Shelter from the Storm
The dim fire in the middle of the cave did little to lighten the mood. Lion was stoking the flames with his bare paws, watching his element flow over his claws before clenching his fist, extinguishing them. Vixen was over on the other side, keeping the torrential rain from pouring through the air vents cunningly disguised as rabbit warrens. Tigress's bandage was doing its job, keeping the blood in check and preventing the hunting dogs from sniffing them out. Actually, the rain was acting to their advantage, drowning their scent. She had taken the discovery pretty hard; her own parents had trying to shoot her. In fact, Lion heard them say "Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live" as she pulled the trigger...
She went back to her house to pick up a few things afterwards. She met her parents. She never told anyone what happened within those four walls, however her mother was in tears when the police arrived and the father was sitting glassy eyes, muttering to himself. No one asked what was said, deciding that ignorance was bliss after all.
Bear had returned from the back of the cave he had scooped out of the mountainside in a few short minutes, extending their temporary home, adding bedrooms, a bathroom, a place to hang their meat... The bare essentials.
"Well, that's that done... I'm exhausted..." He collapsed near the fire, warming his paws over them. His family had tried to buy him some time to escape, despite his careful planning to keep them well out of it. They were arrested quickly, and before they were pushed into the patrol car, they called out to him... How proud they were of him, saving so many people... How much they were sorry about how they never treated him right... For never being there when he needed them... For always thinking of themselves before him... Right now, he had a lot to think about. More important things than making sure everyone got a comfortable bed.
"Right now, theirs only three "bedrooms", with two cots each, set into the wall... Someone's gonna have to share..." Lion glanced up and raised his paw.
"I vote to share with Bear..."
Something began to scratch at the entrance to the cave and immediately everyone was on alert, Claws out, elements ready and prepared to fight if needs be. All was silent for a while until a beak pushed its way in and snapped at thin air.
"Is someone gonna let me in or what?" Smirking, Bear touched the bottom of the Rabbit hole with one claw and pulled down, the damp earth following his paw as it descended, allowing a soaking Eagle into the cave. Hopping forward, she ruffled her feathers before changing into a more comfortable form, wings sprouting from her back as he grew arms and fingers. Vixen placed a hand above her head, then pulled back, taking the water with her and gave her a quick half-smile before returning to looking out into the rain, while Bear closed over the hole once more.
"Thanks Vix... We're completely hemmed in... Armed patrols are everywhere, many with tracking dogs... Thank God they only have our Human scent..." She shimmied closer to the fire, shivering slightly and rubbed her face in exhaustion. Everyone had been on their feet since yesterday morning, and it was now nearing ten o'clock in the evening. They all needed a rest, Eagle more so than everyone else, having flown surveillance for most of that time.
"Hey, Eagle, you're bunking with me... If... that's okay of course..." Smiling with her soft beak, she patted Vixen on the shoulder, nodding before heading off into the back, already taking off her soaked t-shirt.
Lion threw another twig onto the fire before clenching his fist, then opening it again. During the escape, someone had managed to get in close enough to swipe at him with a knife, and it was only dumb luck he caught it in his paw instead of across the chest. That said, even with their healing ability, it was taking its own sweet time to close up. His own family had been with the other side, however, they were stealing magazines of rounds, removing certain pieces of their guns and generally making the hunting human's lives that little more difficult. That said, he wished they wouldn't. It was only a matter of time before they were caught.
"I think I'll head off as well... On the right yeah?" Bear nodded, standing up and cracking his back, stretching his arms.
"Yeah... C'mon, I'll show you myself... Night guys..." Vixen stared away into nothing for a while, before letting out a deep sigh and clung to herself, rubbing her arm softly, tracing round the bandage with her eyes downcast.
"I'll... See you in the morning as well... G'night."
Tigress watched Ghost across the fire, lost in his own world. By his feet, he was scrawling several diagrams in the dirt, sweeping his paw across several of them and starting again. He repeated this a few times until Tigress couldn't contain her curiosity any longer.
"Thinking deep thoughts?" Ghost's eyes flickered up to meet hers for a second before returning to his sketches, but seemed to lose his drive. Sighing, he scrubbed them out with a paw before meeting her eyes again.
"Just wondering... If there was some way we could have prevented this... Some way... We could have noticed that guy with the camera..." Tigress nodded dumbly. They were all still in shock about the whole mess. Just two days ago, the papers were running articles about how much safer city life had become with them. And now...
Tigress threw a bunch of twigs into the flames and watched the floating embers before saying with a rather nonchalant air...
"Looks like we'll be sharing..." Ghost eyes widened slightly before returning to normal, tossing another bundle of kindling onto the flames. His tail began to flick about and his ears twitched as they usual did when he was either embarrassed or thinking hard about something. Or both.
"You can take the room if you want... Someone has to keep watch anyway." Tigress shuffled over until they were close to touching, both fixing the dancing flames with a hunter's stare. Silence washed over them for a while, but the air between them was filled with the unsaid. With things that didn't need to be said. Tigress's tail snaked over the ground before meeting with Ghost's own, wrapping around it firmly, but not tightly, squeezing gently. Slowly, hesitantly, he reached around her back and placed a hand on her shoulder, pulling each them closer to each other. Eyes filling, she leaned on his bare shoulder, tears threatening to trail down her white and black fur as she wrapped her arms around him and sobbed. She had been doing this a lot lately, when it was just the pair of them, neither having to keep the charade going. She didn't have to be the gung-ho warrioress, ready for action, and he didn't have to be the calm and stoic leader. She was allowed to be scared, and so was he. Scared, confused... And alone.
"Everything's gonna be alright Little Red." He murmured into her ear, stroking her fur softly, using her nickname lovingly, and rubbing his muzzle against her cheek. "I swear, everything's gonna be alright..."
Tigress chuckled weakly, head still buried in his coarse fur.
"Alright? Ghost... 'Six shall Battle... And Five shall Leave...' One of us is gonna-" The wolf pushed her away from him, meeting her eyes and staring deeply into them, almost becoming lost in their beautiful feline glow. Slowly, he brought his muzzle forward and touched her lips with his own, as lightly as a feather before pulling back.
"I know... And I say, screw the prophesy...I will not let anyone down... I won't let you down..." She started to sob uncontrollably now, soaking both their fur as Ghost did his best to comfort her.
"For god's sake Sam... We're only eighteen for crying out loud! Practically kids!" Smirking, he helped her to her feet and guided her to the "window", nodding towards the town in the distance.
"Kids? Could kids have stopped that blaze? Could kids have rescued those children? Could kids have done all that... And more?" Tigress looked away as the baying howl of a hunting dog echoed through the dark forest, something primal within her shying away from her natural enemy. Growling, he picked up a large rock and pushed it over the hole, muffling the sound a little. Smiling softly, she wrapped her arms around his, pulling him away from the wall.
"Its kind of funny really... A Cat and a Dog... Like this? So protective of each other?" Sam shook his head and kissed at her neck, trailing his fingers down her back and pulling her tighter against his body.
"Nothing funny about love..." Pulling his face up, she slowly kissed him, pressing against his teeth with her tongue, asking for entry. Shocked, but pleasantly so, he parted his mouth slightly, their tongues meeting and passing. Ghost could feel her sharp, needle-like fangs, while she ran her tongue over his prominent canines, both tasting each other deeply. Breaking apart for air, Tigress shrugged off her loose fitting shirt, before diving back in.
"Tigresh..." Muffled, he continued to run his paws over her exposed frame, tail coiling and uncoiling as a heat built up below and a certain pressure pushed against his clothes. Resurfacing, she tugged at his t-shirt, claws snagging on loose threads.
"Don't tell me... You don't want... The same?" Growling armouresly, he nodded, pulling off the confining material and tossing it into the corner. Both leaned forward, losing themselves in the moment until the sound of movement from one of the bedrooms caught both their attention. Lips parting, they glanced about, suddenly aware of their exposed location. Eyebrow raised, coughing to cover his blush, Ghost looked down at Tigress and jerked his head towards the "Bedrooms" in the back. Grinning in embarrassment, she nodded, picking up their discarded clothes before hurrying quietly into the centre room, pushing the stone slab back behind them.
Ghost waved his hands in the air impatiently and six orbs of light materialised and circled above their heads as he was pushed against the wall by Tigress. Claws dragging through his chest fur, past his stomach and catching on his jeans, she smirked before unbuttoning them with a twist of her claw.
"Impressive trick..."
"You ain't seen nothing yet..." Gyrating her hips once, she pulled him into the centre of the room, kicking off her own trousers that somehow unbuttoned themselves and fell to the floor...
"Now that is a good trick." Slipping his tail through his specially made hole in his jeans with ease, the denim slid off his fur, dropping over his feet which he shook off quickly. Already he was pretty noticeable, his black boxers standing out on his white fur... And they weren't the only thing "Standing Out"...
Tigress pulled away teasingly, tail flicking from side to side as she swung her hips, looking over her shoulder at him. Reaching up, she tugged at the bundle of blankets on the cots and threw them onto the floor, winking. Ghost advanced as she lay down on the soft imitation fur, but was stopped by a foot against his chest. Wagging her finger and tutting, she pointed down to the floor and leaned back.
"Sit." Staring at her in confusion, he shrugged and lowered himself onto his haunches, eyes locking on to the feline's in front of him.
"Good boy... Now, down..." Slowly, he crept forward, paws in front of him and lay down flat on the ground, maintaining eye contact. She could see the confusion in his gaze and giggled lightly, holding out her palm.
"Now, stay..." Lowering her hand, she slipped it beneath her underwear and...
Ghost let out a light whimper and the light flickered as he caught her smell of arousal in the air and watched, fixated, as her fingers glided beneath the thin scrap of silk that was her only remaining piece of clothing. His tail wagged enough to knock up a small cloud of dust and his claws dug into the dirt as he struggled to keep himself from leaping up...
"God Tigress,,," She gasped and arched her back as a solitary finger slid inside her, the silk pants already stained with her juices. She looked up into Ghost's lust filled eyes and pulled out slowly, holding the finger in the air for him to see, peeling off her pants with the other hand and tossing them into a corner. Even here, he could catch the scent off them, and his "problem" down below strained again.
"You know, I don't know if you should be here... After all, it looks like I'm doing a fine job on my own..." Ghost lifted himself up slightly, his manhood almost painful now and his tail thrashed, banging into the nearby walls. Lifting up his own, noticeably larger paw, he closed his eyes and shuddered, imagining how she would feel...
"I'm sure I can do better..." Tigress turned over, hips in the air and tail snaking down beneath her legs to be gripped by one paw.
"Hmm... I doubt that..." Slowly, she slid her own tail into her opening, crying out as it penetrated her deeper than she could have done herself. Biting his lip, blood dripping, deep furrows were now scratched into the stone floor as Ghost kept himself down.
"Jesus Tigress, this is cruel and unusual punishment!" He moaned as his own hand snaked down his chest, reached his boxers and pulled them off, gripping himself tightly. Already he was seeping, and was barely able to keep himself in check as Tigress continued to toy with herself.
"Aw, but I'm barely getting started... Needing me so soon?" Her eyes flashed wickedly and her tail pulled itself out with an audible wet noise, running over her legs. Ghost could only nod, gasping heavily.
"Yes... Goddamn you... Yes!" Standing up, she walked over to him and pushed him back onto the stone with a foot, lowering herself onto his chest, claws digging into the skin just below his fur.
"There's a good boy..." Running her tongue over his chest, she pushed herself lower down his body and stared at his quivering shaft, Ghost's urgent whimpers like music to her ears. Leaning back, she brought her two fingers up to her lips and kissed them, blowing it towards him. A single spark leapt from her damp fingers onto him, causing him to throw back his head and snarl in ecstasy as he shot his load into the air, landing over his own chest and stomach. Chuckling, she ran a finger over him and licked it slowly, before lapping up the rest. Crackles of energy washed over her fur, earthling themselves into the rocky walls, but some shot into Ghost, making him writhe as they hit certain nerve endings... The orbs of light above them pulsated as Ghost's body arched itself on the floor, before winking out and plunging the pair of them into total darkness.
Their night vision kicked in shortly as Ghost grabbed Tigress and kissed her fiercely, almost certainly bruising her lips in the process, gripping on to her tightly. The feline squirmed playfully in his grasp before a crackle and the scent of burnt ozone pushed him off, leaping onto one of the cots on all fours, stretching luxuriously. Leaning against the wall for support, Ghost stared up at the teasing tigress and made a swipe in the air, trying to catch her.
"C'mon down here kitty-cat..." Tigress smiled, before generating a trail of electricity between her hands, lighting up the cave, and ruining both their night vision.
"My, what big eyes you have..." Cutting off the flow of power, she leapt just as darkness fell, obscuring them both. Eyes useless, Ghost wheeled about, trying to pick her up through other means. His nose was too sensitive, his mate's arousal everywhere in the dead air, and he could hear nothing over his own thumping heartbeat. That left only feel...
Like a blind man, he stretched his arms out before him, hoping to simply tumble onto her. Instead, a blur of motion sped past him, knocked his arms aside and ran on, laughing.
"My, What big ears you have..." Growling into the air, he swivelled his ears around, hoping to catch something other than his heart, perhaps the scuff of a foot against a stone, or the brush of fur on the walls. There was absolutely nothing, however that didn't mean anything for Tigress. A sudden pressure down below made him double over, gasping as a tongue flicked over him in the dark briefly. Just as suddenly as she came, she vanished back into the gloom as Ghost leaned against the wall for support, gasping heavily and now more ready than ever. Her voice called out to him, tauntingly, the echo of suppressed laughter in her tone.
"My... What a big-" With a growl of unsatisfied lust in his throat, he began to swipe the air, hoping to collide with her, only resulting in a few more tumbles as she tripped him up. Laying on the floor, he sensed movement above him and waited as it leaned in closer.
"Giving up already?"
"No..." His hands darted up and grabbed hold of Tigress, pulling her down over him and pinning her there.
"...Just waiting." She thumped her hands on his shoulders, wriggling in his grasp.
"Not fair..." Rolling over so he was on top, he grinned in the darkness and ran his tongue over her face slowly, paws crawling over her fur.
"Alls fair in love and war..." Crawling further up her body, he reigned in his tail and slid it over her legs, twitching near her.
"You wouldn't dare!" Cocking his head to the side, eyebrow raised, he nodded.
"True..." He lifted himself up and turned her round, hips hanging in the air.
"Now, I would." He was still slick from her recent teasing and pushed against her, while his tail curved beneath his legs and slipped inside, twitching, tickling her from within. Tigress gasped and reached down her hand to stroke his tail lovingly as it began to thrust, like a piston, only entering enough to tease.
"You... Bastard..." He grinned, still pushing inside her slowly, not wanting to hurt her, but dug his claws into her slightly as something bestial inside stirred, a vague memory of a certain position setting his veins ablaze in anticipation. Eventually, he was deep inside, hips pressed together as his tail continued to torment her from below. Slowly, he began to pump in and out, his sack slapping against her as he could feel her burst over his tail, dripping onto the cold stone floor and various rugs beneath them. Snarls and purrs alike came from her throat as she felt both areas being filled completely and lifted her hips higher, inviting him in deeper.
Wordlessly, he complied, thrusting faster with both, his tail coiling around her and inside her. Leaning over, he bared his teeth and gripped onto her scruff as he continued to thrust his hips, causing Tigress to moan loudly in the small cave.
"Oh god... Wolf!" Suddenly, his teeth bit down sharply, drawing a small trickle of blood as he snarled, his warmth spreading within her as he slowed down, a light sheen covering his shaft. Eventually, he stopped, still inside her, before slipping out both his manhood and tail, both damp and slick. Hanging her head, she pressed her hips against him lovingly, arching her back and tail coiling round his waist.
"Wolf... Please..." She groaned, rolling her head and in the dark you could just see his eyes lit from within by a beastly flame, chuckling.
"Aw... Needing me so soon?" She snarled violently and twisted round, laying spread-eagled beneath him, hissing furiously.
"Don't go bloody turning tables on me, just do it!" Ghost, however, pulled away, paws groping and squeezing, kneading and occasionally dragging a solitary claw through her fur. This time it was his turn to tease, snuffling round her body, tongue flicking out every now and then, causing Tigress to writhe and embedded her claws into his back, blood trickling down his white fur as he headed downwards. Eagerly, she pulled out her claws and lapped up the crimson liquid, savouring the taste as he pushed her flesh aside and tasted her in turn, lifting her hips to let him push his way as deeply as he could with a muzzle instead of lips. Eventually, she flooded his mouth and he sucked deeply, forcing her to scream as he drank every last drop she had to offer. Their tails wrapped together and Ghost pulled himself upwards, positioning himself over her, barely touching her. She tried to lift her hips to meet him, but he pulled away, only just meeting her and no more.
"You... Complete... Bastard!" Pushing her hair out the road, he whispered into her ear, nibbling gently as he did so.
"Keep saying that... I'll just get offended and leave.." Holding her steady, he lowered himself into her, gasping at the sudden, all consuming heat that washed over him. However, he only pushed inside one or two inches until he came to a barrier...
He pulled out completely, ignoring her snarls of unsatisfaction and met her haze steadily.
"You're a virgin?" Tigress's paw reached down and rubbed herself, keeping ready for him, eyes half closed.
"So are you..."
"Mine is less noticeable... Are you sure about this? No going back you know..." She reached up and pulled him down, tongue pushing past his lips and heading deeper, pausing only to inhale and breathe out a husky 'Yes'.
"Not good enough. Pull yourself together and tell me you won't regret this later..." Sensing the concern in his voice, she leaned up on her elbows, breathing deeply to calm down her beating heart before answering.
"Wolf... Sam. I can honestly say, I have never been more sure about anything else in my live..." Pushing her back down softly, he pressed against her and wriggled his hips a little, his pressure building up just beneath her entrance.
"Just so long as you're sure..." With that, he pulled back and slid in, pushing forward until he reached the point of no return. Staring into his eyes, she nodded and in one swift movement, he thrust inside, breaking through.
She moaned, not in pleasure, but in pain as he tore through, holding her head next to him, muttering soothingly to her as he halted, letting her get used to him. She bit down onto his scruff in pain, tears welling up as he stroked her hair gently, inhaling her deeply and shuddering as he felt her teeth grind against each other, not knowing whether in pain, or in lust. Eventually, she released her grip and gently licked the wound, whimpering slightly.
"I'm so sorry... So sorry..." He kept muttering over and over, feeling guilty that he caused her such pain, tail hanging low and ears flattened against his skull. Reaching over, she scratched at his ears, purring softly, pushing her hips closer to his until he got the message. Slowly at first, he drove deeper, pushing her aside until he was completely surrounded, panting heavily as her warmth travelled up through him, filling his entire being. He squirmed a little and she moaned as he wriggled within her, filling her so completely he had barely room to move. Once more their tails joined as he began to thrust, reaching under her arms as to cling more tightly to her, both drinking each others scent as they both sent them into unforeseen heights of pleasure.
His bucking action was more furious, pulling almost completely outside her before ramming in his entire length over and over again, something feral gleaming in his vivid amber eyes. Their legs coiled together, tightening the bond and he slowly pulled her legs apart further, pushing deeper than even she had though possible into her body. She flooded over him trice, each accompanied by either a crushing bite or a pair of sickle-like claws penetrating his skin and dragging down, like a scratching post. At one point, she did both, causing Ghost to whimper in pleasure. Eventually, he too began to feel a build up of pressure within him, his sack pulling up beneath him as he pulled out, hovering for a second, before pushing every single inch of him into her, letting loose a desperate howl as he filled every space she had to offer with his seed, her own cries mimicking his as his warmth filled her. Thrusting a couple more times, he eventually ground to a halt, buried within. Both were panting heavily, exhausted, heads resting upon each others. Eventually, Wolf found the strength to pull out and collapse on the by now heavily stained blankets and rugs, Tigress curling up by his side.
Waving a hand lazily, a single, pale ball of light faded into being, hanging loosely over their prone bodies, blood and other bodily fluids highlighted in a damp sheen. By morning, all their wounds would have vanished, and both would be at full strength. But for now, drained of all energy, they laid on the floor, dozing. Eventually, Ghost opened his eyes and shook Tigress, causing her to moan and roll over.
"Hey Tigress... You don't think... They heard all that, do you?"
From either side came four, rather strained, voices.
"We heard." A few seconds past, then four pairs of feet ran to their respective doors, colliding with the others and, from the sounds of it, two different pairs of feet hurrying back into an empty bedroom between them...
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There you have it... This was the second one I've ever written, so please, be kind... And a comment would be nice?
*Puppy eyes...*