Counter Earth Chronicles Chapter 105: That Which Was Seen That Couldn’t Be Unseen (What We Need Now Part One)

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#106 of Counter Earth Chronicles

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Alex was let out of his cage for good behavior. With his new found free time, he decided to visit the outpost's library to catch up on the last year and a half he had missed. Approaching the library he had a run in with a new enemy before meeting an old one inside- a certain manticore who was there for the same reason. Despite his hesitation, he sat down and had a conversation with the ex-rebel and former human who had tried to kill him....


Counter Earth Chronicles

Chapter 105: That Which Was Seen That Couldn't Be Unseen (What We Need Now Part One)

Day 908 (continued)

Evening came and and the prisoners of the outpost assembled as ordered in the arena, a assembly room within the gym in the basement of the prison building. I counted fifty-two of the Maximum's prisoners.

The room comprised almost all of the basement. In its center was a 15' x 15' fighting ring surrounded by bleachers on three sides and a high mounted platform on the fourth side overlooking the ring.

I was amazed that the warden had freed all the prisoners to attend this assembly. Well not all, the twenty six prisoners who had received the living death as punishment remained in the art galleries on the third and fourth floor.

I ended up sitting with my mistress, who was seated next to Boris in front of the ring. From within the small crowd I spotted Bertha, Spirit, Chester Connor, Ricky Raccoon (so those two didn't escape with Solo either. Hmm...) and Nikki Waters. Interestingly enough Kathryn Hurt also decided to sit near me.

"What is all of this about?" I asked the female manticore.

"You will see." She said cryptically to Lady Ursa and myself.

I looked at my she beast, and she at me.

No sooner had everyone taken their seats the Warden took his- a hand shaped throne on the high mounted platform at the far side of the room. He was accompanied by all his avian prison guards and the female hare- thirteen in all, the outpost's healer and its chef.

"Evening my subjects." Warden King said rising as he started the assembly. "Several of you have complained that there is nothing to do here at the Maximum while you are serving your punishments- the weather is horrid, the food is bad, the clothing attire is questionable, the selection of entertainment is limited, the periodicals in the library are four months behind and there isn't any maintenance staff. Did I miss anything else?"

"The gym is too small." A badger called out from the crowd.

"I, your king have given this considerable thought and decided that you are right!"

I noticed that all in attendance nodded in agreement.

"So I started thinking. I said to myself- self the assemblies you have every quarter, perhaps you should have them more often. So I decided I will!" The warden said sitting down on his hand-shaped throne.

"Should we start with some announcements sire?" A guard, a eagle who was wearing a blue uniform with torso padding asked the warden.

"The breeding program sir?" A female guard- a vulture asked. She was dressed similarly to the male eagle.

"Yes. What news do you have for me?" The bald grey skinned being said peering to his right.

"Your collection will be expanding in the coming months." The female avian said to the outpost's leader.

"Really?"

"Yes sire. Prisoner 28 and their breeding partner prisoner 32 successfully copulated some months ago and their offspring is due any day now."

"That is wondrous news! Well done you two!" Warden King said addressing a very pregnant caprine seated in the stands to his left and her breeding partner who looked like he would rather have been elsewhere.

"We also have some more breeding news sire." Another guard said.

"What is that?" Warden King asked.

"After some prodding, prisoners 48 and 37 have started mating. Sodus and Lotus."

"Intelligent decision Sodus!" The warden said addressing the centaur who was seated on the other side of the arena from his assigned breeding partner.

"If he impregnates her, that is going to be one messed up foal." Kathryn grumbled.

"Why is that?" I asked the female manticore.

"Its mother is serial killer and its father is fire starter. Lotus is here because she despises humans- all of humanity so watch yourself around her." The manticore warned me.

(Despite that, the killer centaur did have a nice rack though. I wonder if Sodus fixated on that when he was coerced into mating with her?)

"And Sodus likes torching things." I added.

"He is obsessed with fire."

"Nice." I responded.

"That brings us to tonight's assembly sire." Another of the warden's guards said moving the assembly forward.

"Yes as you know my subjects, when I assumed command of the this outpost, seven months ago, I had a big mess to clean up, the previous warden was murdered, there was an uprising and numerous escape attempts. Can anyone remember what I said when I came to power? Yes you there- Gorn is it?"

Warden King pointed to a seven and an half foot tall green, slender lizard thingie with numerous sharp spikes on its head.

(Wow, he failed to escape too.)

"Master said that obedience will be rewarded, and disobedience will similarly be rewarded." The slender creature said addressing the compound's ruler.

"Very good prisoner 22. You are so much more than an lab experiment gone wrong." The warden said. "This afternoon several of my subjects were rewarded for their docility, submissiveness and obedience. Now I am here to reward the other half."

It was at this point another of the warden's guards- a female hare, stepped forward. "Chester Conner and Ricky Raccoon- prisoners 38 and 39 please step into the ring."

Those in attendance watched as the blond headed human and the raccoon formerly of the Animalita stood up from the audience. Most likely surprised that they had been singled out. Both climbed down from the bleachers and stepped into ring.

"Now I understand you two cellmates had a BIG disagreement and no longer want to be roomies?" The grey skinned being said looking quite bored.

"Yes sire." The raccoon said clenching his teeth. "Chester is a incompetent, inconsiderate slob who...."

"The details are not important." The warden said cutting him off. "I will consider the winner's request but only the winner's."

"You heard the king now fight!" The rabbit guard ordered the two.

"Ricky you had this coming for a long time!" Chester exclaimed.

I had a hard time believing what I was seeing, the desolate poor human who had robbed the Pyramid Bank minutes before joining the Animialita one afternoon was fighting with his former colleague!

The five foot five human lunged at the raccoon with a right cross. Ricky dodged to the left. Just in time for Chester to recover and come at him swinging, right, left, right left.

Ricky ducked and clawed Chester's groin hard- shredding the human's loin cloth and part of his anatomy. Chester dropped to his knees covering his groin as he reeled in pain from his impromptu castration.

The raccoon was not over yet, he walked back toward his former cellmate elbowing him on the neck. Chester dropped to the mat.

"We have a winner! Another of the avian guards announced." As the crowd cheered.

"Yes!!" The raccoon raised his paw triumphantly. "Now can I get my own accommodations?"

"If you can beat my champion!" Warden King said cryptically.

"Champion?!" The raccoon asked.

With that Warden King stood up from his chair and turned toward the lizard thingie in the audience who had addressed him earlier. The seven foot tall leader of the outpost clenched his fist and levitated prisoner 22 from the bleachers right into the ring.

(So he does have the same abilities as the High Evolutionary...)

Chester and Ricky watched in astonishment as the lizards eyes turned blood red as if it had fallen under something else's power; as if its will was not its own.

" MY CLAWS BLEED DEATH!!" The lizard hissed as it ran toward the human and raccoon.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Was all Ricky had time to say as he was gored in the face, picked up and thrown into what remained of Mr. Conner."

(It appeared that without their tech, the former Animilitian members were at a disadvantage.)

The human and the raccoon were splayed on top of each other like a mathematic plus symbol as the lizard moved towards them.

It was at that point the warden stood up raising his left arm stopping Gorn. For a brief moment the lizard's will returned to him; his eyes returned to their normal yellow color.

"My fellow subjects, today is a day of rewards, I rewarded the obedient and now I am rewarding the disobedient." The warden said. "Chester Conner, Ricky Raccoon you two treacherous bastards have been plotting my demise ever since my arrival. I suspect that your so called disagreement was how to dispose of me if you were actually successful. You two tried and came close a couple of times, but NOT close enough."

With that the grey skinned being dropped his left arm bringing Gorn back under his control. Lady Ursa, Boris, Kathryn and I watched as his eyes became blood red again. A fraction of a second after succumbing to the warden's control, prisoner twenty-two picked up the raccoon tossed him into the ceiling- hard and then caught him on the way down body slamming him on the floor of the ring shattering the beastial's rib cage.

**CRUNCH**

The sound echoed through out the arena. There was a loud gasp as the prisoners registered the carnage they had just witnessed.

The lizard then moved towards Chester Conner picking up the blond haired human by his face before crushing the ex-Animalita member's skull. Chester's body became limp as the life was literally crushed out of him.

There was a brief pause while the Ibex confirmed that both prisoners were now deceased. The warden's guards then had their remains removed from the ring.

I looked at Lady Ursa and then Boris. The dark brown he beast nodded.

"Nice way to spend our Saturday evening! Am I right my subjects?" Warden King asked.

As the shock of what we had seen was still fresh, the vulture chef handed the outpost's commander a pad.

"Thank you Rory. Now who else needs correction? Oh yes prisoner 49! You are guilty of trying to sabotage key parts of this installation- my kingdom!"

"N-no, your majesty." A grey and white yak stuttered.

"Are you calling your majesty a liar?" A guard asked.

"N-no." The he beast hung his head.

"You tried to disable the power system, before that it was the environmental system and before that water system." Warden King said judgmentally.

"I, can't take it here anymore!" The yak said. "You sire are a tyrant!" Prisoner 49 said finding his voice. What warden beats and tortures his prisoners? That didn't happen under Warden Fields. He tried to teach and reform us. You, sir are not him!"

"No, I suppose I am not." The warden said clenching his fist. "Your were hoping to summon help here if you crippled the outpost. The sad fact is, if you were successful- you would have doomed all of us."

The yak was levitated from the bleachers right into the ring where Chester Conner and Ricky Raccoon had been previously.

"GOOOOO-WHAAAA!!!" Gorn roared as he punched the yak hard in the face knocking him backwards. The lizard then stomped hard on the victim's chest before moving toward his face stamping on that as well.

Several loud crunches emanated from the yak as he was brutalized by Gorn. The final one occurred as the lizard threw the yak into the ceiling. As the he beast's body fell, the lizard caught it and then broke him over his knee like he was snapping a two by four.

The prisoner 49 let out a last gasp before lying quite still on the floor of the ring. The female ibex confirmed he was dead as well.

Warden King's reign of terror continued that Saturday evening as he summarily executed his subjects that had openly and secretly defied him, those he deemed disobedient or problematic. Well he didn't personally, but prisoner 22 who he was controlling did:

A bovine was killed for assaulting his guards, the support staff and being very combative. In fairness, he did last longer against the lizard than the others.

Then came a fennec for fighting with his cell mates, deriding the warden, refusing to obey orders and making threats.

Lady Ursa and I scanned the audience- everyone there was terrified that they would be called into the ring next. This little exercise was more than enough to keep the prisoners at the outpost in line.

At the time, a part of me said that they all deserved it. Scare them, terrify them, make them timid and docile, keep them in line. I then remembered that my mistress and I were now prisoners of this place and we could just as easily be called into the ring.

I was snapped back into reality when Warden King called his next victim.

"Prisoner 24- Kathryn Hurt. Step into the ring!"

I turned to the female manticore shocked.

"Nice knowing ya kid. I enjoyed our conversation in the library today; sorry for trying to kill ya."

I watched as she adjusted her loin-cloth and headed toward the ring.

"Prisoner 24 you are charged with attacking and poisoning a fellow prisoner." Warden King said rendering judgement.

"But she was only kidding your honor! She helped the healer make an blooming antidote!" Nikki Waters said from the bleachers trying to defend her friend.

"Be that as it may prisoner 23, prisoner 24 attacked one of my breeders and I can't allow that to go unanswered or.... unpunished." The warden said raising his left arm and then dropping it.

The manticore didn't wait for the lizard she ran toward the creature as it charged at her darting behind it at the last second. Kathryn then punched the green beastial as quick as she could, rapid fire like in the back.

The lizard quickly spun around arm outstretched close-lining his prey. As Kathryn fell backwards prisoner 22 tried to tackle her hard on the mat in the ring. She back flipped backward at the last second.

The lizard rolled over, got up and charged at the former human placing her in a crushing bear hug.

"AH---AHH!!!" I heard the ex-rebel scream.

I couldn't watch this any longer. Yeah Kathryn Hurt did poison me once and tried to kill me twice- but in all fairness she did apologize and appeared to have seen the error in her ways.

I quickly got out of my seat and ran towards Warden King's throne. I then dropped to my knees as if I was addressing the High Evolutionary himself.

"Please sire, please show mercy."

"You out of all people are asking for clemency?!" The grey being said leering at me.

"In all fairness sir she wasn't really trying to kill me."

"How do you know that?" One of the guards, I think it was the female hare asked.

"She apologized and helped make the anti-venom. Without it I wouldn't have recovered."

"So you have forgiven her?" He asked me point blank.

"I have."

The outpost commander thought for a bit. "Very well." He said waving his hand. "Thirty lashings instead. But no further transgressions!"

I had intervened at just the right time the lizard was about to pile drive the manticore into the stage when he was released from the Warden's control.

"That concludes this evening's assembly thank you for coming." One of the avian guards hissed. "Let's do this again next week."

"Thank's kid. I owe you." The former human said as she laid flat on the floor of the ring.

"Promise that you will never, ever, ever poison me again and we will call it even."

"Kathy, you ok?!" A female griffin said joining me in the ring.

"What? What? Happened?" Gorn asked as if waking from a dream.

"The warden used you as his blooming instrument of destruction he did." The griffon said to the lizard thingie.

"We have to find a way out of here what ever it takes the manticore moaned."

"Kathy not in front of the kid! You trying to get the warden's attention again?"

I said nothing but helped Nikki return the manticore to her foot paws and then went to rejoin Lady Ursa and Boris back in the stands.

"Little freckled boy is quite brave." My she beast's breeding partner said.

"That is one way to describe it. Pet, what were you thinking?!" My bear knight asked.

"Trying to save a life." I said.

"Did everyone have a good time this evening?!" The eagle guard from earlier asked as he came over to where Lady Ursa, Borris and I were seated in the bleachers.

"Yes sir." Boris said. "Assembly was quite informative."

"Well we are in need of some assistance." The female vulture said coming over to join the other guard.

"What type of assistance?" I asked as I faced the two avians.

"Burial detail." The eagle answered. "Gorn you too."

Gorn, Boris, my mistress and myself were taken about a half mile behind the prison building and given special shovels for our grim task. This was still during the on going blizzard mind you.

"If I may ma'am." I said asking one of the guards escorting us. "How are we supposed to bury the deceased in all of this snow? The ground must be frozen solid."

"Those are special shovels." She replied. "Now get digging."

Yes, we were given special shovels for our task, but nothing else- we were still dressed in our special prison clothing while performing out grim task.

"The faster the four of you complete your assignments, the quicker you can get back inside."

That was all the motivation the four of us needed. We had no desire to freeze to death outside in the harsh weather.

Gorn, Boris, Lady Ursa and I with the special shovels quickly dug five graves about five feet deep for the prisoners who had defied the warden in one way or the other and had met their end because of it.

As soon as we had finished, Another group of prisoners including Nikki Waters and Kathryn Hurt brought the remains of Chester Conner, Ricky Raccoon, the yak, bovine and fennec and gently laid one in each of the five graves.

"Now pretty lady bear understands why Boris fears warden. Why all should fear warden." Boris said as we watched the grim scene.

Then another set of prisoners took our shovels and covered up the remains. The five that died didn't even have a casket or coffin.

"Shouldn't someone say something?" I asked. "Five lives were ended today."

"Sure." The female vulture guard said. "As a result of this evening's events the number of subjects the warden rules over has dropped from 78 to 73.

"Any of you still bored?" The eagle guard asked us.

"I don't think they will be for long." The vulture said. "His majesty is going to conduct an assembly every Saturday."

We were then marched back into the prison building and back into our cells.

The images of what we had just seen still on our minds.

"Mistress, we have to get out of here." I whispered as we made our way back toward the prison wing. "If we wind up on the warden's bad side depending on how severe the transgression, it could just as easily be us in those graves." My warrior bear nodded.

When I entered the cell that I shared with Spirit and Bertha, I found those two looking especially grim.

"Warden King was in rare form this evening." The dark skinned woman said.

The spotted mountain dog agreed. "There will be a few vacant cells now too."

"Did I hear him right when he said that there were going to be weekly assemblies?"

The female human and male beastial both nodded.

I had to admit that that was a great way to maintain order in this place of the forgotten and to keep, the other prisoners in line.

"Hey paws off!" I heard a certain female beastial say from within the prison wing.

"Time for your punishment prisoner 24." A guard said pushing a female manticore toward the end of the corridor.

"Thirty lashings huh?" She asked.

"It will be more if you give us any trouble and we may move them to your front." Another guard escorting her said.

"I think we should call it a night. I would very much like to forget this evening." I said climbing into the bottom bunk.

Bertha soon joined me and then Spirit. As the lights were dimmed in the cell, I attempted to go to sleep but Bertha had other ideas. As I laid on my side, the dark skinned female embraced me from behind.

"Thanks, but I am not feeling too affectionate right now." I said as the spotted mountain dog moved in from the front embracing me.

"That is not what I meant Freckles; we didn't mate."

"Guys I just buried five fellow prisoners who I watched get slaughtered this evening. I can't unsee that no matter how I try."

"And why were they slaughtered?" Spirit asked as he rubbed his nose to mine.

"Because they wound up on the warden's naughty list." I replied as I exchanged gazes with the crazy canine.

"So what does that tell you?" Bertha said hugging me from behind.

"Point taken. Obedience, submissiveness and docility. But I don't really feel like sex this evening guys."

The beastial and human female said nothing but pointed to the glass window of our cell. We saw the avian guards walk up down the wing occasionally peering into the cells.

(Right always watching.)

"I think Alex is going to need to some help getting into the mood." Spirit said turning me over to face my mistress' doppelgänger. No sooner had he done that he pushed me into her. "Now just relax."

Bertha brought my head to her chest.

"Now look at this female. Notice the size of her breasts what would you say they are?"

"Size D?" I answered.

"Notice their smell and shape how they complement the rest of her body. Notice their color." The crazed mountain dog said.

"Yes."

"Feel them." Spirit ordered me. "Notice their texture, their weight. The softness of the nipples, the pleasant areola design."

"Yes."

"Taste them." The Tian mountain dog ordered me.

"MMMMHHH." Bertha moaned as I sucked on her nipples.

"How do they taste?" Spirit asked me.

"Like fleshy raspberries."

"What do you think?" The spotted dog said as he removed my loin-cloth, then his.

"Magnificent." I said in a daze.

"I have seen you looking at them freckles." The ex-wrestler teased.

"That is the only good thing about the dress code around here." I said in a daze. "The topless females."

"Spoken like a true male." Bertha gasped as I continued to suckle.

Meanwhile the crazed mountain dog started rubbing my flank.

"Does that feel good?" He asked.

"Yes."

He then moved on to my backside caressing, massaging and rubbing.

Spirit then moved his paws to my penis and testicles similarly feeling their size and weight, massaging, stroking until he had finally achieved his goal.

**BOING**

"I think he is ready." He announced.

Gently, Bertha took my penis from Spirit and guided it into her 'cave of wonder'. From there she clamped down on it with her inner hand.

"You should thrust now sweetie." Spirit announced.

Obedience, submissiveness and docility was not the only the rule outside my cell, but also inside as well.

And so I mated with the human female whose bunk I was sharing that evening. With a little more prodding I managed to cum inside her.

"See that wasn't hard." Bertha said kissing me on my forehead. She then pulled me close to her with one hand while gesturing to my other cell mate with her other.

"EYAAAAH!!" I screamed as my checks were spread open and I received a familiar sensation in my rectum.

"This is the best part of the day." The canine murred.

"How is that?" I asked.

"You inside her and me inside you."

Bertha did seem to sleep better with a load of semen inside her. I didn't particularly like having a load inside me, but I did like how Spirit licked me on my head and neck after sexing me.

(Did I say that?!)

Day 909

After satisfying the crazy mountain dog with the cute face, he managed to dose without reciting any recipes in his sleep. I assumed that I would have to take care of him like that every night for him to sleep soundly.

Morning came and I woke up on his tummy. He had groped my butt during the night with one paw and was holding my penis with his other.

"Sleep well sweetie?" He asked me.

"Yeah Devious. How about you?" I shot back sarcastically.

"Who is Devious?" He asked looking directly at me.

"Oh... well.... never mind."

(He does remind me a lot of him.)

"EEEEYAHHHH!!!"

The silence of early morning with broken by a scream from one of the other cells in our wing. It was followed by a flurry of activity as guards ran toward the noise.

"What was that about?" Bertha asked.

"I don't know." I said rising from the bed I had shared with my breeding companions.

Spirit, Bertha and I continued to watch the guards run by our cell.

My mistress started tapping on the adjoining wall. I activated the privacy device Boris had installed.

"What is going on?" My she beast asked.

"Boris think prisoner 28 is in labor."

"So warden King's caprine collection is increasing today?"

"Affirmative pretty lady bear." Boris said as he reached for my mistress paw. That morning she allowed him to take it as we watched the guards to continue to run by. Kai also showed up to assist in the delivery.

I remember that day no one was allowed to leave their cells in either of the prison wings while the female caprine gave birth. I later heard that the cub was a boy. Shortly afterward the new family disappeared from their cell. No one was quite sure what had happened to them. When asked even the guards were mum.

Day 916 (a week later)

"This is your assignment for the day slave." The female guard said guiding me to the fourth floor of the prison building.

"Yes ma'am. Anything to be out of my cage." I said to rabbit beastial.

"I want this floor and the one below it cleaned top to bottom. Not an particle of dirt, grime or dust anywhere. That includes the statues as well." She said handing me my cleaning supplies.

"Yes ma'am, I will comply. However, it is going to take some time- the two floors of the art gallery are quite large." I said humbly.

"So you are asking for help?" She said looking at me quite sternly.

"Yes ma'am." I said dropping my gaze at the floor.

"Very well."

So I started my cleaning project. I dusted off the statues of those that had received the living death. There were about twenty six in the gallery now. Unfortunately Mike Anger wasn't one of them. He had gotten away during the prison escape before the current warden's arrival and was most likely in hiding.

"Hey, leave off!" I heard an all too familiar voice say.

"I brought you some help prisoner 69." The rabbit guard said.

It was Nikki Waters.

"Yes ma'am." I said bowing respectfully.

"You will assist him in cleaning this floor and the one below it. Top to bottom understood?!"

"Bly me." The griffon said. "I mean yes ma'am."

"You two will be friendly with each other and cooperate or...." The rabbit guard warned us. "If you would prefer not to obey, I could replay the highlights from yesterday's assembly."

"Yes governor." The female griffon replied.

With that I was left to my assignment with one of my enemies as my helper.

"Of all the assignments- a blooming cleaning lady?!"

"Well a cleaning griffon." I said smirking.

"I am still deciding if I want to sharpen my talons on you boy." Nikki said to me.

"Ah yeah. I am going to continue dusting then." I said moving on to the next statue. It eyed me curiously.

"Alex. Thank you." The female beastial and former human said to me.

"Hmm?"

"For saving Kathy. The warden was going to kill her last week at the assembly."

"You're welcome. I couldn't let that happen. You two are good friends aren't you?"

"We have been through a lot together." The griffon said as she started dusting. "She is the only friend I have in this place."

"I see." I said as I finished dusting my line of statues.

"I noticed she seems to be tolerating you too."

"I have forgiven her for trying to kill me (twice), I guess you can say we have rapport."

"Interesting..." The female beastial said watching me as I started mopping.

"At the very least she promised never to poison me ever again."

Reluctantly Nikki Waters assisted me in cleaning the fourth floor of the prison building, which took us most of the morning.

"So how are you finding prison life?" She asked teasing me.

"Not to my liking at all."

"Then I would advise not breaking the law." She said as we left the fourth floor on our way to the third floor.

"Although I have gotten used to the dress code. I find it rather appealing." I said eyeing her breasts.

"PIG." She said to me.

"Well, it is kind of hard not to look- they are right there for the whole world to see and they are quite nice if I may add."

"Grrrr."

"That was a compliment Miss. Waters."

"Making a pass at me boy? What would your boyfriend say?"

"Hey, Spirit is not my boyfriend!"

"Right, you are screwing that wrestler. He just gets sloppy seconds!"

(That hurt.)

"Your silence says it is true."

"We do what we must to please the warden." I said as we entered the third floor.

"Meaning?" The griffon asked me.

"I was only re-animated because the warden entered me in his breeding program."

"So you elected to boink and be boinked to avoid being a blooming statue again?"

"Yes. The living death was not fun and I refused to ever be placed in suspended animation ever again. Even if I have to kill." I said eyeing the female griffon.

"So this was where you and the bear where stuffed."

"It was that corner over there. We were left there for 18 months facing that wall and its support... which now has a door?! Where did that come from?"

Apparently there had been some improvements made to the floor in the weeks since I had last been there.

I looked at the female griffon as I opened the door. It lead to a interior room. Inside Nikki and I found a large trophy wall. We saw large plaques with names on them- as if they were to house a very personal collection.

Nikki and I made our way through the room looking at the plaques and the nameplates on them I realized the names on them were those who were involved in the warden's breeding program- that was when it really hit home:

Dominio - Diamond

Donte - Dorro

Plato - Kat

Kyle - Jenny

Duke - Erica

Sodus - Lotus

Boris - Ursa

Alex Winter - Bertha Strong

"Bly me! Alex!" I heard the griffon call out.

On the wall at the far end of the room we saw three caprine statues. A male caprine, a female caprine both were holding a baby caprine. Their eyes starred at us with a mix of terror, shock and horror.

To Be Continued....