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ATONEMENT

By: NAHUALMORPH

This is another story base in the world of James Campbell (FG for his friends).

This one takes place a few years before the start of the entire story series and focuses on Ashwin Venkatanarasimha, you can read more about him here:

https://www.sofurry.com/browse/folder/stories?by=759&folder=50211

Again, you should go and read the entire series, it's much better than my poor attempts at writing.

Ashwin belongs to: https://z-jam-c.sofurry.com/ and he is used with permission.

James was kind enough to make this story cannon. So, yeah...enjoy.

The following story contains scene of male on male sex, as well as an implied rape scene. It is not intended for underage readers.

The snake struck fast, trapping the frog with its venomous fangs and coiling partially around the branch. The big amphibian croaked only once before the scaled lips sealed around its face.

The snake had only swallowed half of it as the heavy steel machete chopped its body in half along with the branch.

The small party of soldiers were walking in a single line. Seven of them, all wearing heavy combat armor, grey and black suits with black armor plates. The platoon leader, a muscled rhino, was the one wielding the Machete and opening the path, he was followed by a boar, two hyenas, and all the way to the back were a husky and an elephant.

Ashwin wiped his brow, adjusting the nylon straps that held the gatling gun he was carrying secured to his back. The 29 year old elephant panting lightly under the heavy Mexican summer sun of the Acapulco jungle.

They had been dispatched a month ago by the S.A.S. to track a drug lord, and were currently scouting for a hidden coke plantation.

A month of endless walks through the jungle and constant shooting and ambushes.

The elephant could feel the blisters on his feet bleeding again and the heavy weapon digging deep and scraping the tough skin of his shoulders.

Burdened as he was, he could feel nothing but pity for the dog marching in front of him. The husky's name was Bradley, he and Ashwin had been friends since the pachyderm joined the army.

The poor dog was completely drenched in sweat and panting heavily. He was only carrying his assault rifle, since Ashwin had offered to carry his backpack. But he was still wearing full body armor. Being from a breed used to low temperatures, the elephant could only imagine the hell his friend must be going through.

Ashwin noticed Bradley's steps were a bit unsteady and his body was swaying lightly.

"Sir. Oi think we oughta stop fer a moment, we been marching fer 'ours without a chance to rest, an' if we encounter the camp, ye'll want us in our top shape, roigh'?"

Both hyenas snorted and looked back. The rhino stopped as they crouched, hiding amongst the low bushes.

"We're not on a fucking school trip Hide, we're not stopping to have a fucking lunch break so you can tan your ass and enjoy a damn margarita. Those fuckers could be onto us and they could ambush us any second"

Ashwin frowned and was about to say something when a hand grabbed his arm.

"It's alright sir, we should continue" said the Husky between gasps, his legs shaking slightly.

"Heh, right, you need to walk just another 100 meters before you collapse and we'll be forced to drag your sorry ass back to base and waste a full fucking day...alright ladies, we're taking a break. Tusk, you look fresh enough, take position on high ground and stand guard. we move again in twenty minutes. Hide, go tend to your fucking boyfriend before his fucking pants give us away"

The two hyenas sat side by side as the rhino disappeared amongst the bushes, probably to relieve himself. Ashwin helped Bradley sit under a tree and started removing the dog's body armor.

"Man, you 'ad a chance to stay 'ome, why'd you agree to come to a place like this? O'hare already volunteered?" asked the elephant removing the husky's sweat soaked shirt and now working on his pants.

"Heh...O'hare would have joined the fucking cartel as soon as the team landed, you know he's a user. Besides, I know you're such a useless ass without my help"

Ashwin laughed as he lowered the husky's pants and underwear to his ankles, holding a rag and getting it wet with water from his canteen.

"hah, says the naked guy letting me run his 'ands all over 'is body" joked Ashwin as he started rubbing the wet rag over Bradley's chest and stomach, helping his body cool down.

The husky sighed and relaxed visibly, already feeling his breathing becoming more normal and the intense headache he had been hiding receding.

"Yeah right. You'll probably keep the rag and sniff it every night as you jerk off in your room in that shitty hotel we're staying at"

By now, Ashwin was pouring more water over the rag and swiping it over the dog's exposed crotch, chuckling and giving Bradley's balls a light squeeze.

"Fuck you. we're in the same room anyway, you stink the whole place every noight...and you're the one that keeps moaning every night, wanking loik a horny cub"

He continued scrubbing his friend's naked body until the Sergeant returned, zipping his pants.

"Alright you fags, stop jerking each other and let's get going. Those fuckers aren't going to wait for us to burn their shit all day."

Ashwin helped his friend get dressed and back into his armor and they resumed their walk.

Two hours later, The rhino was watching through his binoculars as a truck was being loaded with sacks of dried coke plants.

The small field was probably half the size of a football field, and it had a small glass greenhouse whet the plants were being stored to dry and be loaded to the still undisclosed processing factory.

At the moment, only a dozen heavily armed guys were loading the sacks into the truck as the coke saplings were being rinsed by a few other guys.

"This is not what I expected" murmured Bradley. "This plantation is too small to be their main field, burning this will be like putting a fire out with a water pistol, and we'll only warn the drug lord of our presence"

"Aye and those folks watering the plants don't look like they're making the big bucks, look at those raggy clothes...I betcha they're forcing them to work here...what is the Sergeant thinking?"

"I'm thinking If i hear you fucking gossiping like bitches in a fucking tupperware meeting i'm going to shoot you both right here. Now, Hide, get the big guy ready and get close to that truck. The rest, circle around and take position, as soon as i take the first shot, the rest of you swipes the entire area. semi circle formation only, I don't want any of you fuckers to shoot me"

"Sir, those seem like unarmed civilians being coerced into labor" said the boar. "Should we take them prisoner and interrogate them?"

"I fucking said swipe the entire fucking place, we don't need to interrogate anybody and any survivor will just be a pain in the ass to drag back to the village. They are the enemy, and I'm giving you the order to neutralize the enemy"

The boar simply nodded and they all split up into position.

Ashwin crouched a good 100 feet away from the truck, resting the heavy gatling gun against his hip and removing the lock, He looked at the people watering the plants, biting his lips. They looked like poor farmers, wearing old and ragged clothes, with misty looks and thin bodies. There was no way they were working here willingly. He knew where the first shot would come from. and as soon as the truck driver's head was pierced by the high caliber round He stood up and started firing at the truck, taking at least four of the armed thugs out before the rest scattered for cover. The elephant focused the fire on the truck, showering with bullets until it finally exploded. He could see out of the corner of his eye at the slaves (because what else could they be?) raising their arms and screaming in Spanish before a precise head shot silenced them. He focused his fire on the greenhouse, not really caring if there was someone inside, destroying the dry plants and unloaded sacks, gritting his teeth and hoping to drown the screams and cries under the sound of his weapon.

Ashwin finally released the trigger and looked around.

There was not a single survivor.

"Alright, pile them up and throw the bodies into the fire. Hide! what the fuck were you thinking shooting the fucking truck? we were going to use that gas to burn the fucking place!" yelled the sergeant.

"it'll burn anyway sir, the rest is nothing but dry plants, we 'ave acid powder in our backpacks, we can use that to burn the saplings and turn the soil useless"

"Well, since you so offered so fucking graciously you can do that, while we burn these poor bastards and rest"

Ashwin saluted and dug a couple canisters from his backpack, walking towards the field and sprinkling the corrosive powder over the saplings, He hissed as a few specks burnt his hands, and he knew that his boots and pants would also pay the price as well as his back, but he preferred that a hundred times over carrying the corpses of the dead and throwing them into the burning truck.

Later that night. The elephant moaned as he was laying over his bed, his uniform gone and all he was wearing was a sweaty shirt as the husky was kneeling between his legs. The elephant's hands and feet had been wrapped in a thin white film, compressing the blisters slowly secreting antibiotics and antiseptics to help the small wounds heal faster. The husky was holding Ashwin's generous balls to a side and applying soothing ointment to his right inner thigh.

"Awww that stings!"

"That means it's working stupid, now stop moving, i don't want to hold your balls longer than i have to"

The dog finished smearing the ointment over the elephant's friction burn and stood up, walking towards the bathroom to wash his hands.

"Now, let it get some air and hopefully you'll be able to walk without leaving your skin on your pants tomorrow"

"heh, yer just lookin' fer an excuse to stare at me junk all noight"

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm going out. I met this lovely Macaque lady that wants me to groom her all night, so it's just you and your hand like every other night"

Ashwin sighed as soon as the husky left the room and looked around. A cave would have been more comfortable than the old hotel room they were in. Then again, the rest of the small run down village wasn't any better. Just a few scarce houses scattered around a dirt path. They barely had light and running water.

Ashwin sighed and looked at his pants and underwear laying over a chair, reaching to idly scratch his uncut length. wondering if he should put something up.

Fernando was usually knocking on his door by now, trying to sell him pirate movies or wash his clothes for him.

Fernando was a 14 year old crocodile boy that used to pester the soldiers everyday, doing small chores for a few coins.

Figures...The one time he really needed his pants cleaned, and the brat didn't show up.

The elephant signed and carefully slipped his boxers on, followed by a pair of loose shorts, slipping his bandaged feet into a pair of slippers.

"ugh...maybe the brothers will want to go and get some beer"

Ashwin left the room. The walls were dirty and the light bulbs flickered like they would go off at any time.

They were the only guests in the entire hotel. The hyenas were staying almost at the end of the dimly lit hallway.

Ashwin was about to knock on the door when he heard a muffled moan. The elephant stopped, thinking maybe the brothers were...engaged in other activities. Then he heard a slap and a well familiar voice sobbing.

"Please...aaagh...i can't...aah!"

Another slap.

"Shut up you fucking putito, now loosen up!"

Ashwin kicked the door open, seeing everything he needed in the second it took the hyena brothers to spring to action and reach for their weapons.

They were standing in front of each other, their hard shafts and balls rubbing together, and their arms wrapped around a struggling, naked, 14 year old crocodile, trying to push him down on their erections.

Fernando's cheek was slightly swollen and he had tears running down his face. The elephant could see his stretched tailhole already slightly puffy and with traces of seed running down his thighs.

The hyenas dropped the boy over the floor, not even bothering to conceal their erections.

"What the fuck Ashwin, you broke the fucking door!"

"Yeah, if you wanted a turn you could have just asked"

The boy looked at the elephant in fear, closing his legs and whimpering, bringing an arm to clutch his chest, a light trickle of blood running down his lips.

"Por favor...please...don't"

One of the hyenas turned and raised his arm, ready to strike the boy again.

"You shut the fuck up! we already paid you!"

But before he could hit the boy, Ashwin held the hyena's wrist and threw him over the room. His brother tried to intervene, but he got a heavy punch in the face, sending him in the opposite direction.

"How much did they pay you?" he simply asked the boy.

Fernando sobbed again and lowered his head, wiping the tears and blood from his face.

"twenty dollars...and two bars of chocolate"

Ashwin dug into the pocket of his shorts, throwing 40 dollars to one of the hyenas, then he picked the boy's dirty and torn shorts and offered Fernando a hand.

"Can you walk?"

The young crocodile nodded and took Ashwin's hand, leading him out of the room.

"Wait...what about the door?" asked one of the brothers.

Ashwin didn't even bother to answer, walking the boy back to his room.

Once there, he closed the door and helped the boy to the bathroom, sitting him over the toilet. Ashwin grabbed some gauze and disinfectant from his medipack and kneeled in front of the crocodile, cleaning his face.

"'ave they forced you to do that before?"

Fernando shook his head, blushing lightly as the big hand moved to clean the traces of seed and sweat from his scaled chest.

"No...i mean...they didn't force me....not at first. It was just they wanted to fuck me at the same time, and i couldn't take it, so they got angry at me and I got scared and they started beating me and..."

"'old on mate, you mean you've done that before?

The boy looked away in shame, for the first time being conscious about his nakedness and covering his crotch with both hands.

"Everyone does it, the soldiers give us money, and it's not like...like the guys you're fighting won't come here and rape us anyway when there are no soldiers. Your sargento did it too, he fucked me before the hyenas"

Ashwin had to grit his teeth in anger, but his ears flapped once, scaring Fernando a little. The elephant took a deep breath and continued cleaning the boy, coughing lightly as he reached his crotch, placing a hand on Fernando's leg.

"I need to clean you there an' make sure they didn't 'urt you too much. Alroigh'?"

Fernando nodded, moving his hands away from his crotch and blushing when the elephant spread his legs and looked at his slightly swollen tailhole.

Apparently, the hyenas had been impatient. The area around the croc's anus was slightly bruised, like they had tried to enter him repeatedly. Besides the obvious signs of penetration, the boy's penis was slightly bruised, like he had been roughly masturbated.

The elephant used the same ointment Bradley used for his friction burns and applied it gently to the boy's crotch. He grinned a little when he felt Fernando's cock responding to the constant stimulation and throbbing lightly.

"Heh, sorry mate, we can't give that the attention it needs, it'll probably hurt" He chuckled and returned Fernando his dirty and old shorts, wishing there was a way to get the boy some better clothes.

"Oi think you should stay here tonight, wanna check if the swelling is gone by tomorrow."

The elephant lead the boy to his bed and Fernando lowered his head, thinking perhaps, after all, the elephant was also looking for the same as the rest. But Ashwin simply wrapped an arm around the boy protectively and fifteen minutes later, the elephant was snoring loudly.

The next morning, after checking the boy was doing fine and the swelling had indeed gotten better, Ashwin gave Fernando a few more coins and the boy left the room happily, just as Bradley was walking in.

The husky raised an eyebrow and closed the door behind him.

"Well, It seems you didn't miss me yesterday"

"Aww, shut up, the boy was hurt, those fucking hyena brothers wanted a crocodile sandwich one way or another, and they didn't care if 'e wuz willing or not"

"Well, I'm sorry to say, but you probably shouldn't bring this up to the Sergeant, I know for a fact he won't do a damn thing" said Bradley removing his clothes and getting ready to go into the shower.

Two hours later, They were marching through the jungle again, looking for yet another field.

"You know this is fucking pointless. Why are we looking for the plantations one by one, when we could be looking for the processing lab, or even the fucking cartel leader himself?" questioned Bradley in a low voice.

Ashwin didn't say a thing, but he felt the same. They had the intelligence reports, they knew the most likely location of the main compound, and yet, here they were, boiling their balls inside their pants again.

It was as if the sergeant...

They all jumped for cover the second the first shot was heard.

Ashwin ducked under a tree and looked towards the path they were following.

Bradley's body was still twitching. The husky was laying face down, but Ashwin could clearly see the bullet hole piercing his head.

Shots started firing and the elephant was quick to pull his gatling gun, releasing the lock and pulling the trigger, aiming at the direction the fire was coming from.

Nothing happened.

Ashwin ducked under the tree again and checked his weapon. The small springs between the trigger and the barrel had been removed. someone had sabotaged his weapon.

"Wot the fuck? wot is this shit?" He could hear one of the brothers yelling as no shots came from their position either.

"they're useless, where the fuck is the Sergeant? and Tusk? where is Tusk?"

"Bobby! NOOOO!"

Ashwin could hear the enemy getting closer now, he could hear their boots stomping over branched and dried leaves.

One of the brothers cried and roared in anger, before a single shot was heard.

The elephant dropped his useless gatling gun and unsheathed his 18 inch knife, trying to move slowly back and close to the ground.

Something hot pressed against the back of his head. The smell of burnt powder reached his nose.

"levantate!"

The elephant dropped his knife and kneeled slowly as the hot barrel pressed against his head insistently.

He looked around. So far, he was alone with his attacker. In a swift move, he elbowed the gun away from his head, the shot coming a second too late as Ashwin quickly turned around and grabbed the assault rifle from the startled panther, grabbing his neck with his other hand and twisting it like a twig.

He quickly grabbed the rifle and shot, almost without aiming, getting the next cartel member square in the chest.

He didn't have time for another shot. A hot stinging pain on his left shoulder caused him to drop the rifle. two seconds later, he was surrounded by at least ten heavily armed men wearing military clothes.

A shark approached Ashwin and grinned at him, aiming at the elephant's face with his rifle.

"Lo siento gringo, te llevó la chingada"

Ashwin laughed as he placed his hands behind his head.

"Oi'm not a gringo you arse wipe. Oi'm British"

The butt of a gun hit the back of his head heavily and everything turned black.

The next time he opened his eyes, Ashwin was hanging from thick chains from a warehouse ceiling, completely naked and sweating. His feet barely touching the ground.

The warehouse was in the middle of the hidden production compound and had been under the unrelenting sun the entire day.

Ashwin growled when he saw the three bodies piled in front of him.

Bradley and the hyena brothers had been stripped of their clothes and gear. The husky's eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling and the other two bodies simply laying over his.

Ashwin started struggling looking up at the iron beam holding the chains, He followed the bean to where it joined the sturdy wall. The bolts securing the beam to the wall looked old and rusted, but he wasn't sure if he could break them.

There was a wooden table to his right, with a smaller table next to it with several saws, blades an axe and further down, a burning pit dug in the ground next to a few barrels of kerosene. Ashwin could see the handles of some tools sticking from the fire, but he could not see what kind of tools they were.

His struggles didn't go unnoticed, as soon the door opened, revealing the golden light of the setting sun. It would be night in 20 minutes or so. The shark from behind entered, followed by a black wolf.

"Hola gringo, estas comodo? Are you comfortable?"

Ashwin struggled to get free, glaring at the shark as the wolf went to the bodies, picking one of the hyenas and carrying him to the wooden table.

The shark walked towards the naked elephant as chopping noises came from the table.

"There were six of you yesterday. Now I only have four of you here, where is the fucking boar?"

Ashwin didn't answer, simply staring at the shark, hoping he would get within distance to grab him with his trunk of his legs.

Then it hit him...he only asked for tusk, not for the sergeant.

"It's ok, we'll simply burn the entire village, i hate asking twice" said the shark walking towards the fire pit, putting a thick glove on and taking one of the tool handles, stirring the burning pit.

"Let's test it" he said to the wolf, who grabbed one of the boar's arms and tossed it into the pit. The shark watched in satisfaction as the room filled with the scent of burning flesh.

"Heh, good. There'll be nothing left of you by tomorrow."

The wolf continued chopping the boar's body to pieces, throwing them to the fire as the shark pulled the tool he had been using to stir the mix of coal, tar and burning kerosene.

It was a huge machete. The blade red hot after hours in the fire, He approached Ashwin again with a malicious grin.

"You know, we usually use this on someone's balls when we need to interrogate them, but since this is not an interrogation anymore..."

He quickly pressed the burning blade against Ashwin's chest. The elephant screamed and again, his nose filled with the scent of burning flesh. only this time it was his own. The shark waited until the seared flesh stuck to the blade, before pulling it off, tearing a bit of burnt skin before using the sharp edge of the blade to carve a cut over Ashwin's trunk.

"Heheh, such a waste. But he said you wouldn't turn, so it's best to kill you" He returned to the pit, putting the machete inside and pulling another one.

The wolf had finished with the first boar and was now chopping the body of the second one.

"I've always liked carnitas" said the shark pressing the second blade to the already punished flesh of Ashwin's chest. Cauterizing the wound from the first blade and deepening the burn.

He removed the blade and Ashwin stopped screaming. He could feel his throat sore and his ears banging.

Had he really screamed that loud?

The shark moved the still searing hot blade to the elephant's face, and was about to take an eye out when the door opened.

Ashwin's sergeant walked inside, dragging Fernando in, holding one of the crocodile's arms firmly.

Fernando saw Ashwin and gasped, struggling in the rhino's grasp.

Ashwin looked at Fernando in the eyes and denied with his head briefly, biting his lips to avoid struggling at the sight of the scared boy. He knew if they got even the tiniest hint that he cared about Fernando, they would use that against him.

"It's done, village is burning and i have the little shit" The rhino grinned at Ashwin "hmhm, just make sure you erase every trace of them, I'll leave tomorrow. Are you coming or not?"

The shark grunted, looking at Ashwin, then at the machete, and finally at the young boy. He licked his lips and dropped the machete.

He kneeled next to the crocodile and lifted the boy's chin.

"Hmph...he stinks, I'm not fucking that until you give him a good cleaning"

"Let's go then, you can get one of your bitches to get him cleaned and meanwhile you and I can take a shower together"

The rhino grinned and the shark growled.

"Fuck you, I'm fucking the runt, but I'll cut your balls off if you try to touch my ass bitch"

The door closed and Ashwin sighed and growled as the wolf picked the machete, planning to finish what his boss started.

"Heh, first my friends an' now me...no matter 'ow much you try, yer not gonna be able to kill every male that's got a bigger dick than yours...specially the way those mosquitoes multiply"

Ashwin got a fist to the face, but the stinging didn't stopped his grin.

"Fuck you, pinche gringo!" screamed the wolf.

"Hit a sensitive nerve there? Oi bet you lot 'ave to fuck kids because no one else can even feel those noodles between your legs...that is if you even use it...or are you your general's bitch?"

The wolf roared and kicked Ashwin's balls and soft cock, causing the elephant to grunt in pain. The canine dropped the machete and started unfastening his pants in a haste.

"Te voy a hacer mi perra antes de cortarte la verga, puto!"

Ashwin took a deep breath and closed his eyes, he started counting in his mind and emptied his mind of everything else as he felt the dog's bloodied hands on his muscled rump.

The drug lord's complex was well hidden in the jungle, Besides the warehouse where they disposed of the bodies and interrogated their prisoners, there were two larger buildings to the right. One of them large enough to be a jumbo plane hangar, and a luxurious house on the far end. They were the lab and the druglord's temporary house. The shark and rhino walked inside the house, dragging the young crocodile with them, The boy seemed a little drowsy and his eyes were half lidded, they had evidently drugged him to stop his struggles. He simply handed the boy to a male goat wearing military clothes and holding an assault rifle. "Clean him up...and don't fucking do more than that, ok?"

The soldier saluted and took the half conscious boy in his arms as the Shark went to the bar and poured a couple drinks for himself and his guest.

"So, you get the boy, fifty grand, and two kilos of my best shit...what do i get in return?" asked the Shark sitting on the couch.

The rhino took the drink and sat on the opposite couch, rubbing his crotch through his pants.

"You get no intervention from the British military at all in your operations, interference with the US government. we delete all data they have on you...and I'll add an extra. I'm going to Amsterdam, keep in touch and you'll get a direct line to the European drug market...as long as i keep getting all the shit i can get...and more boys if you can find them, those are in great demand over there too."

The shark laughed and raised the arm with the drink.

"Well, Sergeant Willis, It seems to me like we're partners"

Willis grinned and accepted the toast, sealing Fernando's fate with a toast.

"Always a pleasure General Calderon"

The wolf grunted and pulled his softening cock from Ashwin's ass, giving the firm cheeks a hard spank and chuckling as he noticed a dribble of seed running down the inside of the muscled thigh.

"Awww. fuck...you were a great fuck gringo. I'm almost sorry to have to kill you"

Eyes still closed, Ashwin chuckled. He had been counting every second, knowing it was probably dark outside.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too"

Something wrapped around the wolf's neck, causing him to gag and struggle in panic. The flexible and strong trunk keeping him firmly in place.

"You guys always forget about me trunk. Hhheheh...shoulda chopped it off first thing"

He lifted a foot, slamming it down hard on the wolf's leg, shattering his knee instantly and twisting the neck with his trunk.

The naked wolf fell to the floor with a broken neck, gasping and struggling to scream to warn somebody, the last thing he saw was the leathery sole of Ashwin's foot as it crushed almost every bone in his skull.

The elephant kicked the body away and took a few deep breaths, gritting his teeth and tensing every massive muscle on his naked body as he pulled on the chains with all his strength.

"GRRAAAAHH!"

His biceps and wounded pectorals bulged and thick veins popped with the strain, but the chains holding his wrists finally cracked and broke.

Ashwin fell on his knees panting heavily, grunting in pain and clutching his burnt chest. He looked around and noticed some of their clothes were still piled next to Bradley's body. The only one that was not chopped to pieces. He noticed the second boar brother was still laying on the table, half mutilated.

Ashwin caressed the dead husky's cheek and planted a kiss on his forehead.

"Oi'm sorry buddy"

The elephant put his pants and boots on, not bothering with shirt and vest, since they would only hurt his chest more. He looked around, not finding any weapon except the machetes and axes.

He opened the door and peeked outside, seeing the only guard nearby was a coyote standing next to a jeep holding an assault rifle.

The coyote heard a rhythmic knocking on the warehouse's door and tilted his head, approaching the closed door and stopping a foot away from it.

"Que quieres?"

"traes cigarros?" asked a voice from the inside.

The coyote searched in his pockets, pulling a pack of cigarettes and opened the door. His face was entirely covered by a massive hand that pulled him inside and the door closed again.

Ashwin quickly snapped the coyote's neck, stripping his weapons and ammunition. Then he carried his corpse and the wolf's and tossed them into the burning pit, examining the kerosene barrels.

"Hang in there Fernando, I'm coming for ya buddy"

One of the things Ashwin liked about Mexican cartel leaders, was that they were so full of themselves and overconfident, especially when they are in their turf.

General Calderon apparently relied in his men keeping him safe, so he hadn't bothered to install any alarm in his white marble residency.

despite his bulky frame, years of training had made Ashwin quite silent when he moved. Silently opening a window of a lower room and quickly slipping inside. He aimed the rifle, checking the empty room and staying close to the door for any noise.

He went into the silent hallway and stopped. Seeing the Shark coming downstairs and talking to two of his men.

"I'm going to see if Pedro is done with the elephant, don't let that fucking rhino out of the house, I still don't trust him"

"Si mi general" said both men and saluted as the shark closed the door.

They barely had time to lower their hands before a heavy shadow came towards them, assault rifle on his back and with a knife in his right hand.

Ashwin quickly severed the first guard's spine, twisting the knife and pulling it out, swinging it hard and decapitating the second guard. The impact was so strong that it sent the headless body flying to land on the couch from the mini bar.

The elephant sheathed his knife and held his rifle again, slowly walking upstairs.

Fernando was shaking with fear, covering his naked body with a thin white sheet as the rhino lazily stroked the erection jutting from his pants and took a gulp from his drink, laying on a couch in front of the bed.

"Fucking Calderon, I don't see why i have to wait for him to fuck you first...you're my bitch!" He got up and slowly walked towards the frightened crocodile.

"Fuck him, he can have sloppy seconds when he returns"

Before he could even reach the bed, the door opened and Sergeant Willis gasped, then moaned as the butt of an assault rifle hit his stomach so hard, the rhino fell on his knees, vomiting blood.

Ashwin kicked him in the face and aimed his gun at him.

"Sergeant Patrick Willis. Under article 7, section 5, paragraph 5 of the code of military conduct and rules of engagement, Oi'm taking over command of this unit and placing you under arrest for the crime of poor unit management, defecting to the enemy side, aiding the traffic of illegal substances, treason, and accomplice to murder of British operatives. Resisting arrest will result in authorization to use lethal force"

The rhino groaned and tried to reach for the pistol still holstered to his waist.

Just then, the barrels of kerosene Ashwin had moved close to the burning pit caught fire, causing the warehouse to burst in flames violently and most of the soldiers going to check.

Ashwin saw his former superior reaching for his gun.

"Thank you for resisting arrest, sir"

He reached and grabbed the rhino by his neck. Not wanting to reveal their position with a shot, Ashwin hit the rhino's left side of his chest with an open palm, shattering his ribs and digging the bone shards into his heart. He released him and the rhino went on his knees, spitting blood. Ashwin bared his teeth and looked down at the dying rhino.

"This is for Bradley, fuckhead"

He punched the rhino's neck with an open fist, crushing his larynx and leaving him on the floor to die slowly as he turned to look at the still shaking Fernando.

"'ey boy, if one of us is gonna be naked every toime we bump into each other we should just stop wearing clothes...you ok?"

Fernando jumped from the bed and wrapped his arms around the elephant's waist.

Ashwin felt a slight shudder running through his spine and he kneeled next to the boy.

"Listen Fer, can ya make your way back to tha village?"

The crocodile nodded, slowly potting his clothes on.

"Pero...but...the village is destroyed, they burned everything"

"That's why they won't think of going back to look. Oi'll come looking for you soon, so you just foind a safe place with a roof an' wait for me. Alroigh'?"

He opened the door and walked out first, making sure the place was still empty. The slowly made their way downstairs and Ashwin lead Fernando to the window he used to sneak inside.

"Go now. Run next to the path and don't stop until you reach the village. Oi'll meet you there soon. Promise."

The young reptile disappeared amongst the bushes and Ashwin turned when he heard the house's main entrance door opening.

At least ten soldiers entered, stopping when they saw the bodies of the fallen guards. Before they could even react, the sound of metal against the marble floor made them turn to the hallway, where six grenades were lazily rolling towards them.

Ashwin jumped through the window before the explosion, quickly ducking in the shadows.

Now all he needed was to take care of the lab.

The elephant noticed the Jeep still standing close to the warehouse. With all the panic and the thugs trying to put two fires out, it was not guarded. He pressed against the ground and moved slowly, only when the shadows could conceal his movement. Reaching the Jeep and slowly hot wiring it. He removed the break and pressed a rock against the gas pedal. The Jeep roared and went directly against the lab's entrance.

The car crashed against the door and opened a hole before exploding. the remaining thugs started looking for the attacker, but Ashwin was already firing at them, he killed a muscled bear and wrapped an arm around his neck, using him as a shield from most of the fire as he aimed with his right hand, taking out another five men before the rest cowered inside the lab.

A few shots grazed Ashwin's legs and arms, leaving red bloody stripes, but he ignored them and picked a couple more clips for his rifle and more grenades from the bodies outside the lab.

Before going in, he threw every single grenade he could find through the hole at the entrance, quickly jumping through before the smoke from the explosions could dissipate.

He managed to locate a few hostiles in the two seconds it took him to get cover behind a pillar.

The elephant used his ammo efficiently, shooting in small bursts only when he was sure he would hit his target. The drug dealers retreated further into the lab and Ashwin dropped his empty assault rifle. He pulled a handgun and aimed with both hands, moving slowly and following them.

One of the soldiers was stupid enough to be waiting for him in the next room. Ducking behind one of the tables where they processed the drugs. Ashwin chuckled and shot at the glasses of chemicals that were over the table, the contents landing on the human's clothes and dissolving them. He screamed and got up, shooting aimlessly and killing one of his own men before Ashwin put him out of his misery with a well placed head shot.

Ashwin advanced, taking down another thug before stopping right outside the next room. he looked down and noticed the faint shadow of an enemy standing next to the wall, ready to ambush him.

The elephant bared his teeth and charged at the wall, obliterating both the wall and the guy hiding behind it, piercing him with his tusks and sending the lifeless corpse flying across the room. Ashwin simply wiped the dust from his eyes, not caring about the small cuts on his face and moved deeper into the lab.

When he ran out of bullets, he dropped his handgun and pulled an 18 inch knife, moving quickly from room to room, dodging shots and stabbing enemies as soon as they got within reach.

He finally reached the last room and growled. Looking back at the trail of dead bodies.

"Where the fuck are you?"

There was no sign of General Calderon.

Ashwin made his way back out of the lab, knocking down cabinets and smashing tables to scatter the processed drugs and flammable chemicals. stopping close to the exit to take a flare from one of the dead bodies.

He left the lab and threw the flare inside, the burning magnesium quickly igniting the chemicals.

Ashwin stared at the burning complex for a few minutes. The weight of the death of his squadron...of his friend Bradley finally hitting him. He grunted and clutched his burnt chest with an arm as the adrenaline rush passed, turning back towards the dirt path that would no doubt lead to the village and started walking. He would come back with backup and burn every single lab and complex until he could find that fucking shark and skin him alive.

He had barely walked ten feet when he heard a shot and fell on the ground, grunting in pain.

He didn't need to look down to know he had been shot in the left calf. He tried to get up, but another bullet bounced off the dirt close to him. Ashwin stopped and looked at the grinning face of General Calderon.

The Shark had been hiding inside the burning warehouse, knowing the elephant would wreak havoc in the compound. Using an asbestos, fire proof coating.

"You fucking Brit. You had to play the fucking hero, why couldn't you just leave when you killed Tomás and saw you were free? You had to enter my house, kill my contact with the European market, and cost me a fuckton of money in men and product"

He shot Ashwin's right leg, causing the elephant to scream and roll on the floor. The shark chuckled and looked at the burning complex for a couple seconds.

"This? this is nothing, I have thirty more complexes just like this one. you think you stopped me? You think you could have stopped ANYTHING?!"

The shark was now close enough to stop his foot over Ashwin's left leg, right over the bullet wound.

"AAARGH! Fuck...you...ggghk...you kick loike a fucking girl!"

General Calderon roared in anger and kicked Ashwin's face. The elephant tried to fight back, but the next kick was delivered to his deeply wounded chest.

Ashfall rolled on the ground, grunting and shaking in pain.

"Fucker...ggghk... still...kick...fuck...oh, fuck..."

Ashwin tried to get up, but his arms and legs were shaking, The shark could see his head swaying from side to side and his eyes slowly closing.

"Oh no you fucking won't"

General Calderon holstered his pistol and pulled a knife, coming closer to Ashwin and pulling his trunk, shaking his head violently and sinking the knife near the base of the thick trunk.

"You're not passing out until i say so. you cost me enough fucking money. I'm going to slice your fucking trunk off, I'm gonna cut your ears...I'm gonna chop your fucking tusks and fuck you with them. I'm...gggrkkh...GGGHHKH!"

A massive hand grabbed the shark's neck, the other one quickly grabbing the holstered pistol, throwing it away. He opened his eyes and grinned, using his trunk to pull the knife stuck in it.

"Oi can't believe you fucking fell for it"

He grabbed the shark's jaws with both hands, cutting his fingers with the sharp teeth, and rammed the knife with his trunk as deep as he could inside his throat.

The shark gurgled and fell next to Ashwin, drowning in his own blood. His body convulsed a few times, and then remained still.

Ashwin grunted again and fell again, breathing heavily. His strength completely gone.

There was no way he would make it to the village before bleeding to death anyway.

He only hoped someone would see the fire and rescue Fernando.

His sight was turning black. The sound of footsteps made him turn to the dirt path. The last thing he saw was a pair of heavy boots and black pants before darkness enveloped him completely.

The next thing his brain registered was a bright light burning through his eyelids. He groaned and tried to cover his face.

"The fuck? ...nnngh!"

The elephant opened his eyes and blinked a few times until they adjusted to his surroundings.

He was laying in a hospital bed. Both legs and chest covered in bandages and a few stitches over his arms. A familiar looking Boar was sitting on a couch next to him watching a low budget action movie. It was in Spanish.

"Tusk?"

The boar smiled at him and playfully slapped his shoulder, causing him to grunt slightly in pain.

"You are one tough son of a bitch you knew that? Man, If i were gay I'd be asking to have your fucking babies"

Ashwin laughed and looked around. They were the only ones in the room. but it didn't seem like they were in a military hospital.

"What happened? Oi thought you were dead"

"I thought you were dead too, that's why I didn't tried to save you. I saw the fucking Sergeant making signs, and i knew something was wrong. then the shooting started and I got a shot in the head...hehe, those fuckers didn't know about the metal plate"

Tusk knocked on the right side of his head, where a metal plate had been placed there after his skull got turned into jelly with a grenade years ago.

"I passed out, and when I woke up, I was alone. I was lucky to bump into a squadron of the Mexican military, they were looking for Calderon too. They helped me contact the base and we were planning to do a satellite sweep to find the lab. then you set the whole place on fire and the fucking thermal scanners went crazy. Man...If I had known you were alive...I'm sorry"

Tusk lowered his head, then grunted in pain as a trunk hit his balls and Ashwin chuckled.

"Now we're even...hey...Where is Fernando?"

"He is safe and waiting for you to get better" said another voice and a human walked from behind a curtain. "My name is Brigstocke, and I think I have an offer you might want to hear."

"Oi'm not doing shit until oi see Fernando."

The human brought his hand to his ear and simply ordered:

"Send him in"

Less than a minute later, the door opened and young Fernando ran to hug Ashwin.

The elephant ignored the slight stings of pain and smiled.

"Hey. Lookitcha. you look very noice"

The boy was wearing brand new clothes and his scales looked polished. He smiled shyly and blushed.

"Tusk got me some clothes yesterday...ummm...Ashwin, what's going to happen now?"

The human adjusted his glasses and pulled a folder, handing it over to the elephant.

"The village was burned, and Fernando has no relatives. He was staying at the hotel, but I'm afraid he'll have to go to..."

"Don't...say it" interrupted Ashwin.

Tusk placed a hand on Tusk's shoulder.

"Listen man, I know what you're thinking...I know what you want to do. But listen to agent Brigstocke first"

The human cleared his throat, handing the elephant another folder.

Ashwin opened it and read through the pages. His eyes widened and he looked at the human.

"Yes, it's real. You took on a small army and got a drug lord we had been chasing for years. all without backup and in a single night. Of course you were going to get noticed"

"This is...oi 'ave to think about it...oi can't..."

He stopped and looked at Fernando, who obviously had no idea what was going on.

"Well, you're still given a full two weeks to recover, but I'll need your answer by then. Until then, all expenses are paid by the agency, just make sure you keep a low profile"

Agent Brigstocke turned around, walking towards the exit. stopping at the door.

"The boy can stay with you until then. After that...he'll have to go to an orphanage unless you find someone to take him in"

Ashwin was out of the bed that same evening. Disregarding Tusk's protests and the wrath of a few doctors, he limped his way out of the hospital, still wearing a tiny gown that revealed more than it covered.

Tusk quickly called a cab and got them in before they would be arrested by public indecency and brought Ashwin and Fernando to their hotel room.

Tusk stayed with them a full week, until Ashwin could walk without grunting in pain.

The elephant's chest muscles healed, but the deep burning scars remained. The doctor told him they could fix those with surgery, but Ashwin was not that vain.

They day Tusk was ready to leave, they shared a few beers before his flight that night.

"Special ops...I can't believe they want you...the next time we see each other I'll have to salute you...Hell, one year from now everyone but the first minister will salute you"

"Oi'm still not sure oi'll accept" said Ashwin taking a gulp of his beer. "Ya know oi wanted to take the little guy away from all this...but If i do this, it means oi'll have to be traveling all the toime...oi can't just...oi Won't...'e needs a home Tusk, a real home."

The boar smiled and finished his beer.

"Well, I do know this couple, humans but really nice. They can't have kids, but have always wanted one...they were my neighbors when i was a teen. I could try looking for them if you want"

Ashwin sighed. At least Fernando would be in good hands...It just bothered him it wasn't his.

"Oi'd appreciate that. Just hope the government won't give us much shit with paperwork."

Tusk laughed and slapped the elephant's shoulder.

"I saw the look in Brigstocke's eyes, and i saw what was on that paper. you could ask them to form a line and lower their pants and they willingly become your bitches if it means they can recruit you...I guarantee they'll do anything you ask."

Ashwin knew the boar was probably right, It would still be better than leaving the crocodile boy in the care of the Mexican government.

The very next day, Tusk called him with the good news.

That night, Ashwin was moaning as a pair of young, scaled hands rubbed ointment over the healing burns on his chest. Fernando was kneeling next to him on the bed and laughing at the pachyderm pleasured expression.

"Heh, anyone from the other rooms will think we're doing other things!" said the boy.

"Soundproof walls buddy, "

Every night, Fernando would rub the ointment over Ashwin's chest. After a couple nights, it was decided it would simply be easier if they both were in nothing but underwear to avoid getting their clothes stained.

"Umm...Fernando...you know oi 'ave to go back to England in a week. roight?"

"Yeah..."

The crocodile stopped and looked away.

"Listen, oi really wanted to bring you back to England with me, but if i accept Brigstocke's offer, oi won't even go back, oi'll be moved to Canada"

Ashwin placed a hand on Fernando's shoulder and the crocodile forced a smile.

"It's okay Ash, It's not like I wasn't living on the streets before you guys came to the village"

"No...NO! That's not wot oi meant...you'll go to England. There's this couple, they're friends of Tusk, and they agreed to take you in. They'll adopt you"

Ashwin also looked away, sighing.

"Oi'll try to visit as often as oi can, and maybe we can trade a few messages with Tusk but..."

As a member of a Spec. Ops. group. Ashwin would not be able to use phones or emails as freely as he wanted. any communication would have to pass clearance first.

Ashwin gasped and his eye widened as the young reptile hugged him.

He returned the hug and they remained silent for a minute until the elephant felt something poking him on a side of his stomach.

"Ummm...Fernando..."

The crocodile didn't look up, Instead he started rubbing Ashwin's firm stomach with a hand, grinding his crotch against the rough hide.

"You don't have to do this"

The young reptile finally looked up, and his expression was a little...hurt.

"You think I'm doing this to repay you? Ashwin...I want to do this...I wanted to since i first saw you...but you were always the one who never asked for it...the brothers, the Sargento, tusk...even Bradley...They all did it...h-heh...me and Tusk did it a couple times while you were in the hospital."

Ashwin blinked.

"Bradley?"

"Well,,, we only sucked each other"

It took Ashwin a few more seconds to register the information before he started laughing heavily.

"Bradley?...fucking straight fucked-four-bitches-at-once Bradley?...69ing with a boy? Ffffhhhhahahahaha!"

Fernando laughed a little too, stopping his rubbing"

"Yeah..he was a really nice guy..."

Ashwin's laughter died and he hugged Fernando, kissing the top of the boy's head and rubbing his back comfortingly.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked one last time.

Fernando took one of Ashwin's huge hand and placed it over the hard bump in his pants.

"What does it look?"

The elephant finally smiled and gave Fernando a playful grope.

"So, you been 'aving the hots for my thick sausage all this time? Hehe, be careful, it moigh' be more than you can handle"

The elephant placed his hands behind his head and rubbed the boy's bulge with his trunk, skilfully unbuttoning his pants and fishing for his hard cock inside.

"Why don't you open yer gift then?"

The crocodile licked his lips and reached for Ashwin's pants, pulling them down and revealing an impressive soft 7.5 inch member. It was slightly throbbing and quickly filling up. Fernando held it in a hand and gasped.

"Wow...it's huge"

Ashwin finished undoing the boy's pants and also revealed the young erection, brushing the tip of his trunk against the underside and causing Fernando to shudder.

"Heh, yer not bad at all either kid"

He moved his trunk to brush it against the base of Fernando's cock, brushing the space where mammal balls usually were, since reptiles had internal testes.

"Heh, oi used to have a reptile buddy when i was your age. He was a raptor, oi taught 'im how to jerk off, you know?"

He pulled the boy into a hug, tilting his head slightly to the side and pressing their lips into a passionate kiss. Fernando moaned and humped his hips against Ashwin's muscled stomach, feeling the still fresh scars rubbing against his front and being careful not to hurt the elephant.

Ashwin felt his cock hardening and rubbing against Fernando's calves and legs, moving his big hands to cup the boy's rump.

The crocodile moaned and pressed his face against Ashwin's neck, inhaling deeply and flooding his senses with the masculine scent of the elephant's body. His cock twitched harder and Fernando moaned.

"Ashwin...please..."

Ashwin raised an eyebrow, smiling at Fernando's eagerness.

With James, they never did more than jerking off together, and one or two times doing it to each other. But Ashwin never really considered his sexuality after that. A few one night stands, always with girls, a girlfriend a couple years ago...And then there was Bradley.

Ashwin's mind was too practical to think about labels or genders.

He placed his hands on Fernando's shoulders, shifting and getting the boy to lay on his back with the muscled elephant on top. Ashwin kissed him again and gave his cock a few more strokes.

"Wait here, oi'll be right back"

Ashwin rushed to the bathroom, looking in the cabinet behind the mirror. He chuckled when he found the half full tube of lube.

"Tusk, you 'orny bastard"

He returned to the bedroom, crawling on all fours between Fernando's legs. He opened the cap and poured some of the cool gel over his fingers, moving them to the boy's pucker and pressing a finger against it.

Ashwin knew just one of his fingers would be as thick as some guy's cocks, so he had to be careful.

Fernando moaned when he felt the thick finger slowly sliding inside him, relaxing as much as he could. Ashwin moved the finger in and out a few times, pulling it out and coating in in cum constantly. He chuckled as he saw Fernando's member twitching and spurting precum. The elephant leaned in and easily took the boy's 6 hard inches in his mouth, wrapping his tongue around the shaft and moving the foreskin back and forth.

Fernando gasped when he felt the thick digit curling inside his hole and mercilessly crushing his prostate.

"A-aaagh...Ashwin!"

He grabbed the elephant's large ears and arched his back. Ashwin stopped, not wanting to bring the boy over the edge yet.

He felt Fernando was stretched enough and kneeled, lifting the crocodile's legs and pulling him towards his massive 12 inches of hard, uncut meat.

Before entering, Ashwin squirted more lube over his erection, spreading it with a hand and looking at the boy in the eyes.

"Are you sure?"

Fernando simply nodded, stroking his cock slowly.

Ashwin moved his strong hands to hold Fernando's waist, keeping him steady as he moved his strong hips forwards.

Fernando gasped and his eyes widened, immediately bringing a hand to his mouth and biting it to muffle a scream as he felt the thick pole stretching him wider than he's ever felt.

"mmmfffhhh! Puta...madre...nnngh!"

The crocodile's face flushed and his body spasmed.

Ashwin stopped after the thick head and a couple inches had slipped inside, moving a hand to soothingly rub the boy's stomach.

"Shhh...It's alroigh'...just relax...sshhhh"

Ashwin remained the next two minutes caressing the boy with both hands, using his trunk to lightly tease his hard cock.

Fernando finally gasped and nodded. Ashwin smiled and pushed another inch, stopping and repeating the process. He would move back an inch, and push an inch and a half, taking his sweet time.

Finally, after almost half an hour, Ashwin's hips touched the crocodile's rump. Both were panting and sweating heavily. The elephant rubbed Fernando's stomach again, feeling a slight bulge and moaning at the rhythmic clenching around his member. Thick droplets of sweat fell from his strong body over the boy's chest and face. Fernando simply moaned, feeling he could cum any second.

Ashwin noticed this and grinned, flexing his cock inside Fernando's warm tunnel and punching his prostate.

"N-nnnnaaagh...aaahhh...wh-hhhhhh...!"

The crocodile cried as he started cumming without having his cock touched, his cock throbbed violently and coated his stomach with a healthy load of seed.

Ashwin clenched his teeth and had to close his eyes and take a few deep breaths. The cute noises coming from the boy, the sight of his hard cock spurting, the scent of fresh cum, and the strong clenching warm tunnel around his cock almost sent him over the edge too.

"Fuck buddy...that was hot"

He rubbed the cum and a bit of sweat coating Fernando's stomach and brought the hand to his face, licking his fingers clean noisily, smacking his lips.

"You taste delicious boy"

He scoped a bit more and offered his fingers to Fernando.

The crocodile blushed heavily, but held onto Ashwin's hand and licked the thick fingers clean.

Ashwin finally started thrusting properly, moving with slow but firm slides, causing Fernando to gasp and moan, feeling every veined, thick inch of meat stretching him to the very limit.

"Mmmhhh...despacio..."

Fernando held onto the elephant's forearms, trying to get him to go slow, as the mix between pain and pleasure was still there.

Ashwin kissed Fernando again, raising his muscled rump to thrust at a different angle and to allow longer thrusts, keeping his movements slow.

Fernando pressed his face against Ashwin's chest, nuzzling and lovingly licking the sweaty scars. He could feel warmth like never before. Not only coming from the strong body grinding against him. But also something coming from inside. something caused by the big, strong male being so gentle and loving.

After another thirty minutes of slow and gentle lovemaking. Ashwin grunted and gave Fernando's shoulder a light squeeze.

"Get ready baby, It's gonna be a big one"

After a few more thrusts, Ashwin pushed all the way and groaned as his muscled body tensed.

Fernando could feel every spurt of heavy seed accompanied by a throb of the member inside him. The crocodile cried and held onto a strong arm, biting Ashwin's shoulder as his second climax hit him.

Ashwin just grunted, pulling his cock halfway out, letting the next spurts coat the boy's insides nicely before pulling out completely, painting Fernando's crotch white.

They pressed their lips again, rubbing their hot and messy bodies together.

Ashwin grinned at Fernando and turned him to lay on his stomach. He lifted the crocodile's tail and rubbed his still hard cock against the stretched hole, feeling the warm cum dribbling out and running over his cock.

"A...again?" asked Fernando hesitantly.

Ashwin grinned and slid his cock back inside the boy, causing him to moan.

"Heh, that wuz just the lube job buddy, we're just getting started"

Fernando hugged one of the huge pillows and bit it hard as he felt the thick meat entering again and Ashwin started thrusting, this time going at hit harder and filling the room with the wet sounds of his cum being pumped out of the boy's hole.

The expensive clock on the wall was marking almost noon when the elephant opened his eyes.

Ashwin looked around and grinned.

"The cleaning lady's going to kill me."

He and Fernando were laying on the floor, over the cotton rug and covered with a spare blanket. The bed was a complete mess. The sheets and pillows torn and completely soaked in cum and sweat. The mattress had suffered a similar fate, and they had only stopped fucking when one of the bed's legs broke...well, that wasn't entirely true, they did it one more time over the couch...and once more in the shower.

Ashwen groaned. His balls and soft member ached, and he could only imagine how Fernando was going to feel when he wakes up.

Well, they had the entire week, The boy would probably be better in a couple days...and then they would go at it again.

He looked at the nearly comatose crocodile in his arms and sighed. For a few minutes, he considered telling Brigstocke to...no...He knew no much he wanted to, he had to do what was best for the young reptile.

He could still visit Fernando whenever he was back in London, and perhaps they could sneak away and have some fun.

Ashwin caressed the sleeping boy lovingly and kissed his forehead.

"One day baby...one day oi'll return to you...and maybe then..."

Fernando moaned and smiled as the warm arms hugged him again, protecting him even in his sleep and not feeling the few warm and salty drops landing on his cheek.