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Counter Earth Chronicles

Chapter 135: What The World Needs Now

*Poof*

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" The red orangutan bleated while hugging the dark wolf's leg.

"Slaves do not address their master's by their first name mortal!" The dark being growled.

"I am sorry Diamantopoulous- err master!" Flo said apologizing. "I am just used to addressing everyone by their name. "I meant no disrespect!"

Flo looked up at the demon wolf just in time to see him snort in disapproval. She was on very thin ice now!

The demon stared down at the naked female orangutan that was hugging his leg begging for forgiveness. But he wasn't having it, the female beastial had addressed him by his name one too many times. He snapped his paw fingers.

In an instant Flo found herself tied to a wooden stake buried up to her neck in dark brown mud.

"You will stay there until you learn to address me properly slave!" The dark wolf said.

"Yes Diamantopoulous- I mean master." Flo said catching herself. "When like, your anger subsides I look forward to serving you- humbly, faithfully for the rest of my life."

"We will see slave." The dark being grinned wickedly.

!!!

"Um, master something is crawling up my leg!" Flo said.

"Good! You realized you aren't alone in that pit either. You catch on quick." He said disappearing.

*Poof*

"ACK!" I screamed.

"Bad dream again pet?" My warrior bear said loosening me from her powerful embrace.

"It is that dream again mistress."

"You mean the one where Flo is being tortured by the demon wolf?"

"The same." I said rolling over to face my perfect person.

Lady Ursa then petted me on my head. "That is the third night in a row."

"I know there is nothing anyone can do for her I just hope she is safe." I said worried.

"I doubt the dark wolf would harm her; it would lower her productivity. So erase that thought from your mind." My she beast said rolling on her back and pulling me on top of her. "Or do I have to give you my super snuggle attack?"

"That would be nice also." I as said as my face was mashed against her breasts and my ass was groped.

"Very well human, you are mine!"

Day 1027 (Saturday Morning, Lady Ursa's Lair)

That weekend began like most, but as my perfect person and I sat down for breakfast there was a message on the view screen.

"What does it say Alex?"

"It is from Dongo and Doria. They want me to stand in for them at some type of event in World Three this afternoon. How can I do that? I don't have any transportation."

"Actually, I could drop you off, I have some errands to run in the area." My fierce ursine warrior said.

"What type of errands?" I asked her.

"I can't tell you pet." She said to me.

"Mistress I thought we were done with keeping secrets from each other!"

"Sorry this one I will have to keep... for now."

(Hmm...)

So that afternoon my bear knight dropped me off at a select location in World Three while she ran her secretive errands. As I got out of the blue prototype, I could swear I heard something rattling around in the trunk.

"Ember!" I said startling the brown aardvark. "What are you doing here?"

*hug*

"I thought you said that you were going to stop doing that every time we met?" Cinder's cousin sighed.

"I was going to but I thought better of it. Just consider it my undying appreciation for your selfless act two years ago."

"Actually it will be two years next month." Ember said blushing- I guessed my public hug had embarrassed him. "So you decided to attend the opening too as well."

"Yeah Dongo and Doria couldn't make it and wanted me to go in their place." I said.

"They wanted me to stand in for them too, I wasn't comfortable attending something like thing by myself so I brought..." The aardvark said.

"NEAL!"

"Alex." My doppelgänger's brother said greeting me.

"Um what are you doing here?" I asked dumbfounded.

"Representing our group after our latest achievement." Neal said.

He was dressed in a white shirt with a brown stripe running down the side and brown pants. Very casual for this fall day.

"Also Dongo and Doria wanted me to check up on you; you seemed distant at our last meeting."

"That's because I recently lost a friend of mine." I said.

"Really?" Ember asked.

"She is missing and most likely unfindable." I said looking down at the ground.

"I see, that is beyond awful." The four foot aardvark said as Neal greeted him with what else? A hug.

"It is Alex. I am sorry to hear about it and your loss." Neal said sympathetically. "It was someone from this reality, and not the other reality right?"

I nodded.

"Um what are you referring too?" Ember asked the younger Winter.

"Never mind. Now you two put on the smiles, wave, and let me do all the talking!" The consortium's second in command said as we stepped onto the carpeted sidewalk and started to make our way toward our destination.

(Ember did not know what Neil and I were talking about! Could it be that my doppelgänger's brother did not reveal my secret?)

"This is hub reporter Newton Leaf reporting live at the opening of Counter Earth's second movie cinema here in World Three." A red headed centaur said as the three of approached.

He appeared to be really young maybe in his early twenties because he had a very youthful face, red hair, pointed ears, a very short tail as well. Most likely he was new hire and this was his first assignment. But he had done his homework.

"And attending this opening is none other than the Consortium For Mutual Coexistence a group that has increased in prominence in the last few years for their efforts to encourage peaceful coexistence between first class citizens and second class citizens."

(Nuts, he is approaching us.)

"You three! May I have a moment of your time!" The redheaded centaur said to us.

"Um, sure." I said.

"Newton Leaf from the hub news. How does it feel to have a second theater of this type opening within the empire?"

"It feels great Newton." Neil said elbowing me to the side. "Our first location in World One was a small venue. It started modestly but it grew in popularity as a place where humans and beastials can sit, relax and enjoy a communal experience together."

"So it was a way, sneaky way to get the classes to congregate." Newton said.

"Exactly. It was our goal to open a theater in each of the five cities in the hopes that the divisions that are driving us apart could be lessened and new bridges could be formed. It took us a while with the current recession and the level of unrest, but at last we were able to open our second theater here in World Three."

"Well thank you for your time Mr. Winter." The centaur said as we walked by. "Hopefully a good time will be had by all. I will also be in attendance for this momentous occasion. This is Newton Leaf reporting."

The theater wasn't anything spectacular- a small illuminated marquee over a small box office and two doors which lead to one auditorium.

"Kind of small." Ember said as we entered and took our seats in the small auditorium.

"I guess that means there is room for expansion then." I said.

"It only seats about thirty but it is a start." Neal said looking around to see who would be in attendance.

"Wow look at the crowd." Ember said.

There was a pretty big showing for the opening of the movie theater that day in World Three. We saw about twenty beastials in all shapes and sizes and eight humans including us.

"Looks like they sold out for this showing on the first day!" Neil said triumphantly.

"Um, hey let's sit in the back row!" I said to my Consortium patrons.

"Why the back row Alex?" Neil said looking at me. "Just a feeling?"

(Actually yes.)

"Um, I just like not having anyone behind me."

"So it is a paranoia thing then huh?" Ember said.

So I convinced Ember and Neil to sit in the very back row of the theater. As we took our seats the young reporter decided to join us as well.

"This should be interesting." I said as Newton took his seat.

To my surprise the seat folded backward into a bench for him to rest his lower half on. It was quite a site.

"I see the theater designers thought of just about everything." The centaur said.

"Made to accommodate all shapes, sizes and species." Neil said.

"So what is the movie this afternoon?" I asked.

"The Offering." Ember said looking at the holo program that was displayed before us.

"The what now?!" I asked.

"It was on the hub a few months ago." Neil added.

"I must have missed it." I said as I was shushed by the aardvark, centaur and younger Winter.

The film opened in what looked like some type of underground catacomb chamber. It was dark with cells all over the place. The camera panned right as a grey steer was followed by a adolescent otter. Both were wearing nothing more than primitive loincloths- very tribal.

"Now over here are the relaxation chambers." The big he beast started to say. "This is where members of our clan relax at the end of the day. Now to the left is my chamber..."

The steer turned around to check up on the otter that had been following him on this impromptu tour. The boy was crying.

"Something wrong?"

"I miss my mommy, daddy and sisters." The adolescent said.

"I see, well you are the youngest offering our clan has ever received from your tribe." The steer said kneeling to dry the otter boy's tears. "I know that it is difficult at first but you will grow to accept your fate."

"How do you know that?" The otter asked.

"Because fate has bestowed a very important duty upon you. You are the offering, a gift from your tribe to my clan to ensure peace between our peoples. It is because of your personal sacrifice that conflict will be averted between your kind and mine."

"Oh." The otter-boy said.

"It is also because of your personal sacrifice that your mommy, daddy, siblings and the rest of your tribe will continue to exist. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir." The otter said nodding.

"Good. This way."

The steer guided the adolescent otter to his personal relaxation chamber. Upon walking into the room the steer removed his loin cloth and the boy's and laid down on a lone wooden table arms and legs outstretched, his rump prominently showing.

"Now your first duty little peace offering is to bathe a member of your adopting clan, that will be me."

The otter-boy looked at the naked he beast before him stretched out on the table- his broad shoulders, thick biceps, strong neck, muscular frame and small butt. This was going to take a while!

"Woooow." The otter-boy said out loud.

"Take your time and be careful not to miss a spot."

(Now this is getting good!)

I started thinking as the film stopped and the lights to the theater suddenly turned on despite the protest of the audience. In front of the screen were what appeared to be five rebels- as in yet another rebel faction.

"We interrupt your afternoon entertainment to bring you this announcement." A homely blond female wearing fatigues said. "I am having a bad day so as of this moment so are all of you."

!!!

"OH CRAP!" I squeaked "It is a rebel attack!"

Newton, Ember and Neil gasped as two of the female rebels in fatigues- headed toward the exits on either side of the aisle. The were quite large.

(This is not going to end well.) I thought to myself as I reached for my PDA and the panic button Sir Ram had installed on it after my kidnapping in World Three two years ago.

I pressed it.

(That should do it! You rebels are going to feel the wrath of the knights rain down on you!)

"Now listen up!" The blond female in front of the screen said. "Working within the system has not worked, movements have not worked, protests have not worked so we are going to try this now- a dialog."

"Now beastials don't try fleeing the exits have been blocked." A redhead next to her said.

"And your communicators have as well." A brunette next to her said.

"In short you are our prisoners." The blond rebel lady said.

I glanced at my PDA confirming what our captors had said was true. It was.

"What are we going to do?" Ember squeaked.

"They have weapons." Newton said looking around. "There are five of them the blond, brunette, and redhead up front and the two behemoths watching the doors; there isn't much any of us can do."

"This looks bad and it is going to even look worse for our group." Neal added. "Alex can you contact the knights?"

"Negative." I responded. "But I have an idea."

"What is it?" The younger Winter asked.

"We have to save as many innocents as we can starting with our dear aardvark here." I said to Cinder's cousin.

*hug*

"Alex?" The brown beastial said to me.

"You're the smallest of us." I said slipping him my PDA. "Take this, you have to get out of range of their jamming signal when you do press the panic button. That will summon the knight core."

"But... but..." The four foot aardvark protested.

"Ember you are the perfect person for this! Duck behind the seat and wait for your opportunity." Neal said to him.

The hub reporter realized what we were about to do and decided to run interference.

"Madam rebel! Madam rebel! A word please!" Newton said stepping and fumbling over several patrons in the back row of the auditorium. "Whoops sorry!" The centaur said as he purposely fell onto the large black and blond haired rebel female that was guarding the exit nearest to us.

"Watch where you are going freak!" The gorilla of a woman said picking him up.

She looked my mistress only humanoid. She kind of reminded me of Bertha in a way.

"Sorry about that! Newton Leaf from the hub. I was covering the grand opening."

"Oh it is a centaur." The blond rebel in front of the audience said.

"Well he is part human." The brunette next to her added.

"And the other part is not." The redhead next to her commented.

"Come here centaur." The blond rebel lady ordered.

Newton made his way down the aisle toward the front of the auditorium and the three rebels who were conducting this 'forced dialog.'

"Sapphire, Jade search him." The lead female ordered.

Slowly and carefully the brunette and redhead went over the every inch of the quadrupedal beastial. First checking his human half and then checking his horse half for weapons and other items.

*grope*

"Hey, hey ladies, I can assure you that I am not hiding anything in there!" Newton blushed in embarrassment. The redhead finished her search but not the brunette, well she kept searching.

"Such a youthful face, nice smile, pointed ears, broad shoulders with a strong back." Jade said to Sapphire.

"Which one?" Sapphire said to Jade.

"Both of them." The brunette said to the redhead as she kneeled to take another look at Newton's horse part. "Nice haunches and look at that phallus! How can they go around in public showing that thing off?!"

"Most only dress their human half." The rebel leader said to her subordinate.

*grab*

"Um miss Sapphire... what are you doing?" Newton asked as the brunette felt him up again.

"Oh nothing." Jade said to the unnerved centaur. "She is looking for what is probably the best and most efficient way to end you. In case we need leverage."

"Don't worry centaur, Sapphire is good she will make sure that you bleed out quickly and don't suffer too much." The rebel leader said.

"He is quite the specimen Diamond- for an abomination that is." Sapphire said hopping on Newton's back.

Apparently the young reporter was starting to lose his cool.

"Please ma'am." Newton stuttered.

"Please ma'am what centaur?" Diamond said staring at him.

"Please don't kill me." Newton pleaded as the three female rebels on stage snickered.

Sapphire was particularly sadistic- she placed her arms around Newton's waist while on his back pulling herself just close enough to his ear to whisper....

"No promises. Now conduct your interview."

"With you on me?" Newton asked.

"Yes." The brunette said poking his back with some hand held type of laser weapon.

"Um, yes ma'am who are you and why are you here?" The centaur said turning toward the blond female rebel who obviously was the leader.

"Yes why did you interrupt our movie?" A female sea lion in the audience asked.

"Because we are making a statement." The blond female said. "In fact, you are going to be part of it! Come, come, come!" Diamond said pointing her weapon at the female beastial.

Nervously the brown sea lion made her way to Diamond in the front of the auditorium who placed the scarred beastial in a small head lock.

"Please ma'am I have a family and pups."

"If so what were you doing here today?" The blond rebel said aiming her weapon right at the seal and the brown shirt she was wearing.

"I needed some personal time." Came the response.

"It looks like everyone here was looking to have a good time Diamond." Jade said. "I think we need another participant." The redhead said scanning the audience. "You the canine in the green dress! Come on down!"

Neal and I watched as spotted mostly white mix breed left a group of friends she was with to join the redhead rebel in front with the sea lion and centaur.

"Hmm..." Diamond said staring at their hostages, we need two more. "You the red lizard thingie in the blue dress. Go stand with my girl Emerald by the door."

The petite lizard gasped as she stood up from the audience to join the green haired behemoth guarding the far door of the theater.

"Diamond can I have the jaguarundi? Please?" The rebel large female guarding the exit closest to Neal and myself asked.

"Alright- you the dark cat thingie in the black multicolored shirt! You will be Ruby's prisoner."

The crowd gasped as the five rebels had selected members of the audience to be their prisoners.

"Alright Diamond, you have us at your mercy." Newton said regaining his composure. "Why are you doing this?"

"We are tired of being subjugated, oppressed, and poor because economic restrictions, travel restrictions, education restrictions, employment restrictions and freedom restrictions." The rebel leader said to the audience. "There have been many other groups that have tried to enact change in this dystopian society but the Valkyries will be the first to be successful!"

"YAY!" The female rebels cheered.

"What makes you think that you will be successful?" A voice to my right said standing up.

(NEAL!)

"Many other factions and groups have tried The Movement, Liberate Counter Earth Now, Equality Now. Each tried to enact change by force but were extirpated. What are you going to do differently?"

"So glad you asked um..." The redhead said.

"Neal Winter."

"Yes, Neal Winter because we have hostages. We will demand equality from the High Evolutionary or this outing will turn into a massacre."

(OH CRAP!)

"You can try rebel- but there are more of us than you!" A marten shouted from the crowd.

**ZAP**

"But we have weapons!" One of the human gorillas guarding the exits of the auditorium said as she grazed the shocked beastial. The huge female then pulled him from the crowd and threw him on the ground in the aisle much to the horror of the hostages.

"That was just a graze. Next time it will be in the vitals- beastial you will die here today, in this auditorium." Diamond said. "Now is there anyone else who thinks they can take us on?"

"Come here marten." Jade said pointing her weapon at him.

"Yes ma'am." The beastial said walking toward the front of the auditorium.

As the orange and brown he beast arrived...

"On your knees and paws!" The blond shouted at him.

"Um beg your pardon ma'am." Newton said lunging back into the conversation. "You said that this was going to be a dialogue."

"Yes beastial. I did. Do you know why I hate you animals so much?"

A hush fell on the crowd as leader of the Valkyries started the presentation.

"You dominate us! There is not a time when we are not made to feel inferior."

"It is not our doing!" A female kangaroo shouted back from the audience.

"It is your doing!" The brunette sitting on the centaur's back said.

"Thirty-two years ago this planet was visited by an off worlder- one who promised to end the war and the fighting that preceded the collapse of the government. The survivors believed in what he said and made him the ruler."

"He did as promised rebel!" A female rabbit in the audience said.

"He did bring back peace to this world by marginalizing the humans. He created a new race of beings to become the dominant citizens; hell they were the preferred! If you were one of them prosperity was guaranteed. But if you were the former, you were cast aside as the civilization was rebuilt- we were largely excluded from it." Ruby said.

"You over there!" The blond said pointing to a ewe two rows in front of us.

"Yes ma'am?" The lamb squeaked.

"Do you live in a nice home? Speak the truth!"

"I do." The scared beastial said.

"And you squirrel! Do you have an nice lucrative occupation? One that allows you to live comfortably?"

"The scared beastial nodded.

"And you lynx! Do you have a nice hover vehicle?"

"Um yes madam rebel." The wild feline said.

"Well the rest of us do not!" Diamond barked furiously. "We can't even begin to strive to obtain half of what each and every one of you have!"

"Well is it really our fault?" Newton asked.

"Watch your tongue centaur." Sapphire grumbled.

"It is as well as your master's. You animal types out populate us three to one. Why is that?" Jade asked.

Quiet again fell on the captive audience.

"Because your master has a secret sterilization program that has prevented human births in an effort to secure this world for beastials only at some point." Emerald said.

"Their leader is growing quite agitated." I said to Neal.

"Agreed. I think this is going to end badly. The knights don't negotiate with rebels. Time for the sales-pitch."

I understood what my doppelgänger's brother meant we had to keep this league of female rebels engaged so that the knights would have a chance to end this with a few lives lost as possible.

"Begging your pardon madam rebel but that is where the Consortium For Mutual Coexistence is for." Neal said standing up again.

"We are familiar with your group. You trying to work within the system to alleviate the despair and hopelessness second class citizens are feeling which causes them to join the rebellion." The brunette on top of Newton's back said. "You have had a MINOR impact but there are more have nots than halves."

"Actually no we have had an impact on the disenfranchised." I said standing next to Neal.

"Really?"

"We have helped the unemployed find jobs, the despaired find hope, intolerant become tolerant. Take for example the beasitals who are here today."

"Wait, I thought you looked familiar!" The blond said. "You are Alexander Winter!" What are you doing here- the empire finish reconditioning you?!"

"He is with me!" Neal said.

"I see the Winter brothers so you are both with this so called Consortium are you?" Diamond asked as Neal and I looked at each other uneasily.

"This was supposed to be a pleasurable outing for first and second class citizens alike which you in your blind hatred ruined madam." I said to the rebel leader.

"Interesting humans defending the animals- traitors to your own kind." Jade said staring at us.

"On the contrary madam at one time I shared your views as did my brother. However, I learned the error of my ways." Neal shouted.

"As did I... eventually." I said imitating a reformed Alexander Winter.

"How is that?" Sapphire asked.

"Unlike your rhetoric, not every beastial is out to get you; There are a few that believe despite our classes we are stronger together than apart." Neal said as the audience applauded.

"Next you're going to tell us that you are dating beastials."

"Well, err..." Neal and I said.

"Well that is one way to bypass your standing." The redhead said.

"There are other ways too, but your blind hatred prevented you from seeing that." The kangaroo in the audience shouted.

*thump* *thump*

There was a loud crashing noise as the Knights of Sevren burst into the theater overpowering the guards at the theater exits.

"Dialogue is over rebel." Sir Wolf said walking in after Biff and Looper tackled Ruby and Emerald. The huge human females were laying on top of their prisoners as the members of the wolf-pack were on top of them.

The blond in front looked at the brunette and the redhead.

"It's over. Take as many as you can!"

*zap* *zap* *zap* *zap* *zap*

Sounds of laser fire filled the room. But what was beyond odd was that I did not sense any danger. Neal and I assumed that it was from the Knights of Sevren, or the female rebels or both. When it subsided the valkyries and their prisoners lay still. All were checked out by healers outside the theater.

Thanks to Ember and Sir Wolf's wolf-pack no one in the audience was hurt. The valkyries and their five hostages received minor injuries from the weapon fire.

"Alex you are right?" The commander of the Knights of Sevren asked.

I nodded.

"We noticed that your panic button was pressed. When we arrived we saw that Ember had your PDA and feared the worst." The grizzled wolf said to me.

"Nope commander that was the plan." I said to him.

"Biff, Looper, Dusty get these 'ladies' out of here." Sir Wolf ordered.

"The world is indeed changing- just not fast enough for them." I said as a familiar aardvark walked back into the theater.

"Are all the Consortium's outings like this?" Ember asked.

"You were with us on that membership drive last month right?" I said to him.

"Sorry for the interruption everyone. I guess we will have to reschedule." Neal said walking in front of the theater.

The younger Winter was then pelted by popcorn as the audience chanted-

Movie!! Movie!! Movie!!

(Well it was starting to get interesting when we were interrupted.)

"Or not. Ok movie! Let's do it."

Despite the brief interruption from that rebel group. The film did resume and the audience got to watch the otter bathe every nook and cranny of that steer in glorified detail.

"I don't get it? I thought in light of what happened we would have to cancel." Neal said to Ember and myself.

"Nope." Newton said re-joining us. His wounds had been treated and healed. "I think they just wanted to get the performance in before curfew. By the way, something caught my ear when you were speaking with the female rebels- "You said that there were others who thought that humans and beastials were stronger together than apart. Who are these others?"

"Visionaries like my employer. A beasitial." Neal said looking at the centaur. "Because of him I am not poor but middle class."

After the film Neal Winter pulled me aside. The events of the afternoon caused him to reevaluate our relationship. He told me that his brother was irredeemable; dead to him. But that I was a good stand in. In a weird way, I was ok with that.

(I think he forgave me for my deception.)

Apparently despite the state the empire was in with the protests, pockets of lawlessness and curfews. Some good things were indeed taking place.

To Be Continued....