ACADEMY OF THE UNDEAD; BOOK TWO Stand Together ... Or Fall Together
CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Strange Bedfellows

As dawn approached, Elizabeth gave Giddy a tour of the dormitory.

“This bedroom belonged to my wife, or ummm … husband or partner, and nobody is allowed to go in here. I think of her room as a shrine, and my partner and me are currently redecorating the room.”

The first time Giddy had met her, Blondie Bible had told Giddy that she was grieffing, so Giddy assumed that it had been Blondie Bible’s partner who had died in the war, so it seemed a bit weird that her partner who was dead was helping her redecortate the room. Embarrassed, Giddy mumbled, “No, yo, I won’t go in the room.”.

“Good, so Piper, Ruby and Isabelle have pretty much vacated their rooms, and that means that you can pick any of those rooms to be your new bedroom.”

Giddy nodded.

Elizabeth waited, then asked, “Which room would you like?”

“Which room your room?” Giddy asked shyly.

Elizabeth pointed and said, “This one.”

“Me’s take the room next to yo room Blondie Bible.”

“Certainly.” Elizabeth agreed, then she called out, “Isabelle, are you happy if Giddy moves into your old room?”

“Yeah, fuck, cool.”

“So there, now you have your own room.” Elizabeth stated.

“Hey Tourette’s …” Giddy called out.

“What?”

“Thanks, I mean fuck, thanks for the room.”

“Cool, my fucking pleasure.”

“The bed, is it a comfortable fucker?”

“Fuck yeah, comfortable as fuck!” Isabelle replied.

“Nit-nit, fuck, thanks again.”

“No fucking worries!”

Elizabeth shook her head in amusement, then said, “Alright Giddy, good morning and I hope you sleep well.”

“Fuck, thanks, yo too.”

Elizabeth turned to go into her room, although she stopped after Giddy mumbled, “Blondie Bible …”

“Yes Giddy.”

“Iffen I canna get to sleep in maa new bed, can I sneak in with yo?”

Aleisha called out, “Beth, if she keeps yo she’s going to affect my tolerance levels, so tell her to stop saying it!”

Elizabeth glanced at Giddy and asked, “Did you hear that?”

Giddy nodded, and replied, “Yo.”

Elizabeth smirked, then said, “I understand that it may take awhile to adjust to your new surroundings, so yes, if you’re having trouble sleeping, you may come into my room.” Elizabeth replied, then she said, “Good morning and I will see you tomorrow.”

Elizabeth walked into her room, although she was surprised to see Giddy follow her in. “Ohhh yes, sorry, your room is next door.”

Giddy looked at her shyly and said, “Yo couldn’t get to sleep.”

“Ummm, you haven’t even been to the room yet.”

“Iffen I get to the bed, I canna get to sleep.” Giddy offered as an explanation.

Blondie Bible seemed puzzled, so Giddy said, “Maybe we sleep in the same bed, because we’s is both grieffing.”

“Okay, tonight you may sleep in here.”

Giddy excitedly ripped off her clothes and jumped into bed.

Elizabeth watched as the girl eagerly settled into the bed, then she bit her bottom lip and said, “Ummm, I’m sorry Giddy, you can’t sleep on that side.”

“Huh?”

“On the occasional times that we slept in my room, Melanie slept on that side.”

“Whoops, a thousand apologies.” Giddy said as she shuffled over.

Elizabeth gazed at her and said shyly, “Ummm, that’s my side.”

Giddy shuffled into the middle of the bed.

Elizabeth went to her wardrobe and pulled out a clean nightie, then handed it to Giddy. Giddy said, “A thousand thank-you’s.” then she tossed the nightie away.

Elizabeth glanced at the discarded nightie, then turned her attention back to the girl. “Ohhh Giddy, I understand that you don’t have any suitable sleeping attire, so you can borrow one of my nighties until we arrange for your morningwear.”

“A thousand thank-you’s, but no thanks, me is suitable!” Giddy replied.

From down the hallway, Aleisha panted, “Slow down Rube, I want to listen to this.”

A moment of silence until Isabelle whispered, “Do you think they’re going to fuck Camel?”

“I’m not sure, but my ears are on full alert.”

“Yes, this could be just what Beth needs.” Ruby added.

“Excuse me,” Elizabeth huffed, “I hope nobody is listening!”

Silence.

Giddy said, “Hello Mistress!”

“Hello Beast, are you behaving yourself?”

“Yessum, Mistress.”

“Why aren’t you in your own room?”

“Nit-nit, me’s couldn’t get to sleep,” Giddy said bashfully, then she added, “Me’s and Blondie Bible is both grieffing, then me’s gunna tickle up Blondie Bible!”

From two doors down, Vicky said, “Piper, keep on kissing me!”

“In a minute, I wanta hear what’s going on.”

“Piper, you’re not listening, are you?” Elizabeth asked.

“No, no, me and Vick are kissing!”

“We were!” Vicky huffed.

“Pistols, I need to tell you that nothing is going to happen in this room, so please, all go back to what you were doing, or not doing.” Elizabeth stated.

“Hey, wait up Blondie Bible,” Giddy began, “Yo tickled me up one time, so’s I owe yo a tickle up.”

Aleisha called out, “Beast, Beth is still a bit delicate, so just close your eyes and go to sleep!”

“Beth?” Giddy asked, “Yo mean Blondie Bible?”

“God, she’s going to drive me crazy if she keeps saying yo,” Aleisha huffed, then she said, “Yes, Blondie Bible is still a bit delicate, so behave yourself or else go to your own room.”

“Did Muzzled Beast say that BB tickled her up one time?” Isabelle wondered aloud.

“Yes, I heard that.” Ruby replied quietly.

With Gasm’s knocking on her door, Giddy asked, “Mistress, yo still awake?”

“No, I’m asleep, and don’t say yo!”

“Mistress …”

“What?”

“Me’s ain’t got no clothes on, and yo gasm is stamping its feet, and I mean this be like big feet and big stamping.”

“Hells Bells!” Aleisha snorted, then knowing that Elizabeth still needed time and space, she gazed at Ruby and asked politely, “Rube, if she comes in here, can you make her Gasm stop stamping its feet?”

“Certainly, I mean she’s a little cutie.”

“Cute but annoying,” Aleisha replied, then she called out snappily, “Beast, we’re across the hallway, come over but be quiet.”

“Fuck yeah!” Giddy boomed.

Isabelle sat up and asked excitedly, “Muzzled Beast, are you gunna go fucking down on Camel?”

“Yo mean Mistress.” Giddy corrected.

“Yeah, Mistress.”

“Fuck yeah!”

“Beast, apology?” Aleisha asked, then she called out, “And no Isabelle, she won’t be fucking down on me.”

Giddy was thinking about the apology, and she said, “Wait, no yo, Blondie Bible says ’em swearing ban be lifted.”

Aleisha huffed, then said, “Just get in here and be quiet!”

All the Pistols heard the scampering footsteps, the door open and close, and Giddy’s interpretation of quiet was somewhat different to Aleisha’s.

“Get off me!” Aleisha roared.

“A thousand apologies Mistress, but me’s got a stamping Gasm!”

“Ruby, help me, get this idiot off me!”

The bed springs didn’t squeak, they screamed, and Aleisha grimaced, “I said get off … hooo … ohhh … Hells-fucking-Bells …”

All Pistols were sitting up now, listening, and they heard Ruby splutter, “God, she’s like a crazed demon!”

A ripping fart echoed through the esteemed halls, and Giddy muttered, “Whoops, a thousand apologies, but farts slip out sometimes when yo get excited.”

Excited she was, the bed springs creating a symphony, and Ruby, astonished, and also excited by the extreme activity, mumbled, “Ummm, MB, I’m next.”

Elizabeth just wanted to go to sleep, because she was in bed, in her nightie, and dawn was approaching, although Aleisha’s tortured groans were disrupting her focus.

“Ohhh, God, somebody, anybody help me …”

“Camel, is she hurting you?” Piper asked, “You want me to come in and stop her?”

“God, somebody please help me!” Aleisha groaned, then she added shakily, “And hell no Piper, of course I don’t want you to stop her … ohhh, fuck me …”

“MB, I’m next.” Ruby mumbled again.

Shrieks, and then a fart, and all the Pistols froze when they heard a crash.

Vicky put a hand over her mouth, then she asked timidly, “Aleisha, are you okay?”

No answer, so Piper grabbed Vicky’s hand, and together they raced out the door. Isabelle and Sophia joined them, and as Piper opened the door, they all rocked back as they stared at the bewildering scene.

The bed had collapsed, the side frames leaning in towards one another, the bedhead leaning back against the wall, the frame at the end of the bed lying on the ground, and so was the mattress. Aleisha had her eyes closed, and she was panting heavily as she ran a hand over her forehead. Giddy, fully aware that the mattress was on the ground, muttered, “Whoops, a thousand apologies, cause’n yo didn’t mean to break the bed.”

Ruby said anxiously, “It doesn’t matter, so come on, I’m next.”

Piper looked at Aleisha and said meekly, “Arhhh Camel, your fangs are out.”

“Ohhh, whoops.” Aleisha mumbled, then she closed her eyes as she encouraged her fangs to disappear.

Vicky asked uncertainly, “Aleisha, are you okay?”

With her eyes still closed, Aleisha blew out a breathless gush, then she asked, “I, I’m not sure; Rube, am I okay?”

“If you like Aleisha,” Ruby began as she stared at Giddy, “I’ll replace out what she did to you, then I’ll let you know if you’re okay.”

“Lucky Duck, canna yo give me five minutes to catch maa breath?” Giddy asked.

“Lucky Duck?” Ruby asked.

“Yo; yo is Mistress partner, so yo is Very-Fucking-Lucky-Duck!” Giddy said brightly.

“What happened to the bed?” Isabelle asked.

“Ummm, ummm, MB is very, very, arhhh … very physical.” Ruby stuttered.

Aleisha tried to regulate her breathing, then she mumbled, “Beast, MB, Crazy Person or whatever, the Saturday spot on my roster is now officially yours.”

“Nit-nit, no properbation period?”

Aleisha kept her right hand on her brow as she wheezed out, “No, you passed your probation.”

“What about my properbation period?” Giddy asked shyly.

“Hooo, God,” Aleisha wheezed, “Whatever you needed to pass, you passed it.”

“Whoo hooo, yippety, yippety nit-nit, fuck yeah!”

“And for a trial period, maybe you can slip in after two o’clock on the Tuesday morning as well.” Aleisha said timidly.

“Sat’day, Tuesday, gotchya!”

“And possibly Thursday morning as well, we’ll just see how you go with the Saturday and Tuesday first, and I’ll confirm the Thursday with you later.”

Piper was intrigued as she looked at the breathless Goddess, both of her hands plastered over her forehead now, so she said, “MB, I got a roster too, and you’re my Friday girl for a trial period.”

“Yay!” Giddy exclaimed, “I like it here!”

“Really, so the Beast broke the bed by humping Camel?” Isabelle asked.

“She, she broke the bed,” Aleisha began uncertainly, “And she broke all the boundaries of decency and respectability, and, and she broke my spirit, and she broke a vital part of me, a part that I simply couldn’t afford to lose.”

Aroused yet bemused, Piper asked, “What part was that?”

“Huh, what?”

“What vital part of you did she break?”

“Ohhh, I’m not sure,” Aleisha replied meekly, “I might have a better understanding of what she broke after I see her on Saturday night.”

Sophia glanced at Great Queen Aleisha, looked at the broken bed, remembered the screaming bed springs and the desperate pants, and she asked shyly, “Miss Scary Monster, you, you baiser me?”

“Isim Big Tits talking to yo?” Giddy asked.

“Yeah, she is Beasty.” Isabelle replied.

“What shim say?”

“She wants you to baiser her.”

“What the fuck?”

“Errr, baiser is French for fuck.”

“Ohhh yeah, fucking down with Big Tits!” Giddy whooped.

Elizabeth had been trying not to listen, but every word was coming in loud and clear, and she mumbled, “Ummm, excuse me Giddy …”

“Isim that yo Blondie Bible?”

“Yes, and Sophia’s nickname is Frenchie.”

“Whoops, a thousand apologies.”

Ruby began shuffling the vampires out. “Come on everybody, clear off, we need some sleep.”

Giddy began moving away with the rest of them, although Ruby grabbed her arm and said shyly, “Ummm, not you, you’re staying right here.”

Fifteen minutes later, Giddy called out, “Hey Tourette’s, me’um banged the fuck outta Lucky Duck!”

Touched by the mildest tinge of embarrassment, Isabelle muttered, “Ummm, yeah, I heard.”

“We all heard.” Piper added wryly.

“Scary Monster is errr … how you say, errr, very noisey.” Sophia whispered.

“Arhhh Rube, your fangs are out.” Aleisha mentioned quietly.

“Ohhh, whoops.”

“It sounded a bit hostile Rube, are you okay?” Vicky asked.

“Ohhh God, I’m not sure, I mean she broke something in me, something vital.”

“What, what did she break?” Piper asked.

Ruby rolled her face to look at Aleisha, then she asked breathlessly, “Aleisha, I think she broke the same thing in me that she broke in you; do you know what it was?”

“Ummm, ummm, I think I’ll need a few more goes with her to properly understand what she broke.”

Things were ticking over in Piper’s mind, and she called out, “MB, Camel will kick you out soon, so come in with me and Vick, we’re right next door!”

“Excuse me Piper, I’m not kicking her out!” Aleisha snapped.

“No, she can stay!” Ruby agreed.

Voices flew back and forth in a tug of war for Giddy, and Elizabeth stared at the ceiling, knowing that sleep, which had been a distinct possibility an hour ago, was now light years away. Emotionally, she knew that she would never get over losing her partner, but her Christian principles had taught her that what ever happens, happens because it is God’s will, and one must always soldier on. The tragic loss meant that intimate couplings were the furtherest thing from her mind right now, although the events of the last hour were awaking a tiny part of her.

“Fuck Camel, let her come in here!” Piper yelled.

“She is not leaving this room!” Aleisha replied.

“Yeah, well I’ll come and get her then!”

“Piper, the sun’s coming up and if you come in here, we’ll dangle you out the window!” Ruby fired back.

“Miss Scary Monster, notre porte est ouverte!”

“Hey Beasty, that means our door is open!” Isabelle advised.

The door to Aleisha and Ruby’s room flung open, and Aleisha pushed herself into a sitting position, hunching her shoulders as she snarled threateningly, “Listen Piper, if you even … ohhh … “ then after gazing at the figure in the doorway, she said more civilly, “Gee, ummm, hi Beth.”

Elizabeth stood at the door, and she motioned to Giddy, “Come, come with me.”

“Say what?”

Elizabeth motioned again, “Just come, come with me.”

“How come?”

“I said that for your first night, since we’re both still grieving, you could sleep in with me.”

“Okay, Blondie Bible, yo is coming.”

Ruby nodded contentedly and said glibly, “She certainly did cumm.”

Giddy hi-fived the girls and said brightly, “Bye Mistress, bye Lucky Duck, I’ll be back Sunday!”

“Saturday!” Aleisha corrected.

“Or tomorrow!” Ruby threw in excitedly.

Piper was pissed that she had missed out, although she was pleased that BB had apparently kidnapped the strange girl. It didn’t seem like Elizabeth was ready for any physical activity, all the same, Piper listened intently.

Elizabeth’s door opened and then closed, and all the Pistols heard Giddy whisper, “Yo want me to tickle yo up Blondie Bible?”

“Sshhh! Just remember that everyone can hear us, so don’t say anything about sexual things.”

“Ohhh, so go to sleep?”

“No, no, come over here.”

Giddy watched her, then said, “Ohhh, yo took nightie off, so yo does want tickle up?”

“Giddy please, don’t say things like that because everybody will be listening.”

And they were.

“So to trick them, we’ll say that we’re not doing anything.” Elizabeth whispered.

“Nit-nit, I got me some confusion; am I tricking or tickling?” Giddy asked.

“Just stop speaking please.”

“Will’um do,” Giddy replied, then she said admiringly, “Yo got a spanking ass Blondie Bible!”

“Shhh, don’t say things like that, because I want everybody to think that I’m still dressed.”

“Yo take nightie off but, and now yo is nekid!”

“Goodness me,” Elizabeth mumbled, and trying to keep the game of deception alive, she said, “Ohhh it’s hot tonight, so I might take off my nightie.”

“Yo already done taked it off.”

Elizabeth sighed, then instructed quietly. “Move on top of me, but say loudly, I’m very tired and I’m going to sleep Elizabeth.”

“Nit-nit, I’m very tired and I’m going to sleep Blondie Bible.”

“Yes, what a good idea Giddy, good morning and I will see you tomorrow!” Elizabeth called out loudly, then she whispered, “You can go a bit quicker, do what you did to Aleisha and Ruby.”

“I broke they’s bed but.”

“Just be your normal self and do whatever you do.” Elizabeth whispered, then she called out, “Goodness me, Giddy has already fallen asleep!”

Piper and Vicky glanced at one another, and Vicky giggled as she heard the bed springs begin to creak. Isabelle and Sophia glanced at one another as Elizabeth’s hesitant splutters were drowned out by the squealing bed springs, and having a fair idea of what Elizabeth was experiencing, Aleisha and Ruby listened intently. Piper assumed that even Livinia would be hearing this, the squeaking and squealing building up to a spine-tingling crescendo, the squeaking and squealing not only emanating from the bed springs, but from the girl herself, her chattered squeals and agonised yet excited groans spitting out and creating their own decadent symphony.

As the sounds swelled and merged, Vicky patted her chest, not sure whether she was excited or frightened; although more sounds emanating, cracking sounds, and Vicky gasped as she heard a prolonged scream, followed by a thudding crash.

All was in silence, not a sound, until Piper asked hesitantly, “BB, are you okay?”

“Hooo, hooo, Cheese Crackers, ummm, yes, good pleasant everybody, and ohhh, hooo, goodness … I, I hope you all have dreams morning.”

Vicky was confused by Elizabeth’s muttered ramblings, and she asked hesitantly, “Ummm, Beth, we heard a crash.”

Trying to regulate her breathing, Elizabeth gushed, “Ohhh yes, well me and Giddy decided that we, we, ummm … we decided that we like our floor on the mattress, so good everybody morning, and sleep well.”

Giddy mumbled bashfully, “Blondie Bible, yo fangs is out.”

“Ohhh dearie me, I do apologise.”

Aleisha suspected that Elizabeth had been subjected to the same sanity-dismantling experience that she and Ruby had endured, and like herself and Ruby, Elizabeth would still be in recovery mode. The girl had been hostile and aggressive, manic and out of control, spitting and hissing as she pummelled her recklessly and relentlessly, and Aleisha had felt true fear, although as the wild creature cranked it up, the fear had turned to sheer, undiluted terror. “Beth …”

Elizabeth sucked in a breath, then spluttered, “Wh-what Aleisha?”

The terror was slowly subsiding, although Aleisha still felt as if she’d abused and violated, felt as if she’d been physically and emotionally smashed to pieces, so for her own psychological survival, she had to ask the question. “Ummm Beth, have you, you know, finished with her? I mean can you send her back in?”

“It’s almost dawn Aleisha, besides, Giddy is asleep.”

“No I ain’t.”

“Shut up!”

“Shut up?”

“Yes, please shut up!” Elizabeth said snappily.

“Yo very polite Blondie Bible.”

“Thank-you.”

“See what I mean!”

“Ummm, can you stop talking please?”

“See, polite again! But I gotta say one more fing …”

“What?”

“I like your boobies.”

“Thank-you.”

“And I like your puss.”

Fearing that Giddy may never shut up, although still hoping to mislead the eavesdroppers, Elizabeth declared, “Ohhh, this is strange, because Giddy keeps talking in her sleep!”

“I ain’t asleep!”

“Goodness me!” Elizabeth huffed. She knew that all of her sisters would have heard the racket, so she asked, “Is anybody listening?”

Silence.

The silence confirmed Elizabeth’s suspicions, and she reflected that she was teaching Giddy to do good things and be honest, so she should abide by the same principles. She said quite clearly, “I know that you are all listening, and I wasn’t being honest before, because Giddy is not asleep. Just to clear up any doubt or confusion, Giddy did something to me that I suspect was very similar to what she did to Aleisha and Ruby, and the reason why my mattress is on the floor is because Giddy broke my bed.”

Everybody heard the hesitant mumble, “Sorry ’bout that Blondie Bible.”

“No need to apologise Giddy,” Elizabeth began, “And Aleisha, Ruby …”

Silence.

Elizabeth moaned, then said, “I know everybody is listening, and Aleisha, Ruby …”

“What?” Ruby mumbled.

“She didn’t only break the bed, she broke something in me as well.”

“Do you know what it was that she broke BB?”

“Yes, I do.”

“What was it?”

Since she had become a vampire, Elizabeth liked sex very much, although what she had just experienced couldn’t be rated as pleasurable, because it had scared the Cheese Crackers out of her (and just quietly, she wanted her Cheese Crackers to experience the same level of terrifying hostility in the very near future). Something had been broken in her during the manic assault, and Elizabeth knew exactly what it was. In an instructional tone, Elizabeth said, “Aleisha, Ruby, Giddy was very, arhhh … Giddy was very proactive in her sexual endeavours, and I believe that she broke the last vestiges of our inhibitions.”

“Ohhh, ohhh, I think you’re right!” Ruby declared.

“Yes, yes, the last vestige of my inhibitions does feel broken!” Aleisha agreed.

“And as well Aleisha and Ruby, just like you two, my fangs appeared during the, errr … during the event, and I strongly suspect that the fangs appeared because I found myself fearing for my life.”

“Yeah, me too!” Ruby agreed, “I was scared shitless!”

Aleisha didn’t want to admit that she’d been terrified beyond belief, although an important issue needed to be discussed, so she called out, “Beast …”

“What Mistress?”

Aleisha felt like a bit of a dick for bringing this up while everybody was listening, but on this occasion, she was prepared to endure a flush of embarrassment, because she needed answers. “If your potential gasm has big feet, and the big feet are doing big stamping, are you always that wild and out of control?”

“Arhhh, I canna control maaself Mistress, so I fink so, yo.”

Aleisha knew that everybody was going to hear her next invitational statement, but it didn’t matter, not now, because she needed to stake her claim. With a mild blush colouring her cheeks, Aleisha said pleasantly, “So Beast, as well as the Saturday and Tuesday, the Thursday is now officially yours as well.”

Ruby noticed the crimson colour of her lover’s cheeks, yet hoping to have her vestiges broken again, she asked quietly, “Could we book her in for the Monday and Wednesday as well?”

Aleisha pondered, then said officiously, “Beast, for a trial period, you can come in here every night!”

“Fuck off Camel!” Piper called out, “We want a turn with her!”

“Hmmm, I’m not sure whether I do.” Vicky mumbled.

“Stop being a greedy slut-bag Camel, me and Soph are taking her tomorrow night!” Isabelle barked out.

“Miss Izzy, nous baiser Scary Monster?” Sophia asked excitedly.

“Arhhh Soph, I got the impression that people don’t baiser Scary Monster, she baisers them.”

“You have interpreted that correctly Isabelle,” Elizabeth advised politely, then she said, “Dawn is approaching, so how about we go to sleep and then we can discuss it tomorrow.”

*

By the end of the week, all mattresses were on the ground, and seven Pistols had officially farewelled the remaining vestiges of their inhibitions. For a confusing period, Aleisha felt slightly under-appreciated, because for the first time since the enhanced senses had flared, she was no longer the most sought-after creature. The feeling didn’t last long though, as Aleisha joined in the tug-of-war as she tried to lure the most sought-after creature into the Royal Bedroom.

*

Vernon O’Brien still couldn’t believe it; Cordeir’s clan obliterated.

Stories about what happened were flying around everywhere, but the generally accepted version was that The Pearl River Witches had joined the Mephistopheles Clan, and together, they had massacred the nomad clan. The Pearl River Witches and the Mephistopheles Clan; the same two forces who had fought the infamous, brutal Vampire-Witch War. O’Brien had always held a grudging respect for Apollonia, and his respect and admiration for Livinia Crenwinkle continued to rise ever higher, so to do wanted he wanted to do, he would need to tip-toe forward cautiously. SHE had survived, and that was good, for if SHE was presented to the Vampire-Hunter, HE, Vernon O’Brien, would become THAT Really Wealthy Vampire.

Taylee Crezinski, a fine female specimen and a fearsome warrior, would not be captured by luck or good fortune, she could only be taken by thorough and meticulous planning, and as O’Brien watched her walk into her apartment building, he thought, Okay, Stage One, I know where she lives …