to use the crater up at the top. It meant carrying the
fuel but they would be out of sight and were hopeful that the smell would
go up rather than down, besides there were seven spears to defend it
against four if they came looking for the source of the fire or the smell
of cooking fish.

     Stacey had the honour of carrying the catch while the others carried
wood and dried grass and sticks for spitting the fish. It was decided to
gut and clean the fish up the top, realising that they should have done it
down at the beach and used the innards for bait.

     With the glass and dried grass, the fire was alight and burning within
a minute. Pearl did the gutting and cleaning with the knife and then as the
fire was built up, the fish were spitted on sticks and slowly cooked over
the fire.

     Though the catch would only really have been sufficient for three
people, they made what they had go round so they all had enough to satisfy
the hunger that the smell of them cooking had generated. Now the fruit to
follow washed down with water made it a wonderful meal.

     They lazed away the afternoon in the sun talking and then the girls
started to get somewhat smutty in their talk about who was next to share
the two men, but when they began to start making comparisons about the size
of their tackle was when Carlton called a halt.

     Smith said that it would have made for a good picture of them all
spread out inside the crater. Him with his torn underpants, Carlton with
his palm leaf front covering and five women, wearing only torn panties but
displaying their breasts in three different shades of colour. Toni's still
white, Judy and Stacey a light golden brown, Tiki's a rich golden brown and
Pearl's big black ones. Carlton agreed and he had to concentrate on
something completely different to try and not let his body take over which
it was threatening to do.

     He got them to douse the fire with some of the water and said that the
birds could have the fish remains, and they all felt in very good spirits
as they went back down to the shelter, taking care to go down and round the
opposite side.

     There's no need to say what went on in the shelter that night after
dark with two lusty men in residence, but we will.

     Toni found it somewhat erotic to see another girl being fucked and not
herself being the recipient. She watched as Smith got on top of Pearl and
their two figures become one in the dark and then to see him start humping
her. Pearl was giving out little gasps every time their pubes met and he
was at his deepest inside her and him grunting at the effort.

     She only had to turn her head to see that Carlton was in the middle of
fucking Tiki, her begging him to do it harder. His backside moving up and
down as he fucked her. Toni's hand moved down her own body and she began to
finger herself as she watched the two shadows move to culminate in little
cries of pleasure as they came.

                                                     *

     The next was almost the same as the day before, but with Judy going
with Smith and Pearl to do the fishing. Their catch was almost the same but
this time, they were watched for nearly the whole time from the eastern
side of the ridge and again the watchers were not seen by Pearl.

     `You say it's the same three that were here yesterday?' King asked of
Drew.

     `Well I think so. There's only the one nigger woman with them. One man
and another white woman, same as yesterday.'

     `Alright. Three yesterday, three today, let's hope it's only three
again tomorrow,' King said and they stayed and watched to see which way the
three left the beach. When they'd gone, he made his plans for the following
day.

     The fish this time had been cleaned and gutted down on the beach so
they didn't look as impressive, but they were edible when cooked. So they
made haste up to the crater and cooked and ate the day's catch, not minding
now that breakfast and supper was only nuts and fruit. Carlton didn't let
the talk degenerate as it did the day before but stressed that they've
still got to be on their guard even though the other side didn't seem to be
doing anything.

     They set up small traps around the shelter to warn them if anyone
attempted a night attack. Smith came up with a good one for it had been
noted that the other side now went about like them, bare footed. So what he
had fixed up was strips of bark that he'd inserted little slivers of his
wood chips into them. These were then laid down and with just a slight
covering of dirt were invisible in the most likely approaches and all were
shown exactly where they were so that they could step over rather than on
them. They would only cause small punctures to the foot but in the
surprise, a person might cry out or make some noise to alarm them.

    It was on the lines of the police speed traps to puncture the tyres of
a vehicle they wished to stop, a belt of iron nails spread across the road
in the path of the car or van they wanted. Soon they would be planting
stakes.

     It was just something else to make them feel a bit more secure at
night when they were sleeping.

                                                      *