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Counter Earth Chronicles - Dual Realities

Chapter 22: Knowledge Of Ignorance

April 9th YOE 35

**:** AM/PM (Time Unknown) Plane of Tranquility (Chaundoon?)

A warrior and healer try to make sense of their beautiful surroundings....

"UR?"

"It is alright." The horny lioness replied as she approached the stone folk and their leader who mysteriously was now whole again.

There were about fifteen of the sentient rock creatures in this peaceful, blissful place with blue skies and white clouds.

"You have been the subject of a great search ambassador Umbeo." Lady Ursa replied.

The stone folk quivered as the fierce ursine warrior approached drawing her sword. "We were originally tasked with locating your whereabouts in an effort to bring you to justice."

"However new information has come to light... we know- the attack on the sand folk's village." Shakara started to say as the creatures looked toward the ground. "It was not your fault- you were under the influence of something. We have all come to realize that."

"Efforts are being made to trying determine what it is." The brown bear said sheathing her sword.

*Lady Ursa, Shakara Kubari there is a problem.*

"What is it Overwatch?"

*I can't seem to determine where we made entry to this where ever we are.*

"Ooga ooga urrr." The ambassador said as he approached Shakara.

*The ambassador says they have been stuck here for some time as well.*

"Oh no." The red eyed lioness replied.

"Shakara make sure they are okay. Overwatch we need to determine where we are, where we entered and how to leave." Lady Ursa said returning to the damaged blue coupe.

*Launching probe. Assuming a mile radius.*

The red eyed lioness examined each of the rock creatures in detail while the bear fiddled with what tech was working on the prototype.

"Overwatch what is your analysis?"

*It appears to be some type of plane. The white clouds, blue sky and damp surface are real; they extend equally in all directions.*

"How far?"

*Unknown. Lady Ursa.*

"Hmm... Shakara how are you making out?"

"I wish I could but they are not my type big cutie." The lioness teased.

The fierce ursine warrior rolled her eyes.

"I thought some levity was in order. The ambassador and his people are hungry, thirsty but mostly scared." The lioness replied. "Otherwise okay."

*That is good to know, one less thing to worry about.*

It was obvious that nourishment was scarce here. So that was an additional thing to worry about.

"Overwatch do you know where we entered?"

*No, I can't determine an entry or exit point.*

"Should we break into teams and start searching?" The lioness asked the bear.

*Not recommended. We could be moving away from the exit and not know it.*

"Or walking towards it." The she bear countered.

"UR ur ur......." The ambassador announced as the stone folk crowded around the blue coupe.

"Overwatch?" The horny lioness asked.

*Umbeo said that they searched for the exit for a long time. Whatever direction they chose they kept arriving at this location right here.*

"Let me try something." The lioness said climbing into the passenger seat of the blue coupe. She maneuvered the sphere shaped probe away from their position, a mile two miles only to have it appear right overhead again. "Fascinating. But what does it mean?"

"Get comfortable we aren't going anywhere for a while." The brown bear grumbled.

*Perhaps a long while.*

"I hope not too long because we are..." The lioness said to the bear.

"I know." The bear said to the lioness as she placed her head on the steering wheel.

8:13 AM Prison Pit near World Seven (Chaundoon)

During the last hours of night a monarch laments her decision while visiting a subordinate....

"Mathias.... I am so sorry I got you involved in this." The white dragoness said as she observed her personal guard.

The short dragon was bound, gagged and tied to a wood post. Next to him was a S'mar warrior who was equally bound and gagged. The two looked like fodder for a firing squad as they grumbled and growled trying to escape their bindings.

"It was supposed to be for the good all of us." She sighed.

"Duchess Jua? What are you doing here?" Panda Lee replied as she approached World Seven's primitive version of a prison.

The panda bowed in respect to the monarch.

"Questioning a decision I have made for what I thought was the for greater good. But apparently not."

"Duchess you are being too hard on yourself; doing something is better than doing nothing." The she panda said standing next the dragoness who was wearing an orange shirt and skirt combo. "Milo and I have been taking turns keeping watch over these two."

"How long does the effects of the dark moon take to dissipate?"

"Not this long. It has been 19 hours and they still haven't come out of it." The panda said as she observed the bound and muzzled short dragon and his feline neighbor."

"Do we know why?"

"No your majesty. Mathias and Axe are still exhibiting symptoms of the crazy hours and hours after exposure."

"The optics on this are quite bad as was Penny's attempt at research. Now the medical division is down three staff members, the city is on the verge of a great panic and Sorren has put me in charge soothing everyone's nerves."

"Oh my, the panda girl replied."

"Please tell me that there is some good news to report." The she dragon said placing her paw on the panda's shoulder. "I will take any at this point."

"Um, well the imbalance that has been going on the last few months- the sentient storm cloud, the strange abductions, missing gravity and outbreaks of the crazy... Hue believes it is all related to the dark moon."

The white dragon locked glances with the panda bear.

"Cassia now believes the pulses affect the planet and those on it differently."

"Which would explain why our friend Axe didn't act like Club or the rest of us during the big brawl...."

9:40 AM Russell and Nikka's Bed and Breakfast (World Seven.)

A pair of entrepreneurs are starting their day....

"Good morning and welcome to Russell and Nikka's Bed and Breakfast."

"SCHWEE!!"

"You mean Russell, Nikka and Addy's bed and breakfast." The she skunk said correcting the grey and white pony after their slime became a little perturbed.

"Thanks Nikka." Russell blushed as he turned his attention to their first customer of the day.

*GRUNT* *GRUNT*

"Mud folk?!" The pony said looking at the group of four starring back at him on the other side of the hotel desk.

"Party of four?" Nikka asked lifting her tail slightly.

Russell cautioned her to stand down. The group didn't appear to be under the influence of the dark moon. Besides he had no desire to try to figure out how to remove skunk funk from his everything. Does Chaundoon even have tomatoes?

This morning's customers were a foot taller than Nikka, with roundish bodies and faces, slit like mouths and eyes with very big hands. Their pug noses were rather cute though.

*GRUNT* *GRUNT*

"And how long will you be staying?" The grey and white pony asked.

*GRUNT* *GRUNT* *GRUNT*

Nikka looked at Russell who stared right back at the she skunk. Fortunately their cute slime was able to translate for the two of them.

"Schwee, schwee schwee?!"

*GRUNT* *GRUNT* *GRUNT* The tallest of the four said to Addy.

"Schwee!" Addy said turning to Russell.

"Indefinitely." The grey and white pony responded.

"Well, welcome please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your stay more accommodating." Nikka smiled.

*GRUNT?*

"Schwee?"

"I see. Addy tell him that no place on the planet that we know of is safe from the imbalance." The pony ordered the cute slime.

The leader was somewhat dejected. But understood.

"Here are the property rules and what to do in the event anyone is stricken with the crazy." Nikka said handling the three a tablet with pictures on it.

"Well that was interesting I guess they didn't feel safe within their territory." Russell replied. "Okay next!"

The three realized that there was a line forming in front of their establishment.

"Tree folk, mer folk, marsh folk, and even some Chado. We are going to run out of space...." The pony commented to skunk and slime.

"And soon." Nikka said looking at their room roster.

"Schwee!"

10:16 AM Central Tower Showers

The Kenja Pride chief-tan is attended to....

"My you are mending rather quickly." Basil replied to the bandaged S'mar warrior. "Must be your metabolism."

"You are Basil of the council?"

"Yes." The prehistoric cave bear replied.

"Where is the flightless avian?" Club asked.

"Unavailable at the moment." The bear with the grey muzzle replied as he started to examine the Kenja pride chief-tan's bandages. "There has been a staffing shortage as of late. I was asked to clean your wounds and check on your progress."

"How lucky for you." Club replied.

"I don't mind helping out when needed." Basil said helping the savage move to the sinks in the wash area.

"How long will Axe and I remain your prisoners?"

"Well you did attack three from our tribe. That is a serious offense."

"It was a misunderstanding and grievous error on my part." The feline warrior admitted.

"One that cost a member of your pride their life and led you to the condition you are in now. Knowing our chief-tan- I would say until a mutual understanding is formed between our two tribes." Basil shot back.

"When will that be?"

"That is my question to you. I see you have some mobility back." Basil replied.

"I do." The feline savage replied watching the bear place a cloth under a spigot and immediately water started flowing.

"That is simply amazing...."

"What is?"

"You have water that comes to you on command!" Club said astounded.

"Yes we do. It is one of the benefits of living here."

Carefully Club's bandages were removed and the he bear started cleaning the bruises, scrapes, gashes and scars the S'mar warrior had acquired in his fight with Chemar.

"I have indeed misjudged you off-worlders." He began. "You are capable of great compassion and kindness where I am from that trait could be viewed as a weakness."

"We are all just trying to survive and make a few friends along the way." Basil replied as he continued to clean the savage's wounds.

Help Meee!

"Did you say something?" The council member asked looking at his patient.

"No, I thought it was you."

Help Meee!!!

"By the ancestors!!" Club shouted trying to jump backward.

Basil turned around to the faucets where Club was staring- a strand of water was flowing from the tap onto the floor of the washroom. It stopped about a foot away from them and started forming into a weird humanoid shape.

Help Meee!!!

2:30 PM Outside Central Tower

A monarch tries to soothe everyone's frayed nerves...

"Corbin, Little Gia, right up front!" Kip said to the mongoose boy and dingo girl.

"Why do we want to sit in the front row?" Corbin asked.

"Because we will be the first thing she sees." The black bear cub replied.

"Is that a good thing? Wait you want to play reporter don't you?" The mongoose said staring at the bear cub.

The mute dingo just rolled her eyes.

"We could help with the distribution of information to those in the colony who can't be here right now." Kip replied.

"Everyone! Please be quiet the briefing is about to start!" The scorpion boy said to the crowd that gathered.

Everyone watched as Sorren's squeeze walked up to the podium.

"Thank you for coming to this update about the imbalance that is befalling the planet and affecting indigenous life on Chaundoon. I will make this brief. It is common knowledge that the third moon is responsible." The white dragoness said starting the briefing. "There was a joint operation between the medical division and planetary sciences division to research the imbalance 25 hours ago...."

"To what end madam monarch?" Kip asked.

"To determine exactly how it is adversely affecting the planet and how to stop or prevent it." The duchess replied.

"What did they find?" Corbin asked.

"Actually the researchers hit a snag." The leader of the sand folk said looking quite uncomfortable.

"Ma'am?" Linias asked.

"What we thought we knew we didn't. As a result we are no closer to determining the cause, why it is happening or even how to resolve it."

There was an audible gasp from the crowd.

"So no knowledge was gained?" The black bear cub asked.

"Those who were thought to be immune to the crazy were not and those who were susceptible were stricken and have not reverted to normal." The she dragon replied.

"Wow. What about new reports of the imbalance appearing in the city?" The she dingo signed.

"Still being investigated. I am sorry I have no more news. The knight core, the dragon defense force and all of you are to remain on high alert. Carry your weapons at all times in case anyone of us is stricken."

"You majesty has there been any updates about missing knight or healer?" A dark brown bear in the audience asked.

"I am sorry Boris. The search for what happened to Ursa and Shakara is still on going."

"As is the search for a missing hedgehog... still ongoing." A black akita in the crowd replied sarcastically.

6:36 PM Infirmary (Central Tower)

"AWEX!!!" I heard a young voice shout off to my side.

"Ungh my head!! Anyone get the number of that bus?"

"Freckled boy has returned to us." I heard an excited beastial behind the younger beastial exclaim.

"Boris, young mistress?! Um where am I?"

"Medical." a yellow tentacled eyeball said 'walking' into the room joining the two remaining members of my family.

"Um, how did I get here?"

"What is the last thing you remember?" Cassia asked me.

"Well, Penny was testing a theory about the dark moon's effect on Chaundoon's inhabitants. A series of pulses hit the surface where the study was being conducted I felt a buzzing noise and then everything went black."

"That is because you were affected by the dark moon Alex of Winter." Cassia replied gently.

"I thought non-Chaundoon inhabitants were immune?"

"Apparently not." The friendly extraterrestrial replied showing me her prism recorder. "Snacks recorded this after you, Penny, Mathias and Axe were hit by the pulses."

The image Mrs. Manassas presented chilled me to the core. I saw myself go completely ape shit like I was some primitive troglodyte! Penny and Axe were right there with me doing the same.

"We had to subdue all of you until you returned to normal. Well you and Penny came out of it. Axe and Mathias haven't."

"What?!" I gasped. "How long?"

"Twenty nine hours. You beat Penny by two." Cassia replied.

"Boris was extremely worried with freckled boy being so reckless." The dark brown bear with the V shaped birthmark across his chest said chastising me.

"Right, sorry. You are already worried about Ursa and Shakara. I didn't mean to add to the pile big bear." I said hugging them both. "Cassia where is Penny?"

"Brooding."

After being cleared, I found the head of medical in her office. Frustrated.

"Hey boss, how are you feeling?"

The look on her face told me what I needed to know in abundance.

"The experiment was an abject failure! We are no where near solving this any of this!"

"Well true- but you learned that off-worlders can also be affected by the dark moon. Actually we should have realized it after the levitating incident in the Great Marsh."

"You are right Alex, but I thought stupidly we were immune to the crazy; we aren't."

"But we are fine now- so the effects are only temporary."

"WRONG."

"Say what now?"

"Axe and Mathias. The knights have had them detained hoping they would return to normal. It has been 29 hours and nothing has changed." The penguin said pouting.

This was a set back. She had hoped to prove a theory in the hopes of stopping the crazy only to realize that she had made matters worse.

"Alex, Penguin come see!"

"Boris?" I asked leaving the big boss' office. Penny followed.

We found the big bear, his daughter and the friendly alien looking out the window toward the city's entrance where a line had formed.

"What is going on there?" I asked.

"Refugees!" Beatrice shouted.

"Residents of Chaundoon are coming here to escape the imbalance." Cassia observed.

"I don't think we have the resources to accommodate all of that!" I replied.

"We will have to- the locals are scared." The tentacled eyeball observed.

"I am too." Penny said looking at the line. "We all are."

9:43 PM S'mar Nation (Far side of Chaundoon)

"What... what is that?" The short haired brunette exclaimed looking at her bowl.

"It is an eyeball." Blade replied.

"Why is there an eyeball in my soup?!" Naomi asked.

"Because it is eyeball soup." The feline who wielded the pinwheel like blade replied. "Now eat up. A well fed slave is a productive slave."

"Eww!!!" The freckled teen replied trying not to gag.

"Well if it isn't to your liking we could have one of the pride mothers breast feed you." He snickered.

"That won't be necessary master Blade. It is slow but she is adapting to what we eat." Annette said bowing.

"No I'am not!" Naomi said pouting.

"If I may sir, how is the meeting going?" The female asked.

"You tell me haven't you been listening in?" He snickered walking away.

Naomi looked at that v- shaped frame and slim but square looking ass. There wasn't a drop of fat on him. She was coming around to appreciate this culture's dress code. It made checking out the tribe's males that much easier.

"Psst!! How is the meeting going?" Naomi whispered to Annette.

"Not well." The barren female said shushing the teen while trying to listen to Saber's conversation with Saw, Barb, Hammer and Blade just outside the hut they shared with the pride's chief-tan.

"The outer-worlder was adamant about what she saw." Barb replied. "Annette too."

"Chief, they were near hysterical we when they returned to the village." Hammer added. "Claiming they saw this fire-being rampaging near the Bonya river."

"I don't believe it." Saber replied to his top warriors.

"Sir they watched as the thing burnt Razer to a crisp. When we found his remains there wasn't much left of him." Saw added watching the leader of the Three Rivers Pride shake his head.

"Someone from one of the neighboring prides is seeking revenge, it has to be. The creature they described is one of myth; it doesn't exist!"

"Then what did kill the slave's guard?" Blade asked.

"I don't know but I will question my females again. In the meantime have everyone double up, no one is to be by themselves. I want the patrols increased as well. We will find who killed Razer and hit them so hard their ancestors will feel it!" Saber the vicious shouted concluding his meeting.

"He doesn't believe us." Annette said standing up from the doorway.

"Great. So if I say the meals around here need tweaking he won't believe that too?" The teen said moving in front of her friend who immediately dropped to one knee. "He is standing behind me isn't he?"

"Wench." The freckled teen heard a stern voice from behind her say.

"Welcome home master." Annette said dropping to both knees and bowing as the chief-tan of the Three Rivers Pride arrived at the hut he shared with his slaves.

"Gasp!!" Naomi replied mimicking her friend's movements. "I mean welcome home master. How was your day?"

"Half the pride spent the day looking for what you two thought you saw but did not see." He said crossing his arms and staring down at them.

"I know I tend to exaggerate at times." His younger slave began.

"Tch!!!" Saber replied.

"Ok, a lot, but Annette also saw it too!"

"And no one has seen it since explain that." The savage said standing over the teen.

"I can't master." Naomi replied. "But haven't any of the other prides made similar reports?"

"When ever something goes wrong- a hunt is bad, a battle is lost instead of taking responsibility many blame it on superstition." The warrior said uncrossing his arms.

"Is that a no?"

"Naomi!" Annette warned.

"What you two said you saw is a Pyron a creature of legend. It brings destruction to all it encounters. Thankfully that is all that it is." The savage said picking up the freckled teen from the floor of the hut.

"Because if it existed we would be in danger?" The teen said sheepishly.

"Don't worry girl I will protect you from that imaginary creature." The savage growled.

"Thank you master Saber you are most kind." Annette replied standing.

"Now what is this I hear of you refusing to eat your soup?" The feline warrior asked.

"Well...." Naomi started to stammer.

The warrior took a seat while he had his possessions attend to him. As he was being bathed, the two females noted how quiet he was that evening. Was he lost in thought?

"Now that I think about it, that was the second time I have seen what ever it was." Naomi admitted as she ran a cloth over the chief-tan's shoulder and back counting his scars.

"You saw it before?" The S'mar female asked her fellow slave.

"Yes, it was the night that the master's snoring kept me awake." The teen gasped realizing her words might be offensive.

"I will overlook that comment girl." The feline warrior said- his eyes closed.

"I... I... went to the window to look at the moons and stars and saw it in the distance."

"Naomi, why did you not saw anything until now?" Annette asked.

"I thought it was just a normal drylands creature... there is so much that is new to me here... so many things that are strange and bizarre." The short haired girl in the white micro-loin-cloth admitted.

"Again what you describe girl is a creature of myth- a Pyron. They don't exist."

"But what if they did master?"

Saber did not respond to Naomi's question.

As the trio settled in for the night, Saber laid down first on his sleeping mat. He motioned for his females to join him.

"You two have become close haven't you?" He asked his voice rumbling.

"Yes master." The females responded in unison.

"Show me. You on the left, you on my right." He ordered them.

The Three Rivers chief-tan spread his legs wide allowing Annette to straddle his left and Naomi his right.

"Lock paws." He ordered his slaves.

Annette grasped Naomi's left hand with her right paw. The two then rested their head's on each of the master's shoulders.

He reciprocated in turn running his left arm along Annette's midsection and his right along Naomi's shoulders downward to caress her bottom.

He kissed his females before noticing a change in their demeanor.

"What is it Annette?"

"That thing Naomi and I saw, what if it is never found?" The female feline asked as her wide butt was groped.

"It won't be, we will find Razer's true killer and they will be dealt with." Saber grumbled. "For now focus on your duties."

"But how are we supposed to take care of our daily chores while constantly worrying about being torched?" Naomi piled on.

The teen soon felt her ass being grabbed.

"I think master Saber is referring to our OTHER duties." Annette said giving the savage warrior a peck on his cheek.

Naomi cast a casual glance toward her master's sheath to see something emerging from it. She realized the savage was going to make her and her fellow slave forget about the possible danger the pride was facing and everything else that evening for that matter.

Saber pulled his females toward him and rolled over in just such a way that Annette was underneath him. Naomi was to his immediate right.

Whenever the savage was horny the barren S'mar captive was the first to offer herself to him and tonight would be no exception. Naomi watched as her master skillfully entered Annette who then wrapped her legs just below that masculine feline butt.

It was no secret that the female wanted desperately to be a mommy- to copulate, to be impregnated, grow a belly and then experience the joy of birthing and raising young. But it was not to be. She had been declared barren by her former pride and cast out.

The freckled teen watched as the two felines rubbed cheeks and kissed.

Maybe the reason her co-slave couldn't conceive was due to the acidity of her vagina. It destroyed every deposited sperm that entered it. The teen pondered.

By then Saber the vicious was at full speed thrusting into and out of his first sex slave. Naomi watched the muscular arms, perfectly chiseled frame and muscular butt move in unison like a finely tuned machine. Her master was an animal on the battlefield and in the sack.

As their mating was reaching its climax, Saber closed his eyes and clenched his teeth moving to the right of Annette's head, just blocking Naomi's view.

He then snarled loudly. At that exact moment the female feline's arms and legs went limp flopping to their sides. As he pulled away from her, Naomi saw a dazed look on Annette's face. The puddle of semen that continued to leak after the master had pulled out from her cub tunnel confirmed it. She had once again been screwed stupid. Soggy but satisfied.

Having finished off the older and more experienced of his slaves, the savage prepared to ravage the younger.

That yellow eyed warrior smiled evilly with a toothy grin. Naomi squeaked as she was pinned and felt two paw fingers stretching her vagina- wide. As they were removed, she felt the creature lay down on top her. He pulled close to her mouth. Were they going to kiss?

*BLEP*

Nope. The freckled teen received a lick to her forehead before rubbing cheeks with her master. His whiskers and scruffy chin hair tickled.

"Before I took you for my own you arrived here confused, terrified and scared." The warrior began.

"And now I have become a productive member of this pride." The teen replied.

"Um, no you are still confused, terrified and scared... especially of eyeball soup."

"The way you abuse us...."

"I could do more than just slap that tail-less behind of yours if you like- but then your productivity would decline."

"Um, the occasional tongue lashing and ass slaps are just fine master." Naomi backpedaled.

"Hmm, your chest is becoming less flat each day girl. I can't wait for the day when you are fully blossomed." He rumbled at her.

"Oh?" The human teen asked as the savage started to caress her person.

"On that day I will grope your tail-less bottom, fondle these." He said to her growing bosom. "And personally tongue bathe you!"

(It must be a cat thing she thought to herself.)

Saber then placed his forehead on Namoi's forehead as he continued his diabolical machinations. "Then I am going to impale you on my spear, enter you fully and completely, ride you very hard and put you away wet."

"Master?"

"Ok maybe not that hard wench. But hard enough. I will give you more gasps and moans then you will know how to handle and when I finish firing my bolt, I will pin you underneath me while I fall asleep inside of you."

"Gee, you seem nice." Naomi quipped.

"Always with the snide come back eh girl?" The feline beast said looking her in the eye.

"It is Naomi master Na-om-i."

"I like wench better." He snickered while she pouted.

Carefully the savage laid down on his youngest slave pinning her to their sleeping bundle resting his head on Naomi's chest. She ran her fingers through his fur as sleep soon found him. The Three Rivers chief-tan maybe a vicious savage but man, what a beautiful body!

As she continued to run her hand through his fur, Naomi wondered if this was what it was like to be a cat owner- although she never took care of a pet.

*SNORE* *SNORE* *SNORE* *SNORE* *SNORE* *SNORE*

"Seriously?!"

In a weird sort of way having the savage sleep on top of her did make Namoi feel a little more secure and then there was that line of fur that extended from his collar bone down the center of his chest that encircled his penis sheath and scrotum. She tried not to fixate on that, but it was adorable. Was she starting to develop feelings for him?

Sometime during the night she noticed that her living blanket had moved. Stirring, she found Saber and Annette at the doorway of their hut looking outward into the village. They watched as a being of pure fire walked by several homes setting them a blaze.

To Be Continued....

[MEANWHILE]

8:13 AM April 9th YOE 35 (World One)

"Hold still my lady this should only take a few minutes." Lea said to her seated ursine patient.

"A little groggy this morning?" The fierce ursine warrior said to the lioness.

"Yes, a little."

"Big date with Lian last night?"

"Yes- it was magical. He took me to the World's Finest Restaurant in the entertainment district. Then to a play and then dancing." The lioness replied, her eyes sparkling.

(Enjoy it Lea.)

I watched the two of them taking in the moment, the tranquility of the morning knowing that before the timeline correction this scene would not have played out as it is now. I guess with that correction my memories from the alternate timeline had been erased.

"So what is on the schedule today?" Lea asked as what remained of the bear's ear was being cleaned.

"Hunting down curfew violators and those departing the empire." My fierce ursine warrior replied.

"The core has exclusively been busy as or late. I had to cover for Sir Ram while he was on assignment." Lea replied.

She looked exceptionally magnificent that morning in her lab coat, and the tight one piece suit underneath.

(Lea...)

I smiled as she took a device that looked like it was the size of a stylus and shined it on the missing piece of my ursine's ear. That piece started regenerating almost instantly.

"It will be a few more minutes while that which is missing is replaced." She replied. "Oh and Alex Sir Ram wants to see you."

"Duh, what now?" I replied looking at the two beasital females.

"He is in his lab today." The sexy lioness replied.

"He has rescheduled those sessions that he had to cancel on." My bear knight replied.

"OH GREAT!" I blurted out.

"Pet?"

"I mean the technological sophistication of this world never fails to impress me mistress."

"There all finished." The hot lioness said.

Lady Ursa took her paw and rubbed her ear. The missing portion had been restored.

"I have some duties to perform as well." She stood up from her chair and departed the lab. "And you have and appointment to keep."

"Yes mistress." I pouted exiting Lea's lab and making my way to Sir Ram's.

I found the smartest scientist of the empire on one of the upper floors of his tiered amphitheater of a lab. He was dressed in a grey lab coat with goggles standing over a table working on.... something.

"Good morning human it has been awhile." He said greeting me.

"Yes overseer it has been." I said bowing quite respectfully.

"Speaking out of turn again are we?"

"No sir. I am just acknowledging my superiors."

"As you know I have had to cancel your previous sessions due to my increased duties with the knight core, but today I plan to make up for a few."

"Yes sir." I replied as I disrobed placing the red shirt and blue pants I was wearing on the counter in front of my punishment chair along with my undergarments.

The big horned sheep came down to the bottom floor of the lab to meet me. As he did I gave him a big hug.

"What is this?!"

"I know you and Lady Ursa have a very difficult job- I just want to say that I appreciate your efforts to preserve this and all I have been blessed to witness during my time here in the empire."

"Hmm I didn't order you to kiss my ass boy... yet."

"Yes master."

"I tell you what, no punishment chair today let's catch up." The he beast said patting me on my shoulder.

"Sir?"

"Come boy."

I followed him back to the previous level of his lab and sat down on a cold high chair next to his work bench.

I sat up straight with my hands on my lap like a trained dog ready to obey my master's command.

"So these past few days how have you been filling your time?" He began removing his goggles.

"Performing my chores around the lair, cleaning, cooking and painting when I have a moment."

"You know what I mean boy." He grinned wickedly at me.

In a certain light he looked almost like a demon.

"Uh, overseer?"

"I suppose that you have been following the news- what do you think?"

(He knows something he isn't telling me.)

"The events of the past few days and weeks have made your job and those of the rest of the core quite strenuous."

"Yes the incompetence." The ram grumbled putting away his tools.

"You are referring to the human tracking system?"

"Yes the engineers and I use the term lightly, can not restore the system to operation."

"I heard Sir Ram."

"It keeps breaking down which is fueling the second class' acts of disobedience. Some are using the opportunity to go where they want, when they want like they are first class citizens and there is another group who have decided to leave the empire altogether in violation of the statue settlement. What do you think about that?"

"I..."

*AUGH*

As I tried to be diplomatic in my response, I felt the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.

"Again boy what do you think about that?"

*AUGH*

"It is quite unfortunate sir." The pain subsided as soon as I answered.

"Something wrong Mr. Winter?"

"I just felt the most discomfort I have ever felt for some reason." I replied.

"How would you describe this discomfort?"

*AUGH*

The pain started welling up in my everywhere until I answered.

"Awful."

"Good. It is something Mara and I have been working on in our free time." Sir Ram said placing his paw on my shoulder. "So what ELSE have you been doing in your free time boy?"

*AUGH*

There was that pain again growing, welling up until I responded.

"I have been working on becoming the perfect beta male, docile, diminutive and obedient for the day when it is decided that my conditioning therapy was complete my overseer."

"Not quite and not for the foreseeable future." He said solemnly. Apparently he had determined to pick up where we had left off.

It appeared that Deer-feeder or the individual I believe was deer-feeder was correct.

"What else have you been up to little human?"

(Did he know? Did he?)

The pain started again, increasing.... Increasing... reaching unbearable levels. But yet, he hadn't done anything but touch my shoulders. Then it started to ramp down.

(Huh?)

"Mr. Winter you have been a bad human haven't you?" The evil beastial smiled.

"In what way master?"

I sense that whatever should have be causing me that pain should have been pushing me over the edge by now.

"I think you should answer and quickly. Did you play hooky; were you where you shouldn't have been?"

(Did he know about my day trip? That I learned of his big secret?!)

"You weren't where you were supposed to be recently and were caught."

(Crap he knows!!)

"I was?" I replied still playing coy.

"The pain will cease when you comply."

"Yes master I admit it! On April 7th when you canceled my session, I went to visit Lea in her apartment. Lady Ursa caught and yelled at me."

"That was it?!" He said his ears drooping.

"Yes overseer."

"Hmm... I incorporated a truth ray on this as well- if you had lied you would be in extreme agony. Very well. What was you punishment?"

"A tongue lashing and my movements were further restricted master."

"Very well boy, let's reinforce that lesson...."

I received several pokes of some type of pain stick. It should have hurt but it didn't, but I put on a very good show. When my session ended, Sir Ram carried me back to the lair placing me on the sectional in the great room, laying my clothing next to my nude body.

"Great session today boy. I look forward to the next one." He said departing.

I was left to rethink my transgressions and lick my wounds after being reminded that I was a lowly second class citizen who was allowed to live with beastials when I really should be living within the bowels of the city.

For some odd reason I should have been in more pain than I actually was. But in truth I wasn't. Very odd. I spent the better part of the morning wondering this while performing my chores.

I was in the middle of preparing dinner when I was contacted.

"Auggy?" I asked as the image of the soldier appeared on the viewscreen.

"How is Alex Winter this afternoon?" The former solider asked.

"Peachy, I am making dinner."

"How was your session with Sir Ram this morning?" He asked me point blank.

"How did you know about that?"

"It is common knowledge actually- one of the terms upon your release was to undergo conditioning therapy to bring you back in line to what the beastials think the ideal human citizen should be. I suspect that you have been beaten, brutalized, humiliated and otherwise tortured into compliance."

I just looked at him.

"Your non-response confirms that. Hopefully today's session was less painful for you."

"There wasn't that much pain. I still couldn't figure out why."

"Oh, Iya slipped you a pain inhibitor after our last meeting- our way of saying thank you for bringing us to your time- our distant future."

"Pain inhibitor?"

"Yes you apply it directly to the skin and it is good for three days. A fantastic invention don't you think? Say since we did you a favor, perhaps you could do one for us in return?"

I stared at Mr. Striker he seemed to be smiling at me on the viewscreen.

To Be Continued....