Changing Stripes
Been a while coming but finally got round to writing and editing this story. For some reason this one really clicked with me; put a lot of work into this so hope it is enjoyed!
A tftg story about a police officer who gets caught up in an illegal experiment, turning his world and relationships upside down.
A large police force stood in wait, surrounding a nondescript building as the captain of the raid made sure everyone was in place.
“This is Zack Furlong," he said in a deep voice. He was a Captain of the local police force, in his early 30's with dark skin, short black hair and a tall, muscular build. “Is the second team ready at the rear entrance?"
Once he got confirmation they were ready, he helped batter down the locked front door as a similar crunching sound could be heard from the rear of the building as both teams stormed in.
Most of the scientists surrendered at once but not the scum heading the operations.
“Hey, get back here Irvine!" Zack cried out, giving chase.
He tried to escape into a secured room, but Zack made it through just as the automated doors closed. Turning around in frustration, he steps up to the door and tries to wrench them open but remained stubbornly shut.
Pulling his gun out, Zack carefully made his way around the large room, noting there was a massive machine that dominated the centre of the room.
“Professor Irvine, you are under arrest for both human and animal experimentation," he said in a clear, authoritative tone.
A snort sounded from one container, and as he looked through the glass he could see a zebra. “Species-Zebra, Genus-Equus, Origin-Africa," he read on the label before looking for a means to free the poor animal.
“Oh no you don't!" Irvine popped up behind Zack, taking him by surprise and managed to throw him into the opposing container, locking it as he stumbled in. “We are on the brink of an evolutionary breakthrough, and I WILL have something to show for it before you pigs shut us down!" He cried out, reaching for a lever to engage the machine.
“No, don't do this!" Zack cried out, ramming his shoulder into the machine to no avail before the switch was thrown and the machines began to hum loudly, almost deafeningly, into life.
A teal blue mist began to fill the machines, the zebra whinnying in the other container in panic.
“Haha, I will be known as an usherer into the next stage of human evolution! A super species with the traits of a beast. You should feel honoured my dear cop, for you will soon have the strength, stamina and speed of the zebra coupled with the gift of still being human!" He cackled as Zack started to fade in and out of consciousness.
Suddenly though the building went dark, all the power went out with a shriek from the deranged scientist. “NO! What have they done?!" He cried before the sealed doors to the lab were forced open and the west of the force stormed in with powerful lights strapped to their guns.
“We cut the power, that's what!" A strapping young man said with neat black hair and looking to be half Asian. “Get him out of there!" He ordered two who managed to open the door to the container, whilst three grabbed Irvine, one to each arm and a third at his back with a gun.
“You have stopped nothing, merely delayed the process! I WILL have the last laugh!" He hollered whilst being dragged out from the building.
“Ooohh, wh-what?" Zack groaned as though coming out of a bad hangover.
“Easy buddy," the young man said to him, “I've got him guys, I'll take him home," he said to the two, holding Zack as he supported him into the police car.
“Here, nice and easy does it," he said, helping him into the passenger seat before climbing in himself.
“Th-anks Lei," he said in a slurred manner to his friend.
“Hey least I can do, haven't seen you this hammered since your ex left you though," he half joked, getting a humourless laugh from Zack before he passed out.
*
Waking up to the smell of bacon and eggs, Zack managed to pull himself out of bed before checking the time.
“Shit, nine in the morning. Not good for the captain to be late," he mumbled, feeling like he was suffering from a bad fever.
Making his way through his neat apartment he saw Lei at his stove, fixing up breakfast.
“Oh hey sleeping beauty, the princess awakens!" He said jokingly before his jovial manner slipped as he watched his friend prop himself up against the wall and shiver. “Look, we got to get you in for some tests man, you look like crap."
“I'll be fine after breakfast," Zack mumbled, flopping down in the chair as he tried to pick up a knife and fork with trembling hands. He found it weirdly awkward to hold onto them, then before his eyes how hands started to morph into hooves, the cutlery dropping to the floor with a loud clatter.
“Hey there girl, come on, want some grass, come on," Lei started saying to his bewilderment before he saw himself in the mirror. He was…a zebra?!
*
Sitting bolt upright in his bed, Zack cried out before slumping over.
His heart hammered in his chest as he took some heaving breaths, trying to dispel the odd dream before looking over his hands. They were still human hands, capable in every way. It had just been a dream, he hoped all of what had happened had been a dream before seeing it was only five in the morning.
No getting back to sleep after that nightmare, plus the sheets will need changing after soaking them in sweat.
Stripping the bed and throwing them in the laundry basket he stripped off in the shower and rinsed his body off.
As he ran his hands over his form he couldn't help but feel some pride, he had always taken care of himself, well toned, muscular without overdoing it and a sizable, uncut shaft. Sure it was more to look after but he felt it looked better than being circumcised and the past few girls he had been with had enjoyed it. Just a shame he couldn't hang onto them with his ever busy workload demanding a lot out of him.
After he towelled off and dressed lightly he did his routine sit ups, press ups and squats before cooking up breakfast and headed out to work.
He was greeted by a few at the station before running into Lei with a worried look.
“Hey Lei, you look like there is something troubling you," he said to his friend before he rested hand on Zack's shoulder.
“I'm afraid mate there are two agents on their way here, they want to take you into a private government facility to get you tested after last night's incident."
Zack's blood turned cold, “That…wasn't a dream? I really was exposed to some…freakish experiment?" He said slowly.
“Fraid so buddy," Lei said with a sad smile, “think they are worried about you turning into some freakish zebra monster and need to see if they can't do something to stabilise you."
At that, two agents dressed in uniform marched into the station.
“Mr Furlong, you are to accompany us to a government lab facility where we will ascertain if we think you are safe for public re-release."
“Now wait just a minute here," Lei started, stepping in front of his friend, “we all put ourselves at risk to rid our city of a scientist crackpot. Zack looks the same as his usual self and until there is anything unusual I don't think it fair to lock him up like an animal!"
“I appreciate your loyalty Lei Tang," the suit said cooly to him, “but if Mr Furlong doesn't comply he could become a danger without anyone even realising it. Furthermore we have complete power to take all funds for this police station and sack everyone. Do you want that on your conscience Zack?"
“Wait you can't," Lei began before Zack put a hand on his shoulder.
“It's okay my friend, you should know as well as myself that you can't beat the system," he said before stepping forward. “I'll leave you the captain's office for now, run things in my stead until I get back okay?"
Leading Zack to a smart car with blacked out windows, he was made to sit down at the back on comfy seats. Zack's brave facade faltered, then crumbled as he was driven away. Somehow he had a feeling that this might be the last time he will see the outside world and his friends again.
*
The first few weeks passed by in an angry haze as Zack tried to argue about his release. They ran tests on his blood, physical scans, brain scans and all other kinds of tests.
“Look at least let me call my friend to let him know I am alive and your lab heads haven't dissected me," he tried to argue, met with a flat denial because they could afford no risks since this site was classified.
And so a third week went by with Zack reading and watching whatever materials they passed off for entertainment inside his sterile, white room. That was when he started to notice something off. His body was starting to feel softer. Yes he hadn't worked out the same but he at least did his 20 push ups and sit ups a day so he shouldn't be too bad.
But on further examination it wasn't fat that was the cause of him going soft, it was-
“Zack, we need to get you down for a physical scan," his thoughts were interrupted by one of the scientists barging in unannounced and before he could protest, two had their arms around him, dragging him and strapping him to a table.
“You know how many civil rights you guys are violating?" Zack grunted as he was strapped to a table.
“Be quiet Zack!" One with a good length beard and grey hair working its way in snapped. “You have been the subject of an illegal experiment and we have discovered something very alarming analysing the last test results. We are obligated to bring you in for a test on a moment's notice if we have cause for alarm, understood?"
This was enough to shut him up, though he did protest when they started to probe his chest and genitals.
“Tell me, have you experienced any hormonal changes or reduction in your overall penis size?" The older scientist asked, straight to the point.
He was of a mind to not say anything but in all honesty he was terrified of what might be happening with him.
“I guess I noticed the chest tissue growing soft and a little larger, and now you bring it up I noticed I was a little smaller downstairs. I thought it was just in my head with getting upset over things but…" he trailed off. He usually wasn't the type to get overly emotional.
“It is just as we feared," the older scientist sighed to his colleagues.
“What is happening to me? I have a right to answers!" Zack demanded as he was unbound from the table, rubbing at his wrists, noting they too seemed a little more slender now.
A whinny sounded off from somewhere else in the lab before a younger, kinder looking scientist with a ginger moustache gently gripped his shoulder.
“I am sorry to say Zack, but when you stepped inside that machine both you and the female zebra's DNA were mixed up with each other.
“We have been running thorough tests on her and the results echo your own. She is turning more masculine with testosterone replacing her dominant oestrogen whereas the reverse is happening to you. She is also exhibiting heightened intelligence and recognition beyond what a zebra's brain should be capable of."
Zack swallowed hard at this information, his mouth drying out before he managed to hoarsely whisper out, “Meaning?"
“Zack…you are turning into a female zebra."
The shock had him quickly in hysterics, laughing and crying at the same time before they injected him with a sedative to force him into a restful sleep.
*
The weeks and months passed by in a blur with Zack losing track or care of time in the facility. His changes kicked in slowly to start with. A slight widening of the hips. A bit of extra shape to his buttocks and breast tissue developed. But the real changes kicked in when his uncut cock started to shrink, the outer skin forming the thickness of a vagina. The slowly shrinking head started to form a clitoris and then he started to sprout white and black hair all over his body.
His face began to ache horribly, which he was treated to the strongest possible pain medication for. His neck started to lengthen day by day and eating became a challenge with a half formed muzzle.
For a while he had to have liquidated supplements until the equine muzzle fully formed. During all of this change and trauma he had private counselling. He was told it was not going to be a full change into an animal, but more a half breed cross with him retaining human attributes with zebra mixed in.
And as his slow change into a female was in progress, the same thing was happening in reverse with the zebra who he had meetings with. He figured since they were both in this together and she was showing signs of human-like behaviour he might as well try to bond with her, or him as her clit started to push out into a very sizable equine phallus and her vaginal lips formed a thick sheath.
“Well, looks like we are both victims together huh?" Zack said in one meet up, his tone coming out in a pleasant, husky tone now. “We are freaks in arms and probably going to spend the rest of our lives at one facility or another."
“You no freak. Think you beautiful," the zebra said to Zack, catching him by surprise.
He did not know what to make of the statement, his mind was so mixed up and confused until he looked at himself in the mirror back in his white room. Stripping the ill fitting custom clothing off he looked himself in the mirror. He did have a certain exotic equestrian beauty about him, and a set of breasts that any woman would be proud of the size of basketballs. And opening his legs up presented thick, powerful thighs and a lightly furred groin. Spreading the hair out, he saw for the first time how beautiful his new folds were.
Dipping a finger inside, he gave out a low, husky moan followed by a whinny. Catching himself, he quickly withdrew his hand and placed his large head in his hands. He was so confused. He shouldn't be enjoying this, this was against his will and who he was.
He was going stir crazy in here.
He wanted to feel the wind and fresh air on him.
He wanted to see his friends again!
He had to get out…
And so he hatched a daring plan.
*
As a researcher made his way down for the daily checkup on Zack, a series of coughs and snorts could be heard from the holding room.
Dashing to the terminal that hosted a video feed of the inside occupants he saw Zack thrashing about on her side, mouth foaming and banging her large head. “Oh shit is she having a seizure? Has her mind started to break down?" He cursed before punching the code in for the door before it opened up, closing behind him.
As the door slid shut Zack laid still, hardly breathing, he approached her tentatively. “Zack?" He said softly, receiving no response he inched closer, reaching a hand out to check her long neck. “Pulse seems somewhat elevated but not in abnormal areas…damn is she stacked. What I wouldn't give to have a girl with a chest like her. If anything it is a blessing," he said, reaching towards them when a strong hand gripped his arm.
“A loser like you can only dream," Zack hissed in his face before knocking him out with a powerful headbutt, halting him from screaming for help.
“Okay, part one of my insane break out achieved. Now for the tricky bit part 2," Zack muttered under his breath before picking the guy up, noticing how light he felt before opening one of his eyes against the retina scanner.
A beep confirmed authorisation and the door swung open, showing him the white corridor he was all too familiar with.
As quickly and quietly as possible he sped down the hall, using the unconscious scientist for the retina or hand scanners before he got to the exit.
“Just about home free," he said, in the middle of hefting him up for one last scan. But before he even had a chance to, the door opened to two very surprised men in black suits.
Quickly throwing the scientist at one of the suits, the second charged him, only to find Zack solid as a wall. Dropping a swift elbow to his head quickly put him out of commission before fishing around for keys to the government van and fired the engine up, speeding away as fast as he dared from the institute.
*
Lei sighed as he finished locking up the station and inspecting the holding cells. “I really have my hands full since I was 'promoted' to captain. I never knew there would be so much work to do…and the amount of paperwork!" he grumbled and flexed his hands. “I'll have carpal tunnel before I'm 40 at this rate."
He looked up at the sky and sighed again, “Sure miss you buddy, hard to enjoy a drink at the pub with you no longer there," he said before locking the door to the station and was in the process of climbing into his car when he saw something he certainly hadn't left in the back of the seat before. A large tarp laid over a bulky form.
Opening the back up, he reached out to snatch the tarp off when a husky, female voice whispered, “Don't! Please, keep me hidden otherwise they will find me!"
Lei paused before pulling his hand back. “Listen ma'am, I don't know what you are wrapped up in or how you got into my car but I can't get involved directly, not until I know what it IS you are hiding from," he said in a calm but firm tone of voice.
“It's me Lei…it's Zack," the voice said.
His eyes widened before shaking his head, “No you are not, Zack is not a girl now I must ask you to"
“You joined the force three years after me, I got promoted to Captain after five years and I promoted you to lieutenant. We go drinking every Sunday because that is when the days are quietest, your favourite drink is a pint of Budweiser which I can't stomach and my preferred drink is a rum and coke with ice and a dash of lemon juice."
Lei froze in place before snapping to and closing the door, quickly climbing into his side and firing the engine of the Land Rover up.
“There is no way anyone else would know those details but Zack…why do you sound like a woman and why do you seem to be so…large?"
Zack lifted the tarp slightly to reveal a very equestrian head.
Lei almost drove straight into the wrong lane and had to quickly steer back with a curse and blare of horns.
“What in the name of all that is holy?" He cried out.
“Please don't make a scene," Zack implored him, “that machine I got pushed into…it affected me…scrambled my DNA with the female zebras and now I am…a monster!" She cried with a pound of a fist on the floor.
“Stop that!" Lei snapped back, “the Zack I knew would not let this keep him down. Now whatever you have been turned into you are no monster, that is defined by action and yes, you smell like a horse."
“Zebra," Zack corrected him.
“Whatever. The fact is you don't sound like a monster and you sure as hell do not act as one. We'll figure this out okay? I won't leave my buddy to be locked away for life just for doing his duty."
They pulled into his garage and luckily enough, it was one that connected to his house.
Turning the garage lights on he opened the door again, only to stop and stare. He couldn't help it.
Zack had thrown the tarp off and was groaning and stretching, joints popping from laying huddled for so long and as the tarp slid off of his form, he could see him in his entirety. The beautiful zebra head and long eyelashes, the elegant long neck, the toned body both sleek and rippling with power, long, powerful legs and most of all the ill fitting clothing stretching around those massive breasts.
“I know, I'm hideous," Zack said as he tried to cover himself with his hands, mistaking Lei's silence and slack jaw for revulsion.
“If that is hideous then there is no beauty in the world," Lei said softly.
This time it was Zack's turn to open his muzzle in stunned silence before blurting out, “Lei, it's me, your buddy! Don't oggle me like some prized strippergirl!" He said in a terse tone.
“I'm sorry," He said, shaking his head as if snapping out of a trance. “But you are just so drop dead gorgeous it's hard to see any of Zack there any more…save your all black mane, the same raven colour as your hair used to be."
A moment of awkward silence passed between them before Lei facepalmed himself, “Sorry, I've been an idiot. I can't even imagine what you must have been through and you'll just want somewhere safe to hole up for now. Come on in, you can use my bed and I'll take the couch. I'm pretty sure you won't fit the sofa, I mean what, you must be close to seven foot tall now."
He figured that was a bit of a stretch but he knew he had put on a few extra inches of height with the change.
“Thank you," he said simply, unable to think of anything else to say before feeling the drain from it all.
Zack stumbled with his footing with Lei catching him, struggling with the weight of events and exhaustion finally claiming him.
“Damn man, you've really been put through it," he said softly, trying to block out how good Zack smelled or how silky the fur felt when he grabbed his arm.
“Like you wouldn't believe," Zack said softly before allowing himself to be helped into the bedroom where he passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Lei stood there staring for a good moment, wondering if he could cop a brief feel of those heavy, massive breasts.
“Lei…you're the worst type of friend if you take advantage of your buddy," he sighed to himself.
It was going to be torture having Zack around him like this, he thought to himself, walking out with a raging tent in his pants that begged to be taken care of.
*
Lei called work off the next day, he couldn't leave Zack on his own at home in case the feds broke into his home looking for him.
When asked why, he feigned a virus before hanging up. He had yet to set foot back in the bedroom out of worry he would do something reprehensible.
The changed human was still sleeping when a sharp knock sounded on Lei's door before looking at his phone for the digital camera feed from outside. “Oh shit," he said to himself, seeing two suits at the door.
Opening it, without introduction one of them introduced themselves as an operative of the government and was looking for an escaped and potentially dangerous fugitive by the name of Zack Furlong, and since he was his closest friend that made him a prime candidate for inspection.
“Now hold on just a minute," Lei said crossly, pushing one back as they tried to barge in, “you have no authority just barging in. Until I see a warrant you will not take a step inside my home. I'm a police officer myself and know how the law is Supposed to work," he said, putting emphasis on the word.
Nodding to each other they made as if to turn back to their car, when one tried to block him as the other made to barge past, only Lei knew how to take care of himself.
Sticking a foot out he tripped one of the suits over before grabbing the one guarding him into an armlock and shoulder throwing him, kicking the fallen suit out.
“Now get going and don't come back until I see a warrant! And if you try anything again, government officials or not, I will call the station to my location for backup!" He growled at them.
They dusted themselves off, paused to glare through their shades before stalking off, Lei did not take his eyes off the car until it had sped off down the street and just to make sure, kept his phone on video feed to keep an eye on the street.
“Hey," a sleepy, husky voice spoke up behind him, “what was all the ruckus Lei?"
'Oh no,' Lei thought, the voice alone causing his member to stir.
Taking a deep breath, he shut his eyes, trying to master himself. 'It is your friend Lei, your fucking friend you have known on the force for years. He may be a hot zebra girl like something from a wet dream but that doesn't change your relationship,' he thought to himself before turning around,,,and immediately had to avert his eyes when he saw Zack's prominent bust and strong, tall body.
“Forget I asked," Zack sighed, making to turn around when Lei's voice piped up.
“Government asshats," he said, making Zack pause mid-step. “They wanted to know if I knew anything about your escape…and then I stopped them from barging in."
“Heh, you always were one to look after yourself huh?" Zack said before pausing and sighed, “what now though?"
Lei managed to look at him this time, wondering what he meant. “I don't follow."
“I mean…what now?" There was a resigned, defeated note to his voice that caused an anger to well up in his chest. “My life is over, I can only hide for so long and eventually they will find me."
Zack hung his head and started to shake, “What was even the point in escaping when all I can do is hide? My life is over," a sob started forming in his voice that tore at Lei.
Lei looked at his friend, at what he had been reduced to. He clenched his fist and started shaking in anger, but then an idea started to formulate in his head but he was loath to act upon it.
“Look…if these were normal enough circumstances we'd be able to use marriage or something to help cement you as a citizen still. But there is no way we can even set foot outside the door without someone reporting you. And it is the middle of summer so covering you from head to toe is a no go too."
Zack just got more miserable and was about to trudge back to the bedroom when he felt his strong hand clamp down on her furred shoulder. “But there may be another way…it is a desperate idea. “You are a female now, right?"
“Don't remind me," Zack huffed, glaring at the massive orbs on his chest in anger.
“What if…what if you were to get knocked up by me?"
Zack whirled around in anger and pulled his lips back, baring those now large, white teeth of his.
“How can you even SUGGEST that!?" He screamed at him before Lei raised his hands in defence.
“Look I get it, it can be done artificially if you like but if you can get pregnant with my kid…they will be forced to look at you as a person and not a subject. We could petition for new documents and ID to be drawn up. Zack…we're still buddies, that hasn't changed. But this might be the only way to have a life again," he said in a reasoning tone.
Zack sighed heavily, seeming to mull things over in his mind. “Tell me this, do you think there is any way to reverse what has happened to me?" He asked in all seriousness.
Lei looked at the floor before slowly shaking his head. “Zack…buddy…I don't know how to tell you this…" he paused before continuing, “that crazy scientist rigged all of his data files with a self-destruct program that he was somehow able to initiate from his phone. There is nothing of how you came to be as you are."
At that, Zack's ears went straight back and bared his teeth. “Then…" he said with barely contained anger, “my life as a male and human are over."
“Look, Zack, you are still human inside," Lei said with a gentle hand on his shoulder, “I don't see you running around and making whatever sounds a zebra makes," he said with a small chuckle.
And then Zack smelled it, a musky, heady scent emanating from Lei's groin.
“You think of me as more than a buddy don't you now?" He said guardedly.
“What?" No of course I"
“STOP LYING!" He bellowed. Did he shout in anger, was it frustration? He didn't know, he couldn't make head or tail out of all the sensations and emotions whirling through his mind right now.
Lei took a few calming breaths to both steady his own temper and the raging testosterone that was coursing through him at the beautiful sight of his friend.
“Zack…I'd have to be gay to not think you're beautiful right now," he said before the zebra morph broke down, crumpling into a heap on the floor and shaking, tears leaking from his eyes.
“I-I am not beautiful, I am a man inside," he sobbed, “I didn't ASK to be changed like this! I was just upholding the law and I am the one punished!"
Lei opened his mouth to say something comforting but he had no words to say. What could he say after all?
Wordlessly he helped the crying mare up and back onto his bed.
“I'm sorry, forget I said anything," he said before closing the shutters again. “I'll try and think of something else."
However, nothing came to the man. He spent ages trying to think of another way to rescue Zack from his predicament but nothing came to mind.
Eventually, he fell asleep on the sofa, his mind exhausted from chasing around in circles.
*
Zack lost track of how long he was laying in bed, shaking and crying.
Eventually the sobbing subsided and a sense of calm seemed to settle on him. He couldn't remember the last time he had cried like that.
Sitting up in bed, he grimaced at the now water soaked t-shirt from his tears at the elbow and sleeve before stripping it off.
Looking in the mirror he just glared at his form, eyes puffy and red from crying and hating this form he now had. But…was it all bad?
He closed his eyes, took in a few deep, calming breaths to clear his mind before looking again.
Yes…he was definitely a female…but he was strong. Stronger than he had ever been before with the equestrian strength he now possessed.
Shapely hips, long legs and powerful, head crushing thighs. And those voluminous breasts, ones he could only dream about touching and caressing on another woman, were now on him, covered in a light white and black striped coat with dark nipples poking large and proud from the fur and a broad areola.
Could he…could he possibly grow to like this?
He didn't know, but given the only way out was death, he figured he had no alternative but to try and make good of a bad situation. He wasn't sure he would ever be alright or be able to think of himself as a woman, but he admitted to himself the longer he looked the more he liked what he saw in the mirror.
First his hand trailed down to his breasts. Those basketball sized, soft but firm orbs. He had never allowed himself to feel them, to properly examine them. But upon feeling them and caressing them, he was spellbound by the warmth and feel.
His second hand came into play with the other large breast, gently sliding his hands down them, towards those inviting nipples before shivering upon brushing the areola.
Taking a breath, he started tracing around in large circles, gasping at the sensitivity before going in smaller and smaller circles, unaware he was starting to grind into the covers as his pussy heated up with a need. His long fingers made contact with the nipple before exploring them, pinching and squeezing and rubbing them.
He paused mid-play, his nostrils flaring wide at a scent. His scent.
Tentatively, he trailed a hand over his sex to find it soaking wet, the fur matted with his arousal before bringing the hand up to her sensitive nose to sniff. She smelled…needy. Like a combined scent of an aroused woman and animal musk.
Before he could stop himself he flicked a long equine tongue out to lick the juice off his hand, shivering at his own taste in pleasure. “God, did I do that just now?" He said softly to himself.
His mind went back to what Lei said before, about if he became pregnant he would have to be seen as a person.
Standing up, he looked himself over in the mirror, his tail swishing back and forth before making his mind up with a nod at his reflection.
He was not going to remain a prisoner or a research freak his whole life. If this was the only way…then he would make it work!
*
Lei woke up, was it dark already, how long had he slept?
But when he opened his eyes the blinds and curtains were shut tight. He didn't remember doing both.
Sitting up he found much to his surprise a hand gently pushing him back down onto the sofa.
“So, I have been doing some thinking," he heard a now familiar voice say from off to his side. “If I can't be human again, if I can't be the man I used to be…there are only three options open to me."
“Zack?" Lei said in a quiet voice, turning to try and make out his details through the gloom.
“One, I submit myself back to the suits," Zack continued in a soft, subdued tone.
“Look, you know I will not let that hap-"
“Two," Zack cut him off, his voice becoming louder and more firm before quietening, “I kill myself and be done with the lot I have been given."
Lei swallowed and waited apprehensively, wanting to say something in defence against such an option, but it was clear Zack had a point he wanted to make.
“Or three…I accept who I am now and make it work."
This time Lei could not fight down the urge to say his piece. “Zack, what do you mean, what is it you are planning?" He said before his eyes fully adjusted to the gloom and could see he was stark naked! Well, as naked as a zebra woman could be.
Lei's mouth fell open in astonishment. “Z-Z-Zack, what are?"
He was hushed by a large, lightly covered furred hand to his mouth.
“Please, Zack doesn't really work anymore like this. Please call me Zoe. It is time I try to stop thinking as a man and more as a woman," she said, her voice sounding equal parts scared but determined.
She seemed to hesitate before, with a great effort, Lei gently spilled her off with a startled look and onto the plush rug that dominated the centre of the living room.
“Look…Zoe," Lei said with a sigh, hesitating on the new gender name, “are you sure you want to do this? I'm glad you are opening up to the new you but this might be going too fast."
The zebra grimaced as Lei let himself fall on top of her, feeling his already half mast member through the shorts he wore.
“Yeah…I-I guess it is but…" she paused before blurting out. “They could find me at any moment. I would be locked up behind even higher security and never given a second chance to escape. It is now or never. If you can…knock me up," she said, unable to say 'impregnate,' “then there is a chance they will be forced to let me go."
“They could still keep you inside, this is the government, remember? They play by their own rules, not the lot we have to abide by."
“Still. We have to try. Please…please Lei," she said the last bit in a desperate whisper. “I am still a scared man trapped in the body of a woman…or mare, whatever you want to call this," she said, gesturing at her body, her tail and ears flickering in agitation. “If they do find me, I at least want to go knowing I know who I am now."
Her plea tore at his heart and his resistance. It wasn't pure arousal calling him to show her the new womanly pleasure Zack had been bestowed, but a duty to help his friend.
“How can I say no to that?" He smiled sweetly down at her.
Zoe looked into his handsome, hybrid face and blushed so deeply that it showed through the white stripes of her fur.
“You lead," she whispered to him.
With a nod, he got off of her and stripped himself off, giving her a bit of a show before he was just in his skin.
“Already ready for action huh?" Zoe said in a quiet tone, seeing his impressive member nearly at full attention.
“How can I not with that body of yours?" he said, “those breasts look like two basketballs stuck to your chest," he smiled and straddled her again.
Feeling her shudder as his shaft rubbed against the fur, he reached down and gently stroked an ear, watching as she visibly relaxed under the touch.
“I'll go slow, I won't jump straight into the sex," Lei whispered, kissing her muzzle softly.
She meekly nodded, for how much larger she was, she may as well be a frightened little teen with her first experience.
Lei started off with gently rubbing the sides of her face, gently trailing down towards her long, striped neck, causing her to nicker at the sensation.
“Like that huh?" He said in light teasing, only for Zoe to give a half-threatening snap of those big teeth near him for the teasing.
Lei contemplated teasing her some more but figured she just might follow through with those big chompers so decided to hold his tongue.
He teased the skin through the soft fur coat a few more seconds, amazed at the velvety texture before going lower, and lower. He felt her tense when he reached her voluminous breasts.
“It's okay. Let go and enjoy it," he whispered softly. “Hell, I'm jealous!" he continued in a more playful tone, “If I was to be turned into a woman I'd want it to be something with knockers like these."
Zoe shyly looked away from him, her big, brown eyes taking on a troubled look.
“Hey it's okay, I get it is hard to accept the new you," Lei said in a soothing voice. “And even if I do knock you up, nothing will change between us I promise. You will always be my good buddy who I enjoy drinking out with and telling bad jokes at the bar.
“Hey," Zoe snapped, turning to glare at him, “they were not all bad jokes," she said in defence.
“You did come out with the odd good ones," Lei laughed, “like the one about the zebra not ever needing to wait for traffic because he was his own crossing," before adding, “so I guess you won't have to worry about crossing roads any more huh?"
At this Zoe gave an unlady-like snort before Lei gently caressed a basketball sized mound.
“L-Lei?" She moaned, shivering at the feeling as her large, soft mound was gently caressed and squeezed.
“Shh, let yourself feel good," Lei whispered to him before his hands stroked around both sides, drifting slowly towards the centre towards the large, puffy nipple poking through the thin coat.
“Nnh, L-Lei, that feels…weird," Zoe moaned out, coming out in cute breaths as her body heated up.
“They must be really sensitive huh?" He teased at her before his mouth hovered over the nipple. “Then how would it feel if I did this?"
“W-wait!" Zoe moaned, but Lei was having none of it as he took the hard flesh inside his mouth and gave a gentle suck.
The response was almost immediate as Zoe's pussy heated up, a strong, heady scent wafting from between those muscled, quivering thighs.
The smell was so strong and inviting, a heady mixture or effeminate and animalistic that Lei had to mentally hold himself back from going straight to the sweet spot.
Instead he focussed more on the large flesh in his mouth, by far the largest nipple he had ever experienced and he'd been out with a few girls.
Reaching the other hand over to grab the other nipple, Lei began to rub and squeeze around it, gently pulling upwards in time to his mouth, pulling both up as he moaned around the flesh.
“Damn! L-Lei, if you keep that up I might cum too soon!" Zoe moaned in a breathy tone.
Pulling off, Lei chuckled and stood up as he breathed heavily, his own member raging hard from the play. “You're one of those girls then huh, really sensitive breasts?" He chuckled.
“Hey," Zoe snorted in annoyance before jumping him, pinning him to the floor, “you know that is not fair! This is all new to me," she said before gasping when the girth of his thick shaft ground into her sodden folds.
“I know, I'm just teasing you," Lei started playfully when Zoe quickly, and with ease, managed to reverse their situation as she flipped them around with her now on top.
“You didn't think I was just going to let you have your way with me did you?" She panted out, laying so her huge breasts rested on top of his shoulders. “This is my first time as a female, but I know how to make love to a woman so let me take things at my pace."
Lei wasn't used to being on the bottom, he tried to overturn them but her muscle and mass was too much to contend with.
“Okay buddy, y-you got me," he panted, his cock straining, wanting to be nestled among those sweet, sodden folds once more.
“Oh don't worry, I won't leave you hanging, I can feel how much you want this too buddy!" The zebra morph panted, a playful edge creeping into her tone now she was in the driving seat.
She arched into him, just about smothering Lei with her breasts as her hips lifted and ground her pussy against his member. For his build of 5.11 foot he had a really impressive package, the invasive thought of having such a tool buried inside her hot waiting walls making her anticipate feeling him in her, much to Zoe's revulsion.
“Oh shit, y-you really learned from past partners how to treat a guy huh?" Lei moaned, smothered under those glorious breasts as his member began to throb at the play.
“Shh, don't make this weird okay?" Zoe said in a breathy tone, angling herself so the full length dragged along her vulva, parting the lips in one, expert fluid motion.
“I-If you keep teasing me like this I might pop before we finish off properly though," Lei gasped at her ministrations.
“Then we had better get you housed inside me before that if we want this plan to work," Zoe said, her breathy voice sounding more like an Amazon before angling her hips to slide the tip of Lei's shaft in.
Zoe seemed to pause at the feeling, as if thinking twice about having another man's shaft deep inside her when Lei grabbed her large hands in his own.
“I-it's okay, I will go gentle I promise," he moaned to the zebra woman.
Nodding shakily, she gripped a little tighter back at his hands before slowly pressing more firmly down onto his shaft, shuddering as inch after inch sank into her depths, clenching with every inch that sunk into her moist, soft depths.
“F-fuck!" Zoe exclaimed, “I want to be repulsed by this but it…feels too good to hate!" She moaned before pressing herself fully down onto Lei, feeling his large sack nestle against her vulva.
“Shit! Y-you feel damn amazing too!" Lei shuddered, his member twitching deep inside of her, doing his best to hold still to let her take control and go at her own pace.
She couldn't deny the effect his words had on her, her best friend telling her she felt amazing seemed to ignite a passion deep in her chest and loins. There was no fighting who she had become now, and honestly, she was finding the prospect of being a woman less revolting by the second.
Nodding to each other, she began riding his meaty shaft, gently raising her hips up and down, both gripping onto each other as they fucked! What started out as a plan to hopefully keep Zoe out of being a freak quickly blossoming into love for one another.
Lei couldn't hold himself back any more, he slipped his hands out of Zoe's and grabbed onto a giant breast, amazed at how he could hold one in both hands and hardly cover half the surface before bringing the large, dark nipple to his mouth and sucked hard.
Zoe lost the last vestiges of self control before pressing him hard to her chest and proceeded to pound her hips onto him, moaning deeper and deeper as Lei, trapped against her chest, could only suck harder and buck in response into her tight depths.
The sound of their moans and thighs slapping against furred thighs and suckling filled the room as the Zebra's hip became a blur.
“Oh fuck, of fuck I'm going to…" Zoe trailed off before slamming her hips down on him, feeling as she suddenly felt Lei cum hard inside of her, his essence pumping deep inside to her core, helping fertilise her egg with his seed.
She opened her muzzle and let forth a loud noise somewhere between a bray and a high pitched bark as she slammed her hips one last time onto Lei and clutched his head tight to her bust, moaning out in animalistic ecstasy as her walls clamped hard around him, the muscles milking him for all he had deep inside her.
“Ohhhhh!" Zoe moaned and shuddered hard before feeling a hand smacking her sides. “Oh crap!" She gasped, realising she hadn't been letting Lei breathe, smothered as he was against her and quickly released her vice grip on him.
“That…was intense," Lei gasped for breath, shuddering as he gave off the odd weak spurt deep inside her. “I didn't know…not being able to breathe…would make for a more powerful experience."
Zoe looked at her saliva coated breast, and then to their groins still mashed, shuddering at the fullness she felt and the afterglow settling upon them.
“Sorry about nearly suffocating you Lei, I um…guess I got carried away," she panted heavily, setting her prodigious bust jostling.
“Hey, if I was to choose a way to go, that would be my choice," he half chuckled before they simply basked in the feeling and closeness of each other.
'Yes, this might not be as bad as I first thought,' Zoe thought tiredly to herself.
Epilogue: Six months later…
It was a tense few months after they had shortly been discovered by the government suits. Zoe was taken back to the institution but a short month later, she had started showing signs of pregnancy, and just two months later a scan revealed it to be a hybrid baby.
Lei had filled the rest of the squad in on the situation and having successfully tailed a government van, stormed the building demanding answers.
Eventually the suits and scientists were forced to give Zack up on the grounds of withholding a person against their will for nefarious purposes.
And not long after releasing Zack, the other changed zebra had been handed over to a zoo for rehabilitation on how to live as a person whilst being offered work and security around his own kind.
Shortly afterwards, Zack had his name and gender officially changed to Zoe and resumed her post as chief of the police force, though with much more public interest in her appearance and some good natured ribbing and joking among the lads.
She had moved in with Lei, her 'buddy' turned boyfriend and despite her pregnancy, they still shared many intimate moments together with Lei loving her baby bulge.
It was after following a raid on a drug smuggling operation with Zoe having to spend more time at the office than she would like due to her growing pregnancy (not to mention her breast going up another cup,) which would make dangerous raids a hazard.
“Hey buddy," Lei said as he walked into her office, “I found some evidence that I need you to look over for me, I'm a bit unsure of it."
“Oh?" Zoe said, a surprised look on her features, “normally you are pretty good with this sort of thing Lei," she said, standing up with a hand to her gravid stomach and her tail swishing about.
“Well I just thought you should look this over just to be on the safe side," Lei said, trying to keep his expression unreadable as he offered her a box.
Zoe's breath caught in her chest as she opened to behold a glittering, diamond wedding ring.
“I wondered if it was time to go beyond being buddies…and become a couple," Lei said with a slight blush on his cheeks.
“Yes!" she shouted, happy tears forming in her eyes, “I would love to, Lei," before pulling him against her swollen stomach to the rapturous applause and cheering from outside her office, everyone seeming to be in on the proposal.
Da Ende!