Jungle woman

Standing over Lauren was a 6’11”, muscular, tan woman with long brown hair and emerald eyes. She wore a piece of green fabric that was woven together to form a top, and another piece of brown fabric that was made into a loin cloth. The woman looked down in concern as she placed her spear into a holster on her back before carefully picking up the little woman and carrying her as fast as she could into the jungle.

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An hour later, Lauren awoke when she felt a rush of frigid cold wash over her body. Sputtering and shaking her head, she looked around to see that she was in some kind of large, ceramic bowl filled with cold water. Desperately, Lauren cupped her hands and brought some water to her mouth to drink; she didn’t care that she was currently bathing in it.

Lauren felt a hand touch her shoulder. Shrieking in surprised terror, Lauren covered herself the best she could as she saw the tall jungle woman standing there with another, slightly shorter (but still tall; around 5'11") woman, who looked to be in her sixties, dressed in tribal clothing.

“Who are you?! Where am I?! When did I get here?! How long have you two seen me naked?! What’s going on?!” Lauren rattled off question after question, shivering out of fear and the cold water she was sitting in.

“My, she is very talkative for a little one, isn’t she?” the shorter woman said to the jungle woman.

Lauren stopped her interrogation and blinked, sighing. “Great,” she muttered to herself, “just peachy. Here I am, naked and miles away from home on a deserted island, and the only people that find me don’t speak English! Or any known language, apparently.”

“Is she going to be okay, Doctor?” the jungle woman asked. “When I saw that the Ocean Spirits had rejected her, I was worried that she wouldn’t survive; she is a baby, after all.”

“I’m glad that you brought her to me, Kala.” The Doctor said. “Especially after she collapsed. Her tushy may be sore for a few days, but other than that, she’s just fine.”

“I knew that you’d know what to do!” Kala said excitedly. “You were the one who knew exactly what to do when you found me at that plane crash! You took me in when no one else would and raised me like I was your own daughter.”

“Yeah,” The Doctor said somberly, “but I don’t think the village elder, the old fool, is going to allow another outsider to become part of our tribe. Heck, he kicked YOU out on your seventeenth birthday! Plus, I’m not the thirty-five-year-old who found you anymore; I’m much too old to look after babies. And that’s not even taking into consideration what he’ll say if we told him that she came from the Ocean Spirits; I remember how he got when I told him you came from the Sun Spirit.”

Kala looked at Lauren sadly for a moment, causing the shivering woman in the bowl to look at her questioningly. Lauren had no idea what these two were talking about (all she could pick up on was that the jungle woman’s name was Kala), but she wasn’t sure that she liked were it was going.

Suddenly, Kala smiled as a spark shined in her eyes. Turning to the doctor, she said, “I’ll take care of her!”

“What?” The Doctor asked flatly.

“I’m twenty-nine-years-old, and I survived out in the jungle for over thirteen-years now, only coming to the village every now and again for supplies!” Kala explained, “I’ve also helped you take care of the village children when I lived here, and I remembered everything you have ever taught me! I can take care of her!”

“Kala,” The Doctor said, “this isn’t like taking care of the village children. This is an even bigger responsibility.”

“Please…Mother?” Kala begged, looking into The Doctor’s eyes pleadingly. The Doctor sighed. This was a trick that Kala would use all the time when she was a child to get what she wanted or to have her punishments less hard. She just wished that it didn’t work now.

“Okay,” The Doctor said, “fine. You can take care of her. And I’m going to laugh my butt off when she pulls that trick on you.”

“Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!” Kala said, hugging the Doctor. The Doctor then left the room briefly to get some supplies that Kala would need.

The jungle woman then turned her attention to Lauren and walked towards the little woman. Grabbing her by the armpits, Kala lifted Lauren out of the bowl and cradled her in her arms, causing the little woman to yelp in surprise.

“Hey! Put me down, you big ape!” Lauren screamed, despite knowing full well that neither woman understood her.

A few seconds later, The Doctor returned with a jar of some kind of green goop and a small white cloth. Kala then set Lauren down on a nearby table and laid her down as the Doctor came over. The Doctor grabbed Lauren’s ankles and lifted her legs up, earning a squeal from Lauren.

Next, The Doctor opened the jar of and removed a glob of green goop. Lauren squealed and squirmed as she felt the strange substance be applied to her pink butt, generously being rubbed into her skin. However, she also felt that it soothed the burning. She wasn’t burnt horribly, thank goodness, but it was still quite warm.

Finally, The Doctor grabbed the white cloth and brought it over. Lauren was confused at first, but when she saw The Doctor place the cloth under her and set her rear down on top of it, it finally clicked as a look of horror appeared on her face.

“No, no, no, no, no!” Lauren cried out. “I don’t need a diaper. I don’t need a diaper!”

But alas, it was too late. The Doctor pulled the front half of the cloth over her and tied the sides together tightly. Lauren watched in horror as the deed was done. Her situation was even worse now!

She was miles away from home…on a deserted island…with two or more people who didn’t speak her language and apparently thought she was a child…and she was in diapers!

Kala smiled as she thanked The Doctor again with another hug. She then took the jar of goop and placed it in a satchel the Doctor gave her, before picking up Lauren and cradling her in her arms again, the little woman blushing and whimpering as she was carried off into the night.

Lauren couldn’t believe that any of this was happening! First, she had somehow been stripped of her bikini bottoms and placed into a lifeboat, which was set adrift from the cruise ship. Then she had been stripped completely by a strong wave and washed ashore naked before passing out. Now, she was being cradled in the arms of this wild woman who was walking through the jungle. And the worst part of that was that she was wearing a makeshift diaper!

Lauren had thought about trying to explain this situation to this Kala woman, but then she remembered that neither of them spoke the same language.

“Hmm,” Kala said aloud as they walked deeper into the jungle, “I can’t just keep calling you ‘Little One'. You need a name.”

Lauren looked up at this strange woman, wondering just what she was saying now.

“How about,” Kala began, pausing a bit before suggesting, “Linda? I remember stories The Doctor use to tell about a sailor she saved who called her that before he left. I think she said that it meant “pretty”. What do you think, Linda?”

Lauren tilted her head a bit, confused at what this woman was saying. All she could make out of that was “Linda”. Who the heck is Linda? She thought.

“Linda it is then!” Kala said happily, continuing her trek into the jungle. A few minutes later, Kala stopped in front of a large tree. “Welcome home, Linda!”

Lauren looked up and saw what looked like a combination between a hut and a tree house; like something you would have seen in an old cartoon. Suddenly, Kala walked forward and grabbed a ladder, climbing it with Lauren in her arm and pressed tightly to her chest. They were half-way up the tree when Lauren looked down. She then closed her eyes as she whimpered; she didn’t hate heights, but she didn’t like the idea of falling either.

“It’s okay, Linda. We’re almost there.” Kala cooed. Lauren had no idea what she said, but something about what Kala said felt…right somehow. A few seconds later, they had reached a porch-like structure in front of the tree house. Kala then walked up to the entrance and opened the door.

“Here we go, Linda!” Kala said as she sat Lauren down on the floor of the tree house.

Lauren looked around and noticed that the place was rather primitive. There were jars and pottery that looked like they contained food and water, a rack that had spears hanging from them, and a bed that was made of straw with a large red cloth that was obviously used for a blanket. It finally clicked with Lauren; this was Kala's house!

Kala then picked Lauren back up and sat her down on the bed, lying down next to her. She put an arm around the little woman and held her close. A few minutes later, Lauren heard the larger woman snoring.

“Yeah, it’s been fun, but I’ve got to go!” Lauren muttered to herself as she got off the bed and walked towards the hut's door. Just as Lauren reached for the doorknob, a loud cat-like snarl rang out in the night. Gulping nervously, she waddled back to Kala's bed and climbed back in. “Or, I could just wait until morning to make my escape.” She quietly squeaked, closing her eyes as she fell asleep.