Freedom in a Cage - Chapter 12
#12 of Freedom in a Cage
Warning: This is the last chapter...
There is sex, some bad language, and a bit o...
Warning: This is the last chapter...
There is sex, some bad language, and a bit of fighting and blood in it...
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"Come on you lucky maggots, get up," The guard called. "You're shipping home tonight."
Both Jonas and Viridan shot up like they had been sitting on springs, and followed the guard down the hall with grins on their faces. They kept up that grin for all of fifteen seconds, before they stopped in front of Zereck's cage, and the guard opened the door.
"Get up, Zereck," The guard said. "You're leaving too."
The black dragon walked out of his cage and walked next to Viridan as the procession travelled down the hallways to an unknown location. Jonas noticed that they passed through about nine security doors as they travelled, but Viridan only noticed Zereck locking him in an almost constant smirk.
"What are you up to?" Viridan whispered.
"Oh, nothing brother," Zereck replied nonchalantly. "I'm just so glad that we are both getting out of here together."
"You're planning something. I know it," Viridan said.
"What? I would never do such a thing," Zereck replied, looking genuinely hurt. Viridan knew that his brother was just playing with him, but he didn't care. Whatever he was planning to do, he wouldn't stop him from getting out of here.
"Well boys, this is where we part ways," The guard said, stopping them at the end of a hallway, with no obvious doors. "The producers will congratulate you, and then they'll open up the teleporter for you."
The guard knocked on a convex wall in front of them, and then began to back away. The wall rotated into itself, opening up a whole other room. Jonas and Viridan both recognized it from when they had first met the producers.
"Well, it seems our 'champions' have arrived," The voice with the forced slur began. The four creatures were, even now, still shrouded in darkness, and none of them could identify any of their features.
"Congratulations on your victories."
The three said nothing.
"Only forty creatures have ever left this place, you know," The female voice said informatively. "I had expected you to be a lot more grateful for our generosities towards you and your careers here."
"Especially you, human," The reptilian voice chimed in. "Though several dragons have succeeded before, you are the first of only four humans to ever leave here."
"What happened to those other humans?" Jonas asked.
"Unfortunately, two of them were made into prey by the creatures in 'The Cage'," The reptilian voice replied. "The last one, who I believe was involved with your 'friends' here, suffered and unfortunate accident in the arena."
"What happened?" Jonas asked again.
"Well, most of the creatures here have a certain amount of sentience, though some are more feral than others," The reptilian voice explained. "This human entered a match against a large predator, and lost. When the predator was finishing with him, he locked the human in what could commonly be referred to as a 'mating bite'. The creature broke the poor man's neck, and he died of his injuries in our medical chamber several hours later, despite out best efforts to save him."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," Jonas replied.
"We are not the ones that should receive an apology, human," The female voice said. "That would be you. Little do you know, but his opponent is standing in this very room."
Both Jonas and Viridan looked over at Zereck. He was simply staring straight ahead, a blank expression on his face. It was then that they both knew what he had done.
"You son of a bitch," Jonas said quietly, but did nothing. Though he wanted nothing more than to punch the dragon in the face, he remembered what had happened the last time he had provoked him.
"Zereck," Viridan said, also quite quiet. "He...he was my friend..."
"He was your fuck toy, Viridan," Zereck retorted, turning on his brother. "Nothing more, nothing less."
"You don't know how we felt!" Viridan shouted. "You knew nothing about us before you stole him away and then used him for yourself."
"I set him free," Zereck replied, fractionally less confident.
"I saw what you did to him," Viridan choked out, beginning to sob slightly from the obviously painful memory. "I watched you tie him down with vines, and rape him every morning, and every night. After every hunt and after every meal."
"You were no better," Zereck retorted.
"I gave him a choice," Viridan shouted. "A choice he agreed to. We only had sex when he wanted to. Nothing more, nothing less."
For the second time, Zereck said nothing.
"Why did you kill him?" Viridan asked, quietly this time.
Zereck did not respond.
"Why did you kill him!?" Viridan repeated, now shouting again.
"Because he left me," Zereck replied simply. "He betrayed me, and left me all alone while I was weak."
"What do you mean?" Viridan asked.
"We had been attacked," Zereck said. "By a pack of smaller predators. They ignored him, knowing that he was too small a meal, and went after me while I slept. I managed to scare them off after I had woken up, but not without suffering severe blood loss, and my wings left useless. While I was disabled, practically unable to hunt for myself, the human managed to break his bonds and escape. He left me for dead, so I returned the favor."
The room was dead silent.
"You monster," Jonas said quietly, breaking that silence. "And to think that I trusted you. What was I to you, anyway?"
"You were merely the means to an end," Zereck replied, almost genuinely solemn. "You knew that from the start. I told you that you were merely a device that I could use to hurt Viridan. But then, then I saw something else in you. I saw a young, malleable child, which I could bend to my will. I could hurt him tenfold, if I hurt you and you still remained on my side. That never happened though."
"You're damn right, it didn't," Jonas said, and turned away from him, back to the producers that waited before them. "If you don't mind, I think it would be best if we left now."
"Of course, we won't delay your departure any longer," The female voice replied. A button was pressed by one of them, and a beep rang out around the silent room. The wall collapsed in on itself to their right, revealing a large room behind it.
"Once you are inside, we will lock the door," The reptilian voice said.
"It has been an honor watching you fight," The more sinister-voice producer, who had remained silent, said.
Viridan led the way into the room, with Zereck bringing up the rear. Once they were all inside, the wall rotated back into position, and tiny metallic clicks were heard as the door was locked. A computer console sat on the left side of the room, and was connected to a large metal pedestal that sat on a platform on the far end. Viridan made his way over to the console, and as he reached its keyboard input, he heard a loud crash, and then the sound of Jonas struggling. He whipped around and saw Zereck pinning him to the floor, with his claws clamped tightly around his neck.
"What the hell are you doing, Zereck!?" Viridan exclaimed, making a move towards him. But as he took a step closer, he saw the claws tighten, and he stopped in his tracks.
"I won't let you leave me in this place, brother," Zereck said. "So, I'm going to make this simple."
"What are you talking about? We weren't going to stop you," Viridan explained.
"Don't play dumb, brother," Zereck replied, clearly not willing to listen to reason. "I'm locked in a room with the two people that hate me the most. They would be stupid not to take this chance. But I'm not that slow. You can't do anything to me now, unless you want to watch first-hand as your precious lover's head is sliced off."
"Zereck, let him go," Viridan all but pleaded.
"It's simple," Zereck said. "Enter the coordinates of our home, and let me go through first. Or else, he will die."
"Okay, Zereck," Viridan sighed, deciding to go along with his brother's crazy idea. He had an idea that would really put him in his place. "You win. I'll let you go home."
He turned to the console, making sure that he was blocking Zereck's line of sight. Once he was sure that his brother could not see what keys he was pressing, he entered the coordinates for a different planet entirely. One that he knew Zereck wouldn't be able to leave for a long time. He hit the large 'execute' button, and the pedestal began to spin and buzz. Within a matter of seconds, a flat, blue shape began to form above the pedestal. Once it had completely formed into its wide, elliptical shape, a small ping emanated from the console.
"Now get back behind me," Zereck ordered.
Viridan complied, watching Jonas quiver with fear as the claws tightened on his neck again. Once he was in his position behind Zereck, the dragon began to move towards the portal, dragging Jonas along with him. Once he stood less than five feet from the disk, he looked back, making sure that Viridan was still in his place. He took a deep breath, and then dropped Jonas on the floor, spinning around and leaping through the portal behind him.
As soon as Zereck's head disappeared through the disk, Viridan lunged for the console. His hand rose as he got near, and he looked up just in time to see the tip of Zereck's claws come back through the portal. He slammed his hand down on the large, red 'cancel' button, and the portal blinked out of existence instantly. Three of Zereck's fingers had entered the portal by the time he had cancelled it, and as the portal closed around them, their bonds were broken. The three severed fingers dropped to the metal floor with a dull thud, and the blood within them began to drain out and pool. Jonas looked up from the cowering position he had established, saw the fingers a foot away from him, and leapt up, running back to where Viridan stood panting.
"Where did you send him?" Jonas asked. "He shouldn't have wanted to come back through."
"I sent him to an interspecies maximum-security prison planet that my uncle was held captive in once," Viridan replied. "He told me the coordinates as a sort of 'fun fact', and I never thought that I'd use them. Until a few minutes ago, that is."
"So, will he be able to get off of it?" Jonas asked.
"Not for a long, long time," Viridan replied.
"So, it really is over now?" Jonas replied.
Viridan sighed. "I guess so," He agreed. "Here, I'll send you home first."
"No, wait," Jonas exclaimed suddenly. "After all of the time that we've spent together, I've never...had the chance to really enjoy a moment with you."
"What do you mean?" Viridan asked. "What about the times we've had sex?"
"We've had oral sex, yes. And it was good, but..." Jonas said. "But I never got to enjoy feeling you in my ass."
"Are...are you sure?" Viridan asked, taken aback. "I thought you hated that."
"But I love you," Jonas replied, and then got on his hand and knees before the dragon. He turned himself around, presenting himself to him. "Come on. Once we leave, we'll never get to feel it again."
Viridan felt very conflicted at that point. He had told himself that he would never do the terrible things he had done to Jonas again. But, here he was, with Jonas asking for it.
"I want you to be absolutely sure about this, Jonas," Viridan said, a little shaky. "I don't want you to feel like I want you to do it with me."
"Do you not want to do it with me?" Jonas asked, a little disappointed. "You just have to say no. I won't hold it against you."
"It's not that I don't want to, Jonas," He began. "It's just that-"
"Then let's do it now," Jonas said, and crawled backwards until he was directly below him. "No more uncertainty."
Viridan didn't argue anymore. Truth be told, he had wanted this for a long time. He had wanted himself and Jonas to share an intimate moment like this, without any cameras or crowds watching them. Completely alone, with only each other, and their lust. He pulled Jonas into the center of the room, where they had more space, and then lowered his haunches towards the floor. He felt Jonas shudder as his rapidly expanding cock brushed against his waiting anus. Wasting no more time, Viridan pushed forward, his cock head pushing open Jonas' still rubberized hole. He moaned deeply, along with the boy, as his crotch met his bare skin. And then, ever so slowly, he pulled almost all the way out, and then pushed back in again.
Jonas was impatient, and began to push back against the large penis entering him, making it go in all the faster. This encouraged Viridan himself to speed up, and his cock began to splash pre-cum inside the passage, increasing his speed further. Jonas had never enjoyed the feeling of fullness that he was experiencing right now. It gave him a feeling of safety and security, having his greatest friend so close to him. As if they were one. He pushed back harder, not wanting to have that feeling leave. He began to clench his anal muscles rhythmically, as if to hold the cock inside him. This only led Viridan closer to orgasm, and not a minute later, Viridan's sporadically pulsing cock was shoved as deep into Jonas as it could go. Jonas moaned out in pleasure as Viridan roared in ecstasy. His torrent of semen never seemed to stop, and soon, the white liquid was beginning to drip around the loose seal that had formed between them. A minute later, when all of Viridan's semen had been squeezed out, he pulled out of Jonas, allowing the semen to fall straight out of him and onto the floor.
Viridan fell to his side, lying next to his partner. Jonas turned to face him, and Viridan saw that his cock was fully erect. He didn't want Jonas to leave unsatisfied, so he rolled onto his back, and sat the boy down on his tail.
"Now that I've filled you, maybe you could do the same for me," Viridan said, reaching down and spreading his own anus for Jonas. The boy stared wide-eyed at it for a moment, and then slid himself forward until his own cock was less than an inch away. He didn't hesitate, and lowered himself into the waiting hole.
Viridan didn't need the rubberizer for Jonas to enter him. He was almost the perfect size naturally, if not a little large. To help Jonas to feel as good he had, he clenched his anal muscles as tight as he could, contracting down gently around the now hilted cock. Jonas moaned out in bliss from the feeling, and then he began to thrust in and out. As he did, he noticed that Viridan's own cock had retracted back into his genital slit. Remembering the beautiful scent of the dragon's musk from before, he slid forward and pressed his face into the large slit. It opened up for him after a little nuzzling at the entrance, and Jonas shoved his entire face inside. The inside of the slit went surprisingly deep, and it soon closed up around the back of his head, while still leaving a large pocket of the heavily-scented oxygen for him to breathe.
It was pitch-black inside the genital slit, but that only heightened Jonas' awareness of the scent around him. It was even more divine than he had remembered, the rich, sweet aroma surrounding him in its humid embrace. Jonas felt Viridan's cock begin to slide up against his cheek, and the scent of arousal grew heavier. Soon, he was aware of nothing except for the humid and heady scent around him, and the massage that Viridan's anus was giving him. He was thrusting even faster now, feeling his own orgasm building to its full height. Soon, he could no longer contain himself, and he pushed down against the dragon beneath him as hard as he could. His own semen was thrown forth, disappearing into the dragon's insides and never returning. Though he had never had a more thrilling orgasm in his life, it was far too short. Soon, the anal muscles released him, and light entered the soft cave his head lay in as the genital slit opened again. He was forcibly pulled out and brought to Viridan's chest, where he locked him in a tight embrace.
"I'm going to miss you so much," Viridan said quietly.
"I wish we could stay like this forever," Jonas agreed. "But, I'm empty."
"Me too," Viridan replied.
They lay in silence for a moment, until Viridan loosened his grip on Jonas. The boy pushed himself up and crawled away, over to the computer console.
"Come on, let's get you home," He said.
Viridan sighed, knowing that they could delay it no longer. He got to his feet and came up behind Jonas, reaching over him to enter his home planet's coordinates. When the portal formed, and the confirming ping sounded, Viridan backed away and moved towards the portal. He turned back when he heard Jonas rushing after him, and stood rigid as the boy threw himself at him. His arms locked around his neck in a tight embrace, leaving him hanging a few feet off of the floor. Viridan chuckled, and lowered his head done, allowing him to hug that instead.
"I'm going to miss you," Jonas sobbed.
"Don't worry, Jonas," Viridan said, and then pulled his head slowly out of the boy's grasp. Once he was free, he leaned back down and placed a kiss on his forehead, an action that soaked almost half of his head in saliva. "I've be on the observation shuttles again soon, and then maybe I'll come visit you."
"I'd like that," Jonas replied, and then watched as his best friend and lover turned, and disappeared into the portal. As soon as his tail disappeared through it, a timed override kicked in, and the portal closed. Leaving Jonas all alone.
He sighed, and then went back to the console. He noticed a small paper note next to it, which stated Earth's coordinates. He hadn't, until that point, even thought about if he had known Earth's coordinates or not. He did now, and he began to enter them slowly, delibrately enter the numbers in order. As he did, he noticed a small, rectangular button near the top of the keyboard that said 'previous entries'. Without even thinking, he pressed it, and the small display next to it lit up.
Two entries were there. The prison planet, and Viridan's planet. Each one had a time next to it, and the current time in the top right corner of the display. Jonas used the navigation buttons to highlight the one that Viridan had just entered, and then paused with his finger over the 'execute button'.
He thought about his home, about his mother, and about his old friends. Then he thought about how he could barely remember any of them. He thought about how his mother was never home, and how he had been wandering the streets, alone and about to be attacked, before he had been pulled here. Then, he thought about Viridan, who had sheltered him, taught him, pleasured him, and just been there for him. He always had been, even when Jonas hadn't been there for him. He made up his mind, and without any second thoughts, hit the 'execute' key. The portal swirled to life again.
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Viridan stared out at the sun as it set over the horizon. He was standing in an endless grass-covered plain. He recognized it, in fact, as being not ten miles from his own home. He had arrived just as the last rays of sunlight, from a real sun, had drifted below the wavy horizon, setting the sky ablaze. It had been months since he'd seen a sunset.
"It really is beautiful, isn't it?" A voice asked behind him. "I don't even remember sunsets on Earth being this good."
Viridan spun around, and saw Jonas standing about six feet away, staring out at the horizon. The portal behind him winked away, leaving a dusky backdrop behind him.
"Jonas," Viridan exclaimed and ran the two steps it took to reach him. "You shouldn't have come here..."
"There wasn't anything for me on Earth," Jonas replied, turning to face him, a smile on his face. "Besides, why should I wait for you to visit me when I could just come visit you."
"You didn't let me finish," Viridan said. "You shouldn't have come here, but I'm glad that you did."
They both laughed, and then Viridan lowered his neck. Jonas climbed on, and together, they soared across the open plain. The sunset fell on their left, while the purple of dusk hung on their right. Clouds danced around them as they went higher, until Jonas could no longer recognize it as reality. It all felt like a beautiful dream. And, luckily, he would never have to wake up from it.