Damage Control - Neighborhood's Gone to the Dogs
An anthology series that focuses on themes of futuristic and sci-fi endeavors such as time loops, AI, paradoxes, and other such things. It seems that Serathin's rather reckless endeavors as a SHIFTer, or timeline manipulation expert, has finally caught up with him. Instead of getting fired the SHIFT Institute decided that he needed a taste of the havoc he wrought on others by working in the Damage Control division. Read through ten cases where the draconic sabrewolf tries his best, or maybe not quite his best, in order to rectify problems with rather unusual results in this furry anthology novel.
Jezerek was just living in a normal neighborhood, but after finding an innocuous metal canister and washing it out things started to escalate as strange things started to happen around. People showing up, no one able to leave... though no one seems to notice the fur growing or tails sprouting.
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Jezerek breathed a sigh of relief as he finally got out of the building that he had essentially been trapped in all week, trying to practically run out as he made his way to the bus in order to get to his neighborhood. The product launch that he had been a part of resulted in the usual two weeks of busy work to make sure everything was ready, but an unexpected error had caused everyone in the building to have to work nearly fourteen hours a day just to make sure everything got done in time. As he looked back he was just thankful that he was able to get out as he knew that there would be others probably still chained to their desks double and triple checking the work while he got to walk home with everyone else. Once he got on the bus and felt it drive out of the city he at least took solace in the fact that everyone had gotten a few extra days off for the weekend, though he wondered if that would be enough to decompress.
The bus ride took about half an hour and when he got off it was starting to get dark, though by this point Jezerek only had to walk about three blocks. He had a residence in the university district; while that meant that there were quite a lot of parties and that almost the entire area was college-aged kids or single people like him that took advantage of the low rent despite it being mostly duplexes and smaller structures. Since it was a Friday it was likely that soon things were going to pick up again around the area but most of the action was usually centered around the campus itself at least. The only complaint that he really had was that they were messy and just dropped their trash wherever, which as he got close to his home he found what looked like one of those metal beer or soda bottles.
As he carefully picked it up in case of jagged edges he found a lot of scuffs and scrapes on it, likely from being tossed out of a car or something, and that it was half-full of something. Jezerek decided to be considerate and take it home so that someone didn’t drunkenly drink the mystery fluid within and get sick. When he got to his duplex he could feel his body practically dragging him down and ached for sleep but as he slid his key in the lock he heard a voice call out and sighed internally while he looked over and saw a shirtless guy waving him over. Chester was a nice guy he was always almost overly friendly, and while that worked with the other guys on whatever team he played for with the college Jezerek was too worn-out for platitudes at the moment and just waved back before going inside and locking the door behind him.
After a few minutes waiting at the door it seemed that thankfully Chester wasn’t going to come over and try to catch up with him, and though he just wanted to flop into bed he knew he had to make himself food and also dispose of the bottle that he was holding. He decided to do the latter first and dumped the contents down into the sink, and while he braced himself for whatever odor the liquid may have had it actually didn’t smell like anything as the clear fluid poured out slightly thicker than water and had a blue tint to it. Must have been someone’s flavored water they didn’t like, Jezerek thought to himself as he rinsed out the inside and opened his garage door to toss it into the recycling. Once he was done with that he made himself some food while the television was going in the background, which was just the news that was talking about the university and its genetics department.
None of that mattered much to him and after he got done microwaving and wolfing down his food he put the empty plate in his sink and turned off the screen as they were interviewing some guy about something that was missing. Probably a bid for more funding, Jezerek thought to himself, but that didn’t matter as he dragged himself to his bedroom and finally flopped down into his bed. Blessed sleep… but as tried to put his head down for the night he found himself tossing and turning a bit. It was like his skin was being irritated by his clothes and while he thought about taking a shower he just took off his shirt and that seemed to be enough to rid the sensation so he could finally get to sleep.
When he woke up the next morning his eyelids snapped open as he heard a loud air horn go off. Damn frat… Jezerek thought to himself as he got up and smacked his lips together. His tongue felt thick in his mouth and when he went to get his glass of water he found that he hadn’t grabbed himself one, also noticing that it was actually after noon. At his estimation he got somewhere around fifteen hours of sleep and his body clearly needed it, and for once after sleeping that long after such a taxing work week he felt somewhat refreshed. Normally he still felt like garbage and had anticipated just ordering food and watching television all day, but as he went about his usual morning rituals he thought about actually going out and doing some of the chores that he had been neglecting.
As he brushed his teeth and looked in the mirror he found that he was still shirtless, which was something that he usually didn’t do because he both didn’t care for the way he looked and because he slept in his clothes. As he looked at himself though he found that he didn’t have such a bad body and maybe a few rounds to the gym would help combat the sedentary job that he had. He was just glad that he had the day off and as he ran his hand down the patch of tan hair that was on his chest he was also thankful that whatever irritation he had been experiencing was gone. There was no redness to his skin and instead just had the usual patches of hair on his forearms and lower back, but as he finished brushing his teeth and spat in the sink there was something else that suddenly got his attention instead.
It was a rather delightful smell and he found himself following it out of his bathroom and towards the door that led to the garage. As he sniffed around while he opened the door he found that the garage door was open and that both his and Chester’s recycling had been put out for the day. The other man must have done it since the truck would be coming soon and he made a mental note to thank him for doing that. When he walked outside though he saw that some of the neighbors who were also college kids and part of one of the frats were grabbing bottles out of their bins, and while that normally wouldn’t have bothered him at all he found himself bristling slightly at the sight of someone touching his things.
“Hey, what do you think you’re doing?!” Jezerek shouted, getting the attention of the group that had the bottles.
“Just need a few bottles for mixed drinks man,” one of the guys said as they grabbed the metal bottle and put it on top of the stack that the other guy had in his shirt. “Chill out, you were recycling them anyway.”
Just as Jezerek was about to shout back that those were his bottles he realized that the guy was right, which as he paused the group decided that they had enough and ran off with what they had. As he suddenly felt the desire to give chase the door opened on the other side of the garage and Jezerek saw his neighbor’s head poke out. Once again he realized he wasn’t wearing a shirt but that didn’t matter to him, instead he was caught off-guard by the wonderful aroma that seemed to billow out from behind him. It was what he had been smelling before and when he asked Chester what he was cooking the guy just said that he was microwaving some bacon to put on the egg sandwich that he had made.
Jezerek was already halfway towards the door and hardly heard the invitation to come in as he practically pushed past the other man and walked inside. When he looked at the plate of meat that included not only bacon but also sausages he felt his stomach gurgle. He realized he hadn’t eaten since his rather lackluster meal and picked up several pieces at once in order to tear into them. They tasted so good… at first they were a little chewy but he realized his back teeth were a bit sharper and could tear into them more easily as he heard the other guy come up behind him.
“Man, I’ve never seen anyone so enthused about meat before,” Chester said with a chuckle as Jezerek took another sausage and practically stuffed it in his face. “And considering that I hang around a bunch of frat guys that’s saying something. Plus I think this is the first time that you actually accepted an invite to come over even though we’ve been neighbors for like a year.”
“What can I say?” Jezerek replied with a grin as he bit down into another slice of bacon and started to chew. “I’m feeling much more sociable today. Was actually thinking of going for a run in the woods near the university too.”
“There are some pretty killer trails out there,” Chester said as he opened a box and put another row of bacon on a plate as he saw Jezerek grab the last three pieces for himself. “A lot of people around here don’t like the forest because it sort of isolates us from the rest of the city but I kind of enjoy it, makes this place feel like its own little community. I used to live in this farm town of like fifteen people and half of them were the cattle that we raised, and out there I-“
Chester was suddenly interrupted as Jezerek went up and licked him right in the face, not a kiss but a bacon-flavored slurp that went from his chin to his nose as he grinned back at him. “Thanks for the bacon and sausage,” Jezerek said as he walked back over to his side of the place, Chester looking back to see that everything he had prepared that was meat related had either gone into the gullet of the man or was being held by his neighbor that went out into the garage. “I’ll make sure to make it up to you!”
“Uh… yeah, no problem!” Chester replied as he walked out to watch the shirtless guy go into his side of the duplex. “Hey, are you like, high or something? And if you are, where’d you get it and do you have any more?” the only response he got was the slam of the door and as Chester continued to wipe the sticky saliva off his face he wondered if this was the first time he had seen Jezerek without a shirt on, and if it wasn’t than was he always that hairy as he went back into his own side of the house to make himself more food.
A few hours later Jezerek found himself outside and running along the dirt trails that he had talked to Chester about before, which was the first time since he moved in since he ran through them. There was just something that made him want to go out and he realized that up until a few hours ago he had been staring at the same four walls of his office for the past week. He wished that he could be out here all the time and as he stopped and took a drink from the water bottle he had brought along he breathed in deep to take in all the wonderful smells. As he made a resolution to get out more often to enjoy the sights and sounds he could hear someone panting loudly and went further down the trail to see someone nearly doubled over.
“Hey, you alright?” Jezerek asked, brushing his brown hair out of his face as he saw the guy who looked up at him. “Hey, I know you, you live a few houses away closer to the bus stop, the one that’s usually playing basketball in the street. Michael, right?”
“Yeah, got to fit in hoop time where I can,” the guy said as best he could. “Tried to get a quick run in and overestimated myself, got a stitch in my side.”
“That’s never good, are you staying hydrated?” Jezerek asked when he didn’t see a water bottle, and when the guy shook his head he leaned down and offered his own. “Here, this should at least help you a little bit. Drink as much as you want, I can refill it at the station down the way.”
Though the guy initially refused Jezerek insisted and Michael finally grabbed the water bottle and drank a few gulps from it. After about a minute he was able to stand upright fully and gave him a nod, but as he was about to hand the bottle back he noticed something that caused him to tilt his head in confusion. “Hey man, are your hands alright?” Michael asked as he turned them so that the palms were up, Jezerek noticing that the flesh was darker in patches and looked raised up. “Did you burn yourself or something?”
“What?” Jezerek replied at he looked as his hands, turning them around to see black nails that were tipped with a sharpened point and the gray hair on his knuckles. As the other man looked at him in concern Jezerek just grinned and waved his hand in the air. “Of course not, my hands always looked like this!”
As Michael just looked at Jezerek in question as he scratched behind his ear, which also looked like it was slightly stretched out into a point, movement suddenly caught the other man’s eyes. Jezerek’s head snapped to see that there was a squirrel running down the path as though mocking him and as he ran after it Michael just looked at him with a questioning gaze. When he realized that he was still holding the water bottle in his hand he tried to call out, but it was clear that they were more concerned with the chase than they were with leaving his stuff behind. Michael just shrugged and decided to take it back with him, with the others that play with him always drinking from his water anyway it would give them something to use instead of his as he scratched his lips that had started to darken while he ran back.
By the time Jezerek got back from his run day had already started to shift into night, and though he hadn’t intended on being out for that long the chase that he had unexpectedly found himself in had led him further into the woods where he found all manner of interesting things to explore. As he got back to the edge of the trail where it met with the sidewalk there was one thing that he wanted to do, sitting down on the nearby bench and untying his shoes. They had grown increasingly uncomfortable while he had been running and while he had been previously preoccupied before they were getting to the point of cramped and finally he decided to take them off. When he had taken the first one off he let out a sigh of satisfaction and pulled off the sock as well, the fabric already ripped as he got it off to let his thick toes wiggle out in the open air.
To anyone else his toes might have looked swollen, but as he massaged the black pads that were on the bottom of them he knew that was how they were supposed to look. While the last two toes looked a bit strange with the flesh melded together he just shook his head of the offending thoughts and went to liberate his other foot from the confines of its prison. When he had gotten them both off he let out a sigh of relief and sat there for a while just to enjoy the feel of the grass against them, and when he finally got up he made the snap decision to just throw the offending articles in the trash. They might have been useful for running but Jezerek made up his mind that he was just going to stick with his bare paws instead like nature intended as he began to make his walk back to his house.
Along the way he passed by one of the houses that was having a yard party, seeing several of them that he recognized as those that had taken his bottles. He saw that most of them were set up and being used for some sort of drinking game, and while he didn’t necessarily like such things himself he could see that they were having fun with it and enjoying themselves. They were also being particularly loud but with most of the neighborhood being a college area a number of nearby renters were probably getting involved as he noticed that most of them were shirtless and some had even taken off their shorts to run around in their underwear. While he hoped none of them would get called by the police he could certainly understand the need for it as the night was still warm and he could see that many of them had pretty thick hair covering their bodies.
When he got back to his place he saw that the bins were still out and that the recyclables hadn’t been collected, which was strange considering that they usually weren’t late when it came to things like that. Looking down the street he saw that no one had gotten service that day and as he scratched his head he did see Michael playing basketball with the other members of his team. While he wondered why they didn’t just play in the gym at the campus he supposed that having something right there was useful, plus they really enjoyed playing with that ball. He also noticed that they had his water bottle but just decided to let them keep it since he had gone around running all day himself and hardly needed it.
As he walked inside he found his nose sniffing the air once more, the swollen black nostrils huffing as this time he smelled something more substantial than just bacon cooking in his own place. When he walked inside he found that Chester was in his kitchen, dressed in only a jockstrap as he was cooking two steaks over his small grill that was causing his mouth to water. “Hey there buddy!” Chester said excitedly as his face got a big grin, one that Jezerek found himself reciprocating. “I know that you said that you would owe me for the next one but I had some leftover steaks from my last shopping trip which I had the sudden hankering to cook them up and thought you might enjoy!”
For a second Jezerek found himself looking at the situation as though there was something wrong with it, but he shook his head when he found that this was pretty much a normal occurrence. While Chester was quite the overly friendly type there was nothing wrong with that, and considering how close they lived together it only made sense for them to share. He told Chester that he was just going to wash up and squeezed by the bigger guy, the stocky man shifting his position and pushing up on his toes in order to make space while he did the same. When they got past neither of them fell back on the heels on their feet as the flesh widened, giving them more stabilization while Jezerek went into the shower to wash himself off.
As soon as he got rid of the shorts he let out a sigh of relief, never liking the confines of them as he did the same with his boxers before hopping in. He could feel his long hair cascade past the back of his neck and almost down to the middle of his shoulder blades, feeling it press against the dark gray fur that ran down his spine. When he looked at the additional patches that had spread over the back of his legs and his rear along with the tan that almost completely covered his chest and thighs he wondered why he would even call it hair in the first place. It was fur, and as he lapped up the water with his tongue while it came out of the shower he wished that he could find something that would clean it better than the current selection of shampoos that were out there.
As he rubbed his paws over his body, taking care to avoid the claws that had grown out of his padded fingers, he found that the running really did him good today as he went over his firm chest. The fat pads that had been plaguing him earlier had dissolved away and he found himself grinning as he ran his hands down his thinner sides. He needed to do cardio more often, Jezerek thought to himself, and as he finished with his shower he found himself shaking his entire body only to get the thick dark brown mop of headfur completely plastered all over his face. Instead of doing anything about it he decided to just go out where his neighbor was cooking.
When Chester noticed Jezerek walking towards him he let out a sharp series of laughs before he reached over and parted the hair to reveal the amber eyes underneath. “You know I could do something about that if you want,” Chester said as he wafted his own ponytail that brushed against the black fur of his shoulders. “Maybe after dinner?”
“Sure, that would work for me,” Jezerek said, helping Chester get everything finished before the two were at the table with their steaks. “I do have to repay you for this, maybe when I go down to the grocery store tomorrow I’ll pick us up something nice.”
“Oh, you won’t be able to go down the hill,” Chester replied as he picked up the steak and tore into it with his sharp teeth, letting out a slight growl as he did so while Jezerek looked at him with his head tilted in confusion. “Yeah, there’s some sort of barricade set up and they said something about there being a contaminant in the water supply or something. Either way they were not very happy when I walked up to the line to ask more and one of them even pointed a gun at me!”
“What?!” Jezerek replied after finishing the rather large chunk that he had torn off. “That’s ridiculous, when are these dumb humans going to learn not to overreact to things?” The other guy just nodded in agreement as he took a moment to wipe the juices dripping down his chin off the thick white fur of his chest before continuing to eat. “So is there like a boil order or something that we got to do?”
“Nah, didn’t say anything about that,” Chester replied. “I guess the university is doing something though, not sure what, wasn’t really paying attention. Hey! After dinner do you want to go to the back yard and throw a ball around? After we fix your hair too, that is.”
For a second Jezerek just sat there looking at Chester, then his eyes lit up as he nodded his head excitedly. “Of course I want to go out and do that!” Jezerek said before he used his claws to tear off another piece of steak. “But right now I’m starving, and if you don’t hurry up with yours I’m going to take it!”
With the lights on in the backyard the two played long into the night, and from the sounds that were going on in the neighborhood they weren’t the only ones that were having a good time. Eventually though things quieted down and Jezerek thanked Chester for the steaks, the two licking each other several times in the face before they parted ways and went into their individual homes. What an amazing day, he thought to himself, and he couldn’t wait to see what tomorrow brought as he played with the braid that Chester had put his hair into to keep it from flying everywhere. As he did the dishes he once more had the television on and he was slightly surprised to find that it was still talking about the university and their genetics department, though this time it had a guy in a hazmat suit that they were interviewing saying something about not approaching anyone affected.
Huh, sounded a bit serious, Jezerek thought to himself, but he just shrugged and turned it off before he went to bed. Whatever was going on he was sure that they were getting it handled and since he didn’t see anything in the neighborhood he didn’t feel like it concerned him. As he flopped down on the bed for the first time he realized that he was naked since he had gotten out of the shower, but that was normal since he was inside his own home as he ran his hands down the thick tufts of fur that seemed to grow even thicker while he stroked it. He always adored his pelt and wished that Chester would take care of his better so there weren’t so many bare patches, but perhaps tomorrow he could help him out with that as he closed his eyes to go to sleep.
As he laid there sprawled out on his bed though he was suddenly awoken by the noise of someone shouting loud enough that he could hear it. His window had been opened to let in the cool breeze of the night and it didn’t take much for him to push aside the screen as well and push his head out as someone else continued to talk loudly. “Hey!” Jezerek shouted into the night air. “Shut up!”
There was a moment of pause and Jezerek felt his ears twitch, scratching at them as he tried to hone them into any sounds even as they inched their way up towards the top of his head. “You shut up!” the angry voice replied, causing Jezerek to grit his teeth.
“No, you shut up!” Jezerek shouted back.
“Hey, shut up!” the voice shouted.
“You shut up!” Jezerek shouted louder.
“Both of you shut up!” A second voice said that got both his and the first voice’s attention.
“Hey, who the hell are you?” The first voice said. “Shut up!”
“Yeah, shut up and mind your business!”
“You two shut up!”
“No, you shut up!”
“JUST SHUT UP!”
Several more voices joined in and soon the noise level on the street had reached a fevered pitch until finally the momentum of the back and forth quickly died out. Eventually everything went quiet again and for a while Jezerek just stood there with his head out the window until finally he heard the first voice again. “Hey… are we all still friends?”
“Yeah,” Jezerek said.
“I’m good.”
“All good here.”
The rest all had the same general response and soon everyone wished one another a good night before Jezerek closed the screen and made his way back down on the bed. Man, he was glad that got resolved, he thought to himself as he curled up in his sleep. The last thing he needed was a bunch of strife in the neighborhood ruining his day tomorrow…
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When Jezerek awoke the next day the light of the sun was shining directly on him, which as he looked at his clock was quite early in the morning. That was strange, he thought to himself as he got up and yawned, normally he was too short to have that happen as he got out of his bed. As he did he found that it was a bit cramped and he muttered to himself about getting a new one as he sat up and stretched. As he cracked his back he could feel the pops go all the way down in an extremely satisfying way and even continued down the base of his spine as the flesh there pushed its way out. The most important thing for him at the moment though was making sure that he was ready to face the day and he hoped that he could go out of the neighborhood so that he could get to the market.
When he got to his mirror in order to brush his teeth he saw himself in his reflection and let out a slight gasp, putting his heavy paw hands to his face as they rubbed against the partial muzzle that had grown out of his head before turning it to the left for a better look at what had caught his attention. “My braid!” Jezerek exclaimed as he saw the hair coming out of the sides as the end of it nearly hit the middle of his back. “Damnit, I’m going to have to get Chester to redo it for me, I must have knocked it loose while sleeping.”
Though he wanted to get it fixed right away he wanted to go out for a run first just to get the blood flowing and see how things were going in the neighborhood. As walked out of his front door he found himself blinking several times as he found that there was quite a bit more activity that there had been before, especially with people in hazmat suits that were walking around with some sort of devices in their hands scanning for something. When he looked over to where the basketball players usually were he saw Michael standing there arguing with one of the guys along with some of his friends. He could tell that they were pretty agitated with the way that their tails were whipping back and forth and their paw feet stamped against the ground.
While he thought about potentially going over and helping Jezerek decided that he would let them be for now and didn’t want to interfere in a situation that he knew nothing about. As he started to walk down the street he noticed that a lot of the neighbors were out and talking with people, most of whom were pointing out the fact that they had pointed or floppy ears, tufts of fur that were showing from their clothes or sharpened teeth and claws while they asked them to explain why that was strange. It caused a frown to form on his muzzle as he wondered why that would be weird himself, this was always a neighborhood for his kind and he couldn’t imagine where else they would be.
The mere thought of these humans trying to explain things caused him to laugh as he walked, each chuckle causing his muzzle to stretch out a little more and his teeth to grow until it was completely lupine in nature. As he continued to walk down the streets the signs of human incursion in their neighborhood were growing and as he looked up there was even a helicopter that passed by overhead. One place where quite a few of them were swarmed around was the party house that he had passed by last night, Jezerek chuckling to himself as he saw the naked lupines and a few canines passed out in the yard. Man, that wolf pack sure knows how to party, he thought to himself as he continued on until he reached the end of the street where the trail started.
To his dismay Jezerek found that there were a number of rather large vehicles that were parked right in front of it. There were also several humans that were dressed in fatigues and body armor and when he approached he suddenly found the guns they had were drawn on him that caused him to raise his hands in the air. “Whoa, that’s the most advanced one we’ve seen so far,” one of the soldiers said to the other before addressing Jezerek. “There is a neighborhood quarantine in effect, you have to go back!”
“A quarantine?” Jezerek asked in confusion. “Why?”
“Another one that doesn’t seem to know,” the second soldier once more whispered to his friend before turning back to Jezerek. “Sir, are you aware that uh, you are, well, that you are a wolf guy?”
Jezerek found himself blinking a few times as his lips curled up slightly in both annoyance and confusion. “Yeah?” Jezerek said. “What’s your point?”
“Okay,” the first soldier asked. “Are you aware that you were, as of a few days ago, probably not a wolf guy?”
“Well that’s a pretty dumb thing to say,” Jezerek said as he put his hands against his hips. “I don’t know what you humans are thinking of doing but I want to go for a run and you are in my way, don’t you ever get tired of interfering? Just leave me alone and let me get out into the woods, I only have a few days left before I have to go back to work and I want to enjoy them.”
“Ohhhh, this one has got it bad,” the first soldier muttered, causing Jezerek’s ears to twitch as he was regarded once more. “Listen, do you at least realize that you are naked?”
When Jezerek looked down at himself he saw that his toned chest was completely uncovered and as his eyes trailed down the firm furry stomach to his legs he saw his sheath that contained his cock dangling there. He was about to give it a squeeze but held back and just shook his head. “Man, you humans really get squeamish when you see someone with a sheath walking around,” Jezerek said as he turned around to show his long furry tail. “As soon as you make clothes for a body like this I’ll wear them in polite society, and I don’t think I have to worry about running into someone while erect out there in the woods.”
“Well the woods are closed as well as all major roads until they can figure out what happened here,” the first soldier finally blurted out. “Just go back to your house and await further instruction! We should be getting some sort of food supplies out here shortly as soon as we… um… figure out what you can eat.”
Jezerek just rolled his eyes but didn’t feel like dealing with humans at the moment as he waved them off and turned to go back home. He found himself growling as he did, especially when he saw that the noise he made caused them to bring their weapons back up. What a joke, he thought to himself, why couldn’t humans understand them? It was like they were speaking two different languages as he went back towards his house.
By the time he got back he could see that Chester was also awake and out on the lawn, the husky also going without any clothes whatsoever. While there were still a lot of the neighborhood that wore clothes, which Jezerek found himself ignoring the fact that most of them still looked fairly human, he knew that he and his neighbor didn’t need to go out with anything on. Most of the time they just fell down around them anyway and as he looked at the guys down the road he could see that most of them were already playing again and didn’t have on any pants either. Jezerek watched them for a bit and then went to his side of the duplex, which as the basketball players continued to bounce between them they were oblivious to their cocks reddening or the furry flesh that formed around them even as they played.
When he got to Chester the husky man practically bounced up and walked over to them, their muzzles nosing one another in greeting before he looked behind him and frowned. “Oh, you got your ponytail all messed up,” Chester said as he picked up the disheveled braid. “Here, come inside and let’s get that fixed for you.”
As the two went inside he saw that Chester had the television on but there was nothing but static. “Yeah, I was just looking for something to watch but I can’t seem to get a signal,” Chester said as he sat down in the chair and had the wolf sit down on the carpet between his legs. “Last thing I saw before it went dead was something about our neighborhood and the university on it, which might explain all the weirdos that are out here harassing people.”
“Yeah, I couldn’t even get into the woods today because they got everything blocked off,” Jezerek said with a sigh. “There were two that were harassing our next door neighbors, the dalmatian guys, and from the look of it I thought the basketball players and two of them were going to get into it. Can you believe it?”
“Ohhh… I think I heard about that,” Chester stated as he ran his hands through the long hair to get it untangled. “The university just told them that they’re getting kicked off the team, something about dogs not being eligible to play or something. From the looks of it they’re not even letting them on the campus grounds and they might be kicked out of school.”
“See, that’s what I’m talking about!” Jezerek said as he put his muzzle against his hands. “These humans… I really wish there was a way to understand. We’re just simple canines trying to have a life, what’s so wrong with that?”
“It beats me,” Chester said, the two continuing to talk as Jezerek’s hair was deftly braided. “There, all done.” The husky’s tail was practically wagging off of his body as he brought up the wolf to a mirror so that he could check it out. “Oh hey, my friends are having a party since we’re all stuck here and they still have a bunch of booze, want to come?”
“Yeah, I could use some socializing,” Jezerek replied as he fawned over the long braid, pressing it against his lupine muzzle before giving himself a smile that showed off his fangs. “Hey, don’t suppose you have any more of those steaks left?”
The two hung out for the rest of the day and as night fell Jezerek found himself getting ready to go to one of the Wolf Pack’s wild parties that most of the neighborhood wandered in and out of. As he examined himself in the mirror before he left he gave a stroke down his gray and tan furred body and caressed the thick tail that hung behind him. Though he had tried not to think about it, something that human had said really bothered him and he found himself tugging on the triangular ears that adorned his head as well as wiggling the heavy wolf paws that adorned his feet. As he leaned in and pulled back the lips of his muzzle he saw a set of sharp teeth that stuck out from his gums.
Him… a human… how stupid…
Once Jezerek was ready he left the duplex with Chester and began to walk down the street to where the Wolf Pack threw their usual rager. He could see that most of the strange hazmat crew had left for the day and people were going back to their usual routines, the two waving at the Great Dane man that was mowing his yard as well as the group of Rottweilers that were wrestling in the yard naked while their German Shepherd girlfriend watched while cruising her phone. Though some looked odd with missing tails or having human feet instead of the usual paws most of them were canines, which was what attracted them to the neighborhood in the first place as they could hear the music blaring from a block away. The wolves were definitely out, hearing them howling as they had a bonfire in the front yard that wasn’t there before.
It wasn’t just those of the lupine persuasion that were invited as canines from all over the neighborhood were encouraged to come, though as the night wore on many preferred the comfort of their bed to the drunken revelry as Jezerek got himself another drink. When he looked back he saw that several of the guys had started to wrestle in the front yard and were growling and snarling at each other while the others took bets and several just watched. “Hey there,” a red-furred wolf man said as he pressed up against Jezerek. “Haven’t smelled you around here before, how come a strapping wolf like you isn’t part of the pack?”
“Because I have more to do than just roam the streets every night?” Jezerek replied as he pressed a paw hand against the nose of the one leaning in before reaching down and pressing against the throbbing member between his legs. “Plus considering that you’re presenting right now I think I know what you want from your pack right about now.”
“Touché,” the red wolf said with a grin before going over to a smaller gray wolf that was hunched over one the chairs talking to a few others. “Looks like you’ll have to do.”
“Hey Red, c’mon!” the gray wolf said as he tried to wiggle out of the grasp of the other guy, only to have the tip of his lupine cock start to push into his tailhole. “I’m trying to talk here, go find some bitch to bury your bone!”
“No way,” the red wolf said as he held up the tail of the other male and began to steadily hump forward as those in attendance saw the thick member steadily disappear inch by inch into the other lupine until his hole was stretched around the base right before the knot. “I’m not siring any pups tonight, you get to be my bitch.”
The other man just groaned as he was spread open and the others chuckled as they watched the big red wolf lean forward and plow the other guy before they resumed their own activities. Jezerek found himself biting his lip as he rubbed his own sheath, feeling it starting to fill out until he realized that Chester was right next to him. “You know the party isn’t complete until someone is inside another,” Chester said with a chuckle before looking down and seeing the red tip poking out of Jezerek’s sheath. “Oh hey, you horny?”
“Yeah, Red got me riled up,” Jezerek said with a huff. “But last thing I need is for them to think I’m part of their pack.” The husky just chuckled at that and then motioned for him to follow, which he did in rapt interest. The two went to the back of the house where there was a little yard and some grass that had been clearly not mowed in a while, and as they got into the shadows Chester laid down on his stomach and put his butt up in the air.
“Oh wow,” Jezerek said as he found himself licking his lips at seeing the tight rear of the other guy wagging him. “You don’t mind me mounting you out here?”
“Yeah, just don’t knot me if you can,” Chester said with a chuckle. “If they find us tied back here they might think of it as an invitation to see if they can get a knotted rope going, if you know what I mean.”
Jezerek just nodded and got down on his knees, putting his hands to the sides of the husky and feeling their fur brush together as he got into position. The wolf was glad that he was a bit bigger than the one beneath him and after basically getting on top he reached back and grabbed his already half-emerged member. It didn’t take much to guide it into the tight hole and as he began to push down the two tried not to let their growling moans alert those that were nearby. Jezerek wasn’t looking to get his own tailhole filled at the moment but was glad that Chester was helping him out as he began to push down slightly harder.
As his throbbing cock sank in he could feel the tail of the husky wagging against his stomach while he braced himself to go in deeper. This was probably something that humans wouldn’t understand either, Jezerek thought to himself as he groaned when those tight walls clamped against him when he tried to push in further. Though they tried to stay quiet the two eventually started to huff and grunt more as Jezerek got deep enough to feel the fur of his groin touch the rear of the husky, but he could already feel his knot starting to inflate and wanted to make sure they weren’t stuck together. It was one fun but also annoying thing about their anatomy as he began to make long, measured thrusts into the handsome guy beneath him.
Though not nearly as into the dominance thing like the other wolves were he did find satisfaction in getting between this male’s legs, even though in the back of his mind he knew that they were offering as he ran a hand down the back of the husky. He could hear the low growls of pleasure coming from him as his chest was being pressed against the ground and knew that he would be hard as well, which he would likely reciprocate in relieving him of later. The one thing they knew they weren’t going to keep quiet was when they got closer to the end, those canine instincts taking control as his humps got faster and shallower with his knot slapping against the hole of the other male with each thrust. Fortunately Jezerek was able to keep enough control to not push it in as he orgasmed, both of them letting out a howl as the husky had been reaching back and stroking himself to finish off at around the same time.
When the two were finished they pulled apart and looked back to see if anyone had looked to join them, only to be surprised when everyone was still in the side yard. They could hear a commotion that was not the guys wrestling around and when they got to their feet to see what was going on they saw that there was a human in their midst. Well… not quite human it seemed, as he had pointed ears that could be seen poking out of his purple hair and also seemed to have slight claws and fangs. Instead of trying to figure out what was going on the two went over to the red wolf from before, who was still humping into the gray beneath him whom he had shoved his knot inside.
“Oh, he’s claiming that we’re not canines,” Red said. “Says that there was some genetic project for hybridization that somehow was spilled out here and that it got into the water or something where it started changing people? I don’t know, sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me.”
Jezerek frowned and went over to the group of wolves that were standing around the strange looking guy who was telling them all to calm down. “Listen, you have to believe me that the serum is affecting your minds in order to help you cope with the transformation,” the elf said. “This entire neighborhood used to be humans, but I… someone had taken a sample of the research material they were studying in order to make sure that it wasn’t used for ill will and may have accidentally dropped it. If any of you could just tell me where the empty container is then perhaps there might be some residue left or something that will help me fix this.”
“Hey, this has always been a canine neighborhood!” one of the malamutes that had been hanging out near the edge of the crowd shouted.
“Yeah, you can’t just keep coming in here and saying that we’re not real or something!” Jezerek chimed in. “You may not be human but you sound just like them!” There was a growing consensus among the crowd that was growing more fervent by the second, and as the elf took a few steps back Jezerek suddenly felt an inspiration from a half-buried memory and darted forward. He took the guy by surprise when he licked against his face, causing the others to chuckle as the elf wiped the saliva from it in shock as the wolf smirked at the panicked man.
“Hey, I’m just trying to help you guys out,” the elf said as he used the back of his hand to get rid of the last of the spit off. “If we don’t fix this now your genetic structure may become… irreversibly… altered…” As the elf looked down at the back of his hand his eyes narrowed as he saw that there was black hair that was growing on it, and as the others watched in awe they saw that his nose had started to turn black and swell while more fur began to sprout on his cheeks and bridge. “Oh come on, not again…”
As the rest of the Wolf Pack took interest the elf suddenly found himself being besieged upon by several of the other men, his shirt being torn off and their tongues running all over his chest, neck and head while others reached in to remove his pants. Jezerek was more surprised that something had even happened when he licked him, and as he looked over at Chester who also had a stunned look on his face the husky glanced back and saw a grin forming on his own muzzle. “I think I know how we can finally make the humans understand us,” Jezerek said. “We have to get out of the neighborhood.”
“Out of the neighborhood?” Chester repeated. “How are we going to do that?”
“Hmmm… probably through the woods would be the best bet,” Jezerek said as he watched the head of the elf being licked on begin to morph and warp, becoming more lupine by the second as the ones on his chest caused hair to grow that was surprisingly purple in nature. “But we’re going to have to sneak past the perimeter fence that they got set up there. What we need… is a distraction.”
Chester and Jezerek both looked down as they heard a loud moan and saw that one of the wolves was sucking on the transforming man’s cock, causing the shaft to redden while growing longer as a furry black sheath formed around it. “How much of a distraction are you thinking?” Chester said as the wolves suddenly looked up from the black and purple-furred wolf they were creating and looked at them. “Because I think you have all you need…”
As the night wore on those that were stationed on the street right before the entrance to the woods sighed as they looked out at the empty sidewalk. The two soldiers had been on duty all night and their replacements weren’t set to be there for another hour. “Maybe we should party with those wolves,” one of the soldiers said as they heard a loud series of howls. “Sounds like they’re having a great time.”
“Only if you’re intent on joining them for the foreseeable future,” the second soldier said. As the first one just rolled his eyes the two continued to stand at their post, only to find that the howls they were hearing were growing closer. The soldiers watched in increased interest as the sounds got closer until they could see the ones that the rest of the neighborhood had dubbed as the wolf pack started to drunkenly approach them.
Both soldiers also happened to notice that they were all naked and some of them erect as they made their way towards them, which caused the soldiers even more discomfort as they moved forward while shouting and waving their hands to disperse them. When the two started to move away from their vehicles and became focused on the group of wolves Jezerek and Chester made their way through the underbrush that was near one of the spotlights. Most of the area was completely open, which was no doubt on purpose to keep their sight lines clear, but there was a few benches and other things that they were taking advantage of in order to try and stay out of the sight of the soldiers. As much as they could have swarmed them and maybe even did the same thing that they had done to the elf guy, who had become a black and purple wolf that had joined the group in their revelry after a few drinks, he didn’t want them to raise an alarm.
As Jezerek continued to stealthily move forward he watched the wolves with slightly gritted teeth. Don’t overdo it guys… Jezerek thought to himself as the soldiers continued to try and disperse them, if they found out what they could do then it was possible that they would attempt to lock them up even more. As the two got past the armored cars Jezerek saw that one of them was about to attempt to kiss one of the guards, but a stern look from him dissuaded the one known as Red and had them step back. As the soldiers began to call for reinforcements that was when the others had begun to disperse to prevent that from happening.
Soon the sounds of the neighborhood and even the military personnel that were around faded away into the darkness, instead they were surrounded by the ambient noise of the forest. But the two were not there just to enjoy a midnight romp; there was somewhere specific that Jezerek needed to go and didn’t want to be followed. As they moved stealthily between the trees they could sense that there were others there in the forest with them, but as they relied on technology to try and search for any strays they had their noses, ears, and eyes to guide them. It was almost laughably easy for them to evade those and he bet that even the drunken wolf pack could have evaded capture with this group.
Once the two had gotten out of the woods they made their way into the city itself, keeping to the shadows as they made their way through the alleys and streets. So many humans… as they hopped up to one of the roofs of the smaller building they couldn’t help but watch them mill about. Such strange creatures they were, Jezerek thought to himself, was it because there were so many of them that they couldn’t comprehend that another type of creature would attempt to make their own community? They tried not to linger too long as they stuck out in the crowd if anyone should find them, though when they passed by one of the large electronic billboards they saw that it was displaying the news and that it was their community that was plastered all over the screen with a woman talking in front of it.
“As the community continues to be quarantined the university officials are trying to find the one that stole a sample from the genetics department,” the reporter stated. “At the same time they are attempting to figure out how to cure those that were turned into canine creatures, but considering that the university was also quarantined it is unknown whether or not it was even possible to reproduce the original serum. As always citizens are told not to approach these creatures as there is the fear that they may be able to spread their condition, and if you see any to call the appropriate authorities to contain them.”
Pffft, like anyone was going to see them, Jezerek thought to themselves as they continued to hop from building to building until they reached the outskirts of the city. There was nothing to stop them and as Jezerek got to the last building he couldn’t help but turn around and look back at the hill that he knew all the others were still stuck. As he stood there with the wind blowing through his fur and his braid whipping about behind him the wolf knew that he had a plan for making sure that everyone understood about the canine way of life. As he felt a tug on his arm Jezerek turned and saw that the husky was waiting for him, and since he knew where they were going he led the way as they abandoned the concrete jungle for the very real woods once again.
About an hour later the two canine men were laughing and splashing around in the large pond, the two swimming around one another as steam came up from the surface. “I have to say, this was a really good idea,” Chester said with a grin as he continued to doggy paddle around them. “What possessed you to suddenly want to go for a swim in some pond?”
“I have to admit that the wolf pack inspired me to do this,” Jezerek replied, continuing to swim as well for a while before he got out and shook himself off. “I think that we forgot the towels though, let me go and grab something similar so we can dry off.” The husky nodded and continued to splash around for a while as the wolf ran towards the fence that they had jumped in order to get in there in the first place, which as he hopped it again it rattled the sign that identified the area as the reservoir for the city itself. Though he hadn’t quite told Chester what his true intentions were with their little swim, the husky being the rather excitable sort, he did want to see if the results of his plan would bear fruit…
Back in the city a man had just finished a run through the city, taking a deep breath as he looked at his watch to get a time of how well he had done. This was one of the last stops on his usual route because it had a water fountain that wasn’t too bad and as he began to drink from it and letting it splash over his head he began to hear gasps that had come from the crowd. As he looked up he saw that some people that had been playing around in the nearby water fountain had withdrawn when they started to transform, ears stretching and faces pushing out with a shocked expression on them as they stared in shock at their fur covered hands. Others that had been at a nearby restaurant had also stumbled out as they held up their shirts to reveal the thick pelt of fur that was growing on their stomachs.
As people began to freak out about the people that were starting to mutate the runner couldn’t help but laugh as he took a handful of water and rubbed it against his head and face, the wolf-headed man grinning as he found these humans silly…
…their civilization had always been canines, right?