Black Hell Part 4

Story by Skie Strife on SoFurry

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Black Hell Part 4

From the author:

Hello once again. This is the fourth installment in my Black Hell series. Hope you like it because I really tried to out-do Part 3 that I submitted not all that long ago. I also wrote in a bit of a different style to help people read this more easily. Big thanks to everyone who has supported me and to the others that have inspired me to write another one. I'm not sure when I'll start writing part 5, however, for there are a lot of things currently going on in my life that are hindering some development. Anyways, here's part 4 to try and calm those who have awaited for its arrival. See you at the bottom notes...

I tossed and turned in my sleep, lost in a nightmare that I could not wake up from. It was just like re-living the death of my friends on Corrona. It was the last thing that flashed before me though, that woke me up. Tiff's dying scream echoed through my ears, causing me to snap from the darkness and lunge forward, breathing heavily in a pool of my own sweat. Tiff was still asleep, however, dreaming something pleasant despite my sudden movement in the bed. I put my hand to my chest to feel my heart beat, feeling as if my heart was about to spring out of my ribs. I calmed myself down and then got out of the bed, stammering to the bathroom. I opened the door and then shut it quietly behind me, walking over to the sink as I turned the water on. I splashed my face with ice cold water and then looked up to the mirror. My reflection showed easily in the light, but so did another figure. A lone Skrizian was standing next to me, with an amazing resemblance to myself but somewhat different. His horns and fangs were much more longer, his muscles were much more toned, and his yellow eyes seemed to pierce into my very soul. He placed his hand on my shoulder and walked up closer. I looked from the mirror and saw him, even though he was not living, his translucent body was still easily seen by my eyes.

"Hello Skie..." The figure called out.

"Who... who are you?" I asked.

"One would say a figment of their imagination... but I am much more than that. You know the Adrenalin X that are flowing through your body right now don't you?" he asked me.

"Y-yes...." I stuttered.

"Well... I am here to relay this message they want to tell you. Only you are capable of seeing and hearing me. Now... to explain to you what the Adrenalin X have done to your body. Remember when that explosion blew you from the street and into a building? The Adrenalin X modified your body in that split second to withstand both the heat of the blast and the impact of the building. The Adrenalin X are capable of communicating with their host, and modifying them to suit both their needs and its survival, a win-win situation you would call it. Right now your Adrenalin X are acting purely out of your instincts, but soon you will be able to control them, harness their power, and use it to the fullest extent possible. But the Adrenalin X will not always be there to help you, and at times they can be your very weakness... Trying to brave exposure to the healing agent Emerald Water will prove disastrous should you be exposed long enough..." he continued to say before I interrupted him.

"And what would happen if I were to be exposed to that?" I asked him.

He laughed and then looked at me, "Should it happen, you could die in less than five minutes. But if you are lucky, and through extremely guided and careful practice, you will overcome even this weakness." he said.

"And when will I be able to start harnessing the power of the Adrenalin X?" I said, the last question I was able to ask him.

"As of tomorrow, you will be evolved enough to start. Now go and get some rest and allow the Adrenalin X to work on your body, you will look exactly as I do in the morning. Your sister-in-arms Tiff may be surprised so try to calm her should she be startled.... Now I must be off, be well..." he said as he faded away into thin air.

I blinked, analyzing everything he had said in my mind twice over as I splashed my face with water again. Then, something unusual started to begin. It started out as a light spasm in my right arm, but soon it went from a simple spasm to a very deep sense of pain. I gripped my arm and knelt down, becoming weak as the pain coursed throughout me more. Then suddenly, as soon as it started, the pain stopped, but a voice rang in my head. "You have less than one hour to get to sleep before the Adrenalin X start modifying you once more. Hurry and you won't have to endure the pain." it said before fading. I stood up, wondering if all that had happen was just a dream, or if it was real. But at this point I wasn't willing to challenge it, and so I set off to the bedroom. Slowly, I crept back into bed and closed my eyes, trying desperately to get some rest. Finally, after forty-five minutes, I drifted off into slumber...

I awoke the next morning to a poke from a particularly sharp claw to my nose. I blinked and looked up, seeing Tiff on top of me.

"Is that you Skie?" she asked.

I yawned and then looked straight at her, nodding. "Yes, its me. Why?" I asked her.

"Well you..... You.... You look different." she said to me, rubbing her chin as her head tilted.

My eyes widened, sitting up quickly. The sudden movement caused Tiff to slide down into my lap, afterwards making her look up to me and grin. "Well... someone's horny to say none-the-least."

I looked at her. "Not now Tiff... I need to get to the bathroom." I said, lightly putting her on the bed as I stood up and walked to the bathroom.

I heard a faint chuckle, "Well when you get back you can relieve yourself of that, cause I am too!" Tiff said before I disappeared into the bathroom.

I chuckled lightly and then closed the door.

After getting into the bathroom, I walked up to the mirror and looked into it again and looked myself over. The entity from last night had not lied after all... I looked exactly as he did. I shook my head and then blinked, suddenly starting to hear a voice in my head.

"How do you like your new body?" the voice rang out.

"W-who is this?" I asked in defense.

"One of the Adrenalin X cell's in your body... Now tell me, what do you think of our work?" it asked again.

"Its.... nice. Guess I look better now than I did five years ago." I said with a faint chuckle.

"Hehe... thank you. Now remember, until you learn how to control us yourself, you can give us suggestions to improve your body simply by thinking about it. We'll take care of the rest." it said to me.

"Just think about it?" I repeated the voice in a question.

"Yes, a simple thought is all it takes. But, to repeat myself once more, if you train and harness us, you will be able to trigger these changes on the fly." it said.

I cocked an eye crest and then stared into the mirror. "So... if I think about having an increased muscle tone... it would happen?" I asked. But as soon as I did, my muscles started flinching a little bit, going numb afterwards but becoming larger. As soon as they stopped growing, the feeling came back to them.

"Yep... But I see that this was just a demonstration so we shall bring them back to normal." they said before my muscles returned to normal.

I laughed and then shrugged. "Alright then... I'll keep this in mind. After all, I guess I can trust you seeing as you've restored my life earlier on."

"Alright. Now I must return back to work but remember... you can always ask for guidance or even somebody just to talk to by thinking about it. One of us will be bound to react to the call. We hope to make your life better for your body is the most interesting my species has found yet. Until next time, however... farewell." the voice said before fading out.

I gave my ear a little scratch before I then looked over to my arm, flexing it lightly. After doing so, I heard the door creak a little bit. The sound caused me to look at the door, noticing it open a little before Tiff stepped into the bathroom.

"Who... were you talking to?" she asked me.

"Oh no-one, just talking to myself I guess. And what about you?" I said, grinning at her.

"Me? Oh nothing really, just spying on you, masturbating a little bit, and thinking dirty thoughts." she said as she approached me, giving my crotch a hard squeeze before leaning up to nip at my lower jaw.

I smirked and then pulled her closer to me, giving her a kiss before I placed my hand on her rear, squeezing a little bit as I hugged her close to me. "Mmm... it's a good thing too because I'm getting dirty thoughts as well." I said, kissing her again.

"Hehe. Oh, before we do anything too fun, I have to tell you something Raif wanted to tell you. He said that Lagato is waiting to talk to you about something. I'm not sure about what he'll want to talk about but I guess its important since its coming from the chief himself. But anyways... lets forget about that and get back to where we were shall we?" she finished up as she giggled and jumped into my arms. "Lets fuck on the bed, because a bathroom isn't exactly a good place to do it. To filthy and stuff." she said.

I nodded to what she told me before and then laughed at her request. "Alright, we'll fuck on the bed. But this time... I have you all to myself." I said with a grin.

Soon I was back in the bedroom, still carrying Tiff in my arms as I walked over to the bed. I set her down lightly and then crawled atop of her, kneeling down to kiss her deeply as my tongue slipped into her mouth. Our tongue's entwined and we both enjoyed our kiss for as long as we could. Soon after, however, she broke the kiss and then shifted her weight, forcing me to roll as she was soon atop of me. She giggled playfully and then took off her tank top, quickly afterwards undoing her bra as her large breasts were soon visible to my eyes. I smirked and then tried to lean up to give one a lick, but she pushed me back down to the bed.

"Always so anxious to get things going aren't ya Skie?" she said with a chuckle. "I'm not even undressed entirely and neither are you. Now, just relax and let Tiff take care of everything." she said, putting her hand on my crotch as she squeezed tight once again.

The action made me moan, soon feeling my shirt against my neck as Tiff was trying to pry it off. I laughed a bit and then gripped ahold of it, guiding it over my neck and horns as it was soon off of me. She giggled a bit and then tossed it, afterwards kneeling down so that she could kiss and nip at my neck. I murred, lightly rubbing her back with one hand as another gripped her ass. Each squeeze would cause her to murr for a short period before she would resume her kissing and nipping.

After about five minutes of cuddling and kissing, Tiff stopped and looked at me, a grin on her face. I smirked and then leaned back, knowing what she was going to do almost immediately. She giggled a bit and then kissed me, once more, before moving down to kiss my lower jaw. Soon after, she kissed down my neck and then onto my chest, still moving down. As she was kissing, she unbuttoned my pants and underclothing and pulled them down and then off of me. Soon after she had removed my clothing, she chuckled and resumed kissing downwards, coming to my already erect cock as she kissed and licked down my length.

I moaned and continued to watch her, feeling her hand upon my shaft as she started to slowly stroke and flick her tongue across the head. Shortly afterwards, she stopped stroking, only leaving me a few moments to recuperate before she took my whole length into her maw. She sucked on the tip for a moment before moving down, slowly wrapping her long tongue around my cock as she moved down.

As Tiff was sucking my meat, she slowly was undoing her own pants and underclothing, slowly pulling them off of herself and then throwing them to the floor next to my clothes. I saw this through a half-cracked, opened eye and then grinned slightly. Wanting to see what reaction I would get out of her, I moved my tail upwards from over the bed and then positioned it underneath her. Quickly after doing so, I thrusted it into her wet, hot sex. The reaction I got was a tighter grip around my cock and a muffled moan. This, in turn, caused me to moan loudly as well, still pushing my tail within her until I couldn't no longer. Tiff still continued to suck, moaning again as I started to withdraw my tail slowly, only to thrust it back into her at slow pace.

Before long, however, I started coming close to a climax. I started grunting and groaning loudly, arching my back as I pushed into the bed hard, bucking into Tiff's hungry mouth as I started getting close. Tiff was close as well, constricting her tongue around my cock even harder until she knew that I was almost over the edge. Right before I could even get over the edge, though, she gave my cock a tight squeeze and then stopped, which caused me to stop my tail thrusting. She grinned at me and then tapped my jaw.

"Hehe, I'm not through with you yet you know. I want this to last as much as you do." she said, pulling my tail out of her opening as she moaned again.

Afterwards she moved up to me and started trailing her claw around my chest. Slowly I felt my climax start to fall, even though she was still lightly stroking my cock with her other hand, to keep me stiff but not to the point of crossing-over. We kissed all that time until she knew that we were both ready for the next part of the fun.

"So... wanna fuck now?" she said to me, giving my cock a firm squeeze once more as she licked the rim of my jaw.

"Mmmm... You know it Tiff. I'm always ready for you." I said to her, moaning from the squeeze with a smirk.

"Good, cause I want you to fuck me harder than you ever have. I want to feel more pleasure than I ever have before, the most fun I've had in ages." she said to me, straddling my hips as she positioned herself above me.

I felt myself pushing up against her delicate folds, before finally feeling my cock penetrate and sink deep within her tight and warm body. The feeling caused me to hiss in delight, putting my hands on her hips as I eased her down upon me. Finally, she had taken all of me into her and she leaned her head back, clenching her passage a little as she placed her hands on my chest, starting to withdraw upon me, only to come back down as I thrusted into her, causing me to hilt her hard.

"Mmm... God I missed your long cock Skie!" she said loudly, clenching her passage tightly again.

"Ahh... and I missed your tight and warm body Tiff!" I replied to her, bucking against her movements.

She moaned again and started increasing her pace as I, in-turn, also started increasing my thrusting into her. Before long, though, her hands slipped from my chest and I seized the opportunity to change our position. I rolled us over to where she was now laying on the bed, and I was atop of her, not wasting a second as I resumed my thrusting, moving myself in and out of her at a still somewhat brisk pace. Tiff did nothing to restrict me from moving her, the only thing she did do was moan and clench her passage down upon my thick shaft once more. Still pounding into her, I leaned down and planted my arms on the bed, just above Tiff's shoulders as I then moved my head down so that I could kiss and lick one of her breasts. Another moan escaped her throat as the same thing also happened to me, unable to contain myself as I felt my climax starting to draw nearer. Afterwards, Tiff gripped ahold of my shoulders and wrapped her legs around my waist, allowing herself to be propped up as I still continued to pump into her, relentless of her new position. I held us both up with ease, still feeling myself getting close, my thrusting into her quickening as Tiff and I moaned with each hard thrust, the sound of two Skrizians caught up in a lustful fuck filling the room.

At this point I couldn't hold back my climax any longer, allowing it to come fourth as I thrusted into Tiff as hard as I could, feeling myself cum deep within her as I released my seed. At the same time Tiff was sent over the edge, her passage clenching down tightly upon my cock, so tight to the point that I couldn't move anymore. I felt my arms becoming weak, eventually collapsing onto the bed with Tiff underneath me. We both heaved in breath, our combined, escaping body heat probably rising the bedroom temperature at least ten degrees. My spent cock dripped the last of my seed as I felt Tiff finally releasing herself from me. After she did, I started feeling the strength coming back to my arms so I lifted myself back up again, looking at Tiff with a wide grin as I kissed her deeply once more and fondled one of her breasts with one of my hands.

She looked at me and giggled, smirking afterwards. "Whoa... Your cum felt like a hot explosion within me... Of course, that's what I like about you. Great strength, caring, a personality that I've come to love, and a large cock. All I could ever ask for in a male." she said to me, caressing the underside of my jaw with a faint giggle.

I grinned and nodded, "And I'm glad to have met you so long ago. Almost as if we were destined for each other, wouldn't you say?" I said to her.

She nodded and smirked. "Yep, and a good thing too." she continued to say, afterwards giving my cock a quick squeeze with her passage before she started pulling from me.

I moaned lightly and then smirked, afterwards moving from my spot and getting off of the bed and then beginning to stretch. "So... shall we get cleaned up? You and I both know that we can't go to the E.C.S.D. like this. People will be questioning what smells like hot sex." I said to her, unable to hold my chuckle back.

"Hehe, yeah. Kinda embarrassing if you don't want people to know. So... we both going to take one at the same time or apart from each other?" she said to me, a grin on her face.

"Lets take one together, not like its anything we both haven't seen on each other anyways." I said to her, winking.

She nodded and laughed. "True. Alright.... LAST ONE THERE IS A FILTHY HATCHLING!" she shouted and whizzed past me.

The only thing I could do was tilt my head and follow her, knowing that Tiff had just shown me a side to her that I had never seen before... her playful side. But, unfortunately I couldn't beat her to the bathroom and she laughed and danced around.

"Ha ha, I beat you!" she said, pointing at me before jumping into the shower stall. "Filthy hatchling! Filthy hatchling!!!" she shouted and giggled.

My head tilted again but then I laughed. Tiff's behavior certainly was bizarre but I guess everyone is entitled to a second impression. I jumped into the same stall as she was and then shut the door behind us, turning on the water. The water hit both of us, already warm as we soon became wet.

Tiff smirked and then walked up to me, afterwards kissing me deeply as her tongue invaded my mouth once again. I chuckled and did the same. I broke the kiss and then reached up to the grab the bar of soap. I worked up a lather and then started washing Tiff's body, eventually she did the same to me as well. Soon after though I felt her hand around my still decently hard cock.

She looked up to me and grinned evilly. "My my Skie, I thought your erection would have gone down by now. Mmm... Still horny?" she asked me.

I blinked at her and then looked down, noticing my cock and then smirking afterwards. "Heh, I guess so. Why?" I asked her.

"Because I still am too you big silly." she replied, giving my cock a hard squeeze before she pushed me in front of the water stream to wash away the soap suds.

I laughed lightly and then looked at her. "Well of course you are, but do you actually think we can do it in this shower stall?" I asked her.

"Hehe, of course! This place is big enough to accommodate at least six Skrizian's showering at once. So of course we can!" She said, giving me a hard push to the point where I fell to the wet, tiled, floor.

I grunted from the slight pain of the fall and then watched as Tiff pounced atop of me, feeling her hand touching my cock as she straddled my hips and then quickly forced my cock within her. I groaned out loudly, amazed that she was going to waste no time getting to the point. Then she started to talk.

"We have to make this quick, either that or we'll be late. But all well, we'll still have to wash up again after this so I guess we're going to be late no matter what..." she said before I put a claw to her lips.

"Lets just enjoy it while we can alright sweet scales?" I said to her, grinning as I kissed her and fondled one of her breasts.

She moaned and nodded, starting to thrust down upon me. I moaned with her and thrusted against her own thrusting, hilting her again as I felt her start to withdraw from me again. We started a quick and rhythmic pace right from the start, her vagina was still slick from my cum from before. It made thrusting into her easier than it was at the beginning, but still overall enjoyable and pleasurable. Soon after, we started increasing our pace, beginning to moan loudly as the pleasure level rose. Even though at first I didn't sense it, I felt my climax starting to build quickly. It caught me off guard so I had trouble suppressing it, but then I felt Tiff roar in both a dominant and yet submissive tone as her passage clenched down tightly around my shaft, almost pulsing like. I knew that she had orgasmed and her violently clenching passage made me cum within her, no matter how hard I tried not to. But the experience was all to much worth it in the end, watching her collapse upon me as her passage remained tight around my cock. Even thought I was already spent from before, I still had enough in me to fill her up again, sending a couple warm bursts of my seed into her. We both panted once again, exhausted but not to the point of unconsciousness.

Once we both caught our breath, we washed up once more and then got dressed. After doing so, we ran out of Tiff's house and straight to E.C.S.D. Headquarters. It wasn't all that far of a hike, but it seemed to drag on forever from being tired from the last two sexual experiences I had in the same day. After a few more minutes of running, we finally reached the gates and walked in. Tiff was ahead of me by a short distance, until I tripped on the ruffled floor rug and hit the floor with hard force. The sound echoed all throughout the corridor and into its adjoining hallways, causing a few people to exit their rooms. I blinked and then groaned, rolling over onto my back as I gasped for breath. The fall wasn't pleasant, but then again no fall is ever pleasant. My ears twitched as I heard Tiff laughing and giggling as she then walked up to me and extended her hand to me.

"Hehe.... Are you alright Skie?" she asked me, trying to cover her grin with her other hand.

"(Cough) Ouch.... Just wonderful..." I said sarcastically as I reached up and grabbed her hand, eventually being pulled up to my feet.

"Quite a fall there... Looks like you left you mark there Sir." an all but familiar voice called out to me.

I looked up and squinted, my blurred vision soon correcting as Raif's face was soon in focus. "Heh... so your laughing too then eh?" I said with a faint chuckle, brushing the dust from my Flexi-Armor uniform.

"Heh heh... I couldn't resist." he said, smirking as he punched my arm playfully. "But I know that the all great Skie couldn't be kept down from a simple fall. But just how did you fall onto the floor anyways?" he said, pointing to the decently sized crater in the floor.

I looked at the floor and then laughed, scratching behind my head as I pointed to the ruffled floor rug. "I think that tripped me." I said.

"Hmm.... I think Lagato tripped over that on his first stroll in here. Not sure though, its just a rumor. Anyways, you do remember that you are supposed to be meeting with Lagato soon don't you?" he asked me.

I snapped my claws in remembrance, "Oh yeah. Thanks for the heads-up Raif. Tiff reminded me but I guess my memory isn't like it was about five years ago." I said, lightly tapping my head.

Raif laughed and nodded. "Alright then, I won't waste anymore of your time. Now get going, Lagato is very impatient sometimes." he said, waving to me as he ran off.

I smirked and nodded, afterwards turning to Tiff. "Coming with?" I asked her.

She shook her head quickly. "Hell no! The stuff he'll be discussing with you is classified to even me. I do know that its an assignment that he will be discussing though. Anyways, good luck. I'll be around so just come and get me should you need me." she finished up, grabbing my head as she kissed me and then ran off.

It was all to fast for me to notice until she started running off. Shrugging at my delayed motion, I began to walk up to the navigation map positioned in the center of the large Main Hall. Next the map was a list of where people were supposed to be. My name was up at the very top, flashing as it told me to head to the training grounds. I was already running late so I dashed off, running quickly as I slid to slow down, only to resume running as I ran down another hallway. After two minutes of running, I burst through the main doors of the training grounds, stopping as I almost ran into Lagato. He blinked and then jumped back, afterwards growling at me.

"SKIE! There you are! Where in the blazes have you been?! I thought something bad happened, like you got killed by someone or something. Shit... now I'm ranting on. Forget it. Anyways, I have important information that I need to share with you first." he said.

"I apologize, sir, for the delay. What is it that you have to share with me?" I questioned him.

"The planet Vercon IV has just declared war on Draconia. As you know, the Draconians are our greatest allies, so it is our duty to aid them in this war. The war has the Supreme Draconian, himself, worried about losing, so we mustn't fail him. So, that is why I am sending out my best troops to help them out. Seeing as you recruited amongst the E.C.S.D.: you, Tiff, and a very distinct few other's have been assigned to help out the Draconic Forces out there. I want you to be ready Skie, because it was hard losing you once, we don't want to lose you again. Now, rest up and prepare for the battle tomorrow. The war lies in the mother goddesses hands now..." Lagato finished up, afterwards disappearing into thin air.

I coughed and wafted the fumes away from myself. I ran over what Lagato said in my mind and then grinned. I looked forward to the war. Most people would have been scared, but not me. The sight of blood excited me, and that is something that I found in war, slaughtering countless amounts of people just for one cause. My thought made me chuckle, afterwards turning around completely as I started walking back into the E.C.S.D. complex.

It didn't take long to find Tiff again. I was so excited, I almost forgot to stay mum on the details until Tiff would be informed later on that day in the briefing room. Just before I spoke a word, I caught myself and closed my mouth, causing Tiff to look at me in a confused manner as her head tilted.

"What's eating you?" she asked me

"Oh.... Uh.... Nothing. You'll find out later on today I assure you." I said to her.

She chuckled a bit and then shook her head, "Uh okay. Guess what Lagato said to you must have really gotten you excited." she said with a grin.

"Well I guess you could say that. Its gotten me excited yes, but its also starting to stir up some bad memories as well." I said to her.

"Hmm... Oh... that kind of thing. Well try not to think about it, if you do it always makes it worse." she replied to me.

I nodded slowly and then sighed. "So... what do you want to do for another thirty minutes?" I asked her.

"Uh... dunno. Wanna walk around town or something?" she asked me back.

I thought about it for a minute and then nodded. "Sure, I need to see what has changed since my disappearance." I replied to her.

She chuckled lightly and then wrapped her arms around my right arm, smiling. "Okay then, lets go." she said as she pulled me along.

I smirked as I was being dragged and then started walking, keeping up to Tiff's rather brisk pace. Soon we were back outside and the fresh air filled my senses once more. But before I could enjoy it too long, Tiff started pulling me along once more until I resumed walking as well. We walked from the E.C.S.D. Headquarters to the main market square of the city. The streets were flooded with activity, people crowding the streets as the hover cars zoomed by. We both stopped in our tracks and looked at each other.

"Fly?" we both said at the same time.

We paused for a second and then laughed at each other, afterwards saying "sounds good" at the same time once more, only laughing more afterwards. We both knelt down slightly and unfolded our wings, about to take flight when a shouted voice came from the distance. Even over the bustling crowd, I heard the lone voice call out "SKIE!". We both stopped and then I turned my head to face where the sound was coming from. When my vision focused, Skyth soon became visible, waving his hands about as he ran up to us, exhausted and out of breath.

"God dammit Skie.... You had me worried to death. Where in the hell were you?!" he shouted at me.

"Oh me? Nothing really, besides making up some lost time." I said as I squeezed Tiff's hand confidently and smiled at her.

She returned the gesture and looked at Skyth. "So... who is this?" she asked me.

"Skyth? Oh, he's my lost half-brother. Dunno how I managed to get all caught up in his messy web but I guess fate saw it fit for it to happen." I said to her.

Skyth was still slouched over with his hands on his knees, panting as he then looked up, looking at me and then to Tiff. "Who... is that?" he asked me.

"Wait a minute... you don't know Tiff?!" I said to him.

"No, I'm afraid we haven't met." he replied to me.

Tiff eyed up his body and then looked at me. "Kinda scrawny... you sure your related to each other?" she asked me.

"HEY!" Skyth shouted.

I ignored his complaint and continued to speak to her. "Like I said, he's just a half-brother. I can't remember how we're connected but I guess I can take his word for it." I said to her.

She looked him over again and then shrugged. "How do you know he's just not a poser?" she asked me.

Skyth growled and tried to tackle Tiff, but I grabbed ahold of the back of his shirt and pulled him back. "Why you!" he shouted.

"Cool your jets Skyth. No need to attack a female." I said as I pulled him back a bit more and then resumed standing next to Tiff.

Tiff giggled a little and then crossed her arms. "Well there's one resemblance. Stubborn to the bone." she said as she giggled once more.

I laughed uneasily and then shrugged. "Well lets just stop this fighting. I'm getting a headache." I said.

Tiff sighed and then nodded.

Skyth growled and narrowed his eyes, afterwards stopping and sighing afterwards as he saw the seriousness of the expression of my face.

I sighed as well and then looked to Tiff. "So, where were we going Tiff?" I asked her.

"We were just walking around." she replied.

I nodded and then looked to Skyth, who was staring at an insignia on my flexi-armor.

"Skie... did you join the E.C.S.D.?" he asked me.

"Yeah... why?" I asked him.

"Fuck... Skie your going to get yourself killed... again!" he shouted at me.

I sighed and then pressed a claw against his chest, applying some force. "Look... I appreciate you bringing me back to life and all... but lets face it, I was born to kill. You have to understand that. I swear, though, that I will not be killed on this next assignment. But if I do get killed, I'd rather it be me then the entire Skriziana population. Understand?" I said to him.

He dropped his head and then nodded sluggishly. "Yes sir..." he replied.

I held his lower jaw and then pushed his head to where his semi-watery eyes were looking at me. "Listen. I promise that I will return. And if it makes you feel any better, you can stay with Tiff and I at her house until we leave... if that's alright with her that is." I said as I then turned to look at Tiff.

She looked at me and then shrugged, nodding afterwards. "Sure, its no problem. So long as he doesn't trash the place or anything." she said.

I then turned back to Skyth and met a happy face. "That's good... at least I can spend some more time getting to know you even better, and it will sure beat the hell out of my house I'm sure." he said.

I smiled back and nodded. "Yeah, it's a real nice place to be. Lots of room and plenty of stuff to do." I said before I looked at the clock on my arm console. "Shit! Tiff its almost time for you briefing. You cannot be late!" I said to her.

She looked at her clock as well and then jumped. "FUCK!" she shouted, "I gotta get going. Just go to my house and uh... bond or whatever. I'll be back in a couple of hours." she said as she kissed me and then ran off.

I smiled and then waved, afterwards turning to Skyth.

He looked straight back up at me and then laughed lightly. "So... where's Tiff's house?" he asked me.

I smiled and then pointed in the direction her house was. "That way I believe. Probably a ten minute walk or a three minute flight." I said to him.

He nodded and then unfolded his wings, taking flight as he pulled me along. "Well then come on, lets not waste any time! I wanna see her house!" he said to me.

I laughed and then unfolded my wings, taking to the air as I led the way. After three minutes of flying, I descended and then landed in front of her door. Skyth was right behind me and as he looked at the house, his jaw opened a bit.

"Whoa... this IS huge!" he said to me.

I laughed a bit and then nodded, afterwards opening the door as I stepped in. "Yeah, but I guess you can say that I've seen bigger. Anyways, Tiff will probably be back in an hour or so. So I guess we've got time to blow. C'mon, I'll show you around." I said as I pulled him along.

I had been showing Skyth the house around for about forty minutes until I grew tired and bored. Skyth was feeling the same way so we both just plopped down into some chairs and just watched the TV. It was about a half hour after that that the door opened up. My ears perked up to the sound of the door and I rose to see who was now inside the house. Tiff was just walking in, stretching a bit as she took off her armor and walked over to me, sitting in my lap. I chuckled and rubbed her shoulders.

"So did everything go alright?" I asked her.

"Well besides standing for damn near a solid hour... yeah. I tell ya, Lagato just doesn't know when to shut up sometimes." she said to me, giggling a little as she wiggled her rump in my lap and leaned up against my chest.

I smirked and stroked the side of her cheek, leaning down to kiss her once as I smiled afterwards. "Well I still greatly missed your company." I said to her.

Skyth looked at me. "Well I was here you know!" he shouted.

I winced my eyes and then scratched my ear. "Not so loud Skyth! And besides, your company and her company are two entirely different things. When she's away from me, its almost like there's a part of me missing. I hope you understand that..." I said to him.

He nodded. "Oh... sorry." he said.

Tiff looked at me and then to Skyth, afterwards returning to me. "Well don't just push the little guy away Skie. We're going to war tomorrow after all..." she said.

I nodded and then looked to Skyth. "Sorry brother. Guess its just the lateness that has gotten to me." I said as I pointed to the clock, which had already struck 10:00 p.m.

Tiff sighed. "Well I guess that's our curfew Skie. If we don't get any sleep right now... we'll never be in any shape for tomorrow." she said to me.

I nodded once more and then looked to Skyth, whose eyes were already starting to water. "Skyth... I promise I'll be back and then I'll spend some more time with you. Its just some unfortunate events that have decided to take place that have hindered my time to spend with you. Please forgive me." I said.

Skyth nodded lightly and then rubbed the tears from his eyes. "Promise?" he asked me.

"Yes, I promise." I said to him.

He smiled a bit and then stood up. "Alright... so where will I be sleeping then?" he asked.

Tiff got out of my lap and then walked over to Skyth. "C'mon, I'll show you. Skie... head to our bedroom and I'll be in shortly." she said to me before walking off with Skyth.

"Alright." I said to her as I walked off into a completely different hallway, stepping into Tiff's bedroom as I then walked into the bathroom.

I walked over to the mirror and then started to take off the top portion of my Flexi-Armor. It didn't take long as the straps on this new model of armor were more simplified then my previous armor. I shrugged as I finally un-did the last strap, my armor falling off of me as it clinkered on the floor. I knelt down and picked it up, afterwards setting it in a small table as I then returned to look into the mirror.

I chuckled a bit as I playfully flexed my arms. "Well the Adrenalin X did a good job." I said, continuing to chuckle before I jumped from the sound of a voice inside my head.

"Well thank you... We always try to make our host's life easier." the voice said.

I held the part of my chest where my heart was at and then calmed down. "Jesus, you scared me." I said.

The voice laughed a little. "Sorry. Anyways, thanks for the compliment. Hey, did you have anything to suggest to us in this mean time?" it asked me.

I shrugged. "Not really. But if I do I'll be sure to let you know immediately." I said.

The voice sounded somewhat displeased. "Well alright, just remember that we're here." it said before fading.

I sighed and then ran the sink, splashing my face with water before staggering over to a towel and drying off. The voices in my head, that I would supposedly have for the rest of my life, were catching me off guard sometimes. I shook my head and then put the towel back on the rack, afterwards starting to take off the rest of my armor and clothes. After doing so, I walked out of the bathroom and then into the bedroom, crawling into the bed as I laid on my side and thought to myself.

Five minutes afterwards, Tiff walked into the room and aroused my attention with a pinch to my snout. I snorted and then looked up, seeing her smiling face as she patted my head.

"Oh sorry Skie, just wondering if you were still up." she said as she chuckled.

"Well... I am now." I said to her.

"Well just get some sleep. We have a big day in front of us tomorrow, so we best be ready." she said to me.

I sluggishly nodded and then fell back asleep.

I awoke the next morning to the sound of the alarm clock. I growled and then thrusted my fist down upon it hard, smashing it as it let out one last electronical bleep before it died. I sighed and then got out of the bed, stretching as I let out a large yawn. After doing so, I walked slowly over to the dresser and grabbed a fresh uniform. Then my ears twitched as I heard Tiff yawn as she got out of the bed herself.

"Heh, sleep well?" I asked her.

"Yeah I guess so. What time is it?" she replied.

"Its 5:32 a.m. and I do believe we are supposed to be at E.C.S.D. at about 6:00 a.m. So I think you shouldn't waste any time." I said to her.

Her eyes got wide and she ran over to the dresser as well, pulling out a pair of her clothes as she then ran into the bathroom. I blinked and then shrugged, walking in as well as I then saw her desperately trying to get her Flexi-Armor suit on. I laughed and then grabbed my suit as well and started fitting into it.

She looked at me and then narrowed her eyes. "What's so funny?" she asked me.

My stifled laughter still escaped my throat, "N-nothing!" I said to her quickly in defense.

She sighed and then shook her head, fitting her wings and tail into the back holes and then trying to reach the zipper-seal in the back. "Dammit Skie... help me zip this thing up will ya!" she shouted to me.

I was just fitting one of my wings into one of the wing holes in my suit before I heard her voice. I nodded and then walked up to her, grabbing the seal as I pulled it up. "There ya go." I said to her.

"Whew, thanks. Do you need any help as well?" she said to me.

"Me? Nah." I replied to her and fitted the other wing in the last hole, afterwards using my tail to pull the zipper up on my back.

Tiff cocked an eye crest and then looked at her own tail. "Now why didn't I think of that?!" she said.

I chuckled lightly and then pulled an energy vest over me and then tossed the other one to Tiff. "Maybe its because your in a rush?" I said to her.

She growled lightly and then laughed a little. "Guess your right... Well pass me that plasma rifle and then get equipped yourself and meet me out in the den. I'll tell Skyth that we are leaving and to guard the house while we are gone. Just hurry up!" She said as she then ran off and out of the room.

I shrugged and then grabbed my rifle and sword. I then looked at the wall and noticed that Tiff forgot to get her helmet. I sighed and then grabbed both helmets, putting mine on as I rigged the headset, afterwards running out to the den to see both Tiff and Skyth waiting for me. Tiff was tapping her foot as she then saw the helmet in my hand and then ran up to grab it.

"Thanks Skie, forgot about it I guess." she said as she kissed my cheek and then ran to the door.

I smirked and then looked to Skyth whose eyes were already starting to water.

"S-Skie, good luck out there. Just don't get killed." he said as he hugged me.

I looked down to him and then nodded, hugging him back as I then patted his back and walked over to Tiff. "Look after the house Skyth, I want to see it in the same shape when I get back. Understand?" I said.

He rubbed the tears from his eyes and then nodded. "Yes sir!"

I smiled and nodded, afterwards opening the door as Tiff and I stepped out. "See you around bro." I said to Skyth before shutting the door.

Tiff and I didn't waste any more time after that for we didn't have very much to by even now. It was 5:57 a.m. and we could already hear the transport engines running. We both kicked into high gear and ran for HQ, not stopping for anything as we barely made it to the transports in time.

"Skie! Tiff! Where in the hell have you been! We're about to leave!" Lagato shouted at us as he was hanging from the rail of a semi-occupied transport.

Tiff and I both replied at the same time, "Sorry sir!"

Lagato sighed and then waved for us to get in. "C'mon, we've got no time to be arguing. Just get in." he said as he then sat down in a seat.

We both jumped in and sat in the last two seats available, the engines of the three transports roaring as the bay doors started to shut on all of them, feeling the thrust as the transports left the ground and into the air. As the transports reached 50,000 feet, the thrust increased as the transports started to leave the Skriziana atmosphere.

Tiff and I looked at each other, sighing as we leaned against each other and got as comfortable as we could for the next three hour flight to Draconia, knowing that our lives would soon be put on the line once again to ensure the survival of our allies and our species.

TO BE CONTINUED...

So... what'd you think? I hope you liked it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Anyways, I would really appreciate some e-mail-feedback about my stories. It always helps and half of it is why I've improved my writing and story-lining abilities. Just incase you all don't know what my e-mail is, its [email protected] or you can send it to my new, alternate address at [email protected] Oh yeah and before I go, I want to let you all know that I'm currently trying to think of some ideas for "The Dance Club" so I can get another part out. Some people have e-mailed me saying that they really wanted to see me continue writing my other stories so I'm going to start writing T.D.C. again. I don't think I will be making another Eternal Darkness though. Too many bad memories and whatnot and I think I might delete it sooner or later. Not sure. Anyways, I'm going to stop annoying you all with this long author thingy. See you all next story...