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Counter Earth Chronicles - Dual Realities

Chapter 29: Flames In The Darkness Of Each Other's Worlds

September 5th, YOE (Continued)

4:15 PM Infirmary (World Seven)

"What?" Corey asked staring at the human, lioness, goat and penguin that had assembled by his bedside.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I would not have believed it." Shakara said with her mouth open.

Penny, her face mimicking something halfway between shock and awe, reached for Shakara's scanner as Lily Blossom and Dawn Stern crowded around the former human teenager.

"His DNA has been changed." Penny announced moving the triangular scanner to and fro over the were-creature's abdomen. "No, it has been rewritten."

"Penny, what are you talking about?!" The former human asked.

"Oh my! He burst through his clothing." The goat lady observed fishing through the remnants of his bottom-wear.

"Corey how are you feeling dear?" Dawn asked, running her hand over his forehead.

"I feel great professor... why is everyone fussing over me? Did I have a near death experience or something?"

"Well his frame is smaller than Rumble's. I like the mane though." Shakara said, running her paw down the new werebeast's torso. "Nice pecs."

"Look at that sheath!" Lily Blossom exclaimed.

"I was making my way down to that." Shakara said, grabbing the teen's elephant and examining it. "A little larger than before."

"Are you kidding? Now it has a protective cover!" The goat lady said excitedly.

Corey looked downward to see what everyone was discussing.

"Since when do I have a sheath?" He said reaching downward to meet the lioness's paw. That was when he looked at his former hand. A furred paw with pads and claws.

"What?" He then looked at his former feet and then there was a new sensation at the base of his spine. "What is going on here?"

"The culmination of a dream. Mr. Collins. Yours." Dawn said, pulling out a pocket mirror and holding it in front of the former human who saw a white werewolf staring right back at him.

"I am a were!!! When? Where? How?" Corey said, ambling out of the medical bed. But when he tried to stand with his new body he didn't quite make it.

*SPLAT*

"We are still trying to figure that out..." Shakara said, helping him stand.

"Did Rumble bite you?" The medicine lady asked.

"I begged him many, many times before today he did and nothing ever came of it. It doesn't work that way, he told me."

"Rumble can only make weres through sexual reproduction." The lioness said to everyone present. "Believe me I know."

All eyes were cast on the tan lioness momentarily. When the Shakara statement passed they went back to the new Mr. Collins.

"I love it!" Corey exclaimed as the females around, helped him stand. "Such soft beautiful fur! The claws and fangs are a nice touch and I have a tail!!! So this is what it feels like to be a beastial!"

"As compared to what? Being a human?" The goat lady asked.

"Damn right! I have to go tell Rumble!"

"Calm down slick you aren't going anywhere." The penguin said pushing the newly formed were-beast back into the bed.

"Say what?"

"Rumble is not here- he left with Alex and Psi to find out how you got sick. You will have to wait until they return." The sexy lioness responded.

"In the meantime we have a medical mystery to get to the bottom of." Penny said to her staff with a gleam in her eye. "I want a complete battery of tests run. Comparing his new physiology with his old at once!"

"Um, why?" Corey asked.

"We need to know what happened, how it happened, if it is temporary or permanent." Lily Blossom volunteered.

"PLEASE OH PLEASE BE PERMANENT." Corey pleaded.

"And if it is contagious, a danger to your well being or a danger to ours." The goat lady said, continuing.

"Get ready fellow beastial you are in for a long afternoon and evening of tests." Shakara warned licking her chops. I think we should start with the reproductive system, don't you think?"

*GROAN*

Did the teen werewolf make that sound because of the way the lioness was touching him or the upcoming evening of endless tests?

_ *10:52 PM Lady Ursa's Home * _

"You three look like how Boris feels." The dark brown bear said meeting Lady Ursa, Shakara and myself at the door of our townhome across from the central tower.

"It has been a long day, big bear." Shakara said, trying to smile.

"For all of us." I replied.

"Beatrice was no trouble was she?" My perfect person asked her breeding partner.

"Daughter was perfect while Boris was working." He said quietly and gently.

"How are things city-wide?" I asked the other male in my furry family.

"Everyone is installing blinders at homes to blot out sunlight. Too bad windows don't have any screens."

"Yeah, it was weird having thirty six hour days before, but now it being daylight when it is supposed to be dark and it being dark when it is supposed to be light is beyond nuts. Thank you dark moon!" I said, shaking my fist at Chaundoon's disrupter.

The black celestial body and cause of all misery on our new planet just sparkled as another wave of pulses emanated from it headed to the planet.

"It is worse than that." My bear knight said in a solemn tone.

"How so pretty lady bear?" Boris asked.

"The search parties we have sent out, have yet to locate the sky city or the globs holding Naka, Song and Kiwi." My perfect person volunteered. "The residents of the city are on edge as the imbalance gets worse."

"Freckled boy, horny lioness, how was your day?" Boris asked.

"Tiring." Shakara and I replied in unison.

"Corey Collins' high fever, sweats, and shakes all abated." My devious person volunteered.

"You found something to treat his symptoms?" The she bear asked the lioness.

"No. He ceased being human." The red eyed lioness said casually.

"How in the world?" Lady Ursa exclaimed.

"While traveling Corey bathed in an enchanted pond." I said to my beastial family.

"How enchanted young Alex?" The bear with the v shaped birthmark across his chest asked.

"It duplicates the attributes of whoever bathed in there previously."

"That was Rumble, and poof human teen becomes teen werewolf." My lioness said as we walked through the front door.

"He finally got his wish." Lady Ursa observed.

"Is permanent?" Boris asked.

"Everyone in medical is still trying to figure that out." The lioness said, sashaying her sexy butt up the stairs.

"In the meantime World Seven has two resident werewolves, two S'mar warriors, a tribe of sand dragons as well as stone folk, mud folk, merfolk, marshfolk and treefolk." I yawned.

"The city is becoming a city." My bear knight observed.

We were all so exhausted from the events of the day that I don't remember anything else after that- blotting out the sunlight or preparing for bed. I guess we were just that tired.

September 6 th, YOE

1:30 AM S'mar Nation (Atreus Pride Territory)

"So this is how Atreus Pride lives! A small bunch of underground warrens in the bush!!!" A stocky feline yelled to the Three Rivers Pride chieftain.

"We have them on the run, let's finish this!!!" Saber yelled to Pike and Blade.

"ATTACK!!!" Saber's top warriors shouted as they advanced on Atreus Pride.

"Atreus Pride stand firm!" Rera, the pride chieftain shouted cheering on her warriors. "Do not leave a single one of them standing! Three Rivers Pride filth!"

"How dare you invade our territory!" A young feline warrior shouted, signaling Rera's warriors to advance on the invaders. He drew his crossbow and loaded his arrows aching for his first taste of battle.

He observed his pride's defenders advance on the Three River's pride attackers....

As if in a ballet, Saber elegantly dodged and parried the attacks from each of the enemy warriors that were foolish enough to cross him counter-attacking. He dodged an attempted punch grabbing the assailant's head and smashing it on a nearby boulder. He stabbed a slender feline with his machete pausing to watch him bleed out after he removed his weapon. The next warrior he kneed in the balls. As that attacker dropped to cover his privates off came his head. Next came a fury of slashes- horizontal, diagonal, vertical as bodies were sliced, diced and decapitated in the battlefield.

Meanwhile Blade sliced a foe right down the middle splitting him into two. There was a lot of blood. Another was foolish enough to advance on his position with two scythes drawn. He didn't get far when he noticed a pin-wheel like blade advancing right toward him. When it hit its mark, his chest slid in one direction while his legs in another.

Barb hacked and slashed her way through the advancing horde leaving fallen victims in her wake and encouraging Saber's army until they had cornered the horrified Atreus Pride warrior with the crossbow who had watched the slaughter like someone watching their favorite team fall during a sporting event.

"Don't kill me.... please!!!" He squealed.

"Cowardice on the battlefield?" Blade said starring down the young brave.

"A young warrior experiencing his first battle." Barb added. "Probably trying to earn his name."

"Sadly his short life will end here." Another feline warrior standing next to Barb and Blade said advancing with a spiked mace ready to finish him off.

"Please!! I don't wish to die here and not for this!" The young coward pleaded.

"And why is that Atreus Pride?" Barb asked.

"I am not anxious to meet the ancestors! You said it yourself, I am young! I haven't lived!!"

The warrior standing next to Barb and Blade gave his superiors a wicked smirk. The two stood aside and let him approach the warrior carrying the crossbow.

"We of Three Rivers Pride have a special punishment for cowardly enemies." He said grabbing the young warrior who then dropped his crossbow.

"No, please!"

"I won't kill you. Nor will they." He said gesturing to the army of savages behind him, Barb and Blade.

"You won't?"

"Nah, but I am going to give you a nice golden shower!"

*pssssss*

"EW! Gross!" Barb said, turning her head away."

"I guess there are worse things than death." Blade added as the coward was soaked in the urine of an enemy warrior. But hey, they let him live.

Elsewhere Saber was conducting a one-on-one with the Atreus Pride's chieftain. A pretty female who wore a gold earring and several multicolored necklaces. She carried a spear in one paw and a colorful oval shield in the other.

"No it can't end like this!!" She said scanning the battlefield. All of her subordinates except the one getting peed on had fallen; she was the last one left.

"It has Rera, just like Kenja Pride, Patranal Pride, Sabra Pride and the others before them." Saber said dragging his machete on the ground as he approached her. His top warriors behind him.

"You fought well." Barb said.

"But it was all for nought." Blade added.

"Even a great army will fall if it is led by a fool." Saber said, arriving at the female chieftain.

"So you have won." She said dropping to her knees. "I would like to discuss what happens next."

"I was thinking about cutting off your head and parading it around on a stick." Was the savage's answer.

The female looked up at his face and then off to the side at something in the distance. No, it was the sky.

The Three Rivers Pride chieftain was expecting to see indignation and a unyielding resolve but the Atreus Pride leader was watching something else, one of Chaundoon's moons- the dark one was streaking across the heavens!

Saber, Barb, Blade and the rest of the warriors on the battlefield watched as the dark moon flew right into one of the Chaundoon's suns causing it to shrink, burnout then explode taking out the adjacent sun and the three remaining moons which shattered like glass.

Chaudoon was thrown into instant darkness. It became very hot, then very cold, the vegetation died out as did all game turning to dead carcasses littering a barren desert wasteland, The Three Rivers Pride Chieftain watched as all S'mar everywhere died and became dust joining the desert sands.

*GASP*

Saber awoke with a start. That dream was so vivid! So real!! He looked to his right- his youngest slave was sleeping near his left shoulder, her head on his left pec. He looked to his right to find his older slave asleep on his right shoulder her paw running across his stomach.

What did he just see? Was it the end of the world? Not something he or his harem would want to experience in the slightest. But what did that dream mean?!

He moved his right paw to Naomi's behind, noticing her smooth texture no fur on her at all, not even a tail. He then moved his left paw to Annette's posterior noticing how there was so much more to grab, touch and hold. Still, despite the pleasurable sleeping conditions, the savage chieftain doubted given what he had seen, he would be drifting off back to slumber anytime soon.

2:30 AM Near World Seven

"Wow, a lot has changed since I have been gone." Arthur Speedwell commented. "What happened to that storm cloud?"

"Corbin convinced it to go away." The Midnight Black replied, taking up the rear of their caravan.

"That was just the beginning of the imbalance." Minka replied. "Things started to go downhill from there- peaceful tribes becoming hostile for no reason at all."

"Neighbors attacking neighbors. Indigenous species behaving strangely. Abductions, hidden societies..." Midnight Black added.

"What he is saying is that life on our new planet has been a mess." The cheeky monkey girl said.

"And it is all do to the fourth moon." Arthur said.

"Exactly." Minka added.

"Sata and Sorrell told me about the destruction of their civilization was due to a celestial event. The same celestial body that will destroy this world unless it is stopped."

"The medical and science divisions have been researching the dark moon for the last several months." The dark akita said. "They have been unsuccessful in preventing it from doing what it is doing."

"Serious mysterious." The hedgehog boy replied.

"The daylight during night thing and the night during the daylight are the most recent examples and also the increasingly shifting colored skies." Minka said cheerfully.

"It is also why I didn't want to take our time returning from that lost civilization's shrine boy." The akita replied being self righteous.

"Are you saying that it is not safe outside World Seven?"

"Not for an extended length of time. Many of the indigenous populations nearby have taken refuge within the city including the sand dragons and their ruler." Minka volunteered.

"So the city has become very crowded?" Arthur said, wondering out loud. "I have missed a lot."

"Yes you have and if you are the key to ending all this you best figure out how to do so and quickly." The dark akita said as they climbed a rocky hill. In the distance they could see the central tower of the city. "Finally."

5:43 AM Oliver and Theresa's Home

As Oliver Justice awoke from his slumber, he noticed how still the early morning was- too still. He could see through the window blinds that day had broken. But the problem was the suns had risen too early; it was still supposed to be dark outside.

(Geez!)

His gaze in the darkened room moved from the single pane-less window to a large nude lion/tiger/panther/jaguar feline looming over him and his bed.

"ACK!!!" The wildlife researcher shouted tumbling backward.

"Oliver Justice, did I startle you?" The S'mar warrior asked.

"Yes... I think you took a few years off my life as well." He gasped at the intimidating feline savage.

"My apologies but there is something you must see."

*YOINK*

The red head followed the nude savage to his bedroom window. Since moving in with Theresa and Oliver, Axe was still trying to conform to societal norms of his new pride. Theresa and Oliver interviewed him at length about life in the drylands- S'mar traditions, customs and their society. In return they taught him about their traditions, customs and society and how in World Seven to use violence as a last resort. Try to talk it out conflicts first and to be less aggressive.

For his part, Axe found bottom-wear conforming and uncomfortable. But at least in this domicile Theresa and Oliver allowed him to wear his traditional clothing which was practically nothing at all.

"So the suns are out." Oliver shrugged.

"There is something more to that." Axe said pointing to the red morning sky and the dark red clouds moving overhead.

"Now that does seem weird even for Chaundoon." The wildlife researcher replied as red streaks started pouring out from the clouds making their way toward the ground.

6:23 AM Lady Ursa's Bedroom

*pish* *pish* *pish*

"Geez, it is raining outside." I replied yawning. "I hope it isn't that sentient cloud again."

"What time is it- pet?" My she bear asked snuggling someone she thought was me.

"Probably morning." I replied stretching.

"It isn't little cutie." My lioness replied pulling me toward her person.

"Why is that Ms. Kubari?"

"Because the day isn't allowed to start until I have had my warm happy." She said kissing me.

(That was such a Shakara statement.)

I kissed her back and before I knew it I was pinned underneath my leonine lover like a zebra about to be made a meal of in the wild. Not that I minded.

*GRRRR*

"I wish we could stay like this forever." I said as my hips were straddled.

"You are going to retract that statement little cutie."

*IMPALE*

"OHH YEAH!" I replied as my thickening shaft entered a very soft and very warm cub tunnel.

"Now where is my warm happy?"

"I can't perform that on command, my love. But if you bring me to the edge and then throw me over it, I will see what I can do."

The horny she beast rode me like a philly. Those red eyes, that feline grin, her inner hand, the gentle movements. Well you know what happened next...

*NGHHH!! GAH!!!*

"So silky!! So smooth and such volume and consistency!!!" The horny lioness said as she milked my balls dry. Thank you little cutie."

"We aren't done yet." I said as my sanity returned.

"Hmm?"

"What do I like to do after emptying myself into my lover? Now come here." I said pulling her on top of me.

Shakara knew that after putting out, I liked to cuddle. I think it was something I learned from Tauren, Sorren and Lurie.

Despite being seduced by my devious person, my perfect person was oblivious to our morning activities.

"Pet you seem a bit more hairy this morning." Lady Ursa said pulling what she thought was me to her.

"Um, should we say something?" I asked the lioness.

"It is cute to watch." She said giving a non-answer answer.

"What are you two talking about?" Lady Ursa asked opening her eyes. To her left she saw Shakara and myself and to her right was a slumbering brown bear with a white V shaped birthmark on his chest.

"My, you two seem very comfortable." Shakara teased.

"The she bear rolled her eyes and pulled her breeding partner close to her."

"If you aren't careful mistress there could be some more baby bears running around." I piled on.

"If so Boris would regret nothing. Loves extended family- daughter, pretty lady bear, little freckled boy and horny lioness. Boris is happy bear."

"And we love you too, big bear." I replied. "If the world is indeed ending for a second time I couldn't think of a better of bunch to be with when it does."

"Great way to kill mood little Alex." Boris replied chastising me.

"What?" I asked as I felt the weight of many eyes staring at me.

"You don't hear the rain outside?" Shakara asked.

*PISH*

*PISH*

*FWOOM*

I observed the beastials around me ears all twitch.

"I have never known rain to sound like that." The warrior bear said, rising.

*Attention all residents please remain indoors until further notice! Do not panic!*

"Overwatch?" I asked.

We heard Wheels, Roadie and Felene in the distance making similar announcements.

Shakara was the first off of the bed. She went to the window and looked outside onto the street.

"MY STARS!!!"

"Shakara?" Lady Ursa said joining her.

Boris and I watched as her fur bristled and she dodged a streak of something that missed her and hit the floor and flamed out.

"OH MY." I shouted as we watched what appeared to be fire raining from the sky.

"The city will be destroyed!" Shakara shouted.

"No. City is made of stone." Boris said correcting her. "Damage will be minimal."

"In the meantime everyone stay away from the windows." I ordered.

"It will be safer downstairs." Shakara added.

"I will get Beatrice." My lady bear said departing the room.

We moved to the lowest level of our home toward the interior as fire continued to rain down on the city.

"It seemed like Penny Penguin's dome shield wasn't a bad idea after all.

It fire rained on and off all day. In between the residents flooded into the streets to put out the pop up fires that were on structures and objects not made of stone.

During all this, my beastial family went to work.

8:00 AM Infirmary (Central Tower)

Medical was flooded with the injured who had been burned, I was left wondering if what transpired today was more of Chaundoon's enchantment or the imbalance? It was hard to tell at this point.

Lady Ursa along with Beatrice went in to Knight Command to try to allocate resources to check on all the residents and guests in World Seven.

Boris assisted in putting out fires in structures that weren't stone.

"Good morning gorgeous." The white were-beast said to Shakara as we walked into medical. "So when can I blow this popsicle stand?"

"He has been like that all night." Nezera replied.

"To answer you truthfully we don't know Little Rumble... err Corey." She teased.

"But I have been poked and prodded and given every test imaginable!"

"At this point you are still under observation Mr. Collins." The vampire bat said. "We don't know what the long term effects of that bath you took in the pond will be."

It was clear that he was anxious to take his new body out for a test drive.

"Say where is Rumble?" I asked looking around. Medical was becoming very busy. I saw Dawn was visiting Club again, Psi, Penny and Lilly Blossom were seeing patients and there were quite a lot of them most likely dealing with stress and anxiety from what was going on.

"ALEX!" Penny called out from her corner office.

"Yeah boss!"

"I need you to finish up helping around here then you are making a house call."

"Okay, who?"

"Arthur Speedwell. Minka Mallow and Midnight Black brought him home this morning."

"What? Whom? How?" I shouted prepping my medkit.

"I guess you will figure that out along the way. Nezera go with him."

"GRRR It is not supposed to be this bright at this time of day!!" The vampire bat replied.

"I know Nezera, I know." I replied to my colleague as we made our way through the streets outside the central tower. "Let's cut through some alleys. At least it will provide you with some shade."

The citizens of World Seven were everywhere helping each other, I saw Oliver and Theresa with Axe shopping for clothes so that their Kenja Pride warrior wouldn't be baring his all to the world. He looked overwhelmed at the abundance he was seeing.

I also noticed a lot of refugees who had taken up residence in the city as well not just the sand dragons, but mudfolk, stonefolk, marshfolk, treefolk and even some merfolk as well helping put out fires wherever they could.

9:26 AM Arthur's house

"You will have to forgive him medic, the boy is rather tired." The dark akita replied as I started my initial evaluation of the hedgehog.

"We got back in overnight so we all are." Minka said yawing.

"Alright Mr. Speedwell strip." The grey lady bat ordered.

"Um, how much?" The leader of the Ghost Hunters asked.

"Down to your undergarments should be enough." The bat replied. "If it was Shakara..."

"It would be all the way." I replied. "Nice undies."

"It was what I wore in the deities' court." Arthur replied as I ran my scanner over him.

"Those readings are quite impressive." Nezera said, peering over my shoulder. I nodded.

"What is so impressive about them?" Midnight Black asked yawning.

"How long was Arthur in this so-called pocket dimension?" The vampire bat asked.

"Seven months." The cheeky monkey girl replied.

"It felt like only a few weeks though." The hedgehog boy replied. "It is hard to say because the place is outside conventional time."

"That confirms my readings that you haven't aged at all in the past seven months." I said putting down my scanner.

"How is it that you are here, now child?" Nezera asked.

"The deities were advised that I was needed here." Arthur replied.

"Really?" I said trading glances with Nezera.

"They were advised by another entity that the planet was dying." He went on. "And I am somehow supposed to play a part in stopping it." Arthur said thinking.

"That is quite a lot of weight on your shoulders." The lady bat replied placing her paws on his shoulders. "No pressure now- just all life on the planet."

Arthur looked really stressed. The readings on my scanner started going up. Way up.

"Actually there is."

"The entity that warned the deities that the planet was in trouble showed the boy what Chaundoon would look like if no action was taken." The akita assassin volunteered.

"That bad huh?" I asked.

"All life would cease." Minka added and we would have a front row seat.

(WHOA...)

"With that said, I am recommending that our hero get some rest and reconnect with his immediate family."

"It looks like all of you could use a good day's sleep. As could I." The lady bat replied stretching. "Perhaps combining the reconnecting with sleeping."

"Yes I think Mr. Black and Ms. Mallow could use some cuddle time. I know for a fact that they missed you horribly while you were away Arthur, especially Mr. Black." I smiled packing up my medkit. I could tell the akita assassin was blushing underneath his fur. "They made countless trips into the wilderness looking for you."

"Don't you have somewhere else to be medic?" The dark akita said indignantly.

"Yes, I guess I do. Good day you three." I replied leaving.

"Arthur and Minka do bring out the best in him." The grey bat said as we departed their home for hers.

"Come on, I will see you home. Wait, where do you live exactly?"

"Some place convenient where I can get a quick bite if I want to." Nezera said showing me her fangs.

"You did not just say that."

"I did."

"How many times must I say it?"

"Yes boy it is not polite to feed on your friends, family or colleagues." The lady bat replied placing her paw on my shoulder. "Not even just a little?"

"NEZERA!"

10:02 AM Main Street (Near The Central Tower)

The vampire reassured me that she only sipped, never chomped on or killed her prey and the amount she drank per victim was so little no one hardly noticed save for a few marks on their bodies. I was more than irritated with this revelation- being the nighttime medic was the perfect cover for her too.

As we rounded another corner we found ourselves on the mainstreet near the central hanger that houses the prototypes. Across from that is building where the space-gate is located. It is locked up tight and under surveillance usually but had fallen on the back burner when the knight core and the dragon defenders refocusing their efforts to protect the city.

"What is going on over here?" I asked the lady bat.

"It looks like a line has formed in front of the space gate."

It looked like a line to use outhouse or for some type of posh restaurant. Those waiting in the line were the indigenous inhabitants we had met on this world- stone folk, marsh folk, tree folk, mud folk and sand folk.

"Hey what is going on?" I asked two young sand dragons twins Ganzel and Trail at the head of the line.

"Word is that Chaundoon is doomed and there is going to be mass evacuation." Trail replied.

"To where?" Nezera asked.

"Counter Earth." Ganzel replied. "Everyone here wants to be included in the first wave."

I traded glances with the vampire bat.

"That would not be a good idea." I advised.

"Why?" The twins asked me.

"If you think things are bad here on Chaundoon...." I started.

"It is nothing compared to Counter Earth." Nezera added to the youngling's surprise. "We fled that planet for a reason."

"Which is?" Trail asked curiously.

"It is a lost cause." I added as it started to fire rain again.

"You mean like this one?" He shot back. Ganzel added piling on.

(Um well....)

To Be Continued....

[MEANWHILE]

September 6 th, YOE

5:43 AM Castle Wundagore (World One)

The female brown bear rolled over in her bed expecting to feel the soft skin of her human pet, touch his hair, inhale his scent, hold his cute butt and to feel his warmth inside her most intimate place. But that was when reality came crashing down upon her. Her Alex Winter was gone. She had three pluff pillows she was using as his stand in. They were soft, pliable but not him.

Gently she rolled over to look at the time on her communicator. It was almost time for her morning briefing. It had been five months since he had departed. Lady Ursa thought about his whereabouts every day. In the first few days after he had walked out on her frustrated at how he appeared to be irredeemable within her and other beastial's eyes, she had started talking to his friends and associates regarding his whereabouts. No one had seen him. She even considered using her world's Alexander Winter as a stand in. But no- although identical, they were different. The Alexander Winter the knights had in custody was a former rebel, did not speak with an accent and most important of all did not have that healing ability to alleviate the symptoms of her condition and he would rather kill her than be intimate anyway. He hated beastials that much.

Now her Alex Winter appeared to be headed down that path too. But he wasn't quite there yet, because in that time he had been away, he left her vials of his essence at places around the city enough for her to repress the symptoms of her degenerative condition and to continue her duties as a knight which she realized that she was overdue for now.

The she bear's paw trembled as she reached toward her night stand. She had delayed as long as she possibly could to stretch out her dwindling supply, but no longer. Gently she clasped the lone remaining vial, removed its top and poured its contents into her cub tunnel.

*Mmmmmmmmmmm.*

Not as good as the real thing. But it was what was needed to get her through her day. She lay there enjoying the silky smooth contents as they made their way through her. This was true bliss. Sir Ram had tried to replicate Alex's DNA, his jizz, but for some reason the 'store brand' had no effect on her, only the real thing did.

At 6:23 AM her communicator sounded off. It was Lord Tiger.

"There is a staff meeting this morning." The tiger warrior began.

"What about?" The bear asked the tiger.

"We are going to discuss and analyze recent blunders the core has been experiencing. The high master has taken notice."

8:00 AM Bar/Tavren (Dark Forest)

"Morning lover." The Tian mountain dog said placing his paws behind my head.

Spirit planted his knees on either side of my legs on the bed we were laying on and then bent over giving me the most wonderful morning kiss.

"Morning yourself. So we are in furry mode today huh?" I asked looking him up and down.

"For now." He replied coyly.

"I noticed over the last few months it has become less and less... erratic." I said choosing my words carefully.

"Which means you don't have to worry about you know... if we... you know...." He said bouncing his eyebrows at me in a way that would make Sorren proud.

"You mean I won't be wondering what version of you I am going to be yiffed by." I teased as he laid down on me making sure his sheath was touching my package.

"Well there is still a possibility that I could shift while we are doing it which could technically turn it from beastial into beastiality. But I will have you know my genitals aren't that different in either form."

I cut my eyes at him for that disturbing remark. He leaned forward and stole another kiss.

"Mmm... you seem to have become less erratic as well." Spirit said releasing me.

"What do you mean?"

"When Deer-feeder reunited us five months ago... that first night you were a mess, tossing and turning in bed, grumbling, growling, cursing."

"Breakups will have that sort of effect on you." I said pulling him on top of me.

"Do you still miss her?" My partial beastial boyfriend asked me.

"Her bulk, her ferocity, her confidence, beautiful maw, her fur, her paws, her breasts, those beautiful golden eyes, her snout, her nubby tail, her soft sex and falling asleep in the crook of her armpit, laying my arm on her tummy while she cupped my bottom with her paw on cold, cold nights." I replied astounding Spirit.

"Sounds like you still hold a candle for her." The beastial canine replied.

"But not the way I was manipulated, dominated and controlled by her and that ram." I replied gritting my teeth. "It has been months and I am still angry about it."

"Well, if you like you could fall asleep in the crook of my armpit laying you arm on my tummy while I cup your bottom with my paw." Spirit said pinning me to the bed like we were in some type of S&M skit. "I can't guarantee it wouldn't lead to unff, unff, unff, unff, arrroooo!! Splort!!! Sport!!"

"Spirit what are you doing?!" I gasped as his paw left my wrist to move down to grip both our penises."

"Making sure we get kicked out of our lodgings." He said making an evil smirk that would make Sir Ram proud.

His grip, the softness of his paw, his touching mine, the steading rhythm of his rubbing. We were soon both moaning.

It wasn't before long, I felt that familiar tickle, the one I have come to know all too well. I placed my hand on his chest indicating that I was close.

"I am too." He growled-moaned.

*GAH* I shouted as I came.

*ARRROOOO!!!* Spirit said adding his voice to mine.

"That was wonderful my little comfort animal." He replied collapsing on me.

"Little?! We are roughly the same height and size." I said looking around. "Clean up room seven!"

The sheets were soiled with beastial and humans semen, our clothes were strung out everywhere over the floor and the furniture was placed this way and that.

"Shall we clean up?"

"Nah, let's lie in our filth a little longer." I said cuddling.

"That's right after external sex you like the cuddle."

(Is it possible to be in love with two different individuals at the same time?!)

Eventually we had to get up, clean the room and bathe.

The accommodations of the Sanctuary reminded me of a real colonial frontier-ish settlement. The bathing situation was, well rather different- a heated tub down the hall with water brought in from the settlement's well.

Spirit was ecstatic that we were bathing together just like we did at The Maximum.

9:26 AM Check-out

"So did you enjoy your stay?" The a brunette receptionist in a blue dress, white bonnet and white apron asked us at the bar.

"Yes it is very cozy and really quaint little place." Spirit said looking around.

"It is good that you feel that way- because you two can check out but you can never leave!!"

I stared at our hostess like she had four heads.

"No, seriously all who reside in the Sanctuary will forever reside here. For security reasons those who abandon the empire can not come and go as they please."

"It would increase the likelihood of the knights finding this place and destroying it like they did World Six." I reasoned.

"Yeah, I heard about that. The fuzzies are horrible not just to us, even their own kind." She replied.

"They were just taking orders from their master." Spirit growled.

"Sounds like you have rejected him." The woman who identified herself as Marge Marriage. "I have too."

"Do you miss living within the empire?" I asked her.

"You mean living in the slums, lacking gainful employment, being hampered by an overseer about where to be, when to be, how to be and why? Not at all. There are some trade offs, but here I can get away from all that."

"What about your loved ones?" The Tian mountain dog asked.

"I am trying to get them here as well. Maybe you two operatives will be instrumental in that."

I nodded as we checked out.

Afterwards we took our time looking around the series of buildings that made up the human settlement drawing curious stares from the population here.

"It's is small but it is a start." Spirit said placing his paw on my shoulder.

"And something worth defending from the empire. But I wonder how long it can remain hidden?"

"That is why those that decide to live here can't go back to the empire under any circumstances." Goliath said greeting us at the main gate.

"Is that explicitly made clear to second class citizens seeking refuge from the empire?!" I asked the settlement's guardian.

"It is to those entering." He said crossing his arms. "But for operatives of the rebellion you are free to come and go as you please. Just take care not to bring our enemies here."

"Until next time." Spirit said, waving.

"Next time partial beastial."

(Was that why he was able to move around freely without being harassed or was it that everyone knew that he was an operative of the new rebellion?)

As we exited the shroud and found ourselves back inside the dark forest, my boyfriend made me sit down by a group of trees for the next fifteen minutes and just meditate.

"Uh, what are we doing?" I asked as he sat cross legged eyes closed. "Please don't say enjoying the fall weather."

"Making sure the immediate area is clear."

"Yeah, I get it. We have to make sure this Shangri-la remains hidden and never exposed like World Six was, if so it would be disastrous for all involved. I just hope those that

Deer-feeder is leading here have all been vetted." I said thinking out loud.

10:02 AM Knight's Meeting (Castle Wundagore)

Sir Ram, Lady Vermin, and Lord Tiger gathered in the hall way outside of the meeting room to stare at the bear inside who was scraping their meeting table with her claws.

They looked at each other before joining her inside.

"Ursa are you okay? You seem to be in deep thought?" Lady Vermin said to her friend.

"This was the table Alex hit his head on when he first arrived on Counter Earth." The bear replied to the rat.

"Yeah the indentation is over there." The rat lady replied.

"Good morning. How are you feeling today?" Sir Ram said taking a seat while Lord Tiger entered the small conference room.

"Well enough Sir Ram, thank you for asking."

"It looks like after all this time, your condition is finally abating."

"Only temporarily like it always has." The bear knight said cryptically.

"Thank you for coming." The tiger warrior said redirecting everyone's attention. "I will get right to it. The high master has noticed a decline in our efficiency and has expressed concern... which is putting it mildly."

"Is it that obvious?" Lady Vermin said.

"It started with the human tracker tracer facility going off-line and remaining unrecoverable." The tiger warrior stated. "The the new facility that was built to replace it floundering."

"It has caused second class citizens to become quite bold." The bear replied to everyone there.

"Then there was Sanda's bungled shutdown of the human protests the other day." Lord Tiger announced.

"I heard about that. They were distracted by one of the hover bikes moving away on its own power. It's operator was adamant it was parked correctly." The female ursine replied.

"There was also the failed apprehension of some curfew violators last week and that human couple that killed another couple and was masquerading as them- we missed that completely." The rat lady replied.

"The list goes on and on. The latest example is the population decline across the empire." Lord Tiger said looking at the senior knights on the other side of the table.

"That is a good thing is it not sir? It means the anti-reproductive measures we have taken are working. No more human births which means that portion of the population will decline and decline until..." The evil ram replied.

"The planet is our and ours alone." Lady Vermin said completing her colleague's sentence."

"That was the overall plan. But that is not it." The commander replied.

"What is the cause of the decline then?" The she bear asked.

"Humans are leaving the empire." The tiger warrior said addressing the sheep, bear and rat.

"Didn't the knight core put a stop to that months ago?" Sir Ram replied.

"No." The she bear said clasping her paws. "Only slowed its progression."

"Correct. Alex Winter's departure seemed to be the start of some sort of resurgence." The tiger commander said standing and pacing. "The High Evoluntionary is not happy about that either."

"But the Statute Settlement..." Lady Vermin implied.

"They don't care if they are breaking the law." Lady Ursa opined.

"So where are the humans fleeing?" Sir Ram asked.

"Anywhere outside the High Evolutionary's control. It is like they are rejecting him and voting with their feet. Despite our best efforts to stop this migration." The she bear said stating the obvious.

"Those that have been caught are judged, punished only try again when they are released." The tiger said as he continued his pacing. "The high master has become aware of this issue from employers who have noticed human employees suddenly just stop coming to work or go missing. The numbers have been steadily rising since April."

"It is like there is some sort of central intelligence behind all this." The ram pondered placing his paw-finger to his chin.

"If there was, we would know about it by now Sir Ram." The rat lady replied.

"Our hubris would let us think so. But how is it that Alex Winter has managed to evade capture while his doppelgänger has been a guest of ours?" The big horned sheep said to the rat.

"Alex was a vagabond and drifter on his former planet before coming here. He is adept at surviving on his own Lord Tiger." Lady Ursa said to her superior.

"Or he is receiving assistance." Sir Ram theorized.

"What are you suggesting?" The tiger asked the ram.

"Mara and I are working on something that will fix the human irritation the empire has experiencing since the rebellion has been crushed once and for all. But until it is ready I suggest we keep an eye out for our wayward little human while we find ways to curtail our continual blunders."

"And if we do find him?" Lady Ursa asked the ram.

"We would then be able to verify or deny my suspicions of course Ursa. I have the means to make it so."

To Be Continued....