Blood in the water, Ash's story.
Ash sat at the edge of the lake with a small growl as his long tail swished in the water of his lagoon home. As one of the many shark anthros that inhabited the lagoon, there were many of them of great size, but some were like Ash with his small spotted body similar to the many leopard sharks that swam around the lagoon. He stood only three feet tall with small dark spots covering his ash gray body in various sizes, his silver eyes narrowed as he gazed out at the deeper water.
“I see that you're looking out into the depths once again.” A voice boomed toward Ash’s side, near him stood a large whale shark humanoid. Being the elder of Ash’s village, he was 12 feet tall with bulging muscles that lead to his nickname of ‘Stone’. He smiled down at Ash while wrapping a hand around the younger male's shoulders.
“I’m hoping to go out there soon.” Ash said with a small frown on his face.
“Not yet. You are still young and the currents are too strong. There is also the matter of the half mile climb up and down the plateau that our reef is at the top of.” Stone explained with a grin, “You will eventually get strong enough that you can swim safely in the deeper waters.”
Ash growled, “I know Stone, but look at them.” He pointed down at the large bull shark anthros that swam with the others. They started to make the climb, their sheer strength tearing additional holes in the cliff side as they came to the top. Stone patted Ash on the side and grinned before standing up to leave the young shark to his own devices.
“You will get there, just be patient.” Stone walked off as the other males started to make it to the top of their plateau.
The group approached Ash with a large grin on each of their face, many of them were the same age as Ash but that was where the similarities ended. The bull shark sneered wickedly once Stone was out of sight, and he picked up Ash by his sealskin trousers.
“Still haven’t got to the deep water, huh? Why aren’t you still clinging to mommy?” The bull shark mocked while swinging the smaller male like a pendulum.
“Let me go, Ra’kar!” Ash cried trying to swing and hit the other male in the face with all his might but missing with every swing of his wiry limbs.
Ra’kar held him over, “What was that? Drop you belly first down into the sea?” Ra’Kar snorted before throwing him back on the plateau. He walked over to Ash before setting his webbed and clawed feet on the small male’s back.
“I can swim just as strong as you can.” Ash growled, trying to push the larger male’s weight off him. “I will swim just like all the other hunters.”
“Oh really? Tomorrow night, come out here and prove it. No help, no adults. You come out here, dive in the sea and catch something big then…” Ra’Kar broke out into a big smile, “I’ll let you in my gang, possibly even let you talk to my big sister if catch something big.”
Ash blushed under the larger male. Ra’Kar’s sister was one of the most popular females in the whole city. Usually the females were usually jealously guarded by their fathers and brothers until they made an agreement with the fathers of the males who sought to court them. This was far more important to Ash than his pride; having a bigger female was a sign of status that would prevent people from mocking his size and status.
“I’ll do it.” Ash growled as the foot was removed from him, “I’ll make you eat those words, you just wait.” The small leopard shark growled with all of his teeth showing as he turned around and started to walk back home. A muddy footprint was on his back as he closed his eyes to drown out the mocking laughter from the sharks behind him.
He walked till he reached one of the many stone ladders that surrounded his lagoon home. As his body submerged, he stopped breathing through his mouth as his gills started to undulate with every motion allowing him to breath underwater with greater ease than his kind could do on the surface. His nictitating membrane shifted to help him see in the salty water of his home.
Beneath Ash was many stone burrows that made up the city, each of the burrows was home to as many as several hundred sharks. In the center of the burrows was a deep pit that glowed softly from the underwater lights that were scavenged by everyone. The power came from the strange generators that were built deeper in the caverns in small pockets of air but the center area was where all the pregnant and fertile females gather to have their young. Some of the female laid glossy black or beige eggs that littered the bottom of the nest, while others just swam around with swollen belly under the protection of infertile or older females.
Ash slowly start to swim toward the his home, but the moment he drew near he could feel excitement as the smaller sharks started to swarm around him in a small cloud. If small clouds had razor sharp teeth and could dart around him so quick. He smiled as he carefully glided down to the small alcove that was his home. The home was filled with small, scavenged bits of metal and other shiny bits that the larger males would discard down in the lagoon.
“Hey Ash, Hey Ash!” The several dozen humanoid pygmy sharks with dark green skin blurted out in a chorus along with the brightly illuminated dwarf lantern sharks which were larger at a foot tall with glowing streaks of luminous skin on their stomachs. Ash loved his communal home even if he wouldn’t admit it to the little sharks. Here he wasn’t the smallest shark and he was only one with a long enough reach to climb out of the lagoon.
The swarm gathered around him in excitement as they looked at him like he was a king, “What’s up?” Ash asked, while the sharks started to clean him by pulling the small rocks out of his feet, cleaning the mud off his back with all the diligence of parent. As the whirlpool of activity finished, the small sharks started to scattered before a single shark that floated in front of him with a small smile on her face.
The shark floating in front of ash was an albino pygmy shark with bright pink eyes, she wore a gold ring around her neck as a collar with several silver rings along her tail as she lightly thumped him on the nose. The albino shark girl was one of few females that live in his nesting area, as the smaller sharks were rarely monitored like the bigger sharks so they were free to move about the lagoon without worry from interested males or aggressive females.
“What’s up? What’s up!? What were you thinking of making a promise that you would go into the ocean?” The female squeaked at him with her gills throbbing in irritation.
“Come on, Heidie, there is no way that you should know about that. I just said it less than a few minutes ago.” He grumbled but he knew that nothing was hidden from the smaller sharks.
“Because I borrowing a few rings from Ra’Kar.” She smirked, swinging her tail about as the rings glittered in the low light of the burrow.
“Stealing again?” Ash grumbled, “You know Ra’Kar is going to eat you one day, right?”
“Soon as the lumbering, chipped tooth, smelly, no sense having, mushed face asshole can catch me.” Heidie complained with a scowl. “That’s not the problem here; the problem is that my mate is going off into the deep and leaving me behind!” she screeched while her clawed hand gripped into Ash’s rubbery hide enough to cause the much larger male to wince.
“I’m not your mate, we don’t have a burrow and I don’t think we could even mate. My cock is the same size as your torso.” He gestured down to the twin flaccid cocks at his waist. Most of the residents of the lagoon went nude unless they were working on the salvage parts or swimming in dangerous areas.
Heidie smirked, “So you're a little big. That doesn’t mean that we can’t figure something out.” She swam under his snout and gave him a playful poke. “I also heard that he is going to let you talk to that massive female you keep trying to get close to.”
“Yeah Brashka, one of the biggest females my age. With her as my lover, then I won’t get picked on. My status will be that of an adult and possibly in time I’ll be considered an elder, like Stone.” Ash admitted to the much smaller female that was currently poking his snout.
“Hmph. Open your mouth.” Heidie ordered with a growl.
Ash open his mouth as wide as he would before he leaned back. Heide swam inside his mouth with no fear in her heart as she slowly picked meat and debris from his teeth. With no true means of cleaning their teeth on their own, most sharks just ripped them out or bit something hard enough to break them.
“I don’t mind you looking for other females, I really don’t.” Heidie frowned while leaning to observe the back row of his teeth. A tooth had a crack in it. “I just want to be important in your life as you are in mine. My mother laid my egg in your den next to your egg. She saw something in you and took a risk. I’m really glad she did.”
Ash winched as he felt Heidie kick out one of his rear teeth. He had to force himself not to close his mouth or swallow from the pain before Heidie swam out of his mouth holding the tooth in her hand like a miniature club.
“I’ve been with you longer than anyone else under here. I’ve been there when you learned to climb out of the plateau; I’ve been there when you were accepted into Elder Stone’s shiver; I’ve even watched you go through puberty.” Heidie grinned through the last statement.
“Don’t even… My puberty was just me humping anything soft. If we are going to bring up the past, let’s go to the many nights were I woke up to you grinding on one of my dicks.” Ash teased. “I started sleeping on my stomach, but you would just grind on my tail fin. Whenever my mother came to visit from the lower burrows, she assumed that I had mated with several dozen females.” Ash chuckled before thumbing his finger near Heidie which made her tumble in the water from the force.
“Yeah well… um… Heh. What are friends for?” Heidie mumbled as her white skin had a pink hue near her snout. All of the sharks in the lagoon were warm-blooded so blushing was easily apparent. “At least you aren’t a light sleeper any more.”
The pair stared at each other for a moment, as they bobbed in the water. The comforting presence that they offered each other while the other small sharks circled or slept near them was only broken when Heidie started to smile with grace on her face.
“Ta-” Heidie started to speak before Ash’s fingers closed her mouth shut before quickly releasing them.
“No.” Ash said firmly before crossing his arms.
“Let me finish!” Heidie squeaked out irritably as she swung her hands around like she was swatting invisible plankton. “I want to go with you and if I don’t get a chance to go then… I guess I would have to spend my lonely hours talking to Stone about how my mate left me alone to go out in the sea which he isn’t allowed to do without being an official adult.” The white Pygmy shark grinned knowingly.
“You wouldn’t.” The larger male bared his teeth in annoyance.
“I would and if I’m feeling spiteful enough then I would probably give away all your trinkets to Ra’Kar.” Heidie bared her teeth equally to match that of her friend.
“Fine. You can come with, but long as you keep it a secret.” He glared around at the other smaller sharks with a growl. “The rest of you need to keep quiet too. If I get caught, I won’t be able to bring you all of the shiny goods I’ll find on the way.”
“We will!” “No problem!” “We are friends!” The various sharks squeaked out with chittering excitement.
“Alright then, I’m going to sleep. If all goes well, I’ll have a nice haul of things that weren’t scavenged from the trash zones.” Ash rested near the back den wall with his eyes staring out blankly, translucent membrane covered them. His gills twitched slightly as he dozed off in the half sleep that normal sharks were known for.
Hours passed before he awoke with the next dawn. The first sight to greet his awakened mind was that of his cloud-colored companion weaving kelp into a net nearly the size of his hand. He watched her with interest while she worked before she finished with a soft coo of triumph.
“Making a net?” Ash asked the obvious while Heidie nodded before tying the net around her waist like a mesh skirt. She looked up at him and held up a clawed thumb with a smile on her face as she started to glide around him to clutch onto his back fin.
“Yep. Every scavenger that goes down has to carry one. Didn’t you know that?” Heidie chuckled as she felt him tense in embarrassment.
“Crap… I’m going to get laughed at.” Ash put his hands on his head and gave a muffled groan of exhaustion.
“Gotcha covered, my forgetful little lover. Look up.” The albino shark snickered in her high pitched voice.
Ash gazed up to notice a large net made of kelp hanging from a small bit of coral in his burrow. The net was thick with small blocks of wood in to make the net easier to drag up and hold, Ash was amazing at the size of it.
“Heidie… Wow… Um… Thanks. Did you trade something for a net this big?” Ash asked as he pulled down the net and wrapped in it in a tight coil around his torso. “How can I repay you for this?” He was glad that they were underwater so that she couldn’t see him start to tear up from the gesture.
“Well… I could…” Heidie started to swim near his face, she trailed a finger from her collarbone to her navel. “Think of a few…” She continued to trail her finger even further till the finger hovered just above her thin white slit. “Ways…” The albino shark finished with a sultry smile on her face.
It was Ash’s turn to blush as he grabbed the smaller shark and pulled her close for a tight hug. He pressed his snout against the top of her head, and she squirmed in his grasp as he continued to nuzzle her against his body. She was warm to the touch and her rubbery skin felt nice against him before he finally released her after a few moments.
“I’ll think about it for now, but I will find some way to pay you back.” Ash chuckled as he swam out of the burrow before heading toward one of the many stone cut ladders that ringed the inside of the plateau. He waited till he felt the grip of Heidie on his arms before starting his climb.
The smell of strong salty water reached his snout as he made it to the top, the endless blue stretched out as far as the eye could see. He smiled before turning his gaze to the four larger sharks that approached him from the small coconut trees that dotted the plateau.
The first shark to approach Ash was a bull shark, for a moment he assumed that it was Ra’Kar but as the shark got closer it was nearly two heads taller than Ra’Kar, female and much more muscular. The bull shark leaned down with a grin that would have been sweet if there wasn’t so many teeth nearly the size of his palm.
“So you weren’t joking Little Ra.” Brashka said with a grin, “He even brought a little net. Well I’m curious to see how your little game goes, little one.” She gave Ash a pat on the back that nearly knocked him down.
Heidie hissed before dropping down from Ash’s arm and landing on the ground with a wet plop. She walked up before leaning back to look Brashka in the eyes, both of the females staring at each other while the males kept their space waiting to see what unfolded between them.
“Listen here, Babs! I’m Heidie and this shark here is mine. I was promised to him as a young girl and I’ll be damned if anyone take him away from me! So if you get any sort of feelings, just remember that I’m the top female here.” Heidie bellow out which only sounded like a high pitch squeal in the open air.
Brashka smirked down at the little pygmy shark before patting her on the head. “I’m not trying to take your owner away from you.” She slowly walking to toward the coast with a large grin in her face.
Heidie fumed but ignored the larger female as Ra’Kar started to stretch near the cliff side. The other males sat on the side and grinned while sneaking glances at Brashka. Picking up something, Heidie noticed that that Ash was starting to take shallow breaths as he stared down the seventy foot drop to the depth of the ocean. Fear welled up in her own heart as she slowly started to grin. She would prove herself just like her lover, this was not a time for fear.
“Alright! For the first time I’ll be the first miniature shark to have a chance to dive.” Heidie gazed up at Ash with a smug grin, “I’m happy that it’s with you. Take care of me out here ok?”
Ash smiled down at her as his breathing returned to normal, the feeling of fear was replaced by a drive not to look bad in front of Heidie. He turned to Ra’Kar who grinned smugly at him while making a gesture with his fingers of Ash splattering against the ground.
“So we’ve all gathered, here is how things go. We dive. If you jump too short and you hit the rocks below-dead. You jump flat and you hit the water with a belly flop then you might break some ribs. Possibly die.” Ra’Kar growled while flexing in front of his friends.
“Gotcha.” Heidie agreed before looking up at Brashka, “Hey trophy-female, mind giving me a toss?”
Brashka snorted, “Tossing something annoying as far as I can? You don’t even have to ask.” She picked up Heidie with a grin before holding her like a dart. “Time to fly, pipsqueak.” She leaned back before tossing Heidie with enough force that the little shark soared through the air like a missile.
“Toooooooooooooooo Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar, Biiiiiiiiiii-” There was a soft splash as Heidie landed with the force of a cannonball, she popped up from the sea after a few moments as a white dot on the horizon.
Ra’Kar was next as he took a running leap off the edge and soared into the water like a thrown spear before landing with a loud splash. He looked up from the sea to sneer at Ash, “You can bitch out at any time!” The bull shark yelled up the cliff side.
Ash steeled himself before took a running leap off the edge, he felt the rocks of the coast rushing up to meet him. The rocks only missed him by a foot as he slammed into the water with painful force, the much saltier water was a little painful to breath for the first few gasps but he managed just fine to notice that bright white shark girl moving to be near him.
“I did it! Hah! I did it! You can suck it Ra’Kar!” Ash cheered with giddy excitement before letting out a squealing roar of excitement.
“Don’t make me kill you. I’m right here and you’ve haven’t don’t anything but get down here. Get your net and collect some good salvage.” the glaring bull shark ordered. “Follow me, I know a great place that will really test you. If you can’t lift it up on your own, then it doesn’t count.” Ra’Kar turned swiftly, which gave Ash a slight slap from the larger male’s muscular tail as he started to descend into the water further from their home.
Ash started to swim deeper into the depths before noticing that he was surrounded by fish that he couldn’t see. He could sense them through the current around them, but he never realized how useful it was until he was surround by so much food. As they got deeper he couldn’t see anything around but he could feel Ra’Kar stop, the male giving off a strong sense of excitement as his body shivered.
“Oh this is new. I think we hit the mother-load. This wasn’t here last time I came this way.” Ra’Kar stated as Ash looked past him to see what he was staring at in the inky blackness.
“What is that?” Ash pointed curiously at a bright object. It started to move the rubbish at the depth, bright orange with two large eyes that illuminated the ground as it collected salvage before pulling it into itself.
“Working technology… from somewhere. If we can stop it and take it to the coast we will be like the founders and there will be no one that could ever oppose me. I would be an Elder in highest of status.” Ra’Kar moved in close to the object, careful to stay out of the strange light it broadcasted along the ocean floor. He tapped on the metal object with a clawed finger, waiting for a moment before the object started to turn to the west.
Ash watched as the object swam away at high speed, not admitting it but glad to see it go. He wasn’t used to seeing anything made of metal that moved and the strange currents it generated started to give him a headache but he felt a painful bite on his fin.
The albino shark removed her mouth from his fin before speaking, “Don’t let him get it, Ash. You think Ra’Kar is an jerk now… Do you really want to see him with a bunch of sharks under his command?” Heidie squeaked out fearfully. She gripped on his fin tightly as he started to dart after the object, it started to descend deeper down a cliff side in the ocean.
Ra’Kar stopped and just floated at the cliff side with a huff. “Dammit.” He swore in annoyance.
“Why did you stop?” Ash asked.
“This is as far as hunters go.” Ra’Kar answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “I’m going to wait here for it to come back.” He descended, standing on the sandy floor.
“Go after it, Ash. I’ll come with you, even if we can’t lift it. We might be able to drag it up.” Heidie encouraged from behind Ash with an excitement that he could feel as she shivered on his fin.
After steeling himself, the male slowly started to swim after the large object beneath him. The light gave him a steady path as the little metal object went into a large hole in the side of the lower cliffs. Not trying to lose it now, Ash followed through the tunnel but he noticed that the walls were smooth. He pressed his hands into the wall to shimmy after the glowing object.
The narrow path bottomed out as he made it into a completely black room with where the metal object suddenly went dark, “Oh man… where did it go?” Ash looked around, hoping to spot any light from the object. “Heidie, do you see anything?”
There was a soft squeak before Ash felt the sudden absence of the weight on his fine. “Heidie?” He turned around frantically in hopes of picking up her movements but he felt nothing but emptiness before a sudden flash of light illuminated the entire chamber. Sharp wails of a strange noise bathed the area as the water started to swiftly drain out of the room, which left him unable to reach the tunnel that he came in from.
There was a sudden gush of air as the metal in front of him opened widely, several creatures covered in metal rushed out at him. He backpedaled till he bumped up against the cool metal wall, the men spread out until there was a single creature dressed in white that smiled. He held up a glass that contained Heidie inside of it, slamming her fists against the of the jar but the container was so thick that Ash couldn’t hear the noise.
The men drew strange black weapons pointed in his direction, but the one in white was strange, looking at Ash. He resembled the shark people of his homeland only in shape but he had white hairs like a baby seal on his face and his head. “Let her go!” He pointed to Heidie before baring his teeth in a threatening gesture.
The strange creature spoke to the others covered in metal before the strange weapons thundered before several painful bags hit him in his chest knocking him on the back. Three more of the men moved closer to him before holding him down, then hit him with sticks that caught his entire body to feel like it was hit by sparking fire. He screamed but his arms and legs wouldn’t respond as the men picked him up while his consciousness faded into darkness.
Only a few moments passed before his consciousness came back to his body, seeing that he was strapped down to a large table in a white room. Several sharp implements were on the table next to him on top of a silver platter. He tugged at the heavy leather straps before noticing that several of the pink looking creatures were hovering over him. One of them started to touch over his body while others picked up long sharp cylinders. They poked, prodded, and tugged at his skin, their fingers felt so dry and salty.
The pain was only minor in his body as they drew his blood into small vials. He noticed that they had working lights that beamed brightly on his face, persisting even as he tried to turn away from the painful brightness. The bright white of the room gave it a certain sterile feel that reminded him of the crafter burrows back home, the thought of home pushing him further into thinking about his companion.
“Where is Heidie?!” Ash roared in the face of the pink things around him, each of them immediately paused their collection of his blood while staring down at him curiously. They started to murmur in a language that he didn’t understand before one of them ran out of the white room shouting in what seemed to be fear. This was the first time in his entire life that something seemed afraid of him.
The male that entered the room afterwards sent a chill down Ash’s spine, being the same one that he had seen when he was capture. The human grinned widely before clearing his throat with a cough, his hands reached out and traced along Ash’s snout as he grinned widely.
“Do you understand the words that I am speaking?” The creature said in fluently in his own language. Ash blinked at him for a moment, he was stunned that the weird seal people started to speak to him so clearly.
“Return my friend and let us go.” Ash bared his teeth, feeling afraid of the strong reverence that the other creatures started to show the human in the middle. The human nodded for a moment and started to stroke the hair coming from his muzzle.
“You care for the homo sapien euprotomicrus? This is fascinating, very fascinating. Could I ask your name? I am Doctor Abraham Reed but you can call me Dr. Reed.” Reed looked over Ash’s body before turning to one of the humans and muttered something at the others. All of them filed out of the room with their vials and tools.
Ash realized that the creatures were curious about him. They wanted something for him and he wouldn’t give it to them without getting Heidie back. He sighed and looked away, “I’m sorry that I tried to steal your metal. I didn’t know that it belonged to anyone.”
The man leaned back before giving a hardy chuckle, “You wanted our mini-sub? Why?” He said as his humor gave way for genuine confusion, “I assumed that you were trying to open it up to eat our diver, all that excited tapping on the top of it. Oh my goodness, I’m so glad I was worried that we were dealing with a dangerous creature, but you’ll have to understand that I’m not going to release you just yet.”
“I wanted the salvage.” Ash commented but decided not to say any more.
“Why?” Dr. Reed inquired with a wide smile that revealed all of his teeth. Ash gazed into his mouth noticing that his teeth were flat and reminded him of white stones more than anything that the leopard shark would consider teeth.
“Where is Heidie?” Ash repeated.
“She is here and safe, I am impressed with your strong grasp of English. I must ask before we continue, where did you learn your language?” The Doctor spoke before opening up something beneath the table and outside of Ash’s view.
“…” Ash kept silent protest before the doctor’s questions. He didn’t want to say anything that would endanger his home.
“This next part is going to be uncomfortable but for the sake of science I must take samples of every inch of your magnificent body. You don’t realize this yet but you are possibly the most interesting thing we’ve found here, you’ve turned my simple research facility into the scientific focus of both the American government and that of the Mexican government.” Dr. Reed remarked as he started to pull out a long rounded object that reminded Ash of a spoon but with a strange flat.
Ash watched as the man stood between his legs and slowly pushed them apart as the table he was strapped to forked on wheeled legs to match his position. Dr. Reed started to coat the strange tool in a sweet smelling sticky liquid, the strange liquid dripped to the ground with an audible slap.
“Unlike the normal leopard shark that inhabit the rest of the world, you lack a cloaca or claspers and have a two penises that seem to have develop from the claspers that your progenitor species would normally have. This may sting a bit but I’ll be as clinical as possible about it.” Dr. Reed warned before shoving the object inside of Ash’s anus with all the grace of a wrecking ball through concrete.
The pain was as sudden as it was unexpected as the male leopard shark clinched against the smooth metal object. The doctor paused to look at the expression on his face as he thrashed against the strong binding that held him in place, the smooth object pushing deeper inside of him as the doctor feed more of its length into his puckered hole.
“That hurts! Stop it!” Ash growled as he writhed even harder against his bonds, the object pressed against something inside of him which caused both of his cocks to slowly harden. He started to pant as his gills undulated reflexively from the effort of trying to get the device out of him. He watched as the doctor started to move to a spout against on of the walls, Reed screwed a long hose against the spout before connecting it to the object inside of Ash’s body.
“We are going to flush your system but afterward you get to eat.” Dr. Reed admitted before turning a knob near the wall.
“What do you mean by FLU-” Ash felt warm water suddenly flooding inside of him, leaving him tense. He tried to wiggle the object out of him with this event, but to no avail. “This feels so gross…” He concluded with a sigh of defeat as his stomach started to cramp slightly from the warm water.
The soft whimpering and loud protests could be heard from outside of the room by the curious staff as the collection process was completed. The doctor put all of the collected samples in jars on the counter with all the causal demeanor of a man with a stamp collection.
“You’ve been a good lad… um. I don’t remember hearing your name.” Dr. Reed chuckled absent-mindedly.
“You just went probing inside of me and did things I’m sure I should be offended by… without even knowing my name. I’ll tell you my name when I see Heidie is safe.” Ash whimpered out as his asshole burning from the shameful experience.
“Fair enough.” The doctor nodded in understanding. He leaned under the table before unlocking the wheels of the dollie. Reed slowly pushed the bound male through various corridors until he was wheeled into a room that was filled with large pool, several species of small fish swimming in the water. Another human appeared next to Dr. Reed without making a single sound, darker in complexion with long black hair.
The female held Heidie by her torso as the little shark attempted to bite through the glove with her teeth. She stopped when she noticed Ash smiled at him. He turned to her and let out a sigh of relief,
“Ash, my mate, these seal people are crazy. We need to warn everybody about them when we get out! I’ve seen the stuff we’ve been taking seems to be salvage from these monsters. I saw a way to escape: they have little tunnels with metal that you could probably break then I could squeeze out and see where it leads.”
“Heidie… They understand us.” Ash informed as his eyes darted to the doctor who just smiled as he leaned over Heidie.
“Interesting, so there are more of you?” Doctor Reed asked as he reached down and rubbed a finger over Heidie’s webbed feet, her toe claws swiping at him but only manage to tear a small gouge in his rubber gloves. “You referred to him as Ash, correct?” Doctor Reed didn’t bother to wait for an answer as he grinned even wider, “and you have mated with him? Fascinating!”
“Um… Not yet. I’m too small but I want to try… Wait… Why do you care?” She resumed biting at the gloved fingers that kept her torso in a firm grip.
“Hmmmm. This changes things, Miss Heidie. How about I make you a deal: I’ll attempt to inseminate you with your mate’s seed in exchange for your cooperation with my studies. I will provide you with any food that you request and any housing accommodations that you would ask for.” Doctor Reed explained before smiling, “We know nothing of your people, and Ash is as valuable to us as you are. We are simply here to learn about a new species that has never been seen before.”
Heidie paused to consider the doctor's words, “I get to have Ash’s children?” She asked in shock, she looked down at Ash who was still bound to the table. His eyes regarded her carefully, “You aren’t going to hurt us, Seal-Person?” Heidie felt some hope tugging at her as the seal-like creature spoke to her.
“Hahahahah. I’m not a seal, I’m a human. We are one of the most common species on the planet. I’m surprised you’ve not seen us but that is for another time. I personally would rather your cooperation in this endeavor. If you are capable of having his children, then we can make it happen without risking your life or his.” Dr. Reed grinned.
“I don’t trust him, Heidie.” Ash growled and struggled in his body but to no effect.
“Ash… Remember the light thing we followed here? It was stranger than anything we have back home. Everything we have is from these humans. They took you with the poke of that strange branch of metal. I can’t even bite through their cloth and you're strapped to a table.” Heidie snapped at Ash while wringing her hands together in nervousness.
“Miss Heidie, I can promise you this: If you cooperate with me. You will see things that would blow your mind just as your presence has equally shocked all of our people. Right now, you are an ambassador of your people. Every relationship of our two species depends on what happens in these following moments. Will you teach us that you are dangerous and we should bear the entire might of seven billion angry creatures upon your people or will you teach us that you are equals that should respected and introduced to the greater world above this research station?” Dr. Reed kept a stoic face but inwardly he grinned, watching the realization dawn on the face of the white creature.
The albino female went slack for a moment as she thought about the pressure being placed on her small shoulders. For the first time in her growing life, she felt small. She looked to Ash for answer but his expression was just as vacant as her own. She thought of what Elder Stone would do if faced with such a choice, so she rubbed her snout in thought as she formed her reply in her mind.
“I will cooperate with you, but I ask that you do not take any more of our people. I would also like learn of… Humans. I’m not high ranking among my people but I don’t want them to be hurt so I’ll do whatever it takes to keep Ash safe and our simple home.” Heidie quivered in the guard's grasp, fear trailed icy fingers down her spine as uncertainty filled her mind.
“I’m glad to hear it. We will have to get Mr. Ash to another area so that we can get him prepared for collection. In the meantime, I would like to have you accompany me to discuss living arrangements and introducing you to the leaders of the two civilizations that sponsor this research lab.” Dr. Reed smirked before speaking to the guard, after which Heidie was placed down on the ground. “Consider this the first sign of trust.” He added before talking to the guard in the strange language once again before Ash was wheeled out of the room.
Ash didn’t bother struggling in the bonds, his mind a blur as he felt truly alone in hell. Bright corridor light assaulted his eyes which required him to flicker his nictitating member to keep the eyes underneath safe. Several more of the black clad humans joined them on their trip as they reached a room that was far more frightening than the other rooms. It held a large white blocky device in the center, hundreds of gleaming metal objects that looked like miniature spears lined one side of the wall while on the other side was lined with cube tanks of various fish.
A small female human stood near the machine. She had pale skin and bright red hair that reminded Ash of coral and some of the less appetizing fish that dotted the spaces between the burrows. The woman looked at him with all the warmness of a predator gazing at hapless prey. The strange lumps on her chest made Ash wonder if the creature was sick or infected with parasites.
“I’m told that you speak fluent English? I am Doctor Amy Reynolds but you can call me Amy, if you can really speak.” She paused as if expecting a response from Ash. When he didn’t respond, she growled slightly, “I know that old goat was playing me for a fool, of course sharks don’t fucking talk. I’m going to piss in his coffee and push the old bastard down some stairs, Hope he breaks a hip.”
Ash snickered at the strange woman. She reminded him so much of Heidie that he couldn’t hold it in; even with the surreal horrors about to befall him it was nice to see something that reminded him of home.
“You understood me?!” Amy’s eyes widened as she placed her hands over her mouth as if she could snatch the words back in her mouth. “Please speak to me. I want to hear you say something. Say something like ‘Dr. Amy is the best marine biologist.’!”
Ash didn’t know what a marine biologist was but it sounded like a warrior title and he wondered if they named all the people in a single burrow the same name. “Amy, let me go.” He finally spoke before his body was subjected to the high pitched squeal the woman let out.
“You really do talk! Oh my! This is amazing! I’m going to be so rich when I do my autobiography.” Amy paused for a moment with her clipboard in hand as she finally thought over his words. She read over the rushed notes she was given about the subject, “I can’t let you go. If I did, those fellows in black would probably not be too happy with me.” She pointed to the eight guards that ringed the area as she switched to the strange language, but unlike the first doctor she struggled to say her words and did far more pointing to a chair with straps.
Ash barely had time to react as the guards unstrapped him. He tried to claw at one of their faces but they reacted swiftly before elbowing him in the gut as several of them moved him into the chair. They strapped the thrashing shark male to the chair quickly before taking up their posts around him in a semi-circle.
“Ash… according to your notes, your lover need a sample of your seed, the United States Government need a sample of your seed, the United Mexican States needs a sample of your seed and this facility need a sample of your seed.” Amy leered at him on the modified chair as she approached him with his legs splayed out and his tail dropping on the ground. She hovered over him with her gloved hands and touched around his lower abdomen applying pressure slightly to his lithe yet muscular frame.
“Internal testes possibly…” She commented before her hands glided over his twin penises while her face broke out into a large grin, She slowly started to stroke the modest length of flesh with soft squeezes at the base. “Hmm, no sign of a Baculum.”
“Stop touching me!” Ash yelled before bringing his tail in as violent as he could manage. The satisfaction of his tail striking between her legs with enough force to lift the woman a few inches was just right as she stumbled back and fell to the ground on her back. However, Ash’s satisfaction was only momentary as two of the guards pulled Amy back before introducing him to a world of pain with their stun baton. The pain was vicious, but the disorienting feeling left Ash whipping his head around at non-existent attackers. The guards took this chance to quickly bind his tail to the base of the chair with several thick straps.
Amy lacked testicles but she whimpered on the ground from the savage blow, “Ow… Any harder and you might have broken my pelvis.” Amy whimpered as the guard helped her up, “Ok, tough guy. I was just going to manually collect your seed but now… I’m going to treat you like a dangerous animal. Asshole.” She wobbled out of the room with a growl.
Ash waited in the room for hours as he stared at the fish. They were a stark reminder that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday and they were something better to glance at than the guards that seemed ready to use their stick on him at any moment. They conversed with themselves while he gazed at a particularly tasty looking marlin.
Amy reentered the room with a vicious gleam in her eyes as she wheeled in a device that looks like a metal octopus with four large translucent cups on the end. “Since you want to play hard ball, I decided to have this flown in just for you.” she said, looking at the strapped tail and resisting the urge to kick him. “An milker sex toy modified just for you buddy. I made sure to tell them to get the one with the highest setting they could find and babbled off enough big words for them to snap to action.” Amy didn’t bother concealing her sadistic glee. She wanted him to pay but since she couldn’t turn him into shark soup then she would milk him till he was dry.
Ash watched as the woman placed the suckered ends of the device over his penises, the milker feeling colder than ice but the liquid that coated soft inside of it was slightly warmer than the metal ring around it. She flicked a few buttons and the device whirred to life slowly, each one of the suckers pulled his cock with a soft bit of force before relaxing. The soft rubbery inside started to heat up from his own body heat before sucking tight again. He didn’t know what to make of the device but it felt nice.
“What is this for…?” Ash bit back a moan as the pleasure started to increase alongside the pressure. Amy looked down at him with a glare that could melt boulders before turning around to leave him in the company of the guards.
The rhythmic sucking slowly coaxed out his cocks, both of his spotted shafts throbbing from the airtight device. Ash found himself unconsciously thrusting at the machine, his mind wandering to thoughts of Brashka as he thrust against the bonds. He opened his mouth in a slow moan as one of the guards shifted uncomfortably at his display. He didn’t care; he wasn’t used to so much pleasure without using his own hands.
“Ooooh!” Ash moaned as his gills undulated faster alongside his open mouth. The feeling was everything that he imagined the real act would feel like. The tightness increased alongside his thrusts, the wet squish of the lube drowned out the whirring of the machine as Ash bucked harder against his straps. Effort colored the male’s face while his body flexed from the feeling. He could feel himself getting closer to his peak as the machine slurped his precum greedily.
The guards pointed and started to chuckle at him as he let out a slight squeak, the sucker that encapsulated his shafts immediately blanched with the white color of his thick semen as he came from the attention of the machine. Ash immediately became slack as his body continue to pump out his virile seed into the machine, a large cylinder on the top of the machine slowly filled with his liquid. It continued to suckle on him till the cylinder slowly filled to the top before the device let out a soft ding, the sucking coming to a halt as the machine was filled to the brim.
Amy stepped back into the room with a look of shock on her face, “You already filled it?” She walked over to the machine with curious expression dotting her features as she unhooked the canister. “My god this is made to hold half a liter of milk.” She stared dumbly at the container, “It’s probably good that the female didn’t try to mate with you normally, she might have drowned.” Amy chuckled before popping in another canister.
“Did you enjoy the machine?” Amy asked Ash with a lewd smirk on her face.
Ash looked away with a bit of shame on his face. His people weren’t prudish by any measure of the word but behaving so shamelessly in front of his captors embarrassed him. “How is Heidie doing?”
Amy smirked, “She is down the hall, currently laying on her back with her legs splayed waiting on me to return with this sample.” Amy taunted while rubbing a gloved finger on the glass canister till it squeaked slightly. “She wanted me to tell you something, She wanted me to say ‘What would you like the name the first child?’”
Ash was far too drained to even form a bitter retort, “I don’t know.” He panted staring at the metal implements on the other wall, “Can I go home now?”
Amy chuckled, “See that above my pay grade and my crotch is still bruised from the tail slap you gave me. So I have to make two more collections to do and it’s time for your punishment.” She reached out for the machine and turned the dial to the highest setting. “Enjoy and if you apologize nicely next time I might keep the settings low.” She smirked as she flicked the switch.
There was a soft hum before the machine slowly started to pull on Ash’s crotch once again. “Can I have a little break?” He begged so quietly that it could have been mistaken for a whisper.
“Normally I would let you rest and get your fluids but according to Heidie that you haven’t rubbed one out in a good week. I’m sure your refractory period will be short enough that I can just leave the machine on till I get my second and third.” She said before leaning against a wall and watching Ash intently.
Sure, the machine still brought pleasure, but it was painful from the intensity. His body shivered from the sensation while his fingers unconsciously clenched and opened from the strong pressure against his crotch. The machine was drawing him in with all the pleasure and comfort of a vortex.
“Please turn it down!” He gasped out, feeling the tips of his pointed cock heads pressing against the sucker as the device started to slurp down the remains of his last load while it pulled on his rubbery shaft harder. Amy slowly stood stepped up to him holding a large silver egg attached to a cord. She started to rub some of the sweet smelling liquid that reminded Ash of the liquid Doctor Reed used before…
“No please! I don’t want you to shove that egg in me!” Ash whined between his moans, his eyes wide and wild as he shivered in the cool room. He didn’t sweat but he still felt clammy from the effort of the machine. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have attacked you. Ah! Ah! I was just afraid… Puh-Please!” The leopard shark whimpered under the intense sensation.
Amy grinned, “I forgive you.” She said, gliding a hand along his body while she traced out the details of the muscles along his arms and legs. “But there is a price for every action. You attacked me, and you fought against my fellow doctor’s offer of cooperation.” She said while moving her hands down to press her index finger, her long finger pressed against the tight knot of muscle.
Ash gasped at the feeling of Amy’s finger sliding into his anus, the soft squelch of her lubed finger more felt than heard as his thick knot of muscle closed against the intruder. Ash squirmed at the unfamiliar sensation but a small part of him slightly enjoyed the attention of a female while a greater part still wished that he was free.
“Ah!” The leopard shark shivered as Amy slid another rubber finger deeper into his body, feeling them wriggle around inside of him. As they pushed further inside of him, the sucking pressure of the machine grew too much to the sexually- inexperienced male. He opened his mouth in a silent scream as her slender fingers pressed against his prostate. Another orgasm hit him with such force that he felt like everything was being drained from him as the machine gave another soft ding as he filled up the second jar.
“Wow… I expected you to last long enough for me to loosen you up a little more.” Amy mused with a mocking click of her teeth. Her brown eyes locked with his black ones as his nictitating membrane quivered from the exhaustion. “How do you feel now, less aggressive?” Amy inquired with a smirk on her face.
Ash gave a soft sigh as the machine slowly came to a pause, “What did you do with your fingers?” He asked as he kicked himself from the thoughts that whirred through his mind. This… this… human was his first partner to play with his body so thoroughly.
“Oh that?” Amy snickered, “Humans are sexually curious creatures. We have learned things that would probably amaze you. Think about it like this: I’m doing this just for collection. Imagine if you were cooperative? I could show you things that you could do with your partner that would make her shiver the same you are right now.” Amy chuckled before replacing the jar with the third empty container, she noticed that the second filled container had only two-thirds of semen as the first.
“Um… Amy?” Ash was still reeling from the experience and not quite sure of what to make of his enjoyment of the odd finger technique that she performed on him.
“Yes?” Amy answered, placing the second vial into a small box that overflowed billowing fog of cooled air. She slid the second canister into the box which hissed closed like an angry serpent before clicking with a solid lock. Amy handed the box to one of the guards who saluted before departing the room in a crisp military stride.
As the man left Ash turned his gaze back to the doctor, the coloration near his face darkened in a blush. “If I cooperate, would you um…” Ash trailed off, not sure how to explain his desires without betraying his weakening desires.
“Go ahead. I won’t bite.” Amy chuckled while handing the other warm jar to another guard and giving him instructions in broken Spanish. She rested her gaze on Ash once the second guard departed the room, removing the collection device from his shafts before starting to apply a large amount of lubricant to the extremely tender lengths.
Ash sighed in relief as the cool and sticky substance was rubbed over his shafts, he unconsciously squirmed from her touch. “Could we start over? I’m really sorry for hitting you and I…” Ash struggled to say the words without admitting defeat. “I want to cooperate if you stop being so rough, what you did with your fingers um… well… it felt really good.”
Amy gave a simple grin, as she finished lubricating his shafts. “Ok. Then I’ll give you a simple test. If you fail then I’ll make sure you never leave the comfort of your table.”
A nod was the only answer Ash gave as he watched her hand move near his head. She unlocked the collar around his neck and moved on to the straps around his arms with the practice of a skilled worker before she released him from all of his bindings.
“Now I need to get one more sample from you, if you are a good boy then once I’m done with you I’ll let you try some human food in the break room and get you acquainted with the other scientists.” Amy said as every guard pointed their weapons at the pair. “If you are bad then there is a good chance that we will both have a big problem.” She gestured to the guards before smiling.
Ash nodded as he started to touch his sensitive wrist. He could sense the tension in the air from the guards so each of his movements were slow and carefully thought out. He didn’t want to get hit any more and he was curious on what the woman would do next, “Um… Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Now lean back and relax. This next milking will be intense so we can get as much as we can out of you. Spread your legs please.” Amy informed with a warm smile as she limped back before his legs and held up the silver egg shaped device. “This is a tool used in human sexual play and it completely harmless. It might feel a little uncomfortable, but it should help stimulate your prostate so that we get a larger sample.”
“Ok.” Ash spread his legs wide but remained sitting up so that he could watch the human work. The device was shaped like an egg of the various birds that nested near his home. She slowly pressed the object against his puckered hole which glistened from the previous attention of her fingers. Ash tried to relax himself as the object was inserted, thankfully it only burning slightly from the girth as it passed from his anus and into his body. He moaned softly as he could feel the toy pressing against that sweet spot.
“I’m going to turn the machine on the medium setting, just relax and let it do its job.” Amy adjusted the milker setting as promised before bringing it back to life. The machine whirred slightly as the suction pulled his shafts back to the top. Ash reached down and prodded the device curiously, slowly started to rock his hips to the device as it milked him.
“Now here comes the fun part.” Amy chuckled with a lecherous grin on her rosy cheeks, the guards lowered their weapons as they realized that Ash was no longer making any aggressive actions. She flicked a button the silver egg’s controller and the soft hum of the vibrations inside of Ash’s body could barely be heard over the sound.
Ash moaned softly as the toy vibrated inside of him, his body was tired but his hands moved of their own accord. He placed his finger in his mouth while his hips continued to gyrate his hips with the more comfortable suction, “MMmmmh.” He moaned softly as the vibrating pressure inside of him increased at a steady rate.
Amy smiled and thought for a moment before gently taking the cord of the vibrating egg in one hand and pushing two fingers of her other hand inside of Ash’s lithe body. Amy tugged the toy till she could see the metallic sheen at Ash’s tight ring of muscle before pushing it back within him as he writhed at her touch.
Ash started to feel his stomach tighten as he clenched his body, every inch of him felt like it was being pleasured as the milker started to bring him in. Drool leaked out of the side of his snout as he started to get into the rhythm of the milker and the toy. He reached down and placed his hands on Amy’s shoulder as he could feel his seed pouring into the machine. There was only a small amount of fluid that barely managed to fill half of the container.
Amy quickly turned off the machine while Ash’s hands continued to rest on her shoulders while the guards nervously ready their weapons. Amy looked up at Ash with a grin on her face, “This should be enough for now. We will do more later for now… Just rest and I will take care of Heidie with the largest sample.”
Ash tilted his head in an almost dog like fashion. “What are you doing to Heidie?” He asked, still unsure of what was happening with his much smaller companion.
Amy removed the machine with a chuckle while putting the other sample into a another of the black boxes she used to keep the semen safely frozen. She looked down as the milker slowly drooled the thick semen that wasn’t collected in the machine. Dr. Reynolds waited till she reached the door to answer him with a cheeky grin plastered on her face.
“We are putting your seed inside of her safely. I can’t wait to see the birthing process of your species in person.” Dr. Reynolds said while stepping out of the room. Ash gave them both a dumbfounded expression before Amy turned to leave the room. She looked forward to more interesting collections in the future.
“I’m going to be a father?” Ash mumbled over and over as he enjoyed the afterglow of the milking experience.