Chronicles of Ashley Elizabeth Fisherman
Northern Flags in Southwinds Flutter
-5-
Could today be my last day on Earth? 
My body felt like it was on fire. As I lay flat on my back, I saw neon colored dinosaurs floating around my head. The air inside the tent was hot and humid. I was glad to be rid of my heavy, woolen, uniform with its big brass buttons. And that heavy musket.

“I think she is ready.” One of the women said as she pulled a heavy, gray woolen blanket over me. Despite the heat and the humidity I welcomed the warmth of the blanket. The women of the camp had swarmed over me like honey bees to an open pot of honey. They had washed me the best they could, and gotten me into a formless, white gown.

I was too weak to mutter a thank you. But I hoped they could tell by the way I looked into their faces that I was thankful for them. I was then moved onto a old civil war era stretcher. Then from the flaps of the tent two tall Federal Soldiers entered.

“She is ready to move, gentleman.” Another woman said.

They nodded and bent down and picked up the stretcher and then slowly they started to move me out of the tent. As they moved me from the tent into the main camp I noticed dozens of blue clad Federals had formed something of an honor guard. It seemed the whole of their army had turned. I wanted to know what they were thinking, I really did.. but I could not bring myself to talk.

Soon enough though we had passed the last tent and we were onto the main trail. The trail was really a hard packed dirt road that looked like the same one I'd traveled on a day before. The two men not taking their time, they were moving as fast as possible. I guess at this point I weighted around a hundred and ten pounds soaking wet, Before I weighed a hundred and fifteen pounds soaking wet, but I guess I might have sweated or popped out five pounds..

Through the haze of cotton candy colored horses that seemed to fly above my head. Well the horses only lasted a few moments before pastel colored eldritch horror creatures swooped down and dined on them. I shivered as the creatures void of shape or form tore the pastel colored flesh and broke bone, their void like mouths lined with candy corn teeth dripped blood that looked like strawberry jam and smelled like apple juice.

But through this haze my eyes remained transfixed on the outline of the boy looming over me. His fine, sandy brown hair made me smile, his oval boyish face made my blood run cold and I found myself wanting to kiss him. Well I really wanted to pounce on top of him and fuck him till he was screaming my name.To fuck him and drain him like a succubus.

“Hey handsome.” I said at last.

“Hey..” He said his face seemed to flush red and his ears seemed to glow red.

Oh God his ears, those cute little ears, how they glowed, they glowed redder than coal burning in the depths of hell. Looking at them glowing  made me want to touch them, to nibble on them, to bite them, to rub them between my fingers.

“Gotta name?” I asked.

“Keith..” He paused. “Keith Doughless Adams,”

“Oh! Adams!” Now if you don't know, the Adams family were ranked among the finest families in Blue Bayou. They were counted among the premier bourgeoisie. The top one percent. The family owned and operated the second largest retail business in Blue Bayou “Adams & Lewis WholeSale Groceries” And had recently bought the old Sunflower. In fact I heard they brought all the Sunflower's out in the neighboring states, including the ones in Mississippi, Alamabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and of course Louisiana.

According to the rumor mill that came to a total of two hundred and sixty seven stores.

“And your name?” Keith said as he peered down at me.

“Ashley Elizabeth Fisherman.” I said blushing a little.

“Such a fine name for such a fine Southern belle as yourself.” He said smiling. I noticed his mouth was filled with dozens of pearly white teeth. The kind of teeth you expect a model to have.

We must have been nearing the staging area because already I could see the glow of the neon orange lights of the ambulance. Two paramedics, one male and one female were waiting for us. I sighed and then I looked up at Keith once more.

“I guess this is where we say good-bye?” I said, taking a deep breath as I peered up at him.

“I guess so..” He looked down at the ground. “Hey cheer-up I'll come visit you in the hospital 'Kay? And when you get out, I'll take you to the Richard's Pizza Parlor and Arcade! My treat.”

I giggled a little.

“You sure? Cause after this I think I can wolf down a whole stuffed crust pizza.” I said smiling at the thought of Keith and I walking through the dimly lit arcaded, holding hands, trying to win tickets. Getting drunk on coke-cola and finally making out like two love-stricken teenagers by the robotic owl that sings dreadful songs of the south and the racist pigeon.

“Sure as honey.” He said.

“And for our next date, I can take you to 'Four Flags over Cajun Land' . We can ride all the rides. For our first date I'll wear my shortest dress and my highest heels. And for our second date a really fluffy sundress is going to flare up.” I said giggling

I'm not sure the two paramedics were thinking about this exchange. I think the guy was lost and the woman was slightly annoyed and maybe even a little amused.

“Come on, kids break it up.” The woman said as she moved toward me. “Gotta get this little lady to a hospital before she loses her foot.” There was a lightness in her tone of voice like maybe gallow humor was part of the job, maybe that what kept them sane. Cause I know they had to deal with a lot of bullshit and horseshit.

It was then I decided to act.

I reached up, took hold of the front of Keith's shirt and I pulled him down. I then kissed him, I kissed him full on the mouth. I forced my tongue into his mouth and I relished tasting the inside of him. At first Keith's eyes went as wide as saucer plates and then he closed them and then he started to push his tongue into my mouth. It was delightful, it was magical, it was beautiful.. If I'd had the time, if I had the strength, if my body did not feel like it was running on fumes.

I would have rolled off that stretched and torn off the nightgown I was wearing and forcefully removed Keith trousers and pulled down his boxers and like a demoness I would have bounced up and down on him until he came inside of me and filled me like a double stuffed oreo cookie. If I was going to die today I was not going to enter into God's Kingdom as a virgin. And if I was Hell bound for coming out as transgender. I was not going to enter Hell without a few personal stories to tell.

We kissed for forty five seconds before my body gave way.

“Something to remember me by.” I said smiling as I was transferred from the stretch to the more modern stretcher. The woman was giving a look. She was the one loading me up. She took her time, made sure I was secured, strapped down, She put some kind of foam pillow around my neck to support me. It felt funny.

“Hey, we're taking your girlfriend to 'Blue Bayou General Hospital' it's the closest one.. and well if you want to you can follow us. But she is going to be directly  admitted. Were going to roll her right back in the E.R from the looks of her foot she was going to an intense course of antivenom and maybe a few days in the hospital. Rattlesnake bites are rarely fatal, and rarely require amputation. The venom is not really our biggest concern right now. It is the infection that comes with the bite.” I heard the man tell Keith. Well that was good news. At least I was in no real danger of losing my foot.

“But she is going to stay in the hospital for a few days until the swelling goes down. At least five days, full antibiotic treatment. Full antivenom treatment. Were also  looking at a possible case of heat stroke, I noticed blunt force trauma to the back of her head where it seemed somebody slapped her.” And with that he jumped into the drivers and cranked that baby up.

The woman was in the back looking at me.

“Hey..” I said, turning the woman.

She just looked at me.

“Can you play some music for me?”

“Sure what do you want?”

“If you can could you play 'My Will' by Dream.”

“You gotta babe.” She said as she pulled out her phone and with the soothing melody playing I was rushed off to the Hospital.