Chapter 7. Banned to Earth
Sheila, pleaded, begged, cajoled, wheedled, threatened, demanded, cried and
sobbed. She tried everything she could think of. All to no avail. They were
going to send her back to Earth. In the three weeks since arriving back from
Peru, she had almost fully recovered. Feint marks from her first caning remained
and a few minor cuts and bruises from concrete pipe but she could move round
without any problem. Apart from the few days of her period she made love with
Chris every night. 'Made love' might make it sound as it was a gentle,
restrained affair. Not so. Certainly there was love but Sheila threw herself
into it with unrestrained energy. They fucked hard and it long no mattered where
they were. When they could, they borrowed Jackie's room, but if that was
occupied then the beds in the bedroom sufficed even though their performance was
watched, and commented on by others in the group. James still wouldn't allow her
to sleep in Chris' room.
Chris too was very upset at her enforced departure. He tried to persuade James
and then Ralph to let her stay. Ralph might have agreed to it as Sheila was a
favourite of his and he too would be sorry when she left, but he said his son
was now in charge and he couldn't override his wishes on that point.
Jayne and Kate had agreed to let Sheila stay in their flat so she did have a
place to go to but no money and no job. The reporters did not see that as a
problem given her fame, they could get her work. She didn't want anything other
than to stay.
James frequently pointed out that he had told her right at the beginning not to
get too involved with Chris. She hadn't really listened then. She had to listen
now.
Departure was in a hour. An idea came. A desperate one but if the suffragettes
could do it so could she. Summoning Charles, she had the robot clasp her to one
of the main pillars of the Spacestation. "Hold me tight Charles and don't let me
go until I tell you."
James was furious. He brought in a couple of the newer robos and commanded
Sheila to have Charles release her. "You don't want Charles damaged do you?
These two robos can easily pull Charles arms away to release you but they would
damage his mechanism. So release yourself."
Sheila had no choice. She commanded Charles to let go and stood in front of
James. "What have I got to do to stay here? Beat up another old lady? I don't
think I could take 48 strokes of the cane!"
"And if you did that, you would sent back immediately afterwards. Now get your
stuff and be ready to leave." Sobbing and watched by two robos, she did as she
was told. Marjorie, George, Rachel and others came by to say tearful good-byes.
They didn't agree with James' decision but couldn't do anything about it.
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Jayne and Kate met her when she landed. They filmed her arrival and her sobbing,
heart rending story. It was broadcast and picked up at the station but if
anything it only served to harden James' resolve.
Kate and Jayne did try and comfort her in the only way they knew. They lay
Sheila between their naked bodies and hugged and kissed her. They fondled her
breasts, and sexual parts and skillfully brought her several climaxes. They were
able to calm her down and as the days passed the trio got to know each other
better. They all slept naked in one bed but while their attentions were better
than nothing, Sheila still craved for Chris' cock and his love. She spent long
periods alone, very depressed and weeping."
Jayne particularly tried to help and between her and Kate's contacts they were
able to arrange for her to appear on radio and TV shows. These brought in more
money than she had ever seen before and created an interest and served to
brighten her day if only for an hour or two each time. It also allowed her to
rent a room of her own not far from the Studio but without the company she
became more introverted and depressed.
Four weeks after Sheila's return to Earth, Kate came bouncing into the flat.
"Hey Spitfire, how would you like to go and see Evara? She's out of hospital now
and in another children's home in Trujillo." Evara was the little girl whose
life she had saved. "My boss says we can fly out and film you and her together
again. Would that cheer you up?"
The trio flew out business class and were treated like royalty. It was a long,
dreary flight though with a change of planes at Lima. During this time she
became very withdrawn reflecting on what could have been it only James wasn't so
stubborn. She did want to see the girl again and in fact actually to see her.
All she had seen was a comatose body lying in semi-darkness under a pile of
rock. She had seen the TV pictures of her in the hospital but that wasn't like
the real living girl. "How will I communicate with her without the translator?
Will she know anything about me? Will she still be in agony?" All these thought
kept racing through her mind as she flew in a 'real plane' for the first time.
Kate and Jayne were dosing so she had to keep these thoughts bottled up inside
her.
In the event, she needed have worried. Evara was lively and stormed around the
room on crutches. Sheila chased her and they ended up tickling each other on the
floor. Jayne filmed it all and transmitted it live. 24hours News had hyped the
event and worked up a lot of world wide media attention. They wanted to a make
as much money as possible from the tragic reunion.
Sheila wore the multicoloured 'blue suit' and shoes she had brought back from
Molly Spacestation. It was the outfit viewers would remember her shedding before
she wormed her naked body into the concrete pipe. A local woman who spoke
English well enough to be readily understood had been provided to accompany them
at the home. She told them what might happen to Evara in the future and showed
Sheila the false foot that Evara would wear when the wound had healed
sufficiently and was less tender. It was a simple plastic affair. Seeing it,
Sheila burst into tears. She remembered the beautiful fully working hand Chris
had made. "My Chris would make a much better one," she cried, "But they won't
let me even ask him."
Seeing her new friend upset, little Evara, having no understanding of what
caused the distress ran and threw her arms around Sheila's neck. It was a
poignant scene and one that touched the hearts of millions of viewers.
Later that day, Sheila attended a formal ceremony at which she was awarded a
silver medal for her bravery but that didn't have the same appeal as the
informal romp at the home. Next day she saw Evara again but without the camera
and only for an hour before they caught the flight home.
The broadcast was of course picked up on Molly. All who saw it were very moved
and many now openly expressed their disagreement with James' for turning her
away. She had brightened their life for a short time and would welcome her back
if they could. James too was moved but stubbornness, pride and loss of face
wouldn't allow him to back down. As head of the spacestation he couldn't be seen
to let that young girl get the better of him.
