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Chapter 32 : How should one deal with grief.

Chapter 32 : How should one deal with grief.

Maik was saved from further embarrassment by Mister Townly's voice. "Hay now. This ain't no pick-nick. We have injured over here that need help."

The lilin sighed and rolled their eyes before retorting but the super sized Mexican spoke up first, his voice more pained now. "Us too. Maik's arms are cooked and I could really use some help pulling all these bullets out. So if you could help with that, it would be nice."

Was he ? Was he putting up a strong front to try and impress us ? Oooooo Smooth. Foolish. He should be conserving his energy.

As the farms patriarch got closer he came to realize the sorry state they were in. He waved over one of the riders and the one on the body builder horse came over. "The Hell happened to you two ? And aren't you supposed to be some kind of super Chi expert ?"

Maik huffs a pained laugh just as the rider arrives. The rider answers the patriarchs questions and soon enough the no longer old man had the full picture. During the debrief Maik learns that His group had sent out a distress signal and that's how Eugene knew to come running. "I was wondering how you knew to show up just in the nick of time. But didn't you have a horse ?"

Eugene shrugged. "Turns out I'm not much good with riding a horse. I run just as fast in my giant form anyway."

Maik nods. "I saw that. Special trait, or were you trying to compensate for something ?"

The super sized Mexican was about to deliver a comeback line but Mister Townly was addressing them again. "I'll tell you later."

Townly's tone was understanding this time. "Alright, good work you two. I'm going to ask Fred here to bring the others back from the crashed truck so we can tally up the dead and tend to the wounded in a orderly fashion. Meanwhile..."

He pulls out a pair of long thin needle nose pliers. "Lets see about getting those bullets out."

Maik wanted to help but just didn't have the spare Chi to do so. So Eugene helped Townly by telling the man informing while using Chi sight to see where the bullets were. It would have been better to use sending to actually show Townly where the bullets were but Eugene was pretty low on Chi as well. Meanwhile Maik focused on cultivation to recover.

12 minutes of cultivation later and Maik actually had 12 Chi less than when they started cultivating but they also felt better. The lilin tried, but still hadn't regained the use of their hands at this point. Heck Maik couldn't even move their fingers without searing pain yet.

It still hurt like someone had spilled hot coffee on Maik's arms only that pain went bone deep. It hadn't been so bad while the adrenaline was pumping through the lilins system or even while in the trance state of cultivation for that matter but now. Maik was all to intimately aware of just how much their limbs hurt and it showed in the heavy response that hissed out through gritted teeth when they were roused. "..UNN, The Fucks going on ?"

Eugene spoke gently. "We need to move. Somethings not right and we need to get back to camp."

Maik Forced their eyes open to see their friends worried faces and took a deep shuddering breath while nodding before grunting out a few more words through gritted teach. "Help me up ?"

Skip and Eugene helped after the super sized Mexican motioned to catch Maik under the arms. "The arms still look pretty bad. Under the arms."

Trucks had been procured and on the way back Maik was informed that 3ed militia hadn't even taken part in the counter attack at all. They had searched all over the farm for any evidence. They didn't find any bodies, not of the bandits which weren't put down by 1st, 2ed or the cavalry and none that belonged to the 3ed militia. None of the vehicles the 3ed had come in with either. Nothing.

Only after the fact did people realize that nobody in the 3ed was motivated by getting loved ones back. In fact, upon reflection they put some effort into not getting mixed in with the groups that did have loved ones they were here to liberate. Maik's heart was in their throat and filled with a fear they had never known while on the way back.

The lilin could even smell the same fear from the patriarch driving the truck though much stronger. The scent of fear clung to him like stink on shit, so thick it was almost suffocating.

The drivers communicated with each other that they were going to pull in the main southern drive way over the radio. So Maik was slightly confused when they cut through a field and off the street. The ride was seriously bumpy over rough terrain. So much so that Maik's injured arms were agitated even further, breaking Maik's focus so that he couldn't cultivate even when just sitting in the passenger seat.

Cutting through the field allowed them to sneak up on the back entrance of the horse farm that the camp was located on. The gate was closed of course, with 2 young men Maik's age standing guard.

Things only got worse when the 2 guards acted flustered and started refusing to let them in. One of them even blurting out. "You... You should uh. You should probably go, you know, uh, go around and use the main entrance. The southern one. You know."

Townly wasn't having any of it. "Boy my little niece and her mother are in that camp now you open this gate and let us through this...."

The two youths bolted, running for a truck. Men stood up in the back of the truck and opened fire. Not on the 2 suspiciously deserting their position but at the chain locking the gate. It may have been hardened steel but after just 2 seconds of concentrated fire it fell from the post and the men ducked back down as the patriarch gunned the gas as hard as he dared so as to not loose anyone in the back.

They rammed through the gate and chased the deserters up the tree lined drive way before pulling up in front of the group of barns which had served as the foundation of their camp. The scene was not good.

There were bodies being moved and people being herded into one of the barns. And everywhere Maik looked, members of the faction that had deemed Chi skills evil were armed and presiding over the hellish undertaking.

Men poured out of the trucks as a standoff quickly took place. Some of the bible thumpers aimed their weapons at the militia, while others pointed them at the still living civilians. When did we start thinking of them a civilians ? Not the time Creative. We're down to 486 Chi. Spreading out aura and connecting the party with sending.

The sound of Truck engines sounded from the south main entrance just as Maik spread multiple applications of the auric effect sending. James, Eugene, Skip, Stacy, and Zak joined in and in just a few seconds everyone in the gathered militias was connected mentally. Maik didn't even wait for discussion. There was too little Chi in the tank, too many live at stake and too many lives already lost.

One life in particular held Maik's gaze. It was the unmoving form of one of their childhood friends. Jose was always more of a lover than a fighter. He had been more focused on developing new Chi skills that would go on to revolutionize the world rather then combat effective skills like body infusion or auric effects.

Now he would aid humanity no more. His time cut short by these faithless hypocrites.

Maik's only concern as far as the hypocrites were concerned was who was shooting who. The entire firing line was synchronized. Tips and tricks to take down someone with a hostage were shared. Targets allocated and a countdown timer set.

The whole group formed a sort of hive mind as thought and purpose melted together for by the willing parties.

Eighteen riffles or shotguns fired in near perfect unison. So coordinated was the act that every target was struck within 3 milliseconds of each other. There were still a few left after the first volley but they were so stunned that only one of them got a shot off before they too where cut down.

Russel took the round in the shoulder but the horse man took it in stride as the firing line turned, as one, to face the incoming vehicles and advanced. The battle was short and brutal. Not only did these faithless shits not have Chi skills but they were cowards too. First they broke formation and tried to drive away. When their tires were shot out they tried to run and when they themselves were hit they crawled. Not once did they actually try to fight back, only throwing down their weapons and surrendering or running.

The unity was broken part way though the slaughter when Maik ran too low on Chi to keep up the core of the link but by then it was just mop up. As a tier 6 life form the lilin needed a lot more Chi in their system to stay functional then they did back as a Tier 3 human. Back then 118 calories of Chi would have been plenty. Now, even the burning furry wasn't enough to keep the lilin going on such a small amount right now, though Maik's injuries might be contributing to that failing.

Back at camp it was.... There are no words. Almost everyone that wasn't guarding the prisoners was hugging the loved ones they still had while morning the loved ones they had lost. Everyone was crying and Maik was ever so thankful for Eugene helping the lilin to remain standing as they stood over the body of their childhood friend. They found Sara's body not long after and the whole terrible wave of grief washed over the group anew.

Becky, the patriarchs niece filled the group in on what had happened. "Your friends. They were helping teach us more about the, um, the Chi skills. But then he just stood up. Like there was something wrong. He um, went to go see. But Miss Wilson, she started making a ruckus. She was telling him that there was nothing to check on outside."

She nervously wiped her hands as though there was still blood on them even though it had all been washed off. Then Maik finally heard the name of that teen with the strong convictions from yesterday when she spoke it. "Karl... He shot up and said the something was wrong. He asked the lady teaching us what we should do. Then they came into the barn. Your friend, he was next to the door when they came in. He fought, and... And Karl started to run over to help but I didn't want him to go."

She sniffled, tearing up but still half in shock from the experience. "So I held onto Karl while your other friend pushed us towards the other end of the barn. But Miss Wilson and her friends were there blocking us in. They shot him. Your friend. It was so loud."

"They came at us next.... I was so scared. Miss Wilson was telling them to just put us down, like we were animals. sniff. Your friend. She stood up to them and they hit her. But she kept getting up again and then again. They dragged her off to one of the stalls after that and started hurting her. Nanna told us to stay still and keep quiet just before they took her away too."

She was shaking but ultimately unable to stop even as she started sobbing. "Sniff. Miss Wilson. Miss Wilson and the other two started attacking us. Karl tried to block them. We pleaded with them to stop but they just kept hitting him. Even after he fell. They kept going till he didn't move no more. The only thing that saved us was they got tired from how much it took to make Karl stop moving. By the time they caught their breath more people came and started herding others into the stalls with us."

Not all of those who had been a part of the faithless faction had been armed when the gathered Militia arrived. They had swiftly surrendered after their, so called, fighters had fallen or given up and the people of the camp were having a quick trial. Becky was on the stand, looking at Maik and their remaining friends while giving testimony.

The perpetrators on trial had varying reactions. Some called everyone who had embraced Chi skills heathens and heretics. While others pleaded for mercy and a couple even bartered, trying to sway the jury by describing how useful they could be.

The father of the young teen Karl, A Jacob Pearson spoke on the stand just before the jury deliberated on their verdicts. It was one of the most moving things Maik had ever heard. "Lord knows there has been too much blood shed this day already. And the lord know that the last thing I want is even more of the same. I don't want these lost souls to die for their sins. They were afraid, and frightened people sometimes do terrible things."

He steadies himself before continuing. "If what you want from this is vengeance then I urge you to not kill them. It will only poison your hearts. If what you want is closure then I bid you forgive them, for it is the only way you will find peace. If you believe the words of those who have asked for mercy can be saved then by the grace of god, save them. If, and only if, you believe that these people, accused here today, are beyond redemption and pose a threat to further life, love and liberty. Only then do I bid you kill them."

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In the end they were all convicted guilty and sentenced to hang until dead. After all, there weren't just young teens in that pike of bodies. 2 children corpses were paraded through the trial. For they had no court and could only do their best under the midday sun and in the open for all to see.

A tree was picked, with chairs or boxes used as stands. Nooses were knotted and strung around the necks of the guilty, then slung over branches. Most had to be lifted up onto their respective stands by the very rope being used to hang them. Last rights and prayers were spoken fore those condemned to die. Then, as one, all the stands were yanked out from under the guilty.

A couple necks broke but it wasn't over so quick for most of them. Eyes bulged and faces turned red, purple, then blue as they struggled, flaying about like a fish on a line. It took surprisingly long for them to expire. Or maybe it just felt that way when watching someone you hated slowly depart from this world.

Maik found them self thankful for Jacob's words of solace. His words brought more closer to the lilins troubled heart then watching those faithless shits hang a thousand times over ever could have.

The rest of the day was spent cleaning up the camp and tending to the wounded. Time that should have been spent cleaning up the old farmstead they had just taken back used on this senseless hate instead.

It only took Another hour of cultivation before Maik was fully healed. Another hour of cultivation after that and the lilin had enough energy to administer healing to everyone that still needed tending. The lilins recover rate still far eclipsing that of the others. As such it was mid afternoon when Maik got started directly helping with the clean up effort and everyone was pretty silent and somber as they went about their tasks.

They managed to have the trial, doing the hanging, clean up the camp and then make dinner but not much else. They would tend to and bury their dead tomorrow.

After dinner James brought out Sara's card deck and Stacy slapped him. Not hard. Just hard enough to let him know that he had better have a good reason for the act. The jock just fiddled with the little box as though he hadn't been struck for a few seconds before smiling a sad smile. "You know. I think this is about the time when she would pull out these cards and make up a game, on the spot, where the looser would have to tell an embarrassing story about the people we just lost."

That actually brought the same sad smile to Maik's face, the others too by the look of it. Eugene sniffed and then suggested. "Cut the deck and show us the bottom card."

James pulled the cards out of their box and then lifted the top third of the deck to show a 9 of hearts. he let out a scoffing laugh. "Phaah. Nothing but 9 hearts of love."

James put the carbs back down and Eugene lifted a little under half the deck up to show a 5 of spades. "I guess I go first." Back in the 10th grade she, uh, convinced me, that the best way to see if a girl would go out with me was to give her a smack on the behind. And that's how I got suspended for smacking her ass. She thought I was asking about that other girl Summers."

The super sized Mexican then split the deck again. This time getting a Queen of clover. Maik was too his left and got a Jack of diamonds. "So close. Okay. Back in middle school, shortly after she got here and back when she went on and on about her New York accent ? I asked her to say car twice and her accent mad it sound like Ca-ca."

Skip was to Maik's left and the lilin got a 10 of diamonds while skip got the jack. "Me again ?"

The others smirked and James just reminisced. "Its how she would have wanted it."

Maik gave in. "I'll do one about Jose then... In the ninth grade we had that computer science class. Jose was in love with the prospects and we learned about the wonders of power point presentations. Teacher said do whatever we wanted so we ultimately decided to made a presentation about the effects of TV on education for our project.. I may have slipped a couple pages in there about anime without telling him and he had to improvise those last two slides."

Skip lost to Stacy next. A 4 of spades to her ace of spades. "I think it was his 12th birthday party. I totally thought we would be having a water balloon fight. So I was confused when his parents started passing around tomatoes instead."

Jame's and Eugene laughed about that one, the jock speaking up first. "Yeah, I remember that one. Surprised everybody."

Stacy didn't loose until it came back around to her again. "We were trying out a Ouija board. Sara, me and a few other gals. After it got some answers right she started asking about it. You know. Are we bothering you ? The answer was no. Are you friendly ? The answer was yes. But then she asked why it was answering us and the Ouija board said. Because you mom paid me to. Her mom was the one to buy it, but we made jokes that her mom used to be in the mafia for months after that."

Everyone was a little flabbergasted but James was the first to speak. "You know. In light of recent events..." Another round of laughter.

Zak was the odd man out in this gathering, having been the most recent addition to the social circle, but he still stuck around the periphery.

When the elders called for the end of the evening meal they had an unexpected abundance of space available. So Eugene requested the use of one of the campers, a smaller one that used to belong to one of the faithless faction. The request was granted but he was expected to have at least one more person bunking in there with him, even with its small space. The super sized Mexican looked over. "How about it Maik ? Beats sleeping on the cold floor."

The lilins heat sped up rapidly as memories of Eugene's knowing smile came to mind. He obviously intends to bed us if we agree. Then Maik remembers how it felt when the Mexican giant stormed in to save the day. He deserves a reward for that. Yeah, and hes our friend too.

Maik did their best to play it off like it was no big deal. "It would be a lot nicer then the cold hard floor of the stall.... Alright."

They gathered their packs and entered the pickup truck bed camper to have a look around the modest space. Maik had just started checking out one of the beds when two arms slowly wrapped around the lilin from behind, the body attached pressing up against Maik's back. The lilins heart sped up all the more as their friend smelled Maik's hair and hugged them tight.

Maik actually found that they were trembling a little and Eugene noticed. "We don't have too, if you don't want..."

But Maik turned there head to look up into their Mexican friends eyes with an intense stare to shut him up before he could speak of the very things the lilin wanted to forget about right now. There had been too much pain, too much loss today and Maik yearned for a distraction from all that despair.

Maybe the super sized Mexican felt the same as he leaned his head down to kiss his friend. A gentle thing, at first. But the longer it went on the more passionate it became. His hands started to roam over the form and curves of his friends body, the arms, waist, hips, legs and then rear. All while the kiss deepened and their tongues began to dance.

Next came the clothes. Shoes first as Maik turned around. Then they came back together, facing each other and removing one garment after the other for each other. Just before Maik's pants were removed they managed to pull out their wallet and extract a condom from within. Eugene barely paused when his friend gripped the protection in their teeth to hold it while working his pants open and then off.

With a smack the super sized Mexican aggressively reached around to grasp the lilin by the rear before hoisting them up and then laying them out on the bed. He advanced slipping between Maik's legs while the lilin ripped the wrapper open and moved to sleeve Eugene's members. "Holly Fuck that's big."

The super sized Mexican leaned in to kiss the lilin, making it all the harder for Maik to slip the condom on. Then, just as Maik managed to slip it over the head of his manhood Eugene breaks the kiss with a request. "Do you really want to use the condom ?"

Maik's jaw drops and they gasp out loud in shock. "Gasp... But, protection. I could get pregnant."

Eugene leans in for another light kiss while his right hand reaches between the lilins legs to start rubbing at the pedals of Maik's flower, making the lilin gasp again, but this time with pleasure. "If I pull out in time that wont be an issue."

The more the giant messaged Maik's muffin the more turned on they became. Eugene even leaned in to start suckling the lilins perky breast while the lilin protested, but by the time Maik finished questioning their friends logic their lower lips were wet and swollen with desire. "That's... Hmmm, That's not... The point." Maik grips hold of Eugene's head with one hand while the other rubs up and down the super sized Mexicans bicep.

"I don't, Hohhh... I can't. Focus on. Unnnnn. That while. Hohhh. Your Fucking me.... Ooooonn."

Maik was getting close but also had the condom almost all the way on. Eugene released his lips grip on the lilins left boob and moved up to kiss them now that his friend was done talking for the moment. He kept the kiss going until Maik started shuttering under him with orgasm. Only then pulling his hand away from those plump lower lips to reach back and remove the condom before pushing his way inside.

Maik's mouth opened wide when from feeling their friends tip start spreading their entrance open while still in mid orgasm. One hand gripping Eugene's hair and the other slamming down to grip the sheets. "GEEEUuuuhhhhowwww FFFUUuuuck. You. gasp. Are. Gasp. Big."

The lilin started pushing them self back to help reduce the speed that they would be taking the super sized Mexican's member, but Eugene reached up under the lilin and gripped their shoulder with the right hand while the left reached down to take hold of Maik's right forearm.

With Maik proper pinned in place Eugene was able to drive deeper and deeper. His heavy breathing becoming something more like the growls of a hungry beast the deeper he got. "Huuurrr... Huuuurrr... Huuurr."

Maik could only tense their muscles and take what their friend was giving, one inch at a time. That was, until the super sized Mexican reached as deep as Maik could take, eliciting a pained groan form the lilin when he pushed harder. "UUURRRNNnnnn. TOO. Deep."

Eugene began kissing Maik repeatedly, in time with the speed of his hips as they started moving back and forth. This was because he would start each kiss while pulling back and then break it with a grunt every time he pushed back in. "HHuurr, Ummm, HHuurr, Ummm, HHuurr, Ummm, HHuurr, Ummm."

Maik could barely hear their friends grunts over their own voice though, as every push stretched the lilins insides to whole new levels due to their friend, girth. "EEuuhh, Unnn, EEuuhh, Unnn, EEuuhh, Unnn, EEuuhh, Unnn."

Something changed inside Maik's body as the lilin lost control and become fully engrossed in making love to their childhood friend. Just two pushes later Eugene was able to get deeper still, going balls deep and making the lilin eyes roll back as another orgasm took them. "EEuuUUUNNNNGUhhhHHuuhhhhhhHHuuhhhhhhhHHuuhh."

Maik's legs were wildly shaking in the air to either side of the Mexican giant as he started thrusting their pelvises together with wet slapping thuds.

Maik managed to pull their eyes out of the back of their head and meet Eugene's gaze once more. They locked eyes for a full 3 thrusts. A difficult feet given how much Maik's body moved from of force of each wet impact.

Then the super sized Mexican spoke in a strained voice as if he were holding something back. "Maik... I... Need... You... Too... Get... Preg... nant... For... Me... Please."

Instantly Maik knew that their friend had removed the condom, their jaw dropping with mouth open wide from the realization. But no words passed between them, not even as the super sized Mexican rapidly started speeding up. We can't afford to be pregnant right now. Not with the world coming apart like it is. Let it happen. Its so hot the way he said please.

Faster and harder until Eugene pushes deep and stays there while hugging Maik tight too him, their foreheads touching. They both cry out as he unloads his seed Deep inside the lilin, his, one of release and Maik's one of fulfillment.

It was so hot and there was so much. Every muscle in both of their bodies was tense for long moments as something more began to happen. Energy flowed from Eugene and into Maik along with the seed. The sensation was more than orgasmic and Maik could feel as their friend actively took their mental link to the next level.

Together they watched as the energy kick started a reaction inside the lilins body. They saw Maik's ovary's release and egg each, while Maik both saw and felt the walls of their womb contract.

Maik's abdomen flexed once as Eugene's seed was pumped up too the Fallorian tubes, a second time to push their friends cum into the tubs and a third time to help the sperm each the eggs. They were both panting but unable to pull their minds eyes form the spectacle unfolding as the Mexican giants swimmers reached and then penetrated each of Maik's egg in turn.

Maik let out a little laugh while shedding a tear. "hah. Holly.. Fuck.. I'm.. Pregnant..."

Eugene kisses Maik. "Thank you."