Larra's Indonesian Adventure

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TOMB HUNTER

The Adventures of Larra Court

Episode 10

Larra’s Indonesian Adventure

 

Chapter 21  Churba

 

Through narrowed eyes Churba watched the golden-haired woman as she strode back from the pond where she had just finished bathing.  He tried to imagine what it would be like to be between her thighs.  He expected it would be a most pleasant experience. 

 

Unfortunately he could not just take her.  The Daygana had welcomed her as a guest, therefore giving her the tribe’s protection.  It was a tradition that he could not openly defy.  However, there was nothing to stop him from taking her if he could catch her alone and outside the boundaries of the village.  Once in the forest who would know what he did to her? 

 

He was taking a bit of a risk.  She was a strange creature, tall and slender, with sharp pointed features and eyes like the sky.  Who knew what sort of magic she might have; after all, she had seemed to appear out of nowhere. 

 

He had been part of the party that had found her wandering in the forest, quite clearly lost and frightened.  He should have claimed her then, even if it meant a fight with his companions.  He was, after all, the most feared warrior of the Daygana.  Now it was too late, she had the protection of the tribe and even worse, the huge yellow-haired white man seemed to have some claim to her.

 

However, all was not lost, he had a plan; one that would get the yellow-haired giant out of the way long enough to make the girl his own.

 

He nodded in approval as the golden-haired girl moved toward the central hut.  Her hips swayed enticingly and her pert, rounded breasts jiggled invitingly.  She was a bit strange- looking, but there was certainly nothing wrong with her body. 

 

He wondered why she bothered to cover the part of her body between her thighs.  He suspected, however, that what she hid there was just as sweet as that of the women of his own people.  If his plan worked he would soon find out. 

 

 

Judy moved toward the hut that had been set aside for her and Wallace.  It was an awkward and embarrassing arrangement, but the only other alternative would be for her to share part of the longhouse with the unmarried pubescent girls and she suspected that would be even worse.

 

Wallace had agreed to stay on one side of the hut while she stayed on the other.  He had even offered her his shirt, which she had gratefully accepted.  It fit her like a tent, but it kept the sun off her fair skin and appealed to her sense of modesty.  She always wore it around Wallace, but not everywhere in the village.  After all, the Daygana did not even know what clothes were and did not think nudity at all unusual. 

 

Just now Wallace was out.  Some of the men had taken him hunting and he had seemed happy to go with them.  He was an interesting man with a fantastic story; one that Judy found hard to believe.  Apparently her unexpected presence in the Daygana camp had placed him in a bit of a quandary.  He had his imaginary woman friends to rescue, but he did not want to leave a white woman alone among the Daygana and so he had decided to keep her company. 

 

Judy wasn’t worried.  So far the Daygana had treated her well.  She was still shocked at some of their customs, but she had gotten used to their nudity and they all seemed very friendly.  She could think of no reason why any of them would suddenly turn on her.

 

A commotion out side alerted her to Wallace’s return and she quickly pulled on his shirt.  The big Aussie burst into the tent, his face split in a big grin.

 

“G’day, Jude.  D’yava good swim?”

 

Judy almost winced at the Aussie’s accent.  She had to think for a second to figure out what he had said, then she went red with anger.

 

“How did you know I went for a swim?  Were you hiding in a bush spying on me?”

 

“Hi, don’t get ya knickers in a knot.  You’re mop is wet.  Not hard to figure out what you were doing.”

 

“Oh.”  Judy blushed again, this time from embarrassment.  “Sorry, I should have thought…”

 

“No worries, Jude.”  Wallace smiled.  “This is one hell of a situation for a woman.  I’d be just as worried as you if I was in your shoes.”

 

“How was your hunting trip?” asked Judy, changing the subject. 

 

“Bonzer!”  Lot’s of fun.  Got a couple of pigs.  Not me, but the black blokes.  They’re good with those spears.  Tomorrow we go out again.  At least I think that’s what we’re doing.  Churba invited me.  Some sort of special hunt.”

 

“More special than hunting pigs?” Judy asked, straight-faced.

 

“Ya, I reckon.  A bit hard to tell with just using sign-language.”

 

Judy nodded.  Wallace was much better at communicating with the Daygana than she was.  He told her it came from having worked among the Aborigines of Australia and other cultures.  He had become an expert at substituting gestures for words and could generally make himself understood.

 

Wallace pulled off his boots.  “Time to grab a bit of shut-eye before tea.  Always pays to be well-rested in these circumstances.”

 

Judy smiled.  She could almost get to like the big Aussie if he were a little better mannered.

 

 

Wallace was up with the birds the next day.  Not that he had much choice.  Churba knocked him up.  The Daygana warrior had taken a bit of a shine to him for some reason and was always close by.  As Wallace stepped from the hut he handed him a spear and pointed toward the forest.

 

Well, that was plain enough.  Wallace nodded.  He grabbed a bit of the mush they called food.  After twenty years of living among a variety of cultures he could eat almost anything, but it didn’t mean he had to like it.  As he finished eating he poked his head back into the hut.  “See you Jude.  I’ll be back with a pig of me own this time.”

 

Then he swung in behind Churba as they marched to the edge of the village.  Most of the young men in the village were waiting there, a total of about ninety or a hundred. 

 

“Hell of a big hunting party,” thought Wallace.  “Must be a lot of pigs out there.”

 

The expedition marched out of the village, but this time Wallace noticed that the warriors did not head for the forest, but walked along the top of the ridge instead.  He wondered how much game they would find in the more open area of the ridge tops.  The entire group seemed to be a good mood, the warriors chanting as they loped along.  In spite of the fact that he was taller than they were and had a longer stride, Wallace found that he had trouble keeping up with them. 

 

They moved along for about three hours, and Wallace slowly realized that this was not a hunting expedition; at least not the sort he was used to.  The last half hour of the march the warriors slowed down and began to look warily around them.  Wallace could think of only one reason for that; other warriors.  He suddenly realized that this was not a hunting trip, but a military expedition.

 

“Crikey,” he muttered.  “I’m in the bloody Daygana army.”

 

Suddenly the column of warriors came to a complete halt.  Wallace soon saw why.  Lined up along the top of the ridge were about a hundred warriors.  The enemy had been found.  Wallace looked around for Churba.  Most of his communication had been with the Daygana warrior and they had established a bit of a rapport.  For some reason, however, he could not find him.  However, since the warriors he was with were quickly spreading out into a long line it was possible that Churba was too far down the line for him to see.

 

The warriors continued to spread out.  They did not form a regular line so much as they spread out into a scattered group of warriors about three deep with wide spaces between them.  They set up just a spear cast away from the enemy and shouted at the warriors on the other side.  Wallace supposed that they were insults.  The exchange of pleasantries went on for some time, and just as Wallace was wondering what the hell was going to happen, several warriors on the other side hurled their spears in the direction of Wallace and Daygana.

 

“Bloody hell!” he exclaimed.  “A bloke could get hurt.”

 

Interestingly, the Daygana did not seem particularly alarmed.  They continued to shout at the enemy and threw their own spears back at them.

 

One of the warriors close to Wallace grinned and looked at him.  He made a throwing motion with his arm, indicating that Wallace should emulate him. 

 

“Crikey,” Wallace said aloud.  “Haven’t tried this since fifth form.”  He drew back his arm and let fly.  His spear made it about halfway before flopping into the ground far short of the enemy.  Most of the Daygana set up a great hoot at this unimpressive effort. 

 

At that moment another flight of spears from the other side came their way.  There was a lot of shouting a laughing as the Daygana made a game out of it dodging the flying missiles, and then throwing their own back.

 

Wallace eventually figured out that it was a game, albeit a rather risky one.  None of the warriors on either side made any effort to get closer than a spear cast from the enemy.  They threw all of their own spears and then retrieved those of the enemy and threw those.  The enemy did the same, but rarely did more than a dozen or so warriors throw at the same time, so dodging the missiles was not particularly difficult unless several were thrown at the same spot. 

 

Wallace eventually got his hands on another spear and this time his throw was much improved.  He didn’t hit anything, but at least it reached the ranks of the enemy.  At that point he noted that there seemed to be more than the usual number of spears coming toward his area of the field. 

 

It was a near miss, dodging them all, but he managed.  The Daygana warriors seemed delighted, setting up a great shout as Wallace did his best to avoid becoming a pincushion.  At first he thought it was a one time event until the next dozen or so spears also came in his direction.  He suddenly realized that to the other side the sight of a six-foot tall blonde-haired white man was an irresistible target. 

 

A hundred grinning black faces were turned in his direction.  “Bloody galahs,” he shouted.  “I could get killed.”

 

 

Judy looked up as a shadow shifted across her.  She looked up in surprise.  In spite of the fact that the Daygana treated her well, most of the time they left her alone.  She knew at once that something was wrong.  Churba stood there and he looked grim.  Well, grimmer.  She had seldom seen the warrior smile, but this time he seemed decidedly unhappy about something.  Since the last time she had seen him he was with Wallace her stomach hiccoughed.  She didn’t know the Aussie too well, but that didn’t mean she did not have some concerns for him. 

 

He motioned to her making it clear that she should follow him.  Judy immediately left the hut and trotted after Churba as he moved through the village.  He took her out through the front gate and pointed toward the trees.  Judy nodded her understanding.  Wallace was hurt and she was supposed to help him.  He knew that she was a nurse and probably trusted her more than the Daygana to look after him properly.

 

Judy prayed that Wallace’s injuries wouldn’t be too severe.  She had no medical supplies and could do little for him.  She didn’t even have bandages, but supposed that she could tear up the shirt Wallace had given her.  It was a sacrifice she was prepared to make if it would help him.

 

It wasn’t until they entered the forest that Judy began to wonder why none of the other villagers were with them.  Surely there must be someone other than her that Churba could have called on.  However, unable to communicate with the Daygana warrior she followed along expecting that they would soon get to where he was taking her. 

 

An hour later she wasn’t quite so sure.  She knew that Wallace had left with a large number of warriors, but the trail they were on looked disused.  “Perhaps we’re taking a shortcut,” she thought.  A few minutes later she realized she was wrong about that.

 

The Daygana warrior had stopped moving and waited for her.  When she caught up he took her arm and led her to one side of the trail.  Judy suddenly noticed that there was a pile of withes and leaves assembled into a crude pallet; and then she caught the look in Churba’s eyes. 

 

“Oh no,” she said.  “You’ve got the wrong idea.  I’m not interested in…”

 

Churba wasn’t listening, not a surprising reaction considering that she was speaking English.  Still holding her arm he guided her toward the makeshift bed.

 

Judy brought her knee up between his legs.  With a cry of pain the warrior dropped his spear and fell writhing to the forest floor, screaming in agony.  Later Judy realized that the smartest thing she could have done was to have grabbed his spear and finished him off while he was helpless.  But she was not that brave or vicious.  Instead she turned and ran, heading back the way she had come.

 

She was terrified, and fled without thinking or even watching where she was going.  Somewhere in her panicked dash she must have stepped off the trail.  She was suddenly smashing her way through vegetation so thick that it caught in her shirt, ripping it open and bringing her to a breathless halt. 

 

It brought her to her senses.  She carefully disentangled her clothing from the shrubbery and pulled the shirt closed, noticing that her encounter with the foliage had deprived her of two buttons.  She remained still, listening for the sounds of pursuit, but heard nothing.  She waited a minute and then moved off, heading in what she hoped was the direction of the trail.

 

She was bewildered by what had happened to her.  The Daygana had seemed so friendly.  To be faced with abduction and rape shook her badly, but she realized that only Churba had attacked her.  He had obviously planned the whole thing.  If she got back to the village the other Daygana would protect her. 

 

She went slowly, determined this time that she would not lose her way, if she ever found it again.  She breathed a deep sigh of relief when she finally spotted what looked like the trail.  She took two steps and then a black arm encircled her neck.  Her assailant struck from behind and she could not see him, but she had no doubt who it was. 

 

He was so strong that he lifted her off her feet, his forearm cutting into her throat.  Judy tried to scream, but her voice was choked off.  She kicked her legs futilely and clawed at the muscular forearm that was crushing her windpipe.  She felt her senses swimming, black spots dancing before her eyes, and a strange buzzing in her ears as she dove toward unconsciousness and then everything faded.

 

 

As her awareness filtered back, she was aware of a terrible pain in her wrists.  Her eyes cleared and she understood why.  Her weight was suspended from her arms which were tied to a sapling on either side of her.  She found that her feet could touch the ground, but for a few seconds she just continued to hang there, still too dazed to respond. 

 

She also realized that what clothing she had was gone and standing just a few feet away was Churba, his dark face creased in anger and triumph. 

 

“Why are you doing this? She sobbed, forgetting that the Daygana warrior understood nothing of what she said.  She realized immediately that it was a stupid thing to say even if he had understood her.  His motives were all too obvious. 

 

Churba stepped toward her.  He was carrying a short length of bamboo in his hand and for a second Judy wondered what he was going to do with it, and then she tried to twist her head away as he lifted it toward her mouth.  He grabbed her hair and jerked her head back so that it could not move and forced the bamboo between her teeth.  She tried to scream, realizing too late that she should have done that earlier.  Now if anyone was close enough to come to her aid there was no way to alert them.

 

She gagged as the bamboo forced her jaws apart.  Churba held it in place while he used a short piece of rope to bind it behind her head and then released her.

 

Totally at the mercy of her captor, Judy waited for him to proceed to the next step.  She was certain that she would be raped and her mind flashed back to her reason for fleeing the Japanese.  She couldn’t help thinking of the irony in fearing rape at the hands of the Japanese and finding that she faced the same thing at the hands of someone whose existence she had never even known about until a few days ago.

 

She watched apprehensively as Churba fumbled in a leather pouch.  Her chest was heaving with the fear and strain of waiting as well as the awkward and painful position of her body.  He finally seemed to find what he wanted and stepped toward her.  Helpless, her blue eyes opened even wider as he held up one of the objects from his pouch between his fingers.

 

“Nnngghh!” Judy screamed, the bamboo gag muffling her voice.  Jerking her body frenziedly she tried to tear her wrists free of their restraints, but succeeded only in removing the skin from her wrists. 

 

He moved closer moving the four inch thorn toward her breasts.  Judy screamed even louder, tears fear flowing from her eyes.  Churba smiled, obviously enjoying her fear and then using his left hand gripped her right breast, pinching it painfully.  Judy writhed, knowing what he intended but unable to stop it.

 

“Mmmppphh!”  Another muffled shriek tore from her throat as he pushed the thorn through her nipple.  Thrashing wildly she once again made another useless attempt to escape.  She screamed again as Churba next transfixed the nipple of her left breast and then cried out again as he decided that one cruel piercing was not enough.  He placed the second thorn at right angles to the first and slightly deeper, piercing the pink of her areola.  He then continued with the other breast, adding a second thorn there as well. 

 

Judy screamed brokenly, her muffled shrieks deteriorating into sobs as Churba used up his stock of thorns, piercing each breast five times, and leaving her nipples and areolas dripping fine beads of blood from the tiny puncture wounds. 

 

Judy never knew whether the piercing of her breasts and nipples was payback for kneeing the Daygana warrior in his testicles or whether he would have done it anyway.  Whatever, his reason, it was excruciatingly painful as her muffled sobs and cries attested.  Unfortunately, however, torturing her was merely the warm up for the main event.  He removed his penis sheath, revealing his male hardness, and while she screamed in pain and fear, lifted her legs from the ground and stepped between her thighs.

 

Judy screamed even louder as he held her, and using all the strength of his muscular body, thrust into her.  She tried to stop him, clamping her thighs against his waist, but he was far too strong for her.  With a sense of complete degradation and hopelessness she felt her hymen give way and realized that she was a maiden no longer.  Her virginity had been ripped from her in the most brutal manner possible.  Now she wept not just from the pain of her ordeal, but also the loss of her innocence. 

 

Seemingly oblivious to her suffering, Churba continued to rape her, grunting in bestial satisfaction while the sweat of his body mixed with her sweat and blood.  With a grunt of animal satisfaction he finally released into her and then stepped back allowing her to hang helplessly from her wrists.

 

She was too beaten physically and emotionally to stand.  Her loins felt as if they had been torn apart and her vaginal region was bleeding and bruised from the brutality of the ordeal. 

 

She looked toward Churba and her heart froze.  He was standing with spear raised.  He had raped and tortured her and now he was going to get rid of the evidence.  Surprisingly, the imminence of death did not terrify her.  Judy felt herself possessed by a strange calm.  With spirit that she did not know she had, she found the strength to stand and looked death in the eye.  Churba pulled his arm back and using all of his strength hurled his spear.


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