An Alternative Nexus Experience (4/4)

Story by Serathin on SoFurry

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In an alternate version of An Ultimate Nexus Experience Jason comes back from Santer's pony play exercise to find that another brother has gotten interested in him as well. Much to Renzyl's chagrin Jason becomes interested in going to see what the robot eagle has to offer. What he finds is another world for him to explore, though his melancholy was clear to the nexus creature from the beginning that he wanted a few friends to come and join him in his fun and frivolity.

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When Jason made his way back up to the top of the tower where he had landed in Haleon's realm in the first place he saw that the avian nexus creature was not alone. "Ah, there you are," Haleon said as he gestured over towards Renzyl. "It appears that my brother has gotten overly anxious for your return and has come to see if you are ready to come back to his realm to continue your stay there."

"I see that he's already made himself quite at home in yours," Renzyl replied as he looked Jason over, musing at the horns and tail he had even with the feathers that were attached to it. "I can see that he's still thinking of me at least a little bit... and what's this?" The rubber dragon continued past the flagon to the two drones that landed behind it, the nexus creature smiling at his reflection before looking back at Jason once more. "Made yourself a couple of drones I see, I don't suppose these were the source of your melancholy back in my realm?"

"You could certainly say that," Jason said as he looked back at the two drones that he had created, seeing them stare blankly ahead. "It was definitely a lot of fun to give them a little taste of their own medicine, though I hadn't expected them to enjoy it quite so much deep down. Still, it was fun hearing them groan and moan, I feel like I got a taste of what the nexus creatures experience."

"Indeed," Renzyl stated with a smug grin before looking over at Haleon. "I suppose that this means you are done and I can take this one back to my realm?"

"Almost," Haleon said, moving over and taking one of his wings to wrap around the falgon. "I did have one last thing that I prepared special for him when I found that your new acolyte here was so interested in my realm. Just one more little module to run and then I will bring him back, I promise. You did give Santer a week for him to experience the pony play experience, I think a few more hours here won't hurt."

From the sigh that Renzyl gave Jason could tell that the rubber dragon wasn't rather fond of sharing his toys, though eventually he just shrugged his shoulders and opened a portal. "Consider it a deal," Renzyl replied, nodding to Jason. "Do enjoy yourself, and I look forward to seeing you again once you are back here."

"Don't worry, he'll be back in your clutches soon," Haleon said with a chuckle, watching as Renzyl left before looking down to Jason. "He has definitely taken quite the shine to you, which for a rubber creature like that is saying something. In fact, that's rather perfect for my plans with you... but let's not let the cat out of the bag here, I did promise that I had one last module for you to run and then would return you to him so we should get started before he gets overly anxious."

Jason nodded and Haleon took him to the elevator of his tower, the doors opening as soon as they approached to allow them to enter. The drones would remain there upon the request of the nexus creature, the falgon waving to his friends before they disappeared and they started their journey down. Though he was excited to see what was in store for him he was also a little sad that it had to come to an end, even though he would be going back to the realm of rubber to enjoy himself there he definitely had fun at this place. He knew better then to ask what sort of scenario he was in for as all the nexus creatures seemed to have the same trait of being elusive as they continued down for what seemed like quite a long time.

Eventually the elevator car finally came to a stop and the doors opened once more, Jason and Haleon stepping out onto a platform that overlooked a huge room. The walls were a solid black with white lines and it gave Jason a retro virtual reality theme, and when he looked below he could see other minions of Haleon flying around. "This is my training center for my Guardians," Haleon said as he hopped off the platform, Jason doing the same as they let their wings glide them down towards the floor. "One of the things that we have to look out for when it comes to being technologically-based is viruses and other malicious programming that might try to enter into this realm or take over others."

"Really?" Jason asked. "I would think that you wouldn't have to worry about such things given the power that you have."

"For the normal viruses yes," Haleon replied, the eagle getting a bemused look on his face as he sent out a command for the others to leave the floor. "In fact I do enjoy investigating those links for fun, gives me ideas on how to spread myself in a particularly vulnerable area with lots of potential minons. The problem is that while we like to think that we're kings of the castle there are others out there that oppose our meddling and often try to find means to counteract us, not to mention that my brothers like to try and mess with me by slapping together some sort of malicious code and attempting to sneak it somewhere into my realm."

"I see..." Jason said with a slight nod. "Renzyl didn't really strike me as that technologically savvy really..."

"Oh, Renzyl is probably one of the more adept of the nexus creatures that are out there," Haleon explained, surprising the falgon slightly. "Apparently he enjoys the online kink scene and uses that to ensnare people, Santer is the same way. Kirdos uses it for his artwork and to find models, so those are the ones that I tend to watch out for the most when it comes to such cheeky intrusions. But enough of that, your task here is to avoid being infected by a new virus that I have compiled; if you win then I'll be sure to think of a fun prize that you can take back with you to Renzyl's realm, and if you lose... well, you can see what you get if that happens."

Jason nodded and was given a small rundown of what was going to happen while he was in the area. He was told there were no other entrances and exits other then the one they had gone through and that the arena is completely black boxed in order to keep the test viruses from getting out and needing to be wrangled back. The entire scenario would last for a few hours and then whether or not Jason got infected Haleon would collect him to finish things up. Other then that Jason was free to explore the area to his heart's content and that the program would run as soon as he vacated the area it would begin.

The falgon got ready as he watched the nexus creature leave through the corridor attached to the elevator they had come down, the black wall sealing up behind him until it was completely seamless. As soon as that happened Jason could feel a shift in the air, and as he looked around he found the formless shapes and black walls of the room transforming into a familiar sight. It was similar to the game that he had created when he trapped Lucas and Dan, his beak curling up into a slight smile as he even recognized some of the programming that he had helped with. It appeared that Haleon wanted to see how he would do against a similar scenario as virtual thunderclouds rolled overhead.

"So, I just have to survive huh..." Jason mused to himself as he walked down the empty street, seeing the buildings distort slightly as he walked by them. "I don't really have any need to hack into stuff, so I suppose I just need to stay away from electronics? I expect with Haleon that it won't be so straightforward though..."

Jason found his answer to his questions sooner then he thought as he heard the clang of metal behind him just as the rain started to come down, quickly turning around to see what had made such a noise. It quickly became apparent that Haleon had made a few more of his own modifications to the game as he saw a bird robot running down the street towards him with glowing gold eyes. The falgon had mere seconds to dodge as it lifted up its arms and shot something at him, watching with his augmented eyes as two wires flew past him that resembled a taser. There was probably more then just electricity that would run through them however as he started to run down the street himself, attempting to run only to find that the rain that was coming down wouldn't allow him.

It would make it far too easy to evade, Jason thought to himself as he folded his wings back and looked behind him. The robot coming after him was clearly not deterred by his miss as it continued to lumber towards him with surprising speed. At this rate it would catch up with him, which prompted the synth hybrid to look for alternative means to escape. Luckily he knew that he had added one mechanic to the game that would help him now, shifting to the side of the street where several cars were parked while hacking into one so that it would open for him.

The locks clicked open easily and the engine started as Jason slid over the hood of the car before entering into the driver's side. The nav screen flickered to life as he hit the gas, the tires squealing on the wet pavement before they caught traction and he darted forward. "Welcome to the onboard navigation system," the speakers chirped as Jason watched the robot disappearing into his rear-view mirror. "For safety please ensure that your seat belts are buckled."

"Don't really need that," Jason said as he breathed a sigh of relief once he was sure that it was gone. "What I need is a place where I can lay low for a bit, unfortunately this entire scenario is one big city. I suppose I could go to the rooftops, but without flying I-"

"I insist that you put on your seat belt," the voice in the car said, Jason looking in question at the nav screen as it began to flicker. Just as he realized his error he suddenly felt the belt snake around him and tighten, pressing his body against the seat that began to shift around his form. Like everything else in this game he had made everything to be hacked to ensnare his friends, turning his head away as swirling colors began to appear on the screen.

This wasn't good, Jason thought to himself as he began to feel wires sprouting from the seat he was trapped in, ready to connect him to the virus that had infected his car. At this rate he only had a minute or so until it began the download, squirming in his seat to find he had little in the way of wiggle room. He could still move his hands and feet though, and when he looked up he saw that they coming up to a T-intersection. One way to stop the car from downloading into him was to crash the system, in this case quite literally as he slammed down on the gas.

It appeared Jason had taken the virus or whatever was inside the vehicle by surprise as the engine roared to life, and before it could wrestle control away from him it was already too late. The falgon was thankful it had strapped him in as they crashed through the floor to ceiling windows of the building and flipped over, skidding across the tile floor before they smashed into one of the pillars that adorned the lobby. With the car destroyed the computer was shut down as well, prompting him to scramble out of it as soon as possible. He managed to get a few feet away before the destroyed vehicle exploded in true video game fashion, Jason ducking behind a pillar to avoid shrapnel that may potentially be laced with the malicious program.

Once it was done Jason quickly peeked out to see the burning husk of the car, only to see beyond that several of those robotic avians had landed on the ground just outside of the hole he had created. "They can fly?" Jason muttered to himself as he began to look for a way out. "Not sure if that's fair..."

There was the sound of more glass breaking as the robots immediately began to bust into the building, prompting the falgon to run towards one of the other doors. Given that only one or two were made to actually be interacted with and the rest were just window dressing Jason pulled up his mini-map and looked to see which one was highlighted. To his relief he found that there was one nearby and ran towards it, which prompted the robots to turn towards him when they saw his movement. Fortunately for the synth they were too far away to deploy their taser-like projectiles and as soon as he got through the door he slammed it shut and hacked the lock.

Jason knew that wouldn't last long however and needed an alternate means of escape, once more bringing up his map to try and find a means to get out of the swarming building before those avian robots surrounded it. Once he got a path mapped out he immediately followed it, going downstairs through the basement and into some utility tunnels. As per video game logic he eventually found a vent he could crawl through before popping the vent and tumbling out to the other side. The area he was in was pitch black and when he brought up his mini-map again he frowned. His path was supposed to lead him to the outside, not another room... unless...

The lights suddenly flickered to life and Jason's eyes widened when he found himself looking at row after row of servers, the lights blinking as he saw the infected wires and cables of the computers rising up. "Infected the game's HUD," Jason said as he tried to figure out where to go, only to see the other door on the other side of the room. "I did not see that coming..."

Jason quickly turned and tried to hop back up into the vent, but was quickly brought back down to the floor by the wires that wrapped around him. It had almost felt like a net was thrown over him, and he tumbled to the floor he was quickly dragged towards one of the servers that was arranged in a semi-circle near the back. The falgon managed to sink his claws into the floor for a few seconds only to get pulled upwards, letting out as squawk of surprise as he lifted into the air and practically thrown backwards only to be gently stopped a few inches away from the wall. With more cables entering the fray and wrapping around all of his limbs there was little he could do but struggling in the air to try and break free of the entanglement.

It was quickly revealed that the cables were not merely there to entangle him either, as Jason continued to buck around he saw that several of them had familiar ports on them that hovered over his limbs. When he realized what they were he tried to buck his arms away to keep them from connecting, but the wires tightened around his suspended form to prevent him from moving as they pushed into his plugs. The second the first one connected with him the falgon gasped, his synthetic muscles going rigid as he immediately felt the flow of data into his body. The multihued sections of his arms and legs flashed and suddenly turned gold as they were exposed to the virus that was being downloaded into him, Jason gasping when he felt how quickly it was spreading through him.

With his body stilled from the sudden rush of data, and the pleasure that came with it, the cables that had been hovering around the rest of him quickly took advantage and plugged in as well. Each time one connected with him Jason felt control being wrestled from his body, his subroutines and processes being overwhelmed by what was being pumped into him as he felt the ports of his back being filled one by one until it reached the ones by the back of his neck. At this point there was little he could do as the rest of his body spasmed and twitch, the synth bracing himself as he could feel the metal rods pushing into the opening at his head. When it finally clicked into place the virus had direct access to his digital brain, and it wasted no time infecting it as Jason saw a download bar appear in his vision.

Unlike his initial transformation in this realm the virus wasn't just altering his AI, it was completely rewriting it as his data was corrupted. Everything that it couldn't alter it pushed into the same hard drive that contained his memories, overriding his entire sense of self as his fingers and toes curled from the stimulation taking place. It was so big, Jason thought as he felt his eyes drooping slightly as it became harder and harder to have a thought without it being fragmented or overridden, it was filling his head with all sorts of information while his body followed suit. He knew that he was losing the struggled as his body began to go limp, the wires picking up the slack and keeping him suspended as it moved on to the next phase of his assimilation.

Several thicker cables pushed their way out of the mainframe and slithered through the air towards the restrained male, both of them tipped with a tapered end to slide into the orifices of the male. The virus commanded him to open his mouth and he felt himself doing so, allowing the tubes to slide in rather easily. Though he still felt immense pleasure from his tailhole getting stretched it was merely served as a distraction as the virus prepared his body for a more suitable form. Jason just let out a muffled gurgle as it pushed all the way into his throat and deep into his rear end before releasing nanites into his system. The second that they were introduced into his system Jason knew these weren't regular nanites, his body spasming as his libido was ramped up to eleven while silver liquid began to leak out of his nose and ears.

There was no room for rogue nanites, Jason thought to himself as he felt the virus dig deep inside of him, going for his root processes as his cock thickened and became fully erect with the stimulation coming from the wires that were connected to him. This virus had complete control of his body, so fully integrated into him that he couldn't tell what was still his and what was a part of the malicious program. While not fully sentient itself it had the means to turn such creatures into good hosts, good slave programs as it got ready to purge the last parts of his programming out of his system.

When the virus triggered his orgasm Jason bucked his hips, his inner walls squeezing down on the tubes inside of him as he released a torrent of silvery cum onto the ground. Jet after jet of his original nanites were pushed out as more leaked from his other orifices, even his eyes as the new nanites went to work on his body. While his form was good for a normal creature the virus was making him special, turning him into something worthy of carrying it. As the metal in his body shifted to give him an even more athletic form the major change he felt was the rubber in his form being expelled, replaced with metal and carbon in order to give him the body of a true synth as he continued to orgasm.

The virus didn't let up until everything that had been Jason was either in the hard drive or part of the nanites being expelled, a pool of silver liquid forming beneath him as the new nanites were pumped into his system. His limp body started to move once more as new programming was awakened, the last of his rubber that marked him as a part of Renzyl draining away to reveal golden light just like his eyes that slowly opened. The creature that hung there completely connected to the servers was no longer Jason, the viral nanites coursing through him had rebuilt the weak code into that of the apex predator that the virus needed in order to spread.

When the last of the old nanites were completely purged from the body of the creature the new synth felt himself getting lowered to the ground, his feet gingerly touching the metal as the new servos and augmenters inside its body allowed it to remain perfectly balanced. Though it remained humanoid in nature it leaned forward slightly and had a slightly more feral appearance as it shuddered from the residual pleasure. Though the first instinct was to run and find more prey there was nothing in the area that it could hunt, and it also felt it would soon be in the presence of its master. The synth host remained still as it stared into the shadows, watching as Haleon stepped forth from them with a smile on his face.

"It appears that we have a rather successful assimilation machine here," Haleon said as he looked over the new synth. "How are you feeling Jason?"

"Error: User Jason not found," the synth replied, his voice not only completely unnatural but also lacking any of the tone or cadence that the human had.

"I see... that virus really did do a number on you," Haleon replied with a chuckle. "Tell me synth, what is your purpose?"

"Virus seeks to infiltrate and infect," the synth stated coldly. "Once host is taken over it is converted to be a carrier to assimilate others."

Haleon could sense just how infectious this creature was as he mentally probed it to see what exactly had happened to the falgon, the virus nanites taken control of every aspect of the creature it was in. The only place it hadn't propagated to was the hard drive that contained the last aspects of Jason, though the link had been severed. Unlike the drones he had created this one wasn't filled with mindless obedience and a desire to complete orders, it was ready to find others and infect them with its nanites in order to spread its malicious programming. The eagle was glad that he had done this in his black boxed area as he prompted the new creature to follow him into a new room that had been set up, the simulation disappearing to reveal the bare walls once more as Virus walked behind Haleon.

"We're definitely going to have to keep you someplace where you're not going to trouble others while we finish you off," Haleon said as Virus walked forward, the plugs disconnecting from his body and everything sliding off of him as they walked towards one of the walls of the room, which actually led into a much smaller one where an angled table sat. "I also have a few things to ask Jason before we go much further, and since you're quite the anxious one we're going to make sure that you don't try anything while we do. Plus I'm pretty sure that he will enjoy this."

Haleon instructed the synth to hop up on the table, which he eagerly did as in order to serve his master. When he was properly lying back the nexus creature took the metal manacles and straps and began to place them over the creature's limbs, making sure that his wrists and forearms were properly bound. As he did he began to see something pushing their way out of a small slot on the underside of the infected falgon's wrist, seeing several wires pushing out towards him as a few small droplets had formed on the tips. He could also see the tongue of the Virus creature push out, the metallic appendage splitting into three briefly and waving in the air before the nexus creature instructed him to retract it back in. Haleon wondered why it was starting to react before he turned back to see Sare standing there looking at the creature in awe.

"Is that... really Jason?" the raven asked as he stepped forward, only to be stopped by Haleon as the restrained creature nearly bucked right off the table to leap at him.

"Well, it's more the virus now," Haleon replied as he quickly put a strap around the muscular chest of the synth to help keep him down. "You're lucky you didn't come a few minutes earlier, I would have had to strap you down right next to him at that rate. Even now I can sense the virus still manipulating the programming of the AI part of Jason, corrupting him further so that all he can think about is infecting others."

"That is what viruses do," Sare stated. "So is there anything left of him?"

"I think you're failing to understand the nature of how these virus nanites work," Haleon replied as he continued to strap the eager male down, connecting Jason to the sensors of his body so that he could enjoy the feeling of having his body completely restrained while putting bindings on his legs. "This is Jason, the virus has just molded him to follow its new programming. It's not like the viruses we use to incapacitate others or to just transform their physical selves, it is taking the very essence of the creature it infects and making him just like it so that his whole being is like one big virus. Do you understand?"

"I think you've definitely created a monster," Sare replied, the two of them chuckling as Haleon strapped a muzzle on Jason's beak in order to prevent his new means of delivering the viral programming to others. "You know that Lord Renzyl is not going to be happy if you send him back like that, and he's just going to undo everything you did."

"Don't worry, I have plans for my big brother," Haleon said before turning back towards the still squirming male. "But first I have one last question to ask, and we're going to need the real Jason to ask it."

In one fluid motion Haleon grabbed the metal straps that were gagging the falgon and pulled his head forward, the infected creature suddenly becoming motionless as more plugs pushed into his ports to disable his body for the time being. With the synth's body immobilized the nexus creature brushed back the main of fiber optic hair, which had grown longer and had barbs that were yet another means to spread its programming, and revealed a single circular port beneath it. This wasn't a plug though and as the robot eagle tapped on it the metal slid back to reveal a glowing cylindrical object. When he tapped into it both he and Sare saw a hologram appear in the middle of the floor to reveal the human that had first stepped into his realm.

"Jason, good to see you again," Haleon stated as the human looked down at himself in confusion. "I'm tapping into your drive core to ask you a rather pointed question; would you like to stay in my realm and become one of my drones?"

It took a few seconds for Jason to get used to the out of body experience, especially when he saw the synth body he had just gotten used to lying there on the table. "Really?" Jason asked as he looked at the eagle. "What about Renzyl?"

"You let me worry about Renzyl," Haleon replied as he patted the synth body. "I did say that I was going to return you, I just didn't say in what condition that it would be. While your old body runs around causing havoc in his realm I can make sure to hide you here, and by the time the dust settles having you is going to be the least of his worries. If you wish to return to the rubber dragon's realm however then I can purge the virus from this body and transform you back easily enough... but if you really enjoyed yourself here with your new pets I can transfer you into a similar shell to be modified and reprogrammed as much as your new synth heart wants."

Jason suddenly felt overwhelmed, moreso then when the virus was taking over his body and mind. He admitted to himself that he had loved being in Haleon's realm and not only having his friends serve him as those drones but also being one himself. Even being possessed and taken over by that virus was so thrilling he wouldn't mind being in that body again... though it appeared Haleon had other plans for it. The one thing he knew was that he couldn't have both, he had to choose between Haleon and Renzyl...

A few minutes later Haleon and Sare walked out of the black box room, the wall sealing behind them as the eagle handed his second in command a glowing cylinder. "Make sure you keep that somewhere safe," he stated as he looked back at the area where the door had been. "I have a few more preparations to make before we're ready to go, and once that's done I have the feeling that we're going to be visiting my dear big brother's realm soon after our Jason get's back to him..."