Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:09:54 -0400
From: Jon  Bennett <stonewolf@angelfire.com>
Subject: Nick and Jonathan: Journey of the Worlds 7

Journey Of The Worlds Part Seven.

Thanks to all who wrote about the cliffhanger.. It was just a small one
really.. =)  Sorry this next part took so long, had hard drive comm
problems...
comments as always ...
stonewolf@angelfire.com
www.stormloader.com/articwolf

As Danny yelled NOW, Jeff had grabbed Nick and pushed him into the gully
running alongside the road. Likewise, Jonathan had grabbed Paul and thrown
himself down on top of him in the ditch. For all of the powers of
observation, no one had bothered to remember that it was Key West and all
the ditches along the roads are mostly for drainage. Everyone landed with a
great splash.

"Son of a bitch" yelled Nick coming up from the muddy water..

"Down and stay put" said Jeff, pushing Nick back down into the murky water
as the first shots rang out from the trees.

Danny and the two other agents returned fire into the woods from the
road. This was met by full automatic weapons fire in their directions.

"Shit" said Danny as a bullet whipped by his head. He pulled the agents
back and all dove into the ditch. Coming up sputtering from the water he
fired his gun with one hand and reached for the cell phone in the fanny
pack with the other. As he fired the gun, more for effect then anything
else, he tried the phone. It had short circuited from the water in the
ditch.

"Shit shit shit" said Danny dropping the phone back in the water. "This is
not my day"

"What have we got out there" said Jeff.

"Four guys by my count" said Danny, switching clips. "At least two of them
have autos"

"Wonderful" said Jeff. "Now what?"

"We keep them away" said Danny simply. He raised up over the edge of the
ditch and resumed firing.

Meanwhile, a strange calm came over Jonathan. It was as if his thought
process had slowed to a snails' pace; yet each thought was checked and
cross checked with the precision of a computer. He knew what had to be
done; could see each move in his mind, could feel the power of the Earth
below him.

"Cease fire Danny" he said.

"Are you nuts" said Danny, briefly looking at him.

"He is right Danny" said a voice, "He knows what must be done"

All four agents turned at the new voice. Standing at the edge of the ditch
was Kristian. For once the four highly trained agents actually seemed
stunned into silence. Even Danny still hadn't gotten completely used to
Kristian just appearing. Paul looked like he had seen the second coming of
Christ.

"Keep them safe" said Jonathan jumping out of the ditch.

He walked to the middle of the road, his hands open from his body.

"Enough people. You listening?" he asked the woods. "Why don't you come out
here and try to take me one on one?"

One by one the four masked men came out of the woods. One who was obviously
the leader stood in front of the other three in a semi circle about 50 feet
from Jonathan.

"We don't want your friends or your guards" he said, his voice muffled from
the mask "Only you"

"You want me eh?" said Jonathan, his body tingling. "Well guess what
asshole? You can't have me.. I'm already taken"

Before any of the gunman could react to the comment, Jonathan felt an icy
calm come over him. This was followed by a rage unknown to him
before. These people were endangering his friends, his lover, and the
others because of who he was. His mind eye saw what had to be done.  He
could feel the synergy of the planet coursing under his feet, channeling
itself into his body. He finally understood.

"Oh shit" said Kristian feeling the power being drawn to Jonathan. "Down
guys". Without conscious or physical thought, his own mental energy pushed
Nick back down once again into the murky water of the ditch.

"Fuc--" was all that came out of Nick's mouth as he surfaced from the ditch
water. Anything else was displaced by what happened next.

Jonathan threw his hand out at the four standing in front of him. All of
the hatred, anger and energy he felt was transmitted through him and out at
the gunman. Suddenly an explosion of light and sound shook the glade. For
thirty feet in all directions surrounding the gunmen, the ground exploded
around them. Their bodies were thrown like ragdolls in the air for 20
feet. Ground, rocks, trees, were all blown in the explosion.  Trees and
ferns around them were flattened from the resultant light and sound. Danny
and his crew were thrown off their feet.  Only Jonathan and Kristian
remained standing. One by one the bodies came back to Earth, broken and
unconcious.

Kristian walked over to Jonathan and looked at the havoc he had caused. "We
need to work on control a bit I see"

Jonathan looked at the bodies before him in disgust. "Fuck em"

Nick scrambled out of the ditch and came running over to Jonathan. He put
his hand on Jonathan's shoulder.

"You OK Babe?" he asked with a worried tone.

"Yeah I'm fine" said Jonathan putting his arm around Nick. "What about
you?"

"A little bit wet but I'll get over it" said Nick. "What did you do?"

"What I had to do" said Jonathan.  He turned to Danny and tossed his
satellite phone to him.  "Clean this up and find out who they are or were"

"OK" said Danny. He had walked over to check out the bodies. "Got at least
one of them still alive"

Jonathan looked at Kristian. "We'll talk later"

As Danny and the other guard were looking over the bodies for
identification, Paul stuck he head over the lip of the ditch. "Would
someone like to tell me what's going on?"

"NO" came the resounding reply from Danny as well as the other guards.

"Oh" came the reply as he slunk back down into the ditch.

"Take care of him" said Jonathan. "Get him back to the estate"

Jonathan wrapped his arm around Nick and started back towards the Estate
with Jeff and one other guard.

Chapter Two: Back at Fern Grotto after a shower, Jonathan was sitting at
the table out near the pool when Nick came out from his shower.

"What happened back there man?" asked Nick. He was dressed in just cargo
shorts. The waist band of his A&F boxers stood a good inch above the waist
of the shorts making him look incredibly sexy.

"Damn you are beautiful" said Jonathan, tracing his hand over Nick's
sculpted ABS.

"Hmmmm" said Nick, pushing his body against Jonathan's hand. "God that
feels good"

"I know something that would feel better" said Jonathan standing and
kissing Nick.

"I'm sure" said Nick, trailing his hand over Jonathan's swelling
cock. "However you are changing the subject"

"I was kinda hoping you wouldn't notice" said Jonathan as his hands slipped
into Nick's shorts, noticing the sharp contrast of the tanned skin and the
whiter skin below his boxers.

"Come on babe" said Nick pulling Jonathan's hand away. "Tell me.. then I'll
give you a blow job to remember. Besides, what are you going to tell
Paul. It's not like he isn't going to wonder what happened; I mean you blew
up half the road."

"You are a killjoy, you know that?" asked Jonathan sitting back down and
pulling Nick down on his lap.

"Yeah I know" said Nick, playfully grinding his ass down on Jonathan's
crotch.

Before Jonathan could make a comment or do anything else to Nick, Anthony
came up the stairs and made a face at them.

"You guys are an orgy factory you know that?" he replied with a smile.

"Two is not an orgy thank you very much" said Nick.

"Right. Anyway" said Anthony, with an imperial accent. "Brandon is on the
phone. Seems to be rather important. Came in collect."

"Thanks" said Jonathan, moving Nick off his lap to take the phone.

While Jonathan was on the phone, Nick walked over to the pool.  Anthony
followed him over and the two began chatting.  Both looked over when
Jonathan let out a loud whoop and began laughing uncontrollably.

"Wonder what's up with that" said Nick.

"Probably the two of them are hungover and can't come home for a couple of
days" said Anthony.

Jonathan made commentaries about being over in the morning and hung up as
they walked back over. Jonathan handed the phone back to Anthony.

"Something funny I presume?" asked Anthony.

"You could say that." said Jonathan still chuckling to himself. "I didn't
think that the little bastard had it in him"

"What?" asked Nick.

"Indeed" said Anthony. "One really should call the help bastards. Might
take offense and all"

"True" said Jonathan, still smiling. "Seems that the Executive Assistant
Branch has gone and gotten themselves arrested and thrown in jail in
Berlin."

"Berlin" said Nick. "I thought that they were in Switzerland."

"Ah Berlin" said Anthony with a far away look in his eyes. "I remember it
well"

"And you're married now so behave" said Jonathan "Karen would cut it off in
a heartbeat"

"Hmm" said Anthony. "So what did the little miscreants do?"

"They were in a gay bath house and apparently it got raided" said Jonathan,
trying to control himself from laughing again.

Nick on the other hand completely lost it. He began laughing and shaking so
hard he fell out of his seat. Anthony just rolled his eyes.

"Hey wait a minute" said Nick, in between gasps on the ground. "Since when
is Brandon gay? I remember something about him saying he had fooled around
before but he has a girlfriend"

"they broke up about a month before we rescued you" said Jonathan. "Kind of
surprised about Mark though."

"I'll have to put Crisco and plastic sheeting on the shopping list. I can
see it now" said Anthony with a sigh.

"Behave" said Jonathan with a smile. "Never play with the staff."  He
paused. "I guess since the two of them are in jail, I gotta go get them out
if I want anything done. Do me a favor, find Danny. I think he is back on
the grounds from this morning. If not, Jeff will work. Also find Captain
Hendrickson and tell him to fire up Renaissance and file for Berlin."

"Very good" said Anthony. "You want us to come along? I think it would be
great fun to bust chops all the way home"

"Now now" said Jonathan. "You can do that when we get back." Suddenly he
turned towards the house. "Hmm.  Also let Sebastian out would you before he
claws the door down"

"OK" said Anthony. "I'll get it together, and I'll make sure lunch is
waiting for you."

As Anthony walked away, Nick looked over at Jonathan ."Why let Sebastian
out? He rarely comes out of the house"

"I know but he asked" said Jonathan, tapping his head.

"OH" said Nick, still adjusting to the increased capabilities of Jonathan.

Sebastian came bounding across the patio and flying up the steps at a fast
trot, tail held high. He jumped and cleared Nick and came to a halt in
Jonathan's lap.

"Well Hello" said Jonathan, scratching his ears.

"Hello yourself" thought Sebastian purring happily.

"You actually talking to him?" asked Nick.

"Sort of" said Jonathan, running his fingers through the long soft fur. "He
thinks, I hear it"

"Weird" said Nick.

"Humans." thought Sebastian. "Don't understand it so it is wired."

"Behave" said Jonathan scratching the cat's chest, and getting a louder
purr in reply. "Is there some reason that you wanted out other then to get
scratched?"

"Of course, I don't waste time.  We got a mouse in the house" said
Sebastian.

Jonathan lifted Sebastian up and stretched him out to his full length as if
in a cat show and he was a judge.

"Hmmmm" he said. "Forty-one pounds and almost four feet long and you can't
catch a mouse?"

"I am a billionaire cat" came the reply along with a low growl. "I don't do
mice"

"So tell some one about it and deal with it furball" said Jonathan,
flipping him over on to his back to tickle his stomach.

Sebastian put his ears back and pawed at Jonathan's hand playfully. "Pray
tell, who am i supposed to tell"

"Good Point" said Jonathan. "I'll take care of it"

"OK" thought the cat. "Go open the door" and hopped off his lap. He walked
back to the house with a flick of his tail.

"I can't believe you can talk to him" said Nick. "I should call you
Dr. Doolittle"

"Come on babe" said Jonathan taking Nick's hand. "Why don't we go have some
fun before the flight?  Maybe I'll make ya sound like an animal too"

Chapter T wo: Danny, and Jeff drove Nick and Jonathan out to the airport
about three hours later.  The two had made love for almost two hours before
a discreet knock on their bedroom door advised them that Renaissance was
awaiting their departure. After another round of love making in the shower
they managed to get dressed and out front and the waiting Hummers. Jonathan
had noted a larger contingent of security personnel then usual. The second
Hummer was full of security personnel. Danny had replied that he was just
taking a few precautions after that morning. Anthony had come along to take
notes on any last minute things to be done.

"Any idea who they were?" asked Jonathan from the back of the Hummer.

"We're working on it" said Danny. "I get the feeling they were just locals
who wanted to try and cash in on a kidnapping."

"I don't think that the locals have full autos" said Jonathan.

"Easy enough to get in Miami though" said Jeff.

"True" said Jonathan.

The rest of the 10 minute trip was made in silence. Nick was actually
curled up in Jonathan's lap while they drove. Jonathan ran his hand through
Nick's hair watching him. It was obvious that Nick was disturbed about the
morning's events.

"So how long are you going to be in Europe?" asked Anthony.

"Probably overnight" said Jonathan. "I figure getting there in the morning,
bail their sorry asses out and hop down to the Eberle's overnight, then
we'll be out after breakfast"

"OK" said Anthony, trading a look with Jonathan. "I'll handle things here"

"Thanks" said Jonathan.

The Hummers rounded the corner of a building on the airport grounds and
came to a stop about 30 feet from the stairway leading to
Renaissance. There were two stewards at the bottom of the stairs waiting
for them, as well as a half a dozen security people around the plane.

"It's getting kinda crowded Danny" said Jonathan, frowning.

"Yeah, but you own the company now too" said Danny, getting out of the
Hummer. He looked around before letting Nick and Jonathan out.

"Head on up to the plane babe" said Jonathan. "I just need to go over one
thing with Anthony and we'll be on our way."

"OK" said Nick, giving Jonathan a kiss. He walked over and up the stairs
with Jeff and two others in attendance.

"We all set for the day after tomorrow?" asked Jonathan as Danny stood
waiting and always watching the surrounding area.

"Yes, no problem" said Anthony with a smile. "What time to you figure to
arrive?"

"We should be airborne by 11 am" said Jonathan, flipping time zones in his
head, "Figure 7 hour flight, should put us on the ground about 4 PM local
time"

"OK" he said. "I'll figure that you will be ready by 7pm then"

"Sounds good" said Jonathan, shaking his hand. "Any problems call me"

"I don't anticipate any" said Anthony. "We'll be heading there tomorrow and
have everything ready. I've already double checked the flights and such"

"Great" said Jonathan "See you in a couple of days"

"Something I need to know about I presume" said Danny more as a statement
then a question.

"Yeah, I'll tell ya later" said Jonathan.

Jonathan walked up the jetstairs and into Renaissance. One of the stewards
advised him that Nick was already in the front lounge and that lunch was
waiting for them. Jonathan thanked him and walked into the lounge. He
picked up the intercom phone and punched the button for the cockpit.

"Flight Deck" said Captain Hendrickson.

"Rock and Roll Don" said Jonathan.

"Yessir" came the reply. "We'll be airborne in 10 minutes. Flight time is
about 8 hours or so, we'll be touching down at approx. 7 am local time."

"Great thanks" said Jonathan.

Chapter Three: About three hours into the flight, while working on some
paperwork in his office, Nick came in and sat across the way from him.

"What's doin babe" asked Jonathan.

"Just thinking about this morning" said Nick.

"You want to talk about it" asked Jonathan.

"Not really" said Nick, coming over and sitting in Jonathan's lap. "Kinda
tired. Was hoping you would be coming to bed."

"Don't you want dinner?" asked Jonathan. "I know the time zones fuck with
your head but figured you would at least want some food"

"Naw" said Nick, kissing him. "I'd rather do an early breakfast"

"Like you are a morning person" said Jonathan returning the kiss. "I know
what you want"

"No" said Nick , "Actually I just want to be held"

"Let's go to bed" said Jonathan. Before leaving he called Danny and told
him to wake them when they were about 20 minutes out.

Hand in hand, the two headed to the front bedroom. The bed had already been
turned down and the lights were on low. Jonathan turned to Nick and kissed
him gently. Nick returned the kiss and wrapped his arms around
Jonathan. For many minutes the two just stood there kissing, neither
rushing to proceed to anything else. Finally Jonathan broke the kiss and
pulled off Nick's shirt. He reached down and undid the jeans while Nick
kicked off his sneakers. Standing naked before Jonathan, he reached over
and unbuttoned Jonathan's shirt removing it from his body. He kissed each
of Jonathan's nipples before going down and kissing each ridge of his
ABS. Trailing down to Jonathan's belly button, he paused to kiss, lick and
clean it. As he was doing that he unbuttoned the slacks that Jonathan was
wearing and pushed them and the boxers down. Jonathan stepped out of them
and pulled Nick into his arms. Kissing him again, he pulled Nick down on
top of him on the bed.

"You want to?" he asked gently.

"Just hold me for a while" Nick said softly. He placed his arms around
Jonathan and pushed his head ag ainst Jonathan's shoulder. Jonathan pulled
the blankets around and over them. Soon Nick's breathing slowed and became
regular. He realized that Nick had fallen asleep.  He rolled over slowly so
not to disturb him and lay him next to him on the silk sheets. Nick
adjusted himself and was pressed against Jonathan's' body. Watching him,
Jonathan could not help but be filled with love and feelings of concern
about Nick. That morning's events could not have harmed him, but Nick could
have been shot.  Finally, Jonathan drifted off to sleep his arm securely
wrapped around Nick.

The phone chirped softly.  Jonathan reached over.

"20 minutes out boss" said Danny, "Just like you asked."

"Thanks" said Jonathan. "Have someone set up breakfast upstairs for 10
minutes."

"OK" said Danny breaking the connection.

"Hey baby" said Jonathan, kissing Nick. "Time to get up"

Nick rolled over and kissed Jonathan back. "I love you"

"I love you too babe" said Jonathan. "Food's waiting"

The two got up and in reverse helped each other get dressed. Jonathan did
have to change boxers after putting on a pair; thanks to Nick's overly
eager hands.  Finally managing to get dressed, they walked upstairs as the
Captain was announcing the final approach to the airport. Sitting down,
they had breakfast of Orange Juice, and Belgian Waffles with Blueberries
and Maple syrup. They timed it perfectly to having finished breakfast just
as Renaissance came to a halt and the engines shut down. Danny came
upstairs.

"OK" he began. "I have got your passports and am going to send Jeff down
with them to meet the customs officials. I don't think that you will have
to come down; but I'll let you know"

"Seriously doubt drug smugglers have their own 747" said Nick.

"Hope not" said Jonathan.

Not even five minutes passed before Jeff came upstairs.

"We are good to go" said Jeff. "We are cleared customs, and there is a limo
downstairs that will take us directly to the police station where they are
being held"

"This is gonna be so much fun" said Jonathan as he walked back
downstairs. Nick and Jonathan walked towards the front where two stewards
were waiting with jackets. Captain Hendrickson was coming forward as they
prepared to leave.

"Nice flight Don" said Jonathan. "Thanks."

"No problem" he said. "How long are we going to be on the ground?"

"Not long I hope" said Jonathan. "I hope to be to the jail and back and out
in less then two hours"

"OK" he said. "I'll get us refueled and check on the whereabouts of the
Gulfstream. I will probably go crash in back and let Paul fly us to
Switzerland. The relief Captain will act as co-pilot on here and since it
is just a ferry, the Flight Engineer can fly the G-V to Switzerland."

"Whatever works, your the driver" said Jonathan.

They walked downstairs to the waiting limo that would take them into the
city.