Calling Cards Chapter 6: Struggling in the Dark
#7 of Calling Cards
DISCLAIMER: (This is M/M furry goodness. If you have are underage then don't get caught. Otherwise, enjoy. And I am looking for constructive criticism. I love to hear positive things. But I want to make my writing better. So if you would be so kind, go ahead and rip me a new one. Thanx ?) As the pair of glowing red eyes pierced through the shadows and penetrated the wolf to his very soul, the lupine hesitantly asked, "Are you saying that I have to put any thoughts of..of Daniel behind me?" " Not necessarily," the raspy voice changed to a calm deep baritone, which sounded from somewhere else within the pitch black cavern. "What you need to do is honor his memory and the memory of your parents by not grieving their loss, but by rebuilding your life and living for them. If you can't move on then your emotions will eat away at you until there is nothing left but a pitiful shell." The wolf twisted around to where he assumed the voice erupted from the depths within the darkened cavern. Matthias' ears drew back to lay against his head, which in turn was hanging low with submission. "How do I let go?" the lupine whimpered as he struggled to keep the tears from cascading from his eyes down the muzzle, lest the jackal could somehow see in the blinding abyss of shadow. Matthias wouldn't put it past the expert thief. "I don't wanna forget them, especially..." the young wolf looked up and wiped a furry paw across his burnished golden hued eyes. Along with the tears went any doubts about his former life. Everything he had been taught. Everything about what was right and what was wrong. Every ideal he had ever believed in. Matthias threw them away, determined to devote the rest of his life to the path of thievery and revenge against the unknown otter assailant and his henchfurs. "Especially Daniel" the lupine continued a new look of resolution dawning in his tear stained eyes. "But I will do whatever it takes to bring revenge upon those who ripped him and my parents away from me. I will become a thief so that I might be able to work my way into the underworld. The otter and his cronies will pay for what they have done. That is absolute. Please... please help me achieve my goal." The blazing eyes disappeared and reappeared moments later right in front of the young wolf. By now Matthias' eyes had adjusted to the darkness and he was able to make out the form of the tall jackal standing in front of him, fiery red eyes oozing with a mixture of amusement and gravity. "Well then," the jackal's usual light and cavalier voice broke through the small void filling the gap between the two furs. "Let us commence the trial of grief." Paws clamped down hard on Matthias' shoulder and turned him around. Then the minerals that lit the subterranean hideout radiated light which pierced the darkness and drew it back to the walls like curtains being drawn from a window. And the lupine was able to observe the cavern that he was in. It was an almost exact replica of his living room. A long blue couch leaned against the wall on the left and a blue love seat made its residence across the room from where the wolf was standing. Bookshelves lined the right side of the room, crammed with dusty old book, weathered and illegible in the dim crystal light. Below the shelves was a, believe-it-or-not, a built in faux fireplace with metal grating and two synthetic logs. Matthias looked down at the beige squishy carpet padding that his furry paws were snuggling in. This whole place reminded the young wolf of his home. This was the room that his parents and Daniel were killed in. A weird filling filled his gut and he whirled back around faster than one could say whiplash and saw the rest of the scene. Three chairs and three corpses were set up in the other side of the room. Two wolves and a snow leopard, throats slit and covered from headfur to paws in blood. To the wolf, there was something unreal about the setup, as if he were trapped in a nightmare. A movement stirred next to the body of the snow leopard and the wolf stared into the merciless eyes of none other than the scarred otter that was responsible for his devastation. "What's a matter pup?" the otter sneered in a cold raspy voiced that made claws on a chalkboard sound like a choir of prepubescent harmony. "Weren't you just saying something about getting revenge 'pon me. Well here's your big chance. I'm right here and I'm all alone." The otter scowled as he raised his voice to an impish shriek that nearly shattered the surrounding glass. "Well! Grow a pair and come kill me." Suddenly the corpse of the snow leopard straightened up and his vibrant eyes connected with the wolf's who in turn was paralyzed with shock. "Matthias..., please, avenge me. You must kill him. It's the only way to prove you love me. Don't let my death be for nothing. Don't let my killer escape fee from the justice he deserves." The malicious grin that was draped across the otter's maw dripped with scorn and the yellow teeth that were bared for all to see could be comparative commentary upon the scumbag's soul; rotten and wicked. "Yes, do like your faggish kitty suggests and come take care of grown up matters. Unless your not feeling up to the challenge that is. In that case, you can watch as you let your love down again." The otter walked behind where the snow leopard was sitting and placed his paws on the feline's shoulders giving and gave him a gentle massage all the while grinning like the devil, his eyes never moving from the petrified wolf. The snow leopard's eyes were emotionless and his body action didn't react, but his voice was full of alarm as he raised his voice to Matthias. "My Rathe, please, help me. I don't want to die again. Please, I beg you. You failed to save me before. Make up for it now. Redeem yourself. Kill him and then kill yourself. It's the only way to settle this matter. The two key players have to die, and then everything will be as it should." Matthias broke from his trance and his eyes hazed in confusion as through whispered breath he asked, "Wh..what? Feline eyes void of emotion, yet vibrant with color if nothing else stared straight at him. "It's alright. You can admit it. There is only one individual responsible for my death and he's here in this room right now." The snow leopard closed his eyes as he paused and when he opened them again they were filled with anger, but not the kind of realistic anger one gets every day. There was something artificial about the rage in the feline's eyes. As if it didn't belong there and seemed unnatural. The hate burned a hole through Matthias as the feline growled "It's you. You are the sole individual responsible for my death." The wolf was taken aback by the accusation and blinked before stuttering out "M.m..me?" The hateful eyes glared out as the snow leopard hissed out, "Yes, you." The feline motioned to the scarred otter standing near him as he continued, "My death wasn't his fault and you know it. You blame yourself for what happened and rightly so. If you had tried harder, been stronger, then you could have saved me. Instead you watched helplessly as my life was ripped from my body. You say you loved me, but you still live even though I'm gone. How can you live with yourself?" The wolf trembled visibly throughout his furry body as he shook his head, the tears brimming in his eyes being cast about as he did so. "I..I'm sorry Daniel. I tried, tried so hard. But..." The snow leopard narrowed his head down as he finished Matthias' sentence. "... you failed. There's only one way to make up for your inaction and you know it." Matthias fell to his knees, paralyzed by the hate directed from his love. "You must die." As the snow leopard said this, the scarred otter stalked his way towards the petrified lupine, pulling a 9 mm from his jacket. Matthias was aware of the sinister figure approaching to put an end to his existence but his body wasn't listening to his common sense. His emotions ran wild as he tried to piece together a coherent reply to his lover's hateful lash, but all he could manage to ejaculate from his muzzle was a tiny whimper as the ominous otter loomed overhead. Flashes of Daniel ran through his mind as he recalled how they had first met as cubs in their Cub Scout troop. Their time growing up, their hardships and struggles, the moment when they admitted their feelings toward one another, their first kiss and everything that happened after word. It was in the blink of an eye when it happened. When Matthias found his resolve. A blur of white and a beastly roar later and the scarred otter was disarmed on the ground, pinned down by the possessed lupine. Foam spewed from his muzzle and hints of red lined his golden eyes as he looked up to the corpse of the snow leopard still sitting in the chair. "What happened wasn't my fault. I tried, I failed. That is true. But I couldn't help anymore than I had. It's time that I stop grieving over the past and start looking to the future. I want to live. And I'll do whatever it takes in order to do so. And no one, not even the imposter of Daniel will stop me from completing that objective." The corpse stared him straight in the eyes, all hate gone from his eyes as he replied, "I thought you loved me. Can you forget about me so easily?" Matthias stood up placing a foot paw on the chest cavity of the downed villain. "There will always be a place in my heart for you. Our time together, it can never be forgotten. But living in the past isn't honoring your memory. I will strive towards the future and I will live for the both of us." A smile slowly spread over the lupine's muzzle as he closed his eyes and whispered out "Goodbye, Daniel." As Matthias opened his eyes, he noticed a peculiarity about the surroundings. The living room and every object, including the snow leopard and otter were starting to fade, being replaced with a subterranean cavern. In an instant nothing remained except the pitch black darkness of the cavern once more; that and an audible applause. The cavern lit up in its crystal radiance and the wolf glanced towards the sound of the applause. His jaw nearly hit the floor when he saw both Shadow and Leon standing five feet away from him, both applauding, with goofy grins slapped on their muzzles. The jackal sauntered over the distance and slapped the stunned wolf on the back, a boisterous voice bursting from his muzzle. " Well, well, Matthias. That was quite a stunning show. I am proud to say that you passed the trial of grief." At this he presented the wolf with sloppily fashioned homemade blue ribbon, cut from construction paper and marked with a dull yellow smiley face on it. "Congratulations." The wolf looked around at the cavern, which was now visible since it was lit up. There were a variety of enormous machines and computers attached to the walls with wires corded together and attached to a generator that was making a very distinct humming noise, like a bee on cocaine. Lights ranging from blues to whites to rainbow colors flashed every which way and a large table stood off to one side, with several tools and small contraptions scattered about it. "What happened?" the wolf asked, his jaw still aching from the plummet to the ground. He stared at the paper award in his paw still unsure of what the hell he went through. Leon walked over to the table and picked up a disc the size of a small stack of punk CDs. "This," he explained to the stupefied lupine, "is what happened. It is a simulation disc that can produce a lifelike projection around a 60 ft radius. All smells, sounds, sights and textures are reproduced through the programming. I had programmed the room your family died in so as to give you the right atmosphere for your confrontation with your inner darkness." Matthias gaped as he heard the coon's explanation of the device that had not so long ago deceived the wolf into confronting and controlling his turmoil of emotions. The event had been nothing more than a trick cooked up by the two thieves in order to get the lupine to face up to himself. And in the process they mocked Daniel's memory. Rage started building in the back of his heart. Anger towards these two would be friends who would so callously make him doubt his love towards Daniel. Frustration towards himself for thinking of giving in to death. All these emotions whirled in an intense tempest within Matthias' soul, and he almost lost his grasp on his behavior in the process. All he wanted to do was to lash out at these two for mocking him and making a joke of Daniel's death. He almost did retaliate too, but then common sense decided to crash the party. He held back his feelings and they died down into a subtle roar in the back of his mind, down but not out for the count. The young wolf contemplated the coon's and jackal's actions, and realized that they acted for the best. He had a better grasp on his emotions and the behaviors which they sparked. He looked up into the faces of the cheerful duo, his eyes brimming with the mist of sincerity and bowed his head with a simple, "Thanks." Shadow's blazing red eyes literally beamed sunshine as he let out another smile full of sharp teeth and replied, "Your welcome. Our tech expert is from out of town, but he's coming in later today. He'll teach you how to use the variety of gizmo's you will need in order to successfully complete thefts from the lock pick down the suction jack. In the mean time..." Shadow was interrupted by a large unearthly grumble erupting from Leon's beastly stomach. "In the mean time, I think lunch is in order." Leon nodded with and headed out the cavern entrance not before receiving a butt slap from Shadow and a blush from Matthias. The coon let out a little yip and smiled, ready to exercise his culinary genius once more. "After all," the coon thought. "Being a chef was my first real dream." Leon closed his eyes as he leaned against a wall out in the subterranean hallway. A single tear fell down his cheek as he thought of all the circumstances in his past that culminated in his taking a very different path than the one he had originally dreamed of. "Oh well," the coon whispered as he continued to make his way through the earthy labyrinth towards the rather spacious kitchen. "At least I can still cook for my friends." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark and Rachel had arrived in D.C the previous night, the squirrel asleep against the window, with the occasional whimper or sob escaping from her throat. As soon as the beat up old Mustang had entered the city limits, the snow leopard immediately dialed Welles. "Welles here." "Sir, this is Harrison. I have retrieved Ms. Denia and her father's body. Sir..." the snow leopard paused before continuing into the receiver. "Sir, he's been murdered. Some sort of slash wound, as though from a sharp object." "I'm well aware of that Agent Harrison. I need you to bring her to this address. 12878 La Costa Ct. This is the FBI safe house, and she should be safe there. I'll meet you at the residence." "12878 La Costa Ct. Understood sir." "Thank you Harrison. I knew I could count on you." And with that the aging German shepherd disconnected from the phone line. Harrison took out a TomTom and set it for the required destination. "Destination," a sultry female voice spoke from the speakers of the GPS. "23 miles. Start by going straight for 2.5 miles." The voice from the device brought Rachel out of her uncomfortable sleep. The squirrel looked around groggily until she remembered that she was in the passenger seat of one of Welle's friends. Her neck was stiff and in pain from having used a plate of fiberglass as a pillow so she tried not turn her head too much. She glanced at the feline who was driving the wheel, traces of sleep-deprivation beginning gather under his eyes. He blinked once and the Mustang drifted a few inches to the left, but Mark brought the car back to the proper alignment on the road. "Where are we?" the squirrel asked, her eyes trying to discern anything visible in the depths of the darkness that blanketed the surroundings. The feline glanced over towards Rachel, her sapphire eyes locked on the exhausted cat. "We've made it to D.C," he replied, fixing his eyes back on the road in order to avoid any early morning accidents. "I'm escorting you to a safe-house where the Deputy Director will meet you." "Deputy-Director?" Rachel asked oblivious to who the snow leopard was referring. "James Welles. He's the Deputy Director of the FBI, the administrative head. He asked me to come pick you up as a favor. The squirrel sat back in her seat, thoughts going a mile a minute as she replied with an "oh." "Turn at the next right." The voice from the Tomtom erupted into the silence that ensued. After a sharp turn where the car almost skidded off into the median, the voice picked up again. Go straight for 13.3 miles." As soon as the voice on the speaker died away a 17 year old male squirrel popped up from the back seat of the Mustang, leaning his head in between the snow leopard and the squirrel. Strangely enough, the feline was oblivious to the arrival of the third party, only Rachel taking notice of the young squirrel behind her. "So," the male squirrel piped up, "Welles is now in the FBI. That was his dream wasn't it? That's what father always had said. That he and Mr. Welles would change the world. That they would become a part of the FBI and track down all the scum and wipe them off the face of the Earth. Do you remember all the stories father told us. The ones about his days in the Black Ops?" "Of course I do," Rachel replied, craning her neck to look into the eyes of her brother. A sharp pain flooded into her brain, but she ignored it. "Papa used to tell us about his adventures at bed time. About how he and Mr. Welles took on a horde of terrorists with nothing more than two handguns and spare magazine clip. I remember so vividly every detail about all of his adventures. It was my dream to go into Black Ops and become as talented a soldier as he was. Unfortunately, they said that I was too messed up in the head to be eligible for consideration." Rachel let out a little chuckle as she reminisced about her past. "I suppose they were right. I mean I'm talking to my brother who died when I was twelve years old. That's not normal." The male squirrel made a face as he rolled his eyes towards his sister. "That maybe, but in all fairness you were less than five feet away when I was killed. Anyone would be messed up after witnessing their family member's death. Speaking of which" the male squirrel's eyes narrowed as his tone got a lot more serious. "You need to stop blaming yourself for what happened. It wasn't your fault." Tears started to well in Rachel's eyes and as they cascaded down her hazelnut fur cheeks she cast her glance askew, unable to look into her dead brother's eyes. An involuntary sob escaped from her throat, resembling a squeaky hiccup. Mark's ears perked up when he heard the stray sound from the forlorn squirrel. He glanced over at Rachel and noticed the tears that reflected light from the streetlamps as the car continued to stampede through the streets, intent on reaching its destination. The snow leopard pulled the beat up Mustang to the side of the road and parked it in the darkness as he kept his glance on the devastated female. Mark took a moment to gather up the courage and assemble the right words to break the awkward silence that hung in the air like a bad odor. After a moment he place a blue white furred paw on Rachel's left shoulder and as he did so, the male squirrel in the back seat vanished from sight. "Ms. Denia," the squirrel failed to respond, not even giving acknowledgement that she was paying attention to Agent Mark Harrison. "Rachel, I'm sorry for your loss." He squeezed her shoulder gently, to let her know he was there should she need a crutch to lean on. However she just shrugged off his paw and muttered a sulky "Don't." She leaned up against the window and stared off into space, tears silently running down her face, portraying the anguish and darkness well hidden within the depths of her heart. The snow leopard's heart went out to Rachel who was currently undergoing similar heartbreak as he was. "I just want you to know," Mark began, "that if you ever need anyone to talk to, anyone to comfort you, I'll be there." The responsive tone was all but biting as Rachel's words cut through the leopard's consolation. "And what do you know, huh? Have you ever lost someone close to you? I bet not. You can't possibly understand what I'm going through. So, please, for fucks sake, leave me alone." A look of hurt appeared in the snow leopards eyes, but it soon passed as his visage changed to a neutral look. He started up the automobile and resumed the drive, neither of them saying a word for the rest of the journey. And they headed off into the groping abyss, each silently suffering, not daring to mention to the other the metamorphosis that their hearts were going through. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sun that greeted the following Saturday morning blazed wrathfully down upon Mark and Matthias' hometown. All seemed normal, at least at first. Furs went about their business as usual, and if they knew about the tragedy that had happened last week, neither their behaviors nor their faces showed it. A harsh guttural noise erupted from down the main street, disturbing the peaceful serenity of early Saturday morning noise. A dark green Harley Davidson pulled up in a parking space in front of a bank and as it died the unnaturally dyed rider hopped nimbly off. The blue furred hyena, humming and skipping, made his way toward the ATM, waving his right paw about as if conducting an orchestra at Carnegie Hall. It was obvious to tell that he was in a good mood. Various tattoos showed up through his light blue fur, and they ranged from fallen angels to Chinese symbols. Both his ears had multiple piercings and the tip of his left ear was missing, a souvenir of a street fight; he got off lucky. He wore black denim jeans with a variety of fashionable tears, a white T-shirt and a brown leather bomber's jacket. Worn down hiking boots graced his foot paws as they gracefully led the hyena towards the ATM. Aside from a 10 year old rabbit lurking about, no other fur was in sight of the bank. As the blue fur reached the money tendering apparatus, his blue eyes flicked lazily about. When he was satisfied no one was watching him, he pulled out a miniature hacking device from his pocket. He slipped in a piece of it that was the size of a bank card, and waited until the ATM screen lit up. With a smirk, the hyena started messing with his device until a random pin number was plugged into the ATM. A few seconds later, an unsuspecting fur's account was pulled onto the screen and all of his money was withdrawn in neat crisp twenty dollar bills. After several accounts had been accessed and a veritable sum of money had been pilfered, the hyena removed the device and stuffed it back into his pocket along with the sum of $5460. The little rabbit, who had been watching all along, hurt his jaw as it nearly dropped to the pavement. The 10 year olds eyes shone with greed and he smiled inwardly. He had picked such a great mark after all. This unusual looking hyena didn't stand a chance against the terror of Parker Elementary School. As the hyena casually made his way back to his bike, the little rabbit snuck up behind him, making sure not to make a sound as he approached his mark. He could see a twenty sticking up out of the jacket pocket. When he was close enough, he reached out to grab it. The boy's eyes could barely follow the swift movements that the hyena made at the last second. The hyena turned around, grabbed the boy's paw and twisted it around behind the rabbit's back and then forced him to the ground. As soon as the hyena realized that it was just a boy who had been blatantly trailing him he let go and stood up towering over the shaking child. The lapin looked up into the blue eyes of the blue furred hyena, expecting wrath and fury. Surprisingly enough the hyena's eyes were instead filled with mirth and a lighted smile spread across the azure visage. The hyena offered out a paw to the startled child, who took it and rose to his feet. The hyena reached into his pocket and the rabbit flinched, figuring that the strange creature was going to beat him, but the paw returned with a couple of twenties. Stuffing them into the rabbit's paws, he flippantly remarked "Next time, choose your mark more carefully." With that and a ruffle of the boy's headfur, the hyena made his way towards his Harley, and brought her up to life. The rabbit stood dumbfounded as the hyena rode off down the street, the loud engine once again disrupting the quiet peace of a Saturday morning. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Matthias and Shadow sat at a large oaken table in a brightly lit cavern that served as the kitchen and dining room he couldn't help but admire the jackal's lithe form. Shadow chose to forego clothes at all, deciding instead to walk around in his birthday suit. And it was hard for the poor wolf not to notice. The jackal's sleek black fur covered corded muscles on his arms and chiseled abs and pecs on his torso. The lupine's eyes were glued on Shadows sheath and sack which lay on the seat that the jackal was occupying. Matthias could make out the pink tip of the Shadow's member, peeking up to say hi from the sheath. It wasn't until he realized that he was drooling, that he was able to tear himself away from Shadow's glory. Matthias noticed that the jackal was looking at him in amusement and remarked, "Do you like what you see?" Embarrassed, the young wolf looked away and it just so happened that he looked over to where Leon walked in bearing a tray of delicious food, also naked. By this time, the wolf couldn't struggle any longer and his member sprung from his sheath already leaking pre and knot halfway formed. The last time that he had any release was with Daniel and that had almost been a week ago. Although Matthias tried to hide his begging cock with his paws, both the jackal and the raccoon's eyes lit up with lust. A musky stench filled the air as Shadow and Leon filled out their sheaths, each ones member halfway sprung. A couple of stomach growls put any thoughts of lust into the backs of the furs minds as Leon placed the steaming food on the table and he sat down in an empty chair, his throbbing meat now rubbing up underneath the table staining the underside with his pre. The meal that Leon had prepared was simply elaborate. It consisted of ground beef mixed in with rice, peppers and onions, seasoned with oregano and tarragon. On the side was pita bread and hummus to scoop up the medley with and asparagus grilled in garlic butter. Chardonnay accompanied the meal and for afters was an apple torte. All was magnificent and it all only lasted minutes as the three jumped on the food like a pack of hungry wolves, no pun intended. After five minutes flaccid cocks still out of their sheaths rested wetly of full tummies as the three furs reclined in their chairs, sated and happy. "That had to be," Matthias breathed heavily, "the best part of my day." Shadow lazily looked over to the wolf, admiring his figure and especially the knot that had, for some reason, yet to die down, even though his meat was now flaccid. He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts as he stood up. The moment he stood, the jackal regretted doing so as he ate way too fast and started feeling a bit of indigestion. He ignored such pains as he remarked. "Well, now that we are all full, I believe it is time to start with your training. That is, if you still want to?" Leon looked over at Matthias to see what his answer would be, and the lupine didn't even hesitate. "Of course. Even if revenge is out of the question for now, I have nothing to go back to. This is the path I want to take." And when I am strong and skilled enough, thought Matthias, I will hunt those bastards down and pay them back in their blood. "Very good then. The first trial is a combination of stealth and dexterity. These disciplines help thieves when they are in the field. Stealth will be hard for you to master because of your white fur. Without practice in sneaking, you could never help to successfully complete a mission. Dexterity is used for lock-picking and balance. You will need balance in order to scale buildings and run along rafters without falling off." "My father was a locksmith. He taught me how to pick a variety of locks. I won't have any trouble there; and my mother was an aerobics instructor. She trained me in flexibility and balance." Matthias replied. The jackal looked the wolf over and stated, "Then let us commence with the trial of dexterity. If you pass, we will move on to the next discipline. If not..." the jackal's eyes lit up with lust as he continued. "If not then you have to be the bitch for Leon and me for the next 36 hour period." Matthias nodded and agreed. Shadow motioned for him to follow them and he led the wolf through a series of hallways and caverns to a door which the wolf recognized. The final cavern was the area where he had his breakdown. It consisted of the subterranean pool and the obstacle course. When he entered the room, he noticed a strange figure swimming in the pool. Shadow looked over to the creature doing the freestyle and barked out a laugh. "Sudsy Malone! You rascal! You were supposed to announce when you arrived." Shadow nimbly walked up to the water's edge and crouched down as a bluish blur came swimming up to him. "Matthias, come over here and say hello to one of your teachers." The wolf quickly sprinted over to the poolside next to the jackal and looks down to see a pair of mischievous blue eyes staring back at him. "Hey there, cutie" the blue hyena remarked as he pulled himself out of the pool and shook the water from his fur. As with the other two furs, the wolf couldn't keep his eyes off the blue hyena's nude form. The hyena casually strolled up to the mesmerized wolf and laughed out in hyena fashion. "What's the matter? Never see a naked guy before?" "I..I have," Matthias said, his blush obvious through his snow white fur. The hyena extended out his left paw and introduced himself. "Sudsy Malone, tech expert and info gatherer. I'll be helping to train ya in the wily arts of the path of shadows. You'll be using a lot of equipment I helped design and the information on the targets that I have gathered." The lupine took the blue paw before him and gripped it firmly, watching the happy countenance of the Sudsy, the blue hyena. What the wolf wasn't watching was when Sudy's right paw came up and copped a feel of Matthias' scrotum. The lupine gasped in surprise, but surprise turned into pleasure in moments and then into craving when the hyena let go with a wink. "I'm sure we'll have some fun times in training. Aint that right, Shadow?" The jackal smirked, showing his gleaming white fangs as he responded, "The wolf here was just gonna give us a demonstration of his dexterity. In fact there is a little wager on whether or not he passes." Sudsy's eyes lit up as his smile grew even bigger and his sheath stirred. "Same wager as usual?" the hyena asked. "Indeed," was the jackal's response. Sudsy clapped his cerulean paws together as he squeaked with glee. "Well then, I can't wait. Let's hurry up and get it over with." Leon and Shadow shepherded the young wolf over to the obstacle course consisting of the climbing wall, barbed wire trenches, infrared lasers, a rock wall, and a leaping platform. "The course is pretty self explanatory," Shadow said, struggling to hide a grin. "All you have to do is make it through all of the obstacles. If you are able to then you shall pass the first trial." A black paw gestured towards the starting point, the climbing wall. "Begin." Matthias crouched into a runner's position, and sprinted at the wall, hoping his momentum would be able to carry him over. And when Sudsy closed the chamber door, engulfing everything in pitch black darkness, the wolf couldn't stop himself from crashing into the wooden wall before him. He collapsed in a heap and stirred a moment later, aching all over his body. "What the hell is this all about?" the young wolf snapped. "A thief has to be prepared for any set of circumstances," said the voice in the darkness "Bastard," Matthias muttered as he felt out for the wall in front of him. He backed up several feet and started another run and crashed again into the wooden wall. After 13 attempts he was able to judge the distance and was able to clear the first obstacle. His eyes adjusted somewhat and although there was no light to guide his sight, somehow he just knew where everything was; a picture in his mind of where the obstacles lay. Matthias closed his eyes and concentrated, visualizing the obstacles. He walked slowly until his legs hit the trench wires. The wolf dropped to the ground, and stomach on the floor, he propelled himself blindly through the dangerous trenches. Once on the other side he could barely make out the stationary infrared lasers which were easy to dodge. Along the rock wall he groped and was able to find each paw hold, maneuvering himself along the horizontal path towards the final impediment. He stood on the wooden platform and prepared to leap out blindly to where he remembered the other platform being. With a shove, he leapt and seemingly hung in midair for what seemed like minutes as he missed the platform by five feet. Moments later, Sudsy opened the door and the cavern lit up and the lupine saw that the platform was still in front of him by five feet. Shadow loped over and offered a paw which Matthias accepted. "Congratulations. You have passed the first test." Surprise covered the wolf's visage as he said, "but I missed the final platform." Leon walked over chuckling and clapped him on the back. "No one can reach that platform. It is out of leaping distance." A confused look passed over the wolf's face as the raccoon explained. "The test is not about completing the course, but how you reacted to unexpected conditions. You were able to visualize what you saw and use that to your advantage. That is a great asset to a thief when they are electronically blind." "Anyways," said Sudsy walking up to them, "it's time to celebrate." With a wink to Leon and Shadow they jumped the wolf and pinned him to the ground. "Hey, what's the big idea?" asked Matthias, who struggled against the furs sitting atop of him. Leon answered with a question. "When's the last time you had sex? Or even the last time you had an orgasm?" "With Daniel, why?" "We've been noticing the hungry looks you've been giving our cocks." Shadow stated. He straddled the wolf's midsection and shoved his growing member near Matthias' maw. "Killing two birds with one stone. Feed your lustful appetite and help you to put any thoughts of Daniel in to the back of your mind. So... are you ready to indulge a little." Matthias gazed at the jackal's pink member tapping him on the snout as it left a little pre on his nose. Quickly he licked his lips, tasting the sweet sticky mess which is Shadow. Urged by passion and the rock hard cock that was now growing between his legs, Matthias could not help but indulge. He opened up his maw and let the juicy cock slide into his muzzle and he sucked away at it gently, like a baby does to a pacifier. At the other end, a blue cock belonging to Sudsy was being smothered in KY jelly. Moans from the jackal and the hyena rifled through the cavern and bounced off the walls. Leon lubed up Matthias tail entrance and Sudsy lifted up his legs. Without warning, the hyena slammed his blue meat into the wolf's tailhole while he was servicing the jackal still straddling his ribcage. A moan of ecstasy echoed from the wolf's maw as Leon bent down and started to lick up and down the lupine shaft that stood up in the dimly lit cage. The sharp musk of Shadows meat hit him hard as he the jackal started to thrust in and out, all four moaning out in ecstasy. Black, white, brown and blue; the colors melded together like a painting as the four furs were in a pile of lust and instinct. Sudsy started slamming hard into the wolf's rear, his knot starting to form as he struggled to hold up his legs. Leon started to engulf the lupines pink shaft into his maw and expertly curled his tongue around, hitting all the sensitive spots as he bobbed his head up and down. Matthias gripped the jackal's muscular cheeks, pulling him closer to his muzzle as he squeezed and massaged his ass. Soon after, Sudsy let loose spurt after spurt of cum, planting his seed among Matthias fallow soil. He did however manage not to tie with him. The feeling of being filled brought the wolf into ecstasy who in turn climaxed into the coon's mouth who downed every bittersweet essence that the wolf offered. Shadow slammed home into the wolf's maw filling Matthias up with jackal seed. As Shadow got up off of Matthias and Sudsy pulled out, the jackal turned the wolf on his paws and knees and with saliva as his lube entered the wolf and started to massage his prostate with his thick jackal meat. Sudsy slid underneath of Matthias and started his own oral administration of the lupine meat, licking tenderly, which caused the wolf to moan out like a bitch in heat. Noticing the blue cock was still rock hard, the wolf took the hyena meat into his muzzle and started to suckle on it in rhythm. Leon lube up his coon hood as well as Sudsy's tailhole. The coon lifted up the hyena's legs and entered into the blue fur who was sucking the lupines cock. In a flurry of furry fury, cocks pounding in and out of maws and tailholes, tangy flavors of musk and seed, the moaning and groaning of the four furs, it was too much for all of them. In an instant of wondrous pleasure, the heavens opened up and a massive orgasm chain erupted through the lust filled creatures. It started with Sudsy, who couldn't hold his seed in thanks to Matthias. The hyena's tailhole cinched down around the raccoon's cock, which led to the unleashing of the coon seed. Leon howled out as continued to thrust into the blue hyena until he was milked for all he was worth. Matthias then climaxed into the sapphire maw that enveloped his cock. His orgasm tightened his ring around Shadow's pink member that led to the final paralytic orgasm. After he was let out everything he had, he pulled out of the wolf as Leon pulled out of the hyena and they all collapsed in a colorful pile of sweaty exhausted furs. Matthias gasped out, "I retract my previously said statement. This," he said as he closed his eyes, "was definitely the best part of my day."