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Jenny was a little disappointed the little lion did not make an appearance. She didn't see him leave, but Nodrog had said he looked happy. She did feel very relaxed after a little spa attention. She also felt more alert. Jenny was sitting out by the pool in the hopes of catching Stacy. Jenny really liked the boy.

They didn't see him again until lunch Friday. Jenny was a little worried he was upset. Wearing a bright little tank top and a short little skirt he looked really sweet. But Jenny thought that no matter what the boy was wearing. Her neat little world had kind of gotten weird after Nodrog came into it, and even more with Stacy.

They were forced back inside as it started raining. The weather had turned rather quickly and after a little while they needed to leave. It was a wet drive over to Kruger's for the bidding. Jenny closed the hatch on the Hummer as Nodrog and Sherman carried the near foot locker sized case of money inside the house.

They were searched again and the case was given a quick glance. While it was a very large amount of money the mercs had seen more. "You're clear." The Fox said.

Nodrog and Sherman picked up the case and followed Jenny into the waiting room as they called it. A little under half did not show up, leaving only the serious buyers.

"Oh god damn it." Sherman growled as the fat cat and his suites dragged Stacy in with them.

"You don't do anything right now." Jenny said and put a hand on Sherman's shoulder. "Nodrog?"

"Not unexpected. All ready have it covered." Nodrog said. Stacy was visibly shaken, and without any warning trying to talk to him telepathically might be too much.

Nodrog wrote something down and handed it to Jenny. "Give Stacy this."

"All right." Jenny got up and slowly made her way around the room much like she had the day before. Very deliberately she brushed past one of the suites and passed the note before stopping to look over a painting the group was standing and sitting in front of.

Stacy looked down at the note. "Watch the dragon." He crumpled the note and stuffed it in his pocket. With a sigh he looked up and straight at Nodrog. Stacy watched and clear as day heard Nodrog say 'Very good.'

The dragon's mouth didn't move but Stacy knew he had heard Nodrog talk to him. Nodrog tapped his own temple. 'Listen carefully to what I say. Just nod once if you hear me.' Stacy heard Nodrog say and did as he was told.

'I need you to trust me. You will be freed in a little bit. Just nod yes.' Nodrog silently said and smiled as the lion nodded once more.

Stacy was scared beyond belief at this point. Nodrog spoke to him again. 'I know it's hard but try and relax. Nothing I am going to do will hurt you in the slightest.'

Nodrog walked over to one of Kruger's men. "Hey that kid doesn't look very good. You got a medic that could check her out?"

"The little girl? Yeah we... Medic!" The fox yelled as Stacy passed out and fell to the floor. The fox and another ran over to Stacy.

"That was your plan?" Sherman asked with his ears laid flat.

"It worked didn't it?" Nodrog said as the two carried Stacy off to the other room.

Stacy woke up and was sitting on a desk as a Cat anthro checked him out. "You don't have any heart problems do you?"

"No." Stacy said and one of the armed people handed him a glass of water.

"You are a little feverish. Must just be the heat. But what are you doing here?" The cat asked.

"Those guys in the suites just picked me up after I had lunch with those three. They said I was going to be a bargaining chip." Stacy said and pointed to Nodrog, Sherman and Jenny. After he pointed to the fat cat and the suits.

"Check out her story." The cat said and turned back to Stacy. "Judging from your pulse you must be pretty scared."

"I am surprised I haven't wet myself." Stacy said.

"Well you will be alright now." The cat said with a friendly smile.

"Is that girl a friend of yours?" The fox asked.

"Yeah she went to school with my little brother. Why was she with them?" Sherman asked and pointed to the fat cat.

"She said they took her after she had lunch with you." The fox said.

"The four of us had lunch at the little coffee shop in the hotel." Jenny said.

The fox reached up and keyed his mic. "Hey call the hotel and see if they saw anyone in a suit forcefully take a young girl." He turned to them. "We will keep an eye on her until everything clears. I hope you understand."

"You are just doing your job." Nodrog said with a smile.

"Ist there a problem?" Kruger asked as he approached the medic and Stacy.

"The girl claims she was kidnapped from the hotel." The medic said. They paused as the radio came on.

"Group two confirms a number of people saw a girl being taking by one of our guests." The radio went quite.

"Vhat a wulger act. I vant the wermin removed at once." Kruger said.

Jenny waved as the fat cat and his suites were drug out of the room. Kruger walked Stacy over to them. "Ist this little frauline your friend?"

"Yes she is." Jenny said.

"I am wery sorry about those men's actions. I am glad she ist safe." Kruger said.

"We are grateful your men work quickly." Nodrog said.

Stacy cried as Jenny hugged her tightly and the two sat down. "Shhh its all right." Jenny said.

"This makes things a little harder." Sherman said and looked up at Nodrog.

"No it doesn't. Because now everyone here knows how seriously Kruger and his men take this." Nodrog said.

"Vell after that unfortunate ordeal ve are a little behind. I do apologize. If you vill follow me." Kruger said and opened the double doors.

Jenny held Stacy's hand as they followed him down a large hall and up an elaborate set of stairs. They were lead to a very large office with what would have been a good view if not for the thunderstorm now going on. Kruger stood behind a desk while everyone settled down. Nodrog and one of Kruger's men stood over by the window to discuss what had happened so they would not interrupt the bidding.

Kruger had the items in a very secure case sitting on his desk. He opened it and allowed everyone a chance to confirm the items were the same they saw previously and in fact in the case.

Stacy and Jenny were sitting on the foot locker full of cash as the initial rules were laid out.

"The reason for the sale is to clean out some old junk. These were in the position of a Nazi SS officer by the same name during Vorld Var two." Kruger said. He chuckled at the fact some of them took a little to understand the connection.

"They haf been hidden long enough and truthfully some of us vould like to vash our hands of that madness." Kruger said.

Nodrog and the reptile anthro he was talking too turned to look out the window. A lighting strike lit up the sky and three large incoming projectiles. Both started to turn and yell as the glass shattered.

Jenny knocked Stacy down and covered them both with her jacket as a hail storm of bullets tore through the room. Thankfully the case full of cash made a good solid object to hide behind. Her reflexes and speed kicked into over drive from Nodrog partly changing her the other night. It was a last minute extra precaution she was grateful for.

Four armed bad guys swung in on lines through the open window. Jenny sprinted the ten feet to the closest one delivering a neck breaking round house kick to the side of his head.

Sherman wasn't so lucky and took a couple rounds but he and one of the other body guards pulled their weapons and put down the remaining three intruders. "Move your little asses!" Sherman yelled.

Jenny pulled Stacy along and they took cover behind Kruger's desk. "Nodrog do something!" Jenny yelled.

"Jenny... I don't think he can." Stacy cried and pointed to the dragon.

The lull brought Sherman to their side. Kruger was shot full of holes as were most of the people to slow to move. The Iron Dragon stood motionless. Half of his head missing and a hole big enough in his chest Jenny could have reached through him.

"I think the four of us are it in this room." A Panther said as he peered out into the darkness.

Jenny reached up and grabbed the case. "You need a ride?"

"If anything out front is working, it would be nice." The panther said.

"Keep the kid and the case safe and we will even get you a plane ride out of country." Jenny said.

"It's a deal. Stick close kiddo." The panther said.

Jenny grabbed a pump action 12 gauge as they hurried out of the room. Her biggest problem was trying not to get carried away from the killing. Part of what he had done in the short explanation was removed the 'flight' part of her flight or fight reflex. Jenny could be scared but she couldn't run away, she was stuck in fight mode.

Nodrog stood in shock. Missing part of your head will do that. The shock came more from the fact he had been so severely wounded, the pain was more of a secondary shock. If he had enough jaw to laugh he would have.

Given the sound of gun fire Kruger's men were not having much more luck. The size of the damn house wasn't helping. The panther shoved Stacy behind a pillar and put a couple rounds each in two of the masked bad guys.

"Come on we need to get to the Hummer!" Jenny yelled and used the shotgun stock to gut check one of the intruders. Followed up by a lightning quick jab to the throat.

"No, take the kid and duck in a side room." Sherman said.

"All right we will wait for an all clear." The panther said and Stacy followed more from shell shock than anything.

Sherman and Jenny ran down the main hall to the foyer, were they were greeted by a fair number of intruders.

"Hand over the case and the four of you are free to go." The priest said.

"No." Jenny said.

"That wasn't very smart shooting him." Sherman said and pointed to his head.

"Who?" The priest asked.

"The Iron Dragon." Jenny said. She checked her watch four minutes had passed since the window was shot out.

The power flickered.

One of the men that came into the room after the four had left was looking Nodrog over. "Hey they are dead lets go" Another of the intruders said.

As the man closest to Nodrog began to turn the dragon's eye focused quickly and he screamed as Nodrog drove his fingers deep into the man's chest.

Those throughout the house paused as the lights flickered and they heard gun fire, screams and then silence.

"What's going on?" Stacy asked as heavy metal footsteps echoed down every hall.

"I don't know. Whatever it is, it ain't good." The panther said and reloaded his sub machine gun.

The lights flickered again accompanied by the crash of thunder and a deeply disturbing laugh. "The Iron Dragon is coming for you." Jenny said with a wicked toothy smile.

All most everyone covered their ears as the sound of Nodrog raking his metal claws slowly through a marble wall painfully echoing through the house like ten penny nails on a chalk board.

As the lights went out those in the foray stepped back as both Sherman's and Jenny's eyes glowed in the darkness. "Father do something!" Someone yelled.

The temperature rose dramatically as those slow and heavy footsteps drew closer. Jenny and Sherman were standing the hall width apart, now with the nightmarish glow of the dragon's single eye and steam drifting down the hall.

Sherman and Jenny dived for cover in time as those with the priest opened fire on the dragon. He laughed and Jenny crouched and turned as the all familiar click whoosh signaled the flame that was coming.

The power came back and standing in the center of the foray was the quad winged nightmare. The hole in his chest slowly closing as was the missing chunk of his head. "You reallly sssshoulllld not have done thaaat." Nodrog slurred from still missing part of his jaw. He laughed again.

Stacy screamed as the world went black once more. He was outside with the panther. Sherman and Jenny were also outside with them. "What the fuck just happened?" The panther asked.

"I'll explain later. Get in the Hummer." Sherman said and hustled the three of them to the big SUV.

Jenny fired up the engine and smashed her way past another expedition vehicle and down the drive way. She laid on the air horn and crashed through the gate. "Where am I going?"

"Back to the hotel, we need to grab our stuff and split." Sherman said.

"What about Nodrog?" Stacy asked as he cried.

"He will catch up." Jenny said.

Jenny kept her eyes on the road as the house erupted in a ball of flame behind them. Sherman gave the panther a jacket to cover up his wounds. "You sure you will be all right?"

"Yeah, you got me the fuck out of there. I can manage from here on." The panther said.

"Thanks for protecting the girl." Jenny said.

"Thanks for the ride." The panther said.

They stopped at Stacy's room first, grabbed all of his things and headed up to the suit to get their things. Sherman opened the door and a bright bolt of lightning highlighted the still severely wounded dragon. Nodrog chuckled. "What took you sssoo long?"

Stacy fainted. When he awoke he was strapped in a seat in an airplane. "Hey you all right kiddo?" The female pilot asked.

Stacy didn't see Nodrog but Sherman and Jenny were both sound asleep next to him. "Yeah. I'm all right. Where am I?"

"Right now, most of the way to Spain." Roslyn chuckled.

"Do you have anything to drink?" Stacy asked.

"Yeah. What do you want?" Roslyn asked as she got up.

"Water is fine. I'm Stacy by the way." Stacy said.

"I'm Roslyn." She said and came back with a bottle of water.

"Thank you. That's a pretty name. Where is Nodrog?" Stacy asked.

"Well thank you. He wasn't with the three of you. Sherman said he had something to take care of." Roslyn said.

Mr. October and Collens were standing out front as Roslyn pulled the Hummer up the drive. The effect of her partial change and Sherman not used to his, wore them out. The two had slept most of the flight over. The four climbed out of the Hummer and walked over to them.

"You seem to be short a dragon and have an extra girl." Mr. October said.

"Nodrog isn't here all ready?" Jenny asked.

Collens and Mr. October shook their heads no. Sherman and Jenny just looked at each other. "Were did he go?" Stacy asked.

Back on the other side of the world.

"Judging from the reports I have received, I have only the choice of believing you monster." A figure in the shadows said.

Nodrog and the Priest stood before him. Nodrog didn't kill him, but the soldiers under his command were wiped out. "He is telling the truth your grace." The priest said.

"That is very troubling. I would have expected a little more forethought." The man said.

"Actually he is not entirely at fault your grace." A slender dark haired man said as he walked up to them. "I am the one that fired on the dragon."

"I figured only you could make such a shot, Rip Van Winkle. What was it... Ah yes tinker tailor soldier sailor..." Nodrog said and smiled wickedly.

"My warhead punishes all without distinction. Dragons are no exception." Rip Van said and grinned eerily.

"Enough, you two do not need to start anything in his presence." The priest said.

"Until we meet again Hunter." Nodrog said and turned to leave.

"I should have warned you." The priest said.

"It would have been nice." Nodrog said.

"If there is anything I can do?" The priest said.

"There is." Nodrog said and turned to face the priest. "Ask your god why he won't let me die." Nodrog turned and after a few steps vanished into thin air.

Stacy screamed and everyone jumped as Nodrog just appeared next to the Hummer. Thankfully his wounds fully healed. Though he was covered in a fair amount of blood. His own disgusting blood stained a great deal of his clothes.

"Would you quit doing that!" Stacy yelled as his heart pounded away in his chest.

Nodrog just chuckled. "Sorry about that. Do you have something I could clean off with, out here?"

"Yeah, I have a pressure washer in the garage. Follow me." Collens said.

"No sense standing around out here. Lets go inside and calm the girl down." Mr. October said.

Collens asked one of the staff to get a few towels rounded up so Nodrog could dry off. "I am going out on a limb and guess things did not go smoothly."

"Up until the bidding began it had been smooth." Nodrog said as he was hosed off.

"So who's blood am I washing off?" Collens asked.

"Well the red stuff is a bunch of soldiers from the church and the gross looking stuff is mine." Nodrog said and chuckled.

"I didn't think you could bleed." Collens said and handed Nodrog a large towel.

"If shot with a big enough gun I can." Nodrog said. His head still hurt from being partly lobotomized by a bullet.

Stacy really didn't know what to think as Nodrog came in. He had put on clean pants and without a shirt he could not see so much as a trace of the giant hole. It was spooky to say the least. "Well can I see what is so important I nearly died in a fight to get it?"

"Only fair." Jenny said and opened the case.

Jenny explained what they were while Sherman and Nodrog told Mr. October and Collens what had happened. It included why Stacy had ended up in their care.

"What about the money?" Collens asked.

"It would have been destroyed along with everything in the house." Nodrog said coldly.

"Will it be any trouble if Stacy stayed with Alice and Jenny until we can make arrangements to get her back home?" Sherman asked.

"I wouldn't have any problem with it. I don't think Alice would either." Jenny said.

"Why can't I stay with you?" Stacy asked.

"Cause I will probably be in a lot of trouble with Samantha." Sherman said.

"Plus we are way more fun." Jenny teased.

"It will be fine. Speaking of that why don't the four of you head back and call it a day." Mr. October said.

They climbed back in the Hummer and Nodrog drove them back to base. Jenny had called Alice and let her know they were on the way back and she had a little surprise. "Samantha is all ready there." Jenny said as she hung up the phone.

"Lucky me." Sherman chuckled.

Nodrog carried Stacy's bag as they headed up to the apartment. Alice jumped up and gave Jenny a lengthy hug and kiss as soon as they walked in. "So what's the surprise? Alice asked and spotted Stacy. "Oh my gosh, it's the cutest little lion I have ever seen."

Stacy blushed as Alice hugged him. "His name is Stacy." Jenny said and giggled when Alice looked at her funny.

"Wait, him?" Alice asked and Jenny grabbed her hand before Alice coped a feel.

"Trust me, I all ready checked." Jenny said.

"Hey babe." Samantha said as Sherman gave her a kiss.

Nodrog sat down on the couch while Alice and Jenny fawned over Stacy. "Are you sure this was a good idea?"

"Well you don't use your bed anyways." Sherman said.

"I'm with Alice what an adorable little lion. Can we keep her?" Samantha asked.

Chapter.

"Except she is really a he." Jenny said as the three walked over.

"I don't believe you." Samantha said.

"I don't either." Alice said.

"Honest I am. Jenny checked." Stacy said. He turned to look at Sherman who just nodded in agreement.

Alice and Samantha each grabbed one of his hands and drug him back to the bed room. Jenny, Sherman and Nodrog all waited...

"YOU ARE A BOY!" Alice and Samantha yelled from the bedroom.

"Come here Stacy." Jenny said. As the three came out very red faced.

"I wasn't expecting that." Sherman said as Stacy sat next to Jenny on the couch.

"You weren't expecting... You could have at least told us." Samantha said.

"They did." Nodrog chuckled.

"I think I would have preferred them feeling me up over just yanking my panties off..." Stacy grumbled.

"Sorry about that. I didn't think they would check after we told them I did." Jenny said.

"Well that was certainly a surprise... How do you know Sherman?" Alice asked.

"I went to school with Winston... I just didn't dress like this back then." Stacy said.

"I think my head hurts..." Samantha said.

"I doubt as much as mine." Nodrog said, he didn't think a bottle of aspirin would help.

"You want something? I don't know if we got anything strong enough for that kind of headache." Jenny said.

"Yeah, bring me the bottle." Nodrog said.

"Considering what happened you healed rather quickly." Sherman said.

"No, still healing. I just concentrated on closing the wounds... There are still holes." Nodrog said.

"How can that even be? I saw with my own eyes..." Stacy said.

"It's a little bit of a story. Sherman why don't you take Nodrog to your place so he can have a little more quiet." Jenny said.

"That might not be a bad idea. What are you girls going to do?" Sherman asked.

"We'll have a girls night. Alice and I can explain more to them." Jenny said.

"Do we get ice cream?" Stacy asked.

"Hell yes. I'll go get some, plus I have some new nail polish I want to try." Samantha said.

"Come on. Lets go." Sherman said as he grabbed his bag. The four girls made plans and Nodrog made a quick escape.

Sherman kept the lights off and Nodrog sat down on his couch. Sherman set his bag in his room and closed the few window blinds he had. "Little dark and a whole lot of quiet."

"Thanks. I'm sure there will not be either with the four of them." Nodrog said.

"Probably should have grabbed you a bottle or two of the stuff in your room." Sherman said.

"Not a half bad idea, plus they might not tell him." Nodrog said and started to get up.

"Stay, I will go get it." Sherman said.

He walked back down to the trio's apartment, knocked on the door and waited. "Yes?" Alice asked as she partly opened the door.

"I need a couple of the bottles Nodrog keeps in his room." Sherman said.

"Oh shit we would have forgot to tell Stacy about those. Wait here I will grab you some." Alice said. She closed the door and jogged back to Nodrog's room. He didn't have but four left so Alice took them all.

"Be right back!" Alice yelled and she popped outside, she was still dressed. Jenny and Stacy were both showering.

"Thanks Alice. For these and letting Stacy stay with you." Sherman said.

"No problem. The two of us have been through the same thing he has, so we know most of the answers. These are all he had left." Alice said.

"It will have to work, I would think he had some of our enemies as well." Sherman said and headed back to his apartment.

"This is all of it." Sherman said and handed Nodrog the bottles.

Nodrog removed his hand from his head and he was missing part of his head and one eye. "Sorry, but using the magic to cover it up hurt as much as the injury."

Sherman was a little grossed out. He could see inside Nodrog's head. Granted most of the skull and flesh had formed on the back and side it was the front part that was missing. "Then I am glad we brought you here. I think Stacy had enough gore for a life time."

"Of that I have little doubt. I would have preferred he didn't see that side of us." Nodrog said.

"If it wasn't for that side, he would be dead." Sherman said.

"Good point." Nodrog said and downed one bottle of blood after the other.

"Another thought, talk to Nightrunner before he gives Samantha and Stacy a fucking heart attack." Sherman said.

"A very good idea." Nodrog said and closed his eye to reach the elf.

Shortly Azule appeared in Sherman's apartment and Nightrunner stepped out of him. "That was close." Sherman said.

"A second later and I would have been over there. Let me take a look." Nightrunner said.

"Here, you can sit on the table." Sherman said and cleared it off.

"That is an impressive hole. What happened?" Nightrunner said as he peered into the hole were Nodrog's eye should be.

Sherman explained what had happened as Nightrunner helped speed up Nodrog's own healing process.

"Not your first run in with that sorry lot. I do believe this will be the last." Nightrunner said.

The eye socket and area around where it should be glowed icy blue as Nightrunner's magic helped dull the pain and sped up Nodrog's regeneration.

"I'm sure, since the priest and I had a few words with his grace." Nodrog said.

"How's his chest?" Sherman asked.

"It should be fully healed or close. Head wounds and the eyes are the slowest parts to heal." Nightrunner said.

"Maybe I should invest in a really good helmet..." Sherman said.

"I doubt it would have helped, or did you forget my brain is metal too?" Nodrog asked.

"Like your age, it's easy to forget. Generally I give little thought to what you are made of. It's who you are, that matters." Sherman said.

"I haven't had a chance to check on the other matter for you. Lilith and her teacher are at a mage, witch, warlock and wizard conference." Nightrunner said.

"They really have those?" Sherman asked.

"Of course. Actually humans are really the only ones that do not attend. Because the vast majority do not believe in it. There are of course a few exceptions." Nightrunner said.

"In hind sight that was a stupid question." Sherman said.

"Considering how little experience you have with it, it is understandable. As time goes on, you will deal with it more." Nightrunner said.

"Most of it is rather easy and straight forward. Teleportation is the most complicated spell I know." Nodrog said.

"I think I can be good without knowing that one." Sherman said with a chuckle.

"Oh come on, none of you barfed when I put you outside." Nodrog said with a smile.

"I think we were to worried about dying to worry about how we got out." Sherman said and looked at his watch. "Think I will hit the shower and call it a night. If either of you need anything, just help yourself."

"Actually if you think you are all right, I will leave and let you rest." Nightrunner said and stood up.

"Between the magic and a whole bottle of pain meds, I am feeling pretty good considering." Nodrog said.

"Have a good evening." Nightrunner said and vanished with Azule.

With the exception of the very obvious fact Stacy did not have any breasts he was very close to Alice's size. Which lead to him being dressed up in a number of outfits. A few that were a little tight on Alice fit him very well.

"I really can't believe that dress looks better on a boy than it does on me." Alice said a little indigent. It wouldn't be so bad, except he looked so good in it. She was beginning to think like Jenny and just wanted to molest him.

"If not for the fact we checked, I still wouldn't believe he is in fact a he." Samantha said.

"You're just saying that." Stacy said his face flushed red from the praise he very rarely got.

"Well add that one to the you can keep it pile." Alice said. She hadn't worn most of the things they had given him, so why not?

It was close to midnight when the four finally tiered out. Samantha headed back to her apartment and Alice locked up their apartment. It had been a while since they had, had that much girly fun. Stacy was washing the plates from dinner, with the exception of Samantha the three had changed into their pajamas. Which were just big t-shirts and their panties.

Stacy was going to sleep in Nodrog's bed, but Jenny and Alice had other plans. He found himself for the first time in a bed with a girl, actually two girls. It wasn't as awkward as he would have thought seeing as one was a lesbian and the other was bi. He did think they stuck him in the middle to tease him, but thankfully they didn't. The three of them were pretty much asleep as soon as the lights were turned off.

The sun was up rather high when Jenny woke up. She stretched and went to rub her eyes, when she looked down she was covered in blood. Panicked Jenny jumped out of bed, the sheets stained red. "Alice! Stacy!"

No one answered her.

Jenny's mind and heart were racing as she darted across the hall to Nodrog's room. It was clean but no one was in it. "This isn't funny!"

"Oh god..." Jenny covered her mouth with her hand as she walked out into the living room. There was blood everywhere. She should be sick, but the sight actually caused her stomach to rumble with hunger.

Jenny walked slowly to the center of the room. Laying on the coffee table and the floor were Alice and Stacy, both disemboweled and torn to pieces. Jenny didn't know what to do, she nearly slipped and fell from the entrails on the floor.

Despite being near naked and covered in blood Jenny ran out into the hall screaming. "Somebody help!"

No one answered her.

Jenny pounded on doors, and kept searching the building for anyone. She kept yelling and screaming for help as she ran.

No one was here.

Jenny stood just outside the front of the main building entrance. She put her hands on her thighs partly bent over trying to catch her breath. Tears running down her face. "What the fuck is going on!"

This time there was an answer as the sky slowly washed red. "You ate them."

Jenny spun around, Nodrog was standing behind her. Except he wasn't healed. There was still a hole in his chest and part of his head was missing. His speech wasn't slurred. And the blood dripping from his wounds made her hungry. "You killed them and drank their blood Jenny."

"No." Jenny said and took a step back.

The wounded dragon laughed. "You were so hungry you ate them. You're still hungry, aren't you?" Nodrog looked down to the gaping hole in his chest were the vile looking blood oozed out.

"No..." Jenny cried and she was very hungry.

"If you drank my blood you would be free." Nodrog's wounds seeming to get worse instead of better.

"No." Jenny said and took a few more steps back.

Jenny was going to turn and run away but he was behind her and held her from behind in a tight lovers embrace. "Think how they moaned in pleasure as you bit them." Nodrog whispered in her ear.

"I didn't." Jenny cried.

"Why did you kill us?" Alice asked.

Nodrog was gone and both Alice and Stacy stood in front of her. Both looked pale and had distinctive bit marks on their necks.

"No no no... I didn't do it!" Jenny yelled.

"Why did you do it?" Stacy asked.

Jenny sank the the ground. "I didn't, I didn't."

"Quit crying and stand up." Nodrog said.

Jenny looked up and he looked different, even more injured. The holes in his head and chest were rusting. All of him was rusting and as near as she could tell every wound he had ever gotten was visible. She screamed as he picked her up.

"You wanted to know what it was like! You wanted to change! Now embrace that change!" Nodrog yelled.

"No I didn't!" Jenny yelled as Nodrog held her a foot off the ground.

"Then why did you lick the blood off your hand after I told you not to consume a single drop?" Nodrog asked. He was even more deteriorated than before. The arm that held her was just rusted and pitted metal bones.

"I couldn't stop myself! Let me go! I don't want this!" Jenny screamed.

"Then you should not have disobeyed me. I guess my only choice is to force you to change." Nodrog said and smiled wickedly with the little flesh he still had.

Jenny screamed 'NO' and sat up near the foot of the bed. She was panting and covered in a cold sweat. A very concerned looking Alice and Stacy sitting at the head board end of the bed on either side of her. "Oh fuck... It was a dream. Just a dream... Oh god I'm going to be sick."

Alice called Sherman's apartment as Stacy checked on Jenny after she threw up, again. The sheets were going to need cleaned as was Jenny's night shirt.

"Thanks for the help." Alice said as her and Stacy rounded up the sheets and Jenny's shirt. Jenny was in the shower.

"It's the least I can do. Besides last night was a lot of fun. Usually I get left out because I am not really a girl." Stacy said.

"As far as I am concerned you are. Jenny told us why you are the way you are, while you were still showering. Granted genetics and biology are not Samantha's strongest subjects so it was a little harder to explain to her." Alice said.

"It would be nice if everyone was so understanding." Stacy said.

"That would be nice. I'll finish up, go get dressed." Alice said as she reached up for laundry soap.

Alice walked over to the door as someone knocked. Alice partly opened the door. "Hello."

"Just us." Nodrog said.

"Come in, I just sent Stacy to get dressed. Jenny is in the shower." Alice said.

Stacy and Jenny came out at the same time. Nodrog had a rather good idea of what happened since Jenny would not look at him. "Sherman, take Alice and Stacy down to the cafeteria. Jenny and I will catch up in a bit."

"Oh, okay." Sherman said.

Nodrog waited till they had left and sat down in the chair. "Come here."

Jenny forced herself to move and walked over to him. She couldn't look at him because she did the one thing he had told her not too.

Nodrog pulled the coffee table closer and patted the top. "Sit down and open your mouth."

"Wait, why do you..." Jenny started to say but he reached out and gently hooked his thumb just inside her cheek. "wh a u d'in?" She mumbled.

"Call it a hunch. However your canines are still they way they should be. I saw you lick the blood off your hand." Nodrog said.

"I'm sorry, I know you told me not to, but I couldn't stop myself honestly..." Jenny said.

"Do I need to ask or are you going to tell me?" Nodrog asked.

"In my dream, Alice and Stacy were both dead. You said I ate them." Jenny said and looked at him. He just waited.

"I argued with you. I said I didn't. Then Alice and Stacy were standing there and they asked me why." Jenny said.

"So it was only the four of us?" Nodrog asked.

"Yeah, in the dream I searched the entire building, it was deserted." Jenny said.

"In this case, Alice and Stacy represent the guilt you have from willingly consuming blood. Because I am the one who changed you, I am in the dream. Focus on the details involving just us." Nodrog said.

"Every time I saw you, you were less you... Like you were decaying." Jenny said.

"As odd as it sounds, that is a good thing. Basically your dream was a visualization of you resisting the effects of partly being changed." Nodrog said.

"What happens now? I can't handle another dream where I kill her." Jenny said, her tail laying limp behind her.

"The simple answer is, I need to pull the last of the effect out of you. To do that, I need you to take your shirt and bra off." Nodrog said with a smile.

Jenny did. "Generally I don't do this on command."

Nodrog sat back in the chair. "Sit in my lap and face away from me."

Jenny did as he said. He put an arm across her chest, the scales teasing her nipples. He placed the finger tips of his other hand just under her rib cage.

"Like last time relax. This is however is going to feel, rather novel." Nodrog said.

Jenny took a slow deep breath as he spoke monster and pushed his fingers inside of her. Novel was a poor description, freaky, weird, unnerving and erotic all came to mind. It did not hurt in the slightest, embarrassingly the opposite was true. Her eyes glowed for just a second and then returned to normal once more.

Jenny figured he put an arm around her so she could not see what he was doing. "I don't think, novel, was a good description."

"How would you explain it?" Nodrog chuckled.

Jenny stood up and started putting her bra back on. "Okay I got nothing."

"Is everything all right?" Alice asked.

"Just an odd side effect from being teleported outside the other day." Nodrog said as he and Jenny joined them.

"Well now at least I don't feel so bad about barfing on the carpet the first time you did that to me." Sherman said.

"So when do you have to be back?" Nodrog asked.

"I don't really have any place to be..." Stacy said.

"You're not homeless are you?" Sherman asked.

"No, I shipped most of my stuff to my aunt's place after I did a little work overseas. I didn't want to go back to school so, I was just taking my sweet time coming back here." Stacy said.

"That sounds fun." Jenny said.

"Hey all." Frank said as he and Jim came over to the table they were sitting at.

"Hey Guys. What's up?" Alice asked.

"I don't suppose you know any divers that can weld? Janet is going to be having her baby in the spring. And Jim is getting a little old to be doing both." Frank said.

"Hey I'm not that old, at least compared to you." Jim said and punched Frank in the arm.

"I still have a little more than a year left on my certifications." Stacy said and sipped on a berry smoothie. Everyone looked at him.

"You can weld under water?" Sherman asked.

"Yeah, that's what I was doing three months ago on oil rigs." Stacy said.

"And you are?" Frank asked.

"This is Stacy. Stacy this is Frank and the one in the ball cap is Jim." Alice said.

"That explains why you can take your time getting home." Jenny said.

"What's all the commotion about?" Carrel asked.

"The little lion says she can weld under water." Frank said.

"A case says she can." Carrel said.

"I would put a case on she can." Nodrog said.

"Oh you are both on." Jim said.

"You really know some interesting people, Sherman." Stacy said as Frank, Jim, Carrel and Nodrog all worked out the deal. Jenny and Alice egged the four on, for their own amusement.

"They are an interesting bunch. I think you fit in just fine." Sherman said.

"It's settled. Give me an hour and meet down at the dive tank." Jim said.

"I will need to borrow scuba stuff, I sent all of mine home." Stacy said.

"We got a ton of equipment, it won't take long to fix you up." Alice said.

"We should head that way, to get her fitted." Sherman said.

Jenny and Stacy laughed.

"What made you decide that career path?" Jenny asked as they made their way to the equipment area.

"At one time I was trying to be a boy. I always liked diving and took welding just for a super tough guy class. Plus, I really like guys, and six months with a bunch of strong sexy guys..." Stacy said.

"Is that why you dress like a girl?" Alice asked.

"No, I lost a bet and had to dress as a girl for Halloween. So many guys hit on me I just kept it up." Stacy said.

"Don't you think Jim and Frank will catch on when he puts on a wetsuit?" Sherman asked.

"I can take care of that too." Stacy said with a smile.

Nodrog and Sherman headed around to the dive pool while Alice and Jenny took Stacy back to get a wetsuit and tanks.

"I guess that answers your question." Nodrog said.

"Yeah." Sherman said.

He and Sherman eyed the little lion as he came out with Alice and Jenny. Not a trace of anything between his legs and the wetsuit hugged his body tight enough he had a little curve. Actually he even had a little chest, which made him an even more convincing female.

"They both are staring." Alice giggled.

"That's kinda cute actually. Wonder what they will do if I do this?" Jenny said and wrapped her arms around him and acted like she was going to molest him on the spot.

"I think we just gave Sherman a bloody nose." Stacy said and laughed with Alice and Jenny.

"Would you knock that off!" Sherman yelled across the dive pool at them. He should have known it would just make them do more.

Stacy checked the gear once more and rolled into the pool to get familiar with the more high tech re-breather they had given him. He had used them before, this was just the latest and greatest model. Satisfied he came back up and sat on the edge of the pool.

Frank and Kenny helped Jim get the few things needed for the little test. Which was just the rod and a test rig. The dive pool had an overhead crane to lower the test piece into pool or any large equipment needed. They did a number of tests and certifications in the pool, so it was very large and very deep.

"Here's the deal you need to run a vertical and over head bead on this section here." Jim said and pointed to the areas before they lowered the large pipe, with pipes sticking out every which way into the pool.

"About as straight forward as you can get." Stacy said. He adjusted the welder to his liking while Jim lowered the piece down into the pool.

"You will be at sixty feet." Frank said.

Stacy got back in the pool and Alice handed him the welding leads. "This has got to be the biggest pool I have ever seen." He said as he slowly sunk down to do the test.

Jenny walked over to the radio and picked up a microphone to talk to him. "We even do space walk training here. If you need anything just ask."

"I think my Christmas wish list just got longer. This is nice gear." Stacy said as he reached the test piece. Most employers required a skill test before hiring, no he wasn't the greatest out there, but he was good and being small allowed him to reach other areas. After all, in full scuba gear he was smaller than some guys without gear on.

Carrel made her way over to Jim as Stacy struck an arc. "Ready to lose old man?"

"Oh no you don't. We are going to check it just like everyone else we test. Just cause you see her doing it, does not mean its right." Jim said and crossed his arms.

"You're still gona lose..." Carrel sung.

"Space as in outer space?" Nodrog asked and pointed up.

"Yeah, I thought you read about the space race back in the sixties?" Jenny said.

"So there have been people on the moon?" Nodrog asked.

"Yeah we have a lab up on the moon. Little under two hundred people." Frank said.

"What can you do on the moon you can't do here?" Nodrog asked.

"Stuff that is not ethical or legal here." Sherman said and pointed at the ground.

"How do you know that?" Carrel asked.

"Cause I have been there... that is how I ended up the way I am now." Sherman said.

Jim picked up the mic. "You should be done, what are you doing signing your name?"

"Yeah." Stacy said and smiled as he finished doing just that.

"They make sexy hunks on the moon?" Alice asked mainly to lighten the mood.

"Maybe I should put in for a transfer..." Carrel said and they all laughed, well except Frank and Jim.

"Do I need to bring the leads with me, or do you wind them up a different way?" Stacy asked as he unhooked the ground and pushed off of a pipe.

"Just make sure they don't get hung up." Jim said and put on a pair of thick rubber gloves to pull the cables up.

Alice and Jenny helped him get up on the pool edge. "So what do you think?" Jenny asked.

"I think he will be surprised." Stacy said with a flirty little smile.

"It will take a while before they get that out of the pool. Lets go get you out of the wetsuit before someone has heart problems." Alice said and the three giggled as both Jim and Sherman yelled at them.