Earth's New Masters Chapter 26 Gofer's Tale Part 12 Blindsided
#46 of Earth's New Masters
The pups are growing quickly and Gofer finally finds out what a "feral" is...
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For a while things got even better between me and my little Master. At first it was easy to keep my secret and still keep Master Arnold's affections. But pups mature quickly. By two and a half months of age they were at the maturity level of a 3 year old human, which meant that my little Master still loved to nap and horsey rides were the highlights of his day.
But by three months old things were slowly starting to go downhill. He was taking naps less frequently and by three and a half months he had completely outgrown all of the things we did together. It was just what I had been worried about; how could one of these "Dog Gods" possibly remain interested in a mere human.
Don't get me wrong, Master Arnold still liked me better than any of the other humans that staffed the household, but we were no longer close to being inseparable. Especially after they started to go to "school" at 4 months. It was only an hour a day but it really started to accelerate their development.
But what seemed to accelerate their development even further was that now they were old enough to ride their bikes to visit their cousins. I had recently found out that not only was Loki "The Beta" but he was Master Woden's brother-in-law. Mistress Freyja and Loki's wife Sigyn were both daughters of the Alpha on Eden. So their pups were cousins.
Loki's pups were 2 weeks older than my Master's, which made them about a year older in terms of human development. When my Masters were 4 months old they were the equivalent of a 6 year old human. At this point they were always doing things together. Riding bikes, fishing, playing war games, and playing video games, all of those were more interesting than horsey rides.
But in spite of all of this Master Arnold still had a soft spot for me and would always lick my nose and giggle before he went to bed.
But on the positive side Master Woden was spending more time with me and giving me more responsibility. Maybe if I SLOWLY worked my way up it wouldn't seem so suspicious that I was improving. I could just claim to be a slow learner.
He was especially happy with how I was doing with his horny goat weed patch. I didn't tell him about all the research I had done on the internet to optimize its growth, because that's just not something a mindless drone of a CBH would do.
Also it seemed that he never lost the chance to put an arm around me when he got a chance while he was showing me something. But I always went stiff, worried that I blow my cover if I responded. It drove me crazy, it was the thing I craved more than anything, but I was sure I'd lose everything if I let it show.
One day he said, "Gofer one of these days when I get the time I'm gonna take you out fishing. The bluegills are going to be on the spawning beds, it would be a good way to learn."
"Thank you Master." Was all that I responded, but inside my heart was beating a hundred miles an hour in excitement. Not so much because of the fishing, but because my Master wanted to spend personal time with me. So even with my little Master growing away from me, things were better than they had ever been.
But my world would soon collapse when the pups were four and a half months old...
The first clue should have been when I overheard a conversation between Master Woden and Loki. One of the good things about being a CBH is that Sheps and Overseers think so little of you that they don't try to hide stuff from you. They just talk like no one is there.
"Well are you all packed?" My Master asked Loki.
"You bet! I can't wait to catch my feral!" Loki replied
I still had no idea what a feral was. I had looked it up on the internet and had found this definition:
"According to dictionary definitions a feral animal is one that has itself escaped from a domestic or captive status and is living more or less as a wild animal, or one that is descended from such animals. Other definitions define a feral animal as one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild, natural, or untamed. Some common examples of animals with feral populations are horses, dogs, goats, cats, and pigs.
Zoologists generally exclude from the "feral" category animals that were genuinely wild before they escaped from captivity: neither lions escaped from a zoo nor the sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) recently re-introduced into the UK are regarded as feral. Wild (i.e. non-domesticated) species naturalized into a new territory are not normally considered feral animals."
Which was making absolutely no sense to me.
"You and me both!" We finally have things under control enough to leave for four days. Our intelligence has discovered a nice tribe of ferals near the Firehole." Master Woden continued.
"You mean in Yellowstone?" Loki asked.
My ears perked up because I had seen books about Yellowstone. I knew most of the animals there that you could hunt, but none of them seemed fit these ferals they were so excited about. Besides most of the animals out there were shot when they were hunted and it definitely sounded like they were going to capture these "ferals" alive and keep them as pets.
Yeah! It's a beautiful place with all the geothermal activity and tons of wildlife. I wouldn't mind going back in the future to do some regular hunting, fishing and camping." Master Woden continued as they started to walk out of my range of hearing into a conference room where the Master's main staff waited patiently.
I still didn't know what to make of it but there was always excitement when they spoke of these ferals. I guess there was nothing to do but wait and see what they brought home.
Later that evening I overheard Master Arnold talking to his father. He asked, "Daddy how long are you gonna be gone hunting for ferals?"
"Four days." Woden replied.
"Do you think it's gonna take that long?"
"We'll probably catch them on the first day, but we're leaving a couple of days to bond with them before we bring them back." Master Woden added.
"I can't wait to see him, we've never had a pet before." Master Arnold continued.
"Gofer used to be like your pet."
"Well I still like him, but he's just a CBH. They're kind of boring..."
"I know. I'd been hoping he'd come around a bit. He's been doing better, maybe he'll amount to something eventually." Master Woden concluded.
I turned away and slipped up to my room crying. I knew it was coming eventually but hearing it coming right from my little Master's mouth was devastating. I was just a boring CBH, of course a human couldn't keep the attention of a Dog God, they were so much better than we were. Even if I could show them everything I was capable of I still couldn't measure up to them. I just couldn't stop crying.
Later I heard my little Master coming to my room like he always did to lick my nose goodnight. I hurriedly tried to wipe away my tears and compose myself with limited success. I heard the knock on the door and I couldn't control the wavering in my voice as I said, "Come in."
The door opened and my little Master walked in. He took one look at me and asked, "Why are you crying?"
I had to think quickly, and I came up with an adequate excuse. "I just heard Master Woden is leaving for a few days."
"Don't be silly; he's only gonna be gone for 4 days."
"I know, but what if he doesn't come back?" I asked.
"Of course he's gonna come back. He's The Alpha and he's got his family here. He's not gonna abandon us."
"All my life I've been abandoned..." I said and then I worried that I had said too much. First I had been abandoned by Ralph when he died, then by Ansulm when Aelwyn arrived and now more devastating than any of them I was being abandoned by my little Master.
"Your with us now, no one is going to abandon you." He said wrapping his arms around me. The feel of his arms around me made me break out in tears again. He didn't even realize he was abandoning me. He didn't even feel that I was capable of having feelings for him, or that those feelings could be hurt. I was just a stupid boring CBH, and it was my fault that he didn't know different.
He pulled back from me and said, "You'll always have a home here." Then he licked my nose goodnight, winked at me and said "Luv Go Fur."
"I love you too little Master." I responded with my own catch phrase. But I felt that he loved me in the way a man loves a dog, not like an equal. And to be fair I wasn't close to being his equal, it wasn't fair to expect a Dog God to love a human like that. We just weren't in the same league...
I watched him walk away, feeling as worthless as I'd felt in a long time. I lay down on my bed and cried myself to sleep.
The next day we had breakfast early so Master Woden could catch his flight. I cooked and served the food, and when they were finished I got to see them all say goodbye to Master Woden. To my surprise he came over to me and hugged me.
"You be good while I'm gone. I'm really proud of how you're doing. I've already decided to give you a raise to 12.5 Eden Credits." He said and smiled at me.
"Thank you Master!" The raise only meant something because it showed that he was pleased with me. And knowing that I was pleasing him meant more to me than any amount of money could ever mean.
And with that he walked out to the limo. What I didn't realize was that things were never going to be the same for me when he returned.
Over the next few days I worked extra hard to keep my mind off of my Master being gone. Arnold spent some extra time with me, since he knew I was uneasy with his dad being away. They were on a break between first and second grade, but they were still expected to practice what they had learned.
So Arnold spent some of the time "teaching" me what they had learned. He was teaching me first grade math and "see spot run" reading even though I was getting ready to take my Calculus final and was reading many of the great classics of literature. Stupidly I acted like this was all new and slightly beyond my abilities to comprehend. Maybe I acted a bit too dense...
The days with Master Woden gone passed slowly. But finally the day of his return arrived. I was curious if he had caught one of these mysterious ferals and what they would be like. I waited in rapt anticipation of his arrival, every minute feeling like hours...
And then the limo pulled up. I watched from out in the yard where I was trimming a shrub that was a little out of shape. I was waiting to see what emerged from the limo... Would it be so wild that it needed caged...
Then the door opened and to my shock my Master emerged along with a young man my age. He had long black hair tied in a pony tail and was dressed in shorts and a polo shirt like me. Then all hell broke loose as the pups burst out of the door and ran towards their Dad yelling "Daddy" at the top of their lungs.
"Daddy, is this the new feral?" Master Arnold asked. And then it all made sense, wild humans that were not part of the collective and were living in the wilderness fit the definition of feral.
"Arnold, don't be rude. Don't call him a feral he has a name. It's David. He is Daddy's pet and I love him very much, so you 4 need to treat him nice. He's new here and a little afraid, so I expect all of you to treat him nice and make him feel at home. David, please don't take offense at the term feral, it's actually a complement. Most of us hold the domestic humans in contempt. They are good for nothing better than being slaves, but ferals are respected and valued."
My heart dropped, how could I have been so stupid. So my Masters really did value humans. And I'd blown my chance.
"Can we touch him Daddy?"
"Is it OK for them to come close to you David?'
"I would like that Master."
My pups ran up and tackled this David person who let them wrestle him to the ground, playing with them in ways no CBH would ever have done. A way that I had never let myself show because of my fear.
My little Master yelled out with excitement. "Daddy, he's nice, can he sleep in my room tonight?"
"I'm afraid not Arnold, he sleeps in my room ALWAYS. He will also have the spare bedroom, the one they called the Lincoln bedroom to put his stuff and when he needs time to himself. Don't go snooping in his room or bugging him when he needs privacy. Other than that, as long as he is willing to play you're more than welcome to play with him. You guys can play later, we have to get David settled into his new home. David this IS your home also, you are a member of this family. You are not a servant like the other humans here."
The feral started to cry and my Master rushed over, hugged him and asked, "David what's wrong."
"Nothing Master, It's just that I've never had a home or a family before. Thank you."
That was all I could take. I slipped back into my room. I lay on my bed crying softly, trying to keep my tears as hidden as I had kept my real self. This interloper had just walked into my house and stolen my Masters from me. I hated him for stealing the affections of my Masters, but even more than that, I hated him for showing me how stupid I'd been. But I think deep down I hated myself even more for fucking it up. After I'd been there a while, I heard a knock on my door.
"Gofer, can I come in?" It was Master Woden.
I quickly wiped the tears away and said, "Just a minute." I ran into my bathroom and washed my face to try to hide the tears. Then I walked to the door and opened it.
Master Woden was there with David. "David this is my errand boy, Gofer. He's a CBH so you'll need to have a little patience with him. And Gofer this is my new pet, David. He is also one of your Masters so you need to refer to him as Master David." I was dumbfounded, not only had he taken away the affections of my Masters, now he was one of my Masters too.
He stuck out his hand to me, grasped mine and shook it. "Nice to meet you Gofer."
"Nice to meet you too, Master David." I had the hardest time getting those words to pass my lips. He was just a human and he didn't seem to be any smarter than I was. And now he was my fucking Master.
After Master Woden left, presumably to continue showing Master David around the house, I stayed up in my room until it was time to go down and cook dinner. Mistress Freyja had ordered a smorgasbord of food to be prepared, so Chef actually had to pitch in on the cooking.
I brought the food out and set it on the table. Everyone was going to serve themselves tonight.
Mistress Freyja said, "David, I didn't know what you liked to eat so I decided to make quite a few different things. Since it is your first meal with us, I wanted it to be special. We have Prime Rib, Lobster, Crab Legs, Chicken and Stuffed Pork Chops as the meat courses, a variety of vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy and a variety of deserts. Woden, I also got you those raw oysters that you wanted, although with your libido, I don't know why you think you need them. "
"Honey, the kid's insatiable, I'm going to need all the help I can get."
"Mom, I don't know what any of this stuff is but it sure smells wonderful. But you shouldn't have gone to all this trouble for me." David replied to my Mistress. He was right, she shouldn't have. Especially since I was the one that had to make all of it for this little asshole that was taking everything that could have been mine if I wasn't so fucking stupid.
"Nonsense, it's not every day we get a new member of the family. Besides it's not all for you, we all want to celebrate your arrival." Was her response. But after she put a little of each food on his plate he just sat there staring at it while everyone else dug in.
"Why aren't you eating David?" my Master asked.
"I've never eaten with tools before."
Everyone chuckled and to my delight David turned red with embarrassment. "Don't be embarrassed, we were laughing at the fact that you called the silverware tools. There are going to have to be a lot of things you need to learn."
Master Arnold piped up, "Daddy, can I show David how to use the silverware?"
"Sure it will help you two get acquainted." Master Woden replied.
The stupid little asshole didn't even know how to feed himself and they all were fawning over him like he was a prince. And my little Master was the one teaching him. Oh did I hate him. They continued to act like he was something special the whole way through dinner. I was so glad when it was over and I could head into the kitchen to help with the clean up.
I went up to my room and started to work some calculus problems. I could do fucking calculus and that little asshole couldn't even use silverware and they thought he was the greatest thing in the world. Why did I let things get so out of control? How different would they have been if I'd let Ansulm see that I was smarter than the rest of the drones. Why couldn't I have trusted them when they showed up? I mean they were the Dog Gods that I had imagined when my life was a living hell. What if I would have come out to Master Woden? Maybe he would have never gone on the hunt and I could have been his pet. I would have given my soul for him to love me like he did David.
Then the biggest indignity of all hit me. My room shared a wall with Master Woden's. He had wanted my room right next to his so I would always be available for him. I heard the door open and close in his room. The next thing I heard chilled my blood.
It was David's voice saying "Please, can I get Master's big dick ready?"
And even worse was my Master's reply of "How can I deny you when you are down there on your knees begging for it? You have no idea what that does to an Alpha like me, seeing you on your knees in front of me like that. Especially since I know you are sincere about it. You really do worship my cock don't you?"
This was even worse than having a room next to Ansulm's and having to listen to him and Aelwyn rutting all night long. At least I could rationalize that Aelwyn was a Dog God that I couldn't compete with. This was having to listen to the Master that I idolized giving that damned interloper David what I had never thought I had a chance at.
"No Master, I worship you. Everything about you. The fact that you have a big beautiful cock is just an added bonus. My proper place is on my knees before my Master, paying homage to the greatest Shep of them all,"
This was just too much to bear, he had only been here a day and he was getting the thing I most wanted in the entire world. I would have given anything to be able to worship my Master orally. I worshiped him every bit as much as this jabroni did and I'd worshiped him longer.
"I will never get tired of watching you on your knees, but we've got all night to go so I don't want to cum yet." My Master said. Then I could hear the mattress creaking. I wasn't sure what they were doing, but I knew I wished it was me doing it with him instead of David.
Then I heard my Master say, "David, you have heard me talk about effects before, right?"
"Yes Master, I have an idea of what they are but it's all a guess from the comments you have made."
"We usually don't tell our pets about the 'effects' because they are what we use to break their wills and subjugate them. It's not an evil thing because they eventually end up loving it, but it does take away the free will aspect of their surrender. You on the other hand surrendered of your free will to me which is why I have tried to use it as little as possible. It is a much bigger turn on that you want me of your own free will than if you had been coerced. But anyway here is the story of the effects:"
"In the year 2012, a NASA experiment went terribly wrong. NASA had wanted to colonize the planet Eden, which is 10,000 light years away from earth. It would be impossible to get there with a rocket but some big brain figured out a way to digitize a body and make it rematerialize far away. Because of budget cuts they had to do it on a shoestring. The plan was to send 4 men, who each had a male German Shepherd, and 4 women, who each had a female German Shepherd as well. Well something unexpected happened and instead of rematerializing as 16 individuals each human and dog pair digitalized as a unit and rematerialized as a unit. For the most part, they had the best of both man and dog, except the females were fiercely opposed to sex except the one week a year when they were in heat. Even then they would only submit reluctantly."
"There was a male who evolved whose semen had slight opiate like properties. When he mated with a female she was more likely to tolerate sex with him because she got a little buzz out of it. Because of this he produced many more pups than any of the other sheps so this gene was passed on. His offspring who produced a stronger opiate were more likely to pass their genes on and it became stronger with each passing generation. Eventually, we developed control over how much or little we produced in each ejaculate. If the female was willing very little had to be in the semen. If they resisted or if the male wanted to possess them as a life mate more was produced in the semen to help subdue them. The more alpha the male the more he is capable of producing, so if I need to I can really put someone under the influence of the effects. While it is similar to an opiate, in how it makes you feel, it is not physically addicting. It can be psychologically addicting, depending on how little will power the individual has."
"Most men become psychologically addicted in a matter of days, if they are hit with the full effects. When your friends tried to fight, it helped their captors to produce powerful effects to subdue them, much stronger than most Sheps would be able to produce for a willing mating. Because I am extremely alpha I can control pretty much how much I want in my semen. I have used it very lightly with you, except of the time in the hummer when I became possessive. I lost control and you got a medium dose. I always want you to surrender yourself from your own free will, that is why I have gone light with it. It reduces the physical pleasure for me slightly but that is more than made up with by the ego gratification of a very willing pet. I always want you to desire me, not to be coerced."
I would never have needed to be coerced. I would have been more than willing stroke his ego without these effects. In fact I could think of nothing I wanted more than to be the willing servant of my Master. But it seemed that David had the same idea.
"Master, I have given you my heart forever, if it will increase both our pleasure why don't you hit me with everything you have? Nothing could make me give to you more freely than I do now, I would do anything for you even if it would kill me. All you would have to do is ask."
Even his interaction with my Master was cut from my own cloth. All because I was too afraid.
"You wouldn't feel I was taking advantage of you?"
"When I was a member of our tribe even though or maybe because I was an orphan I had to be the best at everything. Even though I was young there was no one I looked up to because I was the best at all the things that were important. When we were hunting some of the older guys even looked up to me. The thought of being a subordinate to any man I knew was unthinkable. I wanted to grow up to be the leader, not a follower. Then I saw you and I knew that here was someone who was my superior in every way.
Finally I found someone who was worthy of being my hero. My place among men was as a leader. When I look at you I know that I exist to do nothing but serve my Master, to do it happily and eagerly. Master, sometimes you're too honorable for your own good. From the sound of things, using your full effects would be better for us both. Besides, I would love to feel the full power and majesty of my Master for once. Please Master take me and conquer me, make me your greatest conquest."
Master replied "You know what, you are right. You've proven time and again that you love me for who I am not because of effects. You asked for it, I am going to totally conquer your body tonight, and you are going to love it."
"I can't wait."
I could hear them moving around on the bed and after a moment my Master said, "David, I want you to fuck my sheath."
Soon the bed springs were creaking as they rutted with each other. I could envision David docking with my Master just like the adolescent Shep and the adult Shep on the Sex Ed Module. It lasted 3 or 4 minutes before David cried out
"I'm cumming!" Then he grunted and must have cum in my Master's sheath. I could see it in my mind as if the walls weren't even there. I didn't know what happened as there was just rustling noises coming from the room until David said. "I guess the old saying is true. Why did the dog lick himself?"
"I've never heard that one. OK I'll bite, why did the dog lick himself?" Master asked.
"Because he can."
Master groaned at the joke. Then he said, "OK David get on your knee's it's my turn now."
"No!" David said defiantly.
"What, are you disobeying your Master? I wouldn't have believed you would ever do that." I could feel the hurt in my Master's voice. How could the little bastard treat him that way? I would do anything to please my Master. Maybe there was still hope that he would screw up.
"I don't have a Master, none of you stupid Sheps has ever taken me against my will and bent me to your will,"
"I guess I will have to remedy that feral, get ready to have your ass raped."
"That'll be the day when some stupid hybrid will get the better of the Great David."
I could hear my Master manhandle David to the bed. David cried out as my Master drove himself into him. Then my Master started fucking him in earnest, David grunting in pain with each thrust of my Master. It served him right.
"You're not so tough now are you Oh Great David?"
But then to my disgust I could hear David moaning in pleasure as my Master shot this "effects" that he had explained earlier into David. Just from his tone you could tell he was experiencing a pleasure beyond anything he had ever imagined. Then I heard my Master grunt as he tied and unloaded his potent seed into David's willing body.
"David, that was so clever. I don't know if I would ever have been able to give you the full feel of the effects if we were making love. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, it brought the primal dog out in me like never before. Now I truly own you, with your consent and without it. Always remember; I love you more than life itself. We are mated now and forever, till death do us part."
And then I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I had no chance to displace David. My Master had made a vow to him, and one thing I knew was that my Master was honorable. He would hold to his vow, no matter how unworthy this interloper was.