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Insert all those stupid warning things that I forgot since the first chapter....

I don't know if anyone was waiting for this next chapter but I figured I'd throw it out there anyway, so here it is.

Chapter 4

Derek sat against the wall in his room with his legs drawn up to his chest, his arms hugging them tightly. His eyes were almost vacant, the only sign of emotion the slow trickle of tears from them. The pain of another memory made him clamp them shut, more tears forcing their way through.

A searing fire through his arm made Derek arch, his muzzle clamped shut around a feeding tube via metal bands, so he couldn't scream.

"That's the second time you struggled like that." Derek looked up to the human scientist who was experimenting on him, his eyes pleading and full of fear.

"It can't be all that bad can it?" The human didn't bother waiting for an answer, instead walking away with an evil laugh.

Derek had lost track of how long he had been in the lab, seeing nothing of the outside world to tell time with. The pain in his arm slowly began to dissipate, the chemical that had been injected starting to spread throughout his system.

The human walked over to his computer, entering a few lines of text to his results. Derek could be heard in the background, his pitiful whimpers the only sound aside from the machinery in the room. He did his best to resist the human at first, but after days if not weeks of the same kind of treatment, Derek had been reduced to nothing more then a weakened and whiny experiment.

The human picked up a second syringe, the contents of which slightly stronger then the first.

"This might sting a bit more..." He joked as he walked over, ignoring Derek's feeble struggling. He was about to inject it into the IV line in the Liger's arm when a noise caught his attention.

The human stopped for a moment, his pathetic by comparison ears attempting to locate the noise that had distracted him. Derek's ears on the other had were more then sensitive enough to pick out the distinct noise of a door being smashed in.

With a shrug, the human turned back to him, stopping when he saw that Derek had stopped thrashing.

"Well, finally decided to play nice?" He asked before hooking the syringe into the medical tubing leading to Derek's arm. About the same time, both heard the thumping of boots overhead.

Derek did his best to grin around the feeding tube in his muzzle, his eyes slowly turning to watch the human. The look he got made him a little nervous, as the human was staring down at him with an expression full of anger.

"Nobody will miss him... Yeah right!"

It was about that time that the door to the lab burst off it's hinges, the heavy metal clanging to the floor as people Derek couldn't see rushed into the room.

The human looked back to watch them, then turned back to Derek with a glare.

"You don't get off that easy..." He growled before squeezing the syringe's contents into Derek's IV.

The pain hit the young Liger almost instantly, his arm feeling like some one was skinning it with a very dull knife. Normally Derek would have been able to withstand it, having been through similar pain before. But in his feeble state, it was more then his body could handle. Blackness soon took him agin, seemingly more often then consciousness.

"It's ok kitten...." Chain soothed as he gently rocked Derek in his arms, a paw slowly petting Derek's back. "It's alright... It's just a memory."

Derek finally started to wake up again, his breath coming in short gasps as he shook in Chain's arms.

"This is getting ridiculous..." Chain growled as he hugged Derek tighter. "Ever since he stopped flying he's been getting these dam nightmares"

"I know... I've had to help him through a few myself..." Grant answered, walking over and sitting on the bed in the middle of the room. "They just keep hitting him, no mater where his is."

Both ursine sat quietly for a moment as Derek finally began to respond, wrapping his arms around Chain's chest.

"It's ok kitten..." The panda soothed again, leaning down and nuzzling Derek again. "I'm here... I got you and nobody's gonna hurt you anymore."

It took a while for Derek to finally settle down enough to go to sleep again, Chain sitting with him until he finally drifted off.

"It's kinda hard to see him like this..." Grant sighed as Chain walked out of the room, pulling the door shut gently behind him. Chain nodded, taking one last look at the sleeping Liger before closing the door completely. "I'm used to seeing him acting like such a bad ass... And now he's like a scared little kitten."

Chain nodded with a sigh, motioning for Grant to lead them away from the door.

"Ever since the captain found out about us and made Derek give up flying he hasn't had anything to concentrate on, so the memories are getting more vivid."

Grant led them into the ship's common room, the off duty hangout for most of the crew.

"I thought they were pretty bad before, when he spaced and all, but this is just ridiculous."

"Well, you can thank scale butt for getting us busted..." Chain answered with a growl, referring to Lex.

Grant gave his own growl, he himself having a few reasons to hate the dragon.

"So what are we gonna do about it" He finally asked, turning to Chain for an answer.

"There's nothing we can do really..." The panda sighed in response. "The captain refuses to let Derek fly anymore because he disobeyed a direct order.

"But didn't you tell him about Derek's nightmares?" Grant quickly asked, his muzzle twisting with confusion. Chain nodded, his eyes downcast.

"The old fart doesn't care. He said that Derek should just see the ship's shrink and get over it."

Grant couldn't help but growl again, his frustrations turning to the human. Both of them sat in the common room for a bit longer, milling over what they could do to help with the Liger's problem. Neither noticed when the topic of their discussion walked into the room.

Derek leaned down over the chair Chain was sitting in and stole a kiss, surprising both ursine in the proses. Derek giggled a bit after they both jumped, then yelped when Chain reached up and pulled him into the panda's lap.

Instead of his normal attire, Derek had taken to wearing an oversized tee shirt and pants. While the pants did little to hide his still overly lithe figure, the tee shirt did a decent job of hanging loosely over his body, making it nearly shapeless. It also did a good job of tangling his arms up when ever it slid up his chest.

Chain took advantage of Derek's problem and scratched his belly fur, trying to tickle the younger Liger. He gave a soft snort when all Derek did was lay back and purr.

"You of all people should know I'm not ticklish..." Derek chuckled when he finally got himself free of the fabric and pushed it back down.

"And you call yourself his boyfriend..." Grant joked.

"So what did I miss this time?" Derek, Chain, and Grant all turned to see the fourth of their little group, Hos, casually strolling into the common room in his one and only outfit that wasn't covered in oil and grease. It consisted of a pair of almost too baggy jeans, a black AC\DC shirt, and an old NYC ball cap.

"Other then the obvious." He finished, referring to Derek being in Chain's lap.

"Nothing much..." Grant answered, pulling a third chair closer for the rabbit.

"So what's all this about?" Derek asked, looking between the three as he sat up in Chain's lap.

The three others exchanged looks, hesitant to be the first one to speak.

"Come on guys..." Derek chuckled nervously, his body shifting uncomfortably against the panda's.

"We think you should go and see the captain about getting your wings back." Hos finally blurted out, his gaze quickly darting away from the Liger.

Derek gave a deep sigh, his own gaze dropping in thought.

"You guys know that I can't..." He finally answered. "The captain said I either stop flying or Chain and I would be transferred to different ships. I won't risk that."

This time it was Grant who spoke up.

"Look Derek... We know that you and Chain have a thing going now and we're happy for you two, but these dam flashbacks of yours are getting ridiculous. The last one I had to help you through was bad enough to have me calling for the medics."

Both Chain and Hos nodded in agreement, adding their own two cents worth.

"And let's not forget about the one where you actually quit breathing." The rabbit finished.

Chain hugged the Liger closer to his chest, resting his muzzle on top of Derek's.

"We're just worried about you kitten... That's all..."

The three older furs waited for Derek to respond, sharing looks of confusion and concern on what he would finally decide.

"It's just not worth loosing Chain..." Came the whispered answer, his eyes never leaving the floor. "Besides... I think they'll stop soon anyway."

The three friends shared a sigh of defeat, none having anything else worth while to offer as incentive.

"Then I guess we just wait and see what happens..."

The four of them sat in silence for a few minutes, none having much to say to the other after their little attempt at an intervention.

Grant decided to leave first, heading back to his duties with a slight wave of goodbye.

Hos soon followed, returning to his never ending job of keeping the fighters in working order.

"So how long do you think that guy was pumping the kid full of drugs?"

Derek's eyes shot open, his body lurching up by sheer reaction to the new voice close to him.

"Well, it didn't take long for you to wake up, now did it?"

Derek turned to the person speaking, a slightly overweight female cheetah. His mind still clouded, it took a moment for Derek to realize that she was speaking to him.

"W-what happened to me?" He finally whimpered, a paw attempting to rub his headache away.

"You were being held captive by a scientist who was pumping you full of some pretty dangerous drugs..." The doctor answered as she sat down on the bed, taking Derek's free paw in her own to check his pulse.

"Then what am I doing here?" He asked, taking a slow look around at the apparent hospital room he was sitting in.

"We busted you out..." The other fur in the room finally responded, his arms folded over his proudly puffed out chest. Derek stared at the wolf for a moment, his groggy thought proses still making it difficult to understand.

"At least you aren't freaking out this time..." Chain whispered as he hugged Derek closer, already noticing that the Liger had been lost in a memory again.

"It's not a bad one..." Derek answered as he wrapped his paws around Chain's chest. "But thank you for being here with me anyway."

Chain gave a short chuckle, squeezing Derek a bit tighter before leaning back to look down at him.

"Will you at least think about getting your wings back kitten?" Chain pleaded, nuzzling Derek a bit between. "I don't want to loose you if one of those memories gets bad enough." Derek finally relented with a nod, then curled back up into Chain's chest, an idle paw finding it's way under the panda's shirt to tease his belly fur.

"I don't care..." Grant couldn't help but glare down at the captain, his obvious destain for the human not helping his situation any.

"Look... The kid has been getting worse over the last few days and I'm scared that he might have a serious breakdown. At least let him fly to train the rookies again." He pleaded.

The captain sat for a moment, deep in thought judging from his expression.

"And what happens if we get attacked again during one of those training flights? You and I both know that he'd let everyone out there burn just to save Chain."

Grant could only chuckle slightly in response, much to the captain's annoyance.

"Derek knows who and what comes first in an attack. And besides, Chain's a good enough pilot that he wouldn't need the kid's help out there anyway."

The two stared at each other in an uneasy silence for a few moments, neither wanting to give an inch on their positions.

"What if we held Chain back if Derek's already out?" Grant offered, a look of slight hope on his muzzle.

"Because Chain is the best pilot we got." The captain snorted back.

"Second best..." Grant corrected. "Otherwise Chain would have been the one flying in the race that day and none of this would have happened."

The captain grumbled in agreement, regretting that he let Lex work him over as well in the little plot of revenge the dragon had cooked up.

"It's been three weeks since Derek's even touched the controls of his ship..." The captain finally sighed, folding his hands in front of his face as he spoke. "There's no way that he'd be one hundred percent right now anyway."

This time it was Grant who had to grumble in agreement.

"Then let him run the belt again..." He offered, referring to the astroid belt that Derek had been banded from.

"Absolutely not!" The captain nearly shouted in response. "If he has one of his attacks out there he'd smack a rock before anyone could get out there to help him."

"No he won't captain." Grant shot back, his muzzle turned up in a confidant grin.

"Oh?" The captain had noticed the air of certainty in the bear's voice, wanting to know how Grant could be so sure.

"I know a way of making sure he's got a clear head before the flight." Grant finished.

"You want me to what?" Derek was nearly floored with surprise at Grant's suggestion.

"Have sex before your flight." Grant repeated, barely holding back a chuckle. "It's the best way for you to clear your head and we both know it."

Derek looked between him and Chain, the three of them sitting in the common room again.

"He's right you know..." Chain offered, his own attempt at stopping a laugh failing miserably.

Derek gave a deep sigh, starring at Grant completely unamused.

"You are really screwed up in the head, you know that?" He finally countered before grabbing Chain's paw and pulling him towards their quarters.

"Maybe..." Grant shouted after them. "But you know you like the idea!"

"I can't believe you guys would do this behind my back..." Derek grumbled as he peeled off his shirt, tossing it into the corner of the room as Chain pulled the door shut.

"It's not like we had a choice..." The panda retorted, walking up behind Derek and wrapping him in a hug. "Besides, the captain is gonna be throwing a fit about it."

Derek couldn't help but grin, remembering back to their orientation when the captain had explicitly told them no sex before a flight.

"I don't need you idiots passing out behind the controls and crashing one of my birds." He explained as he paced back and forth along the flight deck, his expression one of obvious destain for the group of pilots he now commanded.

"Yeah... I guess he will be." Derek finally agreed. "I just wish that you guys wouldn't put yourselves out on the line like that for me..." He finished as he turned in Chain's arms to look up at him.

"It's worth it..." Chain replied, bending down to take Derek in a deep, passion filled kiss.

The Liger couldn't help but moan into it, his body completely relaxing for the first time in days. Chain slid a paw between Derek's legs, using his superior strength to lift his kitten with said paw, the other sliding behind Derek's back to make sure he didn't fall.

Chain carried Derek over to the bed, gently setting him down before standing back up and stripping off his own shirt. After that it was a race to see who could get naked faster, Chain only winning because he preferred to go commando.

"Cheater..." Derek whimpered as he quickly shoved off his underwear, tossing said garment into Chain's face. Chain caught it before it could reach it's target, flinging it aside to join the rest of Derek's cloths before he pounced onto the bed over the Liger.

"So... Hard and fast or soft and gentle?"

Derek couldn't help but giggle a bit before hooking his claws into Chain's shoulders and pulling himself against the panda.

"Good choice..." Chain growled, pressing his muzzle to Derek's as he wrapped his paws around Derek's back and pulled their bodies together. He leaned back and rested on his knees, Derek's groin pressing right into his own.

Derek let his paws roam over Chain's torso as he ground their sheaths together, his own already swollen in arousal. Chain moved one of his paws down Derek's back, hooking it under the Liger's butt and working a finger around his tail hole.

Derek couldn't help but whimper in pleasure at the contact, his arousal starting to slip free of his sheath. Chain's own erection was growing quickly, slipping fully from his sheath as he finally let his digit slip into the tight tail hole.

Derek arched with a gasp as he was opened, his body reminding him of pleasures he had been ignoring because of the flashbacks. Chain was determined to make Derek ready for his flight, and willing to do whatever it took to get him that way.

By the time that Derek had calmed down enough to realize it, Chain had slipped a second finger into him, working both in and out to stretch the under used tail hole open. Derek panted with want as he raked his claws through Chain's head fur, his body shaking in pleasure with every upward thrust of Chain's digits. When he finally couldn't take it anymore, Derek pulled Chain's muzzle up to look at him.

"P-Please..." He whimpered, his hips almost involuntarily working down on Chain's paw. "Please, take me..."

Chain nodded with a grin, slipping his fingers out and gently lowering Derek onto his erection. Derek cried out as he was stretched open, his body fighting between pain and pleasure as it sank down onto Chain's throbbing member.

Both panted in long put off pleasure, the warmth of their intimate contact almost forgotten but all too familiar. Chain had to fight the urge to thrust up into the heat surrounding his maleness, knowing that Derek needed time to get used to the feel of someone in him again.

It was Derek who moved first, wrapping his legs around Chain's waist and his arms around the panda's neck. He pulled himself up, almost off of Chain's member, before letting gravity pull him back down and into the world of pleasure he had missed.

Chain himself needed a moment to calm himself, the pressure of the Liger against him making it hard to keep from falling over on the bed. His paws found their way to Derek's hips, gripping them and slowly moving the Liger's body on his maleness.

Derek had to force himself to breath, his muscles refusing to work lest the ecstasy he felt vanish. He began to pull himself up against Chain again, aiding the panda in his efforts for their combined euphoria.

Their bodies moved in almost perfect harmony, Chain lifting as Derek pulled himself up, then pulling as the Liger let himself relax again. Though relax would have been a relative term due to the fact that Derek's body was sporadically clamping around Chain's member inside of him.

The two made eye contact as their bodies neared orgasm, both needing to feel the other's pleasure any way they could. Derek pulled himself up once again, but instead of letting himself drop, held himself against Chain's chest. The two locked muzzles in an impassioned kiss as Chain's hips continued to thrust upwards, driving his maleness into the undeniable delight of the body above him.

His thrusting drove Derek's arousal into his belly fur, creating a near overload of sensation combining a soft touch and gentle tickle that only fur could give. The new assault on his senses drove Derek to new heights of bliss, his body clamping every muscle it could in an attempt to hold off his completion.

The overwhelming pressure was too much for Chain, his hips forcing themselves up to drive him as deep into the small Liger as he could get before finally erupting inside his lover.

The new warmth deep within him was all Derek needed to finally release, his seed coating their stomachs and chests due to a few final thrusts from Chain's twitching body.

The two panted from exertion, Chain's strength finally giving out and allowing the two to fall sideways onto the bed. They lay in each other's arms for a while, neither having the strength to even talk, but speech wasn't needed. Both could see the way the other felt just by looking into each other's eyes.

Almost an hour passed before they were finally able and willing to move again, Derek gasping as Chain's maleness finally popping out of him as they pulled apart.

"We better go get showered up and get to the flight deck..." Chain chuckled ass he looked himself over, poking at a bit of Derek's cum on his chest. Derek gave his own chuckle as the panda's seed leaked from his tail hole, making his fur stick together.

"Yeah... I'm sure the captain is more then a little mad that we kept him waiting so long."