Mission 01.2 - No Regrets

Story by frostlupus on SoFurry

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This is part 2 of what was a whole chapter called "Proving Grounds" that I started back in 2016

This segment is almost 5200 words long and glad that I was able to finished this.

I had to step away numerous times and come back later,

in fact not only did I finish chapter 3 before this chapter,

this was the notorious part for me that actually caused me to have a severe writers block and I stalled with writing for close to three years.

Set at about a little over 100 years after "Against the Tide" during the year 352 AE,

The story follows Lynnette Wilkes, a Snow Leopard Caushae (a rarity among the feline race) who was raised by a human TAFT Space Marine officer after being orphaned do to an event that she has no recollection of. Joining the LeviCorp's PMC (Private Military Contractor), she's a cadet in training who has her world suddenly shattered and is brought into a cosmic struggle that no one could foresee...

Having the future of her and her old squad threaten by an informal inquiry, Lynnette has no choice but to accept the ruling and watch as her squad mates gets reassigned.

Seeking solitude, she retreats to her bunk room to try and make some sense of the month's events. However, her brooding is interrupted when someone takes it upon himself to try and give the feline something more to think about.


Always be kind, especially in times when it seems like everyone is giving up on each other. Love harder"

~ Madeline Brewer

Lynnette laid back on her bunk with a groan. Pain from her stomach muscles reminded her of the injuries from a few days ago. She thought about those events and the one that just happened...

She sighed

This was one of those moments since she had join the Levi Corp's Military and Security Forces and came to this training facility that she was glad that she was by herself. The bunk rooms can usually accommodate 6 trainees, complete with bunks, lockers and a few other personal storage spaces for each trainee. But she was a female Caushae, and to a degree they did try to segregate the genders to the best of their abilities. She wound up with the empty room because at the moment, she was currently the only girl that was training to become a PMC Marine.

Becoming a Private Military Contract (*PMC) Marine was not her first choice. Heck, she didn't even consider it back when she was in school. Her dream was to help and rescue others like she was so long ago. Her human father was a Space Marine for the TAFT (*Terran Alliance of Federal Territories) military and she wanted to join the Space Corp too. A fitting legacy for someone who had rescued her from the orphanage she was at and raised her for close to 20 years, or, at least that's what she thought. Too bad the human recruiters thought otherwise and turn down all of her applications.

“Damn it..." She spatted into the empty bunk room. She grunted as she rolled over onto her uninjured side. Why did it seem like life was constantly punishing her?

She let out another deep breath through her nose as her eyes drifted closed, letting her mind wander...

They were running.

Or more actually, her family was running while her father was carrying her as they hurried along. She could see the panic looks on her parents faces, frightened of their family suffering the same fate as countless others that they had left behind. Her older sister and brother were panting as they ran beside their mother. Her sister was still keeping pace despite how tired they were while her brother was looking worn out from the amount of running that they were doing. She could only sigh softly as she nuzzled into her father's neck, feeling his soft fur against hers.

Looking back, she could see, though not understand the nightmare they were running from. Fields of green and mountains of browns and gray were now covered in a shiny, icky blackness, covering the land like some over-swelling ocean. It was like someone open a bottle of black ink and was poring it over the land, consuming everything in its wake.

Air cars flew overhead, their engines screeching because of being pushed far beyond their max. Sounds of explosions caught her attention. She looked as fire from an alien ship in the sky fired at the air cars. None of the cars swerved out of the line of fire and were more like missiles heading for their target.

An air car was hit and tumbled out of the air, crashing into the ground near the fleeing family. The sudden concussion knocked the five for a loop, causing most of them to loose their balance. She was dropped onto the ground, rolling for a few feet before she came to a stop on her belly. She slowly picked herself off the ground and looked back behind her.

The sight she seen made her scream...

Lynnette sat up with a jolt as she shrieked. Her heart was pounding fast in her chest as she labored to breath. She cringed at the pain her bruises was causing her because of how fast she sat up. She groaned as her eyes filled with tears. She started to sob as she cupped her face with her hands. “What the hell was wrong with me?"

There was a knock on her door. She remained quiet, only the sound of her upset breathing filled the room. There was another set of knocks on the door, sightly louder this time. She didn't answer, hopping whoever it was would leave. They didn't. This time whoever it was pound on the door harder. “Lynnette?"

“GO AWAY!" She yelled, her voice breaking.

There was another noise, a set of clicks before the door slid open to reveal Reg standing there. However Lynnette's back was to the door and she didn't turn to see who it was.

“I said, go away."

“No." Reg said softly as he stepped in the door.

She sighed, “What part of 'go away' don't you understand?..." her voice was almost a whimper.

Reg sat next to her. Draping his arm around her, he pulled her close to him, “All of it, none of it, I don't know. My parents said I was pretty dense at times." His only response to what he said was another sigh as the feline buried her face into his shoulder, she started to cry softly as she wrapped her arms around him. “What happened?"

“I..." She gripped him tighter. “I... can't."

“Lynn..." He pulled her as tight to his body as he could trying to reassure her. He wasn't sure how, but he knew that what ever happened was eating away at her. “You can tell me, I am here for you. No matter what." She started to sob harder into his shoulder.

“That's just it. I want to tell you. I want to scream it for the whole academy to hear. But if I did then everyone, our old squad, would be brought up on charges and all of us would have our lives destroyed..."

“What???" Reg was speechless “That's... What the hell..."

“Yeah..." she sobbed.

He rubbed her shoulder as he felt his own getting wet from her tears. “Here," He said softly as he grabbed one of the two bottles he brought with him. “I thought maybe you might need a cheer-me-up."

Lynnette brought her pinkish, lavender eyes up to look. “Great," she sniffled “Not only does everyone want to hang me, but now YOU want to poison me..."

“What? No!" Reg looked at the bottle, it was an imported beer. Then again, everything was just about imported to where they were training. “Shit!" He said under his breath. He knew that Caushae race on a whole had no tolerance to human alcohol, in fact, it was deadly to them. “Sorry, wrong bottle, this is mine." he reached around again and grabbed the other bottle that he intended to grab on the first place. “This is yours."

She took the bottle and looked it over, noticing the pink liquid as she sniffled. “Are you trying to get me drunk?"

“No... Well, maybe. A little bit." He sighed. “Look, you've been under a lot of stress recently and you need something, ANY thing to take some of the edge off."

The snow leopard gazed at the bottle as she wiped some of her tears away. “You do know what Human milk does to a Caushae, right?"

. “Yeah, I do." Reg laughed “I don't think I'll ever forget that night." Lynnette gave him a skeptical look. “What, it was before I even came here, back in high school."

“What happened?"

“Well, if you want to know..." Lynnette nodded her head in conformation. “Alright." He said as he popped open his beer bottle. “The short of it is this. Back in our last year of high school, me and several of my friends got together and had a little party and this old dare came up." Reg said, taking another swig of his beer and ignoring the look Lynnette was giving him. “The dare was, drink a gallon of milk in under an hour and don't throw up."

Lynnette's eyes narrowed as she looked at him. “Really?..." She said flatly.

“Yeah" He said as he took a swig from his bottle. “Most of us couldn't believe there was such a dare."

“What happen?" She asked as she open her drink.

“Well," He continued, “Us being the young meat heads that we were, gave it a shot. Now granted, most of us had already had a few cans of beer already. And... Well... Alcohol and milk doesn't mix."

“It don't?"

“No, so in twenty minutes, three of us were 'worshiping the porcelain throne' and making a 'considerable' donation."

“I never heard anything about that in Health Class."

“Its not something that humans normally talk about or openly discuss with other races."

Lynnette pointed to herself. “Human schooling, remember?"

“Right sorry." The two fell into a short silence as Reg took another drink from his bottle. “Well, one of our friends who was a Caushae, Charice, decided he wanted to give it a try, and we let him."

“And?"

“And, well... He tried it with a sip first, which we started the timer when he did. At first, he nursed the cup we gave him, then he was gulping the milk by the glass. Then by the fifteen minute mark, he already had over half the gallon gone and still going strong."

“You're kidding."

“Nope. He had that gallon gone in less than thirty minutes."

“Wow."

“Yeah." He said before taking another drink of his beer. “Well, needless to say he did win the dare." He laughed as he shook his head. “But... Here we are, four drunk guys with a Caushae that just drank a gallon of milk. So, here we are, just sitting and shooting the breeze when Charice starts acting a little more friendly than usual. "

“Uh... oh..."

Reg nodded as he continued to drink from the bottle. “Mhmm... It started with him purring after his first few drinks. Then, he got... touchy-feelly?"

“You mean like this?" Lynnette asked as she nuzzled his shoulder with a purr.

“Yep. Just like that..." Reg chuckled as he shook his head. “Only there was the five of us. So he was going between me and the other three that was there. After he had finished the gallon of milk, that's when... well, things started to get out of hand."

“Oh?"

“Needless to say the four of us had to tie the poor guy up and let him sit there for the night as he not only tied to strip himself but also us. One point he made one jump because of where he put his hands and rubbed." Reg took a long swig of beer before continuing. “Poor guy woke up with a bit of a hangover and was apologizing to us the rest of the time that he was around us."

“Where did he touch you?"

“I rather not say" He said dismissively.

“I bet it was here" Lynnette purred as her hand reached down and rubbed the front of his pants.

It was then that Reg took noticed in the Caushae's behavior. Her front was pressed tightly to his arm as she stroke the growing bulge in his pants. He could feel her vibrating as she purred and nuzzled into his shoulder. One look at the bottle he gave her told him that she had all but finished it, just another good swallow and it be gone.

The the buzz from his own beverage, he was just coherent enough to make more rational decisions. He placed his hand under her chin and lifted the snow leopard's face so the two could look each other in the eyes.

“If we continue, there will be no regrets in the morning right?"

Lynnette blinked her eyes as she fought the fog that she was feeling in her mind. It was a few seconds before she finally answered. “No regrets, not now, not in the morning, not ever." She places her paws on his cheeks and pulled him close to place a kiss on his lips “Reginald, I want you. Just like I had always hoped that you want me too."

He smiled as he leaned in close and kissed her full on the lips, rubbing the fur on her cheeks. Letting his actions speak for him, he gently pushed her back onto her bunk as he deepened their kiss and the two of them started to work at each other's cloths. He shivers slightly as she rubs her paws along his neck and some of his back, pushing the fabric away from his body. He continued to kiss her as his hand roamed down her body, finding the hem of her tank top and worked it up her furry toned body. They pulled away from each other long enough for her to finish pulling the tank-top off and him finish pulling off his uniform shirt and letting both garments fall to the floor.

Before he could make another motion, Lynnette sat up and planted another kiss as she forced Reg around so that he was now laying with his back on the bed. He smiled as he watched her straddle his waist, her tail whipping in the background. He cupped her cheeks and pulled her face close as he risen enough to plant another kiss on her muzzle, his hands stroke through her soft fur as they continued to kiss and make out. She couldn't help but purr in need as her body reacted to the drink she was given. No one was sure why milk of all things was such an aphrodisiac to the Caushae, but on the same token, no one could argue that it wasn't effective.

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She broke the kiss with a moan as the fabric that separated the two touched her in just the right spot. Reg took advantage of the break to rake his fingers along her sides, making her shiver and took hold of her sports bra and pulled it away from her breasts. With her upper torso now bare, Reg sat up and nuzzled into her breast. Lynnette leaned back as Reg rubbed his head into the downy fur on her chest. She wrapped her legs around his waist and leaned back against the hold that he had around her body. All her sensitive points was starting to heat up, putting the feline in a heated need.

She couldn't help but to let out another moan as his lips found one of her hardening nipples, her hips grind hard into his growing bulge between his legs. She let out a mew when he switched to her other breast and she held his head tight as he suckled on her. Her need continued to rise as the wetness between her legs grew steadily to the point where it was starting to soak through her jeans. She wanted, no, needed him in her.

Swinging his legs off the bunk, he picked her up as he stood up and laid her back down. He leaned over her and gave her another kiss before pulling away and grasping the helm of her pants and pulled both her jeans and panties off in one fluid motion. Reg eyes lit up as he seen how matted her fur had gotten and the strands of feminine need that linked her panties back to her wanting sex.

“I'm sorry." Reg said after taking in the sight of her now nude form. Lynnette looked at him and gave a questioning mew when he bent down between her legs. She gave a loud gasp as she felt his tongue drag along her folds, causing her to arch her back in pleasure. Reg continued to use his tongue to stimulate her over sensitive body. He had to hold onto her legs and hips to keep her steady as she wiggled and thrash about. It wasn't long till she let out a long yowl and she hit her peak, coating the human with her juices.

“Please..." She whispered, pulling him away from her body. “No more..." She purred as she stroked his short hair. “I... Need you... In me..." Reg gave a curt nod as he lock his eyes with hers and crawled over her body once he had let his own jeans slide off his legs and fall to the floor. When he was close enough, she pulled him close and planted another passionate kiss on his lips. He let out a moan into the kiss as his erect member started to drag across her fur. He let out another moan as he felt her paw reach and grasp his shaft and start guiding it to her waiting sex. They both gasp for breath as they both felt him entered her. His member slid smoothly inside with as wet as she was and broke her hymen in one fluid move. She was so worked up that she never felt the usual pain when it broke, but the pleasure with his shaft filling her. He placed his forehead against hers before he started to remove his organ from her and thrust back in. “Oh gods, so... big..." She moaned as he pushed back in her.

Reg groaned as he pushed his shaft into her again. Her vaginal walls was trying to grasp his organ tightly, but as wet as she was, everything was too slick to grasp. Her body felt like an oven to him, a warm, tight, slick oven inside. The feeling alone was enough that it was pushing him over the edge, let alone the thrusting. Her muscles almost felt like they were rippling with each flex, each thrust inside her. His body was reaching its peak too soon. “Lynn... I..."

“Inside... Please..." She moaned as she wrapped her appendages around his body.

They locked eyes with each other as he steadily slid his shaft in her. The two held each other close as both of them moaned in ecstasy as he mated the feline under him. Lynnette gave a yowl as her body tensed up around him, her body squeezing his cock looking to . He gasp as thick ropes shot deep into the feline as his rod was milked by her walls. Both of them panted as the high of the moment washed over them, he was barely able to hold himself above the feline as she licked along his neck and cheek bone affectionately.

“My... God... Lynn... That was..." Amazing felt like it wasn't enough to say. Any words that the human could think of felt like it paled to describe what he felt. He wrapped her in his arms and rolled the both of them onto their side. He smiled at her. She was purring like a kitten as she nuzzled against him. He let out a gasp as he felt her hips move against his, his shaft still surrounded inside by her warmth. She looked up at him and knew that she was ready to go again. He stroked her ears as he gave her a kiss on the forehead. “Just give me a minute to recover..." He said as the two pulled each other closer. She looked up at him lovingly, she never said a word but instead purred as she snuggled against him. Her head rested on his chest as his hand comb through her hair.

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She remained laying on him as he held her in his arms. He was glad that she had the look of contentment on her face as she drifted off to sleep. After the last few days, he knew that the snow leopard was in desperate need of cheering up and needed some form of release. He heard some rumors, rumors that he didn't like the sounds of but to find her in the state that she was in...

Well, things didn't quite go as planed, but hopefully, things will work out in the long run. As it was, between the slight buzz of his beer, the euphoria of what the two just experience, her gentle purring along with her soft fur brushing against his body, it was enough that he never wanted the moment to end. He closed his eyes as he held her close.

Tears streamed from her eyes as they ran. She cling tightly to her father's shoulders as they continued to escape from the ever approaching nightmare.

Just what was that scary dark mass?

She was petrified when she seen that mass of blackness ooze our of the air car. It came out like some shapeless syrup onto the ground till she emitted a terrified whimper. The noise made it stop and attracted its attention. The mass gathered in the direction of her, ignoring the gentle slope of the land way from where she had stopped rolling. It started to draw closer to her, inching its way like some animal stalking its prey.

If it wasn't for her sister...

She cried in her father's arms looking back over his shoulders. She looked over at her mother, the leopard was panting hard from all the running and was now carrying her brother. The two was spared the sight that she had seen, but just by the look on her face she knew that her mother also knew of the sacrifice that her oldest daughter made....

Reg groggy open his eyes as he felt a bit of pain in his side. The room was dark and barely lit, but he recognized it enough to realized where he was. Direful whimpering drew his attention to the Caushae that was currently in the bunk with him. It made his heart ache when he noticed the twisted expression that she had on her face. He could feel that chest was wet, was she crying? Why? He felt the pain again. He brought his free hand to where he was hurting to find Lynnette's hand gripping him. What he was feeling was her claws digging into him. He heard her moan fearfully as she burred her head in his chest, apparently looking for some solace from the nightmare that she was having.

Doing the only thing he could think of, he wrapped her in his embrace and started to stroke her back attempting to calm her sleeping form. “Shhh" He nuzzled the top of her head. “Don't fear..." he whispered in her ear, “As long as I'm here, I'll protect you..."

She reacted to his voice by drawing back close to him and clinging against him. He wasn't sure how long he stayed awake for her, but he held her in his arms, settling her down back into a semi peaceful slumber. He kept her as close as he could, hoping that feeling his protective embrace will let her have the rest that he felt she deserved.

Reg wasn't sure how long it was since he had woken up again, he was still in Lynnette's bunk room and that the snow leopard was snuggling tightly to his body like he was a full body pillow with her head tucked underneath his chin. He had tried to go back to sleep, but he couldn't drift back off into another slumber. Looking over her, he couldn't help but to smile as he brought a free hand and started to pet the Caushae, taking notice of the content grin on the feline's face. He knew that both of them needed showers after the long night of passion that they had, but he at least felt that it was worth it. He felt her stirring and start to emit a purr as he stroked along her shoulder length hair, bringing her back to consciousness.

“Mmmm, let me sleep..." She purred. “I don't want to get up."

“I'm sorry spots... But at least one of us has to get up..."

Lynnette started to raise her head off his chest but quickly dropped it down and buried her face in his shoulder. “Owowowowowow..." Her head felt like it was being pounded by a dozen hammers that was trying to break her skull open.

Reg pulled her close and stroked her forehead. “Shhh... Relax and give it a minute. It will go away in a few seconds." He could feel her grip loosen after a little bit as he messaged her forehead. “Better?"

Lynnette raised her head again, though slowly this time to look Reg in the eyes. She brought a paw up and stroked his cheek. “Did, last night really happened?"

Reg gripped her paw and kissed it. “Do you regret it, if it actually did?"

Lynnette shook her head. “No regrets." She stretched and kissed the human on the lips. “Not then, not now. It's just..." She sighed as she tried to find the words that she was looking for. “It's just that it felt like a dream, last night, the whole day in fact. Like I had a nightmare that turned into a wonderful dream."

He kissed her again. “Afraid to burst the bubble, but all happened." He watched her ears droop a little in disappointment. “Are you okay?"

“No..." She nuzzled into his chest. “I wanted that Inquiry to be a bad dream that never happened or that it still needs to happen with a different, better result." She tried to sit up again only to collapse back onto Reg, holding her head as the pounding in her head got worse again. “What is with this headache..." She nearly cried in pain.

“More than likely, it's due to your body being dehydrated."

Lynnette let out a scream and flailed in her bunk trying to cover her body, inadvertently knocking Reg out from under the covers and onto the floor. When she was sitting up in her bunk, she glared at the intruder. “Faelynne! What the He... OWWW..." Lynnette started to double over in pain, wrapping her arms around her stomach as she starts to draw shallow, labored breaths. Faelynne stepped into the room and sat next to the Caushae, giving her an impromptu examination.

“When the medics tell someone 'Rest with No Strenuous Activities and/or Excessive Movement' they mean it." Faelynne reached into a bag that she had carried over and pulled out a syringe. “Hold still." She said as she stuck the needle in the feline's arm and administered the contents. It took a minute or so for the medication to kick in and relax the feline enough so she could breath normally again.

Reg, now with his pants back on, sat down next to Lynnette as she leaned against him. She felt weak as he wrapped her arm around her and rubbed her shoulder. She turned her head and looked at the Fennec/goat hybrid. “W-what are you d-doing here Faelynne?"

“Orders." A Forth voice chimed in from the door way. The three looked at the entrance to find a tall white arctic fox like Lycan standing there. “We got new billet information," She said as she came in. “Or at least I did." She brushed her brown hair as she scanned the room with her gold eyes, holding up a piece of paper. “I received new orders that I was going to be bunked with my new squad."

Faelynne raised an eyebrow. “Interesting, I received similar orders."

The Lycan nodded and walked over to the group and held out her hand. “Rayne'Iclyn, but everyone calls me Rayne."

The fennec took the offered hand and shook it. “ Faelynne Aleira."

“Reginald Rossetti," Reg said as he shook the Lycan's black colored paw. “And spots here is Lynnette Wilkes" Lynnette mumbled a greeting and waved before leaning back on Reg's body.

Rayne looked questionably at the group before her. “Is this normal for her?"

Reg shook his head as he helped Lynnette lay down on the bunk. “She was involved in an incident that left her pretty badly injured."

“Oh, you mean that training accident that happened a few days ago?"

“Yeah... But it wasn't an accident though." Reg said in a low tone as he stroked Lynnette's cheek. Rayne crooked her head questionably and was about to ask what he meant but he waved her off before she could. “I think it be better if we let her rest for the day, yesterday was not a good day for her."

“Agreed" Faelynne said as she stood up and grabbed a duffle bag and threw it on one of the empty bunks.

“But..." Rayne started to speak until she noticed the look that the medic gave her and she thought better of it. The Lycan grabbed her own bag and tossed it on one of the other empty bunks.

Both girls made their exit giving Reg some privacy so he could get dressed. He was almost done when a moan drew his attention. He went over and knelt by Lynnette and stroke her cheek fur as he looked into her magenta colored eyes.

“Reg...Please," She whispered, obviously in a haze due to the medicine that Faelynne gave her. She had a little trouble, but she reached up and lightly grasp his hand “Promise me that you wont abandon or leave me."

Reg grasp her paw with both hands and gave it a kiss. “I promise." He said. “There's only one thing that will keep me away from ever coming back to your side, and I have no intention of dying anytime soon. And even if I did, I'll break down the very gates of heaven or Hell to come back to you." He leaned over her and kissed her forehead. “Rest and get better Lynn, I have something that I want to give you when this all blows over..."

He stayed with her until he was sure that she was out again and resting before he finished getting dressed and walked out. He was a little surprised to see that Rayne was standing outside of the bunk room.

“Is she asleep?" Reg nodded yes as the door shut behind him. “Are you two close?"

He eyed the vixen, looking at her gold eyes trying to figure out where she was going with her questioning. “Quite close."

“Heh, it certainly smell like you two are." She gave him a grin as his face turned red with realization of what she meant. She walked up to him, smile on her face as she placed a paw on his arm. “Might want to be in a room that you can air out."

He nodded again and turned to leave. “I... Will try and keep that in mind next time. Catch ya' later."

“Hey Reg," He stopped in his tracks and looked back at the Lycan “How about next time, you might let me join? Or if she still isn't up to it and you want a piece, you can let me know." she said with a wink. Reg just shook his head as he left.