Familiar, Part 4 - The Steam City Conspiracy
#4 of Familiar
Leaving the forest to prove Jakes innocence the duo finds themselves at the Steam CIty. However, something in this city simply is not right.
Familiar Part 4 - The Steam City Conspiracy
Andreas sat up after his long rest feeling a slight sense of relaxation. Running his hand along his shoulder, he felt no wound. Only his coarse fur covered his thick muscle. Looking around the shack, he saw no one around. "Jake?" Andreas looked at the door and pushed up. Standing on his hooves, he moved to step forward. "Careful my magic is very strong, it won't let you leave till I say you can," He heard a female voice.
Turning his eyes met a familiar face. Luna the white wolf sat quietly behind him sipping her tea. Turning Andreas kneeled and bowed to the canine. "Mistress Luna...Forgive me...I," Luna touching his face cut Andreas short. She lifted his head and gave him and small smile. "I...had to follow my orders," He closed his eyes. "I understand, that was an age ago young one," She pulled his head against his small frame. This wolf was much older than she looked.
Wrapping his arms around her, he gritted his teeth. "I killed them...kids, women, men, all of them, I was ordered to do so...I can't," He coughed out. Hushing him softly she calmed his very soul with her presence. A century ago Andreas was the most feared of the Familiar. So feared that high king Argoth gave his weapon an order. It was the simple order to destroy all other familiar. This would leave Andreas as the last and strongest weapon of them all.
Unfortunately, Andreas bound to this man was forced to follow those orders. Andreas never forgot and never will what he had done. Luna was as old as Andreas was at that time. She seriously wounded the bull when he came to end her. This is what forced Andreas to retreat inside the ring to heal. Andreas held her in high respect and to familiar she had become an emotional mother.
Looking up she got the bull onto his hooves. Leading him outside Jake and Ishi stepped up from the woods. Jakes eyes lit up and he quickly turned into a sprint. Rushing up he wrapped his arms around Andreas. Hugging him tightly Jakes eyes began to water. Tears soaked into the bull's fur deeply. His small hands gripped the leather harness that ran down to his kilt. "Easy kid I wasn't dead," Andreas looked down at him. Jake wiped his face and looked up at the bull.
"I know, but I thought the worse," He wiped his eyes. Jake smiled at him and almost leaned in for a kiss. Stopping himself, he remembered that Andreas was not awake the last time. "Well where are we going kid?" Andreas patted his head. Jake had come to a decision. Seeing how far General Parson was prepared to go last night to kill him. Jake wasn't going to keep running and putting people in danger. He was going back to the royal city. He was going to prove himself innocent of whatever he's being hunted for.
Unfortunately, now they were quite a far way away. Having Andreas do the massive jumps like before would leave them open to gunfire. Therefore, they would have to walk the few weeks journey back to the Royal City. A city and a few towns lay between them and their so it wouldn't be one long journey. The group said their farewells to the white wolf and headed out. This was not the last time they would see the healer. Ishi and Terra had decided to stay behind. If any solders came, they figured at least they could try to stop them.
Jake and Andreas continued down the trail going westward. The trail stretched on into the planes. Now instead of walking one after the other Andreas and Jake walked side by side. Jake kept looking at his hand tempted to hold it. "Hm, so what was that thing I was hit with," Andreas asked. "Oh it's called a gun, they fire bullets," Jake explained simply. Andreas pondered in his mind ways to get around these devices. They were bothersome and not of his age. However, that didn't mean they weren't unbeatable. They suffer much like a bow, takes time to reload and you rely on ammo. They also aren't quite as controllable as a blade.
Jake didn't know much of this part of the kingdom. He knew some big city was close by but knew nothing about it. Coming over a hill, the city came into view. A great towering pillar of steam rose into the sky. On the side of a mountain, a great city rose into the sky. Towering copper pipes fuming with white steam. Buildings tucked neatly in between the pipes and giant gears. The small wall around the city had a tall gate directly before it. "This was called Ceron at one time," Andreas remembered the area. "Oh? Well it looks like the old city has been converted," Jake looked at him.
The two moved across the field to the gates, which were open and unguarded. Entering the great city they slightly amazed by the towering works of metal. People wandered about the streets and shops before them. Great-carved stairways lead up to the higher levels of the city. Andreas glanced at a group of children playing with young Familiar. Looking away quickly he walked into the city. Jake followed close behind hearing the sound of the hissing pipes. Jake quickly stopped at a local vendor and asked where they were. The shopkeeper told them they had reached Steam City.
This was the modern marvel of the vast king's realm. The entire city was powered by an underground lake, which is super heated by a magma flow. Andreas growled as a man passed by on a spider like vehicle. Its mechanical legs clinking and hissing as it passed.
The young man was staring at a food stall with intent. All the fancy technology was lost on Jake who was simply hungry. Andreas knew the kid had to eat. Jake sighed and sat down on a bench holding his stomach. Andreas noticed a small group of men trying to load a machine onto a cart. He walked over to them seeing them struggling. "Hey bug can ya give us a hand?" One of them looked at him. "For twenty crowns, I'll carry it for you," Andreas told them.
The men looked at each other since twenty coins was a hefty sum of money. Their laughter quickly erupted though the group. Even in Steam city a weeks pay was only twelve crowns. The warehouse boss stepped out and looked at him. He then looked at the six carts that had to be loaded within the hour. "I'll give ya thirty if you can load three carts faster than these bums," The boss smirked. His men stopped laughing looking at their boss. They didn't know if he was being serious or not. Andreas didn't care the idea of getting his master some food was good enough. Stepping up to the warehouse, he grabbed the machine out of their hands. Lifting up his tail rattled loudly.
His hooves dug into the ground as he took small steps. Single handedly he carried the massive machine to the metal cart. Lowering it slowly it creaked as it rested on the carts edge. With a small push, it slides into its center. "One," The boss looked at his men. They quickly rushed to get the next machine as to not be shown up. Hissing Andreas grabbed another and quickly moved it into place. The men grumbled and huffed lifting the machine slowly and placed it on a cart.
"Two," The boss counted out twenty crowns from a coin bag. The men rushed and suddenly dropped the machine. With a loud clang, it cracked the pavement. Each of them yelled at the other about whose fault it was. They quickly pulled it up and loaded it onto a cart. Happy with their success they looked at their boss. Andreas was already standing in front of him with his hand out. Looking down the men could see that the bull had loaded the other five carts. Their despair was apparent as the boss dropped half their days pay into the bulls' hand.
Stepping down he returned to Jake and sat next to him. "Here," He sat the bag in his hands. Jake gasped and looked up at him. "Who did you steal this from?" He asked. "I didn't steal it, I worked for it," Andreas huffed. Jake smiled and rushed to the food stall and bought a few sticks of meat. Andreas stood in the middle of the street. Turning slowly a man came running from out of nowhere. With a small crash he ran head first into the bulls chest. Andreas was unharmed but the man fell back onto his rump. In panic the man quickly stood pushing a box into Andreas hands. With out a word he rushed off down another alley closely followed by two officers. Andreas looked at the small seemingly ordinary box.
He slid it into his satchel not wanting to open it with the officers nearby. Jake returned with two sticks with big pieces of grilled meat. He munched on one and handed the other to Andreas. Jakes stomach clamed with the familiar sensation of food. Glancing up from his food Andreas saw two of the officer from earlier.
They stared at him from the corner. He could feel the box in his pocket. "Hey kid how about we go find a place to sleep," Andreas nudged Jake. With a mouth full of food, they both got up and walked deeper into the city. Using a few coins Jake rented them a room in a small inn. Their room was small with one bed. "Well it looks like we're going to have to share, this was the only room they had left," Jake blushed. "Hm I guess so," Andreas blushed as well. Jake stepped into the room and Andreas could feel eyes upon him. Looking back, he saw another officer sitting across the inn. His eyes glued on him through the crowd of drunkards.
Andreas didn't care for all this attention. Stepping inside he shut the door and sat down on the bed. "Hey you wanna get a drink!" Jake smiled. He had never been in an inn before. He had also never actually drunk any kind of beer. "Nah go ahead kid I'll be right here," Andreas sighed tired. Taking a few pieces crowns, he tossed Andreas the bag. Jake stepped back out and shut the door behind him.
Once the door was shut, the bull pulled the box from his satchel. Setting it on his lap, he lifted the lid gently. Starring in horror he quickly shut the box tightly. With wide eyes as he tried to comprehend what he saw. Slowly he lifted the lid again seeing a small dried body. It was baby that should never have been born. The face of the husk was obviously equine but completely hairless. With massive eyes due to its size. Two deformed legs sprouted from its back. Looking at a small furnace fireplace, he opened the grate. Tossing the box inside; he shut the grate and listened to the box pop.
He had seen those kinds of monstrosities before. That was what happened when a human tried to breed with a Familiar. The two species were completely incompatible and pregnancies were never a problem. However, when King Argoth planned to expand his kingdom he tried to force the pregnancy. He used magic to force Familiars to take human females. His cruel magic managed to create a few crossbreeds. However, they baby was always deformed and did not live long after its birth. Mostly the female died during delivery.
Andreas starred at the floor thinking of the completely taboo act. Sex with Familiars was common practice. It wasn't illegal for married men and women to use Familiars to escape their vows. The idea of pregnancy was never an issue for them. Andreas had to know what horrible being was trying to do accomplish this. He lay back on the bed pondering on what was going on in this city he starred at the ceiling. The technology had changed but the idea was still there. To create none bound Familiars. To create beast men who could act on free will. What army could be better for a king who wanted the world.
Naturally Andreas eyes shut to the sound of the box and its contents turning to ash. He slipped from consciousness and dozed off quickly. Jake stood at the bar waiting for the bartender to fill his cup. Meanwhile in the high tower of the city. The tall man who spoke to Parson sat on a throne of copper pipes. His hood drew showing an old man. "Father please this is my city, please let me rule it," A young man stood before him. The young boy had long silver hair and deep green eyes. He was tall with a staff in his right hand. "No son, you lead this city to its height now it is time for a true ruler to step in, the kings orders," the old man scoffed under his white beard. "As you wish father," The boy turned and left the hall.
"Have you managed to create one yet?" He turned to an ungainly creature standing in a side doorway. A Familiar standing as tall as a man. Its skin blue and lightly translucent. No organ or bones visible through its skin. A large Jelly fish belly around his neck hanging down over his body like a cape. Long tentacles stretching out behind it from the bells edge. Upon his body a long white robe hiding its body. A plain white mask over his face having no features. Only the eyes cut out to show the piercing yellow eyes under it. Long ribbon tentacles slicked back along his head from the edge of his mask.
"Not quite yet, but if you would provide more viable test subject I could proceed with greater efficiency and..." The high pitched voice spoke out from under the mask. "Silence you pathetic creature, I didn't ask for excuses, his majesty want his army, and he will get it," The man growled. He lifted his hang showing his right hand covered by a white glove. Closing his fist the Familiar shook slightly clenching his fists. "Alright, I understand...Master Eric," The words spat from the mans lips with utter distain.
The old mans son stepped out onto the balcony of the tower. Tapping his staff softly a great Asian dragon slithered down around him. The beast's entire body was made of metal and shinning in the light. Each scale hid an inner network of billions of wires, cords, pulleys, pistons, and gears. Its large head came up to the boys shoulder softly. "Shan Xu, Please tell me, why does my father hate me?" The boy asked the dragon. "I'm sure he doesn't hate you, he simply is doing as he's told," The dragon responded. Grabbing one of his horns the young man climbs up onto the dragons back. Steam pumped out of the dragons joints. His two pairs of legs clinking as they pushed off the building.
The beast seemingly floated in mid air momentarily. Turning away it slithered through the air to a nearby manor house. The metal dragon wisped into the boy's window and curled up in the large room. The boy slid off onto his bed and sighed. The large dragons head lay next to him which he petted softly. "I hope your right," He smiled. The dragons eyes closed as did the young mans.
Jake sat at a long stone table after his sixth cup of beer. His mind spun as he had a hard time sitting up strait. Pushing himself up he staggered back to his door. Nearly falling he pressed against the hard wood of the door. "Mmmm bully! Open up," He slurred. Andrea's tail whipped around the door knob and the door opened. Jake stepped in and shook his head as he made his way to the bed. Andreas tail shut the door and locked it again. Jake staggered to the bed side and leaned against it. The beer had done one thing for sure. He could no longer comprehend what he was thinking or saying. Leaning in he kissed the bull flat on the lips. The bulls eyes bolted open and he stared at the boy. Going to push the boy away he felt his arms lock around his neck. "What are you doing kid?" He managed to push him back far enough to talk. "Mmm kissing you...dontcha like it," He smiled widely. Kissing him again Andreas wanted to just get him off. Not that he wasn't enjoying it he simply knew the kid had no control.
"Mmmm bully stop it," Jake grumbled and the ring gleamed. Andreas hand suddenly forced to his side. Jake still had complete control of Andreas and didn't know it. Pushing his small tongue between the bovines lips he felt his teeth. Andreas tried to resist but quickly gave in. Opening his mouth he pushed his tongue against the boys. Jake smiled and open allowing the think intruder to enter his lips. The bulls tongue explored every crevice of his open mouth.
Jake teasingly bit down softly on the fleshy tongue. Feeling the resistance from it made him pull back. He let out a loud slurp as he let the tongue escape his lips. "Do you want me bully?" Jake asked. Andreas nodded softly gripping the sheets. "Mmmm then have me," Jake moved. His legs slid over the bulls waist gently. Sitting up the boys large rump pressed against the bulls throbbing member. The fabric of their cloths a horrid interruption.
Jake slid his shirt off and tossed it next to the bed. His bare chest and belly exposed to the beast. Leaning up Andreas followed his order. He had his way with the human. His soft lips running along his collar. His sharp fangs barely running along his neck. The softness of his skin like silk to the bulls rough fur. Moving down his tongue traced around one of the boys nipples. The dark red nub hardened quickly with a sharp gasp. Andreas bit gently just enough to put some pressure on the soft bud. He moved to the next and repeated the process. His hands quickly released the sheets and touched the boys knees.
Jake bit his lip feeling the rough texture of his palms sliding up. Putting his own hands on the bull he guided him. Along his hips slowly the fabric concealing the sensation completely. Jake reached up grabbing the bulls horns and pulled himself up. With the extra room Andreas slide the boys trousers off slowly. The scent of sweat and heat filled the air from the boys released body. Sitting back Andreas looked down at the boys own throbbing member. His cock was decent for a human. Generously long with a fiery red head glistening with a single bead of pre. Andreas growled softly staring before returning his hands to his hips.
Jake gasped softly feeling his hands run along his bare cool skin. The sensation indescribable as his hands moved along his flesh. Suddenly his hands ran back grabbing his large luscious rump. Feeling up the generous mounds of flesh he let his fingers sink in. With a sharp smack Jake let out a gently moan. Andreas helped him turn around. His ass pushed into his face suddenly and Andreas licked each mound softly. His lips kissing each side softly before he spread the plump cheeks.
Leaning in he ran his large tongue across the virgin pucker. With a jump he gripped Andreas legs. The warm moist organ ran across his soft entrance gently. Circling it slowly Jake peered down at the massive member beneath the kilt. Moving his hands down he moved the cloth back. The large throbbing organ bounced up against his nose softly. "Mmm hi there," He giggled and began to caress the head with his lips. The pair delivered pleasure to each other for a long time. Their moans and groans filling the air of the small room. Jakes entrance was quickly getting slick and starting to quiver. It demanded something larger.
Andreas sunk his tongue into his rump forcing a long groan from his lover. Jake clenched down on his tongue feeling it wriggle inside. Bumping and grinding against his walls made the boy shiver. His cock already throbbing hard against his powerful chest. Pulled back Jake whimpered gently his pucker clenching wanting the void to be filled. The sheer scent of the young boy drove the bull into rut. His cock pulsed and throbbed in anticipation.
Turning around slowly Jake pressed his rump against the warm manhood. Rising up slowly he felt the thick head press against his entrance. With a gasp he pushed back against the unmoving monolith. The battered ram of a head spread the young boy open slowly. With a soft pop Jake gasped and gripped his lovers chest. The head and entered him and filled the void he so longingly wished gone. Biting his lip and bearing the pain he continued to push back. Slowly the member buried deeper into him. Each inch more agonizingly slow as his body demanded the entire length.
Shaking his hips came down against his waist suddenly. He gulped and looked down seeing he had accomplished his task. All of the bulls impressive meat was buried inside him. His stomach expanded slightly making room for the intruder. Rubbing his stomach softly he felt the warmth flooded through him. Andreas let his hands glide up across his legs. Moving he caressed his masters hips softly. Lifting him up slowly Jake tossed his head back with sheer pleasure. His toes curled in the sheets as he was soon suspended in the air. Lowering him back down gently he felt the entire length impale him again.
A gentle rhythm built between the two quickly. Jakes body adjusting to the size and shape. He leaned down holding onto his bulls neck tightly. Andreas turned over putting the boy under him. Lifting up he slide out and forced back in. Jakes back arched as the room filled with the scent of male and musk. Andreas tail thrashed and slammed into the wall. His rattle hissing as he continued his onslaught. Jake held closer and Andreas felt the warmth rush between them. His belly fur soaked in the warmth of the boys seed. Andreas leaned down and kissed his lover with deep passion. Holding in the very depth of his strength he felt his stirring build. His thrusts increased in intensity. His balls slapped against the boys rump demanding their primal release. With a loud moo, he slammed in completely burying to the hilt. Jake held tightly feeling the warm rush of seed fill his very being. His body flooded with the warm seed Andreas held inside tightly. The two basked in the afterglow of each other. They had reached a new level between master and Familiar.
In the copper tower of the city, two resembling wolves entered the throne room. "Their somewhere in this city sir," One wolf gruffly spoke. "Can we do as we must to find them?" His brother asked. "Yes but the Black Minos is no beast to take lightly, you will need more than tricks to defeat him," Lord Eric spoke softly. From the other room amongst the bloodied examination tables the scientist listened. He was a patient being and more than willing to study others. His mind twisted from years of study and research. To know such a powerful Familiar was in the city was an interesting idea.
The jelly brought a scalpel to his handsome face and starred at a mirror slowly. Slowly he ran it along his face gently. With a loud slap, large pieces of his flesh hit the sink. Once he was happy with his multination, he quickly sealed his mask back on. Picking up a piece of the flesh he looked he clicked a button the wall. Slowly a wall opened showing a boy laying on a stone slab his chest open. Raising a piece of his flesh and stitched it across the boys ribs. The blue flesh quickly adhered to the existing meat and began to repair all the damaged cells. Glaring down a small cackle escaped the familiar's lips. His cackle grew louder as he began to stitch further.
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