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Counter Earth Chronicles - Fallen Empire

Chapter 122: Until The End Of Time....

Day: N/A [eternity] (Torture Tower, the realm of fire and magma)

Diamantopoulous sat upon his throne in deep thought about the three Chado who had visited his realm and taken two of his latest arrivals he was looking forward to tormenting- the goofy dragon and terrified cheetah. Never had other beings visited his domain and taken his prey from his clutches. How dare they!!!

The dark wolf was in such a funk that he failed to acknowledge a naked red orangutan enter the room and prostrate herself at his foot paws.

"Master." Flo Fuller said to the fire being.

Receiving no response, she spoke a little louder.

"Ahem, like ah master."

Still not receiving any acknowledgement she made her presence known.

"MASTER!"

"Oh slave. I did not hear you enter." The wolf demon said looking down at the foot of his throne.

"Like, far out you were brooding again. Were you thinking about the three Chado?"

"No. Maybe. What concern of yours is it?"

"You have like a wrinkle that forms across the top of your head when you are in that form and brooding." Flo said nonchalantly.

"Really what about now?"

The wolf demon disappeared and reappeared before Flo again as a purple orangutan slightly taller than she.

"Nope still there." The nude slave girl said pointing to the line on the being's forehead.

"Really? And now?" Diamantopoulous said disappearing and reappearing in front of Ms. Fuller in his true form.

The light from his body was intense and the heat even more intense.

The female orangutan took her time.

"Um, right there." She said pointing. "Above your eyes."

"GRRRRRR!!" Apparently the violation had gotten to him and everyone had started to notice.

"Um, anyway I have completed my labors master. The task master was even impressed."

"So you have." The dark being said reverting back to a form his slave girl could interpret.

"You betcha!" The female orangutan said, smiling. "How about doing something to take your mind off of your problems?"

"I have tormented, tortured, frightened, humiliated and had you impregnated. What else is there possibly to do?" The wolf said scritching his chin and noticing Flo's cheerful smile. She was always so damn cheerful no matter what he did to her.

"We could play a game or several master!" The nude slave girl said looking up. "Where I am from it is a tradition."

"Oh yes game time, you mortals seem to enjoy it. Very well a game." The wolf said thinking. "But let's make it a real diversion."

(Diversion?) Flo thought to herself as she and her master disappeared from the throne room. The red orangutan soon found herself standing next to an easel and on it a moderate size raffle-like wheel with eight wedges and a needle-indicator. Across from her standing behind a table three contestants- well spirits.

"And now live from Torture Tower in the Realm of Fire and Magma it is You Bet Your Life!! The gameshow where the suffering and the damned have a second shot at living if they can just win!!" The wolf demon said appearing on the other side of the wheel. He was holding a microphone, in a white tunic, his chest bare, arm and wrist braces visible for all to see.

What was going on here? This was not the type of game night Ms. Fuller had imagined playing with her master.

The dark wolf then made a microphone for Flo and instructed her to read a series of cue cards that magically appeared right in front of her:

"Wow, like far out... And now the Overlord of the realm, the dark one himself Diamantopoulous..."

"This is the game where the challenges are huge and the stakes couldn't be higher! Now let's meet our contestants." The wolf demon continued sounding like a seasoned professional announcer.

"Our first contestant is an oncilla who hails from World Two, treated all humans she encountered as something less than fecal material and now is suffering for all eternity for it- Leopa!!"

"What? How did I get here?" The feline ghost asked. "Flo?"

"Our second contestant is a former member of the Animalita who met his end at the Maximum for defying its warden Ricky Raccoon!!"

"Huh? What happened to the stretcher I was on?" The raccoon said looking around.

"And our third and final contestant was a protege of the smartest scientist of the former empire of the High Evolutionary Billy Goat!!"

"It looks like we received a stay from our punishment to be on a gameshow?" The goat said to the raccoon.

"Alright contestants, each of you will receive an opportunity to spin the wheel of redemption next to my mortal assistant. There are eight possible positions the indicator can land on. One being reincarnation, the other seven well, you don't want to know." The dark wolf said demonically.

"Master this is game time?" The naked orangutan asked Diamantopoulous.

"My version slave. I also know that Leopa is a friend of yours which is why I included her here but we will get to her fate later. Alright, let's start with contestant number three!"

Billy approached the wheel, but as he went to give it a spin, his paw passed through it with ease.

"Looks like you have no physical form here- that's right you are dead so Ms. Fuller will have to spin for you."

Flo gave the wheel a spin for the goat ghost. The wheel spun and spun, as it started to slow down the indicator just skipped past a wedge labeled reincarnation landing on double damnation.

"Oh so sorry Mr. Goat, your punishment has been doubled. You will be here for at least two eternities now. Consider it penance for those lives you shattered while living." Diamantopoulous snickered.

"Damn!" Sir Ram's protege cursed as he faded into nothingness.

"No, no, no, no, no no!! I didn't sign up for this!!" Ricky Raccoon said panicking as Flo gave the wheel a good spin for him. "Please, I will do anything- I don't want to be here anymore!!"

The indicator seemed to want to land on one of the dark panels until it suddenly stopped on reincarnation... really suddenly.

"Yes!! I am coming back baby!! So long suckers!!" The former member of the Animalitia said as he disappeared and was returned to the world of the living. World Two to be exact... in his own body... in front of a pack or ravenous monsters... "No!!! Aiee!!!" The raccoon screamed.

Back at the tower, Flo examined the wedge the indicator landed on at the wheel of redemption. The labeling seemed obscured; obfuscated. She then removed the covering. It did not say reincarnation at all but you will die twice!!!

"Far out...." The she beast said stunned.

"So even if you win, you lose." The little oncilla said as the wolf demon loomed over her.

"You betcha!!" Diamantopoulous grinned. "Shall I have your friend spin the wheel for you anyway?"

"My quite the distraction Diamantopoulous?" A red and black lizard creature said, appearing on the wheel of redemption.

"Mortimer?" The orangutan slave girl gasped as their game time was interrupted.

"I thought I killed you." The dark wolf said eyeing the quadrupedal fire creature.

"I let you and your slave think that." Mortimer responded.

"Didn't you have to clean up what was left after he lost?" The oncilla asked the orangutan.

Flo nodded stepping back from her master and his rival's apparition.

"You always had a wicked streak, a tinge of cruelty and sadistic-ness that was why I selected you to rule the realm in my absence."

"Mentor?!!! So the challenge and the duel..." Flo's master said to black lizard creature.

"It was to make sure that I was right protege. Nothing personal."

Diamantopoulous immediately dropped to one knee bowing his head in respect. "Thank you Big Daddy."

Flo and Leopa traded glances until both were made to prostrate themselves in front of the apparition; the creator of the realm.

"Are you back for good sir?" The wolf demon asked his superior.

"No, just checking up on my portfolio... Diamantopoulous I didn't know you had a thing for wolves?" The lizard said disappearing and re-emerging as a large burning flame geyser with eyes. "Or the living."

"My magnificence was...."

"Yes, yes too much for your slave." The flame said approaching Flo. "You are a wonder too pledging eternal obedience and loyalty for the rest of your existence."

"Yes your supreme mastership." The naked orangutan said bowing again.

"And always so damn cheerful despite her station. You made a good deal with that one Diamantopoulous. So why the big distraction?"

"He has been brooding a lot even for him." Flo said, finding her voice sounding less like a slave and more like a minion.

"You will not speak unless directed!" The dark wolf said, taking her microphone.

Diamantopoulous looked at the orangutan and her oncilla friend who best decided to remain quiet and let the demons talk.

"Ah yes you are still bitter about the loss of the dragon and cheetah are you?"

"They arrived the same time as the gnu and antelope." The wolf demon said to his superior.

"And you had plans for them."

"Yes sir."

"More grandiose than what you did to the Shadow Chasers?"

"The dragon is best friends with another who I have longed to have. I could have tortured him from afar by letting him know that his big buddy was mine to do with as I pleased."

"That dragon has a kind spirit and the gentlest of souls." Big Daddy said.

"Which would have been all the more fun to shred!!"

"And you have searched the realm of the living for that which was taken from you and can not locate it or those who were responsible?"

"Yes mentor."

"And it is eating at you?"

"Correct sir."

"Always the perfectionist Diamantopoulous. Since it is game time, you and I will play a game- I call it Where In The World Are My Prey?"

"Another game?" Leopa gasped as she, Flo and the dark wolf disappeared.

[January 2nd] At the remains of a former sports club in World Two....

"Thank you for saving my bacon lady. I thought I was going to buy it there for a minute. My first day back and I almost died." The racoon said rubbing his paws together in front Tessa Branch. "Say why are you wearing that mask um?"

"You may call me Countess and this is my associate Earl. We are in the process of remaking this city and we could use a individual with your skillset." The woman who was on a elevated seat said to the reincarnated raccoon.

The four armed red demon next to her snickered as the three apparitions observed their interactions.

"I think I know this place! Are we back in the world of the living?" Leopa asked, surprised.

"Um, like not exactly. We are observing from an adjacent realm." Flo said.

"Sir, I have already searched here." The wolf demon said standing next to the two females said. "I found nothing."

"Are you sure?" Big Daddy asked. "Really, really, really sure?"

Flo noticed a dichotomy between her master and his mentor. While Diamantopoulous was ruthless, brutal and cruel, Big Daddy seemed to be a trickster, playful and spirited. Or was that just an act?

"Thanks, but no thanks, I have had my fill of organizations and groups for several lifetimes." Ricky responded. "I am solo from here on out."

"Tis a pity then, because if you are not with us, then you are against us. Earl!" Ms. Branch shouted to her colleague.

Diamantopoulous, Leopa and Flo watched as the four armed demon took the racoon to another room at the far end of the building. There was screaming, and blood. A lot of blood.

"Those two are quite a pair, especially that four armed demon. Really vicious and brutal." Big Daddy observed. "If we had actual physical forms in that realm he would be a nice edition to our forces...." The creator of the realm of fire and magma said as they disappeared.

World ONE (Diamond City)....

"That was World Two? Far out!!" The naked orangutan said to the oncilla as they reappeared in another location.

"That is what it looks like now. Say where are we?" Leopa asked looking around.

It seemed like they were inside a mall corridor looking out onto a boardwalk. There were beastials and humans walking to and fro with dazed looks and goofy smiles on their faces.

At the boardwalk's end there was a peculiar trio a grey minotaur, a female coyote and a blue dragon standing side by side, holding paws and silently looking out into the ocean.

"How about the entity's stronghold Diamantopoulous?"

"One of the first places I considered since the dragon's companions are here with the conqueror." The dark wolf said to his superior.

"And it looks like they replaced him rather quickly, handsome chap too." Big Daddy said as the four of them disappeared from the Diamond City.

World Three (remnants)....

"What about here? The conqueror mistakenly obliterated this city during its initial attack."

"There is nothing here but volcanoes sir." The demon wolf said to his superior.

"And two very large giants." The orangutan said. "Fascinating, yellowish brown, with humanoid looking bodies, no neck. Heads with a circle, no nose, two flat ears, oval mouth with sharp teeth and one single eye- a large single eye."

"More like the conqueror's competition slave." Big Daddy responded. "Trying to hit the ground running with that rule the planet theme. I foresee more conflict between the two and more souls coming our way."

Remote Human Colony....

"I assume you also considered this place right? My favorite subordinate." Big Daddy asked the three as they appeared at a desert human colony that was shielded from view by alien technology.

"Again yes sir." Diamantopoulous said growing irritated at their game. "This a fragment, a pocket of existence from the fallen empire. The humans that reside here are in league with extraterrestrials."

"The same ones that were abducting beastials?" The ghost cat asked.

"That is just, just, wow." Flo replied looking at the village.

"Be thankful you aren't there now. The residents would immediately turn the two of you over to them." The creator of the realm of fire and magma joked.

"Sir what is the purpose of this? There are remnants like this elsewhere on the planet- a prison colony, an island with numerous environments, a prairie colony. I have searched them all." The dark wolf commented.

"What? Not enjoying our game apprentice?"

"No."

"The purpose of all this apprentice is for you to think bigger. You tend to have such a pinpoint view of focus." Big Daddy said as they disappeared again.

[January 2nd] 10:30 PM Vehicle Storage Bunker World Seven....

Inside a stone one level building four meerkats technicians were testing some of their modifications on three prototypes and a utility vehicle.

"Alright launching probe." One of the four, a female said.

"Probe launched." Another female said. "Scanning. Gulay what do you see?"

"The whole city. I mean all of it north, south, east and west!" One of the males responded.

"Good now switch to infrared." One of the two ordered.

"Doesn't look any different from before Meena." Gulay responded.

"Switch to enhanced Gulay."

"Tilikum your upgrades are amazing!"

"What do you see?" Khai, the youngest asked.

"Our fellow colonists obeying the king's edict." Gulay said blushing.

The three remaining meerkats gathered around the copilot monitor and keyboard of the red coupe where they saw a 3D image of the city and heat signatures of the citizenry doing what they were doing.

"Amazing! That is Lady Ursa and her daughter eating with Mazia and her daughter. I can clearly make them out." Meena replied. "Probably comparing pregnancy experiences."

"That one over there that looks like Hue and Dianna." Tilikum gasped. "Doing the horizontal mambo?!"

"Let me see!" Khai shouted. "More like a vertical mambo!"

"So that is how a human mates with a centaur!" Tilikum shouted. "I...I... can't stop watching!!!"

"Maybe we should give them some privacy." Meena said trying to be the voice of reason.

The three other meerkats looked at her.

"NAH!!"

"Hue has such nice rhythm and form too." Gulay observed. "Look he is speeding up! Faster, faster and faster!"

"Woo!!! There he goes!!" Tilikum said, completing the play by play.

"Dianna is quite wet." Meena observed.

"Somehow, I don't think she minds." Khai said. "Who else is out there is personally celebrating the new year?"

"Hmm.... those images look like Mitsa and Lune. I think they are trying to give Luck a sibling." Gulay said.

"Who is on top?" Tilikum asked.

"Who do you think?" Khai said. "He has a nice butt."

"Lune is raising his snout, he is howling. I think he came really hard." Meena blushed.

"Must have he is resting on Mitsa." Gulay said.

"Ridden hard and put away wet!!" Khai shouted as Meena, Tilikum and Gulay looked at him. "I mean we need to test our upgrades like this more often!!"

Meanwhile in the bear's lair...

The dark brown bear was lying on his back on a large bed. He had his right arm around a red eyed dark tan lioness. His left arm around a blond freckled twenty something human male. All three were in compliance with Lady Ursa's cardinal rule while within her chambers; they were nude.

"This is nice. But something is missing." The male said grinning to his devious person.

"Is it pretty lady bear?"

"Nope." Alex and Shakara said in unison.

"Boris is not sure of this!"

"Now Boris with big cutie away visiting friends Alex and I will have to find other ways to entertain ourselves so why don't you hakuna my tattas?" The horny lioness said smiling seductively while crawling on top of the dark brown bear.

"Now that I would like to see and when you cum we want a nice big roar poppa bear." The human said tracing the v shaped birthmark on the bear's chest with his finger. "Something that would give us chills right down our spines."

The lioness made the bear cum repeatedly before he collapsed from exhaustion.

"His equipment isn't big little cutie but he does manage to compensate for his deficiencies." The lioness commented while watching bear's erection deflate.

"Agreed he isn't Lady Ursa but he will do." The human said cuddling. The lioness did the same on the bear's right side.

Meanwhile at the Central Tower....

A red wingless dragon, angular face, short horns in a shirt and shorts cuddled with a female looking dragon like being on his balcony overlooking the stone city.

"Your kingdom looks quite lovely tonight Sorren."

"Not as much as you Jua." The king said to the duchess. "I know that you still miss your close friends, but if there is anything I can do please let me know."

"You can." The dragon said leaning over and kissing his companion deeply and passionately.

"My that was rather lovely. Now if we could just do something about your clothing..."

"Did you figure it out, apprentice?" Big Daddy asked as they observed the couple.

The dark wolf's eyes went wide like he had found the solution to a very hard math problem.

"Why didn't I figure it out earlier?! The interlopers stated that the dragon and cheetah were meant for a greater purpose!"

"The reason you couldn't find them was because they weren't anywhere you were looking master." The orangutan said, surprised.

The demon wolf gave her a nasty look as the creator of the realm of fire and magma continued.

"Counter Earth is a doomed planet that has allowed us to receive a steady influx of souls from the recent cataclysm. But not every soul. Your Chado interlopers rescued a portion of the population and relocated them here on a distant world elsewhere in the universe. They made the dragon ruler on this world essentially re-establishing what was lost on their former world."

"Amazing, despite what has happened life still finds a way." The feline ghost replied looking at the royal couple.

"So the Chado think they moved my prey further away from death's icy grip do they?" The demon wolf grinned wickedly.

The dark being, his mentor, the orangutan and oncilla disappeared.

"Diamantopoulous?"

"Checking on a hunch. The dragon's good friend that homely freckled mortal who looks like he is barely old enough to walk, has an innate ability to see the future."

"So you want to see if their luck runs out?" Big Daddy asked.

[January 1, YOE 36] The bear's lair....

My mistress' loving embrace was warm and vigorous this morning. It was like I was wearing her like a coat. My butt rested comfortably in her crotch, my back was against her stomach and my head was resting on her breasts. She was snoring so loud that it woke me up. No matter, she was entitled to it. I decided to let her sleep.

(Say where is Shakara?)

She was not in my mistress chambers which now that I looked at it were different. And the bed was smaller. I decided to head into the hallway outside the bedroom where I found stairs that led to the great room which contained a large sectional, high table, and viewscreen.

(Wait, this isn't the townhome I share with my females!)

I went to the window next to the high table and looked out of it. A beautiful dawn had begun. There was arial traffic flowing two and fro in the city in the distance.

(This is World One! But how is that even possible?!)

I went to the sectional and turned on the view screen to the hub. The hub! I saw Zee Zebra reviewing the stories of the morning. His bottom intact.

Hello and welcome today is January 1st in the year of empire 36. Today the empire is celebrating the second anniversary of the great recovery from cataclysmic events that would have ended life as we know it. As you know, on December 31st YOE 34 a ancient being as old as time attempted to assassinate the High Evolutionary. It used the unrest from the dissidents within the empire as cover. Fortunately thanks to some asstitute operatives within the knight core, the plot was uncovered and the ancient being was neutralized. Within the last year all opposition to our master was crushed and a new golden era was born. Celebrations will be taking place in all five cities of the empire. As usual second class citizens will be prohibited from attending these celebrations unless they have been adopted and receive permission from their overseers.

(That was not what happened! But it did explain why Shakara and Boris were missing.)

After the hub broadcaster concluded his broadcast I pulled up the contact directory- Lord Tiger... Lady Vermin... Sir Wolf... Lady Kieko... Shakara Kubari... The Madam... Neil Winter.... There were their names. I did some more checking, Nikko, Bess and Tess, Dongo, Doria, Cinder, Ember were there too. I was given an option to contact all of them.

(How was this even possible?)

"Pet is everything ok?" My she beast called from the top of the stairs.

"Wow, in this future the cataclysm was prevented!" The feline ghost said, astounded.

The wolf demon gritted his teeth.

"This is one of several possible futures apprentice."

"Or one of the most probable, where we are robbed of that which is rightfully ours! Was this the Chado's doing as well? If so they will pay for this!!" Diamantopoulous shouted dissolving from the realm adjacent to the world of the living. His mentor also following him.

Flo and Leopa were left to wonder exactly what they were seeing. That was when the image changed again, this time to a small clearing and stream next to a large forest. A certain little human was writing in his journal as several beastials behind him spread a large white cloth on the ground and prepared meals.

[January 3rd YOE 36] Somewhere on Chaundoon....

*scribble* *scribble*

A year and a half ago as the long night began- who would have ever believed I would be where I am now? A year and four months have passed since our arrival on Chaundoon and World Seven has just celebrated its second Midnight Festival. The crowds for this year's celebration were even larger than last year's.

Looking back over the past twelve months, our colony has prospered. Now its technological level of sophistication is no where near what was in the five cities of the High Evolutionary's empire- there isn't a hub network or a communications grid. We might as well be back in the colonial times of the Cody's Gift movie, but we have friendship, each other and community; we are happy.

The primary reason is due to King Dragon. Sorren had the space-gate closed on our end to make sure that the threats from Counter Earth did not follow us here. That is not to say our new king hasn't faced problems. After the reconstruction of World Seven came the real challenges; mediating disputes between the civilizations on this world which can be quite tribal at times. Many times the knight core has been called in to action to prevent disagreements between groups from turning into conflicts. Through it all, Duchess Jua has been at Sorren's side helping him, guiding him and helping my big buddy deal with the loss of Tauren and Lurie to the entity. In fact a real friendship has formed between us and the sandfolk. Manderine has also been a great help as well.

Senior knights Lady Ursa, Lady Barq, Commander Rhinox and Commander Sanda lead the new knight core. Followed by mid-level knights Naka, Cole, Chemar, Kala and Ananias. The last two who have begun a serious relationship, and are also quickly moving up the ranks. We all wonder if there are going to be gorilla babies running around at some point. Shakara is very interested in seeing how Kala will handle pregnancy and the subsequent birthing process. Gahri, Arugula, Sandu and Linias remain junior knights for now with the scorpion boy and fire lizard proving themselves more than capable warriors. T'hoka and Tanya also are at that rank- but like Kala and Ananias they have entered into a relationship as well.

Shira convinced Basil and Gia to join the Colony Council so now the former leaders of World Six now advise and council King Dragon along with Masha, Haem and Song who I have heard is getting quite serious with Naka, which is about time those two are perfect for each other. Since a chakat and maned wolf can't make younglings, the two are raising Kiwi as their own.

Since there is so much we don't know about this planet a science division was established. Its medical unit is headed by Penny Penguin. She still has not forgiven me for wrecking her emergency vehicle on Counter Earth when we first met though. My lioness Shakara as well as Nezera and Lily Blossom work under her treating patients from all over the planet not just our colony. It can be very challenging at times- this past year we dealt with an invasive stomach parasite that was ravaging the population but managed to find a remedy.

Also within the sciences is the education division which is run by Ms. Una and Ms. Rose who are the teachers of the colony. Ms Rose as well as her mate Basil and Kip continue to recover from their experiences at the Maximum as does Gia, but they are making progress.

Arthur, Minka and Midnight Black head up the paranormal unit of the science division; they investigate things that go bump in the night all over the planet. Early this year the three of them became part of their investigation when they chanced upon some ancient ruins whose hieroglyphics came to life at night! The entire experience turned the akita's fur white. Should we start calling him Midnight White now?

Professor Stern and my little brother- Corbin have left the colony. They head up the archeological unit and are off exploring the planet with Theresa Branch and Oliver Justice who are studying the many species, flora and fauna of Chaundoon. They check in with us every now and again, but are out there exploring the unknown and living the adventure.

Corey and Rumble also left the colony. The teen and his werewolf also deciding to live in the wild, exploring the wilderness. Well Corey did tell me that if he ever became a lycanthrope that was what he would do. Despite that not happening. He did it anyway.

The Wilds continue to operate their restaurant and community garden. Hue, Dianna, Little Corey, Mia, Lolly as well as Tina, Pabu and Nikka have become known as the colony feeders of this community making sure no one goes hungry.

The dalmatian family operate their bakery nearby. Mitsa, Lune and Luck work hard to make sure no one is without the sweet part of life. Emphasis on the sweet part.

Russel, Addy and Nikka's bed and breakfast is also doing well. Since Nikka splits her time at the restaurant, the miniature pony and blue slime had to hire Kip and Little Gia to help out.

Milton and Melidna are also doing well. Melinda had her baby during the late spring and early summer- a boy and like his conception, the human couple wanted the whole colony present at his birth. Attendees applauded as Melinda pushed that reddish/white mass right out of her body infront of everyone. Oh and their grooming business is going strong.

The meerkats Meena, Tilikum, Gluay and Khai continue to maintain the red, white, blue prototypes and Attack Beast as well and a few other hover vehicles within the colony. Tilikum, Meena and Feleen have become the best of friends gossiping about what is going on in the city.

Titanous has not returned to the Nexus, staying with Gia and Shira for well over a year. Occasionally he misses his friends there. But when he does start to get home sick the meerkats tell me that Shira and Gia 'take care' of him. I have not asked for any further information than that.

It was discovered late in the year that Angi had indeed participated in an exchange program of sorts. But it was not the one with the Chado. Yogi volunteered for that program. Rose discovered through a series of events that Angi had swapped bodies with a youngling named Bine from an ancient tribe called the Eeth and was living her life within his life while he was doing the same in hers. After they were found out they refused to switch back for some reason. I think Angi realized her dream of being someone else, something else other than human- a furry. While Bine enjoyed exploring other forms of existence. No word yet on what either of the two felt about swapping sexes.

I think that covers it, was there anyone I missed? Oh yeah Boris! After Corey and Rumble left, my mistress' breeding partner stepped in to fill their shoes becoming a maintenance technician for the city. He has also become a permanent resident of the lair helping Shakara and my bear raise her little baby bear. It is an interesting arrangement, but regardless there is a lot of love in our home.

"AWEX!!" A little brown cub said toddling over to me. She was followed by a black cub.

"Kip, Young mistress?"

"We were watching you scribble in your book for over an hour. Are you going to come and join us or what?" Rose and Basil's son asked me.

"Oh yeah, the picnic! I am starved." I said picking up Beatrice and running over to join the two bear families.

Lady Ursa, Boris and Shakara were on my left. Rose, Basil on my right behind a nice cloth that was laid on the ground.

"So did anyone remember the picnic basket?!" I asked the beastials in front of me.

"That sounds like a Gaia reference." My red-eyed lioness said.

"Yeah, on my world there once was a cartoon character, a bear that had a thing for raiding picnics and stealing baskets from their owners..." I received a distinct glare from the six bears present even Beatrice joined in. "Um, never mind. Beautiful day we are having?"

"The sky this afternoon resembles what we are used to." Basil said as the ground suddenly shook.

"Chaundoon-quake?" Boris said what everyone was thinking.

"This area isn't prone to quakes." Rose responded.

"Momma look!" Kip pointed as a silver metallic spacecraft touched down on the ground a mile away from where we were.

"Is it the KLIS?" My fierce ursine warrior said trembling.

"It doesn't appear to be of the KLIS design." I responded.

"Invaders perhaps?" The bear with the grey muzzle said.

"Weapons everyone." Lady Ursa said, giving Beatrice to Boris. Basil, Shakara, Alex, with me."

"You four be careful." Rose said comforting Kip.

Shakara and I followed the two ursine warriors. Lady Ursa with her sword, Basil with his club, Shakara with her spear and me with my grappling hook. As we arrived at the oval ship a door opened up and a female panda wearing a pink dress stepped outside. She was followed by a chubby wolverine boy in overalls.

(No way!)

My suspicions were confirmed when they were followed by two tentacled eyeballs.

"The readings here appear to be most favorable." The she panda said to her companions.

"Panda Lee, Milo, Hue and Cassia?!" I shouted out to them.

"Alex Winter?" Milo shouted.

"It is ok everyone these are friends of ours." Lady Ursa said to Shakara and Basil.

"No way!!" Panda Lee said running to hug me.

"Alex Winter how is it that you are on this world... alive?" Cassia asked me.

"It is a long, long, long story." I said to the quartet. "My friends and I were having a picnic care to join us?"

Flo and Leopa watched as the image faded to black like a conclusion of a movie on the hub.

"Another probable future?" The ghost cat asked her friend.

"Doesn't matter. Like as long, as my friends are safe, healthy and happy." The female orangutan said tearing up.

"And Big Daddy and Diamantopoulous will just have to wait for what they feel is theirs and if either of the probable futures are true they will be waiting for a long, long, long time." The oncilla replied.

"Slave?!" The dark wolf called out to the nude orangutan.

"Coming master!"

As Flo and Leopa returned to the realm of fire and magma, the slave girl did wonder why she and her friend had seen two dueling futures within Alex Winter's dream.

Fallen Space Station, Counter Earth (west of what will be World Three) A long, long, long time ago....

"Oh no Richard!!" Cody screamed. "Those miniature horses surrounded him- maybe they are just being friendly?"

"That glazed over stare and goofy grin seemed to indicate otherwise. Run Cody!" Primrose shouted.

The rabbit and cat beastial tried to put as much distance as they could from their former colleague now one with ONE.

"Where did we leave that turbo lift?" Cody gasped "I think it was around here somewhere!"

"There behind those trees. I jammed the door open with a few branches." The rabbit said.

"But should we really leave this time period? If that structure is how the entity arrived on Counter Earth that is a big find Prim!!" The white furred cat said as they reached their destination only to find that Dr. First had gotten there before them with his new friends!

"Richard fight it!! Please fight it!!" The rabbit screamed as they were surrounded by many equine-like extraterrestrials.

"Cody, Primrose there is nothing to fight; there is only the joy and bliss of the ONE as you will see." The possessed human said as the two of them were touched by the equine beings.

*GAHH!!!* Cody shouted as his fur bristled and he became a vessel of the entity.

*AUGH!!!* Primrose screamed as she was also acquired. This one has quite the potential. A voice that was not hers uttered from her lips.

"No please, we don't want this!!!" The rabbit screamed as she felt blistering pain like a tug of war was being waged with her soul. She collapsed. A moment later she was picked up by the scruff of the neck by a female goat with a wicked smirk on her face. While Cody was being examined by a big horned sheep.

"Mara?" The rabbit said looking at the caprine. "What happened?"

"What happened is that we liberated you from that thing's collective girl." Sir Ram said examining Cody's pupils.

"And we have forgiven you for running off on your own misadventures with that human." The caprine added.

"Oh my everything!! It felt like my soul was stuffed back inside my body- violently." Dr. First bemoaned looking at the equine beings around him that were experiencing the same thing he was before. He looked at the evil and wicked beastials he had to thank for his liberation. "Sir Ram, Mara how did you- what is this?"

The human looked downward to see two multicolored leeches attached to his chest.

"If you must know our enemy's downfall." Mara said.

"This is a ancient species of leech that thwarted the entity's progression on this world long ago until they disappeared under mysterious circumstances." Sir Ram replied.

"It looks like you have been farming a couple... make that a lot." Cody said helping two of the equine beings nearest to him back to their feet paws.

"We have- boy." The goat said grinning wickedly. "And now Rammy and I are going to significantly change the course of history."

"You three interested?" The beasital scientist asked, crossing his arms.

Primrose, Cody and Dr. First nodded as they and the extraterrestrials started marching back toward the remains of the fallen space station, ready to make their mark on history.

The End (or is it?)