Chapter 46

Last night, I woke up from the seven newly unbound opening their eyes and acknowledging me as their master. Each greeted and thanked me, but since the first had already asked about being named, the others didn't. I did ask whether they were male or female, though. Three were male, and four were female. After that, I fell asleep again on Jesse's arm. Lately, we'd both been more relaxed, especially with things going smoothly in the Oasis and our business ventures.

The new shelter was progressing quickly. The city had been very accommodating, and even the county, which we thought might pose a problem, helped move things forward. We had the inspection for the foundation, which the guys had crafted in their realm from solid stone. It passed without any issues, except for the inspector remarking on how much effort it must've taken to shape the stone so smooth. He probably thought we'd used mining equipment to achieve such smooth cuts. This week, the timbers for the roof were going up.

The old man running the original shelter had visited a few times, and I learned his name when we signed the contract exchanging the old shelter's land for the new one, along with an adjacent lot near Karl's Park. His name was James Meckel Bishop.

Jesse woke up, and just as I was about to tell him what happened last night, he said softly, “How about you and I go to the gym? I know you said it was a waste of time for you, but I wasn't lying when I said you were getting bigger back then."

“It'll have to wait. I'm willing to try again, but the other unbound have bonded with me," I told him.

“That's great news—both that seven more men will have their pets, and even more so that you've agreed to start going to the gym again!" Jesse was excited, though I think it was more about me agreeing to the gym.

“You need to contact the other winners," I reminded him.

“Yes, yes, right away," Jesse said, getting up. He paused, then turned back. “The study will be too small for all of us. Where do you want to meet… privately?" He mouthed the last word.

'Ursus and Stone, I need you to double the size of my study. Keep the wards intact. I want my privacy,' I ordered the two heads of their groups.

The two Omegas appeared. “We should make it much bigger; doubling it won't be enough for you, master," Stone's Omega suggested.

“I agree. Four times bigger, but it'll still feel the same, just more spacious," Ursus's Omega added.

“Alright, but no bigger. I liked Karl's study with all the dark wood, though his had those windows looking out into the forest. With the cave, that would make things too dark," I said.

“No problem, Master," they both replied before vanishing.

“We'll have to wait until they finish before we can have the meeting," I told Jesse, who smiled.

“Okay, how about we go to the gym then—not the one here, but where Grey goes?"

“What's wrong with our gym?" I asked.

“Oh, not much—just support, motivation, camaraderie. Remember the first time we went with Fen and Cetus?" Jesse said.

As soon as Jesse mentioned their names, both Fen and Cetus appeared.

“Master, we'd like to come with you too," Cetus said.

“You know we're just going to one of the cave gyms, and everyone there knows who you are and what you can do," I replied.

“They know us like this," Fen said, snapping his fingers. He transformed into someone different from who he had been before, when we first went to the gym. “Even my followers wouldn't recognize me now."

“Hey, bro, you're stepping into my territory. I'm the big brute, not you," Cetus scolded.

“We can switch roles. It's the perfect disguise," Fen replied with a grin. Cetus paused, realizing what Fen was getting at.

“Alright, but I'm not keen on being a slim, hairless guy. How about this?" Cetus transformed into a muscular bodybuilder—solid muscle with no fat, still maintaining hair in the right places. His body tattooed with chains breaking. The chains wrapped around his right bicep, across his chest, down his left thigh, and ended at his calf, where shards flew toward his opposite calf, which bore a torn shackle.

“That look suits you, though a bit of a gut might make it even better," I said.

“? Maybe after our workout, I'll change it up a bit, just for you," Cetus replied with a sly grin.

“Alright, let's get ready and head to where Grey works out," Jesse chimed in.

“On it," was all I heard before we suddenly stood in a gym filled with men working out. At least they had put workout clothes on me, though a quick glance revealed many men working out nude. “Thanks for thinking of me," I muttered to no one in particular.

“You're welcome, Keith," Fen responded with a wink.

“Thanks for that too," I said.

Jesse pointed toward the back. “I see Grey over there. Let's go."

As we made our way to the heavy equipment, some men noticed me and paused, but resumed their activities. Whoever was in charge of them must have warned them not to draw attention.

'We've placed in everyone's mind that you're someone else,' both Omegas informed me.

Grey saw us coming to him. His muscles flexed and pumped hard as he raised the bar to a resting position. “Hey Jesse, I see you made it, but where is Keith? And who are the others with you?" Grey asked.

“What do you mean? This is…“

I cut Jesse off. “Hi, I'm a new member. Keith couldn't come and asked Jesse if he could take me instead. Names Tim." I offered my hand and Grey took it. “I know here that anyone can get as big as they want, but you're real big. Like almost in-human big."

Grey blushed. “Only when I work out growing is like euphoric to me."

“Hi, I'm Bill and he's Bob. We came about at the same time Tim did. Fen said.

“Nice to meet you all." Grey replied.

Jesse catching on now. “Grey, can you show Tim here the ropes? He's never come to a gym and I know Keith would appreciate it." 'You look no different from before. Why does he not see you as Keith?'

'The omegas made everyone see an illusionary face on me so treat they would not treat me differently. This also will allow me to see if Grey is genuinely the type of guy I think he is.' I said to Jesse.

“I'll help these two, as they have been able to transform into the bodies they want. Neither has worked out and also want to test their strength. After they get comfortable with how to handle the weights and the protocol of the gym, I'll come and help you with Tim." Jesse told Grey.

“So, you can't change your body at all?" Grey asked me.

“Yes, I feel like a failure. I think that is why Sir asked Jesse to take me here. He knows that I will be able to change with some motivation. He did tell me that He was the same way and has yet to change anything except his member." I made up a story about me to Grey. Jesse moved to another free station with Fen and Cetus, and was going through the motions as if they were here for the first time.

“We'll let me change out the weight for ones you should be able to start with." Grey was pulling of weights that said 500kg's on them.

“I did not know that weights went up this high. What weight were you pushing when I interrupted your workout?" I asked.

“Here the spirits will make any size weight you want and reinforce the bar to let you lift them. No matter what poundage you place on the equipment, it will always be able to handle it. I was lifting 3000kg's plus the bar, which will change weight as you add heavier poundage on it. Let's say I was lifting over 3000kgs and leave it at that." Grey had pulled all the plates off and was checking the empty bar.

“You were lifting a truck! That's like not possible, at least out in the real world." I said, trying to make my ruse believable.

“The bar feels like it changed back to a standard weight. Watch me and I'll show you how to perform the exercise I was doing, then you give it a try." Grey lifted the bar off the supports. Taking me thru the steps. “I'll be spotting you, so don't worry about losing control. You ready to try?"

“Yes, Am I going to do it with the empty bar?" I asked.

“The bar weighs 20Kgs, so 44lbs. Do the lift and tell me if it's too easy and I'll add more weight. It's more important that you do the movement correctly before you start lifting weight close to your max," Grey told me.

I got into position and Grey was standing behind the bar. As I started lifting the bar off the stands he said, “your hand position is good. I'll be ready to assist if this is too heavy, but I'm sure you can handle it."

I performed the lift. “Feels to light, right?" Grey asked.

“Yes, a little."

“I'm going to move off to the side and watch you do one more rep. That's one movement up and down if you didn't know. I need to see you do it from a better angle." Grey said and move away. I did another rep. “Good form. I was expecting to see some flaws, but your movement does not need correcting." Grey came back and assisted me with placing the bar back on the stand. “What do you think, add a little more weight or add a lot more? I think you can handle a lot more from how easily you did the two reps."

“We'll, a lot more for me is almost nothing for you. Can you make the total like, 100lbs?" I asked.

“It's in Kilos, but I can make it just a little over that 50kgs, 110lbs. Want to try that?" Grey asked me.

“Yes, please, you're still going to help me if it's too heavy, right?" I asked.

“It's called spotting you, and yes, I will spot you." Grey corrected me.

We worked out for like an hour, well really, I worked out. Grey was great, always giving me pointers and encouragement. Jesse had come back within the first half. Since the station next to us had opened up, he offered to set up the weights so Grey could finish his routine. Grey thought it was a good idea, as he could better perform the exercises and point out the muscles they worked if he had to strain some, as he lifted. Jesse and him both spotted for me and showed me how to do the lifts correctly until I had finished the basic lift for all the body parts that Grey thought I need to do today. I watched them each lift as the other critiqued the lift.

Between sets as they both changed out the weight, I looked over to Fen and Cetus and found that they each had gathered a few men who were helping them out. Not that they need help.

After finishing, Grey offered to have a group shower with all of us if we liked. Cetus was the first to accept. Jesse and Fen waited till I said yes before accepting.

“Have you tried changing when we were out in the gym? You lifted more than I thought you could," Grey asked me.

“Yeah, but nothing happened." I said. We entered the locker room. There were no lockers, just benches and a wall of mirrors. Floor to ceiling mirrors. “Where Do I put my clothes?" I asked.

“Most men just take them off and leave them on the bench. The spirits make sure to either replace them with new clothes or just remove them if the man can make his own. No one would take what's not theirs in the Oasis. Especially since they can make their own." Grey explained.

Jesse walked into the only opening other than the door we came in with. “This door will take us to the showers. When another man or group of men who wants to shower together enters this same door, they will enter a new shower. It's like a portal but only moves you to a different shower, the right size for one man or the group of men who enter," Jesse explained.

The rest of us entered, and I found that the showers were already on and at just the right temperature.

Jesse said, while already posing. “Lets all make Tim excited. Maybe that will motivate him to change."

“What if we changed while we displayed our bodies in front of him? That's how I first did it." Grey said.

They were all moving around me and posing. I did not think Grey would be doing what Jesse asked. While the others did very sexy displays, Grey just posed like any bodybuilder would. His cock did not harden, and he did not start saying things that would arouse me. Not that his body alone wasn't already doing that to me. I was hard and leaking, trying to keep my cock from changing. Thinking that if Grey saw it, he would know that it was me and not this Tim guy I was playing as.

Finally, Grey stopped and said, “Guys, I think we're getting Tim too aroused. He is not changing and I don't think he will, at least not today." Grey came up to me and held me. “It will happen. Maybe not today or the next, but it will happen." I was crying now. Grey comforted me with his words and gentle touch. The others stopped and all huddled around me.

'Release Grey from the fake image of me.' I told the Omegas.

I kept my head down. “Grey, I'm sorry. I should have let you see the real me. The Omegas made everyone see me as someone else. I came here with Jesse to work out and try to make me naturally get strong. Hopefully I will get bigger too."

“I knew it was you, even with your disguise. Not right away, but you moved and had the same aura. With Jesse acting the same way around you as he does the real you, that's when I knew it had to be you." Grey said.

“You are more than I deserve, than any of us deserve." I told Grey. We finished cleaning up. Fen and Cetus also dropped their new human forms and changed back into their normal forms.

As we parted I asked, “Can I come again and workout with you? I'll make sure that you see me as me and not Tim. I will still need to be Tim around the rest of the men as they will act differently if they knew who I am, you know the 'Master'." I whispered the last part.

“I'd like that very much." Grey said.

When we got back to our cave, and went into the study, it was more than I expected. It had windows on three sides. Very large windows the sun was setting because I could see its light thru the trees. Everywhere that there was not a window stood bookshelves reaching the ceiling. Gone were the cave's rock formations above. The ceiling was ornate. Off to one side below the window was a computer work station. From its placement, meant for the bound animals. In the middle of the room was my desk, with another desk right behind it. I also had a computer workstation. In front of the desk were two chairs, with four more on each side. Sitting between the eight chairs was a very large coffee table. The room's size made the table look less out of place as it sat in the very center of the room with a large stained-glass lamp hanging above it. In milk white glass on the table were the words Oasis Command Center. I was still taking in the finer details when all the spirits appeared.

“We hope you like your new study, Master." Ursus said.

“I do. How can daylight and trees exist down here? I asked.

“Simple, Master. We place a field around the windows of Karl's study. Whatever light enters his study, it also enters your study. Stand close to a window and look outside. If you look up, down, or to either side you will see the tops of the trees, the garages far off or the lawn that was just mown," Stone said.

“We did not know what you wanted to fill the shelves with. We just placed what was here before, adding only pictures of the new park, hotel and some others that you help make happen." Fen added.

“I'm sure I'll fill them in time. Thank you all for making it feel like a proper study. Jesse, I think we will Cristen the study with naming and union of winners with their animals."

“Yes, I'll go get them." Jesse said.

“We have already told them to come. And Master, all the wards are back in place. When your study door is closed. Only who is inside will hear what is said." Ursus told me. All the Spirits bowed and then faded away.

'May we bring the seven? master.' Lassie inquired.

'Yes, please do. Sorry we had to delay the naming, but my study needed to be enlarged.' I told Lassie and Rin.

Jesse was leaving to greet the winners. “Leave the door open so the bound can enter." I told Jesse.

Lassie and three offspring appeared shortly after Rin, and four more appeared. 'Oh, Theres' is our computer. I was wondering where it had gone.' Lassie stated.

The seven unnamed came up to my desk and jumped onto it. 'We'll be at the computer station by that lovely window. You won't hear a sound from us,' Rin said to me.

“Please line up by first born to last born." I said to the unnamed. They played a three card Monty with each other trying to place themselves in the right position. Their size was not helping. Each one was larger than the first four already named. Finally, they stopped changing places. All were sitting except one.

'I am the next in line, Master.'

“You are a male or female?" I asked.

'Female,' she said and sat with the others.

I looked at the next one. 'Female, Master.'

The next one. 'Male, Master.'

'Female, Master.'

'Male, Master.'

'Male, Master.'

'Female, Master.'

“You all understand how this will work?" I asked.

'Yes, Master.' Was said by everyone.

“Are any of you against becoming more than one animal? If the man that will be your man decides to make you an exotic or dangerous animal, you cannot leave the cave system. Some exotic animals can't be owned by individual's, Dangerous animals also can't be owned by individuals except those who get licenses. We don't want to bring the Oasis under any more scrutiny than we already have. To leave, even just outside the caves, you must be an ordinary animal, a dog, cat, none poisonous snake or reptile, those kinds of animals. Inside the caves, you can become any animal, as long as you can move around without damaging things or getting in the way of others." I explained.

One animal stood up. 'Master, I only want to stay as one animal.''

The fourth born in the group. She waited for my reply.

“All right, we'll do the naming a little differently then. You do know that the man I hand you over to may ask you to change at a later date. Would you refuse him?" I asked her.

'No master, I would change, but to change just to go outside for a moment, and then change again. Maybe every day from now on is not something I want to do.' She replied.

“I understand. Not to worry, I'll match you up with the best man for you." I said.

The sun had set by the time the men came in with Jesse leading them. The study was now lit by hidden lighting. I stood up. “Please take a seat. I have a few questions to ask all of you. Please be honest with your answers. You already know that some of the first winners wanted exotic and or dangerous animals. While that is allowed, they must stay in the cave system, never going outside, as they might be seen by a normal, which could create issues for us all. In the first group, the animals that are different have no problem changing every time their keeper goes outside, then changing back when they reenter the caves."

“How many of you want an animal that is restricted?" I asked them all.

Only three hands did not go up. “You three that did not raise your hands. Once you picked you animals' type, would you later ever decide to ask your animal to turn into a restricted type?" I asked.

“I know what animal I want and I hope it's a girl. She will in that form for as long as I can keep her. If the unthinkable happened, say we are attacked or maybe a war breaks out, then I don't know. I might ask her to become something better suited for the danger." A short man answered.

I looked at one of the other two. “And you sir?"

He cleared his throat. “Ahem, excuse me, I may ask it to change, but I don't think it would ever be into a dangerous animal. I can't say for sure that I may want a bird from the tropics or even an owl or falcon. Are those on the list as dangerous?" he asked me.

“No, only animals that the government controls are the ones I'm talking about. You sir, can you answer?" I asked the last man.

“I think I'm the same as him." He nodded to the last guy who answered. “I may ash him or her to change at some point. I would not do that like every week or month, might not do it for years, but at some point, I would. At least I think I would." He answered.

I turned to the first one that answered. “What is the animal you want, Sir?" I asked.

“Me, as you can see, I'm a small man, and I like who I am and what I am. I want a race horse. I was and still want to be a jockey." He answered.

'Are you willing to change sizes? You do know how big a thoroughbred is. You would either have to stay in the barn or get smaller to stay with the man.' I asked her.

'Both are fine by me, Master. We could even enter races if you allow it?' She said.

“We're you a professional jockey?" I asked.

“Yes, Sir. Never got my big chance. I still want to feel the horse under me with all that power and the wind, moving so fast, like I might fly away at any moment." He was getting a little carried away now.

“I've decided that you'll go first. I have a female that does not want to change every time you leave the cave and again when you come back. She is alright with shrinking down to live with you in the cave, or if you want, she is also okay staying in the barn at night." I went back to my desk and picked up the female. Walking to a large open area. “Stand over here please and after I give you this female, tell me what you want to call her, also is there a certain color you want?. After that, place her on the floor and stand back." I told the man.

He did as I asked and after I gave him his female, he said, “I want to name her Lighting, Lighting Flash. We may not compete in an actual race, but she should have that name. She should have the whitest white with a black bolt on her forehead." He told me.

'I name you Lighting Flash.' I said to her.

We all watched her change rapidly. Her back reached well over six feet. The man would have trouble reaching her head unless she bowed down for him. I don't know anything about horse racing, but she was beautiful to look at. I don't think I ever saw a horse with her coloring.

'Change, so your back is just lower than his head.' I told her.

'Yes, Master.'

“This is the size she will need to be in the caves. If you decide, she needs to stay in the barn. We might need to build a stable when funds become available." I said. I don't know if he heard me from the way he was looking her over. “You can both wait outside for now." Jesse came up and got the man's attention.

“Alright, who's the fifth winner?" I asked.

“It's me Sir, a wolf-man stood up.

I handed him the first female in line. “Tell me her name, what animal you want, and if you have a color preference." I stated. I was pretty sure what his animal of choice was going to be.

“Her name is Wind. She's a Yukon wolf. Coloring same as me."

'I name you Wind,' I told her. Her chance was almost instant. The man smiled the biggest smile. All his teeth were silver capped, or it looked silver. I know he either wanted to keep his caps or he intentionally created that look for himself. I'm definitely not into him. “Please wait with the others outside." I said.

“The Next winner?" A Muscle Bear-man stood up and came over to me. “Here's the next female." The man's face fell. 'We have another female and three males. Is it a male you wanted?' I asked him. He nodded. “We hand out the firstborn to the lastborn weather it's a girl or boy. We had four females and three males. Who's the seventh, ninth and tenth winners?" Three of the men raised their hands. “You three will get males. Do any of you prefer a female?" I asked. No hands went up. “The rest of you, are you against getting a female?" I asked. Again, no hands. “You are free to not accept, but I can't help you. If you don't accept you can enter the lottery again but there's over a fifty percent chance, you'll still get a female as females were the dominant sex in this litter and the same unbound animals will be bred again for the next lottery." I told him.

“I'm willing to take his female." Another Bear-man spoke up.

“And you're which winner?" I asked him.

“I'm the tenth winner, sir," He answered.

“Come up here please, and thanks for your kindness." I spoke to the Muscle Bear-man, “You can sit back down till I call the tenth winner." He went back to his seat.

“Here's your female. I think you and her will have a better bond than most. What do you want to name her? What breed and if you have a color in mind?" I asked him.

“I want her name to be Cub, A bear and same coloring as me. I can call her by a nick name can't I?" He asked.

“Yes You can." I said.

“Okay, change her name to Las. I call her cub when we're alone." He stated and then placed her on the floor beside him.

'I name you Las. It's your mother's name but shortened.' I said to her.

She grew larger and larger; it took more time because of the amount of weight she was gaining. The Bear-man stepped back, as it looked like she was not going to be stopping till she forced him back. When the growth stopped, she was almost as big as he was. He took her by the hand and they walked out together.

“I'm the seventh winner. Sir." A hybrid stood and walk up. He must belong to Cobras' group. Other than being much bigger in the upper body, he was the same as Cobra without a tattoo. Before I could ask, he said, “I'll leave the breed up to him. If he wants, he can change to be like me, or any reptile, even a snake, but whatever he wants to become, I'm good. Same with coloring. His name will be Strider." The man took the male and placed him on the floor, stepping back as he did not know how big the unbound would become.

'Do you have an animal in mind? Or will you change into a hybrid like him or a different reptile?'

'I have been thinking of becoming hawk-man, but snakes and hawks are not compatible.' He answered me.

'You're thinking real world thoughts. The Oasis consists of men that are living their dreams out. What's the worst that will happen? He'll ask you to change into what he prefers.' I told the Unbound. 'I name you Strider.'

He grew into a hawk with wings and arms. Instead of a beak he had a mouth and nose, becoming the size of a man but shorter than most men. I guess for and unbound that was the closest they could be to a human. Just having one or two body parts of a human. I looked at the man and he was a little shocked, but recovered and felt the now bound hawk's feathers. Smiling as they faced each other.

“You can wait outside till we're finished here." I said. “Who is the next winner?" An Otter-man stood up.

“I am, Sir." He rushed up and waited.

This guy must take his role in the gay community literally, lean body covered in fur, his features were not changed like I would expect an Otter-man to be. Finding that I was contemplating too long, “Sorry have not seen your body type before. Here's you male, tell me his name, what animal you want, and if you have a color preference."

“His name is Alpha, he's a Grizzly Bear, any light color grizzly is fine with me, but keep the fur shorter I like to feel his muscles." He finished and place the male down stepping back.

'He wants someone to take control when he's alone. Keep that in mind and you two will be fine. I name you Alpha.'

Again the male grew and grew, but this time his body shaped more into a bodybuilder's than bears body type. When he was finished, he stood up and showed off his muscled stomach to the man then fell back on all fours. The man was so excited he did not know what to do.

'Nudge him to the door and stay with him outside till I call.' I told the Grizzly Bear.

“All right, you can come back up now." I told the muscle Bear-man. I knew another bear was coming.

“I Know you think less of me, but there is a reason I want a male. You see, I had a son and… and… and I killed him. Not me exactly, but I caused it. I was married and my son came out to us, he was gay. My wife could not allow that and told me to kick him out of the house. I did and within a few weeks We found out he had killed himself. I should have stood up for him but I couldn't do it. I knew I was also gay, my family was as strict as my wife, because of that I married and had my only son. I was afraid of my family finding out about me. After my son died, I knew I was the cause. I divorced my wife and started my true path, I was recruited shortly after. I need a male so I can think of him as my son and show him that I am a man like him!" When he finished, he was tearing up.

“I don't think less of you or anyone in the Oasis, we had many parameters for candidate's, they looked for men with certain qualities, yours included. What's your son's name? do you know his type? and do you have a color preference?" I asked.

“Mathew, I was his idol growing up. He always called me his bull. He liked the brown's so darker browns flowing into lighter browns. Thank you for your words they helped a lot." He stated.

I handed him the male, and he placed him on the floor. 'I name you Mathew.' I told the male bound.

He grew at a slower rate, become a bull with coppery brown, almost black on his head and back and ending with a light brown almost light tan on his neck and belly, no pattern of colors just flowing from one to the other. He also did not grow as big as a bull should be. The man was not disappointed though, looking at his smile, and tears that were welling up again.

“Move outside as I finish here." I told the man, who led the bull out.

“Okay that leaves you, you already know it's a female the last of the litter." I took the female and walked over to him he took hold and stood up. He was Taller than me almost as old as Karl by his looks, he was fit which was most likely him changing from an old frail man to what he was now. other than that, he had no other changes.

“What's her name? type of animal? And any preferences?" I asked as we walked to the open space.

“Marlow, Wolf, she can choose the coloring." He stated.

“May I ask a question?" I asked him.

“Sir, you're in charge you can do anything! Yes, you may." He said.

“You look like you have not changed much other than becoming fitter. Can you not change, or are you this way because you want to be?" I asked.

“I can change, not very well. Clothes and making things, that comes easy but changing not so much. Couldn't do it at all till they started teaching everyone. I'm satisfied with this form. If she decides she does not want to be a wolf, I'll let her change latter. Wolf just popped in my head is all." He answered.

'I name you Marlow.' I spoke to the female.

Almost instantly she was a wolf all white with golden eyes.

“You can stay no reason to leave and just come back." I said. 'Jesse bring everyone back in. Since there's plenty of room in here.' I told Jesse.

Jesse opened the door. 'You can come back in now.' Was his reply.

I gave the same speech as before, but said what transpired in the beginning and also about the man wanting a male bound neither made a difference to myself, the inner circle, or the spirits.