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Splicer was back to his old self, but his processing and subsequent un-processing had also left its marks. The drive was gone, it was almost like he was never brought out of being a product. Most days he wished he hadn't, if he was going to be slave to the badger like this, he may as well not have any free will. He almost envied the other him...

"I'll count the time you spent working for me when processed towards your debt, I mean, it still was technically you after all." Laguna explained.

Laguna was standing above the wolf, Splicer was trying his best to ignore the badger, focusing instead on removing weeds from the garden in front of him. After he spent three days straight in his cage without moving for anything, he had long since lost the need to go to the bathroom after he was nanited, that was one of the few positives. Made pretending to be a vegetable a lot easier. Laguna decided to ask him for a heart to heart, in the garden. Splicer wasn't particularly enthused, but some fresh air would be nice if nothing else. So here he was, surrounded by all the blue welters he planted. He wasn't even asked to do any gardening, he just preferred it to speaking to the badger. Laguna cleared his throat.

"Yeah, great, thanks." Splicer snaled out.

"I could have left you like that..."

"You _Should_have..."

"Is that so?"

"Fuck, I don't know? My head's still not on right I think. I still feel, lost, like I need direction. I'm scared of going back to product mode, but at the same time that's all I want. It was so easy then..."

"You know... you offered to be my pet back before it all happened, even called me sir if I recall. Is that offer still on the table~" Laguna was joking, mostly.

"Fuck. You." Splicer wasn't joking, at all. He stood up looking the badger in the eyes, trying to release some form of aggression. He twisted his lips to a smirk and with as much venom as he could muster added a "Sir."

"That offer was rescinded when you let that otter cut it out of my skull. You didn't even give that offer the time of day in the first place..." Splicer spat as close to the badger as the nanites would allow, he wanted the face, but he'd accept the shoes. He was disappointed when his head turn to the side and his spit flew way off mark into the garden.

Laguna was almost furious, his eye twitched with a hint of and before he let his face relax. Now this was the Splicer he remembered! Ready to be properly broken, just a little behind schedule due to the unfortunate few months that had occurred. An idea came across his mind to hopefully smooth things out between the two.

"How about we go out?"

"What? We're already outside though?"

"That's not what I meant..."

...

Splicer was back in his room anxiously pacing back and forth, it had to be a trick right? There's no way he'd be let out without some catch. The elevator opened, Splicer entered and came out in the lobby, running right to the front door and reaching a paw out to open it, his arm buckled and his nose smooshed against the glass, smudging it. Of course he wouldn't be allowed to still.

"Allow me~" Laguna said as he stepped off the elevator himself, opening the door with ease making a grand gesture to the wolf telling him to step outside. "After you~"

"How chivalrous~" Splicer teased back, he hated to admit it, but he was having a great time. Even if the badger was accompanying him this was a moment he dreamt of for nearly a year now and as his naked paw touched the cold dirt just outside the door, he shivered. Another step, another, another and another, he kept stepping forward faster and faster leaving the building and the badger behind, until he reached the trees on the outskirts when a red wall sprung into his vision like it had with the elevator so long ago, so long he had almost forgot that was something the nanites could do. His paws dug in the ground grinding him to a stop. Raising an experimental finger to the barrier, he touched it, feeling the expected red-hot pain burning his mind. The further his finger went in, the pain grew worse, exponentially. He withdrew his paw and looked around him, the entire clearing was circled by the same barricades.

"I know you're excited puppy! But you can't go running off like that..." Laguna put a paw on his shoulder. "Come on, let's get going..."

Of course it wasn't going to be easy, Splicer sighed as he was led to the backseat of a car. Opening the door to find Aurich sitting in the seat adjacent.

"Yo, saved you a seat~" The skunk gave a reassuring pat on the cushion next to himself, eagerly waiting for the wolf to sit down. Laguna hadn't let the skunk see the wolf since he was informed of his recovery, he was eagerly waiting for the chance to talk to him. Splicer smiled, something about the smug skunk set his mind at ease and he hoped in.

"Aurich! Sorry I haven't been eating much recently. It's all so weird, you know? Well, I guess you wouldn't, at least I hope you don't for your own sanity." He laughed, trying to fins some way to slip back into their old playful rhythm.

"Safety first!" The skunk reached over and did the wolf's seat belt. "Oh and you gotta put this on too."

Splicer felt a blindfold slip on over his eyes, darkness enveloped him as he felt the engine purr to life. He had been blindfolded in the back of a car before, many times in fact, it made him shiver with nerves.

"You know I haven't had this done to me in quite a while..." Splicer whispered in the skunk's ear giving it a playful bite.

"Oh? Do go on..." Aurich was intrigued.

"Yeah, how long till you try and put one in the back of my head?"

"Not too long now I suppose..." Aurich let out a chuckle. It was so nice to finally have the old wolf back, he couldn't wait to finally get him back in the kitchen.

"Oh! and Aurich..."

"Yeah?"

"It tastes like an electric blue cherry slushie, heavy on the electric..."

Aurich howled in laughter, amazed the wolf remembered the question he had asked months ago about the wolf's blood. Laguna let his head rest against the shot gun seat content to listen to his two pets catching up.

"No for real!" Splicer reached a paw out in the darkness slapping the skunks face until he found his target, the muzzle. He slipped a finger in. "Have a taste~"

Aurich rolled his eyes, the wolf was becoming a real tease, although he was curious... was this actually his chance? Splicer bit his lip, he was unsure of the skunk's next move as he felt the gentle pressure of clamping teeth, was the skunk really going to do it?

Splicer felt his skin pierced; he was! Aurich only had a brief moment to process what he had done, feeling a bit of remorse for foolishly hurting the wolf. Then the liquid hit his tongue, it was like licking a penny, if the penny was daisy chained to a dozen car batteries, the wolf hadn't lied. The shocking sensation made his tongue twitch, he spat the finger out and spent a solid minute trying in futility to rub the taste off his tongue with a paw.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck, FUCK!" The skunk whined out loud. "That stuff is inside you? All the time? Just like that?"

"Uh huh... I got used to it quick enough." Splicer said with a hint of smile. "You're lucky it was the right paw, the left is more concentrated, it'd probably knock you right out."

He wasn't lying, he placed his dripping index finger into his mouth and nursed the sore digit. Something about the crackling electricity on his tongue made him feel much more alive. Beyond that, he could taste the skunk on his finger too. Maybe the electricity was getting to his head. Maybe he was just excited to see the skunk again. But the image of the skunk grabbing his collar and bringing the wolf in for a deep kiss, their cages touching, flashed through his mind. He crossed his legs, covering his cage so the little drip of pre that came out wouldn't be noticed.

"Doesn't it hurt in there" The real Aurich cut through his vivid fantasy.

"Huh? What? I mean it hurt when I first got it, but now it's kind of nothing I guess, sometimes my body does get all sorts of tingly though..." Splicer was blushing. Aurich could tell why the wolf had crossed his legs, and why they were blushing now. He traced a finger down the wolf's thigh, the shiver it elicited wasn't nervous. Splicer clamped down on his finger reflexively and more electricity crackled on his tongue, He pulled his finger out and used the same hand to grab the skunks.

"Please, don't..." Splicer said, putting the skunk's hand down on the seat between them.

"Oh, sorry..." Aurich felt deject, but he understood at the same time. Splicer was still processing being reborn in a sense, and he just wanted to help him feel a bit more at ease, not on edge. That was the whole reason he was asked to join the trip, to act as the middle ground between the wolf and the badger. He led his fingers to slip between the wolf's, waiting to gauge the wolf's reaction. Splicer leaned his head back and closed his eyes behind the blindfold. He squeezed the skunk's paw hard. That was what he needed right now. He sat there in silence, Aurich did as well. Even as his paw went numb from the crackling sensation, he felt streaming from the wolf's finger.

...

Splicer woke up, His head felt a little fuzzy. How long was he out? He tried to recall where he was. He looked around in the darkness and felt the rumble of the engine.

We're still in the car? Maybe they are going to kill me...

He felt pressure in his right paw, he squeezed, it was met with another, firmer squeeze.

"Oh, you're awake? You look even cuter when you sleep in person..." Aurich's teasing voice comforted the wolf.

"Oh really? How cute... and creepy, really creepy actually..." Splicer didn't need to see the skunk to know they were scowling at him, he stuck out his tongue.

"Whatever... Anyways, glad I don't have to wake you up because we're here~"

Splicer was surprised, was he woken up naturally or did Laguna wake him up manually? Either way, the skunk must have been speaking the truth because the rumbling of the car came to an end and he felt the sunlight hitting him as the door next to him was opened and a guiding paw helped him from the car.

"Are you ready puppy?" Laguna asked, but Splicer once again was ignoring him, not intentionally, but because his senses were so overwhelmed. All around him was the ever-present feeling of life, he could smell the various furs moving around him and caught bits of chit chat as furs passed the small group by. The blindfold came off, Splicer blinked a few times to let his eyes adjust to the light. The sun was high, how long had the driven?

The next thing he noticed was the amount of people around them, all walking around doing simple things like shopping or commuting to their job, how he wished to be one of them... But he noticed the faintest hints of a red box surrounding him, leaving him about the strides in any direction before he'd hit the edge. He was trapped even here. The next thing he noticed was every fur around him wearing clothes...

His tail shot up between his legs to cover his caged sheath, his ears flattened as he went to jump back into the car to hide. The car door slammed shut reading his actions.

"Ah ah ah puppy~" Laguna teased. "No hiding now!"

"Can I please have some clothes at least?" Splicer whined.

"You're wearing 'em!" The skunk said as he stretched his arms above his head, cage and collar proudly on display

"Something a little less, revealing?" Splicer was willing to beg, he wasn't above begging for this. He knew pets were allowed to be naked in adult districts, and, based on the signage around, they were in one. As long as the pet was collared all bets were off, but he still refused to be called anyone's pet.

"Well, maybe if you didn't have that little outburst in the garden, I'd have considered it. You're just lucky I don't have you leashed on all fours, unless you'd prefer it that way~" Laguna was pushing it again...

"I'll take what I can get..." Splicer grumbled, still not satisfied.

"Good, I could have had us dropped right outside the hotel, but I figured you'd want a nice city walk."

"Yeah, bull. You just want to parade me around town." Splicer hated to admit it, but he was looking forward to the feeling of his paws slapping concrete.

"Tail back and up! No hiding that cage now! Be a really good puppy and I might take you out like this more often~"

Splicer put his tail down, deciding instead to wrap it around his thigh and out of the way, He preferred it this way in the city in case some asshole tried to tug on it as they passed. Now that he was thinking of it, Laguna was totally a tail tugger...

Laguna began walking forward, the box around Splicer began to move forward too. It had to of been linked to the badger somehow, so he could be sure Splicer didn't stray too far. Oddly enough, Splicer felt the nervous energy burning away the more he walked behind the badger. Maybe it was the feeling of walking, maybe it was the confident skunk matching outfits with Splicer and giving him a reassuring smile anytime he locked eyes with the wolf. People barely even stared. In a city this large, there had to be more than a few dozen within this adult district so it was probably rather commonplace. The most common stares he found were those of lust, people glanced at his cage, licking their lips, he was glad he had his tail wrapped.

After a few blocks they came to the face of a non-descript building. When Laguna opened the doors, it was anything but. The entire lobby was laced in white marble with a large decorative fountain in the center shot water into a large water receptacle. The sculpture in the center was of a large otter, frozen forever adjusting his tie.

"No..." Splicer's body took an involuntary step forward, coming dangerously close to the red barrier but he needed a closer look. The barrier melted away, he stepped to the fountain, standing on the very edge, looking into the black marble eyes of the otter, staring down at him, into him. A deep clawing word rung out in his mind.

_Product, product, product, product, product... _

Splicer averted his eyes from the fountain, looking down at his paws.

I'm not product! I'm not product...

_ _

_ _ Was he talking to himself, or the otter?

Splicer's train of thought was broken by Aurich's arm wrapping around his shoulder.

"Pretty cool huh? Yeah I still get chills looking at it sometimes too. Makes you want want to bow your head and everything... Why are you sweating?"

"I-I'm not... product?" Splicer asked, not sure if he was talking to the skunk or the statue.

"Oh..." Aurich's heart sank. "I'm sorry Splicer... I totally forgot."

Aurich glanced over at the badger who was talking to the front desk agent who was nodding eagerly. As soon as Laguna had set foot in the lobby, every head turned to look at the badger. They all proceeded to walk up to shake his hand, or scurry to hide. This was the usual occurrence anytime he entered an Evertech owned building. Laguna hadn't noticed what was going on over at the fountain and Aurich was hoping he could stabilize the wolf before something bad happened. He looked over towards the restaurant.

"Hey Splicer, I know what we can do! Why don't we go get a nice table for three and have a nice dinner?" Aurich said spinning the wolf from the fountain, half dragging him through the doors. He was recognized by the maître d' who quickly sat the two down at a table for three knowing, that their owner would be along shortly. Splicer chugged the water in his glass before setting it down panting, Aurich waved for a full pitcher to be brought to the table, the wolf made quick work of it.

"Thank you." Splicer said with each glass of water he finished off, Aurich waited.

"I not going to make you answer but it was the fountain I assume?"

"Yeah... It was weird, even though I knew the eyes weren't real, I still felt, the connection." Splicer said the last two words with a shudder.

"Connection?"

"When he looks you in the eyes, you have no choice, he owns you. From what I felt, he controls every nanite in your body as simply as he would breathe."

Aurich didn't know what to say. He knew about Mr. Lockwoods control over nanites, but not to the extent the wolf explained it. He was glad he had willingly been nanited and that Laguna requested he not be processed.

"I take it you had good reason to run off ahead of me?" Laguna walked over to the table and took his seat, staring at the two.

"Y-yes sir!" Aurich replied. "Splicer had issues, with the fountain..." His voice trailed off.

"I see." Laguna understood instantly. "In any case, we're here, may as well get our food now!" His tone turned chipper as both he and Aurich picked up their menus, Splicer went to do the same, but realized the only thing in front of his was the empty space. He waved down a waiter who was walking by, naked except the towel draped across his forearm and the cage around his balls.

"Uhm, excuse me sir? I think I need a menu?"

Laguna and Aurich exchanged a knowing smile as the waiter brushed him off with a simple. "Only owners are allowed to order from the menu"

"B-but Aurich has one..." He whined

"Who do you think taught the executive chef everything he knows? I gotta check he's not slipping." The skunk had a cocky grin, Splicer felt his fist tighten until his claws touched his palms. He hated to admit how much that smug act got him riled up.

"F-fine whatever..." Splicer huffed out.

"I'm about ready to order, Sir?"

"Yeah I am too." Laguna had set his menu down and waited for the waiter to come take his order, instead of telling the waiter, he wrote it down it the waiter's pad, showing it Aurich who snickered, the waiter looked slightly annoyed that someone had written in his pad without his permission but seeing the order even he looked at the wolf and cracked a smile.

It wasn't long before a loud clamoring was heard coming from the kitchen and a large alligator ran over to the group's table.

"Aurich, long time no see! I take it the ambience is good."

Splicer looked over at the gator, he thought it wasn't possible for cold blooded furs to sweat, but the gator was raining bullets down his face.

Splendid as always Allie, hope you've been well, meet my new protégé."

Splicer's jaw dropped, Allie the alligator? Some parents really shouldn't be put in charge of naming their kids...

_ _

"He might be even worse than you were starting out!" Auric roared recounting the tale of Splicer nearly losing a finger with his cutting technique. Allie was in tears, drinks were served. Splicer took a sip of the bubbling glass of liquid handed to him.

Strong, Spicy, Sweet... I could get used to... Splicer didn't let himself finish that sentence, scared of what he was about to say in his mind. Must be an after effect of the fountain...

"Hey, it was my first time cooking! Cut me some slack!" Splicer defended himself, feeling a rough slap of gator skin on his naked back.

"Oh for sure buddy! We all make mistakes after all!" Allie was still laughing at him, but Splicer was laughing at himself as well.

"Don't give him a hard time Allie, remember the time you threw water on the grease fire you started and set the whole flat top up?" Aurich's words made Allie's laugher die down to a nervous chuckle.

"We all make mistakes?" Aurich began retelling the next cooking escapade... Splicer took another sip...

The fur on the back of Splicer's neck bristled for a split second, he nursed his drink as he scanned the room for what set his senses off, there it was...

A fur sat across the room, resting his muzzle on his fist with his pinky cradling the left side of his lips.

Fuck... A meeting

_ _

Splicer pretended to wipe a tear away from his eye before nonchalantly covering it with his right hand, blinking three times in rapid succession, not breaking eye contact. The fur stood up and walked away. Splicer went back to laughing.

Three minutes, that's all I can give him...

_ _

_ _ Splicer finished off his glass, placing it down on the table, clearing his throat.

"Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom..."

Everyone at the table stopped laughing and looked at him.

"Is everything alright?" Laguna asked slightly concerned.

"Yeah I just, reaaaaaally gotta go..."

"You, don't need to? Do that anymore?" Laguna was giving an incredulous head tilt.

...

FUCK! That was right, being nanited made that a thing, that was one of the negatives of them...

_ _

"Sorry I meant I got a bit of that drink all over my paws, gotta wash em!" Splicer was really feeling the rust right now... "Deliiiiicous drinks by the way! May I have another one of those, sir?"

He regretted saying the last part, not only did he not mean it, it was highly suspicious, but time was ticking.

"Go ahead, I suppose" Laguna was confused as to the odd mannerisms of the wolf.

_ Maybe he really can't handle his liquor?_ The badger reasoned as he watched the wolf run out of sight. It wasn't like he could go anywhere; he had only expanded the wolves access boundary to circle the hotel. Trying to escape any door or window would be impossible. Splicer ran into the bathroom a beagle fur was washing their hands in the sink. Splicer made sure no one was in here. His eyes darted around the small bathroom before he pinned the beagle against the wall by the throat. The beagle's head was inches away from the paper towel holder. It had been so long since he had felt a body that wasn't enhanced with nanites, it felt so frail... He could feel the beagle's pulse speed up underneath his palm.

"The. Fuck. Are. You. Doing. Here. Jack?" Splicer said a word between each growl. Jack wasn't exactly what you call a friend, but spies don't have friends, they have contacts. Jack was the closest contact the wolf had, they would trade various job intel and favors among each other regularly.

"Pleasure seeing you too..." Jack said, grabbing at the wolf's hand, trying to move it. "Damn you been workin' out or somethin'?"

"Or something..."

"You know how long you've been dark man? I've spent months trying to track you down, but your trail's been cold for 'bout a year..." It wasn't like the beagle had been surprised, the wolf loved to blink out of existence for months at a time but would always come crawling back for something or other. This time was different.

"Yeah I-" Splicer's eyes glowed, this was his chance, he could tell Jack everything, surely the two of them could work something out... No, too selfish, getting Jack involved would only get him caught up in this whole thing, he had to get him out, sooner rather than later.

"Always had you pegged for a kinky fuck..." Jack had grabbed the wolf's collar tag. "This for business or pleasure? And Evertech, Name rings a bell..."

"Business you dumb ass..."

"Need help?"

"Fuck with my mark and you're dead. You need to leave, now!" Splicer hissed out, trying to make it as convincing as possible.

"Fine, fine, one final questions, where's Blaine? Do you know how fuckin' hard it is to find no question asked pilots, one's that are good anyways."

"Blaine's dead..." The wolf was only mostly wrong. "We got shot down, part of the reason I had to go dark. I think someone narked."

"Damn..." Blaine was one of the Beagle's friend, the fox was basically his own private charter he flew with him so much.

"Fuck. Too long..." Jack's eyes narrowed, staring at something behind the wolf's shoulder.

Splicer's eyes shot to the paper towel next to the beagle and in the silver reflection he saw a silhouette with a towel draped over an arm. He swallowed hard.

"Is this pet assaulting you sir?"

Not here, not like this... no no no no, NO!

"Play along~" Splicer whispered in his ear, backing away for a moment before slowly undoing the beagle's shirt tracing a claw down his chest, sinking to his knees he began to work on the belt, wagging his tail hard. Jack raised his head up and let out a small moan, petting the wolf between the ears.

"OH I SEE! I APOLOGIZE!" The waiter squeaked out, rushing from the bathroom. He was using his towel to cover his quickly growing dick.

Fuck's sake, could the day get any worse? Splicer got up and began to wash his face.

"You're not going to finish the job?" Jack said with a pout.

"Fuck you man... Get off my turf. Oh and, For the record, this is why I always had better improv game than you..." Splicer left the background, shaking the water from his paws.

"I wasn't joking..." Jack whined in the empty bathroom as he took his time to button up his shirt and quell his excitement. He looked at his reflection, Splicer was always the one to play that card when things hit the fan. That time was different, it felt more real than the usual ploy. Either he got better, or it wasn't a ploy anymore...

Splicer sat back at the table, to a fresh glass, things seemed to be as lively as he left it and he paused for a story before reintegrating. Jack game out five minutes late, looking oddly out of breath, he sat back down and ate his meal. He rested his hand under his muzzle, pinky on the left side of his face. He wanted to know more about the group Splicer was with.

Again?

_ _

_ _ Splicer took another sip of his drink, he wondered how long the food would be.

"Is that so? Tell me more..." Splicer was listening to Laguna talking about something, he wasn't sure what. He placed both elbows on the table and placed both hands under his muzzle. He was trying to look interested as he had his muzzle resting in between his two crossed index fingers. Jack sighed, paid for his meal, and left. The food came to the table.

Splicer's was presented in front of him, in a dog dish, without utensils. He began to understand the snickering.

"Your pet's specialty sir~" Allie said, not to Splicer but Laguna.

Splicer sighed, at least it looked great... He leaned his muzzle in to take a lick at the thick broth. But all he got was the rough taste of a gator hand.

"I'm afraid," Allie snickered "This is a floor only sort of meal..."

Splicer sighed.

Of course it is... why wouldn't it be?