Posted by Joseph on August 28, 2005 at 18:31:26:
Sandra,
Although many promised to write you a special story, I haven't seen any posted. Perhaps that's because the story line you requested is so sensitive. Hopefully, this one will be permissible on this board and also pass your test. I sincerely hope so. Enjoy - Joseph
"Ah Crap" By Joseph, 8/28/05, (Con,4F)
"Ah Crap!"
Everything, cept' the poundin' of his own heart had gone quiet.
Well, he weren't gonna give it a second thought. Hadn't been no trouble with the injuns in these parts in over a year. But then he had no idea that Ma and Pa Parker was already lyin' dead in the next hollow over as he watched Penny disappear into the woods that sunlit mornin'. Or that little Mary, Sara's baby sister, was pinned to the big oak tree with an arrow through her sweet little heart. Or that poor Sara, Penny's best friend, was strung up like a fly caught in a spider's web tween' the posts of their porch with the savages still pokin' and slashin' away at her clothes til' she hung naked fore' their hungry eyes. He had no idea.
Must a been quite a shock for Penny when she topped the ridge and seen the melee goin' on down below. Not bein' able to do nothin' cept' watch as them savages had their way with her best friend. Guttin' her like a deer and pullin' out her heart and innards just for fun when they was done.
It were'nt right. It weren't how it was suppose to be. Penny and Sara had always dreamed of loosen their hearts someday, but..., but not like that.
It was almost dark when Penny burst through the cabin door, making the twins scream and startlin' her Ma somethin' awful.
"Ah Crap Penny! How many times have I told ya' not too...;"
As her Ma turned to give Penny a piece of her mind, she went dead quiet when she saw the deathly pallor on her first born's face.
"Autumn! Summer! Fetch some cool water from the spring," she said tossin' them the bucket as she rushed to Penny's side.
"What's wrong child?" She asked as she helped Penny over to the bench beside the table.
"They're dead Ma. The Parkers is all dead!" Gasped Penny breathlessly. "In........Injuns Ma! Injuns!"
Trying to to stay calm, Penny's Ma dried her daughter's tears with her apron. "Deep breaths Child.. Just tell me what happened." She said gently.
"Injuns Ma," cried Penny, barely able to get the words out. "And..., and we're next! They saw me Ma! I screamed and they saw me! I..., I couldn't help it!"
As Autumn and Summer returned with the water a sloshin' between them in the bucket, Penny's Ma quickly turned them around and sent them back out to find their Pa.
"They..., they was massacred," she cried as her Ma pressed a cool laddle of water into her hand. "Ma and Pa Parker, they was caught out in the open and already lyin' dead out by their garden. And little Mary, she was pinned to that big oak tree by their porch with an arrow square between her breasts! And..., and Sara! Oh my God Ma! Sara was still alive! And..., and they..., they was havin' their way with her Ma! Each and every one of them big bucks! And..., and when they was done; they gutted her Ma! Gutted poor Sara like a deer. Split her opened from her privates clean up tween' her breasts; and..., and then they reached in and pulled out her heart. That's when I screamed. I..., I just couldn't help it Ma. She..., she was still alive!"
"Shsss," whispered her Ma softly, soakin' her apron in the water bucket again and paddin' down Penny's face. "Ain't nothin' you coulda' done for the poor girl."
As Penny's Pa stepped through the door, he looked across the room to see what all the fuss was about.
"Who died?" He asked jokingly as he leaned his old flintlock up against the cabin wall "Y'all looks a might peeked."
Fore' either of them could answer, there come a blood curdlin' scream from outside that could'a woke up the dead.
"Where's the twins?" He asked lookin' round the cabin. Then spinnin' round, he froze dead in the doorway as he saw little Autumn slowly sinkin' down beside Summer.
"I..., I told ya' we best be runnin' a might faster," whispered Autumn, tryin' hard not to cry as she ran her finger up and down the shaft of the arrow juttin' out tween' Summer's little breasts.
As Autumn's Ma tried to push past her Pa, a single tear ran from the corner of Autumn's eye as she saw her Ma suddenly stopped with a jerk.
"Ah Crap!" whispered her Ma lookin' down at the arrows buried in the "V" neath' her sternum.
"Penny!" Shouted her Pa as she staggard back into his arms, "Bar the door!"
"But Pa!" cried Penny, her voice in a near panic as she watched him pulled her Ma back inside, "Autumn and Summer, they's still outside."
"Penny!"
As the heavy door slammed shut, a dark shadow swept over Autumn and twin sister from behind.
"Ah Crap!" Whispered Autumn lookin' up into the painted faces.
Boom!
"Ah crap!" Hollered a white faced Autumn again as the smoke from her Pa's flintlock cleared. "Ya' scared the piss right out of me Penny." Then lookin' over her shoulder to see where the injuns had scattered, she added, "And ya' shot Old Bess too! Ma's gonna' tan your hide!"
Penny kicked the cabin wall in frustration as she watched her Ma's pride and joy of a cow staggered a few more steps and then fall over dead.
"Ah crap, crap, crap yourself," she hollered back as she looked through the slot.
Still fired up, Penny jerked the heavy flintlock back inside to reload, still grumbling under her breath as she pored some powder down the barrel and quickly rammed home another ball and patch with the rod.
"Can't blame that on me," she hollered back through the slot still fightin' mad. Ya' pisses in your pants all the time."
Even though he was tryin' desperately to keep the life from porin' out of Mary Beth, Penny's Pa couldn't keep from smilin' at the sparin' goin' on tween' Penny and her little sister.
"Don't..., don't let em' hurt my babes," came a breathless whispered from the bed just as Penny fired again.
Boom!
"Ah crap Penny! Hollered little Autumn right on que as the smoke cleared. "Injuns everywhere; and..., and you can't hit nothin'! Oh wait. I was wrong. Yep, thar's a hole as big as the moon. Ya' done kilt Ma's new corn crib. Ma's gonna tan your hide!"
Even though her breathin' had already gone quick and shallow, Penny's Ma couldn't keep from smilin' at the sparin' goin' on tween' Penny and her little sister.
"We..., we promised them Pa... Our girls is countin' on you," she whispered starin' up into his eyes as Penny come stompin' over to the bed.
"I was just tryin' to help Pa! Them's is the same injuns that massared the Parkers. She snapped. As she shoved the rifle into his hands, Penny's eyes were suddenly full of tears. "We..., we got's to do somethin' to help Autumn Pa. Sara suffered somethin' awful for they kilt her."
"Little Autumn ain't gonna suffer," whispered her Ma lookin' up from the bed through half lidded eyes. "Ain't none of us gonna' suffer like Sara. Your Pa's gonna see to that. Ain't ya' Pa?"
As the meanin' of her words set in Penny looked from her Ma to her Pa.
"Best be makin' your peace with the Almighty," he whispered softly. Then givin' her a hug and a kiss on the forehead, he moved to the window to see to Autumn.
"Pa? That you Pa?" Called out Autumn as she seen the barrel of the old flintlock slip back through the slot in the shutter.
"It's me Pumpkin,." he called back, wipin' his tears from his eyes with his sleave.
"Summer's dead Pa. Arrow right tween' her tits."
"Mercy child," he said, taken back by her frankness.. "Your Ma's gonna' wash your mouth out with soap ya' keep talkin' like that."
As Autumn looked up from Summer, her voice trailed off to a whisper when she saw her Pa's old flintlock pointed at her breast.
"Ya' fixin' to put me down Pa?" She asked lookin' to the cabin door.
Your Ma won't rest easy till she knows ya's out of harms way Pumpkin." He called back as gentle as he could.
Autumn looked down tween' her breasts.
"Ya' gonna' shoot me through the heart?"
"Ain't no pain that way Pumpkin."
"Arrow musta'taken Summer right through the heart too." Whispered Autumn lookin' down into Summer's starin'eyes. "Summer didn't even cry."
"Ain't no reason to cry Pumpkin. Don't hurt, don't hurt at all. Now sit up straight and tall so I can's put ya' down fore' the injuns have their way with ya'." He called back.
As Autumn sat up straight and started to brush the wrinkles out of her blouse, a big buck come out of nowhere and jumped in front of her fore' her Pa could squeeze off the kill shot.
"Ah Crap!" He whispered, shakin' his head and closin' his eyes as that big buck started to show Autumn his goods.
See most little girls woulda' been cryin' for their Mamas when they saw what that big buck was fixin' to stick in her, but not little Autumn. Nope...; as that big buck was tauntin' and jokin' with his friends, little Autumn sprung without no warnin' at all, clamped her pearly whites down on that swingin' thing tween' his legs, and all hell broke loose.
Caught the whole lot of um' by surprise, she did. See little Autumn has this itty-bitty little problem with this thing called a temper; and once she's riled up, well this little polecat forgets she's only 3 ½ feet tall. Even Penny gives her a wide birth once she gets that look in her eyes, caus' she' out to hurt ya' and little Autumn don't know how to fight fair.
Well..., as that big buck spun round and round, a dancin' and a prancin' and a bellowin' like a wounded bull elk with little Autumn clamped down and almost paralle to the ground, she had that look in her eyes!
"Aihaha Crapakeeaa! (that's injun' for Ah Crap!:)" Bellowed the big buck.
"Ain't never seen a red man turn white before. Probably can't breath." Thought her Pa as she grabbed hold of them two acorns of his, buried her little fingers in deep, and squeezed til her knuckles turned white as snow.
"Ah Crap! God have mercy!" Thought her Pa as the big buck's eyes rolled up into his head, dropped his knife, and toppled over like a felled tree. "Gonna' be a minute or two Ma," he hollered back over his shoulder as little Autumn swooped up the big buck's knife and took out after the others, a swingin' and a slashin' at anything that moved or come within' strikin' distance til she had them painted face bastards backed off in a circle. Then, as sudden as it begun, she was done.
"Sorry Pa," she called out tryin' to catch her breath. "But..., but that big one just pissed me off."
As the injuns circled round her like a hungry pack of wolves round a new born fawn fore' the kill, little Autumn sat back down by her sister, sat up straight as pretty as could be for her Pa, and looked to the cabin.
Boom.
When the smoke from the old flintlock cleared, weren't no injuns that he could see anyways', as little Autumn was looked down at the ragged hole in her pretty new blouse.
"Ah Crap!" She whispered, sittin' back against her sister as she watched the crimson stain spread cross' and down from her left breast. "Ma's gonna tan my hide."
As Autumn fell back across' her sister, Penny was already pulling the lacing from her blouse as her Pa leaned the old flintlock up against the cabin wall.
As he turned to walk across the room, Penny reminded him of Mary Beth on their wedding night. Biting her lower lip to keep it from trembling as he sat down beside her on the bed. The soft honey color of her skin in the warm glow of the candlelight as he gently swept her long auburn hair back to lay bare her breast. Her nipples going hard as he trailed his finger lightly along the gentle curve of her breast until he felt her heart beating. The gentle rise and fall of her bossom as he traced the space between her ribs was almost more than he could bare.
She had chosen well. The knife was long, long and sharp, long enough to reach her heart. Penny's eyes opened wide as he drove the blade home. As he stabbed his first born to the heart, she only had time for a single gasp fore' Death's cold embrace swept her away like a thief in the night.
"Thank you," whispered Mary Beth weakly as she watched Penny's body shudder in the afterthrows of sudden death and then relax as her trembling fingers slowly uncurled and fell still.
Leaving the knife buried to the hilt in her breast, he quickly moved to the other side of the bed and knelt down by her side.
"Thank you," she whispered again softly, somehow finding the strength to lift her hand and wipe away his tears. "For keeping our promise," she whispered as he peaked under the blood soaked pillow. Then look'n up, her eyes smilin'as he wiped away the blood runnin' from the corners of her mouth, she added, "Now..., one last time, take my breath away with a kiss."
Mary Beth eyes opened wide, her lips quivering gainst' his as he pulled her close and the arrows buried under sternum slipped into her heart. Then sighing deeply, the pulsing gout of blood died between them and her head fell back.
As he laid his Mary Beth gently back on the bed beside Penny, he left them their side by side, staring into each other's eyes. Then crossing the room, he picked up the old flintlock, and unbarring the cabin door, stepped into the quiet outside.
The injuns were gone.
Autumn's body was arched over Summer's, the girls untouched and laying exactly as they had fallen. He turned to look back at Penny and Mary Beth layin' side by side on the blood soaked bed.
Everything, cept' the poundin' of his own heart had gone quiet.
"Ah Crap!"
The End (Or maybe the Beginning of Another Story)