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Ch Twelve: New Horizons
Tuesday morning and Daniel becomes more anxious by the minute. Each time the phone rings he feels a lump in his throat. The odd thing is he has a good idea what the committee will decide. What has helped him through a lot of this is the response from the boys. He expected some to come forward, but not nearly the number that have already contacted him.
After the staff meeting has concluded Daniel walks out of his office to find Sean and Danny waiting. They had been asked to come in around 10:30 but were early. Danny runs up to Daniel who reaches down for him. Sean follows them into the office. As Daniel sits he sets Danny down in front of him and motions for Sean to come to him. Sean steps over and doesn't offer any resistance when Daniel picks him up and sets the boy across is lap. Daniel sits there with his left arm over the boy's shoulders and running down the side. Daniel's hand gently rubs the side of the boy's hip. The right hand has reached out and holds the boy over his left thigh. Sean leans into Daniel, keeping his head down.
"Sean, you gave us a quite a scare last week. How do you feel now?" The boy nods his head. "Danny and I, and a lot of other people would feel real bad if you were to get sick like that again. We like seeing that smiling face bounce around here." The boy glances up at Daniel with a slight grin; he's eating up the attention.
"Mr. Daniel, Mr. Mark said you carried me and put me on your bed and stayed with me all night.
"Actually, Danny and I both stayed with you all night. We wanted to be sure you were alright. Danny was real worried too, he'd be lost without you."
Mr. Daniel,^Å.ummm^Åthe other boys said you said I couldn't help, that I couldn't be a Cherb."
"The name is Cherub and that's not exactly true, Sean. Is that what's been bothering you?" The head nods. "What I said was you were a sick boy and we had to be careful about what you did. Do you know what the other boys will be doing?" Sean nods. "Then you know its something that your brother always protected you from. We'd like for you to be able to enjoy just being a boy as much as you can before you get into any of that. Besides, you don't need to be doing anything that might strain your heart. That doesn't mean you can't be a Cherub. Lots of boys will be helping. You will get to travel with us and in two or three weeks we will be on television. When we go out to do a visitation like at a ladies lunch or something like that you'll go too."
"Really? ^Å. what will I do?"
"All you need to do is walk out among all the ladies and be yourself. Ladies like to hold and cuddle little boys and big boys. Somehow, I think boys also like to be held and cuddled, don't they?" Sean shrugs his shoulders, but Daniel can tell he's really smiling; Sean likes to be held and cuddled. Sometimes you can help us keep track of the other boys like Danny, Ian or Ryan. It will all depend on how many people are there. In fact, that's the reason I asked you and Danny here this morning."
Daniel turns to Danny. "Danny, I need for you to do something for us, okay?" Of course, Danny would do just about anything for Daniel. "Just stand over there by the door and look at the wall. Then I want you to turn around and face me. When you are facing me say 'Hi, my name is Danny 02780, and these are my friends'. Can you do that for me?"
"But that's not my name. My name is Danny."
"I know, but we're adding something to it for fun, okay? Let's try."
Danny faces the wall and then turns almost robotically, "Hi, I'm Danny 08270, and these are friends."
"Close Danny. Now listen carefully, 'Hi, my name is Danny 02780." Let's try just that.
Danny faces the wall, turns and , "Hi, I'm Danny 02780"
"That's close enough and sounded real good. Now, can you say that again and add to it, 'and these are my friends'?"
Danny faces the wall, turns and "Hi, I'm Danny 02780 and these're my friends."
"Good Danny, that's what we need. Now, how about you and Sean go practice that and we'll do some more after lunch."
"Okay,^Å.." Danny runs over to give Daniel a hug and pulls Sean by the hand after him.
When the boys leave, Daniel decides he'll stroll over the grounds to see what the boys are doing. A little fresh air might relieve some of the anxiety he's feeling right now. As he approaches the garden area he sees several of the boys hoeing out weeds around the plants. Most of the plants seem to have sprouted; he walks the rows to see what has been planted. Some of the boys see him and just smile or wave a hand. He spots Rick and Mark standing on the other side between two of the tracts.
"Admiring your handy work?" Daniel steps between the two men.
"Actually we're admiring the boy's handy work. They've done a good job with the gardens. Mark and I were discussing trying to expand the garden some more. Some of the boys have been asking if we were going to plant something besides vegetables, so we were thinking of landscape plants. Daniel, look how neat and clean these rows are, and how the boys have kept them weeded. If you look at the citrus trees, you can see they've taken a lot of pride in this work. We found out some of the boys went on the internet and looked up instructions on how to best plant and care for the garden. I think we may have some boys here with green thumbs. If we expand to landscape plants we could find out whether we may have some interested in landscape architecture." It wouldn't hurt to spruce some of these ground up some. Plus, if they can grow enough at an economical cost, they may be able to sell some. That way, the boys could build up a community 'pot' so to speak to get things for themselves. It could also be a good business experience exercise for them."
"Why don't you ask the boys and if someone is interested let them do the research and draw a plan, then we can look at it again. If they aren't interested in the research and plan I don't think the project would carry their interest long enough to make it worthwhile. Has anyone seen Jeff or Larry?"
"They're both doing a class right now. Speaking of which, I'm supposed to meet a couple of the boys by the pool and show them how to measure and maintain chemical levels. Later, guys."
"See you later, Rick. Mark, I wanted to talk with you about Evan. I thought he did a good job for us last week in Tallahassee."
"Agreed; actually, I was real proud of how far he has come in a couple of weeks. I'm thinking setting those parameters for him was critical to his kind of coming out of himself. Of course, the experience he had with those people probably turned on a few light bulbs, too."
"Yeah, it's a shame he had to go through that to start seeing reality. Do you know if he's been seeing the psychologist on a regular basis?"
"He's seeing him twice a week. Of course, he can't tell us what Evan is saying, but he did mention that he thinks Evan will get it all worked out before too long. Evan was just living in a fantasy world that was created for him. He needed to break out."
"What would you think about suggesting to the review board they consider a little reward for him?"
"No problem, I think he deserves it. Do you want me to find the board members and bring them to your office?"
"Let's talk to them right after lunch. Tomorrow is his punishment day and I'd like to get this included for then. I still haven't heard from Tallahassee; I'm heading back to check on calls."
"Daniel, you know with the upcoming speaking engagements and setting the boys up as ambassadors the press will most likely start snooping into your background and the events surrounding approval of the agreement. They're going to find out about both of us and start plastering it everywhere. Don't you think the boys deserve to here it from us first?"
"They do; I just haven't decided how much to tell."
"Daniel, you know how the press can be. Leave anything out and they'll want to know why. When you signed that agreement for New Horizon you also signed a fish bowl consent. Don't underestimate the boys, they'll understand and can handle it." The two men nod and part.
Brian, Josh and the twins are in the rec/study hall when they spot Daniel walking towards his office. They decide now is as good a time as any to talk with him.
"Mr. Daniel^Å..Mr. Daniel, sir^Å..can we talk with you?" Daniel pauses for a moment and then motions the boys to follow. As they enter the office Paul gives Daniel a note to call Amos Crawford.
"Fellas, I have one call I need to make, then I'm all yours, okay?" The boys nod and sit down to wait.
"^Å^Å^Å.and you know I thought it might work out this way, Amos. I won't deny that I'm disappointed, but I had tried to prepare myself for this and I've already had a talk with some of the boys. We do appreciate the part the committee approved and we'll keep trying for the total exemption, there will be more opportunities down the road. There's no problem meeting the numbers we set forth in the plan, actually we had more boys volunteer than I had expected, so the condition is complied with. TJ and Boy, well we appreciate the compliments. Boy is doing real well, in fact he's supposed to go for review tomorrow morning. Mark and I have recommended he receive a reward for his efforts at your office and for the way he handled himself. Yeah, Mark is doing well also. You caught him a little off guard with that comment. When we left he had to tell the boys about when we first met him. Of course, he just told them he messed up some and got lucky. No specifics were given. With this ruling he and I both feel we will have to tell the boys about our pasts. We are moving forward with the personal appearances and appeals to the public; how else can we put pressure on you guys in Tallahassee? You know how the press is, if we don't tell now the press will open it up their way, and we don't want that. Yeah, I'll give Dad your best next time we talk. And, Amos, thanks for calling me yourself. You too, we'll talk again soon. Bye."
Daniel has to take a deep breath. He felt things would wind up like this but, still, he's disappointed. He's also glad he had the talk with the boys last week Daniel remembers the boys waiting in the next room. He asks Paul to call a meeting at 3:30 for all boys eleven and over; and send in the boys in the waiting room.
The boys come in almost too quietly. Daniel notices how apprehensive they are, particularly the twins; they are clinging to their mentors. When they sit down the twins find a spot in front of their mentors, standing between their legs and pushing back as far as they can. None of the boys is looking at Daniel; the twins just look at the floor.
"Boys, I don't know what's wrong here, but I don't see how it can be nearly as bad as you're making out." Brian and Josh exchange glances while the twins continue to look down. "Bill, John, look at me boys, are you afraid of something?" The boys won't look at Daniel, but nod their heads. Daniel looks to the older boys for an explanation.
"Sir, remember a few weeks back when you talked to Josh, me, Randy and Evan? Well, the problem is, sir, we didn't tell you everything and part of what Randy said wasn't exactly true, but Randy didn't know it." The twins now look like they are trying to literally crawl inside Brian and Josh and look scared to death. Daniel walks around to them and places a hand on each boy's back ^Ö they are shaking so hard Daniel can't believe their still standing. Daniel reaches down and picks up one boy in each arm. He walks around and sets them on top of his desk.
"Boys, are you afraid of me?" They nod. "Well, are you afraid of me or what I might do to you?" They don't answer but look over to Josh and Brian.
"Sir, they are afraid you will send them away when you find out the truth about them. We haven't been able to convince them you won't. That's one reason we needed to go ahead and talk to you."
Both boys now have tears running down their faces. They aren't sobbing, but the tears flow freely. Daniel reaches for some tissues. Daniel stands there rubbing their backs for a minute, then picks up one of the boys. They may not be sobbing outwardly, but they are torn up inside. He holds the boy close keeping his head in Daniel's shoulder. Daniel paces with him a little speaking softly in his ear. After a few minutes he approaches Brian and Josh; Brian indicates Daniel is holding his charge. Brian also mouths 'John' to Daniel.
"John, I want you to listen to me very carefully. I don't know what you've done that you think is so bad, but I promise no one is going to send you away. We're here to help you, not hurt you." Daniel stops and props a foot up on a chair, allowing his thigh to become a seat for the boy. Daniel continues to hold him close. Now, if you have done something real bad, I won't promise that you won't be punished. I will promise that the worst thing that will happen is for me to turn you over my lap and warm up your little bottom, but I really hope we don't do that. Now, tell me what you think is so bad."
"Sir, he's trained not to do that. Where they come from they can not speak to an adult or tell about their past. If they do, they get a severe spanking or whipping. They were not supposed to tell us, but we managed to get most of it from them, that's why they're scared. They could be severely punished for telling us."
While Daniel is retrieving Bill and pacing with him he listens to Brian and is almost shocked. Daniel had heard of things similar to this but never knew if it was true; now, he's seeing it happen. No wonder the boys are scared to death. After holding Bill a few minutes and settling him down, he assures Bill nothing bad will happen and hands him to Josh. Both older boys hold the twins in their laps and keep an arm around them.
"Mr. Daniel, we didn't know a lot of this until a few days ago. The twins are what is called in the trade as 'fuck babies'. People were paid to have them. When they are weaned from the mother nursing them they are sold. It's all underground, that's why you don't hear about it a lot, but it's there. Randy said his dad bought them after the twins' dad had them enslaved. As far as Randy knows, that's true; but it's not. The man who sold them to Randy's dad was their master-trainer. The twins don't remember how old they were when they went to that house; they do remember still having a bottle. The nipple on the bottle was big and molded like a man's dick. They were told they were given bottles of man milk and they had to drink it all or get punished. They also wore butt plugs. The plug was taken out twice a day for them to use the bathroom. When a plug got loose, another was used. From what they told us we think they were stretchers. The boys are trained or taught that there only purpose is to give sexual pleasure to men, or at least older boys. In training they learn to do whatever they're told without question or face severe punishments. The boys were rented out for parties. At parties they were put in a big tub and had to drink a man's water. If they were both busy anyone who came up just peed on them. When not busy they were supposed to sword fight with stiffies or wrestle for entertainment. Anyway, I think you get the picture. The twins gave us a lot of detail, including that Ronnie and his dad played with them almost every night. The boys were required to sit on their erections and raced one another to see who could get their man off first. The winner got a blow job from the loser. The twins said they could do it without it hurting. Randy and Evan, as far as we know, don't know about this; they think Ronnie and their dad were protecting the twins from this sort of thing. Mr. Daniel, Josh and me look at the twins like little brothers, that's why they wanted us to be their mentors. Given their background, they think the only way to show affection is with sex and we're trying to teach them different. What they are really scared of now is we caught them in bed playing together the other night. They were sixty-nineing. We were checking on them and saw a lump under the sheet, when we pulled the sheet back it was them going at it. They were scared to death when we pulled that sheet back and we've had trouble trying to calm them down. That's why we're here.
"Boys, I'm completely dumbfounded. I've heard of this type thing, but this is my first experience. Let me have the twins." Brian and Josh have to push both twins back to Daniel. Both boys keep looking back to their mentors with pleading eyes. "Boys, you haven't done anything wrong. It's normal for boys to want to get a good feeling down there sometimes. But, and listen to me real good, I don't want to hear of anyone touching you back here (Daniel pats their bottoms), that would cause big problems. If anyone tries that I expect you to tell me or Brian or Josh. There's something else I want you to understand, you need to talk to us. If you don't let us know what's wrong, we can't fix it, understand?" The twins nod their heads. "I don't want you to nod your heads, I need to hear you say 'yes'" The boys look at one another and then to Brian and Josh who are trying to encourage them. They then look at Daniel.
"Yes" comes out in a whisper.
"Good, see that wasn't so bad. Remember, anytime you have a problem you can come talk to me and I promise not to get mad, okay? When you just want somebody to show they care about you I'll always be glad to hold you, but I'd like a hug sometimes, too. Now, I have something else you must do everyday. Listen very carefully, you will come in here every day just before supper and tell me what you did that day, understand? If you don't come in, I'm going to come looking for you, okay? Brian and Josh can bring you in." The boys nod and whisper a "yes" to Daniel who then picks them up and hands them over to their mentors.
"Uhh, Mr. Daniel^Åabout that meeting last week. Brian and I are both^Åwell^Åexperienced? We don't mind volunteering. We figure if you say you'll protect us, then we're not afraid. We've both had some bad times outside and if that will help keep this going, we don't mind. The twins can help, too. Mr. Daniel, the way you explained things the twins would just have to let somebody feel them. Well, Josh and I think a lot of the twins. We don't fool with them and want to protect them if we can. We'd like for them to learn to show caring like most people and try for a normal life.. You know, play, laugh, wrestle in the dirt, be care free and not be scared like today." "Boys, I appreciate what you're saying. We'll do something, but we can talk about this in a few days. Right now, I think you two need to make a top priority of those two. Remember what I just told them they had to do every day; let's hope that helps them open up; let's make this afternoon their first visit, shall we?."
As they leave Brian and Josh lean over to say something to the twins. The twins run over to Daniel to give him a little hug and whisper in his ear "thank you". Daniel hugs each boy back and as they return to Brian and Josh both boys smile and nod their own thanks; Daniel smiles at the boys and gives them a quick wink. The boys have just reminded Daniel why this project got going.
"If everyone is here, let's get started. The results of our meeting in Tallahassee are as we thought they would be. The board did not grant us the total exemption we requested, and we didn't think they would. Based on the arguments we gave them plus the testimony of TJ and "Boy", the board is allowing us to use the rules we submitted. In plain language, we have set rules in place to prevent another TJ type experience. We will not allow anyone to come in here and take one of you boys away for pleasure. However, that does not mean that when we are outside at a speaking engagement that someone can not ask for your services. If they do, you have to honor the request. But, you will honor the request only within the guidelines we have established. I believe we explained at our last meeting how we want to structure this. At that meeting I said I wanted volunteers only. I'm very proud of all of you because I believe just about all of you came to see me at some point and volunteered. Before we get into any more detail, there's other things we need to tell you. We will be in the public eye. Some people may consider us to be revolutionary because what we will be doing is campaigning to have laws changed so other kids will not wind up in the same position as all of you. When this happens, the press and news media will begin looking for anything they can to discredit us or sensationalize events. They will report things to the public about some of the staff that we would rather you here from us first. As head of New Horizon I will be the primary target, so it's time for you to know some of my history and not be surprised by what you here outside this compound."
Daniel and Mark then relate their personal stories, omitting unnecessary detail that could frighten some of them. Daniel allows the boys to see the scars on his back so they will understand how bad his experience was.
"Now you know why we feel so strongly about protecting you and not allowing outsiders to abuse you. The rules and procedures we have prepared for the Cherubs are designed to prevent any of this happening to you. Our first appearance will be on an early afternoon show in Orlando towards the end of next week. We have a lot of work to do, so let's get started. I had asked mentors of boys in the eight, nine and ten year old group to work with their charges. We need to know of any problems to be addressed."
"Mr. Daniel, I had Paul in my lap, just reached around and gently massaged his little sac and I thought he was going to start purring. He just looked up at me and smiled."
"Same thing with Sam, he didn't want me to quit. After a few minutes he started squirming a little, but not like he was restless, I'm really not sure how to describe it, but he squirmed a little and I could hear a little whimper sometimes. I think it not only felt good, he liked the attention.
"Sir, I have Ian, he's only five. He climbed up in my lap and I just lightly scratched his butt, I don't think I've ever seen him sit still for that long.
"Good. Those are the kind of natural reactions we want; that's what grown ups react to and how the boys get through to them. Sounds like no problems. Did anyone have problems or anyone not had the chance to try their charge?" No one responds. "The only thing I will be concerned with now is the boys have allowed you to do this, but they are accustomed to you. The big question will be how will they react with a stranger? I guess we'll find out in a few days. In the mean time, talk to your charges and try to get them to understand that they will be with strangers, you will also be with them; try to give them some security."
"Okay, this is how it will work. We will appear on stage. I'm teaching Danny to come out and introduce himself and you as his friends. In all presentations he will then say 'we are here to visit with you'. We do not want to say or do anything to encourage someone approaching or using you. An example of encouraging someone to do that would be if we had Danny come out and say 'we are here to please you', understand? The youngest boys will mingle with the audience first. An audience member will only need to hold their hands out and a little one should go to them and enjoy some simple cuddling. In the beginning I'm expecting some of the younger boys to resist doing, that is why I said you will be with them. If necessary, walk into the audience with them, encourage them to sit with the audience member, and you stay near so they can see you. On signal, half of the second set of boys will move into the audience. These boys will have a copper colored band on their left arm. The band means the audience member may massage the private areas. The half that remains on stage will wait for a signal from a little one in the first group. The signal is given when the audience member asks the first boy if he has an 'older friend'. A boy from the second group replaces the boy from first group. Replaced boy moves on to someone else. This system will continue up to the fourth group. I hope we never get there. Now, how will the audience member know to ask for the 'older friend'? We will have pamphlets printed and distributed prior to the show. Also, we will address the audience prior to the show informing them of how the system works. The address will be worded in such a way as to discourage any activity other than holding and talking to the younger boys. The segment, I believe, is schedule to last about five minutes, we will be required to mingle with the audience at least ten minutes more. If things go well and the audience is receptive we may mingle a little longer. You're presentation. You will not be appearing on television naked, just in case anyone is wondering. Each boy will wear around their waste a thong made of gold braided rope; the rope is very narrow. The rope will be secured by a slip knot on the left with the ends trailing down near the knee. Looped over the thong, front and rear, will be a cloth colored in red, bright orange or another color; once looped over the thong it fastens to itself with tape. The flap is wide enough that it should extend from just inside the middle of the thigh on each side in front, and the rear will run down the middle of each cheek. What's really going to help with appearances here is that none of you will have any distracting tan lines. Also, under the flap will be a cloth fastened with tape on the front flap, extending between your legs and coming back through your crack, then taped to the rear flap. This gives support to your package but leaves the cheeks open for caressing. I'll explain accessories and their meaning tomorrow. Tomorrow, mentors bring in your charges to start training. We will meet here at 11:00AM. Tomorrow's training will be for those ten and younger only."
"Boy, I need to see you when the others leave."
"Yes, sir, you wanted to see me?"
"Boy, do you remember I asked if you'd like to help me on a project?"
"Yes, sir, what do you want me to do?"
"Well, the project is part of what you just heard me explaining to the other boys. I've seen your drawings and know you're good, you have a God given talent. I'd like for you to use that talent to make us drawings of some of the boys. I know we will definitely need a drawing of Danny and Sean, possible TJ and Kyle, and Kevin and Ben. You could do them individually or two of them together; I'll leave that up to you. I don't mean try to get them done overnight, but I would like to have them when we go to Orlando to do the television show. Can you handle that for us?"
"There's a problem, sir. I don't have enough supplies for all that."
"One of can go into town to get you supplies, or maybe just take you in and let you pick out what you need. Mind now, I don't expect all of that in just a few days; just as many as you can reasonably handle. If it would be easier I could have the boys sit for you."
"It'd help if someone could take me to get the supplies sir. I'd like to try doing it without them posing, it's more natural that way. But if I need them to pose I could let you know. Uhhh, sir?... going into town could I have a air of shorts to wear? I don't care about a shirt and know I normally have never worn anything, but I'm trying to change all that."
"I think we can find a pair of shorts for you. How about if I ask Mr. Mark to drive you in a few minutes?"
"That's fine, and^Å.Mr. Dan'l?.... thanks for asking me and letting me help."
Daniel looks at the boy and smiles. "Boy, Mr. Mark and I also wanted to let you know we think you did a fine job a the hearing last week and we plan on speaking to the review board for you. Mr. Mark and I both think you deserve a little reward for your efforts."
"Mr. Dan'l^Å Mr. Mark let me have a reward last week ^Å.. he^Åuhhh^Å"
"Are you talking about the private time he let you and TJ have together? According to the punishment guideline you could ask for that and it was up to Mr. Mark to say yes or no. I also understand TJ and back off doing anything because he was put on his honor." Boy just stands there nodding and blushing realizing Daniel knows what was going on. "That was a reward for following your punishment guidelines so well, and I'm proud of both you and TJ for doing just what you were supposed to. This reward is a bonus. Mind you, I can only speak to the review board, they have the final say. Now, why don't you go find Mr. Mark and I'll have a pair of shorts pulled out for you."
"Yes, sir" and a smiling and happy Boy runs out.
End Ch Twelve