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Counter Earth Chronicles

Chapter 28: Time And Eternity

The day after Lea's release from custody life returned to normal for the lion girl as it did for those who were looking after me. I found myself back into the normal rhythm and flow of my life. Education, homework, studying, painting, helping Sorren, Lurie and Tauren around the lair and observing their sexual practices at night. Some nights I cuddled with the coyote, some with the bull and others with the dragon. Before I knew it one week had passed with no word from my mistress or the ram.

I didn't say anything to the trio. Instead, I tried to keep an upbeat positive attitude but deep deep down I started to fear that she along with Ram, Lord Tiger and Lady Vermin were all dead. How else could you explain there had been absolutely no contact from any of them in nearly ten days?

Day 98 (One week later)

Morning. On that day I woke up to discover that Sorren was snuggling me. While I had slept on his chest and stomach, he rubbed my back and had fondled my butt while enjoying the wonderful sensation of our genitals touching.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" I heard a voice from my left ask. It was Lurie who had awakened to see the dragon hugging me.

"It looks like our dragon was taking care of our guest again and didn't get to mate last night, and this was the best he could do." The female coyote exclaimed hugging Tauren. "It's kind of cute in a lewd sort of way."

"That is the most fun you can have externally with a person- just imagine what fun you could have internally? We just might flip you yet little human!" The dragon exclaimed waking up.

"ICK!" I replied as the trio laughed.

"Well I think someone deserves a special reward for foregoing nookie last night to watch over our guest!" Lurie said dismounting from Tauren's penis and licking her chops.

"Really?!" Sorren said as he plucked me off of him and rolled me over to his side.

"Really!" She replied winking at Tauren.

With bull semen dribbling from her still wet flower, Lurie crawled off of Tauren and over to Sorren. She then moved over the dragon placing her arms at either side of his shoulders and her legs at either side of his legs. She then crouched into a feline mating position making sure her lower belly was hovering over his. In short she looked like a lioness awaiting her king to breed her good and proper. I looked at Tauren in the predawn light- he had a goofy look on his face- he soon realized what Lurie was up to.

"What's this?" Sorren exclaimed as Tauren moved up behind Lurie with a wicked smirk on his face.

"This is your reward love." Lurie said kissing the dragon. "You get to watch Tauren and me make out doggie style while you keep an eye on Alex!"

"Screw you!" The dragon exclaimed.

"Not yet hon, but soon." Lurie countered.

"It has been awhile since we yiffed doggy style." The bull said to the coyote moving her tail to her side.

"I think you will recall in short order love." Lurie grunted as Tauren strattled her back and then entered her still wet personal flower. "Besides I am in the mood for sloppy seconds!"

Tauren began his gentle mating of his she beast with a spirited rocking motion as he moved his thickening penis into and out of Lurie. For her part, Lurie teased Sorren by making orgasmic moans every time her bull moved into and out of her cub tunnel.

"AH! so so good!" The yote girl exclaimed as the dragon pouted.

"I am going to make you really soggy really really soon!" The bull said to the coyote speeding up his thrusts. Tauren thrusted further into the horny 'yote girl as I watched. After a moment more he paused and motioned me to approach him and Lurie.

As I crawled over to the mating pair, he lifted his left paw off of the bed to grab my left hand. He guided it to Lurie's lower belly where he motioned me to place my hand and keep it there. He then continued their frisky mating above the still pouting dragon.

"Grr! getting close- very very close Sorren!!" The bull said teasing his boyfriend.

It wasn't long after that, that Lurie hit her peak- she kissed Sorren as she moaned "Cumming!!!"

(Cumming?! I thought Tauren was doing all the work?!)

I remember thinking to myself. Her vaginal clenching from her orgasm set her bull past his limit too. Tauren mooed as only an male cow could and unloaded his jizz into his coyote female. It wasn't long after that, I felt Lurie's gut distend from the bull semen flooding into her! Tauren was filling her like a bucket! He was indeed making her insides very very soggy.

Lurie collapsed onto Sorren still moaning. Tauren then collapsed onto her pulling her gently to the side as to not crush Sorren. The bull had kept his promise. Lurie was quite soggy.

"That was quite a show." I exclaimed thinking about the sexual practices I had seen this family perform over the last ten days.

"I agree." Sorren exclaimed. "I want some too."

"Poor draggy waggy." Lurie teased "That will have to wait until later."

"Why is that?" I asked the snuggling trio.

"It is almost six- almost time to get up." Tauren responded. "But just enough time to still enjoy each others company and to work on human - beastial relations- now come here little human...."

We enjoyed each others company for a little while longer. I snuggled next to Sorren on his right, Lurie was on his left and Tauren on his chest and tummy. We realized all too soon we would have to get up and start the day. The bedroom would need to be cleaned as would everyone else.

That morning Tauren and I were shower partners as were Lurie and Sorren. Tauren took his time lathering my body in the soap like foam- starting at my feet and slowly moving up my legs to my tummy, torso, neck and back saving my genitals for last.

"Mmm, that feels quite good." I said as the bull gave my penis and testicles a gentle but through scrubbing.

"That's interesting." The bull said- "Not to long ago I remember a little human blushing profusely when we showered."

"Let's just say I have grown accustomed to it." I murred.

When it was my turn to lather up Tauren he was completely relaxed until I got to his penis- his equipment was still quite sensitive from his love-making with Lurie earlier.

"Careful, there Alex, if you break it you have bought it!" Tauren said half joking.

"I am um just trying to be through- it is important to get all the dirt, grime and excessive juices from there- I wouldn't want to miss anything." I said to the minotaur.

"At least you have the easier job!" Sorren countered- "Look what I have- with females everything is internal and she has quite a lot to clean!"

Tauren and I laughed as we watched Sorren lather Lurie trying his very best to clean out her cub tunnel (much to her enjoyment). Despite his best efforts she was still leaking bull semen. Tauren did fill her good and proper. One could say he overfilled her. But what was Sorren complaining about he still got to wash her breasts- those magnificent orbs that Tauren couldn't remove his paws from during the night. Sorren and Lurie did end up kissing during their shower and Tauren and I had to break them up before they started making new messes.

It took us about an hour to get dressed and clean the bedroom. So we didn't start breakfast until about 7:30 so Sorren, Tauren and Lurie were rushing to gobble down their meals and get out the door.

I watched each of them rushing while smiling. Lurie looked at me.

"What are you smiling about Alex?"

"Don't you feel it?!" I asked the coyote girl.

"Feel what?" She asked.

"Normalcy." I responded. "No strife, or drama- things are back into a normal routine around here."

"Speak for yourself Alex- all you have to worry about is your language studies." Lurie responded. "I am going to be busy assisting castle security with upgrades as a result of the spying incident."

"I have several upgrades I will have to make to the holding area as well." Tauren added. "All of this is supposed to be completed by the end of the day. All you have little human is your language studies."

"Well that and wondering about Lady Ursa." Sorren said without thinking.

"SORREN!!!" Lurie and Tauren said in unison.

"Sorry Alex." Sorren apologized. "I am sure she is all right and kicking butt in the name of the empire."

"I don't think so Sorren." I said to the dragon. "I am starting to think something is wrong. Very wrong. We should have heard something, anything by now. Anyway, how is Lea doing?" I said changing the subject.

"Still getting back into the swing of things and dealing with her failed relationship and the loneliness because of it." Tauren said.

"That will be something she has to do on her own." Lurie responded. "But we could help her unwind after work. I have an idea." The she beast said finishing her breakfast.

"What did you have in mind?" I asked the 'yote girl curiously.

"There is going to be a concert tonight at the World Two Art Museum."

"Really?!" I responded.

"What type of concert." Tauren asked.

"Opera." She responded. "Sura is performing there around 7 PM. It is a small concert for about fifty guests or so in the concession area."

"Is it only going to be opera?" Sorren interjected.

"Well, it will be opera, and maybe a little jazz and pop as well. Sura is trying to branch out into different genres. I think she is tired of doing the same thing over and over. Anyway, it might be a good idea to take Lea to the concert. I think I could call in a few favors and get my paws on some tickets."

"I'll pass love- opera is not quite my thing." Tauren said.

"Not for me either." Sorren responded.

"Humph!" Lurie protested. "What about you Alex?"

"AWESOME!!!" I replied as the trio saw the smile on my mouth expand. "Can we check out the museum too? I have only been to the History Museum in World One. I would love to check out the Art Museum in World Two."

"Love, I think you unleashed a monster!" The dragon said to the coyote. "Look at his smile - it is nearly a foot long!"

"Calm down Alex." Tauren warned me. "Your tail is wagging."

"Alright then, it is settled." The coyote girl exclaimed. I will make arrangements. Alex you go and ask Lea."

"AWESOME!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"She did make a monster!" The bull said to the dragon.

"Looks like it!" The dragon said to the bull.

"Oh look at the time! We better get going otherwise we will be late!" Lurie exclaimed. "Alex, your appointment isn't until 9, could you clean up?"

"Sure, you guys have a nice day. I will finish up here." I replied.

Lurie kissed Tauren, Sorren and myself on our foreheads and with that was out the door.

Tauren kissed Sorren and myself on our foreheads and departed soon afterwards. Leaving just Sorren and myself.

"You better get going too big buddy." I said to the dragon. "You are going to be late too. I will finish up here."

"Right." Sorren responded.

The dragon started to give me a hug, but thought better of it.

"Why break a trend?" He commented. Instead he kissed me on my forehead too before he departed.

I roughly had an hour to clean up the kitchen before professor Love arrived to continue my language studies. I managed to finish just before her arrival.

Professor Love arrived at shortly thereafter and resumed my Animalian language studies. She noticed something different about me that morning as well.

"You must be enjoying yourself a lot." She commented.

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"You have a big wide smile on your face. Is Lady Ursa returning today?"

"Actually no. Lurie and I are planning on attending a concert at the art museum in World Two this evening." I said to the otter lady. "An artist by the name of Sura is performing there. You know I forgot to ask Lurie; I don't know anything about her."

"Oh Sura she is quite popular! She is one of the few artists that is liked by both humans and beastials. You see she started out as a opera singer and after selling many digital singles, she decided to branch out into other types of music." The she beast responded. "I heard her live performances are quite a sight- small and very intimate; I think you are going to have a good time."

Hearing that I couldn't help but wonder what other things out there could aid in encouraging peaceful coexistence between beastials and humans on this world. In order for that to happen, attitudes must change. Humans while pushing for equality- must stop viewing beastials as abominations and beastials must stop viewing humans as something less then insects. From the sound of it Sura's music had been a driving force. Man, I couldn't wait for this evening. But before that I had to give my language tutor 110%. Which that I did.

Around 1 PM Sorren arrived back at the lair to check up on me. Which was about the time the professor was wrapping up for the day.

"So professor how is our little guest performing?" The dragon asked.

"He has shown remarkable progress."

"That is because Tauren, Sorren and Lurie have been helping as well. We started watching programming on the hub together- in Animialian." I said to the otter lady.

"That is a splendid idea Alex!" The she beast exclaimed. "Make use of every opportunity you have to immerse yourself into our language. It will increase your proficiency. Anyway, I have some more homework for you to complete. I will check it tomorrow morning. Have fun at the concert and don't stay out too late she winked as she departed."

With that I turned to Sorren. "How is your day going big buddy?"

"Well little buddy, much better than Tauren and Lurie- they are still performing security upgrades. I decided to take a break to check up on you." The dragon said to me.

"Well, since I have a breather- I was thinking about visiting Lea to invite her to the concert." I said to the goofy dragon.

"Oh that thing again? I guess I can tag along. I am curious to see how Lea is doing too."

"You know, I wish you would change your mind and attend Sorren. It sounds like it is going to be a great concert."

"Truthfully Alex, I have never been a fan of Sura or her music- even if she is trying to move away from opera." Sorren said candidly to me.

"Aw, I guess Sura did not appeal to every beastial."

We arrived at the science wing of the castle amid a flurry of activity- workers in the castle were busy with the security upgrades that were being implemented that day. Lea was working in Room C. When we found her she was wearing her still sexy white lab coat with a red shirt and blue slacks.

"So how's everyone's favorite lioness today?" I asked as Sorren and I entered the lab.

"Engrossed in scientific study." The beautiful she beast said bluntly. She was seated on a desk examining a petri dish under what looked like a Counter Earth version of a microscope.

"Ah, how has your day been going? I think is what Alex meant to ask." Sorren interjected.

"Um, all right." Lea said. "I am just having trouble focusing- you know getting back into the swing of things, even though it has been a week."

Just then the petri dish shook violently and there was a loud noise.

GWARRRR!!!!!

"Lea!" Sorren and I gasped in unison as we were startled by the roar. We looked back at the specimen Lea had been examining and under the microscope. It had grown a tentacle in attempt to try to grope the lioness; it was alive!

Lea dodged the attempted attack, grabbed a nearby stylus and almost casually zapped the tentacle which immediately let out a large whine and retracted back into the petri dish Lea had been examining.

"Down boy. You never did like examinations." The lioness said calmly.

"I sympathize." I replied.

"Sexy ladies and tentacles- quite kinky!" The goofy dragon responded.

Instead of the typical response I would have normally given, everyone normally would have given- I just elbowed Sorren in his gut.

"Oof! What?" He said looking at me.

Lea soon finished her examination and placed the petri dish back into I guess what could be some type of suspended animation storage cabinet and then turned her attention back to Sorren and myself.

"So how may I help you today?"

"Actually I came to help you silly." I said.

"How so?" The she beast asked.

"Lurie and I are going to a concert at the World Two art gallery this evening and we wanted to know if you would be interested." I said smiling at her.

"Mike and I loved going to concerts." The lioness said wistfully. "Who is performing?"

"Sura." Sorren replied.

"Really?! I love her!"

"Lurie thought she could secure some tickets and we thought that you could use a diversion after the events of the last week. So what do you think?"

"Well..." Lea thought out loud.

"Come on Lea, you know you need some down time after everything that has occurred." Sorren said. "Besides Lurie and Alex here will need some transportation as well." The dragon giggled.

"I can provide that. Sure! I am in. What time is the concert?"

"This evening at 7 PM." I responded.

"I think we should leave around 5:30 that should give us enough time to get to museum and maybe some time to explore some of the exhibits before the performance." The she beast said. "Alright I will see you at 5:30 then."

"Great! I will let Lurie know." Sorren said. "Sounds like a date."

"By the way Sorren are you coming?" The lioness asked.

"Actually no Lea. While you guys are out this evening, Tauren and I are going to catch up on some things around the lair." The dragon giggled again. "Anyway we should be going. I have to get back to work and Alex needs to finish his homework."

I returned to the lair around 1:30 and poured myself into my studies within the hour I had finished. That still left me a few hours of free time before the others came home. So what could I do? Hmm... I could resume painting or continue my language studies by watching programming from the hub- in Animalian. I really didn't feel like painting today so I chose the latter.

It was amazing what opened up to me once I started becoming proficient in the beastial's language- culture, entertainment it was like I had a brand new world to explore. Actually I did.

Resting on the sectional, I grabbed the remote control for the view screen and turned it on. I decided to first check to see if the latest news report had downloaded hoping beyond hope that it would contain a story about the Knights of Wundagore catching the Bandit Trio and bringing them to justice.

Unfortunately there weren't any new news reports available. But I did find a prerecorded news event from a few days ago titled Ultimate Fate. The title did sound interesting. When I asked for a description of the program the display read the ultimate fate of Nikki Waters and Kathryn Hurt.

(Really?)

Now I was interested. I decided to play the prerecorded news program. It was hosted by a male Zebra on what looked like an enclosed set with two chairs and one view screen:

"Welcome to Ultimate Fate this is a special presentation for the victims and families that have suffered at the hand of Steven J Poet and his rebel group. I am your host Zeke Zebra. Today we will witness the punishment and ultimate fate of two surviving members of this former rebel faction."

"But first a recap.... Eight days ago the rebel group led by the Poet ambushed and attacked two investigators from Castle Wundagore at a wearhouse in the slums of World Three. The rebel leader was killed in the resulting malay as were eight immediate members of his group. Two of his senior operatives survived the incident and received Final Judgement by the High Evolutionary the following day. On that same day the Knights of Castle Sevren rounded up the remaining members of this rebel group thus eliminating the threat to our empire. These remaining members are still awaiting their Final Judgements. It is believed that their fates will mirror those of the two senior operatives."

"We now are going to an undisclosed lab near World Three, it looks like the operatives are about receive their punishment."

The program then switched to a live feed of a lab at what the presenter said was a unknown location. The lab was like one you would see in a clichéd mad scientist movie; it was quite large consisting of two levels. The main level was where the bulk of the action was to take place- it contained scientific equipment, cabinets, drawers and chairs as well as two restrainment racks to hold prisoners. At the far side of the lab were two glass boxes they appeared to be 9' x 9' standing next to an odd looking freestanding humanoid sculpture. The upper level was a glass enclosed observation area apparently for those who had come to watch the event.

I didn't recognize the lab but I did recognize who it belonged to- Billy Goat. The ram's protégé who I had seen during Lea's Final Judgement. Next to him in the restrainment racks were the prisoners of the hour Nikki Waters and Kathryn Hurt dressed in tattered brown clothing. Their legs and feet were bound to strong cables that pined each restricting their movement.

"Good Afternoon ladies." I use that term loosely. "Do you know why you are here?" The goat in the white lab coat began.

"So you can take us to the amusement park in World Five?!" Kathryn responded.

"Actually no. I am here to cary out the punishment that our master has decreed for your misdeeds."

"We kind of figured that out you stupid goat!" Nikki responded. "Say who are they?!" The rebel female said glancing up at silhouetted figures who were staring back at them from the observation area.

"Oh I guessed you would have figured that out. Take a good look at them- all of them." The goat said. "Do any of them look familiar?"

"Not a one." Kathryn responded.

"Typical." The goat said sarcastically. "They are the families of your victims."

"Wow there certainly a lot of 'em." Nikki responded.

"Your actions affected a lot of lives." Billy responded. "You may have noticed that there are two rows of seating up there as well."

_"What of it?" _

"There is symbolism in that Ms. Hurt- those who are sitting on the second row are the beastials who have forgiven you for your heinous acts. Noticed that blank stares on their faces."

_"What about those who are sitting in the first row?" Nikki asked. _

"Oh those are the beastials who have not forgiven you for what you have done. Notice their angry stares. There are certainly quite a few of them as well."

"Damn, so so many. I wish I could get them as well Kathryn responded."

"Still not remorseful huh?" The goat sighed. "Well I would have liked to see some admission of guilt in your final moments, a pity."

_"Would it have changed the fact that you are going to destroy our lives? Nope, just hurry up and get on with it goat boy!" _

"You misunderstand Ms. Waters. These are your final moments but not of your lives but as human beings. We beastials don't believe in execution or murder for murder. We are much more enlightened than you think we are. Besides I like my mentor, believe there are much much more worse things in this life than death. As you two are about to find out.

With that Billy walked away from the females to a console at the far wall. He pressed a button on that console.

_"Send in the volunteers!" _

The door of the lab opened and three beastials entered the room two young buffalo calves- a boy and a girl and a adult mare.

_"Ah yes you three will do nicely. Come, come here!" _

The three obediently approached the goat who gave them, what looked liked scanning instruments- two were given to the female horse and one each to the calves. Upon receipt of the instruments the goat instructed the three on how to use them. The three nodded in agreement and approached the rebel females.

"Sorry for the interruption Ms. Waters, Ms. Hurt." The goat said.

"Who are they?" The less educated female rebel asked.

"You don't recognize us?" The female calf said as she approached Nikki.

"No. Should I?" The rebel female asked.

"You hunted down our father!" The male calf said as he stood next to his sister.

"Did I now?!" Nikki said thinking. "So many kills..."

"He was on his way home when his vehicle broke down in the slums." The female calf said aiming her scanner at the rebel female.

"...And you hunted him down and killed him while he was calling for help!" The male calf said also aiming his scanner at the rebel female.

_"Oh yes I remember!" Ms. Waters said. "That buffalo! I bagged him good. I did!" _

The calves looked at each other then pressed a button on their respective instruments and a red beam of light enveloped the rebel female's body removing her clothes leaving her completely exposed.

"Hey me clothes!"

The young calves then approached Nikki and started inspecting their prey. Rubbing her breasts, touching her face, stomach, butt and the rest of her female parts. Most likely this was the BEFORE inspection.

"Hey leave off!"

"So this is what an evil rebel lady feels like." The boy said to his sister.

"Yeah, it is a shame she is evil because she is rather pretty." The girl said to her brother.

"I am sorry you two." Nikki said to the calves.

"You mean for leaving us fatherless?" The girl asked.

"No, that you weren't in the vehicle with him. I could have gotten a three for one!"

The two calves looked at each other and fired their scanners. One aimed for the head and torso and the other at the crotch and legs.

"Ack! What the hell?" The rebel female exclaimed.

When the calves had finished with Nikki Waters' front her restrainment device moved her forward so that the children could shoot her sides back and rear.

Meanwhile the mare approached Kathryn Hurt. Who simply rolled her eyes as her clothing was removed from her body.

"Before you start, no I don't know who you are." She said sarcastically. "But I have a feeling that you are going to tell me."

The mare then approached the rebel female and slapped her face- hard. Again and again.

"You thankless rebel bitch!"

Ms. Hurt was well, hurt receiving a red mark on her face where the mare had struck her.

"Now that I have your attention, do you recall a couple that opened an electronics shop in the slums of World Three only to be murdered and their remains never found?"

Kathryn nodded.

"That was my sister and her mate!"

"What were their names?" The rebel female asked.

"Ellie and Elno. I had begged them not to move there! Not to open their store. But they were pioneers, adventurers who never met a person human or beastial they did not like. They claimed they were setting an example for the rest of us. Our kind could live together with your kind- peacefully. Well their ideals cost them their lives!"

"Your kind and my kind will never ever live in peace. You are freaks of nature and unnatural beings that shouldn't be allowed to exist in the first place." Kathryn said gently.

"Woman you will be joining us freaks very soon!" The mare said firing her scanners. "You took something that was very very precious to me and now I am going to do the same to you!"

Like the calves next to her, the mare fired her scanners all over Kathryn's naked form- starting at her head then her neck, chest, stomach, crotch, legs and feet. When she had finished with her front she moved to Kathryn's sides and back and repeated the steps. When she had finished, the mare and the calves returned their scanners-instruments to Billy and joined him next to the glass boxes and the bizarre looking flesh-toned sculpture at the far side of the lab.

"You shot us with red lights?" Kathryn said.

"Yes and now your victims and I are going to sit back and watch the show!" The goat said crossing his arms.

"What show is that?" Nikki asked.

_"Your transformations. Those red beams my guests shot you with rewrote and reprogrammed your DNA, altering it, changing it to a random form of something than what you are now. Ladies you are about to become abominations, freaks of nature and unnatural beings just like those you killed." The goat said staring at the evil rebels. "Sometimes humans won't change unless you MAKE them change. Oh and by the way, the process is extremely painful- much much worse then death so please feel free to writhe, scream, swear and curse as you see fit!" _

With that Billy comforted the calves and the mare as they watched and waited for the transformations to begin.

"Who will be the first?" The boy said to his sister. "The evil rebel lady on the left or the evil rebel lady on the right?"

~PAUSE~

"The evil rebel lady on the left." The siblings said in unison.

_"What me?" Nikki exclaimed. _

"Your hand. It is reforming into a claw." The male buffalo calf observed.

"No it isn't". The rebel female retorted.

"Um, yes it is!" The female buffalo calf said.

_Nikki then glanced at her right hand and then her left as her individual fingers were merging together forming a striated yellow claw. _

"I guess it is." The evil rebel concluded. "AUGH! What did you do to me!!!"

Nikki Waters was the first to make the CHANGE for the better. She started screaming as tan brown fur erupted from her flesh starting at her neck and ever so slowly traveled down her body covering her breasts, torso, groin, legs, backside and feet.

"GUAAAHHH!!! IT HURTS!!! IT HURTS!!! AAAHHHHH!!!"

Seeing this, the calves ran over to inspect the transforming female while she continued to moan and scream- while her bones were reshaping and her limbs were elongating.

"Wow, thick, dense fur! So soft!" The boy exclaimed feeling up the rebel female.

"Look at her butt something is growing there!" The girl exclaimed.

The children ran their paws over the screaming rebel's backside and marveled at the sprouting appendage there. They clasped and examined it as it grew and grew about a foot and a half long. At the same time Ms. Waters started noticing that her feet weren't quite the same either. Her toes started thickening into paws with small claws at their tip. All the while she continued to scream- loudly.

"GUOOOH!!!!"

"Don't get too close children." The goat warned.

After watching her tail form the children rushed to her front as Ms. Waters transformation was finishing.

"NGHHHHHH!!!!" The rebel screamed as her facial structure was rearranging.

Her jawline, mouth and nose extended from her face forming a beak. What was left sprouted feathers that combed her head and neck. It was then that she stopped screaming and was fell silent.

"Is she dead?" The mare asked the goat.

"Nope still very much alive and sentient." Billy said looking at the display from one of the machines near them. "Probably passed out from the pain.

The goat in the white lab coat pressed a few more buttons and the former human rebel was lowered into the glass box by her restraints where the goat and mare were standing at the far side of the room.

_"Your turn Ms. Hurt. Billy said eyeing the naked female who had just watched her friend turn into something other worldly. _

_"You are not going to do that to me!!! I won't let you!!!" The rebel female said writhing in her restraints. _

"It has already begun!" The mare said. "Will you scream much louder than your friend or remain quiet and transform with dignity?"

Kathryn looked at her hands. Like her friend's they were bubbling, thickening as they started stretching- elongating into paws. Seeing this, the rebel female screamed- loudly.

The calves ran over to investigate as the transformation continued. Thick brown fur burst through her flesh coating her abdomen, groin and back. Wings sprouted from her midsection and a scorpion tail erupted from her butt.

"_What did you do to me?" The rebel female said as she doubled over in extreme pain. _

"You are about to find out rebel lady." The male calf said with a smirk on his face.

Kathryn let out a shriek as her face started morphing. Her ears elongating as did her nose and mouth into a snout. Her face reshaped into a lion's head with tawny brown fur. The transformation was complete.

"Welcome to our side you bitch." The mare said to the newly formed beastial.

"Wow, she is pretty!" The children said in unison.

Billy looked at the instruments on his machine once more confirming that Ms. Hurt was very much alive and sentient before pressing a button on the console and lowering the prisoner into the second of the glass boxes.

"So what did you three think?" Billy said as the calves joined him and the mare standing in front of the weird looking sculpture that looked more like a __flesh- colored_ statue. _

"The first rebel lady has the head of an eagle and the body of a lion!" The male calf said. "You turned her into a griffon!"

"No you and your sister turned her into a griffon." The goat countered. "And the second rebel?"

"Let me see." The female calf said. "The head and body of a lion, wings of a bat and tail of a scorpion? She turned her into a manticore!"

"Very good you two! It won't replace the loss of your father or the loss of your sister and her mate." Billy said to the mare. "But it will keep these two from ever killing again."

_"So what is to become of them now?" The mare asked the goat. _

"They will be placed in isolation in those mirrored glass boxes where they can stare at their new bodies for the rest of their lives- loathing what they have become."

"You will never get away with this!" The female manticore said.

"We already have! Ms. Hurt. Now why don't you admire your new form some more while we wait for transportation to take you THREE to your final destination." The goat said evilly.

With that the camera made a closing shot of the goat, buffalo calves, mare and that weird statue they all were standing in front which then blinked! It took me a moment to realize what, rather whom I was staring at. OMG! That was Mike Anger!

(Apparently he had received his punishment just before the start of the special.)

The program then returned back to the set where the zebra had been sitting.

"Welcome back. I am Zeke Zebra. What we have just witnessed was the Ultimate Fate of the two rebel operatives who have now received their punishment as decreed by the High Evolutionary. They will be joining rebel conspirator Mike Anger who was also present in isolation at a remote undisclosed location for the rest of their lives."

(Well that was disturbing yet very very satisfying- served them right.)

"For reaction we are now joined in studio by Thomas Honors."

(Whoa!! Didn't see that coming!)

"Thank you for joining me Mr. Honors."

"Thank you." The man said sitting down next to the Zebra.

"You were the former security guard of an abandoned wearhouse in World Three where the Poet and his rebels had their meetings right?" Zeke asked the man.

"Yes."

"Your reaction to today's events?"

"Well, I was also judged and sentenced on the same day as the other three." Tom admitted reluctantly. "But I was lucky because I only allowed that group to hold meetings there. I did not actively care what was going on or what the meetings were about as long as they paid me."

"So you were blind and disinterested as to what was going on around you? And you were not aware of this heinous groups acts?" The zebra asked.

"Yes." *buzz* "I, I realize now that it was wrong for me to only care about myself and not what was going on in my neighborhood, community and surroundings." *buzz* *buzz*

(Where was that buzzing noise coming from?!)

I turned down the volume on the monitor to see if any insects had gotten into the lair. They hadn't. The buzzing noise was coming from the broadcast. Hmm....

"So what was your reaction to the rebel females' final judgement and ultimate fate?" Zeke asked Tom.

"After I learned what they had done, I believe that their punishment was fair. It won't bring back their victims but was it was fair." Tom responded candidly.

"What about your punishment?"

"The dictator- the dictator was most merciful in his judgement of my crimes." *buzz* *buzz* "I learned that I needed to come out of myself and start thinking about the whole *buzz* picture. All of the beastials and all of the humans *buzz* *buzz* we, we- are all in this together."

"So what is in the future of Thomas Honors?" The zebra asked.

"I plan to start a business 'The Taskman' where I will run errands for anyone who needs it." *buzz* *buzz* "I believe it will help those in need, beastial and human and make our society, our civilization better for all of us."

"Thank you for your time today Mr. Honors." Zeke said to the man. "Well thank you for your time this afternoon that concludes this special. I will bring you more in the future as the remaining rebels from the Poet's faction are judged and punished." Zeke said turning to the camera.

With that the special concluded. It had only lasted an hour but had been quite informative. Mike Anger, Nikki Waters and Kathryn Hurt all received what was coming to them. As did Thomas Honors. The buzzing noise I heard was coming from HIM! I surmised that during experimentation he had been reconditioned to stop being stupid, naive and to stop making poor decisions, focusing only on money and himself and to start caring for the greater good.

(Apparently Billy Goat had indeed fixed that. Crazy... As... Hell- man.)

After the special had ended, I still had about 90 minutes before the trio came home from work so I continued searching through the various programming menus on the hub. When I did, I noticed a plethora of programs! There were the standard weather reports (all old), documentaries, concert series and then movies categorized by genre action/adventure, love/romance, mystery, comedy and then science fiction/science fact.

At first I decided to check out the concert category looking to see if I there were any on Sura. There weren't, only a bunch of other artists and groups both human and beastial. None of which I had heard of. So I then decided to check out the movie section but I was overwhelmed by the amount of choices available. All at the touch of a button.

On Gaia movies were shown in a cineplex where people gathered to watch the film in a sort of communal experience. Quite different on Counter Earth where there weren't any cineplexes. Movies were shown on the hub and everyone could watch them in the privacy of their domicile err. lair or whatever.

I couldn't decide on what to watch, so so so many choices. It was then I noticed a sub menu- Currently Watching. I then entered that sub menu and found a movie the trio apparently had been watching- Jungle Adventure but hadn't finished. It looked like they had only watched the first 20 minutes of it.

(What the hell, I have time to kill and it will give me a chance to practice my language skills as well as experience Counter Earth Cinema.)

I remembered thinking to myself. I selected the film and decided to play it from the beginning.

To Be Continued....

Next Week: Alex experiences Counter Earth Cinema