A rough Beginning
#1 of The 11th guard
A rough beginning
By GrayLocke
1,999 - 2,006
Warning this story contains material that it might not be suitable for people under 18 if you're underage PLEASE STOP READING NOW.
"Are you sure Dad?" The five years old panda asked to the middle-aged bear as he stepped put of the van. "Is this place safe?" The 5'11" tall black bear smiled at his son. "Sure Puffy, I know some of the neighbors."
"Are you really, really, really sure?" The panda gave his father a skeptic look. "You said that before remember?"
"But that was because we lived downtown. This is the suburbs and you'll study in a private school."
"Eeew!" The panda groaned he knew the school his father meant, "Not the penguin school!"
"They're nuns."
"Whatever."
"What about me?" A soft mellow voice came from an eight years old tiger behind the SWAT van.
"You too will go to a Catholic School Ken." A large seven feet tall blond furred rabbit replied as he picked some boxes from the SWAT van he borrowed from the police station.
"Do we have to wear those uniforms?" The tiger asked, "Can't I wear my uniform in another color? Beige shirts and red pants don't combine with orange you know."
The black bear looked down at his son and chuckled; "I really don't think they'll change the uniform color for you."
"But it's so awful..." Ken groaned at the thought of wearing something that wasn't him, his frown wrinkled the inverted trident shape the stripes on his left cheek formed.
"Oh shut up and behave like a feline," A voice echoed from behind; "Have some pride for heaven's sake!" The twelve years old lion told him energetically, his short juvenile black colored mane waiving in the afternoon breeze.
"Will you leave your hormones at School Ben?" Ken replied his elder brother.
"Queer."
"Fake fag."
"Siamese cat."
"He-bitch."
"You two should stop arguing and help unpacking." The tall rabbit shouted as he carried a heavy cardboard box.
"I'll help you with that." The black bear chuckled, then grunted because of the weight of the box, the two of them carrying the box towards the blue house which looked like your average two stories, four room suburban house complete with a medium sized backyard, which was invaded by Dandy Lion because of neglected lawn care by its previous owners; the couple able to afford it because of a lot of financial compromises they made.
"Thanks luv." Dennis kissed the bear, eliciting a moan from Henry, the black bear.
"Yuck." The tiger said, "I will never kiss someone like that."
"Except the mirror." Benghine joked.
"Hey!" Ken protested.
"Look what I found" Hoshan shouted; his upper body sank inside one of the boxes. "It's Mush!" The panda hugged a three feet tall panda rag doll, almost as big as the little panda cub, Hoshan was hugging it tightly and nuzzling it, Hoshan's eyes closed and a soft smile running through his muzzle.
"Aw," Dennis chuckled as he hugged tight his mate, both of them watching the cub. Henry pulled a 35mm camera and took a picture of the whole scene.
"Hey," Ken spoke, "What about me? I'm also cute." He said as he waived his hips blocking the lens' view of his baby brother.
"Move Ken," The lion pulled his brother off the camera's point of view.
"Don't worry." Henry took a picture of both of them arguing, "We already took the picture."
"Now you two stop fighting and help us unpack the rest?!"
"But what about Hoshan?" Benghine asked.
"Aww... Look at him," The rabbit told them.
The panda was lost in his waving, hugging and smiling, eyes closed. He used to spent lots of time just hugging the panda rag doll, time vanishing quickly that way.
"I know how to wake him out of that trance." Ken said. He tapped the panda on his right shoulder and whispered. "We have some chocolate."
"WHERE?!" The panda raised his head and looked around, finding nothing. "Daddy! Ken lied to me!"
"That's okay puffy," The bear gave his cub a chocolate candy bar.
"Hey!" yelled Ken, "What about me? I love chocolate too..." The tiger cub looked down, pawing his right foot over the lawn.
Henry smiled and picked his last chocolate bar, giving it reluctantly to his son, the bruin hiding his grief as he saw the two little cubs munching on the candy bars.
"Well," The rabbit smiled, "This is home now." He looked at the house and removed the "For Sale" sign, tossing it onto the open garage. "The lawn is kinda mistreated but with a good 'ol Texan lawn care it'll be as good as new in no time."
"Dandy lions!" Shouted the panda bear as it walked over the mistreated lawn, picking the weeds and nibbling on the tender leaves. "Puffy..." muttered Dennis, "You shouldn't eat weeds."
"But daddy," Little Hoshan said between nibbles, "Dandy lions are veggies if you grow them right, you make them grow big," The panda stretched his arms, "And... And then you cut the leaves and... And put a bucket over them and in no time they'll grow crunchy white leaves."
The panda looked at the big rabbit with his dreamy dark brown eyes, "Can I raise some veggies?" He pulled a silver dollar sized baby leopard turtle from his pocket, "Spot loves to eat veggies," The turtle began to eat the soft Dandy lion petals the panda gave to it with the same animosity a turtle could muster.
The rabbit winced, not liking the idea of eating vegetables; being a bunny raised in a conservative ranch in the South, he was more used to chomping down steaks and BBQed meat than eating healthy greens, but still he had to make a good example to his youngest son. "Okay," The rabbit said, knowing fully well he had to say goodbye to the prospect of having a well groomed lawn, "But you're going to take care of it okay?"
The little panda's eyes shone and nodded. He picked more Dandy Lion petals and fed them to Spot as he followed Henry towards the main door.
The Black bear picked a key from his pocket and unlocked the door, just then they all heard a noise from the left side of the house, they turned their heads and saw a very big, 6.5 foot tall female grizzly holding a rectangular Pyrex plate containing some bread pudding, she was followed by her seven years old cub who looked at them with curiosity.
"Hi!" The female grizzly said, her beautiful ursine features showed a genuine smile; she wore a white T-shirt with a Christian fish in the middle with 'Jesus' written in Greek letters inside the fish, Khaki shorts and white cotton sneakers; her son wore the same kind of shirt but he wore black shorts and blue rubber sandals, "You must the gay couple everybody's been talking about," She said.
"Uh, yes," replied the black bear, somewhat intimidated by the large grizzly, "It's funny that you're the lonely welcoming committee here."
"Oh everybody's working around here," She candidly said, "I brought you some pudding as a welcoming gift," Dennis smiled and picked the warm Pyrex, "Smells very good," The rabbit said.
"Well, I used honey."
"Oh, excuse me I'm Dennis," The rabbit spoke to her.
"Well Dennis, I'm Evelyn and this is my son Markus; his father is a soldier and he's on a mission in Europe."
"Ouch." The black bear said, "I'm Henry ma'am and don't worry about your husband, I was also a marine and left it years ago."
"Don't bet about it." She heaved, "He's making a career about it, I just wish he were home more frequently."
The blond furred rabbit quickly decided to change the subject, pulling his leonine son forward, "Uh, this is Benghine..."
"I'm Ken!" The tiger shouted waiving his right paw, making Evelyn chuckle.
"And the youn..." Spoke the black bear, "Where did Puffy went?" He looked to his right finding the little panda hiding behind him, staring shyly at the big grizzly bear, Mush squeezed tightly against his chest, Spot absentmindedly munching more Dandy Lion petals inside Hoshan's shirt pocket.
"Come on," Henry ushered his youngest son to step forward. "This is Hoshan. I would have preferred Peter or Steven but Dennis Was Humming 'Hosanna' at his church and decided to give him and exotic name." Dennis sighed.
"That's a cute name." Evelyn said, she knelt down and ruffled the panda's head fur, "You're a cute little one." Hoshan blushed and hid behind his daddy bear.
Evelyn chuckled and stood up, "I'm the Kindergarten teacher at the Saint Antoine School and I'm your neighbor" She pointed at the beige colored house standing one the left of the house Dennis and Henry bought.
"Great!" The rabbit beamed, "Our kids will go to that school and you're going to be Puffy's teacher." The panda who was peeking through the right side of Dennis' legs hid again.
"That's wonderful!" She waived her right paw at the hiding panda. "Well it's been lovely talking to you; I hope you'll enjoy this place." She looked at Hoshan, his black furred paws visible, "Bye Puffy" Said Markus as he followed his mother back into the house.
"She's a nice one," Henry told his hubby.
"And a big one I say." Dennis replied. "I bet she could beat the crap out of me in no time."
"Well, let's get these things into the house." The black bear opened the door and the panda entered the house shouting a "Yay!"
* * *
"Phew!" Exhaled the rabbit as he lay on a couch, "At last we unpacked everything," Dennis popped a beer can and downed its contents in one single gulp.
"What are you drinking?!" The panda popped from behind the couch, "Can I have some?"
"It's beer Puffy,"
"Yuck!"
"Aw come on," Ben chuckled, "It doesn't taste that bfghh... *ahem*" He turned away from them as the rabbit gave him an inquisitive look, "I think I'll go upstairs and arrange my things."
"I'll go too!" Shouted Hoshan as he walked upstairs with his older brother.
Smiling as he approached the rabbit, Henry carried a large bag containing several boxes filled with Chinese food. "Dinner is served. It ain't much of a meal but heh," The black bear shrugged, "Can't do much tonight with all this moving..."
Dennis eyed his partner as he gulped down a second beer, then he asked "Got the Sweet n' sour ribs?"
"Yup, just like you asked for it; extra pineapple and no green peppers."
Looking around, the black bear noticed none of the three cubs were around, "Where's everyone? By now Puffy would have rummaged through these bags."
Smiling before he smashed the empty beer can against his forehead, successfully flattening the aluminum can. Dennis shouted "Food!" Noises came from above as the three hungry cubs scrambled down the stairs.
"Whoa!" The bear held the bags upwards, "Hold your horses you three, Puffy, set the table."
"Yay!" The little panda bear happily sprinted towards the kitchen to get the dishes.
"Ben, you should go help him."
"Uh huh!" The young lion nodded and went into the kitchen.
"And what about me?" The tiger cub asked.
"Well, you will help me unpack this food."
"And what about Papa?
Henry smiled, "Papa has been very busy hauling heavy stuff into the house, he deserves to rest." The rabbit waived as he laid back on the sofa. "come on," The bruin patted his middle son on the back, "Let's go set these meals."
***
The bruin sighed as he rested in the middle of the large bed, Henry closed his eyes while licking his lips; he really was so stuffed he might as well pass on as an upside down, anatomically correct beanie bear. "Mmmm" He moaned, "I ate too much."
"As usual" His hubby replied as he left the bathroom, also naked with his towel resting on his right shoulder. The large rabbit looked at the black bear; Henry's pot belly seemed much bigger than before, a product of too many nights working late in front of a desk; unlike Dennis who was a SWAT officer, Henry's job at the homicide division was not as demanding on the physique area.
"I'll never get used to that sight y'know" The muscled rabbit spoke as he stared at his husbear who just wetted the index finger of his right paw and then rubbed it over his right nipple as the black bear mimicked a sizzling sound.
"Now we're two" Henry chuckled while staring back at his partner, the rabbit was literally a gym bunny; beneath that short blonde fur there was three hundred pounds of raw muscle as solid as a rock and maybe less than four percent body fat, perhaps he was too solid for the bruin's taste but Henry had seen the rabbit in action and knew all too well that those were not exhibition muscles.
Just then the door opened and Hoshan stepped inside wearing a Pajama with bamboo patterns as he rubbed his eyes with his little left paw. "I can't find Mush..." He whined while he scratched his belly. "I can't sleep without Mush or the monsters will come and eat me..."
The panda stared at his two fathers, "Why are you two naked? Papa, why Daddy doesn't have a sheath?"
Replying as quickly as possible, Dennis said "We just showered." As he reached a pair of white cotton boxers.
"Oh" Came the reply from the little panda, then he stared at Henry's crotch, who instead of a sheath he had a human penis, "But... Why doesn't Daddy have a sheath? He looks like that naked human we met in the park but dad is much smaller."
Dennis choked and then laughed while his partner stared at him with flaming eyes, the little panda bear looking at each parent with a confused look. Finally Dennis stopped laughing and the blond furred rabbit quickly snatched a pair of boxers, he patted his son's back and headed outside, "Come on puffy, let's go find that doll. Your dad is very special, not in the size department but special nonetheless." The rabbit quickly dodged a large pillow tossed at him before he headed towards his son's room.
Henry stared at his crotch, "I'm not small..." He mumbled to himself, "It's just that it looks small when soft but when it grows..." He chuckled, then stood off the bed and began to rummage through the drawers. "Where the hell is that damn ruler?"
***
Evelyn stood before the class, looking at all the little cubs playing on the classroom, their parents chatting excitedly over their children's first day at school, "People!" She shouted, getting the attention of the adults, "Welcome to the St. Antoine Kindergarten," Her paws clasped together, "I hope that your children will enjoy being here."
Hoshan picked a jingling plush goat doll, he shook it close to his right ear when a piglet harshly took it from him, "I was playing with it!" He cried, the piglet rose his larger arm and held the doll beyond the reach of the panda cub.
Suddenly a female vulpine cub punched the piglet in the guts, making it drop the doll onto the floor and ran crying towards his parents, who scolded him for being such a bully; the couple laying angry glances over the little vixen who punched their son.
"He's such a bully," She said as she picked the doll and gave it to the sobbing little panda, "Hi I'm Melissa." She extended her right paw at him. Hoshan looked at the paw and shook it. "Hi I'm Hoshan." He looked at the piglet who formed a sort of posse with some other cubs, "I wanna make friends today..."
"Oh don't worry, Paul is just a big baby, he'll forget it if you give him a cookie."
"Really?" The panda looked at her, hoping to start the day right, he'll give the piglet one of his homemade pecan sandies.
"Sure," She flexed her right arm, "And nobody is going to hurt you while I'm here," Her left paw patting the little bicep, "I'm a tough vixen!"
***
"Ahem!" Coughed the mature nun, standing beside the Math teacher, She stared at the cubs from the third grade "Welcome to the first day of class I hope that," Her harpyesque eyes roamed the classroom, "You will behave throughout the semester. That's all." The old nun left the room, heading for the kindergarten.
"Hi," a female chipmunk sitting behind Ken said to the tiger who replied "Hi."
"I'm Rebecca but everybody calls me Becca."
"Oh, Hi Becca, I'm Kenneth but everybody calls me B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!" The tiger pressed his right cheek against her's making a kissing sound.
The chipmunk and all the class stared at the tiger, blinking in astonishment. "Just kidding!" the tiger said, "But you can call me Ken."
Becca looked at him and laughed, "You're weird!"
"No I'm not! I'm cute!"
The chipmunk raised her brow, "Honey, if you have that attitude you're gonna get your ass kicked in here."
"Well," The tiger rolled his eyes, "I'm very good at kicking ass too."
"I don't think so."
A voice shouted from behind, "Hey faggot! Catch this!"
The tiger's left ear gyrated towards the sound source, he raised his left paw and caught an eraser the size of silver dollar aimed at his neck, Kenneth stared at the pinto pony who tossed it, "Daddy says I'm as dangerous as my mother, don't even think about ruining my fur." He winked at the pony and puckered his lips tossing a kiss at the young horse who blushed.
***
"Shut up!" The brunette nun who taught Grammar to the eight graders yelled to the rebellious teenagers, "*ahem* since there are no new students except one, you all... FUCK Dammit! Shut up!" She yelled again as she did the cross sign..
"As I was saying before we have a new student," He motioned the lion to come forward, Benghine's stood before the class, his black mane barely beginning to spurt, contrasting heavily with the tan fur, his precious emerald eyes gleamed with nervousness despite his characteristic leonine suave posture.
The nun forced a smile, "Hello class this is Benghine." The lion raised a paw waving at the class. "Now go to your seat."
The lion padded towards the student desk assigned to him, sitting in front of a lioness with fur as golden as ripened wheat fields.
She whispered in his ear "You look too old to look like an eighth grader," Ben smiled, "why thank you."
She laid her arms on his shoulders, "You also feel a lot more solid."
"That's because my Papa is a power builder and he helps me with the workout even though my dad doesn't approve for me to work out so young."
"Whoa," She whispered again, "Are you one of the cubs raised by F... Gay parents that everyone is talking about?"
Ben held still while the nun called Sister Piedad yelled again, "Yup, I'm one of those cubs." He whispered back.
She chuckled, "I'm Susan, are you gay?"
Ben grinned, he turned his head and laid his right paw over her neck, he suddenly pressed his rubbery black lips against hers, startling Susan who gasped; the vacuum caused her tongue to slip into the lion's muzzle who suckled on it, swirling her rough tongue around his gums.
Right then the Nun screamed again, this time landing the thick wooden rule over the lion's head.
***
The door leading to the Principal's office opened and a tall blonde furred rabbit stepped in, his massive power builder body hidden underneath the SWAT uniform but the rabbit slipped easily though the thick door.
"Um..." The rabbit extended his right paw at the lion sitting behind the desk, "Hi Father Shaw" The mature lion extended his paw shaking the rabbit's paw, "Hello Dennis,"
"So..." The scratched his neck nervously, being raised in a religious environment he felt very uncomfortable when something bad happened and it was somehow linked to him, "What seems to be the problem?"
"You son, Benghine kissed a girl."
The rabbit chuckled, "Well Fatha ah don't see whu..." Dennis drew his right fist close to his muzzle as he coughed, choking his Southern accent, "Erm, sorry Father but I don't see anything wrong with that."
"He French kissed her in the middle of a class."
"Whoa."
"Uh huh, and this is a Catholic school, we don't approve such behavior."
"Well I," The rabbit blushed, "To tell you the truth Father; ever since his hormones kicked in, good ole Ben like girls a lot." He shrugged, "Come on Father you're a lion you should know how that felt when you were a runt."
Father Stephen shook his head and smiled, "Of course I remember, but still you have to tell your son to take things in control or he'll be in big trouble."
"Oh I will Father," He stepped closer to the sitting lion and whispered, "To tell ya the truth I suspect he also likes boys a lot."
"Well, he also has to take things in check. No distinction."
"Yes Father," He kept on whispering, "I'm telling ya coz yore a very close friend of my husbear."
"Yup," The lion Smiled, "I was in the same unit Henry was. No go scram and don't let any other incident happen, you understand it?"
"Yes Father," The rabbit nodded before leaving the office.
* * *
In the kindergarten the little cubs were busy playing with bubbles, each one used a bubble wand, blowing through the hole and watching the bubbles float in the air. Little Hoshan padded around holding a hollow tube in one paw while in the other paw he held an open bottle containing soapy water; as he ran near the entrance he tripped and fell, spilling the slippery fluid in front of the door just as Sister Salvation entered; the old nun stepped on the slick, wet mark; her foot slipped on it, the nun did an involuntary summersault and landed on her back onto the floor, her legs sticking up.
***
Dennis opened the exit door, he looked at an incoming ambulance as he headed towards his car. The paramedics quickly stepped outside the ambulance, scrambling with their equipment into the school.
"Uh," He asked one of them, "Is there something wrong?"
The paramedic stopped for a moment, looking at Dennis, "A nun fell onto the floor and it seems she hurt her back badly." He said before walking through the hall.
The rabbit thought for a moment about the weirdness of the situation, 'What strange day' He shook his head and started the car.
***
The sun shone brightly over the school, it was 1:00 PM and the cubs slept peacefully in the kindergarten, all except a panda standing on the grassy playfield, hugging a large rubber ball.
"Pelota..." He happily muttered as he hugged the ball, suddenly it slipped from his embrace and bounced away.
"Pelota!" He shouted as he chased it, not noticing the tall dark figure in front of him. Hoshan grabbed the rubber ball and looked up. The panda watched in awe, before him stood the biggest bear he had ever seen; the massive muscular build visible underneath the gray army T-shirt with the dog tags sandwiched between the shirt and the bruin's barreled chest; the kodiak stood on legs as thick as tree trunks whose muscle cords were concealed by the faded blue denim jeans while the feet hid inside some white denim sneakers.
The kodiak looked down at the panda with his baby blue eyes, "Hi," He said with a heartwarming smile, making the panda feel tingly all over, "Is Mrs. Evelyn here?"
The panda made no noise, still mesmerized by presences of the huge bear before him.
"Hey cub," The kodiak waived his right paw in front of the panda's face. "Are you okay?"
All of a sudden the panda's paws snapped forward, tossing the ball against the kodiak's nose making him fall onto his ass while Hoshan ran away from the huge bear yelling "A STRANGER! A STRANGER!"
His screams didn't went unnoticed as a large female grizzly bear emerged from the kindergarten room, her worrisome face disappeared as she recognized the stranger as her husband.
"Mrs. Bernhard! Mrs. Bernhard!" Shouted Hoshan, "I saw-I saw the big... No... The hugest bear in the world... Mrs. Bernhard?" The panda stared at the female bear, curious at her broad smile. "Do you know him?"
"Yes Puffy," She softly replied, "His name is Kodi and he's my husband."
"Cool! Do you know that we are neighbors?" The panda asked the kodiak.
"Uh... No Puffy, I didn't knew," The Kodiak gently patted the panda on the head, ruffling up some of his fur.
"The name's Hoshan, big guy, and don't ruffle my fur." Protested the panda. Hoshan turned his head at Mrs. Bernhard, "Mrs. Bernhard I'm thirsty."
"Go to the classroom and drink some water," She said, "And take a cookie."
"Okay!" The panda replied but before he ran toward the classroom the turned toward Kodi and said, "You should come here more often," The panda then ran toward the classroom for a drink of water and a cookie.
"You know Kodi," Evelyn said as she hugged her husband, "Hoshan's right, you should spend more time here..." She pressed her rubbery lips against the Kodiak's. Both bears hugging in a passionate embrace.
"Well," He said between kisses, "I got transferred to the base nearby."
"Oh really... For how long?"
"Months... Mmm... Even more..."
"You always say that and then you disappear on those missions you can't tell me..."
The Kodiak chuckled, "This time is for real." And with that he inserted his long ursine tongue into his wife's muzzle, tickling her uvula.
"Kodi *grope* we're in a religious school *kiss* If they see us..."
"They'll see a couple loving each other," Kodi chuckled before kissing her more passionately, being part of the U.N. peace corps left little time to be with his wife and son, tonight they'll be out for one of those rare family dinner they had, he loved the sweet scent of her, her rounded petit breasts and the salty flavor her bearish cunt hid...
"Stay away!" The panda shouted before he swinged his wooden bat missing Kodi's groin by a few inches.
"Hoshan!" Evelyn shouted, "What's wrong with you?"
"I saw a snake!" He said loudly before pointing at Kodi's groin. The bears' ears reddened deeply as the panda pointed at his throbbing erection. "Look! it's moving!" He swinged his bat again but the Kodiak quickly grabbed it before it smashed his penis.
"Don't worry," He said, "You see, it's not a real snake, I was just joking, I was going to scare my wife." Evelyn frowned at the lame excuse her husband gave.
"Cool! Can I see it?" The panda asked to Evelyn's disbelief.
"I'll have to get naked in order to do it, I promise I'll show you later okay?"
"Awww..."
"Here," Kodi picked a granola bar from one of his pockets.
"What is it?" The panda asked.
"It's very delicious, it's made specially for marines."
"EEEEW! I don't want it!"
"Why?"
"My Dad used to be a marine, he said he left because of the food."
"That's not true," He unwrapped half of the candy bar and gave it a bite. "MMMmmmm," He frowned as he pretended to enjoy it, it REALLY was awful.
"Better give me a buck."
"Deal." Kodi pulled a one dollar bill and gave it to the panda. "Sooo, why don't we get inside the classroom, it's getting kinda hot outside."
"Okay," The panda said as he walked merrily along with the two bears.
"Just one more question," The panda said, "Why you two were kissing and groping that way? Aren't you two are afraid of the dental hygiene of each other, I mean... Who knows were those chops were...
They coughed, staring at the little panda bear who had literally watched their foreplay. "Did you saw everything?" Evelyn asked, laughing a bit nervously; the cub nodding with a slight frown, "Eeew, you two kiss like my papa and my daddy."
Gazing down with his right eyebrow raised, the kodiak chuckled, "They do?" Then he paused and asked again, "Papa and Daddy?
"Uh huh," But the little bear's face saddened.
She noticed the change, "Is there something wrong Puffy?"
Hoshan turned his head at Evelyn, his brown eyes misty and on the verge of tears. "They fight a lot." Hoshan rubbed his right paw over his eyes. "Whenever I go for a glass of water I hear my Papa telling some awful things at my dad."
Evelyn face grew somber, realizing something wrong, she halted and lowered down at eye level with Hoshan, "Did you saw something? some violence?"
The little panda rubbed his eyes again and said "I saw once that my Papa had my Daddy against the bed and... And they were naked and... And my Daddy was bound and... And... And... Papa was telling some awful things to him and he was trying to choke him with his..." Before he could finish his sentence Evelyn gave the little bear a hug, cooing him and comforting him, while her husband bit his lower lip hard enough to make it bleed to prevent the kodiak from bursting into laughter.
"Shh," She comforted the sobbing bear. "I'm sure that your Papa and Daddy love each other and have their reasons," Kodi coughed as he tasted the coppery flavor of the blood in his muzzle.
"But... But... But..."
"It's gonna be alright Puffy," Evelyn smiled, "I'm gonna have some talk with your parents and I'm sure they're gonna patch things up." Hoshan's beady eyes shone with hope, he dried his tears and smiled.
The kodiak patted the panda's head, "It's okay Puffy, sometimes parents do that from time to time." He gave a smile that made the cub feel tingly all over.
"But," Evelyn interrupted, "Kodi and I don't do that very often as we wanted." She eyed her husband who simply stood quiet.
"I know honey, I know that very well." Kodi sighed, hopefully he would 'argue' with his wife more often. "Now I need to see my son and maybe take him to the movies this weekend. I wonder what he would like to see." He pondered.
Hoshan's eyes lit up, "I know! Um... No I can't..."
The couple eyed the little panda a bit puzzled, "You can't what?" Kodi asked.
"My dad got some counterfeit Disney movies hidden in a cabinet. He told me that was some serious evidence and that it wasn't safe at the precinct."
"Oh really?" The kodiak eyed him suspiciously as they padded back towards the building. "Can you tell me the names of the movies?"
"Um... They're kinda screwed," Hoshan shrugged, "They sound the same but the names are misspelled like the ones on the toys at the one dollar store." He cleaned his little black furred paws on his shirt.
"Can you tell me the screwed names of those movies?"
"Sure!" Hoshan exclaimed, Evelyn on the other hand was staring at her husband with a scornful look. "They were um..." He began to count using his fingers, "They were The Loin King; The Loin King part two, Samba's Pulsing Pride; XXX Men; Robin's Foxhood; A Bung's Life..." Hoshan kept counting with his fingers, "Loin King 3; Loin King 4; Loin King 5 The Revenge Of The She Yenas... Um... Torson; Pleasure Planet; Torson and Jim and... Er... The Not So Little Merman and I think the last one is The Country Bears In Heat."
Kodi chuckled and so did his wife, "That's a lot of illicit material." He joked. "Did you saw any of th... Ouch!" Kodi rubbed the right side of his ribcage since Evelyn had elbowed him quite harshly.
"It's awful!" Hoshan replied much to the shock of his teacher. "They all do the same thing my Papa does to my daddy..."
* * *
Lt. Henry Ainmire sighed as he parked the car. The black bear felt quite mashed after a heavy day of investigation. He was relieved that the day was over and had planned to have a nice warm bath with Dennis, his life mate for a long time and SWAT agent at the police Dept.
"Daddy daddy daddy daddy!" The panda leapt towards him after he opened the door. "Look I got a dollar!" Hoshan waived the one dollar bill he got earlier.
"Yeah yeah that's good..." Henry placed the bouncy panda bear on the sofa. Hoshan frowned his face, his eyes became glassy and began to water.
The black bear noticed it and said "I'm sorry puffy but I'm tired, it has been a long day," He handed the panda a dollar bill.
"*swipe* Thanks dad!" The panda bear took the dollar bill and sprinted toward the kitchen. "Papa papa papa papa!" Hoshan yelled at the blond bunny who was making dinner, "Look! I've got another dollar bill!"
Henry chuckled at what he heard 'That cub really loves money' and she slumped on the sofa, he picked the remote control and turned on the TV not caring what was aired. "Was it a long day?" Dennis asked him before kissing him.
The black bear gave him a sad look, "I just gave my condolences to Claire," He said. The blond furred rabbit frowned his gaze "Oh my, the same psycho did it?" Henry nodded while staring a photo filled with happy parents and their children. "Her daughter was the sixth victim. I still don't understand the connection with this photo and their deaths." Inside the photo along with the other parents stood Dennis and him happily holding Hoshan.
"I know," Dennis rubbed his mate's shoulders. "Peter and David are keeping an eye on the cubs.."
The black bear sighed, "Some sick fuck is doing this and only God knows why."
* * *
Laying on top of a roof, he stared through the night vision binoculars the window that led to a small panda bear's room. The man was visibly exhausted, unable to sleep peacefully since birth. Every time he tried to sleep the same dream came to him, a terrible nightmare that promised him to stop if he could kill every child in the photo he held. Lately the nightmare became more vivid, he would wake up screaming and he could still smell charred flesh and taste his own bile.
Every time he killed one of these children he would get some nights of peaceful sleep, sleep that he treasured so much.
He studied their movement, he knew that the little panda cub would wake up in the middle of the night for a glass of water; he waited patiently for him to stand up and turn on the light. He didn't care for the two men inside a car waiting for him to strike; Angels dressed in suits always helped him, Angels that blocked his enemies attempts when they were closer.
This child was somehow different, something told him that he was special, and that if he got rid of him he would even be free of the nightmare.
The panda bear's room was suddenly lit.
The man aimed his sniper rifle.
A shadow behind the curtains appeared.
The man smiled as he was savoring to freedom.
A couple of raccoons knocked over the trash can beside him, startling him and making him miss his shot.
The sniper jumped at the sound...
* * *
Agent Peter Ross got out of his stupor and moved out of the car and saw the tip of the rifle "Shit." He muttered. "David call for reinforcements, we got our psycho" He pointed at the tall house. Peter dashed behind the house as he saw the rifle being pulled from the roof.
Just as he reached the back door, a masked figure smashed an aluminum bat on his left, breaking his balance, his left arm and some ribs. He fell on the ground, the blinding pain sending him into oblivion as another swing from the bat smashed into his chest breaking more ribs.
Another masked person held his partner's bat and shook his head, the one that held the bat stopped reluctantly, cursing at the wind.
The madman opened the door and saw his "Angels" saving him again, with a smile he followed them to a car and grinning happily he ran away, safe from any danger.
* * *
Hoshan yawned as he went downstairs, clad in his blue pajamas and holding Mush. He gazed curiously at the commotion before him. "*yawn* Daddy what's wrong?" He asked the black bear.
Henry turned his head and saw his son standing in the front door rubbing his drowsy eyes, he quickly grabbed his son and took him inside. "You stay here." he told him, "It's dangerous outside."
"But why?" The panda cub asked.
"Hoshan get inside the house." The black bear spoke harshly. "How many times do I have to tell you to... Hey!" He yelled to a human figure rubbing one hand over a doorknob, the same door the sniper turned before escaping.
The human jumped at the sound of the yelling bear and smiled. "Sorry," He said, "Had my hand coated in blueberry jelly, you know, these stuffed donuts are very messy." He resumed rubbing his hand on the doorknob.
"You sonofabitch!" The black bear yelled at the man. "Do you know what are you doing?"
"Uh, no" The man replied cynically.
Dennis shook his head angrily. "Get out of here!" He screamed as he harshly pulled the man off the crime scene. The naive man just grinned and left the crime scene smiling.
***
Kodi Bernhard opened his eyes, the mixed taste of cunt juices and his own sperm lingered in his muzzle, to his left his naked wife slept soundly, all traces of kodiak semen licked off her cunny. He looked through the window and saw several police cars parked in front of his neighbor's front.
Curiosity got the best of him as he picked his green cotton robe, his blue sandals and headed downstairs, towards the entrance.
As he opened the door Kodi headed towards Hoshan's house, he noticed between the police officers a black bear wearing a white cotton robe and fluffy white slippers; also a very large blond furred bunny who wore the same type of robe as the black bear, unfortunately the same size the bruin's which made it look much too small, Kodi tapped on the Henry's shoulder, "Is there something wrong neighbor?
Henry turned his head, noticing the barely robed Kodiak, the soft wind shaking the green robe allowing his moist groin to expose a bit. "And you are.."
Kodi extended his right paw "I'm Evelyn's husband, Kodi."
"Well, I'm Henry," The black bear smiled while shaking the big meaty paw, feeling the sheer strength of it; choking a feminine gasp as he returned the strong grasp as much as he could, "Oh," He chuckled, "You're the one who's always away on a mission."
"Yeah, I know she has the right to express her discomfort." Kodi looked at a window on the second floor belonging to the master bedroom, "But believe me, I have my reasons. If I could I would have returned and maybe have a much closer life with my family." He shook his head and gave the black bear a smile. "What's going on anyway?"
A worried look shadowed over the black bear, "Do you know about the incidents happening all over the town related with the random assassination of several children?"
"Well yes..." Kodi's face flushed, filling with fear and worry, "Is Hoshan alright?" He laid his big meaty paws over Henry's shoulders. "Is he okay?" His grasp intensified making the black bear wince, his free paw covering his hardening sheath. "Oh, sorry; it's just that I'm worried about him."
"Calm down, you know my son?"
"Yes but," He stopped, "Are you and that rabbit those two Fa..." he stammered, "...thers raising three cubs in the neighborhood?"
Dennis stepped in, his big lepine body ripe with muscles from decades of constant training, making the robe cling to his muscular frame like a second skin; indeed the kodiak was taller than him, but he was way behind the rabbit's in terms of weight training, "You got a problem with that soldier?" He asked, his low gruff voice seasoned with a southern Texan accent.
"Well I..." Kodi shook his head, "Of course not!" He retorted, trying to gain some confidence. "Just because I'm with the Special Forces it doesn't necessarily make me an asshole."
Henry laid his right paw over Kodi's left shoulder, "Look," He said, "My hubby is like that with every adult male that gets near Puffy, if you're not a child molester then you have nothing to fear." He chuckled "And another thing." Henry whispered. "Don't let that big brute image fool you, Dennis is a very good shrink."
"A damn good one I say." The big rabbit spoke emphatically.
Henry stepped closer to Kodi and whispered "Even Harvard accepts rednecks, I always wondered what were they sniffing when they accepted him."
"I heard that."
The kodiak looked the other way as the gay couple began to argue. A chuckling middle-aged otter walked close to him, "Puffy's okay" He told the Kodiak, then he turned his gaze at the couple, "Those two are like oil and water," He scritched his neck, "Oh by the way I'm sergeant Paolo Battista."
The little panda opened the front door again; suddenly he had three furs pushing him into the house, away from any danger.
Dennis stared at the robed kodiak who returned the gaze, "What?" Kodi asked.
"Do you have any 'special' interest in my son?" The rabbit inquired.
"Of course not. What kind of sick bear do you think I am? I'm just worried about him, that's all."
"Well I've known some marines who do that kind of stuff overseas..."
Henry rolled his eyes, 'Oh my gawd, he's been watching Platoon again...' He thought. "This has been quite a rough meeting," He patted the kodiak's back, "Maybe you would like to have some coffee with us right now." His robe began to tent.
Noticing that, Kodi shook his head, "I don't know what my wife told you about me," He smiled, rubbing his left index finger around the bruin's adams apple, making his fur rise giving Henry a fluffy look, "But I don't cheat my wife," Kodi looked at the couple's house, "I'm very relieved that he's fine, now if you excuse me I'm very sleepy and I need to check on my son Markus to see if he's okay before I catch some Zs after a long trip." He shook the black bear's and the rabbit's paw respectively, then leaving to his house, yawning and scratching his arse.
Dennis leered at his hubby, "You're one sick bear."
"Well I had to try, after all..." He leaned close to the tall rabbit, whispering in his ear "You were the one using that infrared telescope on their window. You didn't even let me watch.
Dennis whispered back, "But still," He paused, "What did he meant with 'I don't know what my wife told you about me?'" As the couple returned giving their details to their fellow officers.
***
The morning came quickly, sunlight pouring all over the suburbs as the back door opened and the little panda wearing his pajamas that had bamboo pattern all over it, he stepped into the backyard pulling a somewhat old cart filled with a bottle full of carrot water, gardening tools and some seed bags.
Hoshan padded over the far right corner and began to use the tools to dig the weeds out of the yard. Pausing only to take a sip out of the carrot water. He kept on working the yard until mid morning when the back door on the Bernhard's house opened.
Kodi yawned, he was still a bit sleepy after all that fuss last night; clad in only his robe and nothing else, he was glad that the fences were tall enough to keep any curious to notice that. He heard some noises on the other side of the tall and white fence and decided to see what was going on. The bear smiled as he recognized the panda working on the lawn.
"Morning" He said to the dirt covered panda. Hoshan looked at his left, "Kodi!"
"What are you doing?"
The panda smiled, "I'm gonna have a garden! And I'm gonna fill it with lots and lots of fruits and veggies!"
Waving his right paw to the police officers on the other side of the street, he rested his strong arms on the fence, "I used to live on a ranch."
Hoshan smiled, "My papa did too!"
Slightly confused the bear just smiled, "Um... Which one?"
"Dennis."
"Er..."
"The big bunny."
"Ah yes," Kodi rubbed his right thumb and his index finger against his chin, 'That explains everything.'
"Do you have moomoos?"
The kodiak snapped out of his thoughts, "Uh... what?"
"Cows?"
"Where?"
"In your ranch."
"Oh yes!" The kodiak smiled, showing his charming sunshine smile, "Sorry, I'm still kinda sleepy." He looked at the dirt stained pajamas. "Are you sure your parents know you're getting your pajamas dirty?"
The door on Hoshan's side opened, Henry stepped barefoot outside wearing a white tank top and a pair of basketball shorts, the black bear carried a couple of bottles filled with a yellowish water. "He doesn't" Henry replied to Kodi, then handed his son a bottle. "But hey, after what happened yesterday..." The black bear yawned, then rubbed his moist eyes; he offered the other bottle to Kodi who took it with a hint of suspicion.
"It's just some carrot water." Henry said.
Still, Kodi gave the black bear a suspicious look. "It better be spike free." Then he gave the bottle a sip, "Mmm... This is good."
"I made it." Said Henry. "If you want more just ask me." The black bear gave him a lusty smile.
Ignoring that smile, Kodi asked "Aren't you two worried about the kids?"
Sighing loudly, Henry shook his head, then pointed at several directions, "There are officers nearby and he always switches victims if he doesn't get them at the first time." He looked a bit worried at the unsuspecting panda bear. Henry stepped closer to Kodi, "Don't tell this to anyone but according to David, that psycho seems to have accomplices. That would explain why he always seems to get away."
"Daddy." Hoshan said as he shook the tank top. "I'm done," He handed the empty bottles to his father. Kodi chuckled and gave his own empty bottle to the older bear. "Say," Kodi spoke, "Where are..." He looked upwards trying to remember, "Ken and Ben?"
Henry chuckled as he heard the name of his two other sons, "Evelyn told you about them?"
"Oh yeah, she told me they caused quite a ruckus yesterday."
Idly scratching his neck the bear chuckled "Glad my hubby and not me went there. Those two are inside the house; Kenneth and Benghine might be watching the TV."
Looking down at his youngest son, the black bear ushered him to go into the house, "Come on Puffy, wee need to get you out of those jammies and into a nice shower."
"But I'll get dirty again!" Hoshan whined as he headed towards the house, he turned his back and waived at Kodi "Bye Kodi." and disappeared into the house.
Staring at the back door with dreamy eyes, the kodiak looked at the black bear, "He's unique isn't he?"
"You bet he is." Henry inhaled deeply. "And to think that someone abandoned him at the doorstop five years ago..." Henry's eyes got misty, "We found him inside a cardboard box, Hoshan was wrapped in a peach colored blanked. He was very young then, probably a few days old the doctor told us. We decided to adopt him and well..." He shrugged, "The rest is history."
***
The minivan arrived late in the afternoon in front of the precinct and the three cubs left the van, Hoshan holding a couple of brown paper bags while Henry set the car alarm as Dennis stepped out.
"What are you two doing here?" The rabbit asked them.
"Well," The panda said, "We were nearby and we decided to bring you dinner since you have a lot of desk job for tonight." Hoshan replied as he offered his father a medium sized brown paper bag.
Dennis sighed and smiled, before he could reach for the paper bag, the earth began to shake savagely; he held onto the door frame as windows shattered, buildings shook and cracked, the cement road bulged and a large opening formed behind Ken and Hoshan, the ground beneath them rose and the tiger held onto one of the ridges while the panda fell onto the floor, the high angle of the terrain dragging the little panda downwards into the gaping hole, "Hoshan!" yelled the rabbit who extended his arm to reach the fallen panda, missing him by a few inches.
"Papa!" The panda shouted, his little claws not strong enough to stop his descent and he fell into the deep gaping hole; Ken loosened his grip on the cement and glided over it, chasing the panda and also disappearing into the darkness.
Dennis screamed his children's names and tried to follow them, only to be stopped by his fellow officers. He watched in anguish as the tremor stopped, the slabs of concrete collapsing over the hole closing it.
***
"Ken!" the little panda shouted in the darkness, he was very hurt but he had no serious injuries, the panda kept on shouting his brother's name in the darkness, crying in fear until he saw a light coming from a small torch the tiger had just lit. The panda ran towards Ken and gave him a big hug.
"I thought I was alone," Hoshan said between sobs.
The tiger smiled and kissed his frightened brother in the forehead, the tiger behaving way much older than he was, "We have to get moving," He said to the little panda, "We have to get to an opening before another tremor," He said as he remembered the lessons taught in school.
They walked along the long sewers tunnels, finding only collapsed exits, holding onto the walls as rebound earthquakes shook the tunnels. They began to lose hope in finding an exit when Hoshan found a large cotton bag, "Don't touch that!" Said the tiger, "That thing is filthy!"
"But listen!" Hoshan replied; from the bag came faint mewling sounds, he tried to open the bag but the opening was tightly closed, he picked a discarded scissor and sliced an opening, inside laid several sinthmetal immature ailuromorphs, all of them completely immobile except two whose mewls were quite weak, one had a light lead coloring and the other had a darker, much darker color. "Look Ken! Kittens!" The panda said in excitement, forgetting for a moment that they were inside the sewers.
Hoshan opened his backpack and picked his baby bottle, filled with sugary carrot water; he drew the bottle's nipple towards the dark one, who looked much weaker than the gray one. "Eeeew!" Complained the tiger as he watched the little kitten lick a single droplet of the sweet liquid and then it earnestly began to suck on the rubber teat, drinking as much as it could, the tiny red eyes literally glowing brighter with every suckle. The dark kitten drank nearly half of the bottle before finally let go of the teat, curling into a ball and falling asleep. Hoshan then picked the gray colored one and fed the other half of the bottle to the kitten who fell asleep after drinking the energizing liquid, it's tiny blue eyes glowing back into a healthy shine.
"Awww." The panda said, "Do you think papa will let us keep them?" He asked his brother before putting the two sleeping kittens into his back pack.
***
Up in the surface, Dennis stared at the cracked pavement, two of his children had vanished under the gaping pavement. Benghine, the eldest cub sat on the floor, trembling uncontrollably as the tears flowed freely from his cheeks. Henry padded towards his partner, shaking the rabbit's shoulders, "Dennis," He spoke calmly, "There's a rescue team going down the sewers and I'm going with them."
Upon hearing his husbear's words the large lepine quickly stood on his feet, "I'll go!"
Henry shook his head, "Look around you" Several buildings were cracked as others simply crumbled. On the distance smoke could be seen and the deafening sounds of sirens blaring could be heard all around them. Even the precinct could not be spared as the façade was severely damaged.
"This place is a mess and" He drew his hubby near the scared lion, "You're also a damn good Psychologist and there's a lot o' people here needing you including Ben."
"But I'm a goddam SWAT officer!" The rabbit yelled, "Ah am supposed ta know how ta deal with shit like this!"
A slap on his face, "And what would happen if the tunnel collapses and kills us both?!" Henry's eyes were reddened, "Who will take care of Ben?" The bruin took a deep breath, "I'll go." He chuckled, "I might be getting round at the waist but at least I can fit in those snug tunnels."
"But..."
"No buts. This decision is neither yours nor mine. It was the captain's" The black bear rubbed his right paw over the lion's forehead in a try to comfort him, "Ben? Papa will take care of you because I'll go down to find your brothers, understood?"
Looking up, the lion nodded before giving his father a tight hug and then he and his lepine father saw the bruin along a group stepping down into the sewers.
***
"Where are we now?" The panda asked, to him they had been walking around for an eternity.
"I don't know..." Came the reply from his older brother. It really did seemed like forever since they started wandering around the sewers.
"I'm hungry." The little panda bear said.
"I'm hungry too... But there's no exit... everything's collapsed..."
The two cubs roamed the tunnels, finding only dead ends and caved in accesses. The kittens inside the panda's back humming a soft snoring sound.
"Look!" The tiger pointed a well lit area at the end of the tunnel. It was several feet lower and the cause of the bright light was some light bulbs above the ceiling.
"Another dead end..." Whispered the panda bear.
"No it's not! It means that this part might not be hurt by the earthquake and there might be a way out!"
"But..." The panda looked at the stairs, rusted by years of moisture and sewage overflow.
"Awww come on!" Kenneth easily jumped into the floor below. "I'll catch ya!" The tiger extended his arms.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I will! Just count to three!"
"Okay..." The little bear swinged back and forth. "But first catch my back pack." He tossed his pack towards his brother. "I don't want to land on the kittens."
"One..." He swinged forward.
"Two..." The panda rocked backwards.
Three never came, the panda was thrown forward as a bullet passed through his right shoulder, lurching him towards the floor. Ken reacted quickly, catching his wounded brother before he fell onto the floor. He looked in shock as blood poured from the wound, Hoshan coughed and choked, the panda quickly reaching a state of shock, his body laid limp while Ken immediately tore parts of his shirt and began to bandage the bleeding injury; as he did that he saw a crazy eyed human, the gun's laser sight pointing at his head and the tiger held his baby brother tight against his body as he closed his eyes, praying for a miracle.
A rebound tremor came and the man fell backwards when part of the tunnel collapsed, keeping him from killing the little cubs.
Ken dragged his wounded brother to a side of the wall, the unconscious panda breathed raggedly while his brother finished bandaging his gunshot wound; Hoshan managed to open his eyes with tears flowing from them, "K... K...." He managed to say before losing consciousness; the tiger cradled the little panda comforting him as much as he can. He was scared and lonely with his wounded baby brother, "Papa... Daddy..." The tiger managed to say between sobs.
***
Henry and the agents worked their way through the maze of damaged tunnels; the black bear concerned about the well being of his children, the communication breaking from time to time as the damaged wiring caused interference throughout parts of the sewer system.
"Yeah.." The black bear spoke through his walkie talkie, "Communication is bad but it could be worse... Parts of the tunnels are badly damaged... Yes! I know there will be replicas of the quake!" He kept on yelling through it as the team decided to split into four groups, set on the lookout for surviving workers and the two missing cubs.
It was then that Henry noticed a shadow moving nearby, he signaled the agents with him and they decided to chase at the figure. The black bear shouted but the running figure increased its pace. Calling the other agents through their communicators they continued their pursuit, curiously the path being safe as they seemed to run close to the person but never closer.
Without any warning a replica of the quake echoed, the crumbling tunnel separating the black bear from the rest. He radioed them and the command above began to give instructions on an alternate route.
"Well," Henry spoke to himself as he saw nothing but one single route, "Who ever it was I won't be able to chase him." And proceeded towards the only tunnel available; how he really wished that the damn sewers were French, not only were the tunnels had the same name as the roads but the sewers themselves had their names on easy to watch plaques.
"Ack!" He gasped, holding onto a rusted pipe as the ground shook again, this time he moved in time as the tunnel behind him collapsed, his gun holder got tangled and Henry lost his gun. "Fuck dammit!" He cursed as he continued through the damp and poorly lit tunnels.
Walking through the tunnels he managed to hear some sobs, he ran towards the source of the sobs, catching on time as a slim young man was standing before the black bear's children, Hoshan was immobile and his shirt was drenched in blood, Kenneth held onto his brother as he saw with eyes full of fear the gun.
"Poor little children." The young man said, "Raised by the devil," He rose his gun, "But the blessed silver in these bullets will set you free." He took his aim...
Henry may be paunchy, he may be slower than usual, but one sure thing is that he knew how to kick ass, he kept his cool and managed to stand much closer to the crazy young man to notice until it was too late, the two struggled with the gun, bullets were shot from it hitting the wall.
The black bear gave the young man a head butt, breaking the man's nose who flinched, giving Henry time to hit him with his left elbow on the face followed by a nasty knee on the groin and the man was on the floor moaning as the black bear gave several hard kicks to the ribs making sure they were broken, angrily the black bear turned the moaning young man on its back, quickly recognizing him as the son of a senator.
"Henry here!" He shouted through the communicator, "I have Hoshan and Ken," He leaned on his children hugging them, "Hoshan is shot and Ken is okay. You have my coordinates? Good! Hurry up okay?" He turned his head as he saw the agents entering , "The agents have just arrived, you wou..." He never finished his sentence, one of the agents slammed a piece of pipe against the back of his head and Henry was laying on the floor curled in fetal position by reflex as his head began to bleed through the injury.
One of the agents helped the wounded young man to stand, wheezing a bit and he returned the kicks to the fallen black bear, another one picked the gun and handed it to the senator's son. "Dammit it kid, this fucking hobby of yours is giving us some major problems. Do you have any idea of the trouble we'll have to go to clean this shit?"
Ken looked up with sobbing eyes at the Federal agents, "But you're the good guys!"
One of them spat at the tiger, "The good guys worship the Lord."
"Hey!" It was then that someone shouted at the entrance. They turned his head and saw a homeless panda bear wearing a ragged trench coat and some pants held together by a worn rope; they couldn't endure looking at him for much longer as the old bear's head was covered with awful scars, some seemed the product of sharp objects others seemed scars made from intense heat and from the look of them the scars continued down his covered body.
"What the fuck are you guys doing?" He said as he ate a piece of watermelon the paw was devoid of fur and the skin was heavily scarred.
"Get the fuck out of here," Growled one of the agents.
"Feh!" Spat the old panda and seeds flung towards the agents; the men groaned, nauseated by the vagabond's act of defiance. One of them rose his gun and at the same time the seeds stopped bouncing.
In a heartbeat the seeds germinated between them, in the second heartbeat the little plants turned into thorn ladden stalks that tore through their clothing and their flesh, in the third heartbeat the monstrous plants tore the bodies to pieces and the senator's son was flung into the murky waters, in the fourth heartbeat the plants died down, turning into dust and the old panda waived his hand and an unknown wind washed the dust away.
Kenneth cringed as the old panda limped towards them, "Shhh.." He soothed the tiger as he rose his scarred right hand, small pieces of his shirt left the tiger's and landed onto the bear's paw; he then limped towards the black bear and tenderly began to bandage the wounded head, helping the black bear rest on a wall.
The little tiger was still shaking but the old bear smiled, his scarred hand caressed the panda cub's forehead and said to the tiger in a raspy voice, "Help is on the way." And the rose, limping away from the corridor.
***
"Oh my God..." The blond rabbit said as he found them inside the damaged corridor; his husband laid on side of the cracked wall, his head was soaked in his blood and the head was bandaged with the remnants of Ken's shirt; Ken was shaking in shock as he hugged Hoshan who had trouble breathing. The damp red spot on his right shoulder and the hole that pierced the shirt from both sides told him of a bullet shot. Torn bodies laid scattered all over the place, recognizing what was left of the faces of some of the bodies told him they were the same group of federal agents who came in with Henry.
"Chuck?" He spoke through his comm link. "I found them and tell the paramedics to get down here, Henry seems to have a bad head injury and Hoshan received a shot on the right shoulder, Ken seems okay but in shock." Dennis finished by giving the coordinates to Charlie and got closer to his family for a further inspection.
The blond rabbit checked his husband who barely opened his eyes and whispered Dennis' name. "Shhh." He tried to calm Henry. "Everything's gonna be okay, the paramedics and coming down." The rabbit kissed Henry's blood stained forehead and headed toward his two sons. After making sure that Ken was okay he carefully checked the wound on Hoshan; Ken had done an excellent job by applying a compress against the wound, keeping the bleeding to a bare minimum.
Dennis sighed while closing his eyes, concerned about the chain of events that happened this last month, the murder of the children, the earthquake and now the near loss of his family; the rabbit sat down on the floor taking a deep breath when he heard a loud sound coming from the murky waters.
The wounded human rose from the sewage, he pointed his pistol at the blond furred rabbit, "You freaking faggots!" He screamed, "I'll kill you all! All of your fucking kind!" He pointed at the wounded black bear, the rabbit was unable to stop him and hugged his husband in an effort to use his body as a living shield.
All of a sudden a bullet went through the man's chest, then another and another until his chest was peppered with several bullet shots and his lifeless body fell back onto the murky waters. Dennis looked around and saw the little tiger holding a gun, Ken was crying profusely as he kept pulling the trigger of the empty gun.
***
The ambulance's siren broke the silence of the night, carrying the wounded panda and his rabbit father. Henry and Ken were on the other unit while Dennis and Hoshan were inside this one, he sat beside his son, holding the panda bear's back pack when he felt some movement inside it. Upon inspection he found two sinthmetal pets shaped like chubby kittens, one had the color of lead while the other had a black steel hue like his gun, both kittens somewhat thinner than average.
"Can I keep them Papa?" The panda whispered through the oxygen mask. "I found them in the sewers."
"I'm not sure puffy..." The rabbit said not sure about having these two as pets.
"Please?" The panda begged.
"Well... We'll give it a try... But remember that these two are you responsibility." He replied unsure about the whereabouts of these two critters. 'Probably unwanted kittens.' He thought
"Thanks Papa."
* * *
Deep underneath the ruined sewers, a single man walked with only a bright fluorescent light, looking for the bag that held the kittens. Upon finding the bag where he left it; he noticed that the bag was torn and that the kittens were dead except for two who were missing. He carried the bag with the remaining dead bodies and returned to base, thinking of an excuse for the disappearance of two classified alien sinthmetal assault units able to reproduce if given time to mature.
To be continued