Little Big Man

LITTLE BIG MAN – a serial novel by Travis Creel

CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: SO HERE'S THE PLAN

Previously: It is Alexei's birthday, and Dmitri has organized a party' for the occasion, but is told he won't be the only guest of honor'. Blindfolded, he hears Nurbek order Rodion' about. After they have both been thoroughly used, Dmitri leaves the two of them alone, telling Alexei You can fuck him'. Sighted, Alexei discovers to his joy that it is not Rhody but Matti who is with him. Matti and Alexei exchange information, during which Alex learns that Ruslan is Matti's new master and that Ilya became his replacement as Prince Abdullah's slave. The two of them make love, and Alexei is blissfully content.

For now.

ALEXEI: SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY, 1:30 A.M. – PLAYROOM/UPSTAIRS

• That was lovely.

• You know, you are among my top five cheeseheads ever.

• Glad I could make the list. And you're my favorite sauna fiend.

• `Sauna fiend'? Hmmm, haven't heard you use that one in a while.

• You haven't heard me use anything in a while.

• True.

• There aren't a lot of jovial Finnish insult nicknames.

• There are in Sweden.

• We aren't in Sweden.

• I noticed. . . . Alex?

• Alexei, but yes?

• The seven months at the palace? All worth it for this moment.

• Matti, this has been the best night of my slavery.

• So . . . I spot a sling we could curl up in together. A little horizontal lying?

• Ah, no, we can't spend the night down here.

• Why not?

• If I spend the night with you, I'm never going to want to get up.

• So?

• I have work to do in the morning. If I oversleep there'll be hell to pay.

• I usually have a thing in my ear that wakes me up.

• I do, too. But it's upstairs, in Master's bedroom.

• Shit. Then what am I supposed to do?

• Sleep in your Master's bedroom.

• I don't know where that is. I don't know where anything is. They brought me in through some tunnel and straight here. We're in the basement, right?

• Yeah. I'll show you to your room.

I took him upstairs and led him to Ruslan's room. The door was open a crack, as if awaiting Matti's arrival. I pushed it gently open. There was enough moonlight spilling in through the window to make things slightly visible. Ruslan was asleep, snoring lightly.

• (whispering) Oh, look. He got you a doggy bed.

On a night stand next to the bed were a pair of dark-colored airpods. Matti inserted them and I pecked him on the cheek before watching him curl up in what must seem, to him, comfortable sleeping quarters.

Sweet dreams, Sauna Fiend.

ALEXEI: SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY, MORNING – RUSLAN'S ROOM

It being the servants day off, they all departed after breakfast, at which I was disappointed not to see Matti. While the others were eating, Henri sent me upstairs with a tray for him, but warned me not to talk.

When I entered Ruslan's room, I found Matti sitting in the corner, staring into space. Most people, encountering such a scene, would have interpreted the blank look on his face as either abject boredom or depression. But we slaves spend a lot of our time waiting patiently; we've developed means of keeping our minds occupied and not allowing the inactivity to weigh us down. Nevertheless, I wondered what was going on beyond that lovely Finnish face.

Which lit up the moment he saw me, and that familiar, cheeky grin appeared. I raised my finger to my lips to make it clear to him that he shouldn't talk to me and placed the tray on the floor near him.

I was tempted to lean over and kiss him, but reason reared its ugly head and I refrained; if I got in the habit of that, sooner or later it would catch up with me. I had to remember that I was on a one-year lease, so to speak – Master could replace me with the next Little Big Man contestant to catch his eye. Matti, presumably would not face the same prospect, but he still had to prove himself to Ruslan, who could sell him at any time.

We had to be satisfied with the fact that we were both safe and that we were together. And hopefully would have more opportunities like last night to be `together'.

SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY, EARLY AFTERNOON – MASTER'S BEDROOM

It was time for one of our rare discussions. Well, discussion was not the right term. This was not one of those conversations where Master gave me permission to speak freely, so it was basically Master telling me stuff.

• Is unusual two Masters, two slaves in same house. It disturb equal – equal...

• (Equilibrium)

• Routine. We adjust duty. We adjust fucking schedule.

The word `fucking' being a literal noun here and not a pejorative adjective. I had to presume that Matti's presence would mean less manual labor, and fewer cocks up my ass. That would be welcome news; even though I enjoyed most of the sex, I wouldn't mind losing the disruption in my day from all those afternoon clean-outs and bend-overs.

• So here is plan. I post new work schedule on computer. It not change much. A little less Ivan, a little less Henri.

• (And what's left for Matti to do?).

• Ruslan boy work little bit for Ivan – is no such thing as house too clean – and also for serve meals. He do breakfast Tuesday Thursday Saturday and some days washing up instead of you.

• (`Ruslan boy'? His name is Matti. You can't call him Matti?)

• Rest of time Ruslan boy work for Sasha.

• (Apparently not. Wait – for Sasha?)

• Ruslan boy know accounting. He train to learn business end.

• (So Matti gets a white-collar job while I do the physical work?)

• Ilya not here. He take position with other employer. Ruslan boy fill in until I find permanent replacement.

• (`Ilya take position with other employer'. He'll take lots of positions in his new job. Doggy style, missionary, on his knees, ...)

• So here is plan for sex.

• (Yes, how many days off do I get?)

• We still follow IAMSO guideline – slave to be fucked twice every day except after use heavy like party.

• (Uh, I guess none. Well, that should keep the servants happy.)

• But two slave – two Master. We need make adjust. We need add Oleg and Sasha – they very happy about that.

• (I'll bet.)

• Monday through Thursday – you have Pyotr, Henri, Oleg, Grigory.

• (Wait – did he say `Grigory'?)

• Grigory returning. He arrive Thursday. He in Moscow now, work for Boris. In summer he gardener, in winter, he work Little Big Man for Boris. In past, he live here winter, but still work Little Big Man for Boris. This year he go there but we need more fuckers here so he come back.

This made no sense. If he lived here in past winters, why did he go to Moscow this year? And why disappear so suddenly? There was more to this story than Master was telling me, and I think it had to do with my seeing him at the computer that night. But I'll probably never find out.

• Ruslan boy have Ivan, Daniil, Sasha, Nikolai. Nikolai stay here until he get new slave. He purchase nice Haitian boy but before transfer, stupid boy cleaning gutter on roof and fall off. He break bone in leg and – what is bone here?

• Pelvis, Master?

• Da, pelvis. So sale is cancel. Which bring us to Friday. Friday afternoon you meet with Master Ruslan, same as always. I do his boy.

My bowels contracted. Two minutes ago I was expecting Daniil on Thursday and maybe no one on Friday. Now I'm back to the world's longest cock followed by the world's thickest. Adding a second slave should have meant less rigorous fucking for me, not more. How was this a zero-sum game, Matti?

Speaking of whom. Master changed the subject.

• Do you enjoy birthday present?

• (remembering fondly) Yes, Master. Thank you, Master.

• I not do this for you, bring Ruslan boy here.

• (No?)

• I bring him here make you better slave. But – if you good slave, if you fully embrace being slave – it good for you, too. You happier, I happier. Da?

• Yes, Master.

• I know Ruslan boy is friend. But you both still slave. You not talk unless permit.

• (Shit.)

• Only time Sunday if – IF - I not require you duty and Ruslan not require him duty. Then you allow talk. Otherwise only if permit.

• (Silver lining: today is Sunday.)

• Today too early. Next Sunday, maybe. Any other time you talk – is punish. Even one word - I take away Sunday. Is clear?

• Yes, Master.

• Do you fuck him last night?

• (I think that's rather personal, don't you?) Yes, Master.

• Do he fuck you?

• Yes, Master.

• Mouth or ass?

• Both, Master.

• Both of you both way?

• Yes, Master.

• Is good. You both know you gay. Maybe will be more chance. When Ruslan boy birthday?

• August, Master.

• Then no. Last night only time you and Ruslan boy fuck.

• (What? Why? What does August have to do with it?)

• After Little Big Man, Ruslan start own household. Ruslan boy go with him.

So much for my dreams of us being together for a long, long time. This plan was more fucked than I was.

DMITRI: TUESDAY, 24 JANUARY, LATE AFTERNOON – LIBRARY

We met via video-conference. Sasha had set up the big screen so that Ruslan, Nikolai and I didn't all have to share the same monitor or use separate devices. The others all joined from their homes via Zoom. Not everyone spoke Russian, so we had to hold the conversation in English. But, with the slaves away working, we didn't have to worry about them overhearing anything we didn't want them to know.

• Welcome, gentlemen. I don't think everyone here knows everyone else. You all know Boris, Yuri and Sergei, of course. In America, where it is 8 a.m. we have Ramses, DeJuan, Carlos, and Ricky. With me here are my mentor Nikolai and my handyman and disciplinarian Ruslan. The handsome Eurasian face belongs to Nurbek, one of Yuri's assistants. And the bald man with a face that could stop a clock is my old friend Misha.

• (Misha) You are too kind.

• I know. Before we proceed, I think we should all congratulate Ruslan and Nurbek, recently certified as IAMSO members.

• (various congratulatory comments)

• Ruslan already has his own slave, last year's Minnesota, whom we obtained recently in exchange for my assistant Ilya. There's more to that story, but this is not the time for it. We are here to talk about this year's Little Big Man.

• So here's the plan: Little Big Man America, as we will now call it, will take place on a schedule similar to last year. Most of the venues and hotels will remain the same, a few changes. DeJuan, have you been in contact with the enforcer crew?

• (DeJuan) Yes, eighteen have signed on for this year. Two are back in jail and unavailable. Three have scheduling conflicts. And one we can't seem to locate.

• That would be - ?

• (DeJuan) Latronius.

• Hire a replacement. Latronius won't be joining us this year. Have they all agreed to do both voyages?

• (DeJuan) Oh, yes, they're quite happy about doing Europe as well. More money. And more sex.

• Thank you, DeJuan. With two contests this year, the four of us directors will have to split up. Yuri, Sergei and I will direct LBM America – along with Misha. The state contests will run from mid-April to mid-May and we will load the boys onto the boat on the 1st of June and deliver them to Abdul in Mogadishu on the 14th. The Fundamental Experience will then head up through the Suez Canal to get into position for LBM Europe.

• So here's the plan for Europe. Boris will direct along with Nikolai, Ruslan and Nurbek. With just twenty-four contests this year, we only need the first two weekends in June for the national contests. We have hired new regional coordinators for Europe, as our American ones will be on the boat at the time. We will load the cargo in Tromsø, Norway, on the 22nd of June and deliver them to Abdul on the 5th of July.

• Now, about the disposition of our current slaves. In most years, the four of us replace them, and effect their transfer before departing for the state contests. And I understand that Boris and Sergei wish to do that again this year.

• (Sergei) That is correct. Wyoming is obedient, but not my preferred type.

• (Boris) The same with Andrei. If I don't find a nice Black virgin among our European stock, I may trade Andrei to the Royal Family for last year's Ohio, as was proposed at our recent meeting.

• Yuri?

• (Yuri) I intend to retain Rodion.

• Misha?

• (Misha) I will sell Hi before LBM America and take my chances with a replacement.

• I myself am on the fence with Alexei. I will see what I get out of Little Big Man and then sell one of them. The Prince Regent would pay me well for Alexei, I think.

• (Nikolai) Perhaps you could trade him for Ilya.

• Ha! Nikolai and Nurbek do not currently have slaves. So during the state contests, while Yuri and I are traveling around America, Nikolai will manage Alexei and Nurbek will take charge of Rodion. However, when Yuri and I get on the boat, Nikolai and Nurbek will be in Europe running national contests, and not available to manage our slaves. So we have decided to take them with us.

• (Ricky) How are you going to fly them into America without clothes?

• So here's the plan. Jaakko Koivisto has an estate in Florida with a private landing field. He's bribed the immigration people – they won't be there to check passports. We fly the slaves into there, then transfer them to the boat. We get them on board before the contestants arrive and keep them in our cabins. The contestants will never see them.

• (Sergei) Speaking of contestants – I hope we are not going to have a repeat of the ball guillotines this year.

• (Boris) That made us look bad. The slaves could see that we were not in control.

• (DeJuan) Though I have to say, it truly terrified them. And there were those moments where they thought they were being castrated, but couldn't tell if they were or not.

• (Carlos) That was cool. I wouldn't mind a repeat of that if it didn't mess up your plans to protect your favorites.

• Last year he had an extra need for eunuchs, which he shouldn't have this year.

• (Boris) Yes, but knowing the Prince Regent, he might decide to do it just because he thinks it's fun. He thought it was fun to dangle Andrei by his ankles a hundred feet up.

• I'll discuss it with him. Boris, how's the data mining going?

• (Boris) It's coming along. Had to take on a little more staff to handle the European side. But we'll have a good crop ready.

• I'll have Sasha send out a schedule this afternoon for when everything is due, both for America and Europe.

I ended the meeting and continued on with Ruslan and Nikolai.

• I did not discuss your plans for your slaves publicly. What are your intentions, if you know?

• (Nikolai) I am confident I will find a nice boy out of Little Big Man Europe. If I am not satisfied, I can see what else is available at the sale in Mogadishu.

• Ruslan?

• (Ruslan) Of course, I have only had Matti for a week. So it is too early to say. I am pleased with him so far – ass and attitude both excellent. But I will hold off on a keep/sell decision.

• Do you want to take him with you on the boat, like I am with Alexei?

• (Ruslan) Not if I'm the only one with a slave, that would be awkward. If I decide not to sell him, Prince Abdullah would happily take custody of him for a few weeks while I'm traveling. He could lend out Ilya to others – perhaps Jamal, whose sixteenth birthday is any day now. He'll be getting his own slave next year, and, from what I observed, needs all the practice fucking slaves he can get. He doesn't seem to take to it.

• Latent heterosexuality?

• I don't think so. But he's not as aggressive as Abdullah. Or, for that matter, as his little brother Malik, who's now allowed to get blow jobs, and is very into the dominating slaves thing. Anyway, Jamal is the Family's problem, not mine.

ALEXEI: THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY, AFTERNOON – PLAYROOM

As I trod down to the playroom for my afternoon appointment with the newly-arrived Grigory, I had decidedly mixed feeling: Grigory's fuckings were painful and deep, but they were also thrilling. But one thing I was not expecting was the reception with which he greeted me – a hard slap in the face, so hard it knocked me off balance.

While I was staggering, he directed a vicious kick at my balls. It missed, landing on an inner thigh, but, as he was booted, it had the effect of knocking me flat on my ass. He picked me up bodily and slapped me again, hard.

• Tell me why I should use lube before I rape your lying ass.

That was an order. I had to respond. But how should I respond? I went into model slave mode.

• Sir, you may fuck me however you choose.

• Oh? You want I should fuck you with shotgun – and then pull trigger? That is how I would choose. Because of you I spend six weeks in jail.

WTF? So he hadn't been working for Boris in Moscow? He'd been arrested? Grigory saw the confusion on my face and stopped before slapping me again.

• Why you lie at trial?

• Sir, I don't know what you're talking about. I wasn't at your trial.

• Of course you not at trial, you think they let slave into courtroom? But your voice at trial. You pretend you employee, you say you sleep in boss's bed when he gone because it more comfortable. Do you remember you say that?

• Yes, Sir. They told me to say that, and they recorded it.

• . . . They tell you say that?

• Yes, Sir.

• (calmer) Who? Who tell you say that?

• The officer. From the FSB. His name is Tcherepnin.

• Tcherepnin? Tcherepnin tell you say that?

• Yes, Sir. I didn't understand why but they said I wouldn't get in trouble because of it.

• You not get in trouble. I get in trouble. Did they tell you to say you see me at computer?

• No, they asked me.

• They asked you who at the computer and you say me but not Latronius?

• Yes, Sir. Sort of, Sir. They only asked me about household staff. They didn't ask about anyone else because they didn't think anyone else was in the house. They didn't know about Latronius and I couldn't tell them. Not until later.

• Later?

• They – they discovered that Latronius had been visiting me, Sir. And that he was here on the night I saw you at the computer. And then – I think – they realized that he had been the one who did – well, whatever he did. They never told me that.

• They never tell you what I arrest for?

• Sir, they never told me you were arrested. Or that there was a crime, although I figured there must have been, or Master wouldn't have called in Tcherepnin and Bobrovsky.

• There was crime. They say I steal over million euros. I was sentence twenty years hard labor.

• (!)

• But then this Tcherepnin, he visit me – and say I wouldn't be send to Siberia. He say he know I'm innocent, but would take time to get release approve. It only happen today.

• I am SO sorry, Grigory. I had no idea.

That `Grigory' just slipped out. It was a serious violation of slave protocol, and Grigory would doubtless report it to Master, and Nikolai would flog me mercilessly for it. But that was okay – I did feel bad for what Grigory had gone through, and I needed him to know that.

• What you just did. I thank you for that. I not tell boss. I thought you lie because you not like the way I fuck you so hard.

I just smiled at him, shook my head slightly, and then bent over. No, I like the way you fuck me so hard, Grigory. Go right ahead.

He did. With lube.

RUSLAN: FRIDAY, 27 JANUARY – RUSLAN'S ROOM

My cell phone rang, as arranged.

• Nurbek, hi.

• How's it going with your slave?

• So far very well. Matti's a good boy.

• Do you miss Alexei?

• I just fucked the daylights out of him this afternoon.

• Who's the better fuck?

• It's about the same. But I still wish I owned Alexei instead of Matti. There's just something about him – and I think he feels the same way, even if he doesn't realize it.

• And how's Matti handling your cock? Most boys have trouble adjusting to it. Or maybe his Master was similarly endowed?

• Not even close! No, taking me was an adjustment for Matti. As it was for Alexei at first. But Alexei loves it, now. Matti will too in time. In a few weeks, I'll give him a Russian name if he doesn't disappoint.

• Matvei?

• Of course. So how do you feel about Little Big Man Europe?

• I'm excited to be part of it, and glad you'll be there, too.

• I'm not crazy about Boris being with us, but Nikolai is good – and he's good with slaves.

• I don't see how this helps us get what we want.

• It all fits together. It requires psychology.

• Explain.

• So here's the plan. Part One was getting Matti here. That will make Alexei happy. If Alexei's happy and embraces slavery, then Dmitri's happy. And Dmitri will owe me for getting him a happy slave. Plus, he already owes me a favor for solving the Ilya problem.

• Now will you finally tell me the rest?

• So here's the plan for Part Two. Dmitri's cemented us in place for LBM Europe. And, while we're looking forward to it, he needs us to be a part of it more than we need to be a part of it.

• So?

• So April comes and he's about to leave for America. And then I tell him we've changed our minds.

• What? Are you crazy?

• We haven't changed our minds, of course, but I tell him we have.

• He'll be furious.

• At first. Then we say we'll do Europe if he gives me Alexei and Yuri gives you Rodion. They'll be helpless. They can't run Europe without us, they can't get a replacement in that short amount of time, and they're leaving for America in two days. Besides, Dmitri isn't sure he wants to keep Alexei anyway. Giving him to me is a convenient way to avoid making that decision.

• Fine for you, but Dmitri can't give me Rodion. And Yuri wants to keep him.

• I'll present it as a package deal. We both get our boys or we don't go. Dmitri is the head of LBM, he's the key. If he gives me Alexei, Yuri will follow suit. He'll be fine, he'll just get a new boy from LBM.

• It seems a little underhanded. They've been very good to us – giving us the dachas and sponsoring us to IAMSO. I feel like we're betraying them.

• Okay, so we'll put it as a proposal. We'll sell them on the benefits of this to them and use the threat only if we need to. Look, Boris and Sergei have made it clear they're going to sell their slaves. Dmitri and Yuri originally wanted them. So Boris sells Andrei to Dmitri and Sergei sells Wyoming to Yuri. Then after Little Big Man they sell whichever slave they don't want and recoup their investment. Everybody's happy – even Andrei and Wyoming would be happier in St. Petersburg than at the Royal Palace or with some stranger who might do who-knows-what to them.

• True.

• The only thing I regret in this plan is Prince Abdullah. He's lost Matti and I wish I could tell him he could get him back. But he was going to lose Matti one way or the other.

• If you get Alexei, what happens to Matti?

• I'll sell him. I'll give the proceeds to Dmitri – and suggest he split it with Yuri.

• Could you sell him to Prince Abdullah? That might assuage some of your guilt.

• He'd probably wind up on the dome if I did. For that, Abdullah would never forgive me. Nor would Alexei if he ever found out.

• Assuming Yuri behaves as you predict, then I don't see any great flaws in the plan. Everybody at least breaks even – except Abdullah and Matti.

• Matti's a slave, he doesn't count. If not for Plan Ruslan, right now he'd be a eunuch with a pole up his ass, awaiting execution.

• So that's the plan.

• That's the plan. Hold on, I've got another call.

I put him on hold while I checked out the other call. Dmitri. I went back to Nurbek.

• It's Dmitri. I've got to take this. (taking the other call) Yes, boss?

• (Dmitri) Drop whatever you're doing and meet me in the conference room.

• Why? What happened?

• Pyotr just called me. Someone buzzed him from the gate seeking admission.

• So? Pyotr knows what to do. No one who's not invited gets in.

• Maybe not in this case.

• Why? Who is it?

• I need to see for myself. Because who he told Pyotr he was – I find hard to believe.

[COMING UP NEXT: CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE - CHAOS]