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Legalities: First off all my stuff is copyrighted to me, Jake Shadow Wolf. Second all characters who don't belong to me are copyrighted to their respective owners including Cole, Shalendran, Hena, Riley, Vex, and so many others who I really don't want to write the names of right now. I couldn't have made this story possible without ideas from Nuku Valente's Flexible Survival, the help of everyone who donated a character and the occasional idea, and the people who read and enjoy my work. With that said let's begin the story where we left off in chapter 5.

I sighed as I leaned on the wall of the pit, which was one of the few things not covered in slime and tried to take stock of my surroundings. The first thing I noticed was that it seemed almost as if this was the habitat of some giant creature. Then I took stock of the weird sacks stuck to the wall across from me. I stared at them for a bit then mumbled "I really don't think I want to know what the fuck is inside those things, but I get the feeling I'm going to find out very shortly." I sighed and started watching the goo all around my feet waiting for something to burst out and attack me. I blinked as it seemed as if the slime was slowly draining away then I suddenly heard a sound like someone breathing deeply. I instinctively jumped up and grabbed onto the lip of the tube I'd slid down, only to find that it had closed up and I ended up flat on my face in the goop.

I instinctively stopped breathing until I could pull my head up then wiped my face clean and breathed deeply. I slowly climbed to my feet and tried wiping some of the gunk off, but I felt it seep into my skin and blinked as my left arm changed into that of a reptile. I tried asserting my control over the nanites and nothing happened. I wondered if I had to be in a situation where I was in control to make it work and filed it away for later use. I sighed as something started moving under the goo and jump as something tried to latch onto my leg. I growled softly as I landed then leaned on the wall watching the goo all around me. Suddenly a tentacle lashed out of the goop from the other-side of the room and tried to ensnare my throat. I slashed out and cut the tentacle in half then grabbed the half that was still coming toward me and studied it. It had what looked like a hole in the very tip, and almost seemed to be alive still.

I shoved it into my pocket figuring I could find a use for it later as something let out a ferocious snarl that sounded garbled due to the goo. I blinked as the cocoons on the wall stated to shake and split revealing a host of monstrous beasts. Some had mostly human bodies with animal heads, others had animal bodies with human traits, and others still just looked as if they'd been formed from a bunch of animals combined into one body. I shivered at the look of predatory lust in the creatures eyes and prepared to fight. The first of them, a beast with the head of a bull, body of an anthromorphic wolf, and the claws of an eagle's talons for hands rushed at me with its head lowered. I grabbed onto the horns and flipped over its back, surprising myself with the insane inhuman flexibility of my body, and landed behind it.

I thrust back and kicked it in the face knocking it into the wall and pinning its horns then used its back to get above the rest who seemed a little bit less antsy to go after me after the display I'd just given using the bull headed beast. I heard a rumbling growl from under the goo then tentacles lashed out and tried to grab me from the back of the beast. I reacted instinctively and lashed out cutting them then let loose a predatory growl as the scales started to progress up my arm to my shoulder and neck. The beasts saw this and snorted then turned and rushed me in mass, realizing I wasn't immune to the infection. I flipped over them and landed then focused on the mutation in my arm and slowly forced it to change to that of a wolf. The beasts stared at my arm not comprehending its change then one of them lashed out trying to knock me back into the wall.

I kicked it in the face, and it bit down on my leg. It had the head of a jackal, body of an anthro bear, and arms of an anthro horse. I yelped loudly as the wolf infection spread further up my neck then changed direction and started travelling down my body. I growled and dug my claws into the things chest then pulled back ripping out its heart. It let go of my foot which I slowly lowered back to the ground as my clothing repaired itself and my lower body started to be coated in coal black fur similar to the fur on the jackal beast's head. I growled and instinctively bit into the heart feeling the blood flow down my throat and igniting the animalistic urges within me causing my nanites to increase their speed and change even more of my body.

My head slowly morphed into that of a wolf with pitch black fur similar to the last time I'd been a wolf but now I was coated in blood red tribal markings that said I was a leader. I growled at the rest of the beasts which took a few paces back then dived under the goo and started hunting for the tentacle beast that had started all of this. I snarled as something wrapped around my leg and hoisted me up into the air before I found myself staring at the groin of a strange beast with the head of a goat, body of a jaguar, arms of a normal human man, and eyes of an eagle. I blinked as a sickeningly sweet smell hit my nose and tried to find the source. Suddenly the beast snorted and I saw that between its legs were a very large sheath and a pair of furry testicles that were at least as large as a pair of baseballs.

I found myself reaching forward and gently running my hands over the beast's testicles against my natural reactions. Slowly the beast's shaft head started to emerge and I realized it was flared like that of a horse. I growled as the urge to taste that strange looking shaft came over me and stuck out my tongue as I suddenly felt the beast's nose probing at my pants as if trying to get inside them. Growled as I felt its free hand reach forward and unzip my pants revealing my average sized seven inch shaft which looked more like that of a canine than a human now. I yipped in pleasure as the beasts tongue started to probe at my shaft which had started to recede into a rapidly forming sheath. I growled softly as my mind started to be changed by the infection and reacted instinctively with what was left of my human mind, and then lashed out slamming my claws into the things genitals, which were right below my mouth.

The creature dropped me and I breathed deep trying to clear my nose of its scent as it rolled around holding its cleanly severed privates. I kicked it in the stomach as it rolled next to me then got back to my feet and slammed my claws into a vixen with the head of a dog, and arms of a wolf causing her to fall to the ground holding her throat. I growled and watched the rest. Slowly one of them tried to get around me and I lunged at him knocking him back into the wall where I heard a snapping sound and he slowly slumped to the ground dead. I snorted at it feeling superior, and tried to focus my body back to a normal human. I almost fully succeeded when I felt as if someone had completely electrified my body and I was hoisted high into the air by a giant ass tentacle. I growled and tried to regain control of myself as I glanced back to see I had a wolf tail.

One of the creatures noticed my distraction and ran forward shoving its claws into my side. The wound wasn't a killing wound, which was a mistake on the creature's part as it soon realized. I pulled it close via the arm that was basically stuck in my rib cage and head-butted it. That was a bit stupid on my part because the creature just shook its head a little dazed. I growled and slammed my fist into its stomach causing it to double over gasping then grabbed onto its head twisting it until I heard a loud snap and it fell to the ground. I turned and sliced off the tentacle holding me in the air, and then I ripped the beast's claws out of my side and blinked a few times as my vision got a little blurry around the edges. I quickly pulled off my shirt and tore it in strips, then wrapped the strips around my chest and waist to bandage the wound. The rest of the creatures refused to approach me as I was fixing myself, which was good because I doubt I could have held them back and probably would have ended up as a mindless beast like them.

As soon as I tied off the bandages I felt something latch around my feet and drag me toward the center of the room. That's when I finally realized why it seemed like the goo I'd jumped into had been so deep. We were in a bowl that sloped inward and downward. The only reason you couldn't feel it around the edge is that you were on a lip. I glanced back and saw that my guess was right, but of course the goo had buoyancy that kept you from sinking unless you tried to, or something else tried to pull you in deeper. I growled softly and started trying to tug my damn leg free knowing that the creature at the end of the tentacle was pissed, and wanted me dead.

I finally got my leg free as I came within reach of the snapping maw. The thing's face was just a giant set of fangs with two beady bloodshot eyes. I moved just out of its reach then slammed my newly formed claws, thanks to the damn infected goo seeping into my skin yet again, into its beady eyes. It let out a roar that shook the entire room and could actually be heard through the goo and caused the beasts to move away from the middle and huddle on the lip around the deep goo. I quickly swam to the surface and breathed a deep breath of fresh air then pulled myself on top of the goo and ran to the lip around the edge watching for the beast to surface. I didn't have to wait long as it broke through the goo roaring loudly and swinging its tentacles wildly. I growled and jumped onto it then started digging my claws into it over and over, realizing that it must have some way to control its victims, since they seemed to do whatever it wanted even as it tried to kill them.

The creature roared and tried to roll onto its back but I just kept moving with it. The damn thing was built like a tank with a few thousand tentacles, six actual legs that almost acted as fins, the two beady eyes I mentioned before, and a mouth like that of a giant leach. I growled and raked my claws along the things stomach splitting it open and causing a strange silver to bleed out over my claws. I licked one and found the taste to be interesting so I filled an empty water bottle I had on me with it then closed it up and filled a small bag with the transformative goo figuring the doc may have some idea what was in it. The creature's victims tried to get close so they could pull me off it and it killed them with its wildly lashing tentacles. I smirked and continued tearing it apart then crawled into the incision I'd carved with my claws and started tearing apart the things internal organs as if they were tissue paper.

I crawled my way to the things mouth then slowly climbed out and found myself facing a room full of goo, and corpses. I realized that the monsters I'd been fighting while this beast tried to get rid of me had just been the things puppets. I sighed softly then heard someone shouting and crawled over to one of the weird cocoons that hadn't broken then ripped it open and caught a very slim dragoness who fell out. I stared at her and she said softly "Thank you, the moment that creature died I felt its attempts to corrupt my mind stop. Are there any other survivors?" I shrugged and said softly "We'll have to check the rest of the cocoons, all the ones that creature let out were either corrupted, or dead." She glanced behind me at the monster and its puppets then shivered and said softly "I can't believe you killed that thing, or that it could even exist."

I nodded and ran a hand through my hair then started going from cocoon to cocoon pulling them open. Finally I found one that had a coherent survivor. He was a black lab with red marks on his hand and foot paws making him look different from most. I glanced at the rest of the cocoons and realized they were either empty, full of lust filled mindless beasts, or filled with the creatures latest meals. I sighed and glanced down then mumbled "There has to be a way out of this place, obviously can't go back the way I came from, so maybe there's an exhaust vent underneath this goo?" I glanced at the Labrador who was trying to sort his wits out, and the dragoness who was staring at me as if I was some kind of guy who could fix all our problems then dug around in my bag, which I still hadn't lost despite all the fighting, and tried to find something they could use to breath. I blinked as I found a pair of diver's masks that one of the guys had probably put in there. I sighed and mumbled "Wish I'd known about those before."

I handed the masks to the dragoness and the lab then said "Pull it down over your face and just relax, follow me into this... mess. I'll do my best to guide you through, but if you feel like you need to breathe, come back to the surface. This shit will fuck you over if you aren't careful." They nodded and the three of us dived in then I swam down to the bottom with them following. I blinked as I found a valve that said "Purge all secretions into sewers?" I smirked and twisted it causing water to pour in, and the secretions to be washed out. We were washed out with it, but, mostly clean water was something I could handle.

I saw some pipes hanging from the ceiling of the sewer and grabbed onto them with the lab and the dragoness following suit. Eventually the tide subsided and the water only flowed through the usual drainage canal. I let go and motioned for the others to do the same then the three of us started looking for the nearest manhole. Suddenly the dragoness let out a yell and I turned around. She was grinning really big and pointing up where an open manhole was shining light down on her. I motioned for her to stay back and climbed up while she and the lab stood there talking. I stuck my head out of the manhole and looked around then, when I was sure the coast was clear, motioned for the others to follow and climbed out. The dragoness followed me quickly cursing when her wings started to get stuck.

I sighed and motioned for her to close them then pulled her up and yanked the lab out of the sewer as something snapped at where his feet had just been. I slammed the manhole cover in place then handed them my map and said softly "Get to the lab, the mall, or back to my bunker. Whichever one you choose, tell them Jake sent you. If they ask how you know me tell them the entire story, and to prove it's really me tell them I told you I transform into a wolf when my nanites get out of my control." They stared at me surprised and I said "Go now! Whatever the fuck is in the sewer isn't going to be held back very long by a manhole cover, NOW GET GOING!!!" I yelled the last words which caused them to start moving I knew it would, so I growled softly and jumped onto the cover as a claw stuck out from under it. I heard a vicious snarl and mumbled "Not this time, you nearly destroyed my home town and I couldn't stop you because I was a kid, I won't let you destroy anything else."

I could feel the anger, and with it the nanites, starting to get out of control so I reined it in and focused on my hands turning them into the claws of a wolf. I watched as the creature started to push up the cover, even with me standing on it, and dug my claws into it then jumped off the manhole and waited for it to surface. The creature let out a bestial scream then sent the manhole flying and jumped out of the sewer and growled at me. I smirked when I saw the thing; it was one of my hallucinations proving to be an actual living breathing creature. It stared at me then said something in a language I couldn't really understand. It stared at me and I smiled then said "Well time to prove that Demon-kin are rather easy to kill." It laughed at me and rushed forward blindingly fast. I slammed my fist forward into its shoulder and knocked it back into the wall of a building, which was already in pretty bad shape, and caused the foundation to crack.

It snarled at me and I studied it carefully as the two of us started circling each other. It looked like your average human, except that it had large curving ram's horns on top of its head, three tails one that looked like a snake, one that looked like it had a barbed point, and one that looked like it was made of rocks. The thing had a large pair of bat wings on its back that looked as if they had been torn up by something with huge claws. Its skin was a dull grey color and looked like it was made of scales, and its shaft was hanging down at an obscene angle.

I growled as it slashed at me, and then cut one of its claws off with a wild swing of my own. It snarled at me and jumped back then prepared to attack me yet again. Suddenly it stopped and dove into the sewer yet again. I stared after it then I heard a soft melodious singing. I blinked finding that the singing actually lightened my spirits then slowly followed it along the edge of the street into the city park. It seemed as if everything else was completely silent and listening to the singing as I got closer and closer to it. Suddenly I blinked as I found myself staring at a circle of fairies dancing around. In the center a shape was starting to take form, it looked like a winged snow leopardess, with a large black gryphon standing next to her. I blinked as slowly the shape went from surrounded to light, and seeing ethereal, to forming into real living beings who were speaking with the largest of the fairies.

I silently wondered if the two knew each other as I started to back up then I stepped on a twig which snapped unusually loud in the wake of the fairies singing. I silently cursed and stood perfectly still waiting to see if the fairies, or the leopard, saw me. Suddenly the gryphon looked my way and let out a growl that sent shivers down my back, and every creature near me scurrying for cover. I blinked as I realized that the "gryphon" was actually a winged panther, somewhat like its mistress, just with wicked looking claws, and a tail that reminded me of a gryphon. I wondered how it had come to be that day, and if there were other creatures like it wherever the leopardess came from. Suddenly everything in the area's eyes turned toward me as the creatures let out a loud threatening yowl and stepped in my direction. I stared it in the eyes and mumbled "You've faced demon-kin, you just destroyed a monster that could only be labeled as a tentacle horror, and you are so far surviving the apocalypse, what is there to fear from a big pussy cat."

The creature stopped as its mistress said something in a language I couldn't understand then she said just loud enough for me to hear "You may wish to come forward; otherwise my protector will assume you are a threat and attack you. I don't know who or what you are, but I do know that you don't smell like a demon." I slowly walked forward with my hands up to show I was unarmed and silently thought of how best to explain who and what I was to this strange new creature. She was beautiful, for a large cat that is, with a trim waistline, a nice rear, a nice chest, beautiful eyes that said she was a kind person, and an interesting spot pattern. I studied her carefully as I walked and noticed she was wearing a weird outfit that seemed almost as if it came straight out of some child's story book.

She studied me and said softly "What type of garb are you wearing?" I blinked finding myself having to resist the urge to laugh at her old English the relaxed and replied "It's called a t shirt and jeans. What kind of clothing is that?" She stared at me then said "This is my mage's robes. They enhance my magical abilities, and between them and my staff I can manipulate the very laws of nature to my whim." I stared at her and silently wondered if she'd gone mad, she saw the disbelief in my eyes then smirked and suddenly formed a large ball of white flame over her paw. I blinked and mumbled "Ok, so now I'm a believer." She studied me, then turned and spoke to the fairies as I lowered my hands. The panther watched me carefully and I growled at him my inner beast not liking the fact he seemed to think I was prey. He looked slightly taken aback and growled at me then prepared to lunge.

I snarled and my hands changed into the claws of a wolf then stared at him challengingly. He slowly got back to a normal stance and watched me as if he was surprised anyone like me would dare to take him on. His mistress said something to him in that strange language and he started ignoring me. I shrugged then turned and started to walk away. Suddenly the leopardess grabbed my arm and said softly "I do believe I'll travel with you." I glanced at her questioningly and she said "I can't go back to my homeland, these fairies explained that there isn't enough magic currently, and they think you caused an increase in their circle which allowed my magic to resonate with theirs. In other words, you have magic, and I want to know what form it will take." I shrugged and said "If you truly wish to join me milady, then so be it. I'm Jake, and you are?" She smiled at the milady term then said "Lady Shalendra Kitranth."

We walked out of the park and the weird sense of importance I felt about the place was gone I shrugged and said "Well miss Kitranth, why don't we head back to my bunker where you and your pet can relax, while I go do some errands?" She nodded as her pet fell into step behind us. I could tell by the sound of how he walked that he was sheathing and unsheathing his claws with every step. I smirked to myself making a note to keep him from my back after this instance and motioned for Shalendra to follow me as I picked up the pace, knowing right where the bunker was from the park. How did I know, I'm not quite sure, yet I knew anyway. When we got there I knocked on the door and the Labrador from before opened it. He grinned at me and said "Welcome back Jake, find another survivor?" I shook my head and said softly "No time to explain, I have more things I need to do, and I'm just dropping off my friend. Be careful not to really piss her off, or her pet will tear you apart."

He nodded and stepped out of the way as the Shalendra and her pet moved into the bunker. I shook his hand then ran off mumbling under my breath about the unlikeliness of magic, and how odd it was that I kept finding the strangest things possible. I blinked as I saw a young arctic wolf, which couldn't be more than sixteen walking along the street with a fox kit. I sighed softly and slipped into an alley then followed along behind them, having that vague sense of being needed yet again. I couldn't see why, but I was never one to distrust my instincts and feelings.

After about half an hour I prepared to stop when suddenly they were surrounded by a group of wyverns. I sighed and rubbed my eyes then climbed up the nearest fire escape and prepared to jump down on top of the fuckers. Suddenly one of them pulled the fox off the kid's back and she screamed. I growled and lunged not thinking about the fact that I was still about three stories up and landed on the wyvern, causing it to toss the girl in the air. I jumped up and caught her then flipped so my back hit the ground and swore as the air was knocked out of me. I looked her in the eyes and said softly "Go behind that building and hide in the trash can. I'll help your friend, but we'll both be too worried about you if you stick around to do much good." She nodded and hopped out of my arms then did as I told her. As soon as she got to the edge of the building a wyvern lunged at her. I grabbed it by its tail, which was conveniently enough within my reach,

I twirled it around and tossed it into the building then motioned for the girl to go as I dived into the dog pile of wyverns on the wolf kid. I snorted realizing that if they had their way the kid wouldn't stand a chance as they had already started coating him in some weird goo. The goo reminded me of some stuff I'd seen a lizard spit out at a zoo once and I wondered what the fuck it would do. I growled as I quickly got them all away from the kid then tore him free. He looked at me dazed and I mumbled "Oh great, so it's basically a fucking venom type thing." I pushed him into a doorway and quickly strung the goop down so they couldn't keep blasting him with it then turned and prepared for the fight of my life.

The wyverns started blasting me, and thanks to my slightly more advanced immune system, I lasted longer than the kid, however I was starting to slow down from the effects of the poison. Suddenly the cavalry arrived, in the form of my little gang of hyenas. They rushed in and started beating the fuck out of the wyverns, and any other infected drawn to the sound of the scuffle. I grimaced at the thought of what the poor fuckers had to deal with then limped over to the doorway and ripped the strange goo down. I quickly shoved it in my bag, figuring the doc could probably use it for something then pulled the kid on my back and went looking for the little girl. She poked her head up out of the garbage bin when she heard me approaching then smiled and hopped out. She hugged my leg and said "Thanks mister, then noticed the wolf on my back and said "Oh no, Cole!" I stroked her ears and said softly "Don't worry about him; he'll be fine as soon as I get him to a friend of mine. You want to go with me?" She nodded and the two of us kept walking.

I took them to the lab then walked in and went through the decontamination process. The little girl laughed when the heat dried her fur and shivered at the rest of it. When we walked into the lab Doc took one look and said softly "Must you leave all your strays with me?" I raised an eyebrow then set Cole down and Doc sighed. Doc walked over and studied him then said "I'll need whatever's contaminated him." I pulled out the wads of goo and handed them to her, happy to be rid of them. Doc studied them then put them into a machine that synthesized anti-venom. She took the anti-venom and quickly shot it into Cole's arm then said "He should be fine, but just to be safe your friend and the girl can take him to the infirmary and heal him up. Now with that out of the way I need you to go to the only known human settlement out here and find out who runs it, and why they stopped making contact with me."

I sighed and nodded wondering what this little mystery had in store for me, as I passed Doc's guard she nodded at me and I saluted her then handed her the rest of doc's samples and motioned for her to take them to Doc. She nodded and quickly walked inside while I guarded the entrance for her, then when she came back I reported all was clear and headed out. She waved at me and I waved back then turned and started for the south wishing I had my map back on me, but I'd basically left it at the bunker with everyone there. I silently swore to myself I'd make a copy of my map the moment I found an office building and kept walking. Suddenly I saw a strange light flash down a side street. I ran after it quickly, thinking that maybe a survivor was trying to make contact with me.

When I got to the point that the flash had taken place I found a burn mark and nothing else. I swore then blinked as I realized just how big the mark was. It was about ten feet in diameter, and was a perfect circle. I noticed minor singing on the buildings around it at about two stories up and shivered wondering what the fuck could have possibly caused something like this and chocking it up as yet another mystery before continuing south. About six blocks from where I saw the first flash of light, I saw a giant egg standing higher than most of the buildings. I shivered deciding to avoid it at all costs even as my natural curiosity warred within me about going and seeing what the hell it was.

After about three more hours of walking I finally found myself in the warehouse district. I silently memorized my root here, not realizing that my nanites were in fact storing the root since it's what I wanted done, and started forward. I blinked when I noticed that a few of the warehouses had a symbol that vaguely looked like a dragon painted on them then saw one that said "Go away, Stay out, Beware, and Get lost." I smirked knowing this was the human settlement. I knocked on the door and suddenly found myself surrounded by fifteen dragons, six humans, and seven others with different infections pointing high powered assault rifles at me. I slowly raised my hands above my head and said "I was sent by the doc, to see why radio contact was broken." All the while the only thoughts passing through my head were "God Damn I'm an idiot for not thinking something like this could happen," and "Shit I knew I shouldn't have asked what next earlier today. That's what they always do in the movies and the guy who says it is always dead."

To Be Continued.............................

Well Boys and Girls it's that wrap up Chapter 6 of a Return to When We All Lived in the Forest. I'll see you next time, thanks for reading. Special thanks go out to everyone who contributed a character to the story, especially those not mentioned earlier.

P.S Please leave a comment and tell me what you think about the story, thanks and see you next upload.

I guess with that out of the way it's time for Jake's question time. Question Number 1: What was the creature Jake faced when he fell into the pit? Question Number 2: Who caused Jake to fall into the pit, and what might have been one of their motives? Question Number 3: Why would the doc have Jake collecting samples, and how is his immune system more advanced than Cole's? Question Number 4: Who appeared in the circle of light and believes our hero has magic? Question Number 5: Would you like to see some smex in the coming chapters, or do you prefer the storyline I'm weaving that may or may not have sex later on? Finally Question Number 6: Would any of you like a side chapter talking about what's happening to everyone else while our Hero was trapped within the belly of the beast?