Chapter 5: Happy Thoughts
#5 of Infected
There were people laughing and cheering, but I couldn't see past the crowd to find out why. I shoved past a few spectating wolves and continued till I finally pushed out into the middle of the throng, shocked at what I was seeing. A few feet ahead of me were the bloody, broken bodies of my friends, their soulless eyes looking directly at me. I didn't know what to feel at the moment, but when my body came out of the shock I was in, the first feeling I felt was something I did know how to handle exceedingly well: fury. I turned around to yell at the crowd for cheering when they should've been helping to find who'd done this, but my blood froze over when I found myself staring at a vixen with ripped and tattered clothes and her head cocked to the side; her clothes soaked in the blood of my friends with a crazed look in her crimson eyes. There was hungry smile on her lips as she licked her claws clean of the blood and dropped down into a crouch as if she were about to pounce on someone. The sun glinted off of her infected arm and it blinded me, but not to the expense of my other senses. Everyone seemed to grow quiet as I stared her down, but I was quivering with fear as to what was going to happen to me if I couldn't defend myself. The bloody vixen infront of me loosed a feral snarl and was answered by a cheer from everyone around me, but it died down quickly, as if they were waiting with bated breath to see her take her next victim. She launched towards me with the ferocity of a jungle cat and raised her right paw to rake at my eyes, but I leapt to the right and landed on my side with a thud as I tried to get away from the crazed vixen trying to kill me. I jumped to my feet and felt the blood pumping in my ears as every fiber of my being screamed at me to run, to hide, to do anything to get me away from this monster. But the people seemed to press closer around us, blocking off any hope of making an escape.
"What's the matter Hazel, don't want to stay for the fun? We're just getting started!" The vixen laughed in a weird, warped voice as she took another swing at me, her claw knicking my cheek as she flew past. I stumbled back a few steps and clapped a paw to my cheek as I felt my warm blood flow onto my palm. She dropped back down into her crouch and waited for me to get my bearings while she licked the drop of blood from off of her claw, a look of pure contentment on her face. "Hmmmmmmmm.... your blood taste's even better than Axel's did. I want more of it!! I want enough to sate my thirst. I want to drink you dry!!!!"
The sound of her voice startled me and made me backpedal involuntarily as I finally stared at her intently, past all of the blood covering her body and the torn clothes. I gasped in horror and watched as the anthro stood up with an almost insane sense of confidence as she stared at me with her head cocked to the side. "It finally hits home, don't it, sister? I am you and you are I. It's only a matter of time before you snap and kill those you care about in a fit of berserk rage, Hazel. When that happens, I will be waiting." The vixen said as she raised her right paw, her now serrated claws glinting in the sun. I raised my arms to protect myself and felt a surge of fear run through my body as I closed my eyes in expectance of the pain I was about experience. "I... I'm not going to become like you... I will never become like you!"
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I woke up drenched in sweat as I stared up at the high arched ceiling of my prison, my eyes still trying to adjust to the almost absolute blackness that accompanied night on this planet. I sat up slowly, my breathing still not right, and looked around the room to see if everything was still as it should be. The curtains were drawn so no one would be able to see into the massive room, the table was still here as well as the wardrobe and mirror. I stared at my reflection for a second and thought I saw the crazed vixen staring back at me, her crooked smile and wild eyes boring holes into mine until I looked away towards the double doors that were still as imposing as the day I'd gotten here. I took deep, calming breaths, trying to quiet my racing heartbeat, when I heard a grunt underneath me. I jumped at the sound and nearly fell off the bed when I realized who it was. I looked back to see Jasper's almost hurt face staring back at me in the gloom, his amber eyes betraying his worry at my sudden movement.
"Are you alright, Hazel?" Jasper asked in a quiet whisper. I nodded my head slowly and lay back down onto his chest, his heavy heartbeat sounding like a bass drum inside his chest. He wrapped his arm around my waist and hugged me lightly to his body while drew patterns into my back fur. I cringed slightly from his touch, the nightmare still present in my mind, and looked up apologetically to meet his gaze.
"I'm sorry Jasper, I didn't mean to cringe. It was just the nightmare I just had, that's all." I explained quietly, blushing slightly underneath my fur as I told him what it was about. He stared at me for a second and hugged me tighter to him, both arms around my waist now as he pulled me up until I was looking him in the face. His eyes were those of one who was worried for his love while his face tried to compose itself into a comforting smile, but it was the eyes that made me stay locked in his gaze.
"Hazel... You will never become that monster. So long as I live, I will not let you become that monster. I promise that to you." He said as he cupped my cheeks tenderly in his immense paws. I saw the truth in his statement and cupped his face in my paws. "I know you won't, love, but that's what worries me the most. What if you're to close to me when it finally happens? I might go insane with rage and come after you first. I couldn't live with myself afterwards if I.... if I were the one to kill you." I whispered quietly, the tears now coming as a picture painted itself in my head: My claws coated in blood and me howling madly to the sky as I stood Jasper's lifeless corpse.
The picture made me sob and I pressed my lips desperately to his, catching him slightly by surprise with the strength of my kiss. I held his head in place with my paws and kept kissing him, not wanting to let go of him, lest my desperation turn into something worse. He kissed me back just as fiercely and wrestled his tongue with mine, my tears staining his cheeks as they dripped off of my face. He rolled me over onto my back with a heavy motion and continued to kiss me while he kept his weight off of my body so he wouldn't crush me. I let go of his face and panted heavily from the ferocity with which I'd kissed him when he pulled back from my muzzle, but wanted more. I wanted more of him and wanted it badly. He lowered his muzzle to my neck and kissed a trail to my collarbone while he massaged my breasts softly, his paws feeling warm against my chest. He continued from my collarbone to my breasts and flicked his tongue over my nipple while he pinched and rolled the other between his fingers in random intervals, making me giddy with anticipation for what else he was going to do to me. He took my nipple in his mouth and started suckling on it a little roughly, his tongue still playing with it while he steadied himself with his free paw. When he'd had his fair share of my breasts, he got off of me entirely so he could lie on his back and with a deep, lust-filled growl, lifted me off the bed until my wet lower lips were inches away from his muzzle. I grabbed onto the headboard and moaned pleasurably when he dug his muzzle into my pussy, his tongue lapping at my insides as he pushed into me as deep as he could. I pushed my hips into his muzzle with a groan and started thrusting into his face, the need to cum almost burning my insides with desire.
"Nggh... Jasper.... More..." I moaned as he started running his tongue all over my inner flesh, my climax already nearing. I rubbed the tip of my tail against his sheath and heard him moan into my cunt, stretching me wide as he opened his mouth. I screamed in pleasure as I came into his open mouth and onto his face, my body quivering as I rode out my orgasm. He let go of my hips and crawled out from under me so that he was on his knees behind me, his growing member pointed at my tailhole. I looked behind me to see what he was doing and wagged my hips in his direction with a lustful smile on my face. When he didn't make a move to go on, I turned around and softly grasped his cock with my paw. I started pumping my paw up and down his shaft to warm him up before I enveloped it completely with my breasts. I sucked on his tip and gladly lapped up any of the pre that came from him as I kept massaging his dick. He moaned heavily at my treatment and started thrusting into my chest, shoving more of his cock into my mouth with each thrust.
"Hazel... I'm about... to bust..." Jasper groaned as he came in my mouth, holding my head there till he finished. I drank every drop of his seed before taking my lips from around his tip, nuzzling it with my nose and giving it a light kiss. I let my breasts fall so his cock was standing on its own and turned around so I could grab onto the headboard again. My claws dug into the wood and I gasped painfully as his giant cock shoved its way into my tiny tail hole. I held back the tears that threatened to spill down my cheeks and rocked my hips back into his until my butt cheeks were pressed against his crotch. He pulled back his hips and shoved back into me hard, starting up a steady yet painful rhythm that became extremely pleasurable when he started rubbing my breasts while he did it. I moaned through my teeth and began thrusting my hips back into his while his sack kept bouncing against my slit.
"Your... so tight... Hazel. I love this feeling..." He moaned as he started picking up speed, his inhibitions taking a backseat to his pleasure. I knew we were both close, but I didn't know if I could handle much more without him breaking me in half. I moaned in pleasure and came hard onto his inner thighs as he slammed his hips into mine and came violently inside my ass. I tightened my grip on the headboard till my claws began making holes in the wood when he slowly pulled his cock out of me and I gasped in pleasure when his tip came free of my tail hole. I let go of the headboard and felt Jasper's arms wrap around my waist as he pulled me into him, his cock sliding against the bottom of my slit. I murred quietly and leaned back into his chest as I gently rubbed his tip.
"Do you think your going to become... a monster now?" Jasper asked with a groan as I closed my paw around his still hard shaft. I gave him a tired smile and kissed him on the cheek. "Only one way to find out for sure."
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I woke up in a daze, the last few hours of the night blending together in an incoherent blur. I felt sore all over, but my ass was the worst spot. I groaned when I tried to get up and contented myself with lying under the warm covers when I couldn't. I looked to my left and saw Jasper snoring beside me, his chest gently rising and falling as he slept peacefully. I sighed happily, but that happiness was short lived when my stomach snarled for food. It brought me back to the reality that I was trapped in this stupid tower with no food or clothes, or, come to think of it, a bathroom. Fuck this. I am not staying stuck in this damn room if it means that I can't eat or go to the bathroom. I thought angrily as I crawled out of bed and stood up on shaky feet, the exhaustion from last night still not fully worn off yet. I stumbled over to the wardrobe and had to grab onto the table to balance myself to keep from falling. I reached the wardrobe and wrenched open the doors to find that all the clothes that I'd left back in my apartment were already there.
"Well... that still doesn't make up for the fact that he kidnapped me in the first place. Not by a long shot." I mumbled as I grabbed a t-shirt and some torn jeans from one of the shelves. I pulled on my clothes and made my way to the doors, the grogginess giving way to anxiety and a small twinge of fear as I reached out for the handles. The dragon's words came back to me when I put my hand on the door handle. If you don't want to find out the extent of their disdain for you, I wouldn't entertain any ideas of escape. Would they hate me enough to try and kill me on the spot or would they drag it out painfully and make me suffer? I hadn't done anything to them, so I haven't warranted any animosity from them. Maybe they'd even give me some food if they understood the circumstances through which had forced me to ask them in the first place. I pulled the door open as silently as I possibly could and slipped out into the cavernous hallway, every twelve feet lit by one of the strange, blue flames that kept the candelabra lit in my room. I closed the door behind me and made my way down the corridor, wondering what I'd find if I ever got out of here. I heard my stomach growl audibly and cringed as the sound echoed down the hall. I started sprinting down the hall, throwing caution to the wind in an effort to keep from getting caught. I spied a door not too far away and prayed that it wasn't locked as I slammed my full weight against it. The door opened effortlessly and I went sprawling onto the ground, out of breath and scrapped palms. I jumped up onto my feet and closed the door, praying that he didn't hear me. My heart seemed to leap into my throat when his voice sounded on the other side of the door.
"What're you doing out of your cage, vixen?" He snarled through the door, his voice reverberating with malice and power. I looked around the room for something, anything, to use as a weapon against him. No sooner had I entertained the idea of using a weapon, the door behind me seemed to disintegrate, leaving nothing between me and the angry dragon. I whirled around to meet him and was greeted with him the same way he looked on that first day: garbed in a black, hooded cloak and white markings adorning his cheeks and forehead. There was a fierce snarl on his face as he stared me down and I waited for him to strike me, but it never came. I was airborne without him even having to touch me. I was thrown into a wall and waited for the sound of cracking bones, but that didn't come either. I dropped to my feet and felt my blood ooze down the side of my head, but other than that, I was fine. I ducked when the dragon threw one of his purple bombs at me and sent a bolt of electricity in response as I dropped into a crouch. The bolt hit him square in the chest, but he shrugged it off and quickly covered the distance between us to slam me into the wall. I felt the breath escape my lungs as my back hit the wall, but I kept struggling against him. I sent shock after shock through his body, but nothing seemed to faze him.
"Your just exerting yourself unnecessarily, vermin. I'll win in the end and throw you back in that room, whether you like it or not. Accept the inevitable and just give up." He growled. He pressed his forearm against my windpipe and held me against the wall, my struggling growing weaker as black spots started forming infront of my eyes. I gasped for breath and tried to pull his arm from over my neck, but in the end he was right. No. Don't give in, Hazel. Fight back. Fight back to protect those you love. Fight to protect yourself. FIGHT!!!! A voice argued in my head, commanding me to fight. It sounded like that vixen from my dream, but the voice sounded wrong. It sounded clear, giving warmth to my dead limbs and hope to my heart.
"No. I won't give up. Not as long as I have a breath in this body." I growled back. I charged up as much electricity as I could into my left paw and shoved it into his face, discharging the ball with a boom that made his grip on my throat loosen to the point where I could actually breathe. I gulped down as much air as I could before I heard him chuckle. I dove out of the way of another explosive and was met with his knee as it smashed into my nose. I my head snapped back as I fell and was met with his fist as he punched me down into the floor. I heard the floor crack beneath me, but that sound wasn't nearly as bad or terrifying as the snap that sounded in my mind. My turn, sister dear. My eyes went wide with fright at that voice and rolled out of the way of another punch before I jumped up into a crouch. I felt a burning pain in my skull and clutched at my head as the infection started spreading from my arm to every other part of my body, my mouth open in a silent scream. I curled into a ball on the ground and tried to suppress the spread, but it was no use. "I'm sorry, Jasper." I whispered as the infection continued to spread, the pain knocking me out and leaving me with a broken promise.
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I was finally free!!! I jumped to my feet and reveled in my new body, looking at the shining living metal I was incased in with an enigmatic smile. I looked up to see the dragon getting up from his blow to the floor and danced over to him, my entire body blooming with newfound energy and life. I kicked out at the spot where his head had been a split second before and caught his punch before it could reach my head. I turned to face him and let the pointed helm that covered my head retreat back into my armor as I tilted my head in his direction.
"What are you?" He asked in a scathing voice as he ripped his fist from my grip. I shrugged my shoulders and laughed manically as I brushed some of my hair from my face and walked away from him with a nonchalant flip of my paw. "Don't you recognize me, monsieur dragon? I'm still the same vixen you know and love, just a little bit more improved." I said as I ducked under another one of his punches and danced away from him, my hair flailing in the breeze behind me. He disappeared for a second and kicked me into a wall, but I flipped and landed feet first. I dropped to the ground with a light thud and felt my arms start to tingle.
"Ooooooooooh. So this is what it feels like to have electricity running through your body. It's so enjoyable! You wanna feel?" I asked innocently as I sent bolts of black lightning towards him, laughing gleefully as I discharged them everywhere. I never wanted this feeling to end; the constant flow of energy coursing through me was ever so pleasurable. I was about to launch another flurry when the dragon caught my arm from behind and threw me across the room with a flick of his wrist. I crashed into a chair and flipped with it until it came to rest on all four legs with me sitting in it cross-legged.
"I don't care what kind of abomination you are, vixen, you're still going to bend to my will eventually." The dragon growled angrily as he looked at me. I giggled giddily at the prospect of more fighting and shook my head. "Someone's getting cranky. Did monsieur dragon miss his nap?" I asked in a babying tone. I watched a fly flitter by and followed it with my head, humming disjointedly while I waited for something to happen. The dragon appeared infront of me and picked me up out of the chair by my neck, cold fury sparking in his eyes.
"You have very pretty eyes when your angry, mister dragon." I commented sweetly as I kicked out of his grip. I flipped over the chair like a gymnast and kicked it towards him when I landed. The chair flew two feet before it burst into flames, falling short of the dragon by a good inch or two. I laughed happily and clapped my hands as he looked at me again over the flaming remains of the chair, his eyes no longer angry but calm. I didn't like the look. I folded my arms over my chest and stared suspiciously at him before I doubled over in pain, the shock from it pitching me forward onto the ground.
"Argghhh... what... what the hell... ARGGHHH!!!!" I groaned painfully as I clutched my stomach. I steadied myself with a paw and vomited all over the floor infront of me, my body flexing and cringing as I fell to my side. I gasped painfully and shivered as my flesh started crawling underneath the armor. It felt as if someone were lighting my insides on fire and slowly pulling every bone in my body out of me.
"It seems that the vixen has finally reached her limit. Good thing, too, or else I might've had to kill such a fascinatingly creative creature." The dragon speculated as he stepped lively towards me, the fire licking at his cloak without burning it. He kicked my stomach with his sharp claws, cracking the armor around my ribcage and snapping some of my ribs in the process. I whimpered in pain and let the facemask-like helm cover my head again, not giving him the satisfaction of seeing me broken like this. I scrabbled at the ground desperately as he grabbed my head in between his strong paw and lifted me off the ground, my legs kicking out underneath me in an attempt to get away. I was panicking and I was grateful that he couldn't see my eyes bulging out of my head or the way they were darting back and forth.
"You know, I wasn't all to thrilled when I found out that you'd left your room, vixen. But now, I couldn't be happier. It gave me the perfect opportunity to see how well you reacted to desperation and how your 'affliction' faired in combat. I'd say you even got perfect marks." The dragon hissed close to my ear as his grip tightened around my head with each word he spoke, his claws cracking easily through the armor. I fought against his grip with every ounce of strength I had in me, but the stress he was putting on my body was taking its toll. My concentration started slipping gradually as chunks of my infection started falling off of my body; small ones at first, but more and more fell onto the floor until all that was left was my arm and my helmet. Soon, even that crumbled into the pile on the floor under my still feet and his claws began digging into my head, blood easily trickling past his fingers and down onto the floor. All that fire, that boundless energy I'd felt before left me as she started fighting back to gain control of her body. That was fine with me. It wasn't fun anymore and I didn't want to feel the pain that he was going to inflict, fearing how much it was going to hurt. I let a half-crazed smile grace my face and with a laugh, gave her back her body, having had my fun for the time being and was content with sleep.
I felt a piercing pain in my skull and tried to wrench my head from it, but the pain disappeared as instantly as it had appeared. I was dropped unceremoniously onto the floor and landed on some sharp and jagged, cutting into my flesh and making me bleed even more. I gasped and panted to try and get some air into my lungs, but they didn't seem to want to work right. I staggered upright and felt a light breeze brush through my hair from behind, accompanied by a soft, almost translucent blue glow that shadowed the ground infront of me. I felt the dragon's foot connect with my ribs again and was sent flying through whatever was behind me, though it did feel as if I had been dropped into a freezing cold pond. The last thing I heard before I'd gone to far and the breeze turned into a howling wind that wanted to rip me apart, was the dragon's harsh laugh. I cringed and was flung backwards even faster, my eyes screwed shut against the now bright light. I'm going to die? Really!?!?!? After all the shit I've been through, the almost eight near death experiences I've suffered through the years, I'm going to die in a giant, blue tunnel. Oh, that's just fucking great! At least be more creative about it!
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I owe Sonic Fox thanks for using his characters (not done with them yet) and thanks to all my loyal readers. Chapter six will be up whenever inspiration strikes and I might just bring back Axel. Who knows? Review and God bless. And just to be random, the game Okami is the shit!!!