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III. Origins

By: Byruble

"SCIENCE RULES!" ... "SCIENCE RULES!" ... "SCIENCE RULES!" ...

"The hell...?" Khloe groans as she awakens from her stupor. She reaches for her vibrating purple phone. "Huuuh... jeez. Why is Q texting me so early in the- OH." Her eyes almost pop out of their sockets when she reads '4:00PM' at the top of her screen.

"SCIENCE RULES!"

"No way... no WAY did I sleep that long!"

"SCIENCE RULES!"

"Ok, you need to calm-"

"SCIENCE RULES!"

"WHAT IS IT!?" She grits her teeth and aggressively unlocks her phone. '6 Unread Messages.'

Q: Can you bring cheesy dip before you come over? I know it's a bit of a weird request but I just ran out. Q: Nevermind I just remembered I had another jar in the fridge. :D Q: OK that was empty D: please retrieve me some cheesy dip. These hot fries need a companion. Q: We're still meeting @ my place @ 5pm today right? Q: I'll save some fries for you guys. See you soon! Q: Don't let me down on that cheesy dip.

Khloe shakes her head and plops back onto her bed. "I'll... get your damn cheesy dip." She turns to see Azzy, still asleep with his legs and tail intertwined with her own. "Hehe... hey cutie." She gently nudges his arm and tickles his nose, the usual wake up ritual. "I think it's about time we get up..."

"Mmm..." Azzy gently opens his eyes. His dopey expression immediately turns into a smile.

"Looks like someone woke up in a good mood today." Khloe boops his nose.

"Hehe... yeah! Waking up next to you is the best!"

"Oh, you..." Khloe fiddles with her messy bangs."We always wake up next to each other... don't be silly."

"I know!" Azzy cuddles her tighter. "I knooooow..."

"C'mon sleepyhead. It's time to get up." She leans down and licks his cheek.

"Ahah... can't we... sleep in a little longer?"

"It's like four in the afternoon. We gotta get up sooner or later..."

"Four!? Wow! ...Really!?" Azzy sits up and looks around the room. The walls are painted with the light of a late blue noon sky.

"I know. We gotta hurry 'cause we're meeting up with..." Khloe winces at the small scar on his forehead. "Hey... are you sure you don't remember how that happened?"

"Huh? Oh.... I don't..." Azzy rubs the scar. "It doesn't hurt, though..."

"You don't remember falling on anything? Hitting your head on something?"

"Uhm... I guess not. I don't remember much from last night. Well, except for our fun time in the hallway!" Azzy giggles.

"Yeah... well..." Khloe inspects the strange wound further. "It's like you fell face flat on a piece of abstract art or something."

"I'm okay, Khloe! Honest!" Azzy looks up at her smiling.

"If you say so... hold on." She reaches over to the nightstand and retrieves a gray beanie with a black fuzzy tip. "At least wear this so you won't accidentally-"

"IS YA'LL UP YET!?" A robust voice hollers through the closed door.

"AAAHH!" Khloe pulls beanie all the way down to Azzy's nose. "WHO THE-"

"Toshi!" Azzy bounces up and down on the bed.

"Bessfren!?" Khloe catches her breath. "Don't make me regret giving you a backup key to my place!"

"What? I crashed here, ho! You brought me here last night after the par- ok if you think I'm finna talk to you through a door you got me twisted! GET dat ass up! Ain't we supposed to be meetin' up with QT?"

"Give us a moment, would ya!?" Khloe yells back chuckling.

"With ya Dracula lookin' ass sleepin' all day and shit..." Toshi's murmurs away.

"Uh huh." Khloe turns to Azzy with half open eyes. "And here I thought jaguars were supposed to be calm and graceful." She fixes his beanie.

"C'mon ho, we gotta go!" Azzy gives her a closed eyed grin.

"Oh god no..."

The peachy sky reflects off of the road on Khloe's route. Her car's loud engine has now become a familiar instrument in the city's noisy orchestra. Reaching the city limits, she takes highway 375, a normally unoccupied highway due to its desolate desert destination.

After passing several ghost towns and overpriced gas stations Khloe arrives at a small modern looking home near the edge of a canyon overlooking a river. Any neighboring homes seem to be at least one mile away from each other with nothing but sand, rocks and desert plants in between. Khloe pulls up to the shady driveway, the shade coming from a large satellite on the roof of the home.

"My bros." Toshi gets out of the car. "This is why we don't visit you." Her eyes wander the barren land.

"Right? No idea why Q would choose to live here." Khloe retrieves a lanyard full of keys from her cargo pants' side pocket. "Gimme a sec..." She selects a dark purple key in the shape of a cat head and unlocks the front door.

"QT!" Toshi announces as they step foot into the dim home.

"Come on up!" A soft timid voice responds from up the stairwell.

"You heard. Leggo!"

At the top of the stairwell the three enter a very messy room. Illumination is provided solely from the glow of several computer monitors mounted on a wall. On the screens everything from funny videos to bomb creation tutorials are displayed. A large radio-like device occupies a black wooden table next to the window, giving off a faint humming noise. Propaganda and conspiracy posters litter the walls.

In the middle of the room nestled in a cozy beanbag chair is a slim, pale-purple lynx Vanethian whose height appears to be only a foot or so taller than Azzy. Behind her oversized glasses are eyes which resemble that of a rosy amethyst, matching the tips of her long haired ears, only brighter. Not many people get to see them as her lengthy silver hair covers up most of her face. She sports a simple t-shirt with a large eye on it and loose fitting running shorts.

"Bessfrens! You made it!" The lynx sets aside her wireless keyboard and jumps to her sock covered feet.

"Long time no see, Q!" Khloe attempts to navigate the messy floor, avoiding clothes, books, empty soda cans and chip bags.

"Indeed it has been! Please don't mind the clutter... I've been caught up in my research as of late."

"Don't mind the- GIRL! It's straight up RATCHET up in here!" Toshi clenches her teeth as she follows closely behind Khloe to the two empty beanbag chairs next to Q.

"Q!" Azzy runs right through the mess and gives the lynx a big hug.

"My gosh, I've missed you too!" Q giggles and returns the embrace. "Congratulations, by the way." Her eyes bounce between Khloe and Azzy.

"How far they've come, eh?" Toshi smirks as plants herself on the beanbag chair. "Remember back in the day? How lonely she was before she found Lil' AZ?"

"How could I not?" Q places her paw on Azzy's beanie. "I'm curious. Did Khloe ever tell you about her past?"

"I decided I wouldn't burden him with all that nonsense." Khloe butts in, grabbing Azzy and placing him on her lap after finding her seat.

"I understand. I suppose she'll share that with you when she's ready." Q gives Azzy a warm smile.

"Uh... wasn't there something important you needed to show us?" Khloe steers the subject, wrapping her arms around Azzy's belly.

"Did you..." Q reaches in her bag of hot fries and pulls one out. "Get that thing I asked for?" She makes a sort of scooping motion with it.

"Yeah... I got your fix, bessfren..." Khloe pulls out a jar of cheesy dip labeled Queso? Que es eso? out of her sweater's kangaroo pocket.

"Ohoh..." Q carefully twists the lid off the jar. She bites her lip, carefully scooping up some cheese with a hot fry. The fry slowly enters her mouth and melts onto her tongue. "Ohohohoh yeeeeesssss..."

"Girl! Wuddufuck!?" Toshi yells with a face of disgust.

"Oops! You're right! Needs to be heated up..."

"Bessfren." Khloe sinks into her beanbag chair, maintaining eye contact with Q. "The important thing?"

"Right, right! I got something to show you but first, let me give you some context..." Q picks up her keyboard and begins typing. All her monitors switch to an image of a strange orange and blue planet with 5 white rings around it, the ones nearing the middle increasing in size. Next to the planet is a colorful constellation of stars the shape of a snake. "I assume you've seen this notorious image around the internet, correct?"

"Yeah. Isn't the planet fake? I thought the government debunked this or something." Khloe scratches her head.

"The government WOULD be the ones to try and debunk this, wouldn't they?"

"QT is this gon' be one of yo conspiracy thangs 'cause ain't nobody got time foh dat." Toshi nabs a hot fry.

"Conspiracy?" Q switches to the next set of images. "You tell me. What do you see?"

"Outer space!" Azzy answers with his finger in the air.

"Well yes... but do you see anything these photos have in common?" Q uses a hot fry to point at the screens.

"Hmm... wait." Khloe examines the images carefully. "The Serpent Constellation is in all of these... right?"

"Uh huh." Q nods. "And what do you see right next to that?"

"A weird... black square. Looks like some bad editing job."

"Mind you, these are all OFFICIAL photographs DIRECTLY from the Global Space Administration's website." Q dips the hot fry in the cheesy dip. "Why are they trying to cover up this planet?"

"Girl, why would the GSA try to cover anythang up? Don't they get paid for discoverin' new shit?" Toshi raises her eyebrow.

"Good question..." Q zooms in on her next set of images. They all consist of a sort of half bull half stallion Vanethian man. "Do you remember this guy?"

"Ooh damn he fine! That's my husband! He jus' don't know it yet!" Toshi licks her lips.

"Wasn't this guy on the news a few years ago? What was his name... uh..." Khloe taps on her lips.

"That's Raen'sid Neeht." Q scrolls through a folder of news articles. "He caused quite a stir when he publicly spoke out about being abducted to a PLANET CALLED VANETH. He even had photos to prove it!"

"Say wuuuuh?" Toshi cocks her head back. "What happened to 'em?"

"People, who I know for a fact were paid off, "debunked" his photos and his story on the radio and TV. He was labeled as a nutjob." Q drops a hot fry in the cheesy dip, letting it submerge completely. "He vanished shortly after. Nobody knows what happened to him but... it's speculated he was last seen with a couple of guys in suits outside his home... if that doesn't smell fishy..."

"Naw thas just ya upper lip." Toshi chuckles. Q glares back, her piercing eyes visible through her hair. "Ay, I'm jus' playin'!"

"So..." Khloe's ears droop down. "Is he...?"

"Wish I knew. I just want to know why were people being paid to disprove his story? Why was he taken by government officials? Why go to such lengths to shut this guy down if what he says is supposedly bogus?" Q returns to the first image of the orange and blue planet. "Remember in school? In Vanethian history class the teachers would skim right through EVERYTHING relating to our origin. They always refer to Vaneth as a "place" and never expand on it because "not much is known about it." Wake up, people! Vaneth isn't just some "place" as it keeps being drilled into our minds... it's a planet! THIS planet! OUR HOME PLANET! WE NEED TO SPREAD THE TRUTH!"

"You startin' to sound like them tinfoil wearin' foos, bessfren." Toshi forms a triangle on her head with her paws.

"If the fact that our home planet is being covered up BY THE GOVERNMENT and any truth spoken about Vaneth is getting shut down BY THE GOVERNMENT doesn't convince you, then..." Q gets up and walks towards her large radio. "Allow me to show you why I've asked you to come here today..." She turns the volume dial. The room fills with a low sweeping frequency, as if driving with the windows down next to a row of trees. A shrill buzz plays every two seconds.

"You listen to some obscure shit, girl." Toshi tries headbanging.

"Uh huh..." Q turns the volume up a little more. "At first I thought this was a number station but to be honest... I really don't know what this is. I just know it's broadcasting on some hidden frequency I stumbled upon and that this signal is originating from deep space... next to the Serpent Constellation... which is next tooooo..." Her eyes point to the images on her screens.

The sporadic noise stops. A detuned ice cream truck-like jingle plays for a few seconds. A wave of static takes over.

"This is creepy as fuck..." Toshi squints at Q.

A deep pulsing bell pierces through the white noise. Its haunting ring sounds as if it is being played in reverse. The bell is struck again and again.

"Huh..." Azzy tilts his head, focusing on the radio. His ears perk all the way up.

A distorted female voice begins speaking in a slow monotonous voice over the ringing bells. "Subject 19-tbt to WASP-12b. Subject 19-tbt to WASP-12b... Project MINESTONE to 55 Cancri e. Project MINESTONE to 55 Cancri e... Subject 13-t to GJ 1214b. Subject 13-t to GJ 1214b... Project DARKHEART to TrES-2b. Project DARKHEART to TrES-2b. I repeat..."

"And it goes on for a couple more minutes, then it's back to that buzzing noise from the beginning. This message repeats like every hour. Who knows how long its been transmitting..." Q mutes the radio.

"TrES-2b..." Azzy mumbles to himself. "TrES-2b..."

"Hmm?" Khloe grabs Azzy by the shoulders. "What did you sa-" She interrupts herself with a loud gasp.

"What?" Toshi turns to Azzy. "THE HELL!?"

A faint blue light emanates from underneath his beanie. His unblinking eyes stare into the distance. He repeats the same phrase over and over.

"UH..." Toshi grabs his beanie and throws it across the room. "OKAY. THE GLOWIN' SHIT IS ON HIS DOME." Her eyes reflect the odd glowing symbols across Azzy's forehead.

"TrES-2b... I can see it..." Azzy's voice becomes brittle. "I need to get there... 37 13 07N 115 47 56W. I need to get to... 37 13 07N 115 47 56W..."

"Azzy?" Q carefully approaches Azzy. "What's going on buddy?"

"I... I..." Azzy struggles to form a response.

"Focus." Q sits next to him with a notepad in her paws. "I can't figure out what's going on with you until I have some information." Her soft voice has a forced calmness to it. "D-don't panic. Just try to focus."

"That... that was a scar..." Khloe adds, her voice shaking. "From the party yesterday. He said he doesn't remember how he got it. It looks like it healed or something b-but... I don't know why it's glowing like that..."

"Okay... okay, good." Q writes in her notepad. "Azzy. Did that transmission somehow trigger something in you?"

"Maelyon's Bell..." Azzy breaks free Khloe's embrace and lumbers towards the window. "Maelyon's Bell. I need to... I need to go... I need to go now..." He stares out into the dusky sky.

"Where?" Q continues writing.

"37 13 07N 115 47 56W... TrES-2b... have to... to..." He collapses onto his knees.

"Azzy!" Khloe rushes to his side. "Azzy b-baby! What's happening!?"

"I'm... I'm s-scared..." Azzy responds with a quiet whimper. "If I don't go... to the place... horrible things will happen... I can see it..."

"Hey, don't talk like that. I'm right here with you, okay? Don't you worry... I'm right here." Khloe reaches into her pocket and pulls out a pair of sleek wooden earbuds.

"What's happening? " Q whispers.

"Holdup girl... let her work..." Toshi gestures a "shh" motion with her finger.

"There we g-go." Khloe inserts them under Azzy's long floppy ears, her paws trembling. She pulls out the mp3 player they're attached to and scrolls to a song named "Silver Rose"

The noise cancelling earbuds isolate Azzy from the outside world. He sits on the floor back in Khloe's arms. His eyes follow her fingers as she hits the play button.

The wondrous harmony of waterfalls, chirping birds and rustling trees serenades his ears. An acoustic bass guitar is strummed nearby next to what sounds like a calm stream. Two luscious notes are born from the guitar, one higher and the other lower in pitch as if slowly saying "hello." Three more notes follow, once more one after the other, ascending in pitch as if responding "it's just me." The string's resonance are drawn out until they fade away as an echo in the forest.

One... two... ... ... one... two... three... ... ... One... two... ... ... one... two... three... ... ...

The repeating melody permeates into the air, becoming one with its surroundings. Azzy closes his eyes to fully envelope himself in this soundscape. He can almost feel the fresh breeze blowing on his poofy hair, the cool grass underneath his feet, the mist from the waterfalls dampening his fur. Tingles travels throughout his body every time he hears the guitar's deep calming strings being plucked.

Azzy takes a deep breath, removes his earbuds and opens his eyes.

"Yo! Look!" Toshi leans in close to Azzy, close enough for him to see the detail in her amber eyes.

"I see. The glowing has ceased..." Q taps her chin with her pen. "Khloe. What did he just listen to?"

"My... f-favorite song..." Azzy's manages to crack a smile. "She made it for me..."

"I'm just... glad that worked." Khloe closes her eyes and lets out a long sigh. "Azzy? Are... you okay?"

"Uhm..." Azzy rubs the sides of his head. "I feel like I got a headache. I just wanna lay down..."

"Q." Khloe gets up. "Got a bed in here?"

"Well... no. I sleep on the couch downstairs. As you can tell, this room isn't fit for overnight habitation..."

"You know what? Take Lil' AZ downstairs to get some rest. I'ma stay up here and help QT figure dis shit out. Maybe even clean up dis ratchet ass room up a lil'. I'm getting hemorrhoids just bein' in here!" Toshi reaches for dusty unopened trash bag box.

"I don't know about the cleaning part, but I'll send this broadcast to my buddies and see if they can give us an explanation as to how this triggered Azzy. I'll also see if these coordinates he gave us yield any results." Q reaches for her keyboard. "How... exciting..." She whispers to herself.

"Thanks... I hope you figure this out." Khloe grabs Azzy's paw and leads him out of the room. "C'mon... you're gonna be okay..."

Khloe lays Azzy down next her on a big purple couch in the living room, nestling him in the crease. He rests his head on her shoulder, his little muzzle almost touching her bosom. The two lay for a while watching the sun go down from the window in front of them.

"What... happened to me?" Azzy breaks the silence. "I just remember hearing this bell in my head... and then my whole body went numb..."

"I... don't know..." Khloe sighs. "But I'm sure Q will figure it out... she's good with this kind of stuff..."

"I hope so... I'm... really scared..."

"Hey now." Khloe pets him from his ear to his butt, just how he likes it. "Just relax. No use in stressing out. It'll only fill your head with bad thoughts.

"...Okay..." He responds quietly, staring into the darkening living room.

"You know..." Khloe pauses for a moment. She looks Azzy right in his eyes. "What Q said earlier... about my past?"

"Y-yeah?" Azzy's leans closer to her.

"Did you... wanna know?"

"I do! I wanna know!" Azzy blurts out.

"You sure? It isn't exactly a happy story."

"Please!"

"Alright. I suppose it's time I tell you anyway..." Khloe fiddles with Azzy's hair, making small curls. "My childhood revolved around my hateful parents. My dad was a drunk who beat me every chance he got 'cause I wasn't a boy and couldn't preserve our "proud lineage" and my mom stayed at work for as long as she could just to be far away from us." She pauses for a moment and takes a breath. "Eventually they put me in a foster home. I thought I'd get placed with parents who actually care to adopt a child in need but it was a rich human couple who wanted to reap the benefits from having a foster kid. They barely fed me, made me wear old tattered clothes and used my room as an office space. I had to sleep in the living room, on the floor of course, so I wouldn't dirty the sofa with my... "smelly dirty fur". Yeah, good times. Eventually that abuse led to... this..." She pulls up on her sleeve.

"Wha..." Azzy stares at the faint cut marks on her arm. "Those... those are from...?"

"Yeah." She rolls her sleeve back down. "I left those bastards as soon as I could. When I turned 16 I got a job as a dishwasher and saved up enough money for a small apartment. That's the only good thing that's happened to my life up to that point."

"Khloe..." Azzy wraps his arms around her belly, unsure of what to say.

"That's only the tip of the iceberg." Khloe looks up at the spinning fan. "In school I was always put in classes with mostly humans. Racism in the city I lived in was as normal as coffee in the morning. You could only imagine how fun that was."

"Was there... any of us at your school?" Azzy's voice squeaks.

"A few. It was like 90% human. They teased us and bullied us every chance they got. Even the Vanethian teachers turned the other cheek because they were afraid of losing their job if they intervened. I don't blame them but... getting beat up and having your teacher sit there and watch... that can really break a kid's spirit." She looks back down at Azzy, her bangs covering one eye.

"Didn't you... have any friends? To protect you?" Azzy asks in a hopeful tone.

"Nope. It also doesn't help that I'm a wolf... we're unapproachable, it seems. I'm not a fighter either so it doesn't really work in my favor. Never really had friends until high school. It was me, two humans, Jason and Derrick, and two Vanethians, Laura and Fred. We were really good friends, I thought. Had my first sleepover, first night out, first group project... all that stuff I never even dreamed I'd do. At the time, I thought my luck had finally changed. Guess what happened next?" She turns to Azzy who is deathly quiet, giving her his full attention. "Turns out Jason and Derrick were actually biding their time to see if they can both get me in bed with them to have "cute little hybrid babies" with them. They tried to corner me one time but I was lucky enough to escape. Cut all contact with them after that. As for Laura and Fred, they decided they'd rather hang out with the popular kids at school than boring old me. After that, I was on my own again."

"Those... j-jerks..." Azzy hides his teary face in her arm.

"Yup." Khloe sighs and rubs his shoulder. "You'd figure I would've gotten used to stuff like that but... nope. I went a whole year back into depression, longing for any kind of friendship. I was lonely. Really lonely..." She shakes her head. "... Anyway, my last year of high school was when I met Toshi and Q."

"Y-yay!" Azzy sniffles. "How did you guys become friends?"

"Well Toshi beat the crap out of this group of humans that kept kicking me around. That was probably the most BRUTAL ass whooping I have EVER seen. NEVER get a jaguar angry..." Khloe shivers. "The principal was going to expel BOTH of us but..." She lets out a small laugh through her nose. "She threatened to rip him and his two kids, Jason and Derrick, to pieces if she ever saw them out in the streets, should he expel us. He quickly came to his senses..."

"That... sounds like Toshi!" Azzy giggles, his cheery voice finally returning to him.

"Haha, right?" Khloe smiles."Then there's Q. I met her in Calculus AP. I sucked badly at math so I know for a fact I was placed in this class just so I could fail." She scoffs. "After I told the teacher I had bad eyesight and requested to be seated in the front, he puts me ALL the way in the back. Grade A schooling, really. Glad he did, though, because I was seated next to the only other Vanethian in class."

"Q!"

"Mhm. I got a little too excited and chatted her up every chance I got, trying to make her laugh and all that. She wasn't too responsive at first but eventually she warmed up to me. Wanna know the first thing she ever said to me?"

"Was it something sciency?" Azzy uses his paws to make himself big glasses.

"Close enough. She said "I'll be honest. I don't understand your jokes, hence, I don't find them funny. However, I have noticed your constant attempts to make me laugh. I appreciate your endeavor. This tells me you wish to become friends or acquaintances of some sort. Am I correct in this assumption?" Khloe mimics Q's soft voice.

"You remembered every word!?" Azzy's small mouth hangs open.

"Yeah, of course! I was like yes I totally do wanna be friends. She's all "great, I wouldn't mind having someone around here to talk to. Although... you're not trying to eat me... are you?" I was like what the heck why would I ever!? Then she's like "well it's because you're a wolf. See? Now that was a good joke!"...This girl, I swear. After that, she let me-- or rather forced me to-- copy her homework and assignments 'cause I was failing WHICH, BY THE WAY, I PROHIBIT YOU FROM DOING." Khloe laughs as she tries to use a serious tone. "Although... we did get top of our class. We showed that teacher up!"

"Wow!" Azzy's tail pats her legs. "Toshi and Q are the best!"

"We've been friends ever since, so... I'd say so." Khloe smiles and rubs his head. "And you. I found you shortly after I graduated."

"Really?" Azzy looks up at her.

"Yup. I just started my photography hobby a few months before and decided to take some pictures of the outskirts of Treizaz where those beautiful canyons are." She falls silent for moment. "Right when I started taking photos... that's when I heard this huge explosion nearby. I remember thinking I was just hearing things because an explosion in the middle of nowhere? No way. Of course, I checked it out anyway... just to be sure. I remember that feeling of complete of helplessness when I saw this village on fire and a huge crater right in the middle of it..." She places her paw on his cheek. "You still don't remember any of that, do you?"

"N-no..." Azzy closes his eyes. "I try and try but... nothing. I don't remember living there or the explosion or anything before that..." He opens his eyes. "I only remember waking up on your shoulders and seeing a fire far away."

"Yeah, that was me hauling ass to my car. You were the only survivor I found and luckily still in one piece so you better believe I wasted no time rushing you to the hospital. When I got there the doctors checked you out and told me you were fine... somehow. You were just suffering from a slight headache..." She kisses Azzy on his forehead." Luck was definitely on your side that day. I told them about the explosion and the burning village but they shoo'd me away so they could take in their next patient. Money is still a human hospital's main priority, so... go figure."

"I remember that mean doctor." Azzy huffs. "I wanted to bite his hand!"

"At least he didn't turn us down..." Khloe shrugs. "That's gotta count for something, I guess. I remember he told me your amnesia was probably some temporary side effect triggered by your headache. Clearly BS. My guess is you banged your head pretty hard during the explosion...hopefully one day your memory will return to you." Khloe pats his head.

"Yeah... I hope so too..." Azzy sighs. "You didn't find anything, huh? About my past?"

"I went back to the village to figure out what caused that explosion but I couldn't find anything. I searched for months for any family of yours or even anyone who would recognize you. Not a single lead. You seemed to already have made yourself at home at my place, though. You know how close I was to putting you in a foster home?"

"Foster... home? R-really?" Azzy's eyes widen, his tone as if in disbelief.

"Hey, I didn't, did I?" Khloe jiggles his belly. "I just couldn't afford two mouths to feed with my crap income... but I also couldn't afford knowing you might get placed into a terrible home like I did, so..." She pulls up her hoodie and hides her face. "You were also the first to... make me feel like I mattered. Knowing you're waiting for me at home... knowing you're counting on me to take care of you... it makes me so happy and I don't know why. Maybe... it's because I finally felt how it was to be needed or even wanted by someone. Now that I think about it even if we found you a good home I wouldn't wanna let go of you..." She closes her eyes. "That's not a good thing to say, is it?"

"I wouldn't wanna go anyway!" Azzy grabs her arm and places it on his hip . "You hold onto me for as long as you can!"

"Heh." Khloe grabs his hip and pulls him closer to her. "I intend to." She places her paw on his cheeks and gives him a tender kiss.

"Mmm... hehe. I love you, Khloe." Azzy rests his head between her breasts. "I'll make sure you never feel alone like that ever again. I promise!"

"That's a big promise to keep." Khloe twirls his floppy ears. "But I'm sure you'll live up to it."

"I will! And I-" Azzy pauses for a moment. His nose begins twitching as he takes small whiffs over her chest. "Is... is that...?"

"Lavender Sky? Yup. I wear it every chance I get. I know how much you like it."

"Y-you're... awesome! Smells so... goooooood!" Azzy nuzzles one breast and uses his paw to fondle the other.

"Hey..." Khloe's nipples harden. "Are you trying to get me horny, mister?"

"Maybe!" Azzy pulls away and sits up. "Can I... uhm... make you feel good?"

"Huh?" Khloe tries reading his silly expression. "If this is related to my story I'm fine, really."

"But it'll be fast, I think! Please?"

"What happened to that whole episode upstairs? You seem to have gotten over that rather quickly..."

"That was a long time ago! I'm okay, see?" Azzy pulls out his phone. "Toshi texted me some things I can do to you to make you feel really good. Some of if sounds a little weird but... I'll do anything to make you feel good!"

"What exactly... did that pervert send you...?" Khloe squints at his phone.

"It's a surprise!" Azzy backs up towards her legs. "Can I pleeeeaaase?"

"Oh man... I can't say no to you."

"Yay!" Azzy bounces on the couch. "Okay, here we go!"

"Make it quick, though... okay?" Khloe glances towards the stairwell. "Don't want them barging in on us."

"Yes ma'am!"

Azzy unbuttons her pants and pulls them off completely, with her help of course. He does the same for her blue polka dotted panties only much slower, gradually revealing what lies within. His cheeks turn a bright red as he exposes her womanhood, his face being closer to it than ever before.

"Like what you see?" Khloe snaps him out of his gaze.

"Y-yeah... it's so weird lookin' up close..."

"It's all yours so... better get used to it." Khloe smirks.

"Hehe... I like it, though!" Azzy lays down in between her legs.

"Ah... so THAT'S what you're doing..." Khloe makes way for him, spreading her legs apart and laying back with her head tilted down a bit to see the action. "Let me tell ya this isn't gonna be eas-AAAAY"! She yelps as a little wet tongue glides from her inner thigh all the way up to her pelvic crease.

"Did that hurt?" Azzy's head pokes up, his ears at attention.

"N-no... just didn't expect that. P-please, continue..."

Azzy switches over to her other leg kissing his way up this time using the same path. His paws massage the side of her butt giving her a broad range of sensations. He alternates between her legs, licking and kissing the most sensitive areas as he slowly creepy his way up to her eager lady parts.

"You gonna... k-keep going?" Khloe asks, her voice trembling in anticipation.

"Yeah..." Azzy whispers, taking a whiff of her womanly scent.

"Hey... want me to spray down there? I don't know if you-"

"N-noo!" Azzy takes another big whiff. "It smells... just like you. I... I love it!"

"Is... that right?" Khloe giggles at the thought. "Okay, then..."

Azzy drags his warm tongue from the bottom of her caramel colored labia up to the flesh right next to her clit. He takes a moment to actually taste her, his expressions varying as he aerates the flavor up to his little nose. A wide grin overtakes his face. He goes back down and covers every inch of her labia in his hot saliva.

"You... b-better not be teasin' me..." Khloe huffs.

"What's that?" Azzy asks as he licks around her clit, leaving it dry.

"You little buster..." She laughs, her tone slightly frustrated. "This is payback for yesterday isn't it...?" Khloe grits her teeth, forcing a smile.

"I dunno what you meeeeean..." Azzy just barely flicks the tip of his tongue across her quivering bean.

"I... s-swear..." Khloe growls at the tease, tempted to just face hump Azzy.

"Hehe... okaaaay." Azzy retracts his tongue and gets it as wet as he can. He leans closer and grants her neglected clit a very slow, satisfying wide-tongued lick.

"Ooh my fuuuu..." Khloe groans with her mouth wide open, enjoying his warm squishy tongue sliding up on her tingling pussy.

"Hehe... that little part is so soft and smooth!" Azzy goes back in and caresses her sensitive bean with snake-like movements, making sure to keep i nice and slippery.

"W-woooooow...!" Khloe's back involuntarily arches up. "That's... R-REALLY good!"

"You mean it?" Azzy saliva covered face smiles at her encouraging words, wagging his tail in excitement.

"Y-yes! Keep going, silly!"

"Okay!" Azzy dives back down into her crevice. He creates a seal with his mouth over her clit and lets his tongue dance around inside. He uses broad, slow licks to write a funny story on her trapped bean.

"Azzy... I d-don't know... how much longer... I can..." Khloe bites her lip and grabs the back of his head. She begins slowly humping his face, her eyes rolling back. "Oh... baby..." She uses her free arm to reach inside her bra and rub her steel hard nipples. Azzy's tail wags even faster as he witnesses the lewd act. Her pleasure is heightened to another level knowing he's thoroughly enjoying himself.

"Keep going... just like that... just like... mmm... MMM..." Khloe groans and moans, tosses and turns as Azzy slurps away. The only thought in her mind is how incredible her eager little boyfriend is making her feel. The sensation becomes almost unreal when Azzy's giggling acts as a vibrator.

"Get ready baby... I'm... I'm..." Khloe's wraps her legs around Azzy and squeezes him. "Damn! I'm gonna cream myself!" She humps Azzy's face a couple more times before an explosion of warmth erupts from her pussy and tingles throughout her arched body. "OOOOOH!" She bites her lip, almost causing it to bleed. She stays in place still receiving Azzy's service, craving for more of his love... more of his pleasure. Her back quickly plops back on the couch.

"Okay... okay... th-that's enough, baby..." Khloe's shaky voice begs as the sensation from his licks becomes too overwhelming.

"Whoa!" Azzy sits up, slurping his goo covered lips clean. He sits back and admires his handiwork; Khloe laid out on the couch panting for breath and her saliva covered pussy laying out in the open."That was crazy! I've never seen you like this before!"

"Come... c-come here..." Khloe extends her arms towards him. Azzy obeys and gets pulled down on top of her. "That was... the best thing... I've ever experienced..."

"R-really?!" Azzy closes his eyes and giggles. "I really tried my bes-"

"God, I love you." Khloe grabs his butt and slathers her tongue all over his face.

"Ahah... ahahaha..." Azzy opens his mouth, knowing where this is headed.

"BESSFREN! C'MERE!" Toshi's authoritative voice hollers down the stairs.

"Sh-shit!" Khloe whispers, ceasing her lewd activity immediately. "I almost forgot about... this whole situation!"

"Aw man." Azzy frowns. "This is my favorite part..."

"Mine too..." Khloe stands up, using the sofa as a support. "Man... I'm still dazed." She shakes her head and blinks hard. "We'll continue our fun times when we get home... okay? I need to reward you for this..."

"Yes!" Azzy hops up and grabs her paw. "I can do that again too, if you want!"

"I'm... definitely looking forward to that" Khloe pulls up her pants.

"Toshi helped me with that! See?" Azzy shows her a text from Toshi on his phone describing how to perform cunnilingus. "There's also one called uhm... sixty ninety? That one sounds like fun, too!"

"What..." Khloe looks at his phone. "Holy... okay, Toshi. You give good instructions. I'll give ya that..."

"BESSFREN!?" Toshi's voice is heard once more this time even louder.

"C-coming!" They both respond.

Khloe and Azzy return to a much cleaner room as evident by the finally visible wooden floors. The computer monitors on the wall all show an aerial view of a geographical map. Q and Toshi stand near the window.

"Feeling better, Azzy?" Q walks up to him and kneels down.

"Y-yeah! I think so!"

"Did you take a nap with him too, Khloe? Your hair is all messy..."

"... Yup!" Khloe squeaks as she frantically adjusts her hair.

"The coordinates Azzy gave us..." Q points to her screens. "It leads to that place. It looks like it's just a bunch of rocks in the desert but... it's only two miles away from here! We need to check it out!"

"If it's just a bunch of rocks what does that matter? We should be focusing on what's going on with Azzy." Khloe crosses her arms.

"My people are working on that, don't worry. It might take a little time though, considering this is the first any of us have heard of this... occurrence." Q looks at the screens again. "Can we go take a peak? Maybe we'll find some answers there. It'll be like a mini adventure!"

"Adventuuuuure!" Azzy hops in place.

"Hell, she got me curious too. I'd take her to check it out but I ain't got no car..." Toshi puckers her lips with raised eyebrows towards Khloe.

"Can't we do this tomorrow or something? It's getting dark out. Also, I'm not sure driving out into the desert at night is the best idea anyway..." Khloe checks her watch.

"Girl you know damn well we all gotta work tomorrow. It's gon' take like ten minutes. We check it out then come back." Toshi leans closer to Khloe. "Bessfren. Ten minutes. Don't be a mega hoe."

"It's just... doesn't this scare you guys? Some signal from space gave Azzy coordinates to some weird place in the desert for who knows what. I... I don't like this..." Khloe looks down at Azzy with worry on her face.

"If the signal was dangerous wouldn't it have just made Azzy go crazy and attack us? I know it sounds a little crazy but I really believe whoever sent this is trying to help us somehow. The signal is coming from Vaneth, after all!" Q reassures Khloe. "The fact that Azzy reacted to it might mean they were trying to get in contact with us, although I can think of easier ways to do so..."

"I guess so but... why us?"

"Ay, QT." Toshi points at one her screens with a picture of an envelope flashing. "I think you got a message."

"Oh?" Q uses a sort of pointer device to click on the message on the screen. The message reads "RUN. YOU'VE BEEN TRACED."

"Uhm..." Khloe stares at the big bold message with wide eyes.

"Bess... fren?" Toshi waives her paw in front of Q's glazed face.

"I'm... an idiot." Q responds under her voice. She sits down and picks up her keyboard. "I forgot to encrypt the message when I sent it out. The government probably has some kind of algorithm that searches for these specific keywords..." She pulls up the camera feed to her front door. "Yeah... this is bad."

Three large black vans pull up to her driveway. Two Vanethian men in suits step out of the first van with big round hats and sunglasses that cover their face. They slowly head towards the front door.

"Isn't this... what happened to that... R-Raen'sid guy?" Khloe crouches down and hides Azzy in her embrace.

"Girl... did you just get us killed?" Toshi's voice takes an uncharacteristically serious tone.

"I'll... f-figure this out!" Q's whole body quakes. "I need to destroy any evidence that-"

*BANG BANG BANG*

"They're knockin'!" Toshi's eyes are glued to the video feed.

"I don't... have enough time..." Q's fingers type at lightning speeds. "Guys... I'll make sure this all gets pinned on me... you had nothing to do with this."

"Hell naw, girl." Toshi cracks her knuckles. "If we goin' down we goin' down together... but not without a fight."

*BANG BANG BANG*

"She's r-right..." Khloe closes her eyes. "We're in this together... no matter what." She glances at Q. "Even though I told you so."

"Guys... you don't have to-"

"Girl." Toshi interrupts. "You know you ain't gon' change our minds."

"You guys..." Q whimpers. "You guys are-"

"The truest and bluest bitches? We know." Toshi smirks.

"Please... just help me hide my little Azzy somewhere..."

"N-no! I won't leave you!" Azzy holds Khloe tight.

"Hey... we'll be fine, okay? We'll be fine... I just need to know you'll be sa-"

*BOOM. BOOM... CRACK*