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Summary: It is the year 2036, the United States has built a maximum-security prison where you go in and can never get out. It is built in the middle of the desert where it is a four-day walk in any direction and is monitored by motion sensors and satellite imaginary.
It is called The William Jefferson Clinton Memorial Federal Prison (inside joke). The prisoners call it the Seven Circles of Hell. It is a lifer prison with no guards and no rules. The prisoners make their own rules. A tall, dark, blue-eyed female warrior who calls herself the Conqueror has ruled it for six years.
A young, green-eyed, golden-haired blond reporter is sent to Hell for a crime she didn't commit. A powerful and ruthless corporate raider must silence the young woman who learned too many secrets. Upon entering Hell, the young woman is given a vital mission that will lead her to the Conqueror.
Part 11
Chapter 9: The Seventh Circle
Gay's hated the pomp and circumstance that went with her new office, but she understood why it was necessary. They ruled. People had to have confidence in their rulers. To confidence in them, you must look up to them. These ceremonies made everyone look up to them.
Allison rode next to her in her finest regalia. Gay smiled broadly at the girl. She was proud of how Allison was handling all this. She was not proud of why she had to handle all this. 'You have got to stop beating yourself up about the girl. She's happy enough. You're doing your best," she chided herself, but Gay couldn't shake the feeling that she hadn't stolen something important from the girl.
Gay absently watched the dancers performing in front of her. She listened to the cheering mobs that lined the streets. Gay didn't know how popular she was. Her healers and trainers had raised the quality of life immensely in Hell. People once had just enough to get by. Now, they had extra. Markets had sprung up everywhere. People where trading that extra to each other.
Luxury items like candy, clothing, footwear, cutlery, pots, pans, dishware, soap and much more started to appear in these markets. What wasn't there was just as telling. There were hardly any weapons being traded and those that were being traded had little value. Slaves were almost totally nonexistent. It had been a common practice that extra children and captives where sold into slavery. Now, that trade was almost dead.
A small baby boom was occurring. Many because many villages now had an influx of men sent there from the armies she had defeated. Despite the thousands that had died in her cleansing of the outlaw gangs and rebels. The population was increasing and the new hands were needed to handled the new levels of production.
And her influence could even be felt in the reign of the Conqueror. There were fewer death sentences and more work programs. An immigration center had been set up at the entrance door. So, now new prisoners didn't risk their lives just trying to get started.
The Conqueror had also put together a system of law enforcement. Many town and villages were crime free and fewer weapons were being carried. Every home still had weapons, but know you could leave them at home occasionally.
Not that everything was perfect. The place was still very dangerous for the weak, but now the weak had help. When a troop of Amazons came into a village they welcomed with open arms, because while they were there everyone was safe. It was paradise, but it wasn't hell anymore either.
The signs of prosperity were everywhere and everyone, but Gay herself, credited her as the creator of all of it. She didn't know it but she was loved by many more than just the Conqueror.
Gay and Allison rounded the corner and before was constructed a large platform and on that platform where three thrones. In the center throne, the Conqueror sat regally holding a staff and wearing a crown that reflected a golden light. The throne on the right of the Conqueror had a lower back that the Conqueror's throne, but was larger than the one on the left. On each of the empty thrones sat a crown.
Gay smiled as she thought, 'She doesn't miss a trick. She really has a flare for this. Plus it will make Allison very happy. Gee, when did making Allison happy become such a priority? When you screwed up her life, that's when.'
Gay and Allison dismounted their horses and crowd near them had to be restrained from surging forward. General Hazzard took a woman in each hand and escorted them up the stairs to the platform. At the top of the platform, the General gave the women's hands to the Conqueror, who led them to the thrones.
Taking the crown from the throne on the left, the Conqueror placed it on Allison's head. Then the Conqueror took the crown from the throne on the right and placed it on Gay's head. Next, she took both women by their hands and walked to the edge of the platform and said, "I present my mates. For the next three days, we feast in their honor. Let the festival begin."
The conqueror raised their hands and the people cheered. Then she led the women back to their thrones and the three women sat to further cheers. Soon, the people could be heard to chant, "Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay ..."
She looked over to Dana, why a questioning eyebrow. The Conqueror said, "Well you better do something or they are going to riot."
Gay stood and the crowd cheered. Gay waved to the crowd and they cheered some more. Then, without any other ideas, Gay ordered an Amazon to bring her and Allison's staves. Allison was given her staff. Gay was given hers. Allison stood and went to one knee and offered her staff to the Conqueror, who took it many cheers. Then Gay dropped to one knee and offered her staff to the Conqueror, who took it a thunderous cheer. In a final gesture the Conqueror took each woman and sat her in her thrones. Then she held both staves above her head. Then the party began.
A table was brought to the platform and more chairs were placed around it. Several important guests began to arrive. Among them were the General, Allison's father, and Ayla. Gay looked at Ayla questioning. And Ayla said, "Auel was running a fever."
That was enough explanation for Gay and she nodded her understanding. A huge feast was served. And the wine flowed freely.
After much feasting, the Conqueror leaned over and said something in Allison's ear and she shook her head yes. Then the Conqueror took Gay's hand and wished everyone a fun time and left practically dragging Gay with her.
Gay asked, "What did you tell Allison?"
"I told her she had first watch."
"What does that mean?"
"This is a three day party. One of us must be seen at all times. I have no intention of being without you for three days. So, Allison will sit and converse and wave for four hours. Then it will be your turn. Then mine. We will alternate for the next three days."
"Oh, I see how come you get the last shift?
"You and Allison have shared each other's favors for weeks, while I have been celibate. Do I need to say more?"
In answer Gay grabbed Dana's face and pulled down and kissed her passionately. After several heartbeats, Dana's knees began to buckle. Dana pried Gay's lips from her lips and swept the smaller up in her arms. She carried her caveman style to the sleeping area.
Gay gave Dana a hug. Dana pulled her tighter and her hand landed on Gay's rear. Dana said with a raised eyebrow, "Want a glass of wine?"
"Sure," replied Gay.
Dana poured Gay a drink and herself one as well. Dana relaxed as Gay rubbed her shoulder and Gay asked, "Need a massage."
Dana replied excitedly, "Oh yeah."
Gay said, "Lay on bed. So, I can do a better job."
Dana laid on the bed and Gay began to work on her lover's neck. Slowly, she moves her hands down Dana's back. Gay quickly gets rid of the Conqueror's gown. The smaller woman continued the massage, slowly she moved down the dark woman's tanned back. The look in Dana's deep blue eyes was desire. Gay then slowly caressed Dana's hard firm bottom. Erotically, the strawberry blonde squeezed each firm cheek as Dana moans. Suddenly Gay quit and said with a wry grin, "My turn."
"Not so fast," said the aroused woman.
Gay slid her hands to Dana's ankles and continued the soothing massage. Dana moans purposely. Gay smiled and Dana started moving up Dana's legs
Gay leaned forward and kissed her lover's deep rich thighs. Gay runs her tongue along the length of both thighs. Her small hand between Dana's wet thighs. Gay whispered sensually into Dana's ear, "Roll over!"
Dana rolled over and was greeted by a deep passionate kiss. They exchanged tongue searches until Dana broke the kiss and flipped Gay to exchange places. The larger woman pushed Gay onto the bed. Dana kissed Gay's full breasts taking each hard nipple into her mouth.
Slowly she made her way down her new mate's sweating torso. She left soft wet kisses all over Gay's stomach. Dana slipped her tongue inside her lover's belly button. She rolled her tongue all around it. Gay moaned. Dana moved her lips to her consort's wet lips and took each fold lightly between her teeth.
Suddenly, Dana shifted her focus as she nibbled Gay's clit and slowly started using her right hand to lightly slip two fingers into Gay's wet slit. With each stroke, Gay moaned louder. Dana continued to lightly stroke Gay. Dana removes her fingers and inserts them into Gay's nether hole. With her other hand, Dana slid a finger into the evacuated slit.
Gay's body began to wither in erotic ecstasy as sweat oozed out of every pore of her creamy naked body. Gay moaned, "More."
Dana's slipped in two more fingers into Gay's wet slit. She stepped up the pace of both hands. The double pleasure was driving Gay crazy. She cried, "Oh my Goddess Dana, I'm very close!"
Gay's body arched and then collapsed into the bed as she reaches a powerful orgasm. Dana removed her fingers from Gay's well-oiled slit and sucked her lover's essence into her mouth. Then she removed her right hand.
Dana then moved up and kissed Gay. Gay finally regained her breath and said, "Dana that was amazing. Your turn."
Dana traded places with Gay. Gay kissed the Conqueror's neck. Then she started to nibble on her ear. Gay nipped small love bites all over Dana's neck. The green-eyed woman shifted her attention to the Conqueror's firm tanned breasts. Gay, then, moved her head down Dana's body.
Gay's tongue never left Dana's skin as she slid down past Dana's soaked slit only to stop at Dana's firm calves. Gay lightly nipped Dana's firm calves. Gay lightly kissed Dana's smooth taunt thighs. Dana moaned loudly and grabbed Gay's head and said, "Please."
Gay smiled and buried her head into Dana's wet slit. Dana pleaded, "Gay, don't tease me, any more. It's been too long."
Dana placed her hand on Gay's head and pushed her further into her crotch. Dana started gasping for air and a look of pure lust emanated from her steel blue eyes as she let go of Gay's head. Gay's face glistened with her partner's juices. Dana pulled Gay up to her and started licking her juices off Gay's face.
Gay said, "I need to take me?"
Dana got up and went to a chest and removed a large black phallus and an odd looking belt. Gay had never seen anything like it. She had heard of strap-ons, but had never seen one. Now, it looked like she was going to get to experience on.
Dana carefully slowly inserted the hard phallus into her wet slit. Gay winced and Dana stopped and asked, "Do you want me to go on?"
"Oh yeah, just take it slow. I'm new at this."
Dana carefully slid it in further. She stopped and worked Gay's nipples a bit. Then she pushed it in a little further. Dana stopped and ran her tongue across Gay's lips, while looking her green eyes. With one final thrust, she buried the phallus completely. Gay had never felt so full. Slowly Dana pumped the phallus in and out. Dana methodically built up speed. Gay started matching the strokes with an opposing rhythm. Until, she arched her back and exploded with orgasm.
Dana felt better than she had felt in months and looked lovingly at her consort. She reached out and stroked her hair and asked, "Are you asleep?"
"I was," Gay responded, "I didn't do a very good job if you're so awake."
"Baby, if that wasn't the best you can do, I may survive your best. I want to sleep, but we have to talk."
"Can't wait. I'm beat."
"Gay, I know you were framed and shouldn't be here."
Gay bolted up and said, "Well, now I'm awake. How do you KNOW this?"
"I get files on everyone that comes into this place. It helps me to administer this place for them. The file they sent me on you consisted of four pages. That is unheard of. No trial transcript, no medical history, nothing. I knew something was fishy. So I pulled some strings and got your real file and did some comparing. I'll show it to later, but believe me Babe you were framed."
Gay broke down and cried. She sobbed, "Those bastards! All this death, all this pain that I caused shouldn't have happened."
Dana grabbed Gay and looked into her eyes and said, "You have saved many, many more lives than you have taken. You have relieved much more pain than you have caused. You are the best thing that has ever happened to this place. You have made Hell, livable. Be angry that they stole your freedom, but don't you dare begrudge the good you have done here.
Did you hear those people out there shouting your name? Do they think you are a Demon sent here to dispense death and pain? Do you know that this is the first festival in this place? We've never had enough to feed everyone. Much less have a surplus to have a party.
You know when you left the first level a man came to me with a plan. I get plans all the time on how to get more out of the people. But this says he knows how be a beekeeper and that with the proper materials, he could start collecting honey. It sounded good to me, so I gave the materials. Notice we had honey for our bread today.
Another guy on the fourth level finds out that 300 pounds of sugar gets wet and is near useless. He buys some rotten fruit. He cuts out the remaining good parts and using the ruined sugar he makes candy.
Gay, production is up on every circle. People are working harder and smarter. People are getting innovative. People have hope and with hope comes progress.
So, don't give me that death and pain shit. I won't hear it. I'm sorry you were framed. I'm sorry you lost your freedom. But I will be damned if I will be sorry you came into my life and lives of all these people. By the way, I just said more to you in the last five minutes than I've said to everyone else in the last five months."
Gay was moved. Tears ran down her cheek and she asked, "You know if they hadn't have framed me, I would not have met you. That would have been a tragedy."
Gay said, "Well, I was framed. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm stuck here now."
"This is true, but I want to show you the entire story. Then we'll talk. It will have to wait until after this festival, but I have a plan."
"Why did you tell me this?"
"Because I knew you thought you killed those people for no reason and that it bother you. The people that died here by your hand were justified. You could live with those deaths, but those three supposed innocents that you convinced yourself that you had killed. I knew they would haunt you for the rest of your life. So I had to eliminate those murders."
"Thank you. Now, can I get some sleep? I have the next watch in two hours."
"An hour and a half, I'll want to give you a parting gift," Dana said with a half smile and a raised eyebrow.
Dana yawned once and then walked regally out to her throne. She was greeted by applause from those seated at the table. When she got to the table, the crowd noticed her and cheered. Gay waved to the crowd and sat on her throne.
She called Allison over and said in her ear, "Go to our apartments. She will not force you to do anything you don't want to do, but you must sleep with the Conqueror. Technically, she could force you, since you have been officially instated as our concubine. But I know Dana, she will not hurt you."
The young woman was nervous. She had heard so many stories about the Conqueror and her sexual tastes. So she had to ask, "How do you know she won't hurt me?"
"Because it would hurt me."
This was all Allison needed to know. She kissed Gay passionately and went to their chambers.
When Allison entered her new quarters, she saw a gorgeous figure sleeping lightly covered with a thin silk sheet. The sheet clung to an obviously voluptuous figure. The young woman was aroused by sensuality of the white silk sheets on the tall muscle form. Allison felt warmth and moisture between her legs.
Lazily the dark figure on the bed sat up to face her and said, "Or you going stand there gaping or get in bed. I won't bite, unless you want me to. Honestly, if you just want to sleep. Then that is all we'll do."
The girl started walking towards the bed when the dark figure chuckled, "You can't go to bed in formal robes girl."
The nervous girl dropped the robe and revealed her naked form. She had the trim figure of her youth that promised to fill out nicely. Her large nipples were decorated with gold rings. 'Goddess,' Dana thought, 'it's going to be tough to keep my hands off you. Now, I understand Gay's dilemma.'
Dana started to suggest a nightgown, when the girl slipped into bed and kissed her sweetly on the cheek. The trust and tenderness of the quick peck moved the hardened woman. Dana looked gently into the young woman blue-green eyes and noticed the physical similarities of this girl to her matured lover.
Her body was responding to the similarity. This girl was a more innocent version of her lover. Allison could feel the Conqueror's scrutiny of her form and asked, "Do you see it too? Everyone does. They say I look like her younger sister. I think I look like a different version of the same woman. At least, I'd like to think so."
"You are a wise and smart young woman. I think you are correct."
"Besides, if thought of us as sisters, I could be with her. It would be too much like incest."
Her innocent statement caused the jaded Conqueror to burst into laughter, while she said, "You are absolutely correct."
"Mistress, do you like me?"
"Call me Dana in this room. I will not have my concubine calling me anything else in our bedroom. It is too formal."
"Then you do like me. That's wonderful. I think Gay likes me more than she thinks."
"I think we both love you in way."
"You are right. I just wanted to hear one of you say it. I know I am not what you are to each other. I never will be."
Dana was totally impressed with the perception of one so young. 'This girl is everything Gay said she was and more. We must not waste this resource. I have to find something challenging for this one to do,' she thought.
Her train of thought was interrupted by her bedmate. "Dana," the young woman said, "why haven't you kissed me? Do I displease you?"
"No, but I didn't want to scare you."
"Love in any form doesn't scare me."
The Conqueror features were softened as she gazed at her new lover. The girl was a sweet lover. And she slept cutely. The Conqueror finished dressing in her formal robes and kissed the young woman lightly on the cheek. Then she left to relieve Gay.
When she arrived, she took her place next to her older lover and they exchanged tongues in greeting. Gay smiled knowingly, "You didn't brush after your light snack. She was sweet wasn't she? Delicate."
The Conqueror looks hardened and she said, "Gay, that girl is a wonderful woman. Don't belittle her. Yes, she is sweet, but there is iron and intelligence in that girl. We must find something for which she can used her talents."
Gay was shocked and said, "You're in love with her."
"So are you."
Gay knew Dana was right. She was in love with the young woman. Not in love like she was with Dana and not in a sisterly way. Her love for the Allison was different. Gay decided she had to tell the girl how she felt.
Gay entered their quarters and saw that the young woman was sleeping. She decided not to wake the little one. So, she wrote the young woman a note and prepared to go to bed. So she removed her gown and crawled into bed with the young woman. The last thing Gay remembered before going to sleep was the warmth of the girl's body as she snuggled against her.
Karen lightly shook Allison as she said, "Wake up, Your Highness, you must attend the festival."
"Okay, Karen. I'm up. I'll change and be out in ten minutes."
Allison noticed the note on the small table. It was address to her. It read simply:
Allison,
Though I love Dana more. I just realized I love you too. Thought you should know.
Love,
Gay.
When Allison arrived and took her seat, Dana leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. She whispered, "Good night."
Allison showed Dana the note and with a tear said, "Did you tell her?"
"No, she realized it herself."
"Thank you," she said as she retrieved the note and put it next to her heart.