Chapter Eight - Leaping From the Balcony
#9 of Within Escada
A look into the past from five years ago. Wolfe and the others try to plan a party for Alex's coming birthday. Jacob and Mark get to work. Veronica confronts the silver fox.
Within Escada - Chapter Eight - Leaping From the Balcony
Many of the parents are all very minimal in the story accept for those already mentioned.
*Warning - Adult Content*
Contains homosexual characters and themes.
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~~~~~~~ Five Years Ago ~~~~~~~
*Log point - 456OTRVA *Reporting Agent - 456 Omega *Exploration in Antarctica radiation survey Mission #7276d677h88abo *October 23, 2025 *Confirmed arrival to Antarctica via drop established at 20:53 point 796s.
When we arrived, it was evident that a group of unknown persons had already begun to drill into the site we had originally established. We were sent in to find out exactly what they were doing at the site since they had invaded and killed all of our researchers. Red Fang Intel said that they had picked up exponential radiation readings. Many of the unknown crew was looking over charts when a loud crash was heard. I and three other agents assigned to this exploration team quickly found cover to shield us from their sight. I found out that they had broken into a large cavern eight meters beneath the snow and ice causing two of their drill team members to fall down into the cavern.
Upon this point six of their crewmembers with one who was not in uniform jumped down into the pit and shot orders to the furs above. Soon after, more of the team began to jump down into the pit bringing equipment with them. I signaled to my crew to obtain disguises, soon rallying back to where we gathered in less than four minutes. We all then proceeded to following with the rest of the crew. At the bottom, we found that they had already began excavating into the rock of the surrounding walls as four to five started scanning the walls with radiation meters that did not look like the ones that are traditionally used.
We all blended in with the crew and began to dig away at the earth as someone next to me broke into a pocket of radioactive material. He shouted for the fur that was not in uniform that leapt away from where he was to the site. He picked up a chunk of the mater and grinned. "Finally, we have what we need. Everyone start excavation starting at this point and load them into the container barrels. Drill team, bore us a path to the surface and get the loaders down here." Their leader said as he moved to a table and put the mater into a small containment vessel that had cables running from it.
The exploration team and myself made it a goal to get as close as possible to the table that he was at to learn more. Collectively we learned that they had found a material that they called black matter; a highly unstable material that when put under extreme degrees of compression could be used in the form of an energy source. The leader then programmed a small, quickly put together device and broke of a piece of the black matter. Opening its small door, he put it inside the device. He then pressed a small red button that turned it on and sat it upon the table. As it sat for a few seconds nothing seemed to happen, but as the leader went to pick up the device it slowly started to cave-in on itself as what seemed like runic symbols appeared around the table and compressed into the device.
When the process was over, the implosion stopped and everything returned to normal. "This stuff is going to be difficult to manufacture." One of the grunt workers said to me as he passed with a pneumatic drill. The leader then picked up the device and removed his cloak that had been covering his identity, a gray fox. He feverishly opened the device to remove the black matter and pulled out a small sphere that was completely black. Reaching into a messenger bag that lied around him, he pulled out a small brown book. He flipped to a marked page and held the mater in one hand as he began to recite some sort of incantation that once again these runic symbols around him. All of the crew watched as the black sphere began to glow and slowly start to fuse into his hand. The compression started again but this time it did not pull into itself, instead it was as if the cavern itself began to bend into the area at where he stood. The material had to be the source of the energy that caused it.
When this process ended, the cavern returned to normal and the silver fox stood perfectly normal next to the table. "Let us see." He said as he turned toward one of the walls that the team was digging at to get to the surface. He raised his hands and set them along the wall and in a flash more of these symbols appeared and in a rather large explosion the earth from where he stood against the wall moved out and as if thrown by a mighty beast ejected to the surface. The crew cheered as they soon found that their path to the surface had been cut through in seconds flat. "Get the containment trucks ready boys. All of what we can carry is to be loaded and ready for shipment by morning." The gray fox said as he proceeded to the table to gather his things. One of my team members called me over toward where he was. I moved as fast as I could to avoid attention. "What is it 972 Beta?" I said "I don't feel good about this. That stuff doesn't look like a good thing." The agent, a rat, said to me. "You're not alone on that one; we need to see about getting a containment vessel of this stuff so that we can further analyze it. In addition, I think we are going to need back up for this one. If you can get over to agent 376 Delta tell him to send a radio message to HQ in South Africa and tell them we need a chopper lift ASAP." I ordered to him. "Will do sir." The rat said as he quickly scurried and resumed his 'work'.
I then proceeded to getting a new uniform to collect new data. One of the supervisors walked past me with a briefcase next to some of the empty containment vessels, his clothes were a bit small but I would have to make do. I reached out and grabbed him as he then tried to slip away from me. He fell silent after he realized that he had a syringe stuck in his back. I quickly removed his clothing and switched into them then moved the body to a discreet location so that it would not be discovered. I then hurried to where the leader was and saluted. "Thank you; do you have the research data on you?" The fox inquired. "Yes I do sir." I said as I opened the briefcase. "We'll need to prepare the samples to be infused with the guards and operatives. Have they readied the lab on the surface?" The fox barked. "Yes sir, they are almost done." I said with reluctance. "Good, here is the list of the first batch. Be sure that they have read through the preliminary data so they know what they are being given." He said as he handed me another packet of papers. "Yes sir, right away." I said as I then proceeded to the surface.
When I got to the surface, I quickly ducked behind a rock formation. "There you are." Agent 784 Gamma said as he pulled out a small imagery device. "Get these recorded and sent over to the research team." I said as the fowl hurridly began scanning the files. I then reached into my pocket and retrieved my earpiece. "376 Delta, do we have a site and ETA for pickup?" I said over the locked line. "Yes, ETA is 20 minutes at prospected location 529g." The ferret said. "Good, proceeded quickly to the location." I ordered. "Will..." A gunshot stopped him. Agent 784 Gamma looked up, as did I as we heard troops moving toward the location and furs shouting. We then quickly made our way out of the area. However, I first went over to the lab area. I loaded the men who were to be infused with this matter into the lab. Technicians were already preparing the black matter as an alarm sounded. "Be on alert for suspicious furs in the vicinity. Guards are ordered to shoot on sight." A voice said over the loud speakers.
I stood among the furs in the lab. Many had no expression and seemed to be un-phased at what was to happen to them in due time. "Let us get started. You first." One of the technicians said to a Labrador. I flipped through the list of people the fox had given me and found the Labrador. He was in his late twenties and had been with the organization for close to three years. Now I began to want to stop the procedure one of the technicians came to me and stood silent. "I'll need that." A small badger said to me. He was looking at the stack of papers the fox had given me. I handed it over as one of the other technicians started with another one of the furs there.
I could not be in there anymore. I left the lab; seeing those furs stand there and have no means of fighting away whatever this material was they fused with made me sick. 'How do they know it is even safe?' I thought. At that moment agent 784 Gamma grabbed my arm and started pulling me away from the camp. "We have to go. Charges are set as ordered by HQ." We ran off as fast as we could as we rendezvous with 972 Beta who was carrying one of the containment vessels. "Chopper ETA is in one minute. Let's go." He said as he shot a flare into the sky and agent 784 Gamma pressed a detonator switch. In seconds, the camp filled with explosions. Our pickup chopper arrived soon after and we proceeded to climb in as quickly as we could. At that moment time seemed to stand still as an electromagnetic field pushed its way from the camp toward the chopper. "We need to go now!" The pilot barked as he began to pull off the ground.
We fled just as the field passed over where our chopper had been standing. "What was that?" Agent 784 Gamma asked. I only had one answer to it. "Our next biggest threat."
*Research Log Draft *'Black mater' Project - R6753b87yg8130 *November 7, 2025
Findings-
We have not found any information to explain what 'black mater' is exactly. We know that it is a highly reactive material but it does not show any harmful affects when exposed to its radiation. It is still stable even after compression. The compression is used to remove all raw and excessive materials from it and to "unleash" its potential energies. Many of the properties that we found from the intelligence we got from the brief case tell of shifting the elements of nature to suit what the user is doing. Much like how the fox in my log from October 23, 2025 was able to move the earth with just a simple setting of his hands. It is found that the material is as if from a video game. Who would ever believe that such a material could really exist? Our research team was put to go use at analyzing the game that it was from upon my further research that found that it posses unique properties of bonding with many common elements. It has been blended with compounds (i.e. Titanium) and has produced an ability to amplify the energy signatures within 'black mater'. I have begun the research into how we can create something to destroy the amplification and use of the 'mater' but development will most likely have to begin with creating ways to use the 'mater' ourselves. The hope would be to be able to destroy the material in entirety... or at least try to stop those who are using it from getting anymore of the 'mater'. It's now a question of where we will have to start to get the subject of the use of the 'mater' to cease before there are any casualties.
~~~~~~~ Present ~~~~~~~
Wolfe sat quietly with Jessica as they waited for Scott in the car. There was only a week left before the Thanksgiving's holiday. "Do you think he is ready to go yet?" Jessica said as she fidgeted in the back seat of Wolfe's Mustang. "I don't know what is taking him so long again. He does this everyday... There he is." Wolfe said, slightly annoyed. Scott ran out from his front door as he had his shirt and jacket thrown over his shoulder along with his book bag, his mouth was full of a bagel that he was gnawing on as he advanced to the vehicle. "Good morning sunshine." Jessica said as Scott opened the door, very sarcastically. "Sorry guys, I forgot that I didn't finish the last paragraph of my paper for English." Scott said as he pulled the bagel from his maw.
Wolfe rolled his eyes as he shifted into reverse and quickly advanced to the street, he was already upset because he couldn't stand being late to school now that there was someone he was always looking forward to seeing, Alex. Since it was now well into the fall, snow had made its way to cover the area, leaving its soft unbroken powder to shine in the dark landscape. Wolfe hated driving in snow and especially at night. Scott had finished his bagel and was now dressing in his seat, pulling over his heavier jacket that he always left in the backseat of the lupine's car.
As the sports car slowly cruised off of the freeway via the ramp Jessica let out a statement. "So how does a particular fox like parties?" She said with a slight grin. "I don't know... I have never came cross a situation to where I needed to ask him. Why?" The lupine inquired. "Cause his birthday is December 5th right?" Scott said as he turned to Jessica with a huge smile across his face. "That's right!" Wolfe exclaimed, "I forgot all about that. Do you guys have what I have in mind?" "Strippers at HOOTERS... but all male?" Scott shouted as he started bouncing in his seat. Jessica laughed, "Well as much as we would all love to do that I think Wolfe means throwing Alex a party you goof." She nudged the canine as the car now pulled into the parking lot.
"Aw... but we could so have more fun than is necessary." Scott said as he soon lost his spring. Wolfe chuckled subtly as he parked. He was now more than ever running his ideas in his mind of how to spend a very special day with his fox. Jessica snapped her paw in front of Wolfe's eyes, "Earth to Wolfe, stop meandering and let's get to class. We can plan your wonderful ideas when we get out of school." Scott grinned as he opened his door and glanced at the ridiculous wolf.
Jessica was first to reach the elevator as they approached them. "So do you know what he want for his birthday Wolfe?" Scott said as the elevator doors opened when Jessica pushed the button. "No... not really." Wolfe said as he looked down toward his foot paws. "Well figure it out then, you worry about your gift while me and Scott get the plans together." Jessica said as she patted the lupine on the back. Wolfe smiled as he turned to face his friends.
The chiming sound signaled that they had reached the ground level to the school. As they entered the large quad area they could see the Janitors spraying slurry of hot water and salt to melt the snow. As they took a few steps Wolfe stopped dead in his tracks. "What's up Wolfe?" Scott said as he turned to see why the lupine stopped. "I forgot my music in the car. I'll just go get it really quick. Don't wait up for me in class." He said as he hastily returned through the door from which they had come. "Don't worry. We'll try not to get to ahead of ourselves!" Scott exclaimed as the lupine disappeared back into the building. The panther and the fox chortled as they turned to the Performing Arts building.
Mark had been up since 5 AM as he watched the news reports to see how the weather was going to be. 'With the strange changes in weather on a global scale, we have been getting abnormal weather for this time of year. Southern California is now in its third week of snow where we should be well into the low 70's.' Jacob slowly turned the volume down as he went to go and grab a fresh cup of coffee. "You don't think these could be related right?" Mark said as he loaded the dishwasher. "I wish I could say I know but I don't. It's snowing all over the globe right now. Where it's usually a great getaway for the winter with summer conditions it's snowing at least 10 inches in the Caribbean." Jacob said as he glared out the window.
Mark picked up the morning paper on the counter and scanned it through. Since Jacob got back from Moscow there has been many strange reports of irregularities. Last month the entire country of Japan lost all electricity for three days, then with the start of snow falling globally three weeks ago, and then there were reports of burning snow seen in France. It was turning into a very large mess. "It all has to be related Jacob, there is no other explanation. You know what 'dark mater' can do." Mark said as he threw the paper into the recycling can. Jacob continued to stare out the window as Mark came and stood by him. 'I know your doing this...'
Wolfe proceeded to his car and popped open the trunk lid. He sighed as he shifted the articles in the compartment and reached for his bag. 'I wonder what I could get him.' The lupine thought as he shut the trunk. Many different ideas ran through his mind as to possible gift ideas, but he threw most of them out at the thought of how stupid he thought they were. 'How about sweater? No, too cheesy. A CD? No, too common. How about a new set of drumsticks? No, he burns through his so fast he gets a new set every two weeks.' Wolfe pondered as he stood in the silent lot.
As he was making his way back to the elevators he heard a roaring sound come from above. Turning hastily with his ears perking at the now familiar percussion he smiled from cheek to cheek. Alex came barreling through on his motorcycle from the upper level, his body and bike covered in freshly fallen snow. The fox made eye contact with the dark lupine and then pulled into a parking spot near Wolfe's car. The percussive beat of the engine was soon killed and Alex climbed off of the bike and walked toward the wolf flipping up the blackened glass visor of his helmet. "Hallo Wolfe." He said in a muffled voice from under the helm. "Morning handsome, why don't you take off that mask?" The canine said with a small grin.
As if the emerging metamorphosis of a butterfly the fox shut his visor and pulled off the helmet and revealed his soft, luxurious head fur. Wolfe chuckled as he saw the foxes fur clung flat to his head. "What did I do now?" Alex said in a harsh tone. The lupine only smiled as he went over to the fox and began to run his paws through the head fur of his mate. Once being satisfied with his work he stood silent as their eyes meant with a gentle connection. Alex only grinned as he reached for Wolfe to embrace him, the natural scent of the fur he cared for washing in to his nostrils as he brought himself closer to him.
They stood for a brief moment before kissing very gently, everything that they wished to say being done in the ritualistic embrace. "You are too much now and then." Alex said as he backed away to put his bike gear into the nearby lockers. "Nah... I see myself as just being normal." The wolf said as he fished his gloves out of his bag. They chuckled before wrapping their arms through one another and calling on the elevator.
Mark sat at the desk in the office rummaging through the files on his desk as he double-checked them for accuracy. Jacob stood with him as he collected the files and began to put them into envelops for mailing. It seemed a ritual every year around this time to have to go through the mounds of paperwork that built up in early January till now. "As soon as we get to the holidays it seems that work dies off and we can finally get a chance to finish organizing." Mark stated as he closed the final one. "Yeah it does, but that's just how it rolls. At least this stuff just gets dropped off now that we never seem to really go into the office that much." Jacob said as he went to his computer and got onto the Internet. The two slowly began to pickup the countless envelops and take them toward the living room, placing each one on the couch. With their work finished they sat on the floor and sighed.
As if there was nothing worse to go wrong, the phone began to ring. With a grunt Mark picked himself off the floor and grabbed the retched device that connected their world to the rest. Jacob let out another grunt as he got up from the floor and answered the door. "FedEx, great timing. All of the packages are in here." Jacob said as he guided the mule in from the flurry covered porch to the couch. "That time of the year Jacob?" The mule uttered as he started one by one scanning the envelope's barcodes into his handheld unit. "You guessed right on that one. Took two days to finish but were done." The lupine answered in an exhaustive tone. The mule only nodded in agreement as he went back outside to grab the larger cart he left outside. With the packages loaded the mule bid Jacob farewell and started down the driveway to his truck. Jacob shut the door and then crawled onto the couch face down as he let out a yawn. He slowly rested his weary body, but was soon nudged by the lion that grumbled as he made his way around. "We have to go again, both of us this time." The cat said as he handed the lupine a series of printed sheets. "Oh god why now!" Jacob said as he glared at the sheets in his paw. "Well not now, after the holiday this weekend. We have until after then at least." Mark said as he picked up the wolf and lay on the couch, putting Jacob back on top of himself.
"I get tired of this now and then." Jacob said as he faced the lion. "I know what you mean. Remember how I had to leave just before Halloween to go back to Moscow to apologize and provide condolences from the President?" Mark said as he stretched. "That idiot baboon the public elected to lead us only has a year left and then hopefully we can get someone who will do it their damn selves in my opinion." The lupine said with a rough tongue. Mark only let out a growl in agreement as he took the papers from Jacob and set them on the coffee table. They lay with each other as they got more comfortable and began processing the situation. Silence prevailed over all, the clicking sounds of the grandfather clock in the study being heard throughout the house.
As Jacob began to wonder if he could just break the clock and be done with the annoyance he was soon flooded with the low rumble of breathing. Mark had fallen asleep in the time, his purring overcoming all of the sounds from the clock. Jacob just nuzzled his head to the cat and sighed, soon following suit into slumber.
The final day at school before the short vacation came to it's usual end at three in the afternoon of that week. Much of the days went along as normal, minus that the sky continued to be cast in a dismal and unusual gray. "It's still so dark out here." Scott said as he wrapped his scarf around Jessica. "Tell me about it," Alex said as he wrapped his arm around Wolfe's, "It's looking at being like this over the entire holiday." Wolfe climbed the stairs with his friends as they made way to trudge across the common area to the main school building. Snow continued to fall in heavy quantities on the lawns and concrete. The janitors decided along with the school that trying to melt the snow was a waste of time, instead they would shovel enough of the snow away from the paths every hour to keep paths open in-between buildings. As the group came inside the building they shook heavily as they soon joined into the throngs of students making their way into elevators and down the stairs to the parking lot.
After what felt like forever, they all finally made it to Wolfe's car. Alex decided that it wasn't safe to ride his bike to school with the way the weather has been so Wolfe had been picking him up for the last few days. "You guys want to come over to my house?" Wolfe said as he unlocked the car and pulled his seat forward to let Scott in. They all nodded in agreement, a confirmation that all they really wanted was for Wolfe to turn the heater on. Wolfe just grinned as he turned the heater on and made his way painstakingly out of the school garage. Being a way to break the silence, Alex turned on the radio and turned the volume to where it could be easily heard. "...New reports of continual snowfall have been flooding in since noon. Many residents in the..." Static overcame the voice. Wolfe reached across the dashboard and turned off the radio.
"Looks like this is turning into a snowstorm." Jessica said as she reached into her purse for her cell phone. Scott and Alex followed suit and hunted for their own. The obviousness that they many not get home tonight being evident. Wolfe sighed as he avoided advancing onto the freeway, seeing as the state troopers had closed the usual on-ramp he would take. "So who's up for movie night at my house?" The lupine said as the last of them got off the phone with their parent. They all smiled and laughed as Wolfe came to a stoplight. "Do you got movie food?" Alex said as he brushed his fur out of his face. "No... but there is a grocery store a few blocks away from my house. I think we should be fine to stop there before getting to my house." The canine stated as the light turned green.
The lock on the door began to turn and making its usual clicking sounds. Jacob and Mark were still asleep as the pack of friends made their way into the foyer. "Dads were home!" Wolfe called out as he moved into the kitchen, still heavily bundled in jackets. Mark awoke first soon followed by Jacob who both stretched heavily. Alex, Scott, and Jessica all removed their bundling and hung them on the racks that stood nearby. Mark slowly rose as he held Jacob close, still half asleep and cuddling into his chest. "How cute. I want one of those." Alex said as Scott and Jessica giggled from behind him. "Well unfortunately there is only one of these and he's mine." Mark said as Jacob yawned.
They laughed as Jacob realized that there were guests and quickly stammered to his feet. The lupine quickly fixed his fur and clothes before putting on a fake smile. "Jacob it's just the kids. They don't care." The lion said as he got up from his perch on the couch. Mark just patted the wolf on the head as he turned toward the gathering on the other side of the couch. Before he could speak someone called out for him. "Mark, can you come help me in the kitchen." Wolfe beckoned. "Coming." Mark said as he made way through to him.
Jacob sighed as he let his composure down and jumped right back onto the couch, putting his feet up. The others followed along as well, taking seats round the television. An hour past as they sat quietly watching the channels change. "So... how school today kids?" The older lupine inquired. "It was okay... minus the foot of snowfall." Jessica said as she tussled Scott's fur from its flattened look. "It's been doing this for weeks now. I'm beginning to miss the sun a lot now." Alex said as he perked his ears to the sound of the commercials being louder than the program that was on. "Well lets hope those meteorologists get it figured out as to how long this is going to keep up. There we are..." Jacob said as he changed the channel to a news station.
"Storm Tracker 9000 is on the job for you. Unfortunately we are looking at a classic snowstorm tonight through to the Thanksgiving's holiday. Reports of record smashing snowfall have been flooding in all over the globe. When we come back we'll have your weekend outlook and more of today's headline news right after this word from our sponsors." The weatherman said as the screen faded into a commercial. "Jesus Christ, this is a nightmare!" Jacob exclaimed as he got up from his seat and advanced upon the kitchen. "He's not happy. Then again neither am I, the sun is so nice to see in Texas." Alex said as he reached over for the remote. "If only it would stop," Scott said with a sigh, "but all we can do is hope for it to end. Hey let's go check out the movies." Scott rose and opened the large wooden door on the wall revealing an expansive library of movies, music, and books. Flipping through the DVD's he started pulling out various titles and set them on the floor.
Wolfe and Mark were slowly finishing the pasta and dessert as Jacob walked into the kitchen and washed his hands. As he ran his paws angrily under the faucet Mark looked over to the young lupine and motioned over toward the elder. "Hey Dad, can Alex, Scott, and Jessica spend the night? It's snowing really hard now and I don't want to have to try to get them home." Wolfe said as he finished his preparations and nuzzled against his father. "Hmm? Well I would have to say I'm not letting you out into a storm like this anyways so yes, they can stay. I take tonight is gonna be a movie night?" Jacob inquired with a grin. "Yeah," Wolfe said with a smile, "we just want to hang out and have fun." Jacob just patted the pup on his head and grabbed plates from the cabinet and began to set them on the counter along with silverware from the drawer below.
With a whistle from Mark, the room was soon filled with hungry furs all eager to taste Connor cuisine. On the serving area were a penne pasta and sauce waiting in a large bowl, a basket of bread fresh from the oven, a platter full of chicken breasts were lined on one another in their crisp, golden baked texture that was tantalizing in aroma, along with two other small dishes of vegetables. After everyone had gathered their portions they made way into the dining room to converse of the day and enjoy each other's company.
It was now seven in the evening and Mark had finished loading the dishwasher while Jacob finished putting the few leftovers into the refrigerator. Scott and Jessica were sitting at the bar looking through the bags of goodies they had bought with Wolfe at the grocery store for their movie night. "I love chocolate. It's like heaven in a bar." Jessica said as she opened on of the bags and poured them into a bowl. "Yeah, but I'm a fan of popcorn as you know from my room." Scott said as he ripped open a box of popcorn and threw a bag into the microwave. Scott's room was usually ridden with kernels and little fragments of popcorn in the corers of the floor that he would usually forget to pick up with the vacuum.
"Mark can you get me the big bowl up there?" Scott asked as he pointed to the top shelf where a large wooden bowl. Mark reached up, bringing the bowl down and flipping it over. As he brought it to the ground he sat it on top of Scott's head. "Hey!" Scott exclaimed as he gabbed the bowl and frowned at the lion. They all broke into laughter as Wolfe and Alex came back into the house from the backyard. Turning their heads and laughing along with the rest they continued walking through to the living room.
Alex wrapped his arms around Wolfe from behind as he looked over Wolfe's shoulder. "Hey puppy, do you still have my other set of sticks in your room?" The fox inquired as he matched his steps with that of the lupine. "Yeah I do. Come on." He said as they made way to the staircase and ascended them. Opening his door, Wolfe turned the light on and went over to his closet. Alex went and sat on the bed and picked up one of the wolf's pillows hugging it lightly. "Here you are. All nice and wrapped like you asked me to do." He said as he handed over to the fox. "Thank you." Alex said as he held them appropriately to beat a few rhythms. Wolfe smiled and sat at his desk and turned on his laptop and rummaged through his drawers for a drum pad. Alex looked over to the desk as he waited for the pad.
Wolfe found the pad and tossed it over to the fox, catching it in his paws and set it down before drumming on it. The lupine then turned back to his computer and entered his password and clicked on the Internet icon. As the homepage loaded he picked up the computer and turned to face the fox, hiding the screen and putting his glasses on. The fox sit there strumming beats to the pad and enjoying it. Wolfe continued using his computer and searching pages of the Internet.
After ten minutes Wolfe shut his laptop and stood up. And grabbed the fox's paw. Alex smiled and rose from his seat. As they made their way back down the hall to the stairs Wolfe stopped and turned the fox toward himself and hugged him. "You're so weird." Alex giggled to the motion. Wolfe just smiled as he then kissed the fox affectionately. "Lets go watch a movie." The lupine said as he continued now down the stairs.
Jessica and Scott were walking into the room with snacks as Jacob and Mark flipped through the titles of the movies the panther picked. "Let's go with this one." Mark said as he got up and slinked over to the DVD player. The six of them all took their usual spots in the living room and gathered round the television; Jacob and Mark with one another on the couch, Scott and Jessica on the floor with Jessica on top of Scotts back, Wolfe and Alex on the corner couch with Alex leaning onto the wolf. "Popcorn? Jessica said from above Scott. "My favorite of course." The panther said as he reached for the bowl.
"I'm not going to say it again you bitch. Where can I find the wolf?" A dark figure said in a cold and dark alley in Chicago. "I'm not going to tell you. You'll have to fucking kill me to get me to ever speak. I wont tell you a word." Veronica said as she fired her gun at the fox. "Well then I may just have to carry through with that at this rate." He uttered as he lunged toward her. Gunfire filled the alley as the two continued their confrontation. 'He's moving too fast for me.' Veronica thought as she fired three more rounds in his direction.
They continued leaping and trying to make decent contact to eliminate one another. They were soon in the streets, bullets ricocheting off of the glass from the buildings. The glass flying into the street and raining down along with the snow glistened with the firing of guns. Veronica breathed deep as she flung her hand toward the fox and hurled fire at the fox. The fox amazingly dodged the blast and lunged once more at the wolf. She dodged him and quickly shot out a window and ran through it.
Looking as quickly as possible to the left and right she found the stairs and leapt up them soon hearing the fox grunting from below. She hastened her speed and then quickly burst through a door. She ran down the hall and then turned to see the fox running at her with his gun pointed at her. He fired dead on, the bullet piercing her chest through her jacket. She stopped in her tracks and fell to the floor gripping her chest. "Got you. Now tell me where I can find him." The fox said as he grabbed the lupine jacket and lifted her up into the air. "I don't care what you want," she said as she coughed, blood leaking from her mouth, "I refuse to tell you." "Then I'll just have to end this chase." The fox said as he drew in his hand to her head.
In the blink of an eye she combined a kick and punch to free his grasp. At that moment a blast of green energy shot forth and shot into the ceiling. Veronica then ran into the stairs once more as she scaled the stairs and burst through to the roof balcony. She pressed against the railing and looked over before hearing the fox burst through the door. "I had told you that it was going to end." The fox said as he readied his gun to her. Veronica climbed onto the railing and turned toward the fox. "So this is how you want me to do it now, huh? Fine, an easy kill in my book." The fox proclaimed as he targeted the wolf. The wolf smiled, "I told you you'll never get a word out of me." As she finished her statement she slung her gun forward and fired a single shot to the fox while leaping from the balcony.
The movie ended late, many of them having fallen asleep. Wolfe and Alex were resting with on another when they decided it was best to get the others to bed. Wolfe woke his dads while Alex woke Scott and Jessica. Mark yawned as he looked at the clock. "Damn it's late." He whispered as he looked down at Jacob. Mark raised himself carefully as he lifted the lupine up and carried him up the stairs after he waved goodnight to the others. Wolfe then looked over to Alex and saw that he had wakened the others. With a single motion he led them down a hallway toward the guest bedroom. After another wave goodnight it was only Wolfe and Alex left now.
Wolfe reached for Alex's paw and turned off the television. As he led the fox up the stairs he smiled when he met the fox's eyes. As they walked through door of Wolfe's room Alex pushed it closed. In a flash Wolfe had grabbed the fox and had him pinned on the bed. As he looked down at the fox in the dim light he could see his eyes glistening. The fox craned his neck to meet the maw of the lupines, drawing into the passionate embrace between them. Wolfe and Alex traced each other's tongues, both breathing heavily with one another as they turned over. Alex rose from the wolf. He slid his paw along the lupines chest and sighed as he did so.
Slowly reaching up, the wolf ran his paw under Alex's shirt and touched the fur of his back. The fox let out a gasp as he pulled Wolfe up to meet him face to face. They kissed again as they slowly began to work each others shirts up and off, soon followed by claws hooking into each others pants. They continued the escapade of touching and removing articles of clothing before resting against one another in a more natural state. "Is this too fast?" Alex said as he looked into Wolfe's smoky-blue eyes. "No, is it fast for you?" Wolfe asked with concern.
Alex said nothing as he kissed the wolf deeper then he had rubbing his body along his. Wolfe felt his sheath filling with more and more of his cock as he grinded his along that of the fox's. He reached for the fox's cock, now swelling and thick. The fox moaned as he felt the canine pump him gently with care. As they continued, Alex reached for Wolfe's cock and gave it a heavy squeeze, pre leaking all over his paw and filling the air in a heavy musk. Alex rose from Wolfe and bent down over towards the lupines swelling pride. The aroma began to fill his nostrils as he hungrily tasted the cock that was inches from his maw. The wolf inhaled sharply as he felt the tongue trace the veins of his wolf-hood, the feelings driving the more wild side of the canine.
Alex slowly traced along every part of the meat before he engulfed the entire thing and began sucking heavily on it. As he slowly humped into motion with Alex, Wolfe reached carefully to the dripping member belonging to that of the fox. He wrapped his paw gently along the length again and began to slowly squeeze it as he repetitively motioned an engine piston upon it. They continued this passion before Alex began to really pump the cock as he felt the knot at its base slowly presenting itself. "Wolfe... I want you to fuck me. Right now." The fox said with a look of desire in his eyes as he turned to the wolf.
Wolfe nodded in agreement as Alex lay gently onto his back on the bed. Wolfe reached over into a draw on his bedside stand and fished out a condom. Wolfe then slowly raised the fox to meet his cock to the hole of his mate. He then reached back and grabbed a small tube of lubricant and applied it liberally to his member. As he finished he positioned his cock head to the opening below. "I'm gonna be extra careful, okay?" He said with a look of concern in his eyes. Alex only nodded in agreement as he smiled to the wolf. Carefully, the lupine pressed against the fox, his swollen cock easing very slowly into the tight hole of his mate. "Oh god..." Alex said as he moaned from beneath Wolfe. The lupine continued sliding into the fox as he pushed gently inside the tight crevasse.
Finally he was completely there, his well-formed knot sitting just outside the fox. Alex let out a pleasurable sigh as he squeezed gently along the cock that now filled him; he began to adjust to the size of the length inside him and relaxed as he looked at the wolf. The lupine smiled down upon the fox that only gazed back to him before kissing him gently. "Go ahead now." Alex said as he rested his head on Wolfe's arm that was now supporting his head ever so strongly. Wolfe nodded as he slowly slid his member out of the fox and began to push back in. Alex moaned as he felt the length fill him for a second time and run along the right spot to make him want to scream in ecstasy. Wolfe began to pump heavily into the fox as he felt the rhythmic squeezing matching his thrusts.
The fox's moans began to drive the wolf toward his peak, the knot at the base of his cock now becoming fuller. Alex moaned, "Wolfe tie me. Please, I want to feel this." Wolfe picked up the fox and sat on the bed with his swelling pride now pushing against the tight opening to his mate. Alex was now straddling the lupine as he felt the knot asking for access to his body. The fox turned to the wolf and kissed him, causing the wolf to thrust harder and deeper into the fox. As they continued, Wolfe broke the kiss and rotated the fox on his cock to where his chest was to the fox's back.
Alex now could now no longer take the teasing anymore since now the swollen head and knot were driving him insane. He forced the knot into his hole where it slid into him, eliciting a loud moan that he did into the air as he craned his neck to Wolfe's shoulder. Alex then reached over to his dripping cock and feverishly pumped the length hard. Wolfe was now at full speed as he bit down onto the fox and pushed deep into the opening with gusto. As the knot fully swelled he began to cum hard, spilling his seed while inside of the fox. Alex moaned as he felt the pumping cock push him to his edge causing him to cum as well spraying across the bed sheets in powerful streams.
They sat still amongst one another as they basked in the glow of their passion. Wolfe released his grip on Alex and blinked a few times as he refocused. Alex ran his paw along Wolfe as he squeezed his muscles around the under-base of the lupine's cock. Wolfe turned his head toward the fox's in the best way possible and kissed him passionately, the sensuality pressing his emotions of how he truly felt for the fox. They sat rested with one another as they waited for the lupines knot to subside. When it finally did, Wolfe reached into his drawer for a towel to clean up their mess.
As they wound down from their passion, Alex rested upon the bed. Wolfe smiled at the fox and kissed the fox gently on his lips. They giggled before Wolfe turned into the bed and wrapped the blankets upon himself and Alex, the fox's back to his chest. They breathed deeply with the scents around them still filling their nostrils. "I love you Alex." Wolfe said as he wrapped his paws and arms around Alex's chest. "I love you too Wolfe." Alex said as he interlaced his arms with Wolfe's. They pressed closer to one another after saying these lines soon falling into slumber.
The gray fox cursed the fact that he had been shot, now leaving him to stammer toward the balcony railing to see if he had killed the wolf. As he reached the edge a helicopter burst from below the horizon before the fox had a chance to even look over the railing. Veronica was inside with a machine gun pointed right at the fox, ready to let forth a spray of bullets onto the rooftop. The fox clamored to his feet, since he had fallen from the sudden view of the chopper, and quickly found an escape route through a maintenance hatch. "Damn fox!" Veronica exclaimed as she pulled the gun in and shut the chopper door. She turned to face the pilot as she climber into the seat next to him. "I owe you big time Uroso." She said as she the ape turned the chopper and ascended into the sky toward the outskirts of the city. "Well it's always in the knick of time that I save someone's hide." He began to set the autopilot system and then turned to her to check her wounds. "We're gonna need Jacob and Mark next time." She said as she looked out through the windows of the chopper.
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I want to make a note that I have always wanted to kinda put out there. I dont know how "Black matter", later know as "Dekoret", came to be in existence or such really. I've always thought of it as a radioactive isotope of some sort and it kinda worked for explaining the somewhat supernatural abilities later found in the series. I found a rough write up of further history on "Dekoret", that I had originally just called Ember stones, a few months after I originally posted this; but seeing as this would have been a great deal of explanation and headache for some reason I opted to just toss it out and let the story evolve around it and wherever it would be explained later in the series. The whole idea of this story element ended up being very engrained in the story to a point where it was unremovable, despite my own slight detesting of it towards the end.
Keep those eyes open for Chapter 9 - With Everything Eternal and Forever Lasting.
WDE
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