Joining Forces, P2
The sequel to An Unprecedented Merger, Apex is quickly taking over the world and it doesn't appear that there's much that can be done to stop him. All the survivors can do is hide out and hope that they find a way to continue to live as they are.
Edited by texotic
When they reached the dairy processing plant they found it completely infested with rubber creatures. Taurs and nagas, most with multiple limbs and heads, prowled around as they hunted down anyone that might try to make a run for it. They hoped that those still trapped inside were smart enough to stay in the panic room, though they wouldn't be sure until they got down there. With the main entrance a suicide run they slowly maneuvered themselves around until they got to one of the primary ventilation tunnels that also served as an alternate entrance. The three felines quickly pried open the vent door and slid inside, then closed it behind them just as several rubber creatures began to approach their position.
Once they were inside they shimmied as quietly as they could until they reached the unit itself, which had been thankfully shut off, and popped open a hatch. The metal clanged against the ground about twenty feet below them and they had to carefully climb down the unit and slide down a filtration pipe before they finally landed on the concrete below. "Alright, can you isolate the specifically where the signal is coming from?" the panther said as he readjusted the filter on his mask. "If Apex's goons did get into the facility I would like to have a better idea of where we're going so we can avoid them."
The tabby took out his laptop and began to type on it. "The signal is still going strong," he said as his fingers flew across the keyboard. "Looks like it's in the secured floor, and from the security readouts the rubber freaks haven't made it to that section yet. From the sensors I'm picking up... four, maybe five life signs."
"Five?!" the sabertooth tiger that had been watching said angrily. "We had over four dozen people here!"
"My only guess is that they took the facility by surprise and with a large force," the tabby replied as he closed his laptop again. "Even though our sensors are not as adept at picking up Apex soldier lifesigns, it's detecting roughly twice the amount of people in the facility that are classified non-human, not to mention that it's not picking up any of them that are outside of the dairy processing facility. This is starting to feel a little like a lost cause here."
"I don't want to hear it," the sabertooth said as he took out his taser. "We have the advantage of surprise here, so we're going to sneak through the facility to get to the gas mask storage room and retrieve three of them for our survivors and then go down there and get them out. We made a promise that we would do everything we can to protect this facility and everyone in it, even if that means there are only four or five left."
The other two nodded in solemn agreement and took out their taser guns as well, then slowly moved out of the air filtration room into one of the hallways. The tabby had taken the security measures he had tapped into and put it on his tablet, which allowed them some semblance of forewarning as they pushed their way forward. Unfortunately the further they got into the facility the more creatures they had to dodge, and it seemed like they were starting to drift towards them. By the time they reached the utility tunnel they were being actively chased, the three just able to get past one of the blast doors before the rubber creatures slammed into it.
"How the hell are they tracking us?!" the sabertooth shouted as he ran over to open the next door to allow them into the deeper levels of the facility.
The other two looked at each other, perplexed, until the panther looked down at his sweat-stained clothes. "We ran all the way here," he mused as another loud bang rattled the metal door. "We must smell... that's how they're tracking us, they locked onto our scent. At this rate they're going to hunt us down for sure."
"Well we don't exactly have time to take a shower," the sabertooth grumbled as he finally managed to get the override passcode and punched it into the lock. "Alright, we're in, unfortunately I had to manually unlock it and break the containment protocol, which means it's not going to close again."
There was another loud crash against the steel door and several of the rivets that held the metal together popped off and clanged against the opposite wall before hitting the ground. The door itself began to push inward as the three watched it while waiting for the unbearably slow door behind them to open. They quickly took their tasers and aimed them at the faltering barricade between them and the army, but as they looked at each other they knew they had nowhere near enough ammo to take them all down. Finally as the upper corner of the blast door pushed completely away from the wall the other side opened just enough for them to sneak under. The panther and the sabertooth quickly ducked underneath, but the tabby remained resolute as he stood there.
"What you waiting for?" the panther shouted. "C'mon, they're almost through!"
"That's the point," the tabby replied as took the tablet and slid it to the sabertooth. "We'll never make it to the next level in time, I'll buy you enough time to get down and out. Now hurry, before you sitting there makes this a moot point."
The other two merely looked at their fellow feline for a few seconds before they nodded and ran, which left the tabby alone with his taser as the metal continued to peel away. The male felt his arms shake slightly as he heard the grunts and growls of the creatures on the other side, but remained standing there even as it completely fell into the room just a few inches away from his feet. As soon as the first creature, a lizardtaur with four eyes and two pairs of scaly wings, barged in he took aim and shot it. The rubber amalgamation let out a screech and melted before his very eyes into a pool of liquid rubber. He did the same thing to the next three that made their way into the room, but soon after that he was completely overwhelmed and they knocked the gun out of his hand and pinned him to the floor.
Out of the corner of his eye the tabby watched as the first creature he shot began to reform, its shape oozing out of the surface as it stretched up. The shiny material continued to build up until the lizardtaur was once again whole, looking down at him with blank, featureless eyes. The tabby knew that he needed to buy more time, and if they decided to just quickly convert him and be done with it they still might reach the other two. He tried to struggle out of the other creature's pin but they held him fast, and with so many of them so close the feline could start to sense the presence of the pheromone, even with his gas mask as he felt his maleness swell to attention.
"We'll never succumb to you!" the tabby shouted as he tried to remain resolute, but already he could feel his mental resistance begin to fade. "We will fight you... all of you to the very end." To his surprise the creatures that had circled around him and pinned him began to chuckle as the lizardtaur towered over him. The others that the cat had managed to disable with his taser had also begun to reconstitute themselves.
"Foolish little creature," the lizardtaur spoke in a strange echoed voice, as though it were two people talking out of one mouth as it lowered its head. "Your kind can't even kill us, do you really think that you offer up any sort of resistance? All you can do is cower in bunkers and safe places while anyone on the surface eventually succumbs to the will of Apex. Of course you'll all soon understand, with your enlightenment coming right... about... now..."
The feline gasped as the lizardtaur reached down and pulled the gas mask off of his head, exposing him to the air for the first time. His first breath was like a sucker punch to his psyche, he almost came right there from the concentrated lust the creatures created as his entire body trembled. His already half-hard member fully tented his pants as his eyes rolled back into his head. He tried to fight back from the sheer pleasure he felt and the chemical attraction that he felt towards the rubber monsters, but as those that pinned him released his limbs he found himself still laying there on the ground with a look of need in his eyes.
The latex lizardtaur ripped off the bodysuit that the tabby had worn and exposed the grey-striped fur underneath, his chest heaving as the rest of his clothes were quickly removed. Even though he knew he was well past the point of return the feline tried to resist, even if it meant that he would keep the attention of the creatures where he was to give his squad mates a chance. It wasn't long, though, before the rubber cock that was nestled between the forelegs of the taur spouted from its slit and presented itself right in front of his mouth. More of that pheromone rolled off of it and it overwhelmed the cat with desire, reaching up with one hand and pressing the tip against his mouth.
As the tapered tip of the rubber member began to push into the cat's maw he could feel the first drop of pure corruption hit his tongue, and in the back of his mind he knew it was all over. None of that mattered to the feline anymore, he was so lost in the haze of pleasure he didn't even notice the rubber beginning to crawl over his face. A muffled groan escaped his lips as he felt the shiny liquid begin to spread inside him as more of the cock disappeared into his gullet, a pair of hands holding up his back as he began to suck in earnest. At the same time he began to feel something between his legs and when he looked down he saw that the lizardtaur also had a thick cock between his hind legs as well, only this one was bigger and had rubbery ridges along its length.
At this point the feline no longer cared about his form anymore, he even raised his legs and pressed them against the synthetic scales of the merged creature in order to give it better access to his hole. As the large cock in his mouth began to push down his transformed throat to deliver more of the liquid latex he felt the head of the other one slide against his rear. The rear tool of the lizardtaur seemed to have some semblance of prehensile ability as it guided itself to his hole and began to push inside. The tabby let out a muffled cry of pleasure as he was suddenly filled from both ends as his stomach began to distend from the amount of liquid latex pumped into him.
The longer time went on the more the tabby's slurps became sloppier and more audible as the feline's muzzle began to visibly deform. The cock in his throat became more pronounced as his features began to melt as splotches of shiny black began to appear on his skin. His own erection had started to leak a similar black fluid like a faucet as his fluid-laden midsection began to sag downwards. Despite the intense pleasure he could feel panic start to rise up in him until the lizardtaur told him what was happening. Without a second person to merge with his form wouldn't stabilize, which meant that he would be a liquid latex creature until he found someone else.
All the tabby could do was try and flail his hands upwards in order to try and keep himself filled with the rubber maleness in both orifices, but when he reached out his fingers collapsed on themselves until it only left a melted stump where they used to be. It became harder to see and hear as the corrupted fluid completely caused his eyes and ears to get smoothed over on his melting head. Eventually he was unable to maintain his form anymore and he slid off the two cocks with a loud splash, completely dissolving away into a puddle of thick black liquid rubber as the lizardtaur continued on down the hallway.
It didn't take long, though, before movement began to happen in the surface of the reflective pool, a hand slowly emerging out from it before a second one joined it. When they hit a solid area of the ground it began to pull itself out like it was in a hole, the tabby's completely shiny body dripping still as he struggled to reform himself. Once it had gotten its upper body completely out the rest was easier, his hands reaching down to pull out his legs as the puddle of liquid rubber grew smaller with each appendage taken out. Finally the liquid latex tabby had completely reconstituted himself, but he knew that if he didn't find a body soon that he may fall back into his ooze state once more.
Luckily for him, the tabby thought to himself as his slightly drooping facial features managed to curve up into a smile, he knew of a way he could still help Apex as he headed for a shortcut that only his new body could accommodate...
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After a quick trip to the decontamination showers and an hour of playing cat and mouse with the army of Apex, the sabertooth tiger and panther finally made it to the supply depot without being followed. The panther continued to watch wearily down the hallway as the other feline punched in the access code, which turned green and allowed them access. "Alright, the main thing to get is the gas masks for the survivors," the sabertooth instructed as he pulled open the heavy door. "After that it's food, water, and anything-"
The cat stopped mid-sentence as they looked inside the room, their jaws hanging slightly open at what they saw. The entire storage area had been trashed; cans of food and bottles of water laid scattered about and had been destroyed. Even more disheartening were the smashed gas masks and filters that laid in a heap on one side of the room. The two went to investigate and found that they had all been rendered unusable by whatever had gotten into the room in the first place. The panther began to frantically search the rest of the room as the sabertooth sat down and put his head in his hands, unable to cope with the fact that they had made their way down to this place for nothing.
"I found one!" The panther said excitedly as he held up one of the gas masks in the air. "It was tucked away with the emergency medical equipment and has fresh filters on it, so that's something at least."
"I suppose you're right," the sabertooth replied as he stood back up. "It's not going to be much but I still have a back-up mask, myself, so we can save two of the three at least. Everything else here is a loss, so let's get down there and rescue those survivors before we all run out of breathing room."
The panther nodded and together the two made their way back out into the facility proper. With the electronic map that the tabby had given them they managed to find a utility tunnel that appeared to be free and clear of Apex soldiers. After a bit of sneaking around they found the grate and opened it as quietly as they could, especially when they saw the shadow of a naga-like creature on the wall opposite of them. Thankfully it didn't seem to sense them and they lowered themselves into the concrete tunnel before closing the grate behind them.
The lights flickered in the damp, cramped hallway as they continued to push forward to the lowest level of the facility. As they got halfway through they heard a noise that caused them to stop and silently move into a defensive position. The sabertooth wiggled his way past a large steam pipe and aimed at the corner while the panther took position against the wall next to it with a handheld taser. They both waited patiently as the sound of footsteps grew louder towards them, until finally they saw the shape of something approach that the panther used as his opportunity to strike.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" the hyena shouted as he nearly jumped back into the wall in order to avoid the attack. "It's just us guys! Stand down!" Seconds later the rest of the canine squad came around the corner, their tasers drawn as well until they saw who it was. Both sides breathed a heavy sigh of relief at the familiar faces.
The sabertooth quickly slid out from his perch and walked over with the other two towards them. "What are you doing down here?" he asked. "Are you guys all that's left?"
"Pretty much," the German Shepard said with a loud sigh. "Our two scouters went off of a mission by themselves about a week ago to try and recon the area down south that's mostly fields for potential food and shelter. Personally I think they just went out there to have sex, but when they didn't come back after the time they said they would I was worried so I thought we would go out and have a look. Before that could happen, though, we were attacked by Apex's rubber goons and we had to retreat further back into the shelter."
"We got a ping off our security system that there were still five normal lifesigns," the panther explained. "If you're three then is it true that only two managed to make it down?"
"Yeah..." the huky responded this time. "The leopard twins made it, and only because they were already in the secured area to begin with. The rest... we got taken by surprise hard, none of our warning systems prepared us for all this."
"All the more reason to evacuate," the sabertooth replied. "Do you think you could lead us back to the door you used to get out of the secure floor?"
The three nodded but then the hyena stopped them before they could go further, "actually I don't suppose you managed to check on the supply storage?" the canine asked. "We were hoping to grab some extra filters and masks for the twins in case we had to evacuate the facility entirely."
"We were there," the sabertooth said as he held up the gas mask that was strapped to the back of his pack. "This was all that was left, everything else had been destroyed by one of Apex's men, likely to try and starve us out or make us try and do something desperate like leave to the surface without a mask. I know there are two other survivors, but I'm sure we'll think of something."
The hyena agreed and the three began to move forward, though the canine continued to eye up the mask that dangled against the backpack of the sabertooth. His own filters had started to fail, which was the reason he had started to make his way to the supply depot, but if what the two felines said were true it meant that soon he would be unprotected from the pheromones that likely floated around them even now. As their journey continued on the two felines had become engaged in conversation with his squadmates about what they were going to do after they had escaped with the two survivors and the hyena saw his chance. When they reached an impasse in the utility tunnel the canine moved forward and pointed out for them to go left, and as they looked down the dark hallway he carefully undid the strap from the mask and pulled it away while everyone else was preoccupied.
Once he had what he wanted he stepped back again and let the two slip once more into their conversation before he looked down at his prize. While a small part of him felt awful for doing such a thing he knew if he didn't do it he would likely not make it out past the surface, and with newfound resolution he slowly and carefully unscrewed the filters from the mask. Once he had both of them he made sure that they didn't have any turns they needed to take and took a deep breath before holding it in. Then as quickly as he could in stealth he unscrewed his own filters and replaced them with the fresh ones, then as he breathed out he replaced the empty sockets in the back-up mask with his.
Once he was sure that they filters were working and he could breathe normally he caught up with the felines once more and held out the mask to them, saying that it had come undone in the process of their moving. The sabertooth looked at it in question for a few seconds and the hyena had to resist the urge to swallow hard, though soon after the feline just shrugged and reattached it more securely to his back before continuing on. With new filters in his mask the hyena breathed easier as they made their way down to the secure floor, unaware of the droplet of black liquid that had begun to condense on the holes of the filter's underside...
After another twenty minutes they finally reached the secured floor of the facility, a large airtight door between them and the other side. When the sabertooth initially tried to enter in his code all he got was an angry beep, which caused him to growl. "They must have cycled the codes to keep anyone that might have gotten infected out. This may take a while..."
The hyena coughed and nodded as he pressed his back against the cool concrete wall. The last couple minutes he hadn't been feeling the greatest; his chest had grown tight and his lips and tongue had become numb as they had continued downward. He had also grown more aroused with each passing minute, and even though he wasn't into dudes he, couldn't help but stare at the nice rears and noticeable bulges in the bodysuits of his squadmates. He coughed a few times and slid down into a seating position, something that caught the panther's attention as he moved over to his side.
"Are you alright, buddy?" the German Shepherd asked as he knelt down beside him. "You don't sound so good."
"I'm... I'm fine," the hyena replied, happy that his mask was tinted as the panther's muscular chest was right next to his face. "Must have been something I ate while down in the secured floor, nothing major." He coughed again, and though he couldn't see the feline's face, he knew there was a frown of concern on it. "Don't worry about me, let's just focus on getting out of here..."
The other canine nodded and shouted for the husky to come over and join him, the two hoisting their ill companion and wrapping an arm around each of their shoulders. The hyena continued to cough and sag slightly as he stumbled on his feet. As they watched impatiently for the sabertoooth to find the right code to give them access the back of the hyena's bodysuit began to shift and move, lumps forming underneath it as he coughed again. The other two canines looked at each other in concern, but continued to hold tight as they got ready to transport the hyena to the secured floor's sick bay.
A particularly heavy, wet cough suddenly caused the hyena to lose his vision as his visor became splattered with something black. The German Shepherd shouted to the two felines that their companion needed help before he reached up to remove the infected gas mask. At first the hyena fought against him, but eventually the panther won out and pulled the mask away. As soon as the hyena's face was exposed both canines gasped as the gas mask clattered to the ground.
The hyena's entire muzzle was completely coated in shiny rubber and his unnaturally long tongue dangled from his maw as thick streams of the liquid latex oozed from it. The hyena couldn't believe his own corrupted eyes as he looked down at the mask that he had been wearing, more of the substance dripping from the filter as he felt the groin of his bodysuit growing tight. It was a trap, he realized as he let out a loud gurgle, the panther continuing to back away from him as a black stain began to appear on the growing bulge of his bodysuit. As the corruptive rubber seeped into the fabric it dissolved away and his canine cock flopped out, the sensitive flesh completely converted to a shiny synthetic substance as it began to leak as much as his mouth.
"He's infected!" the panther shouted as he backed all the way up to the door that the sabertooth was working on. "Quick, drop him!"
Before the other two could release their hold on him they found themselves unable to disengage from their hold on the hyena. They both gasped in shock as they looked behind the hyena's head to see that several thick tentacles had emerged from the canine's corrupted flesh and wrapped around theirs as well. As they both continued to try and pull away several more thick tentacles erupted from the hyena's back and wrapped around his squadmate's waist, retracting and pulling them together as the hyena's maw continued to leak the black substance. Both the German Shepherd and the husky continued to try and pull away, but their struggles only seemed to splatter them with more of the infectious rubber that began to spread over their body.
As the panther was about to run up to taser the hyena he suddenly felt an arm around his bicep before he was pulled back to the stern-faced sabertooth. "All that's going to do is waste ammo and possibly get you infected too," the feline warned as he continued to punch in the code. "Look at them, they're already a lost cause."
"But..." the panther stuttered slightly as he watched the hyena's rubber-covered head turned to the husky and plunge its unnaturally long tongue down the other male's throat, which caused the husky's jaw to go slack and roll up into the back of his head. "What are we supposed to do?"
"Hope that I can find out what the code is before they stop struggling with one another," the sabertooth grimaced as he got yet another incorrect answer. The panther could only watch as a thick bulge traveled down the husky's throat as more latex tentacles emerged from the hyena's body, wrapping around both their legs and forcing them next to his own as their bodysuits dissolved away. The hyena's member was already mutated and dripping black pre as it flopped out, and though the other two still had their own cocks, the husky's flesh began to darken as the liquid corruption was pumped into his body. The German Shepherd tried to pull the hyena's tongue out of the husky's mouth with one arm, but stopped when something began to push up into his own backside.
Suddenly the sabertooth announced that he had got it as the keypad lit up, backing away slightly as the heavy metal door began to open. At this point the distinctions between the three males had already started to significantly blur as the tentacles around their legs pulled tighter as the two sets on the sides began to meld into the hyena's legs in the middle. The sudden discrepancy in the balance caused the three to fall forward, the panther gasping as he saw the tentacles on the hyena's back and those beginning to emerge from the assimilated flesh of the other two canines. At this point the husky was completely gone, the tongue that had converted him withdrawing back into the mouth of the hyena as a thick gout of liquid rubber poured out of his mouth.
Just as the two felines were about to run through the door they heard the voice of the German Shepherd and turned back to see him holding out a hand towards them while he was on his chest. "Get them... get the twins out of here..." he managed to say as the tentacle in his rear continued to thrust and spread in him, the corruption reaching his throat as rubber began to coat his tongue. "You... have to go on... don't let... Apex win..."
The rest of the German Shepherd's words were lost as the rubber began to creep over his skull, tendrils pushing their way out of his nose and ears as it began to filter into his skull. The other two heads snapped and reached for the two felines as their chests continued to merge into something powerful enough to support their merged form. As the sabertooth ushered the panther forward and pressed the button to close the door behind them, he turned back just in time to see the nearly completely reformed Cerberus turn over on his back, its three cocks being pressed together by one of its own tentacles as the rubbery flesh began to knit together.
It was long before all three heads of the rubber Cerberus growled and drooled as their hands went to the massive rubber member that now jutted out from their combined form. Their thickly-muscled legs kicked in the air as they stroked themselves, using the pleasure to sync their minds together. They had always been a cohesive unit before, they began to think as they continued to pleasure themselves, now their bond was stronger than ever thanks to Apex. The thoughts and concerns of their former lives were washed away in a sea of lust as they came, the new creature no longer needed any fragments from one of their former lives. They weren't the canine commandos anymore as they splattered their rubber covered body, they were now a rubber Cerberus.
Once their minds had completely attuned to their new body the three pairs of eyes slowly looked back to the door that the other two had just left through, a grin forming on their faces as they readied themselves for the hunt. That smirk soon turned to a frown, though, as they went to try and put in the code only to find the sabertooth had smashed the console once he had put in the correct code. The three heads let out a howl of rage as they smashed their slightly more feral form against the door and scratched at it with their heavy claws, only to find that it wouldn't budge. When it was clear they weren't going to brute force their way in, they connected to the rest of Apex's army and told them to work on this door as well, then started back down the tunnel as their heads began to formulate a new plan...