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Jason and Speedy - Chapter Seventeen - A Meeting of Two Universes

Hello all! There are some changes coming for Jason and Speedy. I want to thank Lady Shalendrea Kit'Ranth for the use of her character and for her gracious help in both editing this cha[ter and helping make sure her character was portrayed in the correct way.

Duke and his group of bucks ran thru the woods, heading back to the safety of the reservation. They figured they would be safe there, among their own kind. Blending in with the herds there would make it nearly impossible for the two leggers to find them.

They were in high spirits after their raping of Jason and bragging of their acts were being traded back and forth as they traveled. Yes, it had felt good to master one of the two leggers and a predator at that! This story would make the rounds of the deer folk and gain them much fame.

Duke was pleased with himself and although he had lost his harem of does, there would be others who would come to him, once they heard he had mastered a predator! Thinking of all the does he would have to mate with and sire fawns upon, made him feel horny again. He was eager to get back to the reservation and begin spreading the tale of his bravery and cunning at forcing the cheetah to service him.

There was a flicker of polychromatic light thru the trees ahead and the group stopped in curiosity at what was happening. None had ever seen anything like it and the colors were so pretty that it fascinated the bucks.

A few hundred feet away, something was happening that had only happened hundreds of years ago and then, only very rarely. A tear in the fabric of space/time was opening. Colors the like of which were not possible in the normal world, flared forth from around the dimensional rift as it grew wider.

Duke and his friends stood transfixed, watching as the rift opened and the connection between two universes was made. The center of the hole at once drew the eyes and yet it could not be looked upon. It was like their eyes slipped around the thing, refusing to see what was there. In truth, seeing higher dimensions was beyond the eyes or minds of normal beings. Only those who existed on higher planes or could wield the powers needed to create a tear like this, could see it for what it was. Those beings were very rare indeed. The last one to live in this world had been a lion of great learning, whom had been born in a tiny land called Wales, centuries ago. That lion's name had been, Myrddin Emrya, in his own language. In current times, he was only a legend, known by the name, Merlin.

From out of the rift, stumbled a figure that no one would have recognized, for its type did not exist here. Tattered remnants of clothing hung from its tall lithe frame and a pair of wings snapped open on its back to help it keep its feet.

Unsteadily, it turned and raised its arms. The paws made strange motions and words not meant for normal ears to hear were spoken as it closed the rift between universes. It was too dangerous to leave such a portal open and the ones it was fleeing from, could not be allowed to follow thru it to this world.

The other worldly, inter-dimensional lights faded out as the portal closed and darkness of the moonlit night returned once more. The being panted and swayed as it fought to remain standing. The power needed to do what it had just done was great and taxing upon even one ready to do it. This creature had been fleeing something and only desperation to escape her pursuers had driven her to attempt opening a dimensional portal.

She staggered as she nearly collapsed from the strain of traveling thru the portal she had created. She had to rest and it was taking great effort of will not to fall where she stood. Looking around, Lady Shalendrea Kit'ranth looked around her at the peaceful night. She had no idea where she had arrived, much less when this place was in its flow of time but that there was no immediate danger was a great relief to her..

With the help of her wings, she made her way to a fallen tree and sat down on its trunk. Finally, she could rest and it made her dizzy as her adrenalin level lowered and exhaustion called her to sleep. She surveyed the tatters of her dress and checked to see that she had no injuries that needed immediate attention. Her fur and the gentle warmth of a summer night would keep her warm. No need to try to build a fire, she decided.

She was so tired and it was so hard to stay awake. She thought that a little rest would help and so the winged snow leopardess shifted her body to lie on the trunk of the tree she was sitting on. It felt so good to just rest and she stretched once, loosening her muscles and relaxing further. Surely, a little nap would not hurt and in truth, she could not have gone on without it.

She straddled the tree and sleep called to her as she shut her eyes. From the trees, six pairs of eyes watched and then silently withdrew.

Duke and his friends quietly crept away until they were out of range of her hearing. They knew not what they had just seen, or what this creature was but an idea was coming to Duke and he grinned evilly as he considered it.

This was too good to pass up. It was like the gods were blessing them this night and already drunk on the experience of raping Jason, the buck was ready to add another to his list of victims. He spoke to the bucks around him and laid out his plan. It was met with approval by his followers and they all grew excited at the prospect. Raping and humiliating the cheetah had been something that all but Jason had enjoyed. However, he had been a male and now; here was a female of the predator type, helpless and easy prey for six horny bucks.

It was agreed that it was too good a chance to pass up and the bucks set about their plans to rape a female two legger and add to their imagined glory. They would be looked at as heroes when they got back to the reservation!

Deer are quiet animals by nature and when they try, they can be stealthy creatures indeed. Silently, they made their way to where the sleeping snow leopardess lay and surrounded her. As with Jason, they were ready to pierce her with their sharp antlers and figured a female would be frightened at being surrounded by strong, dominant bucks such as themselves. This would be even easier than the cheetah had been to force to submit and all the bucks grew eager to begin their fun with this helpless, sleeping female two legger.

It was like they were blessed! She lay on the tree in almost a perfect position for their plans. Duke looked around to check that his friends were ready and grinned a nasty grin. He was going to be first and he wanted to make sure he hurt this female with his cock.

Lady Shalendrea was deeply asleep and not even the smell of six bucks around her alerted her to wake up. Duke stepped over her body and positioned his erect, dripping prick to enter the sleeping female. His best friend looked and saw the aim was good, so he told Duke to go ahead.

Duke's eyes nearly glowed as he readied himself and drove his cock forward. The head of his cock struck the relaxed tail hole and drove in, entering the anus of Lady Shalendrea Kit'ranth!

Shalendrea woke from her sleep at once. The pain of being entered by the rapist buck above her, sent a surge of energy and adrenaline thru her body. She screamed out in rage, thinking HE had found her and was doing what he had threatened her with so many times but never accomplished.

Instead of a scream of fear and pain, as the bucks had expected, this scream of an enraged predator froze their blood and muscles! They had no chance to escape and even if they had been able to run, as their instincts called upon them to do, there was no way they could have escaped what came next!

"GET OFF OF ME YOU EVIL BASTARD!! HOW DARE YOU SNEAK UP ON ME WHILE I AM SLEEPING!!!", she yelled, now beyond pissed and quickly entered into a killing rage.

Shalendrea called upon her greatest weapon and spoke the spell that called forth her Holy Lightening! Bolts of terrible energies rained down from the skies, striking all who stood around her. Duke was hit and the energy ripped him from her tail hole. His sizzling corpse joined those of his friends and fell around her, dead in less than a second. The sound of thunder rolled away from the site, to echo from the hills and fade into the distance.

Shal looked around her, seeking others to kill but the night's silence was all she heard. As she calmed down, the pain of her tail hole came to her attention to be taken care of. It was a minor thing for her to heal it and as relief was granted her, she smelled the scent of roasted venison.

Normally, she was a peaceful person and would not harm anyone who did not offer her harm first. She saw six bodies around her, sizzling in their own juices. Shal's mouth watered bit as she thought for a moment about what she was doing. She was hungry from the long escape she had made to this world and now from using Holy Lightening.

It took only a moment to consider that one of them had dared to attempt to rape her and likely, all of them had had similar plans for her. That made them things that deserved no respect or honor be done to their remains. Once Shalendrea had settled that in her mind, she felt no remorse for what she did next.

Pulling the knife from its sheath at her waist, Shal cut into the one who had been on top of her. She reached into the hot body cavity and pulled out a great hunk of well cooked liver. Shal's mouth watered and after giving thanks to her goddess for her deliverance and now this bounty, Shal began eating.

The snow leopardess ate her fill and her body restored the depleted reserves of energy she had used up in her struggles to escape her enemy. Dining on the body of one who had assaulted her was satisfying in a way that pleased her, more than she would have expected.

Full, she leaned back and gave a burp thru her paw that had risen to block her muzzle. Lady Shalendrea had been raised to have manners and it showed; even though there was no one around to offend. Not knowing where she was or where anything was, she wished for something to drink and water to wash herself; With a slight chuckle, she also wished she had fresh clothes and a friendly face to ask questions of so she could learn where she was and when. Since none were in sight, they would have to wait for morning.

Lady Shalendrea Kit-ranth, last of the line of winged snow leopards and heir to a long vanished kingdom, selected a clean spot away from the remains of her enemies and curled up under a great oak tree. She had taken all of the meat and the skins as well as any thing of use from her rapist's body and those of his companions with her, sealed up in a magic pocket where no time passed. Those magic pockets being fueled by some magic well crystals on a necklace around her neck, did not draw on her own power.

Waste not, want not. Good thing that my lightening turned their hides to instant leather. It would have been better quality if I had skinned them first...it's only good for a blanket or bedroll now..it's too holey from the lightening burns to be used as clothing. Such a shame, I could have used it.", she reflected and the remains cooked to perfection of the deer had been delicious.

The setting moon shone thru the trees and told her what she already knew. This was not her home world, nor any she knew of. What she would find when morning came was something to be worried about when it came. This time, she set up wards to ensure she would not be caught unawares as she had been.

Safe, well fed and tired, Lady Shalendrea Kit'ranth curled up on the lightening cured hides, shut her eyes and went to sleep.

Thru the woods, over the hill and across the lake, All was not as peaceful. Jason woke with his balls hurting and his heart heavy. Speedy had rolled to the side and snored lightly, releasing Jason from his embrace. The ice had melted and Jason knew he would not fall back to sleep, so he carefully got out of bed so not to wake his sleeping nephew. Slowly, painfully, he made his way across the room and went down stairs.

Getting more ice for his ice pack, he grabbed a beer and made his way out onto the porch. Sitting down, he put the ice on his sore testicles, hissing as the cold made contact. It began to numb the pain gradually and he popped open the beer, taking a deep drink before setting the can down.

After giving a muffled burp, he looked out across his lawn to the still water of the lake and sighed. It was dark and calm in the early morning hours, perfect for thinking and that is what Jason felt the need to do. It would be dawn in a couple hours and Speedy would be up with his usual energy and no doubt questions that Jason didn't have the answers to. He hoped he would find them before then and so he thought about what had happened.

He knew why the bucks had been angry. It was because of his tricking Doris into letting him have sex with her. The pleasure of that had been great, as well as satisfying a desire to try it that he had carried since he was a young teenager.

Jason reflected that he had done it in such a way that Doris had come to enjoy it too. He had not enjoyed what the bucks had done to him at all but were the two acts really any different? He had tricked Doris, forcing her to submit to him and his lust. The threat of harm to her daughter was not real but she hadn't known that. Jason had no doubt that the buck's threats to kill him and then hurt Speedy, rape his nephew or even kill him, had been very real.

He, like Doris, had submitted in order to protect their young ones. In both cases, it was rape, simple and straight forward. Both acts were wrong and Jason felt the weight of his sin, keenly now. He regretted it and was sorry for what he had done. He doubted the bucks cared at all about the pain they had caused him, or were sorry for what they had done.

Jason growled softly with anger, remembering how they laughed and joked while they abused him. They were likely still laughing among themselves and would tell the other deer how they had used him. They would probably say he was weak and afraid of them so he meekly submitted to their use of him and he hated it! He hated that he couldn't fight for fear of what they would do to Speedy if he did. He was NOT weak!

The anger burned in his chest and he longed to make them pay for what they had done. He drank the beer down as he hated them and thought of what he would have done, if he had not had to protect Speedy. The beer helped calm him as it hit and Jason turned to thoughts of Doris.

Jason knew he could not take back what he had done to her. He would if he could, knowing now that she was every bit as much a person as he was and he had wronged her terribly. Jason resolved to try to make it up to her in whatever way he could. Her safety and that of Doreen was guaranteed for as long as he lived. He would never harm them and had come to learn that his rape of her was no different than if he had blackmailed Vicki into submitting to him for sex. It was a heavy burden on his heart and soul but Jason swore he would do anything he could to make up for it.

This promise to himself made him feel a little better. He only hoped he could atone enough to her for what harm he may have done to the innocent doe, who had never hurt him. Jason drank more of his beer and flashes of his rape kept running thru his mind.

He couldn't stop thinking of it and his mood grew darker by the minute. That they had been so used and the bucks had been so purposely cruel about it kept running thru his mind. Feelings of sadness weighed him down and his eyes began to leak tears as he remembered more. Soon, Jason began to sob quietly and he thought to himself that it was foolish of him to cry. He was a big cheetah and he had been hurt worse than that without crying.

Jason thought of how Speedy would think of him, crying like a baby and that lead to him thinking more of his nephew. What was Speedy going to think of his uncle now? He had been raped and not fought back . . . raped by grass eaters! How could he look his nephew in the eye again? Speedy wouldn't love him anymore. . . couldn't look up to him, or want to be like him, after this.

The circle of such thoughts sucked Jason down like a whirlpool, into the depths of despair and he began to think of ending it. He could just walk into the lake and drown himself, rather than see the look of pity and disappointment in his nephew's eyes. . . .

Shalendrea was pulled out of her sleep by a feeling of emotional turmoil that she couldn't ignore. Someone was in dire distress and was nearby. She looked up and saw a soft lightening on the horizon that signaled dawn was approaching. She considered waiting for it to get lighter but a sudden change in the emotions she was feeling alarmed her. The pain was still there but now, it was overlaid with a terrible resolve that could mean only one thing! Someone had made up their mind to commit suicide!

Lady Shalendrea sprang to her feet and opened her wings. She had to find the one who was going to kill themselves and she had to find them fast! That she only had tattered rags to cover her nude form, bothered her but there was no time to do anything about it. If she delayed long enough to find anything to wear, someone would die and she could not let that happen.

Leaping into the air, her feathered wings beat powerfully and she shot upward, gaining altitude with each pump of her wings. The direction she had to go was clear, even if the source of the feelings was not. She flew over the trees and lifted over a hill, a lake coming into view as she forced herself to fly faster.

Jason had stepped off the porch and walked across the gentle incline, towards the still water of the lake. So still . . . so peaceful . . . . It called to him that it would ease his pain and wash away his shame. Just step nearer and walk into my embrace and you won't hurt any more., it seemed to call to him.

Shalendrea rose a little higher and she saw a light figure across the lake. It was clear now who needed her and she flapped harder, her long tail streaming behind her as she drew nearer and saw she would reach it before it reached the water. As she arrowed down, she was able to see it was a cheetah. Nearer yet and she saw it wore no clothes, and then she was able to see it was a male! The thought that she was nude also flashed thru her mind and was disregarded as unimportant, compared to a life.

The sound of huge wings would never have been missed, if Jason was in his right mind. He was not and only the imagined call of the lake and the promise of peace, registered to the focused cheetah. A few more steps and he would step into the water . . .

Shalendrea's wings spread wide and gave a powerful beat, once, twice, slowing her downward plummet and her legs extended to absorb the impact of her landing. At the water's edge, she landed in a crouch, one arm extended to catch herself, so hard had her landing been. She slowly stood, her wings extended, her eyes flashing and glowing with their holy blue light as she scowled.

"STOP! Just WHAT in the nine hells do you think you are DOING! Is your life so HORRIBLE that you FEEL that you must ABANDON your family and those that love you? DO YOU EVEN CARE THAT YOUR NEPHEW IS HAVING NIGHTMARES ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW !", Shalendrea roared out. As she had sensed Jason's despair and black depression, she was feeling with her powers and sensing the young teen still sleeping inside the house. Tossing and turning as nightmares plagued him of his screaming as he helplessly stood and watched his uncle and lover kill himself over and over, each time failing to stop him.

Jason froze at the sudden appearance of this winged figure. It was obviously female, from the CC sized breasts, slender yet toned waist and rounded hips. Jason was too far out of it to react to her femaleness and even her being clad only in fur, as he was, did not really effect him. Her fur shone white in the setting moonlight and rising sun. She was like a goddess and her purity and goodness got thru even his mental fog.

Jasons' fur stood on end in surprise and fright arced thru him like lightening. He stood up straight and his tail stood out also, three times as thick from his fur poofing out. Wide eyed, pupils open as far as they would go, Jason cried out, "An Angel!", just before his eyes rolled back in his head and he fainted.

Shalendrea spun and looked behind herself. One of the holy ones was behind her and she hadn't sensed it? Seeing nothing only confirmed that she had not missed feeling something that should have been crystal clear and loud to her. Looking back at the cheetah on the ground, she wondered what had happened? One moment he had been almost zombie like, intent on killing himself and ending his pain. The next, she had landed and . . .

At once, Shalendrea understood and began to laugh softly. He had mistaken her for an angel and the shock had caused him to faint! She knew how she looked and the aura of good she carried with her always but she also knew that compared to the real thing, she was no angel. Perhaps this male had not seen an angel before? It was certainly likely; she thought as she crouched down and scooped him up, into her arms.

Shalendrea stood, easily holding the limp form of Jason in her arms. He was certainly more muscular than the average cheetah but she was a battle hardened snow leopardess and this was hardly any burden to her. Looking up to the house, she decided to take him inside, where it would be warmer than the dew wet ground. She walked across the lawn and looked down at the male in her arms. He was certainly attractive enough, she thought.

Shal then noticed his scent. Male, of course but more . . . it was like she had smelled it before. Stepping up onto the porch, she saw the door was open but there was a screened panel across it. She hooked the handle with her tail and pulled, opening it to step inside.

The lighting was subdued but adequate for her purposes and she walked to the couch to lay him down. The inside of the house was not like anything she had seen before but that was to be expected as this was not a world she had ever been to. There would be time to investigate it more fully later, she decided.

With Jason laying on the couch, his legs parted and she saw his sheath and balls revealed. They were big enough; she thought and blushed slightly as she looked away. The image remained and it came to her attention that perhaps they were too big? Shalendrea was curious and looked again, this time able to see that indeed, they were too big. Swollen in fact and she reached out to hold her paw over them.

Extending her senses, she quickly learned that they were injured and in a state that was causing a good deal of pain, despite him not being conscious to feel it at the moment. At once, it was no longer a matter of voyeurism but one of a healer needing to put aside modesty or embarrassment to tend to a patient. Shal centered herself and concentrated to begin healing of this injury.

Her paw hovered above Jason's crotch and a soft glow surrounded it as her power repaired tissue, cleared bruising and reduced the swelling. It was not a major injury but she was able to sense the relief as pain faded from his body.

She checked her work, looking more closely this time and considered that her aid would be more appreciated, in that most males placed an inordinate value in their equipment. She softly giggled at that but looked to be sure it was well, or so she told herself.

Once more, his scent hit her and she felt she had smelled it before. It then dawned on her! The bucks had smelled of this and she knew there was a connection. Extending her power further, she checked for other injuries. At first she found none but then, she sensed the mental and emotional turmoil of one whom had been raped repeatedly. This was too familiar to her because of the many victims the one that was chasing her had left behind him. She looked deeper and found what she expected but hoped not to find. Due to the cruelty of the rape this male had endured, there was internal bruising of his rectum and a near perforation that if left alone would get infected and likely kill the handsome cheetah. She extended her healing powers once more and quickly healed the internal wounds. However as she was pulling back, she did feel something else there. It was resonating slightly with her power. Shalendrea concentrated harder and the answer came to her. This male had a touch of power himself but it was different from hers. There was no connection to either good or evil, it simply was.

He was a natural magic user but the talent was focused and only in one area. He had a mental power that let him connect to others through telepathy. She pressed further and found there was one very faint connection, long unused, as well as another stronger link that went upstairs to someone who was very near!

Upstairs, Speedy rolled over and reached out fearfully. His arm found nothing and it moved around, searching for his beloved Jason. Speedy came slowly awake and became aware that Jason was not beside him in bed. With his nightmare still fresh in his mind, He quickly woke up and looked around, seeing nothing. He called mentally for Jason but got no answer. More concerned now, and fearing the worst. He jumped out of bed and went to the doorway. Looking right, he saw the bathroom door was open and the light off. Jason was not there, so he must be down stairs. He was too hurt to be walking around on his own and Speedy moved quickly to the stairs, running down them and looking around.

There was something on the couch and it didn't make sense. It couldn't be hia uncle and as he looked harder, he saw a winged figure, crouched over. . . Jason! Not knowing of anything with wings, Speedy was a child of the times and he made the only connection he could . . . VAMPYRE!

It was a vampyre and it was crouched over Jason, drinking his blood! Speedy screamed in terror but instead of freezing or running away, he attacked!

Shalendrea stood at the cry and turned to see a form running at her! She reached out and with battle honed reflexes she grabbed it, flipping it over her hip in an expert throw that had the young male pinned on the ground, dazed and at her mercy. Shalendrea was poised to strike but held back as she saw her attacker was but a young male cheetah! At once, the connection she had felt became clear and she knew these two were related. This was the one she had sensed earlier dreaming of the adult. He was not attacking her but defending the adult from her! Shalendrea made quick note that like the adult, this young male was nude too but as she wondered if perhaps the people of this world did not wear clothing, she pinned the young male down and showed her teeth slightly as she growled, "BE STILL CUB! I am not an enemy; nor am I here to harm you or your uncle. He was injured and I have brought him here to tend to him. Peace, young cheetah. If I release you, will you promise not to attack and listen to me?"

Speedy took in the fact that this was a snow leopard, a very rare breed by itself, even if she didn't have wings. And wings? Since when did anyone besides birds have wings? Next, he saw that she was nude and very pretty! It must be a friend of Uncle Jason's, like Vicki but when had she come and . . . she had wings! Speedy gulped and nodded, then tore his eyes away from her to look at Jason, who laid still on the couch. Things were happening too fast and not making sense but Speedy tried and said,"O-Okay. I will be good but who are you and what happened to Jason?"

Shalendrea stood up and stepped back, allowing Speedy to get up and he moved immediately to Jason's side. Shal looked over Speedy, noting the concern the young male had and debated to herself if she should tell him what she had found. She didn't know if the young male could handle it. But given that the two were connected mentally, he had felt something wrong already and when the adult woke, he would learn more.

Speedy looked Jason over and saw that the swelling had gone down. He stroked Jason's cheek and called out. "Jason? . . . Jason? . . . Please wake up, Uncle Jason. What is wrong with him?" Speedy looked up pleadingly to the snow leopardess standing by.

Shalendrea told him gently,"I have put him into a deep restorative sleep because I am not sure what has happened to him. Something bad happened, I am sure of that, just because of how I found him a short time ago . . . Are you sure you want to hear this, young one? I think I need to know who you are, before I tell you what happened. My name is Lady Shalendrea Kit'ranth and I found, Jason you said? Jason, was down by the water and he was . . . heartsick."

Speedy didn't know what heartsick meant but he grew more worried for his uncle now. He looked at her and again couldn't help looking at her nude form, which was exceptionally lovely. It was obvious that she was not a vampyre as he had first mistaken her for. The aura of goodness that she gave off left no doubt that she had not been hurting Jason but helping him and Speedy couldn't help but trust her.

Speedy gulped and covered himself to hide the fact that she was also giving him an erection. He tried shifting the attention by asking a pointed question as young ones are known for doing, "Uhm, excuse me but why aren't you wearing any clothes?"

Shalendrea saw the way Speedy had covered himself and his question made her rethink her assumption about this world. Blushing, she curled her wings around herself to cover her nudity.

"My clothing was destroyed in a fight but why are you both not wearing clothes?" she countered.

Speedy blinked as he answered, "This is Jason's property and we often don't wear clothes here since this is private property and there isn't anyone else around to see us."

Shalendrea blushed harder and asked, "I didn't know that. I am not from here and assumed that being clad in fur was normal. Oh my. D-do you have something I might put on?"

Now it was Speedy's turn to blush and get flustered. She had been in a fight and lost her clothes? Just what kind of a fight? Had she been attacked and . . . ? He turned around and looked away as he stammered,"Of-of course! I'm sorry. Come with me and you can use Jason's room and the bathroom is up there too."

Speedy lead her upstairs where Shalendrea went into the bathroom and shut the door. She could figure out the toilet and the sink was obvious but there was no pump handle, or pitcher for the water. She took a towel and admired the thick cotton, marveling at the quality of the weave. Wrapping it around herself, she opened the door and saw Speedy waiting outside. This time he had put some shorts on and a shirt.

Looking up nervously he told her,"We don't have any women's clothes and I am not sure what will fit you. Your wings won't fit any of our things but if we rip the back out of a shirt or something, I think it might work. Do you have any ideas?"

Shalendrea smiled at him and said,"I can modify something to wear, if you don't mind? But can you tell me, why is this called a bathroom? There is no tub and no water to wash with?"

Speedy looked open mouthed and glanced past her, then said,"Sure there is! Unless the pump got broken, there should be plenty of water! May I see?" She stepped aside and he went in where he turned on the tap at the sink and water flowed out.

Shalendrea looked curiously at the clear flowing water and asked,"What sort of magic is this? The water flows without a source? Most curious."

Speedy laughed a little uncertainly. Who didn't know what plumbing was? Even if you had a very old fashioned house with an indoor pump, everyone knew what water pipes and pumps were.

He showed her how to turn the taps for the water, how the shower worked and even flushed the toilet and Shalendrea was delighted! Such a wonderful thing to have! Speedy was sure she was not used to seeing such things, just from how she reacted to them. Either she was the world's best actress, or she had never seen a house before. Maybe she was from another world, strange as that was to believe. He also showed her how the hot side and cold side worked to adjust the temperature of the water and then pointed out the shampoo and conditioners to her before asking if she wanted to take a shower.

She did want to experience this new thing and considered that Jason would not wake up until she permitted it, so he was safe enough on the couch downstairs. Asking Speedy to show her what she could wear afterwards, she said she would accept the offer for a shower with gratitude.

Speedy took her to Jason's room and showed her his closet. Jason was nearer her size so his clothes would have to do. She looked thru the things and then saw the sheet on the bed. Touching the linen material she asked if they had any more like it and Speedy got her a couple bedsheets from the linen closet. Shalendrea thought they were perfect and accepted them before walking back to the bathroom and her shower. Speedy turned on the light and she stared at the bulbs, wondering aloud how they contained fire. Speedy's head grew dizzy but he explained it was not fire but electricity that lit the bulbs. Once he compared it to little lightening, Shalendrea understood it and was once again delighted by the wonders this world held. It was like she was discovering new things all the time and was as happy as a child with a toy! Speedy knew she was not a simpleton or a fool, just unfamiliar with the things he took for granted.

She told him that she would want to talk to him when she was done and not to worry that Jason would not wake up. She would wake him when they were ready but until then, it was safer to leave him this way.

Speedy felt it was all unreal and pinched himself. It hurt so this must be real. He went downstairs while she took her shower. It was like a dream for Shalendrea too. The warm water, shampoo that smelled so nice and lathered luxuriously! She spent an hour in the bathroom enjoying herself before she was done.

She had used the towels and brushes to groom her fur to a state it had not seen since before her battles to escape the dangers she had been in for a number of days. There had been no time to wash to brush herself and she felt like she was being pampered, just like the old times in her father's castle where she had servants to care for her.

Using her magic, she altered the sheets into a simple but elegant dress and donned it, feeling like she was at last ready to face the two cheetahs and take up the business of getting Jason to accept what happened to him so he could move on. Stepping into the hall, she went downstairs.

Speedy had not known what to do with himself while he waited on Shalendrea to get done. He sat with Jason's sleeping form for a bit before thinking that it would be a good idea to put some clothes on his uncle. Shorts and a blanket were all he could manage and it felt scary to manipulate the still form of his sleeping uncle. Done with that, his stomach rumbled and he figured that making food for himself and their new guest would be a good idea. Speedy made coffee and got out some of the leftovers from when Vicki had been there. It was not perfect but it would be much better than nothing, he reasoned.

He had only set the table and then gone online to see if he could find anything out about winged snow leopards. There were only stories and some were quite adult but nothing that said they were real. Shalendrea must be, as she said, from another world! What could he do? He couldn't tell anyone about her. He thought of calling Vicki but what could she do? This would be as far outside her experience as it was his. He was alone and he had no one to turn to in this.

While he thought on this, he heard her open the door upstairs and call for him, so he shut off the computer as he told her he was downstairs and would be right there.

She was walking down the stairs as he stepped out of the den and he gasped as he froze. She was absolutely stunning! It was like seeing a movie made real and not like anything he could have imagined seeing in real life.

Shalendrea saw the look on face and smiled to herself, pleased. She knew she was beautiful but it never got old, seeing a male react this way. What female didn't enjoy affecting males this way? She acted as though she didn't notice and walked up to the gobsmacked young male where she said,"Thank you for the shower, Speedy. I need now to talk to you about Jason."

That brought Speedy's attention around and he immediately blinked and gulped, then nodded. He said,"I have some food ready for you. If you will come with me, we can have breakfast and talk in the dining room, where we won't disturb Jason."

As he led her there, she said,"Don't worry about your uncle. He won't wake up until I choose to let him. Now tell me, how is it you and he have become connected to each other? I sensed that he and you are able to talk to each other's minds, in a way that normal people can't."

Remembering how Jason had done for Vicki, Speedy pulled out a chair from the table for Shalendrea and wondered again, how it was she was able to tell these things. The evidence was piling up that she was not a normal person. Speedy mentally smacked himself and thought,'Duh! She has wings, stupid! What else do you need to see to tell she is not something you see every day?'

Shalendrea nodded her thanks to Speedy and sat down at the table as she waited for Speedy to sit and answer her. He went to the chair next to hers and said as he sat down,"Please, help yourself. You are welcome to eat whatever you want and if you want something else, I will try to get it for you. I don't know how you know about our mind link but yes, Jason and I can talk to each other in our heads. We can also sort of feel what the other is feeling, if we concentrate on it. Jason said it was something he and my father could do as cubs and they kept it a secret but the link stopped for them, when my father married my mother."

Speedy told her of why he was there and where his parents were, how they had one day found that they could talk to each other. He did not tell her that he and Jason had been having sex or that they were now lovers. That was something he didn't know how she would take, or if she was one of those who were against males having sex, much less that they were related.

Shalendrea didn't comment on the gap but it had been obvious to her anyway. The emotional connection was too strong for there to be another reason for it, even if they did share a mind link. Not really hungry yet, after eating so much of the deer last night, she nibbled politely as she listened and let Speedy go on until he ran down. She turned the talk to what had happened to Jason. She surprised Speedy about what she already knew but he figured Jason must have told her, so he continued.

Thru the whole story, she drew out all the details of Doris, Doreen and the bucks. Speedy was reluctant to tell her everything but the trust she inspired in him overcame it until all the facts, as Speedy knew them, had been laid out. Armed with this, she felt she now knew why she had found Jason about to commit suicide, except for what had driven the male to do it. Every victim had their own reasons for the pain of being raped and she was sure Jason had his.

Shalendrea took a deep breath and then told Speedy how she had stopped Jason from walking into the lake, intent on drowning himself there. Speedy was stunned and sat there for a moment, processing this. Jason had been going to kill himself? Tears began flowing, then Speedy curled up and began to wail as the pain of almost losing his lover and uncle hit him. She got up quickly and came around to hold the crying teen. Shalendrea held Speedy and purred to him as she stroked his back and quietly cried for his pain too. She knew it would have been much worse if she hadn't stopped Jason and Speedy had been the one to find his uncle's body, floating in the lake. She let him cry for a time before she helped him calm down and focus. She knew it would be easier to help Jason if she could figure out what was the main reason he had felt compelled to kill himself, rather than face it.

The two talked for a long time about what Jason had said. She could understand that he would be ashamed of being raped, being raped by ones who should not have been able to force him into it. It was Speedy telling her of how he had let it happen in order to protect him that gave her the final clue needed to piece together the puzzle. Not only had he been protecting his young nephew, Jason had been protecting his lover and with typical male pride, he could not deal with looking so weak in front of his young lover.

Shalendrea did not think it was stupid. She had seen the lengths males would go to protect their self image and Jason's had been shattered by this. She told Speedy and he did not understand. To him, Jason was and remained his hero. He had saved both their lives and took on the pain to do so. How could Jason think that his being so brave would ever make him think he was less than the bravest, most wonderful cheetah or male Speedy knew?

Shalendrea was ready to deal with Jason and said,"Come! It is time to wake him and for you to help your uncle. All you need do is show him that you love him and nothing has changed that. Let him talk and sort this out while you show him that he is still the male you love. This will hopefully work out but it is going to take a little time. He has been hurt and I don't mean physically. His mind and heart have been damaged and those are difficult things to heal."

Speedy didn't fully understand what she was telling him but because he could only feel good coming from her and she was concerned, he trusted her. With the admonition to be strong, Shalendrea focused and removed the spell keeping Jason asleep.

Jason came to awareness with the feel of a paw stroking his face. His eyes slowly opened and he became aware that he was laying in his den, on his couch. Blinking to clear his vision, he looked down and saw Speedy looking at him with concern plain to see on his young face. Jason wondered why and suddenly, it all came back to him. The rape, his pain and the thoughts of escape as he walked towards the lake. It was now day and he was alive so his plan to kill himself had failed. How, he didn't know but he was alive and Speedy was before him.

Jason was ashamed, even more than when he had tried to kill himself. Speedy must know what he had tried to do and now was going to know him for the coward he was! That hurt so much that the cheetah couldn't stand it! Jason's face screwed up in a rictus of pain and he cried out,"No-o-o!". That was followed by him curling up and crying harder than he ever had before. His world was crashing down around his ears and his grip on sanity was slipping away quickly.

Speedy didn't know what to do! He was completely lost and Shalendrea took over. She put her paw on Speedy's shoulder and said softly but with urgency,"Hold him! Hold him and call him back to you, young one. You have to get his attention and make him listen to you!"

Speedy pulled Jason into his arms and held on strongly as he yelled,"Jason! Please Jason! I love you and I need you! *sob* I love you and I can't live without you! *sob* If you go, it will kill me because I won't live without you!"

From his heart, the words had come that penetrated the shadows surrounding Jason's mind. Speedy was in pain and needed him! Jason fought the demons that were dragging him down, fighting to come back to his lover in his time of need. Jason reached out and wrapped his arms around his nephew's shaking body, holding onto him as tightly as he could. Speedy was his anchor to reality and Jason raised his head from the tidal wave of madness that was threatening to drown him as surely as the waters of the lake would have.

Weakly, Jason croaked out,"S-Speedy?"

The response was all Speedy needed and he at once began spilling out everything that Jason meant to him, thru his tears. Speedy cried out how wonderful he thought Jason was, how strong and brave he was. How Jason had made such a difference in his life by showing him how he loved him and had not only helped guide him thru some difficult emotions but inspired the young cheetah to become as strong and loving as Jason was to him."

The words, like a healing balm, washed over Jason and began to heal the wounds Jason had given himself thru his self doubts. Shalendrea stood quietly by and listened as her own tears fell down her cheeks. Even as old as she was, the tender scene she was witnessing could not be ignored or not be felt deeply. It didn't matter that it was two males before her. It was two hearts and souls that loved each other and that love was working its magic in healing these two lovers. Magic indeed and not one that could be wielded at will but simply was.

Shalendrea turned and silently slipped out of the room. She had seen enough to know that things would be alright now and her presence was not needed. She stepped outside and looked around at the world. In the light of day and the light of the love she had just witnessed, everything looked new and fresh. She took a deep breath of the air and smiled slightly as she wiped the tears from her face. Licking her paws, she cleaned her fur and face, like the cat she was.

Shal looked around her and thought about what she would do now. This was a new world and she didn't know enough about it to feel safe or confident she would be able to handle going out into it. Every new world had dangers of its own to deal with and she couldn't be sure the one she had fled from would not be able to find her again. To be alone and not only need to fight to live in this place, as well as possibly fight her pursuers. This place seemed quiet and safe enough to her. She would ask if she could stay here for a time and learn about this world, before she tried to go out into it.

Shal also thought how nice it would be to have friends again, to talk to and share her life with for a time. These two cheetah males seemed to be ones she could be comfortable with and she idly thought that Jason was not hard to look at either. Yes, she would ask him if he would not mind her staying here for a little while. A feeling of peace settled on her shoulders as she considered how nice it would be to not need to be on the run or defensive for once.

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