Who do you trust?
#4 of Partners to the End
Hunter's eyes slowly began to open, and he saw Keith snoring softly on his chest.
He's so beautiful...... Hunter softly rubbed his face, making sure not to wake him. Hunter wrapped his arms gently around his newfound partner, and just watched him sleep. Hunter was happy like this, and he could stay like this forever; within the tender closeness of Keith.
I've never felt like this before.......but what would everyone else think?
Hunter frowned at this, considering his options. He knew Exile would be cool with it, but what if Exile secretly loved Hunter? He didn't want to break his heart! Colleen would probably be okay, but he knew she would be crushed: Hunter knew she loved him still. Blitz on the other hand would probably freak out; not because he was a phob, only because he was immature. Hunter's thoughts were interrupted by the stirring of his love, and Hunter's mood was immediately happy again.
It doesn't matter. We love each other,and that's all that matters.
"Mornin bud..." Hunter whispered stroking Keith's face.
"Hey there......" Keith responded, rubbing Hunter's chest. The two just rubbed and kissed each other for awhile, still reveling in their newfound love.
I can't believe I finally found love....after all this time...... Keith thought. I'm going to protect him.....no matter what!
"I love you....." Hunter whispered.
"And I you....." Keith responded.
"What time is it?" Hunter asked, reaching for his clock. 9:00 am.
"I guess we should get up. We wouldn't want the others growing suspicious eh?" Keith winked. "Although if you want to go public, I'm okay with that too."
Hunter thought about that, and responded "I love you Keith, but I'm still shy about this. Can we keep it between us for now?"
"Ah a secret love, forbidden to eyes....which all the more turns me on!" Keith whispered in Hunter's ear, nibbling on it.
Once again he puts others before him, I sure can hit it right!
"Okay partner, go and shower. I'll sneak back into my room and come in behind you at breakfast, that way it won't look like we were together all night. Okay?" Keith said. In reality Keith wanted to tell everyone about Hunter and himself, but he also respected the concept of privacy.
"Okay..." Hunter replied kissing him. The two canines got up, and Hunter stumbled a little.
"You okay?" Keith chuckled.
"A little sore...." Hunter said, gripping his butt.
"Sorry dude, I'll let you on top next time." Keith said, kissing Hunter gently on the butt.
Hunter smiled and made his way to the bathroom to shower, and Keith snuck back to his room to do the same. Hunter finished showering and pulled on a pair of gray sweatpants and a white t-shirt, then headed off to breakfast. Hunter tried to walk straight the best he could, but he was still sort of tender. He limped slightly, but it wasn't enough to make a huge deal out of it. Hunter stepped into the Kitchen, and was greeted by his team.
"Morning Comrade!" Exile said, giving him a noogie.
Hunter laughed and responded "Morning bro!"
"Hey Huntie!" Colleen responded, giving him a big smile.
"Hey girly!" Hunter responded.
"Rarara!" Shag said while mixing something.
"Shagster! What's cookin!" Hunter said.
"Rararara!" the sheepdog said.
"French toast! All right!" Hunter said. Hunter took his seat next to Colleen, wincing a little at the pain. Colleen noticed this and asked "You okay Huntie?"
Lie...LIE!
"Yeah, I'm a little sore from combat practice yesterday. Keith kicked me pretty hard on my butt!" Hunter laughed.
"Oh yeah! He was awesome! Wonder where he learned those moves?" Colleen said, with a look of wonder on her face. It was more like a look of lust.
"Yeah comrade can kick some major butt......" Exile trailed off, looking off into the distance.
"Exile? What's......" Colleen said, turning around.
"Wow....." Hunter turned and he saw the source of awe; it was Keith. Keith was wearing nothing but his camo boxers and his hip holster: pistol in it. He was truly a sight to behold, especially in all his muscled shepherd glory. Hunter was getting hard, but luckily his pants were loose. He couldn't say the same for Exile; his tight gym shorts weren't concealing his "excitement." Colleen just stared at Keith, trying not to drool. Hunter was getting a little jealous, but he knew Keith didn't mean it; he was just acting the way he usually was, a typical male.
"Mornin everybody!" Keith said, acting like nothing was wrong. The room was completely silent, still looking at the almost naked Keith.
Keith noticed this and asked "Is there something on my face?"
Exile shook his head and said "Um comrade....your um......."
"What? What is it?" Keith asked, still completely confused.
"Almost in the buff......" Colleen finished, trying to control her hormones.
"Oh that! I thought you were going to talk about my pistol here! Um as you can see I'm very "open", sorry if I offended you all! I'll go and change!" Keith chuckled, face a little red.
Well at least I know he's not a man whore! He's just a typical male, one who hates wearing clothes and don't give a shit what he looks like! At least he's considerate!
The Rover's quickly recovered from their excitement session and Colleen spoke up.
"So Hunter, where did you disappear to yesterday?"
"I was hanging out with Keith. You know, trying to make him feel welcome." Hunter said, trying to suppress his nervousness.
"What's he like?" Exile asked. "Well he's a pretty cool guy. We share a lot of the same interests, but tends to be a little on the quiet side." Hunter replied.
Exile smiled, and then something caused him to sniff the air. What's that smell? It smells like musk! Did Hunter...? Hunter didn't notice Exile's expression; he was too busy daydreaming about his new love.
He's so sexy.....and various other thoughts.
Hunter's thoughts were interrupted by gunshots, and all three dogs jumped up in unison.
"What the hell was that?!" Exile exclaimed.
Keith?!
"Hurry! Colleen shouted.
The three canines ran towards the source, and were shocked at what they saw. Blitz was hunched over on the floor panting with Keith pointing a gun at him and it seemed like he was bleeding!
"Holy fuck Keith! What did you do?!" Exile exclaimed, trying to take the gun away from him.
"Look again...." Keith said, still looking at Blitz. The three canines looked at Blitz, and were shocked at what they saw. Blitz was stark naked, snarling and growling like crazy, with a murderous look in his eye. There was something on his chest; it looked like some sort of parasite shaped like a heart, contracting like crazy.
"What in the hell?" was all Hunter could manage.
Blitz's wounds healed quickly, and he prepared to strike again. He went straight for Colleen, and began choking her. Colleen screamed and tried to get him off of her, but it was no use. Exile and Hunter were completely frozen, they couldn't believe their eyes. Keith however kicked him off of her, and she fell to the floor passed out. Blitz quickly got back up, and got into a crouching position, growling viciously.
"Hunter! Exile! We have to get that thing off his chest! He should return to normal if we do!" Keith said.
The two canines shook themselves back to reality, and prepared to fight. "Don't hurt him too much! He's still Blitz!" Keith added.
Blitz lunged at Keith, and Keith rolled out of the way just in time. Keith threw his gun to Hunter, and said "I'll hold him from behind, shoot the parasite!" Hunter nodded and Keith grabbed Blitz from behind, attempting to restrain him.
Blitz was fighting wildly to get free, and Keith was having a hard time holding him still.
"Exile! A little help here!" Keith requested.
Exile came behind Keith and helped restrain Blitz, but Blitz was still putting up quite a fight.
"Hunter get ready!" Keith shouted.
Hunter raised his pistol and prepared to fire, waiting for a chance to open up. Blitz was struggling with all he had, and the two canines restraining him were having a hard time holding him.
"Comrade hurry!" Exile shouted. Hunter saw a chance open up, and he fired hitting the parasite directly.
Blitz screamed loudly, and Keith and Exile fell back from Blitz panting heavily. Blitz fell on his knees, clutching his chest tightly.
"Blitz!" Hunter shouted, running over to Blitz.
"HUNTER NO!" Keith ordered.
It was too late; Blitz recovered quickly and swept kicked Hunter to the floor causing Hunter to yelp loudly. Keith and Exile ran over to help, but Exile was overtaken quickly by Blitz.
"Comrade! Wake up!" Exile said, trying to push away Blitz.
Blitz didn't answer; all that came from him were grunts and growls. B
litz punched Exile in the gut, and then threw him into the hard steel wall, causing him to fall unconscious.
"Exile!" Hunter and Keith shouted together. Hunter aimed again at Blitz, only to have the gun kicked out of his hand. Blitz began to choke Hunter with intense strength, and was quickly losing consciousness.
Keith then grabbed Blitz's shoulder and threw him on to the floor, proceeding to stomp him in the gut. This knocked the wind out of Blitz, and Keith wasted no time prying the parasite off of him. Blitz was groaning and grunting like crazy; trying to resist Keith's pull.
"Hunter! Help hold him down!" Keith ordered.
Hunter came over and held Blitz's head down as Keith proceeded to pull the thing off of Blitz.
Suddenly Blitz pushed Keith and Hunter off with intense strength, sending them rolling along the floor. Blitz breathed heavily and began growling like crazy once again.
"Man! What's with Blitz?!" Hunter shouted "He was never this strong!"
"The parasite is imbuing him with intense strength and he is being controlled somehow." Keith explained. "If we get it off he should return to normal!"
"Let's do it!" Hunter replied. Keith ran forward and avoided a punch by Blitz, and then grabbed him from behind.
"Hunter pry it off!" Hunter grabbed the parasite with all his might, and with one final pull it came off. Hunter and Keith got off to let Blitz spasm, and with a heavy thud fell to the floor.
"Blitz!" Hunter exclaimed, running over to his friend. He pulled him into his arms and Blitz slowly began to stir.
"Hunter......I'm so sorry...." Blitz breathed.
"It's okay..." Hunter soothed.
Blitz looked at Keith and said "Keith?"
"Yeah...." Keith responded.
"I'm sorry my friend. I wasn't in control of my actions, but I was aware. Please forgive me...." Blitz pleaded.
"It's alright." Keith replied with a smile. "Thank you....." Blitz smiled back.
Hunter pulled Blitz up off the floor, making him stand on his feet.
"Look I'm gonna be alright, you two need to stop him." Blitz said.
"Stop who?" Hunter asked a little confused.
"Parvo; he was controlling me with that parasite remotely. Apparently it was planted on that mission when I was kidnapped a few months back." Blitz explained.
"He was inside my head, telling me what to do."
"Parvo?" Keith asked. "An old nemesis." Hunter explained. "He is bent on controlling with the world with cano sapiens."
Blitz continued "He told me to keep you guys busy while he was kidnapping Shepherd......"
"Shepherd?!" Hunter exclaimed. "Why?"
"I don't know....." Blitz trailed off. I
ntruder Alert! Intruder Alert!
"There's no time! Go!" Blitz ordered.
"We can't just leave you here!" Hunter said.
"You have to! If you don't stop Parvo, who knows what he'll do to Shepherd!" Blitz replied.
"Yeah but...!" Hunter argued.
"I'm ALRIGHT. You need to stop him! Besides who will take care of Exile and Colleen?" Blitz retorted.
Keith was just watching the two canines, completely silent. Hunter looked sort of reluctant, then Blitz grabbed Hunter. "Hunter you're the only one who can! Before it's too late!" Blitz pleaded. "Don't you trust your partner?"
Keith was kind of taken aback. Did Blitz know about their relationship? Or was he talking about himself?
"Alright...." Hunter sighed "Let's go Keith. To the armory!"
Hunter began running down the hall.
"Take care of him," Blitz said looking at Keith.
Keith only nodded and followed Hunter down the hall, leaving Blitz behind. "You're our only hope to stop this" Blitz said to the departing duo.
He then went over to treat his fallen comrades.