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Earlier that night as Blake confronted Nathan there was a club that was open across the town, one that catered to slightly more exotic tastes that Ramon and Gerald entered into. Their first stop was a small lobby that had the bouncer as well as a selection of gear that the two ignored while they walked up to the rather large rhino that was in a pair of rubber shorts and tank top. "Ramon, welcome back," the bouncer said as soon as he saw who came up to him. "I don't remember you being on the list today to show your wares."

"I actually have a very special client that wanted me to meet him here," Ramon said as he held up the large leather satchel next to him. "I had some new toys that he would enjoy and your fine establishment is the best place to tie him up while trying them out."

"Ain't that the truth," the rhino said with a chuckle. "Alright, head on in, just remember that there's no solicitation while you're in there, unless it's the number of your friend there." Gerald just smiled and gave the rhino a wink before walking past him and into the club proper. Like any fetish club the main area had people mostly in some gear enjoying themselves or watching the performers put their rubber-clad bodies on display as the bartenders in back mix them drinks, but what the falcon was heading for was the back rooms where he had sometimes found himself.

This time wasn't for his own personal fun however and as he looked at his phone he had gotten a text from the one that they were supposed to meet that they were already waiting for him. Though Ramon had dealt with this particular customer a few times he wanted Gerald not only for back-up but also to be a bit of distraction with the other man as the two went to a nearby changing room to get out of their street clothes. While the falcon had opted for a chest harness and a rubber thong to show off his form he insisted that the hunky bull get into a catsuit in order to highlight all his muscles. If they had actually been going out clubbing they would have turned some heads but this time the aliens were there for a very specific mission as they went into the room where their client would be in.

"Vincent!" Ramon exclaimed as he walked over to the large Clydesdale and gave him a hug, the horse only wearing a jock himself as he squeezed the falcon tight before Ramon gestured towards the bull. "This is Gerald, he is actually helping me out with a few things and wanted to see how I worked. I do hope you don't mind a bit of an audience?"

"Of course not," Vincent replied as he looked up and down the bull's form once more. "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine, you know that Ramon. So what is this new toy you've created that you had me book a room here to try out?"

"Well this one takes a little bit of prep work," Ramon replied as he motioned to the straps that hung from the ceiling. "Also I noticed that what you're wearing is a bit... thin, do you still have that little number I like? The one you wore to that fair that we both participated in?"

"The full enclosure suit?" Vincent asked, Ramon nodding his head as he petted the pectoral muscles of the horse. "Well I didn't know exactly what to expect so I thought that I would dress down, but if that's what you want then I can certainly do that. I left it with everything else in my personal locker, let me just go get it and you can help me get it on."

The falcon patted the excited horse on the shoulder and gave him a nod before watching him leave, the expressions on the faces of him and the bull falling away since they had a second alone. "Are you sure that you want to use this one for your experiment?" Gerald asked as they got the bindings ready for Vincent's return. "I can certainly see that he fits the size requirements and he's really into you."

"Vincent works from home and is a social recluse when he's not in rubber," Ramon explained as he started to get things ready. "If this experiment works then we can transport him to the hive and have him ready for Ivan's party in a few days, no one would even miss him except for his work and he can take care of that like Arthur did with his schooling if it came to that. Just make sure to turn up Gerald's dominance if you can, there's a reason I'm having him wear that get-up aside from making him look good."

Gerald chuckled at that and continued to put everything where the falcon had wanted him to with straps being looped through the holders on the ceiling and floor. It was a rather complex process and by the time they were done the door opened once more and the horse had come back in. Gerald did a double take as the confident Clydesdale in the rubber jock was replaced with a gimp that was in full pony play gear. His entire body was covered head to toe in the shiny material and his head had on a bit and bridle that connected to the collar that was wrapped around his neck while his stocky chest and legs had on a number of straps with cuffs around his ankles and wrists.

"Now that is a pretty pony," Ramon said with a grin as he reached up and undid the gear that was on Vincent's head. "I actually have something different for you to try though when it comes to that, so I don't want any bucking broncos, you got that?" Vincent nodded his head and Ramon rewarded him with a kiss on the nose before patting the side of his muzzle. "Good boy, now my trainer here is going to get you nice and tied up while I prepare my new product."

Ramon went back to his bag and it was Gerald's turn to take control, and though the alien creature felt the desire to just plunge his tongue into the submissive creature he knew that they weren't just here to convert another. The bull was also there to provide a secondary account of things since Chaz wanted multiple nodes there in order to document what was going on, like having multiple cameras filming a scene. The alien bovine was more than happy to lend a hand though, especially when he took the man that was almost as big as him and hoisted his arms up so that he could tie the cuffs up to the straps they had hung there. It was clear that Vincent was enjoying every second of it and when he tried to rub up against him Gerald grinned and playfully pushed him back while wagging a finger in front of his face.

Gerald watched Vincent visibly shudder in delight and as the bull rubbed down the smooth rubber body while hooking up more straps to the harness that the horse wore. With his alien strength it was easy ofr him to get the other man so that he was suspended from the ground, which was where they wanted him as he became more restrained with every strap. Eventually the bull got all the way down to the hooves of the other man and pulled the legs apart so that they were in separated before chaining them up. The end result was Vincent dangling there in his rubber suit, his body glistening in the light as his maleness was the only thing exposed and was throbbing in the air.

Once everything was finished with the restraints it was Ramon's turn to step up, the falcon rubbing Vincent's groin while sliding something up his drooling member. To the untrained eye it looked like a tentacle that was also a cock sheath, and while in essence that's what it was there was far more too it as the horse twitched with every inch that disappeared inside of it. Though the stallion was rather impressively endowed already the addition of the sheath gave his cock an otherworldly appearance and as the alien rubber heated up it already began to twitch in response to the lusts of the horse. But that was the second part of the experiment, the first part Ramon had set up underneath the suspended stallion in the form of a huge rubber dildo tentacle that had a number of swollen orbs that went down the tapered shaft.

Ramon patted Vincent on the flanks and nodded to Gerald, who adjusted the bindings so that he was no longer hanging in the air, but as soon as his rubber covered hooves hit the ground the tip of the huge dildo also was pushed up inside of him. The action caused the horse to shift and sway but with nothing to grab onto and no way to steady himself the Clydesdale had to rely on his own leg strength in order to keep himself from being completely unimpaled. The straps would keep him upright but that was all and as he shifted his position it caused another inch of the slimy rubber shaft to slide up into him until he felt the first orb resting between his thick cheeks. With their work done both Ramon and Gerald went to a part of the room and waited, their faces becoming expressionless as they eagerly watched their experiment unfold.

With the blindfold on the hood that Vincent wore being over his eyes the horse couldn't see what was happening to him, but that just made it all the better as he let out a huff from something being pushed up into his tailhole. While he was definitely no stranger to things in there as he slowly slid himself down he felt something bigger press against his butt that interrupted the flow of the otherwise smooth appendage. Did this dildo come with some sort of knot? When he tried to ask what he was feeling Ramon just shushed him and said that it was a surprise, and if he wanted to be a good pony and find out he just needed to lower himself down more.

Between the straps keeping him partially suspended and his own legs, along with the several inches of rubber inside of him, it was easy enough for him to keep supporting himself while he tried to slide his way down. Whatever they had put on his cock was starting to warm up and though it was heavy at first he could feel his own arousal starting to lift it upwards. He imagined that Ramon was probably recording this, his body shivering as he imagined being teased with it later on what a slutty pony he was. More than once they had finished a product demonstration with him begging for the Falcon to take him and more often than not he was obliged, though for the moment he was just attempting to get past the first swollen node in this dildo that was underneath him.

Eventually Vincent just pushed himself down and let out a loud gasp as it finally popped inside him, which caused his entire body to shake once he had gotten his ring of muscle around it. As soon as it got into him it was like his insides enveloped it and when he tried to pull out he found it to be no easy task. He could get a little higher up though and as he attempted to push down to the second one he found that he soon reached a second orb within the shaft. With his body shaking from the first time and one already deep inside of him he didn't know if he could do it without becoming a sweaty mess, and after the first two attempts he wanted to give himself a breather and started to pull himself back up a bit.

As he did thought Vincent felt something odd, especially as he continued to go up the length of the dildo. He had expected to stop when he got to the first orb that he had already got inside of him, but when it didn't seem to happen he found himself squeezing his inner walls to try and get a feel of it. When he couldn't he tried to slide off of the dildo but found that the way he had been positioned made it impossible, no matter what he always had at least a few inches of it inside of him and as he shifted it caused him to slide back down towards the second orb.

For Ramon and Gerald they knew exactly where that first orb had gone, the two watching as it had been swallowed up by the tailhole of the horse and eventually a small dome appeared in the somewhat barrel-stomached man. The cock of the stallion had also started to lift up of its own accord as the alien rubber integrated with it; while it wasn't a necessary part of the experiment they were doing it was something that Ramon had developed he wanted to try out. It was clearly starting to have an effect in both ways as the Clydesdale tried to stand up again only slip slightly and slide back down to the second orb that had moved up a bit since his last attempt. As Vincent let out a grunt the two watched as the sphere that was already in his stomach began to grow as well.

The horse found himself shaking his head to try and clear the fog out of his mind as the second orb began to slide up into his hole. While he wasn't sure he wanted to take another one after he couldn't find the first his attempts to slide off had just put him deeper down onto the dildo filling him. He also felt something in his stomach that was a bit unsettling, but he chalked it up to the rubber tentacle stretching him out. When his concentration lapsed he felt the second orb push up into him past his tailhole, once more causing him to thrash about in pure euphoria as his cock was practically jutting out form his groin at this point. As he panted heavily he swore he could feel something shifting inside him that wasn't the dildo, but before he could focus on it he already sunk down far enough that the third one was starting to nudge its way inside.

With the bridle and bit out of Vincent's mouth he opened his mouth to let out a low moan as the second alien egg slipped into him to join the first, which had already grown to stretch out his stomach to the point that he looked like he had eaten a beach ball. That was the purpose of the first egg and soon the two alien creatures could sense that the outside had just cracked, which caused the horse to tremble. The maleness of the horse throbbed with each time the alien parasite within him started to shift and move, the rubber lengthening and moving of its own accord. The creation of their new creature had officially begun and both the alien falcon and bull waited to see how it would progress.

As the minutes passed for Vincent his body began to feel warmer, and not just from the rubber he wore as the third sphere pushed up inside of him. At this point he knew that there was something squirming around inside of him but by this point he had two more of the spheres in him and a fourth one that was already beginning to pop into his tailhole. He hadn't thought that he sank any further and yet the fourth one was pulled into him like his hole was swallowing it, but he couldn't focus on that or that his belly was starting to feel full as his head began to feel fuzzy. It was more than just the intense pleasure he felt, and as his legs began to quiver it felt like something was spreading inside of him and creeping up the back of his neck.

Soon alien information began to flood into Vincent's memories and combined with the sensations of the dildo, the increasing feeling of fullness inside of him, and the sensation of his cock growing bigger was too much for the Clydesdale. He slumped forward and hung there in his bindings as the dildo underneath him fed him more and more eggs, which caused his stomach to grow lumpy from the storage while his maleness grew even bigger. With his head hanging down the rubber tentacle slithered upwards and pushed into his maw, which started to leak the shiny black substance down it as one of the orbs started to push out from inside the base of his new alien appendage and travel upwards.

Gerald and Roman stood up when they saw the horse's new cock started to get sucked on by its owner, the two seeing the rubber suit of the horse bulging and swelling as it was converted. "So I see that you created an ovipositor," Gerald said as he watched the first egg that had traveled up the shaft of the horse slide down into his throat where the tip was lodged in. "That will be useful for when we need to get several people infested at once."

"Yeah, though it appears we still have the same problem with these new parasites," Ramon said as he poked the Clydesdale only to watch him shudder in pleasure and let out a muffled moan while sucking his own alien cock. "He's still completely out for the count, he may be able to contain all the parasites in the hive but we can't just have a bunch of guards lying around waiting for the new programming to take hold. Also he's going to look really strange with that stomach just jutting out like that."

"Oh, that part is rather easy to fix," Gerald stated as he leaned down and began to push on the stomach of the horse, which began to deflate as the outlines of the alien eggs that the dildo had fed into the creature were pushed back. "When we said that we wanted to make an incubator that we can have multiple parasites in Chaz made it so the anatomy of this one would be much different from anyone else, kind of like Anthony. Now he probably shouldn't see the inside of an x-ray, but I think if any of us get in one then-"

Gerald didn't get to finish his sentence as the tentacle cock that had been inside of Vincent's mouth had slid out and pushed into his own, causing him to fall back onto his butt as it pushed inside of him. While Ramon moved to help the bull waved him off as he saw one of the spheres heading directly towards him, and as the alien bovine began to suck on the thick appendage they watched as the egg quickly pushed down the shaft and stretched out his maw. There were a few moments where Gerald huffed through his nose but after pushing as much of the horse's shaft into his maw as he could the egg got to his throat where he swallowed it down. Once he had finished the ovipositor slid out of him and the bull took a deep breath as Ramon helped him to his feet.

"Whoa... that's... interesting," Gerald said as he looked back at the quivering horse. "I know... quite a bit about him now, Vincent that is. One thing is I don't think that we'll have to worry about him wanting to be in rubber, and he hates his job."

"Well that's good to hear," Ramon said.

"Yeah, and I know a lot more than that out of him already,' Gerald said as he stroked the top of the horse's head. "What information did we load up into those eggs with the parasites?"

"Um, nothing really," Ramon stated. "Why?"

"I think that these eggs are capable of harvesting and storing a lot of information," Gerald said. "More than the parasites at least, which means in a pinch if we needed to get quite a bit of information into someone at once and can't risk the download maybe we could give them something like this, or they could get something ready that they could pass to us when they have access."

"Someone like Fawn," Ramon continued as a smile crossed his beak. "Gerald, your node is a genius, we need to let Chaz and Blake know so that we can figure out how to utilize this to our advantage before the party."

During that morning Nathan and Blake shared the information with Daniel, not only about the warthog that the leopard node had been keeping secret from the rest of the network but also the intense discussion that they had that night. The wolf node couldn't believe that he had completely forgotten about his old boss and the two could tell that the anger he had for him had come back in spades. "We still don't know if he's the one behind Alister yet," Nathan said as he saw Daniel's hands ball up into fists. "Calm your host down Daniel, the last thing any of us needs to do is something rash."

"Nathan is right," Blake said with a nod. "Right now the fact this guy wants to try and join us, or even if he's pretending too, means that we currently have a chance to flip this around. All we need is a chance to get this guy alone in a private place and then he's one of us and he can feed all the misinformation to the warthog or whomever is looking into us."

Daniel sighed and put his hands against his head, shaking it before he finally became somewhat vacant like the other two that sat around him. "This one still feels remorse for letting the host's emotions take over and put the hive in jeopardy," Daniel said. "I will make sure to keep such things in check so that we can preserve the integrity of the network. But what do we do now, while it's good that he's trying to contact us this Detective knows our base of operations and at least a few of our members."

While Nathan told him not to worry and that they had everything under control the truth was that the other two aliens didn't know what to do. As much as the wanted to go back and disseminate the information to the rest of the hive they were too close to the party now to potentially expose Jacques, and while they still had the athletes from the university that they have been cultivating those nodes would have to catch up on a lot to be particularly effective. The wolf node was also right that at the moment if they made any move against Alister that he didn't like he could just take what he already had and make their lives a nightmare, whether it was to his boss or to the local news outlets.

The three had decided to take care of the matter personally, especially since it sounded like Ramon had the rest of the hive wrapped up in some sort of project that they started working on late into the night. The problem was that they had no way of contacting Alister, at least not until Daniel came up with the idea of trying to find the private investigation office that he held. The alien python couldn't believe that he hadn't thought of that sooner and as soon as he put in the right search terms he found Alister's phone number and office location. When Blake suggested that perhaps they go and pay him a visit Nathan shook his head and suspected that if they did it might show that they're trying to be less than trustworthy as he dialed the number on the screen.

Though the call went straight to voicemail Nathan left a message saying that they were willing to meet and agreed to the terms that he had set before hanging up. Even as Blake and Daniel continued to try and think of ways that they could possibly intercept the kimono dragon all the alien python could do was figure out how to get in contact with them. He... the network had put everything on getting to Ivan at this party and if they didn't have the tiger signing the contract papers to buy the mall by Monday than they were in big trouble, and a private investigator following them around would not make things look good if he got caught. But as he thought about that an epiphany came to him and he told the other two to stay where they were before heading upstairs and grabbing some supplies from his closet.

A few minutes later Nathan stepped out of his house and held up the sign that he had just created, which simply had the word deal in all capital letters on it. He waited for a few minutes and as he stood there on the porch of his house he saw one of the cars that was parked on the street get out of its space and start to drive towards him. "You all aren't as dumb as you look," Alister said as he poked his head out from the passenger side window that had been rolled down. "Where are your friends?"

"They're inside," Nathan said. "That's where they'll stay too if you want it. I'll show you what you want, but you have to promise that you won't get in our way when we try to keep what we have. After that you can take all the time you need in order to decide whether or not you want to dive in with us or just go our separate ways."

There was a moment of pause from the reptilian creature as he scratched the scales of his neck, Nathan noting the skin that flaked off of them before the kimono dragon nodded and opened the passenger door. "I hope you don't mind if I keep a little insurance policy while we're out and about," Alister said as Nathan saw that there was a loaded pistol on the detective's lap. "If I see any of your friends, or anyone in general, coming towards us I'm going to make sure that me ruining whatever you got planned will be the least of your problems."

Nathan found himself hesitating for a second before he nodded and got inside the car, Alister holding the pistol right at his midsection before he began to drive. Once they got going the python decided to go with the plan he had formulated while down in that basement, one that was inspired by what Blake had said the night before as he told the detective that he as well as all the friends he saw, were actually aliens using the creatures he saw as hosts. The detective did a small double-take but told him to go on, and Nathan proceeded to go into detail from the time that he had crawled into the real Nathan's ear and took him over to the point where they were about to try and convert one of the richest men on earth that had his own personal harem. When he finished they had gotten to the parking lot of the mall and though the kimono dragon continued to point the gun at him those yellow eyes stared blankly ahead.

"I'll have to admit boy, you tell a good story," Alister said with a sigh. "There's something in the trade that we like to call the impossible truth, where the more ridiculous something sounds the more likely that it's actually true. Either you read way too many sci-fi books or you really are what you say you are."

"I can show you as well if you like," Nathan said as he gestured around. "As you can see there aren't many people that go behind the mall but it's still close enough that a gunshot will attract all kinds of attention, which means that I can try and give you a taste of what we've been doing. I can't do much though because I don't want to risk the integrity of my host but if you believe what you see and what I told you then I think it's enough to continue, right?"

Alister nodded but before Nathan started the kimono dragon got out of the car, though he kept his hands on the other side of the window with the gun hidden enough that most wouldn't see it. After he believed he was safe he told the python to go on and dazzle him and the alien took a deep breath. While he had altered his body before it was to make things easier or more efficient, this would be a purely cosmetic change and one that he wasn't used to. After thinking about what he could do that would cause the least potential damage he remembered Arthur and concentrated on that.

Even though the alien creature closed his eyes he could sense that Alister was watching him intently while he focused the alien nature of his body up into his mouth. His breathing intensified as he used his energy all on the inside of his mouth, which turned a deep black including his teeth. He could feel the alien rubber shifting about and after making sure he didn't drool all over the clothes he was wearing or the car seat he slowly let his jaws distend. He heard the detective's breath catch in his throat as nearly a dozen tentacles wiggled their way in the air from the python's maw, some of them stretching out nearly a foot in length before he quickly retracted them in.

When Nathan managed to reform his serpentine snout to make sure there was nothing alien left exposed he opened his eyes and turned towards the driver side door his head tilted in confusion when there was no one there. At first he thought that the detective had run off but as he got out of the car and looked around he didn't see anyone fleeing from him at a high rate of speed. The sight made the python scratch his head but as he started to move around the front he could hear wheezing that was steadily growing louder by the second. Nathan's eyes widened as he got to the other side of the car and saw the kimono dragon on the ground clutching his chest with the gun lying next to him.

"I... I don't know what to do," Nathan said, though as he allowed information to bubble up he found one that he could perform rather easily. "Ah, I'll call emergency services, they should help."

To Nathan's surprise the kimono dragon waved him off and gestured towards his coat pocket as best he could. When the python reached in he heard something rattle and pulled out a bottle of pills, which he opened and handed to the other man. Alister grabbed two of them as best he could and dropped them into his mouth, then as the shakes he was experiencing slowed he reached into his inner pocket and pulled out a flask. That can't be healthy, Nathan thought to himself as he watched the kimono dragon take a swig, then cough a few times before his breathing steadied.

Once it looked like Alister wasn't about to keel over and die on him he helped the kimono dragon to a sitting position, using the car as a backrest as he took another drink while Nathan examined the bottle of pills. "You aren't just looking to repair a bum hip and leg," Nathan said as he tossed the bottle back to the kimono dragon. "We converted someone that is currently going to medical school; the pills your taking, the impaired movement, the flaking scales... you're not just sick either, are you?"

"Nah kid, I'm dying," Alister said, groaning as he sat up as best he could. "Been that way for a while, though it seems every day the reaper takes another step towards me he's been getting a bigger gait than before. The money the warthog was going to pay me would have went to a few last ditch efforts in order to try and extend my life, but when I saw that wolf of yours do what he did I knew that I had to look into it."

Nathan nodded and sat down next to the kimono dragon as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. "So now you know," Nathan said. "I'm not going to lie, your skills and experience would be extremely useful to the network, but it's hard for me to wrap my mind around you accepting your assimilation willfully. Once you join us there is no going back, everything that makes you what you are will be absorbed into the network and you're body will be a host for one of us."

"Are you really sure about that?" Alister said as he reached into his pocket once more, taking a drag of his cigarette while he pulled out a tape recorder and Nathan suddenly heard his argument he had with Blake last night. When the alien python looked at him in shock the kimono dragon chuckled and looked down while he put the recorder back. "I bugged your house, so go ahead and arrest me, but from the sound of it you're having a little identity crisis yourself."

"There are always certain... obstacles to overcome when it comes to assimilating a new species," the alien python said.

"Yeah, that's bullshit," Alister replied. "I want you to tell me about you, just one thing. It can't be about your host or this hive that you're building, I want to know about the... what did you call yourself, the python node."

Nathan was about to say that his node was a computer programmer but he remembered the rules, not to mention that knowledge had been assimilated into the hive a long time ago, and as he tried to think of something about himself it caused him to become very... uncomfortable. "There is nothing about me in particular," Nathan finally said. "Our kind are a hivemind, we assimilate species and take over planets to expand our knowledge network. We are typically not invited to parties."

"A joke! It tells a joke!" Alister exclaimed, laughing once more before he went into a coughing fit, then turned to Nathan. "Tell me, are your kind known for telling jokes? Or how about saving the life of someone that was threatening to expose them when they could have just let me died right here and walked away, which wouldn't the latter be the more logical, calculating decision that you say one of your kind is known for?"

"I... it was a rash decision fueled by information given by my host," the alien python stated.

"Oh really, so you are the cold, heartless bastard you say you are?" Alister asked with a smirk, taking a drag of his cigarette with a smirk as Nathan nodded. "Well, my gun is right there, you could easily take it and force me into your hive. Or you could just put a round in me and run into that mall where I'm sure you'd have all manner of people cover for your location."

Nathan found himself looking at the gun that was on the ground, which had been sitting between them since the kimono dragon had collapsed. His brows furrowed as he realized he could just end this here, that he was given an opening in order to not only make their problems go away but find out everything they needed from the detective as well as gain his skills by forcing him into the hive. As he slowly reached out for it the other man made no motion to try and fight him for it, but there was something that was pulling the alien down from taking the logical solution. His fingers flexed several times and finally he reached down to grab the weapon, but sighed and held it to the detective while looking away.

"Seems you might have assimilated a little more than you can chew with this species, or perhaps you've been given the bad rap so long that your kind just assume it nowadays," Alister said as he took the gun and slowly stood up with a groan. "Also I'll let you in on a little trick, if you want to really know someone sometimes a good bluff is better than a great hand." Nathan continued to sit there confused until Alister flicked the gun to expose the chamber and revealed that it was empty. "Alright, let's go see this hive of yours that's going to take over the world or whatever."

Nathan found himself at a loss for words as he watched the kimono dragon limp his way over towards the back entrance of the mall, pausing only to motion for the python still sitting there to get up and follow him. After the conversation he had just had it made him wonder just how much Alister actually knew coming into this little test of his, though he doubted that the heart palpitations were staged considering the medication he was on. Everything else though felt like a test of character and from the looks of it he had passed, which was almost as head-spinning as the fact that anyone would want to join them willingly. Everyone in the hive had at least been enticed and taken by surprised, which prompted the python to wiggle a finger in his own ear, so to see someone come in knowing what's going to happen to them was something that he found... rather fascinating.

When they got to the third floor through the back entryway Nathan stripped down out of his clothes, and though he asked Alister if he wanted to do the same he shook his head and just took the things out of his pockets to go inside. When they walked in the alien python saw that most of the hive was there, all of them turning to see that he wasn't alone as they all had various looks between confusion and shock. Daniel and Blake were also there and immediately walked up to him when they saw the detective in tow.

"Are you insane?" Blake asked. "I know that we had a pretty deep discussion last night but I didn't think you were going to start inviting people into the hive unannounced like this."

"If it makes you feel better I didn't either," Nathan said before he got Chaz's attention, the muscular lizardman immediately walking over to them while his eyes continued to watch the detective as he poked one of the cocoons. "I need you to do a full work-up on that host, the hiccup is that he's probably got a month left to live and given the way he smokes and drinks it's probably a generous assumption."

Chaz nodded and went over to the kimono dragon, smacking his hand away from him poking the washboard abs of one of the cocooned alien men and walking him back towards the actual office area of the shop. "So what did he say?" Daniel asked nervously. "It seems like since he's here you want him to join us."

"There is a certain depth to his experience and his skills as a detective would be useful to the entire hive," Nathan explained. "As soon as we get him squared away I want everything he's got uploaded into Arthur and spread to as many of our nodes as possible. Unfortunately we won't be able to get to the ones on the campus but one of us can get Jacques as we set up to deal with Ivan."

"I still don't like this," Blake said. "He could be trying to trick us, maybe lulling us into a false sense of security. What did you tell him to get him up here in the first place?"

"I told him everything I could," Nathan replied, watching both the alien wolf and leopard's jaw drop. "While it's an extremely inefficient way of conveying information he seemed to get the idea of what we are doing here and after that he told me the real reason why he wanted to look into us. I... guess I trusted him, like he trusted us."

For a few seconds both Daniel and Blake stood their speechless, eventually the wolf shaking his head as he walked away while the leopard patted Nathan on the shoulders. "Look at you, finally accepting some of these strange alien concepts," Blake said. "Man, I can not wait until this guy gets integrated so I can see what he said to you that brought this about, but until then Ramon and Gerald have some very fascinating insights into packet data transfers that I think you'll like."

Nathan nodded and went over to where the others were standing, which was around a large hose man dressed in a rubber suit with a very swollen gut. Ramon had just brought Vincent back after he had fully been converted and while he was hooked up to the hive the falcon explained that he and Gerald had a theory about using the alien eggs they had developed to not only pass information between themselves but also to non-converted targets. While the eggs couldn't turn anyone into an alien host like them the information could be used to entice them by targeting the envy and greed these creatures had. They could also load more eggs into one of Ramon's toys than just the standard parasites and they were a bit more stable, which meant they could be outside the body longer.

Just as Daniel asked if they could be used to house a parasite within Chaz came back and motioned for Nathan to come back to the office with him. The alien python could tell even with the usual blank expressions that they carried on their faces that it was not good news and as they walked back into the other room they saw Alister sitting there with a cigarette. "So I have some bad news," Chaz said as he immediately reached across the desk and put it out before continuing. "Even without doing the usual workup on our new friend here I don't think that his body is going to handle being a host."

"What?" Nathan replied. "But we've fixed things in all our hosts; before Arthur became a hub he went from overweight orca to having muscles like a professional athlete. Hammond had that liver condition and we fixed that too."

"Yeah, after some time," Chaz replied with a sigh. "Look, even if we cocoon him there's a very real chance that the stress that gets put on his heart alone is going to end up killing him, not to mention his lungs, liver, kidneys... not to mention the host of hidden problems that he probably has. With all the damage that's already been done even if we do get him to be a host we could probably make that body last maybe a few years tops, there's just not enough to build on to make successful alterations."

Though the kimono dragon just shrugged at that Nathan couldn't believe what he was hearing. Chaz had been spending the entire time figure out how to alter their host bodies in order to do incredible things, and he couldn't even keep one old reptile alive? But deep down through the knowledge that they synchronized he knew that it was the truth; all the mutations and alterations that their bodies go through are built off of the original material that they were given, although they could get some extra from the hive itself it was mostly inert and couldn't be used for much more than data transference. As Alister got up and said that sometimes things are just written in the cards and said that he'd still tell him everything that suddenly wasn't good enough for Nathan, and as he used the hive's knowledge to come up with a solution he asked Alister what he would be willing to give up in order to not have to live with the pain of his body anymore.

"I mean, I suppose I would just give about anything," Alister replied. "It's the whole reason that I decided to abandon the one paying me and reach out to a bunch of guys that turned out to be aliens, why?"

"Because I have an idea that has a fairly decent chance of working," Nathan said. "I can't really explain it though and I don't know if it's going to work, but if you really want to integrate with the hive then this might be your only shot. The only question, is there anyone that would miss your presence at all?"

Chaz looked at the alien python in question but Nathan just motioned for the kimono dragon to get up out of his seat once he said that he was a loner by nature and brought him back into the hive. "Hey, you don't need me to get naked or anything, right?" Alister said as he looked at the others that weren't wearing clothes. "I mean, if I was thirty years younger I might consider this a dream, but nowadays even my doctor tells me it's alright to keep my pants on."

There was a chuckle that went around the hive and Nathan said that he didn't need to take anything off as he had him take a spot up next to one of the overgrown shelving units. Once Alister was in place the python climbed up the shelves and made his way towards one of the storage pods that hung in the ceiling; it didn't have anyone in it but contained the alien rubber they used to spread their hive in a liquid form, which after imprinting the idea that he had into it he cut off of the feeding tube and held the end of the sack to keep it from leaking. There were a few brief trickles of the shiny substances that came out of the cut vine before it sealed itself off and as Nathan looked down he lined everything up before releasing the contents.

Alister was just about to light up another cigarette when the rain of liquid alien rubber crashed down on him, which after the torrent was done he flicked it away and looked down at himself. The others that were watching in rapt fascination at what the python node had planned noticed that the thick substance was waiting down the clothing that the kimono dragon wore, which as the reptilian detective tried to pull up his coat to investigate a large clump of it fell away from the rest and fell onto the shiny black floor. Soon his tie followed suit and even his pants, making him briefly look like he was wearing shorts before his belt drooped and fell away. As Alister looked up at where Nathan sat he started to ask if this was just a ploy to embarrass him in front of his friends only for his last few words to start to gurgle.

As the kimono dragon brought his hands up to his face in surprise his fingers actually pushed into the rubber that covered his snout, though it was clear that it wasn't just covering it as he pulled his hands away only to have his digits drip off. With most of his clothing completely deteriorated his body looked featureless and thin, and when he brought the stubs of his hands to his groin he found that his maleness had been absorbed back into his body even before his pants had fallen away. Though the others could see a surprised look on his face they could all start to sense that there was a sense of awe and curiousness that the detective had, a sensation that those that had their feet on the thickening floor of the hive could feel growing. There was also more than just the feelings; everyone on the floor gasped as they suddenly felt the information and skills that the detective had flowing through them, and as they watched as the feet of the melting kimono dragon merged with the rubber beneath they knew what Nathan's plan for Alister was.

The detective was becoming a literal part of the hive.

As Nathan watched Alister try and pull up his tail only to have it slough off and turn to more of the alien goo in his arms the python grinned as he could also sense the detective within. He was the perfect creature to try this out on; while they could have direct access to his skills and memories his situational awareness and deductive reasoning would be perfect to have as a constant while they grew the hive out. The alien rubber that surrounded them would no longer just be building material or for cocoon construction, with this he was giving Alister access to everything that they had built. It was a lot to put on one person but with him not being a host it was the next best thing, and he sensed that the detective would put it to good use.

The alien python hopped down as he watched the formless torso and head sink into the growing pool of rubber, walking over to the others as they just kept staring at the puddle that Alister had become. "Well, that's one way to integrate someone into the hive," Chaz said. "Of course now he can't leave here."

"Considering the benefits that he will be getting I don't think he will mind," Nathan replied. "Plus we're going to be expanding the hive soon, once we get Ivan to sign those papers."

"I like this new confident node we have," Blake stated with a wink to Nathan. "Alright, let's see if we can finalize some plans here for Ivan. While I'm sure everyone would like to sync up to get the knowledge and skills the detective had lets give him a chance to integrate with his new out of body experience, we still have plenty of work to do and not a lot of time to do it."

As the others started to get to work on their various projects, most of them connecting to the hub via a tentacle sticking out of their tailholes with another one enveloping their cocks, Nathan could sense something else under his feet that prompted him to go towards the utility closet. It was a small area that had gotten so grown over in sheets of alien rubber that it was mostly forgotten, which also made it the only semi-private space in the entire hive. As he got there the shiny material on the wall began to warp and deform, at first looking like it was melting before a shape began to push out of it. As Nathan watched he slowly saw the head of the kimono dragon push its way out, and while the python had never seen the other man naked he was pretty sure that he wasn't a well-muscled reptilian body with a thick, heavy cock to match.

"Now this is a body," Alister said with a chuckle as he flexed his new form, which was still slightly gooey. "Here you were going to make me stay in that clunker of a host form when you had something like this waiting in the wings?"

"I didn't really think of it until you came in," Nathan replied as he pressed gently on the firm chest of the other man and found him to be still a bit spongy, which made sense given his form was completely made out of the same alien rubber as the wall. While all their host bodies had some semblance of it inside of them the detective was the first to be fully comprised of the substance. "I hope you don't mind the fact that you might be confined here for a while."

"Better here than the inside of a pine box," Alister said as he flexed his new biceps before he looked at Nathan. "I'm still integrating with the hive but I can see all the nodes that have been created and thanks to Arthur I'm learning everything, but I know that you wanted to know about who hired me and I want to personally download that into you via the usual information transfer."

As Nathan looked down as the nearly two-foot-long member that Alister had given himself the alien python couldn't help but chuckle. "I'm going to regret integrating you in here, I just know it," Nathan replied. "You're going to have to shrink down a bit in order to fit, I may have augmented stretching but that'll rearrange all my organs and I don't think I want to be quite like Vincent yet."

"Ahh, he makes another joke," Alister said as he tapped the floor. "When you melted me down to goo you gave the hive the ability to create avatars like these, even if you already have a host body. Just allow it to cocoon you temporarily and you'll see what I mean."

Looks like the detective was already making new discoveries, Nathan thought to himself as he nodded and pressed his back against a particularly thick section of rubber up against the wall. For a short while nothing seemed to happen but as he stood there he felt his body sink into it while his feet were engulfed. The sensation of the rubber crawling across his skin was amazing in itself and as tendrils began to push into his ears he felt a tentacle of the substance pull his head upwards. As the top of his head was slid into the viscous substance he had to close his eyes with the rubber melting into it, only to open them a few seconds later staring at the ceiling once more.

This time Nathan found himself facing the wall and as he took a step back he quickly gathered that he was no longer in his body as the gooey rubber formed the rest of his body. Unlike his host form he no longer needed to breathe and as he reached his shiny arm up into the air he found he could bend it in any direction. When he was finally completely free from the wall he turned around and saw the molded outline of a python on the other side of the closet, the chest slowly moving up and down as his entire body was encased save for his nostrils. The alien python also noticed he was completely erect and when he stroked it with his hand he shuddered as it felt like he had just stroked the member attached to this body.

The entire time Alister watched the python with bemused interest as he explored his body, then poked him on the shoulder. "I think it's time to start that download," the kimono dragon node said. "It will definitely be my pleasure to share everything with you."

Nathan nodded and asked what position he would like to be in, which the bigger rubber creature had the python get plastered up against the wall. As he hung there he felt his body adhere to the alien rubber and keep him up as the muscular kimono dragon gave his cock a few rubs before putting the tip up underneath his tail. With their bodies made of the same substance there was no need for preparation or having to get used to the length and girth, though as the Python felt every inch of that two foot length slide up inside of him it caused him to squirm in pure pleasure. It was clear that Alister knew what he was doing and with their malleable forms he was able to pound every inch of his member into the python, which Nathan could see him stretching out his stomach with how big he was while the data came flowing into his mind.

As with every other node that had been created Nathan absorbed the information that came from the creature that he had converted, which turned out to be a lot given the extensive life that the detective had lived. It turned out having such a huge cock stretching him open turned out to make the downloading easier as there was more contact between them, especially when the pythons squishy body was pressed against the walls and their tongues pushed into one another's maws. While his skills and talents were important to try and absorb there was also the last case that he had worked before joining them, the one that resulted in him with a rather handsome, muscular version of his own body created from alien rubber. As he focused in on one memory in particular he found himself inside his office, or rather the office of the detective when the phone rang.

"This is Alister," Alister said as he measured out the pills he was supposed to take and popped them in his mouth before drinking down the glass of whisky he had poured himself. "I'm actually not taking on any new clients, I'm having a few health issues at the moment and I was looking to lighten my case load a bit."

"That's actually what I'm calling you about," Alister heard on the other line, a gruff, odious voice that made the kimono dragon frown in disgust. "I happen to know about your medical problems and would like to provide you with a generous stipend in order to help get you back into shape."

"Sounds like you already are a detective," Alister replied curtly. "Don't need me on the case."

"Wait!" the voice replied. "I have vital use of your services and I can pay five times the usual rate, plus pull a few strings at the local hospital to help you get the care you need. In exchange all I ask is to keep abreast on a former employee of mine."

Alister sighed and rubbed his brows, then looked down at the medical bills that he had stacked up next to his case files. "Alright, what did this guy or gal do to you?" Alister asked. "For the amount you're paying me I imagined it was embezzled everything from your company and ran away with your wife."

"The beef between him and I is personal," the voice replied. "But listen, the wolf has friends, dangerous ones, and you would do well to keep your distance. Just figure out what they're doing and get back to me."

"Yeah sure," Alister said with a sigh. "Give me the details, you just bought yourself a bloodhound."

The vision faded and the rubberized kimono dragon was still thrusting up hard enough that the head of his cock could be seen between Nathan's pectorals, but even as they were awash in pleasure the python knew that voice. The warthog... between what he had just heard and the fact that he referred to Daniel as a former employee sealed the deal, but as Alister orgasmed in him there was another rush of information that came with it. This time it was another memory, one that was much more recent as that the detective seemed to focus on.

In the hotel room that overlooked the strip club Alister had been watching television when he heard a ruckus come from outside his window. He turned to look and saw the wolf he had been waiting for climbing up the fire escape, though he wasn't quite sure how he managed to get up there, and saw him clamber quickly up to one window in particular. He tried to get out his camcorder but by the time he got it ready he saw the deer stripper he was visiting had already let him in and closed the door. Alister sighed and put the camcorder down, then picked up his phone and dialed in a number.

"I told you not to call me on this number," the voice of the warthog said.

"Not unless it was important," Alister replied. "Listen, the wolf kid is definitely playing with fire, he's seeing an exotic performer by the name of Fawn."

"Fawn?" the warthog replied. "Is that supposed to mean something to me?"

"Maybe not that name, but if you're as big as you say you are than the name Ivan should ring a few bells," Alister replied as he took out his binoculars to try and see anything happening inside. "Particularly if that name is connected to a rich reclusive white tiger."

"...ah, that Ivan," the warthog said. "So what does Fawn have to do with Ivan, is that his adopted son or something?"

"More like harem boy," Alister replied with a chuckle. "Ivan likes a certain type of guy and he pays top dollar to not only have them at his beck and call but also exclusive to him. If you want this wolf ruined then just tell Ivan that one of his boys is sharing the love with him and he'll probably kill him for you."

There was a pause on the other end of the line to the point where Alister thought that they might have gotten disconnected. "That may be a problem," the warthog said. "But nothing that I can't overcome, you just get me footage and I'll be stopping by soon to collect it myself once I meet with a few people here soon."

Alister just said he would do it and hung up, then got the camcorder ready for when the wolf would come out. It took a while and even the kimono dragon was impressed with the time as he saw the young paramour leave. This time he was ready and filmed the entire thing, but as he watched the wolf practically flip off the fire escape and land two stories down on his feet without a misstep he paused and turned away. Ever since he started following the wolf and his group he had been noticing odd things, and this took the cake as he looked back down at his camera. After watching the footage again while coughing profusely a different plan came to mind, prompting the kimono dragon to pop the memory card out and crush it in his hand before leaving...

...instead of going back into his body Nathan returned to his host form, causing the rubber one to melt away as he burst out of the utility closet and back into the hive. "Hey, all nodes!" Nathan shouted, causing everyone to look up. "I know you're probably sick of me saying this, but we have a big problem..."