Prologue:

The door to the lounge burst open. A silver-eyed whirlwind in cutoff shorts, t-shirt, and tennis shoes came charging into the room. Her flaming red hair flared out in every direction instead of its usual well-spiked shape. It looked like she had been running her hands back and forth through the spike making it look like a poorly mowed lawn. She raced up to the bar, waving a sheet of paper over her head, yelling the whole way.

"Oh gawd, oh my gawd, Y'all, we won. Y'all, we won. Hot damn, I cain't believe this. We won. Hurry up and get over here. You won't believe this. Oh my gawd. Quick, look at this. We won, we won"

"What the fuck are you screaming about this damn early, Kiki?" growled one of the women at the bar, while holding onto her head. She was nursing one hell of a hangover from the night before and could barely tolerate the presence of anyone else around her.

The woman's name was Venus. Venus had midnight black hair that belonged to Lady Clairol. Her voluptuous knockers, with their oversized H cup, drew attention all around the bar whenever she came out on stage to do her dance routine. She was trying her damnedest to force down a doctored Bloody Mary in hopes she could begin to face the day without the pounding headache she currently had.

Her partner, Silver, stood behind the bar still garbed in a gauzy pink robe that did nothing to hide her rosy pink nipples peeking through the material. Her platinum blonde hair cascaded down her back in a soft billowy flow. She wore matching pink-feathered mules that slapped the bottom of her feet as she walked back around the bar to sit next to Venus.

"Yes, sugar, tell us what it is you're yelling about," purred Silver as she leaned over and patted Venus on the shoulder in a calming manner.

"WE WON!!! We get the all expense paid African safari that the radio station, KUPL,
was sponsoring last month. The one that ran all spring. You know. Remember, I told
y'all that I was going to write a letter as to why we deserved this trip more than anyone else. GAWD, WE WON!!!" Her excitement was evident in every word that she said.

"God dammit, what does that mean?" Venus mumbled while lying her head down on the bar.

"It means we?all of us?. you, me and Silver, are leaving next Monday on a two week, all expense paid holiday in Africa where we are going to be on safari. Lions, elephants, monkeys, giraffes, tigers, hell all the animals. Yippeeeee! Hot damn, we won." Kiki continued her unstopping monologue as her friends tried to figure out what she was saying.

"Holy shit, what have you gotten us into?" barked Venus as she jumped up and raced toward the bathroom with her stomach rebelling over the tomato juice she had drunk earlier.

Silver crossed her smooth legs, draping her robe across her knees to cover any unnecessary exposed skin. She turned to KiKi and said, "When are you going to tell her this means we'll be staying in the 'WILD'?"

KiKi simply shrugged her shoulders while lifting the letter up to read one more time, more overwhelmed by winning than worrying about Venus's temper and her tantrums.


Chapter 1

Leonie Marchmond, known as Lion to her friends, walked out of the African Safari headquarters with her new assignment in her hands. She had been on so many safaris in the past year that she was beginning to lose count. She thought to herself that it might be time to ask for some time off. Yes, definitely time to be off, after she finished this one last assignment.

Walking across the plaza, she entered the only bar along this godforsaken track of road. After ordering a beer, she walked over to one of the booths along the wall. With some effort, she was finally able to slide her athletic, five feet nine inch frame behind the attached table. She slipped off her bush hat and shook out her thick, wavy, chestnut hair. Her green eyes scanned the room one time, looking to see if there was anyone she knew on hand. Not seeing a single soul, she lifted the envelop in her hand and drew out the contents of her next assignment.

As she read, her anger began to climb: three female guests to arrive Tuesday for two week, bush safari stop plan to meet at Mimwobe Airport with jeep stop have camping gear stowed and ready stop names are Kiki Doll, Venus de Milo and Silver Chalice stop.

"What the fuck?" She thought to herself, "What in the hell kind of names are these?"

"Mandy, where in the hell are you? I need a drink and I need it now." Lion slammed the western union letter down on the rickety table.

An old gray haired woman wobbled out from the back storage area. "Holt ya fuckin' pants on. I'm a-back chere workin' mah ass off."

"Shit, if you had an ass you sure in hell wouldn't be working it off. You're back there watching all that porno your friend from the States sent you last week." Lion yelled back as she looked over at the only person she actually trusted. "What really pisses me off is you get it all worn out before you even share it."

"Ya jus mad cuz I'm a-rubbin' off all the good parts." Mandy stated with a wiggle of her eyebrows.

Lion nodded, "Of course that pisses me off. I don't think I have seen a set of tits in??a long ass time."

"Ya needs to fin' yurself a real wommun. Not sum mag'zine hottie." Mandy grabbed two shot glasses and a bottle of rum. "And doan ya even say I'm a-needin' to git mahsef one too, cuz I doan thank I'd survive the real thang afta be'un without fur so long."

"Thanks," Lion slammed her first shot. "You should come with me on my new assignment."

She reached over and handed the letter to the old woman. Mandy commented as she read, "Frum the sound of them thar names I'm a'takin' a guess at what they's a-doan fur a living. An' h'it ain't singin' backup fur Bette Midler."

"Kiki, Silver and Venus?" Mandy filled both of their glasses up. "I'm a-kinda likin' Venus. H'it's close to Uranus."

"It's not you old fool." Lion laughed. "Venus is the second planet from the sun."

"Who says I'm a-talkin' 'bout planets?" Mandy giggled. "Ever Venus I'm a-seein' h'is always close'st to Uranus."

"That's anus." The young guide replied seriously.

The old bartender shrugged her shoulders. "Ya says anus, I'm a-sayin' Uranus, either way I'm a-seein' 'n anus."

Lion shook her head in confusion. "What in the hell are you talking about?"

"ANUS?..ya know, the holt next to the?." Mandy didn't get a chance to finish because they both heard a loud crash from in front of the building.

"Gordy's here." They both said at the same time.

"Wonner when he's a-gonna kill sompum sides that thar truck a his?" Mandy grumbled as she downed her drink with a long hiss.

"Well hello ladies, your wet dream has arrived." Gordy stumbled over his loose shoestrings as he came through the door. "When would you like to let me make all your dreams come true?"

"When hell freezes over 'n I'm a-wantin' a man's dick inside a me." Mandy yelled with a cringe. "And that'll never happun. What ya want?"

Gordy turned to look at Lion. She arched one eyebrow back in his direction; she took a long pull of her drink and waited for his sick typical male chauvinistic pig comments to start coming her way.

"Hows about you, Lion? Want a REAL man to change your ways? I know you've never had a MAN before." Gordy's voice was full of sarcasm as he stopped next to Lion.

Reaching out one long powerful arm, she gripped him by the throat, "Listen you little slimy dirt bag of a flea's ear. I'm more MAN than you'll ever be and MORE woman than you'll ever have."

Letting go of his throat, she let him have a solid smack on his back causing him to choke on his next words. Spitting and sputtering, Lion yanked him down hard on the stool next to her.

"Like I was saying before we were rudely interrupted, I'll shit kittens if these three women turn out to be strippers."

Pausing to take another shot of the strong rum, Lion continued her soapbox rambling, "I mean WHO in their right mind would come to the wilds. They think they'll get to pet lions, tigers, and giraffes. I can see it now, huge-ass boobs flopping in the wind as they chase a monkey for stealing their bras to use as a coconut holder."

Mandy could do nothing more than laugh at the mental picture Lion was painting before her vivid imagination.

"I mean for fuck's sake. Can't you see three bimbos hiking out back in the wilds with pink chiffon dresses and high heel, cum-fuck-me pumps on? What am I going to do with them? This is NOT the Ritz hotel."

Mandy piped in to make Lion suffer just a little more, "Ya better hope an pray one's not strawburry blonde. Cuz Lord knows ya taint been laid inna year. Ya might find yurself unner a hugeass rack bein' smother't to death."

Lion growled deeply, glaring at Mandy, "You'd better pray not one of them is a RED HEAD, you mean. Shit, if I didn't need the money, I'd call this whole fucking mess off and go hide out in the wilds for a few weeks. I so do not want to baby-sit a bunch of sleazy, scum-bagged hookers on a safari. So help me Gods, they better NOT think they're bringing their makeup and ten million suitcases. If they do, I'll make damn sure they end up with a nettle bush in their sleeping bag."

She took the bottle of rum from Mandy as she reached out to pour more in her glass. Taking a swallow directly from the bottle, she once again let loose with a few more cheap shots about the hookers.

"I mean can you see one of them trying to plug their hair dryer into a currant bush? Or better yet a curling iron?" Lion giggled as she drank more rum.


Chapter 2

Morning dawned bright and early; too damn early for Lion who was suffering from a hangover. After re-reading that damn letter, her temper was no better than it had been. "Why the hell would anyone go by the names KiKi Doll, Venus do Milo and Silver Chalice," she wondered for the hundredth time?

The plane circled, coming in to land on the grass strip. She knew that Ace must be flying again as she watched it land on one wheel and make an abrupt right hand turn before jerking nose down into a hard stop. She laughed knowing that by this time whatever passengers were on board would be face down on the floorboards.

Ace climbed out the window on his side of the plane, crossing the wing to jump effortlessly to the ground. As usual, he had not repaired the jammed door that was damaged when he tilted the plane on his last landing. Walking to the side of the plane, he reached up and jerked the door open, flinging it sky high where it immediately rebounded and slapped him on top of the head. Cussing up a blue streak, he reached inside and pulled out two wooden coke cases which he stacked one on top of the other.

Lion could see he was talking to someone or some persons as he reached back inside to assist the passengers off the plane.

The first person to exit had on a pair of skintight leopard Capri pants with matching three-inch high mules. Her black hair was piled in a high beehive style, making her appear to be much taller than her five feet, two inch height. Her huge breasts were barely confined in a matching skintight pull over blouse.

"They must be held up with a super heavy under wire bra," thought Lion. "If she leans forward at all, those tits are going to pull her straight to the ground."

As the dark haired woman stepped down onto the coke crate, her heel slipped between the slats. Ace reached out and wrapped both hands around her breasts, catching her as she fell forward.

"GOD DAMN, get your fucking hands off my breasts," Venus hollered as she slapped his hands away. "Why is it the first thing MEN want to grab is my tits?"

Ace stuttered and attempted to answer as Venus pushed her way past him and moved next to the wing of the plane.

Silver leaned her head out of the plane to see why Venus was yelling. Seeing that everything was fine, she also stepped forward to exit the plane.

Lion's mouth fell open as she watched the platinum haired 'goddess' descend from the plane. She was dressed in a billowy, gauzy, pink chiffon dress, exactly like the image that Lion had described the day before. Lion pinched herself to be sure she was not still sleeping and having a nightmare.

Finally, Lion watched as 'Cotton Candy' moved off the crates in order to allow the final passenger to disembark. The first item Lion saw was the rounded safari hat as a well-shaped, dark red haired head poked through the doorway. Bright silver eyes looked out over the horizon expectantly as the woman climbed out. Her well-developed body was dressed in a khaki shirt, khaki cargo pants, and high laced up boots. She looked directly into Lion's eyes and walked up to her with her hand extended in the manner of one wanting to greet someone else. Lion reached out and shook her hand as the stranger began to introduce herself.

"Hello, I'm Kiki, this is so cool, where are the animals, is it always this hot, when will we be leaving, are we going to be staying in the hotel each night, boy am I thirsty and hungry, who's getting our luggage, did you see the near crash landing that fool pilot made?" all of which was said without a pause or hesitation by Kiki.

Lion could only stand dumbfounded as she tried her best to understand half of what was asked of her.

"Did you hear me?" Kiki asked as she waved her hand in front of Lion's face. "Maybe you need to get out of this heat. It's frying your brain."

"Talk about a walking wet dream." Venus sauntered up and ran a finger across Lion's cheek. "You can explore my bush anytime you want."

Silver pinched Venus' ass, "Hello, remember me."

"What?" Venus looked over her shoulder. "Sorry babe, but look at what stands in front of me. I couldn't help myself."

"Right," Silver shook her head. "So, you going to just stand there Miss Safari, or are you going help with our luggage?"

Lion shook her head to snap herself out of the brain freeze the sight of the three women had caused. "I knew it. I just knew it."

"Knew what?" Kiki asked as she looked around. "Are we in any danger of getting bit by a poisonous snake? What about some nasty creepy hair spider? I really hate spiders. Do you have bug spray that I can have? It does kill them, right? I don't want to have to spray it and then have to wait and spray it again if it wakes up."

"I'm gonna kill myself." Lion mumbled as she turned around and walked away from the three strippers.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Silver yelled. "Hello? We could use some help with our luggage."

"Somehow I don't think she likes us much," Kiki stated as she watched the tall woman walk away from them. "Do you think it was all my questions?"

Venus put her arm around Kiki and guided her back to where the pilot had set their bags. "I think she has been out here in no-where's-ville for a long time and hasn't seen such good looking women for way too long."

"Well with your set of tits as big as they are, I'm surprised you didn't give her a coronary." Kiki flicked a finger at a protruding nipple.

"You better watch it," Venus grabbed her boob. "Only Silver gets to do that."


Chapter 3

"I QUIT!" Lion yelled as she entered the bar. "I don't care if I never, ever work again. I'm not taking..those?those?oversized, air headed bimbos anywhere."

"What'n hail ya jabberin' 'bout?" Mandy asked as she looked up from the magazine she was reading.

"Guess what?" Lion slumped down in the chair next to Mandy.

Mandy raised an eyebrow, "Chicken butt?"

"Funny," Lion growled. "I just met my new clients and let me say? the names fit."

"What'n hail yur talkin' 'bout?" Mandy repeated, slapping the paper down on the table. "Ya gits holt to sum kinda bad booze?"

"You old fart. Don't you remember the names of the three women who I'm supposed to take out on a safari?" Lion leaned forward. "Kiki, Silver, and your personal favorite, Venus."

"Oh so's the heifers made h'it, good fur um," stated Mandy as she looked over her bushy eyebrows at Lion.

"An jus what's wron' with havin' a bunch new heiffers here with us? I tain't had fresh meat 'n'na coon's age. So's doan ya go scarin' em off, ya heah?" Mandy grumbled while turning to spit a stream of tobacco juice into a coffee can sitting beside her on the floor.

Lion watched her with a touch of disgust, wondering how in the hell anyone could put that shit in their mouths much less hold it until they had to spit.

"Oh, I don't think you'll have to worry about the 'ladies' going any where except on this damn safari. They have their hearts and soul set on making the most of this trip," replied Lion while running her fingers through her hair.

Nervously she reached out and placed her hand on Mandy's arm, getting her attention. Mandy looked up and quirked an eyebrow as if to say "What?"

"Mandy, I need your help badly. Do you think that you'd be able to shut down the bar for the next two weeks to join us as cook on this 'safari'? Lion pleaded. "There's no way in hell that I'm going to be able to do this and put up with these fucking women at the same time by myself."

Mandy appeared to be thinking through the situation as she took some time to answer. She then broke out in loud rowdy laughter as she replied, "This heah olt shit dump cin go to hail 'n'na hand basket fur I'm a-missing this trip. Damn, jus thankin' bout all that new breast meat's settin' me on fire. Count me 'n."

Meanwhile, Gordy walked out of the men's room while still zipping up his zipper and ambled over to their table.

Grabbing his crotch and giving it a little shake, he remarked, "Lion, you sure you don't want some of this?" as he moved closer and took a chair at the table.

Lion growled deep in the back of her throat and said between clinched teeth, "Gordy, one more suggestion like that and you'll be talking with a soprano voice. Get my meaning? You shake that snake once more in my direction, and my knife might just slip."

Gordy, now a pasty color, swallowed hard and held up both hands saying, "OK. OK. I got your meaning loud and clear."

"Good, damn it. Now, let's talk some business. Gordy?" Lion stated as she leaned forward placing both hands on the table.

"I want you to think about going on the safari with us. The bitches??um ladies??are going to need some help setting up camp, hauling their packs around and whatever else comes up. I can't take care of all of it like I usually do. What are you doing for the next two weeks?" Lion asked Gordy.

Gordy puffed up his chest as if he had been given the Purple Heart, and answered Lion, "Damn. My time's your time. Never thought that I'd hear you say you needed any man's help, not even mine."

"Oh bull shit. I need your muscle, bastard. You coming or not?" snapped Lion.

"Sure, count me in. Maybe I can even get me a little hoochie coochie on the side," smirked Gordy.

Mandy, hearing that, chimed in, "Fuckin' NOT. I'm a-claimin' first dibs on anny one with a bodacious rack. I tain't settlin fur sloppy leftovers."

Lion simply rolled her eyes and held onto her aching head, realizing that this was going to go down in history as the worst safari of her life.

Mumbling under her breath, she asked Gordy if he would go on out to the plane and bring the women back to the hotel where they would all meet later in the day to discuss the plans for the next two weeks.

Gordy jumped up, knocking his chair backward to the floor in his anxiety to get started, saying as he strode out the door, "Fukin A, I'm 'Gordy on the Spot'. See you dudes later."


"Lion, babe, h'it cain't be that bad. We'ens'll be fine. Jus leave h'it up to me 'n Gordy 'n we'ens'll make sur them thar babes h'is WELL takin' care a," Mandy stated as she again shot a well-aimed stream of tobacco into the can at her feet.


Chapter 4

By mid afternoon, Lion had managed to get her headache under control. She and Mandy had spent the better part of the morning going over the list of items that Mandy was going to need to set up camp and cook each day. She was still worried about how the women were going to react when they found out that this was a true safari without any of the luxuries provided by some of the other tours.

Mandy had been checking off the list and noted that some essential items had been left off. She reached under the bar and added six packets of Redman Golden Blend Chewing Tobacco. Reaching behind her, she also added three bottles of Crown Royal from her personal stock. She figured if she was going to be in the wilds for the better part of two weeks, then she was going to have her comfort tools with her.

Lion walked up to the bar just as Mandy finished loading her private stash into a cardboard box and setting it on the bar. She turned to Lion and said, "Lion, this heah box has gotta go. I cain't survive the week without h'it. Ya gots a problem with that?"

"Mandy, I'd take you naked and screaming, locked up in a straight jacket, at this point. You ready to go meet the 'ladies'?" she asked as she tucked her shirt neatly back into her pants.

"A-rite. Let's git a-goin' 'n put this heah show on the road." Mandy returned taking her time to put a new plug of tobacco in her mouth.

Lion and Mandy strolled across the empty dirt road to the only semblance of hotel at the crossroads. The building had been standing for the past forty-five years. It looked every inch its years. There had been no paint on it for the past twenty years that any of the locals could recall. Many of the upstairs windows were boarded up where wind had blown out the glass panes. The owners elected not to sink any more money into the maintenance of the building and its condition reflected that choice. Still, it did offer a place to stay for strangers passing through and that was a lot better than lying on the street.

As Lion stepped upon the porch leading into the hotel, Mandy reached down and hitched up her trousers, pulling them up to rest around her midriff. She turned and spit, shooting a black stream of tobacco onto the dirt road. She was ready to meet her charges.

Lion could see Gordy and the women standing near the hotel bar waiting on her entry. As she moved forward, Mandy blundered along behind her. Mandy reached out and grabbed the back of Lion's pants as she stumbled forward. Her heel had gotten tangled in her pant leg causing her to trip.

"God damn, sumbiches," Mandy shouted as she pushed back off Lion's ass. "Fuckin' ass holt. I otter tak offin' these heah fuckin' pants rite now fur I break mah fukin' neck," she fumed as she stood back up and walked around Lion.

Venus turned toward the commotion as Lion and Mandy entered the lounge. Her breasts looked even larger than they normally did outlined by the dark shadows cast by the poor lighting in the room.

Mandy looked up as she rounded Lion and stopped dead in her tracks. She gulped, swallowing her tobacco in one astonished look at the person standing in front of her. She gagged on the wad of tobacco and doubled over as she tried to expel it from her throat. She wretched and coughed causing tears to stream down her face. Finally, after realizing the tobacco was not going to come back up, she rose up and stared directly at the bust line in front of her eyes.

"Oh mah fuckin' eyes, I'm dun daid an' gone to heaven," Mandy managed to whisper as she reached out with both hands. Taking several steps forward she managed to settle her hands on Venus's breasts before Venus knew what was happening.

Mandy squeezed tightly, checking to see if they were real. "Heaven to Betsy, kill me daid rite heah, I'm 'n heaven," she roared as she squeezed again.

Venus stepped back, sweeping Mandy's arms off her chest as she did so. "Well shit, is everyone in the blasted town tit crazy? I'm fucking tired of being man handled." Turning to Lion, Venus demanded, "Do something! This is your gig."


Chapter 5

"God damn it Mandy knock it off and leave the strip?ah? lady alone and let's get down to business." Lion grabbed the back of Mandy's shirt as she started to go at Venus again.

"I said no." Lion gave Mandy a shake. "Okay ladies, it's time to load up the truck and go. You already met Gordy. This other person, who better damn well keep her hands to herself before I break them, is Mandy, your cook for the trip."

"Hold it right there. What do you mean; load up the truck and our cook for this trip?" Venus stepped forward. "Aren't we staying in some hotel or something? Kiki, what the hell did you get us into?" She turned toward Kiki

"Now Venus, settle down. I told you it was a safari. You can't do that from a hotel room. You got to be out in the wild. You need all the animals around you. We get to be in real fresh air for a change. We'll see the stars, the moon, and who knows what else. Most of all, we'll all be together without anyone bothering us." Kiki tried to explain to her.

"I'm going to kill you." Venus jumped for her but Silver got in between them to hold her back. "Damn there's no fucking way I'm going to go in that fucking jungle with all those animals and bugs. YOU HEAR ME?"

Kiki was starting to get worried because she knew how short Venus's temper could be. Before she could say another word, Silver started talking to her.

"Come on Venus, honey. It'll be fun. Please, for me, sugar. I'll make it worth your while." Silver started running her hand up and down Venus side. "And just think of me having to do a complete search of your body each and every night just to make sure there are no little old buggies on you." Silver finished by whispering something else in her ear.

Venus' face got red with heat and it looked like she was going to melt right then and there. "Ahh?god? Silver, you don't play fair. When do we leave?"

"Yahoo!" Kiki screamed, jumping up and down.

Lion stood there watching Kiki's boobs as they bobbed up and down as she jumped. As she watched them, she thought about how they might feel in her hands. She gave her head a shake to dislodge the thought.

"All right, ladies, now can we get this show on the road? I'd like to get going sometime today." She told them as she turned to walk back out the door. She stopped, turned, and looked back. "And I want every damn pair of heels and dresses taken out of your packs. This is a camping trip not a fucking fashion show. I don't want to see even one damn pair of heels or girlie outfit in any of the packs coming on this trip. If I find even a single one of these items, you'll be doing the entire damn clean up around the camp while wearing them. GOT IT!" She finished saying and left.


Chapter 6

A large dust cloud followed the two vehicles. The first truck was roaring like a bat out of hell down the road. It would swerve back and forth, drive straight, and then swerve again. When the truck would swerve back across the road, Lion could see Mandy bouncing back and forth while driving. It was clear that she was too busy watching her passengers to pay attention to where she was going on the rode.

Gordy leaned on the horn, trying to get Mandy's attention. As he honked, he turned in his seat to talk to Lion.

"What in the hell is she doing?" Gordy asked as he slowed down. "Is she crazy?"

"No she's not crazy. Since we didn't have room in here for all of our ladies, Venus and Silver are riding up front with her." Lion stated as she watched the truck swerve once again.

Gordy scratched his scruffy beard. "So?"

Lion groaned. "You are such a stupid ass."

"Hey," The vulgar man looked at her. "That's not nice. Remember I'm the only man on this trip and you all need a man." He wiggled his eyebrows and looked in the review mirror at Kiki.

"You'll die if you even try anything." The safari guide grabbed hold of his wrist on the hand that was holding onto the steering wheel. "You get me?"

"Yes, and you're no fucking fun." Gordy grumbled. "SO, explain why Mandy's driving like a freaking lunatic."

"Imagine? Venus big boobs and a bumpy as hell dirt road." Lion replied waiting for Gordy to jerk the truck as he hit the same bumps in the road.. She didn't have to wait long. "Men!" She groaned as she watched Mandy swerve again. "Mandy!"

"If you don't keep you eyes on the road you're going to kill us." Venus yelled as she grabbed the dashboard.

Mandy quickly brought the truck back onto the dust road. "Well damn, yur bodacious titties h'is distracken me. Them be bouncin' heah 'n' thar."

"Silver, get her to knock this shit off before I ram my big ass tits in her face and suffocate her." Venus looked over at her partner. "What in the hell are you laughing at?"

Silver shrugged her shoulder. "What can I say? You do put on a great show. I'm just glad I'm not driving."

They hit a rather large hole and Venus shot up out of her seat and landed half on Mandy's lap.

"I done daid 'n gone to heaven." Mandy grinned as she buried her face in Venus's cleavage. "Ain't no titty high enough. Ain't no titty low enough." She began to sing.

"We're going to die." Venus screamed. "I'm going to kill Kiki for winning this god awful vacation."

Meanwhile Kiki was riding in the second vehicle with Lion and Gordy. As she bounced around on the back seat where she sat all by herself, she continued her dialogue about anything and everything.

Tapping Lion on the shoulder she remarked, "Do all the fields look this dry and yellow? Why don't we see any animals? Is it always this hot? Why does this dust have to be so thick? Are there ever any clouds? Is the sun always this hot? How long have you been out here? Is this road the only way into the jungle? Do you have a boyfriend? How long do you think it'll take to get to the first camp? Is there water close by camp?"

She finally paused to take a breath. She immediately remembered the stupid question she had asked about Lion's boyfriend. She hoped that no one but she had paid any notice to her rambling.

Lion listed to the monotonous train of questions that Kiki Doll incessantly asked. Suddenly, she heard Kiki ask if she had a boyfriend. "My God, how in the world do I answer that?" thought Lion to herself.

She needn't have worried. Gordy also heard the question and looking in the mirror at Kiki, he responded for Lion. "Shit, Lion ain't got a boyfriend. She's a goddamn muffin muncher. I done my best to convince her she's absolutely wrong and that once she has a man, she'll never go back to a woman."

Lion reached out, slugging him hard on the right bicep, causing him to slam on the brakes from the pain he was feeling. "Fucking bitch, you broke my arm," he hollered, as he slammed open his door and jumped out. "You're one god damned crazy dame." He shook his arm trying to get the circulation moving through it once again.

"Then keep your fucking mouth shut about my personal affairs. If I want strangers to know about me, then I'll be the one to tell them." Lion growled at him through clenched teeth. She looked over the seat and glared at Kiki, placing all the blame on her for the vicious display of temper.

"Get your ass back in this truck and finish taking us to camp. If not, I'm going to leave you, stupid shit, right here in the middle of the road," she continued as Gordy tentatively moved back toward the truck.

Kiki continued to stare at Lion, looking at her in an entirely new light. This time, she allowed her eyes to move up and down Lion's body, assessing her as she looked at her. She noted the strong muscular body, loaded with thin, sleek muscles that were corded with tension at this particular minute.

Kiki looked at Lion's face and found herself fascinated with the shape of Lion's lips, thinking what loveable lips they were and how she would so love to kiss them. "Now, where'd that thought come from," she mused to herself as her body tingled with a new sense of excitement.

Kiki found herself blushing as Gordy managed to climb back into the truck. As Gordy finally got the truck cranked, Lion moved back over to her side of the vehicle and leaned against the door, closing her eyes in order to shut out her ride mates. Kiki watched her sitting there, finding herself silent for the first time in the past seventy-two hours. She absolutely could not think of another word to say as she simply stared at Lion while they continued down the road.


Chapter 7

After traveling down the washboard road for another two hours, all passengers were ready to get out and walk. Their asses could not tolerate too much more of the slamming up and down against the seats. Finally, Mandy stuck her hand out the side window and made a circling motion with her hand, indicating to Gordy that she was pulling off the road. She ended the movement by shooting her finger upward in a well recognized one-finger salute aimed at Gordy. Looking out the window, Silver and Venus wondered where in the hell they were going now. They didn't see any buildings, roads or any signs of life other than what were in the vehicle with them. And they both thought that was questionable as they glanced over at Mandy.

Mandy continued to chew her tobacco, turning her head nearly every five minutes to spit a stream of juice out the window. Only one time had she missed. The back seat held one lone stream that had blown back into the truck when Mandy coughed while trying to spit out the window.

Venus was still angry at being sandwiched in-between Silver and Mandy. Silver kept pushing her toward Mandy to keep her from sweating against her outfit. Mandy in turn, took every opportunity to rub her elbow up and down Venus's breast. Venus grumbled to herself as she rocked one more time toward Silver, "that old toad touches my tit one more fucking time, I'm going to break her arm and shove it up her ass where the sun don't shine." She was glad that the truck was finally stopping.


"Okay people, let's get things unpacked, fast. It's a bitch to set up tents in the dark; especially when you've never set one up before." Lion ordered as she pulled stuff out of the back of the truck.

"What do you mean? Set up in the dark." Silver asked as she stood there looking around.

Lion closed her eyes and turned around. "Unless you want to sleep under the stars I suggest you grab a tent and start setting it up."

"No fucking way," Venus yelled. "This is supposed to be a vacation. Sleeping in a tent is not a vacation. It's a damn script from Friday the 13th. That damn maniac will storm out of the bushes with a great big machete."

Just as the words left her mouth, the bushes closest to her rustled and a twig snapped.

"OHH?MY?GOD." Venus grabbed Kiki jerking her around in front of her. "You stand in front of me. Everyone knows the lady with the biggest tits dies first."

Kiki pushed her body back against Venus's chest. Her heart was beating a million miles a minute. She caught a glimpse of Lion out of the corner of her eye.

"Lion?" She whispered. "What should we do? Do you have bloodthirsty maniacs out here? What about the natives? Do they still hunt for heads? Are there any wild animals close to us? What should we do? Do we have weapons?"

Lion tried to stop herself, but she couldn't resist. "Shhhhh?be quiet. They always go for the most talkative one of the bunch." She looked around pretending to look to see if they were surrounded. "That's why they shrink the heads. They can't stand all the talking. It hurts their ears."

"Ohh man, I'm dead." Kiki whispered as she grabbed hold of Venus's hand. "I'm so sorry guys. I didn't mean to win that contest just to have us get killed."

"What do you mean us?" Silver asked as she stepped up next to Kiki and Venus. "You're the only one out here who could talk a person to death."

"Why don't you go and sacrifice yourself. Maybe they'll go easy on you and kill you before they shrink your head." Lion said trying not to giggle.

Just as Kiki was about to pass out from fear, a small flock of bird flew out over their heads, and Gordy stepped out zipping up his fly.

The three strippers screamed and ran to hide behind the truck.

"See I knew it. Women scream at my good looks." Gordy pulled up his pants and strutted to help Mandy.


Chapter 8

Kiki, who ended up beneath one of the trucks, finally slid out from underneath it when Lion told her she was just teasing and there was no such thing as headhunters.

"You think what you did was funny, don't you? You think you can tease and just get away with it. You think you can torment us because we are tenderfeet. You think that I would run screaming all the way home?" Kiki poked Lion in the chest with a finger.

Lion could only nod as she tried not to laugh and make the small woman any madder than she already was.

"Do you have any idea how much I want to kick your ass right now? Do you think it's so hilarious that you teased us?" Kiki stopped, putting her hands on her hips. "You're the biggest jerk I've ever met and believe you me; I've met a whole hell of a lot. Damn, you don't deserve to even have me talk to you."

For the rest of the night the camp was quiet. Mandy had quickly made sandwiches, followed with fresh fruit and ice-cold water. The only sound heard was the scraping of forks against the metal plates as they finished eating.

Lion enjoyed the silence but inside she felt bad for her actions. Not knowing if she should do anything or say anything, she decided that she would just stay away from the three strippers; not that it was possible all the time.

"Make sure you hit the sack and get plenty of rest. We're going to walk around and see what wildlife we can find in the morning before it gets too hot." Lion stood up and walked back to her truck.

"Where's she going?" Silver asked as she took her last bite of supper.

Mandy spat out a long stream of tobacco. "She sleeps in her truck."

"Why?" The three asked at the same time.

Mandy reached out and took the plates from the three. "She doan like to sleep 'n'na tent lessen she has to."

"Why?" They all asked again together.

Mandy shook her head. "That thar story's not fur me to tell." She stood up. "Y'all needs to git to bed. Tomorrow'll be heah fur ya know h'it."

***

Kiki had been sleeping soundly when she felt a warm hand on her shoulder waking her up. "What the hell?" she grumbled as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

"Get up. I've something to show you." Lion whispered so she wouldn't wake anyone else in camp.

"You're nuts. I'm not getting out of my nice warm sleeping bag to go any place with you." Kiki burrowed deeper into the thick sleeping bag.

"I'd like to make up for what I did yesterday," Lion stated. She sat up most of the night thinking about how she could make amends for teasing Kiki unmercifully. It finally hit her. She could show her a special place that meant a lot to Lion. She quietly said again, in a low melodic voice, "I'd like to show you one of the most beautiful spots on God's green earth."

"Okay fine, but it better be as good as you say or I'll shove a tent spike up your ass." Kiki grumbled as she crawled from the warm covers.

"Trust me." Lion reached out, grabbed Kiki's hand, and guided her through the darkness. Upon reaching a fallen tree, Lion indicated for Kiki to sit down.

"What are we looking at?" Kiki looked around. "It's dark and I don't have night vision."

"Just watch." Lion stood behind Kiki and waited. She didn't have to wait long as the sun peeked out from its hiding place.

"Ohhhh?my!" Kiki gasped as colors raced across the morning sky. Blues and pinks mixed in with oranges and white. "I've never in my life seen anything so..so gorgeous." She reached back, reaching for Lion's legs and pulled her closer to her back. "This is amazing. Totally amazing." She was so overwhelmed by the sight that she simply forgot to ramble as she usually did.

"Yes it is." Lion smiled down at the woman in her arms.


Chapter 9

"I still doan git h'it. Why cudn't the big boobed one ride with me agin?" Mandy asked as she drove over the bumpy road.

Lion had figured Venus and Silver had enough of Mandy yesterday so she decided that she and Kiki would ride with Mandy today and let the other two have fun riding with Gordy. Besides, she enjoyed having Kiki rub up against her whenever they would hit a bump.

"Because, you old coot, you almost killed them yesterday. That's why. I figured this way maybe you'll keep your eyes on the road. If you don't, I'll kill you myself." Lion told her.

They had driven most of the morning when they finally came to a watering hole and decided to stop for lunch.

"Okay everyone listen up." Lion called to everyone as they climbed out of the jeeps. "This is a watering hole which means there are wild animals around so don't anyone go wondering off by themselves. Got it?"

"Oh god I could use a bath." Venus said as she tried to wipe some of the dust off of her face. "Come on Silver, let's go behind those rocks, and get wet." She smirked.

"Ah Venus, I'm not too sure that's a good idea. Lion said there are wild animals around here. I really don't want to get caught with my pants down if you get my drift." Silver told her.

"Silver, if I don't get clean soon, I'll start screaming." whined Venus.

"Fine! Come on then but only for a minute. In and out, ok?" Silver informed Venus as she took her hand to walk with her to the rocks.

"Hey, where're you two going? Remember what Lion said. There are a lot of wild animals out here. I guess there are tame ones, too. Watch out for the wild ones, 'cause I know the tame ones won't hurt you. Hurry back so we can eat. Don't be late," Kiki rambled as she waved at them as she climbed out of the jeep.

"Don't worry; we're just going right over here." Venus yelled back at her.

While Kiki helped the others get things really for lunch, Venus and Silver went around the rocks to take a bath. Lion was too busy taking little peeps at Kiki to really watch what the other two girls where doing.

They had just gotten lunch ready when, suddenly, a scream filled the air. Venus came running out from behind the rocks as naked as the day she was born. Silver was close on her heels holding their clothes up against her naked body.

"SNAKE!" Venus yelled running past Mandy as she headed for the trucks.

Mandy caught one look at Venus's big boobs bouncing in the wind and fainted dead away. She fell back against Gordy, who was holding a bowl of canned fruit Mandy had just dished up. It went flying through the air as Mandy slammed into him causing him to fall to the ground.

Kiki saw the bowl flying through the air and made a dive for it slamming right into Lion, who was standing there with her mouth open watching what was happening. Having been taken off guard, Lion went tumbling backwards, hitting the ground also. The bowl of fruit came crashing down, right on top of Lion's head.

In the meantime, Silver was trying to get a very naked Venus down off the hood of the truck where she had climbed, still yelling snake at the top of her voice.

Except for Venus, the rest of the camp became deadly silent as all of them waited to see what Lion would do.

As if on cue, Lion burst into side rolling laughter. She reached up, swiping peaches and pears off her face as she tried to sit up. She was still laughing so hard that it was all she could do to rise at all. Kiki, still lying flat on her stomach in the dirt, rose up, looked at Lion, and couldn't help laughing too. Together they reached out and helped one another to their feet. Turning toward Gordy and Mandy, they noted that Mandy was just beginning to stir.

Lion moved toward the truck and quickly walked up to the still screaming Venus. She grabbed her by the arm and shook it slightly to get Venus's attention. Venus turned in mid scream and stopped after seeing who had hold of her. The scream died to a gurgle in the back of her throat as she trembled from the touch of Lion's calloused hand on her arm. She just knew that she was a dead duck.

Lion dropped her arm when Venus stopped screaming and stepped back, gesturing for Silver to move forward and hand Venus her clothes.

"Get your clothes back on before I'm unable to control the fire that just reared its ugly head with your nakedness and your huge ass tits showing everyone everything," stated Lion in a matter of fact voice.

Gordy continued laying flat on his back with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and the fly of his pants beginning to tent. He couldn't turn away if his life depended on it. As he lay there, Mandy began trashing about while she came out of her faint. She flailed her arms around, not realizing what she was doing. One hand happened to hit Gordy in the center of his crotch.

Suddenly the screaming started again, as Gordy doubled over in pain. Mandy shot up off the ground, looking around wild eyed to try to see what was happening. She did manage to get another glance at Venus's huge breasts just as Venus pulled a tee shirt over her head.

"Oh my gawd, I done daid 'n gone to heaven," Mandy drawled as she watched Venus slide down off the hood of the truck. "Mah every wet dream cum tru jes 'peared
afor mah very eyes. Gimme, gimme, I gotta have sum." She stated as she staggered toward Venus.

Lion caught her by the back of her pants, as Mandy walked in front of her, never even seeing Lion standing there. "Hold it right here. No one's going to move another inch until I say something."

Kiki, meanwhile, had walked over to Gordy and was trying to help him get to his feet as he rocked back and forth in the dirt with his hands holding his privates.

"From this point forward when I tell this group to not do something, I mean DO??NOT?? DO?? IT." She shouted the last little bit.

"The very next person to take off after I specifically give instructions to stay in camp will have her little or big ass shipped right back to the States before she can blink her eyes. Do I make myself clear?" she said to the ragtag group standing around listening to her. She watched as heads bobbed up and down and could only hope that they listened to her next time.

After getting their attention and saying what she had to, Lion turned and stomped off in the direction that Venus and Silver had originally come from as they ran back into camp, yelling something about a snake. She hoped to be able to see what it was that frightened them. She knew that this particular area had not had any snake sightings in several months due to the drought.

Kiki stood up and dusted off the seat of her pants. She turned to watch Lion leaving camp and wondered to herself if she should go to her to apologize for her friends. Instead, she turned toward Venus and Silver to make sure they finished dressing before any more damage could occur in camp.

Meanwhile, Mandy was not at all sympathetic with Gordy's dilemma. She walked over to him still wallowing in the dust and nudged him with her foot. "Yur wants fur me to git summon to kiss h'it 'n make h'it better fur ya?" she asked Gordy laughing down into his face.

"Get away from me you old witch," Gordy mumbled through clinched teeth. He finally dropped his hands from his crotch and managed to stand under his own power. He turned and slowly made his way out of camp in the opposite direction that Lion had gone.

Mandy looked around and noted that both women were fully dressed again. She walked back over to her worktable where she again picked up her plug of tobacco, pinched herself off a big chew, and settled down on a stool to see what else the evening would bring.


Chapter 10

"How in the hell could they mistake this?" Lion held up a large branch with twigs and leaves on it. "Of all the cockamamie stupid things."

"But what a site." Mandy smiled as she stepped around the bushes. "In all mah days I woulda never thunk I'd git to see such grit big boobies floppin' 'n the wind. Now 'n mah dreams, hail yeah."

"You big pervert." Lion slapped her friend on the shoulder.

"Ya call um as ya see'em." Mandy spit a long stream of tobacco out of her mouth. "So's what yu 'n Kiki doin' this mornin'?"

"What do you mean?" Lion dropped the branch back in the water.

Mandy watched her friend fidget with a leaf she held on her hand. "Come on, tell yur olt buddy."

Lion shrugged her shoulders slightly. "I just wanted to apologize. I woke her up to show her the sunrise."

"So's, she kinda gits yur belly in'na knot?" Mandy asked as she watched Lion's face turn a nice shade of red. "Ya gots the hots fur the litter stripper gurl?"

"Shut up, Mandy. You don't know what the shit your talking about" Lion tried to hide the way she was feeling. "You know I don't have time for stuff like that."

"Sheit, Lion, ya tain't not got time fur h'it. Put a litter romancin' 'n yur damn life, gurl, afore ya dry up 'n cum olt afore yur time." Mandy told her.

"Just when in the hell did you become so smart about life?" Lion asked her.

Mandy looked down at her feet then back at Lion. "Sheit, I niver says I'm a-smart on life. Jus smart when h'it comes to good lookin' gurls. An that thar Kiki h'is one good-lookin' gal. She tain't got the big boobies but they's tain't bad." She looked over to Lion and bounced her eyebrows up and down.

"You old bag. You never give up, do you? Come on let's get back to camp." Lion shook her head at Mandy.

Mandy was right, Lion was feeling something for Kiki. She just didn't know what yet.

Walking back into camp with Mandy, Lion called out that they needed to regroup, finish with whatever personal 'business' they needed to attend to and get back inside the trucks. They still had at least four hours of hard driving to get to the permanent campsite for the week.

Following the 'after lunch episode' and the harsh lecture by Lion, the group was more subdued than usual. Not one person argued as they all pitched in to breakdown the items used for lunch. Within a very short time, they were back on the road. Mandy, Kiki and Lion were in the lead truck with Gordy, Venus and Silver following.

Within Gordy's truck, Venus continued to complain about conditions of the trip. At the same time, Gordy was doing his best to press his elbow against the side of Venus's breast while he continued following Mandy.

"Shit, why the hell do we have to eat dust all the fucking time? If that old bitch wouldn't a kept grabbing my tits, we could still be in front and not in this dirt bag," Venus said as she reached over and slapped Gordy on the arm as he once again brushed his elbow over her breast.

"If you value that so called 'instrument of pleasure' that you're so fond of grabbing hold of, I'd advise you to keep your fucking elbow off my tits. Do you get my meaning?" fumed Venus as she tried to slide over on the seat closer to Silver.

"Here, trade places with me, honey," said Silver as she leaned up and began to sidle over toward Gordy while Venus slid underneath her on the seat.

"There, that's much better," remarked Silver as she looked over at Gordy. "Gordy,
ummm, did we ever tell you that I am a knife throwing champion? I line my women upon a wheel, spin it and throw knives around their spinning bodies. I've only missed two times in all the time of doing that trick. Both times, it was because I had a statement to make. Keep your fucking hands off my girl or I'll pin your balls to this seat," ranted Silver as she reached over, picked up Venus hand, and held it in hers.

Gordy swallowed hard and continued looking straight ahead while moving one hand down to cup gently over his crotch. "I'm not about to risk my jewels for this truckload of bimbos," he thought to himself.

Meanwhile in the front truck, Mandy was singing her own rendition to Thank God, I'm A Country Boy. She was terrible but at least she was keeping it to a low mumble. The monotony of the singing was slowly lulling Kiki to sleep. Before she knew it, she was dozing and had tilted toward Lion to the point that her head was lying up against the side of Lion. Lion had her arm draped along the back of the seat so she simply shifted Kiki until she was lying down with her head in Lion's lap.

"Uh oh, first mistake. This feels way to good with her head on my crotch," thought Lion as she looked down at the sleeping beauty. She shook her head slightly as she realized how different it was being around Kiki when she wasn't talking a mile a minute. "Now this was something I could get used to," she pondered to herself.

Mandy glanced over and grinned at Lion wickedly mouthing "Tolt ya so" before cackling gleefully. She turned, spit out the window, and continued flying down the dusty, dirt road.

***

The trucks pulled into a clearing that did not look much different from the surrounding terrain except that the wild grass was missing within a fifty-foot circle of area. There was a fire mound in the center of the camp that was surrounded by local stones to contain any sparks within its boundaries. Trees were sparse but there were plenty of the prickly thorn bushes that surrounded the perimeter of the campsite.

Mandy pulled the truck to the far end where it looked like a muddy pool of water had collected on the ground.

Stopping the truck, she opened the door, stretched, let out a loud belch, and walked back to the truck that was pulling up behind her truck. Walking around to the passenger side, she leaned her arms in the open making sure that her fingers lay gently against Venus' right breast.

Spitting one time, she turned to the group and said, "Watch out fur that thar water holt. That thar's our drinkin' water. Ya mess h'it up worser 'n yur be drinkin' mud. "

Venus reached up and pushed Mandy's hands off her breast as she proceeded to open the truck door.

Climbing stiffly out of the truck Venus moaned, "My God, my ass'll never be the same. This damn bumpy ride must a shook loose every ounce of fat and dropped it in my ass. Shit, even my tits hurt from the constant bouncing up and down," Venus said as she slowly massaged each breast.

Seeing Venus touching her breasts prompted Mandy to rush forward and grab a handful herself and start squeezing. "Heah, lit me do that thar fur ya," she stated as she tugged roughly on Venus's breasts.

Venus pulled back her fist and let go with a solid punch to Mandy's nose. Mandy flew backward, landing on her ass on the ground.

"I told you never touch my breasts you little troll. Keep the fuck away from me," stated Venus in anger as she prepared to move forward after the fallen Mandy.

Silver reached out and wrapped her arms around Venus, forcing Venus to walk off with her. Silver could be heard saying, "calm down, let it flow, deep breaths, okay, that's it baby," as they moved further toward the other side of the clearing.

"Whud she do that fur?" moaned Mandy as she slowly stood back up, wriggling her nose side to side to be sure it wasn't broken.

Gordy looked on and just grinned, not saying a word.

Lion was reluctant to awaken Kiki. She enjoyed the feeling of her soft hair lying against her thighs. She loved feeling the regular breaths that Kiki took as she slept quietly in her lap. She reached out her hand and slowly brushed the hair off Kiki's forehead. Suddenly, she was overwhelmed with the desire to lean down and kiss Kiki on the forehead.

Just as she felt her body moving forward to follow up on her desires, Gordy slapped his hands down on the hood of the truck, yelling loudly, "OK ladies, let's get this camp set up."

The noise startled Kiki who quickly sat up and looked around with a surprised expression on her face.

"Where are we? How long have I been asleep? Oh my gawd, did I drool on you? Did I snore? Oh, my, why didn't you wake me up," Kiki continued in a frenzied state.

"Shhhhhhhh. Stop. It's ok, no harm done. You just took a little nap." Lion told her as she opened the door and moved to get out of the truck.

"Okay Gordy, let's set this puppy up," Lion said as she turned toward the back of the truck and started pulling out the tents.


Chapter 11

"Listen to that." Kiki whispered. "What do you think it is? Do you think it'll come in here and eat us?" She grabbed hold of Silver's arm.

"If anything comes in here to eat us, I am tossing you at them so I can get away." Venus glared as she pointed the beam of the flashlight at the small dancer. "You are the one who got us out in the middle of nowhere. So you should be the one to feed the beast."

"You liked the idea when I first told you about the contest." Kiki snapped back, slapping at the bright light in her eyes.

"Who knew you would win? No one we know ever does." Venus flipped open her sleeping bag and crawled in. "You couldn't have won an all expense trip to New York or even Seattle. No you had to win?the trip to hell."

"Okay, okay that's enough." Silver put her hands up halting her two companions' conversation.

"She started it," Venus grumbled as she snuggled deeper into her sleeping bag. "Damn it's fucking cold here. I thought Africa was supposed to be hotter than hell?"

"How about we just go to sleep? If we were in any sort of trouble, I'm sure Lion would not have wanted us to stay here." Silver pried Kiki's fingers from their death clamp on her arm and gave her a little push. "Go get in bed. I've a feeling we'll be getting up at the crack of dawn."

***

"I think you meant the butt ass crack of dawn." Venus groaned as she peeked out of the opening of the tent to see a smiling Mandy.

"Time to git h'it up." Mandy tilted her head to the side. "Better yit, fur the view I'm a-gittin' why doan you 'n me crawl back 'n yur tent. I'd a-love to climb yur mountain peeks that's a-peekin' out a-winkin' h'at me."

Venus looked down towards her chest. "You know something Mandy. I would have to see a whole lot of monkeys getting drunk and playing with themselves before I'd even think about letting you touch my peeks."

"Hey, h'it cud happ'n. Never un'nur estimate the pow'rs 'n Africa." Mandy smiled as she wiggled her eyebrows.

Kiki flipped open the other side of the tent opening. "Good morning Mandy. Where is Lion? Boy, what a beautiful morning. Did everyone sleep well? I wonder what we're going to be doing today."

Mandy didn't take her eyes off Venus's cleavage as she pointed the other side of the trucks.

"Thanks," Kiki scrambled out into the rapidly warming morning.

"Move you ass, Venus. I need to pee." Silver swatted at her partners butt.

Venus slipped back in and closed the flaps. "Hey baby, why don't you hurry up and go and then come back here, and we could cuddle a bit."

"Sounds like a plan." Silver ran a finger down Venus's neck to the opening in her pajamas. "You gonna let me climb your peeks?"

"Anytime, anyplace," Venus leaned forward and placed a hungry kiss on Silver's mouth.

Silver quickly finished her morning business and returned to the tent. Everyone else was huddled around the fire in the center of camp to try to ward off the early morning chill that still existed. Suddenly, they all heard a high-pitched scream followed by "MY GOD, YOU ARE KILLING ME. STOP!! STOP!!"

Gordy threw down his coffee cup and started at a sprint toward the tent that Venus and Silver were sharing. He called back over his shoulder as he ran, "Get Lion. Something's hurting the ladies and we got to rescue them. Tell her they're screaming like crazy."

Mandy jumped up right on his heels, yelling, "GOD DAMMIT GORDY, git yur sorry ass back heah. Thar tain't nuttin' wron' with them thar womens thata litter time 'lone cain't cure."

"Stop yur butt right whar yur 'at." Mandy hollered as she grabbed hold of the back of Gordy's shirt, jerking him backward.

Gordy was pulled off his feet and went flying backward, landing on top of Mandy. A loud rush of air was knocked from Mandy's chest as Gordy landed. Looking down at them all that could be seen was Gordy with four arms and four legs waving about in the air.

Mandy was screaming "Git the sumbich off'n me. Git the sumbich off'n me" while slapping him at the same time.

As the volume of yelling from outside the tent intensified, so did the volume from inside the tent. When Kiki and Lion walked to untangle Mandy and Gordy, they could hear the sounds from inside the tent clearly.

Silver was calling out in her crystal clear voice, "That's it baby, ride me. Yes, baby, make me come. OH GOD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS." Then silence.

Kiki blushed and glanced over at Lion to see how she was taking this morning's adventures. Lion displayed no emotion, none that Kiki was able to pick up on. Lion stopped at Gordy's side and stretched out her hand for him to grab hold to. With one quick move, she pulled Gordy up and off top of Mandy.

Mandy lay there for a few minutes, taking deep breaths in and out as she tried to refill her lungs from where Gordy had flattened her. "I'm...a'goin'a?kill?that...sumbitch?" she said between long pauses.

Kiki walked over to her and squatted down, asking quietly, "Are you Ok, Mandy?" She stretched out her hand to try to calm Mandy down.

Mandy snarled and looked away as she still lay on the hard ground while recovering from being flattened. Finally, she rolled over and got up on her knees. From that position, she slowly rose to her full height and with several deep breaths turned and walked over to the cook table to finish making breakfast.

Lion looked over at Kiki and did nothing more than raise one eyebrow, which sent Kiki into peals of laughter.

Meanwhile, Mandy had not forgotten Gordy's foolishness. While she cracked the last of the eggs into a bowl with one hand, she used the other hand to add spices. Her temper flared, a few hard shakes of the chili pepper into the eggs as she started beating them to scramble. She reached out grabbing a water bottle that she had added to her list of supplies. She had forgotten that this particular bottle contained Visine, which she used to water drinks when she didn't like particular people or wanted to get even with them. Visine was known to cause diarrhea if swallowed. This was an old bartender's trick. She tilted up the water bottle and added one fourth of a cup to the eggs.

Several minutes later Mandy yelled out. "Cum 'n git h'it."

Everyone, but Venus and Silver silently sat at the table trying not to laugh as moans and groans could still be heard from the tent off to the side.

"Whatcha got there Mandy?" Kiki asked as she watched the older woman stepped up to the table.

"Jus sum scrammold eggs 'n biscuits, 'n sausage." Mandy replied as she scooped up a large spoonful for Gordy.

As Mandy walked around the table to serve Kiki her portion, a scream could be heard. "OHH YES, SUCK ON MY PEEKS!" She tripped over her own two feet, which caused the eggs to fly in the air and land on the ground.

"Well," Lion looked down at the mess and over to Gordy who was shoving his eggs into his mouth.

"What?" he mumbled as small pieces of egg flung from his mouth. "I didn't drop it on the ground and I ain't sharing."

"Yur a pig." Mandy scooped up the eggs to toss in a hole she had dug for her garbage. "I'm a-goin-a be rite back with sum mor."

"Take your time." Lion replied as she continued to watch Gordy eat. "I think Kiki and I lost our appetites with Mr. Manner's over here."

"Mr. Manners?" Gordy grabbed his coffee cup, slurping a big mouthful. "Who is he?"

"You're such an idiot." Lion shook her head.

Gordy stuck his middle finger up at Lion. "Kiss my ass."

"Are you fucking out of your mind?" Lion stood up and leaned over the table. "I'd rather have a thousands fire ants crawl up my vagina."

"Now ain't that a lovely picture?" Gordy smacked his lips together at the thought of Lion's vagina. As he continued to play that picture over in his head, his stomach grumbled and a small pain made him wince.

By the time that Mandy had re-cooked breakfast, Gordy was standing up, pacing around camp. Every few seconds he would double over and wrap his arms around his stomach as a great rumble of gas moved through him. Suddenly, he turned and ran off through the thicket, hollering at the top of his voice, "Nature Bitch is calling. Come look for me if I'm not back in an hour."

"Well, whar the fuk he runnin' off to, like a bat outta hell?" asked Mandy as she walked up with more eggs.

Lion just snickered, helped herself to some eggs, and passed the plate to Kiki. Kiki looked around and stated, "Boy has it suddenly become quiet. Even the tent's quiet. Wonder what's going on. What do you think is wrong with Gordy? Thanks, Mandy, for cooking breakfast. Are we going out looking at animals today? How long will we get to stay in camp before going back?"

Lion rolled her eyes at the constant pattern of speech and picked up her coffee cup. As she sat sipping coffee, she looked across the table and really stared at Kiki's features. Every characteristic about Kiki made Lion lust for more. Instead of saying anything at all, she just continued to watch her eating.

Twenty minutes passed and a moaning Gordy came wandering out of the thicket, pulling his pants back up. They noted he was pale and sweaty as he walked closer.

He stopped and leaned one hand against the table. Taking several deep breaths, he was finally able to talk.

"You old biddy, you fucking trying to poison me," he snarled at Mandy.

"Wha's sum madder, Gordy? Doan' ya know, nuttin shud cum outta yur ass h'at 900 miles 'n hour," she cackled.

Having had to re-cook the eggs, Mandy noted when she picked up the water bottle again that is was her special bottle and all she could do was laugh when she thought of the problem that Gordy was going to be having.

"I hope ya wipt well with them thar leaves, cause iff'n ya didn' yur ass h'is gonna itch when h'it dries." This time she laughed outright.

"You bitch. Just you wait. Soon's I get my strength back, I'm gonna get you," grumbled Gordy as he turned and ran back the way he had come.

"Where's he going in such a hurry?" asked Silver as she and Venus walked up to the table.

"Don't ask," said Kiki, standing up to take her soiled dishes to the cook area.

"Hey, big tits. You 'n romper room wan sump'n to et?" Mandy asked while staring at Venus's chest.

"Naw, I had my fill of fresh meat this morning," snickered Venus as she looked over at Silver.

"I'd like a cup of coffee and I'm sure Venus would, too," the blushing Silver stated as she sat down at the table.

"Well, now that we're all here except Gordy, let's talk about the plans for today," Lion stated as she stood up at the end of the table.

Everyone turned to look at her as she began outlining what the plans for the day would be. "Since Gordy is indisposed," Lion stated, "I'll either take two of you at a time or we could wait till Gordy is better."

"There aren't enough of us to pair up," stated Silver.

"No, that's true and I'll take one of you out by yourself once you decide how to pair up." Lion turned to head over to one of the trucks.

"Well, there's no way in hell that I'm letting Venus out of my site with Lion. Kiki, it looks like you get to be the one to go out alone with her. So much for having any fun," Silver remarked as she wrapped an arm around Venus's waist and pulled her over to her lap.

"Well, damn, baby. Maybe I wanted to be alone with her," grouched Venus as she turned her head and planted a big wet kiss on Silver's mouth.

"Oh, gawd. Don't you two ever get enough of each other?" Kiki noted as she stood up and looked around for Lion. "Let me go tell her what we decided."

Kiki could barely contain her excitement over seeing some wild animals and getting to be alone with Lion. She couldn't explain it to herself but there was something about Lion that attracted her. She had not desired another woman in a long time.


Chapter 12

Lion slung her backpack over her shoulder as she headed south out of camp. Kiki had to nearly run to keep up with her long stride. Finally, after Lion was nearly one hundred feet in front of her, Kiki stopped and bent over to catch her breath. As soon as she had enough air, she rose and yelled, "STOP! LION! Please you're going entirely too fast for me to keep up. I don't mind moving fast but your long strides are killing me. I have to practically run to catch up with you."

"Oh, man. I'm sorry. I'm so used to being out here by myself I forgot not everyone can keep up with me," Lion said contritely.

Lion and Kiki walked side by side until they came to a large network of trees.

"Shhhhhhh. I want you to see these animals first," whispered Lion to Kiki.

As they walked closer, Kiki could hear rustling in the wooded area. She moved closer, reaching out and grabbing Lion's hand. Lion looked down, smiled, and tightened her hold on Kiki's hand. She pulled her closer as they walked into the wooded area. They had not traveled another fifty yards when right in front of them stood an eighteen-foot high giraffe

It was beautiful. It had high shoulders and a sloping back. Its hide was covered with irregular star-shaped brown spots. He whipped out his long muscular tongue and wrapped it around the thorny leaves as he stripped his meal from the treetops.

Kiki was overwhelmed. It was all so beautiful and strange to her. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at this wondrous new site. Lion turned to Kiki and gently brushed her eyes with her thumbs, softly removing the tears. While she held Kiki's face cupped in her hands, Lion leaned forward and softly brushed her mouth over Kiki's lips. Realizing what she had done, she dropped her hands and quickly stepped backward. Kiki's mouth dropped open as she stared at Lion in pleasant surprise. Lion turned to look back at the giraffes hoping the incident would pass quietly.

Meanwhile back in camp, Gordy was making his third trip into the thicket. This time, he stripped his pants all the way off as he hiked his buttocks over a fallen log. He was tired of squatting to do his business. He looked down and noted ants were trying to climb onto his pants and underclothes. Reaching down, he picked them up and tossed them over a limb directly to the side of where he was sitting. As his bowels began to purge, he shut his eyes with the pain.

A single baboon sat in the tree where Gordy had tossed his clothing over the limb. In less than ten seconds, the baboon reached down and grabbed the pants and under shorts. As Gordy looked up to see what was causing the rustling in the tress, the baboon jumped to another tree and quickly disappeared from sight, along with Gordy's clothes.

"Great, first I get the shits and now I have no pants." Gordy groaned as a wave of pain tumbled through his stomach again. "Fuck me, I'm going to die."

Several seconds went by as Gordy hoped and prayed. He raised his head up to the sky with his eyes closed. "Please Lord. I swear I won't jack off no more to sexy girlie magazines. Just make this stop."

Unbeknownst to the sick man, the baboon sat above him sniffing and licking his pants and under shorts. As he was doing this, his little pecker all of a sudden sprang to life. He looked down at the cause of his erection, dropped the pants on the tree limb, and scrambled down to his prey.

"Thank the Lord I feel a little better." Gordy reached out to grab some leaves from a nearby bush. As he reached to wipe, he felt strong fingers and coarse fur rub up against his backside. "What the hell?"

The site of large white teeth encased in a large mouth of an ugly gray baboon made Gordy gulp. "Please mister baboon. Don't hurt me. I've already been through enough hell this morning."

The baboon scooted closer making hip movements.

Finally, getting what the monkey was after, Gordy cried out, "OH GOD." He stood up, but strong hands wrapped around his waist and forced him to the ground. "No, get away from me you fucking monkey."

The scared man kicked out, catching the baboon in the chest, causing him to fly into a large bush. Seeing his chance, Gordy took off as fast as his white legs could carry him.

Back at the camp Venus and Silver were sitting around the cold fire pit talking and snuggling.

"You know, this really ain't so bad." Venus whispered into Silver's ear. "Just don't tell Kiki or she may try to win another trip to the Russian forest during the dead of winter.

"This morning sure did make up for everything that has happened since we have been here." Silver ran her hand up Venus's thigh.

A loud scream stopped her progress and they both turned to see Gordy breaking out of the bushes with no pants on. He was naked from the waist down and all his precious manly jewels were swinging free in the air as he ran for all he was worth. He made a beeline directly to the first truck he could reach. The last they saw of him was his shiny ass as he ripped open the truck door. He dove head first into the truck, pulling the door shut behind him, and locking it with a resounding click.

"Now, thar ain't no way anyone cud mistake that thar thang fur a snake. Maybe a snail, but no snake." Mandy laughed as she watched Gordy run naked through camp. She walked over and sat down across from the two reclining strippers. "You two'uns kin continue. I'm a-goin' to git mah camera to record this heah moment fur mah own colletshun a tourust videos."

"Aren't you even a bit curious about what has him so scared?" Silver asked as she tossed a small rock at the older woman. "And if you tape us, no way in hell could you stand the fire we would create within you."

Mandy lost her balance and smiled. "I'm a-willin' to burn to a crisp."

***

Lion had a tremendous time showing Kiki her Africa. Just to watch the look on her face when she would see the different animals, brought the thrill of this country back to Lion once again.

They were walking back towards the camp when they saw what looked like a baboon pulling something along the ground. When it saw them, it took off running. As they got closer, they saw it was a pair of pants.

"Oh my gawd. Lion, it's a pair of pants. Do you think that person is dead? Did the lions eat them? Are they still around? Are we safe?" Kiki started throwing questions at Lion.

"Kiki quiet down, we're fine. But I wouldn't get too close to those pants if I were you." Already, Lion could see the flies all over it. "They are Gordy's pants and no animal in its right mind would want to eat him. I, however, find he's going to wish he were dead. Come on."

Lion picked up a long stick and very carefully picked up the pants with the end of it and walked back to camp with the pants held out in front of her.

"Mandy, where the hell is Gordy?" Lion asked as she and Kiki walked into the camp.

Mandy was getting ready for supper. Lion didn't realize she and Kiki had been gone so
long. Nevertheless, before Mandy could tell them, Venus, who was sitting on Silver's lap by the fire, called out to her.

"Hell, that shit-head came running into camp a few hours ago screaming and yelling about something being after him. He's locked himself in the truck and won't come out. Shit, we had to carry our own water to wash with this afternoon."

Lion walked over to the truck and started pounding on the door to wake Gordy up. "Open this fucking door you stupid ass. NOW!"

Gordy reached over as fast as he could and unlocked the door. "Sorry Lion, but it was a monster. Really, it was. I'm not kidding. The thing was after me."

"And it just happened to scare your pants off you. Here, get them back on so we don't have nightmares. And get out there and get some firewood." Lion flipped Gordy's pants at him and walked off.

Lion could hear Kiki over by the others telling them all about today, as she got closer to them. Lion couldn't remember the last time she had such a great day. It had been fun, not just watching the way Kiki reacted to seeing the animals, but by being with Kiki.

"Hey there, Mandy, supper looks good. I'm starving." She smiled at everyone. Just as she started to sit down, they all heard Gordy scream.

"OH GOD. NOT YOU AGAIN. LET ME GO. I'M NOT YOUR TYPE. NOOOOOOOooooooooooo!"

No one saw anything but they could not coax Gordy out of the truck. Lion decided to leave him there for the night. As the twilight descended, every one in camp decided to turn in early.


Chapter 13

Kiki lay wide-awake in her tent. She was still excited about having been alone with Lion for most of the day. She couldn't get over having seen so many different animals that she had only read about. Then her thoughts turned to her luscious guide, Lion. Just the thought of Lion made a tingle go up and down Kiki's body. A smile came over her face.

Hearing Venus and Sliver cuddling up together again made Kiki want to get out of her tent and move further away out of listening range. She didn't feel like having to listen again while they made love.

Getting up, Kiki very carefully made her way out of the tent. She knew she couldn't go out of the camp area. Lion made it very clear they were not to be walking outside camp by themselves. She decided to walk around inside the camp to make herself sleepy.

Taking a step, Kiki realized she had forgotten her shoes. She just had her socks on. She turned around to go back in to get them when she heard Silver and Venus really making a lot of noise. Not wanting to go back yet, she decided to walk in her socks.

Kiki was thinking about Lion and not really watching where she was going. She moved her foot, hitting her big toe against a rock. "AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh," Kiki yelled as she
grabbed her foot, jumping around on only one foot.

She backed up and tripped over a stool behind her. As she started to fall her arms wind milled around, trying hard to keep her balance. Instead, she continued to fall, right down on top of Lion's tent.

Kiki's slight weight was too much for the tent poles and stakes as she fell heavily onto the tent. It collapsed with Lion inside and Kiki lying on top of her. Lion started yelling. Kiki started screaming. Mandy came running out of her tent shooting her shotgun up in the air thinking they were being attacked.

Gordy sat rapidly up on the seat of the truck, striking his head sharply against the roof and knocking himself out.

Silver and Venus grabbed a cover each, wrapped it around their bodies, and came flying out of their tent.

Everyone was totally bewildered as they heard Lion cussing up a blue streak. They all rushed over to what was left of Lion's tent. Silver reached out and caught Kiki by the hand, jerking her up and off the fallen tent.

Mandy hollered at the top of her lungs, "Holt yur gawd damn horses. We'ens tryin' to git yur ass outta thar. Will ya quit yur bellie achin' 'n lay still. Better yet, take that thar big olt pig sticker 'n cut yur way outta thar." Mandy stepped backward as she watched the bowie knife rip through the canvas of the tent.

They all watched as a semi clad Lion emerged from the flat tent. She was wearing a sports bra and very small, snuggly fitting knitted boxer shorts. She was all leg and muscle. Venus, Silver, and Kiki could do nothing but stare.

Silver was thinking that with a body like hers, she would be a great stripper. Venus, on the other hand, was saying to herself, "My God; don't let her compete on the same stage as me." Finally, Kiki, running her eyes once again up and down Lion's body, thought, "Mmmmmmm, I wonder if I can get that wrapped up and under my tree at Christmas?"

Lion seemed not to pay attention to any of them as she and Mandy surveyed the damage. "What the hell happened?" asked Lion in an angry voice.

Silver and Venus turned to Kiki waiting for her to explain how she happened to end up on top of Lion's tent. They were both hoping maybe she had been trying to sneak inside and lost her balance.

Kiki began, "Well I couldn't sleep so I decided to pace around camp until I got sleepy. I forgot my shoes and didn't want to go back and get them," she stared pointedly at Silver and Venus. "I decided to continue with just my socks when I stubbed my toe and lost my balance. I tripped over a stool and found myself on top of Lion's tent."

"Gosh, I'm sorry. I just don't understand why all this stuff seems to happen to me," Kiki continued tearfully.

Mandy chuckled softly under her breath as she watched the anger dissolve from Lion's face as Lion watched the tears run down Kiki's face.

Moving closer to Kiki, Lion reached out and awkwardly patted her shoulder, "It's all right. No one was hurt, just the tent. Listen, accidents happen all the time. We just seem to have more than the usual amount."

That statement made Kiki cry harder realizing that she was probably the cause of more problems in camp.

Mandy laughed out loud, as Lion looked totally lost as to what to do next. Mandy turned to head back to her tent when she spotted Silver and Venus still standing and watching the by-play between Lion and Kiki.

"Liddies, I hopes the rest of yur night h'is bedder, but I wishes to hell you wud stop all yur caterwallin' so's the res' of us kin git sum sleep." Lifting her shotgun up in her arms, she stalked over to her tent and disappeared inside.

Silver and Venus, feeling chastised, moved back toward their tent. Once inside, neither of them felt much like picking up where they had left off so they climbed into the same sleeping bag instead, spooned together and promptly fell asleep.

Unable to stand the tears flowing down Kiki's face, Lion turned toward the trucks and walked over to be sure that Gordy was still okay. Peeping through the window, she saw that Gordy appeared to be sleeping soundly. She looked back over her shoulder and noted that Kiki had not moved. Lion turned and marched back over to her, stopping right in front of her. She reached out and, again, softly wiped the tears from her eyes with the pads of her thumbs. Kiki continued to cry.

"Hush, little one. It's ok. Please don't cry any more," whispered Lion as she pulled Kiki into her arms. Wrapping her arms around Kiki's back, she held her snugly against her body, rocking slightly side to side.

Kiki wrapped her arms around Lion's waist and cried harder due to the tenderness with which Lion was holding her. It had been a long time since anyone had held her or tried to comfort her. The unexpected tenderness opened the dam for all the pent up tears she had held inside for a long time.

Lion sidestepped toward the fire with Kiki still held in her arms. As she neared the fire, she sank to the ground, bringing Kiki down with her. She pulled Kiki onto her lap and held her tightly as the torrent of tears continued. After about fifteen minutes, the only sound was an irregular sounding hitch, as Kiki would catch her breath. Lion looked down at Kiki and noted she had fallen asleep in her arms.

"Damn, what a mess," thought Lion, "but what a nice mess to find in my arms." She scooted around a little more making herself more comfortable by the fire, as she knew that it was going to be a long night holding Kiki in her arms while Kiki slept. She knew she should have awakened her but it just felt too good to give up this pleasure of feeling Kiki against her body. She leaned back against the food box as the night around them became quiet once more.


Chapter 14

Gordy woke up with a pounding headache. As he stumbled from the cab of the truck, he let out a torrent of cuss words, "God damn, mother fuckin' headache. Who's the bitch that laid one on me last night? Fuck it, my head's killing me."

He reached up and felt a huge lump protruding from the top of his head. He remembered rising up to see what the shooting was about and hitting his head on the roof of the truck. From there his memory stopped. "Damn, musta knocked myself out." he thought.

Mandy turned to him as he walked up and brandished her wooden spoon in his direction threatening to crack it over his head as she said, "Damn boy, ya smells lik a dang blasted shithouse. Git yurself out heah an dunk yur sorry ass 'n sum water. Doan come back, ya hear, til ya smells better."

At first, Gordy was going to refuse, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Venus with her towel, headed toward the bathing hole. He smirked at Mandy and said, "You're right for a change, you ole biddy. I think I'll go and just see what I can clean up," scratching his crotch as he spoke with her. He turned and walked toward his tent to grab a change of clothes and towel. Mandy watched him exit his tent and trot toward the bathing hole.

Mandy thought to herself, "What kinda change has cum over the boy?" She shrugged her shoulders and returned to making S.O.S. for breakfast. She hoped the women liked shit-on-a-shingle because that was all she was planning, along with fresh biscuits.

Venus had dropped her robe and was standing in water up to her chest. Her huge breasts were floating on top of the water. She had just finished rinsing the soap off of them when she heard a high-pitched squeal from behind her. While she had been washing her body, Gordy had been trying to sneak into the pool and come up behind Venus. What he didn't realize was that a trio of snapping turtles held reign over the side of the pool he had entered.

He no sooner stripped off his clothes and swam out into the deep water than one of the snappers thought it saw a dangling worm in the water. It came up under Gordy's belly and immediately locked its jaws on Gordy's penis, which was dangling down in the water as he dog paddled toward Venus.

The pain was intense and all Gordy could do was let out an agonizing high pitched cry as he hurriedly turned and paddled back to shore with the turtle still attached to his manly body part. He never stopped screaming even as he, again, ran naked back to camp with a six-inch diameter snapping turtle clung to his crotch.

Mandy looked up and nearly threw breakfast on the ground again as the naked Gordy came streaking into camp. He made at least two frantic runs around the inner perimeter of the camp before Mandy stuck out her foot and tripped him on his third run by. As he hit the ground, belly first, the turtle released its deadly hold and slowly started making its way back into the brush, headed toward the pool.

Meanwhile, Venus stomped back into camp, stopping only as she got even with Gordy's prostrate body. She lifted her foot and booted him one swift kick in the ass, which again made him cry out.

"If I ever catch your sorry ass spying on me again, I'll do one hell of a lot more than that snapping turtle. You'll not just be yelling soprano, you'll be talking it the rest of your goddamn life," kicking his butt once more for good measure, Venus turned and headed back to her tent.

Mandy gee hawed at the top of her lungs, holding her crotch, as she was laughing so hard she was afraid she was going to pee in her pants. "Well boyo, ya done did h'it this heah time. Yur pecker's gonna rot 'n fall off," she taunted Gordy as he continued to roll around on the ground.

"Please, please. You gotta help me," he pleaded, crawling closer to Mandy.

"So's ya thank I'm a-gonna put mah hands on yur peckerwood, does ya? Hummm." Mandy hesitated before continuing.

"Oh god, please help me, I'll do anything, just help me," Gordy continued to plead.

Mandy realized this was a golden opportunity not to be missed. She reached out with her foot and rolled him over as he still had both hands holding his privates. His eyes got bigger and he stopped whimpering as he looked up to see what Mandy was going to do. Mandy turned back to her kitchen box, reached inside, and removed several items. She walked back over to where Gordy laid rigid on his back.

"Move yur hans, Gordy," she stated as she pulled out an aerosol can of antibiotic spray. She held the container about eight inches from his flaccid penis. She could see the small abrasions along the length of his penis but none looked serious or in danger of being a problem. She smiled to herself as she set to the task of doctoring him. She pressed the lever on the can, spraying a fine coat of medication along the length of his member.

"FUCKING SHIT!!!!" Gordy yelled as his body arched off the ground when the spray hit the open wounds. "Blow it!. Fuck, you are burning me to death."

"I ain't a-blowin' no cock. H'it'll quit 'n a few," she stated as she rummaged around in her case again.

She pulled on a pair of latex gloves and proceeded to lift Gordy's now burning penis in her hands. She loosely wrapped gauze round and round until she ran out. His member stood in what looked like a semi erect state from the gauze holding it rigidly up. Once more, Mandy rummaged in her bag this time pulling out a roll of duct which she used to wrap totally around all the dressing stating, "Gots to keep dirt 'n grime from buildin' up 'n makin' h'it worse."

By the time she was done, he looked like a geek with bright green duct tape wrapped round the gauze to hold it in place. "Well, well , lookin' more like yur the jolly green
pecker," Mandy said laughingly. "Now git yur nekkid butt outta mah kitchen 'n doan ya cum back till ya gots yur clothes on't." She dismissed Gordy, turning her back on him, as she started cracking eggs into a bowl.

Gordy slowly pulled himself up and walked with his legs wide open as his newly bandaged member swung stiffly back and forth with each step. As he walked he thought to himself "how in the world am I gonna stuff this into my pants."

Mandy picked up a large pot and with her wooden spoon beat hard on the bottom of it. "COME 'N GIT H'IT." She yelled out as breakfast was set up on the table.

Lion and Kiki walked back into camp from beyond the direction of the trucks. Venus and Silver strolled out of their tent, both fully dressed for a change. Gordy walked stiffly over to the table. All the women stared at his crotch, which looked like he had stuffed a huge sausage into his pants. No one said a single word but simply diverted their eyes from his pants to keep from laughing out loud.

****

After breakfast, Lion removed one of the truck tops so that the ladies would be able to see animals from within the truck. She had noticed a herd of elephants casually moving along the savanna, heading towards a river that was near by.

"Now remember that you must be quiet. A herd of elephant can be one of the most dangerous things out here. They are very protective of all the members of the herd, especially the babies." Lion turned the key and started the engine.

"Will we be able to get out of the truck?" Kiki asked as she held up her camera. "I'd love to get a pretty close shot. Will there be any cute babies? I wonder if any other animals will be around. Can we get real close so I can get some good pictures?"

"It all depends on how they are reacting and where they stop along the river for water."
Lion replied as she started backing up the truck.

"Why would they not come to this water hole? Why not this river? Is it deep? Is it filled with crocodile? Will it be dangerous to us?" Kiki questioned as she smiled back at Venus who slapped her on the back of the head.

"Knock it off." The large breasted woman mumbled. "Stop asking so many damn questions."

"Baby, leave her alone." Silver patted Venus on the leg.

Kiki turned in her seat. "Yes, leave me alone and I can ask any question I want. How else am I supposed to learn anything? You never ask any questions."

Lion just shook her head. "This is going to be a long day."

"What?" Kiki moved her gaze from her friend to her guide. "Are you going to answer my questions?"

"The reason they're going to the river is because it is larger and offers more space. Elephants like to play around in the mud. The mud dries and offers a protective barrier from the sun and it also kills bugs that crawl on its skin." Lion informed her truck companions. "Just over that rise is the river. We'll wait at the top to see where they go."


Chapter 15

The savanna lay out in front of their vision as they sat looking down upon the river. The herd of elephants was slowly winding their way across the near side of the savannah, headed to a low bank along the river. They could see the wildebeest herds mingling among the elephants and the occasional hyena in the distance following the herds.
As the truckload of women watched the animals, they did not see the rogue elephant slowly advancing from the back of the truck. Suddenly, the truck began to rock as the bull elephant pushed with all his might against the truck. Glancing over their shoulders, Silver and Venus began screaming as they saw the elephant within eight feet of them.
Lion knew they were in danger of toppling down the hill unless she released the brakes and let the truck roll down.

There was little choice. Lion pulled off the brakes and slammed the truck into neutral just as the elephant shoved one more time. The truck flew forward, racing down the hill, heading directly toward the muddy edge of the river.

Lion yelled, "Hold on." At the last second, she slammed on the brakes as hard as she could. This caused the truck to skid to a stop within inches of the muddy water.

Looking back up the hill, she saw the elephant charging down after them. She put the truck in drive and hit the gas. The truck slipped and slid on the wet mud but was finally able to get going as they sped away from the muddy water and danger.

Lion thought her head was going to explode with all of Venus's and Silver's screaming.

"Will you two shut the fuck up? We are safe now. Damn!" Lion finally yelled over her shoulder at the two strippers in the back.

When she didn't hear anything from Kiki, Lion took a fast glance over to her to make sure she was unhurt and was surprised when she saw Kiki sitting there calmly taking pictures.

"Why weren't you screaming too?" Lion had to ask Kiki.

Kiki turned and gave Lion a sweet smile. "Because, I knew you weren't going to let anything happen to us. That's why."

Lion couldn't believe how those simple, few words could make her feel so damn good. She grinned a crooked shy grin back at Kiki as she let Kiki's words sink in. Kiki reached out and placed her hand on top of Lion's hand where it was resting on the gear shift. Lion spread her fingers, allowing Kiki's fingers to slip between hers as she tightened her grip on Kiki's fingers. Kiki's stomach jumped with excitement when Lion decided to keep hold of her hand.

Venus and Silver finally ran out of breath and sat huddled together with only an occasional whimper still expressing their state of mind.

Lion pulled the truck off the side of the road, parking beneath the only scrub like trees in the immediate area. She remarked as she climbed out, "I need to see how much damage was done to decide what we need to do."

"What do you mean?" asked Kiki.

"Well, I want to make sure that it's only superficial to the bed of the truck and nothing major that'd get us trapped out here without shelter," replied Lion as she walked toward the back of the truck.

Kiki opened her door and hopped out, running around to the back to meet up with Lion. Her eyes widened as she saw the deep dent in the tailgate of the truck. Lion was down on her hands and knees looking under the truck for damage. Kiki did not see her immediately, tripped over Lion's legs, and ended up sprawled face down in the dirt.

Lion pulled out as soon as she saw Kiki fall and crawled around to her. She gently rolled her over and looked into a pair of laughing silver eyes. Kiki's mouth was curved in a smile as if to say 'look how dumb can I be?' Lion couldn't resist. She leaned forward and softly brushed her lips over Kiki's mouth.

Kiki drew in a breath and looked at Lion in amazement. She slowly lifted one hand and reached out toward Lion's head. Placing her hand behind Lion's neck, she tugged Lion back down to her mouth. Opening her lips slightly, Kiki pressed her mouth to Lion's mouth and deepened the kiss.

Lion moaned in the back of her throat and pressed into the kiss. She slashed her mouth firmly against Kiki's pressing harder to meld their lips together. She tentatively ran her tongue against Kiki's lips, feeling her mouth open more, letting Lion enter deeper. Lion thrust inside Kiki's mouth, never breaking the kiss as she sucked harder, pulling Kiki's essence into her own mouth. Kiki's hand tightened behind Lion's head as she held tight during the kiss. Finally, Lion pulled back and simple stared again into Kiki's eyes.

Kiki's breath was ragged and for the first time she simply was unable to say a word. Her hand dropped from behind Lion's head as she let Lion get to her feet. Lion stretched out a hand to assist Kiki back to her feet. Lion's hand was shaking with the passion she was feeling and it was a new sensation for her. "Why is she affecting me like this?" she thought to herself as she pulled Kiki up. Without saying another word, they both walked back and got into the truck.

This time Lion reached out and took Kiki's hand in hers, holding it as she cranked up the truck. Venus and Silver looked at one another and raised their eyebrows in surprise but neither said a word as they headed back to camp.

Meanwhile, back in camp, Mandy chuckled every time she watched Gordy trying to walk around. She watched as he frequently reached down and shifted his privates around in his pants.

Gordy caught her chuckling one too many times and finally said, "Shut your fucking face, you old hag. I am sick and damn tired of you snickering at me."

"Well damn h'it, fucktard. I tain't never seen anny thang as funny as ya runnin' round with that thar snapper hangin' on yur pecker. That musta been the funnust thang I done seen 'n'na coon's age." Mandy said as she laughed out loud.

"Iff'n ya hadn't been tryin' to grab her bodacious boobies, that thar snapper wud'na grabbed yur skinny worm." Mandy continued as she walked over to Gordy.

"And you think you could have done it better?" asked Gordy while trying to find a comfortable way to sit down.

"Yur damn tootin' I cud'a." Mandy said while pulling up a campstool to sit beside Gordy.

"Humm, and just what're you willing to bet that there is no way in hell you're going to get your hands on her rack?" mused Gordy as he gently rubbed his hand over his bandaged penis.

"Yur on. If I win, ya gotta do all them dishes frum this heah point on fur every meal. Iff'n I lose, I'm a-goin' a quit teasin yur ass." Mandy said as she stood back up.

Gordy stuck out his hand and shook on the bet with Mandy as she turned and headed toward the tents. She still needed to straighten up before the crew returned from the river. Mandy had a devilish smirk on her mouth as she walked toward the tents. Her devious mind knew just how she was going to win that bet.

Mandy cleaned out the tents, replacing the rushes and cushioned limbs that were used to soften the pallets the women had been lying on. On her last trip into Venus and Silver's tent, she pulled on her work gloves and made a detour into the edge of the brush right next to the tent. She pushed bushes back until she found what she was looking for, the Stinging Nettles. Mandy knew that this particular nettle had little prickly hairs that
would stick to the skin, causing it to sting and itch like crazy. Touching the area only seemed to spread the nettles but washing it off with water would remove the discomfort immediately.

She grabbed several handfuls of the fragrant plant and returned to Venus's tent where she lifted back the thin bottom sheet and spread the nettles all over the pallet. Chuckling to herself, she left the tent knowing that soon, Venus would come running to her to do something about the terrible itch she was going to be encountering. It would be then that she would get to touch and squeeze Venus's breast, thus winning her bet with Gordy.

Meanwhile, Gordy found after drinking coffee all morning, he had the terrible urge to relieve himself. He too walked off into the bushes, opening his pants as he walked. He looked down and noted that the duct tape was plastered against his pubic hair. Taking the edge of one piece, he tried to slowly pull the tape loose but that felt like it was lifting and pulling skin too. Gritting his teeth, he grasped the tape firmly in his hand and yanked with one mighty pull. The pain was horrific causing Gordy to let out a loud keening scream as most of the hair on his pubis was removed with the duct tape.

Mandy had seen Gordy unzipping his pants as he walked out of camp. When she heard
his scream, she laughed aloud and began to prepare lunch. She knew within the hour, the crew would be back from their adventure and would be expecting lunch to be ready.


Chapter 16

Lion parked the truck and closed her eyes. The matter with the elephant scared her more than she had thought, but what really scared her was the thought of Kiki getting hurt.

"You okay?" Kiki asked as she rubbed Lion's arm.

Lion turned her head and got lost in the misty green eyes of the small blonde stripper. "Huh?"

Kiki scooted closer. "You seem a little out of sorts." She looked deep into Lion's eyes. "Are you okay?"

"I want to kiss you again." Lion stated out of the blue.

Kiki raised an eyebrow. "What's stopping you?" She barely got the sentence out before her mouth was devoured in a sweet wet kiss.

Venus and Silver watched the action in front of them. They weren't sure if they should try and sneak out or stay and enjoy the show. The kiss between Lion and Kiki ended, as the need to breathe became an issue.

"That was nice." Kiki blushed a little as she cupped Lion's face in her hands and traced the slightly swollen lips with her thumbs.

"Yes, it was. My heart's beating a million miles a minute." Lion grasped one of Kiki's hands and placed it on her chest just above her heart. "You feel it?"

"Yes, mine's beating along with yours." She grabbed Lion's free hand. "See, beat for beat."

"Wow, I like it." The safari guide leaned forward and proceeded to kiss Kiki all over again. Her eyes opened just a slit. The vision of Silver's face within an inch of her and Kiki made the woman jump. "Jesus."

"Sorry, but I wanted to make sure Kiki was doing it right." Silver smiled brightly. "The lessons she took back home sure look like they've paid off."

"Get out of here." Kiki reached back and shoved Silver. "Take your over grown boob machine with you."

"Come on baby. Let's go to our tent. Watching all the kissing and groping made me all horny." Silver wiggled her eyebrows at the two women in the front of the truck. "Thank you, ladies."

Kiki and Lion watched as her two friends ran towards their tent.

Silver and Venus giggled loudly as they made their way into the tent. They noted that Mandy must have been working hard since the area where their covers had lain had been straightened up. There seemed to be new matting under the pads. It didn't really matter to them, as all they wanted to do was have a little afternoon romp. Watching Lion and Kiki kissing had set their own sexual drives into high gear and they needed to take care of it without any further delay. Silver and Venus stripped out of their clothing, flinging it away and not caring where it fell. Venus finished first and dove face first onto the coverlet. Looking back over her shoulder, she raised her hips and proceeded to do an imitation lap dance without a lap.

Venus bumped and ground her hips back and forth, pressing her breasts deeper into the coverlet. Silver watched in fascination, becoming more turned on by the minute. Venus lifted her hips high in the air in an invitation for Silver to come and take her. As soon as Silver put her hands on Venus's hips, Venus let out a loud yell. Silver jumped backward, falling to the ground. Venus stood quickly rubbing her hands up and down over her breasts and stomach. The front part of her body was bright red with what looked like hives. Her breasts and abdomen were on fire from some unknown reason. She screamed
"My God, what the hell is happening? I'm burning to death. Help me Silver, HELP ME!"

Silver leaned up on her knees, looking over at Venus now standing up in the middle of the pallet. She stood up, grabbing Venus by the hand and pulling her out of the tent. Clothes were not essential at this time. She had to get help for Venus immediately.

"Mandy. Mandy. Come quick. Hurry! Something's happened to Venus. Oh God, please hurry." Silver yelled as she pulled Venus along behind her.

Mandy was still all the way across camp from Silver and Venus. Gordy was coming out of the woods right next to where they were running. His eyes bulged out of his head as the two naked beauties ran right past him.

Kiki and Lion had just stepped out of the truck. They were closer to Silver than Mandy. Lion recognized the tale tell pattern of a person who had encountered the wild nettles that grew in the territory. She reached inside the truck and grabbed out a canteen filled with water. Jogging over to Silver, Lion yelled, "Stop! Don't move."

Silver stopped suddenly causing Venus to careen into her back, nearly knocking her down. Now Silver's back started itching and she began jumping around. She turned toward the nearest tree and starting scrubbing her back up and down the trunk of the tree just like an old cow would do. Meanwhile, Kiki grabbed hold of Venus's arm and swung her around toward Lion. In the distance, they could all hear Mandy yelling "HOLT H'IT?. HOLT H'IT? DOAN TOUCH THEM BOOBIES." However, Lion continued opening the canteen. She tilted the canteen up over Venus's breasts and lukewarm water poured over her large pendulous breasts.

Already the pain was beginning to ease as the fine hairs from the nettles washed off her breasts. When she was finally able to stand still, Lion turned to Kiki with instructions to take both Venus and Silver to the bathing hole in order to wash off the residue left by the nettles.

Meanwhile Mandy came running up hollering, "HOLT H'IT. I dun tolt ya not to move. Lit me slap sum mud on them thar tits. Iff'n I rub 'n the mud, the stingin' outta stop," she said.

Lion reached out and grabbed Mandy by the arm as she was making a beeline to run up behind the naked women. Gordy was still standing where he had exited the woods. Lion pulled Mandy around demanding, "How in the hell did they just happen to luck upon getting nettles in their tent?"

"Well?now," stuttered Mandy, "I mighta switched out the sheets an h'its possible I mighta accidentally mixed sum nettles up with the new grasses I dun added 'neath the coverlet."

"Why you ole hag, yeah, tell her why you did that," stated Gordy as he walked over to Lion and Mandy.

"I ain't sayin' nuff'in more. So's keep yur fuckin' mouth shut, Gordy," hissed Mandy.

"Both of you stop it," fussed Lion as she reached up and massaged her temples. "Can't you two just do what you came on to do without trying to get under every woman's skirt?"

"Hey, don't fuss at me. She made the stupid bet. I didn't know she was going to pull off a stupid stunt like this," whined Gordy.

"Basturd," grumbled Mandy as she stomped off back to her cooking and conniving ways of getting her meaty hands on Venus's huge boobs. Making plans for Gordy as well, she thought about how she would touch those bodacious tits if it killed her.

After a quick dinner, the day's sunlight was almost gone. The camp settled in for the night as Lion told them about plans for a full day of wild boar hunting the next day. Their supplies were getting low and it was either send someone back to a village or find their own meat. Lion was amazed at how much the three women could eat. Never before had she guided a trip where her food supplies ran this short.

Silver and Venus headed for their tent but stopped when Venus realized their tent was infested with a wild nettle of some sort. She whispered to Silver to meet her in Kiki's tent and headed back behind the camp to squat by a tree and relieve herself of the lukewarm coffee she had consumed after supper.

Silver pulled a old sleeping bag from the back of Gordy's truck and tossed it in Kiki's tent. She crawled in behind it, shoving the few million dirty clothes out of her way as she went. Snuggled into the warm sleeping bag, she waited for Venus to join her.

***

Kiki leaned up against a small boulder, her eyes drooping shut as the warmth of the fire relaxed her. Lion watched as her head bobbed down to touch her chest. Gently touching Kiki, Lion ran her hand down her shoulder and back up again, earning a soft moan from the sleepy woman. Taking her in her arms, Lion sat for a while just holding Kiki and running her hands though her hair.

Lion knew they needed to be going to bed. She leaned forward moving Kiki around in her arms so she was facing her. Lowering her head, she captured Kiki's lips in a soft kiss. Kiki moaned at the light contact and slightly parted her mouth to invite Lion in deeper. She wrapped her hands around Lion's well-muscled shoulders, demanding more from her. Kiki shifted her weight a little so she was straddling Lions thighs. Slowly, inch-by-inch, she moved up and down on it. Their breathing got a little faster with each slide she made up and down Lion's thighs. Lion managed to stop herself and pulled away from Kiki.

"Not here. Not like this," Lion said in a voice husky from pent up desire for the woman in her arms.

She stood up with Kiki still wrapped around her neck like a koala bear and walked toward Kiki's tent. The noises from within the tent made them both stop.

"I guess you'll be sleeping with me tonight," Lion whispered to Kiki as she headed for her own tent.

One hand still holding the woman in her arms, Lion unzipped the tent with the other and they slipped silently inside. They removed their boots and jeans and lay down on the sleeping bag, side by side. Feeling the passion still burning deeply within her, Kiki gently moved so she was lying on top of Lion.

"I want you. Let me make love to you, Lion." Kiki whispered as she kissed her way down Lion's neck.

Slowly making her way down the well-muscled shoulders, she placed tender kisses here and there, as she went. Taking a nipple in her mouth, she sucked gently on it. Kiki felt Lion arch up to meet the warmth of her mouth. Lion's fingertips raked tracks up and down Kiki's back. With each stroke of her nails, Kiki ground her hips harder into Lion.
As the night wore on the only sounds were of the hyena's low howl and the soft moans of pleasure coming from within Lion's tent.


Chapter 17

Morning came way too early. Mandy was banging pots and pans around, getting ready to prepare breakfast. She beat the pots together a little harder as she fumed over missing her opportunity to feel Venus's boobs.

"Fuck h'it," she ranted to herself as she remembered Lions' rescue of Venus from the
burning nettles. "That thar shoulda been me fingerin' them thar tits. Now how'n hell am I gonna git mah han's onner boobies? Gawd damn, Gordy 'n his fuckin' bets."

Lion could hear the clamoring of metal on metal, causing her to wake from a sound sleep. Laying quietly with Kiki still curled in her arms, she smiled softly to herself. She tilted her head and kissed Kiki on the top of her head where it was laying against her chest. She loved the way Kiki wrapped her entire body over hers. Kiki's arm was slung across Lion's chest and wrapped around her opposite side. Kiki's leg was on top of Lion's thigh and lodged between Lion's legs, resting snuggly against her mound. She could feel Kiki's breath feathering across her nipple each time she exhaled. Lion's nipple was becoming hard and standing up with each flow of air across it.

Kiki slowly came awake as she felt Lion becoming tense under her body. She smiled as she remembered the way that she had been loved the night before. No experience she had ever had compared to last night, but then, she had very limited experience. She hoped that she had given Lion what she needed during their lovemaking. She knew that her own body had never peaked as many times as it had last night.

Lion shook Kiki gently saying, "Kiki, we need to get up and moving before the rest of the camp stirs. I don't want them teasing you for staying in here with me."

"Ummm, I don't wanna," whined Kiki, snuggling tighter against Lion's body. "Can't we just stay in here and snuggle longer?"

Lion lifted up one hand and brought it back down against Kiki's bare hip, slapping her lightly, making her jump. "Nope, we've got to get going. We still have a wild boar hunt to undertake if we plan on having any meat to eat."

"Ohhhhh?.all right," groaned Kiki as she reluctantly lifted herself up and off Lion.

As she sat up and started to reach for her clothing, Lion stretched out and pulled her back, turning her to where she was now facing Lion.

"Wait, just a minute. I'd like a kiss hello before we leave the tent," Lion lightly pleaded.

"Hummmmm?.," Kiki murmured as she leaned in toward Lion, placing her hands against Lion's shoulders and moving her face closer. She opened her mouth slightly as she neared Lion's mouth and then pressed against Lion's lips, covering them completely. She let the weight of her body help press her lips firmly against Lion's mouth as she tentatively probed her tongue against Lion's tongue.

Roughness touched roughness but slid together in perfect harmony. Lion parried with Kiki's tongue, sucking gently on it as she did so. Lion reached up and wrapped her arms around Kiki as she deepened their kiss, thrusting deeply back into Kiki's mouth. Within seconds, they drew apart, both wanting more but realizing this was not the time or place. They stared into each other's eyes as Kiki sat back up. This time as Kiki reached for her clothing, Lion let her go.

Meanwhile, Mandy was still fuming as Gordy stumbled up to the table. He was bleary eyed and appeared slightly confused, mumbling under his breath about some monkeys that kept trying to peep under the edge of his tent during the night.

"Listen ere, dickwad, the onl't monkey ya done seen h'is when ya was 'spankin' yer
monkey'," Mandy cackled as she set a cup of mud-thick black coffee in front of Gordy.

Gordy circled his hands around the tin cup, seeking its warmth in the slight chill of morning.

Lion and Kiki walked up to the table and sat down, one on either side. They looked at one another and smiled as Mandy brought them coffee.

Kiki looked down at the thick coffee in her cup and said to Mandy, "Thanks, Mandy. I never expected to see espresso served out here in the jungle. You're a godsend. Do you by any chance have any cream to put in it?"

Mandy scrounged around in her cooking box and withdrew a jar of powered milk. She walked back to the table and thumped the jar down in front of Kiki, making the cups on the table jump.

"That's all's I gots," Mandy stated as she turned back to the cook stove where breakfast was scorching.

As breakfast was nearing an end, Kiki looked up at Lion and asked, "What about Venus and Silver? Are we going to wake them up to go on the hunt with us?"

"Naw, let them sleep in. Too many will scare off the game. I know that Gordy and I can handle this better without having to watch after too many novices." Lion replied as she pushed her plate away.

"Are you sure you want me along? I know nothing about guns and hunting." Kiki remarked tentatively, hoping Lion would still take her along.

"Yes, I sure do. You'll be safe with us," stated Lion emphatically.

The three of them rose, heading for the truck as Mandy looked into the coffee pot, grimaced, and tossed out what remained. As they pulled out of camp, she mumbled
under her breath, "Doan know why them fools wanted that rotgut lift ober frum las'
night. I'm a-makin' a fresh pot fur mahsef"

***

"Ok, now, Kiki, I want you to be very quite and just stay with me. We need to walk from here otherwise the jeep will scare the game away." Lion smiled at Kiki.

"Gordy, you go around the bushes over that way and I'll go around this way till we meet back up. Gordy? Watch what you shoot at," instructed Lion as she took Kiki and headed off in the opposite direction.

"Will do, Lion. We're going to get us a big boar today; I can just feel it." Gordy grinned. One thing he liked more than girls was hunting. At least he was good at hunting.

Lion told Kiki to make sure she walked behind her at all times, to stay with her, and not wander off. Even with the early morning start they got, it still took most of the day to find a few boars.

Lion and Gordy could see each other across the clearing, which was good. At least this time, Gordy would see what he was shooting. Last time Lion went hunting with him, he shot wildly, just missing Lion by inches. After she was done with him, Lion knew Gordy would never make that mistake again.

Taking her time, Lion got the biggest boar in her sites and slowly pulled the trigger. The gun made a loud noise and the boar dropped. Giving a smile and a wave to Gordy to go get it, Lion was starting to turn around toward Kiki when she heard her scream. Lion lifted her gun thinking an animal had come up behind them only to see Kiki dancing around screaming.

"GET THEM OFF, GET THEM OFF, God, Lion, they're all over me, biting," she screamed as she stomped her feet up and down.

It took a minute for Lion to realize Kiki had sat down on top of an anthill and she had ants all over her. Grabbing Kiki, Lion started pulling her clothes off as fast as she could while at the same time brushing the ants off her body.

Gordy, being to far away to know what was happening; saw the girls jumping around as he walked over to the boar. Shaking his head he wondered if that was some new hunting dance that they made up.

He looked back just in time to see Lion tear off Kiki's shirt and start undoing her belt. Not watching where he was going, Gordy fell over the dead boar. His gun fired as he hit the ground. The bullet hit a rock and shot back across Gordy's butt sticking up in the air.

Lion had no idea what to do as she heard Gordy's screams of "I'VE BEEN SHOT!" mixed in with Kiki's screams of "GET THEM OFF OF ME!"

***

Mandy was standing by the stove getting items ready for supper. Venus and Silver were at the table playing cards as the great white hunters came back to camp.

It was quite a site to see. First, Kiki climbed out of the jeep carrying her clothes and covered from head to toe with mud. All that could be seen were her eyes. Everything else was covered in mud. Next, Gordy came easing out of the jeep with a blanket wrapped around his waist and holding his pants in his arms. Lion jumped out, grabbed the dead boar from the back, carried it over, and dropped it in front of an opened mouth Mandy.

"Not a word, Mandy, not one damn word." Lion said as she stomped back over, grabbed Kiki by the hand, and headed for her tent, leaving behind three very shocked and open-mouthed women.

Chapter 18

The day passed quickly for Mandy as she dressed out the boar in order to preserve as much of the meat as possible. She iced it down in the huge generator powered cooler sitting near her kitchen area. It was a backbreaking job and she was glad to have it behind her. As Mandy dragged the carcass over to the back of the truck, she pondered over the events of earlier today.

Gordy, again, had required help to treat the injury from the accidental gunshot to his buttocks. After finally getting him to lie across the eating table, Mandy was able to cleanse the area with peroxide and alcohol. Mandy had never realized how high a man's voice could get until she swabbed Gordy's hips with the alcohol. If Lion had not been leaning over his back, holding him down already, Mandy was sure he would have been up and running back to town. The wound was very superficial but bled moderately. A little pressure and a dry bandage seemed to stop the bleeding. Now Gordy was going to have to figure out how to sit without any weight on his left cheek.

As Mandy and Lion finished with Gordy, Venus and Silver walked with Kiki to the swimming hole to help her wash the mud off her body. Silver ran into her tent as they neared it. She rummaged around until she found the shampoo and a robe for Kiki to put on after her bath.

The water was soothing to the ant bites. Kiki couldn't believe how quickly the ants had swarmed over her body and how fast the ants bite. She hated to think about what might have happened had Lion not been there to knock off. In her mind, she pictured herself being devoured by ants. She shivered as the fear became tangible. Tears ran from her eyes and made slow tracks through the mud still coating her face. As she stood there crying, Lion came up to the edge of the pool. She began removing her own clothing. With a flick of her head, she indicated to Venus and Silver that they could head back to camp, leaving her with Kiki. Silver and Venus turned away and walked slowly back to camp.

Lion walked naked into the pool. Her hands were also covered with raised areas where the ants had been transferred to her hands as she brushed them off Kiki's body. She knew from the pain in the backs of her hands, how badly Kiki must be feeling.

As she neared Kiki, she noted the tears flowing down her face. Lion moved closer until she was standing directly in front of Kiki. She reached out and removed the washcloth from Kiki's hand. Dipping it into the pool, Lion reached out and slowly rubbed the mud from her cheeks. As gently as she could, she wiped it clean, and then rinsed her face once more. Kiki continued to stare into Lion's eyes, not saying a word, as Lion ministered to her.

When the mud and dirt had all been removed, Lion looked at the bite marks on Kiki's face. There was a lot of redness but none that looked like a stinger was still imbedded but none looked like it was infected. She held Kiki's face in her hands as she checked it out. Kiki reached up, placing her hands over the backs of Lion's hands. Lion instinctively flinched as Kiki touched the painful bites on the backs of her hands. Kiki pulled Lion's hands down to where she could look at them. Kiki saw the reddened areas. Again, her eyes filled with tears as she thought of the pain Lion was enduring for having come to her rescue. She lifted Lion's hands to her lips and placed a gentle kiss on the back of each one.

Lion could stand it no longer. She pulled her hands out of Kiki's hands and reached for Kiki's shoulders. She pulled Kiki closer, pressing her mouth against Kiki's mouth. She wrapped her body against Kiki's body as she tightened herself around Kiki while kissing her. The kiss was over as soon as it began.

Lion leaned her forehead against Kiki's and said, "I thought I was going to lose you. God, it scared me so damn bad. Girl, what have you done to me?"

Kiki laid her cheek against Lion's cool chest where the water had been lapping against her earlier. She answered, "I don't know, baby, but I don't want it to ever stop."

They stood with the water swirling around them as they hung on to each other, not wanting to let go. All too soon, both realized how tired they were as the current began to make standing a little more difficult. With great reluctance, they stepped back from one another. Lion reached down and took Kiki's hand in hers as she turned and headed back to shore. Wrapping towels around themselves, they reached down and picked up their bundle of clothes. Lion led and Kiki followed as they returned to camp, walking directly to Lion's tent and going inside where they both disappeared from everyone's view.

It was a long day and no one had the energy to do much more than sit around the fire until night fell with darkness covering the camp. One by one, the members of the expedition rose, moving off to bed until nearly the entire camp fell into peaceful slumber. Tomorrow would be another day and they would all need their energy to face another grueling day on safari. Mandy looked around camp as she checked to be sure everything was secure before finally turning in.


Chapter 19

Lion rolled over snuggling up to Kiki when she heard footsteps within the camp. She held her breath waiting for another step. She heard one, which sounded like it was coming from one of the tents on the other side of their camp. She heard the sound of a tent zipper sliding open. Thinking someone had gotten up to relive themselves, she settled down and went back to sleep.

The next thing Lion heard was the sheer piercing scream of Mandy. She jumped up, grabbing her rifle as she tore at the zipper on her tent to get outside to see what was the matter and figure out who was screaming bloody murder.

"They done stolt h'it all Lion?gone? tuk h'it all, them thar lil' furry basturds." She screamed across the now empty table at a naked Lion. Mandy's eyes were huge as saucers as she continued to holler and swear about fuzzy little bastards.

Lion walked around the table and slapped Mandy hard on the cheek.

"Shut up, calm down, and tell me what's going on, Mandy, before I shoot you for waking me up." Lion growled and waited for Mandy to catch her breath.

"Them thar coolers h'is goan. No food, no breakfus fur y'all. Summit stolt them all. I bet h'it were Gordy's lil' buddies, hairy lil' basturds, we'en gots no food now. 'N fur Gods sakes put some clothes on them thar titties, Lion. I dun seed bedder lumps 'n oatmeal." Mandy screeched in Lions ear.

Lion gripped the rifle barrel tighter to keep from hitting Mandy in the snot box, spun on her heel, turned back to her tent and began to dress. She had a problem to solve now that they had no food or extra supplies.

Mandy watched Lion crawl back into the tent before she turned towards one of the tents sitting off to the side. "Gordy ya sumbich 's gonna git h'it big time." With an evil smile on her face, she stomped closer.

"What to do? What to do?" Mandy walked circles around the small green tent. An idea popped into Mandy's head and she went in search of the shovel they used for digging.

"What was all that screaming about?" Kiki asked Lion while yawning.

Lion reached for her shirt. "Our food has disappeared. Someone or something took it sometime last night. I need to go see if there are any tracks."

"I'll come with you." Kiki replied as she searched for her own clothing. "I'm sure it was just Gordy."

Lion stopped and nodded. "I wouldn't put it past that rat bastard." She finished buttoning up her shirt. "How are the ant bites?"

"Not to bad. They hurt just a little, but not to bad." Kiki pulled her underwear up over her hips. "Thanks for last night. I was kinda freaking out and it hurt like hell."

"Those ants can be deadly. I'm just glad you didn't get hurt more than you did." Lion leaned over and placed a soft kiss on Kiki's lips. "You sure you are okay?"

"Very much so." Kiki placed her hand on the back Lion's neck. She smiled slightly as
Lion took the hint and kissed her again. "I'm even better now," she gasped as the kiss broke apart.

"Damn you are so good at that." Lion rested her head on Kiki's chest. She listened to the steady heart below her ear. "I need to tell you something."

"I'm listening." Kiki stared up at the tent ceiling.

Lion took a deep breath. "Never in my life have I been so scared and so happy all at the same time."

Lion turned her head so she was eye to eye with the small stripper. "You've given me something I honestly never thought I'd have."

Lion pulled Kiki's hand close and placed it on her heart. "You've crawled into my heart and filled it with joy."

She bent down and placed a kiss on Kiki's lips. "I love you."

Kiki closed her eyes and let the words run through her head.

Lion watched as small tears ran down the side of Kiki's face. "It's okay if you don't?." Kiki cut off the words by placing a finger on Lion's lips.

"I knew there was love out there. I never thought it would find me." Kiki caressed the lips under her fingertip. "I love you too."

***

Gordy lay quietly, waking from a peaceful night's sleep when all of a sudden he shot out of bed. "What in the hell?" He looked down at his completely wet sleeping bag.

"Ya sumbich. I'm a-goin' a drown yur ass." Mandy yelled from outside.

Gordy unzipped the tent flap. "You crazy old bitch. What in the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Yur a-goin' to git yur slimey ass kilt in 'bout two secants." Mandy screamed as she raised the shovel in her hand.

Gordy quickly jumped out of the way. "Lion, get this fucking crazy woman away from me. She's lost what marbles she had," Gordy yelled at the top of his voice.

"Yur fault we'ens gots no food. Yur fault we'ens stuck out chere with no eats. All yur fault." Mandy took a swipe at Gordy's head just missing it by a few centimeters.

Gordy tripped over his own two feet. He saw that his tent had a moat all around the base of it. "What the hell did you do?"

"I was a-hopin' ya'd drown." Mandy growled.

"God dammit to hell. Can't the two of you stop bickering for even two seconds?" hollered Lion as she charged out of her tent with Kiki following on her heels.

"What the fuck is going on now and you better be quick about telling me? I've had just about all the pranks and smart-ass tricks that I'm going to stand." Lion yelled at the two decidedly nervous people standing in front of her.

"Uhhh?well?Gordy's dam theevin apes dun stolt mah stash," mumbled Mandy as she shuffled her feet in the dirt.

"Your stash? Your stash? What the hell are you talking about?" asked Lion in a confused manner.

"Ya knows, mah stash, mah bottles a whiskey. Cain't make h'it without mah stash," whined Mandy trying to play on Lion's sympathy.

"Your goddamn whiskey. Are you telling me you're ready to beat Gordy over a goddamn bottle of whiskey?" growled Lion.

"That's it, I've had it up to here," Lion yelled as she slashed her hand across the front of her neck. "Pack up every damn thing in camp and I mean now. This has been nothing but a disaster from day one. I'm calling it quits and taking everyone's ass back to Mimwobi. I refuse to take this fucking circus any further. Now get moving." she fumed as she turned and stalked back to her tent.

Gordy looked at Mandy who finally lowered her shovel. Both of them knew it had gone a little too far between them this time. They had never seen Lion this angry before.

"What do you think we should do?" whispered Gordy to Mandy.

"I'm a-thankin' I'm a-packin' up 'fore she leaves mah ass chere," Mandy stated as she stalked off toward her kitchen area.

Gordy looked over at Kiki who simply shrugged her shoulders and turned toward her own tent to wake up Silver and Venus. "Hopefully, they're already awake from the commotion in camp," she thought as she walked toward the tent.

Gordy turned back to his tent, needing to find a pair of dry pants to slip on since the ones he was currently wearing were soaking wet.


Chapter 20

The camp had been dismantled and the packs neatly stacked beside the trucks. Everyone was subdued and conversation held to a minimum as each person walked with a light tread around a still seething Lion.

Lion walked up to the quiet group looking over each person one by one. She noted that Mandy and Gordy would not look back at her for which she was grateful. She was still too angry at their behavior to be civil with them. Venus and Silver looked confused but remained quiet. Kiki was the only one of the group that showed any disappointment over the change in travel plans.

Lion stood still for a few moments lost in thought looking up at the sky. Finally, she turned and picked up several items she had stacked beside the truck. She threw them into the bed of the truck before turning back to the group.

"Ok, here's what's going to happen," Lion began. "Gordy, you and Mandy'll load up all the rest of the supplies in the first truck. You'll take Silver and Venus back to
Mimwobi and get them settled into my suite of rooms there. They're to have anything they need without question. Do you understand?" She looked at Gordy for confirmation.

He simply nodded his head up and down, afraid to say a word.

"Mandy, you drive while Gordy sits in the back. Venus, if you and Silver'll return with them, I'm going to take Kiki over to the jungle village so that she can view more of the animals she has wanted to see. There's no reason for everyone to lose out because of Mandy and Gordy's childish behavior. I'll see both of you when I return," she finished as she turned toward a surprised Kiki.

"Kiki, are these arrangements okay with you?" Lion asked gently as she reached for Kiki's hand, linking their fingers together.

Kiki looked down at their entwined hands and realized she would follow Lion anywhere. With an excited voice, she replied, "Yes, my god, yes. I'd love to stay with you. Of course, I want to see all that I can." She added as she looked back at Venus and Silver.

"Do you mind if I stay?" She asked both of them.

"No, sugar, have at it. I've had as much of the jungle bush as I can stand," replied Venus with distain.

"Kiki, go with her and enjoy the rest of the trip. You've looked forward to this for a long time. Enjoy it while you can," Silver replied as she tugged on Venus to be sure she didn't say anything else.

"Personally, I'm dying for a hot soak in a clean tub and a nice cool iced drink. Take me to paradise." Silver replied as she turned toward the truck.

Kiki turned to Lion and smiled as she pointed out her pack to be tossed into the truck. Moving toward the trunk, she waved goodbye to the party that would be returning to Mimwobi.

Venus and Silver watched the truck move down the dirt road until it became a spot on the horizon. They could hear Gordy and Mandy arguing amongst themselves behind the truck. Finally, they turned and walked back to the where the other pair stood.

Mandy turned to the two women as they stopped at the tailgate. She jabbed Gordy in the side with her elbow.

"Tell 'em, git on with ya," she mumbled out the side of her mouth into Gordy's direction.

"Well?uh?.you see? we can't let them go off without us. We gave our word we'd help out on the trip and it'd be like breaking it if we back off now." Gordy mumbled as he scuffed his shoe back and forth in the dirt.

"But what about no food and your whiskey?" Venus asked the unusual pair.

"Doan mean nuthin. I kin git surplies h'at the village. They'ens gotta purtty good general store. They'ens makes a good olt catus weed whiskey that'll do me, too," said Mandy as she tossed the last pack into the truck.

Walking around to the driver's side of the trunk, Mandy called out, "All's aboard, we'uns riddy to roll."

"Well shit," remarked Venus as she grabbed Silver by the hand pulling her toward the truck. "Another goddamn week in the jungle. Just what I fucking DON'T want."

"Hush, baby. It'll be okay. We'll be back to civilization before you know it," Silver said as she leaned over and kissed Venus on the cheek.

Mandy cranked the truck as Gordy jumped over the tailgate, landing in amongst the packs from camp. The truck set off with a roar following in the wake of Lion's vehicle. Mandy thought to herself, "I sure's she'it hopes I sees Lion or' members the road to the village," as she floored the gas pedal, sending the truck barreling down the road.


Chapter 21

"Do you see the other truck?" Silver asked Mandy as she squinted out into the darkness. "We should've seen them by now. Shouldn't we?"

Mandy looked over at the stripper and nodded. "We shuda sum time ago. I'm a-thankin' we shud stop chere 'n continuet 'n the mornin'."

"You stupid bitch. I knew I should have driven." Gordy yelled from the back.

Mandy swung around and pinned the man with her eyes. "Ya couldn' find yur balls even if'in ya hadda map 'n compass."

"Fuck you, you old hag." Gordy spat as he kicked at the back of the seat. "Let me out so I can see if I can see anything."

"Oh yeah, let's lit the MAN out so's he cin sees whar we's h'at." Mandy opened her door and stepped out into the blackness. "Ohh mighty male, whar ohh whar h'is we?" She sang with an evil grin.

Venus leaned forward and whispered into Silver's ear. "I do believe we're in big trouble." She looked over to Mandy who had just slapped the back of Gordy's head.

"I agree with you." Silver rubbed her face with her hands. "Next time Kiki wants to enter a contest, tie her ass up and walk away."


***

"Thank you so much for showing me around today. It was great fun to watch all the villagers. It was even better to watch that one guy with the snake." Kiki talked as she walked and waved her hands around in the air. "What kind of snake was that again?"

"It was a spitting cobra and you're very welcome." Lion smiled down at the Kiki. She took a long deep breath. "This is so nice not having to worry about the others."

"Just you and me." Kiki grinned. "I kind of like the sound of that."

"I know I like it. What say you and I go to our tent and get comfy?" Lion caressed Kiki's face.

"I think that's the best idea you've had all day." Kiki twisted a finger in Lion's belt loop and tugged her towards where they had their tent set up.

***

"You feel so good against my fingers." Lion whispered into a panting Kiki's ear.

Kiki moved her body faster against Lion's fingers. She could feel that her lover had slightly curled her fingers so she could hit the sensitive spot deep inside her. "Ohh Lion?OHHH LION!"

"That's it baby. Ride my hand." Lion leaned up so she could watch Kiki drop over the edge. Nothing in the world was more beautiful to her. The look of pure rapture on her young lover's face was ecstasy. She could feel her own body slowly slipping into the abyss as her fingers were hugged by tight inner muscles.


Chapter 22

"Okay, its morning. Do either of you know which way to go?" Venus asked Mandy and Gordy.

Mandy and Gordy both looked at Venus then each other.

"Nope, no clue what so ever." Gordy waved his hands in the air. "We are lost." He slapped his hands together. "No wait. We are FUCKING LOST!"

"I'm a-thankin' insteada turnin' left h'at the fork 'n the road we shuda gone right," Mandy stated as she shook her head. "So's if'in we head off that-a-way, to the right, we'ens should meet up with the udder road h'at some point."

"That sounds like it might work." Silver replied as she opened the truck door. "The sooner we start the faster we'll meet up with Lion and Kiki."

***

"What would you do if I asked you to stay here with me?" Lion asked Kiki. "I don't have much of anything, but I don't go without either. I can't buy you a palace or jewels but I can give you my heart."

"Your heart I'll take and keep safe." Kiki leaned up and rested her chin on her crossed hands on Lion's chest. "I had the chance to get palaces and jewels and whatever my heart desired, but it wasn't what I wanted."

"What do you mean?" Lion scratched Kiki's back with her blunt fingernails.

"My real name is not Kiki. Silver made that up when I started working at the club. I was born, as they say, with a silver spoon in my mouth." Kiki moved so she could lay down flat on her back.

"My parents didn't like the fact that their only daughter was gay. They made me choose. I chose to be free and live my life the way I wanted to. So, I packed my bags and left. I had no money since they cut me off. Silver and Venus took me in and let me stay with them until I had enough money to get my own place." Kiki finished as she turned her head and looked at Lion.

"How could any parents do that to their own child?" Lion sat up. "If I ever have a kid I'd love it no matter what."

"I'd do the same." Kiki smiled.

Lion looked down over her shoulder to look into Kiki's eyes. "So, what's your real name?"

Kiki closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "Jane Greystokes."

Lion spun the name around her head a few times. She knew that name, but for some reason she couldn't figure out from where.

Kiki waited and watched as Lion thought.



Chapter 23

"Oh this was a smart idea." Gordy laughed. "I'll never follow another woman for as long as I live." He clung tighter to the limb he was straddling.

"Oh shut ya fuckin' face up, ya fool." Mandy yelled from above him. "Like I knowed we wuda run outta gas 'n git treed by a pack a lions."

***

"Have you figured it out yet?" Kiki asked as she slipped her hands up Lion's shirt. She loved the way Lion's stomach muscles twitched ever so slightly when her fingers hit certain spots.

Lion nearly choked on her own saliva when it hit her who Kiki was. "No freaking way?"

"Afraid so." Kiki shrugged her shoulders. "My family has been around for ever and ever. Some have even helped map out some of Africa and other remote countries."

"How are you related to John Greystokes?" Lion questioned as she lay down next to Kiki. "You know the one who was raised by gorillas."

"He was my Great-great-great Grandfather. I was named after his wife. My Great-great-great Grandmother was Jane Greystokes." Kiki answered.

***

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Come get some old bag." Gordy called to the sleeping lions under the group still perched in the tree.

"If you don't shut that mouth of yours I am going to shove a stick so far up your ass you will be a permanent fixture of this tree." Venus growled from her own branch.

"Why don't you jump on down there? I'm sure your tits alone would keep the lions entertained so the rest of us could get away." Gordy glared at Venus.

"Give me a branch. Someone give me a BIG fucking branch." Venus scooted closer to Gordy. "Come here you asshole."

***

"How'd you like to go see some lions?" Lion asked with a smile. "I know of a
family of them that usually stays around here."

"I'd love to see that," Kiki clapped.

"Great, come on, let's go." Lion smiled at her.

They stopped off long enough to get something to eat from one of the villagers. After giving them nice thanks, they left. Lion showed Kiki the different sites as they drove towards the area where the lions' den was located.

They stopped the truck on a small hill a short distance from the pride of lions. "This is close enough to them," Lion thought. There was no way she was going to risk Kiki's life by getting too close.

"Oh Lion, they look beautiful," Kiki told her as they sat upon the hood of the truck.

"Look, that one over there has babies," Kiki pointed out as she tried to get a better look.

"Just a second," Lion told her as she got down and went into the truck. Kiki could hear her inside the truck looking for something.

"Here," Lion said as she came back and handed Kiki some binoculars.

"Oh cool, thanks Lion." Kiki looked through them. "Wow. This brings them so close I feel like I could almost touch them. They're so cute." Kiki smiled at her.

Lion agreed about the cute part but she was watching Kiki, not the lions.

"Lion?" Kiki said to get her attention. "What are these lions doing around that tree? Looks like something might be up in the tree," Kiki said as she handed the binoculars back to Lion.

Lion took the binoculars and zeroed in on the tree Kiki was talking about.

"WHAT THE?!" Lion yelled as she stood up on the hood of the truck to get a better look at the tree. "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING ME!" Lion screamed.

Not only did Lion see several large lions milling around the bottom of the tree, she saw four humans hanging from various limbs of the tree. Right before her eyes, she could see Mandy, Gordy, Silver, and Venus.

As Lion watched, she could see Venus rising up on her limb, reaching out trying to hit or shove Gordy off the limb he was on. Gordy was scooting higher toward the end of the limb. Mandy was further out on the same limb as Gordy. As Gordy moved closer, Lion could see Mandy kicking at Gordy, trying to keep him from moving closer toward her. The entire limb began to bend precariously toward the ground.

"Get your fucking ass back down that limb, you slimy bastard. I'm going to knock the snot out of that empty head of yours once and for all." Venus yelled at the top of her lungs, finally catching hold of Gordy's leg and pulling with all her might.

"Git, god dammit. Git yur ass back, jack ass," yelled Mandy as she kicked at Gordy's head. "Yur gonna make us all end up on the groun' 'n all them thar lions h'is gonna be all over our asses," she screamed as one booted foot connected with the top of his head.

"Christ all mighty, what in the hell is wrong with you two fucking women," Gordy yelled as he tried to fight back at them from his tentative hold on the limb.

Beneath the tree, the lions had jumped to their feet as all the screaming and yelling began. They paced nervously back and forth, looking frequently up into the tree. They were startled by the strange happenings within the tree and the loud sounds coming from high up on the branches. One of the lions stood and walked toward the tree. It reared up with its front legs stretched high up the trunk and let forth a mighty roar. The tree trembled with the force of its roar. Four voices, ranging from high pitched to screeching pitches, came barreling out of the branches. The lions became frightened and in one smooth well-orchestrated move, they all turned and ran off onto the savannah.

At the same time, a loud sharp crack could be heard as one of the limbs sheered away from tree. Lion watched as the limb upon which Gordy and Mandy had been clinging slowly tumbled from its position in the tree. She saw Gordy spin and catch the limb directly below him as he fell. Within seconds, she watched as Mandy tumbled past Gordy while suddenly reaching out and grabbing Gordy around his waist.

Lion could see Mandy still slipping down Gordy's legs as his pants slid from his body.
In slow motion, she watched Mandy slide all the way down, pulling Gordy's trousers off as she fell. The ground was only eight feet below her dangling legs as she dropped from beneath Gordy, taking his pants with her on the fall to the ground.

Lion turned and grabbed Kiki's hand, pulling her across the hood of the truck as she screamed, "HURRY!"

Shoving Kiki into the truck, Lion jumped in as she gunned the motor and raced toward the tree below. By the time she had gotten to the tree, the other three treed adventurers
were on the ground surrounding Mandy who continued laying flat on her back, clutching Gordy's pants tight in her hands.

Lion skidded to a stop, slamming the gears in park as she sprang out the door racing toward Mandy.

"Get back, everyone move back," Lion yelled as she neared the group. "Let me see her."

Lion dropped to her knees beside Mandy. She quickly checked to see if she was breathing. As she leaned over to listen to her heartbeat, she saw Mandy open her eyes.

"Whar's?that? fuckhead Gordy? I'm..a-gonna? kill? his skinny rat-ass? fur lettin' his fuckin' pants? slide off his flat basturd ass.. 'n droppin' me on the groun'." Mandy wheezed as she drew air back into her lungs.

"Are you OK?" asked Lion with concern as she helped Mandy into a sitting position.

"Oh fuckin hail, yeah. I'm a-starved, lost, treed all fuckin' night, screamed at by a bunch of snitty wummin, incluting that snivelin' Gordy, then dropped flat on mah back," Mandy replied as she drew in deep breaths of air. "I'M JUS' FUCKIN' FINE."


Chapter 24

"I'm a-gonna kill that sumbich when's I gits mah breath agin." Mandy gasped between deep breaths of fresh air. One big gulp of air had her gagging as she rolled on her side right into a fresh pile of lion dung. Standing up, she wiped the foul smelling shit onto Gordy's pants before she handed them back to him.

"Someone better explain to me why you didn't do as I told you." Lion spat out between her teeth, letting her anger come to the top of the surface.

"It was Mandy's idea, Lion, that we follow you and make sure you were ok." Gordy sniveled from behind Silver.

Mandy lunged at him, catching him by the penis, pulling him down with her as she tackled him. Gordy sent up a howl of pain as Mandy tightened her grip yanking all the harder with each scream he made. Lion could do no more than laugh at the sight of the poor man's dick in the meaty hands of Mandy. With each yank, he screamed louder.

"Ohhh God. Let go you fat ass bitch." Gordy screamed in pain. "I'll never have children."

"Then ev'er one 'n the world will tank me." Mandy growled. "Ya sniveling piece of excuse fur a human."

Kiki, Silver, and Venus stood there and watched.

"Are you two okay?" Kiki asked quietly as she cringed with pity for Gordy.

Silver nodded her head. "We're fine."

"Nothing like spending several hours in a tree with lions under you." Venus rubbed her butt. "I think I may have splinters."

Gordy closed his eyes as the pain he felt in his groin intensified. "Just let Mr. Petey go. Please Mandy just let him go."

Mandy tightened her grip. "No way ya rat assed basturd." A small movement caught Mandy's attention. A big grin formed across her face. "Ya wants me to lit ya go? Fine I'm a-gonna lit ya go 'n lit yur friend have atcha."

"Huh," Gordy glanced over to where Mandy was looking. "Ohh God No!"

Mandy loosened her grip and stepped away from the half naked man. "Cum on Gordy, yur boyfrien' jes wants to play with ya." She laughed.

"No, no, no, no? stay back." Gordy scooted back and tripped over the roots of the tree, falling on his back.

The baboon howled and ran past Mandy. He stopped a few inches from Gordy and jumped up and down screaming and hooting.

"Yeah? tain't true luv gran'?" snorkeled Mandy as she doubled over in laughter.

"That was wicked." Lion slapped Mandy on the back. "He'll get you back for that you know."

Mandy shrugged her shoulders. "Led him try, sniveling litter fuckin' asshole."

The three strippers walked up to the other two women.

"Where's the truck?" Kiki asked as she took Lion's hand.

Mandy pointed off towards the horizon. "A few miles thata way."

"You four walked all that way?" Kiki asked her friends in shock.

Venus flipped Kiki off and walked to Lion's truck. "Kiss my ass, Kiki. It was either stay with the truck or go with the two stooges."

"Unfortunately for us, we chose the wrong one." Silver moaned as she followed her lover.

***

It was dark by the time they had gotten back to the other truck and got it running. It wasn't easy but they were able to find a clearing in which to set up camp.

Night was a long, quiet event with each member of the party sleeping as if they had never slept before. Even food came secondary to the need for sleep. Hanging onto the limbs in the tree all night had taken a big toll on their stamina.


Chapter 25

Morning came in with a rush as the heat began to climb while they were breaking camp. Mandy was grumbling under her breath about being hungry and not having any supplies. Lion glared at her with piercing eyes until even she stopped making any sounds. Wordlessly they all climbed into the trucks with Lion driving the lead. She led them back to the village where she and Kiki had spent the previous night.

In the village, Mandy began to bargain for supplies that would last the few days they had left on safari. Lion was still too angry at this time to say a word as she walked around trying to stay out of everyone's way.

Mandy sat down cross-legged on the straw mat that the natives had tossed down when she brought her pile of loot with which to bargain. This particular tribe placed no value on money and all trading had to be done with real goods in hand. She had clandestinely rifled through the packs in the back of the trucks in order to gather enough items to use.

The tribal women that were involved in the trade gathered close to Mandy as they eyed the items she was laying out before her. As she set up her display, a clay pot was passed which contained some native brewed alcoholic beverage. When it reached Mandy, she peered into the container, noted its sickening green color, and started to pass it to her right. As she lifted it up, she caught a whiff of the strong alcohol odor emanating from its depths. She tentatively sipped from the container. Rolling the liquid around in her mouth, she realized she tasted at least a one hundred fifty proof beverage. She tilted up the container and took a series of swallows before passing it on.

"Oh gawd?soooo? good," Mandy remarked as she handed it off to the woman beside her. The topless woman simply presented a toothless grin, nodded her head, and took a swallow before passing it on around the circle.

It didn't take long before the jug was back in Mandy's hands. Apparently, it was tradition to drink and be sociable before the bargaining began. "An' who the fuck am I not to foller tradition," Mandy thought to herself. She took several more gut wrenching swallows before pulling it from her lips. She smacked her lips loudly, showing how much she was enjoying its taste. She looked around her and swore that there was a blurry haze surrounding each of the women. Shaking her head, she passed the jug again.

Finally, the bargaining began. One woman held up two hens by the legs, shaking them up and down, making the wings flap and causing the hens to cackle loudly. Mandy scrounged through her pile and pulled out one of Venus's over the shoulder boulder holders. The cups were large enough to carry two full-grown round watermelons. The woman shook her head as Mandy held it up to her boney chest to show how it was used. Seeing that she was not going to be able to trade the bra for food, she paused as she thought through a new angle. Suddenly she lifted her head, reached out and started gathering the empty dishes around her. The women watched in wonderment trying to figure out what she was doing.

Laying the bra across her lap, she started loading the cups with the dishes until both cups were full. She fastened the back strap together. Lifting it up, she gingerly swung the
cup-laden bra around behind her where she then lifted the strap over her head, letting it come to a rest around her forehead. Mandy was demonstrating an ingenious way to carry items for the tribeswomen. The bra hung over her back with its full weight supported by her neck and head. The women clapped their hands at this new carrying tool. They began to vie amongst themselves as to who had the best goods to trade for it.

Mandy slowly removed the bra from her forehead and brought it back around in front of her body. She settled on four chickens for her first trade. The woman tied off their feet and laid them beside Mandy.

The jug was passed again. This time it went by quickly as the women wanted to see what other treasures Mandy had to trade.

Next Mandy lifted up a jock strap belonging to Gordy. Mandy handled it gingerly as she did not know if Gordy had actually worn it and if so, she thought to herself, she didn't
"wan' his fuckin' cooties on mah han's."

Again, none of the women had ever seen an object like this. Mandy took a sip from the jug as she pondered how to present this item. One of the women held up a small basket filled with fresh vegetables. It included tomatoes, potatoes, yellow squash, and several very large, thick cucumbers. Mandy couldn't resist thinking of how the "ladies" might enjoy having those cucumbers right about now. In fact, she thought about the pleasure it would give her if she could "share" her wealth with "big tits."

She lifted up the jock strap and rose to her feet. The sky seemed to spin around her before she finally spread her feet apart in a wide stance. Looking around, she spied a rock about the size of a lemon. Pointing to it, she was able to direct one of the women to bring it to her. She placed the rock inside the cup of the jock strap, and began swinging the strap round and round over her head. She got into a steady rhythm as the women watched. Suddenly, she stopped, threw her arm forward, and propelled the rock out of the cup, hitting a tree dead center fifty yards from where they were all sitting. The jock strap had become a slingshot. The women all used slingshots to kill small game but had never had one with a cup large enough to hold that size rock. Their excitement rose again, as Mandy bargained with the woman with the vegetables. The woman gladly traded, knowing she was the envy of all her friends.

The jug passed again. This time Mandy nearly fell backward as she leaned her head back to swallow. The ground seemed to be moving slightly as she sat back up and passed the jug.

The trading continued with Mandy trading off extra tee shirts and underclothes. Before she was done, she was drunk as a skunk. The women were not in much better condition than she was. Although they could not talk with one another, they seemed to enjoy Mandy's company.

Some time during the trade, Mandy had ended up trading her tee shirt and she was left sitting in the circle topless. Her tits were baggy and loose, hanging nearly to her waist. They looked like something that had been rolled by a rolling pin. She was drunk enough that she did not realize she had actually traded the shirt off her back.

Lion heard the giggling and talking going on behind the huts. Walking back, she noted that many items belonging to the women, now adorned most of the native women still sitting in a circle. As she walked closer, she could smell the hooch they had been drinking. Walking around the group, she finally spied Mandy laying flat on her back on the ground with nothing but her jeans and boots on. All around her were all sorts of food items.

Lion walked over to Mandy and grimaced. Never had she seen such ugly breasts in all her life. "This shit will make you go blind" she thought to herself as she slipped off her outer shirt and dropped it over the sleeping Mandy. Turning around, she asked one of the women to stay beside Mandy until she could round up Gordy and a truck to come back and gather up all the food that had been bartered. One of them agreed to remain. Lion turned and strode briskly away in order to find Gordy.

"This was going to be a long day. Mandy wouldn't be able to travel anywhere until she sleeps off her drunk." Lion thought as she hunted for Gordy.


Chapter 26

The village woman with the snaggled teeth stayed behind and looked at the sleeping woman. Since she had always been attracted to older women, Mandy sure looked hot in her mind. The flat tits that sagged to her knees and gritty attitude made the woman's insides do flip flops and she just had to get her hands on Mandy.

***

Gordy stormed away from Lion after she told him that Mandy had passed out and wasn't able to travel. "God damn bitch. I should've used a big stick to shove her out of that tree." He stopped and smiled. "She'd be lion poop by now. Ohh, what a glorious picture."

***

Mandy smiled as the dream she was having made her very wet and very aroused. "That's h'it babe. Suck mah tits."

The village woman knew she was doing all the right things when she felt Mandy's hand entwine with her long dark hair.

"Stick yur hands down mah pants. I wants ya to play with mah luv button," Mandy moaned as she still dreamed. "What's yur name?"

The old woman remembered what that sentence meant from when she was young. "Mika," she said around a mouth full of nipple.

***

Gordy stepped out from the corner of the hut. The sight of Mandy half-naked with some old hag sucking on her tits made the man stop dead in his tracks and fall on his knees.

"No fucking way can that old bitch get a woman?" He shook his head. "My dick's thicker than her tits. What in the hell do they see in her?"

The noise of Gordy hitting the dirt made Mika looked over in his direction. Gordy locked eyes with the woman and cringed, "Oh?my?god!"

The small woman was the ugliest woman he had ever seen. No teeth and only one side of her head had hair. The rest was matted down close to her scalp. Big blotches or boils had formed all over her body as well as her face.

Mika stopped what she was doing and looked curiously over at the funny looking man. "Mika suck melons."

"Keep sucking those melons. No way in hell are you going to suck sausage." Gordy quickly scrambled to his feet and ran back to where the trucks were parked.

Venus and Silver watched as Gordy shut the truck's door and locked himself in.

"Must have seen his monkey buddy." Silver guessed.

Venus nodded, "Must have."

***

"How you doing?" Kiki asked as she and Lion walked around the village.

Lion took in a deep breath. "I'm okay."

"Liarface," Kiki shoved Lion with her shoulder.

Lion giggled. "Nice name."

"I thought so," Kiki smiled up to her dark haired lover. "You gonna tell me why you are so pissed at Mandy and Gordy?"

"The stupid fucks should've known better than to go walking out into the middle of the Savannah. They could've gotten hurt or even worse, killed." Lion stated as her anger started to boil. "That to me is unacceptable. They're my responsibility. I should never have sent them off on their own. I should've figured out a way for all of us to travel in one truck."

"Wait a minute. Don't you take the blame for those idiots?" Kiki stepped in front of Lion and poked her in the chest. "They're grown adults and knew the risks. They chose to head back and instead of doing what you asked, they did something stupid and got lost."

"I should'e taken them with us." Lion tried to tell Kiki, but Kiki wasn't falling for it.

"Bullshit." The small stripper grabbed a handful of Lion's shirt and pulled her head down until they looked eye to eye. "Listen up and listen good. Because I am only gonna say this one time and one time only." She watched Lion swallow hard. "Shit happens! You told them to do something and they didn't follow your orders. So if you want to blame someone, blame them. Not you."

"But?.." Lion started to say but soft lips stopped her.

Kiki pulled back from the kiss. "No buts."

Lion nodded, "Well maybe one butt."

"No, no buts." Kiki stomped her foot.

Lion wiggled her eyebrows. "I say there's a butt, but this butt is soft and round."

Kiki raised an eyebrow at her lover. "I think I like that kind of butt."

As the lovers stood there whispering to each other, a loud scream echoed through the village.

"GOD DAMN SUMBICHES. GIT THIS GOD DAMN UGLY ASS BITCH OFF'N MAH TITS," screamed a now, suddenly sober, Mandy.

Lion and Kiki jumped apart and raced toward the sounds of Mandy screaming. As they rounded the last hut, a human cannonball careened into them. Lion reached out and caught the near naked Mandy by the arms as she staggered around them.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Lion shouted as she shook Mandy like a rag doll.

"That thar fuckin' cannibal wert tryin' to suck mah tits slap dab down her gullet. Fuck this she'it, I'm a-gittin' outta heah," yelled Mandy as she turned and raced towards the trucks.

Lion and Kiki watched her stumbling crookedly as she tried the first truck in which Gordy had locked himself. She staggered over to the second truck, yanked open the door and threw her body across the seat. Lion and Kiki could hear her cussing as she slammed the lock down, closing herself tightly within the second truck.

Kiki turned to Lion and asked, "What do we do now?"

Lion replied, "It looks like we spend one more night here before we head back to civilization, sweetheart. Is that OK with you?"

"Baby, any place with you is wonderful," Kiki responded as she walked over to Lion and linked arms with her.

They turned and strolled back through the village, looking for Venus and Silver to update them about the change in plans one more time.


Chapter 27

"You know this fucking sucks." Venus mumbled around a mouth full of food. "We could be part way back to town." She looked over at Lion and Kiki. "But are we? No. We're stuck out here because mud flap Mandy and monkey boy Gordy have locked their asses in the trucks."

"Would you shut the hell up." Kiki stood up. "I'm so tired of you bitching and moaning. Shit, I won this trip so we all could have a great time. You've done nothing but be ungrateful."

"What the hell do I have to be grateful about?" Venus stood up so she was face to face with Kiki. "This damn trip has been a flop."

"How can it be a flop? You have traveled to a different country. Seen wildlife in their natural habitat." Kiki glared at Venus.

"Sit down Venus." Silver tugged on her girlfriend's hand hoping that she could stop the big fight she knew was coming.

"No," Venus pulled her hand away from Silver. "Listen Miss Perky Pants. I was perfectly happy staying in Portland. The only reason I came on this doomed trip was because you begged and begged me to come. No one in her right mind would call what we have gone through a great vacation. It doesn't matter even if we did see an elephant take a shit or a red butted baboon chase his girlfriend around hoping to get a quick fuck."

"I think everyone needs to go to bed." Lion stepped up and wrapped her arm around Kiki.

Venus looked into Lion's intense blue eyes. "Sure, you want to go to bed so you can fuck Kiki. Get as much pussy as you can from her since she's leaving in a couple of days. I bet you do this on a regular base."

"I suggest you shut your mouth right now." Lion growled. "You don't know me and you sure in the hell have no clue what's going on between Kiki and myself."

Silver could feel the tension rippling between the three women and knew that something had to be done right away. She noted several of the native women walking by and waved to them to come closer. As they got closer, Silver raised her hand to her mouth as if she were playing a flute. One of the women nodded her head and lifted the homemade flute to her lips. She began to blow and the sweetest sounds came forth. The tone was so pure that the three arguing women turned to see what was going on.

Once Silver could see that the argument was interrupted she stepped closer, putting herself between Lion and Venus. She reached out, took Venus's hand in hers, and gently pulled her away from the other two women. As she walked a short distance, Silver spoke to Venus in a low tone, "Drop it, baby. It doesn't matter. We'll be home in a couple of days and we need never to leave Portland again if that's what you want."

Venus stopped, turned and looked at Silver then burst into tears. Huge alligator tears rolled from her eyes over her cheeks to drop down to her chest. Her nose turned red and her eyes swelled slightly with the depth of her crying.

Silver reached out and drew Venus into her arms, rocking her lightly as the gentle music cascaded around them. Venus hiccupped and said so quietly that only Silver could hear, "I fucking have liked this trip. I don't know why I'm acting like such a bitch. God Damn PMS anyway."

"SHhhhhh, baby. It's OK." Silver replied as she ran her hands along Venus's back. "It'll all be fine. Just relax."

Lion stood next to Kiki, her body held in rigid tension. Kiki reached out and touched Lion's cheek, turning Lion's face toward her. "Baby, it's OK. Please don't worry any more. Venus didn't mean anything she said. She always gets pissy around her time of the month. Please baby, just forget it."

"She's right you know," Lion said sadly, turning her lips slightly to place a soft kiss in Kiki's palm. "If I'd been a better leader and controlled Mandy and Gordy, this would've been a much better trip. I've never seen them act this badly toward one another."

"Baby, they're fighting over the same women. When you have this much jealously and no ways to relieve it, tempers are bound to flair." Kiki answered quietly.

"When did you get so smart?" asked Lion as she reached up and pulled Kiki's hand down into hers. She brushed her lips over the back of Kiki's knuckles before tugging gently on her hand saying, "Come on."

"Where're we going?" Kiki asked as she followed Lion.

"We're going to a favorite spot of mine that I've yet to show you." Lion replied with a soft smile on her lips.

Lion and Kiki walked for about thirty minutes until they came to an area that looked like an oasis in the middle of the Savannah. From several yards away, they could hear the sounds of water cascading over rocks. As they walked closer, Lion pulled back a thick array of rushes, allowing Kiki to walk toward the sound of the water.

The sight before Kiki's eyes took her breath away. Spread before her eyes was a velvety lush carpet of thick green grass which led to a pool of crystal blue water. The water was the color of sapphires with silver highlights twinkling from the rays of sun hitting the top. At one end of the pool, water cascaded over a small waterfall, dropping fifty feet to
splash delicately into the shimmering pool. Birds softly sang in the otherwise solitude of the clearing.

Lion stepped through the rushes and moved up close behind Kiki, wrapping her arms around Kiki and pulling her gently back against her body. She leaned her chin down and rested it on top of Kiki's head as they stood there together in quiet repose.

Kiki turned within Lion's arms, wrapping her arms around Lion's body. She rose up on tiptoe and pressed her lips to Lion's. Lion deepened the kiss, pressing her mouth firmly over Kiki's mouth. She opened her lips and let her tongue trace the outline of Kiki's lips, savoring their taste. Kiki groaned deeply as she felt liquid fire flow through her body from Lion's touch.

Lion moved her hands up to Kiki's head, drawing her tightly to her mouth. She pressed her tongue past Kiki's lips, tasting her as she thrust inside. Lion pressed her body snuggly against Kiki and felt Kiki bury her hands in her shirt holding onto her tightly.

Lion stepped slowly back, sliding her hands down Kiki's body to remove her shirt. Dropping Kiki's shirt onto the ground, Lion gently pulled Kiki down until they were both lying on the warm grass. Within seconds, they were wrapped in each other's arms as passion swept strongly through them again.

In the quiet, sultry afternoon, Lion demonstrated how much she loved Kiki. Kiki returned the favor, bringing Lion to peak with her time after time. In the fading sunlight, the animals looked on as Kiki and Lion fell asleep in one another's arms.


Chapter 28

The next couple of day passed without incident as they slowly drove back toward Mimwobi. Each member of the safari reflected on his or her experience out in the wilds of Africa.

Mandy's mind drifted to the afternoon a few days ago when she got drunk. She thought about that ass ugly woman who was sucking on her flat boobs when she came out of her drunken stupor.

Gordy reflected on how his manhood had been bashed and beaten throughout the whole trip. He thought about how a certain red ass baboon chased after him tormenting him the entire time.

Venus and Silver's thoughts were similar to each other. They had hated the thought of coming to Africa and wasting time trudging around the hot Savannah. Somehow, over the course of time, they had grown to really love this mysterious place.

Kiki's mind was twirling with emotion. She knew that in a few short hours she would be leaving her heart and soul in Africa. She didn't want to ask Lion to come back with her because she knew city life was not for her dark haired lover.

Lion's heart was breaking. She didn't want to stand on the runway and watch Kiki fly away from her. She knew deep inside she wouldn't survive moving back into civilization, as Portland would be. She wanted to ask Kiki to stay but knew that the woman she loved wasn't use to living in such a rough kind of environment.

As the two trucks pulled into Mimwobi each person sat without getting out. They all took in a deep breath and knew that deep within themselves, they were different from when the journey started.

"Well, I guess we should get you settled for the night. We don't want any of you missing your flight tomorrow." Lion said softly as she looked over at Kiki.

Kiki reached for the door handle. "We don't have much to unload. Mandy traded most of our belongings."

Lion nodded and bit her bottom lip. "True."

Several long seconds of silence filled the truck.

"I don't want you to go." Lion stated as she turned in her seat. "I know I've no right to ask this of you, but would you consider staying here?"

Lion took Kiki's hand and rubbed her thumb over the top. "I'd like for you to see if you'd love it here just as much as I do."

"I wish I could, but I don't have the money to stay." Kiki replied as tears fell down her cheeks.

"I have enough for the both of us." Lion answered quickly. "You won't have to worry about it."

"That's just it." Kiki brought up Lion's hand and kissed the knuckles. "I can't have you support me. I need to be able to do that on my own."

"You could do odd jobs or even help me on other safaris I'll be going on." Lion squeezed the smaller woman's hand tight. "If you want to go to school, we'd find a way."

Kiki lowered her head. She knew Lion was grasping at straws. "Baby, I wish with all my heart and soul we'd find a way but until we do I have to go back to Portland."

"Well, I could come with you until we figured out a way." Lion sat up and replied. "It shouldn't take that long for us to make a decision as to what we need to do."

"No," Kiki shook her head.

Lion scrunched up her eyebrows. "No? What do you mean no?"

"You and I both know you'd not survive in Portland. I'd never ask you to do that to yourself. You belong here, where you're happy." Kiki slightly rubbed a finger over Lion's eyebrows.

"I'm happy when I'm with you," Lion said in fact.

Kiki grinned, "I'm happy with you now, but I don't want you to grow to resent me. Somehow, we'll figure out what we need to do."

Venus and Silver slid out of the truck. They each looked around and took in a deep breath.

"You want to know something?" Venus asked Silver as she wrapped her arm around the other woman's waist.

Silver looked over at her lover, "What?"

"This place isn't so bad." Venus said softly.

"You two gonna help or jus stand thar?" Mandy asked as she grabbed a box from the back of the truck.

"Come on, honey. Let's help the old bitch." Venus pinched Silver's butt and walked over to where Mandy was unloading boxes.

***

Within minutes, the members of the safari had unloaded the trucks and were headed toward the hotel. A nerdy looking man with greasy dark hair and thick glasses jumped out of a rickety old chair he was sitting in when the group of weary travelers walked into the hotel lobby.

"Excuse me, but would one of you ladies be a Ms. Jane Greystokes?" he asked in a grating, squeaky tone of voice.

Kiki stepped forward, "I'm Jane Greystokes. What may I do for you?

"I'm an attorney for your grandparents and I've been trying to find you for two weeks now. Some friends of yours said you won some sort of trip or something and since I needed to speak with you right away, I flew out here to find you." The man rambled as he used a dirty rag to wipe the sweat rolling down his face.

"What's your name?" Kiki asked as she stood with her hands on her hips. "What do my grandparents want? They kicked me out of their lives."

"Ma'am, I don't know why or any of the details. I'm here to give you something which they paid us to deliver to you." He stated shyly. "My name is Burns, Neil Burns."

"Well Neil, what is it that my Grandparents wish to give me?" Kiki was tired and didn't want to waste any more time thinking of the family that disowned her.

"If you would follow me up to my room I'll get what you need." Burns said as he waved his hand towards the stairs.

Lion stepped closer to Kiki. "I think I'll go with you." She turned towards Venus and Silver. "Could you two get a room without my help?"

"Sure thing," Silver replied as she moved toward the counter.

After entering Mr. Burn's room, he handed an official packet of papers to Kiki with the instructions to read carefully what was inside.

Kiki took the packet and began reading. As she read what was inside, she grew more astonished and shocked.

"Are you okay, Ms. Greystokes?" Burns asked after he saw Kiki's face turn pale.

"Kiki?" Lion moved closer to Kiki and held her elbow. "What does it say?"

Kiki looked from the papers in her hand to Lion then back to the papers. She looked up at Mr. Burns and started to talk, "Oh my?"

"What?" Lion asked as she gently guided Kiki to the only chair in the room.

"Do you remember me telling you my family disowned me when they found out I was gay? No one would even offer me any support." Kiki said softly.

"Yes, I remember," Lion nodded as she caressed Kiki's thigh.

Kiki waved the bundle of papers she had in her hand. "Well, apparently my Grandparents have been illegally holding back on me. They have to give it to me."

"Give what to you?" Lion asked.

Kiki handed Lion the papers. "My inheritance. They had no grounds on which to stop it. I was to be given the money when I turned twenty-five or they were to be held accountable or something and sent to jail. They held onto the money for as long as they could until my court appointed lawyer took them to court on my behalf and got my inheritance released from their control."

"What?" Lion sat on the floor and looked over the papers. "Oh my god!" She looked up. "Do you have any idea how much money you are getting?"

"About one hundred twenty million." Kiki mumbled as the situation finally hit her. "ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS!!!!"

Kiki jumped up in her excitement, climbing up onto the bed where she started bouncing up and down.

Silver and Venus were walking by the room when they heard Kiki yell out. They opened the door and saw their friend jumping up and down on the bed.

"What in the hell has gotten into her?" Venus asked as she bobbed her head up and down watching Kiki's movements.

"Well, it looks like our friend Kiki is a multi millionairess." Lion smiled at her very happy lover.

Venus and Silver looked down at Lion. "WHAT!?"

"Yeppers. One hundred and twenty million dollars to do with as I see fit." Kiki danced around on the bed.

Everyone started laughing and hanging onto each as the reality of Kiki's fortune began to sink in.

***

"What are you going to do?' Lion asked Kiki as they snuggled together in their room.

Kiki sat up and looked over at Lion, "I have a few ideas, but I need to talk to Venus and Silver." She scooted off the bed and grabbed her shoes. "I'll be right back." She opened the door. "Don't you fall asleep? I'll only be gone for a little while."

"I could come with you." Lion moved to get up.

"No, please." Kiki looked deep into Lion's soft green eyes. "Let me go and talk with them and I'll be right back and fill you in."

"Okay, but hurry back." Lion watched the door close and sighed. "I wonder what she's up too."

"Are you nuts?" Silver asked Kiki as she paced around the room.

"Maybe." Kiki shrugged her shoulders. "But who cares if I am. I think this is a freaking great idea."

"I like it." Venus mused from under the covers where she had been sleeping.

Silver stopped pacing and stared at the big-breasted woman. "You do?"

"I thought you would be the one I would really have to talk into this idea." Kiki smiled. "This place grew on you didn't it?"

Venus nodded her head and smiled.

"Well, what can I do? It's two against one." Silver looked up at the ceiling. "Let's do it."


Epilogue:

Several months later, a bright red sign flashing 'WHO'S OUT IN AFRICA' blinked over the front entrance of the newly owned hotel and bar.

Inside the bar, Gordy stood next to one of the new servers, ala strippers saying, "Oh darling, if that pole had been my tongue you would be screaming for joy."

"If that pole had been your tongue I would have screamed in fear" she jibed back and walked away. "Dog face mutt." She mumbled.

"Damn, even with a place full of ladies I still cannot get laid." Gordy slammed his hand down on top of the bar.

"Well, maybe iff'n ya'd take a bath?" Mandy replied as she stepped out of the back room.

"Oh my God, you two are not going round and round again are you?" Venus asked from behind the bar.

"If you think that we're going to let you start that crap in here after the beers you threw at one another last night, you can just think again," Silver piped in.

Gordy turned to Mandy and shot her the bird before shuffling out the front door where he stopped and flopped into one of the high backed rockers sitting on the veranda. Mandy lugged the box of whiskey to the back of the bar and began stacking the bottles on the shelves.

"Ya know iff'n that thar lard assed fuck-face wuda gone with Kiki 'n Lion, we'ens cuda had sum peace 'n quiet," Mandy mumbled as she worked.

Silver looked over at Venus and simply shook her head acknowledging that some things would never change and the love-hate relationship between Gordy and Mandy was one of those unchangeable items. As she and Venus walked toward the front of the room, they heard a jeep coming down the road. A familiar series of horn signals indicated it was the return of Kiki and Lion. All three of the women went out onto the veranda to join Gordy in greeting the returning couple.

"Heya Love Birds, been learning about the birds and the bees this trip?" Gordy asked as Lion and Kiki walked up to where everyone was waiting.

Kiki blushed but replied, "Dang, Gordy, don't you know we wrote the book?"

Lion walked up to Kiki and stopped beside her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Yes, Gordy, if you find even half of what we have, then you'll be the richest man on earth."

"Oh she'it, this heahs a bushul full a lovey-dovey crap. Ya keeps that thar up an yur gonna wear out the rugs befur yur old enough to not want H'IT anny more," remarked Mandy as she spit a seemly endless stream of tobacco over the railing.

"As if your dried up, moth eaten, shrunken hoochie would know," smirked Gordy.

As Mandy reached out to slap Gordy along the back of the head, a loud piercing howl was heard causing all heads to turn back toward the dirt road.

Walking down the middle of the road was the old, toothless hag from the village where the safari had stayed last year. The watching party could see a large baboon peering around her head from its piggyback position. As it spotted Gordy, it again let up a loud howl and jumped to the ground, running straight toward the veranda.

Gordy and Mandy looked at one another and, as one entity; they turned, ran down the steps, hopped into the jeep, and took off in a thick cloud of dust. Gordy's baboon ran behind the jeep, howling at the top of his lungs. The quartet, left standing in their wake, could do nothing but laugh aloud wondering how long it would be before they nearly killed each other before returning home.

As the old woman made ready to settle down into one of the rockers to await Mandy's return, the others walked back into the bar. Lion walked over, poured four shots of whiskey, and passed them around to each of the women.

"I would like to propose a toast, my friends," she stated as she walked back over and stood next to Kiki.

Holding her glass high, Lion stated, "To all the days here and after. May they be filled with fond memories, happiness, and laughter?"

"Here, here," each replied as they clinked their drinks together in toast, cementing the bond of friendship that grew stronger as each day passed. Each of the women knew that regardless of where their journeys would carry them from this point forward, they would always return to the 'WHO'S OUT IN AFRICA'.

The end?or is it????

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