Luke’s HAARP Time Warp: Part 14

Sovereigns Negotiate Dominion.

Based on a post by somethin fishy,
in 15 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.

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They rode on until they came up to a large brick building with many windows
in it. Once there, Marion led the way to a stable around back where their
horses could be taken care of. They were quickly let past the guards on the
entrance to the hospital. Alice had insisted on having guards that were paid by
the hospital; one to take care of some of the more combative patients, two to
deal with people that might try to steal medical supplies, and three to keep
people who might wish to do her patients harm out. Once inside both Luke and
Marion removed their helmets and kept them in the crook of their left arm.

As the four of them were going into the ward were Hardrada was, they came
across Alice.

“Hey doc” chirped Luke “How’s our Norwegian guest doing?”

“Not bad considering one of my nurses gave him a black eye.”

“He made a move on her?”

“Yep, but I think he learned his lesson. The worst thing hurt is his pride
but that’s his problem not mine.” Luke smiled at this as they entered.

Once again, the king was amazed. This hospital was clean and bright. Wounded
or sick men and women were in beds on either side of the aisle they were
walking down. By now he was starting to forget all the questions that he wanted
to ask Marion for he had so many. Finally, they stopped in front of a large man
with a black eye.

“Your majesty, may I have the pleasure to introduce to you King Hardrada of
Norway. Luke and I will leave you three alone for some time. Just remember that
he is under my protection and if you hurt him then you will have to deal with
Dr. Alice and she is far worse to deal with then I am and I have castrated men
who crossed me before.”

Marion and Luke stepped away so that the two kings could talk in private.
Watching, Luke whispered to Marion.

“I’m going to go and get the first brigade and elements of the fourth ready
to go fight those damn Scots.”

She nodded and Luke turned to leave.

“Oh, before I forget, what would you like for lunch, sweetheart?”

“I’m thinking that I will have probably have a sandwich and a pint. Can you
tell Gabriel to come and find me please for we need to discuss security while
Godwinson’s army is here?”

Luke pulled her in for a deep kiss before he left. After Luke left, Marion felt
someone come up beside her and out of the corner of her eye, she could see
bright red.

“Well doc, how soon can you release him?” Alice smiled at this. She was
finding that she loved to be called doc.

“Just a couple of days. There doesn’t seem to be any infection and drainage
is a minimum. Speaking of infections though; I need Luke to get me some kind of
general antibiotic for we are losing too many to simple damn infections. From
what I have been able to determine, most of those damn infections are staph so
I have ordered all surfaces to be cleaned. Also, I’m going to need more
surgical tools so that the doctors that I’m training can have enough tools.
Good news though; Luke’s suggestion about the smallpox vaccine appears to be
working quite well and hopefully within a month or two, I will be ready to
begin full scale vaccinations.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to Luke about your stuff and that’s excellent news about
the pox vaccine.”

The ladies stood there for a couple of minutes while the kings finished
talking. Godwinson then walked over to Marion.

“He is your problem milady. After all your forces captured him, so it would
only seem fair that you should get his ransom.”

“Thank you, your majesty. Now may I introduce to you Dr. Alice. She is the
one that runs the medical side of things here in York.”

“Your majesty, it is a pleasure to meet you.” Alice said

“A woman doctor? I thought Marion was joking!”

Alice’s face flushed with anger as she growled

“Now listen here you fucking idiot. So, what if I don’t have a cock swinging
between my legs. The advantage of that is that I don’t have to think with my
balls! But I tell you this; I am the best doctor in the world right now. If
these Facts anger you then that is your fucking problem and you can get the
fuck out of My hospital.”

The king was taken back, after all nobody talked to the king in such a
manor. He was surprised to see the same anger in Marion’s face as well. It was
clear to him that he had crossed some kind of line. What scared him though was
what he saw behind Marion. Standing in the doorway was a very angry Gabriel and
an even madder Luke. Luke walked over to a fireplace and picked up one of the
tools, he made sure the king and his guard were watching as he proceeded to
bend the formerly straight shaft into a series of small loops with his bare
hands. The king’s face turned ghostly white seeing this for he had never seen
someone do that. When he turned to look at Hardrada; he was met with a smile
and a shrug. After all, Hardrada had already learned the hard way that you do
not insult the women here. The king then very wisely apologized to Alice and to
Marion. The four’s tempers began to cool down after that and the king was glad
to see Gabriel and Luke relax so Marion’s next words surprised him.

“Would you like to have lunch with us and we could begin to answer some of
your questions?”

“Yes, I would.”

“Then come with me please.” Marion said bye to Alice who went back to her
duties as Marion led the king, his guard, Gabriel, and Luke to the castle. Outside
the king could see that his men were starting to come into York and they were
just as amazed as he still was.

It was a short ride to the castle which by this time was packed with offices
for administration. Finally, they were able to get their food and sit down.
They proceeded to answer many of the king’s questions but when it came to where
Luke was from, the king was met with silence and looks telling him that he
definitely should not go a step further with those questions.

The king stayed with Marion and asked questions for the next couple of
hours. He was deeply impressed that she, Luke, and Gabriel were such charming
host as long as he was careful of what he said. Eventually though the elephant
in the room had to be addressed. Why did Marion have such a large army in the
first place?

“The answer to that your majesty is very simple” explained Gabriel “if
Marion didn’t have her army, then we would all be dead and a large number of
the people of York would also be dead at the hands of Cecilia. It was either
fight or die; the people fought and won.”

As soon as Gabriel finished, a messenger interrupted. After Marion heard the
message, she invited the king to come with them. The five of them went to the
train station where a part of Marion’s army was getting ready to leave to fight
the Scots. The troops and their equipment caused wonder for the king and his
guard. Uniforms everywhere, all the troops had the same kind of weapons, most
of all was the large number of women that made up Marion’s army. Marion though
was watching Alice and Markus for he was deploying with the army to the lake
district. She thought it was a bit funny watching Alice behave the same way
that she did whenever Luke had to leave for combat missions.

Chapter 66.

After Marion’s army left, the king went back to his. They would end up
spending five days in York until he received word that the Normans had finally
landed. The king left immediately and started to recall his army for most of
them had left to go home and tend to their crops. Luke estimated that the king
would only be able to get maybe six thousand troops by the time he got to
Hastings. Before the king had left, he did ask Marion for some of her troops,
but she refused. Most of her army was keeping order, or fighting the Scots, or
being refit. At least that’s what she told him.

In reality she was readying her army for when William won the Battle of
Hastings. She had done this at Luke’s request and by now she had figured out at
what he was angling after. He wanted her to be Queen of England and help led
them to an enlightened future to hopefully avoid the pitfalls of his own
history. As much as Marion hated lying to her own king, she did have to admit
that Luke’s path was probably the best one that she could take.

Just two days after Godwinson left to confront the Normans, Luke got some
very bad news from the lake district. It appeared that even he had gotten cocky
in that the army that he sent up there didn’t have adequate recon capabilities.
While they had been tangled up with the Scottish army to their front, a force a
cavalry had snuck around them. When they attacked, they had targeted the
medical unit first.

At first the reports were contradictory, one said that the army had been
routed, another said that they had won a great victory. After spending all day
in the telegraph room, Luke had the whole picture. Yes, the army had won once
again, but the losses were very heavy. Almost half the army had been killed or
wounded and it was only due to the talent and extreme bravery of the commander
that the entire army had not been annihilated. One of the worst reports was
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