A Winter's Tale (closed)

mighty_hung

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Blizzard 2014.....
Being stuck out on the outskirts of town on a small farm. I bundle up in several layers as usual to make my trek across the road to do the daily feeding of the horses. The snow is comes well up to my waist as I am 6'2" tall. I have a small worn down trail that was shoveled several times out, but fresh snow always comes to cover it up. With my trusty walking stick a broken broom handle I use to balance myself. Going up into the field fighting the biting chill of the air and nearly spilling myself several times I make into the warm insulated barn. Gazer and Belle are happy to see me as always. I don't know if its because they like the rub downs or because my visit rings in dinner time. probably the latter. When in the midst of opening a bale of hay, I hear what sounds like a crack of thunder up towards the pond. 'impossible!' I think to myself. A thunderstorm in a blizzard?!! Curious I step outside to investigate. It is nearly dusk , But a strange blue glow is emanating from the direction of the pond. Shutting the door, I trudge up to the gate to the woods making it there after 20 minutes of fighting through the snow. The glow has not diminished but seems to be pulsing. Standing at the gate I have a clear view down the hill to the pond. What I see is almost indescribable a blue glowing nimbus is positioned directly in the center of the semi frozen pond. That's when I hear another 'crack of thunder' and see a small form come hurling out of the center of the nimbus. The figure crashes through the ice near the shoreline and lays crumpled there half submerged in the icy cold water. I do not see the figure moving. It appears to be a figure of a woman. I climb over the gate as it is unable to be open in all the snow. and race /fall down the hill like a snowball. Knowing time is of the essence. If she is alive she won't last very long in the water. I cautiously approach her seeing as I don't want to end up in the water as well. I see she is still breathing by the rising and falling of her chest. and 'oh my! what a chest she has!" her attire is that of a skin tight wet suit minus the flippers and air tanks. she is a beautiful brunette wearing her long hair in a muddied ponytail. her face is mud swathed from the pond and sporting a rather large goose egg bump on her temple. Ever so carefully I fish her out of the water to the bank I'm standing on. I take off my outer coat and wrap her frail form in it. Snow begins to fall again as night approaches. I pick up her body in my arms discarding my walking stick. With her cradled in my arms I retrace my path back up to the gate which takes a good 15 minutes or so. finding a low spot in the fence I gently set her on the other side before hopping over myself. I scoop her back up in my arms and head as fast as I dare back to the warmth and fire of my home. A good half an hour later I am gently placing her down atop of my bed. accessing her more clearly. With a warm bowl of water I wipe the mud from her face and hair gently I notice she has a blue tooth ear set in her ear. which I remove and place on the stand next to the bed. Next is to get her out of those wet clothes. I unbuckle her belt and I say loudly "forgive me" as if to absolve myself from what I am doing I unzip her wetsuit and reveal those two marvelous mounds of flesh I so want to touch, but my will power is strong. I hold the small of her back as I slide the suit down her luscious firm thighs then finally to her feet. I note she don't seem to have any visible injuries except on her forehead. Maybe a light concussion. Impossible to tell, since there is no way to get to an emergency room in this weather. I slip on a t-shirt of mine over her torso and slide back the quilted covers and tuck her into bed, propping her head up on the pillows. I take her wetsuit over to a rocking chair and drape it over so it may dry by the fire place. I sit close by in my chair watching over her, throwing another log onto the fire.
 
Fire, lightning, darkness. That was all she had, mixed with snatches of memory that drifted through her unconscious mind. A disturbance- they thought it was a chemical weapon, hence why she had been called. It wasn't- she didn't remember what it had been, but it hadn't been that. It had been- nothing she could describe. Fire and thunder and darkness. A hole in the air. A hole that had ripped itself open even further, and swallowed her up. The fire around it, the lightning that composed it, the darkness that followed. She remembered darkness and cold- the cold of water. Had the rift been full of water? Had she been sent somewhere? Was she dead? Fire, thunder, darkness, and cold. These were the things rolling through her mind when Jill Valentine awoke, gasping and coughing.
 
I sat there watching the young woman start to toss and toil in the bed having a nightmare. My first instinct was to go to her and craddle her in my arms to try and comfort her..protect her from what ever demon assailed her at the moment. "Strange", i thought to myself. I don't even know her name and yet I want to be her protector
 
Upon awakening, Jill first tried to put together the details of her situation. It just didn't make sense- there had been fire, and a flash of lightning, and cold and darkness...but now she was lying in a bed somewhere? With effort, she pulled her aching body up into a sitting position and looked around her, scoping out her surroundings. "Hello?" She called out.
 
His heart leap with joy hearing the sweet voice call out into the room. He was worried she might not wake up from her injuries. "How are you feeling?" he asked in a concerned tone. "You are safe here now. Are you hungry?"
 
"Who...who are you?" Jill asked. Cold, wet- she had landed somewhere, somewhere cold and wet, and this man had saved her. "And...where am I? And...thank. Thank you for saving me from...where was I?"
 
"well, you might find this hard to believe..." he started to say " But While I was tending to my chores I noticed a strange light up by the pond, when I went to investigate it, I saw a bright azure colored ball of light hovering above the frozen pond. Soon after spotting it I saw you come hurling out of it and breaking through the ice into the cold water. You landed pretty forcefully.Do you feel any broken bones?He watched her beautiful face as she absorbed in his words. Reverently starting to blush he lowered his gaze not to meet her eyes feeling embarrassed. "I pulled you out of the frozen water and brought you back to my home where...."he started stuttered some what "I tended to your wounds the best I could. I apologize, I had to get you out of those soaking wet clothes of yours to get you warm so you would not catch your death from the cold. Your wetsuit is drying on the rocker there by your things. II only had one of my shirts to cover you in." he fought to try not to think back at seeing her naked form before him. "Can I get you anything?"
 
"Oh...thank you. But...a ball of light? Have you seen anything like that around here before? And...is there a city near here?" Jill tried to process what she had heard. From what she had learned, the lightning had been some sort of portal- one that had deposited her, unconscious, into an ice-cold lake, where this man had found her. "And don't worry about my clothes. It's actually not a wetsuit at all, it's a sort of stealth...operations...never mind. You have an, um, nice house! And I guess I could use some food- I haven't eaten since this morning, assuming time is running normally."
 
I felt more at ease after hearing her dismiss the fact I saw her naked. Nothing like that ever before, strangest thing hearing lightning in the dead of winter. Yeah, there's a small town about 5 miles away. We should get you checked out at the hospital. Only problem is the roads are snowed over from the blizzard going on. I'll take you to town as soon as the roads are safe to drive on, and get you some clothes that will fit you properly." I could feel my cheeks starting to burn from turning red again." I have some soup on the stove warming up right now, I'll just go fetch you a bowl."
 
"Wait!" Jill called out. "A town? Not a city?" She mentally considered her surroundings- the city she had found the anomaly in had been in a temperate area, far warmer than this. Everything seemed to confirm her suspicions- she was far from home. Suddenly, she remembered- her earpiece! She could contact command and check her gps. "Did I have an earpiece on me when you found me? A high-tech thing that looked like a Bluetooth headset?"
 
I stopped in my tracks as she called out to me. I could detect the distress in her lovely voice. I turned to look at her. "Yes, a small town in mid Ohio." I replied. Your head piece is by your suit on the chair I pointed over to her. "I'll be right back. I hope you like vegetable soup." I said leaving the room.
 
Ohio? The anomaly had sent her across the country. Jill struggled to her feet, fighting past the soreness and fatigue, and managed to drag herself over to the table, where she grabbed the headpiece and checked it- they said it was waterproof, but who knew? However, the light was still glowing and it seemed to be operational. A gps check confirmed the man's claims, so she attempted to contact her emergency frequencies- only to get nothing. Maybe it had been damaged? She would have to find a phone.
 
I soon returned with a bowl of hot soup and a package of crackers. I noticed she found what she was looking for and noted the confusion on her face. "Here you go, I said cheerfully as possible. By the way, My name is James."
 
Jill eagerly accepted the food and began to eat. "Thank you, James. I was wondering, do you have a phone I could use?"
 
"Of course..... " I paused not knowing her name yet. I produced my cel phone from my pocket and handed it to her. I was very happy to see her eat the food I prepared.
 
Jill's panic grew as she moved through her list of emergency intact numbers and found that none of them worked. None of them even seemed to exist! Could the anomaly have deposited her in another world? Casually, she asked the man "So, have you heard of what happened recently with the Umbrella Corporation?"
 
I watched her face grow with concern when she dialed number after number getting no answers. She tried to put on an air of complete control but I could tell she was panicked when she asked him of the Umbrella Corporation in the news. "I'm sorry Miss, I've never heard about them in the nightly news.I wanted so to reach out and comfort her in my arms, but I knew that would panic and freak her out even more now then she was.
 
Jill realized, as improbable as it might seem, the most likely explanation was that she had somehow shifted to a parallel universe. A better universe, she briefly thought, but decided not to bother with attempting to compare universes. "Do you have a TV? A computer? Something I could get caught up on the news on?" Kill asked, fighting to keep down panic and resolving to learn more about the new world, thinking that giving herself a task would help her manage her rising fears.
 
"Yes , Lt me get my laptop for you to use." I quickly retrieved my carrying bag and handed it to the woman to use. I took the power cord and plugged it in to the wall outlet. I found myself curious about what she was looking for as I watched over her shoulder, not realizing my hand decided to take matters over and was gently rubbing her shoulders. Her intoxicating scent from hair shampoo I would use as an excuse for my bold actions of trying to ease her panic
 
As she flicked between news sites, Jill became away that the man was stroking her shoulder. She did not object- the sensation was pleasant, and she found it caking, especially as her confusion grew. Cities, corporations, individuals, organizations, and places she had know, visited, belonged to- so many seemed not to exist.
 
Find what you were looking for?"I asked finally realizing what my errant hands were doing. She did not pull away in terror, so I decided to keep doing it as it seemed to loosen up some of her built up tension. Plus the fact I could touch her softe tender flesh.
 
"Well...sort of. I guess so." Jill really had no idea what to say- how do you tell someone "I'm an elite secret agent who was just send to another universe"? She thought for a moment, allowing herself to enjoy his touch. "Could I...could you maybe take me back to where you found me? Just so I could see if I left anything behind?"
 
"Of course, do you feel up to it? It's quite a walk through this deep snow. Let me get you one of my spare coats and see if I can find you something else to wear so you won't be too cold." I still stood behind her rubbing her shoulders finding myself enjoying the view of seeing her wearing one of my shirts like a nightie. I would have to muster the willpower to let go of her shoulders soon
 
Jill considered the journey ahead, and realized that her limbs were still heavy with fatigue. "I'm not sure, actually. Do you think you could give me a hand? Do you have a car or truck we could use? I'm not sure I could walk all the way."
 
"Yes, but we better wait til morning, I'll get the tractor out of the barn to take you there. It might be a little cramped, but it has a heated cab, and should be able to go through the snow up over the hill." I tried not to think about being in such close quarters with her so near me. "Is there anything else I could get for you? I could run you a nice hot bath. The house has an old clawfoot bath tub. That might relax you and warm you up."
 
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