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Rick Mantle, the anthro spotted hyena, loved being a Mech Suit Mercenary. After gaining popularity from being naked on TV, everyone wanted a piece of him. After appearing naked on TV a second time, and saying some damaging things, the Military Coalition, that works closely with the Mech Suit Mercenaries, has had enough of Rick shit. Someone managed to pull some strings and fudge some paperwork to send Rick very far away.

A lone spacecraft exits the warp gate in orbit around a mediocre brownish-green planet. Aboard the small ship is Rick, the spotted hyena, and Jake, the blue footed booby. Like most bird anthros, Jake has a natural aptitude to be a pilot. He is a rookie dropship pilot and they gave him taxi duty for training purposes. Rick sits in the co-pilot seat beside Jake and tries not to touch anything.

Jake happily spouts, "It's so neat they finally let me fly a ship all by myself!" Rick watches in fascination that the bird has been talking for the past hour with only the occasional grunt from Rick in response. Jake flips switches and checks gauges. The bird's eyes are lit up with information from his helmet display. Jake continues to blah blah away as they correct their trajectory and align for orbital insertion.

With the press of a few buttons Jake retracts his spacesuit helmet and says, "We're all set on auto pilot for the next hour. Did you want to fool around or something?" Rick pulls off his own spacesuit helmet to reveal a big smile and says, "Sure."

The pair unbuckle from the cockpit and float towards the back of the ship. They help each other out of the lightweight spacesuits. The spacesuits could be taken off or put on alone, but having help makes it go faster. Jake gasps when he sees Rick wasn't wearing anything under his spacesuit. Jake exclaims, "You really live up to your nickname, The Naked Gun." Rick asks, "Who calls me that?" Jake answers, "Everyone." Rick chuckles.

Jake takes a moment to look over Rick's sexy hyena body. Between muscles and the scars, Jake didn't let his eyes linger in one spot too long. Jake rubs a hand across Rick's chest and says, "I want you so bad." In the zero gravity, Rick and Jake grope and grab each other to keep from floating too far apart.

Pulling at Jake's spacesuit, Rick says, "Less talk, more action." Jake finishes taking off the spacesuit and Rick looks down at the bird's blue webbed feet sticking out of the legs of his flight jumpsuit.

Rick forcefully pulls the zipper down to reveal the birds black and white feathered body. Rick looks at the bird's smooth crotch and teases, "You birds and your slits. I never know what I'm going to get." Jake says, "Spoiler: It's blue too." Rick laughs and rotates Jake around in the zero gravity. They grab each others bodies and slowly spin through the air as they 69.

Rick knows he's probably getting the short end of the stick letting a bird try to give him a beak job, but sometimes you get surprised. Rooting around with his nose in Jake's open jumpsuit, Rick finds the target and starts running his tongue across the spot. Jake gives a moan as the hyena tongue slathers inside his cloaca.

Jake gets to work on Rick's sheath and nuzzles his blue beak against it. Holding the balls with his scaled hand, Jake feels how plump they are. With the other hand, he pulls down on the sheath to reveal his prize. Jake carefully places the penis in his long beak and works his tongue over the tip. Rick enjoys the silence as the bird is quiet for the first time since they left the spaceport. The pair lick and tongue each others cocks to the quiet hum of the engines.

The bird cock isn't too impressive at only six inches, but true to his word, it is blue. Rick crosses a blue cock off his fuck-it list and bobs his mouth on it gently. Jake pants and moans in pleasure like the rookie he is. Rick enjoys the ball play as he gets fondled. With a mental smirk Rick thinks, 'For anthros that don't have external balls, birds always take care to massage and give the most attention to partners that have them.'

Jake's panting and breathing gets faster as he reaches the edge. Rick uses long licks down the cock to push the bird over the edge. Jake releases his few spurts of jizz into Rick's muzzle and the big hyena follows the unwritten rule to always swallow during zero G sex. Nobody wants cum flying around the ship. Rick pulls off and looks down at Jake.

The bird has his beak wide and is cramming Rick's cock down his throat like a baby bird being fed. Rick reaches down to hold the back of Jake's head to thrust himself to climax. It finally comes and he feeds the bird his large load. Rick pants with a goofy look on his face. Jake finishes swallowing and looks back at Rick happily.

The two push apart and Jake quickly zips up his jumpsuit. Looking back over the instruments from behind the seat, Jake says, "We are almost at the drop point. Did you want to give your mech suit another final check?" Rick uses his tail as a paddle and floats away, making sure to give Jake a good look at his butt. Jake looks appreciatively as the good looking naked hyena makes his exit.

In the cramped cargo bay, Rick looks over his mech with pride. The gunmetal grey suit is in pristine condition from being serviced right before his infamous naked parade. It seemed like a lifetime ago despite only being a month.

Spending a few minutes looking over the holographic display screens, everything is still in perfect working condition. Jake says over the ship's speaker, "Ten minutes until drop." Rick starts getting ready.

He opens a case to pull out his standard issue grey jumpsuit. He slides into it and threads his tail out the back. Rick checks over the supply case to make sure he had a pair of boots. He went bearpaw most of the time but sometimes he needs a good pair of boots to kick some ass when he isn't in the mech suit.

Happy with the supplies, Rick floats to the mech suit and slides his feet in. Each suit is custom made, so even if someone wanted to borrow it, they will have to be almost exactly the same shape and size. Rick leans forward and slides his hands into the arm holes. The suit activates and the armor panels start extending to close and seal the back of the suit.

Rick moves around his body to adjust to the suit. The HUD shows a countdown of three minutes. Rick uses the mech's magnetic boots to walk around the now cramped cargo bay. He double checks his supplies in the drop pod and finally locks his mech down inside. Rick isn't nervous. An orbital drop in a non combat zone is 99.99% safe. The Federation didn't deem it cost effective to actually land the ship for one person so Rick is being sent down in a coffin.

The nickname, coffin, is very apt for the drop pod. Rick always likes to wait until the last few minutes to strap in. Less time to worry about something going wrong. The timer ticks down and Jake says over the comms, "It is an honor meeting The Naked Gun. Have a safe trip down to the surface." The launch pod kicks out of the dropship and Rick watches the display as Jake's ship gets farther away.

Rick starts to switch between views and looks at the overlay of the planet under him. The continents are outlined and divided into territories. The Grave Bones Tribe, The Silver Forest Caste, The Red Tooth Warriors, The Gray Storm Horde, The False Sand Children, The Blue Stone Runners and several other poorly translated names mark the continent. Rick is heading towards the center to a territory marked, 'Exclusion Zone'

The pod starts to rumble as the atmosphere gets thicker and Rick watches the ugly planet get closer. The last time he was here, it was a war zone. He changes the display and it shows him the large craters with the names of former towns. Thornemoure, Bleakthorne, Demomourn, Fargate, Diaboford, and Duskhelm dot the map.

Being a good soldier, Rick didn't involve himself in the politics about why he had to come here with his squad to meddle in the affairs of this planet and kill certain groups of the green blooded lizard men seven years ago. They killed the armed targets and didn't ask questions. With the planet pacified, Rick didn't think he would ever return to contemplate the destruction he helped wreak.

The pod does it's job and Rick lands safely in a field outside a small town. The top secret mission briefing file unlocks and Rick hits play. A familiar voice can be heard as Rick climbs out of the drop pod. His squad leader, Bursu Lunapaw the Kangaroo says, "I'm sorry about this Rick. After what happened at the beach, the Military Coalition needs a counterbalance to your negative publicity. Your mission is of an altruistic nature." Rick attaches the metal cases of supplies to the sides and back of his mech suit as he listens.

Bursu continues, "Just head to the waypoint and receive your orders from Julius Cherry. He's a well meaning Husky, but he has his quirks. You are to work for him at the school. Get enough good publicity and maybe the coalition will reconsider your assignment. Good Luck. Sergeant Lunapaw out." Rick sighs loudly and uses the scanners. Several dozen of the native basilisk lizard people show up between him and his waypoint. Rick looks around at the grassy landscape and decides he could pretend he is just visiting a place that isn't halfway across the galaxy from home.

Rick finds the dirt road that is mostly going his way and walks his mech suit towards the town. Along the side of the road, Rick spots some of the creatures that call this planet home. The basilisk lizards came in lots of colors and variations. Rick pauses at a trio of travelers. He examines the tan scaled creatures and they stop to bow their heads submissively.

The trio of basilisk adults are naked. Rick thinks, 'They all used to wear a lot more clothing the last time I was here.' The trio look like sentient enough creatures. They stand six feet tall on two legs, with two arms, and thick tails. Rick looks over their smooth under bellies and contrasting spikes on their backs and heads. He looks at their featureless slits and tries to discern if they are male or female.

Raising his scanner, the creatures flinch at Rick. Three IDs pop up on his display confirming them to be two brothers and a sister. Rick wonders where the naked lizards carry the ID and realizes microchips are surgically implanted in them. Rick is filled with questions, but decides to wait to speak with Julius Cherry about it. Rick turns to walk off and the reptiles breathe a sigh of relief.

Things are strange as he passes more naked reptiles along the way. Some toil in a field tending to a crop of what looks like strawberries. Rick admires a deep blue male with large horns who glares at him as he passes. The people here are well fed and the muscular male is quite the specimen of his race. With such a huge decimation of the population, there is lots to go around.

The lizard bares its teeth at Rick and the fangs are filed down. Rick has a flashback of a similar blue basilisk in warpaint and primitive armor. Rick's squad captured him with a bola gun after the bandits pillaged and cannibalized a village. When Bursu questioned him, all he had to say for himself was, "We hungry, they weak."

Rick thinks, 'Probably another war criminal.' Another basilisk guides the rowdy male back to work and Rick passes without incident.

At the outskirts of town a sign proclaims, 'Welcome to Cherry Acres'. Rick sends out another ping and the tightly packed rows of cheap colorful plastic buildings show a mix of basilisks and federation citizens. The navigation waypoint is a few hundred meters ahead and Rick walks his mechsuit down the road looking around.

A wagon pulled by a large four legged reptile passes him on the road. Rick looks at the beast and has another flashback of a Basilisk riding one into battle. Rick had easily shot the warrior off it's back, but the beast wouldn't stop charging directly towards him. Rick usually avoided killing animals but the mount easily fell to the ground after he put a shot right through its thick skull.

The large building he is heading for looms in his vision. The concrete style building was probably built during the war. Several colorful plastic buildings beside it juxtapose it's oppressive aura. Rick walks past the parking lot and looks at the three electric cars. Despite all the roads being made of dirt they were spotlessly clean. A dirty school bus is parked at the other end of the lot and Rick wonders how many students go to this school.

With a sigh, Rick parks his mechsuit beside the Federation flagpole that proudly proclaims this planet fully subjugated. Rick pulls free from the mech and closes it up to lock it. Rick feels the humidity and doesn't blame the basilisks for going natural. He digs around for his comm unit and attaches it to his ear. Pulling out the eyepiece, Rick looks at a map of the building and heads inside the main office.

At the front desk, a female Husky wearing a flowery dress spots Rick and stands up to greet him, "Hello Mr Mantle. We're so glad to have you as our new teacher! My name is Bethany Cherry. My husband Julius is the mayor of Cherry Acres and principle of the school." Rick shakes her hand and she leads him back to another room. She gestures him inside and closes the door after him.

With a glance around the office, Rick is surprised when he sees a naked green basilisk child standing with their snout to the corner. Sitting behind the desk in a suit and tie, Julius Cherry exclaims, "Don't mind him. He's still learning that we solve problems by talking and not biting." Julius gestures to the seat and says, "Sit down Mr Mantle. My name is Julius Cherry and we have much to discuss." Rick sits in the chair and asks, "Like explaining why all the natives are naked?"

Julius waves his paw and says, "I know it might seem unorthodox, but I passed the local ordinance to save them from a rampant outbreak of scale parasites. Nasty buggers thrive in the rags they used to wear. Without extensive funding for research on environmental impact, we can't do something as reckless as spraying everything down with pesticides." Rick looks at the spikes on the young child's green back and asks, "I don't have to worry about parasites do I?" Julius addresses Rick's concerns, "No. The pests are adapted exclusively to drink the native population's green blood."

Julius's eyes roam over Ricks jumpsuit and he leans forward to say, "We might be on the frontier of the federation, but we still get the occasional federation news highlights. You are free to be in any state of dress you prefer Mr Mantle." Rick feels warm in his jumpsuit so he unzips the top half, pulls it off his shoulders, and ties the sleeves around his waist. Julius gets an eyeful of Rick's scarred chest and says, "You're just as good looking in person as on the TV." Rick crosses his arms and leans back into his chair to say, "My reputation precedes me."

Julius continues, "Plus, the ordinance has the added benefit of security. Less places to hide weapons. We haven't had a stabbing in months!" Rick asks,"What about the surgically implanted IDs?" Julius answers, "Certain concessions on their privacy had to be made in exchange for all the Federation money we are investing in the reconstruction effort. Can't very well have them running around unaccounted for." Rick is getting used to sighing.

Rick asks, "What exactly will I be doing here?" Julius explains, "Part of the long term plan to civilize this planet is assimilation. The best way to assimilate a people is to start young with education. You, Mr Mantle, are the new kindergarten teacher and you will double as security when needed." Rick exclaims, "I can handle security, but I don't know jack shit about being a teacher." Julius smiles, "That's fine. The first few years are about discipline and making them respect authority. Don't be afraid to take the paddle to them."

Rick looks at the child in the corner and says, "I can't go around hitting other people's kids." Julius explains, "Most of the older ones are nobody's kids." Rick agrees, "War does that." Julius has a stern expression on his face as he replies, "It wasn't a war, it was a police action."

Julius changes the subject back to the kids, "We get sent orphan children from all over the continent on a regular basis. That makes us a literal rainbow of diversity and helps discourage racism by showing the kids that people with different colored scales are just the same as them."

Julius types on his computer terminal and says, "I have sent you a file with some relevant information on the children. I'm sure you can handle yourself. I will have someone collect your bags and take them to your room in the dorms. It's the orange building next door. Room 108. Dr Bell will assign you your new students. They are eagerly awaiting."

Julius says to the child in the corner, "Pyldryntylth, that is enough corner time for now. Please take Mr Mantle to see Dr Bell in his classroom." The Basilisk says, "Yes, Mister Cherry." Rick stands up and the child looks at the scary mercenary for the first time. He bravely grabs Rick's hand to guide him out the door and down the concrete halls of the building.

Mrs Cherry gives Rick a wave goodbye as he walks by her desk. Rick knows he's in over his head. Altruistic mission indeed. Rick looks down at the child holding his hand. He couldn't be more than a meter tall but is cute in a reptile sort of way. Rick taps some buttons on his comm unit and the student ID pops up. Rick looks over the long name, Pyldryntylth, and sees the universal venus symbol signifying he is actually a she. Rick doesn't have time to wonder why Julius knew the child's name but referred to her as a male. His escort's big yellow eyes look up at him as they arrive. Rick reads the label on the door, "Doctor Bell."

The little girl with the incomprensible name reaches up to the handle and pushes the door open. Before them is a normal enough scene of a well dressed leopard reading aloud a story book to a group of 25 kids. The kids were comprised of 20 basilisks of a rainbow of colors. A Jackal, Badger, Husky, Fox, and Deer rounded out the rest.

Rick asks, "Dr Bell?" Dr Bell sees the shirtless hyena and puts down his book. He waves Rick into the classroom and says, "Class, I want everyone to meet our new teacher, Mr Mantle." The students murmur as Rick looks over them. Dr Bell looks over Rick's body and says, "Going native already. They are going to love you to death. I have already set up the classroom next door." Rick whispers, "I don't know what the hell I'm doing." Dr Bell whispers back, "Just do whatever you feel like. Kindergarten isn't rocket science."

Waving his hands in the air Dr Bell says, "Okay, everyone line up." The students range from 1 meter to 1.5 meters tall. Rick looks at all the casually dressed non-basilisk students. They contrast sharply with their naked lizard classmates. Doctor Bell eyes the mammals in his class and says, "Marcus, I want you to be in Mr Mantle's class to help him out." The seven year old badger boy walks over to stand beside Rick.

Dr Bell whispers to Rick, "He gets along great with the native kids and they will listen to him." Dr Bell starts pointing to kids and says, "Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Purple, Grey, Black, and Other Black." The rainbow of Basilisks cross the room to stand beside Rick.

Rick's confusion is apparent and Dr Bell explains, "With one of each color, it will be easier for you to not get them confused. Well, except for Ebony and Onyx they are twins and I don't want to separate them. Just call everyone by their colors until you learn their nicknames." Rick asks, "What about their actual names?" Dr Bell snorts a laugh and says, "Good luck with that."

Rick presses a few buttons on his comm and it sends out a short range ping. On his eyepiece, each Basilisk has a long unpronounceable string of letters followed by the color subspecies.

Dr Bell rubs his hand across the head of a yellow basilisk and says, "Okay Banana, you be a good student and let me know how Mr Mantle does." Dr Bell unconsciously waves his long leopard tail.

Turning back to the rest of the students, Dr Bell says, "Everyone who I picked, line up, and grab the tail in front of you." He arranges the students in a visually pleasing gradient rainbow, with Marcus the badger leading. With satisfaction, Dr Bell remarks "You guys are so adorable! I want you to be on your best behavior." The students mumble, "Yes Dr Bell."

With a gesture, Dr Bell waves Rick and his new rainbow class out the door. Rick realizes he didn't get told which next door classroom is his and looks around the hallway. The door to the left has a big sign with his name on it. Rick opens the door and it is a mirror of the classroom he was just in. The students file in and look at Rick expectantly.

Rick is at a loss for what to do with his eleven students. He says, "Everyone go play, while I get settled in." The students mill around the classroom and he quickly taps buttons on his comm to bring up the information Julius sent him. Rick skims through the file and comes to an interesting line, 'All basilisks are referred to by male pronouns. Gender equality is absolute and no distinction is made. Refer to all parents as dads and children as sons.' Rick smirks at the unusual custom. He is relieved that he could just call them his boys and didn't have to worry about identifying genders.

Looking over at the badger cub, Rick sees him talking with Banana and the dark blue one. Rick gets up from his desk and crouches down to be at eye level with them. Rick asks, "Hey there boys, what you talking about?" Banana says, "Marcus said you killed lots of the blue tribe." Marcus shakes his head no quickly and denies it, "No I didn't!" Dark Blue says, "My Dad said the robots killed lots of our tribe." Rick asks, "Did your Dad used to eat people? Because killing other people for fun will get you killed." Dark Blue shrugs.

Rick has been sighing a lot today and stands up to check on his other students. The two black basilisks sit at a table in the back and are poking holes in pieces of paper with their fangs.

Rick looks over at Orange and he is laying on the floor while Purple and Grey pick at the spikes and scales on his back. Grey pull something off Orange and drops it in the bottle cap full of alcohol.

Rick looks at the orange boy's back and asks, "What are you guys doing?" Purple answers, "Me and Shadow are seeing who can find the most bugs on Pumpkin." With concern, Rick asks, "How many have you found?" Purple holds up one finger and Grey holds up two. Rick looks in the bottle cap they dropped the parasites in. Three little black dots float around.

With the scale parasite epidemic, Rick assumes they are taught to groom each other constantly. He runs a fingertip over the boy's back and pokes at the orange scales with the kids for a moment. Grooming is a great bonding activity and he lets the kids continue.

Rick looks at the medkit on the floor and picks up the open bottle of alcohol. He reads the label and smiles. Ethyl alcohol. Rick knew the difference between isopropyl, methyl, and ethyl and assumes they put the drinkable ethyl alcohol in med kits because a stiff shot is just what a soldier needs to keep going. Rick tips the bottle up and swallows a mouthful. The kids giggle as Rick breathes a deep exhale and lets his burning tongue wag out his mouth.

Looking around for the last three students, Rick sees Green biting his tail tip. Red watches and offers his own tail. Rick quickly walks over and pulls Red's tail out of Green's mouth and says, "No biting! I don't want to have to send you back to the principal's office." Rick sees Light Blue sitting on the floor in front of the desk, looking at a picture book. Rick walks over to look at the book and sees a picture of several anthro dogs. Light Blue sees Rick watching and asks, "What does your fur feel like?" Rick sits on the floor beside Light Blue and holds his arm out.

Light Blue looks excited and says, "Doctor Bell doesn't let us pet him." Rick bumps Light Blue with his elbow and says, "I don't mind. Just don't go around telling people I let you." Light Blue carefully pets the brown hyena fur on Rick's arm a few times. Light Blue says, "You're soft!" Rick asks, "What's your nickname?" Light Blue answers "Sky." Rick nods his head at the unimaginative nicknames Doctor Bell gave the kids.

A knock at the door makes Rick look over. It takes him a moment to realize he needed to say, "Come in." The door opens and a light purple basilisk slowly enters the room. Rick's eyes wander over the naked scales as he admires the creatures muscular body. Rick taps his comm and the ping returns the basilisk as nicknamed, 'Mr Periwinkle' despite being a female.

The basilisk smiles when he sees Rick sitting on the floor with the child. The basilisk takes his own time to look over Rick's shirtless body as he approaches. Holding out a hand, the purple reptile says, "Hello Mr Mantle. My name is Mr Periwinkle." Rick stands up and shakes the offered hand, "Nice to meet ya!" Periwinkle says, "I teach history across the hall. A student told me you brought a mech suit with you?" Rick confirms, "Yep, it goes where I go."

Mr Periwinkle clasps his hands together and asks, "May I please take my students outside to look at it? It will be so educational for them to see one up close." Rick puts a hand on Periwinkle's shoulder and says, "I'll be happy to give the kids a personal tour." Rick says to the kids, "Everyone grab a tail and line up!" Mr Periwinkle says, "Oh! You're a natural at this. Did you also teach in the military?" Rick shakes his head with a smile and answers, "I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing."

Quickly crossing the hall, Mr Periwinkle gathers his class of older students. The fifteen kids are mostly basilisks with a dressed husky and an naked alligator mixed in. Rick's eyes pause on the naked gator teen and he asks, "Scale parasites?" The teen looks back at him and says, "Nah, I just like the freedom." Rick looks at the rest of the naked developing basilisks and sees much larger spikes and horns adorning their heads and backs. As they walk, Rick looks over the line of his own students and the short nubs of horns on their heads give them a cute childish look.

The students mill around the mech suit and Mr Periwinkle lectures the kids, "These mechsuits were deployed by the hundreds to sweep across the continent eliminating rogue terrorist tribes. The Federation authorized such overwhelmingly devastating force after a rogue tribe obtained illegal weapons and destroyed several towns in a campaign of genocidal bombings." Rick zones out as Periwinkle goes off on a tangent explaining the socioeconomic fallout of several towns suddenly not existing.

Rick can tell Periwinkle is quickly losing the children's attention and cuts in, "How about a demonstration?" Periwinkle's eyes light up and he exclaims, "Yes yes please!" Rick unties his jumpsuit sleeves and slides his top back on. With a beep, Rick opens the mechsuit and several children crowd around him to get a look inside. Rick lets them look and then grabs the top hatch to slide his legs in. Rick feels comfortable being back in his element. The suit closes around him as he leans forward to stuff his arms in.

The children all back up as the scary mech suit comes to life. Rick tries to think of a way to impress the students and sees a large sandbox on the playground nearby. The children follow the mech suit and Rick selects the arc cannon. The innocuous nozzle pokes out of his right arm and Rick selects door breaching mode. With a pop, the gun flashes and the sand burns. Rick reaches into the sand and pulls out a molten glass sculpture that looks like the long roots of a plant. He shakes the loose sand off as the smoke clears.

A student reaches out to touch it and Rick quickly raises it out of their reach. Rick chides him, "I just melted the sand. It's still pretty hot, knucklehead." Rick sets the sculpture down in the sand and the students crowd around to look at it." Mr Periwinkle claps his hands in appreciation and says, "Very impressive. Mr Mantle is also an artist. Everyone say, Thank you." The students murmur a thank you.

Mr Periwinkle announces, "That was only one of the impressive arsenal of weapons contained in a mech suit. That will be all for today Mr Mantle." Rick parks his suit and climbs out. The older basilisks students are all chattering in their native language. Mr Periwinkle says, "This is an english only school!" The students give frightened looks at Rick and dare not continue what they were talking about in English. Rick asks, "What were they saying?" Mr Periwinkle nervously answers, "They were just excited about the demonstration."

Rick knows the things he had to do in the war are being whitewashed by Periwinkle. The kindergarteners are too young to remember, but the teenagers are old enough to have lived through the uncertainty of the war. Uncertainty of his own bubbles up and Rick wonders if he is directly responsible for any of the orphans here.

A bell rings and Mr Periwinkle says, "Time for lunch." Rick's class is well trained and they return to formation with Marcus leading the way. The older students walk off in unorganized groups. Rick asks Marcus, "What do you guys do for lunch around here?" Marcus answers, "We go to the cafeteria." Rick orders, "Lead the way."

Rick smiles at the conga line of basilisks each holding the tail tip of the student in front of them. Their scales glow in the sunshine. An idea pops into Rick's head and he sets his comm unit to record a video. Rick grabs Red's hand from Marcus's tail and spins to lead the multicolored kids in a circle around him. Red grabs Black's tail and the kids giggle as the chain closes around their new teacher. Rick spins around recording the circle while laughing.

When they reach the cafeteria inside the bunker school, Rick looks around. The school maybe has 125 students ranging from late teens to kindergarten. Rick notices the abundance of kindergarteners and does the math. It is definitely because of the end of the war that so many kids were born all at once. Marcus leads the kids to get food and Rick follows after.

Each student grabs a tray of food from the lunch counter. Rick gives a big smile to the cute white basilisk server wearing only a white apron. The food smells good and Rick points at the pile of meat to ask, "What's that?" The white basilisk picks up a thick slice with some tongs and says in a thick accent, "Zupus. Very fresh. I kill this morning."

Unfamiliar with the local animals, Rick wonders why he would bother asking. The basilisk gives Rick a double portion of the meat and a red basilisk puts a scoop of vegetables next to it. Rick grabs a waiting cup of fruit juice and walks off with the tray. Rick sees a table with the leopard, Dr Bell, and heads over to sit down. Rick steps over the long bench to sit at the table in between Bell and a large dark brown basilisk.

Dr Bell says, "Mr Mantle, I heard you are already doing a fine job with your students." Rick looks at across the table at Mr Periwinkle. The periwinkle reptile stuffs a spoon full of vegetables in his mouth happily. Rick mumbles, "Thanks." Dr Bell says, "Let me introduce you to some of the other teachers here."

Dr Bell points at the basilisks around the table and rapid fires names, "Mr Crimson, Mr Umber, Mr Lemon, Mr Navy and of course you've met Mr Periwinkle." Rick reaches across the table to shake hands and says, "Nice to meet ya, I'm Rick." Looking between the color named teachers, Rick asks, "A lot of misters around here. Where are all the ladies?" Mr Umber rumbles in his deep voice, "You off worlders and your need to discriminate genders. I didn't know I even was a 'lady' until after I got out of the military. Very useful to use to get special treatment from offworlders like you."

Rick looks over the female teacher and decides that they are more muscular and fit than the average basilisk. With such a chiseled body Rick feels attraction and lets his eyes roam lower over Umber's naked crotch. Mr Umber says, "Buy a lady a drink first." Everyone chuckles and Rick turns back to his lunch. He lifts a steak to his mouth and takes a big bite. The soft meat comes apart with little pressure and Rick's taste buds are in heaven at the slightly sweet meat.

Rick loudly chews the amazing steak and asks with his mouth full, "What's a Zupus?" Dr Bell answers "It's a big ugly dinosaur like creature. It has a sweet tooth and eats lots of fruits." Rick swallows and says, "I hope every meal is as good as this." Mr Lemon says sourly, "We could eat these every day, but they are so hard to hunt with guns being illegal." Mr Periwinkle says, "Now Mr Lemon, we've been over this. Guns are banned for a good reason. Maybe someday our great grandchildren will be deemed responsible enough to own them."

The Federation is very strict during the current post war reconstruction and for better or worse, guns were never a technology that the basilisk had before contact, so they are strictly illegal for the native population to currently own. Rick preferred it that way because he slaughtered more than enough basilisk warriors and didn't want to have to worry about being shot walking around town. The basilisk rogue tribes used the very primitive rifles that were smuggled in by enterprising space outlaws that saw it as a way to make quick money. The weapons trade ended up ruining this planet with an escalating arms race that Rick and his comrades ended in a very bloody way.

The other basilisks glare at Periwinkle. Being a history teacher, Periwinkle has a larger viewpoint on the situation and took the federation's side on things more than others of his species did. Rick changes the subject and asks, "What is there to do in this town?" Mr Crimson says, "We sometimes have orgies in the back room of the bar." Dr Bell coughs up his mouthful of food. Rick raises an eyebrow and asks, "Off Worlders are welcome?" Dr Bell quickly recovers and cuts in, "Mr Mantle wouldn't be interested in that sort of thing." Mr Crimson answers, "Off Worlders are the guests of honor. Lots of pent up veterans looking to get rough with tourists." Rick grins.

Dr Bell looks at Rick to exclaim, "You can't be serious!" Rick says, "I know how to handle myself." Dr Bell awkwardly finishes the last few bites of his lunch and walks off. Rick says, "Ever since I got here, I've been looking at you naked reptiles and wondering, are your cocks the same color as your scales?" Mr Crimson slides a finger down his scaley chest and says, "Looks like you will have to show up to find out." Suddenly Rick feels like things are starting to look up for him.

Rick wants more context for the current situation around town and asks, "Tell me about all this forced nudity? Is this really the best way to get rid of scale parasites?" Mr Lemon says, "I think Mayor Cherry is a secret deviant." Mr Periwinkle explains, "He called a town meeting and unveiled his new ordinance suspending all laws relating to modesty until the epidemic is over."

Mr Navy speaks up for the first time and says, "Cherry had a front row seat at the bonfire in the town square. He delighted in watching us strip off our contaminated clothes and throw them into the fire. He also had the police force round up any reluctant people and give them the choice of being exiled or complying." Mr Lemon says, "Like we had a choice. Choosing modesty over having guaranteed food and shelter isn't much of a choice. The neighboring villages don't have room to take in people."

Rick asks, "Modesty? But you don't have anything to cover?" Mr Umber says, "It used to be nice to have something to keep the sun from beating down on my dark scales. I can hardly go outside for very long on sunny days." Mr Lemon says, "I would trade you scales in a heartbeat. I get one smudge on me and you can see it from across the room." Rick looks between the Yellow and Brown basilisks and decided that people act the same regardless of how alien they are.

Finishing his lunch, Mr Crimson says, "See you guys at the bar tonight?" Crimson pets a hand through the fur on the back of Rick's neck as he walks by. Mr Lemon says, "Sure why not." Mr Periwinkle says, "If Rick is going, then count me in." Mr Navy says, "I'll pass. My slit is still sore from last time." Mr Umber teases, "I'll be there waiting on Rick to buy me that drink."

Rick eats the rest of his lunch and looks around for his kids. He can't tell which ones are his. Seeing Marcus walking out a door, Rick follows after to the playground. Kids gather around the sandbox looking at the glass sculpture. Rick approaches the sandbox and notices a lump in the sand. He steps toward it and a tan colored basilisk pops up from under the sand with a roar. Rick stumbles backwards and falls in the sand. The kids all scream with laughter at Rick.

The child yells, "Rawr, I'm the dragon of the sand. Who comes to steal my treasure?" Rick's heart races, the child got him good. The last time this same thing happened, the basilisk warriors had futilely tried to ambush his squad. They had no idea what they were up against. Rick answers, "I'm the wizard who made the treasure." The kids look wide eyed at the treasure and the ones who saw Rick make it confirm that. Rick grabs the heavy glass sculpture and hefts it over his shoulder. Rick says, "Thanks for guarding it for me." The dragon piles more sand on his back and sinks into his hiding spot.

Tracing his steps back to his classroom, Rick looks at the door across the hall. It is labeled with Mr Periwinkle's real name and the nickname is written under that. Rick opens the door and finds Mr Periwinkle grading papers. Periwinkle's eyes light up at the sculpture. Rick says, "I figured you can keep this as a souvenir." Periwinkle looks over the sculpture and says, "I have just the spot for it." Periwinkle moves a few things off a bookshelf and pats the spot. Rick lays the glass down sideways on the shelf and rolls it a few times to the most visually pleasing side.

Periwinkle says, "I hope you never have to use that dreadful machine." Rick is confused and asks, "I thought you were really into my mech suit?" Periwinkle answers, "I was, but watching you do that, it scared me. I lived a comfortable life away from the conflict areas. You made things clear that you have killed our people before." Rick defends his actions, "I only kill the killers. Everyone I've killed had it coming." Mr Periwinkle grabs Rick's hand and places it on his light purple scaled chest.

Feeling a rapid heart beat, Rick asks, "What's wrong?" Periwinkle answers, "There are people in town that don't realize what you did in the war was for the common good. They just think off worlders came in to cull our numbers and take over." Rick says, "Guns are illegal and with the current dress code I don't have to worry about blades. If anyone wants to come at me for a bare knuckle brawl, let them." Periwinkle hugs Rick and says, "I don't want you to do that. Just walk away if someone wants to start trouble." Rick hugs Periwinkle back and says, "I've been around enough to know a fight is inevitable. Don't worry about me."

Rick heads back outside to watch the Basilisks play. Children are children and they laugh and have fun as any other would. Rick sits on a bench and pulls off the top half of his jumpsuit to enjoy the warm sun on his fur. He taps his comm and already has a reply from his squad. Rick wonders if his communications get priority being sent off planet.

Bursu the Kangaroo is standing in front of a mirror with Itsuki the Wolf and Kevin the Tiger. Itsuki exclaims, "Oh my god Rick, those children are adorable!" Bursu agrees, "Quite the rainbow. I knew you could find a way to have fun despite the circumstances." Kevin stays silent. Itsuki puts an arm around Bursu and says, "I'm almost jealous. Getting to spend all day with those big beefy Basilisks. Send more pictures." Bursu says, "We look forward to hearing more from you in the future. Goodbye." The video ends and Rick goes back to watching the children play.

The ending bell for lunch period rings and Rick's class gathers in front of him. Rick looks over his students and asks, "None of you tried to swap places with someone the same color did you?" The students giggle. Rick leads them back to his classroom and sits down at his desk to contemplate what to do with the students.

Rick asks, "What do you usually do after lunch?" Hands raise and Rick points at Sky. Sky says, "Dr Bell reads to us." Rick says, "Reading is boring. What else?" Rick points to Purple, "We have grooming time." Rick says, "That sounds good. Marcus you're in charge." Marcus takes the med kit and passes out tiny bowls of alcohol. The children sit in groups and go over each others scales.

Marcus hands a bowl of alcohol to Rick expecting his teacher to participate. Looking into the clear liquid Rick wants to feel numb. He downs the shot of strong alcohol and grabs the bottle away from Marcus to finish the nearly empty bottle. Rick lays on his side on the rug and watches the groups pick at each others scales. Rick slowly drifts off to sleep and the students giggle when his mouth hangs open.

Green crawls over to Rick and places a hand on the Hyena's bare chest. He traces a finger along a large burn scar. Dark Blue and Orange crawl over to look at Rick too. Orange whispers, "Don't! You're going to wake him up." Dark Blue says, "He drank the sleepy juice. He's not going to wake up for a while." Green runs his hand lower and starts to untie the jumpsuit sleeve around Rick's waist. Marcus whispers, "You're gonna get in trouble."

Green bares his teeth at Marcus and the badger backs up. Green says to Red and Dark Blue, "Aren't you curious? I heard offworlders have their parts hanging from their slits." Green unties the sleeves and slowly pulls the zipper the rest of the way down. More students crowd around Green to get a better look.

With a big smile, green peels the jumpsuit away and everyone gets a good look at Rick's hyena sheath and balls. Everyone including Marcus just stares at it. Marcus whispers, "You've seen it, now put it back before he gets mad." Green says, "No."

With a devious grin, Green hands one sleeve to dark blue and walks around to the other side of Rick. Green pulls on the other sleeve and the jumpsuit starts sliding off. Dark Blue gets the idea and starts pulling too. The jumpsuit slides out from under Rick's hip and down his legs.

The students all clamp their muzzles closed to stifle their laughter at their naked teacher. Green goes through the pockets of the jumpsuit but disappointingly doesn't find anything. Green rolls the jumpsuit up and looks for a place to hide it.

Light Blue runs his hand through Rick's fur and says, "So soft and warm. I want to take a nap with him." Some of the kids go back to grooming as Light Blue, Red, Orange, Black and Other Black lean against Rick to get comfortable.

The school bell ringing awakens Rick with a start. He looks down at the light blue basilisk laying against his chest and gives him a hug. Rick asks, "Hey Sky, is the school day over?" Sky hugs Rick back and says, "Yes, now you get to meet our dads." Rick sits up and pushes off his multi color blanket.

The other students giggle at Rick as they exit the classroom. Rick sees Green run out the door wearing a familiar grey jumpsuit with the legs and sleeves rolled up. Rick scratches his bare sheath and realization hits him. Rick gets up to chase after Green and bumps into Dr Bell who watches green run by in Rick's clothes.

The leopard looks down at Rick's balls and says, "Well well Mr Mantle. You sure made yourself more comfortable." Rick tries to get by Dr Bell, but the leopard keeps blocking his way. When Rick gets past Dr Bell he can't see which direction green went. The basilisk students walking by stare at Rick's crotch. Rick throws his hands up and says, "Fucking great!"

Dr Bell eyes the scar on Rick's hip and says, "Language! We don't teach them naughty words in the English Second Language classes." Putting his arm around the naked Rick, Dr Bell glibly says, "A lot of parents are expecting to meet the newest teacher at the student pick up area out front. I'm sure it will earn their trust to see you voluntarily conforming to the native dress code."

Anger flashes in Ricks eyes and yells, "You asshole! You could have stopped him." Dr Bell says, "Calm down Mr Mantle. It's no big deal." Rick grabs the smaller teacher and rips all the buttons on the leopard's dress shirt open. The buttons clatter across the floor as Rick presses Dr Bell against a row of lockers.

Dr Bell yelps and struggles as Rick slides a hand under the back of the stupid tie. Rick pulls the dress shirt down Dr Bell's back, leaving the tie around his neck and revealing the leopard's spots. The gathered students laugh at the fighting teachers. Dr Bell slides to the floor with his arms tangled in his shirt. Rick unbuckles the belt and pulls the slacks down. Dr Bell's struggles are useless against the veteran mercenary.

Rick places a footpaw on Dr Bell's chest to stop his struggles. With his leverage, Rick pulls the pants along with underwear up into the air, revealing his prize. Rick waves the pants like a flag and the students laugh and cheer. He reaches down to collect the shirt and it is roughly pulled away from Dr Bell.

With the clothes finished being ripped off, Rick throws them in a nearby open locker. The locker slams shut and Rick turns to the naked Leopard wearing only a red tie. Rick holds out a hand and says, "Now that your dressed for the occasion too, let's go meet these parents!" Dr Bell smacks Rick's hand away and points to all the gathered students to yell, "Why didn't anyone help me? Detention for all of you!"

Rick waves the students away and says, "No detention. Come on everybody! Time for some parent/teacher meet and greet." Rick grabs the scruff of Dr Bell's neck and hauls him to his feet. Rick gives a nod to the smiling Mr Periwinkle as the naked duo walk past.

Dr Bell protests and threatens as he is pushed through the crowd. Rick uses the struggling leopard to push the students out of his path. Dr Bell is dragged naked and screaming toward the front door of the school. Rick laughs and says, "I'm already stranded on this shithole planet for god knows how long. What they going to do? Make me stay longer?" Rick pushes Dr Bell out the front door and orders, "Don't you dare try to cover yourself. Put on that shit eating grin and pretend like we're doing this voluntarily." Rick finally lets go of Dr Bell's nape. Dr Bell forgets he is naked for a second and uses both hands to rub the painful spot on the back of his neck.

The bright sunlight is warm on Dr Bells naked body and he looks around in a panic. The crowd of students following behind them is too thick for Dr Bell to make a break for it back inside. Rick yells, "YEEHAW," and slaps Dr Bell's bare ass. Dr Bell stumbles further out the door towards the crowd of adults meeting their children.

The parents walk over from inspecting Rick's mech suit to the scene. Rick yells, "Howdy Y'all! I'm Rick Mantle the Mercenary." Few parents speak english and their children translate. Dr Bell grips his tie in terror and tries to calm his breathing. The parents admire the intricate pattern of spots on Dr Bell's bare body. The few non-basilisk parents in the crowd have heard about Ricks recent antics and laugh good naturedly at the naked hyena and leopard.

The crowd is eager to meet Rick and he starts shaking hands. Dr Bell glares at Rick and a basilisk pulls the leopard in for a naked hug. Dr Bell's eyes go wide as he feels a hand cup his balls. The basilisk whispers, "Such pretty warpaint. Come visit later and we make sexy time?" Dr Bell quickly pushes away and is surrounded by more leering basilisks.

Rick handles the crowd better and slides a discrete finger into a yellow basilisk's slit when they squeeze his butt during a hug. Rick whispers, "I'm going down to the bar later. Hope to see you there." Rick shakes more hands and plays the part of the teacher when Black and Other Black introduce him to their parent. Rick squeezes the Black basilisk hand in a shake and Rick tries to remember the kids name.

Rick asks, "Onyx and Ebony are their nicknames right?" The black basilisk nods his head vigorously and reaches down under each son's tail to pick them up. The Basilisks hug each other lovingly and the dad says, "You teach them. Give better life?" Rick says honestly, "I will do my best."

A dark blue basilisk pushes through the crowd. Rick recognizes the crooked horns and filed down fangs as the one he passed on the road earlier today. In a thick accent, the basilisk says, "Welcome Killer." Rick asks, "You look familiar. Have we met before?" The basilisk answers, "Thornemoure. You kill all, but not me." Rick smiles and taunts, "Oh yeah. Not eating people anymore with those teeth?"

The basilisk points to a few missing scales on the side of his head and says, "No, I sick. They fix me." Rick glances at the lobotomy scars and then down at his student, Dark Blue, beside him. Rick disappointingly says, "Well good." Rick looks around the crowd and decides he has met enough parents for one day. He asks the blue basilisk, "How about you show me where the town bar is and we get a drink?" Rick and blue pushes through the crowd as they stare at the scarred and naked hyena teacher.

Dark Blue climbs onto his dad's back and Rick doesn't understand how the kid can be comfortable with all those scutes and spikes poking him in the belly. The Dad holds his son's legs and they leave the crowd behind.

Rick asks, "You got a nickname?" The basilisk answers, "Denim." Rick says to the son, "I didn't catch your son's nickname." Denim answers, "My son, Lapis." Denim happily leads Rick down the dirt road to the town bar. Rick would have prefered to stop by his room to get a new jumpsuit, but decides the chances of getting to leave for the bar before his rash actions catch up with him are too high. Rick knows mayor Cherry will be pissed at him but maybe he can come up with a way to downplay his actions after drinks. At the very least, Rick will be too drunk to care during the inevitable tongue lashing he gets.

Rick sends a ping with his comm and selects Denim's ID. He scrolls through the basilisk's file. Two years in prison, early release after being deemed rehabilitated. One child. Works as a farmhand. Denim has the good life after being a very bad person. Rick wonders how much of a different person Denim is from the monster he met on the field of battle.

Lapis points to a small iguana like reptile on the side of the road and says, "Snack?" Denim picks up a baseball sized rock from the side of the road and holds it out to Rick, "Aim good without robot?" Rick accepts the challenge and chucks the rock at the innocent creature. Rick's aim is pretty good and he stuns the small lizard. Denim sets his son down and Lapis scampers over to grab it.

Putting the creature out of its misery is easy as the boy clamps it in the side of his mouth and twists it's head off. Lapis spits out the head and holds the body in his mouth like he is sucking on a juice box. Denim leans down and licks the blood off the side of Lapis's muzzle. Denim looks at Rick to say, "Is good. Want find you one?" Rick says, "I'm not drunk enough to try that."

They approach the bar. Rick smiles at the name, 'The Dragon's Whored.' The red plastic building looked like any other except for the sign above the door. Rick is glad he recruited a guide. Denim holds the door open for Rick and Lapis.

The cool air of the building hits Rick's naked body as he walks in. A few basilisks sit on stools at the bar. Behind the counter is a female Husky. She takes one look at Rick and says, "Welcome to the Dragon, Mr Mantle!" The husky sees the kid eating a lizard and says, "Sweetie, come here and let me help you with that." Lapis climbs up on a bar stool and the lady pulls the lizard out of his mouth.

Reaching under the bar, she pulls out a cutting board and a knife. With expert hands and no qualms about getting her paws dirty, she quickly dissects the lizard into separate piles of guts, meat, and scales. Lapis says, "Thank you Miss Barkly." Lapis grabs the handful of guts and scoops them into his mouth ignoring the meat.

Miss Barkly rolls her eyes at the disgusting kid and starts quartering the pale meat. She looks at Rick and says, "Don't just stand there, pull up a stool." Rick sits beside Lapis. Denim sits on his other side. Rick gets a good look at the female husky and notices she's only wearing an apron. It covers her front, but he eyes her bare tail and butt when she turns around to wash her hands.

Miss Barkly dries her hands and holds one out to shake Rick's. She says, "Nicole Barkly, You probably met my Brother-in-law Julius Cherry?" Rick smiles and says, "Rick Mantle, and yes I've met him." Nicole teases, "I know all about you Rick. Julius has been going on and on about you ever since the transmission came through that you were coming. Didn't think you would actually stroll around town naked on the first day though."

Rick says, "Some little green pipsqueak stole my jumpsuit. Besides, you're naked too." Nicole laughs and says, "An apron hardly qualifies as naked." Rick reaches a hand over the bar and raises the bottom of her apron. Nicole lets Rick get an eyeful of her vagina. Denim looks too and says, "He not different from us." Nicole corrects him, "I'm a she." Denim nods his head and says, "Yes. Dad who lay eggs."

Nicole is used to it and says, "Yes." Denim grabs a piece of raw meat and works it around against his flat teeth. Rick asks, "What you got on tap?" Nicole points to the taps and lists off brands Rick has never heard of. Suddenly Rick's comm starts beeping for an incoming call and he knows it's the only person on the entire planet that has his comm address. He quickly hits ignore.

Rick sighs and says, "Fuck it. Give me something strong. What you guys want?" Denim points at himself and then his son to say, "Milk please." Rick frowns and looks at his new drinking buddy. Nicole explains, "The Basilisks love fresh cow milk. They think it's an exotic type of blood. I keep telling them we don't hurt anything to make it." Rick nods his head as he puts together that a planet without mammals wouldn't understand the concept of lactation for sustenance.

Lapis looks at the ceiling and waves at something. Rick looks up and notices something walking around between what he first thought of as decorative wooden trusses. The creature reaches down a long front leg to point at the food on the counter. The scaly brownish tan hand looked vaguely like a Basilisk but is all wrong. Nicole hands it a piece of leg and the creature crunches the bone loudly in it's mouth. Rick asks, "What is that thing?" Nicole says, "Oh that's Hotdog, he's one of the rare precursor species to the modern basilisks."

Nicole places three cups of milk on the counter. She tips up a bottle of spiced rum into Rick's drink and gives it a stir with a straw. Rick puts the straw to his mouth and sucks down half the drink.

Nicole looks up at Hotdog and says, "His ancestors decided that they liked being just the way they were and went off to live on an isolated island." Nicole reaches a hand up and Hotdog hangs upside down on the beam to get a petting. Nicole asks rhetorically, "Who's my little unevolved puppy? You are!" Hotdog makes happy noises as Nicole pets him. Rick judges the lizard to be the same size as an adult basilisk if they didn't evolve to walk upright and talk.

Nicole leans closer and says to Rick, "He's fully trained in the art of love making. If you're into that sort of thing." Rick looks up at Hotdog and considers the possibilities.

The front door swings open and a husky teenager yells, "Aunt Nicole! You won't believe what happened with the new teacher at school!" Nicole gives a wry grin at Rick and walks down to the end of the bar to hug her nephew. Nicole asks, "What happened James?" The teenager is frantic and says, "Josie said she saw a kindergartener run off wearing his mercenary jumpsuit. Then we watched the naked hyena beat up Dr Bell and rip his clothes off!"

Nicole smirks and asks, "Then what happened?" Rick takes a sip of his spiked milk and waits for James to spot him at the bar. James continues, "Then he dragged the naked Dr Bell through the halls and out the front door! The basilisks were touching Dr Bell all over and the hyena ran off." The few other Basilisks at the bar chuckle.

Nicole grabs two glasses and says, "Sounds like we need a toast." She fills the cups with milk and hands one to James. Nicole raises the glass in the air and says, "To the best worst teacher on the entire planet!" Rick clinks his glass against Lapis and then Denim's and finishes it.

Rick holds it up and says, "What do you think Julius will do?" James notices Rick as his eyes adjust from the bright sun outside. James gives a sharp inhale in fear. Nicole pours more spiced rum and milk in Rick's glass and says, "He will be touching himself while watching the security camera footage. He's kind of kinky like that." James says, "Ewww!"

Nicole straightens out a sleeve of James's shirt and says, "Your dad used to get up to all kinds of stuff when he was your age. Your mom was the one that he got pregnant, But I could have easily been your mom." James says, "Mom is so boring but you're the cool aunt." Nicole says, "Hell yeah I am."

Rick's comm beeps with an incoming call from Julius again. Rick pulls it off his ear and says, "Nicole! Can you please answer this for me? I don't want to talk to him right now." Nicole walks down the bar and slides the comm unit on her ear.

Nicole answers the comm, "Mr Mantle's office. He's not here right now. May I take a message?" Julius says, "What? How does he have a secretary? Wait a minute, Nicole?" Nicole laughs and says, "Yes, Mr Mantle hired me to answer his calls for him." Nicole rubs three fingers together at Rick to signal that she wanted a big tip for doing this.

Turning her back to Rick, she leans on the bar and listens for a minute. She nods and occasionally says, "Okay... Yes... Got it." Nicole presses her luck and asks, "How about you send me the footage, so I can assess the severity of the..." With a pregnant pause she finishes the sentence, "...Prank." Rick smiles. Maybe Nicole could help him out by spinning it as a prank.

Nicole says, "Thank you. I will make Rick apologize to him as soon as he gets here. Bye." Nicole ends the call and presses a few buttons on the comm to send a video file to the giant TV screen behind the bar. The few basilisks that have been listening in to the drama get up from their seats and crowd the bar to watch.

Denim says, "Reality TV best TV." Rick empties his glass and shakes it at Nicole for a refill. Nicole ignores him as everyone's eyes are glued to the screen watching Rick run out of the classroom after the green kid wearing his jumpsuit. Rick bumps into Dr Bell and the argument plays out for a second time in Rick's head since the audio of the other students drowns out the conversation.

The basilisks cheer and laugh as Rick pulls off Dr Bell's clothes. Nicole says with a smirk, "Nice! It's time someone knocked his smug ass down a peg." The camera angle changes to follow Rick as he marches the naked Dr Bell down the hall and out the front door.

Denim sees himself in the video and points to say, "There I is." Nicole sets the comm in front of Rick. With a frown, Rick asks, "What did you promise I would do?" Nicole says, "Just say you're sorry and Dr Bell will drop the matter." Rick says, "There is no way that will be the end of it." Nicole teases, "You could offer to blow him too?" Rick rolls his eyes.

Nicole says, "You didn't beat him up, touch him inappropriately, or actually hurt him. Dr Bells options are pretty limited on pressing charges for humiliating him since you are just as naked as he is."

A car can be seen parking in front of the bar from the window. Nicole quickly changes the TV screen to something else right as Dr Bell storms into the bar.

Nicole waves, "Hey Dr Bell!" Bell is dressed in a grey tracksuit. Spotting Rick, Dr Bell yells, "I want my apology!" Rick turns around on his bar stool while making sure to spread his legs to give Bell a good view of his still naked body. Rick is drunk enough that his inhibitions are gone. Rick sways a little.

Putting his arm around Denim to steady himself, Rick says, "I'm sorry I lost my temper and embarrassed you." Rick feels his sheath plump up as he watches Dr Bell look at him. Dr Bell's anger with Rick is still apparent. Rick pumps his sheath a few times and says, "How about we kiss and make up?" An idea pops into Dr Bell's mind and he looks up at the ceiling to bark the order, "Hotdog, get down here."

The four legged Basilisk cousin uses his sharp claws to climb down a wooden pillar and sits in front of Bell. Dr Bell says, "If you want to kiss and make up, do it to him." Nicole says, "Hey, I don't mind if you two want to play with Hotdog, but take it to the sex dungeon in the back." James and Lapis, are disappointed that the teachers are headed towards the area that is off limits to kids.

Dr Bell smirks and grabs a long horn on Hotdog's head to lead him to the side door. Rick stumbles after and looks around the large room with mats on the floor, sex furniture, and sex equipment on shelves on the wall. Rick smiles at Dr Bell and asks, "What's your kink, spotty?"

Dr Bell orders, "I want to watch you get degraded by this feral." Rick feels horny and lets Dr Bell think doing it with a feral is some how humiliating to him. Being a mercenary has taken Rick to a lot of uncivilized places and he has had the pleasure of enjoying all manner of things.

Getting down on his knees, Rick pulls Hotdog over and looks into his eyes. Rick asks, "Hey boy, What kind of kinky things are you trained to do?" Hotdog looks back with a spark of understanding that this fluffy creature wants to play with him. Hotdog licks Rick across the face playfully.

Rick starts to lick back and glances over at Dr Bell. The leopard is sitting on a bench watching them intently. If Dr Bell wanted a show, Rick is damn well going to give the voyeur one. The big bad hyena mercenary degrading himself by kissing a feral basilisk is having an effect on Dr Bell. The tent in his tracksuit pants is visible as he crosses his arms and watches the show.

The door to the sex dungeon opens and Mr Periwinkle, Mr Lemon, Mr Crimson, and Mr Umber walk into the room. Mr Umber holds up a fruity drink and says, "Nicole said you were already back here, so I put the drink you owe me on your tab."

Mr Crimson takes a seat on the bench beside Dr Bell and says, "Very odd prank today. Off Worlders call it streaking? Not very funny if everyone else doesn't have a choice about being naked." Dr Bell says, "Yeah, something like that." The basilisks sit on the bench sipping drinks as they join Dr Bell in watching the show.

Hotdog places his front paw on Rick's shoulder and pulls him into a gentle hug. Rick rubs the scales on Hotdog's sides and appreciates how tender the feral is acting. Hotdog releases Rick and starts licking the nipples on the hyena's chest. Rick gives a shutter at the unexpected target and his cock is already hardening. Hotdog is no stranger to offworlder erogenous zones and runs his tongue across Rick's bellybutton next. Rick lays back on the floor and spreads his legs as Hotdog gives him a hot tongue bath.

The brown basilisk tongues at Rick's balls and the hyena can't help but let out a moan. Rick pets the side of Hotdog's head as the beast has its way with him. Crimson downs the rest of his drink and asks Mr Umber, "Want to have a go with me?" Umber smiles and walks over to an angled spanking bench.

The muscular brown basilisk lays on his belly on the bench and raises his tail in the air. Crimson uses straps on Umber's arms and legs to lock him into place on the bench. Looking at the shelves, Crimson selects a tail restraint and pulls Umber's thick tail to curl it up into place with a collar around the dark brown basilisks neck.

Rick's erection is straining as he watches Umber get locked into place with his butt high in the air. Hotdog finishes teasing Rick and starts licking the hyena's rock hard shaft. Crimson gets down on his knees and licks at Umber's prominently displayed slit.

Dr Bell is breathing heavily and Lemon slides closer to put an arm around him. Periwinkle watches with an interest as Rick moans and groans at the tongue stimulating him. Mr Lemon squeezes Dr Bell's shoulder and asks, "This really turns you on?" Dr Bell lies, "No."

The scene is getting hot and heavy as Umber squirms in the restraints. Crimson slides a finger in to help his tongue. Lemon whispers to Bell, "I'd let you do that to me if you want." Bell's erection strains in his pants at the thought of being able to dominate his co-worker.

Rick gasps out, "I'm gonna cream!" Bell quickly gets up from his seat and grabs Hotdog's horn to pull him away. Hotdog wags his tongue towards Rick's cock desperate to get his creamy reward. Rick says, "What's the big idea? I thought you wanted to watch me do it with this feral?" Bell replies, "You're enjoying this too much. Get on your hands and knees." Rick rolls over and raises his tail towards Bell.

Hotdog sees Rick's tailhole and Bell releases the horn to let the feral lap at it. Rick asks, "You want to watch him blast a load up my ass? You are quite the voyeriour. I don't mind." Bell's eyes flash anger that Rick isn't put off by any of this. Hotdog goes to town on Rick's tailhole and the hyena can feel the tongue stretching him while going in pretty far. Periwinkle starts rubbing his slit while waching.

Lemon is already pumping his erect lizard cock over on the bench. Rick smirks when he sees it is just as yellow as lemon's scales are. Rick looks over to check on Umber and Crimson. Crimson is lining up his red cock with Umber's brown slit. Umber lets out a gasp as Crimson's eight inch cock slides into him. The red basilisk pumps his cock in quickly and Umber pulls against the bonds in ecstasy.

Bell pulls Hotdog's horn and says, "Up." The tan basilisk gets the picture and climbs onto Rick's back. Rick sarcastically asks, "Be a bro and put a condom on him?" Bell shakes his head and says, "No, I want your tailhole leaking his seed the entire walk across town to your room in the dorms." Rick taunts "You're not going to give me a ride home in that fancy car of yours?" A look of disgust crosses Bell's face at the thought of a dirty hyena soiling his fancy car.

Rick feels the weight of the beast on his back as Hotdog pokes his tan cock around a few times to find his mark. Crimson says between thrusts, "Dr Bell won't let me ride in his car with him to work, and we're next door neighbors." Rick lets out grunt as Hotdog slips his cock into the saliva covered tailhole. Bell watches with a smirk at the mercenary screwing a non-sentient creature. Hotdog pumps his cock in Rick's tailhole. Bell pets Hotdog's head and says, "Good boy."

Lemon asks, "How are you so familiar with Hotdog if you never come back here?" Bell avoids the question, "Pets are all trained to follow the same commands." Lemon shrugs and asks, "You don't mind if I jump in do you?" Bell shakes his head no and Lemon grabs a bottle of lube.

With a squirt, Lemon slathers his cock with lube and grabs Hotdog's tail. Lemon pulls the tail to adjust Hotdog enough to line up his yellow cock. Bell sits back down on the bench beside Periwinkle and enjoys the front row seat to the orgy. Hotdog's thrusts grow rapid as he experiences the stimulation of a cock rubbing inside him while fucking the hyena.

Lemon says to Rick, "This is Hotdog's specialty. Nicole really trained him well didn't she?" Rick agrees, "Oh yeah." Hotdog's large cock hit's Rick's prostate and Rick can't help but moan and groan. Hotdog easily takes Lemon's cock in his well worn hole. Periwinkle eyes Rick's bouncing body hungrily as Hotdog slams his cock in.

Moans come from Umber as he climaxes. His cloaca squirts juices out during each of Crimson's thrusts. It doesn't take much more for Crimson to blast his load into Umber. Crimson makes funny reptile noises as he climaxes. With satisfaction he pulls his red cock out and wipes it on either side of Umber's exposed butt.

Crimson exhales a deep breath and sits down on the other side of Bell. Bell stares at Crimson's retreating cock as it slides back into his slit. Umber turns his head to ask Bell, "You want a turn too?" Umber waves his restrained body and a rope of jizz slowly leaks out. Bell shakes his head no. Umber says, "I'll just wait for Hotdog to clean me up when he's finished."

Rick is pumping his cock with one hand and asks, "I'm almost at my limit. This feels amazing." Lemon says, "Me too." Hotdog could last a while but Lemon says the code phrase. "Hotdog, red rocket!" Hotdog goes wild and gives long hard thrusts into Rick. Lemon hangs onto Hotdog's hips as the beast starts rhymically clamping his hole on his yellow cock.

Hotdog climaxes hard into Rick. Lemon follows soon after. Rick breathes heavily and climaxes onto the floor. Bell watches in fascination as the mercenary paints the floor with a load. Lemon finishes his climax and says, "Thanks Hotdog, that was amazing as always." Hotdog happily shakes his head from side to side at the compliment.

Rick suddenly laughs and asks, "Did we just make a hotdog sandwich?" Dr Bell cracks a smirk. Lemon says, "Yep, that's how he got his name." Hotdog pulls out of Rick sore tailhole and raises a leg to lick himself clean. Umber says, "Hotdog come clean me up." Hotdog pads across the floor and starts licking Umber's slit clean. Umber writhes in pleasure as the beast does an expert job and quickly brings him to a second orgasm.

A feeling of satisfaction washes over Rick as he stands up. Rick says, "Let me buy everyone a round of drinks?" All the Basilisks smile and nod their heads in agreement. Periwinkle grabs some wet wipes and everyone takes a turn letting her wipe the spunk off their scales. Crimson releases Umber from his bondage and helps him up from the spanking bench. When Periwinkle gets to Rick, Bell grabs her arm and says, "Leave it."

Rick asks, "Were you serious about wanting to make me take a walk of shame back to my room?" Bell answers, "Yes." Rick says, "Well I'm definitely going to need another drink for that." Rick curls his tail between his legs to clamp his tailhole tight and follows the group out the door back into the bar.

Looking around, Rick notices Lapis and Denim are gone. The few new patrons that came in look at the naked hyena curiously but quickly go back to their drinks. Hotdog makes a lap around the bar looking to see if anyone else wanted to play with him and then climbs a pillar to take a power nap in his nest.

Nicole smiles at Rick and asks, "Are you two even, now?" Rick answers, "Yeah, just wanted to watch me do some things as payback. I'm buying a round for my new friends." The tired basilisks sit at a table and Nicole brings a tray of their usual drinks. Rick holds his drink up and says, "To new friends!" Everyone clinks glasses, including Bell.

Bell quickly drinks his soda and says, "Well it's been entertaining but I have to get home to the wife." Dr Bell makes a quick exit and drives off in his car. Nicole yells, "Who wants to see a replay?" Everyone cheers and the basilisks who saw it the first time explain to the newcomers. She taps a few buttons on the comm Rick left at the bar and the TV shows everyone another version of the security footage.

Nicole says, "I had a minute so I fixed the footage to really focus on the action." Rick watches the camera zoom in on Dr Bell's body and sexy saxophone music plays as Rick undresses him in slow motion. The bar erupts into laughter and cheers. Rick laughs and covers his eyes in embarrassment. After the drinks, Rick feels pretty tipsy and presses a fingerprint to the reader to pay his bar tab.

Outside the bar, the sun has already set and the streetlights illuminate the brightly colored houses. Crimson and Umber walk off together playfully poking and pinching each other. Rick asks, "What's up with them? Are they a couple?" Lemon shrugs and says, "Maybe." Periwinkle gently grips Rick's hand and asks, "Would you like me to walk you home?" Rick tucks away the waypoint on the eyepiece of his comm unit and accepts Periwinkle's help. Lemon yawns and says, "See you tomorrow at work." Periwinkle smiles and waves him away. Rick waves too.

Rick puts his arm around Periwinkles shoulder and doesn't mind the spikes poking him in the arm. Periwinkle delights in the gesture and walks with Rick back to the school. Rick asks, "Can I just call you Peri?" Periwinkle smiles and says, "Sure!" Periwinkle leans his head to Rick's body and inhales his musky post coitous smell. Periwinkle says, "They should be serving dinner in the cafeteria right now." Rick says, "Great, I would enjoy a meal after that."

Periwinkle hugs his arm around Rick's waist and the hyena relaxes too much. Rick holds his tail and says, "Oh no! I just sprung a leak." Periwinkle looks and sure enough, a trail of Hotdog's cum dribbles down the inside of his legs. Periwinkle says, "The creek is a block away, if you want to go skinny dipping?" Rick laughs, "Peri, How do you know that expression?"

Periwinkle pets her hand through the fur on Rick's back and answers, "The federation's school program for learning english is very thorough with expressions and idioms. Also, I read all the books I can in my spare time."

They reach the creek and Rick crouches down to wash his asshole out. A passing orange basilisk watches him from a small bridge and Rick yells at him, "It gives the water flavor!" Periwinkle giggles and Rick shakes his wet paws off.

Rick holds a hand out to Periwinkle and says, "You wanted to skinny dip? Come on in." Periwinkle takes Rick's hand and steps down the bank into the water. The water is pretty shallow and Rick takes handfuls to dump over his head.

In Rick's drunken state, he doesn't have a care in the world. It's just him, his new best friend Peri, and the quiet night. Rick pulls Periwinkle in close and says, "I really like you Peri." If Periwinkle could blush he would. Periwinkle rubs a hand through Rick's wet fur and replies, "I like you too."

Rick states, "I may be drunk, but the irony that you just watched me get blasted up the ass by a feral isn't lost on me." Periwinkle giggles and says, "What we do in the back room of the bar doesn't count. It's a neutral ground where we can have fun without it meaning anything." Rick says, "Seems like it meant something to Umber and Crimson."

Periwinkle says, "They make a cute couple. Do you have anyone special back home?" Rick shakes his head no and says, "Nothing serious. Just friends with benefits." Periwinkle says, "I know that idiom. Did you want to maybe?" Periwinkle lets the implication hang in the air for a moment.

Rubbing his hand lower on Periwinkle's purple body, Rick asks, "Why didn't you join in and we could have done something at the bar?" Periwinkle shrugs and says, "I don't know. I was afraid the others will gossip if I'm too eager to be with you." Rick pulls his hand away from Periwinkle's slit and says, "Okay babe, we can take it slow if you want."

Periwinkle accidently wags his lizard tail in the water. Rick giggles drunkenly and reaches a hand down to playfully splash back. The two play in the water for a moment and then make their way back to the bank. Rick feels refreshed after a bath. Rick gives his body a shake like a dog. Periwinkle gives a yip and steps back from the flying water. The water quickly beads off Periwinkle's scales.

The pair hold hands and continue back to the school. Rick checks over his mech suit and says, "People are smart enough not to mess with it." Periwinkle says, "The federation makes sure to remind everyone what the machines are capable of." Rick says, "Things will get better." Periwinkle says, "I know. It's just going to take more time."

Rick asks, "Did you know where my room is? Mr Cherry said room 108 in the red building I think." Periwinkle points at the orange building next door and says, "That one." Rick says, "Let me put a new jumpsuit on and we can have some dinner." Periwinkle pinches Rick's still damp butt and says, "If you must. But i like you like this." Rick smiles warmly and says, "Come on."

Rick walks in the dorms and the few teenagers hanging out in the common area quiet down as he passes. Rick quickly finds his door and opens a metal case to pull out a dark grey jumpsuit. Periwinkle sits on the bed and looks at the stack of cases. Periwinkle says, "I live just down the hall in room 101." Rick asks "You don't have a place of your own?" Periwinkle answers, "The children are my life. I help watch after them along with several others."

Periwinkle appreciates the muscles and scars of Rick's body as he starts to hide the nudity. Periwinkle admits, "I have a biology book about the different species of the Federation. When I heard you were coming, I looked up hyena and was surprised." Rick asks, "Why is that?" Periwinkle answers, "You know Canines and Felines, come in such diverse shapes, sizes, colors, and sub species. But Hyaenidaes are all alone. You're just stuck on a branch somewhere in between those two."

Putting his arms in the sleeves of the jumpsuit, Rick says, "My clan has a saying like that. 'We're not puppies or kittens. We're hyenas'."

Rick finishes zipping up his jumpsuit and heads out the door. Periwinkle leads them to the cafeteria and the students light up when they see Rick. The chatter grows loud as they head to the counter. Periwinkle says, "Good evening, Chili and Pearl. What's for dinner?" The red basilisk named Chili says in a thick accent, "Zupus burritos. Very fresh. Organic. We kill this morning."

Rick looks at the tray of burrito mix in a warmer and the off white basilisk asks, "How many?" Rick says, "Three." Periwinkle says "Two." Chili slaps down five tortillas and slides them down to Pearl to wrap after he scoops mix into them. Chili puts tiny bowls of what looks like sour cream and salsa on the side of the trays. Rick grabs a milk with his dinner and walks off with Periwinkle.

The teacher's table has a well dressed female deer and a green basilisk. Rick and Periwinkle set down their trays and sit down. The deer says, "Hello Mr Mantle. I'm Miss Chang, but you can call me Shu." Rick shakes her hand and the Green Basilisk says, "Mr Forest." Rick shakes his hand.

Looking at the burritos Rick says, "Kind of strange, traveling to the edge of the federation and eating earth food." Shu says, "Chili really likes to experiment in the kitchen. He's currently reading a book all about Earth style cuisine. I had to make the last cookbook disappear after a disaster in the kitchen with insectoid food. He really thought something special would happen with rotting meat being left outside in the sun all day." Rick laughs loudly, pats his stomach, and says, "One of the advantages of being a hyena. I could probably stomach it."

Shu sticks out her tongue in disgust and sets down her burrito. Rick see lots of green stuff in it and asks, "Is that vegetarian?" She nods her head and says, "Yes, Chili always tries to accommodate us herbivores. Even if it is just a bowl of lettuce with local fruits and vegetables cut up on top." Rick nods and takes a bite of his burrito. He savors the taste and dips it in salsa and sour cream for his next bite.

Rick says with his mouth full, "I love this!" Periwinkle chews and nods in agreement.

"The food around here is so boring! Chili uses the same meat several meals in a row," exclaims Mr Forest. Mr Periwinkle swallows his bite and explains, "He has to make it last before he gets a different animal. You don't want to have to eat only vegetables for dinner like in the old days do you?" Mr Forest folds his green arms contemplatively.

Mr Forest says to Rick, "There are so many tasty meats that show up at the federation import shop. It's a shame because I never know if they will get more when I find something new I like. How much cargo was on the transport you arrived on?" Rick answers, "Sorry, they couldn't even arrange a proper transport ship. I did an orbital drop with only what I could carry on my mech suit."

Mr Forest grips the edge of the table in excitement and asks, "Did you bring lots of ration packs?" Rick shrugs and says, "Maybe a case or two?" Mr Forest clicks his nails on the table and exclaims, "I would be eager to trade for them." Mr Periwinkle says, "Mr Forest, those are for emergencies." Mr Forest says dismissively, "No emergencies around here. Everything is fine and peaceful." Rick says, "I don't much care for the taste of them, but if you really want some, I'm up for a trade." The dinner continues and Rick gets along great with the gourmet basilisk.

After dinner, Mr Periwinkle escorts Rick back to his room. Periwinkle says, "I'll be just down the hall if you need anything." Rick says, "Peri, come inside for a moment." Periwinkle follows Rick into the small room. Rick starts pulling off his jumpsuit and Periwinkle gets nervous.

Rick says, "Relax, I'm just getting comfortable. How about we just cuddle?" Rick lays on his back on the narrow bed and Periwinkle squeezes in beside him. Periwinkle hugs Rick's chest and enjoys the feeling of warm fur. Rick asks, "You really don't mind being naked all the time?" Periwinkle runs a hand down Rick's belly and says, "There is nothing to show off like you. We are just used to it."

After such a long day, Rick is getting sleepy. He pulls Periwinkle closer and says, "But what about when the scale parasite epidemic is over?" Periwinkle answers, "Maybe the kids will want to stay naked? It has been convenient." Rick continues to talk with Periwinkle and they drift off to sleep together.

Early in the morning, Julius Cherry stands in the doorway looking in at them. He enjoys the sight of the naked hyena on top of the blankets with a Basilisk cuddled up to him. He closes the door and lets them sleep. Their talk can wait.