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2566 A.D.!
A TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE SECOND DARK AGE OF MAN
By Jerome B. Bigge
Part Two
Author's Note
In "2565 A.D.!" Doctor Lorraine Duval and her stepdaughter Sharon traveled from our own era here
in the 20th Century to the fantastic world of 2565 A.D. A world where Mankind now lived un- der the
domination of hideous alien beings from the planet Mars! Here on two worlds the former LA "shrink"
found herself involved in a deadly conflict, in almost constant battles against enemies both human and
alien, her sword often red with the blood of foes!
Now, once again, Lorraine must take sword in hand to deal with new enemies, while a recent
"revolution" on Mars has now completely altered the political situation on that world, leaving our
heroine somewhat "unsure" herself as to just what the future will now hold for her and those she holds
dear. A "new world" of both barbaric savagery and an awesome high technology that allows travel
between worlds as swiftly as we may step from one room of our homes to another! This then is the
"world" of 2566 A.D. And here we may once read of the adventures of the greatest fighting woman of
all time as once again she battles against her enemies! While at the same time "powers" almost beyond
our understanding now face each other, each wishing to have "mastery" of the Earth!
Jerome Bigge
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2566 A.D.!
A TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE SECOND DARK AGE OF MAN
By Jerome B. Bigge
Chapter One
"You must be feeling pretty `confident' of yourself today," I, Queen Lorraine of Trelandar grinned as
Darlanis, the Empress of California tossed me a foil from those on the rack and then took another for
herself. Both of us had stripped down to golden nipple clips and silken crotch straps, the universal
"underwear" of upper class women of North American societies of the 26th Cen- tury. Our throats
closely encircled by lovely silver chains that marked us both as being married women of less than three
years. Darlanis was like some erotic vision of mythical golden beauty, too beautiful to be "real", while I
looked more the "part" of what I actually am, the awesome "Warlady" of Imperial California. A woman
from the now mythical 20th Century who had once flown with her stepdaughter through a mysterious
"Gateway" from her own era into this one. A one time member of the French Olympic Fenc- ing Team
who found her skills extremely useful in this new world! My body now scarred from the numerous
battles I had fought in. A newly healed third degree laser burn there on my left thigh yet a reminder of
what had transpired on Mars only the month before. The "Revolution" of the "Women" in which I had
myself played a "minor role" as Raspa's "defender" during that climactic battle a mile beneath the arid
airless surface of that cold desert world. A "revolution" that had "altered" little now that the Priestesses
of Lys had suddenly "asserted" their own terrifying powers, power so great that they were almost as
"gods" from some old mythology! Both the Lorr and the Women having learned that there were THOSE
who possessed "powers" so beyond their own that they were just as "helpless" now against them as we'd
been against those of Mars...
The other three persons there in the Imperial Palace's wal- nut paneled exercise room with us were
Yvette, my French slave girl and Lynn, Darlanis' personal confidant. Both were in their own ways
"studies" in feminine sexuality. As was beautiful gold- en haired Serena Novak of Muskegon, a
barbarian "Princess" from a ruined city in what had once been the State of Michigan back in my own
time. Yvette a lovely slim bodied wench, while Lynn is "riper", and more sensual in her appearance. Her
unswerving loy- alty to Darlanis earlier is a good part of the reason that she occupies the position here in
the Empire that she now does. Serena in silk and leather that much became her young trim body. She
had gotten into a bit of "action" recently when Queen Darla- nis mounted an expedition against a group
of runaway slave girls that had become a general nuisance to the south and west of Sarn. The wenches
now safely back in their slave collars as was proper!
"I've been `practicing' a bit," Darlanis laughed, going to the "guard position". Her bare feet securely
gripping the wooden floor as she took position, her knees slightly bent to give her a better agility in such
a contest of physical skills. Doubtlessly with someone else than her Nevada husband, who had learned
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pretty quick that his wife was "better". Jon Richards, my own husband was very willing to "pass" on
such "opportunities" with me too for much the same reason. The little Princess of Talon, Sela Dai, being
my latest "sparring partner". She was "quick" on her feet, and reminded me much of my late friend the
lovely Nevada maiden Sa-she-ra who died while taking the bullet meant for me!* * The "Nevadas" are a
racially mixed group much like the American Indians of the American Southwest in the Nineteenth
Century. (JB)
It was well into spring now, the birds singing sweetly in the trees, the Peasants out in their fields
tending their shoots. There had been a few minor clashes between the forces of the Em- pire and those of
Dularn. Darlanis' pursuit of the war had been rather "half-hearted" to date, which had irritated a
considerable number of people. I also suspected that Darlanis didn't yet see the reason to expand the war,
to carry "war" back to Dularn! To teach Queen Maris the "folly" of attacking the Empire of Califor- nia.
Her swift raiders having been quite "successful" in showing the people of California how "helpless" they
were against Dularn. Our long almost undefended coastline being extremely "vulnerable" to such craft,
especially in an era without "modern weapons".* * The "EDICT" prohibited the development of any
weapon much past that of perhaps the Twelfth Century. Firearms were "known", but were forbidden by
the Edict, which had been enforced by the Lorr, the gigantic ant-like aliens who lived beneath the
surface of Mars. At the present time such "enforcement" was the responsi- bility of the Priestesses of
Lys, whose "mind technology" was truly awesome, effectively exceeding the "technology" of the Lorr
which was based of course upon more "ordinary" physical sciences. It may be noted here for those
curious that the Priestesses of Lys also possessed the "secret" of time travel and had made at least one
"visit" back to our own era for "reasons" perhaps they best understood. The next book of this series
introducing a mar- ried couple from our own 20th Century that I am sure you'll like. They will also be
fighting on the "Dularnian side" and we'll get to see just what the Dularnians thought of Lorraine and
all! (JB)
"Your `talents' lie in other `fields'," I teased the beauty, feinting, trying to see if I could "draw her
out". My own repu- tation with a sword is awesome. Legendary as a matter of fact. I am not
"invincible", but I do rank as the "best" in California! I usually "win" these "matches", but Darlanis is
getting "good"!
"I've fenced too much with you for `that' to work," Darlanis laughed, not responding to my
"challenge". She was getting "wise" to my style now, which made our matches more interesting! I had
once been offered by a wealthy man the promise of a dona- tion of a thousand gold crowns if I would
fence with Darlanis in a public match. I had refused, feeling such would be "improper".
"But on the other hand you make the mistake of thinking that what I've done in the past I will do in
the future," I pointed out, suddenly whirling, my point flashing out. She parried it, but just barely! I tend
to "hold back" a bit in these matches, perhaps because I fear that I might hurt her with a thrust. She is
more than a friend to me. We are more like "mother and daugh- ter" in some respects despite the fact she
is actually "older" than I am. There is an "innocence" about Darlanis that has been exploited by persons
of evil intent before. She is easily hurt. Her teen years were unhappy. She suffered the "rejection" of her
own "mother" when she charged her "brother" with rape. It was only a couple months ago that Darlanis
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learned she is actually the daughter of Aurora, Leaderess of the Women of Mars! That she was born
there on Mars, not here on Earth as everyone believed!* * Her father Prince Paul, fell in love with
Aurora, who was the Lorr's ambassador to Dularn in 2520 AD. Apparently Aurora, know- ing little
about "s-e-x" at the time (Mars is a "lesbian" society with reproduction based upon "cloning"), allowed
herself to be- come impregnated. Bearing the child while on Mars and then re- turning with the baby to
Earth where she presented the Prince- Consort of Dularn with this doubtlessly rather quite "embarassing
evidence" of their relationship. His wife, Queen Tulis, at the time this was all going on giving birth to a
stillborn baby girl, thus allowing the "substitution" of Aurora's baby for Tulis' without anyone being the
"wiser" but for those actually involved.
"You've been doing more than just sitting on your throne," Darlanis smiled back, suddenly thrusting
straight at me with a blinding swiftness. I parried the thrust, jumped to one side. I had sensed the muscle
tension there in her body before she made her move. It is like a sixth sense. Part of what makes one
Queen Lorraine of Trelandar the "living legend" that she is. Our foils for a moment clashing as we
"tested" each other, looking for a "weakness" that we might "exploit" against the other one. I am a tall
brunette, 5'9", slim and muscular, the Queen of a country that back in my own era was known as
southern California. Trelandar having the name that it does due to the great redwoods.
"I've been `working out' with Sela Dai," I smiled back. She was "small", but "quick". No match for a
woman like Darlanis, or myself for that matter, but she was willing to "learn", and that was the most
important thing. My husband Jon, like Darlanis' own Serak has a bit of a "problem" that way. I suppose
it is "hard" for a man to be married to a woman who is "better" with a sword than they are. Although Jon
takes considerable pride in the fact that I am, as he says, "The toughest bitch that there ever was!"
"And how is Gayle getting along with Sela's brother?" Darla- nis asked with a smile, trying to
"distract" me, and then sudden- ly spinning about and thrusting at me. I parried her thrust and swiftly
answered it with one of my own. Darlanis is a strong woman. There is a lot of muscle in that 5'10" frame
of hers. She is a big blonde "Amazon" who draws a 75# compound bow! Gayle is my lovely golden
haired foster daughter, my own "Princess"!
"He's pretty `infatuated' with her," I answered, watching her eyes, taking a chance, feinting, Darlanis
leaving an "open- ing". I took it, but wisely "held back", the Empress having been as she had said
"practicing a bit". I didn't fall for her trick! Our foils ringing together as I parried that sudden quick
thrust! That blonde was getting pretty damm good! And fast too, I noted! I wouldn't care to have to face
her in a "real fight" either now!
"You're `good'," Darlanis breathed, giving me a smile, step- ping back, her azure eyes glowing into
mine. I nodded, watched. Kept my "guard up". I suspected that the sixteen year old Prince was a bit too
much "in love" with Gayle for his own good. Girls, even a "nice" girl like Gayle, will "exploit" a boy
like that given time. I suspected if things continued as they were she would be tempted to sexually
exploit him for her own "pleasures"! Gayle was "sexually experienced", a former slave I had "freed" last
year. The story is quite "involved", I might mention here.
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"I don't have a beautiful face, blonde hair, blue eyes, or a `figure' like yours," I smiled back, "But I
do have one thing," I told her, Darlanis being very much aware of what that thing was! She drove me
back with a series of thrusts and slashes that I was barely able to fend from myself. Darlanis was getting
damm good! Obviously she had been getting some "instructions" somewhere too! She is a "proud"
woman, and I suspected she was "serious" about trying to regain her "title" as California's finest
swordswoman!
"Your legendary skill with a sword," the Empress smiled. I saw Lynn whisper something to Yvette
as the two stood side by side watching us. Yvette in her golden slave collar, wearing a brief green shift
slit on both sides up all the way, and tied at the waist. The "Lady Lynn" in a clinging bright red silken
dress that showed off that ripe sensual figure of hers to perfection. Both were dark haired, Yvette's
straight, while Lynn's was set in one of the attractive modern styles of 26th Century California. Serena
in more barbaric garb, such being fitting for her. She is quite good in a fight, especially at close quarters
with a dagger or hand to hand. A true blonde, blue eyed, and "beautiful".
"I am pretty good," I answered, meeting her sudden thrust. I answered it with one of my own,
meeting her feint, parrying her thrust. The two of us leaping apart, the tips of our foils now just touching
each other's as we circled. I learned a long time ago to "pace" myself when I fenced with Darlanis. That
her own strength exceeds mine, and that I must "husband" my strength if I am to win these little
"matches" that we now so much both enjoy!
"And me?" Darlanis asked, leaping back. She had not been foolish enough to take her attention off
me. She was a true mis- tress of the blade. California's "best" before I came around!!!
"A unique combination of beauty, brains, and skill," I smiled back. Darlanis nodded, but didn't let
herself get care- less. She is "wiser" now than she used to be when we first did this together. No longer
will she "rise" to "bait" like a trout!
"If you were a man Serak would still be `playing' with his Pussycat," Darlanis smiled back. I
suspected the comment had been made to distract me just a bit. I didn't allow it to do it! I don't like to
think about things like that. What could happen! I've been fighting those sort of "urges" all my life, it
seems!* * I came very "close" to "giving in" with the Lady Lana however.
"I'm glad I was born a woman," I answered, driving Darlanis back with a sudden flurry of thrusts and
slashes that she had a hard time meeting. I was aware of the dampness there on my skin. Of the fact that
Darlanis' own lovely tanned figure now gleamed there in the light from the candles and the lamps set
above us.
"There are a lot of women who would argue that point," Dar- lanis pointed out. I suppose that there
were. I parried her thrust. Met it with one of my own. Leaped back from the next. I thrust, but she was
too "quick", leaping to one side just then!
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"I don't," I answered, driving her back a bit. I was quite happy to be the sex that I was. I met her
return attack, danced to one side. Good swordsmanship is often a matter of "footwork". You let the
"enemy" expend themselves making "attacks", which you in turn dodge and parry until an "opening" is
presented for your own "attack". It is a lot like a battle between two armies. One must be able to think
and act at the same time to be successful.
"I wonder if being `turned over' to the Priestesses is such a good idea," Darlanis suddenly ventured,
changing the subject. The Priestesses of Lys had suddenly to everyone's surprise but mine shown their
true "power" only a few weeks before. A "power" I had suspected for some time considering my own
earlier experi- ments with hypnosis back in the 20th Century. The Priestesses apparently possessing the
"power" of electronic hypnosis, which I had "suggested" to Janet Rogers back before Sharon and I flew
through that strange mysterious "Gateway" into this era over five hundred years into the future! It now
appeared from what Aurora had told me that the Priestesses had been in "communication" with beings
on other worlds with similar powers, such "beings" having become "The Guardians" who now
controlled the activities of tech- nologically advanced worlds throughout the entire Universe. The result
of all this had been that the Priestesses now "controlled" things, not the Lorr or their now former
"servants", the Women.* * I am in a way "responsible" for the Priestesses as I suggested to Janet Rogers
back in the 20th Century such might a good idea as a means of insuring "social stability" in a changing
society. Unlike the religions of the past, the Priestesses are not "bound" by "dogma", and they are quite
able to adjust to changing condi- tions. Unlike "Christianity" of the past, they are not anti-sex although
the Priestesses are themselves I now believe "de-sexed". I suspect this is done to avoid "embarrassing
incidents" of the sort that the Catholic Church used to experience back in my era. The only thing the
Priestesses seem to "oppose" is other reli- gions, which they will not "tolerate". Nor do they "tolerate"
what commonly now is called "witchcraft". I know from my person- al experience what can "happen" if
you "meddle" in things consid- ered "improper". I got into "trouble" last year for attempting to
"hypnotize" Gayle, and was "warned" not to ever try it again! There was no "doubt" either that the
Priestesses did have the "power" to carry through with their "threat" if they so wished!!!
"Saves the Lorr the `trouble' of watching over us," I an- swered, jumping back from her feint.
Darlanis following through, but just a fraction of a second too slow. While the popular re- action had
been one of "joy", I didn't think that the people knew how little actual "difference" it would make in
their lives now.
"At least certain `mysteries' have finally been `solved'," Darlanis observed, carefully watching for
any chance to exploit a weakness in my skill. She was fighting on the "defensive" right now, playing a
"waiting game". I've seen her do that with oth- ers. I would not care to face her in an actual duel to the
death. I am not all that "sure" either that I would survive the fight! I did not let myself "dwell" upon
what she had said. Such would be too "distracting" from the "task" here "at hand". I parried her sudden
thrust, feinted, and slipped my "point" be- neath her guard! Touching her there on the upper right
shoulder!
"`Touche'!" Darlanis laughed, stepping back, her azure eyes glowing into mine. The honest sweat of
exercise gleaming there on her tanned skin as Lynn came forward to slip a robe about her. The golden
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haired beauty handing me her foil to put away as Yvette came forward with a robe to slip over my own
sweaty body.
"You are still the `best'," Yvette said to me in French. Serena nodding, giving me a smile as she took
the foils from me.
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2566 A.D.!
A TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE SECOND DARK AGE OF MAN
By Jerome B. Bigge
Chapter Two
I watched Darlanis slowly pour a dipper another full of wa- ter on the hot rocks fished from the
brazier, watched the steam rise up into the heated moist air of the room. The two of us now both
completely nude there in the little steam room as she seated herself beside me, her beautiful body like
mine beaded with water both from the steam and from our own profuse sweat caused by the heat. I
found it a bit difficult to breathe in such heated air.
"Conditions have gone from bad to worse in our conflict with Dularn," she said to me. That was my
own understanding too. She had refused to commit the forces necessary to go on the offensive against
Dularn. You do not "win" a war by fighting on the defen- sive all the time. We were still losing a ship
now and then to one of their "North" class raiders that harassed our vulnerable coastlines. The third ship
of my own fleet was now getting ready for sea. I also had two smaller schooners, neither a match for a
"North" class in battle, but still good for observation and such. There was also my own flagship, the
Squala, and the Seahawk, which was under the command of the Prince of Baja, Jers Bisan. I had "urged"
Darlanis to construct a fleet of such ships, but she had seen little "reason" as yet to "commit" the monies
for them. She did however have a pair of "second rates" that would have been effective against Dularn's
raiders, but they spent most of their time in port, and not near enough in my opinion out at sea!
"It is of little value having a `Warlady' if you won't allow her to fight," I answered honestly. This war
was growing more and more unpopular with my own people. Even such "pacifists" as my Prime
Minister, Sanda Talen, wanted to see an "end" to it now!
"I fear that your use of 20th Century technology will have to come to an end," Darlanis smiled in
reply. "Tais informed me just yesterday that she will not allow any more `use' of such things." Tais
being the First Priestess, their "Pope". Raspa, the First Princess of the Lorr having formally handed the
Earth and its inhabitants over to the Priestesses for "safe-keeping". For the majority of Mankind it made
very little practical differ- ence, although there had been a great deal of celebrating about it all. Now
Mars too lived under the "rule" of the Priestesses, something I suspected neither Raspa or Aurora really
"liked" all that well. Especially Aurora, who had her "pride" to consider as Leaderess of the Women, the
Revolution having "cost" many lives.
"It'll be a long `walk' for Serena," I teased Darlanis, the "Princess" having been "rescued" by
Darlanis and her husband from being killed by a bunch of black cannibals who roamed around the area.
The blacks being infected by the disease called "AIDS". A disease almost "unknown" now in this era,
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but yet just as deadly as it had been back in the 20th Century before a cure was found in the 21st
Century. One that hopefully had now been "stamped out" by the combined forces of both the Priestesses
and the Lorr. The blacks, who Serena had called by the term "niggers", having killed and eaten the
Priestesses who had attempted to help them. Tais and Raspa and Aurora having "agreed" that it was best
if the group now living there in the area be "exterminated" as "vermin"! Such had now been carried out
by a patrolling Lorr battle-disc.
"No more airplane flights?" I ventured. I had suspected that Tais would not "approve" very much of
my nitroglycerine, na- palm, or the black powder explosives that I had developed. I had even built a
small cannon, which did work rather effectively! And I even had made up plans for building a 54 gun
frigate too!
"She doesn't object to those, but she certainly didn't like hearing about all those other little "gadgets"
you came up with." Darlanis smiled, running a hand through her dripping wet hair. I supposed the idea
of a second "Constitution" hadn't set too well.
"No more `boom' or `bang'," I smiled, glad now in a way. I had feared too what would happen when
such weapons came into the "hands" of others. Princess Tara had built muzzle loading guns. She had
attempted to kill me with such a weapon, but had failed. She was now in "protective custody" there in
Vegas, hopefully in a position where she would make no more "trouble" for anyone now. On the other
hand her criminal organization was still in place.
"We'll have to go back to swords and bows," Darlanis smiled. My factory making the new
compound bows was in full production. Most were being shipped across the mountains to the Nevadas,
who were fighting their own war against the Montanas from the north. The Montanas were being
supplied by Dularn with their most modern arms. The conflict was growing now, Dularn having allied
itself with a number of little "states" to the north of it, mostly dens of pirates from what I had heard of
them. More "trouble" for my own people. More raiding vessels launching surprise attacks on innocent
fishing villages for women and anything else of value!* * The enslavement of women seems to date
from some time after The War of 2047 when all social order broke down and "barbarianism" ruled the
land. I once told a well known "feminist" in the 20th Century that without "civilization", women would
be but "slaves". She didn't believe me, but history has shown that I was "right"! It is also due to this fact
that nearly all women now carry some sort of a "weapon" (usually a dagger) here in the 26th Century.
"And there's `trouble' now in Trelandar too," I then said.
"What sort of `trouble'," she asked, her voice concerned.
"There's a `move' underfoot in Trelandar now to declare its `independence' of the Empire if you don't
act pretty damm soon to put a stop to this simply `turning the other cheek' when Dularn attacks us." I
warned the beautiful golden haired Empress as we sat together. I have always spoken freely to Darlanis.
Told her when she was "right" and when she was being a "dumb blonde". I considered this one of those
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times she was being a "dumb blonde".
"And no doubt you are `one' who feels that way," she chal- lenged me, her azure eyes gleaming hot
as they burned into mine. Hotter yet than the steamy almost choking air there around us! In a way I
preferred old Darlanis the "War Queen" to Darlanis the "Queen of Peace" as she was now called by the
more "charitable". Some in Trelandar now spoke of the "need" for another "Empress". My name was
usually the one mentioned as Darlanis' "replacement".
"I keep the Caste Codes," I answered, "Even if I think you really don't know what you're doing right
now." I know that she knew that, but it still "hurt" to sense her immediate "distrust".
"I'm sorry, Lorraine," Darlanis said, putting her hand on mine. "You've always been the one friend I
knew I could trust." That was "shading the truth" just a bit, but it is true in a way. I admire Darlanis more
than any woman I've ever met, even more than Janet Rogers, who did so very much for humanity despite
the fact that she had to do some awful things to retain control!! Such as her destruction of Mecca in 2017
by ICBM and her use of poison gas in the battles in the Middle East against the Moslems. The Middle
East having been a "sore spot" ever since the war against Iraq in 1991 according to what I learned there
at Leith. Those of Leith having kept a good record of the past, more per- haps for the Lorr, their
"masters", than for any "benefit" to us.
"You don't have a `choice' anymore," I told her. We would have to strike at Dularn. Strike hard, and
from the sea. I had no burning desire to put myself again "in harms way" for Darla- nis, but I saw no
other alternative. What it would do to my mar- riage was something else that I feared even more than the
enemy's arms! Dularn was his country, and I would be bringing death and destruction to his own people.
Even if I tried to avoid harming the ordinary citizens of Dularn, there would still be deaths, in- juries, all
the "hurt" that goes along with war regardless of the level of technology used! Jon had said that he
would "love" me regardless, but I wondered what he would think later on of me???
"I promised Queen Tulis before she died in my arms that I wouldn't attack Dularn again," Darlanis
answered softly in reply. "That I would live in peace with those of the land of my birth."* * I know
Darlanis was born on Mars, but she didn't know that then nor would have it made any "difference" to her
as she considers herself to be "Dularnian", at least "culturally", if not in the "biological" sense. Her
father was Prince Paul of Dularn. Tulis suspected the "truth" almost from the first, but kept the "se- cret"
to herself until her death, perhaps to avoid embarrassment. Unlike the 20th Century, there is a strong
"bias" against those born out of wedlock here in the 26th Century, especially so con- sidering that
Darlanis is the actual daughter of Aurora of Mars!
"Oh," I breathed, "understanding" now what I had not before. Darlanis saw such as a "matter of
honor" sworn to a dying woman. She is of the Caste of Warrioresses. To such "honor" is some- thing
"unquestioned". I am reminded here of the "Code" of West Point back in my own era. We of the Caste
do not "question" such things. There was no way now that Darlanis could "act". If we were to "defend"
ourselves against Dularn, it would have to be without her as our leader. Such is a part of our "Caste
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