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"I told you I need to know who I'm working with!"

"And we said we are working on it," replied a voice from the other side of the phone. "We will get back to you when we have the right people selected."

"Three weeks have passed since you hired me," growled Lithos, his teeth barred between blue lips. He turned away from the window to look at the room he had devoted to keeping his body in shape. "This job won't get done if you keep wasting time like this."

"You will wait for our response." The voice on the line was distorted, disguising their identity, but he could still tell that this was an order. "We are getting you the best while removing the competition from the field of play."

He didn't get any more as the line went dead, leaving him listening to only the dial tone. Lithos didn't like being left in the dark when he was hired on such short notice for something he was told was important. The blue reptile slammed the phone down on the charging station before stomping off towards the far end of the room. He passed gear he had used many times to keep himself ready, a few of which he had used not long ago, to reach a place that held one thing. It was a simple padded mat that was little better than the floor. But after sleeping on stone while deep in caves or forests it was like sleeping on the softest of pillows.

Lithos slipped his sandals off before taking the last steps towards his chosen place of rest on this hot night. He briefly smiled at the only slightly-used footwear, having worn out his last ones far too quickly. It was just a brief glance as he felt his body needed the chance to sleep after getting worked up over his conversation with his employers. Shortly after laying down Lithos was out like a light, sleeping silently while the night crept onwards towards another day.

*****

The atmosphere of the large chamber was tense at best with all the various people readying themselves. Each was glaring at their counterparts as they were confused as to why so many were there. When they had received their invitations it had stated they would be traveling with a group of three others, yet nearly two dozen were busy readying themselves. Sounds of fighting echoed off of one wall, a few training with dummies to perfect techniques or relieve stress. On the other side was the ruffling of clothing while the owners climbed up a rock façade, others testing their parkour around obstacles.

"Out of my way lizard!" A woman yelled at the reptile before her. It was the same one who had misjudged his leap earlier in the day and left a bruise on her thigh. It was nothing compared to what Kara had been through during her long years of exploring, but it still irked her at how careless he was.

"Look lady, I need to get ready for when _I_get sent out on whatever they hired me for." Kerak shouted back at her. The green reptile was young, but his body showed that he was adept at climbing, and he already disliked the human before him. "Why don't you go someplace else you--"

"You will be silent."

Those words silenced every person. The mouth they had come from couldn't be seen under the black mask the form wore, and neither could anyone tell what they looked like as they had a dark suit seemingly blending their shape with the shadows around them. Even their tail, if they had one, was hidden from the eyes staring at the being. But it was the voice most of all that unnerved the ones who heard it clearly. Filled with an almost static distortion, no one could tell what gender or even what species was hiding under the disguise. No one seemed to want to move after that outburst, all except for one that was.

"I won't be silent because you have yet to tell me why we are here." Veracis yelled through the crowd. His large body parting the tides of stunned onlookers with ease until the rex was standing before the figure. "Well?"

He never got anything out of their host. Instead a few others moved up next to him, their tensions with each other being forgotten with this new target.

"The big guy is right!" Tousen shouted at the unmoving shape, which only made the otter even more irritated.

"Seems our host is a pathetic thing," Naviros said calmly, the falcon seemingly more upset about the shouting the man next to him had been doing. All of them had ignored the last of the group moving towards the figure, the small rat moving up next to the shadowy person.

"This guy isn't even real," Bartuc said with an amazed voice. The rat reached forward until his hand phased through the black garments and surrounding shadows. "This is some serious holographic tech they have here."

There was a moment of silence before the grumbling grew ever louder at that. Voices grew more agitated now that they realized they hadn't even been graced with the presence of their employers. Instead they were given a false face to stand in front of, performing and showing off that they were better than the others. Eventually, the agitation was about to overflow, but they were soon silenced again when their host spoke once more.

"Seeing as you all seem to want your training time to be over we will move our schedule forward for your benefit, at your cost most likely." Its voice was jarring to listen to, particularly for those standing too close. They hardly had the time to ready themselves before it spoke again. "You have all been brought here as a test to find the best for the task we require dealt with."

"And wha--"

"You will be going after three crystals hidden on and within the landscape we will be sending you to." The entity went on without a care what the person was going to ask. "Here is your only clues as to the locations of your targets. You will only get to hear this once as you all seem to be far too eager for your own good."

Many have found their defeat beneath the power of the mighty, yet your salvation lies here if you can find your path in the odor of your destination.

These gates lead all forwards till all are forced to look down. Search around for the treasure quickly for you may never turn around.

Many a temple was built to honor this very place, yet they all pale in comparison to the real thing. This temple is filled with traps that could lead to your destruction, and should you wake the guardian you will find death, swift and hot.

** ** No more words came from their host, the entity seemingly vanishing into itself while everyone thought over what they had been told. Not one of them noticed the walls of the room draining of color and texture until it was under their feet. It was then that the shouts of panic started, their bodies falling into an open void for a short fall to a strange world below.

*****

Kara landed with a quick roll, her experience kicking in just as she saw the ground appear below her. A soft thud was all she felt, she expected the cool sensation of hard stone or even the rough texture of something manmade. Until she felt steady enough to stand, she took the time to take in the view around her. And it left Kara breathless. An entire city, an entire country could have fit inside this place, and she could only make out dim shapes in the dark world. What she could see sent tingles down the human's spine, the shapes were immense and alien looking from her perspective.

Instincts kicked in as she stared out at the strange world. Instead of wandering off she stayed near the only thing that looked correct in her mind. Correct was a strange word for even this though as it was like a cliff face rising upwards, but it curved over her head and out of her view. And it was many times larger than anything she had ever seen before. Walking alongside the strange, glittering blue cliff, Kara thought over the clues in her head before deciding on one in particular.

"Beneath the power of the mighty..." Kara muttered to himself while walking along. It took her a moment until it clicked in her head, twisting her head around to look skyward at the mountain. "It must be inside the mountain somewhere."

Pulling her climbing gear from her kit, she moved towards the rounded cliff side. Up close it was far from as smooth as it looked from further away, minute breaks and scuffs covering everything. While digging her hook into a space on it Kara noticed it was almost hot to the touch. Cool smoothness mixed with the intense heat to make it bearable for the human while heading upwards. Slowly heading upwards, she eventually reached the top just when a hint of light flowed over the horizon as a herald of the oncoming dawn.

"Alright, now to find that entrance," Kara said to herself while catching her breath, but it left her again when it was bright enough for her to see exactly what this mountain really was. "Well this is a first..."

*****

Kerak landed softly on the ground, too used to jumping from buildings to be scared of suddenly tumbling from where he previously was. Although it was an easy landing, it was still an unnerving sight that awaited him when he looked around. Standing up near him was a tower that looked to be made entirely of metal, not a single window standing out on its surface. Only one thing seemed right in this place and that was the uneven mountain in the distance. That was what he set course for, even though it seemed like it was an entire city length away from where he stood.

It was a flat plane stretching on between him and his target, though other massive structures were sitting like plateaus as he walked towards them. The lizard was thinking out the clues in his head while heading ever closer, but he was far too impatient to think past the first choice. Nodding his head he strode with his head held high while looking for what could be the mighty object he was looking for. That was when the light started peeking in to reveal the real world to his amazed eyes.

"I think I know where to go now," Kerak said smugly to himself while turning towards one of the plateaus he noticed earlier.

*****

Naviros's white wings flared open while he fell, allowing him to never grace the ground with his talons. Every beat took his feathery form higher and higher till he settled into, what he assumed, was a safe altitude. Letting his instincts kick in while gliding, Naviros let his quick mind think over the clues. So distracted was he with his own thoughts that he nearly ran into a steep cliff that seemed to rise higher up than even his current height. With a squawk, he swiveled to the side quick enough to feel the pull in the muscles of his wing.

"What the hell is this?!" Naviros yelled at no one in particular. Struggling upwards and away from the strangely hot surface, the falcon was feeling the pain grow with every foot he gained. Yet he was experienced at flight, making it high enough to witness the entirety of what he nearly rammed into, doubly so with the light creeping in over the horizon. "Now it all comes together...."

Circling slowly, he grinned at how close he was already to one of the targets.

*****

Tousen simply sat down while the world whirled around him, his heavy tail curled around as close as it could get while he waited. The otter was normally impatient, but he didn't want to mess this up more than it already looked like it was. Worry made his whiskers twitch when everything finally settled into place. Tousen was up in the sky, thousands of feet up on a landscape that looked otherworldly, seemingly made of material that looked manmade. After he felt sure enough that everything was fine the mammal stood up to take a look over the edge of the world.

"Wow." He gasped softly as he looked down towards the darkness below his position.

One thing he could see rising up from it was a clear tower, its shape looking like a skyscraper with no lights at all except a dim glow showing the outline. Shrugging, Tousen set off towards this object as it was the only thing in this world that he could see. Exhaustion was setting in for the mammal who usually swam for relics instead of chasing after clues in caves. Panting for breath and sweating from the run, the otter looked down at the one thing he could make out in this world.

"I-Is that a water bottle?!" Tousen shouted in shock, falling back on his rump in fear as thoughts wound through his head. Eventually he came to terms at the realization just in time for the rising dawn to reveal even more of the space around him. Gasping at the sight while his heart fluttered at the adventure he could get into, but all that quickly dropped like a stone when he sighed. "I have no way to get down from here....."

*****

"Well it looks like they didn't want this to be too easy," Veracis grumbled when he was able to stand on steady legs. With a roll of his green shoulders he took in the new world.

Darkness surrounded him, what shapes he could see looked almost alien. Curved mountains formed a mountain rising up above with an overhang high above that seemed to defy everything he knew of physics. The rex turned back the other way to see an endless canyon stretching into the distance. He contemplated everything only briefly as he was too impatient to dwell on what he should do here. Yet he didn't get too far with his chosen direction, charging towards the end of the canyon, as light peeked into his hidden place.

"Well it looks like they did want to go easy on me after all," Veracis smiled smugly to himself now that he could make out where he really was.

Scents drifted towards him from the opposite direction, a smell he knew fairly well from his nights with company. Turning towards it he made out little, the darkness still deep beneath the overhang that was something far more than simple rock. Veracis bared his teeth while sprinting as fast as he could under the monstrous thing that was something far more interesting than any temple he had stolen from. Digging his ivory claws into the blue walls, the rex climbed towards the hot opening that had a slick ooze glistening in the dim light.

*****

Bartuc gave a shout when he landed on something fairly soft, except it was enveloping his entire body to the point of being almost smothering. Squirming around made little difference for the rat as he sought out some escape from the heavy fabric trapping him. Those movements eventually led him to a cavern large enough to stand in after a long time of feeling threads all over his body. Bartuc pulled himself fully into the gap he found, seeing very little even with the flashlight from his pack.

"What is this place?" He gasped before sniffing the air and then immediately coughing as he got a whiff of something terrible. "Gods it smells like a locker room in here. Why does it have to be a locker room?!"

Traveling further in his chosen direction, the rat tried to cover his nose to block the odor of whatever immense thing he found himself inside of. His feet sunk in slightly to the fabric of the floor while the light in his hand seemed to vanish into that same material. Everything seemed so out of place for some reason for the explorer, seemingly giant sized compared to the mammal, it defied everything he knew of physics. Especially when he reached a collapsed part of the cavern and the ceiling had lettering stretched across it.

"Let's see here. 'Tails athletic wear for all species'. Hmm," Bartuc muttered to himself while stroking his chin, though his eyes widened with sudden shock. "By the gods this isn't a cave! This is someone's underwear!"

*****

Kara was running across the blue scaled landscape as quickly as she dared to. Every step was dangerous, the gigantic being that was the landscape twitched his calf muscles while still lost to sleep, at least she hoped. Glancing over at the giant's left leg in the distance, Kara couldn't help but admire the curves and strength contained within its shape...The human shook her head rapidly to clear the thoughts of admiring this non-human being. Focusing forward towards the rounded ridge of the heel, she started to smell the odor of the clue she was given.

Far below the running female was the green lizard who was also searching for the same treasure. Only his path was upwards, climbing up the black side of the plateau towards the top. His sense of smell was aiding him, and hindering him, his nostrils filled with scent of new shoes mixed with, what he assumed, is the smell of the owner. Kerak reached top flat top just before his arms gave out under the stress of the long distance climb. Taking a moment to catch his breath hardly helped the miniscule reptile as his lungs only filled with the strange scents around him. It may have only been a faint reminder of what usually sat here, but it was still overwhelming.

His task seemed almost impossible when he finally stood up. Flattened areas where the foot would normally be stood in stark contrast to the maze like areas of the footwear, ridges that comfort the sole of whoever wears it. For Kara it also felt like a mission that would never be completed as she looked down the curves of the massive beings right foot. Every scale was a glittering sapphire, partially dusted with whatever he had stepped on during the day. The female hoped this was the right choice as she stepped forward onto the toughed heel of a giant who couldn't even feel her.

Every so often she was forced to breath in the air during her search. Every time she had to cough and gasp for more, the only bright side was that the landscape was dry from the lack of movement from the giant. Kara hated this even though she was admiring the shape of his legs earlier. Her endless searching brought her to every nook and cranny of his sole, finding every damaged scale that had been lost from the power of his steps. Only half way down the sole, Kara suddenly felt the entire world shiver while the mountain like toes before her curled and stretched.

"Don't wake up!" Kara cried out while the muscles beneath the skin flexed with his stretching. The only response she got in return for her outburst was a deep, resonating groan in the distance, powerful enough to make her body rattle.

The woman knew she couldn't stay here when this beast begins fully waking up. With stretching toes and grumbling rustles from the body moving, Kara sprinted towards the edge of the mountain she was on. A hook was pulled free of the small bag hitting her thigh while she ran, her hands quickly tugging the rope free of the sack. Everything went dark as something immense eclipsed the rising sunlight. Quickly glancing upwards only gave her heart a shock just before the ground rumbled violently when the object settled on the rounded heel in the distance. His ass cheek rested on the foot she was fleeing over, the long tail curling back and forth in front her like an impatient snake.

Violent quakes sent her tumbling down the incline of the living monolith's arch. The edge was quickly approaching the sliding woman, giving her little time to succeed at her plan to survive. Scraping was heard behind her as she unintentionally dropped the hook too early, though it failed to find any purchase. Kara went over the edge and fell hundreds of feet before the hook managed to slip under a damaged scale, the rope pulling taunt painfully around her mid-section. The small human was grateful for the timely save as the giant rolled his feet back while he stood up. Wind ripped at her during his small movement, pulling enough to whip her around and over the top of his foot.

Kerak was hardly doing nothing during Kara's adventure on the giant's sole. His search had brought him towards the middle of the sandal, standing amidst the flattened ridges while looking for the crystalline object he had been sent to claim. The lizard had wrapped a bandanna around his muzzle to blunt the scents he was forced to endure, it hardly worked. Kerak was so involved with the goal that he never saw the waking beast of a mountain covering the horizon.

"Gods I hope I chose the right shoe for this," he muttered to himself while ignoring the rumbling thunder in the distance. Even when other people joined him up on the sandal, Kerak focused solely on searching, other people were just obstacles to get around for him. It was when the ground shook under the little lizard's feet that he looked around. "That's not good...."

Looming up above, higher than anything he had seen before, was the owner of the footwear he was currently standing on. A gulp of fear and awe went down his green throat while he looked up at the bare naked mountain of scales above him. It took every ounce of everything he had to turn his gaze away from the sight and back towards looking for the mysterious goal. His eyes passed over a flicker in the distance, on the far end of the shoe over every impression the foot of the giant had made. Kerak locked onto it quickly as his jaw opened wide in shock for the second time today.

Jumping over the first rows of ridges, Kerak started sprinting as well as he could over the uneven terrain, sticking to the flatter regions to go faster. For a second, that gem glittering in the distance was all he could focus on. But when the sky turned dark he was quickly reminded of the giant he had been entranced by not too long ago. A glance upwards was all it took for him to realize he needed to get to cover as it was a dangerous blue sky that stretched above him. Too lost in sudden panic for him to really think out his plan, Kerak dove into the tall ridges that have yet to be crushed by the foot of the giant. All in the mere blink of an eye the being slid his foot onto the sandal, uncaring about the people running over it.

Kerak could hear their screams vanishing under the sound of gigantic scales against the rubber plateau. Heat washed over him, heat that was steaming his body from the inside out while the pressure pressed into him. His only saving grace was the ridges he had leapt over like hurdles earlier in the day that now held up the uncountable tons above. Kerak knew he couldn't stay here and he knew he couldn't stand up to escape. With a gasp of fear when the giant pressed down even harder, the little lizard started working his way forward while it felt like the world wanted to crush him.

While he felt like the giant was going to crush him like so many others that had not been as lucky as him, Kerak was given a chance to breathe when the foot lifted slightly. Gravity started to reverse for the small reptile, his body going weightless before slipping forward. It took him a second to realize it was from the giant taking a step with him trapped under his sole. Gulping down his fear, Kerak knew this was his chance and rolled forward, using his limbs to press himself forward using the sapphire sky as hand holds. When the sky started dropping again the lizard fell into another trench on the sandal.

"I can do this..." Kerak panted as fear was replaced by adrenaline. "Just have to keep moving."

Meanwhile high above was Kara, running and sliding along the slope of the foot. Yet she was tormented by the intense winds every time his foot rose upwards. The human dug a climbing axe into the scales and flesh whenever the muscles tensed for the lift, the entire world tipping almost vertical while the motion nearly made her sick. It was a simple movement for someone, magnified to a scale that defied every sense of how the world worked for her. Deep under the mountain of flesh was Kerak, struggling along with every step to make head way towards the goal. He even passed the remains of the competitors that failed to find a hiding spot when the foot landed on the shoe.

Both explorers knew where the treasure was located, yet they both dealt with very different troubles. In the end they reached the gap between the massive toes of the beast that shadowed their entire world. Kerak clawed his way up between the clenching muscles, trapped between them whenever the giant stepped down as the flesh spread out under the weight of the behemoth. Kara slid downwards along the strap curling over the top of his foot. Dehydration was setting in from the intense heat building up from his motions along with the constant smell of his feet burning away any fresh air.

"So close I can almost touch it," Kerak gasped out as he reaches a claw towards the glittering emerald like gem. "Just a few more-Hey! This is my treasure!"

"Not a chance," Kara said as she slipped further down from above. She could see the thing she was searching for and all it was going to take was slipping down just a bit more.

They were reaching forward together, eagerly reaching for the prize while trying to ignore the world around them. Even with their focus at a single point, they couldn't ignore the giant they were still on as he seemed to clench his toes together briefly. Kara and Kerak cried in pain when the walls clamped in around them in a quick motion. Hands tried to part the overwhelming muscles until they suddenly parted around them. Kerak fell downwards between the toes as the mountain sides he was climbing spread too far for him to reach both. Kara, meanwhile, fell as well, only she reached forward to grasp the treasure on the way.

It was as if the sun was billowing up in her hand. Blinding light flooded around her, sucking the human into it almost as if she were a shadow vanishing under the intense glare. When Kerak felt he could see once more, he looked around and saw only a black stone on the rubber ground nearby. It was a sight that made him suddenly realize how bad this deal was. This realization hitting just as the toes started moving again with thunder ringing down from above while the giant talked.

*****

Lithos woke slowly from his slumber, the warm light washing over his closed eyes rousing him for the new day. His body ached, stiff from the long night on the tough padding and after the stress of the other day. With a stretch and a clench of his body the lizard slowly rolled himself off the bed roll to rest on his heels. Lithos blinked his eyes to get the weariness out and quietly yawned till he was ready to stand up. It was with a dull groan that he lifted his body up off the bed and onto his tingling soles, the cold floor contrasting to the warm air of his room.

Lithos stretched his body, rolling his shoulders and raising his hands towards the ceiling. The blue reptile looked down as he slowly slipped on his sandals to get off the cool tiles, a dull grunt his only acknowledgment of his enjoyment the footwear gave him compared to the floor. He rolled his toes around the strap as he stood for a second to ensure they were on to his satisfaction before taking his first step. He didn't really know what he was looking for, but he needed to move around a bit to loosen up. Eventually he found what he was looking for, the clear bottle still full of water from yesterday. Lithos smiled as he reached down for the open container.

*****

Naviros had floated down with his wing still burning with pain, desperately trying to stay between the nostrils of the giant. Even far from the openings he could still feel the hurricane like winds blasting in and out of the caverns. Even with all of that the falcon made his way down to the lips, and found the first obstacle in this search. Scales coated every surface of the lips, pressed together like an impassible barrier for the shrunken man. His claws scratched at the armored skin while he tried to find a gap to slip into the dark place he knew was on the other side. Yet every direction he went led him to another endless stretch of scales with no chance of getting passed.

In the end Naviros sat against the maw of the giant while he thought deeply on how to get him to open wide. During this time he noticed other people moving towards his position far below on the ground. The distance down left Naviros with plenty of time to think it over while they struggled up the sheer cliff of the chin of this being. His thoughts never fully developed into workable plans before something happened to help him along to his goal. With an intense intake of air, the lips opened ever so slightly, yet large enough to pull the small avian into the darkness without giving him a chance to complain.

Naviros was dragged into the maw of the monster swiftly, far too fast for his wings to unfurl so he could fight against it. Though when he landed on an ivory mountain he suddenly realized flight would be near impossible as the humid air drenched his wings enough to almost glue the feathers to his back. Turning around to look at what this chamber looked like in the dim light peeking in through the gaps in the giant's lips as he woke up, Naviros realized this was going to be a dangerous task. The falcon was given an ever better view of the interior when the massive reptile yawned wide, lighting the path to the dark throat, leaving it glistening eerily for the shrunken man.

The small falcon sat on the craggy tooth while looking in awe at the sight even though he knew in the deepest regions of his mind he had to move. Waves of saliva rolled over the taste buds of the quivering tongue, the tip slapping the mountain like tooth was deafening to the man.

"How am I supposed to find it in here?" Naviros sighed to himself as he realized how overwhelming the world was.

Tousen was in shock at the waking behemoth that had be as motionless as a mountain only moments ago. He was perched up on top of one of the many workout machines positioned around the room. It had blindsided him when he had looked upwards instead of staring at the nude reptile that had been slumbering. Everything had been urging him to explore the world, yet here he was, still trapped up on the seat that giant had sat on many times. The one thing he could do was gaze at the expansive body towering up towards the ceiling.

From the three toed feet to the sleepy eyed face above. All of it was spread out for the diminutive otter to see, and it brought the words from earlier to the front of his mind. Tousen looked at the flexing toes, his eyes following the muscular curves up passed the groin of the titan. His gaze ended at the yawning maw of the reptilian giant as he realized what he had to do next.

"I know what to do now." Tousen smiled to himself as he started sprinting towards the water bottle. His tiny steps racing with the much larger ones of the titan. "Just have to make it in time!"

Brown paws slapped down on the cushion hard and fast to carry the tiny otter towards the clear tower. Light was slowly vanishing, the giant leaning down over head like an oncoming storm cloud. Tousen managed to leap off the edge right when the clawed fingers wrapped around the container, his hear fluttering with fear as he looked down the thousands of feet to the ground. He was given a reprieve from the hard landing when the bottle was tilted towards him and lifted up just enough to make sure he landed in the cool water. Tousen flailed in the fluid until he reoriented himself, rising up till he broke the surface with a gasp, though all he could see after that was the clue fingertip pressed into the plastic side.

"Gods I hope I did the right thing," Tousen said softly as he was brought up towards the waiting maw of the beast.

Within that humid chamber was Naviros, his talons digging into the white mountain of a single tooth. His fingers scrambled along the wet fang until he found a tiny crevice. Eventually he reached a point where he could climb from the lower fangs to the upper set of teeth, his journey taking far too long for his own liking. It was all to find a vantage point to see if he could find the glittering goal in the darkness and slippery flesh that glistened in the dim light. Even though he was holding on as tightly as he could, he still felt the world outside moving with the giant's motions. Several times he slipped down what was a dozen feet, to the giant it was probably only a minute distance that he couldn't even see. Naviros felt the world downwards, his stomach, and body, rising upwards to the point that the falcon slammed into the gums of the beast hard enough to leave him dazed slightly.

Natural instincts kicked in when the falcon's body started to plummet towards the glinting tip of an ivory fang below him. Wings unfurled, claws stretched wide, his entire body swinging him out of danger no matter how much pain it caused him. With a wet smack Naviros slammed into the side of another tooth, leaving him dangling by the tips of his fingers in a small groove. Even with his position somewhat safe, the avian was terrified at how easy he was tossed around by a simple movement of someone so much larger than himself. It was at that moment that the beast made another move that sent shivers down the falcon's spine.

From inside the mouth of the reptile it was as if the world had opened up, even though it was the giant pursing his lips. Outside it was a terrifying experience while the giant's visage took over the entire view of the otter. It was when the plastic pressed into the lips that both of the explorers knew that this was going to be something they would be struggling to survive. All it took was a tilt of the head and both the otter and the falcon were drawn into a tsunami of water. Cold water quickly filled the basin like chamber, leaving only a small gap above with air for both men to breathe.

Either one of them could have escaped if this was a natural cavern instead of a very different sort of natural cave. Tousen breached the surface with a gasp, his lungs having ached for air when he had been drawn in with the torrent of fluids. Naviros climbed higher up the tooth he had been clinging to before the water dragged him lower down. Both of them waited for the inevitable gulp when the giant cleared his mouth, dragging them down into the dark depths of his body. Yet it never happened. Naviros was the first to make a move when he spotted a glittering gem floating in the churning water. His leap seen by the otter who followed the path of the white feathered avian in the darkness till he spotted the goal.

They swam for all they were worth, both hoping for a way out after claiming the prize. A sudden jolt sent the competitors under the water, the water roiling from the movement. Neither the otter nor the falcon reached the air above the water on their own. It was a massive muscle that rose up, fluids washing down the bumps on the pink flesh they were now trapped between. Naviros slid along a gap while the tongue of the giant slammed into one side of the mouth, his claws unable to get a grip through the saliva coating the flesh. Tousen merely swam through the thicker slime mixed with water as if it were nothing different from the pool he had at home. But neither could see the gem that they sought in the darkness.

Their search was hampered by the tongue holding them aloft, dangling them above the pool of water. Soon they were further lost in the humid chamber when their only salvation started to roll the fluids around. The entire world was a roiling lake, waves were washing them closer to the closed throat while the tongue flailed about. Between the gasps of air the duo had they caught sight of the gem flowing with the tides, riding them like a fish instead of a prize. Naviros struggled to get closer, but the falcon was unable to make any headway. Tousen on the other hand swam through the breaking waves as if it were nothing at all in his life. Yet they were drawn away from their goal when the formerly closed pit suddenly yawned open behind them.

A whirlpool tugged everything downwards with a resounding glug. Panic welled up in both of the shrunken men when the suction dragged them along the slimy landscape of the interior of a giant's mouth. The competition was gone for both of them, their shared demise making them come together, both figuratively and physically. Rapids slammed them together just at the precipice of the throat with water churning over like a waterfall of immense proportions. Tousen swam with all his might, digging his feet into the bare flesh with claws stretched out as far as they could go, tail giving him what aid he could get. Naviros flared his wings out to catch the air bubbles rising up from the depths while his arms held the otter as well as he could get, the former opponent now his only friend in this hell. In all of this torment, the falcon managed to catch sight of the glittering green gem sailing towards the pair.

Without ever even realizing what he was doing, Naviros reached a hand out for the thing that had lured them into this hell. Claws out stretched as far as they could go, it was only the tips that grazed the emerald like rock while it flew nearby. That was all it took for the flacon to suddenly think that it was a bad idea as the gems glow intensified exponentially in the darkness. The pull of the water lessened on the falcon's body as a different suction came over him, pulling him towards the center of the viridian light. Tousen noticed the glow immediately but noticed the sudden lack of the avian helping him stay above the vortex. When he looked up, he stared into the panic filled eyes of the falcon while he was absorbed into the gem, his face and beak the last to slip through.

Tousen felt tears form around his eyes, even though the water removed them shortly after they left his eyes. Everything went dark as the gem's inner glow vanished and the formerly bright thing darkened to look like coal. Without the help to keep his body afloat in the torrent, the otter was pulled down into the constricting tube with the fluid. In the darkness Tousen felt something collide with his head, a flailing hand managing to catch the object without his eyes to guide the limb. His fingers ran up the angled edges for a short second, that amount of time letting the otter know that what he held was the object that drew him into this mess. An overwhelming squelch announced his entry into the vast sack that he would never leave as he once was.

*****

Cool water filled the bottle while Lithos lifted it to his lips. Wetness instantly flooded over his dry mouth, filling his insides with the lovely feeling only water could give. After getting a mouthful he turned around to sit on a bench he often used to train his arms with weights. Soft cushions conformed around his rump, while the blue reptile started to roll the water around his maw. Simply enjoying the coolness to wake him up, his tongue whipping back and forth till he felt it was time to swallow it all. Tilting his head back while opening his throat wide, Lithos gulped it all down in a pair of swift gulps.

"Felt like a bit of grit got in my water," he grumbled to himself before shrugging it off. "Need to remember to put the cap back on next time."

For now though, Lithos decided he needed to get at least somewhat decent. Rising to his feet, the lizard scanned for something to slip on incase he needed to step out in view of anyone else. After a bit of wandering around he spotted a pair of underwear he must have discarded the other day. Smirking he started to walk over to the crumpled black garment.

*****

Rippling thumps constantly sent quakes through the ground under the rat's bare feet. Bartuc had never before experienced anything like this in his many years of archaeology. Over the course of his attempts to escape the dark fabric cavern he had grown used to the smell of the worn garment. Thunderous voices echoed from above, filling the air with sounds whenever the invisible titan stopped moving around. Bartuc suddenly had the urge to remove himself from the area when the vibrations grew more pronounced, rising to the point that the rodent couldn't even rise to his feet. Bouncing with each immense slap of the monstrous sized paws of the approaching giant until it went almost completely silent besides the sound of the being's slow breaths high above.

Shivering in fear, the rat couldn't help compare this to an old horror movie with the monster just waiting to pounce on the terrified prey. Bartuc was shivering enough that he couldn't even keep his claws in the fabric to move away from the giant looming on the other side of the black, silky sky. His attempts to escape were soon something he desperately wished he could have performed far earlier. Rustling nearby was his first warning to the disaster that would be bearing down on his miniscule body, the ivory glint of a few claws nearly making the explorer empty his bladder. Slamming down with a sudden force, wind rippling through the cavern to bring the dry scent of feet, the toes of the giant went through the hole at what Bartuc assumed was the top of the underwear. And soon the other foot would be joining him in the musky world of fabric.

Rumbling from the foot adjusting while the giant brought his other foot down let the gap of fabric slide open enough for the miniscule man see more of the world outside. Like a sapphire mountain, the immense paw of the monster looked like he could build an entire temple just in the crevices on it. Thumping down like the first before, the second foot brought in more of the dry smell of the reptile to mix with the musky odor that drenched the underwear prison. Bartuc was soon relieved of their presence when the tail of the giant slipped into its own hole in the garment while clawed hands grasped the upper portion. Gravity pulled the rat into the slightly yielding prison as he rose ever higher into the sky with his destination shimmering in the light of dawn. A gap between the thighs revealing the pink insides that glistened with moisture, the hidden manhood of the titan that dominated this world.

With nowhere to flee towards, the rodent gripped the rising underwear while the rose upwards. Occasionally the motion stopped jarringly, sending the passenger sailing up several dozen feet only to land back in the safety net. Bartuc was roughed up each time the giant jostled him around until the rump of the behemoth slid into the back of the tight piece of clothing. Sliding silk against scales echoed loudly in the mostly silent prison, leaving many thoughts of how this was going horribly wrong in the rat's mind. The underside of the chasm he had seen from far away pressed into the cloth below the explorers position, making the stretchy material expand over the opening. Armor clad flesh passed to either side of the rising man till he stopped suddenly. Bartuc was left to soak in the musky rich environment over the immense vertical canyon with humid heat rolling over his tiny body.

Deep within that cavern the rat was hanging outside of Veracis was stumbling around in the darkness. Earlier the rex had clung to the slick flesh while the giant had awoken, sending his body along the grooves inside the vast vent. Every minor twitch of the living landscape to his every flex could be felt from the murky depths around the climber. Veracis gasped in another lungful, coughing in the rich musk that overpowered his sense of smell, before digging his claws in to another fold of flesh in his search. Earlier a dim light had seeped in through the gap marking the entrance to the sheath, but something had happened to block that out, leaving a twilight world hiding something precious. Sudden clenches signaled the giant moving once more, leaving the speck of a man to hold on in the rush of g-forces that overwhelmed even his strength.

"Why can't I find that damned thing?!" Veracis shouted loudly at the moist world as if he would get an answer. His body was overrun with testosterone from the musk rich environment mixing with his own, leaving him falling to his base emotions and leaving him angry at the world. "I know it's here!"

The rex had seen the glimmering gemstone once before, the emerald soon getting lost between the folds of flesh when the giant had moved. His clawed feet slammed into the lubricated surface as he wiped more sweat from his brow, the humid world was burning him up. Veracis was at least thankful that the being he was crawling on couldn't feel him in this sensitive region as that would lead to a dangerous reaction. Though even with that thought in his head, the rex still clawed and kicked whenever he could as some minor form of pay back for not getting his reward given to him. A sudden clench from the muscles trapped Veracis in a crevice while the giant moved about. He could feel the blood rushing to his head while gravity seemed to change, flipping around till he was dangling with his legs still embedded in the embrace of flesh.

Bartuc was clinging by the tips of his claws while the world moved about, the thighs grinding together till they spread far below the hanging speck of a man. His grasp of the fabric sky was weakening quickly, his terror growing each second till the inevitable happened.

"Not good!" Bartuc screamed as he tumbled down towards the opening of scales and flesh.

Spinning through the air like a mote of dust, the shrunken professor passed the scaled opening and fell into the pit of masculine scent. With his nose burning, the rat screamed till he slammed into the bare pink flesh, slimy fluids padding his impact, but not stopping him. Instead Bartuc slid further down the cliff like opening of the vent towards the darkness that held no mysteries for the male. Tumbling head over heel, the rodent hit folds hard enough that bruises were forming under his fur. Everything came to a stop when Bartuc slid over a vast plain of smooth skin slickened with natural lubrication from the giant's body.

"Oh no," he muttered to himself as he felt the skin blaze up and harden briefly under his body. Calming under his shivering body, the rat tried to get the mental image out of his head of what exactly he was not sitting on. "Not good. Not good."

Shouting in the distance got the fallen rat's attention, though he had a hard time of hearing it from the distance and overwhelming sounds of the body he was now inside of. The green form of the rex from the starting area was closing the distance quickly, his feet stomping into the pink ground as he ran.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here pest?!" Veracis screamed loud enough for Bartuc to hear even with the distance between them. "The treasure here is mine!"

"B-but I didn't know anyone else was in here!" Bartuc stuttered while backing up. "I didn't even come in here willingly."

"I don't care rat," Veracis growled out when he came close enough to the still prone rodent.

The sight of the angry male with muscles that could back up any threats he made cause Bartuc to scramble backwards away from the approaching rex. Bartuc stopped in his tracks when the ground vanished from under his fingers, damp silky flesh meeting his finger pads instead. Veracis stopped with a snarl over his snout, claws digging into the ground as he reached for the smaller man. Both of them were tossed from their positions while the ground seemed to flare up in both size, and heat. Veracis and Bartuc looked to one another and swallowed deeply. Past problems vanished as they both realized what was going on as the opening to the vent high above approached slowly.

Glittering green caught the attention of the pair, with the rex giving a grunt of recognition at the sight. Slipping free of the fleshy walls as the monster went ever higher, the gem slipped out and fell down onto the slick ground, bouncing slightly after impact. Veracis took a step towards it, and only that one step as his feet slipped out from under him in the natural lube. Deep groans reverberated through the world around the pair with enough force to rattle their bodies, the world shuddering in response, the rim getting closer till the head slipped free with a squelch. It didn't take long for the penis to touch the fabric of the under garment Bartuc had traveled around in not long ago. It was then that the pair could only watch as the world shifted as the cock started to tilt, sending the emerald they were after slipping into the darkness of the pit that led into the core.

Looking on in fear at what they had witnessed, it was Veracis that started moving first in an effort to see if the gem was still within reach. Clawing his way towards through a flood of slick fluids rising up from the depths he was heading towards, the rex had to use everything he had to even make any headway. After reaching the edge of the cavern Veracis was able to see just a glint of light, just a hint of green deep in the murk of the urethra. Even the tyrannosaur was hesitant to go further into the manhood of a giant, especially one that was aroused. Bartuc had been attempting to follow his competitor but couldn't even take a single step forwards in the clear flow rising up around his knees. Though he soon got help in a way he never wanted, the lurching penis throbbing up and forwards violently enough to send the rat tumbling forwards.

"Help me!" Screamed Bartuc as his claws failed to slow his descent.

Tumbling down past the rex, Bartuc slipped over the edge and vanished into the darkness with a wet slap as he landed. Veracis stood only briefly as it dawned on him that now he was behind instead of being ahead of the game. With only the slightest of hesitation he dropped down into the darkness. It was a surprisingly soft landing, yet it was the oozing slime that really helped. The rex sunk into the flesh that quivered with lust and the heartbeat of the giant while the hot liquid went up to his armpits. White light suddenly flared into Veracis's face as Bartuc turned on a flashlight, lighting up the world around them, and leaving them both equally scared for what came next.

Pressing forward into the tunnel with the bright light leading the way, the duo traveled in different ways into the unreal world. Veracis was up to his belly in the fluids pulsing up from the shaft, using all his strength to claw his way after to small rat ahead of him. For Bartuc the trip was easier as he stuck to the edge of the river of pre flowing up and out. Slipping every so often, he still made better time than the rex following behind him. Rumbling shook the world around the pair while they tried to avoid going under the churning slime they had been going alongside. Suddenly the ceiling dipped in, rolling inwards so that the top of the organic tunnel pressed into the bottom. And it was heading up the carven towards the explorers trapped in the middle of the giant's shaft.

Flesh pounded into the pair's backs, pressing them deep into the syrup like slime running up the tunnel. Thrashing until the monstrous pressure let out just short of crushing their bodies, they popped free with gasps of stale air. The walls reacted in a slightly different way to the previous action, stretching wider, yet feeling tighter around them, as the manhood filled with lust. Bartuc could hear the quickening heart beat while Veracis was having trouble standing as the pulse rocked the inside of the shaft. Another press from outside made the ceiling press inwards again but the filling flesh kept them from being flattened again. A sudden rocking motion, the world rising and falling sharply and quickly, tossed them from top to bottom in the cavern. Before they could get their bearings again, the world went vertical as a deep moan rattled their bones through the thousands of feet of flesh around them.

Tumbling through mounds of slime as everything started to fall down to the bottom of the tower, the pair didn't care about being former competitors and tried to clutch to each other. Rasping rumbled all around their bodies, the walls squeezing in tighter, the giant's fist rising and falling outside their new world. The actions outside helped slow them down by letting the duo slip along the walls, or fall slower through rising blobs of pre. But in the end they were driven ever further down as the chamber rocked with power and lust. The falling flashlight announced the base of the tube only a few seconds before the explorers hit the muscular bottom deep inside the body of a giant male.

"Ugh," Bartuc groaned to himself as he leaned up.

"Where is it?!" Veracis shouted in the darkness, his body lit up by the discarded flashlight sinking into the muck slightly.

Flesh rumbled around the pair, leaving Bartuc glad he wasn't on his feet as he watched Veracis having trouble with every pounding motion from above. All around them could hear, and feel, the rapid beat of the heart fueling the tower rising above their heads. The rat looked forward as the rex searched every crevice in the pulsing regions of a man's nethers, and by the look on his face he could tell anger was taking over. It wasn't the aggravated saurian glancing at his prone body that made the explorer start to back up in fear. Behind Veracis, lit up perfectly in the circle of light, was the sphincter leading into the deepest part of a male. A place were his seed was created and readied to fire off at the right time. And the ring of folded flesh was clenching rapidly, with white fluids spurting out between the quivers, barely able to hold back the tide of semen.

"Where do you think you're going rat?" Veracis growled out when the smaller man started backing away. "You better get up and start searching for my treasure!"

"L-look behind y-you," Bartuc stuttered in fear. His claws dug in to back away as much as he could from both the rex, and the held-back tide.

"Get up and fi--" shouted Veracis as he noticed something in the reflected light from the forgotten flashlight. The slight green glint told him exactly what he wanted to know. "There it is!"

Veracis nearly had a smile over his snout at the realization he was about to get what he had wanted from this terrible venture. Sitting just behind the rodent was the very item to secure a hefty paycheck, he just needed to pluck it from the hand of the panicked man. Shock soon flew over both of their faces when the pulsing chamber was lit up by an emerald glow. So dazed by what was happening, neither noticed the world of flesh around them tightening up, the sounds and motions of the actions of the giant settling into an almost stillness. It was then that Bartuc could feel his body getting pulled backwards by something overwhelming.

Arcs of green light danced off the slick walls as the rat looked back to see his arm pulled into a vortex where the gem was sitting just a second ago. Squelching made Bartuc whip his head back around, seeing the rex take a few steps towards him with shock and anger playing over his angular face in the dancing light. Soon half his body was pulled in, slipping in when a deep echoing moan shook the cavern. The orifice that held back the tide opened wide while the chambers walls pulsed inwards violently around the pair. Only Bartuc's head was left outside the emerald light, just enough to see Veracis fall onto his knees in the torrent of fluids pouring out into their prison. Sudden darkness pierced only by the flickering flashlight was all Veracis could see, and that was the last he saw as the white wall of seed blasted through him on its way up the shaft.

*****

Stepping over to his discarded underwear, Lithos stepped out of his sandals before digging in to find the holes with his toes. Soon enough his scales pressed against the smooth tiles, the coolness making him shiver lightly. His other foot followed shortly afterwards along with his tail slipping in through the gap in the rear of the black fabric. Pulling up swiftly, Lithos let the softness ease along his scales, giving a soft sigh when the tight underwear caressed his rear and front. The reptile ran a claw along the upper edge as it pressed against his blue scales before letting it snap shut around his tail base. Rolling his head around to work out a kink in his neck, Lithos backed up a few steps to the bench his drink was under. Sitting down gently, the still drowsy man laid down for a bit as he let the morning roll on for a little longer.

"Ugh," he groaned, placing and arm over the top of his snout to rest over his eyes. "Another day of waiting I guess."

His thoughts whirled through his head, what he could be doing, what he should be doing. Boredom was what he settled on, though it didn't last as long as he thought it would. A dull throb from his groin made him sigh softly, leaving him to try and think of other things before the warmth grew. Instead of calming down Lithos's manhood woke itself up as it decided that he needed a case of morning wood. Rising up from between his scaly lips, the bare, sensitive flesh lifted up till his underwear started to tent. Knowing he couldn't stop it now, the reptile throbbed his groin a few times till it needed his hand to help it along. A few fingers drifted down, lifting the elastic band so his cock could sit in the light of dawn, a dab of pre glittering on the tip.

Slithering out like the reptilian owner, Lithos's cock slapped out onto his abdomen heavily, bobbing lightly with every pulse. Pulling his briefs just far enough down, he then placed his finger on the underside of the pink flesh. A shuddering gasp escaped his throat while he ran the rough scales on his fingers up the bare skin till it reach the head. Doing this several times made his cock hard, almost bucking under his persistent handling. He knew it was time to just get it over with instead of teasing himself with foreplay. Wrapping his manhood in his fist, Lithos leaned his head back onto his unused arm, spreading his thighs and planting his feet on the floor. It all started like any man with a need arousal, his fist pumping it up and down slowly till he felt his pre giving enough slickness, his cock filled and hard.

"Ugh, I really need to find someone to help me with this problem," Lithos muttered to himself. "Seeing as I have so much free time on my hands."

Gliding up and down, his fist butting into his groin with a slap and the sounds of scales against scales. Fingers danced along the bare flesh with every pump to further along his pleasure, even his sharp claws furthered along his lust instead of piercing skin. Wincing at the primal urges rising up from deep within his groin was but one part of the dance he was going through. An electric shock was growing at the base of his dick, seemingly from inside his body, and it was pleasuring him in a way he had never been before. Grunting, Lithos's hips bounced upwards into his fist, his teeth bared and showing through raised lips. It was almost like something wanted him to fire off quickly as it started to get painful with every thrust upwards and pounding of his fist around the throbbing erection.

He could feel the surge building, ready to explode out at a moment's notice. Lithos bit his lip, grunting in pain and pleasure, it was too much for him to hold in. A stuttering moan escaped from his throat while pearly blasts escaped the pillar between his thighs. Cream splattered over the blue scales of his belly, pooling between his abs to coat it white. Lithos leaned his head back in bliss with the afterglow of his eruption flowing through his body. Rarely had it ever been like this, even after many long nights out on the hunt for treasure. Lithos was about to let his eyes close for a short nap, even after having just woken up, but a viridian glow blinded him awake violently.

Rolling onto his side while using his hand to keep from falling off the bench, Lithos saw three formless blobs of green light hovering in the room. Jaw gaping open in shock, the lizard didn't even notice his seed flowing down his body to splatter on the floor. Spinning color flowed from the depths of each shape till the green light vanished as quickly as it had appeared. But in the wake of the mysterious glow was three people suddenly thumping into the floor as whatever held them up decided it didn't feel like doing it anymore. Lithos was in still amazed at the sudden change in his daily routine, he didn't even realize his underwear was still hanging down between his thighs as he stood up. Even though he had started to rise up to aid these new arrivals, the reptile stopped to take in their strange appearance with a raised eye ridge.

Each one was coated in a sheen of fluid, and the smell wafting from them was making him start to cough. The human female to his left smelled like she had been rolling on someone's foot with a slick sheen of sweat rolling off her pale skin. To his right was a falcon with feathers dripping wet, his body seemingly pulling him down as he laid down on the floor. But in front of him, sitting with a dazed look on his face, was a rat who reeked of sex. White slime dropped in clumps from his arms and legs, his fur pasted over by whatever it is on his body so that his coloration couldn't even be seen. Lithos blushed under his scales when he realized that the rodent was staring very intently at his shaft, still waving in front of his body with semen from his release still dripping as it dried.

"Erm, sorry," Lithos said quickly as he pulled his boxers back up to conceal his groin even though his manhood could still be seen pressed into the black fabric. Turning back towards the group, he quickly blurted out the two questions that were burning in his mind. "How did you get in here and who are you?"

None of them seemed to respond to his query, seemingly still trying to comprehend something only they could see. Before he could get around to asking again the phone suddenly rang out, leaving Lithos to sigh while wondering what else could go wrong now.

"Ye-" Was all he managed to get out before the voices on the other end drowned him out.

"You have your team now." Came the familiar sound of the people he worked for. "You will receive your orders soon. In the meantime we suggest cleaning them up and reminding them that this is was what happens when you rush us."

An eerie silence followed the click of the phone going dead. Looking back at the small group, Lithos wondered what sort of hell they had gone through to end up like this.