Dark as Daylight Ch. 22

Jackson said, "I came looking for my wife, but I think I'm going to run into the woods and hide, because she is going to be looking for me if what I heard is true."

As he was running for the exit, Monty yelled, "Get back here you wimp! Let me kill and dismember you here. I don't want your blood to destroy the ecological balance of this planet."

The guard saw him running and yelled, "Don't forget to sign out."

"Have my wife sign me out, Tony, she's right behind me."

She was.

"Captain, Mr. Oberlin wanted..."

"... is going to be dead when I catch him."

"Bridge, this is exit 3, I've just had two individuals leave without signing out. One was Mr. Oberlin, followed closely behind by Senior Captain Oberlin. I believe this may be a family dispute, and I would not like to be in Mr. Oberlin's position. The captain has a full head of steam on, and her face is red."

Janet asked, "Which way are they running, Tony?"

"East, Captain. Mr. Oberlin has 60 yards to go before he enters the woods, and he does not have a prayer of making it. Captain Oberlin is eating him up with every stride."

Janet yelled, "Medical team to the east woods, on the double. Medical team to the east woods on the double. Captain Oberlin may be in the process of murdering her husband."

Everyone knew she was pregnant, except Monty, of course. I guess she found out today, and didn't like it one bit."

Gordon and Newton flew out of the engineering department on the dead run, heading for exit 3.

Tony was standing in the center of the exit with a mean face on.

"You two are going to sign out."

"Newton, sign me out."

Newton came to an abrupt halt yelling, "I never get to have any fun."

He signed Gordon and himself out, and took off to catch his cousin. Gordon was 40 yards ahead of him, moving at super-speed. Sometimes he hated his cousin, but this was not one of those times.

When he was within 30 yards of the couple he started yelling, "Monty, you can't kill your husband, who would raise your baby beside me? What would that do to Brendan as he grows up? Can you see that child growing up as I did? Would you want another Gordon growing up in this universe?"

"You bastard, you stay away from my son."

He stopped running 10 yards away from them. "There's only one way for that to happen, Monty, you have to let Jackson live. You can divorce him, but you can't kill him."

"This rutting buck got me pregnant again, dammit! All he knows how to do is fuck, and he's damn good at it."

"Why don't you put all that weight back on, and become displeasing to the human eye. All during your younger years you were as big as a house, and no man would look at you. Now you are a fox, and Jackson likes what he caught. Apparently, you are a willing partner in bed, otherwise, you would do to him, what you did to that military man so many years ago. You can't have it both ways Monty, what is it going to be?"

"Gordon, have I told you today that you are a pain in my ass?"

"No Captain, this is the first time I've seen you today. Would you like me to repeat my question, so you can repeat your answer?"

"I should have killed you when you were 3."

"If I died when I was three, Brendan wouldn't be here, and you wouldn't be sitting on top of Jackson's chest, deciding whether to kill him or not."

"Why do you have to become logical, when all I want to do is vent my vengeance on the person who got me pregnant."

"Were you taking your birth control pills?"

"No, I am allergic to the birth control pills we have on board. Jackson is supposed to wear condoms."

"Jackson can you breathe?"

"Barely, but I think she broke my nose."

"Give her a moment, and she will break your jaw."

"Thanks Gordon, that was good news."

"Were you wearing condoms all the time?"

"Should I lie to you, and her, or should I tell the truth?"

"I will give you a quote and then I expect to hear the truth from you. "The truth shall set you free." Now tell the truth, because I got my wife pregnant because a condom broke that she put on me."

"I hate condoms, because they take all the feeling and spontaneity out of lovemaking."

"Did you bother telling Monty about it?"

"Do you think I'm crazy? She would've locked those gates up tighter than Fort Knox."

"Do you see where you are now?"

"Oh yes, if it wasn't for your intervention, I would probably be dead by now. Thank you very much."

"Don't thank me so quickly, Jackson. She is exactly one punch away from killing you. She could put the bridge of your nose directly into your brain and it would be the end of you. If I were you, I would tell your wife that she can have whatever she wants, whether it be a divorce, or for you to move out of the apartment that you share, and stay far away from her and your son. She has full custody of him as long as you are left alive. Monty give him two minutes to think about it, don't move."

The medical team showed up and gathered around Gordon.

"What's up, Captain?"

"In about 90 seconds, we will know if there is an amicable solution to this problem, or if there is going to be a death in the family. Either way, it is Jackson's call."

Jackson asked, "Monty, can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead, you ribald bastard."

"I will do whatever you want, I only have one problem with it, and that is I love you. I would like to take the next seven months or so to see if we can work this out between us. I can't do any more damage to you than I've already done. There is one thing I can do to make sure you never get pregnant again. I can ask Joe if he can give me a vasectomy. I will have it done soon, because I understand it takes quite a while for the effects to take hold. I really would like to stay alive, but if you prefer otherwise, you are well within your rights to end my life."

"I was so looking forward to punching your lights out. Why did you have to come up with something that made sense? I love you, Jackson, but you really pissed me off today. When I get off you, I'm going to go after Gordon, and ring his neck for stopping me from killing you."

"Monty, the last time you went after Gordon, you were on crutches for 8 weeks. Why don't you go after Newton instead?"

"Jackson, you never fight below your weight, you only fight at or above your weight. Gordon and I are heavyweights. Newton is only a middleweight."

Newton shouted, "I am not a middleweight, I am a light heavyweight. I am about to move up to the heavyweight ranks very soon; ask Gordon."

"Newton, I would brush you off like the sand on my shoes."

"That's right, Monty, now that you've lost all that weight, you can see your shoes."

Gordon said, "Newton, don't piss her off."

"I'm just trying to get her up off her husband, cousin."

"There are nicer ways to do it, cousin. I'd rather not see you in traction because of a careless word."

"Gordon, you're beginning to sound like my wife. I promise I'll be careful. Captain, I'm sorry if I was insulting."

"When I'm standing on your head, you are forgiven, Newton."

"Are we going to do this now, or in the confines of the gym?"

"I believe I will take you apart here. I don't want to get blood all over the first three rows of our guests."

"It won't happen, Captain. Elizabeth has tried to open every vein in my body with no success. I have had bumps and bruises everywhere, but nary a drop of blood has flowed."

"I will remedy that for you, and I will show Elizabeth how to do it."

Gordon said, "Senior Captain, I will referee this match, and stop my cousin before he puts you in traction as I did. You are pregnant, and I do not know what effect that would have on your unborn child."

"He is not that good, Gordon. I am going to take him apart like I did Janet."

"I wish you had talked to Janet and asked her about her matches against Newton. The only thing he couldn't do to her was put her into the slots where the weights go."

"Gordon, you are messing with my mind now."

"You can use your communicator and speak with Janet directly if you believe I'm lying to you. However, it would be nice if you got off Jackson's chest so he could breathe normally."

"I haven't decided yet if I am going to kill him or not."

"Now you're lying to yourself. You've made that decision moments ago, and you've calmed down. Stand up and prepare to fight Newton and lose."

She may have been calm before his statement, but now she was fighting mad. She had been challenged. Losing to Newton would drop her down to fifth or sixth place in the rankings. She would have to fight everyone above her to regain her status as the number two ranked contender to Gordon.

Everyone was still waiting to have the match between Laura and Gordon. That would come soon enough. Now here was this upstart that wasn't even ranked in their division, and Gordon had put storm warnings out about this match. She would have to be careful. She did not know what he had taught her competitor, and what tricks he may have up his sleeve.

He was taller than Gordon, with a similar build; wiry, without an ounce of fat on him. He was smart, he had no choice in that matter because of his lineage. Gray and Delicious were his parents, and he grew up at Even's knee.

Jack praised this little guy to the high heavens for what, and how quickly he learned everything in the engineering department. It didn't matter if it was minute or major, this kid was a sponge and he absorbed it through every pore in his body. If Gordon taught him how to fight, he retained every move the same way. She was going to have to be careful with him.

When she stood up, Jackson didn't move. She yelled at him, "Get up, you asshole, I didn't give you ¼ of what you deserved."

"That may be true, my dear. However, the areas of my body that absorbed your punishment are delivering different messages to my brain and are demanding rest. You may go play with Newton, while I ask the medical staff to check for any damaged, or bleeding internal organs."

"Iris take care of this wuss for me please. If he's dying quickly, let him go peacefully. If he's dying slowly, let him think of what he did to me. If he's not dying, and is in a great deal of pain, don't give him any pain medication, because I will be back soon enough to put him in more pain than he can handle."

"Monty, the first rule of medicine is, "Do No Harm." I will follow that rule to the letter. It doesn't mean I have to give him anything to take him out of pain."

"You are a girl after my own heart."

"When you're finished with Newton, will you kill my husband for me, please?"

"Why would I do that, Iris?"

"I found out three days ago that I was pregnant. When we got married, I told him I did not want children, and he agreed. I want to kill bastard, but he's bigger than I am, and I can't do it alone."

"We will discuss this after I dispatch this runt."

"Newton beat my husband in a match very quickly. Be very careful Monty, he's like a mongoose after a cobra."

"I didn't need to hear that Iris. You're putting doubt into my head."

"Monty, I've seen you fight. You are going to squish him like a bug."

"Thank you, Iris, I'm going to do that right now."

"Are you ready, Newton?"

"I was taking a nap, while you were talking yourself out of fighting me. I didn't think this was going to take place today, and I was very comfortable."

"Get your ass off the grass, and get up so I can plant you under it."

"Would you like to place a side bet on this match, Senior Captain?"

"What did you have in mind, idiot"

"The loser gets to run 10 miles, tomorrow morning, before breakfast."

Monty hadn't run 10 miles since she left Earth. She was in much better shape than she was when she left their home planet, so she believed she could do it, if necessary. Then she thought, what am I worried about, I'm not going to lose. He is going to run the 10 miles, not me.

"Who is going to verify the 10-mile run?"

"I am," Gordon said, smiling. "Laura and I will be right alongside you."

"You mean you are going to be alongside your cousin, don't you?"

"We will see shortly Monty, won't we? Shall we begin?"

"You bet your ass we should."

"Those of us in attendance will form a circle which will be the boundaries. Any contestant touching or going through the boundaries will stop fighting immediately and return to the center of the ring and wait for my instructions to continue. This will be a 30-minute match, and I will do the scoring. I know you're both ready, touch hands stepped back three steps and begin."

Unlike her match against Gordon where she let him set the initial tone, she charged Newton and attempted to put him into a bear hug, and crush every bone in his chest and back.

Amazingly, Newton smiled at her, as he took a deep breath, exhaled completely, and slipped down through her arms. Monty was left holding air.

She screamed, "Gordon, I'm going to kill you for teaching him that move."

"You've tried, and failed."

Newton circled to Monty's right side from 8 feet away. It made no sense to her. Why would he circle to her strong side, instead of her weak side. It made no sense to her.

Then he made his move. It looked as if he was going to try to damage her right knee, so she pulled it away, giving him no target. However, it was not where he was going. He jumped, landing 1 foot on her hip, and another on her right elbow, which caused her some pain. It still was not his intended target, her neck was. He twisted in the air, putting his abdomen against her face, and his thighs around the back of her head. He leaned forward, putting his chest over her head, and interlocked his thighs around the back of her neck. He wrapped his arms and hands on opposing thighs, drawing them tighter together.

Monty screamed in frustration because her arms could not reach up to grab any part of his upper body to move him away from her face. Every time she moved, he moved because of her movements. His thighs were locked so securely around her neck, and face, she couldn't break this new hold. She felt humiliated in this position, and she felt even worse seconds later.

Newton started pounding on her head, with his left fist. He said in a calm voice, "Let me know when you yield Senior Captain. I have the superior position, and there is no escape from it. My cousin taught this to me, and regardless of how hard I tried, I couldn't break it. He is going to use it on Laura when they have their match. She will be so frustrated by it, she will take Adam to bed, screw his brains out, and probably get pregnant."

"Okay dammit, I yield. However, your cousin is dead for finding this new hold. He is evil, and the only person I have ever known that is more-evil than he is, was his father, Even."

"I will tell my grandfather you said that the next time I speak with him. I am sure he will get a good laugh out of it."

"Speak to your mother, and sister about praying for your immortal soul, because you have an evil mind, Newton. Gordon is leading you down a path where the devil awaits you. He may be able to talk the devil out of keeping him locked up for eternity, but I'm not sure about you."

"I'll keep Elizabeth with me. If the devil dares lay a horn on me, she will eat him/her as a snack before breakfast. No one touches me except her. She has informed me of that in no uncertain terms. We have come to an agreement. She will no longer hit me if I will teach her how to gain a sense of humor. She will see Hannah as long as necessary to keep her centered, and we will stay married for life."

"Will you let my neck go now please?"

"I'm sorry about that Senior Captain. I was so comfortable I forgot I was holding you captive. It's one of the problems with this new position my cousin taught me."

"Newton, I think I'll kill both of you on general principles. Now, let me go!"

Gordon asked, "Newt, are your thighs so cramped and you can't unlock them?"

"Yes cuz, that seems to be the problem."

"Okay, I'll break you two apart. You will be in a little pain, but it will pass, and you are the victor of this match. Technically, you are now number two in the heavyweight rankings. Tell me when you want to go for number one and I will arrange the match for us."

"How about five years from next Sunday."

"I'll write it down in my log, and make sure I'm available. You better keep practicing, because that move was awful."

"Awful, it took her down like a sack of flour."

"Only because she has never seen it before. I have, and I know the way to get out of it. You were very sloppy, and you would've been in a great deal of pain very quickly had it been me."

"You're only saying that to make me doubt my own capabilities. I think I would've had you in the same position as Monty was today."

"How about next Sunday?"

"I have a headache."

"Take two aspirin, and call me in the morning. You will never know how good you are until you take on the best there is. That is me, cousin. Let it all hang out and see exactly how good you are."

"Okay, you've talked me into it. However, if you hurt me Elizabeth is going to take you apart like an erector set."

"It won't happen, because I will put Zoey up against her. It will be a fight for the ages."

"I would buy tickets for that fight, and it would take all 15 rounds to decide the champion."

"The infirmary would be very busy that evening, not for the two fighters, but for all the fighting that would go on in the arena, during the fight. The participants would follow the rules, but the patrons would be out for blood, while rooting for their champion to win."

"Thank goodness we have 6 doctors now, and 4 more going through the training process. I think we should use the space we have on level 1 to build an extension onto the infirmary. Instead of putting people into a closet to recover from surgery, we could actually put them into a bed, and in a medical area to be watched over by a doctor, nurse, or aid."

"That should be easy enough for us to accomplish, Newt. The more medical equipment we take out of storage, the less room it takes up. We just rearrange the areas and move a few walls around. I'll talk to the Senior Captain about it."

"The Senior Captain is right here asshole, and your request is approved."

"You see, Newton, I told you she could be reasonable, sometimes."

Monty screamed, "Why didn't I kill you when you were 3 years old. I would've been out of jail by now. Living the life of the free woman, without Gordon Luck in my life."

"You didn't kill me when I was 3, because you knew how adorable I would be when I grew up, and because we shared the same birthday. I think I will have Callie announce my birthday over the intercom tomorrow, and for good measure, I'll have her say that you and I is share that birthday separated by 17 years."

Monty didn't say anything. She began running at him as he began the sentence. No one was allowed to know her age, not even Jackson. Janet knew it, but she was sworn to silence. Gordon guessed it when they were in Montana. When she caught him, Gordon was going to die, or be as close to death without dying, as she could get him.

There is only one problem, he was faster than the horses, and trickier than a rabbit. He stayed several feet in front of her, taunting her about getting old, and slow.

"Is the pregnancy slowing you down already? I know your breasts are bigger, but you don't have a baby bump yet."

"Gordon stop, and take your beating like a man."

"Why would I voluntarily take a beating 'like a man', when I don't deserve a beating? I believe your hormones are out of whack and you want to take your frustrations out on any man that is available. You beat up Jackson because you're pregnant. Well, I know it takes 2 people to get one person pregnant, and one of them must have been you, or did he rape you? I sincerely doubt that happened.