{"sf1_id":3108,"sf2_id":"znJwvKQ1","title":"shane-the pit","author":"Nightshade","words":4146,"posted_at":"2004-07-29T02:53:00.000Z","tags":["M/F","Romance","Violence","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/3108-shane-the-pit","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJwvKQ1","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=3108\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"by nightshade and deyna otter  \n\nShane lifted his head and howled, the blood dripping from his claws. another  \nfoe vanquished, and he felt the sweet thrill of victory. the body of the  \nloser was dragged away and he was led to his pen. he ruffed happily as he  \nwashed the dirt and blood off his fur. he grinned into his mirror. since the  \ntime the glowing stone had fallen into the fighting pit, his wolf body had  \ngrown stronger and better. he could stand on his hind paws, and his front  \npaws could grasp and tear. he dried off and curled up on his bed, dreaming  \nof victories to come.\n\n\"and i tell you we have to be careful!\" the man said as he paced before the  \ndesk. \"the freaks have been granted full human rights, if we get caught we  \ncould be arrested.\" the man behind the desk just smiled, smoke curling from  \nhis cigar. \"you worry too much Sid. the money keeps rolling in, and Shane is  \nthe biggest draw we have.\" he chuckled. \"the contenders never have a chance,  \nnot since he got this way. we can't lose.\" he smiled a smile of old, one  \nthat harkened back to the days of his family, back in old rome, at the  \ncolliseum. \"Lucius Cane never loses.\" he grinned confidently.\n\nwelcome to the Pit!\" Lucius called to the crowds. they all came here to this  \nold underground station. hungry for blood and death, animals within like  \nthey always had been. he raised his arms high and they applauded. 'fools' he  \nthought, his blood racing. \"presenting, the greatest warrior in the Pit, the  \nmaster of the tooth and claw, SSSHHAANNEE!!!\" the light was turned on and  \nShane strode confidently into the arena. he lifted his head in a howl and  \nthe crowd went wild. he lived for this, this feeling. he was the alpha here  \nand none could beat him. he lifted his paws high and shook them roaring.  \n\"are you ready?\" Lucius called and the gathered people roared their  \napproval. \"then bring in the contender!\" a struggling wolf was pulled into  \nview and tossed into the arena landing in front of Shane. he growled and  \nwaited for the signal, then paused. this one wasn't like the others.\n\nthe head was crowned with golden curls and when the head was lifted he saw  \nit was a female. she got to her knees and stood. his eyes widened. she was  \nlike him! she stood almost as tall as him, slender and shapely.\n\nShane growled again. So he was to fight weaklings now? Oh well, a kill is a  \nkill. He crouched low to the ground and jumped at her. The femme screamed  \nand ducked. He landed on the ground and turned. \"Little female fight Shane!\"  \nHe swung a fist at her. She ducked again. \"Please stop! I don't want to  \nfight!\" The female slowly backed up. He was too primal. No civilization. She  \nknew enough self-defense to keep him at bay, but it wouldn't be enough to  \npin him or defeat him. But she couldn't fight him. If he got angry he might  \nlose whatever thought he has.  \nShane tackled her, sending her to her back, much to the approval of the  \ncrowd. He was on top of her, pinning her to the ground with his tail  \nwagging. Shane's muzzle was close to hers, his teeth gleaming in the  \nsunlight. \"Weak.\" He growled. That did it. The noise of the audience no  \nlonger reached her ears as she focused. She hooked her leg behind his knee  \nand levered him off her. She flipped back and landed on her feet. Shane  \npicked himself up and smiled. He crouched and ran at her, then punched at  \nher nose. She blocked and grabbed his wrist. \"No. YOU are weak!\" Twisting  \nhis wrist to the right and kicking his paws out from under him, she flipped  \nhim. Shane tried to gain his balance but it was too late, and he landed  \nsmack on his tail. The female backed up and tried to think. He was too  \nstrong and he had more endurance. He could probably go for way longer than  \nher.\n\n\u0026nbsp; Shane shook his head and snarled. How'd she do that? He's stronger than her.  \nHe jumped back onto his feet. The crowd whistled and cheered Shane on. \"Kill  \nher! Kill her!\" Crouching low to the ground, Shane concentrated. Kicking off  \nthe ground, he propelled himself towards the female. Quickly she grabbed his  \nwrists and put a foot to his gut. Rolling on her back and with the force of  \nhis attack, she neatly threw him. Shane twisted in the air and landed on his  \nhind paws. A smile was creeping to his muzzle. He was starting to get a  \nstrange feeling in his gut. Like excitement mixed with anger. Before the  \nfemale could regain her balance, Shane jumped on top of her, pinning her  \narms to the ground. \"Female... makes Shane... feel...\" He moved his muzzle  \ncloser to hers, with a strange look in his eyes, \"Weird.\" She moved a leg to  \nthe side and kicked up, rolling over and pinning Shane under her. His musk,  \nhis rather intoxicating musk, it was in her nostrils. It was strange. She  \nwas slightly aroused. Shane broke her silent reflection with a bite to her  \nshoulder. Not a deep, skin breaking bite. It was a playful bite, like an  \nalpha submitting the beta. This was getting interesting.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Alexander?\" Lucius said in a light but demanding tone. A thin wiry Italian  \nman came to his side. \"Yes sir?\" Lucius squinted at the two wrestling  \nfigures. \"Why isn't that bitch dead? What's Shane doing down there?\"  \nAlexander fetched a pair of binoculars and focused on the pair. \"Well, he  \nseems to be losing steam. Wait, I think they're,\" He smiled lightly,  \n\"playing.\" Lucius's hand squeezed the tumbler of brandy. Alexander ignored  \nhim and zoomed in. He snickered. \"That female is rather sexy.\" Lucius  \ngrowled, like the animals that he hated and threw the glass at the poor man.  \n\"Get out!\" Alexander wasted no time in running out the doorway. \"Vinnie!\" A  \nmedium sized Italian, whose olive complexion had turned the color of very  \nold and crusty olive oil because of his many years on this earth, came to  \nhis side. \"Yes?\" Lucius pointed to Shane and the female. \"I want you to find  \na different opponent for Shane. A male, beast or human, I don't care, with  \nmuscles and an I.Q. equivalent to garden tools.\" Vinnie took a deep breath  \nand then exhaled lightly, as if to ask a rather long and complicated  \nquestion but decided against it. \"Right now?\" Lucius slammed his fist  \nagainst his chair. \"YES RIGHT NOW! Dammit, do you not hear the crowd? They  \nare getting suspicious, angry, even disgusted! This has changed from an  \nenjoyable fight into a sexual display!\" Vinnie jumped and ran to the offices  \nto check the records as fast as humanly possible. He darn near broke the  \nland speed record. Lucius clenched his fists and grinded his teeth. \"Damn  \nbeasts.\"  \n\nThe female had finally broken loose from Shane's hold and was standing  \nagain, bracing herself for another head on attack. Shane stood and held up  \nhis fists, like he'd seen some of his opponents do before they met the  \nhereafter. This surprised the female, who was expecting an uncalculated  \nanimalistic move, not a fair fight. She matched his stance and smiled. \"Come  \nand get me, big boy.\" Shane came at her with a quick right punch, which was  \nblocked easily by her forearm. He punched again, faster and faster. She  \nblocked as best she could, but the punches were hitting higher and higher  \nand were coming too fast for her to react. Her arms were tired and she had  \nnot blinked once, for fear of missing a single blow and then losing some  \nfangs. Before she could stop herself, she blinked and missed a block, taking  \na full force punch to her nose. She staggered back, dazed and in pain. Shane  \ntook the opportunity and punched her in the gut. Like a balloon that was  \nsuddenly popped, the wind was knocked out of her. She could no longer feel  \nbreath in her lungs and she fell back to the ground, gasping for air.  \nShane smiled, thinking he had wounded her fatally, and turned to face the  \ncrowd, his adoring public, and howled in victory. He had won! Or so he  \nthought.\n\nUnbeknownst to him, the female had caught her second wind and was  \nas mad as a hornet. She ran and jumped at Shane, catching him in the back  \nwith a flying sidekick. Shane stumbled forward, regained his balance and  \nturned, with blood shot eyes and fangs bared in a scary smile. Finally, an  \nequal! Someone to challenge his alpha status, the yang to his yin. And then,  \nin that instant, the words formed in his mind. His mate.  \nShe raised her fists and took a stance. Shane raised his, but before he  \ncould move, she rushed him. Letting his newfound instincts take over, he  \nblocked her attacks to the best of his ability. But instincts are sometimes  \ninferior to knowledge, as Shane was about to find out. She broke through his  \nblocks and started dealing hard blows to his face and neck and chest. She  \naimed for vital points, sensitive areas and pressure points, causing immense  \npain. Pain that she had felt but ten fold, no, a hundred fold over!  \nShane was flinching with each hit. How could a female with less strength  \ncause so much pain? In a quick flash of fur, Shane grabbed her left wrist  \nwith his right paw. She froze and then punched at him, but he caught her  \nright wrist with his left paw. Using his superior strength, he brought her  \nfists down to her sides. He looked into her eyes, feeling a strange peace  \nwithin himself. She looked into his eyes and felt a twinge of curiosity  \nmixed with lust. Then she felt something sting her, and she got sleepy  \nreally fast. Shane saw stars and fell slack into the arms of a big man with  \na stun wand. Soon the female beside him fell to the ground, the tranquilizer  \ndart in the back of her shoulder gleaming in the light. A smaller man  \nholding a bolt-action rifle smiled and lowered his weapon. Lucius walked  \ninto the field and held up his arms for silence.  \n\"My dear friends, there has been a mix-up!\" Lucius yelled over the  \ncommotion. \"Shane was to fight a male from Uzbekistan, not this puny bitch!  \nI apologize profusely and we will set up for the next fight as soon as Shane  \nregains consciousness! I expect that to be about twenty minutes, so I urge  \nyou to go back to the bookies  \nand have your money refunded for the bet of this  \nfight. And also, go to the 'concession stand' and have a free beer on the  \nPit!\" There were loud cheers and some curses but everyone got up and  \nshuffled back to the bookie that they'd placed the bet with. Most went  \nstraight to the kegs and refilled their beer steins first, eager to get  \ntheir freebie before it was gone. Important things first.  \nLucius turned and walked towards the skinny man. \"Put her in  \nShane's cage. I want to see how this... relationship turns out.\"\n\nthe door to Shane's cage was opened and they entered, the female being  \ntossed in. she landed and scrambled to her feet. \"you can't do this.  \ni'm...!\" Lucius rounded on her. \"you are nothing, just a freak of nature!\"  \nhis eyes blazed with hatred, and she shrank back. \"you and the rest of your  \nkind, no more than animals, to be used by the true masters of this world.  \nmen, like me!\" he stalked out and the door was slammed shut and securely  \nlocked. she sank to her knees, tears pricking at her eyes. Shane shook the  \ndust and dirt out of his fur and turned towards her. \"why female not try to  \nkill Shane?\" she looked at him blankly then realization dawned. \"how long  \nhave you been here?\" he tilted his head, not understanding. \"all your life?\"  \nshe gasped. \"you poor soul, all you know is the ring and fighting.\" she  \nwalked over to him, still a bit wary, holding her left arm. \"i'm so sorry  \nfor you.\" she crouched down by him and he thumped his tail slightly. \"female  \nis strong, make good mate for Shane.\" despite herself she couldnt help but  \nsmile. he was like a child, unknowing of the outside world. he looked at her  \narm. \"hurt?\" she shook her head. \"just a little.\" he licked it softly and  \nshe smiled, gently touching his muzzle. \"you poor soul, i'll help you.\" she  \nlooked around at the cage. \"besides, thats probably the only way i'll ever  \nget out of here...\"\n\nShane slept on the pile of straw in the corner, curled up tight. she  \nshivered on her own pile, as the cage cold. he lifted his head at her  \nshivering sounds and walked over to her, nuzzling. \"be warm with Shane?\" she  \nlooked at him, then nodded. \"my name is Sharin.\" he curled up with her and  \nshe did feel warmer, snuggled into his fur. she slept fitfully at best,  \ndreaming of escape and getting back to her life, then gradually settled  \ndown.\n\nLucius smiled his cruel smile as he watched them on the monitor in his  \noffice. \"perfect.\" Sid stood beside him and fretted. \"kidnapping, this is  \nway out of control.\" Lucius glared at him. \"shut up you fool. how can you  \nkidnap a beast.\" he watched then snuggle. \"with her as his mate, i'll have  \nmay strong fierce fighters. this is only the beginning...\n\nover the next few days, Sharin tried to help Shane. when he returned from  \nbattles she cleaned his small injuries and was kind to him. he was kind to  \nher as well, taking a protective stance. on one occasion when his keeper  \ntried to beat her, he took the beating for her, and she cried a little as  \nshe tended him afterwards. \"we have to get you of here, this is no way to  \nlive.\" as the days wore on she grew more and more worried. she missed her  \nlife above and there was another concern. she had none of her effects or  \nclothing with her, including her birth control, and she was coming into heat  \nvery soon. Shane gave her the best of his food, and stayed close to her, but  \nwhen she came into estrus, he became even more attentive. he sighed and  \nstruggled to control her instincts and his, but one night...\n\nshe was curled up in the far corner and she flicked her ear as she heard  \nShane approaching. she opened her eyes and saw him stading there. his sheath  \nwas bulging, his tongue lolling as he scented her musk. \"no, we, i musnt.\"  \nhe tilted his head and whined. \"i, i,\" she sighed and gave in. he had been  \nvery good to her and with luck she night not catch. \"okay, but i'll teach  \nyou how to do it right.\" he yipped happily and tried to mount her. \"no.\" she  \ngiggled and pushed him off. taking his paws, she showed him how to stroke  \nher body and as she laid back on the straw, she taught him how to enter her  \ncarefully and soon the cage was full of soft moans and pants. at first he  \ntried to mate her forcefully but she stopped him and after a few false  \nstarts, he got the rythm, moving in and out of her tenderly. she moaned and  \nquivered. he was learning fast and she felt soo good inside her. he was so  \nhard and long and despite herself she felt her heat rising. she arched and  \ngave a soft howl as release rushed over her and Shane howled too, as his  \nseed gushed forth. she licked softly over his muzzle and he licked back as  \nthey cuddled.\n\nafter that night a plan began to blossom in her mind. taking note of the  \nposition of the camera, she learned how to block it with her body and she  \nstarted to teach Shane. drawing letters in the dirt floor she taught him  \nslowly how to read and then to write. he took to it quite quickly, and her  \naffection for him grew. she told him stories of the world above and his mind  \nbegan to expand as she taught him things he had never even heard of before  \nher coming. then a month later, events came to a head.\n\nshuddering on her knees, she held her belly as she finished vomiting. Shane  \nmoved over to her and nuzzled her softly. \"are you sick?\" she shook her head  \nand puked again. her took her to their corner and cleaned her, being very  \ngentle. she curled up and sobbed, and he looked at her with concern. \"why  \nyou sad?\" she wiped her eyes. \"its 'why are you sad'?\" she corrected then  \nshook her head. \"oh Shane, we can't go on this way, we have to get out, for  \nthe child.\" he blinked and tilted his head. \"the child?\" she nodded. \"i am  \ncarrying our child in me.\" he yipped happily and wagged his tail. \"this is  \ngood!\" she shook her head, \"this is not good.\" she touched his cheek. \"i  \nhave taught you of how things are above. should our son have to live this  \nway, forced to fight?\" he looked at her, and she saw his eyes glint with  \nanger. \"no, our son shall not!\"\n\nthe gate of the ring opened and the crowd roared as Shane entered, but this  \ntime it was different. instead of roaring and snarling Shane was standing  \ntall on his hind legs, and his eyes did not glow with bloodlust. the crowd  \nmurmured as Sharin also walked out with him. \"STOP!\" Shane roared and the  \ncrowd stilled. \"there shall be no fight! no more fights ever!\" Lucius shook  \nwith anger. \"what does he think he's doing?\" throwing down his mike, he  \npicked up his whip and stalked down to the arena. Sharin took Shanes arm as  \nthey stood in the center of the ring. \"this is wrong! we are people just as  \nyou, and we will not kill for your pleasure!\" She called out. the other gate  \nclanged open and Lucius stood there, livid with rage. \"you are nothing,  \nmonsters and freaks!\" he raised his whip and lashed out at Sharin. \"you've  \nruined him bitch, i'll kill you!\" she cried out in pain as the whip lashed  \nher cheek and Shane roared. \"NO!\" he slashed out and the whip fell to the  \nground, cut through by his claws. Lucius threw it aside. \"how can you do  \nthis to me, after all i've done for you?\" he advanced and Shane moved Sharin  \ngently to the side, then moved towards Lucius. \"done for me? you kept me  \nignorant and afraid!\" Lucias snarled and seemed to grow larger. \"i made you  \nwhat you are and i can destroy you as well!\" Sharin gasped as she saw the  \nhuman begin to change. his clothing tore and fell away, as fur moved over  \nhis body like a living carpet, muscles bulged and his face lengthened into a  \nmuzzle. with a howling roar, the last of his shredded clothing fell away and  \nLucious snarled, a huge werewolf facing down Shane, almost twice his size.  \nSharin gasped, he was a were! \"kill you!\" he slashed out and knocked Shane to the ground with one blow of  \nhis massive fist. \"Shane!\" Sharin cried out, but he shook his head and stood up.  \n\"i'll be alright love, just stay safe over there.\" clenching his fists, he  \nfaced down Lucius. \"this is for my son!\" with a towering roar, he leapt into  \naction...\n\nShane jumped and drew his paw back, ready to cut Lucius with his claws. With  \na sweep of his mighty paw, Lucius knocked Shane out of the air and into the  \nstone wall. Sharin gasped and prepared to leap. \"No!\" Shane yelled as he got  \nup. \"Stay back!\" Lucius drew his fist back and punched at Shane. Shane  \nrolled to his left, just barely escaping lucius's mighty blow. Jumping with  \nall his might, Shane soared high into the air and bit Lucius's shoulder as  \nhard as he could. Blood flowed into his mouth, making him feel excited and  \nalmost feral. Lucius roared and threw Shane off. Shane twisted his body and  \nlanded on all fours. Lifting himself onto his hind legs, he breathed in  \ndeeply. \"Lucius, I can't forgive you for what you have done to me or my  \nmate.\" Lucius pounded the ground and roared. \"I don't need forgiveness! I  \ndid nothing wrong!\" Shane walked forward slowly. \"Kidnapping? Assault and  \nBattery? Illegal gambling?\" Lucius growled. \"Yes Lucius, I know all about it  \nnow. Why i became what i am. How i'm a new breed of animal, not human. Well,  \nI may not be human, but,\" He pointed his finger at the giant monster.  \n\"Neither are you!\" That did it. What humanity Lucius had was now gone. the  \nonly thing left was animal rage.\n\nHe reared his head back and roared, then charged the smaller furre. Shane ran  \ntowards him and at the last second slid between his legs. He jumped and  \nkicked the monstrous Lucius in the back with both his feet. He landed on his  \nback and rolled over onto his feet gracefully. Lucius's landing was anything  \nbut graceful. His arms had flailed out and knocked several people off of the  \nwalls. Picking himself up, he turned and smashed the wall, causing more to  \nfall to their deaths. He ran towards Shane, every step thumping the ground  \nhard. He swung his mighty fist at Shane, ready to destroy him, ready to  \nfinish the embarassment. Shane quickly rolled to the side, letting Lucius  \nstumble. As he picked himself up, he felt his paw hit something. He looked  \ndown. A long pole with a sharp, shiny thing on the end. He picked it up and  \nbalanced it in his paw. What was it for? Some kind of weapon? His revellrie  \nwas interupted by a large paw swatting him to the side.  \nLucius picked the smaller furre up, strangling him with one paw. \"Damn  \nbeast. You had so much going for you. And with a pregnant bitch, I could've  \nhad a fleet of fighters.\" Shane wriggled around, trying to loose himself  \nbefore he passed out. His mind was going blank, his head was light. He  \nflailed out and by sheer luck, stuck Lucius's paw with the weapon he had  \npicked up. Lucius roared and released Shane. With a thud, Shane landed on  \nthe ground gasping for air. Oh sweet, delicious air. He shook his head to  \nclear it and stood up. He held the stick in both paws, the sharp end  \npointing at Lucius. It was time to finish it.  \nLucius held his bleeding paw. \"That hurt! You son of a..\" When he looked up,  \nhe felt something hit him with the force of a charging rhinoceros. He looked  \ndown at the large spear that was embedded in his chest. \"Bi.... i...tch.\"  \nWith a loud thud, Lucius hit the ground, slowly turning back into human  \nform. Shane limped to Sharin. He collapsed into her arms. His ankle was  \ntwisted, his body was cut up and his fur was dyed almost completely with  \ncrimson blood. He looked into her eyes and smiled. \"My love.... we're free.\"  \nSharin wrapped his arm around her shoulder and helped him towards the opened  \ngates. Without anymore words, the couple limped off into the bright  \nafternoon sun, ready for their next obstacle.\n\nShane licked her cheek tenderly as she lay in the hospital bed, her eyes weary but happy. the nurse wheeled over the bassinet and they held paws and smiled tenderly at the wriggling mewling cub within. \"a fine son.\" she murred. \"just like his sire.\" his chest swelled with pride and he picked up his newborn son gently. as Sharin watched he lifted the child up and gave a howl of joy and triumph. this was his true victory, his destiny revealed, and as he laid the cub in Sharin's arms and he began to nurse, he couldn't be happier with the prize.\n\nthe end\n\nauthors note-this was a request that i found most intriguing to do. given my limited skill at fight scenes, i wish to thank deyna otter for his writing of them and his skillful editing of the finished work. i figured that, tragically, there would be those who would still mistreat furres the same way they had always mistreated animals before the Change. i have never approved of blood sports so this story was personally satisfying for me as well.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}