Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 22:08:34 -0400 From: Jon Bennett <stonewolf@angelfire.com> Subject: Journey of the Worlds 3 Thanks to all who have written in support of the new part of the continuing saga of Nick and Jonathan. Read on stonewolf@angelfire.com www.stormloader.com/articwolf Chapter One: The two hummers came to a halt about 100 feet away from Renaissance. She was sitting in the brilliant afternoon sun of Key West. The reflected sunshine from the gold painted engines cast a myriad of reflections into the harbor waters. The pure white body of the jet was broken only by a single wide navy blue stripe down the center of its' fuselage. After a quick visual inspection of the area, Danny let Nick and Jonathan out of the hummer. Walking across the tarmac, Jonathan took off his sunglasses and paused to look at the plane. "She is beautiful" he said. "Yup" said Nick, standing next to him. "Not as beautiful as you though" This earned him a quick kiss. They walked up the stairs to the waiting jet. Anthony and Karen were waiting at the entrance. "Hi Guys" said Karen. "We are all stocked. Lunch is waiting upstairs for you." "Thanks" said Jonathan. They chatted for a moment before going upstairs. As they settled in to eat, a steward appeared and presented them with the meal. A Caesar salad topped with grilled chicken, white wine and apples was served. As the steward disappeared, Captain Hendrickson came in from the flight deck. "Hi Jon, Nick" he said. "Hey Don, what's up?" asked Jonathan as he took a sip of wine. He rose to shake the Captain's hand. "We're just about ready to cruise." he replied. "The tower has given us take off clearance for the next 20 minutes. The walk around is done. It will be about a six hour flight; we have a pretty strong headwind. We will be taking a somewhat longer route too. I want to avoid some storms that are popping up. We'll start moving as soon as the Hummers are locked in." "Sounds like a plan thanks" said Jonathan. "We will be in Vegas overnight, then on to Boston. Check with Brandon. I know the meeting is like 2 PM Boston time tomorrow, figure we need to be airborne fairly early." "You got it" said the Captain. "We'll be airborne shortly" Nick and Jonathan chatted aimlessly as they felt the plane start to move shortly thereafter. Danny came up to the top deck, nodding at the steward who stood by to clear dishes or take care of any needs. "OK" he started. "We are all set from my end. Jeff is on board as well as 4 others. We will be met by 4 more in Vegas. Two at the plane with transportation and two more who will have you already checked in and will be waiting with the keys to the suites" "Sounds good" said Jon. "Aren't you being just a little paranoid?" "Nope" said Danny. "The threat is gone, but you still are worth 7 billion or so, and there are crack heads around who wouldn't think twice about trying to ransom your ass" "The joy of money" Jonathan grumbled. "Hey don't sweat it" said Danny. "You know the drill. You will never know the extra guys are around. Jeff and I will be with you guys. Brandon has his own guy as do Karen and Anthony. No sweat" "I suppose" said Jonathan, finishing his lunch. "What about the company?" "The director will meet with you at 11pm this evening." Danny replied. "He is just busting with curiosity" "Thought as much." Jonathan said. "Thanks" "No problem." said Danny. "If you need anything I'll be downstairs in my office" The plane shuddered briefly as the engines were brought up to full power and the brakes released. Slowly at first Renaissance rolled down the runway; gathering speed she left the runway returning to the skies. As it climbed altitude, she banked over the keys, giving her passengers incredible view of the waters and islands. Leveling wings, she continued on her climb to the cruising altitude. Nick and Jonathan walked downstairs to the front lounge. Settling down on the couch, Jonathan picked up the phone and paged Brandon. "Yeah Boss?" came the quick response. "We got about a six hour flight." said Jonathan. "Stop up front in about four hours. We need to talk" "OK boss" said Brandon simply. "Mark will be flying to Boston in the G-V in about an hour. He will have everything prepped by tonight. If you get a chance, check your laptop, there are a couple of letters you need to answer" "Thanks" said Jonathan, hanging up the connection. He turned to Nick. "Four hours to kill. Any ideas? Wanna watch a movie or something?" Nick turned around on the couch and kissed Jonathan. His tongue entered the mouth of his lover. Breaking the kiss he said. "Well, I'm still wearing that jock....." Jonathan trailed his hand down to Nick's jeans, unzipping them. Reaching in, he felt the rough fabric of the jock and the hardening flesh of Nicks 8.5" cock. He stood Nick up, pulling the jeans down at the same time over his muscular legs. Jonathan put his face up against the jock, smelling the sweat, and cum within the jock. He began to lick the hard shaft through the fabric. Nick's hands trailed in through Jonathan's hair. After a while, he pulled Jonathan up to him, kissing him, tasting the flavors of his own now spit soaked jock. "God I love you Jonathan" said Nick. "I know babe" said Jonathan between kisses. Letting his own shorts slip from his waist he ground his boxer clad cock against the rough material of Nick's jock. The two set into motion on the couch a grinding until both achieved orgasm, soaking the material of the boxers and jock with thick loads of cum. Nick lay on top of Jonathan breathing heavily. "Man that was good" said Nick. Reaching down between then, Jonathan coated his fingers with their loads, then rubbed Nick's lips with it and kissed him. "Messy too" he said with a smile breaking the kiss. Chapter Two: After cleaning up, the two settled down on the couch to watch a movie. About half way through the movie, one of the stewards stopped in with a large bowl of Doritos and a chilled set of Samuel Adams long necks, set next to frosted mugs. He departed silently. "Is everyone but me psychic on this plane?" asked Nick. "No, they just know my habits" said Jonathan. The two continued to cuddle up and munch and watch the movie. As it ended, Jonathan got up and went around to the bar and got a lime knife out and brought it back to the couch. "What's that for?" asked Nick. "Brandon has to be brought into the circle and I don't think he is gonna just accept the fact that I'm immortal" said Jonathan. "Oh I'm not gonna watch this" said Nick, turning pale. "I'm not gonna kill myself if that's what you are thinking. I have no intention of that." said Jonathan, hugging Nick. "Besides, doesn't sound like fun" "Wouldn't think so" said Nick. About that time there was a knock on the door and Brandon walked in. "Hey guys" said Brandon, am I too early?" "Nope, right on time" said Jonathan. "Have a seat. Want something to drink?" "I'm good" said Brandon. "Oh yeah, Nick, Mark asked me to give these to you" He handed over a folder. "It is the numbers and report on the renovations for the hotel tomorrow" "OK thanks" said Nick. His eyes watched Jonathan as he had gone around the bar and came back with a small rocks glass half filled with Jack Daniels and a couple of ice cubes. He put it by Brandon. "I think you will need that when we are done talking" said Jonathan sitting back down. "What's up?" asked Brandon. "You firing me or something?" "Hell no" said Jonathan. "It would take too damn long to find someone to replace you. But we need to talk about something serious" "OK" said Brandon, sitting back in the chair. The forward lounge never failed to amaze him It was almost impossible to believe that they were in a 747-400 and not a house. "What's up?" "You remember what went down last year in the hospital with me disappearing and Nick's recovery and all?" asked Jonathan. "Yeah" said Brandon, toying with his drink glass. "I heard the whole story but never quite believed it or figured it out" "Well, it was true, all of it" said Jonathan. "I can vouch for that man" said Nick. "I had 43 stitches in my chest and shoulder. I can tell you they were there and it hurt like Hell. You've seen me without a shirt on at least 10 times a week, you know there is no scar." "Yeah I know" said Brandon. "Where is this leading. Was that just a story or what" "No" said Jonathan. "There is no easy way to tell you this and you know everything there is to know about me but this." "This what" said Brandon, setting his drink down. He didn't like where this conversation was going. "The person who made me disappear was named Kristian" said Jonathan. "I still do not know to this day where we went and I'd just as soon not know where it was or go back there." He paused briefly. "He told me that he came to take me to the other side" "The other side." said Brandon.. "What. Heaven?" Jonathan took a deep breath. "No, Immortality." Brandon stared at Jonathan, then began laughing. "You trying to get me worked up for something I did to bust your chops or something?" "I'm serious man" said Jonathan, producing the knife. "Real serious" Brandon stopped laughing at seeing the knife. "You OK boss? Let's not get crazy here" "It's OK man" said Jonathan. "I know it looks weird, but trust me." He looked at Nick. "Go get me a towel" Nick left and came back with a towel. Jonathan placed the thick towel on his lap and after taking his watch off, placed his arm on it. "Watch." Without pausing, Jonathan took the knife and sliced his whole arm from the wrist to the elbow. Blood immediately began to flow from the long deep wound. "FUCK" said Jonathan closing his eyes in pain. "That hurts" He wrapped the towel around his arm to contain the blood. The white towel began to turn red. "Are you out of your mind" screamed Brandon. He reached for the intercom. 'Danny get in here" "It's OK Brandon chill" said Jonathan through gritted teeth. At that point, Danny came crashing through the doors. "What" said Danny. "He just sliced his fucking arm open" said Brandon. Danny looked at Jonathan. "It's OK Danny. It is the only way to get it through his head" said Jonathan, starting to relax. He could feel the wound closing, sealing. He had an almost insane urge to scratch the arm. As it closed it felt like an army of ants crawling over his skin. The strength was returning to the arm and the pain disappearing. Jonathan was both amazed at the feeling and the actual occurrence of what was happening as well as relieved that it was doing it. "What?" said Brandon. "That my boss is fucked up in the head?" Jonathan's breathing returned to normal, and opened his eyes. With a deep breath, he took the towel and rubbed the arm, cleaning the blood. He turned to face Brandon. "It is not nice to say your boss is fucked in the head" said Jonathan. As Brandon looked, the arm was fully healed. No trace of the wound existed. Brandon crashed like a sack of bricks into the chair. Jonathan walked over and handed the drink to Brandon who downed the whole thing in one shot. "What the hell was that?" he asked in a raspy voice. "You sliced your arm open.. I saw it" "You should have been around when Danny shot Kristian in the chest and he got back up" said Jonathan, coming back around and sitting down in front of Brandon. "Listen to me kiddo" said Jonathan, "I don't understand it either. There is a lot of things going on that I still don't know about. All I know is for what ever reason I am being led down a path not of my own choosing, but I can't turn my back on. You had to be told because of who I am and what you do for me. There was no way not to. We are going to be doing some strange things in the future and I'm gonna need your help getting it done. I died and came back to life as an immortal. Kristian said something about it being in my genes." He paused to get Brandon another drink. Bringing it back he continued. "No one outside of this room can know about this. Not Karen or Anthony, or anyone else on staff" "But I don't understand man" said Brandon weakly. "Neither do I dude" said Nick. "I love him more then the world, he hasn't changed really, but he has something that has to be done. We need to be there for him" "You're the boss and I'll do what you say man, but this is toooooo weird" said Brandon. "Yeah well" started Jonathan. "Just think about how it is for me" The rest of the flight was relatively uneventful. Captain Hendrickson called down from the cockpit that they were about 20 minutes out. As it was still late winter it was dark over the Rockies. Jonathan brought Nick over to the port side windows. "Watch this" Jonathan said. As the started their decent into Las Vegas, all they could see was darkness. They heard the landing gear come down and still nothing but the desert darkness. Then suddenly as they cleared the mountains outside of Las Vegas, the desert floor was transformed into a blanket of light. Homes, and streets and land for miles and miles were lit up. "Oh wow man, that is so cool" said Nick. He looked like a little kid on Christmas. As they came into final approach they started in over Las Vegas proper. The mega casinos came into view in a rainbow of colors. Green, Gold, Red, all looked like multi colored monster buildings which they were. As they touched down in the distance, the Statue of Liberty at New York New York shone out at night. "Damn that is amazing" said Nick. "Lemme get changed" said Jonathan. "You might want to put something on other then boxers" The two went into the bedroom to change. Nick opted for baggy jeans and a sweatshirt. Jonathan decided to be somewhat obnoxious and actually got dressed in suit and tie. "What's that for?" asked Nick, as he came over and straightened the tie. "You're gonna make me look like a trophy boi or a hustler" "You do have the body for it babe" said Jonathan kissing him. "Sheesh" said Nick, making a face. "You think ya can buy this bod for a few hundred million" "Well, I'm sure I can get you a room downstairs tonight if you want" said Jonathan trying to keep a straight face" "I think not" said Nick. The two broke up in laughter. They walked out of the front cabin meet Brandon and Danny by the front doors. Behind them stood Anthony and Karen. "OK guys" said Jonathan. "We will be on the ground for tonight only. Go have some fun. I think we have tickets for EFX tonight, right?" He looked at Brandon for confirmation. "Yeah no problem." he said. "The casino was very accommodating. The show is at 8pm. We have to be airborne by 6:30 am tomorrow" Jonathan looked at Danny. "We ready?" "Yeah" he replied "The limo is downstairs for us, The company has two other people waiting to take the rest of the people into town in the Hummers" "Rock and roll" said Jonathan. "Have fun tonight people, thanks for everything" Jonathan and Nick walked down the flightstairs with Danny in front of them and Jeff taking up the rear. Brandon followed up the rear. They walked the 100 feet across the tarmac to the waiting limo. A chilled bottle of Moet and Chandon White Star was waiting for them with several champagne flutes. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the entrance to MGM. As the limo approached, the concierge staff started forward to meet it but were stopped by four very large security agents, all identically dressed in double breasted suits and sunglasses. Danny was the first one out. Recognizing the agents, by their signature buttons on the jackets, he got a nod in reply. He allowed Nick and Jonathan out of the limo. The majesty of MGM Grand was staggering. 5,005 rooms and suites made it the largest hotel in the world. Bathed in green, it was truly the Emerald City. As they walked across the grand entranceway, people moved out of the way. They proceed through the lobby to the elevators and were whisked to the top of the building. The suite at 6,000 square feet was amazing. The butler staff had been replaced by three of the steward staff from Renaissance and were already waiting. Settling in, Jonathan checked messages. "Kristian says hi" said Jonathan, trying to lighten the mood. It was obvious that Nick was ill at ease with the concept of being around him again. "Hey babe" said Jonathan walking over to the glass wall where Nick was standing looking at the maze that was Las Vegas. "What's wrong?" "I keep thinking I'm going to lose you" said Nick, turning around and holding on to Jonathan. "Whoa babe" said Jonathan. "I am not going anywhere. I told you that" He lifted Nick's face to his and kissed him softly. "I meant that. It was a life promise. You will be with me wherever this goes" "Will you still love me when I'm 64?" asked Nick. Jonathan smacked him on the ass. "I'll even buy your viagra" There was a knock on the door, Danny walked over and answered the door. In the doorway stood Kristian. "Figured I better stop popping in with all these people around." he said. "Easier on the staff too" said Jonathan. "You have the meeting set up?" he asked. "Yeah, 11pm tonight after the show" Jonathan replied. "OK good" said Kristian. "I took the liberty of ordering from Wolfgang Puck's place downstairs. Room service will be delivering it shortly. I figured we needed to talk a bit" "That sounds like a good idea." said Jonathan, loosening his tie. " I know it is going to be a lot of things for you to deal with" said Kristian, "both of you" Nick just stared at Kristian. "I'm not evil Nick, I'm human just like you, I just have a rare gift of being able not to die." Kristian said. "Jonathan was pre-selected long before he met you or was even born for that matter." He walked back above the spacious living quarters and sat in the living room. He continued after the two of them walked back into the area. "You will be overseeing all of the council who in turn will be directing the efforts of the rest of the immortals to try to save the planet and its inhabitants from itself" "Who exactly is the council" asked Nick, becoming interested despite himself. "It is the governing body of Immortals." said Kristian. "There are 11 on the council, Jonathan will make 12 and complete the circle. Admittedly he wasn't supposed to join us for some years to come, but now that he is here, we can start to move on some things and have them in place. He can start to learn." "Like the security company" said J Jonathan. "Yes" said Kristian. "We have had our eye on them for a few years now. The fact that you are a client of them and that you are in position to buy them makes it that much easier. Their world wide resources will enable us to monitor many different things at once" "What was this business about a castle in Switzerland?" asked Jonathan. "I like the country as much as almost anyone and have spent a fair amount of time there but why set up shop there? Why not one of the major cities in the United States?" "The majority of the problems will arise in Europe of the coming years." said Kristian. "The castle I have selected is isolated, so as not to draw attention and yet at the same time is close enough to Zurich that we have international connections in both banking and travel no more then a half hour away." "What are the resources that are available, financially" asked Jonathan. "Approximately 15 trillion dollars in 100 banks across the world" replied Kristian. "How much" asked Jonathan, not believing he had heard right. "Yes, that much" said Kristian. "You must remember, 200 people have been gathering money, living and changing lives for over 2000 years" "My God" said Jonathan as the weight of the whole thing sank upon him. "But there is time for that later" said Kristian. "You will need to be prepared for your meeting tonight after the show. Be firm and non committal at why you want the company. Just don't let him leave without agreeing to sell. We will handle it from there" "OK" said Jonathan. "What did you mean earlier about learning what is to be an immortal" "As near as we can tell or anyone of us has been able to figure out, our strength and immortality comes from the natural physical energies of the Earth herself" said Kristian. "I will teach you to harness these energies and transmit or transform them. It will be clear soon enough. You already feel some of those energies even now. Close your eyes and open your mind to me." Jonathan closed his eyes. In his mind he saw Kristian. In his mind he heard his words. "In darkness there is the clarity of truth as it shines as a light". He watched in his own mind as they together were moving over the desert floor, not walking, not flying, more flowing and being one with the surrounding. Suddenly they stopped in a vast oasis of land. Kristian turned to him in his mind. "Jonathan, open your mind to your surroundings hear, feel, see" he said. "This is the first of the powers you will develop. Once pointed out to you they will forever be there." Jonathan felt his mind expanding. He could actually feel an undercurrent of power around him. He could see things of the desert he had not seen before. He opened his eyes. Before him fifty feet away sat a Jackrabbit. Looking at it, the rabbit turned to him. Jonathan felt it breathing.. felt the rabbit twitch and could realize what the rabbit was seeing and feeling. It was as if the rabbit and he had become one. He turned to Kristian looked into his eyes. He saw Kristian's mind, a vast universe of knowledge and power. "Yes, use that power Jon. See it understand it" As this power seemed to flow through Jonathan he noted they were "moving again". In a blink of an eye they were back in the hotel suite. Nick stood next to him stareing at him. "You OK Jon" he asked as he saw Jonathan's eyes come back into focus "Yeah I'm all right" said Jon, squeezing his hand. He turned to Kristian. "That was amazing." "Yes it is." said Kristian. "It opens all possibilities. Start to use what you have learned here. Develop it. It is like any other skill it needs to be brought into focus. I'll be in touch" With that he stood, and disappeared. "I hate it when he does that" said Nick. "It is unnerving." said Jonathan. "Wonder if I can do that" "I don't think you're going anywhere" said Nick latching on to him. "remember your promise" Jonathan looked down at Nick. He looked into his eyes. He opted to try something. He opened his mind up to Nick. He soon felt what Nick was feeling, the fear, the love, everything. In his mind he held Nick and loved him. He could actually feel Nick relax. Nick on other hand felt this strange sensation. Not unpleasant but not familiar It was like the time in the hospital when Kristian had first appeared. He felt a calming warmth over him. It was like being held. He looked at Jonathan. "Did you just do that?" he asked. Jonathan smiled and kissed him. "Yeah I think so" "Cool" said Nick. "What am I thinking now?" Jonathan closed his eyes and concentrated on Nick. He opened his eyes. "You're a little horndog dude. We ain't got time for that now. We have a show to go see" Nick smiled. He unzipped Jonathan's slacks and gave him a quick grope before turning around. "Later then. By the way.. what the hell were you doing with a rabbit in the middle of a desert?" Jonathan smiled.