Dead Horizon Ch. 05

-- Secrets Revealed --

Stacie had somehow still managed to wake up before Kaleb. Feeling the dead weight of his arm drapped over her side, she let out a sigh of contentment, as she pressed a little closer against him. She didn't want to move and for a long while, she didn't. Wasn't until she felt his gentle movements, did she finally budge and as he rolled over onto his back, she was carefully straddling him and resting her head down against his chest. "K.C. wake up." she whispered softly against his ear, before gently nipping along the edge of his earlobe.

At first his reaction was simple by just slightly shaking his head, assuming it to be a fly, but as it continued and those familiar vocals played over his eardrum, he was all too soon pulling his eyelids open. It wasn't exactly the first thing he had expected to hear waking up, but he couldn't say it wasn't a thought on his mind also. "I'm awake and let me just say, it's going to be a beautiful day."

She knew she was blushing, she could feel it in her cheeks. Gently resting her hands against his shoulders, a smile quickly forming over her lips as she leaned forward and placed a kiss against his upper jawline. "What do you think the city is like right now?"

"I don't know. But you look like you're thinking." He said gently cupping her chin within his hand.

"I was." She replied rather shortly. "Thank you again for the sunrise. It was beautiful." She finally gave a more substantial reply, before leaning forward and gently pressing her lips against his.

"So what were you--" and just like that she had broke his question as she pressed her lips against his. He wanted to savor that moment, as he would like to do with every moment with her, but just as fast as her lips had found his, they were gone.

"What was I thinking about?" she arched her brow in question. "With everything that has happened the last few days, how much worse my life could have been had Aaron not taken me to your place. Which begs to question; if you're parents owned enough land for three houses and a farm, why did you live in the city in the first place?" She finished saying as her lips began to curl, the deepest hint of mischief sparkled within her sapphires.

"Because it was easier for people to get to me if I lived in the city, then trying to get work brought out here to my parents property. At least until we were able to get a car dolly added to the back of the Ram."

Stacie couldn't help but find herself losing track of her original train of thought. The little minx could hardly contain her excitement, as his touch continued to send shivers down the length of her spine. Feeling his fingers curl beneath the fabric of the jean shorts, grabbing at the curves of her ass, she allowed a soft -- almost too kitten-like -- purr to roll past her lips. Adding to the enticement of the moment, she began to slowly rotate her hips, grinding against him a little harder. Soon their lips met and almost instantly, she melted beneath his touch as she felt herself being rolled over onto her back.

It wasn't difficult to see Stacie was now on the same page as he was and was looking for the same sort of attention. Kaleb was breaking the kiss all to soon and soon he was leaving her to wonder where his next touch was going to be. - Oh there it is! - There came the sound of pure enjoyment of lust at its finest. What had been a soft, gentle, purr of pleasure had quickly turned into something more of a deep, drawn out moan, as she felt his teeth bite down against the side of her neck. The bite hadn't been hard by any means, and soon each playful nip that was being taken along the length of her neck was calling those soft vocals to harmonize into the still silence of the country afternoon. Obviously she wasn't the only one able to tease. Wasn't long before those once soft, pink nipples were fully pert and poking against the fabric of the white muscle shirt in some vain attempt at trying to escape.

Kaleb continued his gentle pursuit past the nape of her neck and along the exposed flesh of her upper breast, even as she kept her hips almost forcefully grinding against his own. The two of them had soon been consumed with the heat of the moment, no longer were either of them concerned with who might them. No, the only thing the two of them were concerned about at that moment was who's shirt was coming off first. Stacie, with lids closed, had gently drug her nails along his back pulling away his shirt. Of course no sooner then she had his off, had he pulled the muscle shirt that she was currently wearing and tossed them both to the side. Cupping both those perfectly round mounds with his hands and began gently nipping and massaging her nipple between his teeth.

Another long and lust filled moan escaped her lips as her breaths were beginning to come in short pants as the assault on her nipples continued, her own slender fingers finally starting to work against the leather belt which was currently holding up his jeans. Kaleb was soon releasing his current hold against her breasts, giving her a chance to work the leather belt from the loops. No sooner than she had the belt free, she found herself laid out on her back once again as Kaleb once again began trailing his lips along the flat, firm flesh of her stomach. Once again he had found her navel ring and as the intensity continued to build, she had quickly found that hard rhythmic grind once again.

Kaleb's lips never left her soft flesh for more than a second, even as he worked to unclip the only button that held the blue jean shorts close. Leaving a trail of nips and kisses along her lower stomach and down over her pelvis area, he slowly worked the shorts down the full length of her legs and was soon tossing them to the side along with their shirts. Now laying completely naked before him, Stacie trained those lust filled sapphires on him as she intently watched his every movement.

"Ohhhh." She purred almost instantly as soon she she felt his warm breath mixing with the heat of her own desire. And then it happened and the moan that had come from the depth of her throat and escaping past her lips was like magic. She felt his teeth gently scrape over the already hardening bud and when his lips wrapped around it, she couldn't help herself and squealed out loud.

Kaleb had hooked his arms beneath her thighs and had pulled her a little closer toward him. Kaleb found himself rather enjoying the 'coo's', squeals and moans that were coming from her and with each one that past her lips. Even for as much as he wanted to dive in and enjoy that delicate flower in front of him, he wasn't ready to end his fun yet, gently kissing around the inner crease of her thighs. From beneath him, Stacie was thrashing her hips anxiously as she felt his tongue slither inside the damp opening of her pussy. With her right hand now holding the back of his head, as though she was trying to keep him in his place, she used her left hand to stimulate herself a little higher as she began pinching and pulling against her nipples.

"It feels..." she began saying between gasps. "Don't stop baby. Right there... keep... doing... that." She wanted to cum. The satisfaction he was sending through her was taking her to new heights. This wasn't like the night they had in the city, before everything had changed, she was sober and so this felt different. A good, no a great, kind of different. She could feel the intensity building inside of her. She needed to cum, to feel that climatic release. But sadly, as much as she could feel it, Kaleb just wasn't letting her have the release that she desperately craved.

It was at that moment, at the very peek of her first climax, when she felt Kaleb finally pull himself away from between her thighs that she felt empty. She couldn't believe it, her climax was right on the verge of breaking her and he had taken that away. She was just starting to reopen her eyes, wanting to know why Kaleb had stopped so suddenly, but before she could clear the glossy fog of lust from those sapphires she felt his reason. Feeling her left leg being lifted, she instinctively brought her leg behind the back of her head before crying out in pure pleasure. Kaleb had quickly sank the full length of his cock inside of her, bottoming out within her very depths and with her climax already hanging on the edge, as soon as she felt him forcefully pound her insides, she was given that climatic release that she had been craving.

"Uhhh... Fuck... I'm cummmmming!" Stacie squealed in delight, her hips working to match the full thrusts he was giving to her insides.

Kaleb continued his relentless assault within her depths, pumping and pounding the full extent of his cock into the far reaches of her pussy. The feeling was intense and even as he worked to stretch her insides, those very same inner muscles were hugging around the girth that was currently invading the small opening. He wasn't done by any stretch of the imagination however and no sooner had he pulled himself from the tight, gripping vice from between her thighs, she was all too soon lowering her leg from behind her head. Allowing her to completely roll over onto all fours before his was burying the full length inside her once again.

Let the assault continue. The poor little minx was in bliss, she could feel the very depths he was reaching and as much as she tried, her breath seemed unable to keep up with her. "Uhhh... Harder... Right there... Don't stop... Yes.. uhhh... Yes!..."

The two of them continued to match one another's thrusts, Stacie even feeling the hard pull of her hair as Kaleb continued to rock her world from the inside out. A soft purr had quickly erupted from her throat as she felt the quick sting of his palm against the soft flesh of her ass. Another firm smack was given, this time to the opposite cheek, which called forth another squeal of delight. Stacie could feel her insides beginning to tighten as her second climax continued to build, slamming her ass as hard against his hips as she could, trying desperately to give herself the release both she and Kaleb wanted. Soon their climatic release happened and Stacie, feeling the flood wash over her insides, couldn't help but scream his name as they both came, this time, together.

"We had better head to the house before they come sending a search and rescue party for us." Stacie said with a wide smile. Still it took her a little while before she regained feeling within her legs and began to slowly regather her clothes.

Kaleb was soon doing the same and after grabbing his crossbow, he and Stacie were climbing down the ladder and began making their way toward the Explorer. Driving down the two and a half mile dirt road, heading back towards his parents houses, he was soon pulling into the gravel driveway. Noticing Dom's silver pickup not in the driveway as he parked, he was quickly pushing his door open and making his way toward the ranch style house.

"Has anyone seen Kaleb at all today?" He heard stepping into the breezeway.

"Yeah. I'm right here." Kaleb said stepping into the house with Stacie close on his heels. "Where's Dom?"

"Just in time. Okay, short version, we've decided on taking a trip into the city, are you --" Celeste was quickly trailing from her question as she moved closer toward both Kaleb and Stacie. "On second thought, the two of you go get a shower... not together; y'all smell like sex."

"Yeah. Thanks. About that though, you wouldn't happen to have a spare outfit or something I could wear, would you?" Stacie asked, her cheeks quickly flushing a shade of red.

"Yeah, I'm sure we can find something you could fit. At least until we figure out for certain who's going back into the city." Celeste was soon taking Stacie by the wrist and lead her back toward the far bedroom.

"Thanks Celeste." Kaleb quietly muttered as both his sister and Stacie took off toward the back of the house.

"Since your sister could only, quickly, share the details I'll fill you in on what you have missed so far this morning." His mother began. "Your father; Dominic, Brandon, Blake and Regina all went in to Johnstown for supplies."

"So what about -this- going into the city? --"

"Depending on how the trip into and out of Johnstown goes, both Dominic and your sister would like to try and get back to the house and grab a few things."

"Has it been decided on what vehicle we're taking and who else is going?" Kaleb asked, now moving closer to the dining room table.

Quickly casting his attention toward the side window, Kaleb saw the silver pickup starting to pull into the driveway. Not wasting a moment, he was quickly turning back around and headed through the breezeway. Pushing the breezeway screen door open, he quickly took notice to the two newer faces that were now joining them. Both Brandon and Henry were climbing from the bed of the truck and helping their 'guest' out of the truck and into the house. After holding the door open for his father, Brandon and their newest occupant, he began to make his way toward the truck as the other -- much younger -- male began to climb out of the truck bed. Soon the truck was emptying out, Blake and Dominic quickly making their way behind the truck where Kaleb and the the other young man stood, while Regina led the younger brunette into the house following slightly behind Henry and Brandon.

"I'm Bryce, and let me just thank you all once again for taking my father, sister and myself in. May Jesus bless you." he said now taking Kaleb's hand and giving him a firm shake.

Kaleb's stomach wanted to turn as he heard the male thank him, and then his hand was being shaken. Deep breath slowly inhaled as he returned the male's hand shake, trying to find the silver lining within the current situation. "What has become of the city?"

"The city is lost. It all happened so fast. They issued a state of emergency late Saturday afternoon and by the early hours of Sunday morning, they were bombing downtown to rubble." Bryce continued on, finally releasing his current hold of Kaleb's hand.

Once he had his hand back, he began helping Dominic and Blake unload the back of the truck. Building materials were set in behind the shed of the house, while everything else was carried inside and sat around the small metal kitchen table. Kaleb was just coming around the corner, getting ready to take a seat in one of the two recliners, when Stacie came from around the opposite corner.

"Bathroom is free. I'll be out back, go get your shower." she said softly walking past Kaleb.

Kaleb watched for a moment longer as Stacie teasingly swayed her hips as she wandered past him, and once she had disappeared around the corner, did he finally take her suggestion and headed back toward the middle bedroom -- which was currently being used as Regina's personal clinic. Quickly grabbing a clean outfit from one of the duffle bags, he exited the bedroom and into the bathroom, shutting and locking the door.

Stacie had finally pushed open the back patio door and as she stepped outside joining Celeste, Tara and Elizabeth, who were off toward her right playing with the two younger children. From around the corner of the shed, just off in the distance, she could hear the faint conversation being shared between Henry, Dominic, Bryce and Blake.

"Hey Stacie. You mind if I ask you something?" Tara, who had noticed Stacie had come to join them, had asked.

"No, what would you like to know?" Stacie asked in reply as she pulled one of the patio chairs closer and took a seat.

"Weren't you a part of the cheer leading team for O.S.U.?"

"I was. I was also head varsity of the gymnastics team. Why?"

"What where you going to school for?" Celeste asked, cutting into the conversation.

"That explains why you look familiar. Sorry... been trying to figure out why I felt like I had seen you before actually 'meeting' you Friday." Tara said as she rose from her seat, quickly having to chase down Cole who was slowly waddling toward the fence.

"I get that a lot actually, so it's nothing to apologize for." she replied before turning her attention to Celeste. "I was going for my medical degree."

"Medical degree?" Celeste questioned again as she turned her attention toward Stacie, "I'm sorry, I just didn't assume you to be a doctor."

"Emergency medical technician, to be more specific," she replied as she turned in her seat, hearing the patio door scrape along the concrete as it was pushed open.

Back inside the house, Kaleb was just finishing his shower and was stepping out of the bathroom as Regina was crossing his path in the hallway. "Sorry about bringing them here. I couldn't think of any where else to take them."

"No... it's alright honestly. How are they doing?" Kaleb asked as he looked back over Regina's shoulder, noticing that the other female was no longer in the bedroom.

"Lisa only had a small cut, nothing a couple stitches couldn't take care of. But her father on the other hand, Zach, I can't say for certain. He has a fairly large gash along his left leg, not to mention it is pretty bruised. I honestly fear his leg could be severely broken."

Kaleb really didn't say much more as Regina went on about her concerns toward the older gentleman. Side-stepping past Regina, he moved into the middle bedroom once again, this time grabbing the two duffle bags that he had packed along with the remaining items that he had been able to get out of his house when he had left the city. Slinging the two duffle bags over his shoulder, he was finally picking up his crossbow and began making his way outside toward the Explorer.

"We're going to need to put up a stronger fence around the property." Bryce was just saying as Kaleb stepped outside.

"Hey! You getting ready to go somewhere?" Henry asked questioningly, seeing Kaleb carrying the two duffle bags and his crossbow.

"No, I'm not going anywhere. But if Regina is going to turn the middle bedroom into a clinic then Stacie and I may want to consider heading down toward the farm house." Kaleb replied as he sat the two duffle bags down and opened the back hatch of the Explorer. Tossing the two bags and his crossbow into the back he was quickly turning around and heading back into the house grabbing the remaining few items.

"That's something else we are going to need to talk about." Henry was saying once again as Kaleb came back outside, putting the rest of his gathered items into the back.

"There are a lot of things we need to talk about, but right now as Bryce said, we need to work on building a stronger fence around the property," Kaleb replied turning his attention toward his father.

The sudden sound of gun fire had quickly pulled the attention of everyone currently outside, toward the small patch of woods just off the property. Kaleb wasted no time pulling out the crossbow from the back of his Explorer and was quickly making his way toward the sound of gun fire. At first there were two shots, but as the five of them ran there came another three shots. One last and final shot was heard as they reached the small ravine that separated the property from the patch of woods. With nothing left to go on, Kaleb knew finding any kind of path was going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Crossing over the small ravine he had noticed the indent of shoe lining the soft mud. Kaleb, taking a much closer look at the shoe print, could tell the indent was still fairly fresh. Now with something to go on, he began to slowly follow the path that was laid in front of him.

Kaleb had long since realized that Blake had been following him, though he didn't make it acknowledged that he knew. Slowing his pace, he noticed the spats of blood that were still dripping from the leaves and slightly taller grass. Following the blood spatters for the next few hundred yards, maybe more, both Kaleb and Blake were soon coming upon Brandon's resting place. Kaleb was certainly glad he had kept himself low, and even more grateful that Blake had done the same. Hunched over Brandon's lifeless corpse was a dirty, skin-rotting, male currently tearing into the midsection of what remained of the officer. Quietly pulling back on the drawstring of his crossbow, -- it clicked causing the infected male to look up as though searching for whoever was currently around -- Kaleb loaded one of the bolts back against the string. Lifting the crossbow, he pressed his eye against the scope and after lining his shot, he pulled the trigger and watched the already 'dead' male topple over the body of Brandon.