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"Eight... nine... ten," the snake creature said as he watched the numbers go up on his screen, his fanged smile growing when the sum of ten million credits had been deposited to his account. "Since you're going to be doubling back here in the next three months I'll be sure that you have your purchase ready and waiting for you upon your return. As I'm sure you've guessed an order of this size to your specifications is going to take some time, I can't just pluck an entire crew of a ship and turn them into slaves while you resupply."

"Hmmm... perhaps the Sskausa aren't as good as we were told?" the other man, a large, someone grotesque creature said with a gurgling chuckle. "I kid, I kid, I have even made the necessary precautions to dealing with your kind Erillas."

The alien tapped the three sets of completely dark lenses that he presumably wore over his eyes, a small hint of a smirk on his face as he crossed his arms across his chest. "How clever of you," Erillas said dryly, glancing over at the larger creature at his side before resuming. "Let me iron out the details of how the exchange is going to take place, and then we part ways and never contact one another again. Make sure you pay attention, because if you forget a detail and don't pick up your cargo that's on you, not me."

As the snake man and blobby alien continued to talk another stood silently next to the Sskausa, the rubber-covered bull man standing there watching for threats with his glowing red eyes. Though he appeared to be clad in the armor and bodysuit of a typical space station dweller he and his master knew what lurked within; everything from the helmet to the additions on his tail were sophisticated bio-components that were given to him by the one that he guarded. While the drone known as Ronuk had more mental freedoms then most of the slaves that he had seen in the months that he had been conscripted into the service of Master Erillas his thoughts were laser focused on the situation at hand. Not only was the protective instinct embedded in him keeping him on alert but he also knew from his previous life as the station's independent security officer that the one they were dealing with was a notorious black-market trader.

Though the bull was the only protection that Master Erillas had brought it seemed to be more then enough, along with the reputation of the Sskausa, to keep any thoughts of betrayal from the crew offered at bay. With a blaster at his side and his modified sword on his back he knew he could easily dispatch the small crew that watched the exchange, sparing only those that Master Erillas wished to convert into slaves. That clearly wouldn't be the case though as the two finished their negotiations and parted ways, the Sskausa nodding at them before turning and beckoning Ronuk to follow. The second that his back was turned the snake man rolled his eyes and looked once more at the new balance in his account before putting the tablet away.

"What an odious creature..." Erillas said with a sigh as he glanced back to see the ship already starting to take off to head back into space. "If the Imperium wasn't breathing down our neck right now I would have declined his offer... these credits will help upgrade our network so that we can try and circumvent the net they've been spreading out."

"Yes Master Erillas," the bull drone replied, nodding. It wasn't uncommon for the Sskausa to vent to him, not only because Ronuk wasn't going to tell anyone but also because they were almost always together. Though Erillas made sure to remind Ronuk that he was merely a bodyguard to him he would often dote on the muscular bull, even taking him out for treats after a particularly successful payday. It was like he was a pet to the Sskausa, something that caused the rubber chest of the bull to swell with pride at such an honor.

The two of them stopped near one of the display windows of the docks, watching the criminal ship quickly flying out to get away from the station's space. "And there he goes..." Erillas said as the two of them watched. "I will not look forward to when he returns... wait a minute... what is that?"

Both Ronuk and Erillas leaned forward as they saw arcs of red electricity began to dance along the metal of the ship. A few seconds later they took a step back and put their arms up as a bright red beam of light lanced through the spacecraft. When the bright light faded the two watched in horror as the ship drifted for a few more seconds with a giant, gaping, melted hole that had been ripped from front to back. It didn't last very long though as a second burst of light filled the screen from the ship's core exploding and ripping it apart.

"Well... I did not expect that," Erillas said as the debris drifted, only to be captured by the collector that kept such things from hitting the huge space station. "I know it's a vacuum but I wouldn't want to smell that area of space. Now let's hurry, something tells me that whoever took that shot probably wasn't just looking to score good karma with the universe."

The rubberized bull nodded and the two began to run down towards the exit of the dock. "Do you think it was the Imperium?" he asked as the Sskausa pulled out his tablet get again. "Perhaps they knew about the deal?"

"The Imperium wouldn't have allowed credits to enter into the hands of a Sskausa," Erillas hissed as he send a message to his distro center. "There are others who hunt our kind, and not just to eradicate us."

Just as the Sskausa informed the distro center that they may have been compromised and to dismantle and pack everything up, the door they were heading towards suddenly exploded outwards before several armed individuals started to rush in. Ronuk's programming and training immediately kicked in and he grabbed Erillas before diverting their path towards a side path. The smell of ozone filled the air as they heard an energy rifle go off. As they continued to make their way down one of the adjacent halls he looked back and saw the scorched metal where the shot impacted it. Though it could have set on stun neither of them were willing to find out as they made their way towards a different hanger.

The two made it to another airlock and Erillas popped the control panel in order to keep those chasing them from following. The dock wasn't the most secure though with multiple entrances and exits and as they overrode the security system klaxons started to go off. It was the start of a security lockdown, one they knew that was probably due to the destroyed ship and the weapons discharge in the port. Since Sskausa were a species that were supposed to be destroyed on sight due to a declaration from the Imperium any security personnel they came across would be just as bad as those that were attempting to get them.

With the lock in place they could faintly hear the sounds of those on the other side shouting something, likely to rig up this door to breach as well, and Erillas ran down another hallway while looking at his tablet. "They're scrubbing the distro center as we speak," he hissed as he took the tablet and smashed it against the ground. "We're going to have to secure alternative means of transportation to get off this station, luckily I have just the thing and it's in the dockyards."

Erillas began to lead Ronuk down through a different part of the dockyard, one that was normally reserved for diplomats and high-ranking officials. The Sskausa punched in the code and the door opened for the two of them to go further in. It was the perfect place to hide a ship, the space station was in the backwoods of the galaxy and probably saw a diplomat when it opened and that was it, which meant those hangers were just left collecting dust. No doubt it cost the snake man a few slaves or a lot of credits to secure such a thing as he shut the door behind him and motioned for Ronuk to follow.

Two sets of stairs later they arrived at the private hanger to find it empty, save for one ship that was tucked away in the corner. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before; much like everything else the Sskausa used it looked like it was a living being, which as they went towards it Erillas explained that it was. With no one actually being up there they needed to override the hanger doors to allow them to escape. The two made their way up to the control tower, Erillas going over to the consoles to try and bypass the security systems and unlock the hanger while Ronuk took out his own rifle and trained it on the door.

About a minute in the enemy did make their move, but it wasn't the way that Ronuk had expected. There was a momentary blast of depressurization as a bolt of energy ripped through one of the closed hanger bays, a small ship plowing through the broken hanger bay. The decompression was short-lived as the oxygen shield came down over the hole in order to seal the hole. Erillas looked up from behind the glass in the control room and watched as several more of the armored creatures piled out of the semi-crashed ship to secure the hanger.

"Rude..." Erillas hissed as he took out his own blaster. "These windows are blast-proof, but that's not going to stop them from coming through the door."

"I will stop them Master Erillas," Ronuk said as he went to the door. "You secure our escape."

"You're a good drone," Erillas said with a small smile. "Do not make me have to replace you."

If the bull wasn't wearing a bio-helmet that covered his entire head he would have smiled at his master as he went over to the door and opened it, using the metal frame as cover he took his rifle and began to fire on the interlopers that were trying to get to them. These soldiers were well-trained however and as soon as he started shooting at them they took cover and began to fire back. Though he didn't hit anyone that wasn't the point, he was merely stalling for time so that his master could get the bay door opened so that their ship could leave. They had another problem with the crashed ship being between them and their ride out but at the moment their focus was on the soldiers shooting at them.

While Ronuk continued to shoot at them he was also attempting to analyze who exactly was attacking them. It was definitely not the Imperium; they would never intentionally destroy Imperium property, and given how they destroyed the trader's ship they didn't care about the waves they made with them. It wasn't Sal or the security company that he used to work for either, even without it being almost a year since he had been traded by the stallion to be the bodyguard slave of the Sskausa they wouldn't need to barge their way in with a ship. That meant it was an outside source... but at that moment a flashbang tossed in his direction gave him something more pressing as he ducked back into the control room.

The precision of the grenade toss caught the bull by surprise, and even with ducking away his ears rang and his vision blurred from the explosion as he pulled himself back in. Though he could hear shouting in the distance all he could do was roll around as the sensations passed while he felt himself get pulled back. When his sight cleared he saw that Erillas was pulling him away while using his tail to close the door while firing at the approaching the soldiers with his own gun. Once the immediate threat was taken care of Ronuk had a chance to regain his composure as their assailants began to bang on the door.

"The doors are ready to open," Erillas said as they watched the soldiers milling around their only exit. "All we have to do is put in the command code and we can leave. I doubt that those outside are going to, ah, let us go so easily."

When Ronuk heard the hiss of pain that came from the Sskausa he turned back to see that the exchange of gunfire hadn't been without casually. "Master, you've been hit," the bull said as he saw the crimson staining his otherwise vibrant scales, the snake man holding the area of his abdomen where the laser pierced his hide. "You need to let me handle them."

"I admire your vehemence drone," Erillas replied as he took a semi-translucent sheet that looked like a membrane and put it on the wound to stop the bleeding. "But these are clearly trained professionals, and even with all the tricks up our sleeves you would be hard-pressed to dispatch all of them. Together... at least together we have a chance to get out of here alive, so why don't we go ahead and see what they want first."

Ronuk huffed through the mask but nodded, putting his own gun away and walked with his master to the door. While there was a chance that they were going to get shot as soon as they opened the door the two put up their hands as they did. Though the soldiers continued to keep their guns trained on him they didn't pull the trigger, a good start as they slowly made their way out into the open. Energy weapons... Erillas hid the smirk on his face as he looked around at the ten mercenaries, all of them with tinted visors as they continued to maintain their distance from the two.

"You blew up one of my customers," Erillas stated as he looked about. "Normally I would be annoyed but he was not a very pleasant individual. Thank you for waiting until after I got paid to kill him."

"Don't mention it," the one standing right in front of him stated, his armor far more intricate then the others that helped highlight he was the one in charge. "His bounty was dead or alive and as you mentioned he was a rather odious creature, and if I'm not mistaken I believe that the same status is the same for the heads of any Sskausa. Of course we have far more use for you alive then we did for your employer, all those secrets rolling around in your head are worth far more then any money we can collect on your tattered hide."

There was a moment of pause between the banter and as Ronuk looked over at his master he could see that the snake's fangs were bared with a scowl on his scaly muzzle. "Of course..." he hissed. "I should have guessed that you would be behind this attack. How did you manage to find me?"

"It's hard to run the slave trade even on the edge of the galaxy," the leader of the group said. "Of course I'm sure that there are more of you running around this station, you all are like cockroaches, but I've heard that if you want to really get a snake you go after the head. Plus just looking at your bodyguard next to you I can see a lot of valuable parts once we stripped him down, the higher ups have the best toys."

"Now that is very true," Erillas said as he finally let his smirk show before hitting the bio-weapon on his wrists. In the next second the creature that he had just activated performed the purpose it was bred for, generating a small, localized pulse of radiation that disabled energy weapons. Though it meant their own guns were fried as well that mattered little to them as Ronuk pulled his sword.

The leader surprisingly backed away when he and the others attempted to fire their weapons, only to hear a click from the overloaded cores. By the time they switched over to stun batons and bladed weapons the bull was on top of two of them, slicing them down and causing them to fall. As a third attempted to take advantage of Ronuk's distracted state the drone turned just in time to see him freeze, then drop as the spike on the tail of the Sskausa was removed. The other six no longer had the element of surprise and Ronuk had to flail slightly to push them back while they maneuvered themselves so they had the ship to their back.

As Ronuk ran his sword through another soldier they heard a crack, the rubber bull feeling something bury into the plating of his shoulder. When he looked back he saw that the leader of the group had pulled out another pistol, the one a slug thrower that wouldn't normally be allowed on the station. Energy weapons made sure that holes weren't shot into the metal walls, but given what they had seen before it was clear these soldiers cared little about protocol. The bio-armor of his shoulder plat had already started to heal and he attempted to get between the leader and his master in order to keep him out of harm's way.

Unfortunately even with their advanced bio-technology and the fighting skills that Ronuk and Erillas had they were no match for half a dozen trained soldiers, even after they had dropped a few of them they were being out preformed. The bull also had to be aware of the leader firing the slug thrower at them while also fighting and fending off two of the soldiers as their swords created large gashes in the scales of the Sskausa. Ronuk bellowed at seeing his master injured before he sliced at the four that had gathered around him before turning to charge. Though the two soldiers put up their defenses they were surprised when the rubber-clad bull rammed into the injured Sskaausa and sent them both flying.

Erillas coughed as the wind was knocked out of him, flecks of blood escaping from his lips as he shouted at Ronuk on what he was thinking. "Master Erillas..." Ronuk said as he quickly hoisted himself up, using his great sword to prop himself while he stood to face the soldiers coming towards him. "You must go, I can hold them off... this is the purpose you gave me..."

The Sskausa glanced from the bull to the ship that he had realized he had been pushed significantly closer to. With the injuries he had received Erillas wasn't able to fight efficiently anymore, and the snake man gave his drone a nod before he started to limp run towards his ship. The others had seen what they were doing and attempted to bypass Ronuk to get to him, but the bull drone took his sword and jammed it into the metal. In the next second arcs of electricity formed a wall that kept the soldiers at bay, and even when the leader shot at the Sskausa the bull moved in the way and used his armor to block it. One or two managed to escape him and hit the ship but by the time Ronuk was brought down all they could do was watch as the ship blasted off into space.

Ronuk breathed heavily into his mask as he fell to one knee, his hand over his chest where one of the slugs had managed to penetrate into his body. He attempted to raise his sword once more to continue to fight but as he tried to get back to his feet the grip slipped out of his hand and clattered to the ground. "You are so vigilant," the leader said as Ronuk felt his head get lifted up, staring straight at the face of a reptilian creature who smirked down at him. "Perhaps you are more than the sum of your parts, and since your master has abandoned you I'll get the pleasure of seeing for myself..."

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The space station wasn't the only place where the Sskausa had made a nest, and as Erillas opened his eyes he found himself in a bio-containment pod surrounded by fluid contained with rubber walls. The top dome of it was translucent and as he floated there he could see a red-skinned hooded snake man looking down at him with hypnotic eyes. "I was wondering when you would wake up," he said, his voice distorted by the fluid in the pod but still able to be heard by the suspended Sskausa. "You took quite a beating, I'm guessing negotiations didn't go so well at the space station?"

Erillas just shook his head and pushed his way through the membrane, gasping lightly when he breathed air for the first time as the medicinal gel contained in the pod quickly evaporated off of his body. When he looked down at himself he saw the wounds he had received in the battle was mostly healed, save for a few scars that would eventually disappear with a few different applications of biotech. "Everything was going rather well until someone decided to crash the party," Erillas hissed as he immediately began to walk out of the medical bay of the Sskausa stronghold that his ship had flown him too after he had passed out from his injuries. "It was the Lassartes."

"You encountered a Lassarti?" the other Sskausa said with a bit of shock. "I thought that they were even harder to come by then our kind. Should be called the vultures if you ask me."

"Indeed," Erillas said while he continued to walk. "As if we didn't have enough problems keeping off the radar of the Imperium we now have to do deal with those reptiles as well. Now they've not only disrupted the operations I spent years building on that station but they took some of my property, property that I fully intend on getting back."

"I was wondering where your bull boy toy was," the red Sskausa said, Erillas turning towards him with a glare the caused him to grin sheepishly. "Hey, we all grow attached to our war-slaves, and considering that you used yours as a personal bodyguard I'm not surprised."

"You forget that it's more than mere sentimental attachment Falkner," Erillas explained with a hiss. "That drone has information in his head that would be invaluable for the Lassartes in their continual scavenging of our biotechnology. Not only would it allow them to wreak havoc on our business across this sector but possibly the entire galaxy... and speaking of war-slaves, I'm going to be borrowing Garu if you don't mind."

Falkner stopped dead in his tracks before he quickly recovered and followed him. "Now wait just a second," the red Sskausa said. "Just because you want to retrieve your stolen property doesn't mean you get to risk mine. I don't care how much the Lassarti are a threat, we have plenty of stock here that can be activated to fight with you."

"I wouldn't put your toy in danger if this wasn't a dire situation," Erillas replied sternly as he put his hand against a fleshy pod and caused a door to open in the living wall. "While the war drones are great in combat they need a strong leader, and I dare say that your Garu is one of the strongest we got save for my Ronuk. I don't know what sort of resistance I'm up against but if I'm going to save him I need the best by my side."

Falkner continued to frown as they walked inside, seeing a number of muscular creatures suspended in pods with rubber tightly suctioned to their skin. One in the middle was a rather robust bull man in blue and red latex, a maw bio-weapon on his washboard abs and two bright green feeder tubes attacked to his muzzle. This one was the Sskausa's personal pet project, much like Ronuk had been to Erillas as he looked past the green tinted lenses and saw that his eyes had adopted the hypnotic swirl of their own. The bull wasn't capable of hypnotizing others though, it was a mark to show just how enthralled the larger creature was as more tentacles began to slide out from his body at the presence of his master.

"Go and gather the rest of your forces," Falkner told Erillas as he began to step up to the pod as the bull shifted in the rubbery confines. "I will prep Garu." The blue and yellow Sskasusa nodded and went to another part of the room, leaving Falkner standing there staring at the half-lidded eyes of his slave. "Garu, arise."

Immediately the creature sprung into action, Falkner taking a step backwards as the war-slave came to attention and got out of the biopod. Even when he knelt down in loyalty to his master the bull was nearly taller than the Sskausa as Falkner ran his hands through the rubbery green mane of his most prized possession. "One of your fellow war-slaves has been captured," he told the bull, who nodded and went to all fours as his tentacles caressed the body of his master. "You have one job and one job only in this fight, to retrieve the drone known as Ronuk and assist Erillas in extracting him from his captors."

The bull nodded and continued to stare ahead as Falkner got ready for the next phase of preparation for his war slave. Since he didn't use Garu nearly as much as Erillas did with Ronuk he had to make sure that his drone was in prime condition, often topping off the hypnotic commands that he instilled in his prize while reinforcing the pleasure that came with it. As the tip of the Sskausa's tail unfurled he took the poison-tipped spike and pressed it gently against the hole in the front of Garu's mask. It would slide perfectly into the sheath that not only allowed the insides of the bull to stimulate it but also make it so that it was something more phallic for the slave to suck on while the venom leeched down into his throat. At the same time his tail petals were latching onto the rubber of the bull's snout he had slid behind the bigger creature while stroking himself off.

As the venom numbed the mind of Garu the Sskausa told him to get on all fours, something that the rubber bull did eagerly as his spaded tail tip raised up in the air. Falkner couldn't help but grin as he watched a droplet of a similar poison as the one he was feeding to his war slave dripped from it, showing the bio-modification was indeed working. With the potent poison coursing through Garu's modified system it would only take a few succinct words to made his slave ready to battle, and as he began to work his own cock into the tailhole of the creature before him the pleasure would merely cement the new orders in his mind as well as who his master was.

"Do you really think we have time for that?" Erillas asked as he walked back with a dozen warrior drones, watching the other snake man hiss loudly as he pushed his hips forward and spread open the muscular rear of the other male. "Every second that the Lassartes have my drone the more they're probably going to damage him. You can continue to strengthen your bond with him on the ship."

"If you insist," Falkner said dejectedly, pulling the tail out of Garu's mask hole as a small grin appeared on his face. "You know, it's going to take a few minutes before he's going to be able to move again, would be a shame to waste it.."

Erillas rolled his eyes as he could see the grabby paws of the other male clenching as he continued to make tiny thrusts into the one that was clamping down on his member. "Alright, fine," he stated, pointing a finger at the other Sskausa as Falkner reached down and began to stroke the pink tentacle cock that was emerging from the bright blue sheath that contained it and stimulated the bull. "But the second that he's able to get to his feet you pull out, we've been allowed a war ship and I'm ready to retrieve my property."

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Ronuk was in Master Erillas in his usual spot, behind the desk with the snake man's cock in his mouth. Though that wasn't always his position, if there were people that were coming and he wanted to make a show of strength for instance, he usually found himself down there more than once. At this point he had gotten to know every contour of that thick member, knew where to lick and when to nuzzle in order to maximize the pleasure that he gave to his master. As he continued his oral ministrations however he began to feel it sliding out of his throat before he was done which gave him pause.

"Did you think that you were done?" Master Erillas said, looking down at the bull with those hypnotic eyes that made him lean forward and continue like a good drone. As the squeaks of rubber filled the air however more and more of the Sskausa's maleness seemed to slip out of his lips despite his best efforts. Though he knew that his master would get mad he found himself unable to move his head or get back into the rhythm as he desperately attempted to stick out his tongue to keep it in...

A few seconds alter there was a flash of white light and suddenly Ronuk gasped as the phallic rubber object was pulled from his muzzle. The scene of Master Erillas in his office was gone, replaced with a bright light shining in his eyes that caused him pain and the sound of machines beeping all around. "Put that to the side," a somewhat familiar voice said as the head of a lizardman alien creature moved into his vision. "Get the collar off next, the sooner that we can break the Sskausa's hold over him the faster we can move onto the next phase of this."

"I've already started the process," another voice said as he felt something pressing around his neck. "These fibers are embedded pretty deep, the collar is probably not going to survive this."

"Just pull it off already!" the reptilian creature said. "I can't have a conversation with my new friend if he keeps trying to find an invisible cock to suck."

The bull had enough cognitive thought at this point to look down at himself, not only did he see his old fur that he hadn't glanced at in ages but also that he was still sticking out his tongue. In the back of his mind he was still attempting to please Master Erillas, though without the bio-bondage helmet whispering in his ear it was getting easier to think by the second. Just as he was able to stop licking in the air there was the sound of a loud crack and Ronuk's entire body convulsed as the presence that he had gotten used to inside his mind for the last year or so suddenly disappeared. His eyes remained wide and his breathing was heavy as the broken Sskausa slave collar was set to the side along with the mask.

"Easy there," the reptile alien said as he put a hand on Ronuk's head to calm him down. "You're probably thinking your own thoughts for the first time since they stuck that garbage onto you, but you're finally free from their control now. All you have to do is relax... ease yourself back into the role as the owner of your body again and try not to freak out too much."

Though the words of the other creature were somewhat soothing the fact he no longer had his collar on put him into a state of panic, and when he attempted to leave he found his arms and legs had been bound by restraints. Master Erillas... the words continued to echo in his mind even after the collar was gone as he felt like a ship with no rudder, and empty husk of a creature as the alien continued to reassure him and told him to try and move a finger. At first he wasn't having any of it, but as the seconds passed and Ronuk began to calm down he found himself doing so as he started with a pinky and moved his way down his hand.

Without even realizing it he looked down at his rubber clad fingers as he moved them under his own accord for the first time in the year. His body, the alien had said this was his body and when he looked down at himself he found the Sskausa bio-augments that had increased both his strength and the amount of control that the creature had on him. Mas-... that Sskausa Erillas had him under his thumb for so long that he didn't even remember what it was like to do something without having it go through the alien snake creature first.

"I see that we're making some progress," the alien creature said. "My name is Rathlos, and you are?"

It had been so long since anyone had asked him his name, or even refered to him as it for that matter, that it took more than a second before he could pull it out of the recesses of his mind. "Ronuk..." the bull said finally. "My name is Ronuk... and I used to work for the independent security forces on the space station you attacked."

"It's certainly a pleasure to meet you Ronuk," Rathlos said before he nodded at one of the others that surrounded him. "You may undo his restraints, I believe he's shaken off their control."

The others around them nodded and quickly took off the restraints, allowing Ronuk to start to stand up with their aid. It was surreal how he had gotten so used to the bio-bondage on his body that he almost didn't know what to do without it. Once he had managed to get to his hooves Rathlos continued to help guide him away from the table and into the next room where he saw a set of armor and the sword he had gotten from Erillas. Though his hand instinctively went over to grab it he stopped, then pulled his hand away before being guided to one of the chairs.

"It's good to see that you're moving well without the control collar," Rathlos said as he sat down as well. "How long where you a slave of the Sskausa?"

Once more the thoughts that Ronuk were trying to call were fuzzy in his head as he tried to shake the cobwebs out of it. "I think... about a year?" he said, the reptilian alien nodding. "It's hard to say, last thing I remember I was talking with Sal and looking for some missing crew mates, then the next I've been taking orders from that Sskausa and doing... very sexual things for him."

"The Sskausa do enjoy lording their power over others," Rathlos said. "But now that you're here you can help us fight against them, take back the power that they stole from you and make sure they never do anything like this again. Now we've already harvested an extensive amount of their bio-technology from them, but if we're really going to finish this once and for all we need to know where their stronghold is in the region."

"Stronghold?" Ronuk asked, looking at the other male in slight confusion. "I don't know about any stronghold."

This was clearly not the answer that the lizardman wanted to hear as his face turned down into a frown and there was a flash of anger before returning back to normal. "Are you sure?" Rathlos asked again. "We had reports that your former Master knew where the stronghold was and if he truly wanted you to be his slave he would have taken you there at least once to get completely reconditioned."

As the lizardman continued to talk he did start to remember something, a stray conversation that Erillas had with him about upgrading him that was beyond the capability of the distro center. After they had secured a number of slaves to be sent to their new homes the Sskausa had said that it was overdue and that Ronuk was deserving of such an honor. The compliment had made him tremble slightly and even at that moment his body reacted in a similar manner. The lizardman seemed to pick up on this and asked if he had remembered hearing the location, only to be told by Ronuk that they had only talked about it in passing.

"Well that's a shame," Rathlos said with a sigh before sitting back. "But if he told you about that then there must be all sorts of secrets rattling around in that-" suddenly both looked up when the ship rattled violently, causing the sword and armor that was next to Ronuk to fall over. "Damn... the Sskausa must have upgraded their tracking abilities... or maybe they were closer to this place then I thought..."

"What do you mean?" Ronuk asked, holding himself as he stood up while the room shook once more. "Where are we?"

"A small orbital laboratory around a planet close to your station," Rathlos said as he pressed a button on the jumpsuit he was wearing and had armor form that was the same as when he attacked him and Erillas. "We were going to move you once all your bio-mods were gone but it appears that it's a moot point. Now I know that this is a lot to ask, but if you could put that armor on and join us we might have a chance to repel them off long enough to get out of here."

"Fight with you..." Ronuk trailed off as he saw his sword lying there on the floor. "Against the Sskausa?"

"I've seen you fight and I know you'll be able to hold your own against them," Rathlos said as he took Ronuk by the shoulder and pointed to the armor. "Now are you going to risk being put under their heel once more, or will you crush them under yours?"

Meanwhile the Sskausa battleship had been bombarding the orbital laboratory for minutes, taking out anything that looked like it could remotely be some sort of defensive mechanism. "I think we've cleared the path," Erillas said to the war-slaves in attendance. "Remember that Lassartes know a lot of things about the Sskausa and will have to likely be put down by force. If you get any of them that's great but remember that our priority is securing all bio-technology that they may have stolen and get back Ronuk."

The others gave him a nod and Erillas looked at the rubber-covered bull that just stared onwards. They were all ready for a fight and were more then a match for even the most elite trained guards, often the Sskausa saving the best and brightest for such a detail as protecting them. That was probably how he managed to get out in the first place and not end up under a Lassarti knife, he thought to himself as the ship drifted to make a connection with the lab. But he quickly pushed the thoughts of his bodyguard aside and readied his bio-armor as the others did the same before the umbilical attached.

The connection was swift and violent as a tentacle essentially shot out and pieced the hull of the laboratory, creating a connection before the rubbery flesh swiftly swelled and formed an airtight passage. The second they were able to see the other side they all ran through it, Erillas and the bull in front with the others right behind them. Since they hadn't used the proper dock they took those that were in the hall by surprise and Erillas used his tail spike to jab one of them and fill them full of Sskausa toxin while Garu did the same with a grunt. As they did that the others continued to run forward and eventually clashed with the security forces of the lab.

It quickly became apparent that these were not the same class of mercenaries that had come after him and Ronuk and with a mere mental command he pushed the BioSoldier Garu forward until he found something more like them. The guards were hardly able to keep up with them as they continued to deal with the deadly efficiency of the war-slaves of the Sskausa, the loyal soldiers fighting with all the best bio-tech to keep them safe. The same could be said for the bull as well as they did eventually find one of the mercenaries and Garu dispatched him with a well-placed punch to the ribs that sent him flying.

Erillas continued to fight through the corridors with the bio-soldier until finally they got to the room they were looking for, the Sskausa looking around in disgust as their precious creations were sitting in glass boxes waiting to be shipped off. Half of them were already dead with the others grievously damaged from the removal process... all he could hope was that Ronuk wasn't the same way. Since he didn't see any of his bull's extremities floating around in tanks it was likely he was still alive, though that could have meant that he was in an even worse condition. He continued to push forward and dispatched two more elites and several guards before eventually making their way past the lab and into the next room.

As the two burst through the door they were greeted by the rest of the elite mercenaries, including the leader that Erillas was looking for. What he hadn't expected however was the large bull standing there dressed in similar armor to Rathlos. "What's wrong Sskausa?" The lizardman said through his mask, the tinted visor on both his and the bull's preventing him from seeing their eyes. "Mad when your toys fight back against you?"

"Only when they don't realize why they're doing it," Erillas shot back, glancing over at the other elites that had their guns drawn. "Did you think that I was just going to let you steal from me and get away with it?"

"I'm not your property Sskausa!" Ronuk shouted, gripping his hands on the sword that Erillas had given him in the first place. "It's you that's not going to get away with what you've done!"

Erillas grimaced at that, though his own face mask helped to keep his former bodyguard from realizing it. "So you're going to decide to side with the Lassartes instead?" Erillas said angrily. "Do you even know about them, about what they do?"

"How could it be any worse then being your slave?" Ronuk replied. "The Lassartes freed me from your control!"

"I see... I guess I shouldn't be surprised," Erillas said with a smirk. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised they're playing the good guy routine, especially since they're trying to turn you against me. Unfortunately you've gone from the frying pan and into the fire... the Lassartes aren't some sort of organization that is trying to defeat the Sskausa, they're our competitors in the slave trade that are always trying to steal our trade secrets."

Ronuk felt his stomach drop into his chest, but when he looked over at the lizardman he could hear him chuckling through his mask. "Like this one is going to believe a word you say," Rathlos scoffed before his tone turned deadly serious. "But I think its time to end this, any last words?"

"Yeah," Erillas said as he glanced over at Garu. "You shouldn't have let me talk for so long."

Both the bull and the Sskausa ducked out of the way as several metal cylinders suddenly flew into the room. The mercenaries attempt to get out of the way of the flashbangs before they went off, causing chaos and confusion in the room. The other Sskausa war slaves immediately rushed in and the fighting continued on, though they mostly went after the others to leave Ronuk, Rathlos, Garu, and Erillas on their own. Despite what Erillas had said Ronuk charged after the one that had enslaved him for so long, only to suddenly face down another bull that deflected his attack before lashing out with the tentacles on his body.

The battle continued to rage on as more security guards poured in now that the fight had reached a standstill, the mercenaries and the war-slaves fighting against one another while Erillas went straight for the leader. Even though the two remained on par with one another it was clear that the usual tricks that a Sskausa might employ to gain the upper hand won't work on him, especially when he managed to score a hit with his tail spike and the lizardman appeared to shrug it off. "You do you really think I would be stupid enough to not have gained immunity to your venom?" Rathlos asked as he struck back with his sword to slash the Sskausa on his tail. "I've handled it more times than I can count!"

"Oh, why's that?" Erillas said after hissing in pain. "Using it to create your own slaves?"

Ronuk had just managed to get out of the vice grip of Garu and was about to slice down with his sword when he heard what the Sskausa said. "Shut up you dirty snake!" Rathlos shouted angrily. "No one is going to believe your lies!"

"That's what you think!" Erillas said as he dodged another sword blow, spinning around and connecting his foot with the head of the lizardman before turning to Ronuk again. "I know I did a lot of things to you but one thing I never did was lie, even when I first took you," the Sskausa said. "So believe me when I say that if you stay with this Lassarti you are going to find yourself on a slave auction block before the month is out along with everything they took from you! At least I actually care about you!"

As Ronuk continued to listen to Erillas he found himself growing confused, to the point where he was no longer focusing on the battle at hand. That had given Garu an opening to attack but the Sskausa told him to stop, which turned out to be beneficial as two elites suddenly ganged up on him and he had to deal with them. With no one attacking Ronuk anymore his mind was racing on trying to determine who was telling the truth, and even if Erillas was right then would he still want to help the one that had enslaved him in the first place? Or was it just another hypnotic trick that wasn't blocked by the helmet he wore as he looked straight into the eyes that had enthralled him almost a year ago.

Just as Erillas was about to say something else he saw something move out of the corner of his eye and fell back as the sword that was wielded by the lizardman came straight for him. Though he managed to avoid the deadly blow he fell backwards onto the floor with the other male hovering over him and seething as he pulled out his slug thrower. "Damn Sskausa..." Rathlos said as he aimed the barrel straight at Erillas' head. "You always did think you were better than us..."

Erillas flinched as he waited for the shot from the one that had him dead to rights, only for the second to pass with nothing happening. When he looked up he saw the lizardman still standing there, but his expression was frozen in a wide-eyed stare as he lost the grip on his gun and it fell to the floor. He remained like that for another second before his chest was suddenly pushed out by the runic blade that had impaled him with Ronuk behind him driving it in as hard as he could. For a second it looked like Rathlos was about to say something else but ended up just looking at the blade sticking out of him for a second before slumping and sliding off the blade to the floor.

With the leader dead the rest of the fight wrapped up fairly quickly with some even surrendering as Ronuk looked right at Erillas as he took off his helmet. "Looks like your programming worked too well," the bull said as he tossed the helmet down. "When you were like that with him about to kill you... I just couldn't let him take the shot."

"I'm glad to see that deep down you're still there for me," Erillas said as he looked Ronuk up and down. "But look at what they did to you, stripping away all of my hard work. We can't let my bodyguard just walk around like that, now can we?"

Ronuk's eyes widened but before he could say anything he saw the shiny red and blue arms of Garu wrap around him, once more getting him in a bear hug. While the bull had intended to see if he could leverage saving the Sskausa's life for his freedom it appeared Erillas had other plans still, especially as one of the rubbery tentacles slid around Ronuk's neck before pushing its way into his mouth. He had no such resistances to the venom of the creatures and soon his eyes became half lidded as more of the bull's appendages coiled around his arms and legs, allowing the BioSoldier to carry Ronuk without having to constantly hold him. As the bull sank into the blissful pleasure brought about by Garu's embrace he began to feel something else, his legs squirming slightly against his restraints as the tentacle cock began to impale his tailhole to keep the other bovine complacent.

"Package is secured," Garu said. "Transporting back to the ship."

Erillas nodded and watched as one bull carried the other, Ronuk's eyes practically rolled back into his head as the biomods of the other war slave kept him pacified, before turning to one of the other Sskausa warriors he had brought with him. "Scrub this place down to find and see if you can find anything about Lassrates operations in the area while you bring back our newest slaves to the ship," the Sskausa ordered. "Once you're done with it take out the orbital stabilizers before you return so we crash this pathetic excuse for a station into the planet, at this moment the Lassrates are out of business here."

Eventually the Sskausa battleship pulled away from the station, which gradually lost orbit and disappeared into the clouds of the gas planet it orbited, and made its way back to the stronghold. The second it had touched down and the doors opened Erillas saw Falkner standing there, the snake's hands on his hips before he saw Garu come down the exit ramp with Ronuk in tow. "I see you brought my property back in one piece," Falkner said happily as he fawned over the red and blue rubber bull. "Do you need him to continue your transport or can you manage on your own?"

"I think I can handle things just fine," Erillas replied, the tentacles that had been keeping Ronuk stimulated for the entire trip pulling out of him as well as the thick cock that had been spreading his cheeks open. "You two have fun."

Falkner grinned and led Garu back towards the pod that the bull had originally been stored in so that the war slave could heal his wounds. Erillas watched as the other Sskausa continued to stroke and grope the BioSoldier with attention, practically nuzzling against the chest of the other male as the fleshy material of the pod rose up to surround the one inside. Though it normally would cover the entirety of his body Falkner intentionally left enough of the bull's body exposed so that he could properly reward his new creation. After pushing his tongue into the hole of the gas mask that surrounded Garu's face he crawled up to the shoulders and pushed his throbbing maleness into it, the Sskausa hissing as he began to thrust forward while using his tail to stroke the still exposed cock and biosheath of the bull.

Erillas decided to give the two their privacy and made their way to a completely different section of the stronghold, one that he had been meaning to bring Ronuk to for some time before circumstances forced his hand. Unlike the other slave creation chambers this one only had a singular biopod in it but on the walls there were shelves filled with various Sskausa creations from biomods to genetic alteration cocktails. This was where those who had received honor in the ranks of their kind would go to be properly fitted... and the bull trailing him still in a pleasured haze was more than worthy of it as he led his reclaimed prize to it. By the time the venom that Ronuk had been fed by the other BioSoldier had worn off he was laying down and could feel thick tentacles wrapping around his wrists and coiling up his legs to keep him in a stretched position.

"Looks my situation hasn't improved," Ronuk said with a grunt as he began to feel tiny tendrils sliding through his bare fur. "Back in the frying pan..."

"So to speak," Erillas said with a slight chuckle. "I should have done this a long time ago pet, but you were such a loyal drone and we were making good progress on the station I didn't want to break the momentum we had. Now I've been shown the error of my ways, it's time to upgrade you to a form more worthy of your place."

"As a slave to you and the Sskausa," Ronuk replied, wiggling as once more something was beginning to push into his tailhole. "Perhaps I should have left you to your fate with the Lassrati after all."

"You'd be exchanging one master for another then," Erillas replied as he allowed the bull to speak while picking things off of the shelf, looking at a glowing green container of fluid in particular. "I did not lie to you when I said that they were merely our competitors; they would have continued to tell you whatever you wanted to hear before they could get you into one of their inferior control devices, then auctioned you off to someone who would probably actually regard you no more then they would a ship or a fancy chair. At least here with the Sskausa we revere our slaves... and I like to think that I treat you well."

Though Ronuk was surprised by the level of emotion that the Sskausa was expressing to him he was more occupied with the phallic tentacle starting to spread him open, causing his cock to become erect and his body to quiver as he was integrated into the biopod. "It's for this reason that these upgrades are necessary in case you are ever in that situation again," Erillas replied as he walked back over to the biopod with a box of stuff that he had taken off the shelves. "You will become a paragon of our war slaves, a soldier without equal, and this time my hold over you will be completely absolute..."

Ronuk shivered at the statement as he watched the Sskausa pulled what looked like thin pieces of glass with little nodules on it. Erillas explained that this was the latest in bio-armor technology; as he laid the thin pieces of armor over his arms, chest, back, and legs he could see translucent tentacles coil around his limbs and chest to keep them secure in place. The pod continued to lazily thrust back and forth into him as most parts of his body gleamed with the glassy structures attached to his physique. Though Erillas continued to describe how it was going to enhance his body mass and give him more control over his biomodifications his eyes widened he saw a much bigger translucent glassy green structure get pulled out that resembled a Sskausa tail connected to a jock strap with a chastity cage in the front.

"It's a similar version to the tail biomod that I had on you," Erillas explained as he set it down next to the pod, followed by a helmet of a similar nature. "I'm sure you can see right now the difference between what you had before and what is on you now..."

Though Ronuk found himself swallowing hard he found himself examining all the objects both on his body and waiting for him to try and get the answer. "No eyes..." he said finally, causing the Sskausa to grin. "These aren't biomods..."

"Not in the traditional sense," Erillas said as he took out the last items from the box before tossing it away, taking the cylinders filled with shiny black and neon blue liquid and plugging them into the machine. "This compound is similar to what was used on Garu to give him the body that he has, and as such I've perfected the template so that it will alter you on the genetic level and seamlessly integrate your DNA into that which I've chosen to literally mold your body."

"Which is..." Ronuk said, swallowing hard despite himself. "What?"

"Sskausa DNA of course," Erillas stated with a chuckle as Ronuk began to feel something spreading on his skin, straining his neck to see that a black rubber-like sheen had started to appear where the tendrils had made contact with his body. "Soon your loyalty to us will be ingrained into you at the genetic level, a truly loyal and obedient creature to the species that you're about to become part of."

Though the bull's head was spinning with questions the machinations of the machine had already had started to distract him with the intense pleasure being given to him by the conversion process. As the rubber covered the glass plates he grunted as new connections were being made to his body; as tentacles sprouted from his chest and upper arms he could feel the connection to them, able to control them somewhat as the Sskausa crawled on him and put the tail around his thighs. The strange bio-rubber had already started to coat him there and as soon as he aligned the tail, which included threading his lengthening cock into the rings of the chastity belt, it merged with his mutating flesh that caused the appendage to twitch.

With his entire body transforming at once Ronuk's body was quivering in the biopod, his cock jutting out into the air as it became envenomated by the Sskausa technology surrounding it. As the rubber creeped around his head that nearly overwhelming euphoria was tempered when he looked into the eyes of the Sskausa. "You think that I'm making you mine once again," Erillas said as Ronuk felt two things happening at once, the tentacle leaving his tailhole only to be replaced with the Sskausa's cock and the bands of the glassy helmet pressing his muzzle shut. "But in truth I never lost you in the first place, isn't that right my drone?"

Almost immediately Ronuk wanted to say yes to his master, but as the rubber on his head fused with the structure of the mask and sealed his lips shut the only thing he could do was nod. His eyes continued to stare into the hypnotic ones that hovered above him as he felt the other male thrust into him, the pod allowing his rubber-covered hooves to rise up in the air to give his master better access to the tailhole that belonged to him. As his face continued to contort he felt the organic rubber seep into his maw, altering his tongue into a tentacle similar to the ones that slithered out of his wrists from the gauntlets that had merged with him. The only time he lost contact during that time was when the rubber covered his eyes, but as the designer DNA seeped into his optic nerve he felt them shift and when he opened them again he could see more and better than ever as he blinked both sets of his newly acquired red serpentine eyes.

"So handsome..." Erillas hissed, seeing the blankness behind his war slave as he helped the organic programming of the transforming mind of the bull with his own powerful hypnotic suggestions. "I was a fool to leave this go for so long, but fortunately we have plenty of time for me to enjoy this wonderful body of yours..."

For Ronuk the words couldn't have made him happier as he felt the snake pound into his rubber rear faster, ready to serve his Sskausa master for the rest of eternity...