Shadow of The White Citadel- Chapter Eleven

Story by Furry Sith Lord on SoFurry

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#12 of Shadow Of The White Citadel (Completed)


Chapter Eleven

"Teaming Up"

By

Furry Sith Lord

Leggo carried his tray of food away from the counter but he was so exhausted that he barely took a step before he tripped and fell with his face laying in his meal. He just lay there because he only had a few minutes and he was going to use this time to rest even if it meant going without eating.

He just tried to ignore comments he heard as the others mocked him calling him a loser and a baby. He was just too tired to care anymore and he then felt himself being lifted by a couple of his fellow wannabe agents.

"He's completely exhausted sir." some unknown species was saying it and he couldn't focus his eyes to see who was the one saying it.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." he replied weakly "I just need a few minutes rest. Leave me be."

"Alpha damn it, take him to the medical bay." he heard the drill sergeant shout and he was carried but he tried to struggle as best he could.

"No! No! They'll punish my family if I fail. Leave me be, I can get through it." Leggo tried shouting and the drill sergeant said something but he wasn't sure what.

"Private Leggo, what are you talking about?" the drill sergeant asked.

"Merrik... said he'd kill my sons if I fail. I... can't fail. Please just... a minute more and I... can continue." Leggo pleaded. His blurry vision caught sight of the drill sergeant gesturing with his arm and Leggo was dragged away and too tired to resist.

He awoke later that night and learned he was confined to a couple of days of bed rest. The nurse informed him that he was suffering from over exhaustion and until he rested up he wouldn't be allowed to continue with the program. He laid in bed wondering how much of a set back this was going to cost him. He was going to have to work extra hard to catch up!

Lou sat at his desk in his office at work drinking a cup of tea as he examined the paper blueprints of the special hearing aid he had created for Leggo and Merrik. He was looking for a way to incorporate a tracker and anti blocking technology into it.

He had managed to figure out a way to trace a signal if he sent a message to them. Once received he could trace the location and roughly know exactly where they were. The best he had been able to do was like tracing an IP address. He could find the area they were at but not the exact location. He would need Merrik to grant him special permission for that because only certain government agencies can track an exact IP location.

The tracker was a backup in case the first method failed or in case Merrik couldn't get clearance to track an exact location. The trouble was that adding this new technology would increase the size so that it no longer looked like a hearing aid nor could fit in an ear, even a wolf's ear. He refused to give up but he could see very little options available.

He thought about trying to hide the tracker at another spot on them but who knows how they would be treated. The first time they had to wear hoods to hide The White Citadel's location. This time they may be strip searched before they are transported to the base. One thing Bear had proved was that he was no fool.

The main problem was that he needed this mission to fail but only so far that it would allow him to put HIS plans into motion spelling the doom of both The White Citadel and C.I.Z.A.

Merrik's agents were working behind the scenes to put their ideas in motion and he needed to sabotage those plans to put his own in place. He had to remain anonymous while he played both sides against each other.

Later that day the boys were in the living room arguing about what to watch on television. Tyger left his video games back at school and Lyon didn't have Dash to play with. Unfortunately as bored as they were, neither could find a show they both wanted to watch. This gave Lou a chance to try and contact Bear. He could hear the show the boys were watching and decided to act like the host himself and throw a few curve balls at the polar bear. It was a fitting revenge for sending his cronies after his sons.

"Spring, Spring, Spring!" The audience of a talk show chanted as the security broke up another fight between the guests. His show featured guests that were in strange and twisted love triangles. They would become heated and start fighting each other as the audience cheered them on while Spring, a laughing hyena, would ask questions to increase their agitation and get them fighting to entertain the audience.

"Hi and welcome back, ha ha ha ha ha ha. We have a hot one for you today as Sherry, ha ha ha ha. She wants to know which of these 3 guys is the daddy to her babies." The host explained as the camera centered on a female possum that stood on stage and her top was missing so her multiple nipples were showing. Off to the side were her boyfriends, if you could call them that, and one might be her babies' daddy. One was a male possum and he was shirtless wearing only a pair of red shorts. The second was a male rat and he was stgripped down to his fur and he displayed an erection that was beginning to go flacid.

The last was a pademelon and it was a species that they had not seen before. It looked about the size of a rodent but it had features that made it look like a kangaroo and a koala mixed together. He was jumping on the stage in only his boxers that were filled with characters from the anime called "My Hero Taxonomy."

"The possum is the only one that could be the dad." Tyger argued.

"I dunno because the kid looks like the rat." Lyon countered.

"There is no way a rat and a possum could give birth." Tyger argued then he went about explaining why they couldn't give birth when Lyon asked him how he knew that.

Lou logged into his fake account, WLuver45, and went to his site to send a DM to Bear. If he was lucky the Bear would be on and he could set his plans in motion. He first checked the message boards to see if ICEiceBAEbe had posted anything new but sadly there was nothing.

A fairly newcomer to the site that called themselves WTXWT88 posted asking about relationship advice because he and his lover were separated and he wanted to know how to fix things. There were numerous responses, both positive and negative, to his question. Lou had little time to focus on such trivial things right now.

He received a message pop up from Bear asking if he was on. He quickly replied and was glad the big oaf was on so he could have a little fun at the bear's expense.

"Hey buddy, glad you're on." he typed and sent the message.

"Have you found out anything about the white lion?" Bear messaged back.

"A few things but nothing important. He goes to a private school and he and a white rabbit team up to play football and they call themselves "The White Disaster." He also can't dance from what I'm told." Lou massaged then thought about it for a second.

"LYON!!!" Lou yelled and a few seconds later he ran into the office. Lou looked at him from around the computer and he could see fear in the young cubs eyes.

"Yes...Father,"

"Show me that dance that you and Dash do and make sure you dance the best you can because if you don 't I'm gonna punish Tyger for not doing a better job of teaching you after everything I taught him." Lou tried to remain calm and not smirk when he saw the look of panic on Lyon's face but he started dancing and Lou shook his head because the lad was floundering around like a fish out of water.

"TYGER!!!!" Lou yelled and a few moments later he entered the office as Lyon looked at him in horror.

"Is this important, father? I want to hear what Spring's Final Thoughts are.'' he complained.

"You're grounded."

"What?! Both the cub exclaimed.

"You were supposed to be teaching him how to dance and the hideous display he just showed me tells me you've been slacking off."

"What?!" Tyger looked incredulously at his brother and Lyon held himself and shrank towards the corner of the office. Tyger turned and growled at his father then Lou looked at him in disbelief.

"I beg your pardon?!" Lou's expression went from confusion to rage. Tyger got up real close to his father.

"Don't you talk about my brother like that, Father!!! He's an excellent dancer and both Dash and I helped him. He just needs confidence and he can't do that if you're scaring him witless." Tyger snarled and Lou reached out and grabbed him by his ear and Tyger hissed at his father. Lou dragged him toward his bedroom and closed the door behind them as the two were arguing. Ten minutes later Lou exited and closed the door behind him and as Lyon watched sticking his head out of the office Lou ordered him back inside. Lyon looked as if he had swallowed his tongue.

"Do... Do I scare you Lyon?" Lou asked him. Lyon lowered his gaze and looked at his feet.

"Sometimes."

"Come over here," Lou ordered and Lyon went and stood next to him looking on the verge of trembling. Lou hugged him and kissed his head then rubbed his back gently as he held him.

"Let's make a deal, OK? If you tell me to fuck off then I'll cancel any punishments and I'll show you how I taught Tyger to dance. So come on, you can say it to me." Lou replied and he smiled trying to relax Lyon.

"Fuck off... um please sir." He replied weakly and Lou laughed.

"Tyger!!" he shouted and a few minutes later Tyger entered with his eyes red from crying. "Come here," Lou said softly as he gripped Lyon to prevent him from leaving his embrace. Tyger walked over with a scowl on his face and Lou grabbed him and hugged them both then kissed Tyger on his head.

"My boys," he said softly. "Lyon told me to fuck off because I was wrong. I think he was right so let's start over, OK?" Lou asked softly.

"Can I go back to school?" Tyger pleaded. Lou rested his head on Tyger's before replying.

"Running away won't solve anything. You are brighter and smarter than I am and that's why we get into arguments. Because we're both Alphas! But I love you too much to lose you both. I need you... I need you to help me help Lyon get over his fears of me. So let's team up and teach him to dance." Lou said and Tyger forced a smile.

After the boys were in bed Lou went back on and sent Bear a message. To his surprise Bear was still online.

"Sorry about before but a couple of goons were following me. I think they may have been from the Brotherhood of the Snake." Lou typed.

"How'd they find you?"

"Maybe when I've been searching for the white lion they caught wind of it." he typed deceptively. The myth of the secret cult of The Brotherhood of the Snake was an old tale that conspiracy theorists had been using as a reason for all the ills in the world. The name had become a type of scapegoat to blame everything on among their circles. Lou had doubted if they had ever existed.

"Then we need to find them quickly because if they're after you then they'll be after him." Bear replied.

"How can we warn them?" Lou asked as he typed furiously.

"I'm going to go there in person and tell them of the danger they're in. Maybe I can get them to come with me and go into hiding until the danger passes."

"Are you crazy? What are you gonna do? Go up to them with a piece of candy and say "Hey kid, wanna come along with me?" Do you know how that'll look to them?" Lou typed angrily although he doubted Bear would show up in person but he may send some hired thugs to collect Lyon whether he was willing to go with them, or not.

"I think you have the wrong idea." Was the reply given.

"Do I? I can see them sinking to the level of trying to abduct cubs but are you really gonna sink to their level?"

"I can't sit on my tail and let a poor innocent cub be stolen away by a cult out to kill him." Bear replied and the irony was not lost on Lou.

"Maybe that's what they want! You come out of hiding to grab the cub and they grab you. Bet he's under surveillance as we speak." Lou countered. He was already seeing the dangers his sons might be facing and he was going to have to take measures to prevent them from getting captured.

"If that's true then what can we do to stop them?" Bear inquired.

"I dunno give me some time to think about it."

Lou rose and swiftly went into Tyger's room turning on the light and saw his son soundly asleep in his bed. When he brought him in here to discuss his behavior it had ended up turning into a shouting match. Tyger was very vocal about his feelings and that was one of the things he loved about his son. Lyon was always so bottled up it could be hard to understand his feelings and emotions but with Tyger he never hid what he felt unless it was part of some plan.

Lou realized he needed his son to help him with his plans. Tyger would help see the holes and weaknesses that he himself was missing and together they would be unstoppable. IF he could get his son to forgive him with the shouting match they got into. Originally he was merely joking about punishing them but Tyger had twisted it and the whole thing went downhill from there.

Now his son would rather live alone at school than have anything at all to do with him and that hurt him greatly. No matter how hard he tried his sons just didn't love him and it broke his heart every time he realized it. T

"Tyger, Tyger!" he said as he shook him trying to wake him up.

"Huh, what?! What time is it?" he asked as he woke groggily. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock. "It's only been 30 minutes, what's going on?"

"Come I need you, it's important." Lou said and brought him into his office. Tyger yawned with his mouth opened wide and all his tiny fangs were displayed before Lou. He felt a sense of fear that Prey like himself felt before Predators and even though it was his son, he was terrified by seeing them. Even when his son was growling and hissing he had to force himself to remain calm and stand his ground. When his son becomes a man he's going to be terrifying!

Father woke me from a sound sleep to drag me into his office. I yawned as he set up his computer for something and I felt a little bit chilly because I was only in my underwear. Since I was home I had switched to a pair of white briefs and was enjoying the support they gave me. It was the one thing that was nice about being home and that was I wasn't made fun of because I liked wearing briefs.

I was still mad about the fight we had earlier but I was too tired to complain and I wondered why he had brought me into his office at this time. Was he going to to punish me now that Lyon was sleeping and he wouldn't go ballistic?

He spent the next hour explaining his plan and how he'd been in secret contact with Bear and how Bear was trying to find out as much as he could about my brother. He even had me read the messages he had been sending him so I was up to date on what was going on.

"So I need your help because you sometimes see things that I don't and you're the only other fur I can trust to help me with this." he said and I couldn't help but feel doubtful after everything that happened. I was still mad at him but I knew I had to put my feelings aside because my brother's life was at stake.

"I have an idea but there are a couple of things I need to know about." I told him and he leaned back in his chair with his legs spread wide open. I noticed his groin seemed larger than normal and stuck out a little. He caught me noticing it and sighed deeply before looking something up on his computer. He spent a few minutes explaining about the chastity cage he was wearing and how it was a toy that adults used.

He explained why he was wearing it and what it meant to him and my dad. I again found the conversation to be uncomfortable but it did explain his awkwardness lately and his grumpy attitude. It seems he had never worn one more than a few hours when he and dad played. The discomfort it caused him helped distract him from the ache he felt from dad's absence. Something I could understand because I was missing dad very much also. I guess I never imagined how he was feeling and as much as I am like him, I too am very selfish about things. It's something I think I need to work on.

"I'm sorry if I've made you uncomfortable," he said to me as I suddenly realized I had been daydreaming as he was talking.

"I don't think I say it enough but... I love you father. I think that since we're both so much alike that it feels like it doesn't need to be said, but I realize that sometimes it does." I rubbed my eyes because I was tearing up and felt foolish because I didn't understand why I was crying. He was rubbing his eyes also.

"Anyway let's get back to the matter at hand so you can go back to bed. I have to bring you back to the campus tomorrow night so I want you guys to rest up so you're not sleeping all day."

"So this Brotherhood of The Snake cult, are they real?"

"I never found anything showing that they were anything other than a story to scare cubs into behaving." father replied.

"The site you met Bear on, that was created by you and a couple of friends?"

"Yes. Something you're looking for?" he asked.

"Sorry, but I'm just making sure I got a good handle on things for what I'm about to suggest." I replied.

"Go ahead," he responded.

"Can you create another website that only you have access to?"

"Sure that's easy, why?"

"Just a minute, It needs to be heavily encrypted so no one can hack into it. However, you're gonna hack into it and tell Bear about everything you find."

"Wait, I see where you're going with this." my father's eyes lit up as he was beginning to understand my plan.

"You're gonna create a Brotherhood of The Snake website and it's gotta be super encrypted so that no ordinary hacker can break into it. Then your WLuver45 will find a way past the security systems and give Bear or ICEiceBAEbe the keys to get in.

You then have to create several different accounts and load the site with false information that you want Bear to know about. Build it according to the rumors about what species say about The Brotherhood of The Snake. Oh and just to be clear Bear wasn't the one to start the stories that they exist right?" I asked because if Bear made them up and we create a site based on his story then we'll tip him off that we're not who we say we are.

"No species were talking about them long before Bear was involved."

"Good because once C.I.Z.A. learns about The Brotherhood of The Snake then they'll have two enemies that they are fighting. Especially if both Bear and C.I.Z.A. are convinced that the 'Great Evil' the cub's book talks about is actually The Brotherhood of The Snake." I explained smugly and my father grabbed me and kissed me repeatedly on my nose and my head as I struggled to get free. I often forget how strong he is, even for a Prey, and I can't break loose once he has me.

"Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant." he exclaimed after he finally released me. "See you in the morning." he said and turned his focus back on his computer and began talking to himself. He now seemed unaware of my presents and I left to return to bed and tuck myself back in. I quickly fell asleep in mid-thought as I figured he was going to spend the rest of the night creating the website I dreamed up for him.

Bear sat at his computer and reached for his cell phone before calling Sam. It rang several times then the white sparrow answered with his voice sounding if he had been sleeping.

"Yes Papa Bear," he said, trying to stifle a yawn.

"Have you ever heard of The Brotherhood of The Snake?"

"Erik always talks about them. Some secret group trying to take over the world or some such nonsense. He watches FurTube and they have these crazy nuts running around saying that The Brotherhood is real and fear The Brotherhood. Bla bla bla."

"Interesting. You said he watches these guys on FurTube?" Bear asked just to clarify what he heard.

"Yes Papa Bear. He watches this one guy he talks about a lot called Mac-Dice, he's a gecko. He mentions conspiracies all the time and says there's something called Operation Mockingbird as a ploy to control the media. He, apparently, is the only one not falling for it." Sam replied and Bear was sure Sam was rolling his eyes though he couldn't see it over the phone.

"I want to see you both in my office tomorrow. I want to know more about this group because an acquaintance of mine has mentioned them also. If there is any truth to them existing I want to know because apparently rumors are they are hunting rare white fur species and if that is true then we have another threat that is as bad as C.I.Z.A. is.

"Sure thing sir," Sam replied as he tried to stifle another yawn and was grateful that Bear ended the call.

Bear leaned back in his chair considering the group because if this Brotherhood of The Snake was as powerful as it was rumored then perhaps they would like to team up with him in order to eliminate C.I.Z.A. He would have to hide that they were rare white fur species but a couple of residents of WC could easily be talked into being his representatives in an alliance to wipe out an even greater threat between them.

The biggest threat he faced right now was 'Who' had replaced the doberman as the leader of C.I.Z.A's White Fur division leader. He hoped it was a weakling that he could stream roll over but he had to be ready for anything because being among them for as long as he had, he learned how devious and underhanded they are. He wasn't about to let any of them hurt his children.

To Be Continued...