Chapter 12
The next week went by fast. They spent their entire waking moments going over everything that they could think of that would allow Ann Miller survive in the year 2002. She taught Roy how to use the computer now that she had reprogrammed it and he had to admit that it was much fast and much easier to use. Almost every night Thor would wake them up when he heard the Deer or whatever spooked him. Roy never saw what it was that spooked him.
They made love every night and usually in the morning too. She was getting very good at kissing and she seemed to like kissing. She started to insist that he hold her after they made love until she fell asleep. Often, during the day, she would walk into his arms and hug him.
Three days before his vacation was up, he woke up to find that she and Thor were gone. He lay in bed for a while thinking. He had made up his mind to resign from the weapons program. He had enough money saved to last a year or two. He knew that he would have no problem getting a job in the private sector. Headhunters and the defense contractors that he came in contact with had often approached him. He wasn't worried about the study that had peaked the interest of the Pentagon. There was no one working for the Pentagon that was smart enough to find the errors that he had writing into the study. The General would probably give the study Lyman Arnold to critique. Lyman was brilliant but lazy. As soon as he found the first error, he would write a long paper proving that Roy's study was flawed and not worth further study.
Roy got out of bed and went into the kitchen. Thea Ann had fixed a pot of coffee. She didn't drink coffee but she often fixed a pot for him. He went out on the porch and looked for her. He saw her sitting on the shore of the lake staring out on the lake. Thor was sitting next to her, looking around as if he was afraid someone would try to harm her. Roy walked down to the shore and sat down next to her.
"You're up early this morning."
She looked down, "I couldn't sleep. I've been out here since before dawn. I had to do some thinking."
Roy sensed that she had something to say but wanted to say it her own way. He didn't press her, just sat and sipped his coffee. Thor put his head on his paws and looked at the two of them, alternating from one to the other.
Finally Ann straightened up, "Have you made up your mind about the weapon, the MDD?"
"Yes. I made up my mind when you told me about the problems that I caused. I've never been thrilled about the program. That's why I came to the lake; I had to do some serious thinking. I might not have worked on the weapon even if you hadn't been brought here."
She smiled at him and turned to look at the lake again, "How do you feel about me, I mean what are your plans for me? I guess you'll want to get on with your own life soon."
He tried to put his arm around her and she moved away until Thor's body prevented her from moving farther away. He stopped trying to hold her and was silent for a minute.
"Ann, I love you. I think you know that. I'm just so afraid that you'll feel that you have to stay with me because of the situation."
She took his hand, "I love you too. You keep telling me that I'll find another man. I don't want another man. You and I fit well together. I've been thinking for days what these past weeks have meant to me. In my time men and women don't even talk to each other except when they are fulfilling their tasks or studying. Most of us live alone in our own homes. We have given up a lot because of technology. Now that I've seen how your time works, I don't think that I could ever go back. I'd probably be one of the troublemakers."
He kissed her hand, "I been thinking a lot the past few days too. I'm going to resign from the government. I've got some money saved and I can get a job in the private sector or I can do research on things that can make the world a really better place. There's a lot that we can do in the environmental area, transportation, almost any field that you can think of."
She stared out at the lake for a while, "If I could help you with some of the technology from my time, we might be able to solve some of the earth's problems. We don't have to do it fast. We can start designing small improvements in the way things are done now and introduce them slowly."
"What do you mean? What things do you see that we can change and not jump to far forward, to fast?'
"Well, like the way you generate electricity. In my time we have a similar system, but we use a Thorium compound. It's much more efficient and Thorium is abundant all over the earth. We use the radiation to enhance the solar electrical generation. That was not my field, but I think that we can figure it out. You could even start your own company to develop products and I could guide you using knowledge from my time. If we are careful and not make too big a jump we could avoid calling too much attention to us. We could also correct many of the mistakes that humans will make in the future before the mistakes are even made."
He got up and held out his hand to help her. She came into his arms and kissed him.
"I like kissing and making love. We have to make sure that these two things are not allowed to die out."
She kissed him again. Her hand went down and she grabbed his cock, "You didn't give me an answer. Do you love me enough to let me stay with you? Do you think that we could design products together to make the world a better place? Before you answer, you'd better remember what I am holding in my hand. If your answer isn't the one I want to hear, I'll throw it into the lake."
He gave her the right answer and they walked up to the house with Thor walking beside her.
He asked her if she wanted breakfast and she told him, "What I want for breakfast is you."
They made Thor stay on his bed in the kitchen and went into the bedroom and lay down on the bed. She put her hands on his shoulders and held him down. She leaned down and kissed him softly. She put her body over his and laid her head on his shoulder and held him. They lay together quietly for a few minutes.
She rose up and looked into his eyes, "A few weeks ago I thought love was a silly notion, one that had as much validity as fairy tales. I've had to change my mind because of you. I love you, Roy Baines. I don't know what those things were that brought me here, but if you ever see them again, thank them for me."
He reached for her and pulled her head to him and kissed her. She started to kiss him as if this would be their last kiss and she wanted all of him she could have. He rolled her over on her back and positioned himself over her.
She looked into his eyes, "Please take me now. I'm ready for you now."
He positioned himself at her entrance and slowly lowered himself into her. She was wet and he entered her with ease. He would enter her a little and pause and kiss her and then enter her a little more. When his entire length was inside of her he pulled back and slowly thrust slowly into her again. He kept this rhythm for a few minutes until she grabbed his hips and thrust up to him hard. She set a hard and fast rhythm and forced him to take her hard. She became the aggressor in their lovemaking. Suddenly she put her arms around him and held him to her while her orgasm shook her body. When her breathing started to return to normal he resumed his thrusts and another small orgasm swept over her and he emptied himself into her.
He pulled out of her and rolled off of her. She took his hand and held it to her breast.
"I wonder how rulers in my time could convince people that sex was not needed. I think about making love to you all of the time. I wish we never had to get out of bed."
He threw the covers back and got out of bed. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of bed. She was laughing and fighting him as he dragged her to the bathroom. He adjusted the shower and pulled her in with him. She made a show of fighting him and then she walked into his arms and kissed him.
They washed each other and let the water relax them. He held her for a long time, letting the water caress their skin. She leaned to him often and kissed him.
They got out of the tub and dried each other off. He told her to get dressed, as he wanted to go into town and pick up the mail at the post office.
"Before we go into town, I want to call my office. I don't think the General is going to be too happy about me quitting.
He smacked her playfully on her ass, "See, because of you I'm going to be unemployed."
They got dressed. Roy went to his office and got a tape recorder and attached a suction cup microphone to the receiver. He dialed the number that was a direct line to the General's office.
"Hello, General Brainerd here."
"General, this is Roy Baines. Do you have time to talk?"
"Sure Roy what can I do for you? Are you ready to start hitting it hard on Monday?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I don't think that I'll be coming back. I just don't have it any more. The fire is gone. I've gone over the study that we talked about before I left for vacation. There are some stupid mistakes in the study that any college freshman wouldn't have made. I think that I'm getting stale. I wasted quite a bit of time and taxpayer's money on that study and now I find that my research is flawed to say the least. Lyman Arnold put some time on the study with me. I'd suggest that you let him go over my notes and see if he comes to the same conclusion. I wouldn't waste more money on phony science. If the higher ups get on you about it, just tell them that that's why you convinced me to resign. I'll swear to it."
It was almost a minute before the General spoke, "You can't quit. We need your expertise in our weapons program. Forget about that study, I need you to help sell Congress on your last project. Besides you have a contract and I'll hold you to it."
"General if you'll think, my contract was up 2 months ago. I wanted a raise and you wanted to negotiate. You never had time to sit down and talk about it though. No, my mind is made up. I'm making too many mistakes. I feel the Pentagon will be better served to get fresh blood to do my work."
"Does that girl have anything to do with this?"
Roy's mind kicked into high gear, "What girl is that?"
"The girl you're living with now. She's pretty but I never figured that you would go for someone like that. She just barely got her degree. She's a mental midget. I always figured that you would try and find an equal."
Roy paused to collect his thoughts. So, Thor's growling at night was not because of a deer close to the house. The General had been checking up on her. Apparently Roy and Thea had covered her ID well enough that the Department of Defense couldn't find out who she really was.
"General, as I said, my mind is made up. I'll drop my pass and ID off at the front desk on Monday. I don't have anything that I want in my office. If anybody wants any of the stuff, tell him or her they can have it. I've got to go now. It's a waste of your time to try and talk me out of this. So long."
The satellite phone started ringing as soon as he hung up. Roy knew
that it was the General calling back. He turned off the phone and
stopped the tape recorder. He pulled the suction cup mic out and put it
in the dresser drawer. Ann was sitting on the bed grinning.